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V - - 4 Mi OHIO fiEMOC!A ITB1 UBERTA8, IB1 PATEU.' Cicero. -"where liberty dwells, there is my Country.' if 1 t ; :3' .A if 4 i si SJfl i BY MITCHEIV Ell & MATHEWS. POBTU V THE PYINtt BOY. '"" "Mother, I'm dvWignowl . ; ... .. There's a deep suffocation in ny breast, ... f '"-v.. As if some heavy hand my boiom press'd; ' "' ; ' And on my brow - .,' . ( i feel the cold sweat stsn& My lips grow dry, and tremulous, and my breath, Come feebly up,. Obi wl I me, is this deatht Mother, jour hand . . Here lay it On my wrist, ,, , " And place the other thus benssth my head, .. ' And say, sweet mother, say,; when I sm dsad . J- Shall I be misaedl . .. . . ,;,.'- . . ..",,'",', Never beaide yoftr' knes"' v . ' : ShaU 1 knoel down asain aV niht to pray, 1 "' Nor with the morning wake and sing the lay : ' : tu luuchtme.'1'"';'- y "' '.K ,- . ,. ... - .- t Oh, st the time of prayer, v s. , .. When yon look round and see a vacant eest,, , . You will not wait then for my coming feet ,: You'll mist me there'., y s , . "M's'l 'Father, I'm going home! .:-., To the good home ypu spake of, the blest land Wheru it is one" bright summer alwiiys, and ; "' " Storms do not come. , ':.t.i, '. ,f , '.v t i 'ti . .,,J mut.b happy then, v . f From piiin and death you say I shall be free, That lick ne ji never enters there, and we , ? Shall meet again!..., , ; , , , , y . t ' "Brother the little spot - ; t used to call My garden; where long hours - -' We've staid to watch the budding things and flow ers, Forget it not! ; PlanUhere some bex or pine, . ','.,,., Something that lives in winter, snd will be , . .A verdant offuring.lo my memory, , ; . T.-., . v . , n 4 Aiid pall it mineT". . . -'-SiiiterTiy young rose tree ft ; " That all the spring baa been inv pleasant care, ,i -Just putting forth its leaves so green and fair, ' ' Ig-ve'w'the." . i- ' And when its roses bloom v . s I shall begone away,- my short life. donef. ... . .... JJat will you not besto w a singleton - a i.'" 'vUportroy tomM.V- .t.. i v'NowrmotKer sing the tune ' You lung laat niglii; I'm weary andTmiist sleep, ' Who was it railed my narnel Nay, do not weepi ' '''''YoiiMlaIl cbmesoonl" i ; 4f; u' SIMPLE KEMEDY.-A Quaker wsr once; advising a drunkard to leave off his ruinous habi of drinking in-, toxicating liquors, ; ' Can you tell me hew to do itt said the slave of his ap petita. ' ' ' M4'&-toisc- ' Quaker.-U 1 I just areas as it is to open thy l hand. Drunkard Convince me ufthati and I promise you, upon my honor, :that I will ch as i ybu M me.'-' n Quaker. Well, friend, whenever -thou jindest , any vessel of intoxicating liquor in thy hand, open the hand thai contains if, before it reaches thy mouth; and thou wilt never be drunlc again. -i-i i The toper was so pleased with this plain advice, thxt he fullbwed it, and was a toper no more.;- . -. i : Many thousand dollars have been paid for inconve nient and painful prescriptions, which' were worth far less than this. - We publish it for tha benefit of-- those 'who may be afflicted with the disease it is intended for. Youth's Cabinet. .- v. ' I I'l-f-.rttM- l . , . OTIt is a .bad heart in which the, companionship . of ..... ; i " L!.f..r..l'..j.,w;' t cniiunooa proquces no niiiu ie.iiiigs,.niiu . uo .mii truly , wretched whom their innocent and light hearted joyousness will not cheer. ,- . .,,t,. -x ibrWhat tan children know of deatht Their Kara ovor graves dry sooner than the dews. It is malan choly to compare the depth," The. endurance, t the far lolito(t.'iiniinn' hrnTfirflli love of a DafMlLwIlh the in" -sapjiujerate, fraii, an evanescent affection ortie in&nt whoieVyas, the hues of the b'iittvflyiyt dswsle with delight, ' '' ,v r . .....I A.n.:t:.. ! kiar.n Mudnm Aims and the celebrated Dr. Ilumm, tha lady (ook occasion to ro- . . . . ... . mack, that :ud men ol tut present age4 u w; spj u iVtinrr arA nnnfhA. jiaklakvatAit Cm WJIMrincr . fhlfla hearlslV , i'Yas, my dear madam,", pithily rejoined the i .a a Jt tit aoctor -i"ano to laaies ionavs ,.cospa .siutai Aimz creeohed''',-;s tji it: .- .?! r."' Goldih Showers. Can" anV onA calculate' the las mount ''af wealth' added 'to' the 'nation ' bf 'our"' recent showerst Golden showers in very dead. r feight plerio Uously have they she4 "their genial influence over all f theland' The brightsun must sbmetime hida himself in misty voile while the cloudi pour dowq ihefr theer ing treasures on the thiratr earth. Eachlittle 'plant , ...iLi.f'T..... 1...:.. .1.... !- :.. "It's all up with tae,' V aa Mho; roan said" when ,bis lighted cigar fell into the keg of powder he was sitting on, Dn, Mabbx,' Last. Dan was .walking ' one of .- 1 the streets of Buffalo, betraying evident signs of laml ness, wjien he was accosted pj uersonweo enquuea what the matter, was. ' ' ,w-!,f.' '-.i., i' , "Oh, tha .deuce, Uko it,. J'm Iroubled t9 Jeatfi with rnrni '1 .. . , ' , "Why don't you get 9 pair of easy bootsl" "I got these easy snough.,1 am sure," said Marble,' "I won them on the eleot(on,"1(,, f' "., 4. v . . "Onoeilrsms is asbad ss another," as th man said when tney nung mm dp by the heels, 1 Nothlqrii more et.sy;: tlian, to do (niacbisf, nothing jl more difficult than to. snfF.r without Jtomplsitiing'. , When angry count ten before you speak, if very en grv, OnO hutidred. . J ' 5 4 '" ' ' Vlroni gloom to glory," aid the Old prlsonor, when he was remuvsd Irum a aungeoii to gioiy. NEW PHILADELPHIA,. OHIO., THURSDAY EVENING, r; MAN AS JIB ISI Looking brf An mahas h t nn hn I has ovtr eu in hi tocial relatione, the hfsrt of tha philanthrephim and th Christian can not hut bo pained at the picture which to pro. eented. ' Many have never dons thi Mil lion have been born to an inheritance or eul-, fering, deprivation and ignorance) and aficr living out their term-of toil and rorrow-n joying hothing hht the fe brtef years of cjiilr oooa, ana these but partially producing nothing but children to perpetuate tbe wrong they suffer and leaving nothing behind them but art increased number of human being to well the aggregate of human misery they have gono down to the grave remembered on ly in the mentnl curses of those who inherit tbeir share of Uopeieea servitude end degra dation;" And the few ho have bem permit ted er enabled to cultivate their souls, anil have thu been capaciated to think and tinder land the Iroe condition of man end the cau se whieh have prodeeed it, have but aingl motive and ihst a spiritual one, to apeak out gainst the wrong they discover; while every earthly consideration, as present eaac, repu tation, and pecuniary interest, force to secure their ttlence. " " ; .-' A eenne of duty to society may prompt the expoaure of an individual wrong-doer; but e ven thte ia overcome, many timae and often, by conaideratibn of more weight with htm or them who have cognizance of the wrong, than regard for public virtue. Who neoda to be told that wealth and tho respectability it pur ohssee, is even in our own. country, almost omnipotent?. It has a place and an influence 00 the bench with the judge, in tho pulpit with tbe priest, in thejury room, on the witneea' atand, in the halla of legislation, in the plea ding of the lawyer, and in the manufacturing or shaping of public opinion by conversation and tho prase. - It has torn the bandage from the eye of Justice, trampled on individual rights end the rights of the mind, broken the ehain of the murderer, opened the doer of the felon's cell, end cheated Ihe gallowe of its proper victim. The world cin never know the amount of individual wrong which has been and ie daily covered up by the potent influence of gold. .r v, , , t But when eoctety. jtaelf deals wrongfully and unjuelly towards its members, social ob ligation ceases to prompt expoaure and con demnation, Jt is making War against eeciety and eocioty will eaetlher utmost energies to silence end crush him whs has tbe fearless independence to epeak, oul.;.. None but htm who regards his duty n lores all .mankind a individuals children off .commna father and brethern of one ijieat famiij with a love elf sacrificing ni)d msrlyrl.k, wiU 'attempt to do anything in their behalf, lie who fully un derstands the renge of eocitty to individuals, may profit by thoao wrongs if be will silently acquiesce in their continuance. Let those who love gold more than man, the praise, of the world more than Ihe approval of. conscience, 'and present cM and profit mure than duty, keep silen'l :..., . . a -Man as he i!. Come with me ant look sit him! If your licait is not painsri and sick, it is drad to human ermnalhv; Deltoid on this hand a princely mansion, with baiutiful gar. dene, 'meandering . walk, umbrageous Ireea, and floworing shrubs, the, .home of a .ingle individual with, hi family and immediate re tainers, Turn to Ihe other hand, and you shall see the eomfortles home of twenty, families orfiw'ded on a less. space af earth. Here a ipring'like tomperature pervades every eparl ment there a lone widow is shivering over a tire ,of shaving which her little, bare fooled boy bad gathered tbe preceding evening. Hero th inmates are tossing uneasily on beds luxuriously sell end warm; there, nestled three or four 00 one, hard anil toaqlily covered, the one group wondering loAen, and the other where they shall get their breakiaer. Muaie from "insirumeuta of many airings," mingled with'lhe voice of song," is echoing through those spacious balla; while on the ether side of the way, a poor1 girl pale and wan with in. eeisant toil, is hurriedly swallowing a homely rneaVt'embliBg lel ahe ahould exceed ber al lotted lime for dinner, and thus lose a portion ,6f her daily piUanee of.wagos. Lamp innu merdblo, with flashing psndante pr ,soinlog ehades,mook 4he darknees without, and glanee on joy lit laces: within tbe rich rnan'a mansion; while the poor mother in a email low chamber on lbe other aide of the way, may be seen through her curlainless window weeping over the. sick babet whom she has, been compelled lo neglect through the day that she might earn wherewtih to make it comforiahle through th ooming nigbU The full rich laugh of youth end buoyant hope hall every, where come, to your ear mingled with Ihe sob otVanguish and the etifled hut hitter groan of human auffsriog. .Your eye shall eae, in every eily ..and village ' of our boasted land of (Quality, the palace and the hovel,-lhe car peted parlor and tbe crowd ed workshop the blanketed eoach horse and (lie barefooted child luxuriant wasteful, God 'abusing extravagance, and pining squalid hurt ger, nakeduee and deprivation. And a little removed from thi scene, in eome desolate) & obscure place, if you will hut look' you shall find an amihouee, where unheard of Buffer ing is hiddeh-tni Wretchedness, whan it can tto longof relievo itserfbj inressant toil, if not alleviated, at least it made less obtrusivel y,, Is this Man As hk should bf.Y . ; No! Mercy tntwereth, No! Jiwlice answereth No! Ye', mercy; justice, Christianity, God sre all' unhesdtd.' The prese n muznlled: The pulpit ie- ptirehacd with the wages , and profi a of injustice. 'The mass who toil and a iii, mil prr-tn itiircsrdeil, like the slaugh- tr d rhousi it hoe bieening hearty are e o.orq'iefor's 'rophies, if teiiiiht !t all, on the sMhject. are tatigh by those wlio claim to be (J d-appointed teschers epeskirig to Hie name that their Creator hsth ordered this misery, for a two-fold purpose; a a present punish ment and a foretaste of the hell ofeteinity for the vicious and impenitent; and for the virtu ous pur, a blessed preparation for heaven, in cres'ing ihe joys of another world by contrast with lbs wretchedness or this! lielieve it not it is false, and he who would htive you believe it, knows its falsity, Hehss sold his own. conseiouce for paltry gold, and daily waxes fat on the wrongs and injustice he inflicts or suffers to be inflicted on his brethorn. Alt things, animate and : inanimate, were made for the suo'enance and comfort of man, and subjected to hi control, by the Creator. Tot men made in the image of God, endow ed with Godlike faculties, and with capacities f r developement and progress ' which mark alike his origin, his immortality and his alli ance (o Deity man alone, of all the creatures He has made, is denied the exercise of his nat ural rights, and suffers and weeps and perish es for wsot of food and raiment and shelter, The bright sun's genial warmth arid the re freshing raiu from heaven which fructify the earth causing it to bring forth abundantly, bring no blossings for him who is poor. He has no field to be made fruitful, no corn grows for his sustenance no flocks and herds to yield their fleeces, their milk, their flesh for his com lort or thst of bis innocent and helpless chil dren. He is one of God's children, to whom the Creator hath given the earth for an inner lience, but hie brother hath cheated him of bis birth-fight. There is room on the earth for all! Why then are the many who "toil but to live and live but to toil,' crowded in dark, damp cel lars and garret, breathing a polluted atmos phere in close ill-ventillated workshops, facto ries and deeping rooms, and occupying poor, dilapidated and comfortless habitations! We newer because society not God ha given thew the right to be born rich; and they-, ihe few in tbe exercise of their prerogative ahut ap the earth for their own exclusive occui paneyhave engrossed all physical and me chanical power for their own beoelt, and cor rupted the fountain or checked the goings forth of that knowledge which should and would teach the suffering many of their juet rights, and the way by which only they may be regained. a There is always on the earth sn abundant supply of every hece'ssary and every conve nience fully adequate to ihe wants of all sni mated esistonccs! The humblest end the high est, of besst and bird and fih and insert sad creeping thing have daily fiom their Creator a bountiful and ample provision for their want. "INot a sparrow falls to the ground without thy Father's notice." Man alone of all God's creatures, eeys or feels.'! am hungry, I am cold; 1 am homeless, ehelierle", fnendlesk!" Why is this so? Doth God csre leas for thee than for those? Forbid the thought! While thou and thy little ones are suffering for food, thy neighbor h ath enough for himself and Iheo! God careth for thee as much as for him; God gave thee, all that he gave him; but society halh interposed, an 4 set Hi Laws His coun sels and His requirements at defiance. God made him a man, and human law bath made him rich. He made thee loo in the same form and endowed thee with the same capaeities.but society hath made thee a slave because thou wert born poorl There is that within thee, God created, deathless and divine, which tells , thee thou art a man one for whom all things were created, and to whose use all other creatures were subjected. Other creatures have wants in common with thee', hut thou hast rights sit psriorte their wants and adequate t Ihe sup ply of all thine own.' And these rights were given thee by thy Creator they are natural rights, necessary to thy existence, thy com fort, and the tultilment of thy - dettiny. Canst thou not give or transfer thine existence i tae tained, and ihe purpose for which it Was given thee, aecompliebed. And what ere these nat ural rightet ''''- " "'"' ' Your country's charter of independence clares them te be "life, liberty and the pursuit of happinees." We would he pore explicit, and say thy natural rights are the right to live the right of aelf preservation end th tight to cultivate and develops all thy facu lties. Thou art proud to call thyself a free- ,mn and the eon of a freeman; yet tho hast In and of thyself, if theu aft poor, none of these! Thy freedom ia thy eureel If then wert it slave, "eetMnterest, if there was no law, would impel thy individual master to grant tDee at least the two tirst 01 itiese. - cut thou art (he slave of society she has taken from thee all thv rich!.' Thou art allowed to ex erciss,nly while thou art io health and etrong just so much of thy natural rights as can con duce to tha profit of those who control ' eooie ty; and when thou art aick or old or worn out, if thou hatt the means furnished the of sup porting life, itiiealled Charity! Desecration of the word it is not charity: it is only" Jus tice! l-: ;''.", "'' '.,;; ;.' An Engliahman having asked a eon of Erin If tbe roada in Ireland were good, Pot jsplied. Ye, they are to Tine, that 1 wouder veu do net import some of them into England; let me tee, there' the road to love, atrewed with rose, to matrimony, through nettles; to honor, through the catnD; to orison. throaih the law. and' to the undertaker's through physic' 'Have you any road to performentl' atid (he Englishman, 'Yes. faith. We have but that ie ihe dirtiest I road id (ho klngdo!r., it ... r . . . . - r SEPTEMBER 2, 1841. From the Ladies Repository. THE OCEAN. bt John E. Edward. The moment in which I caught a first f limps of the far-dietant wavea of old ocean rolling in eublimity before me, can never be forgotten. Some hair breadth escspes from the fang of a poisonous serpent, or the jaws of a voracious crocodile, might possiblv be erased from the memory, by the obliterating hand of lime; but hue the faintest trace of past events remains uneffaced upon the tablet of my memory, the moment just referred to, will be vididly re membered by me. Since that juncture, many a eorrow has visited my bosom many a led,- ous day has rolled into eternity many and va ried have been tbe scenes that have pasted be. fore me; but still a recollection of that event is as clear lomy mind aaare the occurrences of yeaterday; and aa 1 look back to it, through the dim vista of by-gone days, emotions of a plea sing nature are excited in my bosom. ; I had been cradled in one of the pleasant villages Iqat skirt the blue hills of my native atste; and when but a boy I had often sighed and wished to sea lbs ocean. ' The thunder ing cataract, the deep, wild forest, the verdure-clad plains, tbe long sweeping valley, the reverberating erbeoe of Ibe maddened then. der as it leaped among the mountain crags, the lightning sea'hed rock blackened and broken all these things familiar to my juvenile mind; bst I turned away from tbe contemplation of scenery that would have enchanted the eye of an artist, and sighed in disquietude,' becstise my remoteness from ths ocean had dented me the privilege of strolling upon its wave lshet shore, ana listening ie mo musio 01 us eiornai Time rolled on, end the wish so -long and anxiously desired, was at last -realized; and',-' fot the moment, it eeematf that my every wish was gtatified. All that I had reed in the poets, and other fine descriptive writers, shove r -the wide expanse of waters, at once rushed upon mv mind, and especially that celebrated apos trophe of a well koown poet, to the ocean in which he says, ' tin rt.ni, iten arid Hatlr ' hlna run rait ' Yes,' thai was the idea that first oecprred to my mind "roll on;" and Ihe thought was er ried eut in the laeguage of a justly praised A merican pool "And thert it rollsl Age after age ha swept " ' Dawn down the eternal cataract of lime: Man aftar men onsarlh's cold boaomslspt - . V Still tnrs it rolis, uufading and tblime.''f , , ,. . . . . .PttKTlCB. . Sinre that time I have frequently rambled upon the shell-paved strand, at the close of day, when the sun-set streamed along the west and felt thst ' . . There is a rapture on th lonely shore There la society where none intrudes By ths deep sea and music in its roar." , -At such an hour, w hile the sun has yst lin gered upon the golden verge of the horizon, painting a parting smile upon the white eloude of canvass that moved like spectres along the bosom of the deep, 1 have stood and gazed out upon tbe rolling ecean, with rapture thai is indescribable. From the point of vision the winding shore strecbed away to the right and left, aa farae Ihe aching eye could , follow its sinuous course, while the ever-dashing snif, like successive wreathe of enow, rolled upoa the sandy beach, and foamed, and sparkled - in Ihe last rave of tne setting sun. But lbs tun has often gone down, and led tne still upon the restlrs waters; tbe wind have retired to their caves, the curlew ha eeased to scream along the blast, and a stillness has come over "the deep deep sea.' Might ha approached as softly and eilently as the snow flake fa! la upon the bosom of the rolling stream Tbe white winged bark that eeemed to. linger for awhile upon the urtaereot verge of vision hae been gradually concealed from the view, a the sky and ocean eeemed to mingle and blend beautifully together, like the light and hades in well executed painting. "The eea, tbe open eea,' baa been apread out before when nought ha been heard upon tbe evening breeze, aave the solemn roar of the snrf, or tbe sea-bird, as it flapped its dripping pinion ia lonely solitude over tbe briny eeep. , , Nothing ie more impressive, than lo eland Ion at nightfall upon th eileut chore end commune with the ocean 'buried to etand and think of the millione upon millions of our race who have been plunged beneath th wave, and found their last resting place in theeaverne of th deep to call to mind lb unnumbered thou eanda who have gone down to their eoral beds amidat the howling of the storm, . and the shrieks ef despair to mua on the bright eye, -tho beautiful forms, and golden linglele that lie forgotten in th aeal O, what meleoebo ly reflections are awakened in the mind ,at the reecolleetion of the fate Pulsski, and the trior recent lose of the ateam-ahip President! lUw many of the loal had thought of home and friends the nearest friends to eome over the mind, just ae the wave charged with tbeir ds tiny ewept them into eternity -Bui 1 forbear. ; Sometimes I have eeen (be ocean lashed by Ihe ragibg tempest, until Jte v lofty foam-eapt bitlowa loemed to bruab Ibe clouds; and whoa the mountain surges besting violently open the eb6re, have been "dathed nlo feathery eloude of foam," white as ths d riven tnow. Again, I have seen it when lie wild tempest nusio was hushed, ite billow lulled to repose, and when scares a ripple broke upon the tnd, la thio quiet state there may posaibly hare been a gentle swell something 'like the heaving' ef a infant's bosom, when aweetly alnmbering when ire polished surface like a boundless mif VOL. 2 NO- 33 WHOLE NO 5. rer, I reflected distinctly and minutely th tee eel that stood motionless upon its bosem. In- eesd, the azure vault ef heaven, tb solitary bird on the wing, and every object above the waters, were a clearly eeen in tbe . wavelee . deep, as above iteeurfaee. . . , . j Jbut the ocean appeara moat beautiful when seen on a eoft moonlight night. Let the even- ; ing be cnlm, end tbe aky unclouded: and let tbe moon, "regent of the silent night," ride et . . ; her "full neon' and shed a fleecy robe of light . upon the trembling sea, curled up into playful; ripples by ibe light and gentle breezee that juit kie its turfaos; and let there be v indistinctly , eeen in the distance a light ekiff, cutting its liquid way, and faintly hssrd the regular daah ol oar, aocompanied by the soatsman's wild song, flung upon ths paaviug breeze, and yon nave a scene that might enchant a ily rou, or n Lemerttnev'' ?-' -i - t ..a The ocean was mtde by the mlehtv God. Hi hand formed ite caverns, and girt it around with barriers f sand; and it wae be who asid to iis thoughtlets billows, ; -'"', 5 . "Huherto shalt thon come, end n further." . But 'tis midnight; . and v . t The ocean wave is gleaming now, t With etreams ef phaspboreseent light. .: , From the Boston Post. THE BEST STORY EVEtt TOLD. A correspoodrat hae sent u the following capital atory, over which We have laughed tin til our sides aobed, . , ! , ' " . . ".. We bed i pleasant trio from New Orleans lo Cinecinrtali," and had scarcely landed et the Istlcr place when the bell of a little, steameri f"' 'up theiiier, sounded.. Uur party purried on hoard and found the di minutive ersft already crowded; but, ai we ne ver sxpeci very good .accomodation cV' thaf part of the r;er and no other opportunity of fered or loaying soon, we concluded to re main. Upon looking around to see what chance there was for arnusemepl on our trip from my fellow passengers, ) wao particularly , struck with rhe nppesrunco of an elderly lady who eeemed very ill at ease' Every Urns steam was;a!lowed to escape from the, boiler she ap. peared tq.fanc jjihe prelude to a grand ex plosion, and was evidently in a elate of centin eaJL.etQitemsnt, Aesho is lo be my heroine, I may ae well attempt to describe her, although I shall hardly d br full justice. She wa one of ihe )allee( women t ever sa w,' but the effect of her height was taken away by her im mense, breadth, bhe wee one of McDonald Clerk's style of beauties 'with a waist tike cotton bag and a foot liks'a flounder.' ' Never did I tee such a moving mass of flesh encircled by a petticoat Ob! she was eery fat. Upon ' inquiry I learner that she bsd been a passenger on the sleamboat F , at the lime it was bur ned a, few years ago, and narrowly escaped with her fife. Only a few week had slanssd since the catastrophe of Ben 8herrod, ' by wqiiii spine scores 01 naipiess mortals were, hurried into eternity through the' combined ag eucy of fire end water. Whs! wondor lhat the that the, woman was alarmed ' at the pros pect of a attain boat foyage. ,"" ' T ' - V . After we. left ibe landmg, tha principle tooie of conversation among the passenger waa the V nuneron aeciaente wmcb nad lately happened V Nearly every person wae equipped with a life ' preetrver, ano some were so cautious ss to r hapg theoa up ia their births filled with air and Z rssdy for use at a moment's wrning. Night i earns and all were snugly entconted iu (heir births, when there arose the cry of firet The wood on the bow of ths boat had caught fire, r and wae blosing fiercely up, shining t through the glasa door of the social hall and th cabin window until tee whole boat teemed envelop ed in a sheet of flame. Inaninataot all wae confusion end alarm. . Passengera tumbled out ol Jheir birijie, and over one another! soma grasped their preservers seme ran for their baggage eom lor their wives the wise onea kept quiel. In the midst of tbe hubbub, th doors ol the ladies' cabin Sew wide epen, end out burst oar fat lady, dressed all in while, her face "a map whereon terror waa drawn in all it shapes.'' , And around her waste a hug life preserver, not inflated. Seizing thi by tne n.ppt witnootn nana, to rushed irora one to another exclaiming, in a voice of agony, 'bUio me up blow me up!! for God's sake blow me up!! .will nobody slew me up!." Had th aid lady actually exploded, I rouat have don as 1 did, roll on the floor in a fit of iaeitioquisb. 1 able laughter, with half the witaesiea of th ecene for my companions. The boat vat stop ped, th fir got under, and, net th least diffi cult operation, the fat lady' , alarm subdaed. The next day we landed ber at hr place of da tjnation, eince which time I have never seen her, but the reeoclleeiien of the acen hae eoe! me many a fit ef the'eido ache. Your truly, NS." ( Bathe spimtbd, 'Yeeterday about lunch lime, yung gentleman with epeeUwiui aup pad into the 5AmeriaB" and called for a 4fj cal agent. 't :'-!. ' ' '' . ; ,. ' A arAo'atked Michael.'; ?. i.;:s -t 'A fiscal agent.' was tha reply 'den't you know what that iet' ' '' No, eir.' aaid Miohael. ; ' i ''" 'Is it poeeibte!" exclaimed the gentleman with speck, in great astoniahmont '1 though ever- body knew the new fashioned drink.' 1 " '1 never beard of itbut 1 tan give you omathing which ia much bettor,' eaid Mich aal. -. ": ;- -' '''What'is'ltr:';l'''''iK; ''Vl .."'.'.i-- J Brandy and water, to be iuretbatdoes not need to many amendment'' 1 ' Michael's motion was taken iinauJ oJopted without opposition tho eyes ana note being, unanimous.' Ticvyunt. t' X. r '.;: f v f il I U -, ir-.-Vv