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OUR ROTS ASS CONING 1101111!
Thank GOO: the skY is clearing . ,
. The clouds are hurrying past;
Thank:God, the day is nearing;
The dawn is coming• fast.
And when glau herald voices
Shall tell us peace has come,
Thia thought shall most rejoice us,,
biirtioye are coming home!
tiein shell the voice of singing
„
Bratvi.ifttr's tremendous din;
Soon-shall the jophells ringing
Bring peace and freedom M.
The jobilee..bonfirea pinning
Mall - soon light up the dome,
And aoon'to soothe our yearning,
Oul boys aro coming home.
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.'
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afeErtie ?Mt' eupkosed' to
,
"him been ranch 4:tamig , d. •
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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."
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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.
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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 •
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