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American Tailors,
The New York Sun contains the rolbwlrijj
broad hints to our "Knighta of the Shrara."
A grod tailor is certainly a rare article, and to
scarce have they always been in this country,
that the name of a certain "Prof-swoT of tho
H K U Y A Ml I
" AND SHAMOK1N JOURNAL.
Abfolute acquiescence in the derisions of the majority, the vital principle of Republics, from which there 1' no appeal but to fotce, the Vital p-in. iplo and immediate parent of drip .tisin. Jarraaso.
Kiintur-, ivortliutiittrrlttml t o. lu. SUtmttiij, ltlniiWr Is, Is It.
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Lord Byron's Trlbnte to Washington.
fn Byron's relcbra'cd Ode to Napoleon, as pub.
Khed, two or three stnnns of the original, it is well
known, were omitted by Clifford, or his bookieller,
Marry; the manuscript having Iwn entrusted to
them jointly. One of these Manias was the fol.
lowing noble rornenition of Washington, and it is
easy to perceive that foar of offending English Roy
alty prompted its suppression:
Where mny the wearied eve repose
When gtizing on the grent;
Where neither gailiy g'ory glows,
Nor dt'sp cable state !
Yrs one the first the Inst the best
'1 he Cincinatus of the West,
Whom envy dared not hite.
Hequeath'd the name of Washington
To make man blush there was but one t
Byron's pariality tow.itJs our countrymen i
well "known, but prihnps never mure strongly ex
pressed than in the annelid extract from a letter
to Moore,
"I would rather have a nod from an American,
thin a snutT-box from nn Emperor."
' P 6 K T K V .
Will any body doubt that there is only one step
from the sublime to the ludicrous after reading the
following :
From the ( 17.) Spirit of the Age.
There's beauty on thy changing chetk,
And in thy h.tr.el eye,
There's beau y on thy laughing lip,
Like summer in the sky S
There's beauty in thy tairy step,
There's bounty strange and rare.
When til' sunlight gleams tike gold upon
Your tangled, earrul hair !
Thou lov'st me yet, though time and tide
Have somewhat chanced the boy ;
And I am not exactly what
I was in childhood's joy ;
Thy heart has known no other tie,
But true affection's law ;
Surh love as that is excellent,
Like oysters, sletced or raw .'
And I have loved thee well and true ;
While time along has flown,
I've turned, in joy, or gri f, to thee,
My beautiful, my own !
Blent with your love, I still am young;
Though age my brow assails,
There are no m irks except a fw,
Made by your Jiiigrr nails !
A correspondent of a village paper, in thii State,
apjieuds the following to a marriage notice :
And now, dear youth, since you've essiy'd,
The matrimonial ro.id t.i (re id,
May truth und virtue 1 arrayed,
To guide and gaurd each heart ami head. K.
Whereupon the bald of the opposing paper thus
ref p mds :
And now, denr"K," sinre you've rseay'd,
The road," 1'nrnas-ius-ward, to navel,
None would have known, ha l you not hray'd
How great an .l.i was "xeiatching eravel."
Timothy Kouhi.m,
This beats little Peddlington all hollow.
1'rnlse.
The li.vc of praise, howe'er roneealed by art,
Keigns moie or less and plows in every heart,
The proud to gain it, toils on toils endure,
The modest shun it but to muke it sure.
TI1K VAXKKK'S VISIT.
I recently took up a number of the Ixndon
United Service Journal, in which I found the
article below, The Yankee's Visit to Sir Jo-
fckIi Banks.' It bear internal evidence of
truth, and I therefore send it to you for inser
tion. At what period lc v's 1 place 1
cannot tell, but it must have been as much as
five and twenty years ago. Mr. Shackford, the
Yankee, is, I believe, now living in the west
ern country, and used to possess all the marks
of eccentricity ascribed to him in the inter
view. His son now commands a thip from this
port. Previous to the visit to Sir Joseph, he
built or purchased a small vessel, in which he
embarked alone for, and navigated to Great
Britain, and the manner in w hich he describes
the voyage is the same winch 1 heard from his
townsman. When he arrived in port he was
supposed to be a pirate ; that he had murdered
the crew of the vessel ; and was arrested.
lie produced his shipping papers, whioh con
tained one name only, and other documents to
prove his character, ai.d it was not until some
persons in England were found who knew him
in this country ; that he was set at liberty. He
made his return voyage to America in safety,
and is supposed to be the only person who ever
crossed the ocean without a companion.
TIIK YANKEE'S VISIT TO SIR JOSEPH
BANKS.
Sir JWph Banks, hearing that there was a
mnn in Ijondon who had crossed the Atlantic
in a boat alone, was desirous of seeing him, and
got some American to go to the hotel, and con
trive a way to bring him to his house. This
was easily effected. Shackford in company
w ith t'ppt Fellatibber, paid Sir Joseph a visit.
They were asked into a room devoted to Natu
ral History. Shackford looked around and
was pleased to ax e so many things that were
preserved to wen
At
mi nianv ciniwuino. -
!ut lie saw a crocoJile in a tub of water, and
took notice of him, as ho appeared, now above,
tww below the surface. Sir Joseph soon made
his appearance. 'Is this Mr. Shackford, who
crossed llic Atlantic in an open boat J' inquired
Sir Joseph, lcssir,' wast ho reply, 'I have
dona that, sir.' 'What were your sctisat ions in
lltrj middle of the ocean, alone t' was the next
inquiry.
U'hy, sir, t suppose yon mean to ask mo
how 1 felt on my voyage. I was sometimes
dry, and I ilrnnk ; I was sometimes hungry, and
I ate; I was sleepy, and I doted a little ; that
was easy, for I had a nice rubby, nnd I fixed a
tiiler there, and slept with my helm in my
hand and there was no great difficulty in that.'
MYhat mathematical instruments had you V
was the next inquiry. 'Why, a compass and
an a.xc, a pair of pistols, and a sword that Gen.
Pulaski gave me.' 'How was you sure you
was riirht in your course!' 'I was not sure, but
guessed I was right, as I steered cast when I
got pretty well up to the north, and that I knew
would take mc to England, or some where
thereabouts, and that was right enough for one
whose time was his own, and who owned the
crall he was in, and plenty of provisions on
board. You have, sir,' said Shackford, 'a fine
omnium gnthcruni here; what are you going
to do with the crocodile you have here !' 'I am
about preparing a paper to read before the so
ciety, upon his habits and nature- which 1 shall
read to-morrow. Do you know anything a
botit the animal, Mr. Shackford !' I lived
three years in the West Indies, where they
are as thick as grasshoppers.' 'Have you ever
heard their moans to entice and allure travel
lers to coino to them, (as writers on natural
hit-tory have mentioned,) that they may secure
tnein as their prey !' inquired the philosopher.
'An, tney never um any such tiling ; tor a
good reason, they have no tongue to make a
clear sound with, and they can't make a noise,
except one of bringing their jaws together.
They move their upper jaw, and somehow bring
it down with great force, and a singular sound
proceeds from this ; but how can a thing moan
without a tongue ! Look into his mouth, and
you Nvill find he has no more tongue than the
great elephant I saw the other day in this Ce
ty.' 'You don't mean,' said Sir Joseph, that an
elephant has no tongue!' Yes I do,' replied
Shackford, 'mean to say that an elephant has
no tongue ; and what does he want one for, as
he has such a thing at the end of his nose, by
which he can feel a thing as nicely as a lady's
finger could, and then use it as a sledge ham
merto knock one's brains out with. 'How do
you know that to be a fact,' inquired Sir Joseph,
'that it has no tongue !' ' ll'hy, in the best way
in the world ; I looked into his mouth until I
was satisfied of the lact; and then it stood to
reason in my mind, that he did not want one,
with so fine a tool as he has, for the purpose
of hands, tongue and sword.' 'Well,' said Sir
Joseph, not a little mortified, 'the crocodiles are
very ferocious und dangerous.' 'W hy, said
Slmrklord, 'they have a "rood larjjc mouth of
theirown, and an ugly looking set of teeth
but they very seldom attack a man ; a very
slight splash in the water jrenerally frightened
them off. Once in a while they reach young
negro in the water ; the old ones don't mind
them no more than musquitocs.' Sir Joseph's
iwiiirr would not do. All his argument of that
wonderful moaning and fierceness, at last had
opposers. To end the conversation, hie ofl to
the Tower, or Kxetet Exchange, to 6ce the
elephant, was evidently Sir Joseph's wish ; but
Hiacklord seemed in no hurry logo. Sir Jo-
seph, in trying to hide his impatience, made
several hasty inquiries.
'Did you ever sec a collection like this be
fore!' 'No,' said Shackfnrd, 'the nearest like
it is my barber shop, the other side of the wa
ter.'
'Mr. Shackford, what honks do you carry
w ith you on your voyage and travels !' 'The
ltilile, sir, Wutt's Psalms and llyums, and
Kohinsori Crusoe. Not ninny cithers. 1 look
ed around and read the Ixxik of nature, and
generally picked up something worth remem
bering,' was the reply.
'I should think,' said Sir Joseph, 'that you
would find many things that would puzzle you
in your researches.' 'I do,' said Shackford,
and so docs every man 1 ever saw. Now Sir
Joseph, let rue make plain what I mean. Can
you tell mc what animal that is of the Nile
which is born with a tail, without legs, and
dies, if he comes to his growth, with four leg
and without a tail!' Sir Joseph pondered.
Why,' said Shackford, 'it is a frog. When a
polywog, he has a tail ; but when a frog he
has four legs without a tail. I placed his birth
on the Nile, which deceived von, learned Sir,
but you know t'.uit tlio frog is found in every
mudpuddlu in creation, as well as in the Nile,
Now,' said Shackford. 'I have a great love for
learned men, but they don't know every thing.'
Sir Joseph was glad to get rid of the maniac,
who had crossed the Atlantic alone in a boat
something more than Cook had done, when
j the navigator and philosopher had quarrelled
far utariST.
from the Runner nnd Pioneer.
IHtiteiiicnt.
What do vov tmisk or 1f.li;ioI'3 Ex
riTEMENf T
TJic bible presents ninny cases of
excitement, nnd the history of the
t nurch, ns well as the experience of
every Christian will bIiovv that religion
is an exciting subject. If there is no
contest, no struggle, no difficulty, no
excitement, why did the Saviour say,
Strive to enter in at the strait gate ; for
I say unto you many will seek to enter
in, nntl shall not be able I Why arc we
required to forsake all, father nnd mo
thcr, brother and .sister, houses and
land, and to take up the cross and fol
low Christ. Can all this be done with
out excitement I "I speak as to wise
men judge ye what I say." To let
go all, to give up our carnal reasonings,
to come out from the world and to em
brace the Saviour requires sacrifices
too grent, nnd a change too wonderful
to be effected w ithout intense fueling.
Can the heart be pierced with deep an
guish at its own ingratitude nnd depra
vity f Can the sinner see and feel that
he is working out bis own destruction
with greediness, and yet feel no excite
mcnt for bis undone condition ? Will
he not, with the deep emotions of the
publican smite upon his bosom, and in
the anguish of his heart, cry out, "God
he merciful tome a sinner! hen
like the jailor they see themselves lost,
will they not cry out, "What shall I do
to be saved !" or can all these things
exist without anv excitement of mind ?
Those who discard nil feeling and ex
citement on the subject, will find it a
difficulty to reason themselves into reli
gion and heaven; sooner or later they
will reap the fruit of their doings. While
you look on and pass through revivals
with indifference, we would exhort with
the apostle to "beware, therefore, lest
that come upon you, which is spoken
of in the prophets, behold, ye despiscrs,
and wonder and perish : for I work a
work in your days, a work which ye
shall in no wise believe, though a man
declare it unto you."
Religion, in its very nature, is exci
ting; its declaration of our immortality,
its denunciations against the wicked, its
exhibition of mercy through the peaec
speakino blood of Christ, its invitations,
its consolations, its joys and its pros
pects beyond the grave arc all spirit
stirring and exciting truths, well calcu
lated to strike the sinner's heart with
consternation; to fill the Christian's
heart with great joy, and to woo an
angels love and admiration. We arc
' a it ii
onuoscil to nil morum excitement, to
exhibitions of mere animal feeling; we
regard these as the eflervessence of an
anient and excitable temperament, that
is injurious to religion; but we arc the
friends ol that excitement which is pro
d uced by the influence of the true and
undefilcd religion mon the heart, which
humbles the heart, exalts the Saviour,
and brings the soul into a statu of union
and communion with the Redeemer.
We t an then truly say, "Did not our
hearts burn within us, while he talked
with us by the way, and while he open
ed to us the Scriptures."
We fear that the opposition of many
to all religious excitement h;:s its origin
in the deep depravity of the human
heart. They do not oppose the excite
ment of the chase, of the social circle,
the cotillion party, the theatre and other
amusements which are kept alive solely
by excitement; they like to hear or
read a spirit-stirring adventure, and
throw aside that matter ol lact book cal
led th5 Riblo, for the plays of Shaks
pearc, the works of Scott, or some o
ther novelist ; they love not only the
excitement produced by the realities of
life and intellect; but even that which
is imaginary and solely the work of fic
tion ; they admit that life would be di-.'l
and dreary without something lo ex
cite and invigorate the mental faculties.
Yet in religion, the spirit-stirring truths
of the Gospel must not excite their kin
dred emotions in the sou.
Look at the practical influence of
your reason ; cool reflection and oppo
sition to excitement, has it made us or
any of our friends Christians? I think
not, and if no other influence is exerted
upon our hearts, we shall reason and
reflect until we ore lost forever lost I
On the other hand, look at the influence
of the ardent and devoted Christian ;
their hearts arc excited with love to
God and their fellow men, and as the
fruit of their zeal, their prayers, and
their labors of love, God has brought
their children and fiiends to know the
tord f?o mnrh, then, for tbc influ
ence of religious excitement Is it os
sible, however, for us i.ocaje the ex
citement T I think not, unless we die,
ni the fool dictb our carnal reason and
cool reflection will forsake us, when the
world shall fade from our view, and e
ternity begin to dawn upon us unless
reason has forsaken her throne, we shall
feel deeply excited when we take the
fearful leap into nn awful 'eternity.
"In that dread moment, how the frantic soul
Haves round the walls of her clay tenement ;
Runs to each avenue, ad shrieks for help
But shrieks in vain,
The fbo,
hike a staunch murderer, steady to his pnrpoe,
I'orsues hint close through every lane of life,
Nor misses once the track ; but presses on,
At nitre he Kinks in everliistiiiix i Hin."
If we escape the excitement of the
dying hour, wo cannot escape the ex
citement, the creat excitement of the
judgment day ; nn acrtiunt of that day
may be loutid in the Olh chapter of Re
velation: "And they said to the moun
tains and rocks, fall on us, and hide us
Irom the face of him that sitteth on the
throne, and from the wrath of the
Lamb."
Now the thought.
Both of lost luippiness and lasting pain
1 orinents lain. Kouuu no throws hi baletul
eves.
That witness huge affliction nnd dismay.
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace
And rest can never dwell, hope never comes,
hut tortures withontenu.
llcTiiitiiiil i:trarl.
I have seen the infant sinking down,
like a stricken (lower to the grave; the
strong man fiercely breathing out his
soul upon the field of battle ; the miser
able convict standing upon the scallolu
with a deep curse quivering on his lips ;
I have viewed death in all its forms of
darkness and vengeance, with a tearless
eye ; but 1 never could look on woman,
lading away Irom the earth m beautilul
and uncomplaining melancholy, with
out feeling the very fountain of life tur
ned to lears and dust. Death is al
ways terrible ; but when a form of an
gel beauty is passing olf to the silent
land of the sleepers, the heart feels that
something lovely is ceasing from exis
tence, and breathes with a sense of ut
ter desolation over the lonely thoughts
that come up, like spectres from the
grave to haunt our midnight musings.
,
It cannot be that earth is man's only
abiding place. It cannot be that our
life is a bubble cast up by the ocean of
eternity, to float a moment upon the
wave, and then sink into darkness and
nothingness. Rise why is it (hat the
apirations which leap like angels from
the temple of our hearts are forever
wandering abroad unsatisfied. Why is
it that the rainbow and cloud come o
ver us with a beauty that is not of earth,
and then pass oil', and leave us to muse
upon their faded loveliness I Why is
it that the stars w hich hold their festi
val around the midnight throne, are set
so far above the reach of our limited
faculties forever mocking us by their
unapproachable glory ? And finally,
why is it that briuht forms of human
beauty are presented to our view, and
then taken from us, leaving the thou-
sand streams of our a flection to flow
back in cold and alpine torrents upon
our hearts ! We are born for a higher
destiny than that of earth. Theft is a
realm where the rainbow never fades;
where the stars will be spread, nut be
fore us like the islands th:t clumber in
the ocean, and where i',ic beautilul be
ings that here pass before us like visions,
stay in our presc.ice, forever. Height
creature of my dreams ! in that realm I
shall see theo ngain. liven now thy
lost imag': is sometimes with me. In
the mysterious silence of midnight,
whcri ths streams are glowing in the
lij'i't of the many stars, that image
comes floating upon the dreams that
linger around my pillow, ami stands be
fore mc in its pale, dim loveliness, till
its own quiet spirit sinks like a spell
from heaven upon my thoughts, and tho
grief of years is turned to dream of
blessedness and peace. Geo. D. Pren
tice. Thk Yaxkek Pauuv. The excava
ting machine now in operation in Iliook
lyn, is called tho Yankee Paddy. Air.
Cochran, the inventor of the Repeating
Cannon, is the agent for this machine,
which is Kaid to perform wonders. It
is stated that this excavator, with the
attendance of four men, will excavate
and place in carts 1000 cubic yards of
earth er day. The machine lias been
in operation about two years, and cm.
ployed on the Western Railroad, w here
it has given great satUfaction.
The ll.ilttt otrMMlllHtftoii.
The following account of the Duke
is from Rlackwood's Magazine.
Theoni.t Mas kxow.n to London.
Thousands and tens of thousands of in
dividuals are known in London, but it
is curious enouirh that there is only one
mnn now in existence know n to W j
don; to the city, the west end, Mary
le bone, Soulhwnrk every point in
short, of the metropolitan compass.
Much of this notoriety the illustrious
individual in question owes to U'u glory,
and much also to his nose; nor would
he, perhaps, with all bis victories, have
ever been enabled to achieve this signal
conquest over the indifference of uni
versal London, if his features were not
in some sort the heralds of his fame.
When this distinguished person appears
out of doors, there is a general commo
tion well dressed people, forgetting
their business or pleasure, run after him
like little boys trolling at the heels of a
showman: "Hats off," is the word
wherever he makes his way; carria
ges stop without orders, that the ladies,
coachman, and John may have a stare :
"There he gocc," you II hear the people
say, but nobody asks who goes there,
for to every body be is as well known
as the monument. When he goes down
to tho House, crowds assemble to wait
his coming, and crowds await patient
ly to see him coming away. How he
looks is the general topic of discourse,
and he is the only person in London or
the world, who, for twenty-five years,
has occupied the same large portion ol
the public eye without fatiguing the
sight or escaping the memory without
diminution or decay of a respect as uni
versal as extraordinary. IS'ccd we say
that there must be more than popularity
in this? When we said that the illus
trious person in question is as well
known as the monument, we forgot for
the moment that he is a monument him
self a living, moving trophy of the
might and majesty of England of her
bravery and glory. We do not name
him ; to name him were todetract from
that universal fame that accompanies
his footsteps ; let it be enough that eve
ry one knows, and no one can mistake
him. lie is the single solitary excep
tion to the rule we have laid down, that
no living man is large enough to fill
the universal eye of so vast a body as
Iondon.
Xnioli oii' Marrallrc of Human I.lfr.
Never was there a conqueror who fired
more cannon, fought more battles, or over
threw more thrones, than Napoleon. But we
cannot appreciate the degree and quantity of
his glory without weighing the means povFc.wd
and the result which he accomplished. F.
nough for our present purpose will be pruned
if we set Ix.'fure us the mere resources of flesh
and blood, which he called into ploy from tho
rupture of Amein? in ISO! down, to his eventful
exit. At that time he hail, as he declared to
Iiord Wcntworth, an arr.y on foot of -iMXrO.
Hero follows a detail of the diflercnt levies
made from l")i till lSlt. Total of men,
J,!MVi,rH.l This detail, which is derived from
XapoleonV Journal, the MonitcUr, under the
several dmes, is deficient in the excess which
wa raised beyond the levies but even if we
''.eJnct the casualties as well as the 800,00o
men disbanded in 1-1.", we shall be tinder the
mark in affirming that he slaughter! S.-WOO,.
000 human boinirs and those all r renclimen.
Hut we have to add thousands and tens of thou
sands German. Swis, Pole?, Italians, Nepoli
tahs, and lllyrians, whom he forced under his
eagles, and at a milente computation, those
cannot hive fiilleii short of.WVN0 It is obvi
ously jnst to nnstime that tho number who fell
on the side of his adversaries was equal to that
against which they fought Here thenareour
data for asserting that .the hitler years of hia
glory were purchased at no less expense than
O.tWiO.U'O bun on lives. This horrible inroad
(ti the fairest xrtion of the population of Eu
rope, resulted in the abandonment of every
conquered terntoiy, the bringing of foreign
enemies twice within 24 months under the wall
of Paris and the erazure of his name from the
records of dominion Paris paper.
Hot Water is supplied to the Loco
motives instead of cold, on the Doston
and Providence railway. It is kept aU
ways boiling nnd ready for use by using
the refuse Anthraeite coal under a largo
boiler at the watering stations. This
saves the necessity of carrying much
of the fuel ordinarily used : and the
speed of the engine is not retarded, be
cause the water when thrown into the
boilers, is in the act of conversion into
steam. I have, seen this simple and
highly useful improvement nowhere
I else. Maine Cultivator.
Art" in Plulidelphia was a few years since an
Miliar to well dresred men in Borton, Charles,
ton, or St. Louis, a? it was in Chesnit street
Ooiso arR'ad roa pHFss. The Baltimoro
American Stateathata French tailor, lately on
a visit to Philadelphia, carried horrm with him
to Paris six hundred orders nn American A
count. This i scarcely to be wondered at.
In nine cases out often, the tailors of this coun
try spoil garments instead of making them,
and charge a great deal more for putting upon a
man's back a coat that would as well becomO
his grandfather, as in Paris he can have an en
tiie suit made fur. In no branch of business
is reform more loudly called for than in tailor
ing, and we hope its professors will prick up
their enterprise as well as their ears when
such announcements as the above are made to
them. .
Pliny's Wifp, Whatagood wife Pliny must
have had. She was one of the right stamp,
though she lived long before any of our modern
improvements in female education. She cared
not fur parlies, pic-nirs, and icecreams; her
thoughts ran on other and better themes. She
knew where her happiness lay in whom and
converted liwr willing dependence into a
source of happiness. Let our Indies catch tba
lessnn which her low, so truly conjugal and
becoming, teacheth. Of his wife, Pliny says,
'She loves science because she loves me.
She carries w ith her writings, she reads them,
she commits them to memory. Stic sings my
versos, she compofcs her own melodies to them
and needs no other teacher than love." A good
wife that of Pliny! North American.
"ItEKToRE thk Dead thou Sea!"' Thcro
arc five hundred vossels wrecked annually on
the coast of England, and property sunk worth
$'20,(100,000. Who, alter this will say with
Middleton,
"The trfssures of the deep re not so precious
As are the concealed comforts of a man
Lock' J up in a woman's love."
Da. Johnson and Mildcb. When Dr.
Johnson had finished the copy of his Dictionary,'
which had weaiicd Miller, the bookseller, ex.
ccedingly, the latter sent the following card to
the doctor :
"Andrew Miller sends Lis compliments
to Mr. Samuel Johnson with the money for the
last sheet of the copy of the tlivtionary, and
thanks God lie ha iloue with him."
The doctor ser.t the following brief reply t
"Mr. Sarr.nol Johnson sends his ccmplimeots
to Andrew Miller; ho has received his note,
and is happy to find that Andrew Miller has
the yraee to thank Gd for any tuino."
StRtPTlRIS AlTltolUTY. A
Quaker was
married by a Vicar, to a lady of the Church of
Eng'and, The Vicar demanded a fee of five
shillings. The Quaker was astonished, but
said if the Vicar would prove that five shillings
was the proper fee, he would pay it. The Vi
car directly turned to the putsig", 'A v.r'.uotH
woman is a crow n (.V.) to her husband'.'
'Thou art right.' replied the Quaker. ''olomon
was a wise man.' So saying, he paid the five
shillings, nnd presented the Vicar with a pair
of new gloves, besides.
Not Vrhy Particii.ar. A writer in the
'Demosthenian Shield,'' conducted by negroes,
in Philadelphia, says, "If a white girl is virtu,
ous, pretty intelligent, and doesn't get drunk
he would just as soon marry her as a black girl.
Pittsburg Chron.
Goino In. "You treat tne worse than you
do a haunch of venison," said a young clerk to
his employer the other day.
"How so!" demanded the merchant with
surprise.
"The venison is taken into your family I
Nicvm am," replied the young man.
"Sup with the young ladies this evening,
if you like," said the merchant, "they will rir
You VP worse than I do venison."
"Are you not going to educate your children!"
it was asked of an old German farmer in Penn
sylvania. No, my olJcst sxn loarnoj to writ and lie
forged tny name."
The reasoning of the firmer was just, if learn
ing be the whole of education.
A Convenient Day. When Charles Tot
stopped payment, hiscreditors had a meeting,
as is usual, and desired him to name a day
when he would be able to settle w ith them.
Theyoftered him his own election, and lie
c We the day of judgment
'That,' ssid the creditors, 'will be too busy
day w ilia us.'
Well, then,' -aid Tox, Met us naino the f
after J that'll suit all prties
No man fares better than a tailor, for ho haJ
noi toot every dsy.