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From the ffhu/riitcif Family Friend. THE POWER OF KINDNESS OH, TUT irTTOTJ 1 VTI orCT A TITPS iuii Muuuaiiu aiiviiaiuiiy. IIV II. R. tlMLF.r. CIIAITF.lt I. IIrkry Eahimam tat on hi* father'* , knee, ami an involuntary *igli forced tin* inquiry from hi* parent, "Henry, what is the matter?" Henry wan but eight yean* of age, an<J the solicitude of a kind and indulgent father for the welfare of bin children?troubled alike when ever any thing troubled them?could only be repaid by the knowledge of that w hich caused them pain. Hen7 hesitatingly answered, "My dear father, feel sad because sister Flor. is going to be married.* CIIAITFK II. Tiik father of Henry Eastman was a man of wealth and standing in the comh inunity in which he lived, ltcsidea Henry, he had one, and only one other child ?a daughter. Florence Eastman was ' * seventeen years of age, ami all that im kind parent, aided by an abundance or this world's goods, could do, was lavished ^ upon her, but, more than all, Nature had .1 ?1.4 L!_L :AI L!.. I Iuuuu (iim wiiii'ii miuicr aiuunciui nor wealth could. Possessed of rare beauty, and amiable temperament, and bewitching but artleae manners, many had flocked to the standard of beauty, and sought by all the stratagems of art and love, to capture the heireis, but each alike shared the same fate; and perhaps Florence Knstmm might have been spared many bitter m rnicnta in after life, and have ultimately diod an old maid, but for a casual circumstanoe which plaoed her in company with Charles Newman, nnd where after inany pleasant wollu and rides, tho lover woood and woo." Henry Boatman sighed because sister Flor. on the next day would be married to Charles Newman. The inquiry naturally suggests itself?did he have catwef 1 Charles Newman was of an honorable family, and, wbat is of more significance in the eyes of the world, was a rich man. The father of Florence at first refused to give his consent to the marriage of his only daughter with Newman, lie was led to do so, not from an unfounded prejudice towards the young man, neither could he bring any direct accusation against his character, for the world esteemed hiin highly and gtwsip very naturally declared win ?iwnnice uasunan *M doing well? but the old man found that hi* daughter's admirer was too food of lib* exhilarating influence of the intoxicating wine-copt At Bret, he refosed his consent, but after a certain time bad elapsed, and finding how ardently attached his daughter was to Mewman, bo yielded his nonseut? Her happfoees was his, and devoid of all selfish and groveiling feelings, hie sole doej aire was to saa bis children exhibit, while he lived, those cheerfal, happy eonntsoaiw, the spoataneous influence of conteitt'-a hearts. ? Need wo be enrpriead then, that when L, little Henry sighed, and explained the ^ teuse, thai tlie father sighed also! He did 1 * _J sigh, but hope whispered?they may d well. The following day Florence East na became Florence Newman. chatter iii. "One! two! throe! three thousand do lars! all?all gone. Great Heavens?ca it be sol I yet have one thousand mor and I will place that on the ace?if I wi I will double, and may get up yet; If lose " The evil one whispored, tr Onel two! throe! four! Charles Newina gasped for breath. He went to the sid< board, swallowed a glass of brandy an walked out. 8ii years have passed since tho ma riage of Charles Now man. For a bri period after his marriage, things went c pleasantly; his young and lovely wife wi as happy as the day was long, and troi ble had never onco crossed the thresho! of her loving, happy heart. Charles Nev man attended to the profession of the lai and with his business and happy home tl wine-cup bad as yet made but little intri sion upon him. "But why," said he one day to his wif "why should I practice law, when we ha' an abundance; why nail myself down to law office?" j The wife, hoping even to increase tl measure of her happiness by having hii I always with her, readily replied, "You a right, Charles; quit the practice and th< I w ill have your company all?all tl time." The husband did so, and from that tn | mcnt a change came over tho spirit | the young wife's dream, llow true tl adage, "Idleness is the root of all evil."j For a time, the only change in Newman I conduct was, he would lie out more ofte and then he would stay out longer. 1 last, he would stay out half of the nigb and would come home partially iutoxica ed. Tho young wife trembled?soon new link would bo added to the cha which united her to her husband, and ho] whiajtered?Do not despair. But the i nocent born child seemed but to urge tl [ father on, and poor Florence Newmr | was obliged to admit the melancholy r I (lection, that her boy'* father tea# a dki n I AUK t Thus did Charles Newman march 01 ward in dissipation, until ho lost all I possessed of money?nearly allot' chara | tor. As we observed, six years hud claps* i since the marriage. CIIAPTKn IV. "TiiuF.r. little children! My poor lift ! children?your father, where is lie? N | Father in Heaven, did I ever think \ ! would come to this? We are ieduced i most to poverty." Bang went the door, ami in walki Charles Newman. The brandy does n ap|H.>nr to have affected liini. It in lie daylight?"the darkest hour preodus tl light of day." On a pallet lay his tv eldest children, and in a chair sits I broken-hearted wife, with their infu in her arms. Silence reigio, but at long the wife exclaims? "Charles, my dear, I am so gl;ul y< have come home." "Florence," calmly replied the husban "we are poor; we are in abject wanthave lost ut the gambling table all I pc sensed." An involuntary czclainalion c*cap< from the wife; it was, "Thank Cod!" "Charles," said the wife, "I have wish* for this; I have prayed for it. Mv fath does not know our distresses, and I ha' hitherto forborne to write to him; but no 1 will do so, and he will help us; but o how cheerfully, if he thought " Tl wife hesitated, and the husband sa "II ushl?To-inorrow!" The morrow came. The birds carrolh ^.^1 .1 ponu niL-ir songs, mo butterflies skipp< [about the windows, and Appeared dosiroi of knowing what was going on; the floi era oven seemed to bloom with unwonU marks of beauty, and Charles Newman children looked up into his eyes ar railed. Know you why the wife stopped in h speech the proceeding night? Sho kne her husband s nature?ho was proud; 1 did not wish even his own wife to tell hi to do so, or to, or reprove him for wh he had done. She knew, and she fe that he was deeply, sorely tried, and grie ed; remorse was killing him; and if I once voluntarily promised to forsake h vices, he would. No wonder tho flowers looked so brigl and the birds sung so sweetly. Chart Newman has promised never to touch n other drop of spirits. The wife gives hi a found embrace, and emphatically e claims, "Thank God!" concll'hiox. Twklvk years havo elapsed since tl marriage, and six sinoo the event* recor ed in our l?*t chapter happened. Lit! Henry Eastman is now a young man twenty. "Come here, Henry," said bis fath< "and tell mo what makes you so happy "Shall I sit on your knoe, father, wb< I am now such a big boy," and before r oeiving an answer he was on his fethci knoe. "Well, what is it my boy, let u* hes it does your father good to see hi* childn happy?it make* tears of love and jjrai tiide flow from hie eyes. What is it n \ M Doyr "Well, father, yon said I might cor tneaee die study of law, and 1 hare be thinking how I can make, not only sw a lawyer, but sock a man as my tutor si brother-in-law." T.af. I . -?? mwiu i?p ww ow ami ey< By bis interposition, be bud given to U world a roan of great usefulness, wh perhaps, otherwise would hare filled drunkard's grave. "Mf [ Jlnus stents, kt. ^ u office ? tain | Fatal Bail Road Accident?Narrow 1'' 1. Xcoape of General Pierce? our, ? Death ofhi.Bon. J** ? We regret to perceive from a telegraphic '^Y0' j dispatch in the Baltimore papers that a i|v,og frightful accident occurred on the Boston Jjn 1 u and Maine Bail lioad about noon ou g. Thursday, whereby tho life of the l'reai- "J* j dent elect was greatly endangered,and his only sou instantly killed. When near the | P115^ r. town of Andover, in Massachusetts, the ^ ? 0f train was thrown off the track by some ,n obstruction, aud precipitated down an cm- ; w bankmont tweenty feet high, turning a - . 'r< jg. somerset, and falling upon a pile of rocks * U at the bottom of tho embankment. The 1 r. cars at tho timo were filled with passen- morr ? gers, among whom were Gen. Pierce, his * |u,i? ? ?? < |^j j mm*** J MIIU VIIIJ OVll, Oil IlliCrVSllIlg LHJJ OI ton year*. Gen. l'ierco was the first to extricate himself from the fragments of , i >e tlie car, which was literally smashed to ^ .J atoms; and though sound in limb, he com- " n plains of considerable pain in his back.? *'"1? llis son was instantly crushed to death.? l'iis * 10 Mrs. Pierce received a number of severe a*,n,l m contusions, uono of which, however, are "'a ro considered dangerous. Many other pas- niun? !n sengers were badly bruised, and the down keep ie train brought in six or eight of the wound- l>la,,l ed. The citizens of Andover were as- wate: q. siduous in their attentions to the sutler- Gons Qf era. for I' )e The Washington National fnUlliym- 'I"-' ccr states that tliis terrible visitation is the ,ul?i?g more deplorable, as the tine boy thus so Aine n suddenly snatched from life was the single ^ remaining one of the only three children 1 witli w hich the afflicted parents have been King ^ blessed. The w hole country, w e are con the t a fident, will deeply sympathize in their l?e- to ta jn reavcinent, whilst it will rejoice that the 1 ^ parents themselves wore preserved from aro n. the same terrible fate. ? pen* in Further Particulars of the Accident to Gen. Pieroe and family. ar? We gather from the New York papers n" some additional particulars of the railroad or u|" ,l! accident by which Gcu. Pierce and wife ?j0|, c" were injured and their son killed: *1 The train was composed of a baggage and passenger car only. The exact cause of the accident is not definitely muiTinm. ed; one of the axle trees is supposed to I I? have broken; some say it was the journal I xure ly on w hich the wheel plays. The d??y was . 1 very cold?die thermometer pointed at j 'I- zero?and the accident was doubtless o\v- | l,1,eV ing to '.lie frost in the iron works of the }tl"'" j ill fated car. on l! I Mrs. Pierce and the deceased son had 'luer ; been absent four weeks on a \ i--.it to rela- ! ,l0xre h? j lives in llostou and Andover. The ncci- j ,M ! k'? | dent liap|H<ne?l near tho latter place.? x\ ' s (Jen. l'ierce went to Huston on Tuesday 1 "t morning, and with them attended the ful-h j neral of Mrs. I'ierce's uncle, lion. Amos "j*1'1 Lawrer.ee, on the same afternoon. They If ,u remained at Mr. Aiken's, in Andover, '*,st' whose lady is a sister of Mrs. Pierce, and v*om ('t were expecting to return in the evening. cl,ur The train in which they wont left Uos- !41"' "8* ton at noon on Thursday, and the acei- J,;,vo dent happened just after it left the Anid dover depot, twenty miles from Huston at ?JM'n about one. They had not been in the ord?i id cars five minutes. lJ,oy er Lien, l'ierce, after the accident appear- j ve ed coni|>osed, but Mrs. l'ierce was taken >w away in a very high state of mental anh! giiisli. Iler screams were agonizing.? "J" ' le The little boy was their only child, an ?'rt,, id eldest brother having died some ten years wc r ago. id At the time of the accident. General id l'ierce was conversing with Mr. Young, as tho superintendaut of the new Mills at M v- Lawrence.? Professor Packard, a relative horri id of Gen. Pierce, was in company with Mrs. I pape i's Pierce aud her son, and the party occupied j whic id the forward nnrt nl tlm c?' u ?a I in 11. divided in tiio middle. They were nil a w? er thrown into n heap, ono over another.? shou w Master l*ierce lay upon the floor of the or in je car, with his skull frightfully fractured.? allow m The cap which he had worn had fallen o(T, Tl at and was filled with his blood and brains. time It, A little girl of Mr. Newall, of Ilills* smell v- borough, had her foot crushed, and it well re must be amputated. Mrs. Newall was gent lis badly injured, ami Mr. Newall had a leg time, broken. Mr. Horaco Child*, bridge build- even ht cr, of lleoniker, was badly but not serious- it nol e? iy bruised. Several women were severly in)pa n- bruised. for tl m The car is said to liavo broken near tin papc x- middle. Tbo baggage car in front was uecet not thrown oflf. A brakeman stood on nuce, the end of it and witnessod the accident griuv unharmed. we a le A despatch, dated Concord, Thursday cepti d- evening, says: come le Considerable apprehension is felt here shoul of lest this melancholy fatality may prove of its serious in its oonsequonces of Mrs. Pierce. It >r, She has beon for several years in delicate as th ." health, caused partly by the loss of her old c m first child. The boy kiled b, this acci- Now e- dent was almost idolised by bin mother show r's and father. now. The announcement of the accident, at in 1a tr; 4 o'clock, caused great excitement in the eaasii >n House. A meinbor came in and said that a m; Li* Gen. Pieroe himself was dead. The floor is arli iy ami galleries were crowded?the chag^ salt* of bribery against Judge Butler being un- the p n- der consideration. The Oovernor, Coun- and ( m csl, and most of the Senators were fire. pan :h sent Instantly every member was on hie botlc id feet, and exclamations of regret were heard room from every one. jfc glass la. The veteran Ichabod Bartlett, of 9M>- sd, ai ?e mouth, the oldest member?a political op- putti o, ponent, but strong personal friend of Oen. and 1 new was observed to weep like a child, papei Others were n^ch affected, tbelr A e llouso adjourned instantly, and the tai bers rushed to th?; hotel and telegraph by , and the moat intense anxiety to obmrt'culars hits prevailed ever since, e little boy was a great favorite with Dwn people. lie was agreeable, kind generous, and much beloved by his nates. When asked, the other day, II Benny, how do you expect to like yj' [ at the White House" he replied, 4,I ,.u know about going then; to live at | ,[ > I would rather go out to live on a ! cu p. Newell of Cambridge, one of the ^ ngers is injure*! beyond the jK)ssibili- [,j recovery. vc )ston, Jan. 7.?Gen. Pierce and his QU are still at Andover, suffering slight-1 |I(I >m their injuries, and overwhelmed j-OI grief at the loss of their only child, funeral 'will bike place at Concord to- j ow. " ag - ? ? I >11 The Citizen and no Citizen- ar hr r. Frederick Leopold, a citizen of the wi *,1 Ci.iA. ...L. I a ? 1-<J tnlHCI, nuu I IWl SUI1HIHT WHS SOIZCU | anovcr, for military service due to the no thereof, lias returned to his home in *p :ity. lie states that ho was seized ?, ght and immediately taken to prison, nn baggage was searched and all his hi ?y taken from him for a time. The liv urs of the prison gave him only a bo ict for his bed, and only bread and pt r to eat. He sent for the American is ill, but he said he could do nothing pr im, and so Mr. I<copoM compounded in matter by paying r*250, for a sul?ti- sli Thus it seems, that, though an foi rican citizen, yet inasmuch as hcctuiid to this Country without leave, he sel still liable to serve in the army of the dc f of Hanover. It seems to us that al< imo has eotno for the Uuited States oj; ke and maintain some position on in, subjecL If our naturalised citizens wi uot citizens in fact, then it were as that our war of 181*2 with Great dti sin had never been waged. If such co >ns are citizens of the United States, th should be protected as such; it they tli not, it is time they should know it, od at least dispense with the idle cere- se y and ez|>eme of renouncing all form- pi legiance, and taking out naturaliza- wi papers.? Qkarlrston Standard. tc Woman Superseded. H| nl ths good old long ago times, women tli useful as/well a? ornanienUd artic-1 th - > * - I i*? fact they were indispensable. The j bt couiuin gel tli'ir dinners cooked, tli breeches mended,or a button sewed icir sliiits without their aid; conseilly a man was obliged, as a matter of lb ssitv, convenience an<J economv, to to himself a wife to ilo up his cooking '>< liiiij, mewling,. nd in a word to keep w in proper trim. in ut within the last few years the ever itive Y ankees have effected a coinrevv lutioii, and their machinery is ki iO|H.>ntcdmg and taking tiie place of Ml en. Wo have washing machines, io ning machines, cooking machines, ? last and most impotant of all, we ?d' sewing machines Y'es, about live Ired sewing machines are now in 'I1 ?tion in this country, ami tliey are co rd from llie manufactories faster than th call be supplied. Where then is bt > any longer use for women ? Every bachelor can now order home his j *c rent machines, laugh in the faces of j adn* and tell them tliey arejio longer j U| ly use. Ah! the'good time coming' m cad aliout, must t?? close at hand. w Paper on Bed-Room Walls, j*'' any a fe\*er has been caused by the m bio niiiiotiice of enrrnnt niiui itm*! i,? r-hanging iu bed-rooms. The nausea Wl h tile sleeper is aware of on waking e morning, in such a case, should Ire ruing nee ling no rejH-tition. Down Id come the whole paper, at any cost or convenience; for it is an evil which xe rs of no tampering. e earless decorator will say thut f8 will 6et all right?that the .I will go otf?that airing tho room in the day, and burning some punthing or other at night, in the mean " , will do very well; for health, and life may tie lost in the interval. It t worth while to have one's s.omach ircd for life, or one's nerves shattered, ai le sake of tho cost and trouble of ring a rooin, or a whole house, if isary. Tho smell is not the grievbut the token of the grievance. The auce is animal putridity, with which w] re shut un. when this smell is nor. ... ^ r, ? ? r~- . gin ble in our chambers. Down should |?, ! the pa|>er, and tho wall Ixdiiud it n> Id be scraped clear of ovcry particle jr last covering. wi in astonishing that so lazy a practice iit] at of putting a new paper <>VQr an Kj, >ne ahold exist to tlie extent it doe*. j,r and then an incident occurs which in a the effect of audi absurd carries*- oq Not long'ago a handsome house |,f ?ndon became intolerable to a auc- U( mi of reatfents, who conld not endure tr iraterioua bad xmell which prevaded y< >en dpt up from the outer air. Con- h, tk?n? were hcM about drains, and all ai >nrticolara that could bo thought of, ] til in vain. At last, a clever young m who enainfned the hapae from top to Hflo.jfaed kla anapiofcma on a certain , where he iaeerted n^emall slip of in the wall. It waa presently cover- ly nd that repeatedly, wfth a lort of nr d dew. The paper waa torn down, nr behifxMt waa found a mam of old M ra an Inch thick, atuck together with aa layers of jrfte, and exhibiting a spec- be I Jff w :lo which we will not sicken our readers Cur describing. Diekent?' Household Word*. A very curi - ? m m ? ancient writen _ retary to CJhai Newspapers. that emperor. Tiik press of our country is an efficient f l',e. gine in the promotion of intelligence and ",in . . V81 ' tue; and the father who permits his ^ ?,th her v, nilv to be misapplied with a paper, even a e<i? 8 angle year, is, to say the lea't, guilt v of 1,8 [,>ot,nar^ Ip.dilc neglect, lie deities his wife and MJ>U.. ildren an invaluable opportunity >'f ini- J. ,c irvement, and in this ago of plenty and 'VV ?" 'j5* ,! eanncss, his remissness deserves the se- IK ,! 8 Ie, 1 r,Jr r0n?.l,..n.inn W.. .1 ..... I... that trOUl the glit to I*; placed under guardianship, ^,nVKJor' t we do iitiiri.i that he is not qualified b7 of J"? ]o! his responsible duty. when hgtvard A whole family or bovs and girls grow- s0" ' 10 Hf e . i . * i i .1 i i ? man who c I up withoutn newpaiierl In the dark . i ill 1 ii | to carry linn es, tins would have been well enough : e . J. ' , , r ? ii* ,rosf :i,,d ?nco it now, when the seeds ot intelligence I ?? T1 > e sown broadcast over the length and fi H..! eadth of the land, it is monstrous, it is ea iji ' ' the emperor, y,e ' , ,, ... . . "lladst thou 1 (Kir children : they will grow up in ig- ^ ? tdst have ranee, in spite of the gratnmcr and the , , j elling-book; they will always bo stupid H , jra l' " always open their mouths and stare when , a,r P?r ... -i .i -ii ill love one atiot ytlnng is said ; they will a ways Ihj bend the times,' till the last day of their An Ii es, and finally dio because the spelling- jnir Grange ol ok did not tell them that ratsbane was "Lfied at li ison. \Ve pity the children whose father ]jUehol Me(J Ux) mean?no man is too poor in our ']'liroiigh can osperous land?to take a pajier. Truly, (>onurious ha their ease,'the iniipiities of the father considerable s all l?e visited upon the cliildreii, unto the i,..r1,r.. h?r do. urth and fifth generations.' of ono .kOUtl4j A child can never be educated in the c.jjrns. IJarel liool-rootn alone. Its reasoning powers s^n0i. uf jjic matid the exercise which the great world ru|i,,<? passio no can give. Let their minds be devel- wretched pal ed bv study, let them have all the train- a ..ft,..,! g which the school can give, and they ' ill lie dolts with nothing else. An Children are educated by the little everyiy incidents of the family circle. The The author nvcrsation and example of their elders, quotes the foil e performance of their little duties, every- well authentic ing they do, or see done, is part of their illustration of ucatiou. If tho spliere of the child's ob- in devotees o rvation be narrow, its intellect will be A devotee, nehed; enlarge it, and the child's mind the following ill be expanded to a corrcsjionditig ex- what should I nt. self into a sw Kvery father cannot send his children ft bag placed >road to improve their iudirtnent bv actu- tomb built of contact with the scones and events of w?s then br e world. Hut the newspaper reflecting sentries place* ? thoughts iiml experience of universal The tomb \v:i unkind, supplies the want. It places taken out. I: fore the reader the record of every day's fore hand, wu ought and action. It brings to our very poured into it csidc the knowledge of what is transpir- without food, g everywhere?what men are doing? he revived am us making their experience ours. was able to n Everybody needs tbis information, and on a journey ? man who lias a particle of self-respect indignant ten ill be without it. The child needs it? put him to t iv, its expanding mind imperatively do- him more lib* ands it. ' writer adds,' 1 The newspajrer, besides the actual an Indian pa] lowledge which it imparts, is eminently bad repeated iggestivc. It provokes thought, reason- place, with e<] g calculation. It is not like an old book hich has lain for half a century on the We 1 elf, .stale and musty; it is fresh, spark- an anecdote * ig in life, ami inviting from its very nov- certain preac iv. It. must be read in its season, as the liiiu within th rn and potatoes must be harvested in He had preael oirs, so that the very necessity keeps the ami of course ain lively. so much need Wo have heard learned doctors and and astonishc hoolmasters advise their pupils to taken well, it made andard book, and ]>eruse and re-|>eru?o it, used to liim itil its contents Invaine a part of the sleep they wo ind. Undoubtedly great intellects have At last he hit en perfected in this manner?Webster's 'em up standi us; but. J1S onlv <in<> in n llinnuun.! iu .. I 1 - , T j ,0 prucuruu H 811 nius, or is endowed with the requisite with liiin into itience, very few w ill ever do it. The his text and " ass demand variety, change, sparkling were sore, and >velty, rather than the monotony of al- dozing and n ays ploughing in one furrow. er, ho sudden The ncwspajKjr, coming every day, or shrill toot-a-t cry, week, will be read, while Milton and congregation lakspeare, Bacon and Locke, grow musty staring at the i the shelves. Its contents are in the wondering wl :ry act of flowing from the living brain. and huuiann l>o not think, farmer and mechanic, be- was 'to come uso you have 'Baxter's Call' and a 'You're a i ,inn-book stowed away in your secretary, vou ?n said th at you have done all iliat is required of Iy gazed arou >u. t?ood as these l?ooks are, you lind i blage. tier burn them than become the victim j "When I p such a delusion. all go to sleep Take the pa|H?r, pay for it, read it," and . the devil, you >ur children will love you while you live, j coming like a id blesH your memory w hen you are ; cirjiest!" >ue. Young Men, Help Yourselves. How ' I'hovidkkcb, we are told, help# those l" houio ps lio help themselves. A truo proverb, times, the plo id worihy to bo stamped oil every heart, horses abreast sssing on through life you will flnd ma- three men. r a stream that will cross your path?but was to drive, n't Kit down and mourn. If you can't himself betwc *de across, throw atones to stand upon, hie face towa id you will soon be safe on the opposite straight, and le. To-day you are opposed in your backwards wi oject. Don't stop?don't go back? other walked eet tlie opposer?persevere and you will clttktd, staff \ nquer?I'rovidence will assist you. You the beam, am ive failed in business?come out from the depth of ider the, toad-stool of despondency and lowering the | y again. Zounds I if you don't help The plow ma i >urselvee and persevere you will do noth- bold of th? sti g, and bo punched at by every beggar ludicrous ma id every pauper on crutchos who passes attacks on tin ong. In harvest, - m ?i - od on borseb* Mistake on Both Mies. grain; and pei ?? aide with fork Volt a ikk was one day speaking warm- It is said that in praise of the physician Haller, in with in Oallov esefeie of a person jgho was living in his Man) prad use. " Ah, rif," said this person, "if in Ireland are . Haller would but speak of your works Arthur Younj vou speak of his.' "Possibly we are has actually a >th mistaken," said Voltaire. tail. " ? ? flKu. ? -a*. ^ 'M t 0 Bf' "Iit ious Love Story. | ous story is told by several ^ ^ i res|>ecting Kgivnrd, a see -=r:? rleinagno, and a daughter ot f^T 1 That secretary fell in love f;ls|lio!ie( cess, who at length allowed WHg 1)evc Une winter's night he stay- |?no f) i;ry late, and iu the mean* goin now had fallen, if he lelt, cj1Hhe tt ( would l?e observed, and yet j, be to expose him to danger. ^ tj|C jK i princess resolved to carry whole ick to a neighboring house, CQU|1] uo d. It happened however, j(JUj f window of his bedroom the au(j jjUn| the whole affair. In assern- ^ j(0 ds on the following day, j(C wftS n and his daughter wore pre- i|iai I what ought to be done to j(jin onipelled a king's daughter tjJC ownc on her shoulders, through crjj t] v, in the middle of a winter's (Jjj inswered that ho was worthy I 1C lovers were, alarmed; l?nt 1 , addressing Kgivard, said, loved my daughter, thou come to me; thou art worthy 44 l'a<1 I give thee two lives. Take watch ?" r in marriage; fear God and "And her." ?rc> Mik< "Trot! ish journal gives the follow- "Wh# l?ituary notice: "Ten ellaghy, on the first instant, ture." artney, aged sixty-seven.? "Is tli aful dealing and wretchedly "Sure bits, she managed to save a never on uni of money. A short time "Well ith sho swallowed fifty notes does it g< I each, and also some sover- "Bcda y has their been such an in- in Conm auri sacra fames, or of "the barring] n strong in death." In her "Bad let and on her person were ken me i eath, large sums of money." saved yo _ - " "Sure Eastern Wonder. dipindid ' of 'The Spiritual Medium' lowing singular fact from a The ci ated source. It is given in much ea the power of the East Indi- other sei vcr tho nervous principle: the fricti on a wager, submitted to tion of tl tost. After giving directions suggeste >e done to him,he threw him- haps wit oou. He was then sewed in the awc< in a box, and buried in a well est* solid brick-work. The door sweet th ieked up and sealed, and 1 before it for a whole month, s then otieucd, and his body A Cn lis month, as lie directed be- writes a a pried open, and a litlc milk little juv and though he hftd been namad 1 drink and air for thirty days teased ? i sat up. The next day he visits tin jouut a camel and start oft' by savin expressing himself in very "liosa ins that the put ties who had "Ah, ho test did not remunerate the child erally for his trouble.' The "Why I read a few weeks ago, in "Why per, that the same devotee mint lov the same feat at some other sure I hi pi a I success.' Was t were a good deal amused, at 11 i ve heard the other day, of a . r",1 In r whose calling confined or ) e limits of old Kentucky.? un., >c.!l F V |' 11' I lied in his parish many years, . ' . . ran short of the eloquence '2ar . ? led to kcet> his hearers awake A er ,c d. Let iiini preach ever so no difference, they had got 'I s'po and used to sleeping, and voter to uld to his great annoyance, that voi , upon an expedient to bring this turn ng, as the saying is. lie "No,' rail tin whistle which he took shall. 1 the pulpit*'and after taking mind tin blazing away" till bis lungsI his hearers all comfortable t ^ i(Hiding approval to each oth , i * '} re j down on ly drew it forth and gave a , . . oot. In an instant tho whole c was awake and on their feet, minister, at each other, and Why iat in the names of oickles cause ev nture, as Sam Slick says, next. jet of fine humanity, ain't e divine whistler, as he slow- musician nd on the astonished assein, , , What reach the gospel to you, you That's a ; but when I go to "playing 're all wide awake, up and rush of hornets with a pole There that his mm m m - passes ai rhey Used to Plow. .... An ai irts of Scotland, in former tho othoi ws used to be drawn by four touclihol t, and required the assistance oountfl fc The business of one man the s For that purpose he placed I,;.. ?n the middle horses, with "2^"*"? rds the plow, to guide it in this position he stepped Ai.l 1 th the reins in his IihikI An- happens, behind the horses with s we nnd e which he fsstned in front of in ess." 1 hy means of it regulated "Very, the furrow by raising or you not r ?low, as occasion required, none is bi i followed with his hands lis; and in this formiable and , nner thoy repeated their e soil. verobctnj a liasket tnachine'was plao- 001 aIt fkr Mrrt/intv Kaimo *ka ^ ^ tefUl 'J"*? i#VIMW HI*) . i*on* were employed on each . s to kaep it in a proper poise ??***? the practice is yet to be met *' ray. 'r' m ~ licet exiting even at this Wfcy r . still more ridienlous. Mr. cribing t tells us, that in Donegal he 4wolla in een horses plowing by the A wag would bi " ##' " * # m it onit IBmnnr. fliey tell 11 good story of nn old I wealthy codger of this ilk. He :r known to have anything in the' ew apparel but oncc. liien be g on a journey, and had to purnew pair of 1 out*, The stage left iy, and so he got ready and weak ?tel to stop fertile night. Among row of boots, in the morning he t find the old familiar pair, lie gotten the new ones?he hunted Led in vain. The stage was ready, kod carefully round to see that ot observed, put on a nice pair d him, called the waiter and told circumstance, giving him a V for r of the boots when he should hem. The owner nover called ! gent had bought his own boots 1 "Sell." dy, honey, will you buy my is it about selling vour watch ye :i it is, darlint." it's the price!" shillings and a mutchin ofthecrao watch a decent one ?" I've had it twenty years, and it ce desaved me.n , here's your tin ; and now tell me 9 well !" d, an' it goes faster than any watch tuglit, Munster, or Leinater, not Jublin." luck to ye, Mike, then you have tain ! Didn't you say it never de... Oil hi i and I did; nor it didn't for I never on it !" luse of ladies teeth decaying at so rlier stato of life than those of the c, has been usually attributed to on produced by the constant acie tongue. It lias, however, been d with more gallantry, and peril equal trutli, that it is owing to >tness of their lips, it is a fact iblished by popular belief, that ings spoil the teeth. '.' iilu's Witty Logic.?"I have," correspondent, "a pretty, bright enilc friends, som five years of age liosa. Some days ago she was i good deal by a gentleman who ) family, who finally wound up ff , I don't love you." but you've yot to love me" said ?" asked her tormentor. said ltosa, "the Bible says you c them that hate you," and I am ito you!" hat bad, "for a child!" lict Arnold never married until he r years of age, and see what -an mde! ,nge paper?[Yes, but we never Arnold doing anything bad until was married. se, neighbor,' said an independent Annlllitr An tKu hva nf fKo nWfinn J'11 vote for our friend B. again r was the reply; 'I don't tliink I l'lie beef wasn't cooked to my ?t he'gave us last Election. alist says lie could sing 'Way the old Tar Kivcr if he could get are shawls like husbands? Beery woman should have one. Time flies fast, but but every i of any note can beat time. , is next to an oyster! The shell hard rate. ^ is a nigger in Kentucky So black <4 shaddow stains the carpet aa he iong. list painted a cannon so naturally r day, that when ho finished the e it "went off." A friend a?>r it by saying that it was ta\en heritt'. This, however may be more or less than maliee. . I i I Docgb.?"IIow very "?Worn ifcdb " said one friend to another, "thai y Ji alitor* who are bred to tho busn replied the other, "and liar* emarkcd how seldom the bestead to the editors." - m m mm ? DaaoBirr,?It is a question wheth; called "the son of a giro Mwsld r be taker, as a compliment Ann i of shm as H Is well know* run isgftod for any thing unless fro Uroft fit fron|? food Kn author of a lore story, hi d?s. his heroine, says-?"Innocencn the rieh charters of her dark heir.** ?ffE*te tWtftflM too* comb ingit out, ^ \