, 1864-05-23

A philosopher once asked little girl IL
she had soul. She looked up into his face
with an air Of astonished and offended dig
nifty, and replied:
II o he sure have."
"What makes yod think you have?"
"Because have" she promptly replied.
"But how do you know you have d
soul2"
"Dccause | do know" she answered
again.
II was ehild's reason; hut tie philcso:
phef could hardly have given better.
"Well, ,ben," said be after moments
consideration, " If you know you haze d
soul, can you tell me what your soul Is I"
"Why,n said she, 81 am six years old,
aud don't you suppose that know what
my stone isl"
"Perhaps you do. II you I II tne, |
shall find out whether you do Of nyt:" ~
"1heh you think don't know,n she fe;
piled; "but ID. It's nv think"
'.Yonr think!n said the philosopher, as.
tonished in his urn; "who told you so3"
"Nobody. should b. ashamed IL did
not know that without being told"
The philosopher had puzzled bis brain
great deal about the soul, but be could not
have given better definition Of It IN so
few words. -
In the neighborhood Of lglau, and, in
fact, through tho whole Of Bohemia, wo
saw some Of the strangest teams e.uld we'll
DO imagined. thought the Frankfort
mlk:wolnen, with their donksys and horse:
like carts, were comical objects enough:
but they bear no comparison with these
Bohemian turn.outs. D gs--for economy's
sake, pcrhaps-genrraliy supply the place
Of oxen or horses, and it.is no uncommun
thing to see three large mastifis abreast,
hancssed to country cart. A donkey
and COW together. are sometimes met with;
and one man, going to the festival at Iglau,
had his wife and children in q little wagon
drawn by dog and a donkey. These two
however, did not work well together; the
dog would bite his lazy COMPANION, aud the
mans time was coh.tantly employed IN
whipping him of the donkey, and in whip.
ping the donkey away from the side Of the
road. Once ! saw a wagon drawn by
dog, with woman, pushing behind, While
a man, doubtless her lord and master, sdt
con fUrtably within, smoking his pipe with
the greatest complaccncy. The very Climax
"f all was woman and ddog lafIcssed
together, taking load 0f eo1nify produce
to market! hope. for the hontr Of the
country, that IL was not emblenatic Of wo-
mans condition there. But US we saw
hundreds Of them breaking stone along the
road, aud occupied at other, laborioos and
not less menial labor, there Il too muck
reason 10 fear that Il Is 50.
Nature has reserved mountains DIS ihc
machinery for putting forth her subliniest
>peclacles Her must imposing mysteries
are accomplished anOlig the SHOWS and
storlns that envelope their submits, while
the central fires that burn beneath Their
roots, have been contemplated m all ti!fc,
as the most terrific manifestations of his
power. As we mount these ancient piles;
majestic solhudcs, purer air, fires her veg
citation, flowers of muie brilliant hues, tire
enlargement of thu horizon, the expansion
OF mind. and thoughts more serene and
medltatiyc, seein to whisper us that. id
climbing the doIues Of the temple Of IA.
turr, we arc approaching the throne Of the
Eternal Being, who fills nature with his
presence.
A lady paying visit to her daughter,
who was widow, asked har why she wol e
the widows garb so long.
"Dear mamma replied the daughter,