Dylan Momenta. it ASK* Jil Thare’aa HUtllng tif angelic wing*— Bright creatures learetheeky— They, come tosee, in her.ygony, A mortipi iUter dU. , There iino one heir tohear her, , When ahebreathet herlateat aigh,' •iralheangela'thatarei winging ifcwalheaky..' ■ ffitteUlfc%e4p‘liigdll &e'thhrrow— - ’ _;i r ;- *Ati(t4ar*’frohi rridhyiin'eye' !,TbaLlookad not enberaonUW,'" . (BoiovWly pUsed her by. : , ' , pWwi)l tremble tbej tbmk upon jjnfjiponded njpah— "i' o,'ihd rustling of thtfangela* wing*' Ware hoard by hetr/alonek •*' lr They’JTeay it was a feaHu] thing . To yield up bring breath, - -" .Without a band to wipe away The gathering dew of death. 0, howblert that fluttering spirit wa«. On eirtli can ne’er be known, - Far the nulling of thean gels’ Wings Were heard by her alone! HUMOROUS SKETCH, From the Dtiroit paily4dvcrtuef. DOISSTICKS INTENTS A PAT ENT MEDICINE. New YoOifNbv. 6, 1854.’) 701 Narrow street. y Congratulate me—my fortune ia made—l art Irtrtortalized, anil I’ve done if myself, I have gone Into the patent medicine business. My name will be handed down to posterity da (hat of a universal benefactor. The hand which hereafter writes upon (he record of Fame the names of Ayer, Sands, Townsend; Modal, Morrison and Brandreth, must also! inscribe, side by side with these distinguished appellations, the no less brilliant cognotpen of the undying Doeslicks. Emulous of the deathless notoriety which has been acquired by the medicinal worthies just mentioned, I also resolved to achieve a name and a fortune in the same reputable aqd honest manner.— Bought a gallon of lar, a cake of beeswax and a firkin of lard, and in twenty-one hours I presented to the world the first-batch of “[Doeslick's Patent-Self- Acting-Four-Horse Power Balsam designed to cure all diseas es of mind, body or estate, to give strength to the weak, money to the poor, bread and butter to the hungry, boots to the barefoot, decency to blackguards, and common sense to the Know-Nothings It acts physically, morally mentally,, psychologically, physiolog ically, and geologically, arid it ia intended to make our sublunary sphere a blissful para dise, to which Heaven itself will be nothing but a side-shov I have not yet brought it to absolute perfec tion, but even now it acts with immense force, as you will perceive by thi accompany ing testimonials and records of my oiyn indi vidual experience. You will observe that I have not resorted to the usual manner of pre paring certificates; which is, to be certain that all those intended lor eastern circulation shall seem to come from some formerly un heard of place in the wcsi, while those sent to the west shall be dated at some place forty miles to the east of sunrise. But I send to you, as representing the western country, a certification from an Oregon farmer: “ Dear Sir: The land hitherto composing my farm has been so poor that a Scotchman could'nt gel his living off it, and so stony that we had to slice au? potatoes and plant mem edgways ; but hearing of your balsam, 1 nut some on the corner of a (en acre lot, surrounded by a rail fence, and in the morn inc I found Ihe rocks had entirely disappear efi, a neat stone wall encircled the field, and me rails were split into ovenwood and piled up symmetrically in my back yard. Pul naif an ounce irtto the middle of a huckle berry swamp ; in two days it was cleared off, planted with corn and pumpkins, and had a row of peach trees in full bloom through the middle As an evidence of its tremendous s’rengih, I would stale that ii drew a striking likeness of my eldest daughter—drew my voungest boy out of a mill pond—drew a blister all over his stomach—drew a load of polaloes four miles 10 market, ane eventually drew a prize of ninety-seven dollars in the slate lottery. And ihe effect upon ihe inhab itants hereabnuis has been so wonderful, that Ibev have opened iheir eyes to the good of the country, and are determined to vole for a person for governor who is opposed to fm-ls in me middle of June, and who will make a positive law agnins Ireshcts, hail-storms and tne seventeen year locusis There, isn’t that some ’ But I give one more from a member of a senior class in a western college, who, although misguided, n»glec,led and ignorant, is Undoubtedly ns bon es: and sincere a- he- Prussianized education will admit of. I have corrected the olhog. raphv and revised some grammatical inaccu racies ; but, besides attending to these trifles, inserting marks of iiunci.ialmn, and pulling me capitals in ihe right places, I assure you I have made no alteration ; Sru, Harbor, June, 31, 1854, My Dear Doctor: (You know 1 attended medical lectures hall* a ivmier, and once as sisted in gelling n crooked needle out of n baby’s leg; so I understand perfectly well ttie thenrv and practice of medicine, and the line, doctor, is perfectly legitimate under the Prussian system.) By the incessant study re b'tired in this establishment, I had become warn dawn so thin that I was obliged to pul an overcoat on lo cast a shadow—bin acci dentally hearing of your balsam, I obtained a Quaninv. and in obedience to the homceopn inic principle of ibis institution, look an in hnnesimal dose only : m four dins [ measur ed one hundred and eighty two inches round tne waist—could chop eleven cords of hicko rv wood in two hours and n half; and nn a bei, carried a yoke of oxen two miles and a banner in my lell hand, mv right hand being tied behind me ; and if any ono doubts the tact, the nxen are still In ho seen. “ Ahum iwo weeks after ibis, had thn plea sure of piirtieipating in a gunpowder explo sion, on which occasion mv arms and legs were scattered over the village, and my man gled remains pretty equally distributed through out the whole country. Under these circum stances my life was despaired of, and my class-mates had bought a pine coffin, and borrowed Whole shirts lo attend ihe feneral in; when the invincible power of your four horse-power balsam (which I happened to have in my vest pocket) suddenly brought logelher the scattered pieces ..f my body— collected my limbs from the rural districts; put new life into my shattered 1 frame, and I '' I • >.i (jVj,; > I- J'.vJeifi --c ; .•<! . U.„ {.,1 la >vnn?ruT„;W! , . I -M?.; ! M. H. COBB,-EDITOR. VOL. 1. - TOLLSBOKOF&Hy fIG6A' [tHWitSBAY «i» I - —i-i•- r. <, -.-« ,i---p.f - ■»■-!-, ,K-1 in, .’i} 1 1 ) v i.laflWirf 3 «■•■;,'■ Tr, :lX ! y , ■ ./. .A Ci )■: "t cO was ib new sett of 4puWb - 'teeth, ‘t' have 1 the label whiolyepvrtppqd tjbe apd .Ijave. sewed it on the gejU of rpy pantaloon?, and 1 now bid grim dydtii defiaoce, ,for,l, feel that I am uplsillablej and. ih fact I am eveo’now generally denorrtlnaled lho, 1 ' Great 'Western Achitles ” • , ' ’ .“ Hr” I-feel that after mis, give you. no more reports, ,of third persons, but-will nevertheless detail,some of my/jwn personal experience of. thq.ar tides.,,, Icayised some to be applied to the Washlejiaw Bank aftpr its failure, and .whjle the balsam lasted, the hank redeemed its notes wiiji spefcfe. "’The cor.lt,of one of the bottles dropped upon 1 the head, of a childless widow, and in six weeks ..she had, a young and blooming husband. Adminis tered some to a hack driver in a glqs's of gin and sugar, and that day he swindled but sev en people, and qnjy gave two of them bad money in change. Gave a few drops gratis to a poor woman who was earning a,precari ous subsistence-by making calico shirts with a cross-eyed needle, and tno next day she was discovered to be heir to a large fortune. The Know Nothing candidate for Mayor of the city has sent for a bottle, and it has entirely cured him of a violent verbal diarrhoea.— Gave some to an up. town actor, and that night he said “ damned” only twenty-one times. One of the daily papers got the next dose, and in the next edition but one- there were but four editorial falsehoods, seven inde cent advertisements, and two columns and a half of home-made ‘ Foreign Correspondence.’ Caused fifteen drops to be given to the low comedian of a Broadway theatre, and that night he was positively dressed more like a man than a monkey—actually spoke some lines of the author—made only three insane attempts at puerile witticisms —only twice went out of his way to introduce some gross ly indelicate line into his part, and for a won der lost so much of his self-conceit that for a full half hour he did not believe himself the greatest comedian in the world. Gave some to a newsboy, and he manfaclured but three fires, a couple of murders, and one horrible railroad accident, in tho next thirty minutes. Pul some on the outside of the Crystal Pul ace, and the same day the slock went from 22 up to 44. Our whole Empire City is en tirely changed by the miraculous power of “ Doeslick’s Patent Self-Acting Four Horse Power Balsam.” The gas is lighted on the dark nights instead ot the moonlight eve nings—there are no more highway robberies in the streets, or if there are, the offenders, when arrested, are instantly discharged by the police magistrates. No more building ma terials on the side-walks ; no more midnight murders ; no more Sunday rows ; no more dirty streets ; no more duels in Hoboken,and no more lies in the newspapers. Broadway is swept and garnished ; the M. P’s are civil; and the boys'don’t steal any more dogs. In fae.t , so well content are we now with our city, that we feel, as the Hibernian poet so beaulifuly expresses it: “ O if there be on Elysium on earth, It is this—il is this.” Orders for my balsam, accompanied by ihe money, will he immediately attended to ; oth erwise not —for my partner and I have re solved lo sell for cash only, feeling as did Dr. Young, who appropriately and feeling re marks— “ Wc take no notes on lime.” Triumphantly yours, Dr. Q. R. P. Doesticks, P. 8., M. D, P. S.—Bull Dogge says I have piled il up 100 strong, and that no one will believe what he calls “ that humbug about the newspapers, and the preposterous nonsense concerning the Broadway actor.’’ lam aware thal in these insluces mv medicine has performed a mod ern miracle, but the facts rbmain no less true, than strange.” An Arab Steed. There was one of our rides which 1 never cull to mind without a leap of the heart.— The noble red slallion which I usually moun ted, had not forgotten the plains of Dun-hur, where he was bred, and whenever we came upon the boundless level extending south ward from the town, his blood was aroused. He pricked up his ears, and neighed as grandly as the war-horse of Job, champed furiously against the restraining bit, and ever ami anon cast a glance of his large brilliant eye b.ckward to me, half in wonder, half in scorn. I hat 1 did not feel the Same desire.— The truih is, 1 was lingling from head to foot with eqpal exci'ement, but Dr. Bella was a thorough Englishman in his passion for trot ting, and was .vexed whenever 1 rode at any other pace. Once, however, ths sky was so blue, ihe morning air so cool and fresh and the blond so lively in my veins, that I ans wered the fierce questioning nf Sutton’s eye with an involuntary shout, pressed my knees against his sides and gave him the rein. 0 Mercury what a rush followed ! We cut ihe air like tire whizzing shot from a Saracen cross-bow ; Sultan stretched out until his powerful neck was almost level wi'b his back, and ihe glorious rjlhm of his hoofs was accompanied by so little sense of effort, that il seemed hut the throbbing of hi's heart, keeping lime with my own. Hia'oouse was as straight as a sunbeam, Swerving nnt a hair’s breadth lo the right or left, but forward into the freedom of the desert. Neck and neck with him careered the CbnsulVmilk white stallion, end 1 was so lost in the'sltortg excitement of our speed, that atf hour had passed before I was cool enough to notice where We were going. - The* Consul -finally called Out lo' me to stop, and I complied, sharinglhe savage resistance of-Sultan, who neighed and plunged with' grbnlef ardoF than at the ’start. The minarets of Kbaftohm bad long since disappeared; we were ift.tho ‘ yii- ‘ 6 F : tc/te iuHn jKDiKtc t/avicn cent re. «C a desolate sandy f>laiß*-btoketthe» and .then by-,elu mps pf ainnted- mitnoaas«mj dreary'landßcnpe,ibul gloiifi?d by the.sun shineiandndelioioas 'air; Wo rode, r seversl[ mtle4,on the roturntraok,: before. wo met the' pursuing' «Ueridanl3 ( wbo had urged ’ their difotnedariet intp a gallop; and Were sailing, after us like a' flock of' ostriches,— Bayard Taylory ■ i DOMESTIC STORY. ' Jf IJST CH ATIGE IT. ]' A BKBXCU. TOpr;Nfinnn£qi£REßS 111 XIF£. “Charted, whiff 'did 'thid peach' preserve cb«r ■ ' “ I’rn'sure IdpnVkndW.Hannah.” ‘ " “But ybit height it J 'ibis mofn'ing, didn’t you V' I did,'but ("didn’t ask the price of it.” “ Did you nbl pay Tor it ?” “No”: 1 ■- “Why not?” “0. because I couldn’t slop • to make change. 1 ,have opened ap account with Mr. 1 Wafdrdnj'tibdshall herteafter settle once in three months.” This conversation was going on at tea ta ble, between Charles Matho was and his wife. 'Mathews was a young mechanic, who had just commended housekeeping, and as he was making excellent’wages, he could afford to live pretty well.' After he had made known his determination to his wife, she re mained sometime in silent thought. " Charles," at length she said, in a very mild persuasive tone, “ I think it would be better to pay for things as you take them.— Ydu know yon receive your pay for labor every Saturday night, and you could pay as you go very easily.” “ I know I could,” returned Mr. Mathews, with the air of a man who had unanswer able argument at his command ; but then it would not be near so handy. You see if ! pay my store bill but once a quarter I shall save all the trouble of making change; and shall not ohly save some lime, but also avoid mistakes.” “ Mistakes I” repeated Hannah. How can mistakes occur when you pay for things as you gel them.” “ I will tell y6u.' Sometimes it may not be convenient to pay for a thing when I get it—l may forget my money or 1 may only take it on trial—then if I pay for part and not for all, some things may get charged which I pay foe.' No, Hannah, a settlement once a quarter will be the best and most con venient all around, lam satisfied of it. “ Well, perhaps it may,” said Ihe wife, with an earnest lone and look, yel with n smile, “ but I cannot think so.” “ But why not.” Why, on all accounts. In the first place, you will buy more than you would if you paid cash. Now, you needn’t shake your head for I know it. There are so many lit tle extras, which we do not peed, but which you will yet be apt to buy if yoWdo not have to pay cash down. I know something about this credit business, and it is not a fair thing. In the second place, if you pay cash for everything, you will get your goods cheaper. A tradet will sell cheaper when he can have the money in his hand than when he has to carry out' the amount on his ledger.” “But let me tell you, Hannah, that Mr. Waldron will not cheat. He is not the man to lake advantage that way. ’ You misundersiood me, Charles. Do you not know that all traders can afford to sell cheaper for cash than for credit? Mr. Waldron, for a five dollar bill, will let you have triore sugar than he would for the same amount entered at different times on his ledger. He could afford to do so. Traders like to secure cash customers. I think you’ll find it to Our advantage to try Ihe cash sys tem. Now Ido not believ'd you would have' bought this pe.-u h preserve if you had to pay Ihe ca»h for it.” “ But I bought that just to please you, Hannah, and 1 thought you would accept it gre.alefully,” returned Ihe young husband, in a tone which showed that his feelings were touched. “ I know you did,” said the wife, laying her hand affectionately upon his shoulder, “and I was grateful, for 1 knew you would do anything to please me ; but for the sake of helping you I would forego all ihose things, perhaps”—and the wife “spoke very low—you might be able to buy a little col lage of your own one of rhese days.” For several days Charles sent only such things up from the store'as were actually needed. At length, as he went into the store one morning on his way lo his work, he saw snme splendid looking pickles in fancy jars. He had ordered the articles he needed and was about to leave, when Mr. Waldron spoke: “Mr. Mathews, don’t you want a jar of these pickles ? 1 carried my wife in a jar last evening and she thinks them superior lo anything she ever saw before.” Now Charles knew that his wife had plen ty of plain pickled cucumbers, some lhal her mother had pul down for her, but Mr. Wal dronVwife has had some of, these fancy ones and why shnuldu.’i Hannah I" V Shall I scad, you up a jar ?” ,“ How much are they Only a dollar f’... , , “Yes; you may-send, one up, end. just charge it if, you plesse.’! “ 0 certainly ; anything you' want < you may lorder at any time,' and you-may be as sured we ehall be happy ter accommodate you;'.’ .• <•- .. ■ Now this was flattering to young Math ews’ reelings, to ihiuklhatlhe trtiddr hadso much'confidence 1 td'hlin, ktid he went away With an exceeding good Opinion of himself hi:* Ito- jfcyaw ; ( "t> (' • “ •** ‘ 'WTTWTTini J I 'J S' i»V I afyl;hia ci^di| f iood of ibe ialorekeeper ip par- V«W ra ni u Mo-r. .. <-.-n t a dollarll’V/ye* onlya, dollop.on is - noihipg. Butia dollar right out of one’s-pocket—that is dif fifeentr GharliJai Mathews would; hot * have, bPltght th'oSO'picklerf if 'lhe cosh had IjeenTd qlitred fop.ihem.': *-•>• '-’I x. m -v v ! “ Ah, Mrtthews, look here; I’ve got sotnd- to'show jroUj”, Tljis said, ,by .ihe .wper 'hi pjen' 1 , Wj feex?qr.L4»t raorningiafier Iho: purchase of. the hero oul to thb 6T‘ tlie sldre atfd 1 Opened 'a ' Iwi*' f • ’> .<■. ■„ dtp t*i - ‘‘There Mathews, aint thepe/oice oran ges?” •■ah' ■; - . They are nice,” replied Charles. Ahd s 6 they realty were. ; ’'" , ' . ' ‘ “I know your wife would 'like' some of these, I carried some in to tny 'yife, ant} she wanted me to-save her four or live do?en.” “These are nice. , How.do they, cortie. V' “ Let's see; I can send you, up three doz en for a dollar ; I get those vary cheap.— You know they are retailing at five apd six cents apiece.”. “ Yes. Well, you may send me up three dozen. . Just charge them if you please. “ Certainly; anything else this morn- ing r “ I believe not,” And so Mathews went on. This morning row perhaps fifty ivery much. The nuch money in his ijt bought them. — i say to himself, twelve dollars a not be; but the lollnr was “only Id this dollar with “ two dollars,” II it three, and it was a dollar—to-mon cents, h didn’t seem young man kept just as rt pocket as though he had’n “ Only a dollar,” he wou that is’nt much out of week.” And so it might trouble was that the next a dollar.” He forgot to a the former dollar and call and with the next and so on. One evening Charles c gold chain attached to his “Where! did you get wife. , , “ Ah,’’ returned the hunbapd, wi'h an im pressive shake of the bead, “ I- made a bar gain in this chain.. N.ow guess what I paid for it.” “ I’m sure I can’t guess.” “0, but try—guess something.” “ Well, perhaps ten dollars.” “Teh‘ dollars !” echoed Charles,' wilh a son of n disappointed look. Why what are you thinking off: Jack Cummings bought (his chain two mopths ago, and paid twenty dollars for it. Why just heft it and see how heavy it is. Eighteen carats fine. Jack was hard up for money, and let me have it twelve dollars.” “ It is cheap, to be sure," relumed Han nah, but yet wilh not so much pleasurable surprise as her husband had anticipated.— “ But,” she added “ you did not need ■ it, and I fear you will feel Ihe’loss of the money.” “ Pooh! 1- have money enough. You know 1 have spent but very little lately. 1 have been pretty saving.” “ But you forget our things, Charles.— The money which you have in your hands.is not \nurs.” “ Not mine !" “ No ; it belongs Id the stork-keeper, and lo the buicher. and to our landlord. You know they must be paid. “ Don’t you fret about them. I know it don’t coat me anywhere near twelve dollars a week to live, for 1 have made an estimate. There is Wilkins who worlfs right side of me in the shop, be has four children, and only gels ihe same wages lhal I do, and yet he lavs up some three or four dollars every week, besides paying his rent.” “Yes,” said Hannah, “1 know he does. [was in to see his wife the other day, and she was telling me how well they were gel ling along. Mr. Wilkins laltes his basket every Saturday night and goes over to the market and buvs his week’s quantity of meat and vegetables, nnd trades for ; onsh, so that he gels evert thing at the best advantage. So he goes nl Ihe store. Ho Inyts in a good quan'ity of these articles width will keep and buys them ns cheap as he can. Bu'ter., eggs, cheese, apples, and such,' ho buvb when the market is full, and when they are cheap and he always buys enough to last his fiim ilv over Ihe season of scarcity, when such things are high. His butler for instance, he bought for eighteen cents a pound—a large firkin of it—and it 1 is much sweeter than that for which you paid twenty-eight cents yes terday.” “ Twenty-eight cents!” repeated the young man in surprise. “ Yes. F asked Mr. Waldron’s man who brought it up, and he said it had risen to twenty-eight cents. Mr. Wilkins got fifty dozen eggs some time ago for twelve cen's a dozen, and his wife packed Ihem down, and they kept Well. You will have lo pay Mr. Waldron thirly-lhree for those you sent Up vesterday.” Charles Mathews somewhat astonish ed at thjsvipw of the .case, but it could no( be helped now ; and;the subject was drop, ppd. Hjs gold chain had lost its charpt. It did not look so. y.e11.-evan in-his own eves, as had the simple .block, cord fvhich he had. At length ' tha end of the. Quarter dame aroimdi ..The first .bill paid .was .the. rent, which amounted in-thirty one dollars. The next was tbohutcher’s bill, which amounv 'led to’lhirtv.slxdollars. Charles-was aston. ijhed to see how the meal bill fooled up; But when he saw. howimany steaks tie had.had at 17 cdnia per poundi’lhe cause ol r wo»der was at ah end- ’ • NeXtt'he paid the baker’s bill, which wah'thirteen dollars;' Whbnhe had come homu'ih'iho'' evening’ he hhd paid all his bills etebpt his grocery bill. “ Mr. Waldron sent tri his faiirfo-day,”i ,:,n« Ah,.did NT, . , ; „ t | it. ffe iiro? astonished,! ; lepglh, gfld . tyfian hecamo to Ipok.at,,ihe.bouopa pfihe columnhis.facelurned a shads pale, - It foot- 1 ;ed ap-jest sixty-five dollars-—an average of .five dollars a .week..' i-> .l-SThisis jirppossiblfi 1” he. uttered as he ■gazied ofmri: it.. - Bui. he examined the differ tenfarticles and could remopiheriwhen he-or dered them. ■:Thosei things which-oost only a’tfollair looked very jonooent when viewed alonb/huT mahe’aggregate theV had a differ enf appearance. “■HdW’mubhihall'yon'lay vip-this-quarter, Charles V’ kindly inquired his* wife, 7 ns she came and leaned over her husband’s sh’oulder and patting the hair on his forehead and sfnobihed it back; • • “ Holy milch shall I fay up T” he repealed -t-* 1 not miich. Get me the slate and let tne reckon up.” Charles was ‘resolved to be Irank about the matter and let Bis wife know all,. - This slate was brought. Frst Hannah put down one hundred nnd'fifly-six dollars as the quarter’s wages.’ Then came the rent, and the butcher and the baker. “ Now you may pul down twelve dollars for this chain and twelve dollars for sundries —that means cigars, tobacco, nuts, beer, soda, theatre tickets and. such .things. Now take all that from my quarter’s wages, and see how much remains.” Hannah performed the sum and gave fifty two dollar? os the result. “ Fifty-two dollars,” uttered Charles, sink ing back into his chair, “ and we have not bought one article of clothing or furniture. Fifty-two dollars wilh which to pay sixly-five. There is thirteen dollars short ihis quarter, and I thought to save thirty at least.” “ Well, it’s no use to mourn over it,” said the wife in it cheerfnl tone, for she saw that her husband felt'badly. “Let us commence again, there’s nothing like trying, you know.” For some moments Charles remained silent. He gazed first upon the bill he held in his hand, then upon the figures on the slate, and then upon the Boor. At last he spoke ; ihere was a peculiar light in his eyes and a flush upon his countenance. “.Hannah, 1 see where the trouble is, and I must freely admit it. I have been wrong; if I had paid for everything ns I bought it, I should not have been where I now am in pe cuniary millers. You are righi, I see it all now, I have not estimated the value of mon ey fls I ought. Lei me once get up again to where 1 began, and 1 will do differently. I must step down to the store this evening and pay Mr. Waldron what I have, and the rest 1 will pas him when I am able.” “ That matter can be easily settled,” said Hannah, wilh a bright, happy look. “ I have more than enopgh to make up the amount of the bill. It is money 1 had when we were married. ‘ Wait a moment.’’ ime ihome witli a watch. that 1” asked his Charles protested most earnestly against taking his wife’s money, bat she would listen to no argument on lhal subject. It was her will and he must submit. So he went down and paid the grocery bill, and on his way home, sold his gold chain for fourteen dollars. He felt happier when he got the old black card once more around his neck, and the money now to commence the quarter with. On the next Monday morning the young man went into the meal store to send home a piece of beef for dinner. ■ “ How much will you have ?” asked the butcher. -• “•O, three or four”— Charles got thus far and then he slopped! He had always been in the habit of ordering an indefinite quantity, and leaving the butch er lo cut it off at the highest figure, and charge the highest prices ; and he remember ed how much was usually wa-led. “ Let me have two pounds,” he said. He stopped and saw it weighed and paid for it. When he went home at noon he ffiund lhal his two pounds of beef had made enough, and there was none to waste. The next morning he went to the store. Mr. Waldron had some nice figs just come in which he showed. They were only a shilling a pound. For a moment Charles hesitated, but when he remembered that he had to pay for all he bought, he concluded not to lake them, lie found that things-were not so enticing when it required cash In gel them ns when the payment could be postpon ed. He paid for what he bought and went his way, and thus things went on through ine week. When it canto Saturday night he knew that all the nmnev iu his pocket was • his own, after deducting his rent. That eve ning be went over Ihe market with Wilkins, and bought as much meat and vegetables as he thought would last Jtim through'the week. He found that be had made a saving of at least 30 per cent, bv this opeiatton, and when an opportunity offered, he made the same saving in other mailers. At the end of that quarter, Charles Mat thews did Hot have to get any slate. He paid his house-rent, and then he found he had thirty-five dollars led in his pocket. That was all his—he did not owe a penny of it. “ Ah,-Hannah,” he said as he held the mnnby in his ffirnd and - looked at it, “ now I see how easy it is for a man to be Wrong, nnd’his wife right. This money all comes pf paying nsTgb along.' If Is' very' easy and simple tosqy : “ Just charge it," a man may easily buy under such circumstances, but .when the day of reckoning,comes, these three, simple words (hat sound so innocent , when spqg'en, a're itmnd, a to be . costly things.; j would, h/tye, belieyqd itunt.il I tried it. loouldnbl have believed that a man would purchase so many more useless articles sim ply because hd could' have them charged.' •: -J-'HsL -:-; ■ t !i t Ys-Jl<r a fi J “■2VC' -‘ !t ‘S^ifeWlll>T gwy-vr**-'*-' ■' ur.j/*— aa.iiaf.-A-i u-... ~, . ( 1 1 ! Thai secrtA oTallf(Ko success- in the -world —-allltdgredl achWvetnentsi'id bHj; times, in .aU-cbiaUrie^and; ofuall kinds,iiga in Utfltte ; K •, ■ '*& n; Tidy tkthen Words seem ,yet are they mighty I The £erm or all fame,and wealth, ■end fehurie-i? contained in them - ; sad.in dtistry andpersevoranceotiiy are required to bear (hat gerai in breadth and. strength end beatilyj m <* r j "‘♦■l will lry !”_>tiaa noble, healthful, earn* eat, cogent, glorious.phrase, and its f resolute .utterance sound ’ of a. trumpet and the voice op a 1 prophet I n Well worthy & it of stout hearts and 'of heroes, whose greatest deeds have been naught save its expression truthful and tactile. ■ There seems a-throb of life—-flush of hope -i-asepse of strength in-this founder of great ness nhd' former of destiny ; end about its triune .Ulhfolhess, a wide-spreading halo, re ■vealitig the’lDrTlfinht 'future arhlm. who ob serves it. 1 will (rjr'l”, He only is a hero that dare say this, and say it 100 with'a will and n pur pose’and an energy to make it good. - ■ There is musie In its speaking and d resolution in its speaker I VVe ’love to hear it; for its sterling virtue falls upon the-ear like the ho liest teaching and' yields vigor and support to the heart, fainting from toil and sick from misfortune.- There is strong though whole, some contagion in the air which receives it, and many, pure breaths may be breathed in its exhalation. “ I will try," is the wand of the genii, that touches the rock, and turns it to ashes, that waves o’er the desert, and fills it with fra grance ; that presses the sand, and decks it with djemopds. Obstacles ever stand between man and his greatness; between himself and his desires, his thoughts and his glory. He’must strug gle bravely, well and long, though his limbs pain nod his feet bleed, if he would reach his aim and duly. And let him not despair, how ever much may oppose him j but with a fer vent “ 1 will try,” oft uttered and always re membered, his soul will be firm ; and shorter and easier his journey. “ I will try I" Those who have never said it and acted it, have never asserted, iheir na ture or claimed the place to which they ore entitled. They linger like drones in the val ley, when the bright green hills are above them, which they can climb and be nobly re warded, if they “ will try” as their good spir it prompts them. “I will try !” Thisdolh more ihsn the Syracusan's boast; for it ever rnovelh iho world on toward perfection, and throngs eve ry age with its wonders. There is a winning power in its language that strengthened more than physio- or cordial. i “ 1 will try!” Say it and 'mean it, over again and manv time, ye that are hopeless and weary and mind-sick, andi ye will find another heart in your bosoms and its daily excitement will lead you to peade, and to plen ty and glory. 1 A Cow days since a case came up in the United Stales District Court in Philadelphia m which a captain of a vessel was charged with some offense on shipboard by his crew. An incident occurred in the case which ex cited a deep feeling in the court and in all present. A small lad was called to the stand to tes tify in the case. He had been on board the baric while at Pernambuco, and wasjpresent during-the controversy between thejcaptain and the crew. The shaggy appearance of his head, and the bronzed character of his face and neck, from exposure to the southern sun, at first would seem to indicate careless ness and neglect; but underneath that long matted hair the fire of intelligence gleamed from a pair of small, restless eyes, which could not be mistaken. The counsel for the captain, from the extreme yohlh of the lad, doubled whether he understood the obligation of the oath he was about to lake, and with a view to test his knowledge, asked leave to in terrogate him. This was graced, and the following colloquy took place ; Counsel —Mv tad, do yon understand the obligation of an oath 1 ■ Boy —Yes, sir; 1 do. Counsel —What is the obligation t Boy —To speak the truth and keep noth ing hid. Counsel —Where did you learn this, my Boy —From my mother, sir, replied the lad, with a look of pride that showed how much he esteemed the early moral principles implanted in his breast, by her to whom was commuted bis phvsical and moral existence. For a moment there was silence in the court-room, and then, as eye met eve, and face gleamed lo lace wilh recognition nf a mother's love and moral principle which hid made iheir fixed impression upon this hoy, it seemed as if the spectators would forget the decorum due 10 the place, and give audible expression lo iheir emotions. The lad was instantly admitted lo testify. Behold the mother’s power I Often had evil influences and corrupt examples assailed the boy. Time and care, and. exposure to the battling elements, had worn sway the lin eaments of the infant face, and bronzed his once fair exterior, but deeply nestled lo his bnsnm still the lessons of a mother’s love, which ■ taught him to love and speak Iho truth. ' .Bio Thoughts. —The “ Doctor,” a great Webster hater, was silling upon " Mali’s bench,” talking against as was his custom ) .« Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ideas," said ha “ will live forever, while Webatet’s ideas will die wilh him; Emerson's ideas have force, have power, but not so with Webster's.” “ That's a lie," said Matt, “ and you knndr it. If one of Daniel Webster's big thoughts .got into Ralph Waldo Emerson’s bend, it would split it open.lilte a pitcher with ice [in it! Now get off that bench, for you enn’t spy anything rnore against old Dan in this shop.” IW, and if I refused to follow gfdpedMperienca ijgilow itihpmore im li u//T ,<,'■'7 dlbosti; paysr agsm led owns UagjtTrtalfpaidfef.ij. . not** - From My mother. Sir!
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