Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-01-15
. SCISSORS AND PASTE.

B@~ Punch very slanderously makes use
of the following: ''The sun is called mascu
line from his supporting and sustaining the
moon, and in finding her the withal to shine
away as she does of night, and from his
being obliged to keep such a family of stars
besides. The moon is feminine, because
she is constantly changing, just as ship is
blown about by every wine. The church is
feminine, because she is married to the
State. And Time is masculine, because
he is trifed with by all the ladies'
D@ A correspondent of the San Fran
cisco Wing, writing from Sacramento City
after the late heavy fire, tells the following
story, which deserves full circulation. Truth
is stranger than fiction:
81 have been introduced to gentleman
who mounted his horse during the fire, and
while his house was in flames, started for
distant saw mill, where he bought an i'm
mense amount of lumber. His loss by fire
was about $4,000, while by the speculation
he realized about $4,000. So much for
promptitude and action in time of trouble"
ME A criminal Judge was once about
an Ifishman, for the preparation of a
theft.
''And is it upon the oaths of thin two
witnesses your honor's going to condimn
me?" asked Pat.
Certainly" said the Judge; ''their tes-
timony was ample to convince the jury
Jour guilt"
ooh, murther!' he exclaimed, ''to con-
dimn me on the oaths of two spalpeens who
swear they saw me take the"goods, whin
can bring forth q hundred who'll swear they
didn't see me do it,
p9~ "Sally," said a green youth in a
venerable white hat and grey pants, through
which his legs projected half foot, per-
maps more. Sally, before we 60 into this
ERE museum to see the enchanted horse,
want to ask you somethin'.'
"Well, Ichabod. what is it,"
"Why, you see this ere business is gwine
TO cost hull quarter apiece, and 1 can't
afford to spend so much for nothin'. Now
eff you'll say you'll have me, blamed eff
Ion't pay the hull of it myself, will
Sally made non committal reply, which
Ichabod interpreted to suit himself, and he
strobe up two steps at time, and paid the
whole of it.
b@- One of those devotees to Mammon,
millionaire, once received lesson from
IN humble follow er, who did not seem to
pay to him, the possessor of the purse, suf-
icient homage. He said:
'.Do you know, sir, that am worth a
hundred thousand pounds?"
eyes," said the irritated, but not broken
spirited respondent, 81 do; and know that
it is all that you are worth"
D@- In the early part of his life, Mr..
Whitfield was preaching in an open field,
when drummer happened to be present,
who was determined to interrupt his pious
business, and rudely beat his drum in q
violent manner, in order to drown the
preachers voice. Mr.. Whitfield spoke very
loud, but was not so powerful as the instru-
ment. He therefore called out in these
words: "Friend, you and l serve the two
greatest masters existing, but in different
callings-you beat up volunteers for King
George, I for the Lord Jesus. In Gods
name, then, let us not interrupt each other;
the world is wide enough for both, and we
may get recruits in abundance" This
speech had such an effect that he went
away in great good humor, and left the
preacher in full possession Of the field