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TIM SONG OF NATURE.
The_harp at Nature's advent strung,
Hes never ceased to play;
— The songthe stars offiiiiiiing sung,
• Has never-died auray.7_—_.
And prayer is made, and praise is given,
By all things near and far;
The ocean looketh up to heaven,
And mirrors every star.
Its waves are kneeling on the strand,
As kneels the human knee,
heir whitelockahow
The priesthood of the sea!
They pour their glittering treasures forth,
Their gilts of pearl tl.ey bring.
And all the listening hills of earth
Take up the song they sing.
The green enrth sends her incense up
From ninny n !noun Inln shrine;
From totded leaf '•nd dewy( up
Shr pours her sacral wine.
The tnistq shove the morning rills
Rise white as wings of prayer;
ErII777=IIIIIMIIIIIVI
Are sunset's purple air
The winds with hymns of praise areJoad,_
low.ti
The than ler organ of the cloud,
—The-dropping-tear of rain.
With Ilronping head and br knehes crossed,
The tvv iligh tforest grieves,
Or sne Its with tongt.s of Pentecost
From all its stirili , g ht leaves.
The hlne Ay is the temple's arch,
Its transept civil and air,
The music of its'starry march,
The chorus of a prayer•
So Nature keeps the reverent frame
With.whieh her yelrg he L!
Ana all hvr-signs andvoice4 hharne
The priyeriesgheld of in in.
BEAUTY.
The liwelicst eye is that f faith,
Which upward looks lo Cod;
The mate:-4 four iv Vat which has
The pill of virtue trod.
The sweet. st lips are thosc that ne'er
A word of guile have spo „ kenr .
The riehert voice is chat of prayer,
One ne'er a vim has broken.
The prettiest hair is that which Time
Has silvered n'er with gray.
Or covers o'er an holiest head—
It's beauties near decay.
The fa rust hand is one that oft
Its deeds of kindness. given, -
The purest heart is one hit Christ
Has satisfied far Heaven.
MIISCIMLLA►,NY.
A MISCHIEVOUS WIDOW
A masquerade would not be much of an of
fair if there were not some ludricrous scenes
attached to it, or connected with it, Last e
vening that of the Musical Society was no ex
ception to the general rule, and any number
of funny incidents trathsnired.
No person failed to notice a conspicuous
costume present, a gentleman dressed as a
Spanish cavalier—a very neat and tasty dress
ut t off upon a well-built and athletic frame.
The gentleman, whom we will call X,. paid
particular_attention —indeed, moat devoted
—attention to a pink domino, enshrouding
a sylph Ike form acting as her escort at all
times. and paying no attention worth notic
jug to anybody else. In promenading, or
resting, they were in earnest conversation,
and the ladies, who could
,not fail to notice,
them, thought he must be a duck of a fellow
to pay se much attention. while the gentle
man thought she must be a divine little an
gle to listen so devotedly to all his softthings.
Perhaps both of them were just what they
had the credit of being.
The cavalier was a legal gentleman of our
city, and the piuk domino was—no matter
who just now.
The gentleman is married and has a small
family He loves his wife, but people do
whisper sometimes ho luves other people's
just as much. The cavalier proposed some
time since to go to the ball, but his wile' in
sisted that her health was nut very good,and
as there would be something of a crowd pre
seat she would not an—to her, masquerades
were very tedious affairs at the beat. That
X was delighted with her. determination there
was no doubt. He did y so perhaps.
but the day his wife decided not to go he
met in Company a yonug and retty widow,
and in the excitement he aske her to ac
a mpany him to the masqlerade. he win
dow was possessed of a bosom full of fun,
and she elnsented to go. X fitted her out
with)) costume and a pink domino, and one
as everybody saw who noticed, it, very_pret
ty and very expensive Now, in oeneludinj
to go, the widow had some object in view.
evidently, fot yesterday, so runs the story,
she saw X. go from home, when she sought
the 'Presence of his wife and told her the
whole story, and in conclusion she said:
.NoW you've beard the 'whole story. That
good4or-nothing husband of yours has been
paying too many attentions to me of' late, arid
1 do not like it. If' you are a woman of spir
it yOu will play a trick on him-fez...Ns, and
in ! to the Bond
'The cavalier looked as if he wished noth
ing of the kind, and the widow went on:'
•You insulted me in asking me to go with
you If I had a big brother able to whip you
he should have done it, and if it had not been
that a wow:: eaonor do these things, I would
have done it myself. Yuu deserved it, aoy
way, you—you ugly monster. As I could
not do it, I told your wile, and we determin
ed to punish you and I guess you have had a
pretty good 10000 and one which will last
you some time. I know, by the way your
poor wite blushes, you have said all sorts of
insulting things toiler. thinking it was me;
but it was not You have had a lesson; now
eo home, and if I eve' near of you neglecting
your wife again, or running after, other WO.
men, tell the whole story, and have it
published ii;) the papers, with your name in
great, big type—oh! you great big monster,
Yon!
Poor X, was suffering terribly. He had
never been caught so terribly before. The
perspiration was pouring down his forehead,
and the air of the room seemed terribly eon
fined. lie mentally cursed masquerades, do
minos; and it was a relief, when his wile, who
evidently felt that he had been punished
suffteiently,lntimated that they had better
go home, and the poor cavalier slunk away
like a whipped school boy.. We trust the
less on will be a lasting one to him.
We don't like to see show windows full
of fancy pasteboard cards smeared over with
shoe blacking to attract public attention!
We don't like to sec pretty young ladies
w th , Id.butincts on when our milliners keep
such nice new ones!
We don't like to see bad boys and dogs
too plenty on the streets alter sundown, and
above all we don't like to see, nigs tvo numer
ous.
We don't like to see farmers come to town
A ith floe hilses, and forget to have them
put up and fed.
We don't like to Fee young men loafiog a
round town io floe weather, complaining of
hard times and wanting to borrow a spare
quarter.
We don't like to see 'counter jumpers'
ea the. young people outside_ of town, 'Count
try Ceneki , iN,' as if 'hey were nobody, when
they ut,c to drive ducks to water, and brush
of the £llO while granny palled the cows.
WAYNESBORO', FRANIMINI COUNTY, PENNSV
if you anima: why I'll—rn—juat go to- the
masquerade, and I will flirt with him all the
evening just as hard as ever I know how'
It is presumed the wife is not a woman of
spirit, for last evening, about nine o'clock, a
carriage drove up to the widow's• hods% and
Spanish cavalier, very gentlemanly, very de
voted, and very lover-like, assisted tiotnino
into it. and it drove to Music Hall.
At the Hall the couple paid very little at
tention to the fancy scenes about them If
the • lan • bed at all it was at their own wit.
Prying, eyesiid - h - Ta d tofind out who they
were. They sauntered about until tired.—
They took refreshments .and occasionally a
glass of wine. They made no attempts. to
peep beoeatn each other's masks, for it was
evident the • knew each other well At all
Imes t e oava ier Rerun , whispering the
softest things to the domino, and a close o')-
server might bare seen that occasionally the
words were very soft, for they made the fair
domino start and tremble 'ust a little, but she
seemed to have good (moue o s arse an.
there is no doubt that could her face have
been seen, there would have been few traces
of blushing.
It was not a very late hour when the cav
alier sod the domino had disappeared from
NALI)-e-ti—ate—ula.gke_we_rt:!_mi , .nos_ed_
st s:Oe
at twelve l'elnek, anxious ones were looking,
to see who the couple were, but they were
gone a'id Ilii were disappointed. Let us fol.:
I.w thew to Ahe limile of the widow, where
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haste, the cavalier very hap
py,erY l '- k , * ', l 'ltive, and almost beside himself
w.fh_AS: '''. (l* '•;‘ , Ire y_hown into the drawing_
r o om. auVtL e '''''ttoino throw herself upon a
lounge. Tlik t " i v dier steps forward to turn
up the gas a ir,: but a peasant voice caw
'l — Wit tdo it ftif - u, IN-1-'---
is ablaze will light. The voice was that of
the. young widow, end the blaze of the light
showed the lan yer leaning upon u chair, per
fectly aghavt wiih astonishment, looking from
the window to the domino, yat unable to ut
toT ,t
=Ay. hy. what iv :he matter with Mr X?' as
ked-t-la e-w-i w-,y ou_l_ok_H,t outs : -
pee ed you, and Lave been waiting for you
sowe hole. Your wifoltold toe Bile would
ColllC here '
01 - y wife?' gawped the cavalier..
'Yes, your wife. N‘ by what ie the mat
'el?' i.e y , u etiwelir
I'h" Ce beCtlled to kip Iv whofh
he w - tt mulBo or nut7. --- fte tarrurd t 0 t
d Slie t ol d removed her musks, and
1
he o•i‘v los wife s , Trllll before hnu. flis sm . -
tooi-limem Was g !list) before.
hi' could .ny potliiipr. The wif. , w lim in- 1
diumint to speak. Tb e came to the
relief of bath.
eI tell you what it is, Mr. X.' she said;
, you've one of the best women in the world
for a wife, and you abuse her worse than a
ny nun I ever knew. I just wish I was in
her place for about five minutes--
Things We Don't Like To See-
We don't like to see meichants do their
own printine,, in order to save us the trouble
of setting up the type!
We don't like to see harobome young men
come to town sober and utter temperance
hours get gloriously drunk!
We don't like to i-ee good old mothers at
home sweeping the parlors while their pet
dauAters are all over town sweeping the
pavements
WHY A DOCI WALIOILES AtB Tath--7Lerd
Dandreary tells his friend the solution of
this difficult riddle:—.Bccause a dog is stron
ger than the tail, it it wasn't, the tail would
waggle the doe
do goeth before a waterfall.
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QUEEN VICTORIA AND HER
A late London letter says that the queen
will not drive through the royal gateway of
the Palace nor has She since her husband
died. She will not ride through the royal
entrance to the House of Lords, but goes in
through the Peers entrance. She will not
wear the royal robes, said when she opens
Parliament in person, the robes are thrown
-over-the-back of the throne, which is a gild
ed chair surmounted with a gilt crown, and
sits on them -She comes to London when
duty calls, +Odom passes a night in her capi
tal, and has passed less than a dozen in four
years. She remains in quiet at Windsor or
Ctsborne—Ste-has-noconaparry-birt - what h
official position imposes on her , The state
apartments at Windsor are all dismantled,
and are unused—the massive plate is not us
ed, a plain silver service is put on the table
—a small quiet po_n_ytutd_lo_w wheeled c: -
riage the quben uses for her private rider - I - at
Windsor, and she seldom, unless duty calls
her to London, goes beyond the private park
of the Castle The hundred horses . that fill
the 'Windsor mews are seldom used, and the
eight creams for state occasions are.not driv
en-twice-a year
The room hi which the prince consort
breathed his last is kept with scrupulous
care; just as the prince left it: The ladies
say that each night the dressing gown and
slippers are put in their accustomed place.—
The queen's confidential attendant is a High
lander-by !Ve-natne-of-grown Ho takes—all
the orders from the qUeen—and 'bare-legged
messengers come blur] the 'queen's apart
_menraLat-Windsor-when-Her bjesty—is—to
-re_s er vett is_l3To_w n_has_be_en_the_occa—
tint} of a world of talk He is about fifty—
tall and spare—. with great assurance and at,
tends the queen to and front London. Great at
tempts have been made to dislodge him,
.but
all in vain. The queen has a will of her own.
Brown was the Prince consort's Highland
servant, and was held by him in all honor.—
h ilo_Victorii;rules—England
rule the royal household
' and• the room
The attempt to compel the queen to dwell
in Low Lin and inake_a_simw—uf—royalt-y----has
about bet•tt abandoned. The coining of the
rtinces4 was bailed with rapture—so Tnung
so amiable, No elettut, so graceful and ciurt•
Iy—withal the daughter of a king. She
net with a warm welcome, and seemed to
--promise-a-revival of the splendors of royalty.
[Jur sickness is lameuted—her ,death would
err fitly dep loved.
I{CI ut iuig to play the queen, Her Majesty
'has never forgotten to play the woman. her
visit to Balmoral and Osborne is a benedic
tion to the poor. She will allow no unseem
ly honors, ' She-drives her own pony wagon.
Daily she goes her rounds, with her carriage
filled with little gifts for the sick; the inform,
the poor. These- she distributes with her
own hand By the bedside of of the aged
and neglected the queen kneels and prays to
the Sovereign of all.
To one she daily reads, to another she pre
sents some needed courfort; . and she is espe
chilly tender to the little ones who are in sor
row or want. All through the Highland she
is regarded as an angel of mercy
Her favorite room at Windsor overlooks
the tomb et Frogmore, where_ Prince Albert
lies. Ho was a benefactor to the poor, and
the work he began she seems resolved to fin
ish The night he died the queen called in
a piing widow who was in her household to
sit with her, and when all was over the queen
•
"No one now lives that can call me Vic
toria."
Neglecting no duty that the nation has a
right to ask at her hand, the queen has tak
en a public leave of mere, display, and laid
aside the mere baubles of royalty To good
acts and deeds, of mercy she seems to have
consecrated her time and fortune. Her'bett•
efalions are princely, but mainly among the
paor hod to iosti!ntions calculated to bless
poor and neglected children. Mr. Peabody's
donation in London t..uctied the queen's heart,
because it carried out a work to which Prittce
Albert devoted the closing hours ',flits li
the A ttempt to make comfortable the humus
of the industrious toilers in the laud.
BOYS USING TOBACCO.-- A strong and sen
sible writer says a good, sharp thing; and a
true one, too. for boys who use tobacco: 'lt
has utterly spoiled and utterly ruined 'hoto
ands of buys. It tends co the ceifteniog and
weakning of the bones, and it greatly injures
the brain; the spinal marrow, and the whole
nervous fluid. A boy who smokes early and
freqnontly, or in any way uses large quanti
ties of tobacco, is never known to make a man
of much energy, and generally lacks muscu
lar and physical, as well as mental power.
‘Via would particularly warn boys, who want
to be anything in the world, to shun tobacco
as a most baneful poisan.'
The laws of health are infallible; the rela
tion between tiansgression and the penalty
is invariable, and the infliction of the latter
is certain to follow upon the former. There
i s nothing about which 'young persons are
more beguiled and deluded, than the belief
that •they din transgress natural laws and
jump the penalty. Punishment for a viola
tion of natural laws is just ascertain as that
the sun itself shines, and none can violate a
law of his bo , y; yr noy part of it, that there
is nut registered. in
_him a penalty.
GOD IN Uts WooKs —ln whatever di
rection we survey the univorbe wo see that
tw o l ing_is 601ated. and no one thing exists
without being adjusted. to others-. All is in
perf.et hartnony. Nothing that could be
added or withdrawn _would make 'Creation
more' porfezt. In tracing the tender care
lavished on all living things, the cuovictian
sinks into out hearts that inexhatmtible be
nevolence constitutes the design of God to
all. It is written everywhere, and on every
thing. To him we look with trust, and the
comfort of such thoughts is unspeakable.
WAYS
iVANIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 1867.
SAD HISTORY--GONE AT LAST
jrrom the Nashville Press.]
4(day or two since a coroner's jury held an
inquest in the city of Louisville upon the
body of an abandoned woman named Kate
Carrigan, who was strangled to death by fall
ing from a fence, upon which a part, of her
wearing apparel had caught. The wretched
woman was in a state of beastly intoxication
at the time, otherwise she could have disen
gaged her garments and suffered no harm
whatever.
A few menthe ago this woman Wite
quent delinquent at the bar of the Record
er's court in this city, being arretted almost
weekly in some low dens of Smoky Row,
where, under the influence of liquor, she had
lectern° reckless' and uproarous. She bad
once been a beautiful girl, and the litteamente
of a most fascinating loveliness were never
effaced from her countenance, although she
sank repeatedly into depths of drunkenness
nd--dissipation—seldom—secondeci_ by _fella[.
Platers, among whom she ranked lowest of
the low. -And amidst all the excesses to
which the poor girl was addicted, her soft
blue eyes never lost their loveliness, and we
remember more than once to have seen un
feeling men look upon her with saddened
faces, at the thoughts of what. she once was,
as they beheld her pale and wretched at the
bar of the police court.
Kate Carrigan was once an accomplished
and respected young lady. We recall a scrap
or two of the history of this poor girl, which
reads a ead lesson. She was the only daugh
• er-of-weafttry-parents, a Virginian-by-birth
and at the age of fourteen was left fatherless.
Two years later she was seduced by some
- fie - ti - d in humanshape, and in a—few—weeks
fter, in a fit-of—remorse,which_cauld_rtat_
have been far from actual insanity, abandon
ed_a_l uxurious_h ome_andplunged_into_the_
wildest vortex of dissipation. She 'wander
ed from city to city, sinking lower and lower,
and about a year after the close of the war
came to Nashville. From this point her
broken hearted mother heard the first news
her - erringof da u g h - t ar“tmd - s entan—utrele-to
bring home the lost child. lie was unsuc
cessful, is all that we know. The poor girll
a t terward - wout - to - Lon leTtitrd`f
have already seen.
Oh, cursed and broken life—sad and inex
plicable! Oh, blackened and filth begrim
mod s irit! a wail of bitter anguish runs
htougli the annals o t iy siert eart
tory. A bit of charnel house clay, in a
rough pine coffin, above which is heaped the
rude earth of a pauper's grave, is all•that re
mains to tell of thy career in this dark and
cruel world.
A year ago, the mother, he rt broken and
despairing, lived desolate and lone, sorrow
ing with an unconsolable sorrow over the an
gel which had once blessed the desolate house
hold. We know not if she survives the
daughters.
The Right Path
Too often do we see lads and young men
walking our streets with the swing andiitter
abandon of the professed loafer, or passing
in and out of the low grog-shops, which, a
las! are much too prevalent now•a-days. And
what a lesson it ought to be to parents, to
try and guide the children given them in the
right path.
The young child stands at the parting of
two ways and con, with its simple faith and
purity, be moulded to suit our minds. Youth
comes, with all its freshness, its ambitions
and its ready confidence in the goodness, of
all. and if Amided aright these galla days of
our lives will glide peacefully into manhood
where golden opportunities are spread out be
fore us, inviting onward and upward To
be sure, it is not for all to roach the goal of
their ambition. But they can live a pure,
noble and exalted life,and soatter such bright
and lusting gems along the path that the
journey of many a poor and sorrowing one
may be smoother and more easy, while the
thoins that seemed to pierce them at every
step may be passed over without a mur
mur
:Ileanwhile we swiftly pass the mid -day of
life, and slowly descend the slope to*ard age;
every day growing tidier in the love of the
good and true, and far more precious in the
love of our familieS, We can, in memory,
live over again the sunny day of childhood,
can reveiw our happy youth and earnest man
hood, with a blessing on those who first
guided us in the path of right.
There are great and noble works to be per
formed, and we should seek to be able and
willing to pe►fotm them*. There are millions
to be trained to a higher life; there are du
ties we owe to society. We can not, we
should not, shun responsibility or question
the influence of a wise and loving life, which
way be felt long after you and I, dear read
er, have looked our last•npon the green fields
and wood crown-hills of earth.
0! would all understand the poet's mean-
"Sculptors of like are we, as we stand.
With our souls unearved before us
Waiting the hour, when at God's command
Our lifo•dream passes o'er us°,
To BEAUTY TILE TEETl7.—Dissolve two
ounces of borax in three pounds of boiling
water, and before it is cold add one teaspoon
ful of the spirits of camphor, and bottle for
use. A table:venial of this mixture, mix
ed with an equal quantity of tepid water;
and applied daily with a soft brush, preserves
and beautifies the teeth, exterpates all tortu
rous adhesion, arrests decay, induces a heal-
Thy action - 70f the gums, and makes the teeth
pearly white.
Why dom a yerson who is sickly Tole
much of his souse of touch? Because be
don't feel well.'
••41 0 .
Whenever you buy optell; make a clear
bargain, and never trust to, 'Wo shan't dig
agreo about trifles.'
Caught in his own Trap
A girl, young and pretty, and above all
gifted with an air of admirable candor lately
presented herstilf before a Parisian lawyer.
'Monsieur, I have come to consult you on
a grave affair. I want s to oblige a man I
love tolisarry me in spite of himself. How
shall I prneeed?'
The gentleman of the bar had, of 'course,
a sufficiently elastic conscience. Ile reflected
a moment, and then being sore that no third
person overheard him, replied hesitatingly;
__Maatzioisclle,_aecarding_to_our_law,--y on
always posers the means of forcing a man to
marry you, You must remain on three oc
casions alone with him, you can then go be
fore a 'ud , ze and swear that h: 'a s -
that suffice Monseinr?'
'Yes, Matiamoiselle, with one further
condition: .
vit'Well'
mithimvija
lzher
in_you will preduee—witnesset
make oath to having seen you remain a good
quarter of an hour with the individual said
to have trifled with your affections.'
'Very well, lMonseiur,-I will retain you as
counsel in the management of this affair.
Good day.'
A few days afterward's the young lady re
turned. She was mysteriously received by
the lawyer, who scarcely gave her time to
seat herself, questioned her with the most
lively curiosity.
'Capital, capital!'
'Persevere in your design, Madamoselle
-but-minil v t-ho-next-t im e-you-oome-to-oonsillt
me, give me the name of the young man you
ale going to make so.happy in spite of him
'self!
0 7 o_u_shalLhave_it_without_fail ' •
A fortnight-afterwards, the young lady
_again knocked at_the door of the_eounses_
room. , No sooner was she in than sbe flung
herself into a chair, saying that the walk had ,
made her reatbless. Her 'counsel endeav
ored to re a sure her, made her inhale salts,
and even p oposed to unloose her garments.
qt-is-uselessT-Monsieur - ,'-sho — saidi — q — unr
much better.'
_ Well, now, tell me the name the fortu• L
niff — niiiiiiir _
'Well, then, the fortunate mortal, be it
I known to you, is--yourself!' said the young
beauty, bursting into a laugh. 'I love you,
I have been here three times tete a tete with
you, an • my our witnesses are ie ow, rea y
and willing to accompany me to a magis
trate,' gravely continued the narrator.
The lawyer, thus caught, had the good
sense not to got angry. The most singular
fact of all is that he adores his young wife
who makes an excellent housekeeper.
Complain Not
Whatever may bo you condition, inwardly
or outwardly let not a complaint fall from
ybur lips. You may be poor and be obliged to
work hard, day by day; but this world is a
place of toil. Millions have toiled before
you who are now at rest in the kingdon a
bove. Are you abused? So was the most
perfect pan the world ever saw. Abuse
will not injure a sterling character harsh
words resound t o the speaker's own hurt.--
Are you cheated? So is every honest man!
If you complain at every mishap, at every slan
der, at every dog at your heels, you will pass
a life of misery. The best course is to suffer
without complaining, and to discharge all
your duties faithfully as in the fear of God.
The man who has a snarl always on his brow,
a scorn on his lip, and a Mountain on his
back, not one of which he has the courage to
remove, isiof all men the most miserable.—
If you complain of trifles now, before you
die you embitter every hour of your exist
ence by you unhappy disposition.
An 'lncident of All Fool's Day
The follotving story is related to us-bb , an
eye-witness: On the first instant a plain
old farmer, while taking a stroll around the
market, dropped his plethoric pocket-book on
Seventeenth street, and the waif was soon
surrounded by a crowd of fun-loving urchins,
watching eagerly - for some one — to pick it up.
Sundry passers by stopped to appropriate
the treasure, but were deterred by the up
rorious laughter of the boys and the shouts
'April Fool' which invariably greeted them.
After some time, the old gentleman discover
ing his loss, returned in search of his treas
ure, and to his ioftnate surprise discovered it
lying on the pavement surrounded by the
group aforesaid. Eagerly grasping it, un
disturbed by the laughter which greeted him,
be opened it, and counting over a goodly
pile of greenbacks, pronounced it 'all right,'
and declaring that be had no idea that peo
ple in Richmond were so honest went on his
way rejoicing, leaving the urchins to cast
wondering glances at each other, and endeav
oring to discover where tho laugh came in.
Richmond Enquirer.
INTEMPERANCE--If all the wealth now
sunk in the bottomless pit of intemperance
were appropriated to the purchase of libra
ries, phildsophleal apparatus, or cabinets of
natural history; if all the time, tat element
of priceless value. which is now worse than
lost in the various haunts of dissipation, were
devoted to the leading of well-selected books.
to lyceum exercises, to music, or social and
refining arts, it would give to society, a new
more political sensorium. How can any man
witness without pain this great deformity,
where there should be beauty and divine
grencleurl—liorace Mann.
A gentleman lately complimented a lady
on her improved appearance.
- '1.70u are guilty of flattery, said the young
lady.
'Not so,' replied he, 'for I vow you are as
pump as a partridge.
'At first.' said the lady, 'I .thought you
guilty of flattery only, but you are now ac
tually makiuggame of me.'
82.00 3Peze Irefiar
True friendship between women is rare,
but when it exists between those who are
gifted with highly cultivated minds and
warm feelings, it far surpasses any attach
ment between those of the other sex. Such
friendship is a sweet attraction of the heart
towards the merit we esteem, or the perfec
tions we admire, aad produces a mutual in
clination between two or more persons, to
promote each other's 'depot, knowledge,
virtue and happiness.
T h ero —a re—tn en—Wh o — thirst — themsel volt
shrewd because they aro able to overreach
other men in a trade. If they could see
themselves as °theme see them, they would
I . • • s • now—how—neatly they—ar
classed with plokpoolets' and other rogues,
who only, take a different but not less dig
' honorable means to obtain money.
An editor in Alabama, having read au ar
,ticleitr=Hall*4c. ;urn td=of=ll e a 11-h—ad ming
that husband and wife should sleep in separ
ate rooms, says flr: Hall can sleep when and
where he chooses, but, for himself, he In
tends to sleep where be clan defend his wife
against the Tato and all other noeturnal foes
as long as he has got one to defend.
Dan Rico ;remitted, in settlement of ac
count with a newspaper out west a three-dol
lar bill which was returned endorsed, 'This
is counterfeit; please send another one. It
was two months before Dan replied saying
that he had been unable 'until now to get a
nother counterfdiuthree-kollar - bill,' but hop
ed the one he now enclosed would suit.
Ina recent speech at Huntsville, the Rebel
Cffuetal Clanton, of .A:lalYa — nut7sai - d a 7 l lll - o — ke
had been a life-long obolitionist, and fought
in the rebel army — for - nvtlier - purpose — i than
to free the negroes! NVI have heard ea-reb
els assign various reasons for having fought
against their country, but this beats all.—
If he does not get a full complement of col•
ored votes, it will be because there is no vir
tue in downright lying.
otreirdrii7ieavy re
ward through the Southern papers during
the war, to any person who would assassinate
President Lincoln, was before: Judge Bus
teed's United States District Court of
Tuesday—on-tire ehsrge • '-
Vin the assassination. Ho presented a full
pardon from President Johnson, and was in
consequence dismissed and set free.
Some people place their ideas of happiness
upon one thing and• some other upon anoth
er. A lady made a call upon a friend who
had lately been married. When her husband
came home to she said• "I have
been to see Mrs.----. ' "Well," replied the
husband, ':1 suppose she is very happy."
"Happy? I should think she ought to be;
she has a camel's hair shall, two-thirds bor-
der."
If every subscriber would ask his neigh
to subscribe for the Record, it would not on.
ly double our subscription list, and encour
ages us-to publish a better paper but it would
be a personal advantage to every. subscriber.
There is more happiness and prosperity in a
neighborhood where ©very family takes a
newspaper, than whore they take none.
I=ll
It is pleasant to' hear the Mobile Adver
tiser say: 'Every solitary vote will be neces
sary to prevent Alabama from being as com
pletely radical as Congress or Massachusetts.'
And also the Georgia Chronicle: 'The white
population are already divided in political
sentiment, and there is now danger that the
radicals will carry the State.'
DARK Iloutts:—To every EMU mere are
many, many dark hours, when he feels in
clined to abandon his best enterprise-when
his heart's dearoet hopes appear delusive—
hours when he feels unequal to the burden,
when all his aspirations Peem worthless
Let no one think that be alone has•dark hours.
1 1 They are the touchstone to try_ whether —wer
are current coin or not.
/2'negro in Dawson, Ga., stole a pair of
boots tnd returned them the same day, say
ing his conscience wouldn't let him keep
them. They wore both for one foot and three
sizes too small.
Little deeds of love and kindness cheer the
downcast spirit, and fill the aching heart
with gladness. Minutes, hours and days
make the year;so the smaller acts and thoughts
of life prepare us for eternity.
A few days since, as the carpenters in
the ship-yard of Mr. Sylvester Hardy; at
Salisbury, were cutting up a large stick of
white oak timber, they found a full grown
and well preserved owl deeply imbedded in
the wood.
Advertising for a wife is as absurd as
getting measured for an umbrella. 'Talk up'
to the clear creatures if you'd- marry k them.
One.half of the world was born to marry th e
other half.
It is a good sight to see the color of health
upon a man's face, but not too see it all con
centrated in his nose.
A company that insures female beauty a
gainst accident from the age-of fifteen to thir
ty is the latest thing in the insurance line.—
That company undertakes fearful responsibil-
Ladies, let your Bair, teerb and complex
ions be false, if necessary, but let. not your
hoods be false; falsehoo'ds are inexcusable.
"Aistaya aim at what betimes yoir" nest
redieuinus advice., Just imagine a man het,
tiug up his best eat for a target or blazing
away at , r .riu g beaver.
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