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most Certain, Speedy and only Effectual Remedy in
the world for all Private Diseases, Weakness of the Back
‘“limbs. Stricture*, Affection!, of the KUneya and Blad
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Nervousness, Dyapepay, Languor, Low
of Ideas, Palpitation of the Heart, Timidity, Trembhnta,
Dimness of Sight or Giddiness, Disease of the Head,
Throat, Nose or Skin, Affections of the Liver, Lnnpi, Stom
ach or Bowels—those Terrible disorders arising from the
Solitary Habits of Youth—those sacaii and solitary prac-
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Especially, who hare become the victims of Solitary Vice,
that dreadful and destuctive habit which annually sweeps
to an untimely gtave thousands of Young Men of the moat
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with full confidence,
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Married Persona, or Young Men cotemplating marriage,
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Immediately Cured, and full Vigor Restored,
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habits than by the prudent? Besides being deprived the
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OR. JOHNSON.
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. London, Grad
uate from one of the most eminent Colleges in the United
States, and the greater part of whose life has been spent In
the hospitals of Loudon, Paris, Philadelphia and else
where, has effected some of the most astonishing cures
that were ever known; many troubled with ringing in.the
head and ears when asleep, great nervousness, being
alarmed at sudden sounds, bashfulness, with' freqtient
blushing, attended sometimes with derangement of mjnd.
were cored Immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE
Dr. J. addressee all those who have injured themselves
by improper Indulgence and solitary habits, which ruin
both body and mind, unfitting them for either business,
study, society or marriage.
Thesx are some of the sad and melancholy effects pro-,
duced by early habits of youth, viz: Weakness of the
Back and Limbs, Palos in the Head, Dlmrets of Sight,
Loss of Muscular Power, Palpitation of the Heart. Dys
p*pey, Nervous Irritability, Derangement of the Diges
tive Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Constjunp
tlon. Ac.
Mkttaixt.—The fearful effects of the mind are nnch to
be dreaded—L*ws «f Memory, Confusion of Ideas* De
pression of spirits, Evil-Foivbodings. Aversion to Society.
Self-Distrust, Love of Solitude, Timidity, Ac., are sorte of
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YOUNG MEN
Who have injured themselves by a certain practice in
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What a pity that a young man, the hope of bis country,
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reflect that a sound mind and body are tho most necessary
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out these, the journey through life becomes a weary pil
grimage; the prospect hourly darkens to the view; the
mind becomes shadowed with despair and filled with the
melancholy reflection that the happiness ot another be
comes blighted with our own.
DISEASE OF IMPRUDENCE. #
When the misguided and imprudent votary of pleasure
fluds that ho has imbibed the seeds of this painful dis
ease, it too often happens that an ill-timed sense of shame,
or dread of discovery, deters him from applying te those
*ho, from education and respectability, can alone be
friend him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms of
this horrid disease make their appearance, such as ulcera
ted sore throat, diseased nose, nocturnal pain s in the head
&nd limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on the shin
bone* and arms, blotches on the head, feco and extremi
ties, progressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the
palate of the mouth or the bones of the noae fall in, and
the victim of this awful disease becomes a horrid object of
commiseration, till death puts a period to his dreadful
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“ h • mdancholp fact that thousands fall victims to
this terrible disease, owing to the unskillfoiness of igno
re 11 * pretenders, who, by the use of that Deadly Jbiso «,
Jfercury, ruin the constitution and make the residue of
life miserable.
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Trust uot jour lives, or health to the care of the many
Unlearned and Worthless Pretenders, destitute of knowl
name or character, who copy Dr. Johnston's adver
tisements, or style themselves, in the newspapers/, regn
iirly Educated Physicians, incapable of Caring, they keep
Pa trifling month after month, taking their fiUhy and
poisonous compounds, or as long as the smallest fro can
J* °btained, and in despair, leave you with ruined health
iiffh oter your galling disappointment,
ur. Johnston is the only Physician advertising,
ttw credential or diplomas always hang in his office.
„ *J“ remedies or treatment are unknown to all others,
, from *life spent in the great hospitals of Europe,
S. Jmt in the country and a more extensive Private Prac
we than any other Physician in the world.
Th.‘ NO 2" SEME " T of the PRESS.
m«ny thousands cured at this institution, year after
nSwi , l he I \ nmer <> ll « important Surgical operations
“ % Johnston’ by the reporters of the
whirl.’ h. C'ipper, ,nd many other papers, notices of
hMuL^*iP P Sf r ' d and agsin before the public,.
S^hnu.* t f n<l ” g « a !' gentlemen of character - and re
sponsibility. is a sufficient guarantee to the afflicted.
SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED.
,aT iti . n^ honl<i *" P»rtlcnlar in directing their
to this Institution, in the following manner:
,«■ JOHNSTON. M. D„
Of th» Baltimore Lock Hoapltal, Maryland.
€tooi« | toeteg.
.U. C. DBBN,
WANTING A HUSBAND.
To some Worthy, gentlemao, wasting a wife, :
I offer myself a partner for lift.
I’ve a heart that is kind, loving, and true,
And if you’re deserving, will love none but you.
My virtues domestic are easily told—
I can keep a boose tidy, can cook bat can’t scold;
For music, I own, I have taste and some skill,
But can handle the kettle and tray full as well.
I know that Tm neat, and they say that I’m pretty.
Of moderate sense, though not very witty,
I have some sense in my head, with a.sprinkle of fun,
But for cents in my pockets, I assure you I’ve none.
I've common school learning, With a smattering of French,
But to Latin and Greek I make so pretense;
My complexion’s a blonde; my eyes are a blue;
My waist is quite slender—l’m Just five feet two.
My fingers don’t taper so much as I’d like,
But then they are rather a delicate white;
My foot is not small, my shoe numbers four,
My weight, usually, is one bunred—or more.
My hair is auburn; my teeth are like pearls;
I’ve red pouting lips, and pretty brown curls;
Don’t yon think me a model of meekness and love?
Or a gold-winged pert just strayed from above?
For I’m neither a princes, a queen, or a fairy,
Altho’, I presume, yon will think me quite airy,
Bnt a pretty plump maiden, scarce seventeen,
Who wants a companion that is fit for a queen.
And now, If you like, you can make up your mind,
That yon’U have you a wife that is truly refined;
That can cook, wash and sow, make butter and cbeeee,
Or ait in the parlor with grace and with ease.
And now, if some gentleman worthy of note,
And not a young vahukerando or a -goat {tu),
Will address through the malts, “ Miss Lizzie,” then I
Will grant you a prompt add speedy reply.
JWwt ipisfellang.
A NIGHT ADVENTUEE IN PARIS.
It was during the first months of my
residence in Paris, in the days of Charles
the Tenth, and nearly five and thirty years
ago. I had been to take a farewell dinner
and a temperate glass or two of Medoc,
with a fellow townsmen and neighbor of
mine, who was on the point of returning
to the paternal roof in Somersetshire. He
had been studying medicine and-the ele
ments of practical chemistry for the last
year, under the watchful eye of his uncle,
a pharmacien in the Place Yendome, and
it was there, in the small-lighted back
room behind the shop, which fronted Na
poleon’s triumphal column, that we had
our modest symposium. I was loth 'to part
with him, he had been so true a friend; he
it was who crammed me with colloquial
French—the popular idioms of the Parisian
highways; who made me acquainted with
all the ins and outsj the byeways and the
short cuts of old Lutetia, and taught me
how to solve the difficult problem of cut
ting my coat according to my cloth, which
in those days was unfortunately very scanty
indeed.
It is not much to be wondered at that I
forgot the lapse of time, and that, when at
length I screwed myself hp to the pitch of
saying the last adieus, and had torn myself
away, it should be verging to the small
hours of the moniing. In truth, it was
on the point of striking one when I left
the house, and before I had well got clear
of the broad “Place” the hour had struck.
At any other time I should not have
cared a straw about this, but have walked
on quietly to my lodging in the Rue Riehe
lieu; but now I knew that would be of no
use. That old concentrated essence of ver
juice, Ganache, the porter, to save himself
a little trouble, had detained my letters of
a morning Ttill I came down, instead of
sending them by the garcon to my room op
the fourth floor, and I had quarreled with
him in consequence, and given notide to
quit at the end of my month. Since our
quarrel he had used me savagely, and I
knew he was no more likely to let me in
after one o’clock than he was to pay my
tailor’s bill. ’
This reflection brought me to a stand
still. What should I do? Where should
I go? To increase my chagrin, it began
to rain in a rather sharp shower. In
stinctively I faced about, ran across the
Place, and got under the shelter of the
piazza in the Hue de Castiglione, just in
time to save myself from a drenching tor
rent which burst on the streets like a
water spout. I was walking-up and down
in the dark, taking counsel of myself,-un
til the storm should cease, when I stum
bled and tripped over somebody lying
crouched up at the foot of a pillar.
“Is that you, Janin?” said a rather
whining voice, which seemed to proceed
from some one in the act of waking from
sleep.
“No,” said I, “it.isn’t Janin; who are
you? and why are you lying here this
time of night?”
“Un pauvre aveugle,” Said he;
waiting here for my comrade, who is gone
to the spectacle. You seei, M’sieu, Janin
is fond of the spectacle, and* while he is
getting his fill of it, I take my pastime oh
the cold stones.”;
I thought it but a grim sort of joke, and
told him 1 should think better of Janin if
he were more considerate for his friend.
The poor blind wretch did not agree
with me, and, to my surprise, began vin
dicating the of Janin. “You
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ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1862.
see,MPsieu,” said he, “if I am blind, Ja
nin has good eyesight, and why should he
not enjoy it ? He may as well be blind as
I, if he is to see nothing. One should not
be selfish although one is unfortunate.”
While he Was speaking, and I was in
wardly admiring his simple magnanimity,
Janin came up at a quick pace, and chant
ing a lively ditty. “ What, my old philos
opher! so you have company,” he said, “I
am afraid I must disturb your conference.”
“Make no apology for that, I pray,”
said I, “but if you can direct me to a
lodging 1 shall be obliged.”
“You are English,” said Janin ; “there
is an English house in the Rue de 1’ Ode
on, which is always open till two. If you
make for the Point Neuf at once, and step
out, you will be there in good time.”
“ Grood-night, then, my lads.” And
away I trudged at a round pace for the
Point Neuf—crossed it in a pelting shower,
and made the best of my way to the Rue
du 1’ Odeon. I accounted myself fortunate
in reaching the house'a few minutes be
fore the hour for closing the door, but
found that 1 had not so much cause for
congratulation as I had imagined, as the
place was full, and the only accommoda
tion the landlady could offer was a small
truckle bed in a two bed-room, already
bespoken for the night by a previous comer.
Being wet through by the rain, and feel
ing that I should not mend matters by
faring further, I was fain to make a vir
tue of necessity, and accept the .truckle
bed. Moreover, wishing to get out of my
damp garments as quickly as possible, 1
asked for my candle, and was forthwith
shown to the dormitory, which I found
was up four flight of stairs. I lost no
time in getting between the sheets, but had
no intention of going to sleep till I knew
at least what sort of a subject was to be
the companion of my slumbers. So I took
a book from my pocket, and placing a can
dle on a chair by the bedside, bagan to
read, resolved to keep my light burning
and myself awake until the sound of fqpt
steps on the stairs should apprise me of the
approach of the stranger. After the lapse
of about half an hour, the sounds I was
listening for approached, and then, clap
ping the extinguisher on the light, I lay
back, half- closed my eyes, and affected
to sleep.
The figure that now entered the room
was not at all a fascinating one, to my
view at least. He was a man about five
and thirty, jauntily garbed in one of the
pea-green, high collared surtOuts current
among the fast men who affected the Lux
embourg quarter of the Paris of that day,
but which surtout, like the rest of hisgar
ments, seemed to have run all too suddenly
to seed. There was, something boozy and
vicious in file expression of his face, which,
spite of a firce looking moustache, gave
one the idea of meanness and servility
coupled with a reckless kind of bravado, ,
which smacked rather of swagger than of
daring; and in every feature there was the
impress of debauchery and intemperance.
He uttered a brief, common place greeting
as he entered the room, but finding that 1
took no notice of it, probably concluded
that I was asleep, and so said no more.
In less than five minutes he had bun
dled himself into bed and had put out the
light, and after a few minutes more began
to give audible tokens of the soundness, of
his slumbers. Though I had formed the
worst opinion of my companion, I did not !
feel the slighest alarm. He evidently had
no hostile purpose he had no weapon of
any kind, not even a stick, and I felt as
sured that in a personal encounter I could
easily master him. Still, there was some
thing in his wandering eye, which never
rested for a moment on a single spot, that
I did not like, and I felt a little annoyed
with myself that I had not placed my gar
ments a little nearer my hand, instead of
spreading them on chairs in the middle of
the room,to dry. These thoughts, how
ever, werd but momentary, and in a very
brief space I had forgotten everything in a
quiet slumber.
I suppose I may have slept about two
hours, and the dawn was just breaking,
when I was awoke by a slight noise like
something ( falling on the tiled floor of the
apartment- Luckily I did not start or
make the least movement, but, half open
ing my eyes, in the full consciousness of
the situation, I saw that my companion
was in the act of getting out of bed. His
movements were so slow, cautiously and
noiselessly made, that they aroused my sus
picions and I watched him narrowly
through my seemingly closed lids. With
the stealthiness of a prowling cat he got
upon his leet, and, with his eyes fixed on
me, advanced slowly to the foot of my bed.
His object plainly was to be sure that I
slept; and I took care to betray no sign of
wakefulness that might undeceive him.—
After a statute-like watch of a few mo
ments he seemed to have assured himself of
my slumbers, and, turning softly round,
thrust his hand into one of the pockets of
my pantaloons, and, withdrawing the con
tents, retreated to his bed, carrying the
plunder with him. Here he lay motion
less for several minutes, watching me at
tentively the while. At length he raised
himself, and drawing a canvass bag from
beneath his pillow, deposited beneath it
“I am
[independent in everything.]
| the booty he had seized, replaced it and
! lay down, as if to compose himself to sleep.
I My blood was boiling in my veins at the
j fellow’s impudent robbery, and I felt half
inclined to rise and pummel him as he lay,
and recover my property. There was no
occasion, however, for any hurrj; and,
, reflecting that second thoughts are some
times best, I lay still, endeavoring to form
some plan for doing myself justice, if it
might be, without a scene of violence,
which might be attended with unpleasant
consequences, but fully determined to do
battle for my own, if no other alternative
presented itself. * The contents of the
pocket which the scoundrel had rifled
amounted to about three pounds pnglish,
all in five francs pieces, which I had
received from my friend of the night be
fore, in final discharge of an accommo
dation account between us. This was no
great sum, to be sure, but it was more
than I could then afford to lose; and, inr
deed, the idea of resigning it without a
struggle was the last I should have thought
of entertaining.
While puzzling my brains for some
practicable expedient, which, however did
not present itself, I could not help admir
ing the calm placidity of the countenance
of the villain who robbed me, who from
his satisfied expression seemed to be enjoy
ing the consciousness of some good action ;
but in this I was deceived. The rascal
was no more asleep than I was. If my
anxiety and indignation were perplexing
me, his apprehensions were at the same
time troubling him; and just as I was
abandoning all hope of concocting a plan
for the recovery of my money without
fighting for it, a movement on his part
put me in possession of, one which had at
least the promise of success. I saw him
open his eyes suddenly, and fix them full
on me; then rising, he withdrew the can
vass bag once more from beneath his pil
low, and stepped out of bed with it in his
hand. There stood upon the window sill
a withered geranium iU a glazed earthen
ware pot—the plant was a mere stick,
which had dried up and died for want of
water. To my amazement the thief lifted
the plant out of the pot by the stem, rais
raising the earth in which it had grown,
and which was all matted together by the
roots, along'with it; he then deposited the
bag in the bottom of the, pot, and, repla
cing the plant, got quickly into bed once
more.
I saw at once that this move placed the
result of the game very much in my own
power, and I soon made up my mind how
to act. Ido not suppose that either of us
went to sleep again; and I have often
thought since what a curious study we
might have presented to any concealed
spectator who should have been in the se
cret of our relative predicaments during
the following two hours dr so. I knew,
of course, that my light fingered, would
not think of rising till I was up and gone;
having placed his booty where he might
reasonably deem it beyond the possibility
of discovery, he was doubtless prepared to
out-face any suspicion or accusation that
might be made against him, and therefore
he had the field to himself. Accordingly
about seven o’clock, I got up, deliberately
washed and dressed, and, having finished
my toilet, was almost ready to start, being
well aware all the while that the fellow
who was feigning sleep, had his eyes upon
me, and was watching for the moment
when I should discover my loss. Of course
I did not discover it; but when I hid
drawn on my boots, and was ready to gjo,
I became suddenly aware that the atmos
phere of the room was insufferably dose,
and began to puff and blow, and ejaculate
interactional complaints of the want bf
air; at the next moment I ran to the win*
dow, threw it wide open with one hand,
and leaning forward as if to catch the
morning breeze, awkwardly swept off the
flower pot down into the little court sev
enty feet below.
In an instant the seeming sleeper was
standing in his shirt on; the middle of the
floor and demanding with' an angry oath
what I done.
“ Nothing,” said I, “ beyond breaking
a flower pot—the plant was withered and
good for nothing. ’ Excuse my awkward
ness ; I will idemnify the landlady. Good
morning.”
My nonchalence deceived the scoundrel,
and he stood aside to let me pass, looking
rather black, however as I walked out.—
There seemed to be no one, astir in the
house, save the garcon, who was roasting
coffee at the open door, and I was only
made aware of him by the agreeable fumes
which assailed my nostrils, as I sped like
a greyhound down the stairs. In half a
minute I was in the little back court,
where lay the smashed remains of the pot
and the withered flower; Feeling morally
certain that the shock-head and growling
visage of the thief were protruding from
the window afttve, I drew the, canvass bag
from the crumbled dry mould, and held it
tip to his gaze. There he was, sure enough
growling and grinding his teeth with rage
and mortification.
“Why don’t you cry ‘stop thief?’” I
bawled out to him. “Did you think to
catch the Englishman asleep? Au tevoir,
• Coquin!”
i
I waited ab reply, but making for the
street, jumped into the first firacre that
came in view, and in half an hour had
alighted at my own lodging. As I was
mounting to my apartment, I met on the
stairs my friend and chum Ollendorf, who
was sallying forth to meet his morning
pupils.
’ “Halloo'.’’ said he, “you’ve been out
all night?” -
“Yes,” said I, “and I’ve had an ad
venture.”
“Good! let me hear all about it.”
I told him how I had passed the night
and all that had happened.
“Capital!” he cried, “and have you
examined the thief s bag.”
No, 1 have not done that yet; but of
course it contains nothing but what is my
own.”
“ Do not be too sure of that. Come
we will examine it together.”
He followed me into my room, and I
lugged forth the bag, feeling confident that
the fertile imagination of my philological
Mend had misled him, as it was apt to do.
To my astonishment,there were in the bag
in addition to the money rifled from my
pocket, a gold napoleon, a five franc piece,
and a pair of enormously large circular
ear-rings of alloyd gold, such as one : often
sees in the ears of the provincial immi
grants who crowd the wharves, the mar
kets and warehouses of Paris.
“There!” said my friend, “you see
that the rascal had more strings to his
bow than you gave him credit for. If
you had made ah uproar and a charge of
theft, be could have retorted the charge
upon you—would have shown his own
empty pockets, and might have stood as
good a chance of criminating you as you
of criminating him. However, you may
forgive him, since he has paid you for the
trouble of defeating his purpose ; and re
ally, 1 think he has treated you hand
somely.”
“ Against his will; but, seriously, what
ought Ito dot Had I not better put the
affair into the hands of the police?”
“Do you know the rule in such cases
here? If not, I must tell you that if you x
put the thief's money into the hands of the
police, you will also be compelled to hand
over the whole contents of the bag ; and
how much of it you will get back, and
when you will get any, you must be clev
erer than I am if you can guess.”
I finally decided not to trouble the po
lice about the business; but as I could not
have made use of the scoundrel’s money,
any more than I could have worn the
huge ear-rings, I wrapped both.up in pa
per together, and placed them in my pocket
book until time and circumstances should
present some fit and proper mode of dispo
sing of them.
It was about a year after the above ad
venture, and when the details of it had
almost faded from my memory, that I was
invited by a friend from England to accom
pany him on a visit to one of the Parisian
prisons—if I recollect right it was the New
Bicetre, which after a deal of solicitation
and trouble, he had obtained permission
to inspect. While we were wandering
through the workshops, in which the pris
oners labor together in silence for so many
hours a day, as my friend was committing
his notes to paper, I km used jnyself by
scanning the demoralized physiognomies
around me, little suspecting that I was
destined to find an acquaintance among
them- Close to my elbow there stood a
man at a bench, bending over his work,
which was that of carving sabots from un
shapely blocks of willow wood. I was ad
miring the rapidity and boldness of his
execution, when he suddeuly ■ lifted his
bead and exposed to view the face, which
I had formerly studied with such delibera
tion, of the thief of die Riie de I’ Odeon.
I knew him at once, and saw that the re
cognition was mutual, for he lowered his
head instantly, and plainly sought to elude
my gaze. I could not of course, speak to
him then, without contravening the rules
of the prison; but on my imparting my
wish to do so to the guide who had us in
charge, he promised to give me the oppor
tunity I sought, when wC had finished our
survey. He was as good as his word, and
before leaving the prison I was conducted
to the delinquent in his own cell, whither
he had reinanded that I might see him.-
The poor wretch, who, it was clear, imag
agined that I was going to lodge a fresh
charge against him, seemed strhck with a
mortal pallor as I entered.
“Do not be alarmed,” I said, “I have
no complaint to make against you; but I
have been wishing to meet you, and to
make restoration of property which may
perhaps be of use to you.” I unfolded
my pocket book and took out the little
packet containing the napoleon, the five
franc piece and the ear rings. These I
think, belong to you—is it not sol”
He bowed assent, but did noi speak.
“Take them,” I said, “and<take better
care of them than you did whan you had
them last.”
He glanced at the attendant as if to
imply that the man’s presence prevented
his saying more, and merely replied with
impressive earnestness, “M’sien, you area
man of honor!”
1 wish I could return the compliment.
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
A Model Charge to a Jobt.—lt
seems to us that the following is worthy
of the defunct but never forgotten Wouter
VanTwiler:
“ If the jury believe, from the evidence,
that the plaintiff and defendant were part
ners in the grocery, and that the plaintiff
bought out the defendant, and gave his
note for the interest, and the defendant
paid for the note by delivering to the plain
tiff a cow which he warranted not breachy,
and the warranty was broken by reason
of the breachiness of the cow, and he drove
the cow back and tendered her to the de
dendant, but the defendant refused to re
ceive her, and the plaintiff took her home
again, and put a heavy yoke or poke upon
her to prevent her from jumping the fence,
and by reason of the yoke or poke she
broke ‘her neck and died; and if the jury
further believe that the defendant’s inter
est in the 'grocery was worth anything, the
plaintiff’s note was worthless, and the cow
good for nothing, either fur milk or beef,
then the jury must find out themselves how
they will decide the case; for the court, if
she understands herself, and she thinks
she do, is at a considerable nonplus how
such a case should be exactly decided.”
A Western Injin Hunter. — A lady
from the far West with her husband, was
awakened in the night of their arrival in
the city of Penn, by an alarm of fire, and
the yells of several companies of fireman
as they dashed along the streets.
“Husband! husband!” she cried, shaking
her worser half into consciousness; “ only
hear the Injins! why this beats all the
scalp dances I ever heard.”
“Nonsense!” growled the gentleman,
composing himself to sleep, “ there are no
Indians in Philadelphia.”
“No Injins indeed!” she replied, “as if
I didn’t know a war whoop when I heard
one!”
The next morning, on descending to
breakfast, they were saluted with the in
quiry of—
“Did you hear the engines last night?
what a noise they made !”
Turning to her husband with an air of
triumph, the lady exclaimed—
“There! I told you they were Injins!”
A story of an enterprising news-boy
is told by a detroit paper. He took the
telegraphic heading- of the news of the
Tennessee battle, and at his own expense,
had them telegraphed to Port Huron and
the various places along the railroad route.
On the receipt of such news everybody
was stirred up and eager to get the full
particulars. As the evening train arrived
at the various stations he found crowds
anxiously awaiting him, and everybody
calling for the papers. At Port Huron a
meeting was in'progress at the church,
and thS choir was singing as the whistle
sounded the approach of the train. The
meeting at once broke up and the congre
gation dispersed to read the news, and in
a few moments every paper bad been dis
posed of. •
“Happy Maheiag£s.”-— Mahomet when
only twenty-five years of age, married a
wife of forty; Shakespeare’s Ann Hatha
way, was seven years his senior; Doctor
Johnson’s lady was twice his age at their
marriage; Howard, the philanthropist, at
twenty-five, selected a wife of fifty-two;
and Mrs. Row, the authoress, was fifteen
years the senior of her husband; Margaret
Fuller married the Count D. ten
years younger than herselfj and the im
mortal Jenny Lind is said to be eight or
ten years older than her Otto Gcoldschqudt.
And those were what are called “happy
marriages.”
e*The following incident of the battle
of Shiloh is related by on eye and ear
witness:—Two Kentucky regiments met
face to face, and fought each other with
terrible resolution, and it happened that
one of the Federal soldiers wounded and
captured his brother, and after handing
him back, began firing at a man near a
tree, when the captured brother called to
him and said, “ Don’t shoot there any
more—that’s father.”
Mary Ann Signer, recently
divorced from Mr. Isaac M. Singer, the
sewing machine man, ha 4 awarded to her
by the Supreme Court of New York,
almOny to the amount of eight thousand
dollars per annum, with seven hundred
and fifty dollars for counselfee, all reason
able and necessary advances made by the
defendant to the plaintiff since the com
mencement of the action, to be deducted.
Peiotnent Questions and Answebs.—
The solar system has a large family but
only one sun.
Why is a field of grass older than your
self? Because it is past your age.
Who is the largest man?. The lover;
he is a fellow of tremendous sighs.
Who is the most liberal man? The
grocer; he gives most everything a weigh.
fy The coat of a horse is the gift of
nature. That of an ass i? often s»;work
of a tailor. - . V ; \
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NO. 16.