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tho mnna(kctur» of Blank Books br
Rinks, County Offices, Railroad CumptalMt wnßflDk
Aati private individuals. la ail cases
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relied upon.''; .Blank Books printed, tingnd
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Dockets of ail sizes, made and ruled to order. : Trttio?
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papers Of the largest sizes. Harper's Weekly. OlcS*™?’
Pictorial, Ballou*. Scientific American. London |K2?
bound to order, and in any style required. Harper'sUomv
ly Magazine, Knickerbocker, Blackwood's aod Graham**
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sou’s Magazine, Piaa*» Music, Ac., lHfundin
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Lrary stylo, at very moderate prices. Persona bavin® *
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press, and all work entrusted toourcarewiil h< ?ipflcj
oily'executed, safely packed and returnedby Kapraull!
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Jion in relation to binding, and receive and return books
free from extra charges, fur all who cnt.Ust their work to
-my care, . [March 21, UHJI-ly
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Vaya tin: entire coat for Tuition in the most popular and
x snc:'-s.f u l Commercial Sclrnol in Hie Country. Coward of
; Iwrlvolnni'lriHl younp men from tnronty-eiglif rliffrnon
j States. Itavo .l,.>»ii niuoated for Ineinrss here within Hi*
1 past three- ycor-. ssm-: of whom have been employed u
, ‘lloolt silarira of - J
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f: r t*l-*
• M »vry
* pru:<:^
$3000,00 per Annum,
j immetliat.-Iy upon sr«lndtin(t. who knew nothin* of ao
• counts «li-m tli-y outi-rcil the C-Hope.
.o* ■'lni-terS eon, half price. Students enter at anr
■ tune, and r.-vu-w when tle-y pl-nsc. without extra charm
■ her Mtt.lr«tir of 51 pa«ra. Specimens of Prot Cowley',
; nn-l-Or ann-ntai Penmanship, ami a large ohm.
V'"- ' >f the Collect;, inclose twenty-flvo cents ta Posts™
aiumpi to liiti Principal-*. ®
t.vit *»«>’
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ns.
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ADoonn. Jc;n. H. 'C’-.]”.
GROCERY ASD BAKERY!
rp lIK rXDKItSIGSED ANttOCK-
A the citizens ol Altoona and vicinity that b«
f;-.« ju-t roc- JVt.l a large invoice© of
I «icry.
II stock
»- larg**
pi Win
. Willy w
Fruit, Confectionaries, Nuts, 'Spices
and notion, for eliil-ircn expressly for the Holiday,.
■ ,1 ' V| ** a ' s,> always on hand a good stock of .plaia
an«l fuicy cakes, of his own manufacture.
lock of
ss
LEMONS,, PRUNES, RAISINS «5C.,
always on hand at all seasons of the year.
by the
Coffee, Teas, Sugar, Molasses, Bolter,
EGOS, good WHITE WHEAT FLOUR,
thnnks
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in
piuaav.
IKK.
BUCK WHET FLOUB, COBS MEAL, iC.,
alm vf. In stare an.Wbr sale inlnnrc or small (Juantitles.
~ 1 ' fxwiin--ri!i l price m; slock, and you Will And
u.n.- {; >.:! ami cheap ns anv in town,
Dec. 20, ’pO-lv.J
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Literary Emporium and News Depot
c CONFECTIONARY, SUGAR, TOBACCO.
JEWELRY & VARIETY
STORE.
r PH E SUISSC RIBER CONTINUES to
-i - aUthcbc.t literary paper* and
i'^ r ' , 0:u * v frota I > ltxlh<lcl|»ljlh-, ■Jfew Tork fend
I tapether with a p<*4 assortment ofßooks. All
t:«" Books usrJ in this place aud-ticinity always ou
SU'I- i
kfcw*— ?
•uutj,
«/ A .it i- a^ lcc ot . nf Confectionary, and knlck knack*
of all UiniN for o.lnWri-n: Also the best Tobacco A S*para
to ue hud in bMvn. With a fine awortment of Cold
' 'iicilj;. GoM Kings and other articles of Jewel*
ly. UII and examine. 11. 7KTTINGEII.
AltPidn. July -0. ,(KMy.- ■ jc,.t Altoona BtfUft.
|r*!nn-
”XO,
If ‘ Tin
iL I r f :“ K aiIK AT question which
- i i. D^w agitates the mind of erory person
j... ' 0,1,1 I K'l the best article for mylS^P
“** money? In regard to other matters, the
' smbtr would not attempt to direct, but if yon
; want anything in the line of s- -
i HOOTS OK SHOES
11 „h' invite, on examination of his stock and work.
. Je J -eeps constantly on hand dr. assortment ofßoots.Shoes,
, G.liters. Slippers, Ac., which lip offers at fair price*.
} , , attention to cuitom work, *0
t waicli will In* warranted to girr«dtia(actiOD.
i beat workmen are employed
i .ReneudMtrniy shopb'on Virginia street, immediately
i opposite Kessler’s Drugstore. ; ■
f • Septembers. W-tfj JOHN H. K08BKT?.
Bakery and Grocery Store.
The subscriber keeps con-
StAXTLY on hand
Fresh-Baked dread. Cakes, &C
-PEED, BACON, PDOUE,
GROCERIES,
AUo,-« cbcicc lut of SKOAIIS and TOBACC&
JACOB RINK, '
Tiipinia Strr-ct. below Annla Street.
Jfov. 10.
Rational police gazette—
1, journal of Critno and CrimiinUa Is la
I? i" 0 ™ 1 v ar ’ BIM * “ widely circulated tSrougbMrt
the country. It contains all the Oient Trials, Crhnftßl
and approjtriutc Editorials oh tlicaome.togelliererlth
Informatiun on Criminal Matters: not to be foiind InMJ
nuier newspaper. t ■■ ■
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. by subscribers, (who‘should write their i»**
ana the town, county and State where they reside ptaifllyd
To O. W. MATSEiX * CO, ,
Mitor A Prop’r. of New York Police Oaxett*.
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through >vhi<?h thou-sauda. and terns ol thousands uunuaily
f<>l lowing are some of the diseases we cure, nbt only
af rhe Infirmary but in all parts of our coifulry: _ •
Consumption and Pulmonary Complaints, levers, Scrof
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all diseases of the Urinary aud Sexual Organs, from
whatever cause or whatever nature. Our object will be to
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On Female Complaint*.
Ou the various Schools of Medicines.
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(Box 141.)
Nov. 15,15G0.-Iy
THE ROOT ■&.. HERB DOCTOR,
fROM PHILADELPHIA,
WHO HAiS HAD 30 YSAJIS CON
ST \KT practice, esm be consulted at the AllOOna
House, Mr. John Wood's, viz.:—On Vie 7 Vi of June, the
SM of July, and the Ith of August-ha will then vacate for
a months. Notice will be given in this paper when, be
commence* his Winter’d Term again.
He treats nil diseases that flesh la heir to; He invite* all
females who may bo suffering with diseases peculiar to
their toXf to call and examine his new mode of treatment,
a» thousands have been Restored to health who ham.been
abandoned f»y others.' He Is in possession of perfect In
struments for sounding the lungs and chest ahd is,there
fore able to determine the ; exs*ct condition of the vital or
gans—consequently can treat such complaints with greater
safety am'riwrtnlnty'tbah it w-posslble for those who guess
it the disease %n4-exwnmeiit for.its cure, lie believes
ihat for every malady, there is found in our’soil a ijure
*n>l never-failing rvJnedy.
Patients eip retsivfulftatiuent pet mouth, except
in cases of Cancers and Tumors, they vary from $lO to
$lOO. Examination free. DU. w v I*EVINO?TpK.
N. ll.—gee Handbill*. 1 - fMay B,**6li
€OIVFECTIOSEBI
& ICE CREAM SALOON.
r pilE SUBSCRIBER -WOULD 1N-
X FORM tlio citizen# of Altoona and vicinity tbatjjtlit
OONFECTIOSKUY.SDT and FRUIT STORK, is alwny#
supplied with the very best articles; to be had, ami iti great
>*»rlety. Ue baa also au
ICE CREAM SALOON
uttachcii lohisstore,ld which|je vjUsefreM]) ICECREAM
dnr»ng;th^‘Bca>»oii.- :t ?,
Refs'at alt times prepare<t to supply candle#, Ac.,
pic-uics a«d other parties. He inyites a share ofpftblic
i> believing that Ue can render to
HMnerdb.-r, Ida etore and saloon is onTirglniu Htteot.two
t'lorsjHdw Hall. ‘ \OTTO HO^t.
rj^EasTTisTitTr.
T Irvin ?mmbr i>. *>• s., hav
<,/ *. permanently Ur AUoona^rcspectfully
■ Mh service* la the different department! of .
putgical aftd Mechanical Dentistry.
•. r»j*a f iy , J pp od j{ o Jaggard'* 3torc« Virginia st.'Al-
(May Id, ’tfl-tf.
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LINES ON THE DEATH OF COLONEL
ELLSWORTH. *
HI 1. A. U.
That son whoso noble br&ist wad filled
With Freedom's generous llame,
\Vas leading forth the gallant baud
’Till by the foe .was slam.
His manly form now cold io death,
Clreen laurels wreath his brow;
He hecdelh not his bitter fres; -
lie lives beyond the skies.
Put still within fond memory’s shrine
•Shull sot row deep remain;
.They loved their leader-to the lust—
The brave, the good was shun.
Bold treason's hand did dare
To raise, uml take the deadly aim,
And now Hurt noble form must Cull,
11 is blood in purple stream.
: ‘But Treason's son was also slaiui
to lus friends was given
: His mangled ilesh. in deep disgtilsc,
* i'it only for the raven.
■ No e;irth.which by the brave wan gained,
; Nor free and mantled sod,
* In dark disguise ami bitter shame,
* Korsiikcn by bis Ood.
Tfliscdlimj).
SIB BO GEE INKLEBY’S STOBY.
liY Kit KELVIN
“ There is a special providence in the
Tall ofa sparrow. If it be now, *tis not to
come!: if it be not to come, it .will be now .:
if it he not now, yet it will come."—Ham
l.KT. —'
Ah. excellent old man was Roger Inkle
by. lAs full of wisdom as experience, ex
perience as age, ago as temperance and
regularity could command by the will of
(', odlt was my good fortune to know
him in the prime of his silvery locks.—
With a smile pleasant as sun-light; a heart
crowded with good intentions and kind
thoughts 5 with a will to execute strong as
life ; -with advice sincere as valuable ; with
sympathhy warm as his friendship, was
lloger Xnkleby. He yras called Sir Roger
to perpetuate his universal benevolence. —
An evening passed with him, became one
better than-the enjoyment of the evapora
i tingi frivolities of gayer life;, But he is
now? entombedwith the worm of the grave,
yet his face is painted upon,’ and his vir-
framed for my memory.
“ Come to-morrow evening,” said Sir
lloger, “ and I will tell you a; story.”
“;3Jy story is a life fact,”; commenced
Sir Roger. “ To you it may be instruc
tive. -and still more, you remember it to
benefit others; for you know” turning his
pleasant eyes full upon me, “ wc love to
do good, at least we should. J No one lives
without power. , No matter the rank con
dition or place. ’ Each one has his influ
ence; upon the other. It is in action, con
duct and speech. In the home, the ware
house, the desk, the field, updn deck. It is
in the eye, the walk v the dress; for the lat
ter; is as much the characteristic of the
| man as his face is the index prcfacing the
I life. Brutes recognize the fact. A mild
cus you see with a gentle master; ai savage
bRI-dog with a wretch. . And yet, incon-
IrosVjrtible as this is, it is little regarded
—too little by the parent,; less by tho
guardian.
.*< Philip Marlowe was my intimate Class
mate in college—a young man possessing
peculiar and noticeable twits. He was a
gobd scholar, a gentleman ini his mrfnucrs,
and apparently easily read. He was am
bitious, cool in design, shrewd, cunning,
anR rashly bold. He played deep-without
suspicion of failure. Yet,‘in all things,
Hei lacked one essential jrinciple. This
pgs effectually covered by his master tact,
and he always passed as the model stu
dent. I fancied he suspected my confi
dence in him was not very strong; but he
pursued the right course in .such a page— —
fluttering: me with his friendship and reli
ance so far as his policy dictated. Unex
ceptionable ;in his easjp ‘conversations,
princely-io his ideas, he charmed mo, and
although I loved him, yet there was some
thing fearful in my suspicions that the ev
idences of friendship were clever advances
to convert me. ul have shuddered as I
caught, unawares, Iris eye upon me. I
never could relieve myself from the idea
that he suspected I knew him better than
he desired. The sequel demonstrated it.
“ It is a fearful thing, my young friend,
to live under a disguise one’s life-time.—
But there are those who do it. It may bo
the first you meet iu the street. It may
be the father, the counsellor, the elder,
the preacher, the merchant in high esteem,
your friend. Did you ever think of it'( —
In order to know, youtnust observe. Pass
not blindly through life. Live to learn.
Watch the lip, the brow, the eye. Study
the semblance between the utterance and
the action. JLuk the gift and the sub
ject, the favor rod the grantor. The pol
itician takes you warmly by the hand, he
speaks warmly, promises warmly, despises
you warmly. The speculator of friend
ship whispers a golden’ word to you, and
bites off a damning point against you.—
Ho effects his object, triumph 3 you, suffer.
The man clamorously zealous in advoca
ting moral and divine precepts, imploring,
with streaming eyes, “ Our Father,” is
a consummate hypocrite. After the fire
the still small voice. That was of God.
,11. C. DEUX
That was God. The merchant, -rich in
his crowning suppers, is a bankrupt and a
villian. All this and these may be suc
cessfully veiled for years, but not for all
time. Just retribution will develop, will
incinerate. You cau readily suspect that
maa who declares the most for your inter
est. The cat needs but to watch to catch
her prey. ■>
“ Through the period of four years
Marlowe and myself were mostly together.
By this singular friendship I gained char
acter, for py class-mate was highly es
teemed by the Faculty and loved by all.—
The young ladies smiled more sweetly
when Marlowe addressed them; but he
looked ou women as ornaments merely,
that would not bear handling without lo
sing lustre. -
“ It is instructive as well as amusing to
follow the movements of good chess-play
ers. The pieces are before each, and the
same opportunity to win offers itself, if
the one is as the other. But there is a
wide difference resting on the same talent,
developed in a cheating game of cards,
where the sleeves or other covert hides
the ace that gives to and takes from. I
contend nature is more easily studied
Where there is the more to occupy the
minds of many; for instance, a city. The
pressure of obligations is esteemed security
from detection, but to the accurate obser
ver it is the very sii/nal of distress.
“ So successfully did Marlowe play his
part at our graduation I almost denied my
suspicions. Indeed, the jury of,my con
science stood ten for acquittal and two for
conviction; still those two were very te
nacious of their opinions. The usual re
sult took place—a discharge; for we pur
sued different avocations. Before we sep
arated, I received much good counsel, and
many good suggestions from Marlowe,
such as could exist only where there was
actual belief in’the same.
“ Disgusted with all professions, my
friend chose merchandise, and soon after
gave me his reasons for so doing, the chief
of which hung upon 'being known as first'
in the wbrld of traffic. I remember his
words, ‘f Surprised you no doubt may
be; yet .Roger, 1 can make more of'a sen
sation in this-sphere than in the profes
soins. Note the margin 1 have; and you
know, ambition that is tempered with
godly incentives should never tremble
with doubt.”
“ Could tMs Napoleon of ambition have
buried the hypocrite twin .of his nature,
what a prince would have lived, and what
a blaze of glory would have extin
guished at his exit! , ,
“ Life instructions arc varied as they
are numerous; some pleasant, more bitter,
neither continuous, though by far the
longer not the sweeter. It is holy will
that all should bo taught from the samq
great page; likening mankind in this wise
to the world of infants, for we all read our
A B C'sT If the bitter bo not now, yctit
will come..
• “ With a mind . peculiarly adapted to
grasp at difficulties, and with sanguine
confidencs of eventual success, my class
mate worked on. The younger world be
gan tobuzz his name. His affable man
ner and eloquent tongue won admiration.
With his usual coolness ho selected his
partner, and the business world chronicled
the birth of another house, Marlowe &
Muldonald, names which since have
passed East, West, North, South, and be
yond oceans. Rich in experience, tried
in .wisdom,: the elder world now began to
buzz the name of Marlowe. He was first
in the estimation of the business commu
nity. Ilis drafts were gold, his words
like so much silver, his name everything.
Ho had won a character beyond impeach
ment. When wo met he was the same,
grown slightly subdued with the massive
weight of cares and an enviable name.—
His counsel Was sought to promote great
enterprises, and documents witl) bia auto
graph were synonymous with success. —
With this bold upon the world, J almost
fancied that he would continue to merit
j his proud epithet. But. beyond bur own
i ideas of recompense must we acknowledge
[independent in everything.]
ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1861.
that which belongs to the Creator. He
has assured us the sinner shall not go un
punished. Itegardless of his position,
there is no rank in the scales of God’s
justice whereby the greater can be
weighed with less fairness than the smal
ler. Like merchandise for market, each
one’s net is scored upon the tally-book,
and if he had previously passed for worth
beyond his value, ihe honest reduction
will come finally. This doctrine has been
blown by the Preacher into all quarters,
substantiated by aggravated cases, and
yet, temptation before, and a clever covert
beside, have proved the more powerful of
the twain. And this is it. Could the
errorist know the last act of his drama,
his courage would quail to perform what
hope for concealment has encouraged him
to do. But grasping ambition, intolera
ble pride, ungovernable selfishness without
principle, are subtle spirits to nourish. —
They prove themselves mutineers that
need only circumstances to develop des
truction. Every one has a desperate spi
rit. The best heart that ever dictated
wholesome truths, has the alchemy of re
volt against all divine and legis
lative. It is not golden ease that furnish
es the proof of such existing property,
but poverty or ambition will fairly eluci
date it, blotting from the argument the
natural wretch—a coin of crime.
“ Imagine yourself positioned in the
velvet chair of unquestionable estimation,
with a name echoed for pattern, a credit
limitless, attended on each hand, support
ed by, encircled by the bodyguard of
imposed trust, and you have the case of
Philip Marlowe. At this peroration of
life had my classmate arrived. * A slight
silver upon his hair showed the mental
and physical struggle by which he had
attained this acme. He had passed into
middle life, overcoming obstacles, creating
business, aiding enterprises, bestowing
charity, gathering a name.
“ I found upon my table one evening a
note. It wak from Marlowe, requesting
me to call upon him "punctually at ten the
following morning. I fulfilled his wish,
and found him in his thorning; wrapper.
But he was much changed. The pallor
of sadness, a hopeless expression was upon
his face. Yet he took me kindly by the
hand, and told me, with peculiar earnest
ness, that he had sent for me to confess
one life-deception.
“Roger! I have known since we were
class-mates, that you suspected my hones
ty. By ?ny uniform life I have no doubt
blinded and confounded you. But before
night, not only you; but the world will
know I have played my part devilishly
clever. I shuffled the -pack to win,hut I
have finally lost,’ and leaning forward
with a look of terrible bitterness, in a
hoarse whisper be added : It is all ambi~
lion without principle I
“ For an instant his eyes glared upon
me, his lip quivered, he essayed Again to
speak, but fell heavily back. His head
dropped upon his chest. He was dead!
He had swallowed poison. He had been
concealing and carrying on a series of for
geries, by which means he had entered
into private speculation of great magni-
But a severe reverse had fallen
upon him, and ho saw no other method of
avoiding the damning results but suicide.
Towards me he had always show A a uni
form kindness, but to the world at large
while feeding it with the supposed pabulum
of deference, hfi was merely using this as
the saccharine to surface the deposit of
gall. ■
“The melancholy case stunned the
world. Public confidence was staggered.
Capitalists were dumb. .‘Every one shud
dered. Mutual reliance lost one trusted
pillar of its base; temptation has proved
a Sampson, and polled it down amid the
mangled pile of expectation, hope, and
The tree that bore the de
licious fruit was but of ingrafted growth
in the commoner orchard of humanity.—
Had principle guided the man, his ambb
tion would have been righteous. Ho
would have erected a mausoleum' that
would have withstood; the gnawing tooth
of obloquy and sapping jealously. His
name, like Washington’s, would have
passed down to posterity polished by age,
the prince of merchants, the man of
worth. ■,
■“Let existence be guarded by principle,
and life* with all its phases of sunbeam end
night, will gather honey from every petal,
that will sweeten add nourish the ‘slip
pered pantaloon’ age; and when Death,
with his skeleton chariot, makes his impe
rious call, you bid the last farewell to
accompany the relentless drivel upon that
return less ride ’mid the gincefest sorrow
of following hearts.
“This is my story of a life-ifact. It
has a moral, and he is wise who will profit
thereby.
“ Eead ye the lesson—heed it well.”
* ’ . . ti \ ,•
Jiafcy persons spend so much time
in criticbimwand disputing .about the gos
pel that they nave none at all left for prac
tising it. *'
■ ° . . 1. . I-
figr If you and. your sweetheart vote
upon the marraige question, you for it and
she against it, don’t flatter yourself as to
it’s being a tie. i
DRAWING RATIONS.
Thera are some episodes in the life of a
soldier, provocative of laughter, and that
serve to disperse, in a measure, the ennui
of campi life, and the following is one of
them: ,
_ Not long ago a farmer who did not re
side as far from the camp of “ the boys”
ns he wished he, did, was accustomed to
find, every morning, that several rows of
potatoes had disappeared from his field.—
He bore it patiently for some time, but
when tfad last half of nis field of fine
“kidneys” began to disappear, he began
to think' that sort of thing had gone far
enough, and determined to stop it. Ac
cordingly, he made a visit to camp very
early next morning, and amused himself
by going round to see whether the soldiers
were provided with good and wholesome
provisions. He had not proceeded far
until he found a “ boy”just serving up
a finp dish of “ kidneys” which looked
marvellously like those that the “ gude
wife” brought to his own table. Halting,
the following very interesting dialogue
ensued:
“ Yoa havo some fine potatoes Lore, I
see.”
“Spendid!” was the reply.,
“ Where do you get them V’
“ Draw ’em."
“ Does Government furnish potatoes in
your rations?”
“ Nary potato!”
“ I thought you said you drew them.”
“ So we do.”
“ But how, if they are not included m
rations?”
“Eagjest thing in the world! Won’t
you take some with us ?” said the soldier,
as he seated himself at the table opposite
the smoking .vegetables. .
“Thank.'you! But will you oblige me
by telling how you draw your potatoes,
as they ore furnished you by the commis
sary ?” .
“ Nothing easier! Draw ’em by the
tops mostly! Sometimes with a hoc, if
one is loft in the field.”
“ Hum! —yes—l understand! Well,
see here I Friends, if you don’t “draw”
any mote of mine,' I will “ draw” them
myself, and, bring you a basketfull every
morning!”
“ Bully foe you, old fellow!” Was the
cry, and three cheers and a tiger were
given for former 1 Lee. The covenant was
entered into, and no one but the owner
“ drew”, potatoes from that field after
wards;
A Ruined Character. —Not a great
while qgo, in a certain neighborhood, a
man was wandering in search of employ
ment. .He called at a respectable farmer’s
bouse, and told his errand.
“What is yonr name ?” asked the man.
“Jonathan Gilman.” '
“ The same that lived near here when a
boy?” :
“ The same, sir,”
“ I will not employ yon, then.”
Poor Jonathan, surprised at such a re
ply, passedon to the pent farmer’s; but
the same, reply was given. He soon came
in sight of an old school house.
“Ahl” said lie, “I. understand it now.
I was a school-boy there once, but what
kind of a school-boy ? Lazy and disobe
dient. Although lam now in a measure
reformed, they all think me the same kind
of a man as I Was a boy. Oh! that I
had done my duty’when at school—then
again could I dwell pleasantly in the land
of my birth.”
School boys and school-girls, please re
member that your school-mates wilt be
likely to look- upon you in manhood or
womanhood as they did in youth. .Then,
in your school days, prepare to be- noble
men and noble woipen.— Gem.
Fidelity. —Never forsake a friend.—
When enemies gather around; when siek
ness falls on the heart; when the world
is dark and cheerless ; then is the time td
try true friendship. They who turn from
such scenes of distress betray their hy
pocrisy; and prove that interest only moves
them. If you have a friend who loves
you, who has studied your interest and
happiness, be sure to sustain him in ad
versity. Let him feel that his former
kindness is appreciated, and that his love
was not thrown away, Real fidelity may
bo rare, but it exists in the heart. They
only deny its worth and power who nevpr
loved a. friend, or labored to make a friend
bappyi; ■■■ . C-”
#9?*“ Julius, what portion, ob de army
do do landlords dread do most?" '
“ Don't really know, Sam.”
“Why, de lefi-tenante, ob course, you
conglomerated niggah.
? Beautiful rain, this, §ir; fetch
thmgkput of the ground,” said one friend
tb another. '. • ’
“ Hope not, sir,” said the other, f‘ got
two Wives there 1”
' moon changes every thirty
jjtpys, 4e^J
mfue tho sox bfthis plan.et, Uie aboye |j :
sufficient. Lite mostlkdiesahe is never
a day older than thirty.
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
MA^BIMOiSriAXf.
I have lived solitary long enough; t
want somebody to talk at, quarrel with,
then kiss and make up again. Therefore
I am open to proposals from young ladies
and fresh widows of more than average
respectability, and tolerably tame in dis
position.
As near as I can judge of myself, I aid
not over eighty "or under twenty-five years
«f age. In height I am either five feet
eight or eight feet five, ! forget
Weight 135, 816 or 581,1 recollect each
figure perfectly well, but as to their true
arrangement, am somewhat puzzled. 1
have a whole suit of hair, dyed biy nature
and free from dandruff. •' Eyes butternut
brindle, tinged with pea-green. Noect
blunt, according to the lonic order of
architecture, with a touqh of the Compo
site. Mouth between a oatfish and an
alligator's, made especially for oratory and
the reception of large'oysters. Ears pal
mated, long and elegantly shaped. My
whiskers are a combination of dog hair,
moss and. briar bush, well behaved and
fearfully luxuriant.
I am sound in limb, and on the nigger
question. Wear boots No. 9, when cons
are troublesome, and can write poetry by
the mile with double rhyme on both edges,
to read backward, forward, crosswise and
diagonally. Gan play the jewsbarp and
bass-drum, and whistle Yankee Doodle in
Spanish. Am very correct in my morals,
and first-rate at ten-pins; have a,' regard
for the. Sabbath, and never drink, except
when invited. Am.q, domestic animal and
perfectly docile, when towels are clcap and
shirt-buttons all right. If I possess a
predominating virtue, it is that of
giving every enemy whom T debm It haz
ardous to handle. I say my prayers every
night, mosquitoes, permitting, and as to
whether I snore in my sleep-, I waqt some
one to tell me. Money is no object as I
never was troubled with any, and never
expect to be. a blathebskitb.
. Assessing Damages.— On the occa
sion of a railroad accident down east, the ;
attorney visited the scene of the disasier,
to satisfy the claims of the injured parr
ties. After paying for black eyes, bloody
noses, cracked crowns, peeled sbins/and
sprained limbs all around, at the appraisal
of the injured, he supposed the business
over, when he was saluted by a tall Yankee,
with feet like snow shoes, a bell-crowned,
hat, and a blue coat over his arm, with—
“ Well, squire, what are you going to
allow (me?”
“Ybu?” said the attorney, “ where are
you hurt?” i
“ Oh, i nowhere to speak of. Squire, but
I was most terribly scared! and I think
that’s worth about'a dollar, the way ybir’fw*’
been payin’ on ’em.” The dollar
of course. v -■ . .: •
How to Make Money.— Let thb bu
siness of every bodyelse alone, and attend
to your own ; don’t buy what you don't'
want; use every hour to advantage and
study to make your leisure
think twice you thrpw.away a shil
ling,remember yoa’ J will have another to
make for it; find recreation in looking
over your business; buy low, sell fair, and
take care of the profits; look ;Over your
books, regularly, and if you find an error
trace it out; should a stroke of misfortune
come upon yon, in trade, retrench, work
harder, but never‘fly the track; control
difficulties with unflinching perseverance,
and they will disappear at last; though
you should fail in the struggle you will be
honored; but shrink from the task, and
you will he despised. v
An Unmitigated Liar. -‘-Among the
many anecdotes of Buena Vista, tbiafono
beats all others. ' ’’ .
An Arkansas soldier who was wounded; -
asked an Irishman to help him off the
field. The latter did so by enabling him
to mount, and strapping him to bis bone, - ■
himself riding before. During the ride
the poor Arkanskn had his head shot off,
unknown to his companion. Arriving at
the. Doctor’s quarters, the Irishman^? B
asked what he wanted.
“ I brought this poor fellow to haye bis
leg dressed.”
“Why,” replied the Doctor, “bis bead
is:off 1” ■
“The bloody, liar |” exclaimed Mite,
looking behind him, “ he toH mo bow be
was only shot in the leg 1” ,
The following is extracted frotti'otle
of the letters picked op by our soldiers la
the hastily evacuated camp of therebete
at LaureUlili: , ,
“ I say agen deer Melindy weer
our libertis to dew gpsf' as wfc plees, aria
we will file fur tbem so long as noddtemity
givesusbrethl” ’ ; ! r ■ V5 *
: #©,The blood of piaa should ueret bc
shpd-hut tpredpem
is well shediocpui lamiliw, for ppr-m^^b,
for dur im&Pha mnpy, tkmfm
bind. The rest.la
crime. • ■ ■ :; "7 — n a
jQrA dentist is aot always
he shows his teethe
NO. 30.