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Tho vacant fireside places Have waited for them long; The love-light lacks their faces, '. The chorus waits their song; A shadowy fear has haunted, • ‘. The' long deserted room; • HT' Int now our prayers ire -grantel Our boys are coming home! i 3 mother calmly waiting For that beloved son! IX sister, proudly dating The victories he has won! 0, maiden, softly hummipg The love•song while you roam-- Joy, joy, the boys . are coming— Our boys are coming home! And yet, oh, keenest sorrow! They're coming, but not all; Full many a dark to•morrow ;Shall 'wear its sable pall. For thousands who are sleeping Beneath the impurpled loam, Woo! woe ! for thoseiwere weeping 0, sad heart, hush thy grieving; Wait but a little while? • With hoping and believing Thy woe and fears beguile. Wait for the joyous meeting Bey Card the starry dome. For there our boys are waiting To bid us welcome home. EThe following beautiful dirge was sung with much feeling and effect, at President Lincoln's bu• rial at Springfield, Illinois.] FARkE I LL:FITM, FRIEND AND GUARDIAN. All our land is draped in mourning, Hearts are bowed and strong men weep; For oar loved, our noble leader, Sleeps Gone forever, gone forever, Fallen by a traitor's hand; Tho' preserv'd bis dearest treasure, Our redeem'd behried land. Rest in peace. Thro' our night of bloody struggle Ever dauntless, firra and true, Bravely, gently forth he led us, Till the morn burst on our view— kill he saw the day of triumph, Saw the fields our heroes won; Then his honored life was ended, Then his glorious work was done. Rest in peace. When from mountain;hill and valley, To their homes our brave boys come, When with welcome notes we greet them 4 Song and cheer and pealing dnim; When we miss our lov'tl ones fallen, When to weep we turn aside; Then for him our tears shall mingle, lie has suffered—he has died, • - Rest im peace.. lionor'dleade!, long and fondly Shall thy mem'iy . cherished be; Hearts shall bless thee for their freedom, ,i-learts unborn shall sigh for thee; •!o-SAYilk-e-e might anstwitairtri Gave thy spirit sweet roles Farewell, father, friend arid Guatdian, Rest f never, rest in peace.. • .", FTWT-: " r11.7 ' 71c . Ai.A.Loazrz.--/k poor laborer in a 'certain villagedieerfter a long illness, nod presen ted himself a the gate of Heaven, wheye he fat:Ms:flab had been preceded by ; a-rich ; man afthe-flame / ality, , ,Who'had just died;, altd` it tk having previo sly knooked, byad just been admitted by the Apostle Peuir' The labor er who stood withoutomstiutianted by the ralfiKßlctit 'tei44olitiad,laweet mu sic.!AiimkWigi.ed4ialieillhe,,untrattee of the vielif , ,iiiiilis" - lititt,KUViitg':l4iotilied'in - " his turn" i 4, 4ittett.•:.Bnt&lantw* his astonisliiiiiit'atlitidiniitiligiee whet' e,s§tiph .in souwdscioolottx.boenlasikusty,-;,uiter- ::"IRoWle . air?' a demanded *1 ...Pope.ry 'than entered' l'heard and singing, is there, hen the same distine fi'eu betyeeniriel andj . peorin. Heaved us red eikrAr':„: 'but_ :' the iroot , eo!netitb,lisaven,-eyery,day,:y?herig4.;',* 113 ioireeTy4o db:iii"u hundred years ;het .4 sieknis!i_gainiudinission.' •• r o.; • • T ririi' ht, " afeErtie ?Mt' eupkosed' to , "him been ranch 4:tamig , d. • a • ream ess a eep Neithitri#4 2o asivekNettlAtsaftt titt.tia.,*t.ell6l.Q.l2.i; iIirAYNE'SBORO', eOWIT;pIIINsIrLy4.xI4, FRIDAY tIORNING, JUNE 2, 1865. STOitY Or A SpiaDIERS 'WIFE A gentlethatt of Bucks countSywho speaks from personal rkitOwledgit of the eircumstau- . ces, relates an interesting incident which il- lustrates the kindness,of i leart for which Mr. Lineolu was noted; as well as his careful at-, tention to' the affairs of ' those who appealed to his sympathy,_ : no matter- how humble might be their position. The-particular ease referred to by' our informant was that of a .man named John Hodgson—a Democrat in politics, but no Connection with the newspa per publisher at West Chester. Some time after the beginning of the war, Hodgson en listed as a Soldier. His family,conaisting of his wife and four children, which had been living in the loWer .end of , Backs county, moved to Philadelphia. After a time, Hodg son was.taken"siok and was sent to a hospit al, and his wife and children also became sick- and unable to do much for themselves. In the • Midst of her trouble and perplexity, the wife conelitded to appeal • to Lincoln, for the discharge of her husband. She said nothing to any one, but kept her own coun sel. To the narrator of the incident, who visited her and inquired for her husband, said —"Why John's at home now.. It's all Pres ident Lincoln's doinff - When John was sick sick,and we were all I just thought I wouid write a letter to the President and tell him all about it. I thought most likely he would never read it, and that it would do no good, but concluded to try. So I got some paper and wrote him a letter about it; it took •me all afternoon to write t, but I got through at last. I didn't exactll know how to direct it, and did not want to ask anybody, so I just endorsed it to President Lincoln, Washing ton. About two weeks afterward a man knocked at'rhe door while • I 'was washing; I opened it, and there stood an officer—he must have been a general; or a colonel at least. Ho asked me was •my name Mrs. Hodgson, and had I a husband in the army ® I told him that was so; then he asked me where any respectable neighbors lived, and whore thera was an alderman. He went out, and pretty soon came back with the al derman and two other noighbors; he wrote down ghat they said about the, and then went away. In two weeks more my husband came back safe, and dischar red fro-my-and, it - wa - s all Pres] ent Lincoln's doing. He is the best man that ever lived, and I will al low no one to speak ill of him in this house." Thus, in substance, the poor woman told her story, and gave her humble tribute to the virtues of the man who has been snatched from us by the assassin's band. It is only a waif in the great volume of popular love and gratitude toward the beloved duel who has gone. In the hearts of the people, by his kind and thoughtful acts, Abraham Lincoln has reared atmonument more enduring than anything that can be made of bronze or mar ble.--Bucks County Intelligencer. • One Hundred Years Ago. One hundred years ago there was not a single white man in Ohio, Kentucky, India na, or Illinois territories. Then, what is now the most flourishing part of America, was as little known as the Mountains of the Moott.—lt_wa.s_ , A A - er of Kentucky, the gallant and adventurous Boone, left his home in North Carolina to be come the first settler of Kentucky. The first pioneer of Ohio did not settle till twenty years after that time. • A hundred years ago Canada belonged to France, and, the whole population of the Uni ted States did not exceed a million and a half of people. • A hundred years ago, the great Frederick of Prussia was performing those great ex• ploits which have made him immortal in mil itary annals, and with his little monarshy e was sustaining a single-handed contest with Russia, Austria. and France, the three great powers of Europe combined. A hundred years ago, the United States were the most loyal people of the Brittisl. Empire, and on the political horizon no speck indicated the struggles which, within a score of years thereafter, established the great re public of the world. A hundred years ago, there were but four newspapers in Atnerica—with a combined circultitiotrnot exceeding 8000. • Steam en gines or cylender presses had not been fin- . agined, and railroads and tekgraphs bad not entered into the remotest conceptions of man, When we come to look back at it through the vista of 'history, we find that the century which has passed has. been allotted to more ortant-eventsFittiteir-bearing- - tipon=th Iluppiness of the world, than almost any oth• er event that has happened since the . crea- Clow, A hundred years henie, who ean fortell our developments and national, greatness,?' A newspaper article, which is going the round's, Speaks of the rebel chief General Lee, as . a deeUendint of Washington.' Thin is,a,naistake, aad, ono t'hat shou'd )e torreoted (Or the Saha Of the m emory of the great man who:is thug , lihellecl. Washington had 'no childf•en and consequently he could' 'have no deseen•iatft,io this or any ntlier generation. Alis.',Curtis, 004, he' married Wai a; widow T ot ti Wiribingteid Parka and Ellen Of Yorke Curtis.'" 'Fro - Ili - the latter the traitor Led descended,' and his veins . contaite,no s ingle drop:Of blood'thit had its source in those of tne . Talher' of his coun try:• • , . • ThlAit T . O MAKE A 'PARADISE.-Buy one acre if ground. Fence' it. • Build• a. neat cottage an' it., airy .an angel in hoops, and take her home to.-the botttige.• , .Go !llama to thaepttsge yourself - • ••Abstain from all spir itueuslin' the. church and- become ii'gqii)ti Christian; live uprightly before• God - and 'Min ,)AIJ Alava 'gained!. alli the Origl i nal;!ialipittess : that ihas 'survived tato fall. Those :who, were )‘,.sveddod toAni4sica • ,129 found tlrat: they hati.a -very. Mee •rge- %e guess the most .of thew are glafabe is !lead,. Put 'Ott Ohildren.to Bed. There maybe- seem - Mothers feel , it to be a selfdeeial to leave their iparlorsi or Presides, 'or vrorlyto put dui: little children to bed. They thibk Abet the .nilrse could do it just as Well-that it is , of no -consequence who "beers the' children' key their' prayers."' 'dating aside the pleasure Of openitig the little 'bed . end tucking the 'darling up there are really impettant reset:Ms why the mother should iiot yield this:privilege to any one, In. the first place, it is the' time 'of all times when a child ie inclined to show its conlidenc'e and affection: All its little sew crets ceme Out with more truth endless re straint; its naughtineee through the day can be reproved and talked over with lese excite ment, and with the tenderness and calmness necessary to make perinanent impressions . L—. If the little one has shoivn a'desire to do well and be obedient, its effort and success can be aeknowledged and Commended in a manner that need not render it vain' or self-satiefied. We must make it 'a 'habit "to ' talk to our -children., in order to get froth them an ex *salon of their feelings. 'We cannot un derstand the elpracters of these little beings committed to our care unless we do. And if we do not know what they are, we shall not be able to goi , ern 'them wisely, or edu cate them as their differeht natures demand. Certainly it .'would be unwise to excite youngehildren - by, too niuch conversation with them, just before putting them •to bed. Every Mother who Carefully studies the tem perament of her children, will know how to manage' them in this respect.. But of this all mothers may be assured, the kit words at night are of great importance, even to the. babes of the flock; the veil tones of the voice they last listened to, make an impression on their sensitive organization. Mother, do not think the time and strength' wasted which you spend in reviewing the day with your little boy or girl; do not neglect to teach it how to pray, and to .pray for it in simple and earnest language, which it can' understand." Soothe and quiet its little heart, after the experience of the day. ' It has bad its disappointments and trials as well as its play and pleasures; it is ready to throw its arms around your neck, and ',take its good night kiss.—Mother's Magazine Beware of a Prevalent Vice Boys, if by a few earnest hartfelt words you may be induced to keep clear of a vice now fearfully prevalent in this country, it will be worth more to you than a large pre sent of money. We refer, to the use of pro fane language. is almost the only sin that has neither excuse, pleasure, or profit. Of fensive alike to God and good men, it marks a vitiated taste, a want of refinement and a disregard both of virtue and the feelings .of others. Instead of relieving the passion of anger as some declare, it only strengthens it by giving it expression. If it be urged'that it is a habit difficult to be broken, this is a confession that disregard of right has become a settled part of the character. No boy old enough to know the meaning of words utters his first oath without a shudder; if by repe tition he is able to swear without compunc tion it is not that the sin is less but because his own sense 'of right has seen blunted; the crime and its penalties are the same. But the habit can be subdued. Scarcely ‘ a boy or man will use profanity in the presence of his mother; then, ithe will, he can restrain it at other times. Let every boy respect him self too much to yield to this habit, but to rebuke profanity whenevePheard, by express ive silence and a gciod example, if not by words. ==== Noble Compliments. The municipality of Palermo (the capital of Sicily, no* part of the Kingdom of Itily . ;) have paid 4 great compliment, at once' emi nent and unusual, to the worth of the groat American martyr to Freedom. With unan imous approval of the inhabitants of that city, they have resolved that one of the principal streets of their city whin GARIBAL• In has declared to. be one of the finest in Southern Europe, shall be named after Pres ident LINCOLN. The Phare ire Loire, the leading journal :of Nantes, which is the fifth , port of the French Empire, appeared in mourning whey it announced the cruel mural of Mr. LIN ,COLN, now suggests the collection ola penny' subscription for the pure se of a gold med al, to be presented to Mrr.T.Aticot.N : bearing the inscription: "Liberty, Equality, Frater ityl To — LificohN, hula elected Preside , olthe United States,French Democracy grate jul LINCOLN the honest man, abolished Slavery; re-established ,the Union, sojed the Republic without veilin g the statue of Liber ty. He was assassinated on the 14th of April 1805. n• Such his Christian work; but, alas, Itinzo• Christian compensation. . Bat he lived to see his labor consummated. , „ A TOUCHING INCIDENT.—Tho Chicago Journal, of Friday, the following:—.Elon Jialiri'Covode vinsqn•this nay retina .from',a .Southeru. tour,:yesterday. , • He,-had :lost-twooas in the w,ar, ris‘hrisuppesed,:two years ago, with a member of due of thair regiments' who had just; been re leasedlrom 'th'e prison at AnderSonvillei madeinquiry .preparatory to asking where his boys were hurried... 'Judge of his sur prise whets 'he ivas answered:' "You Masi be 'prepared to hear; Mr. Covode, that Jetties [the youngest sou] cciuldinot.come with tie." ...Is my boy . alive, then ?" ho inquiredi-=j ;Why, yris. ~. They , couldn't. .kill Jim. has too much soul, , .119 was bound, to . liv,e. lie would' have come With' as, lout he couldn't raise twenty five ceritq,,,the price demanded to rolease f.,',W,h4the,r X c,oulci have cried thri . patripiiprol4 man to risi have,h ear . d !Ora ,hocl lost, afloat- Pt 94, 01411) 441:1J94qcoiying. intelg genee, is,dpubtful,,'?" , 4 411a,scri.is nor on,,bis way home by the way - of ilichmoud. The theieifill Vide6. The comfort, and happiness of home and bola() eiftereiiiriie; Say; 'depend Verynincli: on the 'kindly and affectionate training of, the_ *dee. 'TrOuble; and dare, and' Vexation Will ifid,mist; Of course, Come; let them not Creep, into our Leronly: Wildly and happier feelings be vocal in out hotnes. Let thein'be coif fer no 'iithei reason, for the little children's. Sake. These' sensitive . little beings are. etededitigly sus ceptible' the tones. Let us have Sonsid ..etaiton ft theta. 'They, WO io tudh that virelave `forgotten to' hear. For 'its we 'ad vance in soars, our ' becomeslife Mote We are abiitraeted"fronieiitivittd Sonia and 'soiinds. W . e,think, reflect; we be.v . , gin gradually to deil with the 'past, as tve - haie.fotnierly,ilividly lived ,in the 'present, Out eat grows; dull to external sound; 'it is turned inward, and listen chiefly' to the cob oei of past voices.:. We catch no nitite, mer ry' laugh* of childieh. We hear' no there the tide of the' Mittning'bitd. The brook ' that used iii'prattle gaily - t. unheeded-we have forgotten to hear nab things. But little children, temeniber, son; skive heat themfill. Mark how, at every sound, file young child starts, and turns and listens! And thus with equal sensitiveness, does it catch the tones of human Voices;-= How were it possible that the sharp and has= ty Word, the fretful and complaining tone, should not startle -and . pain, even depress,. the sonsitiie little'bein whose harp Of life is so newly and 'delicately Stritil,g;, vibrating even to the gentle breeze, and thfilling Ben sitikrely ever to the tones of such voices as sweep across it ? Let us be kind - and sheer fullspoken, then, in our homes.--Once a Month. The True Man. .Ho is above a mean thing. He can not stoop to mean . fraud. Invades no secrets in the keeping of another. He betrays no se crets confided to his own keeping. He nev er struts in borrowed plumage. He never takes selfish advantage of our mistakes. He uses no ignoble weapons in controversy. He never stabs in the dark. He is ashamed of inuendoes. He is not one thing to a man's face ' and another behind his back. If by action he comes in possession' of his neigh bor's counsels, he passes upon them an in stant oblivion. He bears sealed packages without tampering • with the wax. Papers not niee.nt for his eye, whether they flutter at his window, or lie open before him in un duerded exposure, are .sacred to hint. He encroaches on no privacy of others, however the sentry sleeps. Bolts and bars, locks and keys, hedges and pickets, bonds and securi ties, notices to tresspassers, are none of them . for him. He may be trusted himself out of sight—near the thinnest partition—a la y where, He buys no office, he sells none, he intrigues-for none. He would rather fail of its rights than win them thro' dishoner. He will eat honest bread: He insults no man. He tramples on no sensitive feeling. If he have rebuke for another, he is straight for ward, open, manly, in short, whatever he judges honorable, he practices toward every JACKSON'S MOTTO. -"Think before you act, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking" This is the true doctrine. Ma ny men t 'faiLin life and. go. &Am to the grave with hopes blasted and prospects of happi ness unrealized, because they did not adopt and act upon this motto. Nothing so pre pares a man for action as thought; but no thing so unfits a man for action in the course of action. . Better by far adopt some course and • pursue' it energetiCally, even though it may not be the 'best, than to.keep continual. ly thinking without action. 'Go ahead" ought to be printed .in every young man's hat, and read until it becomes a part of his nature, until he can act upon his judgment, and not be turned from his course by every wind of interested advice. -In conclusion, we.would say, "Think before you act; but when the time for action comes; stop think ing," WHOM TO MARRY.—When a young wo man behaves to her parents •in a mariner par ticularly affectionate and respectful, •from principle as well'as nature, there is nothing good and gentle that may not •be expected' from her, in whatever condition she may be placed. Were Ito advise a friond•us to' his choice• of a wife, my first counsel would be, Jo a luoirtfura piuria - girlolistiaguished-fo her attention and love to her parents. The fund of , worth and 'affection indicated' by such behavior, joined to the habits of duty .and' consideration thereby contracted, being trans ferred to the married state, will not fail; us a rule, to render her mild, obliging, and val uable companion for life." • • The'most immediate, 'a ad•it the stain tithe the Meg eitisfaetOryrelief that has been • af forded The poor of Richmend;, is' the' cheap bread which is,now being distribute&by the military 'tiathorities: 'lllo6oas' upon thou. 'sands of leaVei 'hate been ;given 'otit: of sib and 'a gantlet , cents; 'which the simple obit 'of:the flotti riti&baking added. "'Actual suf fering in hundreds of instaricei has been tnit ligafed,"atid a liviag 'euppoit "affeided' fami lies , who: .didotiot know; from 'diiy to 'day, whore the next repast, would'entne' This geiterocig,tiptio'n eirjbe anthoritiei has done mole towards 'softenitig asperities 'and etigenderio ,,- a good feeling towards, the Gtov• tininent teantottld:baire heed accomplished in-the sanici• tittle' by ten 'thousand' .iokt•-e; ets. . . , . A man recently broke off. a matriageleb gageumet.belause:..the lady did not possess gookeonieriiational powers. A wicked edi tor, commenting upon .the facts, says: '"He should 'married her;/ 'and "then refused her (a) new : lloner,.to develiped 'her powers pr Eitrikhig, "Ile.'' thS T •fo e n ow . o n ,Hera of last week . has ' THE Oaita'cits'eV Tbetlitack. stClit has been related ,to us , which illustrates the change's made by the ,revolution of Fortune's wheel: A gentleman. in, Lebanon °aunty, had in'bia - employ a cook, , a native of the gth eraldisle. Someltifee of feint years ago she paid a visit to'wilister liviug,iu Ventingo co.; whore ehe made, the , acquaintance of a reel dent' there, and after three weeks' Bp-omin-, Wine they' were 'married. Her linsb,ha ed - a-considerable tract of Veitatiga' bounty land ) _which ,was then: almost!' worthless . — But the, development, of "oil" put anew face upon, affairs, and made the property,ver,y val uable. From' indigence, its owner sprang to opulence-in the twinkling of an'eye. Among the investments. made, g farm was: bought in Upper Dublin ,tp., this county, and_ the fam ily made preparations to remove to it. As they *eke about Making the'cliange' ' eir) -the rib buand-suddelily — died, and the 'Wid ow is left .with tap small children ) sole heiis ,of the 'estate, nowamountiug to perhaps two or three hundred thousand dollars, ther ebo. Mg, beeicleei -the farin, valuable producing oil interests in*Venaugo ) and the snug little cash balance of ninety thOnsand Collared)] a'Pitte. burg bank. The widow, who is now admin istering the estate, is utterly without eduoa-, don, and °Minot read or write. Verily, such' is life and "'oil." Jeff's Frock. There is a great demand for, the dress in which_the fugitive P resident of the Oonfed erae' atteilipted to escape from his purauers. Barnum, of course, is'after it, Arid his agen t, offers five hundred dollars for it; the mana gers of the Northwestern Sanitary Fad are begging for it, to place it with their other trophies; a "returned volunteer" offers $250,- 000 for it, with Jeff in it, to exhibit in all the states, and he promises half the proceeds to disabled soldiers; another person proposes that the Government put him on exhibition at Washington! in "costume," at five-dollars a ticket, the proceeds to be used. in paying the national debt; another wants it sold and the proceeds distributed among the Confed erate bond-holders in England. If the Gov erment was short of money, which, fortu nately, owing to the great pojialarity of , the Seven-thirty loan, it is not, it might be well to put it up at auction and let these various aspirants for the honor of its possession com pete for it. Probably its final resting place will be among other curiosities in the Pat ent Office, where in future years it will be, looked upon as all that remains of the once proud and haughty and defiant Southern Confederacy. RELICS.--rThe /rage for relics in this coun try is something astounding. A respectably dressed man Wasuoticed the other day put ting, in his pocket a brick from the wall in front of Mr. Lincoln's house,,and this is but one of the ten thousand follies. The entire stairway upon which Colonel Ellsworth was killed, in Alexandria,- has been cut into chips and carried away. The tree at the foot of *ch-Sjek-les-shot-Key, in--Was-hingtonT. I - been barked and out until it is dead. The oak tree under which General Grant talked with Pemberton, and arranged the terms of surrender of Vicksburg, has been annihila ted, and recently a party dug into the ground ten feet for the roots of the historic oak. Au elm tree which Abraham Lincoln plan= ted stands in front of his old house in Spring field. Of course, it will be torn in pieces and destroyed.— Cincinnati Commercial. Conundrtims• • ' • Why is a cunning man like a shoemaker? He'll pump you. • Why is a dull booknike eternity? You read it to no end. • Why is handsome woman like bread? • She s often toasted. How long did Cain hate his brother? As ong as he was Abel, Why is a widow like growing potatoes?— Becanse- her better half is under ground. Why is a.beggar dike a lawyer? He pleads for his daily bread. Why may carpenters reasonably believe there is no such 'thing as stone? Because they never sato it. Why is a husband like a Mississippi steam boat? Because he never knows when he may get a blowing up. ' When is a quarielsotnnwoman like a ship? • uchcrs Canztasyafter-tt-storm What was one of the earliest business transactions mentioned in sherd history?— When , ' Phardak. received a cheek •on 'the bank of, the Red Sea, , and Moses paised ,Reeently we heard'a good story of .an' durreime which took place in .Newburyport, Mars. • A servant girl in 'that town' ;Vent to De. Spofford for advice,, declaring her Merit to be a pain in the bowels. The, doc tor gave her a cathartic, and requested her call 'again in a, few. dayY, which, she . did:— He asked. her if she, had taken , the medicine, to . which she replied in the affir mative. He ilieti itsked-=L=Toid anything pass you after takingit 7' 'Yes; air, said she; 4k:horse" and wagonomd a drove of Pike.' The doctor collapsed, remarking; . n think you must be better.' • . • \ The direst poverty prevails among., the Southern people. promiriont'Sontherner in Richmond, said'the other diky thit' the has been desolated by. contending armies', ,till there are no crops, ir11 41 4 ground ; few hOusesfit to live in ? on fhoccs and no tim ber any; no 'eatile,,nb ' hOrses, ngrail •roada, bellooomotives 'oi l rolling' 'stocle, - `no steentboats,,nolottemills,.;ho zotion,' no ; toy bacco, and no food that is availahle,save . as got from the, United States Coptmissariat.- 11ctadded,"!‘I \know fOmilies-1-'-yers;landlies heretofore comfortable, and'evetr rich—who Would 'thank you for a - supper of corn meal." 13121.;06 1 1 1 11 . ,$) Yri:ll26.#o — • bf 'env CitiuritiStP • The greatest, Falls of„Niagera ) ,iiliere,the Witeis ftont,the great If Opel.' Lakes 'fciftos s river , three 41:Lif ters of a mile in .widtli:,:focl ttion.l;keing,and deply coati:acted,4, the cooks to in two column's to the 'italitii.%lef Pro - Woe each. 'Kite greatest cavo 16 the world is the Man- Meth Cave in litritileky,, UtiViaie tiiake a voyage on-, the waters of a subterra nean river, and catch ' fish Without eyes. The greateSt fiVer in the' world is the Mis sissippi, 4,100 Milel length;The argeFieviilley in the weild is the'Val= ley of the Mississippi.' lecotitains :500 ; 000 square mile, and is one, of the most fertile abd profitable regions of the globe. The largest lake in the world is Lake Su"-; perior, which ib truly an inland sea, being 430 Miles long. ,:. The greatest natural bridge;inthe world is; the Over Cedar Creek, in Vit . - grnia. 'lf ate - lids iteress chasmBo fectiri width atid 250' feet -in ..depth, at- the bottim of which the creek flows. , . .• The greatest mass , of solid iron in the world, is the Iron" Illountaiti oi 'Missouri. It is 350 tees high and two miles to pireuit The largest number of whale ships the world are Sent out by Nantucket; and New Bedford. • • • The greatest grain port in the world is chimp. The- largest aqueduct in the world is, the Croton Aqueduct in New York. , Ito length is 401 miles, and it cost twelve and a half . millionsof dollars. The . latieat deposited of Antlitacite• coal in the world - are in.Pennsyltaniathe mince of which supply thituarket with millions of tons annually, and illpear to be inexhausti ble. All these it will be observed, are Ameri can 'institutions; In contemplatiA of thQ who_will 'not acknowledge that ours is a' . great country?' 'Getting Oil - Railroad oars So many aCeidents continually result from people tryii ° r , to get off railroad cars While in motion, that a few words of advice may not be out of place. We do not hope to stop the practice, but only to instruct those who try it—and particularly ladies—how to get on terra firma in the safest manner. When a person finds it necessary to leave a train in motion they should face the for*ard part of the train; look ahead arid see if the coast is clear, and jump, clear off the cars, but in the direction in which the trait' is moving. On striking, make the Very best time to overtake the locothotive, tied you twill in a few sec onds lose. the impetus given by the train'arid yourself safely and gracefully landed. This is the only way to avoid being rudely jarred, if not pitched heels over head. To jump straight out from, or in apposite direction to that in which tho :train is moving, is abl surd as well as dangerous. AN' FtXTRAORDINARY CABi.--T WO young men waited upon the late Peter Cute o Esq. o to ask his professional assistance. One of "Mr. Cute, our father died, and made will." "Is it possible? I never heard of such a thing," answered Mr. Cute. "I thought it happened every day said the young man. "It's the first case of the kind," answered Mr. Cute. "Well," said the young man, "if there is to be any difficulty about it, we had better' give you a feo to attend to .the business." The fee was given, and then Mr. Cute ob• served: • "0, .1 think I know what. You dean. You mean that your father made a will and died, Yes, yes, that must be it! that must be it"'• But he took the fee nevertheless. " SIGNIFICANT SIGNS.-A lady, who has paid some attention to small matters, says she always watohed with much interest the ingress and egress of husbands and wives to and from the dining room of fashionable hq- - .tels. "If," said she, "the wives ante* andle. part a little in advance of their hnabadds, be sure they wear the Oh no we never men tion-'ems. If, on the contrary, the husbands take the lead in everything else." This idea to us is perfectly original, and we 'shall be somewhat particular. hereafter in 'satisfying ourselves of such significant signs. What is. the difierenne lattveen a. person transfixed with amazement and a leopard's tail? The one is rooted to the spot, the oth er spotted - to the root. A sensative wife has scot,.the• following lines 10 an exchange to publish; . "My httsbana slept—he dreamed a pleasing dream For .sunny smiles across his face did -beam; He dreamed of me, for oft he murmured Pet,' I pressbd him to my heartclosir, closer' yet, To drink into my ear .the precious word— Alas, it was pg.Tio : :/eum, I, heard:" "Fortune kneels once at every man's door." If she ever knocked at ours it was. when we were " • Doetoi,,l want you to prescribe for me.— The doctor feels ,herikultie.i . There is noth ing the matter, madam; .yon only need rest." "Now Doctor, jest look. at rhy 'tongue; just look at, it; look at it!,: Now say,, what does that need ?" "I think that need's rest too." Esit madam in 'a stare of great excitement. , „ • Tait XACOVAR'S Puzn3K—Tosleartuto reed the following, so aslamake good sense, is a mystery;, •:* , I-tbee read see that •--,- TiOVe is down Wllll4l have • „ • - But that" alt 4 you hiirii One and np an you iE • '; • -- ,':..',':;t4 --;:rli. ._,__._.. _'_.._...aa, ME= NUMBER 51
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