The Arkansas advocate., 1832-02-29

:" t eNtTaet tine following amusing anecdote, which, il not true. deserves to be SO, from the Juvenile Forget-me-not.
 "1hcre is q story, and which be- lieve Is fact, ot two boys going to take a alackdaw's nest from hole under the beltry- window in the tower of All Saints church, Derby. As it WIS im- Possitle ;o reach # standing .w tttI,f, tue building, and equally impossible to as- cend to that height from without. they resolved toput a plank through the win- dow; and while the heavier boy sccur. ed its balance by sitting on the end with in, the lighter boy was 10 fix himself on the opposite end, and from that peril ous situation 10 reach the .ohiect of their desire. So far the sehen.e answer ed. The little fellow took the nest, and, finding in il five fledged young birds, annouBesd the news to his com panion. Five. are there2' replied he; 1; then I'll have three. Nay exclam- ed the other indignantly. I run all the danger, and Ill have the three.' sYou shall not still maintained inc boy in the inside; you shall not Promise me three or I'll drop yon.' sDrop me, fl you please, replied the lillle hero {; but HI promise You no more than two;' upon which lis companion sHi slipped fl the plank. Up tilted the end, and down went the boy, upwards of a hundred feet, to the ground. Tie little fellow, at the moment of his fall, was holding lis prize by their three ii oiss hand hand, and two in the other; and they, 6nding themselves descending, fluiiercd out their pinions instinetiyely. The boy, too, had on q stout carter's frock, St cured round the neck, which, filling with air from beneath, buoyed him up like balloon. and he descended smooth ly to the ground; when, looking up, he exclaimed to his companion, snow you shall have none!' and ran away, sound n every limb, to the astonishment of the inhabitants, who with iinconceivable horror, had witnessed his desccnt.n
 More than one very pretty moral con- cerning grasping politicians might be appended to the foregoing tale.
 .uuHer of Iact.---l am what the old woman cali an.'odd stick.n l do noth- ing without amotive; l attempt nothing unless think there is q probability oi my succeeding; l ask no tayors where do not think they may be granted; l grant no favors where think they are not deserved, and finally, ] do not wait upon the girls, when l think my atten- .tion would be disagreeable. l am d matter of fact man. do things seri- ously. l once offered to attend lady 10 her home. did it seriously that is, meant to wait upon her home if she wanted me. She accepted my of fer. l went home with her, and it has ever since been all enigma to me, ,wheth-
 s-ss.e :s;a::.. :::: ::s;:. ss!sS S! :0.; :o0.; my arm and said not word. l went home with her and she said uot q word. 1 bade her good night and she said not word. l met her the next day and l said not a word. met her again and she gave me two hours talk. She fear. cd l was offended, but could not con ceive why. She begged me to explain, but gave me no chance. She hoped I'd not be offended; asked me 10 call; and it has ever since been mystery to me, whether she wanted me to call or not. J once saw lady at her window. l cnquired for the lady and was inform ed she was not at home. went away doubtiDg. l met her again; she was offended; called me nnneighboriy; re- preached me for my negligence: thought me unkind, and have ever since won dered whether she was sorry or not Acknowledgements to me doubt f;fi! ffii, wonderful, mysterious. What then IS If that causes doubt aiid misery ss;;s ts t s.. tend the ways of men? Ii is the want of fact. This is a matter oE fact world, and in order to act well in it, we must deal only in matter of fact.-.scrthern Star.
 Bear Esghtng.-The Oriental Sport ing Magazine furnishes the following an- ccdote:
 Major R., an officer in the Ma dras service, who was lately stationed here, had gone out lately to a jungle at