. IXRMS OF TIII3 AMl:illCA." HENRY rCMASSER, rimusaaiia ao JOSEPH EISELY. $ Piopiktok. II. It. .W.f: SSKH, Editor. omen is mwkkt ithut, wia- nr.nn. THE" AMERICAN" in published cery 8a(ur day nl TWO DOLLARS per annum to be p.iiJ half yearly in advance. No paper discontin ued ti l kLi arrearages are paid. No suh'criptiniM received for a lea period thin ait moxtii. All communication or letters on husing4 relitin; to tho oHtcc, to insuro attention, ninat be POST PAID. From the Danville Democrat. Til K TO SI II. T TUK BIT. ALrKKU LnVllKlltlACK. 'Tia Ihtc tb:it meni'ry w.ikc her fondest thouglila. And pure air ction kindles np h r fire; - , Where fiien l-hip tear a irituiVe. sheds her tears ; And ii'in-t t-la tune to m urnful aruina the Ivre. St mil tiut alone, and view the num'rou p tea Which indicve where ca b poor mortal lay : Here waves the gra a theic bloom tbo op'uing fljw'ra, Which atr. v the m.uiid whcic reals ilio lump of c'ay. "I he raging tempest, swpcp'nn o'er tlic earth, 1 )i -turb ' no sleeper ri bis dusiy b. d i 'Mid tailh's commotion, and the d n of w.ir, still re t ai-rcne tin tnyri u!a of the dead. J'he opening spring, cl.i'he I with thousand smi'es; The warbling liir ! the Irigr.inct! of ihe roc I'lin grateful aiitii'iin helping eifn on mm Ml ak in vain to bnok Ilia deep rcpoec. Dr s'lonld ihc a irrowing y ut .ful widow go, I'o bathe with tears an humble aHit a dear, njtrll liuw w.i'inaiill hums her early love, lio spiaks in vjin in viiin ahe drop the le.ir. I'here heslhc infant, cill'd away ere crime I;iil left its imj res slutiiheiing in the grave Jesuit) tlii! m nach, who now findi in death V tyrant arm, from which tin br.be can save, 'hern end nur lo Is md fia a i tr ct no inure; Ycre hatted ccas 'lis ihc hoi.se ol re-t ; 'lu re foes nniy hlinn'icr Kiu ly, .Lie by hide, 'or waving pa-i his there isturlt mi hrcas'. : at then the thought of b ing food for woiius, Jul spend. ng ag a in the lonely tomb : 'o think, to loo I, t lo.e, to art n i more, ut dwell 'mid silent uui cn.l doom ! 'ho thoughts were and, did we n t hear one a y, 'here conieaa bright, nor v ry d.xliii.t dcy, hen all the tie d shall hear n tiumpet voice, lid Walking millions tit i'a sound nj ii'C. hen seas shall roll tl.eir myriads to the a'inre, nd ear h shall give liir tens i f thoua mils o'er ; ml tin n a youth i in id irlal bom the skies hall clothe our firm, a voice shall bid us r'a ', r'hcie wasting sickness lingers no', nor deaih lull In cat lio on in n .igaii tits chilling breath, or il a:li shall yi. I.I to Chri t his sovereign away, l d like a .me c nqueicd monster led away, ill cic li nn If while man li ill v. r le-t. t here nil .a pence, and pious souls are blcs'd. 'V STOjTOKY , AMMIC AN. ;'v-:. AND SIIAMOK1N JOURNAL." ' Suubnrv, VoUImt.ilM i laiul . Punimdaj, January ilO, lll. is nil the time becoming fillcJ with dust, which adds to its impurity. If water is used irpon a stove, tu preserve or pro duce moisture In a room, the use of two or three quarts of dry sand in nn iron vessel will he found the best means of heating it." In this case, place in the sand a glass or earthen vessel, contain ing clear water, and let it be . changed every day, and the vessel wasltcd as or ten as the water is chanroi?. A valve at top (if a window to a room, is lar pre ferable to water, lo preserve the quality of the atmosphere of the room or apart ment. The use of water in the public streets in the heat of summer, has but one good effect, viz: that of laying the dust and preventing it from injuring merchandize in stores, and the furniture in houses where the doors and windows are kept open in heat of summer. I5ut the at mosphere is rendered very impure by such means, and the gutters more ofi'cn sivc. It is the water in the gutters that causes the unpleasant ellluvias to arise, and not the dryness of them. A dry atmosphere is always healthy, although the heat may bo great; but a hot and moist atmosphere is invariably unheal thy. Heat and moisture produce ani mal and vegetable putrefaction and de composition: Take, for instance, the grass cut down by the farmer for the purpose of making hay if it be put into the harn moist, or wet, it and rot. So it is with berries, cherries, has recovered her health, has given birth to uTme calf, and yields her milk as usual. ' ilotv to boil Ii-lSIi Potatoes. vcrv inueh upon the manner in w hich they are prepared for the table. Some cooks always have heavy, hard, wate ry potatoes ; .w hile others, for the most part, have them dry. mealy, and excel lent. This diilerenec dejiends, gener ally 'upon the difference of cooking. The first cook puis the potatoes into cold water, warms them through by a slow fire, and cools thein as slowly; while Ihc other puts them into boiling water, stirs the fire till they arc ji'.st nix, takes them out immediately, throws a wet cloth around them, and gently squeezes each with the hand till il cracks open, for the watery particles to escape in the form of steam, the peals litem, anil they arc exactly right. Hv this plan almost any pot a too will cat well. Nashville Agriculturist. ."iulionul Vanity. Among the anecdotes in point and in illustration of ihc different phases of vanity Morton M'Michacl l'.sq., in his la!c lecture, related one of M. I.e Sac, a famous French dancing master in (neeii Anne's reign, who when he , . ! I,.. , .1 1 l, .t 1 1,., iiui I,. ;..;. . t.. i.... Wl il IllOUll I '" (null wiilii,lil?llil?Millln- man ami lover ol Literature ..Mr. liar '!l t II I. 1, , apples and peaehes if these arc dried 10.v? "ccn raiseu to an r,arin.m. ex i i.niiiuii ii tu, i wound wiiiii ine Queen could see in him. 1 taught him in clear weather, and kept dry, they may be thus preserved for almost any length ol tune. I lie same w ilhjerkei beef, sausages, &e. t eat Mm arc generally Farmers. GfcoiuiE Wasiiincito.v, the father of dependence, and great benefactor of s race, when public duty permitted, voted all the energies of his well bai led mind to the improvements of a iculture at Mount Vernon, Virginia, lcre he died. lie corresponded with r John Sinclair, and other distinguish husbandmen of the age, upon various provements indispensable to good ming. Some of his agricultural e stlcs have been preserved as cverlas ig; monuments of his goodness and njatness. oiix Adams the second President, in the language of Mr. Jctferson, llje great pillar and support in the Do arntion of Independence, and its ablest dvocate and champion on the floor of he house," was a farmer in Quiiicy, Massachusetts. Thomas Jk.jtkusox, the third Prcsi lent, died a farmer at Monticcllo, Va. Jamks Madisox, the fourth President, vas a great admirer of agriculture. Jamks Moxuok, the lifih President, .vas a good farmer, and a very correct usticc of the peace in the county of London, after his retirement from the Presidency. .Tonx Q." Adams the sixth President :f the United States, was and is a far mer at Quiucy, near IJoston. Andrew Jacksox, the seventh Presi dent, is a farmer in our immediate neighborhood. His Hermitage" plan tation is one of tho most beautiful situ ations in tho Tinted States, and were he to quit cotton, read agricultural pa pers a little more, and study carefully the improvements nature suggests in this country, his indefatigable exertions even in his old ago, would make him a first rate farmer, Mmitix Van IJl'rkx, the eighth Pre sident, is a farmer at Kinderhook; an excellent judge of sheep, and successful wool grower. William Hexiiv I Iakkisox, the ninth President elect, of the Union, is a far mer, and a first rate w heat grower, at North liend, Ohio. An overwhelming inaioritv of the voters of the United Status are nraetieal farmers, and it is out of the quostion to think of any other man boing President but a larmer. Agriculturist. Ileal ami Moisture. correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, thus discourses lilt idesn subjects : The 'lacing of water in iron vessels nnon stoves, in close rooms is of very doubtful utility. 1 frequently notice a vcrv unpleasant smell arising Irom wa ler which lias been suffered to remain vrweel on stoves, until it is nearly c- .....ni,.,l in rooms and stores. This healthv. Watcrinaves J WV-i ...... . .. Ktove. unless it Immis, wi soon Ikjcoiiic ofVonsivc, and is injurious it becomes impure and putrid from being kept warm, and add;u io mis, Slccl Ore. We have just seen various instru ments, knives, shears, plane irons, &c, cast from Steel Ore, as taken from a bed in the town of Duanc, Franklin county. In the course of last year, 15. S. Ro berts, Ivsq., who was employed as Civil Hngineer, to survey a route for the Ogdensburgh and Champlain Railroad, and to make a geological and minerolo gical examination of a portion of Clin ton and Franklin, struck upon a vien of magnetic oxide of iron, which, accord ing to the report, is "distinguished from the other minerals of the region by its capacity of yielding directly from a process of smelting a substance posses ing nil the physical and chemical pro perties of muntifactured steel." The analysis of this ore has been effected by Thomas l Clemson, an eminent Ame rican chemist in Paris, and has been found to be composed as follows : Iron and scoria, l- tv! Iron alone, l'i 'JO The parts possessing the pro- pert ics of steel, ked ' t'ancc fr two years, and never Knew a more stupid fellow. AKiu to this species of vanity, was that of a chimney-sweep in London, who in J looking at Oarrick with a sooty friend, said "Dont point at him, Hill. You don't know what you may come lo yourself." Thus one ( Juoon lmd Lccn "praised for her golden tresses, who had not a hair on her bead ; and while a, venal poet w as ollering incense lo the majestic mien and lofty statue of ano ther, a friend said to him "be careful, lest by your flattery, you tempt her to rise and show how short she is." Ku can, in bis Pharsalia, implored Nero, when he ascended to heaven, be careful on which side he sat, and not by sitting too much on one side, to overbalance the Universe. All had heard of a dedi cation to "thunder and the First Con sul" and praises had been given to Louis XIV. to "him and the Deitv" The flatterer evidently and impiously giving the monarch the preference. Such was personal vanity and some of its effects. I low much nobler w as the conduct of Alexander, w ho when Aris tobulus, the (I reek historian who ac companied the Macedonian conqueror in his expeditions recited this mon arch's victories over Porus to himself, Alexander upbraided him for thus be a w itch in ihc estimation of certain folks, and of course she becomes respon sible for all the unaccountable mischief which is done in .the neighborhood. Think of all this to happen in Philadel phia in IS 11. Ledger. Ax IIoxokahi.e Example. The fol lowing we find in the Mavsv ille Fagle. It is related of Mr. ( 'raddock a member of the Kentucky Senate from the coun ties of Hardin and Meade : "Sir," said Mr. C. "What 1 have said here to-day w as said in a rough w ay, tind if it has wounded a Senator. I hope he will attribute it to no unkind feelings, but to my want of the polish of education, fsir, your Superintendent of Common Schools has said, that there are many men of family in this Com monwealth, who can neither read nor w rite, and it is but true, niv ow x mar riage bond has my mark to it, and mv son, wim now sits in the other House, wfls a stout boy when 1 learned to write." Mr. C. is now not only a respectable Senator, but a good lawyer. What more need be said in his praise ? Uxiommox Cam-. We saw yester day, at "Head Quarters," a calf, seven teen months old. which weighed !." lbs. It was raised by Mr. Joseph Smith, of Springfield township. New Jersey, and we have never seen one at that age which would compare with it in beauty, size and weight. Philadel phia Cluonicle. Vol. I o. XX, e "Th City of Cairo. The Sangamon (I I.) Journal sai: "A allip ia now contracted to l e built at Cairo the eiiauing eurmnrr, designed for a regular traJer between that city and Liverpool! Stall not reader! This ia moit ceituinly true; and Un yeata will hard ly paaa before ahipa fro n the ore. in will unloul iluir cargoes at Cairo city, which will then b a port of entry, and will take that rank among the ciiies of the Wcol to which her unrivalled po-ition un- italk'd in uiiy portion of the world will cniiile l.rr. We will iuld Li this article the f.iet thai (tie em bankment, which will ciicIoho JUOJ acres, will 1 compte'ed in June; alter which an nveifl w uf the city will no longer lie upp'chend' d." 'J'hi.i cmbriy cny we believe it a'rendy ha a charier ia aitu.ited at the extreme KOU'hern point ol lilinoi-i, nn the pen: inula formed by the junction of the Ohi i and MiaM-'aippi livers. i'uicf.s or 4mxRrisi.?u. I a;naro 1 inacrtion, . ft) M) 1 do S do . . 0 75 I do 3 di - - . . 1 (H) Hvnry aubtenuen' Inerlii n, 0 25 Yiar'y Advctliiements, (with the privilege ol alieration) one column f 20 ; half column, (19, three aipmres, 12; two atjuarra, f$ ; one t-ji'.are, $3. Without the privilege of alteration a liberal discount will be made. - Advcrtiaerncnla clt wiilior.t direction! a to th leiiitth of time the ore to bo publihco, will ba c.mtinuoj until ordered out, and charged accord ingly. Cj'Sixtcen line make a square A BAJUIT. A dandy ia a chap that WO'UJ He a young lady if he could, But as be can't, dot j all bo can To show that I e is not a man. CA .Ml From this analysis it appears that the MUUI 'II' 'tlllLAUl llll ?llliltl II. I- I 1..11IIV- , . . . I t .1 i.- r .i i t endeavoring to excite Ins vanity, snatcli- mg from the smelting of this mineral ... . ... .... are inherent, and nof the result of any j cd ,lic J ' ,llc ' 'ver. new or peculiar process of assay. 1 low- , w,,,.,,,.,.,. uc7l wl. ever little the world maybe prepared j to give credit to the existence of such a For several days past some excite m moral in the state of an oxide, the fact mcnt has prevailed in the neighborhood is now loo well established to admit I f Charlotte street, Northern Liberties, even of scepticism, and no one who will i relative to certain enchantments sunno examine the edged tools and cutlery of j sed to be practised on the persons of se al! Kinds that have during the past sea son been cast from this mineral, and cut out into most of the cities for sarn ies, can do so great violence to his own senses as to doubt any longer the cxis. t . I I... ......a..... I . .: - l I fence of a "natural steel, irom w men. oum pnii.iiu w iv the simple process of moulding and casting razor blades, penknives, shears, lane irons, gouges, axes of all sizes ami escriptions, and every variety of tools of the machinist and carpenter's shop, are at once produced, having all the . . i ... i import ics ami best qualities 01 mo pu rest stee verai cniiurcn. i ne symptoms oi su pernatural influence are discovered in an astoniidiing degree of crossness in the littleinnocents.an incessant scream ing and kicking, which is said to be stowed on tho ilolicato hides ol tin young sullercrs. One child is reported to be pinched all over as blue as an in diiro bar. and to be in perpetual danger i .r i", it:.... 1..:....., a Ol l.llllll Hll lllH MI3. Jl J'llni- cian, (not of the regular school we pre sume,) pronounces tho casus to bo evi dent witchcraft, and has commenced The great advantages of this steel j the process of exorcism. Hitherto his are, thai it can be shaped to the puriHise required by casting, instead 01 the ex pensive process of hammering, and that the tool made is wholly of steel, and not, as in ordinary cases, the edge only. The discovery of this mine appears to us of great importance. A. l . American. A Vow with rt Wooden 1ak. A foreign journal mentions that n valuable cow, in consequence of a mis step, or some other unknown accident, fell und broke her leg. The best sur gical aid was immediately called for, but on examination u was found neces- labors have been unsuccessful, because, he says the parents have not sufficient faith ni the undertaking. The mother of the children believes devoutly, but the father as yet proves himself an ob stinate infidel as far as witchcraft is concerned. It is the opinion of some of the neighbors that nothing can be done for the poor little creatures until their papa will candidly acknowledge himself a jackass for denying the reality of the necromancy. In the meanw hile, many speculations are alloat concerning the personal identity of the witch; a very ancient lady living in the neighborhood is chiefly suspected. One account says that a man perceived a beautiful white The Poor IikIIiiii. the B lemliil region of ttio "Fur Went" which l;e bitwcrn Mbanuri and the IlorVy .Nfounlaina, there are livjitt at lhi moment on the prairie, vari ou tribi a, who, if left to themcelv. a, would continue for ae a to live on the DuiTilo which rrwr the plains. The akina of those animal', however, have become vnliial.lc to tho whiten, and accordingly this hcauii fill crnl verdant country, and these brave and inde pendent people have lieen inviuhd by the white tradi-M, who, by piying them a pint of whbk'y for each akin, (or'rodc' a thiy are termed in America.) which sct'a at New York for ten or twelve doltir, induce them to slaughter Ihese animaU in immense numbeia leavinR their flesh, the fond of the Indi mt to rot and putrify in tie ground. No admonition or cau'ion can air ft for a m intent the propelling power of the whiskey. Accordingly in all diiec lions these poor thouphiless hcinc are neen luri.iui.lv ri ding under iu iiiduince in pur.Miii of their gime, or in other words, in the filal exchnrige of f od for poison. Il lius been very allenlivrly calculated by the Irnd rs who m mage to collect per urntim, fiom l.r)(l,(l00 to 200,(100 I iitT.l i akina, at the rule which llicae an inula lire diapoat d nf, in tell years lli y will be killed i IV. Whenever that event happens Mr. Catliri very justly piojihecies that UoO.OOO Iniliaiia now living in a pi iin of nearl ill roc thouau d inilci in extent, nmat die f.r s'arv.ition, and Income a pa y to 'he wolves, or tint they must nt k d the pow eifjl neigliho in? liiU's of the Uocky Mouniaini!, or in ullcr phrei 7.y of dispatr mi!i '.ijion the white pop ulation in the f ularu hope nf liiolo.lyiiig il. In the twoaberiiu ive. there exist" nochanie ; mid we have therefore t'ie appullii'g rc!l ctiou I efnre u, ill it 350,. 000 l.idiili li.usl a mil be a ided lo the dismal lii-t of iho.c wh i hive abeady withered un I l isjppiaud leuvinir their country to bluom and tUmrUU in the p.sesion nl the pi.geny of another w o, I.!. V '"" It rlil .Vr.'in. Tliu rhiUdrlphM t'. S. (J .i ite pu h Ins the f,.llowiii! auecdote respectint; llie htio jiiiuiI Wd lian s, K.ii. fi rmerlv a dintiiinui-lnd Imiker in I. on don, w ho d e l t.ikt weik in 13 on uui : One li nk t-tnrmv instil while ut sen, Mr. Wil liams left the deck below with an inteiili hi of re- paliinn m ilic ilei k of Ihe vi sa I. lie ascended ihe companion way, (lace ot entrance lo, and egress from, Ihe ship's c.tbin ) feeiing his w;iy along in ut tcr dail.nr.-a. 'I'be storm as how hnj, iiuj every rope above Inn seemed s:ruug to some sirange inel inly, wh.le t e i-pray wis ilashing wil l'y o n llie bows uf the hi'. Jut as Mr. W. leached the J. ck the darkness mi one ride seemed lo thiikeu, and the noiso of the water locomu in moie iiregulol . ; sud denly top 's p s ed over his head and along the I re. ml of the nslniiii'.ie.l nun. He seized Ihem al most iiivolunl.il il y, Mid held ihem with a convulnivc gra-p. An awful crai-h lit, lowed, and he w a born uuwaid by the rigging on whiih he had seized, while the deck winch bud suitiiiud his feet had umk lenealh bun. A larger vesot'l had run d wu his own, and he and perhaps unoiher who saved us by inira. le, to tell ihe siory nf di's'ruction, lor the Ijrer ship weni booming ouwiid in her couisc, unj not a try was beaid from the jieiiHtiing men, nor wjs a iciinuiil fuuml of Ihe shattered bark. All weie In lue deep bosom if ihe oceau buried." Pnlcsdne. Snnie of ihe lending DrilL-h journals notv prop 'an lli.il ttie .lews ah iuld le allowed to purchase the land of Palratine. Aa Tyrkey is in want of money, llii cou'd bo easily i fleeted and Great Bril Hin would,have a mo'ive fur jirottcting Iticm in th it former conntry. For this purpo-e she would tie o tiliged to hold Acic and one or two other strong poin s on the cnnht of yrin, and thus her d irl ng pol cy wi ul. I be inaint. lined with the show uf public exie,lie-ny. l-nl s her present government Lreak iih wiih IheirTory ndvis rs, snmo very sound rea- miii will le found for holding 8t. Jean de Acre, or I e liibniiti r and Mutla furnish no historical ptec- leir. ll iplitl Adioeate. The following extract if a letter from a tenth - man in Ireland to his friend in this city has bicn handed to ii fur j ubl cation : " lomu, Nov. 10, 140. "Vou have d.iu'illcM tioliced in the puldic p ints the great progrcfa which Tenmnee it makiiig in this couo'rv under tlie au-pirea nf the illu-tiious i.clate Father Maitbow, nf llie Catholic ('hunh. I'hey indeed give you but a very imperfect idea nf ihe great revolution that has taken place in (be hah- its of people. It is now a late sight to see a drunk en man in our streets eicn on a market day. In tiuth, the greatest drunkards have become iho most roVr men. More than one third of the inkeepera have declined renewing ttieir licenses, and hive a bandomd ite business. The distillers have turned their attention to other pursuits ; and it is a remark able f icl that none of the members of our seciety h ue as yet broken their pledge." Unit. Amtr. 9am Slick titters some queer sayings. Ha ba more truth than poefy in many of his hits, such, for i nut ance, as thcfollowing, touching feKala curiosity; "Nothin, squire, ever stops a woman when her curi- onily is oneo up, especially if she be cutinuS to know something about herself. Only hold a scret In your hand lo her, and it's 14a a bunch of catnip; aho'It jump and fri-k, and frolic round like every thing, and riever give over puiriti' and coaxiu' of you U.l she go's il." A VatuanLK IUid of II us. The Mon'reol papers sjy that a hundred thousand American lives will p iy for every hair of Mcl.cod's head which may 1 Snju'od. Wc do beseech Mr. McLeod, says the N. V. Ta'tler, lo take precious care of his pre cious hair ; and be extremely careful what barber he emp oys lor a great ileal depends upon It. Si icinr. The eloquent Dow, Jr. eayt a man who hangs himself because he can't catch Gsh ex hibi s the moral of ruicide. He says you all cast your hope-baited hook into tho troubled wator of tho world; and if you dju't catch something more than a gudgeon, inslotitcr if your anticipations arc not fully realized forthwith yuu go and maka J ud.Mes of yourselves f What folly ! what stupidi ty ! I tcil yuu, my brethren, lo keep on bobbing the fish will bite by and by ! VfcRT Uoor. Tlio U.iBlon Post lolls a slory uf a down-cast miliia captain who, on receiving a note from a lady requesting " the pleasure ol his com pany, understood it as a compliment to those un der bis command, and marihod the wholo uf ihem to the lady's house. How Natural! Tho Bay SStato Democrat tells Ibis anecdote of a Duston Physician of tho old en timo. Win n a young man, he occupied a cham ber cepcrate from that of a married couple by a thin partition ; ono cold night he h-ard the rough voico of the husband grumble out, ' ttJtt away your cold hijckt .'" to which his wife replied, in a querulous tone. "Ah ! you did not speak lo me so when Wi were fust married then you used to say to me, " take away your little footty tootsys .'" How very natural. sary lo amputute the limb. The ope- rabbit playing in the yard, and chased it ration took place, and ihe operator sue- j into an out house, when it was sudilen ceeded in replacing the leg w ill) one of ly transmogrified into the old lady just wood. Since the operation, the cw referred to.' This story show her to Put. Mr.KTtJio or Trta 1'olTs. In the city, well known lo every bedy, if ihey ran find out the name a poetical genius was hauld up beforo a poetical - . !: - .1 . magistrate lor kn-sing a girl anu KicKing ii a uusi, mid the following interesting dialogue ensued : Magistrate. Is your name John Jay t Prisoner. Yes, your honor, so tho people say. M..i. Was it you thai kissed ihe girl, and raised ihe alarm pri, Yea, your honor, but I thought it was no harm. Mg. Vou uscal ! did you come heie to muke rlivniL'.- ! No, our honor, hut il will happen some t.in. s. M.ig. He off, you so imp, get out of n,y sigh', pris. Thank'ee, your honor, then I'll bid yuu good icgh'. Fi x all to a lOi'BTsiiir "Flora, ah! dear est F lor .iI am emne ah ! Flora I come to oh ! 1 you can decide mv fate I come, my Flora ah !" I se jou, Malcolm, erfectly. You are come; you tell me inn resting inU lligence cciluuily. Well what next 1" Oh Flori ! I am come to lo " "To offer me your hcait and hand, I supp'J V Yes!" "We'l, do it like a man then, and not like u mon key." "Pluitue take your relf-posaession," exclaimed I, fuddenly stalling up from my knee, upon which I had fallen in an uttitude that might have won the approval of Madam de Maillaite Fraise, "you make me aiiham'd of niyelf." "Proceed, ir," auid Flora. "You l.ke bieviiy, il would seem." "Yes," lepl'ud Flora. 'Then will you marry m 1" "Yes." "Will you give me a kiss I" "You may take one." I look the pioflVred Wis. "Now this is going to work rationally," sa d Flora ; "when a thing is lo be naid. why may it not 1h said in two secends instead of slultering and siaiumerii g two hour about ill 'h! hiw cordi ally do I hate all iiaiscnca!" exclaim, d the merry maiden, clasping my hand energetically. "We I then,'' said I, "humbuic "part, what day shall we fix on for our marriage I" An Ohio editor, in recording the career of a ma 1 dog, siys : " We are grieved to say that tha rabid animal, before it could be killed, seriously bit Dr. Hoag, and several oier dogs." There is something of novelty, it is true, but not less of reason, in the proceeding of a late esteemed n iniNtcr of New England, who, at the close of a very Indly sung psalm, read another to the choir. I aaing "You mut tiy again; it is impossible to . resell al.er such singing : Bos. Jour. " I J0IS150 COSTRtSTS LIETH LOTx's PX- liohts." A few evenings iiince, in West Folicia na, Louisiana, a Mr. Tomb, about 25 years of age, espoused a Mrs. Duller, who had arrived at the ma tronly ae ol 05. It is quite naiural that Mr. Uut b r, at her age, should think of has.tining to the 7'oii'i. A Hsiiisl.urg pnpei gives a case of absence of mind in tho following way : UA girl who was ono of our first loves, was one night lighting us out, af ter having passed a delightful evening, and in bash ful trej iJuiion she blew us out of the door, and drew tho candlestick ln-hind the door, and kissed it I" A pohtieul orulor, who wished to gammon some Germans jut previous Ij an election, in unlet to ub lam ibeir vole, observed, that he wus not a lieonan himself, bul he had a biuiln r who was reufa.ha' ly fnul nf tlrrnwn km ''' A Dxak Wirs. l.md W r was U'k'n verv sour and blue at a long bill fioin Madame C'a radau Carsuu'a enUrged, not cnlri.cieJ by her la dyship. "W , my love," said htr ladyship in a tone of U witching aniinnsu, ara you angry wiih uie, lhl y.m look so very cio. !" "Far fioui il, my deai." icph.d hi 1 ndidiip, "1 f' l at th.s mo meiii v u aie rocrr ! me ih.m f.i," Kmokixo them oi t. The three persons arrea ted bul recently in Ohio, for killing and robbing numlier of Indians, attempted to break out a fovr days since, by firing the jail. All that they ac complished was to kill their companions, lb fits, and nearly sufloca'e thems Ives. A correspondent of the London Morning Tost gravely s iys ' Hy the explosion at Acre 2000 souIm were shaitered into I0,0H0 atorni'm an instant!" Five atoms are therefoie equal to one soul. Pheciskli to. "Mv dear," said a hunband to his auction jte le'ter half, after matiimonial squ ilble, " ju nexer will be permitted to goto heaven." "Why not !" "lteciuse jou will be wanted ait torment down Ucluw." Crcsctnt City. "Do you like novels ' sold a Miss Languish t.1 her up country lover. I cuu't say," answered he "for I uevtr ale any, bul I'll tell you what, I'm deal! ou a young ponaum." "Do you know Mr. !"uktdone friend o an oilier, releiing to an old ycniU-uian, who wa fuinuus fir his fondness of ihe extiact of hops, "Ye, sir, I know him well." "What kind ot i man is Le V " Why, in the morning w hen he get ut, be is a beer barrel, and in the evoning when h goes to IkaI, ho is a barrel oi'bccr." " Neighbor Towle, will yoc.r Patent Mediciu cure a cold ?" "('eilainly, sir; they are an infalliblo remedy.' - You will old go me then, if you will give tin weather a dose." "tiet cut, you impertinent." " My fiieuds," said a minister, ihe Sunday aft a monstrous smsll conliibudon, "when I said th chariiy was the love cf our fxeiit, I fear jou ui sloid me to say tft.ie. I liun-t on thia occaie you will not labs. unJei ti e sime nvttal.."
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