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Tiny w!H*glVr.inthriiia tn.l.indinij, and rcceire and return b.atk, rtiargis. lor all who ml. urt then work t i March 21. IS®.),. dQ £ i .Nyi « . » . . r a c . * - 23 2 . ■ £ 02 §2-* i-i * jyj |S 'o»i •& 8H« t* 1 t g 4i :t< °-| : .s i_3 3Ja, - "• QO s *£' ’ a*t> il I®. ERY AND BAKERY! jXDKiISIGNHI.) ANNOUN fj citizens, of Aitoonn nnd tieinity that hi* >*fd of , |x kkctioxaiiiga, xtirs. spicks «biWr«n expressly for the HoHdayK, ki*.*p always uh luiml a stock of plain ■. of his own m>irmfnctm «c C I'RrN'KS, KAISISS.&C i ut alt of'tlte *•' ■is, Jftgar.' Molasses, -Batter, >\>n w in te wjimr ri.otnt. Ifi'.AT EhuI'U.CORS MEAL- AC* iiml.lor sal**hi of small quantities •cunl price my stock.- ami you Will fim) «* aiiv in town. JACOB WISK .u:at (ii kstiun which .it***, the *.niu*i of every i*er*on . j! t*»-t th- hrst article for myltiHl tard u» '*ilivr matters. attempt to direct, blit if you f. cu th-lim-<»f h;»TS Oil SHOKS. , ( :'h examination oi hi* stock nnrt work. unhand au ofßoofcitSlwK's ■rK ic., which h<- offer- at fair prices, e special attciiCi' ii. I.- vii'toin work, si! <> W'arrsujte.l rc» a»vc *iti>faVti<-n. Npnebulth mv emj>|oje«! *}»<»p is oil Virginia street, immediatel erVDrujr Store ; T *57-tf] .lOII.V H, UOBKIITS. 1,. FETTIXGKIi’iS mi News Agency, Li>L, No. 7, 3UUN STRKKT books/ blank books. i; KY. OONF EGTIONAHIES MiS & TOBACCO, > NOTIONS IN GREAT VARIETY OuXSTASTMT' ON HANP/ i\AL POLICE GAZKTTK.~ *mt Journal ofCrime and Criminals is in car. am! i» widely circulated; throiygli*"lt It' o<uitain* all the Great TriaWCiiiui'iiif ropriaU- Editorials on the together wiiii - Criminal Matter*, not to befocind In nnv i*r. n - ' ? (lion* jut annum; $1 for slahundlis. fulwcrlhem,(who should write their imnn* sunty and State where they reside plain!.' ; To G. w: k 00- r * Prtafr. of New York Police Gaaett*-. yew rorkdl* ;fegtionery «i YSTKIi S ALOON, I" BSlUllßEii WOULD IN t-. ,itac-u« of Altoona awl . vicinity th*t Ids LiiV. SVT nod KKtUT STORE, te d**" i»i- very i»eAt article* to be had, iuiu lu ap an KTEK SALOON Ar*»re, in which he wfllVerre npOYSTKK. the season. KEp BREAD rf- El£Salw>ff<» haii<l w*f.H preitareU to supply bUtw- candle** * c ;’ •dKT parties, lie invites a »)»are of P ul>ll f iv iirg that he. can render fail ’«lHhcll“ n il*»re and saloon I* cuiYlrfiiaiaatt^t.t 110 ifonVilaU. "OTTO »0?>I : 10; KESS LKtt—KtAGTIO A| Kasr, nspect&By announce* »: Altoona and the paMIC Iftill continues rvt* where he keeps<»h*fc2H?fla I; Whulnsale and Retail, OILS, VARSIBH dIon to . re«anfa price «ni qKfaßtf. XE BASE.-#w€ ,<• right to IC it '.>u thi» wf and ■«■ (.. rior to the old Myte. o# ,* ■^,.* , rat .isli.' - «l« or diecolor. it ®* Mi j W . i of coune- there fa U° J?}**? ■ jw»iu» ;-lat« often liacotne L.,,, Kt of teeth wiU phwe «n •nA*"®' W.B: ««**£„,,, I If} o»ce in M»toi>ictewF t «\* n _ ( VNJ) LAKI) OILS, Bruins Fluid, CarUm Oil* j gi i KK ! S- si) AT #cGO.«£l^J" r ! nlid a»surunc-nt of .^-tL iIIKS.—~A aiwortm^iit« ►rGroeert« te^sKW A s. krc*if : ' 'll AT, TOOTH.ITO'KM.- (sub »n<] ViuTiinli |*ru«b*» ims pF PBINTINJ r oils, ooloi^^jSt tttfag Praam. ?>>&!* ..#gW^pyiaJtS- utH rv-tf.l i; -."- M**r- • McCKIJM & DEHN, VOL. 7 THE ALTOONA TftIBUHE. ; moCUUM ' ... H.C.BEKN. ' 1 BDBUtlaaU) ANl> PEOPBIETORB. ; \ ,iuuiu.u>ayaW« invariably in advance,*l,so. Uh'‘l"-' s ■H'* o "' l *"*' l tbe e *P ira,ion <* time I>l I tuftprtion 'I do. 3 do. $ * •■K'A i 50 "“ , -1 linn.) 50 56 1 Go m -I' 1 ’ I '' lf „ . , 1 oo 1 SO --2 on '■*" ", 'sj .. 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JOHNSON has ’discovered the mo.i Certain, Speedy «»<l «nly Effect twl.Heme.ly in ■ . vw.ilil I .r all Private Disease*. H eakness ut Hie Buck strictures, Affections of the Ki*luey« hu*l BJm r | „volnr. Wry Discharges, Impotent-v.'ieueral [Debility, s .rvousneas. Dyspcpsy, Languor, Low Spirits Confusion • ,Pns, Palpitation of the Heart. Timidity. Trembling*. liirams. of Sight or Giddiness. Disease of the Head. Tl rlt Nose or Skip, Affection* of the Liver. Lungs, Stom i h or Bowel* —those Terrible disorder* arising from the - ,liurv Habits of Youth-those secbet and solitary prae nc ’ more fatal to their victims than the song of byrens to ,iMariners of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant 1,,,,« or anticipations, rendering marriage .Ac., tmpossi- YOUNG M N , f-neciallv who have become the victims of solitary lice. and destuctive habit which annually sweeps ,11 mititmdv grave thousands of Young Men of the moat t!nU<* l talents an*l brilliant intellect, who might other „u,. have entranced listening Senates with the thunders .f-tointmee. or, waked to octasy the living lyre, may call with fall confidence M-irriwl Persons. or Young Men cotemphvting marriage, h.-msr aware of physical weakness, organic debility, defor mity, ic.. speedily cured. Uf wtm place* himself under th* car** of Dr. J. may re tu'i-tkdy confide in hi* honor as a g-Mirletnun, and coiih* .i..1111\ relv upon hi** skill as a physician. ORGANIC WEAKNESS i iti'ji-iii itelv Cured, and full Restored. T;,;, Distressing Affection—which renders Life miserable ia l marriage impossible —i* tin* penalty .JAtd by the vct in* d imonuier indulgenc-s. Young persons are to {., o-»imuit excess*** from not being Awai** of the dread i‘jl ,\.n<e,ni-nces that mac ousw. Now. who that under* .nii'i* the subject will pretend to deny that the pdwer of ..,v:*twa is lost so>n-r !.v’thos,- falling into improper I,.ii.it* than bv tie* oru-l-ui ? lb-sides being deprived the id.- wir-s of healthv idfspring. the most -serious and do itruotiv- *vuipioin- t . both -body and min.barj**. The • vstem Vi.-oomt-s D-T;f!. r ;•■!. the Physical and MyJitaf- Mine- \ tinu* Weakened. L«m- Procr-iitive Power. Nervous Irri- | tabilitv. Dvspep.*ia. p.dp.Mt* ,n of the Heart. Indigestion I i;.Ui*rinm*'n:d IVbilir;. .L Wasting of the Frame, Cough. iVai-ampti'.'ii. D»-<""> -him iVa’h. OFFICE. NO. 7 SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, 1,»: hand side going- fr-:a D-Pimnr- stre •:.> f-w doors if .m th-corner. Fail n--r i/< bs.-.rv.. name and'nimile-r. L-r.ei'-; must b- paid and contain a .stamp; The Doc i n * Diplomas hang in hi:* olhce A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO'DAYS. yo Mf'rcnrv f>r ynswu* Drugs. OR.'JOHNSON. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Loudon. grad uate from one of tin* most eminent Colleges in - the United States, aud the greater part of whose life has bften spent in the hospitals of London, .Paris, Philadelphia and- else wh-re. has effected some of the most aaloolfhing curea thui were ever known ; many troubled with ridging in the !i<»ad and ears when asleep, great nervousness, being dunned at sudden sounds. basUfuloess, with Mushing, attended sometimes with derangement of miod, wen* cured immediately. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE- Dr. J. addresses all those who bare injured themselves hy improper indulgence: and solitary habits,;wblch ruin both body and mind, unfitting them for either business, study, society or marriage. ’ , These are some of the sad and melancholy, effects pro* •lucvd by early habits of youth, viz: Weakness of the Hack and Limbs. Pains in the Head, Dimness of Sight, hmof Muscular Power, Palpitation of tho Heart, Dys* j.-psy, Nervous Irritability, Derangement of the Diges* :ive Functions, General Debility. Symptoms of Consump- Ac. Mentally.— The fearful effects oftlio mind an* much to v dreaded—Loss of Memory, Confusion of Ideas, De i„v-ssion of spirit*, Evil-Forebodings, Aversion to Society. Mf-Distrnst, Love of Solitude, Timidity, Ac., are some of ;he evil* produced.' Thousands of persons of all ages can now Judge wbut is tue cause of their declining health, losing their vigor, be aming weak, pale, nervous and emaciated, having a sin gular appearance abcut the eye*, cough and symptoms of 'Musumption YOUNG MEN ± . Who have injured themselves by a certain; practice in dulged in when alone, a habit frequently .learned from ■•vil companions, or at school, the effects; yf which are eighth* felt, even when asleep, and if not cured renders wirriagt* and. destroys both mind and body, *hi.uM apply immediately. ' ’ . . What a pity that a yonilg man. the hope or his country, iii<; darling of his parents, should l»e snatched from all l-rospecta and enjoyments of life, by the consequence of deviating from the path of nature, and Indulging in a •'♦•rtain secret habit. Such persons vest, before contem plating Unit a pound mind and body are the most. necessary requisites Jo promote connubial happiness. Indeed, with out these, ih*» 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 melaocholy reflection that the happiness 01, another be ‘omcs blighted with our own. DISEASE OF IMPRUDENCE. • / Wheh the misguided and imprudent votafy of pleasure liii’i- that h« has imbibed the seeds of this;. painful dis mast*. p too often happens tliat an 111-timed souse of shame, or dread of discovery, deters him- from applying te those who. from education and respectability, can alone be friend him, delaying till : the constitutional symptoms of this horrid disease make their appearance, such as ulcera ted sore throat, diseased nose, nocturnal pain s In the head and limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes; on the shin bon<*« and arms, blotches on the head, face .and extremi progressing witb frightful rapidity, till at last the palate of the mouth or the bones' of thc.uoai fall In, and thp victim of this awful disease becomes a horrid object of ''•'imuUenitioa, till death puts a period 4o his dreadful offering*, by sending hitta to “that Undlsco|rered , Conntry fw« whence no traveller It is-jLMKfancAo/y yizci • that thousands ftdl victims to s hi* terrible disease, owing to the unskillfuiiieM of igncv r anr pretenders, who. by the use of that /bison, V'rr, {l -y t ctiin the constitution aud make the residue of '•f‘- miserable. p STRANGERS „ t • rust not vonr lives, or health to the care of the ninny b'nlf.tmHi and Worthless pretenders, destitute of knowl -1-'-. Ham.* or character.' wh> copy Dr. Jolajflttm's adver or style thenHelvwh In the newspapers, rejgn -11 ly educated Physician's, incapable of Curing, they keep j in trifling month after month, taking thoir filthy and [' •Konous compounds. or as long as the smallest fee can 1 obtained, and in you With rjuined health 11 “i?h over your galling disappointment. l>r Johnston is the only Physician advertising. lli< credential or diplomas always hang in his office. lII s remedies or treatment are unknown to all others, I'r-'parf.l fr >tn a life **>•-nt in the great hnspitkU of Europe. t v'* Awt in the country aud a !<v than nay other Physician in the world. INDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.. many thousands cured at thisjnstitntiba. year After v " :ir - and tin*. numerous Snrgietvi operations hy Johnston. wita«-M»M by the reporters of the ’ .'•■.n." •• Clipper,” atsd many oth*T papers. notices of " "I' 1 * have appeared again and again before the public, '-•id'-- hi* standing as a genth-men of character and re ''Nihility. is a suin-.M-iil guarantee lothe sitUcfcd. SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CUBED. _ h-tiers r«C'*iwd unless post-paid \tii containing a * >u ”pt‘»beusedon the reply Person* writing should state •»sp* and *.-ud portion of advertisement describing symptoms i«i* r> * i 1" *5 iWnK Hhonld he partienUr in directing their iters to this Institution, in the following^nafiner: ' nf JOHN M. JOHNSTON. M. D.. . °* Baltimore Lock Hospital. MaryU niKV« nr MARRIAGE marriage, Mtitt f «tt|. THE ONE-HORSE TOWN. Ftp heard that for All our earthy sioa. The puoishmept here on earth begin*; And the clocWiite's tniej I haven't a doubt. For the proofs Are lying all loose about: And one of'em Is that 1 can't escape. Can't vamose or travel In any shape. For cruel destiny pin* me down In a mean little, green little, one-horse town. Early rising's a terrible bore. Hut here they ftl! rise at half-post four; And if 1 am late they've a regular trick. To rap aud inquire if the gentleman’s sick! ' Breakfast half o^r—all in cue key. Folks holler out, “We’iv waiting you see:*’* For they do tip old jokes exceedingly brown, In this mean little, green litttle, onohorse towu. When a letter;for me in the post-office He*. runs a muck tbo’ the whole town’s eyes: Ahil half a doxen stragglers come And say, “You're a letter—it ain’t-from home, The ritiu’ is sp.pretly and sleek, We think it's the gal who writ you last week;” Aud if you look grum they think you’re a clown, In this mean liUlc. green little, one-horse town, There are very nice little girls iu (his place. But if you look in a pretty lace, You’ll find before you’re at home, 1 guess. That you’ve put the whole town in a roaring mess. "Hound at Beisey's last evening, hey'? What'll that gal that writes to you say ?" For alt of pur .actions are. noted down, In this mean little green little, one-horse town. If in a new garment forth you go, A wonderful interest the natives show ; And all exclaim in the very same note, "Now where did you get so much new coat i" And they lift up tho tails and collars and guess “If I tried J might likely have got it for less;” For genius all runs into beating down, In this mean little, green little, one-horse town- If you donlt go home before half-past eight. They wonder what kept yon out so late! And by nine o!clock they’re all in b* d. Sleeping like regular pigs of lead; And you may, as well be sleeping too. .For never‘a thiug beside can you do; And in bed your cares you cun always druWn. In this'mean little, green lith*; one horse town. DEATH OF DAMIENS, THE ASSAS SIN OF THE KING OF FEANCE. The fate of Damien.-, who was found guilty of conspiring to assassinate Louis the Fifteenth of FVanee, was , a disgrace even to that age. The sentence passed upon him was “death by torture." In order that the torture should be more effectual,, learned physicians held long and frequent consultations as to the amount of agony, and the kind of agony the human frame could Iqhgest support before death released it from suffering. Grave disser tations were published on the subject. Public executioners compare*! notes with the learned, the former contributing theiV experience—the latter, scientific theories.' It was at length determined to begin with the boot. The decision ot tliis sanguinary Areo pagus was promptly acted upon. At twelve o’clock at night the criminal was conducted to the torture-chamber of the Bastille, and the first act of the bloody drama began. Those gloomy walls that had looked down upon so many dark deeds, never witnessed a sadder scene of human suffering- The dim .light of an iron lamp, suspended from the vaulted roof, fell upon the stalwart forms of the executioners, and a dark group of bronze visaged'men who silently watched their proceedings.= Wedge after wedge was driven in with’a sickening crash of human flesh and boirc. The perspiration poured from the brows of the executioners as the dull blow of their sledge-hammers echoed through the dungeon, but not a sigh es caped the lips of the tortured wretch. At length the physician, who stood by with a hand on his fainting pulse, signed to them to pause. Nature could bear no more. The pale morning light, struggling through the grated windows, fell on a mangled but still breathing mass of hu manity. Weeks rolled on, and under the sedu lous care of physicians and nurses Da miens gradually regained his strength. The time approached for the completion of the sentence- It was a cold bleak morning in Febru ary. Snow had fallen during the night and still covered the Place de Greve ; but, nevertheless, every available spot was oc cupied. The Faubourg St. Antoine had disgorged its sans-culottic population. A sea of human heads surged to and fro in unwieldy mass—clinging to chimneys, clustered on the trees, hanging on the roofs, they found a brutal assemblage —fit spectators of a brutal drama. But in the balconies and windows overlooking the “Place” were hundreds of high-born la dies, many of and beauti ful. They Smiled and coquetted with their cavaliers, diamonds spdrkled, and plumes waved in the .winter wind. They were come to enjoy a new sensation, and to evince their loyal devotion to an out raged king. Some of the prices paid for places were fabulous. For days previous to the execution nothing else was talked of in the good city of Paris. A scaffold, erected at the north eastern extremity of the, “Place,” rose in stern black lines above the shifty multitude. ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1862 In the centre was a chair firmly fixed to the boards, and at one end a large stove. Iron vessels containing resin, pitch, oil,wax, sulphtir and lead bubbled and boiled on the furnace, whilst the flames cast a lurid glow on; the cruel, swarty countenances of the executioners as they completed the preparations, or watched over the seething caldrons. The hoarse murmur of the crowd was now suddenly hushed. A general move ment and flutter pervaded the fair occu pants of the windows and balconies. Da miens appeared, slowly mounting the steps of the scaffold. The executioners spent some minutes in firmly binding him to the chair, from the back of which extended a horizontal piece of wood about two feet in length. To this his right arm was securely strapped, his hand protruding just beyond it. Ex ecutioner No. I now advanced, and held under it a brazier filled with sulphur. A horrible, cry burst from the wretched man, a cry that seemed to issue from his very vitals, and that for mouths afterwards rang in the ears of the spectators. The ladies shuddered : some nearly faulted, and retired a little way from the windows. Soon they returned, refreshing themselves with their smelling bottles, and leveled their glances once more at the scaffold. There was no fire visible. The sun had just burst through the clouds, and effaced the pale flame, in which hand was slowly and invisiHy burning- But a nameless stench filled the ajir, and a thick fetid smoke over the scaffold, grad ually spreading itself out, and banging like a pall over criminal and spectators, as if it would shut out the pitying heav ens from tliis scene of cruelty. Daimens cried out no more. He sat quietly looking at the blackened bones fast withering in, the, flame. Meanwhile the horrible caldrons were bubbling and hissing, and the pincers of the Provost’s Court of Paris were heating in the furnace. The worst was yet to come. The executioner now advanced and tore the criminal’s flesh with the red hot irons in six different places. His assistants fol lowed carrying spoonsful of resin, oil, lead, pitch, sulphur and wax, which they poured into the gaping incisions. , Soon the breast, the arms, the thighs were one awful wound.. All this time Faubourg St. Antoine 1 and Faubourg St. Germain looked on alike uusated; and the high born dames of Louis the Fifteenth's court smiled and chatted with their cavaliers, and looked and shrank back, and looked again. All was not yet over. Daimens still breathed, still suffered, and occasionally cried put. Four horses were now led for ward. The noble animals were almost ungovernable. All the morning they had struggled to escape from this dreadful spot; from the cries and groans, the thick smoke and sickening smell that filled the air. It was their turn now to take the place of ' the executioner, who could not find a fresh ' spot on the victim’s body to torment. Damiens was carried down the steps of the scaffold; the horses were backed to wards' him as he lay' on the ground, and the nimble executioners made fast the traces. The grooms loosed their heads, and wih a terrified snort, they sprang for wards. But human thews and sinews were too strong for them. They were thrown on their haunches, and with a dull, heavy, thqd, the body struck the ground. Again and again they started- Urged on by blows and shouts, they pulled, in vain. A quarter of an hour passed away. Da miens still lived —still breathed. At in tervals he evep raised his head, and looked at the animal|i. “Oh ! ■ those poor hordes!” exclaimed Mademoiselle de Priandau, the young and beautiful niece of the Financier Bouret. Evening was approaching. The com missioners appointed to preside over the ex ecution were embarrassed. It was neces sary to cany it out according to the strict letter of the sentence, which directed the criminal to be quarterd. The crowd, too, was waxing indignant, and clamorously, demanded the coup-de-grace. They con sulted together, and at length 'Ordered the muscles and tendons of the legs and arms to be severed. Once more the horses plunged wildly forward—and this time all was over. One of Bentham’s discoveries in morals was that the pleasures of malignity were only to be branded as evil because they were less than the pain given in indulging them. In like manner all infliction of punishment which gave more pain than it pre vented from being given, was, in Benthamite philosophy, to be regarded as leaving a balance of evil. Without going so far as this, it is still indisputable that the great end of all punishment, viz., prevention, is never attained by excessive severity. On the contrary, the notoriety which such punishment obtains, exercises an extraor dinary morbid influence over some minds, and actually incites them to incur the same penalty. The excesses of the French Rev olution were the result of such scenes as those; here described. The thirst for blood that Courtly lords and ladies nurtured in the populace, required ere long to be slaked with | theirs, and exacted a terrible retri bution.— Once a Week. f INDEPENDENT IN KVERYTIUNG.J EEMITY BETWEEH AEIMAIS THEIR PECULIARITIES. There is a continual enmity among ani mals: they aire constantly attacking and' pursuing |eac}i other; every element is a' field of battle for them; the eagle is the terror of 1 the inhabitants of the air; the! tiger lives upon the earth by carnage; the; pike in tjhe waters; and!the mole under the ground. It is the want of food which induces these, and many other species of to destroy one another. But they are some creatures whose! hatred of each other does not proceed from the same Source. Those animals j which entwine themselves around the elephant’s' trunk, and press it fill they have suffocated hint, do not act so with the design of procuring food. Wheri the ermine leaps upon, and lays hold of, the Car of the bear and the elk, and bites them with his sharp teeth, ■we cannOt affirm-that this is done to sat isfy the calls of hunger. There is scarcely any creature, however small which does not serve for food to some other animal. I know fhati many people think that this arrangement is cruel and unnecessary, but I can with confidence assert, that even this antipathy and enmity among animals, is a proof that every thing is wisely ordered; If we consider animals, in the whole, we shall find that it is highly useful that some should subsist upon others; for while, without this arrangement of Nature, many species, could not exist; so, also, these nu merous species, instead of being prejudi cial arc extremely useful. Insects and many reptiles feed on carrion; others es tablish j themselves in the bodies of cerr tain animals, and live upon their flesh and blood; and these insects themselves serve as food for other creatures. Car nivorous animals and birds of prey kill aud feed upon other animals. Some species multiply so abundantly, that they would become burdensome if their num bers were not diminished. It there were no sparrpws to destroy insects, what would . become pf the flowers aud. fruits? With out the ichneumon, which seeks out and destroys, the crocodile’s eggs, this terrible animal would increase to an alarming de gree. A great portion of the earth would be desert, and many creatures would not exist, if there were no carnivorous animals. It will perhaps be urged that they might live upojn vegetables, but if this were the case, our fields would scarcely afford sub sistence for sparrows and swallows; and the structure of carnivorous animals must have beien quite different from what it now'is; and if fish did not live upon the inhabitants iof the water, how would they be able to subsist? Besides, if the wars among animals were to cease, they would lose much of their vivacity and industry the creation would be less animated, and man himself would lose much of his activi ty. We may also add that we should be deprived of 1 many striking proofs of God’s wisdom, if universal peace was to prevail among animals; for the address, sagacity and wonderful instinct which they use in laying snares for and surprising their prey, very evidently manifest the wisdom <h the Creator. So far then is the enmity which exists among animals from darkening the wisdom 1 and goodness of God, that they receive additional brilliancy from what superficial observers think an imperfection. It forms part of the plan of the great system bf Nature, that one animal should persecute and feed upon another. We might indeed complain of this arrangement, if it occasioned the entire destruction of any one species; but this never happens, and the continual wars among animals preserve a proper balance between them. Thus carnivorous animals are indispensa ble links in the chain of beings; and on this account their number is very small, compared iwith that of useful animals. We may also remark that the strongest fierciest animals have commonly the least sense and Cunning. They either mutually destroy each other, or their young ones serv eas food for other beasts. Hence also Nature has.granted to the weakest species so much industry and means of defence. — They possess instinct, acuteness of sense, quickness, skill and sagacity sufficient to counterbalance the strength of their ene mies. Can any one, then, behold this without acknowledging the infinite wisdom of the Creator, and confessing that this state of warfare, which at first seems so strange, is, in fact, a real good! We should be Still more convinced of it, if we were better acquainted with the whole system of {things, and the relations and connections which different creatures have with each | other, but this is a degree of knowledge! reserved for a future state, where theidlvine perfection will be mani fested in infinite splendor. We may, how ever, in some measure, even in this world, comprehend why these hostilities among animals are necessary; but we can by no means conceive why men whose nature, is so much more noble, should be continually fomenting wars and divisions so destructive to their race. To the disgrace of humani ty, and th)s eternal reproach of the Chris tian. religion, men pursue wars, and des troy each other with more savage barbari ty than the wildest beasts that range the forests; than which, nothing is metre oppo site to the great ends for which they were created. Surely! man; was designed to render himaelf useful to hii fellow-creatures, to contribute all |n his power to their com fort and happiness; to be the defender of the helpless, the benefactor of the poor, and the friend of the afflicted and unfortu nate. -Let us licit counteract these merci ful designs ,ofou • blessed Lord, but en deavor to live it that peace and harmony which becomes tle children! of God,; and followers of an 1 umble and crucified Sav iour ; leaving animals which are destitute of reason to qusfrrel, fight, persecute and destroy one another; while we live in char ity with all ipsn, doing good unto all men, doing unto others as wc. would that they should do unto us.—-Stem* Grape Growers’ Maxims. —Wo find a few good items under the above heading in the New Jersey Herald. ■ 1. Prepare, the groundin the FaU, plant in the Spring. 2. Give the vine plenty of manure, old and well decon^posed; for fresh manure excites hut does not mature it. 3. Luxuriarit growth does not always insure fruit. I 4 Dig deep, slant shallow. 5. Yonng rifles produce beautiful, fruit, hut old vines prjodnee the richest. 6. Prune in [the Autumn to promote growth, but in |he Spring to insure fruit fulness. [ j ■ 7. Plant your vines before you put up trellises. ■ 8. Vines, lik4 soldiers, should have good arms. i 9. Prune spflrs to one! well developed bud, for the neflrer the bid wood the higher flavored the fruit. i * 10. Those who prune long must soon climb. : j ; 11. Vine leaives love the Sun; the fruit the shade. ■ | 15. Every leaf has a bud at its base, and either a bunch iof fruit or a tendril op posite to it. i I 13. A tendrjl is an abortive fruit bunch, a bunch of fruit a productive tendril. 14. A bunth of grapes without a healthy leaf opposite, is like a ship at sea without a rudqer —it can’t come to port. 15. Laterals are like some politicians; if not often checked they are the worst of thieves. i 16. Gfood gijapes are like gold; no one has enough. 17. The earliest grape will keep the longest; for tlikt which is fully matured is easily j 18. Grape eaters are long livers. 19. He whoj buys the new and untried varieties should remember that the seller,s maxim is Guifeatemplor. —Let the buyer lookout for hiiflself. • Laterals are \ shoots which start from either side of the main but, at the axil of even- leaf; if they grow unchecked they destroy its vigor; if e ntirerly the bud itself shoots prematurely. The Rise dij the Rothschilds. —When George HI : came to the .English throne there was a little boy at Frankfort who did hot dreamiof ever having anything to do, personally with the sovereigns of Eu rope. He wat in the first stages of train ing for the Je’vish priesthood. His name was Meyer; Anselem Rothschild. For some reason or other he was placed in a counting-hous; at Hanover, and he soon discovered wh it he was fit for. He began humbly as an exchange-broker, and went on to be the banker of the Landgrave of Hesse, whose private fortune he saved by his shrewdness, when Napoleon overran Germany. Tjhis incident ' made his for tune, for he Soon became a royal banker, and when hej died left a colossal fortune to his five sons, who settled,in the five great cities of Europe, and who are each richer at thiS day than their father ever was. ? I - --j— I"*'**'*'* ~ Bum ed Te£asdbe. —-An old man named Bembold lately died at Sumptions Prairie, Indiana, who; was worth fourteen or fif teen thousand dollars in gold, the whole of which is, supposed to be buried on a four acre patch on which his house is sit uated. He left two sons, one of whom has joined the army, find ihe other is a thrifty farmer in the neighborhood. It seems that 'old Bembold, since 1857, had been afraid of all banks* and bank notes, and bad turned all his property into gold, which he kept—no one knew where. He received one [payment of over $9,000 for a farm, and another of $2,200. It is pretty certain that there is at least $14,- 000 somewhere on his premises, and it may amount to $20,000. -He did not speak to hi# married son for three years ol a quarrel vrith his wife. He liyed alone; after his younger son joined the army last Spring. 1 O* Raccoons are cunmng animals.— One day I patched one fishing for crabs, of which they are very fond. He bit the end of his tbU until the blood came arid then dropped it into the water. A crab soon seized the tempting bait, and as soon as it had got a good hold, the raccoon care fully pulledthe crab to thesurface, and then by a sudden jerk threat it on lapd. He then deronred the grab at bis bason, carefullyawidingits <daw» (until he had disabled them. EDITORS i&ND PBOPBIETOBS. why ih* Boftw msmmt I have a bachelor cousin, (Joe Elliot.) who is very near-sighted i'in addition to which misfortune, he is croes-eyed. He was once operated upon for s&aiimmte, on the new mode, bat it only resulted in changing the obliquity to a diflbrest di rection, and dteigns, he says,to have it set back, for he likes hisold sqaiat the beet. As I said, however, he is very near sighted ; I don’t think he ever saw his big , toe in hie life, and I’ve seen him blot out his signature with his nose, while writing it. Well, he had a favorite spaniel, a handsome fellow, with long drooping ears, and eyes that had a remarkably human ex pression. He was an affectionate, faithful animal, and bis matter loved him as he would have loved a child. One morning last summer, while passing down Broad way j encountered. Joe, wearing an aspect unusually doleful, and on inquiry I learned that Dash, his poor dug, was very sick aud was going to die. “He acts very strangely,” said Joe, “and I’ve shut him np in. his kennel.” “ Ah,” said I, “hydrophobia, perhaps, won’t he drink ‘‘Like a fish,” said Joe, “ but he won’t eat." “Won’t eatf' Not a,morsel—not a crumb —Tve tried him with everything; 1 even had a chicken broiled ior him yesterday, and battered, - and he wouldn’t touch it.” “Well, that it strange,” stud I. long has he been in that condition t” “ This is the fifth day,” replied Joe, looking very serious, “ and the poor fellow can hardly stand from weakness.” N ■ We were far from Joe’s house at thjis time, and I proposed to visit his patient, to which he gladly assented, and led the way uttering many an encomium, on poor faithful Dash, and expressing his fears that we might not find him alive. On going into the yard, Joe opened the kennel, and out came poor Dash , and he was poor in every sense of the word He -appeared to be only a walking skeleton, and could scarcely drag one foot after the'other. “ Take off his muzzle,” said I “ and let us see he acts when you offer him food. ” “Muzzle! muzzle! what do you mean 1 ?” says Joe, in astonishment. “ 1 mean that the dog can’t trg to eat with a wire muzzle over his nose.” .“ My God!” exclaimed joe, “is it possible that poor Dash is reduced to this state by my carelessness ? -I now remember I told Peter to muzzle him, as the dog law might enable any loafer to make him a vic tim. Peter you know, enlisted last week, and here’s my poor dog nearly starved!” And so it proved. ~ Joe’s limited vision had prevented him from seeing the wire muzzle on Dash's nose. No sooner had 1 released his masticators than he fell to eating like a famished wolf. Bakntjm Octdohe.—A German actor in Berlin wanted to get a {nil house at his benefit, and adopted this' ingenious stratagem. He pot the followings adver tisement in the newspapers: “A gentleman, who has a niece and ward possessing a disposable property of fifteen thousand thalers, together with a mercantile establishment, desires to find a young man who would be able to manage the business and become the husband of the young lady. The possession of prop* erty or other qualifications is no object. Apply to— —— Hundreds and hundreds of letters poured in in reply to. this advertisement. On the morning of the benefit day cabb person who had sent a reply received the following note: “The most important point is, of course, that you should like one another. I and my niece are going to Kalkabach’s theatre this evening, and yon can just drop in'upon us in Box. No. 1.” Of course, the theatre was crammed. All the boxes, all the best paying places in the house were filled early in the evening with a mostly male public, got op in a style which is seldom seen at the royal opera itself Glasses were leveled on all sides in the direction of box No. 1, and eyes were strained to catch the first glimpse' of the niece when she should appear in company with the uncle. But undos are prover bially wicked old men; and in the present case neither unde nor niece were to be found, and the disconsolate lovers—of a fortune—were left to dear up the myste ry as best they could. The theatre bad not had such an audience for years, and, of course,, the chief person concerned reaped a rich harvest by the trick. Shabp.— “Grandma, do you know why I can see in the sky so fijr?” asked Char lie, a little four year old, of the venerable lady who sat on the piazza knitting “So, my dearjwhy isit-t" replied grandma, bendingherear, eager to catch and remember the wise saying of the pre cious little pet. “Because there is nothing i» theway." And the young philosopher resumed his astronomical search, aj»d grandma !»«■ knifling. I me a line r M man said to tike fellow deck. NO. 35 “ How
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