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It w6a Saturday . night, Another week of
'toil ftpd anxiety bad rolled ..away, .into the
dark'chtsm of the past. All over our city
the din of; labor hushed, and the streets were
crowded with people hutryiog. homewards,
thankful that the morrow was a “day of rest”
We dearly love Saturday night. It brings
a feeling of relief, a consciousness that for
one day, at least, worldly cares and resporisi
bilities can be laid aside. It brings a feeling
of deep gratitude to providence,that we are
very near to the blessed Sabbath, each one of
which seems like a brief truce in the battle
of-life.
■ Glad that one week’s duty was ended, we
walh'bd slowly, down the street, passing every
few paces men and boys, who, with their tin
dinner-buckets swinging lightly in their
hands,'thronged along the side-walk. It was
just dusk. The stores and shops' were all
illuminated, and as we came to (he corner of
Third- and Vine streets, a' pale, cadaverous
little! man -was lighting, the street lamp.—
Lsidplighlers are curious looking men—they
have a ghastly, supernatual appearance, and
as they flit silently from lamp to 1 lamp, one
might aptly moralize Upon the duty. We
noticed, too, that the “coffee-houses” were
thronged that evening. They do a good
business on a Saturday night. Men who
have been sober all the week, are wont to
drink then. And facilities for getting drunk
in this cily are-very good. We doubt wheth
er there is a city in (he whole Union of the
same population that has more or belter pat
ronized grog shops than ours, “Coffee-hous
es” a're on almost every corner, and ■ two or
three in' each square. “Coffee-houses" in
deed I You can get everything drinkable
exoept coffee! Call them by the old-fash
ioned ;■ regular'tide—“grog-shops”—it’* more
proper.
Welt, then, every “grog-shop” that we pas
ted had a crowd about its “bar,” and the light
flashed gaily upon an array of tempting and
newly filled decanters. Walking before us,
were three young men—foundry men, we judg
ed by their dress. As they came near a cer
tain popular “saloon,” one of them said—
“ Come, boys let’s go in and take some
thing 1”
"I’m in,” answered the yoongest of the par
ty ; “come on, Bill.”
But the man addressed as “Bill” did not
seem willing to go, though he glanced long
ingly towards (be brilliant bar-room.
-Nonsense! come along; it’s Saturday
night, you know," urged his friend.
“No, thank you, I wont drink to-night; I
dont feel well.”
"But a glass ofpld Bourbon will do you—”
At this instant, the man who had accepted
the speaker’s invitation so readily, approach
ed him, and whispered—
"Dont Urge Bill; he’s got a wife and fam
ily."
"Bill” did not hear him.
,'WelI,” continued the tempter, “if you
don’t want anything, slay here until Tom and
I come out,” And into the “saloon,” they
went. ,
We pajised a few momepts to notice the
map who ; had refused to join his friends in
a glass of poison. He was a young, good-
fdllow, btlt one who had evidently
leeff'many hard ,i s|irees w of drinking and ca
rousingj, “Now,” we thought, ha is trying ( o
givd tip His wretched habit and be. a sobs r
steady, ‘l’edpectable man—for he's got a tcj/e
and family." .
Yea, thal was the mystic, chain. whiqh
bound him, It was the strong spell tnat.bap
ishedi alcohol with ail its terrors and its troub
les from his tips. He had others to care for
notv, pnd must resist temptation.. It, cost
him an effort—a strong one, tod.,, 'there
were h)‘s,-companions, there was ,the gay sa
loon, the flaming decanters. He beard mer
riment, jokes and laughter. But then came
n vision of his home; of one whom be had
promised to cherish, honor and love,, forever.
Of little ones, perhaps anxiously listening for
their Tfjlher’s step. He dare not yield to a
single glass, though his old appetite pressed
him desperately. Between him and alcohol
There was but one barrier, one guard—“a
mft and family,"
Even his companion' thought'‘of this. He
most- htrtd’known the appetite was strong
and not easily satisfied 7 .' He most have pic
tured to himself the evil consequences of one
indulgence.' Else why did he whisper to the
tempter—-“Dbnt urge him, he’s got a wife
and family.' 7 v ’ ■
lr there is anything on earth capable of
controlling man's passion, it is the feeling
ihkt helpless‘beings are dependent upoin'Mm.
Hb may be reckless as to himself; careless
of life oven, but for those ho loves' lie' will
he prudent and self-denying. Not a-day pas
se*'but, we see instances of Ibis. . . The young,
man parsed ia some rash act*, not for. bis own
■WfcJw* for his parenUJifor his mother's.—
Tpajibuhband denies k|mself of old enjoy
tnsnts bseause his wife and .children cannot.
PWtimpate in them. And ho shnns.a deed of
•hahitfcjeel disgrace rest upon their innocent
heads. ,
What nerves a man to action, cheers him
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Another Pazile for the CMnlpil
> A Boston paper adds a newt-chapter to the
curiosities, of history,- The. legendrcadaas
follows:
The late Capt. Joseph Beck, «o long keep
er of the Long-Island Light in our harbor,
on his-death-bed, last. summer, disclosed to
his family that; be--was-a eon of Gustavos,
IIL, Kiog of Sweden,,and a younger,broth
er of that remarkable knight errant of .a King
the late Gustavos IV. An unknown person,
who had been seen at various times to regard
him.with great interest, and-who was present
at the lime -of his death, left, in the next
European steamer for Sweden. Within a
short time, the only daughter of Capt. Beck,
an intelligent and accomplished lady, now the
wife of Abel T. Hayden, one of (he pilots in
our harbor, has been sent for from a. high
quarter in that country, and supplied with
funds for (he voyage, to be restored to (he
possession of property and titles belonging to
her father, which were confiscated at (be time
wheo.bis brother, Gustavos IV, was dethron
ed. Mr. Hayden and his wife, it is said, will
take, ,their departure for Sweden .in a few
days. , .
The life and character of Capt. Beck give
a strotig tinge’of dramatic property,-If not
probability, to (his curious rumor. He was a
stout, hale, athletic man, who' always lived
as befitted an exiled King, but maintained a
reserve, as to his personal history, which
amounted to mystery, • All anybody knew-of
his origin was that he served on board-the
old frigate Constitution, under Commodore
Bainbridge, in the early part of the War of
1812, and was sometimes strangely honored
by the Commodore, by being taken on shore
with him in his gig, while his officers were
left standing on deck; -that--he afterwards
sailed as master in a brig named the Gusta
vus Adolphus, to St. Bartholomew, and that
for more than thirty years he was keeper of
the Long Island Light, seldom leaving his
post, where, at last, he died, at an age which
is supposed to be about 70.
It is proper to remark that in all the chron
icles of Sweden we have been able to consult,
Gustavus IV is mentioned ai the only son of
Gustayus 111, at the time when the latter
perished so tragically in a ball-room, by the
dagger of Ankerstrom. He was bora in
1778; the first fruit of a marriage which took
place twelve years earlier. It is, however,
recorded that on the 25th of August, 1782,
the queen gave birth to a Prince, who was
named Charles Gustavus, and declared Duke
of Smolande; and that he died on the 26th
of March, 1783. A person moderately giv
en to suspicion may easily see that (he royal
parents, in the days when perils began to
thicken around, their ancient line, with a pre
sentiment of what was to happen in 1792 and
1B09; transplanted their tender offspring to
another nursery and introduced into the roy
al one some dead plebeian *baby to mystify
the chronicler*; " If such a thing were done,-
the troubles . Which- afterwird
befel 'lecitirrrady, (his disguised scion-of it
was sent to life United Statesto Wkept'safe
until he was needed, juM'as iortie WoAdly fort
sighted'people, while they rbake the’mosV or
the present,-lay-up treusurern heaven by
building a church rand this - accounts for all
we have said in 'regard tb Cttpt: Becfc. f "‘ ! '
Russian Serfdom.
Among the limitations of Russian serfdom
in .which it iadifferept front the chattel slaye
ry of.the United Stalest. , ,
1. The master cannot sell the serf without
thr lohd on-which the serf liver.
2. Families’cannot be separated; and the'
unmarried children, alter the. death of parents,
constitute n family, '‘' I
3. The'master’s power over the body of
the serf extends not to maiming, or perilling,
life.
4. The master cannot require- the serf to
ms try contrary to bis own choice and affec
tions. ’ s •• ’ ■ 1. vi ■;<
5i He is qatilied to the' labor of-only three
days itrthe'Kfeek, and cannot require labor
on the Sabbath, or an high festivals/ -
6. Serfs cannot bo-held except by the no
bility and certain privileged classes and
persons, v ' V ■ ■'' 7 \ • -to it;- •
T. They cannot ba'heldexoeptin propor
tion to the master’s property in land,' there
being required for each'serf the possession
by the master of twenty lacreh; . 1
These provisions of the Russian law ren
der Serfdom, bad'and oppressive asi'iHs, a
condition entirety’different from that of.chai
tel Slavery.' Theslave market,the coffle.dm
bdftt)#, thd -inoSssant toil,’ the concubinage,
afe' dnknbWn) ’and the' selrf ; population’live
in yillSges, have homes which are,bonifes to
thetn,- take 'more than : halftheir tinm to
themieftfts, and,’except for milltary sOrvice,
enjoy the ftijdst'brecieuarwPboons; spsurityv ■
M .11 ■
.. Tnn Om49_sqt4 to destroy iba.atfract
lion of the magnet. Also of the ladies.'
t- : ; ': ; V fci -,. '.-I.yP.T ~; ) | 1 U -J."! —~ A w . /j ['•- \
•*‘ «nAetxknoß ,o» xoooear .n
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■■' * ‘ • : '« L ' sra, -Ho'W't»‘WaUt. ;i
r. < It is well to. know; how: to do ( everything
well. .Walkipgis.opearl .which, wo have to
learn *s wpl 1#? Other things. A.cotempora
ty gives.lhe following rules
.. Whenever, wq risetowalk, the whole body,
r-the trunh/head'Bnd.;e*lremiliea should ba_
. thrown,inloa univemlobul geMle.- tension !
the ,Jvsad, d«ngliog limhst beß4ing»f
(10 trunk, eflddo^se.hrtißgular; gazing! should
fee avoided-; thi»-*a»et»l; vigor brings bli the
/nuaples np.toiAhet> etaw. wbwh:d«wiitniiy fits
them for actiont - Theiseme rule iSj practised
by the whole'smpial fcingdpro .whenever any
estraorrhpary.gfyir Us. required, ~-,AI the mo
ment of any uffiray.every combatant., amuses
ihp-whOle.system,iprepare* the body,for the
encounler by giving force, tone, and energy
to, the entire body,:.., .. 1
h is aposilive injury to the body to exer
cise when it is toneless, lax, flexible and care
less. Then the muscles are not fed.with auf
ficint amount of blood .and fluid, the nervous
and circulatory systems; are; then very pas
sive, and violent or any exercise rs then a tax
upon'uqstrung muscles which is injurious.—
Buring.the act of moving the body, the mus
cles which constitute its motive enginery are
excited to action by all the blood'and nervous
force', and .when they are feeble, the muscu
lar actions srq also feeble; and conversely,
when they' are vigorous the motions will be
easy, ready forcible and beneficial..
We bere;findan explanation of the oppo
site views of different individuals respecting
the adyanlageserisingfrom walking. If so
invalid, ; a*student,' dr ahymS walks with a
careless, indifferent, loitering,'awkward life
less!’sauntering manner, he will experience
antovir rather than a good; but if there is a
little spirit, dignity, individuality, sovereign
ty in the gait, the ait the person will be in
vigorated, and, much belter for the walk.
A second rule of great value Jin walking
is, that the body (if not (he spirit) must be
perfectly erect. The whole body must be
easily poised upon its own ’ gravity, as the
beam of the scales is upon its pivot. Then
the various muscles 'acting upon the body
up, for that then will bo done by the happily
balanced skeleton’, and they, the muscles,’ will
be ready to move the various joints as tfie
wilt of the individual may dictate. Ordina
rily, the walkers throw their bodies so far
from the ceptre of gravity, as to compel (he
muscles to not only bend the joists, in the ex
ercise, but, in addition, actually sustain the
whole weight of the body. The erect posi
tion in walking is all important; not only is
it valuable to the coporeal system, but it be
gets an.erect'habh iritbe mindan'dtheheart.
No person can walk with a dignified honora
ble, and executive mien without feeling a men
tal and moral elevation.
As an aid to this position, the eye should
not strike the ground for many rods in the
distance; the sight should run horizontally;
this will prevent the liead from drooping, the
trunk from bending, and the joints from being
lax and weak.'
Homan Roads.
In many things the world has made! no
progress, as the .excavations of Egypt and
Pompeii attest. 'There are no roads in the
world now that will compare, with those of
ancient Rome. Even our best street pave*
ments hold no comparison with them; The
Appian way which was made three hundred
years; before 'the birth of Christ, ran from
Rome to Capua, about miles, and part of
it was through the Pontine marshes. Nine
hundred years after its construction, it was
described by Procopius as showing no ap
pearance of waste or ruin.. It is .described
as composed of large square blocks of free
Slpnq sq.well fitted as to show no joint, the
'whole toohing'like one Btoqe. n ,'^{ie,bed.,unr
deroesth. was, broken sloflp,
ment,, Parts qfjhistoad are siill sound. And
bid fair so lo remaim The.Elemmian y,
: ipadq, ISO - years before ..Christ, yim of-IMS
kind'. It was 180 miles Fong. The. Russ
pavement which is seen ~in Brqadway, Jjlew
York, and,<lhe cubical block pavements' of
qur.city, seem to be contrived py the payers'
with an eye td encouraging the trade by fp-,
turp .repairs and renewals. The old Romans
would; have'sayed the expense of cutting up
hqrd stone into lillte blocks. The larger they
could get, them the more they, knew they
would resist displacement, and of course the
longer they would endure. When'We borne
up to the,wisdom of-the old' Romans;. we
shall alap' haye ways that will cease Wtsx
thisgeneraiion for repairs. Besides'(he effec
tive power bf IKo horad would be greatly id
creased,, the terrible 'noise 'would be lessened,
and (He mud reduced. There is a abort 4am
pte”of .the,kind,bf. Street way that meels bur
fanpy. isf Custom, House Store Block', riibnjng
fromErontlo Dock si reel below the Exchange.
Ooeludk at.it, will njake dcoriyert of every
vistant.— jf’Aiw. Ledger, '
Law of Comfbos ation. —Hu man tabor,
tbrdugh all its fortes, says Ralph WaldoEra*
Orton, iahisEssaydnCbropeflsatioo.from
tHasharpening of. aaUke tb'theconslruclion
of-nciiy or an epic* iVoda immense illustra
tion of tho- perfact compensation of thenrii*
verse, . Everywhere and', always, this law is
sublime, - Theabsolute balance* ofgive and
take,'the(doctriao ‘lhat .everything has its
pripe, and if that- firice is hot paid, not that
thing-hut something, else,ia to be 'obtained,,
andthatitisimpossibleto get-anythiog with*
out rts'price—this doctrine-iariotlessauUune
ih-lhe -columns of w ledger thdncin the: bud*
gels of .States, in the laws;of light end dark*
ness,'in ali-the action andreactiohroF nature,
t . r ? g
hpon (be suta pf Itfeir habies, but qn.uw c«r ;
tainty dnhe efdf. ''' - '* ’'
■ now mucii Tdbfteeeti vteii. ~
• wv< ■‘ ' li’-or ;<*,•» Li.a i ,f .» il. v, v
The' present-annual.production of;tobacco
iseatimated, to bo4;O0OiOOO;O()O,f>ouBdt—
■four bii I ions'of pounds 1- -Thisisall smoked,
chewed,er snuffed. Suppose it all-made'into
cigars,.one hundred-id -the pound, iti would
produce' dOO.OOQiOdOSOOO.’ hWdrtd
billions df cigartl usttai
length—four inches—if 1- joined' - ■' tdgethqrj.
Would form ofte cttotintfoWchnfr 85,252,5201
tall&PWqCfltf
irforethari bhelhfih^WilirW^' 1 ’'(jfflni/ffjfitq
equal pieces, 2 r ,
. wbuld&ieqtffrpm the ceptjreQfvhp earth.,lo
the centre of the mood. . •, v/t ,
Put these cigars into boxes .10 inches.long,
4 inches wideband 8 inches high— lo 6 to the
box—it would requird 4,800,800,000 boxes.
Pile up these boxes .in a solid mass, add they
would occupy a space of 294,444,444—tw0
hundred and ninety-four million’cubic feet !
If piled up 20 feel high, they would cover a
farm of 338 acres,'sod if laid Side by-side,
the boxes would cover very nearly 20,000
acres. 1 Let some boy who reads this, estimate
how largo n villagenr city'would be required
to furnish stoje house for all these boxes.'
If a person smoke, a cigar every 20 min
mes, and continue this night andday*il would
require on army of 2,500' such smokers 6,-
000 years to consume the above j and if each
person smoked only fotir cigar? a day— a
pretty fair allowance we should say—it, would
take 43,000 smokers 6,000 years—a larger l
term than the human race has existed—to
smoke up ell the tobacco now produced in d;
single year. 1
Allowing this -tobacco unmanufactured to 1
cost on the average ten'cents a pound, bnd we
have 400,000,000 6(ldollars expended every
year in producing a noxious, tjeleteflou* weed.
At least one and a half times as much more
is required td manufatJlurp it into marketable
form and dispose of it to the cpnsumejr,. At
the very lowest estimate *lben, the human
family expend every year one thousand mill
ions of'dollars in the gratification of an ac
quired habit—or one dollar for .every man,
woman and child upon the earth! I. •;,
This .sum would build two railroads around
the earth, qt a cost of. twenty thousand dollars
per mile, or. sixteen railroads from the Atlan
tic to the Pacific. It would build one hun
dred thousandchurches cost ingfilO,ooo each;
or half a million of school-houses, costing
$2,000 each ; or ope ,million .of dwellings,
costing $l,OOO each.' It would emplojwone
million of preachers, and one million of teach
era; giving each a. salary of $500,' It would
support three and ope-third. millions of young
men’ at colfege, givingVach $3OO per annum
for expenses. We leave others to fill out the
picture. Is this annual outlay to increase or
decrease in future 7 Reader, how much do
you contribute to this fund?
American Agriculturist.
From The tndianapatU Journal,
Women on Liquor.
The women seem determined to put the
liquor-sellers through, Maine Law or no
Maine Law, In Newcastle, Henry Co,, we
believe there were recently intimations thrown
out of a purpose to “dry” the traffic up by
some means, fair or forcible, bat we have not
learned what has been done further.’ In
Grookville, the ladies visited all the shops and
left with the owners a petition to abandon the
business, and subsequently Reported ''their
success in the shape of letters from the deal
ers, some, expressing a willingness to quit at
once, and others avowing a determination to
sell the lost drop of their liquor. The ladies
of Wabash performed a similar operation for
the liquor men of that place, and the conse
quence was a pretty .nearly total destruction
of it for a while. Whether, it has reviyed
since, we have not heard. Borne two or three
other cases «a4bia:Stata occur) to us, but we
don’t remembertbe; circumstances with any
distinctness; 1 "i *■: ■■ .r
For h wbile'lho WotftStf, 1 likC' the bid ntatt
with the boy that "hooked* 11 Ttisapples, warp
willing fo use mild measures; but recently ft
seems,' finding lhat 'hCiihelr threats nor peti
tions will do; they have detbrmipCd tb see
what virtue there Is.iii ‘‘stones’,” hatchets and
farce. The most rhcent case of ihis v k!hd
came off on Wednesday in Cehteryjlle, io
this Slate,
For some days, we an told, there had been
afloat suspicions. of such a purpose. The
women had tried, all appeals and arguments to,
induce the .dealers., ip quit, .but in vain, and
resolved, at.last that they would take the law
into their own handa-*-lhe worst possible use
(o which (he taw can be put, bad as it prov*
erbially is to meddle with. So.a: committee
of them hired.a Wagon, ;and'wemdown to.the
establishment of the' principal, dialer, and,
after some talk, eilherforced br induced him
to get into the wagon’ with them, along with
all theliquorbttrrels thewagon Would hold,'
and tailing thesarrta’ to- the Court-House*
square,knocked, not the mab, but thel barrels
in the head, and turned (hefliqUOr into the
gutter—a capital ptkce Tor it. 4 ’;"
, ; Pbbsbnob-op MiHDf—A, thief entered a
house in Sterling, Conn., onSaturday last,,
while the family, were‘at chqrch, and'was
discovered searching drawers, Oro.,bya little
lad of the family, 't’he roguatKrdjMeited the
boys’ life if fig,'dioh^/^li';'#te^?iM
was \ but
••Meetlri’ 11 ;jesioul, anil (Mmmg lip
the road; heftt :teU,yer-*-jie. .Knows”hei|er
than 1 dd, h
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his f rlejr, ■ f tSanV- ybu. |lvS‘pw
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I airi' about' to, impart to* you, gentlemd
efj in coofideilM, ft misfortune of an unusual
character, ao iflcident that will tnato-you
smile asit Tell to nty lot, butwould havettutde
taugbon ibe othef aidd of your mouth If
you bMyeuraelfibeoiFha victim;
■ !i ' Thereto a certafnjournalia' circulation,
•iff the
ofivhich
br« «lW : #llbSl«afrfeil
tho daanmrf* Befrona Of ttcb’ repreaenta
,' was tnuch wisdpm in tbe observa
tion bfM. a man finds-that
he Can’t pay .his rent,, be ought to lire la his
o^rb‘fv6ti»eli6ia,*' Whether the journal was,
or wag npi, able topay jis printer, ( cannot
take upon ,mo io decide; but, at all events, it
purchasod Vprmtiog olpce—not a handsome,
MW,.|diilering, fitrt-rale priming office, but a
secondhand affair, made up of the sweepings
and • refuse of other press was
asthmatic from exhaustion —the. type were
worn, out and without a cross,
e’s without a head, and a mass of shapeless,
.crippled, and incomplete hieroglyphics.
Oneof these mornings, as, the principal
editor was. busily occupied in tbe important
duly %f . preparing his copy, the foreman made
his appearance, pale, wobegone, and big with
some mysterious and awfol secret, Request
ing a private conference, he addressed his
principal to this effect:"
. “We shall not be able to get the paper out
to-day, air. There are some infernal scoun
drels in the world!”
“What’s the matter now, pray
“A parcel of worthless scum.”
“What do you mean }** '
“Thieves."
“Whetfo are you driving V'
“People without delicacy, honor or princi
ple r*
_ “How now I” -
‘ “Enemies of the press'.”
“Gpod heaven! what is the matter f"
“Icoifoolasta of thought, vandals who set
their faces against the march of mind."
“For mercy’s sake, explain.’*
“They bare clandestinely, surreptitiously,
feloniously and burglariously introduced them*
selves into the printing offlce-—aud stolen all
the o's out of (he case
“The case of o's !”
“What, every one!”
“They haven’t left o's eqougb to set one.
What is to be done 1
“Why every time an o occurs you must
put another letter in its place, at hap-hazard.
We must rely upon the subject of the words
to make put lhe sense.”
“A precious affair we shall make of it, I
fear, sir.”
“In the meantime, carry this note to Mr.
—i —, our dramatic critic:
Mr dbah --- :1 am waiting the remarks
respecting the piece that was played yester
day evening at the theatre—-please send
it tome as quick as practicable. Dress them
up With that taste, elegance, wit, and fancy,
which .characterize thy pen, and sprinkle
them with attic salt. Adieu.
-‘‘P.'S.*—Somebody has stolen the case of
o't out of the office, and I send you the note
above’ written without an o in it, in older to
show’ you • haW easy it is to shake off the
yoke of the missing letter. My dear 'friend,
do try and avoid the introduction, orj at all
events,' the multiplication of o in your forth
coming article. Excuse my thy-ing you in
-my note, but I could not insert the word you
on account of the want of o't."
Twq,‘ hpUrs afterward,, the anxiously ex
ipected Article made its appearance, enclosed
; In tfie fplljbwing eplsllo l
; ' recognize or submit to
any ‘restrictions; and Twill not clip the wings
of my Imagination’s angel. Herewith,, you
have my. article—l must decline mutilating
it, or becoming so outrageously e.ssivorous,”
The paragraph commenced in this way:
On .hlqpday woe performed the opera of
Cosimo, according to order before the sover
eign of.tbe’Frencbt King Leopold, the dukes
of) Nettmn, and Joinville, Chollett, accor
ding to custom, acted with prodigious power
-rbis voice, on this occasion,- seemed en
dowed with more than common melody,” etc.,
etc.- ...
la the next publication of the Journal, the
foregoing article (has figured:
“Hn Msnday was perfarmedthe ppern st
Cgsimg," accvrding lp grdei, befwre thesxv
ereign af ihe French, King Lebpeld, the
dukes hTNemours, and Jrinvitle. Chhllet,
awarding id custvm, acted with prxdigixus
power —hjs veice, rn this pccasihn, seemed
endfwed With mire (ban ceihmen melddy,”
etc. ’ •
The above circumstance really occurred,
Some funny things will happen in meeting.
A few evenings' since; a widow, who was
htiOwn by the entire congregation to be great
ly in Whitt of h husband, was' praying with
great fervency. “Ohl ihdu knowest whafis
the desfre'of my heart I" she' exclaimed. —
“A m-a-n )'’ responded a brother, in 0 brand,
accent. It Was wicked, but wd are. quite sure
thqt several grnyW.menibers, amded pit the
Tpledoßiade^
* , HoW'W“your husband dear T” asked one
lady ?*O,w f on‘ a very bad
slate,'* v ;.wa« )h8; reply; And pray What
kftfd of>.siate »,h* (h° other.
1 ...’
; ’ 'tyiA'Va'eOU' getting broke likeVybung
lady getting married Ib'1 b ' Gfive it up, 1 Recause
be is gding through ih« Viridh cdiremOhy.
.W«
and looking at green-leaves, todtellmgaooul
their families and olbeprel*lidn*,vlOQk mg at
•birds and telfinglheiir grans f^pMliariM^i
lectureso* their < habile, assarmghis bearer*
Uhat it was hot feel molasses TdidedfiTHn tbeit
moolh*, and doing suDdryamidlteraojfttef
sagacious things that aie hardiy. msiorial to
the story, whenhowOs strucfcaliaßsckwr
seeing soroelhin^lyiDgbeßeathnwhll s *bic«
he atonce denominated a new speciesortbn
•snapping turtle. 4 -The animal' was evidently
asleep, as his bead andlSgswa'Te'nbt vision.
•The philosopher was delighted Withhis Jdt*>
covery, inasmuchos It'woubhform a -grand'
addition to his lecture on the terrapin, Villi
which be was about loeHßtfify the' dlhw in
Natural History or thd Haraldwo Academy,
where he was 'preaideot,'a|fi ; '«veratdfbia
pupils were present.- : = ;
“He don’t seem inclined hr put bis bead
out/’said (he philosopher,'poking him with
a stick. ' y - ; ■-
NO. 33.
“S’pode we put a coal of fire on bis back
suggested one of the boys. •, -fiic
“That would be iiid the p<t*
feasor, 4, but it would be idhaman. We should
not bd cruel toaniautfi ;i'buf:onddr.ibe'(&*
comstanoeail thmlc .we drill .try ft. >‘Jt ilpft
been said that ionlho application offirVtb®
aoiijaat will leave bis shell,.and-tbe-et peri*
mentis certainly worth festing., Ronovef
where they ate burning brush jfondef. md
bring a brand, while I watch' tbat he doesn*l
run away.”
The boys ran for the brand, while lbs
philosopher seated himself upon a log fo sen
that the animal did not escape.. It retrained
quiet until they returned. The philosopher
took the .brand and after informing them Wait
to do when the animal run, in order,to secure
it, ho touched the live coal to the back of thn
turtle but it did not move.
“Look a-here,” saida.farmer, looking OTef
the wall* wbo.bad been attracted by the bn*
running wiib the firebrand, “you don’t think
that’s a turtle, do you 1 Why lu the top
of a rye-and-injun loaf (bat we had out hern
for lunch yesterday, and you may put fire on'
it till doomsday, and you cannot make it
move.” ,
.“Boys,” said the philosopher, "the wisest
ore at times deceived, and I would rather,tost
this story would not transpire.”
But when be came to deliver his lecture ofl
terrapins, with the new species omitted,:tbe
whole class laughed as if they all Itflew aome*
thing about the maUer. ■
A friend of ours has a dog, which used M
be very smart. He says—
“ There wasn’t anything in all Kentuek
that could begin with him; ’cepl once. One
day we started a bar, a regular snorter. He
put right straight off, and the dug after him,
an’ 1 brought lup in the rear. They were
soon out of sight, but I follered on for a mile
or so, and came out at last on a clearing,,
whore was a log but an’ a feller silting down'
an’ smoking bis pipe as comfortable as pos*
sible.” i f
“Did you see anything of a dog an’ a baf
going by here 1” sex I to the feller.
“Yes, I did," sea he.
“Wal, how was ill" mz t.
“Wal,” sea he, taking his pipe out, an*
drawing his coat sleeve across his fkce, “it
war about nip an’ i tug, though I think the
dog hod a leetle the advantage.”
“How was that 1" sez I.
“Wal, he was a trifle ahead I”
How to find otrs’s Relations.— An old
man named Raddleburn, in New York, be*
comicg apprehensive that he had not a single
relation in the world, published an advertise*
ment desiring that all who could claim kind*
red with the Raddleburn family should come
forward, as there was a fortune of $150,000
to be divided among them ,* and in less than
34 hours he was visited by no less than six
aunts, nineteen uncles, twentymine nepbeWSi
ninety.four nieces, and one hundred and sev»
enty-five cpuisns.
Mr. Jones, after having spent an eVen'ulg
over his bowl, went home a little “how’coma
you so.” ’ He was fortunate ehonghfd find
his better half asleep. He went - to bed, end
after a moment’s consideration, he thought f|
would be policy to turn oyer lest htV breath
should betray him; when'Mrs. Jones' opened
her eyes, and in the mildest manner 1 toths
World, daft; “/odes vdii needn't turn me?
yovfe dHaik deaf tffraugk"
“Oittr okb»" —Qno boar loot in ibnJHOM*
ing by lying in bed, will pat fatQk,ud ny
frustrate all the business oftbo dsy;
One bole left to the fence will coat tent} Oaf
as much as to fix, it at ooce< ■
Odo bad habit- indulged in nr submitted lo (
will sink your power of
quickly as one leak-will nship., OnedHnjß*
will keep a. whole family poor ; and joJrpuhWi
“One sinner destroye.th much good/ 1 , u .....
“Ocn, Jamie* didyo ptvSr hdtrt liV ttW
powerful apache afore (hp Hibernia H£jes'r*
“No, Pai, how should t, for surd {'wim 1 !
on the ground." . ' •
“Well, Jamie, you see t wtai oalUed Oh by
the Hibernian Society for a apache; he
jabers, I rose With the enthusiastic ehSMTaf
thousands, with my ' heart Willi
gratitude, and my eyes dlledwith lepts and
divilthewprd did t spaka.at all. ',
A letter from Qav. Reeder ia puhiirffeed, f fii
which he says that Kansas
as ft has been commended,; has been ip>de*<
valued# He describes ills possessing shun
usually fertjle soil and Abbhdance ojr gimei
and adrises all clpSseSof
to emigrate thithfcr'. 1
Hab& times produce onegood.lhiagj*-*
They check gossiping.. Mrs.
only “had company“ pncesincojastsuronier.
The consequence- isf that the Deighbots.char
ncters aiand higher than dotty Ibf
the fust five, years, ■„ "; " i
Don’t you remeiribbt' old ’
Kate I. ["Old Tdwseriso WniJ }
How.he used Ip lay,‘^ay^^iwjljght\'lqt_ , ’ilig
goto*.. And seine lpietloperB,hpbmdli;
. dei! the mUdidatprbleSSldditf
somb puns of the countryfarb hoir lSftiittfW
ly'dalied ' < “Sn?pSs~, , ’'firotfihW uffwaiioloaiiblst
length]of their billti ' r •
An Experiaaeat.
A Smart Hog.
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