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5 Y ' r Uy A J j i fjy Jy Ay ff-.' f '-'V rl '; a. M4 iN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY (NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO SIATTEES OF GENERAL INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. . . f V 1 i I i i III . J VOLUME I. .ftctelwt a, W. FURNAS -Seco-i Street, bet. Kiln nd Water, Lake's Clock,) . , pnojyiLE, N. T. 'r'r one year (invariably ia advance), 2,00 - 1,50 ! HATES OfTdVERTISLVG: -nrt , (12 1 r ,c" one insertion, f.ch iiiiuonal msertion, ' hne tqure, one month three month, ' . " ix months, . " one year. $1,00 0,50 2,50 4,00 6,00 lf.OO 5,00 60.00 35,00 15,00 10,00 35,00 .20,00 10.00 8,00 20,00 13,00 10,00 6,00 Cards of iix lines or icm uu j One Column, one rear, vo'e-half Column, one yer, ' fonrik " I u Oct-'gbth " - Column, six montiis. - laZ CJuma, six months, - Oloain. three mon tn U'f t'ol-mn, three months, :- eighth " " . n.nntlnzcMdiiales for office, 5,00 1 rih , ilva.ce win be required for all advertise- mnt exsci-t nere aciuai iKr...-... ... ... . Tea fvr each cbanSe b added to the '."SS'r.nsincss Carls of fire" lines or less, for 6nl7Se$rSements will be considered by the year, , 'w' sp-iued on the manuscript, or prevjously ' torcflsfx-n between the parties, -'i.lrertiserae nts not marked on the copy for a spcei Ui ririiiert.f in-ertions, trill be continued until or- crl out, indcharei accordingly. . A'.Ulvcrtiements from stranger or transient pcr , .t, to le paid in advance. - A Tn.w-vil.-e of yearly advertisers will be confined rVSj'fc their own business ; and all advertisements iitrr:awiin?thcretA,tobTilifnr extra . AX leaded advertisements charged double the above .rAl'r?rfcv!nAnts on the inside exclusively will be . chafed, extra. ; JOB PRINTING! Mils, . SiibT Bills .'Checks;. Blanks, Bill Heads labels, Circulars, L-o T- Catatees s in I Lading. wi'nniifft mi I ft nmi TIHfCTO VHI III M 0 lMV wi wmrnmm m w - i a w . inJ .every othf rkrad of work that may be called for. " ilavinz rurcbjised, in connection with the "fieflec- .vtiirf Hiii n l Hut l i iijrvc i iSi tor" 05oe, an extensive and cxcelleat variety of : o tbe latrst styles, we are prepared to do any kind of work mentioned jn the above Catalogue, with neat 1 Es and dispatch. The Proprietor, wh, having bad nn extensive ex perience, will give kis personal attention to this branch " ofiusiacs, and hopes, in his endeavors to please, . b thin Ike excellence of his work, and reasonable ," charges, to receive a share of the public patronage. BUSINESS CARDS. YmowNvir.uE. OSCAR F. LAKE & CO., GENERAL USD ID LOT AGS ' "jFFICE en i:r.ii.Vet- 1st and 21 bLa BrownviUe, It. T. : A- S. H0LLIDAY, M. D. SURGEON, PHYSICIAN .OxlcI Obstetrician. .- . 'EKOWSVILLE, N.T.; ' t U bt Public patronage, in the various ' r. tT a . P'oa. ffom the citiiens of Krown and vicinity. ;: W. HOBLITZELL & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN DRY GOODS. GROCERIES. vneenswsro, Hardware, COUNTRY PRODUCE. . JiUOWNVILLE, N. T. MISS MARY W. TURNER, ' -Axlc5. Dross 3VEJx.ox. first Street, between Kaln and Water, .BROWNVILLE, N.,T. . BoTtnds and Trimmings always on hard.. C. W. WHEELER, TECT AND BUILDER' 'JZKX 337." LT?D r!S2J ' 33roxr3-VTrlllo. 2vr. 1. T. L. mrr"RTTJ8. Itj'MWi NTER AND JfllNER NEBRASKA' TERRITORY. - nd, Laying out T ad ARCHER, Richardson'eo.. N. T. j: hart zl son Orerc ?On. Holt fftniit,. " ' tVTK0 nd &11 d"Ption of Harness, t t(FCTT artile in nr eW manufactured -pw-na warrantca to give satufaction. HAW, BUEL k BARBOUR, IXPOBTEKS A fOBBEKS OT 'rsr. Grocds Ui - rearlStret Cincinnati.; - 4 EE, C. C. SilAWu C. BYXt, G. U. BAKBOCK. Swbcrfecr Mm. PUDf unuri. . ' . JOHN S. HOYT, " .. toty Surveyor .and Land Agent, "Olfi!1 eonnty, N. T will .ttend promptly ehmS, b.B""" ln.hii Ffes.ion, when called on: s,iveeord:nzt.Uim.SabdiTidino' SADDLE BROWNVILLE, J. D. N. THOMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, " LOT AND . LAND AGENTS; BROWXTILLE, y. -Will attend the Courts of Northern Miae ouri. Ne braska and Western Iowa. E. M. M'GOMAS, PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OBSTETRICIAN, - KEMAUA CITY, X. T. - Tenders his professional services to the citizens of Nemaha county. 'X. HXKDIXO.- O. C. KIXBOTGH K. t. TOOMEH. HARDING, ''KIMBOUGH & CO., Mtifactrtr and VTkoletale Dtaltrn in 1 HATS, CAPS & STRAW GOODS, Ko 49 Xl&ln street, bet. Olire and. Pine, ST. LOUIS, MO. Particular attention paid to manufacturing our finest Mole Hats. JAMES W. GIBSON, BLACKSMITH Second Street, between Main and Nebraska, BROWNVILLE, N. T. A. L, COATE, " COUNTY SURVEYOR, BROWNVILLE, NEMAHA CO. - - f ITebrasJka Territcry. C. V. SNOW, SURGEON, PHYSICIAN v.i v ROCKPORT, MO, R. W. FURNAS, , 111 ID LOT mn INSURANCE AGENT. AND AGENT FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, BROWNVILLE, X. T. A. A. BRADFORD, TX. MCLENNAN, Nebraska City, N.T. . D. L. MC CAUT, BrownviUe, N. T. BRADFORD, MeLENNAN k McGART, ATTORIJBYS AT LAW solicitersdcilvncery. BrownviUe and Nebraska City, N FDR ASK A TERRITORY. TEING permanently located in the Territory, we AJ will give our entire time ai will give our entire time and attention to the practice of our profession, in all r profession, in all its branches. 3Lit-1 ters in Liti-ation, Collections of Debts, Sales and Purch?c3 of Real Estate, Selections of Land, Loca- ung ot AAna warrants, ana an otner business rn-1 trusted to our manament. wiU receive promDt and faithful attention. . lit iuuacls. S. F. Nuckolls, Nebraska City, Kichard Brown, Wm. Hobliticll & Co., Hon. James Craig, Hon. James M. Hughes, BrownviUe, St. Josep -h. Mo., St. Louis, Mo., Hon. John II. Shcpley, Messrs. Crow, MeCrearyA Co. Messrs. S. G. Hubbard & Co., Hon. J. M. Love, Tl-nl u ' Cincinnati O. . Keokuk, Iowa. June 7, 185(1. NUCKOLLS, RUSSELL, & CO. VnOI-ESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IX MY SMI UDDB. HARDWARE AND CUTLERY". Hedicines, Dye' Stuffs, Saddlery, Boots & Shoes, Hats & Caps, QUEEN SWAEE, STONEWAEE, TINWAEE, iron, nails, stoves, PLOWS Jte. : Also Tnrnitnre of all kinds, Window Sash, &c ' . . . . A. D. KIRK ATTORNEY AT LAW; Land Agent acd Notary Public, Archer, Itichardson county, N. T. Will practice in the Courts of Nebraska, assisted by lianling and liennett, Nebraska City. JACOB S AFFORD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. GENERAL INSURANCE AND LAND AGENT And Notary Public Nebraska City, Nebraska Territory. SPRIGMAN & BROWN, RAILROAD AlID STEAMBOAT AGENTS. - And General Commission Merchants. No. 46, Public Landing.' CINCINNATI, OHIO. IX. W. KIDEX. RIDEN J. D. WIITTE. & WHITE. - y i tvttv k TATmn . V JLAIN U AljrJl IN 1 h . VPnTJiCVl f'TTV vr m NEBRASKA CITY. N. T. HATING made arrangements by which we will receive accurate copies of aU the TownsbiM embraced in the Eastern portiou of Nebraska we A i rc - . " are now prcparva 10 cr our services lo the "SQUATTERS OF THE TERRITTCT.Y, In Filing Declaratory Statements of Intention to Pre-empt. Securing Pre-emptions Locating Land -Warrants and ENTERING LAND. LAND WARRANTS BOUGHT & SOLD. Land Entered on Time, Ac, Particular attention paid to Buying and Soiling Property on commis.-ion: Also, to making Collections and forwarding remittances to any partof the Union. Blanks of all kind always on hand. HIDES A WHITE. . . " . REFERENCES..: ; ! ; ,'; Hon. A. A. Bradford, - -S. F. Nue-olL, - - - - -Mcs?ry. Dolman A West, letcr A. Keller, Thom Lumpkin, JTine5?,W. vl-i- - Nebraska City. St. Joseph, Mo "Waihinjton Ciyf VriSlStt'?J? ejoingeachotber-anasomehatfeu-erniowa. ...... ing, in truth, too close inspection of September 12, is:s. Tmi5-iy v my , own countenance,' for I found it 1 m - NEMAHA COUNTY, If T., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 1856. milbmmis. EEV CUBE JOB THE ERYSIPFXAS. " From a Tvork entitled "Scenes in the Practice of a New York Surgeon," bv Edward II. Dixon, M.- D., ve select the following: - , .; 1 If it were not for the relief! of the feelings hj scenes of mirthfulness, feTf would pe able to endure our profession. Diseases ,of the mind,, though often affording exhibitions of. a character far from ludicrous, now and then as sume a most diverting aspect, and the physician is often put. to it to meetthe protean phases "of the mind diseased.1? Never have I seen it in a more ludi crous aspect than once witnessed in the , case of a spoiled and wayward patient who ; was so fortunate as to be exceedingly rich and very ignorant. He was a miserable homuculus, with a villainous intellectual ; development, almost acephalous his head indeed very much resembled a frog'sand the end of a cocoa-nut with its three black spots was almost, as intellectual as his face. He had a very wretched-look ing little wife, and two children about a match for their parents; all spoiled, sensual, passionate, and vulgar. These people, nevertheless; had a SF?.at everence ; for me, and I. wa; obliged by the necessities of a youth was iui practitioner xo aiiena inem, Keep- a tignt rem over tneir vagaries when occasion : required. They quar reled awfully, and often came to blows and scratches. One evening I was summoned to the ladys bedside in great haste; she had as usual 1 an attack of hysterics, in no way alleviated by the frigcrating influence of her potations; for they had lately had a high time of it, and both were intoxicated when I arrived. Crimination and : recrimina tion went high and I began to be tired of the scene. A fortunate thought struck me. They had been at their usual game of scratching; both of their faces showed the activity of the diver sion. There had been a death from erysipelas at the next door, and as they knew the deceased most intimate ly, they were very much alarmed when, with the view of carrying out mv bright thought. I looked Yerv anxious. ? , i i .1 11 i . .1 .1 nu IOJ.U me lauy inai tne SCraiCneS looked TCry like erysipelas. I knew u v ni." . j. the7 WOUld be at their CUStOmary diver sinn as soon as mv bnV was tnrnfid. and I was resolved to prevent it, and get a good night's rest. Accordingly 1 afiected the deepest regret at the omission in the case of the dead friend of a practice I had formerly known of great efficacy 'm erysipelas, and in formed them I resolved when she died that if another case occurred I would by no means fail to try it. it consisiea in continually lumigaimg the surface of the body with burned Indian meal and carenng the face with a mask to exclude the light. Their alarm was so thoroughly excited that they gladly yielded to my suggestion, inquiring wim runny uistres-tug sum;i . i i a tude, if it was not too late. Assuring them. uiu UV x uut tor a couple 01 large sait-sacxs, ana procured two Ot the prettiCSt-lOOfci-g masks Iisould get at Woodworth sf two chairs: were' then placed in the sacks, and a pudding-pan full of Indian meal under each chair, an opening being cut in each bag at the side to admit of the introduction of a hot brick, to produce the fumes from the meal. Placing the beaultiful couple with the greatest srravity, one in each sack at a respect ful distance, and Dac to Dacx, witn the view of avoiding1 any fomentation of their bad passions by facilities for hard work to contain myself I tied the sacks loosely around their . necks, and the masks behind their ears, and left them under the care of an Irish servant girl, and the diversion of their own eloquence. 1 departed in triumph, having fairly bagged my game, tnd Celling thorn 1 anticipated an lmmedi nrr ra . tvnien ironici neian n nigut.an tne upper part ot tne city, i 1. ' .1 M f it V kept them so for the best part of two I i. xl. 1 ' Tll.l aays, assuring tuein wiieneverxauowea an interval of a few hours for sleep, .Hat it would be necessary-to resume the famigation3 on the least return of their fanger, for it invariably produced an exceedingly alarming appearance in the scratches, and they should begin to cicatize before the remedy was discon tinued. The result was most fortunate, and by .cultivating their good graces, I obtained such an ascendency over their feeble intellects, that I had only to threaten the bagging process to keep their hands off each other for several years after. ' ; Learning is wealth to the poor, , an honor to the rich, and a support and eorsfort to-- the old.- HOW TO I -T A DTHILIST. A few years iince, as a New Eng land gentleman ailed Brown was pass ing a few days ai a hotel in one of our western cities, le had the misfortune to unintentionally offend the suscepti ble honor of a rtall Indiana Colonel, who was one of his fellow boarders. His apologies not being satisfactory, a challenge was sent him, which, how ever, he declined, upon the'ground of conscience scruples. The Colonel, who, by the wajf Lad wonui two. or three encounters quite a reputation as a duelist, at once conceived the idea that his opponent was a coward, and re solved to disgrace him by flogging him in the face of all the assembled,wisdom of the house; Accordingly, the next day, at dinnerj time,' m marched the duelist, armed with a formidable cow hide, and advancing to Brown's chair, proceeded to dust his jaket for him j m the most approved style. .Brown was astonished. Luckily he had been a lieutenant of militia in his native State, and knew the importance of in commoding his enemy by a diversion. bo, seizing a gravy tureen he tossed the contents into the face of this belligerent Colonel, and before that hero could recover from the drowning sensation thus occasioned, he sprang upon the tableland began to shower upon him with a liberal hand the con tents of the dishe3 around. . . .... - - "You are an infernal -". ' . "Coward," the Colonel wa about to say, but at that moment a piate 01 greens struck full npon his mouth, and the word was blockaded and lost tor- ever. ; - "Ha," cried the little New England der, whose blood was now up, "fond of greens are , you? take a potatoe too;" and he hurled a telling volley of hard potatoes at him; "excellent eggs here, capital things with calves' heads," and crash came a plate of soft boiled eggs against the side of his cranium. - , . ' .The blows of the ; cowhide, which had hitherto descended! upon the Yankee's head and shoulders', now began to fall more weakly and vildly, and it became evident that the assailant, half stunned, choked, and partially blinded, was getting the worst of.it. His; courage was fast oozing out. ; . . ; "Take a turkey," shouted Brown, as a noble old gobler descended fairly upon the Colonel's head, and bursting, filled his hair and eyes with delicious look- ins stuffing, "here's.the fixings," he continued, as the squash and jelly fol lowed after. By this time the Colonel was irre trievbly defeated, and his merciless opponent seized a huge plum-pudding, steaming hot, and holding it above his head with both hands, seemed about to bury him beneath it, when the Col onel quailed in terror, and throwing down his cowhide, turned about and made a rush for the door.' " ' "Stop for the puddihg. Colonel, stop for the pudding," shouted Brown. "Pudding, Colonel, pudding," scream- 1 1,1" n 1 ' .1 ed an nis lenow Doaraers, , amm cou vulsions of laughter. But the Colonel was too terrified to listen to their kind invitations, and did not cease running until he had locked himself into ms room. But although the Colonel escaped from the plum pudding, he could not escape irom me naicuie wmcu affair occasioned. He subsequently challenged four persons against whom his ire was particularly excited, and they all consented to fight, but availing themselves of the privilege of the challenged party, appointed pudding ba gs for their weapons. At length the unhappy, duelist, finding no one who was willing to shoot or be shot at, was obliged to quit the State. A E0HA5TIC TALE. A young nobleman of the environs of Moscow fell desperately in lots with a young gipsey. He wanted to marry her despite the. representations of his father, who managed to send his son from home for sometime, and during his absence he took possession of the voun? girl and married her to his coachman, to whoin he gave his free dom and- some money. After the weddinc night passed away, sho ran awav.-gained the country, and disap peared from all eves except those of her lover, who prexemea to nave ior gottenher, and entered the guards.--For five years she remained concealed in a hut, and nobody knew that her lover visited her every night; he even married to prevent: suspicion." ,.lBut jat last his legitimate wife, tormented by the mysterious life led by her husband, contrived to discover the secret, and then went to the emperor;; she threw herself at his feet, and craved ven geance on the perfidous husband. ' : The poor gipsey girl was seized and confified in an hospital, and her three children disappeared, , and she never heard one word of them ugain "For four years she suffered anguish of every kind, and every sort of humiliation without a complaint, giving an example of the most patient and gentle resig nation in the house where, she wa3 confined. The lover was immediately sent off to the army of the Caucasus, where he is still. No correspondence could take place between the lovers during the whole time of their separa tion. Nevertheless a few days ago an officer reached here (St. Petersburgh) from the army, and found means of speaking to the youug prisoner, and in the course of conversation he let fall that she was the only obstacle to his return. Her resolution was at once taken. She found means to escape from the hospital. She went to the house of the legitimate wife of the exiled lover, prayed her to pardon her for denrivins her of a husband she could not but love; since' she, unhappy as she had been, could not forget him, and 3he quitted the. house, bhe then went to the river , and leaped into one of the holes made in the ice. I have heard what she said to her lover's wife; she was admirable for her simplicity and fervor. She was so beautiful that, when strangers visited the hospital, she was locked up out of the way. I have heard a great many other details of this story which are unspeakably touch ing, but which I cannot give you here. DEATH FE02I OLD AGE. But few men, says a writer in Black' wood' 'Magazine, die of old age. Almost all die of disappointment, pas sion, mental or bodily toil, or accident. The passions kill men sometimes even suddenly. - The common expression "choked with passion," has little exag geration in it; for even, though not suddenly fatal, strong passions shorten life. Strong-bodied men often . die young; weak men live longer than the strong, for the strong use their strength and the weak have none to use. The latter take care of themselves, the former; do not. As it is with body, 0 it is with mind and temper. "The strong are apt to break down, or, like the candle, to run; : the wick burns out. -The inferior animals, which live, in general, regular and temperate lives, have usually their prescribed term of years. The horse lives twenty-five years; the ox fifteen or twenty; the lion about twenty; the dog ten to twelve; the rabbit eight; the guinea pig six to seven years. These numbers all bear a similar proportion to the time the animal takes to grow its full size. " ." . When the cartilaginous parts of the bone become ossified, the bone ceases to grow. This takes place in man at about twenty, years on the average; in the camel at eight; in the horse at five; in the ox at four; in the" lion at four; in the dog at two; in the cat at eigh teen months; in the rabbit at twelves in the guinea-pig at seven. Five or six times these numbers give the term of life; five is pretty near the average; some animals greatly exceed it. But man, of all the animals, is the one that seldom comes up to his average. He ought to live a hundred years according to this physiological law, for five times twenty are a hundred; but instead of hat he scarcely reaches, on the aver- age, tour times his growing period; while the dog reaches six times;, the ca six times;: the rablt even eight times the standard of measurement. The reason is obvious. Man is not only the most irregular, and most intemperate, but the most laborious and hard-work ed of all animals." He is also the most irritabb of all animals: and there is reason to believe, though we can not tell what an animal secretly feels, that, more than any other animal, man cherishes wrath to keep it warm, ; and consumes himself with the fire of his own secret reflections. - - THE WHEEL. The punishment of the wheel, which was suppressed in 1790, was one of the most frightful which can be imagined. The criminal was extended on a St. Andrew's cross. There were on it eiht notches cut, one below each arm, between the elbow and wrist, another between each elbow and the shoulders one under cacn tnign, anaoneunuer 1 t ii t j each leg. The executioner, armed with a heavy, triangular bar of iron, gave a violent blow on each "of these places, and, of course, broke the bone; and a ninth on the pit of the stomach. I he mangled victim was now lifted from the - cross, and stretched on a . small wheel; placed vertically at one of the ends of the cross, his back on the upper part of the wheel, his head and feet hanging down. The sentence bore, that he was to remain there as long as it pleased God to prolong Hs life.- Many lingered there five or sir hours, some longer. ' A sen-of a jeweler, in tho Flaco Dauphine", who had murder- ed his father, wa3 only: relieved by death at the end of twenty-four hours These unhappy wretches, often utter ing horrible blasphemies, always tor mented by a continual thirst, incessant ly called out for somethingto drink; a man of God, a priest, never left their 1 .1 'a' siae annng tneir excruciating agony, but' incessantly put water to their parchedlips, wipedthe sweat from their burning brow, and pointed to a merci ful God above the scaffold, extending hi3 arms to receive them. This holy duty wasalwr ys discharged by a doc tor of the borbonne. .: THE PLEASURE OE XHOWLIDSE; The eye does not follow it3 appoint ed puraose if it be not emnlovcd in i.i looking at the objects which may be presented to it. It is beautifully adapt ed to the sunlight which is pro tided for it. The eye is made for the light, and the light for the eye. As is Tight to the eye, so is knowledge to the mind. The mind does not fulfil its end if it be not supplied with correct ideas. It is as ; capable of receiving ideas as the eye is of conveying them, or the im pressions out of which ideas are made. All healthful mmd3 admit of improve ment, and that perhaps to an indefinite degree. It is an error to imagine for a moment that some minds may not be enlarged and beautified. If the mind be sane, it is not only possible to nourish and expand it, but it is easy to do so. If the senses are at all exer cised, the mind must all necessarily be to-some extent unioided. 'ihe eye well receive' impressions, and the ear 7 ' will; catch sounds, and transmit the result to the mind. This is a law of man's mental constitution, and neces sary as any. thing can be. The inevit able condition-of the mind 3, that it shall be affected for good or for evil in proportion as the senses are wrought upon by eternal objects. . -. . INF L HENCE OF A KEWSPAPE2. A school teacher, who has been en gaged a long time in his profession and witnessed the influence of a news paper upon the minds of a family of children, writes-to the editor of the Ogdcnsburgh Sentinal as follows: 1 I have found it to be fhe universal fact, without exception, that those scholars of both sexes and of all ages who have had access to newspapers at home, when compared with those whg have not, are: 1. Better readers, excelling in pro nunciation, and consequently read more understandingly. 2. They are better spellers and de fine words with ease and accuracy. 3. They obtain a practical knowl edge of geography, in almost half the time it requires others; as the news paper has made them familiar with the location of the most important places, nations, their government and doings, on the globe. - . 4. They are better grammariins, for having become so familiar with every variety of style in the news paper, from the common place adver tisement to the finished and classical oration of the statesman; they more readily comprehend the meaning of the text, and consequently . annalyze . its construction with accuracy. : . .. TJNDES FOOT. . ."Sammy! get out of the way! Why toll yctt he always under foot? Always in the way, and never where you belong." . Thus discourses an affectionate mother, who has kept little Sammy literally tied to her apron-string until he has come to regard it his place and duty to keep withm scolding distance. The woman never permitted her boy to exercise the first thought, or to per petrate an action without asking "Ma," and he seldom ventured such a request, for experience had taught him that compliance with ever so simple a re quest was not to be expected from his overcautious and timid Ma. The consequence of such a "bring ing up" is fatal to the child and the man, for he never can have a "mind of his own, ' but will always be dependent upon the notions and whims of others. Now "Sammy should not be kept under footshould not be permitted to get under foot but should be set afloat on the world thrown upon his oars early in lifeof course under the judicious " pilotage" of oth.tr children, a little older than himself, who acquired the , power of sustaining themselves above water. Sammy would be never so gild as when "helping himself," if his dear devoted, solicitous mother would only let him. : Young eagles try their wings quite early in life, and so should children be permitted , to try their muscles and their mind3. Good wcrnran, don't keep Sammy . under foot any longer. it; Illustrated. , Never chase' a lie, .for truth will eve'L-tually 0 ver tak e and dc s troy ii? NUMBER 23. Among all the "accompLihneh', which our yotm'g ladies are expected to acquire, it is to be regretted that thfc art of conversation is not included." No grace of person or manners c;i:i compensate for a lack of this: Jn youth, the conversation of our women is apt to be trifling insipid; and 111 middle age 13 too ofteri confined fa ; complaints of health and the s':aud;u of the day; Lively conversation, up-;!! instructive and elevated topics, is cut little'practiced, but whenever it ia found it gives a charm ttf the society of; females which nothing else can; - It . triumphs over deformity .and 6l c'e-, and make ugliness itself agreeable.--- Gurran, speaking of madam de Stacli who was by no means handsome; but splendid conversationalist, . said thil she "had the power of talking herself into beauty." Ladies should think of -his: Beauty lie3 in other things thiri r j ; . Some time last summer, a number of ladies and gentlemen were Tisitixiar" . a garden, a sh'ort distance from the city; Among the articles growing; were soma hops, which, to one young lady of thfl party, were quite a novelty, and at tracted her attention in spite of the ' more showy and brilliant flowers hich were in the vicinity. Observing among the hopplants, several differing from the rest, she inquired .the reason. A gentleman informed her "that is the male hop, which " "BI633 me," cried the young lady, "I never knew there was such a thing as the male hop before; I shall bo very cautious ho?? I drink beer in the future." ; The body of Moliere,the dramatist, being refused a place in consecrated ground, the King (Loui3 XIY.V sent for the archbishop, and demanaci to know the depth of :thd consecrated earth. The archbishop; Tiot likm to acknowledge to him , hh ignorance, answered, after a little hesitation, "twelve feet." . "Well," replied the ' monarch, "let the grave of MoIFcre ". be dug fourteen feet deep, andallyour difficulties will be got over." When Erskine was made Lord Chan cellor, Lady Howard never rested fill -she prevailed on him to give Sidney . Smith' a living. .'Oh',' said Erskine, 'don't thank me Mr. Smith,! gave the living because lady Howard insisted on my doing soV and if she had desired : me to give it to the devil, he must have had if." - A Flying Guess. An Irish brick layer was one day brought to' thc'Edin burgh Infirmary, severely injured by a. fall from a hou3e-top. Ihe medical man in attendance asked the sufferer, at what time the accident occurred. .. "Two o'clock, your honor," was the reply. On being ftsked how h&'cimi" to fix .the hour so accurately; he ans-" weredVIIw&caus'o I saw the pe'opTo at dinner, through a window a3 1 c'amd down-. .... P.czzLE. There is something worth studying over. We find it in an bid rAper if any of our delinquent pat rons can solve it, and feel the point;- they are perfectly at liberty to do sq: F Y - ouo ..; W E F O . RYOUR. ?itPE : R P A ' Y U Well, what if they did?' 6iid Mrs. Partington, a3 a visitor was condemn ing certain parties for the transpoita-( tion of coolies. She glanced at thd thermometer, as sho spoke, with the. mercury indicating ninety degrees, at the same time inhailing.a pinch of Col' Rhoades' rappee: I think ther ooht'. to be praised,' continued she, Nfo'r.try- . ing to get a little coolly anywhere, such times as these.' How hot it in, to ' bC sure! It is allmbst .equal to the" horrid zone,' and the old lady fanned herself energetically.' ' Hugging. Somejady or gentleman has written the following to a news-1 paper, East, which applies to any lo cality where men wear hair: Kate haies mustaches: "So much hair; .-lakes every man1 look like a' bear?' . But Fanny, whom no thought can fet- J;er, - Biur.3 out "The more like, bear i tho " better;" . Became" her pretty shoulders sirug-. . ging : -: : "Bears are such glorious ofcapV'fo hugging' . - ; . J .1 . ! .. . 1
