X BY S. J. EOW. CLEARFIELD, PA., "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1862. VOL. 9 WO. 17. THE MEEEY GIELS. "(he laughing girls, the happy girls! ; ' 0 ginger, how wo love 'em ! - " Sweet, pretty girls with sunny curls, 0 what can be above 'em ? .We love to see them ran and skip, And hear them laugh and giggle ; ' "VVe like to press the nectar lip. Ha! how it makes as giggle! 0! none but hateful, hunchbacked churls Can hlp but love the pretty girls! The law, the lass with rosy checks ! 0 roaring, fighting C;eaar ! We'd clamber up the Alpine peaks, To get a chance to squeeze her! She's plump and neat as any doll, And, glory, how we'd flounder -We'd give our fortune, pip and all, To get our arms around her! For none but hateful, hunchbacked churls Kefuso to squeeze the merry girla ! 'The maid, the maid with laughing eyes ! O save us, mighty Juno! 'Who can the pleasing orbs despise? Oh we can't do it, you know! 'We'd kiss all the babies now in town. And try to look some snugger; 'We'd always smile and never frown, If we could only hug her ! For none but hateful, hunchbacked churls "Will study long to hug the girls'. Croak on. crouk on ye-baches"' old, We'll lixten to you never! We'll bug the girls till we grow cold ! We'll love them on forever! O! sing and talk of single bliss, JJut we'll not hear your story ? We'd sell ourself for one sweet Kiss ! O! glory! glory! glory! For none but hateful, hunchbacked churls Can help but love the merry girls ! THE TEEASTJEr EEPOET. We cannot better analyze this most impor tant and elaborate document for oar readers than by taking up its conclusions Erst, and beginning at the end of it. Tlic Secretary ex preseshis decidedjopinion that, notwithstand ing the great dillicu Ities created by the vast, sudden, and protracted expenditures of the war, ho can still maintain the public credit and provide lor the public wants. The means ly which ho proposes to acomplisli these great tuds are simple, and the general plan is con densed in a short paragraph ; "Ho recommends that whatever amounts may bo needed beyond tho sums supplied by revenue and through other indicated modes, bo obtained by loans, without increasing the issne of United States notes beyond the a monnt fixed by law, unless a clear public ex igency shall demand it" lie recommends also, the organization of banking associations lor the improvement of the public credit and lor the supply to the poople of a safe and uniform currency. And he recommends no change in the law provided for the negotiation of bonds except tho necessary Iicre.'.so of" amount and the repeal of the absolute restriction to market value, and of the clauses authorizing conver tibility at will." The estimate made by the Secretary's ex penditures of the current fiscal year for all purges other than or the War and Navy Departments, and of the public debt, arc the same as was the actual expenditures last year, $24,511,476; Interest on public debt, $25, 041 5C2 War and Navy Departments, 730,00-3 .739; Total, 788, 658,777. Of this aggregate of course the greater part is due to the continu ance of the war, and while there is little pros pect ol a reduth.n of the expenditure before July 1 next, there is, we trust, reason to hope that it will hot continue throngh the succee ding fiscal year. The Secretary estimates a still higher sum for these two departments, for the year 1S63 4, should -the war continue. To meet this expenditure the estimate of receipts from revenues proper is as' follows': From custom, $68,041,736 ; From internal rev enucSSo.SOS; All other sonrces, $ 13,9-33,-759; Total.S 167,451 ,798. Add to this a balance unexpended from the former fiscal rear of $13,043,546, and an amount to be realized from loaos already made or authorized of $831,150,914, and the excess of expenditures lor the current year is $276,912,517. This ura must ie provided through new legislation. This balance is less than the public have penerally believed it would 1. With the pub lic credit at the high point it was shown to have been, at the placing of tho last loan, there should be no great difficulty in provi ding means to get though the year, and the Secretary expresses confidence in being able to do so. He advocates at great length a sys tem of hank note circulation based on United States bonds, which would, when established, absorb bonds and provide revenue by their sale. lit advocates the removal of the limit now assigned to the acceptance of temporary posits, and expects to get $25,000,000 from that sourse Tor tho current year, if tho limit is removed. Not much of immediate revenue is expected from the proposed banking system, if adopted, and the great resource, therefore, s additional loans. The laws of last session, .authorizing the issue of $500,000,000 of "five twenties,, in bonds, and $250,000,000 in Uni ted States notes, convertible into such bonds, ere attended by conditions which have made the negotiation of large amounts imposible, and it is recommended that these restriction to repealed. If repealed, it is believed that the requisite amount can be realizedfrom them alone. These bonds are not now negotiable below par, and therefore they are taken only individual investors, and. as no taker can make a profit on either bonds or notes, they go off slowly. . 1 Bonds tvr a longer time, or at a higher rate of interest, would offer one alternative tj the repeal of these restrictions. lext to these propositions the Secretary would prefer the 7.30 three year bonds, con vertible into "five-twenties" (6 per cent.) at maturity, and of smaller notes being 3.65 per cent.-interest, as formerly recommended by him. Through one or tho other of these meas ures, all easy of execution, he is confident of raising the $276,912,517 required for the cur rent fiscal year, and also the greater sum of $627,388,183 required for the fiscal year fol-lowing!8G3-4, in' case the war shall continue. - The dark side ol the picture is the public debt, though the increasing wealth and strength of the country render it far less discouraging, as the Secretary thinks, than it would be to any other Power of the earth. The estimated expenditures for 1863.4 if a year of war, are $845,413,183. The actnal debt, July 1 1862, was $514,211,371. On July 1, 18(53. it is es timated that it will reach $1,122,297,403, and on July 1,180-5, S1,744.G85,5S6. Of course this is calculating the war to continue on the present gigantic scale a calculation which is obviously greatly in error. Either the rebels will be beaten, or we shall be, long before Ju ly 1, 1861. If tho war ends, the Secretrry es timates the expenditures of 1863-4 as follows : War and Navy, $55,833,834; Other Depart ments, $24,511,476; Interest, 50,000,000; Pen sions and bounties, $10,000,000; Total, 140, 357,310; Or not to exceed $160,000,000 under any contingencies. The British annual bud get is more than twice this sum $364,435,682 fortheyear ending March 31, I8G2, and that of France nearly three times as much, or for 1802, S421, 823,900. ,Tns New .Metal, Thallium. Mr. Crookes, the discoverer of this new metal, gives the following description of it in tho Proceedings of the Ui.yal Society: "Thallium iu the pure state is a heavy metal, bearing a remarkable resemblance to lead in its physical properties. Its specific gravity is, however, higher about 12. Tho freshly scraped surface has a bril liant metallic lust.-r not quite so blue in color as lead, and it tarnishes more rapidly than this Utter metal. It is very soft, being readily cut with a knife and indented with the nail ; it may alio be hammered out and drawn into wire, but has hot much tenacity in this form. It easily marks paper. Tho fusing point is below redness, and with caro several pieces may be melted together and cast into one lump. There is, however, generally a loss in this operation, owing to its rapid oxydation. The metal itself does not appear to be sensibly volatile below a red heat. I have made no special attempts at present to determine tho atomic weight, although from two estimations ol tho amount of sulphur in the sulphide it appears to be very heavy. The figures ob tained did not, however, agree well enough to enable me to speak more definitely on this point than that I believe it to bo above 100. I. may mention that I obtained this element in the pure metallic state and exhibited it to several r.-iends as early as January last, and nhould then have published an account of it, had it not been for the reasons already men tioned. Thallium is soluble in nitric, hydro chloric, and sulphuric acids, the former at tacKing it with greate&t energy ,with evolution of red vapors." ...... Gtx. Koseckass' Gallantry. W. D. B., of the Cincinnati Commercial, is Assistant Provost Marshal General at General Rose crans' headquarters, and has charge of the female department. Occasionally a refractory female breaks away from Capt. B., and insists on seeing the General. One of these yester day rushed up to Gen. Kosecran, intruding herself between Gen. R. and Gen. Hamilton, saying "Is this Gen. Rosecrans ?" Yes, madam." "Well, General, can't I have a pass ?" "Madam," (with a low bow,) "it is not my business to give' yon a pass ; it is my duty to refuse it." Another lady approached on another occa sion, and began with a pitilul story in regard to her "poor, dear, sick nuclo." "I conclude with yon, madam," said the General, in that quiet way of his, "It is un fortunate that the uncles will sometimes get seriously indisposed. I, too, have a dear, af flicted uncle." "Then, you can sympathize with me,"she said. . "Ye, madam, 1 do, and when ray Uncle Sam gets over his present serious indisposi tion I will give yoo a pass." : It would of course be an anti-climax which would ruin tho story to relate what the lady did. Weil Said. One of the best things the, President ever said was when he met M'Clel lan, after the Army got back into its old tren ches : " Well, General, I have heard of peo ple being knocked into the middle of next week, bnt we are the first people I ever know who were knocked into the middle of last year." An Irishman, being a little fuddled, was asked what was his religions belief. "Is it me belafeye'd be askin' aboqt ? It's the same as the widdy Brady's. I owe her twelve shil lings for whisky, and she belaves I'll niver pay her and faith, that's my b9lafe too 1" . - Why is a man dead . drunk like a piece of artillery ready lor action ? Because bo's all limbered up. . ' - ' - COL. K'NEIL AT SOUTH M0UITTAIJT. Col. Hugh McNeil, of the famous ''Buck tail" regiment, who was killed at the battle of ' Antietara, was one of the most accomplished officers in the federal service. A soldier re lates an exploit of bis at South Mountain which is worth recording. During the battle of South Mountain the reb els held a very strong position. They were posted in the mountain pass, and had infantry on the heights on everj side. Our men were compelled to carry the place by storm. The position -seemed impregnable ; large craggy rocks protected tho enemy on every side, while our men were exposed to a galling fire. ; A band of rebels occupied a ledge on the extreme right, as the colonel approached with a lew of his men. Tho unseen force poured upon them a volley; McNeil, on the instant, gave the command s "Pour your fire upon those, .cocks fr" """v . - The Bucktailslicsitated ; it was not an or der fuatthejfUad been accustomed to receive; they had always picked their men. "Fire !"thundered the colonel, "I tell you to fire at those rocks!" . The men obeyed. For some time an irreg ular fire was kept up ; the Buoktails sheltering themselves as best they could behind trees and rocks. On a sudden McNeil caught sight of two rebels peering through an opening in tho works to get an aim. The eyes of tho men followed their commander, and balf-a-dozen rifles was levelled in that direction. "Wait a minute," aaid theColonel. "I will try my band. There is nothing like killing two birds with ono stone." The two rebels were not in lire, but one stood a little distanca back of the other, while just in front of the foremost was a slanting rock. Col. McNeil seized a rifle, raised it, glanced a moment along the polished barrel ; a report followed, and both the rebels disap peared. At that moment a loud cheer a lit tle distance beyond rent the air. "All is right now," cried the Colonel; charge the rascals." The men sprang up among the rocks in an instant. The affrighted rebels turned to run, but encountered another body of the Buck tails, and were obliged to surrender. Not a man of them escaped. Every one saw the ob ject of tho Colonel's order to fire at random among the rocks. lie had sent the party a rouud to their rear, and meant this to attract their attention. It was a perfect success. . The two rebels by the opening in the ledge, were found lying there stiff and cold. Colo nel McNeil's bullet had struck the slanting rock in front of them, glanced, and passed through both their heads. There it lay be tween them flattened. The Colonel picked it up and put it in his pocket y. T. Post. Contents op as Ostrich's Stomach. The Lyons Journals state that a few days back some ruffians succeeded in getting hold of the os trich kept in the Pare do la Teto d'Or, with a view of stripping it of its feathers. The poor bird was shortly afterwards found lying on the ground in a dying state, having had its neck almost dislocated by the miscreants. Alter its death it was dissected by M. Rey, profes sor of the veternary sohool of the city, who found the following strange articles in its sec ond stomach : three' clay tobacco pipes, quite whole, bat having become green ; a knife with abrass handle, twenty centimeters in length ; twenty-five brass buttons of diflereut infantry regiments; a ten-sous piece, thirty two sous and centimes, on most of which the effigy had been worn off; about fifty bits of brass, reduced by corrosion to small triangles fragments of watch chains ; various bits of other metals; six large whole walnuts, and several fragments of a hawthorn walking stick ; lastly, a piece of iron wire, ten centimeters In length, which had pierced, the sides of the gizzard, was found imbedded in the abdomen, and does notseem to have caused the creature any pain. - A good story is told of one of our country constables, who was directed to serve an ex ecution. Ho was told that the property to be levied consisted of three heifers, and after taking charge of them he must endorse a re turn describing the property. With a view to be entirely correct, and not finding "aul heffers," he specified as follows : " 1 went to level on 3 heffers, but they warnt aul heffers only won wars a shee heffer, and ' the other wars a moely bull and the other wars a bully moul." . Wet the Powder. Two Irishmen in are cent engagement were gallantly standing . by their gUD, firing in quick succession, when one touching the piece, noticed that it was very hot. "Arrah ! Mike, the cannon is gettin' hot; we'd better atop firin' a little." - . "Pivil a bit," replied Mike ; "jist dip the cartridges in the river afore yees load an' kape it cool." - Some music teacher once wrote that the " art of playing on a violin requires the ni cest perception, and the most sensibility of any art in the known world." Upon which an editor comments in the following manner: The art of publishing a newspaper, and ma king it pay, and at the same time have it please everybody, beats fiddlin' higher Ihan a kite." :- " ' ' V ; '.. J. WESLEY GEE E HE, Eich and Eacy Affair. The Chicago Times, an unscrupulous Breck inridge print, has, for some time, been elec trifying its readers, particularly, and Seces sion sympathizers generally, with the revela tions of a certain J. Wesley Greene, who, it was said, had been in Richmond, and had an interview with Jeff. Davis, who had submit ted certain peace propositions, "of the pre cise terms" of which the editor of the Timet says, he is "not at liberty to speak, but they are such as the South could honorably make and the North could honorably accept." It now turns ont that the whole story of Greene is a fabrication, from beginning to end, and Greene himself the gayest kind of a "lark." The Pittsburg Gazette, of tho 13th, publishes an expose, from which it appears that Greene, in 1861, aspired to the ministry in that city, and presented a forged certificate of member ship in a church at Buffalo, ne next turned up in Cincinnati as "a geat sinner' but, pro fessing repentance, he borrowed $10 which be forgot to pay a confiding- brother, before bis departure. Subsequent revelations show that he was actually preaching at Cincinnati, and whilst acting in this capacity, forged notes and papers by means of which he cheated an old lady out of her property, having first in gratiated himself into her good graces and married her daughter. He then took his wife east, speuding money, travelling from place to place, getting into trouble, and finally was convicted of obtaining goods under false pre tences, an sent to the penitentiary. Whilst there his wifo learned, to her horror, that he had already a wife and several children. Hav ing served out his time, he went east again, and married a third wifo, and, it is alleged, again got into trouble which consigned him to the Penitentiary a second time. Wife No. 8 obtained a divorce. In process of time, he again turned np in Cincinnati and married a fourth wife. A card from Mr. John Dunlap, of Pittsburgh, sets forth that Greene has been in his employ for something over a year,work ing at the ornamental japanning business, and has been seldom absent that in the month of October, the time fixed for his having been in Richmond, he was absent bnt Jite days. It seems that whilst in Washington City, en lightening the President and his Cabinet, in reference to Jeff. Davis's peace propositions, he forged an order, signed by Secretary Stan ton, upon which he diddled a shop-keeper out of an elegant and costly set of furs. The fiend was not discovered until be had left, and as he took another route from tho one he said he was going', he has thus far eluded the offi cers who were set on his track. This denouement of Mr. Greene will doubt less spoil all the nice arrangements that were flitting through ihe head of Fernando Wood and other "Peace Democrats" in the North. All the political capital they have made or can make out of the fiction of this adventure, they are welcome to. Wo should think, how ever, that hereafter they would be chary abont persons hailing from Richmond, lest the pub lic might think that there are other green peo ple than those bearing that name. If any of the Peace Democracy" know of the whereabouts of J. Wesley Greene, they can make the fact known, by addressing the Secretary of War, or "any other man." A "Sucker's idea of soundness aptly illus trated in the remark of an old beehunter in one of the Egytian counties. The times were the topic of conversation, and the soundness of the various Illinois banks was under dis cussion. Among these is the Gaston Bank, owned by Smith, a popular man among the copperas breeches there-abouts. Is Smith sound ?" inquired one of the party. Uncle John, an old pioneer, taking his pipe from a hole in his face like a sit in a side of sole leather, broke out: Sound ! Smith sound 1 Weft, he is. Tie nev er wur sick in his life, weighs more than 180, voted for Duglis, and believes in immersion sure ! I call that sound some. . Washington's Will Stolen and Sold. It appears by a statement made at a meeting of the New York Historical Society, that the will of Washington was stolen on the advance of the a:my into Virginia, and has since been sold to the British Museum. It was the last production of his pen, having. been written exclusively by Washington. It was deposited in the Fairfax court-bouse, and was stolen by a soldier, and has found its way, notwithstan ding the general announcement of the theft, into the curiosity shop of the British, where it will doubtless remain, unless efforts are ruade to have it restored. You have heard, perhaps, of the encounter between an Englishman and the market wo man at a fruit stand in New York. The Eng lishman had learned of the Yankee's habit of bragging, and he thought be would cut the comb of that propensity. He saw some huge watermelons on the market-woman's stand, and walking np to her, pointing at them with a look of disappointment, said : "What! don't you raise bigger apples than these in Ameri ca?" The woman looked at him one mo ment, and then retorted "apples ! Anybody might know you was so Englishman. Them's huckleberries- '' " " A SH0ET CATECHISM FOE DEMOCRATS Question. Who was the General to receive negroes within his lines, and to refuse to re mand them to their rebel owners ? ' ' Answer. Gen. Butler ; a Democrat. Question. Who was among the first men to take ground in favor of confiscating rebel property, and using the negroes tor military purposes? Jlntwer. John Cochrane, a Democatio Con gressman from New York, now in service of his country. " - Q. Who was the first military Commander, under the war power, to issue a proclamation for the unconditional freedom of the slaves ? A. Gen. Hunter, in South Carolina, an old Democrat. " Q. Who first gave orders to shoot on the spot the first man who would attempt to tear down the American flag jl. Gen. John A Dix, a Democrat. Q. Who hung the first offender for thus tearing down the flag ? A. Gen. Benj. F. Butler, a Democrat. He hung Mumford in New Orleans, for tear ing down the flag on the U. S. Mint. Q. Who hung the rebels in Arkansas for treachery towards his troops? A. Gen. G. N. Fitch, recently a Demo cratic Senator. Q. Who were among the most zealous ad vocates In the Senate of using the negroes for military purposes 7 ' A. Senator Rice, of Minnesota, and Wright of Indiana, both Democrats. The former quoted English precedent for raising colored regiments. . Q. When a Cumberland Senator last win ter at Augusta, in the Senate Chamber, exui tingly asked, Where is the officer who will lead a regiment of colored troops, who was the man to respond by rising ? A. Cl. Frank S. Nickerson, of the Maine Fourteenth -rra Democrat. Q. Who are among the foremost men in the Empire State, to nrge the uso of slaves as we would use other property, in putting down the rebellion by putting them to any use that can be made available? A. DanielS. Dickinson, and Richard Bus teed, two of the most prominent Democrats of the State. Q. Who was the first actually to raise a colored regiment ? .3. General Hunter, a Southerner by birth, and a Democrat. Q. " Who was the first who proposed to lead a colored regiment to the field, and share with them the trials atd dangers of battle ? A. Gen. Spraguc, the richest young man in New England, and tho Demooratie Govern or of Rhode Island. AMother'8 Kiss. A day or two since, a ragged and dirty looking boy, fourteen years of age, pleaded guilty in the superior criminal court to having fired a building. For two years past, since the death of his mother, he had wandered around the streets a vagrant, without a home or human being to care for him, and he had become in every respect a bad boy." A gentleman and lady interested themselves in his behalf, and tho latter took him one side to question him. She talked with him kindly, but without making the slightest impression upon his feelings, and to all she had said be manifest the greatest indif ference, until she asked him if no one ever kissed him. This simple inquiry proved too much for him, and bursting into tears replied : "No one since rny mother kissed me," That one thonght of bis poor, dead mother, the only being, perhaps, who had ever spoken to him kindly before, touched him to his heart, a hardened young criminal as he was. This little incident caused other tears than his. Boston Recorder. A firm of Johnson & Co. recently started the busines of issuing sbinplasters in Elmira ; but for some mysterious reason they could not keep them issued, They came back so rapidly that the responsible member of the firm, Dr. Golden by name, found it necessary to change his base, and, curiously enough, for got to pay his board bill. The Press says : It is quite often we hear of a run on the bank-' Things have changed. . Yesterday our citizens witnessed the anamaly of a bank on the run. The last seen of the bank of Johnson & Co., it was making a straight coat tail through the Erie Railroad woodshed to ward tho woods-" ' An old maid, who has her eyes a little side ways on matrimony, says : "The curse of this war is, that it will make many widows, who will be fierce to get married, and who will know bow to do it. Modest girls will staud no chance at all." The Rebel papers speak: of Gen. Bntlcr as "Butler the- beast." They no doubt think him the big beast of the Apocalypse. They must be awfully scared. Many who dress extravagantly should be as much ashamed of their clothes as Adam and Eve were net having any. If Humphrey Marshall wants to crush the Union cause in Kentucky, he bad better sit down upon it. . ; ; , . Tho bride elect of Prince of Wales is named Alexandria Caroline Maria Charlotte Louisa Julls. : : . -'!: .:' ' ANECDOTE 07 A TEACHEE-SOLDIES. The following anecdote ot a teacher soldier, was related by Prof. Wickersham in bis lec ture on "Awakening Mind." Tho incident narrated occurred at the battle of Fair Oaks. We would have given it a plaoe in our report at the time had our columns allowed it it is too good to be lost : A rebel battery, handled in a masterly man ner, was mowing our men down, and it seem, ed impossible to drive it from its position. The General, seeing this, rode up to the Cap tain of a Lancaster county company. 'Cap tain, 1 want some ono who will go out between these armies and shoot the officer in command of that battery." "Why, General, it's cer tain death to attempt it I" "I know it; but you see how that fire is decimating our ranks.' Is there no nan willing to sacrifice himself?" "I'll see," replied the captain, as he turned to his company. "Boys, who of yon is wik ling to go out between these armies, and shoot yonder officer ?" A young man stepped out of the ranks "I'll go." ' He went, seemingly to c-Ttain death. Craw ling along, he finally reached a slight eleva tion behind which ho was partially sheltered. There was a crack of his rifle, but the ball mis sed its mark. Again steady aim a puff of smoke I The officer is seen to throw up his arms. His gunners spring to catch him as he falls. Tho battery is forced to abandon . its position. The brave soldier returns unharm ed. "And," said the Professor in a burst of enthusiasm, "I would have searched the ar my through, but I would have taken that young man by the hand and said to him, It was bravely done I"" He was a teacher from this county. I will give you his name Geo, K. Swope! Lancaster (Pa.) Express. . Goincj to Rest. Did you ever know a child, though half dead with play, who was willing to gojto bed ? How they will wink, open their poor eyes, and stare about, and linger round the bright lamps, and plead for a reprieve, "just a little longer, just five or ten minute !" Time will cure them of. that soon enough, poor things, so don't try to teach them the les son now. Let them "sit up," before tho evil days come when sleep is the most coveted boon on earth ; when they dread nothing so much as waking to a Dew day, and its repetition of weary struggles with wrong and wrong doers, lighted by glimpses of sunshine so few and so transient. Cro-yd into the children's in-scect-lile all the happiness you can, that they may have that at least, to look back upon, when theyjhavc po Joqger the wishyor the pow er to "sit np." ' Good Places to Live. Cedarburg, in Ozaukee county, : Wisconsin, gives 346 Dem ocratic votes to 3 Republican, but , is beaten by MarshSeld, in Fon du Lac, county, which, gives 307 Democratic votes, with "nary a one for the Opposition." . A man could have soma peace of mind in Marshfield. Democratic Exchanges. . ... , . a It was in this same delightful region, cal led Ozaukee county, that the recent anti-draft riot took place. These Democratic masses wouldn't make up their quota by volunteer ing, and determined to resist tho efforts of tha authorities to complete it by draft! What a delightlul place this would be for a genuine Vallandighamer I Will our Vallandigham co temporaaies still complain that their party has furnished a majority of the volunteers ? Don't White There. "Don't writo there," said one to a lad who was writing with a dia mond pen on a pane of glass in the window of a hotel. "Why not ?" was the reply. "Be cause you can't rub it out." There are other things which men should not do, because they cannot rub them out. A heart is aching for sympathy, and a cold, perhaps a heartless word is spoken. The impression may be mora durable than the diamond npon the glass. The inscription on the glass may be destroyed by the fracture of the glass, but the impres sion on the heart may last forever. On many a mind and many a heart there are sad inscrip tions, deeply engraved, which no effort can erape. We should be careful what we writo on tho minds of others. An Old Acquaintance. Lord Chief Jus tice Holt, when a young man was vory dissi pated, and belonged to a club of wild fellows, most of whom took an infamous course of life. When his lordship was engaged at the old Bailey a man was convicted of highway rob bery, whom the Judge remembered to have been one of his old companions. Moved by curiosity ; Holt thinking the man did not know him ; asked what had become of his old associates. The culprit, making a . low bow, and fetching a deep sigh, replied "Ah my lord, they are all banged but your lordship and I." , Bread has just been made from corn eigh teen hundred years old, found at Pompeii.' Moreover, it is said that a bitoh of eighty-one' loaves from a Pompeiian oven, oddly prcserv-' ed from the beat of the lava by a thick coat--ing of ashes, has also been discovered in the recent explorations of the ruins. "Can you tell me how the word "saloQD' is spelt ?" was asked of a cockney by a quizzf- cal fellow. "Certainly," said the Londoner,' with a look of triumph, "there's a ucss, and t hay, and a hell, and two hoes, and ahon,." -' i A nr -ir
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