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. Medford, Md. DAVID ROGER E"GLAR, "Olllo'lhemoonldoassurethee."-Tlu·,,,,,pe,l. Allow me, kil1d reader, to introduce to you another genius, and one who is not ignorant of the fact. Thrice blessed he, a slave deligllting to serve the Muses! Verily, he hiueth not his ligllt under a bushel; we believe he ordinarily wears a hat which nt times he \lSCS as a mega- phone. He delights to commune wilh the stars and frequently attends the theatre. Properly to treat any character, its attributes must be divided into two classcs~virt\lous and vicious, or virtues and "ices. Now, according to his own definition, his personal equation is something" like this : "Virtues=_1:', vices ee o.' He is also a faddist and uas been afflicted with all the new ailllle!lls~Golfalgia, Pingpongia, etc. In addition to his fads he lias developed a philos, ophyof his own which is" fearfully and wonderfully made." It is quile a curiosity. itself and partly on account of its author. It explains everything nothing can be explained; and our hero proves superior wisdom by understanding it, which is more than anyone else can As a lrue philosopher and reincarnation of Herr Tellfelsdrockh, clothing is an object which rouses in his mind an interest ; and, according to the latest reports, he is making a special study of calico. . Greenbackville, Va. HARVEY CLIFFORD HANCOCK, "And