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EBEXSBLRG, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1851.
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The Graves of the Emigrants.
They sleep not where their fathers sleep,
In the village churchyard's bound ;
They rest not 'neath the ivied wall,
That shades that holy ground.
Nor where the solemn organ's peal
Pours music on the breeze,
Through tho dim aisle at every door,
And swells amid the trees.
Not where the turf is ever green.
And spring flowers blossom fair,
Upon the graves of the ancient men,
Whoso children sleop not there.
Where do they rest ihose hardy men,
"Who left their native shore,
To earn their bread in distant lauds,
Beyond the Atlantic's roar ?
They sleep on many a lonely spot,
Where the mighty forest grew
Where the giant oak and stately pino
A dark, Iono shadow threw.
The wild fowl pours her early song,
Above their grassy graves ;
And far away, through the stilly night.
Is heard the voice of waves.
And the breezo is sofily sighing
The fores boughs among,
With mournful cadence ringing, r '
Like harps by angels strung.
And liliei, nursed by weeping dew,
Shed here their blossoms pale ;
And spotless snow-flowers lightly bend
Low to the passing gale.
The fire-Cy lights her spfuklinjr lair.p
In that deep forc-fct glcoin.
Like hope's blessed light that Licfcki iLc i
And darkness of the tomb.
The mossy elone or simple cross
Its silent record keeps,
Where, mantling in the forest shade,
The lonely exile bleeps.
Yet deem him not by all forgot :
Kind heart have breathed a rrayer,
And tears of faithful love been shed
By those who laid him there.
lliscdlanfcus.
" ThsKDOW Kattings "
The New Orleans Delta gi ves an account of the
new secret society; which appears to have origi
nated in New York, bat which has since extend
ed all over the country. The Delta saj's:
The objects of the " Know Nothings" arc two
fold part religious, part political : and the ends
aimed at, the disfranchisement of adopted citi
zens, and their exclusion Iroui office, and per
petual war upon the Catholic religion. With
these cardinal principles, the qualifications for
membership and brotherhood, arc easily deter
mined. 1st. The applicant for an admission to a "whr
wain," must be a native bom citizen, of native
born parents, and not of the Catholic religion.
2d. To renounce all previously entertained
political leaning, and co-operato exclusively with
the new order. -
Sd. To holdncither political, civil, nor religious
intercourse with any person who is a Catholic ;
but, on the contrary, to use all available means
to abolish tho political and religious privileges he
may at present enjoy.
4th. That he will not vote for any roan for
efucc wh U not a native citizen of the United
States, or who may be disposed, if elected, to
place any foreigner or Catholic in any office of
emolument or trust the latter not Being in me
opinitra of4 Know Nothings," a creditable wit
ness" in any case eave where the oath is admin
istered by his priest.
The "pass words" and "signs" for admis
sion into the wigwam of the Know Nothings,
axe as follows : The applicant raps at the outer
door an indefinite number of times, asking at the
close, in a low whispering voice, "What meets
hereto-day? (or night as the case" may be.)
The interrogated immediately replies, " I don't
know." To which the applicant for admission
responds, "lam one," and forthwith is admit
ted to a second door, at which he gives four dis
tinct raps, when the door being opened, he whis
pers to his attendant " Thirteen," and then ad
vances into the body of the lodge.
If disposed to leave before, the adjournment of
the lodge, member leaving salutes the President,
then tho Vice President, by first placing his right
hand on Lis heart, than letting it fall on his side,
whispering to the Guardian as he retires, thir
teen." If a member requires assistance of a brother
hen mixing promiscuously with the public, he
places th right forefinger upon the left eyebrow,
aa if iu tie act of -rt-hinjr, lookitar directly at
the person whose attentioti he desires to attract,
when, if the person be a member, he is bound to
respond immediately by a similar sign. If it be
desired to know of a stranger whether he is of
of the initiated, shaking hands with him the
middle finger is placed upon the lowest joint of
his finger, near the wrist, with a gentle pressure ;
when, if he is a member he will ask, "Where
did you get that!" to which he will rejoin, "I
don't know," and the queriest will end by re
plying, "I don't know either.
Nothing concerning the association is to le
committed to writing or published, and the most
profound silence and secrecy are to be observed
by every " Know Nothing" outside ; but every
thing inside the Wigwam is imparted indiscrimi
nately to members.
Every member on admission, swears by hold
ing up his right hand, and pledges himself to do
all in his power to put down foreign influence,
and particularly the Catholic religion, and in no
case to vbte for anj' person for any office who is
not a " native American citizen," and no one,
with somo exceptions, is eligible to membership,
unless he or both of his parents are native born.
As no records are kept, or publications made
by the association, the plan of notifying mem
bers of any emergency requiring their speedy
assembling, is by scattering small square pieces
of paper over the banquets and public thorough
fares, and by nailing them to posts, doors, or
other places accessible to the public.
Cruelty ia the Ohio Penitentiary.
The Ohio Stato Journal of the 25th contaius
some facts relating to the cruelty exercised by
the Deputy Warden, whose name is Watson,
upon the body of a negro named. Coker, confined
in the Ohio Penitentiary, The case has been
brought to the notice of the Legislature, and a
committee have made a report on Ui6 subject,
which is paid to have produced a sensation in
in the House. The testimony is in substance
as follows -
" In March last, Coker was suspect ed hy the
AVardcn of having stolen $380 belonging to hitu.
He therefore, had him thrown into a dark cell,
having no floor but the earth, without bed or
bedding, 70 feet from any stove. He was kept
there three days, and then taken out and given
ten lashes with the cat, which were laid on so
vigoiously that his back was cut aad the blood
flowed from tho gashes. He was then placed in
h ce.il, u- before, and kept three d;iys more,
taken out agnin and whipped as severely as 1
ure, with his shiit saturated with his blood, he
was again placed in the cell, without bod or
clothing, and en tho earthy floor of the dungeon,
ho w.sjhft tor thru- days iuor. IL? ".va.-; iiui:
tiikcn out and flogged a third time with the. cat
by W'atiOU.
The fourth tin.e he was taken out and strip-
pfcd, and was told if he did uot remfess he would
be whipped every day until his time of confine
ment expired. All the time the negro protested
that he was innocent, and knew nothing of the
money. He was flogged again, and for sixteen
days in cold weather, he was kept in the cell in
this miserable condition, and fed on corn bread
and water. This outrage was committed upon
an innocent man, the victim of suspicion. The
negro told his own story, and his testimony was
corroborated by the other witnesses who was
examined. Mr. Dimmock, the Chief Warden,
was absci.t or Mck during the time, lie return
ed Ufore the close of the examination, and wns
placed upe-n the stand by Watson, but when the
Committee told Watson that if Mr. Dimmock
was sworn he must be exam sued ge nerally in
relation to the affair, he declined to have him
sworn and he was not examined. The Commit
tee had two physicians, members of the House,
called to examine the back of the prisoner, and
they report that it was badly cut up ; that twen
ty prominent gashes through the skin were ap
parent that his injuries, together with his ex
posures, wculd have been sufficient to have pro
duced the death of a person cf only ordinary en
durance. Spicy.
The Editors of the Olive Branch, published at
Boston, having received a communication from
Nashville, Tenn., enquiring " whether 60me fc
mal frinter could be obtained there to go to
Nahvil!e," replies as follow :
" Every girl in Boston, who is old enough to
work in a printing office, or in any other office,
has a lover whom she would be just as likely to
trade off for a Tennessee article, as 6ho would be
to sw&n hirn off for a crizzlv bear. The idea of
a Boston girl, who goos to operas, patronizes
Julien's concerts, waltzes once a week, eats ice
cream, rides ia the omnibus, wears satin slip
ners. and sometimes kisses the editor, going to
Tennessee, except she goes there as tho wife of
one of your first class citizens, (editors excepted;
i t ml v ridiculous. Would not a girl in a nice
silk dress, lace-edged pantaletts, and shiny
gaiter boots, look well trudging through tho
mud and mire of Nashville, in the old roost of a
printing office, the walls of which are covered
with posters, offering rewards for runaway nig
gers, while in one corner of the room two old
darkies are jerking away at a Ramage press, and
in the other the editor is squirting tobacco juice
all over the floor ? Wouldn't she be ia a nice
fix when the editor and some great brute of a
follow, whom he had offended, got playing at the
game of shooting their revolvers across the office,
at each other's hands. Who would make the
firo when the devil had run off, and the editor
was drunk? Who'd go home with her dark
niiihts ? who'd take her out to ride on Saturday
afternoons and go to church with her on Sun
days? No sir a Boston girl wouM't go to
Tennessee for love nor money. She can get
caough of botb w.-Am Lome.
Trouble. .
- Read what the CInton CauraiU man saypn.
this subject: Babys got the measles, send
boy is drooping ; thirl owe down on trundle jd,
with dreadful cough ii whooping. Mercury elrn
to zero, wood-pile sonrwhat below it ; man ies
to be a hero, but feels he cannot " go it." fife
is busy washing, ahostof dirty " duds :" vile
ever and anon a tear fa'Is silent in the sn j
Husband rocks the cradle, " second" on hisip,
soothes the " third" with a kiss, and hitsihe
fourth a slap.- So from mtlancheJy moans,hd
startling, troubled dreaming, the tuve is chared
to groans, stifled sobs and sr-rraming Paiice
U exhausted, he roughly speeds the vn.'pg,
and jolts the little sufferers, with a rudenK
is shocking. . Confusion worse confound . A
neighbor opens the door, and with voice aj faje
astounded, says, "Have you heard the Uxof
flour ?" " No 1" husband loudly halloas ; 'fiat's
the latest news V " Flour's thirteen dars !
twelve has been refused." A scream ! tisksy's
voice ; something comes athwart her. she
comes, all covered o'er with blood andiirty
water. " Old brindle's gored the hciferrokc
the vearlinsr's thieh. knocked Sissy dow and
ml - t i
cut her, and scared a passer-by. Wife si her
down, dispairing, weary of her life; hcx'.nd
nothing caring, for the quadrupedal strife-Wonders
whether Job, the man of many sores! hen
his wife made him give up, led such a li in
doors .
Meanwhile the wealthy mother, sits her
easy chair, on its rich embroidered coveiViid
comfort everywhere, and wonders whaf.hey
mean these people that are poor prat of
their troubles, which they think they ef-ire
If they only had kcr trials knew what 4 uu-
derwent, they.d think that all the vials of
were on them spent ; which sets us thi
ralh
ing
reader, that if rightly estimated,, one-half p all
our sorrows, are sadly overlooked. Aud ti iio-
al of our rhyme, though proseily it rans, isJicv
tr borrow trouble- but take it as it comes.
About the Letter J.
Many people in writing the capital J mano
distinction iu form from that cf 1, or if the lo
it is SO slight that most people would be ii t
loss to distinguish the two unless the letter iyc
Ceuupauitd by the whole word. Such tndisti:ft-
ne-ss often occasions mistakes ; mistakes tat
mij.ht at times result in something seii"U3, al
wiysm that which is unpleasant. Every 1-.er
should hre a chaiactemtic form that uul f;s
tinuLih, it from oiheis at a glance. An J yuy
J has to come tu ue written so much like 1 is
Lard to be told. TIic fault must lie iu the:e.L
er, or him who leads the haud to the use- f Vae
pen.
J should always, when designed as a api'.al
be made with its lower half below, while Ishould
only come to the lino ; there can be no miiakc
and if the renowned "Joliu Doe" should taL the
notion to write his first name with only its ini
tial. the printer would never transform hiu to
1. Doe.
Everyone who instructs penmanskip, sould
bear in mind, and teach the pupil the dilfeTertco
in constructing these two letters ; and thosewho
have acuuired the habit, should at once brcat it
and so write their J's that thev may be "known
of all men."
(H7" Doctor Kaync, the American voyager, re
latcs the following coucerning the caves of the Ar
tic regions. Some of the berges were worn ekep
vault-like chasms, to which a way wa; pracioa
ble to broader caverns within. In the cr'stal
solitude the echoes were startling. "A whstlc
your own whistle you could harelly recojnize
for the length and clearness of the ring ; the
clang of a ramrod was heard running down the
whole length of an army review ; and when you
spoke, your words were rcpated through the mo
tionless atmosphere almost as long as jour
breath could hold out to make them. I tritd a
hexameter we used to quo'e at home, and it came
back to me in slow and distinct utterance. There
is a certain cousin of mine, whom I remember
annoying in our school days, for the dispatch
with which he could say bis prayers of a frosty
night before jumping into bed. My cousin's
entire ration of winter prayer, I thought would
have been repeated to him by a single effort of
these echoes.
A Mtstekt on- TnE Sba. Capt. Haskell, of
the ship Independance, at Valparaiso, from San
Francisco, reports that on the 21st of November,
lat. 15deg. 40min. W., he saw a raft with two
.!.. .-,.,rJ lvi;.a rn it. Tho raft Was mada of
spars from a vessel, and there were yards and
beams and eight water casks. It was well secu
red in eyery way, having a mast, but no sail ; a
small piece of white cloth was tied up for a sig
nal on the mast, then there was a brass binacle
and compass, a tin pump, half barrel dried fish,
and some empty barrels. What a tale of hard
ship and Buffering is probably associated with
that raft ! a tale which will only be known
when the sea giTes up its dead.
A Cossciextiocs Gentleman. An Irishman
being recently on trial for some offence, pleaded
" not guilty ;" and, the jury being in the box,
the State's Solicitor proceeded to call Mr. Fur
kisson as a witness. With the utmost innocence,
Patrick turned his face to the court, and said:
" Do I understand yer honor that Mr. Furkis
son is to be a witness forenenst mc agin ?" The
Judge said drily, it seemed so. " Well; thin,
yer honor, I plade guilty, sure, an' yer honor
plase, not because I am guilty, for I'm as inno
cent as yer honor's sucking babe at the brist,
put jist oa the account of saving Misthcr Furkis
son's sotie."
Wadded comforters
voided wives-
are poor substitutes for
From the Carbon democrat.
Machine Poetry.
Ma. F.PITOU : When in the course of human
events it becomes necessary for one poet to enter
nto poetical warfare wiih another ; and when
poetry manufactured by machiencry becomes
the order of the day in this place and vicinity, 1
would inform the public that I have a machine
that can turn out as good poetry as can be fur
nished by any machine in the county. If you
wish to hear some of it: listen :
Not a boat-horn was heard on the Lebigh Ca
nal'
On a cold dreary morning in March,
When an A t was seen to emerge from his cell,
-rriiti iua Lead all fenced in with starch.
A lar"e roll of nonsense he held in his hand ;
To the Democrat office ho hurried ;
And when he reached there his spectacle band
Gave way, and O ! how he flurried.
Slowly and sadly he turned to retire,
He had struggled, and we knew ho was hu
man ;
He shed not a tear, and spake not his woe,
And we left him alone with his unsearchable
and infinite approximation ail irtfynatim to
a "boundless beneath," subservient and almost
irreparable
Here a screw was discovered to be loose, which
accounts for the length of the last line. Howev
er, it is all right now, so hero goes again :
There once was a man and II s was his name,
And he wrote poetry accordin
And w hen he saw that "Novice" had answered
the same,
He started for the other side cf Jordan.
Citokis.
Pull elf your ccat and roll up your sleeves,
For his poetry is hard to unravel.
Hut when he finds the poets all awske he be
lieves,
It is about time for him to travel.
But as a poet we confess he did excel!,
For he dived into "Webster" accorehu ,
Nor left unexplored the heights of "Donkey
Hill"
On his way to the other side of Jordan.
CiuiKis Pull ott your coat, &c
Here we stopped the machine for the purpose-
of nuttinsr on some oil, and re-pairing uio aama-
ces occasioned by the screw slipping out, anu
were just about starting the machine ajrniu when
the bright hopes and expectations of our nsirg
to eminence with the other bards of Mauch
Chunk, were blasted by the bursting of the boil
er, and blowing the machine into tho "rocky
de pths.', where we hope it may repose unmoles
ted, and may the services it has rendered long
be re membered by the people of this vicinity.
MUSES.
"While a number of lawyers and gentlemen
were dining at Wiseasstt, a few years since, a
jolly son of the Emerald Isle appeared aud called
for dinner. Tho landlord told him he should diuo
when the gentlemen were done.
'Let him among us,' whispered a limb of the
law, 'and we will have somo fun with him.'
The Irishman took a scat at the table.
You were not born in this country my friend?'
said one.
'No sir, I was born in Ireland.'
Is your father living V
'No sir, he is dead.'
What is your occupation V
A horse jockey, sir.
What was your father's occupation ?'
Trading horses.'
'Did jour father ever cheat any one while
here V
'I suppose he did cheat many, sir.'
Wliere do you suppose he went to V
'To heaven sir.'
Has he cheated any one there ?'
'He has cheated one, I believe, sir.'
Why did they not prosecute him V
'Because they searched the whole kingdom of
Heaven, and couldn't find a Lawyer.
y- Aicxender Deliome has been arrested in
New York, for marrying a girl under 1-1 years of
Lasrc. It renders lum name to ine oeaie pnsuu,
poor fellow! How much foolish legislation there
is in the world. What possible good can it do to
make a felon of the hustaud of a young girl
who marries her with her fiee consent:
If you want anything cheap substantial and
beautiful, tro to those h advertise. The rea
son why their goods are superior to others is
very simple : they have articles which they
consider worthy of notice, and consequently ad
vertise them !
An Item fohFakmsrs wuo desiujs to uirKOVE.
The following little fact may induce farmers to
raise honey as thus they gain a double prof
it.
It is stated that bees greatly improve the fruc
tification of fruit trees. Orchards in which sev
eral hives are kept always produce more fruit
than others in which there are none. In the
provinces on the Rhine the fruits are more abun
elant and finer than in any other parts of Ger
many, an tnere it is the custom 10 .eep large
nuntitics of bees. Plants, too, which bees visit,
thrive better in the neighborhood of hives.
Paste as is Paste. Dissolve an ounce of alum
inaouartcf warm water; when cold add
much flour as will make it the consistence
cream, then stew mto it as much powdered rosm
as will 6tand on a shilling, and two or three
cloves; boil it to a consistence, stirring all tho
time. It will keep for twelve months, and waeu
j ouiiviivvi j .
Everv vie flatts azaiast x-uturt.
- -
Stems.
Much talk, little sense.
The man who stuck to a point has got
loose.
There are about 17,000 Jews in the United
Stales.
Counterfeit Shangahis are nw being sold in
New York.
What makes more noise than a pig under a
gate ? Two Pigs?
A man was accidentally precipitated from
tho height of Mly" yesterday.
Why is a person asking questions thestran-
p.eri of ell iitiitlatl ? Because he's the que
rist. When has a man a right to scold his wife a-
loat l.is collie t When he has abundant
srrou nds.
Uv The first step to great nefs 13 to be hon
est.
j jeiu auu uduuivi iim lunger
O 1 J..Vl. 1 .
the ruled
but the rulers.
There is nothing more uncertain, than a
'certain age.
T7 In a woman, an ounce of heart is worth
a pound of brains.
Contentment gives a crown when fortune
hath denied it.
O" What would the te'egraph line be good for
on a fishing excursion ?
The first law of gravity ; Never lanh at
your own jokes
y We should like to know how many spokes
there r re in the wheel of fortune t
(v If you doubt whether yon should kiss a
girl, give her the benefit of the doubt, and 'go
in.
5vMcn's frame is like their hair, which grows
afte r th y are dead, and with just as little use to
the in.
277 Thr- modern way of asking for a marriage
license is to say : Clerk give me an order for a
woman !
Ty The fellow who kissl the face of nature,
Fays it didn't f.ro half as well as the busses of
some of his laiy friends.
If you don't wish to get angry, never argue-
wih a blockhead. Remember the duller the
razor, the more you cut yourself and swear.
2v" Why may a mau, whose landlady tor
ments Lim, be said to live without expense
?
Because he gets 'ltord'-'d for nothing.
sZf Who ever lost money or character by at
tending to his own husines, and letting other
people's alone.
37 They have get a very benevolent old gen
tleman in Troy. On Christmas he boiled dish
cloth and gave the broth to the poor.
Qlr There is a gentleman in ihe Legislature
who can be trusted with any secret ; for nothing
he can say will be believed. Uhio Vvji r.
No man can do anything against his will,
said a metaphysician, "raitn, said rai, "l
had a brother who went to Botany Bay, against
his will, fliith an' he did."
A Lawyer, r-n his death-lK-d, willed his
whole property to the lunatic asylum, saying
that he desired it should lio to the same class of
persons he teie-k it from.
0""lt was a Portland lady that said she would
make a noor tailor, and to which a nautical
friend replied, but you would make an excellent
mate though.
An adopted citizen wrote home that he
was employed by the State. On coming over
they found it just as ho had stated he was up
at Sing-Sing serving out a sentence for life.
fJCT Some people make some strange mistakes
as to the nature of angels. They talk of woman
as "acgels." There's not a word in tho whola
Bible about female angels. They arc always of
the other sex.
7"The greatest pleasure conectcd with wealth
consists in acauirinir it. Two months after a
I uiall comes into a fortune, he feels just as prosy
I an(j fretful as when he worked for "four and six"
a
lie who publishes the faults of others to con
ceal his own, ia like him who attempts to hide
the wind by throwing dust into the air.
When day "breaks" what becomes of the
fragments f
There aic now 15 Roman Catholic journals
in circulation in this country, whose united cir
culation is estimated at about sixty thousand
weekly.
She that marries a man because he is a "gxd
match," mutt not le surprised if he turns out
"lucifvr."
It is remarkable, says the correspondent of the
Boston Atlas, that the only governments of the
world which have an excess of their receipts over
- their expenses, are republics, the United States
- J and Switzerland.
Chinese widow, bcin found fauuic? the
grave of her husband, was ask! why she per
formed so singular an operation. She said sue
had promised not to marry again wnile the grave
as remained damp, and that as it uned very slowly
of she saw no harm in assisting in tho process,
j Aa t.mjlltut artist American of courses
laU,, y painted a snow storm so naturally, tht he
j caugV.t a bad cold by setting too near it with hi
coat 0jf
ITP Aw , is von (.u J a Me-!i-r-oc.et. uw
I ' J '
man wio says "the world ovts ILa living
Seed Potatoes.
One of our friends, a very close and intelligent
observe r as well as a good practical fartnor, h3
lcn in the habit for many yean of sek-cting tho
largest and finest potatoes fur seed. Those who
have purchased of him have long rtm&rked one
peculiarity about them not found elf cwbrc, that
they are nearly all of a. uniform size, with no
small ones among them. Uis neighbors haTe ob
served this without knowing the reason, which
our friend attributes entirely to selecting tho
seed as above for a course of years, and thus es
tablishing the size as permanently characteristic.
Like produces like is the foundation of all im
provement in both vegetable and animal life.
The advantages rcsptctivJy of large or small po
tatoes for seed, have been before the public, and
the question has generally been decided after the
trial of a single season, when ihe effect would bo
so perceptidle. Here, on the other hand, are the
results from continued care for a course of years.
and we consider them highly interesting and im
portant. Pa. Farm Journal.
"Jiiu," said one fast man to another, "It
is reported that you left the East on account of
your belief an itinerant martyr."
"How," replied Jim flattered by the remark,
"how's that t"
"Why, a police officer told mo that you belie
ved everything you saw belonged to you, and as
the public didn't you left."
Doobs and Reputations. A Mr. B. Payne,
was arraigned in the Mayor's Court of Peters
burg, on Saturday last, to answer sundry char
ges of naughty conduct towardsa Miss Williams
Thejyoung lady testified that Sir. 1'., "liact-
guarded her, stole her keys, villihci ucr reputa
tion , and ruined her character and the trou ooor
of her residence. A very 1'aync-full aliiiir !
The Sons and daughters of Vermont ia Lowell
held a great family festival; on Wednesday even
ing. The company, including delegations ff na
tive bom Verraontcrs, frcin Boston and other
places, numbering about a thousand persons.
At the supper table various spiritedaddrcsseu
were made by duTertnt gentlemen, many letters
were read by distinguished Ytrmonters, who
were unable "to be present. Saxe, the poet, sent
the following toast :
Vermont Famous for tho production of four
great staples, Lamely: vu.11, auinen, nwpls $uur
aiul horses.
The first arc strong the .last are fleet;
The second and third arctxcediugly sweet;
And all arc uncomonly "hard to beat."
' A Inlaut ball closed the festivities of the oc
casion. Tom and Joe were talking over their travels,
when Tom akod him :
AVas you ever in Greece V
No, but I fell into a thundeiin' big tub of
tump once.'
At an infant Sabbath-school, to the card of
which I was promoted a lew years since, I gavtf
a Bible story of the proeligid son. When I cam
to the place whero the tioor, ragged son reached
his former home, and his father saw him a great
way o!T, I inquired what his father probably did
One of the smallest boys with Ids little first
clenched, said :
'I douo, but I des he set tie dod on him.
Tr2 Inflailuatoet RnEfMATisv. A'gentl
man wishes us to publish the following for the
relief of humanity. He says he has known a
number of cures made by it, and all of them ia
a short time. Half an ounce of pulverized salt
petre, put in half a pint of sweet oil; batba
the parts affected, then a sound euro will b
spHdily elTected- Lyiuhlvrg Express.
Scnvat Mails. The ladies say they are op
posed to stopping the tnales 011 the Eabbath, es
pecially iu the evening, unless tuty can be stop
ped at their houses.
Governor Bigler, of California, KtU a taoet
commendable example of reform in the matter
of government expenditure. He proposes re
trenchment to the extent eX 5371,700, chiefly
from salaried, among which he reduces his own
from $10,000 to 0,000 ! Wc think we sc
the Legislature adopting the propositioa !
How Men "East Up."
Meu with unassuming wives never bust. Ilia
the husbands of such women as Mrs. Dash and
Lady Brilliant, who find themselves face to face
with the Sheriif, and certain mysterious docu
ments adorned with red tapes and wafers, big
enough for tarcct exercises.
The desire of a New York feminine is to out
shine her neighbors no in mental acquirements,
but in gmgeabread ornaments and gold-edged
coalse-utJes. If Mrs. Dash gives a game supper
wood-cocks stalled with gild dust Lady
Brilliant takes the wind out of her by getting up
another, in which the prevailing dish will be
birds of ranidicc, swimming in gravy made of
melted peails. It is this rivalry, not "dabbling
in railroad stocks," that brings ruination to the
fast men ia AY all street. Tho "ill-fortune" 0
which they complain is no more nor less than a
brainless wife. If they would cou.e btck to hap
piness, therefore they should tarn their attention
not to the fluctuations of the stock, market, but
to the ruinous absurdities of their own fire-side.
Thousand dollar repasts dou't pay, whila the
merchant who purchases huudred dollar handker
chiefs Tor a "duck of a wife,' shoud not wonder
if tho time event ually comes lien a "goose of
Kilobaud" laeked shilts. ni was but ill supplied,
with brtecb.es.
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