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Miiden with the raven locks.
And tho fringed eyes so brown,
If thy father hath " tho rocks,"
Need thy heart be kindred stone ?
If so, speak ; or by a frowa
Let the dismal faet be known.
Maiden, with tho swelling bust,
Where the heart I covet liee,
If I hy father hath M tho duet,"
Do not, by yoor many wiles,
8eek to throw It in my eyes.
Blinding hopes nod quenching smiles.
Thy father's fields I know are brood,
Wkil.l ?? _ ... ,t .
?t mi j wwu gvnv mi |rw^
By rogue# from every rood outlawed
My h?ert'i the only eeber left";
And now I eee by you, ilul
Of even tbet I'll eoon be reft I
If thy father hath " the aoap,"
Do not waah your hand* of me;
Make it mioe, and then I Hope
To ecour the eonntry o'er and o'er,*
And keep my reputation free
From all the etalna it ever wore.
Secured, like thieve#, in public stock*.
Maiden, what a life we'll lead.
With that "aoap," that "dual," tliore
" rocki
Oh, hear my prayer 1 asdowo I kneel?
Give me the hand I ao much need.
And I'll be true to thee aettecll
tf>riginnT Conramnitatiana.
roe tub enaaaviLLB axTaaraiaa.
Thecla'a Dream?Ho. 3.
IIaciknda, Saluda, April, 1870.
My Vear * * * * * Tbecla's
chariot moved so slow on the
Equator, that she became wearied
with the dull, inactive life, day
after day, on a long voyage at sea.
She longed to see the land?to
walk among the flowers; taste delicious
fruitB, and enjoy a refreshing
shade near some fresh-water
stream ; to listen to her pretty lit
tic canary call a mate from among
the sweet songsters away among
the palms and green foliage, where
doves find rest at midaay lrom
the piercing rays of a tropical sun.
She was standing in her chariot
keeping a bright Tookont ahead.?
The sun was losing strength, and
gradually sinking in the west,
when she saw a long streak of
ehaddowy blue across her line ot
progress, resting on a white line
of soft mass like foam. The water,
had changed from deep blue to a
Sreenish tinge. As the sun went
own, she saw tall palm trees
waiving to the breeze; the dense
foliage; the long white sand beach;
the waves of ocean foaming as
they dashed up the shore. Her
chariot was moving directly on the
Equator, and the land she saw
was that ot the great continent of
South America Nearer and near* [
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ci duo vtoub?unricr iuiu uitrKer
the time became. Wu she doomed
to be wrecked I She taw the
ribs and broken masts of ships
strewed along the coast. She
trembled, not for the insurance
company who had paid for those
stranded ships ; not for the hardy
sailors who might have been lost
had they attempted to double Cape
Horn in them ; not for the cool
trickery of those who purposely
ran the nueeaworthy craft on the
beach, then jnmped on shore to
claim the insurance double the
value of their property. No. She
trembled because the saw tlie helplessness
ot humanity to save themselves
from ruin and death without
the help of power so far beyond
her strength and judgment.
The law by which she was to be
saved from being cast away just
then, was at work under the wheels
of ber chariot The current gently
turned, and she found herself
moving close by tne very jaws ot
the greet Amazon River.
ire . ' a .1 a -
im v>umoi u?e Amnion reach
the ocean in large volume of
light color. It can be seen very
dwtinetly joining, end being tamed
by the heavy equatorial current
toward# the Caribbean Sea.
Thecla woe relieved from tear, and
tank down to rest, aa her chariot
moved along the coast of the Cutanea.
She dreinpt the waa on board
tbe fleet of the Blacks. The steamers
took the sailing vessele in tow,
and steamed op tbe Amasun River.
The peseettgors thronged tbe sidee
of the fleet; manned the rigging
and yards; the young Africans
ascended the msste to the truck;
all looked with delight at tbe
protnieed land; sheered and an
1 GrRI
Jnxolrb to Hcros,
1LEY, FBCRS.
swered cheers from the laden commercial
fleets; shouted with wonder
at the sight of cities and towns
with tall church steeples and long
wharfs jotting out into the river:
they peeped into the country ana
and saw the riee fields?cotton,
corn, and indigo fields; coffee trees,
chocolate groves, cocoanut groves,
fields of pine apples, watermelon,
banana, plantains, oranges, lemons,
gardens, country houses, sugar
cane fields, and sugar mills;
plowmen with horsos, mules, oxen,
steam power; the people all black:
all free; all busy. As they paasea
large steam boats loaded with produce,
Tbecla read on the euas of
the packages, on tbe upper and
lower decks?cotton for England;
coffee for the United States; chocolate
for Portuoal? lice for ItAlv
india robber for Russia; alpacca
wool for Franco; peruvian bark
for the world; fruits lor mankind.
Again and again the African fleet
turned, fir6t on one aide, then on
'he other, passing rafts of logs or
lumber?flat boats, on steam boats,
ferry boats or sail boats.
Atdnj'llght in the morning the birds began
to aiog,
As tho bonis passed snob other thn bolls
begso to ring.
Tbs boatmen pullad, and sang, at rope or
osr,
Up or down the rlror, and from sbore to
bore.
* Chosr np my lively lads in spile at wind
or weather?
Cbeer up my lireiy lads?let us all pull
together."
Ascendinc the Amazon a thnn.
Band iniles, thoy turned into Madeira
River; passing cultivated
prarie lands; pasture fields; herds
of cattle; pens filled with young
calves; droves of horses, colts:
lakes and rivers; fishermen ana
larmers; ship builders and bouse
carpenters; wash women and dairy
maids. 44 Is that an ostrich I see
going with lightning speed away
across the prarie fn said Tbecla.?
* It is the locomotive," said the
pilot. The passengers were landed
five hundred miles from the
mouth of the Madeira River near
the lower falls, and were conducted
along the bank up the river.?
The fleet returned towards Africa
ivi uivib vilii^l liilUI*
Among the traditions about Amazons
and Amazonia, H ere is one
which tells ot a great city built
long before the Spanish conquest,
ana it may have been long before
the reign of the first ot that long
chain of Incas' rulers, who conquered
60 many tribes, but who,
it is said, never extended their
rule into these rich and productive
low lands of the Amazon valley.
This traditionary city is thought
to have been built by a great people
inhabiting this country during
past ages. The streets were paved
with gold, and the houses built of
silver and marble. Thecla's curioti
ty was excited. She was so uear the
reported locality of this wonderful
city, she determined, if possible.
to see it. It is in what is called
thoGran Pitete country, west from
the tails of the Madeira?near the
River Pnrus. After travelling
along ?t the foot of the range of
hills and mountains which separate
the Amazon basin from the upper
country?which is watered by the
tributaries of the Madeira river?
she came to a lake of orange colored
water, with shores thickly
wooded. 6he peeped through the
foliage, and saw, in a small inlet,
large white lilies?pink in the
centre, and yellow stamens growing
around the edge of a flat,
broad, thick leaf. Raising her
drees, she stepped onr the leaf; and
wiuiu sue whs expressing nor delight
at the beauty of the flowers,
an east wind sprang up, and Tbecla
was borne swiftly away on the
Victoria Regia out over the broed
sheet of water to the opposite shore.
There stood the city of gold?the
city of silver and white marble?
the city of tradition^the city of
Pitete. Pushing between the fight
canoes or gondolas of the lake
1 which lay near the marble steps,
she soon found herself on the
smooth pavement, walking among
a well dressed multitude ofpeople
?all black?speaking the English
language, and who seemed to be
deeply interested in some exoiteing
question common to them all.
< She soon discovered that she was
I in the canitol city of a great nation
of Black Republicans. She
| found the centre of attraction and
cause of the interest the people
telt at the time, was that the newII
v ?* ?
?- v?>u?u? nav, M kwctvo
o'clock, to aeliver hk inangaral
address from the balcony of the
capital on the main plaza. Thecla
left a greater interest in toeing the
wealth and grandeor of a great
city, and in the beauty, improvements
and agricoltnral develop*
men ta of the oonnt ry lrom which
the substantial commercial wealth
aha saw on the rivers oeme, than
to hear any one man talk abeat
what he would do for the people*
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However, "when yon are in Rome,
do as the Roman* do." She was
politely offered a comfortable seat
where she could see the people.?
The nation bad had many Presidents,
but they bad either been
from among the blacks, who came
from the Brazils, the West India
Islands, the United States, or irom
among the Liberians, who were
now settled in that rioh and beautiful
country on the tributaries of
the great River Perns?now called
Madre de dios?mother of God.
The new President wm the fir?t
who claimed descent directly from
Africa?" the first shall be last and
the last first," was aboat to be verified,
for the blacks from the other
countries had always overruled
the Africans in previous elections.
Religion had its effect upon the
political questions of the day ; the
blacks from North America were
usually Protestants, those from
Brazil and the West Indies were
generally Catholics, while the poor,
ignorant African had no religion
at all, so far as Tbecla could discover.
The new President lead
the African vote; and as he had
joined the Protestants, this gave
niin their votes. There was a po
luteal question before the people
ae to whether their country should
be open freely lor the introduction
of emigrants from all other countries.
The West India and Brazilian
Catholics were most positively
and bitterly opposed to the idea of
permitting white folks to live on
political, social, commercial or agricultural
terms of equality witb
themselves, lie being friendly to
their views on this subject, they
all voted for bim. The Liberians
generously gave him a complimentary
vote, which placed bim in office
by the united vote of twenty
millions male and female black re
publicans.
President Mtesa Kamrasi, appeared
on the balcony ; the mass of
people who crowded the plaza
doors, windows and house tops,
took off their hats. lie was a tall,
neatly dressed, intelligent looking,
grave, determined black man. lie
said: 44 Let us thank the Great
Ruler of all for health, prosperity
and happiness 11 (the people bowed
low ) 44 The initial )x>int of the
boundary of our land has been fixed
at Carthagena, on the shore of
the Caribbean Sea. From that
point, the line follows the summit
of the Andes through New Granada,
Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia,
to the intersection of these mountains
with the Tropic of Capricon,
next to the Territory* of the Argentine
Confederation; thence
along said line of the Tropic to the
shore of the South Atlantic; thence
along the .shore of the ocean back
to said initial point. We have no
intangleuients with other nations.
Our commercial intercourse with
the world is prosperous and increasing.
Besides an extensive
mercantile marine, we have one
I -? LI -1
uiiuicu oieauivuips oi war, len
thousand naval seamen, five thousand
apprentice boys instructed
and being educated by the Government
tor the future requirements
of the country. The foundation
on which our commerce and
its naval protection rests, is the
great improvement and development
of the agricultural wealth of
the country, and we have the satisfaction
of knowing that since the
introduction of our agricultural
productions into market the daily
expense of life among the people
of the world has been decreased
nearly one half. Tbo African fleet
arrives monthly with an average
of five thousand native Africans.
The emigrants have finished the
Ship Canal from the lower to the
upper falls on the Madeira River,
and are now at work on a canal
between the head waters of the
Madeira and La Plata. When
this canal shall be completed, the
commercial wealth of the La
t lata Valley will be upset, and
will fall into the Amazon Valley.
The long sea voyage to and from
the mouth of the La Plata will be
unnecessary as tin* tra/t? witk
interior of South America can be
more cheaply reached through the
mouth of the Amazon River. The
feasibility of building a ship canal
over the Andes from the valley t>f
the Beni to the Pacific Ocean?
the highest elevation being twelve
thousand leet above the sea?is
being examined by scientific engineers.
The locks of such a canal
may be filled with water from
Lake Titicaca, and from other
sources on the sides ot the mountains.
The increased diaeovory ot
gold at the mines of Oarabaya, at
the bead waters of the Purus, and
| at Tipuani, at the bead of the Beni,
have encouraged the miners.
Ibe agricultural improvements by
the introduction of steam plows on
the pturiee, and other implements
for the oultivetioo of the soiL has
. increased oar commercial intercourse
with other nations ft* snob
a degree that oar exports far eg
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IENVILLE, 80UTH CAROLll
coed tbe value of oor ^imports.
The treasury is abundantly supplied
with the means to prosecute
the internal improvements of the
nation. The heart of the country
contains so many miles of navigable
rivers, onr expenses for railroads
is natnratly small. The road
from Matto Grasso to Rio de Janeiro
will ere long be completed.
The road tbrough the Andes from
Lima to th? river TTmv*]! tn Pa.
ru, is met near the base of the Andes,
where the tunnel enters our
territory, by our road terminating
at Tabatinga, on the main trunk of
the Amazon. The effect of this
road will give a fresh impetus to
the mining of silver among the
mountains of Sierra de Pasco.
The increased supply of gold and
comparative small amount of silver
in the markets, threatens a
change in valuations, and silver is
tost becoming the most precious
metal."
Thecal had noticed the politeness
of the well dressed, blaclc woman
to whom she was indebted for
her pleasant situation, lhe woman
took her two little daughters
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be said, " I see you are a stranger,
would you like to look at the
country I" Tbecla said M yes."
Tliey walked through the crowd
?now moving in alldircction^, towards
home?to a side street
where stood a wagon and fine pair
of horses held by a black man.
The woman helped Tliecla in, tak
ing a seat by her side, with the
children in tront. They drove off
through the beautiful city ot Pitete.
Very truly yours,
lArdner gibbon.
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Penn.
Debt.?Debt is a perfect bore.
How it haunts a man from pillow
to pest: lurking in his breakfast
cup, poisoning dinner, embittering
his tea 1 How it stalks from him
like a living, moving skeleton,
seeming to announce his presence
by recounting the amount of liabilities.
How it poisons its domestic
joys, by introducing its infernal
" balance w into the calculation
of madam respecting the price of
a new carpet, or a new dress i
IIow it hinders dreamy plans for
speculations, and cripples resolutions
too good to be fulfilled.
At bed and board, by night or
by day, in joy or grief, in health
or sickness, at borne or abroad,
debt?gi im, gaunt and shadowy,
tails as an incumbrance. As no
presence is too sacred, no ground
is too holy to deter the memory of
u bills and notes payable" from
taVing immediate possession, so no
record is enlivening, no reminisence
more than the consciousness
that the debt has fallen like a January
morning, twenty nine degrees
below zoro.
Cultivate Cheerfulness.? An
anxious, restless temper that runs
to meet care on its way, that regrets
lost opportunities too much,
and that is over painstaking in
contrivances for happiness is foolish,
and should not be indulged.
It you cannot be happy in one
way, be happy in another ; and
this facility oi disposition wants
but little aid from philosophy, for
health and good humor are almost
all that are requisite. Many
rnn about after happiness, like an
absent man bunting for his hat,
while it is on his head' or in his
hand. Though sometimes small
evils, like invisible insects, inflict
great pain, and a single hair may
stop a vast machine, yet the chief
secret of comfort lies in not suffering
trifles to vex one, and in prudently
cultivating an undergrowth
of small pleasntes, since very few
great ones, alas 1 are let on long
leases.
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South Carolina Monument As
aociATioii.?The following are the
receipts of the secoud quarter ending
May 20, 1870:
From OreenviLle, $80,00 ; Beanfort,
29,85 ; Barnwell, 15,25 ; Kershaw,
104.30 ; Clarendon, 40,00 ;
llrtrrv. jtft.oo hinlilnnh 111 ka .
Orangeburg, 100 00; Newberry,
72.85; Anderson, 75.00; Fairfield,
42.50; Pendleton, 50.00;
Union, 20.75 ; Chesterfield, 75.14;
York, 85.00. Charleston (io the
hands of the ladies of Charleston
and invested in that cityV) 787,00;
South Carolinians in Baltimore,
618.00. 8 o n t h Carolinians in
New York, 110.00; total, $1,791.64;
receipts for first quarter, 1870,
$2,309,04.
A youth asked Oonnt Montrond
?the memoir writer?to teaeh
bim the art of succeeding in society.
m Ob, it is simple enough,"
said the Ooent. "Talk to the
middle aged and young ladies, sad
listen when the old onse folk to
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Two Dog StoriesAn
Hnglish officer, who was in
Pahs in 1815, mentions the case ot <
a shoe-black's dog which brought 1
customers to its master. This it aid i
in a very ingenious and scarcely ?
honest manner. The officer, bav- t
injr occasion to cross one ot the t
bridges over the Seine, had his t
boots, which had been peviously 1
polished, dirtied by a poodle dog 1
I running against them. Be, in com I <
sequence, went to a man stationed Jf
on the road and had them clean- 1
'ed. The same ciroumstancei hav- 1
ing occurred more than once, his 1
cnrosity was excited, and he <
watched the dog. He saw him <
roll himself in the mud of the riv- <
er, and then watch for a person
with well-polished boots, against i
which he contrived to rub him- '
self. Finding that the shoc-black <
was the owner of the dog, he taxed
him with the artifice; and, after
some hesitation, he confessed lie
had taught the dog the trick in
order to procure customers for
himself. The officer being much i
struck with the dog's sagacity, pur.
chased him at a high price, and
brought him to England. He
kept nim tied up in London soine
time, and then released him. The
' dog remained with hito- a day or
two, and then made his escape. A
fortnight afterwards be was found
with his former master, pursuing
his old trade on the bridge.
A gentleman had two dogs of
the terrier breed?the one rongkcoated,
and of rather large 6ize, of
great intelligence and great attachment,
named Pincher ; the other
was a very small, smooth-coated,
snarling little animal, but an excellent
bouse guard, named Jacko.
These animals lived together on
very friendly terms, domiciled
generally in the housekeeper's
room, where they were great favorites.
One Sunday evening the
servants were summoned to
prayers, leaving the room with
their supper on the table, the cook
only roraaiuing in the kitchen adjoining
the* supper-room. In a
short time Pinclier went into the |
kitchen and pulled the cook'6
gown, who, 6nppo?ing he was beg
ging for food, chidcd the animal
and drove him awav. In a feTv
rniutos he returned and again pulled
at the cook's garments, when
he was again reproved. A third
time he came, and pulled at her
gown with more vehemence; when,
wondeing at the cause, she followed
him to the supper-room, where
the first thing 6he saw was little
Jacko helping himself to the supper.
Mother.?Around the holy
name of mother the mind clings
with fond affection.
It is the first dear thought stamped
upon our infant hearts, when
jet soft and capable of receiving
the mo6t profound impressions,
and all the after feelings are inoro
or less light in comparison. Our
passions and our willness inay lead
us far from the object of our filial
love; we may become wild, headstrong,
and angry at her conncil
opposition ; but when the chilly
hand of death stilled her monitory
voice, and nothing but calm
memory remains to recapitulate
her virtues and good deeds, affections,
like a flower beaten to the
ground bv a rnde storm, raises np
Tier bead and smiles amidst her
tears.
Round tbo name as we have
said, the mind clings with a* ection
: and even when the earilest
period of our loss forces memory
to be silent, fancy takes the place
of reinemberance, and twines the
image of onr departed parent
with a garland of graces, and
beauties, and virtues, which we
doubt not that she poeessod.
Scouring Knives, eto.?A correspondent
writes that for five
years she has used water-lime for
scouring knives, forks, tins, and
ttie like. She says ; 441 have a
box with a partition and keep the
lime in one part and the clotus in
the other. I wet a small cloth
in n little *na uip it in tue lime,
and after the Articles Are well
washed and wiped, I rob them until
the snots Are removed. Then I
take a larger, drj cloth, dip it in
the litne, and rnb the articles nntil 1
polished to snit me. Wipe off the j
dust from the knives and forks
frith a dry cloth, and tbej Are {
ready to pot away."
A wat old woman, who sold ]
ate, being in church fell asleep |
daring divine service, and nnlack- <
ily lot her old fashioned clasped j
lfible fall, which, making a great ,
noise, she exclaimed, hair awake, 4
44 Bo, yon jade, there's another jog ,
broken I" I
- Josh Bounce says that opera
mnsio has no mere offset on him
than castor oil on a graven image, i
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Blander.
It seems a little thing to slander j
>nr neighbor; to repeat all the f
isrm we bare heard of bitn, to t
vhisper away refutation,* and to
itab in the darlc. Yet it is a great j
natter to him, though ? small ,
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King *v MO* ff O CttU uovcr KI1UW |
be amount of repeating all the
larm of him that we have beard.
Hie human heart is prone to elan- 1
ler, and we should watch our
telves carefully when we find that i
we are abont to speak of our neighbors.
We heard a lady once say, ]
111 make it a rule never to repeat |
anything bad that I hear of anoth- (
or 1 I atn resolved that I will nev
er take part in injuring any one."
What a wise resolve 1 Would that
all made it the golden rule of their i
life. JIow much misery would be
spared, how much more kindly
would be our intercourse with each
other. Why, the world would be
like Eden without the serpent.
But instead of hiding the evil that
we have heard, how eagerly we
spread it; how we gloat over the
story ; how glad we are to pour into
the ears which open so gladly
to receive it. Deprive ns of that
great staple of convocation, slander,
and some of us would be at a
los9 what to talk about. Would
that we were only as anxious to tell
the good we know of oar acquaintances
as we are to tell the bad ;
what a charming thing society
really would be. There are people
to whom slander is the very
breath of their life; social spiders,
hideous and venomous in secret,
and in darkness they weave their
webs of distraction. They are a
curse to society, a canker to their
friends, and a disgrace to themselves..
Tub Human Hair.?Gray hairs
sell for a cent apiece. Hair dressers
inquire of their customers for
them, and beg that they may be
saved from the comb in dressing.
Gray hair is the most expensive
and difficult to obtain. Inere is
now a strong motive for young
women to cultivate the growth of
fine heads of hair, as their tresses
in moments of difficulty may be
I. ? A? ?l. * * r. I
nu> w ouum j IV 1UKUI. iUUHUjrB
are warned against cutting their
children's hair too often. If it is
of good thickness at first, scissors
should not be touched to the head ;
cutting makes the hair grow thicker,
but coarser. Frequent brushing
while the hair is of moderate
letigh, and washing once a week
with a teaspoonful of liquid ammonia
in a large bowltul ot warm
water, is the best treatment possible.
Keep it done up looselv, so
that the air can move through the
hair freely. If any stimulant is
required, half an ounce ot dry
ammonia, rubbed into a pint of
olive oil, is the finest dressing to
be made, surpassing bay rum and
any mixture of spirits and oil.?
This dressing prevents the hair
from turning gray, if anything
will do so. and urges its growth.
[N. Y. Citizen.
Definition
of Bihlk Terms.
A day s journey was thirtythree
and one fifth miles.
A Sabbath day's journey was
about an English mile.
Ezekiel's iced was eleven feet
nearly.
A cubit is twenty two iuches
nearly.
A hand's breath is equal to three
and five eighth inches.
A finger's breath is equal to
one inch.
A sheckel of silver was about
fifty cents.
A shekel of gold was $3.09.
A talent of silver was $588.32.
A talent of gold was $13,809.
A nicco of silver, or a denny,
was thirteen cents.
A farthing was three cents.
A gerah was one cent.
A mite was one cent.
An epba, or bath, contains seven
gallons and five pints.
A biu was one gallon and two
pints.
A firkin was seven pints.
An omer was six pints.
A cab was three pints.
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Orbasx ow Carpets.?There is
r othing that annoys a tidy bouse
keeper so much as to have her carpet
spotted with lamp oil or grease,
snd we therefore make known for
their benefit the following receipt
for extricating oil or grense spots
from carpets and cloths:
Cover the grease spots with
whiting, and let it remain until it
beooraee saturated wirh the grease;
then scrape it off and cover it
with another coat of whiting, and
if this does not remove the grease,
repeat the application. Three
soatsof whiting will, in most cases,
roraove the grease, when it should
be brushed off with a clothes brush.
3o says one who pretends to know.
Cttsa?* The land of the flea
ind the home of the slaves.**
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Ftt.\nklin once saidi "Give
'our son a trade and you do more
or bim than by giving him a for006."
Logic.?Strange as it may seem,
t is nevertheless a fact, that if you
;nt off your left hand, your right
land becomes your left hand.
" Isn't it strange," remarked *
lady, " that the Miss Smiths are so
$ro68?" "Not at all," was the
reply, " their father was a grocer."
It is little troubles that wear the
lieart out; it is easier to throw a
bomb-shell a mile than a feather?
aven with artillery.
God makes no promise to those
who hold back. But he gives
Btrength to the obedient, and light
to those who determine to trust
Him.
A physician boasting at a dinner
that be cured his own hams,
one of tbo guests remarked :44 Doctor,
I would rathor be your ham
than your patieut."
A man in Rhode Island has
been sent to jail for ten days for
sleeping in church. Nothing was
done with the clergyman who pat
him to sleep.
Why is an Italian exile returning
to his native land, like a man
going to see his son co np an apple
tree ? Because he is going to
see his own sunny clime.
Buo Killer. ?-Kerosene, a wineglass
full to three gallons of water,
thrown on plants from a syringe
or watering pot, it is said, will exterminate
garden vermin. But
never try it with undiluted oil.
Fire 'nsurance in Japan is simple,
but effective. No paid up
capital required. The 44 Company
" consists of the Mikado, who
issues one general44policy " which
he calls an edict. The chief condition
of the policy is that every
person whose house catches fire
shall have hie head cut off. The
losses have been very light.
A witness was examined before
a judge in a case of slftnder, who
required him to repeat the precise
words 6poken. The witness,
fixing his eyes upon the judge, began
: 44 May it please your nonor,
you lie, steal, and get your living
by cheating." The face of the
judge reddened, and ho exclaimed
: 44 Turn your face to the jury,
sir, when yon speak."
A traveler, who demanded his
trunk at a Baltimore depot, before
all others, and was tola by the
Irish baggago-muster that he must
have patience and wait his turn,
turned upon the baggage master
with 44 Yon're an impudent dog."
To w 11loll lm r\f ?l>a - ? -
vi ?uv> uuubo rejoined
: ' "An* faitb, ye are a monkey,
and it's a great pity that,
when we two were made bastes,
ye wasn't made an illiphant, so
that ye .could have yer blasted
truuk under yer nose all the time."
Recently Captain Mason, of
Way KeyfFIa., was standing on
the porch of his hotel, when an elderly
lady came ont of the building.
The rain had been falling,
and consequently the middle of
the street was wet. " I should
like to get across the street with
oat wetting my feet," said the lady.
441 can help yon across," the Captain
responded. ^Ob, dear! I
shall feel so much obliged to you,"
the lady said : 41 my feet have not
been wet for twenty years." '4 For
Heaven's sake, Madame," said the
Captain, 4* don't show them to
me." "
Youno gentlemen," said the celebrated
Doctor Tlios. Cooper, addressing
his class, in the South Carolina
College, years ago, 44 Poetry
is definod in your text-book to be
the language of passion IV Then
suddenly pausing, and addressing
the invemlo Ethiopian who was
vainly striving to kindle a fire in
the recitation room, the doctor
fiercely added :
44 Jiin 1 you infernal black rascal,
why don't you light that fire?"
Turning again to his astonished
auditors, with a merry twinklo in
his eve, the professor inquired :
44 Gentlemen, it that poetry !"
Poor Pulx tost Won't Work
both W ays,?The following it very
applicable, and we publish it for
tue benefit ot those moat interested:
Landlord?Mr. Editor, I will
thank you to say that I keep the
verv host table in the city.
Editor?I' 11 thank yon to supply
my family with board, gratis.
Landlord?I thought you were
glad to get something to fill up
your paper.
Editor?I thought yon were
glad to got somebody to fill your
house! It's a poor role that won't
work both ways.
Exit landlord in a rage, threatening
to have nothing more to do
with the office.