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SATURDAY MORNING, MABOH 27, 1869.
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The Diamond Cross.
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A young idrl.ettjod at a jeweller's counter
rT?minj^f^f ?ArTrvcCl"ry">s 80 c?t,lJ,,?g*
ly arrayed. There were all uiunncr of pre
vious stones, rare, and daxrling, and pure pale
pearls, and creamy cameos. All wcru beauti
ful, and Agnes turned her gase from one to
another unable tu decide which was the most
desirable, till suddenly n sntull cross set with
diamonds and twined with * delicate vine,
flashed its starry light in her eyes.
"Se*./taiothcr, sec that beautiful, beautiful
croM 1" she exclaimed. ' I Would rather haVu
that than all the other jewels iu the case."
"It is very beautiful," said her mother, ''but
diamond? arc far too grand for my Agnes, and
far too expensive for her father's means."
'^'MriM^iBFrCffi'' p,?c <V*k.cd. ?1'9 clerk,
hoping that lief mother had over-estimated it.
"Kiyc, midrcd dollar*," was the answer. ;
WifH one more look at the coveted treasure,
Agoea>tnrned 4-way feeling that it was useless
to hofft-to possess it. yet the thought of it
Would not ler.vc her and she went liomo' rest-'
less and dissatisfied.
That evoping, soon after the lumps were
lighted, the dour bell rang, and present1;/ the
servant brought in a small package, and with
it a iiu?A addrcasaU lb Agnes. Breaking the
seal, the young gtrl found it to bu from a
much-loved uncle, who stated that uneecn by
her he'had chanced to enter the jewelry store
St the time she was so eagerly ndmiriug tho
diamond cross, and to gratify himself, an well
aa his niece, he had at once purchased it fur
her. The ttoto closed with these words :
''If ever this gitt becomes iiidced a cross, do
cot hesitate to dispose of it."
Agues could scarcely believe that it was not
all a dream, and bar fingers trembled as she
loosened tlie wrapping*.
"If ever this gift become* indeed a erosa,"
she repeated as she lilted it from its dainty
case ! -What could my uncle mean V and
then al the diamonds throw out their slender
jets of light, she forgot all else in wandering
ndmi ration.
For many days the diamond cross was ti
source of much delight. Then: was scarcely
a lover of gems iu the town who bad not
looked at it with longing eyes as it sparkled on
its downy cushions in ?b* jeweler's case, and
when they learned that Agnes, had become its
happy possessor, they thronged about her with
warm congratulations. It was not long, how
ever, before there reached her, man}' invidious
remarks made by tho very friends who had
seemed so sincere in their admiration of her
uncle's costly gifo. One said that it was en
tirely unsuited to her style of lace and dress ;
another suggested that she probably knew that
-her wealthy reltit'. 0 was within huuriug at the
time she expressed her wish l'or the cross; and
one eveu hinted that, after till, tho diamonds
were nothing but paste. Agnes' sensitive
heart was surely wounded, and afraid of ex
citing more remarks of a similar nature, she
soon ceased to wear tho cross in publio, con
tenting herself f ith nduu'ritig it in secret.
Otic morning there was quite nn excitement
made by the report that burglars were in the
nftigbtwr2; .od, and thnt seioral large robberies
had beon committed the previous night. On
inspection it was found that an attempt bad
been made ro break through one of the base
ment v indowB of Agnes' home, but the iron
bars i-ufinwd to yield. Agnes' first thought
was of her treasuro?her oross. What if they
bad succeeded in entering, and hud robbed her
of that *. And the fear that something of the
kind might como to pass, so troubled her mind
that she could take no peace or rest when the
oross was not with her. Unwilling to be seen
wearing it, she fastened a ribbon to the caso
vuul iiv'u it :li"r?Ji? v'uv iUy kont it con
eculed in her dress, while at night she hid it
beneath her pillow. This constant solicit udc
soon bad its effecta upon hef dreams. Sho
frequently fancied in her sleep that a baud
was thrust etwiltuly under her head to steal
hfer trensure, and would start up crying, "My
cross ! my oroes 1"
Agaiu she would dream that her tiny cross
had grown to such huge proportions that its
weight was crushing her, and she would waken
treuibling and exhausted with her frantic ef
forts to tear it from her.
Thus gradually, sho was learning that the
jeweled cross, she had so coveted, was a henry
cross to bear, and with this bitter lesson came
thoughts of another cross, higher and holier;
and she remembered that one hud said: '-Take
up thy cross and follow uic."
It was a winter of great severity, and in all
tho larger cities there was much suffering
among tho poor for lack of food and fuel.
The daily papers tccuiud with accouuts uf the
destitution that prevailed ; and among the
many whose hearts were moved with sympathy
for the sufferers was Agnes, tho own'r of the
diamond cross. All tho moucy she could call
bor own *as cheerfully given, but it was only
n trifle at tho most aud she sighed to think
how little it would accomplish where so much
was needed. Suddenly she recalled her an
cle's words: "If this gift ever becomes indeed
u cross, do not hesitate to dispose- of it." Hud
it not becotno in very truth a cross? Yet she
bad prised it so denrly?her beautiful treasure
?that she was unwilliug to think of even
pawning it, much less of parting with it for
ever. Hut the thought of the good she might
accomplish clung to her day and night, nud in
her heart thero neeined to bo a voice saying :
?'Carry thy cross to him who bore the cross for
thee, and thou slialt. have treasure in heaven."
The jeweler looked somewhat nuzzled when
Agnes stood at bis ctiUUier one winter morn
ing und asked htm if he were wiiiH?g--tt?_ take
back the diamond cross. Hut diamonds hud
rinen in value siuce tho cross was purchased,
and be readily paid her the sum that had been
named as its price a few months previous;
and before the day was*done the diamond
crass had curried sunshine uud picntv iut<>
many a darkened nnd destitute home.
It was soon known that tho cross was again
offered for sale, und [numerous were the sur
mises at; to the possible mot' s that bad in
duced Agnes to part with it, but they were all
tar wide of the truth, for the young girl had
disposed her charity so quietly that few knew
to what use the proceeds of her uncle's gift
had been appropriated.
With her it Was the opening of a new era.
In laying down her cross of diamonds she had
taken up that of an earnest, self-sacrificing life,
nnd thenceforth she carried in her heart the
consciousness of blessing others, and of being
-rich toward (Jod."?S. S. Teacher.
Plain it a Little More.?A good minis
ter bad long preached to a congregation of
average culture with little apparent good
result. Thinking the matter over one Satur
day morning, alt?r be had finished writing his
weckiy sermon, the thought occurred to him
to go down stairs and read it to his pious,
simple-hearted domestic. "Perhaps," ?>aid he.
"I shoot too high." Calling her from her
work, he rend a few sentences, selected as
containing the clearest announcement c" the
truth which the sermon was intended to convey,
and asked her, "Do you understand that?"
??No, sir," was her reply. lie then extem
porized the same idea in simpler language,
and asked her again, "Do you understand that?"
"A little," was her answer?kindling with an
interest which proved the truth of her words,
"but please, Sir, plain it a liff/r more." ' Once
more he expounded his original thought, in
the most lucid manner and with the fewest
and shortest words he could think of, when
she exclaimed with great delight?"I see it all
now, sir, ond I like it very much." He went
up stairs, re wrote his discourse, as nearly as
possible in the same style which he hud used
in his experiment; nnd went to church next
morning, almost trembling, lest bis people
would be disgusted with bis preaching. To
his amazement, the very first sentence seemed
to awaken a listening, such as he had never
before been able to secure. And, as he went
on, he could see one eye after another mois
tening, until almost his whole congregation
were visible touched as he hud never seen
them before, and us the result of that service,
more than one came to him to enquire, ? 'A'hut
must I do?" The effect upon his own miud
wus such that he changed his style ef prcuch
ing from that time thoroughly; dccluring thut
as for him?lot others do what they may?ho
would ?pertk nO no to bo umir.t niuod by all
whom it was his duty to address.
"Siro, one word," said a soldier one day to
Frederick the great, when presenting to him
a request for the brevet of lieutenant. - If
you say two," answered tho king, "I will hove
you hanged." "Sign," replied the soldier.
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Don Platt? Daniel Webster and
Washington Hack Drivers.?t was at the
capital for the first time, a green, awkard
youth, given to unheard of blunders, and lia
ble abuse. Sharpers looking at me said : ."He
is down?go for it!" A cab drivor did. He
drove ino in that fuuny old affair that had one
horse in front and.a door behind, and no end
of rascality between in the person of the driv
er-- he carried mo, I say, from, the depot to the
hotel, aud charged fivo dollars. He could as
well have charged me a hundred.' He had
such a self-satisfied, insolent way that he might
havo demanded my watch and pocket-Bible
and handkerchief. Ho might have takru nty
overcoat uud called for my bouts, aud my first
impulse would havo been to yield up and haud
over. I was such a downy cove, and he was
so insolent.
And this reminds me that the first time I
saw the great New England cxpouudor of the
constitution, Daniel Webster, he was under
going the same process of insolent exaction.
Cubby had deposited the great embodiment?
the two hundred pounds of meat, learning and
eloquence?and then ventured to demand his
fare. The godlike Daniel either had not the
necessary coin, or declined producing it, for he
stalked over the pavement to the door followed,
by the man, who urged, vociferously, imme
diate liquidation. Suddenly Daniel turned on
the steps, and bringing to bear his heavy bruw
and cavernous 03*08 upon the creature, said, in
deep, fearful voice:
'?Fallow, do you dare to dun me ?"
And the follow sunk iuto bis boots and re
treated.
But I wan riot Daniel Websfr so much then
as I nm now - so I meekly paid the live with
out remonstrance, but took upon the tablet's of
my memory the number of the robber's cab.
Some days after?long enough for the fellow
to forget me?I saw him driving along the
avenue and I took my revenge. 1 called him
to KWUid told him I wished to visit Mount
Vet non in time to rak-s^hcevoiiing train, and
that if he could do the tr^Ttn"""*}?^ time I
would pay him all of ten dollars. 11?^,worked
it up to eighteen, tu be paid if accomplished.
????<l >n)il ?in tn j?n?>j? ??? 1 '?'?> -...1 ..? j
wo went tit a lively rate of speed. On the
first bit of smooth road 1 softly opened the
door, hung to the step until I closed it, ami
then stepped off. I had the grim satisfaction
id seeing cabby disappear in the dim distance,
suggesting to my mind the wild tradition of
the "Flying Dutchman."
A man in New Orleans took out an aucidout
insurance policy before starting on a journey,
and happened to bo killed by a railroad
accident. The widow, armed with the news
paper report in which his name was mentioned
among tho killed, presented herself at the
office of the company, but was informed that
more definite proof would be nieessary. ''Why,
of course he's dead," said the bereaved lady.
?That is possible," mid the polite official,
??and, my dear madam, I am very sorry for it."
"Yc'r sorry, are you, sorry?" "OFcourse* I
am; I sincerely sympathize with you in your
bereavement." "Yes," exclaimed the excited
and bereaved lady; "that's always the way
with you men, you arc mighty polite about
everything olsc, but when a poor woman gets
a chance to make a little money, you're only
sorry." And the indignant lady left the room
in search of additional proof.
A Woman's Fiukndsiiii?.?It*is a won
drous advantage to 11 man, in every pursuit or
vocation, to secure an adviser in n sensible
woman. In woman there is at once a subtle
dolicscy of tact, and a plain soundness of judg
ment, which are rarely combined to an equal
degree in num. A woman, if she be really
your friend, will have a sensitive regard for
your character, honor, repute. She will sel
dom counsel you to do shabby things, for a
woman friend always desires to be proud of
you. At tho same time her constitutional
timidity makes her more cautious than your
male fricud. She, therefore, seldom counsels
you to an imprudent thiug. A man's best
j fenml' 'riend is u wifo of good sense and heart,
whom he loves, and who ioves bun. But,
supposing the man to be without such help
mate, female friendship he must still have, or
his intellect will be without a garden, and
there will be many an unheeded gap, even in
its strongest fence Better and safer, of course,
arc such friendships, where disparity of years,
or circumstance*!, puts the idea of love out of
the question. Middle life uas i-uridy this
advantage; youth und old ago have. We may
have female friendships with those much older,
and those much younger, than ourselves.
Fomnle friendship is to a man, the bulwark,
sweetness, ornament, of his existence.
A newspaper in a rival city thus speaks of
a promising western town :?"A Chicago pa
per conoludcs an account of a marriage in that
city with the declaration that "the purtics
were thon united fur lifo.' If thoy were it
whs certainly the first thiug of the kind that
cvsr occurred there."*
Nkw Manner ?f Di?8oLVT?fTxfbK? for
Farming PurpobW? Professof- HcrikofT
says : Ftappos'e ymi liavn 4,000 pounds of
bones," you need d,0i)0 pounde of ashes, (aver
agitjg ffen-per oeut< of carbonate of potash,) j
GOO pounds mrf;laeked limo, and some 4.500
pounds (fifty-five and a half gallons) of water.
Dig a hole some two feet deep, large enough to
receive'tho- bones ami one-half their volume
beside*; parallel tu Ulis you dig another or.c
twenty-five percent, itrgcr both being filled
with hontoe. First slack tho lime and mix
with >our. ushoi, covering 2,000 pounds of
bones id the smaller one. When it. gets dry
add continually water enough to keep it wet.
Wheu tbc bones crumble in your fingers, tbcu
take (B* Whole mass out and spread it over the
bones in the second holo leaving tho decompo
sition ib go on. When this is done, lot the
mass Aar: and to make it.fit for use add peat
powder-fir mellow garden soil until it is well,
dried >nd powdery. Let it be shoveled over
several tinies, and then apply to your fields.
'I lms you got a fertilizer averaging twelve
per eont. of phosphate of lime; two per ceut.
i of alkaries, and six per Cent, of nitrogen.
The pits used in this process must of course
bo dug hi soil to a great degree impervious to
water.* Clayey soil will answor, if first
sprinkled aud thou pouuded, or clay may bo
??puddled" iu a busin in any soil, and a water
tight pit bo made. If the bones are tolerably
fresh, there will bo very little loss of ammonia.
We have known the softening of the bones to
be complete on a small scale.?Ayricuituruliti.
Tili: Farmer's Shop. ? Every 1 armer
should have u shop fitted up with such tools as
are used by the carpenter, joiner, machinist
and blacksmith,' or with those that would be
valuable iu making repairs. Above ull, we
consider a good foot lathe very desirable. It
woulejwc impossible within the limits of a
newajMuer article, to merely notice the advan
tage ilK. very good f-jot lathe costs from sixty
to ono^iniidrcd dollars, and the money is well
expended in the purchase Articles of use
_and or\nuncnt made of wtmd. ivory and metal
mavStg turned out by tbc foot lathe couven
i?nt>riftt'..r ?"sr77r~firp-!iw:;^ ? ?? tine farm.
'?The^practice on the lathe is one or the most
fascinating pastimes for a stormy day or tin un
employed ? Vetting. Apart from its use iu
making und repairing, tho foot lathe is a plea
sant companion for the business haunted and
i brain woury. One who adopts it as a cum
! pnniou of his leisure hours will become nn
adept, and the more he uses and becomes ac
ttnsluted with his machine the better be will
I like it. He will be surprised at the number
and Cjlegancc of the little articles of use aud
ornament he can produce from the rough ma
terial, and at the pleasure that the practice of
a mechanical art can afford.?Scientific Ameri
can.
GbAPtiN?.?Every fanner should Iwirn to
j do lii-< own grafting. It is a very car* opera
tion when onco understood. A sharp pen
knife, and n good Kite saw are indispensable.
Splitting the stock so that tho bark shall not
I be bruised, ami shaping the scion wedge
fashion both ways, preserving also tho bark
t uninjured, and placing the rim of the wood
of both wood and scion exactly together so
that the sap can intermingle?there is no dan
ger of failure if properly waxed. We make
a shoulder to the graft, and think it adds to
the certainty of success, t bough probably
weakens it. We prefer alho two eyes of buds
to a graft aud would rather have only one than
more than two. One year's wood should
always be used when it can be obtained, as it
is more certain to take and grow more vigor
ously .
We wish to remind those about preparing
grafting wax, that we have found four parts
of rosin, one part of beeswax, and one purt of
beef tallow, to be the best preparation. Melt
them together in u skillet (which is the best)
or a tin cup and mix well. It should remain
in the vessel and be used as needed. Twenty
or thirty scions can bo waxed with one heat
ing up. When much grafting is to be done,
a little fire for heating the wax should bo
de on the spot bet ween two bricks or stones.
A Model Criminal.?A perfectly model
criminal was tried in Paris recently. Being
asked if he had anything to say, ho replied,
'?Yes a good deal. In the first place, I object
to the judges.(' "To the judges? You mean
the. jury." "Nothing of the kind; I mem the
judges?all tho judges of France."?"Impos
sible!" ?-"It is not impossible, but a fact."
"And, sir, on what grounds?" "Because they
! are prejudiced against mo." Judge (severely):
"Prisoner, you must not say such thing.*. No
judge iu Kraue* is prejudiced against any one"
"Weif, I dun't know about that," replied the
prisouer, "but yon must kuow as well as I do
that they hove already condemned nie five
times."
Congross and the Legislature of Massachu
setts arc said to be the only legislative, bodies
that adhere to tbc old custom of engrossing
bills on pari-hnirint.
Twelve fVct 'jf ?now on a level this winter
iil'CriiiadaV tiwrVrlo *r?<pt .??ff
The Sioisx Indians call Qaoaral eher man
"General, W^k-e^eap/'
Strawberries have appoarod in LendoU, and
arc sold at three shillings an ounco.
Sevcnty-pight prominont Americans have
been suggested for MiuJatorJt? Eriglarrf.
Kussia has jjoat^i^ajbotf* fortj treaanry
officials to Sirrin, for robbing the govcra
ment. , . .
Boston is in luck. Over 63,000 boxes of
oranges have arrived there during the past j
WCCk. ? i:
A Brooklyn clergymen was robbed on Men
dny night of a carpet-bag full of sermons.
The heirs of Noah Webster are said to re
ceive $25,000 annually from the aale of his
dictionary.
In order to dispose of polygamy at short j
notico, It is proposed to give the right of]
suffrage to the women of Utah.
. Kentucky has a stern parent who keep*: his
daughter chained to a lug, in order to prevent
her marrying contrary to his wishes.
It is said that the Indians of the plains trill 1
not take scalps from heads of negro soldiers j
killed in brittle,
Among the bills reported to tho Michigan
Legislature is one to prevent tho shooting of |
any person ''in sport."
Spring openod iu Northern New Hampshire
with the thermometer thirty-four dogrees bo
low zero.
A company at Lexington, 111., consumes
forty-nine tons of becta daily in the manufac
ture of sugar.
Concord) N> II., has had eighty-three days
of uninterrupted sleighing up to last Monday.
Nearly six feet has fallen this winter.
Texas hue agreed to pay $100 and to give
forty a urea of land to a company for every im
migrant it brings into the State.
In Texas the wheat crop promise? well, and
hi .some parts of the State corn is rising in
! price and is now worth fifty cents.
The Louisiana Legislature has passed a bill
authorizing the licensing of gambting-housce,
the price of the licensebeing fixed at $5,000.
A story cornea, from. Belgium of two soldiers
who played a game of cards. One staked his
life; lost; and hanged himself iu the morn
ing.
The New York Telegram wants to know
why actors who are engaged for "general utili
ty" always embraces the part of Hamlet.
A three year old child, temporarily left iu
charge of its infant brother in Columbus, Ohio,
last Saturday evening, got angry with it and
killed it by beating it over the head with the
nursing bottle.
The New York Times says : "If California
is such a spleudid place for making money,
why is it that there is such a <sh of office
seekers fron? there to Wash.ugtou ? Is it
easier to mnUv money in public office thun any
where else.
There arc 0t>0 American students at the
various German universities, and over 1,000
male nnd female American pupils at first class
German boarding-schools.
The Danville Register tells of a negro well
digger who was buried in a well seven hours
by its caving in, and covering him to the
depth of twenty feet with stones, &c, and Who
was not fatally injured.
Senator Schurz boldly protested against the
appointments for Missouri as proposed by the
President, and for his trouble received the
consoling reply, "I know the people of Mis
souri better than you do." -
Petitions, numerously signed by Republi
cans, are said to be prepared for presentation
to the new Governor of Tennessee, (Mr. Sen
tcr), askiug him to withdraw the militia from
some of the counties now under martial law.
A scientific lecturer at Shcfficd recently told
his audience thai when the star fish, which
live principally upon young oysters, finds one
too large to be swallowed, it turns its stomach
inside out, and then envelopes the oyster.
Mr. Cat!in, the prairio traveler, communi
cates to Trubnor's American and Oriental
Literary Record the curious statement that a
a great .iver, 'larger tL?u the Mississippi/'
llowa under the Uocky .Mountains ! Mi*. Cut
lin is about to publish the ovidence which ho
has collected in favor of this startling hy
pothesis.
An officer who had lost his hand by a grape
shot, was in company with a yonng lady, who
remarked that it was a ernei ball which de
prived him of hi* hand. "a noble ball, j
madam," said he, "for it bore away the palm."
Charles Bannister, coming from a coffee
house ono cold and stormy night, said that he
never saw such a wiud. "Saw ouch a wind I'
replied a friend. "What was it like?"?
"Like?" nnsworod Charles, "like to blow my
hat off V
An (fnprofitable- Crop.-?"Arethren,* saidf
an American preacher at a recent meeting, "I
fear very much that I must compare- some
hete to my crop of wheat and potatoes-; for
you have eyes and sec not, ears have you* and
iicat not.
A lawyer once asked djtf IMAniff Ike
following qncsti?? Wft Ih^^ffc***"
hundred dollars to keep fW'bW, and Wws*e$~*?*?*
what do you dof Do you pray for Meer ? ,\t
"No, sir," replied the le?dlor4. , JS?*>?? ???
another ,llfc? bun." - rnr rilniiii emraiienn
ties of three prominent l?stttotwne oT OWT ?
cjty fcays : "The McdieaT'CbHii? **"
rc-.d to Cehukcryf ^y ^M^f^ Oa#a?liM I li
on tho road to the Poorhoust; *a4 f)KrJk?wfrk4> 1?
school on the road to tho V|^ejke*
I Oh, my dear sir/' said, n^poor^ ?S^j??3rn>? 0 L,|#
dentist, ?;that Is the ?c?ond wrong, town jfrm M
have pulled out ?" "Very Horry, ' ixt^yM?** ot
the bluudering operator: "but as 'twere wVrtfr'A ^
only thre? altogether when I commence*^ l*?ae*?. Im*
sure to be right next fiajfi flamm 1 ntii imgao rwfT
Singabore has a bo* .?oatfmcfcft iha|^W ?f, ya
swallowed a young lady, who wore at the (>) ^
a $15,000 diamond necklace The j?p'
lady is of no value now, bat the nex-skWel?**?
so about thirty thousand r^tfr* <J?!g!iwitt1^^
searching for th? sou**. " . ni ,lrj|rioux *t
I New Lexington, has a ^wiaaartar:yrW.hM^svi
I said to be A "drugjsiet, ami ^eat^^^H^rV ?ee4t
' keeps a grocery, dry goods, boot aa*i show
store; is a silver smith, jeweller, painter, "\j
net maker, and when times gel a iilxU" tim}*' '
gets out a patent fbV some inten*?*/'b/Tfoa k***'*
' "It seems to me I hove sewn y?tcr::pfrj/laa^fjp>^-.iiiii
| nomy somewhere before," 'said a. .jweal i? IMe<m&
stranger whom he met, tho, other day,^ ?aHsul^riar?-?!*
cannot imagine where." "Very likely," re'
plied the other; "I have been the keeper of a
prison for the last twenty y'enrf.**. ^'i*""-** rw? -
Maclin and Johnson disputing b#*1lt8fwry*,?'*
subject. Johnson <iuote4pGreek^* 6^Mr?fe?avt<r>f ash
derstand Greek," said Maeliu. . "A !ne?;?hf stir 1o
argues should understand every language, re*
plied Johnson. "Very well," said Maclin^ anrJ.
a? ?? r Ii r ? 1 ' *? **
gave him. a quotation from the Insb. -
A Sou of the Sew/^'Wnafif youV nMnwV** V^i
said an oSctrf !? a J?ftfg ^cfegg* \?4f^fh>f^^r^
j joined the ship at the Cajloi ?Alg?s* iBegi* gau*!
sir:" "Where were vou born i" "Wasn't Lorn:-*_
at iUr "Wasn't"born nt all?" Xo^l^
Was washed ashore in a storm." ^
Bad Sp9lliug.?An ignorant but quick imP**5***
ted person was taken to task 'by a friend ?ir*
pfcjg h ,d sff Himj in a letter he had juatfakaeed 1 V?
"Bad spelling, is it ?" said the ftret} look at:?
thatf" holding up a stump of * quip to fejax, -.^ ft
Miow can a man spell right wi^k ?weh * (l^e^
A rough individual, whose knowledge"oflJ*1"^
classical language was not quite complete, nad' e
been sick, and on recovering was toVJ by ki?
doctor that be might take a little aniaaai tmm>f>4 eti
"No, sir," said he, "I took gruel easy enotagh, ,;lm,
but hang me if I ?an go your hay and oafttj^
"That's a stupftl brute of yours, John,"
said a Scotch minister to his parishioner* wW*
drove his merchandise from door to door on
a slnall cart drawn by a donkeyV*'*^ Vswtl
seen you but the donkey is braying.* 4*?s)fc*q *t?
sir," said tho dealer, "je ken *v* WfTi*l!tLJ, TL
warnj wlten frens meet.'' . . . ._
?IW C??W TtWaW
The city of Key Westy Florida, is at present p *
literally ovor-run witli C*??sn refugees, 'aasP " *
every vessel, steamer, yacht of smack arrftU^*^
from Havana is generally crowded with $WnV >v?Ptw
A young lady living near Atlanta, Georgia, nwSmH
it is said, has four suitors, aged re?p^a^a^|^|
thirteen, eighteen; ?h>rty-nT^ and sjj^. Jj|f j^i %
is twenty-fowr.
_- - 1 ? '
S^rilVT Of KS ?JfB SXttJUINJtS.?A m,
laudlordf, 8^/mcwwai noted for blunders took it
into his head to have a ball at his tavern. As
he intended to do things up brown, ated* Hwe'*,a*
everything on the big auger plan, hf ViMkWP***9
that a few "store fixtures" wott)4 tv a greet
audition to the bill of fare of pork and toffceyv <I
He, tbereferc,- made enq,iMry of hie frintada; r
and found that the only doKeaey iwthe T*iijfcit 1
at that season of the year was sardines. Aft*
cordingly, ho sent to the nearest city for (rW r
dozen boxes sardines. ?weis? ?atts*g?l
His chiography, howevor, was so fmaf er Irr' 4 >e
make it road, "two dosen boxes of syringes."
The night of the party came', and an sapper vmks
time drew near, the landlord looked anxiously
down the street for the appearance of the's^egv
which was to bring the principal (flsVeW Wt
bin. 'm v*>****sm
At lost it arrived, and with a paeka?jt( mmf-^ et
tho expectant landlord. ayQ
Directly there was? grott on^VfOB^jl,^
sound of cursing in the b^roptfc .p^^^
The entire party rmrhod out (o sce\#gf wMf
tho matter and there stood! Bonifaw.'aw'aawetli^
a turkey-cook, puffing and Mowfog wtA swge,
"Bee fcherot I eewt trr PTiWpn fm ??? jji 1 ;
en boxes of sardines for supper to-nigh? m&i^u
the cussed fools sent twenty-three . togas of
them pewter squirt-guns, and say* thnt is elf ^
there was in the market."
,?- -awetr' ? '
A story is told of a wester* lawyw^ ;wkMr^>a
lately attended a Toligious meeting, Tihmm IjTJ
?was called upon to offer prayer. Not being
experienced in such duty, he rose,and1 attempt
I ed the Lord's prayer, and* stMceedod very well
until he came to the passage,
j day our daily bread," when, from the force'wf'
habit, he immediately udded, "witk vantrs/*