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OuO 6 0 WOftTll OF J£W«tߣ
.AM. FOU ONE DOLLAP. EACH. :*
lanil Spli'Uiiid Asaortuieut o! Jt nclry. cajillaH..
(CHAINS. IHIACELETS, CAMEO SBKIP*
II atjlos «f Pencil Placed Chains. UeHanA«ii. ff[ j
I
IRKET,
iHKft,
not keep or sell any gilt, gift or galvanized good*
rhat are bold by the beat Jewelers aa Gobi
pwve oor finm the best GolC Jewelry
r«iu the States, ; : L
WHO AUE FORCED TO SELfc r
WHO AUK FORCED TO SKLtv^
' WHO AUK FORCED TO SELL.
*>wlu£ i? only & jwuli;«l li-t oi'our immense
r TAKE yom CHOICE FOB
$1 KACII.
TAKE YOUR CHOICE FOR *l, ‘
Ju' and SpKudid Cameo Sets, General-Retail
-rices, .... - $8 to |l
10 to®
uo - Lava do
«io Carbuncle tick
iJw*’ Kuiiiiu lleU uu-l Conil Uo;
[i tht u:ul Carbuncle tIo f
Jo anlKuby 7ta6o
rolJ Ciu&torCr.ipc Setting sets Jo 10 to 80
do t! > V,use do Jo 10 to 30
do Jo Ji t Sets, do 3 40-|2
do Black Mosaic do 6 t012
Jo v Gold Stone . ..Ato|2
do Cilico St I Jo- 5 to 12
libWu Twists, with brilliacls, Jo
tajuet Set*. new style, Jo S g to3o
liuiimdW Cluster do" do lO toSO
ITlumldes, do 3 to>T
fcoii-1 .Pointed Gold Pens and Cases, 3 to "ft
au Silver Mated spoons, -- g fa
r,l‘hit«l Mug.*,
100 other dirt, rent styles- Ladies’ Jcwclrv; IfMEaL
styles, patterns and sizes; Lockets of every fe
; Pens, 11 kuivt, with Silver llxttnbluh
K*ld Pencils, Sleeve Buttons, Studs, 4c., 4c.; Oor
--anieo audßaud Bracelets; Gents’ Vest Chalui,.
i to wear for ten years without changing color*
thcathi—tht y are usually bold by Jtarefavr
»M chains-—all made iu Baris, You can ♦pVa
v for $1 wwli. Ladies* and Gents’ Guard Chains,
iU.-UI/ bold by Jewelers at Iruin $5 to s3o£ocb *
•d Children’s Neck Chains, Liautiful patters’
.rilllaut, enamelled and ruby settings; Crossed
enamelled, fur $1 each, retail prices fromin
livery style and variety of Jewelry unj dcarre
for $1 each. -
‘ • tlio above prices, will continue long enough
»ur inum-H.-M* stock, which wu» porchasodlta
ilko fjv»m Manufacturers who have failed
,xke yon: choice foe $1 each. ' -
SPECIAL NOTICE,
t 'UIOW TO SKNI> ,
nii- lilacs? of UcshU-Dce, County and.
tU um( thdtnci. aa we can make nothing oubof
U’tt.-r- with WAX. :uvEnre!opes scaled with gum
v.VuU* easily ujH'ned—the CoiueuU taken oitt x
i. J. Attend tu this, and we wiU_l»c responsible
i«UvV.
INDIXEMKXTS TO AGENTS,
i uUitig ica Agent, -who will (*Xkd us atpjie
! v. ill give a Gold limiting Caw Watch* extra.
Gold hover Watch. '
- _• •• Silver Watch.
. .'iijd the articles selected fremtho above Lit t at
r Each.
’►rdoring by mail must send $1 an&lS caobiii
mVK v:< A TRIAL.
-Aiuulcatious luusi-ttc to
V.ILUAJI FU.ST,
Xo. bi:* Mrtrket Street,
rhiladdiihia, Pa.
'March T. ISGI-Cm.
rilE ri’l>LlC.—T H E s UiK
[ OKU iharins tnken the c^tabliahiaentheretpioro
N«n;u--ll.v.'i ul«lrv#|iuctfiillTun- ip* ‘ -
• citizen-..f Altoona and vicinity,'
!tinuv*if hi*
iVHOLESALE AND RETAIL fHft
t. r-uu>.\ HU i:k <& stove srojiE/Jf^ t-J
r on Anni-:- strop t, between uJid
r t-. bn-t All>«ma t ,where he WiU keep constant-
I i larg** n.'S-jituit’Ut of everything in hbtlliw^
i'ill ufc-n r<amenableterms, ‘’V
•FI NO &• SPOUTING'
bhoii uvti..;;. ]{t* al»o mautifactur'Bi T^mm
uag, m huh. i-said tj le much eu|teHor to gal
m sirup v«r tin. . ' .'
i;v. atiii!.-hH a copper-smithing roomfo;Hhi et>
rt and jvill keep up U:uid an aosortmeht of top
isM kettles, Ac.
iofjohworir i Knotty attended Jo.* :
ofliuhik- pxttDiutgc is nwiectMlly eoltclUd.
SIBMUQi WCiIEB3,
.U’.imis, isoo.
uAI>KI,PHIA
i. Pok 3i k n occv pa nt,
•iW-mtl lias h-ust-d
liiyiv hr will keep u largo at«ortmentof(loU
"N Utchc-s. br.Ajin*rk’i4u« Kugiigb and £wLa man-'
l li.e nu*t CUeLrurM maker*. In u&Utlbo to
be found always on
Jiricty of Jewelry, Silverantf Sijyor Ph&*}ware,
ixh h p-uu-fal aia'urtiucnv of tufcli goods jm «e
|>t in a firit-cla>< Watch iiud jewelry Store,
oui afO. CofinoT, an.! those of the RUbveritar.
lib the public generally ore luvitod tocalh naj
tcvhv n gust article for theij* xaK>h£y. JU lam
kin do a cash business,. goods will be ao)d very
itnjf Qrock Snf*** is the motto of this
kwnt. LEWIS It. BROOHALL,
„ Formerly 0. Conrad, -
k.. N. Second St., cor.of QiniTv. Phtiada.
GREAT QUESTION WRiOJI
agitates the mind of eveiy -
I pel the best article
n regard to other matter*. the
I;d !»<>t attempt to direct, but
ling in the hue «f - '
loots -ojv shoes _.. •Sw-
Its an exaihhiation of his stock and trork.
constantly on hand nr; nsMi ri men tofTVoota, Shoe*,
|»;>eivv. Ac., which he offers utlh|r prices.
r ; 'e fcl«fctal attention to co-dom Wprk}■•llvl
I - wairuntM t<>givesatblkctleii. Noueballhe
:: nr* eiiipl.iycd • ' ‘ ' ;
T my shop is on V irginja atffel, immediately
♦ der’i* l>rwg Store.
r;:. U- HOBKETS.
ery and Grocery Store.
Si ESCRIISER KEEPS CON
■ThV on hand
Kakod Bread, Cakes, S*.
!ED, BACOK, FItQTTB,-'
groceries,
a diofcc-Tut uf SKGAiIS anil TOBACCO.
. JACOB EINK,
; Vii»inia Street, Inflow Annie St** s *-
fc SHOE ESTABLISHItEJFT
.’NDEKSIGNED AJiNOUNCK
utlugu of Altootui and vkAaity they h*'°
1 AND SHOE SHOP
riiEBT, 1 door oW If interf
jr« th»y will keep on hand a good MWtmei*
bho« at thdr own manufacture
?«Jar attention given to mrtking Z&3^
Iky Invite k ibprs «f
|?tat they can reader entire iatirototloii. _
in. 10, • JOHN SIIMfEY
3NAi; POLICE GAZKXTB r
ijWiul bi Ctimc a&4
andlj Vjdety circulated
It contains alHto o*-eat
|>nMtriate KditormUtm
pi Orianaal Matters, Hot
H*«r, •
l2 per.aminm; $1 for »ixmonth*.*'
r »ttl»crnjen(, (who AouW
comitj utd Slate whero
To O. nr. 3tiTSEttTW»i
»r * I*nip*r. of Jfew Totkpo^.fljgnj.,.
■ ' Jfap Jwt W
SHOES.—THSipf
!■> dov od band «od«riU,iwifc; t ;s
[ ifep* tejSbpSluaatc -
WhtoMTOlßeiit of
MrjMda,' ur audit io
v«uMitGaK*Bhoeit ftvrk
Mrfqp t&e
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MoCRUM & BERN,
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Cm the Physiology of Marriage.
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HABF OP THE MOUNTAIN.
BY J. A. U
Farewell to my mountain Lome,
Where many! a day I’ve passed
In sadness, grief and lonely thoughts,
Vet now I'm freed at last.
Though few there be whb’ll grieve for me,
When I from them deport,
For malice strong is mode to burn
Within the cruel heart.
An d envy bold, of color green,
A cruel monster, he
Still lurks within and *• plainly s«en
With cruel hate to me*.
Yet far from strife and.cruel hats,
My bark shall move along,
And silent p«ace, a constant guest,
Be with me while I roam.
Vet some there be who show to mo ]
True friendship iu return;
With eye so meek and smile so sweet,
My heart for them shall mourn.
For friendship true I fain would grieve,
Though found In lonely cell,
Or mountain cot, or lonely spot, '
Where sorrow ’« made to dwell.
Hflfd Hiiscellang.
THE MYSTERIOUS ORGANIST.
A, LEGEND OIVfHE HEINE.
“ Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.”
Years and years ago, at a grand old 4
cathedral overlooking the Rhine, theri? ap
pieared a mysterious organist. The great
composer who had played , ; tho organ so
long had suddenly died, and everybody
from the king to the peasant, was wonder
ing \yito could be found to fill his place,
when, one bright Sabbath morn, as the
sexton entered the church, he saw a stran
ger sitting at the crape shrouded organ.—
He was a tall,: graceful man, with a pale
but strikingly handsome face, groat black,
melancholy eyes, andhair like the raven’s
wing fur gloss and color, sweeping in dark
waves over his shoulders. He did not
seem to notice; the sexton, but went on
playing, and such music as'he drew from
| the instrument no winds of mine can dc-
I scribe: The astonished listener declared
(that the organ seemed to have grown hu
j man—.that it wailed, and sighed, and
| clamored, as’ if a tortured human heart
! were throbbing through its pipes. When
the music at length ceased, the sexton has
| tened to the stranger and said—
t Pray, who are you sir ?”
“Do not ask my njune,” he replied; “ I
have beard Hint you are in want of an, or
ganist, and cajnc here on trial.”
“ You’ll be sure to get the place,” ex
claimed the sexton. ' Why, you surpass
him that’s dead and gone sir !”
“ No, no; you overrate me,” resumed
the stranger', with a sad smile ; and then,
as if disinclined to conversation, he turned
from old Hans, and began to play again.
And now the; music changed from a sor
rowful strain to a grand prnon, and the
mysterious organistr—
“Looking upward full of grace.
Prayed till .from a happy place,
Ood’S glory smote him on tbe face,”
and his countenance seemed not unlike
that of St Michael, as portrayed by Guido.
Lost in the harmonics which swelled
around him, he sat with his “ far-seeing”
gaze fixed on the distant sky, a glimpse of
which he had caught , through an open
window, when there was a stir about the
church door, and a royal party came sweep
ing in. Among them might be seen a
young girl, with a wealth of golden hair,
eyes like the violet ‘in hue, mid lips like
wild cherries. This was the Princess Eli
zabeth, and all eyes turned to her, as she
seated herself in the velvet cushioned pew
appropriated to the - court. The mysteri
ous organist fixed lus gaze upon her, and
went on playing. No sooner had the mu
sic regohed her earl, than she started, as :
if agbost had Cr&aed her path; The'
bloom faded from her oheok, her lip quiv
ered, her whole frame grew tremulous.—
At last her eyes mlt those of the organist,
in a long, long, yearning look, and then
the melody lost its joyous notes, and once
more wailed, and sighed, and clamored.
“ By my faith," whispered the King to
his daughter, “ this organist has a master
hand. Hark ye, child, he shall play at
your wedding!”
- 1 - The pale lips of the Princess .parted, but
she could not speak—she was'dumb with
grief. Like one in a painful dream, she
saw the pale man at the organ, and heard
the melody which filled the vast edifices.
Aye, full well she knew who he was, and
why the instrument seemed breathing out
the agony of a tortured heart.
H. C. BEEN,
When the service was over, and the
rojal party had left the cathedral, he stole
away as mysteriously as he had come.—
Be was not seen again by the sexton till
the vesper hour, and then he appeared in
the organ loft, and commenced his task.
While he played, a veiled figure glided in,
and knelt near a side shrine. There she,
remained till the worshippers had dispers
ed, when the sexton touched her on the
shoulder and said—
“ Madam, everybody has gone but you
and me, and I wish to close the doors.”
“ I am not ready to go yet,” was the re
ply ; “ leave me —leave me ?”
The sexton drew back into a shadowy
niche, and watched and listened. The
mysterious organist still kept his post, but
his. head was bowed upon the instrument,
and he could not see the lone devotee. At
length' she rose from the aisle, and moving
to the organ-loft, paused beside the mu
sician.
“ Bertram,” she murmured.
. Qgick as thought the organist raised his
head. There with the light of a lamp
suspended to the arch above falling full
upon her, stood the who had
graced the royal pew that day. The
court-dress of velvet, with its soft ermine
trimmings, the tira, the necklace, the
bracelets, had been exchanged for a grey
serge robe and a long, thick veil, which
was now pushed baejk front the fair, girl
ish face.
“ Oh ! Elizabeth, Elizabeth ?” exclaim
ed the organist, and he sank at her feet,
and gazed wistfully into her troubled eyes.
“ Why are you here, Bertram?” asked
the Princess.
“ 1 came to bid you farewell, and as I
dared uot venture into the palace, 1 gained
access to the cathedral by bribing the
bell-ringer, and having taken the vacant
scat of the dead organist, let my- music
breathe out the adieu 1 could not trust my
lips to utter.”
A low moan was his only answer, and
he continued —
“You are to be married on the mor
row ?”
“ Yes,” sobbed tbe girl. “Ob,. Ber
tram, wbat a trial it will bo to stand at
yonder alter, and take upon me rows which
will doom me to living death !”
Think of me,” rejoined the organist.
“ Your royal father has requested me to
play at the wedding, and I have promised
to be here. If I were your equal, I could
be the bridegroom instead of tbe organist;
but a poor musician must give you up!”
“ It is like, rending soul and body as
sunder to part with you,” said the girl.—
“ To-night I may tell you this—tell you
how fondly I love you, but in a few hours it
will be a sin ! Go, go, and God bless you!”
She waved him from her, as if she would
banish him while she had strength to do
so, and he —how was it with him I He
rose to leave her, then came back, held
her to his heart in a long embrace, and
with a half smothered farewell, left her.
The next morning dawned in cloudless
splendor, and at an early hour the cathe
dral ;was thrown open, and the sexton be
gan to prepare fur the brilliant wedding.
Flame colored flowers nodded by the way
side, flame colored leaves came rushing
down from the trees and lay in light heaps
upon the ground; the ripe wheat waved
like a golden ikea, and berries drooped in
red and purple clusters over the rocks
along the Rhino.
At length the palace-gates were un
closed, and the royal party appeared, es
corting the Princess" Elizabeth to the
cathedral where her marriage was to bo
solemnized. It was a brave pageant; far
brighter than the untwined foliago and
blossoms were the tufts of plumes which
floated from stately heads, and tbe festal
robes that streamed down over the hous
ings of the aupefb steeds. But tbe Prin
cess, mounted on a snow-white palfrey,
and olad in snow-white velvet, looked pale
and sad; and when, on nearing the church,
she heard a gush of organ-music, which,
though jubilant in sound, struck on her
ear like a funeral knell, she trembled, and
would have fallen to the earth had not a
page supported her. A few momenta af
terwards she entered the cathedral. There,
with bis retinue, stood the royal bride
groom, whom she had never before seen.
Blit her glance roved from him to the or
gan-loft, where she bad expected to see
the mysterious organist. He was gone,
dud she was obliged to return the grace
ful bow of the to whom she had
begn betrothed from motives of policy.—
Mechanically she knelt at his side on the
alljer-s tone—mechanically listened to the
service and made the responses. Then
hejr husband drew her to faun in a convul
sive embrace,'and whispered—
IN EVERYTHING.]
ALTOONA, PA| THURSDAY* SEPTEMBER S, iM.
“ Elizabeth, my Queen, my wife, look
up!”
Trembling in every limb, she obeyed.
Why did those dark eyes thrill her so ?
Why did; that smile bring a glow to her
cheek ? Ah ? though the King wore the
royal purple, and many a jeweled order
glittering on his breast, he seemed the
game humble person who had been em
ployed to teach her organ music, and had
taught her the lore of love.
“Elizabeth," murmured the monarch,
“ Bertram Hoffman, the mysterious or
ganist, and King Oscar are one,! For
give my stratagem. 1 wished to marry
you, but I would not drag to the alter an
unwilling bribe. Your father was in the
secret."
While tears of joy rained from her blue
eyes, the new-made Queen returned her
husband’s fond kiss, and for once two
heai ts were made happy by a royal mu/
A Queer . People.
' Chambers’ Journal, discussing a recent
book of missionary travels in Africa, thus
alludes to one -of the tribes which are
found in that terra incognitia.
But the strangest of all are the stories
told of the Dokos, who -lived among the
moist, warm bamboo woods to the south of
Kaffa and Susa. Only four feet high, of
a dark olive color, savage and naked, they
have neither houses nor temples, neither
fire nor human food. They live only on
auts, mice and serpents, diversified by a
few roots and fruits; they let their nails
grow long like tatons, the better to dig for
ants and the more easily to tear in pieces
their favorite snakes.
They do not marry, but live iudiscrimi
native lives of animals, multiplying very
rapidly, and with very little maternal in
stinct. The mother nurses Tier child for
only a short time, accustoming it to eat
ants and serpents as soon as possible ; and
when it can help itself it wanders away
where it will, and the mother thinks no
more about it. The Dokos are invaluable
as slaves, and are taken in large numbers.
The slave-hunters hold up bright colored
clothes as soon as they come to the moist
bamboo woods where these human mon
keys live, and the poor Dokos cannot re
sist the attractions offered by such superi
or people. They crowd around them, and
are taken in thousands.
In slavery they are docile, attached obe
dient, with few wants and excellent health.
They have only one fault—a love for ants,
mice and serpents, and a habit of speak
ing to Yer with their heads on the ground,
and their heels iu the air. Yer is their
idea of a superior power, to whom they
talk in this comical nature when they arc
dispirited or angry, or tired of ants and
snakes, and longing for unknown food.—
The Dobo seem lo come nearest of all peo
ple yet discovered to that terrible cousin
of humanity—“ the ape.”
tQ_One of the ordinances of the city
of Paris fixes the legal weight of a passen
ger at 150 pounds. All who weigh over
that have to pay doable fare. We have
always thought that some distinction ought
to be made between fat people and lean
ones,,in dur public conveyances. A bul
lock weighing 1,000 pounds always pays
twice as much freight as one weighing only
500. Now, there is no more reason why
an omnibus or car should carry a SOD
pound passenger for the same fare as one
who weighs only-100, than that the freight
should he earned at ’ a uniform rate per
package, without regard to size or weignt.
agk» We find the following in a late
number of the St. Louis Democrat;
“ W T e learned last evening from reliable
sources that tbe State of California has of
fered the Government 50,000 troops, and
that the War Department has accepted
them. The first order from the War De
partment went out last night by the pony
express. It directs four regiments of in
fantry and one of cavalry to proceed to
Western Texas. It is stated in official
quarters that the 50,000 men will reach
the Mississippi valley within forty days.”
I®. An English lady, who went to make
purchases in Jamacoa, accompanied by
her black maid, was repeatedly addressed
by the negro shopman as “ massa /’where
upon her sable follower exclaimed, with a,
look of infinite contempt, “Why for you
apeak such bad grammar .Sabby ? Why
for you call my missus massa 1 Stupid
fellah—him’s a she I”
tST" “India, my boy,” said an Irish
man to a friend on his arrival at Calcutta,
“ is jist the finest climate under the sun ;
but a lot of young fellows came but here,
and they dhrink and they die , and thin
they write home to their friends a pack o’
lies, and say its the climate as bos killed
him.” .
Sfjp* As we stand by the sea-shore and.
watch the huge tides come in, we retreat,
thinking we will be overwhelmed; soon,
however, they flow back- So with the
wave? of trouble in the world; they threat
en us, hut a firm resistance makes them
break at our feet.
A TALK ABOUT CATS.
Gate are übiquitious!. Every body has
one. A household would be without one
of its moat important outfits if there were
none to caper with the little folks. They
have become a dcmoatio-necessity and a
social blessing. ; In either aspect they may
be regarded among the most interesting
quadrupedal phenomena of the age. The
gentle nature of the female commends her
to the highest respect of the housewife,
while the irrepressible warfare she wages
with those pests of the house, rats and
mice, makes her an invaluable treasure. —
Among the inmates of the treasury she is
an especial favorite, and the young misses
are very apt to hug the little pets almost
to death. There is something so sympa
thetic, so harmless and refreshing, in the
frolics of a kitten, that no one can wonder
at the hold they get upon childhood. A
kitten in one hand and a doll in the other
make the little girls happy beyond expres
sion. Indulgences of the social affections
though in this small and comparatively in
significant direction, 'is attended with
many advantages. The natural graces
need cultivation as well as the intellec
tual, and whatever tends to enlarge and
strengthen either, is worthy of considera
tion. The tenderness exhibited towards
these cunning and lively creatures draws
out and developcs the characteristics of
childhood, and becomes an element of
more important moment in after years.—
Surround the children with pictures, flow
ers, or even kittens, and you foster and
strengthen the noblest traits of their na
ture. All these aSffiUitiek are displayed,
or brought out Q by but one branch of the
race. The male animal, however, posesses
none of the attractive peculiarities that
distinguish bis more gentle companion,—
He is a character of a far different type,
and by no means so amiable. Ton find
him an out door lodger, a sort of rover at
large, regardless of all the laws that gov
ern his feline partner, and a foe alike of
all human and quadruped kind. His
notes pitched in every key of the cater?
wauling gamut, ring out through all the
hours of the nignt. They wont go home
till morning folks generally retire at about
the period when Grimalkin’s howl , has
reached its culmination, and amid noctur
nal schreechings, the yelling herd keep
up, the let-to-bed gentry get no rest. If
anathemas dire invoked upon their heads
would exterminate the race, there would
soon be no specimens of the genus alive.
Lucky for them is it that curses generally
return to afflict their authors, and in' these
instances, the more they are expostulated
with, the more intense becomes tbeir car
nival. Gentleman Tom seems to possess
a sort of highway commission. Haying
no home, he makes one wherever he can
find a door open, or a larder unlocked.—
Regardless as be is of the rights of others,
it can be no wonder that every hand is
raised against him. Hunted from society
for his lawlessness he makes reprisals up
on anything that fails in his way. He is
an Ishmael among the brutes. When the
poet penned those lines,“ Night’s silvery
veil hung low,’’ he never dreamed of the
awful perversion of its quiet hours by the
shocking cadences of a legion of the squal
ling, screaming, snarling crew that make
night hideous by their unearthly sounds.
The moat effective antidote for them when
thus robbing the night of its dreams for
the weary, is the logic of a shower of
brickbats; a single application of ten, suf
fices. The bouse-dog is no match for
him, unless he be a huge mastiff, for the
cat’s superior agility enables him to keep
the most active our at bay. H 4 needs bat
a fence to separate him from his foe, and.
at any advance of the latter, ho is sore to
give him a touch of hie claws. The voice
of Tom is likp that of Sempronius, ever
for war! His daguerreotype, taken at fe
ver heat, would be the impersonation of
all the furies. He is the of
a Bengal tiger in small clothes, and bears
about the same relation to other quadru
peds of bis weight, as does a pint of brim
stone tp a barrel of chaff But it would
require the pen of a; Goldsmith or a Buf
fon to' do justice to all the qualities of this
rara avis —a few of them only being the
burthen of this article.—-ST. T- Express.
SOU In the Italian; *ar, it is said, offi
cers went into the army armed like pri
vates; this being deemed necessary, bn
account of the introduction of rifles, to
prevent the commanders from being
picked off. Why should not this practice
be initiated with us 1
The greatest- pleasure of life is
love; the greatest treasure, contentment:;
the greatest psssession health; ths great
est ease sleep; and the best medicine, a
true and futhiul fricsbd.
SfirYou lost two legs in the army, you
say «■what did'you gain by it?” asked a
gentleman of a .Chelsea pensioner. *f Sin
gle blessedness, of *he replied; “ for af
ter tlat, no jiomauirould miwiy
... .-.- cn« r.-,..tr. i- • ttt- __ .
sa. If a servant fill lle fbr hi*m««ter,
his master need not be astonished if out
setrantliea for himtelf. " " ' "
EDITOBSAND PROPRIETORS.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Some of our exchanges have revived
the following old but good story:
A number of politicians, some of whom
were seeking office under the Government,
were seated on a tavern porch talking,
when an old toper named John D— ,
a person who is very loquacious when
corned but exactly the opposite when so
ber, said, that if the company had no ob
jection be would tell them a story. They
told him to “fire ahead,” whereupon he
spoke as follows:
A certain king—l don’t recollect his
name—had a philosopher upon whose
judgment he always depended. Now it
so happened that one day the king took it
into his head to go a hunting, and after
summoning his nobles, and making, the
necessary preparations, he summoned the
philosopher and asked him if it would
rain. The philosopher told him it would
not, and ho and his nobles departed.—■
While journeying along they met a coun
tryman on a jackass. He advised them
to return, “ for it will certainly rain,”
said he. They smiled contemptuously on
him and passed on. Before they bad
gone many miles, however, they had rea
son to regret not having taken the coun
tryman's advice as a heavy shower coming
up, thdy were drenched to the skin.—
When they had returned to the palace the
king reprimanded the philosopher severe
ly and said—
“ 1 met a countryman and he knows a
great deal more than you, for he told me
it would rain, whereas you told me it would
not.” A
The king then gave him faia walking
papers and sent for the countryman, who
soon made his appearance.
“Tell me,” said the king, how did you
know it was going to rain ?
“ I didn’t know,” said the rustic, “my
jackass told me."
“ How, pray, did jour jackass tell yon 7"
asked the king.
“By pricking up his ears, your mages
tj, ’' replied the rustic.
The king sent the countryman sway,
and procuring the jackass of him he placed
him (the jackass) in the office the philos
opher had filled. “ And here, observed
John, looking very wise, is when the
king made a very mistake.”
“ How so r inquired the auditors, eager-
iy- ,
“ Why over since that time, every jack
au tcanto an office! ’ >.
A Receipt fob Contentment. —Try.
to compute your artificial wants—the
number of things which you fancy come
under the list of “ must haves” merely be
cause other people possess them, and not
because you would not be quite as well off
and as happy in their absence. Try it for
one week whenever your fingers are
tempted to dally with your purse strings.
Record in your memorandum book what
in view of this, you sensibly resolve not to
buy, and see what a nice little sum will he
left you for real necessaries. It is seldom
by these last that one is hampered: andan
noyed. M ake the experiment, and see if
it is not see. A just economy is not nig
gardliness ; and need not be a miser in
avoiding the extravagance of a spendthrift..
It is said that while Senator Wil
son was making his masterly retreat in
Virginia, oh being repulsed by a teamster
whoie wagon he sought to occupy, he
protested in plaintive accents, that he was
Henry Wilson of Massachusetts. The
response of the teamster was to the point
Henry Wilson be d—d. I nave
kicked him off this wagon six times
already." —Boston Post.
A wag says he knows only one
thing better than love, and that is to be
throwir fhite a. pond of mush and mjllc
with the privilege of eating your way to
share. One devii says “ ditto.”
Wft.ln moot quarrels, there is a fault
on both sides. Both fimt and steel are
necessary to the production of a spark;
either of them may hammer on wood for*
ever, and no fire will follow.
——The less a nan knows, the wider
he wears his proth open. It is m Im
possible for a fool to keep hie jaws di«t
as it is for a sick oyster to keep his shett
closed. ■ "“
——Dr. Holmes tells of * mens* ut
terly mean, that if the archangel sbo|Ud
iofer tosaye their wuls fo* a sixpence,
they would give a sixpence thth a hole In
it. :; --
9Sf There are two classes of disap
pointed lorers, those who are disappointed
■&*
ones who if ,
mnst w>mewhs»*>/ fttf■
the wtw of Bwftws
be visited ppon the WIPW
thsafflsof»sfrths^
A wsre'dafeinds or pinion , r
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