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BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL
AS A UKFUUK FROM QI|ACKhU\
file Only Where a Cure Can
be Obtained-
J Vit, JOUN6OX luis discovered the
1 f m.>>t Certain, Speedy,and only Krtoctnal jl»etnvd\ in
... jr i,i i',.r all 'Private Diseases. Weakness df tile Uack
' ' i idM. Strictures, Affections of the Kidney,rund Bbtd
, - ViivnlunUry Discharges. Imputeney, tienctpil. Dshrlity.
u;m*s.s Dyspcpsy, Languor. Low Spirit**, Confusion
• ' i -t< palpitation of the Heart. Timidity. Tremblings,
i *il •* of Sight or Oiddiness, Disease oi tin* Hem.
: ,"r V Nose or Skin. Affections of the Liver, Lpngs. Stom
-1 ‘‘'Vumvel-—those Terrible disorders arising from the
" ‘. ifv Habits of Youth—those secret and solitary prac
'njre fatal .to tbeii victims than th 6 song pf i?yreiis to
Mariners of UlyMetf, blighting their mo#t brilliant
, iP anticipations, rendering marriage dtp . unpoasi-
YOUNG MEN
~j.uv wli'< have l.i-cmiic the victims of '«•<■•
i:'l. li.-.i'ji'ui ,tu4 .lertuctfye habit whtoh annually : »w«e|.<i
■ u uiicim*-! v;m :iv'- tlmuiauds of Ynimi: Men of tin- must
■ ■ ~...1 Mieutsiuni brilliant intellect. who might: otlier
; |,H.. .■uiiiUiceil liiti-irmi; Sefiates with t'-e thunder*
nr waked to ecuwy the living lyre, may rail
.nli full rautblener
MARRIAGE
>luiu‘ l Demon*, or YoungMm cotemplatiiu: nuvrriuge.
.itt'urc uf physical weakness, organic debility*, Uefor-
Mii' A .. curp'l.
>1 • w.w pla •-••< liim-iftl under th • cmv "f Dr.. .1. py re
.nslv .-anti !•• in hi* h.moi us a ir utleman. ami conli
i / s n lv uuoii liis skill as a physician.
' ‘ ORGANIC WEAKNESS
1,,,11-iutelv Cureil. 11ml fulUVi-dr Restored.
T'ii> Alleetion— which render* l.dc imseniMe
Ov p.-miltv ,»>W 'V.v «><•
~ Mafe-itt--*. \«>HaK ire t‘.
~,t i.. cmmit oxccsM-s from n -t l«*uw nw:n- >,f tl« • drcud
lu! .■■•nscan-m es that mav • •n-uc. Now, win* That mold -
in i- the subject will pretend t» deny that the paw-r o!
i. l.mt s.M!i.-r by ilm>« foiling into iui|u;
it. l ?-; tlmu hv th>''mi h’uf; Reside* being deprived the
pI.MMirL- of healthv Spring. the most seri.im* and de
irn«’iivi‘ svmytom- m both and sam.ij anise. The
Uecmues Deranged. the Physical ami MJenlaj June
tl.ms Weakened. L«’>* <d Pr-vreative I’mver. Nervous Irn.
uMHtv. Dyspepsia. l»al\iU:tti-.n of the Heart, Imligestion
Constitutional Debility, a Wasting of the Frame. Cough,
t’.-n-umiilieii. Derav ami D-aih.
OFFICE. NO. 7 SOUTH FREDERICK STREET,
!,'•! baud side going froai Hultimore street, a te\y hours
,m tli.- corner. F;yl i»"t tv-hs -rvo name and number
- must li- Jiui.l arid •Mlitilili a stam(i. Tin- Due
ir - !l:;.lnni:i' li.iuu in In' nftic*
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Xft Mercury or Xuseont Drug.*.
OR.' JOHNSON.
’•b-iutor of the Uoyul Collie «f Surgeon*. Lundo'i*. brad
iut.-from one of the most eminent Colleges iil> llni United
and tin* greater part of whose lift? has been spent in
r:i. hospitals df Lwndon. Paris, Philadelphia % and else
has effected some of the ‘most astonishing cures,
but w>T'* ever known; many troubled with ringing in the
t.-el and e«r* when asleep, great nervousness. being
uiriucd at »ud4«n sounds, bashfulness, with frequent
Mu-hiri;:. attended sometime* with derangement of mind.
a-iv cured immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE-
Di. J. addresses all those who have injured themselves
improper indulgence and solitary habits, which ruin
f itli body and miud, unfitting them for either business,
•tu'ly, society or marriage.
These are some of the sad and melancholy effects pro-
iu.V'l by o.arlv habits of vouth. viz ;• Weakness of the
Ui.-k ami Limbs, Pains in the Head, Dim*ess of Sight,
1 1- » if Muscular Power. Palpitation of the Heart. Dys-
Pi-v. Nervous Irritability, Derangement- of the Dlges
?ir- Functions. General Debility, Symptoms of Cpusump
'.MU- &?..■ .
Mentally.—The fearful effects of the mind ure much to
beaded—Loss of Memory, Confusion, of Idea*. Do
-i y f spirits, Bell-Forebodings, Aversion to; Society.
* !; Di<trust,‘Love of Solitude, Timidity, &c., are some of
:!»«• -vils produced. . .
Tu H 4VND3 of persona of all ages can now judge what i*
:ii-j .:ausi> uf their declining health, hwi«g their vigor. be
;nin- weak, pale, nervous and om»cialed, having a sm
-ula! 1 ip|K*ara«ice about the eyes, cough and symptoms of
o>nMimption
YOUNG MEN .
U’tic liivh injured themselves by a certain practice m
•tui’.id -hi when alone, h habit frequently from
vil at school- the effects of ifnich are
'li-ihUv felt, even when asleep, and if not cure 4 renders
numage imposible, and destroys both mind and body,
•iumll apply immediately. ■'* .
fc-Wli.it :i uitv that a young man. the hope of hw countr^,
rTT* darling i»f his parents, should be snitchedi from all
■,>r.np and enjoyments of life, by the consequence of
• I viating from the path of nature, and Indulging in a
■ rtain secret habit. Such jicrsous must, beforft content*
plating .
MARRIAGE,
rtH.vt tlmt ,1 s.mu.l inin.l anil Ixxiy are the nuwl peresaary
r«* to promote cmmubinl happiness. Indeed. with
out these, tbe jnuruf v through lift* become* a wear)' P"’
'rini:i<;e; the prospect hourly darkens to the fiewj the
luiml becomes shndovrvd with despair - and filled 'with the
melancholy reflection that the happiness ot auipther be
'••mii-s blighted with onr own. '
DISEASE OF IJHPBUDENCE. ;
When the misguided and Imprudent votary of l ) L e^ S j. r *
iin-ls that In- has imbibed the seeds of this paiufnl ais
'•a<e, i f nften happens that nu 111-timed sense uf shame,
■>r .head of discovery, deter* him from applying te
vhi. fr«»m education and respectability, can, alone be
hi 'iid hiin. delayiue till the constitutional symptoms of
thU horrid disease make thoir appearance, such as ulcera
i>hl lore throat, diseased nose, nocturnal pain § w the ueao
iqJ limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes OU the ship
'••■me* and arms, blotches on the head, fiicc anp extrenil
progressing with frightful rapidity, till ft* l th< :
palate of the mouth hr the bones of the nose mil jn« * n( *.
the victim of this awful disease becomes a horrid object or
»■ •imulswration, till death puts a period to dreadful
'oifferiugs, by sending him t j *• that Undiscovered Country
from whence no traveller returns.” ; ;
It i<a melancholy fact that thousands full -victims to
‘ hi-terrible disease, owing to the unskillfulnew bf igno-
r *ut pretenders, who, by the use’of that' Deawy jy\M°n s
V*mt< y. ruia the constitution and make the of
1 ir*j miserable. . .
STRANGERS ■ ? ■
i 'm-i- iwt y,.«jr llvm. >r health in the cure of the many
>-uovnicl and Worthies* Pretender*, destitute pt knowl
• L'-. name or character, wh' copy Pr. Johnston s adrer
stylo themselves. In the rjeyrapaper*, regn
'arly Educated Physicians, incapable of Coring* they keep
y m ti ifting month after month, taking thenpnltny aud
[i »i*mon* compounds, or as iong a* the smallest fee ca*
obtained, and in despair, leave yon with rulped health
t • “ijsli ovrr yonr galling disappointment:. ' t
Hr Johnston is the only Physician adVerti
His diplomas always hang la hi* office.
His remedies ‘er treatment are nnfcnojwn to all others,
l»r-p*red font aIUC* spent in the great hcfspitats of fcorop*.
tie- first in the chantry and a more extensive Pfixutt Ptco
h>Mhan any other Physician in the world, -
- INDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this Institution, year after
y**ar, and the 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^the public,
tasides his standing as a gentlemen of character and ro
xponHiblllty, is a sufficient guarantee to the affi|cted.
SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED.
No letters received unless port-paid \nd cob taming a
•stamp to be used on the reply Persons writing should state
ageand Sf ud portion of adrertUement describing symptoms
Persons writing should be'partlcnlftr Id directing their
letters to this Institution, in the following manner:
JOHN M. aOHNSTOH. M. D..
Of the Baltimore Lock Hoepitel. Maryla
€kmt
11. C. BERN
Dissolve this Union!
Go stop yon rolling .Sun—
Blot'out the planets from (heir spheres.
Which now in order run;
Go stop the raging billowy
Gp calm the raging sen.
Ami then this mighty Union
May be-dissolvetl by thee.
Dissolve this happy Union I
Command God to sleep.
And cause the Sons of Freedom
In bitterness to weep.
But hard! they say with oQe accord,
Tliis blessed laud shall shih*.
The Freedom of this country
Be preserved by power Divine!
HI U 0
Dissolve this matchless Union!
Oh I what a wicked thought!
To blast this mighty structure
That was so dearly bought.
Dissolve this starry Union!
Go-hide yom-sliamefnl heatU —
Behold! the mighty hand of God
Her Spangled Banner spreads.
Dissolve this wdde-spread Union
Her mountains on yon fmwu:
Volcanoes in their fury rise
In Amnia, to swi'f|i you duivu,
But hark! fi on* every citato the sound
Of Union still heard :
Her counties* jsouh assemble round
Their banners, at a word.
MY FIRST SHOT AT A TIGER.
It was iu the month of April, one of
the hottest months of an unusually hot In-
dian season, now some ten or twelve years
ago, that 1 set out with my friend P
cm a tiger hunting expedition for the Jug-
dispore jungle.
The vast jungle, or impenetrable forest,
as it may justly be termed, was, at the
time of which I write, the haunt of num
erous wild beasts, and among these many
Bengal tigers, which were the terror of the
neighborhood, and which, from their im
mense strength and ferocity, proved them
selves in several encounters such danger-
ous antagonists that few Europeans cared
to attack them.
From the first moment of my placing
foot on Indian sod, however, I had greatly
desired to make closer acquaintance with
these formidable brutes,' of which 1 had
heard so much, and on the day in question
I was in high spirits on setting out.
P (or Clement, as I familiarity
called him), was a thorough sportsman and
a splendid shot ; and although this was to
to be my first meeting with these “mon
arclis of the Indian forests,’ 1 had little
doubt of our success.
dairying each a trusty rifle, we left the
small town of J ugdispore, where we had
been staying, at an early hour of the morn
ing, and in about two hours’ time arrived
at the borders of the jungle of the same
name.
.Before starting, Clement had proposed
that we should take our swords with us, so
that at the conclusion of our sport we
might indulge ip a little sword practice, of
which he was passionately fond, and at
which he was a great adept. To this I
agreed, and accordingly wc gave our swords
to the care of two Indians, who were to
accompany us to beat the bush. Arrived
at the jungle, we lost no time in entering
it by a small beaten path, our two Indians
taking the lead. Wending our way through
this for nearly an hour, wc emerged on an
open glade, in the center of which stood two
palm trees. Towards these we tacitly di-’i
reeled our Steps, and have sent our Indians
to beat the surrounding jungle, we kept
close under the shade of the trees, anx
iously awaiting the result.
We could scarcely have been waiting
more than den minutes, when a fierce grow)
suddenly startled us both, and almost at
the same moment a full-grown' leopard
sprang from the jungle. We fired simul
taneously, and the huge brute fell dead al
most at our feet.
Before firing, I had taken care to aim
for the shoulder, where I knew a wound
would, in all probability, prove and
as I had fired steadily, 1 was pretty sure
my bullet had told. It had struck me,
■however, that Clement, who was usually
such a skillful marksman, had this time
entirely failed, or that he had only wound
where he had intended to kiljj ,
After the Smoke from our rifles had
cleared away, I was the first to speak.
' “ You have not sustained your old pres
tige as a shot,” I said, addressing my friend;
“for you see you have only wounded,
where my bullet has killed
; “What do you mean?” he
i “I mean that for the first time in your
life you havenot succeeded in your aim,”
: j replied; “that the death of that leopard
(pointing to the dead body of our late an
i tagonist) is due to me alone.’
; Clement looked up with such a look of
! astonishment'in bis face as I never saw be
i fore. Then he spoke camly and deliber
ateiy__“lf you had never fired,” he said,
■ “that leopard would have lain where it
now lies.” ■ ’ ~ .
j It was too bad. To bethus contradict
! ed when I was convinced of the truth of
what 1 had stated, was to me insupport
OUR UNIOH.
ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1862
able. At first I grew irritated—theri an
gry ; but while my words waxed warm he
retained complete control over his temper,
and his replies were calm and decided.—
It was, perhaps, this very exercise of control
over his temper that so; exasperated; me,
and made me loSe mine; but certain it is
that, completely forgetting myself, and giv
ing vent to my ungovernable rage, I called
him a liar, accusing him at the same time
of striving to take away from mei the
honor which was justly due me.
When ! had said that word which no ma*
should say to another, which 1 could not
have said had I been quite myself, I bitter
ly repented it, •
Such a change as came over Clement I
never saw before, and hope never to see
again. A rush of blood suffused his iface,
and his whole frame literally shook .with
nervous agitation, while his fingers grasped
convulsively the stock of his rifle.
With an almost superhuman effort
which was intensely painful fur me to see
he regained his self-possession ; and though
his face was now ashy pule, and his eyes
fixed and glassy, his tones when he spoke
were calm, quiet and deliberate.
“Yon have called me a liar. - ’ lie paid :
“ you shall first prove your words, and
then you shall account to me for them,” and
Ite beckoned me to follow him.
I obeyed mechanically. Arrived at the
dead body of the leopard, ('lenient adress
cd me—“ Where do you say your bullet
entered ?” he asked.
“ Near the shoulder,” 1 replied.
“Then perhaps you can find it,” he said,
bitterly.
J stooped down, and scanned carefully
the body of the leopard. There was no
wound to show that a bullet had entered
near the shoulder, but there were evident
signs of one having glanced from the
shoulder-blade. 1 looked up—l did not
speak i it was evident that Clement saw in
my face what he knew already.
“And now,” he said, you will see that
mv bullet pierced its heart!”
Looking down again I saw. sure enou’gh,
close to the region of the leopard's teart, a
wound where a bullet had entered, which
must have caused death so suddenly and
instantaneously that it had scarcely drawn
any blood. There was no longer any
doubt in my mind ; 1 was thoroughly con
vinced.
“And now.” continued Clement, address
ing me —“Now that you have not been
able to prove your words, you shall either
retract them, or you shall account to me
for them.”
‘•I acknowledge that 1 am wrong, Cle
ment,” 1 said, bitterly, lor his arbitrary
manner irritated me : “but you must learn
that I am not to be intimidated into re
tracting my words.”
“Then you shall not leave this place alive /”
Ashe spoke these words, he raised his rifle
slowly to his shoulder and pointed it at me.
I saw by his determined look that he
meant what he said, yet I was not afraid.
Leaning my rifle against the stem of a tree,
I folded my arms on my breast, arid con
fronted him.
“If you wish to commit murder,”; I said
—“ If you would murder a ■ defenceless
man, you may do so. I shall not protect
myself.”
Clement lowered his rifle. “ No, Ido
not wish to murder you,” he said in that
icy tone which froze my blood : “ but you
shall render me ample satisfaction jin fail
fight for the insult you bavC thought fit
to put upon me.”
“ As you please,” I replied.
“You will be good enough,” he contin
‘ ued, “to take up your position with your
rifle behind the palm tree near which you
stand, while I place myself behind the one
near me. But stay,” he continued, “should
our rifles fail, which I do not think prob
able;, we.bave our swords;” and taking
his from one of the Indians, he buckled it
to his side. I did the same.
“ And now,” continued Clement,; taking
up his position, while I followed his exam
ple, “ when the sun’s shadow touches that
sapling, (pointing to one which grew al
most equidistant from our two trejes, but
slightly nearer to the jungle,)you will step
out and fire.”
“ Agreed,” I said, sullenly—“ I will be
readyand glancing toward the sapling,
I saw that the shadow of the siio was
creeping slowly nearer and nearer, and
that in about ten minutes it would touch it.
During the whole of the foregoing scene,
which I have endeavored to depict as
truthfully as possible, and which took
place in less time than 1 take to relate it,
our two Indians had remained as immova
ble, and almost as impassible, as ; statues,
doubtless well pleased, or caring little
wether one or both of their enemies, the
Feringhees, should be killed. i j
Up to this time I had acted under the
impulse of the moment and almost without
thought; but now that the excitement of
the time was over, I could realize the inten
sity of my position. Clement, I had good
reason to know, was a skilled marksman,
and I knew also that he would have little
mercy. Already, then, I had almost given
myself up for lost! But even in I this mo
ment of dread and almost certain; death, I
would not have retracted my iyords nor
have apologised for the world. [No, my
fIXDEPKNIJiixT IK EVEUYTIUKO.]
pride forbade it, Y*t, angered and in
censed against him as I still was, 1 had
not last all those feelings of friendship
which 1 had entertained for him ■ before
our quarrel, and I felt that, should he fall
by my hand, 1 should never f irgive myself.
Thus I had determined that I would fire
low—that I would only wound him, if pos
sible. But if I should be killed! Strenu
ously as I strove to banish it, this thought
kept recurring to my blind again and again.
I was so young to die; but if die I must,
I felt that I would sooner fall by Clement’s
hand than a stranger’s. But without on.e
word of adieu to myi relatives —to those I
loved best in this world!—the thought
was maddening. During the short inter
val of time which would elapse before the
sun's shadow should touch the sapling, an
after-thought struck; me, and I called to
Clement—“ If one of us should lie killed,”
1 said, “ who will know he was not mur
dered ?”
•’Our Indians are witnesses,” he replied.
“Black testimony Will not suffice in a
court of law," 1 answered.
“True,” he said;.-“I had not thought
of that. I will write.” And tearing a
leaf from bis pocket-book, he took a pencil
from his pocket and wrote the fallowing
words
“ The undersigned have this day en
terecjdn mortal combat. That everything
was conducted in a spirit of equity our two
Indians, Mohul and Visram Leg, can tes-
tify. He who falls, falls in fair light.”
Underneath he signed his name ; then
passing the document to me, he requested
me to sign. I did so, and returning it to
him, Clement hung it on the bough of the
sapling, then resumed his position.
And now'that the work of death was
complete, I glanced towards the sapling.
The shadow of the sun was very close toil;
I saw that in a few minutes it must touch.
Banishing with an indiscribable effort
the thoughts which came crowding fast
and thick upon me, 1 kept my eye fixed
on the sapling, camly awaiting the dread
moment. ,
And now it hadi come. The shadow
which had l>een stealing nearer and nearer
now touched the stem of the sapling, and
at the precise moment, and almost simul
taneously, we both stepped from our post
and tired!
I felt Clement’s bullet, with a whiz and
a dull booming sound, pass close to my
cheek —so close, indeed, that I almost
thought I was wounded. When this
smoke from our rifles cleared away, I saw
Clement standing : erect; there was no
doubt I had missed him, and that in at
tempting to fire low I had entirely failed.
But there was no tipie to think, for draw
ing his sword, and uttering almost an im
precation at the failure of his shot, he
sprung forward to the attack.
I attempted to draw my sword, but it
would not come. The more I tugged, the
firmer it remained ; the more violence I
■used, the faster it stuck. 1 verily believe
in that moment I cursed that sword.
Relinquishing, then, my hopeless efforts,
I folded my arms op my breast and con
fronted Clement, calmly awaiting his on
set and the sword which I knew would be
plunged into my breast. But it was never
to come. Just as he had upraised his
sword in his right hand ready to plunge it
into me, and that I thought my last mo
ment had arrived, it was hurled violently
from his hand to some distance, and he
himself was thrown with force to the
ground.
I looked for my deliverer and his assail
ant. ■ I had not to look long. At a short
distance from me Clement lay on the
ground, and on the top of him, and growl
ing fiercely, was an immense Bengal tiger.
There was no doubt in my mind that the
huge brute had seen him rush across the
glade, and had sprimg upon him from the
jungle.
I cannot say what thoughts at that mo
ment passed through my mind. Clement
I knew was unarmed ; his rifle he had fifed
at me, and his swopd had been hurled vio
lently from his hand. When I say un
armed, I own that I knew he carried
about him a small: clasp-knife ; but what
was that against snch an antagonist 1
Yet I knew he was brave, and even in
this perilous moment he did not lose his
self-possesson, but drawing his clasp
knife from his belt, he struck well-directed
and strongly-given; blows oh the head mid
throat of his assailant; but they had but
little effect save to enrage even more the
huce brute, who bud now raised his vie-,
tim from the ground, and was preparing
to carry hihi off to the jungle.
I mpst confess that evil thoughts were
.passing through my brain. Here was a
man who but a fninute before had been
tliirsting after my blood, in the power; of
1 a merciless assailaint; arid I, whose life he
' had striven to takp, was the only one Who
could save him.' \Should 1 leave him to his
fate ?
Heaven be praised that this thought
had not long dominion over me. I forgot
in another moment my quarrel with Cle
ment, and only remembered the feelings
of friendship whijeh I had entertained for.
him, arid determined to save him even .at
the cost of my lift. .
These thoughts had flashed through my
raind_in a second pf time; and loading my
rifle hastily, I raised it to my shoulder,
bending one knee bn the ground to ensure
a steadier aim.
And now the cries of the Indians had
become terrific, and almost unnerved me;
and motioning them to he quiet, 1, waited
till the tiger should expose a Vital part at
which I might aim.
In this moment of intense anxiety I
felt my heart audibly beating, for 1 knew
that, should 1 fail in my aim, no earthly
power could save ) myTriend j that the ti
ger would bear him to the jungle, and that
1 should never see him again-; and I knew
also that, in this moment of peril, Clement
would rather have died than have called
to me for succor—that his pride would
forbid it.-
However, the decisive moment had ar
rived, for the tiger, no doubt, by
theories of the Indians, turned his head
round towards me, growling fiercely. I
did not wait a moment, but, taking aim
for the temple, I fired. My ball pierced
its brain, aud the; huge brute rolled dead
on the ground.
Springing forward to Clement, I found
him lying on the ground insensible- Tak
ing some water ! from some chatties or
earthenware vessels that we, had brought
with us, I bathed his face with it; then
producing a flask: from my pocket, I poured
some brandy down his throat. The strong
liquid ineffably revived him, and in a few
minutes he was enabled to regain his feet.
Seeing that he was still, however, too
weak to return home on foot, I dispatched
our two Indians for a palanquin, while 1
remained with him till their return.
After the Indians had departed, Cle
ment remained silent for some time; then
addressing me, said:
T “Who tired that shot? To yvhom am
I indebted for my life?”
“I did,” I replied.
“Good God!”: he said, “this is a just
retribution; that the man whose life I
was bent on taking away should have
saved my own. Forgive me, Harry,”
he continued, coming forward and calling
me by my name; “we have both been
very wrong, but we have learned a lesson
that 1 trust we shall never forget.” He
held out his hand ; 1 grasped it eagerly.
My joy knew no bounds, i What I had
thought to be impossible had now come to
pass. Harry and I were again reconciled
During the half hour which elapsed be-
fore our Indians returned we , neither of
us spoke—l believe our hearts were too
ull!
When the palanquin arrived, I assisted
Clement into it, and in a ! short time we
safely arrived at our homes. He is now
completely recovered of his wounds. Many
years have passed since then, yet I still as
vividly remember the details of the scene
which I have attempted to. describe as on
the day they happened. We have been
better friends ever since. The tiger’s skin
I keep as a trophy, and 1 shall never for
get “my first shot at a tiger” in the Jud
gispore jungje.
Wounded and Killed.*—lt takes but
little space in the columns of daily papers;
but ho! what long household stories and
biographies are; every one of these strange
names, we read over and forget!
“Wounded and killed!” Some eye
reads the name to whom it is dear as life,
and some heart is struck or broken with
the blow made by the name among the list.
It is our Henry, or our; James, or our
Thomas that lies with his poor broken
limbs at the hospital, or white, and still
ghastly face bn the battle field. Alas I for the
eyes that read; alas! for .the hearts that
feel! '
“ He was my pretty boy that I sung to
sleep so many ■ times in my arms !” says
the poor mother, bowing in anguish that
cannot be uttered. He Was my brave,
noble husband, the father of my little
orphan children! sobs the stricken wife.
He was my darling brother, that I loved
so, that I was-proud of," mrirmurs the
sister, amid tears; and ;so the terrible
stroke falls on homes throughout the land.
“Wounded and killed!” Every name
in that list is a lightning ; stroke to some
heart, and breaks like thunder over some
home,and falls! a long black shadow rip.on
some hearthstone. ‘
A Good One.—A Physician was once
called upon to tender his professional aid
to the wife ofa recently married country
man, who, byithe way was little versed in
the technical terms which are used by the
medical family. The doctor having felt the
pulse and viewed the tongue of the patient,
together with sundry other wise tricks
prepared a piaster, which he ordered the
husband to lay upon the chest of his ‘better
half,’ promising to call again on the follow
ing day. Hjej came, ami after' making the
usual inquiriffi respecting his charge, asked
if the plaster had been applied agreeably
to his instructions.
‘Sir,’ said the husband with the utmost
gravity conceivable, ‘my wife bald she bad
no chest, and thinking it would answer
just as well, I laid it on‘her xbcnk!’
About this time we might have been
seen making tracks down the road la a
roar of laughter.
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
XiAiKCKEI A2UEXBS.
Th« following facts, called from the
fields of an ancient story, may be of some
interest at the present time.
The city of Thebes had a hundred gates
and could send out at each gate 10,000
fighting men and 200 chariots—in all
1,000,000 and 2,000 chariots, i
The army of Trerah, King (fit' Ethiopia,
consisted of I,ooo,ooomen mid 800 chari
ots of war.
Sesotris King of Egypt, led against his
enemies 600,000 men 25,000 cavalry
and 27 scythe armed chariots. 14618. C.
Hamilcar went from Carthage and land
ed near Palermo. He had a fleet of 2,000
ships and 3,000 small vessels and a land
force 0f300,000 men. At the battle in
which he was defeated 150,000 were shun.
A Roman fleet, led by Regains against
Carthage consisted of 300 vessels, with
140.000 men. Hie Carthagenian fleet
numbered 850 vessels with 15,000 men.
At the battle of Cannae, there were of
the Romans including allies, 80,000 foot
and 6,000 horse; of the Carthagenians
40.000 foot and 18,000 horse. Of these
70.000 were slain in alt, and 10,000 taken
prisoners; more than half slain.
Hannibal, during his campaign in Italy;
and Spain, plundered 400 towns, and des
troyed 300,000 men.
Ninus, the Assyrian King, 2,200 years
B. C. led against the Bachtrians his army,
consisting of 1,700,000 foot 200,000 horse
and 16,000 chariots armed with scythes.
Italy, a little before Hannibal’s time,
to send into , the field nearly
men.
Semiramis employed 2,000,000 men in
building mighty Babylon. She took 100,-
000 Indian prisoners at the Indus, and
sunk 1,000 boats.
Sennacherib lost in, a angle night 185,-
000 men by the destroying angel—2 Kings,
16 35—37.
A short time after the taking of Baby
lon, the forces of Cyrua consisted of 600,-
000 foot, 120,000 horse, and 2000 chariots
aimed with scythes.
An army of Cambyses, 50,000 strong
was buried up in the dessert sands of Africa
by a South wind. •
When Xerxes arrived at Thermopalae,
his land and sea forces amounted to 2,641,-
510, exclusive of servants, eunuchs, women,
suttlers, &c., in all numbering 5,283,230.
So say Herodotus, Plutarch and Isocrates.
The army of Artaxarexes before the
battle of Cunaxa, amounted 1,200,000.
10,000 horse and 1,000,000 foot fell on
the fatal field of Issue,
When Jerusalem Was taken by Titus,
1,f0L,000 perished in various ways.
The force of Darius atArbela number
ing more than 15,000,000. The Persians
lost 90,000 men in battle; Alexander
about 500 men. So says Diodorus.—
Arian says the Persians, in this battle,
lost 300,000; the Greeks 1,200.
The Pi-agues ok Sou>i£b Like.—A
volunteer with Buell’s army in Tennessee,
thus Writes of the annoyances that beset
a soldier from reptiles, insects and vermin:
Go out for a stroll on the mountain and
ten chances to one you are bitten by a rat
tlesnake or stung by hornets, yellow
jackets, or bumble-bees; taken a bath in
the river, and between snapping-turtles,
water-snakes, alligators and blood-suckers,
yon have a lively time; set down under a
tree to read or converse, and in five
minutes you are covered with spiders, wood
ticks, bugs, daddy long-legs try to sleep,
and swifts swiftly traverse your body, and
gallippers—as large as humming-birds—
present their bills and sing their duns in
your ears with a hum as loud and shrill
as the scream of a paroquet; and then,
while yon eat or drink, flies; green, blue
and black, buzz in your ears and mouth,
blow in yqur nose, fly in your vituals, and
commit suicide by tumbling into your
coffee, and are guilty of many other like
impertinences. Yes, eating qr drinking,
sleeping or waking, walking dr standing,
these mischievous hectors vex you with a
pertinacity unparalleled.
Very Poob. —A trifling young fellow
in one of our neighboring counties, not
long since, won the affections of the daugh
ter of a bluff, honest Dutchman of seme
wealth. On asking the old man for her,
he opened with a romantic speech about
bis being ‘a poor young man,’ Ac. *Ya
ya’said the old man, ’I knows all about
it; but you ish a little tod poor—you has
neider money nor character.’
tar An intelligent farmer, bong naked if
his horses were well matched, replied
“Yea, they are matched first rote; one of
them is willing to do all the work, and
the other is willing be should-”
Or Probably the reason why 9?
the transgressoris hard, is that it is so fhudh
traveled. J •
richer mat on earth is bo* a
pauper fed and by jw
heaven. ' 7' : "" " r: "
CrThe men bearainßs in war f tbe
ladies bare theirs in peace*
*
*NO. 34.