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®l)c (Hittljbcrt Appeal. ELAM CHRISTIAN,] [JAB. P. 8AVYTKLL, Proprietor**. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION t Threo wonthu |I CO Hi« VODlhs M 00 Ootyear $6 00 ry Invariably la THE CUTHBERT APPEAL. "Vol. I. Cullabert, Georgia, Friday, Jan. 11, 1867. No. U. IPOMEY. tar In clipping the following from the columns of nn exchange, we could not refrain from laughing outright. It is so life-like—so descriptive of the Hchool Girl age In which wo live. The lust stanza is specially significant: PLACIKO A DAUOHTER AT SCHOOL " I hara brought my daughter tu you to be taught tverjthlag." I)car madam, I've called for the purpose Of piscina my daughter at school, Bile 1 * only thirteen. I aaslrs yOO, And rcmarkubly easy to rule. I'd bare her learn painting and miiaic, Gymnastic* and dancing, pray do, 1’hyloaopby, Grammar, and logic, You’ll teach her to read, of course, too. I wish her to loom er ry study, MutlH-inutka are down in my plan, Hut cf figures she scarce has an inking, Pray instruct her in those If you can. 1M have her taught Spanish and I^itln, Including the language* of France, Never mind her very bad English, Teach her that when you have a very good chance. On the harp she mn«t be proficient, And play the guitar pretty soon, And sing the last opera mu»ic, Even though she can't turn a right tune. You miMt see that her manners are finished, That she wove* with a ll.-l* like grace; For though she Is lame and one sided. That’s nothing to do with the case. Now, to you I resign this young jewel, And my words I would bate you obey j In six month* you return her, dear ntadain, Shining bright as an unclouded day. She'* no aptness, I gran* yon, for learning, And her memory oft aoeins to halt; But remember. If she's not accomplished, It will certainly all be your fiutt. Prom ih» N u Urleana Sunday Timas. "ETLl fill IT WHIM HI WAXES.” Wo remember at tho Wilderness a gulhuit ymmg Missh-sippinn had fallen, nml Ht night, and just before burying him there enmo n loiter from her ho loved IhjcL One of the group around bn body —» minister, whose tenderness wm wo manly—broke tho silent tearfulness with which he snw the dead letter; ho took it nnd laid it upon tho breast of him whose heroio heart was still: “Bury it with him. He will see it when he wakes." It wan the subliment neuteoco of his funeral service. Amid the clouds of battle smoke, The inn had died awr.y, And where the storm of bottle broke, A thousand warriora lay. A band of ftieuda upon the field, Blood round a youthful form, Who, when the war-cloud's thunder pealed, Had perished in the storm — * Upon his forehead, on his hair. The coming moonlight breaks, And each dear brother standing there, A tender farewell takes. But ere they lay him In his boom, There tamo a comrade near, And gave a token Hint had come From her the dead held dear. A moment's doubt upon them pressed, Then one tho letter takes, And lays it low upon hi* breast, '•Ha'll sec it when lie wakes." Ob! thou who dost in sorrow wait, ft bow heart with anguish breaks, Though thy dear message Mine too late, "lie'll aee it alien be wuk*w 1" Ne’er mere amid the fiery storm, Shall bis strong arm be won ; No more his young and manly form, Tread MiosMppi'a green. , And e’en thy lender words of love— The words affection speaks - Came nil too late; but ob ! thy love • Will see them when be wakes!*’ No jars dbttirb h's grutlr nut, No noise his slumber breaks, But thy word* sleep upon h is Uva-t, "Hell see them when be wakes!” Outwitted ar tiii Mexicans.—The Mexicans bnvu the reputation of Using 1 he shrewdest diplomatists in the world. They certainly will draw up the neatest piqu-rs, put it most beautifully in black and white, uni sign it with more flourish es than any other people we wot of. The only people who con approach them in tho cureful wording of sentence*, nnd in jieninanabip, are said to be the Persians and Arabs. The only reason we can give for this superiority is, that they ore always cool—cool as bandits. No word, r.or sound, nor atroko of the pen shows agitation or excitement. In this way they so put fourth the treaty with Gen. 8cott,that the Mexicans to this day be lieve Santa Anna got the better of the hero of Lundy’s Lane, nnd sent the Americans homo with a flea in their ears Ho, a few days ago, on the Rio Grande, tiwsy outwitted Gen, Sedgwick, and got him first to help Escobedo outside of Mutamoras and then CAnules inside; drew those remarkable letters out of him and Sheridan ! and then the two put their heads together or.d turned ngninst him nnd the United State*, like a couple of rattlesnakes. You never catch u Mexican asleep, nor off his guard nor ex* ited; and if you ever do eutch him at all, like the Dutchman’s flea, he isn't there.—A r . O. Pieeynne. Why is a rrainstress liken pickpocket? Bccau-e she cute and runs. MISCELLANEOUS. the Failure (^Republican insi.tu- non. From tho foundation of I ho American Government it has been tho favorite the ory of monarchists that it could not stand; that it was wrong in principle and would full to pieces from its own inherent weakness. We have heretofore scoffed ut and derided this idon. Wo were advancing with such rapidity and progress in tho path of prosperity j our imputation was increasing at such an us tounding rato, and the indications of per manence were so flattering that wo could uot believe that a party would ever arise in our midst to question the merits of our system of government, nnd still less did we believe that any would ever dnro to lay their snqreligiou* and vandal hands uj*on the magnificent temple of liberty, which wisdom and patriotism nnd roared and in which we Itud so long worship ed. The principle upon which tho Govern meat was founded wns so simple nnd so true, it seemed so easy to correct abu ses without resort to revolution, the rights of all appeared to bo so well sc cured, tho advantages of unrestricted liberty it gave were so valuable and comprehensive, that it did seem that we laid discovered the true secret of gov ernment, nnd had established institutions whit.It must hist forever. And so they would hove done if every citixcn hud been satkfiod with the freedom and the priviliges lie himself enjoyed, nnd been content to let well enough alone. All that wns necessary wns to carry out the idea of the founders of tho Government, and while contenting ourselves with the Constitution ns it wns, leave overy tuna to work out his own happiness and pros perity. Thus tho problem of tho adap tability of republican instituti ns tu the intercuts nnd welfare of man might have been satisfactorily solved. Hut egotistic and meddling fanatics would not consent that the experiment should be worked out In their ignorance nnd conceit they believed that they could correct do 'foots they imagined to exist, nnd by their own tinkering nnd experiments create an Elysium on earth. Tho result is before us. Tho Government is rent m twain. Twelve millions of peoph who, under tho letter and spirit of our form of government, sre entitled to equal privileges with all others, arc held us captives td war awaiting tho decision of their captors upon their fate; they are deuied every right tho Constitution guarantees; excluded from all partici pation in the Government; menaced with confiscation nnd personal penalties, and threatened with tho legal elevation of those who were but recently their slitvox, to n condition of perfect political equality with themselves. What despotism could be more grind ing than this; what tyranny harder to endure? If monarch)*!* needed any evidence that republican institutions wen not adapted to the wan s of n people de sirous of liborty, they have it in the mel- nncholly spectacle before them. There is not a UesjKit on the face of the globe who, if called upon to govern this country now, would not immediate ly sock to raise tho South from its pres ent unfortunate prostration. If ho were not an idiot he would sec that his ow n interests, as well us those of tho nation, required that they should bo relieved of the inequalities of which thut people are now subjects. Ho would sec u country vast enough for nn empire, possessing productive capacities unequalled,running to waste and desolation through injus liee nnd misrule, thus curtailing the rev enues of tho Government without ac complishing any compensating result.— lie would see that enmity, hate and sus picion were rapidly taking tho place of that t. flection *.nd respect in which ulone any government can feel secure; and self interest would prompt him to impar tially administer equal laws, foster in dustry, stimulate hope, cultivate good ; feeling and restore confidence. This is I exactly the reverse of what the Jacobins J nru doing under tho mockery of rupub- i lienn liberty. No possib'e form of gov* ! eminent could be worse tlum theirs, none tliut would not bo pruforrud. | A Woao foe Wives.—Little w ives ! if ever a half suppressed sigh finds place ' with you or u half unloving word escapes 'you to the liushund whom you love, let I your heart go buck to some tender word ! in those first love days; remember how 1 you loved him then, how teuderly he j wooed you. how timidly you responded, ! and if you cun feel that you have not grown unworthy, trust him for tho same 1 good lovo now. If you do feel that be comes, less lovable and attractive than you then were, then—by all that you love | on earth, or hope for in heaven—turn : hack and be the pattern of lovejineps that i won him; bo the “dear one" your at- i tractions made you then. Be the gentle, ’ lov ng, winning maiden still; and dmibt . not, the lover you ndmired will live for- j ever in your husband. Nestle by hi* side, cling to his love, and let his confi dence in you never fail; and my word for it, the husband w ill be dearer than the lover ever was. Above all things do not for tho love he guve you first, do not seek to “emancipate” yourself—do not Btrive to unsex yourself, and become a Lucy Stone, or a Rev. Mi** Brown; but love the higher honor orduined by our Savior of old—that of a loviog wife. A happy wife, n blessed mother, can have no higher station, needs no greater honor. — Ihe Lnd 'tri Horn*. AN INNOCENT MAH CONVICTED AND RUNG UPON CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN NEW ORLEANS. In the recent trial of the parties charged with tho murder of (.’apt, J. F. Grubber, Mr. Tully, one of the counsel for tho defense, narrated the following story: Tho wholo case wns made up of cir cumstantial evidenco of the looso.st char acter, nnd to illustrate how guardedly even tho best nnd strongest cltcumstnn tiiil evidence should bo received, lie re ferred to a trial that took plnce in this very court abait thirty years ngo. Judge Cnnonge then presided in tho court, nnd Mr. Moxuretut wns the Attor ney General. There then lived or. the Bayou road n mnn about twenty five or thirty years old. lie was not educated, nor u wealthy man, but lie was honest and hnd a good heart. Having hud a limb broken ho wns very infirm In health. Ho made Ins livelihood by going to the Bayou St. John every evening and ditch ing fish to sill in the murkut tho next morning. Ono moonlight 'evening w hile sitting on the bank of tho bayou, fishing as usual, ho snw a lady dressed in white in company with a gentleman walking on tho road beside tho bayou. They were qnnt ruling as they pas od him ami! his attention was attracted by hearing | them quarrel. After they hnd passed i ho resumed his fis' ing, and wailed until ho had caught his usual supply. He. then started homo with his basket. As ho ranched tho place known ns tho ‘‘Co quet,” lie heard a loud laugh and soon after u feeble cry. Advancing in the direction of tho sound, ho suw a woman in a white gown laying on tho pavement, and coining to tho woman ho porocived that n dagger had been stubbed into her bosom. Thinking to relievo her ho took tho dagger by tho hnnillo nnd drew it out. As ho did so n watchman grasped him. Tho woman was killed. Tho poor fisherman was ti ied for the murdo.-. The cure was made out clearly against him. Ho had boon detected in tho very net, bending over tho body of tho deceased with tho weapon in hi* hand. * llo wns convicted, nnd was hung at Congo Pquure. About six months after a trial wus going on in Jmlgo Cun- onge’s court. A citizen culled ns n ju ror said he did not wish to boon the jury, nnd wi-lied to speuk n few words lo the Judge The Judge gave him it private conversation. Supposing that Lo might have scruples nlmut capital punishment, the Judge asked him if tliut was tho reft son he objected to being on tho jury.— "No,” ho answered, "that is cut tho rea son. I snw the fisherman hung for the murder of my wife. IIo did not do it, ! killed her myself from jealousy ” Tho Judge sut petrified. Tho man niudo for the door, escaped, and bus never been hoard of since. ITHAEOE. YET TRUE. A gentleman in the lower part of this city has n splendid milch cow. She or dinarily gives from two to threo gallons at a milking. It ia a remarkable fact that for the last two months she hna giv en more milk in cold weather than In warm. When tho weather is cold her milk is nbucduut, but when it moderates her supply i* reduced down frequently to less than u quart. This remarkable freak attracted tho notice of her owner several weeks ago, and ever since ho him been sedulously trying to divine tho ciiiiso. At first ho thought sho was milked hy other parties than member* of his family, hut as tho cow was confined to u lot adjoining his residence, and close ly watched, ho became sntMied no per son other than some one of his family milked her. During the recent extreme cold weather her milk was abundant, but yesterday (the weather having very much modified) she failed entirely. This morning ho was up early, determined, if possible, to learn tho cuiiso of tho fuiluro. Ho had hardly entered the cow yard be fore his attention was attracted to nrust ling noise in some chunks near tho sta ble. Presently ho saw n huge nnuko emerge from underneath tho stable and crawl up to his favorite milker nnd de liberately begin stripping her tents.— Tho snuko w as at burnt fivo feet long, and ns large as a man’s arm at the shout- dor. It was what is known as a cow | snake. Tho mystery was now explain- j cd. In cold weather the snake lies dor mant, hyhcrnnting, hut when the weulhcr gets warm 1io emerges from his winter quarters The gentlemnu attempted to kill the snako but failed. Jt run buck uuder the stable, where it now securely lies gorged with its favorite beverage, j The gentleman who rotate* this snake ' story is one of our most respected citi zens, and vouches for its truth.—N. A. Le*lger. A Vkvkrabmc Htovs.—The oldest stovo in the United States, if not in the world,! is thut which warms the hall of tho cap-1 itol of Virginia, in Richmond. It wus 1 made in Ktiglund nnd sent to Y'irginiu in 1770, and wanned tho house of Burges ses and the Gcnerul Assembly fur sixty years before it was removed to its pres ent location, where it has been in uso for upwards of thirty yours. It has surviv ed the British King; and hns been co- temporunoous with lour monarchies, two republics, nnd two imperial gnvernmen s of France. Tho grout republic of Amer ica ha* been torn by civil war, the breach i* portly healed; und still this old stove has remained unmoved in the midst of all. A Richmond paper rlwraotorisr* — burse stealing ns “iiberidaning.” AN AUTUMN REVERIE. Sad to-dny I for the leaves ore falling in our orchard nnd woodland nnd glude; fulling all over holiday paths where in those mornings long ngo, wi h tho yellow sunlight falling on our griefless faces, we run with pong nml laugh ; for tho daad leaves, rustling ’ueuth out feet, brought no thought of a sadder death We huvo growu weary now, and do not euro to gather tho brown mtts which seemed u treasure to our childish eyes. Falling on the play ground, in tho cor ners where we used to hide, nnd filling the little nooks nt tho foot of the trees w here we piled acorn cups and bits of china when wo "kept house.” Falling, too, on tho littlo mounds, scattered tar nnd wide, where we’ve laid the sleepers down to rest. They will lie •in bright heaps on the baby’s grnvo in the orchard. It came to us with tho leaves and blossoms in thq springtime, and went to sleep when nature hummed its uulmnn lullaby. Its smile was a sun- beam, hut it hid Itself, and wo woke in tho stillness nf the night to weep because the empty cradle stood there. Yes, sad to-day, lor tho leaves nro fall ing nnd tho autumn skies weeping on a mother’s gravo. ’Ti* there at our child hood’s home, which sho Messed lor our infancy, nnd has left so lonely to us now A FAST BT0RY. An Englishman was bragging of speed on English railroads to a Yankee traveler, seated ut Ills side in ono of the cars in a "fast train” in England. The engine boll wns ritng as the cars neared the station. It suggested to tho Yun- keo an opportunity of "taking down hi* companion a peg or two.” "What’s thut n-iso?” innocently in quired tho Yankee. " Wo’ro approaching a town,’* said the Englishman ; "they have to commence ringing ton mi’es before they got to a station, or clso tho train would run by it before tho bell cobid be heard ! Won derful, isn’t it ? I suppose they hnvn't invented bolls in America yet ?” "Why ye?," replied tho Yankee, •'wo’ve got bell* but can't lire them on our railrouds We run so fast that till* train always keeps ahead of tho sound ; no uso whatever; tho sound never reach es tho villuge till after the train goes by.” "Indeed I" oxcluimed tho English man. "Fuel,” said tho Yankee, "had to give up bells, Then wo tried steam whistles, but they wouldn’t answer, either. I wus on a locomotive when a whistle was tried Wo were going at a tremendous rato ; hurricanes were nowhere, and I hnd to w hen the storm gathers nnd our wound j hold my hair. Wo saw a two horse cd hcnrls cry for tho balm of a mother’s wagon crossing tho track about five lovo ’Twiib well wo looked on that milts ahead uml the engineer let the in. .( r.w... uO.,1- il.ii.fli l.tirl uni lnu ivlllullil nil .1.■ r llL-.t .I I r... .imi. Tt mother’s face after death had set his soul. ’Twould huvo robbed us of tho beautiful picture on life’* little page, graven when we first opened our eyes in a world of darkness, nnd, by tho light ness of the spark God hnd pweed with in us, mid knew that face wna love.— Onward through childhood and youth that face beamed on us, und our hear s grew warm in its light. And still, through tho gloom of years ns, over nnd anon, we glanced backward, tho same soft light uumo shimmering through tlm mint, und wo knew there was a haveu if shipwreck befell us. '1 lien full softly about tho resting p’uco, autumn leaves 1 Spread n gorge ous covering above her couch I and we whistle on, screeching like a trooper. It screamed awfully, but it wasn’t no - uso. Tho next thing I know I was picking myself out of n pond by tho roadside, amid tho fragments of a locomotive, dead horses, broken wagon, nud dead engi neer lying beside mo. Just then the whistle cuino along mixed up with some frightful oaths that I iind heard the engi neer u o when he first saw tho horses, l’oor fellow I he wns dead before his voice got to him. After thut wo tried lights, supposing these would travel fast er than sound. Wo got ono so power ful thut the chickens woke up nil along tho road when wo came by, mippoaing it to bo morning. But the locomotive kept ahead of it still, und was in the darkness will dream of that beautiful face with ! with tho light close on behind it. The tho.now glory of heaven uddod to its j inhabitants petitioned against it; they brightness, und still beam as first w e saw couldn’t sleep with so much light in the it ubove Us. Hummers fade—but ns often does spring, with a loving hand, wreathe afresh tho flowers to dock tho brow of tho young your at its bridal. Hut who or what ahull restore our faded fl iwers? Rome nro dead, und sonio in gludness, but not for us. Wo whisper a message, hut the passing breezo sighs uml forgets it. We question the bright orbs aimvo us, but give us no answer token. Wo meet them in the spirit land of droums, and tho loving glance and familiar tone greet us of old ; and life's stagnant wa ters leap nnd snorkle ns they did long ngo, ere the chill wind sealed thorn up. We listen—and wake to wish wo could dream forever, or lay our weary heads where tho nutumu leaves wnu'd fall with a touch lighter than that which muntled tho bithcs in tho wood ; for thou, says the voioo of fuitb, wo will meet nil ’nuath tho tree of life, whoso leaves will never fail, nud which grows hard by the river which flows from benonlh tho throne, and whoso crystal waters no icy breath will ever houI. HAS SHE A CALL TO BE A WIFE. Has she a cuM to bo a wile w ho thinks more of her silk dress than her children, nud visits her nursery no ofUner than once a duy ? Has the woman a call to ho a wife who sits rending tho latest imvol while her husband stands before the glass vain ly trying to pin together u bultonlcss shirt bosom ? lias that woman a call to ho n wife who cries for a cashmere shawl when her husband’s notes nro protested ? Has that woman a call lo lm n wife who expects her husband to swallow di- night time. Finally we had to station electric telegraphs along the road, with men to signal when the train was in eight; und I huvo hoard thut somo of tho fast truins bo >t tho lightning fifteen minutes overy forty miles. Hut I can't sny us that is so; tho rest I know to be "Little Thing*.”—Tho precioiuness of littlo things wns never more beautifully expressed than in tho following morceuu by H. F. Taylor. Lilllo marlin box of homes aro gener ally tho most bnppy nnd cozy; little villages are nearer to being atoms of a shuttered paradj.10 than anything wo know of; and little fortunes bring tho most content, and littlo hopes, the least disappointments. Littlo words nro tho swoetost to hear; littlo charities fly furthest, nnd stay lon gest on tho wing ; littlo lakes are tho stillest, little hearts tho fullest, und little farms tho best tilled. Little books ore tho most read, nnd little Hongs tho most loved. And when nature would make anything especially rare und beautiful ,fiho makes it littlo—littlo pearls, littlo dia monds, littlo dews. Everybody calls that little, that they lovo best on earth. YVo once heard a good sort of a man speak of his littlo wife, and wo fancied that she must bo u per fect littlo bijou of u wife. YVo saw tier, and she weighed 210; we were sur prised. Hut then it was no joke; tho nmiwncnnt it. IIo could put his w ife ip his heart and have room for other Jhings beside; nnd what wns she but precious and what wus she but little ? Multumin Purvo—much in littlo to— tho great beauty of all we lovo boot, luted coffee, soggy bread, smoky ton and i hojw lur moat, und remember tbo longest, watery potatoes, six days out of seven 11 us slio n call to bo a wife who flirts with every mnn she meets, and reserves her frowns for the home fireside ? Hus sho u call to bo a wife who comes J i,,,j,,]|«, ( ,f fagots fur too largo for us to[ and intends calling on her aguin, set it down to breakfast in abominable cur pa- ji|t# Bat G „d does not require us to down as a fixed fact, that he cares littlo *tri’ Vi* ” IOHWI, tf 8°" n » » U( 1 “l' 00 * , curry tho wholo nt once, lie mercifully or nothing for her- in short hi vety fur U n lu „ . , r , , unties tho bundles und gives us first one from being in love with her, * Ha. Ill, i> 0.1 to 'jo « Wlfo who Imre. 8(U , k which ar „ t „ ,,„ rry ln ,,„ y li«r tiu.biindwlicn l,n co.„.» into tint „ nU t |i.n another, wW.-hw. nwoWi to house, with tho history of a hrekt-u ten • A FEW SEASONABLE HINTS. Before winter closes the operations of tho senson, a few matters should to at tended to. Surface water often injures especially when rains full after tho soil hns become impervious by freezing. It it well, therefore to see that suitable surface drains uro provided for all low places. Sometimes furrows have been plowed, but felt partly obutructod by loose earth. This should bo thrown out with a shovel, nnd scattered thinly oter tho iidjacent ground A w inter oocusionully occurs with but little snow,or tho snow lcuves a the ground some w eeks before spring. In'both cases the surface is much exposed to culling winds. A thin sprinkling of straw over the surface is often a grout protootlonjund cuu do no burin. Wo hnVokpown nn instance where a part of tho field thus treuted, gave about twenty bushels to the note, while tho rest was so severely injured tts to bo not worth cutting, 'i his work may bo done after tho ground ia frozen. Hoe thut oil tools are carefully housed and brushed clean And npplicution of petroleum to the part* made of wood, will |)«nutrate the jHiros und render them du rable. It is more efficacious than paint, und answers well to precede a coat of paint. In storing roots Ih cellars, eoo that they are dry nuu clean, and thut the «if cun oiroulute more nr loss among them. Nothing is worso than tho practice of placing lieups of potatoes on dump cellar bottoms. \V ith rutu bag is it is espeoiu.ly important tliut there Ahould boa tree cir- culatiiiii of air, und these should bo placed in lattice cases or rucks, if in tellurs, so that wind from open window* may puss through them except in the voidest weath er. The retting of timbers connected with cellars, where lurgo quuntitiesof rutu baguB nro stored, results from imperfect ventilation. All young animals should be kept growing oil winter. Home farmers ex pect to keep them in u sort of half torpid stale, and seem satisfied if they come out in spring ns largo or us heavy us they entered in winter. Good managers per- huo u vory different course; keeping Ilium well foil, dry nnd comfortable, nnd growing "right ulong" without cessation. Timely provision should bo made for this object.—Country GentUman. "Oun Platform.”—The Nashville Ga zette puts tho following at the head of its columns, as its plutfbrtn. Wo think tho wholo Houth might well adopt it! Let tho Boothern people be sure to produce, ns they easily can an abundunt supply of provisions, mnnufucturo their own timber and iron into all the imple ments they need, spin und weave all the cotton they consume, nnd lot oniy tho surplus of the staple, if any pans over to Lowell and Manchester, to be paid for in cush. Let them do whutover may bo necessary to Bucuro a freo Republican State government, and steudily rofuae, by any debasing compliances, to pur chase tbo privilege of onjnying their Con stitutional lights in tho federal Union. So employed, lot them manfully meet w hate vet destiny may be in store for them, secure nt leust in tho possession of tbuii own solf-rospect. Dkckption in Love Affaiks.—"YVhcn over you hear two people pretending to hate ono another, you inny get your wed* ding present ready for them.” Tho best of people deceive, or at most remain si lent upon affaire of tho henrt; nobody counts it n sin to tell u white lie when their own personal experience in lovo is tho theme of conversation. When you hear a woman declaring that a man’s eyes nro horribly crossed; thut ho is tall as 11 hay polo and as grizzled as 11 Grey beard ; when she laughs nt his guit; mimics his gestures, ridicules his dress ; luugliH nt bis voice, nnd declares that ho is old enough to bo her father, you may be pretty sure she is dead in love witu- him, and will marry him if sho can. When you hour a mnn praising a lo lly’s eyes, assorting that sho sings like a A Ykak’s TnoniLEs — Hometimes I! nightingale, walks liko a sylph, und isal- compare tho troubles wo huvo to under- together nnd entirely too nngeliu for go in the course of a year to a grout earth—that he has boon to sco her onco, • . 11 - 1 , , carry to-morrow, nnd so on. This wo or 11,0 pnmiWo wl.omiluuto or a; X ena „- if w , W01 , w 0 „| y miming broonMb f ■ t„k" tho bur,!™ t,“,poi.,M for in each Him .tea call to Im a wife altnro . bllt w0 „„ r litwbuwt a love weigha naiiftltt in the la,I- ,, y c „ rryi „ g y „,t or d»y’. trouble nncotwlh hot next .l,«,ri„ip, bur.. Ian, ,„.j„ y adding to trior- a,k curtain, nr velvu c„,p„t? row'. Cord™ to our before wuaru Hna aha a call In I u dr, who 'baa „ | ri .j beur jt _ M „ jV ,, Hie liearlaclio whenever her husband , wants hor to walk witli him but willingly ,» i- - . wo.ra out her guile, boot, prutnanadiug , '■■nptro at fifnt a with 111, gentle,iien blond. 1 ' l ,,uU ? nll! “antunoat, which gradually but IIo. sin, U call to bo a wife who would »>”oly oanand. and emerge., Into bv, a, toko advantage oft. moment „r conjugal j ' 8CU '“J' l "" nd '’' 1 "Vi" T 1 ,,f Gl,,r “ | - weakness to oxUrrt money nr exiict a t V r - A »o,n,m of has.I .ye. Invar ■ - J * elopes her husband, never sacrifice* her husband’s comfort for her own, never finds fault, never talks too much or too little, nlwnjs is nn entertaining intellect- uul uml agreeable creature —InCr. promise ? Hus she a call to be a wife, who lakes a journey for pleasure, leuving her hus band to toil in a close office, und "imvu nn eye" when ut homo to the servants anl children. Has she u call to be n wife, to whom a husband's so ioty is not the greatest of eurthly blo*sings? a— f@r An English clergyman recently preached a sermon in pruiro of newspa pers. He said they had tlieir place, not merely ns a pennyworth of passing g., s . sip, or for the lutest news of stocks gn<! prices, but as a port of life’s earnest s If culture. YVishiko and YVoiikino.—It is idle to wi»h for certain thing*; it is w iso to work continually for tlieir attainment. Many sit with folded bauds, und spend days in wishing; others go manfully to work, and capture the good the others w ish for. Head every energy to the ac complishment of aims, pur]io*es, and du sin-* and the result will ta, a life well fill ed with tho rewards nfiiidindry. A word to tho wise i* sufficient. Bkautify Hour.—It ta the duty of every man to udorn nnd beautify his homo ; for every mun will bo w hat his most cherished thoughts and feelings wrill receive, impress and color from the character of his habitual surroundings. The business mun or the professional man, who is thrown into hourly contact with human beings wanting souls—with fraud, ohioinory und dishonesty, blunts or lores tho finer feelings of his nature —his thoughts are materialized, und he is degraded. Cut such a man off from the gentler influences and kinder min istrations of home, or sand him to n drea ry, filthy, repulsive home, nnd you sink him to the grede of a semi-barboriun. Hut let bis liotnu be beautiful and udorn- ed by the hand of affection with taste— let it be in his eye the loveliest spot on earth, and his aspiration* will be eleva ted, Ins enjoyments refined and virtu ous, bin Impulse* pure and uplifted above the huiuilialions and degradations of the outer would,— Chrintian Obtcrrcr. Mr Hogumil Dawson, the German tragedian, has introduced an innovation in the dress of Richard 111. He upjiears in fu’l armor, or ns the critic of tlm Time ha.-* it: “AH tin dutanni ic of Richard are neatly puck d iu tin, like early vegvt* W»." ®l)c »£utl)bcrt Appeal. RATES OF ADYKRtlStoO i One dollar per wpats of ten Ubm for th* Aral is Mrtlou, nnd Hmntj-flte Cent* per (quart lor cadi (tibaoqurat iuaartion, not exceeUlnf three. * Oce aquara three mouths I 8 09 One aquara one year SO 0U Fourth of a column ais uioutha 60 00 Half column ail months 70 00 (fatcotftmn ail months too 04 HUMOROUS. The Secretary nf the Vermont Senate broke down the other day on the numo of" Jehu YViswell llogaboom ” YVo have private information that the latest Parisian stylo of Indies’ dPnsRcs is soffiething about midway between Mit» /oppa afra the French Spy. In Massachusetts they whip wnmerf, but the whole Democratic party could not boat a negro—for tho Legislature.- YVe have had no accounts of-'South' ern outrage” on freedmon foruiong time. Wait until another election. A furrier having facilities for renotif' ting old furs, advertised in a perfectly graltmtatlual Ittnniier ! "Capes, viutorinesf etc., made up for ladies out of their mvti skins.” A cotempornnr think* tho miller>iurw>* ..•rV hear when the ttoVeWMfefft not only makes good, wholesome laws for the people, but also munufuctures first-cluss hiskey. A love touched damsel, writing to her ••luller," says :—"Co-whnp me John ny, if things don’t look all tired slink dow n hero. Tutors is up und the old pig are doing we'l.” A writer, dwelling upon the impo-< tarrpe of small things, says "that ho al- ways lakes notice ox’eti of a straw, espe cially if there happens to be u sherri cub* bier at ofro end of it.” A lady saw an engine house with a steeple, nml innocently asked a gentleman attendant, "NVhn* church is thut?” The gontlem.m, after rending the sign, "Deluge No 3," replied, "I gUoss it must be the Third Baptist.” Similes and figures of speech nre things not to be ventured on rashly by writers or speakers. At the disorderly meeting ut tho Mechanics’ InstitHto, Dufilin, at which Mr. Bright was present, a gentle* man, described ns "Mr. M’CorfV, tho x)et, ” said of the chairman, Mr. IlnugH- on, a teetotaler, thut "his pathway had been strewn with broken bottles ” An old woman on a steamboat observ ed two mon pumping uj> water to wash the deck, and, tho captain being near by, she accosted him ns follows : "Well, cap tain, got a well aboard, eh ?" "Yes, ma’ntn, always carry one,” said the oolite captain. "VV ell that’s clever. I always did dislike the nasty river water, espe cially in dog-dsys.” A tall Enstcrn girl, named Short, long loved a certain big Mr, Little, while Lit tle, little thinking of Short, loved a little lass named Long. To make n long story short, Little opposed to Long, and Bbott longed to bo even with Little's shortcom ings. So Shot t, mooting Long, threaten ed to marry Little before long, which uused Little in n short time to nmrry Long. Query.— Did tall Short lovo 1 ig Lit'Je less, because Little loved Long ? Qce8tionb and Answers.—Do you en joy good houlth ? Yes, vory much, when I have it. What are eggs uow a days ? Partly chickeus. Will you give mo a half cup of coffee? We hove no half cups. Don’t you think it worm in the sun to-dny ? Can’t tall—I havo’t been there. Did you suw a load of wood for mo lust week ? No—but I saw your wife. Have you enguged to tuko that cloth? Why, no, I am unpaged to Charles. Are you not danr in your price, Miss? I suppose so. Everybody says I um a littlu aear. Aro jou a Methodist or a Buptiit ? Neither—I om cook on board tho American. How do you do this morning ? Do what. How do you find yonrsell ? I hnvn’t been lust. My son, how is it tbut you waste so much ? I don’t waste, it’s sister who’s wuintod. ■jPortland JJuUrtin. J08H BILLINGS 01 0WU- Bards is God’s choristers. Tow the lion ho gave msgesly, lew the elephant strongl), tew the lux run ning, nr.d tew tho tiger deceit. But tew the burda, ho giv buty und song. And none so blest ns the owl. The owl is a game burd; he con whip anything that wears feathers—after dark. He is a wieo burd and hoots at moot things. Ho is a sollem burd, a cross between a justice of the piece and county super visor. He is a stiff burd, nn-1 sits up na stiff ns n exclumushun 1 He is a luxurious burd, and feeds on spring chickens. Hu is o long lived burd, nml never wns known to tuik dehth naturally. Ho is a liurdy burd, and grows tuff by biking. H e is a onist burd and shows a open countenance. lie is a prompt burd and sulwfk-B ut onst bis outstanding bill. Ho is a comfortable burd, nnd alwat «leei* on fathers. llo is on attentive bnrd. and during the duy can alwat bo f<>nnd in. lie is u festive burd, mvd don’t come honin till morning. Thus tho owl is a mistaken emblem of solitude und sudnisM; it we dig into his nature closely, he is, emphatically, mu of ho boy?, add belongs lo the dub.