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THE CORNER STONE
*• KUEMMTBB KVIBT TUUEBOAr ICOKNINO
JAMES N.’ BETFIUNE— Editoe.
ST. 8. REYNOLDS, >
PUBLISHER.
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While Tit*w*r with soaiiU Jo#*, ‘
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W make Elywim in oar lor*,
And let the world go by.
•r Ofa never hearts bent halfeo fight
-4K ha in our fairy ri*g.
>4 Doer love 1
• <UJnf atnlh ►■l
f ; uaPimioiint awry nqg<.
qr matH of empire in not large, s &*j
sßutpeWs wetltlr ithoWs;
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hbi’sedjddg wife aft outer strife *
Sit* Love, with folded wing,
’ A brood’o’er dearer life, .. .
Within our fairy ring,
r “\ \V ! Denr love!
Oiir bellowed fairy ring.
Thou, leanest fay true heart oft mine,
And bravely benrest up 1
% mingjing Love’* moet precious wine
In life most bitter cap 1
And evermorethe cireling boars
Sew gifts of glory bring;
We live *cd love like bappy Sowers
All in our fairy ring^
Dear love!
Our hallowed fairy ring,
We have known many sorrows, sweet!
We. have known many tears.
And often trod with trembling feet
Oar pilgrimage of years.
But when our sky grew.dark end wild
All closer did we cling ; *
Clouds broke to beauty ad you smiled,
Peace crowned our fairy ring,
Dear love!
Our hallowed fairy ring.
Away, grim lords of murderdom;
Away.oh Hate and Strife!
Hence revelers, reeling drunken from
Your feast of human life!
Heaven shield our little Ooshen round
From ilk that with thm spring
And n***r be their footprints found ,
Within our fairy ring,
Dear love 1 !
Our hallowed fairy ring.
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CUAFTRB XV,
Levs kn#Ttsfa every form of sir,
And every shspe of esrth.
WILUS.
dear reader, allow four months
to pass by in onr story and call up in
you* imagination one of those genial
apring evenings they hago on the coast
of Florida. Though’ the season was rap
idly pi ogressing, and bid fair soon to
introduce the long, sultry days of eum
roer, the nights were still sufficiently
cool at that time to render the coast at
that time a place of many attractions.
It was on one of those evenings in the
latter part of the season, that a small
•ehooner dropped her anchor off the
coast of Mpmtee. Shortly afterward a
boat was lowered, and with ten or fifteen
men started for the beach. Here, leav
ing the boat under charge of two men.
the leader of the expedition and the rent.
proceeded through the
luwjt wlffch spread out From the front pf
a large edifice down to the water’s edge,
a distance of about two hundred yards.
In silence they reached the house and
the apparent leader -of the expedition,
strop**], and alter f brief consultation
with a companion who had jjtept by his
side -and who was muffled in a large
cloak, partly perhaps to protect himself
from th* cold and pftr|)w to disguise
himself turning to his fellows, said: „
‘Now, my men, your directions hwe
been given yon, you caq. if you,havt.
any penetration, find what you want.—
If the house be aroused remember that
we shall want yow assistance. Make,
no noise and be absent sot more than
twenty miwitoi/
‘Now, Lieutenant,’ he continued, tor
niflg to his companion, ‘now for the ob
jeebof your coming. You know the en
trances, and you remember that it was
tho Captain’s order that no blood should
be spilt unnecessarily. As little poise
as .possible must be mM?* ap4 conse
quently yon mpßt make, no obteetion if,
for a. time, by forcible meins,l deprive
your prize of the means of makipg fier
•elf heard.’ ‘ _
The comjgAPipP of the speaker spem-
to makesome angry re.
ply, but checking himself with a fiangfi
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ty motion of flii hand, cotriinanding him
to follow, he led the way into the house,
the front door which, leading into a
passage, was Unsecured save by a bolt
Proceeding assjgt|y as they cquld along
this, they soon reached a second door,
secured in a similar manner,
likewise opened and enteied a Bleeping
room fitted up with such elejamee and
taste as coulajjptain onlv to the chagk
ber of a female!
Mere, lying tin a couch and buried to
a deep sleep, vAb the torro of BrJmflMt’
girl apparently Wot more than siXteten
A closer scrntU# shows us that this was
the belle of thefball of the eighth of Jan
nary. Her daifC, raven- tr#ses, Scatter
ed m profnßiq|r#mr a neck and artiAfls
white and cO]ffl&j|ppearance as marble,
her .mouth,- BB^iußvake,-so haughty an Sii
compressed, .now perfect 1 v natural and
‘slightly open, displaying’ieeth as purely
white as the pearl, her cheeks glowing
with the very hue of health, her whole
appearance,, as she lay slightly smiling
at times, as some bright visii® seemed
to cross her dreams, rendered her the
living embodiment of the sleeping beau
ty of a fairy tale. |
Close beside her couch lay another
form in strange contrast to the one just
described. It was that of one apparent
ly ouce beautiful. Her hair was sprin
kled with grayish locks, intermingled
with others of the brightest auburn—her
cheeks were pale anrfthin, her eyes hol
low and sunken, and her appearance in
dicated that adversity, rather than age,
had been the turning point of her exist
ence—that the frosts which had silvered
her locks were, premature, As the two
men we have just spoken of above, en
tered, the latter female turned restlessly
and. muttered something in her sleep.—
The two stopped for a moment as if
spell bound, to gaze upon that living im
(>ersonation of all that is beautiful A,
ook of disappointment crossed the face
of both as they saw that the room had
two occupants, and then a brief whisper-”
ed'consultation took place between them,
in which the words ‘both,’ ‘we must take
then: both,’ were oistinguishable.
The officer of the night seemed an
adept in the undertaking now before
them,, for with a dexterity that would
have redounded to his immortal lionor
had he been engaged in a inorb worthy
cause, he stolo sofuy to the couch of the
younger female and passing a handker
chief over her mouth, -placed her in a
condition unabketo utter a cry, had she
been so disposed. The Lieutenant, how
ever, succeeded not so well in his enter
prise. Ere he could pass the handker
chief over the month of the elder
sleeper, she awoke and uttered a slight
scream. With a muttered curse, how
ever, he then forcibly bound the gag
around her lace, and then each, seizing
his living burlhen, bore them to
wards the door. But just as they reach
ed this, an unexpected apparition pre
sented itself to their view, The scream
of the elder female had reached the ears
of the inmate of the chamber opposite,
and an old man, grasping a pistol, now
opened tiie door and confronted tlieiwo.
Tne scene that was there displayed to
him for a moment bewildered his imagi
nation, and he was for awhile in dontifc
whether to believe in the reality of the
picture presented to his view. Tho con
federates, taking advantage of his mo
mentary irresolution, passed him and
gained the sward in front of the house.
The old man following them down the
avenue, cried out, ‘Ruffians, restore my
daughter and take the wealth of my
house,’ and with a vigor of limb and
speed of foot which one so old as he was
appeared Incapable of exerting, he pur
sued them down to the water’s edge.—
The crew were standing in front of the
house when the two issued with the le
males they had abducted, and conse
quently all being now ready the old
man saw that not ft moment was to be
lost, that a moment longer and they
would be out upon the water and be
yond his power, and noticing only the
two who were bearing off his daughter
and her companion, he, Without hesita
tion presented bis pistol and tired. Just
previous to this, however, the moon bad
passed under a cloud, and in his aim he
had mistaken the female whom the Lieu
tenant carried for his daughter. With a
gfoan the Lieutenant staggered forward
tew- paces and then feli, carrying his
ftmrthca with him to the ground. The
officer, turning, saw the effect of the
shot, and believing his companion of the
night had been killed, ordered one of
the men to the burthen of tlie fal
white another seized the strug
•gltog old map and bore him to the boat.
It had wanted but a few day
light when these incident occhn ed and
•Mwce had the boat pnshed off from the
land, ere the rooming occupants of the
premises, aroused by tho noise of the
conflict, ran to the scene of action. But
again every thing was still, and they,
thinking they had been deluded, were
about to return to the house, when one
bf them stumbled over the body of the
fallen man. Calling for a light they on
ly Awaited to see that tho body was that
of a Btranger, when these superstitious
negroes, for beside tlie old man and tfil
two fatnaleg we* have gpokeu of, they
Were the only, human beings on the pre
mises, with one accord uttered a yell of
horror and rushed toward the tmyso
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17. 1 854.
i Tbev doubted not but that it was a real-
I izfttion of some of their own wild fic
i (iont/W fat :M1 /M- ■ ■
j Entering this they proceeded to their
! master’s room hat to find it empty,
thcucC they proceeded to the room of
their young mistress, but the same re
sult followed their search. They were
now perfectly bewildered, frightened al
most to the verge of insanity. Finally,
jtHte more daring than the rest, snatched
wit light and returning to the lawn, a
gain examined the body, by this time
whitenng in a pool of blood that had
flowed from the side. A faint Waging
of the heart told that something of life
still remained. Calling one of hits fel
low servants, they carefully raised the
body and cmryffhg;ffiA room, laid
ceeded to staunch tlhe blood flowing
from the wound, and then used his efforts
j to restore to life the almost inanimate
Lieutenant.
Dy was now beginning to appear in
the e> st, and the negroes, reassured by
the coming of light, proceeded to inspect
; the gr innas, to discover, if possible,
! something that would throw some light
on the mvsicrio.;b proceedings of the
night. Nothing all could be 6*en a
round to give them aay insight into the
subject, and they collected on the lawn
discussing the subject among themselves,
each in his wild, broken English jargon,
relating his dream of the proceeding
night, and all of tiie opinion tliat it must
have been the work of some evil spirit.
They had been thus occupied for a time
when one descried a sail in the bav—a
sail which, on its nearer approach, they
apparently recognised.
‘The Lord be blessed/ exclaimed one
of them, ‘it’s masse Wilton. He’ll see
what’s the matter.’
Soon after a boat was lowered and
reached the shore—the negroes were
there impatiently awaiting its arrival—
and scarce had our acquaintance, Lieut.
Wilton, touched tlie shore, ere a confu
sed clamor arose from the tongues of the
half dozen negroes, each endeavoring to
make the Lieutenant acquainted with
the unintelligible circumstances that had
occurred. Each told his tale in a dis-
ferent way and made as many additions
as his owa imagination c*wld furnish
him with. All that he could gather
from this was that their master and mis
tress had unaccountably disappeared, no
one knew whither, and that they had
been jarousedfroui their slumbers, by a
strange noise, to find nothing out’ if
wounded and dying man lyinjr out upon
the lawn. Wilton, calling aside an old
negro, the one who had first taken cour-
age to raise tho wounded man and have
him attended to, as he walked rapidly
up tho lawn bade him tell what had oc
curred. This the old negro did as brief
ly as he could, and Wilton, by the time
that he reached the house, knew as much
as his narrators did. Entering the house
he first proceeded to the rooms occupi
ed by the master and the two females,
and here he saw the tale of the negro
confirmed. Inspecting the couches he
saw’ that their inmates must have been
fojeibly removed, and from this fact he
supposed also that the master must have
been abducted in the same manner.
He then turned to the room where he
was told the wounded man lay. He en
tered this softjy and the curtains being
down and the light almost totally exclu
ded, for a short time he did uot distinct
ly perceive the features of the occupant
of the bed. The latter, however, as lie
entered, groaned and turned on his
side.
‘Wilton,’ he said in a low voice of ag
ony.
The person addressed started back in
surprise as he heard that voice, and
then striding forward to one of the wiu
dows he tore aside the curtain and by
the light admitted gazed upon the bed.
‘Heavens, Mason, it cannot be.’
‘Ay, Wilton, it is your friend you see
—come, sit down by the bedside, that I
may tell you how I came here and how
this wound was received—come quick,
I have a confession to make. I have but
a short time to make it in and yon but a
short time to listen, for so soon as you be
come acquainted with it you must haste
to undo the mischief I have wrought.’
The thought now flashed across the
mind of Wilton that his friend Mason’s
presence thero must some way be con
nected with the disappearance of the in
mates of the house —his words called up
for a moment a correct conjecture as’o
the occurrence of the events that had
happened, and a look of vindictive an
ger crossed his face, bnt as he again tur
ned towards the bed and saw the dying
condition of his friend, all angry
thoughts gave way to one of grief for the
loss of that friend. ‘Nay, Mason, nay
not a word, it is dangerons—you must
not speak, it may coat your life.’
‘I must speak,’ Wilton. My span of
life is now but short T kttbw, and ere I
dip 1 must .acquaint yon with, the events
of last night, in which I was a promi
nent actor. Now listen and forgive me
if you can, for my is that
by nay means ypur mistress'has .been
Placed in the hands of one ‘who fears
neither God nor by whom, it
you rescue her not loan, she will he de
prived of all dssire<b live.’
‘You remember weH that we both saw
her first *t the half in Tsmjfa. I had
1 never seen her previous to that time,
though | had often head her marvellous
beauty find her situation as heiress to
the wealthy old Lockwood spoken of.—
This of Jtself had caused me to create
in my fnind images of her—pictures
drawn from my own fanciful ideas of
perfect female beauty—but when I first
saw her there, I was compelled to ac
knowledge to myself that I had never in
my highest flights of fancy, been able to
ceifHfetviji anything half so beautiful. As
a natural consequence I was enraptured,
and yottituiy think how great was my
agony \|ben I saw the evident impres
sion that you had made.
Fortune favored you, as it always has
done so far. While I was compelled to
leave this part of the country you were
appovi;isfi commander of a cruiser and
the coast.here made ybur scene' >( action.
While, therefore, I was absent, undergo
ing all the tortures of the damned, pic
turing to my own mind the scene of yon
and she passing your time in the enjoy
ment of each other’s love and each oth
er’s presence, whicli imagination my re
turn proved was but too real, yon were
engaged in making interest with her.—
My return brought tbi6 knowledge to
me: but I determined, nevertheless to
supplant you; if persevering efforts
could succeed in doing so. I spent my
time in visits here, I used my every ef
fort to please, and thought that I had
succeeded in eradicating from her mind
all honghts of you. But when my con
fession of love for her was made, she
treated it coldly and unconditionally re
jected me. This ma dened me for the
moment. I charged her with coquetry.
I told her that while loving as I suppo
sed yon, she had led me on, engagea my
affections only to triumph in my agony.
She deigned no reply to this, but was a
huut to leave me, when again I recover
ed my coolness and dissembling the pas
sion that raged within me, I apol
ogized for the language that my momen
tary agony had led me to use, and re
quested that she would never acquaint
you with what had taken place. This
sht promised and from this promise I
felt relieved, for though I was thus en
deavoring by every means to supplant
you in her esteem, believe me, Wilton, !
inconsiptent as such things may seem to
yon, retained a friendship for you,
secomj Duly to my love for her.
‘I said that I dissembled. I still was
determined in my own mind to move
Heaven-earth and Hell to claim her for,
my wife. I thought then that if I could
but once%et.her m my power and com
pel her to become mine, my love for her
might evipnfnallT bring about a consn
ination I so devoutly wished for. I
therefore engaged the service of one
whom I hid often met, and ivhpse lawless
knew could be into
cornpliancb with my wishesTw lion he
first heard my tale and I had endeavor
ed to leave him under the impression
that it was merelv the spoils ot the en
terprise I wished to share in, he indig
nantly rejected all treaty—but when I
afterwards informed him that my princi
pal desire was to seize upon a female
whom I desired to make my wife, he en
tered into the compact, saying grimly
that he would assist me because he knew
tliat nothing but misery could result
from such a union and he had no reason
to enterta n any good wishes towards
his fellow man. He only stipulated
tliat his crew should be repaid for
surii services a* they might render, as
for himself he would lend the aid of his
Schooner.! ‘Schooner, what kind of a
schoonerF rapidly inquired Wilton.
Mason gave him a brief description of
the Schooner.
Wilton clasped hishonds, exclaiming.’
Then it was he that we saw when
coming in. Fool that I was to allow my
desire to arrive here to ovecrome my
sense of duty.’
He wonld have immediately set off in
pursuit, as the whole truth liad now
come up in his mind, but be saw that
Mason had but a few moments longer to
live. latter then comtinuacl ms
story and , acquainted Wilton with the
facts we have already .recounted to ttiq
reader. Before he had finished his voice
began to grow feeble and his friend saw
that he was rapidly failing. He re
mained with him however till the last,
and when he saw that he was indeed
dead, though his heart still retained all
the agony of dread and fear for the loved
one wno was new in the hands of a band
of merciless marauders, he could not
but shed tears over the body of him to
ward whom he had so long felt a sincere
friendship. Leaving orders for the dis
posal ofthe body and sending intelligence
of the manner of Mason’s death, to the
garrison at Tampa he rushed to the boat
and quickly reaching his Schooner, gave
orders for the pursuit.
The cruiser of which Wilton was the
commander had been built expressly for
the purpose to which it was now being
S’ied, that of running swiftly and
y along coast, bnt u hue the Eagle as
she was called was a swift sailer, the
Dolphin was still swifter. But Gault
and his men knowing that the crime they
had just committed was done under
cover of night believed themselves per
fectly safe and consequently when again
the sails of the cruiser could be distin
guished coming out of the harbor, the
Dolphin though distant nearly five miles I
was discovered by the penetrating look
out tending to the south-east. Sail was
quickly made and the cruiser commen
ced a chase which as the Dolphin chose
might to be a long or short one. But
the crew of the latter vessel seemed to
be refreshing themselves in sleep upon
the morning for the cruiser was suffered
to diminish the distance between the two
vessels to less than two miles, ere it
appeared that she was discovered b}- the
Dolphin. And that this was uninten
tional on the part of the Dolphin crew,
the critical situation of the little vessel
fully proved.
She was heading as we have said in a
south eastwardly direction. The Lieu
tenant saw at a jglance the advantage he
derived from the rough, craggy coast
whieh the Dolphin had been skirting,
for miles back and which now stood in
the way and prevented her from taking a
more directly eastward course. 110
saw that the only resort of the Dolphin
would be to endeavor to cross his wake.
Gault too saw his own perilous condi
tion and knew that nothing save an ex
ertion of naval tactics superior to any he
had ever seen put forth or some
fortunate circumstance could prevent his
being placed between the horns ct a di
lamrnar whether to sink himself ship
crew and capture to the bottom of place
them in the hands of the Phiilistines.
The cruiser was gradually approach
ing. Lieutenant Wilton was walking
his tleck in a more eager and agitated
mood than any of his crew had ever be
fore seen him in. He could easily even
now have sunk the Dolphin, and per
haps had not the little vessel which was
now about halftnile in advance of them,
contained frieght so precious to him,
be would have done so, for as we have
before remarked the Dolphin was the
fastest sailer of the two and was even
now slowly escaping. Gault saw tins
forbearance of bis enemy but knew not
to what cause to attribute it. Ge was
content however and only wished that
the breeze and his enemy’s patient
forbearance might hold but half an hour
longer. Wiljun now discovered the su
fieriority of the pursued in swiftness to
lisown cruiser arid a look of disappoint
inent and anxiety covered his counte
nance. Either the chase must begiven up
and the lady of his love and her father
lost or he must use his exertion to
sink a vessel whch contained them, leav
ing him one chance against ninety nine
that they would survive the contest. Just
at this moment how ver the breeze died
away, leaving the sea as unruffled and
the sails dapping as idly against the masts
as if there never had been a capful of
wind. Wilton again saw the advantae
conferred upon liiin by this failure of
the breeze.
Quick he orJerod there <. f his largo
boats to be well manned and proceeded
with these to attack the Schooner. So
confident was he now of soon boarding
the Dolphin and believing that when he
did so tnc crew of the Schooner would
tight with the fnry of desperation, that
the most of his crew embarked on the
lanches, leaving scarce a sutficent num
ber cn the cruiser to work her. Gault
too saw these preparations, and he saw |
them with the calmness of despair--bnt
nevertheless ho and his crew were de
termined to a man to fight while life
gave them strength to wield a cutlass. —
As the boats came on Long Jim stood
at the bow of the Dolphin with lighted
match ready as the command might be
given to welcome their visitors with a
load of grape shot. Gault waited c-ooly
and calmly their coming and as they
came within range of that murderous
gun and the word fire had half issued
from his lips, one of those sudden breezes
peculiar to the seas struck the Suhooner’s
sails and she sped onward. Fortunato
ly too this was no sudden catspaw mere
ly and the Scooner deriving due advan
tage from it and soon passing the pom
ontory was lost sight of amid the is
lets of the gulf.
Long Jim who had taken the sudden
breeze, as a recall of the halt uttered
; command of Gault threw down his match
with an appearance of great satisfactions
Ere the cruiser’s boats conld return and
make ready their vessel, the Schooner
had disappeared and though the daywas
spent among the isles no trace of her
could be discovered.
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Handsome Names fob Girls. —The
Home Journal publishes two hnndred
pretty names for girl& Some of them
are not so very pretty either. Bnt
what’s in a name, especially for a gal,
whan its only her face, figure, mind and
killing ways that’s to make her for tune.
One ot the prettiest girls we ever knew
was named Debby; and that name,
though acme would call it a harsh ope, is
always Miggestive of beauty and inno
cence tc us. For our own part, we were
always partial to the good old fashioned
names of Molly, PolTy, Patty, Suaan,
Snkey. Thankful, Mercy, and so on. Cer
tainly they are preferable to the Zillas,
Zarinas, I'jtcllas,’ and Zays of the present
that’s my hand.-— Brother Johner
than.
All the Abolition Senators voted a
gainst Mr. Hnntef’s land bill, which is a
| good sign.
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bREAim CALAMITY.
A plethoric, round-visaged individual
was yesterday seated on the steps of the
Custom house, bathed in tenrs, und sob
bing violently, having in hus band a copy
of the Abend Zietung ; and the sight
of tears flowing in Wall street, being Al>
unusual a circumstar ce, soon attracted a
group of people, curious to know what
calamity liad befallen the mourner I
•Isyour lather deadf asked one.
‘No, oli no; mine fader is not dead
worser dan dead.’
‘ls your wife dead ?’ inquired another.
‘No, mine wife is not dead, too} she ‘
elioost sits and* semokes a pipe all day
long.’ ‘• V
‘lias your wife sloped with somfe otk? .
or folWr V asked a news-boy, with dilap
idated cordtirove and a badly kept pair
of feet.
•Your think I'd cry for dat ?’ was the
iudignant rejoinder. ‘No, indoed ;ho
such ding.’
‘llowld aisy,’ tuggessosted an apple
woman, with a sympathetic countenance
through which the perspiration exuded
profusely —‘howld nmy; may-be his wife
is dead in onld connthry, or thechildlicr’
sick, or may-be some of’em was lost in
the Say.’
‘Die Shame Katrina Zuyder Zee, dir.
ish what I cries lor,’ replied the mourn
er, unable to say moreen the poignancy of
his grief.
‘Was she a good ship?’ inquired a sai
lor, who had elbowed bis way among
the crowd.
‘Yaw, it holds three hundred passen
gers.’
‘All gone to Davy’s Locker?’
•Yaw’, all gone; but dat ish notting/
and the tears flowed afresh.
‘What is the matter, my friend!*
asked a good looking broker, with
spiendid pair ot jetty whiskers; ‘What
are yon fretting about ?’
‘Die Sbcena Katrina was shaded, (sob>
lost, in the Zuyder Zee, tnit ’ (sob.)
‘Anything of vours on board T
‘No, nothing of mine.’
‘Well wliat’s the matter then ?’
‘I tells you what,’ was the reply, es.
he wrung the water from his hankerchiet,
preparatory to a fresh outburst, ‘the
liaa more thau twenty barrelt of eoux
b'dut on boart V — N. Y. Journal of
Commerce.
How to Ruin a Son. —l. Let him bar
his own way.
2. Allow'him a free use of money.
3. Suffer him to roam where he p!e
es on the Snboath.
4. Give him free access to wicked
companions.
5. Call him to no account for his even-
ingtf.
6. Furnish him within stated employ
ment.
At an evening tea-party the other
day, a proposal was made for a robber
at whist. After several deals, an elo-.
gant and handsome young lady thus
addressed a gentleman who sat bv her:
‘What will you take for your hand?’
The young gentleman modestly replied - f
his eye at the same time brightly beam
ing, ‘Yours in return.’
Two Irishmen were in prison—ono for
stealing a cow, the other for stealing a
watch.
‘Mike,’ said the cow-stealer, one day,
‘what o’clock is it?’
*Och, Pat, I haven’t “my watch handy’
—-bnt I think it is about milking time.’
Pat felt cow'd.
How TO TELL A ‘GOOD EGG.’ —lt VOTU
desire to be certain tbat your eggs arc
good and fresh, put them in water. If
they lay first on their sides they are
■ good, beyond dbnbt. If the butt turns n?
they are not,fresh, ‘iliis is an infalli
ble rule to distinguish a ‘good’ from n‘bad
egg- ? ■■■ ‘ ‘
A Lawyer wrote ‘Rascal’ in the hat
of a brother lawyer who discovering it,
entered a -complaint in open court -
. gainst the trespasser, who, lie said hw!
not only taken his hat, but had written
i own name in it.
‘ls that the second bell T inquired a
gentleman of a sable porter at a c<<u*4*y
inn. . .
‘No, sar!’ exclaimed the darkey, ‘Uat
am de secon’ ringin’ of do fust belt—— ire
has bnt ono bell in dis bouse.’
The old lady that used to dry per
clothes on the equinocfical line hns gone
to Greenland to get the north pot* to
draw cisterm water with.
Pious Gentleman— ‘My boy, you do
very wrong to fish on Sunday.’
Boy—‘lt can’t bo no harm, air, I*rn't
eoebin’ nothin.’
A H>ver has been pithily described as
a man who, in his anxiety to obtain pos
session of another, lias lost pvssesaioe of
himself.
“Romantic A yonog poet out
west, in describing heaven, says ‘it’s a
world of bliss,-fenced in. vthb ‘gWs,’—
Where’s the nv*T> that wwr’t repent new?