SCKtfM OF WINTEL The following Una tolling the horrors of Winter, ere from hongfollow’i no* poem; _ 0, the cold end cruel winter I i Jbrdrtthfthectnhbfcwr/ thljfeeiV ■ K/w uMNf| atCMT) « JWthlMu* Oototte ieodedepd and 0, U* WMttpg/)( . (f it« mOttos ot tte rerer: >. i of'aaoUUrtnl ' ' ' ' itcVuid fianiahed t Hungry vu the air around then*, Hungry waa the iky.aboT* tbea, Jtnh Ae hhngty'rtarT ta Heaven i l.nta the«y*raT*rolTea' gJMW3 ai tbam f Sfcrtcb* The reply of Mr. Plentice,"of lhft LouiV ville (Kentucky) Journal, sdtoe months since; to a person who had challenged him while on a business Visit #f Little, ftock, .Arkansas, has been much commented upon by’ihp pub lic press North and South. Ih that' reply Mr. Prentice said: “Presuming that your note is Written to me with a view to a duel; 1 may as well say here, that I have not the least thought of ac centing a challenge from you. * * * There are many persons to whom my life is valuable; and however little qr much value 1 may attach to, on my ' own acpouni, tdo not see fit at present to. pul it voluntarily against yours. * f 1 don’t wa.nl your blood upon my hands, and I don’t want mine upon any body\ ♦ * I have not the least desire to kill you, or to harm a hair of your head, and I am not conscious of having done any thing to make you wishto kill me, ’‘ etc., etc. When we first saw this correspondence in the daily newspapers, we called to mind a very laughable circumstance said to have oc curred in Albany, during a session of the Legislature at the Capitol, several years ago —' ol course bafpra the prohibition o t duelling by statute in this Stale. li was an exciting political lime, and ow mg to some “words spoKen in debate” by a healed member, during the “healed term, ” touching somewhat upon the private charac ter of a brother member, a challenge was forthwith dispatched to the, offending mem ber by “a friend,” as such a messenger is called in the language of the code of honor. The challenge was at once accepted. Pleased with ibis promptness, the second •si. “When can we expect your friend ’” “Don't i pant any-friend,” said the chal lenged part). "1 waive all such advanta ges.. He can have a dozen if he wishes.” “This is magnanimous, but it is not accor ding to the ‘code’ Well. Sir—if lam to confer with you directlv—what weapons "Broad-swords ” “The time “Day after to-morrow, at twelve o’clock at noon, precisely "At what place "At 0 , on the Saint Lawrence.— lour principal shall stand on one side of the river, and I will stand on the other, and we will fight it ot:‘ The second frowned’ “This is no jesting malter.su. >ou are not serious "* “Why, yes, I am. loo' 'Hasn't the chal lenged parly a right to the choice of weap ons and olaoe 7 " •■Well—ve» Sir; bui not to unusual weapons in unusual places ” "Verv well; pistols will not be objected to, o I course 1 " “Assuredly not: the gentleman’s weapon.” “Very pood, then. We will meet to-mor row m the little village of B , and at twelve o'clock precisely, we will fight on the lop o r “Sugar-loaf Hill —standing back to back, marching ten paces, then turning and firing Will that arrangement bo satis factory r ’ li will W# shall be there ’’ And the parties separated. Now "Sugar loaf Hill.” at the place aforesaid, was exact- Iv what its name imports: a sharp, conical pillar of ground, remarkable all the imme diate county round for its peculiar forma tter The lime arrived, a'nd "the parties” ap peared on the ground ; but the slate of the case -‘leaked out" very quick “Sir said the second, as he arrived wnn nia almost breathless “principal” at ihe apet of the Sugar-loaf, and surveyed the prouno—“Sir! this is another subterfuge! Whai kind of a place is this fur a duel with onion, back to back, and a forward march o; len paces ? Why, sir, both parlies would tie out of nght at etjfkt paces, let alone ten ; »no in turning to hre you must fire into the not hi<‘ ‘ f>o much ihe better for both of us !” an •wered the “parly of the second part“we are on terms of perfect equality, then, which u not always the case tn modern duels.” Outspoke the challenging “ principal ” then, m words ■ too plate to be misunder- stooc " Sir-h l ” he said, to the second “princi pal.’ at me same time looking daggers at him; “fsiH.R.g! y OU are a coward /” “ Wei) s’posin’ lam 7- You knew 1 was, or vou would not have challenged me I” “Ttiev do say” that the two parties that went down the steep sides of Sugar loaf hill, on that memorable occasion, were as difficult of reconciliation as when they ascended its sides; »nd, moreover, that they were as dif ferent Id temper ns possible. One party was laughing, and the other breathing out threatening and slaughter ■» but nothing came of it after all. Thia w M the | u t of that duel. And, thoughtfully regarded, U seems to us that there is realty something of a lesson in 11 “ indifferently Well ” as we have set the. actual occurrence before‘our readers. A due) between two colored gemmen— «y» 'be New Orleans Picayune, a regular built affair, conducted according to the most etrici and punctilious provisions of’ the code of honor—came ofT'|ag( week. The fight •ook place with pistole'of the most improved «shion, at sunrTse, on a small.bralich of the Metairie road. We do not know what the ®t'gin of the difficulty was, except that dme JJ parlies, to use the • phrase of one of b» spectators, “ wSs crested 1 in lub by fie PMer, and dat him hona 'mtlsl hah saiisfac 10n - We ha«-e learned, from one who was Prescnl at the combat, the particulars as they r -■ ' *lo ' .’ll* ,n'l l‘- ! ' )l nil t ' ' ’’lo vfjpo »j, • n ! i - :r-'‘- 1 -- I -"7 v ' )tjßi ‘ :> 3lii «■ < J ;.-il»i!tlnftf.v! not,-! n-;ml ,m iml ! n->uim..r, c-i lo KRuvi «.#lr .SMfsJf K»'4^ftTiriTiTr’f*J>»’«>lflT cpßS,;stim^<)Cf?; ! '0 winking and. fitting, his eyes. Tbi* was stif f's”l : groqqq for. interfering, and.be calls out to the other, second with. - <, “I say, I pots my welo on dal posishum —il’a agin.dfi-tulea pb all de codes ob hona dal I spe. Db traction .ob dp sun shines rader 100 aewere, and . makes my principal roll him eyes aUogedder too much.” “ VVy, my, look ha-ar, didn’t we chuck up a dollar for dp choice of 'ground, and didn't I get him, myself?” “ Yes, ,1 know you did; but den fair play is a jule, and I’se no notion of seein’ ,my friend composed upon, and lose all the ’van tage,” “ Well, I’se no notion as you is, and 'sisls on settling the matter just as we is— and ” ■ At this juncture a.friendly cloud settled the matter at once, by stepping in between the sun and the belligerents. The two first causes took their position, and all the little preliminaries being settled, each one took his pistol, ready cocked, from his second,- Both manifested a terrible degree of spunk, although a sort of blueish paleness spread it self over their black -cheeks. The second who was to, give- out the fatal order which might send them out of- this world now look his ground. .Raising his voice, he be gan : “Gemmen, your lime am cum.” "Both signified their assent.” “Is you ready 1 Fiah! one two — phree. ” Bang, pop, went both pistols at once, one ball raising the, dust, in the middle of the road, while thp other took a ' slamindicular’ course among the bystanders, fortunately without hitting any one. It was now time to interpose, and one of the seconds set himself about it. After a little conversation, the chal lenged darkey stepped forward and said to his antagonist: " Niggar, is you satisfied ?” “ 1 is.” “ So is I, and I’se glad to get off so.— Next time dey catches dis child out on such a foolish exhibition as this, dey will fotch me, dat dey will do, for sartain.” “ Dem’s my sentiments edzactly,” retor tedihe other. “ Whet) your onmorlal instru ment of nef went' off, I JjcclareT thought I was a gon’ child but I’se so happy now— gosh, let’s, shake hands, and go back to our avopaiions." 1 • In five minutes lime, all hands—enemies, black friends, white, and all— were on the road home to work, perfectly satisfied with the sport of the morning. The Man that wished for Death. The habit of avoiding personal danger, or the instinct that lends to the preservation of life, is so strong, that 1 persons who are re solved on suicide sometimes conduct in a very ludicrous manner, under the fear of that death which they are desirous of procuring. We bave r hearda slbry of a countryman who had made up his mind to “styovel up this mortal coal,” and only waited until he had set tled in’his mind the most comfortable way of dying. Not being able readily to agree with himself on this important point, he informed a neighbor of his whom he met’with an axe on his shoulder, that he was resolved upon death, and would lake it ns a great favor if he would assist him in the accomplishment of his purpose. His neighbor, being willing to humor the candidate for a change of worlds, told him he was just going into the woods a chopping, and that if he would accompany him, he would fell a tree upon him, and put an end to his life with very little trouble. "I’m very much obliged to you,” said the weary of-the-world, “and shall consider my self bound to you for life. I’ll go and be killed directly.” Accordingly he followed the axe-man to the woods. A tall tree was chosen, and he was directed where to stand, so as to receive the full force of the fall. He fixed himself on the spot folded his arms and prepared to wait the event. Tho chopper began to lay about him withvigotous blows, while the can didate kept his eye upon the lop of the tree, to see when it would fall. He stood very composedly for a while—hut at length began to appear uneasy, and not perfectly satisfied with his prospect. —And while the axe-man seethed to him to redouble his blows, he kept winking and winking,bethought ho perceived the tree to nod, and the next moment would be his last. The cold sweat began to issue from his skin, his r lfmbs trembled —he could stand it no longer! He took to flight and never looked behind him until he had got at least forty rods, when he ventured to stop. He was pursued by the axeman, who on com ing up asked him Why he ran away t “Oh,” said he, “I was afeared if I staid there I should be killed I” \ “I thought,” returned the chopper, “you came-on purpose! to bo kilted.” “Ah, true,” replied the man- with great sim plicity, “but 1 forgot that. 0 how 1 tremble! If I'd staid' there B' minute longer, I should have been a dead man. What a orash it made when it fell 1” “Crash * why the tree is standing yet. I merely chopped -with the head of ihe axe 1° ■ “With the head of the axel ■ Dtf -you say so 1 O you cheating rascal 1 I’ll never trust you to Kill me again, I’ll be hanged if i do.” Her who goes tobed in anger has, the devil Sbr his bad.ifcllow, A wag desires us to say te knows a married man who though he goes to bed meek and gentle .as a lamb is .in the same predicament. ' :l ! ]##»Si ®,ai couto; £k,: thtoXy saasasssi^_L^—l—-i ti oJaiio-jhfi r.ri itr U‘.i’ wTti r ll ; * f Mi'i First *Prlp of tie First LodotoHrtlvfr Da America. ; -r ’: ; i. William) WtiH«» Esq.,'ofCarbondale,' Pa., communicates the following paragrkphclipped (¥ojn an ' old newspaper, tothe Cdrbohdale Tfamcripl. Tlpa, paragraph confirm? ihp statement, qf R., P. published .in the Port Jervis Union, a.few weeks since, and apparently settles the question'as to whom belongs the credit Of having run the first Id comotive steam epgiqe oh the American pon tinent: Major Horatio,Allen, the Engineer of the Ne.w York and Brie Railroad, jn a speech made during the recent festival occasion, gave the following account of the first trip made by a locomotive on this continent: “When was.it? Who was it? And who awakened its energies and directed its move ments 1 It was in the year 1828, on the banks of the Lackawaxen, at the commence ment of the railroad connecting the capal of (he Delaware and Hudson Canal Company with their coal mines—and he who addresses you was the only person on the locomotive. The circumstances which led to my being alone on the engine were these: The road had been built in the summer, the structure was of hemlock timber, and rails of large di mensions notched on caps placed, far apart. The Umber had ’cracked and vvdrped from exposure to the sun. After about 300 feel of straight line the road crossed the Lackawaxen Creek, on trestle work about 300 feet high •with a curve of 350 to 40,0 feel radius. The impression was very general that this iron monster would either break down the road or it would leave the track at a curve and plunge into the creek. My reply to such apprehen sions wt|s that it was too late to consider the probability of such occurrences, there was no other course but to have a trial mode of the strange animal which had been brought here nt great expense; but that it was unneces sary that more than one should be involved in its fate; that I would lake the first ride alone, and the lime would'come when I should look back to the incident with great interest. As I placed my hand on the throttle-valve handle, I was undecided whether I would move slowly or with a fair degiee of speed, but believing that the road would prove sale, and preferring, if wfe did go down, to go handsomely, and without any evidence of.ti midity, I started with considerable passed the curve over the creek safely, ahd was soon out of Rearing of the cheers of the vast assembly. At the end of two or three miles I reversed the valve, and returned with out accident to l|ie place of starling, having thus made the first railroad trip by locomotive on the Western Hemisphere.’’ A writer in Blacktuotd't Magazine thus discourses on the practice of trying to stick "book lamin’ 1 in the heads of children while they are yet babies: “How 1 have heard you Eusefctus, pity the poor children I I remember your looking at a group of them, and reflectjjpg, .‘For of such is the kingdom of heavenand turning away thoughtfully and saying, ‘.Of such is the kingdom of trade.’ A child of three years of age with''a bopk in its infant hands' is a fearful sight! It is top often the death warrant, such as the condemned stupidity looks at-fatal, yet beyond his comprehension. What should a child three years old—nay, even five or six years old—bepught I Strong meats for the weak digestion make not bodily strength. Let there be nursery tales and nursery rhymes. I would say to every pa rent, especially every mother, sing to ynur children ; tell them pleasant stories j if in the country, he not 100 careful lest they gel a lit tle dirt upon their hands and clothes ; earth is very much akin to us all, and in children's out-of-door play soils them not inwardly. ‘‘There is in it a kind of consanguinity be tween all creatures; by it we touch uyton the common sympnihy of our first substance,! and beget a kindness for our poor relations, the brutes. Let children have a free, opeh-nir sport, and fear not though they make ac quaintance with t.he pigs, the donkeys, and the chickens—they may form worse friend ships with wiser looking ones; encourage familiarity with all that love to court them ; dumb animals love children, and children love them. There is a language among them which the world's language obliterates in the elders. I{ i» of more importance that you should make your children loving, than that you should moke them wise—that is book wise. Above all things, make them-loving; then will they be gentle and obedient; and then also, parents, if you become tld and pope, these will be' belief, than, friends, that will never neglect you. ..Children brought up lovingly at your knees, will never shut their doors upon Von, and point, where they would have you go.” A, Long Name.—-A Spaniard, who re jqiced in several baptismal names, lik» most of hU countrymen, and who was mounted on 0 miserable hack, came to an inn about mid night, and asked for admission. Boniface got out of bed, and asked who was there.— The Spaniard replied: “Dob Sancho Al phonso Ramirez Juan Sedro Carlos .Francis co DomiogOi de Rosas de Slnuiga do les Puentes.” ”Go to thunder!’’ the inn-keeper 1 said.. “ How can I lodge such an army, with only one spare bed!” and. he went to . sleep again; without troubling his head.- about the poop traveler.' • a;' He who would acquire fame must ndlshow himself afraid of censure. - The dread/of censure in the death genius. ill 'I .lit I V J'.n’iJ IK gl.di'tl t I . f‘Yv ittil n M(W« iWUTAWOH opi XHOttQBTIis xfti *&**■ yfiitioOtS* ■ P^B£Mfilfe^'W-PRi u.'ToeHMoiyofiJlewspapeM, .q„- ' "tri." c’ ' ■CT’it.Tl’ln T-nln'.,, , ;,:.i ji' ■i ne nrst .newspaper rrfs : issued : mombiy,jn MS, form, in the Republic of Venice, -and was the Garsptta. probably frotn.a faxth ' J|B' ,peop|ia£. Ipl.', l{te. common price at whichjjLws .sold. Thifr ly volumes of it are still preserved in a-librov ry at Florence/. It was- long’ supposed (hat the first newspaper published in England >kas at the epoph of the Spanish Armada, but' ii has been discovered, .that.the. copies-. of loat bearing date of 1538, in ihe-British. Museum, were forgeries. "There-was no doubt t haft he puny anepstpra ofthe myriads 'orHrppd’sh'eets was not jublished. In London hundred ond fifty years.after the orTof'prim ing had been discovered; add' itwajj hedfly one years mote'befofep daljy paper was ventured upon,.. Periodical .popersseem first to have been used by the English during the times sf the' Commonwealth, and were then called “weekly' npws-books.” gome of them had most whimsical titles. It was com mon with the early papers to have a.blank page, which was sometimes filled up, in the scarcity of news, by selections from the Scriptures. The first newspaper printed 'in North America was printed iu Boston, hi 1899. Only one copy of that paper was known to be in existence. It was deposited in the State "Paper Office in London, and was about the size of on ordinary sheet of letter-paper. It was stopped by the Government. The Bos ton News-Letter was the first regular paper It was first issued in 1704',"Und was printed by John Allen, in Pudding lane. The con tents of some of the early numbers were very peculiar. It had a speech of Queen Anne to Parliament, delivered one hundred and twenty days previously, and this was the latest news from England. In one of the early numbers there was an announcement that by order of the Postmaster General of North America, the post between Boston and New York sets dot once a fortnight. Negro men, women, and Children were advertised to be sold ; and a call was made upon a woman who had sio left a piece of fine lace worth fourteen shil lings a yard, and upon another, who hadiOort 1 - veyed a piece 'of fine calico under her riding hood, to return the Same or be exposed in the newspapers. T • American Pboobess. — A century*since. Benjamin Franklin, the Postmaster General of,the colonies, set nut in his old gig to, make an official inspection of the different routes. It is supposed that he accomplished the object of his journey ; but if he were to undertake to travel in his gig all over the routes al : pres ent existing, he would arrive at the cod of his journey when ha Was about an hundred years old. About eighty yearn since, Con gress appointed Df. Franklin Post Master General to the then independent colonies j he sliHi.wont in his old gig, and a.small folio, containing about three quires of paper lasted as bis account book for 2 years. .Now the railroad train gqes sixty miles an hour, and the Post Office accounts consume every two years three thousand of the largest sized led gers, keeping po less than one hundred clerks constantly employed in recording.)ransaplions with thirty -thousand, contractors and other persons. • There are now paid, annually, Cor mail, Jocks, and stamps' nearly thirty .jwo thousand dollars—a,sum equal to the entire outlay in (he,year, 179(j, The stamped envelopes.apd postage stamps cost oyer, four teen thousand dollars; the mailbags fifty thousand; the blanks', seventy-one thousand..; the wrapping paper, forty-one . thousand. Franklin would be slightly astonished if he could rise from his grave, travel to Washing ton in his old gig, see the three thousand led gers, the one hundred clerks, and hea the railroad train thundering past him at the rate of sixty miles an hour. And yet what would be his emotions when he reflected that this was but an evidence of the rapid advance of the great Republic of which' he was one of the founders. Interest. —H. W, Beecher, in his last letter to the New York Independent, thus gives his opinion upon farming upon bor rowed capital, and on 6 of the best definitions of Interest that we have ever read. ‘‘No blister draws sharper than Interest does. Of all industeirs none is comparable to that of interest. It works day and night, in fair weather and in foul. It has no sound in its footsteps, bu> travels fast. It gnaws a man’s substance with invisible teeth. It binds industry with its film, as ally is bound to a spider’s web. Debt rolls a onan. over and i over, binding him hand ajid foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until- the long legged interest, devours him. There is no crop that can afford to pay interest money on n farm. .There is but one thing raised on a farm like it, end that is the Canada thistle, which swarms new plants every.time you break its roots, whose blossom* are prolific, and every leaf isaty a w|, every branch.a spear, and every plant is liken platoon of bayonets, and a field full of them in like aq armed The whole plant a torment and a vegetable curse—and ye.l a farmer had better make his bed of Canada thistles, than attempt to lie bi ease upon interest, , During the “search . instituted” by .the Editor of the Newark Times for female com .positors,'it is renorted. that the {following short dialogue took place t. - -v.:: ' Briefer—“ Good morning, Mr, Henpeck, have you got any daughters that -would make good type-setters.}’ 1 . ‘.l-■ . , ' Henpfeck*rt>«No; butTue.got a! wife that . would'make • -very fine “Devil.V,,! • vj> 7tt rjTj'nnjj.r TnnrvTT ! *>«;>, A couoiry f .iiieyspapsr. .says, . V.Spypral deaths are unavoidably.' pflslpond.” Vyish any quantity, might be s«rv«d thp (nme wo^'. ciolJnulis oimm oJ>>ubsl otlJ oJ b'justbbr. if’ I .*»y| 4 yomrg'JoUathon onceCboitM’the dawgfa tar of; an oldmanthat liveddowoEost, who professed to be, deficientun..hearing {.. .but, forsooth, was more capacious than limited in hearing, as the sequel wit] sljqw, .. . . ,'l{ was it stormy night to (he id^.^t!ireh t if f mistake not, when lightning and loud peals of thunder answered thunder, and Jon athan sat by the old man’s fireside, discuss ing With the old 'lady (his intended mother iri-laW) on the expedience of asking' the old man’s'permission to marry “Sal.” Jonathan resolved to “pop it” to the old matt next day'. Night' passed, and on the dawn of another dsy lhe old man was found in his bardlet feeding his pigS, ond Jonathan rOsOlved to ask him for Sal.- ■ • ■ Scarce Had a minute qjapied, after Jona than made hjs resolution, ere he bid thd'Sld man "good morning.” sow Jonathan's heart'' beat; now he scratched his head, and ever and hnon gave birth to a pensive yawn. Jonathan declared that he’d as lief take "thir ty-nine stripes” as to ask the "old man but, said he aloud tp himself, "however, here goes it,( a faint heart never won a fair girl,” and addressed the old man thus «. , “f say, olfi mao, J want to marry your daughter;”- "You vyant to borrow my halter. 1 would leap it lo you, Jonathan, but my son has ta ken il and.gone, off to the mill.” -.Jonathan, putting, his mouth dose to the old mao's ear, and speaking-in a. deafening lode, "I've golfivo hundred pounds of mon ey !” - ;Old mhn;-stepping back as if greatly alarmed, and exclaimed in a voice of sur prise, t'Ypu. have, got five, hundred ;pound» of honey, Jonathan ! Why ii is more than afl.ths.neighborhood has use for!” , Jonathan, not .yet the victim of despair, .and pulling bis- mouth to the old man’s ear, bawled out “I’ve got gold!” "So have I, Jonathan, and il is the worst cold [ ever had in my life.” So saying he sneezed a "wash-up.” By this time thb old lady cams up; and observing Jonathan's unfortunate luck, she puv her mouth to the old man’s ear and screamed like a wounded Ya.hoo. “ Daddy, I say daddy—you don’t under stand ; he wants to marry your daughter.” “I told him our halter was gone.” - • “Why, daddy, you don’t understand—-he’s got gold—-heV rich.” ‘ “He’s got cold and the itch, eh I' What’s .he doing here with ihe itch eh !” So saying the old man airbed a blow at Jonaihan’s.jtead with his cans, but happily for Jonathan he dodged it. Nor did the rage of the old than slop at this, but with angry countenance he made after Jonathan, Who took lb his heels ; nor did Jonathan’s luck stop here,' he had ppi got far. from the old man, who.rumhim a tight race, before Jonathan stumped, his toe and fell to the ground,, and before the old' man could "take up” he stumbled over Jon othanland fell sprawling in a mud hole.— Jonathan sprung to his heels, and jv.ith* the speedJof John Gilpin cleared himself. And poor Sail, ,she died a nun, and never bad a husband. Reason iN.BnuTEa.—The tourang-oulang'j without being taught,:* ill-do what a dog can-1 not be taught to do and untaught, can not think ] of doing; he will twist or unravel his chain or cord. If the dog is chained, and the chain be comes in any way jammed , between things lying-about,or twisted.upon itself, the animal drags bard at.it,.away from the point of entan glement, perhaps increasing the evil--becomes alarmed—cries out, and never thinks of slack ening the chain, and returning back to see, what the cause of tlje inconvenience is. Not so with theourang-oulong;. the momenlsuch an, accident occurs, he deliberately sets about putting, matters to rights. Ha does not drag away from the point of resistance—does not insist on running forcibly counter, but instant ly slackens his chain, as a human being would do under the like circumstances, and goes back to see what occasions the obstruc tion. If the chain has got entangled with a box or any other' article of furniture, ho disengages it;"if Jit has became twfstod, he considers the matter, and untwists it. Wo had in our possession a dog of the shepherd breed, which hnppned to be tied up one day, when a friend called upon us who was eating a bun, a piece of whict he threw to the animal. It on the fl or before him, a few inches beyond the reach of his out stretched fore-paw. After several in effectual efforts to' get at' it, the dog, to our surprise, turned "found, and scraped the bread within his reach by his hind paws. This was a pocess of reasoning, an adaptation of means to an end, like that exibited by .the pu'rang.put ang mentioned ,m the preceding paragraph. Stoptu at Boy. —Stop that boy ! A cigar fn his’rriouth a swagger in his walk, impu dence in his face n'core-for-nolhingneas |n his . manner. -Judging,from.,hia demeanor, ho is older than his father, wiser than his teacher, mbre honored than the mayorof the town higher than the preseidnt., Stop hi ml he is going to fast. He don’t .see himself as .oth ers see him. He don’t his speed. Stop him ere tobaceo shattefshis netve9;-ere pride rm ins his character; ere the loafer master,(he man ;>. etegood.ambition and manly strength give wayto lowpdrsuitaand brutishi aims.— Stop all such boyi h They are legion, the shtfiirte Oftheir fariiiliCh, thd" disgrkce of their lowni thh sad'and solhfnh Irebrohch of thfeto selves." ';-' "" : •“ ’ • ; " ;■ .There are mapy .that ta'piee. ha|f; the ..fpMt.bW /(.'biff, tty jvhp(o.,pf,jUv because Ihe.Qfher, he)fjdgspjsrt tba tp.—Mccn, , , SLB, Wdk and ftl'.’-'Thik tnftf. cWttefclhgWdJy !;: &Why : ii‘it'thfll' you krb ab poplar as a preacher, and so,few come tobetfr nje, When eftMf MAtt ftWfhe Htfrertity I ■ ;• .“Why,” said Mr. Jones, “ihe’iMuoi ) a 1 "The'gospelf’ i pfeid’tKb other; "so doTjf is frbm.Mw. thew, Mark, or John,” c Said ■ Mf? JdheS;" Yoii ipay : do that,'and ret neverjreath'Jesiis Christ.” 1 * Wbn,”lMid (he other, fend me one of your sermons,- ana see tyfmi effect it will have,” ’ A HUT MO,> r !..!•£ I; Korajua.iiiS He actually, did' lend him one, find'ha preach^if'lt,'as he'had engaged to do, and as he was coming out of the church at the close of the service; he was accosted by'a' yoong mart, who, in listening to the borrowed dit, course, had beenthroifm. idio a state of anxie* fy in respect to his salvation. Says' the minister,'somewhat 1 confused' by the strange'result'pf His preaching—“ Wait, wait, say nothing about iuill the people hare gone but. ’* ’ After the congregalibn had retired, tneanx. ious inquirer beganfurlher to explain himself, when the clergyman interrupted him by gay* ing— “But what is the matter with you f I see no occasion for making yourself so unhappy.” “Matter,” replied he-; “why, your preach* ing has made me feel like a Condemned orim inal, and i fear there is no mercy for me.” "Well, realty,’,” said the minister, “ 1 am reky sorry that I'have wounded your feelings, I had'noihientitjn of doing it; but, since you have got into this uncomfortable State, I ad* vise you to gd and see Mr. Jones.” Faxon, of the'Buffklo Republic,' indulges in the following rythmical prose, which, be ing very odd and appropriate, will perhaps bring a smile (q some one's lips : From daybreak now lo tavory noon, from noon ufitil the . night,' when-pours the efful gence of the moon on streets of ghastly white; from-night until the gray of dawn, the tide of pleasure whirls, and all things now.but tend to this—the sleighing of the girls. Now, Alice at the mirror looks, and Mary lies her bonnet, a miracle of lull and lace, with mar-abouts upou'it ; and hearing bells loud jingling near (hey noth arrange their curls—there’s Bqbby',driving ujn, he’s coma, a sleighing of the girls. Aim now beneath the wolf-robe they luck their pretty feet, while o'er (he reins with wondrous pains Bobby reigns so neat—the horses all so gaily dresi,the harness-all complete—my gracious what a swell |hey cm, a driving up the street; and Bobby also cuts a swell and culs the horses, loo—and,culs his poor acquaintances, as crowds he pqpsqs through, and now be hind the horses' hoofs a clouded snow-wreath whirls ; my, gpqqious, .what ,a luxury 'this sleighing of thq girls 1 f , v Aod Bobby,,jlnen, to show hie skill, drives : faster and still faster, and whip m hand presides o,’qr all—of all korte kind the. master. Around the corner likea lop the sleigh lilfe; lightning whirls— the sleigh goes on—but in a bank lie Bobby and the girls. -Moral.—Don’t put on airs when with the, fairs, Dqn't try to cut a swell —or we'll be bound you may be found where Bobby was —pe|l-rael|—all mixed up with embroideries, with rosy lips and curls,; oh J what a bliss to,end Ijkoithjs, the tlayinga{ the girls. Wearing thin' shoes on damp night* in rainy whather. '■ Building on the “air tight" principle. Leading a fifeol enfeebling stupid lariness, and keeping the mind in a round of unnatu* rat’excitement by reading trashy novels. Going to balls in all aorta of- weather in the thinnest possible dress. Dancing till in a complete perspiration, and then going home through the damp air. Preaching the Gospel “ Sleighing o/ tie Crlrle” "frays df Cotofflfittlag Snlclde. Sleeping on feather beds in seven by nine bed ro mis. Surfeiting on hot -and very highly stimu* lating dinners. Beginning in childhood on lea, and going on from one step to another, through coffee, chewing tobacco, smoking, and drinking. Marrying In hastp, getting an uncongenial companion, and living the rest of life in men tat dissatisfaction. Keeping children quiet by teaching them to suck candy. Ealing without lime to masticate (he food. Allowing love of gain to so absorb our minds as to leave no time to attend to our health. Following an unhealthy occupation became money can be made by it, 'Tempting the appetite with niceties when the stomach say* no. i Contriving to keep in a continual worry about something or nothing. Retiring at midnight and rising at noon. Gormandising between meals. Giving way to fits of anger. •< Neglect to take proper care of ourselves when a simple disease first appears. A Sensible Hobse.—A correspondent sends us an account of an occurrence to wpich he was an.eye witness. On Saturday,roorp* ,ing Ipsljn which,two lives at lea*!, were saved by a-horse being . blessed with (teller sense than his driver. As the mocnipg train of the Central Railroad was approaching at full speed and on, a, down grade, a cross-road near Bloomsbury, a map with a lady In his company in a slqigit, attempted (o drjveacross the track jpsl ip frqn|/pf the 'lucqmofivq. ..If bq had succeeded tn getting on the irack, no .parihly poujqr, pqpld. ha ve saved the lives of hitnselfand his companion, ffro Jiprsp, re* /used to obey his driver and, turning suddenly, t,hre'v ,|hp man on, th».track,hu,l a. ,frppl.pl the engine., Ha fortunately,lrq|d fast ,tp, the reins and was dragged, off t|p.(r,acH hy .the frightened, animal, but Ji rootnptjt. ije fore, "the, wheels passed over'the whqro jlii bai still remained.— Tet? Jcrte\) Journal,