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[From the Southern Field wtJ Fireside. ] LOVE?A REMINISCENCE. :o: Everywhere, in my wandering* I *om,\t to find the love of which poets 11sici tola me in their impassioned verse ?the lo\? 1 had imagined in my girl hood, vrlien the days mid nights were full of rich, sweet dreams that all sang of the future?the love which Haul has picture<!t?s"sufferingami endnrinj^long," uud "seeking not its own asking no reward ; untainted by passion and full of delicate reverent* ; requiring- no hope to to feed upon, but burning, like the fixed stars, by its owu steadfast light, unalterably ami forever, as long as the soul hall last. Such was the love, which to mo seemed of all beauty ami p<?ctry?worthy to live in heaven. Hut I sought it in vain. d f I ? ' * * men, i ucjM oi love, but when analysed, if* beauty vanished, ax the brightness of the diamond before the battery's tearcliing flame. I found the alloys yf passion and selfishness mingled with it all ? miserable passion and sclfi*hnes?, which men share in common with the brufex around them ! Was there then nothing more spiritual in lore T No love of the soul?unmixed with grossness and sensuality ? A lore that could worship its idol afar off; that would place it on so could never touch it with her fleshly hand. I knew that, from the necessities of our prcscut humanity, such love could not be universal, but might there not be some rare peculiar souls set apart to enshrine it* 1 saw forms of such loveliness ?mildly splendid as the star of evening, with such nobleness of features; such r. t i i. .c Ill , PUtll .K t* UI Iinif *; merit, that they seemed fit shrines for my ideal love; but the iunrr corresponded not with the outer form. I turned to woman, for their eyes wcro purer, their brow* calmer, thin those of mei>; and, in the hidden paths they trod, they learned such lessons of patience, and silent resignation, and forbearing tcndcrflcM, that perchance their natures had been purified and cthcrialited by the ordeal, and made capable of that love which haunted mc like the pcrfuino of a wild violet, which itself cannot be seen. And I found, indeed, that there were women, who had this high ideal of love implanted in their souls, but they would not .prove true to it. They were nol strong "and brave enough to keep theii hearts, liko the crystal vase of a temple, consecrated to the wine of heaven alone They took Passion's hot hand, rcgardlcsi of the pleading hi Love's sweet eyes Or they sold their ideal for policy's *uk< ?bartered it for wealth, for slothfu ras.-, for position, or for the sake of con fortuity to the usages of s<>ciety. I found' not the love I sought. Thor I despaired. It is not a human plant I said. It is liko the wondrous bird tha is fabled to float always in the air, anc never to touch the earth, not even t< alight upon roses and lilies. So thii beautiful ijovc floats only in tho pur< ether of tho poet's dream. Hut, one day, I sat among the lot limbs of a thick leaved juniper tree, an< saw a lady wulking slowly along the Urn ?a lady pile and plain, save for tin sweet light iu her eyes and the p< ntl look about her inouill. Assbo walked ' she dropped a rose from her light hair bo' she did not stoop to replace it. Sh went on, down tlio hill, with thoughtfu atepi and cje* that nought the ground An she passed from night, a sunburn youth? scarcely more thin a boy?i< the coarse dreaa of a peasant, nprnn^ovc the funee, took up the rose, and kissed it, arid put it in his bononi. It wan u<i done passionately, but with reveren tendcrwon*?with aantathing of the fee, ing witii which the kneeling Mary kiaae the Saviour*a feet. After a...da, I came to know tho lady and in a little wbile we grew to he friendi She had nothing beautiful abowt her ci ocpt her noalg-which, shining sometinu through her palo eyes, gave thcin a beat ty independent of oolouring or nhapc. questioned ber about tho boy?not i auch way as to betray his aecret?an found that she knew little about bim.Sho had met bun occasionally in hi charitable visits among tho poor. Hcvi ral times she had seen him at bis motl cr'n honv, wheo she bad been ill i long and nhe had sometime* spoken I him. That was all nhe remembered. She loved flower*?wild flowers? thi But-1 W "KNOWLIDOE 18 PO^ER, AND WAYnOHO\ s. owed not tbeir blossoming to the care of man?wild roses, and ooavolvulus, ?weel I stales#, and the golden jessamine, whose f hne was a shade or two darker than her raooolight-oolored hair. Kbe was too weak and delicate to seek them in the ' woods and upon tbeir native hills, hut there was no need of this. Every mornicg upon the low post of the outer gate, was found a boquet of wild flowers, ia all ' the freshness of their dew and tho grace? fulm-ss of tbeir foliage. Early as she ! might rise, tho flowers were there to ! e greet ber. Who placed them there she , b could not tell, and I kept the secret i safely, for already she was a betrothed | bride, and, had she been free, knowlodge ' ' Wjiufwun imiuiaw and bar ppd? 1 t of faroity would have sealed my nps. | She married; not, I think, from pas- I sion or love, or yet worldly policy, bat , > because it was customary to marry and was expected of her by her cirelo of | I friends, nnd because she knew not how \ I else to fulhii a purposo in life. She did i | ' | not inquire too deeply into the motives |, ; of him who to??k her for his wife; wheth- I ' tcr it was for her wealth that he wooed , j her, or for the love of her fragile self, that was not lovable, save to one, who f could appreciate the delicate beauty of ! her heart and mind. She was more weak and fragile still, ; ner Mr marrugc. Slie nevcf followed j j her thoughts nut to the green wood*, , where the? loved to warning, but the , , I flowers still (vnun, an 1 in autumn a c branch of golden or crimson hawes ocea- I aionafiy, or a wreath of bright-colored j x autumn leaven. I I This I learned from her for I was j away, and when I returned she laid in 1 < | my arms a little baby, with her eyes t I and atuile. And she herself wan dying, I t ' fading slowly like the waning moon, nnd ' t j looking as though she needed to be but j t one shade paler to bo wrapped in her j I winding sheet. i , One day I took the bahy atid its nurs> r ! to walk with me, and while I stood on (l I the hill top watching the sunset bathe c | goldenly the sea of forest green tatu-nth, i the nwrse went down to the field on the , t | other side where two men were reaping; n and one.of these, she said, asked to see v , the child, and reached for it serosa the ,) ' hedge, and kissed it. And then lie had |. ' tat down with it in the corner of the ' 0 , fence, on I when he rose up and gave it ' c I bark to her without a word, hisJace was 1 r | wet with tears, and lie I I- ! _ _ have lost a baby oflWH I to young looking, with i and a face all brown, except hi^orcucaoj I |"that was white a'nmst as baby's." ' ; That summer closed the life of my gentle friend. She paused away with tho flowers, and when I came ag.iiu a year after, 1 found her grave. 1 went there alone ono evening?it was not the ! first time I had been. It was an evening in October, but tlic day had bceu almost ' ! of summery warmth and mellowness, and ' . the sunset was solemn and splendid. As T ncared the grave?my feet rustling in the long church yard grass?some one ( started up from tho rose tree at its foot f Our eyes met; he was paler than when I I saw him first in the lane upon tho hill, but the large eyes were tho same, though now all red"with weeping. I bowed my i bead reverently and passed him. lie had knelt at the foot of the grave, i L i_u i_ i_.? nuu upon iiiu ni?u wciu iuivi mhiiu law ^ purple gentians and a spray of the yellow ' t > jessamine, called into blossom by the ; 1 . ! smile of the Indian summer. I sat 1 i down upon the gravo and wept silently ' ami softly; not for the dead beneath, j I for she slept well; not for the husband, | for already lie had brought another and | a fairer bride to his home; but because ' j i 1 was touched to tears by the beauty of j | the lore 1 had sought so long. I had | found the gem in an unpolished casket, j but not the less was it sweat and holy. | ; I cannot tell how it moved me?this i silent, unrcvealing love, cherished in I j secret, and in all purity and reverence; i unvisitcd by hope, unfed by passion, j 3 seeking only the happiness of its object j ' and surviving after the grurc hud closed j D above her, and lie, upon whose bosoin j her head had lain, had ceased to rcniein j j I ber her. That true, high-hearted boy works still, with ready, toil-worn hands in the l 1 field by his father's side. HisTacc was * ' full of minlincsa, of honest and earnest ' ' purpose, and, if there is a shadow in his 1 ^ j dark eyes, there are none who notice it I j : except his old mother. Hut I aiu sure I he still keeps (he rose that fell from the ! ' hair of her so hopelessly and reverently beloved. I think he will keep it to hia u . ? i dying dV ^ ^ I, j Got) kvicr Good.?Omnipotence may *t | build a thousand worlds, and fill them 1 it with bounties ; Omnipotence may powder : I- | mountains into dint, and burn the sea, d 1 and consume the aky ; but Omni pot once cannot do an unloving thing toward a be', lievcr Oh ! rest quite aure, Chris.'ain, i a haul thing, an unloving thing, from t- | (Jod, toward one of Ilia own people, ia * | quite impossible. lie ia as kffcd to you i- | when He casta you into prison as when I | lie takes you into a palace ; lie ia is n , good when Ho sends famine into your d j house as when lie fills your barns with ? plenty. The only question is, Art thou tr His child * Jf so, He hath rebuked thee ?- j in affection, and there is love in His Y- chastise incuts. to | Those who call themselves the friends ! of Isbor sre generally those who liko it at amaitngly in others. A C., THTJRSDj [Frow lit* Kd(*ll*ld Advert IMF.] . Armageddon l" Some jtars ego I picked op an sd riim attributed to Francis HmoKi it High Chancellor of Kn^land, which profound wisdom, happily espr^^kj surpassed bj few if any urrnspirofij iogs :-"Hs who never changes his opufl must be horn a philosopher or die aJm Such was the apothegm ; aod sunk U the estimate I set oo it, io rseMPdiQl the editorial call msdo oo tue in t*>" J vert iter of the 21st August, I fin kg difficulty in saying that my views rgfl ing some things uught is Mr. BdflH book have considerably raodi^fl the days of the "HoutbevttiA^fl " l^L* u' 1 psamtiou hffa wot been acBH "Armageddon" baa jet a eowfl margin as to time, to be AIM ^H| whether it will be done aocordio^ programme can onlj be deterunusM[ the developments. The old Uatouf broken, and I do not think it prohsl ur desirable that it should be tneudu To attempt this would, in mj opinio i?nl> result in a piece of "patch wort which could never stand the strain tl it would have to encounter But ?H illianccs or combinations may be formi n the future between the States of tl Iforlh and the South for mutual prote .ion against Foreign invasion, of oour in one can foresee ; and it is not wise eiy implicitly on the predictions i litiier politicians or spiritual teachers. Hut aside from "Armageddon.." iti lot improhable that wc are now pa&sil hrough the scenes of the last act in ti ragedy of earth's woes. God graut tla 'the days may be shortened," that .b ime be hastened when wo shall cite ipon that "Host" of which we rcadf ii he epistle to the Hebrews, and of wjic! he old Jewish Cauaun was the lrp? n the expression of this opinion I d lot expect much sympathy, nor cotcut encc of sentiment. "Hut nouc of ties novo me." The world never yet beicv d in the possibility of any judgmcntun il it caiue. Noah made no eonvtrt hat wo read of except his own faniilf ii II his long preaching to the Antcdlu ians. The Jew as ho "walked aVou Jerusalem and told the towers" theicol jughed to acorn the idea that th? c'u; f his love would he sacked and plunder d and ruined?that city for wnicli^l acl's children, even in their dian^H jnu k, tuilded, married and gxte \n-l so doubtless it will be when ?ilie first f.uir nets already passed, rim filth shall close the drama with the day. Why should it be thought a thin ncrediblc with you that God sboul aise the dead 7" Thus spoke Haul t \grippa in reference to the bringing c 'hrisl from the grave. And I ask tb latne question of Christian people i efercncc to the resurrection of tin* raini ? for this is to tuke place before tL ' ? icnrrai roaurrcciion. ivising irorn in rave is no more a miracle in a certai icnae than going into the grave. T1 Jiffercncc consists in our being familii with one, ami not with the other. Tt springing of an acorn from the earl in just as much a miracle urn. a my*tor is the springing of a spiritual body fro the old mortality which ban corrupt! and waited away beside it. The reau rection, it ia true, in believed in by great many, ?yet always ns a possibili in the distant future; but few there a who can be brought to contemplate it something trial may transpire witlun tl timo of tho present generation. 1 mi be mistaken in thinking this latter ve probable. If an, let it be ascribed the woaknese and frailty of poor depra ed humanity;?if 1 um right, I hope meet many friends, readers of this artio] on the other aide of the river, to tl over troubles ended, and rejoice in cm cotne. Hut before this happy era, wo a taught to expect great national calamities, aud I cannot perbaj|^| close this nrticlo than by p*M paragraph clipped fiom a late ( paper T11K WAR CLOUR IX [ TransUted for ?he Charleston Mercury W ilie "Opinions Naiionalca" of Pari* X Russia seems about to encountefj long and perilous crisis. The peasant finding themselves snerifiecd for the bei fit of the nobility are rising up in evi direction, and the nobles themselves i giving in their united adhesion to I Jockey Club of Moscow, who have awo we are assured, never to acquieacc in i sehcinc of cinnneipatioii, upon the con lions nod principles laid down by government Affairs in Hungary are not lea* thrt omnjr, and in Turaey, according to n ( respondent of IDeutsche l\?at, insurrection had just prevented th signal victories over the Turks, wh would have proved s considerable loel the Turkish arms. Besides this, blood} riots have ta! place at Ismail and at Holgrad, in Principalities, whore a revolution set upon tho point of breaking out. Those difficulties, however, do not, the present, threaten the gencrnl pei The condition of things, nevertheless delicate enough to enlist the wholo at* tion of the (iovernmcnt* and to call i play all the skill of diplomatists, i To sum up, let na glaooc at tho spe A i - '"I ^ r"' " " J HA^Eurupo prafuti at tM..J I fl^EKfc^ I MJEjjmJL* tbara ara aiatj mBliont o |J2^3KBPf(^P*> it tbra* aeothi BK| i? oiril war. mmn af our MtiaM pWRioos of PoJiafc aobjoota ar 6Sg5#Bg i favorable opportunity I ^^Kmi independence. j Hkm art fmrteeo aillioa *!? proTiaooa, lw million* M?|fc?d Ave and a half million* wbotn are longing to Honm of QtMOVf art near twelve mil ^^Ktygane, alwaje In caeeft The 2 ire now At Iriist Iwen ?? men who ar? looking Kualj to ar je and Venice. Hrhus, w?t^Vt rc?k'-niug Greece, which j^pc tr?mblir^P,>or tl b.ink ofrevolution, l^the Ionia* flsl >, wtnch are in open <juarjBkel with . .-?? Britain, the Danish DucliHMrt or the forty millions ofGerroans seekwT ing for national unity, we find irt Kurnpr L One Hundred and Thirty Millions of |t torn ready to rush to arms, either to free j ) themselves from a foreign yoke, to unite q ! themselves into one national body, pr to * work out in their respective countries 0 certain great social and political ret forms. g Never was there an epoch more troubled, more fearfully agitated, or more jgj pregnant with revolution. _ i Such is the state of things in the old A world, and if wc add to this the disturbT ances on our side of the water, wc have ,1 exhibited "a face of affairs" wilicu may jT or may not (God only knows) indicate ? the approach of the time when there will 1 bo "upon the earth distress of nations , I with perplexity; the sea and waves roarI ; - *- - * - ? mg ; mrn s ncarts railing mom lor fear, .. ! and for looking after those tilings which e arc cotnlug upon the earth ; for the pow ; ers of heaven shall be shaken." May we all be prepared tossy' "Amen ? 1 ?even so. c<>uie Lord Jesus." , K. L. W. 11 Tho Way of tho World. | Men may swear, gamble profane the , j Sabbath ; be obscene in speech mid liccni tious in conduct?they may absent thctum^clves from homo and spend whole nights ^^Jascivionsneas, excess of wine, revel fc^^uetipg* and abominable idj^^ driven like Pmciall'aradise. If even the breatti BPwsuspieious blow on bcr vestal robe, it ^ is soiled. If she lapse but once from the path of virtue, she "falls like Lucifer." ISo tears can wash away tho stain trpon her fair name. You might as well attempt to restore the tints and fragrance w oi a faded flower. "The while snow lay On the narrow pathway B j When tlie lord of ihc valley crossed over llie La moor, ,u 1 And many a deep print. 10 j In the while snow's tint i Showed the track* of hi* footafepalo Kvcleen't '? door. ' IThe next sun * ray Soon melted away Kverv trace on the path where the faNe lord rame ' Hill none shall nee the day When the Main *lmll pas* away? The Main upon the nuow of fair Kvcleen'n I fame. A ' And yet that proud lord will lift his head ty io society, as if he were ns pious as an r*u angel, while the victim of his hellish arl M in, like Cain, a vagabond upon earth I,,. ' And even the virtuous woman, who would Xy shrink from her prescnco as front n pes Ty | tilencc, will give him her hand and heart t0 aa if he had never sinned. ~ ~~ to Nkcewhity or Kxwtcittr..?Thu bene tit o( exercise, 10 iuom wiiosc occcupa Hfetion does not lead tbcin to make anj HF physical exertions, cannot bo too highly estimated. The body must undergo i A^Mrtain amount of fatigue to preserve it Atural strength, ami maintain all tli< Heir* and organs in proper vig >r ^activity equalises the circulation Hist ribu tea the blood more tf!ec?.uall; Kgh every putt. Cold feet, or ehii PT'fhfre, shows that the circulation i ^Cguid there. The muscles, durinj iXlexercise, pj-cs* on the veins, and he) ^ forward the current, quickening ever ^^Lreasel into activity, The valves of th Hf heart art in this way aided in tho wor of sending on its stream, and relieve of a eertain amount of labor, v, If cxerri* V? '* ?*(5lf?,cd, the blood gathers too muc about this central region, and the opprei rn? sion about the heart,, a Acuity of breatl i? 'nE? 1 own ess of spirits, anxiety, an 'T*' I heaviness, numerous aches and atitchc I are evidences of stagnation. iVople at afraid to take exercise, because the I fancy they want breath, and feel languii Bat the very effort would free the he* from tlii* burden, by urging the bloc forward to the extreiuitiea ; it would eai their breathing by liberating their iunj from the fame auporabiiudanec; it wou H make the frame feel activo and light, i the effect of equalized circulation ai I free action. Easily 1'i.kankd?Somo grown \ for people arc very easily satisfied, "l'leaa< with a rattle, tickled with a atraw " i* '? wcatern editor eiprcMcd hia delight ten- having nearly been called "honey" I I tt> the gal he lovea, bccauao ahe saluted hi aa "Old llecawax," at their Last mei eta- ing. pp^^ f # , - - - -rri.-1-i jr""** ~-*?*^ *#-. ? > ?- ' a? 1 L*5~ i I "ijfj'Ta AW IKTR10HI0 HOItABCH." , QOTCXBEi e, Wboa Ilaiolrtifc ^jjondai to the f erreet *ed iiifrieouweprt of worfoo, we ? nppond it hod gouei esTar ? Itt itnitatMM of Bojubf u ths *<?U?1tra dvo1 Mrta ofMtW OM tk. ,oM?nstrt ounld I, deeire. Bat the arreet pf two little ehil' thti, l?t nd >fgl? ytM> of iff, in tho ' e?4/ of Bolts?ore, for wearing objectiooa* Iff eolopp it tbflr dreae, goes bowshot * beyond oy orfnd expectationa of -ike > cruelties rod aMnrdities of tbe ocw dee' poiifin. Tbe little innooeota, u^eoo fti<^/0C their crime#, wets, carried to ' tho ataAioo-honee. and we luppooa dia> charged fupon gOing bonds that ihey > would be good little children, abd never I to AbTabatu the Great that he ought io | have a special department for the punish- | ment of little children, when they do not appear upon the street cither in a j ghaatly white, or a solemn blue, or in a I .. .r ,l. o* i i.o.-i- ii # . paitvrn ui iiic own unu "Oinpes aiorc, said, which should be 'presided over by | Mr*. Lincoln, who should spank them ' soundly and put them to bed, where ' they could cry their eyes out all night, and not be permitted ever to s^ their I parents till tbev took the oath of alle' giunce, acknowledge^. the consolidation theory of the American Government to > be the only true one, and Abraham Lini coin to be the nfast just, benignant and { beautiful of human befogs. We have never beard before of any Government, however despotic, making war upon little childreu. There is no ? better test in the world of a man's kindliness of nature than this. Kven the ; Devil is said to give a wide berth to lit- j tie children, and good angels to be ; always hovering round them. Is it re- , j served for ibis gloojny ogre at Washingi ton, whose myrmidons at Baltimore are j easting infants into prison, snd in St. Ijouis have re-enacted the Martyrdom of ! the Innocent*, to aurpasn even the Devil j in the hardness and malignity o? hi* | heart? If this unheard of fiend die* in a j peaceful l>cd, it will only be because | j earth has no punishment proportioned to > hi* crime*?Richmond Dispatch. >11 - ? Ark Nortii urn Womkn Ai.if.n Enk- t m1r8??Sofpe speculation on thin subject having been indulged in among the go*- 1 sip?monger* of New Orleans, the Crea- I cent curtly answers the (piestiou thus: of the act of confiscation [ U iTT'w.iuHn legal *? n?e of the word ? j ^^M^faMight will the act of sequestra- j 1 tion consider tho property aithin the ' 1,'iwivn i iiu > ici *? n uv U t |" i males residing in the Northern or Fcde- i ral State*?thoso females taking uo part ' in the existing contest? There may be a distinction between a fommc covert and a femmc sole; though . | both m?y bo regarded as nun combatants, they will tight and talk now and then, i Hut to cut a long argument short, the j aet, in our view, will apply to females as i well as males, considering all na enemies ; The act of the Northern States has nl- ! ready been applied to mino.V property I in Philadelphia, both males and females, j i A lie male can be an enemy as well as 1 ! tho masculine gender. In fact, half of I | tho crusade against the South lots had j ! its origin among females and tea par| ! ties. * Ct'RioLs Facts Discovered nv tiie ' : French Census ?The French census 1 ! recently taken discloses some curious ^ | facts. Among these is an excess of , marriages in the large towns and cities 1 | ot l* ranee over tnose in me country, pro- i ' portionatoly to population. It aUo Hp t pears that hut about seven willows in 1 | every huudrcd marry again, while twice ' that ratio of widower.'* re-enter the con nubial s'ate. A majoi ty of male children - are shown to be born of parents of nearir ly the same age. The average duration f j of wedded life, in 1X50, was twenty-five a years, against twenty-three years and s two months in 1X110- One-third of the e men and one.half of the woman yearly j married are unablo to sign their names , This proportion, however, does not bold y in the department of the Seine, where I only one man in nineteen and nno woa man in six uro unable to write. In the g same department, also, the proportion of p children born out <.f wedlock an I legitiy mated by tlio subsequent marriage of e their parents, is much greater than in k the provincial towns, and is smallest of d all ill the rural districts. ? I ? h I An Irihii Discussion.?A contractor, i- , who was building a tunnel on a certain i- | Ohio railroad, observing one morning, d that tbc face of a member of his gang i, ; had its surface all spotted with bruises c ' and plasters. "Ah ! Jituiuy," said lie, ij ( "what have you been doin' V "Not J. ! varry much, sur," answered Jimmy, "I rl was jist down at Hilly Mulligan's last >d ' night, sur, an' liiin an' me we had a bit to av a discooahcn wid attacks !" pi Absence or mind.?The latest caac of abseuse of mind is that of a young la dy who, on returning front a walk witl 1 bcr lover, tho other evening, rapped bin 1 on the face, and bade goodnight to th< ip door. s<i , ? A ' A 0?w?d One.?One ??f the beat con at nuudrum* we Lave been lately, in the fol jy lowing :?Why is a fieli chowder like i in polygon T IteeaCae it i* a map o' tube it- (auperficiaa) obtaiucd by liuus and nit gle.%. ?_ a . f 'J I ! w. 4?L*x *: ?l*r \ ~?r .. 1861. TJK.o. 31. - j- iu~- ?J ! J.. LI YTLK-O K-HO THINGS. How iatoxiMtiff is the triumph of be^fety, and bow eight it w to nine it QMH of lbs aairww! How auj eoarUers?bow t)*>y alarm bore nbaiuW to ill Bat, aba! wby must it be, that what fatten our mw almost always deceives our aoula f * "O, Mary, my- heart ia breaking." "la it, indeed, Mr. Clnaafiatr So much the better for you.** "Why, my idol 7" "Because, when it is brs^ea out and out, you may ssll the pieces far gun-flints." The essential element of piety ia aympatb^ with the dial? goturament. The The Cuban ladies must be model women, forj according to Madaino Lc Vert ?"They never speak ill of each other, but always find some palliation for the errors of their own box." It is much easier toathink tight without doing right, than-to do right without thinking right. Juat thoughts may, and wofully often do, fail of producing just deeds ^ but juat deeds arc sure to beget just thpughts. . Army Jokr.?I) eaold bis "mess" I t. ? .11* ?i - - icmviuaj, uy iviung mem mat "U r was badly wounded." "How, bow tliey all exclaimed. "15y an accidental discharge of his duty,"%e replied. Some minds are like almond trees; they have uo foliage, and their thoughts, like the whito blossoms, spring from baro and leafless branches. Should you bo talking to a thin lady, of another thin lady, you needn't describe the party alluded to as a "scraggy old maid." Somu men are so rascally that it1s only the fear of showing theui our pockets that prevents oflr turning our backs upon theui. What is the height of imagination' Having dined at a tavern, to imnginc you have paid the waiter, and for him to suppose so too. Tha Arabs have a good proverb on what is called the "lucky man." They say : "Fling him into the Nile, and ho will como up with a fish in his mouth." through the bridle ceremony ? A hungry man no doubt wishes himself a horse when he hasD t for a long time had a bit in his mouth. It was never determined until recently who struck Hilly Patterson. No ouo doubts now that he was struck by the panic. He who sets up a carriage at the suggestion of liis vanity, generally sets it ,|nBn nl ikn bii otrnmt i r?n nf lii?i er/?ft i f r?m -- ",v ~-e? ? "(iently the Mews' are o'er uic stealing," as the man said when be bad five bills presented to him at one time. ^ Siiari? Answkrr.?Some time ago tyoro was a trial for trespass in cutting wood front a neighbor's premises without authority. One of the plaintiff's witnesses was a plain oid farmer, whose testimony went clearly and directly to provo the charge. The defendant's counsel?a blustering man of brass?thought to weaken the force of his evidence by proving idiocy to be a trait of his family. He therefore interrogated him thus: "Mr. Hodge, you have a son who is an idiot, have you not?" "Yes, sir." | "Does he know anything?" "Very 1?t|1a " *' Hnw -timi'li rtima lie linnw ' ' j "Well, almost nothing; not much morn I than you do." The witness whs allowed i to retire, without further question. A small boy at school, somewhat I defective in his upper story, was often I bantered by one of his schoolmates calling him a fool, and observiog howstrange it was that his mother should have out one child, and that he should be a fool; when the weak boy appeared to-be inspired, and replied : "Not half so strange us that your mother should | have ten children, and that they all 1 should be fools." Ikgr "Mother, I don't want to go to church. The speaker, a little brighteyed boy, looked up into his mother's face with evident dsuht as to the propriety of saying what ho had said, llis mother, who had rtftcn heard tbo same ' remonstrance, sat down, and drew hitn to her knee, saying, "Charley, father and 1 tell you that it is best for you. Don't you think we know bert?" Chari ley mado a petulant reply, although obliged logo,yet went in a very unfavorable mood. Years passed away. Charley had lived to be a man, and had long gladdened his mother's heart by living the life of a Christian. Children growing up around . him were taueht to tread the nath in which ho had boon led before. One Sabt { bath, a fiicnd spending the d*y with , him, askod, "Why do you endeavor to $ , get ail your children to church, whether ! they wiwh to go or not? You know that j tnanv do not npprove of auch a course." i Turning to hi* friend, he irplkdv J "IWcaueo [ owe it to my mother that I a wait aaved from infidelity by the reepeet a for tho Christian religion instilled into my heart, when she aent me eonaUatly i to church."