Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              ♦ PITTSTON GAZETTE, AND SUSQUEHANA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL, 51 Uiftklij Jhttupaptr- ( Btonrii a Kruts. litiratnr, folitirs, tjit jtorrnntilf, Sliuing, Jtltrjwmcal, onh %imhirnl Untwists af ijrt Cnnntrtj, SnHtrurtlnn, Stmnmntnf, kt. )-t'nm Mors fn Slttmmr, V OLUME 3,-NUMBER 47. P1TTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1853. WHOLE NUMBER 151. TI1K PITTSTON GAZETTE, they should have been employed in advancing themselves. These bitterly moralize on the injustice of society. Do they want Q. Wlint parts of the dwelling are most dangerous during a thunder storm ? A. The firo-place, especially if the fire ba lighted, the attics and the cellar. It is also imprudent to sit close by the walls, lo ring the bell, or to bar the shutters during a thunderstorm ? Q. Why is it dangerous to sit before a fire during a thunderstorm ? A. Ueeauso the heated air and soot are conductors of lightning, especially when connected with such excellent conductors as the stove grate, or firo-irons.* left the place, proposing to return the npxt morning ana complete the capture, but we .cckoned without our host. In the night the boa changed his tactics, got his body round some huge blocks of basult, and finally succeeded in breaking his bonds and getting off." C€jje (gazette fc Snurnnl. THE LITTLE " MORNING GLORY." A Hint to Working Men. Dear little pet! She was going a jour, ney, in the cars, with mamma; and her little curly head could not stay on the pil. low, (or thinking of it. She was awake by the duwn, and had been trying to rouse mamma for an hour. She had told her joy in lisping accents to " Dolly," whose stoical indifference was very provoking, especially when she knew she was going to see " her dear white-baired old grandpapa," who bad never yet looked upon hor sweet face, although pen and ink hud long since heralded her polite perfections. YeiT, little pet must look ihe prettiest, for grandpapa's eyes are not so dim that the sight ot a pretty lace doesn't cheer him like a ray ot glad sunlight j so the glossy waves of golden hair are nicely combed, and the bright dress put on, to heighten by con. tiast, the dimpled fairness of the neck and shoulders; then, the little apron, to keep all tidy ; then the Cinderella boots, neatly laced. J can see you little pet! 1 wish I had you in my arms this minute ! Mrs. Swisshelm, in her Saturday Vlsi. tor, proffers tho following suggestions to Working Mou as to the ways arid means of commanding a fair reward for their labor. It is not the whole truth, but very true sa far as it goes, and eminently wor- AM) I»ITT*TOHT, Pa. luiqticlmiiti Anthracite Journal published weekly by i vents ihorn ? If you aro as high tut your (• R1C11AR. T 8t II. S. PHILLIES. ; facullie* permit you to rise in the scalc of ! society, why do you complain of men? It Off H\ittldcy .Viin j j j arranged the IttW of prece- Mure fj ni*ntr oaa. , o i dence. Implead him or be silent! II vou | have capacity for u higher station, take it ccutfwMUe ch it not paid withmiiw vtfnr. —what hinders you? How many men Nil t.nii'r will b»» discontinued until all arrearage* ore paid. ' ... . .111- I 1 Aovkr n«KXKVT8 aro inicricd conspicuously at (Kk 1 D«. 1- \ Would loVC to gO lO bed beggUFSj OUci Wukc tin par aiunrii of fourloen lln ■C for llir.'o tiw. rlluii»i UI, or Agtori I IIow inanv im,l 'I'wftTv-ptVK Cent« ndtUHtmiufurcirerY*tilDDt"C1ui'»il i 1 , I . t i i i i' Uiwrstuu. a liberal dutucMou iCD thCm» »iiu u.Jv«ni«« men would fain go to bed dunces, and be tor -'.v moiuiitiir rtn- Mi..,K- \i'ur. i wa|tcj ul, Solomons. You reap what you Jul Won*.—WC! hKva colittoi'leil Willi oiirrsUililldimant ! , • j u nuiiwiixiti'd iiisuriiuBiu of Joo T*rt, wiiich wiuiin have sown. J iiose that sow vice-seed, U tho ni-atcM alyl.»,CjM'rjr »afleiD of j Juncc.srct|) laziness-seed, usually get A —» crop. They tliut sow the wind reap the : whirlwind. A man ot mere capacity, 1 never developed, is only an organized day j dream, with a skin on it. A Hi.it and a , genius that won't strike fire arc no better tlian. W( t junk wood. We have scripture lor it, that ' a living dog is belter than a dead lion.' If you would go up, go—if , , ,,lv ratcli a ho,W M..li»S hi, oil rVe, , DCDu *C*"• *•»"«. If there be a Lo.lv till he made him »!ie youth here touched Willi a sacred am- Lnion, let him come out of the garrulous root that vex tho hill of difiiculties, but never ascend it—who blow soap bubbler, and because they are round, ar.d ihey can sec their own faces iu them swear thai — lamdm Ci.v its. aru Jiving globes of immortality, and • i, Iy.curping rouml his lot, tj0»l to give them an orbit among the rc.it a hoily wttll a load of immortal stars. Let your praise* follow. j Accept, never solicit them. You are in this life on an errand. Ask God what it is—w liether it be great or little among men. Remember that ihc least errand on God is ! beyond all human measurement. K.ve; cute ii, then retire through ihc gate of ; death to await God's praise ; and they '■whom God praise may dispense with man's a chance 1 Let them change—w ho pre G. M. RICH ART fc. U.S. PHILLIPS, Editor ■ The Tramping Printer. Friday, July 15, 1853. Among the prisoners before the Mayor, was one Washington Prank Thompson, who was found by a city officer, sleeping in an open lot. A plush cap, jeans coat, and a pair of striped pants completed his dress, and although riiuch the worse for wear had been so nicely brushed in the watch house, that he made quite a respectable appearance in the dock. He seemed impatient for his turn, and when called rose with a dignified air, and solemn de- Prohibition in New York. " We have long known an unfailing remedy for all the ordinary oppressions of Capital. We have a prescription which, if .well shaken and regularly taken, would ciir£ "the evil which strikes, as they now occur, do only aggravate. Iiis, ' Iu timo of peace, prepare for war.' "If our laboring men, before making war on employers would only build unto themselves fortifications and lay in stores they could stand any ITind of siege.— This way to do this is for every man to live on half his wages, or less if possible, until he buys and pays for an acfe of ground, fences if, builds on it a house large enough and close enough to shelter himself and family from n winter storm  This is his fort. Then let him take a1; the time he now spends in taverns nr. other loufiging places, to lay in store - thy of attention The New York Sunday Dispatch thinks the State of New York will have to try the Maine Law, as popular sentiment out of the city sccrns to be in favor of the law ; and even in the city, the public sentiment is becoming adverse to the rum traffic, as now conducted. The great increase of rum shops du'ing the last couple of years, where poison is substituted for liquors, has had its rfTect upon the popular mind. The liquor traffic in groceries is loudly complained of as an evil of the most serious character. The saloons that have sprung up around the Crystal Palace have also materially contributed to the .unpopularity of the bnsiness. In a word, the rum traffic i.i that city has been carried to an excess which has had the effect of strengthening the cause of the Temperance party who favor the legal suppression of the traffic. The Dispatch, therefore, would not be surprised if these causes should he the means of electing a Legslature, next fall, favorable to the passage of the Maine Law, as there are thousands who, though opposed to the principles of the Maine Law, would vote for it, for the purpose of correcting the abuses of the ruin trade, and afterwards go for its modification. Q. Why ore the nltics arid cellars more dangerous in a thunder storm, than the middle story of a house ? A. Because lightning sometimes posses from the earth to the clouds and sometimes from the clouds lo tho earth; in either case the middle story would be the safest POETRY. place, meanor. PARODIES. Q. Why is it dangerous to lean against a wall during a thunder storm ? " The watchman tells me you were in. toxicated last night," said his Honor to ;[ KViy see u body carrying ofl his wood A. Because the. electric fluid will sometimes run down a wall; and as a man is a better conductor than a wall, would leave the wall and run down the man. him uliln I u body whale n body if a body could Germantc-iDH Kmpm ium "Quite likely," he replied. "But greater men than I have baen in the same condition. The Whigs say that Frank Pierce is a drunkard, and the Locofocos always urged that 'Old Harry' took his tod in his young days." "Good bye? How the little cnrls shako ! wtml a nice seat our tiny voyager has, by that pleasant opeii window, upon mama's knee ! How wonderful fast the tree*, ni:d houses, and fences fly past!  Was there ever anything like it ? and Itotf it makes her eyes wink, when the cars dash under the dark bridges, and how like the ringing of silver bells that little musical laugh is, « hen they dart out again into the lair sunlight. How cows, and horses, and sheep, all run at that horrid whistle.— Little pet feels aa though she was most a woman, to be traveling about, seeing so many fine thing*. On they dashed ; it half takes her breath away—but she is not afraid-, no indeed! What little darling ev«'ii could be afraid, with its hand in mamma's love clasp ? n't u bCu! Q. Why is it dangerous to ling a bell during a thunder storm ? Cincin nati V. nqu ircr. A. Bell wire is an excellent conductor, and if a person were to touch the bell handle, the electric fluid, passing down the wire, might run through his hand and injure it. amunition and provisions, in the sh«!'C ]i n both in n body's bed, iilv cb.u!.': a body till ft body's dead 7 "That may all be true, but drunkenness is punishable here. Where did you come from useful knowledge gleaned from boC•! papers, and grape-vines, trees, j: and cabbages growing in his end Dm If he plants every foot of it with "That's rather a tough question. I have no particulor abiding place." "What is your business'/" "A printer by profession, and u pedestrian by practice." thing pleasant to the eye or good for t no tyrannical employer can starve Lin. We find the following eccount of the reptiles that abound in the Phillippine Islands, it; Blackwood for April, it occurs in an extended and very interesting notice of a new book recently published in Paris, entitled "Twenty veurs in the Phillippine Islands." Malayan Reptiles. Warwick Sews Tiie Jewish Nation adhere with singular pertinacity to the foith of their futhera, and arc devoted te their ancient rites and ccremonics. As an evidence of this, it is stated that the " London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews," after twenty years lalior, the crcclion of a church on Mount Zion, and the expenditure of vast sums; after establishing a mission presided over by a Bishop, and endowed by the joint efforts of the Kingdoms of Prussia and England, has gained only thirty-seven Jewish converts.— During the whole of last year the result of its labor was the conversion of one Jew. The cost of Ibis one convert was the annual outlay, at Jerusalem alone, beside the Bishop's stipend, of £12128 expended on the Mission, i'l-15 on the Church, £ 1173 on the Hospital, and £100 (wc beg pardon, £399 Is I Id,) on the House of Industry. The Jerusalem Mission, then—if wc add to its coat the £l200„per annum paid to Bishop Oomr, arising from the endowment—has actually in the past year, baptized converts at the moderate rate of £1413, 7s. 2d. per head. to any degrading submission. It is vagance and improvidence, and iiothi If h K bo 1 n't h body *'izc a body und try to get rc h n body stealing Iii* Exptts?, *• Do you work at the printing busi ucss ?" else, which keeps the laboring class. J/«*» 7 the power of capitalists. We know very few capitalists, who have not become through a self-denial and perseverance which poor men scorn to use. tburgh ICrj.rea, " When mv stomach or my pockets require it, I do. To explain, 1 have always had a strong desire to nee the world, and, ulthough as poor in pocket as Bill Allen in flesh, I have endeavored to gratify this burning curiosity. 1 have tramped thro' twenty-thfee Slates, three teriitories, and the Dritish provinces, and am now on my way to California, by way of the Plains." "Hut you say you are poor. How do you manage to clothe and feed yourself V bCViy want* n body bis s*«Drc to patronise, uldnt u body j»ay a body cash to advertize —Lynch bit lixpr opinion " Human beings rarely full a prey lo these big reptile*. M. lie la Gircniere heard various stories from the Indians of men being lulled and swallowed lDy them, but Indian staples are not to be implicitly credited, and he was unable to verily more than one instance—that ot a malefactor who had hid from jusiicc in a cavern. His father visited him occasionally, to supply him with food. One day he found in place of his son, an enormous boa, sleeping. Me lulled it, and found his sou in its stomach. The poor wretch had been surprised in the night, crushed to death, und swallowed.— Upon the whole, however, the boa is one of ihe least terrible of the P.iillipiue serpents. There are small ones whose bite proves mortal within a few hours. Of a:i exceedingly venomous description is one which the Indians call tlagou pa/ay (leal of rice), limning with a hot unber is the only uniidote lo its bite; if that is not promptly resorted to, hoinble sufferings aielollownl by certain death. The olin morani is another sort, eight or ten feet long, and more dangerous still than the 'rice leaf,' inasmuch as its bite is deeper, and mere ditlicult to cauterize. Although so much abroad in forest and ii.ocntuin, and taking few precautions, M. de la Gironicrc was never bitten. He tells us of narrow escapes. Oncc lie trod upon a •dagon palay.' "1 was warned by a movement under my foot. I pressed hard with thai leg, ami saw the snake's little head stretched out to bile me on the ancle; fortunately my foot was on him but a short distance from his head, so that he could not gel at me ; I drew my dagger, and cut off his head. On another occasion, 1 noticed two eagles rising and falling among ihe bushes, always in tho same place.— Curious to see what manner of animal ihey were attacking, I opproachcd the pluce ; Cut no sooner had I done so, than an enormous 'alin moranrii,' furious with the wounds the ea'glee had inflicted on him, udvuuced to meet me. I retreated; he coiled himself up, guve a spring, and almost caught me on the face. Ii_v an ad. verso movement, 1 made a spring backward, and avoided him ; bul 1 took care not to turn my back and run, for then 1 would Iiqje been lost. The serpent returned to tin- charge, springing toward me, bul 1 again avoided hint, and was trying, in vain, to reach him with the edge of my dagger, when an ludiun, who perceived me from n distance, ran up, «rmed with "We know men, who, on the wages ot a common laborer—seldom more tlmn 75 cents a day—have lived comfortably and accumulated property, while thousands earning twice that suin live ' from hand to mouth,' and are starving if a week out of fly per :i hod" ppropridtc his hut DANGER FROM LIGHTNING. Q, Why does lightning sometimes kill Alas ! poor little pet! Grandpapa's eyes grow Cveary watching lor you, at the little cottage window.— Grandmamira says, "the cakes will be quite spoiled;" and she "knits to her seam needle," and then moves about the sitting room uneasily ; now and then stop, ping to pat the little Kitty, that is to be pet's playfellow. And now lume Tim lias driven the cows home; and the dew is falling, the stars are creeping out, and the little crickets and frogs have commenced their evening concerts, and still little pet hasn't comc :* Where is the little stray waif? ii body just for lining that f men and beasts ? A. Because, when tlio clcctric current passes through tli6 man or beast, it produ. crs so violent an actiou upon the nerves, ' that it destroys life. Q. When is a person struck dead by lightning ? 1 A. Only when his body forirsa part of liimit'li' by wri- i lie lightning's path; that is when the nonsense uurelwt to Jww how one I electric fluid (in its way to tlie earth) acj tunlly passes through bis body. ! Q. VVhy arc persons sometimes maimed ' by lightning ? i A. Because the electric fluid produces | an action upon the nerves sufficient to in— ■ (jure them, but not to de.Mroy life. Wealth can sclJoin be gained without Q. Lightning sometimes assumes the ids lor induMiv, good j appearance of balls of fire which fall to Mr In Star body V of his wife rly cuU'h a foody should he take his lite Boston Pit!hjiniter employ " Our impression is that the majority of these would not be one bit belter oil' it they got ten dollars a day—thai, in fact they would be more likely to prosper on filly cents. Those people who  tributions to sustain them when unemployed a month, are gi nerally those who know nothing of the value of money, but calculate to spend all they get, be it little or much ; consequently an advance in their wages is sending more money to heer shops and cigar establishments, or fancy siores. Belore any man can be independent, he must learn to live within his income, be that little or much. "When lie has fixed hjmself in a homestead, with the cellar well filled, and a bit of ground to raise his cabbage andsome spare charge in his pocket, ho can afford to strike at any systemr of oppression he has a mind to ; but as long as he prefers self-indulgence, to ownership, he ought to be a slave, if anybody who can take care of him will only take the trouble to do it. lDut u body in the next Gazette ? | "Easy enough. When J tramp, country people aic always glad to accommodate me with meals «jid lodgings for the_ news I bring them. I generally manage to replenish my wardrobe CDy sharp trades wjth verdant persons. My refreshmentmoney 1 earn by the sweat of my blow at printing offices in small towns." C'fTl !( u \ lug'rel Iv mat ith another ckuiv HINTS TO YOUNG MSN Listen! Among the "unrecognized dead'' by the lale railroad accident at Norwalk, was n handsome child about three years of age ; fair complexion and hair ; liad on a red dress, green sack, while apron, linen gaiters, tipped with patent leather, and white woolen stockings. Poor little pet! Poor old Grandpapa! Go comfort him; tell him it was a "shock ing accident," but then " nobody was to blame and oiler him a lieuling plaster fur his great grief, in the shape of '• damage-money.'' Fanny Feun. " Bui do you not often sutler in your LY U. W. BEKCItt '• Never, unless I get in a temperance country. I own nothing—therefore hove no fear of loss. Wulk on turnpikes—huvp no fear of tolls. Am a pood talker—hare no fear of losing a meal. Always keep within the bounds of civilization, and am confident that I can htimbue somebody." travels ?" To Kl uope.in One Week !—Practical action i« about to tiriug uD« speedy focus, the great connection between Europe and America, by railroad from New York to the extreme northeastern point of Nova Scotia—thence by steam to Galway, being only U000 miles of ocean navigation —and thence by railroad to Dublin, and across the channel to I iverpool. The New York Mirror says, two of the heaviest I.ondon houses ha*e already rontracted for the building of steamers to form the main part of this connection— the road ucross Ireland will probubly be finished within the year—and some of the shrewdest capitalists of Wall street hnve taken hold of the matter in earnest at this end of the route, and arc pushing the work vigorously forward to completion.judgment and perseverance. Ccininer- i|le earth, what are they ? • mI businc;;-*, on n largo scale, requires A. Musses of explosive gas formed in \e inchest effort of liio mind, and is akir. the air, the;- generally move more slowly jfciieruLshif. The plough writes for than lightning. men, us well us the pen lor others. Q. Why are these bulls of fire so verv by Heels on the ocean, dangerous? iuJ lines ol railroad, and these are the ex- A. Hec-ailse when they fall they pxplode npnts of their intellectual power. The lilce a caution; and occasion much luis•ot man, who has gained wealth, and , chief. tv, ana "Hut you get drunk—was drunk last night." tie men writ '•That was purely accidental. I started from Columbus for Indianapolis, but took the wrong road, mid before 1 wag aware of lie mistake, found myself here. This Induced me to take an extra tod, and the liquor you keep down here is so d—d bad, that it destroyed my equilibrium. Miserable liquor down here—havn't been dead drunk lor ten years before." Prosars, Bores, ancl Business Men by its power, revolutionized llie cotmnwii- j (J. J)o ihcse balls of firp ever run along ty in which lid dvvolls, evinces his ciipaci- the ground 1 We know of nothing more unpleasant, says the PennsyIvania Inquirer, than for a m reliant, a mechanic, a manufacturer, or a stock-keeper, who finds ft necessary to be actively and constantly employed during business hours, to be annoyed day alter day hy idlers and triflcrs, who cannot take a gentle hint, or who will not see that it is impossible to work and play at the same time. Many of the prosers arc harmless and unmeaning, and fancy that they arc quite entertaining. They should femeintier, howe*er, that there is a season for all things, and that with individuals actively engaged in the pursuit of trade, time is more valuable than money. Another in. firmity may be mentioned in this connection. We allude to thut of an individual who visits another oh business, but who, not satisfied with stating the facts of tho case briefly, and to the point, enters into a long conversation about some irrelevant matter, and thus occupies the time, ex. hausts the patience, and provents due attention to others who may be waiting.— Doubtless most of people are glad to see their friends, and to have a pleasant chat with them in a moment of leisure. Dut, we repeat, there is a season for all tilings, and we can imagine no greater nuisance than a prosy idler, who, having nothing to do himself, seems determined that others, who are more fortunately circumstanced, shall be interrupted again and again in matters that arc vital to their calling and " We would live on mush and molasses, •and dress in fip calico all the days of our natural life, rulher than live by sufferance and be in daily danger of starvation, or he compelled to werk how and when somebody pleased, whether we liked it cr tint. ' Make unto yourselves friends ot the unrighteous mammon'—save vour money, and thereby your independence. t/. oua | i himself w orthy of occupy-: A. Yes; sometimes they run a consid ing (lio rsl rat(l« : while, on the oilier orable dislnnce along the ground, and ex hand, hp who in his schemes lor amassing : plode in a mass. vcalih, epitomises the ii.ilufo ol a sponge, At oilier times t!;ev split into numerous Mjakipg up iind retaining what lie absorbs, smaller balls, encli ot which expludts in i-i (sure to txi despised and dishonored in a similar manner. Tl»er« i" onoi/wr class ot rich Q. What mischief do these balls of who have inherited wealth. Au heir | fire produce 1 .las a presumptive ligiii to be regarded in j A. They set firo to houses and barns, he same liullt as bi-s paieute, on the same and kill all cattle and human beings* which irincipie that like begets like, though it 1 happen to be in their course. (ten happens that the offspring of the j Q What places are most dangerous is not "rent. Hut a man stands in l during a thunder storm 1 society by tho power he t.\-icises. Il is j A. it is very dangerous to be near a true that weahh has power in commercial tree, or lofty building ;"and also to be neur "l'ou said you were anxious to pursue your journey ?" Dbowned.—Philip Creasy, aged about 21 years, of Nescopeck tp., I.uzcjnc county, was drowned in the Susquehanna, two miles above Mifflinville, on Wednesday J'Jd ult, while bathing.'•Nothing shorter, as the b'lioyt say, and by your leave I will forthwith lurn my face towards the Father of Waters, on tho bosom of which Tom Benton once saw the "yellow boys" floating up stream. Do you know that of all your »tategmen, Tom is my favorite 1" IClt't V BOYS. St, Louis Removed to the Country. The Nashua Gazette thus cfagueri'eo. types the " boys" of the present oge. All who read it will confess (l is the best likeness yet obtained : " This has been termed the agfe of progress. The most striking exemplification of the progressive tendency of the age may be found in boys from fifteen to eighteen or twenty years of age. The boy of fifteen and upwards must wear belter broad-cloth than his employer, and (toots to match.... He gets the Spring and Summer style of hats as soon as they come on from New York. He wears  fabulous dimensionCD. He has his hair curled and unctified by the most approved barbers. Me would wear a "moustache" or "imperial" if he could. He has a "woman' whom ho "pays attention to." He sometimes carries a cane rbout as large as your little finger, with a bull of lead on the end of it! He He smokes.— He chews. He swears. He drinks. Of a fair Sunday he stands at the corner of the streets to sho\V himself. He stays out all night, or into the "small hoiirs," "sitting up with his woman" or otherwise "missing Ned generally." He takes "his woman" out to ride. During the winter he goes to all the dances, which come off about every oihy night, lie makes magniheent presents to "his woman.'' His "horsehire" bill is as as the millionaire's. He read* nothing hut the " ITrale's Own Book," " Life in London," and works of the "yellow covered" species." Much apprehension has long been felt in St. Louis that the action of the waters ol the Missouri, where thev enter the Mississippi above that trily, will eventually wear away the Illinois hhore to such an extent as to force a new- channel for the great Father of Waters, and thus leave St. Louis some five or six miles out in tho country. The present flood, as usual, is tearing away the bank, having washed off a mile and a half of the telegraph line near Alton, with all the land on which tho poles were planted. The editor of the Al ton Courier says: often ha; '•Indeed !" "Yes, and Bill Allen stands second best with ine. What does your honor say— shall I depart ?" afl.tirs but it is wealth, in that ease, a river or any running water. jh is resided, and not the man ; as, Q, Why is it dangerdfis to be near a if I saw an artilleryman, slanding ' tree or a lofty building during a thunder lighted torch at his gun, I might respeet | storm ? him very much, bul it is the power iu his j A. Because a tail pointed object (like a guu that prompts that respect. Social j tree or spire) will frequently discharge a power always rises higher than physical , lightning cloud ; and if any one were power. Iiiifllec'ual power of a high or- j standing near, the llghtrting might diverge Cl"r commands and ensures a foremost rank, from tho tree, and pass through the fluids Saukepearo stood ill the court of l'lliza. | of the human body. belli us u Ti-neriffe, towering over all lea- (J. How can a tree or spire discharge a str eminences. Clouds that swing through | lightning cloud ? tho sumiTier .sky, with dumb thunderbolts, | A. A lightning cloud (floating over a uarsiiimnnus of rain,.are seen and forgot ! plain) may he too far off to be discharged ten in the same hour—but those that with j by it, but as a tree or spire would shorten igh'.y bosom sweep out the .stagnant this-distance, it might no longer be too far t, and solicit every root and every lea! j off to be discharged. i i'io tn.i-.sures of rain, need no ] For example : If n lightning cloud were Their work is their praise—fjun- 700 yards above the earth, it would bo s are their ciedenjials—rills run to ,j too lar off to be discharged : but a tree or y their praises—and troops of flowers j spire 50 yards high would make the cloud 1i them, an.l wave their leuly scarfs to j only 050 yards off u conductor ; in conscmcn there be, that are j quence of which the cloud would be in- "Why, if you'll promise" "Promises I never make. But it any of your vigilant watchmen ever catch Franklin inebriated again, punish him, that's all. Fve never yet visited the interior of a prison, except in tho character of a plulamhropist, and by your leave, I never will." •' As much abrasion of the Illinois shore fcr the next ten years, or even five yeaiD. as has been occurring for a few years .• and the lakes and lowlands above rj•C of will be reached. The Gillham fun,, now nearly all swept away, and C. ■ dwelling house, which has aire lv ! moved once or twice, will soon have t: removed further back or torn do* Where we rode along in onr convi on the public road near this pi,10. three years ago, is now 100 feet out ic stream of the sweeping Mississippi.'' "From your manner I think I can trust you. You can po." the bough of a tree, and rid mc of him " Much obliged. If I should turn my attention to mining, alter t got to California, and I return this way, you shall have a snull' of my maiden dust. 1 wish you good morning. And you, (to the watch, man) 1 wish you promotion in the ranks." " My dogs were dispersed along the brink of a deep ravine, in which was an enormous boa. The monster raised his head to a height of five or six fert, directing it from one edge to the,other ot ihe ravine, and menacing his assailants with his forked tongue ; but the dogs, more active than he was, easily avoided his attacks. My first impulse was to shoot him, but then it occurred to mc to take him alive and send him to France. Assuredly he would have been the most enormous boa that hud ever beep seen there, To carry out my design, I manufactured nooses out of cane strong enough to resist the most powerful wild bufTulo. With great precaution, we succeeded in passing oue of our nooses around the bou's neck ; then we tied him tightly lo a tree, in such u manner as to keep his head at its usual height, about six feet from the ground.— This done, we crossed over to the other side of the ravine, and threw another noose over him, which we secured like the first. When he felt himself thus fixed- at both ends, ho coiled, and writhed, and grappled several little trees which grew within his reach, along the edge of the ravine. Unluckily, for, him, everything yielded to his efforts ; ho toie up the young trees by the roots, broke ofF the branches, und dislodged enormous stones, round which he sought to obtain the hold or point of resistance he needed. The nooses were strong, urtd withstood his most furious efTortss. To convey an animal like this several buffaloes ami a whole system ol cordage were necessary. Night approached ; confident in our nooses, we voul So say ing, the tramping printer left the court. At the door, he inquired the shortest road to Dayton, and being told, moved off at a regular travelling pace.—Cincinnati paper. vocation fuina A Heroine.—Tlio life of u child was saved in Albany, last week, almost miraculously. It was left in a wagon 011 Broadway while its carrier parents went next door to do some shopping. During their absence something frightened tho team, and away they went down the street like a gale of wind. Just as they passed Herkimer street, « young lady saw the danger, and in an instant prepared to rescue the little fellow. Throwing her lint and slmwl on the sidewalk, she made a spring at the tail of the wagon, just as it was darting by her, and, as good luck would have it, caught it firmly ; the momentum of the wagon jerking her inside the box. Slie immediately Clasped the child in her arms, and seizing a favorable moment, sprang 10 the ground, Without injury eithei1 to herself or the little foundling. carr A rural visitor to the mctiopoiis, describing the many strange and wonderful things he saw in New Jjprk, winds tip by sb) ing, "Wo saw the Astor House, the Metropolitan, and other hotels, and were troubled to know where the nionty came from to build them ; we paid our bills, tvnd felt relieved on that point," tmnr n hut mi j wind clouds They appear.— s'.nntly discharged «!»■»-  1 lie I crs are grand with portents. All Q. Why is it dangerous to be near a won stand in awe, nuJ their pruises are Jeep river, or any other running water in beforehand. The farmer waits—the trav. a ihunder storm? f iler Liids hu.ib, the very woods are still, A. Bccause running water is a good »»nd insects forbear. When all is past and j conductor ; and lightning always takes in not a drop has fallen, men laugh and send ' its course the best conductor. it on its thankless errand w ith malison*, j Q. Why is it dangerous to be near wator n pompous cheat. The effects which , ter in a thunderstorm ? are led veil What men ure—rank follows j A. Recaijse the height of a nan may power, and measures the stride and the j be sufficient to discharge the cloud ; and footstep. The force w hich men exert, not ! (if there were no taller niah) the lightning that which they could exert il they pleas- ] might tako the man as conductor to the ed, must determine their position. The | water. A Charge as is a Charge.—Judge Jonah Joles recently delivered-the following charge lo the Jury, in the case of Elim Crunch lor stealing— "Jury, you kin go out, and don't show your ugly mugs ogin till you find a verdict —if you can't find cue of your own, get the one the last jury used. Tlio jury retired, and after an absence of fifteen minutes, returned with their verdict—Tho Parisian ladies, who don't like the Emperor, liuve adopted a novel way of expressing their contempt. When he goes to the opera they look at him through the wrong end ot' their glassos. thus insinuating agreement with Victor Hugo, without opening their mouths. A good housewife should not be a person of one idea, but should be equally familiar with the flower garden, and the flour barrel; and though her lesson should be to lessen expense, the scent of a fine rose should not be less valued than the cent in the tilf. She wJtt tfoubtless prefer a yard of shrubbery to n yard of statin. If her husband is a skilful sower of grain, she is equally skilful as a sewer of garments;— He keeps his hoes bright by use, she keeps the hose of the whole family in order. "Suicide in the ninth degree, dnd fourth1 vere." archer whoso arrow stands within u hair's I Q. Why is it dangerous to ring church breadth of t!io centre must beur tho palm i hells during a thunder storm ? Then Judge Jonah Joles pronounced upon Elim Crunch this sentence : Funny Predicament.— While a party of twelve ladies were in bathing at Newport, R. 1-, the oilier day, tho horse ran away with tho wagon containing all tjieir clothes. How they reached home can be better imagined than described. over the archer who could hit the very! A. For two reasons: 1st, Because the eye, but whoso modesty, or indolence, or steeple may discharge the lightniij»-cloud selfish indulgence held the urrotv (n the j merely from its height, and "Elim Crunch, stan' O'p' and face the musio. You are found guilty of suicide for stealing. Now. this court sentences you to pay a fine of two shillings, to shave your head with a baganet, in the barracks, and if you try to pave frt the heads of any of the jury, you'll catch (hundfer, that's all. Your late will be a warning to oth. ers ; and iu conclusion, may the Lord have mercy on your soul. Sheriff, get riie a pint of red-eve. I'm 'most awful thirstyTo Youn» Men.—Dod'i rely upon friends. Don't rely upon the good name of your ancestors. Thousands have spent the prime of life in Vain hopes of aid from those whom they call friends, and thou, sands have starved because they had a rich father. Rely only on the good ntune which made by your own exertions, and kno\V that the best friend you Can have is an unconquerable determination, united with decision of character. quiver. Genius unexerted i« no more ge- i 2d. As the swinging of the bells puts nius than a hushel of acorns are a forest of the air in motion, it its regisoaks. There may bo epics in men's brains ; tance to the electric fliiid. just as there oro oaks ia acorns, but the j Q. Why is it unsafe to run or drive fust tree and the book must come out before during a thunder storm 1 "Never go to bed," said a father to fiis son, "without krtoVving Something you didn't know in the morhing." "Yes, sir," replied the youth, kisew T was drunk when I went to bed last night —didn't dream of it hi the morning." Professor Von Ilecringen has invented a musical notation, which does uwuy altogether with sharps and flats. Whoever invents a system of society which wialso do away with " sharps" and "flats,*" will be entitled to the medal. we can measure them. H'e very na'.u- A. Because it produces a current of air, rally recal here that large class of grum- ' and as air that is in motiou affords less rebiers and wishers who spend their time in sistanoe to the flash, it is a better conduc. longing to be higher than they are, while tor than air in a state of rcsi. r