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For the Record
LOVE.
BT M. 8. N.
The sunlight breaks the clouded day,
The whisp'ring winds retire to rest,
And Fortune gilds the gloomy way;
That makes man'a fate forlorn or blest.—
Ah what ldnd hopes and laughing eyes,
_Too well the giddy hearts assails,
Until the tanton, mute surprise
It withers, bleeds, and rashly quails.
'Tis Levu, sweet messenger of joy!
Bright herald ! born on Angel wings,
That-stoops-from-Heav'n to save;-destroy,
The object of itrictinuing flings
For who can thwart the fatal dart,
That OLpid's quiver mildly gives,
Not he that has a human heart,
Or talks, and breathes, and surely lives,
How oft in levity and mirth,
This precious gem of sacred
Assumes its pow'r and takes its birth,
And then how brief as fleeting hold t—
llow cola and pa-sice is the soul,
\V lien crusn'tl by love's enchanting_years--
4;0 Sorrow's eyes without control,
Break forth in floods DI briny t ears.
Iforr—vahrto-trust, 7 -the-grrudy-sh. •
. Of fancied love's bewitching grace,
Since man's misfortune ie to know,
Love's beaming eye and Le'pine face ;
But how much cuis'ti is this base love,
When
And brighter blare are seen Above,
Than twinkled 'mid earth's offerings.
Bui yet another lore as free,
Aa mountain air, and pure as gold,
Will brighten through eternity,
And all its beauties there unfold ;
It is the lovevi kindred hearts,
11 ithout the Mine and formal show,
That flatters while preparing darts,
TO strike a friend and nut a toe.
This love is that which Angels feel,
And happy mothers smile to see,
Didirtied in tittle hearts that kneel,
Around the kilid maternal knee.
Oh! that this love would bind the world,
In one great lirotheihood co peace,
And Vice be torn and rudely lturrd,
From earth— the throne ()fill' increase.
THE LAST CHARGE.
BY OLIVER WENDELL I.IOLNIS
flow, men of the North ! will you join in the etas,
Vor country, for freedom, for honor, tor life 'I
The giant grows blind, in hio fury and spite—
One blow on his forehead will settle the fight!
Flash full in his eyes, the blue lightning of steel
And stun him with cannon•hults, peal upon peal!
Mount, trooper, and follow your game to its lair
As the hound tracks the wolf and the beadle the
.Blonr tru...pets, your summons "; till, sluggards a-
Beat, drums, till the Toole of the foint•hcarted shake!
Yet, yet, crc the signet is stamped on the scroll,
Their names may he traced in the blood sprinkled
Trust not the false herald that painted your shield ;
Two honor to day, must be sought on, the fithi,
Her escutcheon shows white with a blazon of red
The life-drops of ei imson for liberty shed !
The hoar is at hand, and the moment drawevigh !
Theslog.itar of treason grows dim .in the sky! .
Shine forth from the battle aloud; light of the morn,
Cull back the bright hour when
,the Nation was
The rivers of peace through our valleys shall run,
As-the glaciers at tyranny melt in the sun ;
Smite, smite the proud parricide down from his
throne—
' His sceptre once broken, the world is our own !
Nitta 1 .11101.51.6.49,1\1" Y.
Fun at home.
• Don't•.be afraid of a little fun at home,
good people.! Don't shut up your houses,'
lest the sun should fade your carpets"; and
your hearts, least a hearty laugh should take
down some of the musty cobwebs there!--
.if you want to 'rnin your sons, let them think
that all mirth and social enjoyment wasp be
feft on the threshold when they come home
at night. 'When once a home is regarded as
only a place to eat, drink, and - sleep in, the
Work is begun that ends in gatobling•houses
and
. reekless de„vredatiou. Young , people
must have fun and relaxation some where.—
If they do not have it-at-their own hearth-_
stones it will be sought in other, and less
profitable places. Therefore, lot the fire
burn brightlY - at night, and make the home
ever delightful with those little arts • which
parents co perfectly understand. Don't re
press the buoyant spirit of your children;
half an hour of merriment. round the lamp
and firelight of home, blots out the retneitt
.hhance of =tufa care nod:annoyance duritig
the day.,
DAILY Crtoss.—An old fellow trho_ was
sa ddled with au ill•oatured .rib,' being visit,
ed by his pastor, the latter said he vas Dot
e good' Christian unless ho took up dais daily
cross, whereat he caught up hie wife and be.
ro `.• • eut the room. "
SLAVERY IN NEW.ORLEANS.
The two following_ anecdotes from Mr.
Parsons forthcoming book, on GenTßutler's
gefernment in New Orleans have a painful
interest as roognt and authentic records by
eye witnesses_of the shames which a kind
God is wipin g away ftwotir - natio , .
- The - ohl - gentlematt'who thAtyht - n - vian could
do as he liked with his own servant.
--- Alieutenant searched a certain house in
New Orleans, in which Confederate arms
were reported to be concealed. Arms and
tents were found stowed in the garret, which
were removed to that grand repository of
contraband articles, the Custom•llouse. A
gentleman of venerable aspect. with long
white hair, and a form bent with premature
old age, was the occupant of the house from
which the arms and tents were taken.
•In the twilight of an evening soon after
the search, the most 'earful screams were
heard proceeding from the yard of the house,
as if a humau being was suffering there the
utmost that a mortal can endure of agony.
A sentinel, whb was paeing_his beat - near - by;
ran into the yard, where he beheld a hidi
otts spectacle. A young mulatto girl was
strdtshed upon the ground vn her Mee, her
feet tied to a stake, her hands held by a
block man, her back uncovered from neck
to heels. The venerable old gentleman with
_the flowing white hair was seated in an arm
chair by the side of the girl — , rit—a—tlista-tre-e
-convenient for his purpose. Ile held in his'
hand a powerful horse-whip, with which he
was lashing the delicate and 'sensitive flesh_
of the young girl Her baCk was , covered
with blood. Every 'stroke of the infernal
instrument of torture tore up her flesh in
lona dark ridges. The soldier, aghast at the
sight, rushed to the guard-house, an. re
ported what lie had seen to his sergeant, and
the sergeant ran to headquarters And told
the general. General Butler sent him fly
ing buck to stop the old miscreant, and or
'l red hiin=t o= ritr r-an
m toleadquarters the next .morning.
The sergeant hurried buck and rescued
the girl from the lash.
About nine the same evening, the sergeant
came again to headquarters, breathless, re
porting that they Were torturing the girl a•
gain, as the most heart rending shrieks Ivor!
heard coming from-an upper room of the
house. General Butler ordered him to ar
rest all the inmates of the house, and keep
them in the guard house all night. and bring
them before him in the morning. On re
turning to the house, the sergeant found
that the second•outery MIS caused by wash
ing the lacerated back of the poor girl with
strong brine, They do this at the South on
the pretence that it causes the wounds of
the lash to heal more quickly and with less
rain. The real object is to make ahem heal
without such scars as would lesson the val
ue of the slave at the auction-bleek. It is
said really to have that effect j and the op
eration has the further.charm of being more
exquisitely painful than the punishment it
selfssinee the flooding of the back with
brine revives the dull sensitiveness of the
nerves, calls back the dead agony to life, re
news in one instant, the anguish of each se
vere stroke, and that a ngutsh intensified.—
The whdle extent of the sufferer's - back is
one biting, burning, piercing, madderiing
pain.
In the mornieg, the hoary wretch and his
tortured slave were brought to the general's
office. The upper part' of her dress was o•
pened. It was a Ilidiotts and horrible eight.
"What have you to say, sir?" said ten.
Butler to the old man. •
He said the girl had given information
respecting the arms and tents in his garret,
and she was going to run away.
"It is false, sir," said the general, "so far
as the informotion is concerned.• We had
our information from another - source. What
was the cause of the second outcry ?"
-- The old - man-said--he-did-nor—know.- -The
general asked.the girl', She said it was was•
ter washing her with brine.
"Is this so?" asked the general.
"Yei."
"You d— old rascal! What could tempt
you to treat a human being so ?"
'•She is my servant, and I suppose I may
do what I like with her. 1 washed her to
relieve her from pain."
"To relieve her? Well, I shall commit
you to Fort Jackson."
"General, X am a native of South Caroli-.
na; my health is infirm. It Will kill me."
"I can't help that. And see that you be
lieve well, or you shall have precisely the
same puoi , liment that you have given this
poor girl, and. to relieve your pain, you shall
be washed down with brine." .
The old native of South Carolina went to
Fort Jackson, where, I am happy to be able
to state, he died.in a month. Gen. Butler
gave the girl her freedom, and assigned her
a sum of money sufficient to set her up in
some little business, such as colored girls
carry on in New Orleans:
Tlic"lault, toned" 411 r Landry and Ms slave
daughter.
One Sunday morning, while Gen. Butler.
was seated at the breakfast table, Major
Strong, a gentleman who. was not given to
undue emotion, rushed into the room, pale
with rage and horror:
"General," he exclaimed, "there is the
131 COIL damnable thing ,ut hero!"
The General followed him to the office.—
There ho found the staff assembled, stand- .
ing round a woman, gazing upon her with
flashing eyes,
,thcir.conntenances betraying
mingled pity and fury,. The servants of the
house were crowding about the doors of the
room. The woman echo Was the object - o# - so
tßuch attention was nearly white, aged about
twenty-seven. Her face showed at the first
glance that she was one of those unfortu•
nate creatures whom some savages regard
with a kind of religious alio, and whom niv-
E IF EL,IXLI3.7 lirer%;crEiritkpOr i 0' iscrlitios an.a. 3ELoligioak. , r • :,•
YNOBRO'JRAIsaLIN , GOUNTY ANN3I , 4yANIA, FRIDAY NO101ING; MAII 1r25, 1:804:
o lady entitled to torideraesa and forbear
mice. She was simple•minded. Not •ribso
lutdy au idiot, but iinbecite; vacant,' half
Silly. •
"hook,liaro, general," itafd lltajor *rang,
as he opened the dress or this poor crea
ture.
e
r back was ettt to pieces with the in ' •
fe . rnal cowhide
t was a
red where the infernal instrument of tor
ture had broken the skin, black where it had
not. To convey an idea of its ,appearance,
Major Strong used to say that !t resembled
a very rare beeletake, with the black' narks
of the gridiron across it.
No one ever saw General Butler so pro.
foundly .t.noied- as he waswhile-gozing upon
this pitiable spectacle.
"i% ho did this?" he asked the girl.
"Master," she replied.
"Who is your master ?"
"Mr. - Landry."
Landry was a/respectable merchant !Ong
near headquarters, not unknown to the mem
bers of the staff
"What did he do it for," asked the gen.
oral.----•
"I went out after do clothes from the
wash," said she, •!aud I stayed out late.—
When I came hump master kicked - me and
satd he would teach me to run away,"
"Orderly go to Laudry's Louse stud bring
him before we."
"In a Jew winutes, Landry entered the i
o . WI - gen tie wartlike-person—of
filty•five.
"Mr. Landry," said the general, "this is
infamous. 'L'liis_ •irt_i evitlenti3itupte—
It is the awfuled'speetaele 1 ever ty...
tny life." •
At this moment Nlajor Strong whispered
is the general's ear a pied of
.e
intot te n e ta s tio ui n ,
vhiel7 h • th
eausec .on to compare
the master and the F,llave. The resetublance
between thew was strikirig.
.".ls this woman your daughter 7" asked
the general.
11177. 1 1111 M
Landry.
The insolent.nonchalence of the man, as
he replied to the last question, sec inflamed
the rage of all who witnessed it, that it need
ed but a wink from the general to have sot
a dozen infuriated men at his throat The
general merely said,
"I am inswercd, sir,"
The general, for once, seemed deprived of
his power to judge with promptness. "Flo
remained for some time,' says an cyewit•
ness, '"appearautly 'rest in abstraction. I
shall never forger the singular expression on
his face'
"1 had been nccustomod to fl eo him in a
storm of passion ,at any instance of °ppm
'sion or flagrant injustioe ; but on this occa
sion ho was too deeply effected to obtain re
lief in the usual way.
"His whole air was one of dejection, al
most listlessness; his indignation too intense,
and his'anger too stern, to find cipression e
ven in his countPc,thee..
"Never have I seen that peculiar look but
on three or four occasions similar to the one
I ant narrating, when I knew he was ponder.
lag upon the baleful curse that had cast its
withe*ing blight upon all around, until the
manhood and humanity were crushed out of
the people, and outrages such as the above
was looked upon with complacency, nod the
perpretators treated as respectable and worthy
citizens—and that he Wllb realizing the great
truth that, however man might endeavor- to
guide this War to the advantage Of a favor
ite idea or sagacious• policy, the Almighty
was dit coring it surely and steadily for the
purification of our country from this greatest
or Dutienal sins.
•'Attor silting is the mood which I have
doserihed, the gencral again turued to the
prisoner, and said, in a quiet, subdued tone
01 voice :
Landry, I dare not trust myself to
I decide to day what
,puttishment would be
-meet-for-your-offense,--for-1.--atu-in that-state-,
of mind that I fear I might exceed the strict
demands of justice I shall, therefore, put
you under guard for the'present, until 1 you
chicle-upon' your sentence:
The next day cattle troops of Landry's
friends t,, tell the general what an honorable,
what a "high toned,'' what an amiable gen
tleman Mr. Landry was, sad hew highly he
was respected by all who kneW They
said that.he. hid his losses; the war IMcl
halt ruined hint; his tritnuis had Observed
that he had been irritable of !Me, poor man;
and, no doubt, he had struck his daughter
harder than he intended. Bia wife and
his other Children canto to •plead for him in
the way ofargument.
Ueneral Butler decided the case thus:—
Landry should give his daughter her free.
door, "and settle upon her a thousand dol
lars. '.
Being in mortal terror of Fort Jackson, he
gladly complied with these terms. The poor
girt went fort'a that-day a free woman, and
a trustee was appointed to administer her
little fortune anti bee that no further harm
befell her.
It was' a light penalty for•such a crime
I wish the General had treated the ease a /a
Wellington—rung for thee poles and a rope,
and had the wretch haugel, that Sunday
morning, in the nearest public square. God
and man would have apply .deu die deed,
and there would have been no more woman
whipp►n;; in New Orleans whili the flag of
'the United States floated over the• Uustom
Bowe.
"Dim POOR "—As if anybody could die
rich, and in that apt of dying did not lose
the graap upon, title, deed, and:bond, and, go
away a pauper out of thue. No gold. no
-jewels, no land or tenements. And yet men
have been buried who did dio rieli—clied
worth .a thousand thoughts of beauty, a
thousand ploasaut memories, and a thousand
pleasant hopes of glory.
Why is a fool like a needle ?-11e has an
"It's what thee'll spend, icy !wn," said -it
sago old Quaker, , "not what thoe'll tuake,
which Will decide whether theit's to be rich
or not." --- Thee udvioa was trite, for it, was
Franklin's in another shape :—‘Take care
of the pennies add the pounds will take,oare
of thatuselres" • But it cannot be too often
repeated. Mon aro continually indulging
in small expenses; saying to themselves, that
it's only a trifle, yet forgetting that the ag
gregate is serious, that oven the seashore is
mead". up of petty 'grains of sand. Ten,
cents a day_is• evou , thirty•six dollars and a
half a year, and that is the interest of a
capital of six hundred dollars. The man
that saves ten cents'a day only, is so much
richer than ho who does not, as if he owned,
a life estate in a house worth six hundred
dollars, and -if invested quarterly, does not
take half that time. But ten cents - a day,is
child's - play, some will exclaim. _ Well then,
John Jacob Astor used to say, that when a
man who wishes to be rich. has saved ten
thousand dollars, ha - has iron half the bat
tle. Nut -that Astor thought ten thousand
much— But he—knew-that, in-making-such
a sum, a man acquired habits of prudent
minority which would keep him advancing
in wealth how many however, spend ten
thousand in a few years in extra expenses
and then, on looking back; cannot tell, as
they say, "whore the money went to." To
save, is to get rich. To squander, oven in
small ---- numgris — the -- first—step—towitrds - the
poor-house.
Don't Judge by Appearances
.
Some years ago thi*eriWcid — Ta thehoter
erected near the Niagra Falls as aid loaking
man, whose a ppetirance stud deportment were
quite in contrast with the crowds of well
dyessed—ord-potished-frgures which—aclor.,ed
the celebrated resort, 1-le seemed just to
have sprung from the woods; his dress, which
was made of leather, stolid dreadfully in need
of repair, apparently nit having felt the
touelLof a_ need le-wown_furniumv_a_long_
_effect" said
mouth. A worwout blanket, that might
have served for a bed, was buckled to !ill
shoulders; a large knife hung an one Gide,
balanced by a long, rusty tin' box on the. oth
er, and his beard uncropped, tangled and
coarse, fell down upon his bosom, as if to
counterpoise the weight of the thick, dark
looks that supported themselves on his -Back
and shoulders. Thin strange being to the
spectators, seemingly half civilized, hitlf sav
age, had a qtaick.glancing.eyo, an elastic firm
movement that would, no doubt,.witi its way
through the brakes both of the wilderness
and of society. He pushed his steps into
the sitting-room, unbtrappcsl his little bur
den, quietly looked around for the landlord,
and then modestly ailed for breakfast. Tho
host at first drew back with evident repug
nance at the apparition which thus propos
ed to intrude its uncouth form among the
genteel visitors, but a few words hastily whis
pered iu his ear speedily satisfied his doubts:
the stranger took - his place in the company,
some shrugging, sOlt/U staring„ some laugh.
ing outright.
Yet there was . More in that single man
than in all the rest of the throng. Ile was
an
,American woodsman, as he raid i; he was
a genuine son of nature, yet had been enter
tained with distinction at the table of prin
ces; societies, to which the like Cuvier be
.ongcd, had bowed down to -welcome his
presence; kings had been complimented when
he si oke to them in short, ho was one
whose ratll42 kill be growing brighter when
the fashionables who laughed at him, and
many much greater than they, shall be lat
terly perished. From every hilltop and
deep, shady grove, the birds, those blossoms
'of the air, wilt sing his name. The little
wren will pipe it with his matin 'hymn about
our house; the oriole care] it. from the sleek
der grasses of the meadows; the turtle dove
rollit through the secret forests; the many.
voiced mockingbird pour it along the air;
-- a - nd - threisrperini - eagle; - the—bird-or -Was h •
• ington, as be sits his-craggy home far up
the blue mountains, will scream it to the
tempest and the stars. Ho was the late John
J. Audubon, ornithologist.
''You Forget MO'
A good joke is told at the expense of one
of . our church going citizens who is the fath
er of an interesting family of children, and
'among them a bright eyed boy numbering
foUr or five summers, the pet of the house
hold,, and unanimously voted the drollestlit
tle misebiel• alive.. On Saturday night he
had been bribed to keep peace and retire to
bed an hour earlier than usual, with the
promise that ori the morrow he might go
with the family to ehureh. l On gouda) ,
morning it was found ioconvernent to put the
youngsters. through the regolar course of
washing and dressing neeesary for his prop
er appearance at the sanctuary, and the fam
ily slipped ofl without him. They had nut,
however more than got comfortably seated
in their pew when in walked the youngster
With nothing .on but a night wrapper and • a
cloth. cape '''Xou forgot me.' He said in
tono loud enough to be beard all over the
church —The."feelint a! of parents can be
more . easily imagined than described.—Lo
/allelic %burned.
I'LL Do IT To 3ioasow.-•-Thore were two
boys in a achocil I used to go to when Y woe
young, which was about forty years ago.—
One was remarkable for doing with prompt
'CM and pereeiciranee whatever he under
took. The other had the-habit - of-puttee
off everything he could. do it to mor
row," was his motto To do it now, was the
motto of the other boy. The boy who loved
to put things off had.by far the beet natural
talents, but he wee outstripped in the race
by his neighbor whose motto was, •I'!t do it
now." Let that be your motto. Never put
off till tomorrow what you can do to-day
Be very lowly hatable in spirit; for man
is a yrd-rn and Ins sat
We What You Apeitd.
• Aireatittg4Ucti4ont• _ •
4. (tin:reap' Ch'ilinit of the' Bi. Louis' I7ertio
crat,
iu deseribint a stage ride freni
to Springdeld,Rissburi, during the - aoil teyin
in January, wiles the mercury stood foul%
teen degrees below sere,' relates the follow.
iug touching incident which befell one of
the female 'tkaleeogers who bad an itifatit•With
her
"
Every few mite:, we stopped to warm, .and
at each place, until withiu eboUt five maw,
()flier dosCinatior, theLtuotherr took the babe,
au infant of fittoeu months, into the differ
ent houses. It was nearly four o'olook in
the rooming, and we worn within five"miles
of Bolivar, whoa the stage drew up at a rude
cabin, where thadrivor informed us wo (multi
we wuu
before remaking touts
' I got out and aseisted the lady to
won we entered the domicil I doticed
that she was not carrying the child, alidsksiz
od her where it Wall. "L have wrapped it
up_anci_laid it on the seat, as I was afraid if
the wind blew ou it it might catch 0u1d,." was
her reply.' I told her she had - better bring
it io, uv it - would - Melt certainly freOse.• She
said, "No, it is iwurm sod will sleep." We
remained in the house hams hour and ro
autered the'sitage. • 'l'he baby was still ly
ing on the seat, and the mother after she
picked him up, recuariced, "Ili is asleep
yet." • -
,
'• Not a whimper, not a cry proceeded frm
t hat - child during;the retiminder of the trip.
The wind moaned piteously. Closely the
mother raesticd her babe to her boson]. We
reached_Boltvar_before-it-V34
chilled almost beyond the endurance of na
ture.. I. went into the tavern, accompanied
by Mother and child. Walking up the lane,
the mother said to we, "Did you ever see
such a good baby ?lie hasn't cried toirightl."
It was halran liour before the'Oro unmade,
no one being, out of bed when we went in.
We drew chairs to the c'eld fireplace and
awaited the k ndling, which ill time follow
-od. ---Ther-fu-e---wasig--ht-e4l--and-anon-garic-out
its grateful offering of heat. Tho child re
mained wrapped up; it tax quit t. His -moth •
er repeated, "Ile is asleep yot." Be was
asleep--' he LI asleep yet I"—thc• child eras
frozen to death, and in this World "he is -a
sleep yet." Death spared him the oulds of
earth—he was frozen into i'aradise.
Ilia School, House.
Teachers and parents should make it a
duty to see that the circumstances tinder
which children.study aro such as shall leave
a happy impressiOu upon their
Young scholars will .gradually and, uncon
sciously become like what they most look
11p01). Little children are wonderfully suss
coptible trir good or evil
-2 Shabby school-houses 'induce slOrenly
habits, Uuswept floors indicate cobwebby
brains Miriade benches not only warp and
dwarf the body, but by roflux influence, the
mind as well Why are children . so often
discouraged and even disgusted at school ?
Because the school house s'eetus as a prison,
and the furniture us instruments of torture.
3. No matticr lidw old or unfashionable
your school house—keep it clean. Hide its
sombre walls with pictures, 'embower its
weather beaten exterior' with flower Vine, , ,
and decorate its yards with slirnlobery. Then
the birds will come singing welcome 4 to your
children. Then the young immortal', that
enter its door will be woo by love and beau
ty. They will bo orohninect as it by sweet
magic, and their minds' will be awakened to
learning and virtuous instructions, with liuka
of gold brightening and • stiengthening for
pvcr and per.
The Deacon and the Weeps.
A worthy deacon in a town of Maine' was
remarkable for the facility with which he
quoted .9;:rip . turc on all occasions. The Di
vine ‘Vord was over on his tongue's end,
and all the trivial, as well .as the important
ocourienees-of—life lurnialied occasions for
quoting tho language of the e. iat
was better, however, the exemplary man
always made the gut:nation his standard of
action. Oue hot day, he was engaged in
mowing with his hired man, who was leadiug
oil, the deacon_ following iu his swath just in
time to escape a wasp's nest.
•'W hat is the matter?" hurriedly ing aired
the deacon.
"Wasps I" was the laconic reply.
"Pooh said the deacon. •the wicked flee
when no man pursueth, but the righteous
aro bold as a lion 1" and taking the work
/1330'h swath he mowed but a step when a
swarm of brisk insects settled . .about his
cars and he was forced to retreat, with many
a painful sting, and iu great discomfiture.
"Ab shouted,tbe other with a chuckle,
"the prudent man foreseeth the evil-ind
hideth himself, but the simple pass on and
are punished."
The good deacon had found his equal in
making applicatiob of the sacred writings,
and thereafter was not known to quote scrip
ture in a nitwit% field.
Nomee, ARK A Moon Strtz—The lar
gest ocean steamships now plying on the
Atiantie',' beer precisely the pr.portion in
length, breadth and depth, that are recorded
concerning Noab'e Ark..." The dimwit= of
the Atlantic steamers arm—length, 32.4 t cet,
breadth of beam, SO 414 depth, 281 feet.
The dimensions pE tho Ark were :—length
SOO cubits, breadth, 50 cubits, - depth. SO
cubits. The Ark, therefore, , was , nearly
twice the site *length and breadth of these
cossets, the cubit being 22 itteheU; both had
upper, lower, anti middle stories. After all
the equipments of 42 centuries, which have
elapsed sitsca the deluge,, the ship builders
hare to return to the model afforded by
Noah's Ark.
."recant African traveler has discovered
that: the King of Asbanteo is limited, in the
number of his wives—l:ming not allould to
r •• • -th u 833.
. ; 4
Witco %VialailituttOC-4be -
Pols ,correspoucent of: the, Cladag+ .hm,e4
says there is in that, city at 06 time a very"
lovely, 'very alarming yettne fedi. *fin is
destined' by •extraordintry fate to; go through
the world without being married,. She, is a
dark beauty, with magnifiemit eyes, a, gbw•
ing cheek, a lively expression, a grueefel
fact - valtogother-endowed-wit •
my attraction; even to that of having iu ,her
own right ik500,Q00, , and being an only
daughter, with , the proapeet of inheriting
millions. This lady is nuw,about twenty•sitt
years old, and has emu engaged to be mar
ried twelve times. Each.tinto the nu fortun aate
laver has diiiti Within view weeks appointed
for the nuptual veretnony. Yet 110 SuSpi•
to • • s 1 pm/
d uot bait again
the'lair one; a dark, mysterious fatality 1184
carried theta away. ::+overal died of typhoid
lever; one . was
. killed in a duel;' one was
thrown flora a horse; two were drowned ;
two were killed by iailread accidents, nod
one—hung tinustilf.. The lady has survived
all these stooks. • 'Thirteen way he' for her
the fortutiute, and nut the fatal number,—
Who wi.l try 1
A colored man was so eonineed of the
lowliness of his position that , , labor IVII3 his
uutural lot that he even• indiffereut 111
to a future state' believing that "they'd nolko
biggert, work even el be go to lieben." A
ekrgytnati tried to argue.lbte out othia , opin.
ion by lopreseuting tout tlii9. ebuld, not bo
the easo, inasinuoll us there was absolutely
uo work for hi la to do 1 . 11. heaven. Ilia at
seer was:
mf)h — you, te,Wq,y.lllosl - 541‘., 4ett or.
If (li:fill's Do wort: :ur fulfa up dere, dtsyll
wake 'l 91 alluu de, clouds tuobi.;."
Thu other days lady fall oil the Brooklyn
beat into the lia34 river, arid a poor
man sprang over and re:;eued her, When
she was sate on deck again, her husband,
%vile had been a eAlin ; Arm:tater of the'ncci
dent, handed the brave fellow a
- • P- - tcht=bls-tanciers-e‘cprov,do
dignation, Pat sain as he pocketed the coin,
"Arrah, don't blame the:ginticulan—he
know , best—inayhap if I hadn't saved her
he'd hare given me 3 clO/lat."
LAMM VEST.-A fiend of ours visiting
a neighbor, found him disabled-from-having
a liorso , step upou his loot. Bobbling out
of tho stable, the sufferer explained how i,t
happooeci :
"I was standing hero," said he, "and•the
horse brought his foot right.duwn on mice "
Our friend looked at the injuted,niember,
which vvas of the number t 4 pattern, and
said irery quietly:
"%tired the horse must step somewhere."'
AD elephant's rations
,per day aro three
hundred ponuclA of hay and two bushels of
oats, washed-do n with two barrels of water.
His owner couldn't afford to, keep him in
reboldoni just now.
Why do tho wecriniinatians of married
couplet; rpoomblo tho sound. of wayes on tho
shore? ticeause tuey aro tuarmurs of tho
Ptitcoorr.-13oys_that are philosophers
at six years , of , trge,are generally blockheads,
at tsrcutyoue. lSy toreteg children you get
so niach into their heads, that .they; become
eraoknd UL order to hold .it. - •
It. may be interesting to lady readers to
konw ti.nt the Empress of Austria has the
smallest waist in Christendom It measures
15/ inches, whilst the circumference of her
body at the shoulders i 51331 inches.
Tho electors of Ohio have finally givon,
the true definition of the old political banner
motto : "Tho right totin in the right plaeol"
It is Vallandigham in Canada.
A Yankee on going with a friend to dine
at the house ef-an-aeritiaintance, in order—to
Eawe tune, an,
knock for WI
WANTED.--Twenty young ladies of eta !
eieut age "to•go into company," who dare
confess they ever made a /oat of bread.,
r .n the shepherd is angry with the
sheep, he sends them a blind guide.
T Uevil, when ho tempts mankind, is
sureo wear an angel ' s face..
Kod humor is the blue sky of the soul
in which every star of talent will shine more
clearly
• There am more lies told in the' brief sen
tence, "glad to ace you," than in any other
in the English language.
What word 13 that which; if you take
away the Orat letter, all will
. atill remain 1-
13all.
Too much pleasuro and too much sus are
both bad women and Amer&
When does a cow become rcsi estate !
When tamed into a field, •
What smells the most is a. drug shop?--
The ussse.
Thoro in' no pride is heaven, bocauss,
them' is no corruption fur it to thrive on.
If a lady yawns half a dozen times hien,-
. ,
cession, you may get your hat.
/ Fa not guided by rule 'Will' prOre Alms
chiti rea ofonangcs. '
If you would have. another Ise frank to
you, bo:trau to him..
dicriii'a - a37 eared anaoszete terau'eaWa',
in the_ceurse of 31. lifetime. . ' , ,
anted, ' 413 eg from a nest of thieves. •
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?MkBER 45.
"borapo tor too while
irof u!,."
is not round? "Therhor•ri