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§»ra«au9. Why to wstqpesther more pleasant than dry y Bocuuaelt ia more in-door- ' abto. "May your whole family fas Jammed into one ooffln," i» an cipreaaive Chinese oath. Hanging a mackerel to your coat tail and imagining yourself a whale "If it waaBt for hope the heart would break," as the old woman said wheaabr hnrisd Im esreuth tiiihan^ and lookied anxiously among the flniera 1 crowd for another. A "psrfoct oarage" at^gewwl the other day, that phy eiciane abould adopt a motto. He ted the effrontery to suggest, ae (ftfraly appropriate: "Pete ah water a .«..»« !» A witty and popalarclaqgrman being c ana day aaksd fey a lady parishioner what diObroene there was between a d clock and a woman, Instantly rspllad : "A clock aerrea ta boint out the hours " A friend of our. visiting a neighbor 11 bund htm disabled from having a Torse step on hie foot Hobbling out oT the stable, the suffbrer explained bow * It happened. "I waa standing here, "mid he, "and ths horse brought his foot right down * on mine." b Our Mend looked at the injured , member, white w»a of the Ko. 14 pat- b I TtTSi^ VhtohT tody Bke. " ft toet to enteric on the sea of eqjoyment T B lk courtship. n A Many a philosopher, who thought he * IB had exact knowledge of the human race. J' ■ be. been miserably cheated ia tha ■ chuteeeTawflh. It [■ la s hot rammer when there It moet U !■ than alb ftwtat brook* So of many * i^wteteHte-^teydftmnmwten J ■ *wT fc ft ift^5i15teLh2ito,eh*10 *adl* " ■ *3wmy' a-B" * Jj tJ!S'Tt^"nr'°** *— nwtth°^t

JSWisffllantous. THRILLING AD VEN TUBE. " Father will hare done die gnat chimney to-night, won't be, motherf'.' aa, bald fettle Tommy Howard, as be stood »» wailing for hUBkthrr'.brniXflut, which he carriod to him at hie work every " He said that he hoped that all the scaffolding would be down io night," answered the mother, "and that'll be a fine sight ; for I never like the ending of those great chimneys, it is so risky for. father to be last iip." '"Oh I then, tet I'U go and seek him and help "em to give a ahont before he comet down," said Tom. "And thai," continued hit mother, "if all goc« on right, we are to hare a frolic to-morrow and go into the country and take our dinner anil apend an tte day In the woods." "Hurrah!" ericd Tom, aa he ran off to hia fother's place of work, with a rim of milk in one hand and some bread in the other. Ilia mother stood u| at the door, watching him aa lie went merrily whittling down the struct, and the thought of the dear fkthcr he was going to and the dangerous work he wot engaged in ; and then her heart nought its sure refuge, and the prayed to God to protect and bleu her treason* Tom with a light heart pursued hit way to hit flithcr, and leaving him hit breakfast went to to hia own work, which was at aoinc iliitsnrn, In the evening, on lila way home, he went • around to see how hia flither waa getting along/ James Howard, the flither, and a number of other workmen, had been building one of those ' lofty chlmneya which in our manufacturing towns almost tnpply the place of our architec4 torsi beauty. The chimney waa of the highest and moat tapering that had ever been erected, and aa Tom eluded hit eyes from the slanting rays of the wiring nun, and looked up in search of his fitlbcr, his heart tank within him at the appalling tight. The scaffold waa almost down — the men were re- ' moving the beams and poles. Tom's i father stood alouo at (he top. He then looked around to sec that '' everything was riUit, and then waving ' m« tat m 03 Slfffce men below antwered him with a lung, ioud choer, little Tom ahouting aa long as any of them. As their voices died away, however, they heard a different sound, a cry of horror snd alarm from above. ■■ The men looked around, and coiled 4 upon the ground lay the rope, which, before the scaffolding waa removed i. should have been fastened to the chimney for Tom't father to come down by. •The scaffold bad been removed with- ■ out remembering to take the rope up. i There was a dead alienee. They all 8 knew It-was Impossible to throw the i rope up high enough to reach the top ' of the chimney, or even If possible, it i k would hardly be safe. They stood in ; • silent diamav. unable to eiva anv heln ' any

br think of Ay means of-eafety. H And Tom'i father? He walked >» round and rfrqDfi the ,i"u "'**1*. Lb«- J dizxy height seeming more and more * fearfUl, anil the solid earth farther and oi farther from him. In the sudden ri prnle he lost his presence nfmlnd— his senses failed liim. He shut Ids eyes ; <1 he felt aa if the next mometdhr must be dasln-d to piccea on the ground be- » low. The day passed as Industriously ci as usual with Tern's mother at home. She was always busily employed for > her Husband or children tft jon» Way, and to-day she had been harder at ci work than usual getting ready for the holiday to-morrow. She had Just d finished her arrangements, and her thoughts were silently thanking God n for the happy home and for oil those d bleasinga, when Tom ran hi. b His foce was while aa ashes and he could hardly get the words out : y "Mother! Mother! he annot get down I" d- " Who, lad— thy flither ?" asked the motter. p " They have forgotten to leave him « the rope," answered Tom, still scarcely k abb to aprok. I> The mother started up. horeor-atruck, « and stood for smomont is if paralysed, »l then pressing her tends over her flu*. * at if to shut out i he terriUe picture, d and breathing a prayef to God for c rushed out of the house. "I When site reached the place where f" her husband Was at work, a crowd gathered round the fool of the chimney * and stood quite helpless, gazing up, hi with their feces full of sorrow. "neaaya he'll throw himself down." " "Thee munna do that, bd," cried his wife, with a clear bopcfnl voice; "thee manna do that— wait a bit. a) Take off thie stfcki*, lad, and on- m revel it, and let doWn the ffdead with abitoT mortar. Dost Utou hear me. The man made a sign of neaeut-fbr h It seemed as if he could not speak— and talcing off his #ocllng, unraveled the * worsted yam, row after row. 'The Y people stood around in bcrethlem " silence and aiwpense, wondering what " Tom's mother could be thinking of, u ami-why ate sent him in sneh basse ~ the Carpentaria teB of -twine. 11 "1*1 down one end of the thread M with a bit of stpne-and keepfiuthokl nl of the oShsr," cried aha to her husband. 1" n*™?" | it Tom held theUil of^iw whfe » his mother tied om> end of H to the a fsxssg&t see 1

. churned the wife. She hid her fece in 1 her tends Jn silent prayer and treqib- - linglv rejoiced. The iron to which it it itepld be listened was there ell ( right — but would her hatband be able 1 at to make nse of it? Would not the 1 lerror of the past haveso unDerved him i «1 aa to prevent him from taking the ne- < th ccsaary measures for safety ? She did ry not know 'Hie magical influence her few i words bod ezereiaed over him. She , •e did not know the strength that the ," sound of her voice, so calm and stead- , lw fesl, had OOod him— ae if the litile r >E thread had carried liim the hope of life <1 7 once more, ted conveyed to him some portion of that faith ta God, which no- l in thing ever destroyed or shook in her n « pure heart. She did not know that, as she waited there the words came over ■V him : "Why art thou cast down, O my t. soul, why art thou disqubtod wiltun me? h<$e thou in -God." She lifted ft her heart to God for hope and strength, g but could do nothing more for her hus- t, n band, and her heart turned to God and rested upon him aa on a rock. c ie There was a great shout, d "He's safe, mother; he's safe!"' n it cried Tom. . a id "Thou hast saved my life, my fi a Mary," said the husband folding her ie in his arms. Bat what nils yon ? thou S •t sternest more sorry than, glad about » d It." But Mary could not speak, and n i- if the strong arm of her husband had ii not held her up she would have &Uen * to the ground— the sudden Jov, after " s such fear had overcome her. it i " Tom, tet thy mother lean on thy d 0 shoulder," said his father, " and we d' ' will take ber home." And in their ei > happy home they poured forth thanks nl io God for his great goodness and their - » happy life together felt dearer and 9 holier for the peril it bad been in, and ri » in the nearness of the danger that had ai - brought them unto God. And the d - holiday next day— waa it not Indeed a |„ f thanksgiving d.r ? T 1 A Coon right In Kenturky. n t A coon light Is one of the glories of j life in Kentucky. The programme Is i this : Some one announces to the genI ilemeu planters of an extended neigli- - borhood that he will give a barbecue 0) s and coon fight on a certain day, at , such a place, and they are invited to 1 t bring themselves, their friends and M 5 tlieir dogs, for his coon is a veteran. - and will makes big fight. This brings , , a large gathering of man and dogs to L f enjoy tile feast and the fight. The , cogn is placed in a barrel with one head . , out, laid out, so that lie cannot be , taken on the flank and rear, and the , 1 dog that brings out the coon— snd it , takes ono of pluck to dothat— wins the , ' s On one occasion to be described, a . large party assembled with numerous . fine dogs, eager for tho fray. The . , «l»rt began— but every dog of rite party . I was whiuurd out hv the shnrn i*.-il« _ r I and cbws of the galbnt coon. Asa . ) nutter,, of course there was a noisy 1 t clamor and some rough swearing at J? I the result There was a seedy Yankoe . , present lookintr on with a erin of do- ln present, looking

aa each ilefented dog gavo up the battle. He had with him a miserable yellow cur, which want sneaking phoot with its tail between Its legs, snapping and shying at every dog that offered tokens of friendly Introduction. In the midst of this uproar, Taukce quietly remarked :• "Wal, gentlemen, I think I have got dog that will bring sout that -ere coon." " Where iaffw V Where is he 1 Bring jdn^gtto" sliimt'sd a seuwill tellhiiasis, " Thar he is I" pointing to the miserable cur. There was a general tough ami immeoffers to bat in any quantity. Wal, gentlemen, I hain't got much but here's my watch and three That tore watch is a Httteolil. it's an all-fired nice time-keeper." "I'U bet you fen dollars against your watch and money." " Wal, I guess that's about fair, I'U IL" . Altera great 'doaf of coaxing and pulling, the mongrel was hauled close the mouth of the faorreL The Yanafter patting add calling his dog pet names for a minute, suddenly seized liim and threw hingoto the barrel, foremost. The next instant, with an agonized yeU, out came the and out came the coon, too, fastened by tooth and claw to die haunches of the fleeing dug. The screams that ToDowcd may not he described. " I gucas I'U take that tore money and watch," quietly remarked Mr. Yankee, kod be took them. The loser, with a scowl by way of seff-comfort, observed : - " I reckon your dog to spoiled. " "Vol— yes— gums he's a little damaged ; but I never reckoned -him worth raofn ten dollars." AS ISRIKASCa ASBCDOTK. — A New York tetter In a Western paper has this item : " Two years ago I metaQUifornian on the Sacramento River, rime about 1985. You remember fort;' or fifty persons being killed and half as many seraroly injured. acquaintance, H., was asleep in hit room wbou the explosion occurred, and was thrown some hnahte font the middle of the river, tbefeibin to that be awoke very qmtely, and was somewhat puzzleiat the novelty of the situation. Aftm told story to a Uuto party *ns one night, somrtkslj ventured to sski. "a, what was the first thought ^ Well,'' he replied, •• I bad insured ^

I A Mrs. Smith's Beadac e. hi — ! — be "Such a headache a/ 1 hat 1" i with his hadrrmn] od, sa i chest collapsed, and bis ick rounded out in the shape of the liter' pe 6. " Spch a headache!" ) 1h " Perhaps it was the cake yoj ale — before going to bed," remarked his 'a wife, as she poured the coflcr. ] ' 1 Cake? there's nothing more wiolc- P' some than cake, before going to bej, espeeiaUy plum-cake, 'Muiswered Saith, th into a chair. j ,v Mrs. BuiIUl feeling indisposcl at kc that malntinal hour for an arguiicnt, wl nssenteiL-' I wi . A' Tfy a little Uo," suggested |he. ni. "Tea! on old maid's tenietfer; no tl< for me." "WeHjeofftef" - f— " "I. don't think I want any thing," B; groaned Smith. "O. dear! I'ni going have a day of it." i Si Mrs. Smith had it on her ungues " " WeU, that is the usual result of a of night- of it;" but she closed her teeth ye and bit off the exasperating and Irutbrejoinder. be " Isn't this room awful hot?" asked le opening six doors without' " waiting for her reply, which, if uttered, ia would have been that she eras shiver- th ing with the draughts. m Then seating himself a! the tabic: cl "I think I will have tea, Mrs. Smith; ke will Ik sure to upset or cure me'; it nl nutter which," lie odds, with a despairing groan; " and 1 may aa well pi est a piece of beefsteak, while I'm in it— in for a penny in for n pougil »v " I think I'll come and sit in your th room, Mary," said Smith to his wife 'to after tho tea and breakfast had gone down. "It looks nice and pleasant t'1 and I like to stay with you when "r I have the headache." ' >" Mary turned Jier lock that he need f'1 see tho smile lurking round ber mouth at the conclusion of his sen- ,v fence, andhrouglit a pillow to the sofa for his disorganized head. tr "Not that— no, not that; it' will only heat my head. 0, dear! Mary as ' do you know I think I M I make a mistake in eating that beef- Pi Mai y, -with a- heroism nUlclii-ri'iUld "to place her name in "Fox's Book of su Martyrs, "did not reply, " I knew it ou at tbo time, Stalth, anil my only chance la of preventing you from eating was to ^ refrain from asking you not to cat; so I didn't say so." bo "Mary," said Smith, as she seated to sewing, " don't you think I feel letter if I had a jng of boiling "■ water at my feet?" ,a " Perhaps you would," said Mary, 111 dropping her spools, and thimble, and to buttons on the floor to bunt up the iua and ims wafer hjmselt. fcr Smith had UI: tlw opinion Unit n wife should attend personally to these things, although llc three great flit servants miglit ait sucktlieir thumbs In the kitchen afid tlieir thuralw in the kitchen all,!

cooking their heels on the rage. " Perhajis you would. ' ' | " Mary," asked Smith, after this arrangement was carried ont; "don't I you think this bottle might be pushed a little closer? I don't feci it, except B onime foot. " "Yes," said Mary, dropping tier work once more. " Is that right?" "O, yea," answered Smith, rolling his left eye in ecstasy, as the heat [wnetrated the solre of lpsJcct; "how nice ' 1t1I' t& have you round when I am ' aid:!" The same funny look came again round the corults of Mary's mouth, but Smith, bless his obtuse soul, didn't see it. "Mary," said Smith, " I think I could go to steep now if yod would ] cloee thoee curtains and things, and carry that confounded bird down stairs, and shnt ont the light." . "Yea," said Mary, "and I'U take my sewing in the next room." . "Do," said Smith. And gathering up her work-basket and Smith's pants that had several vital buttons missing, and which he ^ wished replaced, Mary departed. " . " Mary," said Smith, suddenly ap- ' prating at the door of the room where ' she had sealed hersclC with his hair " rampant, and blanket shawl sticking to his hock, " it's no use. I don't feci a bit better. I'm sure I dou't know what to do. Do you reallv think it was the rakerMary's patience was wanting. " I ' know it, JohnSft always makes you sick. Donft yow recollect i asked you f not to eat it at the time?" "Well, all I can say is." said Smith. "I dop't believe it O.dear! where are tin morning papers!" That was another way of asking Mary to read them to him, which she • 1 did, and without saying, as Smith did r on similar occasions,— "O! there is nothing in the paper i this morning but the same old tariff F discussions ; In (act,' they are quite >, dull— here they are — perhaps you can r pick out something for yourself." s At twelve Smith tauk into the arms 1 of Morpheus, and slept till three; but, . alas! waking, begged for his wife i and a wash bowl. Both were forth - , coming, as ateo the expected result, t The rest of the day, till dark, the blinds i were opened and shut; the bottle of t hot water on and off doty, and Mm. : r Smith staid by to sea. him be sick. - , About seven in the evening he iRs sparingly signifies his wish to retire, I adding, - s "I suppose, of course, you don't feel slcqpy at oll?" I " N-o," said Mary, looking from the ! 1 window at a lonely moon that was Jifcislng, "N-o, not very." I "Veil," add Smith, " don't .eome, > if you doo't want Io, but I cant sit up ,

after^L Mary was fiat on her 1 with a nmrous Vodache. UKd Smfc , i " Shocking pain In' my temples," t said Mary. < " What a pUy," answered Smith, i paring his nails, without turning Ids. i " It's going to be a lovely day i quite like spring. Have yon the t idea where my gray pants are ?" ; " No," said Mary, tiinriy from tho . ! pillows. " Ikliink in the closet," r "So — strange," said. Smith, "about ! « gray pants ; 1 don't think tlicy 'vo * well— do you? And do you 1 know,' Mary, about ' the milk hill, 1 ii is right or not ? anil, by the c did my shoes come home last night ? anil has that man been to fix ' front door ?" "My head aches so bod," mid Mary, ' " that I cant remember anything.— ' will toil you." [ "Well, I'm sorrj' for you," soldi® tying his cravat at the glass. ® "The very best thing for you to to i 1 keep quiet, aud I'll take myself off out 1 the way. Sleep is the thing for ' you." So Smith put en his heaviest pair of ' boots, and went oil over the house, and 1 the doors hang, and whistled the I Stars and Stripes," and ate his break- ' last, and thou ennie up to her to discuss ' respective claims of pork and beef, 1 and tlie clilckeu for that day's dinner, ' by another recommendation lo 1 quiet, aDd not bother herself ' anything. "No battel?'' asked Smith, re- ] proachfully. at six o'clock that even- ' ing ; "no better ? I thought yoa'd be 1 well, certainly, by this time, after a ' day's quiet." Quiet? She hail had ' whole kitchen retinue nftcr her all asking more questions than there ' front door bell ringing as if by I order of the fire department ; bul she said nothing at all about tlml ; If ' hod. Smith would have replied, ' with that lordly Wave of his hand with ; which men dispose of such matters : trouble you." "No better, then?" Smith inquired, ' as if in gratitude to hiui ho really do- 1 served a modification of her former re- 1 "no better? Well, sleep, after all, is the best thing; aud, as I can't 1 do airy thing for ynn; I think, as ifis 1 such a lovely night that I Will stroll ' out awhile. There, there," said lie, ' patting the end of the blanket, " go to i sleep, now." And close upon his retiring heels she heard the thundering ; of tbo front door. After divers iuid'mpny comparisons , and the seeming incongruity on the male mind of tho same course of treatment for both, Mrs. Smith fell asleep, be waked about twelve by Smith, ' who thumped up stairs in his hoots, : cicney of sleep in cases of female fiend- , ache. Then — Smith went to bed and • slept the sleep of the just, with not n glimmering of an idea tiiat he was not ;

the unselfishest and . loviugust of husbands. Indeed, had bis wife queslion- „ oil it he would have pointed her Io thai t column in the" daily pajiers where :nI counts are given of husbands who make t it a practice to crack their wives' skulls ' . akimls) with a stern look, would have asked her, with his nose close to hej , face,—" What if she had such a hus- * laud as that?" 0 DkkpSea Soi7Ni>b»os.--I. F. I'our1 tales, a gentleman engngeAin the United States eonai survey, ilredjpuj along 1 the coast of the Gulf Stream. "Sftw- • ing northeasterly from Florida, he 1 found the bottom for four or five miles made up of the common coral sand of ® that neighborhood, with very scanty j trees of life. Tho next area, from 00 to 300 fathoms, and the first part of the 1 way forming a plateau, is rocky floor made of a very hard limestone, derived : from living shells. Life was abundant, consisting of lamp-shells, starfishes, crustaincs, and mollusks generally. There weac also many bones of the ly found living in shallow water. The third area was the regular and common ocean bottom, from two hundred ami fifty to three hundred fathoms, covered by the chalky remains of foraminifrro. He abo dredged the bottom of the ocean off the coast, and fonnd. first, extending from the north of Florida to Montauk Point, near Block Island. 11. L, a bottom of siliceous sand, perhaps a hundred miles wide. Outside of it was a calcareous bottom, occupying the whole area south of Georgia. Between the two, off t(|e Carolinos, is a limited itebosit of green sand, containing tl»e fdaaMlnifcra. His operations, It to said, open a new chapter in nature] history, disclosing the various at the bottom of the ocean. Xmong the animals obtained, were some that had been extinct since the cretaceous and tertiary periods. What is a Dabldco. — A leading question, but herein prettily answered. No one but a fattier or brother could have written it: A «fe*cH»g to a dear little beaming girl who meets one on the door-step; who flings her ftir arms around one's neck, and ktoses one with her soul of one of one's coat, and hands the tan and toast so prettily; who places her elfish form at tho piano, and warbles forth, unsolicited; imeh delicious songs; who casta herself on unc's footstool, and dasps her hands, and asks all sorts of questions, with .such bright eyes and flushing lace, and on whose light, glossy curls one places one's hand and breathes, "God b&Bsher," as the fairy

(treat Enterprises. The present century will he signalized ty the accomplishment of ronw Iff j the ' grandest uudcrtakings ever con- i cci ved by man. Soon the -Pacific Railways and the Suez Canal will be looked ] . upon not as mere matters for perpetual i wonder, but as ordimuy routes of i travel. Tbo Ocean Cable, is already i performing its dally duties, and tho i ! j Mont Cenis Tunnel is not (ar from i completion. But still other gigantic I , I enterprises are in uontemphition ; one i , of the most remarkable of these being - t the uniting of England and France by ' of cither a tunnel or a bridge, i i perhaps both. i We furthermore learn from a com i temporary, that the project of milting ; Lake Huron and Lake Ontario bida to be realized. Able engineers . have decided "that Ihe work Is feasible I i Wi),0W),OO0. It was proposed to raise SiO,0(W,0U0 of this in the United States j and 620,000,000 in England. These . loans were to he secured by a grunt of ! 10,000,000 acres of land by the Canadian Government. Mr. Frederick f Cnpreol, of Toronto, lias undertaken I lie finaclal manogcin%t of the ontcr- , prise. Some time ago he succeeded in obtaining guarantees from American , capitalists that they would furnish 620,000,000 if tho balance should, be subscribed ln Europe ami the laud | gnliit secured. For several months C lias been in England, and it is said . ing the other 620,000,000 ore very ssi- . isEictory. When that is secured, we . told that it will be only necessary to , obtain the land grant liefore the work I can be commenced. I Foreign journals intimate thai the . speedily aprroachitig completion of the I Suez Canal has once more rcvivod the project of a railroad the valley of tile , Euphrates. The London Hail) Item result from it and points out tiiat such , a route is shorter, healthier than by | beat along the end of tin- transit is go ally dreaded by travelers ; on the Other lianiL the Euphrates road losses . shortening tho journey to India by a . whole week*. The only, and at the , Inch' ilffvh the tfnci tstn lot ' to Uie I construction of such a railway consists iu thy critical state of nffitha in Turkey. ■ France might look with more favor on > this enterprise than. Englnnd did ou . il. dc Lcssc|>s ciuial. The l'ortc miitht glumuteeingpower ? Svc™iiTw,a't- , to ussuiik the responsibility of lnsur- . ing titc^ neutrality of a line w'liicli yassrs a second Thames Tunnel, which it is ■ We cuti-qirtw"f I'liii" tli, present ow "'X ' sJiafUin lach sido^ oi the Thames, liy !

I across by a stationary engiini, so easily . quickly and rapidly that a fare of two pence will pay n handsome dividend. ' In nil parte of tbo world men are ' entering fearlessly upon enterprises re- , quiring iinna iisn'exooiKiituiTO of i>a|ii- . nil mu) tolxir. anil tW gigantic i>liysual undertakings are paralliled by tile united anil Mr-reaching ciforls of ' pliitoiittinqiists toetiligliteu tuuleLvato _ iim-ttiincm r.u-e even where. STKKNOTII OK Al'I'KTITr — "A . vitiated apiietite is stronger tlian a , strong mind, stronger than our sense . of right, stronger tlian our regnrde for . heal tli, stronger than our desire for , happinfess, stronger tlian onr feelings r of si'lfgespcct, stronger than all the . laws of God and man, stronkcr even , tlian the fear of God's eternal anger." , This sounds like an extravagant . utterance, yet to it not true V Is it I indeed, more emphatic than those words of Jeremiah Which declare such ( a habit to be as indelible as the spots , of the leopard or the sldn of the Ethl- . opian ? How many sons of genius . have sunk down, under some sensual , thrall, into Irretrievable ruin ! How , many loathtag, and detesting their I «in, have yet confessed its resistless I mastery, and gone to tho grave, suffering beforehand the torments, of the , lost ! No hotter ally or instrament can Satan have than an established vicious , habit. Attack it with logic, passion. love, ' heaven, hell — nil is the same in . the end. All you ask to granled, but , tho appetite is not overcome or reffn- . qulshed. Tho only ray of hope shines from Christ's words : The things , which are impossible with men, are . poasldto with God. — Christian Intel- . ligenctr. i Many years ago two brothesr, I Captain Xntluiniel Smith, oft ijpuceater, - and Gaptal Atnmi R. Smith of Ipswich : made many voyages in the European • tradA It hod so happened that while the one was at home the other would : other for several years. One morning ; in the middle affile broad Atlantic, two ships sighted each' other one steering i*st and other west, with ; a good breeze. The usual preparations ' were made for speaking, and upon ' ranging within hailing distance, the sales were thrown aback, and there, trumpetln hand, stood the two brothers, face to face, each on his own quaterr deck. Affectionate greetings, with tits | tidings from abood awl the thrire 1 welcome newc from home, were ex1 changed, snd after cordial wishes for ' each other's prosperity, die vespeb filkd away and stood npon their courses, j They did not meet again, at sea or' | on shore, for some yean afterward. A Democratic paper having assorted that "Gen. Shaman' to the coming ' man," the La Grange (Go.) Ktparfr ' replies: "We shall be sorry if he " comas this way again j we donH want • ■*»-«■ r;r I It Is not work* , It ta destzoys the maddnoiy, bat the rfso,r, ' ... .I,

Self CuIU vation. . ' - Reaolution.ls rartnipnlslil WUhin-, r dustzy, and action, awl cArt than (s 1 1 - limit to advancement. TIs not . - well to^St down with foldefi arms and i I point, toiyoqfpara works. Onward is ' I the worddn self cUkivition. Ahliough c f the Ont cjbrf wA commendable, the « r next roust be better and the next again i s still be tter. The arts and tcieuces, the _ i i tomctuul logic, arc wide fields for study, t : a wilier field is man and the busi- i • ness of man. By this we do not wish I j to he understood as recommending so- i ! «Jde a field for study. Your- books, I , according to the prescribed course, di- i serve your first attention during the i • hours of ktudy. But in your -hours of i ; pastime, of recreation and pleasure, is t I Uw time to look into the world with i the determination to turn everything I ! to account. To profit by every passing ( l incident, taking as your own .the old i j philosopher's molto — "Higher, stiU i higher. " The observant student must I s and will attain tho highest elevation, ' f Ills' intellectual and physical powers i - are capable of There must lie Intel- I > must la: a foundation to raise the slruc- I - lure upon. A puny uiid effeminate I i body can never contain the soul of a I l Milton or Ibc bcreulian intellect of a ■ l Locke, a Slxakspenre or a Webster. — I e The body, liowcrer. as well 0s the I 1 mind, ia misccptable cultivation. I'hys- I 1 lol ones. Firmness of purpose and I - never go hand In hand with effeminency I e of body. 1 x-l us close with a quotation < k lo memory and never forget— "He that ; e barriers to il, nnd ho who seizoi't^ e grand idea of self cultivattote and ' idea, thin resolution, burning like fin. il witliin him. and ever paitimilflTii upon 9 Ws own improvement. Ifr will find il • iTwill Is- read with interest, we luive lil tlic lirjl pluij- the victiiiiof initia. . c lion is liliudfolded. Iwund hand and • foot thrown inio a cider press, and • pressed for five minutes. This to donei, for the purpose of cleaning his svstcm t of "old drunks. " He to U.cn taken out j of the cider press, and by means of n c after which a sealing plaster is plaocil " ns'iu ; tlie choir at tlw same time n He to now taken oul "iff Ihe I si reel » and bung up by tho hw-ls till the water a J water ^bath it then furnished him, Y nftcr which Ik to showered with cistern

j water. He is then made to read the j* residing. After which, the old oaken - fifteen sisters, ivilh squirt guns, deluge ^ He is . ibon rim thrsuyp' R clollicsirringer, after which he is handed a glass of cistern water by a young lady. He in again gorged with cistern water, t nnd his boots filli-d with the same, and r he Is Inid nway in a refrigerator. r Hie initiation is now almost con' ^ eluded. After remaining in tire refrlge orator for the space of half an hour, he n is ngnin taken out and given a glass .. of cistern water, run through a clotties|t wringer and becomes a Good Templar. e "Woman," said Tdfc Brown, I, Captain of the Forecastle, and a great s admirer of the sex, " woman is like a l_ Portuguese devil ; when she's good , she's uncommonly good, but when I she's Imil she's awfuL" To which r Depravity in Man and Woman thns 8 s;ieaks Ptototratus C'axton, Esq. "A >_ bod woman to popularly said to he e worse tlian a wicked man. If so, partly because women, being more s solitary, brood more tmccasiugly over clierisheil ideas, wltethcr good or evil : ' lattty also, for the same reason that t makes a wicked genttemau, who has . lost, caste and character, more irre- , claimable tlian a wicked clown, low- „ born and low-bred : viz, that in proporc tion to the loss of shame to tlie gain in recklessness ; but principally, ]>crliai», because iu extreme wickedness there is necessarily a distortion of the ■' reasoning (acuity ; and man. accus- "• tomed from the cradle rather to reason tlian to feel, has that (acuity more " firm against adrupt twists and lesions " tlian it to ln woman ; where virtue J may Imve left him' logic may still linger, and he may decline to push evil B .to a- point' at which It to. clear to his '' understanding that profit vanishes e and punishment rests ; while woman, ^ once abandoned to ill, finds sufficient * charm in its mere exdtemeul ; and, " regardless of consequences, where the c man asks, "Can I?' raves oufe'I will!' ' Thus man may be criminal through '• cupidity vanity, love, je«lousy, ^eax, ambition; rarely in civilized ;' that is, " reasoning life, through hate and e revenue ; for hate Is a iirofitless investincut, and revenge a ruinous specnr totion. Bat when woman are thor- * onghly dcpsqitfiiaDd hardened, nine **• times ont of ten it to flisto^^ir revenge >r that makes them so." . fi . Not, lhat which man do worthily, g but that' which they do suoceesftilly, to v what history makes haste to record. t A man of tho world may have eoougli of the world to sink him, but he can -ndartmroeneagh to satisfy him.

Ill-tz Emergencies. ■i, I. IfamanMhW^al»»hlm on his rk and let him aU>t»«4.„ .. ]> ; 2. If any pqison to swnlkiwB^IHiMB Instanlly JaaM a g ton of cold .water, | vi witii a heaping toaspoonfiil eoels of m common , salt and ground mustard , sj stirred into it. This vomits as soon as > fu reaclws the stomach ; but, for liiar j lo somi- of the poison may remalh, swallow 1 *t the white of one or two raw eggs, or j it drink a cup of strong coffee, these two | lx antidotes for a greater number d< - of poisons than any dozen other articles m with the ailvantage of tlieir w always being at hand : if not, a pint of p sweet oil, or lamp oil, or lard, are good fr ' substitutes, especially If they vomit hi qnlckly. id S. Tho bcs| thing to stop the bleed- cl lag of a moderate cut instantly, is to ai ; cover it profusely with cobweb, or Boar di • and salt, half an* half! 4. Ifllfe blood comes from the wound cl , Jets or spirts, by spry, or the man b, will dio in a few minutes, because an fr i artery to severed ; tie a handkerchief ft . around, near the part between cl ■ the wound and the heart ; put a spek fr . the handkerchief and the skin, it i twist It around until tlw blood ceases Bj i flow ; keep it there until tlw doctor a, i come*. If in a position where the it handkerchief cannot bo used, press the t| : thumb on a spot near the wound, be- fi - ween tlw heirt ; increase the pressure fr - until the bleeding ceases, but do not tl I the pressure for an Instant until a , tlie physician arrives, so as to glue up n • wound by coagulation or cooling i of the lianlcning blood.' g t 5. If your clothes take fire, slide the ), t hanils down the dress, keeping them as c i close to tlw body as possible, at the c 1 same tinw sinking to the floor by bend- ti > ing the knees. This has a smothering e 1 effect upon the flames ; if .not extin- fi I gutolied or great headway gotten, lie fi down on tin- floor and roD Aver nnd * , over; or. better, envelop yourself in a I carpet, rag. taxi clotli, or any garment „ - wimlan.— Hall Jiwital oT Health. ( Tlie Mobile 7'rtouu relates the fob J , lowing occurrence iu tluit city : j A friend of ours bought a pair of k pants from n Dauphin stive t clothing f . demanded. tlA ami walked off A ^ 1 few days after he waa in thevsnme es- , 1 tabUsliment, wearing the panto, and t r liie other partner (the first being oul), j, I ■ ^nils ; 1 sec they are new?" , ! "MTiat did you pay for llicni? " l! i "Twelve dollars. " # r just Tike I hem for 6«. and glad to do il. ' the clothier walked luck to a pile of J lt. "Never mind, " says John, "Hooked I

al all I hem when I iiouglit these, and ] 1 h J"or partner told me wln-n he sold 8 n them to me that I was gelling a har- ® j. The man of cloth was a lifHktakrn ' n bgck at first, hut soon rallied, and ' ,e answered : 1 s- "Oh. pshaw! 1 knew iJflUlhc.tthlhm J p TNrau only joking with you— wanted ' to nuke you feel toul. " ' j._ John savs he "can't see it by those c f. lamps." Amono tlio two millions df people by whom Yeddo, in Japan, to inhabi- ' ted, tJwre to not a beggar in the streets, not a man unable tfrJMul, not a poor, J8 not a drunkard, not a mftian. Tlw ' s_ women are beautiful, the men are ro- < r bust and energetic, there to no trouble t about fashions, education to universal, i hooks are plentiful, though there are i ^ no newspopcra. Life is simple and 1 easy, marriage universal, and children • go naked. c — ' . W ATEil is indispensable for drinking I ' and purposes of ablution; bat it is quite I is as important as a bciuitificr. In its A place everywhere it ia beautiftil.' No ( landscape is .perfect without H. Ocean, lake, river, brook, each in its separate ^ sphere odito to and perfects tho scene, i A beach, a shore, rocks without water, I . fields without brooks, and landscapes ' without pond or river! Nature calls I ,s rn;Jhi» m xing up of everything, and i art never Is satisfied till It has got water into park nnd garden. Drive* i r and grottoes nnd rural shades are well, I . but there must bo water. No round ^ completeness otherwise. — (V, Y. Ej- ( a Fr,u 16 MooEiix Dkfin mows Water— 1 A clear fluid mice used iu a drink. ' 111 Honesty— An excellent joke. ' Dentist— One who finds work for his 1 u own teeth by taking out thoee of other ' "J people. " My Dear— An expression used by ' 11 man and wife at ttw commencement of " ®" a quarrel. x * " PoHCBflfiui— A man employed by Uk r '> u>rpo ration to sleep ln the open air. C '® Bargain— A ludicrous transaction, 0 " in which each party thinks he cheated ^ " tlie other. " • ' Doctor— A nun who kills yon to-day " k to save yon from dying to-morrow. " r> Editor — A poor wretch who cmties " '■ Ins brain in order to OU his stomach. 0 ■fi Esqnire — Everybody, yet nobody; 1 equal to colonel. '- Jury—' Twelve prisoners ln a box to ■' r" try one or more at the bar. lC State's Evidence— A wretch who is ^ I® pardoned for being baser than his Q comrade* Lawyer— A learned gentleman who , t, rescues your eetate feoen your enemyi - to and keep* it himself ^ The Grave— An ugly hole in the _ irsses: n umns to keep out of. Money-TV: god of Uk nineteenth , "j antazj- * De*r— A pretty wife, her "kree of ^ • homtat," good whisky gMfy-

browl, whit* iHfeaa, haag* over the dwkBott ' A featSdfte attthieas pervade* the entire mansion, all within moving srith the softest tread, and " speaking in iaftt*t whispers, a* iffeafe" J of iltotnrhing the rapese of some • omv These passing along the '' observe the sombre scarf, and instant change In the countenance betrays the thought, "the baby is Y«*Jhe baby is dnd; anS not only thoee wW> hare been familiar with its sparkling ejm, but the stranwho received the ihtelligence solely the scarf on the door, feels that a home has been robb«y of a 'predous How deep was the love that hod around the innocent babe; and, oh! how (errible is the Mow its iufilcts. The baby is dead! It no longer clings in innocent love to Its mother's bosom, or stirs with fondest joy its heart, lu prattle has ceased and its once laughing eyes are cloAxl in an eternal skip. Bat even in death it seems to hare lost none of its sweetness. It lies so calmly in its silkeu-cuahtoocd coffin, prepared with so much care; it has been arrayed h, costliest garments, its pare brow trimmed with s fragrant wreath; and have been scattered aver its form. A# it is thus arrayed, babe seems only to be sleeping; but alas! it to that' (fee ping which hath "".waking. The baby is dead ! Around it are gathered many, whose sympathies it aroused snd whose love dt has excited. ,Tho minister lean* over the cold form, and touched with (he sight, trickle down his cheek* while be exclaims: "Thus saith the Lord, 1 Suflittle children lo come unto me, and Ihem not, fur of such to the kingdom of Heaven.' " The laby to dead 1 It to about to be shut forever from the sight of those how tho mother clings to the lifeless form, and iu she imprints the butt fervent kiss upon Its cold cheek, how , her very heart-strings seem to break. And the flutter, though he has manfully braved toil, cares and dangers, now fells unmanned, and weepo Ukex . m child as he 'bonds over the corpse of his one. Sympathy, at other times connoting, Is now of no avail, and the hearts of both suffer tho deepest anguish. * The laby is dead! The tears have with it. Though its mqytal existence may bare been brief; its has desolated a Joyous home.— Sweet tahbc! Orators may announce nation 1 loss in the death of patriots, great and true, and poets siag in touchstrains the memory (of the dead, —none hut angels of heavenly birth , will record die life, i|mfeun) and benuDr overs vs. Fops.

j Dinner was sprendjn the cabin of ; that peerless steamer, the New World, and a splendid company were assemabout the tabic. Among the passengers thus prepared for gastronomic duty was a little creature of the genus decked daintily as an early butterfly, with kids of Irreproachable whitelies* "miraculous" nsek-tie snd spider like quizzing gloss on his nose. Tho animal turned his head affectedly aside with— " Wsltah." " 8ah?" " Bwing me a pwopcllah of s fwemale wooetsh." "Yes, sah." ".And wnitah, tell tho steward to wubmy plate with a vegetable called onion, which will give a delicious flsraw to my dinnah." While the refined exquisite was givhis order, a Jolly Western drover listened with open mouth and protruding eye* When the diminutive' creature paused, be brought his fist down upon the table with a force that made every dish bounce, and then : thundered out — i "Here! you gaul darned ace of "Yto,Bah." " Bring me a thundering big plate of skunk's gizzards!" "Sah?" " And an old ink pot; tack a horsei blanket under my chin and rub mo 1 down with brick-bata while I feed." Tlie poor dandy showed a pair of straight tails instanter, and the whole E. P. Weston, the fiunons podestri- * is a bright-eyed, slender, graceful young fellow, of Mir njucation and habits, who insists that hia "mission" ln the world is to promote muscular exercise and physical manhood. His { testimony on one point to of great value. While in practioe and during his woudcrftd feats of walking, banner louche, a drop of alcoholic Kgaar,! He "I find wine or brandy the most weakening liquid I can drink ; daring 1200 miles from Portland to Chicago I only took a few spoonsful, anil then ss a corrective of bilious I drink cold tea or coffee, and sometimes molasses and water." He j also says that all the men who are mosts successful in muscular feats ndw-o-dayt, are rigid abstainer* from ardent spirits. This U but * conflrmstiou of that deviate declaration "trine is a mocker ; who*) Is declined (hereby is not wis*" ' Jj#» Snip BuiLDixa.-8ix thesusmd trees required to buUdl^iHffef lite lira of seventy-four gmw, mi when wo consider Oat tfcsMHiraepcgrer* of Eur°P* P«qwiliw5to AWBT two thousand sad four ' ' 1 1 —J'dl— *Hnffina i the imWjfm U rfdp haDdMfeYh* '" oid wg^0M|l soon have destroyed