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0-ll Conmunication from s. distance , . "-"6 .-... ,'iouldbe addressed, PosT-PAin.totheEditor.) ' Mister Bjbby was discovered, after lanliour't hard search, sharpening the thp rrwT vrrr nnv sword-blade on the homely knife-board. 1ULLUI S.UU-ßUA. to the utter destruction of that useful

'It was a lovely morning in June The air. exulting in its freshness and Perfume, as if just loosed from heaven s poria.s p:aye(. joyous.y aroun-. inr- u. is. i - . tll of Lowliuds. entrancinc all who felt its influence from the noble invalid in his! pillowed chariot to the sunburnt goat- - , , , i , . I i herd reclining on the heather into a de-p-, er love of nature th.n their physical com-; pnsmons were apparently adapted to ,m-, bibe. It was indcod a glorious, heavenly' morning. Ths fleecy clouds seemed loth ; to elide across t!ie blue inflititv bve. ' ani joyonsir üi.l the sun illumine the littie enclour (yclept 'the garden) thsi luv before a white washed cot at 'he loot ui uuem wie ijon.anti mountains. "It was laeonly habilyion in f';. j an J so clean an I white It looked as if it ..r t t i i . .u vti "urn jui iu inane lis "rrance on such a day this. "The two uppr lattices of the poltai-e. thrown opo.i to th"ir utmt extent, let in the passing zp!ivr to fm the t'everstricken trtnpl-, of xr.o b-auiifu! sisters. , who were pass.ng from the xyorid m th.rsu.i l?d reacl.M .ts meridian. ; wh ) drinking m th- balmy air, prayeo ; ru in pun anu misery again: But to her who watched by her dyinj children's pillows, the sunniest dav hi i no charms nor brightness! O'l! how cladlr would s!ie have eri.n tue g.ua o fortune that h,d ratst i m - . ... r v iin a u j iiri Jj.!-rr, iu s- lili?r till I dren like whit she herself once was! But it is tim to iutroluce the principal character of our tale. "On an old ar n-chair, outide the col-tage-dtor, an ohl man sit not lh".t years hid made him old as m ich as toil and i

hardship. his hair was grey, although j Waterloo, may nearly be considered the he hi I scarcely numbered fifty summers.! fer0 of the feast. and as hedoflVd the fong-cap of the gal-; -Oh! but for one the least of .the lant th regiment saving that they jewels that la vishly bedeck that fair and were white his locks flowed as thick as j mnst enthusiastic interrogator of the vetever. On his knees rested volume!eran to -a ve my darlings from starvation!" that even the reckless an i dissolute at- j "He cannot curb his thoughts; but mophereofa barrack-room had never this is all he thinks of. sfpar-ited him from. It was closed, for "The dinner, so unusual to English the morning's ne'er forgotten task of de- dinner in general, soon thawrd into ronvotion wjs over, and every attention of j viviality. How surely we always find, the veteran seemed to be rivited on an that the more inhospital the appearance urchin soma eiht or nitit; yeiri old, who. . 0f a countrv, the more hospital the hiving mde himself master of his fath-; dwellers ther'ein; as if to compensate by er's walking stick, was going through the ! a profusion of the oue for a delinquincy manual and platoon exercises under the j 0f t,e other. old nun's instructions; a duty that, at in - f The dinner ended, and the toasts betervils, ws sadly interrupted, to the,R,n The ladies had retired to the drawdtter extinction of all discipline, by some j i,12.room. and reminiscences of the eventhug drone that intruded upon the -parade fj jay ucre gerly canvassed around, ground whereupon the juvenile mus pdSS rouna the ruby wine! kiteer, exclaiming. 0h' Did ly: there's j ! t is Rettin" late. Bney!' would forthwith uiaka a grand; "Tass the snuff-box, if you please." exchirge at the encroaching foe. beating ; claimed the host, who at an early period fhe air with his wooden weapon until after the removal of the dinner had proom? chince and lucky blow ent the duced an article of elaborate workmanmiserable interloper, humming, and buz ship, sludded wilh brillianls, presented zing, ani kicking, on his back upon the j t0 j,im bv Marsh.il Blucher in person, as

rpuiid. "It was during one of these charging exploits mat tne incipient ncro, happen ing to look through the garden gate, had his gaze attracted bv an object that made ( , . 6 , . ., - ,J , , ,

a i 11 (Akiaiui ins iiiuic; aiaiiu null uiu-ri, tr i . . Ol! p,! here's Bjiy come, sur. 'nough'.' j 'In va.n were the desert-dishes pushed tn 1, alas! for poor pueiiie self-conceit. I as,(le 1,1 va,u was 6earch made un(,fr the 4he. old stick was dropped, and Master I ub,e a,ul un'ter lhe chairs; the snuff-box B bby might tho moment after, have been ' h"d a--bed. as if by magic! The altenespied standing very still, and very white, ( llants footed having brought t in at behind the cotUg:door, with his thumb! lhe beginning of the evening, and having

in hit mnnlli Scarcely less astonished was the father of the boy. when he saw 'Ve splendid livery of the Castle approach his humble dwelling (he hid been there but a week.) and, mentioning his name, deliver a letter sealed with such a profusion of wax at he hid only witnessed once before; namely, on his being the bearer of a despatch on the occasion of the meeting of the Allied Armies in France. "The contents of the missive were, an ( m9 mW IMVM invitation, to the veteran to take a s-at

that evening atV.inner at the table of theiva!e to me. It striken me that some Cistle, where its wsnificent owner him-J one having got hold of the article, has in elf a Waterloo man was giving a feast ! error, put it in'o his pocket Instead of his in humble imitation of the great captain ; own box, and his not now the moral or th age, on the anniversary of the day courage to produce il; so I will order in a that sealed the destiny of Europe, and ' box of sawdust, into which eaih of you witness'vl the downthrow of ths greatest ; can in turn place bis hand; and the one curse incarnate erer letloose on the world having the box in his possession may and man. thereby reium it w ituout its beingknown "A verbal reply, humbly and thaukfol-' by whrm it was deposited. Dues any ly accepting th honour, ws . the only on objct to this7'

means at hin l or responding to the im- ,' portant document: lor to hare ubtaiued

writing material wonld hare entailed a three miles walk to the nearest toTvn, and a greater expenditure of capital than could with anv propriety at the present time be affbrdnl. "BjI wh shall scrutinize the oM man's dreams of happiness and grandeur as he rea,i nd re -end t,e flattering missive to ,,)e ,,arlner of his existence? ' , , . , .... . . eiial heard and read in fairy tales of beggars who had become pritces of Cinderellas who had, in a night, been transformed to queens; but this was . . . n . . .. bringing the romance hmne to his own are-sale in stern rMlity. flow would it all end?" was a self- : Ä . . , . . " ui i i scrubbed, and brushed, and mnded, after they had quietly lapsed into the thought that, like their old master, they were worn out. and. after a long 'tour of duty they had been left on the shelf for ever. In mnny places they even disdained th? stitches of the busy wife, and mutinously broke out as soon as attempted to be sei , J t " "b " nln aiirll.Sno KL. il.. .r..,:n. a.,!.. , household article. "At last nil was in readiness. and I having imprinted a kiss on the lips of j f , . ... . - . lrAaClle th ' m V v I v VI u II Jl VIJ? I I u U U I V 7 T J V olt, a(ljlIlalt sel forlh on his journej t(,

the 'Castle. "One by one each guest underwent the ' lie had jtist attained the summit of j self imposed ordeal until but one remainthe nearest hill, when the strokes of the !eJ nndergo the investigation, it "rvas

im iivit;i Ulli, 1MICII fcllC UUBC5 Ul kllC t(UTn clock camg boomi oycr he y hi$ Affr ßl u wa) bul fi anJ he Wa au hou al lJitf eag toQ ear!y. v "Alone in the drawing room of the castle for the heavy drops of che coming

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, apDointl im. lh. . ro of onr i p point et story, lost in wonder of the wealth and luxuries that lay around him; the onlv frfUg. save wonder, elicited by the. dis' , b,i2 .imply th.t the most trifling I hi- it, kuiii ivrrjj ilia lOlilllj ,., , . ihur. I r,il. jn plenty for probably half their life. Oil! its a bitter tiling to stand surrounapii oy another s wdaltn, when you know not where to get a crust for your 111 . i a. a .afTi hompful, on :he morrow! when eren in TOur llail S8Crince of pr,r,r. lhe words, 'Give us this day our daily breaJ . tremblf, on rour psasyoubreathe vain lliey nre. But joy! joy! why think of sorrow? the rooms are blazing in countless lights! I glittering trappings! snowy plumes! VV3 . l lt. dl III L iL V W J V w M.5 lauahlei ,(lo " tl70uchls of the morrow!) congratulations, happy and heart-felt! all these are seen and heard around! and is the old man left alone? Oh, no! bright eyes beam sweetly upon him; noble lips pour forth praisI es upon his head. He, the. almost sole cnrrivoi of Iii rpnimpnt r. n ih fipld of ia token of admiration for Iiis valour, and; ; -5teem for hU frieiuUhi n !

"The snuff box!' 'the snuff box!' echoed j joined togi-thcr, man at last had put athe guests, pissing the word one to the sunder.

. . , 2. . other; but no snuff box appeared lelt It On tne lUDIC "It is quite ridiculous. exclaimed one of the company afier awhile; 'some on' must have pocketed it in error. and I'll bo the first to try iny own pockets. "Matters were looking most unpleasantly serious, end each one at the - table j was feeling as uncemforUu'e under the circumstances as men can be supposed to feel, when the noble host, iiiiig, addressed the company as follows: Brolher soldiers and gentleman, I t have missed an article, of unsurpassable

-"No one did, of course, so the box wag brought, and each guest in turn left his seat and walked up to it, the others look ing away, and thrust in his hand. All had completed the ordeal, and the saw dust was emptied; but still uo box appeared. "There is no doubt but some one present has the box siiJ a noble genera), the highest in rank at the table; 'and under the circumstances I propose that we each in turn submit to undergo a personal in vestigation of our pockets, and I will set the example by being the first to submit to it.' "And I and I and I! fllew around the table. "The news had now flown to the drawing-room; and the party, that one hour before promised to be a rc-union of deep and noble feelings, of cordiality and good will, becaniQ a seme of general disorder, suspicion, und confusion. - "I wish the'earl had not asked people nobody knows anything of 1 exclaimed ont fai r giest. "Yes, in feed!' echoeil another; 'people may be officers. but honesty is never tested till a man is a bar.'

(Tru-! noble lady! true! affluence can afford to be honest.) "Aye! search us! search us all!' eagerly exclaimed all in turn. "All? no: not all ! "One lip grew pallid, and one cheek blanched white ns the damask cloth before it, when the word Search' was ut ! tcred; but no one remarked it; a brimmiug bumper of wine, taken at a gulp, alone prevented one guest there from sinking sick and fint bt-neath the board. q ... lhe oM aiIjllUnt. I -The adjutant! her tl the adjutant! where is Aye, call away ! tue obsequious guests! j search for him from room to room ! and j condemn him unfound. He's o'er the a at ... ! mountain, and awa and little hears your 'Chang we the scene. "Cold aye, shivering cold; not from the chilling atmosphere of the cl invite, but of the heart the old man wandered homewards. Thought, feeling, life almost, all but motion, had deserted him. "Thief?' at last burs, from his pent-up bosom, ns he strode homewards ll a thief?' "Thief!' exclaimed a voice at his side, that made him involuntarily turn round, and lay his hand on his sword. He looked around in the darkness but perceived no oue; be was still passing a cavern in the Lowland hills, long since renowned for the clearness of its echoes. "Ere the veteran had scarce be.an to to recover his senses, he found himself at the threshold of his cottage. "That night at least there was an ample meal for all within those walls that had the power of partaking of it. - The following morning brought nu nerous messages and messeng?rs from the "castle," in hop.s of recovering the lost bijou. "Entreaties first, then threats were had recourse to; but each in turn were met by a steady and firm avowal of innocence by the owner of the cottage. In compassion to the veteran, he was not at once handed over to '.he civil power, but in a few days afterwards he received a letter from the Horse Guards, to whom the mattor had been fully communicated and the hulf pay of the old man'j rank, upon which he had retired, was immediately suspended, leaving him a beggar, and powerless in the world! "True he might have claimed the alternative of a court-martial; bul were not all the circumstances of the case arrayed against him bearing on their face a moral certainty of conviction, in spite of his honor or his oath! "Nothing was nr left but starvation or the workhouse, and he chose the latter. "In a huge whitewashed building in the nearest town, he found himself separated for the first time in life from his only solace in the world his wife and children! from her who had shared his troubles A3 a private uoldirr. and his hon our as an officer. Those whom God had "Sharp and agonizing was the anguish at first; but ere a week had elapsed, another blow more stunning than this was doomed to descend on the martyr's head. "He heard the church-bell tolling, and saw but at a distance all that wa mortal of his two darling daughters borne from out that whitewashed world of or row to the grave! " "A settled melancholy, bordering on idiotcv, now came over the old man's spirits. His daily task was gone through mechanically; but his wife still lied. and he might yet one day meet her again alive, and that was, indeed, a consolation in his sorrow, but. alas! how fiint even that poor ray of hope' "Faint laint, indeed poor outcast! You have looked your last, and breathed your last farewell, ere vou entered within the walls that now enclose you! "The intelligence of his wife's death was soon after communicated to him. accompanied by a permission for him to have access to all that remained of one once dear r lo him than life itself, and lhe further boon was conceded of follow, ing her to her long last home. "How willingly would he have availed himself of this kindness! but as the first boom of th bell tolled out, he fell back

insensibl, and so remaiüe.d "till all wss over. "His son was now all that wa3 left to him. and he had been bound as apprentice in a town several miles distant. Days, weeks, months, a year had elapsed, and his retinue of life remained unaltered and unvaried. Nothing seemed to have any effect on him, save when a casual visitor remarked, in an undertone (but what tone is too soft for sensitive ears to comprehend') "That is the oid officer who stole the snuffbox at the castle." "But what most astonished every one was, that no trace of the box had been, or could be discovered. It was not found concealed iu the old man's CJttage, neither buried in his garden, for ersn that had been turned up in hopes of recovering the lost treasure neither had iL been pawned in the town. f 'A heavy rolling sound breaks on the drammer's ears as he starts at midnight from his thin-clad stretcher, and feels the cold damp walls of his tiny cell around him? "He bad been dreaming happily. He dreamt that an angel it was like his

dear lost wif? but it was not her had brought the lost jewel to his bedside had told him it was sent from heaven to restore him to his own again, who were all at home awaiting his return; and that his trial on earth was over. "Louder and louder swelled the roar without. ' Fire! Fire! Fire!" roared a thousand voices in chorus! "A fire at the castle!'' and the rolling of the engines and the clashing tread of the hrrses succeeded one another in rapid succession. At length inture was exhausted, and he sunk once m jre to sleep until the morning. "What means that thundering knocking at the g-ite? A piuper would not knock so loud. "Even the adjutant looked up from h:s daily task, but soon looked down again as he saw the hated livery of the castle standing at the portal. "He heard his name pronounced, and the pilor of death fell over his brow and cheek. In another minute he found himself ushered into the governor's room. and confronted face to face with the noble giver of the banquet at which his misery had begun. "He had scarce time to gate steadfastly on the. face of his visitor ere the latter seised him by the hand; but before a word could be uttered, a flood of tearä tears of repentance for a bitter and irrepairable injury done loan innocent man, and coming from the noble and contrite breast ol a soldier, broke from the long pent-up channels of the general's heart, and he wept aloud on the old man's shoulder. So totally was he overcome, that it was with the greatest difficulty that he prevented the official authorities from introducing immediate medical assistance, and like a flash of lightning through the gloom of night, the pauper's dream flushed o'er his recollection. "To morrow! to morrow!' come to the castle at any time but come. I am ill; I must go now, exclaimed the general, and thrusting a purse full of notes and gold into the wonder-stricken old man's hand, he allowed his valet to lead him to his carriage. "There hail indeed been a fire at the castle, which being simply occasioned by the overheating of the flues, had done no material injury; but the first piece that was attended to was the plate closet; and there in a cupboird high above the others, where the usual plate for household purpises was kapt, was discovered "the gold snuff box." "It had, no doubt, been removed from tho table by one of the servants, who, oblivious of the circumstance, or fearing after all that had occurred to produce it, had placed it where it had so long remained unseen. "The following morning broke again bright and joyously, as if in welcome of the scene it was to witness. The old soldier ha 1 at once been discharged at the departure of the general, and was soon provided with comfortable lodgings in the town. "His first thought was to seek his boy; but the news quickly reached him, that, tired of the monotonous life his son was obliged to lead as an apprentice, he had gone on board her Majesty's ship al Ply mouth; so he was left alone and childless in the world. "That the snuff-box had been found, ran like wild-fire through the place, and had reached the. old man's ears before he had left the workhouse; therefore why need he fear to meet the inmates of the castle? In justice to himself, moreover, although he would rather have avoided the. interview, he made up his mind to go; and set out on foot, he traversed the same path that he had passed just eighteen months ago, when the storm arose around him. "He had scarcely Knocked at the castle ere the doors were thrown open, and every servant eemed to vie in being most httenttve to the lately reputed criminal. II q was at once ushered into the dining room, where, seated round the' table as he had seen them on that memorable day. I were the self same guests that then surr ...a . a 1 rounded the board, and had since concurred in his condemnation. "His place was changed, and now a chair was placed for him by the side of his host, at the head of the table; but the vetran refused to take advantage of it. remaining erect, and gazing with a fired half. vacant alare on thu scene bejfois him, as if it were all a dream.

' "The general, however, as soon as he recovered his self possession for he saw and deeply felt what a change was wrought in the old man's appearance. broke the subject, by saying "Deep, irreparable and undeserved, as is the injury that has been inflicted on you, and for which no amends on my part can atone, you must allow that in a great measure, you have been the cause of it. by not at the time submitting to the oideal which every one present readily underwent. Had I requested to search you "done, you might justly have felt indignant; but the measure was not even proposed by me, bul by one higher in rank both military and nc-hle, than myself, and you would have proved as innocent as he or I. without having entailed on me the lasting misery that have inflicted such a punishment on au innocent man as you have undergone a recollection that will haunt m- on my death bed and on yourself, the anguish of the past." "Sire!" relumed the veteran, but his voice faltered audibly. 'I did not take the snuff-box. as you and all around me are fullv aware, but nevertheless I was a thief.

"Yes, God forgive me! and I trust he has, as I believe you all will. In the midst of the dinner, when the mirth was the highest, and when every one's attention seemed to be engaged, I took advan tage of the moment to slip a part of the contents of my plate between some bread beside me, and when no eyes were upon me, I secreted it in my pocket. None of my family nor myself had tasted meat for days, aye, long days past! and I had mora that day before me than would have saved my darling children from the grave! I was a thief! My whole pittance had for" mouths been swollowed up by the illness of my family, and what was given to me, I had secretly purloined for them. My days on earth are short. I care not to confess all. My gray hairs have dome in sorrow to the grave, and little recks it what befalls me now. This is the. reason that I ü'ote away like a thief rather than be searched, and dearly have I paid the penalty attending The Perils of the Poor." "The old man ceased; but the sobs that burst forth around told how deeply his tale had entered the hearts of his hearers. "Spontaneously the whole host arose, and thronged around him. Kind words noble promises sweet condolences from the noble, the brave, the fair, were showered on the veteran's head, but alas! like a soft song in the tempest they fell unheard unheeded. "A cottage on the. estate, fitted with every luxury, was urged on his acceptance the arrears of pay made up all that wealth could offer, or contrition devise, was placed at his disposal but it came too late! "The silver cord wb$ loosed, and the golden bowl was broken! ayo, shattered past redemption ! "The old church trees were budding forth in spring, and glad birds carrolled on their new leaved branches, and a crowd had gathered round the churchyard gate, dressed in their best habiliments. "Hush! 'tis the old man's funeral ! "Toll on! thou mournful Herald to eternity! thou hast carried anguish to his soul ere this but now he hears thee not! 'His old sword rests upon the coffinlid. Ah! bear him gently to his grave, in life so roughly handled! "The bell has ceased the earth is closed again the tearful crowd has gone. "Peace! peace to him who sleeps beneath the turf! "His character re-established among men he has pone to meet his God !" Tut 'Good Word not current. Grant Thorburn, alias Laurie Todd, sends us (ISoston Museum) tho following rich anecdote. Fifty years ago, Mr. Thorburn was standing behind his counter, in his little grocery in Broad street New Yjrk, when a miD enterod a liitlo tho worso for liquor and called for something to drink, saying, at the same time, that he had no money, but would pay to-morrow.' 'My rulo is, never to trust remarked Mr. Thorburn. Irl pay yr, certain!' exclaimed the stranger. There's no usa in coaxing. I never bronk my rule replied tho tmpcrturablo little Scotchman. Werl, if yr aVt willurn t' trust ia here's a Bible for a'curity,' aid tho man, taking from his pocket a beautiful giltedged Bible. I take nothing for security but cash, replied Mr. Thorburn. The mm gated at the diminutive form of the little trader through his bleared eyes for a moment in perfect astonishment, then turning on his heel, left tho atoro exclaiming. Werl, yr little dried up mack'rl, if yer a'n't willing to lako my word nor the word of God, yr may go to the devil! - I a Irish Mother. 'Arrah, Johnny, and whero have yees bin so long?' Naiivo Son. 4 Why, me and the res of tho boys have been licking an Irishman. Mother. 'Wait, ye spalpeen, till yer daddy gits, home, you'll be afther catching it!' Son. 0h, he be blow'd! That' the man we've litked'.' The young lady who fell in love has just beeu pulled out by the daring fellow who successfully struggled with the world

LIFE'S POETRT. The proudest poetry of you'h Is ' Wvuld I teere a man!'' Tho golJeti ye;irs that lie between, Youth like a dream would .p;in 'Ti in its thousbt, 'tia ia its heart 'Tis even oil itj tougue, Bjt oh! the poetry of ago Is this" When I um yaun.'' Tims, in the morn of life, our foet Would dintdut pathways find; Tho sun tili face to fice we greet. The thadoiCM fall behind! B it when tho morn of lifo is o'er, Am1 iriture grows less kin-1, The lengthening shadow creeps before The kvnlight fallt Uhind! With many a murmur 5low and sad, The stream oflile flows on; That which we prized not vchen tee had, doubly prized whtn ani. And in:uiy a sad and solemn truth Lie writtfii on Life psr. Between the ' Poetry of Youth" And 'JPeetry ef age." The French Fiddler's M.

lhe xNow lork Atlas is lndebteJ to ai distant corresnrmrle'it. who mils him-oif w -"i'-..! v IIIIII 'VI I "A. A. Bb," for a very amusing anecdote which we transfer to our columns, in con sideration of its intrinsic worth. A little French fiJdUr and his wife, who gain.d a livelihood by teaching the art of dancing, were on bjard a steamer on tho Mississippi a short time since. They had got short of fundi, and having got run out in the last place whre they had stopped were "changing their spots" for a rmro favorable opportunity to en2320 in their profession of leaching. Tho frenchman was extravaeuuly Ion Ivl i cp his wife, and, Jwlthal very chary of her often boasting that no mm could b3 allowed by her to lake even the small liberties with her chirin which are usu illy winked at by husbands. But a little aff.ir occurred which shook the pojr man's belief in this delusion. Soon afier lhe starting of the boat he went into the cabin, and was soon in conversation wilh tho captain. Discovering that the captain was a bachelor, Frenchy was prolific in sympathy, declaring that he should die of grief if it were not for the company and caresses of his wife. "Oh. as for thit.'' iiJ the captain, " have the company of ladies much of th time, on board; and tho best of it is, they are all willing that I should indulge in a little kissing with them sometimes." "You moan yon kis "em all?" saii our hero. "I bet vtm five dollars, vou nokisi my little woman!" "hi dne'? replied lhe captain. The Frenchman took out his wallet: but could not find the amount. "1 find I has no money, cnplain; but I bet di. fiddle (holding up the instrument) no man ever kiss my Utile woman:" "Well." said the captain, "I bet my ship and whole cartjo agiinit your fiddle, that I can kiss your wife in two hours from now, if you will bring her into the cabin and then retire yourself." "I goes it you lose your ship and cargo, par." Accordingly, Frenchy brought down his wife, telling her that the captain wished to see her, and adding "Take care of yourself. I i til o woman; I don't know what kind of a man th'S captain is." The Frenchman retired from the cabin; but though he felt quite sure that his wifo would repel iadignnntly any attempts which the captain might make to gain his bet, yet he was a little fearful of what might happen. He thought he might keep his wifo in mind of him by playing and singing a little. S, going to a respoctful distance from the cabin door, he commenced tosing, accompanying himsolf wilh his favorite instrument: "I9 true, my love, be trua, my lore, He true for a couple of hour; Bo true, my love, b truo, ray love. And the ship and cargo's ours." After he had finished, tha captain to the lady. "Your husband stems extremely ious about vou I suppose it would said anx half) kill him to have another man kiss his wife wouldn't it?'' "1 don't know suppose you try it!'' Tho captain did try it, most assuredly, and tho "littto woman" returned it as heartily! Then, turning her eyes to the cabin door, she sung in a s weet voice, a reply to her waiting spouse: ' You're late, my love, you're lite my luvo, His arm if round my middle; Ho kisod me once he kissed mo acaia My dear, you'ee lost your fiddle!'' The little Frenchman burst open the door, caught up his wije, and carried her off, swoaring vengance on all sea captains generally, and the Yankees in particular. It is no more than justice to the captain to ndd, that he did not take the fiddle, but wni perfectly satisfiod with the other results of tho bet. aajaaaa--a- mmmma -gSSSSBSa" 1 A Blacs: Joke. During the run of "Uncle Tom" at the National, some wags one night as tho audience was leaving the theatre, altered the card that is put upon the benches, by substituting a W for the loiter B. so ihat the announcement read: "This TlVncA is taken." . a This thnv pinnod upon the shawl of a sable damsel. af COUIIIlg UUI, woo luuiü nut iiiioims nuai 'the nasty white trash was lafhn at." ...... . The confusionists of Ohio are so excited about thoir success that they are entirely craxy. A Democrat meeting one of them in Columbus the other day, asked him the time of day. 'Two thousand majority," shouted tho maniac. - On the marringe of Thomas Hawk, of Mansfield, Vermont, to Misa Sarnh J. Dove. 'A U i'-n't often that jon se ' So queer a kind of love; O what a savage he mast hm To Tommy -lUvsk a- Dors!

From th Xu York Lxprett, The Signal . Gaa-, Amidst all the terrible incidents attendant upon the destruction of the Arctic ' which we have been receiving th? two day3 pjst. there is one that impresses ua with a feeling of awe and admiration." and shows all the world that the ege "of heroes is not altogether gone by. We refer to the young man, whose post of duty throughout all that trying scene was the firing of a signal gun, at intervals, in hope of attracting the attention of vessels from a distance to tlie fccr.e of the disaster. While all around him were death and despair, in bold releif there he.

j stood, (like hope herself.) -.villi t!r C3!m j determination of a true h?n, Jitcharj ging gun after gun, until the -alien: ship went down beneath the wave. Here J was a courage and a man'in??: a defianre ol death, and an ad iesio; to duty,, we might walk over the irvt fimous battle-fields in history to look for, and not find. The soldier who brares the kin i ot terrors at tne cannons m . tlh, is ani mated by the "pomp and circumstances" around him. There can te properly j o cowards when men are drawn up in bat tle-array, with drums beating, colors flyingand thoughts of reward u::d promotion flitting through the fcriin of n reward if a victory is won. Dastard -iar anything then under such stimulant. But the bravery of the battlefield is not the bravery which was shown by our young hero of the wreck. The former is a species of unnatural couras it is of au anirail nature; but the Idf.tr al courage, of the hiebest and nullit it Kind. ith his lighted match h secmcu '6l to stand on the cuarter of tLst devc ted ship, hurling defiance, as it were,' in the very jaw3 of death itself. Others were desperately struggling for life, he alone seemed to hare resolved to demonstrate how a man may die at hispost of duty, without dread or fear in the midst of horrors that would make most men cowards. Awfully impressive, indeed terribly melo dramatic w&s the last scene of all, in which our yojn hero shone forth, wringing exclamations of admiration even from lips thet vrrre buffeting the hungry waters tlin mur merit) g for their prey. Stuart Hnilins. (for that was his name.) "could not e iuriucee to leave the ship; his post wes at the gun, from first to last, firing signils; ha kept firing that gun at intervals til! the ship went down. We saw him fu ihr. very act of firing as the veseel diiapturtdbclov) the utters." In Greek or lloman days sucli a rr.an if he had not awarded htci the h '-tars ,i deification, would have had Srv . ? decreeing him statutes and wtVivnents everywhere to commemorate his ueedr, that his example might not be lost upon posterity. His conduct is given a r.ew lustre, contrasted with that of the cravens who, only anxious to save their own lives, shut their ears to the shriek of the helpless women and children that v grappling with horrors all around oud about them. Honor, then, eternal honcr, to him who went down to death a conquerer of death! That noble sl ip hid many noble spirits on board but none nobler than he. 4 The brave man is not he who feels au fi'cr. For that were stupid at-d irrational; Hut he whoe noble soul its fear fuImIucs, And bravely braves tha danger nature t!iriiii;s frcm;' Shaletpenre. The Two Worlds. A 1 mil where swcfte.-a iocs fjdo. And smiling youth grows q lckly n'. j; A 1 uid where sunshine tarns to ihade. And beautj takej a differ tut mould, A l ind of cuuiii'e a land of care, Whose fleeting jovs are little worth; A land whose smile heeomf s n tour That land is Earth ! A Nnd of luve where naught can sever. And beauty blooms wilh luster fair, A Urd where y ut!i is younq f.:iverr For U:e exerts uo influence there; A laud where streams of iil-niir flnw. .ii : A laud where we our God i!ia!I kunw Thailand is Heaven! Make the Best of Evirtthixo. An important lesson to learn, and the caiHcr in life it is Iearnod the hatter, is to make tho best of everything. As the old nilngo says, ''there is no u of crying over spilt milk.' Misfortunes thai have til ready happened cannot be prevented, and, therefore, the wise man, instead of wasting his lime in regrets, will set himself to recover his losses. The mistakes and follies of tho past may teach us to be cautious for tho future, but they should not be rtuowed to paralizo our energies or surrender us io weak repinings. A millionare of Philadelphia tnlls tho story that at one pet i d early in his career, he had got nearly to the verge of bankruptcy: "but," says lcul ploughed a deep keel and kept my own counsel;" and by those means he soon recovered. Had this man given way to despair, and sat down to bewail his Apparently impending ruin, ho might now have been old and poor, instead of a capitalist in a leading position. He fays tlr.t his characteristics was that through li a 1 a. .could jmlrtTer lhail was consuminr no in au circumstances, no oia mo best hv lime in useless regrets over bad specula tions. The rule holds good beyond the sphere of mercantile transactions. Disaster may sweep away fortunes, nnd tho energies of years, but neither can be. recovered by croaking and repining. A lady being asked to join a Union c.r the Daughters of Temperance, replied: Il is unnecessary, as I intend to join ore of the Sons soon. Sensible lady that. A divine, once in . praying, said- '0. Xord, give us nelther poverty or riches and psusint solemnly for a 'moment adjded, VtpciHy pei-nty.

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