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SHULTS, 285 River St, Troy, N. ¥. INFALLIBLE CURE OF HABITUAL DRUNKENNESS, Which can be effected even without the Knowledge of the patient. A most perfect cure can be warranted, by Dr. HERM. GUNTHER. LL. Box 5306. Price $2 per bottle. For sale by HERM GERITZEN, 323 Bowery, N.Y. G. A. CASSEBEER, 191 Bowery, N.Y, Cincinnati, 6. L. GRanewue, cor. Court & Walnut sts. St. Louis, Ma., F. W. Sennewa.p, cor. Market & Third sts. Chicago, Il., W. H. Mutumr, 130 South Well st. Baltimore, Md., W. Surieacn, 455 Baltimore st. : Washington, D, ©., H. Mevawsxi & Co., 301 Penn. ave, ee Ohio, AuG. ScHUELLER, Eagle Drug Store. 24-6t.eow. BEAUTIFUL SPRING. BY AUGUSTUS TREADWELL, Beantiful Spring, with beautiful flowers, Beautiful sunshine, beautifal showers, Beautiful tlelds with beautiful green, Beautiful Spring is a beautiful queen ! Queen of the seasons, queen of the year, Queen of cheerfulness, queen of cheer, Queen of the brooklets, queen of the glens, Queen of the meadows, queen of the fens. Hail to thy coming! hail to thy birth! Hail to thy cheerfulness! hail to thy worth! Fail to to thy bird-notes! O hear them sing} Wail! all hail to thee, beautiful Spring! PLEASANT PARAGRAPHS. — We have often heard it alleged that our | Western legislators are less addicted to piety than potations—that they take a deeper inter- est in the compounding of exhilarating bever- ages than in the repetition of their daily prayers; but the following anecdote, from ‘Charles Raymond,” will forever set all doubt upon the subject at rest, and proves that it is hazardous for a man to wager “two to one” with a person who is possessed of A WONDERFUL MEMORY, During the infancy of gome of our Western States, their Legislatures were nof so polished as they are at the present day; instead of being composed of mor- chants, the members were generally farmers. The schoolmaster was 2 man unheard of in those be- nighted regions. The legislature cf -—~ was discuss. ing a question of great political importance. ‘Mr. 4. Tn the course of his remarks, said something peculiar. ly insulting to the opposition, denominating them ag heathens, &e. Mr. B. undertook to reply, and ven- tured to bet Mr. A. an unheard of amount that he (Mer, A.) could not repeat the Lord’s Prayer. Mr, A. ace cepted the wager, the money was Stakod, and Mr. A, commenced: ** Now I lay me down to sleep, Ipray thee——”? “Hold! hold!” exclaimed Mr. B.; “that’s suficient! Gosh, though, I didn’t think youknew tt! —— Who will now dare to doubt the piety of Western men? What a pity those gentlemen did not adopt the ministry as a profession, as their knowledge of theology would eminently befit them for such spiritual duties. What- ever may be said of our Western brethren, it is evident that the light of Christianity is not one of their wants....... The wants of a new contributor, ‘A. J. H.,” are promulgateg in the following poetical PROPOBAL FOR A WIFR, Ye fair ones, attend—I’ve an offer to make you! In Hymen’s soft bond I am anxious to join; For better or worse, ag companion, I’ll take you, Provided you suit me, when, lassie, I’m thine. I’dhave—let me sée--I’d not have beauty, For beautiful women are apt to be vain; Yet with a small share I would think it a duty To take her, be thankful, and not to complain, Hey form must ba good, and not moulded by art, And rather above than below middle size; Her countenance puzzles my brain to describe, And eloquent language must How from her eyes. She raust be well bred, or Ine’er contd respect her; Good-natured and modest, but not very coy; Her mind weil informed—the purified nectar That sweetens the cup of hymeneal joy. Her home she must love, and domestic employment, Have practical knowledge of hougehold affairs; And make ita part of her highest enjoyment To soften my troubles and lighten my careg, No fortune Task, for I’ve no predilection For glitter and show, and the pomp of high life; I wish to be bound by the cords of effection-— Can any one fill this offer for a wife? ii any possess the above requisitions, They soon can be bound by the conjugal bands; Please write to me, lassies, you know the conditions, And banish the grief of one ever at hand, —— This is a chance for any young lady who possesses the requirements, and desires an es- cort to the altar of Hymen. Speak quickly, for we think ‘A, J. H.”’ will make an excellent husband... .. Speaking of husbands, it will be remembered that our friend “‘Gipsey’’ stated that she desired one; and here is a letter from @ young man anxious to assume such a rela- tionship to her. In his communication he ag- sures us that he will prove A MODEL HUSBAND FOR “‘Grpszy,’? Deak WEEKLY: In your last issue, I seo that “ip. sey’’ in greatly in want of a partner through life. Now I wonder that such a damsel has gone so long without procuring that which completes a woman’s happiness ~—a husband; and ithink from what she Says, sunny hair and blue eyes, I will make her the congenial spirit she spoke about. My height is five feet ten inches, weight one hundred and foriy-nine pounds: berides, I am possessor of the nice little sum of seventy thousand, Now, Gipsey, contemplate whata glorious life is before youif you will accept of me, who, be a3sured, will prove & loving, faithful, and dutiful husband, Further- maore, Ihave been in bunt of a wife for the last five years, and have never encountered a damsel that pleased me as-I think Gipsey would from the descrip- tion she gave of herself; and I really believe Gipsey is the one I have been looking for so long in vain, and now you must hot blast my hopes by saying “No.” I how await your final decision, and remember that my fature happiness depends upon it; and with this I sign my namein hope, HLARRY, P.S. Lam very desirous of exchanging caries de vi- site with Gipsey. — “Harry” should be a little more explicit. He says heis “in possession 6f seventy thous- and.” Seventy thousand what ?—dollars or doughnuts ? Less ambiguity, ‘‘Harry,” on such an important point, if you desire the hand of “Gipsey.”.... By the way, “Gipsey” herself favors us with a communication this week, con- cerning a CONTROVERSY WITH SPITEFUL OLD BACHELORS. T was much interested some weeks ago ina spirited controversy between two spiteful old bachelors; and several of our fair lady readers, upon that much- abused class, designated as old maids. The cause was s0 ably handled that I remained Silent, satisfied as to the reguit, The ‘old maids’? were victorious. In reading an old paper, [founda “‘poem,’’ advocating the same cause, Which I think too good to be lost; so- I will send it. The aforementioned old bachelors will doubtless make sundry wry faces at certain facts con- tained in this TRIBUTE TO OLD MAIDS, Fools still may raise the laugh -At those who better are by half, For surely none but fools could laugh At good old maids, What cause of scorn is in the state Of those who ne’er have found a mate, Or have been robbed of him by fate ? The poor old maids. Perhaps they’ve many offers had, But some were good, and some were bad; But they dislike to marrisge had, The dear old maids, Perhaps they may have lost s lover, And never could his loss recover, And rather than to wed another, Would die old maids, Some spend their lives in good to others, Feel for the poor as suffering brothers, 4nd to the orphan act as mothers, The blest old maids. u - not aoe us a guess y. men on them will crack their jests {n truth ’tis for their interest vee To scorn old maids: That girls might hold it still in fear, Thinking that then they would not dare defuse them, lest they too would bear The name, old maids! * = In attestation of the service you have rendered a much-maligned class, by repro- ducing the above lines in their defence, if the ladies referred to do not make you an honora- ry member of their order, it will occasion our astonishment,..... Talking of astonishment, reminds us of an incident from ‘Jules Pat- fish, Jr.,” about 2 : AN ASTOUNDED DEACON. In the city of H—— there resided a worthy deacon, blessed, or cursed, witha tall, gaunt figure, also with hands of enormous dimensions. He was strictly pions, never failing to ask a blessing not only.when his own family dined, but also at the servants’ meals. On one cccasion he employed a male servant who was entirely ignorant of the deacon’s religious propensities, He made his appearance shortly before the slining hour, and a8 soon as the bell sounded, the servant started for the table, and without ceremony commenced de- vouring the good things. The deacon was horrified, and extended his hands, saying: “Pause, young man— pause!’’ The young man addressed raised hig eyes significantly to the deacon’s upraised hands, and re- plied: ‘Yes, and pretty good-sized paws I should Bay 1’? —If the deacon was not a handsome man, he had some hands, andit would be unprofita- bie to let him put them in a bag at “a cent a grab.” His handful would be something more than a trifle....... Here are a few interesting and pithy trifles, by ‘‘Josephine Robbins,” from whom we will at all times be pleasod to receive such FRAGMENTS, WHEN a young lady faints in the presence of a hand- some gentleman, we think the application of mous taches to her lips particularly desirable, Wer know of but one way to stop the clamor of fe- males for women’s rights. Marry them all off happily, and they submit with as much pleasure to the require- ments of the lords of creation as the rest of ug temi- nines, who openly avow that we value love more than anything else in this world. WHEN we hear of a woman who has been for a jong time intimate with a man of questionable character, suspecting the motives of another, briefly acquainted with him, we think she knows the danger of such inti- macies. WHEN we hear one married woman blaming another for wearing ringlets, we think her own hair won’t curl. WHEN a would-be gentleman smokes in the presence of ladies, we are suspicious that he has mistaken his vocation, You may safely distrust the justice of the opinions of any man who has no toleration for those of another. No man who has closely studied the secret springs of his own heart, will treat with uncharitableness the failings of his neighbor. : No matter how much we may pity the culpable weak- nesses of another, we can beyer respect him for those manifestations, WHEN an author bores us with a private reading of his own produetions, we think his imagination exceeds his judgment, : teammate To CoRnREsPONDENTS.—The fellowing MSS. are ac- cepted: “My Dancing Lesson;’’ ‘ Obadiah’s Court- ship; ‘*Hymeneal Experiences;” “Olementina Ara miata Bobkins;” “Drops from a Humorous Vein.’’,..- The foliowing are respectfully declined: “Letter of Africanus 3’ “low to Make Whiskers Grow.”® |OUR KNOWLEDGE BOX. A FEW PARAGRAPHS WORTH REMEMBERING, (We have received. numerous communications from persons who are desirous to contribute to “Our Knowl- edge Box,’’ providing they are paid for their trouble; and we here desire to say to all such, that we opened this department for the benefit of the readers of the WEEELY at large, and are always supplied, gratis, with matter enough to make it interesting. We shall be thankful to all who will furnish us valuable receipts, eic., and in doing so, they will be benofiting themselves &s well as us, because for any one item which they may furnish, they will recoive half-a-dozen in return. ] QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND INFORMATION WANT ED.—A Reader desires a receipt for making Mocx Ture TLE SouP.--The annexed mode gives general satisfac- tion :—The calf’s head being divided, having the skin on, the brains carefully removed and boiled separately in a cloth, if must be placed in a sauce-pan, with more than enough water to cover it, skim while heat- ing, let it be parboiled, and then let it cool; cut the taeat from the head in square pieces, the tongue also, then break the bones of the head in pieces, return them into the water in which they have been boiled < add shin of beef—about three or four pounds, knuckle of veal, three or four onions, two sm2il carrots sliced, a turnip also, with black pepper unground, add the brains pounded, and stew gently five hours; strain, cool, and remove the fat; take a clean stew-pan, place init of fresh butter four ounces; add to it, when fluid, three wooden spoonfuls of flour, stirring it well untilit browns, some shallots, ora little of the soup may be added to this, also parsley, sweet brazil, chives, salt, soy, cayenne, and catsup ; strain before you add it to the soup, into which you will return the pieces of meat, and boil it for upwards of an hour; previous to dishing, halfa pint of Sherry, or Madeira, should be added, a lemon squeezed into the tureen in which it is to be served, and when in the tureen, add egg-balle, twenty or thirty in number......Mrs. Lindsey asks how to make PoraTo OMELET.—Mix a mashed potato, or two ounces of potato flour, with four eggs, and sea. son with pepper, saltand nutmeg. It should be made thick, and: being rather substantial, asqueeze of lemon willimprove it. Fry alight brown. Breer Atamope.—Cut out the bone from the beef, and convert it with the trimmings, into gravy ; then stuff the orifice with rich forcemeat. Halt roast it, and before itis put into the stewpan, lard the top with dried and pickled mushrooms, adding mushroom powder in the orifices; then put in two quarts of gravy from the bones, one large onion stuck with cloves, and two carrots cut in slices: Whon the beef has stewed till it is tender, strain and thicken the sauce; add to itone glass of wine, mushreoms, and oysters, and sippets or fried paste. Hither the mushrooms or oysters may be omitied if the flavor of either should not be desirable, This receipt, although rather expen- Sive, is worth a trial. Economica Pir Orust.—The price of butter has become so high that prudent housewives are be- ginning to eschew the use of it when a substitute will answer the purpose. In making pie-crust, butter ig used by many ; but heveis a mode which will recom- mend itself on the score ofeconomy. Cut some slices of beef-suet very thin ; roll it with 2 rolling-pin, till it is quite soft ; rub it very fine into some fiour, and mix it with coid water. it is much botter Gone this way than chopped, and makes a very good crust for any pie thatis to be eaten hot, or for fruit puddings. Srrir Peas Sour.—Take three pints of peas, three common sized turnips, one carrot, and the shells of the peas. Boil one quart of the largest of the peas, with the shells or the pods, till quite soft; rub through a fine colander, return the pulp into the pan, add the turnips, a carrot, sliced, and a quart of boiling water; when the vegetables are perfectly soft, add the young or smaller peas, previously. boiled. Brrp's Nest Puppinc.—Pare and coreas many apples as will set in the dish, and fill the holes in the apples with white sugar and grated lemon-peel. Mix as much custard as will fill the dish; allow seven eggs toa quart of milk, and season it with sugar and lemon, or peach water. Fill the dish quite full, set it into 2 pan with a little water, and bake it one hour.. Servo it with cold or wine sauce, Brown Dvz ror Boor-Tors.—Mix in a quart of boiling water one ounce of saffron, half an ounce of rhubarb, half an ounce of oxalic acid. When cold, ap- ply several good coats, and let thetops dry. When quite dry, damp them very slightly witha sponge dipped in the above, and polish off immediately, using a clean brush. Horserapiso Savuce.—To those using this eatice, we reccommend a trial of the subjoined recipe, from Mrs. 8 Voorhees :—Two tablespoonfuls of grated horseradish, one teaspoonful of mustard, one of salt, half spoonful of pepper, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Lotion ror Factan NevRators.—Mrs, §. Voor- hees, Ithaca, N. Y., furnishes us with the following remedy for this disease :—One part aconite, one part chlorozorw, end two parts alcokol, . ARS TTEMS FOR FARMERS AND GARDENERS. Sort For Frowers.—Fow are aware that an occa- sional change of soil is beneficial to flowers in bud, though all know how important it is to flowers in pots, Nothingis better than surface soil froman old pasture, taken off about two inchegzg deep, ala thrown into a heap with about one-sixth part of old hot-bed dung, to partially decay. In addition ‘to this staple item,a smailer quantity of different matters should be gathered to- gether for peculiar cases, or peculiar plants. Peat, for instanca, will be found very useful for many kinds of plants. This is not, as is often supposed, mere black sand; buta spongy, fibrous substance from the surface of bogs and boggy .wastes. Sand should be collected sharp and clean; the washings from turnpike ditches are a8 good as anything. Leaf-rnould is best got already well decayed from the woods. A load or so of well-de- cayed cow-manure is a good thing for the gardener to have with him, as all those plants that dislike our hot summers, 2nd want a cool soil to grow in, prefer it to any other manure, A small pile of hot-bed manure is almost indispensable to a garden. To Mane Hens Lay.—A subscriber says that hog’s lardis the best thing he can find to mix in with the dough he gives to his hens. He says that one cut of this fatas large as a walnut will set a hen to laying immediately after she has been broken up from set- ting, and that by feeding them with the fat occasion ally his hens continue to lay through the whole winter. To Osrain FLoweRs From BuLBous Roots in THREE WEEKs.—Put quick-lime into a flower-pot till it ig rather more than half full; fill up with good earth; plant your bulbs in the usual manner; keep the earth slightly damp. The heat given out by the lime will rise through the earth, which will temper its fierce. ness; and in this manner beautiful flowers may be ob- tained at any season. VARNISH FoR RustioGaRpEen Szats.—First wash the woodwork with soap and water, and when dry do it over, on a hot sunny day, with common boiled lin- seed oil; leave that to dry for a day or two, and then varnish it once or twice with what is commonly termed “hard varnish.” If wel! done it will last for years, and will prevent any annoyance from ingects. ROLENTIFIC NOTES, ArtrriciaL Furn.—Mr. Gerhardt, a gentleman of Philadelphia, recontly exhibited there artificial fuel and gas material. Thize invention consists in preparing porous bricks, balls, or otherwise shaped fire-proof material, which are fully saturated with gas-tar, coal- oil, or any other hydro-earbon of a similar nature, These bricks are afterward dried, and used for the pur- poss of producing illuminating gas or fuel, The oil having burnt out, the material is used over again; it leaves No ashes, and preservesits porosity. The use of fuel that is free from sulphur is of the highest im- portance in the manufacture of steel, iron, glass, &.; and itis claimed that this artificial fuel is well adapted for these purpcses, as well as for other uses, because the price of manufacture is not so high as the present price of coal, New Uses or Jopine.--A new coloring matter, which dyes silk and wool of a beautiful violet, blue vio- let, or a red violet tint, has been produced by the ap- plication of the iodine extracted from sea-weed. It has long been thought if iodine could be used as a coloring substance it would be one of the most powerful known. The patented process consists of mixin g, in certain pro- portions, the substance called rosaniline with the jodides of ethel, methyl, or amyl. Bronzing Inoy-Cxiap Sxurps.—The French are applying to their iron-plated ships the bronzing pro- cess which they find so successful in their street lamp- posts. The plates are first painted, so as to prevent any galvanic action between the copper and the iron, then rubbed with black lead, and finally plunged into the bath, where they remain until the copver is deposited to the thickness of one-tenth of an inch. TO A LADY DYING OF CONSUMPTION, BY FLORENCE MARSHALL, Oh, very early hath the victor won thee To share the slumbers of the rayless tomb! Its chilling shadows as a pall have bound thea, , Though Heaven’s own light hath pierced the gathereg gloom! We know that thou must die, yet hopes. are clinging With increased fervor to thy wasting form, Though in our hearts despair thy knell is ringing, Oh, how we struggle to avert the storm ! With what strange brilliancy thine eyes are beaming, Lit with a splendor that is not of earth! Each day thy gentle smile is fainter glezming, And thy low whispers have forgot their mirth! For us, without thee, what a dark to-morrow Is the dim future that before us lies— Thou in the grave and we the heirs of sorrow, With sad and lonely hearts that mock disguise! God grant his presence in the sunless valley Which thou must tread eve. Paradise be won 5 Around its portals clouds and tempests rally, But boldly enter, for thy toil is done} Amnocenswmenenetta> $-¢ 45 > ¢-~elpanmnmmvenmnenng) ITEMS OF INTEREST, 4a A novel fire escape was improvised one day last week by a man named Flaherty, who resides in the second story of a tenement house in Mott street. There was considerable smoke ia the lower part of the house, occasioned by the accidental ignition of 2 quantity of straw in the basement, and the occupants became alarmed,thinking the house on fire, Observing the smoke, Flaherty thoughtit impossible to descend. by the staircase, and at once compelled his wife to place herself on the feather bed, and then rolling her up In it, with the aid of quilts he tied it securely and then threw her out of the back window into the yard. By this, time the fire had been extinguished, and Flaherty d scended by the stairs, went to the yard, and released his wife, who was uninjured by the concussion, but almost suffocated from ner close confinement, ua Valuable and interesting relics: have been discovered during the recent excavations at Pompeii. Three bodies in different tombs were perfectly pre- servedin form and shape, One, @ warrior, evidently of superior rank, has ona coat of mail and the usual armor 2 Roman wore in those times. Of the two others, one is a lady, whose beauty of form and face is splen- did—the arms are beautiful—while the remnants of her drapery are of the finest materials; the last is a young girl of about fifteen, apparently an attendant. The coarse texture of her dress is distinctly seep, and on one of her fingers a coarse ring of lead or tin shows her love of baubles. The nails are intact, and a pore tion of her skuil is entire, 4a Nature sometimes plays strange freaks,and the last one we have heard of is unusually astounding. A ewe belonging to a farmer in England, recently brought forth a fine and apparently healthy lamb; but the day after its birth, the lamb exhibited symptoms of weakness, and died in afowhours after. The shep- herd, in order to ascertain, if possible, the cause of its death, opened the lamb, by makinga longitudinal cut down the middle of the stomach, when—wonderful to relate—out rolled another lamb, about the size of a rat, but perfect with respcot to external appearance, xa An intelligent jury in Saratoga county, who recently held an inquest on the body of 2 man run over by a train of cars, rendered the following verdict :—“‘Natbaniel Denton came to his death by a collision with the engine near Simmons’ eressing, of which we exonerate the epjineer from all blame. But further, we think the deceased and the evjineer might have seen each other, and perhaps, yes, very likely, have saved his life, if the wood pilesworn to had not have been there.” ’ar A blacksmith performed some work for the Danes at the Banuewerke, but not getting his pay before the fortifications were abandoned, he applied to the German commander for it, after his forces had taken possession, Marshal Von Wrangel praised the work, stating that he hoped the blacksmith would soon receive his pay--from the Danes, x@e- Those who are fond of Catawba brandy may be interested ina statement recently made by responsible vintners in Cincinnati. They declared that the pure article would cost from five to eight dol- lars a gallon, adding that there was no genuine article of the kind in the market--the quality generally sold consisting of pomace, whiskey, and fusel oil, aa@- The mother of three children, named Mre.. Serr, residing af Walnut Oreek, near Erie, Pa., the other day locked up the house, leaving the children inside, while she visited a neighbor. While the mother was absent, the house took fire and the children were burned to death. The oldest was but four years of age. aa A sudden addition was made recently to the passengers on a trip of the express train between Meriden and Hartford, Conn. A lady gave birth to a youngster while the train wasin rapid motion ; and it is thought by the passangers that he will turn out tobe & “fast boy.’’ a@ The term “boiled brass” was applied to silver-plated articles, by an Englishman exporting such merchandise to France, in orderto evade the custom- house duties. The trick answered for a time; but it was s00n discovered, and the offender heavily fined for making a false statement, us A nowsboys’ lodging-house has been es- tablished in Washington, and it is amusing to hear the discussions of the urchins in regard to the future move. ments of the armies—as the sale of the newspapers is much enchanced by the activity of our forces. 4@~ An appetite for flies is one of the charac- teristics of a little girl residing in Illinois, and all her parents can do will not prevent her from gratifying it. When the fly season disap pears, she loses the desire for the insects ; but on its return, she is as bad as ever. aw A couple of boots (not mates) were washed ashore the other day, at Rye, N. H. Each boct con« tained 2 human foot, and had evidently been in the waiter along time. Itis thought they belonged to two of the crew of a schconer lost at Whales’ Back, last year. xa> There is a drinking house in Richmond with an appropriate designation—the “Bragg Saloon,’® where the visitors are bound to emulate the example of its patronymic, and re-ireat. ka The annual productions of Ireland have decreased to the amount of £14,000,000 during four years. The product for the year 1839 was estimated at £39,477,000 ; and for 1863 it was but £26,327,000. aay The doctrine of miscegenation meets with little favor in New Jersey, and the Legislature of that State has passed an act ‘‘probibiting the admixture of races.”” xe The people of Pittsburg, Pa., are excited becanse some pork speculators offered for sgle a nume ber of swill-fed hogs that died natural deaths, They pre-e fer to feast on the flesh of murdered porkers, aa The scarlet fever has prevailed to such an extent in Stonington, Ledyard, Groton, and other parts of Connecticut, that several District Schools have been closed in consequence, Aa The Ohio regislature has approprixted a million of dollars to prepare the State for defense against any possible invasion, xae Three children ata birth were lately ad- he to the population of Danbury, Conn., by an Irish ady. ag Four bears were caught two weeks since in the town of Altona, Clinton Co. MIRTHFUL MORSELS., Turn “champion” of the skies—Saturn, of course. He’s the star of the ring, and Vow is his ele- ment. Avoid argument with ladies. In spinning yarns among silks and satins, @ man is sure to be worsted and twisted. And when a man ig worsted and twisted, ke may considerhimself wound up, Rte In tropical climates men live but half as long as they doin temperate zones, and cats have but four and a-half lives a piece. ane : Wuy is a lady whohas bought a sable cape at half price like an officer absent on leave? Because she’s got her fur low. THE young lady who gives herself away loses her self-possession, Ir aflock of geese see one of their number drink, they will all drink, too. Men often make geese »& of themselves. e Wuy does a novelist with his manuscript in his coat pocket resémblea lion? Because be carries his yf tale behind him,