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ADAM'S FALL; OR, THE FIRST MAR
. RIAGE.
Adam was first croated
A happy Ilaclielor,
Nor wished he to be mated,
Nor dreamed of she or her ;
Woman had not
Been then invented,
But till contented t
Was Adam's lot.
Joyous, and free from Bin,
lie passed his early life,
And thus lie still had been,
Had ho not known a wife j
Had ho not slept,
He ne'er had been
Thus taken in,
But single kept.
lie did not want, or need,
A thing so false nnd frail,
More than a toad, indeed,
l?e(tiirep, or wants a tail.
Daily had ho
The cherubim
And seraphim,
For company.
But meddling nngels, soon,
To spoil his peaceful life,
Set all their wils to work,
To pick him out a wife.
As with us here,
Our angels do,
Whene'er they view
A Bachelor.
When Mrs. Adairi came.
She hinted, with a smile,
That th(y had bi tter live
A little more in style.
'My dear, we aio able,
Better to dress,
And keep, 1 guess,
A bettor table."
That day she made a feast,
Of rare and costly fruit ;
The next, they both appeared,
Dressed in a bran new suit.
And every day
Did female pride,
Decay them wide.
From wisdom's way.
What was the end, d'ye think,
Of this new course of life?
Adam was a bankrupt mnde,
By his ambitious wife.
The tipstaffs come,
And make a route,
And turn (hem out
Of house and home.
Adam now forced to work,
To dicing went, and hewing,
While Lady F.ve, so proud,
Was glad to lake in sewing.
Then, as a mother.
The boys she had
Turned out so bad,
One killed the other.
If Adam hail not been
Thus saddled with a mute,
Would he not. d'ye think,
Have kept his'lirst estate?
Without a mother,
Could wicked Cain,
Think ye, have slain
Jlis pious brother ?
This ini.seh'uT all arose,
Anil nir.ro than 1 huve stated,
From Adam's tirst.Wii.r pun,
tiubmitling to bi) mated.
Then let us all
His folly see,
A ml thus shall wo
Fr-capo his fall.
fcimlliiuj mukii
From the Kiiickerbiuker of June.
SLEEPING WITH A RATTLESNAKE.
'You have a number of times spoken to
mo," writes a friend from whom wo receive
the following, "to tell you about the incident
of my sleeping with a rattlesnake, but until
now, I have not found time to give it to yon ;
and even now, 1 am not in the condition or
humor for writing. But you have the facts.
Take them in hand yourself, nnd dross them
up; but don't publish them as they are ; for
they nro uot in a condition to see light.'
We'll e about that: at any rate, wo 'take
tho responsibility :"
"It was, 1 think, for I havo not my memorandum-book
of the day before me, in tho
month of August, 183U, that 1 found myself
wandering through the great inland seas that
begirt our Western country (if it is uot
Western jioic, it u.icd to be, somo time or oth
er, and that too since tho great rain-storm in
Noulis time,) until! brought up at tort
Crawford, Ureen Bay.
"At this point, Captain E. B. Birdsall, of
tho Third United States Infantry, (poor fel
low, ho has 'fought his last battle,' and uow
slumbers with the dead of a thousand years
ago,) procured Mackinaw boats, a suflicient
number to accommodate the whole detain
ment, which consisted of about ouo hundred
aud fifty United States Dragoons, on their
way to Fort Des Moines, on the Mississippi
liiver each boat accommodating some
twelve or fifteen soldiers, with tho uecessary
camp equipage, provisions, etc.
" I bus provided and lully provisioned tor
the journey, the oars were let fall, aud we
threaded our way up the Fox Uiver, a portion
of the way quite a rapid stream, with many
formidable rapids, with grand and lesser chuttt
. -a i... i': .
10 pass over, until wu uruvuu ni. i-uit iuuu-
baco. a post at that time considered beyond
the reach of civilization. A portage of hulf a
mile from the Fox to the Ouiscousiu Hiver,
and our bouts were again launched, and wo
pursued our way down the last named river
until we struck the Missiasippi, some few
miles below Frarie du Chiuu.
"I should nerhans. have stated, ere tins,
that it was our invariable custom to sleep be
neath our tents .on shore every night.
"Soon after strikimr the Mississippi, our
touts were pitched one uigbt, as usual. It
was not long Deiore me camp-uros guvo to
ken that the evening meal was tu process of
preparation. In due time, the guards were
set, silence reigned in the little army, and
naugtit was to be beard save tue regular
tread of the night-watch, as la paced his si
lent rouua, ..
"I had no idoa when I turned in that night
that 1 was to be unceremoniously turned out
before morniug. But I was mistaken. . Du
ring the night, our camp was visited by a fu
rious ram-sioiur. The water descended in
torrents and disturbed in his Urkiug plaoe ftu
enormous Kattlesuake, who, it would soom,
took tip his line of march with, I presume, no
very correct idea of his destination, but with
a commendable Jiiwinv T doubt not, to pro
vide himself with shelter from tho pitiless
storm that was raging about, nnd invading his
dominions, the broad forest, of which he had
probably beeu an undisturbed occupant for
many years.
"I cannot for one moment imagino thnt his
fiiakcship had nny particular penchant for my
quarters, but it so happoned that about ono
o'clock at night, or rather morning, ho
brought up at my tent, nnd acting upon tho
old provorb, only a saying of 'nny port in a
storm,' he pitched in, without as much ns say
ing, 'By your leave Sir,' and the first intima
tion aflbrded mo that I was to be honored
with his distinguished presence, was the fact
that ho was insinuating his r dd, wet, nnd
horrjd carcase directly across my legs, jnst
above the knoo joints. Having obtruded
himself thus far into good society, ho seemed
to be entirely satisfied with himself, with me,
and, for aught I knew, with the rest of man
kind, and the comfortable quarters into which
he had thus thrust himself unbidden ; for I
nm very certain, had 1 been permitted to
liuiko choice of a companion for the night, my
tendencies would not have been in that direc
tion. But here ho was, quiet, and free from
tho storm, and seemed mightily inclined, so
lur as 1 could discover, to tarry for a. while.
But by this time 1 began fully to realize my
own position. 1 had assumed, it the first
place, ns all the indications were that way,
that it was a snake, and my imagination, in the
second place, led mu to supposo it was a rat
tlesnake. Of course 1 had no positive knowl
edge on tho subject, for his entrance had
been unannounced ; but I thought I had a
right to make that assumption, aud to govern
myself accordingly.
"But tho thought of such a companion w as
horrible 1 A sleeping partner, too a snake,
so forbidding in every possible aspect, that
even at this time, although about nineteen
years havo rolled over the incident, it makes
me shudder through every limb to think of !
But that was not tho question uppermost in
my mind nt that time. The question was :
'How can 1 get rid of him?' And it was u
nico question, too one more easily conceived
than executed. 1 knew the fix 1 was in,
was fully aware of my position j for my pres
ence of mind hud not for one moment desert
ed me.
"Although nn intruder although ho had
presumed to pouch upon my manor without a
license still 1 was aware that this king of
his species was to be treated with great re
spect and consideration, until I had got, nt
least, beyond tho reachof his murderous fangs.
I commenced, therefore, the process of sliding
my legs out from under him not, to be sure,
at a pneo of two-forty but imitating more
the speed of the snail, and almost holding my
breath during the operation. I was fully
aware that my only safety lay in this. Per
haps I might have gut nd of him in a more
summary way, but in doing it, perhaps I might
havo placed him in a position unsuitcd to his
dignity, and contrary to his ideas of propriety,
utid must probably retaliation on his part
would have followed, nnd 1 should have come
out second-best. But I found my plan work
ing well, nnd persevered in its execution.
l!y dint of great patience, I finally, after a
labor of souio ten minutes or more, succeeded
in finding myself free from 1113' disgusting
companion. 1 at once threw of!' tho mosquito
bar that surrounded my ground bed, stepped
over my blankets, drew on my boots, as n
nml tor of precaution, not know ing tho precise
locality of my pleasing and amiable compan
ion at this timo. 1 now suied a shillalah
t Hat 1 knew was standing in a corner of mv
teiif, for it was ns dark as Egyptian darkness
itself, anH commenced Hailing my scanty bed
willi an earnestness that would have been
highly amusing to a disinterested looker-on.
1 continued this healthful exercise for some
fifteen minutes, in tho fond hope that Fomo of
my random blows, although given in tho
dark, and without any knowledge of the local
ity of his snakeship, might bo so fortuuately
directed as to finish the career of my enemy.
But 1 was in total ignorance of the result, and
had no means at hand by which 1 could throw
li:ht on tho subject. True, 1 had candles,
biit what use were they to mo vvithent match
es ? and of them 1 had none.
1 finally put on part of my clothes, threw
my cloak around me, took my umbrella, fur it
was still raining in torrents, uud sallied forth
into the camp. But hero 1 was no better off.
Tho rain had extinguished the camp fires, uud
darkness reigned supremo. Tho sentinel was
nt his post, but it was useless to trouble him
with my story. My umbrella soon became
useless as a protection ngaitist the drenching
storm, and 1 was forced back to my tent for
shelter. But hero all was doubt and uncer
tainty. What had becomo of the snako 1
There was a possibility that I might havo kil
led him, but there was an uncertainty about
it. But I ventured back, and drawing out
my rifle case, which had served mo for a pil
low, I sat down on it, near tho entrance to
the tent, resolutely determined to watch tho
waning hours until duvlight should reveal to
mo the result of my laliors. Tho reader may
i.naginc my thoughts, but it would bo difficult
to describe them. At length it seemed al
most like an eternity the dawn broko upon
unolher day. It was liko a now life, anew
being, a new existence. Again tho life blood
began to course freely through my veins, my
heart had gono back to its usual resting
place, and was again performing its occusto
tuod functions. The first rosy tints of morn
ing satisfied me that my enemy was not in
sight. Where was he ? Was ho lurking in
some sly corner, ready to stnko whenever 1
should approach him ? Certain it was ho had
not coiled himself about my legs, nor had he
wreathed himself ubout my body or neck I
Where was he, then SV-l'crhaps I had killed
him. Lucky thought. Why had it uot oc
curred to me before? Again I seized my stick,
the same identicul one with which 1 hud per
formed such wonderful doeds in the dark tho
night before, and with this 1 raised tue blauket
up, and there lay my sleeping couipuuion, my
bed-fellow, now sleeping tho sleep of death.
After this occurrence, 1 slept in my boat, aud
there was an additional tent for the uso of
the soldiers. But tho reason for this was to
them a mystery,
Woudes NrTMKiB Outuokk, There is a
Parisian dandy, who, we think, rather outdoes
Connecticut: .. -
' C had at his residence a costume
groom. hen offering an attention to ono
of the fair sex, he used to say t "Permit me
to send yju a bouquet by my black serrunt."
llo thfii repaired to his garret, took out his
blacking bottle, polished his face riud lauds,
and knocked ut the lady's door.
"Here," ho said, "are some flowers sent by
my master to Madame." ' ,
He had spent tho last five trances in- the
purchase,' Madame was so," delighted with
the present that she presented a out's to the
bearer. ,
That U a clear pocketing of three do'lars
and a lady's favor into tho iar'galn.
THK BIAM-MOIVKEY OF linA7.II..
The enntain of tho Frenc h schooner Ad
drieniio, who last summer was stationed at
lornamlmco, ,'razil gives tho following
sketch of a tamo monkey :
"A short time ago I dined nt a Brazilian
rriorcuant's. The conversation turned upon
me well tutored chimpniizeor Mr. Vanneck's,
6ctlf"nn, whogo 8,UV0 ,lnJ bvoupjlt
",e n"'d;cy, which he had caught in the
woods ont, pi.aisc( (ho nccolllpiallod
ir?i TTg.lV,J"B """''Is of its talents sowon-
V'!11 1 C"IJ, not hl,,P expressing somo
was nnf' ?'- My 'i081 S'ikd-sayingthatl
was not tho first who would not believe in
these results of animal education until he had
seen it with his own eyes. 1 1 e therefore pro
posed to me to call with him 011 Mr. Van-
1 gladly consented nnd on tho following
morning wo set out. The house of the Creole
lies on tho road to Olinda, nbout an hour's
ride from town. Wo proceeded- along splen
did hedges of cactus shaded by bananas and
palm trees, nnd nt length observed its charm
ing villa. A negro received ns at the en
trance and took us to tho parlor hastening
to tell his master of our visit. The first
object which caught our attention wns the
monkey seated on a stool and sewing with
great, industry. Much strnck, 1 watched him
attentively, while ho, uot paying any atten
tion to us, proceeded to his work. Tho door
opened; Mr. Ynnneck, reclining on an easy
cliiiir. wns wheeled in. Though his legs nre
paralyzed he seemed bright and cheerful ; ho
welcomed ns most kindly. Tho monkey went
on sewing with great zeal. 1 could not re
frain from exclaiming "llow wonderful!" for
the manner and process of the animal were
those of n practical tailor. He was sewing a
pair of striped pantaloons, the narrow shape
of which showed thut they wcro intended for
himself.
A negro now appeared announcing Mud
nme Jasmin, whom Mr. Vntineck introduced
ns his neighbor. Madaino Jasmiu was ac
companied by her lit Llo daughter, a gi:l of
twelve years, who immediately ran to the
monkey greeting him as an old f.iiend begin
ning to prattle with him. Jack furtively
peeped nt his master; but as Mr. Vanneck's
glance was stern, the tailor went oil sewing.
Suddenly his thread broke ; and ho put the
end to his mouth, smoothed it with his left
paw, nnd threaded tho needle again. Mr.
Vunneck then turned to him, nnd, speaking
in the same culm tone in which he had coil
versed with us, said :
'Jack, put voitr work aside nnd sweep the
floor."
Jack hurried to the adjoining room and
came back without delay, with a broom in
his paw, utid swept and dusted like a clean
housemaid. 1 could not perfectly mnko out
his size, ns ho nlwnj-3 walked upright, not on
hit; four paws. Ho was nbout three feet high,
but stooped a little. He was clad in linen
pantaloons, a colored shirt, a jacket, and red
neckerchief. At another hint from his mas
ter, Jack went nnd brought several glasses
of lemonade on a trny. He first presented
the tray to Madame Jasmin nnd I er daugh
ter, then to us. like a well-bred footman.
When 1 had emptied my glass ho hastened
to relieve mu from it putting it buck on the
tray. Mr. Vanie'ck took out. his watch, and
showed it to the monkey ; it wns just threo.
Jack went and brought a cup of broth to his
muster, who remarked that tho monkey did
not know the movements of the wutch, but
that he knew exactly tho position of the
hands when they pointed to three, and kept
it iu mind that it was then his master requir
ed his lunch. If the watch wnsshow u to him
at any other hour ho did not go to fetch thu
broth ; while if three o'clock was past with
out the lunch being callud for, he got fidgety
and at last run and brought it ; iu this ease
he was always rewarded with some sugar
plums.
"You have no notion," said Mr. Vanned;,
' how much lime aud trouble, and especially
how much patience I havo bestowed in the
training of this animal. Confined to inv
chair, however, 1 continued my task methodi
cally. Nothing was more difficult than to
accustom Jack to don his clothes ; ho used to
take oil Ins pantaloons again mid again, until
at last I had them sewed to his shirt. When
ho walks out with me ho wears a straw hut,
but never withont making fearful grimaces.
He takes a bath every day, and is on the
whole very cleanly. "Jack," excluimed Mr.
Vnnncck, pointing to me, "this geutloman
wants his handkerchief." The monkey drew
it from my pocket and handed it to me.
"Now show j our room to my guests," con
tinued his master ; aud ho opened a door at
which he stopped to let us pass, aud then
followed himself. Everything was extremely
tidy iu tho small room. Thero was a bed
with a mattress; a table, some chairs, draw
ers, nnd various toys ; a gun hitngon the wall.
Tho bell was rung ; Jack went nnd reap
peared w ilh his master, wheeling in the chuir.
Meanwhile 1 hud taken thegun from the wall;
M r. Vanrjeck handed it to tho monkey, who
fetched the powder-flask and shot-bag, und
in tho woolo process of loading ucquitted
himself liko a ritlemnn. I had already seen
so much that was astonishing, that 1 hardly
felt surprised at this feat, Jack now placed
himself at tho open window, took aim and
discharged tho gun without being the leust
startled by tho report. He then weut through
sword exercise with tho sumo skill.
It would bo too long to jot down nil Mr.
Vanned; told us about his method of educa
tion and trainings; tho above facts, witnessed
by myself, bear sufficient evidence of the
abilities of the uniinal, nnd its master's talents
for tuition. , AVe stayed to supper, to which
thero cumo more ladies and gentlemen. Jack
again exhibited his cleverness in waiting, nt
which ho acquitted himself as well as any
man servant. Going home my companion
missed a small box of sweets, out of which ho
had regaled the inonkeywith almonds. Jack
had managed to steal it from his pocket ; and
on being afterward convicted of tno theft he
was severely punished. Chambers' Journal.
A Sckkk at thk Gate Of Pabaoise. A
poor tailor, being released from a troublesome
world and a scoldinsf wife, appeared nt the
gate of Paradise, Peter asked him if he had
ever been iu Purgatory.
"No," said tho tailor, "but I have been
married."
"Oh !" said Teter, "that Is all tho same."
The tailor had scarcely got in, before a fat,
turtle eating alderman camo, pulling and
blowing, , ,
"Hallo! you fellow," said ho, "open the
gate." '.'''.
"Not so fast," Bnid Peter, "have you ever
been in Purgatory V
"No," Buid tho alderman, "but what is that
to tho purpose ? You lot in thnt poor, half
starved tailor, and he has been in Purgatory
uo nioro thun'I." '
"But ho has been married !" said Peter.'
"Married?" exclaimed the alderman, "why
I have been married twice !"
"Then go back, again," said Peter, "Fat'a
dise is not the place for fools."
DR. tRANKU.
Tho following passage from a lottsr from
Dr. Franklin to Ids daughter, Mrs. B.iche,
in 1774, shows how highly ho valued economy,
deeming it, nB unquestionably it is, a virtue
of no little rank in itself, the parent of many
othors, nnd tho preventive of numberless
vices. It may bo useful to republish it s
"I was charmed with tho nccount you gave
mo of your industry, the tablo cloths" of your
own spinning, &c.,but the latter part of your
paragraph, that yon had sent for linen from
Franco, becnuso weaving nnd flax were grow
ing denr, alas I thnt dissolved the charm ; nnd
you sending for long black pins, nnd laco nnd
(outliers, disgusted me, as if you had put salt
into my strawberries. Tho spinning I see is
to bo laid aside, nnd you nre to be dressed for
tho ball. You seem not to know, my denr
daughter, that of nil the denr things 'in the
W?'' idleness is the dearest except mischief.
hen 1 began to road your nccount of tho
high prices or goods, a pair of gloves seven
uo ars 1 n yard of common gauze twenty-four
dollars 1 nnd that it now required a fortune
to maintain a family in a very plain way.
1 expected you would c6nclude with telling
me that everybody ns well as yourself, was
growing frugal and in-lustrious ; nnd 1 could
scarce believe my eyes in reading forward,
that there never wns so much dressing and
pleasure going on ! nnd that you wanted black
pins nnd leathers from Franca to nppenr I
suppose in tho mode. This leads me to ima
gine that, perhaps, it is not so much that tho
goods are grown dear, as money is grown
cheap ; as everything else will do when exces
sively plenty, and that people are still ns
nearly in thoir circumstances as when a pnir
of gloves might be had for half ucrown. The
war, indeed, may in somo degree raise the
price of goods and the high taxes which nro
necessary to support a war, may make our
frugality necessary ; nnd as 1 nm always
preaching that doctrine, 1 cannot in conscience
or in decency, encourage tho contrary, by my
example, in furnishing my children with fool
ish modes und luxuries. I therefore send nil
the nrticles yon desire that nre. useful or nec
essary, and omit tho rest, for ns yon say J'ou
should 'have great pride in wearing anything
I send, and showing it us your father's taste,'
1 must avoid giving you an opportunity of
doing thnt with lace or font hers. If yon wear
your cambric rallies us 1 Co, nnd take care
not to mend thu holes, they will come in time
to be luce ; and feathers! my dear girl, may
be had in America from every cock's toil."
"THE IMtAVI.NCi MIL!.."
In far Thibet, that land of light,
The lazy devoteo shows his skill
In making a toy to go "all right."
Which travelers call "The Praying Mill."
lie sets it in a running stream,
Calls on Viuddhu, nnd goes his way,
And thinks, by lis pious littlo scheme,
To pray by deputy all tho day.
jut, ero ho well is out of sight,
Another devotee passes there,
Who quietly says to himself, "all right."
And turns to his own nccount the prayer.
For the sails havo but to bo reversed,
Aud, click-a-clack-claek ns the steam runs
down,
Thev will pray for Fi-Fo Smith, ns erst
They pruye'd for Mr. .Sing-Song rown.
GALLKUY OV BKAITV.
When Mr. Putnam issued a book with the
above, or a tantamount title, embracing a
milliner ol portraits ol American ladies, we
thought the ladies who could consent to such
an expose of their personal charms, not
overstocked with that modesty which is ono
of woman's chief graces. Butfeminiue beauty
loves to display itself spurred by vanity,
w hich is seldom It ft out of tho female com
pound. Therefore, wo havo scarcely a doubt,
that Mr. Barnuin's proposal to present
fcfi.OOO iu premiums to "the handsomest ladies
iu America," will draw out our American
beauties us successfully as his lesser prize
scheme did the babies. According to his
programme, there is to bo one premium of
fl,000; onoofSIlOO; one of $2itQ; six of
100 ; ninety of $20 ; and ono hundred of
triu. 1 110 competitors nre to send in their
daguerreotypes, with or without names, with
sealed numbers accompanying, which nro
only to be opened when the prizes are deter
mined the daguerreotypes to bo returned in
due times to the owners. On tho loth of
October nil that may have arrived "will bo
placed before the public nt the Americnu
Museum, or somo other suitable locality in
in New York." Tho visitors at the place of
exhibition will decide, by means of ballots,
which of tho portraits nro entitled to the
premiums. Those ladies obtaining the ten
highest premiums, will be engraved, aud pub
lishi'din thoFrench'-Woild'sBook ol'Boauty."
Each lady who may secure one of the ten
highest premiums, will be desired to sit to
the best artist in the city nearest to her
residence, who will paint her portrait trom
life, ut the expense of Mr Baiuum, for tho
French publication.
A Ci.miifAi. Ei.oi'kmknt. A clerical gen
tleman of silken nddress on Thursday last
disappeared with a wife of the geutloman resi
ding iu South Creek. Tho 'gay lothario,' in
clerical orders, some two or three weeks since
being called to preach in tho neighborhood
of South Creek was invited home by a gen
tleman. Ho pretended to bo unwell uud
stayed somo days ut tho house. He then
took u brief trip ubroad, lectured on temper
ance, nnd returned to tho house of his hospi
table friend quite sick so much so indeed ns
to bo closely confined to tho house. Ho was
a guest for some three or four days, when
on Thursday the 1 till, his host having some
business to transact in Pennsylvania, left
homo not suspcctinganythingauilss. Hardly
had he gone when the clerical scoundrel sud
denly recovered bis health. His carriage was
got out, and tho unfaithful wife packed up
her things and somo of her husbuud's, hud
them conveyed to the carriage, and with her
sanctimonious paramour took her seat and
bade adieu to tho pleasant homo of her two
children, her innocence uud peuce of mind,
to link her destiny to shame and tho veriest
rascal thut the sun shines upon. Elmira
Jicjtublicun.
I.vsamtv from Si'iitiTUAURM. In the Po
lice Court of Bostou, on Saturday, . Ellen
Brown, formerly tt teacher in tho Dwight
School, was brought np as uii insane person.
She is a believer iu the new doctrine of spir
itualism, and by contimml thought and?xeito
meut upon the subject has become iusaue,
She iuiagiues that sho is continually receiving
communications from the spirit world, is to
tally unlit to take care of herself, and will be
sent to au insuue osyluui.iiuWoii Tran
script. ' . , .
Bey. K. II. Cliupin3ays "tba imperial gam
blor of Franco won his tluono with dice made
from the bones of the great Napoleon."
A IRICIIITI'IL SAKE STORY.
The following incident wns related to us
tho other day by one whoso voracity is un
questioned, nnd who was nn eye witness of
the fact. It is more nppalling than any we
recollect to have ever read in tho history of
theso reptiles :
Somo time last summer tho inhabitants of
Manchester, Mississippi, gavo a barbacite,
which was attended by most of tho beauty
and fashion of tho town and surrounding
country. It happened that among the guests
thero was a young lady, Miss M., recently
from ono of tho eastern cities, who was on
n visit to her relations in tho neighborhood
of tho town.
Miss M. was a irav nnd extremely fashion
able vounn- ladv. and withal tiossessed nn un
common share of spirit nnd courage, except
in a matter of snnkes, and of thoso she had
so great dread that she scarcely dared to
wall; anywhere, except in the most frequent
ed places, for fear of encountering them.
Every effort was used, but without avail, to
rid her of her childish fears. They haunted
her continually, until nt last it became tho
settled conviction of her mind thnt she wns
destined to fall a victim to tho fangs of a rat
tlesnake. The sequel will show how soon
her terrible presentiment was fulfilled.
Towards the close of tho dav. while scores
of tho fairy feet wcro keeping time in the
dance to tho music, and the wholo company
were in tho full tide of enjoyment, a scream
was ncaru irom ansa fll., lollowod by the
most agonizing cries for help. Tho crowd
gathered round her instantly, and beheld her
standing tho perfect image of despair, with
her hands grasping a portion of her dross
nn on tno tenacity ot vice, it was some
time before sho could be rendered sufficiently
calm to tell tho cause of her alarm ; and then
tney gatnercd trom uer broken exclamation
that sho was grasping tho head of a snako
among the folds of her dress, nnd fenred to
let go her hold for fear of receiving tho fatal
blow. This intelligence caused many to
shrink from her, but most of tho ladies, for
their honor bo it told, determined not to leave
her in her direful extremity.
They besought her not to relax her hold,
ns safety depended upon it, until somo one
could bo found with courage enough to seize
nnd remove tho terrible animal. Thero were
none of the ladies, however to perform the
act, nnd the situation of Miss M. was becom
ing more nnd more critical every moment.
It was evident that her strength was failing
fast, nnd that sho could not maintain her hold
many minutes longer.
A hast v consultation nmonrr the calmest
of the ladies was held, when it was deter
mined that Mr. Tison, who was present,
should be called to their assistance. Ho was
quickly on the spot, and being a man of un
common courage, ho was not many minutes
within tho circle ot hall luiuting females, until
ho caught the tail of the snake nnd wound it
round his hand to inako sure of his hold.
He then told Miss M. that she must let go
at tho moment ho jerked it away ;and to make
the act ns instnntaneous ns possible, be would
pronounce tho words one, two, three, nnd nt
the moment he pronounced the last word, she
must let go her hold, nnd ho doubted not he
could withdraw tho snake, beforo it would
have timo to strike. All stood in breathless
horror, awaiting tho act of life or death, and
at tno moment tho word threo was nrououn
cod tho doctor jerked out tho larirest nnd
most diabolical looking bustle thnt was ever
seen 111 Mississippi. J ho whole affair was
men explained. 'H10 lastemuts ol tho ma.
chino had becomo loose during dancing, and
it hud shifted its position in such a way that
it dangled about the lady's limbs, and in
duced tho belief that it was a snake with an
enormous head.
The doctor fell right down in his tracks
aud fainted he did.
SCIENCE, ART AM) DISCOVERY.
Boxnu.1'3 Locomotivk 1'j.KCTittr" Tkt.k
or.Ai'ii. A second successful trial of Bonelli's
Locomotivo Electric Telegraph has been
made on tho Turin railway, with tho concur
rence of tho Ministers of Stato and tho diplo
matic representatives of Franco and England.
Two trains traversing a five-mile track ex
changed communications until all pnrties
were fully satisfied. Tho correspondence
with tho stations was equally satisfactory;
and orders to "stop" and to "proceed" were
obeyed us by volition. Morse's apparatus,
reduced to the dimensions of a coat pocket,
including paper, &c, was used on this occa
ion. Tho simplicity of the invention is amu
sing. Tho wires, running from tho littlo
pocket machine through the bottom of the
car, trail on parallel insulated iron rods,
which aro the mediums Strange that the
notion never occurred to tho Yankee nation 1
The inventor, who is the Director of tho
Sardinian Telegraphs, has submitted to tho
Government an iuexpensivo project for
working them, and also for continuing the
submnrino line now in uso between Genoa
and the islands of Corsica nnd Sardinia, (two
hundred miles,) by way of Malta and other
intermediate points, to Constantinople nnd
the long black Sea lino and which will also
be propounded to tho electricians of tho thousand-leagued
Atlantic. So much for Frank
lin's kite-playing 1 The wonders of magic drop
out of siglit beforo tho miracles of science.
European Corrtsjumdenee of the Xeica't Ad
vertiser. One of our friends was being shaved at
Antwerp. The barber was a female. What
was his surprise, when ho saw tho good lady
spit into tho box, aud besmear his face witii
the foaming saliva.
Au expressive grimace did not escapo the
she barber.
'My dear Sir," said she, "I don't treat yon
as 1 do my other customers, because 1 per
ceive very well that ' you do not belong to
theso parts."
"By Jupiter! Madam, what' do you do iu
their case ?'
"Why, Sir, I spit on their cheek, instead of
spitting iu tho soap box."
Orxamkntai. Jid(jf.s. Q-l-was elected
"side Judge" in 0110. of the county courts, in
Vermont. He was not very well versed in
"legal hire," so ho called 011 a friend of lis
who had served as side judge, to make some
inquiries concerning the duties, of the office.
To bis interrogatories, his answer was : "Sir.
I have tilled this 1111 portent und honorable of
fice several years, but have never' been oun.
suited with regard to but ouo question. On
thu last day of the Spring form, 181-; tho
judgo, after listening to threo or four windy
pleas of au hour's length each, .turned to me
and whispered, 'C-r , ain't this seaf maJe.
out of rather hard w ood ?' aud I told Liu) J
rather thought it was."
Rapid I nckkasr. Tho Stato of Texas ha'
been sotlled so fust by emigrants since t lie
taking of tho last census, in Idol), that it is
said to contaiu ut this time fully 600.UUU iu
ihabilauts.' " . ' .
SKETCH OF Lt'TIIKR.
BY CAK1.YI.E.
A course, rugged, plebeian, face it Was.
with great crags of cheek bones a wild
nmount of passionate energy und appetite !
But in his dark eyes were floods of sorrow
and the deepest melancholy, sweetness, nnd
mystery, were nil there. Often did there
seem to meet iu Luther tho poles in man's'
character. lie, for example, of whom Ililch
er had said that the words were half-battles,
he, when he first began to pn aeh, suffered
unheard of agony. "O, In-. Stuupitz, Dr;
Staupitz," said he to the vieor-geueml of his
order, "1 cannot, I cannot; 1 shall die in'
threo moths. Indeed, I cannot do it." Dr
Staupitz, n wise and considerate man, said
upon this, "Well, sir Martin, if you must die;
vou must ; but remember, they need giod
heads up vender too. So preach, man preach,
and then live or dio as it nappens.
So Luther preached nnd lived, nnd lie be
came, indeed, one great whirlwind of energy;
to work without resting in this world ; and al
so beforo he died he wrote many, very many
books, books in which the true man was
for in the midst of all they denounced nnd cur
sed, what touches of tenderness lay. Look at
the Tablo Talk, for example. ... .
Wo see in a littlo bird, having alighted at
sunset on the bough of a penr-tree that grew
in Luther's garden. Lntherlook up at it and
said : "That little bird, how it cowers down"
its wings, nnd will Bleep there, so still and
fearless, though over it aro the infinite starry
spaces, nnd tho great blue depths of immensi
ty. Yet it fears uot it is ut home. The.
God that made it too is there." Tho same
gentlo spirit of lyrical admiration is in the
other passages of his books. Coming homo
iroin l.cipsic, m the autumn season, lie breaks
forth into living wonder at the fields or corn
"How it stands there," he says, "erect oii
its beautiful taper stem, and bending its beau-'
i.iuu golden head with bread in it tlio bread
of man sent to him another year." Such
mougiits ns these aro as littlo windows,
through which we gaze into tho serene depths
of Martin Luther's soul, and see visible across
its tempests and clouds, the whole heaven of
light nnd love. He might havo painted he
might havo sung could have beeu beaut tfc!
like Baphael, groat like micheal Angelo;
Items Df Ucius;
I'unrh says that the "greatest organ in the
world is the organ of speech i:i womail ; an
organ too, without a stop !"
A P11TLRK A tall ladder leaning ngainsi.
a house a negro nt tho top, and a hog
scratching himself at tho bottom. "G'way
g'way dar ! You'ui makin' mischief:''
Forty-one German Stonemasons, Ac, left
Columbus, Ohio, for Kansas on Tuesday last,
They aro engaged by the Government, at
2 40 per day.
Fkcit in Tknnksskk. Peaches, waterme
lons and inuskmelons, ripe nnd luscious, arc
now enjoyed by the inhabitants' of Memphis
Teuu.
A Change in tiif. Vai.ve. In the year
1788,800 acres of land, the present situ of
Cincinnati, Ohio, were purchased for $300.
Tho value of that same land at the present
timo can scarcely bo estimated.
Tub Wheat Cnor in Tai.hot County.
Tho Easton Star says thut the late heavy
rains have damaged tho wheat crop in that
county to such au extent that much of it will
be lost.
Ciioi.kra in Missoi nt. Cholera lias bro
ken out in Georgetown, Mo., and there had
been twenty-two deaths at tho last accounts.
Not a single family in town had escaped visi
tation with tho epidemic. A large portion
of the population had lied in consequence.
Antidote ton Pokk-Root. Mr. Tt.L. Tal
iaferro, of South Carolina, states that sweet
milk is nn almost certain antidote to the poi
sonous effects of poke-root, and cites the case
of tw o of his children, whose lives w vro saved
by it.
Larur Btrawbrrrv Patch. Mr. Ham
mond, of Anne Arundel county, Md., has a
fiold of strawberries, comprising one hundred
acres, from which he has gathered in ouo day
over four huudrod bushels of berries. Ho
expects to pick this seuson about 5,000
bushels.
Young America. TIr boys belonging to
the Everett School, ut .Dorchester, Mass.,;
have elevated tho "master" in efligy. He
had advised them not to participate in the
proceedings on tho 4th, telling them it would
be better to at tend a prayer meeting for the
salvation of the country from the curse of sla
very Too lath ron the Baby Show. Tho wife
of Wm. Olmehead, of Bloomlield, Monroe
County, Ohio, on the Ud of Juno presented
her husband with three fine children ouo
boy and two girls. Weight, .1 lbs. 12 oz., ft
lbs. 4 oz., und 5 lbs. 15 oz. Ono has a white
head, one a black head, and the other a red
head. llujjulo Democrat.
A Noiilk Stati;. Comparing tho figures
already made by tho Census Marshals with
those of lfcoO, tho Albany Argus estimates
the population of the State of New York at
four miliums. Tho population of the city of
New York is estimated ut seven hundred,
thousand. Energy, enterprise, industry and
intelligence, ioiii'ed with favorable geographi
cal position, linve pushed llns i.'oMe State in
advance of all her sister Commonwealths.
Rit'ii a.i 6'ii.y. New B.'.lfoid, tii'o ritlicst
city in the world, iu proportion to its popula
tion ioiiiiK..,. ........... liutv tuv-iiavers
(lulling tia - - , .
twenty-nine who are worth $1 1)0,0011 . vacu,
lour worm JOit.OIMI. until'.1 worm aou,ui, u
niiin'w ho has liOOiOU, one worth 800,000, two
.1 1 1 nmiilier tnat
nortiionu 1.0110,000, win ;
can show from 10,000 to tQfi0 ot
those persons have made weir j
the whaling business. Voston UroiucU.
.A Slave Case has just been decided in'
Dr. Bitter (L . b.m U. i-.
five, but, after full ,invesugauu.., .y .
ded that the die liad to be adjudged accord
. u . .. , -.,.1 ilm nnii bcution of tho
intf to tno itJr k-i, " - 1 - . , ..
slave wus refused; and ho remanded t.v his
owner This goes' beyond tho Fugitive Slave
Law of tho United States.
Thk Twm in Caukoknia. Rents lave faL
leu iu California two-flirJs it one year, and
Wa"os uliuost in proportion.. Servant women
.. . ,-.ik tr. c',11 iwr tmmlh. accordim? to
capacity uud worih, 3 per dozeu is uow tho
staudaru pneo mr
it. .. 1,...,., Kilunl 1111J nla.slered. call now bu
had, with every convenience for a family, at
jfoo'per mouth. Food is cheaper in Califor
nia than it it in the Atlantic States