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NEW SERIES, VOL. 13, NO. 11.
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 18G0.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 20, NO 37.
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SSun!ury, June 4, 1859. ly
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Suubury, July 17,1858.
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Sunbury, April 30, 1859.
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I'rue per bottle and bruah S3 eenU.
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Puiihury, March 17, lboo
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HOW THE MONEY COMES.
Queer John has sung how money goes,
But how it comes, who knows t Who knows 1
Why, every Yankee mother's son
Can tell you how "tho thing" is done.
It comes by honest toil and trade ;
By wielding sledge and driving spade.
And building ships, balloons and drums ;
And that' the way the money comes.
How dors it come 1 Why, as it goes,
By spinning, weaving, knitting hoso,
By stitching shirts and coats for Jews,
Erecting churches, renting pews,
And manufacturing boots and shoes;
For thumps, end twists, and cats, and hues,
And heads and hearts, tongues, lungs
thumbs
And that's the way the money comes.
How does it como 1 The way is plain
By raising cotton, corn and cane ;
By wind and steam, lightning and rain ;
By guiding ships across the main ;
By building bridges, roads, and dams,
And sweeping streets, and digging clams,
With whistles, hi's ! and ho's ! and hums !
And that's the way the money comes.
The money comes how did I say 1
Not always in an honest way :
It comes by tricks as well as toil ;
But bow is that 1 why slick as oil,
By putting peas in collVe bags,
By swapping watches, knives and nags,
And peddling wooden clocks and jdums ;
And that's tho way tho money comes.
How does it come ? wait, let nic sr
H very seldom comes to me ;
It come, by rule, I guess, and
Sometimes, by riding on a rail ,
But oftencr that's the way it go
From silly belles and fast young
It comes in big, nay, little um.t.
Aye, that's the way the money
and
TIIE GAMBLER'S
OR,
THE
CARD-TADLE AU
TWO SCENES FROM RE ,
BY JAMES FKAKKMX Ft
"Let 09 stop hero, llorry. '
where we cuu pass ao hour ver,
lleury Cleveland half with,
from that of his companion, and .
at the elegant building before
bad paused, a swift shade of do.
bis handsome, youthful face.
'S'irely, Edgar, you would no
enter those doors ?" be said, strivi
as though be really folt the doubt '
pressed. "This, I have been told, is
bling saloon a place, above all o
which I entertaiu a deep horror
eioo."
"Nonsense, Hal m -Uzing
the week f Whereforo. b ' "
ao 1" and he threw a
flexible voice that he
"wherefore, I say, didst '
agogue thrice yosterdo
store of morality to la
week? But a truce to t.
you understand my uie-1
here, as well as 1 do my ,
have just said, a gambli'
bling hell, as somo uochui,
to term it; bat wbato-;
your motives la enter,
construed. Your roputai.
tublisbod tp suffer from a'
visiting such a pluce for qu.'
Bos ; you go simply to look
loose their money to spend a i
to do anything, in short, w'
done in such a place by a persoL :
edged character, like yourself, l
my friend, and before you come ib
again, I'll try to show you a littlo
It was exactly such fallucioup
reasoning that was calculated to '
son like Henry Clovoland off his g -was
a young man of rarm heart and v
impulses, with little experience in ti y
and views of right and wrong often f
as frequently unformed and yieldi.
tnao by bis side, whom be called his ti f
Edgar Monroe was essentially a ma-r
world ; with a polished, fascinating e 1
he combiued a heart utterly corn
depraved. Unknowingly, of coarse, t i
Cleveland, he bad eiugled out the 1. !
his victim ; and for many woeks, with
deep craft and cunning of his nature, be
pursued his plan of fumiliarizing him
evil, apologizing for it, when necessary, f
smoothing off its asperities as often as f
became too apparent to be passed ov
silence. And it was with this purpose
in view, that upon tho evening to which
have reforrod, the cool, calculating vV
bad conducted his unsuspecting victim ';
splendid haunt of vice and tetnptatiou .
front of which tboir conversation occurred.
Half yielding, half resisting, Henry Clov
land allowed himself to be conducted throo
the baira covorud door into tbo voBtibule '
and from which a stream of people war
stantly passing and repassing. Edgar '
roe was a frequenter of places like th
Bimple nod to the servant at the enl '
secured their admission, and immed
Henry Cleveland found himself bewi
by the unanticipated splondors of the
There was a topestned floor under
frescoed ceiling overhead, ani furnitu.
the costliest and most oniaua descrint....
disposed about the grottoes alcoves of the
splendid apartment. Scores of flamine tra. i
jeU from branching candelabras flooded tbu
. :.L L : l . i i ... .7
m mm a urigumess use mat oi noonday
while groups of richly dressed men and w(
nion for this was a place which the sex wi",
licensed by luabion to frennent Dromenadoi
ap and down the saloon, chatting gayly, an
sending forth now and then boisterous pea'i
of laughter; while others were seated at cart
tables here and there engaged in the excitici
hazard of the game ; and now and then aroJ
the shrill cry, "make your game, gentlemen I'1 x
aith hi Ilia nf ilia a.nnnio.i. in 1. ?
among the gold at tbe roulette table.
All ton was new ana unique to llenrv
Cleveland. Tbe glaring light of the place
daazled him, its careless confusion and hilari
ous mirth bewildered bias ; and be joined tbe
promenaoera, seeping oy lue Side or Monroe,
with tbs feelings of one who find him.oir
suddenly transported, in a dream, to soma
place of eucnantment. The first bewilder-
ment of bis situation wore awav in fa.
moments i bat tbe deep intoxication of the
scene still remained, ana tbe fascinating spell
or the associations of the place held him with
tbe power of a magician.
A ooroe proposed a class of win iha La
wildorod victim conseotud by silence, wishing,
Select :
tbe while, to refuse, and yet conscious of bis
inability to do so. Poor dope be was fatally
eDsnared 1 Tbe wine was poured ont, healths
were plodged, and Henry Cleveland drank.
With that draught be seemed to lose his very
reason. Tbe blood mounted to his forohead
with tbe rapidity of lightning, and flushed
bis burning cheeks with its bot crimson bis
eyes sparkled strangely, and his very bands
trembled in tbe eagerness of bis excitement.
"Now, Harry, for a little play 1" tbe tempter
gayly exclaimed. The moment for action
bad arrived, and be approached bis prey
with serpent-like cunning.
"Of course, wo won't gamb'io; we'll play
for a trifling stake just enough to make tho
gamo healthfully exciting. What do you
soy t"
"Anything anything for sportl" the young
man deliriously repliod. "Show me tbe 'lifo'
you were talking about; show me anything
that's not too tame and dull I"
"All right, my boy this way. Hero are
the tools ; now wo can amuse ourselvos in
onr own way."
ine two seatod tbomselvos at a vacant
ffthlrt TiAnp if. hnnfa Bnt in n hrinf timn hnt h
had fully cntorod into tho excitomont of the
game. This wos, as wo have intimotod,
Honry Cleveland's first essay in gaming ; but
bis peculiar state of mind caused bim to enter
into it with an eager zest which bis compan
ion remarkod with secret pleasure For a
time tho stakes wero trifling, and tho gains
and losses consequently small ; when Clovo
land suddonly exclaimed :
"A fig for such child's play as this ; lot ns
do something worth our whilo 1 Hero is a
filty dollar note ; cover it Monroo, if you
dare 1"
With a quiet smile of satisfaction, Edgar
Monroe laid several gold pieces upon tho
tablo, and tbo play went on. Tho cards woro
shuttled and dealt, tho gamo played, and
Henry Cleveland was the winner.
"Lot us double tho stakes 1" be cr'nd, his
fury incroasing with tho exaltation aroused
' bis success. "I will play for a hundred
'Mars, or nothing 1"
With a cool calculating smilo, Monroe
' tssent. The game was played, and
ond time, Henry Cleveland was win-
"ith mo, to-night ; beware, Mon
11 play to your ruin !" he ex
d. "Seel here are five
vill you dare risk so much T"
i unrufllod, unaccountable
joroo deposited a similar
till a third time was Henry
I
liars.1" be exclaimed, with
less that attracted several
) at which be sat. "1 will
jollars I"
hundred more than a tbou
mly replied.
ted ; that cool, unshaken
'aken him out of tbe deliri
and be stared wildly upon
about bim. In a moment,
.d tbe sum named upon tbe
id rod and three hundred more
will you raise tbe stakes bb
rspiration covered tbo brow of
nd ; the basilisk eyes of the
ixcd npon a face as palo a
a moment of painful, was
but tbe temptation was
conquerod. Drawing Irom
ge of bauk notes, he laid
lo.
wish," Monroe remarked,
- the Btakes.
. Cleveland replied, in a
t to a whisper. "Thero is
bb in tins world; aje
ifling with the money of
1 am a roiued man 1
sako. I'LAY I"
istakiug tho sardonie smile
'.bo lips of ftdgar Monroe
ra quickly interpreted it,
the victim I With the
Edgar Monroo became
I lleury Cleveland a
jiicbs and soon to bo
.j a rigid look of despair
9 of tbe victim, as bo
io next instant the crow-
trtled by tbe vivid blaze
a pistol. There was a
-and Henry Cleveland
oartn ;
he ?" tbe unscrupulous
ancing toward the terri
id collected around his
-, Aylinnr; I'll admit
to bo made from him
indecent jest, Monroo
of bis companion, and
'he bleeding body of
luinly in view, and
-g, in wild despair, a
strangely resembled
'he terrible spectaclo
e one uiasclo of tho
fiction ;" and wo
olt proved bomily
since the night of
'velaod. It was a
littlo New Jersey
milnfl from New
htly and the
"Tiuer uau
urcb bell
y after,
a. This
the best
ace. and many
aot the scene with
he fair bride appear,
je arm of bim by ber
re tbe altar. It can
distrusted in tbe least
an with whom she was
3ws ; but yet she surely
gymaa opened bis book
solemn marriage ritual.
m bad won ber beart,
ier nower of volition to
' i compelled ber to love bim,
' , will superior to ber own,
with bim before tbe altar,
his beart, bis paBSions, or
len she bad first beheld
ouimenced, continuing for
dst of deep silence ; ana
veworai
1 m nnlrofl
jrai .- v -
how just eaase wny mesa a . hfl h . f N y Hl. motBer IUDsequeutly
awfully joined together, duet iot mwjl ?D.ffS, to unfold and married the llev. Dr. Bemad, oTTroy . and
; else hereafter Forever it is &fitciMnn to love, to tbe queer freaks as told of tbot lady would till
develop tbeme'ves t for cuioreu t f fc Yancy was sent to Williams Col-
4 . tramping or feet iu learn and pig '! m.k. Lfol bles lege but do college could hold bim, and tbe
Jdenly appeared at tbe toil n'jjjly J'j. be to Ficult, wera glad to get rid of him. Yancy
4 pale, tU w -or. sing. f J . J ot b.ppj toero in South Caroline, shot bis uncle dead, and
expression, and his man.- be happy at borne i ; il .we are hot I imprisoned for it fifteen months, and then
4, ?. W,i lUlKTiB Ctosco. was st toCong, .her. be fought.
wered uoiura mi uiwmru .
gaze of his luming eyes. But we need not
pause to doscribe bim we have seen bim
before. It was he who knelt so wildly and
desparingly over the dead body of Henry
Cleveland, in tbe gambling saloon in New
York I
"Stay I forbid this marriage!" he ex
claimed, laying bis band upon the altar-rail.
"There is cause why these two should not be
united 1"
"And who, sir, are you 7" the astonished
clergyman asked.
Tho iutrutler Gxed his burning eye npon
the shrinking bridegroom, and replied, io a
cloar, musical voice :
1 am ono whom tbls dissembling villain
well knows ; and, if I mistake not, there are
others present who will also recognize me."
As tbo speaker paused, Jenny Groy, (who
had. at tho first interruption, instinctively
shrunk away from bim to whom she was about
pledging her irrevocable vows ) siarieo lorwara
a step with the surprised ana nan joyiui
words :
"Jaspor Cleveland 1"
"You ore right," be said ; "I am Jnspor
Cleveland, tbe brother of that Henry Clevo.
land, to whom yon wore once betrothed and,
who was driven to fill a suieido's grave by the
biacK viiliany oi lib irauorous menu j.uijur
Mnnrnn !'
"How explain your words," the shuddering
maiden whispered.
"1 will, and Gladly, x ou Knew inai nenry
Cleveland xdiud a death of sin in the great
city ; b
ut you have never Known tuai yonucr
miscreant thank heaven that 1 had
bullied
it in my powor to save you from his clutches I
you never Knew, J say.tnai uo oeirayoa
and tempted the noble soul who truBteu in
bim, to Lis death. But this is the simplo
truth ; ho whom you were about to wed is a
murderer I as guilty in tho sight of God, as
though tho blood of lloury Cleveland, at this
moment, crimsoned his foul hands 1"
"It is falsa r tbo balllod gamester cissod
through his set tooth. "Liar impostor, who
ever you ero, begono, and doloy tbia ceremo
ny no longer.
There was an ominous tlusb npon tne orow,
and a dangotous light iu the eye of Jasper
Clovolund, as he tamed toward Monroo. He
was but human, and if, in tbe deep excitement
of the moment, ho forgot tbe sacred character
of the placo we au woll pardon bim. Ho for
got everything, iu fact, except that the uiur-
Uercr oi a loved urotner was neiore nun ; ois
muscles swelled with tbe strength of a giant !
and, seizing Edgar Monroe in bis Iron grasp,
burled bim etuuned and senseless, to me
earth.
"I have thought, at times, when my brain
wos almost crazy, that I would kill him, and
make bim atono lor bis crimes wun nis mo.
But, no it weru bettor to leave him to tho
vengcanco of Heaven."
There was no exhibition or unwomanly loot
ing npon tbe part of Jenny Gray at the con
clusion of this extraordinary scene. Sbe real
ized, sbuddoriugly, tbe lull extent ot tne
wretchedness from which 6he had escaped;
and turning without a sigh from tbe pros
trate form of Mouroe, she took tho arm of her
friend and preserver, and left the church.
One brief addition, and inis brief uie-recoru
is couiple. Just one year afterward, tbere
was a nappy bridal colobrated in this same
villago, and, as before, the lovely Jenny Gray
was one of the parties. But Jasper Cleve
land was now the bridegroom and a happier
one it would be hard to find. Both had sor
rowed over tbe untimely death of the ill luted
brother, and their couipauiuDship in sorrow
bad prepared tho way lor a beauuiui and nn
dvinir love.
And the same day bo striking was tbe
coincidence witnessed tbe miserable death
ef tbe wretched and sinful Edgar Monroe,
who fell in a duel in one of the v eatorn
States, meeting his death at the hands of one
whom bo bad lrreparauiy wrongeu ana uis-
bonorod.
We have told tbo story, dear reader, as its
events actually occurred, choosing not to em-
bcliisn u wun any oi ino eius ot ucuon. u
comprises two scenes from the life-drama
constantly buiug enacted around us a drama
none tbo less trutbiui, because oueu anoo-
served aua uninviting.
Muscular Strength.
Tbo muscular strength of the human body
Is wonderful. A Turkish porter will trot at
a ranid nace. and carry a weight of ex bund-
red pounds. Milo. a celebrated atklote of
Creteno, in Italy, accustomed himself to carry
the greatest burdens, and by degrees became
a monster in strength. It is said that be car
ried on bis shoulder an ox, four years old, and
weichiner upwards of one thousand pounds,
and afterwards killed bim with one blow of
bis fist. He was seven times crowned at the
Pvthian comes, and six at the Olympic. He
prosented himself tbe seventh time, but no
one had tbe courage to enter the list against
bim. He was one of tbe disciples of rytna
coras. and to bis uncommon strength that pre.
coptor and his pupils owed their lives. The
pillar which supported tbe roof of tbe house
auddanlv nave wav. but Milo supnortod the
roof of tho bunding, and gave ine puuosopner
. - , , -. , ,
time to escape, in old age be attempted to
null nn a tree bv the roots and break it. He
partially effected it, but bis strength being
t we may again gradually exhausted, tho tree where clert re
united, and left his hand Dincbod in tbe body
0r it. He was then alone, and ocablo to dis-
omraira himself, died in that position. Hallor
mentions that ho saw a man, wboee finger
I in - AKn;n a, hn linttnm m mine, bv
beeping it forcibly bent, supported by that
means the who e wuicni oi nia oouy, uuu uuu
dred and fifty pounds, until be was drawn op
In tha surface. distance of six hundred
lucii
Anonntna II.. Kins of l'Oland. could roil up
a silver elate like a sheet of poper, and twist
tha atrnmreat hnrao-shoa asunder. A lion is
8aiJ to have left the impression of bis teotb
nnnn nieea of solid Iron, ine mosi proai-
gious power of muscle is exhibited by tbe fish.
Tbe whale moves with a velocity, through a
dense medium, water that would carry mm
nmnnrl ilia whole elobe in loss than a fort
night. A ewordUBb has been Known to suite
bis weapon through tbo thick plank of a ship ;
' " 7 . il. f,. ,1, ... l f
a Specimen 01 BUCU piaun, "UU tus m yi
tbe Dsn sucking m iv, waj ub ,u iu tuo lou
tish Museum.
thi Ladiks An excellent system of
gardening for ladies ; Make up your bods ear
P. in th morning : sow buttons on yonr bus
h.nri'l anirlB i UO OUV IUS H fct,w,a.ivww ,
n.,ot tha vnune and tender branches of
Snnr fumilv t plant a smile of good temper in
a ' f (Me. nd carefully root out all aagry
6BliDBg, nd expect a good crop oi nappincss.
I Ml
i . .. ii'..-a,B Home is the resl.
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. f firniodn
Familiar Quotations.
(From "Thing. Not Generally Known," by U. A' Weill, j
There are many phrases and quotations
which are as "familiar in oar mouths as house
hold words," whose origin is either uckaonn
or misconceived, and without encroaching
upon the sphere of tbe works devoted to this
purpose, we may mention a fow of them ;
"Thero is death in tho pot," is from the
Bible, 2 Kings iv 40. "Lovely and pleasant
in their lives, and in death thoy were not divi
ded," is spoken of Saul and Jonathan, 2
Samuel i 23. "A man after bis own heart,"
1 Samuel xiii 14. "Tbe apple of his eye,"
Dout. xix 21. "A still small voice,'" 1 liiugs
xix 12. "Escoped with the skin ofmy teeth,"
Job xix 20. "That mine adversary bad
written a book," Job xxi 35. "Spreading
himself like a greea bay tree," Psalm xxxvii
35. "Hanged our harps npon tbe willows,"
Psalm exxxvii 2. "Riches certainly make
(not take, as it is often quotod) themselves
wings," Proverbs, xxiii 5. "Heap coals of
fire upon hia bead," Ibid, xxv 22. "No new
thing under the sun," Ecclesiastes i 9. "Of
making many books there is no end, Ibid, xii
12. "Peace, peace, when there is no pcaeo,"
(mode famous by Patrick Honry) Joremiah
viill. "My name is Lcgioo," Mark v 9.
"To kick ogainst the pricks," Acts ix 5.
"Make a virtuo of oocessity," Shakespeare's
Two Gentlemen of Verotia. "All that glitters
is not gold," usually quoted, "AH 13 not gold
that glitters," Mercbout of Venice. "Screw
vour cournre to the sticking tilace." (not
jIOtnt) Macbeth. "Make osauranco doubly
Lure Ibid. Hang out your banners on tho
outward (not outer) walls, Ibid. "Keep tho
word of promise to our (not the) ear, but
break it to our hope," Ibid.
"Its on ill wind turns none to good," usually
quoted, "It's an ill wind thut blows uo ouu
any good," Thouias Tasser, 15b0. "Christ
mas conies but once a year," Ibid. Look, ere
you leap," Ibid, and "Look before you, ero
you leap," Hudibras, commonly quoted,
"Look, before you leap.' Out of mind as
soon as out of sight," usually quoted, "Out
of sight, out of mind," Lord Brooke.
"What though the field bo lost, all is not
lost," Milton. "Awake, arise, or be for ever
fallen," 1 bid. "Necessity, tho tyrant's plea,"
Ibid, "lhat old man, eloquent," Ibid.
"Peace bath her victories," Ibid. "Though
this may be play to you, 'tis death to u;,"
Hogor lEstrango, li'J4
"All cry anu no
wool," (not little wool,! Hudibras. "Couut
their chickens ere (not boforo) they'ro hatch
ed," Ibid. "Through thick end thin," Dry
den. "When Greeks joined Greeks, then was
. .. . ..I,. i
uie vug oi war, usually quoteu, ueu
Greek meets Greek, thon comes tbe tag of
war," Natboniel Lee, 1C92. "Of two evills,
I have chose tbo least," Prior, "luchard is
himself again," Colley Cibbcr. "Classic
ground," Addison. "As clear as a wbistlo,"
uyron, li04. "A good hater," Jobnsoniaua.
follow feeling makes ono (not usi wonu-
rous Kind." "Aiy name is isorvai, ooun
Home, 1808. "Ask me no questions and 1 11
tell you no fibs," Goldsmith. "Not much the
worse for wear," (not none tho worse,) Cow-
per. "What will airs. Urunuy say," j nomas
Morton. "No pent op L'tica contracts your
powers," Jobnatban M. Sewell.
liatn given DOSiagesto me luture, uacou.
"His (God's) image cut in ebony," 1 nomas
Ualler. "Wise and masterly inactivity,
Mackintosh, in 1791, though generally at
tributed to Randolph. "First iu war, first in
peace, and GrBt in tbe hearts of bis follow
citizeus," (not countrymeu,) resolutions pre
sented to tbe House oi itepreseniaiives, ukk..
1799. Prepared by General Henry L.ee.
"Millions for defence, but not ono cent Tor
tribute." Charles C. rinckney. "Tho Al-
mir-htv Do! ar" Washington Irvine. AS
pood as a nlav." Kine Charles, when in Par
liament, attending tue discussion oi i.uru
Uobs's Divorce Bill. "Selling a bargian," ia
in Love's Lost. "Past and loose," mid
Punpine a man," Ottway's Venice Pre
served. ' Go snacks." Pope's prologue to
Satires. "In tbe wronrr box," Pox's Mar
tyrs. "To lamtn in the sense of tobeal, King
and no King, by Beaumont and Plotchor."
The hackneved newspaper Latin quotation,
"Tempore mutantur, nos el muiarour in uus,
is not found in any classic or Latin author.
... . . - in:. ,1
The nearest approach to it was "uainia mu
tantur, etc., and this is loond in uomomui
a German writer of tbe middle ages.
"Smelling of the lamp" is to bo found in
Plutarch, and is there attributed to Pythias.
"A little bird told me," comes from EcclcBi.
asles. x. 20 : "i or a bird ot tne air snail
carry tbe voice, and that which bath wings
shall toll the matter."
He lhat fight, and run. away,
May lire to figal another day.
These lines, generally attributed lo nadi
bras, are really much older. Tbcy are to be
found iu a book published in 1G56. Tbe same
idea is however expressed in a couplet pub'
'.isbed in 1542, while one of tbe few fragments
of Aienander, tbe Greek writer, that have
preserved, embodies tbe same idea In a tingle
line. The couplet in uuuioras is i
For thou thut fly muy fight again,
Which he can never do that', .lain.
"Hell is paved with good intentions,"
though found in Johnson and Herbert, was
nhvinuslv in their day a proverbial expression
Walter Scott ascrioos it io -some sieru oiu
uivine."
Where's a good tune a coming, is an ex
pression used by Sir Walter Scott in Uob
Uov. and baa douoiioss ior long nine ueeu
a familiar saying iu dcuuuuu.
Erivuit Cu.lo fulmeit, sceptrtimque tyrannts,
was a Hoe upon crauai.u, wruieu uj mrgui,
the minister of Louis AM. It is, however,
merely a modification of a line by Cardinal
I I yllguaC, Ji i;Uyuc y uuhci, nicooyoc
saiittas. which in turn was tatea iroui a line
of Marcus Manlius, who says of Epicurus Eri
nuilnue Jovt fulmen vtres'jue luiiuntt.
toxpopult, I ox ucx. lue origiu ui iuis
familiar phrase is not known, but it is quoted
as a proverb by William of Malmosbury, who
lived in the early pari oi me iweiuu ceumry
Ultima, ratio regum. This motto waste
graved on the French cannon by order of
Loos XIV.
Whittling girls and and crowing ban
Always eoinetiaonw bad end.
In one of the curious Chinese books re
ccotly translated and published iu Paris, this
proverb o:cors in substantially tuo same
words. It is also an injunction of the Chinese
Eriesthood, and a carefully observed house
old custom, to kill immediately every ben
that crows, as a preventive against in is or.
tone which tbe circumstance is supposed to
iujic.te. The ame p
ractice prevails through-
oat pjftDy portions of
tbe tutted Mates.
. .
I . . , . t . A faf..
Yancy tue leaner oi me lecuomsi, ns
ii i i urn i ubs uuui Tt i au s
0 c 1 r i
Denies the Soft Impeachment.
One of our native poets, tickled at a little
circumstance that happened in bis family, in
a sentimental fit rushed into print with it,
and attempted to father it upon tbe careless
ness of St. Polo.' ; but that old cotodiun, it
will be seen, rinnies the soft impeachment.
The two "jims" are passing among the current
literature of the day :
MY CHILD'S ORIGIN.
BT DAVID BARKER.
One night as old St. Peter slept
He loft the door of Heaven ajar,
When through a little angel crept,
And came down with a fulling star.
One summer as tbe blessed beams
Of morn approached, my blushing brido
Awakened from pleasing dreams,
And found that angel by her side.
God grant bat this I ask no more ;
That when he leaves this world of sin,
He'll wing bis way to that blessed shore,
And Cud tho door of Heaven again.
ST. rETEIt'S REPLY.
Full eighteen hundred years or mora
I've kept my doors securely tied,
Tbere is uo "littlo angel" strayed,
Nor has been missing all the whilo.
I did not sleep as you supposed,
Nor bavo the door of Heaven ajar ;
Nor has a "little angel" left,
And gono down with a falling star.
Go ask that "blushing brido" and sco
If sho won't frankly own and say,
That when sho found that angel babe,
Sho found it by the good old vay.
God grant but this I ask no moro ;
That should your numbor still enlarge,
That you'll not do aa heretofore
And lay it to old Peter's cbargo.
St. Peter.
Tho Lost Pants.
A VERY AMUSING SKETCH.
Tbo following is a passage from tho rich
articles which aro embraced in the literary re
mains of Willis Gaytord Clark. It is only
necessary to premise that tho writer is a
Philadelphia student, who after a stolen
fortnight among tbo gayoties of a Washing
ton "season," nods tiiuisoii ittirougn tne re
missness of a chum) at Baltimore), on his way
ome, without a cunt iu his pocket. He stops
at a fashionablo hotel, nevertheless, whoro,
lafter tarrying a day or two, be finally, at tho
beel of hjiruil dinner, omnes solus in tus private
apartmeut, tlankod with abundaut champagne
and Burgundy, resolves to disclose all to the
landlord. Summoning a servant, be says :
"Ask tbe landlord to step up lo my room,
and bring bis bill."
He clattered down stairs, giggling, and
shortly thereafter bis master appeared.
Ho entered wun a generous smile, mat,
made me hope for the bost that bis house
afforded, and that, just then, was credit.
"How much do I owo you T said 1.
He banded me the bill with all tbe grace
of polite expectancy.
"Lot mo soe seventeen dollars, now very
reasoanble I But, my dear sir, tbe most disa
greeablo part is now to be disclosed. 1
grieve to inform you that I am at present out
of money ; dui i Know, by your pnuaniuro
pic looks, that you will be satisfied when 1
tell yoa that tY had it I would give it to
you with ncqaalibed pleasure. But you see
my not having tne cnaDge wuu mo is tue
reason why 1 don't do it ; and I am sure
you will let the matter stand and Bay no
more about if l am a stranger io you mat s
a fact ; but iu the place where I como from,
all my acquaintances know mo, as easy as
con be."
Tbe landlord turned all colors.
"Where do you live, anyhow 1"
"In Washing 1 should say Philadel
pbia."
His eyes flashed with angry disappoint
ment.
"1 see how it is, mister ; my opinion is that
you are a blackleg. You don't know where
your borne is. Yoa begin with Washington
and then drop it for Philadelphia. You must
pay tbe bill."
"isoi 1 cam."
"Then I'll take your clothes ; if I don't
blow me tight."
"Scoundrel 1" said I, rising bolt upright,
"do it if yoa dare 1 da it 1 and leave tbe rest
to me r
Tbere were no more words. He arose de
liberately, seized my only inexpressibles, and
walked down stairs.
Physicians say that no two excitements can
exist at tbe same time in me system, t-iicr
nal circumstances drove away, almost luimo
diatelv. the coufusion of my brain,
1 aroso and looked out of tho window.
The enow was docendiug as 1 drummed ou a
pano. What was 1 to do 7 Au unhappy
wight, sans culottes, in a strange city, uo
money, and slightly inebriated. A thought
struck me. 1 bad a large, fall cloak, which,
with my other apportionments, save those be
took, the landlord bad spared. 1 dressed im
mediately, drew on my boots over my fair
white drawers, uot uuhke small clothes, put
ou my cravat, vest, and coat ; laid a travuliug
cap from my trunk jauntily over my forehead,
and flinging my uiaulls gracefully about me,
made my way through the ball into tbe street.
Attracted by bhiuing lamps in the portico
of a new hotel, a few squares from my lodg
ings, 1 entored, recorded my name on the
books and bespoke a bed. Everything was
fiesh and neat ; every servant was attentive ;
all argued woll. 1 kept myself closely cloaked,
pulled a cigar, aud retired lo bud lo mature
my plot.
"Waiter, juBt brush my clothes well, my
hue fellow," said 1, in the inormng, as no en
tered the room ;"uiind the pantaloons don't
spill auytbiug from the pockets. Tbere is
money iu bulb."
"1 don't Bee no pantalaons."
'The dovil you don't I Wbcre are they !"
"Can't tell, I'm sura. 1 dou't know, ao
help me God."
Go dowu, sirrah, and tell your master to
come up here immediately." The publican
was with m in a mouieut.
I bad rieeu and worked my face before the
glass into a Ueudtsh look of passion, "Laud
lord P exclaimed I, with a brief gesture, "1
have beeu rubbed iu your bouse ; robbed, sir,
robbed I My pautaluuos ; aud a purs con
taining one hundred aud fid) dollar in botes
are goue. This ia a prelly hotel I 1. ttii.
the way you fulfill iba injunctions of tbu
scripture I 1 aut a stranger, aud 1 fiuJ uiy-
L Jl A llTl.ll . AIL Jl I
self taken in with a vengance. I will expose
yoa at once, if I am not recompensed.
"Pray keep your tomper," said tbe agi
tated publican, "I have just opened this
house, and it is getting a good run , would
you mm its reputation for an accident ? I
will send for a tailor to measure yon for tbe
missing garmont. Your money shall be re
funded. Do you not see your temper is use
less T
"My dear sir," 1 replied, "I thank you for
yonr kindness. I did not mean to reproach
you. If those trowsers can be dono to-day I
shall be satisfied, for time is more precious
man money. You may keep the others, if
you find thorn, and in exchango for tho hun
dred and fifty dollars which yoa give me, their
contents are yours."
The next evening, with new inexpressibles,
and one hundred and filty dollars in my purse,
I called on my guardian in Philadelphia for
sixty dollars. He gave me a lecture on
collegiuto desertion that I shall not forget.
I cnclosod the money back to my honrabla
laudlord by the first post, settled my bill at
old Crusty's, the first publican, and got my
trunk by mail.
Tiir Okanok Gnu, of Coi.bMiiis. At Co
lumbus, Ohio, thero has bcon for aomo years
past, a lovely orange girl, kuowu to all as
Ettic, ond of all respected. Sho supported
an aged mother by tho salo of ber fruit, and
never returned homo with a full basket
Everybody bought an orango of Ettie, for all
adrnirod her, but it was with a rcspectablo
admiration, she was so puro and good. Ettio
was about sixteen, and wlieu the Union meet
ing of tho Kentucky, Tennessoe and Ohio
Legislatures took pluce at Columbus, a youth
ful member of tho Teunesseo Legislature,
strolling tho city, wos startled by a silvery
voice asking "Buy an orange, Bir?" Ho did
buy one, ond this opened the way for a con
versation, in which tbo girl artlessly revealed
to tho stranger tho povorty of her home, and
tho necessity of her supporting her mother.
He was so struck with tho girl's tnannt-r
ond singular beauty that ho secretly resolved
to visit her borne nnd becomo moro intimately
acquainted. Ho did so, ond after successive
visits, won tho confidonco and lovo of the
maiden, aud tho mother's consent to their
marrmgo ; ond whou ho wcut oack to his
southern home it was with a promise to re
turn in a fortnicht for his bride. Ho eann.
and now tho manly Southerner oud the beou-
lllul uronge Girl aro man and wife. IIo bus
taken hor, tho fairest of tho fair, to bis home,
to dwoll with him, aud her oeed mother iu
opulonco.
The Cattle Diskasr This disease so
provalcnt in Massschusetts, is creating much
alarm in Connecticut, and a committee in
the liogislaturo bavo reportod a bill provi
ding for tho appointment of three commis
sioners with power to visit oil parts of tho
State, and take measures to nolate all cattle
diseased of Buspected of diseaso ; also com
pelling owucts of cattlo that are suspected
to be diseased, to report tbem to the select
men, under penalties ; also compelling select
men to take moans for ieolation of deceased
herds ; also punishing severely the sale of
diseased animals.
The secretary of tho Maine board of aeri-
culturo recommends to the people of that
State, as security against the introduction of
the cattlo disease, tho non-importation of
cattle from infected districts in Massachu
setts ; also, that for some months to coma
there can be no driving from place to placo
or exchange, or circulation in any way, of
cattle now within tbe State's borders.
Man is like a snow ball. Leave him Ivinn
in idleness against tbo sunny face of prosperi
ty, and all that's good iu him melts like butter.
out kick bim around and he gathers strength
with each revolution, until be grows into au
avalanche.
Ai.oks i'b said to bo on excollont thing to
dostroy insects on trees. W&jliiug their
trunks with a solution of oloes aflects the
leaves sufficiently to prevent insects eating
thorn. It is believed many plants may bo
divested of tbem by watoiiug with a solution
of uloos, Syringing roses with it will kill the
slug. For solution, tako one ounce of aloes
to two gallons of water. It dissolves best in
warm water.
Only Sixtkes Years Old. It is just six
teen years since Professor Moiso put op tho
first electrict Telegraph in America. Tha
first piece of news Bent over it was tbe nomi
nation of J. K. Polk for President, made at
Baltimore, and announced in Washington
"two hoars in advance of tbe mail."
Tbe loss of life and property in tbe West
by tbe recent tornado is enormous. As far
as ascertained, the lives sacrificed number
nearly 150, and the amount of property de
stroyed is more than a million of dollars.
TlIS ScRIFTURE Rl'1.8 AS TO DIVORCES
Tbe Methodist Conference now io session at
Buffalo, N. Y., has resolved that the mar
riage relation can only be dissolved by a
violation of tho soventb commandment or by
death, and that a subsequent marriage by
either party, while both are living, is contra
ry to the teachings of the Holy Scriptoros.
IK'ties. Every man ought to pay his debte
if be ran. Everv mau ought to hi Ip his
ueiyhbor if ho cau. Every man and womou
ought to get married if thoy can. Every
mau should should do Lis worn to suit Lis
customers if be can. Every man sbuulJ
please his wife if he can.
At Battle Creek. Michigan, the ft her day.
an American butcuer uoy ana an insu boy
run a race ogainst time, tbe distance of ouu
mile- Tbe butchers lad's time was 4 minutes
40 secouds, and lhat of the Irish boy 5 min
utes 2 seconds. 1 he whole town turned out
to see tbe sport.
Cultvrk cr Cotton in Utah The Mor.
moos have tbe virtue of iudustry, if nothing
olso. They are turning attoction to the cul
ture of cotton, aud in Washington county,
300, miles south of Salt Lake City, about live
tons were raised the past year.
"Bob, is that dog of youro a foiuter f
''No he's half bunter and half setter; he
hunts bones when be's hungry, and sets by
tbe stove wbeu bo s satisfied."
In the Registry of Deeds at Cambridge,
Massachusetts, is recorded a deed, dated
174, which gives tho following boundaries:
"Then eoutberuly on Wra. Smith to a
pine iu the swamp marked W, then Souther
ly on said Wm. Smith to stump and stones
where Vanul llarrinyton licked William
Smith."
Why were tbe revolutionary war and tbe
war of 1612, like our forefathers t Because
they were early settlers.
Why should the people of tbe East Iodic
have dates at their finger end f license tl
palm produces thorn which is always on baud.
What line often comes in contact with tha
clothe liue, frequently crosses tlx equiuuxial
Hue, and is still not a fishing liue f Criuo-l.ce.