iikrson Ju?e?^cnter. I'M Take What Father Takes.. ?"".What -will you take to drink ?" asked - the waiter of a young' lad, who for the .iirst timo accompanied his lather to a pub? lic dinner. Uncertain what to say, and feeling sure that ho wo'uicl not be wrong if he followed his father's example* he re? plied", "Til take what father takes.'' The answer reached his father's ear, and, instantly the responsibility .of his po? sition flashed upon hihi. If ho said, "I'll tak? ale,"' as he had a 1 ways said before, ?his son would take it also, and'then ! And the father shuddered-as tho history ot several young men, who, once promising .\as his own.bright lad,- had bcen.ruined by ^Stronii drink, started up in solemn-warn? ing before him." 'Should his hopes all be blasted,, and that open-faced noble lad be come ?-burden and a curso as they had ..-?become-?, But foe strong- drink they " would have boon active, earnest, prosper? ous men ; and if it could work such ruin -, npon iiietn/yas-Jifo^rvtr-lau safe ?-Quieker "^aa lightning those" thoughts passed .through his mind, andina moment the '^decision was jnade. "if the boy falls ho ? shall riot have rae to blame and in tones, ?tremulous with emotion, to the astonish j'inent of those who knew him, 6aid, " Wait -erj'I'il take watery and from that day to . 4??isr:-strong, dfink hasbeen banished from V.tha-t nfan's' table and from that man's /jhoiae. . .% That young lad, in the brief utterance, ?was really the representative of the gen ? eration to which he belongs. God has /so directed it," that a father is the highest :-authority in the world to his child. Who does not know.that "My father said so," is-the end of controversy with the little ones around us? Who does not see the paren t's tones, and gait, and manners, re prod aced continually in the children, -whose" naturo fa now i'soft as wax to re? ceive an impression, and rigid as marble to retain it;" and who watch with a quick ">frnd; imitating eye, those who, to them, r*ar.e^3bd's vvecregents ! WouW that we'could impress upon the v?atHSra and mothers of this country the solemn, fact "that the:future character of the children is; being formed by them. "That if they are trained up in tho way ' -they... should, gb, when they are old they ~,w.ill not'depart from it. But if they be eorao^. vain, sensual, and degraded, the seed will have been deposited, and tho ?bias given in-the earljv morning of their lives. If we teach them that strong drink i is.a-good creature of God; they will bc ;JJeve tis ; and when, depending upon our judgment and truth, they .shall have taken ^rt,..and itshal! have shown itself to be the .??deal's; masterpiece, and have bitten, ? ..crushed, and. dragged them down to ruin, "'we'ju ay weep and pray as wc please; tho blame will bo our own] and we must not accuse God, or cast reflection upon" tho Gospel. We shall have so\vh to the flesh .'and of the flesh have reaped corrupth>n. -i&Sld will.have visitedxhe sh.s of tho lather r upon the children. Tiny* only took what -their fathers took. if. on the other hand, "" we. banish Ute fiends from our homes, and ".in thc hours when their young and trust -Hug hearts are most open to our teaching, .we tell them that wine is a mocker, that ?'.strong drink is raging, and warn them that no serpent is so dangerous, no adder so- m rich-to be dreaded, wo shall be co ''w'qrkers with that all-merciful and wise God; who, to preserve them from taking it, has sent them into tho world with a loathing of its taste.-. Our children will . Believe us. They will grow np with nat -?ural instinct, fortiaed by our instructions ''and e:wmp!cs. They" will be preserved from tho poisonous influences of the de? stroyer. There will be a bndgeless gulf --between them, and the companions who are: most likely to lead them into the ways of sin. They will be preserved from . habits of extravagance and waste. They will have no companions but those who 'walk in the ways of God, no employment ?Tor their spare time/but that which is elevating and purifying; and when we pass to our reward, they will risc up and call us blessed, for they "took what their I fa th e r's toole ''?Excha nge. -? -o--1 A ILvey Soi.it.oql-y.?lam here. And, 'rf this'is what.they call the world, I don't think much of it. It's a very flan nelly - .world", and smells of paregoric awfully. It's a .dreadful light world, too, and makes ?,.Me blink, I t?ll.you. And I don't know " what to do with my hands. 1 think I'll ? dig my fists into my.eyes: no, I'll scrara bre.'at the corner ol' my blanket and chew "ifup, and then VU holier. And the inore paragoric they give me the louder I'll yell. -That old norco puts the spoon in the cor? ner of my mouth in a very uneasy kind ol way,-and keeps tasting my milk herself ??all the while. She spilled snuff in it last night, and when I hollered, she trotted rae. That ccmes of being a two day's old baby. ""Never mind, when I'm a man I'll pay her hack good. There's a pin sticking in rae now, and if 1 say a word about it I'll be trotted or fed; and I would rather have catnip tea. I'll tell you who I am. I fonnd ont to day. 1 heard folks f,av, ."?Hush, don't wake up Emmeline's baby*" and I suppose that pretty:, white-faced woman over on thc pillow is Emmeline. r?o. I was mistaken, fur a chap was in ?heic just now and wanted to see Bob's baby and looked at ran, and said I "was a funny little toad and looked just like Bob." lie .smelt of cigars and I'm not used to them. I wonder who else. I belong to. Yes, there's another one?that's "G arana." ' Emmeline told rae, and she took up and ; held, rae against he soft cheek and said, "It ^was.Ganma's baby, so it was." I declare I do not know who I belong to; but I'll holler, and maybe I'll find-out. There comes Snuffy with catnip tea. The idea of giving babies catnip tea when tliey are-crying for information ! I'm go? ing* to sleep. I wonder if I don't look pretty red in thc face? I wonder why my hands won't go where I want them to. Pat*.!.!/, m i:\taii v.--The previous question ?What'll you drink ? Laid on the table?The cloth. Passed to a third reading?Love letters. Bills passed?Greenbacks. Ordered to bc printed -A kiss. Seconding the motion?Second hand to the pendulum. ? A little boy, returning from Sabbath school, said to his mothar: "Ain't there a kitty-chxsva. for little boys ? This cai-echiam ia too hard." i Impeachment. The special correspondent of the Bal more Gazette gives the following sleet' of/tha exhibition in Washington, durii tho opening of gladiatorial exercises "Washington,. April 23, 1868. The Managers of the Impeachment ai the counsel for the President aro no fairly measuring swords, and tl?c gladi tonal exhibition is becoming one of i tense interest. Boutwell closed hisspeet on the part of the prosecution to-day, ar was immediately surrounded by a nur ber of Radical friends who ; warmly co gratulated him upon his effort. Some them were so enthusiastic in their adir ration that they patted bira on his bac and head, and one Massachusetts men ber drew his cambric handkerchief fro his pocket and wiped the orator's bro\ Boutwell has enjoyed in Congress tl reputation of a scholar as well as a la; jet, and his many fearful departures froi good taste are being excused by h friends on the ground that "he feels stron; ly?JiOii has aliowed bis feelings to coatn his taste and judgment." The use of tl. word "criminal'' by Mr. Boutwell, as a] plied to a man under trial, astonished h friends very much. Mr. Bingham's pc expression has been "accused criminal, but Mr. Bingham has no reputation as scholar, and what might be excusable i one of his stamp would be wholly inc: cusable iii tho composition of any on pretending to be a finished writer. Bu it is a fact that much was stricken froi Mr. Boutwcll's speech, even alter it ha appeared in a printed form. For instance he made a reference to the counsel en pIo}'ed by the President to secure a legt decision on the constitutionality of th 'Civil-Offiee-Tenure Bill, and drew an ur favorable inference because of their liai ing been employed in the defence of Mr; S urra lt. It is believed that this pan graph crept into the speech through th management of Bingham, who prosecute her, and who, according to the testimotr of his colleague Butler, caused the han? ing of an innocent woman. It was wc for the reputation of Mr. Boutwell tha this was strichen out, and it would hav ?been equally as well if his scurrilous vu garity in denouncing Andrew Johnso lor everything which was vile, could Im? b?cil pruned down. Thfti* speech at bes was a weak one. A Massachusetts mem ber paid it a doubtful compliment l>3r say ing it was thc best speech Boutwell liai ever made. Thc portion of tho speed delivered to-day. occupying nearly twi hours, was a great bore in view of th fact that, in his anxiety to get before tli country he had given Iiis speech to th Radical press in advance, and thc after noon papers of yesterday bad publishct the conclusion in advance of its delivery Mr. Boutwell, therefore, appeared in tin altitud? sim ply ol' a reader, and one tin Senato seemed very lillie disposed to heat as the matter was not new. A recess was taken when Mr. Bout we! had concluded, during which the Senat? was the scene of much disorder and lom talking. The most-interesting group no ticed on th? floor during the time wa. one in which General Sickles was tlx centre figure. Thc Hon. Thomas Ewin? was also on the floor of the Senate ant heard the very uncrraiplinicntary a 11u sions made to himself by Manager Bout well. Boutwell's slanderous abuse o G?nerai Tilomas was a gross outrage upcr the common decencies of lile. Alter the recess thc Hon.. Thomas A R. Kelson made a speech in regular Ten nessee style, that went straight to thc heart. His reply to the personal abuse heaped upon the President, b\' -the maria gors had that ring about it which indica ted the fact that warm personal friend? ship prompted, while truth justified every word he" uttered. Mr. Nelson was de fending, not tho President, but a valued lriend from the slanderous imputations cast upon him by reckless and desperat: assailants. Of course he spoke warmly enthusiastically, and by this gaye offence, it is said, to Radica] .-ars. But no one can deny that Mr. Nelson's effort'thus far has been one of'great pow ?ir and to thc point. Ile first told who Andrew Johnson was, to show that bc was not thc usurper, traitor, robber, mur? derer, fiend, which Mr. Boutwell had rep? resented, ile scorned the idea that thc ; Senate was not a fair, impartial tribunal, and begged them to vietf Andrew John? son's acts from a proper standpoint?sug? gesting tho morning after the battle ol Bull Run, when with blanched laces Sen? ators assembled in their Chamber?it was then Andrew Johnson had offered the fa? mous resolution around which the}* all rallied in defence'ol the Constitution and thc Union, declaring the war was not for conquest or aggression upon the rights of the States. This resolution was passed without a dissenting voice, and still stands upon the Statute Books, and Andrew Johnson is now impeached before the same bod)- for believing thc States have any rights. The Radicals made a great effort to break the force of Mr. Nelson's home thrusts, and eventually many of them left thc Senate Chamber. Vet there sat the ten doubtful Republicans listening attentively to every word which loll from the speaker's lips. There sal Anthony, Eesscnden, Fowler, Grimes; Ross. Sher? man. Sprngac. Trumbull, Van Winkle and Willey?hearing ami weighing the argu? ment offered in delenco of tho President. The fluttering created in thc Radical camp is but an evidence of the force of Mr. Nelson's speech, and their attempts at disrespect by withdrawing from thc Chamber show how men may bo lashed by their consciences. - o ? Brown, on his first journey per coach, not long ago, worried the driver, beside whom he sat, with incessant childish ques? tions about everything on thc road. At last he gol his quietus thus: i Driver?"There's been a woman lying in that bouse more than a mouth, and they i haven't buried her yet." Brown?"Not buried her yet! pray tell me why not ?" ?Driver?"Because she isn't dead." ? During the war a regiment of Arkan? sas men was marching one day knee deep : in mud, a part of them dragging a heavy cannon. An oliic-er riding by was Hailed by one of them with the remark: "Wa'al, Colonel, I'll go through with you this hitch, but if you have any more Unions to break up, you may just bet yer life I ain't thar." A New Advertiser. We copy the following from the Mobile Tribune : . ' Wc return thanks to Gen. O. L. Shep? herd for a copy of his orders on the QC1 ucks. and one of Gen. Meade's orders on tho Loyal Leaguo. The two aro run? ning in opposition to each other?we are speaking in general terms. Friend Shep? herd is a young man whom we take pleasure in recommending to the patron? age of our readers. Ile went to West Point with a bull-dog alter bira, and is eminently adapted to the new business upon which lie has embarked?that of breaking up QCluck's nests, strangling ghosts and putting departed spirits in irons. As we have already given friend Shep? herd's advertisement one insertion, and have not been able to collect a cent in payment for the same, we refrain out of motives of delicacy?and business?for reinserting the whole of it. But the second section of the order is such a gem in its way?not that we wish to speak disparagingly of the first section ?that wc cannot deny ourselves the pleasure of reproducing that. II. AH placards and newspaper cards of thc "Ku Klux Klan" are prohibited, and ignorance of their oxistence will not bo held as an adequato excuse, it being the business of the civil and military offi? cers to know what appertains to their du? ties. Citizcus, not holding olTice, likewise will not be held guiltless. Fuither outrages will be vio"Wcd as evi? dence of neglect of duty. Bv order of Col. and Bv't. Brig. Gen. O. L. Shepherd. ? W. T. Hartz, Bv't. Maj. ti. s. a., a. a. a. o. That's enough to break tho hearts of all of us loyal citizens! To think that ig? norance of tho existence of all placards (play cards ?) and newspaper cards of thc "Ku Klux Klan" is prohibited, and will not be heid as an adequate excuse! Why not ? Who asks such a question ? Why, because it is the business of the civil and military officers to know what appertains to their duties. Alas, ho iv few attend to their business ! So ali of us who arc ignorant of placards, other cards, etc., are prohibited and hav? en't any excuse, adequato or other sort. That includes all babies in Mobile and elsewhere. Ung 'cm to }'Our breasts, good mothers, for the shepherd is after them with his black crook. Hug'cm for ??further outrages will be viewed as evi? dence of neglect of duty," but whether on thc part of innocent, babes, military and civil officers, Sacred Serpents, Cy clopscs, or "citizens, not holding office, likewise," neither the devil nor a Phila? delphia lawyer can maleo out from the horrid jargon of Gen. 0. L. Shepherd. What a pity, for the credit of thc arm}' that a do?f not after him while he was going through West Point. Tim Ninnt.Ns After His Honeymoon. ?Seemij to me things have chanced some? what! Seems lo me so?bust me up if it don't! Pvc been married near six months now, and the fact is, Susan showed the least bit more temper than I thought she had ; in fact, speak thc right down truth she's knocked things about generally for the last two months. She's slung thc cat through tho window by the tail, and would have thrown me ont by the?by thc heels it I hadn't walked out in a fast run. She's got cross, as four sticks, and says she'll usc a half dozen sticks on my back, if I don't quit smoking in the house. And she threatened to throw thc boot ?adc down my throat last night, because [ spit in the fire. If she'd done that. I suppose I'd have han thc colic or tho boot jack cramp. ?.'Timothy P. Xig^ins,'' says I to myself, says I, ''you've gone and done.it and you have gol lo put up with thc consequences, you have, come what will; you can't get out of it. you can't." A girl looses her beauty mighty quick after she marries. Miss Susan Sunflower was pretty. As soon as I married her. ! her skin turned yellow, her eyes lost their beauty, her hair got thin, and she got to be just thc shape of an ale cask; she has byjingo! And oh ; what a temper she has gol! Never knowed her to get mad before I married her?never knowed lici? to ofter to throw the stone or a chair dows anybody's throat; never until she was Mrs. Niggina ! Aunt says she'll come all right arter awhile; but I don't sec wliy she can't heall right now, I don't If she don't improve soon, the Lord help mc ! '?Just you spit in that fire again," says she to me 3'estcrday ; "just do it again, and I'll throw this slick of wood down your throat ! What did I many you for? To run around alter you?spit it out? You tormenting beast! Didi marry you to work and slave for you?to smoke and chaw and chaw and smoke, and spit in the fire? There's them chickens I had to feed, too; and there's Ben Dyke's hog got in tho garden and dug up my seed beets, and you never saw it; there's that blamed old rooster what scratched up my onion bcd, and you never saw it! And you never sec nothing you ought to see, and ! see everything you ought not to see! There's Ann Buster who was over herc yesterday! I saw you wink at. her! I saw you. Tim Niggins ! Don't say }'ou didn't, I saw you?I saw you!" John Ran;>o?.i'?i.?Randolph was in a tavern, lying on a sofa in thc parlor wait? ing for thc stage to come to thc door. A dandified cha)) stepped into the room with a whip in his hand, just come from a drive, and, standing before a mirror, arranged his hair and collar, quite unconscious ol I the presence of the gentleman on thc sola. ? After attitudinizing lor a while, he turned ? to go out, when Mr. Randolph asked him: ''Has thc stage conic?" "Stage, sir, come?" cried the fop; "I've nothing lo do with it, sir!" "Oh, heg your pardon," said Randolph, abruptly ; "1 thought that you were the driver!" ? If small streams arc not able to hear great ships, or yield great treasures, they may, at least, water sonic drooping flower; if not by the fireside of home, by the way? side in our pathway. ? Mr. Jenkins wonders how Iiis landla? dy constantly makes thc mistake of having so much strength in the butter and so little in the coli'ee. Perhaps she is short Bighted. Exi'RESSTVEtOF OlTR sentiments ox Ti S cb je ci'.?G. Washington Bricks, ^oft Louisville Journal, gels off thc folio wir to wjiich ?ve subscribe : If there .is .anything on earth, in the w; of staple or fancy dry goods, that I ah? lutety adore it is a white-petticoat?a ve white one of course ; and if there is an thing in the same line I absolutely do n adore, hut "so far from it on the contrai quite the reverse,'' it is a eoiored one. have always thought that "a snowy pet coat and a pair of snowy stockings, ivitl pretty girl concealed in them; possess ino gilded and sugar coated enchantment ? the relined and poetic soul than any otb objects upon which thc sun shines, or li ever shone. Of course this presupposes pretty loot and ankle with gaiter boots not slippers?to match. Not one in thousand of heaven's last, best gift, can, tho presence of artistic or critical tasl wear slippers with any degree of safet The foot and ankle must be the perfectii of symmetrical beauty, or the slipper 'is nuisance which should be abated, if it c: not he done otherwise, hy legislative e actment. When my appctite'is unirnpa: ed, I can take a drink of well advertise hitters?not such as every vagrant plai fence aud vagabond wall constantly a upon me to'try'?and enjoy a good (linn very comfortably upon a colored tab cloth; but if I were to marry the lovclie of girls, and should detect her in the act wearing a colored petticoat, there is m the slightest doubt, especially if we ha pened to be living in Chicago, that v would find ourselves involved in adivon nuit before we were ten years older, girl who is habitually addicted to tl habit of wearing a thing of that soi would, on going to house-keeping have a her plates and cups and saucers of a co peras color to hide dirt. No; as I ha\ already intimated, I would not give a ca celled two-cent postage stamp for betti grounds for a divorce, if I were in wai of such grounds, than thc introducta: into ni}' family ol' a colored pet tico: and ap air of blue, gray, or lead colore stockings. They are a part of a youn lady's wearing apparel which neither goc nor men are said to permit, and girls ghoul be educated to know it. There is not more beautiful accomplishment,-when it once known. TtTB Value of. a Sciiap Book.?Ever one who takes a newspaper, which he i the least degree appreciates, will ofte regret to see any one number thrown asid for waste paper which contains some inte esting and important articles. A goo way to preserve these is by use of a sera book. One who has never been accuston ed thus to preserve short articles, ca hardly estimate the pleasure it -ifiords t sit down and turn over the pleasant, tami ?ar pages. Here a choice piece- of poctr meet the eye, which you remember yo were so glad to see in the paper, but wilie you would long since 'nave lost had it nc been for your-scrap book. There is a will anecdote?it. does you good lo laugh ove it yet, though for thc twentieth lime. Next is a valuable recipe you found ju? in time to save much perplexity. Tlier is a sweet little story, the memory ?? which has cheered and encouraged yo many a time, when almost ready lo