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MATKIMONYIN JAPAN.
Every Japineso parent is allowed to sell
his daughter to tbo proprietor of a " Tea
house," or ether similar place; but only
some of the poorer classes, I believe, avail
ihemselves of this sad means of economiz
ing their household by parting with their
offspring at the tender age of seven or
eight. When they are thus sold, the better
looking naturally comtnaud the largest price.
These poor children are. for their owner's
benefit, carefully tended being kept in
comparative seclusion until they attain the
age of fourteen or Gfteen, when they are
compelled to commence nn immoral course
of life, the poor girls, like too many sad
victims in our own land being decked out
in the gayest and most fanciful attire.
Either previous or subsequent to (his
-time, any Japanese wanting a wife, can
purchase ono of these young creatures and
bo legally married to her ; but, if no such
chance occurs, 6ho is not permitted to leave
the establishment until she is twenty-five,
when she is peifectly free, and not in the
least regarded as iuferior to any other girl
in hor station in life in fact, generally
marrying well. On one occasion, I remem
ber, wo visited the house of a Yncoonin.
who received us with evident pleasure,
treating us to tea and cake. After some
minute' conversation, his wife entered, ac
companied by hor female attendant. The
officer introduced us to her; but unfortu
nately she bad followed her husband's ex
ample in learning English the remarks
wo exchanged were, as is ulmost always the
YCsse, when you need an interpreter, few in
dumber.
She was 3 good looking young woman
thickly powdered, her eyebrows shaved en
tirely off, and her teeth blackened. The
two last operations are pel formed by every
woman when she becomes a wife ; and, ns
they have generally strongly marked eye
brows and pretty regular teeth, with by no
means small mouths, the disfiguring effects
of tbo operation may bo better imagined
than described. Tbo reason assigned for
this extraordinary praciLo is, that each wo
man may show her husband that henceforth
she desires no admiration but his. A
Lady's Visit to Manilla and Japan.
THE RIGHT SORT OF RELIGION.
Some practical fellow, whose head is
usually " level," has written out his ideas
as follows. It will do to read aad thiuk
about :
Wo want a religion that goes into the
family and keeps the husband from being
6plteful when the dinner is late ; keeps the
wifo from being fretful when the husband
tracks the newly-washed floor with his mud
dy boots, and makes the husband mindful
of the scraper and tho door-mat; amuses
tbo children as well as instructs them ;
wins ns well as governs them ; projects the
honeymoon into the harvest moon, and
makes the happy hours liko the Easter fig
tree, bearing in its bosom at once the
beauty of tho tender blossom and the glory
1&1 the ripened fruit. We want a religion
that bears not only on the sinfulness of sin,
but on tho rascality of lying and stealing ;
a religion that banishes all small measures
from the counters, small baskets from the
stalls, pebbles from ths cotton bags, clay
from paper, sand from sugar, chickory from
coffee, beet root from vinegar, alum from
bread, lard from butter, strychnine from
wine, and water from milk cans.
The religion that is to advance the world
will not pull all the big strawberries and
peaches at the top, and all the bad ones at
the bottom. It will not offer more baskets
of foreign wines than the vineyards ever
produced bottles.
.-The religion that is to sanctify the world
and pay its debts. It does not consider
forty cents returned for ona hundred given,
is accordiug to gospel, though it is accord
ing tit law. It looks on a man who has
failed in trade, and continues to live in lux
ury,, 33 a thief. It, looks oq a man who
promts, to pay fifty dollars on demand,
v-lth interest, and whoaegleets to pay it on
domaod; with or witbquVintereit, as a liar.
SSL. It, is a act perhaps 'not generally
kaoivu, that Washington dhv, bis laVt
Jjfeath.ui the last boor in the last dav of
the last week, in the last month of the tear,;
B0(VS,lJV ll9t jearof Mis-century, Satur
daj nifht, 12 o'olocKDeo. 31, 1799,
AN EXTRAORDINARY MASON.
The first Masonic funeral that ever took
place in California, occurred in the year
1849, and was performed over tho body of
a brother found drowned in the bay of San
Francisco. An account of the ceremonies
states thnt upon the body of the deceased
was found a siher mark of a Mark Master,
upon which were engraved the initials of
his name. A little further investigation
revealed to the beholders the most outre
exhibition of Masonic omlkm3 that were
ever drawn by the ingenuity of man on
human skin. There is nothing in tho his
tory or traditions of Freemasonry equal to
it. Beautifully dotted on his left arte, in
red and blue ink, which time could not
efface, appeared all the emblems of the
Entered Apprentice. There were the Iloly
Bible, the Square and the Compass, the
twenty-four inch Guage attd the common
Gavel. There were also the Mosaic pave
ment representing the ground floor of King
Solomon's Temple, the indented Tessol
which surrounds it, and the Blazing Star in
the centre. On his right arm, and artisti
cally executed in the same indelible liquids,
were the emblems appertaining to the Fel
low Craft degree, iz: the Plumb, the
Square, and the Level. There were also
five columns, representing the five Orders
of Architecture the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic,
Corinthian, and Composite.
In removing the garments from his body,
tho Trowel presented itself, with all the
other working tools of operative Masoniy,
besides all the emblems peculiar to the
degree of Master Mason. Conspicuously
on his breast were tho Great L'ghts of Ma
sonry. Over his heart was tho Pot of
Incense. On other parts of his person
were the Bee Hive, the Book of Constitu
tions, guarded by the Tyler's Sword ; the
Sword pointing to a naked Heart; the All
Seeing Eye ; the Anchor and Ark, the
Hour Glass, the Sun, Moon, Stars and a
Comet ; the Three Steps, emblematical of
Youth, Manhood, and Age. Admirably
executed was the weeping Virgin, reclining
on a broken column, upon which lay the
Book of Constitutions. In her left band
she held the Pot of Incense, the Masonic
emblem of a pure heatt; and in her uplifted
right hand a sprig of accacia, the beautiful
emblem of the immortality of tho soul.
Immediately beneath her stood winged
Time, with his scythe by his side, " which
cuts the brittle thread of life," and the
Hour Glass at his feet, whieh is ever re
minding us that " our lives are drawing to
a cIoec." Tho withered and attenuated
fingers of tho Destroyer were delicately
placed amid the long and gracefully flowing
linglcts of thG disconsolate mourner. Thus
were tho striking emblems of mortality and
immortality beautifully blended in one pic
torial representation, It was a spectacle
such as Masons never saw before, and, in
all probability, such as tho fraternity may
never witness again. The brother's name
was never known.
A CHINESE CRUCIFIXION.
The following account of a recent cruci
fixion in China, interesting because of its
rcsemblanco to those mentioned in Scrip
ture, is by Mr. James Jones, of Amoy,
who witnessed the execution on the 2Sth of
October :
The lictira was a well known thief. On
his trial before his judge, he refused .to
criminate himself,
scourged until bis
female witness fails
although repeatedly
back was raw. If a
in giving satisfjetory
evidence in a court of justice, she is beaten
with a leather strap across the mouth. His
wife, desirous of sparing her husband, ro
fused to give evidence, but after two or
three applications of the strap, her courage
gave way. She confessed his guilt, at the
same time admitting that two hundred dol
lars of tho money so derived was hidden iu
the sea near the beach. Officers were seut
in search, and finding the dollars in the
place indicated, tho prisoner was sentenced
to decapitation by the Chinese, the most
severe punishment, because they imagine if
a man leaves this world minus his members
he appears in. the same condition in the
next. The culprit therefore prayed to be
crucified instead of being beheaded.
The cross was of the Latin form, the foot
being inserted in a stout plank, and lite
criminal, standing on a board, had nails
driven through bis feet, bis hands stretched
and nailed to the cross-beam. Uis legs
were fastened to the cross with an iron
chain, and his arms bound with cords, and
ou the cord around his waist was inserted a
piece of wood on which was written his
name and offense, a similar piece on his
right arm contained bis sentence, namely,
to remain in the cross day and night until
bodied; another on his left arm had the
name of the judge, with his titles and of !
fices The criminal was nailed to the cross
inside the Yatnun, in the presence of the
masfrate, and then carried by four coolies
to one "of tho principal thoroughfares lead
ing from the city, where be was left during
the day, but removed at night inside the
prison, for fear of bis friends a'ttempting to
rescue him, and again carried forth at day
light in charge of two soldiers.
He was crucified at noon on Wednesday!;
and Mr. Jones conversed with him at five
in tbo evening. He complained' of pain in
the .chest and thirst.' On Tbnesday- be
slept for, some boors, 'when tho cross was
raidown"witfiin tfce jail copondf-N6
one fii Mwjid tq'upplj;hinV.virith fobtf or
drfok, and dating the day' there wm quit
a fair in front of the cross, people being at
tracted from a distance, and the sweetmeat
venders driving a large trade. On Satur
day be was still alive, when Taotal was ap
pealed to by a foreigner, to put an end to
the wretched man s sufferings, aud he imr
mediately gave orders that vinegar should
be administered, which it was expected
would produce immediate death, but the
result was otherwise, and at sunset, when
the cross was taken within the jail, two
soldiers with stout bamboos broke both his
legs, and then strangled him.
THE FIRMAMENT.
Let us cast our eye3 up to the firmament,
where the rich handiwork of God presents
itself to our sight, and ask ourselves some
such questions as these : What power built
over our heads this vast magnificent arch,
and spread out the heavens like a curtain ?
Who garnished these heavens with such a
variety of shining objects, a thousand and
ten thousand limes ten thousand different
stars, new suns, new moons, new worlds, in
comparison with which this earth of ours is'
but a point, nil regular in their motion, and
swimming in their liquid ether? Who
painted the clouds with such a variety of
colors, and in such a diversity of shades and
figures as is not in the power of the finest
pencil to emulate? Who formed the sun
of such a determinate size, and placed it at
such a convenient distance, as not to annoy,
but only to refresh us, and nourish the
ground with its kindly warmth? If if
were larger, it would set-the earth on fire;
if less, it would leave it frozen ; if it were
under us, we should be scorched to death ;
if further from us we should not be able to
live for want of heat. Who then hath
tnado it so commodious a tabernacle, (I
speak with the Scriptures and according to
the common notion,) out of which it cometh
forth every morning, like a bridegroom out
of bis chamber, and rejoiceth like a giant to
run his course ? For so many ages past it
never failed rising at its appointed time, nor
once missed sending out the dawn to pro
claim its approach. But at whose voice
does it arise, and by whose hand is it di
rected in its diurnal and annual course ;
give to us the blessed vicissitudes of day
and night, and (he regular successions of
different seasons? That it should always
proceed in the same straight path, and
never once be known to stop aido ; that it
should turn at a certain determinate point,
and not go forward in a spaee where there
is nothing to obstruct it ; that it should
ti averse the same path back again, iu the
same constant and regular pace, to bring on
the seasons by gradual advances ; that the
moon should supplv the office of the sun,
at set times, to illuminate the air, and give
a vicarious light when its brother is gone
to carry the djy into the other hemisphere ;
that it should procuro or at least regulate,
the fluxes and refluxes of tho sea, whereby
the water is kept in constant motion', and
so preserved from putrefaction, nnd accom
modatcd to man's manifold conveniences,
besides the business of fishing and the use
of navigation in a word, that the rest of
the planets, and all the innumerable host of
of heavenly bodies, should pciforra their
course and revolutions with so much cer
tainty and exactness as never to fail, but
for almost these six thousand year?, come
constantly to tua same period, in the hun
dredth part of a minute is a clear and
iueontestible proof of a Divine Architect,
and of that counsel and wisdom wherewith
He rules and directs the universe. Slact
house PORTRAIT OF FORREST. HIS ANTECEDEETS
AND CHARACTER.
Knoxville Correspondent N. Y. Tribune.
These Forrests, tho oldest of whom. Gen.
Bedford Forrest, has, by the Fort Pillow
and other atrocities, obtained such a record
of infamy, were all negro traders. There
were four brothers Bedford, who kept a
negro pen for five years before the war, in
rear of the Episcopal Church, .Memphis ;
John, a cripole and a -gambler, who was
jailer and clerk for Bedford ; Bill Forrest,
an extensive negro trader at VicKsburg;
nnd Aarou Forrest, general agent and soul
driver to sc'-.ur the country for his other
brothers. They accumulated large sums of
money in their nefarious trade, and Bed
ford won by that nnd other influences a
natural promotion to a Brigadier in the
woman-whipping, baby-stealing Rebel Con
federacy, lie is about fifty years of age,
tall, gaunt, and sallow-vi-aged, with a long
nose, deep-set, black, snaky eyes, full black
beard, without a mustache, and hair worn
long. He usually wore, while in the "nig
ger" trade in Memphis, a stove-pipe hat
set on tbo back of his bead at an angle of
forty-five degrees He was accounted meaaJ
vindictive, cruel and unscrupulous.;, lie
bad two wives one white, the other eiior;
ed (Catherine), by each.iot which" he bad
two childreB.- Uis 4J patriarchal " .wife,
Catherine, and liis white wife, had frequent
quarrels or domestic jars. . . -
'the slave-pen of old rBcdfcrd Forrest,
on Adams street, was a perfect'horror to all,
negroes far and near... His mode of -punishing
refractory slaves was 4o com pel e four
of his fellow-slaves to. staadand hohi-the
victim stretched ost 'in ftha air, sndeJbeo:
Beiford'and his' brother-John would stand,
oae oaeach side, with long, heavy bull
whips; 'ind cot up 'their TvistioM ustilbe
blood -trickled io th& growods ?aW,tt
werefoftes strippea:akd, aid .with a-bsekt
etof saltwater standing byis-which" Jo
dip- tho instrument f" torture, a heavy
leather thong,' their backs were cue up un
til the blisters covered the whole surface,
the blood of their wounds mingling with
the briny mixture to add torment to the
inuictiou. One-slave man was w nipped to
death by Bedford, who used a trace-chain
doubled fur the purpose of punishment.
The slave was secretly buried, and circum
stance was only known to the slaves of the
prison, who only dared to refer to the cir
cumstance in whispers.
Such are the.appropriate antecedents in
the character of the monster who murdered
in cold blood the gallant defenders of Fort
Pillow.
ROBERT MORRIS, THS FINANCIER.
This eminent financier was born in Liv.
erpool, England, in 1733. Of his family,
very little is known, except that his father
was a respectable English merchant, and
for a long time held tho agency of a very
considerable tobacco house in that place.
The nature and extent" of his concerns re
quired his frequent visits to this country ;
and it was in one of these trips that his sou
Robert, at the age of thirteen, became' the
companion of his voyage, and received an
introduction to the scene of bis future great
ness. His father, by a melancholy accident,
lost bis life about two years after ho had
established himself in this country as a
merchant. Soon after this sad event, Rob
eft was received into the counting house of
Charles Willing, at that time tha most dis
tinguished merchant in Philadelphia, to
whom he appears to have been indentured;
and, after remaining in this subordinate
station the usual term of year., he was es
tablished in business by his patron, in con
junction with his son, Thomas Willing.
Embarked in an extensive and profitable
West India, business, Mr. Morris made sev
eral voyages as supercargo in the ships
belonging to the company, in one of which
he wa3 unfortunately captured by the
French, and, during a close imprisonment
for some time, suffered cruelty of treatment
not justified by the laws of war, nor 'the
usages of civilized nations. In this state
of distress, without a shilling, by exercising
his ingenuity, and repairing the watch of a
Frenchman, he raised the means of bis own,
liberation, and enabled himself to return to
Philadelphia, and resume his mercantile life.
Under his active superintendence, the
house of Willing and-M orris rapidly rose to
the summit of commerc'.id reputation. Their
foreign freightage employed an incredible
number of ships; while tho able manage
ment of their finances at home procured
them tho eon (Hence and credit of the world.
At the age of thirty-six he -married the
daughter of Colonel White; she was the
sister of the venerable Bishop White. At
the clo.ee of 1755 he was sent to Congress,
and, after reudering important services
durinjr the war, he was, in 1781, unani
mously elected, by Congress, supeiintcndont
of national finance.
He still continued his commercial busi
ness, having formed a connection with the
Messrs. nazlehursr. In 178G he was
elected a member of tho Convention which
formed the Federal Constitution, and in
1788 was appointed United States Senator.
His public duties, however, caused that
inattention to his privato affairs which
finally resulted in those great embarrass
ments of mind and circumstances which
weighed upon his declining years. In his
old age, Mr. Morris embarked in large land
speculations, which proved fatal to his for
tune. The man to whose financial opera
tions our country has been said to owe as
much as to the negotiations of Franklin, or
even to the arm of Washington, passed the
latter years of his life in prison, confined
for debt. He died on the 8th of May, 180G,
in the seventy-tbird year of his ngcT '
Mr. Morris was of large frame, with a
fine, open, bland countenance, and simple
manners; for nearly half a century, until
the period of bis imprisonment, his boust
was a1 scene of the uiosl liberal hospitnlify.'
Decidedly Cool. On ono occasion,
Marshal Bosquet, the hero of-the Malakoff,
when a Colonel in Algiers, dispatched a
sous-lieutenant to execute a commission,
but through want of ability or from 'error
in comprehending, he performed it com
pletely contrary to orders. When tie ren
dered bis report tho Colonel gave way to
his anger, and struck him with his riding
whip a severe blow. Quick as lightning
the young officer drew a pistol and snapped
it close to the head of his superior'offieer.
Luckily the cap wa3 wet and did not ex
plode, or Bosquet would never have lived: to
become a Marshal of France. All the
spectators .trembled wi'h' emotion. The
officer waited to bear the order for bis ar
rest, hot he did, not.wait long.
" Llntenant.V said the Colonel, calm 3
a summer' .day, 7fypjT will "suffer forty--eight,
hours cpnfinemcnf for baving your
WG Amps Lawresce wrote tins Uxyoung
mea: Take this for your ottcTat thp.conir
attachment, pfa journey,, thatibe difference
in gpjvg ju&i' right or a little wrong, wljfbe
iheidinerence of finding yojjrsqlf in good
quarters,, or- a jauerabLsj bogor plough, it
ttatni.a&itT m ,, ,-, ""-
H 'A ,U C d S ? ., ,r5 Pt . ft
a iTha..8silwy.CoH,ii?B-P"i
upon tha principle tWioooe bat the Brsve
deteWtoe Br7
-' BIO THING ON THB SKBIT
Extracriina Ceve xotau A B-J Ringins ilfl
Lxaa Biasloj tfcp Changes en hf Dupss.
' From the Cleveland UeralJ.l
A terrible excitement reigns in spiritual
istic circles tins morning. Their confidence
in prophets and miracle workers has received
a severe hock, in consequence of an exceed
ingly mortifying eclairci'sscmcnt whieh took
place last night.
A " medium " of wondetful powers, hail
ing we bflieve from Buffalo, and known as
Charles Reed, has been electrifying spirit
ualistic -circles throughout tho country by
his extraordinary manifestations. AH other
mediums were thrown into the shade by
this new won-Jor worker. He commanded
legions of spiiits, who performed feats of
untiiistakeable super natural agency. By
the mere exercise of his wiil, aud the as
sistance of the invisible powers of air, ho
could pin people immovably against the
wall, lift tables to the ceiling, and cause
bells in distant towers to ring without hu
man agenoy.
This last feat he was particularly strong
on, and it was a display of spiritual power
that rendered disproof almost impossible.
When at any moment the medium lifted
his hand and told tho spirits to ring the
bell Fn a neighboring steeple, nnd, in the
hush that followed, the solemn clang of the
bell could be distinctly heard, the matter
was certainly calculated to shake tho scep
ticism of an unbeliovcr; but when subse
quent inquiry proved that no humsn hand
pulled the bell-rope, the last fragment of
doubt must certainly be thrown to the wind,
aud implicit faith placed in Spiritualism,
and in the powers of its expounder.
.Heed must have had at his command the
disembodied souls of nil ihe bell-ringers
that.ever touched a rope, for, wherever he
went tho bells were within his influence.
The Spiritual Uuivcrse narrates bis tri
umphs over the. unbelievers in many of the
leading. cities, and the' last number of that
paper contains a list of his "appointments"
for many towns in the West, whero his
wonders were to confound the unbelievers
and strengthen the hands of the faithful.
On Wednesday night n large spiritual
meeting was held in the hall of Smith and
Pauoel's Block on Superior street, which,
our city readers are aware, is within good
hearing distance of Steam Fire Engine
house No. 2, on Cbampliin Street. Thi
important fact must not bo forgotten. At
this meeting Reed officiated, and several
wonderful manifestations wero given, to the
delight of tbo faithful and the bewilderment
of the unbelievers. In the course of the
evening Reed said that there were so many
unbelievers present that tho influences were
unfavorable, and he therefore did not have
full control of the spirits, but on the follow
ing evening a meeting would be held at
which he'would call on the spirits to' ring
the bells in neighboring towers. The meet
ing then dispersed to assemble again in the
same p'aco last evening (lhursday).
Here it is necessary to go back a little in
the order of events. On Wednosday a man
Charles Reed, tho medium aforesaid
went to the "Fremont Hotel," a "colored
institution, on uhampiatn street, next to
Engine House, No. 2, aud called for a glass
of whisky, which he drank. He then
asked the sharp little negro lad who tended
the bar whether ho could manage to ring
the bell of the Engine House without being
seen, at night, if he gave him from two to
five dollars. The boy said he could, and
Reed, saying be would see him again, then
left.
The boy al onco communicated with the
officers of the Fire Department, and Chief
Engineer Ail!, suspecting the motive to be
an attempt on the part of some thieves to
create an "alarm to facilitate their plans of
robbery, told the boy to ogree to ring the
bell, and take what money he eould get
from the man. Plans were then made for
the arrest of Reed when the plot should be
perfected, his character as a " medium "
not being suspected.
On Thursday afternoon, between two and
three o'clock, Reed again visited tbo Fre
mont Hotel, nd drank; three or four classes
of whisky. He was accompanied this time
by a couple of confederates who assisted him
in his. manifestations", nt the meetings.
He asked tho boy if he bad made up his
mind to ring, the bell, and the boy said he
had, provided he had cash down. Reed at
first demurred, but finally borrowed a dollar
from one of his confederates and.gnve is to
the boy, promising to pay him four more if
the thing was done right. He said he had
a wager of 500 that the bell should ring
at ten minutes after nine o'clock, and be
wanted it rung at precisely that time, not a
minute before or after. To this the boy
agreed, and tfie party left.
''The boy,immcdiately"ran into tho engine
boose and reported progress, and plans were
perfected for the arrest of 'the .supposed
thieves., .Unfortunately, in ,fhp coorso of
the afternoon, one of the. company told a
relative of thejsupposed plan of thieves to
commit a robbery under Cover of, a fire
alarui,,and described the man. T-ThV person
to whom 'this was told was a! Spiritualist,
andjrtoqce, rccognize'dtho. man and bad bis
jes opened. to the, whole plot, 'nefold it
tofwmVof,his friends, and sbmcTcrje'fi?
dignant dupes'of the impostor 'xed JiiaHn
thayeping with ,bisiutendcd deception!'
Meanwhile the hour ofmeeiinlr bid arrived,
an4Lfi ;";, concourse' obheyerr and un
bclivers waited in tbo otff.anJ"!l ticinit)
J to hear tho spiritual bell-riDg!g. Thoy
i waited in twin;
i.'unouj ai inc aiscovery or nis "iiiira
game," Reed, about half-past eight o'clock,
rushed up to tho Fremont ljoto!? and c31"
bring the boy, assailed him in rough Ian
guage fr revealing his plans, and demand
ed the return of the dollar. The boy g5?o
the alarm, and Fire Engineer Dickinson
rushed in and secured the ' mediam."
As soon as he was caught, Reed changbd
hisauie. He commenced staggering vie'
!entl, talked incoherently, and assured the
officers that he was "very tight.'' Ho'
asserted that it was evident he was "tight,
or else he would not have hired the boy 'ta
ring tho bell. He was led off to the watchr
house, keeping up the "intoxication" game,
ami being taken at bis word, was locked Bp
in the cells ail njght on the charga of in-
loxication. Hi confederates, who had. corti
to look after him, no sooner saw the trap'
he had fallen into, than they declared hr
was drunk, disowned all connection with,
him, and made themselves scarce as rapidly7
as possible.
This morning the unfortunate rncdiump
whose constant dealings with spitlts had-"
on his own showing seriously affected his
walk in life, and led him iuto difficulties
and a prisou, cndeavoied to disprove the
charge of drunkenness, but Judge Heesen
muler took his previous statement to btf
true, aud fiued him fivo dollars.
As au instance of the credulity of humsa
nature, a spiritualist who was present when
Reed was arrested, proposed that all tho
party present bi locked up together, a,nd
that the medium could then, by his spirit
ual power, set thorn all free. Tho crowd
didn't sec it in that light, and Reed was
locked up alone, whero the ungrateful spir
its " went back on him," and declined freo-:
ing him from bondage.
1 m m m ii
A FREAK OF COLLEGE LIFZ.
College students have always beca oele
brated for their jokes and tricks, which
they are ready to play upon all persons who
have in any manner gain ad their ill will.
The following is related by a yauug ldy
in Boston, in a letter to a friend of hers, of'
two Harvard students. Of course they
belonged to the " S lphomore class who
were accustomed, to" prowl roundr .making
night biJeous with their cries, " not loud
but deep." It happened one evening that
a couple of these same Soph's, intent on
having a good time, siilnd forth from the
college building, and went round, dealing
destruction to all loose window blinda,
creaking signs, &c. At length they oamo '
to the sign belonging to a grocer, n person
to whom they owed a grudge, on account of
his baring informed tbo Faculty of some of
their former misdemeanors. Now was fho4
time for revenge quick as thought, tho
sign wca wrenched from its position ant
carried in triumph by them to their room..
But the grocer, ever on the alert for tho
mischievious collegians, saw them, and
though not recognizing them, coooludid
they were student.", and immediately started!
for the University, whero he sought and
obtained tho assistance of ono of the Pro
fessors and started on sn oxploring expcdU
tion in search of the offenders. The two
guilty students hearing tho voices of tho
grocer and prosessor, and thinking what tho
visit was for, immed:ately locked their door,
and while ono was stuffing the sawed and
split remnants of the sign into the already
red-hot cylinder, the other was on his kneca
devoutly praying. As tho grocer and pfoi
feasor knocked ut tho door, and met with
no reception, they listened and heard tha
fellow prayFng in this wise: " O, Lord,3
havo mercy on this wicked and adulterous
generation, who go about seeking for a v'gn
and there shall no svjn hi given them.'
The astonished professor concluded thesa
students were innocent, but the eroccr du
biously shook his head, and casting ono
longing, lingering look behind, took bis,
departure, inwnrdiy soliliquizing on the pe
culiar adaptation of the text used by ths
young fellow to his own case.
""
Mit. Lincoln's Last Joke Mr. Lin
coln's last joke is related as fdlowa by Gov
ernor Yates : The Governor called on ths
President this morning, and during their
interview the latter remarked : " Yates, I'll
tell you the difference between the concrettT
and the abstract; when the Senate passes
a resolution requesting mo not to appoint
any more Brigadiers, as the vacancies wcro
all full, that's the concrete. But wbsn a
Senator comc3 up here with a long petition
and a longer face, requesting me to inako a
Brigadier out of some scaliiwag of a friend
of hi?, js it happens every day I call tlias7
the abstract.'"
The Governor thought the illustration
was very good, and laughed heartily orer it-,
ESP1 In late letter John M. Bolts said
lt FrQin the portico of my house I aid 'my
family have seen 'nioe bmtlea fought on my
own fielda, and just beforo my own door
between hostile troops, who but yesterday,
as it were, boasted of a common history, a
conimon natfonalitr, and a. corntdoo dei'
! Tb&iwomen of Utah hsvs reecfttlr
altered the orthography of their .orscd.
They BO'wspell-itJferant; 'r
: , ' -Nature,- when. sEe ssaksf a hcaati;
ful sed,ui often -so. aWorUd. with adfiir
tios.of bar on-wori ftili forftiift
brain?. - ? tsoj tsib--

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