'A .0TJJJ BY s. b. roav. GLEABEIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1858. VOL. 4.-JTO. 39. BETTER LATE TITAN NEVEK. Life is a race where some succeed, . While others are beginning; 'Tis luck nt times, nt others speed. That gives an early winning ; Cntif you chance to fail behind, . Xe'er slacken your endeavor. Bnt keep this wholesome truth in mind. 'lis better late than never. If yon can keep ahead, 'tis well ; l)ut never trip your neighbor; Tis noblo when you can excel . By honest, patient labor; Put if you arcoutstriped at last, Fress on a a bold as ever ; lUuiember. though you are surpassed. 'Tis better late than never. Ke'er labor for nn idle boast Of victory o'er another; . But while you strive, your uttermost, I'eal fairly with a brother. What'cr your station, do your best, Ar.d hold your purpose ever. -And if yon fail to beat the rest, 'Tis better lato than never. Choose well the path in which you mn, Succeed by noble daring; Then, tho' the last, when once 'tis won, - Yonr crown is worth tho wearing. Then never fret if left behind, Nor slacken yonr endeavor. But ever keep tblf truth in mind 'lis better late than never. JOE CIIICKWEED'S COl'KTSIIIP, ASD UOW 11 WAS CUT Ol'T. "I vow!" said Joe Chickweed, as lie stool beforo the parlor niit rnr, putting the last touch to his well-oiled liair, "if I let the night pass without finding out just how I stand with Mc liuda Martin, then I'm a cow. The crittcr'3 ulways acted so pesky skittish that there's iK-en no getting around her. I like her, and the knows it, and I'm inclined to think she likes me; bnt sho likes wore than one string to her bow, and I ain't sure but she'd skip me tiny minute if she could make a better bar gain. Maybe I'm doing her an injustice, and I hope I am ; but she acts sometimes 'tarnally like a real coquette, and I don't know what to make of her. But to-night," ho added, fit ting an immensely high and an immensely wide brimmed iiat upon his shining head, "to night I'll settlo the matter I'll cross the Ru bicon, if I get my boots full ot water. Melin da ain't a bad spec, aud I might do worse most anywhere else." "Do fell if it's como to that?" exclaimed old Mis.Chickwecd,who had entered the room, unnoticed by her son, in time to hear his last sentence "well, I've all along had a notion that you was aimin' in that 'ere direction." Joe turned red from his eye-winkers to his ankles, and looked very sheepish. lie w orked rcry busily, too, for a few seconds, with brush ing some imaginary dust from a place between rhe shoulders of his coat; which he couldn't reach, but he said nothing. "There ain't nothin' to be ashamed of Joe," continued the loquacious old lady, apparently greatly pleased at making the discovery she had ; "and you spoke gospel truth when you said you might do worse elsewhere. Molin U's a nice gal." "Well," said Joe, gaining some courage from his mother's manner, "I'm glad you think so, for I'm bound to make her my wife, if " "If what ?" asked tho old lady. "Well, if everything's favorable." Don't you fear anything's agin it. You just do your duty, Joe, and Mclinda's yourn. Remember the farm." "It i a fine farm no mistake !" said the young man, earnestly. "No better farm of its sizo in tho whole county than tho Widdcr Martin's !" said Mrs. duckweed, in an emphatic tone. "No, I think not." "And then see how it is stocked : two yoke of the best steers in all these parts, besides her two hosses, sayin' nothin' of the rest of Ihe critters. And, of course, they'll all go with Melinda when the Widdcr's dead, and be fore, loo ; for you will go right outo the farm an soon as you marry, and take charge of eve rything." "It's a good opening, that's a fact," said Joe; "but I put a higher value on Melinda than on all tho property." "And well you should ; though the farm and fixin's ain't to be despised." "Oh, I ain't one to despise 'em." Joe laughed and left the room, and soon af ter he left the house, and made his way as cx peditely as the gloom of evening would permit toward the residence of the Widow Martin. A light was burning in the front room, but the window curtains were closely drawn, so that lie could not get a view into tho apartment as he passed along the yard. He knocked at the door, and was admitted by the widow in per son, who, after inquiring benevolently after his health, ushered him into the parlor. : Jtwas already occupied by two persons Melinda and Reuben Sparks,the latter a young man who bad recently returned to Sprigvillc from California, and who was looked upon with special disfavor by the young farmer. Joo wa3 welcomed by tho young lady, but not so cordially as formerly, and by no means so cordially as Joe thought his due. lie was greeted by Mr. Sparks in a sort of joking, con descending way that raised his ire inwardly. However, the conversation that followed was apparently agreeable to all parties, and the evening wore away till the widow retired, when Mr. Sparks intimated that it was per haps time lor him to bo returning, as it was quite a little walk to tho village. Melinda at once asserted that it was very early indeed, and he should not think of leaving so soon ; whereupon Mr. Sparks was induced to remain a while longer, and Mr. Chickweed was se cretly enraged that Melinda should be so taken np with the company of the young sprig. California became the topic of conversation, and Reuben Sparks shono brilliantly in his descriptive accounts of the country, and what he had done there. "Then you weren't in the diggin's?" in quired Joe, in response to something his rival had uttered. "By no nicans," replied Sparks, loftily. "I lea digging to those that were used to it; I hadn't a taste that way." "Oh, then you stopped in town ?" "Certainly." "Business, I s'pose, first rate there." "Yes. A young man of talent will soon engage himself in profitable employment." Then I s'pect you must have done extra ordinary well!" said Joe, ia a tone ho inten ded should be sarcastic. "Oh !" replied tho other, laughing in a meaning way, and winking with one eye at the young lady who appeared to "take," and enjoyed it accordingly "as for that matter, I can't complain. I think 1 improved my chances I rather think I did. No, I don't complain, by no means." "Then why didn't you sty longer? You weren't gone but a short time ; you should have staid a year or two more, and made your self independent." "Perhaps I am independent already ; I say, perhaps. Of course, I can't tell you the exact amount 1 madethat, I think, is quite un necessary." "Oh, quite." "And perhaps, too, there wero attractions in this part ol tho woild as alluring as Cali fornia gold." lie looked kowingly at Melinda as he spoke, and gave her another wink, which that young 1 idy seemed to relish, though sue blushed, and appeared wonderfully embarrassed for a moment. Joe noticed what occurred, and didn't at all fancy the course affairs seemed to be set ting. Ho knew that he should feel and ap pear peculiarly savage, if he remained much longer; and so he hinted that it was about time for him to be going ; and what served to enrage him more than aught else, Melinda ap peared to bo of the same mind, for she offered no objection. So he took his hat and depar ted, with firmness in his step aud bitterness in his heart. "I don't like the looks of things at all," be muttered to himself, as he walked on through the dark ; "she's altogether too tender with that chap to be agreeable to me.. If he has not turned her head, then there's a mistake somewhere. I don't believe he has brought enough money from Californy to buy a rope to hang him. He's after the Widdcr's farm, now, to make it up, I'll bet my hat. Yes, sir, he means to catch Melinda; and I've been fool enough to wait till this time before com ing to a final point. But perhaps it aint too late vet!" lie added, alter a few moments' reflection ; "maybe she'll consent to have me yet, if I lose no time in asking her.- I 11 try it; I vow I will. I'll go over again to-morrow, and have the thing settled." And having como to this conclusion, he hurried forward, and soon after was dreaming of Melinda Martin, the widow, himself, and an inSnito number of Reuben Spaikes, who were all endeavoring to chase him up a steep hill, and beat his brains out with bars of Cal ifornia gold. Mrs. Chickweed was most anxious next morning to learn from her son tho result of his mission to the widow's, but Joe was silent and pensive, avoiding his mother's eye, and keeping away from the house as much as pos sible. Lato in the evening ho carefully dres sed himself in his best suit, and with a look of determination stamped upon his.fcatures, heonce more set out to visit the fickle Me linda. lie found her at home and alone. "Hope you spent an agreeable evening yes terday," remarked Joe, after ho had passed the usual compliments, and seated himself near the young lady. "Oh, yes, I did, I assure you," was the reply. "Mr. Sparks, I should say is a very enter taining young man !" Joodidn't think, anything of the kind, but quite the contrary. 'He is, indeed," responded Melinda. Joe looked anything but pleased ot this encomium on his rival, and sat for some mo ments in utter silence. At length he turned to tho young lady and spoke: 'I came here last evening," he said, "with the intention of spcakiug to you on a particu lar subject, but I found you so engaged that I determined to call again to-night, and so so" "Here you are," said Melinda, smiling at his embarrassment. "Yes' here I am. And, now that I'm here, I'll tell you at once what I have come for. You know I lovo you ; I've told you as much mcro'n once, and I've flattered myself that I weren't inditferent to you. But now I wish you to tell me if you really love me in return, and if I may hope to make you ray wife. AY ill you marry me ?" Joe, having arrived at this important ones lion, looked tenderly and appealingly into her face, and breathlessly awaited her reply. She colored slightly, and bent her eyes to the ground. "You arc quite right," sho said, "in sup posing that you are not indifferent to me, for I regard you very highly." 'Then all my fears have been groundless !" uttered Joe, exultingly. "But," continued tho lady, "I cannot very well grant your wish regarding " 'What!" cried Joe, his countenanco sud denly changing. "I cannot very well marry yon I" "And why can't you? I'd like to know what's to hinder. you marrying me if you think enough of me." "There is one reason in particular." "What is it?" "I'm engaged to another!". Joe turned pale. "Sparks !" he cried "tell me,is it Sparks?" "Well ! and if it is." "I knew It! Blast him, I kucw what he was after!" "I don't know that Mr. Sparks has acted in any way as he should not !" remarked the young lady, warmly. "He's a cheatin' villian !" replied Joe, in dignantly. "You don't know him ; he's nothing of the kind!" "It's you that don't know him ; but you will before long. I've been deceived, and I ain't afraid to say so !" continued he, snatch ing up his hat; "it's the money he pretends to have that's lost me a wife; but when you want to touch it, just as like as not you won't be able." He rushed from the houso as ho uttered these words, and hurried homeward. lie found his mother still up, and was eagerly in terrogated by her as to the luck he had met with, lie told-her all, and little cond olenco was sho enabled to ofTer him in return. For two or three days following, Joe Chick weed said very little, but ho thought much. One morning he met his mother w ith a smiling face and a sort of triumph in his look. The old lady was somewhat surprised at this sud den change in her son's manner. Why, what on airth's the matter now, Joe?" said she ; "hope you ain't goin' to go crazy." "Not by a long shot," replied Joe; "I ain't quite so big a fool as that." "Then what ails you ?" "Oh. I've got it all arranged at last I've got 'em now." "Who? What?" "Why, Melinda and that vagabond Rcubeu Sparks ha ! ha! I'll surprise him." "Well, how are you goin' to do it?" "Oh, it's all right !" said Joe, laughing sly ly "I'll do it, darn'd if I don't. I'll fix the sncakin' critter !" "But how how, Joe ? Can't you speak out? What's got into the boy ?" cried the old lady, dying with curiosity to know what was his plan. "Well, now, I'll tell you all about it," be gan Joe, assuming a more sober tone. "AVell, I just wish you would." "You know tho widder has always favored my keeping company with Melinda." "Well!" 'And I do believe she's desp'rato down on that feller, Sparks, coming into her family." "Ves!" "In that case she wouldn't very willingly let her property go into his hands." "But, 'cording to the will of old Mr. Martin, the property ain't to go out of her hands till she's dead."" "Just so but Sparks would havo all the benefit. And now I'm coming to tho p'int it's just there I'm going to floor Reub Sparks!" "Well, do let me hear !" "The widder Martin herself ain't a bad look ing woman!" Joe remarked, in a sort of a mysterious tone of voice, glancing up sudden ly into his mother's face. "No but what's that got to do with tho matter ?" replied the old lady, impatiently. 'And she ain't very old, neither," continued he, with the same air. "Why, she can't be morc'n forty." "So I should think ; and she has a good chance of living forty more." "Well, and what of it ?" "Just this," said Joe, leaning over to reach his mother's car "Til marry ihe widder .'" Mrs. Chickweed, expecting, as she was, something startling, wasn't prepared for this. She uttered an exclamation of unbounded sur prise, started upward from her seat, and then sank back and fixed her eyes with a vacant stare upon her son's face. "Well," said Joe, "I hope you don't see anything that's agin it." "No no !" stammered his mother, recover ing somewhat from the shock she had receiv ed ; "but are you really in airnest, Joe will you marry the widder?" "To bo sure I will, and that's the wholo of it. I'm going up to see her this very day. I'll marry her if she'll have me, and be re venged on Melinda for cutting me as she has for that blasted.Sparks. I'll teach 'em what's what:" Joe was as good as his word. He sought the widow and made his proposal. She was more astonished than sho kuew bow to express, but she was more gratified than she was aston ished. Fresh and fair as she was, considering her years, she had never given over the idea of winning another husband ; but it had never entered her head that she could possibly se cure so young and estimable a prize as Joe Chickweed. Joe made it a special proviso In his proposal, that they should be married privately the day before the marriage of Sparks with the wid ow's daughter, and that it should be kept a secret till that wedding had taken place. To this the widow readily agreed, although it was a hard task sometimes for her to restrain the enjoyment she experienced, and prevent tho secret being discovered. The evening before tho nuptials of Sparks and Melinda at length arrived, and all the pre parations for tho ceremony on tho ensuing day were completed. When darkness had fairly set in, while Melinda was so occupied with the company and conversation of her soon-to-be husband as to bo completely obli vious to all else, Mrs. Martin cautiously left the house, and meeting Joe near at hand, she hastened with him to tho residence of the Chickweed. Tho minister, who had been duly admonished to secrcsy,wasin attendance ; and in less than , half an hour afterwards Joe was a married man, and the no-longer widow was on her way "back to her room parting from Joe with a single but very enormous kiss, with which he was content to satisfy him self considering vhat was to follow from so doing on the morrow. The wedding passed off next day to the en tire satisfaction of all parties. The affair took place in the morning at the residence of tho bride, and at the hour of noon all the guests, with tho exception of Joe Chickweed, who had been formally invited, had departed. Why he remained so long it puzzled the newly married pairpurmisc, as they had not sup posed he wou"s5be present at all. Joe took it very easily, however, and seemed quito unem barrassed by the occasional banterings of the happy Sparks. "I s'pose," said Joe, addressing himself to tho newly made husband, as they were all as sembled in the parlor together "I s'pose you w ill take up your residence in the village right away buy, you a nice house and live fashion ably!" "Oh, no," replied Mr. Sparks "don't know as I shall." "What! Well, now, I calc'late you don't have an idear of settling on a farm! you ain,t used to that kind of work, you know." "Don't know but I may," said Sparks, as suming a careless air and tone; "coming on hot weather, yon know, and living in town is a bore in summer. Yes,think I shall try coun try life for a while ; I ain't in the best of health, and a farm life may improve me." 'Well," responded Joe, deliberately, "can't say that I'm sorry you're going to stay with us. I think myself it would be to your bene fit to work on a farm for a while ; and we'll try to make it as comfortable for you as wo can." Mr. Sparks looked at him, and Mrs. Sparks looked at him ; then they looked at ono anoth er and laughed. "No doubt," remarked Mr. Sparks, 'you will make a very agreeable neighbor very a grecable indeed." "Oh, w'H be nearer than neighbors, a good sight of course we will," said Joe, glancing with a look cf intelligence toward the former widow. Again Mr. and Mrs. Sparks glanced at ono another, bnt this time they didn't laugh. "What do you mean ?" they asked, simul taneously. "Oh, excuse me ; I forgot that yon didn't know what has transpired. The fact is, tho widow, here, and myself, taking a mutual lik ing to each other, were married last night I Are should have invited you to the wedding, but w e knew you were so engaged " "AVIiat! married?" cried young Sparks, springing to his feet, while a look of horror overspread his features. His wife sat pale as a ghost, utterly unable to speak a word. "Certainly, married," said Joe, coolly. 'Is this so?" he inquired, turning to tho late widow. 'You may rely upon all ho says," sho re plied.' .. 'Then I have been swindled imposed upon deceived ! And you knew of this also, and led mo on ?" he continued, in a violent tone, addressing his wife. "You to get me, while this infernal cheat gets all the property !" "No it's not so," exclaimed Melind.i, bursting into tears ; I knew nothiDg of it. And I thought you married me for yourself, and not for money you pretend to havo e nough of that yourself !" Reuben Sparks smiled a sickly and scornful smile. "It's even as I thonght ; his money's so deep in bunk that he nevcr'll be able to dig it out," remarked Joe. 'You scheming rascal!" gasped Sparks, looking as if it would bo the height of plea sure to cat him entirely up, body and bones. "Ob, fire away ! it don't hurt any ; and. I've got a long lease of the farm" "You scoundrel !" And the horses, and the steers "- "Oh! you miserable cheat !" "And tho fixin's generally " "Fool!" . "And moreover," continued Joe, assuming a rjore sober and sterner tone, and grasping Sparks firmly by the collar as he spoke "a niong other things I've got a word or two of advice for you. You married Melinda in the expectation of stepping into a snug property, palming yourself oil" as a man of means to accomplish your end. You are the real sche mer, but a part of your scheme has failed. Tt.ke my advice and it will be well with you : use your wife as you know you should go to work like a man and strive to be an iionest one. And finally, don't let me hear you make use of any more such expressions as you just now bestowed upon me, or I'll thrash you within an inch of your life ! Remember," ad ded Joe, giving him a shake, as a terrier would a rat, "you're my son now, 'cording to law, and you must havo a slight show of respect for your father !' Reuben Sparks seemed to come at onco to his senses, and after a little reflection conclu ded that the advice ho had received was, upon te whole, the best he could act upon ; and for many a year thereafter Jce Chickweed looked rpon him as a most valuable assistant. CURIOUS HISTOET OF TITS USE OF COFFEE. Cofleo is of Asiatic origin, and was brought to the Occident by tho Turks. They called it Cahveh. Yehman, a province in Arabia, is generally considered tho place where coffee sprang up. Certain it is, that Arabian herds men of the deseit of Aldshesrla, approaching Ono evening the shores of tho Euphrates, were the first to discover the enlivening power of cotTee. Worn out as they were, after a tire sonic Journey through tho desert, they were reclining beneath a coffee .tree, and for past time commenced chewing the cofleo beans. They soon observed that their weariness pass ed away, and left them fine-spirited during the night. Next evening they repeated their pas time, and it had tho same effect. They were convinced that thcro was hidden and refresh ing power in the coffee beans. It was then introduced as a kind of medi cine for relaxation, for which purpose it was roasted, ground, and boiled in hot water, in , the manner wo prepare coffee now. Conse quent on the prohibition of wine-drinking by Mahomet, the use of coffee soon became in extensive demand all over Arabia, Turkey and Persia. From theso countries cotTee was introduced by the Venetians, in ihe year 1391, into Italy, to be used only as an enlivening medicine. At first they tried it with the leaves of the coffee-tree, which was, however, abandoned, and they resorted to tho coffee beans and prepared them in the same manner as tho Arabians. After a w hile it became a favorito beverage for dainty persons, and its importation from a foreign country rendered It, in tho eyes of the aristocracy of that pe riod, desirable. From Venice, coffee was introduced to Eng land, France and Holland. The first public coffee-house was opened in London in the year 1C52 ; a few years afterwards a second appealed in Paris, and a third in Amsterdam. Not, however, until the year 1G02, was coffee known in Germany ; it was imported from Holland already roasted. The first public coffee-house was established at Leipzig, in tho year 1720, which, no doubt, is the oldest coffee-house in the world, and it is even at the present day a place of public amusement. Two circumstances contributed principally to make coffee a general beverage in Germany ; firstly, that coffee was excepted by the govern ment from the taxes laid on beer and w ine ; and secondly the powers of coffee to produce an agreeablo excitement without producing intoxication. These qualities made it the most agreeable to ladies and business men. The Jews in Germany, known to be the most active merchants, became exceedingly fond of this enlivening beverage, and also the poets. It is a well known story, that Rosseau, once on a visit to Voltaire, remarked to tho latter, that coffee was poison. Voltaire re plied ; "Trac, but a poison that affects the health very slowly, as I have been drinking it for sixty years." The greatest opponents to coffee-drinking are the homeopathic doctors, who consider coffee as most injurious to health. Indeed it is to nervous people, particularly strong cof fee ; also to dyspeptics it may prove not di gestible, but in the latter case, its ill-digestion arises from impuro milk w hich is mixed with it. The French and Germans drink more black coffee than white, and take soon afterward a glass of pure 'cold water, and that custom is one which it would bo useful to adopt in this country ; as in this mannerjeoffee is not inju lious to plethoric people ; if they drink only a small quantity of it. It serves under this condition to aid digestion and to enliven the spirits. To young people, it is not so whole some as beer soup, which 13 used for them in Germany. There is often added to coffee, roasted roots, as that of succory or carrot, for instance, which diminishes the flavor. Roast ed beans of cocoa, on the other hand, arc most healthy and palatable if mixed with coffee. The Turks add different species, and the French pour rum in it, as do the Italians and Germans ; and they uso sometimes the yolk of auwt$g instead of cream, which is commen dable where there is no good milk to be found. Particular care is everywhere taken, except in this country, not to roast or grind coffee be fore it is wanted for immediate use, otherwise it looses by exhalation tho volatile oil which imparts such an excellent flavor to it. The smoke of the roasted coffee is one of the most powerful disinfectants. Coffee is also an antidote to poisons of opium, cherry, Ianrel and intoxication. The onsonpti of coffee is from year to year increasing. In Europe alone, for instance, the importation ia a period of ten years, from 1S17 to 1S27, in creased from one hundred and sixty millions to two hundred and twenty-five millions cf pounds. - ' The coffee tree reaches a height of twerity feet, has with its branches pyramidal formed evergreen leaves, and is considered one of tho most beautiful ot trees. In the third year it yields three pounds of beans. In highest es timation, concerning the quality, stands Mo cha coffee from Arabia ; next to it St. Domin go, Java, St. Jago do Cuba, and then Rio ot Brazil and Cuba. However, one kind is found more palatable in one country than in another, and dilferent nations give preference to a dif ferent kind of coffee. - Tue Islaxo ofPupim. A bare, untenanted rock at the entrance of tho Ked ra, known as the Isle of Pcriin, has suddenly become a point of great in terest and figures largely in European politics. It is the Gibraltar of the lied Sea. The Mail and portion of the passenger traffic between Europe and tho Bast Indies and China, already goes by way of the Isthmus of Suez. A ship Canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas, will lead to the abandonment of tho Cai.e of tiood Hope, rcrim commanding the commerce o f the lied Sea, will then be a point of the utmost importance. The railroad, already nearly completed across the Isth mus of Suer, will ensure most of the travel and considerable merchandize by this shorter route. England, foreseeing its importance, has-very re cently occupied and fortified this island, although it belongs to Turkey. Franco protests against it, and there is a strong probability that Russia will second her remonstrance, those powers holding that tho stipulated integrity of Turkey is violated by this act of the English government. Tdk Hevelatioxs or Astko-vosticai. Sciexcb show that the sun is 3,800 times as far again from the earth as the earth is round. This distance is so great that it would take a railway carriage, moving at the rate of 100 miles every three hours. 330 years to got through it : but the arth itself, traveling with a speed of better than 63.000 mile per hour, gets through a journey of a like extent that is, S5.OOO.0OO miles in something like two months. The nearest star is at Icatt 200,000 times farther a w.iv than tho sun. The light beams como from the sun to the earth in eight minutes and a quarter, but it must consume three years and a quarter upon its journey before it can arrive from tho nearest star. Eut the nearest star is only on tho inner confines of the vast star galaxy; the space that it takes the flash of light three years and a quarter to traverse, is nevertheless but a lit tle space, almost swallowed up in the immensity by which it is surrounded, for it is computed that tho most remote stars of the milky way are 750 times as far away again as the nearest one. AGoodWitxess. "Did the defendant knock tho plaintiff" dow n with a malice prepense ?" "No, sir ; he knocked him down with a flat iron." "You misunderstand me my friend ; I want to know whether he attacked him with an evil intent." Oh, no. sir ; it was ontside the tent." "No, no ; I wish you to tell me whether the attack was at all a preconcerted affair." "No, sir; it was not a free concert affair ; It was a circus." Yield of Maple Sucae. The Montpclier (Vt.) correspondent of tho Boston Traveler writes that the maple sugar season is about o ver, the crop being a full average one, or a tri fle less than three pounds to the tree. Last year was an extraordinary season, tho yield being over five pounds to the tree, or nearly enough, if equally distributed, and all kept for home consumption,to have supplied every fam ily in the state. A rather plain spoken clergyman onco took for his text this passage in the Psalms: I said in my haste all men are liars.' Looking up, apparently as if . he saw the Psalmist stand immediately before him he said. "You said so in your haste did yon, David? AVell,if you had been here you might bare said it after mature reflection." Among the numerous casualties recently detail ed, the following is decidedly melancholy- ' '-The young man w ho recently went on a bridal tour with an augel iu book muslin, has just rotiyncd with a tormigant in hoops." A witness In an Irish Court of Justice,- sta ted that he was suddenly roused from Lis slumber by a blow on bis head. "And tow did you findycurself V asked counceL, "Fait asleep," replied tho witness. AVhat is the reason, said one Irishman to i another, that you and yonr wife are always disagreeing ? "Because," replied .Pat, ?wo are both of one mid sho wauta to bo master, and so do L" ' . North Carolina has now some' l,C0O miles of railroad, and these works were begun when the State had not even an income of over $100,000. ' Cotton soaked in alum, and salt, it is said,, will euro tho torments of a hollow and aching, tooth. AVorth trying, that. - - '
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers