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THE YOUNG WIDOW. 



She la modest, sho is bashful, 



Fn^e and easy, but not bol<l— . 

 LiKe an apjilo. ripe and mellow, 



Not ton young, an^l not too old. 

 Ealf inviting, half repulsive. 



Now advancing i^nd now shy, 

 rixre is niiseliief in her dimple, 



There is danger in her eye, 



^he has studied hnni.nn nature, 

 . She is schooled in all her arts, 

 6he has taken her diploma 



As the mistress of all hearts. 

 Bhe can tell the very moment 



Wh.'n to sigh >ind wlien to smile. 

 Oh ! a mai<l is sometime- eliarming. 



But a widow all the while ! 



Ton are sad ? How very serious 



■Will her li.indsome face become. 

 Are you angry? She is wretched, 



Lonely, friendless, tearful, dumb. 

 Are .\ou mirthful 't How her laughter, 



Sliver sounding, will ring out — 

 She can lure, and catch, and play you 



As the atigler does the trout. 



Te old bachelors of forty 



"Who have grown so bold and wise, 

 Young Americans of twenty. 



With your lovelooks in yi>ur eyes, 

 You may practice all the lessons 



Tiiuglit by Cupid since the fall, 

 But I know a little widow 



Who could win, and fool you all! 



Japanese Oddities. — One great peculiarity of the peo- 

 ple is their muuia for squatting. They seem to do every 

 thing in this position, and even when a man is plowing 

 in the field he looks as though he wanted to squat. Their 

 habits in so many things seem to be so exactly the oppo- 

 site of ours, that it almost resolves itself into a rule that 

 CTery thing goes by contraries. When they cook a 

 goose, instead of putting the goose on the fire, they put 

 the fire in the goose — thus making a great saving of fuel. 

 In planing a board, they plane towards themselves 

 instead of from themselves. When you go intp a 

 house, instead of taking off your hat you take off 

 your shoes. Instead of saying John Smith, they would 

 say Smith John ; and instead of Mr. Brown, Brown Mis- 

 ter. The country is rich in flowers and vegetable pro- 

 ductions. They have carried the art of making paper to 

 great perfection. Dr. McGowan saw an overcoat made 

 of paper, perfectly strong and servicable. They weave 

 their paper, and make what may be called paper cloth 

 of it. ^^ 



A GENTLEMAN' recently attended a "circle" celebrated 

 for its spiritual insight, and obtained information of a 

 Tery important kind. A miserable and unprovoked mur- 

 der had been committed. He was anxious to satisfy him- 

 self as to the guilt of the supposed criminal, and asked 

 if the spirit of the deceased could be summoned. He 

 wrote his name on a piece of paper, and quick rappings 

 testified to the fact that the dead one was present. " Was 

 he whose name I have written really your murderer?" 

 The raps were aOirmative. " I have noted some of the 

 Btrange circumstances attending your burial; are they 

 correct?" The raps answered: "I was buried just as 

 you hare described." The name was " Cock Robin." 



A New Tueort.— The French Academy of Sciences, at 

 a late meeting, listened to a paper from M. Delbruck, 

 which, if well-founded, will upset a good many of our ex- 

 isting notions about ventilation. M. Delbruck has made 

 some researches on the quantity of air required for 

 breathing.during sleep. It strikes liirn as singular that, 

 while all medical men are unanimous in prescribing sev- 

 eral cubic metres of pure air for each person sleeping in 

 a room, as absolutely indispensable for health, all animals 

 appear to shun the open air as much as possible, in order 

 to compose themselves to sleep. Thus, the lion and tiger 

 retire to some dark cavern, where the air is confined ; the 

 dog goes to his kennel, and thrusts his snout under his 

 belly ; birds, to which the open air vFould appear to be a 

 necessity,, whether asleep or awake, retire to some private 

 corner, and put their heads under their wings. Nay, 

 what does the schoolboy do, when left in a dormitory 

 aired with particular care? If he finds he can not fall 

 asleep, the first thing he does is to bury his head under 

 the bed clothes. Hence M. Delbruck concludes that if, 

 when awake, we exhale a quantity of carbonic acid, we 

 must inhale a certain quantity of this gas during sleep, 

 just as plants exhale by day the oxygen they absorb 

 during the night. 



An old lawyer was giving advice to his son, who was 

 just entering upon the practice of his father's profession. 

 " My son," said the counsellor, " if you have a case where 

 the law is clearly on your side, but justice seems to be 

 against you, urge upon the jury the vast imjiortance of 

 sustaining the law. If, on the other hand, you are in 

 doubt about the law, bat your client's case is founded in 

 justice, insist on the necessity of doing justice, though 

 the heavens fall." "But, asked the' son, "hbw tiliall I 

 mariage a case where both law and justice are dead 

 against nic?" "In that case, my son," replied the law- 

 yer, "talk rouud it!" 



TiiET had a kind of semi-public baby show in Pooduc, 

 (Cape Elizabeth, Me.,) recently, and the mothers were re- 

 quested to decide which baby should have the prize as 

 the smartest and the handsomest. When the slips con- 

 taining the votes were examined, it was found that each 

 mother had voted her own the handsomest! How rery 

 natural, to be sure ! 



A FELLOW was one day boasting of his pedigree, when 

 a wag who was present remarked very sententiously : 

 "Ah! I have no doubt. That reminds' me of a remark 

 made by Lord Bacon, that they who derive their worth 

 from their ancestors resemble [lotatoes, the most valuable 

 part of which is under ground." 



A SET of ornaments of pink coral has just been com- 

 pleted, after five years' labor, for the Emjiress Eugenie. 

 One of the stones came from the head of Madame d(fPom- 

 l^adour's cane, and all are of great value. ' To such triv- 

 ialities does this Imperial female give her time and the 

 people's money. 



After quoting John Locke, that a blind man took his 

 idea of scarlet from the sound of a trumpet, a witty fel- 

 low says that a hoop-skirt, hanging out of a shop door, 

 reminds him of the peel of a belle ! 



