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?ni U Seeret a ry .
tr,4i y, l87Ss
Little Skeptic.
I know that I'm horribly wicked ;
My pranks are enou;h to appall ;
They say sister Jessie's so Uve.y,
It's odd that we're sisters at ail.
But though Jessie never. In school-time-Makes
any more noise than a eat.
She peeps in the books while reciting.
And I would't stoop to do that.
And then, if I chance to displease her
She don't fly in tempers not she! '
For whole days together she merely
Will sulk and have hard thoughts of me,
And sometimes I feel rather puzzled.
When mischief I do on the si v,
Is pruessed by mamma so soon after
I hate to think Jessie a spy!
Well, well, very likely I'm talking
Of what I know nothing about.
And she's just a saint in short dresses,
And I'm a sad sinner, no doubt.
Dut tshe's a saint (and rvo humbug),
V hy, it don't seem so dreadful to be
The thing most people think I am
That bad word beginning with a D!
Peculiarities of Distinguished
jlen.
At a certain country inn, in Eng
land, vhere the landlord bad more
than once beeu furnished with ocular
proof of Johnson's eccentricities, and
where Boswell happened to be, the
latter chancing to mention Johnson's
name (a practice almost habitual
with him), "mine host" involuntar
ily commenced snickering, when Bos
well inquired of him if he knew Doc
tor Johnson. Replying m the affir
mative, lie was asked bv Boswell his
opinion of the great man. "Why,
sir," said the landlord, "folks say he
is the greatest writer in England
and, hereabouts, he goes bv the name
of 'Oddity."
As if instinctively, the next distin
guished individual we think of, and
whose image presents itsgl to our
"mind's eye" is "magnanimous Gold
smith," in whoso "peculiarities" dif
fidence and a strange sort of simplic
ity predominated to an extent, prob
ably, never before seen in so remark
able a man. Boswell, indeed, fails
not to insinuate that Goldsmith was
sadly lackingin conversation indeed
we. have it on the authority of Gar
rick that, while "he wrote like an
angel he spoke like poorTol." While
stupid sticklers for mere common
sense, therefore, and rattling dis
courses, would be apt to recognize
in Goldsmith's conversation nothing
worthy so celebrated a man, it took
the more appreciative among his
countrymen to comprehend that a
niche, pext to the very highest in
Fame's temple, was destined for this
most exquisite and sentimental of
poets. Goldsmith's remarkable ph
sio'jnoniif, in itself, constituted one of
his chief peculiarities, entirely want
ing, as it teems to have, been, "in dig
nity, comeliness and intellectual ex
pression. Tiiis his most enthusiastic
admirers of both sexes (among his
contemporaries) reluctantly admit
and that this personal deficiency
constantly preyed upon poor Gold
smith's mind, there can scarcely be
a doubt.
Thisunfortunate"peculiaritv" was,
undoubtedly, next of kin to another
(the two stood in the relation, most
likely, of cause and effect) , which
latter peculiarly, to say the verv
least, rendered the poet a legitimate
cause of merriment even among his
most distinguished literary friends
and admirers. We refer to his well
known predilection for affecting the
fop, in tlie matter of dress, whenever
his means would enable him to do it.
So, on occasion of a distinguished
party of literary men (of con rue in-
eluding Johnson, Burke, Garriek,
' nn.l nll.r ... 1 1 1 At ,
mi uiucisj, uNseuiiiieu at me nonse
of Sir Joshua Beynolds, Goldsmith
had provided himself with a new suit
of clothes, of a style, mateiial and
color (purple, we believe) .calculated
to astonish the beholders. On his
way to Sir Joshua's he met a noble
man of his acquaintance, who. not
recognizing him in his new attire,
passed on without speaking. Arrived
at Sir Joshua's, and after a hearty
welcome on the part of the distin
guished company (Goldsmith was
ever a favorite amofir them), Garriek
at ouce laid hold of the anthor'of the
"Traveller," and exhibiting all his
points and appointments before the
company, in a manner of which he
(Garriek) alone was capable, the hi
larity of the guests became obstrep
erous. But after his introduction to
the company by Garriek, aod when
Goldsmith, with a hurt and exceed
ingly mortified look, remarked that
he had "just met Lord J., and that
be bad taken no more notice of him
than if he had been a common man,"
the merriment of the company knew
no bounds. It was at this crisis that
the noble-hearted Johnson broke in
with the remark (a remark which did
him so much honor and Goldsmith
so much justice) , "Sir Lord C. ought
to have made up to such a man as
Doctor Goldsmith." The latter's
wounded vanitj' (for vanity may be
mentioned as another of Goldsmith's
peculiarities) was doubtless fully
appeased by this complimentary
speech so happily and gracefully
timed by Johnson, who comprehend
ed Goldsmith's true character to a
hair. Absent mindedness (resulting
in a choatic confusion of ideas) was,
unquestionably, one of Golosmith'e
most striking peculiarities. No man
sooner than Goldsmith (to nse a
slang phrase) "lost his head." For
instance, on a certain occasion while
taking dinner at a friend's house, and
observing a dish of peas in his neigh
borhood (we doubt not they were as
green as they ought to be) he became
at once big with a pu?i, and choosing
to consider the peas before him any
color but green, loudly exclaimed to
"mine host," "Why, these peas, my
friend, are not green. Send them to
Mai '6 em Green. " meaning, of course,
a place in the vicinity of London
oalled "Turn trm Green." The visit
ors all stared; and how poor "Goldy"
looked under tho circumstances we
bave'never beard.
Money in very scarce at Coos By.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOV. 10, 187(5.
Touching Story.
It may not be generally known,
yet it is probably true, that the fam
ous novel of East Lynn, though writ
ten in England, had the groundwork
of its story in a singular marriage
which took place in this city, the
notice and attending circumstances
at the time being- copied by almost
every paper in the country. The
matter was about as follows: "
A Mr. J. M., a clerk in a down
town house, fell in love with a voung
lady whose father was a well-to-do
SeconJ Street merchant, and after a
proper season of attention the couple
were married.
They soon found out that they
were not happily mated, and. after
a marriage of seven years, during
which time they had three children
(two boys and a girl), thev mutually
agreed to the; husband" applying
for a divorce, merely on the ground
of incompatibility of temper. The
divorce was granted, and the wife
went home to her father.who through
indorsing lost all his business and all
his property. The daughter's and
his own misfortnue weighed so heav
ily on the father's mind that, during
a moment of mental alienation, Le
took his own life, leaving his daugh
ter penniless, and to rouffh it with
the cold charity of the world as best
she could. The woman, a brave lit
tle creature, tried every way she
knew how to gain an honest liveli
hood; in fact, working so hard, giv
ing music lessons and doing embroi
dery for her old school-mates, that
her health gave way, and, haviug no
money to pay hei board, must beg,
starve, or go to the poor-house.
To turn to the other side of the
picture, the husband, after a month's
release from the marital bands, again
married, and at the time of which we
speak had not only the children by
the first wife, but also an addition
thereto, a little two-year-old girl by
his second wife. The latter lady be
ing ill, the husband advertised for a
nurse and housekeeper, which notice
reached the eye of the first wife, and
she, iu her trouble, went to the for
mer partner of her heart, told him of
her sad condition, and applied for
the position in his household. The
husband, giving her ample funds for
all immediate want.-), asked her to
call again at his oilice on tho follow
ing morning, promising to consult
his wife about the matter in tlie
menu time.
Promptly, as per agreement, wife
No. 1 was on time, as was the hus
band, and from there they went to
the residence where the two wives
had their first conversation, ending
in their agreement for the first wife
to come and accept the vacant place,
winch she did, seemingly delighted
at having a peaceful home over her
head, notwithstanding the very
strange circumstances under which
such shelter was given. Necessity
demanded that the entire past should
be obliterated, and the new house
keeper treated as any other help;
that she must care for the children
her own offspring and the other
child as any hired nurse would do;
that she must eat at the second table;
to care for her charges. All these
things and even more humility i'h
the poor woman show, never a sigh,
word, or look, exhibiting the least
evidence of discontent. What, how
ever, must have been the true feeling
of her heart, when seeing auother
lilling the place that she had once
tried, as she thought, so hard to fill.
The above is from the files of an
old Cincinnati paper, bat the sequel,
as told us by one conversant with
the facts, is stranger than what we
have already narrated. When the
cholera was raging in our city in 185G
the second wife was taken very ill
with it, and being informed by the
physician that she could not live but
a few hours at most, as she was then
taken in a collapsed condition, she
asked that all go out of the room ex
cepting her husband and housekeep
er, when she told how much she
dreaded Jenving her little child
among strangers, and as a dying
wife entreated them to marry again.
The profosition was a strange one,
but both promised, and in a few
months afterward, when the secoud
wife had been dead a sufficient length
of time not to cause remarks, tb
two were again married, brought to
gether after a cruel separation of so
many years, and, we believe, are now
living happily together in a cozy West
End house. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Green Food lor Poultry.
Green food is essential to the well
beiogf f poultry at all seasons of the
year. When fowls are limited to
confined "quarters, this must be sup
plied to them artificially to keep
them in good health.
In winter time we can give them
cabbages or chopped turnips and
onions from time to time; short, late
dried bay (or rowen) is very good
for a change; corn-stalk leaves, chop
ped fine, they will eat with a relish.
In early springtime, when tho
ground first softens from the frost,
pasture soils thrown into their pens
will be ravenously eaten by them;
and as soon a the new grass starts
(unless they can have free access to
the fields or lawn) they should be
supplied with this excellent succu
lent daily. For the young chickens
nothing is so beneficial and grateful
as a run on the newly-mown grass;
and next to this indulgence they
should have an ample supply of cut
or pulled grass every day.
It should never be forgotten, that
one of tho most important things to
bo observed towards keeping our
fowls in good health is the regular
supply we should furnish them of
green food.
o
John Lick will contest his father's
deed on the ground of insanity and
undue influence.
A French Execution.
The Iong History of the Last Fifty
Five fcecoiids in a Man's Ufe.
Twas the doomed man. He was
tall and thin. He is stiff in bis bear
ing, and walks very slowly. His
haggered eye is fixed on tho guillo
tine, which he sees for the first time.
His face seems to reflect some object
of an earthy, yellow color. One of
the executioner's assistants removes
the jacket from his shoulders. The
upper part of his shirt has been cut
oif.and his bare breast and shoulders
were visible. The executioner seiz
ed him by the left arm-pit. Anoth
er assistant pushed him from be
hind. A third assistant went rapid
ly by us and stood near the yoke
which keeps the head motionless.
Tlteldoomed man tottered a3 he came
forward. He said to the assistant
who pushed him, "Not so fast!"
but his voice was strangled, for he
had no saliva in his mouth. He
reached the scaffold. Its vertical
plank came nealy up to the hollow
of his breast. The assistant pushed
the plank which from vertical be
came horizontal, tripped up the
(loomed man, who iellon it horizon
tally, his abdomen next the plank.
He tried to raise by exerting knees
and arms. He murmured some in
articulate words. The executioner
and two assistants pushed him vio
lently forward, so as to bring his
head immediately under the yoke.
The doomed man must have felt the
sensation of a person who falls down
an abyss. The executioner bends
forward to see if the neck is in prop
er position. His assistant lets the
yolie fall on he d omed man's head.
This yoke imprisons the head as if
the yoke were a vise. The doomed
man must have felt this fall distinct
ly. It must be as if he were twice
executed. All this took time. I
counted my pulse; it boat four times
while this was taking place. This is
long. Tlie execut ioner raised a little
levsr. The knife fell. It could be
followed as it fell. It attained its
greatest velocity only at the close of
the fall. The head bounced into a
zinc box. It seemed to me I could
see, as the knife fell with an indis
tinct rumble, the doomed man's soul
take flight. The headless corpse is
tossed b- the assistants into the bas
ket, where it lies ou its back. The
executioner wheels on his right
foot and turns his face towards us.
his back to the scaffold. He indi
cates by ihis final movemeut, which
he never fails to make that once the
criminal beheaJed his part is at an
end. The rest is his assistants'
business. One of them shook the
zinc boK to mrike tlie head fall into
the basket. I saw it roll over and
over liki-a ball on the bloody bran.
I staggered and shut my eyes.
H calih of the Khedive.
The popular view of the wealth of
great Asiatics is almost always ab
surd, and the popular view of the
Khedive is no exception to the rule.
The Khedive has always been be
lieved to be one of tho richest men
in the world, tho personal owner of
a great part of his owu dominions.
He is, however shown in Mr. Cave's
report to be a poor man, possessed of a
very large but very heavily encum
bered estate. He owns 310,000 acres
of good land and 100,000 acres of
poor land, or about one-tenth tho
cultivated soil of Egypt, yielding to
him 422,000 a j ear iu round figures
a very noble estate, if it were only
clear. But the Khedive owes b,
000,000 on his estate, at ten per cent,
per.annnui, besides a floating debt
at enormous iuterest, aud is, there
fore, a loser on his whole property,
the statement of income, including
all profits from sugar, which Mr.
Cave, by the way evidently believes
to be imaginary. He may, of course,
have other properties in money, and
probably has. but they are not hy
pothecated to his creditors, who
have to look only to his great estate
in land, lie might, if set free by
the French capitalists,raise a private
loan also on less onerous terms than
he is now paying; but still, if be
could borrow at eight per cent., or
even seven, which is the usual rate
in Egypt on good security, the pri
vate estate remaining would be very
small, and wholly insufficient to
help out the indebtedness of a king
dom. The plain truth of the matter
is that the Egyptian debt of all sorts,
though not heavy for a Western
State borrowing at four or five per
cent., is too heavy for an Oriental
State borrowing at thirteen, aud that
the alternatives are the administra
tion of Egypt throngh Europeans
and the European ways, or the ex
tinction of Egyptian credit.
CharcoaXi for Turkets. A Cali
fornia paper highly recommends
nharcoal for fattening turkeys, and
says that it should be pulverized and
mixed with mashed potatoes and
corn meal, as well as fed to them in
small lumps. It mentions that in
two lots of lour each, treated alike,
and one lot given this mixture and
the other not, there was an average
gain in tho weight of the first of a
pound and a hjvlf-each, In comment
ing upon this another writer says:
"While we condemn the practice of
mixing the pulverized charcoal with
other food for turkeys, compelling
them to eat it whether they want it
or not, we have no doubt of the ex
cellent effect of supplying them
charcoal broken into small bits, es
pecially when fattening for market.
We have had evidence of what we
say, and for a number of years have
recomended charcoal for this pur
pose.
Three hundred and forty-six acres
in the southern part of Linn Co.
was sold last week for 0,000. It
was well improved.
Crossing for Inniroveinent of
Com in on bheep.
A correspondent asks us the fol
lowing question: "What is the best
cross upon our common sheep for
qnality and quantity of wool, for the
general market, and for weight of
carcass?
This inquiry can be replied to
from so many standpoints, that an
opinion in favor of either of the rec
ognized breeds requires certain ex
planations. A cross of the long
wool say Cotswool, Leicester, or
Lincoln will insure an increase of
carcass to nearly or quite double the
value of the common, or native.dam.
The ileece will haye additional
length, considerable improvement in
style, and a perceptible increase in
weight. The improvement in length
and luster will add to its market val
ue. A cross of middle wool, saj' South
down, Shropshire, ifcc, will add
greatly to the quality of tho meat,
somewhat less, though considerable,
to itsquanity, will thicken somewhat
the Ileece, and give it slight addition
al weight, without aiding much to
its value per pound.
A cross of the American merino
will make a marked improvement in
fleece, adding to all its desirable
characteiistics, except that of length.
The weight, iu many instances, will
be doubled, while in any other thau
an anomalous condition of the mar
ket, the value per pound will be
somewhat increased. The size of
carcass will not be increased though
its compactness aud symetry of
outline will be greatly improved.
With the average farmer the more
satisfactory result will be secured by
a cross with the long-wool breed or
the One wools. The one will show
its chief improvement in the carcass,
the other in a Ileece though the
merits of neither will be confined
to these prouiinent characteristics.
As a rule, the least satisfactory re
sults will be derived from a cross
with the "Downs" this, not from
any defect in the breed, per ce, but
rather from less diversity in size in
the one and character of ileece in the
other. Sheep from this cross may
reasonably be expected to withstand
the hardships, sometimes privations,
incident to the lot of the flock when
compelled to work its living off the
average farm, with better results
thau would be realized from a long
wool cross simple treated and, for
"ronqhing it." would prove nearly
equal to tlie results of tlie Merino
cross.
In view of these considerations,
added to some minor ones, that may
be classed as results of taste rather
than experienced as a general conclu
sion, would advise a cross of the
?Iorino in preference to the others
referred to always. with the recom
mendation that the best rams within
reach of the m ans of the llock-ow-uers
be used and that none of the
male animals of the cross be used as
sires, no matter how near the de
sired standard they may approach.
National Litre-Stock Joamal.
The 3Iau Who Crossed the Atlantic in
a I oi j .
William Baxter, of Lowell, says
the Cape Ann (Mass.) Advertiser,
recently returned from Liverpool,
England, brings us intelligence that
Capt. Johnsen and his dory are the
lions of the day. The exhibition fee
is one sixpence, and the room is
thronged day aud evening by those
who wish to see this daring voyager
aud his little craft. The crowd are
not allowed to tarry long, but pass
in at oue door, taking a look at Johu
sen aud his boat, then, after purchas
ing a photograph, are requested to
pass out. Mr. Baxter, being an
Americau, had an opportunity of
conversing a few moments with John
sen, who is now in good health, hav
ing fully recovered from the fatigues
of the voyage. Ho stated that he
would not at tempt the feat and pass
throngh what he did on that trip
across the Atlantic for a million of
dollars, iu'fact nothing on earth could
tempt him to repeat such a voyage.
It is evident that he is now coining
money, and we are pleased that he is
to receive such a goodly sum for his
unparalleled feat and the pluck he
manifested in performing it. It is
probable that he may go to London
before coming home to the Centen
nial Exhibition. Several entries in
his log have been verified from the
logs of the vessels St. Louis, Defiant,
Amerique and Grace, which be spoke
on the way. He intends to publish
the details in order to silence skep
tics and prove the genuineness of his
memoriable voyage across the At
lantic. A Bathetic Picture. George
William Curtis paints the following
pathetic picture, which every one
could wish less true to nature: "I
think of many a sad-eyed woman who
seems never to have smiled, who
struggled with hard hands, through
meltiug heat and pinching cold, to
hold at bay poverty and want, that
hovered like wolves about an ever
increasing flock of children, now
it was scour in the morning, scrub
at. night, and scold all day long!
How care blurred the window like a
cloud hiding a lovely landscape!
How anxiety snarled at her heels.
dogging her like a cur! How little
she knew or cared that bobolinks.
drunk with blithe idleness, tumbled
and sang in the meadows below, that
the earth was telling the time of year
with flowers in the woods below. As
I think of these things, of the taci
turn husband coming in beavv with
sleep, too weary to read, to talk, to
think, I do not wonder that mad
houses are so richly recruited from
the farm houses as tho statistics
show."
Sixteen bouses were destroyed by
fire at Canada, Miss., on the 1st.
"The Old Oaten Bucket."
The popiilar song of "Tie Old
Oaken Bucket" is said to have had
its origin under the following cir
cumstances, which give it additional
interest: Some years ago, when
Wood worth, the printer, and several
others, "Old New Yorkers," were
brother typos in a printing-office
which was situated at the corner of
Chestnut and Chambers Streets, there
were few places in the city of New
York where one could enjoy the lux
ury of a really "good drink." Among
the few 2htces most worthy of patro
nage was an establishment kept by
Mallory, iu Franklin Street, or
about the same spot where St. John's
Hall recently stood. W,iV orth "jo
company with several particular
friends, had dropped in at this place
oue afternoon for the purpose of fak
ing some "brandy and water," which
Mallory was famous for keeping.
Ihe liquor -was superexceileut. and
Woodworth seemed inspired by it,
for, after taking a draught, he laid
his glass upon the table and, smack
ing his lips, declared that Mallory's
eau de vie was supeiior to anv he had
ever tasted. "Oh," said Mallory,
"you are quite mistaken; there was
oue thing which, in both our esti
mations, far surpasses this in the
way of drinking." "What was
that?" asked Woodworth, dubiously.
"The draught of pure, fresh, spring
water we used to drink from the old
oaken bucket that hung in the well
after our return from the labors of
the field on a sultry day in summer."
The tear-drops glistened for a mo
ment in Woodworth's eyes. "True!
true!" he replied and soon quitted
the place. He returned to the of
fice, grasped the pen, and in half an
hour "The Old Oaken Bucket," one
of the most delightful compositions
in our language, was ready in man
uscript to be embalmed in the
memory of succeeding generations.
A Soldier's CJoJjrotha.
Cuba is a cemetery for Spanish re
cruits, unlike ralstafrs ragged
regiment, who were good as food for
powder, these poor boys who are en
listed in Spain and shipped oft' to
crush the insurrection in Cuba, are
killed by the diseases incidental to
the country before they have a
chance to face the enemy. The mor
tality is as great or perhaps greater
than that which cursed the Union
army on the peninsula. Malarial
fever "gathers them in." The offi
cial records at Madrid aud Havana
may be able to show how many stout
fellows have been swallowed in the
swamps of Cuba, but, in no other
way can the thousands of victims be
told off. The Madrid government is
evidently tired of frittering away hu
man life in this way. Martinez
Campos is appointed to command
the army, and the order to tire is to
be given all along the line. Insur
rection is to be wiped out. Campos
has only to give the order, and
quick, presto, it is done. It is as
easy as lying. Sixteen thousand
troops f om Madrid are on the sea.
and twenty-four thousand more are
to follow, aud with those on the
ground the spirit of free Cuba is to
be crushed. We have been hearing
this for 3-ears. Men have come and
men have gone back to Madrid, but
the war goes on. The insurgents
have got a commander who is never
idle. His name is Gen. Disease.
Fattening
Animals.
A very common error among farm
ers, which needs correction, is the
opinion that animals may be fattened
iu a few weeks, and fitted for market,
by heavy feeding, or, as is termed,
by pushing. Many farmers do not
think of beginning to fatten their
hogs or cattle for early winter market
until autumn has actually commenc
ed. Their food is then suddenly
changed and they are dosed with
large quantities of grain or meal.
This sudden change often deranges
the system, and it is frequently some
time before they recover from it.
From observation and inquiry we
find that the most successful manag
ers adopt a very different course.
They feed moderately, with great
regularity, and for a longer period.
The most successful pork raiser that
we have met with commences the
fattening of his swine for the win
ter market earlj- in the preceding
spring. In fact, he keeps his swine
in a good growing condition all
through the winter. He begins mod
erately, and increases the amount
gradually, never placing before the
animal more than it will freely eat.
With this treatment, and strict at
tention to the cleanliness and com
fort of the auimal, his spring pigs at
ten months usually exceed three
hundred pounds, and have sometimes
gone as high as four hundred and
fif3- pounds, and pigs wintered over
reach a weight of five or six hundred.
The corn, which i3 ground and scald
ed before feeding, nets him ou an
average of not less than one dollar
per bushel when the market price
of pork is five cents per pound.
Christian Union.
Sm Aiiii Seeds ix a Pound. The
number of seeds of wheat in one
pound is 10.500.
The number of seeds in one pound
of barley is 15,400.
The number of seeds in one pound
of oats, 20,000. '
The number of seeds in one pound
of rye, 23,000
Tho number of seeds in one pound
of buckwheat, 25,000.
The number of seeds in one pound
of red clover, 249,000.
The number of seeds in one pound
of white clover, 080,4000.
The Grangers of the United States
have over 18,000,000 invested in
their various enterprises.
NO.
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Hurry ami Haste.
"Never do anything in a hurry," is
the advice piven to attorneys and so
licitors by Mr. Warren. "No one in
a hurry can possibly have his vriU
about h i m; and remember that iu the
law there is ever an opponent watch
ing to find yon off your guard. You
may occasionally be iu haste, but
you need never be in a hurry; tako
care resolve never to be so. Re
member that others' interests are oc
cupying your attention, and suffer
by your inadvertence by that neg
ligence which generally occasions
hurry. A man of first-rate business
talents one who always looks so
calm and tranquil, that it makes one's
self feel cool on ajjot s-:i iroer day to
look at him ouco told me that ho
bad never been in a hurry but once,
and that was for an entire fortnight,
at the commencement of his career.
It nearly killed him; he spoiled ev
erything be touched; he was always
breathless, and barrassed, and miser
able; but it did him good for life; he
resolved never again to be in a hur
ry and never was, no, not once, that
he could remember, during twenty
five years' practice! Observe, I speak
of being hurried and flustered not
of being in haste for that is often
inevitable; but then is always seen0
the superiority and inferiorrty of
different men. You may indeed al
most define hurry as the condition
to which an inferior man is reduced
by haste. I one day observed in a
committee of the House of Commons
sitting on a railway hill, tho chief
secretary f the company, during
several hours, while great interests
were in jeopardy, preserve a truly
admirable coolness, tranquility, and
temper, conferring on him immense
advantages. His suggestions to coun
sel were masterly, and exquisitely
well timed; and by the close of-the
day he had triumphed. 'How is it
that one never sees you in a hurry?'
said I, as we were pacing the long
corridor, on our way from the com
mittee rcoia. 'Because it's so expen
sive,' he replied, with a. significant
smile. I shall never forget that ob
servation, and don't von."
How to Acquire Contentment.
First of all, a man should always
consider how much more he has
than he wants; and secondly, how
much more unhappy he might be
thau he really is. Listen to the re
ply which Aristippus made to one
who condoled him noon the loss of a
farm. "Why," &Jd he, "I have
three farms still and you have but
one; so that I ought rather to be af
flicted for you than you for me."
When Pif.icus, afler the death of his
brother, who had left him a good
estate, was offered a great sum of
money by the King of Lydia, ho
thanked him for his kindness, but
told him he had already more by
half than he knew what to do with.
There is an excellent saying of Bion,
the philosopher, namely, that "no
man has so much care as he who en
deavors after the most happiness."
We read of the honest Dutchman,
who upon breaking his leg by a fall
from the mainmast, told the bystan
ders "it was a great mercy it was
not bis neck." And we may also
add the. saying of an old philosopher,
who after having invited some of
his frierds to dine with him, was
milled by his wife, who came into
the room in a passion and threw
down the tablebefore them; "Every
one," said he, "has calamity, and heo
is a happy man that has no greater
than this."
If couteutment docs not bring
riches it banishes the desire of them.
It destroys all inordinate ambition
and even- tendency to corporation.
It erives sweetness to conversation
and a perpetual serenity to all
thoughts
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Don't Like to Tell Ilcforc Folks.
A horny-handed phrenologist in a
west-end grocery of Madison, Wis
consin, the other evening placed bis
band on a friend's head and said: o
"Bill, do you want to know your
capacity and perceptibleness ?"'
"Yes, if I've got any," was the re
ply. 4Well, then," replied tho phrenol
ogist, "I place the tip of my thumb
about the center of the ear, thus;
theu I extend my fingers around the
posterior portion, called in phrenol
ogy the occiput; then I join the tips
of the fingers of both hands, and en
deavor to bring the thumb tips to
gether, but the thumbs don't meet
by good gracious!"
At this point the phrenologist
looked puzzled and gazed up at the
ceiling gravely.
' "Out with it-T nm prepared to
bear the very worst," said Bill.
But the phrenologist eaid he'd
have to tell him privately, and took
him out and up tho street till near a
saloon door, when he paused and
whispered in Bill's ear:
"You've got a powerful brain a
powerful iutelleck, and orto be in
Congress stead of using a hammer."
Bill dragged his frie"nd into a saloon
and called for "the best in tlie house."
They drank, and Bill asked, "Why
didn't you tell me in the jrescnee of
those men in the grocery?" "Be
cause," said the phrenologist, "I
knew they'd call me a fool." Deaf
Mute Advance.
She, a sentimental widow, observ
ing some sea-gulls flying ibout the
vessel, remarks: "What a charming
subject for a poem a swallow lost at
sea!" He, just recovering from a
severe attack of sea-sickness, replies,
looking at the subject from his point
of view: Yes, madam, but there are
so many swallows lost at sea!" She
chose a more sympathetic listener
during the remainder of the trip.
England spends annually on her
public s.'hoola about 810,000,000.
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