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oti'TiHORE LOCK HOSPITAL •
E?AS FROMQUACKKRV
'**The Only Wan® Where a Care Can
T be Obtained. ,
C k i{ JOHNSON has discovered the
I ■ , certain. Speedy andonly Effectual Remedy in
' f a n private Diseases. Weakness of the Back
| tl . »orhl wr‘ Affections of tii* Kidneys and BUd
" Discharges, Impolicy, Generali Debility,
~.,,100'laetary Languor, tow Spirits. Confusion
'fiZtS&SBS the Wt. TlmiJity,
J of Sight or Giddiness, Disease of the Head.
?‘“T Nose or Skin. Affections of the Liver. Lungs, Stom
l“ri’ Terrible disorders arising from the
■ a ‘ ,r ofYonth-those snxn and solitary prac T
s,liisty Ha . (f victims than the song of Syrens to
T’Mariners of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant
I ;::,:; " aolicipatioii», rendering marriage Ac., impossi
young men
1 „■who have become the victim* of Solitary \ ice,
Mo i'J and de.tncti™ habit which aunuaily sweeps
u melvg.ave tboiwknd. of Young Men of fe moat
,«1 talent*and brilliant intellect, who might other
listening Senate* with the thunders
, l im ncL-t or waW to «*cta*y llw Uvinp lyre, may call
*nlt ini! poufl*leiicc.
marriage .
p,. rsooB , or Young Men cotcmplating marriage,
»«arr of physical weakness, organic debility, defur
“'i'iV who places himscll under the care of Dr. J. may Vf
. ■'„iv roiiftjf in hia honor as a gentleman, and confl
'i i.iiv r. iy ,hi his skill as a physician .
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
Isime.tiiilelv Cured, and foil Vigor Restored,
rllis Distressing ABection-which renders Life miserable
i marriage impossible —is tiie penalty paid by th
. 'dims of improper inclnlgences. Young .persons are to
i., commit excesses from not being awaie Of the dread
u,vu«7i“nces.that may ensue. Now, who that nnder
■l,l,is the subject will pretri'd to deny that the power of
~ I- eat on iVlost sooner by those falling into improper,
hdifs than by the nrudentt Reside, being deprived the'
pleasure. of healthy, offspring, the most serious and do
tnrtive symptoms to both body and mind arise. The
-vstem becomes Deranged, tin- Physical and Slentall Func
lions Weakened, bos- of Procreative Power, Nervous Irn
lability. Dyspepsia. Palpitation of the Heart.
!■ institutional Debility, a Wasting of the Frame, Cough.
Consumption, Decay and Death. „ce-v-
OFFICE. NO. 7 SOUTH FREDERICK STREET,
Lett hand side going from .Baltimore street, a few doots
from the corner. Fail not toVibserve name and n™ l
Letters must bn paid and contain a stamp.i Hie 00c
;..r s Diplomas hang in hia office' _» v c
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Xo Mercury or Nuseons Drugs.
DR. JOHNSON. , ~ ,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Loudon, Grad
uate from one of the most eminent Colleges in the Unuea
States, and the greater part of whose life has been spent in
ilie hospitals of London, Paris, Philadelphia and else*
*b«?re. liks effected some of the most astonishing -cures
that went ever known; many troubled with ringing in the
brad and ears when asleep, great nervousness, being
Alarmed at-SUdden sounds, baahfulnesa, with frequent
Mudiing, attended sometime* with derangement of imnu,
cured immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR .NOTICE-
Dr. J. addresses all those who have Injured themselves
u improper indulgence and solitary habits. Which ruin
toth body and mind, unfitting them for either business,
•mdy, society or marriage. ■ '
These are some of the sad and melancholy effects-pro*
luc-d by early habits of youth, viz: Weakness of the
Bark and Limbs, Pains in the Head, Dlmnestf bf Sight,
Lw of Muscular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, l)y§-
ii-piv, Nervous Irritability, Derangement of the Diges
tive Functions, Oe'neral Debility, Symptoms of Consmpp*
'-1 c n t\llt.—The fearful effects of the mind are much to
i, dresded—Loss of Memory, Confusion of De
u nion of spirits, Evil-Forebodings, Aversion to Society.
vU-Distrust; Love of Solitude, Timidity, Ac., are some of
i b«- *viu produced. . , . . .
T.ocsvsds of persons of *ll ages can now jndge_whatis
tli-“ cause of their declining health, loeing their rigor, be
■ ming weak, pale, nervous and emaciated, having a sin
calar appearance about the eyes, cough and symptoms of
r'lUSUmptiOD
YOUNG MEN
Who hue injured themselves by a certain
■lulge.l ill when alone,a habit frequently
-ril companions, or at school, the effects of
iiißlnlv felt, even when asleep, and if not
marriage iraposible, and destroys both mind and body,
-hould apply Immediately. . ... „
What a pity that a young mao, tl*e hope of his coontr) .
the darling of bis parents, should be snatched from all
prospects and enjoyments of life, by the ,
deviating from the path of nature, and indulging _m a
ortain secret habit. Such parsons uust, before conte
plating *
marriage, t .
reflect that a sound mind and body are the most necessary
rt-juisites to promote connubial happiness. Indeed, witn
•>iit these, the journey through life becomes a weary pil
grimage: the prospect hourly darkens to the view; the
miud becomes shadowed with despair and fl.led
melancholy reflection that the happiness ot another be
>'«nlf.4 blighted vflth our own.
DISEASE OF IMPRUDENCE. ;
When the misguided and imprudent votary ™ Py® B ®?*®
finds that he has imbibed the seeds of this painful dis
ease, it too often happens that au ill-timed BcqM.of shame,
•>r dread of discovery, deters him from applying-to those
who, from education and respectability j can alone .be
friend him. delaying till the constitutional symptoms of j
this horrid disease maketheir appearance, such as ulcera
ted sore throat, diseased nose, nocturnal-pain a in tne neaa
and limbs, dimness of eight, deafness, nodes on the shin
hones and arms, blotches on the head, fcco and oxtremi
tK progressing with fHghtfUl rapidity, till If®* *“J
palate of the mouth or the bones of the nose fbll In, and
the victim of this awful disease become !r^Vi
commiseration, till death pats a period to hU dreadful
* offerings, by sending him to u that Undiscovered Country
from whence no traveller returns.” , .. .
It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall vtctmia t»
thu terrible disease, owing to the unskiiifuinesa of igno
tint pretender., who, by the nee of that Deadly fWjwn,
jf-'rcury, ruin the constitution" and make the wsldue of
W" miserable.
STRANGERS
Trust uot your lives, or health to the care of the many
Cnl«*rn*d and Worthless Pretenders, destitute or know 1-
name or character, wh*> copy Br. Johnston a adver*
or stylo themselves. In the newspapers, .regu
lar Kdacated Physicians, incapable of Curing, they keep
) '>« trifling month after month, taking their ■filthy and
compounds, or ns long as the smallest fee can
b* obtained, and iti despair, leave you with mined health
Mgh over your galling disappointment,
hr. Johnston is the only Physician advertising.
UU credential or diplomas always hang in his office.
HU remedies of treatment are unknown to all others,
{>r«*pHred from a life spent in tile great hospitals of Europe,
Hie first in the country and a more extensive Private Prao
h’c* than any other Physician in tho world. i
INTSORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this institution, year alter
i'*ar, and tho numerous important Surgical operations
Performed by Johnston, witnessed by the reporters of the
"‘Sun,” “Clipper* and many other papers, notices of
which have appeared again and again before t’ie public,
besides his standing as a gentlemen of character and ru-
ls a sufficient guarantee to the afflicted.
v SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED.*
No letters received unless post*paU* and containing a
‘■lamp to be used on the reply Persona writing should state
ftgeand send portion of advertisement describingsyinptoms
Hersons .writing should be particular In directing their
Utters to this Institution, in the following manner: "
JOHN M. JOHNSTON. M. 0.,
Of the Baltimore Lock Hospital, Jfaryla
£b«i» ftaeftg.
NO FLAG BUT THE OLD FLAG.
BY JJMnnr M. PAJLKKB.
No flag but the old flag—the red, white and bine.
With the a tan, of a Union unbioken and true; "
Arise and defend it! ye eons of the brave.
Whose blood bought the tanner your valor must save
Wo! wo! to tne traitor who drags to the mire.
Uie dag crimsoned deep with the blood of his sire;
If be rose up the legions on band and on sea,
Who are rendy to fight for the Flag of the Free!
Up! up with the Stars and the Stripes, and go forth
To save our great Union, men of the North!
Nor rest till the Star Spangled Banner yon see
Triumphantly float IVoiu the Palmetto tree!
God bltms the old flag, as he oh hath dom*
gioc? he strengthened the arm of oar own Washington ;
And God blew the freemen, derotedvaud true,
Who are rciwly to die for the red. white and blue!
f fleet |psfflla«|.
HETTY MAEVDT
"When the British and lories attacked
New London, Connecticut, in 17—, and
set a price on the head of Gov. Griswold,
the latter fled to the town of L , where
his cousin, Mrs. Marvin, hid him, for some
days, in a secluded farm house. But at
length the subtle foe discovered his retreat,
and one sunny afternoon in May, he was
routed from his hiding place by the tidings
that a band of horsemen were approaching
to capture him.
His only chance of escape was to reach
the mouth of a little creek which emptied
itself into the Connecticut river, just above
the entrance of the latter into Long Island
Sound. There he had a boat stationed,
with two faithful attendants hidden be
neath the high banks Of the creek. The
distance from the farm-house to the boat
was two miles by the usual travelled road.
But a little sheep-path across the farmer’s
orchards would bring him to the road only
a mile from the boat, and save a quarter’s
length of his fearful run for his life.
Just where the harrow path from the/
orchard opened into the road, Hetty Mar
vin sat with her dog Towser.
Thus sat Hetty Marvin, the young
daughter of Gov. Griswold’s cousin, when
her hputed friend sprang past her into the
road, to escape his pursuers. Hetty was
a timed child of about twelve years: yet
thoughtful and wise beyond many of her
elders. Shewasfrightened by the head
long haste with -which the Governor rush
ed across ithe meadow- But she quickly
comprehended the scene, and instantly qui
eted her faithful Towser,' who, though a
friend of the family guest, thought it be
coming to bark loudly at his hurried steps, i
Her wise forethought arrested the Gov
ernor’s notice and suggested a scheme to
delude his pursurers. “ Hetty,” he said,
earnestly, “lam flying for my life, and
unless I can reach my boaf before I am
overtaken, lam a lost man. You see the
road forks here. Now I want you to run
down this way to the river. But you must
tell the rascals who are chasing me that I
have gone up the road to catch the mail
wagon, which will soon be along you
know. Then they will turn off the other
way.”
“ Oh, cousin,” said the little girl, in an
agony of distress, “ I canhot tell a lie; in
deed, I cannot. Why did you tell me
which way you were going 1”
“ Hetty, my child, surely you wouldnot
betray me to death. Hark! theyarecom
ing ; I hear the click of their horses’ feet.
Oh! Hetty, tell them I have gone up the
road instead of down; and heaven will
bless you.”
“Heaven never blesses those who speak
falsely, cousin. But I will not tell them
which way you go,' even if they kill me ;
so run quickly as possible.”
“ It’s no use; unless 1 can deceive them,
lam a dead man.” , ■
“ Cousin, cousin, hide under my web of
cloth; they’d never think of lookiiS| here
for you. Come, get down as swift as you
can, and I’ll cover you, and stand sprink
ling my linen.”
«If B my only chance, child; I*ll get
down as you say.” And suiting the ac
tion to the word, the Governor was soon
hidden under the ample folds of the cloth.
Angry that their expected prey had es
caped from the house where they hoped to
secure hitai, the Six mounted tones, headed
by a British officer, dashed along the road
in swift pursuit. At sight of the little
girl in the meadow, tV.e leader of the pqy
ty paused.
“ Child,” he said sternly, “ have you seen
a man running away hereabouts 1 !” -■
“ Yes, sir,” replied Hetty, trembling and
blushing. .
“ Which Way did he go?”
“ I promised not to tell, sir.”
“Butyou must or take the cbnsequen-
CCS * *
“ I said I wouldn’t tell if you killed
me,” sobbed the frightened girl.
“ I’ll have it oufof her,’* exclaimed the
furious officer, with an oath.
“ Let me spfeak to her,” said his tory
guide; “L know the child, I beheve.—-
Isn’t your name Hetty Marvin ?” heaaked
pleasantly.
“Yes, sir.” :
“ And this man who ran by you a tew
ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1862.
minutes ago was your mother's cousin,
wasn’t he?”
“ Yes, sir;; he was.”
“Well w© are friends of his. What
did he say to you when he came along 1”
“He—he told me—that he was flying
for fais life,” :
“Just so, Hefty ; that was very true.
I hope lie won’t hive to fly far. Where
was he going to try to hide 1 You see I
could help him if I knew his plans.”
Now Hetty was not a whit deceived by
this smooth speech ; so she answered her
questioner candidly: My cousin said that
he was going down this way to the river,
where he had a boat: and he wanted me
to tell -the men. that were charing him,
I that he had gone the other way to catch
the mail wagon.
“Why didn’t you do as he bid you,
then, when I asked where he had gone ?”
thundered the officer, fiercely.
“I could not:tell a lie, sir,” was the
tearful answer.
“Hetty,1 ’ again began the smooth
tongued tory, “you are a nice child. Ev
erybody know# you are a girl of truth.
What did your cousin say when you told
him you cduldln’t tell a falsehood V'
“He said he shouldn’t think I’d betray
him to his death.”
„ “And then you promised him that you
wouldn’t tell which way he went, if you
was killed for jit?”
“Yes, sir.” ;
“That was a brave speech ; and so, I
suppose, he thanked you for it, and ran
down the road as quickly as possible ?”
“I promised not to tell where he went,
sir.”
“Oh! yes, I forgot. Well, tell us his
lost words; and we won’t trouble you any
more.” '
“His last words were, ‘lt’s my only'
chance, child, and I’ll get down as you
say.’ ” And overcame by the fright, and
the sense of her kinsman’s danger should
they rightfully interpret the language
which she had reported, she sobbed aloud,
and hid her face from sight.
Her tormentors did not stay any longer
to soothe or question her. They had got
as they supposed, the information which
they wanted and pushed rapidly on down
to the'river. Now, the Governor, had ar
ranged a signal with his boatmen, that a
white cloth by day, or a light in the night
displayed-from the attic window of his
hiding-place, which was just visible at the
mouth of the Creek, should inform them if
he were in trouble, and put them upon
the alert to help him. As soon, there
fore, as he started for his cousin’s the sig
nal floated from the window to warn
them. And when they saw the pursuing
party dash madly down toward the river,
and recognized the British uniform of the
leader, they pulled swiftly out to sea.
The horse men reached the shore only in
season to see; the boat, with two men in
it, nearly but of sight, and supposing their
destined prey had escaped, relinquished
the pursuit. I Meanwhile, the hunted vic
tim lay safr and quiet where his little
cousin had hidden him, until the tune
came for her return to the house for sup
per. Then he bade her go as usual to her
home, telling her to ask her mother to
place the signal lamp, as soon as it
grew dark, in the window for the boat
men, and to send him there some sup
per, with his valise, which, in the hur
>ry of departure, he had left behind.
The signal recalled the boat, which af
ter twilight hid ventured in sight of the
shore and the farm-house; and the Gov
ernor quietly made his way to the river
in safety. When he rejoined his father in
a secure home; he named his infant
daughter, Which had been bom in his ab
sence, “Heitty Marvin,” that he might be
daily reminded of the little cousin who
had saved 'his life.— Student and School
mate. :
A Hurt, —“ Dear mother,” said a deli'
cate little girl, “ I have broken your Chi
na vase.’* 1 I
“Well, you are a naughty, careless,
troublesome little thing, always in mischief;
go up stairs until I send for you."
And this was a Christian mother’s an
swer to the tearful little culprit, who' had
struggled with and conquered temptation
to tell a fasehood to screen a fault. With
disappointed, disheartened looks, the child
obeyed;; and at that moment was crushed
in her little heart the sweet flower of truth,
perhaps never again in after years to be re
vived to life. Oh, what were a thousand
vases in comparison ?
The Grave. —It buries every error,
covert every defect, extinguishes every re
sentment. From its peaceful bosom spring
none but! tender recollections. Who can
look down upon th'e grave of on enemy i
and not feel a compunctious throe that he
should have warred with the poor hand- i
iful of earth that lies mouldering before
him ?
The Key To Pbospkeity.— “l say,
Sambo, does you know de key to prosperi
ty ob de Souf t ” “ Key to de prosperity
ob de Souft—big words, <Tuno! Guess
, you must ab been Batin’ massa’s dickchu
execution, and who wiriied to get rid of _ '*' * ‘
his wife,! wrote to her as foUows: »I was #K pu wish to -keep your enemi«
vesterdav hanged, and died like a hero ; do from knowing any harm of you, don’t let
as I did, and bear it like a man.” your friertds know any.
fINDEPENDENT IK EVERYTHING.]
OK, PEACE IN DEATH.
A pious soldier mortally wounded in |
one of the great battles of the Peninsula
war, was carried by two or three attached
comrades to the rear of the scene of action..
They laid him down under a tree, unwill
ing to leave him in such a condition of
agony and peril, lingered beside him to see
if there was no act of kindness which they
could do. His speech seemed much affec
ted ; so that be was unable to answer in
telligibly to their inquiries, but he made
them understand by signs that he would
not wish them to remain with him to the
neglect of their poet of duty in the battle.
Reluctantly they left him and returned.—
A little while after, an officer who had
been hastily summoned from a distance to
join the action rode past. He pulled up
on seeing a fellow countrymen alone and
bleeding to death, and asked if there was
any thing he could do for him. The sol
dier murmured something in the negative,
and motioned to him also to go forward.
u My poor fellow,” said the officer kindly,
“ If you are so far gone as to be beyond
the reach of help yourself, perhaps 1 could
do something for your friends at home; is
there no message I could carry for you to
your wife and children ?”
At the mention of his family a flash of
consciousness seemed to return to tbedying
man. He said distinctly: “Yes; knap
sack —book.”
The officer dismounted and opened the
1 knapsack beside him. He searched for a
book in it, and soon drew out a Bible.—
’ The soldier continued: “Bead John xiv.
27.”
The hand which held it was little ac
customed to turn over the sacred pages,
and slowly, and not without difficulty, the
verse was found and read. A radiant and
heavenly smile lighted up the poor \man’s
features as he listened. “There There!”
he exclaimed, in thrilling and triumphant
tones, “is all I want. I have peace. I
am going home; my Savior is waiting to
receive me."
The officer gazed on him a moment in
| speechless astonishment, and then remem
bering that he ought to have been at his
post before now, threw the Bible into the
knapsack, sprang into his saddle and was
gone.
Within an hour afterward that same
officer was carried by his men on a rude
litter, out of the field of battle. He too,
was mortally wounded, and had not spoken
until they approached the tree where the
lifeless remains of the soldier were now
stretched on the field. The spot too viv
idly recalled the circumstances which had
taken place there so short time before.
Passing his hand over his forehead, he was
heard to say, in tones of heartfelt angmsh:
“I have no Bible. I have no peace, there
is no Savior waiting to receive me. v
Both these men were exposed to the
1 power of the sword; both as to their mor
tal life fell victims to it; yet the heir of
the promise, in the hour of his lonely death,
I experienced the “I will” of deliverance
his soid was redeemed from the power of
his sword. —The Saying* of the King.
THE DYING SOLDIER,
Wedding Ceremonies on the Alps.*
There are still many of the old customs re
maining, of which one of the most peculiar
is the wedding, which has some of the feat
ures of those in the Northern part of Ger
many. An orator is bearer of invitations,
who is often the village schoolmaster. He
makes a formal speech before every house,
which all the people run to hear. On the
morning of the wedding he accompanies
the bridegroom and the groomsman to the
house of the bride, where they breakfast
together; after which he makes a speech
to the father and mother, recounting to
them all the noble qualities of the bride
groom, and beseeching them to give their
daughter willingly away, as he is sure a
longlife of happiness is in store for her.—-
A rival orator then “ takes the word,” and
presents the dark side of the picture, all
the difficulties of the new position, and the
virtues of the brides After this parliamen
tary discussion the bride departs with her
betrothed for church amidst the prayers
and tears and good wishes; and to keep
up her spirits musicians cheer her way
with song. —The Cotages of this Alps-
A Bbave Hcsbajto. —A bear attacked
a farmer’s cabin one night, when the far
mer got up into the loft, leaving his wife
and children to take care of themselves.—
The wife seized the pok#and aimed a hap
py blow at Bruin.
“ Give it to him,” cried the valianthns
band. After Bruin was dead, he came
down'from the loft and exclaimed, “ Nan
cy, my dear, ain’t we brave?”
ANECDOTE OP COMMODORE POOTE.
We find the following anecdote of Com.
Foote in the Christian Advocate: mid
Journal:
“It is well known that whiskey forms
part of the rations supplied to men in the
any, the wisdom of which may well be
called into question. A saving clause
allows each sailor to commute his whutey
ration, for money. Many do this, but by
far the hugest number answer to jthe
whiskey roll, and with evident satisfac
tion, gulp down all the law allows* : At
the commencement of a cruise, Com.
Foote called the chaplain to his state
room, and told him that he desired to
formA temperance society on board j the
vessel. The chaplain thought the object
a good one, but the success of the experi
ment he-very much doubted. His doubts
were touch greater when the Commodore
told him he intended to make old Brown
president, if agreeable to the others.; Now
old Brown had for many years been a fol
lower of the seas, and bad imbibed such
quantities of bad liquor that bis j nose
plainly told of the excuse of bis drinking;
and in answer to the chaplain’s doubts
about securing the concurrence of old
Brown, the Commodore replied: Never
mind ; I have already spoken to Tiro wn
on the subject, and he enters heartily into
our scheme, and consents to be president
of our society.”
“The meeting was called aid tire soci
ety was formed; and so persevering were
the effects of this noble officer, and those
whom he inspired with the good work,
that every officer and man on: board of
that vessel signed the pledge of total ab
stinence, and the first port that the good
and now safe bark touched, all the ‘tJ. S.’
stores of whiskey were stored on; account
of the Government. The cruise wais fin
ished without one drop of whiskey ra
tions ; and no doubt the crew wiss much
better able to perform their duty and to
endure hardships than when thty daily
imbibed that which calculated to destroy
both body and soul. It may be .well
asked what can one man do ? or rather
what he cannot do when, with the spirit
of love and charity to animate; him, he
works with a will in his master’s cause 1”
Bexotikuw-t Expeessed.—The follow
ing extract from the response of Mr. Sew
ard for the President, to the patriotic sen
timents of the Presbyterian General As
sembly, will be treasured among foe ele
gant passages brought out by the perils of
our country;
“ For many years heretofore, one of the
greatest subjects of fecilitatibn among
good men will be the signal success of the
Government of the United Statesin pre
serving our Federal Union, which is the
ark of civil and religions liberty ion this
continent and throughout the world- All
the events of our generation which pre
ceded this attempt) at revolution, all that
shall happen after it, will be deemed un
important in consideration of that jone in
dispensable and invaluable achievement
The men of our generation whose memo
ry will be the longest aud moat honored,
will be they who thought the most ear
nestly, prayed the most fervently! hoped
the most confidently, fought the most he
roically, and suffered the most patiently,
in the sacred cause of freedom _ and hu
manity. The record of the action of the
Presbyterian Church, seems, to the Presi
dent, worthy of its traditions and aspira
tions, as an important branch of the
church founded by the Saviour of men.”
Thcth —Every word of it. ' Cut it out
and learn it by heart. “We should make
it a principal to extend the hand of fel
lowship to every man who discharges
faithfully his duties and maintains good
Older— who manifests a deep in
the welfare of general society—whose de
portment is upright, and whose mind is
Intelligent—without stopping to ascertain
whether he swings a hammer! or draws a
thread. There is nothing so disiiant from
all natural claims as the reluctant, the
backward sympathy, the force# smile, the
checkered conversation the: hesitating
oompUance, the well off are apt to mani
fest to those a little lower down, with
whom in comparison of intdleetiand prin
ciples of virtue, they frequently pink into
insignificance.”
O* The husband of a buxom wife, near
Exeter, England, had long been dying, and
at length one of the clergymen of the par
ish, making one of his daily visits, found
kim dead. The disconsolate, widow, in
giving an account of her spoufetfs last mo
ment, told him her poor dear man kept
groaning and groaning, but could not die.
‘‘At last,” said she, that I
had got a new piece of tape in the drawer,
and so I took some of that and tied it as
tight as I could around bis and then
I stopped his nose with my thumb and
finger, and, poor dear I he went off like a
lamb.” ” > .1 • • .
flrTba object of ambitloi* should beto
•be happy-at home. If watm-not! happy
there we eannot be 'dbeadmf.’
EDITORS ASB PROPRIETORS.
Natobal HisKHti op Ohiumubi.— -A
child hearing some one speak of the cells
in a prison, asked, “ Are there any -bees .
there ?” On being answered in the '
tive, inquired, “Then why does the poem
of the little busy bee say ‘ hjhw skillfully
she builds her cell?’”, tojfliher who was
taken to see a large serpent or boa,, in-
quired as he walked home, “MamM*
when will hairs grow on the akin ofjy
boa*?” “There will never be. anff Jjjjm
on it ; then why do you ask sudt < djpls
tiqn 1” “ Then why are there
over the boa you wear around yo^jjpk I ?’*
was the answer, showing how a wttffain
of erroneous ideas had originatdtl ill the
two different meaniqgt qfct£* word boa. —
On another occasion at J|p» interrogator
asked, “ How are lijwllWtW made
Mamma—“ They are ik* made; they
grow like hair.” “Oh neLttamma; pa
pa said they were knit!” The child had
heard the phrase, “ Knitting the brows.”
One asked, “Where is the leg of the
stairs 1” “The leg of the stairs 1 ? Ido
not know what you moan.”. “ Why, pa
pa, you said the foot of the' stairs, and I
Want to know where the 1% is.” These
is dfficnlty sometimes in penetrating the
mind of the child, and laying hold of the
erroneous idea that has got possession of
it; and until this be done, the truth can
not find admission. A lady asked * Httle
girl in a school-room, if ahe knew what a
camel was like. “ Yes, ma'am,” was the
reply; “it is a wee, wee, weney thing
i like a worm, that can squeeze itself through
i the eye of a needle.”
The Thought which Chkeks A Dv
vsn Hook.— Said a dying man in my
hearing once, “My life has been a failure;
I have made a fortune to leave to my rel
atives to quarrel over when I am gone,
and what is there in that thought to
cheer me now? there fs but one green
spot in the dreary "wueta of a long life,-
and that is the fact that 1 took a number
of poor boys by the-hand, and aided thou
in becoming men. I can run over in my
memory more, than a dozen such, who are
now, useful and honored men, both in
church and state whom I aided, and en
couraged in obtaining an education. They
will dot some good in the world if I did
not.” the tears ran down his cheeks as
he thus spoke, and he tinned himself, on
his bed and gently sunk into the anas of
death. We shall never forget that acme.
It daguerreotyped itself upon the page of
memory, never to be effaced.
Reader, what are yon doing that you
will lookback on with pleasureonyourdy
ing'bed|t Have yon any green spot in me
npon which memory will delight to Un
ger ? Is your life a success so far as the
great business of life is concerned? Ton
will soon lie upon your death-bed, and
it becomes you to ponder these questions
now.
A Bcixei Extractor.— Brigade Sur
geon and* Medical Director, tJ. S A., J.
E. Quidor, has invented aninstahtandons
bullet extractor. It consists essentially of
a metallic cylinder, doeed at one end; to
the other of which is attached a bell
shaped, India-rubber mouth-piece, or suck
er. Within this cylinder is a tube con
taining metallic mercury, with a valve at
its lower extremity. To the upper ex
tremity of the cylinder is attached an ex
hauster or air-pump. In using the instru
ment the month-piece is applied over the
orifice of the wound, the tube prelecting a
short distance within it, and the air ex
hausted. If the ball is amply imbedfed
in the soft structure, the expansion of the
air beneath the ball, which is just in pro
portion to the power of exhaustion above,
expels it from the wound. Should the
ball be imbedded in a bone or retained be
neath the tendons, the valve is opened aSid -
a column of mercury precipitated into the
wound, which, by its specific gravity,
added to the atmospheric pressure above,
forces die ball from its position and floats
it from the wound. +
fg- “ Who can paint like natWrel” ex
claimed a young lady, as she held a copy
of Thompson’s seasons in one hand, while
the other was clasped by. her enrajrtured
lover. “Ah 1 what soul there is in that,
passage! who indeed can paint like na
ture?” “Yon canl” shouted herbrother,
who had been peeping in at the window;
« yon are painted like all nature-now.” ■
tap Poetry is said to be theilpww of
literature; prose Lathe corn, potatoes and
meat; satire is the aqpaftirtis; 'wit is the
spice and pepper; love-letters the honey
mid sugar; letters containing remittances
are the apple dumplings.
VThe most remarkable case' of inde
cision we ever heard of, was ■ that ' of 1 a
man who sat up all night, because he
could not decide which to take oflNlrst,
bis coat or hk boots. 1
«T A writer speaking on die BUTsectof
the Woomer costume, says it hna mujpfcd
thefactthat woman is a
and is not, as she seems to -be* a chap P n
castors. V!
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