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MISCELLANY. I swelled liis lir>s liiiiuoi-ml M? filial I
John Randolph of Roanoke.
Sitting one day opposite a gentleman at
. hotel ilinner-tablo in Richmond, lie ob rved
that he was eating one of those lux ioussoft
crabs of that region, and that,
v :is the custom of the hotel, a glass of
-i/':liad boon placed near his plate. Look ijr
up from his own, ho said in a thin, pi.inir
voice i
1 iiat's a singular dish of yours, sir, verv
!ar; crabs and milk! Julia, bring me
. ,Vv I of milk, and crumble some crabs in |
ti
At the same hotel, he said to a waiter, in
temporary absence of Juba, handing to
i at the >ame time his cup and saucer:
ink" that away?change it."
What do you want, Mr. Randolph ? 'fc?
k ' the waiter respectfully, "Do you want
or tea ? "
that stnil' is tea,1' said he, "give me
.. ;? i.- *
i. ii it 10 wuuu, uiuig II1C IC'U j 1 WAUL |
flge."
readers have hoard, perhaps, of his
I to a woii k.'>o\vn and highly respectable
..man of the Soutii, who introduced
-if to him while standing ana conversvitli
some friends, with?
should be pleased to make the acquaiuc'*
so distinguished a public servant
Kandolph. Iaui from the city of
tnore?my name is 13hint ?"
'.hint, eh?" replied Mr. Randolph, "T
j-id think so, sir;" and he deigned him
-inner nonce.
jually familiar to many, it may lie, will
. ? .omul liis reply to a gentleman who ratli
fueed himself upou Mr. Randolph's 110vvliile
engaged in conversation with
r.?, in a hotel in Virginia.
have had the pleasure, Mr. Randolph,
7 .itly of passing your house."
?. * am glad of it;" said Mr. Randolph;
ope you will always do it sir."
it unu uuc;tMon, ni w asmngion, ;i uro-(
member of Congress was enlightening j
t Randolph as to the manner of "shojt- j
%" at the capital.
"The merchants," said he, "have twopri-j1
?an "asking price," and a "taking price." '
<_d to send iny wife to make all the pur- 1
::<es for the family, bj' which wo made rf..
.ug of fifteen to twenty per cent.
"T had rather my wife," said Randolph, 1
, iy, "should make a living in any othtf '
but one, than that!" '
ing a confirmed old bachelor, the rt- 1
was no less comical than severe. 1
rcely anything more characteristic ;of J
mdolph is recorded of liiin in any/of
?;raphics, than in the following iiei..
liich occurred on the morning lie 1
.0 leave for England, on his last risk (
% uiat country. The steamer is waiting to
jnvey passengers when his friend calls up*)
him.
"Mr. Randolph," he says, "in the name of I
aven, what is the matter! Do you know :
t it is nearly ten o'clock, and thai the J
.imboat waits for nobody ? Whvf you
j not even dressed." j 1
"I can't help it, sir," replied lie, "IJm all
' "ont'usion this morning, everything goes .
rong; even my memory has gonch woolfhering.
I am just writing a farewell 1
dress to my constituents and I'vd furgoti
the exact words of a quotation from the 1
"?le, which I want to use, and asl quote
eotly, cannot close my letter until 1 find
lie j issage; hut, strange to say,, 1 forgot
'i i he chapter and verse. I never was 1
n fault before, sir. What shall I'do ? "
"Ho you remember any part <f Hie fpiotation
?" asked his friend, "perhaps I can
assist you with the rest."
"It begins," said lie, "with hpw have I
loved thee, oh?, but for the life of me, I
;an't recollect the next words. Ob, my
ad 1 There, do you take the Bible and
,ver that page while I am writing the
- i under of my address." ;
My dear sir," was the "reply, "you have
no t'nie to do this now; let us take the letter,
Bible and all on board the steamer,
where you will have enough {iine to find
the nfissruvrt von want., hnfnro vdn rnnr>l> flm
I O J ? 1 ? ,v"v*4
packet. : #
After a great deal of hesitation and t-eJuctance,
and after much expostulation, the
proposition was agreed to.
A i..ther cruel test of the affection of his
Servant John was tried on the occasion referred
to. John had in some way offended
-MSter that morning, as he was prepar
trunks, Mr. Randolph said to him
Finis!) that trunk at once, John, and
'ce it down to the steamboat, and on your
urn. take pasaage in the Philadelphia;
Mr. , in Arch street, and tell
tli.lt I have sailed ; then go to Baltioall
oil Mr.??, in Monument Place,
.id that I shall write to him from Lonion
; thence proceed to Washington, pack
ip the trunks at my lodging*, take them
vith you to Roanoke, and report yourself
my overseer."
Viler a pause, he added, m a Sarcastic
ue. .
^Bat you need not obey them, unless you
Moose to do so. You can, if you prefer it,
vhen you arrive in Philadelphia, call on
e Manumission Society, and they
take yoa free; jmd I shall never loofe after
you. Do yon hc&r ^%te' . " :
This unjust asperstop of John's love; was
much for the fallow : his cheek
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and he replied in great agitation :
"Massa Joint, t'liis is too hard ! 1 don't
deserve it. You, know I love you better
than anybody else, an<^you know you will
find me at Koarioto when you come back!"
"I felt my blood rising," said Mr. Randolph's
friend, "awl I could not avoid saying:
^
"Well, Mr. Randolph. I could not have
believed this, if I had not seen it. I thought
you had nore compnttfon for your slave.*.
Surely, you are unjust in_this case; you I
have punished him severely enough by leaving
him In-hind you, without furling 11 i?i,j
; fueling. "You have mad<j the poor fellow j
j cry, Mr. lJaixlolph."
"What?" said lift, with true emotion,
does ho slio?2 tears ? "
"JIo tines" I replied, "and you sec tlieni
yourself."
"Tlun,1" said Mr. Randolph, "he shall go
with me. John, take down your baggage,
and let lis forget what Ijas passed."
' J was irritated, sir," ho added, turning
tome,"and I thank you for the rebuke."
Tims ended the singular ?eene between
Randolph and his servant. "John instantly
brightened up?soon forgot his master's atiger-?-aud,
in a very few moments, was on
his way to the boat, perfectly happy1.
It is Urcasopable.
To blame an editor with e\'?ry little inaccuraev
which mav Ii:irmrn in ilir* /v.lmmis
of liis .Journal; for there lives not the iriancditor
who i.s able at all. times to exercise
that rigid surveillance, which detects and
expunges therefrom, all unworthy matter,
which by stealth may find its way into his
paper. It sometimes .happens that editors
regret as much, aye more tbau any one else,
things which are published apparently under
their auspices: for there are in all news- '
paper establishments, certain necessary appendages
in the shape of juvenile nutans,
wjio sometimes take the liberty of playing all
kinds of pranks with the type, particqlurly
when the senior is absent, or the head man
is not on the alert. It is only by the closest
scrutiny and utmost vigilance that the columns
are not rcneatedlv enmi>r<>mic?.l
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Llie insertion of some unworthy sentiment. ;
It is unreasonable to expect an ediior, 1
ivho.has aiur regard for huw (,hnmeter ft* n
man of common sense,"to "publish all the
iluii" which scribblers may be disposed to
crowd upon him. In the editorial conflict,
us well as in the great "battle of life," dicretion
is often the better part of valor.
It is unreasonable, to expect an editor,
who has a variety ?>f tastes to consult, am.
voracious appetites to satisfy, in his catering, j'
to be able to please the whims and caprices':
^f everybody. One able to accomplish that,; 1
would be an anoinolous specimen of the ed- '
itorial genus.
It is unreasonable, to blame an editor lor j
llio lack of news interest in his paper, when ;
it is impossible to get a fresh item, by which |
Lo point a paragraph, or adorn "a leader,
particularly when no one would pay him a
cent more, or thank him either, for his
trouble and expense in a telegraphic correspondence.
It is unreasonable lo visit the sins of others
upon the poor editor's head, or attempt
to chastise him for some imaginary
offence or dereliction of duty. Charity
i. . 1:1 - -
iu?iiiu?> cuiiurs ougia always to cover a
multitude of sins.
It is unreasonable for editors to pry into
other persons, a (Fail's, and dfinidfljllr imnorti.
ncnt in their retailing.out editorial gossip
by the wholesale, where the-names and business
of others are held up to the public gaze.
It is unreasonable for editors to quarrel
among themselves, and particularly unbecoming
to use such harsh and ungentlemanly
recriminations,?very unreasonable
and naughty for editors to shoot at each
other with pistols, particularly when we at
the South have use for all our amunition for
game abroad. v
It is unreasonable to blame an editor with
the failure of the mail in the transit of his
paper to subscribers. His duty is quite discharged
when he prints it off and deposites
f lm como xrttfl* IX? ? 11
.?v ou.uv niui mi; i u^i m;u>ier. in an
newspaper failures of this kind, Uncle Sam,'
aud not the printer, should bo blamed. *
It is quite unreasonable to ask an editor
to take the advance price for bis paper, when
several months have elapsed, since the subscription
commenced.
It is unreasonable, inexcusably unreasonable,
aud unpardonable, to expect an editor
to furnish a paper for nothing. Editors are
sometimes unreasonable themselves, but we
imagine hardly as much so as a numerous
class with whom they have to deal, who are
in the particular just referred to^jjecidedly
unreasonable.? C'amden Journal.
"What's thaf?" said a Rr.Vinrdm?a?/?r
pointing to a letter X. . ,
"Daddy's nan^e."
"No it isn't your daddy's name, you
block bead?it's X.n V., [ ,
"I'll be shot if it is. - It's daddy's name,
blow'd if it ain't. r'I've seen bim write it
often."
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A little girl wafttpld to spell/ermen*, and
give its meaning, with a sentence in >tfhich
it was used. The following v/as literally
Jie* answer:?"F-^r-m^jr-t, a verb, signifving^to
work?I love to ferment in the garden
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0 \ JP
w ???jr uuy in ncaVGIl.
The nursery shows thy pictured wull
Thy boat, thy how,
The cloak and bonnet, club nnd ball?
But where art thou?
A corner holds t hy empty chair,
Thy play things idly scattered there,
BufcBpeak to us of our despair.
E'en to the last thy every word
Too glad to grieve,
Was sweet, us sweetest song of bird,
On summer eve ;
In outward beauty undceayed,
Death o'er thy spirit cast a sha?4e,
| And like kho rainbow thou didst fade.
\\r~ "
?ic- mourn lor tiiee when cold, blanc night,
Tlij* chamber fills;
We pine for thee when morn's first light
Reddens the hills.
The sun, the moon, the stars, the sen,
All to the wall flower ami wild pea,
Arc changed?we saw the world through thee.
And thou perchance a smile gleam
Of casual mirth
It doth not own, what'er may seem,
An inward birth ;
We miss thy small step on the stair,
We inisa thee at thine evening prayer;
All day we miss 1he<? every where.
ITe.", 'tis sweet ]>alm to our despair,
Foml dearest brtv!
That, heaven is (Jod and thou art there,
With him in joy,
There past are death aud all its woes,
There beauty's stream forever glows,
And pleasure's day no sunset knows.
Farewell, then?'for a while farewell,
Pride of mv heart! "
11 cannot be t hat long we dwell !
Thus torn apart. '
Time's shadow's like the shuttle 1lee, *
An'] dark how'er life's night may be.
Beyond the grave I'll meet with tflee.
[From the Cincinnati Railroad Record.]
Value of one Mile Saved in a Road.
* The building of railroads bas bad three
distinct eras, in each of which one step was
made towards perfection, both in principle
and practice. The first era was the period
of the level road bed and inclined plane,
with a stationary eniiieand eablp. Tim
I
inconvenience mid vexatious delay, gradually
introduced a spirit of inquiry as to
whether some other and better method of
building could not be devised. The result
was the second era, when engineers racked
their brains to invent graceful curves to pass
the hills, and thus by lengthening the road
escape the obstacle which they coutld not
surmount. This, of course, added materially
to the length and also to the necessary
cost. The third era is that of lines, upon
which we are just entering; and it is one
of. the many strange things that attend the
vi every, new uraiicii ot industry or
science, that men will spend years and
sometimes centuries in attempting by complicated
contrivances to overcome imaginary
difficulties, which have no real existence.
Of such a character are many of the railroads
between great commercial marts;
they are made to hend and twist and tijrn
in every way but the direct one, to accommodate
here a little town, and there a stream
of water, while if they had been laid down
in the first place as they should have been,
there would have been no hill nor town to
interfere with the direct line.
But to our purpose. 'What is the economical
value of one mile of railroad
saved ? At first thought a mile of railroad
is a trivial thing, simply three minutes of
time, or two coppers to the passengers.
But "trifles make up the sum of life," and
iniicsinougii these are, they make an aggregate
of tremendous importance. .
Firsts then, it is evident that one mile of
railroad saved on a given routo is an actual
feaving of tlio first cost of that one mile,
say *30,000.
Second. It is an annual saving to the
world at large of just so much money every j
year as would he earned on that one mile, J
say *7,000.
Third. It is an annual saving to the company
of the expenses necessary for working
and keeping in repair that mile of road,
OO n.-vn
oojr, i?i>tUUU.
Fourth. It is a snving to the world of ft
vast amount of time.
Our first proposition is in itself so evident
as to need no further proof. Our second
unci third contain a point, capable of illustration.
The annual saving to the business
world in the amount of their freights and
the cost of their travel ,000, making
an aggregate of annual savit% equal to $10,000.
Ten thousand dollars per annum is
equivalent to a capital of at least $106,'OCCat
the legal rate of six per cent, and
that is as much as mojjey in an ordinary
seasqn will aud ought to be worth. The
facts in the matter will^then stand thus :
Say ng in cost of road - $80,000
Amount of capital equiyalent to annual
saving on freight and 03penles
V _ - * - 166,666
T^e fctal'Valdh^ien; of ^ one naile saved
in the Jen^t^pf a raUroadJa $qual to nearly
two 111 ill Ml. i)i njtfifnJ in'illiiii 1; in actual
cash In other
worda^S^^ toag
. 'St.
thousand collars loss I linn a road, bet\ve<
the samC terinini only 100 miles Ion
Astonishing as this result may be it is ne
erthc*le?s true and every day's experience
demonstrating it more and more clearly.
But there is another point of iuteresl
we said in the fourth proposition that it \vi
a saving the world of a vast amount <
time. Take for example the Little Mian
Railroad- .hero were carried, during tl
last year, over this road 322,421 passenger
saving of one mile in length would l>e trlu
minute* < **.' ):. Three minute's each t
322,422 persons makes the aggregate (
107,2CG minutes or 10,222 hours, or 1
002 work'ng days of 10 hours each.
The time wasted to the passengers rui
ning this <;xtra mile then would be cqti:
to over five years of 313 working day
. .. 1. _ 1 ' *
viu;i\ aim uns irrespective ot (he time Ios
by (lie en ploycos of (lie company. No\
?1,000 pe. annum is not (oo large an esti
male to put on (lie (iine of"(lie morchanl
and traders who form the bulk of (host
that travel. Five working years are equivalent
to ?".000. "The loss of time may there
lure be estimated at ?5,000 per annum, wliicl
is equivalent toa capital of ?83,3:53. Tliisa
mount added to the aggregate of ? 1 5,006 a:
before, gives ?279,098, or adding in fractions
?280,000 is the penalty for increasing tli<
length of a road the distance of one singl<
mile.
In view of such results as this, who slial
say it is only a mile? That little only that
is unnecessary, takes from the wealth of tin
world enough real capital to make ten
times its length of that which is necessary
and which would be productive and useful
It is a waste of energy and means sinful in
the extreme, and which will unquestionably
open the door, at some future due. to riw
J cessful and economical competition.
Colleges in the United States.
Statistics of public schools are to bo had
without difficulty. They arc brought forward
prominently in the annnal messages
of Governors, are condensed continually for
newspapers, and are scattered broadcast over
the nation in essays on education. But the
statistics of American Colleges are less common.
We shall endeavor, therefore, partially
to supply the deficiency. *
Th? nurrfiin* of Coljpgos in the United
States is one hundred and eighteen, an 'average
of nearly four for every State. Of
these, fourtecri are in New England, thirtyeight
"in the Middle States, thirty six in the
South and Southwestern Stales, and thirty
in the "West. The oldest is Harvard, at
Cambridge, Mas.*., A. D. 10:JG; the next,
William and Mary, at Williamsburg, Va.,
which dales from A. i). 1092; and tlie
third, Yale, at New Haven, Connecticut,
which was established A. 1). 1700. Of the
principle Colleges in the Middle States, that
at Princeton, New Jersey, originated A. I>.
1745; the University of Pennsylvania, A.
IJ. 1755; .1 t.fferson College, at Cannonsburg,
Pennsylvania, A. IX 1802; Mount St.
Mary's, at Emmetsburg, Maryland, A. 1),
1830; and the University of Virginia, A.
I). 1819. . In the West, the most tlourishimr
i< T T
... - V,. WUI5,
founded A. D. 1832.
The number of Students in these one
hundred and eighteen Colleges is about
twelve thousand, 'l'lie largest number on
the roll of anyone College in 1854 was 4G0,
the number attending the University of Virginia.
The number at Yale, however, was
nearly as great, being 433. Harvard had
330, Princeton 225, the University of North
Carolina 270, and Brown University, at
Providence, Rhode Island, 252. The largest
library belongs to Harvard, which College
has 98,000 volumes; Yale has the
next largest, containing 54,000; and Brown
University the next, 32,000. Bowdoin, at
Brunswick, Maine, has 28,000 ^Dartmouth,
Hanover,New Hampshire, 31,000 ; Georgetown
College, at Georgetown, District of Columbia,
24,000; and the South Carolina
College, at Columbia, South Carolina, 22,000.
Several of the Western Colleges,
considerng their youth, have splendid libraries.
Thus Marietta College, in Ohio,
has 14,000 volumes, and the University ol
St. Louis, 15,000. In these estimates, the
volumes in the students' libraries, as well as
those in the college library proper, nro in
eluded.
The cost of education varies at different
Colleges. At Harvard, the total expense.6
of room rent and tuition are ninety dollars
annually; and the cost of board is from
seventy to ninety dollars in"P?ddition; making
an average, with washing, wood and
lights, of two hundred dollars. The expenses
at Yale, averaged in a similar mannor,
may be estimated at about the same
sum, as may also those at Princeton. Bowdoin,
Dartmouth, J3rown University, Amherst
and Williams, are chenper, ranging
from one hundred and twp.ntv-fivA tn nm
hundred and fifty dollars. Thd University
of Virginia costs each student about one
hundred and twenty-five dollar#; while thai
of the Western Reserve costs less than half
or oftiy about one hundred. In these estimate*,
clothing, books ^nd pocket moneji
are not included.
Besides these one hundred find eighteen
collega* proper, there are forty-four tbeolog
icai schools in the United Stated about buv
enteen law schools;and about forty medica
or\<*^-Philadelphia Lido^r.
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>n [From (lie Carolina Times.]
or. Arrival of tho Africa.
v- Halifax, Juno 5, 1855.?The steame
is Africa has'arrived at. Halifax, with oii<
week's later news. The commercial intelli
t: gence by this arrival is of great importance
is Cotton having still further advanced l-4d
of and the sales having reached during th<
ii week 153,000 bales!
ic Milligan <fc Evans report the sales of cot
s; ton as the greatest on record, reaching 153,
e j 000 bales, during the week, of whteh spec
o , u!:i';?rs took 75,000 bales. Fair quali'io;
?f had advanced l-8d and middling 1-4.1
,- Fair Orleans C5-8d ; middling Cl-8d ; fail
upland G3--8d ; middling 5T-8d a Gd. The
i- markets closed buoyant. Trade at Manchesil
ler had improved. Iheadstufl's were tins
changed and dull. The crot> ttmsnwis wnwi
it favorable.
v The siege of Sevastopol* was unchanged.
- The last reports say that after a tierce ens
i gngement the French had destroyed the
c Russian outworks before the Flagstaff bat
tery. Another secret expedition was pre
- paring, and it was believed that Pellissier
i would attack the Russians in the field. The
- Vienna Conferences were to re-open on
5 Monday.
, On the '20th Count Buol had an interview
5 with the French and English Ministers, and
? suggested that the Conferences rc-open,
when he would make an effort to arrange
I the ad point. The Ministers, however, were
not then prepared to answer. The Berlin
? papers say that the mediatory proposals
i: are that Russia and Turkey shall settle ber
tween the number of vessels they will each
, keep in the 13lack Sea, and England and
i France to keep two each.
DaI. .? t?* -
jl ciwiurs appointment to the Crimen |
command is immensely popular. It was
thought lie would attempt to cut ofY Liprandi's
forces. Omar Pasha had offered to
take and hold Simphcropol, it' the French
would support his advance, Recent reinforcements
bring the Allies up to 200,000
men. A Russian sortie on the 12th, on the
left attack, was repulsed l?y the British, after
severe loss on both sides. On the 19tji
Gortchakoft" telegraphed that the Allies* fire
was weak, and that both sides were repairing
and erecting batteries. On the 22d the
French carried the Russian entrenchmentsj
and the Quarantino
tfnr ai'dttnntmitn
except 8 liners,, were ordered to be sunk.
All the fortified harbors in the Culf of Finland
had been placed in a state of siege.
The bulk of the English licet was at Nargcr.
The great debate in the English House
of Commons, on the motion of D'Isrucli,
a want of confidence in the ministers, occurred
on the night of the ] 2th. The. vote
stooil?for 219, .against 319.
It is expected that every available infantry
soldier will go from England to the
J Crimea.
| On the 25th Pclisseer telegraphed to Uie
Paris Moniteur that the French occupied a
large space between the central bastion and
the sea.
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A Ploasant Country for a Nervous Man.
A Texas correspondent of the New York
Herald describes the domestic products of
It hut favored land in glowing terms. If
j the half of his account is true, it must be
i a pleasant place for a nervous man, or a
I toad is the cause of a fit of "conniptions."
The cattle, however, aro not the sole occupants
of the prairie by any means. Droves
of wild horses are not unfrcquent, and declare
in countless numbers. The small brown
wolf orcayeuto is quite common, and you
occnsionlly get a glimpse of his large blaclc
brother. But Texas is tho paradsie of reptiles
and creeping things. llattle and moccasin
snakes are too numerous even to shake
a.stick at; tho hi to of the former is easy
' cured by drinking raw whiskey till it produces
complete intoxication ; but for tho lat
ter mere is no cure. The tarantula is a
pleasant institution to get into a quarrel with,
lie is a spider with a body about the size of
alien's egg, and legs five or six inches long,
1 and covered with long coarse black hair. lie
lies in.the cattle tracks; and if you see liimr
r move out of his path, as his bite is absolutely
certain death, and he never gets out of any
1 one's way, but can jump- eight or ten feet
to inflict his deadly bite. Then there is the
centi}#de, furnished with an unlimited number
of legs, each leg armed with a claw,
and each claw inflicting a separate wound.
1 If ho walks over you at night, you will
1 have cause to remember him for many
1 months to come, as the wound is of a particularly
poisonous nature, and is very difficult
to heal. The stinging lizard is a lesser
evil, the sensation of its wound being likened
to the application of a red hot-iron to the
1 person ; but one is too thankful to escape with
life to consider the lesser evils any great
annoyanc. But the insects ! Flying, creep:
ing, jumping, running, diggiug, buzzing,
1 humming, stinging, they are everywhere.
' Ask for a cud of water, and the reiomdar
1 in our camp invariably is?"Will you haivo
- if. with a bug or without?" The hbrned
i frog is ono of the'greafcest curiosities
ana is perfectly,: harmless,. It has none of
' -the cold, slimy qualities of bis northern
brother, but si frequently made a pet of. Chak
meleons are innumerable, darting over the
prairie in every direction with inconceivable
. swiftness, exercising their peculiar faculty of
I changing their color,' to coflrypond with the
color of the object under watch they may
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bo. The woods on the banks of tlio bayous
are perfectly alive with mockingbirds, singr
ing most beautifully, and feathered gamo
B is abundant, and very tame, as it is scarcely
. ever sought after. The only varieties that
I have seen arc the quail, partridge, snipe,.
' i mallard, plover and prarie hen.
Little German Story. t
A countryman one day, returning from
the city, took homo with him five of the
finest peaches one could possibly desire to
'see, and as his children never beheld the
s | fruit before, they rejoiced over them exceed.
mg!y? calling them the fine apple with rosy
cheeks, and soft plum-like skins. The father
divided them among his four children, and
retained one for their mother. In the evening,
ere tlie children retired to their chamber,
the father questioned them by asking:
How did von liL-n - '
j v..v. ouii, '-' "'jj appies I'
"Very much indeed, dear father," said tlio
eldest boy. ''It is a beautiful fruit?so acid
and yet so nice and soft to the taste: I
have carefully preserved the stone, that I
might cultivate a tree."?"Kight and bravely
done," said the father, "that speaks well
for regarding the future with care, and is becoming
in a hu-band-tnan." "I liavo eaten
mine, and thrown the stone away," said the
youngest, "besides which mother gave me
half of hers. Oh ! it tasted so sweet, and
so melting in iny mouth." "Indeed," afi-.
swored the father, "thou hast not. been prudent.
However, it was very natural and
childlike, and displays wisdom enough for
your years."
"J have picked up the stones," said th?j
second son, "which my brother threw away,
cracked it, and eafen tbo kernel?it was as
sweet as a nut to the taste?but my puach I
i have r.uld fin- ? ? ? 1 '
muiK-y, ana wnen i go ,
t?.< th" city I o.iii buy twelve of them." Tho
parent shook his head reproachingly, saying,
"l'?oware my hoy, of avarice. Prudence is
all very well, but such conduct as yours is
unchildlikc and unnatural.* lleavcn guard
ll.ee, my child, from tho fate of a miser.
And you, Edmund? asked the father, turning
to his third son ; he frankly and openly
replied, l'I have given my peach to the son
of our neighbor?the sick George, who had
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liio icvcr. jie would not take it^ so I left
it orf his bed, and 1 have just coin ft t^vay.1* ^
"Now," said tliu father, "who has dc?te the
"*? V\ ''Brother Edmnnfl 1?..
Hie Ihree excTnTirren nroutf,^ jjTywiui ?uf . <
mund !"?Edmund was still and silent, and:
the mother kissed him with tears in her
eyes.
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CcilE FOR Ih'DROI'IlOBIA. Tho following
is an extract from a letter dated New
Orleans, May 9, 1855, from an officer in .
the army:?"I send you hero with some
seeds for distribution, used, hero in the euro
of the bite of the mad dog. It is considered
as an effectual remedy in the parish of
St. Bernard, of this State, and the ^nrcawhich
are statedto have been effected from>
their use are certainly very remarkable.
I regret not being able to give you their
botanical name; but the plant is a tropical
one coining from Mexico?T believe from:
the department of Tobasco. The seeds aro ' /*!,
called here {/rains contrc la raye, and are
used as follows:?Three of them aro
broken up or pounded into pmall pieces
and put into a wine glass of the sherry
(Xeres) and allowed to Bteep for about
twenty-four hours, and then, being well
stirred up, swallowed by the patient.
This, dose is repeated three times a clay for.:^
about nine days, when the person or
animal may ue considered as cured. 1 am &>.
told that even dogs which have been bitten
by a rabid animal have been cured by thiB
treatment, or by putting a largo quantity
of these seeds in their food. The seeds
must be soaked in water twenty-four hours
before planting, and the plant must ho protected
from the-rays of the sun whilst young
and tender. It resembles much the okra
plant, and should bo^j)lanted%late in the
spring."
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Tub census of 1850 shows that the oldest
person living in the United States was 140.
This person was an Indian woman,"residing
in North Carolina. In the same State was
an Indian aged 125, a negro woman 111, ?
two blaclt females 110 each, one mulatto
inalo 120, and several white males and fe
males aged from 106 lo 114.. In the par
ish of Lafayette, Louisana, was a ferrudo *
black aged 120. In several of the States . f '-'
there were found pcrsoiiB, white and blacky
aged from 110 to 115. There were in4fi&
the United States in 1860, 2,555 persons
over 100 years. Thiajljpws that about on? *
person in 0,000 will bo likely to live to that
age. There are now about 20,000 persons ?
in the United States who wero living when
the Declaration of Independence was signed,
in 1770. They must necessarily be about ^
80 years old now, in order to have livid at that
time. The "French census of
shows only 102 persons oyer 100*JTftWS ,
Lold, though their total population jfik ne*r
[ 36,000,000. Old age is tfierefoWattamejd
nmong us much more freqtwntly than in
| France!' ^
I A Kahv nrrivpH OrlAflm A fimr '
days since from tffehfcippi, nine months
old, weighing widia all her
dimensions of ! ijjfflpii nding. gigaatio ??e.
She is on her f&fo. ^morn's great baby ,,.
ahp^j where ^^jj^tQ.tafce, toe greatesti^^
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