Year: 1871

Napoleon Bonaparte, in which he |
gives the following anecdote of the
early years of the ex-Emperor When
a very little fellow, be used to pass, on
his way to school, a blacksmith shop,
around which he sometimes loiterod.
One day he made the discovery that
the blacksmith was in the habit Of
lighting his pipe with a long rod Of
iron, and, watching for favorable OPP
portunity, he drew the rod out of the
fire and replaced it with the hot end
left sticking out, so that when the
smith returned in few seconds after
a temporary absence, and, unconscious
| of the change, took hold of the rod to
draw it out of the fire, TO light his
pipe as usual, he burned his hand bad
ly. His exclamation of pain and sur
prise was responded to by q burst of
uncomfortable laughter from the ire
pressible Louis, who had hidden him
self away somewhere to enjoy the sue
cess of his nice little practical joke,
and who thus, despite Of himself, had
revealed his secret and his hiding
place. The consequence was that he
received the best beating that he Prob
ably ever got in his life Sedan except
ed from the old smith, whose name
was Mayor, and who is still living and
well to do near Elbing.


How much greater is the power of
an old song, with simple air and words,
than of those more diihcult and artis-
tic ones which sometimes throw the
professional musicians into ecstacies of
delight. H. may not be because there is
more music or more feeling to them ;
but they are endeared to the hearts Of
the common people through familiari.
ty, and associated with home scenes
of love aud atectdn,and appeal to sem
tinents and feelings thatcould not he
awakened, no matter how artistic, or
sparkling with gems of beauty. When
these have become familiar, and asso-
ciated with the loves and joys of a
lifetime then, they will also become
"household words, +" and awaken the
same feelings; but until such is the
case, the simple songs of yesterday
) will be the most popular.


"There is no such thing, my wife
tells me-" said professional man to
me, lately, "as obtaining a good cook
with good character at anything like
reasonable wages. And l believe it.


We had one, very plain cook, both
in accomplishments and manners, &c
whom we gave 500 per annum. Find
: inc she knew nothing, | paid els It
have her properly instructed at q
cookery. This done, she immediate
, " demanded that her wages should be
doubled. As we declined to comply
she left us, and obtained easily S20t
) elsewhere. Rejecting Oh the loss o
our S15, my wife proposed that sh'
should herself take cou. Sc of lessons
t ut the said school, to which l ioyfully
agreed, and never has our money beeI
better invested.


There is story eXtant of an absent
minded man who had the toothache
He was quarry by profession
aud he concluded that the best way (,
rid himself of the afflicted tooth woult
be to blast it out. so ne filled his
mouth with powder, fred slow match
and ran around the corner to get out
of the way of the result. When The
explosion occurred lie was surprised tC
find how close il seemed. II was very
successful 50 far as the tooth was con
cerned; but when the Mount Gems tun
mel chap went home the general aspect
of his mouth resembled that of tht
Delaware gap. The dentist says he
would not undertake to fit him with q
set of teeth, Of the necessary size, fol
less than thousand dollars.


Many man of respectable intellec'
ual powers has gone down to ruin, and
died miserably, because of his limp
ness, which made it impossible for him
to break new ground or TO work at
ANYTHING whatsoever, with the stimu-
lus of hope only. He must be bolster
ed up by certainty, supported by the
walls of his groove, else he can do
nothing; and if he cannot get into his
Z MS iIlthht1 Ei'"fN1 no ASbS HiNH0Nii
drift into destruction. In no manner
are limp people TO be depended on ;
their very central quality being fluidi-
ty, which is bad thing to rest on.


At late meeting of the Farmers
CLUB, in New York, there happened to
be u peculiarly fine apple of one vari-
ETY., which the chairman was requested
to present TO the handsomest lady
present. This was rather a pose= for
the chairman, but with his customary
readiness, he first bowed graciously to
the ladies, and then pocketed the fruit,
remarkiug that he dared not introduce
an apple of disc0rd into such a har-
monious aud intelligent assembly.


A gentleman at Elmira wanted Ia
build warehouse on the Chemung
river, and found it necessary to drive
e lot of piles, 80 be wrote to Horace
Greeley 10 find out what he could gel
a driver for in New York. Horace
wrote to him that he had been inquir
iug of the proprietors of the stage line;
there, aud found that he could get one
for S25 month. and board and wash