L. - WTJTTER’Sv ' pok Bmderv BANK BOOK MANCFACKjrv Market ~St , ilarruhurg, p u ' ntablishnent is chiefly f l;> r l*Wn. ruled nod l»Hmd tJ orrt “ r '-',! ,l ‘n> tie «f U» bwl lilien |M|>rr. r " '-“aei # <*o4oUiBrfi. dew ring tah»»f*i,^ r |. . MotttU-rnu- prirw riHuldirtTOß, *t-TP**" ** hel»rg«i ,iUm. Uarper'i W«klvn,J S *’ w ’ bW .ScieuMflc #w.«wl in mit style required. n«rnk?.i, *'' KjEuiekfrlnicker. lieitka.-wfa «STni! u “ ,h MiiWc. t< , iH.nmi In •m«2 , ,F Hw ' Wn nud wilMUbtUI luilf btod< U|r . ■: l*iuutilitet law., U,n o ,i“ t .*t rery moderate .prices. Pcnuitm i.' 1 •■i bottjwse tu bind, will rucelre tt liberal dkl llli< :• ia , aai* - »a&SR RDM A DBKN,«t the Tribme OOa- Mtuoiw end vicinity. Tliey Mon to tdndhig. end receive and rUnen iY ttr* cUcrgvx, for ell wUo entost fllefcSiT^* ' : [M«reblCtWlT ■ i— bd w s « S-1 A a & xs I l a «f « i| W CS - « e ~ I Qd i M cn«t.imen. and the paWlc gawrall, l.i* aj,rihg gone into the Dry Ooodhn.l™. rweivei!alargunm) entirely newatvckof I ESS GOODS, e«. embracing all the latest, pretileetaed koe Hl<>N ABLE PATTERNS. ■fthtch may l>e fonnd every cußlfcr of rood. I which it would be tootKltolli io Vtne lint of pure, fresh and cheap ; KBIES & PROVISIONS :tn«k pn ier” to any of my competitors. It, tent I feel sure' that I can redder MstirticCine ■>f country pfodoce taken in ezclianse f„r »c htglidat market price allnwni. Il * f , ' ,r :' wr ~f Annie and Helen Mrrela. East ~a « ... ™UMA S HEiiLOP JACOB WEIS, 1R AND CONFECTIONER. r taxi«. S BAKED TO ORDER. occasii n*. ou abort uot:c« and In the neat tyle of the art. - ?ne and price my stork and you will find (.cheap s» au) be porcliaaed elsewhere. L FETTINGERS ral News igency, ILL, No. T, MAIN STREET «L BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS, tE KY. CON FECI lON ARIES VHS & TOBACCO, > NOTIONS INGREATVABIETV CWSTANTLI ON BAND. I«M. i-LO Yl) & CO., AITOOtTA , PA., TON, A r an.) Gold for Mtle. Collection* I nreiTed on depcnita, payable on dennuni, *• or upon time, with Intweat »t fclr nite*. KESSLER—J'RACTiC A I WIST. rMprctfaUy tb* *‘t. wfctftr he k*c]>*ri>Datuitl^^^^7 (--VThyfcale tud H*t*a. DRDHS, HR. niKmcAia, oiis,TAiimBir- 4K9 fUNJBSi ■ i ■ pt ioa ta boain—a, aad a dcalre torender mi k;Mnlt'.iri« and quality, he hope* to l« « Aar* of pnblie patronage. B *WBk«nU l *-j**«rttoent of Orocerfp* h»»e Inal bf*® ,v >y r«f . j b HAT, 'iUO'ill, MtAVD'D ih Mid V*rtii«l» BnudM ill ; . * MDS OK PRINTING ►tly»p.l upedft'.wly «" • "AI/TOOSA TRIW .»*? OffK» lA.Aai AND j*AR Af*o»^• * ’ tAWOUMANf;- I’LKS CAItDKTJ^O £sn fc* frond *i UgflBl^ 8 ; it Alii -^i' m'-tti- Riniiri at LAPOtt*- 1 * — JIL, COLOGNE*. yta«Cr—ypyilrf McCBUM & BERN, VfL. 8. Muskingum Valley STEAM WOIiKS cornua op Market and Third Stmts, ZANESVILLE. OHIO. HT’K AEE NOW TDRNUiO OCT A LABOE T T Dttmlxu of our Improved Pormble jSUem Enzioe. .ud I'ortebi* drooler turn MUU. u welt m Staliuatrv KujiDM»»d 8»wMI1U. men/of whJehorß IMiog Ibeii W«y into Blmlr. Combi to, Haßtlßcdoo ood Cnwfoid Conn tin, end oUwr p»ru of tbe atom oCPoomnlrsnia. Tluiar Already rrcelved and to operation, are giTlp* the niuat en tire MUefiKtlon. Then It now hardly a State or Territory 10 the Onion, bat that lajr improved Portable £ogiurV .ml Saw unit are in nee in. All onr Engine have Spark Arreeler SUckt on them which coadue the dying eparke, We would reepoctfoltj refer you to the follu'wiiig gentle uieo and Certiflcalee for the portability dtiiity and urac tical operation! of oar Portable Steam Biigine. and Saw Mill.: Hartbtowm, Crawford Co . Pa..) May I6lb, 1863. / Mimes. J. A J. H. Duvall GfiUUnen —We received our Twenty Horse Power Portable Engine and Baw Mill, iu good order. We are perfectly satisfied with ii ; every thing works to our entire satisfaction—iu feet! beyond our expectations. We saved 4000 feet of white-oak boards in dfe hours, and could hare dou»* mare in the sopie time hsd #« have bad piod lop. We take pleasure In recommending those iu want ol saw Hills and Engines to purchase of you. Respectfully, C. RE YNOLDS * &. AN DRESS. We are authorised to say, (or Mr. Samuel Millikan, o Hollldaysburg, that the 20 burse power Portable En gine and Saw Mill we eold him, has folly met hi* expec tattoo and proved itself to be all that was-claimed for fox a second Engine and Saw Hill, of same powet and size. For (hither references, we will give the names of M. T . Dill and Thomas U'Aulley, Altoona, Pa.; A. L. Holli day. Hollldaysburg, Pa.; M.M. Adams. Crosaou, Pa.; W. B. Zeigler and Joseph 8. Reed, Huntingdon. Pa.: Mesen-. Burley, k Co.. Tyrone, Pa., at) of whom have purchas'd Portable Steam Kogiues and. Portable Circular Saw Mil!.- of us. We fully warrant 1 our Engines and Saw Mills, to be made of first-class \material: workman»hii> the same: with Brass Ball Valves in pumps and check*, and to saw frotn 6.000 to 10.000 leel of lumber per day—-*tiy 10 hours. Orders solicited. Description circular sent to all cor i“spuudent*. Respectfully, J. A J. H. DUVALL. Corner Market and art! Streets, just opposite C. 0. R. Road Depot. Zsne-ville. Ohio. June 2,18634 m. 0, YES! 0, YES!! THIS WAY! THIS WAY! NEW SPRING & SUMMER GOODS. JB. HILEMAN has just receive I a • large and well stock of Goods, consisting of Cloths, Plain ami Fancy Ca**lmere«, ditinettt, Ken tucky Jeans. Tweeds, Beaverteens, Blue Drilling, and all oth*r kinds of Goods for MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR, together with » grand and magnificent atturtment of LADIES’ DRESS GOODS. Ihtck as Black and Fhncy Silks* Chollies, Bertgts, Brilliants, Lawns. Betaines, CfdtUa, Beßeaes, Crapes. Prints, f rape and SUUa Shawls, Mantillas. Underderces and Hosiery. Bonnets and Ribbons. Collars; Band kerchiefs. Kid Glare*.Booped Skirts, Skirl ing, Lace Mitts, do. t£c. ALSO, Tickings, Check*, Bleached and Unbleached Mu. I in*. Cotton and Linen Table Diaper, Crash, Nankeen, Ac. BOOTS AND SHOES, HARDWARE, QUEENSWAKK, WOOD AND WILLOW WAKE, ' OIL CLOTHS, CARPETS, AC. GROCERIES. Our stock of Groceries L* more extensive than ever, and consists of Bio and Java Coffee, Crashed. Loaf and N O. Sugars; Green, Y. U. and Black Teas; Molasses, Soap*. Candle*, Baft, fish. Ac. Thankful to the public fb< a the very liberal patronage heretofore received, be hopes by strict attention to busi f>eas, and an etuleaafar to please* to merit a continuance of tbh tame. * * Call and examine his Stock, and you will be con vinced th t he has the, bestassortmentand cheapest Goods la the market. *«* Country Produce of all kinds taken in exchange for Goods At. market prices. Altoona, April 28.1863. EXCELSIOR Hat Sd Cap Store. THE PROPRIETOR OF THE X “EXCELSIOR” HAT and CAP Store. ««’ttld Inform a is customers, auJ the Public generally. that.be returned Jfcom the city with the largest aad most varied stock of'goods la his line evtr brought to Altoona, ali of whkh be has bow on exhibition and sale at his abw store loom on Virginia street, nest door to Jag v&nfs store. Bis stock embraces all the latest styles of SPRING AND SUMMER HATS, J| CAPS, MISSES’ FLATS, &C. Ri« Stock of Hats and Caps are of the very bast selection, of eveiy style, color and shape, for both old aad young. All he asks is that the people call aftd examine his stock, sad hs feels confident U*at he can tend them away re joicing, if aot in the purchase of such an article as they wanted, at the remembrance of baring looked upon the handsomest stock of Hats, Caps, Flats, Ac., ever exhibited in this town. I have.alsooa hand aa eutferolyneir stock of Ladies’ ud (Mdreas’ flats and Fiats, *b!eh I am confident Moot be anrpaeeed in ihe country, 111 of which I will cell at the mort reasonable pride. He member the -Halt of Paehlon when yon anything in u>« line of hem! covering, and call on May 4. ’6 N" ©w Drug Store. rV BERLIN & CO., ANNOUNCE 10 \ the of Altoona and vicinity that they hare opened a Drug and Variety Store in WORK’S NEW BUILDING, l irginia Street, between Julia and Caroline Streets, where may he had DHUOS. CHEMICALS. DTE-STUFFS, „ . PATENT MEDICINES, PEP FUMED lE.t, PAINTS, pa, GLASS PUTTY, *“'* ail other articles usually sold in the Drug business' OUU MEDICINES »« «f the purest and uest quality, and our Chemicals u s* “K*“ « f the best man nfact opera. lm ’ others requiring to use, WiZ? '*L US ’ y*«NW««*. TORHBim.V*. •ndsio Utau, Putty, Pinnt Predict, Sadi Tools, ai Aacramental purposes always In store. »X.Wi°2Sl”5 ,r .? et,Jr * nd P™“P t| y unswered, and eueian* Prescriptions accurately compounded. I ■Wltt.llijf IS, IKS, THE ALTOONA TRIBUNE | E. B. McCRI/M: H . C. VERA j KDItURa aNO PROPRIETORS. Per aimvm, (payable luwU'ily in adv«uco t ) $1 50 All papers .diKttatiuaed at Hie' ©xplratiou of the time paid lor. « 1 ioMitioo 2 do. u do. Four lines or leas. $ 26 $ 37U $ 60 Opo Square, (8 lines) 60 76 1 00 T-wo “ (16 “ ). % 100 160 2uO Three “ (24 “ ).._ 150 200 260 Over three weeks aud tax than three njonth*, 26 cent* per tquare for each Insertion. Smooths. 6 months. 1 year. Six lines or less $1 60 $3 00 %6 00 One square 2 60 4 00 7 00 Tw* “ 400 000 10 00 P r e® 44 600 800 12 00 *o«r 6 00 10 00 14 00 Half a column 10 00 14 00 20 00 One colniun 14 00 25 00 40 00 Administrators and Executors Notices i 75 Merchants advertMojr by the year, threesqimrte, with liberty to change 10 00 Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding 8 lines v ith paper, per year 6 00 Communications of a politica character or individual interest, will be charged according to the above rates. Advertisements not marked with the number of itiser- Hods desired, will be continued till forbid and charged according to the above t**rms. Business notice*five cents pe* line for every Insertion. Obituary exceeding ten lines, fifty cents a square I DREAMED MY BOY WAS HOME Chorus. —How well I know such thoughts of joy— Pncb dreams of bliss are rain. My heart is sad; my tears will flow, Chorus.—How well I kuow. Ac But the dream is past; and wild it All my happiness it gone; • Cheerful thoughts of joy have vanished 1 must still in sorrow mourn. Boon may peace with all its blessing? Our unhappy land reclaim ; Then my team will Cease their flowing And my boy be home again. Chorus'.—Uuw well I know. &c. Jfelttt HJiscfUani. In the little picturesque village of Dud dingstoue. near Edinburg, lived a poor and holiest mender of boots and shoes, by the name of Robin Rentoul. He had been a cobbler all bis days, but to no pur pose. He had made nothing at the busi ness, although he had given it a fair trial of fifty or sixty years. To make the meet was the utmost he could do; he therefore bore no great liking to a profession which had done so little for him, and fur which he had donejw much. His mind, in short, did not go with his work; and it was the interest, as well as duty and pleasure, of his good wife, Janet, to hold him to it (particularly when he had given his word of honor to a customer) by all the arts common to her sex—sometimes by scold ing, sometimes by taunting, but oltener— for Janet was a kind hearted creature — by treating him to a thimbleful of aqua viue, which he loved dearly, with its proper accompaniments of bread and cheese. Although, however, Robin did not keep by the shoes with any good heart he could nut be called either a lazy or inefficient man. Li everything but cobbling, he took a deep and active interest. In particular, he was a great connoisseur of the weather. Nobody could prophesy snow like Rubin, or foretell a bitick frost. The latter was Robin’s delight ) fur with it came the peo ple of Edinburg to bold their saturnalia on Duddingstufie loch, and cobbling, on these occasions, was entiiely out of the question., His rickety table, buttle and glass, were then in requisition, for the ben efit of curlers and skaters in general, and of himself in particular. But little benefit accrued from these to Robin, although be could always count on one good customer —in himself. 0n tlje breaking up of the ice, he regularly found himself poorer than before, and what was worse, with a smal ler disposition than ever to work. It must Lavebeen on some occasion of this kind, that strung necessity suggested to Robin a step for the bettering of his fortunes, which was patronized by the legis lature of the day, and which he had heard was resorted to by many with suc cess. Robin resolved to try the lottery.— With thirty shillings, which he bad kept in an old stocking for the landlord, he went to Edinburgh, end purchased a sixteenth. This * proceeding he determined to keep a prpfund secret from every one; but whisky cannot tolerate secrets; the first half-rautch kin with barber Hugh succeeded in eject > ing it i and as the. barber had every oppor tunity, as well as disposition, to spread it, the circumstance was soon known to all fn .the village. Among others it reached the ears of Ur. Blank, a young gentleman who hap pened to resident Duddingstone, and who took an interest in the fortunes of Robin. JKSBE SMITH. XSRMS OP ADVERTISING ®&oire §opttg. AGAIN. woana akd at'Slc dt chaklu cuuull utm Lonely, weary, broken hearted. As Liaid me down to sleep, Thinking of the day we parted. When you told me not to weep. Soon I dreamed that peaceful angel* Hovered o'er the battle plain. Singing songs of joy and gladness. And my boy was home again. Until my boy is home again. Tears were changed to loud rejoicings. Night was tu ued to endless day ’ Loving birds were sweetly singing, Flower* bloomed b bright array. Old and young seemed light and cheerful— Peace seemed everywhere to nign My poor h* art forgot iu sorrow. For my boy was Lome again. THE COBBLER. ALTOONA. PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 26. 1863 Air. blank (unknown to the villagers) was connected with the press of E:;inburg, par ticularly with a certain . newspaper, one copy of which had an extensive circula tion in Duddingstone. First of all. the newspaper reached Mr. Blank on the Sat urday oT its publication : on Monday it tell into the hands of Robin, who like the re?t of ids trade, had most leisure on that day to peruse it; on Tuesday the baker had it: on Wednesday, the tailor: on Ihnrsday, the blacksmith ; on Friday, the gardener; and on Saturday, the barber, in whose shop it lay till the succeeding Saturday brought another. Mr. Blank soon got from Robin's own mouth all the particu lars of the lottery ticket purchase, even to •he very number, which was seventeen hundred and ftlty-seven, a number chosen by Robin, who had an eye to fatalism, as being the date of the year in which he was borh. A lope ot mischief or sport suggested to the young gentleman the wicked thought of making the newspaper a means of hoax ing Robin regarding the lottery ticket.— We shall not undertake to defend Mr. Blank’s conduct, even on the score of his being, as ho was, a very young man. 'J lie experiment he made was cruel, although we believe it was done without malignity, and with every resolution that Robin should not be a loser by it. About the time when news ol ihe lottery drawing was expected, the following paragraph appeared in the newspaper with which Mr. Blank was connected. “By private accounts from London, we understand that nine hundred and eighty four, and seventeen hundred and fifty seven, are the numbers draw r n in the pres ent lottery for tlie two twenty thousand pound prizes. We know not if any of these lucky numbers have been disposed ot in this quarter.” Poor Robin came for his newspaper at the usual lime, and in his usual mannei. He get his customary glass, but missed his customary “ bother” with Mr. Blank, who chose for the present to lie out of the way. Home he trudged, carrying the newspaper, the harbinger of his fortune, in the crown o) hi* hat—placed himself on his stool drew out his spectacles—and began to read as usual, from the beginning of the first page. It was some time before he reached the paragraph big with his fate. When he saw it, he gave a gasp—look off his spectacles and began to rub them, as it doubtful that they bad deceived him— placed them again deliberately on his nose —read the passage over again, slowly and surely—then quietly laying his hand on a shoe which he had been mending, and which contained a last, made it in a mo ment spin through the window, carrying the casement with it. His wife, Janet* was not at home, so, rushing out of doors, he made his way to his old haunt, at the sign of the Sheep’s Head. The landlady held up her hands at bis wild looks “ Send for barber Hughie,” he cried, “ and Neil the tailor ; and I say Luckie, bring—lei me see—a gallon o’ your best; and some cheese—a hsnl cheese—nane o’ your halfs and quarters.” “Guide us, Robin! What bee’s this in your bonnet ? The man’s gyte!” “ Look there, woman, at the papers.— I’ve gotten a prize. A twenty thousand pounder. What’s the sixteenth of that, think ye?” “ A prize and nae blank ! Eh, wow, Robin, gie’s a shake o’ your hand. I aye said ye wad come to something. Isy, my dear, rin for the barber —and Neil—if he’s sober—and bring the gudeman, too. Ihe mair the merrier.” Robin was soon surrounded by all his cronies of the village: for the news of his good fortune spread with the rapidity of scandal. Innumerable were the shakings of hands, and pledges of good will and as sistance. Ihe Sheep’s Head soon became too hot for the company; the village itself was in an uproar; and as halloo followed halloo, Mr. Blank inWardly “shrunk al the sound himself had made.” Meanwhile, to have the truth of the statement con firmed. a superannuated! lawyer had been dispatcned to Edinburg |; and his return with the intelligence that ail was a hoax, spread dismay over the faces of the ca rousors, and made : Robin’s heart sink with grief and shame. A speedy change took place in the con duct of those fair weather friends who had flocked around the poor cobbler. From being the admired of all beholders, he be came an object of scorn and laughter, till, unable to stand their mocks und gibes, he rushed from their presence, and sought shel ter under his own bedclothes. The only one who stood true was Neil the tailor. — He followed Robin to, his own house :look him by the hand, and said, “Robin, 'my roan, I promised you a suit o’ clothes o’ the best. I ken ye wad hae befriended me had ye got the cash —and—lottery or no lottery—by Jove! I’ll keep my word.” Mr. Blank took care to discharge the debt incurred at the Sheep’s Head, and endeavored by proffers of moriey and oth erwise, to comfort Robin, and atone in some measure for the injury which he had secretly done him. But Robin turned himself in bed and would nut be comforted, i 'lhree days he lay in this plight, when au- [independent in evkrything.] thentic infbithation arrived of Ih6 drawing ot the lottery; Robin's number was, after all. in reality; a lucky one—not, indeed, twenty thousand, hut five thousand pounds. Ihe sixteenth of even this was a little fortune to him, and he received it with so ber satisfaction, very different from the boisterous glee which he had formerly.— I'll seek nape o' them this time,” he said to his wife,; Janet—except Neil the tailor; he, puir body, was the only true hearted creature amang a’. I've learn’t a lesson by what has taken place, lean wha to trust.” A StkagktJc Landlord.—A Chicago paper states that a man in the West Di \ ision owned a house —which he tenanted out on a roere : parole ora verbal lease. — The |ieriod of the tenantcy expired and the tenant was notified to vacate. The tenant paid no attention to the several notices. ihe owner found (as all owners who let houses without a written lease may find.) that without nearly as much trouble and expense as the house was worth, he could not get his tenant out. In this dilemma he hit upon a stragetic expedient. He read in the papers how Gen. Grant had cut off the enemy’.- communications’’ at Vicksburg, thus plac ciug him in a situation where, as soon a his supplies were exhausted, he must sur render at discretion. Our West Side landlord resolved to cut off his tenant’s communications. He employed a bouse mover, and re quested him to bring an extra supply of blocks, and commenced raising the build ing. When he. had raised it about four feet from the ground the tenant called a parley. The owner said “ Move,” the tenant said “ No.” House-raiser went on with his work. The next morning the tenant found his front door about eighteen feet above the surface of the earth, and no front stairway. It was an eleva tion from which to jump would be dan gerous. He called for a ladder. “ Move.” ihe tenant looked down sadly at the beautiful earth spread out beneath him, and agreed to move. A ladder was brought, down, which the tenant and hi? .household goods descended. ACute Trick.—A dandy was recently walking under the arcades of the Rue di Rivoil, in I’aris, holding in his hand a gold-headed cane of splendid workman ship. A man supported by two crutches came up, and asked for alms in a pitifu tone. The dandy, moved to pity, gavr the beggar a small silver coin. At the same moment, a person near him suddenly exclaimed : “ How can you. sir, allow this rogue to deceive you 1 Please tc lend me your cane, and 1 will show you that the rascal runs better than 1 can.’ The dandy without reflecting, lent hi? cane; the beggar, the moment he per ceived it in his detractor’s hands, threw away hi* crutches and took to his heels, and was followed by the man with the cane, whilst the spectators, and the dandy particularly, remained in convulsions ol laughter at the sight, and exclaiming al ternately, “ Oh, he will be caught!”— “ No, he will not be caught!” But both the racing heroes disappeared at the next turning in the 811*661, and their victim, re mained waiting for his splendid cane, which cost five hundred francs. Who wounD be a Goat? —An “old salt,” who had been on a bender, had gut what might be termed “sublimely misfitied,” by his frequent imbibings of the critter. Staggering along the streets he thought to go to a theater, and pass the remainder of the evening. Following some men, whom he thought were bound on the same voyage, he found himself in what he took to, be the pit, but it hap pened to be a meeting house, and the min ister was preaching from the text, wherein is mentioned the sheep and goats ; and, in order to make an impression upon his congregation, he put the significant ques tion : “ Who would be a goat ?” and paused; and then, with still greater emphasis, asked: “ Who would be a goat ?” tipsy sailor could not brook the demy,-and at once responded: “As no body else (hie) will be it. I'll be the (hie) goat, rather (hie) than the play should stop.*’ Character is Power.—lt is often saiJ that knowledge is power, and this is true, hkill or faculty of any kind carries within superiority. So, to a certain ex tent, wealth is power, and rank is power, and genius has a transcendent gift of mas tery over men. But higher, purer and better than all, more consistent in its in fluence and mdre lasting in its sway, is the power of character—power which emanates from a pure and lofty mind.— lake any community, and who is'the*man of most influence { To whom do all look up with reverence 1 Not the smartest man, nor the cleverest politician, nor the most brilliant talker, but he who in a long course of years tried by the extremes of prosperity and adversity, has approved 1 hithseli to the judgment of his neigh bors, and all who have seen his life, as worthy to be called wise and good. PROFIT AHD LOSS. As an unscrupulous fellow named Ben was coming down one morning, he met Tom, and stopped him. “ I say, Tom,” he said, “ here’s a pretty good counterfeit three. If you pass it, I’ll divide.” ” Let’s see the plaster,” said Tom; and after examining it carefully, put it in his vest pocket, remarking: “It is an equal division—a dollar and a half a piece ?” *’ Yes,” said Ben. “ All right,” said Tom, And off he went. A few minutes afterward, he quietly stepped into the store of his friend Ben, and purchased a can of oysters for a dol lar and a half, laying down tbe three dollars tor them. Ihe clerk looked at the bill rather doubtingly ; when his sus picions were immediately calmed by Tom. who said: “There is’no use in locking, for I re ceived the note from Ben himself not ten minutes ago.” Of course the clerk, with this assurance, forked the dollar and a half in change; with this deposit and a can of oysters i om left. Shortly afterward be met Ben, who asked him if he had passed the note. “Oh, yes,” said lom at the same time passing over the dollar and a half to Ben. That evening, when Ben made up his cash account, he was surprised to find the same old counterfeit three- in the drawer. Turning to his locum tenans, he asked: “ Where did you get this cursed note '! Didn’t you know it was counterfeit ?” “ Why,” said the clerk, “ Tom gave it to me, and I suspected It was fishy ; but he said he had Just received it from yon, and I took it.” The thing had penetrated Ihe wool of Ben. With a particulargrjn, he muttered. " Sold !” and charged the can of oysters to profit and loss acocuut An Ancient Love Story.—A very curious love story is told by several an cient writers, respecting Egirvard, a sec retary to Charlemagne, and a daughter of that emperor. 'J he secretary fell in love with the princess,’who at* length allowed oim to visit her. One winter’s night he staid with her very late, and in the mean ime a deep snow had fallen. If lie left, .its footmarks would be observed,, and yel to stay would expose him to danger. At length the princess resolved to carry- him in her back to a neighboring house, which she did. It happened, however, that from the window ol his bedroom the emperor saw the whole affair. In the issembiy of the Lords, the following day. when Egirvard and his daughter were present, he asked what ought to be done to a man who compelled a king’s daughter to carry him on her shoplders, through .rost and and snow, in the middle of a winter’s night. They answered that he was worthy of death. Ihe lovers were alarmed; but the Emperor ’ addressing Egirvard, said: “ Hadst thou loved my laughter, thou shouldst have come to me; thou art worthy of death, but I give thee two lives. Take thy: fair porter in marriage, fear God, and love one another.” Birds in Battle.— The battle of Mur freesboro was fought ii a wooded and thinly settled country. The wild animal. of the forest were frightened by the storm and shot of the loud roar of the great guns. The men were lying behind a crest waiting. A brace of frantic wild turkeys, so parahzed with fright that they were incapable of flying, ran between the lines and endeavored to hide among the men. But the frenzy among the turkeys was not so touching as the exquisite fright of the birds and rabbits. When the roar of bat tle' rushed through the cedar thickets, flocks of little birds fluttered and circled above the field in a state of utter bewilder ment and scores of rabbits fled for protec tion to our men lying down In line on the left, nestling under their coats and creeping under their legs in a state of utter distrac tion. They hopped over the field like toads and as perfectly tamed by fight as household pets. Many officers witnessed it, relharking it as one of the most curious spectacles ever seen upon a battle Arid. Deucate Dessert.— Lay half a dozen crackers in a tureen, pour on enough boil ing water to cover them. In a few minutes they will be swollen to three or four times their original size. Now grate loaf sugar and a little nutmeg over them, and dip on enough sweet cream to make h nice sauce, and you will have a simple and delicious dessert that will rest lightly on your stom ach-—and it is easily prepared. Leave out the cream, and it is a valuable receipt for “sick room cookery.” 19“ “ Well what next ?” said ‘ Mrs. Partington, as she interrupted Ike, who was trading the war news—“ The pickets were driven in five miles! Bless :ny poor soul, but that will make a strung: fence. I suppose they had to be driven in deep to keep the’ sessiouaders from digging out un der them.” r-o EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS Extbaobi>ina*y Jovkkkt.bt a cat.— A wonderful instance of feline affection occurred a short time ago. A person named Marsh Allen, residing at Wilough ton, England, who is in a eery delicate state pf health, went to Hull-to put him self under medical treatment, leaving his eat, which was under twelve months old, at WHoughton. One day after he had been there some time, happening to go in the back-yard of the houfte at which he was staying, he observed a cat sitting on the outer wall He earnestly called “ pussy,” when the animal, to his great surprise, jumped from the wall, rushed upon his shoulders at id into bis boeom, commenced lickiug his face, and exhibit ing every other evidence of delight and affection of which it was capable. Ho at um* perceived (bat it; was his own cat, which he had left safely at Wiloughton ; and his astonishment at the startling fact may be readily imagined. On examining the animal he found that its claws were completely worn off with Walking and that it presented other apperanees of hav ing undergone great fatigue, bardahip and hunger. How it succeeded in crossing the Humber, or indeed ia performing the journey (about fifty miles) at all, must now remain a mystery. It may be men tioned as partly accounting for this violent affection shown by this poor member of the feline race, that Allen was very fond of the animal, and, in his sickness, had been in the habit of taking it to bed with him. ‘-I®- Quite Even. —A good story is told °f f 'l‘ ow «nan, who carried about on ex hibition an enormous bear. In a certain townjn Vermont, where Bmin was at tracting crowds, dwelt a farmer and Ins -wife, and an interesting and multitudinous family of twenty children, 'ihe pater familiar was very desirous of gratifying the commendable curiosity of his offspring; but the price of admission to the show was one shilling, and that, multiplied by the number of his olive plants, was too much for his exchequer. Ho therefore approached the showman, and after some parley concluded a bargain, by which the latter agreed to drive into the fanner’s back yard with Bruin's cage, -and give a private exhibition to the entire family for one dollar. This was done, to the great delight of the old folks and the children, when the farmer proffered the compensa tory dollar to the obliging showman.— “Oh, no!” said the latter, U I can't take anything; it is no more a sjghtforyour family to see my bear, than for my bear to see your family.” Stacking Arms.— The following good story is told of Gen John A. Logan.: When he was a Colonel, at the com mencement of the rebellion, six companies of his corps becoming aggrieved at' some thing, stacked arms and refined to do duty. Thu adjutant informed Colonel Logan of the difficulty, who, upon bearing ex claimed, “Stacked arms! Tlie devil they have!” Then pausing a minute, as lie Con sidered the emergency, he eontijnyd : “Well, adjutant, I’ll give ’em enough of stacking arms.” Accordingly h« formed the remaining four compaaies in line, with loaded muskets, and sttwd them over the malcontents, whom he compelled to stack and unstack arms for twelvehoors. Tliey Jid’nt want to stack arms after that with out special orders. The Memory of a Mother.—‘When temptation appears, and wc are almost persuaded to do wrong, how often a moth er's word of warning will call to iuind vows that apFreally broken. Yes, the memory or a mother has saved many a poor wretch from going astray, 'lall grass may be growing over the hallowed spot'where all her earthly remains repose ; the dying leaves of autumn may be whirl ed over it, or the whUe mantle of winter may cover it from sight; yet the spirit df her, when he walks in the right path, appears, and gently, softly, mournfully calls to him when wandering off into the ways of error. Honetmoon.— The word “ Honeymoon” ia traceable to Teutonic origin.’ Among the Teutons was a favorite drink, called Metheglin.” It was made of mfrad and honey, and was like that of European countries. These honeyed drinks were used more especally at marriage festivals, which were kept up among the nobility on« lunar month, the festive boartl being well supplied with metheglin. *• Honah moon” signified the moon or moonath of the marriage festival. Alaric the Goth, celebrated by Southey’s poem, died on his wedding night, from too free indulgences in the honeyed drink. aa.Why, asks Vanity Fwv wras the Ute rebel incursion into Pmwl^sn&Gke the embroidery of a lady’s iiii, it was chiefly arrayed ~ ' ’ **"* f - A Western editor having published a long leader on “Hogs,” a rival papeiia the same village upbraWs him hia finally matters on the public. NO. 27