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$ofoir of % |ll»2fs. TWEETS I \DEK THE KNOW. BT OBMIECt C. EBB *. Nothing i. Jolt that h»« beauty- to save, l'urity rises io flowers from the grave, Aad from tbo blossoms tint fade on the tree Felfatk too seed of tbo blossoms to bo. l.ifo onto death is mortality's growth. Snmvthiog Immortal ii under them both ; | Horvly m Cometh the W inter, I knww There ore Spring violets snder tho snow. S»e tho old nun in a great fur etntr. Furrowed bio forehead Bad while is bit 0 'hair. Yet. u ho rnralohlo oobIIm In bio done. Peialing bar eyes* to lb* lovers, whose •homo Mokoo tbom withdraw from tho light of tho ire, Boyhood, lirhl-heertad reveals in tbo tire ; Sorely o* romelb life's Win lor, I know There are 8 prop eioleto under the onow. See tbo old wife In bar 'kercheif and cap, Drapptog her knitting work into her lap. While, with a faugh that is silent, ibe shake*. And o'er her shoulder another paap lake* ; Years ate full Ibrty aince aba w«a a mint. And ahe'e a cirl in that ornrbeard kisad SnielfV eometb life"* Wiatar, 1 know. There are Hpriug violeta nnder the enow. See tho Old People, with noda of delight, f Mlenling together away for the night. Keen too fond and loo conning to own - W by "tbo v oboold leave the oly lover* * alone ; Bat their eyeo, twinkling, are tailing tbc troth — Down in their bearii ia aa aaawnring yopth ! Surely oa comelb life'* Winter, I know. There are Sprier rioieu under the anew. - Stint SisttUam). TniiUXb^EED CHAPtL" Soon after the promulgation *ol Methodism in England, it sptowd with ' great rapidity over Aa couniir* of Devon wd.Corntrall, am. especially among Ae miners ahd lower orders. For a {. Jong period tfter' its introdnction, the j wlergy ibd ~ht|fhrr orders of society In . the west of England manifested a degree . of dislike to the new doctrines which cea scarcely be imagined in these days of modern toleration. It was thought by many yoang gentlemen good eport , ta break the wiadows ami oaii op tba doors of a Methodist chapel. Tits rob- ' bsry^of a Wesley an preacher, as a spree, by two yoong geatltawn, became ' (be subject of judicial investigation, and the frolicsome young men bad to pay 1 very dearly for ibetr practical joke. Among the miasirweted local preach em was on# known by. tba name of ibe '» Old Gardener - This old men we# ' no common character; indeed, he was quite an original, and by fisf the most, i popular preacher among tba in west mmH ' least intelligent of the disciples of John' Wesley. lie kept a small norWy gar- ' • dee about two milts from Ac town of St. A" — , working hard at his occe- > p alien as a gardiuer by day, aad pray- J ing anil preaching A his fallow-sianera, at he termed them, inJAv evening. lie : lived in the pooraat manner, giving i away ail the rurplas of his earnings ia charity, dUWibaling Bibles, and pro- ] motiag, to lbs utmost of bis ability, Ac 1 extension of MeAodlam. His com pies - . ion was a sort of dirty, d*.k, iron-grey, i and bis whok appearsn-v lean and ' grotesque. Although ex?— i ely Ignorant he posaaaaed no small degree of* < ^--ShaCiBg. ami gnat personal courage. * Or tbjh tba following incident affords ' ample erideaoe ; — t T hm^Old Gardener" waa oaaa sob < jectad A a burglary aad attempt at rab- < bery. He livod with his wife, ia « t small aad somewhat dilapidated eoUage, [ l not it from the high road. Three \ yoang,- squires." who hod just Sobbed , their atadsaa at tbe C*i»er»iiy, aad who < aii vicsjdsed and bated MrthodUm.hav- 1 t 1B* Utfd A.v Aa aid m— bad bees. < teccaU, making a aottoetre. to bmld a . McAodlwi chapel, thought tt Would be : a good froUcto rob h^a, temporarily, of , Ac proceeds of lis coUectioo. The r* 1 suit of the frolic ia best related is the t words of the Whore. J ^ ** ' ' * % ' .. :*'-- # ■ ,

• feit-tnyseif a'cownrd. I Vcgso to roflrci j "1 Asa it wg«. bat s dsstardly frolic to' frighten a poor-old nuts and his wife jo i { the dead of lbs night. The clack attack twelve. "Xo*i comes the wkeliug time of iright," ex- ; claimed Tom. " Dont let ds frighten the poor conple : * out of their wits," said I. " Xo," said Ryder ; " we will bo geD- . ; tie robbers; gentle as Robin Hood snd Little Jobs. " mr I said Ant I would" rather trav.-l back j than proceed. "KetoKeog* said I, ■ s " the' old fellow it an oid soldier hs wBI as a saint, and fears nothing human." , "• Konaenfc," i-xciaimcu Ilyun, !'uvs° i goes." He pressed the feeble door of .' " . the cottage irt wHcblhe old rash resided, j ! It immediately gave way and flor 'ojtan. ' 1 We entered and fband dnrsvlves in a sort of kilch- n. To our great surprise there was a light shining from un inner; , room. This made us busualo, ,| " Who is out Acre at this time of ■ nigiit 1" exclaimed a hoarse. voiod from wjthin. I knew ft to be Ae unmistakable voice of Ike-Old Gardener. " Give tia "your money, and no harm •hall jrefalj. jroo," said Tom J "bnt we mnst have your mo^ey." i " The Lord will Joe. my defence," «•] . , joined Ae Old Gsrdener. " You shall have no money from me; all in the (reuse ia the Lord's; ukt- it if you ' idyra/' • ! " Wc «ost and will have it," said wo, ' : aa WtNhtlted the inner ro.»ui. "aftsr . I taking the preccotion,of .fastening the i cnambcr door aa we entond. : a W| soon wished wp bad Mffered it i to remain open, as you will »e«. J Now consider us face to fhee with the Old Gardener; nod a pretty sight we f ' j presented. Three rnlDans fourselvesj ; *IA white W» goner's frocks and black, j dhed faces Djjfore us fha OJd Gardener . sitting on the iida^fbi, bed. He wore : j a red worsted nigiMcap. a checked shirt, j and a flaouei jacket^hi. iroa-grey face, fringed with a griuia beard, looking a. I 6001 omiibamyed as if Mb hatf been j in the, pulpit preaching A table was ' . hy Aa ald<> of the bed, and immediately I In front of film, on a large den! table, waa an. upM Bible, close to which we • observed, to oor horror, a heap of gnnpowdw, Urgo ooaagh to blow up a castle. A candle was barnlng on the Ubte. and Ae old fellow had a steel in one band and h Urge ffint In tho other We were all three completely paralysed. Tba wild, iMD-facsd, determined look or At Oid Gsrdener, the ctndie, the flint l ***1 steel,- entf tire gtest heap Of powder, ! 1 ahaofulriv froze dur blood, and okde ' " cowardl'of os all " The gardener aw . Aa impression he bad made. "What. do yon want U> rob. and mnr-' , dar 7" exclaimed be ; "you bad better ' join nUa.« peaywr, ■iwsiwhUmn- ' nan As t yon all are., R-fl*», aud yon j be aaXetJ. Xod wllf soon be ia | another worltL" :-yi. m I Ryder fitet reeawared bla afmech. " tteo WW a*. ; : | feel that we have been writeg, and if { we mgy depart, mo wiH nUka reparation, ' i and givsryan^aU tba money wo tarvo In ki bpr podketi * cartr, HUvb.1fore him. "The-fcvd hath 'delivjpak y#o ban*. ' H was so reveafed to ne in a dream Wa ehstil aH bei soot h an- > other waetA: , fftey, let w>rey." And ' down be ft ft upon his knife close to ! > j the table, with Ac candle bemteg, aad ' i I An ngly flint and eiterl i» his band, j i pr^wl and praytf. lAonght bis V would never end. At last, he « appeared exbanted.' Ha .topped and 1 • eyed A a pmrees.acd Aeo vmptiwi one y< of Aem oat wo Mm vwbio. Ha app-sred i i snrptvaed, And. I Aougbt, araCfiad, .t ' , Ao largeoest of its chateau Wa now | Aonght we shoq»- hdvd leave fi rtfih ; \) »«. » Ml a. OU 0.rJIi.r h SbHl hw — ww> ter'Ssi ■■ - pane; aud while be wax examining iu ndaaats. Uydar^ wh« wwa tiss-- tLblnd i ji % ...

t1 "I have unfastened Ae door; wlieu a ! yon hear mc move, make a rush. " „ j The Old Gardiner then, pouring out \ I the contents of the second puree, ex- , i claimrd "Why, there is almost enough to ; build our new hodkewf GoJl Let me s see what the third contains " He look up the third puree. . 1 "Now," whispered Ryder, "make a: 1 1 " I Wa did sa, and at the saaie moment i t heard the old fellow hainmerinc away i t i with his flint and strtL We erpeettd ; J , to- be instnntyr (»Iowii into fragments. | Tho front door, however, (lew open i ' •Sef-ra • As »»t' - M,o» we found 1 f ourselves in the garden. The night waa pitchy dark: We rushed bliodly i throvgli the niirsery-groand, scrambled j ' ' %^ril bramW« and prickly shrubs, [ , • ran our head* against trees, then forced . Ourreives through a thicket hedge. At j ' laSt, with scratched laccs, torn hands, { f' and tattered clothes, we tumbled over a : , . bank into the high road. This was thai , j work but of a few minutes. If our fsct-s i • could have been seen, it would liav<- j been thought, from oar horror-stricken | , ' conotensnces, that, instead of bavidg i i risen from prayer, we hod been panned j J by Old Nick himself. Our horses were soon foand, and w«- i galloped A Ryder's residence. Lights ■ were propnfed,"rutd we sat down. We ' j were black, ragged, and dirty. We I looked at each othjr, and, in spite of], our miserable ^pdveature, roared with \ laughter. [ , j " W <i may laagb," exelaimed Tom, j " bol ff this a<lsci)tare is hlaiwn, and we j i are fotrmi oat, Cornwall will tm too hot i f.-r us for the fiexl Woven fears. We made a preity night of it. .'Wei i hare lost a«r money ; been obliged to ; , prStend to pray for two long Laura.', j before a graai neap of gunpowder, while | ; that I eon-faced, ugiy. rcd-capped brute j | threatened us ail with an immediate 1 ■ passage into eternity. And aur money, 1 i forsooth, must go to build a Methodist meeting-house j Bah, it ia truly ,horri- ] j Lie. The f.|te> hus played the old i soldier on as Willi a vengeance, and at , ] shall ba the laughing stock of tba whole ! ; coontry-" The affair was not yet ended. Itc. • ports were spread that Atse men, dis- ! guised as block demons, with horna and • tails, haff entered tho cottage of the Old ; Gardener, who had not only terrified ■ them, but had frightened them ont of a good aura of money, which he intended ' to devote to Ac building of a new Me- \ thodist meeting-boose. It was given ont that oa At- following Sunday the j OJd Gardener intended to preerti a ser- ; uioa, and alierwards solicit subscriptions for the nirnflnj-hooio, when Ife would relate the remarkable manner "iq which ■Jo* had been providentially aasisted with j ■ fanda for the building. Our niortlflcaL iion ,waa complete. Torn, whose hatred j of Methodism was tetense. declared he j. would blow up tho mvatiog-honse ns j soon m> It esas boilt. Oar corioatty, i however, was excited, and we alt Aree ' determined to hear Our advcntnre of An ' night related by the Old Gardrm r. if we I could contrive to be present wi.boat I Vine sutpeded. Spnday evening Vr rived. Tbc mccting-hoose was crammed I to svfftcaiion, and, with Ae dim lights : then burning in the chapel, we. had no difficulty in concealing ourselves The ■ sermon was short, bat the atntement of j onr adventure was related most •jninateand circumstantially in Ae old man's ; i Whit, homely, ant! hamoruos phrase- • loiogy. This evening be seemed to ei-j; ! cef himji.i, and wos excitingly humor- [ ous. Tito old fallow's face glowed with ydefigbl sad satisfaction. "I trever." i J aaid ba, J^aaw bloek faces pray wit^ j greaser devotion. I hwve some doobt, j however," ba -atily obsarTed, "if their 1 ( prayers were tjnito bewvenward. Tbey i I aoifceilmes turned their faces toward the ! | doer, hut a lifting of ibe flint and steel : ! kept them qtuet." . S Ho flea added, with a knowing shake ] 'of the bend, wad aa e Tolling langh, " Bat VbOy tad not atneH powder like s Ao old soldier whom tbey caste to rph. j ;i -Na, BO, \i wak a laige beaiway, farga | eawjh 'to" frigltgti vU. Grcrral X'livc!

i" bioavtf. The- caudle v. a. lighted; tije and sleet w«:a ready. You may t a«k, my ' friundt, if I mysc'f was no} - : afraid. No, no. my dear frienda," he ; shoaud ; " this Urge beep of apparent > gnoppwder was^-it was my stock, my : - whole year's stock, af lei t-sevd." j The whoie congrrgarion somewhat j irrevprontiy laughed; even the saints' , i almost shouted ; many clapped their ' j hands. I wan far a moment siuptfied i j ut the annonnerment, but, si last, could , I hardly suppress nty own laoght. r. ' 1 | j We sub.cribid to the i'uud to avoid ; suspicion, and it ft the meeting. After , j tt.e s< ruioii, we joined each oiher, but i | cojld not apeak ; we could barely ijcb.ckla '♦tuek-»e«d," and llii-n roared j with laughter. ; it'Wuk a good joke, though rtol «T | aetly to onr taste. It has. iiowewrr, I mote tlmn once aarvud fir aubstqueut j aiuiisciueot. j Tisa chapel wits built with the money , j collyefaj by the gardener. Tiauf aud ,1 or^iaiances now Induce me to think ; I ibaf. t tit-re bus been no dctrimout to ■ j uiuraiity or leligiou by thu erection of tho, aeeting-hoiis^, which the iligli- [ Choreh party named the ' Leek.tkvd j Chapel,"— St. James's Hague inc. BOW THE UtttV IK FKD. ' ) Resident Lincoln remarked to Gen. | llall'ok that no department gate him jso j title tremble as the Commissary • i "Uftiess," said ho, "I sometimes iroiiI dar^J how pur vast armies were fed, 1 aholW forget iu existence." Any one j «*ho wiii spend a week at the army ifa. pots wiii join in Ae President's admirsI tioniof -tills otodest tieparUnent. j iWfield depots of the grand amy ; »r« under the immidiate charge wf Capt. | Wilsoq, a West Point graduate in the I class with Gpii. liurnside. "This dflicer's .] quarter's are near Falmouth. Four utiles neart r Aerptia Creek another dt- | Pot been placed , at a place called i Stoneiudii's Switch which shares with (that at Falmouth the laloor of feed- | lag two hondred thousand men. With Stonsniau's station we Uavo at present ■ to do. The eapiain at tRis point, I). D. Wfit-v, wtui formeriy a member of tho list M**k~t.hutttU -Regiment, and • was promoted for •flieictK-y as a clvrk | during Ae iVuitisuior cauipuigu. 1 1 is ] farce ootnpriscf two or throe under ofli- | cere, half a dozen clerks, and a squad I of negroc.v. How these or,- employed i Aa record of a single day will show. I At eight o'clock in the morning a ; sergeant from a division couimiuary : prevented an ^estimato" of supplies. The Captain* Rm-cted this to- cor res pond with the amount of states on baud, and gave it r-> one of hiV clerk*. The fatter took tho fc. rgehnt to w plain before Ae tent, here nearly an acre' of i^groiiad was thickly covered with boxes aud barrels, so arranged in liers that any desired article couid easily b« found in ita appropriate* p!*<y. Here lie d - ] rected Ae sergeant's mm iu luadiag ine stores, caret uliy couu'ing each barrel ; anil box as they wcut by liiu tj ibe. wagutrt, till the amouuta issued agreed i with those of the corrected estimate. T'uis "issue" was then copied to lo the office-book, a similar copy furnished Ac Kcrgavol. W'd another e.Uvale com muted to Ae vlcrk. f Tbc n-nonat we have thus seen dvlxvrred was atoty thousand rations, teadhig mbre<th»B «!ty wrgons. ileanwhilq, the plain was biliog wlA ' • told it- rs, negroer, muhs and' wagons, in acemingty Cmlloat ctg.fkstou ; but Ae • balT-doren clerks, cbvTk-SJfcic in hand, j brnugLt order not of tfie coiUusiuu, and j rent off train after teste, liUtebc whole : conutry, far mdes in osery direction, ] viii whMc With the lines of sblulng canLxgxr 1 The clerkv had hardly time tor dinner I L' fora a locomotive was ahisiltngaiihe . ] sUtion, and rlgft or tint cA-r.qaired j unloading. He»*, again, tfVery gbing j mast be coanted while the portevt arm j burryUg It from the train, and a record1 i girearto Aa dwt. aiA the wnme-of Ae J ffnormtiloariing the car. The ortter Is : ' j " Tba cleric who makes a mistake may j conrider himself dj argnd."* One ! train was barely off f trc another apj p -sred, and by nine qMock at night ' f -cd otf-.iafa and area ijOTy laj .doter • % rft; i

e 'h^tbsit Moukcts, while the plaintive tat- j j : too of bugles and dram* rose and died j t away in a hundred ramps. The sap- ] e . plies An* distributed are 'brought and ] t j forwarded from Alexandria, and tho ac- j jr j counts are so care folly kept that on er- j rur ia n single box could be traced from i t depot to depot, and from clerk to clerk, j r ' till tb<- author of Ac mistake should be [ r i found . , i ■ This bsrd-working deport men: is not I without its comedy and its tradegy. The negroes at Ae station are a contiu- ] tied source of amusement. Whenever r ; a train requires unloading, the .porters' I I roll is called, lett any of Ae d> V«y genf ! lUuicn to whom Uncle Sain prives ra- ; iiihma .nd-twri^r -Sm dolfars a mualk { should shirk his responsibility. Tbisi' - foil koulff lead obe to suppose that gov- I , ; erament employed some very disiitt- . f-guisbed as well as doubtful characters, i • The responses to the roll are not waat- ■ ^ ing in variety. "Alexander Siepheif* !" j f ;cali* the sernoanu "liiw. 1 U," *v- j t spotids that personage. "Horace Grae- j > j ly !" "Ik-faro your eyes, salt !" "Jrirvr- ] f sou Davis !" 'On this yete box of hard | , . tack." "Jim Crow !" This nnpretea* L J , ding name belongs to decidedly the | brightest darkey in the crowd. But j ffenough of the negroes. These long \ ■ raw* of boxes furnish Utotighu of a ( • different kind. A f.-vr of tlium are 1 ; marked "Warrentoa." When tbey . ' were fought d««ii to Alexandria, j from Ant place soma of the lick acre , •' | tba si- died al the depot, and were ' • buried by the porter*. And while ' they weie uuiimling the car* another Ghc-looking suidier w»s found dead among 'h* r.-s. He had pieced his ' ■ : urosket against a barrel, fain down to- » face, and thus "got his discharge."— " X. Observer. . I A uohkstic sct:\i;. ( 1 a yoang couple had pa«»«il thu CM few I weekr u.' tbuir marrfage^nt hnasu oi a " friend. Having at li-ugib orenpied the.r 1 new home, lh.-y we're lakfag their firvt ' I . breakfast, whvn ihe folio a ing seeno took f The yoang havband was i:>gocrnily ojn-u- | ring a boiled egg ia an oRtt-cop. The br.de , [ , observed that ha was hrckking the shell nl '-what «hn thought the wrung end. - How strange it look?," said She, ' to See you jiresk jour egg at the small end. my; dear ! N'6 one else does ; and it looks so i 1 r odd." "0. I think it is qnite a.* good— in fact) l bettor than bieakiug it at the largo end, \ I uij' love ; for when you break the large end ' . the egg ran* over the top." replied ibe ' ; husband "Hut it looks very odd when no one c'<* ; | does so." rejoined the wife. "Well, now. I really do think it is not a i a ice w»7 you have p»i „f eating -an egg. j ITtat dipping strips cf, bread nnd batter • j into un rgg certainty t* not teite* Hat I ' , do nut object to yottr doing as you pleasu, i I if you will fat iSe bteak my egg at the - small end," retorted tho huahattd. t *1 am sore my way is not quite as-bad as j | eating fruit pie with a knife ae you do, ins stead ot using a fark ; and yoa always eat | j ■ At syrttp as tf jou wore not nccastomefffi to have such tbtuss. Yo» really do not • • bee how very had it looks, or 1 am sure , • i yon would not do so," added the wife. | >' ; "The syrup fa made to he cat en with the • - pie, and why should I send it away on the ' c plate foiled the Lashaud ' i "No well-bread person* ever clear their j ; plates a* if they were starved," said Ac | J i bride, With a cuafamptuons cast of her ' bead. ' | ""W'eil, then I am not a well-bread per*' " soa" replied the husband angrily. i • | "But yju mast be. if we are to live com- '[ I ! fortably together," was Ike sharp answer of I • j He- fasiiilioas lady. , j "Well l.wpvl break my egg el the small j . . md so it does not signify ; and [ must ' al*o eat A* syrup." •iTi.ro I will nut have either f.-vsit pia or '• ' { aggs at the table." S; -'But 1 stU nave them." pttsoaily ii. 1 claimed An X us bard. ; ' Then I wi*H I had not bees marriud to t yoa." cried the young wife bursting into jl tears. , # ; "And so do 1," added the now jneaaeed hnebaoff, tk he arose and walked out of ! Thfa domestic qnsrrvl was fallnwad by i : others equally tridmgJo Arir or fa-ln and , - wtegracefol iu their el.srector, until the sil- j I jr eonnfa mad., thomeelre* en dieagreeabtr , to each other, that their home became an- ! » (unusable, act! thrweeparaled.

THE W: t SO t H'H V. Dr. Walker give* the following as tboi j r»n«nn why out great men are mil io pubI lie life:We neeer had greater men in science, in | learning, in art • we never had greater Itwj vers, nr.grrnlrr merchant*, or greater ahgfarrre. Kvitlenliy. therefhre. the probfem J to be solved i« not. why men of fare- ; capacity have us. hut why snch men ' aw so ept to turn oshle from politics, and devote thrinseltus to othi r pursuits. It fa became the geW dOriiines and policies haurfiad Ae effert to make an eoliehtnned ' end expetivneed etate-manship a ufaqoah. ficstinn for thu highest offices in the N'ntjunai Governm-nt. N,.t the fitte»t. hut the most av«H«' le candidate !v srmght far : j one who will reditu no grnd-or, awaken no j jcslansiee. a new man. ami ab-.ve all. a ' ] niau who it not a pnw.r in himseif. That the Candidate* i ducoled fur the place j are passed ewr ; nud. what is wow. a policy is inaugurated which make* it rcr- , lain thai soon no mch. candidates will pe j loft. Ifanre the aaswar to the often re-'" I>.»lfd <t«"?tion. by nhial^it is tluiugbl le '■* . J| | silence cnmpleinte agiinst olfiriui ineompej tency— ' Where can yon lind better men J" I W hero indei-d ! Yun cna find good man and great turn. Hi: t why wonder tl at you j cannot bud rrrat Matennen. men educated j and trained far public lif--, ineii who have T already «..u tl.u guid e t-unfldeacu, nnil •wbr.se n .mes are* in everybody's moath— ' " ' -hy womfar Mist this impossible' when you hat* been far juufrparvalng a course whirh has maifa it impu».lhfa. * », ./£ A\E«'I>OTE OF P tlBERSm, The fallowing must cl.ararteristic anec. / dote illustrates the i'renn-rs tart and lova t« Glssgow, the workings^!) farinod a depctation to present bis ii.rvtvhip with an address. After I.erd I'almereton end hi* ; suite had retired fr.-m tho ronforence, the l.ord Hrorost of Olaspow. aildrvxeing tbo I':. mier.said, - M.v lord it must he a great Itore to ynn to receive and hear *o many deputations from *11 parte of tho country.'' • S " O. y»»." said Halmerelon. •• but it'fa my | duty, and 1 get over it vary uasliy. Uow. I ever. I have had »3hie very curious deputations waiting on lire in my lime. \oa all remember, of coo me. the tragedy of Rugely. •here i 'aimer poisoned t.'ook with tlrych'nine. Well, what il'ye think? A depute - to me. prusmg Sims tbdioold gtv. my earn After lathing to themjor a fa, m'i nates, I end «o. who would require In tor consulted.' | The deputation thought I could settle th« ~ . • matter at once. I then asked them Whqt ; they could propose as n now nsme. and i they left it to me. 'So.'I sold. Ma tbwi case the only nnd best name i could sng j 6««t i» I'a'mei's fawn." I can teifjynu th t 1 no depntatiofl ever tefi my room qmcfcv j than they did." *" ^ FEEI.IYG FOR ANOTHER. , I "I give *'nd bequeath to Miry, my wife, j til" sum of £100 * s ear," ► aid an old farmer. " Is that written down, mcaitarl" " Yes." replied tlm lawyar, " bal dtoda . not so old ; tha may marry again. Won't ] you make any change iu that esse ? Mpst ■ people d».'' (l " Do, do lliey r said the farmer ; "welt * J write again, and sey that if jhy eifa nAtrrie* . | sguin. I gill bequeath loeAas^ho sum of |he5e»-a -yesrr 'llmtffl rtti. ttTtrr. iwftii-.ter ? ' - — jl by. that's doukfa. the snm she weald , h**o if "he remained nmnarriud." said tho lawyer. "It is generally the other way j , ! 'he leg»ey i* lessened if the widow msteies . i *8«j" " . J • ( 1 ""Ay." said the farmer, " but him aa gets • p ; her 11 di-sarre it." A celebrated divine iij live west country r l tell* the following story j While one day. J taking hi* usual walk, be happened to eome ; w\ aorosr a little l»»y husily engaged in (ertn1 ;ng a miniature buiiding of cfav. The dot. . " ; lor, always fund of cntirenatinn with chilv | dren. at once begun bis loterrogelorisa as | follows jfc ' ! Well, my litlfa man. what's thjs yorro ' doing ?'• " Making a hoose. sir." ' " What kind 'o a house ?" J " A kirk, sir." j " Whore's the door V "There it is," replied tbo bny, poiouog ' with bis fiuger. ' 'j* " Where's tho pnlpit?" ■ ! "There," said the boy. ' j Tho doctor now thinking Le woald fix 1 . tho tkarp-oyed hoy. again asked '• fl [ " Ay, but where is the minister !" ' ThO youngster, with a knowing took to 1 j hit querist, aad with a scratch of his hovd , again replied . I " Ok. I hav'ca .•rough q' d|,-t to aako T; & ^