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LL business attended to with promptness and
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AND
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FFICE in Haupt's new Building, en second floor.
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uibury, January 4, IMA.
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HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
HOOFLAND'S
GERMAN TONIC.
PREPARED BP II R. C. M.
JACKSO.Y,
PiuUDtLrnu, Pa.
Tin grtttte.it trttnvH rtmtJiti far
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
JAUNDICE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS of the SKIN,
nd nil ntMae arising from Dis
ordered 11 ver Stomach, or
IMPVRITY OF THE JttOOD.
l?rarf th fVowtnff sytiptnmt, fltid if yon flnd that
ymur gpittm is ajftctrU by crty thim, you may rt.tt
utmred that ditaiu hat cammtiu-rJ itt atlmck' on tht
mo$t important organs of pour boiy and unlfit won
chtcktd hy tht ust of powerful renu.dt0lta tHiwubl
!, soon termintitwg in death, will bt Uit rtitttt.
Constipation, Tlntulenoe, Iawftrd Pill,
Fulness of Blood to tha H end. Acidity
of the Btomnch, jaunea. Heart
burn, Dingust for Fooil, Fulness
or Weight in the tttomncti,
Sour Kritctntions, Sink
inn or Fluttering at tbo Fit
of the Stomach, Swimming of
the Head, Hurried or Difficult
Ilrenthmg, Fluttering at the Heart,
Choking or HuffocalinK Sensations when
in a LyinR Posture, Dimness of Viaion,
Dots or Webs before the Sight,
Dull Fain in the Hard, Defi
ciency of Perspiration, Yel
lowness of the tikin and
Eyes, Fain in the tiide,
Back, Cheat, Limbs, etc., Bud
den Flushes of Ho at. Burning in
the Flesh, Constant iinngi tune of
Evil, and Great Depression of Spirits.
All tht!e inditttft distiut of tht Livr or DigtttiL'
Organs, cmtnbiiud uuth impurt blood.
ijooflrtnb'o German Hitters
Is entirely vrvct utile, and rnntnlni no
llUor If Is n compound of Fluid Kx
frncli, The Koutn, HrrliM, ami llnrks
from vhlcU tlimv efctrnctti are ntHtle
are gafherert lit C-ermaity. All lh
medicinal virtues are axlrneled from
t lie m by a scleiiilAfj cJiemlHt. '1 lie He
extraels nre llicn forwarded Co Oil
country lo be uitrd exirriIy fr tlic
mnuulActure of (bene Hltterx. There
It no alcoholic ibttice of any kind
nrted In r.oniiouiidltK Hir KlHerif
lienee Ills the only Iktilei that can
be mtd In vaneM where alvohollo stim
ulants arc not advisable
ifroflanb's ennau Conic
if a conxhinativn of all the ingredients of the HiUt t.
with I'L'RE .Vntti t'mt Hunt, tJranfjet tic. It is udvr
tht Mine die.ifu ot the Jlitttr, in cutes mhrre time
pure. Himflic fit tin id its is r quired. Tun wit! t rr in
mmd that thtte remedies ore PHtlroly ilifTermt from
any others advertised fr the cure of the dsos't
named, these Oeituf tcientific pirpjratins of mtJtcttt'U
tstra-'tt, while the ntJu-rs ur vvre. decoctions of rum
in svineftrm. The TONIC is dvidedly one of the m'-rt
pttatant and agreeable remedf t ever oftrd to the
pailir. Its tutte i exquisite,, h it a pU'tsure to tuKe
it, white itt life-giring eshiluratiug, tind Vit-Uviwd
gu di'iet havz caused it to be kntnvn at tfiz greatest of
all tvnio.
CONSUMPTION.
ThoiiKRiids of caces, wlim the pn
ttcut Kuppoaed lie was allllcted with
(hi terrible disease, have been cured
by the line of these remedies. Kit re me
ciuaclai Ion, debility, und eoujfl nre
the iiftitnl attendant upon severe
eases of dyspepsia or dUeasa of the
digestive oraui. Even In cases of
Ki'iMiln CoiiMiimptlou, these remedies
will be found of the greatest benefit,
strengthening and Invigorating.
DEBILITY.
JVt t no mdiint fiptnt to Ilorvdrtntfs German
B titer or J'.'fuV in canes uf Debility. I'h'-y imparl a
tout onU vigor to Vie whole system, strengthen Vie up
ytitc, cause, an enjoyment uf the foodt enable Vie
ttomach to dig tit it, purify tfie blood, yxve a good,
tmnd, healthy compUxitm, eradicate the yeliow tinge
from the rye, impart a blom to the cheeks, and change
the patient from a s?tort-brtatht.d, emaciated, weak,
and turmut invalid, to a fuU-fuced, stout, and, vigor
ous pet ttn.
Weak and Delicate Children
.re made stroae by ualug She lllttrra
or Tallica lu lucl, tluy ar. l uiully
Med (c I ilea. They ran be .dinluleiercd
wliK perfect enfety fo a clillil Hire,
months old. the moat delicate female,
or a aisa of ninety.
a7?kji Rcmtdut art ilu bat
XSlood rurlflcr
ntr known, and ui'N curt all dittam resulting frm
bad blrntl.
Keep jtvur blood pure; ktrp your Liver in oritert
herp your digattivt orgam in a sound, healthy cvtvli
Itoff. Ey the ust of ttusc remedies, and no disease u-iN
stfr (U(ut7 juu.
I.ndlee wlio wlsli fair akin and
srood complexloiit free front a yrllo
ish tItiKe and .11 otlier dlhtlureiiiviif t
aliould us. tli. remrillee ovc.lfin
ally The Liver in urfect order and
tli blood iurrf will result in atarlk
liner eyee sue blooming cli.efce
CAl'TIOS,
llotittand's German Remedies are cottnlef-ited.
The genuine have the signature o V. 3f. Jisvknon
en the frtmt of the outtide wrupprr of each bittle, und
the name of lite article blown itt eath bot'.le. A'l others
at e efjunlrrf.it.
Thousands of lettera It. v. been re
etlvtcl, testifying tot be virtue of tiiea.
reincdlre
READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
FROM HON. OKO. W. WOOUWAKD.
CI; if Juiti.e ef the Sujiiamo Crurt uf l'sumj lraula.
rniuinxFtut, Much 16th, 13u7.
Und M fToo land's Oerntan Sitters' is u-rf nn intux
ieaiing beverage, but is a goud tonie, useful in rtitor.
ders of tht uiuestivt organs, and of great Itenejit in
cases of detiiitty and want of ntrtwu action in tht
system. Yours truly,
UEO. W.WOODWARD.
I IIOM HON. JAMK1 THOMPSON,
Jurigs of tbe Supreme Court of Peimtylrenla.
PuuiDiirif.4, Aran. 28th, 1608. .
I consider " lloofland'a German lilt
t.rs1 si valiHsltlet medicine lu case of at
lacks of lndlsreatlou or Dyspepsia 1
van certify tills from my experience
of it Vearit wlfb respect
JA.1IKS) XllO.Ml'SO.V.
Fioiu RKV.JOBKPU II. KENNARD, D.D.,
Futtsr of the Tuutb ttitist Clinr.-li, I'liiliidclhla.
Da. J ACasoa lliil Sir : hane been frequently rs
Suetted to oonutet my Hams tsitA recommendations of
tfftrtnt kinds of mrdicines, but regarding the praetiet
as out of my approfiriatt tphers, I have in all cases do.
cMntd t but with a clear proof in various instances, and
J'urtieularly in my own family, of Uie usefulness of Dr.
InoflanaVs German Jiitttrt, t depart far ones from my
usual course, lb express my full conrietiim that fir
KOlierHl tlt.Mlftr of ths lyitelii, and vieclally for Livsr
CnmpUlitt, it U a wis and velunble repaiMtlou. Jit
some easts it may fail ; but usually, ldubt not, it will
bt very beneficial to tiiost who sutfrr from tits abort
eaues. 2'curs. uery reepeeifidbt,
. J. U. KrSXARB,
ttighlh, below (bates St.
Frio of the) Bitters, tl.00 per bottle
Or, a ball dosen for 5.00.
Frioe of the Tonio, 91.60 per bottle
Or, a tialf doien for 7 50,
The Tonic Is put up iu quart bottles.
Recollect tliat it is Vr. Uof.fUiudFt German Remedies:
hat art to universally used and to highly recommend'
od i and do Mat allow Vis Ursuyisl to induct ym to
take any thing tlst thai lu may say is just as good, bt.
oaiue kt makes a larger prsU on it, 'Ikes Ktmeditt
will bt stnl by vprett to any locally upon application
to flat Tp
' PRINCIPAL OFFICII:,
AT TH I GERMAN MttXCINC STORC,
Jit). t3l ARCH STREET, PhUadelj kia.
CHAD. M. EVANS, Proprietor,
formerly a K. JACKSON k CO.
Tbce. Rens.dle. sir. for sale ly
DruBflals, klareb.curre, .nd Medl
. .iue UeaU.ra CTery were
Do not forg'l lo iauMi'ns K tk erh'cb yu 'my. In
mitt nsyet rt gmnnt,
POETICAL.
THE CHILDREN.
Br cnani.Ka dickkss.
When tbe lessons and tnoks are nit ended,
And the srfanol for the Anj is di'missed,
And the little ones gather round me,
To bid me gond-niht and be kissed.
0 ! the little white arms that encircle
My neck in a tendor embrace ;
0 ! the smiles that aro hiilos of honvon,
Shedding snnshino of lovo on tay fueo.
And when I hey are gone, T sit dreaming
Of my childhood, too lovely to last ;
Of love that my heart Hill remember,
While it wnkes to the puljn of the past.
Ere the world and its vrlckeJiH-se made me
A partner of sorroir and sin ; ,
When tho glory of (Jod was about me.
And the glory of gladness within.
O ! mr be.trt grows weak as a woman's,
And the fountains of feeling will flow,
When I think of the paths steep and stony,
Where the tort of the dear ones must, go ;
Of the mountains of fin hanging o'er Ultra,
Or the tempest of i'ate blowing wild ;
0 ! there's nothing on earth hull' m holy
As the iuuucont heart of a child !
There are Idols of hearts ai.d of households ;
They nre ungols uf Hod in difiguiio ;
His sunli jbt Kill sleeps in their treses ;
His glory still gleams in their eyes.
0 ! tln'fo truants from home and from heftTrn,
Ttivy liMve uinde me more tr.nnly and mild !
And I kiiunr now how .Ipus could iiken
TLe Kingdom of Uol to a child.
1 ask not a life for tha denr ones.
All radi'int, ns others hnvo dune ;
But that I niny have just enough shadow
To tf-mper the glure of the suu ;
I would prny (Jod to guard them from eil,
ISut my prayer would bound back to myself;
Ah ! a soritph may pray for a sinner.
But a siutier must pray for himself.
Tbe twig is so easily bended,
1 hove banished tho rule and the rod,
I have titught tticui the goodness of knowledge,
'J hey have tnulit mo tho goodness of Uod ;
My benrt is a dungeou of darkness,
When I shut them from breaking a rule ;
lily frown is a suflicient eorreetion ;
Aly Ioyo is the law of tho school.
I Fhall lenre the old hou?e in the autumn,
To traverse its threshold no uiore ;
Ah ! bow I shall sigh fur the dear ones
That meet r.to each hour at the door '
I phaU miss the ,(good-nights' and the ki;scs,
. And the gush of their innocent glee,
Tho group on the green, and the flowers
T'liiit are brought every morning to mo.
I fhall miss them at morn and at eve
Their son;; in the school and the street;
I shall luis the low hum of their voices,
And the trump uf their delicate feet.
When the lessons are all ended.
And Death sny, "TlieVhool is dismissed !"
May the little ones gather around me.
To hid mo gocd-nijjht nnd be kis.-cd '.
TALES AND SKETCHES.
i.osr iti.-Yij.
JIT A ItPTrUKIl ATTOHNLY.
"Mr. Docket ,"
"Yes, mudiim."
It was nn elderly woman upon whose brow
care had furrowed many u wrinkle. Bhe
was dressed in homely garment, and the
struggle between penury and neatness which
they evinced would have bctu un interesting
study for a philosopher, llcr eyes were red,
as though Mic had been weeping; aud when
she seated herself by my desk, the pent up
current of grief burst afresh.
"What is the matter, my good woman ?
You seem to be in deep distress," I rcmaiked
iu tho most encouraging tone I could com
mand. "I am, sir. They say the Lord is near to
them that arc sull'tring, and I um sure he
ought to be near me.-'
"1 dare say he is, ma'am. Hut you know
that atllictiona are sent to us for our good,
unu we ought never repine ut the discipline
of life, however severe it may sometimes
seem to us."
I had heard an excellent sermon the day
before, for it was Monday, on tribulutum,
and I was just in the frame of mind for giv- j
ing others most excellent advice, which, per
haps, I should have been very unwilling to
follow if the dark waves of trouble had
rolled over mo. .
"I try to bear it as well ns I can," she re
plied, w ipiug away her tears with t lis corner
of her bprou.
"I don't know a3 I um acquainted with
you, ma'am,"! suggested, for the purpose of
changing the topic and bringing her to busi
ness. "I don't know as you are," she replied;
and she proceeded to give nit a very long
und very succinct account of her previous
history, bcginntug back some loity years,'
when she was born among tho White Mount
ains iu New Hampshire.
I tried to check her, but it was no use. I
was as patieut ns the caso would admit, and
mindful of tho duty wo owe to the weak, the
intirm aud tho ignorant ; but my patience
was sorely tried. I will not punish the reader
with tho long, fine-spun tuory she told me,
for a few lines "will nufiice to inform him of
the material facts.
She was a widow; her name was Marche.
She hud au only son, l'hilip, who was em
ployed in au insurauce office, and received
three dollars a week for his services. He
wus a good boy and loved his mother, as a
son should. Upon their united earnings
they lived very comfortably in an obscure
street, where they hired two rooms. Mis.
larche s catalogue ot tier son s virtues was
certainly very edifying. He never spent a
cent upon himself, never went out nights,
and attended church forenoon and af teruoon.
An evil day hud come. On the Saturday
three weeks preceding, Mr. Carman, the
president of the insurance company, as he
declared, had sent rlnlip with a valuable
diamond ring to the jeweler's to have the
tone reset. Un inquiry the ring was found
nut to have reached its destination. The
jeweler hud never seen it. To make the case
more complicated, tbe boy denied having
received the ring. Mr. Carman had never
seut him on anv such errand.
The boy had been arrested on chares of
stealing me ring, ana was now con lined in
jail. Mr. Carman was reidy to swear he de
mcrcu ma vuiuuuis article luio iue hands o!
i: i i , ..... . -
the boy, with explicit direction as to where
he should carry it and what should be done
with it.
It looked like a bad case. The poor wo
man was in the saddest distress. She was
sure that her darling boy would not steal.
I pitied her and promised to do what I could
for her son.
When she had gone I called upon Mr. Car
man. 1 lound that ne was one ot those dotr.
rustic old fellows who are never wrong, who
find it impossible to err, even by design, or
to make a mistake. I tried to aruue tha
point with him, but be would not say much.
He tola me toe story j was sure he sent the
bot ana nobody else.
I ventured to suggest that be might have
been mistaken ; that be bad tent the ling by
tome other person.
"Do you take me for iimpleton,iir t Do
you tbink I don't know wlmt I Bra about?"!
ho excliiiiued, bestowing upon me h Itmk of
w itbciing couti'tnpt. "I nt-nt the ritij n ith
the boy, air. The boy lms atolun it. Xntli
ins more need be said, ir." And ho turned
to the newspaper be had been reading.
I w us not much p'.i-ased ith (he interview.
I wua highly vexed lit the lmtigbty bearing
of tbu fellow , and I conlceb tliat my pique
rendered mo tenTold more zealous iu my tm
deavora to clear luy youtblul client.
I vhsiled l'hilip at tho ju.il. lie was very
end on hia mother's account; on his own he
(teemed not to euro. A more fiank. open
hearted boy I never saw. lie told his story;
aud though I questioned hitn pretty severely,
ho was consistent to the last.
I mado the case my own, and worked tin
ccaHingly, as it seemed to ma then, for the
overthrow of the haughty president of the
insurance company, as much as for the sal
vation of the widow and her interesting son.
I visited more than a do.en jewelry shops
mat astcrnoon and the next morning ; with
what result the reader shall learn in tho
details of the trial, which enmc on the next
day.
l'hilip was duly arraigned, and his poor
motiier sat oy his side, weeping and soulnng
like a child as the case proceeded.
Mr.Citumn, with majestic dignity, strpped
upon the stund. lie told the story I have
before detuned, aud was turned over to mo
for cross examination. I could see thut he
was nettled, for lie certainly could tee no
mercy in my face.
"Mr. Carman, are you willing to swear that
you gave the riug to the boy f'
"Certainly I um," he replied, vexed and
a,grJ for he had answered the same question
a dozen times iu the course of the cross ex
amination. "I beg your honor to notice particularly
the words of this witness," I remarked to the
court.
His honor testified readily that he had no
ticed them, as a matter of course; he had
them iu his minutes; and he rather snubbed
me for pressing so respectable a witness iu
so seveiu a nmnucr.
"Xtnv, Mr. Carman, may i beg you to ex
amine this ring f" and 1 handed him the otic
he had lost.
"It is mine,
toiiislnnetit.
he replied, with evident as-
"You identify the ring, do you, sir
"1 do."
'Thut is all, cir. May it please your honor,
I shall bung but one w itness for the dcfciitc.
Will Mr. Graham take the staud V
Mr. Grahum took the Btaml. I showed
Liui the ring.
"H ive you ever seen this ring before ?''
"1 have."
''M.tte to the crurt what you know about
it."
Mr. Giuhnm proceeded to state that he wus
a jeweler ; that the ring was left at his shop
three weeks before by tin elderly gentleman
to hare the ctmie reset.
"Is tiu gentleman iu tho court room ?"' I
asked.
"lie Is ; there he sits ;"' and he pointed to
Mr. CaruiMi.
The court was astonished; the officers
wtre astonished ; &ud Mr. Carman was over
whelmed with confusion, lie acknowledged
his error when thuro was no possibility of
concealing it. He asked to correct his testi
mony, und did so.
Mr. Carman was a very absent in mded
man ; and the solution of the whole matter is
that hu forgot all the circumstances con
nected with the ring. lie intended to have
sent l'hilip to the jeweler's with it, and ac
tually railed hnu lor that purpose, but his
attention was attracted to something else,
und he thought no mure about it. On his
way home to dinner, while his mina was
absorbed by an important business operation,
he bad left the ring at Mr. Gralram's. The
impression that he had given the ring to i
l'hilip was fastened upon his mind. Hu
remembered the fact ot calling hiui, and his
intention became a reality.
W hen thus cornered he amused the judges
with several other instances of absent
mindedness of which he had been guilty, in
this muuuer explaining the mistake he hud
made.
. must do him the justice to say that he
made l'hilip ample amends in the shape of
u bundled dollar bill for the trouble he bad
caused hiui ; but I believe that Mr. Carman
haled me to the day of his death. I can only
say I should not huve punished him so
severely if he had treated iue like a gentle
man. MISCELLANEOUS.
A dri'U'j'iiiiiu luiiiinif bi i'liui t Is
ril-'.
Hev. Mr. Taylor, attached to the Chicago
Theological Seminary, has been engaged to
rill the pulpit ot tho jsaptist cuurcu in Ke
nosha. Wis. The following anecdote of his
perseverance is related by the Kenosha J'dc
yraph :
"Itev. Mr. Taylor, tue young pastor ot the
Baptist church in this city, is justly entitled
to the appellation of a 'working minister.'
Die tall spire oi tne lsiipust cuurcu ediuce
was greatly in need of a coat of paint ; a
painter by trade could not readily be tound
to undertake the difficult job, therefore Mr.
Taylor proceeded to do the work himself.
The church spire is tall and slender, the ball
ou the ton of the rod being one hundred
feet above the turfaco of the ground. He
succeeded, by contrivance, with a little help,
in raibing a slender ladder from the bell deck,
reaching nearly to the brackets below the
top ball of the spire.
"On this he ascended witb paint pot and
brush, and standing on the small iron brack
ets, trave thcWl two coat of paint. Iue
most uinicuit pari oi iue wom, .j..-.,
was to paiut the long space oi iue spire ue
low hiui. 15y the help of a line he drew up
a rope, fastened it around tho rod, and theu
tym the rope aniuuu me uuuj, """b
r..iU.i)v from his standing place. Hy re
adjusting and lowering himself in the rope
a occasion required, be was enabled to
swing liiuiself around on all side of the
spire, giviug a good coat of paint all the
way down to the deck. Thi is perhaps
not the first time a daring feat of thia kind
ha been performed, but very likely there
are few men, unpracticed in perlormance
on the rope, who would venture to dangle
in the air at ucli a fearful height."
A confirmed old bachelor use the follow
ing argument against matrimony ' ,
"Muslin is a great promptor of laziness.
If young men wish to accomplish anything
of moment, either with head or band, they
must keep clear of the institution. A pair
of sweet lips, a small waist, a wellinR chest,
a pressure uf two delicate band, will do a
...ri. i.. ..i,irwr . mac at three fever, the
maeU.a large izd wboopiiig-ciggb,a pair
i of lockjaw, teveral hydrophobias, and the
I doctor' bill" Tlut fellow need recenttruc-
tioa badly. .
WAIT.
Wait a moment, young man, before you
throw that money down ou the bar and de
mand a glass of brandy and water. Ask
yourself if twenty-fie. cents cannot be bet
ter invested in something else. Put it back
in your pocket, and give it to the little
tripple who sells matches on tho corner.
Take my word for it, you will not be sorry.
. Wait madam think tw ice'before you de
cide on that huudrcd dollar shawl. A hun
dred dollars is a great deal of mouey j
one dollar is a great deal, when people
oneo consider the amount of good it
will accomplish, in careful hands.
"iour huslmnd's business is uncertain ; there
is a financial crisis clue at hand. Who
knows what that hundred dollars may bo to
you jet ?
Wait, sir, before you buy that gaudy
amethyst breast pin you aro surveying so
earnestly through the jeweler' plate glass
window. Keep your money for anothor
piece of jewelry a plain gold wedding-ring
made to tit a rosy finger that you wot of. A
shirt neatly ironed and stockings darned
like lace-work are better than gilt brooches
aud flaming amethysts. You can't afford
to marry ? Wait, and think the matter over.
Wuit. mother, before you speak harshly
to the little chubby roguo who has torn his
aproii and soiled his white Marseilles jacket.
Ilu is only a child, and "mother" is the
sweetest word in all the world to hiui. Nee
dle and thread and oap suds will repair all
damages ; but if you once teach him to
shrink from his mother, nnd hide away his
childish faults, that damage cannot be re
paired. Wait, husband, before you wonder audi
bly why your wife don't get along with
family cares and household responsibilities
"us your mother did." She is doing her
best, and no woman can endure thut best to
be slighted, liemember the nights she set
up with the little babe that died; remember
the love aud care she bestowed on you when
you hail that long fit of illness! Do you
think she is made of cast iron i Wait wait
with silence und forbearauce, and tho light
will come back to her eyes, the old l;ht of
the old days.
Wuit wife, before you ppeak so reproach
fully to your husband when ho Comes home
late, and weary and "out of sorts." He has
worked fur you all day long ; he lias wrest
led, hand in hand, with Care, aiid Seili.ih
ucbs, and Greed ; and all the demons that
follow in the train of money-making. Let
home be another atmosphere entirely ; let
him feel that there is one place iu the world
where he can find peace, and quiet, and
perfect love.
Wait, bright young girls, before you arch
your pretty eyes, and whisper "old maid" as
the quiet figure steals by, w ith silver in its
hair aud crow' feet around the eyes. It is
hard enough to loose life's gladness and
elasticity it is hnrilenotigli to see youth
drifting- away, without adding to tho bitter
cup one drop of scorn ! You do not know
what she bus endured'; so wuit, before you
sneer at the Old Maid. j
Wait, sir, before you add a billiard-room
to your house, aud buy the fast horse that j
i;la k anil i lute Jtnd all the rest ot "the
fellows'' covet. Wait, and think whether
you cannot afford it whether your out
standing bills arc all paid aud your liabili
ties fully met, and ull tho chances and
changes of life duly provided for. Wait,
aud usk yourself how you would like, ten
years from uow, to see your fair wife strug
gling with poverty, your childreu shabby
aud want stricken, and yourself a miserable
hanger-on round corner grocer nnd one
horse gambling saloons. You think that is
impossible; do you remember what Hazel
said to the seer of .old : "Is thy servant a
clo; that li should do thi thing t"
Wait, merchant, before you tell the pale
faced youth from the country "that you can
do nothing for him." You can do (oincthiog
for him ; you can give him a word of en
couragement a word of advice. There was
a time once when you were young and poor,
and friendless 1 Have you forgotten it al
ready t"
Wait, blue-eyed lassie, wait a wbilo before
you soy "yes" to tho dashing young fellow
who says he can't live without you. Wait
until you have ascertained "for sure and for
certain," as the children say, that the cigar
and the wine bottle, and tho card table are
not to be your rivals in his heart ; a little
delay won't hurt him, whatever be may ay
just tee if it will.
And wait, my friend with the brown
moustache ; don't commit yourself to Laura
Matilda until you are sure she will be kind
to your old mother and gentle with your
little sister, and a true loving wife to you,
instead of a mere puppet who live ou the
breath of fashion and excitement, and re
gards the sunny side of Broadway as second
only to Elysium 1 We say, vr ait I
An Hour -vrltb ".'aly."
A writer for the Rochester Cltronicle de
scribe an hour' interview witb "Petroleum
Nasby." We make n few extracts from his
account :
"The portrait of him by Xast, as he sits in
bis famous postoftice, opposite Bascom't
grocery, with hit feet on the table almost
touchiug a bottle of whisky, aud tbe louged
tor 'commishuu' fiiui in hit band doet him
great injustice, lie really don't look half to
surly aud cross. But his trial with A. John
sou about that 'postothV probably tourtd
biiu some. After a few moments' waiting
in the editorial sanctum Nasby comes iu.
Ue has that quiet, easy, unpretending man
ner that wins you over at once. You ee in
him the honest, candid, intelligent, thorough
ly posted and most intensely earnest politi
cal writer of the day. He bat none of that
light, punuiug, yet droll w it of the Artemut
Ward kind, for be it not at all thut kind of
man. Ue it a deep, thoughtful man, witb a
purpose, witu a great work laid out tor him
to do, aud an inflexible resolve to do it ; oc
casionally in conversation a rich nugget of
wit will tall out from the well known JNasby
vein, but rarely in fact be says be caret but
little for the reputation the flaiby paper
have brought him if be were to be known
by tbem ouly."
- Tbe following it tbe history of tbe origin
of the "Natby" papers. It seems that during
the campaigu for the re-election of Mr. Lin
coln, when Mr. Locke wat editing a country
paper in Ohio, a petition wat drawn up for
circulation asking the legislature to banish
all colored person front tbe ttate. The
writer cayt :
"Thi petition, for tome time, they were
positively ashamed to circulate ; but at last
a package wat tent to one Levi O. Klenm r
fur distribution. At the mention of this
name Kasby paused and indulged in one of
those quick chuckling laughs nt bis, and
and remarleed : "What a lucky thing for me
that that Fleuner was ever born into tbi
world. If there bad been no Fleoner tbtre
might have been no Nnsby.' 'Who was this
Flenner ?' I asked. 'He was a "poor whito"
from Virginia, who had conic into the state
years before with his father nnd mother
(neither of whom could read or w rite ; and
hit only occupation had been hanging around
the bar rooms, drinking whiskey and talk
ing polities'. Neither father Dor son had
ever been known to do a single day's work
in their lives, and of course they were the
great democratic oracles of the plane. Fot
their valuable political services they were
lot into the "ring" t f the overseers of tho
town poor, and had managed to steal enough
of the supplies furnished by the town to eke
nut a niiaornblo existence. Such was Flen
ner; and when I saw such a creature circu
lating such a petitiona document so wholly
beneath the reach of any dignified or serious
discussion the idea of the first Xnsby letter
came to mo. My main idea was to ridicule
this Flcnncr, nud it took so well, was copied
so extensively, and so effectively squelched
him and bis petitions, that I was satisfied
that I had struck a rich veiu and must woik
it out.'
Terrible 4'olHion.
On Tuesday, November 3, 18C3, the Union
train, bound for Washington and drawn by
tho locomotive "Loyalty," in charge of U. 8.
Grant as engineer, was run into by the
Kichmond traiu, drawn by tho engine
'Kebel," in charge of Horatio Seymour,
engineer, aud Frank I Blair, Jr., fireman.
The shock of the colliding trains was terrific;
the Kichmond train was thrown off the
track, nnd the engine ami cars were precipi
tated down n steep embankment, and were
piled up in a promiscuous liu:i in the Salt
river, a crooked little stream that meander
through the region.
The passengers of the Union train having
providentially escaped injury, hastened to
the relief of the sufferers. Tbu lifeless bodies
of Horatio Seymour and Frank P. Blair, Jr.,
were" exhumed from the wreck, and on exam
ination showed that their death was iu9tan
taneous. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee,
was found in au unconscious condition, but
upon administering a stimulant of old Bour
bon, he revived and articulating "I am
Moses," immediately expired.
Salmon P. Chase wut drawn out of the
(Wris frightfully bruised nnd disfigured so
that his most intimate friends could not
recognize him. He was identified by a
greenback portrait of himself found upon
his person.
John Quincy A dams, of Massachusetts,
suffered a fracture of the skull, and u med
ical investigation fi.iled to detect auy braius
in his cranium. Poor Adams was the last,
sad remnant of an historic family, and per
ambulated the country as a strolling actor
subsisting ou the reputation of his ancestors.
His remains were taken to Quincy, Mass.,
for interment.
George W. Woodward, of Pennsylvania,
was found iu a delirious condition, inco
herently muttering : "Negro Suffrage ;"
"White Man's Government ;"' "Excessnc
Taxation:" "Carpnt-Haggers ;"' "Scalla
wags." and other gibberish. Ho was cou
veyed to tne lunatic asylum, and the phy
sicians pronounced his case hopeless aud
hia recovery impossible.
The other passengers were chiefly from
the late Southern Confederacy and Ireland,
and they were ull more or less injured.
The accident Mas caused by the reckless
ness of the conductor of tho P.icluuoiid
train, Wade Hampton, and his brukeman,
Butcher Forrest, who disobeyed the orders
of the superintendent, American People,
Esq., who had instructed them to switch oil
the Richmond train at a way-station and
allow tho Union train a clear track, to Wash
ington. I'lrst.
- -
A I-ivilif llfiiAlU-Kie Child.
The Deposit (N. Y.) Courier is responsible
for the following marvelous story :
"In tho vicinity of Spoon river, iu Illinois,
is a child that was born aud has lived five
years without a head. Mrs. , the
mother, is the widow of a soldier, formerly
living in Marshall county, who enlisted iu
the Sixty-tilth or Scotch regiment, and was
killed at tho battle of Pevington, Mo. She
was standing beside her husband during the
engagement, when a cannon ball carried his
head completely aw ay, his body falling into
her arms, and covering her with blood. Tbu
shock affected her greatly. When her child
was born there was not the semblance of a
bead about it. The limb are perfectly de
veloped, the arms long, and the shoulder,
where the head aud uvck should be, smooth
ly rounded off.
"But the most surprising thing of all ia
that the faco is situated iu the breast. Of
course, there being no neck, the power of j
turning its head is wanting, except a the
whole body is moved ; but this difficulty is
overcome by the singular faculty it possesses
of turning itt eyet iu their Buckets, enabling
it to tee quite us well on cither tide as those
more perfectly formed. The upper portion
of it body i white a the purest Caucassian;
from the waist downward is blood red. This
strange creature, now an active boy of five
years old, as if to compensate for his deformi
ty, possesses the mcst clear and bird like
tones ever listened to, singing with singular
correctness everything it may bear, and its
voice at this early age accomplishes two
octave easily."
Thing thut I huve e'ii.
I have teen a farmer build a house to large,
that the sheriff turned him out of doors.
I have seen a young man tell a good farm,
turn merchaut arid die in an insane hospital.
1 have teen a farmer travel about so much,
that there wat nothing at home worth look
ing after.
I have teen a rich man's ton begin where
bit father left off, and end where hit father
began penny lest.
I have Been a young gin marry a young
roan of dissolute habit, and repent of it as
long as tbe lived.
I have tten the extravagance and folly of
children, bring their parentt to poverty and
want, and tbeineelvet into disgrace.
I have teen a prudent, industrious wife,
retrieve tbe fortune of a family, when ber
husband pulled at the other end of the rope.
I have teen a yeung man who dispised the
counsel of the wise and advice of tbe good,
end bit career in poverty and wretcbedoeft.
I have teen a young man peud more in
folly than would iupport hi family in com
fort and independence.
I have cea a man depart from the truth,
wben candor and veracity would have eerved
him much better purpose.
I have teen a man engage In a lawsuit
about a trifling affair that cot him more in
the end than would roofed all tbe building
on bit farm.
Tbe Louisville Journal "taket on" terribly
about Grant't election. It could take on a
little more dignity and decency with profit.
Tt-si I'vlllrn.
To think that the more a man eat the
fatter pnd stronger he will become. To be
lieve that the more hours children study at
school the faster they learn. To concludo
that if exercise is good for the health, the
more violent und cxl.uusting jt is the more
good is done. To luingine that every hour
taken from sleep is an hour gained. To act
on th presumption that the smallest room
n the house is large enough to sleep in. To
argue that whatever temedy cause one to
feel immediately better is good for the system,
without regard fo more ulterior effects. To
commit an net which is felt in itself to ht
prejudicial, hoping that, somehow or other,
it may be done in your case with impunity.
To advise another to take a remedy which
you have tried yourself, without making in
quiry as to whether all the conditions me
alike. To eat without nn appetite, or tt
continue after it has been satisfied, merely to
gratify the tnsto. To eat a hearty supper
for the pleasure experienced during the brief
time it is passing down the throat, at tho
expense of a whole night of disturbed !ecp,
and a weary waking in the morning.
mty .g m
An Irishman, who was arrested in Lowell,
Mass., with several bottle of whisky on the
table before him. and a goodly quantity in
side him, replied to the policeman's inqui
ries, that he was "holding a woke over Sey
mour 1"
Olive Logan says she is achin.? to write a
pico about the folly of motheis, tending
their babies.
The ladies in Poland aro not permitted tn
wear black or prar dresses, and are flop g 1
for non-compliant e with the law.
t'liii.upnpnt- Cider.
We annex, from a very respectable source,
the following on the sul.ject of Champagne
Cider. The process T making a good arti
cle of cider,as free as possible from alcoholic
influences, is so tiutpla that any one who has
the apples can have it in bis family.
Alter the apples are crushed, press out the
jnioH, put in a clean cask and' leave out, the
bung. It will work without anything being
put iu ; iu four or five days draw off and put
iuto another clean cask. Do (hia three or
four times, allowing us many days between
each changing. It docs not work well in'
cloudy weuther, and so must l.e left longer.
II it docs not fine well.it uiil not keep swet.
To assist the titling, dissolve six ounces of
gelatine for each hogshead and mix ; do this
previous to the last change of cask.
The quality of cider depends upon the
sort of apples used. Two parts sour apples
and one part sweet will inuke good ciii'er.
Now observe, let there be no time lost in
the whole process, but allow suflicient tiir.o
to do it well. It is particles of pulp left in
the cider that causes it to turn sour. To
effect '.he proper clarifying and working, it
will require four changes of cask, that is if
you want first rate cider. Do not put any
water iu any part of the process having all
juice.
After the last change, the cider may re
main in the cask, bunged up, two or three
months. You can then bottle off lay tho
bottles down in a cold, dark cellar coiuo
wiil burst, but thcu you must put up with
it. It will bo fit to use during the summer,
when all parts of the work has been well
done. Tho bottled cider will be equal to
chatnpsgne, and will keep tweet. Some put
brandy, rum, gin or other spirits in it does
not preserve it, but ouly makes it intoxica-.
ting.
If you gut pine apples very cheap, two or
three crushed up iu a hogshead of juice will
be a great improvement. If you keep the
cider iu cask, be sure that they are sound
and air tight, nnd very cleau. Wash out
with cold water, and i-cald out your cask,
fumigate with rng of sulphur; melt the sul
phur, and then dip the rag in ; a piece about
one foot square will be sullicirut for a hogs
head light the rag and then put it in the
hogshead leave out the spile peg only.
This will destroy all must or mildew, or any
other bad -taste in tbe cask Dultimore Sun.
(From the Uermsntown Telegraph.
Welsh Raubbtt. Take a quarter pound
of good fresh cheese, (a solid piece, tho size
of a large tea cup,) cut it up in small (Ait
slices, and put in a frying pan, with a little
over a cupfull of tweet milk. Hava pre
viously beaten an egg and stir that in, then
add half a salt tpoon of dry mustard, two
dashes of red' pepcr, ami a small place cf
butter, ttirriny the mixture all the time. Have
ready rolled thres small or two large Tren
ton crackers and gradually stir them in ; at
toon at this is thoroughly incorporated, turn
the mixture out iuto a heated dish and cover
it.
Soiu Mn.K Ckidm.e C-.Kr.t. To one
quart of sour milk. (.buttermilk is preferabl,)
add two cen teaspoout of soda. Beat the
whitet nud yolk cf two eggs separately, anil
add the yolks. Stir in enough flour to make
a thick batter, theu add the beateu white
and bake immediately.
Ginoeh Keao. Four ounces bruiedgin
gr root, one otiuce cream of tartar, tire
pounds..!' white or light brown eugar, and
the juic and rind of one lemon. Put these
in a veel which can be covered and peur
on them live gallons of boiling water. Let
it thcu stand lor eifcbl or ten hour in a cool
place, aud then add one pint of 'porter, stir
thoroughly, lruin clear, and bottle jo strong
bottle end tie the fork down immediately.
Pluee in a moderately cool cellar, aud in three
or four day it will be fit for ute.
Ikmok Foil Fkveu. Bay that walking
cyclopadia of health, Dr. Hall: "When
pertoot are feverish and thirsty beyond
what it natural, indicated in ome cases by
a metaliu taste in the moutb, cstieuially after
drinking water, or by a whitish appearance
of th greater part of the surl'ute of the
tongue, one of the best 'cooler,' internal or
external, i to tike a lemon, cut off the top,
tprink'.e over it some loaf sugar, working it
downward iuto tbe lemon with a tpoon, and
then tuck it tlowly, tqueezing the lemon aud
adding more t'-igar at tht acidity increases
from being brought up from a lower point.
Invalids with ftveriahnes may take two or
three lemon a day in thit manner wit! the
mott marked btuefit, marked by a sens of
coolneet, comfort and invigoration. A leiuou
or two thut taken at 'tea time,' at an entire
tubttitute for the ordinary 'supper' of turn- .
uer, would give many a man a comfortable'
night's sleep and on awaking of rest and in-
vigoration, with an appetite for breakfast
to which tbey tie ttrau-er who wiil have
their cup of tea for tupper, or 'reli.b,' and
I 'cake,1 and berriet, or peaches and cream."