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_ Jgjy » <a." j s •» ... *•' IB b. nuiiflua, Al ?S3L' tOamaeller-st-Uvr.Bdkitor. - "■rn™ * kxamiksb or ouxczar. ■°rm' :MK CODBT cmiMUMOXXa. • *** ' IW*«1' B! T. mill**. ATTOBNEY AT-LAW, QTTV rxasr » sol-tm its, ^ CAT* 0#>n* «. H. Gray. A' -roaxrfear.uw, mrrl*, touarvt, _ tointnirauiwr, rili.ii. n>*« >'( < *e* »•[ o«i* . *«&■ mwmiwiwiwUMi Dr. A r. Mlai. J D" pawi WiIhM.ii, j troonn i.* L-nist Tbursuj* ol sa«n ""sta. i I. r. MCBPREY, " Pine American and other Watches, . - Clocks, Jewelry, Ac. I maii> rrartr, bill villi, a. ». M. r. BEIRN'3 I No. 100 Math Klfhth Street, r* ib i aw. if* <|yiuua'a. wiuet, PACKAGE AND JOBBING J DRUGGIST, NO. Boa MARKET STREET, i, ItSMg. imywwu. 1 Dr. B. H. rh lllp>. a noacoptTHic rffTfi ICU's, { on-icx-xo. i JAcnwx atr**i, v Cape Maid. ' . J. * < mca boom-* y *. » ..,i.a a» i. a X. 1— will to fouad a ad fall* a £ oOaaataarMwariAwaK*'. a iTl Garrhea, » CA"-&iJir 1 u. w natanua. niuiw *r pamu. >• U-AM'.RCTO*. D. C. J asprsapllr atWolad la.1 ■ AECTICrN BI! "IXDII. E a.xna'n oiiai,aaJ.a,

T TOgjMeafgsyjtt — ™ — CABPiey iriiviM.. Ir" jciuhu hkbeiassoer I "a SrKya c' wanimeleaniii ■ad t.a*r vt „Mtr of koltetsv lambsr. I -A II H aflaa Uaa a I a* paktt* la iiiRilMly raaiMiaoacnttuoioca. J | ' J. WTCWABT DEPOT, * 0 *" *r*ua£ TOiLt ?a.**°^ * jf *' r kiriTL mi"u>THa",wlfo<'»' ? i f^'.r .ixssttttsm r 1 5s$cj: CON VET AN (.(KM. I Tl""' ' . ISAAC K. STA'JFFER, WITCHES & JEWELRY, No. MS NORTH 8E00ND ST.. Cor. j of (Joarijr, FfcDmMpUa. !; ^ THOMAS R Ct ARK'S BOOT AND SHO : STORE, OS H'ASHUitiTOX THE ST, orroatrx Axcaicaw iudu: mow naxTr, ulpucw. cHTtnarw* n«mt amiaa a oaitxs*. • jaai waalT.d a,>d k»?s — ssesfl r «s»lMi. a» WORK. MADS IX' OREK. nCPAIR'lNU .TUTU DONE. "R. D Edmunds a Sou L .. COLD SPRING. N. J.. | \ nixl W«Hi a- Ooodlaa, ) DRY GOODS, GBOCJ RIES BOOTS . ND SHOES, AlW, Tin. Voadaa, Earthen and Ea.-Jwa«. AoSuperior Quail- y lour, i . -»**"• GEO. W. SMITH, - raAenotL PAINTER •; is Ghaiun. Caltiiim h,k Bo. 10 Waahlng- on ttr^t, " 5 j.

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Oriffinal & Selected. j Paying the Church Debt An Acute diiclplc of llUckiUroe, In , or onr Atlantic dtiu, had by a tourer of aetiee pctllfopitiux, aucceed- ( rd in filling hU podteU. Poll pockets , enabled him to aaaume an impoeing ' etyle of living, and the reputation of gotten rich by practice at the ( bar, very naturally Increased the numb:r of hit foee. 8 eoou»tood"A , Number One," anieng hie legal bnttli- ^ If any one bad a very hard caee fbr j litigation, R was hl« man ; for If ( anybody could gain it forblm, he could. | He not only undentoad all the quirts and turna of Uw law, but wae Grille j In original expedients. The goodncM or badness of a muse wae nothing to . 1 ; hi' bnsineu wae to gain II for Me client by any means be could use, , hlr or foul. At length, from tome cause or other , nod clear', j aacertained, 8— became , , religiously dietweed, and Joined the ( church." An inlliiratial man like him ( was not b.ug suflcnal to rrnibin inact- ( Irr In the a-culoritlr« of the chnrch. ( 1 At the Out fitting opportunity he was made a Tcatryman. 8 had alwaye been looked upon ■ in the community ua a " pretty hard caee," and the reputation by no meant belied the truth. The gaining of one , ' like him. therefore, orcr to the cause , of reBgion, was a source of no little congratulation to thorn who regarded . thing* epiritual-and was looked on aa quite a triumph orcr the enemy of took. There were tome, however, who , shrugged their ehoukjari, and profteeed ! to hare Just about a a amcb uonfidcnce • in him now aa they erer had, and to " regard hie religion, to u«W of their expression*, at " all In your eye." Maltera profreelonally went on pretty much in the old way. Religion, in i the eyee of S , was too sacred a ■ thing in bring down into the world, where it mqet *uflcr violence, aad be, I in couat-qu-nce, bronght into disrepute. < He, therefore, ki-iit hie religion nieely laid up m lavender for Sunday, when It wsi brought forth unspotted from the erurid. About two years after S joined the church. It wae Uuaight by those who had aflkire to charge, that they . ought to have a new and more lmpoetog edifice than the one they worshipped in. S eras prominent in the matter— in bet, he waa the prime mover, A adlhtaded a tubacrijitimi list with a fkMwwl dollar*. In duo time the eWOtb IkillW, 1 and an elegaul edifice it was. But Uw a bunding eommlmrc and the archiuet I b»l managed to run the coat up to oaa hundred thousand dollar., ami the ehureh in debt about eevwri tb-maand. Thi. caused a!T crmowaod to fori, «* might to »uppoa»l. rather aerioua car the eubjecl A debt a* reventy thouaand dollars waa a rerimu afiair. plar* d | tar* cauw. AB eUatsnl^riptioc waa j

upou toftoriseeocne im*na ft>rliqwM»- | ting the heavy debt. j r. '"It onuld he done caallj enough, if j those who are able would come forward j and bay pewe at a fob- price. Instead trf ] renting them," ha said to a fcDow vestryman. It waa freely admitted that this would certainly change the aspect of I affaire. But tf tht mf*nb<*s preferred I renting to haying, nothing could be done. "They ought to be made to hoy." | •aid 8- — , warmly. "There la Preston, worth thirty or forty thousand i dollar* at least, who, toitcad of paying j I couple of thousand dollars Aw the i pew his liunily occupies, 1* very well coutontcd to get it at a yearly rent of 1 a hundred dollar*. It la too tod! I i would not give much for his interest to religion, If be ha* no better way of ' unhesitatingly replied. ' " He »WI buy I" said S— — , snap- 1 ping his fingers, as a sodden thought t struck him. 1 "Dp you think you can make him!"' ' "Ye*" 1 I "How? What means will you « ! use ?" .1 "Never mind about that But * mark my words fbr it, next Sunday n Preston will to the owner instead of k the tenant of hia pew." a The lawyer went to his office, aid writing a note, dispatched It hy'his office messenger. In twenty minutes a well-dressed man entered, and bowed fl to the lawyer with a deferential air. v " Take a chair, Jones— 1 want to n talk to you," said 8 — "Yonknow r we've managed to get confoundedly in ai debt with our new church." f " Ye* aoitaccim," waa the assent- r tog reply. h " And somehow or other we must n manage to get out of debt ; and we t, can, if the thing u done rightly. I d I have hit upon the mode." I " Ah I Well, yon are fortunate. i> Nobody else could have done it." t| "Sol flatter myself. There are too 1 pdwe rented. If itl! who are r. able to buy would purchase instead of q; renting, Uie debt would to paid off to ci a week." V " No doubt of that." n " VeryvfeD ; thatia admitted. Now p my plan is to make them buy. ' •

"If you can." " Ami I can, with a gocal fellow lilee to aid roe. And I think your, affection for the church is strong enough to Induce you to land a willing hand I to the work. Debt Isatcrribic thing." ' "Indeed it Is ! lint how can I aid you V V Arc you willing ?" "O! certainly." ."Very waU, Then, without anyknowing what we are about, or snsi*wting any concert between as, so can make tome forty ur fitly pewrrntere become purchaser*, and thru . pay the whole debt" •'How? I am curious hi know that." "Very well, I will Inform you. There Is 1'restou to begin with. 111s pew is a very eligible one, and if he gives it up be can't possibly get south - . er without going for down the oLsle, hi every good pew to the church it either rented or told. Now Ms pew ' is worth at least two thousand dol- ' " Yea, and he ought to pay that for ' Ho la able enough." "Sol 'bint . Very well. Now I ' will place two thousand dollars In your hands, and do yon go to the : treasurer, who has charge of the mat- ' tcr, and offer to buy the pew, eayiag tint you are ready to pay the price ' down for tti eaeh, He pill, of oourao, tell yoa that Be must tee Preston first, ' and giro him the option of buying it. 1 And Prcttnu, rather than let yon ha re the pew, win buy. D'ye »* V ' "Capital! It it the very thing." 1 "Isn't it «" 1 " If you atat a lawyer, dyed in the [ woyl, there's no mistake," said the ' man, leaning lack to Us chair, and j giving vent to a hearty pral of langb1 tcr. ' On the next. Sabbath, Preaton sat in his own pew, snro enough ; and the ? treasury of the church was to a better condition by Just the sum of two thou*- ' and dollars. S— — was delighted at ' the success of hie scheme , and tried it r on two other , pew renter*, who srero quite strangers to each other, daring the week, and with the desired result. 1 Junta got soma private abuse for hi* ' ptrrt of the business, and was told that ' be bad toller pay his honest debts be- • 1 fore be undertook to buy a hlgb- ~ prioed pew ; but be put it all quietly ' in hb pocket and went ahead. 3 " You are determined to have tomo3 body* pow, I tee," remarked the treasj urtr, when Jones api wared the fourth ' "I wish a good pew, and am willing ' lo ray * good price fur it" ha nphsd. " I don't covet anybody's pew ; but I toUeve no one has a right to the prop- " erty that be manly rants." " 0, no I you have a right lo pure * chase any unsold pew to the church." ."Sel enppoaod." * But Jonea did-t get the pew for ® which he bad offered a liberal prfct 1 Hie occupant preferred tlie alternative * of buying to being turned out ■ And thus the thing went qaietly on. no one suapcctlug the agency at work, " urlBl jwwa enough were actually eold to pay off the fifty thousand dollars' deb, " that had remained after the first sale of pews and subsequent extra eubecrip- - IHdnt I tei! you Uiat I wouW ■

el f Ant Jtxr are entitled to ft, if the ' 4^iag tak bite bfe^y dene." Ifl, " You shall judge of that yourself." J J Aad 6 , whceo notions of right . fj aid wrong ware founded upon rather . - 1 crtraocdhisry raodete, refetcd the trl, k I to had played npna the pew-rebters. , attended by aaytag. f • Now sraant that capital ?" 1 1 " I beBete what pcotde aay of you Is jjtjoireet," returned the vestryman with , unexpected sobriety. "And what i. that, pray T" . I " Why, that you are a lawyer dyed | in the wool, and proof against all I spiritual bleaching salts. Good-mom- > ins-" I 8 waa profoundly astonished for ' f the moment- llut he shrugged his ' [ shoulders, and muttered to himself— : 1 , " Nettled bevnuse his dull brains ' r not bright enough for such a j i There was some stir to the church ' when it became known what work the i lawyes had been etigngul In, may well supposed. Pome were angry, some ' at the trick, but all were more ' lea* astisfled with being out of debt. 1 The reputation of S aa a professional man did not suffer ; though, we 1 believe, oo the score of his piety there 1 ° some doubt* entertained in the ' minds of a few, who considered him a ' dyed to the wool, and therefore | * hopeless case. old arioaixnt. An old memorandum look ' what a | '' of ncollectlons Its "joltings" re- * vlve. It Is a leather-bound artificial j ' memory, furnishing an index to a long record of incideuta ami event* written, it were with invisible ink on the * tablet of our bnuu. The whole sto- ^ ry eomea out legibly under the ^ allbnled by tlii* inuaty reminder. It has Iain perdu -in an old ! ^ with age and a little wormy looks decayed und withered every- * where but at the brexen rlaap, and . is covered with a green oxide. — ^ Turning over the yellow leaves Is a ^ melancholy liusinrea. Small debts, the origin of which tin! figures foil to re. j. call, are registered here and there — I ' hope Ihey were ali cancel jed. If ■ not. Time lias outlawed them Appointments to meet pc.ple at errtam hoars and places are prominent among

the memoranda. We trust none of s th'eni are broken. Then there arc uutoa ^ '• of things purchased. Heaven* ! how 1 Badly the modest figures contra*! with 1 tlie frightful prices of this paper age 1 " * It is aqneer JumblL-or odds and ends '' 1 of the jnat, this old sutotitute for a ' memory tlial lies before us. There are * names In it that rtvive no remem- . bniiicc qf tlinsc whs bore tbem, and - and thore_ar» others which liring to- ( r tore us as plainly aa so many photoI, graph likenesses, forma and Quxs with " - which nc were once familiar. Many " s of three latter names have long been chiseled no theagrave-etone* of their ' ( ovocn. I They rewind us of friends ' whose took of life wo* closed years r i. ago, an I rlaspod with a clasp that no * mortal tagora maj unloose, and who, n * 11 they were drugged from their dark *' i- resting iwccs to the light of day would ', look let* tilr their former selves than " s this old pocket book. There are other * v names oa the leaves that belong to . I- those win are still living, and some | of whom arc TMT dear to us. But fi r they arc not a* they were when till* " old book Was na*. The elfin plough- 3 men thatfold Chrotios employs to tarn " n his fiirnws, hnvs torn bn»y on their v C ehjeks aid brows, and the tracks of ' c the eortso crows lha t alight ai the oor 1 g net* of people's eyes when they have 1 e passed tlie grand climacteric, are a* ' k plainly visible there as the footprint* 1 k Of extinct MrdrmJfi toasts on some of J k the "primary rocks." It Is rather a e humiliating reflection that a thing of '' rags aad ahrepsUn will outhut * whole generation of us. Hut then In the ' human |rotome It i» only the binding ' f that decay*. The connate are iminor- * tat. and if hiund worthy, will reappear d with rare embellishment*, where the '• mildew of time can never mar them. 1 1 TBE^K* I-TT I'KADI.E. 1 ® Many a rootber-* heart will respond | to tliia sketch : We met John on lb® i . etalra. He was »rrjtog an old cradle , . to be stowed away among wlmt he , ' termed "plunder" In the lumber room. , One rocker ww* gone, iiudllic wicker- ® work of the »dca broken ; It was an , old willowy nflkir ; bol we could not , * refrain from outing a tad look Into its , empty drp.thi. i " Good," Wt said, dreamily, "all i gone !" Wliat golden heads were once | 5 pillowed here— brads on wliich curia , grew moist in slumber, and the cheeks , and lips flushed to the hue of roee | [" leaves. When sleep broke, tlie silken , fringed lids opiocd heavily from the < slumbrous eyes , imlles fllttol lite niu- [ * beam* over the iscr ; the while fist was t thruit into tfas liautb, and when mnm- , roa iiftad the maslin and peeped la to , ^ ere if baby wa awake, what cooing , and crowing was heard I The little j ^ fed began to kiek rait of pure delight, , ■wi kicked on inUl both of. the tiny , red three were landed at the foot of ll>e . " cradle. Where are Une heads now f , c" Snaie that were ealmnmed liy vigor- j ,e ous manhood are sleeping on the battle , fields ; some arc bhacbed with time < 3' and cares ; and the feet have, grown ] • sore and vcary on the rough pnllw of . » se. ; Berhapa erane little one imee Under- , 10 tv racked bm.iaakaptat la the coffin , ^ Over it growl heart's ease and viger- ,. one box. and white egndy-taft, and " slarrv jesmtoe. The blto lard tatters . * na bright wtogv through the wlHow * boughs, aud the .no: aunsraer wind , a. a.1 1-.,, re showed hoirliUic He thought of rieto. - its by U» fonh whom he permitted; to po-

COXITMIXU OS ST CBS. , Oyater* axe found, in almost all seas — litoae of the temperate being bettor j than thcoe of tire torrid xonea. Tbey . . pi* cepvcially food ot tranquil quar- ^ tors, and keep near shore, seldom rcn- ' luring beyond five fothotn* Tbcy cannot live in fresh water, but tore to when: rivers unite with the ocean, j | Fundi* of twq hundred specie* hare j discovered in the gcol oglcal record . linking the period of the Ammoultes . , to tlje present epoch, and about sixty I distinct varieties are now in existence. These differ in outward appearance | according to tlio locality— being red to , , Fpoin, black in Circtii jrcocn in Francr. : brown in IUyria, and in somo part* of [ I the orient gorgvuu* with the colors of i the rainbow. They differ also in qual- ' , ity, and naturally enough every person \ i maintains the superiority of those to his own country. The Parisian would not exchange for any ' ! his dainty mullnak or roctalic flavor ; I nothing could pacify the Scottish chief j if deprived of Ids Pandoras ; and Pad- ( . dy claims the highest place for hia Car- . i lingfords, and even for hia I'ooldoodie* ; of Borra. Of eonrae three gentlemen | are all right In their patriotism, hut all I in point of fact, fbr there is no j shadow of doubt that the grand palm | j should be awarded to the oyster* which I lie aloiig the stretch of coast skirting | our Western World ! 1 The schoolmaster wa* accounted wise j | in his generation who originated the j | simile "As stupid as an oyster hut _ / since then, and aUice Plato, and since ' Galen, there have lived philosopher* who. drepitc the laugh* of Lucian, went searching for the soul of Mol- ( lu*k, and who found much of cunning handicraft shut up in the unsightly shell ; sonnthlag even tocxcuec Bitrc's avownl envy of an oyster safely an- . I chorcd to a line rock in the open sea, and, above all, much to prove that the j vitt humblest of God's creatures are ( created in power and sustained in love. ynu were all wrong, at that late to speak sneeringly of the oyster ; liath net the oyster eyes, cars, ' mouth, organs, dimensions, senses, *f- ( fectioas ? If you prick it doth it not bleed y Aye, and lias it not proved itself susceptible of being educated to keep its mouth shut when it goctli out into the world for a journey to the disinto the world journey the dis-

tant capital y And hath it not been long loved and welcomed at the taW" of theking-prinea and poet V ■ The hurmaphrodite nature of -the oyster is quite generally ndiujtleii (though there be doctors who disagree,) and at the proper -sassoo. «vn tlw sameahcll. Spawnins-tiiiierarair* early June and Heptcnilrr, but, unUkc most nwrinc animal*, this does not alixndon its eggs M unci-, but ineufantm Shran in tlie fold* of Us mantle, sustains the new-born pi-ls (regrelftilly) the sportive small-fry from the sweet security of the houseroof after fitting them aa best the parent may to care for themselves. The number of progeny of a Shlgle osyter, say* that careful observer, if. Coate, cannot Ak- leas than from one to two lulliiona, and at the time when all the adult Individual* composing an oyster bed gibe birth to- their young, the living dust issues forth like a thick cloud, is scattered for and wide by 'the movement* of the water, aud tnrl , aided by temporary swimming apparatus, tan in pursuit of scone *oiid body to which it may attach itMl:. It then eonrlndoi Its, merry wanderings, lose* er of locomotion, sett b-s down to domestic quiet, and begin* iv food en aucli every fresh bounty as tbu paijfing currenj wnfta wllbin Ua rendv. Its growth is slow, bom a pin'* bead at fortnight (to oooshUts Mr Jatraml to a P«. At throe monliis, aud a small florin at twelve months. At the age of tbnie years, perhaps sooner, the oyster can re-produce ite kind : at four it is fit for the labia, in its prime at five, and its average life is believed to be ten years. But *ome have lived much longer, for though -we cannot tell the fool in Lear bow the oyster builds tta shell, we know that it adds to U a new shoot or layer With each passing twelvemonth, and since shetle been found reieh side or which nine Inches In ThicknrtJ, we may conclude that. In good old time, oyster* attained age* quite patriarchal Like every other living thing tWoyator has Its cncmlre. From Its advent ibto life, tt ' appears' t<> be con1 etantlj eulficctal to assault from animals and from the element*. Author- - think that of every hundred ninearc destroyed before their fqrty- ( eighth hour, and tlie ten which ejrepc 1 and find lodgement are far from sct- ! Uing Into ewect security. Myriad* or 1 mussels appear with their smothering 1 tlie slow-going whelk, com- ' like tniafortnnr., when lcoat looked 1 for,- patiently drilling Willi' sbarj! ' tongue a bole through the shell', plercre the heart of the occupant, and puis ; a period to tlie story or ifo innocent ! Bfc. Hskarms' of gray muQel* pome down like wolves on tlie fold, seeking what tbejr may devour ; and the stn- ■ pid-looking' bat sabtle star-fish, or ' "five-flngfe*,"'owr wnlchfol and .re- ' lentk-H, forces it* devastating way, 1 and leave* but empty shells behind. - ! then galea of wind roll op the help1 motuaca Into ridge* , and blanket f and stifle tlie mass with mnd and aaiid and tangled wawml. Frost and snow; ' and tea mine out of Hie north al night, dUning and killing ; and. last of all. j ' man comre in desecrate tta- bed*, and 1 bear forth lo'tMpi hrtils ll»-sr hirers i ' J ,-f.i quiet life. Notwiihstapding three j ' - mnnifold l«usecutiocu, however, thc.l 1 ! oyster h»* contrived, tM many case, | » to form, in varioO* part* of the globe, j * ; gigantic depiriia, which frequently ofr j for impeffiment. to uavigatim, I r ! anderen turn the courae of tidal eur- 1 ,1 A variety of optofott. .flwata, tench- , mwm

merely as s savory relish, and other*. . ienos. still pronounce 11 uuwhoktome. , But wise physicians iu all couatriea have recommended oyster* for many . regarding them aa very digre- , Ubh- and nutritious, and aa especially [ noted for their cflbct in tacnmsing the prodesflion of blood. Dr. Ihuquicr , prescribed oysters for . gouty Dives, [ and Dr. Lcrpy claimed that the youth- | ful vigor Vhich characterized hie ad- , vnnced age waa due n> the two doarn which, each morning, he wa*. wool to swallow. In earlier times It was thought that something of the oyster* fertility was transferred to three who , cat them, and Mr. Bertram tells ns r that Loul* SI, fearful k-»t Kholarahlp should become .b-licfent in France, | gave an oyster feast once a year to the , wiso men of Sorbonnc. Napoleon | used to partako of oysters on the eve , of Inttlc, and the old encyclojaedlsts , worked better after similar indulgence. ^ Voltaire. Pope, Swift, blinktspi-are, liume and Thomjison fid on Ihc dainniolluack, and Chriatopbcr North, ^ the A'octcr Ambroiiiana, shows the excellent influence of oysters on the Edinburgh intellect. It is thought that the best effects are wrought for those who take tlie oyater alive, without other condiment than its own juices, and. ns Dr. Kitchener say*, "tickle it to death with the trelh. " fire- "frivolity, profiinity. sacrilege 1" an ancient emperor thought other wise, and invested hi* oyster-cook with an onlor of nobility for success with gridiron, stew put and frying pan. Oysters are ocroonted good at breakagreeable for lunch, excellent as a prelude to dinner, and the enamored Juvenile speak* of Venus Kl-ria, "who, at deep midnight, on fat oyater sups." time, it |* difficult to determine.— ItrUIni Savarin say* that •'furtuerly, under the Louise*. U-fetra the Revolution. every festive meal legau with oyster*, and a certain number of guests were always found who did not rest until they had mien a gross— namely: twelve doarn." Turgid used whet Id* appetite for breakfast and many a* a round thousand a! a silling. rail* liim. did not die' young. r

I Tie: following extract ou the celc- J . bratcd Sphynx of Egypt. I* from j i Mark Twain'* new book entitled i ¥ "The lnnra-euts Abroml"— a work * teomingwith the m. Bit inleristlug nloc- „ s beautiful engravings:— j t After years of waiting, it wa* faeforo c .« me at last. Tlie great fact: was w sad, | o so eanirat, so longing, so gsilU nL ( - There was a ilignity not of earth in it* t y mein. and in iu countenance a lienlg- .- nity such as nerer any thing human I- were. It wn* stone, but it seemed c scntimeuL If ever image of stone , thought, It wa* thinking. Itwaslmik- , ing toward the verge of Ihc Intidsrapv. o yet looking at nothing— nothing but . e distance and vacancy. It wnslooking , r over ami beyond everything of the , ... present, and for into tin- past. It wn* I, gaxiiig ont over the ocean of Time— , - Over lines of century-wares, which y further and further receding, closed t I, nearer and nearer together, and blendo e*l at hut into an unbroken tide, away n toward the horizon of rcmoto antiqui- * ty. It was thinking of the war* of dc- | O parted ages: of tlie empire* it had seen n created and destroyed; of the nations , g whose birth it had witnessed, whose . I, progress It had Watched, wlirao anil nlhilation it had noted; of the Joy and a sorrow, the life and death, the gran- • II deur and decay, of five tbousaml slow , p revolving years. It was the typo of an attribnteof man— of a faculty of ir bis hi-art and brain. It was Memory it — KETitosntcTios— wrought into viao lhle. tangible form. All who know d wliat pathos there it In memorie* <J days that are accomplished and fc«-* r that have vanished— albeit only a trill, fling score of year* gone by —will have h tome appreciation of the path"* that la dwtfia hi throe gfkve rye* that look so h eteadfartly back upon the tiling* tlrev y kne - IwroreTUstory "as born— before , Trailition hod being— thing* that were, , and forma that moved, in a vague era j which even Poetry and Romance scarce knew of— aud paused one by one ^ away and left the stony dreamer soli- ' tory in the raiiUl ora tlrnuge new age : r. and uncomprebended scene*. *- " Tlio Sphynx is grand In U» loneli- [ r. ue*«; it is Imposing in iu magnitude; j K It I" imprceslre in the mystery that p hangs over iu story. And there i* : ,f that in the ovfrahod owing majesty of 1 g this eternal UgUreor stone, with IU neeustag memory of tlie deeds of ages, 1 d which reveals to one something of 1 .{ what lie shall foal.Sihen be shall stand ' r. at last la the awful preaence of God." ' '!Tint Retort Cotbteoi'l" — II Chretcrii. Id was at a root to F ranee m where V oltaire was one of tliq guest*. , B Chesterfield seernod gazing upon tlio ?" Iwiliiant Hrele of ladle*. Voltaire acir oostrd him. "My lord, I know you ' are a jml.- ; which are the meat beau* ' ' ttful, the English "Or the French ladim? " " Upon my soul," said Clieafc tarflcld. with hi* usual presence of '' mind, " I am no judge of pointing: III Some days afterward, Voltaire being * ta. London, liappom d to ba al a noMe- '• man's party wi^i CbmUrfieU; a lady i ! in the company. prtKligtonsiy rouged . A : directed !..-"r whole diK:,«rao lo .Vol- . t* ' tain, and rogroeaed his whole nunver- ' " i aaSloo. Chmterticld came up. tapped I "}him on the shoulder, and said; "Sir, , "• i lahacarc. that youare not eoptiioted." , "My land," replid the French wit, i f- ! I acorn to be taken by aa English i ^ j rftdl r.sber Fraoob eolnre.'' Ri ! Dnrtag the BUrt Hawk war oor 1 ^ thls wisa: " CapVfe, which of the Ioit ' orefe lEAln-m that go <«i foot ?"

rIVhen the senior Jonathan Truro- v ' laili was Governor of Connecticut, a r ' ing to e«o His Excellency in private. T Accordingly lie waa shown into hia « Msefom nacbrni; and the Governor cante forward to meet Squire W., aay- „ F inS- ' " Good morning, eir; 1 am glad to " ; you." T i Squln- W. returned lliceolntion, adding, as he did so, "1 hare called ujion v a very unpleasant errand, air, and , want your advice. My wife and I do x not lire happily together, and 1 am ' thinking of getting a divorce. What * ( do you advice, sir? " t ' deep thouglrt; tlien turning to Squire * W., said: J " How did you treat Mrs. W. when T ( you were courting her? aud how did V you feci towards her at the time of your marriage?" s 1 Squire W. replied, " i treated her aa * kimlly as I could, for I loved her dearJ ly at that time." o "WnB, sir," said tlie Governor, "go homo and court her now just aa " B you did then, and lore her at when a r you married. Do this ta the fear of God for one year, and then tell me tlie " , The Governor then said, " I*t ns pray." jj'hcy bowed ta ]uayer ami separa- a r tei Wlicn a year liail pasted away. j Squire W. called again to see the Govt eroor. and grasping hia hand aald: " I have caHed, »ir, to lhank you for h tlie good advice you gave me, and to , tell you that my wife and I area* hap- t j pv aa when firtt we were married. 1 cannot be grateful enough for your goid counseL" „ " I am glad to hear It," Mr. W„ and hope tliut j-ou will continue to court your wife- aa long as you lire." J ,. The result that Squire: W. and his h Wife lived happily together to the end lf of their married life Lcl those who ( t are- thinking of separation in these days go and do likewise. . " -'Utile set. of klsSnvM, ' 1 Utile eretli of lees. • A'er Fork Merrree. ] *T*I 1*1 Ir* n* (be (Tleke. There are on ihc glolw- l,JRH,0(l0,nfl0 **

*.Mil*. of which 300. DUO, 000 are of the b Caucasian roe.-, .*12,000,000 are of the Mongol rare, lOO.UOO.OOO are of the * Ethiopian rare. 170,000,000 are of the ' race, and 1,000,000 are of the h American race. There are- 3.IU2 laiignage* iqKiken, " and 1,000 UUfercnl religions. h Tlie yearly mortality of the elolie is ' 3.1,333,332 |«-r»on*. This i* at the rate of 01, SM |*t day. 3,730 per hour. GR fi minute. So each pulsation of the I The average uf human life- I* 311 p years. t One-fourth of the population dies at j or before the ago of 7 year*. One-half at or la-fore 17 yearn. ( at tlie nc- of ltd years ; one In 500 at- J tains the age 00 ; and one in 100 liven , to tlie age or 00. Married men live longer than single In 1,000 persons Ik" marry*, and marriage* occur in June and De- 1 ccmber than ta any other month of the year. Ono-righth of the « hole population ' military. Professions exercise n great influence ' 1 on longevity. In 1.000 indiridnak ' n ho arrive at the age of 70 year*. <3 ' are priests, orator* or public speaker*, i .in are agriculturists, 33 are workmen, i arc soldier* or military employees, i 2ii are advocates or engineers, 77 are i ' professor*, and 21 are doctors. r Those who devote their lives to the prolongation of that of others die the , ( YANKEE DUODI.I. 1 Hon. Bold. C. Winlhrop, ta his ad- . | dn-s* delivered at tlie Boston Music ' Hall, at the opening of the Grand Max ■ ' aical Festival, related the following ' anecdote to illustrate the state of American rauzlc nt the lime when the treaty at Ghent was negotiated. The 1 story was told to Mr. Wlnthrop by the ' John Qnincy Adams ; " I hiring the negotiation nt Ghent, festival or banquet wa* about to takr place, at which It was proposed to pay the customary musical compliment to all the nuvcrelgni who were either , present or represented on the occasion. The sovereign people of the United | States— represented there, aa you rer member, by Mr. Adams himself, Mr. Bayard, Mr. Clay, Mr. Jonathan Bussell, and Mr. Gallatin— were, of course, j. not to be overlooked ; and the mnaical I coiulm-ior or bond master of the place , called upon' these Commissioners to tarnish him with onr National Air. . i lor National Air said they 1* Yankee i Doodle. Yankee Doodle, said the con-' ductor. what Is that 7 Where shall I i find It ? By whom was it composed ? ■ Can you supply me with the score ? i Tlie perplexity of the Commissioners - may be bctterconcelyed than described. ' - The)- were fairly at their wit's cods. - Tbey had never Imagined that they f would liavescerss of this tort to settle, : and each turned to the other in despair. | I At last they brtboogbl them, in a bop- ' - py moment, that there waa a, colored j - servant of Mr. Cfoys. who, like to I many of hia row, was a first rate ■ whiailrr, and who wa. certain to knca i Doodle by heart. He was ! i forthwith sent lor accordingly, and the [ j problem waa. solved without further . ( 1 delay. The band manor jotted down ; , the air aa th| entered boy whistled ft-J and More flight, said Mr. Afgrf Yankee Dr-oBlc was set to so mart ' parts that you would hardly hail ■ ' > known tt, afid it came out the ndSnay ! . ! sateahtyajpe:^; : the ghwificanoo of tie United Sovrr- : sigife of Ainerira." * ' 1 • '

THE SLDTtMflZt Sssf se oscs Its stasgtsg ksefe AS4 Iks alas* nut rsttliax ky. AsS Iks sU gks-s Ml la Ms. stsss crssie *'sr tks aisiy ysrfc« sly borss, hi ky J*r, Tks IsU of Iks cr-WIBf I | AoJ Us bnsklw) sa skUdfae ylsy Tks SMS* susSs rtsHst Is Ika ysrt. Tks ksssa kss ssackl Us i Tssrlisalj sow ws rids. t ksoskly tisal, A l-sx, s skOsk ssd s boosd t Whils lbs t.rtj r«ko«s wsks tee Iste Sunpprr l>st CsrssilSsHd TrdBes. 'i'lic age of trade— patronage, Soiled feathcra— trodden down. The best circulating medium— the htrangc hoi clothes— three sheets in Use wind. There is one ship which no woman ever objects to taking passage ta- i court-ship. Why are cigars like the great" departed ? Because columns are raised A handsome dress patten never nr rests a woman's attention. She will always go buy it A young woman separated from bcr is naturally mi-hm-choly because slic can't elope. A western editor, seeing two wasbrrwonan quarreling quoted Tfemrson : "Wring out wild belli. •* " Bishop Meade, of Virginia, once said: "Our girls are poorly educated,

our buys will never find It out," Woman's inconsistency— Wbcn she wants to give a man a key to her heart shs present* him with a lock of her hair. The country it of eonrae the place agriculture, hut It la an indisputable feet, that wild onla are mostly raised in the big cities. An ignorant little urchin told W* Sunday School teacher that John the was a cannibal, becauae be ate low cusaCR and wlkl hooey. Private Smith, of the 28<f lulkntry. thinks he onght to he arrested under the revenue laws because he keeps a private, still. A "worthy citizen, r&ntly deceased." is apoken of by gpTaun paaa a man of great energy! who hid a Roman no« with strabg religions tendencies." A cynical compositor aa a morning paper prints the "frieisM^kp^ of wo. man" the "flendahlp." That error must he the bolt of "the devil " Oxg of our eichangt* has thia- " Toledo will ship over three millions , of siore* to Pliiladctahia this year. "— ll meat to say MaiJk Asa HengUah- , would say, " This la ao '«U of a dlfi ference! I A widower, accused of atrrer having , sh.-d a tear on the occasion of biswife's , death and burial, dsfrndsd hit ooaduct . on tlie ground that she caused hltn to : shrd so many before her death, that the briny fountain was utterly dry. A girl, oo hearing her mother say ' that she Intended to go to a ball and have her dress trimmed with bugle*, inuorvntly inquired If the burim wxuld blow while she danced, "^h, no," ■ said the mother, "your father will de> : that when he disaoim I have bought I than." I A Methodist brother recently hod occasion to preach a discount against ■ the doctrines of taimeniou, bat could - ' n't find tho text until, with great " shrewdness and good sense, ba hU upon this: " Beware of divan!— ami i strange doc-trftra." <• A. 1 " When are you going to cormnenn1 tho pork bastacsw ?" asked ooe penuxi ' of another, who had a stye on hia eye. r "Explain yourself, sir,'' said tbeal- • flicU-d gentleman. " Why, I tee you have a sty quite ready." "Trms," waa tilt reply, " and I have ont hog in ■ my eye now." A physidan In Gloucester, Ms**., ' who died several yearti (fnca, told a e friend Iu confidence that he often ads ministered ptlls made of brown bread soaked in paregoric, to that data of ' his patients who were always tmxgtto ! tag thcmaeltcs sick. The pilU satlsj fled such patients and did thsm no , harm, while it added greatly to the ; reputation of the good oM doctor. f John Qulncy Adams, when an old I man, ftjtl of honors aa of years, waa' L wont to say that ho nctnt dated Jflx" i v os at night without mpaatioaJbhr • liuiw which he teamed in Inbney 1 . It ^MWtolwhJF > Jom Bii-t-iKo* cxpi estoa sue vtewr " oo tlte subject of aotogtagta, precta - ly . He thus replies^ to an anxious ■ gragh. "Ws umt fttnvlsh orv..- ' Stf* *""** t**1 " ' "*! * **'H ■ ; *1 SLS ? L ::srss;irsx£: W" «• S- II