Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-05-28

when they asked John Bull to let them
loan, he foolishly complied.
All the gold in the world might, if mel
ted into ingots, be contained in cellar
twenty-four feet square and sixteen feet
high, SO small is the cube of yellow metal
that has set the population on the march,
and reused the whole world to wonder.
They debate strange questions down
east. The last was "What is the differ
ence between the Bridge of Sighs and the
size of bridge?" The next is to be: The
difference between facsimile and a sick
family, zza
.s TMBUcroo RHYNED AT LAST.
Invent hunting on the plains, A
The plains OF Timbuctoo; y
=1i shot one buck for all my palms.
~ And he was slim buck too. Ef-
A coquette thus slaudered the aggress-
i've sex :lEUe - ettrW p .a-tIt3f r
You man are apgsls when you WOO the maid,
z sslluEt te4ilSIR when the marriage vow Is said.
The lover, not to be outdone replied as
follows: ieet 5oJ - sRiffs o -
The change. dear girls is easily forgiven- b, s.
We hnd ourselves In hell Instead OF heaven.
Everything useful or necessary is cheap.
Walking is the most wholesome exercise :;
water the best drink; and plain food the
most nourishing aud healthy diet. Even
in knowledge, the most useful is the easi-
est acquired. And just now,i it is the
easiest thing IN the world to go soldier
ing. Gs
A correspondent, on hearing that GER
tain parties were mutilating the copper
cent by cutting out the head and wear
ing the same as breast pin or badge, at
once suggested the following definition:
Representations who outrages the
good sense (cents) of the nation.
An elegantly dressed young lady recent.
ly entered railway carriage in Paris,
where there were three or four gentlemen,
one of whom was lighting cigar. OBJ
serving her. the Frenchman asked if
smoking would incommode herr She re-
piled, 'tI do not know, sir; no gentleman
ever smoked in my presence"
ga way to dress
In the mode, guess,
Picks husbands boues quite clean,
And poor Mr.. SPratt
Must cry No fat
Aud his wife will cri no line" 4
No man should be delicate about asking
for what is properly due him. If he me-
glect doing SO he is deficient in the spirit
of independence which he should observe
in all his actions. Rights if not granted,
should be demanded. The selfish world is
little inclined to give one his own unless
he have the manliness to claim it.
What that tiue quality of health comes
from that affords the physical basis of
sweet temper, clear thought, brave pur-
poses and open vision, it is not easy TO
say; yet it is safe to declare that some
thing more than much blood aud full
muscles are necessary to this result; and
that they are sad spendthrifts of natnre
and life who fail to win the precious gift,
and who allow the flesh to clog or distract
the spirit. z--Fe--r7 t,,-s3 75a.s-
Would you wish to live without trial /?
Then you would wish to die but half a man.
Without trial you cannot guess at your
own strength. Men do not learn to swim
on table; they must go into deep water,
and buffet the surges. If you wish to un-
derstand their true echaracter,-ifyou would
know their whole strength, of what they
are capable,-throwt them overheard! Over
with them. and if they are worth saving
they will swim ashore themselves.
A child aged three years was witnessing
for trip.in the city, and
got quite excited at the idea. She had
been looking on to see her little things
packed in the trunk, and her head was full
of the matter. On being called to say her
prayers before going to bed, she went
through the recital very sweetly, and at the
close she added, with the utmost simplicity:
Now. good-by, Mr.. God, I'm going to Bos-
tou in the morning, to be gone two weeks
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