TERMS OF THE " AIERIC.1"
H. B. MAS8ER, PvauMKim in
JOSEPH E13EI.Y. Panrairroas.
it. itJlAsSKIt' Editor.
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TROIMIHT T BairK.
Va fair married dnmea, who an often deplore
Thit a lover once blest is a lover no more.
Attend to my counel, nor hluh lobe taught
That prudence must cherish what heauty hai caught
Uae the man whom you wed like your fav'rita gui
tar ;
Though there's mu-oc in !oth, they're hoth apt to j ir.
How luniTuI and aolt from a delica'e touch !
Nut played on ton roughly, nor handled too much.
The linnet and aparrow that feed frrm your hand,
Urow fund by your kindness, and come at com
mand ;
Fxert wiih ymir huahand the sume happy skill,
Por heifia, like your birdo, inny be tamed at your
will.
He cav and fund-humored, complying and kind ;
Turn the chief off your care from your face to your
mind :
'Tia there ih.'.t the wife ma her conquest improve,
And Hymen will tivtt the fitter' of love.
Knickerbocker.
Maetiliie Poetrj-i
G',ve a twrn there, Ebeneier.
Happy the man who wina and wriaa
What alway l.iln and never tiara
Stop, Eh ! CSive a little acrew in the corner there.
Now for it.
Plunged in a cuMi of dark despair,
Without a flannel ahirt to wear
Eb! th.it won't do try again
- i? on the rolline deep,
my time a fi edin nheep ;
vhen ihe wavea on high are runnin',
mv hae and noes a gunnin';
Gre:il iln k in deep anakn hnlea,
inka gin altng from two quail bowla.
d up ! That'll do.
-iraordluary Power of Recognition lu a
Tljfer.
One day last week a singular circumstance
(iccurred in Wambwcll's Royal Menagerie,
corroborative of the retentive memory said to
be possessed by lit id most vicious of the forest
tribe, the tijer. A sailor, who had been strol
ling round the exhibition, loitering here and
there to admire and identify some of the ani
mals with thasc he had seen in far distant
climes, was nttracted by the strange noite made
by a tiger, who seemed irritated beyond endu
rance. Jack, somewhat alarmed, sought the
keeper to inquire the cause of so singular a
die-play of feeling, which he remarked, became
more boiTcrous lUo nearer he approached the
animal ; the keeper Tvp'ied that the behaviour
of the tiger indicated cither that lie was vastly
pleased or annoyed ; upon this tho sailor again
approached tho den, and, after gazing at the ti
per for a few minutiv, during which the animal
became f rant ic with seeming rage, lashing his
t.iil against his sides and diving utterance
to the most frightful bellowiiiiis, discovered the
ti'jertn be the same animal hro'njlit (rom F.ng
1 Hid under the special care of the weather-beaten
tar. It now heeame Jack's turn to be tie
lihtlv, a it appeared the tiger was in recog
nizing his old friend, and, after making repea
ted applications to be permitted to enter the den
fin the purpose, as he said, of "shaking a fist,"
with the beautiful animal, he was suffered so to
do; the iron door was opened and in jumped
Jiick tothe delight of himself and striped friend,
and to the astonishment of the lookers-on. The
affection of the animal was now shown by ca
tering and licking the plensed sailor, whom he
denied to welcome with the heartiest satisfac
tion ; and when the honest tar left the den the
nnguish of the animal appeared almost insup
portable. Davenport Independent.
Tit Bit and Daiktikh. Snail soup waa
once regarded in Europe as a delicious dish.
In some part of the West Indies and South A
merica, the guano, a species of lizard, is de
voured with much gusto, and wo can testify
that it is a well-flavoied viand. The hunters
of North America rejoice when they can feast
on a buffalo's hump, a moose's muffler, a bear's
paw, or a beaver's taiC Birds' nests are con
sidered edible luwrics, and command enormous
prices in China ; where also dogs and cats are
ordinary food and it is affirmed by Dr. So
lander and Sir Juneph Banks, that dogs' flesh
is remarkably sweet and delicious. At Rome,
camels'1 heels were the choicest tit bit for an
vpiure's tooth. Whales'1 tongues ranked a
tnong the delicacies feasted on in the middle
century by Europeans. The Caffre eat his
I ion for food, apd the traveller Bruce, among
them, ate his lion steak with great relish. At
Uio Janeiro, an ordinary dish iaa monkey pie ;
and the head of the ape ii left to appear above
the crust (or ornament, in tho style of the feet
in our pigeon pie. Boston Journal
The four secret of health are early rising,
exercise, personal cleanliness, and tho rising
from the table with the stomach unoppreased.
There may be sorrows in sp ita of these; but
they will be lew with thain, and nobody can be
truly comfortable without them.
SUNBUEIT AMERICAN.
A"!Lf(,U,"CM1C' thfl ,,Mi,,ion, of lhe
Hy Ulnnsirr &. Elsrlj.
From the Sew York Mirror.
STELLA MSB.
What a little flirt was Stella 1 And yet if
to lie the most bewitching, the most entrancing
enslaver of hearts, entitles a fair maiden of se
venteen to be a flirt, then is Stella fully exone
rated, for she was all these yes, ten thousand
times more !
Never was there seen such a sylph ; so light,
so airy, so full of grace ! Never was a little
head set sobewitchingly on a pair of shoulders,
that seemed dimpling with laughter at their
own whiteness; never were there such a pair
of eye ! they were not black, or blue, or hazel;
one could not tell their color ; but Mitch eyes !
Alas, for the swains, who would not
Fiom the glonce of her eye.ahun danger and fly,"
for were they not otherwise in a pretty state
ol commotion ! O 8uch thumping and pumping
of hearts ! such Etna's of sighs 1 Then such a
mouth had Stella fragrant as the blossom of
the sweet pea ; and hands and feet which even
Titania might have envied. Her voice was like
the sweetest notes of the .Eolian harp; and
her laugh more musical than fairy bells if one
could hear them ! But then she waj such a
flirt 'it was too bad in her too bad !
O the snares she would spread with Cupid,
sly, mischievous dog at her elbow f Then,
skipping around, she would laugh and clap her
little hands, to see the poor fellows tumble in.
And she would look so very demure, too, and
feel so very sorry ! Why would they like her!
It was not Aer fault bless her little innocent
heart, not a bit of her fault !
Ah, Stella, Stella! was it not enough for you
to lead in your chains the village youths; city
exquisites, doctors, schoolmasters and lawyers!
Must you also sport with divinity itself! Naugh
ty, naughty Stella.
It happened that for several months the
church in the village of Iirraine was without
a pastor. The pulpit was either supplied from
the neighboring towns, or occasionally the in
habitants were favored by some clerical travel
ler from the distant cities, who, charmed by the
beauty of the place gladly tarried the Sabbath
in so lovely a spot.
Indeed no one that has ever vieited this de
lightful village could leave it without regret.
Situated on the Borders of the lovely Connecti
cut, forming a silvery circlet for the luxuriant
meadows, as varied in hue as the tiara of a
queen ; here the emerald, there the pale topaz
of the graceful wheat, the sqamnrinc of the tail
maize, and the ruby red of the fragrant clover.
Iifty mountains bound the view on three sides,
but on the other, far as the eye can reach, are
scattered villages and towns, whose spires and
white dwelling gleam through orchards and
groves, while here and there the Connecticut
is.-i?ain .een pursuing her silvery way, as if
playing n prrp with earth and sky; now hi
ding amid the deep forest, and then bursting
forth in gladness ; mimicking on her surface
cloud, tree and shrub.
One Saturday evening, as the sun was last
disnppenrins behind the mountains, the east
ern stape came driving, Jcui-like, down the
principal street of Iirraigc, and dashed up in
fine style, with cracking whip and sounding
horn, to the door of the Union Hotel. Just at
the moment the steps were let down, a party of
young girls were hurrying swiftly past, appa
rently to avoid coming in contact with the pas.
eenjjers of the coach, Stella was among them,
and as she looked up in some confusion, her
eye encountered thofe of a stranger, the expec
ted clergyman. lie started with surprise at this
vision of the loveliness, and remained almost
unconsciously watching her light figure, until
it vanished like a bird, amid the drooping foli
age ofthe elms which bordered the stiect.
It might be be was too much absoibed in the
subject of bis next day's discourse to do justice
to the excellent supper of bis host ; certain it
is, the fine trout, the snowy bread and fragrant
butter were nearly untasted ; and, taking his
hat, William Godfrey strolled out in the beauti
ful twilight.
Saturday evening! On the loveliness of
that quiet summer-eve, amid the hills and val
leys of New England !
The stars were beginning to peep bashfully
forth ; a slight mist was rising from the river
as if to curtain tip the distant mountains, and
the music of the frogs, tho chirping cricket and
ceaseless katydid, were the only sounds that
met the car. William Godfrey passed slowly
down the avenue of elms, and gazed wistfully
at the doors and windows ofthe ncut cottages,
but nowhere could he sec Stella, and, in ditp
pointed mood, he returned to the hotel.
The next morning dawned a f.ure and glo
rious as the day it ushered in. All was still ',
theweet note of the joyful birds or the cheer,
ing sounds from the farm yard were alone
heard. The graaa lay glittering as though
linked to fairy chain by the fragile gossamer,
while each leaflet and flower bore its silvery
dew drop- Pleasant waa it for the young cler
gyman to Icon upon a scene of aueh beauty ; a
bcene calculated to inspire the holier feelings
HI ii
AND SIIAMOK1N JOURNAL.
""'jo'i'y. lhe itl principle of Republics, from which
gunbury, Xorlliuhibcriand its
of our nature, even in tbe most careless heart,
andfiodfrey was ono who with the derposl devo
tion blended with warm enthusiasm.lookcd from
"Nature, up to Naturc'a God's."
The church bell sounds. The streets, before
so solitary, aro now filled with villagers, all
wending their way to the house of Uod. Wil
liam Godfrey that morning excelled himself; no
one listened to him without interest and holy
pleasure ; and certainly there was no one but
might have improved by bis discourse. When
the service was ended, several of the more re
spectable villagers pressed forward to solicit
the clergyman, as was the custom, to partake
of their family dinner. He was about, howe
ver, to decline all their kind invitations, when
an elderly lady approached, and with great
sweetness and dignity rendered her band, ac
companied at the same time with an urgent re
quest that he would accept of her hospitality.
Could he refuse her ! for was not the sweet
girl on whose arm she loaned, the very same
that had haunted his night visions! and, as Stel
la looked up, ho caught the second glance of
those bewitching eyes. No, he coW not re
fuse ; and, offering his arm to the elder lady,
he accompanied them to their dwelling a cot
tage nestled amid honeysuckles and roses.
And now mark what a chain of magical beauty
Stella wove around the clergyman ; each hour,
"fanned by Cupid's wings," adding a new link,
until at length Godfrey became indeed a willing
captive. Morniiif.', noon and evening found
him by the side of Stella ; they read, they walk
ed together; or together rode through the sha
dy groves or along the verdant banks of the
Connecticut ; and Godfrey made no scruple of
accompanying Stella's pretty songs with his
own fine voice. There was to him n charm in
every thing Stella did, perfectly irresistible.
The clergyman was deeply in love !
Well and Stella ! Little minx ! she thought
Mr. Godfrey so very kind, to very agreeable!
she did not think a minister could be so agree
Ide ! Then he was very intelligent, too, she
said, and she was proud to have iiim toapprjve
or direct her reading. To walk with him was
delightful, for he talked so beautifully of the
charms of nature ; and above all, she so admi
red to bear him sing ! But as to loving him
why the thing never entered her crazy little
head. Mercy ! to think of her becoming a so.
her minifter's lady, and the head of Dorcrn
societies ! Why it would bo like chan"im
the brilliant little humming bird into the grave
gray owl !
A week flew past it was again Saturday,
and William Godfrey had accepted an invitation
to preach in a neighboring town. The after
noon was fine, and it not being necessary for
him to leave Iorrainc until late in the day, he
proposed to Stella an excursion on horseback.
Off they went she looking so beaut ifully in
her dark-green riding dress, her little hat and
feather, and her whip, which she held like some
fairy wand. She sat the horse, too, as graceful
as a bird, and like a bird she flew along, carol
ling gaily, and making sweet music under those
graceful elms and fragrant evergreen pines
which canopied their path.
Not one word had Godfrey yet breathed of his
attachment ; but this afternoon, he ft It, must
decide his fate. Twice he essayed to speak,
but was too much agitated to pro:ecd.
"Stella," said he at length, in a faltering
voice heie he heeitated and all was lost!
for at that moment, on emerging from the thick
et into tho high roid, an open carriage passed
them. In this carriago sat a gentleman more
over, not only a young gentleman, but a very
handsome gentleman and so long and earn
estly did he stare at Stella, that she blushed
like a damask rose. The carriage drove on
Stella turned her head to look after it ', tho
stranger's head was turned, too -very awk
ward ! and Stella blushed still deeper.
'I wonder who that can be,' said she, 'he is
very handsi-tuc who can it be !
This was said rather to herself than to her
companion, and a no answer was required,
none was given. But a pang went through the
heart of poor Godfrey ; why, he cauld not tell,
yet it seemed as the chill of death to all his
warm hopes and imagining.
They 6oon reached home ; and, as Godfrey
bade her good evening, he said, as he pressed
her hand, "I shall return, my dear Misa Lee,
on Wednesday, when I hope to liave a conver
sation with you, on which, 1 hesitate not to tell
yon, much of my future happiness depends J un
til then, dear Stella, adieu."
The colot fled from the cheek of Stella
for, to do her justice, she had no idea until that
moment how deeply she had interested ber
companion; and, bidding htm a hasty farewell
he ran into the house. letting her littlo bat
fall on her shoulders and holding up the skirt
of her long ridmg dress, she tripped Into the
parlor, and there, on the little chinti covered
sola Aer sat the handsome stronger, in con
versation with her grandmother. She would
have retreated, but it wa too late.
"Mr. Do'ivai.my dear,"aid tbe good lady,
iT1ii ,.
n."
there i no app. al but to force, the vital principle
Ia. Saturday, Mny SIT, 1S43.
"a particular friend of your aunt Agnc but
ft) now and remove that troublesome dress.and
then join Us again.'
And now if those scores of disappointed
youths, dying by inches for tho love of this cru
el maiden, could have taken a peep into the
heart of their fair enslaver, they would have
seen themselves about to be revenged. Even
Cupid, falrfc fellow ! just at the moment, in
stead of aiming bis arrows from her eyes, turn
ed sportively round, and pointing direct to the
heart of poor Stella, drew bis bow -twang .'
yes, there sped the shaft I
Mr. Dolivar was truly, an elegant young
man ; of polished manners and conversation.
To account for his sudden appearance in Mrs,
Lee's parlor, it is only necessary to say, that
so much had he heard of the loveliness and
excellence of Stella Ixe from her aunt, in
whose family ho was intimate, and from others
who had chanced to see her, that at first his
curiotity wa aroused next his pity for the
young orphan, (for Stella had lost both her
parents, while yet an infant,) and he deter
mined, at all events, ho would see this paragon
himself. With letters, therefore, of introduc
tion, he proceeded to lirraine.
When be met Stella on horsebsck, his eyes
and heart told him she could be no other than
the object which had brought him thither.
But who, then, was that pale, young man, her
companion !
"Only a young clergyman," said grandma,
in a tone which seemed to say, "O no danger
from a clergyman."
But not so thought Dolivar, until, by the art
less manner of Stella, he saw that her heart at
least was untouched.
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, passed like
charmed days ; and Tuesday evening found
Stella Lccthe barotht-d bride of Ed ward Boli
var! Foor Godfrey! I don't belive she thought of
him once, until Wednesday morning when,
just as Dolivar left ber for a few moments to
write to his friends of his happiness. William
Godfrey entered, his fine face beaming with
delijrht nt seeing her again, Stella Unshed,
turned very pale, then blushed again ; she
trembled, too, and hesitated; and, in short, ap
peared so m.ich like a young girl in ore, that
Godfrey luid the "flattering unction to his soul,"
and immediately opened his whole heart to
the trembling girl breathing forth in tones of
deep emotion his pure and fervent line seiz
ing her reluctant hand, he asked,
"Tell me, dearest Stella, may I hope for a
return of my affect ion ! Say, can you love mc!
Poor Stella ! what at that moment were
her feelings ! She nearly fainted, so great w as
her emotion ; but, recovering herself, and with
drawing her ham!, said, in a voice almost lost in
agitation, these last words :
" am engaged." Then, bursting into tears,
she fled from the room.
The unhappy lover rushed from the house
just in time to meet the happy one at the en
trance. O St,Ua! Stella. ' C. H. B.
A Pigeon Roost. The following account of
one of the enormous Pigeon lloosts ofthe West,
is from the Miner's Exprers, published al Du
buque, Wisconsin :
"A Mr. McDowell came to our office yester
day, and told us that there is an immense Pi
geon Roost in the forks of the Musquoketa in
Jackson county, such as has never been seen
in this couutry before it is three miles long
and a half a mile in width. There can be no
estimate made of their number. Their roost
ing places arc about a mile distant from their
nests and feeding places, being three in number,
and each one covering a section of land 1 and
in passing to and fro, they darken the air with
their number, and breakdown young trees vlth
their weight, and hundreds are killed by getting
entangled in the fulling timhs and branches.
The people kill them with clubs, and the noise is
so loud that when a gun is fired amongst them,
the report cannot be heard and a person can
stand in one place and shoot all day, the birds
returning ft soon as you call load. They are
building their nests and the people aro alarmed,
lest they may destroy their crops."
Sn at a Birth. We notice in the Alton
Telegraph" n arenunt of three children weigh
ing 15 lb., tting bom hi ono birth in Madison
countyv which the writer seem to think is not
o be beat. But they do buainesson a larger
scnlo in tliia part of the slat. Neaf I Roy,
Mrlan eniinty, about 53 mile east of us, a
woman had six fine children al a birth; weigh
ing 10 lbs. 3 oz. The fact is ohtained from the
most respectablo authority. Ptkiiilll.) Pal
IriJ'.uuu AM tstKV. An empty coxcomb boasting of
a renowned ancestry is no better than a pot a
toe blossom all that is good pertaining to him
being under ground;
A tradesman is never too high to fall, nor too
low torivwi
!... u.ij jjii- ' tn BmjfLJJ,.Jvi'?.i.1 .'''fur ''ji,..
and immediate parent of deapotiam. Jarraaso.
Vol 3Xo. 35 Whole Xo, 139.
New Procraeof KVaViln; trotV.
The following article frrtm tho transactions
of the Institution of Civil Engineers, liiindon,
wilt be read with interest by out Iron Masters.
If this method should prove successful, it would
be of vast benefit to this Stale.
A new method of making malleable iron di
rect from tho ore at one process ; it is the in
vention of Mr. Clay, and ia used at lhe Shiroa
Woiks, near Kirkinlilfuchv By this process a
mixtuieof dry lurmatite. or other rich Iron ore,
is ground tip finr with about four-tenths of ils
weight of small coal : this mixture is allowed
to pass gradually through a hopper in an oven
Adjoining and forming part of ii species ofpud
ling furnace, into which a given quantity is
drawn At stated limes, when thoroughly and
uniformly heated. The charge is then puddled
in the usual manner, but with less labor lhan
tohen working plate ron) and in about an hour
and a half the Iron is produced in a malleable
state, fit for shipping and rolling inlo bars. Af
ter another process of filing and rolling again,
mclleable into Iron bars are produced of a qual
ity (as was staled by s)me members present)
superior to the cable bolts or best Iron usually
made by the long and expensive process of cal
cining the ore, smelting in the blast furnace,
and refining the pig Iron, and the saving of fttel
is necessarily very great.
The Iron was stated, also, to be capable of be
ing Converted into sleel of superior quality, and
when worked by Mr. Heathka plan, of uniting
manganese in the process cast steel wa pro
duced, which possessed the property of welding
or uniting to Iron and in consequence, all the
cutlery, which was made of sheer steel was now
made of cast steel The cast Iron produced by
the scoriae, or refuse slag of this process, is of a
better quality, in consequence of the absence of
phosphoric acid, which is ordinarily present in
the lime stone and as a flux in the blast furnace,
This discovery may be the means of working
comparatively unopened mines of haematite of
rich quality existing in Lancanshire, Devon
shire, and Cornwall, all of which could be
bro'ighl into use by this means ; and if, as aver
ted, the Iron made good steel, England would
be rendered independent of Sweden.
The discussion was renewed upon Mr. Clay's
process of making malleable Iron from ha?ma
titeore It was shown that out of twenty-five
thousand tons of steel made annually in this
country not more than twothousand five hun
dred tons were made from the best quality of
Swedish Iron ; the rest was made from inferi
or charcoal Iron from Russia and Germany or
Irom English Iron, which was not well calcu
lated for converting."
Ttn.M.so Tills Tabi.f. We of the North
have been too much in the habit of turning our
attention to the South and West for detailsof
Lynch Law, murders, &.c. The New Orleans
Picayune thus turns the table over.
Our Northern papers received yesterday
we received two mails of them contained un
numbered details of murders, attempts to mur
der, brutal violence to women and children,
thefts, pickpocketings and the like. We have
concluded to sparrourreaders the details, which
arc disgusting and uninteresting.
New Mope or Liomiin. A Liverpool pa
per tells a laughable joke about a menagerie
man.' Cotwtables were after him for debt, and
begot into the cage with the lion! Their
consternation may be imagined when he po
litely informed them that he preferred the
company of the lion of the forest to the lions of
the law, and that it was his intention to remain
where he was Until after twelve o'clock on
Saturday uight, when, according to law their
authority (for the time) ceased. Threats and
persuasions were alike unavailing; all that
they could nblain from him was the asuranco
that if they wanted him they might come and
lake him )
DottEric LitV- tio mart ever prospered in
the world without the co-operation of hi wife.
If khe unites irt mutual endeavor, or rewnrd
his labor with an endearing smile, with vvhut
confidence will he resort to his merchandise or
farm ; fly over lands : sail upon the seas ; meet
difficulty and encounter dinger .if he knows
he Is not spending hia strength in vain, but
that hia labor -will be rewarded by the sweets
of home. Solitude and disappointment enlcr
into the history of every man' life ; and he ia
but half provided fo hi voyage, who find but
an associate for happy hours, while for his
moi thsof darkness and distress, no sympathi!
ing partner ia prepared.
All who have meditated on the art of govern
ing mankind, haVe teen convinced that tliB fulo
of empire depends on the education bTybuth.
Aristotle.
FRirsos We ought always to make choice
bf person of such worth alid honor for our
friends, that if they should ever cease to be so,
will not abuse our confidence, nor give ttteauee
to fear them if enemies.
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Advertisements tell without directions As to th
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eo'ntinerd until ordered out, Att'J chargwd tccorj-.
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CjrSUtoeh Rnei make a square.
X Reptondtnt toh.
R is quite amUving to read how frank, bold, And
honest are the spccchts cf those wlro were de
luded in 1310, but have since returned both
promises of their early days. Taxe tbe ToY
Idwlng remarks of a Mr. Williams of Ccnncttii
cut for instance ':
"I have come tot-ward lo tell yirtu my friend
thai 1 am no longer A coOn. taud laughter
And cheers. ) was borA a lriie Democrat, bul
by some cause became transplanted into Whig
woll. ttut they watered me tvilh hard tider
fjoud laughter which did not agree with my
constitution. Cfiecrs. One of my Coort
friends, supposing llnl I was a Coon slill.tamn
to me the ether day and notified We very pri
vately that a meelirtg 'Of choice spirits was to
be held a't a certain well known whig lAwyer's
oflicO. I suppose you will be on hand, won't
you ) lold him t rather thought I fhould bd
a Coon no longer ! intended to vote the
Democratic ticket! Great applause. Tho
fellow's lower jaw fell as milch as four inch
es ! Loud laughter And cheering Yes, my
friends, t feci once more at home; I am with
you tftd liope to continue so, the remainder of
my life. Trcmendoua applause.
llow t0 get X Feather Bfd. "In carrying
off even tbe small thing of a feather bed, Jack
Tate, the bowld burgler, showed the skill of a
high practitioner, for lie descended the stair
backwards." "Backwards !" said Larry llogan,
"what's that for 1" "You'll see by and bye,"
said Grcggin, ''he descended backwards, when
suddenly he heard a door opening, And a fay.
male voice exclaiming, 'Where art you going
With that bed?' Tin going tip stairs with itma'
am,' said Jack, whose backward position favo
red his lie, and he began to vvalk up again.
Come dovvn,1 said the lady, 'we want no beds
here, man.4 'Mr. Sullivan, rhVam, seht mo
home with it himself,' t&id Jack, still mounting
the stairs, 'dome down, I tell you,v said the
lady, in A great rage, 'thcres no Mr. Sullivan
lives hefe.' - beg your pardon, maam, said
Jack, turning round, and marching off with tho
bed, fair And aisy. Well, there was a regular
shilloo in the house when the thing was found
out, and cart rone would'nt howld the lady for
the fago she was in at being d'.ddled."
Anecdote. Soon after the close of tho war
of lSl2, a merchantman, msrtned by green Yan
kees, went into London. Ono of the Jona
lhans pitched Ashore and landed in a large ware
house, The proprietor seeing he was a green
'un stepped Up to him, and said, "Fr-fr-friendk
can t-t-tell m-m-me," he Could go no Turthor.
The head clerk advanced and said, "I guess t
can lei) you what he was gcing to say he was
going to ask if yon could tell him the reason
why Balaamvs Ass spoko 1" "Va!!,,k replied Jo
nnthan, "I gUCss t can. I guess dalaam WAS A
stutteting man and cmild't speak, And bo his a
stepped npahd epoke for him."
A Sea Bet.t.. An Irishman who served on
board a man-of-war in the capacity of Waiterj
WAS selected by One ofthe officers to haul In a
tow lihe of considerable length, Which WAs tow
ing over the laflrails. After routing in forty or"
fifty fathoms W-hich had put his patience re
verely to proof, as Well As every muscle of hi
arms, ho muttered to himself, "Bad manner
to me, sir, If I don't think somedody's cttt fr
the other end of it'
MEatnio Mlsic A would-be Wag, grffrt
in the trade went into a tailor shop the o
ther dav, where a solemn looking Yankee )vj'.b
was tutting nut clothes.
"Have you any jewsharps 1" said the r-.e
fledged aspirant to wit.
"No," replied lhe Yankee tailor-boy, "but
we can take the measure of your mouth And
make you one !" Picayune.
No Uoval Road to LtakNivo. When ii
Kin asked Euclid, the mathematician-, whe
Iher no could not explain hi Aft to him irt a
more compendious manner, he Was answeredj
thai there Was no royal Way W geometry. 0
ther things may be seized by might, bt pur
chased With money, but knowledge i to be)
gained only by study and study to bo prosecuted
only in retirement. Johnson.
A gJahd jury in Indiana hat e presented the
practice of dunning as A nuisance; being a
fruitless consumption eTUme, and wabto of shod
leather.
FiATiraV. The heart has no avehue sa
opens lhat of flattery; which likosomecn
chahlmcnt, lays all Its guards asleep.
By ingratitude, the strictest combination tf
friendship ate broker).
The battle is not alwsvs to the srUrltf," as
the boy said when he killed a skunk with s
brickbat.
The ftshiriri bf wearinp bustlea, uti an ei
Chang paper, is newetallad ,bck-gmoB.',