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REFERENCES.
lion. John M Reed, Philadelphia,
A. U. Cattell A Co., "
lion. Vm. A. Porter, "
Morton McMichael, Esq., "
E. Kvtcham ft Co., 269 Pearl Street, New York.
John W. Ashmead, Attorney at Law, "
Miitthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, "
Eunhury. March 29, IStlZ.
Ws. M. Rockefeller. Lloyd T. Robrbacb.
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NI UIRY, PESIM.
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Kn trance on Market Square,
inmbury, January 4, I860.
Teeth I Teeth I
I. II. IKKKSl.XjilOH,
BURGEON DENTIST,
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scnuot Northumberland county, that he has located
in i-L'N UUUY, for the practice of Dentistry, and
respectfully solicits your patronage. Special atten
tion paid to titling and dressing teeth. Teeth ex
tracted without patH, by using Narcotio spray
which 1 have used fur three years with perject site
cess and ho injurious results.
(JiKce in Koouis formerly occupied by Dr. J. S.
Anlc, in Pleasant s Building, Market bquare,
unbury, Pa. mar. 7, 08.
Jkoroe Hill, Simok P. Wolvkrtox.
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l tornej a and Counselors) at I.iim .
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runbury,Bept. 15, 18B6.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW, SUNBURY, PA.
Office in the socond story of Dewart's building, ad
joining the Democrat office, on the north side of
Mnrket vkjuare.
Will attend promptly to the collection of claims
nnd other profetional business intrusted to his care,
in Northumberland and adjoining counties.
November B, 1807.
S. S. Weber, Johr Runkls
66
ARCII STREET, between Third and Fourth Stree
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ADDISON gT mARR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STIAMOKIN, Northumberland County, Pa.
A LL business attended to with promptness and
.V diligence.
Miainokin, Aug. 10,1667 ly
Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR,
JDomcropatljt'c IJIjjjstrian.
Oruduate of the Homoeopathic Medical College of
Pennsylvania.
Opfick, Market Square opposite the Court House.
Fl'MIl KY, PA.
Office Hours 7 to 9 morning; 1 to 3 afternoon;
7 to 9 evening.
.Sunbury, April 7, ly.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
Attorney- A: 4'osiiiNs-llor tit Low,
SIMll ltV, l'V.
ty Il.rl't Altos'uey t'vr Iorlliaiiii
Ix-rliintl 4'oisstly.
J R. H IIi BUSH,
SURVEYOR AND C0NVEYANCR
AND
JUSTICE OF THE PEA CE.
Afithonoy, Nortlivmlnrland County, Penn,a
Oflice in Jackson township. Engagements can
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MERCHANT TAILOR,
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1'iiun islrc-ei, stoutli of YVrairr'
lott-l,
SnNBURY. F A..
March 31 8o6
Attorney und 4'ouii-llor at l.uw,
OFFICE in Haupt's new Building, on second floor
Lutrauce on Murket Square,
SUNBOKY, FA..
Will attend promptly to all professional business
entrusted to his care, the collection of claims in
Northumberland and the adjoining counties.
Hunbury, January 4, 1S08.
C. A. KEIMENSNYDEli,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUNBL'KY, PA.
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promptly and with diligence.
l-unburApril 27, 1807.
JN0- KAY CLEMENT,
irmW AT -LAW.
lluninu! in this and adjniniug counties carefully
nod Dromptly etttonded to.
Offico iu Market tilxoet, Third door west of Smith
A Uenther'i btove and Tiuware Btore,
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Bunbury, Mjirch 31, 1HQ8- y
JACOB SHIPMAN.
F1RH AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT,
BUNBUKY, PENN'A.
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INTRODUCED INTO AMERICA
FROM GERM ANT, in 1835.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
' and
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
17? rr ared Br vn. c. it. jacksox,
PHILIOELPBIA, PA.
The greatest knoivn remedies for
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
JAUNDICE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS of the SKIN,
nd nil niaeastii arUIng; from a Dli
ordered Liver Stomacli, or
lurvniTV or ma hlooi.
Read tht fallowing symptom, and if ymi find thai
your tytdm it aftcted by any nf (ftcm, you may rut
ntttired that ditto, hat enmmmced itt altwck on tftt
most important organ i of ynnr body, and unUtt $oon
cherkrd by th tut of powerful rnxtditt, a mitnvbU
goon Urminxtittg in death, wilt be the rttult.
CoTirUipAtton, Flntnleneo. Inward Piles,
Fulness of Blood to the Head, Acidity
of the Stomach, NniiHea, Heart
burn , Disgust for Fond, Fulnoas
or Weight in the Stomaali,
Sour IJruetfttiona, Sink
ln or Fluttering at the Pit
of the Stonmoh. tiwimming of
the Hend, Hurried or Ditncult
Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart.
Choking or Suffocating Sensations when
in a Lying PoKture, Dimness of Vision,
Dots or Webs before the Sight,
Dull Pain in the Head, Defl
oiency of Perspiration, Yel
lowness of the Skin and
Eyes, Pain in the Side,
Back, Chest, Limbs, etc.. Sua
den Flushes of Heat, Burning in
tho Flesh, Constant Imuginings of
Evil, and Great Depression of Spirits.
Alt tlitn indicate tlixeast of th lAvrr or Dgttvt
Organs, tpmhintd tvith impurt blod.
ijootlaub'o German Uittrrs
Is en II rely vegrt able, n ml rout nlm no
liquor II I u compoiiitrt of Klulil Ki
I rac-ls. 1' lie liool Herbs, a ml Harks
from wlilcli Ihrse extracts are mntle
are gathered In (ermanya All the
mfdii'lunl virtues are extracted from
them hy a sr.leutlne elieiiilat Tliee
extracts are then forvarled to t Ills
rntinlry to be used exiirettnly fur the
innuufHct tire of I lieso Hitters There
Is no alcoholic substance of any Kind
II seil In co ii pound 11 k the lilt ters,
lienre II Is only Hitters that ran
be lifted In cases where alcoholic stlm
ulanls are not ad-lsable
fiooflanb'o (Scrimm (tonic
it a tombinatinn nf alt the iutrtdimti rf the Jtitttrs,
with pu he wittfti fVnr Hmn, Orange,tte. ltimttdbr
tht Stria Wuf'tif at tht Jlilttr, mi easet whtrt turn
pure ulcvh'ilic ttimttlut it rtiUfrtd. )'u will btar in
mind tht thrse remedies art ttutiicly diDsi ent from,
any others advertised fr the 'cttre vf the distant
ninutlt these being scientific preparation! of medicinal
extracts, while the others art mere decoctions of rum
in sme farm. The T'N 10 it decidedly c-ne of the mst
plettant and agreeable remedies evir ofertd tn tht
public, lit taste it eiquitiie. Jt it a pUuture to take
it, while itt tifefjiviH;, erhilaratinff. and mcietWnnl
qn-iUlii s hare cumcU it to be known ut the greatest of
CONSUMPTION.
Thousands nf cases, when the na
tlent supposed he was afflicted with
this terrible disease, have been cured
by t lie use of t hese remedies Extreme
emaclfitloii, debility, and rough are
I he u m it it I attendants upon se vera
cases oT dyspepsia or disease nf the
dlftCMttTe oiKitns Kven In cases of
genuine Consumpllon, these remedies
v ill be found of I be greatest benefltf
strengthening and Invigorating.
DEBILITY.
Viere it tir medicine equal to Hooflnds Oermmn
lifters or Tnic in cases of Debility, Utey impart a
tune ami vigor to tht whole system, strengthen tht ap
petite, cause an enjoyment of the food, tnablt tht
stomach to digest it, purify the blood, give a good,
fund, healthy complexion, eradicate tht yellotm tinge
from the eye, impart a bloms to the theeks, and change
the p itient from a short-breathed, emaciated, weak,
antt nerrout invalid, to a fuU-fated, stout, and vi0Or
uus person.
Weak and Delicate Children
are made strong by using the Hitters
nt Tonic In tact, they are Family
Med Ic I nes They can be ad minim ered
with perfect safety to a child three
months old, the most delicate female,
or a man of ninety
These Itetntditi are tht best
Jllootl Purifiers
trer known, and will ettrt all diseases resulting from
tad W.
Keep your blood pure i keep your Liver in order;
keep your digettivt organs in a sound, healtlty condi
tion, ly the use of these remedies, and no disease will
ever assail you.
f,mmm MAf ypsias;
-mm WW11 alMiw. s
Ladles who wish a fair skin and
emit I complexion, free from a yellow
F nli tinge a nd al 1 other dikflg ui euienl,
should use these remedies occasion
ally The Liver In perfect order, and
the blood pure, will result In spark
Hug eyes and blooming cheeks
CAUTION.
II(m)(ltiud's fiermnu Itetncdies ore counterfeited.
The gtmtine hare the signature of t M. Jackson
oh the ffiitt of thr etutnitle wrapper of each bottle, and
the name f the avtide blown in each bottle. All others
are emtiUerftt.
Thousands of letters hare been re
elved, testifying to the virtue of these
remedies
READ THE BEC0MMENDATI0H8.
FBOM HOV. GKO. W. WOODWAUD,
Chief Justice of ths Suprsine Court of Psimiylranls.
Pqiladilphia, March lfltli, 1867.
I find "HonJlands German Bitters' is not an tnom
icattng beverage, but is a good tonic, useful in disor
dert of the uigestivt organs, and of great benefit in
cases of debility and want of nervous aetion in tht
system. Jours truly,
GKO. W. WOODWARD.
FH0M HON. JAM KB TUOMPSON,
Juil.s vf tho Supi eois Court of Psiiutylrsnia.
Philadelphia, April 36tli, 1S66.
I consider " IIooflands German Bit
ters" a raliiahle siirdictue In case of at
larks of Indigestion or Dyspepsia I
can certify this from my experience
of it Yours, with reprri,
JAM: THOMPSON.
From 11KV.J0SKPU II, KEXNAKD, D.D.,
pMtw of tti Titutb liiU.t Church, PhiliuW.phia.
Dr. JcKsoa Deas Sir: ha been frequently ro
SuetttH to omntct my nam with recommendations of
ifferent kinds of medicines, but regarding Ute practice)
a r pjt upproyruue spnere, t luioe, in au cases u
elini d ; but with a clear proof in rarioui inttancet, and
Jmrticularly in my own family, of the usefulness of Dr.
itMiftand't Oertnan JiiUers, Jdepartfor mice from my
usual course, to express my full conviction that fc
general debility uf the iyttem, snil MpecWIly for LWer
Coiuplaint, it U s Ml a i ill vtiluuM jnu para Hon. in
tome eases it may ft U ; but usually, 1 doubt not, it will
be very beneficial to those who suffer from Um abowt
tauses. Yvurs, very respectfully,
. II. KKAXJRD,
Juiyhth, beiout CutUes M.
Price of the Bitten, tl.00 per bottle j
Or, a half doxen for 95.00.
Frioe 'of the Tonio, $1.60 per bottle t
Or, a balf dosea for 7-60,
Tbs Toule is put up lu quart bottles.
Keeollect that it is Dr. M oJlands German Remedies
thai are so universally used and so highly recommend
ei ; and do not allow Vu Druggist to induce you le
take any thing tist that ht may say is Just as gooil, bo
onus he makes m larger profit on it. These Jitmediti
will be seed by express U any totality upon appmcation
10 tHt PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
AT TH I GERMAN MCDlClNf STORI,
JV Ml A HVU BTBETt rhiUsdetyeia.
CHAS. M. EVANS, Proprietor,
fonnsrl a H JAOK80S 4 00.
These Itemedles ere for eele by
sOrugglsls, Storekeepers, and lltdU
elue iTealers everywhere.
Do not forgot to exam wtU tht o titis you Suy, s
order kgtlk genuine.
POETICAL.
THE NATION'S DEAD.
Fonr hundred thousand men
The brare, the good, the true
In tangled wood, in mountain glen,
On battle-plain, in prison-pen,
Lie dead for me and you !
Four hundred thousand of the bravo
llare made our ransomed soil their grave,
For me and you !
Uood friends, for me and yon !
In many a fevered swamp,
fiy many a black bayou,
In many a eold and froten camp,
The weary sentinel aeased his ramp,
And died for me and you !
From Western plain to ooonn tide
Are slretehed the graves of those who died
For me and you !
Uood friends, fur me and you !
On many a bloody plain
Their ready swords they drew,
And poured their lile-blood, like the rain,
A home, a heritage to gain
To gain fur me and you !
Our brothers mustered by our sido,
Thoy marehed, and fought and bravoly died,
For me and you !
Uood friends, for mo and you !
Up many a fortress wall
Thoy charged those Boys in Blue
'Mid surging smoko, and volley'd ball, '
The bravest wore tho first to fall !
To fall fur me and you !
These noble men the nation's pride
Four hundred thousand men have died
For me and you !
Good friends, fur mo and you !
In treason's prison-hold
Their martyr spirits grew
To stature like the saints of old,
While 'mid agonies untold
Thoy starved for mo and you !
Tho good, the patient, and tho triod,
Four hundred thousand mon have died
For me and you !
Uood friends, fur me and you !
A debt we ne'er can pay
To them is justly due,
And to the nation's latest day
Our children's children still shnll sny :
"They died for me and you !"
Four hundred thousand of the brave
Made this, our ransomed soil, their grave
For me and you !
Uood friends, for mo and you !
TALES AND SKETCHES.
A Mil OKI'
KTOISY
vi:a ic.
'It's all nonsense,' enid Royal Vane, loftily-
lie was sitting in the pleasant old fashion
ed Urawino;room, of a pleasant old fashion
ed house with only tho dancing plow of the
opon wood l!ro to light up the cornice and
ceiling, and a group of merry girls gathered
around him.
ltoyal Vane was just twenty-six years old
one of those young men who believed
most implicitly iu themselves, and are, con
sequently, believed in by the 'world in gene
ral. But Mr. Vane's bevy of pretty consius evi
dently dillered from him this once.
'Nonsense, is it ?' said Barbara Dcwitt.
Must wait and 6ee, Master. Royal. Leap
Year is a solid fact, you'll lind, aud no lic
tion r
'To be sure,' added Anna Tigho, holding
up a screen between her plump face aud tho
lire. 'I know ever so many old maids and
widows who have only been waiting tor the
dawn of the yeur 1808, to assert their new
rights and privileges.'
Royal looked from one to the other, a
little dubiously.
'Yes, and do you know,' added Mary De
witt, in a mysterious whisper, there has
been a regulur list of bachelors and widow
ers printed for private circulation, and Roy
al's name is on it !''
'Have you got a copy V demanded Vane.
'Of course I have.' fc
'Let me see it there's a jewel I'
'Indeed, no,' said Mary, shaking her head
until the yellow curls danced like fairy feet
about her temples. Honor among woman
hood I All I have to say is, look out for
yourself! If you are not married before the
year is up, I for one, am mightily mistaken !'
'I can't very well be married against my
will, I suppose V
'Can't you, though. There's no saying
what may happen, wheu two or three hun
dred energetic women make up their minds.'
Royal Vane moved uneasily in his chair
and laughed a forced laugh.
'You really want to make me believe there
are women actually bold and uul'eminine
enough .'
'To demand their rights ; yea that is ex
actly th idea I wish to convey 1'
'Rights, indeed 1 Yhat do. you call tuoir
right?'
Mary Dewitl glanced up at the clock.
'It's altogether too late to begin to-night
on the vexed and disturbed question of
woinau's rights. Why, it would tako us
hours to dttine our platform, wouldn't it,
girls ? Take your hat. Royal Vane, and go
home and pray to your guardian saint, who
ever he may be, to protect you from all
maids and designing widows 1'
Mr. Vane departed, rather discomtitted
by this novel view of the perns and dangers
of a gay young bachelor's life.
'They can't be in earnest it's only their
uousense,' he muttered to himself, as he
strode moodily along the streets; 'but if
there should be any shadow of foundation
to it
Me invnluntarilly wiped the cold dew
from his forehead.
Meanwhile the merry group of girls he
had 'left behind him,' were comparing notes,
very much to his disadvantage.
'lie's a conceited popinjuy, if he is my
cousin,' said Barbara Duwitt ; and the way
he has treated Constance Martin is perectly
disgraceful flirting with her until tfie poor
little thing was ready to believe him des
perately in love, and then coolly turning
round to sun himself in the light of some
newer attraction I'
'It's a shame,' said Annie Tiizhe. Thev
say Constance is just going into a decline.'
'More tool she, to let any man alive exert
such an influence as that over her,' said Mary.
-uu( you Know, Diary, we re not all con
stituted alike,' chimed in soft-hearted Alice
Bruce.
'Well, at a all events, he ought to be
punished for trifling so cruelly with her af
fections,' said Barbara.
'And be hall be 1' pronounced Mary De
witt, with an emphatic nod of the yellow
curls. Come, girls, here's an opportunity
to avenge the wrongs of our sex: Just all
of you keep still stop whispering, Alice
Bruce and I'll tell you the nicest idea that
ever popped into an eighteen year old headl'
And to a rapt and listening audience,
Miss Dewitt sketched an outline of action
that would not have discredited Bismarck's
elf.
Royal Vane was litting la his office, the
next afternoon, smoking a very excellent
cigar and leasurely looking over a pile of
legal documents, vtnsn tuer, cam a aeso
lute "thump, thump," at the eloor of his
room.
'Come in,' said our hero, layiug down the
half consumed weed. '
The door swung open with a creaking
sound, and there tiled in an apparently in
terminable procession. First came a vener
able old lady, in blnck bombazine, spectacles,
aud mouse colored furs; next a skinuy fo
male, hopeless, and attenuated in figure ;
next a plump old maid, glasses, aud a full
suit of bloomers; next but hero Royal's
eyes becamo bewildered. He t'.ragged chairs
and stools with reckless haste.
'Be seated, ladies, pray what can I have
the pleasure of doing for you this alter
noon V
The Bloomer lady, who had taken up her
stand on tho hearth rug n ith her back to the
lite, in rather a masculine attitude, here con
sulted a paper which she took from her
pocket.
'Let me see you are Royal Vano, I
believe lawyer by profession twenty-six
years old and unmarried V
A chill pang struck to our hero's heart.
Was that paper tho dread 'List' he had
heard of? and was he now the victim of a
'Vigilance Committee ?' lie bowed and
awaited further developments, with a sort
of forced calmuess.
'Weil, Royal, old boy,' said tho Bloomer,
giving him an affable slap on the shoulder,
'its high time you were married. How do
you like meV
'Like you ?' stammered Mr. Vane, flushing
to the very roots of his hair; 'don't like you
at all.
'Mittcned eh 1' was the fair one's commct.
'Well, I've tried my chance, and failed.
Hope the next fellow will have better taste,
that's all. Come on, Arumintha Fowle ; its
ycur turn now 1'
And Aramintha took her turn ; and so
did the old lady in bombazine the 'Widow
Hotchkiss,' by name; and so did Maria
Means ; and so did , but at this stage
of nll'airs Royal Vano jumped over Widow
Hotchkiss, hastily interposed his umbrella,
rushed down stairs, and made straight for
his boarding house, never resting until he
had locked, barred aud bolted himself safely
in.
'Uood Apollo !' he gasped, wiping tho
streams of perspirMion from his throbbing
brow, 'what u peril I have escaped I The
girls were right Leap-year is a fearful .tea
son ; I wish I were secuiely married to d;ar
little Constance .Martin 1 Matrimony is my
only safe guard they'll hunt mc to the ends
of the earth 1'
I'rutty Constance Martin, drooping over
her embroidery, that self sumo evening, like
a blighted lily-bell wai startled by the ap
pat it ion of her recent Royal Vanel
'Mr. Vane I' There was a dignity about
the littlo girl yet.
'Constance, do not speak so coldly.' He
knelt down besido her, so as to bring his
his dark hazel eyes, full of pleading, directly
in range with her own soft blue orbs. 'Con
stance, you have not forgotten mo you love
me a littlo yet?'
And Constance's eyes bettayed tho truth
she scarcely dared to speak.
'Look here, girls,' exclaimed Mary De
witt ; as she unfolded the damp newspaper
at the breakfast table, about a week after
wards, 'here's the clue to Royal Vane's un
accountable absence. lie's married ! mar
ried to Constance Martin.'
'1 knew how it would be,' said Aunt Anne
Tiglie, chipping her egg shell, calmly.
'Bless, you, girls, a uian is us easily managed
as a pet puppy, if only one knows how to
do it.'
'And there's a note from the young man
himself, to tell us that he will call this
evening,' said Barbara. 'What shall we
dot'
'We'll receive him, of course in full
dress,' said Mary, bursting into a peal of
laughter. 'What will Constance say ?'
Mr. and Mrs. Vane were duly ushered in
to a plcsseant, old-fashioned drawing room
that evening, Hiid waited some time before
any one made their appearance.
'I don't sec what has become of tho girls,'
said Royal, after a few minutes waiting.
'I've half a mind to go and see.'
At that instant the door slowly swung
open, to admit a most incongruous proces
sion. First came Widow Hotchkiss, bom
bazine, umbrella, and all; then Miss Ara
mintha Fowle; then the plump Bloomer;
finally Victoria Maria, in full battle array,
all passing solemnly iu front of the sofa
whe.e sat their victim.
Royal Vane started to his feet, turning
red and pale.
'What does tins mean I uo aro you r
he demanded, sternly, while Constance ut
tered a faint scream.
It was echoed by a burst of uncontrollable
laughter ; mask, wrappings and disguises
fell to the floor, and Mr. Vane was confront
ed by his four mischievous cousins.
'Don t be alarmed, Royal,' said isaruara,
'you as a married man, aro no longer in any
dancer. But how ianominiously you wero
routed that day down in the ollice.'
'You little, inscrutable, tormenting, unac
countable, good for nothing, miserable
minxes 1 ejaculated Royal, 'en it was you 1
'We ourselves and no others 1 Oil ltoyal,
to think one so astute could have been so
easily taken in !'
'Bless you girls,' said philosplncal Annie,
he's only a man! 'What can you expect?'
And then they tell to tonuling Constance,
tho new comer, and Royal subsided hope
lessly into the back ground.
'I am so glad, saul Annie.
'I am delighted,' said Barbara.
'I wish leap year came every six months,'
said Marv.
'Such fun,' lisped Alice Bruce.
'Yes 'groaned Royal, 'fun for you, but
here his ey6 fell on Constauce't sweet,
blushing face, as he added 'and tlie lucki
est thing that ever happened to me ! Hur
rah for leap year 1' and the girls echoed ins
sentiment with mischievous mirth :
'Iluyah for leap year j
n ..-.-.. .v. Vi-w i'nnArTEii.-Mr. P. T.
Barnutn ran a foot race last week al th
Profile House. H. He U" several com
petitor, but distanced them all, alter which
he was borne from the Held on the shoulders
of the crowd. Several thousand spectators
witnessed toe race.
Tuk Cattle Plaque. The farmers of
Sadonis and Tolono townships. Illinois, have
lost over six hundred head of cattle by the
Texan plague. A great many lexan cattle
have been pastureu iu vuo wuuij,
the native stock is dUeased.
Pbepahed fob Tim Womst. The Ku
Klux make no half wuy jobs. A Tennessee
paper aay when they go out to visit a house
for the purpose of killing, they bring spades
and picks along to bury the corpse.
It is a true remark that the hand which
cut down th boys in blue on th battle field
will all deposit Dsmocralio votes next No-Timbir.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The lUhlo.
Who composed tho following description
of the Bible we may never know. It was
found in Westminster Abbey, nameless and
debuteless :
A nation would bo truly happy if it were
governed by no other laws than those of
this blessed book.
It contains everything needful to be
kuown or done.
It gives instruction to a Senate, authority
and direction to a magistrate.
It cautions a witness, requires an impar
tial verdict of a jury, and furnishes the
judge with his sentence.
It sets the husband as tho lord of th
household, and the wife as mistress of the
table tells him how to rule, and her how
to manage.
It entails honor to parents, and enjoins
obedience to children.
It prescribes and limits tho sway of the
sovereign, the rule of tho ruler, and the au
thority of the master commands the sub
jects to honor, and the Servants to obey, and
tho blessing and protection of the Almighty
to all that walk by its rule.
It gives directions for weddings and bu
rials. It promises food and raiment, and limits
the use of both.
It points out a faithful and eternal guard
ian to tho departing husband and father
tells him with whom to leave his fathctless
children, and whom his widow is to trust
and promises a father to the former, and a
husband to the latter.
It teaches a man to set his house in order,
and how to make his will ; it appoints a
dowry for his wife, and entails the right of
the first born, ana shows how the young
branches shall be left..
It defends the right of all, and reveals
vengeance to evory defaulter, over-rcacher
and trespasser.
It is the first book, the best book.
It contains the choicest matter gives the
best instruction affords the greatest plea
sure and satisfaction that we ever enjoyed.
It contains tho best laws and most pro
found mysteries that were ever penned ; it
brings the best of comforts to the inquiring
and disconsolate.
It exhibits lifu and immortality from ever
lasting, and shows the way to glory.
It is a brief recital of ill that is to come.
It settles all matters in debate, resolves
all doubts; and eases the mind and con
science of all their scruples.
It reveals tho only living and true God,
and stows the way to him, and sets aside
all other gods, and describes the vanity of
them, and all that trust in such ; in short,
it is a book of laws to show right and
wrong; a book of wisdom that coudetnus
all folly and makes tho foolish wise; a book
of truth that detects all lies, and confronts
all errors; and a book of life, that shows
the way from everlasting death.
It contains the most ancient antiquities,
stranuu events, wonderful occurrences, he
roic deeds, unparalleled wars.
It describes tho celestial, terrestrial and
infernal worlds, and the origin of the ange
lic myriads, human tribes and devilish le
gions. .
It will instruct the accomplished mechan
ic and most profound critic.
It teaches the best rhetorician, and exer
cises every power to the most skillful arith
metician, puzzles the wisest anatomist, and
exercises tliewisest critic.
It is the best covenant that ever was
agreed on ; the best deed that ever was seal
ed ; the best evidence that ever was pro
dncd ; the best will that ever was signed.
To understand it, is to be wise indeed ;
to be ignorant of it, is to bu destitute of
wisdom.
It is the king's best copy, tho magistrate's
best rule, the housewife's beat guide, the
servant's best directory, and the young man's
best companion ; it is the schoolboy's spelling-book,
aud the leurued man's master
piece. It contains a choice grammar for a novice
and a profound mystery for a sage.
It is the ignorant man's dictionary, and
tho wise man's directory.
It affords knowledge of witty inventions
for tho humorous, and dark sayings for the
grave, aud is its own interpreter.
It encourages the wise, the warrior, the
swift, tho overcomer; and promises an
eternal reward to the excellent, the conquer
or, the winuer and the prevalent. And
that which crowns all, is that the author is
without partiality, aud without hypocrisy.
"Iu whom there is no variableness or sha
dow of turning."
m mm m .
I From the Independent.)
A ICndical I lew oi'lli-ick I'oineroy.
One of the most remarkable achievements
in American journalism is tho success of the
Crowe Democrat. Its editor and proprie
tor earued a dreadful notoriety during the
war by the violence and malignity of his
unpatriotic denunciations and abuse of
everybody who in any manner contributed
to support the Union and suppress the
rebels. Vallandigham, of Ohio, and Gover
nor Seymour, of New York, were but mild
types of envenomed Democrats, compared
with the editor of the Li Crowe Democrat.
A journal like his, published iu the North
west, in the midst of a loyal people, ought
to eoon have come to grief ; but it flourish
ed like a green-bay tree, because it was bad
enough to meet the longings of a large and
vile part of the community, who could
nowhere else find the same bold utterances
of their vile sympathies. It was tinctured
with every vicious and abominable attribute
that caused the rebellion, and consolidated
into a compact party the Democratic senti
ment of the North aud the South. The suc
cess of the Jai Cr-Jut Democrat has filled the
Democratio journals of New Y'ork with a
desire to profit by its example ; aud they
have been trying to rival it, but without suc
cess. Imitators can never be equal to their
original, for the reason that they are never
sincere. The proprietor of tho La Crosse
paper came down to New Y'ork to print bis
journal here ; and soon after his arrival in
the city he called at one of the roost exten
sive job printing offices to see about making
terms for the publication of the Democrat.
Calling for the bead of the concern, the
manager came forward, when the following
brief conversation ensued :
"flood morning, sir. I want to get iom
work done. My name is Pomeroy."
"Pomeroy ! Ah 1 Are you the person tbey
call Biick Pomeroy !"
"I am."
"Editor of the La Croue Democrat t"
"The same."
"Then, sir, yon can have no work done
in tin establishment."
"How is that I"
41 Because we do not cart to Lav au; deal
ing with you."
"Oh, ah I"
And so the astonished champion of the
Democracy quickly disappeared.
There arc, no doubt, n good many people
in New Yotk who would act in a similar
manner toward Brick Pomeroy, if they were
applied to assist him in his bad work ; but
unhappily, there aro also multitudes who
aro very willing to aid him in carrying out
his projects. It is, however, some consola
tion to rcflocl that the reason of the great
success of the La Crowe Democrat is that
there is but one of the kind in tho whole
country. It has its own field all to itself.
A 'l'ullt wills .til-. NtcvciiH.
A correspondent of the New York Tri
hu ne, who had a talk with the late Hon.
Thaddeus Stevens a short time before his
death, gives tho following as a portion of
his conversation :
"The greatest gratification of my life re
sulted from my ability to givo my mother a
farm of two hundred and fifty acres, and a
dairy of fourteen cows, and an occasionid
bright gold piece, w hich she loved to de
posit in the contribution box of the Baptist
Church which she uttended. My mother
was a very extraordinary woman, and I have
met very few women liko her. My father
was not a well to-do man, and the support
and education of the family depended on
my mother. She worked night and day to
educate me. I was feeble and lame in my
youth, and as I couldu't work on the farm
she concluded to give me an education. I
tried to repay her afterward, but the debt
of a child to his mother, you know, is ono
of the debt wo can never pay. Poor woman,
tho very thing I did to gratify her most
hastened her death. She was very fond of
her dairy and fond of her cows, and one
night going out to look after them she fell
and injured herself so that she died soon
after." I had heard the fact mentioned that
Mr. Stevenihad on on occasion giveu $100,
000 to the poor of Lancuster cotiuty. "It is
not true," he said. "I have never been able
to do any such thing. I have been a failure
ic everything. I have failed financially three
times. The first was through goiug bail
and security, and it broke up a very fine
practice I had iu Adams county. The second
was through the carelessness of a partner in
some iron mills Notes were presented to
mc for payment which I had never executed
or known of. I went to my partner and
asked how it was. Ho explained that he
had been losing money for some time, but
as ha had induced mo to embark in tho
enterprise he had not the courage to tell mo
of the losses, and had sigued the firm name
to notes without consulting me. 'Well,' I
said, 'what's to bo done '(' He began to
mako a piteous mouth, but 1 cut him short.
'I don't come to upbraid you,' I said ; 'I
come to get at the facts.' I looked over tho
books and saw that we were deeply involved.
Then I said to him, 'You tako tho works
and pay all claims, releasing mo entirely.'
Ho declined, and I at ouce said, 'Then I
will,' and it was thus tho iron works near
Chambershurg came into my possession.
The third time I failed was wheu thu rebels
burned these works. My friends in Lan
caster and elsewhere raised about $100,000,
which they tendered to me, but I declined
it, and it went to the poor fund, but I did
not givo it. I managed to get through my
trouble, and have never taken advautago of
a bankr upt law yet."
Climatic 'iirisi tien.
The changes in a country's clitnato by
settlement and cultivation of the soil ofteu
seem strange and inconsistent. A letter from
a lato traveler in Nebraska notes some curi
ous contrasts : "It is a frequent subject of
remark in the Ohio Valley, that settling the
country, clearing and ditching tho land con
stantly makes it dryer ; that old wells and
springs are drying up, and each succeeding
summer, branches run dry which never did
before. Tho French Agricultural Report
makes tho same complaint, und calls upon
the Government to stop tho destruction of
the forests, as tho means of preserving tho
rivers. But here, with settlement, exactly
the reverso phenomena aro presented, aud
tho quantity of rain in Western Nebraska
and Kansas has doubled within tho memory
of man. Perhaps this is due somewhat to
the trees planted on new farms, but I thiuk,
also, that breaking up tho sod allows it to
absorb more moisture than it could in tho
praiiie state, and in many instances turning
a hundred acres of sod will renew an old
spring. Fresh branches arc starting in gul
lies which have been dry for hundreds, per
haps thousands of years. Thus, spriugs
break out in tho thirsty wilderness, and
streams of water in the dry ground ! Here is
an important principle at work, which will
euable agriculture to make great advances
on what is now the Ameriean desert." Akin
to these are the facts of heavy rains this
summer in Colorado aud California, States
where the rule of dry summers seem to have
been invariable heretofore. Who shall divine
the law of such revolutions t
Averaso Aice ol Aiiliuulst.
The average age of cats is 15 years; of
squirrels and hares, 7 or 8 years ; of rabbits,
7 ; a bear rarely exceeds 20 years ; a wolf,
20; a fox, U to 10; lions are long lived, the
ouo known by the nauiu of Pompey living
to the age of 70 years ; elephants have been
known, it is asserted, to live to the great age
of 400 years. Wheu Alexander the Great
had conquered Poms, King of India, he
took a great elephant which had fought
very valiantly for the King, and named him
Ajax, dedicated him to the sun, and let him
go with this inscription : "Alexander the
son of Jupiter, dedicated Ajax to the sun."
The elephant was found with thisincription
850 years after. Pigs have been known to
live to the age of 20, aud the rhinoceros to
20 ; a horse has been known to live to the age
of C3 but average 25 to 30; camels sometimes
live to the age of 100; stags are very long
lived ; sheep seldom exceed the age of 10;
cows live about 15 years, and are theu killed
for beef. Cuvier cousiders it probable thai
vt halm sometimes live 1,000 years, the dol
phin aud porpois attain the age of 80; an
eagle died at Vieuna at the age of 101 years;
ravans frequently reach thu age of 100 ;
swans hav been known to live 800 years.
Mr. Malerton has the skeleton of a swan
that attained the age of 200 years. Pelicans
are long lived. A tortoise ba been known
to live 107 year.
The hsels nf fashionable shoes worn by
ladies are to small at the bottom as to afford
little or no support la th ankles. This in
part accounts for th peculiar walk of those
who wear I hem, and this is causing many
week and spraiued ankles for which there
is no cure. An ankle once sprained is aver
after liable to be injured by a very slight
cause. No lady who values her comfort in
life and her limbs upon which she depends
for locomotion, will wear high heels, tapered
off at it now tbt fsthioD.
PofntoiMa a Itciurriy -or Hots.
Lato in summer tho large horso, or gad
fly, is busy in laying its small yellow eggs
on the hairs of the sides and legs of hordes,
which, being glutinous, adhere there. The
horso, in licking himself, touches tho eg,
which bursts, w hen a small worm escapes,
which adheres to tho tongue and is carried
with his food to tho stomach, where it
clings to the coating, and feeds and grows
there until spring, when it passes out of thu
body and soon becomes a fly. Yuuatt aud
Spooner, in their work on the horse, claim
that bots do not injure a horse, and cannot
be removed from tho stomach by medicine,
but pass away themselves in the spring.
For more than fifty years I have heard of
horses, and seen them, said to be sick of tho
bots, aud die of tltttn. Many, with a view
to remove them, pour molasses and milk
down the throat of the horse, of which it is
said bots are fond ; so that they are thus
led tg let go their hold of the stomach.
This is soon followed by a pint of tanner's
oil, or some other active cathartic, causing
tlie horse to discharge the bots.
When visiting a friend a few mouths
since, a worthy brother clergyman, he in
formed me that a horso having died of the
bots in his neighborhood, his stomach hav
ing been eaten through and through by
them, some of thein were put in spirits of
turpentine and other fluids commonly fatal
to tho life of worms and insects, but did
not suffer from them. Thoy were then put
in the juico of the common potato, and died
instantly. Another horse in the same neigh
borhood was sull'ering severely from bots,
when a quart of potato juice was poured
down his throat, which soon relieved him
of pain ; and a largo quantity of dead bots
passed away from him.
To me this remedy was now, but it may
bs commonly known to farmers. Bo this
as it may, an important inquiry here arises,
namely, aro those emiuent farmers, Y'ouatt
and Spooner, right in what they sny with
regard to bots f and, if so, what worms are
those which, with farmers and others, have
so long gono by the name of bots, and of
which horses so often die, as is proved by
examining their stomachs, which are exten
sively eaten and pierced through by them.
X. 1 Olwmr.
If the war was "a failure," as the Demo
cratic party declared in 18ii-i, why are they
so anxious to prove that Seymour was in
favor of it ?
HUMOROUS.
rotoNaI IVniilcil.
A racy correspondent of an American con
temporary extends an invitation to tho fair
sex to send iu proposals, giving the follow
ing specifications :
Tho undersigned, feeling the need of
some one to lind fault with aud grum')le at
when business matters go wrong; and be
ing lonely, with no ono to hate him, and
having arrived at tho proper ago, has there
fore determined to "come out 1"
Sealed proposals will bo received until
twelve o'clock P. M. on the 31st of Decem
ber, 1808.
Applicants must posses? beauty, or its
equivalent in currency.
Sho must not chew gum.
Nor frequent sewing circles.
Nor go around begging for charitable
purposes.
Nor trado oil my clothes to wandering
Italians for flower vases.
Nor borrow mouey from my vest pockets
while I sleep.
She must believe in sudden attacks of
chills, aud mako allowances for their effect
upou tho nervous system.
When her "old bear'' comes home from
"a few friends" rather affectionate, she must
not take advantage of his state, and wheedle
him into trips to watering places.
And above all, sho must not, ou such oc
casions, put ipecac into the tea she pre
scribes for his "poor head."
A lady possessing tho foregoing qualifica
tions, positive and negative, can hear of
something to her advautago by addressing
the undersigned, enclosing a stamp.
All proposals must be accompanied with
satisfactory evidence of the ability of tho
applicant to support a hn6band in the style
to which he has bt-eu accustomed.
A Remedy for tub Bi.les. When
Whitelock was aboufto embark as Crom
well's envoy to Sweden, in 1055, he was
much disturbed in his mind as he rested in
Harwich.on the preceding night, which was
very stormy, while he reflected on the dis
tracted state of tho nation. A confidential
servant slept in an odjoiniug bed, who, find
that his master could not sleep, said :
"Pray, sir, will you give me leave to ask:
you a questiou l"
"Certainly."
"Pray, sir, don't you thiuk God governed
the world very well before you came iuto
it."
"Undoubtedly."
"And pray, sir, don't you think that he
will Roveru it quite as well, wheu you are
gone out of it ?"
"Certainly."
"Theu, sir, pray excuse me, but don t you
think you may as well trust him to govern
it as long as you are in it t"
To this question Whitelock had nothing
to reply, and turning about, scon fell asleep.
Iff 1 1 11 "
A DlFKICl I.T Ql'F-sTlON TO ANSWER la
the western part of the State of Pennsylva
nia it is the custom of the Methodists to
hold camp meetings, during which there is
much loud preaching and shouting by the
members. Some years s.uce one of these
meetings was in full blast aud the noise at
tracted an old backwoodsman who had
never seen anything of the kind before. He
came to the edge of the camp, seated him
self on a log, rested'hia rifle on his knees,
and became an atteative listener. The ser
uiou over, the "exhnrters" began to circulate
and oue of them singled the old lellow oat
as a good subject to operate upon. He be
Kan by questioning him and uppoing casea
to him, until he would neither say "yes" nor
"no," he would or he wouldu't. He finally
brok out (aud he Huttered "orfully") with
"Mister p-preacher, in-m-may 'I ax J-you a
q question I" "Certaiuly." "3 $join' y you
w-was out y-yere in the woods, and f ijviiii'
aj d b-big b b'ar was ter come along
aud swal swal-swallow you, and I twain'
y you was ter 1 look out er the b-Var'a
m mouth and se a p-pack er w-wolves a a
comiu', trAut vould y you do t Would you
p pull yer h-head in, or w-would you k-kick
like b blazes ter make him r run faster i"
Before "Mister Preacher" could decide, the
old fellow had shouldered his rifle aud dis
appeared in tht wood.