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
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ilailciphla, Pr w " ,
ji »-lIKUsH£T,M; I) •
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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
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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*<E counties. —
lliblntbe Count of.the Dnia»i States. •
Colleettoiiiof.olainis promptly attended to.; Agent for
tis isle ofßal Kstate, Bounty Land Warrants, and all
batinesß peralning to c<Hiyeyandug : arid the law.
’ ' JtBRBKCOES:
Hon. Wilen McCandles land Andrew Burke, Bsq., Pitts
burgh; Hoe Samuel A- Gilmore, Pres. Judge ofFayette
Judicial Dlirict; HomChenapi Clemens, of Wheeling,
llou Htnry). Foster, Greenslmrg; Hon. John W.Killineer,
Lebanon ; lon. Wm. A. Porter, Philadelphia; and Hon.
George P. lameljon, Pittsburg. - June 10, 186 My.
jfcto Jfctow,
The subscriber has lately
opecd a BOOK STORE next door to mdmJWkm
tbscorneiof Virginia, and Annie Strutt,
white mar be found
Old mil Standard Authors, New. Vublitaiion,3
Light Literature, P erivdi’eals and Staple and
fancy Stationery in targe varieties'
Also. j kw and Very select lot of SUEET MUSIC, MUSIC
HOOKS md MCSKAI INSTRUMENTS. The citizens of
Altoomare respfelfully invited to call!
4AJII orders attended to with promptness and dispatch.
Altona, Nov. 3,X85f1-tf H. SMITH.
THE ROOT AND HERB DOCTOR,
tom Philadelphia, whose rooms were so densely
crowdd on tlie ISth of Aprtl,at the Logan 'House, can 1)0
consuled at the same place One day is each month, notice,
of stub will be given inthis paper. He will bo in Alteon,
m on.he ISth day of May, also on, the 15th. of Juno. lie'
irestadf diseases flesh is heir to. A steOmscoplc examina
fon i! the Heart, T/nneg and Throat'freo Of charge. Then- ',
Hubupon thousands have,testified, to the correctness of
Wi tstlng diseases without asking any questions.. He ha#
M dirty years’ constant practice among disawes of every i
unee. Ail diseases of a private nature strictly cohfldeii
tUL hand-bills. Hr. W. LEVINQSTON.
TOOTS AND SHOES.—THE HN
il denigned has now oh..hand and will
nllcheap at his store In the Masonic',Tern
fits large and complete assortment ofBOOTS ,
AJO SHOES, ready made, or. made to order,
Otnhoes, Ladies’ Sandals, Oum Shoes, Cork
Ws, sod everything in hi# line of business, of '
d best quality and on the- most reasonable terms. AH
totem work warranted. - , . ■ ;
ha.i,>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,<L
that badness is not jnerelj <w ugly thingj
but the ugliest thing in the world ? So
that nothing is to be compared for value
with goodnes; that richcsybonor, power,
pleasure, learning, the whole world and
aU in it are not worth haying, in compari
son with being good; and the utterly best,
thing for a man is to be good, even though
he were never to be rewarded for it; and
the utterly worst thing for a man is to be;
bad, even though he were never to be pun
ished for it; and, in a word, goodness is '
the only thing worth loving, and badness.
jthe only thing worth hating. ■
- tOT Gsesar in war like matters, minded
more what was to conquer than what was
conquered j what was to gain, ihan what
W#s gainedj so does an humble soul mind
more what he should he, than what hejs;
what is to be done than what is already
accomplished.
A cotemporary paper says :•—“ If
you’-would keep your children in health,
give them plenty of fresh air."' This is
all weD enough j but, now-a-(Jays, cjul.4ren
pn spinany aim of their own,that it
Is impossible tp- give Jtbem, one
every day. -I'"
[INDEPENDENT IN jevie^ry^
' i-Vt -> 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, <f I’m
very much afraid that I have got the te*
thyarasus 1”
“I shouldn’t be surprised at all,” : said
the ever-ready Mrs. Dobbs; “I had it
when I was young.” 1 I
Though it was with gteat difficulty that
he could resist laughing, Bbb continued :
“ I’m suffering from a sprained ankle a
good deal.” : ,•/. V,.
‘‘Then you can sympathizP with me,
Mr. Turner, I sprained mine when 1 was
coming along.”
“But that isn’t the worst of it.”
‘# What is it ?” asked Mrs. Dobbsijwifb
curiosity. ■. / ■*,-, 1 , -v. 4 ; -
“I wonldn?t tell any one but
Dobbs, but *the fact is,” —here Bobgave
an awful groan —-“ I’m afraid, and the
doctor agrees with me, that my reasqn is
affected) that, in short, I’m a little crazy.”
Bob took breath, wondering what 'Mrs.
Doobs would say to that. * r
“ Oh, Mr. Turner, is it possible K’ ex
claimed the lady. “ It’s horrible 1.1 know
it is. I frequently have spells of being
out of my behd myself I” ' ; ’
Bob could stand it no longer phe burst
into a .roar of laughter, which Mrs. Dobbs
taking for the precursor. of a yiolent par
oxysm of insanity, she wis led to take a
hurried leave. j t
Carrying Potatoesto be Dcg 1—
A soldier of the West, being off of duty,
was engaged by a landlord: to dig a patch
of potatoes, on condition- he. should be fur*
nished with a bottle _pr whiskey tx> 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 .
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’ 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* <r
loveth silver shall not be satisfied with
silver:” : ' ’
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