at wee

bites eames

tition en” ATA

—

. sig ] a inet - dawn when the| HE ECONOMY OF HUMAN LIFE. POETRY |} he whispered If we but steal a march ups , 2 Sebastopo A : a wae r, , } ' } bells of Sebast menced toring, Thi L ee them this time. | believe t all carry ei I " : os ; tn tae chipel RUELTY, HATRED, AND ENVY. . oe . » | . . nt . noe . kof en thonght they aed tied ee ear : a a V THE GRASS GROWS OVER ME, | the great redoubt; which Prince Menschikoff | % for some time. ft imy Revenge isdetestable ; what then is cruelty? Arntmaninatinrents, deciares would defy all the ar s in the This ntinued for som ' bs ; I ale" t Pr seaseth the mischiefs ef the others, | . } d { I laken : ' ‘ 7 a ie “pfance rite “()— is st f world to capture; he deems it impregnat act : but it wanteth even the pretence of its pro nid ta*foot ere l am lyin B The sound ui 7 $, asa Med Lion : wd e gui ve \ WT ¥ Wind thal blows, i. : ; aught n | i Men disown it as not of their nature; they ; ® was “a { »1¢ Hee cms : ? sible, : : " —e" vg ts ? bod i are ashamed of it asa stranger to their hearts; yen ese At ae ae I { had t t 1) do they not call it inhumanity. ’ ) > a« «@ t tal 4 . ‘ 4 ‘ eo a id ca, gescesanellpitglae ei eton ieee ' aie ; Whence then is her origin? unto what ! k Ng ske ) it . ar fy . : ys - | man wrapped in wt t fefia seeaeaa owneth she her existence? Her — is wa m j nd het smay. is it not her mo- ; , ' eat ho ismay i ag . the oullying picket, crossed our posit ’ Another and anot! wed rat a nd behold Dism : Ss ¥ entered the the enemy's lu ‘ the oe . gra ' ce st dot The hero jifteth his sword against the Ge +0 W u , ee e . 6 L had : enemy that resisteth; bul no :ooner doth he WV hile eeD, « this to show a J ubmit than he is satistied * ; 5 | What, ageint Undque oe b Russia , It is not in honerto trample on the object You s Vis v —— In the name of Got! who and what wa z hat feareth, it is not in virtue toinsult what we ® het Sioa ee ont I spar : c ou , ‘ th it; subdue the insolent and spar like? « i y beneath j : " a ‘ b , ' ; ihe humble, and thou art atthe height of rk as | was— [ft a rresistibie impuse t Urls Al sai i Russi i i wrows over m my suspicions, But, supposing they should} ... but tt He who wanteth virtue to arrive at t : : pre f i] haracter ofan Engs | yy, It was the f M nd. -he ol courage to ascend thus { Th ruw 3} li yould t mpromised ind I t ast i { pre os l lieth the pla oF congee ts . | « niv by siaughtei (ican wait bal cashiered for i anted a 1 sl i ' : I gn } 2 . i , . r ! re Te . He w) feareth all, striketh at all: wh : ; : worthy ofan off nda genties aM ee here bound him i le who f i iriket A ° lawn a grec morrow 3 He ' fisarmed him ry en \ ! a tyrants (rue but because they lie in When your heart wili moan: * Alias nl a whis} l ga i corrors mere i ag? } i. he ink a ' . j Now | know how true she was I merely hinted thatit might be a Turk, a aad four men The cur will tear the carease, though he Now I know how ir sne was Frenchman, or an boglishm in llead yuarters, L wi { n, 4nd | dared notto dook it in the face while living 1 he grees grows over mM ‘Humph! ejaculated the English M- | they marched off with their prisoner Why | but the hound that bunieth it to death, man- " eee’ ‘ reues ui i : ' 3 _———-. ‘i vleth it not afterward i ha ne af thece he che ar ‘ ' ee i ‘ gieth it mot alerwards wry ge ’ pPrpPpPp mandes one of these, | nae I f what f ywed is not t s . ) i ; speak of what foll : j THE CHURCH SPIDER. ’ , ; Civil wars are bloody, for those who tight eine sae ithe battie of Inkerman is known ,

tera. 40 t

ig bent

e st roes

. . . ? eciing way,

were heard to say i we have at least fair to prevent

oose his place and weat to work. ght webs grew apece;

) the altar spun his ibread, shortly came the sexton dread { swept him off, and so, half dead, ifv sought another piace

ng

he pulpit mex!,”” said he, rT sure sa prize ; sso nee! and ciear a s been is ' i t > hs i ] ' e +} s'; the aul s se n - ‘ time no pce t } . rt if half starved and weak and ican rht } f ight r « had gr ieesk anu t ghed the faction » pound ; : ' : A : i> et . . u ) g with w isit, n 2 a ske that | St 1 . vw A aS ’ you u' owe ve z! Tis plain.” he answered, “ not a s of a rat I spun ac wribution bex ‘ ; 7 , i LITERATURE. HE FATE OF THE SPY. iz 1 over Seba - \ - ra roe a rp ‘ at a ; sand , 4 a3 8 I rin tpost 4 a y men port t C ite their % er ‘ . ng A g knLOW y, + rt ‘ gh my ; er. the g S bef me. He his shoulders 1 g i ried gla I f some animal Ev . awe Was, he { iiis steps were bent . e Seha L I a ZAI what ~ > systes at r ar 5 a. lively sought the trig~ rm se tf i was deter- | ev : ali hazards, this mysterious g t mot cape mé (On it came é z $ ke the movement 2 3 3h Wing a3 it Was “ ‘ shadows of night faiing fast | i and { was something which struck | ae that | had s this ghostly-loeking per- |

before. But

: where? That was the} estion that et that

moment was difficult ta!

| pear, uot to discharge their miles

uined

‘Order the outlying pickets to be «i

Throw forward a section of riflemen, under cover of the great redoubl. Suffer no one to pass, on pain of instant death. Order the | ritlemen to lie down, and should the spy ap-

but either to seige or knock him down with the butt ends of their muskets.”

This order 1 promptiy carried the same ominous silence at Sebastope

Sali

I i

out

heard nought save an occassional chant an clock striking the beur in the ned Silently, 1 couid see, wit! ght glass the Russians relieving sents

The de * init x i t

; gner, he cannol escay- md s he n eturn, wy worst fears ils 7 :

re While 1 was thinking I was dozing oll Should I fall asleep under the the thorny briar, uld be

And, above all, it would fal! to the foreigner,

there we a@ Vacancy in ours,

I strove hard to rise, and, to my dismay, my limbs felt stiffand rigid. Tt ip- ped from my grasp, I essayed to cry out, but

fused to move

my tongue re

Crack, crack, crack, I heard, like one ina nightmare, Something had hap Shar] firing followed. I gave a fiint cry, as ifin pain. The tramping probabiy saved no from an awful death. It removed the slag~ nated biood I sat up and stinctiv placed my hand head i t } tect it

Was 7 pan was I s im

Curse him! he’s Old Nick meself, 1 hea e X ’ ? fur > vs stori 5 “ 1 have ad il him.

And, t am } <a - ’ an i i » tior One fellow tumbled ' and to his tumble I probably owed m A faint something like a s : escaped him, and his bayonet gleamed in th® air, its brig petnt being turned instantly to inv hose Fear loosened my tongue

Hold, for God's sake!" Leri He recognized me, and the next instant I was surrounded by men, wh $ tota grog down my throat. Somec my limbs, while others took me by the arms

rn and walked me to and fro. In a short time I was fully restored, an? burr to know what had transpired. To my ur utterable astonishment I irned a stoutis!

wrapped in a white cloak, appeared sudd iu ? swa man - I anoWw a t 0 we i dr by he wind, it was mpossibie ! barely see your har u Som Sas ; ad } Dy the leg Others s sot s fiead. And yet he escaped then through tiis storm, captain, said an old sergeant We ace afeared of shooting each other.’ I be hanged if he ain't ippeared to

smack into our lines I was seated in my rude !

Kg

uta week after

this terrible event, and who should walk in

Gradually l rose from behind a thorny | but Lieutenant Brown. fle cal seated and confronted the intruder with my | himself, as was his wont. and serenely

smoked big short pipe

to all?

On the same Sunday Bri reigner, aGas Kirkofi—for it turned « h birth- frum-head c denied rything, but afler- full

atternoon Lieutenant wh, alias the f

ut he was a issian by

was tried hy urt martial At first he wards made a

confession I re Capitu-

'Jate! what is already known, and produced His |

the slip of paper from his note-book.

hand writing alone emned him. I was

the chief witness. Ant almost instantly he was ordered then ar t to be hanged by the neck j But tl s i Lh ] gz off t t on th ights of [nkerman An : his breast, in English and Russian, w vritien thase brief but t t jx—' J \T a“

WARNING—A GHOST STORY

MYSTERIOUS

Avaunt! and quit my sigt bet di earth hice thee! Thy bones ar Nless—-thy bivod ’ _ Shakespeare Kot , ai nad i ; j’be Rig Hon. Sir Jol Per Bart, 9 i yout ta i l l In t s ! id fought as ¥ i as he { pnuml ‘ ars } < ' escaping witb t vh 1 many instances 3 t 8 i was 8 i ‘ 4 , ‘ { neclion it view | k I was tt a sing a pia which was re 1 ve ra lina i its ¢ nscque es One night he had b if elt to study ing with rather me jiligens than usual, s « ; | ne { rea 1 : - midnight i fect was we I I Se ad to 1 te) { Dts ng W g 8 and star 1 for the moment ! s n il wi 1 i thir else ked uy What was his surprise tos i g in the ro planted between hims 4 A its i ‘ } } r ile ads ~ y ith spruk i R i pa tien rad unsheatl his sword, made lee) as { I} I \ t na i hi ire. it b t —not a Ip f 1 wl e ! ig t mazes nen but vas a t st of tt brave, and W t rst surpri vas 0% egained MMcreni age tear aside his visiter’s cloak: and when that was ne he

saw before him and ghostiy, whereat he

that he imme:

was 80 astonished

liately swooned away. On res

covering, he saw the spectre walk out again,

‘his own apparation, bloody |

| above hatred; that thou mayest not be in- |

|} in one he will be troublesome, in the other |

| and daresi thou to we p at their changing?

| reckoned

ut me ad { tical! ‘ vale - § ‘ \ mes there *’ seid | energetically. \ Positively a stranger, Brown,’ said | | and vanish down slairs Wien he had got : “pt t ei mea i ey 1@ out ‘ "a isWered, star . A} plible stare warned me thet al | A on out of sorts,” he answered, star-| 11, pettor of his ti ght he undressed and t coafronte spy i ig full in the i) ' rst coafronted @ spy. | ing me n the fa went to bed > however, tin ting he could not ‘s but a bair’s breadth. said !,: and! I was ever of the opinion that men of sleep he rose early and went to his uncle and ' te ’ ain ture houldn ear rivht th . na inister ee uid ' 8 on x r guardian, Sir Rebert: Southwell, who | i i was as gira dull moon~ | eyes upon another man's. I jaug tis awe eas ' Sir Robert in ' 73 ens ol ig ert ‘ act + t 4 ' ‘ vy a stare The face fALIACY and was i tat . os ' ; s warned aled. was familiar Nerwards t S ont ' b in , ’ i ‘ Lientenar Sorry to hear it,’ I] rey cn La ' i Brow l with a searching gianu Wha Ree ' f t ficura it < of this spy affair? 4 2 | f i La alled jon ‘fsright enough, Captain Wood. | san ‘ . . : . Now . i nilete ms . tow the fellow iavaelf, vesterday night ; . a . 1 ia wn | I 1a 6. ‘ k an s. leould have sy : anal > . uh my Ma rea- iP ° ne om had stolen my seal-skin jacket : ; ‘ ’ ‘ I mitt ae sou Vt 1 £ n as t I by teeth bid said nee eee Sir Rol» 5 ret It ¢ remains to ‘ - " " ¥ ' . t v far th g i J I ul . MM pre el to laugh hear at this ' ' : : by the result, and x wrin trath the ghost I an § nela here was a gicam in s cruel eyes, ' : ‘ 1 Was an honest gist ‘ : vi saw it instantly cankered ia his bos ' : id passe i ‘ m i tai Several davs aflerwards Robert Percival “ om © propose me grog, and between ’ . ! * rs to eaich . : i ous S » me po i . . ras assailed by twe hans in the Stra

r =e sked 1s we got slightly elevated The subject of Wasa b) tra

. { brut im ed us, - ds ut he escaped from then lightly wounded, i of our conversation was that if the Russians I iped , y wounded ani took refuge in a tavern. » left tho : some fine morning made a grand attack | #" ecK FOre areas He left th t ‘ . } ’ , ; i ‘ntoreturn to Lincoln’s Inn, an was : a : myself, | Rear the Inkerman heights, ii was probable ‘Ver! Tae vs In id wa ‘ hd PUSSid ' aSheu Mrysen, yi : ; ; never aflerwards seen alive. He was found Libu enw o | be ales would be swept into the sea; this that u : AeU Brown? stouv-dead near | $ lied May-pole in ee was discussed pro and con im our camp,and : Th Was « his Whiskers, the é the Strund. whicl: ecupied the site of an : - = now I meant to hear Lieut. Brown's opinion ' : : tu a and thick figure : mye ancient stone cress. Having been diseover- ipon } Lie ant B { w knew, Was no; ° 2d here early in the morning, his body was opener coms ‘Monstrous!’ said be. ‘Have we not got.‘ ah Mike? Ee ‘ p , 5 rite of > die Went by the cognomen | 2 removed to the watch-hovs here was a ; i th the finest troops in the werld—our foot sie nea of ‘foreigner, vet he distinct) avowed that deep wound under his left breast—by bim se : guards located there ? ; he was English to the backbone E ; was his bloody sword—vet it was generally ‘? a : * Look here, Brown, f know and so do you ; ” I reme rthatl rot Brown : supposed at the time that he bad been killed i ~tu fact, it is tramSparent to everybody, . A a é tis i seen me . in & » house, and |} } the afterwards. ; 54, except those at headquarters—-that if the : i I} ¥ anu a tk It was alsu said that a stranger's hat, with : : 2 enemy during asnow storm, or foggy u ie a ; at ‘ $e h Co me | ' a bu ribpons in it, wa vl by his : ° as }ing Say, crept up from Sebastopol and ae : : ula ‘ ‘ { keph a die | . side; Dut, notwithstanding these indications, , upon our pickets before the alarm could be 4 ar it ‘ ange. A muiti-} ' I . ’ , "© | and the earnest exertions of his friends and | Pp f CCU “1 tp before me | 8'¥en, they could carry everything before | relatives, the assassins never ild be dis- , ' ae ) them.’ covered rusje Ps : ac ing ia ' : i vid na ntendet attack. Mis| He laughed heartily eat this, and yet 1 I tin en agve—vichti at respecting the | thought it wasaserious laugh. We smoked Phe golden ag _"

; | td : . ‘You destroyed my pe !

ties R ‘ when in my | aud drank, and J feigned to fall asleep as - ; : ; re eee ee 4 i said a Cesponding ver i i iruan bs trast dais ne aaa tn w, amd why. Lieut. Brown took out his supposed diary : : a :

' : = i : r : ; : , Vhy ts tie @lepoint the most sagacious and the wherefore of every trivial detail} He scribbled some words in it upon a loose | of travellers ?—because he never takes his | i s the camp | leaf, then iaid the book down a moment to | eve off his trunk.

Bovlish and the| light bis pipe, and the draught between the | It has been said tha is better for aj au ' ftussiana | boards of the rude hut wafted it upon the | Woman to be laughed at for not being mar- | I mul ar | ith tot I we } bie . , red than to be unable t ugh hecanse she righ ol lies pen attacks, | litter atmy feet The Lieutenant staggered, : a ne ond a ae . nd > i 2 .

} é ‘) i [ This | suatched up the book without noticin: at i , | ’ ‘ 4 ; ee : p the book without an ing t ne Robert Collyer’s Auvil.—Once upon a time

sili i ! lv soln { our men | the ieal was gone, and a “parte ce hastily a genticman drewup his horse near a smith; ha $ soon picked up the note, and after much labor it| in a Yorkshire village. On entering it, he|

; i v to t ; t Geatment wt i read hardly arrested the attention of a Doy who |

: | } seemed to be absorbed in the work of blow-

i“ ’ 7&8 Spy WHO} Attack, follow up, musi t of made | ingthe bellows Closer obser ition revealed

I ria Eng ‘ es ad | on Inkerman side: at least. t i pin the presence of a book—its pag kept open f English—suggest the first foeev mor by two bits of iron—placed o1 shelf near \ fit be} S : the lad’s h i kach time he brought down ‘ A r I t} bellows or released jt and th ie : the bars is A raanaed F . — #4 t m the bo i! guer i# a 1 ‘ e : A gch it n pas ia i t itttie vals * Thus i i b thier out. Lkept my own counsel IT knew ) Nes | lage had grewn to be a briilia Wt ‘ a } lag i Hant town Low i riff bye “uber fourth and fifth, | should be on out-! thatched houses had made wav before tine wee I z post duty, and what should hinder me from | MANSieos, ah the smithy in which the above os : ; i i , incident was cibserved was drawing near to Chis ilieny enti the od gallompg j capturing him? J did w rong in repeating , - : ' mes | B peanng | its day of disappearance. But before that madly throweh me. «Now for the mystery,’ | the circumstances to my superior officer day arrived another genUeman appeared at i ~via | ' c ghit Imy finger pressed Cetermined- | The fourth of November came, ang, in the the door, and inspected with some interest . i | : nanvils ling in the centre i » sho gue f my revelver. as Ler ‘pt | meantime, 1 had ordered my servant to keep | an anvil standing in centre of the shop i . | i ‘ % j wy ‘ | aT ere ?° up from whence the sound proceeded. ta strict wateb on Lieut. Brown. He reports | How 1OnE has that anvil been hei bi's Welk & .. ‘ob i net chat thie Mined | he asked of the blacksmith. Alls well, Genera) heard tha sepiry | ed that evening that the foreigner s | . ; fer ms : ; a i ‘ a ~ ; oo | * Why, said the workman, ‘it must have ered his fle and stood firm. | in. and, on inquiry, this turned out to be been here thirty or forty years.’ Por on outpos ty al) compliments, suchas! ‘rue. Tetili kept my own coun-cl, butas I] + Well,’ srid the gentleman, ,1 wili give | ; - * 4nd saisting totally ig-) halted mear the ravine overlooking Sebasto— you twice as much for that anvil as will buy | pol. £ promised promotion to auy man who | YOU & Rew one. Yah f plain Wood, | be! eve,” said the | should capture any person coming from the i , Certainly, replied the puzzled simiih : i } é - ge . : rhe , ,

General, who was on horseback, leaning | enemy's tine, for 1 felt convinced the for- | but I would like to know what you want

; 2 coiid meine hat with this anvil,

iOwr i *\gner vad gone over an woul robably a

ame ' tu nder cove Lapa | ‘IT willtell vou, There was formerly an

; : { return under cover of night. At midnight apprentice in this shop who used to work on

| ws this time hal abate 1, ane Sebastopol was nveloped in a dense fog. “. The boy has now become a great man, | the } is grew Deehter lefore me was | But throughout that live-long night I was | /bousands love and honor him as a friend the Bartish commander and a teacher, and | wish to carry back this |

+ We attack ot daylight Laptain Wood,

on the alert, encouraging the guards on my | rigut to keep # sharp eye und a ‘cuter’ ear’

of his life’

anvil as a memorial of (he humble begisning |

in them are cowards. Conspirators are murderers because in death there 1s silence. Is it not fear that telleth them they may be betrayed That thou

| st not be erael, set thyself |

aye human, place thyselfabove the reach of envy.

Every man may be viewed in two lights ; } * : . { less offensive; choose to see him in that in which he least burteth thee; then shalt thou | net do hurt unto him.

What is there that not turn

& than may

unto good? In that which ofendeth us rost, there is ground rather for complaint than hatred. “Man wishes to be reconciled to him of Whom he complaineth; whom murdereth he but bim whom he hateth Ifthou art deprive! of a beneiit, fy not |untoa rage; the joss of thy reason ig the want of a greater Because thou art robbed of thy cloak,

wouldst thou of thy coat also, If ihe same fortune were atthe same price, be assured, if wise, thou wouldst refuse it, What is pa titles but flattery ? How doth a man purchase power but hy } being a Slave to him who giveth it Wouldst thou Jose thine own liberty be able to take away that another, canst thou envy him who doth it.

strip thyself iTered unto thee, thou wert

uf

the pay ! I t

to

af or,

} the ride

Man purchaseth nothing of his superiors but for a price; and that price, is it not more than the value? Wouldst thou prevert the |

ustom the world? Wouldst thou have the purchase an‘ the pu also ?

As thou canst notenvy what thou wouldat

| wot pl, disdain this cause of hatred, and drive away from thy nt occassion of he pa !

If thou possess not anst thou envy hat whi ba lat the expense of it? If theu ON t lue of virtuc, piliest

1 rler it ay

Vt i taught thys ur the 3 ling foul ol men wv ut rep thou ‘ pin . sure

If thou secst good th s fall to on ! veth them, th joice; for s hap 1 the pros] f tl virtuen

I ! lappiness ' i} by a sown

42AVINESS I iEA i I 3 f the ch i] forceth asm mn the fa f atl} »: but the «de spons

i the sad deadeneth n the bright-

s8 of ivy

What is the source of sadness but a

Iness th 11? What giveth it power but the want of spirit? Rouse thyself to the rombat, aad sh juitleth the field betore thou strikest

Sa es js in iy race, therefore iy hear 8 } ywsoneth the j Swe ~ efore suller her not to |

ter U a ig

She spreadeth drowsiness as a veil over | th riues; she hideth them from those who would ho wihee on beholding them; she sniangleth and keepeth them down, while she maketh it st necessary for thee to exert them.

Lo! she oppresseth thee with evil aad she tieth down thine hands, when they would

throw the load from olf thee,

Suffer not sadness to cover herself with the face of piety ; let her not deceive thee with a | shew of wisdom. Religion payeth honour to | thy Maker, let it not be clouded with melans } choly. Wisdom make thee happy; know | then that sorrow, in her sight,is as a stranger.

be sorrowful but

For what should man

for aMiction ? Why should his heart give

As} heir sadness maketh things |

ASA ‘ bette: ind they will ceontess to thee that it is foliv: navy, will th praise him who beareth his > wilh paten “e, whe maketh head ag st misfortune with courage? Ap- plause i } i be followed by imitation

SaAanessS (S$ aga {\ for if t Vi ih herm ! t | h «listort whats ai r pat ’ IMab ?

As the snow meiteth upon the mountains from the rain that trickleth down its side, even so is beanty washed from off the cheeks by tears; neither the ne nor the other res } storeth itself again, !

Bebold Sadness in the publ streets : cast thine eyes upon her in the places of resort ; | avoideth she not every one? Doth any one |

look upon her? Doth not every one Nee from her presence ?

See bow Saduess droopeth her head like

the flower whose root is cul asunder: see how she fixeth her eves upon earth, see how thev sery her to no purpose but that of weeping

Is there in ber mouth discourse? Is there

in her heartthe love of society? Is there in her soul reason? Ask herthe cause, she kuoweth it not; enquire the occassion, and

behold there is none.

Yet will her s'rength fail her jlo! at length she sinketh into the grave, and no one say

' eth, whal is besomerf her?

Hast thou understanding, aud seest thou

not this? Hast thou Piety, and perceiveth thou not thine error? God created thee in mercy, had he not in tended thee to be happy, his goodness would | {not have called thee inte existence: how darest thon then to Gy in the face of thy

Creator.

Created he not all tnings liable to change,

If

fore do we ec

we know the law of nature, where-

lf we

wplain of it? are ig-| nurant of it, what should we accuse but |

our blindness to that which every moment giveth us proof of ?

Know that it is not thou that art to] give laws to the world; thy part is to sub- | mit to them as thou findest them ; if they dis- tress thee, thy lamentation but thy torment

addeth to |

Be not deceived with fair pretences, nor | suppose that sorrow healeth misfortune: it | is a poison under the colour of a remedy :

|} while it pretendeth to draw the arrow from | thy breast tit plungeth it into thy heart

While Sadness seperateth thee from thy | friends, doth she not sav thou art unfit to | "One > With them? While she driveth | thee into corners, doth she not proclaim that she is ashamed of herself

is it not 1 to meet the ar- rows af i ! . nor deth reason require thee; it is thy duty to bear} misforlune like # min: but first thon innst also feel it like on

Tears may drop from thine eyes, theugh viilue falleth tot from thine heart ; be then

careful there be cause, and that they flow | not too abun fantiy. | The greatness of affliction is not to be | the number of tears: the | greatest griefs are often above such testi. | mouies ; as the greatest JOYS are beyond | utterances. }

What is there that weakeneth the soul | like grief?) What depresseth it like sadness.

Is the sorrowful prepared for nople en- terprises, or armeth he himself in the cause of virtue.

Subject net thyself to ills, where the > are no aivantages in return; neither sacrafice thou the tneans of good unto that whic! is | in itselfan evil i

“oe a

A worthy Kentucky farmer bemg asked | ifa daughter recently married was still liv- | ing with him, replied: ‘No, sir: when one | of my girls swarms, she must hunt her own |

from

' hive,’

| dry although

boat,

; Augustus!’

| the

! : * | meerschaum pipe, i when highly colors

| else

iy VAL RANDOM READINGS. LAL lll ee te lt ll tl Breach of good manners-—for ruin to stare one in the face. The man who sat down on the spur the moment will not do so again.

of

Whv is a school-mistress like the letter C? Because she makes classes outot Jasses. Hood called the slamming ofadoor by a person in a wooden oath. What is it that is always kept perfectly there is agrunning spring in it allthe time <A watch. “ Love is an internal transport!” exclaim- an epthusi poet. **So is a canal * said an old forwarding merchant

passion ‘a

istic

ed «“ Howdy, Aunt Maria,” said a Georgia lady to an old coloured lady. ‘TI ain’t yer aunt, missis,” loftly replied the aged female ‘and I nint youeruncie; I'es youer eka'! ju golng ? asked a gentleman }

“Where are yi of afriend who on 1 peel and slipped into the gutter. “I'm going i was the blunt reply.

ul step] a an orange

to get out of thi

s’" asked a young prssed the

“Why

‘* Will you take a kis beau of his sweetheart, as he plate of confectionery at exclaimed the blushing fair one, ‘not before all these people!”

1 table.

A young poct ina Western State sent to;

to the local paper a love pome beginning, “Reveel’ I beg. the madgic spell.” The editor answered that if he liked to call at the office he should have the run of the dic- tionary for afew hours.

‘* How much are these tearful bulbs by the quart?” asked a maiden of a Fulton gro- eer, the other mornivg. He stared at her for a moment as if bewildered, but soon re- covered Limselfand bluffly said, “ Oh, them inyuns? Twenty cents.”

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