Washington telegraph., 1859-03-23

: Nite; Lor eIe two months 1ai PASSED
away lie had sunk into the grave.
"his friends, upon examining the con
tens OF his portfolio, found lines address
Cd 10 the !oung lady in question, soon al.
/ ter he le.t her presence. The lines wcr,
{ headed, Idol Of my heart; and thrl
"elc niuSt beautifully aud tuurhiu.ly writ
: ten. The iast word hc uttered, Ia iis wilt
delinum ere tbs fame uI lie had expired
was her name. And
90 cu, 50 on, Aunt Luey why do y,u
weep ! said Mary, whO looked up wiil
fearful eyes.
lie d.ed with no kind hand to close
his eyes Aud, Mary, NY dear niece,
/ though | blush u tell IL, 1 was that cav,
1 .-saTt.-ss creature wuO caused 1t a.l Fui
ILat sad lesson has taught me . lesson,
Heaven graft You may iake warning
from
"ch, Johuuy." cried 4 nervous moth.
cr, do have some pity on uly poor head
Can't you rl. y without shouting SO -
F4cr Johnny drew Up tLe t4To rcius
with which lie was driving two chairs
tandem, and called uut ia a loud whisper.
- Oct M. whoa - But ut length hndlpr
little pleasure in this suppressed amuse-
ucaJ. he threw down the reins, with p
very long breath, "Uh mother, its full
Of uulae IA here. and 1t hurts NE to keep
1t in. Do 4 all iit,Ic toys make a noise
when thcy play =
I,s. Johuny, ! believe they all 10, q"
.epiiea lac lady, with smile
On, .acu. mother dear cried john.
uy. ia q s,iuuiug tguc, .' please iet lrc Dc "a
I.tie boy"
Nc i-iu poor Johnny heartily ia this
sc;iti1u. Please, mothers. let your sous
Zee little boys wLlie they rirJ. let them
has, fres aud happy eh.idhyod that " hen
ycUr heaas are low IN the grave, they may
poiu; back to these days ard say, :. We
wlIu !.r.i- -a-i-----. t.- .ha-r.. -,-,. S-.r..
shine vElle oGr beloved mother Was
roI't Eocr solemn par.or iatc which
yru -, bui oacc a lloujh With 4 q pa.<..u
o. sewiu- society. Han. around your
v.A pictures That sinai. tell stories uf
mercy. hap,. cour.c, faith, aud charity.
M-kc yoUr living room tae lara,s; aili
mast c.eprigi in the hcuss. Let ,Le
place 81. such that when yOug boy has gene
10 ,a,agt lands, or even wAeu, perhaps,
Le cling, 10 q single plank il tic lonely
waters ui tie wide ocean, the thought Jf
the sill Homestead Will come across iAr
lgsU.siiua. bringing always A-hi. hope
sud love. Have 10 dungeon about yuu5
house, no rcDm GU never opcg, 10 biiLds
that arc .iways shut.
Laughter is not altogether foolish
Jhiug. Sometimes there Is eyea visduln
in it. Solomon himself admits Jhcrs Is
d time to laugh, as well as a time to
mourn. Man Oaly laughs - u.au, the
highest olguni@eG being; aud hence the
'dehhiiiuu tilat has been proposed Oi '' Man.
Al laughing auIu.@i,' certainly defines hiu.
as well - '' cooking aniInal, "tuul-
making animal or such ike. Laughter
very liicn shows tue br .ht side o. a mas.
il brings out lis Aappiss nature, and
>hews what s1rJ OF stuff he Is really made
1.. Somehow we feel as ii We never
thoroughly know man until VIC hear Aim
.-u-l. N dJ at icei " at hJ.Ec with
hi.I tiil thea. We do nut mc2u mcr-
su5-.er. but a good, round, htaFty lIugh.
\ - solemn, sober yi>a@c, Ike a sun
days dress, tells nothing OF tAe real nau.
lie uay DC very silly, or very profound
very cr,ss Ur very jolly. Let Us hear
i.im laugh, and We can decIp..er hiui ut
uac,. aud tell how his heart beats We
are disposed to suspect the mau who never
laughs. At all events, there is repu!-.
stun about him which We cannot get over.
I.avatcr says, :" ShUu thai n5I who never
laughs. who disliLcs music, or the glad
lace uf fine child" This is what every
body feels, aud none more Than children,
who are quick al reading characters, aud
their strong instinct rarely Gecelvcs thenl.
\ printer accustomed TO set type never
thinks vi hat the letters are which he Is to
put into his stick. lie never looks .. one
OF them as they 20 in. But when he
first began to set type it was very diff.
fercnt thing with hi3i. He looked aud
read, " And as they departed thence,
etc, aud 50 began. And "a and then
he had to see which end was up, lie
puts IL 3 and then comes to q. lie takes
up the wong lettcr-he puts it blck and
gets the right one, and making sure about
1t. puts the right one ia. Then he gets
d. and puts that in. Then he thinks, nov
there Is u space wanted, aud he divides
the word, and he looks at the types letter
by letter, and makes mistakes At that
But 90 a year after, and let the man set
m tile same verse =" And IS they de-
parted thence, jesus began - say un;o
The multitudes he reads as much IS
that. and then click, click. click--it Is all
done! What made that How those
different faculties Of the hand-the mus
,ies-all work What an immense amount
If trial aud discipline has been condensed
nto that automatic power This IS
wonderful element Of human inlnd