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Interea toh I as isd vertisements. :
The " gislature-HomosLead
,4*:to be Amended..
Tll6 <dy his passed a resolu tion
to talfi/ebe fiom the 22d. inst.,
to tl% 6th' aniary next. By the
resolutiou no pay or inileago is
allowed during the recess; this is
in aecoildn'e with the provisions
of the, Q?.titution,.
W uille o;*that most impor'
tanttlhnd'metstures 'will not le
finalg voted on till aftter the rceoss.
We a .d o spothat a bill has
beei lutrodueed to aimiend the
llomestead Act. It is certainly
very defpPti e. We would cite
the .Lodisiature to the Georgia
act 6i the same subjet. Parties
clalnlhg a1 hom estead ough, to be
allow-d to iav it laid oft if so
dispsed with6ut Waiting flot, i
Jovy' 'And all improvements by
the owier.or his family oi' the
-homostbd nade af'fer its assign
merit, should 'likewise bo pr'o
tected frol ldvV,and. salo. .Pro
visiol) shppidl alsq-bo made to allow
a said 40d1i.ivestment of the pWo.
coeds in a different tract of land or
residen'.-'The present act most
absurdly provides For the final
surVhdh '<161-f- the homestead to
cred{Qr8 ai'ter the younge.ti
- child,bo,6oh'ies of' ago, the. paren ts
bei n ad, whereas, it shoulb be
secired'O the heirs, or allowed to
be disPosc of by will. 1f time is
fixed atlyhich the homestead must
go outi dftle family, however re
mote that time may be, it offectual
ly ieltroys oio of its greatest
benefits Tle great object of' a
homestead:laNV-ono at least-is to
encouio the permanent im
provAwent of the country. No
family will. feel an interest to im
prov aind 'adorn the plaee they
liveit; 'when the law tells (Ihem
that it njust be surrendered to
creditors after a whilo, with all
thi 1'Mpi'n,ACuts they may pu t
upon.it. No one will plant an
orcha'nrd, 'build houses, or do the
hundrod other acts of improvem it
on hlomestad, when they know
it 4us4 inovitably go to sonic re
nmorseloss calculating edi t or', whlo
wiljjste'and keop alive his .judge
mont against the fatal day. We
wvoli most. earnestly urge uiu
the Loegislatur'o to incorporate in
onuorpne.t.ead . lawv the peeuliar'
features of the Georgia aict on the
saiao hibject. Tr'ac, they are
liniiiteds by the C1onstituition to one
thd lolars as' thie assessed
value of the homestead when laid
off, 'Nhilst Georgin has two thou
sand five hundred. But there is
still grefttornecessity in this St ate,
for,carefully guarding the little we
have rqgai;etr tlhe wiles of calcun
hatgg,op;ditors. Another featu re
of the Georgia law should be incor
pof4d;, tigt ih, an express pro
vision .that the thousand del.
larpA' means- a -thousand dlollar's,
thpais a thousand dollar's in
spgeie value, other'wise, it may
happen thatono man has his home
stead-laid ofif whon groon backs arc
* at ia djeo,upt of fifty pcor cent, and(
wil4 t'about $5.00, another w hilst
currency is at 251discount, he will
get $'350, but non'o vill r'eally get
the &4,90. ulogs the, act (defines
it to be speie value, provided the
cong'tp,d (1pot otherwise construct
it; but thQ,lpw in this.rpspoct should
not beol6ft6'oconstruction. Judges
are usually~ made of' 01(1 lawyers,
and they usually go in foi' the
m6st~ rigid constructions against
deobtor. ' We ar'e however, in
ho y6f 'liberal, and (- onligh toned
vieWs 'pivaifing, both wit,h the
reTs tlainha anel taTn-o TTlgs Une.
the o1. re giino,,the j,ogi8,l ature it
this State was tho'most illiborn
and .merciless.-towards dQbtor..Q
any other in the Union. No home
stead was allowed, and the mos
miserablo pittaneO of persona
property e ixemptcd from levy. I
did look as if the reproach of ow
enemies was justified in 'some re
spects. Thet'o was no rogard ii
ouri laws.r Poor' or anfortunat<
Camilies. Thle Wlas seem to havM
boon mado fop the bonofit ofsharp-)
or and speculators. wholly n<i
solely. 'Everybodf Iow sees hoi
stupid, as well as h6artless,. wer
our old laws in not allowing i
liberal homestitd. What immons,
suffering , would. have been prc
vented, if'. the laws had been dil
f'rent, beforo the war. We shoul<
also have had a larger population
m1,oro educntion, and a fair botte
condition of' society. Theic old, las
likewise, that confiscated all
Woman's 1propcrty to paly t ho hiu
band's doets was.an aboininatio
ternly adhered. to by the ol
fogy legislators.-Tihis has adde
iinelnsely to tl CurAe of gener
ruin thati haIs ifli ted this Stat<
(Greinvile Enterprise.
Alexander S. McCrea says ii
his last Liverpool circular:
IIow many know that, thero i
i plant growing and flourishin
(to an extob, y In:Juisiana, Tox
Mississippi, Florida, * Alabam
yielding a fibre so textile, yet.s
beautiful withal, that it Can b
treated to rival silk, and to supci
sedo the finest cotton ?
Yet so it is! Growilig in th
forenamed States, and exportinl
"silly". in.o Europe, is this splul
(did1 prodoct, ramie, or China gra.se
"We thiinc*(our hlgest Con1sum16
says adiressing the %vrite') thi
ar-ticle will oemnpy a very impol
tan t place in the exports 0f' Ameri
Ca, provided i is got u in a proq
er way. We~m1eat presehti usin
a large quantity weekly."
Now, what isil-what isit like
how is i-t. to'b "1goi. up in a prope
Nay ;" .whav ii its value and whil
its application ? I will reply. t
meachi of' hese quer,ies in theui ordcl
11bject to correc0tion from thos
better infori'm-ed.
.First, ani or China Grass i
hotanically named "Bochniivi
TPen acessini"," of the order "Urt
cacia," so that no one need mi:
take it on imqui'y.
'Secondly, it is ni~&ther' uinlik
jute or hemp, but with a bolde1
eriisperi,.yet more p)liable fibre.
ThIiirdly, To be got upi ini a pros
cor way (f speak of the raw mnateor
al), it should b)0 drlied, when Lth
gr'een beccomies white.
Fort bly, Tho~ value in the groo
state is ?34 to .C40 pier ton of 2
2'I0 pon nds--w he ?o50 pem otn
dressed for' mixing w'ithI cotto
and silk, E280 to ?300 per ton.
F i f'thly -- A plicat ion -2An
Amer'icans who have visitedl th
sid th last year or two, ma
Ihave seen onur ladies wearing f<
morn ing arnd walkingdresses w~h:
might appear' to be a sln
French lavend(er silk ! A merien
ladies, hiowever, would not fail1
obser've that though beautiful
the eye iL.lackedithe inherent vt
ne of' silk to the. touch, though s
perior in every way to cotto1
Did any of' t hese A morican visito
know that this silk-like mateii
owed its base to their own soil
that it was chiefly maoe frio
Rfamie or China gr'a,ss, and isr
other in Eu rope thani the imniitate
and so called "Japanese silk ?"
Suillicient, then, has heen wri
ten to demonstr'ate that here is r
onormous source ofcormerce opt
to the United States-that in pr'
dluction and pro'cess, the thing
a veritable fact, that gr'owing wi
on the plains of the Sou thorn Stat
is a firo, whic,h, from frunit to fr
ition, is of the magnificent valae
?35 to ?300 ne' ton. m -n
A Chaptor on Pitiehtte.
.A ". e fo r it i( Planchettist"
f makes the folldwing rovelatioils in
- Harper's MigaziO':'
b I have litte mor:e to say, and
I' sur'ely nothing further to -confloss.
t I havo truthfully givotn my exper
e ioces, and if it be of use to any of'
- iy -fllows, that knowledge is
I guerdon sufficient. A reformed
3 Planchettist, I Cat better, drink
> better and slcep better, thanwien
pursuing my evil practices. My
' -collscienco is more at rest, and I
, no longer havd troubled' dreams
Y Lot this encouroge those \vlo arc
I still under the dominion of' the
3 destroye,r to omancipate .them
- selves.
It is useless to tell me that thero
.1 is alyting in Planchette, or that
by its aid every Man may become
r his own medium ; I've been there.
6" When you can put a terrapin Oil
i Oh back and got him to respond
in Coptic with his tail, 'twill be
I time to Persuade ie that a block
I of, wood can be "charged" suffi
I cieitly to writo sentences. Mino
I was charged, (it stands charged
. against me, I believo to this day);
but it would only writo when I
moved it., and then it. wroto pro
cisely what I dictated. That Per
1 sons writo "unconsciously" I do
not believe. As well tell mo that
s i allIl might pick podkets with
out knowing it. Nor am I at all
prepared to believe the assertions
of those who declare that "t,bey do
not mllovo the board." I know
what operators will (10 in such
Cases; 1 know tile . distortioni, the
disregard of truth, which associa
tion with this immortal board su
perinduces.
I have seen chaorning you -]a
dieO, n"T.u or would take on'
1anything else in lif' (even if they
protested they were not engaged),
S who would not fib if you asked
them if their curls woro false, Mr
- if the red of their lips was natural,
sit up with both hands ol- Plan
chette-fortified in falsehood by
he contadt-and lie liCe laWyer..
Briil' ie any two professors of'
r the ait-youllg ladies, for men are
t not to ble believed under any cir
cumstar.ces-not too falrt gone to
. be scilsible to some moral con
c punction, who will put one hand
oil P:nchette and the other on the
Bible-establishing a sort of gal
V1aic col nection hetween (li ne eg
ative.and positive poles of truth,
so to speak-ald swear (as Ella.
says the clistoil of resoirtiig to all
oath in extremo pases has iitiro.
e duced into the laxner sot of' minds
'the notion of' two kindus of' truthI)
t hat thtey (do not writo the mossa
- ges they') pr'omutlgate, anid I will
~. dliscuss whbet her they (1o or net
e seriously.' UnIltil thlen 1 (10 not r'e
cant ~ 'n single expiression, but
stand~ 1i i by these con,fossionis.
. A P. 'i':n THur-r.~ -- l)urinr
the sob*.oi of ono of' the Recor-.
1deiY( Court s, t he ot.her (day, at
nmerry-facred andl( briight-ey'ed Mil
3 esiani was ar'raigned( lor' disord(erly
aS 'ondt.. PTe . indge inquircd,
vetry anigrily, "if' lie was not
''ashamed to be thoro'e?"
t "P'ou miy soul I am your hon-1
" "You are ini a ver'y disreputable
0comipany."
0 ''1 kno1w it for honor."
".It*j is shamoiIlful I"I'
- "Too true," was the penitent
'5 "If' I per-mit you to go this
itime, wilIOl ucvor' ho caught iii
anch company aigainl ?"
N~ot unless your honor sends foi
0mel"' was the meek r'eply, ill 1
tone so exquisitely sarc'astic, thai
no0 doubi of' his meaning w~as lofi
t-on the mlindsl of' the audiencoe.
- 'Did I und(er'stand) you to say thai
is I was lonsy, sit'?'
d 'Oh, no, I merely told1 my fricuc
s that when it raLined1 lice in .Egypt
i- I thought that you must have beer
f walking about thlere without a hal
.or' ann lnrellin---thnat' all.
One Kiss, Maria.
There was i funny little epi.
sodo on tho lar, that helped to
arouse us. At Montana a young
man and a youhg woman came oin
board of the sleeping car, and the
former said: "8o hore, Mr. Con
ductor, I want ono of your 'best
bunks for this yotng woman and
one for myself Individually. Ono
will do for uts when we git to the
Blufis, hoy, Marier ?. (a playful and
aflectionato pokol at "Alarior" with
his elbow, to Avivhie HIe roplies,
'now, John qui ?") for you see
we're goin, to, git Married at
Marior's unclo'Ivh1en1 we giL 'Thrci.
-W1ro might abeen mar'ried at
Montatinny, but' we took a habit
to wait 'till wo got to the 1311iffs,
being' as Marr'rls uncle is a
minister, and tU&Qy charge a goP
fired price forlhitchin' folks at
Montanny." Nria wits assigned
to one of tho .,bct bunks," and
John was givon onc not far.away.
After a time -1j4. inmli)atCa Of the
Car were all stoed away in their
berths to go thrbugh the inevita.
ble afteratioifs of' sweltering and
freezing.
During a stop agc of the train
at one station the voice of John
was heard, rais'Vd in pleading ac
cents, all tinnsciouq that the
train had stopped, and that tonem
which th0 iioe' of the rattling
wheels had drowned while tU
cars were moving could be diS.
tinctly hearI by all when they
had stoppod...,
"1Now, Ma-ri, you. might. give v
feller jes' one kiss."
''J ohn, you quit, or I'll git righl
out here and hoof it back to Mon
tanny in the show storm."
I'll go ; h6po to dio 'I I don't."
"John "
Jist, at that inte.re.ting moment
a gray head protitided from v
berth at the other end ofthe ear
and an old man cried out so thal
ail.could hear : "1Marier, for God'f
sake give John one kiss, so that
we , can 'go to sleep some time to
night."
It is noudless to remark thal
a peal of laugh ter rang from om
end of the car to I lie other, 11del
cover of which John sl,mk bach
to the solitary secinsion of hi,
"bunk,'' leaving Maria to the uin
distrillbed possciIoll of her 'mar
riage license to John ufntil ao
coia 'iil by the )ropor ccurtlill
cate.-.\d .\lMaricr wAvis right.
A CAuIous SINNER.----Solm
yearsago thee Vas a good ldea
of' exeiteiment among thre. peophi
inl a certains town in-C-- ---coumn
ty*, Veirnmnt, Oin th subjeih1ct 0
r'eligion,adams every 'man11 ~i
the p)laec' was mnore or' 1ess awak
oneCd to a sense of Ihis sinmfulness
and( made public declar'at ion of' hi
intention to lead( a dlifferenti life
Ambong the rest. werne thiroe of th
prinipa men)11105 of' the v ~illazge, whoni
wve wrill call M----, B-., anm
(4 , whIio, bin g all present a
one of the meetinigs, took part i
the proceedinga, to the great jo:
of the faiit.hiful, and mnch to th~
astonishment, of' "tihe rest of' mar
kind" then and there assembled
M rose first, and having
made a general conifession of' hi
unwvorthiness, said ini. conclusisor
that he hand always in tended to b
an honest mnin, but if hie hra
wronged any one lie was willin
to makie fill restiItut ion. ii
followed, speakinig in prctty rmue
thre same manrinr. G4 aros
next, and spoke of' his sins an
wicedness in qumiteC as strorn
terms as the ot hers had done ; but
coming to tihe ''restittion'' clans
hoe remarked, wit h a c'auiron chit
Iacteristic of' himself, "'If' therei
any mani that I1 have (letrauded,
shall be most happy to sit dow
and talk it over with him.
"lIiram,"' saidh a fihrmor to hi
hiredO( mani wrho wtas wor'kingi
the field, "it is going to rain ; suj
pose you quit work anid go pia
rig rcnlina "
Prints on Apples and Pears.
A friend who has lately beenl on
at visit to the "llub of' the Uni
verse," writes us thus: "I have
just scen a very )retty idea do
volopl on pers and apples, in
the orchard of, a friond at West
Roxbuiy, Massachusetts. As' you
ramble among the trees, you are
0ver1 and anonl saluted by an in
scriptioll upol tile fruit, (lono a
it Were by the handt of na11turo her
self. Onl Some you1 will find thle
names of Seymour and Blair, for
ouir friend is t staunch dolmowrt
of the coIserative r State rights
school. Here you meet With tle
familiar iniae of Mary or Alice,
or a date (1863) in brief, every
thing that may suggest itself to
your tasto or Caney, mid all done
in the skin of the fruit, without
a1-brtSionl or an1y foreign i im pr1ssIi on1.
Th11e discovery was made by the
ion. A rthur W. Aistiti, of West
Roxhury, in 1851-2. l1e observed
during the former year, that apples
did not redden, in that part of the
fruit where a leaf happened to'lie
i1)on it. Inl 1852 1he cut out let.
tors from newspaI)pers, and when
the appios were yet groen, 1he
pasted them on them with paste
such as the a)othecaries use made
of' Gum Tragacanth. The apples
would redden in all larts not cov
ered by the pasted letters. When
the fruit had reddened to pmr
feetion the letters were removed,
and t.hey would ap)eari perimaent
ly outlined in green. So, again
whon lo pasted on .the applio a
pa)er in which tle lotters were
eut out the parts wold be green
and the letters would appear, dis
tinctly turned in red, the green
.romti oninerinidiiig Lhem. The
0Xperiinen t is a p)rctt3 one, and
produices a happy efiet-let our
fruit growess try it. 11lory much
sweeter must be the r'elish of alp
pleC or near if' tile 1a1me of' a favor
ite Mhould th11us appear oin it, as if
written by the haiid of' liatnre.
What Superiol prieo Such fruit, so
inscribed, would coilmmand in
markot, and what at lrtty pregent
it woIuld be to any lady at a feast.
[(Chareston Courier
So.TorIN11 , Tairu-.-This old
colored woman, now living in
Miehigan, recently visited Milton,
.i, w here she m as the
guest of i Mr. (oodrich, who im
.-nl utani t emperanrce man,
amid a noted hater of tobacco. One
morniing she was puling away
with her pipe in her mouth, whel
I her host approached her', a 1 om11 r.'
lfClmeeed V cnesaItio llwithI t.
f'ollowving inter'rogaitor'y:
" 'A 3nt S()journerIV, do y'ou thiinl
you()l are a Chlristian ?"~
- Y'e~s, Brudder G.oodrichl, I speel,
I amii."
" 'Auni't Sojouirner, (10 yon be
, live in the Bible ?
" Yes) Brudder Ga'odrich, I be
lievov thoe Script urmes, though
.1 cnn't readl( Oim os you can."'
S "Aun13t Sojouiirner', doC you kn)ov
Sthat there'~ is aL passage in t h
Scriptures which dleelares that na
e thing un rclean shall inhiiicit th,
-Kinigdom of' IIaven ?
"Yesc, i'ndder (Goodr'ich, I hauv
heard of' it."
e "A ut Sojour'ner, (1o you be
lie it ?
e "Ytes Brundder, I believe it."
We~Vll, Aunlimt Sojournerc'i, yol
ir miok(, and1( you ('annlot enlter' thI
.. K ingdom of 11eaven, beecaus
bi there is nothiung so uncl(lean as thI
e br'eath (of au smoler ther~ie. Wha~
do you) sayl03 to that ?
"Wh y, Brnudder' Good rich,
,speck to) leave my broll' behlI id mn
whlen I go to II eaven.''
There is a grocer in Phliladelphin
wois said to be, sO meanti that hi
was seen to catch a flea off' hi
c'ouniter, hold( him up by his hinm
logs, and1( look in to the cr'acks a
s his feet, to see if he hadn't beel
n stealing some of his sugar.
Tfwenty million dlollars have been ir
Y ken from one gulch in Nevaria in~ fiv
'Remarkablo Superstit.ion.
Not long ago the Young and
beautiful wife of' ono of the citi
Zel of Mononlgihelia, Va., was
called to her final ncuouniit, leaving
her husband sad, disconlsoltte, and
bereft. She was buried in the
cometery, and the husband return
ed again to his desolato home, but
not to forg. t,he loved ono. She
was )Iesen1t Witli him by day, inl
spirit, and in his dreams at nlight.
One peculiarity ofh'lis dreails; and
one that haunted hin-being re
peated night. after nigh t-was this:
that the spirit of' his wife vane to
his bedsido amd told him that tho
undertatker had not removed from
her face tho square piece of' mulslinl,
or napkin, which had been used to
cover her face aftor deat h; but had
screwed down her colin lid with
it, upon her, and that. she could not
bro:ithe in her grave, but was in
uni1rest on accollolt. of the napkin.
11e tried to <hrive the (1ream away,
but it bided with him by itight,
anld troubled him by daiy. lie
sought the consolation of religion,
and his pastor prayed with him
and assured him that it was wick
ed to iidulg. such morbid fancy.
It was the subject of his own pe
tition before the Thronc of r(aCe;
but still the spirit came and told
anew the story of her su'focation.
In despair lie sought the un11der
taker who told him that the nap
kin had not bcon removed, but
urged him to forget the circum
stalice as it could not be any
possible 11annoyanice to inanimate
clay. While the gentleman friik
ly acknowledged this, he could
not avoid the apparition, and
continual stress uiponi his mind
began to tell upoi-lts health. At
length he determined to have tile
body disinterred, and visited tihe
undertaker fi that purpose. Here
he wvasu met with the same advice
and perisasion, nid convinced
nce more of' his folly, the haunted
man returtned oneo more to his
home. That night, more vivid
thanl Over. mor1e terribly real than
before, she camUio to his bodside,
an1d 1phraided him 101' his want of'
affeelion, all wonl not. leave hin
uintit hie had promised to rm'Move
the cause of' all her stATeriig.
The nclt night, Wit h a f'riend, lie
repaired to the sexton, who was
prevailed upon to a-pompainy
Ihem, ind there, by the light of
the cold, rouid moon, t hel hody
wams lifted from its narrow bed,
lie collin lid unsereced, aid the
napkin removod from the* face of
1 hie (or'ps.. That nIight 5he3 Came
to is bedr,ide onice more, hut fori
thew h-st time. '.Thanking him for
Ihis X aoiness, she inessed her cold
stiry ; ennii y'ou explaini the nmyste.
r'y of' dre(am4 ?
AN IEuimuunil.v MC:..iYenml.y Ocen:
Ii:Ne:.--The folowi i5~n(l elncholy (lIClir.
recie is rflated by the Edigef1ieldl (S. C.)
On Snitiriny aifiernooni JIst therel'
hnppiened aniu afi r ini our sect ion whlich
- stando forev'er, in t ho mnaioly of all, a's R
nloat sub-miwrni nl*ig ngninst the too free
use if ardenrt 1urits. An iinir in w haih
two litimsate fis ends, bioth uder the in.
thii'ec of lignor, fel to quuarrelhng, and~
th( one0 ,.hot and kiled the( other. TIh<
neter.<~ ini tlh.i ost meolanc'holr scene wert
Dr)a. Willinmv TI. West, of Linerty liill
u md Dr. TIhoumn 11. Pnttenion, 11ivint
c'ight nr inie iies below the v'illage
Dr. We(st w,as the victim, nind he is uion
lying in a bnrdy grave. Oni his wayj
frm Aluusta hie stopped nt Dr,. Patter.
son's resiudence for a neighborly vis.it a
friend(ly cliat. TEhe two friends drl<h
togeqthter, qu arrehld and foug~hti ; aid theu
reultit wa na we ha&ve staitedol o Dr.ii Ji
WVest livetd iunil iSunday, ansd fr eely for
gne tOIhe un fortuniiate mOani who had taIken
his lifo. Nei theri one1 conuhd rem,ewhelir
whai.t ty had(1i quanrreledl nhout. Dra.
WeV (si Was a h ighily respecItab le cit izenas;
D r. P'atI ersoni no( less so. Thle manyiii
fr iendsI, of these fam liies aure filled withs
gloom at this lmentabhle occurrence,.
"LIook borie, boy'"81( sid ai nervous
old1 genatlemiaa to Si ai'chin, whc
was mnrcinmg sulgarI---and(y at
lectture "y3oiiua'e ainnoyintg mec very
mnehcl.'-'N o Tu nini't; ['mi a|gnaw~infi
this~ oreocandIy,"' replied tl-0 urci'hini
The11 yVoun gest Ilnothier in) Ingland is
Love at 'Seventy,
Tho Bostonl correspondent of'
the Springliold Republican tells ths.
following :
".H-ero iq a a touching little. ro-"
manco: Half a contury ago two
young people-~youth and maldet
in a country village-loved each
other. Unkind fate persecuted
them and denied the legitimate ro
Ward of mutual affection. Bot h
married and lived in widely-sope
rated towns, children grow ut
about each, and the cares of life
came upon them; but the spark
of that early love still burned In
both bosoms. Once in a great
whilo they exchangod letters. At
last his wife died; his children
grew il) and went to the bad, and
he was left a lonely old man, poor
and comfortless. This' summor
her husband died. As soon as the
blessed dofunct, was put comforta
bly under the sod the widow
packed ip her goods and started.
I;ur the homo of her first love.
She arrived one afternoon, and
was diroeted to his house, but its
master was absent. No t h i ng'
daunted, she went in and sat alone
till he returned. Imagine the
meeting of tender old creatures of
seventy, who had boon faithful to.
each other through fifty years.
She remainod in his house a few
day; then they were married,
and the neighbors say that never
did humanity afford such a simili
tudo to two very sentimental
turtle-doves as in the wedded bliss
of these absurd old people. They
are living now, steeped in happi
nosa, it would seem, and no doubt
fuilly believe in the maxim 'Bette.
late than never.'
"-DAlRNEL WEBsTEK0" remarked
old Col. Gumpey, as he trimmbd 4
quid of niggerhead and fateied it
securely between two doeayed tooth
in the left side of his mouth, "Dat
nel Webster was a great man.
There waT)t nothing' mean about
him. I've board him talk, :but
'Lwa'n't his talk so much as his
ginerosity that tuck me. He had
a kinder carele"s way like, that
kept him from gettin' rich. Ie
never seemed to think what things
cost. 1 was a conin' up the Hud.
son River along with 'him once,
and in the mornin' Darnel Webster
and me was washin' our faces and
slickin' our ha'r in the cabin, and
he took out a tooth brush and
brushed hiFs teeth. I didn't seeo no
other tooth-brush around, so I
borrowved his'n. And after I used
it I handed it back to him, and
and what do y-ou think ? Why,
1'arne'l We'bster just slung that
tooth-brunsh right inter the river,
And iM'p)ose next day he went and
bought him a new one. That's all
be cared about money I Therenin't
no Hech men as Darnel Webster
living now," concluded the Col.
oniel, meuditatively, as he spitted a
stream of' tobacco-jnice Into the
fire-place at tho other end of' the
A GaAc:LEss FEYLow.-While
taking breakfast one morning
with fritmd, Dick D., at his board.
ing-house, the following incident
was brought to my notice: We
,wore all scatedl at the table-foug
in ' number-when the landlady
recquestedl Dick to ay grace.
D)ick, noticing but three pieces of'
ham on the dish, and being some.
what of a wag, arose, and, with
up1lif ted eyes, exclaimed:
I"ThrInee slicen for four of us,
Trhanik the Lord thero's no morve of uIA I"
1t,is neelesRs to say, that Dick
was never afterwardl called upon
to say grace at that table.
The following sentiment is at'
tribu ted t,o Napoleon Bonaparte:
"A handsome woman pleases the
eye, but a good woman pleass
the hiear't. The one is a jewel-..
the other' a treasure."
(Gov. Gillpin, of Arizona thinks of sell.
neg onie of bia fnr:na. It containg.a msl.
lion and a half of amros