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SIGHTS FE0H MY WINDOWALICE,
r eres w. onswute.
I sit leide wy window.
And see the erowJ ga by,
With jo j on crery countenance,
And hope in every eye.
Ad1 hrmr their blendet Toicc,
In Diunt a shout an 'I son;,
Borne by tb sprinjjsi soft breeir
Thiuu-U ail the streets long.
And peering through a lattice
Of bumble cottage near,
I seethe face of beauty,
Arluwn which glide a tear,
A rose amid her trevs
Tel! that she would be1 jjr,
lima thought of iom deep sorrow
Prives every smile away,
wboru I see there weq ,ng,
' Ko wvf mwlf donniiw,
A flower in blo.nninj I. limbic. I
Hy l.ss's ef kecneft wo.
M ha a soul so fceutlw.
That a a harp it senui.
Which the lijhl air wakes to munio
Like that we hear iß dreams.
A caramon fat It that pour girl'.. ,
WhH many jet mul share, .
la tberf d how IklJe know they
Wli.it griefs it mctntwr bear!
On year a 50 a raUiauo
4 . Lilt un!i;ht round bcr pUred,
iltart IVlt, ryvs SKke of gUJuess,-r--
hue was aot then betrayed.
There was ene of jcvti tl manners,
Whoe'er niet.h-r with a smile,
Via ro're so full of kirnine.
Th-t ;h vutd not detn it Rulle,
Ar i her trustiug heart she gave him, ;
Jhe could giro to hiin no more,
Oh! dughtor of the poor man,
- looo thy drrana of bliss wa o'er!
'T were tain to tell the Ury
Of fear, hope, and joyous passion;
Fhe forgot her father's station,
lie forsook the balls of fashion;
h love I him well he knew it,-
'T was a pleasant interlude.
Fitting to enjoy more keenly
fveus tbe poor mi);htuci intrudo.
liarkl the und of music swelling!
Now the crowd is rushing by,
llorces prancing, banner flying;
Shouts ascending to Uo sky!
There' a sett of lite beneath me.
And Wis form is there,
Tor his fearful in who purn bim?
Ou his brow what sign of care?
I see II a new sho tremMos
There is phreusy in her ey ;
Tier blanched lip is quivering;
There I no good angul nigh; '
Fhe falls, tbe deep-toned bogle
Break on the quiet air;
to the calm blue heaven
That (ound her soul are there!
In tb ealvaead e she saw bim,
In bi plume and armor drest,
And mora elosely to her bosom
His treasured gift she prest;
Her ey met bis 't was finished
Not word by tongue wa spoken;
A eold glance a look of paon
And her beart tit broken!
How common are surh blstoriea,
In the cottage nd the hall;
From prison bars bow many eyes
Look on life' carnival!
The joy we seek are phantom
That fade ere closed the hand
Tn the dark readied forth to grap them,
Cut the brain receives their brand.
Select Htoccllaun.
ART AND NATURE.
BT MILS. HARRIET BEKCIIE RSTOW'i.
i -Ofow, girls, says Mrs. KIlis Grey to
her daughter, 'hero is a letter from
George So mers, und he is to be down
here next week, so I give you lair warn
ing. Warning?' said Fanny Grey, looking
tip from her embroidery, 'what do you
mean by that, mamma ?'
Now, that's just like you, Fanny,'
said the elder sisteranghmg, 'you dear
little simplicity; you never can under
stand anything unless it is stated us
definitely as the multiplication table.'
'.But we need no warning in case of
cousin George, I'm suro' afd Fanny.
'Cousin George, to bo suro do yon
hear the littlo innocent said Isabella,
the second si.ttcr. 'I suppose, Fanny,
you never heard that ho has becu visi
ting all the courts of Furope, seeing all
the fine womc i-r.tons, picturo and real,
that aro to bo found such an amutcur
and connoisseur.'
'Uesidos having receircd a fortune of
a million 'or so said Emma, 'Idaro
nay now. Funny, you thought he was
eoraiDg home to makedandelion chains,
and nlny with Lutton'balls, as you used
to when he was a boy.'
Fanny wilt noter tako the world as
it is,' said Mrs. Grey. -I do believe ho
will bo a child as long as she lives.
7 Grey saiJ this as if she wero
dhiNarer ome radical (lcf,v. jn ,t,A
"'"' '''V guter, ana mo tJolWate
Ki r. .t 1 ...
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i4v.vi yimenoweu u lint hmnr.
Wüflt C'C''lvVJ,,- iifciinrk. nnrl ah
'jwywJTmbrrlfry
ryin silence.
Mrs. Grey had been left by ths death
of hr husband, sole guardian of the
three girls whose names have appeared
on this page. She was an active, ambi
tious woman, one of the sort for whom
nothing is ever finished enough with
out a lew touches, and emendations,
and as such peoplo always make a
mighty affair of-education, Mrs. Grey
had made it a life's enterprise to order,
adjust and settle tho' characters of her
daughters, and when we use the word
character as Mrs.' Grey understood it,
wo mean to include face, figure, dress,
accomplishments, as well as those essen
tial items, mind and heart.
Mrs. Grey had determined that her
daughter should bo something altogeth
er out of the common way, and accord
ingly she had conducted the training; of
the two eldest with such reaj ana ettec
tlat every traco of an original chdrac
ter was thoroughly educated out' of
them. All of their opinions, feelings,
words and actions instead of gushing
naturally from their hearts, were, ac
cording to the most approved authority,
diligently compared and revised. Em
ma, tho eldest, was an imposing showy
girl, of some considerable talent, and
she had been assiduously trained to
makoa sensation as a woman of ability
and intellect. Her mind had been fill
ed with Information on all sorts of sub
jects, much taster than she had power
to digest or employ it, ana the standard
which her ambitious mother had Fct for
her, bring rather above iho range of
her abilities, there was a cuustalit sen
sation cf effort in keeping up to it. Jn
hearing her talk you were .constantly
reminded, "I am iv woman of intellect
I am entirely abovo tho ordinary level
of women;" and, on all subjects she was
so anxiously and laboriously well and
circumstantially informed that it wus
cnougii to make one's head ache to hear
her talk. Isabella, her second daughter
was par excellence, a benutv a tall,
sparkling, Cleopatra-looking girl, whose
rich color, daz.ling eyes, and superb
figure might havobil detianeo loan
to furnish an extra charm; neverthe
less, each gi ace had been as indetatiga
bly drilled and maneuvered as the mem,
bers ot an artillery company. Eyusf
lips, eyvlitshes all had their lesson; ami
every "motion nf her sculptured limbs,
every intonat'ott of her silvery -voico
had been studied, considered and cor
rected till even her fastidiom mother
cotiM discern nulhiwL Hint Wit waivtcd.
Then were added all the graces ofbelle
lettres all the improved rules of being
delighted with music, painting, and last
of alt came the toui; of the continent,
traveling being " considered a sort of
pumice otone lor rubbing dawn the var
nish ami giving the very last touch lo
character.
Ihiring tho time that all this was go
ing on, Miss Fannv, whom we now de
clare our heroine, has been growing up
in the quietudo of her mot her s country
scat, and growing, as girls are apt to,
very much taster than her mother imag
ined. She was a fair slender girl, with
a 'charming simplicity of appearance,
which, if it be not in itself a beauty,
had ull tho bestelltet of beauty, and an
interesting and engaging heart.
She looked not so much beautiful, as
loveable Ilcr character was in pre -ise
correspondence with her appearance;
its first and chief clement was feeling;
and to this add fane', fervor, taste, en
thusiasm, almost up to the point of ge
nius, and just common serine enough to
keep all in order, and you will have a
good idea of the mind of Fanny Grov.
Delightfully passed the days with
Fanny during the abseneoof her moth
er whilo without thought of rule or
compass bIic sang her old songs, painted
flowers and sketched landscapes from
nature, visited socially all over the vil
lage, wbcro she was a great favorite,
ran about the fields over fences, or in
tho woods, with her little cottago bon
net, and abovo all, built her own castles
in tho air without anybody to help pull
them down, which we think about the
happiest circumstance of her situation.
iiut affairs wore a very different as
pect when Mrs. Grey with her daugh
ters, returned from Europe, as full of
foreign tastes and notions as people of
artificial character mako and generally
do return.
Foor Fanny was deluged with a tor
rent of new ideas; she heard of styles
of appearance, and styles of beauty,
styles of manner, and styles of conver
sationthis and that and tho other air
a general effect and particular ' effect,
and of four hundred and fifty ways of
production and impression; in short it
seemed to her that people ought to bo of
wonderful consequenco to have so many
things to think and to say about the
how and why of every action.
Mrs. Grey, who had no manner of
uouut 01 her own aimuy 10 mane a
character, undertook tho point with
Fanny as systematically as ono would
undcrtako to mako over a new dress.
Poor Fanny, who had an unconquera
ble aversion to trying on dresses, and
settling points in millinery, went
through with most exemplary meekness
an entire transformation as to nil ex
ternals; but when Mrs. Grey set her
self at work upon her. mind and tastes,
and opinions, tho matter became some
what moro serious for tho buoyan
feelings and fanciful elements of her
character wero as incapable of being
arranged, according to rule, as the
sparkling water dropa aro of being
strung into neclaces and ear-ringe, or
the gay clouds of being inado into arti
ficial flowers. Some warm natural do
sire or tastes of her own was forover
intcrferinir with her mother's regime,
some obstinate little "Fannylsra" would
always put up its head in dcflanco of
received custom, ana iter motner anu
itcr pathetically remarked, "do what
you would with her, sho always canto
out herself aller all."
After trying laboriously to ronform
to the pattern which was daily set be
fore her, she came at last to tbe conclu
sion that some natural inferiority must
forever prevent her from aspiring to ac
complish anything in that way.
"If I can't be what my mother wish
es, I'll at least bo myself," said sho one
day to her sisters, "for if I try to alter,
1 shall neither be myselt or anybody
else," and her mother and sisters came
to tho same conclusion. And on the
whole her mother and sisters fouud it a
very convenient thing to, have one in
tho l'araily,who was not studying effect,
or aspiring tobe anything in particular.
It was very agreeable to Mrs. Grey
to have a daughter to eit with her wlcn
she had the siclc headache, whilo the
other girls were ' entertaining company
inthe drawing room below. It was
ert'ectXjsjr ojaveniont no her.'slstrs to have
some one whose dress took so little timo
that she had always a head and pair of
hands at their disposal in case of any
toilette emergency. Then she was al
ways loving and affectionate, entirely
1,'ling to be outshone on every occa
sion, and that was another advantago.
As to Isabel and Emma, the sensation
that they made in society was sufficient
to havo gratified a dozen olimiry
belles. All that, they said, did, and
wore, was instant, rod unquestionaBle
precedent, and young gentlemen, all
starch and perfume, twirled their laced
pocket handkerchiefs and declared up
on their honor that they knew not
which was tho most overcoming, tho
genius and wit of Miss, Emma, or the
bright eyes of Miss Isabella; though it
was an agreed point, that between them
both, not a heart in the gay world re
mained in it's owner's possession, a
thing which might have a serious sound
to one who' did not know thn character
of these urtiiicials oft 011 tho most tri
lling item in the inventory of worldly
possessions. And all this while, all
that was said of our heroine, was some
thing in this way, "1 bciiovc their is an
other sister, h there not?"'
Yes, there is a qnict, little blue-eyed
body, who never has a word to r-ay for
herself, quite amiable, I'm told."
Now it was not a fact that Miss Fan
ny never had a word to say for herself.
If one had seen her on a vinit at any
0110 of the houses ulong tho little green
street of her native village, they might
have learned tiat her touguo could go
fast enough.
But in, -the lighted drawnig rooms
si'id among buz.ing voices, and sur
rounded by people who Were always
saying things because such things were
said, Fanny was almost dizzy and un
ready, and for fear she should say some
thing that she should not, she conclu
ded to say nothing at all; nevertheless,
though sho said little, she made good
use of her eyes, and found a very quiet
amusement in looking on to see how
other people conducted matters.
Well, Mr. Georgo Somers has actual
ly arrived at Mrs. Gray's country seat,
und there he sits, with Miss Isabel in
the deep recess of that window where
ruses aro peeping in so modestly.
'To bo sur.e," thought Fanny to her
self, as e-ho quietly surveyed him thro'
the bhado of a pair of magnificent whis
kers, ami heard him passing the shuttle
cock of compliment back and forth, with
the most assured and practiced air in
world, '"to bo sure 1 was a child in im
agining that I should see cousin George
Somers. I'm sure that this magnificent
young gentleman, full ot utterance and
knowledge, is not tho cousin that I ued
to feel so easy with no indeed;" and
Fanny gavo lyalf a sigh, and then went
into the garden to water her geraniums.
For some days, Mr. Somers seomod to
leel put upon his reputation to sustain
tba character of gallant, savant, con
noisseur, etc., which every one who
makes the tour of the continent is ex
pected to bring home with him as a
matter of course; for there is seldom a
young gentleman who knows that he
has qualifications in this line who can
resist the temptation of showing what
ho can do; accordingly ho discussed
tragedies and reviews, and ancient and
modern customs with Miss Emma and
with Miss Issabella, retouched their
drawings, and cxlubited his own, spor
ted tho most choice and recherche style
of compliment at every turn, and in
short, flattered himself, perhaps justly,
that he wtis playing the irrcsistable,
and in a manner quito equal lo that ot
his fair cousins. ' ' '
Now, all this while, Miss Fanny was
mistaken on one point, for Mr. George
Somers though an exceedingly fine gen
tleman, bad alter all, quite a substra
tum of reality about him of real heart,
real feeling, and real opinion of his own;
and the consequenco was, that when ti
red of tho effort of conversing, ho real
ly longed tofind somebody to talk to,
and, in this mood, heono evening stroll
ed into tho library, leaving tho gay par
ty In tho drawing room to themselves.
Miss Fanny was there, quito intent
upon a book of selections from tho old
English poets.
Keally, Miss Fanny,' said Mr. Som-
erf, 'you aro very sparing of the favor
1 your company to us this evening.'
O, 1 presume niv company is not
much missed,' said l'Vnny with a ;mile.
'You must havo a poor opinion of
our taste, then,' said Mr. Somers.
'Come, tome, Mr. Somers,' replied
Fanny, 'you forgot the person 3 011 are
talking to; it is not all necessary for
you to compliment me nobody ever
does so vou may feel relieved of that
trouble.""
Nobody ever docs, Miss Fanny-pray
how is that ?'
'Because I'm not tho ort of person to
say such things to.'
'And pray what sort of a penon
ought one to be, in order to hayo such
things said?' replied Mr. Somers.
Why, liUo sister Jssbel.or like Emma;
you undcstnnd, I am a wort of a little
nobody, if any one wastes U fine words
on me, I never know what to make of
them,' . ., ,
And pray, what must one say to you?
said Mr. Somers, quite amused."
Why, what- they really think and
really feel, and I am always puzzled by
anythng else.' , ,
Accordingly about half an houif
tcrwards, you might have seen the much
admired Mr. Somers once moro trans
formed to the cousin George, und h
and Fanny engaged in a very intcro.-t-
ing. tete-a-tete, about old times and
things.
Now you may skip ucros.slt fortni;'-
fpnni ,, vonfnrr iit inst löok &r ti
same old library, just as the settir-r
sun is looking iri at iu Vt..:rn windol,
and 3'ou will see Fanny eii
e, 1 .. . ...
ST'' "
JJiUle in tho Window, with 'one Wagging
ray ot light illuminating her pure child
ish face, and sho is looking up at .Mr.
Somers, as if in some sadden perplexi
ty, and, dear me, if you are not mista
ken, our young gentleman is blushing.
Why, cousin George,' says the lady,
what do you meau ?'
I thought I spoko plainly enough,
Fanny,' replied George, in a tono that
might havo made the matter plain
enough to bo suro.
Fanny laughed outright, and tho
gentleman looked terriblo serious.
'Indeed, now, don't bo angry.' said
she, as he turned away with a vexed
ana mortihod air, 'indeed, now, I can t
help laughing. It seems to mo ro odd
what will they think of you ?'
It's 110 consequenco to mo what they
think,' said Somers. I think, Fanny,
it you had tho heart I gave you credit
for, you might have seen my feelings
before now.
Now sit down my dosr cousin,'
said Fanny, earnestly drawing him in
to a chair, 'and tell how could I, poor
littlo Miss Fanny Nobody, havo thought
any such thing, with sisters as I havo ?
I did think thut you liked me, that you
knew more of my real feelings than
mamma and sisters, but that you should
that you ever should why I am as
tonished that you did not lall in love
with Isabella.'
That would have Inet your feelings
then ?' Haiti George, eagerly, and look
ing as if ho would havo looked her
through eyes, soul and all.
No no indeed,' ehe said turning
away her head; 'but,1 added she, quick
ly, 'you will loso all creel it lor good taste,
iiow, tell me seriously what do you like
me foi f ,
Well, then, Fanny, I can give you
tho best reason; I like you for being a
real, sincere natural girl for being
simple in your manners, and lor having
heart enough left., as I hope, to lovo plain
George Somers with all his faults, and
not Mr. Somers' reputation, or Mr.
Somers' establishment.'
Well, this is nil verv reasonable to
me, of course,' said Fanny, ''but it will
bo so much Greek to poor mamma.'
I dare say your mother never could
understand, how, seing tho very nemo
of cultivatjoo...in . all countries, should
have really made my eyes ache, and
long tor something as simple us green
grass or puro water to lest them on. I
came down to find it among my cousins,
and I found in your sisters, only just
such women as 1 saw, wondered at and
admired all over Europe till I was tired
of admiring. Your mother has achiev
ed what sho aimed at perfectly. I
know of no circle that could produce
any higher specimen but it is all tri
umpharit art, after all; and 1 havo so
strong a current ot natural lecung run
ninir through mv heart, that 1 never
could be happy except with afresh,
simplo, impulsive character.
Like me, are you croing to say ?' said
Fanny, laughing. Well, I'll admit that
you aro right. It would bo a pity that
you should not havo one voto at least
A Great Han,
George Lippard, in his work called
ThoNazarene, thus speaks of President
Jackson :
Ho was a man ! Well I remember
the day I waited upon him. He sat
there in his arm chair I can seo that
old warrior's face, with its snow-white!
hair, even now. Wo told him of the
public distress tho manufacturers ru-.
med, the eagles shrouded in crape, were
borno at the bend of twenty thousand
men into Independents Square. , lie
heard us nil. We begged him to leave
the deposits .whoro they were to up
hold tho great Bank in Philadelphia.
Mill ho did not say a word. At last
ono of our niembors, more fiery than
othors, made tho remark that if they
wero crushed, a rcbollon might lollow-
Then the old man rose. I can seo him
yet.
Come !' ho shouted in a voice of thun
der, as his clutched hand was raised
abovo his white hairs 'Come with bay
onets in your hands, instead ot peti
tions surround tho White Houso with
your legions I am ready for you all I
With tho peoplo at my back whom your
gold cannot buy nor awo. I will swing
you uround the Capitol each rebel of
you on a gibbet hicn as Human's.'
When I think,' savs the author, 'of
thai One man, standing thcro at Wash
ington, battling with all tho powers of
Hank and panic combined, betrayed by
tho in whom lie trusted, assailed by
all that the snako pf malice could hiss,
or the fiend of falsehood howl when I
think of that ono man placing his back
against tho rock and folding his arms
for tho blow, while ho uttered his vow;
I will not swervo ono inch from the
cosirso I have chosen V nujt confers
that tho rcconjt of Greece and Honio
nuy tho proudest days of Cromwell or
Napoleon, ennnot furnish an Instanco
of Mill like that of Andrew Jackson,
when ho placed bin life and soul find
frame on the hazard of a die, for the
people's wellar.' ' i
A Clay vs. Jackson Joke.
If any ono believes that all the stories
of the glorious old times of the Clay and
Jackson campaigns have been used up,
ho will find how easy it is to be mista
ken. Witness tho following which conies
to,u from old Kentucky, by way of
Louisiana. Our friend begins:
"You must know," (but wo did not
know) "that around aDd about tho beau-
tij'ul city of Lexington, in the State of
ise-niucity, tor a distance of 12 or 15
r.iifes, there lives or did live twentv
ATar airo a rrreut number nf amnll Am.
mors, who find in that lair city raar-
jket fur she surplus produce of their
larms, and J.u.ere they voxl it and buy
fi her'y and 'nickaCks foi" their fami
lies.
One of these farmers, a poor but in
dustrious and fearless man, had a pork
er, a few barrels of meal,potatocs, beans,
etc., which he wished to dispose of, and
borrowing a horse and wagon, he pack
ed up his things, and just at dusk, 6et
off for town.
Arrived at one or two in the morn
ing, he entered the market-house, and
selecting a stall, he split the dressed
pig into halves, and hung them on the
stout hooks, and with a bag of meal for
a pillow lay down and slept soundly
and late, and when he awoke tho mar-
kot people were crowding in; and lo! one
half of his pig was gono. It was cleau
gono. lie made known his loss, and
raving and swearing, ho drew the crowd
ab;ut him. As he grew warm with
wrath, he said:
"I know the sort o a man that etolo
that pork I do."
"Well, why not let itout.if j'ou know,
and we will help find, hini!'' they cried
out in reply.
"Yes, 1 know his sort: I do. he was a
Clay man!'"
As old Harry Clay lived within a milo
of the market, and every man there
was ready to go the death for him, this
was a bold speech, to accuse a Clay man
of stealing half a pig in Lexington.and
they closed in on him to give him a sound
thrashing; when ono demanded of him
what mado him think it was ono of
Clay's men."
"Y hy, nobody but a Clay man would
have dono it; if he had been Jackson
man - he would havo gone tho whole
hog.", 4 . -'. ' -(,
This turned the tables. Thc'LexIng-'
tonians carried him to a coffee houso to
a hot breakfast and a morning spree,
made up his loss, and sent him home re
joicing over his luck. . -
Lightning".
Voltaire onto said, "there aro great
dignitaries whom it is only safe to ap
proach with great care;" and lightning
must be among that class. Professor
Loverins, of Harvard University, gives
some interesting particulars in the dif
ferent ages of the world, resortod to by
the people to protect themsolvcstigainst
tho fatal effects of being struck by the
electric fluid.
Tho Emperors of Japan not only took
refuge in a cave, but placed a reservoir
above the cave; thinking tho lightning
would bo extinguished by its passage
through tho water. If this were tho
case, fishes, it would seem, must be safe.
Iiut it is not so, lor in Ki70,the lightning
struck tho lake of Liskuitz, in Switzer
land, und killed twenty-eight wagon
loads of fish, which were gathered alter
tho storm and used for manure. Some
stress is laid upon tho quality of the
body. For, it is said, that of three
priests walking in company, ono was
clad in sit it, and the other two instantly
killed.
Cages of glass have been made for the
timid; and some have been advised to
sit upon a decanter turned bottom up
wards tho feet resting upon two tumb
lers. A building of glass will not ex
elude the lightning, for a conservatory
... !! ... . . I. I I 1 e,
in luuau wnssirucK, anu eigui nunureu
panes ot glass destroyed, and tho sash
was not injured.
In 1S1D, twenty prisoners were to
gether in a group, and one with a chain
round his waist, was struck and killed
dead tho others were not injured. Steel
corsets, ear-lings, finger-rings, brace
lets, knives, forks, chains, gold or silver
pencils, are alike, it is thought, moro or
less hazardous. Tho iron f rame of a la
dy's bonnet was struck and destroyed
and sho escaped. A pin in the hair has
been ' melted when the hair was not
singed, and it may bo said that tho
wearer escaped by tho hair of her head.
Females and negroes are not so liable to
attract tho electric fluid, but tho cause
of this is beyond conjecture. Color has
doubtless some influence. A white ox
was killed, whilo his mato by his side,
being black was not touched.
Perloct exemption IVomjigh tiling can
not bo claimed, even in the neighbor
hood of a good lightning-rod. To Dr.
Franklin is conceded tho invention of
the lightning rod, but he failed to point
out any ond plaeo as moro-safo thau an
other as protection as a protection
ugaiiiPt tho flash of lightning; ho has
been soen to leave his house and stand
in an open field, whether for observa
tion or safety ho never disclosed. And
all wo havo got to say on our own re
sponsibility is, that tho man who draws
u prize in the lottery, ami gets struck
by lightning at tho same timo may be
set down as tt rcR1Ubl- uA rtr
iubject of attraction.
Tho following incident, which
occurred at a country post ofllce, has tho
wdvftn.tligo of being true:
A rap at the delivery.'
Postmaster "Well, my lad, what will
yon h Ave?"'
Hoy "Hero's n letter sis wants to go
along as fast as it can; 'cause there's a
fuller wants to have her here, and she's
courted by another ftdlof' what ain't
here; and sho wants to know whether
he s going to have her or not,
Why we have no Thunder In Winter.
Prof. Espr. in his Fourth Mcteorolor?
ical Report, thus explains why we have
no thunder in winter: ult is asked why
we hare no thunder in winter, though
the tops of the storm clouds rise even in
this season to a region where the air is
at least considerably charged with elec
tricity. Perhaps tho answer may be
found in this that the storm clouds in
tho winter are of great extent, and of
courso the .tension of the electricity,
being extended over a very largo sur
face, is very feeble; and the substance
of the clond being itself formed out of
vapor much less dense thau that of sum
mer , clouds, this tension may. not be
able to strike from one particular of the
cJoudt to the asjacet onev jio general
d ischarge can take placo. Besides, even
in the winter, daring a very warm spell
of weather, with a high dew, point for
the season, we sometimes havo a violent
thunder storm from a cloud of Yen
umiica Horizontal extent, as toe tnun
der clouds always aro in the summer.
Such a cloud is in reality an insulated
pillar of hot air, mingled with condensed
vapor, having just given out into the
air its latent caloric, causing the air at
tho top of this cloud, in many cases, to
be CO degs. warmer than the air on the
outside of the same level."
New Steamers Longer than the
Leviathan. Whilo public attention
has been attracted so strongly , by the
nnusual dimensions of the Leviathan
that tho namoof that vessel is in every
body's mouth, it happens singularly
enough that two vessels of greater
length, ana ot a moro remarkblo char
acter, havo been advancing to comple
tion in jiverpooi vvunoiu tue general
public being even cognizant of their ex
igence Those vessels are 700 feet long.
They have been construct ;d ' by Messrs.
V si r- ft . s x .- a
v ernon ä oon lor the unental inland
Steam Company, and are intended for
the navigation ot tho In d inn rivers.
The purpose of their peculiar feattnes
of construction is to enable a largo car-!
go to bo carried at a good rate of speed
upon a fight draught of water. The!
great rivers of Iudia, though penetra
ting far into the interior, and though
containg largo volumes of water, are
are nevertheless shallow during tho dry
season. The vessels navigating them
must, thereforefloat very iiht, ' and
yet they must have 'displacement enough
to carry a good cargo. 1 hey must nave
strength enough not to suffer injury if
they should get aground, and they must
present such littlo resistance to the wa
ter as to be able to achicvo a satisfacto
ry rate of progress against tho stream.
All these indications arc admirably ful
filled in the vessels. Liverpool Albion.
JtK? Washington seldom showed that
ho was much elated or excited. He
had very strong feelings, but generally
suppressed them. When on his way to
tako command ot the American arm'
at Cambridge, tho last of June 1775, he
met tho news of Bunker Hill battle: and
ho was so rejoiced to learn, that the Mil
itia would fight bravely for the country
ho took off his hat and gave three cheers;
and said, 'there is hope, my country
men are bravo."
In 1777, the third year of tho war, he
was very anxious to have the States
rniso troops for during tho war, or at
least for three years, rather than ono.
A Coramitteo of tho General Court of
Massachusetts waited on him to inform
him, that they had voted to raise tho
men ho wanted, but for only ono year.
He jumped from his chair, and said,
good God, gentlemen, tho country will
be ruined by such measures 1' He then
took bis scat, and was perfectly calm.
Bet the men wero raised lor during the
war, or for threo vcars.
A Smart People. Not long ago,
writes a correspondent of the lvmckcr
bockcr, an attorney, with considerable
swell,' but not much brains, came to
C . in Ohio, to 'locate.'
One day when tho postolSce was full,
waiting tho distribution of tho mail, a
half-witted fellow stepped up to him in
the crowd, and said :
Mr. S , I'm told yon have come
hero to practice law.'
'Yes, I have.'
'Well, vou will find it a first-rate lo
cation. 1 hadn't lived here four months
befbro I was sued ten times.'
'Well, it seems to mo I could live here
for years without being sued at all.'
I presume you could,' said our half
witted friend; 'poople hero aro pretty
darned smart; they don't sue a fellow
without he's good for tho costs !'
The Bahiks. nails Journal of
Health thus estimates tho cost of feed
ing a body, deprived of its mother's
milk: 'A hearty infant will swallow,
during the first year of its life, fourteen
hundrhd pounds of milk, in which are
twenty-ono pounds of cheese, thirty
pounds of butter, and one hundred and
twelve pounds of sugar. At six cents a
quart, with tho necessary sweetning,
each 'dear' little creature costs, for food
alone, 850 for tho first year.
Sieej Women require- moro 6leep
than men, and farmers less sleep than
those engaged in another occupation.
Editots, reporter, printers, and tele-
graph operators, need no sleep at ad.
' awvers can Mocn as much as tney
chose, and thus keep out of mischief.
Clergymen can slep iwcniv-iour nours
and put their parish to sleep, onco a
week.
tn. 'Why are you
my darling, said a saucy lover bending
his arm around Harriets waist.
I can't say. Why ?'
Because yon ar handsomely bound.
Indeed I' said Harriet. 'Why, then
am 1 liko a law book ?'
'Really, I can't tell.'
Because I Am bound in calf.'
oncctta of tfcrsctxsorfl.
t&- Why is coffee liko an axe with a
dull edge? Because it requires to be
ground.
T A drunkard's nose is said to- be
a light house, warning us of. the little
water that passes underneath.
JCäy A coquette may be compared to
tinder, which catches parUx, bat does
not always succeed in lighting a, match.
EST" Some one has said: "It may bo
that an honest man is the noblest work
of God," but a woman is the prettiest.
. The rago for the scarlet petticoat
is, perhaps, on the whole, rother a barm
less kind of scarlet fever. '
EST Jones has purchased a hat for the
head of navigation, and shortly expects
to cap the climax.
Tho man who tried to Thistle a
bar of soap has attempted to sing a stave
off a molasses cask.
"Sally, what timo do your folks
dine?" "Soon as you go away that'
missus's ordere."
SQ. Each moment make tbee dear
er as the parsimonious tradesman said
to his extravagant wife.
tilF My son, what docs your mother
do for a living?"
"Sho cats cold wittlcs, sir." :
fiST" "A tale of terror." A spaniel'
continuation with four bunches of fire
crackers and three tin pans fastened to
it.
tSTlf you wish to dream of wedding
rings and fruit cako, waltz with a book
muslin dress stuffed with health and
palpitation. 1
&yT "Why doyou admire that youDg
lady so very much?" "Sir, I have nov-
cr seen her except on foot, but I admire
her lor her remarkably fine carriage.
tT Cuffoe, is that the second bell?"
No, massa, dat's de second rirgin ob
de fuss bell. We habn't got no second
bell m dis hotel.
j&faT "Will you have mo Sarahr said
a young man to a shy young lady.
'No, John," said she,"butyou may havo
mc u you Jikc." ..... .?
X3T "If you touch my dog, you touch
me," said a pert young man to a lady.
"Sir,! know ver' well, that if I touch
you I touch a dog."
157 Tbero has been, for some time
past a larger floating population in Cairo,
than in any other poition city of its
size in tho Üuited States. . ;
A man was walking quickly down
tho street the other day, when he was
suddenly struck by a thought and knock
ed into a gutter.
tey To Tom Moore's line:
"Our bed shall be roses bespangled with dew."
A sensible girl replied;
"'Twould give in tb rhumatics, and so it woald
you."
jgy Mrs. ltugg, a widow, having ta
ken Sir Charles Price for her second
husband, and being'asked by a friend
how she liked tho change, replied, "Oh,
I havsgot rid of my old Bugg for a good
Price."
Sy An old fellow being .Tisitcd by
pastor he ussurol him that he could not
00 a good Christian, unless he took np
his daily cross, whereat he caught up
his wile and began lugging her about
tho room.
5y A fellow who went to hear a
fashionable and popular preacher re
cently, says that tho text was "He that
hath ears to hear let him bear," which
the preacher rendered, "lie that hath
yahs to yah, let him yah."
1ST Ho knows his ij'c. I know ho.
knows his nose. Ho said I knew ho
know his nose; and if he said ho knew
1 knew he knew his nose, of course he.
knew I knows his nose.
SHOT An Irish recruit who had heard
that a corporal was about to bo dismis
sed from his regiment,' remArked: - --
'Faith I I hope it s tho most trouble-
Romoono w-e have 'Corporal Punish-
mein.
BS Mnt'rrins savs ho don't believe In
- j .
tha annenrunce of snirits in this world
so strongly as he does In thoir disap-
nonrance. lie lost a cM Ion ot brandv
and two baskets of champagne on tbe
. t A
last election.
t7fm A ren polite individual who had
Knnn Innoiforl rif a. VPrV Vflluablo
UV V It UV M Vv -w a. w ' -
brclla, posted up tho following notice:-
no was me gentleman uu i-aiusujiu
umbrellas with wo the other day And
forgot to leave his?'
iät- A woman can never have too
much learning to bo acrreeable. if she be
careful to retain so much female delica
cy as not to beoome it podant. bome-
hod v once remarked that no matter now
blue a lady's stocking mar be, if tho
petticoats are long enougn to cover
them.
e5t- The late Rowland Hill once said.
on observing sMne persons enter his.
- ii ..i . ll
chapel to avoid mo rain tnat was iau
ins: .
'Many persons aro to bo lUmed for
making their religion a cloak; but I do
not think thoso much' tetter who make
it an umbrella.
lüaäT 'Come In, Joe, and let's take a
drink, .
Thankyo, Thomas, can't AfToroUt.
'Well, but I II pay for if.
'O, I'm not speaking of the aooeyv
What then ?'
'Loss of hcalth and energy, Yntral
principle, ' character, peace tj totl&
self respect; and st wert tc'n.-
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