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H i BE . ' V : - VOL. XXXVI. THE' WORKI SI AX. i The noblest men I knovr on earth. t "Art men whose bands are brown with toil. . : Who, backed b y bo. aneeateatral grawtar : ' Hew down the wood, and till th. soil ; And win thereby a prouder name , ' ' Than follows kings or warrior' Uax. TIi working men, wbat'er the task, Who carre ibe btnne, or bear the hod, They bear upon their honest brow The royal stamp and seal of CJjd ; And worthier are the'rdrop of sweat Tbaa diamond in a coronet. God bless the nob'.e working men. Who rear the cities of the plain, Who dig the mines, wt)q biili Uie stips And drive the commerce of the main ; God bless them ! for their totting hands ' ' ' Ilare wrought, tha g!r j of U lauds. '.' . ' .. : . i PRIDE, Theie's pride of birth) and pride of purse. And pride of person, too ; But there's a pride that scorns them all, And would the whole subdue. Tis self styled Righteous, stands aloof, And says, "In lue behold , Tii model af the human race 1 . And ia there one so bold As dare to match with me or mine T Presumptuous mortal, know 1' We stand alone ; tbua would we stand ; And fear no overthrow." Oh, pride of heart! thou ugly thing ! .; -Enjoy thine own ooaoait f Lie on, and as thon narst fhy end, Thoult find thyself a cheat. -, :3 THE SPRIN FASIHOMS FOR Curis and Puffs, and Padding, . Waterfalls and Fisses, . : . Falsa HarU Janea, ,3 ; , '.,--'3 And artificial Lizzies, Woe I from Merino, Also from the nigger, Don in whopping pads And fastly grown bigger. Oh I were tha fashions erer "Equal to the present? ' tlilf a sack of tuterS, . Turucquarters of a pheasant. . Bonds as hip as erieket-ba'ls, " : f Buttons Jar t, a disew. . litre's .1 pull of authracitc, - f And there's a bowl of fishes. ? Care with two canaries . lake a pretty hat, . t Kcunnl with a terrier -' Wliat do yoa think of that ? . Won't the fathers bluster t ., .Won't the husbands wriggle When they sea the things come home, And won't the ladies giggla T ii"Tis sweet to remember ; I would not forego The charm which the past o'er the present can throw, FayajJie Jray ylsionB wliich f.incycan wanwj Iifhetwab jpf Ithsioif thsshings td decejvj. We know not the future, the pass we have flt ; """' , Its cherished, enjflyment tle booai can melt; ' Its rrptures anew o'er our pulses may roll, When thoughts of ttue morrow fall otdd on the soul." ! yV JJKAOTIKLI. iLLt'STUATION.- It WHS ouc-e my privilege to stand npon tlie summit of ilouut Rigi, in Switzerland, and from its queenly top witness an nutumtiftl sftnset. . Far away-, to tlie west the monarch of day wrapped tlie drapery of his couch about him, and lay dwn as if he were a god confessed. He flung hia splendors on that uaequallcd landscape with royal munificence. He kissed the waters that lay embosomed among the Irill till thoy il blushed. The bald peaks to the right and left of, us, bared their 'storm 'beaten brows and bathed 'in the sunlight. And higher up, and farther awav the snow-capped inonarchs of tlie Alps, tossed back, the sun's last ravs from' -f their icy sides in yold nd proud disdain. But uiore beautiful than all, the gem of that woiMlroni picture was a bridge of golden sUecmthat stretchtd over hills an" vallefs, slid lake and dells, from the -! far distant horizon to our very feet, t It seemed as if Heaven's gates had been, left open and glory bad stolen thro. It was cast up by the hand of Go i, a way of goldou which the angels might have trodden. "So liaAie I stotnj beside the dying soldier, when, it has seemed as if a bridge of golden sheen were let down from Heaven a highway for the ransomed of the Lord. And that way, cast up f God has glowed with the angels, o.me to bear the soldier who had made his last charge aniT'Tdusbf Lis "last battle home. And nptttat shilling path, with augel convoy. the punt has gone, away from the clang of5 arras and the dim of strife and the Kroanaofthe wounded ; away, awav. to .,-......., r ,i :., i:i,c 1 river, and the rick Johnson. rest of God. Bel-. HerFacts Worth Rkmkxkkrisg. "Cosmo," iu the Saturday Evening Post, gives the following Tic tit worth remem bering; : ;? t i ! ' - 1 " . It is worth while for all farmers, everywhere, to remember that thorough cultivation is better than three mortgages oti ; not an. uuc-u?i.c: i ag-'"" f ! Mdi'fcasJVeone.:. Thalr g-ootl fences al- !, -.-.-- " - r i -Twct'us. is uK times ICS jCircUSlVA' Ulan apa, ueneriuauiaw uiu aim ungubors. Thatbayjs a, gre-a deal cheaper f tnadein the snm-mcrVthari tiurchased in:J the. winter. That a horse which lays his ears back and look lightning when any one approaches him, is vicious. Don't buy him. That scrimping the feed f fatting hogs is a waste of grain. That overTfed fowls . won't lay egg. That educating" children is money lent at a hundred per cent. ' Taat one evening at konie ia study, is more profitable than ten ia lounging alout the coantry taverns. ' That tows should always be milked regularly and clean. ; That it is the duty of every man to take some good, reliable, entertaining paper, and pay for it promptly of course. T " 1 ' - ; Are the minutes of an affair of honor always drawn up by the seconds?

EICHMOID

JUST AND FEAR NOT! LET ALL THE

RICHMOND, "The Difference between Congress snd the President and his Cabinet." The telegraph, a few days ago, f stated that the Washington Republican, described as the immediate organ of the President, contained a significant article, looking to the restoration of harmony between the President and Congress. We have given the title above, and the article itself will be found below. The reader can decide for himself whether there is the significance attached to it which the telegraph so promptly discovered. Fur ourselves, we will say, that we are of the opinion that the obstacles to harmony are not so much ia an irreconcilable difference as to principles, as werds of acrimony, positions takea in haste and retaliation, and the personal fueling between individuals in the ce ordinate branches of the Government Remarking 'that the day is coming, if it has not already arrived, when few will fail to perceive that the present "difference between Coneress and the President and his Cabinet," might in good measure have been avoided, had there been less beat of temper and rio lence, which form no part of sound statesmanship, we give the article referred to for the inspection of the reader : Lafayette Courier. When we reflect that the same great political party which elected Andrew Johnson Vice President of the United J States, also chose the present majority to Congress, and that in the fall of 1864 a common sentiment animated the candidates and the supporters of the Balti more platform, no one in the ranks of th Union hosts doubting for a moment the unadulterated patriotism of President Johnson, we may well express surprise at the strange animosity that has sprung up in the National Legislature against the President, and 'it is worth our while to obtain, if possible,, the motive or secret of it It is not because th e" President lias departed' from any principle enunciated at. the Baltimore Convention. Congress admits, with the President, that for the common go 1 of alK1 the work? of 1 recenstnrction should be immediate. The President thinks that the right of representation is inherent to tbc States within the American Union, and the loyal delegates should come in'at once. Congress wants them to first ratify some unimportant amendments ' 'before such' admission. The greatest point of difference "that manifests UsMf b6tween Executive and Legislative departments of the Government is contained in the fact that the Adruiujblratiou believes tUat souud policy, and the yreseiit condition of the country demands' that the people ot the South should participate, as Americans, in the Government which they are now pledg ed to uphold and detenu, ana congress after onnosos sucn nariieipanon uniu the. next Presidential election. This would hardly seem to be sufficient ground for hurling at President Johnson the most unsparing invective, or charging him with the most malignant treachery and tlie most stupendous crimes. i Tlie trouble arises from the diversity of sentiment on tlie present state of affairs. The. President and his Cabinet view the matter in the light of peace ; Congress in the light of war. Tlio one regards the 1 rebellion as crushed ; the other seems to consider it as yet in full operation. Congress reflects the prejudices, the passions, the vehemence of the martial period in wnich tiiey were ' elected. Then war raged, and there were vast rebel" armies in the field, and rebel corsairs on the sea, and many States in the attitude of revolt. The air was filled with the roar of hostile cannon ; victory was far from certain, and the heroes of tlie nation were daily being added to the sainted roll of honor. It was in the heat and temper of such times that the Thirty Ninth Congress was chosen, and it seems to retain all the rage and rancor of that season of blood. This ia why we hear in the Congressional halls so much said of the 'publie enemy, when none exists ; of 'red-handed foes,' when no foe lifts his impious hand throughout our boundaries ; of 'black hearted traitors,' when treason has lowered its crest in every State of the Republic. The President and his counsellors. eitJVW.ca.Py serr ana more tnnsuan 4 tuimdae. have --buried with the war lU ' . . - i : i. ... -. : - 'r i savage and inhuman spirit. They furled with the victorious banners of the nation the rage of conflict, and when peace came tuey accepted its issue and used its i language i ne Administration, in ais- , rn a . 1 " ftir.ctiou from 'Congress, represents the emotions of gratitude for the rescue of t t n IQn,i 1 . -, . i t ! .-it Am si,-, of the memories of 1 i hatred for tiios, whn imnpriipd it. It 1 weighs, indges and directs events as now" exjst n0t a3 thev transpired ydars ago. Remembering that the Mesne ruessings or peace dawn en , lan t nncn juii uuic uuic, ue a itMUCUt uu associates are insni red bv its necessities, i i an,t rulms with reference to civil instead of military law, they comprehend the .inU of thnaiSVii r.th-fh r. . tion. and o-rasn the .lestinUa of mnah. ' lie rather than mere fortunes of a political party.' Herein lies, in our judgement. ' . w v - tne amerence between the President and Congress J. The 24th day of April was the anniversary of the first publication of the first American newspaper the Boston News Letter whicii appeared on April 24th, 1704. It was printed, with large type. On a rery small sheet, and the first natnbef contained, a sneecb of Queen j Ann to the British Parliament, some loteal items, and only one advertisement. IThe News Letter had no rival in America until 1721.

ENDS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THY

WAYXE CO., IXI.r - "Sheridan' Ride" Told in Prose. Breret Brig. Gen. McMahon, a writer of mueh earnestness and some youthfulness, has become the historian of the 6th Corps, in the United States Magazine. His compilation is rattling and interest ing, notwithstanding some obtrusive prejudices, and in this journalistic v,-ay he treats of battle literature, in the splendid episode of Sheridan's reanimating the beaten army t.t the battle of Cedar( Creek: ' ,Ji "Cedar Creek, made popular by Sheridan's ride a circumstance, by the way, which had no bearing, on the result of the day needs no .description here The surprise was overwhelming in tiie morning. The 8th and 19th Corps were shattered, and went ia coufusiou to the( rear. The 6th Corps, alone remained. It was forced to fall back more th:.u a mile. It Was then halted, and assumed the offensive in the afternoon, with whatj brilliant results the country kuows. Gen. Sheridan's opportuue arrival gave ; a splendid theme fer poetrj' and praise. and no doubt added somewhat to the enthusiasm of such small portion of thel army as might have been aware of his presence. But in justice to Major General Wright, who ordered the attack be-' fore General Sheridan came, and in justice to General Getty,(commanding the, 6th Corps after General Ricketts was wonnded,)whose splendid maneuvering,and stubborn resistance with the 6th Corps had already, in effect, turned the fortunes of the day, and who deserves " more credit, and has received less, than . an- other prominent otficer on the field, it must be said that the same result j would have been obtained if Sheridan's horse, so famous in verse, had founder- ' cd by the way. When the advance was ; made, precisely as General Wright hal ordered it, the enerajr fled in panic. "In this battle of Cedar Creek the Gth . Corps did almost all the fighting, losing? 2,30') men, and, with the cavalry, achiev- -ed the utter destruction of Early's army. This is the solitary instance throughout : this article in which exclusive praise is given to the corps of which we write, : when it was. associated with other troops, ; and it is done because of certain publiCations recently made, in which the ser- ' vices of this corps on this occasion are wholly ignored. J "The dctftils of this most important and decisive action aro, 'as usual, omitted. The popular idea of battles is de- ; rived from .certain writers historians, ' they call themselves who have a trick of description, whereby colossal horses, with distended nostrils are made to bear plumed troopers with blood' sabers through agonized infantry and lost batteries, or long lines of gleaming bayo-, nets are brought promiscuously together, ' while struggling men, with patriotic war cries, are prodding and pommeling each other indiscriminately for hours, around waving flags, where shells, are bursting; with artistic precision, and slain horses encumber wounded heroes, who still flourish defiant weapons ; disabled pie ces furnish picturesque couches for 8bughtered cannoneers, and everything tells of the rae and terrible syleudor of i j conflict, the agony of wounds and sufferiI ing, or the beautiful abauJonmcut of daath. To the readers of such thrilling things, it would seem tame to tell the story of a great battle without embellishment. Tiiey would turn, disappointed, from the simple story of a line of blueeoated soldiers toiling slowly across a broken v illey or tangled swamp, against a crest or wooded slope, or a scarcely visible line of works ; while a few dis tant knolls are crowued with the smoke of batteries, and men are falling here and there, with little regard to artistic effect Two murderous miuutes of the 'double quick,' and one of close, hurried, disordered fighting, would not content the myriad readers of the iraainative'historians. And yet this, repeated at moderate intervals through the day, is, perhaps, all that we could offer in truthful description of any of the great battles of the war." The Annual Assessment. Under instructions from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the Annual Asessment, comprising the re assessment of Licenses, the Income Tax. and articles in Schedule A, being Carriages, Gold Watches, Pianos, Organs, Melode-. ons. Billiard Tables, fcc, has been commenced, and will be made with as little delay as possible. It is of great importance that this assessment be thoroughly and promptly made, and to that end no time should be lest by farmers, mer-, chants, mechanics and business men rronarnllv in lia1n.iin.l,.:.l.A.t.. " . f;;;: Ii; : , " nT '" xoing up tlieir accounts, and so arran2inr tbings that their income return mav be made not only intelligibly to the proper oincer, put also satistactory to themselves. It is too often the case that parties Ii able to an assessment neglect to make the most common and necesmrv calculations, and even appear before "the Assessor without any memoranda whatever, trusting, in many instances, to a defective memory to supply the most es sential facts. The practice cannot be too highly reprehended, brodurino. a it doe aeiay, annoyance, ana innumera ble errors. As each one must swear to the correctness of his return, he should see that he can do so with reasonable exactness at least. An opinion prevails to some extent that the assessment of income is to be' estimated on the year ending May 1st, 166. Soch is not the case. The estimate will be made on the year ending December 31st, 1865. Farmers should at once make out a detailed statement of the quantity, description and value of Agricultural Products and Lire Stock sold daring said year, and all persons, should be in readiness to make a return of their income when called upon by the Assistant Assessor, otherwise they will be compelled to report the same at the office of the Assessor. BrookviUe American.

MLLA

GOD'S, THY COUNTRY'S AND TRUTH'S!"

IA Y 1S66. How to Talk to Women. There is good sense in the following, which we copy from a Washington letter to the N. Y. Independent, the correI spomlent being a lady: ! At a small and select party, tLe other J evening, a learned Senator made me f wonder how old the world would be twhen great tuea should speak to women las if they were sensible beings! This gentlemati had been conversing with a brother Senator on subjacts of public moment, which interest us all, touching as nearly the w omen who love their conntry as the men. Anybody with a tolerable knowledge of the English language could have understood that conversation. At least the wife of the Senator stood listening with keen interest. But when the gentleman turned to ad dress her, he altered his voice, he ehanged bis manner, as with one vast effort he dropped to the level of small talk. And. oh! what do you think was the first thing he told her? A fib, of course. He told ner she '-looked charming," the poor thing, standing there faded and jaded, in the pitiless gas light. Then he asked her how many receptions she had attended during the season. Then he remarked on the weather. Then he had nothing more to say. Then he lowked awfully bored. Then he wondered when supper would be ready. The lady felt instinctively that the learned man supposed, as a matter of course, that she had neither knowledge nor interest in any subject which could possibly interest him. Timid and sensitive, she did not dare to destroy that supposition by broaching a subject, or expressing an opinion, lest this strong minded man should sudden ly change his mind, and think her strong minded and unfeminine. This lady had read much, and thought more, and felt most keenly on every subject of public and private weal. And this wise man, in snowing- wnai ne supposed 10 te his superiority, phowed only how very stupid even a wise man may lie. Thus, I am afraid that the world will be very old before men will realize that they t an talk aught but the smallest of talk to wo men Whom they meet in society. But, Monseignenrs, pray do not make too great an effort to descend to the level of our eornp:chen.3ion. A woman need not bo formidaHy : strong tainded, nor frightfully literary, nor painfully scien. tiiic, to have common' seuse, and to talk ssusibly on all general . subjects. Women read newspapers with as much avidity as men; and who can read newspapers and remain ignorant of the grent questions of the day? With all our schools, the press is an ever present educator. Thus, , my dear eir, very often, when you are, making yourself ridiculous for the special benefit of a lady, she is silently gauging your comprehension, and touching bottom all the while. - It is lamontahle that our fashionable toireen and receptions, in their social and mental tone, are thin, flimrsy and frivo Ions Bad dressing, bad air and bad hours make them almost damnable. Wherefore is it that, with all the gifted i.nd cultivated men and women who gather here every vear, we do not re new, in our republican capital, with purer morality and finer enthusiasm, the lureaux J tupril of the eighteenth centtiiy? Those polished and t'egant assemblies w hich did so mnch in the highest sen.-e-to make Pari the capital of the world, how they would soften away the crudene. s and coarseness of Washington! I am not talLing of set litn.ry end art gatherings, where people talk nothing but books and "high art," iu phrases which , neither themselves nor any one else can understand; but of those assemblages of the gifted and the good, where, in genial intercourse aid free exchange of opinion, the intellect is aroused, thought quickened, talent encouraged and genius won from its soiltudes ; where politics, philosophy and poetry, religion and beauty, meet aud commingle. An old Document. The following is said to be a copy of a deed given by the Indians to Win. Penn, in lfS. This indenture witnesseth that we, Psckcnah, Sikais, Portquesoit. Jarvis, Essepenauk, Felkiroy, Hellappan, Econus, Machiona, Metthcouga, Wissa Powey, Indian Kings, Sachamakers, right owners of all lands, from Quing Quingas. called Duck Creek, unto Up land, called Chester Creek, all along by the west of Delaware River, and so between the said creeks backward as far as a man can ride in two days with a i horse, for, and in consideration of these t following goods, to us in hand paid by i t 1 Jr i v m. .renn, proprietary ana uovernor r t the province of Pennsylvania and Territories thereof, viz: 29 guns, 29 fathoms match ccat, 20 fathoms strand water, 20 ibiankets, 20 kettles, 20 pounds powder, : 100 bars of lead, 40 tomahawks. 100 i krives, 40 pairs of stockings, 1 barrel cf beer, 20 .barrels of red lead, 1U0 I fathoms f wampum, 30 glass bottles, 20 pewter spoons, 100 awl blades, 300 ,! tobacco pipes, 100 bands tobacco. 20 toi bacco tongs, 20 steels, 300 flints, 20 pairs ! of scissors, 30 combs, 60 looking glass es, 200 needles. 1 stipple of salt, 30 lbs. of STigar, 5 gallons of molasses, 20 tobacco boxes, 100 Jewsharps, 20 hoes, 30 gimlets, 30 wooden screw boxes, 2U0 strings of beads. Do hereby acknowledge, fec. Given nnder oar hands, &.C., at New Castle, 2d day of the eighth month, 16-N. The above is a true copy from a copy taken from the original, by Ephraim Morton, now living in Washington county, Pa., formerly a clerk ia the land office. As an evidence of the extraordinary activity in the disposal of public lands, it is stated that during last April pa tenia for California claims were issued to the amount of 67,639 acres. During the same period, Oregon donation patents covering 33,757 acres were issued.

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0 Who,Trk"1 IVO. 13. Senator Lane Declines a Re election. Our Indiana readers will learn with regret that IIou. Ukxkt S. Lane, who has so ably represented the State in the L"niteV States Senate, positively decliues a re-election. The loss is not theirs alone, but that of the whole country. During the stormy events of the last five years, the cause of freedom and nationality had no more zealous and steadfast advocate than Mr. Lanb. He will return to private life bearing with him the respect and esteem of loyal people. His farewell to public office is announced in the following letter: Cin. Gazette. Scnatk Chamber, May 11, 1866. Editors Lafayette Journal : Dkak Sirs: The time approaches when a Senator of the United States from Indiana will be elected, and having leen written to by many kind and partial friends asking whether I intendeu to be a candidate for re election to the Senate, I desire thus early and publicly to inform the people of Indiana, through the medium of your able and influential journal, of my determination in that matter. I will notiu any event be a candidate for re-election, my increasing years and declining health and strength admonishing me that I should retire from all active participation in politics, after the expiration of my present term of service. I am deeply grateful to the people and Legislature of the noble State of my adoption for their confidence, kindness and support in the past, and have endeavored to show my gratitude by an earnest and honest support of the Republican Union party, and by a firm and steadfast adherence to the cause of the nation, during the last five years of terrible cival war. I can now retire from public life in ihc confident hope, that as thciH-oplowitu.it gratifying unanimity sustain tliopreseni wise, prudent and patriotic position taken by a large majority of both houses of the preseut Congress, on the subject of the reconstruction of the States lately in rebellion, we are not far from the realization of those" high hopes and holy aspirations which nerved the arms of our brave soldiers ! in their conflict with armed rebellion, and enabled them to triumph over the i ho ' '! eason in the South and their willing all ies in the North. In my officlal action as United States Senator from Indiana I have doubtless made mistakes, yet I feel and know that I have been actuated only by a sincere desire to advance the interests and promote the glory of Indiana and the Union of which it is a part; and, in looking over my Congressional career, there is no vote which I have given that I would now change or obliterate. I stand on the record as it is made, believing that the loyal men whom I have had the honor in part to represent will give me credit for zeal, honesty and fidelity in their service. In declining further service as their Senator, my only regret is that I have not been able to do more to show myself a worthy representative of a people to loyal, so patriotic, and so brave. I am, very truly, your friend, II. S. Lank. JTtT'Thc attention of landlords is solemnly called to the following prayer, with the hope that they will offer it in sincerity three times a day until convalescent in their indisposition to do justly and love mercy with reference to their tenants: "The earth is thine, O Lord, and all that is contained therein; notwithstanding Thou hast given possession thereof to the children of men, to pass over the time of their short pilgrimage in this vale of tears. We heartily pray Thee to send the Holy Spirit into the hearts of those that possess the grounds, pastures and dwelling places on earth that they, remembering themselves to be Thy tenants, may not rack and stret -h out the rents of their houses and lands, nor yet take unreasonable fines and incomes af ter the manner of covetous worldlings; but so let them out to others that the inhabitants thereof may be able to pay the rents, and also honestly live to nourish their families, and to relieve the poor. Give them grace to consider that they are but strangers and pilgrims in this world, having here no dwelling place, but seeing one to come; that they, re tnembering the sfiort continuance of life, may be content with that which is sufficient, and not join house to house,, nor couple land to land, to the impoverishment of others, but so behave themselves in letting out their tenements, lands and pastures, that after this life they may be received into everlasting dwelling house es, through Jesus Christ, our Lord." It is projected in California to supply San Francisco and a dozen interior towns with water from Lake Tahoe, which lies in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and is by fifteen hundred feet the highest body of water ever navigated by a steamboat. The length of the aqueduct, if it is extended to San Francisco, will be 200 miles. ...... T;.e preparations for an imposing display in Philadelphia on the approching Fourth of July, on the occasion of the reception of the flags which were pre sented during the war to the different regiments by the Commonwealth, are being rapidly completed. The Committee of Arrangements is composed of sixtyone of the military representatives of the State, and the discharged soldiers throughout the State , axe evincing a laudable desire to have the event one which will reflect credit upon all concerned. .. -, - - - -"' Waiiam 6. Ewin?, of Ft. Wayne, shot himself n Fridar, at the reaioeaea of hia mother, and killed himself iastaatlr. El health and separtaoa from hia wtf are the tapposed eanse of tha rash act.

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It was the "bo widest" f Fenians who told his sweetheart "thai it was himself that couldn't slape for dreaming ot her." Ia - Carson- City there ia a dancing school condcted on strictly moral principles "cash in advance and no huggin," ! An unfortunate young man ia searching everywhere for hia sweetheart, who was recently carried away by her feelings. - ; t ' Red noses are light-housea to warn voyagers on tlie sea of life off the coast of Malaga, Jamaica, Santa Cruz, and Hollaud. . ; ; ;,. ," . ,(J The following was given aa a fireman's toast : "The ladies the only incendiaries who kindle aflame which water will not extingnish. : A great many newspapers are trying to kill General Casa with aoftenintr of the brain. Meanwhile the General stubbornly improves in health. . A lady, playfully condemning the wearing of whiskers and mustaches, de clared : "It is one of the fashions 1 invariably set my face against." . A mass of copper weighing 12,347 pound, which yielded eighty-seven per cent, iu ingots, was smelted at the Ontonagon, Mich,, works, last week. A bachelor friend of ours left a boarding house in which there was a number of old maids, on. account of the "miserableur set before him at the table. A boozy fellow was observed, recently driving a porker, holding to his tail, and when asked what he was doing, replied that he was studying ge-hog-raphy. Givo a man brains and riches and he is a king; give a man brains without riches, and ho is a slave; giro a man riches, without brains, and he is a monOn hearing a clergyman remark that world was - full of change," Mrs. Partington said that' she could hardly bring her Tmn'r'to . believe it, so little .found its way iuto her pocket. - Tho perfume of a thousand roses soon dies, but the pain caused by one of their thorns remains long after; a saddened 'remembrance in the -midst of mirth is like that thorn among the roses. . An editor says his attention was first drawn to matt iinony by the skillful manner in which' & pretty girl bandied her broom. Some men have been alienated from matrimony by the same means. On the 14th of April the work of stowing the new Atlantic cable on board the Great Eastern begun at Sheerness. About the middle of July next the work or laying the cable ,i expected to begin. A man out west says he moved so often il nring one year, that whenever a cov ered wagon stopped at the gate, his chickens would fall on their backs and hold up their feet, in order to be tied and thrown in. . :n i --, n; "George, what does your father do for a living?' "He's a philanthropist, sir!' "A w hat?"" "A poilanthropist, air! He collects money for the poor, benighted Africans, and builds houses out of the proceeds " For a man or woman to plead head, or tooth, or side ache, for neglecting duty on the Sabbath,. when they are running all about in the mud and rain on Monday and Saturday, la the highest degree of holy swindling. J .. , In Birtuingham, England, the other day, a woman accidentally killed her infant by pressing Its bead against the front of her dress, in which a needle was sticking.' The needle entered the child's head and caused fatal injuries. 1 s J "I expect," said a young physician, on his way to Jamaica, on hearing exaggerated rumors of,, the cholera, "to witness a great many death bed scenes this summer." "Doubtless," replied a friend, "if yon get much practice." A yonng wife remonstrated with her husband, a dissipated spendthrift, on his conduct. "My i lore," said he, "I am only like the Prodigal Son I shall reform by-an-J by." "And : I will be like the Prodigal Sou, too," she replied. -for I will arise and. go to my father,' and accordingly off she went. A clergyman!, in straggling to explain the warming, vivifying tnflaeace of divine love in the heart of man, at last faicL "WIty, love is the elementary principle of warmth and life, an may be seen by the fact that on the coldest winter's day a loving young eosple will be all aglow in s ' room in which A frosty' old bachelor would freeze to death." , A : clergyman says i'l "Two thirds of the member of my -einureh are honorary members. They don't come to prayer meetings ; they don't . attend Sunday school ; they don't add to the life of the church. ' They are the passengers on the gospel ship - they boar no burdens ; add no strength. 'Their, names are on the books ; they are honorary members. , : : A Democratic? christian in Illinois wrote to a colored orother protesting against bis worshiping with too whites, and saying r aI asxl vsry many otters woold thiok rroite as well of yon, if yoa would; attend cerarcb among year own kind; and after we leave' this world, if it is the will of God that all races should be equal, I am willing." A What an accxminodating cus that old "hard shell mast be.

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