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Youth that Is eweeteet lira ohlll; Km till in
death
OlfeM the clear eyelids upon the tender
jrra;
And hueh the pleadiogane murmur answer^
nth;
And villi the kinaee that wake no warm
replies. : ' _T ' T V .
White limbed he licth, dead youlh-eo
strong en fair;
And O, lor the clamber that woke to happy
days 1
And O.ibe nsodollghte??>, golden dreams
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And O. tba glory of Ufa's long, pleasant
way. I
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ad.
8wool tho loTwUagbUrs, and red tba Up*
bo w?a; * *
Bat hero U silence of lipe do longer glad.
So, part the branches, whore light fall*
long between.
And plat tba graoaeo about bio feet and
bead.
Here hit lowed summer ahall wear her softoat
green, v *
A nd wind* joat raffle tho fringe* of his bed.
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Hie were the rosea washed sweater in the
daw,
And hie rapture life knoweth not again;
But on re the tempest, tba aklaa no longer
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SUSIE'S
AWKWARD L073P..
BY II ANN All UOFPEK. ..
u I'm tired of living sncli a humdrum.
monotonous life. Dear me,
I'm disputed with it. It's cook
and wash dishcs> sweep and dnst,
right over, from one week's end to
another. Sometimes I almost wish
the house would get afire, so there
would be some excitement. And
now. to make the matter worse,
mother wants me to marry Amos
and go right to keeping house, as
though I were not tired to death
or doing house work. Well, 1 de~
cl ro, I haven't a Iricnd in the
worlu that understand* me," and
with these words Susie gist's face
grew red as a rose, and nhally she
covered it with her Lauds and
bnrst out crying.
. u Now Susie, 1 do think yon are
very fool is ? to take on so," said
^ matter-of-fact Kate. u Just think
how kind father and mother are,
and what a good man Amos is,
and??"
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" Don't, for mercy's sake, commence
praising Am? s. You have
enumerated hit good qualities over
to me so often already that I know
them all by heart. I don't think
he's so much better than everybody
else, and if yon do, you'd better
marry him yourself. In the
first place, he can't step without
making a blunder, either treading
on the cat, knocking a chair over,
or tearing somebody's dress ail to
pieces. I say there's something in
appearance, and I know there are
as good men as Amoa in the world I
who are not greenhorns either."
These two sisters, Kate and Susie,
were out under the old apple
tree bj the spring, when tbo above
conversation took places Kate
was a very commonplace looking
girl, and sat on a stone near the
brook, with her knitting work in
her hand. Susie bad a pretty (ace
and graceful form, and sat on the
other side of the brook from Kate,
picking a wild roee to pieeee.
V Their oonversation bad been overheard,
bottbey were unconscious
of It at the time. A moo Knight,
their eCbjett of remarks, was passing
along a few feet from them,
behind a clomp of bnelies, and
hearing his name mentioned he
stopped and listened. As the
i words concerning himeelf fell from
k thei red lips of the girl ho loved,
I his' broad face blanched Ashen
I white, and, waiting to beer no
I more, he fled as if pursued, and
m. never slackened bla oace until he
^ stood al the door of his own little
K cottage.
44 Dear me, what ia the matter,
B Ames t aa?d hie good mother, com
in# to tho door in a tremor of ox
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Don't ask tne mother,* said A- j
mot, passing her and floittg into his I
room. u What a fool Fhave keen,"
be continued, after he had closed i
the door. Vl I might have known <
she wouldn't like such an awkward J
booby as I am. I was blinded by
loee. But she shall never set eyes i
on mo again, if I can help it, nntil <
I can walk without stepping on i
eats and tearing dresSes to pieces.* '
He went down stairs to his anx- I
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she anxiously. I
u Mother, said he, not answer- I
ing her question. u I'm going !
away. I ain going to accent Uncle
Amos' offer to be a clerx io his 1
store." i
" Why, what on airth has chatig- <
ed yer mind so 6nddeutf Only i
last evening je said you 6houldn*t <
go for money, now here ye be all
so fierce. 1 cant understand it."
tk 1 know I've changed my mind i
very suddenly, mother, but you
see I want to go into the world.
I've always staid right here, work
ing on the farm, nud I want a
change."
44 Wal that ain't oncoraraon
strange at all, Amos, that you
should want to look ronnd a bit
afore ye git married, but what will
Susie say 9 Maybe she won't like
it Quite so well." <
The young man's face colored to
the roots of his hair, and he turn- <
ed away to hide the painful expression
that hovered about his i
mouth. ~ i
441 guess she wou't object to,"
answered Amos, and his good
mother bustled around preparing
supper, asking a great many questions,
and saying over and over
how very lonesome 6he should be
when he was gone.
The next aay, dressed in his
Sunday best, Amos, with a large
valise in his hand, walked to the
little depot, which was about two
miles distant from his home, and l
soon was whirling away to the city i
of Boston. Ue hadn't travelled in
his life, and everytbingjooked new
ana strange to Imn. Uii entering
the car, which was nearly full, he
had unceremoniously sat in the
seat with a young lauy, not notic
ing the little black spaniel which
lay on the seat near ner, bat the
fact was soon made known to him,
f.?r the dog yelped with such force
that every 0110 in the car started
from their scats with terror, and
the young lady herself gave an of J
fected scream, and called him a I
country boor, and poor Ainos tried
to apologize, but he only made the
matter worse, and 60 he 6lunk
away into a seat in the corner, and i
hung down his head, inwardly i
calling himself a fool, end saying
he didn't wonder Susie didn't like
him.
lie did vcfry many strange i
things when he got to the city, I
such as shaking hands with the
girl who caino to the door, and |
calling her Cousin Mary, and
stumbling over an ottoman when
lie met his aunt in the parlor, and
half tailing on the carpet.
In fact he was so disheartened
by hie awkwardness that he fairly
cursed himself; but bis uncle, who
had himself been a green country
lad once, was very kind and considerate,
and Amos was so anxious
to learn that he was an apt pupil
both in business and in society.
It was several days before Susie
List knew tbat Amos bad gone
away.
In spite of the strong language
she had used to her sister in reference
to him, she loved him, and
was his promised wife. They had
been engaged since early spring,
and so entirely was the great warm
heart of her lover her own that she
did not realize bow great was the
prize she bad woo.
There was a great doal ot senti
ment and romance in her warm
girl heart, sad the natural refinement
in her nature rebelled at the
awkwardness and nnpolisbod manners
ot her affianced unsbend. Yet
in spite of this she could not help
loving him, for with all his boor*
ishness be possessed a fascination
which to her was irresitiab'.e, and
when lis asked her to marrv him
he grew really eloquent in relating
his love, bis hopes and tears, and
in bis enthusiasm and anxioty he
forgot ail, everything but the
sweet girl before him. and Bnsie
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iibvi prvmwvu iu do ins wiie, ana
for a while felt very baopy, but it
was not long before she began to
feel asbauied of his awkwardness,
and grew tired of doing house work
every day of the year, and in a fit
of despondency she had uttered
the words which had sent her lov*
er far away from her without a
parting word. *
W hen the news came to her she
was overwhelmed with remorse
and sorrow. Then site thought he
would surely write to her ; hut not
days and weeks passed by, and n0
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Letter came, and 8osie began to
grow despondent and disheartened.
Blie tried to bebrave, but wben a
pleasant moonlight evening came
around snob a.loneliness crept over
Iter that she could not avoid a
hearty flow of tears.
w nen me nn(umn came Amos J
returned to Ids borne for a few
days, but he didn't go near to Sane
List's dwelling, though she
watched for him every evening of
bis stay, sitting in the farmhouse
door, and looking anxiously dowu
the lane imagining often times that
Bbe saw his form approaching or
heard his step, bnt it was all a delusion,
which left her more sorrowful
and heart weary than before.
When he went away a^ain be
took bis old mother with him, and
then Susie gave up all hope of ever
being reconciled to him. She
cared no more for apple bees and
quilting parties, but remained
quietly at home?the very personification
of patience and gentleness.
Kate was married when Ohrist
mu came around, and went to
keeping home not tar distant, and
poor Susie was left alone with her
aged parents.
Five years passed bv, bnt in all
those weary years Susie had never
seen Amos Knight, thongh she lias
heard of the place he had gained,
of his increasing wealth, ana at last
came a rumor that he was about
to marry tbe fair-haired daughter
of a wealthy banker.
She tried hard to forget him. to
make herself believe that she did
not love him, but such attempts
were useless; she thought of him
and loved hiin still.
Within the five years the parents
of Snsie found rest in the
grave, and she lived alone in the
farm house with Betty, the maid
of all work. She made few calls,
and received tew callers, and grew
to love her groat black horse and
her dog Rover better than anything
else around her. She had
grown slender and pale, and look
ed not much like the rosy-cheeked,
impulsive Susie of live years before.
One day in early November the
neighbors noticed a stir about the
little cottage where Amos Knight
and his mother used to live, und,
by considerable watching and pry*
ins, they found that Auioe and two
otner young men had come out into
the Qountry to hunt, and were
to pnt np at thecotugo.
One day, while riding through a
woodland path on her black horse,
Susie taw the three huntsmen, and
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Her heart beat quick und sceuied
to rite to her mouth, aud, fearing
she might be seen and recognizee!,
she rode rapidly homo having on
ly cast a glance at the man she
loved.
The next Sunday she saw him
enter the church and take a seat
that long ago he used to occnpy.
How hand-ome and manly he had
grown 1 There was no awkwardness
abont his form now?in every
motion there was case and grace.
In his eye there was that same
tender and fascinating light which
had Won her heart years before;
but a glossy dark beard rippled
away from his full and red lips,
and tire soft locks of his hair waved
over a brow broad and white.
After the services were ch?cd,
and the good people shaking hands
with each other, and talking pleas
antly together, Amos Knight stoptkA/1
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i>v? ?v gut) mem ?u n pieanani
word and a friendly clasp oi the
band. He came to Susie at last,
who had shrunk away iu the corner,
feeling as diffident and awkward
as ever Atnoa bad acted iu
the days gone by.
He was a gentleman from the
city now. llis bands, once so
brown and bard, were soft and
wbite; he was dressed with the
most fastidious neatness, and carried
an elegant gold watch in his
pocket.
He greeted Susie very cordially,
and she stammered, nod, in step
[)ing forward to greet him, actualy
stepped on a lady's dress and
tore it badly, while Amos smiled
amusedly, and she could hardly
keep the tears from springing to
her eyes.
Then, as if delighting in her em
barnmtnent and contusion, Amos
presented his two friends to her,
displaying the greatest ease and
composure ; and she, her face red
to the roote of her hair, called one
of them Amos iu her confusion,
and then, attempting an apology.
mitj uitiuo toe mailer won?, and
finally tnrnad about and said goodday.
and left them.
bhe went home " eroes lota " and
cried all the afternoon, and dec'ar
ed alia would not go to meeting
again while tbey remained, if alie
never went again in tho world, and
retnaiued steadily in the house, not
daring to go out, through fear of I
meeting one or all tlioee three
j-onng men.
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| Btit one dar, looking ont of her
chamber window about sunset, saw
the dreaded trid coming leisurely
up the lane. In * fit of desperation
she faatened the door, and determined
not to see them if she
could possibly avoid it. In a . few
minutes fietiy came trembling up
stairs. She shook and pounded
on the door, bat Susie didn't sneak.
Wqll now, if this don't'beat
all 1" said Betty to herself.
Then she shook the <*oor again,
and raised her voice to such a high
key that Shsie felt sure they heard
her down in the parlor, which was
exactly beneath them.
" SusieI" she screamed, 44be ye
sleep or what's the matter? Three
gentlemen's in the parlor, and
they've sent mo arter you; and
you'd better come down right
away, for they are waitin,' and I
can't tend to ntn for my apple sas'll
bile over, or burn, or sumthin'.
I told em ye's up here, and would
be down In a minit."
44 For pity sake, Betty," said
Susie, unfastening the door?44 for
pity sake don't make such a racket.
Do vou think I'm deaf, or
what!"
44 La I I tbongbt ye'd been
asleep," said Betty humbly, as she
went down stairs.
At first Susie thought she would
ciuitiiro ner areas, .and Iter liair.
u But what*8 the use ?*' sho said
at lust. " 1 shall act like a fool
any bow, and Amos will think 1
44 fixed up " for liim, and I'll go
down just as I am."
So she went down trembling in
every limb, inwardly calling herself
a green country girl. But this
meeting was not quite as unfortunate
as the first had beeu, and she
was partially regaining her composure
when a white kitten came in,
and Amos, who had risen from his
seat, was standing by the window,
said with a very long faco, and a
twinkling in his eye:
"That cat had better leave the
room. I'm afraid I shall step ou
it"' -'
To the two young men, who did
tltnr\/) t I, ia mtna o i?/vhi?
tiwv iiuuviDiauik |V| iii ID w tvo a
absurd speech ; but to Su6ie and
Amos it bad a meaning?a mean
ing that tliey only could appreciate
; and SusiVs face flushed with
red, and, not knowing what else to
do, she arose and put the kitten
out of the room.
After about an hour's 6tay the
visitois departed, and Susie had
another long cry.
41 lie is more than repaying me,"
sho said, 41 and I hope I shall never
set eyes on him again."
But this was a 44 whito falsehood,"
for sho was in love with
Amos over again, and wonld have
given everything she possessed for
his love in rot urn.
A lew evenings niter this, she
saw Amos again coining up the
lane; but this time he was alone,
and she did Hot hesitate about
changing her sober dress for a blue
muslin, (blue used to bo his favorite
color,) and, with blue ribbons
binding her brown hair, and a
cluster of hair bells at her throat,
6he met him.
There was a little flush on her.
checks, as she looked so much like
the Susie of five years before that
Amos thought it a reality ; for he
did not clasp her band as he had
done before, but just pnt both of
his arms around her, and drew her
close to him, and gave her a kiss
which was the first she had received
from oilier than her relatives
and girl-friends since he kissed her
last.
Covered with confusion she tried
to disengage herseif, but could not,
as Amos whispered in her car;
" Our engagement hasn't been
broken yet, Susie, and I claim you
for my betrothed, for I love you
as I did five years ago; and if I'm
not too awkward and green, will
you promise again to be my wifef'
Susie promiaid, and I shall need
to say no more, for any one can
guess the rest.
Tub incomo of Ilenry Ward
Beecher, in his early days, avoraged
$150 per year, and in his
literal poverty be built his own
bonse, painted it at leisure hours,
raised his own vegetables and tended
h a pigs, while letters from
home, on which the postage was
eighteen to twenty lour cents, remained
in the post office, weeks at
a time, because he had no eighteen
cents to pay tor them.
Tea famous trotting mare Flora
Templo, for tome time past the
property of A. Welch, Esq., of
Chestnut Hill, has been purchased
by Daniel Mace, of New York
city, for $30,000. Tbe marc ia
now fourteen years old.
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A no mi was recently shot-on
tbe road between Mool and Chandah,
India, wbo is supposed to
have killed and devoured 127 human
victims.
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A, MAY 25, 1870.
From tb? Bural Carolinian for May.
The Texas Saddle.
-3/r. Editor? Travelling a Tew
days since in company with some
gentlemen from yonr section of
the South, our conversation ran
general! j upon the subject of stock,
and rearing cattle, horses, etc.?
One South Carolina friend remarked
he bad often wondered-why the |
Texans always rode snch huge
saddles, and why the Texas sad
die always had a "horn" in the
front or on the pommel f
As this finish has a reason, I
hope it may be of utility to your
thonsands of readers, to know why
the Texas saddles are always thus (
made. In riding over the pampas
of our State, hunting wild horses
or cattle, or even in looking '
through a herd of rattle for the j
Eastern market, the rider invaria- j
bly'carries his "lasso" (a rope
abont thirty feet long, with a noose
or slip knot on one cud) tied to his
Baddle.
One end of thia 41 lasso" is tied
firmly to the horn of the saddle,
and tlio lasso itself carried in the
nana when about to bo used.?
The purchaser of cattle for market,
while riding through an immense
herd of tine beeves, wishes to select
one, for instance, that is rather (
wild and cannot be driven, he ,
charges his horse np to this beef,
throws his lasso around tho horns :
or neck, and immediately checks ,
his horse. The beef pitches off at
a fearful rate, but the rider, with
complete control, only allows him
the length of the lasso, for as soon ]
as he observes he has caught the (
beef, he turns his horse in an opposite
direction, and puts off at
lull speed. Tho beef of course
resists with all his power, but it is
tio use, for the momentum of the
horse and rider soon overcomes <
him, and he follows, nolens volens, <
the direction of the lasso, at half
6peed. ^
I have seen the ninstang ponies
so thoroughly trained to this business,
that the moment the lasso
was thrown, the}' would whirl and
go at full speed in an opposite direction
; and us soon as the weight
of the beef was felt on the rone,
the pony would bend to the
draught like a dray horse to his
collar. Ilence the necessity of the
horn and the cumbersome leverage
girths always attached to the Texas
saddles. PLANTER.
Btlleview, Texas.
A Good Wife
Archbishop Seeker, in his
" Wedding Ring," has the following,
which is worth reading twice:
"Hast thou a soft heart! it is of
God's making. Hast thou ?
sweet wife? she is God's making.
The Hebrows have a saying, * JIo
is not a man that hath not a woman.'
Though man alone may be
good, yet it is not good that a man
should . be alone. 4 Every good
gift, and every perfect gift, is from
above.' A wife, though she be
not a perfect gift, is a good gift, a
beam darted from the sun of mer- '
cy. How lianpy are those marriages
where Christ is at the wed*
dingl Let none but those who '
have found favor in God's eyes
find favor in yours. Husbands
should epread a mantle of charity
over their wives' infiirmities. Do
not put out the candle because of
the snuff. Husbands and wives
should provoke one another to
love; and they should love one
another, notwithstanding provocations.
The* tree ot love should
grow up in the midst of the family,
as the tree of life grew in the
garden of Eden. Good servants
are a g> eat blessing; good children
a greater blessing; bnt a good wife
is the geAtcst blessing ; and such a
help let him seek for that lacks one;
let him sigh for her that hath lost
one; let him delight in her that
enjoys one."
What Slacked Limk Will Do.
?A thrifty farmer, who believes
in " making old things last in
these times," says: u There is
Ann tliinn* 111 n f ?-?/?n m1 ?? amah*. 1va_<)u
unv iiiui^ vii?v ncni i j ever vuuuy
knows, and hardly anybody attends
to?that is, to sprinkle liine
on their roots once a year, either
in fall or spring. If the shingles
are covered ever so thick with
tnoss, the lirae clears it off, leaving
tbo roof clean and white,, and
good for a dozen years longer. It
ought to bo put on pretty thick,
and a rainy day is best for the
work. Strong wood ashes will answer
almost as well to keep old
roofs in repair* but they will not
look as nice. To make shingles
last three or four tiroes their usual
period, they need only to be soak
ed a few days in a tank half full of
thick lime water, which must be
stirred np well before the shingles
are put in.
Wnr ill roan who hat no child'
ran invisible t Becante he's not
a-partnt.
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A Word for Girls
Remember that the first princi*
pie of reiorui ere in yOuF uSGuS,
American girls. Remember that
a chance word from your lips will
have more weight with young
men than all the laws that ever
were enacted. Titer can stand
the station-house, and the policecourt,
but they can't endure your
Bcorn. Did you ever reflect that
when you admired young Montague's
absurd mimicry ot half obsolete
English fashions, you imposed
on poor little Penniless the
stringent necessity of straightway
buying a costume as near like it as
possible, even though he went with
one meal a day for the next three
months 9 Do you know that when
you offer tho temperate Smith a
glass of wine with the pretty imperative
little way you sometimes
nave, he feels himself as peremptorily
obliged to drink it as if you
held a loaded pistol t& his hcndl
Are you aware that Jones affects
his " fast" ways, and spends his
money recklessly, just because he
wants to find favor in your eyes ?
It is lor yon that thousand dollar
horses are driven ; diamonds sported
; parties given; and expensive
excursions gotten up. You are
royel sovereigns, every one of you,
and your subjects are mankind I
Show us the girl, however plain and
unpretentious she may be, who
has not at least one bearded slave
who hangs on her simplest word,
and believes in her as the fire-worihipper
of the East believes in the
?nn 1 And we know some who
number their captives by the
score.
{Cor. Phrenological Journal.
Ex-Pssident Fillmore's Habits^
A gentleman who recently met
ex-Presidei^t Fillmore at a social
entertainment, on being 6trnck
Willi las vigorous appearance, was
told by Mr. Fillmore that he had
taken but oue dose ot medicine in
thirty-seven year*, and that was
forced upon him unnecessarily.?
411 attribute my good health," said
he, 44 to the fact of an originally
strong constitution, to an educa
tion on a farm, and to lifo-long
habits of regularity and temperance.
I never smoked or chewed
tobacco. I never knew intoxica*
tion. Throughout all my pnblic
life, I maintained tho same regular
and systematic habits of living
to which I had previously been
accustomed. I never allowed my
usual hours for sleep to be inter
rupted. The Sabbath I always
kept as a day of rest. Besides being
a religious duty, it was essential
to health. On commencing
my Presidential career, I found
that tho Sabbath had frequently
been employed by visitors f.?r private
interviews with the President.
I determined to put an end to the
custom, and ordered a doorkeeper
to meet all Sunday visitors with
an indiscriminate refusal. While
Chairman of the Committee on
\ir ?~1 ?J
if tvyo uiiu lunujt) isi vyi>ii??rcsH, ana
during ray entire Presidential career,
my labors were always onerous
and often excessive, but I never
suffered an lionr of sickness
through them all.
An Editor's Trials.?As many
subscribers as an editor has, just so
many tastes he has to consult.?
One wants something smart and
something sound. One likes anecdotes,
fun and frolic, and his
next-door neighbor wonders that a
man of sense will nnt such stuff in
his paper. Something spicy comes
ont, and the editor is n blackguard
; next comes something ar
gumentative, and the editor is a
dull fool. And so, between thorn
all, the poor fellow pets the worst
of it. They never reflect that what
does not please them will please
the next man ; but they insist that
if the paper does not suit them, it
is good tor nothing, and stop taking
it immediately.
<
Guitar.?The first thing to bo
conquered in grief is the pleasure
we feel in indulging it. lhere is
but one pardonable sorrow?that
for the departed. This pleating
grief is but a variety of comfort;
the signs we have are bnt a mournful
mode of loving them. We
shed tears when we think of their
departure; and we do so, too,
when we think oh reuniting with
)hem, and our teara>t both timec
re not very different. That which
is past, however, should be sub
mi Mod to with perfect submission
It is as foolish to complain ol i
loss we cannot remedy, as to re
gret that we have not wings, 01
that wo cannot pay a visit to tin
moon.
Mae. Pahtingtoj has been read
ing the health officers' weekly re
ports, and thinks " total " must b
an awful malignant diseaso, sine
as many die of it as of all the roe
put together.
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T PLUME XVH--NO. 1.
The promiura lazy man does all
II lfl rnaHini* in f lm antnmn Kn.
??"ft ? "*v
c?n?e the ?Munn turns the leaves.
Meningitis prevails to an alarm
ing extent in Collin and adjoining
coutitioe, in Texas.
Ik pocket picking, as in almost "N
everything else, a man never succeeds
until he gets his hand in.
Why is the first chicken of a
brood like a foremast ??Because
it is just before ibe main hatch.
W bt is the earth like a blackboard?
Because the children of. men
multiply upon the faco of it.
The University of Naples has
been closed, owing to the disorderly
conduct of the Undents.
Oliver Wendell Holmes says
that widows who cry easv are first
to uiarry- again. 'There is nothii g
'tiki wet Weather for transplanting.
V- Almost any young lady has pubhe
spirit enough to be willing to
have her father's house used tor a
court house.
Am editor of a paper in Indiana
wants to know if modern whisky
was ever seen "comin* through
tho rye ?"
Wuy is a man who rune away
without paring his rent like an
army officer 1 Because he's a lefttenant.
Why does being under a stone
bridge make the moU stupid fellow
a bit of a wag ??Because then
ho has an arch way about him.
Wnw is a drunkard's nose like
a lighthouse!?When it warns
others off the coast of Madeira and
Holland.
Six men, most of them convicted
oi petty larcenies, wero ^hipped
in the jail yard, at New Castle,
Delaware, on the 14th.
A Western editor offers a
church and graveyard as a premium
for the largest club of subscribers.
An old lady who was asked
what she thought of tire eclipse,
replied: uWoll, it proved one thing
?that the papers don't always tell
lies."
The Postmaster General sa?6 if
tlie bill abolishing the franking
privileges is passed, he will bo
able to reduce letter postage from
three to two cents por half ounce.
A loafer left his wife in a rago,
telling hor that ho would never
come back until he was rich enough
to come in a carriage. lie returned
the same evening in a wheelbarrow.
44 Speaking of shaving," said a
pretty girl to an obdurate old
bachelor. M I should think that a
pair ot handsome eyes would be the
best mirror to shave by." 44 Yes:
many a poor fellow lias been
shaved by them," the wretch re
plied.
An editor lately announced an
increase in his family, and in his 4&
jollification over the event, propounded
the following conundrum :
'* What is the di> erence between
editorial and matrimonial experience)
In the former, the devil
cries tor 4 copy in the latter, the
copy, cries like tlie devil S*
Good Holes.?A good man once
said : The longer I live, the importance
ot adhering to the following
mloa \\ Jnli t lai/1 ?
M?W) ftMIVU A IWIU UV/W U uivtieii in
relation to such matters, are mote
manifest:
1. To hear as little as possible
of what is to the prejudice of others.
2. Believe nothing ot the kind
until I am absolutely forced to it.
3. Never drink in the spirit of
one who circulates an ill report.
4. Always moderate as tar as I
can, the unkindne6S which is expressed
towards othors.
5. Always to believe that if the
other side was heard, a very different
account would be given.
Dancing.?It is well known that
the Methodist church forbids dancing,
but it has been fondly hoped
by the younger members ot the
cunrch, that at this General Conference,
that part of the church discipline
would bo so altered and
amended, that this delightful
i amusement would be allow ed ; but
' the following, copied from the ad,
dross of tho 13isho|>s, does not tend
i much that way :
i " Indulgence in worldly and
i laanionabl? diversions ia another
- great enemy of earneat piety, which
. ia invading the church aud threati
ening to eatrange onr children
from ua. Dancing, in particular,
r whatever plausible excuses may
3 be pleaded for it, ia dcatrnctive to
the growth, not to say the very
exiatonce of spiritual religion, in
i. those wtio delight to indulge in it.
i- Generally, It ia a species of * revelo
ing' condemned and forbidden
o by the word of God, and its tenit
I denoy ia evil only.**
Sun.