J. M. WEAKLEY.I
J. M. WALDACH.I
OVER AND OVtli IGOIN.
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Over and over again k .
No matter Which way I fhini,
I always find in the Book of Life
Borne lesson I have to . learn,,
rtnuit„ taka my tar-trot the - nitth
I rauit grind out the golden grain
I must work with a resoluta will, .
We cannot measure the teed
tif s cieu the tiniest Dower,
Nor , cl ack the flow of thegolden semi
That rens throng a single hour,
But the morning . dmve must fall;
And the sun and thO iummei rain
Must do their part, and perform It all
Over sad over Tin
Ovor and over again,
The brook through the meado w flows
And over and over again,
{the DondCienli mill whool goo..
Once doing will not cultic°,
0 Thfongh dolog, bo it nol It vein ;
And a bloselog failing xis once or Ovine;
liley comb If WO try It dicta.
The Toth that lies once boon trod,
Is never so rough to the feet ;
And tho lesson wo once have learned
Is never so hard to repeat.
Though sorrowful tears may fall,
And the hearts to it. depths be driven,
With storm analempest,•vre need them both
Teo, render'. meet (Sr heaine.
CASTLES IN THE AIR
The bonnie, bonnie Nairn,
Who sits poking In the ash,
Glowing in the tiro
Wl' hie woo round face.
Laughing at the fullin low ;
Whet s.:e.s he there,
„.„/ fta I the young dreamer's
Building castles la the air.
BIN wee chubby face,
O " And, hie townie, urly pow,
And laughing and sodding
To the danclugnowe ;
Bull brown hi. ruddy cheeks,
And singe Ills sunny hair,
G lowing at the
BUllding castles In the air
Sic a night in eel rater
May noel make him etuld ;
. Flis i c tiu upon his Puffy band
ymisoon maks hint auld
His brow's broht can braid, 7 7
0 pray that daddy Can
Will lend the dean ninne,
Wl' his castles to the air I •
glower et tho gee,
And he'll koke at the light ;
lint moony sparkling stars,
„Are swallowed up by night ;
Anklet: e'en than his •
Ara giammoursd by a glare ;
Hearts aro broken kends are turned
Wl' castles ill the air 1
THE DEATH BELL
refulgent noon filled all the world
- iVith splendor. The little clouds in these
beautiful heavens looked like' the white
shoulders of swimmers in a lake of sap
phire But the doui way — of tho'bell
foundry of Breslau was low and arched,
and here the .sunbeams halted, as if they
craved no commerce with the darkness
and the gloomy Vapors pervading the
great vault within. Helena stopped,
too, for she; like the sunbeams, scorned
to dread familiarity with these ghastly
shadows. As she Stood in the arch Way,
with her bright yellow hair rippling
down— over--her--crimson--man t i
might have thought that Aurora had re
turned at noonday to chide the sun'fof"
confiscating all her dewdrops. This
charming girl looked doWn eagerly into
the foundry. She saw the great furnace
with its coruscations of. blue flame, and
the huge caldron wherein the molten
metal for the now' bell fot the Magdalen
church -lay shimmering like a lake of
gold ; she. siiVy the rays of lurid light
darting up to the ceiling of the vault
and clinging-4o all the beams as with
bloody hands ; but she saw no living soul
within, for Reichart the founder and his
artjsaiis had gone to their midday meal;
and the embryonic bell was appkrently
left to lake care of itself. A shade of
disappointment--crossed her-pretty face.-
"I thought he truly Would have waited,"
she said,-and was about to turn away,
when a voice cried, "Helena, thou dear
one, I em here," and presently there
emerged in the twilight of the archway,
a tall and handsOme youth,' who ran for
ward in great joy, and seized the maiden's
hands, and exclaimed, "I am glad thou
"art come. Thou shalt now descend into
this black paradise, of surprises, and be
hold all that thou hast been curious about
so long." . .
thought, Fritz, that thou hadst
left," she replied. '.
"Nap" said he. "How should I
disappoint my dear one who wished to
see out preparations for casting the bell?
Be careful in passing down these steps.
Our master has- often promised to have.
them repaired ; though, for my part,
had rather ho should mend his temper
".thanthe steps. . Let me take thy band.
So r Thou canst not see the way ?
trust me'; I will neither falter nor this
- lead thee. - Now will -we mount this.
platform, where thou canst s6o that
which, will one day sound merrily over
Breslau." •
"Oh, how beautiful," she exclaimed ;
but, asliglit emotion akin to a shudder
disturbed her, and slie said, Perchance,
Fritz; this bell may sound - notes of woo
for thee or' for me."
At her feet lay the lake of shining
metal, faintly palpitating in the intense
heat: One could almost fancy the liquid
was pellucid, so clear was the delusive
shilnmer upon. its surface. Yet, while
there, as no visible impulse to 'give it
Motion, there wore evidences of some
mysterious yearnings' that disturbed it.'
Inexplicable tremors, faint vibrations,
as if responsive' to harmonies inaudible
to hunnur ears, agitated- the Mass. Ono,
might detect pulsations; -The metal-was
unable to tranquilize itself with these
fiery 'raptures- Penetrating all, its atoms. ,
.It troMbled . In delicious anguish.' It
writhed • with the instinct for escaping
as a brute in a cage writhes against the
inexorable bars. It boat in little petu
lant ripples upon'theeides of the caidron
as upoma shore. , • It , wanted to utter in
waVoa and Ourrents, and eapricieus ed
. Mos the . : delights of• Mobility it'wonld
become fraternal with
,rolling floods of
lava,; it :would unite in Intention with
Aidesuncl: cataracts, and 'all the flowing
inasses•of tho World. It murmured, and
. thrilled, and purred, ; and uttered little
soft peductive Across. its.surfsee
danced innumerable sparklefi, s'alaman-
One' would say ; gidairles Of
emeralds, ; taking: to ;themselves'. wings,
. could not pparklo fuore brilliantly. ; Now
anditlien.„lt , ridnute fragment' of. scoria
vias eb'ot tip , frorri the depth
_of tho . lalco;
an& exploded in tiny meteorie' . chewers . ;
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looked upon it,!* said Fritz, "but none
so hand Some as thins.'' .• • '
"what, dO Many visitors come hither?"
" Yee, many of the highborn dames of
.Breslau come to see the molten metal
for' the bell. And pretty -offerings, too,
tlMy throw into the caldron. Ono of
them throw her bracelets all,- sparkling
with gems into• the mass ; - others: have"
thrown in golden ,crosses. Yesterday a
lady bought n groat silver flagon. Some
of the rich-burghers' wives have' brought •
massive silver candlesticks. `Many have
thrown in rings of dazzling beauty.; f
would I could ornament thy taper fingers
with such toys. -But chiefest of a 1 1,7! that
I grudged to this dragon bellovhichin
its fiery 'Wenger bath swallOwediso much,
was a gold necklace given by the Syndic's
daughter. - Oh, it was of' rvellous.
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beauty and radiance ; and as I an , it fly
from her hands like a shooting tar, rest
a moment on the surface of tl e metal,
and then dissolve away forever, wished
some gnome had reseuecll.t for t ee."
" Vex not thyself for such baubles,"
returned Helena. "The floivers -then
gayest me last evening , are dearer far to
me than jewels, for thy kisses hover
upon the' petals and mix with the per
fume. And. this little cornelian cross of
thine—see, I wear it close to my liWt.
Could' treasure it more lovingly if it
were oven of richer make 2"
He knew not_ho* to conceal his pleas
ure at these words. "I see—thou art
pretending to love me;" he said Ntith a
smile.
" And lost thou never pretend to love
Me?" she replied. As men add smiles
to their love jests; so *omen add to
theirs a tear. Helena's eyes glistened as
she spoke.
"But conic," said he, "let us descend
and see the mould wherein, this monster
bell is to be cast." And they stepped,
down from the platform to where hugo
masses of clay and sand, and cunning
contrivances of iron and Wood had been
fashioned into a matrix- for the -bell.
-Above was the channel which was to
conve'y the molten metal from the vent
of - the caldron to the mould.-
Helena gazed at it with that sort,of
♦ague- admiration *liich ono feels for
anything huge, ungainly, mid complicat
ed, about which one understands noth
ing. "
- "Shouldst thou not like to see the
great rive.'• of metal come flaming dawn
the channel?" said Fritz,. excited by a
sudden suggestion of daring.
" That would I," replied
clapping her hands with delight.
" What if I•openAlivent ?"
,returned
" Yes, do it, 1" she cried. ."‘ Nay, do
it not," she added with trepidation, see
ing that he Mid hold of a great maul,
and Was moving toward the caldron.
"Nay, do it , not. _Thou knowest how.
harshly Reichert, thy master, deals with
his men. His mouth will be full of evil_
speech when he returos, - if thou shouldst
meddle with the work."
.scarcely heard her. A horrid
excitement, that "
by Nemesis," possessed him. He rushed
up the steps toward the vent, swinging
the maul in great curves as he went.
The hammer descended with a crash
upon the bars ;, with , frantic glee he
struck them one by one away ; the flap
fell, and in an instant the bright metal
came;roaring and hissing through the
channel. Her eye was dazzled with the
rapidity of its down rush. In a short
time the caldron was empty, and the
mduld
"It is, accomplish id Fritz, exi
nitingly.
"AlaS, I fear thoi ine wrong;"
replied Helena. " I hear the
voice of the Master.
Reichert indeed _ d the steps
of the vault. He cast a nod of recogni
tion without cheerfulness towards Hole
mi. 110 moved towards the caldron;
ho noticed, that smoke and vapor. were
thicker in the vault than usual.
"flow now," ho exclaimed to Fritz,
What art thou doing? See that all
is going well with the metal. The bell
must be cast this night."' •
"It is cast already," replied Fritz.
"Case? What means it ? What dev
il's prank bast thou been playing ?"
" I have run the metal into the mould,"
said Fritz.
"Thou fool and maker of mischief,
thou bast ruined inc 1" shrieked Reich
ert, in a burst of ungovernable fury.
td I not forbid thee, on pain of death.
ouch the vent? By. Pluto, I will
teach thco a lesson !" and he sprang
upon the youth.
All the lurid shadows. in the groat
areh above wore moved with . sudden
.frenzy. They shookred hands in ghostly
deprecation ; they buttoned for invisible
Witnesses.; they moved hither and thither
among the beams , and rafters ; they
clutched- at the unknown.' Borne of
them lifted up a shadowy finger, as who
Sould "flush l a tragedy is upon
Us 1" •
"Oh ! 'mercy, mercy !" screamed
Helena. •" No, none I" exclahned 'the
infuriate founder. _ "He bath disobeyed
My orders' and ruined 'my great work.
As ho bath blotted mifair fame, hii3 life
shall-Pay the penalty. Die, cursed Med,
dler I" add ho plunged a dagger into the,
youth's heart. Tho 'blood of the mur
dered boy spirtdd over upoii the mould,
and gave a horrid baptism to the boll.
The vault • rang with Helena's piercing
screams ; bur presently she sank insen
sible beside the corpse of her lover.
RoiChort was condemned to don&
ho paced ' the prison cell ;,but
all the terrors that sumunded his am
ttitic;ll failed to bond that,morcise,intiorn
itablospirit.. Ho hoard it related that
on. breaking away the mould, tho'boll
waS.:found p'erfect m i sting, without
flaw or ilefect. His walcnien—but his
no hingoi—woro engaged in giving it the
final, touches of art,- and - masons and car
penters wore preparing the tower of the
.I,Thgdalen church for its reception. With
egrets ho hoard all ihose rumors, but
Withept compunction. . •
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The night before his execution ho son
for his friend' Von Tallinn.,
" You are come," he said, Vqlo ' llt4o lat
for entered the tell , "to take your fare.
rvell `a'.irmii whom ',destiny, has cruelly
injured. ..There aro"compensations, it is
said, in. every .life--4iut as forme; I can
titectith such dclicateUrrangeMMat in the
:world., What compensation is'here for a
prined career, - as mine is? No 1 Man,
vreteiroil }non, is not protectOd-btiiothe
amiable Being, whose motives of govern.
relent are all sweet and friendly. Rather
is he the effsPring of 'Sikvage;.riithlese ele
,ments; Which breed him'after I know
not what grotesque and hideous pairing.
He 's the_ brother Of raging winds, of
howling tempests, of cataclysms that
mid the mountain bars; and his desti
ny, like theirs, is to be beaten about the
world in endless agony and strifc. ,,
" Alas, my poor friend," answered
'Von Millen; who was a good, conven
tional man, strangely costraeted .(as is
often the case in. friendship) with the
fiery Midler% and who understood noth-
Mg or these bold arraignments of
causes and forces, , "Alas,, my friend,
think in this sad hour that your fellow-,
mon have not been so merciless to you
.as you have been to yourself. Recollect
that you did not use to control your
temper. You wore too hot, too hot.
Think of this, and try to be humble and
contrite ; and sorpropare yourself - for the
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tribunal of Heaven.
"Contrite I humble ! Let me hear no
more of these degrading notions. Know
. this, lam a man „I have faculties to,
-play a part in the world. lam a 'great
artist I Should I renounce these sover
eign powers, and walk as - an apologist for.
my being before sun and stars? Ilay,
let me descend to the fellowship of
brutes, and like the ox be trained for
slaughter—"-lie-suddenly stopped.." Ha,
'Wfiat a pang I.(io that event I am in
deed brought against '
Von Tallien was deeply moved by this
passionate outburst, but, being the man
he was, felt-naturally desirous of bi'ing
leg the prisoner to ,a better' frame of
mind. With this idea he led back the
conversation to the. crime for which Rei
chert had been condemned.
"Against your' will, and not against
your will," maid he. "It was of your
own will that you took the life of an
other." .. . • -
"Ire was unfaithful, - and deserved
death," was Reichert's response. "Tp
please a girl, he risked the ruin of my
greatest work. Such an act, I repeat,
deserved death."
"Oh 1" ok.claimed Yon Tollien in a
shocked and deprecating tone. •
"Yes, it is just. The world has too
many of these inconsiderate' idlers, who
go about marring - the works
.of others.
Some of them should leave it. When
they have done their worst, - 'Oh,--it"Was
a jest l', they say—as if that consirdeLLone.
Draco punished all offences with death.
kat least, would thus punish - an injury
to work of art."
'But your bell was found perfect.
Nothing could have succeeded better,"
said Von Tallien.
"Oh misery, I know it. Failure
would have been the vindication of all
my cares. For, indeed with what secret
fear and delight, 7 looked forward to
that casting! How . many, times a ,day
I ran over in -niy mild every preCaution,
every expedient that might insure sue,
case. By. night my dream, by day my
- whole - employ --At last, every_thing.avan.
ready, . crow n ing_ r ue rnent, came,
and another, a meddlesome servant,
steps in and defrauds me of my rightful
triumph as an artist. I say," he cried
striking, his fist upon the table where his
fetters made a - loud jangling, "I say, it
is an affront of Fate." ,
He sat down, and co'ored his face
with his hands. Von Tallinn wail con
fused and :perplexed i, he know''not how
to . 4eal with this haughty troubled spirit.
The silence that ensued was broken
by the entrance of, a janitor, who came
to announce that .visitors . .nmst leave the
prison. Von Tallien agaiii recommended
religious ideas to his friend. "Lot me
beseech you," ho said "by the love
we have borne one - another, to soften
youf disposition. Confess that you have
done wrong. Confession is a life pre- .
server thrown out brconscience to Baird
the soul from drowning in the 'gulfs of
selfishness."
"No more !" said Reichert imperious
ly. "Never will I confess that man eau
do wrong in vindicating his honor=
especially the artist. Let it pass. lye
must part. But still before you go, there
is a request which I would have you con
vey to my tot:Mentors. Ask them to have
the bell secured in its place in thd 3Q
dales tower this night, that. I may at
least hear its 'voice before I die. And
henceforth , let it toll at the death of
every ono who•is brought to such an end
as I sm.'
VOn TaMon promised to use his influ
ence with the council for these objects,
and so prepared to leave his unfortunate
friend: forever. . He was unable to re
'press his emotion, and parted from him
in a paroxysm of grief.
- The workmen engaged in the Magda
len tower hurried to the completion of
their task, but it was not till the next
day that the work was accomplj,shed—
indeed, the bell was only just tilted as
the ;mournful procession left the prison.
The executioner, the priests, tho officers
of the prisen; the council of the city, in
the midst of them, ‘ the' prisoner guarded
by. two soldiers, moved along • through
the crowd, and ,reached the foot of the
Ilabonstoin, "the hill of death."
Then it was t h at Reichert heard isWeot
and melancholy notes pour forth frmu
the'„Xagdalen • tower, g and raising hid
oyes saw the now boll swinging like .a'
Collier; and laden 'with sound as with' a
The spectators spoke to each other of
the singular eireumstanee that a man
should" make :a ball, ''aiid lifterwardd
hear it tolled. for ;hiu own death. , A
Creeping terror began' to agitate their
Souls. They thought so strange an event.
bOdad evil' t,o then:it %Meanwhile the bell
bechiee ebriller and more clamorous. , It
tilled all the air with passioitate'appeals,
Sometimes it pleaded for pity, some
times • it shrieked .fer revenge, then it
changed to doleful larrientation; finally
ono of the listeners deoltkted"that its
cadences seemed very like low mocking
I:Wilder.' • ..
.Relalforeheard.all these sounds, „the
heart was' tqn 'with 'contending cm°.
tions'; knel
_not, hlifsei, nor Ids
thoughti: •
.In'distinguish'able ,reveries
whirled, together in a, vortex of pride,
agony,'and -Ogtet. • "Few this
laboled;".liasitid:. • Tiff:Attie bell seemed
mcian' of ronibrser. "Iti thrilled him fo the
eeni: Re thought oft thMysfutlehlrhad
stain 'f".!,:;611; 'theft uhliiipPy:bely, I pItY.
' Th, ieF4,lo l ßiled
pia eyes, and poured down*
IThe'PeciPlo s'effingliießPis mowilialie t sat,
• down on tho' 4 : bleady'sattr'iliougbqo
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, IS7O.
IME
Iran praying,
,and: laid ha would make 'a;
good And: •
= 'The executioner lifted his sword. A
silence fell upon the lips of mon and the
hearts of women: In a moment altwai
over.—Putnam's Magazine.
THE FRIENDS INDIANS.
On the fifteenth of February, 1800,
General Grant, through General Parker,
A. D. C., addressed ajetter to the Secre
tary of the Standing Committee on. the
Indian concern of the Baltimore Yearly
Meeting of Friends, informing him that
he, the President elect, was .desirous of
inaugurating some polio] to protect the
Indians in their just rights, and to en
force integrity in . tile .I.4lmintion of
their. affairs, aswell as to improve their
general condition. The letter expressed
-confidence in the friendship and interest
which the Society Of Friends had ever
maintained in behalf of the Indians, and,
request-that the society send ,the Presi.
dent elect a list of the names of members
of' . .the society would. fully endorse as
suitable persons -as Indian agents. The
letter also assured the society of all the
encouragement and protection which the
government could legally give in their,
efforts to improve, educate and Christian-.
ize the Indians. This arduous and re
sponsible enterprise the society, kindly
consented to, undertake, and we have
now before us the report, of the joint
delegation appointed by the committees
on the Indian Concern of the Yearly
Meetings of Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
New' York, respectively, composed of
Benjamin Hallowell,' and others, to' visit
the Indians in., Nebraska. The report
contains many most interesting facts
connected with the Indian question. As
a means, of imp rOvement the delegates
suggest—faithful -observance of- treaty
stipulations with the different tribes; no
more removal of Indians from their pres
ent reservations in Nebraska.; no.miore
land of the Indian reservations to be sold
nt - iiresent ; - a - hospital on each reserve..
tion,to accommodate all the sick ; a num
ber of industrial schools on - each reserva
tion, to teach children of both sexes, be
sides-school education, mechanical,
and household duties ;-teaching
the English language prominently in the
schoolspin order to prepare the Indians
for citizenship ;. supplying them liberally
with teams and tools to break up their
land and-build -houses.. - In the opinion - of
the Friends, with these things supplied,
all the Indians of Nebraska, would, in a
few years, become self supporting.
The report gives a highly favorable ad.'
count of the success of -various Christian
Missions. among - some -of - the Indian
tribes. The Friends seem to be fully of
the conviction that tks. Indians have
been - therii — crainned
. against thrill sin
ning." "In Canada," 'they say, "we
never hear of Indian massacres, and In
dian -wars;" in Alaska the same was true
until it came into our hands. Now we
hear of "attacks by the Indians" in that
territory'. The. report quotas, -at this
. point, an intelligent Indian_from,., the.
head waters of the Mississippi, who once
remarked : "OE! if= the lndians Ciuld
only publish a newspaper, what -a differ
ent picture wsuld be drawn of the ag
gressors in. those outrages ! they would
have white faces, not red!" The reason
of the difference in Canada and Alaska
and this.country; is held in the report. to
be that in the former they were never
pushed back on the approach of the white
Bottlers, but the tide of emigration passed
peaceably by, and surrounded them,
while the strong arm of the government
extended its protection alike to all. -
The Indian lack of confidence in the
reliability of the white man is illustrated
by an incident given in the report :.
- - "An Indian chief brought a Young In
dian, we - -are told, before a width coati:MEL'
sioner to give'evidence, and the commis
sionerlbsitated a little in 'receiving part
of the testimony, when the Cilia spoke
up with great emphasis : 'Oh, you may
believe what ho says ; he tolls the truth?
he has never seen a white man beforeP "
The
. indifference to death prevailing
amongthem, is illustrated by an anecdote
quoted on the authority of Bishop Whip
ple, of Minnesota, of a distinguished In
dian who was imprisoned in connection
with the horrible Minnesota massacre of
18c2, and who was visited' n priSon by a
physician. In reply to a question Of the
Indian's What he thought the government
would do with him, the physician hesi
tated, apprehending his case was a hopo
less one, when the Indian repeated the
question. The doctor then said, "I fear
they will hang you." The , Indian
dropped his eyes a monient to tho floor,
then raiseddithem, looked steadily at 'the,
doctor, and calmly remarked: "Well, I
don't care, _I am not afraid to die; when
I go to the spirit 'World, Iwill go to the
Great Spirit,.and look' him right in the
face, and tell him of the - multiplied
wrongs and cruelties Inflicted on Iliac red
children by the white man,. and He, won't
scold ens much I"
While the Friends' delegation were
among tho Indians of tho northern agen
cy, the groat total eclipse of last Aughat
occurred. Hew the rod men were af
footed by this event is told in the report,.
Ats follows
"The Indians were: very much 'dis
turbed by the 'great .eclipsp. They, wore
told hi the morning that the sun would
go oat that day. Thoyshook their head,
'No; sun no go ,out; whits man donut
know.' They were again aseured that it
would go out, when they repeated their
contradiction with groat emphasis :'.M';
sun no go out; tohif o mari 'don't' Anew.'
When it began to grow dark inpmafter
noon, they lookod',np arid,sati frltatilMY
thought to a,pert' bitten, elit';'or„thpi
sun, and thoy exAnima, • Allonster oat
sun—sun very :Aok i ' • and set 'off ,in hill,
run for 'their lodgeii.' Very sport tl4: ,
came out with their dootors,,or medieino
Men,' aethey call then:, and , their gaits
or pistols, and, ponirdenced, !dividing up
at-the imonster'..which was eating.. the
'sun,: which theycontinued forionie time.
Whoa thocCoilPse b!4alit9 do,off; gttd the.
;say dame out, Vol exclaimed, I Not!. sun
got, monster :dead ; ann ,'teal
"The Indiana nigard it nonntural that,
elhohifornily 'should io '7aungv at ono.
' , They,noer Sit at 'Oleo ttible, but ditch ono
When hungry, - The -be.
lief and trust in the 'Great Writ,
iprotocting carer .twedorainant ele
[meat in the mental , Constittltion Of all the
triton; • the Friends h¢l: iiiteraeMseifiih•!'
" Borne time ago 4 child died' , and Alley
? buried ita grandratlioi with the child lin
, . •
his arms,, at the grandather'erepost,ln
ordc,r, that he ; might take Caro of it in
the Spirit Land."
The Washington Ohrpniele expresses
an opinion, in which we fullyeancur, that
the views of these philanthropic, , friends
whicli ha l im Often ' above'," as to' 'the
means of imProving.thelLidianS, are 'en
titled to the graimat eoiisicleratidii of 'the
government in its treatment of
question; 'for, the fact cannot be de,
Hied that their hurnane'plan, int has not
been entirelj perfect, is the nearest al;''
preach' yet made to the sohition Of the'
. .
aboriginal problem.
ON THE .1-066 T:
In commencing at the head 'and. going
down to the foot, lye. do not wish to set
an - example ; for your to follow; for it is
much more honorable and praiseworthy in
most conditions of, life to begin at tho foot
and gradually;work.up to tbe head. The
foot is the only corn growing suction on
the huirian frame.-In; all-the_walks_ of
life, to say nothing about tho, runs, the
foot plays an important part. Without
it there, would not be any promising shoe-'
makers. The light fantastic . toe . could
have no , existence, and dancing would
be unknown, unless people danced upon
their heads which, for obvious reasons,
couldn't , be indulged in very conveniently.
A foot iii long measure is twelve inches,
but we have seen it where it overran
twenty. Big foot haVe been" a serious
puzzle to scientific men before now. Some
of them have contended that they are live
things, with breathing - .•apparatus and
bowels. The propensity that feet - often
exhibit to go
.astray, and walk in by and
for bidden patlig, shows that: they are
more than half human.
With the ChirieSe, small feet are highly
prized, and the measure of fenialelovli.
ness is (in. a measure) the shoemaker'S
measure of her foot. The lady who re
quires the most support' in walliing 4 is the
mist charming to the almoiideyed deles
tialsrA,-Chinese -romance begins as fol
lows : "Soo Sly, the daughter of the Phi
losopher- Poo Poo, 'was fairer than rice
and More 'graceful. than the bamboo.
Her foot was no long.:F .- than: her finger,-
and when she walked she tottered with
the most engaging helplessness."
In ionliniciS•of tho chivalric period' we
frequently read of a feet of arms, 'which
is not only ungrammatical, Vat is mani
festly inconsistent. It is no more Mira
dosical, however, than to say a dancing
'master is a good hand with his feet, as
yOu sometimes hear.
Float footed people. do not run the best
always. Mr. John Bows can run half a
mile in a minute; and "yet he was once
beaten in a race for the Office of postmas
ter, in a smell village of Font,_ by . ft
wooden lodged man. . -
The best run at billiards we ever saw,
was by a man who had but one log. •
Readers, let us entreat you to pause
often and 'scan closely tile paths in which
your feet are walking.
'-If-any -- man Or - Wein - in of fortig;q or
over.-not engaged in hard m4,orallabrii.,
especially-the studious, sedentary -- and in
door liverS, would takebnt - two meals a
day for ono mouth, the second not being
later than three in the afternoon, and ab
solutely nothing afterwards, except it
might be in some cases an orange or
lemon, or cup of warns drink, such as
tea, broma, sugar water, or ice cream,
thorn would be such a change for the bet
ter in the way of sound sleep, a feeling on
'Waking that you have rested, an appetite
for breakfast, a bthlyauce , of disposition
during the day, with , a geniality of tem
per and manner that, few,, except the an
imal and the glutton, would be willing
to go back te the flesh pots of Bgypt. ,
"Bon Wade," as he is frequently called, •
one of the political lions of the west;:
has taken but two meals a daT for twenty,
years, and if all sedentary persons, those
who arp in doors a greater part of their
timet,„would after the age of forty-five oh.
servo the same inflexible rule, there eau
be no doubt, other things being equal,
that long years of happy exemption from,
the 'ordinary ills of life woidd be' the re
snit. Tho reason is that the stomach
wouhlhave time to rest, for recuperation,
and would. thus be able to perform its
part more strongly, making purer blood,
giving better sleep" and securing an ap
petite for breakfast. Lot any man try it
'for ten days,. taking the second meal
seven hours after the first, and abandon
the practict if he can.—Hall's Jburnal of
licellls'" . .
, — 7. - 7 -- ", -- • - •7". • .
The influence of gocid'ekample is far
. .
reaching, for as a contemporary says, bur
,O4orionces and. conflicts With the world
load us at times to indulge misanthropic
sentiments;and clUirge all men with self-_
ish and impure motives. The play of
Pride, prejudiceand passion, and the ear,
nostoesti manifested by the great majority
of 'men to advance their own interests,
often at the 'exponsoef others, and in vio
lation of the eoldmi rule, cause 16 to look
with suipicion ontha hest , intents Of otli 7 ,
ors. Arrogance, • hypocrisy,. treachery,.
"and violence; every day . outrage justice,,.
till We are almOst disposed te distrust hu- •
man nature' and ''heebine' ; diseeitraged.
But amid amidryllthat is sad and dishc-irte
in the htisy, noisy, world now and then
there M presented to us a life of such
fOrrii,virtne, 'that we recognize in It' a 7
~charaiter that brings.hoPo for the perfect
dololopment • ancli 7ultiinatit regeneration
of our rate.,'Sncli characters are precious,
and 'Such . "examplei should 'ha holdup
to the wdrld.for ;Its ,admirt s ition .and
itatiOn ; they should be snatched-from ob.
liVion',and - treaSuircd in the , ' - heatt !Ind
thoughts of all who are in inOCeSS, r of.
forrniumhabits and'inatini7ig character.
HIM
• An 'exchange- says :'A man wlio: was
too inimu to advertiso.land ho wanted to
'soli, put a ivititton poticO..iii , ona,of the
hotols the 'Other "day: "k man . whq•was
'eriqUiring for, a Small' farm •waa roferred
to, .the written ,Uotice. ,replied,:'!.:
i nant buy laiidut,a fair price of any man;
who -.dui his' advertising in that way.
dle'd Steal gni feiMictlie' &nip ,handle,
and tIM barn
.. doors,,hefere ho 'kat . * up
;posiossion." .
A song that iajust new: very , poDular.
in the 'London music halls, has the tint
sual, feature of runninosi intho idea. 'rho,
chorus iiins tame ; • 41'
ME
' low Attaiy
Aiid fsiiit thdt w all throo Bair
For'T dAw Esn'n, 110. P4W
And oho Invvr I saw Bon, ~ , „
NAST Y.
NASIIYAtECEIVEBA: LETTERBROHIIIII
OLD .FRIZND DEACON,rOOI64iTITE
IYRIGIITPUL DEMORALIZATIONTAT TIIY
CORNERS
. In the Sixth Ward of Now York
',January 10 1 1$70. : f
-' Yesterday I received, a letter from that
old saint in ,trowsers, beeken Elkana M.
Pogram. It wuz delayed a long time,.
ez the Doelion directed ittu ".Rev. Pe
troleum Y. Nasby." The letter,corriers,
hedn't any idea that there wux any man
in the, sixth ward who hod enny title 'tu
that prefix. But I finally got it. I need
not say that, afterroadie, it, I, closed my
house and hung crape upon the door. Oh
the demoralizatiun of this cursed ago
But it wuz a cumfort to hear from kiln.
" Ezin,waterfacci allsoreth to face, so
the heart uy mau to man." The text
shood' read; "ez in whiskey, &c.," but ',I
take no liberties 'skripture. 'This is
the BoOken's epiOtlo : •
December 2, 1869:
X Ro
lify Dear , Priend exalt myself uv
theinesence - nv•a young man froin Indi
anVivlio kin rite, to' inform yu 'oz the
condishun of things in yoor old home.
Things is bad here and is rapidly grovi
in wuss. Since you left us it seems to
me the kaos iz cum again, and that con
fusion, was bean wuss confounded. The
fust families hey lost their grip ;. ni g
geis and abolishnists hey cum and took
control, and Confederit X Roads is no
*ger a place in with gentlemen uv re
finement and culture ken decently live
in.
'The infamous wretch Soo Bigler, and
that onmittigated poet, Pollock, is in
partrierShip, at least .Toe is sellin goods
for Pollock, and in his store is the resort
riv all ineauv his.class fur.miles around:
Wo wuz disposed to patronize him, but
when Pollock - refused to let goods that
we hod hot, go,out ay.the store, till they
wuz paid for, and the next minnit give
credit to niggerS, we indignantly in
clined to deal with them. That indig
nity wo woodent submit to
indoost two merchants from Looblville to.
start into business here, l but they didn't
stay long. They gave credit, and conse
quently business wuz brisk, but they bed
difficulty - in renooin their stocks. When
one uv them prOsented his bill to- me, I
told him indignantly that- ef_that wuz
the way lo proposed to do bizness - he'd
might ez well close. " Why," soz I, I
might ez well deo - I - With Pollock. Ilo're
markt insolently, that he wisht I wood
hev-dclt with him, and flung himself out
uv my presence. .316'rchants are, er s ene
class, distingnisliedly mercenary.
,
Bascom threatens to close out and leave
us. Ho hoz already niorgagis on' ll our
lands, to its full valyco, and since tin of
flses arc all in the hands ny men who
don't drink - ificker at all, he sez there
ain't no mOuoy- within his roach, and he
'can't cerry us much longer. .He size for
the good old- time under Johnson's ad
rninistrashun, when all the 'money re
ceived-by-the-Postmastor,--the -Collecto
and Asscsor poured into his drawer. He
is_rnorOse-and:gloomy,-and-watery -- his
likker fearfully. I allez hey to- take from
five to six drinks before I experiencoony
1 sensation.
But these things iz not the wuss or the
most gloomy - uv the signs uv the times.
There ere rooin abed uv us.' The chiv
alry 7 the Corners have lost all speorit.
Only last, week there wuz a temprans lec
turer advertised to make a speech in the
hall over Pollock's store. • " she! this be
permitted?" said Bascom indignantly,
brijeging his fist down on the bar till
the glatses rattled. . .
" Never ! " shouted. Iseaker
,Gavitt,
and the others in the bar room, who
scented — drink§ ahead. ,
- Bascom-sot out-the .bottlos. We all
took suthin,, , and rusht, turnttltOusly to
tho ball. You remember with what en
ergies we . formerly Mobbed obnoxious
speakers ? wasn't :it all eager that
nite. We only run a rod or two ; our
pace got down to
,e t iow walk aforo,iie ap
proached tho epoi,-and when we gotinto
the hall, we merely sot down and listened
to the Ileriiiklo cuss, and • wont away
without heavin a stun at him. When
Bascom reproached us for our lack uv
speerit, I told him tltero wuz no use.
Men couldn't mob anybody on: sich
kie as be furnished, it won't do to diloot
when you hes . sick binICSB oz. that on
your. hands. • .
But that wycs not the most alarmiti
sign uv the degeneracy uv the people.
Within a month two Methodist ministers
hov held forth in the villingei , and noi,
ther uv them: wurbinig or shot What
hope can there:be when !deli things hap
pen ? And what is Wins two uv our old
friends attended their, meeting, immejit
ly they gnit comin to "Bascom's,: and'- I
noticed yesterday there obildren* 'had
Shoos on. 'Bascom side as remart about
if. -• • -
" It,fa a mystoy to find' soi lto
" What is a mystery,".
" ;Why, so,long or. them • men. stayed
nithmo all day they hadn't no - money to
imendnorr that they .don't come no
More, they boy money, but they spend it
OMShoes and I dont gqt it. Why, didn't
naehro make men capable nit werkin . nil
day and drinkin all nite
•There ain't no change in me or mine,
siccePtin •that 'my beim' if somewhat
smaller:. 4 Chi) beginnin uv thO winter
We'Wus compelled to - YooSe - our kitchen
foriliuWood ne me-and Jethro, my oldest
Son, coodn't proonre laboi to -Out the
Winter's fuel.. The niggers wont work
Tor us.' 'Next winter I suppose. the set
tin,room?,lhowthe wing viol' we yooso
spambeq , room will follow, and if
lAn, not ; gorictkon iz by that time, don't
know}Plat wo Bban do. for more., The.
collpf at is rapidly; titeninnbout rue...
. . .
The niggera ! toward Garrotstown
aro uoeumuie.timpretty . rapidly, and they
piy their taxer, promptly, but what good
The ollishels iaab7.
:and that money le divided in
'cither•thillogitimitto channels. , Those
- vandals hey niacadainizo4* A wile uv.r'oid
'betWeeu tho Corners auit Garretstown,
andbuilt a . ',S
bridge lier the raft; . Tian yo
blanao'vocii'BrOdom for wantin to' leave'
''• ' "
t I lidrhierii of yOor aue6em and am
glad uv it. Wood that I °Mild sot:' into'
authin uv tno aort I Wood My fate wuz
differont.. ' But mro , cin't keep: all agro
oory. sell stay, hero, end whan all the
pooplodz gone I. shell go;down. ;Thank
; Mayon iho timbile not ;fur off. ;
' . • Yoor friond,,
„.-,„;,,;;1 • . ._,Eur4NAILF,OOAI44.,
. P. 13.—1 f goo cood acrid me a two gal
lon jug uv likkor which hoz life onto it I
should allez remember, it gratefully. Af
ter Bascom's watered stuff, it wood boa
gloom uv sunshine after a long and te-,
jus nite.
I laid" • down the old man's letter (gree
ted to teers. Whater in the wiskio I chil
dren with•shoes,.while the old men lack
sustenance I Macadamised rodes 1 And
bridges I Methodist preachers I Tem
prans lecturers I Ablishnns, this is thi
work. Thank hevin, lam ankored were
none of those things ken be. I she! send
the old man his jug. It will pit him out
uv his misery quicker, and smooths his
pathway to the toom. Besides when' he
iz_gono what owe him's settled.
PrrXioLicom V. N t }sity, P. 1.1
(S'pah wuz Postmaster.)
A student at Ann ArbotT having re
marked that men had more endurance
than women, a lady present answered
that she would like to- see the thirteen
hundred young men in the University
laced up in steal ribbed corsets with
hoops, heavy skirts, trails, high heels, ,
- paniers, chignons, and a dozen of hair
pins sticking in their scalps, cooped up
in the house, year after year, with no
exhilirating,exercise, no hopes, aims or
ambitions in - life, -and see it they could
stand it as well as the girls. Nothing,
said she but the fact that Women, like"
cats have nine lives,enables them to sur
vive the present regime to 'which custom
dooms the, sex.
MEI
You will find that agreat deal of char
acter is imparted and received at tho
table. Parents too often forgot this ;
and therefore instead' of swallowing your
food in sullen silence, insteadqprooding
over your - business, instead of severely
- talking about others, let the conversa
tion at the table be genial, kind, social,
And cheering, Don't bring didagreeable
thing s to the table in • our conversation,
any more than you would in your ashes.
For this reason, too, the more good com
pany Teti have at your table is an edu
cator to the family. Hence the intelligence
and the refinement and appropriate be
havior of a family which is given to
hospitality. Never feel that intelligent
visitors can be anything but a blessing
to you and yours. How few have fully
gotten hold ,of -the fact, that company
and conversation at the table are no
small part of education:
The road - along which the nian of bus
iness travels in the pursuit of competenpe
or wealth is not a macadamized ono, nor
dots-it-ordinarily-lead-through pleasant
scenes and by Well springs of delight.
On the contrary, it is arougkand rugged
path, besot with "wait' abit" thorns,
and full of pitt falls, which can only be
avoided by . the Watchful care of circum
spection. Alter every day' journey over
this worse than rough turnpike road, the
Wayfarer .needs , soiriething 'more than
,st - ; - he-requireg-solace-ene-he-dese.•
it. Tio is weary of the dull prose of life,
and athirst for the PootrY. Happy is - thi - s
business man who can find that .solace
and that poetry at hotne.
Warni greetings frofn loving hearts,
fond glances from bright eyes, and wel
come shouts of children, the many thou
sand little arrangements for comforts
and enjoyment that silently tell of
thoughtful and expectant love, the gentle
ministration that disencumber us into.
an old and easy seat before we are•aware
of it ; these and like tokens of affection
and sympathy,
.constitute the poetry
which reconciles de to the prose of life.
Think of this, ye wives and daughters of
buifines; men 1 -Think of the toils, the
anxieties, the mortification and wear
that fathersundergo _to...securo for-you_
comfortable homes,• and compensate
them for their trials by making them
happy
. hy their own firesides. The sober
and industrious man's home shopid be
made a happy one. -
----•
Tho other day, a gentleman apparent
ly beyond the prime of life, stepped into
a book store in Paris and called for some
books on Spain. , The clerk who was
waiting on him showed him* some, - and
then asked the stranger if he,' , would not
like to see some caricatures on . the de
throned Queen,- her hinband and favor
ites, Which had just been received from
Madrid. "Oh ! yes," said the steangei,
" lot m,e see them by all means." A.fiOr
looking at them, he, smiled, asked the
price.of them, and paid for thorn. " Can
they' lie sent to my residence ?" he then
asked. " Oh, yes,", replied the clerk ;
"please give me your address." • The
stranger handed him a card, containing
these words : Don Prancii
consort of Hor Majesty, tho- Queen of
Spain," and then quietly left the
sfore. • .. •
Another Washington - correspondent
has boon smiled on by the wife. of ' the
Russian Minister, and it has had the fol
loWing result: "Mme: do Cataoazy swept
towards us, and we were' deetrifled - by
her beitnty.• All tii) • reports we had
heard of her had failed to give us any.
idea; of her magnificence. Sho was
dressed in tho richest of black velvets,
made Witlva train, and the loose Turkish
sack she. wore, of "the same material,
was heavily embroidered ,in gold. But
this rich trimming was scarcely more
dazzling in effect than her wealth. 'of
golden hair. This hair, which all admit
is natural-in'quantity.as well as hi, hue,
is of that inaraculotis. color about Which
painters rave; and in lboking at it any de
gree of rapture seems admissible.' And
in addition,, this salmi) woraan possesses
a oemplection of remarkable, crearueSs,
andn perfect form., ; Then, -- toe, the at
*sphere of courts is about her, and. she
Makes one, understand what innate Maj
esty is possible tOleauty.?"
, • Dr. Lyman Beecher . once
great, many. profeasaa 'Christiana
. I lavo no other idea of religion than that.
it, is the means .of getting to. Heaven
when they die. ,tls to doing anything
for God while they live, it does not outer
into their plans:^ I toll you, my brethren,
ilo not-bqlieve there isriorin five bun=
died of such protessora, Hutt wt, 11 . 1 7:q4
!heaven i.far, there is a
.magnanimity ii
trio rcligion that is, above:all , iiuchrilon;
lemPtible meanness,'.', .
,tliero O,io ,
no loss tha'n moo
boyonu4010; ;Avila th'o tnitecl 6tates in
• c II °,YFO,I,Y 1 . Wilsßiti.,(3l(?*aiii; „ ti`
A' TRIP AppUtypTHZ WORLD
.. _ .
The Erie Railroad Company has issued
a circular containing a statement of
routes, time% and diStances embraced in
making ti.Aodern circuit , of the:glebei.
The eironlar says, .and'we agree with it,
that "in all probability the time; is not.
distant, when we_ shall ; see advertised in
our journals and on our tiroronghfares the
novel announcement, Through Tickets
for Passage Around the World, sold here
baggage checked to Hong Kong, . Cal
cutta. or - Bombay ; only two changes to
Shanghai.'" -
• The batement of-routes, times and dis
tances referred to, - takes the shape of 'a
ticket a yard long, across the face of which
is the paipful joke, " Good for one lesson
in Modern Geography, but not valuable
for Passage." The lesson in geOgraphy
is, however, instructive, and we are sure
of the learning, if not of the ride.
Wo start at New York to do the:di:Ole,
and we do it, in our imagination, in this
fashion
To Buffalo or Cleveland, 423 . 0 r 625
miles, by the Erie, in seventeen or twenty
four hours. ,
Thence to Chicago, 528 or 3.55 miles, in
twenty-one or fourteen hours.
Thence to Omaha 400 miles in twenty :
three hours.
Thence to Ban Francisco, 1,950 Miles,
in.ninety-three hours.
Thence . to . to Yokohama, 4,714 miles, in
twenty-one days.
Thence to Hong Kong, 1,070 miles, in
six days.-
Thence to Calcutta, 3,500 miles, in
fourteen days.l .
Thenes to, Bombay, 1,210 miles, in two
days.
- Thence to Carlo, 3,000 miles, in twelve
days.
Thence to Alexandria 100 miles, in
flue hours.
Thence to Marseilles, 1,800 miles, in
eii houtre
- Thence torHavre via Paris and Rouen,
57i) miles, in thirty hours.
Induce to Now York —hom s o a
8,150 miles,. n nine days
Thus swinging "round the circle, 23,
739 miles, in seventy-seven day., and
twenty-one hours steady travel !
A THEORY OF THE gREATIOiV.
In Now York city, on Friday evening,
Professor B. Ogden Dorcmus delivered
the first lecture of the course, on " The
History of the Creation," before the
Young Men's Chiistian Association, In
order to illustrate the, supposed original
formation of the, plandary system, ho
shov# a FRIO ball or globe of oilAri
large jar of water. Passing an, axis
through the oil, and then turning it slow
ly, the globe was seen to flatten. at the
poles. Increasing the motion, rings
were formed similar to Saturn, and:in . a
few seconds more 'Particles flew off and
began,...tid t iling on their axis and around
the central globe. The lecturer argued
that the sun, a mass of Molten matter,
once embodied our entire planetary sys
emr-and--that—Meicury, lirars,__Jupiter
Saturnand Venus, the Earth; etc., were_
flung in rapid succession by the centrif
ugal force generated by their rotary mo
tion.
Crystal models of the great diamonds
of the world were exhibited, and then
a genuine diamond was burned in-an at
mosphere of pure oxygen. The influence
of trees and plants upon the air we
breathe was then discussed, aufl the lec
turer stated that tliereTs'atentlenian in
Now York who possesses two large
aquaria, in; . ,ono of which the water has
not been changed in four years and the
other iu seven ; the ferns and vegetable
life in the water keeping the' fish in a
perfectly healthy state.
The professor closed his remark by stat
ing_that the thickest stone walis_will
low gas to pass through and ventilation
was greatly aided thereby. lie had no
doubt that pipes would presently be laid
through the streets, leading into all pri
vate houses like gas and water pipes, but
containing oxygen, so that, the air of a
room becoming foul, by merely turning a
faucet a fresh supply of pure air could be
procured. A noted chemist of 'Munich
has had a room constructed of iron, with
pipes leading in supplying oxygen, so
that the rate' of actual burning up and
consumption 'of the body can be accu
rately ascertained.
•
B!!!!
Now York has a horse . that recently
foorformed a curious freak. Ho walked
out of the stable, and, pushing open the
door of his owner's. house, began totekly
to, ascend the stairs: The first story
reached, some twolye steps E hisitorseship
quietly gazed out of the windows and
continued Iris ascent to the second story.
There again ho paused to take breath,
and soon arrived at the landing of 14 .
third story, whom, - after resting awhile,
ho' began' to degOond; JuiVing managed
to turn around on the narrow landing,
Going down,
.however, was more
difficult than going up, and his fore feet
slipping ho .:went through tho sash of
the second story window, thrusting his
head and shoulders out and presenting
a very centented appearance. it this
juncture an alarm was raiSed. A colored
man was so frightened at. the appar
ition that he 'made the best of, his,, way
through. another second story window
and fell to tho ground. The 'police
having boon sent for, they succeeded in
extricating the horse from tho window,
but had a terrific time, after taking him
into . custody, in getting him down the
two, flights of stairs.
Thore•Was a little joko 'practised on .!
tutor sometime agO by a freshman. The
tutor had become very much annoyed by
the passing around of notes in the divl 7.
sign during rocitaton hours.. One
noon a suspicious - looking missive was
observed going the roands, 'which seemed
to cause it'grest deal of merriment. Noti
was file time. The spcirt Must he checked
at once,;. he orders the paper to' be at
!once .to be:brought to his dusk. Ho
, re.
°elves it and finds written on it, " Turn.
:Over." Uha turned orq'soniewhat cau
tiously; and "'Sold again, l" meets his
!astonished gaze. • • , ,
1 .
, It, is common to speak of thoSo Whom
a. lint Inn jilted, as her vlotirris. . This is
;agrave brier, Her real victim is the
acccnits: • • This reminds us of a
!Odle Wo!cinw soniculicre ":4,corniette
!is* rose, from cri whom 6 , 61 'lover plucks
fear, the- Aor» romaine for ; her fyiuro;
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MI
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JOSH BILLINGS' .IMPEIf.
• Dear girls, aro you in search Ili a This
band ? - -
. .
This Iv a pumper, and you are not
required , tcw-say " Yes" - lond;Thilt are -
expected to throw yure eyes down into
the earth, az tho yu wat looking for a
piu, and reply to the interrogatory wits
a kind uv draulin sigh s az the vuwa* c _..
eating an oyster, , jurce and all, off fro'm
the half shell.
1751 to Press so tender a theme until it
bekums a thorn in the flesh, wo will pro
same (to avoid arguinent) that ye are on
the lookout for something in the male
line tew boost yu
and tow keep his eyes onto the britching
when yu begin to go down the other side:
•uv the mountain.- Let me give ytr pita ,
small chunks. of advjogrliewqiiw spot
yure future husband. ; '
1.. The man who is jollus , of every lit-.
tle attonshun which yu git from uther
fellows, yu will find, after yri are mar
ried tew him luves. hisself 'more than ho
duz yu, and what yu mistnk for solici
tttde,
iriwilf,diski3ver,7lMS-Changed-hitd—
indifference. Jellussy isn't a' heart dis
ease ;'it is a liver complaint. '.
2. A . mustash not intlispedsablo, .
iz only a little more hair, and iz a good ,
deal like moss- and other excresences:— *.
often dui best on- silos that won't raise
ennYthing else. Don't forgit that those
things which yu adinire in a follow be:
fore marriage, yu will probably hav to
admire in a husband'after, arid araus
tash will git Ur be a very weak diet after
a long time. •
3,1 f husbands could be took on trial,
az i,rish cooks are t utwo-thirds uv them
.wuld probably
. be returned, but they
do n't scorn to be any law fur this.
Therefore, girls, yu will see that after
yu git a man, yu have got tow keepaim,
.even if you lose on him. „Konsequently •
if yu have
,got enny cold Vittles in the
house, try him, on them, once in a while,
during scouring season, and if ho swallers
them well, and sez he will take sum .
more,. he iz a man,. who, when blue
_ -
4. Don't marry a follow who iz alwase
a telling how hiz mother duz things. It -
iz az hard to suit these men az it iz to
wean a young'one. -
ME
5. If a young.mau ken beat yu ;play
in on the Manner, and kant hear a fish
horn in the street without turniu , a back
summerse r t on account of the musick that .
is into.him, I say strip him, heiiiight an- .
swer to ten haboys, but if you set him a
hoein . out the garden, you will find that
you hey
- got to do it yourself. A. man .
whose hole heft lies in musick, ( and Rot
very hefty at that), ain't no better fur a
husband than a sedlitz powder ; but if
he luvs to listen while yu sing sumo gen
tle ballad, you will find him mellow, not e
soft. But don't marry anybody _for jist
one virtew, any quicker than-you would ---
flop a.man for jist one fault. • _ ,
6. It iz one-ofthe most to ghest things
:fora fenialcAule_an success
fully.
A grate many have tried-it, and.
made a bad job Of it. Every body seem
ook-on..oldmaids.az-they—do-on-dried--
Irarbs=in : the.garret handy for-sielmess,-,-
and, therefore, girls it - ain't a' mistake.
that you should be willing to swope
yourself oph"with some truelellow for a
husband. The swoop is a goo 9 one but
don't Swope for erniy man who iz re
spectable jist becaese his father iz. You .
had better be au old maid for four thou
sand years, and then j6in the shakers,
than to buy repentance at this price. No
woman ever made this trade who didn't
get either a phool, a mean cuss, or a big
clown for a husband.
7. In digging down into this subject,
find the digging grows-harder the fur
ther I get. 'lt is ni`nch easier to inform
you•who not to marry than who teW, for__
the reason therciS no more ov them. '
don't think you will faller My-advice
if I give it and therefore I 'will keep it,'
for I look 'upon it as I do upon castor fie,
a mean dose to give a . man and - mean
one to take,
But I hniiet SaY one thing girls, or
spilt. If you kau find a bright eyed,
healthy, and ballastered boy, who looks,
upon poverty as sassy. as a child looks
Upon wealth, who had rather sit down
upon the curbstone in frout.ov the fifth
Avenue Hotel, and eat a hani situdwich;
than. tu go inside and ruitin debt for his
dinner amltoothpick, one who is armed
with that kind of pluck, that mistakes
defeat for a victory, my adVice iz to take
him -body and soul, snare him at onSt, for
ho.is a stray trout, 'of a bleed very scarico
iii our waters. • ,
.. 'Umbilici I say, and build onto him as
a hornet builds on h trop. °
The -art of being: agreeablels to ap , !
pear well pleased with all the'edmpany,
and rather to seem well entertained with
theM than to bring entertainment to
them. A marithus disposed, perhaps,
may not have lunch jearningolorwit,
but if he has cosnihon sense,' and some
thing friendly in his behavior, , it concil
iates men's minds more than the, bright
est parts without this disposition;, and
ivhon a man of such a turn comes telnld
ago,-ho is almost sure tote treated with
respect; , , .
Somebody wants to know A& name'of
the tune Which waly "played upon the
feelings," and .al.so if the "cup of .sor:
row" has a saucer. ' The sumo inquisitor
Would like te know if the' "light of other
days" was gas or electricity. Alsoi.if
the girl who "clung to hope" had not a
slippery hold, and did not get, fatigued by
thy " oxerciso of (bibearancto.",
. . r. • - ,
Some years,. ago, a person requested;
pMmission ofthe.Pishop of ,Salfsburyto
fly fourth° spire of his Cathedral. • The..
good Bishop, with an anFlous,.coucern,
forth() man's spiritual, as well es .tempo
rat safety, told him hp:was Army weleomm,
to fly to the churah,.bat he would,
courage no ono to fly from •
A ' concoited 64comb, with a ~ very•
patronising air, called out to an Irish la
borer, 3 ' hero, you( bog trotter, : conic) and; ,
toll ma tho greatest falsehood you nay,
and I will treat you. to tk glatis of w . his-,
By my•word,"' said-rat, tan'
yor lionora's , a gentleraan.?„!
, — 7 • • ; ~ ;
Do those - ivho . persist in "loating
,
time" with .190,
parformancoa' iUtend., to, obrpripoo their ,
neighbors they hava.masie iii
Advise is lileosncreil ,tho softer it'Adis
'tliO:londf+r it &mild itron, e.ll4'tlici deeper'
itt ethic's-into ." • ' '".'
Inertirc'lrt ktorittri
.1.2.04.rx.year.