, 1864-02-13

by MEMBER Of the English Parliament.
There is Ingenuity in the Arrangement Of
them, There are at present in London
1862 wives who have left their husbands
to follow their lovers. =. ....
1911 husbands who have run away from
their wives.
4,l2O couples living apart by consent. ,
Id, l,023 couples living under the same
roof in state of warfare. :. !,
16282O couples hitting each other cor
daily, but yelling, ID public, their ferocious
hatred under feigHcd politeness.
5lO,l32 couples living in q state Of in
difference to each other.
l,lOO couples reputed to be happy BY
the world, but who are not quite so in real.
ity. :,
1856 couples happy in comparison with
others more unhappy. 49,.
7 couples really and truly happy.
=, Mr.. Peabody ole day came in from 1
walk. His wife said to him, / have been
thinking Of our situation, and have deter:
mined to be submissive and PATIENT
"Ah," said he, that is a good resolI-
tion let US see what we have got to submit
to. Twill make list Of our trials. First,
we have home--we will submit to that:
Second, we have the ,comfpfts Of life-we
will submit to that. Thirdly, we have each
other; FouEthly, We have q multitude Of
frisndG Filthy, we have God to take care
Of U.S."
"Ah," said she, pray; stop-I will say
nd more about submission"
Sir Walter Scott wrote "The race Of
mankind would perish did we cease to help
each other From the time that the mother
binds the child's head, till the moment
that some kind assistant with the DEATH
damp from the Brow 6f the dying, we can
not exist without mutual help. All, there!
fore, that need aid have right to ask it Of
their felldw!rnortals; and no 6ie Who his
it in his power to grant can refuse without
incurring guilt"
You have observed men who appeared 10
think, act aud speak SO perfectly plain aid
unassuping, that sou were. compelled to
notice them. There are tiahy such, and
though their appearance indicates anything
but power and influence. you will Iihd that,
in whatever sphere they hove. they COM
mand attention and respect, and may, it
they will, WELD as much, if not more real
power than the most active and brilliant
"Stdnd from uudcri!" shouted Ire HiaH
aldft, as the tEyal ydtd, Just sent Up, fell
down agaii!
captain" said the spokesman of the
watch, "that's one of the neatcst specimens
Of fel.spar I've ever seem"
The captain instantly stopped bis pay ftt
the offence for week.
AT a late pdblic meeting the following
dig toast was given, (the author Of, which
got " buttered" when he reached home.J
The press, the pulpit and the, petticoats--;
the three ruling powers Of the day the
first spreads knowledge, the second spreads
morals, and the last spreads very consider
ably aud indisputably.
When you say; III phrase Which is now
Americanised; shch Rhd Stieh i !fiah is "a
brick" do you think Of OF do yGii know the
origin Of 1t! 1t is this-an Eastern Prince
on being asked
"Whsre are the fOttiRtStions Of your
city!" replied, pointing 10 his soldiers
/" Every man you see is brick"
A late advertisement in an Irish paper,
says: " Missing from Killarney, Jane u:
Foggcrty; she had in her arms two babies
aud Guernsey COW, all black, with red
hair, and tortoisc-shcll combs behind her
ears and large black spots all down her
back, which squints awfally."
Mbst blank verse retRikds Ms Cf 4 story
l have somewhere heard, Of an old lady's
illustration to her daughter Of the differ
ence between the two kinds of style. "Fof
instance" said an old lady:
I" went d0&n to the mill-dam,
And when | got there; l fell down slam:
A lanatic in the ISsaHe HcSbitsl; Who
iitagincs himself the Alifiighty, was was once
asked whether the World Is ahiSS better how
thdh when il was created.
" (Which I cftatsd tile world he replied,
l hidds il perfect. How, theh, can Il be
better or korse r.
Some unknown cholera reporter states;
that d lady Who had died Of cholera in San!
dusky city, and was laid out by her friends;
was found the night following stabding 1t
the cupboard eating ctieumbsr pickles, OF
in other words:
Courtships are the sweet and, dreary
thresholds Of unseen Edens, Where half the
wSfld has paused III couples and talked id
whispers iiadef The thoShlieht, aiid passed
on, and never returned.
Mrs. Sims says her husband is always run:
ming about at night, and never gets home
until twelve O'Clock, and She almost crazy.
Mr.. Sims is generally in the same euhdition;
after he gets homo.
"Here lies, Cit dO%d like uhripe frGit,
The wife Of Deacon Amos Shute;
She died OF drinking too much coffee;
Aliny DOminy eighteen forty"
"That's poetry. Now, this Is blank
verse: -, ,t. ~
"I went dewI to the miil-dam;
And when 1 got there, l fell down whopv'
A volunteer writing home about calnb ex:
pedients for comfort, speaks Of mattresses
made Of barrel slaves, that are unrivaled
for sweet sleep
A iddy adssffiisess fori sale, liz in a southern
paper, one baboon, three tabbS cats, and
DarrOt She States that hainO marriad aha