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BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL
- BafAUhISUBD ASA RKP UGB FROU QU ACKERY
Tiß Only Place Where a Cure Can
be Obtained-
DR. JOHNSON has discovered the
mo-t Certain, Speedy and only Effectual Remedy lu
■he world Tor all Private Diseases. Weakness of the Back
.',r Limbs. Strictures, Affections of the Kidneys and Blad
ier Involuntary Discharges, Impotency, General; Debility,
s' .rvoasuess. Dyspepsv. Languor, Low Spirits., Confusion
jf Ideas, Palpitation of the Heart, Timidity, Tremblings,
Dimness' of Sight or Giddiness. Disease of the Head.
Throat Soso or Skin, Affections of the Liver, Lungs..Stom
,-h or Bowels—those Terrible disorders arising from the
Solitary Habits of Youth—those secket ami solitary prac
■ IC . S more fatal to theii victims than the soup of Syrens to
•h. Mariners of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant
hopes or anticipations, rendering marriage .sc:, impossi
ble
YOUNG MEN
f .McifcUy. who have become the victims of Solitary > Ice,
'll dreadful nod destuctire habit which annually sweeps
• i in untimely giavo thousands of Young Men of the most
•s;uUel talents and brilliant intellect, who might other*
wii” have entranced listening Senates with the thunders
..frequence, or waked to ectasy the living lyre, may call
*if.U full confidence. _
MARRIAGE
Carried Persons, or Young Meu cotemplating marriage,
of physical weakness, organic debility, defer
i<:„ spoedilv cured.
!!■• who places himself under the care of Dr. J. may re
i;,as\v confide in bin honor as a gentleman,;and- confl
relv upon his skill as a physician.
ORGANIC
i iMiedi itftlv Cured, and full "Vigor Kestored.
fids Distressing Affection—which renders Life miserable
-i marriage impossible—is Hie penalty paid by the
..otimsyfimproper indulgence*. Young persons are to
to commit exces es froni uot being awan* of the dread
rui that may ensue. Now, who that under
»studs the subject will pretend to deny that the power of
. : .\n ati.m is lost sooner by tho*e falling into improper
■.■ tints than bv the prudent? Besides being deprived the
.■i.-naure* of healthy offspring, the most serious and de
• '■•active symptom* to both bmly und mind arise. The
i.-.-tem becomes Deranged, the Physical and Mental Func
tions Weakened. Loss of Procreativn Power, Nervous Irrl
c*»bilitv. Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the H«ort, Indigestion*
Constitutional, Debility, a Wasting of the Frame. Cough.
■\ii'umptlon. Decay and Death.
OFFICE, NO. 7 SOUTH FREDERICK STREET,
be:*: band side going from Baltimore street, a few door*
• run tin* corner. .Fail nut lo*observe name and numter.
uflters must bo paid and contain a atamp. The Doc
tor’s Diplomas hang in his office
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
JVb Mercury or yuscons Drugs.
DR. JOHNSON.
M tuber of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. Grad
utte from one of the most eminent Colleges in the United
Stile**, and the greater part of whoso life has been spent in
th- hospitals of London, .Paris, Philadelphia and ,el*e
where, lia* effected some of the most astonishing cures
tliit were ever known: many troubled with ringing iu the
hov.i and e»rs when asleep, great nervousness, being
shrtned at sudden sou.tds, bashfulness, with frequent
blushing, attended sometimes with derangement of mind,
w*r© cured Immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE
Dr. J. addresses all those who hare injured themselves
by improper indulgence and solitary habits, ruin
both body and miud, unfitting them for either business,
sta ly, society or marriage.
Taut are some of the sad and melancholy effects pro
du:ed by early habits of youth, viz: Weakness of the
Bvck and Limbs, Pains io the Head, Dituccss of Sight.
L .-*< of Muscular Power, Palpitation of the Heart. Dyfc
p<y. Nervous Irritability, Derangement of the Diges
■ iv.* Functions, General Debility, Symptom? of Consump
:i id. Ac. ,
Mevtallt.—Thg fearful effect* of tho mind are much to
v dreaded—L-w* of Memory, Confusion of Idea*, De
pxsioii of spirits, Evil-Forebodings, Aversion to Society.
• If-DUtrust, Love of Solitude, Timidity, 4c., are some of
:ti- evil# produced. t
Thocsasm of person* of all age* can now judge what is
tije cause of their declining health, losing their vigor, be
o-iiuiog weak, pale,nervous and emaciated, having a sin
gular appearance about the eye*, cough and »ymptoinB of
■innumptioo.
YOUNG MEN >
W’ho have Injured themselves by a certain practice in
lalged in when alone, a habit frequently learned from
-?vi! com pan lona, or at school, the effect* of which are
■lightly felt, even when asleep, and if not cured render*
carriage iraporfible, and destroys both mind and body,
»h..aid apply immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of hi* country,
the darling of hla .parents, should be snatched from all
prospects and etyoymenta of life, by the consequence of
ievUtiag from the path of nature, and indulging lu a
e'jruln secret habit. Such persons mcst. before contem
plating
MARRIAGE,
reflect that a sound ralnd Had body are the most necessary
requisites to promote connubi i! hoppings*. Judged, with
out the**, the journey .through lift* becomes a weary pil
grimage; the prospect hourly darkens to the view; the
mind becomes shadowed with despair ami filled with the
melancholy reflection that the happine*» ol another be
comes blighted wilt) oar own. N
DISEASE OF IMPRUDENCE.
When the misguided and Imprudent rotary of pleasure
dads that he lias Imbibed the seeds of this - painful dis
4fch), it too often happens that au ill-timed acne© of shame,
irilread of discovery, deters him from applying to those
rh-j, from education and respectability, cun alone bo
iVi-ud him, delayme tjU the constitutional aymptoma of
livia horrid disease make their appearance, such as ulcera
’ ><ore throat, diseased nose, nocturnal pain »in the bead
limbs, dimness of eight, deafness, nodes on the shin
and arms, blotches on the head, face and extremi
’ is*, progressing with frightfttl rapidity, till at last the
palate of the mouth or the bones of the nose fall in, and
the victim of this awful disease becomes a horrid object of
c "umuioratlonj till death puts a period tb his dreadful
miTerings, by sending him to •* that Undiscovered Country
from whence no traveller returns. 0
It it * melancholy fact thnt thousand* fall victims to
terrible disease, owing to the unskillfulness of ignrv
f*ut pretenders, vrlw, by the use of that Deadly Ptnson,
Utrctry. ruin the constitution and make the residue of
• if-miserable.
STRANGERS
I nut not your lives, 'nr health to the cure of the many
Unlearned and .Worthies® Pretenders, destitute of knowl*
vd'c, name or character* wh> copy Dr. Johnston’s adver
tisements, or style themselves, in the newspapers, rpgu
l*rly Educated Physicians, incapable of Curing, they keep
you trifling month after mouth, taking their filthy and
poisonous compounds, or ns lung as the smallest fee can
I*B obtained, and in despair. leave you with ruined health
to "igti over,your galling disappointment.
Dr Johnston U tho only Physician advertising.
His credential or diplomas always hang In his office.
Uls remedies or treatment am unknown to all others,
prep-wed frjtti a lift* spent in the great hospitals of Kurope,
the lint in tho country and a moroextensive PritaU Prac
tice than any other Physician in the world.
Tw INDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this institution, year after
Tsar, and the numeruns important Surgical operations
performed by Johnston, witnessed by the reporters of the
Sun,” ‘•Clipper,” and many oth»r papers, notices of
which appeared again and again before the public,
osiidei hli standing as ji gentlemen of character and re*
■poosHdllty, is a sufficient guarantee to the afflicted.
M SKIN diseases speedily cured*
pio utters received unless post-paid sml containing a
•tviaptobeusedon the reply persons wntlngshould state
*l**o4 send portion of advertisement describing symptoms
umJI? 0 ?* be particular la directing their
tttri to this Institution, in the following manner:
flf JOHNM. JOHNSTON, M. 0..
Oftka Baltimore Lock Hospital, liaryland
€&oics fosttg.
JV* m the Episcopal Recorder.
THE CLOCK OFHUMAN LIFE.
*Tif one o’clock—the silvery chimes
Are ringing toil end low.
Over an infant’* cradle bed.
As It swings to and fro;
While smiling Bear, a mother bends.
Listening to the clear bells
Kinging the babe's sweet advent hoar.
In her heart's deepest wells.
Tinkle! tinkle! soft and clear,
On the loving mother’s ear.
'Tis two—three—four in merry peals.
Bells strike the passing hoar,
While bliss poar& in through every senses
As on this mortal shore
The tripping I'eet of childhood fly.
While air, and earth* and sky ■>
Are full of Joy, and childhood's bells
Are ringing clear and high.
Jingle! jingle! clear and high,
Ring the bells of childhood's sky.
10 00
Now five and six ring on the ear.
In deeper golden notes,
Aud tender chimes, and loving peals.
Round youth’s sweet dream-life floats.
Those notes ore filling every sense
Of the young maiden’s life,
And their sofV mallow lullaby*
Uush every thought of strife.
Love me, lore me,-riug the bells.
As round feir youth their music swells.
'Tis seven now—’tis eight—*tLs nine;
And deeper sounds the bell,
Ah in the solemn march of life,
They.ring with fuller swell;
And tell of strife, and toil, And care.
Of grief and sundered ties,
And to heart subdued by grief.
They are ringing in she sky,
Of rest above, where Jeans dwells,
Come home, come home, they faintly swell.
’Tis ton o’clock—the vanished hours
Ring out their warning tones;
The silver notes of infancy
And golden chimes are gone.'
The past is all a tlaetirig dream:
The future, oh, how grand!
As 'mid its deep and solemn peals
With parted lips we stand.
Ding-dong, ding-dong, it slowly rolls.
, Pealing the requiem of souls.
The clock has struck eleven—hark!
The awful moments pass,
’Mid muffled bells we hear them. dK
Abd watch time’s hopr-glas*.
Solemn and 'slow, wo hear their knell.
They ring of ended strife.
There’s more of tender joy than grief
Which tell* of endless life.
. Ob! Joyful knells, life’s evening bells.
Of conflicts past, their, music tells.
’Tis twelve o’clock—the midnight hour
Kbits out its thrilling knell,
Ah! not of grief, and not of death.
Does its deep tolling tell.
To Christian.so«ls-j»o high! so grand!
Are the bright hopes, it rings, (
That ’mid die solemn knells of time,.
The parting spirit sings,
As midnight bells fade soft away,
’Tis endless one in upper day.
'Tis endless one in that bright world,
One everlasting day;
Honrs have pealed their last farewell.
And minutes passed away.
Tis one effulgent, brilliant noon,
One flood of.light ami love;
Ono.solemn never-ending note
In that sweet home above.
Oh 1 the deep joy of evermore.
When waking first on that blest shore.
M »lwt ||pt*lla»jr.
Stkokg Character.—Strength of
character consists of two things, power
of will and power of restraint. It re
quires two things therefore for its exis
tence—strong feelings and strong command
over them. Now it is here that we make
great mistake ; we mistake strong feelings
for strong character. A man that bears
all before him, before whose bursts of fury
make the children of the’household quake
—because he has his will obeyed, and his
own way in all things we call him a
strong man : it is his passions, that are
strong, he, mastered by them, is weak.—
You must measure the strength of a man
by the power of the feelings he subdues,
not by the power of those which subdue
him. And hence composure is very often
the highest result of strength. Did we.
never see a man. receive flagrant insult
and only grow a little pale arid then reply
quietly t That is a man spiritually strong,
or did we never see a man in anguish
stand as if carved out of a solid rock mas
tering himself? Or one bearing a hope
less daily trial remain silent and never
tell the world what cankered his home
peace ? That is strength. He who with
strong passions remained chaste ; indigna
tion in him can be proved and yet restrain
himself and forgive—those are the strong
men, the spiritual heroes.
Ak Iron Egg. —ln’ Dresden there is
an iron egg,, the history of which is some
thing like this;
A young prince sent his iron egg to a
lady to whom he was betrothed. She re
ceived it in her hand, and looked at it with
disdain. In her indignation that he
should send her such a gift, she cast it to
the earth. When it touched the ground,
a spring cunningly hid in the egg opened,
and a silver yolk rolled out; she. touched
a secret spring in the yolk, and a golden
chicken appeared; she touched a spring in
the chicken, and a ruby crown was found
within; she touched a spring in the crown,
and within it was a diamond marriage
ring:
ALTOONA, PA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1863
THE SPY’S ADVENTURE.
It was a calm sultry morning in the
latter part of June, 1801, the period at'
which our narrative opens, when a person
might have been seen wending his way
over a neighboring hill. He was clad in
the uniform of a federal soldier. His
countenance appeared careworn, and his
dress betokened that he had seen hard
service in the cause of his country. This
person was Charles Delorme, the re
nowned spy in Fremont’s army. Ever
and anon he would cast quick and furtive
glances to the right and left, as if there
was danger near at hand. It was at
this time that the vandal hordes under
Price aud ! Claib Jackson, the traitor
ous Governor of the State of Missouri
were ravaging that State and spreading
desolation and misery throughout that
portion of the State which had the mis
fortune to be under his control. But I
am digressing.
“Halt!” was the clear command that
rang out upon the still air and caused our
traveler to suddenly rein up his horse.
“By whose authority am 1 halted ?”
was the cool reply of our hero.
“ By the authority of the bristling bayo
nets and cannons behind me,” quoth the
speaker, (who was no less a personage
than a confederate lieutenant in command
of the picket guard of Price's army,)
at the same time advancing and drawing a
revolver on our hero.
The time for quick action had now ar- |
rived and it was not lost sight of by our
hero, who with a pretended downcast' ex-1
pression and an outward show of fear, j
moved toward the Confederate officer, j
who deceived the apparent submission of
the spy, was completely thrown off his
guard. j
“ I suppose I will have to submit,” was j
the response of Delorme.
Thinking he had made an easy catpure !
of this renowned spy, the Lieutenant ad- j
vanced carelessly to seize him. for he j
knew to capture Charles Delorme alone |
was a feat but which few would not envy.
When about to grasp the rein of the j
horse, Delorme, quick as thought, drew a I
Colt’s revolver from his holster and tired, j
and the unfortunate Lieutenant fell, the j
bullet having pierced his heart. Then, j
wheeling, and setting spurs to his noble ;
animal, he darted off at a speed which |
seemingly defied all to overtake him. I
“To perish all enemies to his country!” j
was his exclamation as he was borne |
swiftly along by his steed. I
'1 he crack of the pistols alarmed the
guards who, hurrying forward to the spot,
beheld their Lieutenant lying dead on the
ground, the blood gushing from his wound.
“ Some d—d Yankees’ work!” ex
claimed Corporal Swiftfoot, commander of
guards No. 1.
“ Send intelligence to General Price
immediately !” cried one. '
“There he goes! there he goes!” was
the exclamation of others, as they caught
a glimpse of the receding figure of Delorme.
A courier was hastily sent to headquar
ters and a squad of cavalry were instantly
dispatched under full speed, hoping to
overtake the daring adventure. The
party composing this squad being familiar
vyilh the surrounding country, at once
struck into a by road, hoping to reach a
bridge which crossed a small stream at the
distance of about three miles from camp
by the rout which Delorme had taken,
but not much more than half that by the
route they had gone. Delorme beihg
totally unaware of this by-road, after he
had proceeded a good distance, leisurely
pursued his route, not thinking for a mo
ment that they would overtake him. But
what was his surprise and consternation
when upon crossing the bridge, he beheld
the cavalry coming down the hill which
led to the bridge at full speed.
“ There he is, he is ours!” exclaimed the
officer m command.
Delorme, although surprised was not
overcome. Urging on his horse at full
speed, he yet hoped to distance them.
“ He is distancing us,” shouted one of
the party.
On they go, each party urging their
horses to the utmost speed. B»t Delorme
is leaving them fast, when his horse struck
his foot on a root, and threw his rider
headlong to the ground. Before he could
recover they were upon him. They dis
mounted, and while one seized him by the
throat, the others pinioned him as they
thought, securely, and putting him on his
horse, they proceeded back to camp. De
lorme, pretending to be dangerously in
jured. they thought him entirely secure.
Four men were appointed to take charge
of him, .while the rest hurried to camp to
carry the intelligence to General Price.
After the main body bad gone, one of the
four produced a flask of whisky which he
had taken from Delorme’s person, and
they proceeded to imbibe the contents
rather freely, which soon had the effect of
making them merry and careless. Delorme
perceiving this began to examine the cords
by which he was bound, and found to his
joy they were loose. Exerting his utmost
strength, he succeeded in wrenching one
hand loose. He- dealt one a severe blow,
which sent him leeling to the ground;
then, quick as thought, he wheeled his
[independent in everything.]
i horse, and left the other three in amaze-
ment at his audacity. But quickly re
covering themselves, they started in pur
suit. But in vain. Delorme, wheeling
his horse, turned round for a moment to
his pursuers, then lifted his hat aloft, he
shouted: '
“ The Union forever, and death to the
traitors!” and soon was lost to their sight.
He regained the camp of Gen. Fremont
in safety, where, he related his adventure
to his wondering comrades, who, when he
was through gave three times three for
the gallant Charles Delorme, the daring
spy of Fremont’s army— S. S- Hill.
HOW I’LL JOIN CHRIST'S ASHY.
My heart thrilled with joy and grati
tude the other evening., as I listened to
the touching narrative of a brave soldier
boy,‘ by .one who had soothed his midnight
restlessness by intelligent sympathy, and
thus won the story of his life.
“ I went from couch to couch,” said the
narrator, “to find some sunk in heavy
slumber, some murmuring in delirious un
rest, and some wakeful with pain and
anxiety. One young face attracted me;
it was that of a lad only seventeen, who
had lost a leg in battle, and in conse
quence had suffered amputation, so peril
ous in its location, that but one in seven
ty-five had ever survived, and he was that
one.
“ I asked him if he wanted anything.”
“ Oh, no,” wds the reply.
“ Oh, sir,” said he, “ I have a letter
from home to-day, from my mother.”
“ Then I knew I could talk to him, so
I drew a chair up to the bedside, and
seating myself, asked, ‘ Whore does your
mother live?’ ”
“In Bostoii. sir.” ■
>‘Ah,” said I, “ we are friends, then; I
am a Massachusetts boy myself.”
“ What! arc you from'Massachusetts!”
was the earnest inquiry, as a gleam of joy
illuminated his pale face.
“ Yes,” I said, and then told some in
cidents of my young life to which he
listened with the deepest attention. I
gaind my object, I had won his confidence,
and soon he told me the story of his life;
-.;f his enlisting and going to the war; of
the terrible fight, his wound, and the am
putation. “ But I kept up,” he added
with energy, “ and when we were all put
in an ambulance, all jostled together, and
hot and crowded, 1 kept the other fellows
up too.”
“ And how did you do it?” I inquired;
“ how did you forget your great suffer
ings ?” ; ■
“Oh,"sir, I thought how much more
Jesus suffered for me ; and now I '"have
but one leg, I cannot fight for my coun
try, but Til join Jesus’ army and fight for
him. 1 Enow lots of boys, and I’ll get
around them, and bring them to church,
and to the Sabbath School. We boys can
do a great more with young fellows than
grown people can do.”
Oh, that the radiance of- that noble
spirit might be reflected into millions of
souls, and win them to enlist in Jesus'
army. Children of the Sabbath School,
will you stand at ease while this brave
cripple is gathering souls for Christ?—
How many friends and companions might
you win to the blessed influences of the
sanctuary! Come, labor on the Lord’s
side, and your reward shall be great, for
it shall be fully known and enjoyed in
heaven. — S. S. Times. -
Si t by the window and look over the
way to your neighbor’s excellent mansion
which be has recently built and paid for,
and sigh out- —“ Oh? that I was a rich
man !”
Get angry with your neighbor and
think you have not a friend in the world.
Shed a tear or two, and take a walk in
(he burial ground, continually saying to
yourself. ‘ When shall I be buried here V
Sign a note for a friend,* and never for
get your kindness, and every hour of the
day whisper to yourself—“ I wonder if he
will ever pay that note.”
Think every body means to cheat you.
Closely examine every bill you take, and
doubt its being genuine till you have put
the owner to a great deal of trouble. Be-
lieve every ninepence passed you is but a "
sixpence crossed, and express your doubts Tailors Defined.—A tailor possesses
about getting rid of it if you should ven- the qualities ol nine men combinded m
ture to take it. one, as will be seen by the following ob-
Put confidence in no body, and believe serrations; _ .
every man you trade with to be a rogue. Ist. As an economist, ha cuts his coat
Never accomodate if you can possibly help according to his cloth,
it. Never visit the sick or afflicted, and 2d. As a gardener, he is careful ot
never give a farthing to assist the poor, cabbage. .
Buy as cheap as you can, screw down 3d. As a sailor, he sheers o w eneve
to the lowest mill. Grind the faces and it is proper. . , ,
hearts of the unfortunate. 4th. As a play actor, he often ran
Brood over yonr misfortunes, your lack | ishes a bare bodkin. _ ■
of talents, and believe that at no very j sth. As a lawyer, he at en many
distant day you will come to want. Let 1 suits. .
the workhouse be ever in your mind with • 6th. As an executioner, he provi cs
all the horrors of distress and poverty- suspenders and gallows for many persons.
Follow these recipes strictly, and you ' 7 th. As a cook, he is generally ur
will be miserable to your hearts content— ■ nished with a warm goose. .
if we may so speak—sick at heart and at 1 Bth. As a sheriffs officer, he does muc
variance with all the world. Nothing j sponging. .
will cheer or encourage you—nothing 9th. As a rational and spirtual divine,
throw a gleam of sunshine or a ray of I his great aim is to form good habits lor
warmth into your heart. the benefit of huaself. ,
HOW TO BE HISEEABLE.
A THRILLING INCIDENT OF THE
WAR-
Nine,or ten years ago, a citizen of one
of the towns in the eastern part of Masa
chusetts was unjustly suspected of a crime
which the statute cannot easily reach, but
which deservedly brings him guilty of it
the indignation of upright men. There
were circumstances which gave color to
the suspicion and the unfortuate gentle
man suffered the misery of loss of friends,
business and reputation. His sensitive
nature could not . face these trials, and he
fell into a condition of body and mind
which alarmed his family. At length,
having invested his ■ property where it
could be easily managed by his wife, he
suddenly disappeared, leaving her a com
fortable home and the care of two hoys.
10 and 12 years old. The first fear that
he had sought a violent death was partially
dispelled by the orderly arrangement pi
his affairs, and the discovery that a
daguerreotype of the family groupe was
missing from the parlor table. Not much
effort was made to trace the fugitive.—
When, afterward, facts were developed
which established his innocence of the
crime charged, it was found impossible to
communicate with him; and as the publi
cation of the story in the columns of sev
eral widely circulated journals failed to
recall him, he was generally supposed to
be dead.
At the outbreak of the present civil
war his oldest son, now a young man, was
induced by a friend, a Captain in a West
ern regiment,-to enlist ;m his company.—
He carried himself well th rough campaigns
in Missouri and Tennessee, and after the
capture of Fort Donelson was rewarded
with a First Lieutenant’s commission.—
At the battle of Murfreesboro he was
wounded.in the left arm, but so slightly
that he was still able to take charge of a
squad of wounded prisoners. While per
forming the duty he became aware that
one of them, a middle-aged man, with a
full heavy beared, was ; looking at him
with fixed attention. The day after the
fight, as the officer was pissing, the soldier
gave the military salute, and said:
“ A word with you, if you please, sir.
You remind me of an old friend. Are
you from New England?”
“ I am.”
“ From Massachusetts?”
“Yes.”
“ And your name ?”
The young. Lieutenant told his name
and why he came to serve in a Western
regiment.
“ I thought so,” said the other, and
turning away he was silent. Although
his curiosity was much excited by the
oldier’s manner, the officer forbore to
question him and withdrew. Bui in the
afternoon he took occasion to renew the
conversation, and expressed the interest
awakened in him by the incident of the
morning.
“ I knew your father,” said the prisoner.
“Is he wellt”
“We have not seen him for years.—
We think he is dead.”
Then followed such an ; explanation •of
the circumstances of his disapearance as
the young man could give. He had never
known the precise nature of the charges
against his father, but was able to make
it quite clear that his innocence had been
established.
“ I knew your mother also,” continued
the soldier. “I was in love with her
when she married your father.”
“ I have a letter from her dated ten
days ago. My brother is a nine months’
man at New Orleans.” '
After a little desultory conversation,
the soldier took from under his coat a
leather wallet, and disclosed a daguerreo
type case. Ihe clasp was gone, and the
corners were rounded by wear.
“Will you oblige me,” he said, “by
looking at this alone in your tent
Agitated almost beyond control, theyoung
officer took the case and hurried away. —
He had seen the picture before I It rep
resented a man and woman, sitting side
by side, with a boy at the knee of each.
The romantic story moved the com
mander of the division to grant the youth
a furlough; and both lather and son
reached home last week. —Worcester Spy■
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
HOW A MAR FEELS IR BATTLE
There can be nothing more puzzling
then the analysis of one’s feelings on a bat
tle-field. You cannot describe them sat
isfactorily to yourself or others. To mapch
steadily up to the mouths of a hundred
cannon, while they pour out fire and
smoko and shot and shell in a storm that
mows the men like grass, is horrule be
yond description—appalling. It is ab
surd to say that a man can do it without
fear. During Hancock’s charge at Fred
ericksburg, for a long distance the slope
was swept by such a hurricane of death
that we thought every step would be our
last; and lam willing to say, for one that
I was pretty badly scared. Whatever
may be said about “getting used to it,”
old soldiers secretly dread a battle equally
with new ones. But the most difficulties
to stand up under is the suspense while
waiting, as we waited in Fredericksburg
drawn up in line of battle on the edge of
**he field, watching the columns file past
us and disappear in a cloud of smoke,
where horses and men and colors go down
in confusion, where all sounds are lest in
the screaming of shells, the cracking of
musketry, the thunder of artillery, and
knowing that our turn comes next, Ex
pecting each moment the word 4 Forward.’
It brings a strange kind of relief when
“Forward” comes. You move mechan
ically with the rest. Once fairly in for it,
your sensibilities are strangely blunted—
you care comparatively nothing about the
sights that shocked you at first—men tom
to pieces by cannon shot become a matter
of course. At such a time there corned a
latent sustenance from within or above
us, which no man anticipates who has not
been in such a place before, and which
most men pass through life without know
ing anything about. What is it? Where
does it come from?
Those who say they would like to visit
a battle-field seldom know what they are
talking about. After darkness has put an
end to the struggle a hush settles over the
field —such a contrast to the roar of the
fight! Never is silence more oppressive,
more eloquent. You hear the cries of the
wounded which are ever distinguished
while the work is going on. A stray
shot hurtles through the darkness over
head. You hear the ambulance wheels
chirr heavily along, grinding through the
soil with a sullen, muffled sound, like some
monster crunching the bones of his vic
tims. You see the outline of* forms glid
ing through the gloom, carrying on litters
pale, bloody men. You stumble over —
perhaps your friend —with his hair matted
in blood over his white face, and his dead
eyes staring blindly up to the sky. You
are startled by the yell of those lilted
about, after becoming cold and stiff in their
blood. Follow to the hospital, and see
those, whose lives clung to them on the
field, dissected alive, and butchered. They
writhe a few hours or days, are tumbled
into a trench, their graves unknown, for
gotten forever. 'J'hen talk about the hor
rors of the war. —Springfield Republican.
Prayer.—Prayer is essential to the ex
• istence and growth of the spiritual life.—
It is the breath of the new man. By this
means he obtains quick reliefs from in
numerable evils; and draws down from
heaven blessings of the richest and sweet
est kind. Possess your minds fully of
the persuasion that prayer is efficious,
when ottered in faith and with importunity
to obtain the blessings which we need.—
God has made himself known as a hearer
of prayer ; yea, he has promised that we
shall have, as far as may be for his glory
-And our good, what ever we ask. The
most important events may be brought
about by prayer. One rightepus man, by
fervent and effectual prayer, has been able
to shut heaven and open it again.— Dr.
Archibald Alexander.
0- An anecdote is related of a young
preacher at a city church, who had for
his text a verse from the parable of the
ten virgins, and in the course of his ser
mon explained:
“ That in old times it was customary
when the bridegroom and bride were
coming, for ten virgins to go out and meet
them, and escort them home —-Jive of these
virgins being males, aud Jive females P'
®T An Englishman traveling in Kil
kenny, came to a ford and hired a boat to
take him across. The water being more
agitated than agreeable to him, he asked
the boatman if any person was ever lost
in the passage.
“Niver,” replied Pat; ’me brother
was drowned here lost week, put w'e
found him the next day.
Why are some folks’ bibles like a
church ' Because they are seldom opened
except on Sundays.
I like your impudence,” as a pretty
girl said when ter beau kissed har.
e*The child who cried for an hour—
didn’t get it.
«rDo one good action every day.
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