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Iq}92 I I met the centa^eon and came te the tome, My howl flow to mansions on high. \ Oo toll my companions, and children moat dear, To grtoW ^ * Th* hand that led me through scenes most sere re, Ua? safely arrested me home. Oo toll my companion to trust In the Lord, And raise my children for God; And hid my dear charge, a tender farewell? I hope we wUl all meet absra 1 1 V l!!?SSSB 3HisttllattronB UrnMtig. Eioh 8cefte la a Court The Hastings Court, in the town of B., in the western pert of old Virginia, had i cm* of murder on trial; in which the evidence, an regarding the guilt of the prisoner, waa chiefly expected, from an old farmer, who had testified, at the pre liminary examination, that lie aaw the whole disturbance in whieli the murder was committed. naw the partiee in a stroet row ; aaw the blow givert; and, in feet, witneesed every detail of the nffaia, lint there waa ona pointy >u which the mind of the wltneM wai completely oLfusllcated, via: he could not remember on which aide of the atreet he waa atanding, nor had lie any knowledge of the compose points. The counsellor tlie prisoner eew h loop-hole fur lih client, in the want of memory regarding localities, a* mani feeted by the wimrw, and resolved to put (lie latter U? a severe and scorching examination. Tli#'Commonwealth having questioned the wit- neaa on the material point?, lie was handed over to tha^efeAcdi a?d tire following scene ensued: Lawyer (bristling dp savagely)?" Please stale, ' air, Wh*r? thie row ocouffod: in wldclt atretic: which side of th? Ar?<t; where 3011 were Ing; and such other facts its 3-011 nu j <lecin iinporuuc"T7QA A W 'SS> 3BT Witness (marking off so angle upon the railing with his thumb-nail and pointing to the lines, ?"It was on that street, and (hi aide of that street? " lawyer (evidently wishing to confound the witness)?" TThit street; that side of this street; well, dr, go on." Witness (becoming excited)?" I did not say this street, (Ail side of thai street," Lawyer (smiling)?" What did you myf" Judge (Interrupting)?"The counsel for the defense should give the witness an opportunity of saying what he means. If the court understood correctly, the witness said?referring to the locality?that he stood on one side of the street while the fight? " mifjrn ^iiikrrupnn||/?wun an chic acierenec to th? honorable Conrt, I beg to My that tha Witney a*M mo such thing." Judge (indignantly)?" Beware of contempt, air." (To tha witneea)?" Commence again, air, ud etate slowly, plainly, and to tha point, tha poaition of Uia parties to this disturbance; what yon aaw and heard." Witneea (impatiently)?''! waa standing on that aide of this street" Lawyer?" As counsel in thia ease I aak with all atrteeritj. If era are to alt bare and hear soeh a mean of ridiculous contradictions. First, the witaaaa says ha waa on ih+t street, ikU side of iMittrsal; ha new aaye ha waa on tkit street, this side of Ikat street. In tha name of heaven, are we? " Jaror (interrupting)?"Fie didn't say so; he said he was on the other side of that street, while |b? fght took place thai side of tkit other street." Judge (fa Juror)?"Hit dowa, sir I Yon are out of your place, air!" Lawyer (amid great sopfuatoo)?" Are we In a eowrt of juetloe ??^r is thle a simple fsreet If saelr Intcrruptione and insults are permitted, I shall retire frees the ease V?(Throws himself violently into tha chair.) Judge?* If there are any more interruptions, I shall be obliged to commit some one to jail for ?ontempt" (To the witnesa)?" Uo on, sir." WKnfte (completely confonnded)?"The row ?ow?nml,fa ill* middle ??f tki* ride of ike other tidt of that street, while I standing on this side df (Am street, when that side of (hit other street. " ? Lawyer (mid great merriment)?" Whst a jumbled mass of statements! On whioh tide of the street were you standing!" Juror (anxious to exhibit his forensic abilities) ?" Ain't thi* side thai ride when he's on the other rids, I'd like to knew P Judge?"tilt down, sir.* RherMT?'*Orderl order! Order in courtp Judg?(rieing slowly, and adjusting a pair of gold spretaeles)?It is evident that the witness i? epaspteieiy confounded, dumbfounded, and astvunded, by Use different questions put to him ,, mu wnojc rntiwr py ?*in j ? the witness two plain questions, (which t|\c coun- < sei can make a note of, and thpn ?Utn up the I dnte; for the hour approaches for thsndjourn- ' Trent," (To tho witness)?jlpoo what street < were you standing when the fight occurred f" < Witness?" I war n't standing on any street," Judge (shrewdly)-?" Upoa what aid* of tho | Street* were you standing V < Witness (coolly )?' I warn't oa either side I" < Judge?" W here in the Mm* of justioe wero t Sfcu T" Witness?- In tho middle of the street," J v Judge1 ^ Did yow see the fight at ?Mf f* < I WitneM^'I only saw half of it* . 1 juuge?- w Iitcb linirr 1 Witness?"The first half. As soon as Uie l!f j *? given, I ran home, for fsar of being made a < fool of in the cowrt house. I didn't Me the fight, nor m? the prisoner strike a blow I* Lawyer?"The wit new he* committed pnjurg ; .he said, on the preliminary examination, soma- ' fhing about seeing and huailsg the blow 1" t | Witness (smiling)*-"Oh, jes! your hotfoot T heard 'em both blowing around the corner about ' what they eould do, and thought it might blow ? over t I said I caw 'em ' blow/ aad heard 'em 1 i'|dow/ but' 'blow me' if I sew the fl^tt" The whole court burst iyty an uncontrollable ' fit of laughter, at this ridiculous termination of ' the crosa examination ; and, it ia enough to add, > the prisoner was discharged, the court adjourn- < ed; and thus ended one of the richest Aenes that ' ever occurred iu a eourt room.?if. Y. Mercury. J Humble Origin of Great Ken. From tho barber shop rose Sir Richard Ark- ' wrigl.t, the inventor of the spinning jeni ay, and ? the founder of the cotton manufacture Of Orfft *' Britinn, Lord Tendertoa, one'of the most VHstin < guished of English lord chief justices, and Turner, the very greatest amonir UmWon* ? _ _ - o ,-r? I No on* know* to certainty what Shskapeare w*a; < but it is unquestionable that he sprang from a | very humble rank. Hi* common claw of (lay < laborers hare given u Brinkley. the engineer; ' Cook, the navigator, and Bums, the poet. Ma- ] son* and bricklayers oan boast of Ben Johnson, 1 who worked at the building of Lincoln's inn, 1 with a trowell in hi* hand and *a book in "his < pooket; Kdwards and Telford, the engineers; 1 Hugh Miller, geologist, aiyl Allen Cunningham, the writer and scluplor; whilst among dis < tiuguislied ooj politer#, we find the namsyof Ini * go Jonce, the architect; Harrison, thechronome- 1 ter msker; John Hunter, the physiologist; Kom- i hey and Ople, painters ; l'rofeseor Lee, the ori- 1 enlalist, and John Gibson, the sculptor; tbo two 1 Milder*, Adam Walker, John Poster, Wilsorr, ths I ornithologist; Dr. Livingston, the missionary ' traveler, and Tannahill, the jioet. 1 Hiocmnkers have iriven us Sturgeon, the else, trician ; Samuel Drew, the essayist; Gifford, the 1 editoi of the Quarterly Review ; BloomHeld, (he I poet, .and William Caruy, (lie missionary ; w hilst 1 iuurrim, unoiitei* laborious missionary, am a | maker of shoe la?U. < With the last year, a profound naturalist has I born ilitMTrrtil in the person of % shot-maker, at Uaaflf, named Thomas Edwards, who, while ' maintaining himself by his trade, has devoted t his leisure to the study of natural science in all ' its branches, his reecarehes-in connection with | the saialier crusticw baring been rewarded by 1 tho discovery of a new species to which the name < of praniie edcardsii has been given by natural- < iota. 1 Nor have the tailors been altogether undistin- < guiehed ; Jackson, the painter, having worked at the trade until he reached manhood. But what t is, perhaps, more remarkable, ons of the most < gallant of British seamen, Admiral llobeon, who I broke the boom at Vigo iu 160*2, originally be- i longed to this calling. He was working at a ' tailor's apprentice near Bonehueh, in the Isle of < Wight, when tlie news flew through the village ' that a squadron of men-of-war ware sailing off ? tha island. Ha sprang from (he shop hoard, and 1 ran dowq with hia comrades to the hoach to I gate upon the glorious sight. The tailor-boy j was suddenly inflamed with the ambition to i be a sailor, and springing into a boat, he rowed 1 off to the squadron, gained the admiral's ship, I sad seas accepted as a voluataer. Years after ? he returned to his native village, full of honors^ < and dined on bacon and eggs In the cottage ' where he had worked aa a tailor's apprentica Cardinal Wolaey, De Foe, Akenaide and Kirks White, were the sons of butchers | Bungan was a tinker, and Joseph Lancaster a basket maker.? Among the great n nines identified with the invenUaa of the steam engine are those of Newcooes, Watt, and Stephenson ; the first a blacksmith, the aeooud a maker of mathematical instruments, and Die third an engine fireman,? Dr. Hutton, the geologist, and Dewiok, the father of wood engraving, were coal minors.? Dodaley was a footman, and Moleroft a groom. Buffln, the navigator, was a common seaman, and Sir Cloudily Sewel a cabin-1>oy. Hersliall pla^rt tha oboe in a military band. Chantrey, i a iournaroan carver, Etty a journeyman printer, and Sir Thomas Lawrence tha son of a tavern keeper. Michael Faraday, the son of a poor blacksmith, was in early life apprenlioed to a bookbinder, and worked at the trade till be renehed hi? i twenty-second year ; he now occupies the tery iret rank m philosopher,excelling even hie neee* ter, Sir Humphrey Davy, in the nrt of luoibly ] expounding the most difficult and abstruse points ] in natural science. ] Not long ago. Sir Roderick Murehison dircoV' i cred at Thurso, in the for north of Scatland, a J protonnd geologist, in the pereon of a baker there, i named Robert Dick. When Sir Roderick called i npon him at the bake-hotue in which he baked and earned hie bread, Dick delineated to Itim, by means of flour upon a hoard, the geographical 1 feature* aad geeiogiesl phenomena of hie native | country, pointing out the imperfections in the < sxisttng maps, which lie lie^ aecertalned by trending over the country In Ids leisure hour*. Oq , further Inquiry, Sir Roderick ascertained the1 Che humble individusl before tym wee not only x capital baker and geologist, but * fireU-ate botanist. **I found,* said the director general of th$ geographical eociety, " to uiy great humiliation, that (hi* baker know infinitely nioroNof botnuical eicnee, aye, ten times more than I did ; and that, liiere wore only some twenty or thirty opecimena i?f flowers which ho had Hot collected. Bome he M rrewnU. aoms^ie lind purqhnsed; bat the greater portion lvad been aeeuaiu- | u?~i i- . ' < nicu uy ui* industry, fa his native county of Caithness, su<l the specimens were sit arranged iu the must beautiful order, with their scientific names affixed."?Self Help. Earnestness In Oratory. When Kossuth was iu , lb if country, people liked of uothing hut his magnetism. Ills oratory certainly was wonderful, so wonderful, juiced, that <-oM, passionless men shed tears when ts spoke at the Musical Fund Hall, though the lay be/ore the dinner, and even the uay after, hey vowed themselves opposed to the int^rven-^ -Ion which he sought. Wo hays known neajrly rfmltar affects to he produced by John MitclielL But the onlj magnetism which we have rccog lined in either speaker, is the ppwyr of nn earnest eonviction. No roan ever heard Kossuth apeak without feeling that the soul of the gfeat Magyar was in all he raid ; that ho belierod in it as he i>elieve? in his life; that he was ready to d^ all which he prged his hearers to do. An orator of this kind always communicates something of his )? enthusiasm to the audience. Aud the want If this earnestness is the great defect of modern eloquence. This is noticeable, both at the bar and in the {inlpit. How often do what are called elegant ipeaaers iosc ineir cum, when comparatively a plain spoken advocate on the,other vide wine it; end this, not because his evidence is stronger, but because he lias succeeded in convincing the jury that he realty believes his client In the right! It is the fault of being eloqoent " by rule and line," of being a rhetorician, that it gives an air >f artificiality and insincerity to the nrator. Everett could never produce the effects that Webster or Clay did, simply from this fact, hough uioro correct aud more finished titan either. Not a Sunday passes that a critical obicrver cannot sec how the Influence of the pulpit is impaired by the apparent want of earnestness in preachers. The use of wsittss sermons, though to be recommended on many accounts, Ims the very eerioua disadvantage, that it is' almost impossible for a speaker to discourse from the manuscript and yet retain an air ef earnestness. Ths most effective pulpit orators in all sges have been those who either spoke extemporaneously, or seemed to do so, or when their sermons were committed to memory, kluch of the power of the early Methodists over their atiiirncc is attributable to the earnestness jelief Id what ?bey (mid. Wo do uot ? lih to l>o understood as reeoninending externporaneons oratory, in the Knit in vhleh that plii*nso is generally understood?for io man can make a speech, without having prepared himself dirootly for it, or being so perfecty conversant with the subject as to l?c able to liscourse from a full mind. Demosthenes always arefully wrote out his orations, learned them >y heart, and pronouncod them with every aid if intonation and gesture. Even Chatham never rose to spCak, execpt on are occasions, until he had turned the subject >ver and over again in his mind; and the exoepions were when lie was roused by some mighty itake, when he was thoroughly master of the lubject, and when he was called on to reply in lebate. Patrick llenry, indolent as he seemed, is he lounged aliout or idly angled, was eontio ally thinking ol his eases. Perhaps the most lavorable condition for oratory are just when he speaker rises with his mind full of his subset, his Uionghts elearly arranged, and a few I lalient and striking passages determined on, but .he general tone and language left to take color from the occasion. Such an orator has always in air of earnestness, The pul|dt, especially, night profit by cultivating, to a greater degree, his style of Speaking.?J'MladrlpAia Ledger. Cou> rxox Damp Cuvrnss.?If the clothes which tover the body are damp, the moisture which hey contain has a tendency to evaporate by the seat communicated to it by the body. The iieat ibsorbed in the evaporation of the moisture conained in the slothes must be, In part, supplied !>y the body, and will have a tendency to reduce lie temperature of the body in an undue degree, ind thereby to produce eold. The effect of vto lout labor or exercise is to cause the body to generate heat mueh faster than it would do in a itate of rest. Hence we see why, when the slothes have been renderedHet by rein or per'piration, the taking of eold may be prevented I?y keeping the body in a alate of exercWc or labor till tbe clothe# can be changed or till they ! Iry on tlie |h nan ; for In thle eoae the heat carried off by the moUtttre In erapo rating U amply 'j mpplied by the redundant heat generated by labor or eaeroiae. A cotnrrar paper once raid: ** Mr. E. B. ISm little la In tlie habit of aUaRng pigs and robbing lien rootte. If lie docs not deeiat, we will publieli hie name." Tliia la equal to the ml Meter at a camp-meeting who (aid, " If the lady with the bine hat, red hair, and crota cyca, doeetl't atop talking, the will be pointed out to the congregation." ... ? ! ! e-??? 4( t?' A raw years ago, the htdfea wore a handy kind ?f hood, called, " Kitfa trtC-TT-you dare." Tlie present atyle of bonneU ihlght be called, with iqoal propriety, " Kisame if-you-want-to." Prom the Spirit of the Age. ? Tb? Otrl* Wtcmt tohftx, we are tukeble to eofapre. bend ?t explore the affection* of their heart*, or to dive lalu the depth* of their "Son of love.V whiob ieiieeedieee, toaaaeh eotiiat ifnttlaoj of the (mm!? ea?, young end tender, ju*t hud. dfhg with Um Much of wontnnbood m their tender nnd*n*e?ptiUe affection* en every jouig fellow they nwet Their love ie deep, eo deep yon cannot fetho*i *uck e prodigality of affection thue be*tow?d?, We only *W> to epeek of their love In the germ, egd will not eoeelder it in the pheee ?T riper weiunnheod) Am the fruit of ?ueb early blossoming is not ilwtvi the beat, va would Anqniro the oa?*e. It has been truly Mid by one , who kuewa, that when Girls grow uj\ they begin to be coMrtedma<\e*reas*d, thea they think, that recommendiog themselves to Um affectiona of the men, is the ooVy Wni?>< they have to attend to, , and eo presently fail to Uieking. and drawing, and practicing all the Utile engaging arts peculiar to their sex. In tkeee they.place all their hnppiiteee; in the succesa of tliefn. they ha*a many Uapen,,..tt*|tifcU At that they should bnow that thare .acva other attraction* which are nut due to beauty aud druse, ?o much a?to modesty innocence and unaffected love aud virtue cotnVk4d?. .i 4M|Vl jnH+~ ?i rt-Wiie If it bo love that produeea all this, then are ay, it waagivea Cor a much wiaer purpoM ; and if by practicing tbeae peculiar arta, or trying to gain the affection* of com a unaaphiaiioaled youth by the atyle aad fashion of drew, instead of manneVa, then lb it, they arc budding too soon for fruit which will not be reliebed by any one.? Why not diapoae of their aff?ctiona in a much wiaer and better maimer T It oan be done by aMiating a. mother in the hooachold. Then indeed we would have lcaa of abow and more of merit and loveliness; then woiuan'a love would begin to ripen into a lasting affection, worthy of the love of any one. "Seek t*? be good, but not to be great, A woman's noblest station is retreat; Her fairest virtues fly from public sight. Domestic worth?that aliuna too strong a light." uopewcli, Jan. 6th, I860. JUIK). Pretention! in the Pulpit There are In all professions, men of limited poorer* and superficial attainments, ambitious of place and distinction. From the prodigal manner in which they use their mental slorea, they remind us of some Improvident laborers?after accnntuloting a small sum by the most menial employment, they spend it vrith the profusion of a millionaire, and, by a single nlghtVIndulgence, leave themselves penniless. So professional and literary impostera, by dint of exertion, selection and plagiarism, may contrive to shine before some uninformed circle, or on a single occasion | before the public. But their literary capital ) ia soon exhausted, and, to an intelligent community, their mental bankruptcy becomes apparent. Men of real ability and sound learning may he compared to the man of sound wealth; If he build a house or furnish one in a costly manner, or procure a fine establishment, or buy a block of bnildings, or spend generously in traveling, his store is not exhausted. lie can repeat the same expenditures and still have plenty of ready funds. A man of thorough culture and sound learning, cannot be exhausted by a few special sermons, orstions or lectures, lie has others reAdy, or in studies that could soon be prepared. His mind is like the studio of an ?r<Uf with painting* on the e&ael to be finished and exhibited on some future occasion. There are, perhaps, more pretender* than sound scholars in all the professions, The noisy politician combine* a few passage* from the speeches and writings of others, and |ialins himself off as a statesman ; the scientific pretender dabble* in some recent text books, snd then I traverses the ceuatry, an oraclo of science; the superficial and vain preacher gathers flowers of rhetoric and beautiful passages from sermon*, books, or unwritten discourses of others, and **ts himself forward as a pulpit orator. Hence, complaints of plagiarism of the pulpit Hence, the brevity of many pastoral settlements. 1 Men who appear on stilts when candidating for vacant pa I pits, will not be able to *u*tain their 1 assumed elevation, without a recurring dependence on others, which will sooner or later appear. ? Chruiian Time*. A Swakt Fox, on a Tofoti Stokv.?In a recent ' lecture upon his experience in Arctic life, Dr. Jlae said i On the journey 1 saw a very curious Instance of the sagacity of the Arctic fox. Conscious that I was aiming at him, he tucked his tail under lii* legs ; cocked np his ears, and endeavored to look a* much like a hare aa possible, which la an animal comparatively worthless.? Another fact of this kind occurred to me whilst being detained at a particular place whips .our fa ?( ?? xuiuwi uivut wx> wiiu imnuiM. Cur mode of doing this woo with a spring gun connected with a bait, which, when touched, produtvii the explosion. One instance allowed us that- a fox, either from obaerfaUon of a companion's fate, or from hard earned experience, had gone up to the gnn, f?it oft the cord connected with the bait, and thtf danger being averted, went and ate the meat in undisturbed comfort. And it >e a eommon oeeurrence for Uie fox to make a trenoh up to the lusit, eeisa the boit, and jxamit the charge to paaa over hie head," ?*> I - 1 ? ' Taa Ustwnor Cot ov Ai.i.? A youthful member of a rifle corps in a Scottish town, on his arrival at home a few evenings ago, joyfully told hit governor that ha had juat got hie arms. " A inn* I" quoth the ancient, dryly, " I'm think in' gin the French eotue yell hac tnalr need o' J^your lege!" How to Sustain Yoaj- Local Paper. L IT you have a f?tl>er, mother, brother, sister of friend of any kind residing at a distance, who are unable to aubecribc.pay for and hare a copy sent to them. ei, r . . - t 1 If you h*va any printing you wish done, do ^ not, "y*yr * the editor down to a starvation price, aad when he cornea to make a purchase of you " spike on the tariff," k , 8. If you have any advertising or job work to be done, fhke it to your county japcr, except]>crhapa, when you may wish to advertise in moMMas* one paper. 4 Da not run off to tha city to get your handbill*, label*, cards, eto.. printed, because, forsooth, you ean get a reduction of a few cents in price. Support your own as you wish to be suprw, .*...1 r ? S- ? ?- -? ?- ' pv.rvw. ninu wiiu u iiiwpjb running twij from liome with hit business, little deserves the patronage of tlve community in which he livot; and, to far na we are ooncerued, tocli will receive fhe cold shoulder. 5. If you have control of any legnl advertising, send it to your friend. This kind of business pays better than any other, and lly more you can tend to the editor of your paper, the better for him and it. In proportion to the itmouut of the receipts of a paper, an editor it enabled to make it useful and amusing to the community in which it it published. 0. Do not expect much of a paper when an | editor it driven to be hit own compositor, proof reader, pressman and devil, to buy something for his dinner. 7. Do not expect the editor to make honorable ( mention of sjron and your business e*ery few ] #feka for nothing. The space in a paper, and a | man's time, are worth something, and every no- ^ lice comes back to the drawer of the reclpientin i dollars and cents. An editor should not be allowed to go hungry, barebacked or barefooted. They M eat, drink nod wear," just like other peo- 1 pie. I 8. Jt the editor owes you a shilling, do not * chase him from " rosy morn to balmy eve " ttfc 1 nnil U- Iton w?n l<ar>i\An c.-* A*- ? , ..t -..v*. n>?wm jvm MM|r|rvii w ^ci me uninnce on the other side, " cut tlie gentlemen'* acquaint- I ance." 0. "Finally, my brethren," If yon vfash to properly sustain your county paper, to lire Hie balance of your day* In peace with God and tnnn, and occupy a scat in Pamdlae after death, practice the golden rule?" T>o unto other* aa you with them to do unto you," under like circumstances.-?Printer'* Nttee Letter. What Women Think of Themselves. But let ua have a look through the other end of the glass I See what a woman says a* to her sex's instinctive goodness: "If women hare one weakness more marked than men, it is towards generation. They are Itorn worshippers?makers of silver shrines for some divinity or other, which, of course, they always think, fell straight, down from Heaven.-^, The first step towards their falling in love wftn' an ordinary mortal, is generally to dress him out with all manner of real or fancied superiority 1 nnd ha ring made him up, they Worship him.?Now, a truly great man, a man really grand and noble in art and intellect, lies this advantage ' with women, that he is an idol ready made to hand ; and so that very pains-taking and ingenious sex have less labor in getting him up, and can be ready to worship him on shorter notice. In particular is this the case where a sacred nro feeeion and a moral supremacy are added to tlie intellectual. Just think of the career of celebrated preachers and divines in all ages. Does not poor old Rioliard Baxter tell us, with delightful single-heartedness, how his wife fell in love with him first, spite of his long pale face; and how she confessed, dear soul, after many years of married life, that she had found him leet sour and bitter than she had expeetedf The tact is, women are burdened with fealty, faith, reverence, more than they know what to do .with; they stand like a hedge of sweet peas, throwing ont fluttering tendrils everywhere for something high and strong to climb up by, and when they find it, be it ever so rough in the bark, they catch upon it. And instances are not wanting of those who hnv? turned away from the flattery of admirers to proslrnte themselves at the feet of a genuine hero who never wooed them except by heroic deeds and the rhetoric of a noble life." ' , M | Tit a Tkbriktivo Surmise.?Nothing, save the essential truths of God's Word, est give comfort and true peace either living or dying. And In living, if men are not resting on the Word of God, their fear lest the Bible be true, is enough to mar all earthly enjoyment. A celebrated infidel said one day to a friend of hie who had imbibed the same principles, " There is one thing that mars all the pleasures of my life!" "Indeed!" replied his friend, "whet is that!" lie answered, " I <hn a/raid the Bible is I rue I If I ?...I- .Wai J?-w i- ? - > I ?u?- vtii?m hfoi ut-nvu is an (lern*1 sleep, I should be happy J mv Joy would be com. pletel But here is the tlioj-n that sting* meThio is the sword that piercm iny very soul. If the liible M true, I am lout forever Shoaao Imducemjits.?A small boy was caught testing dried berries, and was locked up in a dark closet by the groeer. The boy commenoed begging moat pathetically to be released, and after using all the persuasion thai his youag mind eould invent, he proposed, " Now, if you'll let ine out, atid send for ?ny daddy, he'll pay you for them, and wallop me besides." The grocer man oonld not withstand this appeal, and released the urcliih, t \ IlArrisaaa must arise from our oWn temper and actions, and not immediately ftom nnf external conditions, Krovoar, joined to industry and sobriety, It a ^better outfit for business than a dowefjf, m i in i ii TTiiiTi ?nnili?i of the Knickerbocker has a good Aoodote of n ^ * nan who rurely failed to go to bod intoxicated and disturbed ow wife the bole night. Upon hisbeyurebarged by a friend that be never wenWojQRd sobef, lie indi goeefly denied the charge, and gave the inoideoU of 'j one particular nigHd'ftt proof. " Pretty soon after I guWhto bed* my eib said, ' Why, husband,, what It the matter with you f You act strangely.* " There's nothing tfetf[ matter with me,* said I. nothing *t mh* * * I'm sure there Is,* said efae, * you don't act natural at all. Sltau't I get up and get fto m of V>tr* " f-111 m sSliS^a * a 44 And she got up, lighted It candle aud come to the bedside to lo^? at roe, shading the light with Kef bond. I U,I knew theft was something strange abotfl yon,' said she,4 you are aober V u Now, thia is a.fipl, and rny wife will swear **r it, so doo'i jeoo slender roe amy mora, bjr saying that I haven't been to bed sober is eix months, 'cause 1 hare." Taker Br- Svanaiea.?A neighbor of mine missed vorrt from kit garner, Otod hie laepicion rented upon a reckless fellow whom everybody called 44 Sam." The com was kept in a chamber, over the kitchen, adjoining tfie wood house, toward which the chamber was left open and acoeaaible by ft ladder. The victim jMtys midnight u thefTor" aa another, neighbor calls it, deter mined to satisfy hiiueelf concerning the identity of the thief, made a?temporary bed upon the kitchen floor and lay down to watch.? About the hour When ' churchyards yawn," he was aroused from a partial slumber by the rattling of the ears of oorn overhead, when he sffildenly called out A the top of bis voice?"Sam!'* . 44 Hello t" respob&d the thief, taken entirely off his guard by this auddencall.^ 44 Don't take more than a bushel T* 44 Then I shall hare to pour H out, for I've got two in the hag'already." Didn't Kstjjy CoRtr.?-Some twenty-five or thirty yeafln^kgp, an Irishman. William Patterson, lefT"Ireland to find * borne in America. Having friends in tbe region of Fair Havon, OhuvliB-lunde his way tbilher. Taking dinner one day<at ifib house '# Dr. P , he was treated to the American dbh, whollv new to him, of green com in the ear. Unwilling, however, to be thought green himself or being a&jcoUa to display unusual sagacity, after having eagerly devoured the savory corn, bis appetite still uoap-yxvir ed, he passed up the despoiled cob with the very natural request: 44 PJasc put some more pom on my stick!" Ax Irish Lorn Lsttrr?O. Paddy, swate Paddy, if I was ye're daddy I'd knl ye wid kisses iatirqiy: jf I whs y?r bruther, an' likewise yer mother, I'd serf*that ye went to bed airly. To taste of ye're breath, I would starve to death, and lay off my troops altogether, to jodfthaire a taste of ye're arm on iuy waist I'd Urf at the meanest of weather. Dear Paddy be mipe, me own dear voluntine?ye'll find me both gentle and civil, our life we will spind to an ilegaut ind, and care may go dance with the divii. Ah Indian being asked what he did for a living, replied,? ^ . 44 O, me preach." 44 Preach 1" said a bystander; 44 do you get paid for it I" 44 Sometimes me get a shillin,' sometimes two shillinV " And, isn't that mighty poor pay I" " Ob, yes, but it's mighty poor petach* iu\" "Can a man see without eyaat" asked a professor. ^Yes, sir," was tho,prompt answer. "^Vay, sir, how d<byou make that out f cried the astonished professor. " tie can see with one, sir,'' replied th? ready-witted youth?and the whole school shouted with delight at. his triumph over metaphysics. T-rpb Phii-osophK?A country poet, after looking about over life, haaeorae to tha loving concfusion : " Oh. I wouldn't lire for ever, I wouldn't if t Could ; Bat I needn't fret about it, t?r I couldn't if I ,would." ??' " 'Tis sweet to hesr the watch-dog's honest herk, Be/ deep mouthed welcome M wedrsw aeeOheWs But it's tba dovll to hear who* on the in* tide of a plank fence, tefi feet high, with no larger aperture than a knot hole, A ladt in Montreal has recovered $8,000 of Maj. Breckford, for hugging her rather roughly. Shwooght to set a high value ofl the uioney? aShgot it by k tight ?]UMN. " Am I not n little pale I'Mnquired a lad/ who was abort and corpulent, of * ertl?ty old bachelor. u Yon look inore like a big tub," was tbe blutit reply. A kkobO being caught stealing ItoM ft hen rooat, excused himself by Sayibg, * ^ lie obly came dar to see it ^ 'wid dar eyes open." jy , . A tf.achkh of peaiuanshin ? , ?? Uu*1" * mi * ... & l"9' eT ?