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Miss TRErnINA and Miss Trephosa, two
ancient ladies of virgin fame, formerly kept
Il boarding house in the immediate vicini-
ty Of the Crosby-street Medical College,
They took an students, did their washing,
and to the best of their abilities, mended
their shirts and their morals. Miss Ire
phlna, iii spite of the numerous landmarks
which time had set upon her person, was
still of the sentimental order. She always
dressed "dc piyueur" i'll ccrulcan blue
and wore false ringlets and teeth (misera-
6te d'ct" y of exceedingly doubtful ertrac-
ton. Miss Trcphosa, her sister, was on
the contrary, an uncommonly "strong
minded" woman. Her appearance would
have been positively majestic, had it not
been for an unfortunate squint, which
went far to upset the dgnifcd expression
OF her countcnancc. She wore tiIlct up
on her brows "a ii Grecque," and peo-
pie did say that her temper was as cross
us her eyes. Bob Turner was q whole
sOulcd kentuckian, for whom his profess
sional guardian obtained lodgings in the
establishment presided over by these two
fascinating damsels. Somehow or other,
Bob and his hostesscs did not keep on the
best of terms very long. Bob had no no
ton of having his minutest actions submit
ted to a surveillance as rigid as Tin his
opnIon) 1t was impcrtinent. One morning
fellow student passing by at an early
hour, saw the Kcntuckian, who was stan
ding upon the steps of the dragons cas-
tie, from which he had just emerged, take
from his pocket slip Of paper, and pro-
cecd to afliX the same, with the aid of wa
tcrs, to the street door. The student skull
ked about the premises until Bob was out
of sight, and he could read without obser-
vation the inscription placarded upon the
panel. 1t was as tollows-we do not
vouch for its originality, although we
know nothing to the contrary:
ITO let or to lease, for the term of her life,
A scolding old maid, in the way OF wife !;
She's old and she's ugly-ill natured and
thin
For further particulars, inquire within r
An hour afterward the paper had dis
appeared from the door. Whether Bob
was ever detected or not, We cannot tell,
but he changed his lodgings the next term.
-Hdrpcr's Nagazinc.
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The KNIcKERBocKER.-O Knicker.
booker "never tires in the race for fun,
novelty, wit and news--that is to say,
news in its own line!
FABULA 1I-HoW not to get elected to
Congress-" The Bull and the Ass were
once candidates for Congress. The ami
mails of the constituency being all assem-
bled on election day, the Bull mounted
the stump, and thus addressed them:
"Horned cattle, hogs sheep, geese, tur-
keys, and ducks: ask your suffrages
because believe | can serve the public
better than any of the rest of you. Con-
gress, is you all know, has become NIGH
ty hard congregation. Col. Wolf and
Judge Fox, Capt. Panther, and old Gov.
Grizzly, arc elected members of the next
House, and unless you elect somebody
who can't be buied down, your interests
will suffer. Friend Horse, here is good
sensible beast but he has no talent for
public bodies. lie declines the nomina-
ton in my favor. As for the rest of you,
there is not one of you who is fit for the
post! Your sheep are towards; you hogs
are stupid and big-headcd your turkeys,
geese and ducks, are little better than i'd
lots, and would die outright if Commodore
Hawk should whistle at you when you
take the floor. My worthy antagonist
here, you know Just as well rs do. These
old Federalists would fool him out of his
ears. | can say nothing about myself
If you think can be bullied down by the
whole menagcric, don't vote for me, if 9TH
erwise, otherwise"
The Ass then began in the most lag
niticent periods: MY fellow citizens
When the R-o-o-man empire was at the
summit ofits corruption, | do not think
that such insocnce was ever heard. What
my courageous and heroic friends, the
sheep are stigmatised as towards" these
intelligent and candid swine are styled
bgheaded;" :" and these geese and turkeys
whose gigantic intcllccts are the a0mira-
ton of the known world, are covered with
a flood Of obloquy and vituperation wor-
thy OF the most corrupt period Of the Ro-
man empire"
"Wc cannot report the remainder of
this grand harancuc. Suffice it to say,
that the Ass obtained the entire sheep
vote, plg-votc and gOOsc-votc and was cleo
ted.
Moral" This fable teaches that cam
didatcs for Office should not call pigs pigs"
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Faith.

Children, rs well as grown up people,must
have faith in God. This they sometimes
find difficult. We have met with the follow
ing illustration of the subject which we wish
them to read. A gentleman, a minister of
Christ went one day into dark cellar
which was entered by trap-door. A little
daughter, only three years old, was trying TO
find him. came TO the trap door, but on look
ing down all was dark, dark, and she called
Are you down cellar, papa9"
"Yes; would you like TO come, Marv ~
1t is dark. can't come, papa"
"Well my daughter, I am right below Won
and l can sec you, though you cannot see
me, and If you will drop yourself will catch
"oh, should fall can't see you, papa"
e" know it." he answered, "but I am
really here, and you shall not fall or hurt
yourself fyou will jump, I will catch you
safely"
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The RHCBARB.-This excellent garden
plant should be set in a rich soil, and culti-
waited with great assiduty. Stable manures
should be frequently strewn lbout each
root during the whole summer, to insure
iuXuriant growth of stalks, which is the
principal object of its cultivation. These
stalks, with proper attention, can be grown
to very large size, and are an excellent
substitute for the apple, for pies, sauce,
preserves, DC. They are much improved,
and | find by shading them as much as
possible from the sun, which may be done
by saving old barrels asundcr and placing
the halves about each plant, allowing the
leaves to Protrude through the opening
at the top. lhave seen whole barrel
toplesss and bottomless, completely filed
with the long, stout stalks. The seed
stalk, which springs up in the centre Of
the bunch, should be broken down as il
being hollow and useless, and iniuring the
growth of the other stalks. The root of
the rhubarb (Rhenn's PaImatum) con-
contains medicinal properties, and should
be cut up in strips and dried for use. A
learned botanical physician says, ait pos
sesses the property of contracting the an
lmal hbres, while it operates as a thorough
cathartlc; its operations, therefore, for weak
y constitutions, that cannot bear more |
drastic physic, in case of diarhoea and |
debility of the bowels, is very useful. In
mail doses twill invigovate the stomach"
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THE FooD OF MAN.-Bayard Taylor,
now travelling in Africa, presents very
different opinion upon the vegetable and
meat eating natives, from that which veg
etarians promulgate. They boast of the
superiority of the rice and milk eaters.
Taylor boasts on the opposite side of the
road. Here is what he says:
"'The scenery on the Nile southwark
from Shendy, is again changed. The
tropical rains, which fall occasionally, as
Abou Hammend, and scantily at Berber,
are here periodical, and there is no longer
thr same striking contrast between desert
and garden land. The plains extending
inward from the river, are covered with a
growth Of bushes and coarse gross, which
also appears in patches on the side of the
mountains. The inhabitants cultivate
but narrow strip Of beans and dourra
along the river, but own immense fiocks
OF sheep and goats, which afford their
principal susteuance. | noticed q new
tInd of grain called 'dook hu,' of which
they plant larger quantity than ofdourra.
1t is germinacious plant, somewhat
resembling timothy grass but with a
large head and heavier seeds. They make
from it coarse black bread, which they
say is more nutritious than wheat. Nut
ton, however, is the Ethiopians greatest
delicacy. Notwithstanding this is one of
the warmest climates in the world, the
people eat meat whenever they can get
it, and greatly prefer it to vegetable food.
The sailors and camel drivers whose
principal food is doura, are, notwithstand-
ing certain quality Of endurance, as weak
as children, when compared with an able
bodied European; and they universally at
tribute this weakness TO their diet. This
is fact for iank Sylvester Graham TO
explain. Ny experience comedies with
that Of the Ethiopians, and ascribe no
small share of my personal health and
strength, which the violent alterations Of
heat and cold have not shaken in the least,
to the fact of my having Jared sumptuous-
ly every day. If / had adopted diet
Of rice and water, or bran and turnips, /
should not be here to give this testimony
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a Georgia negro was riding a mule
along and came to n bridge, when the
mule stopped. "rll bet you a quarter" said
Jack, "lll make you 60 over the bridge,
and with that struck the mule over the
ears, which made him nod his head very
suddenly. "Iou take de bet den," said
the negro, and he contrived to get the
Stubborn mule over the bridge 81 won
dat quarter any how" said Jack. "But
how will you get your money!" said n man
who had been close by, unpercevcd. "To-
morrow" said Jack, "massa Glib me n
dollar to get corn for de mule, and |
takes de quarter out"
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Ec" A western editor makes an at
tempt to astonish his readers with the
wonderful announcement that a lady of
his acquaintance has inst married her fifth
husband We'll, what of it! That's no
great shakes !" We know a lady in Mas
sachusetts who is living with six husbands.
She moves in the best society, although
it is generally acknowledged that she
sleeps with at least two husbands every
night, and the whole six husbands enter
tain for each other the warmest feelings of
friendship. Talk about big stories! Our
western contemporary had better try his
pen on another wonderful circumstance"
Perhaps we might as we'll state that the
lady of our acquaintance to whom we al
lude, has married a man by the name of
Husbands, and she is now the mother of
six little Husbands.
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All should either raise or buy their own
root and crate it, and then they will know
what they have. l have seen rotten, worm
eaten rhubarb ground up with yellow
kind of root, to give it color. The man
who was grinding it informed me that it
was for a wholesale dealer in drugs in a
neighboring city. There is much uncer.
tainty about all medicines that are ground.
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IMPORTANT TO PLANTERs.-Itis is stated
that adulteration in guano may easily be
detected by burning to Il red heat. The
pure guanno burns to a white ash, the
earth or clay, in the adulterated, to a red
or brown powder.
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E9~ A Dutch member of the Pennsyl.
vania Assembly, having returned home
from session, was asked by neighbor
wha: had been done by the Legislature.
~ don't know what Others have DONE"
replied he, "but haf cleared one hundred
dollars for mine SELF"
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ES-Two boys, one of them blind in
one eye, We're discoursing on the merits of
their respective masters.
"liow many hours do YOU get for sleep"
said one.
Slight" replied the other.
Eight, why only get four"
"Ah!' said the first, ,"but recollect you
have only one eye to close, and have
two"
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SFlfrteh poetrg,
From the Ne,rberry Sentinel.
Why Don't You Marry, John7

Why dontyou marry, marry, johns
lreally think you ought,
You've thousand pounds year, John
A house you lately bought;
You've splendid pair of bays, John,
A buggy nice and neat,
Now you need little wife, John,
To fill the vacant seat
Why don't you marry, marry John?
Not be so fond of change,
OF courting every girl, John,
That looks q little strange.
I've seen you riding out, John,
That pretty girl, Miss B.,
But ere Il week had fitted, John,
You were flirting with Miss B
Why don't you marry, marry, John?
Or quit the girls to WOO,
It's foolish, very foolish, John,
Such an idle thing to do.
You frighten off some fellow. John,
Who'd marry am sure,
So, if YOU will not marry, John,
Let some one have the floor.
Why don't you marry, marry, John,
You look older ev'ry day,
Your action, too, is slow, John,
You've not so much to say.
You are not now as once, John,
Lively, bright and gay,
All! you're fading, fading, John,
Zounds, you're getting gray
You'll never marry, marry, John,
Your chances now are few,
The girls are finding out, John,
You're not exactly true.
This thing ofcourting, counting John,
Through the brightest part of life,
May pleasant seem to you, John,
But will never get Il wife.
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~ "Be content with what you have, "
as the rat said to the trap, when he lef
his tail in il.
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From the Boston Daily Times.
o L D.

OIL D.
am weary Long ago;
am old, Those ties rivcn,
Earth is drcary, lin woe,
Sad and cold; Bowed me lowly
am going In the dust
Far away, Then how slowly
Heaven Is wooing Came the trust
Me to-day In our Father
Backward going And His love,
Through my life She's in Heaven,
Memories woolng High above.
From its strife;
Father, mother, am weary,
Lying low, am old,
sister, BROTHER Earth is drcarv,
Dead also. Sad and cold;
My wife Alice, Take me Alice,
When she died To that land,
sorrows chalice Where III join in
p. linen dried Thy bright band.
lone to Heaven IT.
bellows Falls, Vermont.
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II am a man, and deem n ,, ,,. lohich re-
hteS 10 man foreign to my fsyiq, s."