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A little marsli-plant, yellow green.
And pricked at lip with tender red,
Tread close, and either way yon tread
Some faint black water jots between,
Lest you should bruise the curious bead.
A live thing maybe : who shall know?
The summer knows and suffers it ;
For tiie cool moss is thick and sweet
Each side, and saves the blossom so
That it lives out the long June heat.
The deep scent of the heather burns
About it.: breathless though it be,
Ilow down and worship; more than we
Is the least flower whose life returns,
Least weed renascent in the sea.
We are vexed and cumbered in earth's sight
With wants, with many memories ;
These see their mother what she is, ;
Glad-glowing, till August leave more bright
The apple-colored crauborries.
Mind blows and bleaches the strong grass,
Blown all one way to shelter it
From trample of stray kiue with feet.
Felt heavier thnn the moorhen was.
Strayed up past patches of wild wheat.
Von call it sundew ; how it grows,
If with its color it have breath,
If life taste sweet to it, if death
l’ain its soft petal, no man knows ;
Man has no sight or sense that saith.
My sundew, grown of gentle days,
In these green miles the Spring begun
Thy growth ere April had half done
With the soft secret of her ways
Or June made ready for the sun.
0, red-lipped month of mars^-flower,
I have a secret halved with thee,
The name that is love's name to me
I'hou kiwwest, and the face of her
M ho is uiy festival to see.
rhe hard sun, as thy petals knew,
• ’olored the heavy moss water ;
Thou weft not worth green midsummer,
!sor fit to live to August blue,
0 sundew, not remembering her.
DNE HUNDRED YEARS t6 COME.
IVho’ll pref»8 for gold this crowded street
A hundred years to come ?
fVlio’ll tread your church with willing feet,
A hundred years to come ?
Pale, trembling age. and fiery youth,
\t»d childhood with his brow of truth ;
rhe rich and poor, on land and sea ;
A here will the mighty million be
A hundred years to come ?
IV<* all within cur graves shall sleep
A hundred years to come ;
So living bouI for us shall weep
SA hundred years to come :
But other men our bind will till.
And others then our streets vviil fill,
\nd other birds will sing ms gay.
Vn 1 bright the sunshine as to-day
A hundred years to come.
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Wives and Husbands.
With a wife toffies a certain loss of
freedom, which is irksomv to wilful
natures. This a man (who is a very
• hurt sighted creature) never thinks of
until after the object of his love is his.
W aking thoroughly to the conscious
ness that he is a married man, he finds j
in his house a person who lias an ahso- i
lute elaim on his attention, his time, !
Ids affection and his service, lie is !
surrounded by new condition. All his
movements must start from a new ven
ire. Mr. Jones before marriage, could
harness his pony and go wherever im
pulse might direct, but Air. Jones after
marriage, is obliged to remember that
Mrs. Jones is in ilie house, and would
like to accompany him—a fact, consid
ering the way towards which the pony's
head is turned, and the old companions
who live on the way. that is not wholly
agreeable to Mr. Jones. A new item
fomes into all ids calculations. Mr.
Jones is double instead of single. Air.
Jones' life which was once a skein of
silk bus become a stick of twist, and
tbo errand which lie contributed capnot
be separated from its fellow without a !
snarl. Air. Jones finds himself tied tu
Mrs. Jones for life, and also finds that a
certain freedom of movement which
lie enjoyed before marriage cannot
with propriety be enjoyed after marri
age. This troubles Air. Jones a little,
lie has half a mind to rebel. What
business has a woman to interfere with
him ? Perhaps tie rebels with a whole
mind. Thou Minds do, and by the fail
ure to adapt themselves rationally to
their new conditions inaugurate a life
of discord or indifference.
Absorption in business ami profes
sional pursuit is, tiie grand cause of es
trangement between married lives. In
France there is a saying that “Tobacco
is the tomb of love." French love,
probably, in America, business is' the!
tomb of love. It is hard, if not impos-|
sible. for two great passions to live in j
llie heart at the same time. It is as]
hard to love woman and mammon, as j
it is to serve (jod and mammon. The!
love of man for iiis wife must be the j
grand, enduring, all-subordinating pas-1
si oil of his life, or woman is defrauded !
other right. The man, who, when his
wife is won. turns the whole interest!
and energy of his life into business,]
making that an eml which should only |
be a means, is married only in name, j
There is no narcotism of affection like j
strong love and ceaseless .pursuit of,
money. Turning gradually aw ay from ]
the quiet society of their wives, anti |
(he enjoyment of their homes most!
men yield themselves to the pursuit of
wealth, and to the tierce excitements
of their enterprise, lose a taste for the
calm delights of domestic life. At the
close of a day's labor they bring home
weary bones and worn minds. Xotli
is saved for their homes or their wives.
Their evenings are stupid, and the pil
low and forget tininess are welcomed a
release from ennui.
To be a woman of fashion is one of
llie easiest tilings in the world. A late
writer thus describes it; “Buy every
thing you don't want, and pay for noth
ing you get; smile on all mankind bur
your husbands; lie happy everywhere
but, at home : neglect, your children and
nurse lap dogs; go to church every
lime you get a new dress,"
A High Tribute to the Character oi
of General Lee.
In a long editorial artick* calling for
a subscription of £10,000 to Washing
ton College by the friends and admir
ers of General Lee in England, the
London Standard of August lftli
Speaks of him as follows :
There is no living hero—there are
few, if any. among those whose names
shine with the purest lustre in history
—whose character has commanded so
high a tribute of affection and admira
tion from their friends, of respect and
honor from -their foes, as that of Gen
eral Lee. No life more perfectly he
roic, no reputation more perfectly
clear, no reputation more untarnished
even by the minor blemishes which arc
not uncommonly found in union with
the highest heroism, lias ever been con
nected with a great national struggle.
No shade of vanity or egotism, nothing
of the self will or petulance so often
characteristic of conscious genius, no
tinge of affectation, no taint even of the
pride almost inseparable from ordinary
greatness of mind, which can endure
everything but humiliation, and re
gards submission as disgrace, alloy the
simple grandeur of the Virginia sol
dier’s nature.
A piety without the slightest Show of
Pharisaism ; a sense of duty to which
the sacrifice of every personal feeling
and interest appears a matter of course,
irate marked his whole course and
guided Ids every public act, whether as
a soldier or as a citizen. A family
connection and the nearest living rep
resentative of the great champion of
American Independence, General Lee
has been the'Washington of the (Ion
federate war; like Washington, a in an
“whom envy dared not hate,” hut with
out the one dark .stain of doubt, if not
of dishonor, which the death of Major
Andre has left on the memory of his
prototype. No more “selfless man
and stainless gentleman” ever lived;
no soldier ever set a more admirable
example to the soldierly virtues ot
honor, chi valric generosity and manly
simplicity: no great man ever retired
into obscurity, after witnessing alike
the min of Lis cause and the destruc
tion of liir- private fortune, with more
of Christian patience and unshaken
fortitude.
Of his military achievements we
need not speak. It is enough to say
that nearly all his victories were won
against enormous odds, and that his
four years’ defense of Virginia had hut
few parallels in history as an example
of great results accomplished with
small means and at a fearful disadvan
tage. What is more interessing to re
member is the personal character ot
the man, as displayed in the various
exigencies of that trying struggle ; the
simple honesty and kindly feeling
which prompted him to console his
soldiers as they recoiled from the can
non-crowned mouth at Gettysburg,
with the assurance, “ft is all my fault;’’
the miafl'eeted self-depreciation, which
he pronounced when Stonewall Jack
son fell: “I could wish, for the sake
of our cause, that 3 had been disabled
rathe r than you;” the Christian chiv
alry, which no outrage could provoke
to retaliation, which, after Virginia
had been reduced to a desert, withheld
the army that invaded Pennsylvania
from inflicting the most trivial injury
on person or property; which, when
his own estates had been plundered,
ravaged and confiscated, took care to
protect the houses of his enemies; the
horror of useless bloodshed which
•withstood the cry for retribution exci
ted by the murder of Southern prison
ers in cold blood, and supported the
resolve of the President, that unless
the actual murderers were taken no
blood should he shed but on the Held
of battle, the touching unselfishness
of his last words to liis disbanding
army, on the sorrowful !lth of April;
“I have done my best for you.” Put
it was when all was over— when the
chief of a great and long victorious
army was a private man and a paroled
prison—that the peculiar greatness of
Gen. Lee’s nature shines out with ttn
oqualcd brightness.
OotRAGB in' Every-Day Life.—Have
the courage to discharge a debt while
you have the. money in your pocket.
Have Die courage to do1 without that
which \ysti do not need, however much
your eyes may covet it.
Have the courage to speak your
mind, when it is necessary you should
do so. and to hold your tongue when it
is prudent you should do so.
Have the courage to .-peak to a friend
in a "seedy coat,” even thougli you are
in company with a rich one, and richly
attired.
Have the courage to make a will, and
a jus! one.
Have the courage to tell a man why
you will not lend It ini your money.
Have the courage to "cut" the most
agreeable acquaintance you have, when
you arc convinced that lie lacks prin
ciple. ilA friend should hour with a
friend's infirmities,’’ hut not with hi
vices.
Have the courage to show your res
pect for honesty, in whatever guise it
appears: and your contempt l'or dis
honest duplicity, by whomsoever ex
hibited.
Have the courage to wear your old
clothes until you pay for your new
ones.
Have the courage to obey your Ma
ker, at the risk of being ridiculed In
man.
Have the courage to prefer comfort
and propriety to fashion, in all things
Have the courage to ackuowledgt
your ignorance, rather than to seel
credit for knowing under false pre
tenses.
Have the credit to provide entertain
nient for your friends, within volt!
means, not beyond.
jfeY'I.nve, the toothache, smoke, ;
cough, and a tight boot are tiling
which cannot possibly be kept secre
very long.
The Heart's Flowers.
The liuman heart is like a garden
hedged with thorns. You must pass
through tlie difficult enclosure before
i you pluck its blooms. As one will
take more pains to secure a violet that
flourishes In a dangerous place—for
we are naturally fond of hazard, and
prize the treasure according to its cost
—so the fair growth of the heart, when
gained after much seeking, become of
exceeding value. They are worth stri
ving after—for where are the flowers
With tints so exquisite, with odors so
transporting, as those which spring
from the rich soil of the human bosom.
It is proper that each one should cul
tivate hi* own dominions. He who
neglects his household is worse than
an intidel—and lie who neglects his
land shall come to want. But we may
bestow all necessary attention upon
our own field, and still have leisure to
inspire and assist others. We may
raise t he blossom that has been blown
down by the storm—we may train the
vine that has become misshaped, we
may relieve the plant that, is choked by
weeds, and direct, the tendril that is
looking for support. There is work to
do for others as well as ourselves.
There may he hearts ill which, such
aid seems useless. There are. We can
call them before us. There is no dew
that can revive their blighted blossoms
—no sun ran warm to life their dead,
fruitage. But yet*the attempt is not
wholly Useless, for there may he one
blossom and one plant that have sur
vived the general execration.
They have a fable, in the Mast, that a
maiden's tears falling on the lips of a
dead soldier, recalled him to life again.
And thus may it he with hearts whose
vegetation is withered and dried up—
for tears are mighty, and we may not
reckon their influence.
Shall we then not husband our time
—and while we give good heed to bug
own hearts, extend our sympathy and
aid to others. It is a glorious and sat
isfying labor to work among the blos
soms of the heart—a labor which shall
make sleep sweet, life beautiful, and the
future mellow as the May morning.
Wilkes Booth Again.
We find in the Columbia South Car
olinian the following statement, credi
ted to “the S. F. Examiner’s Chicago
correspondent.*' The story, whether
authentic or not, is at least a remarka
ble one :
Many persons are of the opinion that
Wilkes Booth -till lives. Eft me give
your readers a piece of information t hat
recently came into my possession, and
which has never been printed. On the
evening of' President. Lincoln’s assassi
nation, a young lady in Washington,
who was playing at Ford's theatre, was
on her way from her home to the thea
tre. As she was walking along the
street, at a quarter past seven o’clock,
she met Wilkes Booth on the sidewalk.
They had been well acquainted for sev
eral years, and w ere on intimate terms.
They stood awhile and chatted. The
girl told Booth that, she had received
an anonymous letter that day. that was
quite amusing. Booth asked her to let
him take it, and lie would hand it to
her at another time. She gave him the
letter and hurried on to the theater.—
That night site was horrified to learn
that Wilkes Booth h . assassinated
President Lincoln in the' very theatre
where she was playing. The poor girl
was frightened out of her wits for sev
eral days. fear;rig that some one had
seen her give Wilkes Booth the paper,
so short a time before the assassination.
So time passed on. and the actress wont
to her home in Philadelphia. About
five weeks since that young lady re
ceived buck again, through the postof
tice, tho very letter she put into the
hands of Wilkes Booth, on the night of
the assassination. There is a private
; mark on it, too, that makes her positive
{ Wilkes J5oot.li sent it. These are facts,
aud the actress is now playing atone
) of the'Chicago theatres. The story is
| a strange one, to say the least of it.
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i Pm visions of the TTomestead haw for
j the Southern States.
Tin; law of June 21, 1866, providing
for tin'disposal of the public lands in
flic .Southern Stales for homestead set
tlement. is now being printed, with in
structions, and will, in a few days be
ready for transmission to the District
Officers in those States.
The first section of the act provides
for the disposal of the. public lands in
the States of Alabama, Mississippi,
i Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida, for
homestead settlements only, according
j to the provisions of the original liome
I stead net. of May £>). 1862, and the
i amendatory net of March 21, 1864: but
1 restricts each entry to eighty acres,
! held at .81 25 per acre, or half that
j quantity of double minimum land.
| The restrictions as to quantity eon
| tiiiues until the expiration of two years
from the ditto of the act, and entries
after that will be allowed as provided
for in the original law. and the amend
atory thereof, unless otherwise order
ed by (’ongress.
in lien of the ten-dollar fee required
by the act of 1862, to be paid at tin
time of entry, fi ve dollars must be paid
when the patent issues.
The benefits of tln‘.,alct are extended
to all citizens of the United States
without distinction as to race or color
The above provisions have special
application to the States mentioned
while flie second section of the act is oi
general application to all the State
and Territories; and provides that un
til the first of January. 1867. the appli
; cant shall pi.ike affidavit that he hat
not horn arms against the United
■ States, or given aid and comfort to it.
1 enemies.
'Ll*’I he law is of further general appli
’[cation in this; Tiu.t the fee is reduced
J to 85 w hen tlie entry does not embrace
more than eighty acres, at 81 25 pei
i acre. The provisions of the acts o:
i L862 and 1864, except as modified bj
• the act of June 1. 1866. are made a par:
of the Inwf mentioned act.
Some Suggestions About Gathering
Cotton.
A planter of Limestone county, Ala
bama. communicates the following to
the Huntsville Independent.:
Now. Mr. Editor, Hint the cotton crop
is cut short, it would be well for the
j planter to consider how to turn it to
! most profit. The first thing is to gath
er it. with great care and expedition* for
the rains, de.ws and atmosphere injure
it every moment, after it. opens—it
bleaches and washes away the oils
which gloss and strengthen it. and gives
it the rich cream color which designates
a good article. From the time it opens
waste and deterioration begins. Ow
ing to the drouth the plant is. stunned
and the bolls so near the ground that
when it ruins the clay and dirt is pat
tered upon and stains it. And* again,
it should be gined early and with great
care. We should get the best machin
ery to separate the lint from the dirt,
without breaking it. It is more impor
tant to do it. carefully than rapidly:
better to use gins that do it. well, pick
ing two bales per diem rather than
four; For a small crop as this year,
I there is abundant labor, to save it, if it
can be made available.
Another question—is it best to gather
while the weather is good and house it,
j and delay ginning, which piny be done
! in bad'weather ? This is owing to the
I amount or'crop produced, ns a general
i rule: but undoubtedly, if it can be
ginned as it is gathered, it is most
! economical, for several reasons; its
quality is better, it deteriorates less, it
will sell for more, it is out of the way,
debts are paid, interest saved. The
planter can sum up profit, and loss, and
! decide whether to continue the busi
, ness, and if so, has more time to prepare
| for the next crop. Now. while every
| planter knows all this, and in preparing
I for it. you it may he well to stimulate
! by timely notice; therefore, let every
j restrurft* be brought into requisition to
I secure, hhof to gather and save all the
j cotton made. The new system will
require all our energies and ingenuity
to make available the only material we
have.
1 Oav the Democrats carry Xkw
i Yoke Y—Speaking about the matter, a
; New Y'ork Correspondent of the I.ouis
j vijle I Hnuoerut says, in a recent letter:
| “dan the Democrats carry X. York?
( As it is vitin to expect to make head*
: way against, the Radicals and Jacobins
j elsewiic re 'before we can upset them
I here, a ic answer is one which has a
| comma, uling-interest for every lover of
his country, and every supporter of
Presldont Johnson. From the best j
lights before.us.^it this moment, 7 think t
j but Jitt-.o is hazarded in assuming the
! ufKrtnaf ive. And for these reasons:
; the Radicals. at tite last giihernatorial
j election, made Reuben F. Fenton gov
ernor, bv a, majority of lmta few thous
and vuics, \Ve may reasonably take it
for glaumed that the < 'onservati vo de
fection from ihe Radical ranks iseipjiv
aletit to at least live thousand votes.—
Then, ftmi the returned soldiers, we
expect to obtain ton thousand more;
so that, hero is a clean gain, of fifteen
thousand votes, as capital stock to start
with, ivr.d then, when it is added that
the Democratic party was never in bot
. l.er statu of organization, and never im
bued with a more earnest determina
tion to obiimier, we think itts a ration
al conelr sion that the radical game is
i all up. it only needs a little more on*
j orgy oil the part of the President, in
i Ihe matter of removals from the eus
j toinhouse and postoltiee, 1o make assu
| ranee dorblv sure.
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Tite I v<:cmk 7'ax.—’l'in* following are
points ra Ise,<I against, the eonstiintion
ality of ft.at. tax. in a suit: now pending :
in Illinois, where a citizen resists its!
collection:
1. The Federal Constitution provides
(article 1, section 2. paragraph it) that
representatives and direct taxes shall
be apportioned among the several1
States, according to the.ir respective J
numbers. j
i. mi income tux is a (Uroet tux.
3. Jt mimt, flier of ore. lie apportioned
among the several States according to
their numbers.
4. The income tax, as now imposed
by acts of Congress, is not apportioned
among the several States according to
their numbers, but is laid by the rule
of uniformity.
5. The acts of Congress imposing
such income tax are, therefore, uncon
j stitutioiial and void. The tax cannot
! be collected.
; Female Inkluencb.—It is our moth
| ers and our sisters that mould nations
and impress communities. It is the
j nursery song, the impression of infan
tile years, the instructions of theiire
I sides, are to guide and influence. We
hear little of the fathers of great men.
It is the mother and sisters of Moses
that interest us. We almost forget
| that such a man as the father of Moses
; lived. 11 is very name is withheld from
i the history that records the birth of his
, son. It is the mother of Samuel and
! Timothy who have the high distinction
: of being approved ofby Cod. It is the
! mother" of Luther, Napoleon, and of
■ Washington, to whom their sonsascribe
tlieir greatness and their power.
A ]>E1ST OF Honor.—In the great
Fox’s frolicsome days, a tradesman, who
I held his bill for two hundred pounds,
; called for payment. Fox said lie could
not then pay him.
“How can that lie,” said the creditor ;
\ “you have now lying before you bank
i notes to a large amount.”
“’I hose,” replied Fox, “are for paying
debts of honor.”
I The tradesman immediately threw the ]
• bill into thv fire “Now, sir,” said he,
“mine is a debt of honor which I can’t
I oblige you to pay.” i
Fox immediately settled.
Country Meeting Talk.
An editor who sometimes has an at
tack of phonography, attended a coun
try meeting where* he took down the
following notes of different topics of
convesation at one time :
Vote for Lovely! exclaimed a poli
tician indignantly. I'd ns soon vote
for William Lloyd (inrrisbn, himself,
loaded down nsjie is witii—
Two of the fattest and best critters
you ever set your eyes on, interrupted
a dealer in cattle, that I sold for—
The horrid yellow dress again, ex
claimed Miss .Spruce, in what might
have sounded liken whisper if she had
been on the other side of the room,
painted, too, half an inch thick and
wears—
Teeth and toe-nails to get into office,
broke in another politician, but the
people will not trust him again ; besides
he is—
.Spavined in both hind legs, wibd
broknn and foundered to boot, as I
told Mr. Jarvis at the time—■
One teacup fill of butter, two of su
gar, three of flour, four of eggs and a
sprinkle of nutmeg, makes—
Both ends meet when the year comes
round, poor woman she has got six
children, the oldest one blind and—
No saddle or bridle to ride him with
somebody stole it while I was going to
Chicago after—
The long promised millenial day
which we have no doubt is to be brougt
about through the ministration of—
Two Dutchmen, a monkey, and a
hand organ to grind; and oh,’ it made
the fondest music, and the little figures
danced around like—
Ninety-nine hundred miles of railroad
track, and that is at un estimated ebst
of—
Five cents a dozen. I sold four liens
to Mr. Wilson, and the hawks carried
off three, besides any number of chick
ens aiul—
Stieli a handsome young man. and lie
dances so beautiful. Did you ever sec
a handsomer pair of whiskers, or a
more fascinating—
Handle of my teapot, and Tommy
declared he hadn’t touched It all, and I
kiiPW Emil v luuln't. for slip lm.fl Iwuni nil
the time—r
llunning at the rate .of twenty-five
miles an hour with no head light* on,
and round a curve at that, when the
locomotive broke the bridge over—
That young Miss Brown that bud the
smallpox last spring. They do say that
she is going to marry—
Two pointer dogs and the best gun
in town. 1 wanted the gun the worst
wav and offered him—
The scarlet fever and the whooping
rough and I don’t know what he hasn’t
had, poor little darliNg. This is the
tirst time 1 have taken him out since—
The Mexican war, which I consider
was entirely unjustifiable, unless it be
on the ground that—
The preacher hats come, exclaimed a
hoy, and depositing my report in my
pocket, I proceeded into the school
house to muse upon the utility pf pho
nography.
Important Treasury Cibuui.ar.—
A circular of instructions to collectors
and other offic es of .Customs has just
been issued from the Treasury Depart
ment, to carry into effect tlic provis
ions of the J7tli section of the act to
prevent smuggling, approved July 18,
18(10. The section provides that when
ever proper officers of Customs shall
be duly notified of the existence of a
lien on imported goods, wares or mer
chandise in custody, lie shall, before
delivering such goods, wares, or mer
chandise to importers, owners or
consignees, they give reasonable notice j
to the party or parties claiming liens, j
Possession by officers of customs shall j
not effect the discharge of such lien, i
provided that the right of the Govern-j
ment shall not bo prejudiced thereby.
Under instructions issued, persons clai- j
lning lien for any cause on imported !
goods ip the possession of a collector j
or other chief officer of customs mav I
give a vvritten or printed notice on him. j
which notice shall designate the goods
and packages as particularly as possible,!
giving the names of the owners, irupor
eels by which imported, the amount, J
date, origin, or object of lien dpi.. |
and giving address to which notice may
be sent of a proposed delivery of such
goods, which address shall be within
one mile of an office of collector or
other chief officer of customs upon
whom the notice is served.
Frozen Kindness.—The world is full
of kindness that never was spoken, and
that is not much better than no kindness
at all The fuel of the stoves makes the
room warm, but there are great piles of
fallen trees lying among rocks ou the top
of the hill, where nobody can get them ;
these do not make anybody warm. You!
Y'ou might freeze to death for want of
wood in plain sight of all these trees, if!
you had no means of getting the wood and
making a fire with it Just so in a family;
love is what makes the pareuts and chil
dren, the brothers and sisters happy; hut
if they take care never to say a word about
it; if they keep it a profound secret, as if
it were a crime, they will not he much
happier than if there was not any love j
among them ; the home will seem cold
even in summer, and if you live there you
will envy the dog when any one calls him j
“poor fellow.”
correspondent asks “wliv ed
itors put fists before all their para
graphs.” 'Tis because they are gener
ous enough to give warning that they
are going to knock down somebody or
sundry somebodies.
®Sg"Mother Goose,” when she wrote
her famous “meledies,” foretold with
the certainty of one inspired with pro-j
pheev, the conduct of a certain New!
England General, when she penned the
line—And the lbitler ran away with
the spoons.”
SALMAlxU fll ill. W
#42“An eloquent speaker is Hite all
river —great at the mouth. «
#42“ A crowbar often opens but ucver4B
shuts. jJH
#42s”A competency may be defined as[9|
a little, more than you have. , j®
#43" All diseases speak tous eloquen-H|
tlv and solemnly—except the aahibH
ague. M
#42“ Ait arch young lady should be an Hi
archer, for she can bend her beau as she HI
pleases. |9
#42" Large men are less quarrel some (fli
than little ones. TJic greatest of oceans Hi
is the Pacific. 9
#42“ A public speaker, like «huptlng-®[
dog, should give careful attention to 9
his points. ||
Ifip-Tcnnyson should have excepted I
the Dead Sea when lie said “every sea*!
is full of life.” • . ,< *<: pH
B42“"It should not be naturally infcrr-Hl
ed that Home was built in the night g||
because it was not built in aday. >m M
#42“Kvcrv women is In the •tt^ngHi
until slic cries—and then she is In the [■
right instantly. ' ®
#42“ A man only gets into hot water®
by attempting to thtow cold upon tho®
daring schemes of.Jdis .wife. 4 0{jj 9
fl42“The ladies sometimes get up bon- ®
nets of diminished size, but never of®
diminished cost. '" ‘
M
S&yThc man who lends ap umbrella®
is a real philanthropist; ho sacrifices ®
himself for his friends^ ic ;r mcT Oj
PSyThc Radical policy as to suffrage ®
is plain. It is written in black and ®
white—especially black. <d»‘; • > jj
#42“So common has becottfc the®
shooting of ministers in Missouri, ft is®
now regarded as a branch of sport. B
jfeVif a bigamist worn sentenced to ®
live with his two wives in the same®
house, the crime w ould soon become®
extinct. $9
. Li ■ 'f&ti 'vJaS^M
©ar ruiipm people may eat,* out
shouldn’t talk. Their mouths will do
well enough as banks deposit, but not
of issue. <!'
S&rlt is said that doctors can tniti—
gate the pains of sickness ; certainly a
good many of them make dying u gerjr
easy thing. .
Mixep.—An American was teaching
English to a German, and on being na
ked it' there were no irreguMr verbs in
English, replied on giving one solitary
example. It was, “I go, thou wetltost,;
lie departed, we made tracks, j;6n cut
sticks, they skedaddled.’* 1 u:
fisaf- A man. stopping his paper, wrote
to the editor: I think foftcit1 ftttent
spend their munny fur papur, my dad
dy dident and every body say1 he was
the most intelligentest mail in the eeun
trv and hed the smartest family of bois
that ever Hugged tat nr si.” H
BeiiT’A young lady having “set her
cap” for another large specimen bf the
opposite sex. and having failed to win
him, was telling her sorrows to a couple
of confidants, when one of them com
forted her with these words : “jvcvcr
mind. Mol He, there is as good fish in
the sea as ever yet wits caught.” “Jiiol
lie knows that.” replied her little bro
ther, -hut she wants a whale.” >r |
BsS“Eearning is like a river, whoso
head being far in the land, is at first
rising little, and easily viewed; but
still, us you go, it gapeth with a wider
hank, not without pleasure anti delight
ful winding; while it is on both sidcW
set with trees and the beauties of vari
ous (lowers ; but still, the farther you
follow it. the deeper and broader it is -
till at last it onwaves itself in the
unfathomable ocean. There you seo
more water, but no shore—no end to
the liquid fluids vastness.
ft®“A few weeks ago a baby was
taken to church to be baptized, a«d his
little brother was present duringthao
sacrament. O11 the following Sunday,
when baby was undergoing his ablu
tions ami dressing, the little brother
asked mamma if she intended to carry
>» uiiu mi ui; r-iir'i.siuiK*!!. "\yny^ no,
said Ids mother, "don't you know, iny
mui, people are not baptized twice
What!” returned the young reasoner,
with the utmost astonishment in his
earnest face, "not if it don't take the
first time?”
Knapsacks.—Among the knapsacks
now in use in Europe, the lightest, when,
-packed with a field kit, is that of the
Austrian army, weighing ten pounds;
the heaviest, the English, weighing fif
teen pounds. Put when to this is ad
ded the weight of arms, accoutrements,
clothing, and provisions, the total car
ried by a foot soldierVif each nation is
as follows : Austria, fit lbs. 8 oz; Eng
land, fit lbs. 8 oz; France. f>5l bs. 5 oz;
Prussia, 50 lbs. Soz; Russia, ft lbs. 7
oz.
Intelligent Women Not Beautiful. r
Very intelligent women we find by ob
obsorvation, are seldom beautiful. The
formation of their features, and particular
ly their foreheads, is more or less mascu
line. Miss Lander was rather pretty and
feminine in the face, but Miss Sedgwick,
Miss Pardee, Miss Leslie, and the late
A n 11a Maria and Jane Porter, the contrary.
(.Jne of tiie Misses Porter had a forehead
as high as that ot an intellectual man who
was admired for his personal beauty.
Pope was awfully ugly ; ]}r. Johnson waa
no better; Mirabeau was the ugliest man
in all France, and yet he was the greatest
favorite with all the ladies. Women more
frequently prize men tor their sterling
qualities ot the mind, than mon do wo
men. Hr. Johnson chose a woman who
had scarcely an idea above an ovster. Ho
thought her the loveliest creature in esist
enc*.', it we may judge by tho inscription
lie left eu the tomb.