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BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL
J“IED ASA UKFUQE FROM QUACKERY
The Only Where a Uure Can
ba Obtained.
D(i JOHNSON has discovered the
' iVitniM Speedy and oulv Effectual Remedy in
T, ,V 11 "ri«teDiseases. Weakncs of the Back,
•'£? MnotuVe,, Affections of the Kidney, and Bind
.L uvjiaalarv Discharges, Impotemy.Oem-rall Debility,.
DV»pop»y. Languor. Low spirit., Confusion
' ill l-aipiwtiou of the Heart. Timidity .-Tremblings,•
' ■ ‘ Sight or Giddiness. Disease of tlie He.id.
' :JI 7\„- O' Skill, Affections of the Liver,_Lunga,Stom
, R,«eiAbo« Terrible disorders arising from the
‘ „|i,|,it. Of Youth—those secret Mid solitary prac
nl'. ‘fatal to theii victims than the song of Syrens to:
'll,finer- ..f Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant:
or anticipations, rendering marriage .Ac.. Impossi
young .men
11v «li' have become tin- victims ol Solitary Vice,
\ 'in-i’jful 01(1 destnctive habit w hich annually sweep*
untimclvgiavc thousands of Young Men of the most
■.“ l talent- and brilliant intellect, who might other
/ rue entranced listening Senates with the thunders
.1-ioqueiic-, or waked to ectasy the living lyre, may call
n.ili full roufi'lence.
marriage.
Mim-.! IVrwna. or Young Men cotemplating marriage,
awafv of physical weakness, organic debility, defor
■/iT ic- cured. . „ ,
11. alii) places iiim*ell under the care of Dr. J. may re
.. .nHh ciiofid" in hi* honor as a gentleman. and confi
. itlv relv upon hie skill as a physician.
' ORGANIC WEAKNESS
M ns.luUiv Cured, and fill! Viaor Hectored.
I i. UielrVeeiug Affection—which renders Lllo miserable
I liurtia -e impossible— ls the penalty pan! by the
■11;,,. ~f improper indulgences. Young persons are to
~ 1,, c exces PS from not being awaie ~f the dread*
,i ...nncineneos that may ensue. Now. who that under*.
• is'i the subject will pretend to deny that the power of
i rcatieii is lost sooner by those falling into improper
■rl. Ilian bv the prudent? Besides being deprived the
•soiree of healthy offspring, the most serious and de-,
,■.nautoms to both My and mind arise. The
,„t ia becomei Deranged, tin- Physical and Mental Func
,!ss Weakened, he.* of Procreative Power. Nervous Irn
ability. Dispetisia, Palpitation of the. Heart. Indigestion
institutional Debility, a Wasting of the Frame. Cough,
Cteinnption, Decay and Death. - _
OFFICE, NO. 7 SOUTH FREpERICK STREET.
~-ii I, m l Side going from Baltimore street. «■ few doors
f,.ni ill* ...irner. Fail not to/ibserve name and number. .
Ut-ts must be paid and contain n stamp. The Doc*,
o’, Dii lonla* Pang in his office
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Vo Mercury or Xusf.on s Drugs.
OR. JOHNSON, ; . .
l->uti*r of Hi? Royal College of Surgeons. Loudon, Urad
...it** from ou? of the most wuluent Colleges in the United
'•atr*. and lUf greater part of whose lift* has been spent in
■tie hospitals of London, Paris, Philadelphia and else*
ha. effected some of the most astonishing cures
:: ; at wer? ever known; many troubled with ringing in the
Vesl and ears when asleep, great nervousness, being;
.lirmM at sudden sounds, bashfulness, with frequent,
■lushing, attended sometimes with derangement of mlno.i
ore cared immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE; .
Dr..[.addresses all those who have injured themselves
y improper indulgence and solitary- habits, which ruin.,
'inh hody and mind, unfitting them for either business,;
•tady, society or marriage.
These are some of the sad and melancholy effects pro*,
‘•wed by early habits of youth, viz: Weakness of the
aud Limbs, Pains In the Head. Dimness of Sight,
• of Muscular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dys*;
TO t Nervous Irritability, Derangement of the Dlges-
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Consump
• a. tc.
—The ieaxfal effects of the mind are much to
• dreaded—Loss of Memory, Confusion of Ideas. De
•r>.‘««i(>n of spirits, Kvil-Forebodings, Aversion to Society,
•■•li-Dutrust, Love of Solitude, Timidity, Ac., are some of
produced. . , . . .
Tb icsands of persons of all ages can now judge what is
■he csose of their declining health, losing their vigor, be*
■ruing weak, pale, nervous and emsclated, having a sin
gular appearance about the eyes, cough and symptoms of
■'ammprioo
YOUNG MEN ' • ;
•fha have ipinred themselves by a certain practice ip
ml?e{| la when alone, a habit frequently learned from
•vii companions, or at school, the effects of which are
U'htly felt, even when asleep, and If not cured render*
mrrUg* Imposible, and destroys both mind and body,
Mi apply immediately. • ,
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his country.
•'.* darling of hli parents, should *be snatched from all
•r.Mp*cu and enjoyments of lift, by the consequence of
■‘■ruling from the path of nature, and indulging In a
• •ruin seen*! habit. Such persons KCBT, before contem
ning ’
MARRIAQEi
*dect that a sound mind and body are the rao»l necessary
• '■'julSitei to promote connubial happiness Indeed, with
out these, the journey through Ufe becomes ft weary pll
tfrimag*; the prospect hourly darken® to the view; the
Ainik becomes shadowed with despair and filled with the
t» iUncholy reflection that the happlnesa ot another be
blighted with oar own.
DISEASE OF IMPRUDENCE.
When the misguided and Imprudent votary of pleasure
• r md« that he has Imbibed the seed* of this painful dia
■-iw.it too often happens that an ill-timed sense ofahame,
Mr»d of discovery, deters him from applying to those
from education and respectability, can alone pe-
him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms pf
• horrid disease make their appearance, such as-ulcera
'-1 *»ro throat, diseased nose, nocturnal pain sin the head
• >1 limbi, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on the shin
> jq*< sad arms, blotches on tlie head, feco and extremi
ty progressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the
’al»te of the mouth or the' bones of the nose fall in, and
r h« victim of this awful disease becomes a horrid object of
•••“ttnlseratlon, till death puts a period to his dreaqfttl
y-iSvrlng*, by sending him t> “ that Undiscovered Country
lri ® whence no traveller returns.** , n : i
It is a melancholy fact that thousands tall victim* to
• : *n terrible disease, owing to the nnskillfulness ofigoo
‘■at pretenders, wlio, by the use of that Deadly Jjn&n*
/•rcary. rain the constitution and make the residue bf
miserable. . . _ -
STRANGERS
1 your Uvea, or health to the care of the ninny
! olfaroed and Worthless Pretender#, destitute of knowl
nanje or character, wh-> copy Bf • Johnston e adver*
or style themselves, In the newspapers, regu
'‘H K.incued Physicians, Incapable of Coring, they keep
f >n trifling month after month, taking their finny and
'■'■>i«)noua compounds, or as long a* the smallest fee can
’’stained, and In despair, leave you with ruined health
l over your galling disappointment.
Nr- JwhiHton is the only Physician advertising.
•1h credential or diplomas always hang in his office,
ili« remedies or treatment are unknown to all others,
Wpsred from a life spent In the great hospitals of Korop**
[r iir«t in the oonntry and a moreextensive Pnrak iVac-
ant uthcr Physician in the world.
", indorsement or the press.
many thousands cured at this Institution, year after
y**r. »od the unmenm* important Surgical operations
P^ ,)r »U6d by Johnston, witnessed by the reporters of the
•Sun,” Clipper,” and many other papers, notices of
*«lch hare appeared again and again before the public,
his standing as a gentlemen of character add re
sponsibiiity, is * sufficient guarantee to the afflicted. - s - :
SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED.
• ’ 0 letters received unless post-pait* ■and containing a.
Uiapto be used on the reply Persons writing should state
Stand send portion of advertisement describing symptoms
u.l! r * oai writing 'should be particular in directing their
♦iters to this Institution, In the following manner:
_ JOHN M. JOHNSTON. M. D.«
Of the Baltimore Lock Hospital, Maryla
ASI»
mi An-
JLLUSTJIATEP
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
THU BRUT MECHANICAL PAPtR IN THE VTOELD.
EIGHTEENTH YEAR.
VOLUME VIII. — NEW' SERIES.
A sow volume of this popular ;Joarbal commences on
the first of JRi'Oßty* It is published weekly, and ever)'
uumbef contains sixteen pages of useful iofotmat>on, and
from five to ten original engravings of new' Inventions
and discoveries, all of which are';prepared expressly for
Its columns. \
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SCUSTIFIC ahkxjcan.. It coats hut six cents per week ;
every number contains from six to ten engravings of new
machines and inventions, which cannot lie found in any
other publication.
TO THE INVENTOR-
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ventor. a& it not only contains illustrated descriptions of
nearly all the best inventions as they come out, but each
number contains an Official List of the .Claims of all the
Patents issued from the United StateaJ’ateut office during
the Week previous; thus giving a correct history of the
progress of inventions in this country.• We are also re
ceiving, every week-, the best scientific journal* of Great
Britain, France, and Germany; thus placing Id our pos
session all that is transpiring in mechanical science and
art in these old countries. We shall continue to transfer
to our columns copious extracts from tuese journals of
whatever.we may deetc of interest to ourreaders.
A pamphlet of instruction as to the best mode of ob
taining Letters Patent on new furnished free
on application.
Messrs. Munn A Co. have acted os Patent Solicitors fur
more than seventeen years, in connection: with the publi
cation of the Scientific American, and they refer to 20.-
000 patentees for whom they have done business -
No charge hi made for examining sketches and models
4>f new inventions and for advising inventors as to their
patentability.
CHEMISTS. ARCHITECTS, MILLWRIGHTS AND
FARMERS.
The SciSKnric American will be found a most awful
journal to them. All the new discoveries.in the science of
chemistry are given in its column*, and the interest* of
the architect and carpenter are not overlooked; all the
new inventions and discoveries appertaining to these pur
suits being published from week to week. Useful and
practical information pertaining to the interests of mill
wrights and mill owners will be found jn the Scientific
American, which iafunnation they cannot possibly obtain
from any other source. Subjects In which farmers are in
terested will be found discussed' in the Scientific Ameri
can; most of .(he improvements in agricultural implements
being illustrated in its columns.
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To mail subscribers; Three Dollars a year or One Dollar
for four months. The volumes commence on the first of
January and July.. Specimen copies will be sent gratis to
any part of the country. ■ •
Western and Canadian money or Post-office stamps
taken at par for subscriptions. ' Canadian subscribers will
please to remit t •” enty-five cents extra oiieach year's sub
scriptions *to prepay' postage.
MUNX & CO..
Publishers.
37 Park Row, N. V.
ONWARD! EVER ONWARD!
STEP BY STEP!
riMIE I■ XJ)ERSIG NED DESIRES TO
f_ - inform hi* old customer* and the public generally
that he ha* this spring gone into the Dry flood business,
and lias just received a large and entirely new -dock of
Dress Goods
For the bodies, embracing all the latest, pivtiiestand most
FASHIONABLE PATTERNS,
Anu among which may be found every quality of goods,
the names of which it would bo too tedious to enumerate.
In the line of pure, frcsh and cheap
GROCERIES & PROVISIONS
I will not •* knock under” to any of my competitors. In
tbU department 1 feel sure that X can render satisfaction.
All kinds of country produce takeq in exchange for
goods, and the highest market price allowed.
Store on the' corner, of Annie and lleien sfreeis, East
Altoona. THOMAS UESLOP.
Altoona, May 22,18t>2.
COAL,
VTOW L« THE TIME FOR EVERY
i i family to get in their supply of'tnal for the Winter,
and thesubscribhr would therefore inform the citizens of
Altoona and vicinity, that ho Is prepared to supply-them,
on short notice, with a superior article of ANTHRACITJS
and ALLEGHENY BITUMINOUS COAL. He will sol! U
by the Train. Car. or Cart Load,or by the bushel, deliv
ered at the door \>f the purchaser,
4S~¥u£d on the North side of the Railroad—upper end
of Altopna Yard. U. R. MYERS.
July 25.1861,-tf.
REFORMED
AMERICAN PRACTICE
CO AND SEE WE
Root and herb doctor, who
can be consulted at the Altoona Bouse, one day in
each mouth during the year 1863, viz:—January 9lh
Feb. 10th and March 10th. At Mrs. Ward's National Ho
tel, Tyrone, on the Bth ofJanuary. 9th of Feb. and 9th of
March.
He treats all diseases that flesh is Heir to. He Invites
all females that may be sufferingwitli diseases peculiar to
their sexj to call and examine his new mode of treatment,
as thousand* have been restored to health who have been
abandoned by otheu. He Is Jn . posseilon of perfect in
struments for sounding the lungs and Chest, and is there
fore able'to determine the exact-condition of the vital or
gans—consequently can treat such complaint* with greater
safety and certainty than it is possible fpr those who guess
at the disease and experiment for its cure. He believes
that fur every thalady, there iafohnd in oar soil a sure and
aeverdailing remedy.
Dr. Levlngston has formed a copartnership with a squaw
who ha* spent.all her life as a doclrets, and her wonderful
cures-tbronghout the Suited States haws astonished thou
sand*. She is a native of the Kocky Mountain* and la
called the“Bellerof the Prairie**
49* Patients can receive treatment for $6 per mouth,
except in cases of Cancers and Tumors, itbey varying from
$lO to $lOO. Examinations free; See handbills.
W. LBVINOSTON, M. D.
Nov. 26, 1862-tf. Miss BKLL MOON.
Glorious ; News!
rpHE Subscribers would respectfully
announce to the citizen*of Altoona and vicinity,
that they bavejost returned from the Snst with their
FALL AND WINTER STYLES OF
HATS & CAPS,
BOOTS Sc SHOES.
Their stuck of HATSj & CAPS ''*'" bf “
lected with great care, aim with tnejrlewof suiting all
who may favor them with their patronage. Theirllne of
Boots and Shoes i« complete.. . ,
Their LADIES 1 MISSES and CHILDREN'S SHOES
are of Citv make, and warranted. Their Balmoral Shoes
for Ladies and Mioses, are just the [thing for fell and
winter. • ; • .__
Thankful to the public for their very liberal peonage
heretofore, thev hope to merit a continuance of the same.
Store on MAIN St, next rtobr to Bowman’s Exchange
y o tel. ; SMITH A MANN.
"V^OTICK.— 1 wouldhereliy notify those
X u who are owing me small billii for meat that I
have placed their accounts In the Hands of John W.
Humes. Esq., for collection, not for the purpose of snelng
them oat, but merely for collection. (Ks 1 have not time
to go around and see each person,) ahd I wish alt those
upon whom he way call to be prepaid to square up old
accounts and sta*t anew. In-the meantime 1 will con
tinue to keep on hand as fine an article of K*ef, P° , ~* ® r
imitlon, a. can be found in this section, and re«p«tfully
invite all my customer, tocall a» turaal.
, Jiov. 26, X 862 tf. M. RUMEN.
ROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.—
IT* large and varied rtoct of FEESII GROCERIES
AND PROVISIONS, ju.t received, "‘Mortal*ff ch “P "
the cheapest, at HORPHV* Me PIK E SS^ir.,
Y Cor. ofTirglnja and Caroline sts..
Altoona. June 1i6,1802,
Great piles of pantaloons,
tot Man and Boy., at : i: LADGHMAVB.
ALTOONA. PA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 20. 1863
€hsur goettg.
THE SOLDIER’S RALLY.
lIV KLURIIKSK .1. cnTLEK.
Oh, rally round the banner. Ir<vi». now VreHiom's choweD
sign! 1
See where amid the clouds of wai It* new l»orn glories*
•bine!
The despot’s doom, the slave’s dear boj*, we bear it on the
foe!
God’s voice rings down the brightening path!
Say, brothers, will ye go?
44 My father fuijrht at Dooelson; .be halted at dawn of
<>*y .
That flag full blown Upon the walls ami proudly passed
away.’*
My brother fell on Newborn’s shore; he hared In* ia
dlant head.
And shouted,” 4 * m j the day is won 1' leapt*! forward and
was dead.”
“My chosen friend of all the world hears not the bugle
calf
A bullet pierced his Iv.va) heart by Richmond's fatal
wall.*'
Bnt seize the hollowed sw.ordu tlr > .hopped, with blo»nl
yet inoi*; and ml? 4
Fill up the thinned. Immortal r; nW.-. and tollow where
they led!
For right is tni>rht. aud truth is-God. and He upholds our
causa.
The good old cmd-m* cur fathers loved—Freedom and Equal
Laws!
My mp»lier’e hair is thin and while! -.he looked me in the
She clasped nr- ' ' her heartbeat! rain. -Oil lahe ihy broth-
er's pin-
My lister kiss--.'; ,-r sweet farewell; her maiden cheeks
were wet
Around my neck her arms she thr m ; 1 feel the pressure
My wife sits by the cradle's side and keeps oui nil,-
borne.
Qr asks the baby on her knee, '• When will thy lather
come 1”
Oh, woman's faith and man’s so-m arm shall right the
ancient a rung 1
So farewell, mother, sister, wile! Ood keep you brave and
strong 1
The whizzing shell may burst in fire, the shrieking bullet
The heavens and earth may mingle grief: the gallant sol-
dier die'
But while a haughty rebel stands.no peace I for i -.-. v t-
The land that is not worth onr death Is not worth living
Then rally round the banner, hoys ! Us triumph draweth
nigh!
Bee where above !ii.- clouds of win its seamless glories fly i
l*eace hovering o'er the bristling van. waves palm and
laurels fair.
And Victory hinds the rescued stats in Freedom's golden
hair!
HABITS OF THE BEAVEEB
The law of industry among working beavers is
well attested to by hunters. Theirdam* or houses
are built anew or remodelled every fall, and in a
way to suit tin? height of the water during the suc
ceeding winter or spring. Tho object of the dam N
seems to regulate the height of the water at their
bouses where they have two or three berths at dif
ferent heights, where they sleep dry. but with
their tails in the water, thus being warned of any
change in the rise or fall of the water. Some
houses stand>ix feet at least above the meadow
covered with mud, and in the form of a round
coal pit, but so intersected with sticks of wood as
to be strong, and the weight of three or four men
makes no impression upon it.
. A “ full family," as hunters call them, consists
of the paternal pair and the males of the next gen
eration with mates. When the tribe get large |
they colonize Some time in the. fall, all the
single ones of both sexes congregate from consid
erable distances, at the deepest lake in the vicinity
where they chose their mates; how ceremonious
the nuptials are we cannot say; then they all go
home, the female following lier mate, and all go
to work first putting house and dam in order for
winter, then laving in their stock of wood, the
bark of which is their winter food. They go up
stream some three miles for their wood, and float
it down to their houses and then in some mysteri
ous way make it lie in a pile at the bottom of the
pond, outside of the house, where they take it at j
any time in the winter for use. It is said that no
human hands can disturb that without its rising
and remaining' afloat till the beavers have the
handling of it.
But we do not feel quite sure what is fact and
what is conjecture respecting the heaver, whose
works are so much in the night and deep under
water. The fall of the year is a bnsy time with
thepi, and it is interesting to see their ncW dams
in process of hitilding, as we sometime's find them
across large boating streams; and not unfrequcntly
boatmen and river drivers tear away their dams
and get a great head of water for their use. .They
usually build at the outlet of : natural ponds, and
sometimes they flow large lakes and long pieces
of dead water, but are always moving and recon
structing How they keep their ,tqetb in order
for so much catting, when the best steel would
wear out, is a mystery. , They cut logs sometimes
a foot through, and every stroke of the tooth tells
towards the job, and never does a tooth get dull
as we can see .
Two winters ago some lumbermen encamped
near one Of their ponds. One afternoon they
felled a tree across a. lumber road, and before
morning it was cot up by the beavers and hand
somely piled out of the road. —Aroostook Pioneer,
Boils.—A Correspondent of the Prairie Farmer
gives the following recipe to those suffering from
one of Job’s curses. It is intended for “ 6nishing
off” the boils, after they have attained their head
ing :• Take a glass bottle, fill with water as hot as
the skin can bear to have near it, empty the same
out, and applv the nose of the bottle to the wound
while hot. In'a second or two such a rushing
out of the causes of all this trouble will make
short work of Mr. Boil. Of course the boil should
be ripe.
Little to do.—The Cleveland Plaindealer
says an athletic speciman of a man from the Em
erald Isle, called in to the counting room of one of
our River street merchants. He took off 1 his hat
to make his best bow.
“ The top of the morning-to ye, MUther T ,
I’ve'been told ye're in want o' help.”
“I’ve but little to do," replied Mr. T , with
mercantile gravity.”
“ I'm the boy for yees. It’§ but little I care
about doin’—-sure it’s the money that I'm afther."
fIXIU’ITNDENT vk KVKKVTHIN«.]
It is said that London is the fur mart of the
world, although the climate is such that they are
but little nsed. Russia sable is the most valuable
of all furs, and fhe skins are exceedingly scarce.—
According to the latest statistics but twentv-five
thousand cftliem were produced in the Czar’s
dominions. The prices paid for them are enor
mous. In New York a set—tippet, muff and cuffs
—coat from-one thousand to three thousand dol
lars. The sable tor lining one Of the Emperor’s
cloaks, exhibited at the. World's Fair in 1851,
wa« valued at five thousand dollars.
One kind of the Russian sable is called silver
sable, on account of the long white hairs which
are conspicuously mingled with the dark brown,
which is its usual color. This commands a very
high price, partly from rarity and partly because
it cannot be imitated as readily as the brown.—
The peculiarity of this is its great softness, and
the length and the heaviness of the hair. The
Ermine has a value of its own from its delicacy
and beauty, although it is not a very expensive
fur—not nearly as much so as the Hudson
Bay sable, which ranks next to Russian. As
the Hudson Bay company take their skins very
far north, they are often Very nearly equal in ele
gance to the Russian, although they cost rather
less that half 1 the amount which is given for their
near relation.
The American sable is taken south of the do
minions of the Hudson Bay company. It stands
third in our list of furs. Next are the mink and
the stone martin. For the last few years fashion
has given a value to the mint which it formerly
gave to the stone martin. It has no equal for
durability, and in appearance is eminently respect
able—sufficiently so for all ordinal y purposes, and
has the advantage of never looking too well for
the plainest dress. It varies very much in quality.
.The most valuable skins have long hair, and are
quite soft. In selecting furs of any kind, always
look for white hairs, which, in the natural skins, are
scattered here and there, as they are your secyrity
against dyed fur.
French' sable means any inferior fur dyed to
imitate a valuable one. It is very poor economy
to purchase them. The Fitch and Siberian squir
rels are much used, and are just as useful for
warmth and fully as durable as any other, and are
much less expensive.
For sleigh rolxst the black hear is highly val
ued. The white fox is very elegant, and so is the
black fox, which !s a Canadian fur, and highly
valued in Envoi*!. Raccoon skins and muskrat
are commonly used, and answer very well, hut arc
not as comfortable as those which have longer and
heavierfur. Tile old buffalo robe, which formerly
so high, has lost its place, and is almost' en
tirely discarded ; but it certainly had merits of its
own" which its more showy successors have not at
tained.
Happening to cast my eye upon a printed page
of miniature portraits, the personages who oc
cupied the four most conspicuous places were
Alexander, Hanibal, Ctesar, and Bonaparte. I
had seen the same unnumbered times before, but
never did the same sensation arise in my bosom
as mv mind hastily glanced over their several
hisroiies.
.Alexander, after having climbed the dizzy
heights of his ambition, and with his temples bound
in chaplets dipped in the blood of countless nations,
looked down upon a conquered world, and wept
that there was not another one for him to conquer,
set a city on fire, and died in a scene of debauch.
Hanibal, after having, to the astonishment and
consternation of Rome, passed the Alps; after
having put to flight the armies of the mistress of
the world, and stripped three bushels of gold rings
from the fingers of her slaughtered knights, and
made her very foundations quake—fled from his
country, being hated by those who once exultingly
united'his name to that of their god, and calhal
him Hanihal—died at last by poison, adminis
tered by his own hands, unlamented and unwept,
in a foreign land.
Cffisar, after having conquered eight hundred
cities, and dyed his garments in the blood of one
million of his foes, after having pursued to
death the only rival he had on earth, was misera
bly assasinated by those he considered his earnest
friends, and in that very place, the attainment of
which had been his greatest ambition.
Bonaparte,- whose mandates kings and popes
obeyed, after having filled the earth with the ter
ror of his name, after having deluged it with
tears and blood, and clothed the world in sack
cloth, closed his days,in lonely banishment, almost
literally exiled from the world, yet where he could
sometimes see his country’s banner waving over
the deep, but which could not or would not bring
him aid.
Thus four men who, from the peculiar situa
tion of their portraits, seemed to stand as the rep
resentatives of all those whom the world call
great; those four, who each in turn, made the
earth tremble to its very centre by their simple
tread, severally died—one by. intoxication, or, ns
some suppose, by poison mingled in his wine—one
a suicide—one murdered by his friends—and one
in lonely exile. How are the mighty fallen.
Ax Aged Couple.—The Girard, Pa., Union
gives the following interesting account of a couple
of old eagles, their troubles and their constancy.
It says :
“ Sixty years ago, when the township was first
settled, a pair of eagles, the whitcheaded or bald
species, had a neat on the farm of Mr. Kelly.—
They were not disturbed, and for twenty years
they occupied the nest, annually rearing and send
ing forth a brood of eagles, when a violent storm
overturned the' tree, and of Course destroyed their
habitation. Then they built their nest on a lofty
and inaccessible sycamore, bn the farm of Richard
Pettisbone, adjoining Mr. Kelly’s, and enjoyed
happiness fdr forty years longer, raising to eagle
hood two or three chicks yearly. . , '
r “A few weeks ago a high wind wrenched off
j a limb containing the nest and threw it on the
| ground with such energy that it Was torn all to
j atoms, and a very young and a very bald eagle
I killed. The nest was very large, being made of i
i about ten bushels of sticks and leaves.. This aged
] and persevering couple are now making a third
' nest on another sycamore, near the one lately des
i troyed. How old these birds are is not known,
but that they are the same pair found by the
: earliest settlers there can be no doubt. They are
: so long familiar with the presence of men, that
they can be approached within a few feet; and
; their great age and constancy, and friendli
ness, have given them the respect of the neighbors,
who would turn out en maw and mob the unlucky
,'• sport wfeo should attempt to shoot or despoil this
royal family.”
qey An old bachelor geologist was once boast
ing that every rock was as familiar to him as the
alphabet. A lady who was present declared that
she knew a rock of which he was wholly ignorant.
“ Name it, madam 1” said Ccelebs in a rage. “It
is rock the cradle, sir," replied; the lady.
ABOUT FUES
END OF GREAT MEN
IT IS HONE OF YOUa BUSINESS
It takes a down east man to ask questions ; but
once in awhile one of them finds his milch.—
Jonathan overtook a gentleman who was travel
ing on horseback, notwithstanding the disadvan
tage of having lost a 1%. His curiosity- was
awakened, (as what Yankee hath not a compe
tent share.) to know how he chances to meet with
such a misfortune.
“Been in the army, I guess?" said the in
quirer.
“ Never was in the army in my life," replied
the traveler.
“ Fit a duel, p’raps?"
“ Never fought a dnel, sir.”
“ Horse throw’d you, I guess, or something of
that ere sort.”
“No, sir, nothing of the kind."
Jonathan tried various dodges, but all to no
effect; and at last, almost out of patience with
himself as well as with the gentleman, whoso pa
tience was very commendable, he determined on
a direct inquiry as to the nature of the accident by
which the gentleman had come to lose his leg.
“I will tell you,” replied the traveler, “on
condition that you will promise not to ask me
another question.”
“Agreed, agreed!” exclaimed the eager list
ener.
“ Well, sir,” remarked the gentlemen, “it was
bitoff!”
Jonathan was no more inquisitive, and no more
taken aback than the inquiring Englishman who
had been betrayed into the presumption of asking
a gentleman with whom he was once traveling, if
he was a single roan ?
“No, I am not, sir,” he replied.
“Oh, 1 beg your pardon—a married man?”
“ No, sir, I am not."
“ Pray, sir, excuse me ; I perceive you are a
widower.”
“No, I am not a widower.
The inquisitor was nonplussed. Not a single
man—nor a married man—nor a widower: ‘f Fray
what may yon be if 1 may be so bpld as to ask ?”
“It is none of your d——l business; but if yon
are very anxious to know, I am a divorced man,
sir!”
To Prevent Skippers in Hams. —There is,
according to my experience, nothing eosies than
to avoid the skipper, and all worms and hugs that
usually infest, and often destroy so much bacon.
It is simply to keep your smoke house dark, and
the moth that dc|<osits the egg will-never enter it.
For the past twenty-five years, I have attended to
this, and never had my bacon troubled by any
insect. I liave now hanging in my smoke house,
hams, one, two, and three years old, and the oldest
are as free from insects as when first hung up. I
am not aware of other causes for the exemption
of my bacon fiom insects, but simply from
the fact that ray smoke house is always kept dark.
Before adopting this plan, I had tried many ex
jicrimems, but always without success, or with in
jury to the flavor of my bacon. I smoke with
green hickory. This is important, as the flavor
of • bacon is often utterly destroyed by smoking it
with improper wood. —Cotton Planter.
The New Use for Gotta Pebcha.—One of
the most ingenious applications recently made of
gutta percha, is that of forming artificial hoofs
for horses’ feet. Many skilful devices have been
resorted to, to attain these results, but the adop
tion of gutta percha will supersede all others as
soon as its efficiency becomes recognized. What
is required is a substance possessing the consis
tence of horn, to retain the nails of the shoe, that
will readily soften by heat so as to mould itself to
the required form ; that it be indissoluble in water,
seeing that the horses hoof is generally in con
tact with moisture, and that it ts capable of uni
ting perfectly with the hoof. The gotta percha
is first cut into nut size frogmen Uj, and softened
in hot water; the pieces are then mixed with
half thei%weight ol powdered sal ammoniac, and
melted together in a tinned saucepan, over a.
gentle fire, keeping the mass well stirrid. The
mixture should assume a chocolate color.— Cm.
Gazette. i
Awfcl asd Solemn Death.—The Scotch
papers report an accident, which, though itiiivolved
only one life, contains more of the true elements
of horror, strikes more sharply on the fine; chords
of human terror, than many a great and meaning
less catastrophe. Thomas Loch, a dock laliorer,
was working on a ship just beached near Wigtown,
when she keeled over, and the bulwark fell on his
chest. The tide was fast coming up, and it was
evident that in an hour the wretched man would
be drowned unless the weight •could be removed
from his chest. All the place turned out Jo help,
but the weight was immovable, and the tide,
flowed on remorselessly. A clergyman stepped
forward into the water, and prayed with the un
happy victim. A napkin was at his own request
placed over his face that he might not see the tide
and bo, apparently without a complaint he lay till
the water closed over his head, while the townsmen,
gathered around in helplessness, sobbed' alond.
Exclusively for contrabands. Half dollar hid
den in a tab of meal; to be sought for, and taken
therefrom with the month. ' Prize $1.50. L
The performance commenced about 9 o’clock
A. M.and lasted until 6 P.M. The following
is a list of successful competitors:
Target practice—lst prize, J. D. Temple, Co.
B; 2nd prize, Austin Porter, Co. H; 3rd prize,
J. Lewis, Co. G. Hurdle foot race—lst prize,
John A. Boyles, Co. F; 2nd prize, Harry A- Fer
guson, Co. A; 3rd prize, Corp. F. Dougherty,
Co. H. Hurdle sack race—lst prize, Corp. Cor4
nelius Walker, Co. F; 2nd prize, D. Coulter, Co.
G;Brd prize, C. HeWbey, Co. D. Greased pole
feat. No successful competitor.
Yon will perceive by looking over the list, that
company F made their mark. John A. Boyles,
(who, no doubt, is well known to many of
your readers) taking the Ist prize running and
jumping. John : is good on the muscle, and is
also a good soldier attending well to the duties
assigned him. Company F can always hold
their own, either in drilling or plaving. The sack
race caused great merriment. The competitor
were tied in sacks, having nothing but their beads
risible, and with their pedal extremities thus
trammelled, they were icqiired to run a race. —
The absurd method of locomotion, and the otter
helplessness of those who were so unfortunate as
to lose their balance and tumble over, elicited
shouts of laughter, Corp. Walker, won this race.
The corporal knows how to “ take asack.” I
The wheelbarrow race also caused great merri
ment. The competitors were blindfolded!’ and
placed directly in a line with a certain point, the
one coming nearest the goal being the victor. The
fun consisted in their deviation at evety imagina
ble angle, from a straight line; trotting soberly
along, each under the pleasing impression tbat he
was maklug a straight line for the mark. Of
conrsp the one farthest ont of the way, was greet*
ed with peals of derisive laughter, and encouraged
to. renewed diligence, by assurances of success.
The greased pole rather beat the boys. The
competitors all tried their bands, and foiled.
But the most ludicrous scene of all was the
Meal Feat. Half a dollar was; hidden in a tnb of
meal, to he sought for and taken thcrefrom with
the mouth, the successful party receiving as a rer :
ward the half-dollar and one dollar besides. , The
ludicrous appearance of the contraband's bead,
after it emerged from the tub of meal, can; be
more easily imagined then described. ' !
Taking everything into consideration we j«n-
Coee foh Diftheru.—A number of cases of , joyed quite a pleasant time.! The perfwmfftjce
dipthcria having lately occurred in this vkinUy, i was entertaining, and the ole, eider, cakes fend
parehts should be prepared with proper remedies i apples, which our ever thoughtful Colooel|mr
fdr its cure. It is stud that five cents’ worth of 1 chased for the occasion, were Refreshing. * But,a»
tinctiireof iron, and a JitUe turpentine, willin I have already wrirthamore timn I intended, I
almost every case stop the disease If used in time, willclojefor the present with *he promise of more
Swab the threat with the tincture, and rub the in the future. \ . j
turpentine on the outride frequently. Respectfully yours, yJ. L. KlNooji.
Bab-Room Scene.—“ Did I understand you
to say, stranger, you was from Chicago??
•‘1 said so.”
“Well, I’ve a brother Jones —
lawyer—know him hey ?”
“Yes, I know Peleg Jones, lawyer."
“ Do you if (much animated) “how’s he doing,
precisely? Right smart, eh? Keen Mow! What
do vou thin* he’ll make if he keeps on
u I think, if he don’t have any senons rmll
backs, 1 hell make a regular bnilt jackass*"—(Exit
inquirer.)
Last Bots.—A lazy boy makes a lazy man,
just as sure as a Crooked sapling makes a crooked
tree. Whoever yet saw a boy grow np in idleness,
that did not make a shiftless vagabond when he
became a 1 man, unless he had a fortune left him
to keep np appearances? The great mass of
thieves, paupers, and criminals, have come to what
they are by being brought up In idleness. Those
who constitute the business part of the community
■ —those who make our gnat and useful men—
were taught in their boyhood to be industrious.
i A traveler, being at a coffee 'house with
' some gentlemen, was largely drawing on. the
I credulity of the company: ; V
“Where did you say all these wopders hap
pened, sir?” asked a gentleman present.
“I can’t esagtly Say,” replied the; traveler;
“ but sorabwhere in Europe—Russia, I think.”
“ I should rather think It-a-ly,” returned the
other.
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
A WORD tO THREATS,
1 visited, a few dayssincc, onr State’s prison.—
It was an awfal scene, one I should be unwilling
to look upon again. I cannot forget St if I would.
I seem to see them still—that motley array of adl
ages and conditions. Not a wend or even look at
their fellows allowed, even under the eye of a
vigilant keeper; and then as thev were examined,
marched to their cells and locked up for the night,
only to pursue again that unvaried round of labor
for 1 months and years, and some forlife. Oh how
it made ray heart ache. It was sad to see among
them young me a hi their freshness and vigor, doomed,
by crime to that wretched life. Old men, too, even
with grey, hair, were there; not a “crown of
glory,” but badges of shame were theirs. But, if
possible, it was sadder still to see among them
hoy*, one ies* than, fourteen year* old, younger than
one of my little boys at home. And I thought if
he and other bovs could once look upon such a
scene, it wonld be a life-long lesson to them.
The warden very kindly answered all our in
quiries, and what yon think brought that hoy
there? It tea* passion—tmcontrotiable tanper,—
He commenced only in piny, then got angry with
a playmate, and in the heat of passion dealt a blow
that took his life. “He did not mean todo it,"be
said. Probably he did not; but his sorrow could not
restore life. An indictment was found. He plead
guilty, and now in silence and in shame, the weary
years that should have gladdened his parents'
home, are dragged on in those prison walls.—
Would he not say to you, “ Boys governyour temper.”
Another sad fact, the warden relates. Of those
one hundred and one convicts, all \ but six were
brought there by the use of intoxicating drinks.
I hope not one of all the boys to whom the Mes
senger speaks, ever touch, taste or handle the des
troying cup; but very-many of them I fear, have
no{ perfectly learned that difficult lesson—to con
quer self. Do you ever think, when tempted to
anger, to what it may lead ?—American Messenger .
Hiltov Head, S. C.;)
January 3, 1863. j
Messrs. Editors :—Although, hut a few days
have elapsed, since penning my last epistolary, yet,
having something qf importance to communicate I
again lay down the gun and take up the pen. 1
purpose, on the present occasion, to Tell you how
we celebrated “New Year’s day." We enjoyed,
on that day, what wc have not enjoyed, during
the period we have been trying to serve onr coon
tiy; that was a holiday. That part of our regi
ment wearing “ the shoulder straps” concluded to
give us, what they called a grand time,” and at
the same time furnish themselves food for amuse
ment, (particularly the latter) for this purpose they
drew up a\ programme of exercises and amus
ing games, and subscribed a considerable sum of
money, to he disbursed among the successful com
petitors as prizes and also to procure refreshments
for the regiment. The day was beautiful, resem
bling a day in the month of June; and all looked
on with eager interest to see whnt would take
place first.
The following is a copy of the
PROGRAMME:
The performance to commence with ,
I.—Target Practice.
Three competitors from each company. Distance
200 yards; best string in three shots each. First
prize, $3.00, second, $2.00, third, $l.OO.
ll.—Hurdle Foot Boot, .
Competitors, one man from each company.—
Distance 100 yards, and across 10 hurdle’s 2J feet
high.' First prize, $3.00, second, $2.00 third,
$l.OO.
lll.—Hurdle Sack Bare.
Competitors, one man from each company-
Distance 50 yards, and across one hnrdle 6 inches
high. First prize, $3.00, second, $2.00, third,
$l.OO
IV.—Wheelbarrow Race.
Competitors, one man from each company.—
Distance 100 yards. Competitors blindfolded and
trundling a wheelbarrow toward a given point.
Prize $3.00
V.—Climbing Feat. .
Competitors, one man from each company.—
Greased pole 15 feet high. Purse $5.00.
Vl—Meal Feat.
♦
NO. 49.