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NUMBER 27.
The Impromptu Marriage.
."#or. heaven's sake, Susy, do bo se
rious, if you can, for five minutes. Pray,
pray, cease this" trifling which is but
. cruel playing with my feelings, ami let
us treat this subject as it deserves, sober
ly and seriously."
"Well, there, then !" cried the laugh
ing, blackeyed girl to whom Charles West
erly spoke. "There, then, is thut grave
enough ? See, the corners of my mouth
down, aud my eyes rolled" up, and 1 am
us sober as u patient who bus caught
sriMfrtC-tbe dentist's instrument. Do 1
"You suit mc anyhpw, aud you know
it Well, you witch I" cried Charles, ga?
ing with a smilo at tho pretty face puck
ered up in its affectation of demuroness.
But ho was uot to be driven from his
point, as he resumed gravely, aft .
pause?"The timo has come. Susy, when
1 Atel I have a right to demand an ex
plicit answer to my suit. Yon have
trifled with my eamest feelings long
enough. I have growu restless under
my fetters."
"Shake them off, then Charley!" h>
tcrruptcd the saucy girl, with a defiant
toss of her head, which said, "I defy you
? to* do it."
"I cannot, Susy, and you know it,"
ropliod the hapless lover impatiently.
-nXka* bciug the ease," said Susy
"take my advice?wear them gracefully
stud dou't pull and jerk so, it only makes
. tthetu hurt you."
The young man turned away, and
talked up and down the room, evidently
?frotting aud fuming internally. Susy,
?meantime, looked sjut of the window aud
.yawned- Charles continued his moody
?walk.
? "Oh !" what a beautiful bird is on the
?lilac tree4'" oricd Susy, suddenly. "Do
;you come and sou It."
.Charier, ?Mtcchunicijlly approached the
%ti?dd**i?~k>oked ou: ?
'*4*?mH you fhiuk, Charley," said Susy
inyingher hand on his arm, and looking
Wp eagerly iu his face ; ' don't "you think
. you could manage to-"?
"What, Susy?" usked Charles, all his
.tenderness awakened by her manner.
"What r
."Drop.a pinch of suit on his back!"
returned the provoking girl, with an af
fectation of simplicity; for then, you
khon, you could easily catch ft ?"
His answer \va to turn angrily away.
His walk this time wus longer than
fcoforc, aud his cogitations were more
earnest; for he did uot Weed-any of Susy's
wrt fully artless devices to allure his ue
* tlce. At last be stepped abruptly before
hor, and said :
i?**??sy, for three long years without
cither confessiou of love or promise of
marriage on your part. Often as 1 have
demanded to know your sentiments to
wards me, you have always coquettbbly
refused me an auswer. This state of
? things must cease. T love you 'better
thxa say life ; but I will no longer be
your plaything. To-morrow you are
going away, to be absent for months, and
W jou cannot; this 'very day, throw
aside jour coquetry, and give me au
fiorr t yes' for sn answer, I .shall con
?eider that I have received a 'no* and act
?accordingly."
rfJkssd how would that be ? What
I^otthf you do?" asked Miss Susy, cu
riously.
'"?Begin by tearing your false, worth
<l<Ss<image frommySteart !" cried Charles,
"?l? ! O IIS I .
"It would be a curious piece of 'busi
ness, Charley ; and you would not sue*
?deed either/' aaid Susy.
'"I should aud would succeed," said
? "Charles, "as .you Will see, if you wish,
:4ta?lr heartless girl!"
"But I don't wish, Charley, dear?I
llovc -aW.-ly -to have you love me," said
?Susy.
'?Why,'then," cric? the foolish,youth,
Heulte won over again, "why then,-deurcst
, -Strsy, will.you not consent ?"
"Ketoember, I said I liked to be
lloVed," replied Susy j I did not say any
thing about lovitg. Biu ,pray, how long,
?did.you say you hud becu courting mc,
?in that pretty Httle speech of yours ?"
"Thteeloug years," replied Charles.
'?Netirly aud Accurately quoted, Char
'ley. Hut.you know my cousin Rachel
Sr?? only Won after five years' courtship,
tyon dotr't suppose 1 am going to rate
? ryself any cheaper than she did, do
you? Suppose we drqp this tiresome
subject for two years; .perhaps by. that
'ftme J msfy be able to Work myself up to
ttrfie) ?fatyKstg-1??lr**? :point-*^tfcere is on
e^WW"i*<g wrylb?t w^ujtlers tmic may effect."
'?If you arc not iu lovo now, you uever
will be," returned C. sturdily; "und 1
will have my answer now or never."
"Nevor, then," laughed Susy. But
she had gouc a step too far. Ilcr often
severely tried lover was uow too much
ib earnest to bear trifling any longer.
"Never be it. theu 1" be cried; aud
seising his hat ho strode from the room.
Susy listened to his rcccediug foot
steps with dismay. Had she, indeed, by
her incorrigible lovo coquetry, lost him ?
It smote her to the soul to think so. As
she heard him open the front door, im
pelled by a l'eoliug of despair", she raised
the window sash, aud, leaning forward,
whispered :
"Charley, Charley ! you will be at tho
boat to-morrow to bid mc good bye,
won't you ? Surely we are still friends."
' ! As she spoke she tore a rose from hor
bosom and threw it to him. It lodged
ou bis arm, but be brushed it away as
though it had been poisou, and passed
on without looking up.
Susy spent the remainder of the day
iu tears. Early the next day tho bustle
of departure begau. Susy was guiug to
accompany her widowed invalid mother
on a trip for her health. As they
reached the wharf und descended from
the carriage, Susy's eyes made them
selves busy searching for a wished-for
face; but it was nowhere to bo seen.
Tbe steamboat lay panting and puffing,
seemingly impatient to be let loose.
Susy's mother, aided by the servant man
who accompanied them bad already
crossed the gangway which lay betwe n
the wharf aud the boat, and Susy was
reluctantly following, wheu the sound ot
u voice behind her?the very voice she
had longed to hear?startled her. She
turned to look round, and missing her
footstep, fell into the water.
Another instant aud Charles had
thrown off his coat, and calling out
loudly, "Tull the captain not to allow the
wheel to atir, and - fcr lower we t -tupc '.v
he sprang into tbe water. Hut of her
whom be was risking his life to save, he
was unable to perceive any trace.
Judging that the current of the river
might have curried her a little forwaid.
he swam around the wheel but still he
saw her not, and despair seised his heart
as be conjectured that she might be un
der tbe boat. Ho strained hia eyes to
see through the water, and at length dis
cornod, far below the surface, what
seemed the cod of a floating garment
lodged between the wheel uud the rouud
cd bottom of tho boat.
If this were indeed the case of the un
fortunate girl, the least movement of the
wheel must inevitably crush her, aud
?Charles, in his terror, fancied it was
already beginning to turn. He divod
aud clutched at -the garment, but
missed it. He -rose panting and al
most exhausted ; but scarcely waiting to
got 'Mcrttfh, bo again plunged below.
This tame his efforts were rewarded with
snoeess, ?t least so far that be was able
to bring Susy's form to the surTace of
the water ; but she seemed totally life
less. Charles was now so nearly ex
hausted that he had only sufficient pre
sence of mind left to clasp Susy convul
sively to him while he k?pt himself
afloat by holding on -to the wheel.
But this, his la:-t hope of support,
seomed also to fail him, soon be per
ceived that it was really begiuuiug to
turn slowly round. By a desperate ef
fort he struck his foot against one of the
paddles so as to pnsh himself as tar from
tho dunger as possible. As be did so,
something touched bis head, and bis ;
band grasped a rope. New life Boomed
uow infused into him. He gathered all
his energies, and fastened the rope round
Susy's waist?consciousness entirely for
sook him. In the meantime the wit
nesses of the scene, after giving Cbarles'
instruction to the Captain, had watohod
his struggles and exert ions with breath
less interest. The Iriendly rope hnd
been flung to hint again aud again, but
iu the excitement of Iii? feelings, and his
semi sensibility, be had been incapable
of availing himself -of tho proffered aid.
At hist, perceiving that ho was quite
exhausted, and must inevitably soon lee
go his hold on the wheel, and theu prob
bly sink to rise no more, the captain
judged it best to run the rink of moving
off, so thHt a small boat could be sent to
the rescue. -The result of this hazard
ous experiment was successful. Susy
was raised by means of the rope, and a
boat reached C. in time to save him
also.
Both sufferers were taken en board
the steamboat, which now moved off to
make up for lost time.
And thus, when our hero regained his
consciousness he found himself many
miles from home. Of course his first
auxious iuquiry was for Susy, and when
informed that she was recovering, his
happiness seemed complete He showed
Iiis couteutmeut by fulling into a deep
quiot sleep.
About sunset a message came to him
that Miss B-desired to sec him. He
found her lying ou a sofa iu the captain's
'state-room, which bad been given up to
her. She looked very pale, and some
what suffering, but she held out her
hand to him very gratefully, while the
tears stood iu her eyes.
"Charles," said she, without offering a
word of thanks. I want to sec a clergy
man. Is there oue on board ?"
"I will go and sco," said Charles,
moving to the door; but a dreadful
thought striking him, he turned, ex
claiming, "Susy, you do not think that
"Thnt I am going to die ?" sai 1 she,
anticipating him. "No, Charles ; but I
waut to see a clergyman."
Charles went, and soon returned, ac
compauied by n miuister.
"I thank you, sir, for cotniug to me,"
said she to tho lutter as he entered. "I
have a strange request to make of you.
Would you object, sir, in the presence,
siid with the consent of my mother, to
unite me to that gentleman ?"
T( the minister was astonished at this,
request, Charles was infinitely more so.
"What did you say, Susy ? said he.
"Did I hear aright ?"
"1 believe, so," said Susy, smiling at
his eager amazement. "Docs the scheme
meet your approval V
"It was heaven-inspired," cried tho
poor fellow, frantic with joy?but a shade
coining over his radiant face, be added,
gravely, "Hut, Su<y. have you consider
ed '( Remember I WAtityour love, not
your gratitude. I will not be satisfied
with nothing lets."
??Do uot be concerned about that, dear
Charles," replied Susy, gazing at him
very tenderly through her tears ; "be as
sured you have them both, and bad tbe
first long, long before tbe last."
"But, Susy, you said only yesterday
"Never mind what I said yesterday,"
interrupted Susy, with some of her old
spirit breaking oat. "Just mind what I
say to dar. If 1 was a fool once, isthat
any reason I must be one. always i " Hut.
indeed, Oharles," she added, more softly.
"I have n4waya meant to be your wife?
the ouly scruple I havo is that I am not
good euougb for you."
It is needless te ?ay how the discus
sion ended The reader has already di
vined that C. continued his journey ;
and thus in the course of one oventful
day he risked a life, saved a life and
made an impromptu marriage, nnd set
out on a tuoet uuexpocted wedding trip.
Two Sharp.?An rnteTiprising busi
ness mnn of this city ruirs'Hwo branches
of trade, to-wit: a grocery and a fish
market. The grocery he runs himself,
the fish market by a deputy, and every
night the latter makes returns of the
proceeds of tho day's business to tbe
propriotor.
A day or two since the grocer found
in his fish market returns a counterfeit
five dollar bill. He didn't liko to lose
it, and he didn't quite want to stake the
chances of trying to pass it. "So be call
ed an old darkey who was hanging about
the premises, and said to him :
"Sam, here's a fivo dollar bill that's a
little doubtful. If you will take it and
pass it, I'll give you a dollar oat of the
change."
"Very we'll," said Saan, and he took
the bill aud went oil. Later in the day
he returned, having accomplished tljc
feat, and handed over four dollars in
good mouey to the grocer.
That night the grocer, in couuting
over the cash returns from his market
was more surprised- than delighted to
find the identical five in the pilo.
"Look hero," said he, sharply to his
market clerk, "here's a counterfeit bill?
who did you take it of? Didn't you
know 'twas bad ?"
Clerk took it and looked at it for a
moment.
"Oh, yea," said he, "I tomember now;
I took it of Sam, tho darkey. I thought
it was a little doubtful, and wasn't going
to take it, but he said he got 'it trf you,
so I thought it was all right."
Further explanation was unnecessary.
?Hartford Post
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A "Yankee story," beard by us some
two years, ago iu England, may uot be
new to our readers, sind the "texture"
seems to show the ets-^SUntie loom. Iu
our opinion, however, * is ho good that
we are tempted to give it at tbe risk of
its being a repetition :
Au Auiericau?a . Veritable "Down
Easter." and not to be mistaken tor any
other stripe?wan riding in au English
railway carriage, his sole companion be
ing an Englishman, equally unmistaka
ble as a typical "John Bull." They
were strangers to one another, and had
traveled some live milvi.or more without
a word passing between thorn.
"The '-whistlo" was hoard,- interrupt
ing their unsociable m -dictions ; when
the Yankee, whose curiosity could not
any longer bo kept in restraint, asked
what it was for.
'?Aw?u\v !" yawned the British.?
"Signal we are gawing to stop at a sta
tion."
Jouathan craned his Deck out of the
window, but could sec uo signs of u
station. lie said to bis traveling com
panion.
"I don't see it."
'?Of course you cawn't see it," was the
reply. "It's more than live mile miles
from heaw. Our rni'wnys make such
speed, it is absolutely necessary to sound
the signal live miles off, to give the en
gineer time to stop off his steam, put on
the bweak, and suspend the motion. I
pwesume you don't make such speed on
the other side of the Atwantic t"
"Wall, stranger," somewhat tartly re
joined Jonathan, seeing that his nation
ality waf discovered, "we tnako consid
erable time t'other side too.' We tried
the whistle, but it wouldn't d? nohow. ]
1 doestiuctly remember traveHfl.' on a
train at ween Busting aud the Green
Mountings of YarinoyVon which was a
conductor who depended on his whistle.
\\ al, as we were streaking along, we
seed 'bout ten miles ahead a team of oxen
and a wagon with their driver whippin'
'em acrosst the rails. Our conductor
Ordered the boniest kind of a screech
put (?n tho whistle ; and that war the
last thing [ hoard 'ccptiu' a all firod
smash, that knocked sound out of ury
oars, and day-light out of -my eyes. 1
reckon I mus' a been deul for mnrc'n
five minute-."
"When I kim to my senses agin. I
seed the wagon lyin' en the railway track
broke up into spokes, tho oxen knocked
into squash, and the driver lyin' dead on
the top of'em. And besides tho hoi of
the railway cars war off the track ; the
passengers crushed and squirmin,' ami
the conductor lyin' close by the engine,
looking as if he had boon drawn and
quartered. Jest at that minute the
whistle he'd ordered to be sounded 'bout
ten miles hack came past; but it came
too late. Yes, stranger ; we tried the
thing iu tho Stall's. It wouldn't do. Ii
wa n t quick enough ; and we arc now
using electric lights."
John Hull, who as a matter of course
was provided with a Times newspaper,
made no rejoindor; but unfolding the
brond sheet, and raising it so as to hide
his ruddy fuce, remained absorbed in its
contents during tho rest of the journey.
Put A Hole Tknouoii It.?One
night Gen.-was out on the lino
He observed a light on the mountain
opposite. Thinking it was a signal
light of the enemy, told his artillery offi
cer that a hole could easily bo put
through it. Whereupon .the officer,
turned to the corporal iu charge of the
gun, said :
"C, irpnral, do you sec that light ?"
"Yes, sir !"
"Put a holo through it."
The corporal sighted the gun, snd,
when all was r?ady, he looked up ml
said :
"Gen?
"Don" tip Erouuh
it, anyway
Sign
Charleston,
says:
A man wh
farm land he
notice in on
A mn?! w
farm was re
He replien
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JonIi Killings on Biles.
Biles arc tbe sorest things ov then
size on rockord, nod uz kross tew the
touch az a settiug ben, or a dog with a
fresh bone. Biles alwas pick out the
hnndyest placo ou youre buddy to bild
their nest, aud if you undertake to brake
them up, it only makes them mad and
takes them longer to batch out. There
aint no sutcb thing az coaxing, nor
driving them away. Tbey are like an
impudent bed bug, tbey won't movo, till
they hav got their fill.
Biles are az old az religion. Job, tbe
profit, was the fust champion ov biles,
and be is currently reported tew bavu
mure biles, and more pashunco to the
square inch, than enny one, two very
rare things to be found in euuy man.
Biles arc very sassy; sumtimcs when
ycr go to set dowu tbey will get betweeu
ycr aud tbe chair ; that iz one evidence
of their ill breeding, and 1 bad one once
plaut herself ou the front end ov mi
noze, w hich baz a most remarkable piece
ov bad manners, for there iz no room ou
mi nose enuywhare for a bile, for wheu
it is ebb tide with my noze, it covers
half of my face. Biles arc sed tew be
helthy, and 1 guess tbey am, for I hov
seen sum helthy old biles, as big as a
hornet's ucst and as full ov stings. J
always want to be healthy ? I am willing
tew pay the highest market price for a j
good deal of helthy?but if I hau to have
2 biles on me. awl the time, in order to
be helthy, I should think that I was
bulling the market. I
There is one more smart thing about
biles ; tbey are like twins J they hardly
over kum singly, and 1 hav known them
throw double sixes. I
What! tw dye biles on one man at a
time i* This is wus than lighting bumble
bees with your summer clothes on.
Biles arc sed, by the. educated and
eorreet spellers of tbe land, to bean
operasbuu of ndcher to get rid of sum
thing wich she wants to spare. This is
so. without doubt, but it doii't strike me
as being a very polite thing iu iiacber to
sbuv opb her bile outo-other folks. I
say, let everybody take care of their own
biles.
There is a time in their career wheu
tba konscutrutc mil the pathos ov joy
that, a man has on band to spare, and
that iz?when tbey bust ! This is the
calm after the Storni ; the wedding day
of patience ami joy; this iz the christen
ing of hope, the inistiek hen that lays
2 eggs a day ; this is buttur on your
sassiiges.
ICxil bile...
Responsibility.?A young man in
Virginia had become, sadly intemperate.
He was a man of great capacity, fascina
tion, and power, but be had a passion
for brandy which nothing could control.
Often in his walks a friend remnustrated
with bin in vain; as often in turn would
he urge bis friends to take the social
glass. On one occasion tbe latter agreed
to yield to bun. and as tbey walked up
to the bar together, the bar-keeper said :
' Gentlemen, what will you have?"
? Wine, sir."
The glasses were filled, and the friends
stood ready] to pledge each other in> re
newed and eternal friondship, when he
paused and said to his intcmpciate
friend;
"Now if I drink this glas? nnd b*?r>oni??
a drunkard, will you take the responsi
bility ?"
The drunkard looked at him with so- 1
verity, ami said :
"Set down that glass
It was s?jl down and the two walkej
away without saying a. Word.
Oh! tbe drunkard kn.ows tho awful
consequences of tl first glass. Even in
his ow.i mad: agj for liquor, he is not
wilting '.o assume tho responsibility of
??'Cither's becoming a drunkard.
W hat if the question* were put to
?very dealer, us he asks for hia license
und pays money : "Aro you willing to
assume the responsibility ?" How many
would say, if tho love aud gain of money
did not rule, "Take back your license ?"
Exhibiting Calves.?Now that the
strong-minded women propose so serious
ly to wear trowsors or pantaloons, fashion
is seeking to revive for men's wear, in
Knglnnd, fhe_?to? style of koeebreeohes.
Not n bad idea'for'tvefl-Hritbed-ge'rffleniQn,
but what are'tho spindle shanked to do,
unless they take lessons in padding from
the ladies of ' he "nude drama?" In that
case, calf-dressing will not be confined,
as an art, to the veal butohere
?. ... ...-_-??*?/??:???? ?
Recovery or a Lost Uaa^h?mj Rim.
Tiiuouoit njE; 1 >hkam of a Nwjro
Girl.?A few nights ago, a lady, while
taking a pleasure walk with her infant
child along Jefferson street, lost a valu
able diamond ring from her finger in -
some anacconnteblo way.' Diligent end
extensive search was made throughout .
the neighborhood, but without any clew
to the ring, and the lady gave it up as
gone "for good and all." Before day
light the following morning the lady was
surprised by the calls of her nurse, a
small negro girl. On being admitted to
her mistress, the girl, who had not heard
of tho ring being lost, said she hr.d just
had a dream, iu which she was apprised
when, where aud how the jewel had been
lost, and that if allowed she felt s ire she
could find it. She then described the
plaee and manner in which the ring
disappeared, and begged her mistress to I
go with her and tes;t the dream. This j
strange e'reunistanee was made known
to the house hold, but all treated it with
the utmost incredulity. It was afterward
coucluded to humor the girl, however,
and she and several white members of
the family proceeded to tbe desiguated
spot, more than lot) yards from the
house. Here the dreamer told her mis
tress that as directed in her dream, she
must drop another ring, and it would
roll as a guide tc tho missing ouc. A
plain gold ring was handed the girl; she
let it fall, and sure enough it rolled and
stopped within two inches of the lost
diamond ring, which bad got iuto a
crevice between two biicks of the pave
ment. It may be imagined that the ring
huuters were somewhat astounded at the
miracle. They did uot pause to inquire
whether or not the girl was influenced
by the anticipated eclipse, but she
obviously eclipsed all the little niggers
they had seen. Her own astonishment
was greater than that of all the rest.
Our informant avows that there is not
tho least fiction about this curious dream
and its lucky result.? Luuisr!M>- Coupler
Journal.
The I>asck.--What a strange thing!
this dancing is. after all. when you look I
at it from a philosophical, or, if you
please, unsophisticated point of view.
The other day, Insulanus asked a lady
bow it came to pass that the entrance
upon tbe floor of the ball-room made
such a wonderful change in her usual
manners and habits. She asked him
what he meant, as she did not understand
He asked her. "Suppose T'introduced
y?>u to a friend of mine, a stranger, and
he would not only" take your hand, but
put bis arm around you, what would
you do?" You may imagine her look
and answer. What would she do? All
our holy readers know what they would
do. aud what the father, husband, or
brother of such a lady would do.?"l>ut,"
said Insulanns, "as soon as you enter the
room of the "hop' or ball, you permit n
stranger who is introduced to you at the
time, not only t<? take your hand, but to
put his arm around your waist, and to
Sail around the room with you in the
giddy mazes of tho dance, and your
father, brother, and husband think it all
right !"
Triplets to a Youthful Mother.
A correspondent of the Savannah Re
pi$},licdn} writing from Scriven county,
gives (he following;
A good lady acquaintance of mine
Mrt. B., of this county, gave birth a few
days ago to thr^e fine, healthy boys
which up to this time, are doing finely, j
and gi;,e every promise of beiug raised,
Und possibly growing into great men.
Tho fact that the good lady is ouly some
fifteen summers old, and this being the
first time she has given birth, aud that
her mother gave birth at alike tunder
ago, may be considered remarkable and
to the scientific mon interesting. A wag
gish friend suggests that with this un
usual arrival in Sorivou, there is certain
ly something ahead, probably squalls..
Pork from a Bukhtsl of Corn.-?
Tho Country Cent lernen says 'that an ex
perimenter, tF. B. Lewis, obtained 10(1
pounds of -pork from seven -bushels of
corn, or one pound of pork from -AJ
pounds corn; the grain was ground and
moistened with water before feed tag.?
Nathan A. Morgan, of Union Springs,
by wetting his meal with five times its
weight of hot water, and letting it stand
twelve to eigbtesu hours before feeding,
obtained 1 pouned of pork from 2J
pounds of corn Doubtless different re
sults would be obtained from different
breeds of swine.
-tnitfyste 4*iMMNNt. **** it*
The following analysis of the
New Testaments is taken frets an ex
changes* .^iwilsdlb stellt ftea^tofesjiiag,
t<> one rmidi W+mnfm ?aal antu ad* ta*tf
Books in the Old Testament^* JwHk nflftufr
('t,nr^-?. at, ?i jiHulaw #2ft?f
Verses.,., 23,214
Words,...f.........y 592,43?
Letter;:. .%i5S,itO
Hooks in the New Testament,_..... VI
Chapters,. Nt--*
Verses,... .a4, . .tWtft.. s?sit_tt>.7,9<W(
Wyrd*?.v-rwI^W^ /
Letters, -y ?^.^-^
The Apochrypha has 18'
6081 verses,1lD^6*,w^Ql!4,>ft
Wh.de number of worts in the Bi_>Io,
3,718,055. s*J le o--?l*i ajsw> asrtlstaanv? *n?
The middle,chapter, aud the least in
the Hibls^s^a^jLU.^,
The middle verse is the 8th of Psalm .
117.
The worJ^a'nff^^fcrtff'H^^W-^
Tesbmetit^-W^t?*'.' U
The same in the New Tcataoaeat^ also 1
occurs 10,643 times. M j^. a^'J ?Jj
Tlie word .Jehovah occurs 6855 tirres. -
The middle hook of the Old Tcsta
t ? ! satiT a, a^h?* h*an
mcnt is Proverbs.
The middle chapter is Job 29**'s"w***1r**
The middle verse is 2d Chronicles,
chapter 20, 17th verse. wrvwj
The least verse is 1st Chronicles, chap
ter 1, and .1st verse.
The middle book in the New Testa
ment is 21 Thessalonians.
Th? middle chapters are Romans 13
ami 14. **?'??' ??K-^Thrt *u kt.^M
The middle verso is Auti 17, 17th
verse. , t^c*?
The least verse is. John 9, 35th verse.
Tb?.- 21st verse, chapter 1, of Ears,
has all the letters of'"'.e alphabet.
The 19th chapter of 2d Kings; and
chapter 37 of Isaiah, are both alike.
|. -??? 11 ? " . Wygi.Afap*a*a?_^
A Young Man Takes a Two Yea as
Nap, Awakens, and Asks, 'Ts Bkkak
fast Ready?"?We are informed that
a young man living in the lower part iff
(his County Was taken sick about two .
years'ago, and tell into a deep sleep,
from which . he only awoke about.two
weeks since. The first expression be
made use of on coining to. was, uIs break
fast ready '?" j?st as though he bad been
asleep but one night. A physician bad ;
been attending on him all the time, and.
happened iu just after be awoke. On
walking up to the bed. he called the pa
tient by name, remarking that "You
must f el better, as your cheeks have
more color ;" to which he replied, by
asking, ' Who are you?" On being
informed that he was a phyaieiau who
bad been attending him constantly for
two years, he could hardly believe his
senses Pining his sleep he was fed
regularly with spoon victuals, as though
be was conscious. He is now up, enjoy
ing good health,, and busily engaged in ?
trying to get tbo events of the last Uvo
years posted up iu his mind, tliat he may
unite them with the past and present.
He has a distinct recollection of evcry
thing up to the time of bis going id
sLep. We have beard no explanation '
of this case of Rip Van WtnkJetsav
[MiKiis'j,! (Iiul.) Courier, ZStktth.
at 6i *adi' tmtmK
A tt k m it f. r> S i: IC 11> E.?A man >nacqed
Price, from (jirecne county, Va , attempt
ed suicide at the 0 veenbrior White Sul
phur Spring-, a f.-w days ago, liy ?erJ.tiag
his throat with a razor on the lawn. An
account in the Alexandria Gazette says:
There wore a number of persons in
full view, -but the attefitTou ?of* Oft*. *
Wise was first attr^o.^r^****^ I
nv*n -was really attempting. Uea. R. L.
Walker and others at once ran to him
and snatched the razor from his hand.
His throat was very seriously lacerated,
but it is not thought Quit doatb will re
sult. The unhappy man* bad brought'
here for exhibition a*toaowfeh the print
of a child's foot cm it, found some dm*
ago in Modisqa^aouiity But as few per
sons hud sufficient curiosity tfi see it to
pay for the privilege, the ad venture Was
unprofitable. The disappointment, with
perhaps ??known causes b?*fes, led to
the desperat* attempt.>-*fc: V. vt*<
A young girPnnniad.lb.try, ab?mt 15.
year* of age was raped in Bcutoo County,
Indi. in, several days ago and died from
the effects of her injuries. The man,
whose name our exchange does not give,
subsequently suicided, by taking poison,
upon heaiing of the .death of tbe peot.
girl be had c-rully outraged.