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SURE to have to pay itrdo sHT bsruoss 1, a ssg-IN reference to ladiesi dresses, ,it is no longer customary to say "thG Height" but ''the BREADTH of fashion
 WON N-She spoiled us with an xsY- PILE, but atoned for the wrong by forming PAIR.ei nga u iss ob o5 ,ensx $ aq R6gs Ali affected singer at a aIc0ncert, the other night, was told xby:a wag in the audience ssto come out from behind hislnose and sing like other people.p adFoRervENEss. LA blind boy was once asked what forgiveness was. sHee a1l- swered: fit is the odOr which flowers breathe when trampled upon" 4e,.a
 sss7A A travller coming coolm1ii g pp to an jim inn y sTifsy, friend, arc you the master of this house ?Sgsfss1 .5eal .iYrooa on
 .sYes, sir answerd Boniface, my wife has been dead these three weeks saaessy.ssWhy, isn't my shirt c1san r auofh ioneGaB6hemian to another. adWell, yes,v was the answer, fits clean for brown, but it's awful dirty for white" tassf2's 'ana ''s 19i hessAA person meeting with an nc qtiaintallce after a long absence, told him, heswas surprised to see him, for he had heard that he was dead But says the other, "you find the report false"
 "'Tis hard to determine" he replied,
 "for the man that told me was one whose word II sooner'tuke than yours" pegW. .O. .Stoddard, who was a private secretary of Mir Eincoln, and appointed
 by him United States Marshal for Ar
 kansas has, written letter opposing
 the suicidal policy of Congress and ln favor of fimmediate restoration. a,t,s.a X TAsrE.-A correct taste. is ever the
 concomitant of chaste mind for, as |
 celebrated author has justly observed, asohr taste comm only declines w1ths0af merit4v A correct taste is the offspring sof all that is delicate in sentiment and just in, conception: it, softens the in 'flexibility of truth and decks reasoh m
 the most persuasive garments a' ' AFEEcTIoN.--A factions. well placed
 aid dutifu11y cherished ;. friendships
 labpily foriiied aiid faithfully s'maift- ,tainedq knowlcdge geaaacquired9v with sworthy intent, and intel ap9 p9WleIs that have been diligently im9iEQyegd7 ' g7 as
 the talents which our Lord and Master has committed to our Keeping these
 Willsacofntaniy ais into anotllcr state Df |Iexistence, as surely as theS9Hlclp that state retains its identity and conGilbo1plYss- 1lYs shbiSs;Beiii nIGA anifl4nGE Iatn HiiddDd N, DegFIt isa gratifying to learn X that E hCrwdgimpes Alp ThonAs, the Welsh Bard, is coming 10 this icotintry He Twill Ilbefeceiyed by the sLfWgl glmhti'sJnst-
 rath of Philadelphia, and his perform
 anee; Eon the aOthmdothFugWatlyn,e or Welsh harp, will be. the most interest [ ing musical event of the season. He IS
 a native of Mec1gw ystrnwbstinw bst- with. and his father was invcntQrE of
 the lBrnwrw Cymrstgglwustrprd ,uoi ass,g~Thtrc arc few amucmcnts more than to step into a ahalf of justice when criminal trial is pending dTwoImena have set ,out.inl life together; Lone has chosen. industry and honor for His cco,lnsciors, the otller 4ias fo1oWed Vice and fdleness. and 'thesresnlts of the E1tW careers are there snddenl y contrast l-ed+the, unright jpdgeatbf degraded convict. One side of the. picture is as ennobling to our nature IS the other is sfuiniliating. X as'34sNs'2 9i4a | ERsr AND. SECOND. .LoyE.--Much is | said about tho freshness of q first love, kbiit there are many whose second love is betterowertl having than the first love ofsothers. If the form CT has more enthusiasm, the latter is more thought 1 ful. The fact is, true love, whether I first Or not. is rare emotion, and one Eto bcftendcrly dealt with and1highly epiiixedoby the blessed recipient. He is Ewise who yalpesi rightly eyentthe aflfeft- ion of 2 doga--[Olldd- ld- Dominion. mi fn as hoaTHREE GREAT PHYsIcIANs.--Th bed lside, of the celebrated Dumoulin, a few hours before he breathed his last, was surrounded by the most cminciit' phy- isiciafs of Paris, who affected to believe that his death would be anslirreparablc loss tor the profession. ssGentlcman,'
 said ,Dumoline, 'syolI arc in error. l 1 shall leave behind me three distin- fguished physicians. ' Being pressed to Nname them, as eaehi expected to be eineluded in the, trio. helsanswered,
 ssW ATER. IIxERqIsE, and DIET." X,
 lBREcKIyRIDGE AT BATON RotGE!- Tho Baton Rouge, La, Advocate of the 18th, contains an anecdote of General
 Breckinridge which we have never be- 1 fore heard:
 When General Brcckinridgc was
 marching on Baton Rouge, he one day,
 unattended by his aids, rode up to a sol-
 itary pine woods vidette who had just kcome in, from St. ,Tammany, and was
 new to the etiquette ofarmy life. The General had not the pass word, and tho Evidette had no advantage of'him in that brcspeeta0@ 9H1 s1assgf Hgfa .#eAaf&ad sI q wish, to pass,' said the. General,
 4, Well, dod durn you, pass on, who
 caresa cuss, I.ain't stoppin' this here hroad, are r. l3ites 3sitio9 h ie 9iEts lii ssYou don't know who'll am, said the General, smling.Eh 9fia s4A 4H
 jrles;NQ. ] don'1that's a booty hoss VOL arc on. anyhow.5
 ph A1 am General Breckinridgc, thecom tmanding officer" continued the Gene lral, much amused at the pickct's idea of the duty required of him, U You ar, ar vou9 Well I'm Boo , Chiggerg, m am glad to sec you old , kfeller, how are you,s replied the pickes, ,hextending a hand as large as q fryins