, 1861-03-06

A man should be virtuons for his own sake,
though nobody were to know. it; as he would
be clean forhis own sake, though nobody were
to. see him., -,
-:-Thes st: CreIx (Mlp:) Herald says: ".:Mrs:
Weeks, wife of Joseph Weeks, killed q Wild
was discovered near the house about midday,
and the. noise: he made slsughtering goose
attracted Mrs. WIS attention. On her going
to the place the animal fled, followed b the
dog belonging, to the. house. Mrs. Aeeks
came up With a. a1e & IL hsr 4a hand, prepared
unequal to the emergency, the lady with grea1
presence OF. .mind, picked him: up nnd threw
him ut his stronger antagonist, aud while the
latter was uppermost IN the fight, Mrs W, BY
= judicions use Of the axe Dispatched the Wild
Of womanlY pluck it has been our lot to record
fnr, some tim, Z ~; :. 49,.
A little twoand-a.half. year old daughter
Of q Mrs. :Metcalf of st. Louis, lately fell
through q loose plank into deep well, when
the mother instantly jumped in. and held the
child at arms length above the water for near
y IN hour, calling vainly for help. At last,-
taking oft her shoes, with the assistance Of
loose board, the heroic mother managed to
crawl ,;near enough to the top to throw her
child beyond the edge of the well, and then
extr1cated herself The first words the child
spoke after the mother had caught it in the
well were: :" Mother, don't cry: wen get on.
YETI ~ ~:-..-' ~@
- petition Was recently presented TO the
Miautbota Legislature from twenty to thirty
Sioux Indians, asking the rights Of citizenship.
They stated ths+ they had adopted q number
of custdms IN vogue among the whites, such
tas wearing pantaloons living in houses, nsing
knives and forks, and a. baing content with The
ling to earn their bread "by the sweat oi their
brows," total abstinence from intoxicatis.e
liquors, regular attendance upon stated
| preaching" &c. - :;.-s-l s:*::-. -
+ s:-Aslngu'ar Wager was won recently BY 4
skater On The Lake of Geronsart, near Namnr,
| Helsiqp. He bet that he ;wonld skate for; an
hour, carrying basket Of eggs on his hend,
without: breaking one Of them. He accom-
| plished the feat in first rate style, having dur
ing the hour written his name in elaborate
characters on the; ice, beside tracing an i'm
mensc variety Of complicated figures, and at
last set, down. the basket and received his
wager, amid the cheers Of all present.
. VALUE oF ~ EzPLAsAr1oN.-A certain
king, 1t Is said, sent to another King, saying,
"send \ me blne pig With q black tail CT
Tho other in high dpdgeon at the presumed
insult, REPLIED. .y..
II hare not got one, and if I had"
which weighty cause they went to wa,
for many years. After1n safety Of glories ant
II
their armies, and resources were exhausted
and their Kingdoms mutually laid waEte, il
might be well enough to consult about tht
preliminaries Of pence but before this conli
be concluded, a dfplomntio explanation was
first needed Of the Insulting Ian guAge which
had formed tho ground Of the quarrel, ).
"Whst epnla you mean" asked the seconi
king ofthe first" shy saying, sSend mes6Alu,
pig. M With {, = black b tnll, or else -2'":,
+ WHY" said the other, :" + meant d blu.
pig With black tail, or else some other color
But,' retorted he, "w hat could you mean b,
l. saying, have Hot gone one, and if Ihnd--s' j
1Nhy, Of course, # I had, I&tould hare. sen
! ikF' an explanation which was entirely eatis
factory, and peace WIS concluded accordingly
i The KING AND sE1D11z PowDERs.-
the tifst consignment Of seidlitz powders II
the capital Of Delhi, the monarch becam
4 deeply interested in the accounts of the re
freshingbox. A box was brought to the kin;
:. in full court and the Interpreter explained Il
the king how it should be used. Into COB
let he put, the twelve blue papers, and haYin.
the alkili, and the rby yal co ountennnce expresse,
II no signs Of sat1sfac ction 1t WIS then explaine
| that in the combination Of the two powder
lay the luxury and the twelve white powder
/ were -quiGkly dissolved, and as eagerly swnl
, lowed by his majesty. With shriel1 that vii
be remembered while Delhi Is numbere
with the kingdoms, the monarch rose, Etae
gered, exploded, and, in his full ngonias, eS
claimed, - Hold me down!' then rushed fnor
There he laid during the loDg-eontinued effcl
I veseenee Of the compound, spirting like te
,, thousand penny worths Of iinpe1ial pop, IN
! beliertng himself in the agonies Of death
, melancholy and hprniliating proof that king
are mortal