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LADIES' BOOTS.
A little glove, stirs up my hearV
As tides stir up the ocean,
.And snow white muslin, when it fits,
Wakes many a cnrious notion.
' All sorts of lady fixins thrill
My feelings as they'd orter,
But little lemale gaiter boots
Are death, and nothing shorter.
And j'jsf lo put yon on yonr guard,
I'll give you short and brief,
A small hotel experience,
Which filled my heart with grief.
Last rummer, at the Clarendon,
I stopped a week or more.
And marked two "bootees'' every morn
Before my neighbor's door,
Two boots with patent leather tips
. Two boots which seemed to say,
. ' An angel trots around in us ;"
They stole my heart away.
: I saw the servant take 'em off,
With those of oiber brutes
His soul as all in sixpences,
Bat mine was in the boots.
And often in my nightly dreams,
They swept before my face
A lady growing out of them ;
As flowers grow from & vase.
But ah ' one n.orn I saw a sight,
Which struck me like a stone;
.Some other name was on the books,
Those boots were uot alone'
A grpat tall pair of otl er boots
Were standing by their side!
And off they walked that afternoon,
And with them walked a bride!
Enough, enonjrh : my song is sung
Love's tree bears bitter fraits ;
Beware of beauty reader mind ;
But, oh ! be ware 'cf boots !
Early life the Golden Age far Military Lau
rels. In glancing over the records of revolu
tionary history we find that the greatest mil
itary achievements of the world have been
accomplished by individuals comparatively
young in vesrs. Alexander the Great who
wept because there was no other world to
conquer, was only 33 years of . age
when conquered by the King of Ter
rors. Ltaaniba! who led the Carthagenians
across the Alps.performing one of the great
est military marches upon record, was only
forty at the period of his death. Napdean
and his great competitor Wellington, wee
upon the sunny side of forty when their
greatest triumphs were consummated. Old
fiickory was only forty-eight when he gain
ed his great victory at New Orleans. Gus
tarus Adolphusdied at the early age of thir
ty one. Cortez was not 31 years old when
he took possession of the Halls of the Mon
tezuma, giving Mexico into the hands of
Spain. Nelson's name was written with
Indelible characters upon the scroll of Brit
isa fame ere he bad attained the age of 45.
The world's military battle fields are thick
ly covered with heroic deeds of valor, spring.
jDg from the young life of commander and
soldier, before they iell back into the dus: of
motLer earth.
, These are but few illustration pointing
to early manhood as the golden period for
military chieftains to make their names immortal-
Passing from the bloody grounds of eon
tending foes, we find in the religious and
political world a similar array of talent.
Luther gained bis greatest victories over
the powers ot darkness that abstructed the
lights ot religious knowledge in the' dawn
ing hours of the . reformation, years before
the fortieth winter of life had been passed
Knox, Calvin, Huss, and Zuingle were
throwing out their brightest thoughts and
exercising their strongest influence before
the shady side of forty overtook them.
John and Charles Wesley, the great prog
cnitors of Meiuodistism created a religious
church.and fully incorporated it in the great
harvest fields of the world before the silver
locks and wrinkles began to show signs of
physical decay. Raphael the greatest pain
ter o( any age died at 37. Bolingbroke,
iO'Connel, Pitt and Russel were statesmen
before many bad gone through with the pre
liminaries for subsequent action, during
their day and generation.
We might gather columns of examples
where young life has been represented and
won the premium achievements on the
jcroilda. great battle grounds With the sub
jects gathered up' from the records of six
thousand years, "we have every reason to be
of good cheer, and rely with implicit con5
decce upon the wisdom and foresight of
or yeung commander,. Gen. Geo. B, -Mc-Xlellan.
May the blessing of Heayen, and
the united petitions of a loyal people enable
.him with successful energy to discharge bis
high and responsible duties, ultimately res
cuing oar bleeding country frorn the hands
TjfLer destroyers, and firmer than ever es
Ublishing'her Constitution and her laws in
-the hearts of the people. . . - f ,i
A Texas paper says that "no body ever
-tif Wij'all 'drunk." Bat Prentice says
ha hss seen him when he w asaa't sober by
AN ELIGIBLE MATCH.
BY "TOM FPANK."
Very few persons in this work-a-day
world are apt to lend the subject of matri
mony that serious consideration to which it
is entitled. We read with indignation, in
the page of romance, of the cruel tyranny
exercised by parents over their children in
this relation, and sincerely do we depreci
ate for the moment that selfish and avarice
spirit which would lead a father to sacrifice
the happiness of a child on the altar of
Mammon. But we are too apt to regard
such matters as romance only, and to lose
sight of the fact that such things do actually
exist, and (hat such event are transpiring
every day around us. It is not in the lower
and middling classes that we are to look
for the full extent of speculation in hyme
nial matters, though the spirit, more or less
pervades all grades of society. It is among
the more wealthy families that the custom
obtains with scarcely an exception of
estimation the human character by dollars
and cents, and the following narrative,
which is 6trictly true, developes the pain
ful effects of the unholy and pernicious
custom.
In a little town called Mere, in England,
there lived, some time ago, a family of the
name of Dorrington, consisting of four per
ron?, viz: Mr. John Dorrington, his lady,
and a son and daughter. Though quite
wealthy, they did not spring from an aris
tocratic stock, Mr. Dorrington having com.
menced life as a tanner, from which pur
suit, by strict economy and untiring indus
try, together with a run of great luck, be
had amassed a large fortune. As generally
happens, however, in such cases, the ac
quisition of wealth had entirely obliterated
from the memory of the tradesman the fact
that he had ever been a dealer in hides,and
he assumed an arrogance that would have
put to the blush the most aristocratic scion
of the most pampered stock. His children
were taught to look down upon their honest
neighbors with a feeling of superiority, and
the son, John Dorrington. Jr., was not slow
to improve upon the lessons taguht him by
his puree proud parent, though the daugh
ter was not so apt a scholar irv the school
; ol vanity, and had the audacity to regard
j the virtuous but poor people of Mere as
i human beings, to joyfnily exchanges greet
' ings with them on meeting, and even occa
sionally to visit them at thuir dwelling,
and to treat them in all re peels as her
i equals. She was a gay, joyous, gond-heart-
ed girl, full of love for all the world, "and
, the rest of mankind," and could never nn
j dersland why the mere possession of a few
i hundred pounds more or less should place
a barrier between the members of one com
j mon famfly striking at the root of earthly.
i happine?s by destroying every social and
; kindly feeling. Her appearance fairly in-
dicated her character. There was none of
; that sickly sentimentality and "interesting
I paleness," which are too apt to be the com
panions of young ladies belonging to the
j higher classes, apparent in her , healthful
I and frank features. Her eye was large,
blue, and exceedingly expressive, her hair
of a sunny, golden hue, her complexion a
purs white and red, and her form rather
above the middle stature, well moulded,
round and full, betokening a sanguine tem
perament, and a disposition to correctly
appreciate and enjoy to the full the blessings
of life. She was of an exceedingly volatile
j disposition, and though one might be apt
I to imagine from her free almost rude be
! hav'rour at times, that she lacked refine
ment somewhat, such was not the case.
She was sensitive to a degree, and her feel
ings when wounded rendered her the sub
ject of the most poignant anguish.
At the same time of which I am writing,
Laura Dorrington was about twenty years
of age, and though her parents had endeav
ored by every means in their power to in
duce her to drop what they were pleased to
term her"insufferable vulgarity," in order
that she might be fitted tom brace an "eli
gible match," she only laughed at their ex
hortations, and declared that "she must
laugh heartily when she felt inclined, that
it was impossible for her to go at a snail's
pace when she felt like running, and that
surely no gentleman would object to her
being a woman instead of an automaton."
She might have added that there were hun
dreds of sensible men who would not have
objected to anything in her ; had she been
hump-backed, lame and blind, her money
would have covered every defect, and she
would have seemed to them a very angel.
She bad numbers of snch suitors, but they
were not "eligible matches," and, of coune,
were not to be thought ol by her parents.
Indeed, though not possessing a decided
relish for the society 'of the opposite sex,
and as willing to "commit matrimony," as
roost ardent young woman of her age, Lau
ra had not op to the time of her majority,
met with a man among nil her suitors, who
she thought, was calculated to make her
happy, even although nothing stood in the
way of an alliance. There was bat one
man of whom she had ever thought as a
husband, and he, although a constant visi
tor at the house bad, never made any de
cided overtures. -This was William Hill,
the son of a near neighbor, who was quite
as wealthy as the Dorrington s themselves
and who was regarded, by Laura's father
and mother as tba very beau jdeal of so eli
gible match for ' their daughter. He was a
person of very handsome countenance and
rather ganteel address, but there was tome-)
thin: in the expression of bisfeatares which, j
There was a cold calculating expressim in
his grey ee, and passion seemed lurking
around the corners of his thin lips. It was
necessary to scrutinize him closely, though
in order to detect anything in his a pear
ance not entirely in keeping with the most
urbane, polished and benignant gentleman,
and as such, Laura regarded him.
This man, Hill, was a most consummate
hypocrite, he loved but one thing oi the
earth, and that was money. Money was
his god he knew no other and he ould
have linked himself with the most loath
some creature that ever crawled through
life, if by so doing, he could double the
wealth which he already possessed. His
only object in visiting the dorrington i, was
to satisfy himself beyond a petad venture as
to the real state of that family's fininces,
before hazarding a courtship, and Laving
become convinced that Laura's mi rriage
portion was likely to reach a sum near
his own wealth, he at once set abou1 pay
ing his addresses to the young lady ii, earn
est, much to the delight of her paren s, and
not at all to the discomfiture of the young
lady herself. Things progressed rap dly.
He courted, proposed, was accepu d, and
the time for their wedding was fixed, all in
less than six months from the period when
Hill first seriously contemplated marriage.
Lanra was the happiest being in the vorld ;
she had every confidence in the man to
whom fche had pledged her e'.ernal fidelity;
she knew no deceit herself, and did n it look
to find it in any one else but least of all
would she have thought of seeking it in that
bosom where she had yielded up th i treas
ure of her virgin love. He had told her he
loved her, time and again with all 'the ap
parent fervor that a shrewed, calc dating,
oily tongued fiend could muHer, le had
told her so and she had fimly belie ed him
as she believed she was born and must die
again Hrw could she, then, but te hap
py ? for she loved him as fervently as ever
woman loved man. It would seem to her
that she had never lived till then, and she
felt thatNbe could almost die in ti e wild
ectacy of her joy.
The wedding mcrn arrived, the minister
was present, the guests invited, nnd the
marriage documents prepared for si jnatnie.
The bride, beautifully dressed in white,
awaited the coming of the man wh was
she fondly thought to be her future hus
band, her friend and adviser throogi life.
Her father and brother had waited on him
an honr previously, but not one of tf em had
yet returned. At leng'h when tw hours
had passed away two hours which seemed
like years to Laura footsteps were heard
upon the stairs, and shortly after ards the
door opened, and Mr. Dorrington nd his
son entered with flushed and angrr faces,
but the brvltproom did not accompany tktml
Half dead with fright, Laura trem ling in
quired what had happened.
'Not much," carelessly answred her
cold, calculating, stern-featured fat :er," but
no mam'rge can tale place"
'In the name of Heaven, father, what is
it you mean V exclaimed the now igonized
girl, the perspiration starting from ler mar
ble brow and running in large beais down
her placid face.
"I mean this," answered her father, "Hill
is not an eligible match. He thou rht him
self, pretty shrewd I suppose, but le found
that I could calculate as well as ho could ;
he was not satisfied with the amount which
I offered to settle upon you, nd I would
give no more ; so after politely r (marking
that he could not think of wedding a tan
ner's daughter for any such sum, he rang
the bell, called the servant and politely bade
me good morning
While her father was delive ing this
speech Laura stood mute and rigid as a
stature, her eyes were fixed in her head
and glared wildly, and as he finnhed, she
fell heavil) upon the floor.
They bore her to the bridal :hamber,
where restoratives were applied, ir.d after
a while, she was restored to life, !ut not to
reason ; the unmeaning glance of her once
brilliant eye, and her incherent speech too
plainly told the story she was a lunatic!
Two days afterwards, Laura was missed
from her room. She had been watched
with the utmost vigilance, for it was not
safe to leave her alone; bat d iring the
temporary absence of her nure, who had
left her asleep she made her escape from
the house, and all search for her ras vain,
till on entering the dairy she was discover
ed dressed in her bridal robes, h inging by
the neck, and quite dead a vict m to the
base treachery of a soulless villaii , on the
one hand, and a sorded desire on the part
of her lather to bring about an "eligible
match," on the other.
How to Stop the Flow or Blood.
Houskeepers, mechanics, and others, in
handling knivev, tools, and otter sharp
instruments very frequently recei re severe
cuts, from which blood flows prefusely and
oftentimes endanger life itself. B ood may
be made to cease to flow as follow s : Take
the fine dust of tea and bind it close to the
wound at all times accessible an i easily to
be obtained. Alter the blood has ceased to
flow, laudanum may be advantagiioualy ap
plied to the wound. Due regard to the in
structions would , eave agitation, of mind,
and running for the surgeon, wl o would,
probably, make no better prescription if
he were present.
Qaeer fellow the editor wt o thinks
"people should never kiss their awn sex ;"
becaa9 "he rr. !'lXi'vJ k.bXJt.
Jiapolfon'sCoat of Mail.
Just before Napoleon set out for Be'gi
vtm (before the baitl of Waterloo) he sent
for the cleverest artisan of his class in Parii",
and demanded ol him whether he would
engage to make a coat of mail to be worn
under the ordinary dress, which should be
absolutely bullet proof ; and that, if so, he
might name his own price for such a work.
The man engaged to makethedesired article,
if allnud proper time, and he named eigh
teen thousand francs (seven hundred and
twenty pounds Bterling) as the price of it.
The. bargain was concluded, and in due time i
the work was produced, and the artisan was I
honored with a second audience of the
Emperor. "Now," said his imperial Ma
jesty, "put it on." The man did so. "As
I am to stake my life on its efficacy, you
will, I suppose, have no objection to doing
the same ! and he took a brace of pistols
and prepared to discharge one at the breast
oi uie asiontsneo artist, mere was nn
retreating, however, and, half dead with j
fear, he stood the fire ; and to the infinite
credit of his work, with perfect impunity.
But the Emperor was no; content with one
trial. He fired the second pistol at the back
ot the artist, and afterward discharged a
fowling piece at another part of him with
similar effect. "Well," said the Emperor,
"you have produced a capital work, un
doubtedly. What is to be ihe price of it V
Eighteen thousand franc weTe r.amed as
the agreed sum. ' There is an order for
them.'' said the Emperor; "and there is
another for an equal sum, for the fright 1
have given yon "
rirasant neighborhood.
One's pleasure, alter all, is much affacte.
by the quality of o ieVt neighbors, even
though one may not be on speaking terms
with them. A pleasant bright face at the
window is surely better than s discontented
cross one ; and the house that has the
air of being inhabited is preferable to closed
shutters and unsocial blinds, excluding
every ray of sunlight and symphathy. We
like to see the glancing cheerful lights
through Ihe window of a cold night, or
watch them as evening deepens, 'gradually
t creep from the parlor to the
upper stories
of the house near us. We like to watch;
the little children go in or out of the door, j
to play or to school. We like to see a '
white robed baby dancing up an.1 down
on its mother's arms, or the father reading
his nawspapef in the evening, or any of)
those cheerful, impromptu home glimpses, !
which, though we are not Paul Pry, we will
assert, go far to make pleasant neighbor
hood for comfort instead of show. Sad,
indeed, some morning, on walking, it is
to see the blinds down and the shutters
closed, and to know that death's angel,
while it spared our threshold, has crossed
that of our cheerful neighbor. Sad to miss
the white robed baby from the window, and
see the little coffin at nightfall born into the
house. Sad to see the innocent little face
pressed at eventide against the window-
pane, watching for the "dear
has gone to his long home.
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A Fightihg Ncgro. A corrispondent of
the Chicago Tribune, describing the battle
of Belmonnt, Says :
"During the thickest of the fight the
body servant of Gen. McClernand, a mu
latto named William Stains, of Decatur,
exhibited conspicuous courage. He was
close by the General during the whole en
gagement, cheering the soldiers and swear
ing that he would shoot the first man that
showed the white feather. Many of us
laughed hartily nt the fighting darkey, while
the bulles flew like hail about us.
"In the eourse of the fight, a Captain of
one of the companies was struck by a
spent ball, which'disabled him from walk
ing. The mulato boy, who was mounted,
rode up to him and shouted out' "Captain,
if you can fight any longer for the old Stars
and Stripes, take ray horse and lead your
men " He then dismounted and helped
the wounded officer into his saddle. When
he was walking away, a rebel dragoon rnoh
ed forward at the officer to take him pris
oner. The darkey drew his revolver and
put a ball through the rebel's head, scattering
his brains all over the horse's neck
"I relate these little circumstancesso that
merit may be justly dealt with, eveu if the
hero is a 'nigger,' as some people would
call this brave fellow,"
The Heavcns. An interesting sight may
now be observed before sunrise in the
morning. Three of the heavenly bodies
Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon will appear,
to be within two or three degrees of each
other. All are now in constellation Leo,
the two planets being scarcely three quarters
of a decree apart. Jupiter is the brighter
of the two, and has just passed by Saturn
in its course eastward. The apparent mo
tions is so stow that it cannot be detected
in less than three or four days. As Jupiter
makes the circuit of the heavens in about
thirty years, it will be two-thirds of the
latter period before they are seen so closely
together, and that in a different quarter of
the sky. The planet Venus is now a most
beautiful object ia the southwest for an
hour or two after sunset. It is near the
tropic of Capricorn, and of course will soon
turn and move east by north, shining with
a brilliant light in the higher constellations
during winter and spring.
' A "Contraband" has arrived at Wash-
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mton. direct Irom ramax court Mouse,
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The Language of The Ameriean Flag.
A number of years ao we'jead in an
o'd congressional document an explanation
of the colors and symbolical meanins of
the stars and stripes of our national banner,
written by a member of the committee of
the Continental Congress to whom was refer
red the duty of selecting a flag for the then
infant confederacy. Since then we have
frequently desired to republish the expla
nation, as a matter of intereM to our rea ters
but were never able to find it until this
morning we discovered it incorporated in
a sketch of the battle of Saratoga read before
the New York Historical Society by A. B.
Street, Esq.
The explanation reads a follows :
"The 6tars of the new flag represent the
new constellation of Slates rising in the
West. The idea was taken from the con
stellation Lyra, which in the hand of Or
phens signifies harmoney. The blue in the
field was taken from the edges of the Cov-
enantrs' banner in Scotland, significant
oi
the league covenant of the United Colonies
against oppression, incidentally involving
the virtues ol vigilants, perseverance and
justice. The stars were disposed of in a
circle sjmbolizine the perpetuity of the
I Union : the ring, like tt circjing serpent
of the Egyptains, signifying eternity. The
thirteen stripes showed with the stars, the
number of the United Co'onies, and denoted
the subordination of the States to the Union,
as well as equality among themselves. The
whole was the blending of the various fla2s
previous to the Union flag viz., the red
flags of the army and the white of the float
ing ba fries The red co'or, which in Roman
days was the signal of defiance, denotef
daring ; and the white purity."
What eloquence do the s'ars breathe
when their full significance is knon.
A new Constellation ! Union ! Perpetuity !
A covenant against oppression ! Justice
equality, subordination, courage and puri-
y-
Old Men.
How I love them. How I love to see their
dim eye l'Mer and bright at the remem
brance of some boyish freak long foro'ten
by all on earth but themselves, or grow dim
with tears at the thought of some loved and
lost one, some friends they still count amone
their treasHres. Each feeble step is nearer
lo the end now, and every silver hair a cord
which binds them to the crave.
How I love my old grandfather; he was
an old man, almost io the alotted three score
and ten, when 1 first remember him, when
I used to sit on his knee while he me
wondroni stories, of peni and fairies, and
lent me his knife with its rough horn han
dle, and showed me how to open his curi
ously fitted tobacco box. and suns to me
"Old China" and ' Windham." Ob how 1
love to hear the old man sing.'
And the last time I went to see him in
his city home, how his lip trembled as he
kissed me an'l bade me good bye. "Be a
good girl, Hope, and don't forget me. In
the summer I am comming out lo see you.
I want to fee the old D once more, the
river and the hills, and the little rid hone
I lived in so long. I shall come in the sum
mer." Poor old man ? when the June roses vere
blooming, and the villa was dressed in its
summer mantle, he did come, but the faded
eyes were closed and the weary limbs were
at rest, and that still Sabbath morning we
laid him quietly down beneath t tie oak tree
and left him there alone.
And ten years has he laid there, and the
sod is green above him, and in the autumn
sunlights, the tall ripe grasses bend their
yellow heads to the pale blue asters and
tem to whisper, "It is not the end."
A Dandy Answered.
An amusing colloquy came off recently
at the supper table, on board of one of our
Eastern steamers, between a Hoeton exqui
site, reeking with hair oil and cologne, who
was damning the waiters, and otherwise
assuming very consequential airs, and a
raw Jonathan who sat by his side, dreed
in home-spun.
Turning to his "vulgah" friend the former
pointed his jewelled finger and said :
"Butter, sah !"
'I see it is." coolly replied Johnathan.
"Butter, sah. 1 say!'' fiercely repeated
the dandy.
"I know it very good a first rate arti
cle," provokingly reiterated homespun.
"Butteb, i tell you!" thundered the ex
quisite in still louder tones pointing with
'slow nnmoving finger,' like scorn's and
scowling upon his neighbor as if he would
annihilate him.
"Well, gosh all Jerasalm, tchit of itV
now yelled the Down-Easter, getting his
dander up in turn. "Yer didn't thin'; I
took it for laid, did yer ?"
The Confederate postage stamp is green
with a lithographic likeness of President
Davis, with double oval border, surmounted
with the inscription "Confederate State of
America." Outside of the circle, and at
the he&d of the stamp is the word postage.'
and at the lower edge its denomination,
"five cents."
A gentleman from Cheat Mountain tells
the following: A squad of Indiana volun
teers, out scouting, came across an old
woman, in a log cabin, in the mountain.
After the nsual salutations, one of them
asked hen 'Well old lady.are you a secesh
rretfulness.
But the efTect of fretfnlness h seen not
only in the temper and in the spirit, but in
the voice and in the aspect of thy lace.
Hear that woman's cracked and ehrieking
tone, pitched in a falt-etto. plaintive, heez
ing whine, mote disagreeable than the gra
ting of a rusty door hinge, or the filing of a
saw, or the creaking of a broken chair, or
the chewing ot unexpected gravel in the
teeth? Is that the human voice? Such a
voice henrd in a house is worse than the
smell of brimstone, and it operates like a
perpetual mildew to rot out all energy, and
peace, and hope from the hearts of the
whole honshold, servants, children, com
panions, and lovers. See thut face, , with
an eye glaring tut not lustrous the ghire
of wet putty, not of keen steel or cold ice
look at the pinchen nostril, sharp and yet
dulled ; mark that scowl, irresolute and
depondiug, 'uneven, and yet deep as though
plowed by a drizzyly nor;h-east fog ; behold
that npper lip, curled but not stigened with
nerveless scorn, and filled tut . not controll
ed by impotent hate ; read the picture of
self torture and forceless deponcy upon the
whole countenance, and tells us. If fretfol-n--
that can so iran-torm the human face
divine, from the imatie of all heavenly beau
ty, into such a charging, wishy-washy
mafk of mud, be not a crime against our
commcn humanity, of ihe deepest, meajie:
kind! Does it rot dishonor the Maker of
ail souls and Indies, and doe it not destroy
both the inward spirit and the outward farm
of a man cr woman ?
We say, then, do stop thepractice at once
Set your fare as a flint against it, and reso
lutely refuse to fret at what you cannot cure.
Direct 5our energies, if you have not any,
pray to yonr Maker to give )-ou seme,
against the evils in i La world, in the way
of practical work and not in the way of im
practicable frettina, and worrying and wear
ing yourself out, and souring your tamper,
ar.d veiing your friends and dishonoring
your God because we think them ne.leil,
and our prayer i that they may be read
and heeded lf''n Advocate.
How He Kct Ised To It.
Somewhere in our neighborhood lives a
farmer of such social habit, thai hi" com
intf home iMoxica'erl was no unusual t'line.
His wife urged him in vain to sign the
pieces.
"Why yon e," he would say, "I'i! sijin
it after awhile, I don't like to break riofit
off. it ain't who!et.ome. The bet way is io
gei used to thtnes."
"Vry well, clJ man," his helpmeet
would rejoin, "see now if you don't fall
into a hole one of these lays where yon
can't take rare of yourself, and i.nbody
near to help yon out."
Sure enough, as if io verify the prophecy
as he returned home one day, he fell into a
very shallow well, and after a crat iVal of
1 useless scrabbling, h shouted loudly for
! the "light of his eyes" to come and help
' him out.
j "Didn't I tell yon so" said the .pood soul,
showing her cap frill over the ede of the
parapet ; you've go; into a hole at last,
and irs lucky I'm in hearing, or yon might
, have drowned. Well,'' frhe cominned, af
i ter a pauee lettine down the bucket, "t:ike
j hold." And up he came, higher al each
; turn of the windlass, until the old lad'ys
1 tirasp slipping from the handle, dnwn he
went to the bottom annin Thi occtirrin:
more than once, made the temporary oc
cupant of the well suspicious.
4 Look hre !' he Fcrcamed, in a fury at
the last (.plash, "you're doing that on pur
pose, 1 know you are."
"Well now I am," responded his wife
tranquilly, while winding him up once
more. "Don't you remember telling me its
test to get used to things by degress ? lni
afraid if I bring yon up right of a f udden,
you would not find it whn'esome !"
Ihe old fellow couldn't help chuckling at
the trti spplicatiop of hi princip'e, and
protested he would siin the pledge on that
instant, it she would lift him out. This she
did, and packed hi.n oiT to fin the pledge,
wet as he was. "For you see," Fhe added
very emphatically, if you ever fall into tve
ditch ayam, 1 If leave you there, that's what
I will."
He knew she was a woman of her word,
and he oioV return to her loving arm until
the pledge was signed.
s -s s
lie who never forgets his old friends and
cherishes his attachment for them as ever,
i no matier how much time, space,or fortune
I )p.e kept them apart, is one of thoe rare
j beings with whom God has endowed the
earth that society may not utterly wither
though the inflnence of ingratitude, selfish
ness, and the incessant changes in life.
Snow flicrc Cream. Put in a stewpan four
ounces of ground rice, two ounce? of sugar,
a "Tew drops of the essence of almonds, cr
any other essence yon choose, with two
ounces of fresh butter ; add a quart of milk,
boil from fifteen to twenty minutes, till it
forms as month substance, though not too
thick ; then pour into a mould previously
oiled, and serve when cold. It will turn out
like jelly.
A little girl being lold of some poor chil
dren who came near starving to death be
cause they could get no bread to eat.natvely
said. 'Ma, if they couldn't get bread, why
didn't they ettcnieV
A Gkeet man commonly disappoints
those who visit him. Tbey are on the look,
out for his thundering and lightening, and
h Strange but true Story
A ciriumstancp which fully illustrates the
saying that "truth is stranger than fiction,",
recently came before Judga Sharswood in
the district Court. Had it not been for the "
legal question involved in the events to,
which we refer, they would have never, -probably,
had any publicity given them.
Some time since there was & conpto resi
dir.g in this city, who were surrounded
with many blessings. The husband pos
sessed a comfortable share of worldly goods "
his wile and himself were fondly attached
to each o'her.and lo-gether they doaled tip
on an only child- The first blow to their .
happiness was in the loss of their little one ,
who sickened and died, leaveing its parent '
heartbroken. The death of the child fell.;
like a shadow upon the household, the pa-
rents became unhappy, moodiness came in
the train of their melancholy, and absolute .
aversion for the society of each other fo!l w- -ed.
The source and discontented pair finally
determined upon a separation,and a divorce
was procured.
Af'er a lime both married again, and they
became utter strangers to each other so far
as s jcial intercourse was concerned. - Iteo'
happened that it oecame necessary to re-"
move the remains of the dead child from
the grave where it had been interred, and ;
the father was notified of the fact. A '
handi-ome lot was procured by the latter
in one of the cemetaries north of the city,
and a day was fixed for the re-in erment.
The father notified the former wife, and the
mother of the child,of the circumstance,and '
i'dormed her by nole, that if he thought
proper che could attend the burial of the re-
mains. The mother accepted the invita-
lion, aiid with her second husband repair-?
ed to the cemetary. The father, with hia
second wife, was already there. The little
coffin was placed near the open grave, and
the parents of its occupant advanced to it
while the second wife and husband stood,
in the bac8 ground. The couple who had
been so long estranged and who had again
met to urangeiy over their dead hopes,
gazed earnestly at each other, the solemnity
of the hour ravjved their old tenderness, and
falling into each other'd arms both burst into
tears. The re-interment took place and
ihe parties returned to their proper homes..
With the consent of all who were inter
ested the father of the dead child Tisited,ori
terms of friendship, bis former wife and
they were in the habit of riding out togeth
er Not lon af er this sin2nlar reconciliation '
the father of the child look sick a id died
Before Ins death he placed in the hand-t of
a friend two city bonds, of a thousand dol
lars each to be handed over to his first wife ,
in the event of his death. In his will he
appointed, as his executors, the friend who '
was ihe custodian of the bonds, and his first
and second wives. The friend, in his ca
pacity ot trustee, was uncertain as to the le
gality of the gift under the circumstances,
and he made application to the t'ourt lor a
deci-ion in the matter, so as to secure him
sel Irom loss. The legal heirs of the de
ceased offered no opposition to the ante
mortem request, and the Conrt decided in
favor ot its leg-lity Ihih. BvHe'jn.
A Steam Batteht. The New York Her
ald fays the Government is having built at',
that port an iron clad vessel, which is to be .
launched by lha middle of December
The following will be the dimensions of the
vessel: Ing?h 1"5 feet, breadth of beam
40 leet. depth 12 fee'. Her hull, where pro
tected by the water, will be formed of
wrought iron p!a'e, five eighths of an inch
thick, and above the water mark the plate
will be si inches thick. But very little
wood is to be ned in her construction, and
the deck will be protected by pla'es one
inch in thickness. She will be fitted up
with Ericsson's patent steam engine, which
together with her machinery, now being
t'uilt at Delamater's iron works,foot of Thir
teenth street, North river. She will carry
two twelve or fiiteen inch Floyd or Rodman
I guns. These will be mounted inside an
! iron fort iwenty feet high. The plates of
I which it will be built are to be eiht inches.
thick. The most peculiar feature connected
with the battery is the fact that the guns
cai be brought to bear on any given point,
wiihont altering the position of the vessel.
This is accomplished by means ofa tnrn ta
ble on which the fort will revolve ; it will
be turned by means of gearing connected
with her machinery. The steersman will
be plrced inside the fort, and when in ac
tion all the crew will be protected, as no
man will be required to appear on deck,for
the pnrpose of working the vessel. She is
water-tight and fire-proof, and her deck
which is but eighteen inches above the wa
ter, may be swept by the waves from stem
to stern without any damage being done, as
nothing will be left exposed either to Ihe
action of the waves or the 6hot of the ene
my. A Yankee and a Frenchman owned a pig
in co-partnership. When the killing time
came, they wished to divide the meat.
Th Yankee was very anxious to divide so
that hp could get both hind quarters, and
persuaded ihe Frenchman that the way - ia
divide was lo cut it acros ihe back. The
Frenchman agreed o do it on condition tha
the Yankee would turn his back and take
the choice of pieces after it was cut in two.
The Yankee turned his back accordingly.
Frenchman Vich piece vill yon have ze
piece wid ze tail on hini or ze piece vat
haint sot no tail ? Yankee the piece with
the tail on. Frenchman Zen by gar you
can take him, I take ze ozer. Upon tnrn-
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