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The waters kiss the pebbly shore,
The wind* all kis* tbe hi]is;
•The sunbeams kiss the tulip hud
For the odor 4t distills.
The dew-drops kiss the rose at morn,
The ccreus due at e*ve ;
The fern and flower, in circling diAp,
Their mystic beauties weave.
The moon beams kiss the clouds at night,
'lhelitarrgemsddss the sea ;
• While shadows dr«M»y, soft andTight,
Arc kissing on the lea.
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The xmihyrs kiss the budding pink,
•That blooms on lieauty’s lip,
And tuder blasts, through coal and chill,
£4* 3 %
* Tlfe wiiidft. the Wares, theTOMding ftoNvcrs, '**
The laughing, merry rills,
Ase kissing ail from morn to eve,
And clouds still kißß the hills.
Even Heaven and earth fit* meet to kies *
' so-do you ?
.THE MASTER-PIECE.
‘■lt is my mastcr-pjecc,” sighed my friend, the
painter, as he withdrew front a dark,* dnisly corner
Aof hie studio an unframed tanval. and gently Wiped
from its painted surface the accumulations that tong
neglect had permitted to gather upon it. “This I
consider my master-piece. Critics and patrons
' may not think so; but as it is neither for exhibi
tion nor sale, I care little for the opinion of either
class."' . •' ■
My eye fcfl carelessly upon the worlc; but in
stantly I became fascinated with the sweet face that
lay before me. How shall I describe the contour of
that all hut angelic countenance. The mouth was
small, almost to deformity, and behind the half
opened lips of carnation, wreathed with a weary-like
smile, could be ssen teeth of pearl. l*he forehead
was not „high *rior vet too low, neither bold nor
broad, and yet its polished surface gave evidence of
more than womanly intellect accompanied by much
differing. The deep blue eyes, peeping from be
neath long silken lashes, from which there came to
inc a soft, suffering light, confirmed the impression
which the brow seemed to indicate. The soft cheeks
fvad a luijf-fudocl expression on them, as if the bloom
of youth had, by rough usage or the world, been
rudely brushed away. The nose was delicately
drawn, and gave to the otherwise contradictory
language of the entire face, the thought that suffer
ing had never been the companion of her whose
lineament* were thus sihhkmly brought befbie me.
f llie milrNajhich was redundant Und of ft
dark golden shade, rolled itself into natural ring
lets and half-shaded a throat and neck that were as
alabaster. Over the whole was thrown a combined
halo of youth and purity, that was as refreshing to
look upon as is water to the thirsty lips of the trav
eler in the desert.
As the eye gradually fell to the bust, surprise was
naturally expressed. That and the rest of the body,
so far as tbe canvas gave it, was clothed in rags !
The posture was recumbent. The small, delicately,
shaped hands were clasped together as if in prayer,
aud the sweet eyes were turned heavenward, where
were gathered sombre clouds, charged and about to
fill the intervening space between and the
kneeling figure with countless Hakes of snow.
rfs this a fancy sketch -a dream ?” I asked.
“ No.” was the answer. ”lt is reality. The
story of that sweet face is a sad one.”
“ Tell’it to me," 1 said
'lhe artist turned aside and was silent.
"Wliat was the story?” 1 again asked.
Tills time the painter looked at me, and while his
lips quivered, replied :
•■ft is the old story; neglect, love, death. When
many years younger than I anr to-day; when my
heart was filled with ambitious desires; while I vet
dreamed of a future; while life was young in me,
and the world, in my inexperienced eyes was an
Eden, 1 (net her ,in the position I have placed her)
whose portrait is before you.”
“Well,” I whispered, us I waited impatiently for
the words of friend, who had again my turned his fate
from me and the canvas.
“It was a stormy, chilly evening in the month of
he resumed. "There was seasons**
hodr oTdayfTglif left, when passing up one’of our
fashionable si reels, I beheld near the stops of. a nch
man's dwelling a figure kneeliug as if in prayer.—
Curiosity impelled me to stop and watch the move
ments of, by her garments, one- believed to be a
beggar.
• ‘BiuW-d'id X watching, she arose to
andi rigged shawl \Wper»oft
was afiotif to move away, when either from weak
ness or the slippery condition of the walk, she fell
violently to the ground.
ti o u I Ij c r nKo uj i an.
Devoted Particularly to the Interests of Western Georgia.
NEW SERIES!
“I Impulsively rah to assist the mendicant. It
was then I scanned, for the first time, the features
of the poor girl. I need not say they were beantl
ful. but I could never portray the piteous look she
gave me as I raised her emaciated body in my strong
arms. Nor can I point the feeling that possessed
me, as I said, in an agitated voice :
“ ‘Are you hurt, my child f
” ‘No, sir,’ was the faltering repiy*-
“I oould see however, that it wgs with much dif
ficulty she could stand erect, .and there was a pallor
in her face that frightened me. , i
*v Bore airyou nfvTwcd.
“There was a struggle, and then came faintly to
my ear— ■'T
“ ‘I have no home.”
“‘No home—no home!' I cried. ‘Great heav
ens ! k it possible,’ T murmured, ‘that so young, so
beautiful; and so delicate, should be friendless!’
1 agath looked fn her face, aiild now the dreadful
truth seemed to flash upon me, that tbe sweet waif
I still continued to hold by the .arm, was starr
ing- -starving!
“ ‘Have you eaten to-day?’ I asked, abruptly.
"There cainc ho answer. The body of the girl
drooped, and again would have fallen had I not sus
tained it.
“Fortunately, no one was in the street at the time
and therefore no throng of idle spectators gathered
around to disconcert me.
“ I placed tbe child on the step as best I could;
and ran to tho area of the house. There I signalled
oue of its women-servitors to come to me. In a few
■words iTeqnesfed that theStfSnger might be admit
ted to the house until I could find a can iage in which
she could be conveyed to my apartments, where uiy
sister would gladly receive and nourish her until she
was prepared to assist herself.
“ The woman very reluctantly submitted to my
request, although I could sec she was not without
fecting.
" I'm afriad the missis’ll scold me,’ she said; ‘but
m help the child in.’
“Tcu initiates had not elapsed before I had my*
yet insensible burthen in a hack, and was driving
w ith her to my rooms.
"My kind sister, without an interrogatory, assisted
me in placing the littlo beggar on her own bed,
where I left her to the tender care of a woman whose
whole soul was steeped in pity. Restoratives were
appljS«L l’ut It was nearly a week before the girl waa
strong enough to Bit up. Her convalescence was
slow. Indeed, she never fully recovered from the
had in the days preceding
found ney, in tlie conversations we hud togeth
er, naturally intelligent. In temper she was as
sweet as ir visage beautiful, aqd I loved her—loved
her with a heart that Dad no 'dro6s in* it. Her pain
fii his tor) i date hid to relate. It' would lie only a
rehearsal of fiii’ndleßsnesg, want and misfortune.—
Through all her sad trials, however, she had pre
served her purity, her native nobleness of soul, and
in.nure simplicity oi character was a being to be
worshiped.
“You have seen such, sir, I presume. We meet
now aud then in our pilgrimage angels incarnated—
angels who are beyoud the posihility of human Btain.
Meta was one of these.
“My good sister learned to love her as tenderly as
if indeed she were of her own blood.
“The child was a natural artist. She had true
genius. Her aptitude was wonderful. She seemed
to absorb knowledge. Intuitively she accepted of
all that was good and true; while, as dross dis
engages itself from the pure ore by want of affinity,
nothing injurious could attach itself to her.
"I worshiped her, adored my Waif, my Meta.
“The thoughts that filled my 60ul trembled on
my lips, and I saw behind the sadness tiiat filled her
eyes that her love for me was as mine for her.
“t knew not then tbe reason, but with soft, gen
tle words, while her lips quivered and tears clouded
those glorious orbs which .1 have but indifferently
placed u|K>n the canvas, she said me nay.
“ ‘Wait, George." she murmured in her low, mu
sical voice, ‘wait, my friend, my preserver, for the
end. There is something whispers to me night and
day that this may not he—that despair would come
of it. And yet, oh my kind friend, I love you with
all my being,’
“Aud as the artless girl—scarcely yet eighteen—
wtthbift oneTn lhe wide earth she could claim ks
kindred—spoke, she placed her small hands in mine,
and looked np in iqy fact with so touching an ex
presssioa that'l could not hut kneel at her feet, and
pray that Heaven would preserve her to me.”
Tbe limner pn»«3 and pla«o tk hit ms ■ m sa
foce. The strong man was moved to tears.
I did not dare to look toward him; Bbt as I glan
ced at the portrait new bcautic revealed themselves
to me in the transcendantly beautiful face.
“At length months afterward,” he whispered,
“the reason Meta refused my hand, refused to ac
cept me as her husband, and, thus give me a
right to establish my claim ever as her true friend
before the word; was revealed.
“Gradually, for those weary months she had been
waisting away. She had bravely concealed from my
sister and myself the dreadful secret. Even before
1 had asked her to be mine, another had sought aud
claimed her as his own-even Heath.
“Day by day, like a flower rent from its parent i
stem, she withered before us. She was beyond the j
reach of human aid. When we vainly thought the !
dreadful disease that had seized upon her hod re-;
leassd its hold, she smiled and closed her eyes, wliils i
my name lingered on her lipa, to reopen them
on earth. ''
“And thus Meta died.
“We returned her body, my sister and me, to-it*
parent earth; bat it was long before either of us
could he persuaded that the angel we had entertain
ed aud made our own bad gone to that better land,
where, I trust, I shall meet her and be with her for
ever.
" And this is the story of the beggar girl’s por
trait. ... (
“It was not until years subsequent to her demise
that I could trust myself to place on canvas her
features. I have painted her as I first beheld her
—kneeling before the door of the rich man’s man
sion , praying to God for.sncflor in that hour when
her body wee perishing from wants”
The artist tenderly took the canvas-up. looked at
it with tqg|stt eyes, and then put it back in its old
corner, where no heedless visitor oouid seo it—a gem
worth more than money could purchase to him who
"painted it.
BAISBRIBGE, GEORGIA, WEdAmMRBJO, IS6S.
Artificial Limbs for Maimed! Sol
diers.
The parties interested are referred to »he order
from the Governor, to be fonnd in onr columns this
morning. It is Important that there bo no delay
among our maimed soldiers in taking the prelimina
ry steps for securing this bouuty of the State. That
each may know exactly what is required of him in
order to avail himself of the privilege of the Act of
the Legislature, we copy tbe 2d aud 4th sections, ar
‘fe. Be it further enacted. That whenever any
maimed, indigent soldier or officer, who has become
so maimed in the service of the State or in the ser
vice of the Confederate States, while a member »f
any Georgia military organisation, it shall he lawful
for such soldier, or officer, to apply to the Ordinary
of the county where he resides, for an order to ob
tain such artificial limb, or part thereof, as iris maim
ed condition may render necessary; which lie shall
bo Entitled to receive on complying with the condi
tions of this act.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, Tiiat every such ap
plication shall contain a personal description of the
applicant, designating his age, color of his hair and
eyes, his height, and any other distinguished maik
calculated to insure his identity, also the company
and regiment to which he belonged, the place and
time of receiving bis wound, and hIR present busi
ness or employment; which statement shall la)
sworn to by the applicant,]and the facts verified by
some citizen of the county known to the Ordinary ;
all of which shall he kept by the Ordinary as an
office papAr, and a copy 6f the same transmitted to the
Comptroller-Ueueml, accompanied with the certifi
cate of the Ordinary, that hebelieves the statements
to be entitled to credit; which %pplicution and cer
tificate shall be filed in the office of the Comptroller
General.
The Act further provides that upon receipt of the
soldier’s application and Ordinary ’s certificate, the
Comptroller shall send to the Ordinary an order up
on the manufacturer at Macon, which shall be trans
ferred by the Ordinary to the applicant, and upon
presentation of tiie same at the manufactory, tbe
limb shall be dlliverod, aud the party must sign a
receipt Tor the same, stating that it suits his condi
tion and is satisfactory, which- is.necessary in order
to enable the manufacturer to draw hispay from the
Treasury.— Macon Telegraph.
* T
Executive Order. i ***s99
Sept. I
The report, of the Committee of Scientific Sur
geons, appointed to examine samples of Artificial
Limbs submitted to their inspection, by diffcrcut
manufacturers, ha .ing been received, the contract is
awarded to Dr. Douglass Bly, for bis Army and Navy
Leg, his Kocllor Arm, as the lowest bidder,
“ taking into consideration quality as well as price,”
in the language of the Act. Anri the said Douglass
Bly, having executed a contract which Is of file in
this office, to manufacture said Limbs in the city of
Macon, parties having procured the necessar) cer
tificate os provided In sections second and third of
said Act, (which may he seen by calling on the Or.,
dinary,) may apply to the Contractor and he sup
plied. Parties applying are enjoined strict compli
ance with the Act. Dr. Bly requests that the Ordi
naries communicate to him at Macon, the name and
address of each person to whom they may issue a
certificate.
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
Governor.
A ModzsT Man in a Pbzdicament .—Mr. Tom
Loughrin is noted all over the city for his modesty.
He stands six feet two in his stockings, and at least
six feet of him is made up of modesty. At an early
hour yesterday morning Mr. L. was making his toil
et at his residence on Prate avenue an i .Walnut
street, he was standing in front of his mirror, with
only oue garment on—and that a rather short one
and had lathered his face preparatory to mowing his
lieard, when li« was startled by a shrill scream from
Biddy, his servant girl, and his wife called to him
that Bridget was on lire. Mr. L , with an admira
ble presence of mind, seized a quilt from the bed,
and, reaching the bottom of the stairs at two jumps,
soon enveloped the flaming damsel in the folds of
the quilt, and smoth -red the flames befere the girl
was seriously injured. While Mr. L. was thus en
gaged, some dozen ladies from adjoining houses,
hearing the screams of the girl, rushed in to see
what was the matter. They arrived in time to see
tTre sm ss—z.. 1 o--r .....a.giJ- ' r —
looked around and saw the ladies, and, remember
ing that he had not finished bis toilet, went up stairs
a little faster than he had come down. The ladies
tittered, and at every titter, Mr. L. accelerated his
speed, and when he reached his room he was covered
with a profuse persplratiou. He says it was the
most embarrassing position he was ever plaoed in,
aud hopes never to be caught iu such a fix again.
ALqho Loo* Ahbad.—A cotemporary, turning
his visage to the future and the misty distance of two
hundred years, sees and describes the following :
Scene —House of a citizen in New York. Time—
A. D. 2065. A telegraphic message has been sent
to a servaut, who presents himself at the window in
a baMoou.
Muster—John, go to South America, and tell Mr.
Johnson that I shall he happy to have him sup with
me this evening. Nevermind your coat, go right
away. In five minutes John returns.
John- Mr. Johnson says lie will come ( he is obli
ged to go to the North Polo for a moment, and will
call hero as he comes back.
Master—Very well, John; now you may wind up
the machine for setting the table, and telegraph to
my wife that Mr. Johnson witl be here presently.—
After that, John, you may dust out the balloon— I
have an engagement in Loudon at 10 o'clock, John
disappeared to execute these orders, while his ma -
ter steps down to the West Indies to get 4 flesh
orenge«®;.
■•»•■' if•■ AfT* -
Get married, woroasil never pause
is gootlihtit better. Pew handsome
men are coral for 4jjadh pxc?pt to bieuk
vvivea’ I Krafts with fail in t>n«X
t“t MiWtiously.
■r« .
to - Bup - p,,ri;
died in the army. » -■
Mpte wtoh all day aid Bess. hlrtjk thc
iiigHpßpjpttf a scanty living,
infers ache and.jay eyes
pain foe. ' .
CoUjri-sa bureaus fur the sup-
My Bshapil was a while man, and thtfy
tell ndlftd plucc at the election will be tilled
by a rSjii'o.
I wfelii had a vote.
I wijhlcj east it for the Government my
husbaikl'dti-d to maintain.
I do£t Iciiqw Imw it is, hut they tell m«
the retjnlliot) was put down and the L;nion
pfcsoi’fjad! and then .the Congressmen at
Washington say lhe Uniouds divided, and
can only bo restored by making negroes
equal fstli white
Theyfsel lhe iiegrnog ftee, and now tax
white .people to
I carj'l understand why j t*S||»it)}>t'Hod to
work f>r a living, and kept at
The Jariff J bill, will' pay'Gfty
cents miirejor a pafr Thomas,
a dollar tporefor,a lirßiii'fofeiJnine, ton cents
a pouipltmore for cofiVe, and nrake all the
pork, p4>titiV>esj, arid audit articles us the
farmerisrajse, which is one consolation to
If tlriUa wasn’t So many officers, and they
didn’t vtt such high salaries, these high
tariffs'Sfcoold not be needed.
I tntbijt wash to-morrow for tho income tax
assessol|; It will be a hard day’s work.
He pay me fifty cents for it.
He gj|tß four dollars a day for tax as
sessing.
. I wtji' harder thsm he does.
AVhaiwiH I do with the fifty
Sumutneeds a dress, bill l it.
'WdAfve n« hotter.
m ik' fc’ * .
. N" ci ftee.
v No tnfat.
Sfillfe is SitjV. I muss o[>end the
Joy miyltbiue for trim; imt drugs
are taxis! so high, it will buy but little.
I don’t know wliut to do.
Winter is coming, and wc have nothing
ahead to prepare for it.
The Postmaster says wc can go to the
poor-lioate.
A poor-house for the wives and families
of soldiers.
A bureau of negroes.
If we were negroes the Government
would care for ns.
Things are not fixed right.
We have a white population and a black
Congress,
The population ought to be made black,
or lhe Congress white.
Hut my candle has burnt out, and I must
retire to my hard bed tor a little rest.
My God protect us, since we are forsaken
by those who took away n.y husband and
the father of my helpless children.
Forsaken by those who induced him to
vi il lint eel.
Forsaken by those who promised to care
for ns iu his absence. —Holmes County (O.)
F.irvier.
Szczssioj a Massachusetts Doctbine —The follow
ng extract, from “ Townsend's Encyclopedia of the
Great Bebpllion,” shows that Massachusetts ill times
past ns now. favored the policy of obstruction when
it was desiled to add a State to the Union :
“In Jainary. 1811, the author of this reminis
cence was dt Washington. The question of admis
sion of Louisiana, then a Territory, into the Union
as a State, l»as under consideration.
“ Mr. I’nfdrus was the delegate to Congress. He
was a Frenchman, and could not address the House
in English Mr. Poindexter, the delegate from
Mississippi, was assigned the duty of presenting and
advocating' the admission of Louisiana into the
Union as a State.
“ Jusiah Quincy, member from Boston, opposed
, b . i,,, - with groat vehemence. He denoun
ced the purchase of Louisiana and the general princi-1
pies of the {Jefferson and Madison administrations ,
and said it night he necessary for Massachusetts to
secede from, the Uniou—’Amicably if we cau, vio-'
iently if wv ; aMist.”
A Fact South Printing. — At a second-class
hotel, iu wink lbrt, Kentucky, a few days
since, a ljlnt.giij on lured the liar-room, and
in pitiful nittes told the bar-keeper that her
tiiotherstetjLhi'T to get eight cents.
‘Eight .limts?’ said the bar-keeper.
’Yes, slT
•What and lies your mother want with eight
C?nts? I rjrin’t owe her anything.’
‘Welt sawl the < itild ’father spends all his
money here for rant, and we have no bread
to-day. ■ Mother wants to buy a loaf of
bread.’'
A loafer suggested to the liar-keeper to
kick- her o|lt,
‘No’ said the bar-keeper; Til give her
mother the money, and if Iter father comes
back here again I’ll kick him but'.’
Such a circumstance never happened lie
fore, attd.inaj never happen again. Human
ity owes that bar-k. e, ’pcr a vote of thanks.
-T_ *
A correspondent writes that he was rc
ceutly invitod tit *u .1 o, clock lunch at the
Fifth averine nraidnnceof a New York Broker.
He was' ushered it)to a magnificent apart- 1
tnent and ; seated at a gorgeous table,
decked In alf Aho paraphernalia of a good
diiifior'. n'he'bdl of fare included six tootses,
Jeer
V■< '• ** "of.
VOL. L~liO v iL
,*> T « yfs
- * [fftom the Philadelphia SnudayMercury.] .*
.Whither Arc Wc Drilling?
It is but about a year that the people
were engaged in the most formidable civil
war that ever occur red.- That conflict of
arms \v>a a terrible blow to the interests of
the country. Wc are still feeling the effect
of it. -Yet'affairs were beginiiing to spring
up agaiirw .-The signs of glowly reluming
jatiifiduatoTstAi “'‘ivrb'iif" %r r »
1 s ‘» .-ProMswore rXTklsr forward,' hopvtuily,
to a fn I" at” BnaJT‘e-oßflllMMi»»>ii* ofi gi im_. -
prosperity. 'The agriculturist expected
l«» fin'd -again a good market for his produce;
tne merchjßjt a ready demand -and jjfompt
payments tor his gfobds; (lie " mechanic and
manufacturer, increased' > ?mploymi'tit aud
profits, and all trusted that anew and bet
ter career of industry and trade was about
to dawn upon us.
But the cloud of another and unexpected
strife is already overshadowing the land.—
It may, for all that t tty of us call tell, prove
more disastrous evqn than that one from
which we were just emerging. Sectional
discord and contention; a turning of the
minds aud hearts of one-halt of the people
against the other; tin: engendering of doubt
nnd jeulottsy aud alienation between tbo
North and the South, mid the fearful possl-*
bilitius that may grow out of this porteii
liotts state oi affairs, are conditions which
threuten the nation with more embarrass
ment and distress, iu its mere economical
interests, than ip- has ever before experien
ced. Things are so circumstanced jest now
that no man, however s:.gacious and far
seeing, can foretell wliut tiie next month"or
the next week, or even the next day may
bring fortlu,' And it is this feeling of un
certainty and apprehension as to what may
be thdTsMie of the next hour, that is creep :
jpg-tgjKMUling like a liluck menacing
clo.ih)«HßW' :, V disaster over tiie mind
of our wfioitrfteople and gradually det<fryy
ing their fifth yi jiie future and paralyzing
their. enfofS(&R '-All ordinary grounds of
speculation ’arc no longer reliable. The
merchant.Ciijfutirl foresee what may bfi the
vicissiludes' pf business in the uext half
year, and fcfitweauot, therefore, how to pro
vide against them. The manufacturer and
mechanic are iu the same perplexing pre
dicament. The man who Iras his means in
-A” Lr.r.. *— v ; ■II —.—
of peace and prosperity,-is getting nervous
and timid. In short, we arc all losing uni
trust in the stability ol anything.
Asa natural consequence ol all this, capi
tal will lie drawn in, trade retrenched, labor
thiown out oi employment, tiie customary
channels of commerce radically altered, sc:
entities of all kinds, not excepting those of
the government, depreciated, enterprise
am! speculation discouraged, confidence and
credit destroyed, and, as the last result, in
dividual insolvency, failures in business,
the crush of great financial and industrial
corporations, aud general ruiu and stagna
tion, will follow.
We do not say that’this calamitous state
of things has yet come, or that it will cer
tainly come. Hut we do say that it is
threatened. We do say tiiat causes aud
conditions in our social and political rela
tions arc now at work which, unless effec
tually atid speedily removed, will inevitably
plunge ns into all, and more than all, the
trouble we are rather deprecating than pre
dicting.
And now let us ask—From what docs it
all come? To w!mt are we to trace the fever
ish state of the public pulse and that gtad
unl but obvious decline of confidence in af
fairs,which is now witnessed iu the Stock
Board, whispered on‘Change, and felt and
acknowledged in all the avenues and de
partments of trade, labor, and enterprise?
To nothing, certainly, but the continued agi
tation of the negro question—formerly to
emancipate him, and now to elevate him to
social and civil equality with the whites.—
This pernicious controversy has long divi
ded the country against itself, ami seems
destined to divide it indefinitely. It is the
bane of our peace—it is the source ol our
sectional strife and alienation—it is the
cause which, if not put down, will pisefurie
-M i-t-nnf-r nfleutjqii 5T the. Ouvvruraci.t to
the real concerns and interests of lhe nation
and derange all the relations of its indus
try and commerce. Tho union of the S a Urn
u tty be restored in form; b.tU confidence, af
fection, and friendly intercourse between
the people of its two great sections, the
North aud the South, will he utterly and
forever broken up, and thus the Confederacy
will be morally destroyed.
Sait in Fattening Swinf.. — A correspon
dent states some interesting experiments to
test (he use of salt in fattening swine.—
He selected two pair of barrow hogs weigh
ing one hundred pounds each. One pair
received with their daily allowance of feed
two ounces so salt, the other pair sitrilurly
fed, none. In the course of a week, it was
easily seen that the salted pair had a much
stronger appetite titan the others, ami atter
a fortnight, it was increased to two ounces
each. Alter four months, the weight ol the
salted hogs was three hundred and fifty
pounds each, while that of the unsalted, five
weeks later, reached only three hundred
pounds. The experiment was repealed with
almost the same result. A correspondent
feeds young pigs according to (.licit age, a
quarter of an ounce daily to breeding sows,
very littlevdnriug pregnancy, and in tho
heat of sutqtncr, withholds it in a degree
from all, as it induces thirst aud liability to
disease.
A curate having been overhauled by his
bis(g>p for attending u bail, the former rc
pßed,
‘li|y Bird, I Wore a mask.
l ‘Oh, we3,‘ returned die bishop, 4 that puts
r a now face on affair.’
The General Seiurc/in r. —A pni r of b right
eyes with a d<>zcn glances, suffice tosuhduo
a man, to enslave him, and to enfiatue him—
to make Hun even forget hip; they dazzlfe
ninoeu that the,past becomes straightway
dim to him, and he so prizes them that ho
Vpmld give all his life to possess them.—
* hat is the dove of dearest friends compar
tftl with this treasure? Is memory as strong
*s : expectancy? fruition as hunger?gatitudo
4wpesire? I hpve looked at royal diamonds
web rooms in Europe, and thought
JBkgWgrs ha’yg been made about them; Mo
®l“K(ivereigi.s deposed and strangled for
ncm, or ransomed with them; and daring
Insf in digging out the tiny shiny toys, that
lupine no mire thaij tfiehilttnuaoh my hat,-
Aiajl so then- are cither glittering baubles
(of fare water, tixi) for which men have
Tieen sept to kill and quarrel ever since tuuu
,kiud began, and which last for a score of
.years, when their sparkle is over. Where
ire those jewels now beamed under Cleopa
tra’s fprohead?
Siring of Kcu«i*.
A while ago a farmer in Virginia lost
his wife, and out of love fur her memory
called Ids estate' ‘Oleumary/ A neighbor
having with the same
>«HuaUy, desirous of kbepiug before him the
impgo ofh!sjlihi\
umptc, amt IttTs rn itttu newt now; 11■7%l 1 ■7%
name of JGlenbetsv
Qcioities. — A tea | iv without sound .{
li* like a knife without a . die*.
Wotds without like hosts with
out seed*. ■\. '/■ t
Features without grace ate clock
without a tape. j *
A iund without l*/ws is liken cat .without
her claws- '
A man witlihiilja wife is like a tprk with
out a knife. ’ ±
A woman without a man is I ike .a handle
without a.pan.
A quarrel without fighting is like thun
der without liglTtuiiig. irjk
‘Well,’ Sambo, Is your .tftuefeh a good
farmer?’ ’Oh, yes, tp 1 be a Ijlerjjrgood fanner,
lie makes two crops ite/infi year.-’.
‘llow is that, Sarnl^’
‘Why, he sell all,his hay in de full, and
makes money oncej de spring he 6ell
all de hides ob de catile.dat die for de lack
ob de hay, mid lie make money twice.’’ ->
•'A doctor lately informed ins friends, in a
large company, that he had been eight days
iastfltl* coup try. »
out of the party; ‘jt has _bceu
announced in the Tijau*.’ • v ~ <
said the «luc.torywtrctt|hliig his neck
importantly;‘pray in wMH’terms?’
‘Well, us well as I orfn remember, in the
fallowing: ‘There were last week seventy 1 -
“seven deaths less lhltn_ the week before 1’
Vfjiv Dead —A gentleman ‘in passing
Milford church-yard, obesrving the sdxton
digging a grave, addressed hjfti wtOi-WOb
‘ VVt'll, how tr< >es in yuiirline,
‘Very dead, reply
A housemaid Silv ej t>S*s for il
a. NeW Zealand p.r\ '“i% with the prwH
.Vmn SWC Vi . .
to leave her*"iiervent in the uninterrupted
discharge of her duties, need apply.’ .
An admirer ot a distinguished clergyman
twenty years since, remarked in his. praise,
that ‘President Holley was au excellent
preacher—be uevi r put any religion or
politics in his sermon.’
‘A Little Incident.’— -The Cincinnati Com
mercial recoids the following'Kttle incident
as having occurred while the President was
at Pittsburg:
‘A little incident occurred during t,he
banquet, which excited considerable amuse
ment. A small tiox addressed to llis Excel
lency the President of tile United States,
was brought into the banquet room. At
first fears- were entertained that the box
contained a torpedo, blit, after a brief con
sultation, it was resolved to open it and see
the contents. The lid was forced off, and
instead of a torpedo, there lay the harmless
but lifeless body of a duck. In fact the
President’s gift was a‘dead dock.’
Southern Steam I.ine to Brazil. —The
American and Brazilian Steamship Compa
ny, incorporated by the Legislature of Ala
bama, has opened an office at Mobile. The
first vessel of the line established by the
company left Mobile last week with thirty
seven passengers, mostly emigrants, for the
Brazilian Empire.
A gentleman was one day arranging
music for a lady to whom he was paying
his attention.
‘Pray, Miss M.,’what time do you prefer?’
‘Oil,’she replied, carelessly, ‘any time will
do—but. the quicker the better.’
A glasgow antiquary recently visit, and L it
araet Castle, and asked one of the villagers
if lie knew anvtbiug of un old *lorv about
fho building?’
‘Aye,’said the rustic,' there was anilher
auld storey, but it fell down long since.’
The conversation at Holland House turned
upon first love. Tom Moore compared it to
a potato,' because it shoots from the eyes.’
‘Or rather,’ exclaimed Byron, ‘because it
becomes all the less by paring'
George Column, getting out of an liaeknev
coach one night, gave the driver a shilling.
‘This is a bad shilling,’said Jarvey.
‘Then it’s all right,’ said George with his
inimitable chuckle;‘yours is a bad coach.'—
A saw-filer in the country puts out a sign
in the form of a hand-saw, with the words
Saw dcntist’paiuted on it’
A boy speaking of the greatest man ho
ever saw, was told by his mother lie must
always except their minister. A few days
after he rushed into the presence of his
mother and exclaimed, —
j ‘Mother, 1 have seen the greatest lic.g
| down town that 1 ever saw, except our
minister.’
A man called another an extortioner for
suing him.
‘Why, my friend,’ replied the man who
brought the suit, ‘I did it to oblige you.’
■To oblige me, indeed—how so?’
‘Why, to oblige you to pay me.’
Soft Soar for all.— For a lieutenant, call,
him captain,* for ft middle-aged lady, kiss
tier, and shy that yon mistook her for her
daughter; for a young .gentleman rising sis
teen, ask his opinion respecting the com
parative merits of a razor; for young ladies,
if you know their color to be natural, accuse
them of painting.
