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.VOLUME 16.
BLOOMS BURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1864.
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the Indian Maiden's Grave.
IT C C TOERCT.
Beside a brook, whose pensive lone
Stole through the stillness of the dell,
Where, over rock and moss grown stone,
.It limped waters gently lall.
'Majestic oaks their branches waved.
-And quivering aspens softly sighed,
The hawthorn bleomed, and willows laved
Their long leaves in the glassy tide.
Te moon light thro' the trembling leaves,
!'Spangled the earsh with silvery light ; .
And evening mists, in airy wreath,
Threw o'ei the brook a mantle bright.
HIf bid among the silky grae
Beneath an aged willow's shade,
reside a milk-whit, marble cros
Ou whirh the moonbeams sWCe:ly played.
A little, niossy mound arose
Alone, in that secluded spot
To tell where, in her last repose,
Lay one by all bat one forgot.
S he was a beauteous Indian maid
Who here, long years ago, had died
And here, by him she loved, was laid
To'arep, the murmuring brook beside.
And now it was the noon of night,
When, from a cavern' gloomy span
Ftole forih, into the clear moonlight,
A careworn and Infirm old man.
'His whire locksHoa'tn in the breeze,
.V'h weary step and thoughtful lock,
Emerging from beneath the' trees
His way inward the grate he took.
Before the cross in reverence kneeling,
Meekly, upon the midnight air.
To him who bore our sin" appealing.
He poured a humble, ferrent prayer.
That she who won bis earliest love.
Thouah unbaptized and unCoaleejed,
Might find, at last, a home abofe,
Jo dwell with Him in eudless rest.
And thas, 'tis said, for mny year,.
Mid summer's dew and winter's snow
reh midnight hour has found him there,
To pray for her who sleeps below.
SONG.
We have teen loers now, my dear,
'It matters nothir.g to say how long,
PutVtill at the coming round o' ih' year ,
"I make fo my Ieasur a little ong,
And thus of my love I sing, my dear
So much the more br a year, by a year.
t
And still as I see the day depart,
And hear the rt at my window flit,
I sing the lilile bcdj to my heart,
'With just a change at the close of it;
And thus of my love I siog alway
So much the more by a day, by a day.
When in the morning I see the skies
Breaking into a gracious glow,
-I say you are not my sweetheart's eye, '
.Your brightness cannot mislead me so;
And I sang of my love in the rising light
So much the more by a night, bj a night-
Both tt th year's sweet dawn and close,
'Wheo the moon is filling, or fading away,
Ev?ry day, as it comes and goes,
And every hour of every day, ,
iMy little song I repeat, and repeat
So much the more by an hoar,my sweet !
THE WIFE-TAMER.
Mrs. Morton was a widow, young, pretty,
Ticll 'widow when Dr.-Charles Sirabarn
ade ber acquaintance. She was poor but
ery handsome when- Sqire Morton married
tier; and at his death two years after, be
came sole heir, pot on ber widow's weeds,
and pocketed her husband's gold at the
tim time, ' .
iladame Romor said that poor old Mor
ion never enjoyed a single hour after be
married her j bat how should Madame Ru
tnor know -Of one thing, however, I can
gjve my readers reliable information. Mrs.
Morton had not been a year ere she receiv
ed with pleasure, very decided attention
from Dr. Siraham. ' '..,..
.Do yoo inquire who Dr. Siraham was ?
Wei) be studied medicine, and had the title
M. D. conferred npon bim, which he" took
pteasore in attacking to' his name vith a
great floocsih, but it is a3serteJ that he nev
er had a half dozen "patients in ; as many
jews. " Ha was of a prepossessing appear
ance, a ready talker on any subject, and
was, in fact, first rate company. He play
ed th flu:e and" sang was a good dancer
nd an excellent partner at. his : besides
be tad some literary reputation. He wrote
poetry and -two columo sketches for the
Weekly Leveler, and last, though not least,
he dressed in good taste and in the hsight
of fashion ; how he did it no one knew, but
U was no one's business.
Ttrri -t healbwed ta correct . one ra I
cor v Lie h bad gained con?derabla 4JtB'
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Ience,to the effect that he supported him
self by his literary labors an ordinary
scribbler could hardly afford Dr Straham's
wardrobe.
Old Squire Morton bad been dead but lit
tle over a year when Dr. Siraham despite
all that gossippers could say, married the
widow and her fortune. The fact was he
wameu nca wne as toper, ue was anx-
ioas to leave her weeds and go in society
again, and she could dirine no readier way
to accomplish her purposes than by marry-
ing. When any one spoke to the Doctor
about her being a Shrew, he merely remark
ed he took pleasure rn taming a shrew.
For three months they lived - happily to
gether, for it was in the hight of the season,
and between Cape May, Saratoga, and the
White Mountains, they were alone with
each other scarce three hours out of the
twenty four ! consequently it was impossi
ble for them to disagree. But the season
over, they returned to heir quiet home the.
place ol all others to siudy a wife or a hus
band There is no annatura! excitement,
no fashionable Mrs. A, to outdress, nO prof
ligate Mrs. B. to outdo in squandering
money ; no one to please bni the o'her
half."
After a seaon of long continued gaiety,
then necessarily follows one of extreme dull
ness, and when one is doll one is easily
displeased. Now Mr. and Mrs. Siraham
were greatly displeased.
It was their first day at home npnn which
their firft quarrel commenced. How it com-t
menced neither could clearly tell
It is on-
ly known that Siraham expressed a desire j
to dine upon roast beef, and she would have ,
roaM turkey and oyster , sauce. He'd have
beef or nothing. She'd have turkey, and
then commenced the war of the Sir-hams.
O ie ordered the ButW to have a fowl, and
the other gave strict attention to have beef,
while Mrs. S. visited her friend and partook
of turkey.
After sooner Mr. S save a wine suDDer
in the room which he dignified by the name
ol study, a sorf of variety store in which he
kept bis library, writing de?k, and spi'oirt.
Here also were two glass cases, one of them
contained a giant's skeleton hung on w,res
in the other wa an Egyptian mammy.
The all was hung with curiosities,
among them a cane from a tree which zrev
over Washinaton's grave, a snuff box from
the wood of :he Charter Oak, a chip Irom
the United S'ates frigate Constitution, min
erals, bhells, and fossils of all k nds, speci
men ear of corn, enormous sized fruits and
vegetables, caes cf insects and pickled rep
tiles. SlufTe.l birds were perched about the
apartment, and voluptuous French litho
graphs and ponraits of distinguished per
sons were bnng promiscuously on the walls
along reading table, arm-chairs, a mam
moth bell-metal pestal and mortar, comple
ted the loriture ol the study.
Daring the same evening Mrs. S. had a
whist party in the parlor.
Wine held its votaries in bondase longer
than cards. Mrs. S. had dismissed ber
party and retired hours before her liege
lord came to his chambers, and when he did
come he found the door locked, himself
without, her within. In vain be called 10
her, she would not hear, and he was com
pelled to fined a bed elsewhere, which he
did, muttering 10 himself, "I'll tame her
y- -.
He laid all night forming a plan to bring
ber to submission. In tne morning he ask
ed her to walk into ihe study; and there
they renewed their fierce quarrel, during
which Mrs. S. called her husband a heart-lees,-brainless
fellow, who married her for
her money. To which the Doctor replied,
by calling her a low, volgar woman, who
was oily too glad to marry a professional
gentleman an author, to enabla her to en
ter society. After which she toyed with
her fan. and finally pulled ihe bell-cord and
ordered her servant who answered it, to
bring her carriage to the door.
"Where are you going ?" asked the Doc
tor. 'To ride sir," replied the amiable Mrs.
Siraham.
"I'll. go with yon if yon please."
"But I do not please "
"Then I choose to go."J
.Very well, then you go alone
I cannot
go with jou." .
"You cannot go unless I accompany yon,
1
madam." . .
"Cannot."
"Can't madam."
"We'll see."
"Well, we wilt see."
The Doctor walked out ol the room, lock
ed the door, put the key io his pocket, and
left the house. '
She did not set down and; burst intoa
flood of tears, but waited patiently for the
servant to return who f he had sen: for ihe
carriage. When be returned she told him
through the keyhole, to return tne horse to
the stable, and place a ladder against the
tuddy window. The ladder was placed
according to directions, and a turkey with
oysters and pastry' were brought op to her
The ladder was then removedi and every
thing was. prepared for the reappearance ol
her husband.. Near the middle of the after
coon the, doctor returned home, stepped
softly through the hall towards the door
peeped through the keyhole, expecting of
seeing a striking pictufeof humility and
contrition.
Judge of bis snrprise, then, when he saw
Mrs!s. sitting before his long reading table
on her right hand his bell-metal mortor, in
-oDles. weei Doiatoes", and her turkey, i
which Bun i a. luaaiuu wis i. ww.- ,
Near her stood bii water bath la which ba '
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was cooking oysters, and she occasionally
stirred them w'nh hisspilula; on the table
siood orii of itve bottles of wine which had
Deen leu irom tne previous nignt s reve.ry,
1 t e .1
wnicn me lauy lor ine w.ni 01 a cnaragn.
opener, had deprived . of its neck wirt,
wedgewood pestle, and using a four ounce
graduate for awine glas;he had cot up!
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"""'F ,l" '
Indian tomahawk. On the left hand tood
the doctor's writing-deck, which she had
j broken open, and scattering on the, deck,
j were tender missive ol his early love flames
manuscript pajjjes of tales and Sketches, un
published odes, and onpatd tailor's bills,
while the lady "al reading fiist a sweet love
letter, then an ode to Napoleon, and so on,
throwing them page after page into the fire.
Thus the husband's brain work, and wood
curiosities were made to "cook dinner.
The ducior looked silently on as long as
he could ; then taking the key from
pocket, he unlocked the door a:d it
bolted on the inside.
"Mrs. S." he shouted.
"Well, sir V
his
was
- "Open the door."
'1 am very busy jasl now, and can't be
disturbed."
"Open the door, immediately."
"I am buey, I tell you."
"I'll burst the door in, if you do not in
stantly open it."
"Do as you please, -ir ; but your mum
my and giant's skeleton are placed against
he door, so be careful and do not break
! them.'t
The doctor was foiled, for a few moments
he stood and thought what course it was ;
oesi to pursue amiuemy recoiiscng u.
ladder he hastened through the hall out of
doors, leaving tne. uonr uniociceu anu me
key in it. His footsteps had scarcely died
away or, iae,..ir, irciufe u ...u
moved bo:h ca.-es from the door, drew the
bolt and stood ib the entry. It was but ihe
work or a moment 10 thro the remaining
( ,el,er ppeinaand manuscripts in the fire,
j remove me wine ana eaian.ei., jock
door upon the outside, ana put tne Key
,n
her pocket.
Meanwhile the doctor was raiing the
ladder to the window, and by the time he
had got it placed and ascended half its
length, bis wife and a favorite man servant
were watching him Iro-n a lower window.
The doctor pushed up ihe window and
jumped in ; the servant jumped out of the
lower window and pulled down the ladder
Thedoc or saw that the bird had flown, and
he rushed back 10 the window just as the
ladder reached the ground
"Put thai Udder bac again," shouted
the doctor.
"Let it be where it is," shouted the wife
from tho lower window.
"Pot it op inMantly or I'll discharge jou,"
bellowed the upper one.
"Come into the bouse, Jake," said the
laky cooly.
"Put np that ladder, you vaillain," per
sisted the wrathy doctor.
"John, do as I order yon," complacently
demanded Mrs. S.
Ard John went into the house, leaving
the medical gentleman heaping curses up
on every in the vicinity, including his wife
and all the servants.
Ali night the docor w kept a prisoner,
JuM betore his wife retired t-lie put her lips
to the kej hole, ad whpered.
"Doctor, what is yeur success io tamiojr
a shrew V
No answer.
"Good niht, doctor.'
The next morning she came to the door,
and called.
"Doctor 1"
No answer.
"Doctor V
"Madame?"
"Would you like some breakfast ?"
"I am not particular "
"There is cold turkey left, if you
! ke it sir."
would
The doctor deigned no reply, and the lady j
agairvJd( him alone. j
During the afternoon, she again called at t
the door :
"Doctor ?" . ,
"Well, dear?" very hnmble.
Would yon like some dinner V .
i should."
"Would cold turkey do you V
'Anything my dear.'-
"If 1 let you ont, will you promise never
(o lock me op again ?"
'"And never object to my eating turkey
when I wish it ?"
"Yes."
"I will." .
And not attempt to tame a shrew again?"
"Never."
Then yoi may come out."
And the lady forthwith unlocked, arfd
threw open the door.
To this day, Dr. Siraham has never at
tempted 10 dictate to his wile what she
shall eat, or when 6he may ride, and has
never been heard to boast-again, of taming
a shrew.
"Wife ! wife ! our cow's dead ; choked
on a turnip" "1 told yon so. I always
said she'd choke herself with tbem turnips."
'But it was a pumpkin " "Wal it's all
the same. 1 knowed all along how it wol'd
be. Nobody but a ninny like yon would
feed a cow on pumpkins tba"t wasn't chopt.
"The Jpumpkins was chopt. And 'twant
the pumpkins neither that choked her. It
was the tray and the end of it is sticking
out of her mouth now.'
" Ugh ! Ugh !
There goes my bread tray !
No longer ago
than yesterday, I told you that cow would
wallow that tray 1"
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A STORY FOR LITTLE FOXKS.
Little Mirer.
Th(.rg waa a in,e new $cholar at ,ne d;
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... . , .... Hi. ,,fe haj come
np t0 il9 e;h,n year ,hpueh ,,e did not ock
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lo .se v noon h is small limbs. He kept
aloof from ali the scholars, and they seem
ed also to shun him. He took his place
quietly in the morning, and did not once
leave it, except for recitation, till school
was oer, AH through the long nooning
he sat watching the .ports of his school
fellows, and Charlie Harper had often notic
ed that he never replied, only by a little
quiver of his small mouth, when the boys
would taunt him with being a drunkard's
child, and a little Paddy. Charlie's mother
told him one morning, as be was starting
for school, to keep his eyes open that day,
and see it he could not do some good, kind
act, that would leave an influence upon
some of hi mates as well as himself ; "and
Charles kept it in mind as he walked on,
with his sa;chl on his arm, and along with
j lfce lboahl flashed ,he remembrance
of
the child, Mikey O'Connel. He looked oft
at the long lane, where there were few
foot-prints, except the little ones that Mik
ey'd leel had m?de, to the small, low house,
that had stood lenaniless for a long time
It was so old and ruinous, and he knew the
people who lived there must be very poor.
and he felt grieved in his childih
heart
that he bad neglected the forlorn little
scholar so long. He was already in his
place when. Charles entered the school
1 rof)m pit;.Rg fcy himfielf as he alwayi didj
, rf Chafes wgm ,o him a ,iU,e tjtniJly
hardly knowing what to say to open an
quaintance.
ac-
. f,lVom .0(J eome oul ft MOn np(Jn ,he
! jce ? 1bate a pafr of Qew fkae gnd a
I . , ar(,pn . TOU mav nsa .hem
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A oleased. haPDV look, came into those
; up all over. .
"Thank yon 1" he whispered softly, but
very heartily. "I would love to ride on
your sled. 1 never learned to skate. But
may be if I come oul the boys will plague
me " The old look pelting back into his
face.
No, they shall not !" exclaimed Charles
j roanfuly. WOll el them. And say Mi
key, don't yon want me to come over and
set wi'h you ?"
"Oh, if tou only would 1" with an eager,
wishful look in his face. "The other boys
just take ;heir books, and 6et away over,
and it makes me feel as if I 'couldn't come
any more. But mo;her wants me to learn
so bad, and cheers me up ; so I tried to for
feet it."
Jot then the teacher came, and Charles
went to his seat. It was at the other end of
the long row'. He picked up his books,
and went up to the teacher's desk a little
reluctantly, and as the tall man bent to hear
what bis pupil had to say, Charles whis
pered ""Please sir, may I sit in the end of the
seat near M key O'Cci.nel ? I will be
very quiet. The other boys do not like to
sit near him, and it makes him feel bad "
The teacher glanced toward Mikey. He
was looking at him with wishful eyes, that
told how much interested he was in the an
swer to Charlie's request. He was a kind
hearted man ; so he patted Charlie's head,
called him a thoughtful boy, and granted
his desire. Charles felt the eyes of the
whole school were upon him, and be. saw
the scornful smile upon the lips of many
of his mates ; bnt Mikey's happy face re
paid him for all he had lost in their friend
ship. When school was over for the morn
ing, he drew ihe satchel Irom underneath
his bench, and taking from it the nice cold
biscuit and ham, the piece of cake and pie
that his mother had placed there lor him.
he moved a little nearer Mikey, and said
"Let's ear our dinner in a hurry, and then
go out and slide. Where is your sa'chel ?'"
A crimson flu?h shot up into Mikev's
forehead, but he did not speak. Char!e
looked at him uondericigly a moment, and
then with childish eagerness, reminded
him of his dinner. Mikey turned his head
avcay, ar.d drew from his pocket a small
cru.t of'corti bread, which he tried to con
ceal from Charles.
'Is that all the dinner you've got ?'' al
most escaped Charlie's lips ; but he saw
bow hard he was trying to hide the meagre
lunch from him ; so he leaned back in bis
seat, and said nothing ; only his lir.le brain
was planning planning how he could give
Mikey a pari ol his dinner, without making
bim leel humbled.
"O.i, mother gives nie so much dinner !"
he said, at length, taking a long breath "I
cannot begin to eat it Here, Mikey, see if
ihis isn't good." and he placed a liberal sup
ply upon the child's end of the bench.
"Don't you want it ?" asked Mikey, look
ing pleased.
''No, inffeed ; you eat it if you can."
"Oh, isn't it good?" he said, devouring
it eag-jrly. "Are you willing I should carry
this little piece to mother ?''
"Yes, if you wit.fi to; but dosen't she
Lave cake ?" asked Charles, bluntly.
"No, not now," sighed the boy. "Bat I
am all re'ady to go and slide' changing the
subject hastily.
Charles pot bis satchel back in its place
and drawing on bis warm mittens, and ty
ing his cap over his ears, stood wailing for
Mikey. ,
Haven't jou got any mittens?" he ask
ed, looking at the tittle bare hjsjls, ' that
were placing the odd cap upon the top ol
bis head. '
''No,1 I haven't," he answered quickly:
"b)t I do not need them, I'm tough."'
"Why, I should think your hands would
ache dreadfully these cold mornings.""
"Tbey do, met'smes," was the quiet re-
I V tW.11 ..1,. rn .
1 '.11. 1 ion? iaj mid, a 1 j u i lci in y
Snn'.
She is two years older than
I, and her hand is just as big ;" and before
Mikey could say a word. Charles was gore
He talked to his sister in a' whisper, telling
ber about poor little Mikey's crust of bread,
his bare hands and ears, and Susan's kind
heart was touched.
. "I was going oul with the girls to slide,"
she said, without a Shadow of disappoint
ment in tones, "but I had rather you should
take Mikey, and have my mittens " She
plunged her hand into her pocket, and took
out a pair of nice white mitten, which she
put in Charlie's hand.
"And i-top, Charlie; Mikey's ears must
be almost froze. There's my little woolen
scarl hanging on the peg under the shelf;
you go and get ir, and tie it over bis ears
He miht have it to keep, for 1 do not need
it, and mother wonldn'l care, I am sore."
Ctiarles was delighted wi:h his MMer's
generosity, and it was amusing to watch
the kindness with which he tied the short,
warm scarl beneath Mikey's peeked chin
and pulled his cap down hard to keep it on.
"There, isn't 'hat nice, Mikey ?'' h ask
ed, viewing his companion quite proudly.
"Why. I should think it was summer '.
was the pleased reply, and Mikey rubbed
his hands over his bandaged ears with great
satisfaction. '
Charles was very attentive to bis new
friend that day, and tried to shield him
from the thoughtless remark of his com
panions, who, in a mischief-loving spirit,
would call alter bim as he dashed down the
bill upon the pretty green sled
"Go it, Paddy ! See Pat, now, how he
goes ! Look out, little O'Connel, or you'll
lose your breath !"
But Mikey did not mind it much He
was enjoying his nooning vastly, end it
seemed as it he had never learneJ his les
sons so easily as he did that afternoon
His step was light and his face bright, as
he bade Charles good night, and started to
run do'vn the lane as fast as he could make
his way through the deep untrodden snow,
and in a few. minutes he was lifting the
worn Jatcli of the old tumble-down house.
The room was dark and din;:y, just a
glimmer of fire npon the broken hearth,
and by its side his mother was sewing bu
sily, while upon a low bed in the corner
hit father was lying in a deep sleep. Mi
key' face clouded as he glanced at the
a'eeper, and be crept sof'.ly io hi mother's
side.
"Ha he been off again ? Did he find the
the money ?':
. Mrs. 0,Connel replied by a sad nod of
assent.
"On, in't that too bad ? D d he lake the
whole?"
Another mournful nod was the mother's
answer.
Mikey had broat borne fifty cents ihe
evening before; the pay for some work his
mother had beer, doing, and they had care
fully hidden it away, lett the intemperate
fa'her should spend it for drink He bad
searched diligently for it after Mikey had
gone io school, and by fierce threats had
forced his wife to make known the biding
pUice.
She tried to retain part of it, for they had
Mice fuel or food, but he had laken the
whole, gone off to ihe vi'.kge tavern, and
an hour before Mikey, had come btagger
ins home.
"1 have had a cood time to-day, mother,"
be whispered. "See h?rc," and he pulled
the scarf from his neck, "Charlie Harper
save me th'n, and I've gal a piece of cake
for you. He gave me lots of good dinner,
and came ovr and sat with me; and then
he let me slide on his t-led all between
school. On, I did have such tiice rides.
He ih the IppI boy I ever did see ! Why,
mother, y ou're cry ing ! Aren't you glad?"'
Th6 poor mother on!y put her arm about
her tittle boy, and drew him close to her
and ki-sed him yery tendr'y, while the
tears dropped upon his curly head. .
''Yes, mother is very glad lor her Wttle
boy. It is nice cake, but you et it !"
"No, mother I brought it for you " and
the mother saw how much it would please
her generous son so she ate it all.
"Did the boys call you names lo-day V
she asked, sadly, though she was very glad
to see her boy happy.
"Not much, and I did not mind it if they
did, 'cause Charlie took my pari.''
Charles went home and told his good
kind mother all about little Mikey, and
wbat be bad done for him, and she kissed
him and called him her darling boy, and
Charles lelt very happy that night, and as. if
he had not kept his eyes open iti vain. He
went to sleep in his nice warm bed 'after
eating his good supper, but Mikey only
had a little Indian porridge, his mother stir
red upon the coals, and he crept off to his
hard pallet, hungry and cold. Bet he did
not complain. Visions ol smooth, slippery
hills, and sleds all painted green, and mer
ry, langhing Fchool boys, went dancing
through bis dreams, and the great round
moon "come up and looked into the win
dows of the old brown house and fell di
rectly across Mikiy's face, and his mother
saw, as she stood looking at bim, be was
smiling in his sleep. ' .
Charles proved a true Iriend to Mikey,
and gradually his mates came to lake an in
terest in , the forlorn little scholar, and
hroogh his influence Mikey was made a
Sappy boy. Charlie did not realize the
mount of good he bad accomplished,
somethihg to outlast his life even, and go
on widening in influence tbroogh succes
sive generations. He had helped and en
couraged Mikey. Perhaps if be had not,
the child might have become weary of try
ing and sunk -down, making just such a
man as his lather had been, and caused
more evil than good to spring from bis in
fluence. So, little children, do not be discouraged
because you do not teem to be doing much
good, and earning a great name; perhaps,
after all, toa are like Charlie, casting an
influence in the right that will last long af
ter you are dad.
Tortoise Shell Think of the following,
ladies' when yoo are handling your lonoue
shell combs.
What is called the tortoise-shell, is not at
is generally suposd, the bony covering or
shield of the iurle but only the scales
which cover it. These are thirteen in num
ber : eight of them flat and five a little
curved. Of the flat ones four are large, be
ing sometimes a foot long and icven inches
broad, semi-transparent, elegantly variega
ted wiih white, red, yellow, and dark brown
douds, which are fully brought out when
the hell is prepared and polished. The
lamina?, as we have said, constitute the
external coating of the solid or bony part of
the shell, and a large tunle affords about
eight pounds ot them, the plates varying
from an eight toa quarter cf fin inch in
thickne-s. The fishers do not kill the tur
lets ; did they do so, they would in a tew
years exterminate them. When a turtle is
caught, they fasten him, and cover his back
with dry leaves or grass, to which lliey set
fins. The heat causes the plates to separ
ate at their joints a large knife is then care
fully inserted horizontally beneath them,
and the laminrc lifted from the back, care
beina taken not to injure the shell by too
much heat nor force it off until the heat has
fully prepared it for separation. Many
turtels die under this cruel operation , but
instances are numerous in which tbpy have
been caught a second time with the outer
coating reproduced , but in these cases,
instead ol'.hirteen pieces, it is a single piece
A Baronet's Daughter Elopes with a
GtRurscR. An elopement extraordinary
took place some time ago the lovely and
accomplished daughter ol a wealthy baro
net leaving her father's house in the dead
of night, under the protection of her father's
gardener, to whom she was united in holy
matrimony on the following morning. At a
hotel, not a hundred miles from Crifton a
very common man, supposed to be the
laJy's servent, engaged rooms for a lady,
and when that lady arrived, various were the
whispers and surmises that this man might
be her husband. However, so it proved, and
the father being appealed to in vain, this
interestina couple were soon almost in a
state of starvation. The people of the hotel,
however, were very kind, and feeling an
interest inthe lady, they used their influ
ence and Rt lenath succeeded in getting the.
husband into the police, where, a night
policeman he was too thankful to earn his
guinea a week Lnndon Court Journal.
A gentleman not long since, in one of
his rides in Southern Illinois, sought to
makehimself interesting to a good look
ing mother of a sweet baby, occupying the
next sea: in the car. After duly praising
the baby he remarked tothe mother. "He
is a real tucker, I suppose-" "No, sir," said
the lady, blushing, "we had to raise bim on
the bottle." The gentleman resumed his
rding and has not bragged on any strange
baby since
Characteristic On the day of election
while the vo-ing was proceeding quietly,
word came that Gov.,Medary was dead.
While the Democrats generally expressed
sentiments of profound sorrow, a little
crowd of AbolitioniMs manifested feelings
of overflnwma py ; an i one rt them called
tor three cheers" loud enough to be heard
by all ine bystanders ! The man who called
for the cheers, we understand, is a very
piJus member of one of our Christian
churches ! O. temporal O,moresl Mount
Vernon Banner.
Grammer class stand up and recite. "Tom
parse girl.'' Pupil Girls is a particular
noun, ol the lovely gender, lively person,
and double number, kissing mood, in the
immediate teiu-e, and in the expectation
case to matrimony, according to general
rule."
, A vert pretty girl was shot rind killed al
most instantly a few days ago in St Louis.
A parly of young men were in a room
examining a pistol which one of the party
had bought, when the unfortunate cirl
opened the door just a it was accidentally
discharged, the load entering her neck.
Give a man brains and riches and he is a
kin,;. Give a man brains without riches,
and he is a slave. Give a man riches with
out trains, and he is a monkey.
"I like you," said a girl Io a boy, "but I
cannot leave home, I am a widow's only
darling, no husband can equal my parent
in Kindness." "She may be kind," replied
the wooer, "but be my wife we will all
live together, and see if 1 don't beat your
mother." -
Encounter with a Shark A gentleman
writes from Macao on the lSih of, April;
"1 was witness to an extraordinary scene
in the outward harbor on Saturday last..
Several boys from tbe French Messenger
ies Imperial ehip were bathing, when a
shark was observed making for them. They
heard the cries of their shipmates, and at
tempted lb regain their vessel, distant half a
mile Tney would have been loo late but
for an officer belonging to ; ihe celebrated
Liverpool clipper, Black Seneca. Mr Lamb,
who arming himself wt'.h a sheath knife,'
sprang from the rail and attacked the mon
ster in bis own element. The shark imme
diately turned upon his antagonist when
occurred a scene more easily imagined
than described. Mr. Lamb dived again and,
again, each time coming up beneath Ihe
shark, and succeeded in inflicting wounds.;
t he water was literaly dyed with the blood
of the monsterJ Several boats having been
put off be was dispatched with a harpoon,
and hauled ashore on the beach. He proved :
to be a blue shark, fully fifteen feel long." '
Advice to a Young LAwvtca.The follow
ing is the advice of an examining judge to
a young lawyer, on admission .
Sir, it would be idle to trouble you far ,
ther. You are perfect ; and 1 will dismiss
you with a few words of advice, which you
will do very well to follow. Y will find t
it laid down as a maxim of civil law never
to kiss the maid when you can kiss the mis- ,
trees. Carry ont this principle, sir, andyoo
are safe. Never say "boo" to a goose
when she has the power to lay golden eggs.
Let your face be long, your bills longer.- .
Never put your hand in your pocket when .
anybody's else is handy. Keep your con,
"cience for your own private use, and don't,
trouble it with other men ' matters Pias
ter the Judge and butter the jury.. Look as
wise as an owl, and be as oracular as a
own clock. Bji abot$ all, get money;
bones'.ly it you can, my dear sir," but gel.
money. I welcome yon to the bar."
Ike Heard Fkom In our last from Mrs.
Partington, she thus discoures concerning
Ike : Betsy Jane writes to you about poor '
Isaac bein' grafted into our noble army ; ii .
was during 'the late prevailing restriction.
I've been so dreadful uneasy laws me ! '
But, Dan'l, at last we're heard ot bim by a
neighbor who is home on a furrow. He
poor innocent! at onc't look bis place, so ,
neigebor Tibbins Fays, as First Corpulent,
and soon proved so deficient that .he was .
prompted to be an Ordinary Surgeon poor
child! But what tbe blessed dear knows ,
about taking up arterials, computation of
lims, and the like surpasses me. Howsora
ever, it he can be the humble implement
in the hands of the Lord of saving the lives
of the gallus fellows whose heads hav
been disseminated by the bursting open of .
pontoons and things, ' why we must sacri
fice him freely on the alter of pleurisy uni
form and may the Lord have mercy on bis
eolar system.
A pious old genteman, one of the salt of
the earth sort, went out in'o the field to
catch his mare. He shook a measure of
corn at her to delude her inio the belief
thai she was to get, but she was not to be
deceived by any specious act. Sne would
come nigh and then off again, until the good'
man was fretted. At lat he got her inio a
corner among some briars and made a dash '
at her, when she bounded over the wall and
left him sprawling among the bushes. His
christian fortitude gave way at this and
gathering himself op he cried, "Oh hell !"
The ejaculation bad passed his lips before
he thought, but immediately conscious of
its wickedness, he cried "lelujih !" and"
translated the profane word, iuto a note' of
triumph. ' . - - -
"John," inquired a dominie of a bopefal
prpil, "what is a nailer ?"
"A man who makes nails' replied hope
fut quite readily.
"Very good; now what is a tailor?"
t:Oae who makes tails," was the equally
quick reply. - '
"O, you blockhead," saW the dominie'
biting his lips ; "a man who makes tails!
did yon ever J'
"To be sure," quoth hopeful "if ibe tai
lor didn't put tails to tbe coats he made,
they wo'jld be all jnket$f
"Eh! ah! well! to be sure. I didn't
think of that. Beats Wans' logic Go to
the head of the class. John you'll be Pres
ident of ihe United States some day."
At a recent railroad dinner, in compli
ment to the legal fraternity, the toast was
given : "An honest lawyer, the noblest
work of God ;" but an old farmerin the back
pari of the hall rather spoiled the effect by
adding in a loud voice, , " And about tho
scarcest." .
A fellow contemplated in otter wonder
ment the magnilodinous dimensions of a
bystander's teet, and in a tone of astonish
ment, as he surveyed the man's proportion,
said, "You'd have beer, a tall man it they
hadn't bent yoo so far up."
A country individual who was caught in
the water-wheel of a saw-mill says ho in
tends to apply for a pension, as be is a
survivor of tbe revolution.
Ir you ard your sweet-heart vofe upon
Ihe marriage question, yon lor it and she.
against it, don't flatter yourself as to its be
ing a ttt.
"My Lord," said the foreman of a Welsh
iurv. when civina In thir verdict, "wa finci
l' w -j
1 the -man thai stole the mars not gnit j .'