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MUSINGS.
BT PCCLECS.
Oh ! how lonesome and drear when nothing
can cheer,
la this world of amusement and mirth,
When truiy it is we submissively kiss
The rod, though it spurns as to earth.
When this place is bereft, and no pleasures
are left,
For a sin stricken spirit to find,
Joy in this wretched place where we cannot
efface, kind
Form our hearts words and feelings an-
It should be oar desire oar hearts to inspire,
Our souls overflowing with love,
To steadfastly gaze thro' the mantle of haze,
Ou the portals of Heaven above.
.How glad would I go from this world below,
And dwell in his preseuce divine, move,
Who by power and love orders systems to
And all in obedience shine.
There are those who mast stay after I pass
away,
There are ties that erelong must be broken,
There are hearts that will fail, there are lips
that will quail,
When the final farewell mast be spoken.
There are those who will come and bend
o'er the tomb,
Of oue who from earth has been hurried.
The grave they .will dress where hi body
doth rest.
To remember the spot where he is buried.
Artmns Ward Bakes a Speech.
Artemas Ward received an invitation to
make a speech on the "Krysis, at Baldins
ill, injianny. Of course be accepted the
invitation, and reported the speech himself.
He says:
.On retarin to my hu muted in Baldinsvitle,
Injianny, resuntly, my feller sitterzenes ex
. tended a invite for me to norate to 'em on
the Krysis. I excepted, anil on larst Too
day nite I peared be 4 a C of upturned faces
In the Red School House. I spoke nearly
as follers:
Baldinsvitle: Hereto, as I hav numer
ously obsarved, I have abstrained frou havin
any sentiments, or principle, my pollertics,
like my religion, bein ofaexceedin accom
raodatin character. But the fack can't be
longer disguised that a Krysis is onto us,
and I feel it's my dooty to except your in
vite for oue consecutive nite only. I spose
the inflararaenory individooals who assisted
in projucing this Krysis know what good
the wiil do, but I ain't 'shamed to state
that I doit Bcacely. But the Krysis ii
hear. She's been here sqvral weeks, and
Goodnes nose bow long she'll stay. But
t renter to assert that she's rippin things.
She's knockt trade into a kockt op bat and
chaned Bizniss of all kinds tighter nor I
ever chaned up any of my liviu wild
Beests. Allow me to hear dygress and stai:
that my beests at present is a harmless as
the new-born Babe. Ladys and gentlemen
pint. To resoom Altbo I can't exactly
tee what good this Krysis can do, I can
very quick say what the origernal cawz of
her is. The origernal cawz it oar Afrikan
Brother. I was into Barnim'a Moozeum
down to New York the other day and saw
that exsenlnc Etheopian, the What Is It
Sez I, "Mister What Is It, you folks air
rsisia" thunder with this grate country.
You're gettin to be ruiher more numerous
than interestin. It is a pity you coodent go
orf sum wb ares by yourselves, and be a
riashen of What Is Its, tho' if yoa'It excoose
me, Ishoodea't care about marryin among
yon.' No dowbt yore exceedin charm ic to
ham, bat yore style of lavliness isn't adapt
ed to this cold climit ' He larfed into my
face, which rather Riled roe, as I bad bin
perfickly virtoous and respectable in my
observashuns. ' So sez I, turnin ' a little red
in the face, I epect." ''Do you hav the an
blush in impbodents to say you fokes hav
nt raised a big mess of , thunder in this
brite land, Mister What Is It!" He larfed
agio, wosser nor be4, whareupon 1 op and
aez, "Go home,Sir, to Afriky's burnin shores
&nd taik all the other What Is Its along
with yoa. Don'; think we can't spair your
interestin p'scters. Yoa What Is lis air on
the pin', of smashin op the greatest Gav'
ment e rer erected by man, and jou actoo
ally fca'ra the owdassity to larf about it
Go home, yoa low ass!"
I was workt up to a high pitch and pro
ceeded to a Restorator and cooled orf with
sera little fishes kiled in i!e 1 bleeve they
callthera.sardeens. -..J;
Fails r Shterzans, the Afrikan may bo
Our Iroiher.: Sevral hily respeetyble gen
tlstnea, and sum talentid femails tell os so,
and for argymeni'a sake I might be injooced
to grioi it, tho I dont bleeve it myself.
Eat die Afrikin isn't our sister and our wife
as 1 cicr uncle. .Ha isn't sevral of our broth
ers aid all oor fast wife's relashuns. He
isn't car grand'artser, and. our grata grand
father an J car Annt ia the country. Scace
ly. And yet rumens persons would Lav
us thick 60. I;'s troo ha runs Congress and
eavisi cihrr pallia grosarys,-
bat then hs
'l evtrrjty z
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BLOOMS BURG, COLUMBIA
Fair: Extry charg fur this larst remark.
It's a goak. A. W
"But we've got the Afrikan, or rcther
he's got as, and now what air we going to
do about it ! He's a ortul noosance. Pra ps
he isn't to blame fur it. Praps he was cre
ated for sum wise purpuss, like the measles
and new Englan rum, but its's mity hard
to see it. At any rate he's no good here,
and as I statid to Mister What Is It, it's a
pity he coodent go orf somewheres qnieily
by hieself whar he cood wear red weskits
; and speckled neckties and gratterfy his
I ambishun in varis intaresting wase.
Praps Ime bearin down ton hard upon
Curly. Cum to think on it, I am He
wooden !t be sich a infernal noosance if
whifA nonnFa wavI IaI Kim alanal IVhui'.
... . t .. . . . ,. , her accustomed luxuries, and al her wants
the good of continnerly stirnn him up with . . , .. .
. , - r, . , . were abundantly supplied '
a ten loot pole ? He isn't the sweetest , .
j r r u i Uctavius indulged himself with a trium-
kind of perfooraery when ir. a natral stait. , .,
f-iu. .u tt i phal entrance into Alexandria, endeavoring
reller Saterzans, the Union's in danger. f . . .
fpk Li . I ,,- . i . y humanity ana condescension to secure
The black devil disunion is truly here, star ! . , - .
: . .n. ...i . .u r t . lne ivor ot he people, et cruelly, it
in as squarely in the face. We must drive . . , . . . 1
him back. Shall we make a 2d Mexiko of T " tb!, e'de8t B" ot
oursetves? Shall we sell our birthrite for L ??' ? Cf a. Cpatra's son
a mess ol potash t Shall one brother put ! by Ju'T C?ar' l f 01 l dealh- Feaf
the knife to the tnroat ot another brother 1 "'" ,rm ,he o'.her children
Shall we mix our whiskey with each oth- ! f C'P"1' h Ued,eJ lhem a" " ptiaCe
ers'blud! Shall the Star Fn.nalpd R.nno J PrV,ded lhem W,th lchers, that thpy
be cot up into dishcloths? Standin here
in this here Skoolhouse, upon my native
shore so to speek, I answer Nary !
Oh you fellers who air raiiti this row and
who in the fust place startid it, I'm 'shamed
of you. The Showman blushes for you,
from his boots to the topmost har upon his
venerable hed.
1 sav to the South don't apkpsIi f I in
,1. .,, . , . i .
tne ealnant Denote of that unnnv lanH -ut
lock up a lew hundred of them tearin and
o c - r j ,
roarin fellers of yourn in some strong box.
es, and end 'em over to Mexiko. And we
people op North here will consir.e a ekal
aumber of our addlebraned rip snorters to
the same lokallerty, and thar let 'em fight
it out among theirselves. No consekwents,
not the 6litest, which licks, Whyshoodent
the people that got up this fite do the Gtin ?
Git these orsiny critters out of the waj, and
the sensible people ot the North & South
can fix the matter up very easy. And
when 'tis fixt let both secshuns resolve to
mind their own bizness.
Feller Sitterzans, I am in the Sheer and
leaf. I shall peg out one of these dase
But while I do stop here I shall stay in the
Union. I know not what the Supervise
of Baldinsville may conclude to do, but for
one, I shall stand by the stars and Stripes.
Under no circumstances whatsomever 'ill
I sesesh. Let every Stait in the Union
ssesh and let Palmetter flags flote thicker
nor shins on Square Baxter's close line, still
will 1 stick to the good old flag. The coun
try may go to the devil, bat I won't. And
next summer when I start out on ray cam
pane wiih my Show, wharever I pitch my
little tent, you shall sue floatin prowdly
from the center pole thereof the Amerikan
flag, with nary a star wiped out, r.ary a
stripe less, but the same old fla that has
allers flotid thar! and the price of admish
un will be the same it allers was 15 cents,
children harf price.
Feller Sitterzans, I am dun. . Accordinly
I squatted.
1 Romanlie Marriage.
One of the most singular marriages, we
ever heard of, came off in this Borough, on
Thursday evening, February 7th. We
often heard of great contrast between the
ages of such parties in such affairs, but
never became cognizant of a contrast uch
as we are going to relate, and we tell the
truth too. The happy bridegroom was about
30 years of age and the bride about 14.
Bet the most singular circumstances con
nected with the affair are yet to he related
We give them as we glean them from what
we consider pretty reliable sources. Some
time ago the faihr ot the girl gave her two
hundred do lars with the express provision
that she should get married, and left her
the choice of three named individuals. In
accordance with hie wish 6he made a se
Jecliou and the chosen one refused the bait
She choe again this time succeeding in
gelling the consent of the younsr man of 30.
Without much waste of time therefore they
were joined in the holy bond of wedlock
on the day above named. During the day
she was at school. . Now who ever heard
of such a quick transition, from a school
girl to a wife. We forbear giving the names
of the parties inasmuch as it is immaterial
to the pith of the romance, and a real ''ro
mance in real life." it is at that We ad
vise young men not to break their hearts
because it cMd not happen to be the recipi
ent of the fair and valuable gift. But after
all, two hundred dollar ain't 60 bad a pill
to take pow-a days, even without such a
fair and youthtui bearer. St. Clair Sentinel.
Sccbct or Hppink8S Now let me tell
yoa a secret a secret worth hearing. This
looking forward to enjoyment lon't pay
From what I know of it, I would as soon
chase butterflies tor a living, or bottle up
moonshine for cloudy nights. The only
true happiness is to take the drops ot hap
piness as God gives them to as every day
of our lives. The boy most learn to be
happy when he is plodding over his lessons;
the apprentice while he is learning his
trade ; the merchant while he is making
bis fortune. If he fails to learn this art, he
will be sure to miss his etijoyment when
ha gains what ha sighs for. -
CT Not bad to take One dollar and eer
entyfive cents in advance for the " Sts."
CYocn lexers sre cal'eJ turtles, Jut
Death of Cleopatra.
from abbott's "italy."
Ocfavius, now undisputed master of the
world, was dreaming of the splendid tri
umph which awaited him in Rome: and
the presence of Cleopatra, the renowned
queen ol Egypt, to lead in the train of the
captives, would be one of the most conspic-
uous ornaments of the triumph Consci-
ous of degradation which awaited her, she
watches for an opportunity to commit sui
cide. Octavios with almost equal interest
guarded his captive, that she might escape
j him. Her fetters were truly those of silk
an. I gold, lor she was treated with the most
, profound deference, surrounded with all
might receive an education suitable to their
rank.
At length Octavius visited Cleopatra in
person. She received him artistically lan
guishing upon a couch, draped in ganze-
like robes which scarcely concealed her
voluptuous beauty; for though the fresh
ness of youth had departed, she was still
a woman of rare lovliness. No one knew
belter than Cleopatra how to magnify her
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charms, by tones of softness, and that art
lessness of manner which is the highest
achievement of art. Her beautiful eyes
were tilled with tears, her cheeks flushed
with emotion, and rising from her couch
she fell, half fainting, prostrate at the feet
ol Octavius. The young conqueror lifted
the exquisitely moulded, drooping form
and placed her on the couch by his side,
sspporting her against his own bosom. A
queen whose renown filled the world, beau
tiful, gracelul, pliant, had thrown herself
into his arms. How could he treat her
cruelly ? Had Cleopatra been nineteen in
stead of thirty-nine, the decision might
have been different, and, by facile divorce,
the way might have been made easy tor
Cieopatra to share the throne ot universal
empire with Octavius. But as the circum
stances were, ambition proved more pow
erlul than love.
Cleopatra exhausted all her magazines
of art 'ears, smiles, reproaches, blandish
menrs, flattery, supplications, to win Octa
vius, but in vain He treated her with
politeness, but his heart remained obdurate
The queen look from her bosom' some let
ters full of tenderness, irora Julius Caesar,
and with a trembling voice and tailing tears,
read them to Octavius.
"But of what avail to me now," 6he said
"is all this kindness? Why did I not die
with him 1 And yet in Oclavijs I see an
other Julius. You are his perfect image
He seems to have returned from the spirit
land in you."
All was in vain. After a Ion,; interview
Octavios left, and Cleopatra reflected in
despair that for the first time her charms
had tailed her. ' She had surrendered her
sell to Octavius and he bad coldly laid her
aside. What more could she do ? Noth
ing. There now remained for her but to
die or to be carried to Rome to grace the
triumph ol her conqueror There was a
young Roman in the camp by the name of
Dolabella. He was much affected with the
queen's grief, and she, with woman's tact,
had thrown him all the meshes of her wiles.
Dolabella knew and informed her of all that
was transpiring. One day he brought to
her couch the tidings, that in three days
she and her children were to be sent to
Rome. '
The crisis had now come, and, with sin
gular calmness and fortitude, Cleopatra
prepared to die. Alter taking a bath, she
attired neself in her most sumptuous robes,
and sat down with her friends to a truly
regal feast. Apparen ly banishing all care,
the fextive hours passed rapidly away. At
the close of the feast she dismissed ail her
attendants but two. She then wrote a note
to Octavius, informing hun of her intention
to die, and requested that her body might
be buried io the tomb with that of Antony.
She had contrived to have brought to her,
in a baske: ot flowers, an asp a reptile the
concentrated venom ot whose bite causes
inevitable death, and yet with but little
pain.' Stie dispatcher the letter to Octavius
and immediately placed the reptile opon
her arm. The poisonous fangs pierced her
flesh, stuper and insensibility soon ensued,
and she sank back opon her couch and
died.
Octavios, immediately opon receiving the
letter from Cleopatra, dispatched messen
gers hoping to prevent the fatal deed. But
i hey arrived too late Upon entering the
chamber they found Cleopatra already dead,
still arrayed in her royal robes. Her two
wailing women were at her side. Oue ol
the me-sengers uttered words of reproach,
but the maid oi honor replied
"It is well done. Such a death becomes
a glorious queen, descended from a race ot
illustrious ancestors "
A very fat man, for the purpose of
quizzing a physician, asked him to pres
cribe for his complaint, which declared was
sleeping with his mouth open.
. "Sir,'? eaid the doctor, "your disease is
1 incurable. ' Ytw fmi ? t" !-t "Vv
COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27, LSGL
Indian Joggling.
The fort of Calcutta, commonly known
as Fort William, is one of the most splen
did and convenient military establif hments
to be found in any quarter of the globe, it
j is very spacious, and somewhat resembles
' the Tower of London, in that it consists of
various streets and squares, adapted for
different military purposes. On all sides it
is guarded by a high and strongly built
rampart, which is surrounded in its turn by
abroad and deep fosse, over which are
placed drawbridges, leading to the princi
pal gateways. Arrived in Calcutta, a raw
griffin, of course I went to inspect the lions,
and, among others, the fort.
The fort is often the scene of animated
festivity, from the presence of native jug
glers, renowned for their surprising skill
and dexterity. The performances of these
strange people have been so often describ
ed, that I shall only male mention of a few
j for otherwise 1 might tire the reader. One
1 ol them struck me as being curious from its
having a strong resemblance of the feats
j recorded in sacred history, as having been
! perlormed by tne magicians of Egypt, in
the lime of Moses, and in the presence of
. Pbaroah. Indeed, as it it is well known
. that the Hindu tricks have been handed
l down from the most distant ages, from fa
ther io sou, there is little wonder that such
a similarity can exist The particular trick
alluded to, is the apparent conversion nf a
brass coin into a snake. The juggler gave
me the coin to hold, and then seated him
sell, about five yards from me, on a small
rug, from which he never attempted to
move during the whole periorniace. 1
! showed the coin to several persons who
j were close beside me, on a lorm in front of
; the juggler. At a sign from him, I not only
I trrasoed the coin I held firmlv in mv riht
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hand, but, crossing that hand with equal
tightness wiih my left, I enclosed them
both as firmly as I could between my knees
Of course I was posivtively certain that the
small coin was within my double fists. The
juggler then began a sort of incantation, ac
companed by a monotnous and discordant
kind of recitative, and, repeating the words,
"Ram, Sammu," during some minutes. He
then suddenly stopped, and. slid keeping
his seat, made a quick motion with his
right hand, as if throwing something a, me,
giving at the same time a puff with his
mouth. At that instant I tell my hands
suddenly distend, and become partly open,
while I experienced a sensation as if a cola
ball of dough, or something equally soft,
nasty and disagreeable was now between
my palms. 1 started to my feet in astonish
ment, also to the astonishment of others,
and opening my hands, found there no coin,
but to my horror and alarm (for of all crea
ted things I detest and loathe the genus) I
saw a young snake, all alive oh ! and of
all snakes in the world, a cobra di-capello,
folded, or rather coiled, roundl) op. I threw
it instantly to the ground, trembling with
rage and tear, as if already bit by the dead
ly reptile, which began immediately to
crawl along the ground, to the alarm and
amazement of every one present. The jug
gler now got up tor ihe first time since he
had sat down, and catching hold of ihe
snake disdlayed its length, which was
nearly two feet two feet all but an inch
and a half. He then took it cautiously by
the tail, and opening his own mouth to its
widest extent, let the head of the snake
drop into it, and deliberately commenced
to swallow the animal, till the end of the
! tail only was visible ; then making a sud
den gulp, the whole of the snake was ap
parantly swallowed. After this, he came
up to the spectators, and opening his mouth
wide, permitted us to look into his throat,
but no snake or snake's tail was visible ; it
was seemirTgly down his throat altogether.
During the remainder of the performances,
we ; ever saw this snake irgain, nor did the
man prolexs bis ability to make it reap, ear;
bat he permormed ano:her snake trick,
which surprised us very mcoh. He took
trom a bag another cobra-di-capelio, and,
1 walking into iMe centre of the room, enclos
; ed it in his hands in a tolded state. He
i waved, or shood lhem tor Eome time in
I this condition , and then opened his fists,
when, hey ! presto ! the snakes was gone,
' and in i s place appeared several email
i ones, which he suffered to fait Irom his
hands, when ihey glided, with their pecu
liar nndulating movement, almost like the
waves of the sea, about the floor. Ex.
An aged clergyman in the western part
of this country, speaking of the solemnity
attached to the ministerial office, said that
during the whole term of forty or fifty years
that be had officiated therein, his gravity
had never been but once disturbed in the
pulpit. On that occasion, he noticed a
man direcily iu front ol him leaning over
the railing oi the gallery with something in
his hand, which he soon discovered to be a
huge quid ot tobacco just taken from his
mouth. . Directly below sat a man asleep,
with his head back and his mouth wide
open. The man in the gallery was intense
ly engaged in raising and lowering bis
hand, taking an exact observation, till, at
last, having got it right, he let fall the quid,
and it went plump into the mouth of the
sleeper below I The whole sceue was so
indescribably ludicrous that for the first and
last time ic the pulpit, an involuntary smile
forced itself opon the countenance of the
preacher. ,
E7" "I am afraid yoa will come to want,"
aaid an old lady to a young gentleman.
' TDE BRIM SIDE.
I wandered by the brook-side,
I wandered by the mill ;
I could not hear the brook flow
The noisy wheel was still;
There was no burr of grasshopper,
No chirp of any bird,
But the beating of my own heart
Was all the sound 1 heard.
I sat beneath the elm tree;
1 watched the long, long shade,
And. as it grew still longer,
I dM noi teel afraid ;
For I listened for a foot-fall,
1 listened lor a word
But ihe beating of my own heart
Was all the sound I heard.
He rame not, no, he came not
The night came on alone
The little stars sal one by one,
Each on his golden throne ;
The evening wind passed by my cheek,
The leaves above were stirred
But the beating of my own heart
Was all the sound I heard.
Fast, silent tears were flowing,
When something stood behiud ;
A hand was on my shoulder
I knew its touch was kind;
It drew me nearer nearer,
We did not speak one word,
For the beating of our own hearts
Was all the sound tve heard.
The Best Champion.
if we were asked by a friend, in whoe
welfare we felt an interest, what species oi
companion we would recommend, to make
his son a man valuable to society, and his
daughter an ornament to his house, we
should reply a good nepp"per I It ever
flows wiih just what the young mind loves.
It readily ingratiates itself into their circle
of ideas as an ever suggestive associate, and
it rapidly wins its way to their bosoma as
an experienced confidant. They learn to
turn to it for advice and instruction. They
insensibly adopt its views, and throw, out
as their own the principles and positions
they have absorbed in the perusal ot its
pages. How important for good, then, is a
correct newspaper 1 How potent for evil is
a vicious one ! How cheap a luxury it is,
at one dollar and seventy five cents, to
bring into your house, for a year, so whole
some a resource for the leisure moments of
the fair sex , and at :he same time, a some
thing so we:ll calcnlated to keep ihe other
sex Irom associations far more fraught with
peril to both the body and the understand
ing ! Why, the Star, alone, is equivolant.
in twelve months, to be a whole librarv of
standing authors, and far mor than equiv-
lent to the conversation of a hundreJ well
informed friends Irom all nations.
Co-Edccation or the Sexcs The same
methods of instruction, the same analyses,
the same drills must be employed lor the
one as for the other, and God lends a help-
ing hand to the teacher, by having estab-
li.hed a subtile yet powerful mutual influ-
ence, that quickens the Intellect of each in
the presence ol the other. " Therefore by
separating ihem, our system tails to pro-
mote their best intellectual welfare. On
this point Mr Stowe, a celebrated Glasgow
teacher, used the following language : The
youth of both sexes of our Scottish peasan
try have been educated together, and as a
whole, the Scotch are the most moral peo-,
pie on the earth. Education in England is
given separately, and we never have heard
from practical men that any benefit has j
arisen Irom this arrangement. Some indi-
viduals there, mourn over the prejudice on
this point. In Dublin a large number of!
girls turn out badly, who have been edu
cated alone until they attained ihe age of
maturity, than those who were, otherwise ,
brought up. The separation of the sexes j
has been found to be injurious. It is stated . . . , , , ,
. . . ... , , says that he always looks under the mar
on the best of authority, that of those girls . . . r , . , ,
. , . . . " 7 riage head for the news ol the weik
educated in schools or convents apart from
the boys, ihe greater majority go wrong
within a month after being let loose in so
ciety. and meeting the other sex. New
York Teacher.
CiTWhen God wanted sponges and oys
ters, he made them, and put one on the
rock and the other in the mud. When he
made man, he did not make him to be a
sponge or an oyster, he made him with
feet and hands and head and heart, and
vital blood, and a place to use them, and
said to him, -Go work."
Bui I tell you if a man has come to that
point where he is content, he ought to be
put in his coffin, for a contented life is a
sham! If a man has come io that state in
which he says, "1 do not want to know any
more, or do any more, or be any more."
he is in a state in which he ought to be
changed into a mummy ! Of all hideous
things, muaamiesare the most hideous that
are running about the street and talking !
. IF. Beecher.
Capital Sentiments At a printer's an
nual festival in Washington City, the fol
lowing were among the regular toasts given:
The Constitution of the United Slates
set up by wise and patriotic founders impos
ed on the hearts of the people, and locked vp
in their best affections.
The Declaration of Independence Good
standing matter -a pioof tlieet free from er
rors, and first-rate copy for the stlters vp of
Republics.
Woman may her virtues occupy more
space than har skirls, and her faults be of a
smaller type than her bonnet.
Ladies prepare for an extreme change in
habits, for a Paris correspondent of the New
York Courier says the ladi?s8r
Alone viih the Dying.
It would be difficult to find in the whole '
range of fiction a more affecting Incident
than is contained in the followii.g extract
from a letter written by a British seaman to j
his wife. It was his first service as a sol
dier, he having been sent on shore with a
boat's crew of mariners to silence a fort,
and take some guns :
"We dispersed at a tew hundred yards
distance from the beach to keep the coast
clear while the boat's crew made prizes of
the guns. The enemy had advantage of
the wood, and also knowing the country
well, and a troop of them showed in ad
vance. We were ordered to fire. I .ook
steady aim and fired al my man at about
sixty yards. He fell like a stone. At the
same lime a broad-side from the went
in among the trees, and ihe enemy disap
peared, we could scarcely tell how. 1 felt
as though I must go up to him and see
whether he was dead or alive. He lay
quite still, and I was more afraid of him
lyin;80than when he stood facing me a
few minutes before. It is a strange feel
ing to come over you all at once that you
have kihed a man He had unbuttoned
his jacket, and was pressing his hand over
the front of his chest, where the wound
was. He breathed hard and the blood pour
ed from the wound, and also from his
mouth, every breath he took. His face
was a while as death, and his eyes looked
so big and bright as he turned them and
&tared at me. 1 shall never forget it.' He
was a fine young fellow, not more than
five and twenty. I went down on my
knees beside him, and my breast felt so full
as though my own heart would burst. He
had a real English face and did not look like
an enemy. What I fell I can never tell; but
if my life could have saved his, I believe I
should have given it. I laid his head on
my knee, and he grasped hold of my hand
and tried to speak, but his voice was gone
I could not tell a word he said, and every
lime he went to speak the blood poured out
so. 1 knew it would soon be over, I am not
ashamed to say that 1 was worse than he,
for he never shed a tear, and I couldn't
help it. His eyes were cloed when agon
was fired from the "to order aboard,and
that aroueJ him. He pointed to ihe beach
where the boat was just usned off with the
guns which he had taken, and where our
marines were waiting to man the second
Doai, and then he pointed to the wood where
j ,he enemr was concealed. Poor fellow !
he lhou2hl hovr I haJ shot him Un
I was wondering how could leave him to
die, and no one near him, when he had
something like a convulsion (or a moment,
and then his face rolled over, and without
a sigh he was gone. I irut the Almighty
has received his soul. I laid hi head gent-
'y down on the gras and lelt him. It
beemed so strange vthen 1 looked al him
-or the last time. I somehow thought of
t verything I had heardboui the Turks.and
the Russians, and the rest of them, but all
that seemed so far off and the dead man so
near.'
B?" Look Well The new style of skirts
adopted by the ladies.
It is supposed the fellow who left the
house was noi able io take it with him.
J3T Curses line chickens, always come
home to roost.
I IT Ingratitude To receive a black eye
from a "friend ' without -thanking him for
the same.
HIT A crabbed old batchelor at onr elbow
i Es" Peter Sharp says that his wife is
equal to five "lulls" beauti ful, youthful,
armlul, and aw-full.
The great topic ot Discussion The
exciting news from the South. Go where
you will, you can he-r ot little else.
Dobbs, the portrait painter, says that eve
rything should be in character. For in
stance, search warrants should be painted
on "tracing paper," and wedding notes on
"loolscap."
iy Squatter Sovereignty. The entrance
of six full dressed ladies into a large omni
bus, and taking the exclusive possession
thereof, while eighteen spare gentlemen
are forcibly expeded.
A man was waked in the night and told
that his wile was dead. He turned over,
drew the coverlet closer, pulled down his
night-cap, and muttered as he went to sleep
again, "Ah ! how grieved i shall be in the
morning !"
E7 A sub-editor announces that the edi
tor of the paper is unwell, and piously adds:
"All good paying subscribers are requested
to make mention of him in their prayers
the other class need not do ii, as the 'pray
ers of the wicked awailteh nothing,' ac
cording to good authority."
A yoong lady has discovered the reason
why married men, from the age of thirty
and upwards, are more or less bald. They
scratch the hair off in dismay at their wive's
long milliner's bills ! Yes, it is certain.
You have all observed that when a gentle-
NUMBER 8.
Indian Anccdotf.
Years ago, when the copper laced na
tives had mingled with the whiles just long
enough to confuse their ideas of propriety,
when Judge Johnson held a court on the
banks of the Mohawk. Big John, a prince
of the royal family of Kinickinick, wan ar
raigned, tried and convicted of the larceny
of a jug of firewater. According to the
Saws in operation at that romantic period,
Big John was sentenced to pay a fine of
five dollars, which wa duly forked over.
Whereupon the aboriginal culprit was in
formed that he was at liberty logo. John
gathered his blanket around him and ap
proached the Judge, and demanded a re
ceipt for the five dollars.
'There's no occasion for a receipt,John,"
said the Judge, "you'll never be called ou
to pay it again."
"Ugh! big Indian steal whUkey pay
five dollars want um receipt"
"We don't give receipts here, John."
But the son of the forest was not to bm
cheated. He bored the clerk, sheriff, and
every one connected with the court, until
the Judge concluded to give him a receipt
to set rid of him He called him up to the -bench,
and said :
"John if you tell me what you want with
a receipt, I'll give you one."
Upon which the red man delivered him- ,
self as follows :
"Big John die one of these days. H go
up to Heaven knock at the gate. Pter
say, "Who knock at the gates of heaven 1"
"Big John." "John yoa pay for that whis
key yoa stole !" 'Yes." "Shove the re
ceipt under the gate, John." "Then Big
John have to go hunt all through hell to
find Judge Johnson and get a receipt.' "
Practical Jokb or am Ikduh. Some of
the Saginaw Indians are intense wags in
their way. One of them having given a
trader some annoyance was told that in case
he was spen again with a bottle, it would
be taken from him and thrown in the fire.
A few days alter, the Indian appeared with
a pint flat-k in his blanket, as usual, bot the
trader was as good as bis word, and de
manded the bottle, which the Indian gave
up and started for the door. The trader
threw the flask into the stove, upon which
bang went the stove, and out came the
windows, the trader following c!oe behind.
The next time that man bnrr.s an Indian'
whiskey bottle, he will examine it to see
whether its contents are whiskey or gun
powder. Ocn Children. Our children are to fill
our places in society in church and S:ate,
and the manner in which they will fill
them depends upon the manner in whichwe
educate them. If we train them up in the
Sabbath Schools, lor God and Church, they
will amply repay a for our tare, but if they
are trained up for the world in the streets
in the gambling and tippling saloon in
Sabbath breaking, profanity, licentiousness
and intemperance in idleness in sin,
tbey will hihonor our names, and repay
us by-and-witb a vengeance.
JST A Banker a-ked a lady what kind of
money she liked best.
' Aari-rooney," she replied.
"What interest does it bring?" asked the
sharp banker.
"If properly invested, it will double the
orginal stock every two years," was the
lady's reply.
He concluded 6he was a match for him,
bot the rest is a secret, and farther depo
nent knowetb not.
ESome doctor advertises to this effect
"Consumptives, cough while you can ; for
after yoa have taken one bottle yoa can't."
We rather think we won't take any of that
doctor's stuff cntil we find what he means
by the above rather equivocal extract from
his advertisement.
A few days since, a friend of mine, walk
ing down town, saw a little boy punching
his younger brother, who was crying bit
terly. "Why, ray boy," said she to the young
tormentor, "don't yoa know you are doing
very wrong?" What would yoa do if you
should kill your brother ?
"Why.";he repl-ed, "of course 1 should
put on my tiew black pants and go to the
funeral."
A young man having lost his watch key,
and being weary of looking for it, remarked
that he snpposed it had gone to h 1 by this
time.
"Well," observed his father, who was
near by, "be contented, for you will be quite
likely to find it again."
A colored firm in Newark lately failed
and closed business. Mose, the senior
member of the ton serial firm, in his '"notis"
of the dissolution, says, "Pussons who ose
most pay the scriber. Dem what the firm
ose must call on Jones, as the firm is in
solved" "I'd just like to see yon," as the blind
man said to the policeman when he told
him he would take him to the station house
if he did not move on.
A Warning Young ladies should never
go lo church merely with the intention of
having some gentleman escort them home.
It u also bad policy to have a different oi
every Sunday night. "