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itlisccilancous.
moustaches.
. *• His tawny beard was lh’ equal grace,
Doth of his wisdom and Ins face.”
[Hi DIBKAS.
u What’s them arc things growing out
of your upper lip, Mister ?” asked a
country Yankee ol a city coxcont 1 , whom
he met the other day.
“e>ir,” exclaimed the dandy, fiercely
raising his ruluu, and bristling up to the
interogutor —“what business is that to
you stir ?’’
“Oh, no business of any consequence,
to speak on,” replied the Yaskee —“I
just axed for information, not being much
acquainted with them are things.’’
“Well, sir,” returned the gallant, an
grily, ‘‘what if you ain’t aeqnui it ted with
’em? Must a fellow of your cloth have
the impudence to question a gentleman
of mine?”
“Is that really your cloth, Mister, or
is it the tailor’s?” asked the country inn n
“The tailor's?” exclaimed the coxcomb
fiercely—“wlmt do you mean by that?—
Do you mean to insinuate that I—y’deatli?
bir, I’ll not .”
“Well, 1 thought ns much,” teturned
the Yankee, carelessly slicking his hands
into his breeches pockets, and standing
still before the dandy, ‘‘l thought yon
never intended to pay for them.
‘ What is that to you whether I pay
fur them or not? Huvn’t la right to
manage as I please with my own tailor—
to pay him or let it alone ?’’
“Why, Mister, that depends very much
on what sort of a bargain you make. If
your tailor agrees to let you cheat him,
why that’s his own lookout, not mine
But you havn’t told me what you called
them are things on your upper lip.”
“Bar, you’re ait impudent puppy, sar.”
“So 1 heard you say. Now father’s
got a tarrier dog—but he don’t tarry
much, I can tell you—he’ll kill three rats
in two seconds—but as I was saying, fa
ther, he’s got a tarrier dog, that’s darned
rough anil hairy about the mouth —but,
Lord ! lie aint a circumstance to you.—
He’d cling his tail between bis legs if lie
was to see you, and cry ti-ti li-ti-ti-i and
run to the end of the world without stop
ping. My gracious ! how like the devil
you look with them are things.”
* Look ! why, sar, they are all the go
now.. There's no finished gentlemen uow
but what wears moustaches.”
“Mustychers, do you call ’em ! Well,
by hokey, they are musty and rusty too.
‘1 hey look very much like the latter end
of our dogs’s tail, when it brushes on the ;
floor. Faugh ! I wouldn’t touch ’em ut>
more than ’
“Touch ’em, sar, if you offer to put a
finger on them, I’ll cane you withiu an
inch of your life. I will, sar !”
“What, witli that arc switch, Mister?
I shouldn’t mind it no more than I should
an oat straw.’’
“\VteH , sar, toueh n>y moustaches and
see if you don't .get it.”
y
“Touch your mustychers I Why, I'd
as live touch two old chaws of tohacker,
that have just been spit out. Touch ’em
indeed ! t\ hy, Mister, l wonldii t touch
Vm with the tongs. I can’t conceive for
my life, what should induce any human
critter to wear such darned nasty looking
things as them.”
” Nasty looking, do you call ’em ?
Sar, you have no taste. Nasty looking,
indeed ! Why, sar, they are the admira
tion of the ladies ”
“ Ladies, ha, ha ! They must have a
queer notion, anyhow* But there are wo
men who are unaccountably fond of pup
pies and such Ike animals, and I’ve seen
’cut fondle and kiss ’em as if they were hu
man critters. But. Lord ! 1 don’t see
how any woman could let her lips come
within a gun shot of youru. Admiration
of the ladiesl”
“Do you question what I say sar ?” *
“Why, Mister I don’t know what kind
of ladies you have in the city here. But
one thing I can tell you— onr country
gals would no more let you touch ’em
than they would a toad —they’re very
particular what cotncs in contact with
their lips. But, Mister, how in the name
of hair and bristles do you eat? How
do you go to work to get the vittics into
your mouth, with them are tilings hang
ing over it, like a hedge fence ovi r a ditch?
Do yon cat meat and sicli like ? or do
you live on spoon vittlcs?”
‘ It’s none of your business, sar, what
I live on. I board at seven dollars a
week ; and cat what I please, sar, and
drink what I plca.-e.”
“(Seven dollars a week ! my gracious !
we git lx ard and washing and till in the
country for a dollar and a fifty cents ; but
1 suppose they ask you live dollars and
a half extra for them are mustychers
Faugh ! 1 wouldn’t have ’em at the table
for ten dollars.”
“’A hat a fool I am to stand here talk
ing to a man of your cloth.’’
Thus saying, the man with the mous
taches flourished his dandy switch, wheel
ed about and walked on. He had gone
but a few steps when the Yankee biiwlcd
out—
“ Hullo ! mister, don’t you want to buy
a curry comb ? I’ve got some real line
ones, with teeth on both sides. They re
bang up I can tell you.”
“Curse on your curry combs and you
too ’
“Dou’t swear, mister—nor go off in a
passion —l meant no offence in what i’ve
said. But I must declare you’re the darn
ties’ ugly looking man I ever did see in
all uiy life. ’
Marshal Ney’s Scene.
The vengeance of the allied powers de
manded some victims, and the intrepid
Ney who had well nigh put the crown
again on Bonapar e’s head at Waterloo,
was to be one of them. Condemned to
be shot, he was led to the garden of Lux
emburg on the morning of the 7tli of De
cember, and placed iu front of a file of
soldiers drawn up .te kill him. One of
the officers stepped up to bandage his eyes
but he repulsed him, saying :
“Are you ignorant that for twenty-five
years 1 have been accustomed !o face both
ball and bullet?’’
He then lifted his hat above bis bead,
and with the same calm voice that had
steadied his columns so frequently iu the
roar and tumult of battle, said :
“I declare before God and man that T
never betrayed my country. M>y n:y
death render her happy. A ive la
France !”
He then turned to the soldiers, and
striking his hands on his heart, gave the
order, “Soldiers, fire!”
A simultaneous discharge followed, and
the “bravest of the brave” sank to rise
no more. “He who had fought five hun
dred battles for France, not one against
her, was shot as a traitor !”
As I looked on the spot where he fell,
I could not but sigh over his fate. True,
he broke his oath of allegiance ; so did
others, carried away by’-the attachment
to Napoleon, and the enthusiasm that
bailed bis approach to Paris, Still, lie
was no ti elite T.
A Secret.
“1 will tell you a secret. The way to
make yourself pleasing to others, is to
show that you care for them. The whole
world is like the miller at Mansfield, who
‘cared for nobody, nobody eared for him.’
Arid the whole world will seive you so, if
you give them the same cause. Let people
see, therefore, that you do care for them
by showing them the small courtesies of
life, in which there is no parade, whose
voiee is too still to tease, and which show
themselves by affectionate tones and kind
looks and little acts of attention, giving
others the preference in every little en
joyment at the table, iu the field, walking
sitting, and standing.”
“ I will consei t to all you desire,”
saitl a voting lady to her lover, “on cou
tli ion that you will give me what you
have not, what you never can have, a id
yet what you can give me.” What did
, she ask for ? A husbuud.
CWTIHIttIfiT, OA., TUESDAY, DKCKiIUtER 2, 8 830.
From Dickon's Household Words.
ECHOES.
Still the sitae! stars are shining,
Still the tippling waters f! UV,
But the angel voice is silent
That I heard here long sign,
Hark! the echoes murmur low
Long ago.
Still the wood is dim and lonely,
S ill the plashing fountains play,
Bui the past iii all its beauty,
Whither has it (led away ?
Hark! the mournful crimes say
Fled away!
Still the bird of night compliiineth
(.Vow. indeed, her song is pain,)
Visions of my happy hours.
Do I call, and call in vain ?
llark! the echoes cry again
All tu vain !
Cense, oh echoes, moui'nful echoes !
Once I loved youi voices well;.
Now rnv heart is sick and weary,
Days of old, a long furen ell!
Hark! the echoes sail and dreary
C'y, farewell, farewell!
Jllariiiige aitiosig tlie Albanians.
Each country has its particular mar
riage formula, but that of the Albanians,
a warlike race, dwelling upon the shores
of the Adriatic, is very peculiar. The
husband always purchases the bride with
a trossenu , it wedding dress, a gold em
broidered fez, anil a sum not exceeding
100 piastres. The bride’s mother, on the
occasion ‘of the marriage ceremony, re
ceives the bridegroom at her doer, hold’
ing a vase of pure water With a nose
gay dipi ed into this she s] rinkles the
bride ami groom. ’1 lie bride is carried off
iis if by force, and on leaving home bends
thrice td the rkpit and left, to indicate
that in parting with her relations she has
not severed the bonds which have hither
to joined them, ‘When the party leave
arrived at the house of the Inidegreom,
his mother flings over them a handful of
rice, to indicate wealth and abundance
for the future. A hoop is held over their
heads at the doorway, beneath which they
enter in a stooping p< stare, holding each
other by the hand. The hoop is then
broken above them, to show that they;
can only be parted by death. A piece of
bread covered with honey is then handed
to them, of which they partake alternate
ly, the bride scarcely tasting the food,
showing how li,tic joy she derives from
anything but him ; while lie, on the con
trary, as her superior, c its without re
serve.
“ Pay what Thou Owest.”
When I see a husband spending Lis
time in taverns, and forsaking his wife
and family, Isay —Pay what thou owest.
When I see a wife intent almost solely
upon dress, abandoning her domestic con
cerns to destruction, while she is parading
through the streets to exhibit her divine
person and elegant accomplishments, 1
say—Pay what tliou owest.
When I sec a father or mother neglect
ing the education of their children, and
suffer them to run wild in the streets, in
lhe high road to min, without the small
est effort to rescue them by parental au
thority, I say—Pay what thou owest.
When 1 see a child who has been ten
derly brought up by fond and doting pa
rents, treating them with disrespect and
inattention, perhaps with cruelty, in their
old age, I say, in the most emphatic man
ner— Pay what tliou owest.
When 1 see a man reading a newspaper
who is in arrears for his subscription, I
say , feelingly, Sue., &.C., &c.
A Picture of Life.
In youth we seem to be climbing a hill
on w hose top eternal sunshine seems to
rcstT How eagerly w f e pant to attain its
summit! But when we have attained it
how different the prospect on the other
side ! We sigh as we contemplate the
dreary wastes before us, and look back
with a wistful eye upon the flowery path
w'o have passed, but never more may re
trace. Life is a portentous cloud, fraught
with thunder, storm and rain ; but reli
gion, like tiie streaming sunshine, will
clothe it with light as with a garment,
and fringe its shadowy skirts with gold,
Eaks of the llohse.— lt is a good
sign for a horse to carry one ear forward
and the other backward when on a jour
ney, because the stretching of the ears in
contrary directions shows that he is at
tentive to everything that is taking place
around him ; and while he is so doing lie
cannot be much fatigued or likely to be
come so. Few horses sleep without point
ing their ears as above, that they may
receive notice of the approach of objects
iu every direction. When horses or
mules, says Dr. Arnott, march in compa
ny at night, those in front direct their
ears, forward, those in the rear direct
them backward, and those in the centre
turn them faterlly or across; the whole
troop seeming thus to be actuated by
one feeling, which watches the general
safety.
NO PROSCRIPTION FOR OPINIONS’ SAKE.
John Ada tins and ‘E'lios, Jefferson
Would that the sectional agitators who
are trifling with our dear bought liberties
of this republic could have instilled into
them the sentiments ‘pf these tneit on
their dying pillows. Ou tlie morning of
the Fourth of July, Mr. Adams, though
evidently near his death, awoke at the
ringing of bells and firing of cannon The
attendant who watched with him, asked
him if he knew wlmt day it was. “Oh
yes,” lie replied, “it is the glorious 4th
of July. God bless it—God bless you
all.”
In the forenoon, the orator of the day,
the Rev. Mr Whitney, the parish niinis
to* tVIr. Adams, called to see him, and
found him seated in an arm chair. In
the course of the interview, Mr Whit
ney asked for a sentiment to he given at
the public table. He replied, “1 will
give you, Independence forever.” After
it few moments had elapsed, a lady asked
him if he wished to add anything to the
toast, and lie said, “ Not a syllable. ’’ —
This occurred an hour or two before he
breathed his last. In the course of the
day he said ; “ It is a great and good
day.” That his thoughts were dwelling
on the scenes of 1170, is evident from the
last Words lie uttered: “Jefferson sur
vives,” which were spoken about the
time that Jefferson'expired.
In like manner Mr. Jeffetson, in the
short intervals of delirium which occur
red in his last hour, stented to dwell ex
ehtsivcly on the events of tlie Revolution.
He talked in broken sentences of the
.committee of safety. Oi.e of his excla
mations was, ‘ Warn the committee to
he on their guard,” and lie instantly rose
in his betl and went through the act of
writing a hurried note. But for the
gi eater part of the time during the last
of his life, lie was blessed with the enjoy
meiit of his reason, ‘lhe only anxious
wish ho expressed for hinisell was, that
lie might live to.lncathe the air of the
fifteenth anniversary of Independence.—
When that day arrived, lie was repeated
ly heard to murmur his satisfaction.
[JVewark (JSI'.J.) E'glc.
A Slant Case.
The Albany Knickerbocker gives the
following experience of one of the census
marshals in that ci(y, who called upon a
gentleman from Germany, residing in
that city :
“ Who resides here ?”
“ Yaw.”
“ U hat is your name?”
“ Sharinany, on tier Rhine,”
‘ What’s your father's name ?”
” N'ix for staw.”
” When did you arrive in Albany ?”
“ Alit a steamboats.”
“Got any children ?”
“ Yaw—two barrels mit’ Urout.”.
“How long have you resided in this
house ?”
“Two rooms and der basements.”
“ Who owns the building.?”
“ I pays noting. Hans pays elcr same
twice a mout. ”
“ Where did you live last year?”
“ Across der reel store as you come up
mit tier market in your right baud, be
hind der pump what belongs to der black
s aid shop.”
The marshal having entered all this,
made tip his mind that lie would push
ahead and examine Hans, who lives up
stairs “mit tier banisters.” We shall
note Ins success at an early clay.
Moulding Balia by Machinery.
The Baltimore Evening American, of
the 2Sth ult., says :
The new machine, invented by Mr. W.
11. Ward, of New York, for the mould
ing of musket, rifle and pistol balls, was
landed at the Washington Navy Yard on
Saturday. The machine was transported
at the inventor’s expense, to afford the
Government an opportunity of thorough
ly testing its merits. It is capable of
producing one hundred and sixty leaden
bullets per minute for any firearms in use,
of any shape and of any size, up to a ball
weighing two ounces. The machine
weighs 8,000 pounds. It will not be iu
operation before the Ist of December.
Interesting Experiments.
Some experiments have recently been
made at Chicago to test the truth of an
alleged discovery of ail English physician
who asserts that the last scene viewed by
a dying man will remain Impressed upon
the retina as does the impression upon a
daguerreotype plate. The experiment,
at Chicago, it is said, confirms this state
ment, and it is suggested that murderers
may be detected by this means, as the fi
gure of the murdeier would bo impressed
upon the retina. How, if the person
was assassinated from behind, by a third
person, while looking in the face of his
friend ? Alight not the innocent man be
hung upon such evidence ?
(K/“ Some people angle for praise wfth
the bait of humility. They condemn
themselves, hoping that others will con
tradict them and commend them. Rath
er join in running them down It is al*
wav; best to err on the safe side.
Granada to be a Future Venice.
At no great distance from the city of
Granada are situated a cluster of the
most beautiful and fertile islands it is pos
sible to conceive. They vary from a few
square yards to several square miles in
superficial extent. Beyond these, and
separated from them by*a deep, navi! able
channel, stands the largo island of Zape
taro, whose bold headlands and irregular
surface serve as a guide to all who navi
gate the lake. Zapctaro is in its western
extremity scooped out so as to form an
almost circular bay, and the shore of the
mainland opposite having a deep curve,
an almost circular hay is formed ol sever
al miles iu diameter, so securely sh-'ltereti
by highlands us4o make the slightest trnip
lie secure upon its sanaee, even when
storms may he lashing into fury the more
exposed parts of Luke jNicaragua. The
southeastern part of this bay is also en
tered by a channel of deep water, which
divides the southwestern extremity, of
Zapctaro from the mainland. The North
ern part of the bay is bounded by the clus
ter known as the “Thousand Islands,’’
each” one of which to our mind, is in a
short time destined to he tv lull of houses
stores and commercial warerootns, and
where vessels of eon-iderahle tonnage can
move from one depot to another with
more ease than the ox cart now used iu
Granada move from one street to another.
On this city of a thon.-and island pure
colil water will he always convenient, and
it would be impossible for impurities or
infections to exist iu its vicinity. Here
canals wdl occupy the place of streets,
and light fairy-like pleasure boats will su
persede horses Here, instead of Wall
street, we have a Rialto ; here will bo
seen and heard senoras anil senoritas
in their gondolas, singing love-songs in
the starlight ; and here will be the most
pleasing combination of health, conven
ience and bounty toany city upon which
the sun ever shone. —El JYtcnragucnse.
I mrunevt Questions. — To ask an un
married lady how old she is.
To ask a lawyer if lie ever told a false
hood.
To ask a doctor how many patients he
lias ever killed.
To ask a minister if lie ever did any
thing wrong.
! ‘l o ask a merchant if lie ever cheated
a customer.
To ask an editor the names of his cor
respondent.?.
ss.=, Mr. Ftlkuis, you soy you know the
defendant, what is his character ?
* For what, sir; sprucing or integrity ?’
• For integrity, sir.’
1 Weil, all that I can say about Jones
is, that if lie’s honest, lie’s got a queer
way of showing it, that’s all.’
‘ What do yen mean by that ?’
‘Just this, that the night before he
dittos'on turkey, somebody’s poultry coop
is always broken open.’
’ That will do, Air. Filkins.’
gey.” Where have you been Charley?”
‘ln the garden.ma.’
‘Noyou han’t sir; you’ve been iu the
creek, see how wet your hair is V
‘Oh, 110, inn, that ain’t water —it’s
sweat I’ve been at hard work.’
‘How come your shirt turned wrong
’ side out ?’
‘Oil, I did that just now, climbing the
fence.’
An Irish friend of ours, hearing of
a geutleniax having a stone coffin made
! for himself, exclaimed :
| ‘Be my sowl, an’ that’s a good idee 1—
j Share, an a stone coffin ’ud last a man his
lifetime !’ That same cuffin’ reminds us
! of the clothing sold at ‘Bennett’s Tower
I Hall,’ No. 184 Market street, which to
j our certain knowledge has descended like
I the ‘sins of the father,’ into the third and
! fourth geueratmu.
Tbaitino House Ants.— Take a large
’ sponge and wash it well, and after it is
dry lay it near any spot frequented by
j ants, and sprinkle line white sugar over it.
In a short time the meshes will be nearly
’ filled with the insects, which can then be
| destroyed by dipping the sponge in hot
1 water, and after washing and drying may
be replaced again. Thousands tire often
destroyed at a time, and by repeating the
process, the locality will soon be freed of
them.
iO'-Relationsliips are rather far-fetch
ed sometimes both in Ireland and Scot
land,
‘Doyou know Tom Duffy, Pat ?’
‘Know him. is it ?’say# l’at, ‘sure he's
a near relation of mine ; he once wanted
! to marry my sister Kate.’
. *
A man out west, who owns a large
farm, says lie stacks up all the hay lie cun
| out of doors and the remainder lie puts
in his barn.
A melting sermon being preached
in a country church, all the congregation
j weie weeping except one man, who bep
j god to be excused, us lie belonged loan
-1 other church.
lIYUD iV WHITE, Publishers
i\i mn:it i<;
Stick to join- Business.
There is nothing which should be more
frequently impressed upon the minds of
young men, tlmn the importance of stead
ily pursuing one business. lhe liequent
changing ftom one employment to another
is one ol the most common ‘eirors com
mitted, and to itm.-y be traced more than
half the Dilutes of men in business, anil
disappointment that render life
fjiiable. It is a very common thing lor
a man to he dissatisfied with his business,
and to desire to it lor some other
and what seems to him will piove a more
lucrative emplbymen* ; but in nine case*
out often it is a mistake. Look round
you, mid you will find among your ac
quaintance abundant verification ol our
assertion. Heie is a young man who
commerced life as a mechanic, but fiotit
some cause, imagined that he ought to
have been a doctor—-and after a hasty
and shallow preparation, lias taken up tlm
saddle-bags only to find that work stilt
wink, and that his patients are no moio
! piotiialdMhan his wuik bench, and the.
occupation not a whit more agreeable. —-
Here are two young men, clerks ; one ol
them is content, when Ids fust term of
service is over, to continue a clerk till ho
I shall have saved enough to commenco
business on his own account ; the other
cannot wait, but staits without capital,
and with a limited experience, and Bring*
up alter a lew years, in court of insolven
cy, while his former comrade, hy patient
perseverance, comes out at last with a
fortune. That young lawyer who be
came disheartened because briefs and ca
ses did not crowd upon him while ho
was yet redolant of call-bound volumes,
and had small use for red tape, who con
cluded that lie had mistaken his calling,
and so plungi and into politics, finally set
tled down in the character of a meddling
petilogger, scrambling for his daily bread,
Tiieio is an honest fanner who has toil
ela few years, got his larm paid lor, but
; does nut grow rich very rapidly, as tmiclt
1 for lack ol conUntinenl mingled with hi*
industry as anything ; though he is not
aware of it—lie hears the wonderful sto
i ries of California, and ho w fortunes may
he had for the trouble of packing them up
j —-mortgages his larm to raise money,
gops away to the land ol gold, and, after
many months of hard toil, comes home to
commence again at the bottom ol the hill
for a more weatyand less successful climb
ing up again.
Matk the men in every community
who are notorious for ability and equality,
notorious for never getting ahead, and you
will usually find them to be those who ne
ver stick to any one business long, but aru
always iorsaking their occupation just
when it begins to be | r jfitable.
Young man, sick la your business.—
It may be you have mistaken your call
ing. If so find it out as quick as possible
and change it, but don’t let an uneasy de
sire to get along last, or a dislike ol your
honest calling lead you to abandon it.—•
Have some honest calling, and then stick
to it—if you are sticking type then stick
away at them ; if you are selling oysters,
keep on selling ; if you are at law, hold
last 10 that prolessiun ; puisue the bust.
ness you have chosen, peisistently indus
triously and hopefully, and if there is any*
thing of you, will appear and turn to at
count in that as well or better than any
other calling ; only il you are a loafer, for
sake that lino ol life as quickly as possi
ble, lor the longer you stick to it, the
woise it will ‘stick’ to you, — Hunt's Mtr
c/umls Magazine.
An Irishman’s Indifference. — Paddy
was arraigned before a court for horso
stealing- After having pleaded not guil
ty, the judge asked him by whom lies
would be tried? ‘By the twelve apos
tles,’ answered the prisoner. The jmlgo
told him that would not do, for if lie wero
tried by them, lie could not have his iriul
until the day of judgment. ‘Faith, and
1 have no objection to that neither, for I
urn iu t o hurry about it at all, at all.’
A Ciose Rub. ‘Sec there !’ exclaim
ed a returned Irish soldier to a gaping
crowd, as lie exhibited with some pride
his tall hat with a bullet-hole in it- —
‘Look at that hole, will you? You see
that if it had been a low crowned hat I
should have been Irilicl outright.’
A Large Flock. — Air. MeCuimell of
Sangamon county, Illinois, has the larg
est (lock of sheep in the United States—
It numbers twenty-one thousand aud all
of the choicest merinoes.
All illiterate person once sent m
note to a wagish friend, requesting the
loan of his “ noosepaper,” and received
in return his friend’s marriage certificate.
Two Husbands. —A young woman has
been bound over for trial in New York on
the charge of having married two hu.-s
bands. She is only seventeen, and re
s| ectably connected. The ease is the ro
mantic one of love crossed by parental
will. The novelty of the solution is that
lhe young lady married bntlit-ui ora, her
own favorite fir,4, privately, aud after
wards that ol her parents.
