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BUSINESS CARDS.-
. BI1 OWNVI LLE.
riiOMPSQH & BUXT0IJ,' ;
rrOBNEVS AT LAW,
TiLrnr i?tjt3IjIO,
LOT AND LAND AGENTS; .
BROWSYILLtf, N. T;
attend the Courts of Northern HissoEri, Ke
nd Western Iowa. '
3CAR F. LAKE Si CO.,
GKNEUAL'
n x tin t mi I HTil
u.-fliu air
PICE on Hfiin, LeU lt atidai Kt
Erovraville, IT. T.
. S. HOLLADAY, 1L D.
GEON, PHYSICIAN
LROWNVILLE, N. T.;
.is a share of public patronage, in the various
s of his profession, from the citnenB 01 iJrown
d vicinity. .'. . ;
3. 5c J. p:IT..THOI.TPSOIT,
TTDOLSSALE XXD RETAIL DE1XEK3 If
237" . Goods
.rare, Qneenswarc, Groceries, and
- fouutry Produce -
" BP.O-WKTILLE. N.. T., . ' .
HOBLITZELL' & CO.,
DOLES ILK JlM RETAIL DEALERS lit
'. GOODS,: GROCERIES.
Queensvrare, Hardware, '
toves, ZU xxrixitxi.ro,
UNTRY PRODUCE.
BROWNYILLE, N. T.
KDIXQ. C C. KTICBOTGH H. F. TOOJtEE
:dh:g, kimbough & co,,
ntifact mrtrt and Wholesale Dealer .
, CAPS k STRAW GOODS,
13 Haia 6treet, het. Olive Piae,
ST. LOUIS, MO. "
Jar attention paid io manufacturing our
:IISS HABY.W: TURNER, '
.xxcJ. 33rop:a T.XvL.cx-
Street, bot-eea. 21&ia &nl Water,
13HOWNVILLE, N. T.
U and Trimmings always cn haiid.
XT. WHEELER',
UTEGT MID BUILDER
- IISlII
r-pxrixxrillo, 17
. L. RICKETTS,
PglTER AIIDJ0I1R,
EBRASSATEKEITORY, ' -
rs.
am m
' JAMES W. GIBSON,
Bli A-CItS BI-T;T-
..-'Second Street, between Main and Nebraska, n
' BEOWN VILLE, ; y.:T
A. L. COATE, : I
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
BEOWNVILLE, NEilAHA CO. '
yetraski Territory. - i -
K M. I'COMAS; :
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
- AND OBSTF.TIUCIAN,'
Two Jliles .from llrowi.. -lc,. ocrclaha -war V.t.
CritJixics: Tcndex-s Lu prfeijiional services to the
citiicns of Nemaha county. .-'
. SPBIGMAN. &' BROWN,.
RAILROAD A!!D STEAMBOAT
' AGENTS.. " ' . ;
And General Commission merchants.
No. 4.6, Public Landing..
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
C. P. BAILY.
-B.T.Tt'aKKIK.
BAILT RANKIN,"
iuu:wQ lbfiiyiA
OMAHA CITY, N. T. :
o. r. MASON,
Attorneys and Counsellors, at. Law.
And General Land Agents,
NEBRASKA CITY, N.-Tv
WILL promptly attend to Land Agencies, collea
tions. investing money, locating and sollinj
land warrants and all ether business pertaining to
their profession, in Nebraska Territory and Western
Iowa. "
S. B. MILLER,
B LACE SMITH
AND WAGON MAKER.
First St, bet Main and Water,'
BROWN VILLE, N. T.
JOHN S. HO YTr
County ..SaiTcyor and Land Agent,-
OY Richardson county, will attend promptly
to all business in hU profession, when called on:
such as Pavir.2 Taxes. Recording Claims, Subdividing
Land, Laying put Towti Jx)M,.Lrai ting Vity 1 lais
Residence and ad Jre
. ARCHER, Richardson eo., N. T.
- fr NKLIN .. i'
TYPE & STEREOTYPE FOUHDRY
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Ink.s.and Printing Material of Every Description.
STEREOTYPING of all kind Books, Music,
Patent Medicine Direction, Jobs, IVood fngreving?,
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Brand and Pattern Letters.varions stvles,
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H. THOMPSON. - J. H.
. THOMPSON & TAAFFE,
(Successors to Burrows & Thompson,)
Wholesale-' Grocers,
r . v And Commission Merchants,'"-.
Ifo;13, Pearl Street, Cincinnati, i
; "Particular attention will be given to order j
foKiroeeries, which will always be execated at current
market prices. . ' . ' , ' .,,
- L: FORSYTH & CO. '
... COMMISSION MERCirXKT3.
And J?reiglite- Agents,-
BALTIMOEE AND omQ P AILKOAD.
V -.. i rrJ nv.L aU h tLI 'iK ' J
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A. MUDD, G I HVG UES,-' a ; . J. '3,
riXrin f- rirraa rrV
PRODUCE COMMISSION
1 fTTTVTi A TTTT'l TTT n .
Ko. .S3 Levee and 6 Commercial i Street
- ST. LOUIS, MO..
NUCKOLLS, RUSSELL, & CO.
: Ilocltport, Mo.
"VTEOLESALE. AND RETAIL DEALERS IX ' '
TVRV ' POOPi? PBfini?T)TF?:
II- 1 1 HY.- Illi iSuilr:!l
TTAT?mv'AT?P ANn PTTTTPRV
HAlvDWAlih AhD O U lLrjlil,
' MfidicinCS. Dve Stufe.
MSptt-. '"RAnts fe'Rhnw'-'irafe & f!nni
QTJEEXST7AEE, ST0XEWAEE, HHWA2E,
.Jf.T l. z3
IRON, NAILS, STOVES, PIX) WS ii
Also Furniture of all kinds, "Window S3sh, &c
A. D. KIRK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Land Agent ivA Notary Public,
Archer, Richardson county, X. T.
Will practice in the Cou
by llardmg and iiennett
m
OREGON, MO; - -
ItOB'T. I. IIATTEN, Proprietor
. N pains or expense will be epared by the.euWri-
ber,to make hia gaests comfortable in erery resTel,
at this well known and highly rerutftble House.
The very bc.t attention given to animals by a
good and attentive Hostler. -i
Ti nt . FvOEERT h. EATTKN
73. ESTAEROOH,
;,TjinTET) states;
Distr
Li Ct A ttdISl C yi
Oil All A CITY NT
p EQurr.ED t Ve :n nttendaneo ciSciaiiy tPm all
i the terms of the District and Scpremc Court oT
as need them. IIo flatters himself that his facilities
ror gaming a knowledse of the practiee in each Dig-
entrust their business to his care. '
Omaha city, June 7,iso8. ; .
- ' josi'iii JiUKniv, ' : V
Attorney find Counsellor at Law.
And Solicitor ia chancerr. :
Sidset, FrnoxT Uocxtt. Iowa. '
. OScc in the Court House; up stairs,
TiftTiTnnn a t
M J MM i
.cbra.kantj. . arj(j ttway vre' went' dad leanin'
, - . Trom the Spirit of tha Times. .
BY S ' Lt OR) TENNESSEE.
-"Hold that. ere hoss dWn to the
yertrth.', .'He's a. spreadin' his tail tb
H3- now Keep" him '"whor he is.' 'Vo.,
VoJ Shavetail.' ! , 4He's a: dancing a
iirt'.' These and lie expressions, were
acureased to a ( ueer loqiiing, . ianK-
lciirsd, : short-bodied, small-headed,
white-haired, hoi;-eye,. funny sort ol
a renius, fresh from some bencn-ieggea
Jew's clothing store, and mounted on
Xlirpke,' a' pick-taye;dr:.bQw-neck-ed,
long," .poor,, horse,' half: dandy,
half devil, vand enveloped ; all' over
with a perfect network of bridle reins
cruppers, martingales, , straps, cir
cinsles,' and red fcrretin, v who. had
reined'up' in front of Pat Nash's gro
ccryj among a crowd of mountaineers
full of -fight and mean "whiskey. - '
'I say, you durned ash cats, jist keep
yer 'sliirts on, will1 ve? You1 never seed
a. rale hoss till.Iridup; Tarpoke isjist
next to the best hoss that ever shelled
nubbins, an' he's dead as a still worm,
poor old Tickytailjt r Yjo y .
'YyTiat killed him, ' Su?'f say3 an
anxious inquirer. ..-''. ':' .1
4"Yhy, nuthin', you 'tarnal fool; he
jist died so, died a stahdin'up, at.that.
Warnt that good pluck? Froze stiff;
no, not that, adzactly, but starved fust,
then froze arterjfafds,o'sitiffthal when
dad and me pushed him over,: he jist
stuck out so (spreading Lis arms, and
waited seventeen days turmm to thaw
afore wc could skin .'iin; -' -Well, thar
we wasH-Dad an. me (counting on his
fingers) Dad, an me, and; Sail, an'
Jake (F.oclJake we call inmj for short,)
an. rJonass," an . Thineass, and me and
canine jane, ana onanoiteean an
Sl,n .Sa He,nr CIa
u4 XJa. yit a" . ,
trie twin gals,; an Catharine .becond,
an' Cleopatrv Antony, an' Jane Lind,
Tft -OiiTlTon: nnrthft hnhv . an' tLa
. f .v '1 11 -.l l
pfCSpCCl an mam herself, all , Without
aia 3 tOCrap 'With. That Was a
. - ' -1 r .1
nice IlieSS -for a. Spectable White family
to be slashin about in, warnt it? I be
durned if I didn't1 feel :iike sorter
stealin a 4 ho?3 sometimes, Well, we
waited, ., an' .rested, an'- wished, .-an
wuited, ontil' well on into : strawberry
time, hopin, some strayhoss mout eome
alon!;;but dog eat my c.atjef 'eny sich
luck as that ever cuius whar dad is,lie's
so dratted, mean, an aazyan, ugly, an
cil.-one nit'ej dad he lay awake all
nit e "ii snortin" ..an';; a", rollinV " ah" a
blowin'. ' an' a ' cr'atchin,' and, a ,whis-
perin'. at mam, iindex'. mornin' says
he, 'But,, 1U tell you, ynat ,we II do;
I'll be hoss 'myself,; arid pull the plow.
; . v 1 ' . '
wMe you drive me, and we;a break up
com pound, and the old quilt' (that s
IllitXLLlJ it JO. VUy M JAtAV Vi AW Aid
nlAnft.'.iist as thev d n rjleaf?e. So
out we goes to -the pawpaw thicket, an
' v "...
pealed.a rite peart chance of bark, and
meraade .geers for, dad, 'and
fhey. becurir him mitily; and ho would
nev a crmie, boigaaau uiu umuereiier
what L'd found, its aliftlo bit of forked
piece of iron, sorter like; onto a pitch
fork,1 ye know, and we bent an twisted
it.sorter intu a bridle bit; snafil shape
(dadi.wanted.it kurb, as he sed he
hadnt work'tfor sum-time, an' mite
sortcr teel 3 oats anago to cavortm. )
Well,when wc got the bridle all fixed
on dad. he chomned the bit list like a
hoss (he allers was, Complicated, durn'd
.L'.ji rivi ... 'i r, i' a
Oiuioyi, J" ,
so when no warn s aooui,; men put
on the geers, an' out dad and me goes
to the field, I a leadin' dad by the bridle,
and a totin the gopher plow on my
iback." When we cum to the fence, I
let do wn a gap, an - it- made dad mad:
he wanted to jump .the- fence on all
UlaUC'Ciuaiu via turn-- lite
over the sprouts and bushes same as a
rale boss, the only differ was he went
qj xTO legS. Pesently We Cum to a
cc-nfmi. "hnih- and darl. to kepn rin his
TT? t 7 7 ' , I 7 e s
k'ar-a'cter as a boss,, bulged feqnar intu
it, and thru it, and tore down a hornet's
! nest uizu ouiu as uil as. a iiusa a xieau
an' all the tribe kivered him rite strate
He rared an' kicked onco or twice, an
fotclied a squeal wnsnoTara hoss in the
district, an'rsct in to runnm' away, jist
as na.urai as ever you seeu.
i lei go
he lines and hollered, Wo'i dad,1 WOa
bllt ye mOUt as WCll Said .'WOa . tO a
locomotive. UewhllllCansI IlOW he run
M hen he cum to a bush, he d clar the
top "of it, gopher 'an' -all; brap he
thought' there mcught be: another
settle-raent ov 'bald .hornefei in it' and
ttat yur .safer to go. over'than thru
and quicker done; every.nbw and then
he Q paw the EiaeS Ot hlS hed Wrlth tUS
rtsof Nebraska, assiited four3 liOS3 Wav. ? rl hitched him to the
- i T"vfc!pf3 forward tu, his pullin'' right peart," and
one fore leg and then t'other, then he'd
gin hisself a' opcnhnclc l slap, that
soundedlike a, tt aggin whip, an' a run
in' all the time, an' a kerrin. that gopher
jist about as fast an' as high from the
yearth as ever a gopher was , carried,
I swar. When he cum ta,he fence he
busted, rite thru it, tarriadowri nigh
onto" seven pannels, scatteriii' aild a
breakin' the rales rnitily, arid here he
left the gopher, geers, singletree, and
klevis, all mixed up, not wuth a' durn.
Host ov his shirt stuck on the splin'f
tcred end ov a broken '-i-.de, end nigh
onto a pint of hornet's staid" With the
shirt a sungin at it all over, 1 the bal-
ence on 'cm, about a gallon and a half,
kept on with dad. - He seemed to run
jist adzactly as fast as a hornet could
fly, for it wur; the titcst race I ever
did see. Down thru the Ecdge gras3
they all . went, the hornets making it
look sorter like a smeke all aroun' dad's
Bald hed, and he with nuthin on yearth
on but the bridle", an nigh onto a yard
'I seed now that he was aimin' for
the swimmin' hole in the kreek, -whar
the bluff is over twenty-five feet per
pendikelor tu the: water, an'; hits ni
onto ten feet deep. Well, to keep, up
his kar-acter as a hoss, whenjhejgot
to the bluff ho jist leaped off, or rather
he iist kepCon a running Kerslunge
into the ? cf eek.f he ent;- X seed the
water-fly plum above the bluff from
whar I was." Is ow-rite, tharVboys,- he
overdid the thing, if that was what he
was" artcr, forv there's, nary" a hoss ever
foaldedidurir'd fool enough to lope over
into sich a placej a cussed' inule moiit
a don it, but dad war'nt acting mule.
I crept up to the edge and looked over;
thar was dad's bald hed,-- for all the
yearth like a peeled onion,; aT bobbin
up an down, an the, hornets sailm an
a circlin -round turkey buzzard fashion
an'; every; orice in a while 'one, ;and
sometimes ten, . Ud make a dm at dad's
ea. lie Kept up a rite peart dodgm
under,- sometimes i afore they -hit him
ana someumes .arcer, ana tne water
was kivered with drowned hornets.--
What on yearth are. ye' doinm ; thar
dad?' sezl. 'Don t (dip) yer see these
cussed (dip) infernal varmmts (dip)
arter me?' 'What,' sez I, 'them are
Hoss jle$ thar--yo ain't4 ready feard
rjy them-, are.yef r llos3 Cies," ' h 111
sez dad; 'th eyre rale (dip) genuine
aid hornets, you (dip) infernal cuss!
Well, dad, you'll hevu stay, rite thar
ill nite an : arter they go to.rpost you
cum home t and I'll feed ye ; I sorter
hmk yo .won t.?ieed eny curnen for a
week or so.' 'I wish I may never see
to-morrow (dip) if I don't ruinate you
(dip) , wheii I. M geti put: sea dai-4
Better say ; you ; wish youmay never
see -another t bald, hornet, if you ever
play hoss agin , sez I and knowin'
dad's unraolified natur. ' I broke from
them "parts, and". sorter, cum to the
copper , minOs. : ,.1' staid , hid out til
next arternoon, ,wnen i seea a teller a
ravelin; an sei.L ,'What 'was goin
on at the' cabin this side the kreek
when you, passed "it?Why7"nuthih'
much, 'only a.:":man Ay'as sittin' r in -his
door withr!nara liirt on) x ant a woman
was greasm' his back an'-arms an his
bed was .about as big as -a ten gallon
keg, an' 'he. Hadn't the fus't'sigh ov an
PTP nil mnAT TTliof mon iro 3 mil
dady sez i. 'Been mucK'fitin' in this
neighborhood, lately?' sez the, traveler,
rather drylyir': 5Nun wuth ; sp.eakin' pv
pussonally orjparticularly, 'yseiT; N?w,
boys, I haint-scen dad since: and would
be feard to . meet him i in the next ten
years..Let sdrink..:
And thd last x saw of 'Sut, , he was
stooping to get in at the doggery door,
witu is, Tuigutny iuIavu- viuwiT ut nls
1 - V
neeis.
TThe '.value of the" bird business' in
New York is computed at 50,000 per
annum. . It may not be 'amiss to cive
a few hints to; those who .would like. to
keep canaries, but do not know now to
manarr them. Put ' them - in - roomy
cages of wood and plain wire "Painted
metal cages are injurious,' as theL-bird
pick off - the paint and eat it; Svhen they
become sick. Feed them upon canary
and rape seed, and water; and now and
then a slice of apple, ' and a lettuce 'or
cabbage' - leaf- btrew - coarse- brown
sand on. the bottom" of the cage," and
hang a piece of cuttle fish in the' cage,
for cleaning their beab3 and crops. In
very hot weathergiye; them a small
dish of water to bathein. September
and October the birds moult; at such
times a little maw seed," with:. a pinch
of saffron in their watery is - beneficial.
They begin to breed atqut the middle
of larch," or-tho first of April. " In
Europe it' is customary Ito "place one
male with two female when they do
much better than withcnly one female.
Clean out the cages twice a week, and
three broods a year are easily obtained.
More than that would not be good for
anything. -; If. the bird jis very uneasy,
frequently picking itself, it is troubled
with lice, from the dirtines3 of the cage, f
Clean the cae, thoroughly, and rub a
Winers, iln two hours it will bo Tree!
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front them.'. If it should rufle its
eathersj and draw itself into a fuzzy
ball, a little saffron in the water Trill
relieve it. ' . . : . ,
When' you mate birds, give them - a
ittle.villow basket, , which you. can
obtain at the seed stores, a little cotton, the shadow of the vine, the lung cn
a lock of wool,; and V little ' Manilla gaged in a lion chase, and af:cr in the
hemp, . und they; will soon -begin- to act of pouring forth a libation There
build their nest. - When the nest is
completed, the female will lay an ' eW
every morning until "there are four "or
five in the nest, when she will commence
settmg. In thirteen or. fourteen days
the young are hatched. Until they
can crack seed.' which will be in about
- . .... .
bur or live weeks, they will require to
be fed on hard boiled erirs. One-third
of-an e 22 crumbled fine, should ha I
placed in a small cup, and put into the
. . . rr -
cage every morning-until the young
can feed themselves.; Sometimes, while
laying, the hen will fall from her nest
egg-bound. Assistance should : be
rendered early, or she -will die. ; ' The
best remedy is to rub a little sweet oil
upon the lower part of the abdomen:
By. 'following'" tEese ; few simple .direct
tlOnS, yOU may increase your StOCk OI
birds almost at will, arid you. may rely
upon it for Wur slight care they will
repay you with pleasure arid amusement
a hundred fold. - ; . - - J : . ; .
Moore saysr Vthe; five most remark
able instances of arly. authorship are
those ot Urope, Uongreve Uhurchill,
Chatterton and JByron." r The first of
these died in his fifty-sixth year;: the
second m ms fatty-eighth year;1 the paper on the niinds of a family of chil
third in his thirty-fourth;; "the sleepr dren, writes to the editor of the Qgdens
less boy" committed suicide 'in; his burgh Sentinel as' follows: ' ' - .
eigiueeuui, uuu djiuu , uicum : aub
thirty-seventh.' ! - . ' --
,Mozai-tat the. age of three years',
ii. .3 t . jrJ 1 ir.
began to display astonishing abilities
for music,' and in the two following
years composed some -trifling ; pieces,
which his father carefully preserved,
and, like all prodigies, his career, was
a short one he died at the age f
thirty-six. j - -r ' ;. ,: , : :
lasso, Irom intancy, exhibited such
quickness of understanding, that at
tn. ag offivelie wasjsent toa Jesuit edge of "geography, in almost half the
academyiand two years afterwards re- time it requires othersas;thenewspa
cited verses and: orations, of his :own per has made , them familiar with the
composition.. . He died at fifty-one.
Dermody was employed by his father;
who was a schoolmaster,! as : an assist-
ant in teaching .the Latin and Greek
languages. in his ninth-year: He died
at twenty-seven '.The, American pro-
digy, Lucretia' Davidson,--was another
melancholy instance of - precocious
genius and early, death. Keats wrote
sevcmtpei;t;3 uuiure; ua, wasjiiueea,
and only reached his twenty-fifth yeati
auc aiuut, vi Aiiuie s.iemptrameuuff e
are lorn, was manuesxeu in nis emia-
hood. The lady he celebrated in his
poem, Under the name of -Beatrice, he
fell r in lovo with at HheVagb of'ten.
Schiller, atHhe age , of fourteen, was
the author ot 'n epic poem.-' Hojdied
at forty-six. ' Cowley published a, col-
lection' .of "juvenile poem's, called
?roeticai. liiossoms, , at , sixteen: ana
died at sixty-one. - Wordsworth was
hincteen . years " completing ."Peter
Bell." . ' : ' i . -1 y .,
tus
inyEHALSVWE EAT T7EAT
0XTB
BODIES AEEHAES OF.
of. brass in their composition, but per
haps all are not aware' of 'the variety
of minerals that enter into and form . &
part of the human system." A writer
ltipicTcen? 'IloWehold Words thus tells
the story? ;
TWrntnrl rX w iA
with tVa JnnV--'RWr.f nro'Af
are taken up into the fabric . of the
animal. "And to us they are as impor-
tant as to the meanest veretahle that
grows I, who write this, boast myself
living flesh and blood- But lime
strensthens my-bones: iron flows in
tTpq in- ho'.r-
sulnhnr and nhoinhornns nnivflrTn
flesh. In the human frame the rock
moves the metal flows, and the materials
of the earth, snatched bv tha divine
power of vitality from the realms of
inertia, live and move and form part
of a soul-tenanted frame. In the very
secret chamber of the brain there lies
a'gland, gritty, with earthly mineral
matter, which Descartes did not scruple
with .a crude scientific impiety to as-
sign as the residence cf the so"ul. , You
could .no more have lived . and grown
and flourished without iron, and silicia,
and potash, and sodium, and magrie-
sium, than wheat could flourish without
phosphorus, grass without silicia, cress
without iodine, or clover without lime,
We are all of us, indeed, of the1 earth,
earthy. ;;J . . ...:'( j.. ! .; ;
: ; 5
A friend that' you buy twith presnts
nu u uvuv aauua juu. : - ...
. AAllknow," says the PortlandTran- ? tal board; Ve, have, .met with
mp,.that many men have a great deal m who were too ofcy for. small talk;
. 1.
THZ .H3 C
It M.Aal
nvea irom icnaon wim tne ll con
If T 1 .,1 "I
signment of Assyrian antiquities from
the ancient Nineveh.1' They co
;ist
ot
about' fifty cae3 cf tho nest s
scintturcs yet discovered in
th;
earliest post-diluvian city,reprcssritir
the Queen of Assyria feasting under
is alo a splendid and almost unoroken
huntng;. series, comprising net omy
lions, but wild asses caught in a nocse
or las so also a procession cf the pcrt3-
men . bearing away birds, hares, &c,
with their dogs', nets, and other imple
ments of capture and pursuit. But
: .... .i ,i . -
sun more interesting than these treas-
ures 6f antiquity are the slabs bearing
the famous inscription on the " winged
M nt the entrance of the Palace of
lci i. .i v. , i' n.
oenacnerm, reccroing ms jnemoraDie
expedition against Hezckiah, the Sove-
reign J udah, in which 180,000 of hh
warriors, -unsmote Dy tne swora," in
a single night, "melted : like snow . in
tne glance of the Lord," ! an event so
suonmeiy uescrioea m ine -iicDrew
melodies'' of Byron: ;
f And there lay the steed, with Lis nostrels a'J wide,
Pat through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride
And foam of tij fvins 7 wtit oa tte tttrf
f"!4" the of the mk-beaten urf. ( '
... , . . . . , v. i"tV
ft itu buy w tt vu ii J uiyi m.nj iuv au.w.i uio uuui
And the tentj were ail Bile&t, the tanners alone '
The lances unlifted, the trumpets unblown
cased a Ions time in his profession and
IJX scuooi xeaciier, vino lias ueeu en-
k ' 1 1 xL 1 -1 1 -IT. - T 1
witnessed the influence of - a news-
t i r -j ... ... . i
x nave iouna i& xo De tae universal
fact, 'without exception, ; that . those
scholars of both sexes and of all aces
who have had acceS3 to newspapers at
home, when, comparecT.with those. who
have not, are: , -t
. 1.' Better readers, excelling in nro
nunciation, and consequently read more
understandingly. 1
2 They' are better spellers and de-
fine words with ease and accuracy. .v
3. They obtain a practical knowl
location of the most important places,
nations, their governments and doings,
on the globe.1 ; f
4 They are; better gramariaW,;for
having become so familiar with every
variety of style in the newspaper, from
the commonplace advertisement to the
finished and classical oration of the
statesman; they more readily comp're
nena the meaning ot tno text, and
consequently annalyze its construction
wuq accuracy. , ; j
.
. " SHALL TAL2.
Nobody abuses small talk anlesshe
be a stranger to its convenience. ' Small
talk, is the small change of life; .there
is no getting on without it. . There are
times when ., "'tis" folly' to " be wise,"
when a little nonsense is very palatable,
ana when gravity ana seaatenes3 ought
to be kicked down stairs. . A phfloso-
"pher cuts a poor fipire in a ball-room,
unless he leaves'- hi3 wisdom at home.
Metaphysicsjs as intrusive in the midst
of agreeable prattle, a? a death's head
orthe; weather.; j They 'would never
condescend, to play with a ; ribbon or
flirt - a fan. - They -were -abore such
trifling': "in' .other . words, they were
above making., themselves ' agreeable.
abo ve pleasing and above being pleased.
lhey.wereall .wisdomall gravity and
a!1 tediousncss, .which they, bestowed
wiapauy vun moronan
Iogberry s gcncTOuty.-A: nan.:who
cannot talk has no more business in
society.than a statue The world U
ma.ae nP " ot tniles,; and:he-who can
trifle elegantly and gracefully is a val
uable acquisition to. mankind. .He is
a Corinthian column in the fabric of
50C15,V
i
A Lesson roaTHE GiaLS.3Iy
PrettJ nttIe dears: lou are no more
ht for matrimony than a pullet 13 to
look after afainily of fourteen chickens.
The truth is, my dear girls,' you want
generally speaking, more liberty and
iess personal restraint, more .kitchen
an(l iess parlor, more leg exercise and
es? oqk modesty, more breakfast and
less bustle I like the buxom, bright-
eyed, . rosy cheeked, full breasted,
bouncing.las3, who can darn stockings.
make her own frocks, mend trousers,
command a regiment of pots and kettles,
m'dd the cows, feed the pigs, chop the
wood, and shoot a wild duck as well as
the "Duchess" of Marlborough icr the
Queen of Spain and be a lady withal
m the orawing-room. Mrs. Ellis.
AirOTSi:
l wno wouia never swear at tneir servants
:3 tl
awfect th highavr ayrdaw?' asked un
erquisit3 of: a celebrated physician
'Xo,' replied the 21. D., bu. it's death
cn focb, ad you h?.d tetter 1c?.to tin
city immccliately. - JIho fclhw slcpcd
?m,i ff'
V""" i - .......
r The oldest son of President LdTarcJf
congratulating a fricr.d on harin' a
family cf sens, said to him with nubh
earnestness, "Ilcmcmbcr there is but
ono mode of family government. I .
hive crcu ..t up, ana eaucaied losirtenn
oys; two of whom I brought, cr rath'cr1
saherea to row ud without the rod.
One of those was my youngest brother',
and the, other Aaron Iliirr, my sister'a'
only son,", both of whom had lost their
parents in their childhood.' "and from
oth my observation and experience, I
tell you, sir, a maple sugar government
will never answer. .Beware how you
let the first act of disobedience in your
nuie Doys go unnoncea, ana, unless
evidence of repentance be manifest,
unpunished." '
Ut'aii'the sermons'. 1. "have, heard.
long or short, this has been among th?
most useful, so far as this world in con
cerned. It 13 a solemn lesson, t . be1
prayerfully - pondered by all parents
and guardian3. ,ihe Bible lay3 dovrn
four great rule3, -involving the four;
great elements of the successful re
ligious training- of children praver!
instruction,' example,' and restriint-
And it 13 doubted if a solitary case cari
bo found .-where all these havs been
united, where the child ha3 not follow
ed in the footsteps of the pious paronti
.while, on the other hand, if but onlr
one, of the four has been neglected." it ,
may have been the ruin of the childi
1 Ilemember, Christian parents, it ii
not enough to pray for, or even with
your children, if you do'h'of also in
struct them; and it will be in vain to
instruct themj if your own examplo
contradicts your teaching; arid in vain!
will be the prayer, the instruction; the.
example,' if, like Eli, when your chil-"
dren ; do wrong, you "restrain them
not."-' But let all be found united, and
all be. found faithful to your duty, and
you may trust in God that he will ful
fill, his promise, and that your children
will grow up-to serve him, and toble83
ycu for your fidelity to their' highest
interests. 1 1 '
; . ; ;-, .. cons.; .,; . ...' j. .
Dr.- Hall, in his Journal cf Health,
makes the following remarks on thij
subject: : -. I - ' : :,
Nevef let any thing harder than you f
finger nail touch a . corn; paring it 33
certainly makes it take deeper rootf as
cutting a.? weed .off ;the 'surface, Tha
worst kinds of corns' are controllable
as follows: : Soak the feet in quite warm
water for half an hour before going to
bed; then rub on the com with "your
p t : i . . -
nnger, ior several minutes, some cosi
mon sweet oil. ' Do this every night
and every morning, repeat the rubbing
in of the oil with the finger; bind.cn
the toe during the day,-two or throe
thicknesses of buckskin, with a hole in
the center to receive the corn; , in less
than a week, in ordinary cases, if thcr
corn does not tail out, you can pinch
it out with the finger nail; and weeks,
and sometimes months will pass away
before you : are 'reminded that ycu had
a corn, when you can repeat the", pro
cess.' Corns, like consumption; s,ro
never, cured, but may bo indefinitely
postponed.. The oil and soaking soften3
and loosens the corn,- while the buck
skin protect it from pressure,' which
makes it easy to )e: pushed out, by the
unucrgrowtn ot the part3, ' -
I Ah . T)
r, . Ihere ; are now" in . California four
thousand, five hundred and ninety-three
miles ' of canals, ' while . last year . the
number of mile3 was not: jeo 'great ij
thrc ; thousand, four "hundred ,aul
twenty-nine. Added to-.'this great in
crease', one hundred and '' twelve more '
canals have already been commenced,
"and they will probably bo completed
within another year ' Among these 13
the Sierra Nevada' MountainCanaU
an immense work-ten feet in width at
thq bottom, fourteen feet wide at tie
top, and designed, with its branches,
to extend over about one hundred aiid
fifty miles,- The value cf the cana'j
at .present," completed' in the state. 1?
estimated' at 6,241,700, an increase
over last year of 4,047,700. There
are fifty-nine quartz mills in in opera
tion,' crushing two hundred and twenty
two thousand tuns per annum, and re
alizing 4,082,100, . '" ,
.-APorsTZDRzrLYOne of the most
remarkable, replies we remember, ever
to. have heard 13 attributed to Mr
Oulton, the barrister. Some one in his
hearing, used the hackneyed sarcasm,
that between the Churches of England
and Homo there 13 but a paper walL..
"-True," said he, "but the whole Bill
13 printed on it.
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