Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              : . .. „ . „ __ ._ _ ..,___ . . _ . PITTSTON dfihi GAZETTE aid mmm J0MI1L a Itfrtkltj J)fU!spoprr-( SftraMi tn Jjtuia, I'itatitn, |klitita, tjjt Jtlmairtilt, Jtlining, JllrrJjanirul, anb %iraltarnl Sntarate of tjit Canntrtj, Strctrurtiim, Stnustmtnt, Id, )--$i| Jlirjiart fo |Plip. VOLUME l.-NUMBER 6.; PITTSTON, PENNA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1850. $2.00 PER ANNUM. ran to join the party who were going to the pond. They had assembled, but had not yet started. " There comes Joe," said one. ThOM who can't baar Politic*. A Tate of Horror. CMtinf OMd to it Want of Courage. Courtesies of Life. sDawair®B aascmrn. It is very common to hear people say that they wish to hare nothing to do with politics; that they believe both parties equally corrupt, and that the leaders are designing men who have their own selfish ends in view, without regard to the principles they profess to reverence and upon which they ride into power. The facility with which certain leaders of a party will sometimes unite themselves with another party, of precise opposite principles, for the purpose of securing a temporary triumph, and the ease with which they will sometimes change one set of opinions for its opposite, has furnished but too much occarion for this kind of talk: but before al• * lowing it to nauseate us with all politicians, we should wait and see how far such leaders are sustained. That ths crowd of expectants for office will in such cases rush forward willingly and throw up their caps, is not doubted ; but there are thousands of men attached to their party, on account of its principles, who will not suffer themselves to be tamely led by the nose by selfish and corrupt leaders. It does not fol. low that political leaders always have it in their power to break their pledges and depart from their principles with impunity. That there are bad men holding prominent positions in every party, and that many things are done to secure success which the upright men in each party would frown upon, cannot be denied; but before abjuring a party on this account, there are one or two things which it is worth while to While travelling a couple of weeks since we heard from the lips of a friend one of the moat heartrending recitals we have listened to for a long time. He was put off from a steamboat on or near Wolf Island, about 25 miles below the mouth of the Ohio, for the purpose of collecting a debt from a man living about five miles back in the country, on the Missouri side, we think.— With a carpet-bag in his hand, he had followed a narrow path about three miles, when hecame to asmall cabin. Yet "cabin" would notdescribe the place of habitation, for such it proved to be. It was a little dilapidated shed, with no boards on one sides and in the roof. He would have passed it By, but moans from the inside told him that it was occupied. Wishing to inquire his road, he stopped, and stood before the open side of the shed, and gazed upon a spectacle which, as he said, was pressnt before his eyes days afterwards, and haunted his sleep. We describe what he saw, as he told us, only saying that, strange as the story may seem, full reliance can be placed upon his words. Somewhere about here writes a Southern correspondent of the Knickerbocker, lived a small farmer of such social habits th8t his coming home intoxicated was no unusual thing. His wife urged 'him in Sidney Smith in his work on mental philosophy, speaks in this wise of what men lose for the want of a little brass, as it is termed : I want to tell you a secret. The way to make yourself pleasiag to others, ia to show that you care for them. The whole world is like the miller of Mansfield, "who cared for nobody—no, not he—because nobody cared for him." And the whole world will serve you so, if you give them the same cause. Let every one, therefore see that you do care for them, what Sterne so happily calls "the courtesies of life." those courtesies in which there is no parade, whose voice is too still to tease, and which manifest themselves by tender and affeotionate looks, and little kind acts of attention—giving others the preference in every little enjoyment at the table, in the field, walking, sitting or standing. This is the spirit that gives to your time of life, and to your sex its sweetest charm*. It constitutes the sum total of all the witchcraft of woman. Let the world see that your first care is for yourself, and you will spread the solitude of the Upas tree around you, in the same way, by the emanation of poison which kills all the juices of affection in its neighborhood. Such a girl may be admired for her understanding and accomplishments, but she will never be beloved. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY O. IV. Hlchnrt 8 II. S. Phillip*. Office tide of Main Street, second Story of the " Long Store " of Winter Wood. " I asked him to go," said William, " and he would not go, and now he shan't go." k " A great deal of talent ia lost to the world for the want of a little courage.— Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have remained in obscurity because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort; and who, if they could only have been induced to begin, would in all probability have gone great lengtha in the career of fame. The fact ia, that in order to do any thing in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank, and thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in an scramble through as well as we can. It will not do to be perpetually calculating risks, and adjusting nice chances; it did all very well before the flood, when a man could conault his friends on an intended publication for a hundred and fifty years and then live to sie its success for six or seven centuries afterwaids, but at present a man waits, and doubts and hesitates, and consults hia brother, and his uncle, and hia first cousins, and his particular friends, till one fine day he finds he is sixty-five in years—that he has lost so much time in consulting his first cousins and particular friends, that he has no more time left to follow their advice. There is such a little time for over-squeamishness at present, the time so easily slips away, the very period of life at which a man chooses to venture, if ever, is so confined, that it is no bad rule to preach up the necessity, in su$h instances, of a little violence done to the feelings, and offorts made in defiance of strict and sober calculation." The "Gazette" is published every Friday, at Two Dollars per annum. Two Dollars and Fifty Cent* will be charged if not paid within the year. No paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid. Advertisements are inserted conspicuously at One Dollar per square of fourteen lines for three insertions; and Twenty-i-ive Cents additional for every subsequent insertion.. A liberal deduction to those who advertise fpr six months or the whole year. Job Work.—We have connected with our establishment a well selected assortment of Job Type, which will enable us to execute, in the neatest style, every variety of printing. Being practical printers ourselves, we can afford to do work on as reasonable terms as any other office inthe county. All letters and communications addressed to the Gazette must be post paid, and endorsed by a responsible name, to receive attention. As William was somewhat of a bully, none of the boys liked to dispute with him. Besides, Joseph paid so much attention to study and reading, that he did not associate very much with the boys, and was not regarded as one of them. They therefore made no objection to William's authorative declaration, and so poor Joseph had to go home, and forego the pleasure of trying his new skates on the glassy ice. Some reproachful and insulting words were uttered by William, but he paid no attention to them, and went home and comforted himself with his book. vain to sign the pledge. " Why you see," | he would say, " 111 sign it after while, but I don't like to break right off at once, it wholesome, the best way is always to get used to a thing by degrees you know." "Very well, old man," his helpmate would rejoin," see now if you don't fall into a hole some of these days when you can't take car* of yourself, and no one near you to help you out." Sure enough, as if to verify the prophecy, a couple of days after, he tumbled into the well. Here, the old toper after a deal of useless scrambling shouted for " the light of his eyes" to come and help him out. " Didn't I tell you so ?" said the good soul, showing her cap frill over the edge of the parapet; you have got into a hole at last, and its lucky I'm in hearing or you might have drowned you old dog—" Well," she continued after a pause, letting down the buoket, " take hold." And up he oame, higher at each turn of the windlass, until—the old lady's bold slipping from the handle, down he went to the bottom again ! We will now pass over an interval of twelve years. Joseph had continued to cherish his love of knowledge. He had completed his collegiate course, and had pronounced the valedictory on the day of his graduation. He had become a teacher in a distinguished seminary, and was regarded as one of the most promising young men in the country. (Drigtnnl * Written for the Pittston Gazette. The Spirit Land. The spirit land, the spirit land, Who hath not oft been there, 'Mid sparkling forms of loveliness, Thronging it every where 1 There was not a bed or chair in the shod, but stretched upon the bare ground lay the body of a youthftil looking woman, who evidently just died. Her form was almost a perfect skeleton, yet the face was that of a refined and beautiful woman. On her breast lay an infant about six months old, with its mouth to the breast of its mother, and dead. And sitting up in a qorner of the shed, and staring the traveller in the face with glazed eyes, was what he thought another corpse, but life was yet in it. The figure was that of a girl, apparently about ten year old. She could not rise to her feet, and yet she was not sick. She was literally dying of starvation! By the side of the woman, and clasping her hand, lay a man covered with blood, and apparently in a dying state. Add to this the filth of the room, and the half-naked condition of the sufferers and we wonder not that the scene long haunted the observer. He went in.—The girl could not speak, but the man cried "water" in a feeble voice, and pointed the girl, as if to attract the stranger's attention to her. The traveller, Mr. J., of Cincinnati, hastened away, taking with him a tin pan, and says he never ran harder in his life than he did about half a mile to a small stream he had passed. On his return, he found the man still alive, and gave him water, which he eagerly drank. He could then speak In a whisper. He pointed to the girl and said, "she's starving." Mr. J. gave the girl some water, which appeared to revive her, and she tried to talk, but could not. With much difficulty he learned from the man that there was a house about a mile distant, to which he hurried. On his arrival there he found only a negro. 'Tis a beauteous place, that spirit-land; And the heart doth there embrace Its old endearments tenderly— Its joys of other days. He was on his way to visit his parents. He left the steamboat at P., where he was to take the stage coach. The seeds of love can never grow but under the warm and genial influence of kind feelings and affectionate manners. It calls attention to her who displays it; and if it then be found associated with a generous sensibility, its execution is irresistible.— William Wirt to hit Daughter. This occurring more than once, made the temporary occupant of the well suspicious. " Look here," screamed he in fury at the last splash, " you're doing that on purpose—I know you are!" " Well now, I am," responded the " old 'oman" tranquilly, while winding him up once more. —" Don't you remember telling me its best to get used to a thing by degrees ?— I'm afraid if I was to bring you right up on a sudden, you wouldn't find it wholesome !" The old fellow could not help chuckling at the application of his principle, and he protested he would sign the pledge on the instant if she would fairly lift him out. This she did and packed him off to " swear in" wet as he was. " For you see," she added, very emphatically, " if you ever fall into the well again I'll leavt you there—I will. •"Shall I take your trunk?" said a redfaced, scantily .clothed young man, of about creatures of that spirit land,— Oh who shall dare to say, Look not upon us smilingly, And beckon us away 1 his own age, " I am going in the stage to M." said •Ti* a glorious home, that spirit land And the soul hath always trod It* voicefut chamhert loveingly, Communing with its God. Sing Sing, N. Y., August, 1850. Reed consider. No one can be in Monterey a single night, without being startled and awed by the deep, solemn crashes of the surf as it breaks along the shore. There is no continuous roar of the plunging wave, as we hear on the Atlantic sea-board; the slow, regular swells—quick pulsations of the great Pacific's heart—roll inward in unbroken lines, and fall with single grand crashes with intervals of dead silence between. They may be heard through the day, if one listens, like a solemn undertone to all tha shallow noises of the town; but at midnight, when all else are still, those successive shocks fall upon the ear with a sensation of inexpressible solemnity. All the air from the pine forest as the sea, ia filled with a light tremor, and the intermitting beats of sound are strong enough to jar a delicate ear. Their oonstant repetition at last produces a feeling something like terror. A spirit worn and weakened by some scathing sorrow, could scarcely bear the reverberation.—[Taylor's Califor- Music of the Pacific. " I am the driver that takes you there." And first, is it not the duty of every good citizen to exercise the privilege of voting? This will by mo*t persons be readily granted, because it is the duty of every man to sustain the form of government under which he lives; and a man whose opinions are worth any thing upon any subject, must generally have some reason for believing one set of rules more likely to fulfil that object than another—the benefit of which reasoning he should give to his fellow men in the manner prescribed by law; but He shouldered the trunk, and secured it on the stage, and then held opert the door of- tho coach while Reed entered it. As he was closing the door, Reed recognized in the driver his old school mate Wm. Marsh. He had bccome what he told the schoolmaster he intended to bccome, a stage driver. He was a poor, drunken, profane ftltsrrllflitrons. Origin of Texts. The Stage Driver. The custom of taking a text as the basis of a sermon or lecture, is said to have originated with Ezra, who, we are told, accompanied by several Levites in a public congregation of men and women, ascended a pulpit, opened the book of the law, and after addressing a prayer to the Deity, to which the people said " Amen," " read in the law Of God distinctly, gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading." Previous to the time of Ezra, the patriarchs delivered in public assemblies, either prophecies or moral instruction for the edification of the people f and it was not until the return of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity, during which time they had almost lost the language in which the Pentateuch was written, that it became necessary to explain, as well as to read the Scriptures to them, a practice adopted by Ezra, and since universally followed. In later times, we are told in the Acts of the Apostle, chap. 14, r. 21,the book of Moses was read in the Synagogue every Sabbath day. To this laudable custom our Saviour conformed, and in the synagogue every Sabbath day read a passage from the prophet Isaiah; then closing the book, returned it to the priest, and preached from the text. This custom, which now prevails all over the Christian world, was interrupted in the dark ages, when the " Ethics" of Aristotle were read in many churches on Sunday,-instead of the Holy " What do you mean to do for a living when "you come to be a man ?" said Mr. Hedges, the school master, toWm. Marsh, one evening as they were sitting by , Mr. Marsh's fire-side. stage driver! I am not acquainted with the particulars of his downward course. His father wished to have him continue to work on the furm, and promised to give him a portion of it as soon as he was twenty-one; but farming was too dull a business for him. So he ran away when he about seventeen, went into a neighboring State where he procured employment, at first as an ostler at a tavern, and then he soon reaohed the height of his ambition, as the driver of four horses before a stage coach. He soon formed intemperate habit*; and on one occasion when he was intoxicated suffered the horses to run away with the stage.— There were no passengers in at the time, or they would certainly have been killed ; for the coach was overturned ond fell down a ledge nearly twenty feet high. He jumped from his seat just before tho coach went over, and escaped with a sprained ankle and a bruised face. " I inean to be a stage driver," was Wil- liam's pro(npt, and, in manner, not very respectful, reply. Secondly—How is any one to vote to any purpose, unless he sides with one party or the other 1 In Union there is strength, and this must always make parties in I he community. Putting out of the question all differences of opinion on general principles of government, there will always be found an administration party and an opposition party—a party who approve of the war in which one set of functionaries rule, and a party who think they have not shown that judgment and discretion which they believe would be exhibited by men whose views and capacities they recommend.— There is another general distinction which must always make two parties in government—one set will be radical and another conservative. It ia not to be expected that men of the same party will agree in everything, any more than that they will all be good men. But, if they agree in nothing else, they will unite in opposition to the other party, and in believing that a change would be advantageous; so that whatever we may say about the evils resulting from the virulent party spirit, the fact that it must always exist, te a greater or less degree, is undisputed. And it is equally clear that no man can hope to accomplish anything without voting with some party. Motto* for Study. Mr. Hedges did not say anything more to him. He asked the question with the hope that it might lead to some profitable conversation. He had noticed that Williain was very inattentive to his studies when at scliool: and he was in hopes, now that he had come to board for a week at his father's that he could induce _ him to feel more interested in the cultivation of his mind. The coarse reply to his question discouraged him altogether. Perhaps he was discouraged too soon. Perhaps, if he had persevered in his attempt, he might have awakened some feelings of desire or shame that would have led William to pay more attention to his books. One of the best methods of rendering study agreeable is, to live with able men, and to suffer all those pangs of inferiority which the want of knowledge is sure to inflict Nothing short of some powerful molire can drive a young person, in the flill possession of health and bodily activity, to such an unnatural and such an unobvious mode of passing t)is life, as study. But this is the way that intellectual greatness often begins. The trophies of Miltiades drive away sleep. A young man sees the honor in which knowledge is held by his fellow-creatures; and he surrenders every present gratification that he may gain them. The honor which living genius holds, the trophies by which it is adorned after life, it receives and enjoys from the feelings of men—not from their sense of duty ; but men never obey this feeling without discharging the first of all duties; without securing the rise and growth of genius, and increasing the dignity of our natures by enlarging the dominion of mind. No eminent man was ever yet rewarded in vain; no breath of praise was ever idly lavished upon him; it has never yet been idle and foolish to rear up splendid monuments to his name—the rumor of these things impels young minds to the noblest exertions, creates in them an empire over present passions, inures them to the severed toils, determines them to live only for the use of others, and to leave a great and lasting memory behind them.—Sidney Smith.  ma. For near sightedness, close the eye and press the fingers gently from the nose outward, across the eyes. This flattens the pupil, and thus lengthens or extends the angle of vision. This should be done several times a day, till short sightedness How to Preserve the Sight. While getting some provisions and hastening bock with the man, the latter informed him that the cholera had broken out in that neighborhood, and the family owning him had leA for the time being. He said the little girl of the shed had daily made her appearance there for provisions until about three days back—that the man and woman had been sick for a long time, 8c. On thoir return, the man was dying, and lived but an hour, The little girl was revived by food, and before they took her away could talk. She said she had been sick herself, and could not walk to the house for food, and that her mother died the day previous, and the baby about the same time and that her father had tried tokiU himself when they died. It was horrid. The child was taken to the house, and the rest of the unfortunate family buried. The child afterwards stated her name was Mary Williams, and Mr. J. thought from what he could gather, the family had formerly lived in New Albany he could not ascertain, more than, as the child said there were a great many houses there, and it was evidently New Albany, N. Y.—The negro said the family had been there several weeks, and came directly after his master had left. As there was not a family in the neigborhood, the person having also gone whom Mr. J. wished to see, the girlD who Was sick and exhausted , was left with the negro, who promise ed faithfully to attend her. Vet there were but little hopes of her recovery. It has never been our misfortune to hear a more horrible tale of reality than thisD«— Evansville (la.) Journal* As Mr. Hedges was about to leave for another boarding place, he took occasion to speak to William's mother respecting her son's inattention to his books, and to advise her to require him to be more diligent. He was then dismissed from his employer, and was obliged to return home. His father received him kindly, and tried to get him to go to work on the farm; but in vain. He spent his time at the tavern in the village, till the landlord, partly to get rid of him, assisted him to a situation as a driver in a line of stages running through the village. He was in that situation when Joseph Reed landed at P., and took the stage for his native place. For loss of sight by age, such as require magnifying glasses, pass the fingers and towel from the outer corner of the eyes inwardly above and below the eye balls, pressing gently against them, this rounds them up; and preserves or restores the sight. is overcome Mrs. P. replied that she had never known much good to come of book learning.— William was a smart boy for a bargain,and could drive the team as well as his father. Scriptures. It has been already said that this is nothing new. The venerable John Quincy Adams preserved his sight in this way, in full vigor, to the day of his death. He told Lawyer Ford, of Lancaster wjio wore glasses, that if he would manipulate his eyes with his fingers from their external angles inwardly, he would soon be able to dispense with glasses. Ford tried it, and soon restored his sight perfectly, and has since preserved it by the 'continuance of this practice.  The teacher came to the conclusion that William would realize his purpose of becoming a stage-driver. To Bring the Drowned to U£s. In the same school was a boy named Joseph Reed, who was very fond of his books. He always stood at the head of his class in all their studies. He did not,perhaps,learn more easily than several others of his age, but he was diligrr.t. He took his books with him every night, and studied his lessons in the evening, when the other My young reader, what do you intend to be when you are a man? What you will be depends very much on the purpose you now form. If you cherish low aims, and make no effort at self improvement, yon'll never secure an honorable standing agjong your fellow men. Thirdly—It lies much more in an individual's power to make a party what it should be than is generally supposed. If he is a man of any character at all,he may exert an influence at primary meetings, which will be productive of a great revolution in the character of the /hen who form nominating conventions. Let him go himself and induce others to go; let it be seen that he has nothing to ask, and that he looks only to the good of the community, and he will be sure of ultimately securing respect and support. When so many fatal accidents are occuring the following advice, is particularly opportune: Immediately as the body is removed from the water, press the chest suddenly and forcibly downward and backward, and instantly discontinue the pressure. Repeat this violent interruption until a pair of bellows can be procured. When obtained, introduce the muzzle well upon the base of the tongue. Surround the mouth with a towel or handkerchif and close it. Direct a bystander to press firmly upon the projecting part of the neck (Adam's apple) and use the bellows actively. Then press upon the chest to expel the air from the lungs to imitate the natural breathing. Continue this at lepst an hour, until signs of natural breathing come on. Knowledge.) tays were at play "One fountain there is," says Miss Bremer, '-whose deep vein has only just begun to throw up its silvery drops among mankind—a fountain which will allay the thirst of millions, and will give to those who drink from it peace and joy. It is knowledge; the fountain of intellectual cultivation, which gives health to manlkincl, knfekes clear his vision, brings joy to his life, and breathes over his soul's destiny ft deep repose. Go and drink therefrom, thou whom fortune has not favored, and thou Will sdon feel thyself rich! Thou mayst go forth into the world, and find thyself everywhere at home ; thou canst cultivate thyself in thine own Jittle chamber; thy friends are ever around thee, and carry on wise conversation with thee, nature, antiquity, heaven are accessible to thee." Didn't want to QnamL " Come Joe," said William to him, one night after school, " let us go to the pond to-night and have a good time skating." " I cannot do k," replied Joseph. « Why not?" There is a noted mail-contractor in Rumney, N. H., who oan tell as big a story as most of 'em, and who possesses one of the best natured, most accommodating dispositions in the world. In one of the Toledo hotels, a stuttering Putting Flies to Roost. little waiter and the black cook were at sword's points, and the only end for which Jack, the waiter lived was to pester the cook. A few days since, when the air was scorching, and flies in the dining room were more plenty than candidates at a free democratic convention, word was sent to the cook that Jack wanted him. He hurried up with—" Well, sah, what do you want ?" Thtos touteh in regard to the duty which every man owes to his country, of uniting with some party; and then, watching for all the appointed meetings or primary elections, as advertised by the general and district committees, and attending those meetings or elections, with all the friends he can bring. He may do this without fear of being oorruptad by politics, and with a much better conscience then he will have if he stays at home, and there heaps denunciations on all politicians for their misdoings.—Lancaster Uni'Ot». " Because I.cannot get my lessons if 1 do. Mr. Hedges told us he wanted us to learn the lesson he gave out as soon as " I was passing through New Jersey," said he, " a few years ago, and there oame by us in the air, a flight of crows nine mile* long, and so thick was the flock, you couldn't see the sun for 'em V' we could." "Can't get your lesson!" said William in a tone of " what good will getting your lesson do you ? Nobody likes you any better for your fuss about your lessons, and a great many do not like you ao well." " John," said he to'another boy, " will you go to the pond to-night V Wrap the body in blankets, place it near a fire, and do everything to preserve the natural warmth as well as to impart an artificial heat if possible. Every thing, however, is secondary to inflating the lunes. Send for a medical man immediately.The contractor told this in a tavern, where several persons were standing about one of whom—a coarse-limbed, heavy-featured son of the Granite State—ventured to query the correctness of the assertion." YVhy, cook," replied Jack, " you see the f-f-flies bother me s-so 1 c-can't set thet-table, and as you're so (1-d-duced black I want you to cast a s-shade over the r-room, and they'd t-think it was night and g-g-go to roost!" " I am agreeable," said John, imitating the manner, as he had copied the words, of a lounger at a tavern, whose wit was the admiration of all the young candidates for ruin in the place. Avoid all friction until respiration shall be In some degree restored. Remains of a Giant.—The thigh boneoi a human being, measuring six times the number of cubic inches that the thigh bone of a common siee man does, is reported in the Elisabeth town, Ky. Regular, to have been taken from the sands of Rolling Fork recently, 12 miles from that place. A human collar bone, equal in porportion, was also found at the same place. The relics are said most unequivooally to |be those pf a human being,and a physician who has examined them declares that the height of the person to whom they belonged, must have been 12 or 13 feet.—Cincinnati Gazette.— How Printers are Treated.—The N. Hampshire State Patriot say* that it has 4,800 subscribers, and thinks that it haa the best paying list of any political paper in that country 5 yet 700 owe for three years, 400 for five years, and 1,000 for one year, making the aggregate due the office, $ 19,000 for their paper, time and labor.— This is the fashion with which printers are cheated. The National Intelligencer is said to have 9400,000 due that concern from its patrons. It shows how many for. tunes are fleeced out of the profession.— Boston Times. C " How long do you say, nabor 7" " Nine miles, air." " Don't b'lieve it," was the reply. VALENTINE MOTT. A minister at church approached a little urchin, scarcely a dozen years old, and laying his hand upon his shoulder, thus addressed him. " Zeb," said a chap to his chum the other day, " seems to me you didn't stay long at Squire Fogler's last night." " Wal, look 'ere—you," said the contractor(C you're a stranger, and I don't want ter quarrel with yer. 60 to please you, IH take off a quarter of a mile from the thinnest part!" Mr. Willis speaks of a handsome girl whom he met in an omnibus in New York, as one "the dimples at the corners of whose mouth were so deep, and so turned in like inverted commas, that her lips looked liked a quotation." We should like to make an extract from them.—Pott. Several other boys were asked, and consented to go. The prospect of'a skating party, on a bright moonlight night,was very tempting to Joseph. He loved skating very much, but not so much as he did his book. He hastened home, carried in the wood, and took care of the sheep for the night, and sat down to his Jesson. He soon paste red it, at least so far that he could see through it. He then look his skates_and " My aon, I believe the devil has hold of « No," was the reply, " I was sayin' a few pleasant things to the daughter, and the old man came in and gave me a hint to go." you." " I believe so too," was the significant reply of the urchin. The preacher vamosed. The stranger was perfeotly satisfied.— Spirit of the Timet. " A hint, Zeb, what sort of hint I" *' Why he gave me my hat and opened the door, and just as he began to raise his cowhide boot, I had thought that 1 wasn't wanted, so 1—I—left." Birds and the Trleorafh.—At a point where the magnetic telegraph crosses the Ohio the wires were twioe broken by the weight of the birds congregated on them. Bbautiful Sentiment.—It has been said of Washington, that 'God caused 'him to be childless, in order that the nation might call him Father.' A Dutch Story.—" 1 andt proth Honce, and two oder togdfwash oat faui ing next week, and we (drove nine 1*90 ohuoks into a stone heap, and kilt ten o ob etc nine pefore te}D cc\ iu. „ "Cf'c