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SAM. G. WHITTAKER,
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THE MARTYRS OF OPINION.
"Opinion an omnipotence ? whose veil
Mantles the earth with darkness."
CUILD6 HAROLD.
The martyrs of opinion,
How silently they die I
Es monument npsoars to heaven,
. To tell us where they lie.
'They live a life of fearful gloom,
They fall like stricken deer ;
"Dark Scorn consigns them to the tomb,
Their burial rite, a sneer 1
The sword devours its millions ;
'l'llo plague bath swept away
Its hecatombs of human worms,
And mingle them with clay ;
But after these there comes a lull,—
The hours with joy are rife ;
Opinion's edge is never dull,
And never ends her strife.
She scales the lofty ramparts,
She treads the busy mart—
Beneath the monarch's robe of state
She gnaws his inmost heart ;
She haunts the student in his cell,
And blots his labored page,
E'en as the fabled fiend of hell
Pursued the monkish sage.
Where radiant beauty teaches
Her votaries to bow,
Opinion's loathsome vapors dim
The' diamonds en her brow;
But mostly through the poor man's shed
The harpy loves to roam,
To stain with filth his hardicarned bread,
And drive him from his home.
Talk of the rack, the dungeon,
The Moloch tyrant's sway,
The art of torture grows more nice
In this improving day ;
With stern ordeals fenced around
Sits custom like a fate ;
Nl,tve hut•an inch beyond her bound,
And Fashion shuts the gate.
They who have fltught for freedom,
(Jr for their Nth have bled;
Their deeds are in the mouth of Time,
They are not of the dead ;
Opinion's martyrs all alone,
Sink to their endless rest,
Their virtues 'dumb, their worth unknown
Their names a passing lest.
Yet have they some remembrance
Within the night of years ;
The angels keep their record well,
And dew ther graves with tears ;
And lie, the lamb on Calvary Main,
Who sits enthroned above—
tie pays them for their lot of pain
From the rich stores of love !
Vrttisian *tory.
From Dsckilss• Household Words.
A COUSIN I 1 NEED.
(A N a dreary autumn day, more than a
Vhu nd red years ago, a heavy traveling
carriage was rlowly lumbering the mildly
road from Potsdam to Berlin. Within was
one parrot only, who took no heed of the
slowness of the traveling ; but leaning
buck in a corner, was arranging a multi •
pheity of papers contained in a small port
folio, and making notes in a pocket book.
Since he was dressed in a plain dark mili
tary uniform, it was fair to suppose 'hot
this gentlemen belonged to the Prussian
army, but to which grade of it, nobody
could determine, as all tokens of rank had
been avoided. A dreary November even
ing was cloSing in, and though the rain
had for a time ceased, yet dark masses of
clouds flying through the sky gave warning
that a "weeping darkness" was at hand.
The road grew heavier and heavier, at
least so it would have seemed to a toot
tmveler, who was plowing his way through
its mire; and so it doubtless seemed to the
carriage horses, who at least floundered a
long so slowly that tho pedestrian whom
they had overtaken kept easily at the aide
of the coach, at a respectful distance, cer
tainly, after the first bucketfull of mud it
splashed over him. Tho gentleman in the
coach, wlmn he could see no longer, shut
up his portfolio, and returned the pocket.
book to its place in the breast lining of his
coat. He then aroused himself to look
out of the window, and judge from the
mud and darkness how far it might be to
Berlin. For the first time he perceived
that a muddy young man was walking at
a little distance from his horses. Though
more than reasonably travel stained, he
trudged on as if his limbs were strong and
his heart light. Through the drizzle and
the darkness all that could be seen of his
face was sensible and good-tempered. Ho
had just finished a pipe as he attracted the
traveler's attention, and was in the act of
shaking out the ashes and replacing the
pipe in a wallet slung over his back, when
he heard himself addressed in the manner
following, and in rather an authoritative
tone of voice :
'Boll° I young man, whither are you
bound this stormy looking night
'That is more than I can tell you, not
being at home in this part of the world.
My wish is to reach Berlin, but if I find a
resting place before I get there, to that 1
am bound, for I am weary.'
.1 should think that you must have throe
hours' walk before you," was the utisatis
faCtory remark that followed.
The young man made no reply, but af
ter a short pause the stranger said—
.lf it pleases you to rest on the step of
the carriage for a few moments, you are
welcome so to do, Herr What's-your-name?
'My name is Heinrich Meyer,' replied
the young man, 'one of those who wisely
never refuse the small benefit becauso the
larger one is not to be obtained.' He thank
fully accepted the not very clean place al.
lotted to him,
From the inside window the next ques•
lion put to Heinrich was—
'What are going to Berlin for ?'
'To hunt for some cousins,' was tho an
swer.
'And pray who may they be ?' asked
the unknown.
.Well, to tell the truth, I have no idea
who they are, or where to look for them.
Indeed, it is more doubtful whether I have
a friend in Berlin much less a relation.'
The questioner, who should have been
an American colonel, looked amused and
astonished as he suggested—
'Surely there must be some other motive
for your going to Berlin, or what could
have put this idea into your head 1'
'Why,' replied Heinrich, have just
become a clergyman, without the smallest
chance of getting anything to do in my
own neighborhood. I have no relative to
help me, and not quite money enough to
find me in necessaries.'
'But,' said the Prussian. 'what on earth
has this to do with your cousins in Heflin?'
'Well, now, who knows ? Many of my
fellow-students have got good appointments
and, whenever I asked them how It was
done, the answer always was, 'a cousin,
gave it to me,' or, got it through the in
terest of a cousin who lives at Berlin:'—
Now, as I find none of these useful cousins
live in the country, I must go without their
help or else hunt for them in Berlin.'
This was all said in a comical dry way,
Igo that his listener could not refrain from
laughing, but he made no comment. How
ever he pulled out a piece of paper and
began to write upon it. When he had fin
lolled he turned round to Heinrich, saying
that he observed he had been smoking and
that he felt inclined to do the same, but
had forgotten to bring tinder with him.—
Could Herr Meyer oblige him with light?'
'Certainly, with great pleasure,' was the
prompt reply ; and Heinrich, taking a tin
de-box out of his wallet immediately began
to strike a light. Now, it has been said
the evening was damp, It was so damp
that there seemed little enough prospect of
the tinder's lighting; moreover, the wind
blew the sparks out almost before they fell.
'Well, if your cousins are not more ea
sily to be got at than your light, I pity you
young sir,' was the sole remark to which
the stranger condescended while he watch
ed Ileinrich's laborious endeavors.
'Nil de.sparandum, it my motto,'replied
the young man, and when the words were
scarcely uttered the light had been struck.
In his delight at succeeding Heinrich jum.
ped up upon the carriage stop, and lean
ing through tho window, thrust the tinder
eagerly in the direction of the gentleman's
face. “Burra, sir, puff away !"
After a short puse, during which time
the arranger had been puffing at his, pipe,
he removed it from his mouth, and address
ed Heinrich in this way—
.l have been thinking of what you have
peen telling me, and perhaps, in a humble
way, I might be able to help you, and
thus act the part of the cousin you are
seeking. At all events, when you get to
Berlin take this note,' handing him the
din of paper on which he lied been wri
ting; 'take this note to Marshal Gumkow,
is somewhat of a friend of mine, and who
will, I think, be glad to oblige me. But
mind ! Do exactly as he bids you, and a
bide strictly by his advice. If he says he
will help you, rely upon it he will keep
his word; but he is eccentric, and the , way
he sets about doing s kindness may per
haps seem Enrage to you, And now," he
continued, ..as the road is improved, I
must hurry on the horses, and so bid you
good evening hoping you will prosper in
your new career."
As Heinrich began to express his thanks
for the good wishes of his unknown friend
the signal was given ,o increase the speed
of the horses, and before he had time tp
make any acknowledgements be found
himself alone again. The young man
was not a little astonished at what had ta
ken place ; and, es ho gazed on the slip
of paper, could not help wondering wheth
er any good would cotne of it. These
were the only words written on it :
"Dean Me.asnex : If you can forward
the views of the bearer, Heinrich Meyer,
you will oblige your friend, F.
Let ine know the result of the inter
view with him.
Time will prove this, as it does all oth•
~ LIBERTY AND UNION, NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INSEPARABLE. "
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1856.
er things," thought Heinrich, as he pro
ceeded on his way. Somehow or other
the road appeared less wearisome, and ho
felt less tired and foot-sore, since receiving
the mysterious bit of paper. Hope was
stronger within him than she had been
for many a day ; and on her wings he was
carried pleasantly along, so that he reach
ed Berlin by nightfall.
The noise and bustle of the capital was
new to him, and he found some little diffi
culty in making his way to the gasthaus,
to which he had been recommended by
the pastor of his parish. The pastor, hav
ing been once in Berlin, was considered,
in his part of the world, an oracle in all
matters connected with town life.
The inn wee, however, found at last, and
after a frugal supper and a good night's
sleep our friend arose, ready to hope and
believe every thing from the mysterious
note, which he started forth to deliver im
mediately after breakfast.
Obliged to ask his way to Marshal Grum
kow's he was amused and surprised at the
astonishment depicated on the countenan
ces of those persons of whom he made
the inquiry as if they would say, "What
business can you have with the Marshal
Grunikow I"
The house was however at last gained,
and having delivered his missive to a ser
vant Heinrich awaited the result in the
hall. In a few minutes the servant re
quested him, in the most respectful man.
ner to follow him to the Marshals presence.
Arrived there, he was received most cour
teously : and the Marshal made many in
qUiriets as to the past life and future pros
pects; requested to be told the name of
the village or town in which he had been
last residing the school in which heihad
been educated ; at what hs ho was liv
ing in Berlin, and so forth. But still no
allusion was made either to the note or the
writer of it. The interview lasted about
twenty minutes; at the end of which time
the Marshal dismissed him, desiring that
he would call again on that day fort
night.
Heinrich employed the interval in visit
ing the lions of the town. There was a
grand review of the troops on the King's
birth day, and like .a loyal subject, our
friend went to have a reverent stare at his
Majesty, whom ho had never seen before.
At one point of the review the King stop
ped almost opposite to Heinrich, and then
it was suggested to him, as the render pro
pably suspects, that, after all, he must have
seen that face somewhere before. Was it
the friend who hailed him on the muddy
road ? Impossible ! How should a King
be tmvelling at that time of the day ? At
any rate, it vexed him to think that he had
not treated the gentlemarl in the coach in
a very ceremonious manner. He had
thrust the tinder at his nose and cried 'Puff
away.'
At last the time appointed for his second
visit to the Marshal arrived. His recep
tion was again most favorable. The Mar
shal begged him to be seated at the table
at which ho a-as writing, and proceeded at
the same time to business. Unlocking a
drawer and bringing forth a small bundle
of papers, he asked Heinrich, as he drew
them forth, one by one, if he knew in
whose handwriting the various subscrip
tions were?
Heinrich answered that, to the best of
his belief, one was that of Herr Mudel, his
former school-master ; 'and another that of
Dr. Von Hummer, the principal of such a
college, and so on.
'Quite right,' remarked the Marshal;
'and perhaps you may not be surprised to
hear that I have written to these different
gentlemen to inquire your character, that
I may know with whom I have to deal, and
not be working in the dark.'
As he said these words, the Marshal fix
ed his eyes on Heinrich to see what effect
they had, but the young man's countenance
was unabashed—lto evidently feared no
evil report.
feel bound;' continued the Marshal,
'to tell you that all they say of you is most
favorable, and I am equally bound to be
lieve and act on their opinions. I have
now to beg of you to follow me to a friend's
house.'
Thu Marshal descended a private stair
case loading to the court-yard, crossing
which he passed through a gate in tho
wall into a narrow side street, down which
he conducted Heinrich, till they arrived at
a private entrance to the palace.
Heinrich began to get exceedingly ner
vous, the conviction that his idea was not
a mere trick of the imagination. became
stronger. Could he have had bis own
wish, Heinrich Meyer would at that mo
ment have been forty miles from Berlin.—
At lag he found himself following Grum
kow even into tho palace, he could not re
frain from exclaiming—
.Indeed; Herr Marshall, there must be
some mistake I'
No answer was vouchsafed, as the Mar
filial continued tq lead hint through the
various galleries and apartments, until at
last they reached the very small door of
one situated in a corner of a wing of the
palace, where the Marshal's knock was
answere by a short 'keine in."
As thilloor opened, one glance sufficed
to convince Heinrich that h a friend in the
mud and the King were one and the same
person. Tne poor cousin -seeker, greatly
confused, knelt before Frederic Willham,
and began faltering out some contrite ape
logies,
'Rise, young man,' said the King, 'you
have not committed treason. How upon
earth could you guess who I was ? I should
not travel quietly if I meant to be every
where recognized.'
After reassuring Eleinrich, the King
told him that he was prepared to do what
ho could to push him forward in the pro
fession he had chosen,
'But first,' he said, 'I must hear you
preach. On Sunday next, therefore, you
shall preach before me; but mind I shall
choose the text. You may retire.'
By the time Heinrich Meyer reached
his own room in the inn, he bad fixed in
his mind the fact that he was to preach
to the King. The fact was only too clear.
and all he could do was to set about his
sermon as soon as he should have been
furnished with the text. For the remain
der of that day he never stirred out ; eve
ry step on the stair was to his ear the hea
rer of the text.
Nevertheless, evening and night passed
and the next day was tar, advanced, but
still no text.
What was was to be dente ? lie must go
and consult tho Marshal; but the latter
could give him no further' information,—
All he could do was to promise that if the
King sent the text through him, it should
be forwarded with the utmost dispatch
possible.
That day and the next passed, and yet
Heinrich heart nothing front either King
or Marshal. Only an official intimation
had been sent, as was customary, that he
had beets selected as the preacher on the
following Sunday at the Chapel Royal.
If it had not been that Heinrich knew
himself to possess no mean powers of era.
tory, and that he could even extemporize
in case of emergency, he would certainly
have run away from Berlin and abjured
his discovered cousin. As it was, he abi
ded by the course of events and fortified
himself by prayer and philosophy for the
momentous hour.
Sunday morning arrived, but no text.—
Heinrich went to the church appointed,
and was conducted to the seat always set
apart for the preacher of the day. The
King with the royal family occupied their
accustomed places.
The cervices coipmenced, and, whilst
the organ pealed forth its solemn sounds,
the preacher was led to thu pulpit. The
congregation were astonished, not only at
his yoethfuiness, but at his being an utter
stranger.
The pulpit steps were gained ; and the
though flashed across Heinrich's mind
that possibly he should find the text placed
for hint on the desk.
But, as he was on the point of mounting
the stairs, an officer of the royal household
delivered to him a folding pieco of paper,
saying,
'His Majesty sends you the text.'
After reciting the preliminary prayers
the preacher opened Ile paper, and lo ! it
was blank ; not a word was written on it,
What was to be done ? Heinrich deliber
ate y examined the whito sheet, and, after
a short pause, held it up before the congre
gation saying,
'His Majesty has furnished the text for
my sermon. But you may perceive that
nothing whatever is upon the sheet of pa
per. .Out of nothing God created the
world.' I shall therefore take the crea
tion for the subject of my discourse this
morning.'
In accordance with this decision the
preacher went through the whole of the
first chapter of Genesis in a masterly way,
his style being forcible and clear, and his
fluency of language remarkable. The au
dience, accustomed to the King's eccentri
cities, were far more astonished at the
dexterity with which the preacher had ex
tricated himself front the difficulty than at
the dilemma in which he had boon placed.
At last the sermon was ended, the congre
gation dismissed, and Heinrich found him
self in the sacristy receiving the congrat
ulations of several dignitaries of the church
who all prophesied for him a brilliant fu
ture.
Heinrich ventured to express his Wain,
meet at the singular proceeding of the
king, but was told that ho could on
ly have arrived recently from the provin
ces if he did not know that such vagries
were quite common to his majesty. In
the midst of the conversation a messenger
arrived to conduct him to the royal pre-
Bence. Being totally unaware what im
pression his sermon might have had upon
the king, the cousin•seeker rather dreaded
the approaching audience. But Heinrich
had scarcely crossed tho threshold of the
King's room when his Majesty jumped
up and thrust a roll of paper in his face at
the same time exclaiming,
'Harm, sir, puff away ;. take this for
the light you gave me !`
Then, throwing himself back in a chair
he laughed heartily at the young preach
er's look of surprise and confusion. The
latter scarcely knew what reply to make
or what to do, but just as he got so far as
'Your Majesty,' the King interrupted him
saying—
'Make no fine speeches, go home quietly
and examine the contents of the paper.—
You came to Berlin to seek a cousin ; you
have found one who, if you go on steadi
ly will not neglect you.'
It is hardly necessary to add that the
roll of paper contained a good appointment
at the University of Berlin, and made Hein
rich Meyer one of the royal preachers.
*dtctccllnn r,
Brother Crawford's Farewell Sermon.
During my sojourn in Mississppi, (short-
ly after I heard the great sermon, which
was piny'd on a harp of a thousand strings)
I had occasion to visit a friend in the neigh
borhood of Port Gibson. The neat day be-'
ing Sabbath, I accompanied him to Zion
Chapel. A now minister had been called
to that neighborhood, and this was to bo his
salutatory sermon.
Zion Chapel was some hunderd yards
from the main road and surrounded by for
est trees. Having arrived rather too early
for the services, myself and friend saun•
Cored about the woods, rather actively em
ployed in brushing away the mosquitoes
that surrounded us. At length a strange
specimen of the goons horns made his ap
perance on horseback; it was Good Brother
Crawford.
Ills dress was decidedly peculiar. On
his head he wore an old fashioned boll
crowned beaver, several sizes too large.—
To remedy this defect a cotton bandana
handkerchief was stuffed between the hat
and his forehead. His coat was of a
most ancient pattern; blue with brass but
tons, short waist witlt long shallow tail,—
The collar came within an inch of hiding
the back part of his head. His vest was
extremely long. And his pants ditto short.
The latter were hold down by a leather
strap passed under a huge pair of brogans
of an untanned leather color. Although
his presence strongly suggested Dan Mar
ble in his yankee character of Jonathan
Homespun. Hut to the sermon—or at
least a portion of it.—for it was utterly im
possible to report the whole.
The congregation was largo, as it had
been 'narrated' abroad that the new preach
er was to make his debut at Zion.
Brother Crawford slunk into the pulpit
with moro than ordinary humility, and af
ter devoting a few moments in silent pray
er ho rose.
Gingerly pushing up the sleeves of his
store coat, whereby ho displayed a pair of
large ; long, bony hands, of a beet color, he
grasped the handle of an earthen pitcher
and poured into a tin cup a draught of wa
ter. which he drank with inimitable gus
to. •
His appearance in the pulpit was a study
for an artist. His face wss long and lank,
eyes pale grey, nose acqutlino, complexion,
sandy,. hair greyish sandy, head bald on
the top, with the exception of small pitch
on the organs 01 reverence, (as if to shade
it,) and, altogether, the picture of Greely
while iuditing a Free Soil Abolition docu
ment for the benefit of his Southern sub
sciibers.
He began appologetically as follows
~ Y ou don't sco me to-day in the dress
I oilers wear; I come among you as a
stranger, and I am now tricked out in my
store clothes. I ant not a proud man, but
I thought it would be more becoming be
fore strangers.
After this he raised a hymn, in which
tho congregation joined. He then began
his sermon :
.My dear breethron and sisters, first
and foremost, I'm gwine to toll you the af
fecting parting I had with my congrega
tion at Bethel Chapel. After I had got
through with my farewell sermont, as I
came down oulen the pulpit, the old grey
headed breotherou and sisters who listen
to my voice twenty years crowded around
me, and with sobbing voices and tearful
eyes, said,farewell brother Crawford.
As I walked down the isle, the young
ladies, tricked out in their finery of brass
jewelry, gew paws, tim cracks, paint and
flounces, looked up with their bright eyes
and pronounced with their rosy lips--fare
well brother Cranford.
The young men in their tight patent
leather boots, high collars and dashy waist
coat—smelling of pomatum and cigar
smoke—With shanghai coats, and stripped
;ebra pants—they too said—farewell broth
er Crawford.
The little children—lambs in the field—
lifted up their tiny hands and small voices,
and with one accord said—farewell broth
er Crawford.
The colored brethren of the congrega
tion now came forward—(black sheep who
had been admitted to the fold under my
ministry,) with tears rolling down their
sable cheeks, they too said—Farewell bro'
Crawford.
As I got on ray horse and bade adieu to
my congregation for ever—l turned to
take a last look at the old church where I
had preached for morn twenty years—and
as I gazed at its dilapidated wall and moss
covered roof, it too seemed to any—Fare-
wdl brother Crawford,
As I rode down through the village, the
people who poked their heads outen the
winders, and the servants who leant on
their brooms, all seemed to say—Farewell
brother Crawford.
As I passed along down the highway,
through the forest, the wind as it sighed
and whistled through the tree tops, it too
seemed to say—Farewell brother Craw
ford!
Crossing a little creek that was gurgling
and singing over its pebbly bed, as it re
joiced on its way to the great ocean of e
ternity, it too seemed to say—Farewell
brother Crawford.
As I rode along down a hot dusty lane an
old sow that was asleep in a fence corner,
jumped out a! a suddent. with a loud broo
oo, broo oo—she to seemed to say—Fare
well brother Crawfor.,.
The Cradle of Napoleon's Fatnre Heir.
We translate from the correspondence
of the Independence Belgo the following
description of the cradle which the city of
Paris is about to offer to the future heir of
Napoleon 111
'This cradle is a real chef crwinire, in
the decoration of which all the arts seem
to have vied with each other. It far sur
passes the celebrated cradle of the King
of Rome, and, a description of it may not
prove uninteresting to our readers.
'The cradle is in the form of a ship,
which is the principal emblem in the coat
of arms of the city of Paris. At the prow,
a silver eagle, with wings outspread, is in
the act of flying. On the stern the city of
Paris, crowned with towers, sustains above
the pillow an imperial crown of silver, to
which are attached the curtains. The fig
ure is flunked by two others representing
children, the one wearing a hemlet, the
other a crown of olive branches, personify
ing Peace and War; the three statuetts
are of silver, and half the size of life.
"The little vessel reposes on two supports
formed each of two miniature columns,
and ',faced one at each end of the cradle.
These supports are joined together by a
long bluster. The extremities of the sup
ports, and of the bluster that joins them,
are of solid silver. The body of the cra
dle is made entirely of rosewood, so sculp
tured as to receive the branches• of laurel
and silver ornaments that cover it almost
entirely, On each side of the cradle are
two medallions of blood red jasper, richly
framed in silver, and destined to be wrought
into emblematical devices.
'Below al rosewopd hand-rail that
completely surrounds the upper part of
the cradle-ship, estends an open-work
gallery cf quaint architecture, and covered
with silver ornaments. This gallery is
intersected on each side by o silver ear
touch bearing the cyphers of their majes.
ties un a ground work of enamel. From
this cartouch depends garlands silver flow
ers, which, descending to the middle of
the ship's hull, puss below various medal.
lions of jasper, and wind, :the one around
the prow, the other around the stern, thus
relieving the uniformity of the vessel.
'Behind the stern house, of which the
angels are adorned with wing sirens in sil
ver, a rich , silver cartouch, surrounded
with branches of laurel and olive, supports
the arms of the city of Paris—enamelled
and surmounted by the mural crown. A
round these, olive and laurel brimehes are
rolled the device of the city, written in
letters of gold on an enammelled brandrol.
The double curtains of the cradle are made
of Alonlon lace and blue silk, embroidered
VOL. XXI. NO. 12.
Experiments on Tobacco Smoke.
In Froiend's Journal, of a recent date,
an interesting article has been published
on the habit of tobacco smoking, and on
poisoning by nicotine. Among the facts
there mentioned, are experiments institu
ted by M. Malapert, a pharmacien, of Poi
tiers. His intention was to ascertain the
exact quantity of nicotine absorbed by
smokers in proportion to the weight of-to
bacco consumed.
The apparatus consists of a stone jar,
in which the tobacco was made to burn,
connected with a series of bottles commu
nicating by tubes. The bottles were ei
ther empty, or contained some water mix
ed with a little sulphuric acid. From a
few experiments it wits found that, in the
smoke of tobacco extracted by inspiration
there is ten per cent, noeotine. Thus a
man who smokes a cigar of the weight of
seventy grains, receives in his mouth seven
grains of nicotine, mixed with a little wa
tery vapor, tar, empyreumatic &c.—
Although a large portion of this nicotine
is rejected, both by the smoke puffed from
the mouth, and by the saliva, a portion of
it is, nevertheless, taken up the vessel of
the buccal and laryngel mucous membrane,
circulated with the blood, and acts upon
the brain. With those unaccustomed to
the use of tobacco the nicotine, when in
contract with the latter organ, produces
vertigo, nausea, headache, and somnolence
while habitual smokers are merely thrown
into a state of excitement, similar to that
produced by moderate quantities of wine
or tea.
From further investigation it was found
that the drier the tobacco the less nicotine
reaches the mouth. A very dry cigar,
while burning, yields a very small amount
of watery vapor ; the smoke cools rapidly
and allows the condensation of the nicotine
before it reaches the mouth. Here tt
comes that the first half of a cigar smokes
more mildly that the second, in which a
certain amount of condensed watery vapor
and nicotine, freed by the first half, are
deposited. The same remark applies to
smoking tobacco in pipes, and if smokers
were prudent, they would never consume
but half a cigar or pipe, and throw away
the other. Smoking through water, or
with long tubes and small bowls, is also
precaution which should not be neglect
ed.
Notes on the Mississippi.
'rho story is familiar of the man who
took passage in a flat-boat from Pittsburg
bound for New Orleans. He passed many
dreary, listless days on his way down the
Ohio and Mississippi, and seemed to be,
desponding fur want of excitement. Su
perficially, he was perfectly good natured
and kindly disposed. in the course of time
the craft upon which he was a passenger
put into Napoleon, in the the State of Ar
kansas, "for groceries." At the moment
there was a general fight extending all a.
long the "front of the town," which at that
time consisted of a single house.
The unhappy passenger, fidgetting a
bout, and jerking his feet up and down, as
if he were walking on hot bricks, turned
to a "tsod spectator," and observed :
.Stranger; is this a free fight?'
reply was prompt and to the point:
ar, and if you wish to go in, don't
stand on ceremony.'
The wayfarer did “go in," and in less
time than wo can relate the circumstance,
ho was literally clawed up. Uropitsg.his
way down to the gat, his hair gone, his
eyes closed, bin lips swollen, and his face
generally "mapped out," he sat hiruseli
down on a chicken-coop, and soliloquised
thus :
'So this is Napo-le-on, is it !' upon my
word it's a lively place and the only one
I have had any fun at since I left home.'
Gentlemen's Fashions for March
Hot, a /a soft, not to hurt the head ;
stucho, a la lager bier verein : board a la
Abraham. Coat, shanghai cut, two inches
below the knee, circumference of waist and
shoulder equal, Pants, skin tight, no
pockets, nothing to put in 'cm. Boots two.
inches short, giving the foot a graceful
plumpness by bending the toes under, thus
preventing othorpoople's treadingon them.
Business men wear over coats with a large
outside pocket on tho left breast. Front
tips protrudes two inches of a long leather
institution, filled with slips of paper, which
by a pleasant thouglt somewhat extrava
gant fiction, aro supposed to represent va
lue. Snufftaktng having become unfash
ionable, it is' now considered "quite the
thing" to draw this leather case, and selec •
ting from it a slis of paper, present this to
each friend you meet. The response most
in vogue Is, a gracoful 4 kave of the hand.
(signifying, l decline,) a gracious smile,
and the playful remark, "don't you wilt
you may Oct it."