r 1 0iIXWI BYS.-B. ROW. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1857. YOL. 3.-NO. 49. 3 r MISCniEF-MAKERS. Oh ! could there in the world be found Home little spot of happy ground, "Where village pleasures misrht go round. Without the. Tillage tattling! . How doubly bleat that place would be, Where all might dwell in liberty, Free from the bitter misery Of gossips endlcsa prattling. If such a spot were really known, Dame peace would claim it ha her own, And in it she might fix her throne, Forever and forever - . There like a queen might reign and live, While every one would soon forgive The little slights they might receive, And bo offended never. 'Tis mischief-makers that remove Far from our hearts the warmth of love, And lead us all to disapprove What gives another pleasure; They seem to take one's part but when They've heard our cares, unkindly then They soon retail them out again, Mixed with their poisonous measure. And then they've such a cunning way of telling ill-meant talcs: they gay, "Don't mention what I've said, I pray, I would not tell another." Straight to their neighbor's house they go, Narrating everything they know, And break the peace of high or low. Wife, husband, friend or brother. Oh, that the mUchicf-making ercw Were all reduced to one or two, And they were painted red or blue, That every one night know them ! Then would our.vi!iagers forget To rage and quarrel, fume and fret, And fall into an angry pet, With things so much below them. For 'tis-a sad. degrading part, To make another's btwom smart, And plant a dagger in the heart We ought to love and cherish. Then let us evermore be found In quietness with all around While friendship, joy and peace abound, And angry feeling perish ! BKEACI1 OF rnOMISE. BY A RETIRED LAWYER. "Is it possible ! Rose Leavittf" exclaimed I, as I saw a lady whom I recognized as one of the most beautiful heiresses of Boston en ter my- office. "I dare say you are surprised ; but my bu siness is ol a strictly legal character ; so you need not waste any exclamations upon the e vent." Rose Leavitt was a beauty and a heiress, but he was a strange girl for all that. Her father bad died when she was about sixteen, leaving something: like a million to bo divided between her and her two brothers. Charles and Henry Leavitt were much older than Rose, and both of them had long been settled down as quiet, orderly business men. They were respectable in the fullest sense ot the word, and were never known to bo erratic in the slightest par ticular. . Kose seemed to be cast in another and en tirely different mould from that in which they bad been formed. At school she had been so wild, that neither master nor mistress could control her, She would have her own way a peculiarity to which, I am sorry to say, very many young ladles are addicted. 4- For the proprieties of life I mean for those set formalities of life, which pass as such in the work! of fashion she bad sovereign con tempt. She hated dandies, bated belles, ha ted pianos, music books, French and German 'methods," in fact, she seemed strikingly dis posed to lire out her existence after the dic tates ot her' own fancies, or Iter caprices, as the reader may choose to regard it. She had passed into her twenty-first year, without having done anything to call the at tention of the world at large to her. Her whims had only been manifested in the school room, or at the borne of the eldest brother with whom she resided. ., She was now twenty-two, and was in a fair wsy to become an historical character, as I shall soon inform the reader. Of course Rose had a profusion ef lovers heiresses always find them as plenty as snow flakes at Christ mas. ' But Rose very summarily disposed of this crowdt by selecting from them one who was certainly a very superior follow. He was not rich, and bad not been very forward ia bis attentions, until it was plain to him, and all the world, that she bad taken a fancy to him. Charles Carpenter was poor, bat be sincerely Joved the wayward girl, and would not have bent at her shrine, if he had not loved her. . . Then Rose, after she had secured him hi her .foils, as the spider does the fly, seemed a lit tle disposed to play the coquette. Now Charles Carpenter had not assurance enough to deal with a coquettish heiress. He was not a man of the world. He was conscious of the vast difference in their social position, and when be began to flirt with another, he did not re sent it ; but seemed to regard it as.a change of sentiment on her part, to which he could offer ,no reasonable objection. Calmly yielding to ,tbe fate which denied bim the bliss of being Joved, he let "concealment like a worm In the (bud, feed on his damask check.' . ' Rose flirted. A new star bad-risen in tho firmament of that circle in which she moved, in the person of Mr: Sampson Deele.' lie had lately come from Baltimore, was the son of a ,rnerchant prince, owned a fine estate on the Rappahannock, in Virginia, with two hundred negroes; in fact, bis surrounding was every thing that could be desired. ' ' fiose flirted with him, and Mr. Sampson Deole was as constant as the needle te the pole. Soon the flirtation assumed a more se rious aspect. The elegant gentleman was ev er by her side, and she never failed to smile npetk him. Poor Carpenter gave np all for lost, and never intruded upon her presence. For about three months Mr. Decle had clung to her, an! then it was whispered that he had proposed and was accepted. Rose's brothers were in ccstacies. They had been fearful she would throw herself away upon a poor fellow like Carpenter; and both ot them declared it was the most sensible thing they bad ever' known her to do; inasmuch as they did not expect much of her in the matter of matri mony. I had heard all about these things as mat ters of gossip. I pitied poor Carpenter, with whom I was well acquainted; but the wealth, position, prospects, and magnificent expecta tions of Mr. Sampson Deele could not be gainsaid. 'How is Mr. Deele ?" I askcd,when she was seated. "He is a knave !" replied she smartly. I was utterly astonished at this ebulition of feeling. "Read that letter, Mr. Docket, and let it ex plain my business in a lawyer's office." I took the document. It was from Mr.Samp son Declq. From it I learned, for the first time, that the engagement between the parties had been broken up. It appeared that she had formally dismissed bim. The letter was a strictly business document. If be bad writ ten anything more delicate ; if be bad remon strated as a lover against his banishment he had done it before this was penned. In this he laid aside the character of the lover, and . assumed that of the cool man of business of looking out sharply for his material interests. The substance of it was that the writer would prosecute her for a breach of promise, if she refused to marry him. "What shall I do, Mr. Docket ?" she ask ed, trying to laugh, but I could observe the trepidation that filled her mind. "Really, Rose, this is bad business. Why did yon banish him ? I can conceive what a terrible misfortune it must be, to be exiled from your presence." "I banished him because ho is a knave. I can prove that he is a gambler a professional gamester." M "That will not be sufficient." "I feared not, but one thing is certain, I will never speak to bim again, let the consequen ces be what they may." "Have you committed yourself ?" "I have." 'Have there been any letters V Yes,he has everything in black and white.' "Bad, bad, Rose." "I know that, or I should not have come to you with such an affair." 1 questioned her closely as to all tho partic ulars of the adair. Mr. Sampson Deele could have no better case, so far as appearances went then. It looked just as though everything he had done had been done by design ; and be fore the interview was finished, I was satisfied that he was a scoundrel ; that all he wanted was my fair client's fortune. But Rose was completely in his power. For f wo or three days I fretted over the case and then decided to go to Baltimore myself. Enjoining upon Rose tho strictest secrecy in regard to my movements, I departed. It would take much space to narrate the incidents of my search in Baltimore ; besides it would spoil the story ; therefore I withhold them.. ,: . On my return, I hastened to Rose and de sired her to send for Mr. Deele. He came and impudently stated tbe grounds of his claim to the hand of the heiress. "How much will buy you off, Mr. Deele 7" I asked, with all appearance of deep anxiety. . "Well, sir, I do not wish to prosecute tbe lady. If she has ceased to love me, it is not my fault ; but it is not right that I should be a sufferer by her change of sentiments. She is worth, I am told, some three hundred thou sand. I will not be hard with her. Give me one-sixth of her fortune, and I will return tho letters." '. .. . ."; .' - "No, sir ; we will not do that." 'I "Very well ;" and he coolly rose to depart. "One word more ; do you think your claim upon tho lady is good ?" . . " "Undoubtedly." "Wait a moment, then, and I will convince yon to tbe contrary." . : i I opened the door of an adjoining room, and Rose . conducted a" lady who had come front Baltimore with me, into the apartment. : "This lady will be an excellent witness for the defence," I remarked. . . . : "H-U !" shouted be, as he seized his bat, and rushed from the house. - Rose threw herself on the sofa and laughed till I thought she would go into hysterica. - In a word, the strange lady was Mrs.-Sampson Deele, wife of the aspirant for Rose' hand and fortune, whom the wretch had deserted several years before. So mueh for my visit to Baltimore. Rose handJiely rewarded her trouble, and it was a profitable journey to her. About a year after, Charles Carpenter, was made happy by receiving the hand of Rose, and, I am p leased to add, sho has made a ve ry steady wife, " . t r. B'You've destroyed my peace or mind, said a despondi ng lover to a truant lass. ' "It can't do you much harm, John, for 'twas an s mazing small piece you" had any way P' was tbe quick reply. ' ' . :.' : Wht is a hen walking, like conspiracy? Because it is a fowl (foul) proceeding. THE WONDERS OF CALIFORNIA. TH2 CALAVERAS CAVEl " A correspondent of the San Francisco Bul letin furnishes the following description of a renowned cave in Calaveras county, California We arrived about 11 o'clock at Cave City, a small and almost deserted mining town where the cave is situated. This curiosity was first discovered by Capt. Taylor in 1850, while shooting at a mark near by his cabin. After resting a few minutes and taking dinner, we proceeded with our guide to visit the dark re cesses of .Nature. . Tho first and main entrance is on the side of a hill around, the angle of a jutting rock, about three hundred yards from the town. This artificial passage has been cut through the solid rock about eighty feet. It was with mingled feelings of awe and wonder that I entered those still chambers, which for thousands of years had remained undisturbed by the rude voice of man. I felt like an in truder upon tbe secret realms of darkness. As we arrived at the entrance each of us lit our torches, and commenced in procession to grope our way with bended knees through the low and narrow aisles to the first chamber, which is called the "Know-Nothing Lodge." The ceilings are high dark, and irregular, and are unadorned by stalactites. Leaving this chamber, we next enter "Re gister Hall," where every visiter is expected to immortalize his name by writing it with charcoal upon the smooth columns which line the high ceiling. This passage leads to "Col umn Room," where there is a large swinging rock, so nearly balanced as to almost move by the touch of he hand. There are several col umns standing which bear evidence of being worn out by the leaping cascades of water from above.-. We now turned to the left, and crawl ed our way through the "Table Passage," to the "Chapel Room." This chamber presented many objects of curiosity and attraction. In the centre .arose a uatural altar of stalagmites, while on one side is a niche (worn in the rock) which very much resembles a pulpit. The beauty of this room, as well as many other parts of the cave, has been much marred by visiters breaking off and carrying away the most beautiful stalactites. I was pleased to Icarn that the proprietor has determined to protect it from any further destruction. From the "Chapel" we descended a sloping passage to the "Lake." This is an irregular chamber, at the bottom of which there' is a lake of clear cold water, which we were in formed had been sounded one hundred feet and no bottom had been discovered. Wea mused ourselves by throwing stones in the water to see the bubbles rise long after they had disappeared in the depths of the clear water below. Here we rested a short time to refresh ourselves witha drink from the pure crystal water of this fountain, iinreflected by the light of day and unruffled by the passing breeze. Next we returned and hastened to the "Bish op's Palace." This chamber is irregular in form, and is from sixty to ninety feet in ex tent. The arched ceilings are about thirty feet high, suspended from which are huge sta lactites of various form and color, from one to ten feet long. Several large ones hanging from the centre of the Palace," with numer ous small branches, present the appearance of so many huge chandeliers, reflecting the light of our torches, and brilliantly illuminating the gleoray recess of this world below. While ad miring these habitations of solitude, according to a secret arrangement, every light was ex tinguished. The change from visions so beau tiful to darkness so profound almost startled my senses with fear and dread. I bad often groped my way through woods and fields in the blackest nights, when every light of heaven seemed extinguished, but not till now did I ever fully realize the painful sublimity of per fect stillness and darkness. At first there was not a motion made or a word spoken ; all seem ed attentively- listening to the silence of Nature The deathlike slumber that for a time had bonnd us was soon broken by a song of praise, in which all joined with a real spirit and devotion. As the sweet strains of music were harmoniously reflected from the dark arches and columns of this great cathedral of Nature, it seemed as if I never before felt so impressively the majesty of the Creator of all this grandeur. After the music had ceased one of our party fired a pistol several times, the report of which was deafening. As the sounds reverberated and echoed from room to room, till they died away in the distance, they seemed like the moanings of departed spirits. We now relit our torches, and proceeded to ascend onr difficult, and at times dangerous way through the "Secret Passage.". This path has evidently been worn out by the water, which, in the rainy season, renders it almost impossible to visit the cave. It is so low, in places, that It is necessary to stoop and almost crawl to avoid a collision with the projecting rocks above.. But tbe visiter is richly paid for all his toil in ascending, as he Is ushered Into the presence of the resplendent beauties of tbe "Bridal Chamber." The most Imagin ative poet never eooceived or palated a place of anch exquisite" beanty and workmanship. This room the crowning object of interest having bee lately explored, has escaped the vandalism of man. d now reflects all the un blemished beauties of nature. It is nearly cir onlar in form, and is about eighty feet in di ameter. Some of the incrustations are mas I sire, while others are as delicate, as the lily and frail as wax-work. In color they reflect every hue and expression ; some are as white as alabaster, while others are clear and spark ling as the diamond. All seemed fresh and new. Indeed, the invisible Architect has not yet finished this masterpiece of workmanship; the structure is still visibly going on before one's eyes. One can see the water trickling down its tiny course, depositing carbonate of lime to perfect the delicate point of some im mense stalactite. The sides and arches are clothed in a drapery of dazzling beauty, rend ering it indeed a fitting type of a fairy bride. Queen Cleopatra, in all her pride and beauty, never reclined in an apartment more magnifi cent than the "Bridal Chamber" of this cave. Immediately above, and to the back of this grand apartment, and connected with it by a short passage, is another room, called fhe "Or gan Chamber." It appropriately takes its name from the arrangement of the stalactites as a musical scale, upon wl.ich may be produ ced notes resembling the music of an organ ; ! the large pendants corresponding to the low bass wires, while the smaller ones will produce all the different notes, of the higher keys. The various apartments are so arranged that this is the last room to be visited which is worth noticing. The closing scene is exceed ingly appropriate. After feasting the eye upon the splendor of walls, arches, columns, and pendants, ornamented by an infinite Artist, and having filled the mind with the painful sub limity of silence and darkness, nothing could produce upon the senses a greater thrill of pleasure than to listen to the sweet music of nature echoing and re-echoing through these balls of solitude. Reluctantly leaving this great organ, still sounding the praise of Him "who docth all things well," we retraced our faltering steps to the "Bridal Chamber," to take a last linger ing" look of its grandeur, dressed in a thousand lovely forms. From lif re we rapidly wound our tortuous way up to the opening on the top of the bill, near which the cave was dis covered. The cave, in all its aisles and apart ments, is nearly a mile in length: THE AIR WE BREATHE. The air we breathe is composed of one part oxygen and four parts nitrogen. The former supports life, the latter extinguishes it. The more oxygen there is, the livelier, the health ier, and the more joyful are we ; the more nitrogen, the more sleepy, and stupid, and dull do we become. But if all the air were oxygen, the first lighted match would wrap the world in instant flame ; if all vere nitrogen, the next instant there would not be upon the populated globe a single living creature. When oxygen was discovered by Priestley, nearly eighty years ago, there was a universal jubilation among doctors and chemists. The argument was plausible, and seemed perfectly convincing, "If oxygen is the life and health of the atmosphere, as we have found out how to make oxygen, we have only to increase the quantity in the air we breathe, in order to wake up new life, to give health to the diseased, and youth to the aged." But, on trial, it was found that it made a man a maniac or a fool, and, if continued, a corpse ! Various other experiments have been made to improve upon the handiwork of the all-wise Maker of the universe, but they have been successive fail ures, and thinking men have long since come to the conclusion, that as there can be no im provement upon the cold water of tho first cre ation, in slaking thirst, so there can no addi tion bo made to pure air, which will better answer its life-sustaining purposes. And as there is not, in all nature, a still, warm atmos phere, that docs not instantly begin to goner ate decay, corruption, and death, so there is no chamber of tbe sick,' graduated to a degree. that will not hasten the end desired to be aver ted. Nor is there an atom in nature which can add to the health and life-giving influence of tbe pure air of Heaven ; for if it displaces tbe ox ygen, in tbe same proportion does it diminish its life; and if it displaces tbe nitrogen, just to tbe same extent does it loosen the conser vative power of nature, and kindles np a fever which Is to burn up the body. ' CorvKXTs is Italy. The convents of the higher classes-in'ltaly are neither more nor less than large boarding-houses for the youn ger sons of the aristocracy, a sort of club, ar ranged in an Italian fashion where they can live cheaply and well, and enjoy tbe society of those who are in every respect their equals, within the establishment, and at all times go forth to enjoy any society more suited to their tastes, without the establishment. In the in ferior convents all, without exception, seemed of the lowest labouring population, many of those monks being unable to write or read, so that though the establishment might in theory be regarded by some minds as a holy and Christian home, and a retreat for pious and de voted men from thedower classes of society, yet in actual practice it was a sort of overgrown almshouse, a sort of union poor-boose, the In mates of which were not the siek,;infirm, and the aged, as ia England j but the strong, tho healthy, and the able-bodied of tbe popula tion, who ought to have been compelled to la hour for their support. And as for the estab lishment or Franciscans and Capuchins, as bouses for thepious and holy, it needs not that any man should be informed that the laaaia are about the most vicious and depraved, even ia Italy. Stymonr' Pilgrtmagt to Some, CmiOVS FACTS FRO.VI.niSTORY. The Saxons first introduced archery In the timo of Voltiguer. It was dropped immedi ately after the conquest, but revived by the crusaders, they having felt the effect of it from the Saracens, who probably derived it from the Parti) ians. Bows and arrows, as weapons of war, were in use, with stone cannon balls, so late as 1640. It is singular that all the statutes for the encouragement of archery were framed after the invention of gun powder and fire-arms. Yew trees were encouraged in the churchyards, for the making of bows in 1352. Hence their generality in churchyards in Eng land. Coats of arms came into vogue in the reign of Richard I. of England, and became heredi tary in families about the year 1192. They took their rise from the knights painting their banners with different figures to distinguish them in the crusades. The first standing army in modern times was established by Charles VII. of France, in 1445. Previous to this time, the King had depended on his nobles for contingents in time of war. A standing army was first established in England in 1638, by Charles I., but was declared illegal, as well as the organization of the royal guards in 1670. The first permanent military band that was in stituted in England, was the yeomen of the guards, established in 14SG. Guns were invented by Swartz, a German, about 1478, and were brought into use by the Venetians in 14S2. Canuons were invented at an anterior date. They were used at the battle of Cresy, in 1346. In England they were used at the scige of Berwick, in 1405. It was not until 1544 however that they were cast in England. They were used on board of ship by the Venetians in 1536, and were in use a- mong the Turks about the same time. An ar tillery company was constituted in England for weekly military exercises in the j-ear 1610. Insurance of ships was first practiced in the reign of Caesar, in 45. It was a general cus tom in 1194. Insurance offices were first estab lished in London, in 1667. Astronomy was first studied by the Moors and by them introduced into Europe, in 1201 The rapid progress of modern anatomy and a- stronomy were destroyed, as infected with magic, in England, under the reign of Edward VI., in 1552. Banks were first established by the Lombard Jews, in Italy. Tho name is derived from banco, bench benches being erected in the market place for the exchange of money, &c. The first public bank was at Venice, in 1550. The bank of England was established in 1603. In 1705 its notes were at 20 per cent, dis count. The invention of bells is attributed to Paul inus, Bishop ot Nola, in Carnpauia, about the year 400. Tlwy were introduced iuto church es as a defence against thunder and lightning, in 000. They were first hung in England at Croyland Abby in Lincolnshire, in 045. In the eleventh century and later, it was the cus tom to baptize them before they were used. The Curfew bell was established in 1068. It was rung at eight in the evening, when the people were obliged to put ont their fire and candle. The custom was abolished in 1100. Bellmen were appointed in Loudon in 1556, to ring the bells and cry, "take care of your fires, be charitable to tho poor, and pray for the dead." - How many arc unaware of the origin of the word "Boo !" used to frighten children. It is a corruption of Boh, the name of a fierce Goth ic General, the son of Odin, the mention of whose name spread a panic amobg his enemies. Book-keeping was first introduced into Eng land from Italy by Peelc, in 1569. It was de rived from a system of Algebra, published by Bnrgo at Venice. Notaries Public were first appointed by tbe Fathers of tho Church, to collect the acts or memoirs of Martyrs in the first century. The administration of the oath in civil cases is of great antiquity. See Exodus xxii., 10. Swearing on tbe gospel was first used in 558. The oath was first administered in England by tbe Saxons in tbe year G00. Tbe words "so help me God and all the saints,' concluded an oath till 1550. Signals to be nsed at sea were first contrived by James II., when Duke of York. They were afterwards improved by the French com mander, Tonrnelle, and by Admiral Belchen Raw Silk was first manufactured by a peo ple in China, called Seres, 150 B.C. It was first brought from India in 274, and a pound of it at the time was worth one of gold. Tbe manufacture of raw silk was introduced into Europe by monks in 550. Silk dresses were first brought into Europe in the year 527. . A fast man undertook the task of teasing an eccentric preacher. ."Do yon believe," be said,' "in the story of the Prodigal Son and the Fatted Calf" . I V "Yes," said the preacher. . "Weil then, was it a Jfato or Female calf that was killed t" ' "A female," promptly repHedtte Divine." j ' How do you know thai f -. I "Because, (looking the interrogator steadi- J ly in the face.) I see the male is alive now." j irsrr ia person knocking at the door like aa overcoat f Because he's w-rapper. j TTkat ajta the largest species of ants ? The eleph-ants. y - "' " , " "' i AFFAIRS ITS KANSAS. Notwithstanding it has recently been assert ed to the contrary, Kansas it ia a state of dis quietude. It seems that tbe people of Law rence, not inclined to recognize the laws made for them by the border ruffians of Missouri, a tew weeks since framed a city charter for their own local government, and put it into operation. Thl charter differed essentially from that granted by tbe Bordr Ruffian Legisl ature. Gov. Walker issued a proclamation in which be pronounces tbe action of tbe peo ple of Lawrence an Insurrectionary"nftve ment, an open conflict with tbe government of the United States, aa attempt to involve tbe whole territory in insurrection and renew tbo scenes of bloodshed and war, invokes upon the heads of the people of Lawrence the blood that may be shed iu this contest, says if the scheme is permitted to go on the territorial government will be overthrown, the territory involved in inextricable confusion, denounces the Lawrence- charter as founded on insurrec tion and usurpation, and based on insurrec tion and revolution, atd informs tbe Lawrence men that a rebellion so iniquitous and cecesi-. sarily involving such awful consequences, has never disgraced any age or country. He warns them to desist from this "rebellion," and saya be has deemed it necessary to "order an ade quate force of the U. S. troops into their im mediate vicinage to perform the painful duty of arresting their revolutionary proceedings." The troops which be has called to his aid aro under the command of Gen. narney, who U known as the "woman whippcr," and are the same, we believe, that the Administration had ordered to Utah ! To us, all this has tbe ap pearance of a "tempest in a tea-pot," and, no matter whether the Lawrence men were right or wrong, Walker must have been "hard up" for a pretext to proceed against them, when he found himself compelled to rcsoit to this one. But what docs all this mean ? what is the object of these movements t Does it not look as if there was some trickery on hand, t Why, look at it. Walker pretended to bo in favor of submitting the Constitution to a vote of the people. This he seemed to do with tho approbation of tho Administration. But we think it was all humbug mere pretence on tbe part of both the Governor and the President gammon of the oiliest kind, designed to satis fy those who voted for Buchanan on the ground that he was in favor of "fret Kansas," for aa soon as the South began to bluster and froth and denounce Walker, presto, how quick a change was visible, and a pretest found to use force against the free state men, whereby the South might bo satisfied of the complete subserviency of the President to their behests. Getting ised to it by Decrees. 'Some where about here,' writes a Southern corres pondent, 'lives a small farmer of such social habits that his coming home intoxicated was once no unusual thing. His wife urged him, in vain to sign the pledge.'- Why, you see,' he would say. 'I'll sign it after a while, but I don't like to break right off at once ; t ain't wholesome. The best way is to get used to a thing ty degrees, Jp know.' 'Very well, old man,' his help-mate would rejoin, 'see now if you don't fall intq a hoi one of these days, while yon can't take care of yourself, and nobody near to help you out. Sure enough, as if to verify the prophecy, as he returned homo drunk pno day, he fel into a snallow well, and alter a deal of useless screaming, he sh anted for tbe 'light of his eyes' to come and help ljim out. 'Didn't I tell you sq 1' said tbe good soul, showing her cap frill over the edge of the parr a pet ; 'you've got into that hole at lat, and it's only lucky that lam in hearing, or you might have drowned. Well,' she continned after a pause, letting down tbe bucket, tako hold.' And up be came higher at each turn of tbe windlass, until the old lady's grasp slipping from ihe handle, down he went to the bottom again. This occurring mQre than once, made the temporary occupant pf the well sus picious. ... 'Look here he screamed in a fury, at tbo last plash, 'you're doing that on purpose I know you are.' Well, now I am,' responded the old woman, tranquilly, while winding bim up once more. Don't you remember telling me jt's best to get used to a thing by degrees? I'm afraid if I bring you right pp of a c udden, vcu wouldn't find it wholesome ' The old fellow could not help chuckling at the application of bis principle, and protested he would sign tbe pledge in an instant, if she would lift him fairly out. This she did, and packed bim off" to sign the pledge wet as be was. 'For you see,' she added very emphat ically, if you.ever fall into the ditch again, I'll leave yon thar I wi 1L ' Knickerbocker. A New York editor wishing a fortune to s friend, hopes he will bo as frich as Lazarus. We never beard that gentleman reported as extraordinary weabphy. , ) - MeMaBHVMMB4BBBB)SBkfMeBMBMe - - S7Spider bite can be cured, it ia said, by wetting the place affpteel with cold water aa fast as it absorbs or drtea up; ... A circus rider, in Mobile, lately threw sev enty-one summersets a succession. - What a politician he would make f - - 1 v. 11 I fl
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