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 who attended on his Majesty; he never wss seco0a behind his time. He had an appointment one S' dnv with the King at Windsor at ls o'clock on psssins through the hall the clock struck twelve on which hs LOrdehips minis rage et being half minute too late, raised his cane and broke the glass of the clock. The King reminded him that he was . little beyond his next audience, the King as he entered the room, ex-
 o strike the clock 2''. The clock struck first, youl rannef in which Lord H jastilied himself, the mock sOiemnity ofthe answer adding zest to the boa mot | A subte'TdneGn hermit. t.---Ass some individuals were digging well at North Charleston the other day. they quite unexpe and un- ceremOnioisly broke into the parlor of a sub- | terr0neOus inhabitaht, one of those whose form Satan took, as Milton tells us, when at Ewes ear, @he sat, squat like a toad. F After digging through several layers of gravel and sand, they came toOne of clay, ten feet be-! low the surface of, the earth. One of, the worlmcn, wishing place on which to rest his foot, struck his spade into the clay. on one side of the welk when out rolled something. enscOnsed in a hole four inchesbysix, exhib. iting signs of life. 1t was very large toad, and E was 3. precisely the nnlnr f tln elayr in which It was apparently bmbeddedlG Upon being exposed to the air, it began to moye,l but its movements were extremely awkward, ana ungenteeI, or rather sslmt0ady, 7. so to say.
 It jumped backwards and sidewuy, and in Iact every way but the right way, not very recently, probably, having had the use of it's lmDs. In a short time, however, it skipped about like any other toad, and what was deemed rather remarkable, contracted into about half it's original size. This was proba- bly, one of the oldest inhabitants" !" but how he came to choose his place of residence fen feet below the surfaceof the earth--whence he emigTated-- long he had been there-. whether he was working up or down--how he got m, or how he expected to get out, are matters we pretend not to decide. These are] mysteries, which man only renders more mysterious by any attempt atexplanation.-.--l We should as soon think of attempting an l explanation of that philosophy -puzzling pro- | blenl-* where little toads come from after d | summer shower s''-- CldrsmOnt Eagle. lBni aa el Supposed YOlcGnoe 0tt NeG.---An intelligent | shipmastef writes from the Coast of Califor- | mia, that on his passage out on Thursday. April g, l6S6,J in lat. 1N. Elon.l 99 West, we | observed some things floating by the ship, which on examination proved to be smiall stones, resembling punice stone. From their appearances \ should suppose they, were of | volcanic origin. aA We sailed upwards of fiffy miles through them, thinly scattered over the | surface ofthe sea. { Wewere about $40 miles E from the Continent, 600 from the Gallipagos, and 600 from Clipperton Rock The North K East trade winds prevail in these latitudes. can form no satisfactory opinion whence eruption at the bottom of the Ocean. As | f send you specimens, you can forward part of N them to the learned Prof. Silliman. Ii5lq goob
 The MetOric shower in November, 1884, | was sUsn sIl OaaaruElHia sDlstOD zAssD. FzrfFi alt@ detlQtSA taplI .------9ou ngill b0h ,slRNa ' "A Fact.- The following circumstance oc. cured in fhe city of Baltimore: sA Q4 aaaaI
 The husband of ap certain lady was in the | habit of frequenting U house where ardent ' spirits were retailed to the ruin of deluded ! customers, and there squandered both his earnings and his time, until the patience of ! his wife became exhausted : she according | ly repaired to the house of iniduity and tak- | ing her stand in front thereof, commenced destroying the windows with considerable activity with her umbrella. After she had demolished several patles of glass, the keep CT of the house came out in a fury and de! manded, hecahse of the assault, to which, in substance, she replied hs follows. .:---" 1t makes no difference just make ont your bill, and hand it to my husband, who is now in 1 your house, and he will pay it you will get l his money any how, and it will be better for l him to pay it for broken g1cs: than your RUM"
 
 is5n3 ei!1 ut9MIn-----6s Styl IF dtEGsSel. The natural causes of human misery may l be reduced to twO-igDOra and immortal l ity. Both are great. Philosophers are right in recommending the cultivation, of the intel- lect, and by so doing. many disorders will be removed, but the aim will not be attained without the same care to the moral nature of man. is,o4 9fisIffltya ssfi gaita.,t1 f,f t tg nj .s5 Adpice Never pride yourself in the ap- proyal of . doctor or schoolnaster, or poor relation. All these will praise every thing you say or do. Their friendship is like that of the leech, which clings to your person in order to fill itself with your blood. d.-Galary.
 Red.haired women are generally truly fem mine in their character, warm-hearted and affectionate. Red- haired men are generally
 intellectual, high spirited and jealous; Two c. c. Greene) are ofthis complexion A brace of incidents, which excited consid- | erable sensation amongst those who witneS- sed them, occurred in our harbor on Saturday. The steamboat Rufus King was engaged to put the passengers on board the packet Shef- field, bound for Liverpool, and tow the packet out. She had fastened alongside the packet, and the passengers were embarking, when just as one of the lady passengers was pas. | sing over the gang plank, from the wheel house, assisted by gentleman, to get on board the ship, the engineer let of blast of steam, which so frightened the lady that she | tainted outright, and would have fallen from the plank into the water, but for the gentle | voan xUho was assisting her who caught her