HEY’S li en , *yrttp, U B L IC. over TEN •«rlbor f* 1 r liich •‘MiSSSli;.'* ■C Ih-cu givvn lu ‘-■Oactauu " nl y, Rad cfloctmM '■il—milikp. fa, ta ‘■“•‘pi'or fur.Trg~-j>or f" Imrailci* to’lh^A* w,^jSSi ;-? u ; f r »i notau u j. w ilailciphla, Pr w " , ji »-lIKUsH£T,M; I) • •uwmtf ENT IN COOK- ■D GAS Jiyp’SATJUre offering to the unblk CONSUMING which Is destined lean FURL > • quickly andnnhr •t KM ariaes from aSe ’ ‘jnsnmcd ere It can ea , “u that unpleasant ,r ° consumed inside of u fer of flues or chim -1,10 mortar loosened by ! are invited to sail at acnnlc Temple, ud». N sho>;ma£e^ m ■it fur Blair County. ;, , r Cooking and Eg. [Ang.lg, 18SB 3 GAZETTE.— ie and Criminals is ia circulated throagboat i real Trials, Criminal Ui« some, together with cot to l>« tbuud ln auj for six non tin, to mid write their name* ■rktTolice Queue, New York Pag. i'K, FOR MA ivd-T for Waehihg, oao ■y. Castile Soep, Paha nd for sale at A. BQPjHPH. T H. TUOH’S, ilder Scam Fine Shirts K’S ITERS. Liriod. every mem iubjcct to diseass r functions; but, and the exorcise may be able so jo ccure. permanent dish this desired trsue is certainly natural stats of ri.al strength and Hnstctter has in eparalion bearing medicine, but Ohs . giving satisfso it. The Bitteni stomach, bowels, o a healthy and f the simple pro , enable the sys- Indigestion, Kan* ite.oranyßilioui morbid inaction educing Cramps, oi'bue, &0., these so generally con* msed principal/ t, will be speedily tiiis preparation, is probably more forms, than any ich may always i of the digestive it fail by using JITTERS, as per his disease every :rs of some kind; loirn to be;infal- T>liters, as a prfr i:cner of the sya- Lcm all there is thy people than U L-paration ema perimonta which uo of this great dioal science, ing and provok ontless grasp on 11 to a mere sha cring him phy* can bo driven lIOSTETTER'S Lher, none of the :uutracted, even hitters ore used y neither create and render un or interruption iota sound deep jmplaint is r®“ jut with the pro* raanent cure. Years, who are ouEtiiution and invaluable a®* r --or, and need el And to O iters arc indifl- niothcr’s nour* demands of the nli must yield, tonic, such M v'cded to impart io the system, ry'tl.iifl remedy before so doing, Who. if he -U the Bitters, win ca of weakness. blic against n* lo * liitcrfeite, but ask fOJIACH BITTEBS, > words "Br. J , ;vn on the si^ B •ha jnctallio c°P at our autograph OSTETT®®* id sold by Jera genera^ Canada, Souta ion'll. A 1 jIcOBUM & DERN, VOL. 5> THE . ALTOONA SKIBDNJB. jjcCBDSI A BKBN, Pybliphm rad Proprfetora. ■ M Mumm, (p*y*b|* ian^lylla^r»m»,) opp»r» discoaUnaed.At 4«ie of the tine piidfcf' *U9U Or ADVMTIBUta, 1 insertion 2 do. S do. Four to** #r k*?.’- \ ■$ S ' HJS : . 6® Kwrf, ( 8 lines,) « ,60 75 ' .100 2L I, “ (16 " ) . 100 1.80 200 > J*L |w «); - ; : 200 i 2so n«r three weeksand lese than three montlu, 25 cents per ijifcrwU Insertion. > . 1"“ Smooths. omonths. 1 year. S j.IiDMOTIeH, /! •*■ ?S2 $ 5 00 Lsn, - > ■ ■* 00 700 j!' 4 - ;; • ;4’oo 600 10 00 Z* t ; 5 00 8 00 12 00 » S 00 ,10 00 uoo column, - -10 00 14 00 20 00 0t« column, tHi°° & 00 J° jdainUtrswn and Executors Notice*,, I 76 gudiiots advertising by the year, three squares, with liberty to change, 10 00 'PnbiiioDSl or Business Cards, not exceeding 8 lues with paper, per year,s 00 (josuuuoicationi of a political character or Individual ih rill be charged according to the above rates, idrertliemente not marked With the unmber of insertions js'rtd, srill be continued till forbid and charged according B tie above terms.' s' ' Business notices fire tents per line for every Insertion. Obituary notices exceeding ton lines, fifty cents a square. USpOD,*. »• . J.MGjaoUU,M.H. BUS. GOOD &.GEMMILL HAV INO catered into Partnership ; in tha Practice of Inc, respectfully tender their services to the Public in die several branches of the Jr Profession. ■' Calls will be answcfed’elther day or night at their ;office —ahicli is the same as heretofore occupied hy CrsAlirst I Good, -or st the Logan House. April ‘Hit. 1859-3m' w. M. LLOYD & C 0.,, ALTOONA, PA , JOHNSTON, JACKifc CO., HOLLWA YSBURO, PA., [Late “ Bd\, Johpxlon, Jjuk $ Cp.”) DR aFT S ON' THE PRINCIPAL Cities, and fejlver and Gold for sale. Collections cue. Moneys repaved on deposits, payable on demand, viflj.-.nt interest, or upon time, with interest at fiiir rates. Peb.3d.1859. ' ’ iANDS ! LANDS I! LANDS!!! * j The undented is prepared to locate LAND WAR SIS in the ftmahaapdNebraskaCity Land Offices.— Good elections an. now be made near the large «tr earns ml !cttlcmcnt«. Tho Lands: of this Territory, now in Hsrke!, are of tleT»e»t quality. : - : \ ta, SeleclloiujCftCßfaUy made. Letters oflnqulnr're ,aided. ALftX. F. McKINNKY, ' Ouupoub, Cass County,N. Ter. July U, 18S9>tf REIIEKRCIS: Her. A. B. (WBK, Altoona, Pa. : Wa. M.'LUvn A Co., Bankers, Altoona, Pa. UcC&ox &&SBN, Editor*,, “ Tnos. A. Sort, Snpt. P. RI R., “ D. UcMtnrau, Big., Huntingdon, Pa. t D. IMT, ATTORNEY AT LA” . AhTO*J*A.BLATE.Co,Pa, „ ' Will practiceAw in the screwl Courts of BU^>.Cambria, DaiUngdontSlearfleld, Centro and aii|afp*s6-tti - ; a.Shoemaker. , WM S. BITTNER, SURGEON DENTIST. ."iFFICE IN THE MASONIC TEM- U PLE. j ' {Dec. 53,158.Ttf. frA St.ntkmt wanted. i DR. WM. R. FINLEY RE- # BPECTFUTJ.Y offers his professional 'writes to the people'of Altoona; And the cmisg country; ; : v ; . ne may be found at, the office heretofore oc- BUM “PWbyDr.H. B.BiomM. - AUocna, Sept. 80,1858-tf : ■REMOVAL.—A M. KING, SHOE :tj-v MAKER, informs.the public that ho " I“j token the Room next door to the Trilmns — a, • on Virginia Street,' where he to Si™ 1® toana&cture every style of Zr* S SQO£S,at reasonable prices, and in a substantial ttancr. »• =• * ' ” [Ma r Jls,’6o.-tf. Boot and shoemaker—john STEILLE hag taken a portion of the Tf® «fopled >T A- M.-KINO, next kim. "•Kigg's.lSn Shop, and to get np Men’s Boots k Shoes style and at low rates. ' [Mar.ls,’oo-tfi OAUTION.—ALL PERSONS ARE vz. notified not to pnrehase or sell any lager beer Z** wi th the stamp of the ALTOONA BREWERY thero- snch kegshover have been and never will be sold W°S.u^ e Brey f er T- AH kegs containging. said stamp will tftire ea “dtaken, wherever found, by the proprietors "r e yeiT to whom they belong. %athlBs9-tt v ' WILHELM k 880. ft m. d., . AJ* Offers his professional services to the cl Use ns of, vicinity. , t < i OB**? ot references can be given if required. . T'HE'VBBX best article of A.,""®* from (1m celebrated Xowtototrn mill*, kept < it.p r ?' ,r Row and feed,Store. Cali and get a fample.qf ■J? 1 * M low M tfaqloweet. ' (£sb.23 ’W.-tt pLOUR DELIVERED J ‘a-^,ISW. ”**%*,MS 1 - But One Bair of Stockings to Mend To-Night. c An Sid woman sat by her bright Arcs We, Swaying thoughtfully to and froi ' In anancientchair whose creaky craw" - Told a tale of long ago '■ * While down by her aide on the kitchen floor, Stood abaaketof««it(d balls—a ;• Thegood lateatpews, Till the light of hie pipe went ont J ' And unheeded, the kitten, with cmmlpgpaws, SoUed and tangled th* ball about; Tet atilt sat the wife hi the ancient chair, Staying to and fro in the. fire-light glare. • But anon,a misty tear-drop came In the eyo ofthefcdod Jiiuo, t" Then trickled down inafurrowdeep, like a single drop, of .dev; > 1 So deep was the cimnnelp-sd silent the ttreun, The old man saw Mnght but the; dim'd eye-beam." Tet marvelled he mnch that tbe chearfnl , light , .Of her eye had weary grown. And marvelled.he more kt tho tangled balls— So he said in a gentletone, “I hdte shared tby Joys, since our marriage vow, Conceal not thy sorrows iionMno now.” Thin she spoke&f the time when the basket there Was filled to the rery brim, .And now there remalnsofthegoodly pile - / Bnt asingl^mir—fdrhim; c/ Then wonder not at the dim’d eye light-- “X There’s but one pair of stockings to mend/ 1 I cannot bnt think of the but; feet. Whose wraplingr were wont to-.lij; In the basket, awaiting the ni Nor wandered so far away; Uow the sprightly stepa td Unheeded fell on the For each empty nook. Ajastottpld, empty Mat; ■a firbnii tnatrail','' many feet; By the hearth And I miss the si And the patte ’Tis for this *’ At the one; Jk tear gatbered'o’er my sight— of stockings to mend to-night ■Two. ..yfliat far through the forest nrild a njlki the moan talus bold, Wna/" 111 '* vi(hoseHtersauddsrkening cares ... i yere gemmed with theCiirest geld; fhen horn turned from the. oaken door, ljmew the Bhadowß ware only four. /Aithcrwent onthefoamingwave. And diminished the basket's ■ Bnt hia feet grqw cold—so weary and cold— They’ll never.be ; warm any mote— v , And this nbok in its emptiness, aeemoth to me, Togirefijrth no voicebut the moan of the sea. Two others have gone towards the sotting atm, And made them-* home in its light, And talry fingers hare taken their shore, by the fireside bright; Some ether-baskets their garments-fill— But mine! oh I mine is emptier stilll Another—the deafest—the fairest—the best— : Was taken by angels away, And clad in a garment that wazeth not old, In a land of continual day. Oh I wonder no moro at the dim’d eye sight, , While I mend the one pair of stockings to-ilight! [.PVcw the Borne Press.] CEAPE ON THE DOOB. BT JOHX A. WILLIS. There is mow on the hillside. And a glittering chain Of frost-hongeth over' The trees down the lane ; And, with dosed ley portal - The.brooklet is still, j, While the gnats of December t Blow dreary and chill; ' But here the bright firelight Palls warm .cm the floor— SHllmy heart isascold— There is crapeoa the doorl - A sUence nnhrdcen ■■ Each chamber doth fill— 1 The dead with the living— How still, oh I how still I The dead ,with. tho laying— * A Borrow|tilsdenc6 But worse when the snowflake Acdatorfbeatween! ■ Yet the snow it shall melt When the winter is o’er; But, alas for the summer— There is crape on,the doorl > When tho fields were all bright With theripening grain, ;! , In the soft dust of summer, ’! Thick-strewn o’erthelone, ’Mongthe eight little footprints, How soon weconld tell ’ . Whqre.that of opr weeny 1 Weak tretnblqr fall! , , , , . And six little footprints' . May meet ns once .more; . : , . But .two are departed— - i. There la crapo oa th# door l s Theme d .sound, as Of weeping, ' While the deatb-ongel’s wing Hath dropped: its darkehadow %. ; ' , O’er jach Uvingthlng! ■ , I And,three httle fcces, : With sorrow I scef Look up to my lace, rrom.their place by my kneo. Only three little Jhces— - 3 /;• . Alas, there were ibnp-?, .3, J- Are now in their places,, With crape on the dear! Thereis crape on the dow TetaßMwywhiteband Hath been tiifliJed’mid its folds, By some angelic hand— , • . ' for they paused pa tbs threshold, \ : Jtee jthoy bore off our boy, . '■ ' 1o leave with oar mourning . A token of Joy; And the angel, whose footsteps Had passed o’er our floor, . i ' Left a part of his .robe With crape on the door! . Sweet Sommer! she brings up theroaes, Like miracles, ont of the ground) And on the old trees In the" orchard , Hakes apples grow ruddy add round I ■ Loops dp the rod oherrles in bunches, On the trees, that hang over the wall, Andpcatters thegrapesontheiattice, : Ike daintiest darlinge of alii lerdcar ear. ‘• Bore, my pretty one, why not turn your attention to something more profit able?”' • y “Ttnpw not what, sir,” said the girl. “ 'Vyhy not turn your attention to specr nlation r’ . ;{ /, t j; “ But I know not what kind, sir,” said the girl, “and if I did, I am not possess ed ofthe capital.” . , “ jOb 1” smd tbp gentleman; “ there are some- kinds Ofl speculation in which to meet succesß apapitalis not required.” “ Namie it, siir. j “ Marriage.”' “ Sir,” said the'little maiden, “my chances in that kind of a speculation, are indjoed.” “ Perhaps not as poor, as you imagine.” “ I have iny hands a deaf fath er and mother j to Support by my little earnings, and to mprrya youth as poor as myself .would only be Reaping misfor tunes on our already should ers.” + .'v : V. ; v ALTOONA, PA., THDESD, ■SWtil JfßMbag. ' A BPBOTTIiiATT' “ Ah, sir,” said the pretty damsel, “the times are so hard that we are compelled to do the, best we;can.: I. By economy, sir, we manage to get along.. Did those who live in glittering palaces but know how severe is the Ipt of t|he poor and dejected, we might, perhaps, gpt.a little more for our labor. But alas I sorry Xamto be com T polled to say it,; truly, justice is blind,, and dim indeed is the vision of opulence." £[nre the stranger, touched by the pow? erful remarka jof the pretty flower-girl, was seen to drpp his head and. let fall a tearof sorrow. Recovering, however, he continued: as follows? ' “ But, prirhapSj ih the search you might fall m wlth some PhP who has more of the world’s treasure thau yourself.” ; , “ Butte get;him|vmodestly articulated the girl., /” “ ’Tivere an easy task, if be loves you/’ „ “ But where shall 1 find him ■? Which way shall 1 look ?” . , “ Bure, my pretty one,” said the gen tleman, at the eanie time throwing his eyes upon the young girlin such a man : her as to leave no doubt on her mind that she was adored by the stranger. * •♦ ; The couple' became more intimate with each other. The stran ger bought the flowers of the maiden, and as a compensation, he' gave her a fortune of hundred thousand dollars y with'a writ ten contract that himself should be thrown intothefbargain. | They are now man and aged parents axe, comjforited ju their declining\ years, the maiden is’not obliged to vend her nosegays, and $e stranger, doubtless, blesses the day hd visited the GitvA of Monuments, and went to buy tie blue eyed charming flowers. GoopUXSS.'T-'Pld it ever strike you, that goodness is not merely a beautiful thing, bUjITHi! beautiful thing—by far tihie most bcau,tif\il thing in the world; |a, v- ■- 2X, 1860. ‘EB FBOM A J)XVSt& WIFE. , Ifhe foßoWing most touching fragment •/a letter from' a dying, 'wife to her hns 4mnd, says the Nashville ’ Ornette, Was found by him, some months after her de cease, between the leaves of a religions volume which she was very fond of peru sing. The letter, which was literally dim with her tear-marks, : written long be fore her husband was aware that the grasp of the fatah disease had fastened upon 'the lovely form of his wife, who died at the early age of nineteen. : u When this shall reach your eye, dear George, some day when you are* terming over the relics of the past, I shall have passed away\forever, and the cold white stone will be keeping its watch over the ,lips you i have so often pressed, and the sod will he growing green that shall hide ■forever from you the dust of one who has often nestled close to your warm heart.— Formany long and sleepless nights, when all beside my thoughts were at rest, I have wrestled with consciousness of approach ing death, until at last it has forced itself upon my mind; apd although to you and others it might not so appear' dear George, it is so;! Many weary nights have!! pass ed in the endeavor to reconcile myself to leaving you, whom I love so well, and this bright world of sunshine and beauty; and hard indeed'it is to struggle on si|ently and alone, with the sure conviction that I am about to leave ’all forever, and go down into the dark valleyj “but I know in whom I have believed,” and leaning on his arm, “ I fear no evil.” Do not blame me for keeping all this from you. How could I subject you, of all others, to such sorrow as X feel at parting, when tune will soon make ijt apparent to you. I could have wished to, KVe, if only to be at your side when your lime shall come/ and pillowing your head on my breast, wipe the death damps from your brow, and usher : your departing spirit into a Maker’s presence, embalmed in woman's, holiest prayer. But it is hot to bo/andl submit. Yours is the privilege qf watching, thro’ long and ‘ dreary nights, the spirit’s final flight, and of transferring my sinking herd from your breast to the 1 Savior's bos om; and you shall share my last thought, and the last faint pressure of the hand abd the last feeble kiss shall be yours, and even when flesh and heart shall have failed me, my eyes shall rest on yours Until gla zed by death, and our spirits shall hold one .last communion, until gently fading from my view—the; last of earth—you shall mingle with the first bright glimpses of .the unfading glories of the better world, where .partings are unknown. Well do I know the spot, my dear George, you will lay me; often we stood by the place, and as we watched the mellow sunset as it glanced in quivering flashes through the leaves, and burnished the. grassy; mounds around us. with stripes of burnished gold|. each perhaps has thought that some day one of us would come alone, and which ever it might be, youf name would be on the stone. But we loved the spot, and I knoyr you will loveliriaone the less, when you see the same quiet'sunlight linger and play among the grass that grows over your Mary’s grave. I know yon will go there, and my spirit will be with you there, and whisper among the waving branches —“ I apa not lost, but gone before.” ” SEBVING AND PEAISING GOD. Not a cloud which fleets across the sky, not a clod of earth which crumbles under the frost, not a blade of grass which breaks through the snow * n spring, not a dead leaf which falls to the earth in autum, butiajdoing God’s : work, and, showing fortPirbd’s glory.' Not a tiny insect, too small t$ he seen by human eyes without the help of a hut isbs fearftii ly and wonderfully made as you and me,; and bag Its proper • habitation, work appointed for it, and not in vain. Noth ing is idle; nothing is wasted, nobbing goes wrong, in this wonderoua* world of G6d. The Tery scum upon tbo standing pool, which seems dirt and ddst, is all alive, peopled by millions of creatures, each fbll of beauty, full of use, obeying laws of God t too deep for us to .do iragbt trait dimly guests ut thpin; and as .men see deeper and deeper into the commonest things about: them they bnd wonder and glory in the mystery of God’s creation, as eye: hath ndt seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the Wart of man to conceive; ahd dan only say with the Psalmist, “ Oh I Lord thy ways are infinite, thy thoughts are V'irydeepand confess that the grass bet)el th their feef, the clouds above their every worm beneath the sod ahd bird upon the hough—do in every deed and truth, bless the Lord who made them, praise him, and magnify hljn forev er, hot with words indeed, but with works;and-say to him all day long,“Go, thou, and do likewise.” Inhere is this difference between happiness and wisdom; he that thinks himself the happiest man really is so, but he that thinks himself the wisest, is gen erally the greatest fool- -8&» Green oornj from more Southern fields, are among the luxuries of thejdpnj phis (Teon.) market. / ,TH& WOMAN. If we Wre ! called uponto dwcribeMrs. Dobbs, we would* without hesitation, call her a sympathising woman. Nobody was troubled with auy malsdyshehadn’t suf fered. '' « Sbe kndwt all about it by experience, and could sympathize with them froze the bottom of heir heart.” H " Bob Turner was a wag, and when one day he saw Mrs. IWbbs coming along the road towards his house, he knew that, in the absence of his wife, he should be call ed upon to entertain her, so he resolyed to play a little on the good woman's abun dance of Hastily procuring a large blanket, he wrapped himself up in it, and threw himself- on asofe near bj. « Why, good gracious I Mr/ Turner, are you sick ?” asked Mrs. DpbbSj as she saw his position. rl •« O, dreadful, v groaned the imaginary invalid. 1 I"; ■■ V “ What’s the matter V* «0, a great many things. First; and foremost, I’ve got a congestion lof the brain.” *rr J “Tbat-s dreadful,” sighed Mrs.; Dobbs. “ I came very near dying of it, ten years to come spring. What else V* .. “ Dropsy!” agkin roared Boh., “ There I can sympathize with you; I was troubled with it, but finally got Wpll.” “ Neuralgia,” continued Bon. • j “ Nobody call tell, Mr. Turner, what I have suffered from neuralgia.. It’s an aw ful complaint.” j “ Then again, I’m very much distrpssed by inflammation of the bowels.” i; ; ; i I “ If you’ve got that I pity epm mented Mrs-Dobbs.; threeJong years steady, I waa_affiicted witb,it, rad I don’tthinkl’vefullyrecovere'd. yet.’*| “ Rheumatism,” hdded Bob. f ' “Yes, this’s protty likely to'goijlong with neuralgia. Tt did with me.” s . “ Toothache,” Bob. “ There have been times, Mr! Tur|er,” said the sympathizing woman, “ when I thought I would have gone distracted With • the toothache.” -. vvp “ Then,” said Bpb, who, haying tempo rarily ran oat of his stock of medical terms, resorted to a scientific name, begin with. The landlord accordingly took him to the field, showed ' him the patch, and left him with a fall bottle of the favorite beverage* About an hour afterwards, the landlord went to see how the son of Mars progressed in his business,of farming; he found him hbldirig bimself up by an old stomp, unable to Stand without it, his bot tle lying-empty at his feet, and no pota toes :dpg.V ’Seubg quite exasperated, the landlord gavehim a shake, exclaiming,— “Hallblybu scoundrel I is this the way you t!ig my potatoes for me ?” “ Hah,” says the soldiery lapping his tongue; stag gering half round, squinting and hiccup ing, “Ifyouwantany taters dug , fetch Bridget, bring the castor oil, the baby is sick.’ 7 “ It’s all gone, inarm, not a drop left.” All gone I why, we hare not opened thehottle/f . . “Sure you had it every day, and I’ve seen you use it myself on your salad.” “ Why, you don’t say we have been eat ing castor oil every day during the salad season.” V "■ • • '• J. • ; “ Sure you have.” “ But did you not see the bottle was la belled castor oil?” fv >. “ Sure and 1 did, marm; and didn’t I put it into the castor every day f Some people seem to bonsider thg severity of their censures on the of others as a full atonementof their pttn. EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. SIGHEB. Higher! it is a word of noble meaning " —the inspirations of all great deeds—the sympathetic chain that leads link by link, , the impassioned soul to zenith' of glory*, and holds its mysterious object and glittering among the stars. , Higher ! lisps the infant that clasps its mother's knees, and makes its feeble es say to rise from the floor—it is the first : inspiration of childhood—to burst the narrow confines of the cradle in whieh the sweetest moments have passed forever* Higher ! earnestly breathes the student of philosophy and nature ; he has a host of rivals, but be must eclipse them alb—- The midnight oil barns dim, but he finds light and knowledge in the lamp of beat en, and his soul is never weary when the last of them is hid behind the curtains of , morning. ! And higher! his voice thunders forth,, when the dignity of manhood has invested . his form and the. multitude,, are listening to his oracles, burning,with eloquence, and ringing like true steel in thd cause of free dom and the right. When time has chang ed his locks to silver, and world-wide in his renownj vrhen the maidens gathering flowers by the road- side, and the h°J ; the field, how in reverence ■■ as he passes, and peasants look to him in* honor, can he \ breathe forth from his heart the fond wish of the past. ( Higher yet 1 He has reached the ape* of earthly honor, yet the spirit burns as warm, as yonth with a steadier and paler light,.apq it would even borrow wings and soar up to high heaven, leaving its tene ment te mould among the 'laurels he has wound, around it, for the; never-ending glory to h« reached only in the presence . - . ’ OP A3ST StßPfiAllT, ‘ : Tell my grandchildren, i said the late Bight Bev. Daniel Wilson, PWriting heme t from India, that an elephant here had ft disease in his eyes- For; three days he ■ had been completely Wind- His owner, an engineer officer, asked imy dear Dr- Webb if he conld do anything to relieve the poor animal The doctor said he would try nitrate of silver, which was a remedy commonly applied to similar diseases in the human eye. The huge animal was ordered to lie down, and at first on the ap plication of the remedy, raised a most ex traordinary roar at the acuSq pain which it occasioned. The effect, however, was won derful The eye was, in a manner, re stored, and the animal eould partially see; The nextrday, when he was brought, and heard the doctor’s voice, he got down of himself, curled up bis trunk, drew in his breath just as a man about to endure an op eration, gave a sigh of relief when it was over, and then, by trunk and gestures, ev idently wished to express his gratitude.- What sagacity 1 What an example to ns of patience 1 Wonderful Feat.—The papers from * time to .time pote .the circumstances that a daring person had climbed the Salisbury spire to oil the weathercock. This' is a dangerous feat, as the top qf the spire is 404 feet from the ground. It is ascended by ladders for about three fourths of the height, which are fixed inside the spire.— : A small door then opens, and the adven turer'has to climb the rest of the way by a series of irohs, something like the han dles of flat irons, which are fixed in the stonework, and by which he is able to make his way to the top. About forty years ago, I am told, some persons were assembled at the Pheasant, in Salisbury, and were talking about this feat, when a watchmaker of the name of Arnold, \pho was present, offered for a small wager to ascend the spire; to take with him his tools and a watch; to take the watch to pieces on the very top spire, clean it and bring it down in less than an.hour. He then ascended the spire, fixed his his back against the stem of theweather cock, finished his task, and descended within the given time. —Notes and Queries. ; SgU “ Oh, I wet such a pretty girl, in*; the street, to-day,” said a gentlemen to ft : lady to whom he was doing the attentive, not many seyenings since j “ she wau Ml deep mourning; I think I have never sew a Streeter face.” “Who 1 could it have been V' said the hearer, smoothing down her bombazine dress, and glancing at the < craph folds to see if they were adjusted*. “ Pretty, you say ?” Who could it havd'- been? I was not out!” I®-It is little troubles; that wear |fee heart out It is easier to i throw a bomb shell a mile than a feather I—even 1 —even 'with, artilery. h’orty little debts of a dollaif each, will cause you more trouble and dunning than one big one of a thousand. When a man begins to amass mon ey, he begins tp feed an , appetite which nothing can appease, and which itejjipper, food wSI only render fiercer* £ :j •r * \ rs-J0: m NO. 21.