TERMS or THE " AMEIlICAJsV'
HENRY B. MA8SER, ? Pnummn,,
JOSEPH E 13 ELY. Pnop.irrotu.
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Whiskers Erect.
A person who cultivates hia Wldelters, ia apt to
neglect hia mind. Summon aaid that.
Oura grows spontaneously. CuL Greene.
It ia much that I'll a-k you lo leave trie I'll own,
Hut Oh ! leave mo my Whisker.', and leave me
lone ,V. O. Vic.
flon-t Licit man wort nach Doutscher art,
Und ictrwur bei ecinem bar )
Allrin seil lunger zciten her
Dj tragi man keiuebarte mehr. Seume. 1S11.
Time was when Germane kept theit word,
When aworn to by the I beard;
No more, A las 1 the oath ia heard,
Vol b'nrj have disappeared.
0.1'ERT.
Did not fiom this nri-e
The epithet of bare-fared lie 1 Democrat.
Oil, how much time there ha been lost!
What toil nu I trouble it has coat
To slssve the chin !
And than the torture lo the head !
What lots of t. m l there have been shed I
How many co'lars col r d red
lly loss of skin !
"How like a heir around ihy throat 1
O, what a chin! a giat t n g at!"
Same people shoot.
Is that the re son then you shave !
Are yiu to beasts simuch tho slave!
Then don your beards .ind trouhle save.
Ap'S go without. Sorfulk Ouz.
escrlplIoii or the African I'ola
loc The Yam Massicot, or potatoe of St.
Domingo, and supposed to bo a native
f Africa, is raised in the garden of Mr.
ohn Michel, of Charleston, from cut
ings of the fruit. It does not produce
l the earth, but grows upon a vine
vhich runs upon trees to the height of
.venty or thirty feet. Each vine bears,
lore or less numerously, from twenty
thirty potatoes of the kind here shown.
Ianyofthem are twice or thrice the
ze of these, while others are smaller,
'he vine is rich and luxuriant; the
uil issues from the several joints, is
rgc and beautifully shaped like a heart,
lie plant readily grows in open air,
id, it is thought, would be particular
fiuiiful in a warm, sandy region like
arnwell, if planted with a southern
en exposure, against woods upon the
orth. The woods would serve for
ne to run upon, w hich, in the garden
j Mr. Michel, is planted afoot of the
3e which supports its fruit. This po
a toe is described as being superior in
i(, vor to the Irish potatoe. It is not
w'ept. It is cooked in the same way
vitfi all other potatoes may be boiled,
)iiKed or roasted, and when cooked is
said to be of a bright Gamboge color.
Kentucky Farmer.
The Importance ol' Water.
The best water for horses is soft,
fresh and pure rain, river or pond wa
ter; and it is absolutely necessary, to
preserve health in the stable, that a con
stant and ample supply sdinuld boon the
premises. In order to effect this, when
well or spring water is the only water to
be obtained, it should be put into troughs
having someday and chalk at the bot
tom, and softened before use by the ex
posure to the sun and air. Such is the
effect a change of water has been known
to produce, in a horse, that in some in
stances even the loss of a great race has
been, with much of reason, ascribed to
this cause alone; and careful trainers
have even gone so far as to carry with
a horse, on the eve of an important en
gagement, a supply of the water he has
t)ecn accustomed to. Whyte s British
Turf.
Durable Polish Tor rurniiiirc.
Take your table to the cabinet ma
kerand make him plane oil the w ax or
varnish, then take some very fine sifted
brick dust, mix a little sweet oil with it,
just enough to make it stick together
like flour : rub this mixture on the wood
with a pumice stone, until it is perfectly
smooth: then add some spirits of wine
or strong old whiskey, and continue
rubbing until you have the required po.
lish, which will be the more beautiful
and far more durable than varnish.
Water may bo thrown upon it without
injury, and when by age the polish
becomes dim, you can in five minutes
restore its bcautv by rubbing it with a
cloth dipped in boiled oil, or by using
the brick dust, as at first.
Frussic Acid. An English paper
says, that cold water thrown upon an
animal poisened with this most destruc
tive acid, recovers immediately. A
Sentleman who wished to destroy a
og, gave him several drops, but seeing
that he seemed to linger, he threw him
into a pond of water, w hen to his as
tonishment, the dog swam out and de
clared himself well.
SUNBUffiY
Absolute acquie.crr.ee i the decisions of the
ny 9Iacr & Elcly.
.Substitute Tor the Sun.
The newly invented light of M. Gau
din, on which experiments were recent
ly made at Paris, is an improved modi
fication of the well known invention of
Lieut. Drummond. While Drummond
pours a stream of oxygen gas, through
spirits of wine, upon unslacked lime,
Gaudin makes use of a more cthcrial
kind of oxygen, which he conducts
through essences of turpentine. The
Drummond light is fifteen hundred times
stronger than that of burning gas: the
Gaudin light is, we arc assured by the
inventor, as strong as that of the sun,
or thirty thousand times stronger than
gas, and of course, ten times more so
than the Drummond. The method by
which M. Gaudin proposes to turn the
new invention into use is singularly
striking, lie projioscs to erect in th'c
island of Point iN'eiif, in the middle of
the Seine and centre of Paris, a light
house, five hundred feet high, in w inch
is to bo placed a light from a hundred
thousand to a million gaspipes strong,
the power to be varied as the nights arc
light or dark. Paris will thus enjoy a
sort of perpetual day, and as soon as
the sun of the heaven has set, the sun
of the Point Ncuf w ill rise.
Oxymcl.
The Oxymcl of the ancients, or a
weak solution of vinegar sweetened
with honey, is an excellent drink for
invalids. It gives tone and vigor to
the stomach and bowels, and is strong
ly antiseptic. This was the drink of Ro
man soldiers, lo protect themselves from
the diseases to w hich they were liable.
A weak solution of vinegar, sweetened
with a saccharine matter, with the ad
dilion of a little ginger, makes an ex
cellent field drink for the farmer, in hot
weather. A few grains of pearlash or
Salteratus, added to a tumbler of this,
makes a good temporary beer. These
drinks are good prophylactics in hot
weather.
To preserve Hams from Flies.
Take down the Bacon early in the
spring, and after sunning for several
hours, prepare a kettle of strong decoc
tion of elder, made by boiling tops and
bark, and while hot, immerse each
piece, holding it in a few seconds, then
hang up and smoke well (as before)
with green hickory. It is better than
red or Cayenne pepper, or ashes, or any
thing I have tried. Ken. Farmer.
Elder. An infusion of elder leaves
is recommended by an English paper,
as good to sprinkle over rose buds and
other flowers subject to blights and the
devastation of insects, lb.
Cheap Blacking. To make a cheap
blacking, take ripe elder berries and
mash them well, and after fermentation
takes place, strain out and bottle up for
use. I give it the preference to all li
quid blacking that 1 have tried. lb.
Early Tl rnips. Sow spring turnips
in February, or early in the spring, as
soon as the earth can be found in order
to receive the seed ; they come on at a
time of scarcity of vegetables, and are
much tenderer and better than those
kept over winter. An hour or two is
sufficient time to sow enough for a few
weeks use. I have raised them the two
last seasons, and my neighbors and
friends seem to admire them very
much. lb.
Dkied Pi-.MPKixs.-The potatoe pump
kin, or kershaw, when cut in small pie
ces and kiln dried like fruit, put in bags
and sunned occasionally, can be kept
for pies the year round, and is general
ly preferred by children to a fruit pie,
and easily cooked. This w e dry when
fruit is scarce. lb.
To destroy Hats and Mice. The
following has been recommended for
this purpose, and is worth the trial.
Take equal quantities of powdered oat
meal and unslacked lime ; mix them bv
stirring, w ithout adding anv linuid. and
put a small quantity in a place infested
by rats or mice; they will swallow this
preparation, become thirsty, and the
water they will drink will" slack the
lime, and destroy them.
Max ire is ExGLAXD.-Dr. Vie states
says Mr. Webster, the extraordinary
fact, that the value of the manure an
nually applied to the crops in England,
at current prices, surpasses in value the
whole amount of ihcir foreign Pom-merce.
AND SHAMOKIN JOUKNAL
majority, the vital principle of Republic., from which
SimlHiry, Iortliimibcrlanl Co.
Improvement In Iloat Ilulldlng.
Important. An eighty foot boat
can be made to pass through a sixty
foot lock. In all boats there are spa
ces, fore and aft, which carry no bur
den, and are necessary only to facilitate
their motion through the water. This
waste space is twenty feet in an eighty
feet boat. In England they make such
boats of sheet iron, in form" like a scow,
and the full length of the lock ; the bow
and stern pieces each ten feet long, and
of the usual form, and these hung on bv
stout hinges. In entering a lock these
are elevated perpendicularly in a mo
ment, by a simple contrivance, reducing
the length twenty feet. When the Iock
is passed they arc suffered to drop into
their position. The Schuylkill Naviga
tion Company should construct such a
boat at once. It would carry twenty
tons mono than the present boats.
Ex. Paper.
Itotary Engine.
An engine upon this principle has
been recently tried in Leeds, England,
in the presence of several engineers.
Its enormous power in so small a com
pass, (the whole machinery, with the
exception of the fly-w heel," being con
tained in a box two and three quarters
inches in depth and ten inches diame
ter,) surprised every one present ; the
speed was tremendous, making from
t-HiO to 700 revolutions per minute. Its
power was tested by placing breaks n
pon the fly-wheel, which was done to
the extent that the shaft was actually
twisted in two pieces, but no accident
occurred. It is the intention of the in
ventor to apply the machine to propel
carriages on common roads, for which
purpose it appears admirably adapted,
likewise for the purpose of marine na
vigation, where the small quantity of
loom u requires is a material considera
tion ; in short, it will answer all the
purposes wherein steam is reunited, and
the expense will be considerably abrid
ged. The inventor is Joseph Briggs,
watchmaker, of Leeds.
Father Matthew ami the 1'Iiysl
clau. The above reverend gentleman ap
pears to differ very much from the fa
culty ; and although he docs not seem
anxious to enter the list with them, still
he has run full tilt against them on
some important points. At the late
meeting at Johnstown, Father Matthew
alluded to the custom of the physicians
in recommending delicate ladies to
drink porter. "He would, instead of
that hog wash recommend milk; and
he would undertake a lady acting un
der his advice, would become stronger
than one acting under the advice of a
doctor, who recommended porter.
When ladies were nervous,
doctors ordered them the very drink
that produces continued cause of ner
vousness." Irish Paper.
Antidote against Marriage. Joy
says that if a man feels very much like
getting married, yet imagines he ought
not to, the best remedy he knows of, is
to help one of his neighbors move a
house full of furniture borrow about
nine of his children for three days, and
hear them cry. If that fail, build up a
fire of damp wood, and when the
smoke in the room is thickest, hire a
wontyi to scold him about four hours.
If he can stand all these, he had better
get married the next day; give his wife
the pants, and be the "silent partner" in
the great firm of matrimony. We think
the remedy is severe, but as every man
is liable to those things after he yokes
himself, it would do no harm to try it
before.
PoLTixn Rooms. The late President
John Adams, in his correspondence
with Mr. Cunningham, gives the fol
lowing definition of a Boudoir. An
excellent idea a thing that might pos
sibly be found useful in many dwellings:
"What is a Boudoir ? It is a Pouting
Boom. And what is a Pouting Boom !
In many gentlemen's houses in France
there is an apartment of an octagonal
form, twelve or fifteen feet across, and
thirty-six or forty-live feet round, and
all the eight sides, as well as the ceiling
above, are all of the most polished glass
mirrors; so that when a man stands in
the centre of a room he sees himself in
every direction, multiplied into a row
ofsejfs, as far as the eye can extend.
The humor of it is that w hen the lady
of the house is out of temper, w hen she
is angry, or when she weeps without a
cause, fche may be locked up in this
chamber to pout, and see in every di
. lection how Ix-autiful she ii."
AMERICAN.
there is
no app-nl hut to force, the vital principle
Io. .Saturday, February 6, Mil.
Newspapers.--A newspaper can drop
the same thought into a thousand minds
at the same moment. A newspaper is
an adviser, who docs not require to be
sought, but who comes to you of his own
accord, und talks to you briefly every
day of the common weal, w ithout dis
tracting your private affairs. Newspa
pers, therefore, become more necessa
ry in proportion ns men become more
equal, and individualism more to be
feared. To suppose that they only
serve to protect freedom, would" be to
diminish their importance: they main
tain civilization.-De Tocquevil'lc's De
mocracy in America.
Newspapers ix the United States.
According to a recent calculation,
there are now one thousand five hun
dred and fifty-five newspapers and o
thcr periodicals published in this coun
try; two hundred and sixty-seven in
New England, (Massachusetts one hun
dred aud twenty-four;) two hundred
and seventy-four in the state of New
York ; two hundred and Jifty-thrcc in
Pennsylvania, and one hundred and seventy-four
in Ohio. The next largest
number in a single state is sixty-nine,
and the smallest number three.
Horrittle Aitventurr.
At i he p. r od when Mmut was a!ou( to inv.de
Si' i!y, the hevalirr K , pay ma trr tjoi rr.d of
lb" Neapolitan force-, was (r ivalling llroiij'i Ci,!
n: r a fm the nrpore .f j ii ir p the arm' , I. a- ii g
I ot n to Naples tr rnuke nr angcrrriits for the irai s-
mifsiun ot n qu.an'iiy of spic e, llehnd s. nt ,m
his setter t b.il'iiic him, to prrp.ue bis q m t' rs M
the town v( , rs peeling lo nrriv.- ti.rre liiin
rc!f at nigV.lall; bi t lh ilny l ein: ve y mliy. h
hi'd loitC'-r.l on llir to id. and nt 9 o'ct" k in the
evening, found he w..s m I nt a c ! s'd r.ib'e dis
tance fr-'m the proposed end tf l;j j mrnry. He
was so much harr.-.ssid and fitigwd that ho diti r
niined to put up for the night ni the first conveni
ent house. He at l' t g'h rntertd an i.J ronnntlc
building on the ro:.d vide, inhabiud by a man mid
bin wife, the former a tnut mu-culnr figoto, w.lU a
fworthy countenance, alm?t wholly fhrou !c.l in a
mask of bushy whiskers and mu'-tucliius. The trav
eler was recriid wi h civility, and afier nrt.iking
of a linrly tupT, was conducted up an "Id crazy
staircase, to bis npjitim'rit for ttie nigh'. Not much
fancying the i ppeaiani o of the place, he shut ibe
door and fixed a ch ir i)gain't it; unl afer r i ini g
h's pif-tol, be put them carfuliy under his pillow.
He hail not lonj been in bid, when he heard n nois"
below, a i f persons entering the linue ; arid, some
time afti rwrds was alarnied by the und f a nun's
foots'ep on the hlaircate. He then pe ceived u ligi.t
through the crevice of the door, against which the
man pently pressed for admittance, but finding so ne
rcMstnnee, he thrust it open sulliciently to admit bis
hand, with eitrcmc (au'ion remmcd the chair, and
entered the apsitinctit. The chevalier then sj hU
hot with a lamp in one hand, and a huge knife in
the other n pr.mchin;? the 1 ed on tip-toe. The che
valier ciH'ki'd bis pistols bene (til the bi d clo'.bes,
liiat tlie noico of the spring iniiiLt not lu luaul.
W i l li the m.iii reached tbe bide of the bid, he li. 1.1
lite light to the chevalier's face, who pretended M
be in profound -lei p, but c.iiit i.nl uric: tin le, t
deal an occasam.il g'anre ut his fearful ho-t. The
man s on linnet from him, und nf'.ir hanging the
lamp on the I ed post, went t' t!io other end of the
room and brought to the bed-side a chair, mi which
he in. in diately iiinunud, with the tremendous k-nfe
stdl in his band. At the veiy ia anient the cheva
lier w a about to fetirt up from bis bed and shoot
him, the man in a hurried m inner cut sever di nor
mous -lc a from a phce uf I uci n that was hanging
over his bedstead, t hoi: g'l it had been wholly unno
ticed before by the agitutej traveller. The host then
pastel the litilit tief.ro I. is eyes aain, and I ft l'i;e
loom in the same caulin s way in whi.-ii he had en
tered it, and tnitonoioiis of the dai grr be had es
caped, returmd toacr .wd if new hungiy guests
below stairs, who were of course not lery sorry to
perceive that he had tut til his bucutl.
A llitLinn l Sroiu. A V.rs. Mi r, of Free,
doin township, Maiitnre county, ()!i o, ti the l-t
ins'., in a tit of insanity, threw her infint on the fire,
by which it w as bu-nt to a c isp ! The In le sufl'u
cr made fn ipient attempts to creop from the tTuni"
b..l a ofii n i!id the insane m-'iher ihru-.t it in aain,
until it p. rill d ami I the embers! Mr-. M. has
In rca fore In en sn rj.-t to fi s i f men'el aberration
Womax. The hour of aliirsiy is woman's
hoar. In the toil hi n of fortune's nil mnidian,
her modest Iwam utiles fr o n lulr n iliei ; but
when the clouds r.f w ie c d'e. t around us, und
sh..des and darkl ess J in the w .n.b rei's I at! , tin'
chaste and lvely i,;ht hinea f nth to cheer him, an
emblem auJ un cm .nation of the heavens.
Charles ' .''
Csrirsi up Gui.tr IIuitiih ami IntLSMii.
The grand loulcupital i f Gieat l!r t ii:l and Ireland
is estiuiS'id at i.ti29,l'00,000. The v.dus of
all sorts of public prope.ty is Xlli3,0l)tl,Utl0
Lands, ships, canals, rail roads, hirst-a, mines, tun
lier, ciops, 4c i c,t,iiiaie.l i t VJl..,0i)i,0ll).
Furniture, ap ari l, plate, specie, money in ch iitce
ry, savings banks, cVc, estimated at 5etl),OC0,OTO.
The ntlionsl debt is about Xi6i.U00,ot0.
'J ' . -X'f 'J!?,
and immediate parent of deapaiism. Jirranao.
Vol. I So. XXI.
From the N. Y. Express.
The Oooda ofttia Gftrrlck.
1 hero snldoin his been ao great tquabhta for
damaged goods, whether wet, or burnt, na far those
of the shipwrecked Onrriclt. At th- auction House,
which fi a', disposed of them as invoiced, there waa
a great rush of purchasers, but at the retail st.irn.
there bus been the real rush, where the Clerks have
had great difficulties in keeping up with cust imcrs
both night end d 7.
There seems in this city to I e a perfect passion
foi damaged goods, and such a rao is thoio lo get
them, that it is ften worth the while to d image tl.cm
a little, as in auch a etnle while the fever is up, they
sell for a l etter price than if neither burnt nnr wet.
Thu, we are told, many of the grinds brought out in
the Uarriek are riow s lling for a higher price limn
if thry had aid full duties, and bei 11 sold in regular
market for while the bdie.f is p evading that they
are cheap g ods (the chenpet for bring damaged to
be sure) ihere ia not much hijjg'ing among the i.a 'y
customers at the p-ice, but what is asked is gener
ally given. It is in serious contempla ion. therefore,
with some cf the eecul .r dealer to put tubs u' dcr
their cnunler io which they can duck their linen.
silks rr gingh:imu; and a m ate reasoning whether
they would not be l etlrr 01T, if they burnt (.IT the
end of their hos cry, or dashed theit counter with a
sin a n fr m a fi.e engine. Eu tho bad weather
for somo days p .fct has not dampened the ardor of
t' e shopping people, for in spite of rain and mud,
'he Ladies would turn 1 ul and buy the goods of ibe
1 0 r r i t It .
Dot iirs at JrfrVrsim City, Mo.
From t ie late S', T,iiu:s nap rs, we learn thai '
there h i' e h en r t'ier ba st- rms tim-s with the
men.t c s of the Miss oiri legi-l iUih at JefTerso-i !
city. A Mr. tt:ern, r. p T'er for the Louis 1!P. '
pub'ic-n, in one of bis letters gave s mo i(Tenee to
R -rre 1 f tl e ni' ni' ers nt t'ii 1,0'ise. Toliii -s wrr-'
of cottr o at the bni ,;n of it. A res In'ion tVtt be
"hrvuld le rxprllrd from ibo bar nf the bouse, was
offered and tin illy pissed. Durbi the discussion,
the w ords blsckguards. skunk, A-e., were fin ly pass
ed bctwei n ni' mbers, and one of them, a M. A-hby.
reniarkid ihit ho would hold anothe-, Mr. Dogy, 1 f
ft. LouiR, personal y lesponsib'e if be was a white
man. The nest iii'elligenco will probdily lie ih.t
a duel baa l.ccn fought. While this was g ni.g o 1
in the bouse, a little bv- I iy tank place ou'side bv
tween Mr. Uartlett, a member ol l! e h use, and Mr.
Biy, attorney general. Utows were passed.
The water power of our ci'y, says the ItocheFlcr
Paly Adver'i-er, is esti rated to be equ d to or.e
thousand nine hundred an I iwoiity Mi am e: gines,
of Iwetuy hor-c p iwer. Ttie river supplies hbur.
Henty thousand cubic fett of wati r er minu'.e,
when it ia at its medium level.
After one of the skirmishes, in which ill A neii
cans Ind l een .uceesrful, an Eogli h OtBc. -r was
left on ihe field of anion. Geil. I'utn im, who h.d
bet n br d a cir, enler, i.nun d:ati ly ihrew oll'hia ic
gimentals and contiu. ted a er ubl in wli ch li.e
wound. d 1 fli er was s nviycd with ease to an ad
jacent hospital,
U'h 11 1 u natii heard nt his nc.iie y and that il
was nwitig to his hu nui.e care wiihout wliicli he
inu h in' b ed to d .it a in the rem val, he exelaun
ed," tbeu I nl,ry maie 111 having hern I red u Car
penter than if I had In en boi.i a prince."
A t'scniin. A L'suicr who took 9 per crn. in
;L: nt, iiisteu I of G, tliu legal rate, was as'ej if he
ever thoulit of what God would say lo his extor
tions! Oh yes," r plied he, "but when d
looks down from heaven, the 9 will Lxk like a 6."
Puetet Fsta. A Loudon psper says that a
Yankee has offered Congress to build slops of In-
dii Kubber, containing moro va'uable p-op.rlii
than cither wooden or iron vessels. Congress is
ssiJ lo have thrown every discouragement in his
wiy, faring that in aailing across the line, the
hips may rub it out.
To a person who tcgretted to tho celebrated Dr.
Stmuil Jotinson thai he hid not been a clergyman,
b.c iuse he c uiidi red ihe life of a clergyman an
e isv and c imf.itt itili' one, t; c d.xior made this mem
orable reply : Tho life of a eonsc't'itious clergy
man is nol easy. I have always considered a cler
gyman a the father of a laiger family ihm he is a
ble U miiiiia'tn. No, sir, I d not i-nvy s clergy
111 m's IiI'j as an easy life; nor do I envy the ch tg;
man who m-k.s it an easy life"
When Oiiier Cromiv.ll, accompanied by bis
Secretary Thurlow, once went to dine wilh the
Lord Mayor, te popubue lent tliO ir with th ir
eongratulati na, and ihe streets e. ttod w Hi "Lanj
livj my lord Protector ! " " You' Highness,"
s id ihe Secretary, "miy see by t is iha' you have
tho voico i f the pe q la ts well as lha voice of God
with you." " As to fi d," obsirved Ciomwell,
will not talk bee shout him, but f r tho p u
lice, they wou'd be just aa noisy aud per1. Hps re
juiced if you and I were going to be hanged !"
Evsiiinotus CrsTO. A certain retailer in
the bquor line, finding lb t the stale of his finances
would not ndmil of bis keeping "op-11 bouse" an
Xnv Yrars, very ssuciou-ly killed a mous-, 'Hid
pnt tins tiotire on the outside ol las door "Closed
in con. queues of u death ii the f'i.nily."
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alteration) one Colu nil C5 ; half cnhiino, 18,
three a.uart, $U two equiueis M ; one squire,
?". Without the 1 riH. of alteiation a li mial
discount will be made.
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continued until ordered out, and charged taccjrj
ingly. C'ixteen lines make a square
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A Good Joke,
A traveling dandy put u,i ai a taver in nrigV
boring town, riot very long nirico, whew I oon
eluded to spend the Saldiath. Ho pf. par. d himself
lo altend nieeti i, but not possessing that .ry ini
piriint ct.attlo a watch, and being par icul.irlv de
sirous to cut n sma! dash, he applied t i ,h lind
lord for the loan of tit 4 watch. The tat.dbnd pus
sensing a ry p iwerful alarm watch, very t aibly
C implied wiih the request, but previously wound
up the al rm, und set ii at the hour wbidi h i sup
posoj would be about the first prayer.
'1 ho dandy repahed 10 the church he aro-c wbh
all ihe grace of a:i exquisite at the c lmtncacemcia
of the prayer, and ttood very gracefuily as hv mvip. .
ord, with tho borrowed watch aeala, w'.rii aud
ilcnly he jumped ai if bo had dUcovertd u den of
rattle-snakes in his pocket ; the whizing of
alermh-td commenced, the peopl Hartid, ltw hn.
dv made a furious grub at the offending iT;:!oh, wild
both hi hinds outside his pockets, an 1 he aitsnnp
ted t a squeeze it into silence, but nil in iin;it
kept up a ennfinu il ter-r r-r-r, and seeded to him as
if i: wui.ldnenr cess -, the cold sweit r died olflhe
po r I. How he seized his hat, making one deFpstr
a e eflfiit towards the door, hurried of1.' ivi'h hi
witch pocket in one hand and his hat in t!. other,
amid the suppressed laughter of tho whol'j emigre,
g ition. He probably did not attend church in On
afternoon.
Rsa
AD this, CiRt.s. Girts are alw ts rrvii!
ab. ut something. The most delirhifui moments
oft'ieir exis ence arc spent in crying, whcl'.oit ii
f'r tlnir sins or not, we cannot say, but they fic
q iently express t! cmelvcs very much refreshed of
a 'Voad cvinc snelt." ns thru rati ii !..l, ,t :.-
Cry ovt'r v"in rr"rt 10 manufacture a 'compo,i i m.
l,lfy " wl"'n 1 fy fiends, e-id when they
icne liiem: ihey crv wnen tbrv nn'i ...1 r,,..:.i
. j . rt .
md some cry b.-causo they are married I What
mulling cic turcs !
A Ciiarr-r Spikc-i. Mr. Lapsto:ie, tho shoo.
maker, then arose and said, "Mislcr fh-ennan, 'my
wo cc is still for wr,' as tho in m aays in lh play.
We ahould immediately renew ihecoi fl c'. with one
side, and strap 1 ur'. ppo. cuts. My upper L ul'icr's
prime, and I cm hammer away yel v ur.out getting
iheafcA. Who's ufeard ! They hsvo drur a peg
'Ho our quarters tlnu's a factbut we have found
' U '. u Vv. - . l . . g , , t ,
our end, while wo can wax warm in the good cause.
Sj I say go it boot) "
Citom. A number of English shoo dealers
once made a voyage to iho Cape of Good Hope, to
-el; shies tithe Hotuntits. Thry met with no
success in this I u iness, ai d were much worried by
t'.e :ons slid other beasts of tho comit-y. On
tin ir r. turn they published an account ofllieir auf
t'erings in ihime. Wu extract a couplet relatinj
1 1 t ie visits of Ihe lionsi
-Ti e cuflom of these lions was, to cotio on us un
awares, God knows wo wanted cuso enough, but we
wanted none of theiis."
V.' inrisxTT. A your.; ar prrrilice ta th? shoe
ninki v bu.iuese, lately usl.c l his mi-tnr wh't an
siver tie shou'd mike to the 1 fi repented question,
D.m's your master warrant his shoes !'' "Answer,
Tom," says l:e mister, " I'e'.l them tiiat I warrant
tlsem 1 1 prove g vjd, a ad if they dan't, that I will
make them good for n i:hi; g."
A lady once heard a man preach, and was so en.
raptured w ill him that she sent him a li t er to the
follawini 1 flee' "Dear er, There's my hand, (roy
hiait you have already.) wi'h ny tor une, which is
rons:der.ib!e. Will you a:-i -p: 1 I am etc., Anna."
Tho clergyman unmovi I by ihe rntreaiics of ihe
lovely f.dror.e, replied i-i t:te foll.).i iug term : "M.
, give your hand In imlustrv, yur d nvcry b
the po .r, and your heart ta Gad."
'i'lie lady must
h avo b.eu sixty a! Iras'.
A learnel clergyman in Maine, was ac:osled ia
llw f ill iwin m inner by an illi'erate preacher, who
diifpised education; "Sir, you have been toenl'ege,
Is.ippiset" Yes.air," was th-reply. "I am thank
tul," rej .ined the forn.cr, "that the Lord hi opened
my mnuth to preach u-ilho it any l arn ng." ".4
mi'ur tvint replied t'.e lad r, ' loulj pl ica in Da
t urn's lime, but such things aro of rare occuricnco
- the pre-ont day."
Ghaiu sl IxuiiLO ! A the.tucat manager once
Kpologisid for the absence cf a favorite actor, on
account of sudden ind jpositiou." Cratlttal indis
position, you mean," bawled a fellow from the pit.
I saw bitu two minutes ago, gslling drunk at the
Pi Ml."
Lo'so Hun. Amnni the recenlly discavrroJ
disadvani g 1 of long h nr. is a enso in which a la
dy mistook a genteel soaplock's curls for her muff.
A party wrrecips'zed f.om a s!e gh into s snow
b 11k' a d in the in 1 lee a y 't)ti; lady pulled the
h a l of hair afo.essid, under the icry natuisl mi;
lake b. fore mentioned. She did nol discover ht t
uustake tdi the put Iwr hand 111 his moutb, and ha
bit il.
A Pout Dim. The ' Jit r of the Amaskes;
la'; r. sri.tiiivtf s.va be bus just p tn.ed s veiy n'-'
ll jus rrct pt, whieit ha imite. his patron to 01
and rxamino.