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"GONE."
BT F1LLAX MAT.
The Father who gare the child to thee
Ilath taken her faraway.
For the ones lie loveth the most, I know,
lie calls in their early day:
So the sweet angel came from the azur'd dome,
Adown through the ether dim.
Who caugh from the enrth the youngest one,
And bore her far up to Him.
There is joy above 'mid the Heavenly hand
That stand by the great wbJte Throne,
For an angel was won from this lower sphere,
At the call of the Holy One.
Now the sunshine beams on her gentle brow,
And gleams 'mid her sunny hair,
And the harp which she holds in her little hands,
lie gave her who called her there.
Oh, let there in your woof of care
A golden thread be wove,
For she never will taste the sorrows of earth,
Nor fi.fl the deceit of its love:
And live ye so in this lower world
That your angel child you may see,
When the jurney of life is done, and stand
On the shores of f.rternity.
ittisttlhntcns.
COL. CRICKLEY'S HORS-I.
I have never been able to ascertain the cause
of the quarrel between the Cnckleys and the
Diakcs. They have lived within a mile of each
other in Illinois for five years, and from the first
of their acquaintance, there had been a mutual
feeling of dislike between the two families.
Then some misunderstanding about the bounda
ry of their respective farms revealed the latent
Came, and Colonel Crickley having followed a
fat buck all one afternoon and wounded him,
came up to him aid found old Drake and his
sons cutting him up ! This- incident added fuel
to the fire, and from that time there was nothing
the two families did not do to annoy each other.
They shot each other's ducks in the river, pur
. poscly mistaking them for wild ones, and then
by way of retaliation, commenced killing olf
each other's pigs and calves.
One morning Mr. Drake, the elder, was return
ing home with his " pockets full of rocks," from
Chicago, whither he had been to dispose of a
load of grain. Sam Barston was with him on
the wagon, and as they approached the grove
which intervened between them qd Mr. Drake's
house, he observed to his companion:
"What a beautiful mark Col. Crickley S old j
roan is over yonder!" j
Hang it !" muttered Drake so it is." j
The horse was standing under some trees, j
about twelve rods from the road. I
Involuntarily, Drake stomped his team, lie
glanced furtively around, then with a queer
smile the old hunter took up his ritle from the
bosom of the wagon, and raising it to his shoul
der, drew sight on the Colonel's horse.
Beautiful !" muttered Drake, lowering his
rifle with the air of a man resisting a powerful
temptation. 44 I could drop old roan so easy."
Shoot," suggested Sam Barston, who loved
fun in any shape.
44 No, no, 'twouldn't do," said the old hunter,
glancing cautiously around him again.
44 I won't tell," said Sam.
44 "Well, I won't shoot this time, any way, tell
or no tell. The horse is too nigh. If he was fif
ty rods off instead of twelve, so there .d be a
bare possibility of mistaking him for a deer, I'd
let fly. As it is I'd give the Colonel five dollars
for a shot."
At this moment the Colonel himself stepped j
from behind a big oak, not half a dozen paces dis
tant, and stood before Mr. Drake.
44 Well, why don't you shoot ?"
The old man stammered some words in con
fusion :
44 That you. Colonel ? I I was tempted to
I declare! And as I said. 44 111 eive you a 4 V
, mi
or uiic iuu.
44 Say an ' X,' and its a bargain." !
Drake felt his rifle, and looked at old Roan.
" How much is that boss wuth he whisper- j
ed In Sam's ear. ;
About fifty." 1
Gad, Col. Ill do it. Here'syour X.'
The Colonel took and pocketed the money,
muttering: -
" Hanged if I thought you wonld take me up."
With high glee the old hunter put a fresh cap
on his rifle, stood up in his wagon, and drew a
close sight at old Roan. Sam Barston chuckled.
The Colonel put his hand before his face, and
chuckled too.
Crack ! went the rifle. The hunter tore out a
horrible oath, which I will not repeat. Sam was
Astonished- The Colonel laughed. Old Roan
nrrer stirred !
, Drake star at bis rifle with a face as blank
aa Othlh'.
"What's the matter with you, hey? Fus'
time you ever served me such a trick, I swan !"
And Drake loaded the piece with great wrath
and indignation.
" People said j-ou'd lost your nack o' shoot
ing," observed the Colonel in a cunning tone of
satire.
" Who said so ? it's a lie !" thundered Drake,
" I can shoot "
44 A horse at ten pods? ha! ha!"
Drake was livid.
" Look yere. Colonel, I can't stand that," he
began.
44 Never mind, the horse can," sneered the Co
lonel, "I'll risk you."
Grinding his teeth, Drake pioduced another ten
dollar bill.
44 Here," he groaned, I'm lound to have an
other shot, any way."
" Crack awav," cried the Colonel, pocketing
the note.
Drake did crack away with deadly aim, too
but the horse did not mind the bullet in the
least. To the rage and unutterable astonish
ment of the hunter, old Roan looked him right iu
the face, as if he rather liked the fun.
44 Drake," cried Sam, 44 you're drunk ! A
horse at a dozen rods oh, my eye!"
44 Just shut your lnouth, or 111 shoot you !"
thundered the excited Drake. 44 The bullet was
hollow, IU swear. The man lies that says I
can't shoot !" I.ast week I cut off a goose's head
at fifty rods, and I can do it agin. By the Lord
Harry, Colonel, you can laugh, but I'll bet now
thirty dollars, I can bring down old Roau at one
shot."
The wager was readily accepted. The stakes
were placed in Sam's hands. Elated wh the
idea of winning back his two tens and making
an 'X' into the bargain, Drake carefully select
ed a perfect lall, and even buckskin patch, and
beaded the rifle.
It was now nearly dark, but the old hunter
boasted of being able to shoot a bat on the wing
by starlight, and without hesitation he drew a
clear sight at old Roan's head.
A minute later, Drake was driving through
the grove the most enraged, the most desperate
of men. His rifle, innocent victim of his ire, lay
with broken stock on the bottom of the wagon.
Sam Barston was too much frightened to laugh.
Meanwhile, the gratified Colonel was rolling on
the ground convulsed with mirth, and old Roan
was standing undisturbed under the trees.
When old Drake reached home his two sons
discovered his ill humor and the mutilated con
dition of his ritle stock, hastened to arouse his
spirits with a piece of news, which they were
sure would make him dance fur joy.
44 Clear out !" growled the angry old man, " 1
don't want to hear any news ; get away or I'll
knock one of you down."
44 But father, it is such a trick."
44 Blast you and your tricks."
" Played off on the Colonel."
44 On the Colonel," cried the old man, begin
ning to be interested. 44 God if you've played
the Colonel a trick, let's hear it."
'4 Well, father, Joel and I, this afternoon, went
out for deer "
44 Hang the deer ! come to the trick."
44 Couldn't find any dear, but thought that we
must shoot something; so Joel banged away at
the Colonel's old Roan shot him dead."
" Shot him dead " thundered the hunter.
" By the Loid Harry, Joel, did yon. shoot the
i Colonel's old boss ? 'I
I didn't do anything else."
"Devil! Devil!" gtoaned the hunter. j
44 And then," pursued Joel, confidant the juke
part of the story must please his father, 44 jim
and I propped the horse up, and tied his head
back with a cord, and left him standing under
the tree exactly as if he was alive. 11a ! ha!
fancy the Colonel going to catch him ! ho ! ho !
wa'nt it a joke ?
44 Old brake's head fell upon his breast. He
felt for his empty pocket-book, and looked at
his rifle. Then in a rueful tone he whispered to
the boys :
44 It's a joke ! But if you ever tell of it or if
you do Sam Barston I'll skin you alive ! By
the Ford Harry, boys. I've been shooting at that
dead horse half an hour, at ten dollars a shot."
At that moment Sam fell into the gutter. He
had laughed himself almost to death.
Don't Belox to "Voi-r Society. In a coun
try town in which religious differences were no
tably fostered, the orthodox minister was once
presented with a raven which had l-cen taught
to talk, or at any rate pronounced certain words
with much distinctness. For some time after
its reception, the worthy clergyman was igno
rant of the extent of the bird's accomplishments,
and especially so of the fact that some words
pronounced by it were decidedly unclerical and
profane. At length an old lady, a notorious dis-
putant belonging to anoiner socicij , -"" to
. . . , .1
... . In the c enrvman : wile, inc raven
-
torched himself upon the back of a chair, eyed
her steadily for a long time, and at length cock-
in" his head aside very gravely, and peering
close in her face, shouted aloud to the horror of
both ladies and others assembled, 44 D n ye !
d n ve !"
The old lady rose in high dudgeon, and facing
her denouncer, as she turned to depart retort
edina loud voice, and with a very red face
44 don't you d n me ! you good for nothing or
thodox creeter, I doi' belong to your society.
7 44 Do you see that fellow lounging , there
doing nothing," said Owen to Jenkins, the other
day, " Yes how does he live?" 44 Why, he is a
cannibal he lives on other people:".
Cy" It was a Georgetown lady that said 6he
would make a poor sailor, and to which & nau-
tical friend replied, but you would make an ex
celltnt mate though.
Abyssinian Monkeys.
The monkeys, ospecially the cynoccphali, who
are astonishingly clever fellows, have their chiefs
whom they obey implicitly, and a regularsystcm
of tactics in war, pillaging expeditions, robbing
corn fields, &.c. These monkej--forays are man.
agd with the utmots regularity and precaution,
A tribe coming down to feed from their village
on the mountain (usually a clift in the face of
some cliff), brings with it all its members, male
and female, old and young. Some, the elders of
the tribe, distinguishable by ' the quantity of
mane which covers their shoulders, like a lion's,
take the lead, veering cautiously over the pre
cipiccc before they descend, and climbing to the
top of every rock or stone which may afford
them a better view of the road before them.
Others have their posts as scouts on the flanks
or nerr ; and all fulfil their duties with the ut
most vigilance, calling out at times, apparently
to keep order among the motley pack which
forms the main body, or to give notice of the ap
proach of any real or imagined danger. Their
tones of voice on these occasions are so distinctly
varied, that a person much accustomed to watch
their movements will at length fancy, and per
haps with some truth, that he can understand
their signals.
The main body is composed of females, and
inexperienced males, and young people of the
tribe. Those of the females who have small
children, carry them on their back. Unlike the
distinguished inarch of the leaders, the rabble go
along in a most disorderly manner, trotting on
and chattering, without taking the least heed of
anything, apparently confiding in the vigilance
of their scouts. Here a few of the youth linger
Ijehind to pick the hemes oft' some tree, but not
long, for the rear guard coming up forcos them to
regain their places. There a matron causes to
make her offspring, and, not to lose any time,
dresses its hair while it is taking its meal, An
other young lady, probably excited to jealousy,
or by some sneering look or word, pulls any ugly
mouth at her neighbor, and then uttering a
shrill squal, highly expressive of rage, vindic
tively snatches at her rival's leg or tail with her
hand, and gives her, perhaps, a bite in the hind
quarters. This provokes a retort, and a most
unlad3-like quarrel ensues, till a loud bark of
command from one of the chiefs call them to or
der. A single cry of alarm makes them all halt,
and remain on the'tct vive till another bark in a
di Cerent tone reassures them, and they then pro
ceed on their march. Arrived at the coi n fields,
the scouts take their position on the eminence
all around, while the remainder of the tribe col
lect provisions wit the utmost expedition, filling
theit check-pouches as full as they can hold, and
then taking the heads of corn under their arm
pits. Now unless there be a partition of the col
lected spoil, how do the scouts feed ? for I have
watched them several times, and never observed
them to quit for a moment their post of duty
till it was time for the tribe to return, or till
some indication of danger, induced them to take
to flight. Thejr show also the same sagacity in
searchiug lor water, discovering at once the pla
ces where it is most readily found in the sand,
and then digging for it with their hands, just as
men would, relieving one another in the work, if
the quantity of sand to be removed be consider
able. Ptiiki;ti,s Life iu Abijsitiia.
Co.uk wiikn- the Bihds Sixg. The late Pro
fessor Caldwell,, of Dickinsen College, a short
time before his death said to his wife : 44 You
will not, I am sure, be down upon your bed and
ween w lien l am rone, aiiu wnen vou visit tne
pot where I lie, do not go in the shades of the
evening or in the dark of night. Thsee arc no
times to visit the grave of one who hopes and
trusts in a risrn Redeemer? Come, dear wife,
the morning, in the bright sunshine, and
when the birds are singing,"
Mr. Thomas O. Larkin, of San Francisco, has
made a donation to Bishop Kip of 040 acres of
tmd for an Episcopal college. The Bishop has
selected a site for it in the Sonora Valley, .-0
miles from San Francisco, and an application's
to be made to the Legislature for a charter of the
proposed institution, under the name of the
Trinitv College of Larkin. It is anticipated
that it will be liberally encouraged by dona
tions from other quarters.
KT'The Empress cf France has a rival! Louis
hs been smitten with the charms of an Fnglish
lady named Sraead. At the last ball given at
the Tuileries which, by the way, cost the city
22,000 the Emperor paidher so much atten
tion that the Empress has forbidden her admis
sion to the Tuileries! A letter writer in describing
the conqueror (Miss Smea l) says:
She is the most thoroughly, perfectly beautiful
woman I ever saw, eiiher in Eur pe or America
Her
type is altogether Lng-ish; she has uie lair
... . .1 f 1
com
ple.xion, the light hair; tne wue eyes, which
are characteristic of the nation, and a trifle of
emhonpoint which a lady may have to advantage,
even at twenty-one. In form she is laultless,
and in manners she is a model. Every one seemed
to know the circumstances of the late flirtations
at the palace, and consequently when she stop
ped she was the centre of a dense group of wor-
shippers, ar.d when she sat, all circulatiou was ;
rendered impostsiHe, and the passage to and lrom
her were blocked up hopelessly. She bore it
with unbroken equanimity, hardly noticing that
he was the object of an unusual remark; Bhe
had learned that a beautiful woman is doubly
i-nnJifnl when unaffected .simple. I have nev
er dreamed of such wonderful perfection; cer
tainly no painter has ever created, Iron the
depths of his imagination, and out of the unreal
suggestions of an inspired fancy, a face so adora
bly lovely; there is not another like it, except,
perhaps in Circassia, or at Baltimore. Heigh
ho! The Empress had good reason to be jealous;
sho herself is far less handsome.
Attempt of a Maniac to Murder a Fa
milyA Story of Eorror.
.A horrible tragedy was enacted at Rootstown,
Ohio, on the 22nd ult. Notice of it has already
Wen given in the city papers. A private letter
frmn a witness of the scene furnishes the follow
ing details :
It seems that Mr. Horace L. Ensign of Roots
town, had risen on the morning of the 22nd, and
wi'houX dressing, was in the act of putting a
stick of wood into the kitchen stove where he
was felled by a blow on his Lead. Mr. K. v as
standing at the time near a door that opened into
the wood-shijd. The door was a jar, and the
blow was given from some person in the shed.
The correspondent says : 44 Mr. Ensign saw
no one, but placing his hands on each side of his
head, he hastened through into his dining room
where his wife was ; he exclaimed, I am killed ;
some one has split my head open with an axe."
He then ran out to the door aud cried murder.
His wife seeing him bleeding, and a gash on his
head just above and also lack of the temple,
shouted for help. Meanwhile the children were
awakened and came running in ; the eldest, a
son of sixteen, on coming down stairs opened
the door to the wrod shed flunking his father was
in there. On opening the door the first thing
he saw was a man with an uptlifted axe looking
like a demon at him. By this time a neighbor
came across the street and went to the wood
house, when the maniac addressed him by mine.
Mr. Dening tried to cool hint down, and after
a few minutes succeeded in getting the axe.
However, before he could get it away Chitten
den, who is a powerful man, sprang for tlse axe,
and Dening being much the weaker, Chittenden
wrenched it from him. After losing his hold
upon the axe, Dening retreated to the dining
room, where Horace sat bleeding. Dening held
the door from the dining room and Imped to keep
him from that, but with the axe he shivered the
door at once, when Mr. Dening exclaimtd. "run
for your livce." Upon the word being given to
run they all left, as they thought, aud Dening
shut the outer door ; but Luanda, their eldest
daughter, 15 years old, stopped to save a little
brother two and a half years old, who had been
awakened by the breaking in of the door, and
had jumped from his ld on to the floor, aud
stood screaming fi-om fright. She caught him
in her arms, and reached the outer door just as
Dening shut it.
She then called to have them open the door,
but by this time she received a blow from the
head of the axe, which felled her with the little
one still in her arms. Meanwhile, Horace had a
presentiment that some child still remained in
the house, and had gone around to the back
kitchen door and entered, passing into the d.n
ing room. There lay Luciuda weltering in blood
and as he supposed dead. The outside door had
been opened. Dening had opened it fur the child,
when she called ; Chittenden was in the act of
splitting open Dtning's head; Horace sprang
across the dining room and seized the axe-handle
tc avert the blow from D. Chittenden finding
some one was behind him, turned upon him and
in the scuffle cut to the bone on the back of Hor
ace's head. Upon that Herace seized him by the
throat, and Dening by his leg, and by a hard
struggle they got him down and with much dif
ficulty w renched the axe from him; they then
got ropes and bound him.
After the man was secured, a messenger was
posted to Ravcmia for medical aid. Horace's
head was trepanned. His brain lay exposed
during his struggle with the man. The pulsa
tion could be seen but the membrane was not
broken. He to all appearances will survive, but
poor Lucinda is in a very critical situation. The
bones were so driven into the brain that the sur
gcon thought it not best to do much for her, but
her friends insissed upon trying. After five hours
he proceeded to dress her wound. After pressr
ing the'scalp each way, they extracted six pieces
of bone, some an inch and over. Several of them
were nearly buried in the brain, She still lies in
a very critical situation, but with a small hope
of recovery. This Chittenden, belonged in Ran
dolph, the town south cf this, and had fits from
a child ; an ugly tempered man naturally. Of
late his friends have thought him deranged at
times.
Magxitcde of Rrssi-v. Russia is the great
est unbroKen empire lor extent that ever exist
ed, occupying vast regions of Europe and Asia,
and neatly one-sixth of the habitable globe. It
is forty one times the size of France, and one
hundred and thirty eight times that of England.
Yet it was too small for the ambition of Alexan
der, who is reported to have said, " I insist up
on having the Baltic to skate upon, the Caspian
for a bathing place, the Black Sea as a wash
hand basin, and the North Pacific Ocean as a
fish.pond." He " encroached on lartary lor a
on Persia and Georgia for a vine-yard,
j - Turk for a
key for a garden, on Poland for a larnt,
ou Finland and Lapland as a hunting ground,
agd took part cf North America as a place of
banishment for offenders."
Coxscmftiox. Dr. Simpson of Edinburg, it
1 is said, has been working wonders with con-
j u ticut b havins them well rubbed
with warm olive oil. Some of the patients have
increased 13 lbs. in weight in seven or eight
weeks.
Me ax Tempkuatirk. " What is the mean
temperature of the climate of Boston?" inquir
ed a stranger of Johnson, last Saturday after
noon. 44 You can judge for yourself," was the
reply of Johnson, who had slightly misappre
hended the stranger's meaning. " You can judge
for yourself. The temperance to-day is about
as mean as any wo have had for several years."
Ileraled.
Success in Lifo-
1 he inherence in men s character is very
strongly marked. Some arc weak and timid,
really accomplishing nothing worth mentioning
in the whole course of their lives. Others yield
to no difficulty, and go straight ahead, prostra
ting wharever opposition lies in their path. A
good deal of this is owing to tally education.
The child brought up in luxury almost always
realizes an imbecile manhood. Plant an acorn
iu & flower pot, and rear it in a green house,
and, though it grew up in the form of aa oak,
it will be quite unlike that reared amid the snows
anil the storms of the mountain top.
In nine cases out of ten, the education which
a man gives himself is the most important. One
of the worst foes to the success of most men is
the indulgence of a habit of indecision. Nothing
is more enfeebling or destructive of mental force.
The man who never commits himself who is
always delaying, and who never makes up his
mind, gives others the impression that he has
little or no mind to make up. The only remedy
for this apparenr waut of capacity is promptness.
I know the'right, and 1 approve it, too;
I know the wrong, yet the wrong pursue.
So sung the poet; and the poet's couplet is echo
ed in the lives and characters of more than half
of mankind. Happiness and misery seem
strangely blended in the world; but the good or
ill success of life is their own fault. The rented'
for iuellleieiicy, is jronij)!iiess; and now is a good
and lilting time to form resolutions for the future.
Wrote you yesterday, says a friend but I had
last night an adventure of so funny a character,
that I cannot refrain communicating it to 3 011
and your readers, not for their instruction, but
because it must amuse them. I lodge in a room
witli three beds in it one besides tr.y own be
ing occupied by a friend. As my friend and my
self were alout taking possession oi them, a
stranger was ushered in to take jossession of the
third. His dimensions were about equal to a
brandy pipe, aud his physical man of somewhat
the same proportion. He entered the room with
his coat on liis arm, pulling and blowing like a
stem-wheel steam boat stemming a current.
His first act was to raise all the windows, tho'
the night was a cold one. I said to him that
we would not stand so much wind. He answer
ed that he must have some 44 air."
I made up my mind that it was necessary to
adopt one of the three courses, stay and get up
with a cold, take some other room, or get our
new comer to take himself off.
I resolved upon an attempt at the latter, par
ticularly as I perceived or imagined I did an un
pleasant odor arising front the want of a free use
of soap aud water 0:1 the outward covering. I
tipped the wink to my friend, opened my trunk,
and commenced taking out my soiled clothes, at
the same time remarking to him, no one could
be found who would take in hand clothes worn
by me when I had the yellow fever. My subject
at once took the alarm ! Said he, stranger, you
don't say you had the yellow fever, and them
er' things are the same you wore when you had
it." Yes, sir, I have had the yellow fever, and
these are the same under clothes I wore at the
time ; just smell them and you will perceive a
genuine yellow fever smell. In the mean time,
the old fellow had nearly stripped himself, but
on hearing this, he gathered up his wearing ap
parel and made a break fjr tho door. 44 Stop,"
said I," I am all over yellow fever, and jou
need not fear me, I now have none of it.
44 Yes, but your d d shirts have, and I
have been in the room with you and their sick
ening stench, and 1 shall have the fever and die,
and what '11 my old woman do, when I'm dead
and gone, with them ar mules I've bo't, and
and they've put me in a room with a yellow fe
ver man from New Orleans."
If ever you have seen a wounded and bleeding
porpoise trying to escape a dreve of his own
kind by lunging into deep water at one mo
ment and leaping out the next, you can form
some idea of the manner iu which my alarmed
acquaintance made his exit out of our room.
The door hardly seemed large enough for him to
pass through in his hurry to escape.
My friend and myself enjoyed a hearty laugh
and a good night's rest.
What was the sequel I know not, as I have
not dared to show my lace at the otlice to en
quire, for fear of a rebuke, for so frightening one
of the regular patrons of the hotel.
Marrt. -Jeremy Taylor says, if you are for
pleasure, marry ; if you prize a rosy health,
marry. A good wife is heaven's last best gift to
man his angel and minister cf graces innu
merable his gem of many virtues his casket
of jewels her voice is sweet music her smiles,
his brightest day her kiss, the guardian of his
innocence her arms the pale of his safety, the
balm of his health, the balsam of his life her
industry his surest wealth her economy, his
faitliful counsellor her bosom, the softest pil
low of Eis cares and her prayers, the ablest ad
vocate of Heaven's blessing on his head.
How lonesome the fireside where there is
no newspaper ! Ask the man who has regular
ly had the newspaper to read, with the latest
news, the good stories, the useful lessons, and
the witty sayings ask him its value. Let hitn
be deprived of it for a few weeks, and then ask
him to put an estimate upon it. m ne bay
that two or three dollars are too much ? No,
no ; he will esteem it as cne of his greatest
pleasures, and value it accordingly.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, tells an anecdote of
a pious old gentleman, who told, his wayward
sons not to go, under .any circumstances a fil
ing on the Sabbath ; but if they M, by dl
vtaus to brini! home tktfish.
Editors and What is Expected of them
without charge.
The New York Tribune says : There is many
a journalist now languishing in poverty, while
dozens to whose success in life he gave the first
impulse, roll by him in their carriages, and hare
forgotten his very existence. "There is no coun
try save ours, iu tho world, where journalists
are cx pec tod to do so much work for the special
benefit of others without recompense. Generally
out of thfs country, editors are inaccessible if
not anonymous ; they may let you know what
they think but not who thinks it. You canuct
walk into an editor's room in London or Paris,
aud ask him to devote his time and his columns
to your advancemennt or profit. Here this is
done every day, even by strangers.
44 Half an editor's time sometimes his whole
day, throwing over his proper work till night is
given up to receiving tho calls, listening to the
stories, and olxying the requests of one good
natured friend after another, who drops in to
try his chance of gcting ten times as valuable
an advertisement out of him for nothing, as he
would be likely to get out of the publisher by
regular pitying. If he fails, he looses nothing.
for he has plenty of biass left if he succeeds, ho
has used his time to a decided advantage, aud
thus is civility abused thus is good feeling im
posed upon.
44 Many an editor receives several letters in a
day requesting him to do this or that document
for the benefit of utter strangers or mere c
quaintanccs, who have no shadow of claim to
tax him."
A Youthful Turkish Hero.
The I-oudon Chronicle correspondent relates
the following interesting incident. 4 Amongst
the extraordinary events occurring in these won
derful times, I would mention the arrival at Con
stantinople of a youth of from fourteen to six
teen years of age, accompanied by several hun
dred warriors. This youth, who is a native of a
remote country in the interior of Asia Minor, is
the offspring of a woman fifty years of age, and
on tha account his mother looked upon him as
destined for great things a feeling which seems
to have been shared by her neighbors and all the
province. The child was taken to the Mosque.
On his right arm an Arabic verse has been in
scribed signifying 4thou wilt die a martyr ?'
whilst on the left the happy prophecy, 4 Thou
wilt be a great man,' is carved in Eastern cha
racters. This youth was from his birth desti
ned for a military career, and generally regarded
with feelings of respectful veneration by his fellow-countrymen.
He has now grasped a stan
dard, and, surrounded by his friends and fol
lowers, is hurrying to the war. His youthful
appearance, whilst riding through the streets of
Stain boul, at the head of his followers, had given
rise to the report that a heroine a la Julianna d'
Arc. had started up for the cause of the Crescent-
A Poster.
We invite the attention of our temperance and
bibli.-al friends to the following, which we find
in the editor's table of Knickerbocker for tliis
month. There is no getting over the conclusion.
i'lCtiing Chionidc.
Our worthy Governor, Horatio Seymour,
writes a metropalitan friend, recently from'.our
State capital, having vetoed as every body
knows, the so-called 4 Mninc Liqor Iur,' has
since received many letters from the friends as
well as thepiionents of that measure. Among
others, 4 A strong advocate of Temperance, but
no Main-Law man,' wrote him to tht'ifollowing
effect: -lhave read your message vetoing the
Main-Law' bill with great gratification. I am
a temperance man, and I ho! I am a moral
man. I also claim to have some knowledge of
fundamental law ; and in my opinion your, views
are fully sustained by law aud good morals. 1
have been a diligent rcaderof the Old Testament,
as well as of the New ; and in the former I find
that the use of wine was contemplated by the
wise and good of the olden time. Even Lot, the
only 'just man in Sodom, carried his prejudico
in favor of a 'social glass of wine' so far, that he
became intoxicated. (Sec Genesis, chapter nine
teenth.) Aud in the New Testament we are
told that our Saviour and His Disciples made gen
erous use (without abuse) of the 4wmc benign ;
and on one memorable occasion, by a miracle.
He even vuulc wiue from water, for a wedding
party. ISow, as I have said, I have been a dili
gent student of the Scriptures, I have read the
Bible from Genesis to Revelations, and I can
find no mention of but one man's calling for
water ; and he was in h 11, where he ought to
be!'
The physicians of St. Louis have combined
f r the purpose of keeping druggists to the pes
tle ad mortar. They declare that the appoth
ecary has no just right to put a prescription the
second time, unless authorized in writing bythe
physicain prescribing. Nor has said apothecary
any riht to make use of said prescription in any
way, unless by the consent of the physician; and
pledge themtelves to withhold their influence
from any druggist who may thus act, anu 10 uw
other means to make such conduct public.
And iurther, that they will withhold their sup
port front all apothecaries who persist in tho
reprehensible practice of prescribing frr disease.
rrr Dr. Joux C. Warrkv says that tobac
.yL..y .v., f siuokinp. drawn m with
tlVvital Wh eottveys its influence into every
part of the lungs, there the noxtous fluid is cn
taneled in the minute xmgyair-cclls and has
2 vitiate the blood which imbibes the stnn
ulTnt narcoUc principle and circulates it through
the whole system, producing, m consequence, a
febrile ? action to those of delicate habits A here
there is any tendency to phthisic and the tubu
ar deposit In the lungs, debility of those organs
consequent on the ue of tobacco in this w ay
Suit favor the deposit of turburcu out matter,
aad engender consumption. -h t;-
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