SEPT. 22 
spread over the country, It became a by-phrase, 
'•We must consult Brother Jonathan;” and the 
naps In the afternoon or evening. Jostah Quincy 
tells us in the life of his father, that the latter 
rose every morning In winter and summer at four 
o’clock. 
The effect of this outrage upon nature was that 
lie was sure to drop asleep, wherever he was, 
when his mind was not actively occupied; some¬ 
times even In company, when the conversation 
flagged, and always as soon as he took his scat In 
Ills gig or sulky in which he drove to town. John 
Quincy Adams, who was addicted to the same 
vice of Intemperate early rising, with slmllur con¬ 
sequences, once accompanied him to the Harvard 
Law School, to hear Judge Story lecture. “ Now, 
Judge Story,” continues the biographer, “ did not 
accept, the philosophy of Ills two friends In i his 
particular, and would Insist that It was a more 
excellent way to take one’s allowance or sleep in 
bed, and be wide-awake out of it—which he lilin- 
seir most assuredly always was. 
The Judge received the two Presidents gladly, 
and placed them In a seat of honor ou the dais by 
hts side, fronting the class, and proceeded with 
his lecture, it was not long before, glancing his 
eye aside to see how his guests were Impressed 
by Ills doctrine, he saw that they were both of 
them sound asleep, and he saw that the class saw 
It loo. Pausing Tor a moment In his swift career 
ol speech, he pointed to the two sleeping Itgures, 
and uttered these words of warning:—•'ucui le¬ 
mon, you sec before you a melancholy example 
of the evil elf eels of Barly rising.” 
The shout of laughter, with which this Judicial 
obiter atebum was received, effectually aroused 
the sleepers, and It, Is to be hoped that they heard 
an agreeable young man, and he was reany ex¬ 
tremely kind and civil about the Grunge. He 
tells mo he will bB almost, our next neighbor. He 
Is going to calL So are the Pinches, and Major 
It scemB to me everybody is going to 
shall to quite boMeged, Pau- 
name has now become a designation for the whole 
country, as John Bull has for England. 
A MURDEROUS SEA FLOWER. 
One of the exquisite wonders of the sea Is called 
the opclet, and 13 about aa large as the German 
aster, with a great many long petals of a light- 
green color, glossy as satin, and each one tipped 
with rose color. These lovely petals do not lie 
quietly In their places, but wave about In the 
waiter, while the upend, clings to a rock. How in¬ 
nocent and lovely it looks ou Its rocky bed! Who 
would suspect that It would cat anyt hing grosser 
than dew or sunlight? But these beautiful wav¬ 
ing arms, as you call them, have use besides look¬ 
ing pretty. They have to provide for a large, open 
mouth, which Is hidden down deep among them— 
so hidden that one cati scarcely And It. W ell do 
they perrorm their duty, for the Instant a foolish 
little fish touches one of the rosy tips, he Is struck 
with poison as fatal to him as lightning, ne Im¬ 
mediately becomes numb, and In a moment stops 
struggling, and then the other arms wrap them¬ 
selves around him, and he Is drawn Into the huge, 
greedy mouth, and Is Been no more. Then the 
lovely arms unclose and wave again lu the water. 
Boames. 
call. I foresee we 
line—I do Indeed.” 
•• You had bette 
said Charlotte, mischievously, “or they may do 
as the besiegers sometimes did of old, turn upon 
each other. Admit them one by one, Aunt, Ca¬ 
milla, * on approbation,’ as t he shopmen say,” 
“ Are oil to be admitted—all, without exception, 
dear 7” Mrs. Jerrnyn was looking significantly at 
her sister as she spoke, and the look evidently re¬ 
called something to Mrs. W'yndharn’s remem¬ 
brance. 
“ Wliat do you say, Pauline ? Shall It ho a fair 
field and no favor ? Are we to extend our gra¬ 
cious permission to all, even to this terrible M t. 
Blundell 7" 
*< Mr. Blundell!" said Pauline, with a little 
start. . , 
“ Perhaps Pauline may not like to hear mm 
called ‘terrible,’ said Mrs. Jerrnyn. “ Did you 
not say he was a frtond, my dear v” 
She had not said It, but, this escaped the girl. 
She was upset, all In a moment, and her color went 
and came, and she answered, stammering, “of 
Tom’s, yes. I have only met him ouce, some 
years ago." ... . „„ 
“So you see lie may not be ‘terrible,’ at all •> 
riled Mrs. Jerrnyn, gaily. “Ho you know he Is 
A PRACTICAL USE OF DOGS. 
It li a fact perhaps not generally known that 
there Is a firm doing business In San Francisco 
who purchase the thousands or (logs slaughtered 
by the pound-master of that city, or that may 
have been otherwise killed, for which they pay 
forty cents each. The carcasses are conveyed to 
their manufactory at south San Francisco, 
where the skins arc removed and sold to the Gin¬ 
neries, the hair taken ol! and resold to plastereis, 
the hides tanned, made Into gloves, ami sold In 
the market. The deuud* d carcass I; then thrown 
Into a huge cauldron and boiled until the bones 
are easily separated from the flesh, when they 
are removed and sold lo tlio sugar refineries, 
where they are ground to a powder aud used to 
clariry sugar. The oil that rises to the surface of 
the boiling mass Is skimmed off aud manufactured 
Into cod liver oil, and the remainder Is used for 
the purpose of fattening hogs. 
“HE’S A BRICK 
If It Is slang, It Is really classical slang. And 
yet., or the thousands who use the term, how few 
_now very few—know Its origin or IU$ primitive 
sign 1 flounce. Truly, It Is a heroic thing to say 
of a man to call him a brick. The word, so used. 
If not twisted from li« original Intent, Implies all 
that Is bruve, patriotic, and loyal. 
Plutarch, In his life of AgeslhtUS, King of Sparta, 
gives us the orlglu ot the quaint and familiar ex¬ 
pression. 
On a certain occasion an ambassador from I. pi¬ 
nts, on a diplomatic mission, was shown by the 
king over hts capital. The ambassador knew of 
the monarch's fame-knew that, though only 
nominally King ol Sparta, he was yet ruler of 
Ureece _ au ,l ne had looked to sec the massive 
walls rearing aloft their embattled towers forth© 
defense of the town ; but he found nothing of flic 
kind, lie marveled much at this, and spoke of It 
to the king. 
»Sire," he said, “ I have visited most ot the 
nrinetnal towns, and 1 find no walls reared for 
A TOADY 
Thakk Is a kind ov ckonomy that don’t pay; it 
tz the kind that people resort, to alter they hav 
squandered all their mutiny. The man who lives 
the life ov a toady Isa kind ov human spit-box. 
A geutlemun kant. hide hiz true karakter enny 
more than a loafer kan. Peace Iz wliat, we all 
long for, and what we gll, tired ov the quickest. 
The man who kan control his wants 1/, the only 
one who can control hiz happiness. r l he man 
whom you kan flatter you kan abuse at your lei¬ 
sure, EpltaffB are like clrkuss bills, thare lz a 
grate deal in the bills that lz never performed. 11 
don't, pay to be mean; no man ever dun u mean 
tMngyet without being dissatisfied with it. All 
ov the Buckcesstull Vices have inude their debut 
under cover ov sum one of the virtews. Ccrlmonys 
In society are absolutely necessary to preserve 
good order; most people hav no other Idea ov 
(rood breeding than cerlrnouys.— Josh Billings. 
UNINTENTIONAL TRADEGY 
Scatterbrain, was a dreamer. He w as a walking 
nightmare, yet. his soul was as gentle as a dear 
But he din iove a horror. He would 
gazelle’s. 
stand for hours at Broadway and Fulron Street In 
the hope or seeing a stage run down an ornament 
of the best police me world ever saw. But If bo 
had gazed ou such a sight, he would have been 
sick for a year. He would hung about the Fulton 
Ferry for lioyrs In the hope or seeing some one 
run to catch a boat and fall In, and then have ft 
discovered that the only lire-saving apparatus 
owned by this impoverished Ferry Corporation 
had been loaned to the Fish market next door. 
One day he weut up Trinity spire and crawled out 
of the Mile window. He fell; gave himself up 
for lost and was about lo shriek, when he found 
hts downward progress stopped. He had been 
caught on one of the architectural Trills that Jut 
out at Intervals. This brought him to hl3 sober 
senses and he was no longer morbid. He wanted 
to go home. The attendant Anally discovered him. 
Said Boutterbratn; “ Can you get me down all 
right?" Bald the luticllonary : “ Sure, wo keep 
a block and tackle for just, such fellows as you.” 
Queried Scatterbrain: “ Then I’m In no danger ?’’ 
Answered the keeper : “ Certainly not, If you aid 
AMERICAN FRUIT 
MANHATTAN BEACH, 
The easterly end ot Coney Island (see article In 
Rukai., July VI), embracing more than two miles 
of Ocean Bench and the whole of the Sheopsbead 
Bay shore, has been purchased by a company, 
who have given It the name of Manhattan Beach, 
and whose declared Intention It Is to make It, In 
all respects, the ltnesl sea-side resort on the isl¬ 
and. A hotel, live hundred feet long, has been 
erected and furnished in a manner tUat cannot 
fall to please, and every arrangement made for 
the accommodation of families for the season aud 
transient guests. Beside the surf bathing, which 
is equal to any on the coast, It has the advantage 
of the waters of the Bay for still bat hing, boating, 
sailing, Ashing, and all sea-side sports-a combi¬ 
nation rarely met with. The Beach Is reached 
from New York by steamer from the Battery to 
Bay Kldge, thence by rail, and from East New 
York by continuous rail. Next year the road rut 
East New York will be completed to Greenpotnt, 
and thus furnish accommodating transit for the 
residents of the upper portion of New York, A 
formal opening or the road and hotel was had on 
the 18 th ot July, at which about soo guests were 
conveyed to, and entertained at the Manhattan 
Beach Hotel, in a manner enjoyable to themselves 
and creditable to the management. 
VARIOUS 
The little mind who loves Itself will write and 
think with the vulgar; hut the great mind will be 
bravely eccentric, and scorn the beaten load, 
from universal benevolence. 
Thbkk Is always room tor a man of force, and 
he makes room for many. Society Is a group of 
thinkers, and the heat heads among them take 
the best places. A feeble man can see the fauns 
that, are fenced and tilled, and the houses that 
are built. The strong man secs the possible 
houses and rarms. ills eye makes estates as fast 
as the suu breeds clouds. 
Tun hours of a wise man are lengthened by his 
Ideas, as those of a tool are by his passions. 1 he 
time of the one la long because he docs not know 
what to do with It ; so Is that of the other, e- 
cause he distinguishes every moment ol ft with 
useful or amusing thoughts, or. In other words, 
because the one Ls always wishing It gone, and 
the other always enjoying It.— Addison. 
OiuGiNAt.iTY! what do they mean by it ? The 
action of the world upon us commences with the 
hour of our birth, and ends only with our death. 
It ls here and there and everywhere, mere Is 
CHAPTER XVII. 
Little Things Put Together. 
Les abacas out toujours tort. 
The day of departure came at length, and, 
with a throb of delight, Pauline hulled it as a day 
of release. 
Much, of course, was said about Intercourse for 
the future; rides and drives were planned, and 
Invitations were properly given and accepted. 
This would, however, tone down with lime; 
nothing definite was llxed upon; arid she had, at 
all events, the satisfaction of hoping that she 
might never again bo compelled to pass so long a 
period under the same roof with people whose 
tastes and feelings were so out of harmony with 
her own. 
For Charlotte alone could she entertain some 
regard. Charlotte was sincere, and Charlotte had 
been kind to her. 
Minnie was too entirely the reflection of those 
around her at, the moment, to be worth notice; 
Dot was her mother’s child; and that mother was 
—Mrs. Jerrnyn. 
that they went as one man, surrounded the at¬ 
tendant and now there are two fresh graves In 
Trinity. x - z - 
BROTHER JONATHAN 
THE EARLY-RISING HERESY 
It tswellto take “time by the forelock;” hut 
what ir, in the effort to do so, one exhausts him¬ 
self too much to hold on? George Eliot, In one 
ot her novels, portrays a thrifty farmer’s wife who 
rose so early lu the morning to do her work, that 
by ten o’clock it was all over, and she was at her 
wits’ end to know what to do with her day. No 
doubt. It ls “the early bird that catches the 
worm hut as the pillow-loving boy said to his 
father, “It Is the early worm that gels caught.” 
Intemperance In early rising, lllte every other ex¬ 
cess, ls sure to bring Its penalty along with It. 
Nature will not he cheated out of her dues, aud If 
they are not paid In season, she will exact them, 
with compound Interest, out of season. It Is well 
known that the early riser often compensates 
Washington. The Incident ls this:—When Gen. 
Washington, after being appointed commander 
or the army of the Revolutionary War, went to 
Massachusetts to organize It, he found a great 
want of ammunition aud other means of defence, 
and on one occasion it seemed that no means 
could he devised for thw uecessary safety. Jona¬ 
than Trumoull, tno elder, was then Governor of 
the btate of Connecticut, aud the General, plac¬ 
ing the greatest reliance on Ills Excellency’s judg¬ 
ment, remarked, “ We must consult with Brother 
Jonathan on the subject.” The general did so, 
and the Governor was successful In supplying 
many of the wants or the army; and thencefor¬ 
ward, when difficulties arose, and the army was 
