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Exchange,by the Court House. "Demo
a alia Head Quarters."
Select Poetry.
"When This Cruol War is Ovor,
Dearest lovt, do you remember
When wo last did meet.
How you told mo that you loved me,
Kneeling at my foctt
O I how proud you stood before ms.
In your suit of blue,
When you vowed to mo and country
Ever to bo true.
Ciiorcs Weeping, sad and lonely,
Hopes anu fears, how vain,
Yet praying when this cruel war is over,
l'ray,ng that we meet again.
When the summer brecte la sighing
Mournfully along I
Or when autumn leaves are falling.
Sadly breaths the song ;
Oft in dreams I sco thee lying
On tho battle plain,
Lonely, wounded, even dying,
Culling but In vain.
If amid the din of battle .
Nobly you should fall,
Far away from those who love you,
None to hear you call,
Who would vvlsper words of comfort,
Who would sooth your paint
Ah I the many cruel fancies
Ever in my brain.
Ilul our count ry called you, darling,
Angels chceV your way.
While our nation's sons are fighting
We can only pray.
Nobly strike for God And Union,
Lei all nallona eee
How wo love our starry banner,
Emblem of the fmo.
I'm aa Abolitionist
r '11RII K" I'OMCROY,
I'm an .vbolilionist, and glory in the name
A nigger revolutionist without a bit of shame I
A sweet amalgamations w ho in wedlock would bo lied
To a thick lipped uiggcrcss who'd bo my pelted biide I
I'm an abalilinnlsl
Ono of the oily crew j
I don't care a curse, I don't I
For tho damage I may do I
I'm n secessionist If the nigger can't be freo
The nuns of this loved land is liomu enough fur nte I
I glory In the nigger ho is my only Cod
And dead be all the white men buried 'neath tfce Sod.
1 am an abolitionist
One of the ranting kind I
While bravo men to battle go
I sneak anil stay behind I
I'm an abolitionist for one nigger dear lo save
I'd see a hundred white, men thrown into a soldier's
grave
lllond running red in rivulets from prairio tn Iftc tea
White men killed or slaves made if tho nigger could
be free.
I'm nn abolitionist,
One of tho devil's pride
Anil when the call to arma comes,
I'll slink away and hide.
I'm an abolitionist I glory in this war,
For I know when it is over 1 cannot show a scar I
I'll stay at home and glory in tho mischief I have dono
May until I am drafted, and then turn tail and run;
I am an abolitionist
Of that there's no mistake,
And want somo wench lo kiss ms
Just for my .Vtifier'a sake.
rhila. Keening Journal.
Miscellaneous.
Fighting Democrats.
The editor of the. Uniontown Umius of
Liberty, in an ablo article in reply to the.
slanders of the Abolition organ, of that
place, upon tho Democrats or "Copper
heads," as it styles them, makes the fol
lowing telling rnniarks :
"If ho intends to insinuate that it was
any class of peoplo whose opinions ho rep.
resents that took Vickhnrg, then it is a
slander upon that noblo Democratic com
mander, Gen. Grant, and his brave army,
who arc fighting to restore tho Union as it
was and preserve tho Constitution ns it is
which tho Standard opposes, If ho
would false v assert that bis partisans
, , : ' . , ,
i drove tho rebels from Pennsylvania, wo
ask him what evidence ho has for tho as"
tertion, or who it was that went to do it.
Wo know that tho "copperheads" from
New York and New Jersey carno to our
rcscuo by hundreds and thousands : we
know that"arched traitor,Frank Ilugncs,"
raised a regiment of copperheads in
Schuylkill county and led them against
the enemy. Wo know that Col. 0. J
Diddle, of Philadelphia, Chairman of the
Dumocratio State Central Committee, rais
ed a regiment of sixteen hundrod recruits
in the first twenty four hours. We know
that Col. Alfred Day's Coal regiment of
six hundred copperheads from Dorks who
went into tho fight with 440 men and 10
officers and carao out with 101 men and 7
officers, and wo also know of various com
panies and squads of ''homo" copperheads
who turned out to defend our glorious old
Commonwealth, but we havo not hoard of
a regiment of leaguers, abolitionists or
niggers having been raised for Slato de
fence. Whoro did tho valiant "twenty
thousand loagurcs of Pennsylvania" servo
during tho lata cmergenoyi How many
of tlio leagures of this county wore engaged
in tho heroic struggle ?
Grca; Lincoln Picture Gallery.
Thnh the politeness of several paint
ers, mon of rcmarkabla genius, wo liava
received a list of drawings and paintings,
which aro to bo placed on exhibition at
Washington immediately after the 4th of
March, 1805. They aro as follows :
No. 1 A viow of tho Cavo of Famine ;
a lean, ghastly figuro placed a sentinel at
the entrance. A graveyard in tho dis
tance with 400,000 graves at the right
arc 200,000 cripples, and on tho left an
uncountable throng of widows and orphans
A remarkable picture dedicated to Abra
ham Lincoln.
No. 2 Judas Iscariot in tho act of be
traying a charcoal sketch dodicated to
E, Stanton, Secretary of War.
No. 3 St. Nustan relating his interview
with tho dovil. A copy dedicated to
Major Gen. Ben. F. Hutlcr.
No. 4 A group of gamblers quarreling
atall-fours. After the manner of Ten
icrs dedicated to tho Republican con
tractors. No. 5 Tom Thumb spoakinc through a
trumpet, with tho intention to pass him
self off for tho Delgian Giant dodieated
to several Major Generals.
No. G. A miser cutting up a naval flag,
and converting it into money-bags dedi
cated to Gideon O. Welles and his brother-in-law,
Morgan.
No. 7. A ropa-dancer balancing an
empty pitcher on his chin dedicatud to
Wm, II. Seward.
No. 8. A man crushed to death under
several tons of green paper, which fell
from a scaffolding over his head. A fright
ful picture dodieated to S. P. Chase.
No. 9. A whito man embracing a nogro
wench. An immodest picture dedicated
to Charles Sumner.
No. 10. Forty thieves breaking into a
Igovcrument treasury dedicated lo tho
friends of the administration.
No. 11. Fivo satyrs teaching the devil
how to lie dedicated to tho editors of the
Albany Evening Journal.
No. 12. A crowd of negroes stripping
tho shirt off of a white man, and leaving
him naked dedicated to the last Congress.
No. 13. A throng of whito men and
negroes setting firo to the templo of Lib
erty. An immeuso picture ; canvas 40
feet by 24 dedicated to the Republican
party.
No. 14. A drunken whito man, with
his face paintod like a negro, holding a
banjo in his hand, in tho act of singing,
"John Drown's soul i marching on,"
dedicated to John W, Forney.
No, 15. A picturo of the infernal re
gions, with the devils all unchained. La
belled, "Tho United States in the reign
of Lincoln I."
No. 10 Haman hanging on the gallows
which he prepared for Mordceai dodica
to the editors to tho Evening Post.
No. 17 "Tho Union League," being
the picturo of a mob of whito men and
negroes trying to split a rail labelled "Tho
Union,"
No. 18 Diplomatic dinner at tho White
House. His Dlaek Excelloncy tho Minis
ter from Hayti seated between Mrs. Lin
coln and the charming Miss Chaso. Tho
scats of tho rest of diplomatic corps all
vacant. John W. Forney standing be
hind tho chair of the Hiyticn Minuter
dressed as a waiter. A very spirited
painting.
No. 10 Henry Ward Bccchor, in tho
act of praying to the devil to send famine
pestilence and the sword upon a slavery
cursed Union.
No. 20 Revcreud Doctors Chcevcr and
Tyng. at a clandestine iutorview with Sa
tan j in front of tho pulpit in Choever's
ckurch. Satan in the aut of delivering an
opinion in favor of a superior raco of men
to spring from an amalgamation of whites
and blacks 0 hoc ver and Tyng appear
delighted. A fino paintng, and excellent
likenesses of tho three worthy friends.
No. 21 A copporhead chasing a huge
l.inni, snnim wIiip.1i is rnnninr, riwuv wWI,
affrighted velocity.
These paintings vill form ono of tho
most remarkable picturo galleries in the
country, not only on account of their great
merit as works of art, but as well for their
historical and local interests. It is hinted
that the next Congress will purchase tho
whole gallery, and mako it a permanent
attraction to draw literary mon and ar
tists from all parts of tho world to Wash
ington OU Guard,
1
Bar8ome of our exchanges inquiro with
Becmiug innoconco, if it is any harm for
young ladies to sit upon tue lapse oi ages i
it depenua aitogeiuer upou me wuu
ages selected those from eighteen to twen
t i i 1 1 j- - I. . i i
ty-Qvo being rather hazardous.
Tho ffiturdor of Tho Blaok Baco. Tho Skodaddlors.
Thb iV. j?. Evening rost frankly ad- The American Volunteer, published at
mils tiiat tho ullimato object of tho radi- J Carllslo, of July 30tb says :
calsistho destruction of tho colored race' Ono of the most difgraccfulctrcumstan
oli this continent. It says : ' ccs connected with tho late invasion of this
(1 Aa Itin Tndinnu nrnrn nrnnilni wpslwnril .
n n .t ttti r nti. I, ai v, .! a kn li.n f pnelatiltlA I
UUU UUt VI UUI UUUUUil UJ ll,..io.',g
andvanco of tlio whito man s6 will tho
blacks be whenever thai powerful protec
tive system with which tho slaveholders
havo guarded thorn ii removed. It is the
destiny of tho frco whito workinginon of
this country to possess it : tho efforts of
the slaveholders have hitherto robbed
them of ono half of it tho richest, fairest
half and devoted it to blacks. It is tho
slaveholders who have preserved tho ne
gro raco from decline among us ; it is the
slaveholders who havo increased the hlacKs
from seven hundrod thousand in 1700 to
four millions in 1800,
So then it is admitted that those terrible
fellows, the slaveholders) whoso chains,
whips, and bloodhounds wo have heard so
much about in anti-slavery novels and
poems, aro after all tho real conservators
of tho negro race, whito tho abolitionists,
with all their professions of philanthropy,
contomplato their destruction. The Pos:
is right. Tho freeing of the negroes
means their extinction as a race in North
America ; tho history of tho proscnt war
proves that beyond all peradventuro.
From Arkansas arouud to Port Royal tho
same complaint reaches us, tbatthc negroes
within our array linos aro in rags and star
ving, and that tiio soldiers abuse and hato
them. A card in tho New York Tribune,
from the agents of somo negro missionary
society, begging for money and clothes,
says :
Tlicio aro about a thousand in Hampton
quartered in lent.", and a still larger num
ber at Norfolk 780 at Norfolk, and 300
quartered in a largo storehouso and in bar
racks. Could the benevolent look upon
these pitiable objects of charity, tattered
and shoeless, destituto of decent clothing,
and compelled to sleep on hard boards
bricks or ground, without a pallet, or
scarcely a rag under them, their heart
would bleed, "and eyes unused to weep
o'crflow with tears "
It is not improbable that there arc 00,.
000 freed negro families within our lines
in this condition, and, under tho operation
of tho Emancipation Proclamation as our
army advances this number will double
and treble. Thcso poor people are des
tined for misery and ultimato destruction
The North even Massachusetts will not
How tbem a residence, and for tho pre
sent, pcrh nps for years, there can be no
fixed system of labor where they aro loea
ted.
What a strange verdict will history pass
upon tho abolition party. It was original
ly organized to champion the woes of tho
black raco ; it made tho world ring with
the alleged cruelties of the slaveholders ;
yet this same party, in less than two years
after it assumed power, inflicted more real
distress upon the bluck race than have
several generations of slaveholders. Moro
than that, one of its principal organs now
admits that the negroes thrive under the
sway of slaveholders, but aro destined to
perish from out tho laud at the hands of
iheir quoiuiim friends, tho abolitionists.
A Goon Test. For the last two years
the Niggcrheads have claimed that they
were in favor of "no party," all party or
ganisations they say ought to be dropped,
"wc will havo no party now," very well,
now wc will havo tho test. A convention
representing a large majority of tho poo
pic have nominated Judge Woodward,
and as tho Patriot and Union saj's, jjjji
ability to Ml the oflico will naUte'ques-
tioned by any body man, woman, child, the Pa.rtffjftita leaders to use it for person
friend, enemy, knave, fool of wise man 1 aiP!lat it would bo well to avoid.
his integrity and patriotism arc admittedJgpS0 0f tj10 Union, of all in tho
by everybody who is capable of forinuujrlcl, should stand boldly in broad day
decent opinion-then if jHiosc. jHf light. It docs not ueed tho screens and
lOOU do IlOt mean to expostrtncOjWro
tho whole pcoplScantiog
and knaves tlfey ' will refusoJ
jP"es
nako a
nomination against him ? If party lines
aro drawn at tho next election, it will bo
becauso those who profess to abhor parly
' orcanization causelessly put a candidato
in tho field against Woodward. We havo , city, a citizen named Kobcrt Dell, was
Always known and contended that those I drawn three times from tho samo box.
men wcro themselves tho most ultra and Ho Cjnavo been ono of tho "spotted"
unscrupulous of party politicians and tho iudjIois talked of bo muoh bythcabo
events of tho 0th of August will doubtless litiojutsts last year. Ho could not have
prove them such, and show up the lying
hypocrioy of thoir party for tho past two
years-
ter rresment liincoin nas laiien inion woman-8 most vaUiablo "water privil-
tno uamt ot nuinganout wasningion un- cpSriaWrw
dor an armed escort of oavalry. His oar- V??
' riace is constantly preceded and followed
f0TW Qr x0TSCmCa largo enough to at-
tract attention even iu military European
0aptal How ke ,ho jmperiai pomp of
forci monarohs j Jamos Buchanan and
Ilia n.napsstnra Lnnlr fn WncLinninn al.
way walked unattended and alouo
ValloV bv the llobcls. W8S tllC nrccmitato
fight of hundreds of ablo bodied men from
thoir families and homes. Men who had
boasted of their intense "loyalty," and
who had so often reminded the people, old
and young, of tho "duty they owed to
themselves and families,'' should tho reb
els enter our Valley, suddenly turned palo
and exhibited tho white feather whan they
woro told that the minions of Jeff Davis
were approaching our town. Their loud
profefsions for many days previous had
failed to nerve their hearts or strengthen
their knees, and both failed them at tho
critical moment. Tlioy did not possess
"loyalty" cnongh to stand by thoir own
families when danger threatened, but, in
violation of the marriage vow, thoy ske
daddled from their homes, leaving their
swooning wives and screaming children
to the mercy of Ewell's rebels. Tho men
who thus acted we say, havo been loud in
their professions, and had boasted of what
they would do should a "grey back" show
face in our midst. Wo thought of those
poor boasters during tho shelling of our
town ; wo thought of them when we heard
tho loud roar of cannon and the screams
of the women and children they had so
basely forsaken. Thank fortune wo had
enough cf men left in Carlisle during tho
time the rebels occupied it and shelled it,
to protect, not only tho women and chil
dren, but the towu itself. Had our mon
all left, Carlislo would to-day bo smould
ering ruius, and God knows what would
havo been tho fate of tho women and chil
dren. We may say in conclusion that tho men
who abandoned their families and their
town when ruin and destruction threaten
ed both, are not Democrats ; they aro tho
creatures who havo spoken of Democrats
as "Copperheads" and ''cowards." Wo
leave them to their own reflections, and
to tho taunts they are receiving from tho
tender children they abandoned in the
hour of peril.
Shoddy Ghttino Sick of Itsklf.
"We sec it stated that General Wilcox ! Wheu Europo and Asia woro not conti
has issued an order depreorating all "so- I "ents, but represented only by a few
cict political societies, clubs, or leagues," j islands, consisting of what are now their
and urging that they be immediately bro-1 mountain peaks, scatterd over a vast cx-
ken up. Tho Cincinnati Commercial, Nig-
gerhcad, says of the leagues :
"Tho Union men in tho northern part
of the Stale havo, as a general thing, be
come convinced that the Union League
has accomplished all tho mission it ever
had in that quarter, so that its dissolution
will bo perfectly Eatisfactory and it is,
therefore, passing away. Wo can per
ceive no occasion for a wheel within a
wheel in the Uniou organization. Indeed
in the nature of things, a political machino
cannot be complicated, caucus, and opera
ted for any considerable timo without cm
barrasament. There are evils of the most
grave character, familiar to all who havo
read tho history of the past, or (studied
the experience of tho present with a toler
able degree of intotligeuco, that aro insep
arable from scerot political associations,
however honest the mass ot those compo
sing them, or meritorious tho objocts'pro-
posed. TheJJrCTT'j"Icaguu can hardly, il
rcja'
correctly informed, bo called a sc
crel organization; but there is nn appear-
nl)C0 0f ov;i tti,uut it( aua lGmptatiou on
t.n ,.,: nnd tlin rn.nilnfnil fnmnnra.
turo of the sick room. If it will not
flourish in tho glare and tho storm of out-
Of-doors, doctoring in-doors will not navo
j"
j
. tear- In the 8tli Avenue of Now York
been a "patriot."
B Fanny Fern objectod to mon shed
dinrr tears. Sho savs it is au infriacmcut
Ten soldiers can sleep tranquiltiy
upon tho ground ; but two kings can't live
at caso in a quarter of a world.
C2f "A play upon words," as tho boy
said when ha kioked tho Dictionary up aud
down the sohool room.
Living in the Dismal Swamp.
Tho progress of tho war has doveloped
tho ability of our soldiers to surmount al
most any physical obstacle, and to live in
places hitherto regarded as uninhabitable.
Now wo learn that not only is tho Great
Dismal Swamp habitablo but even salubri
ous, according to tho war correspondent of
tho Philadelphia Press, who says .
Tno name of tho Groat Dismal Swamp
starts a feeling of ilKdcfined dread and
horror in tho breasts of those who have
brcomo acquainted with itj soft and slimy
labyrinths only through tho medium of
romance. It is impossible to conceive of
any ouc but a black, herculean, enthusias
tic Drcd who could exist amid the noxious
miasmas of tho Great Dismal Swamp.
Tkcy bclicvo a man who attempts to livo
beneath tho hado of upas-like trees is sure
as destiny of certain death. Yet this great
Dismal Swamp is actually, is occupied by
our soldiers, and is pronounced salubrious
by our surgeons. Tho 177th Pennsylva
nia regiment went thero with almost two
hundred on tho sick list, and now they
scarcely two dozen. This is miraculous,
when wo consider how thoy have to con
tend against frogs, snakes, lizards and
wood-ticks. The Salt Sulphur Springs of
magnolia were a favorite rcBort of tho
crane dc la ctcme of Virgiuia and North
Carolina ; yet this beautiful watering placo
is almost upon thu margin of what I would
call tho northwest lobo of tho swamp, on
the road leading from Suffolk to Ports-
mouth. Juniper water alono can bo found
in tho depth of this wasto. It is of a light
claret color, and very wholesome.
The Oldest Continent. Prentice, of
of the Louisville Journal, is occupying
himself and instructing his readers, by
writing a series of geological articles
Wc extract the following paragraph from
his last ossay. Commending Sir Charles
Lyell's new work ho says :
Thu intelligent reader may learn that
tho North American Continent was tho
first dry land that rose abovo tho waters.
Thero aro on this continent many regions
that wero geologically very ancient, at
tho very timo numerous places in Europo
that are hoary with historic age were not
'yet born from tho womb of waters.
panse of ocean ; when Mt. Etna was yet
unlormed, aud the island ol bicily was courtier of his day. Ho entered one day
still buried beneath the Mediterranean ; the closet of the Cardinal Mazarin without
when tho atlantio scabord back to the 'being announced. His eminence was
Appalachian Mountains, and the Valley amusing himself by jumping against the
of tho Mississippi up as far as Viokuburg wall. To surprise a primo minister iu so
were yet beneath tho ocean, there wero 1 boyish an occupation was dangerous. A
roaming among tho Manvais Torres of i0!S skillful courtier mlcht have stammer
Upper Missouri, in tho midst of profuse ea excuses and retired. But tho duko
vegetation, somo of tho strangest animals entered briskly, and cried, "I'll bet you
that have ever gladdened tho mind of a one hundred crownB that I can jump high
naturalist. Thoy became extinct before ' or than your cminenoo!" And the duko
the era of tho mastodon and elephant, and ami cardinal bcgan jump for their lives
thoy differ not only from all living species Grammont took care to jump a few inches
but from all fossilt ablaincd from coutem- lower than tho cardinal, and his months
poraneous gological formations elsewhere. ' afterwards was marshal of France,
A Hard 'Stof." An old lady who
had never ridden in tho cars, was persua
ded by tho combined efforts of her chil
dren, James and Mary, to accompany
them on an excur.-iou. She persisted that
f-hc knew something would happen. Sho
took her seat next tho passago-way. Tho
train was left, as excursion trains aro
usually, and coming around a curve the jars tightly, and bury them in the cellar
cxr-ress train was on the same track, both bottom, whero tlio butter will keep unhurt
nearing each other rather faster than was for a long timo.
pleasant. Tho momeulum ofoach train I
was nearly lost, aud they oulAcamo to-1 What a happy contrast to tho
gethor with a chuck which pitchctho old bIouy ani1 '"l fulminaiions of nino
lady on her faco in tho passagc-iy, be- tenths of tbo pulpits altho present time:
tween the scats. Sho aroso to hcrhauds For every ono such true ministor of the
and knees aud looking back, askSd : gl'cl of 01irist thcrc aro a thoumnd cleri
"Jcems, do thoy alius stop liko that!" cal war-howlers, who equally disgraco
their sacred oflioo and their humanity.
For the Benfit of Mr. Lincoln.
mi. v. "V-...1. rTi:.v,n I, . l ,!,.
t, ....
such prcpostorons reasoning as Mr. Lm -
such prcpostorom
coin's, in his reply to the Albany Democ
racy, nccessarilly fails to answer tho' in
tended purposo, of justification for arbitra
ry arrest; and the editor declares that
"for a military officer to march, a company
of soldiers into a man's hquso or office,
and to suppress him or his .business, be
causo ho dooms him- guilty of a violation
of law, is sjmply'vpicco of madness. Such
a peflormouco would creato a riot in Rus
sia or Franco, as well as iu Illinois or
New York."
EST It is just as sensible to undertake
to get married without courting, as to at
tempt to micoead iu business without advertising.
"I Loro to Steal."
An amusing incident oecurrod in on of
tho down east churches a few wooks ago.
Tho olergimcn gavo out tho hymn
"I love to steal awhile away,
From every oumberlng care,
And spend the hour of sottlny ity i
In hnmblo, grateful prayer."
Tho regular chorister being absent, tha
duty dovolvcd upon tho good old dcaoon
M., who commenced, "I lovo to steal,"
and then broke down.
Raising his voico lo a still higher pitch
ho snug, "I love to steal."
As before, he conoludcd ho had got tho
wrong pilch, and deploring that ho hat-
not his pitoh tuner," he dotormined to
succeed in tho attempt. By this time all
tho old ladies woro tittering behind their
fans, whilst tho faces of tho "young onoa"
were all in a broad grin.
At length after a dctpcrato cough ho
mado a final demonstration and roarod
"I lovo to steal."
This effort was too much. Every ono
but tho godly cccontrio parson was laugh
ing. He arose with the utmost aoolnoss
and said :
"Seeing our brother's propensities, let
ui pray."
It is needless lo say that but few of tho
congregation prayed.
At Liberty Again. Henry J. Stahle
Esq,, editor of tho Gettysburg Compiler,
who was arrested about tho time of tho re
cent battlo of Gettysburg, on tho charge of
having pointed out to tho rebels tho hous
es in which Federal soldiers wcro con.
coaled, has been released from his impris
onment in Fort McHcnry and reached
Gettysburg on Sunday evening last. Tho
charge, malicious lie, gotton up by tho
abolitionists for tho purpose of injuring
tho character of a gallant and efficient
member of tho Demoeratio party. Instead
of pointing ont the hiding places of Union
Soldiers, ho had a Lieut. Cononel of an
Indiana regiment and sovcral of his men
concealed in bis house. Tho charge origi
nated with a class of unmitigated scoun
drels in Gettysburg who procured an abo
litionist mean aud low tnough to mako an
affidavit to it. "Wo trust Mr. Stahlo will
not let the matter drop hero. The scoun
drels deserve and should fill a felon's oell.
Thoy aro guilty of perjury and should ba
dealt with to tho fullest extent of tho law.
A Witty Mancsveh. Tho Duko of
Grainmont was the most adroit and witty
To Keep Butter Sweet. In May or
June, when butter is plenty, work it thor
oughly two or three times, and add nt tho
last working ono grain of saltpetre and a
tcaspoonful of loaf sugar to each pound of
butter. Pack it tightly in stono jars to
j within two inches of tho top, and fill tho
remaining spaco with brine. Cover the
I A friend in California writes us
, that they havo firo flies so largo in that
, , . ... . . .
rwiu, iimv limy tuu iuuiu iu uuu& uy.
Thoy hang tho kettles on their hind legs,
which aro bent for tho purpose, liko pot
hooks. jjfi? "1 am astonished, my dear young
lady, at your sentiments j you make me
start." "Well sir, I've- been wanting you
to star for tho last half hour."'
Jtfiy Never marry a man because ho U
handsome. Ho will think too much of
his own beauty to take any interest in
yours.
fiaT Why do physicians havo a greater
horror of tho eoa tb.au anybody elso T Be
oausa they aro more likely to ss si'kten