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BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL
B3TABUBHBB AS A BKFCQB FROM QUAckISRY
The Only Place Where a Care Can
he Obtained. ,
DR. JOHNSON has discovered the
moat Certain, Speedy end only Effectual Remedy, hi
, ht world for ell Frirste Diseases, Weakness of the Bed;
or Limbi, Strictures, Affections of the Kidneys end BUd
i , TaTOlnatery Discharges, Impotency, General Debility,
Lensoor; Low Spirits Confusion
of Ideas. Palpitation o{ the Heart, Timidity, TremhUnn,
BlboS* ofWght or Oiddioeaa, Disease of the Heed.l
Throat, Note or Skin, Affections of the Lirer, Longa, Stom
ach or Bowels—those Terrible disorders arising from the
Solitary Habits of Youth—those sacMT and solitary prac
tices more fatal to their Tictlms than the eong of Syrens to
ih« Mariners of Ulysses, blighting their meet brilliant
hopes or anticipation!, rendering marriage Ac, impoasi
ble,
YOUNG MEN a t
Kipecially, who have become the victims of Solitaty t ice,
ibatdreadful sod destuctive habit which annually sweeps
to an uQtimely grave thousands of Young Men of the most
eslulted talents and brilliant Intellect, who might other*
wU» have entranced listening Senates with the thunders
of eloquence, or waked to ectasy the living lyre, may call
vUb Toll confidence.
Hurled Persons, or Young Hen cotemplating marriage,
being aware of physical weakness, organic debility, defer*
miiy, 4c., speedily cured.
He who places himself under the care of Dr. J. may re
ligiously confide in hU honor as a gentleman, and confix
Anally rely upon his skill as a physician.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
Immediately Cured, and full Vigor Bestored.
TUit Distressing Affection —which renders Life miserable
and marriage impossible—is the penalty paid by the
vicious of improper Indulgences. Young persona are to
apt to commit excesses from not being aware of thei dread*
ful consequences that may ensue. Now, who that: under*
nund* the subject will pretend to deny that the power of
pr>>creation is lost sooner by those falling into improper
habits than by the prudent? Besides being deprived the
pleasures Of healthy offspring, the most serious and de*
.•tractive symptoms to both body and mind arise. The
system becomes Deranged, the Physical and.Uental Fuse,
tlons Weakened,. Lot* of Procreative Power, Nervous Irri
lability, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart, Indigestion,
Constitutional Debility, a Wasting of the Frame, Cough’
Consumption, Decay and Death.
OFFICE, NO. 7 SOUTH FREDERICK STREET,
Left band side going from Baltimore street, a few doors
ffom'the corner. Tail not name and number.
Letters must ’be paid and contain a stamp. The Doc
tor's Diplomas hang in his office
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Xo Mercury or Xtueont Prugs.
Oft. JOHNSON. M .
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, Grad
aitefromoaeofthemoet eminent Colleges in the United
Stales, end the peeler pagt of whose life ha* been spent in
the hospitals of London, Peris, Philadelphia aha else*
where, has effected some of the most astonishing cores
that were star known; many troubled with ringing In the
heed end ears when asleep,- great nervousness, being
ultrmed at sadden sounds, bashfhloess, with frequent
blushing, attended sometimes with derangement of mind,
were cured immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE*
Dr. J. addressee all those who have injured themselves
by improper indulgence and solitary habits, whlfchruin
both body and mind, unfitting them for either business,
study, society or,marriage.' -
Taisi are some of the sad and melancholy effects pro*
iuced by eariy habits of youth, rii: Weakness of the
Bsck and Limbs, Pains In the Head, Dimness of Bight,
Lom of .Muscular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dye
p*piy, Nerroni Irritability, Derange&ent of the Diges
tive Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Consump
tion. *c. :
MmAitr.—The fearful effects of the mind are much to
be dreaded—Loss of Memory, Confusion of Ideas,\ De
pression of •pirfra, Eril-Forebodings, Aversion to Society,
of Solitude, Timidity, Ac., are some of
the evils produced.
Thousands of persons of all ages can now judge what is
the cause of thrir declining health, toeing their vigor, be
coming pale, nervous and emaciated, having a sin
gular appearance about the eyes, cough and symptoms of
consumption. -
. - YOUNG MEN . ■
Who have injured themselves by a certain practice in
dulged in when alone, a habit frequently learned from
evil companions, or at school, the effects of whkh are
nightly felt, even when asleep, and if not cured renders
marriage tmposible, and destroys both mind and body,
should apply Immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of bis country,
the darling of his parents, should be snatched from all
prospects and enjoyments of life, by the consequence of
deviating from the path of nature, and indulging in a
certain secret habit. Such persons must, before contem
plating
„ MARRIAGE,
reflect that a sound mind and body are the most necessary
requisites to promote connubial happiness. Indeed, with*
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 thsl the happiness ot another be
comes blighted with our own.' . * .
_ DISEASE OF IMPRUDENCE.
When the misguided and imprudent votary of pleasure
dab that he hat imbibed the seeds of this palatal die*
It too often happens tbit an ill-timed aenae of shame,
or dread ofdiscovery, deters him from applying to those
from education and respectability, can alone be
frtend him, delaying till the uonstituttonal symptoms of.
tUi horrid disease make their Appearance, sneh as ulcers**
ud mre throat, diseased nose, nocturnal pain s in the bead
and limbs, dimness of eight, deafness, nodes, on the shin
man and arms, blotches on the head, feco and extremi
tie*> Procreating with frigbtfol rapidity, till at last the
psiate of the month or the bones Of the nose Call In, and
'“ e victim of this awful disease becomes a horrid Object of
commiseration, till death; puts a period to his dreadful
'offering*, by sending him to “ that Undiscovered Country
from whence no traveller returns.”
It Ii a vulancholy fact* that thoosandi fall victims to
■ terrible disease, owing.to the nnskftlfalness 'of igno-
Hat pre tenders, who,' by the use of that ihaDyiwoN,
»,r rewr P* ndn the constitution and make the residue of
Ufe miserable.
£*!£*•
T „. strangers
‘nut not your lira,or health to the.care of the many
t minted and Wortbleaa Pretenders, deotUote of knowl
'j>P, niffle or character, who copy Dr. Johnston* adrer
[“"t'ats. or Itylo themselves, in the newspapers, rvgn
*”l'“dacated Physicians, incapable of Coring, they keep
™ tuning month after month, taking their S|thy and
lounoom componnds, or as long as the smallest fee can
f?°™“«d, and In despair, leave yon with rained health
ugh over yonr galling disappointment.
jp' dobnston is the only Physician odvertuing.;
»>• credential or diplomas always hang in his office,
tragedies or treatment are unknown to an others,
th, e ./ rjm *l® spent in the great hospitals ofjgnrope,
,?}} m the country and a more extensive PritAUPrae
" l “» any Other Physician in the world.
TheJL Mo s** E, ! ENT 0F THE PRESS,
year onle d at this inatitnthm7|year after
»rfne~l» w e , B s m * roa ’ lra portant Surgical operations
hy Johnston, witnessed by the reporters of the
»bi<*i,. ™P»er,” and many other papers, notices of
betides huJU again and again before the public,
“PoniThliit *■ KOtlemen of Character and re
slbility, is a snfdcient guarantee to the afflicted.
No hull! ®!S E^ 9E ? SPEEDILY cured.
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Of th.
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THE ALTOONA TRIBUNE.
rtarriaqe
§\mtt
[Jbr the MUtona Tribune .]
OUR COUNTRY CALLS TO ARMS.
BY JAMfIS WIDNEY,
Colombia’s sons, in strength arise*
To arms! To arms! our eoaatry cries.
Maintain oar cause, or freedom dies,
While fbss rejoice triumphantly.
Our fathers bled to make as free
And raised the flag of Liberty,
That proudly waves o’er land and sea
Its stars and stripes so gracefully.
We are the eons of patriot siren,
Oar altars glow with ssiered tires
And Freedom tones oar natal lyers
With strains of sweetest melody.
O’er hill, and dell, and mountain glen
We hear the sound of arming man
To drive foul treason from Us den
And route its hordes of treachery.
In phalanx strong, in grand parade,
Draw forth the flash Inghattle blade
“And trust in Qod,” be pot dismayed.
And he will give you victory.
Then forward march the foe to: meet,
(Who trailed our flag beneath their feet,)
And all their foul deaigns defeat
And sink their names in infemy.
Wield well your jams and let them feel
The minie ball and bristling steel,
The horseman’s charge, and deafening peal
Of thunder toned artillery.
Our hopes aie centred in ye brave
Who rush our blood-bought land to save,
Unfhrl your banners, let them wave,
And charge the foe impetuously.
Beet.not, nor from the field retreat
Until the victory is complete,
And every sward beneath your feet
Shall he a traitor’s sepulchre.
WILLIE THE RUNAWAY.
A STORY FOR CHILDREN
One moonlight night, when ail the
house was still, Willie Nichols rose softly
from his bed. He dressed himself quietly
that he might not disturb his sister, or his
little brother Bennie who slept with him.
Through the Window of the attic room
the moonbeams shone softly, and they
threw their beautiful light on Fannie’s
pale face, and on Bennie’s curling hair. —
They showed Willie the seams' and the
cracks in the old wall, the trunk which
his father had carried with him on his
voyage years ago, and the little Bible on
the stand. Precious little Bible! His
Sabbath-school teacher had given it to
him as a token of love, long before be had
! ever thought of being a runaway. Out
|of the window the same moonlight was
falling softly on the old mulberry tree in
!tbe little garden, and making fantastic
shadows of its leaves and branches upon
the ground. It fell- too upon the Squire’s
' white house, standing so proudly among
the old stately trees, and upon the long
' winding road that led to farmer Benson’s.
Willie stood trembling and irresolute,
as he gazed upon the still world outside.
Foita moment his good angel whispered,
“Stay, Willie! Do not leave your wid
jowed mother and her little ones, aqd your
dear home.” But a whisper on the other
side was louder still, and saying, “ I can
never go to Fariaer Benson’s,” the boy
dressed himself, tied up his few things,
and his Bible among them. Then, with
a last fond look at brother, sister, he stole
.out of the room mid down the stairs. At
his mother’s door he paused, and put his
hand upon the latch, but He did not ven
ture to go in. His mother might awake,
and Willie did not dare to meet her ten
der gaze, and ask a blessing upon his pur
pose.
Willie’s mother was poor. Her hus
band’s ship hkd been wrecked on a distant
coast And he had gone down with it.—
A hard struggle had Mrs. Nichols to pro
cure food and fire for her little ones,
though many of her neighbors were kind,
and would have helped her if they could.
But they were poor themselves, and could
give but kind wiahes and a day’s work
now and then, to the widow. Meanwhile
by various means, sewing, washing, nur
sing the sick, and, in feet Everything that
a woman’s needy hands could do—she
had made both ends meet, imtil her three
oldest children were bid enough to help
her. Robert and Mattie were learning
trades and Willie was. to be bound out to
a farmer.
The little fellow had objected to this;
but his mother deemed it best for him,
and the arrangements had been completed
to' her own satisfaction and that of Mr.
Benson. Willie Nichols could find no
fault with the fanrier, who was a pleasant
genial man, with a kind word for every
one; but he longed to go to sea. The sea
with its wild bine waves, foam-crested,
with its wideness and vastness, was the
subject of his thoughts day and night.—
“Oh! how free,” thought Willie, “must
a sailor’s life be.”
But ; mother had a horror of the
ocean ever since the letters came that told
her of the wreck of the Flying Fish.—
Her boys had often beard her remark
that “no son of has should be a sailor.”
Willie had sometimes spoken of hta wish;
but his mother had said if he loved her he
ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1802.
would not mention the sea in her hearing.
, And sd.it was that Willie became a
runaway. Down the stairs, through the
little garden, out on the highway. . The
world before him ! cold, desolate, bitter
world, that had tempted and disappointed
so many! Home behind him, sweet home,
with its morning and evening altar of
prayer, its charmed circle of loving ones,
its recollections of a mother’s kiss. Poor
little wanderer! Ah my boy, pause, be
fore you, like he, step out from the sweet
refuge of your earthly home, into the
storms and tempests of life.
Willie’s home was near a seaport town.
Before noon of the next day he was on
the deck of a ship l>onnd for the South
Pacific. When again the moon shone on
the water, his native land was fading
away in the distance.
Willie did not find a sailor’s life so free
as he expected. There were hard words
and hard blows to bear. There was
coarser faro than he had been used to. —
Than was climbing up the rigging when
the waves were lashed by storms, and the
ship rolled at their will. Many mi hour
of pain and home-sickness came to Willie,
and sometimes his little hammock was wet
with tears. Still, it was not so hard for
him as for many others. His prompt obe
dience, and cheerful industry, his fearless
ness and agility, made him a favorite on
board, and there was not a man on the
vessel, who would not have risked life and
limb to save the little fellow had he been
in danger.
Eighteen months went by. They had
touched here and there at different ports,
and now and then they had spoken a ves
sel bound homeward, or perhaps bound
still further away than they were them
selves.
One day the second- mate, who was
standing on the deck, said suddenly to the
boy:
“ Willie, where did you come from'?”
. “From Line, sir, near N '*
“ Did you run away?”
A tear gathered in Willie’s eye, and
his head dropped. No need of an an
swer.
“ Have you a father and a mother?”
“ A mother at home, but my father is
dead.”
“Does your mother know where you
are my boy ?”
“ No, I wouldn’t let her know for the
world. It would break her heart.”
“ Far worse to her to be in suspense.—
Twenty thousand miles from home, and
your mother not know of it! No, Will!
the first vessel we speak must carrry a
letter to your mother. Remember, my
boy!
Willie promised, and began, in his lei
sure moments, a letter.
A few days afterward they were chas
ing a whale. This is very dangerous
sport, for the huge creature when wound
ed, strikes deadly blows with his tail, and
often capsizes boats, or breaks them to
pieces. The boat which held Willie and
four or five of ithe sailors had the bottom
knocked but of it by a blow of the mon
ster’s taU. Pale, and dreadfully bruised,
the boy was lifted up the ship’s side, and
laid in his hammock.
Thatnight the mate watched by him
till twelve o'clock. He had fallen into a
gentle sleep, saying he would be all right
in the morning. Bidding two of the men
to watch if he wanted anything, the kind
mate, who had always been his friend,
left him, that he might himself seek repose.
Morning came. In its first gray light
the mate returned to Willie’s ted. The
watchers overcome by weariness, had fal
len asleep. “Willie, how do you feel?”
But Wilpe did not answer.
“ He blast be asleep,” said his friend,
surprised! that no reply Was given. He
laid his hand on the boy’s forehead. It
was cold ias marble. He lifted the little
hand. If fell pulseless and cold from bis
grasp. ‘Willie iraa dead.
Alone, I all alone in the drear dead of
night, without a mother’s soft caress, or a
sister’s loying whisper, the little runaway
boy had been called to die—alone in the
swinging: ship, on the wide, wide sea.—
And next day, as the sailors stood around
in a solemn, silent circle, they brought the
little white form on deck. It was sewed
up in thje hammock, with only the face
left uncovered, that all might see for the
last time; the beautiful features, ana the
brown, vvayy hair. The captain read the
burial service; and then the canvass was
sewed up; the weight put in at the feet,
that it might sink more quickly to its
ocean grave, and the body of Willie Nich
ols was list down into the waves. And,
as the ship went faster and faster on its
way, the little sailor-boy’s form sank
deeper and deeper to the bottom of the
sea, there to rest until the resurrection.
The unfinished letter and a curl of the
brown hair, were placed in Willie’s Bible,
and sent home to his mother. But she
had gonp before; and we can bat hope
♦ha* Uttle Willie had been led to repent
and believe in Jesus. ........
Iheard the story of little. Willie Nich
ols from the gentleman who, years before,
had sent the account of his death to the
old home in Line.— Banner of the Covenant.
("INDEPENDENT IN EVERYTHING.]
The following preamble and advertise
ment of “ Laurel Swamp Inn,’’ by 11. M.
S. Jackson, M. D., the original proprie
tor, will be read • with amusement; es
pecially by those who were acquainted
with the Doctor and could appreciate his
tine accomplishments and original humor.
This Inn was one of the first buildings
erected in the vicinity of Cresson, and
was fitted up and opened to receive the
public in 1853. This same 1 building now
forms the Turnpike front of what is called
the “ Lower House.”
“THE NEW INN.”
“ Rare Ben Johnston” once delighted ap
preciating audiences with the wit, the
learning, the genuine poetry, of a play
bearing the above captivating title; in
our degenerate days the legitimate Drama
has fallen into disrepute; yet although
“The New Inn” never more graces the
boards of national and capital theatre, the
scholar, the man of taste, always peruses
the play with feelings of refined pleasure.
But it is of another creation of mingled
romance and reality that we must now
speak: to wit, the new Inn of Robert
Smith.
The Smith family is one which during
ages has been prominently before the pub
lic; from timd immemorial there have
been Smiths who towered above the com
mon herd,
“ In shape and gesture proudly eminent.”
We have not space enough to widen
upon them all —we cannot expatiate upon
the bright deeds, the shining virtues, the
commanding talents which may have dis
tinguished the individual Smiths, from the
time of John the adventurer, who made
love to Pochahontas, down to Joseph the
Mormon, who was, disposed to make love
to everybody; we are even compelled to
take Alexander at his word and let him,
Our business with Robert, who having
bade adieu to the aesthetics and the angels,
is disposed to find “ that tranquility which
passetb all understanding,” in acts of
merest philanthropy, in common, every
day charities of a cup of cold water to
the thirsty, and a crust of bread to the
hungry.
Abandoning “star-eyed science,” turn
ing away from the court of the Muses, he
will preside in his new temple of the Ac
tual ; and as Prophet and Priest of the
new Philosophy, will teach mankind to
turn the cold shoulder upon the Mystical,
the Abstract, and enrapture them with all
that is Transcendental in common proven
der, and all that is Idyllic in three cent
whiskey.
So now for Robert’s first “ utterance.”
LAUREL SWAMP INN.
In the Laurel Swamp, is now ready to
take in any person that may wish to be
“ taken in.” The human race have been
wondering why this Tavern was not fin
ished long ago. This is not at all sur
prising, as it has been nine weeks, sixteen
days, and six hours longer building than
the Tower of Babel—and caused more
swearing, and confusion of tongues, un
doubtedly than the same venerable edifice.
Let good men all pray that the same ca
lamity—-the curse of God, may not follow
this feeble effort of one poor ihan to get up
a shanty for the protection of his fellow
creatures, which was inflicted upon the
proud and ambitious ones of old—who
wished to get up to Ileaven on Stone and
Mortar, instead of by Good Works and by
Grace. This House and surrounding
Swamp have been a taking in concern from
the first, on account of the nature of the
soil. Title, quick sands, glorious legal un
certainties, and eternal delays. In the
first place the title oif the land has been in
a state of “Bornation” (Cambria County
named for birth) for ten years. This has
been caused by a “baleful enchantment”
and the influence of Mephistoghiles.
Although seventeen scientific legal Mid
wives of; the most undoubted genius, and
reputation as land lawyers have been at
'work all that time, no title can be found.
Five Supreme Beldams are now at work
with legal forceps and scissors to finish this
“Bornation” from the forlorn mother of
legal abstractions, and whom it is hoped,
by hook or by crook, by right or by wrong,
will have it accomplished.
The walls of this house itself have taken
in more whiskey and money to build them,
than amr ten Barns'in Cambria county.—
The timbers of ships to last forever and
then make good oven wood are boiled in
oil. From high price and scarcity of
grease, the Proprietor of the Laurel Swamp
Inn thought it best to boil his timbers in
whiskey. There were also other consid
erations of a scientific and chemical char
acter. For, although the whiskey ele
ment will rot the human gut, it preserves
timber, / peaches, and dead animal matter
from decay. His liar is only tolerably,
whiskey predominating; but his greatest
trouble is that he :can only sell by the
barrel or butt, having no as acom
pensation to the human soul for the want
of the Music of the Spheres in the shape
of three cent drinks; The proprietor will
supply fiddling gratis, and every man loan
have the privilege 'of drinking thirty-two
LAUREL SWAMP INN,
“ Love and flush and thrill.
Or let him die."
gallons or a common barrel. The nine
teen gallon law of Massachusetts being
considered a too puritanic and contracted
arrangement for the stomach of man in
these mountain parts.
His table is the ordinary mountain grub,
common shanty cooking, hard ; enough,
but suitable to a region near the line of
eternal show, where the human nose is re
quired to he pickled in whiskey of drop off
with intense frost.
The Inn is situated in the Swamp one
half mile west of Cokation, at the crossing
of the three Allegheny Mountain roads,
near a large sand rock spring, which has
its “ Bornation” from the roots of a vener
able pine forest.
The building itself is of the Egyptain or
der of Architecture, that is, after the first
formula of a human habitation or Temple
for the household Gods, wigwam or tent
like; in short the aboriginal shanty of the
biped man, low and cavernous; simplicity
and want having cut the graces entirely.
Hoping to have some custom,! the pro
prietor is happy to inform the public that
this resting place for the weary laden is
now arranged. ROBERT SMITH.
The proprietor would inform the public
that Dr. Jackson, of the firm of Jackson
& Howe, has rooms in this house—his
office being in the original squatters log
cabin, opposite. The Dr. is well known
to be sound on fits, and common snakes in
the hat. His services can be obtained at
anytime.
Gen. Sigel. —This gallant officer, who
has probably gained as many substantial
laurels, and rendered as much real service
to the country as any general in pur army,
holds an important position in Pope’s
army, and we may at any moment look
for startling intelligence from “ the Army
of Virginia.” Sigel the. ad
vance corps ctarmee of Pope’s forces, and
the rebels, it is believed, intend putting
Stonewall Jackson against him. The
forte of each of these officers has been that
of strategy, dash and pluck ; they both
have the confidence of their followers, and
of their respective sections. Jackson has
the advantage of a better intiipacy with
the territory in which they are acting,
having been reared a hunter in that re
gion of the Old Dominion—fbut Sigel
“ was born a general;” he has improved
and cultivated his natural military men
tal faculties by scientific education; made
practical use of his genius and talent in
the wars waged by the Revolutionists of
Prussia ; and has,been all his life a close
and thorough student of the science and
art of wat, occupying a professorship in a
military academy in the West 5 for more
than eight years previous to the breaking
out of the rebellion. So that “ When
Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug
of war.”
PassitAlokg. —Pass it along, whether
you believe it or not—that one-sided whis
per against the character of a virtuous fe
male. Tou say you don’t believe, but you
will use your influence to bear up the
false report and pass it on the current—
Strange are mankind! How many repu
tations have been lost by Surmise! How
many hearts have been bled by a whisper!
How many benevolent deeds have been
chilled by the shrug of a shoulder! —
How many individuals have been shunned
by a gentle, mysterious hint! How many
early graves have been dug by ai false .re
port! Yet you will pass the slander
along; you keep it above water by a wag
of your tongue, when you might sink it
forever. Destroy the passion for telling a
tale, we pray you. Lisp not ai word that
may injure the character of another.
If the female has erred, forgive her, and
forget the past —she has wounds enough
without the fangs of the slander’s tongue.
Be determined to'listen to no story that is
repeated to the injury of another, and as
far as you are concerned, the slander will
die. But tell it once, and it may go as on
the wings of the winds—increasing with
each breath; till it is circulated through
out the State, and has brought to the
grave one who might have lived and been
a blessing to the world.
A Cow’s Mite to the War Fund.—
The Albany Evening Journal gives ns this
story, the cream of which is the s2Bs:
A few days since, subscriptions were set
on foot in Orleans County. A, farmer of
moderate means contributed $5O and a
cow. Every one conceded that this was
liberal; but it occurred to a friend that
the cow niight be turned to excellent ac
count Lots were to be cast fbr bcr, and
205 tickets, at $1 each, were distributed
and, paid for. This, practically, brought
up the fanner’s subscription to $255: —
The winner pnt her up at auction, and
$3O more were added to the fund—mak
ing the aggregate $285. But it was
deemed a pity that a cow so thoroughly
patriotic should be sold so cheap; and the
result, was that $l7 were added to the
purchase money— making the ixufs ag|-
gregate contribution to the fund $852,
besides thh ofpcrp.
Thereare agreat mauyid&jwm, aUpvar
the conntiy, woo will notdo balf as much
for the war as this cow. : '" 1 '
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
Wife vs. Lady.— lt is certainly not in
good taste for a gentleman to. speak of his
wife as his “lady,” or to register their
names upon the books of a hotel as “John
Smith and Lady or to ask, a friend “How
is your lady?” This is all
vulgarity, and invariably betrays a lack
of cultivation. The term “wife” is far
more beautiful and appropriate and re
fined, whatever may be said to the con
tray. Suppose a lady were to say, in
stead of “my husband,” my gentleman;
or suppose we were to speak of “ Mrs. Fit*
and her gentleman.” The thing would be
absolutely ludicrous, and its obverse is none
the less so, if rightfully considered. A
man’s wife is his wife, and not his lady;
and we marvel this latter term is not Ab
solutely tabooed in such a connection, at
least by intelligent and educated people.
It ought to be lefe for the exclusive use of
codfish aristocracy.
Ftoojt. —Rumsey and Newcomb’s Min,
strels have been driven out of Germany.
An English paper says: It appears that
the Germans, unaccustomed to this sort of
entertainment, expected to find the troop
composed of real black men, and when it
was discovered that they were only white
men, blackened up for the purpose of car
icaturing the “nigger,” the German
press and people denounced them as im
postors! The public was informed by the
German press, in all seriousness, that
Rumsey and Newcoipb’s Minstrels were
base imposters, and that the black could
be rubbed off their faces, and that there
was not a real black among them! The
result was that our minstrel friends were
obliged to bring their performance to a
very abrupt conclusion, or they might
have been “ assisted” out of town.
at the great mass of marriages
that take place oyer the whole world, poor
contemptible that they are. A few
soft looks, a walk, a dance, a squeeze of
the hand, a popping of the question, a purr
chasing of a ring, a minister, a ride or two
in a hired carriage, a night in a country
inn, and all is over. For five or six weeks
two sheepish looking persons are seen
dangling on each other’s arms, looking at
waterfalls or guzzling wine and cakes;
then everything falls into the most monot
onous routine—the wife sits on pine side,
the husband on the other, and little, quar
rels, little cares, little children, little joys
and little sorrows gradually gather around
them. ' This is what ninety-nine out of a
hundred find to be the delights of matri
mony.
Definition of Good Mannkss.—The
world has always been charmedwith fine '
manners, and why should it not I For
what are fine manners but this: to carry
your soul on your lip, in your eye, in the
palm of your hand, and yet to stand not
naked, but clothed by your individual
quality—visible, yet inscrutable—given to
the hearts of others, yet contained ih your
own bosom—nobly and humanely open,
yet duly reticent and secured front inva- .
sion. Polished manners often disappoint
us; good manners ncttr. The ; former
may be taken on by indulgent souls ; the
latter imply a noble and opulent nature.
tßTLittle Siss.—“Oh, Bobby, Pm go
ing to have a hooped dress, an oyster
shell bonnet, a pair of ear drops and a
little baby!”
Little Bobby.—-“ The thunder you is!
Well, I don’t care, Pm going to have a
pair of pants, a shanghae coat, a
shaved head, a crooked cane, a meer
schaum pipe, and a pistol.”
t&~A German wrote an obituary on the
death of his wife, of which the foUawing
is a copy: “If mine wife' had lived until
next Friday she would have been deadjhst
two weeks. Nothing is possible mit de
Almity. As de tree falls so it must
stand.” =*
CTThe Memphis Avalanche of the 17th
nit., complains that the ladies pf that city
are “ continually buying useless articles at
the stores, to get rid of Confederate notes.”
Where’s the objection to their exchanging
one useless article for another?
<3“ “Why, dear me,Mr. Longshallow,”
said a lady, “how could you drink a quart
of that bard cider at a single draught?”
As soon as the man could breathe again,
he replied, “I beg pardon, madam, it was
so hard I couldn't bite it off.”
Cr Of little human flowers, death gath
ers many. He places them upon hishpebpi,
and he is transferred into something loss
terrific than before. W e learn to gam and
shudder not, for her carries in hi# arms
the sweet blossom of our early hopes.
(ST A printer who going a courting,
said he was “going to press.”
gjr “ Look oqt for paint,” as the girl
said wheh a feßSw webt to klas her. r v
tar A good manymenare in the best
health when they are out of spirited
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NO. 28.