& : » ‘U> w IKV-TMS)lii«l fi*«ali.' S»» •Ur, Qiauaa'i jSbm N*w«. jSw.*o.tb ii.4toMJM.llJ K»- 2K ei i£™£r id ‘ 'mfrrUttrf. fn Iw'. o*c», «r» ui} MB' gtTf lifctu wintrai book* thrir work t» Imrk 81. IKIB-) J * M ~ w« ■ | * pv||||,, MW :: dsPll OO" «s )NWAM>! JTJEPI ; DESIRES TO m^ss^ tint; Br# ttoek of ► ODS, prettfeiUUMt aos AffSapiS, qtmttt* ofgooda, ?dtDi» t<r«toiisAhfo. OVISiONS ■qr '-1b . 9Mr; f« ISBIBO Wf 'Bmia, Sail *«i«LOP. ECTIONEB, Y <>N HAND S, CANDIES , which>• «t tba ifext nn» B,ind>w ’PIiKS, '0 ORJXER, *ixl to tb* D*»t- yIU tod iibn Ware. |HMo unui»- of 3la o*4 M ■ esUnrypnrpaM— ad* in Hdttmi; fSTUFFKE, Mcntobtawnci*, Mr.bolctor <*Uiom Mttes <n> SPOOItSU 'ft jfefefer Agency, AIN BTRKKT WBOOKS, .CTIONAIUKS BACCO, BEAT VARIETY ; €50.. ■■ „ . M.roosj. jpa* GK&CO.. t», /•d.. RS. I PKINQIPAL fareal*. CnllectioM *Mni)toqads«na4, idt*re«at*lrratM I^actical IgM* ■■ >MHLi»nnh( mi. bapM i'. >WOULDDO ji|M* >. WWN Wm ft* 'JC-SkrULK' ■ ■■!•■*■ ■•'• i|t*d Cmolu»«u. . OILS, CAM- M«Buar». . m’ssm ijttatifcrlti*- <*•*• * JCOT*I <A*OE A»P . ...J HU (gj .I,—. ■ f ■ . . • t . ■Mg. i; •■ . ; . . JV , 0 * * BERN. '-''A'' L. 91 Gall and “See UP • Ddrner of Harriet and Julia | | , East Altoona. , j tiASSI — CASH!! — CASH!! ’ yr «>'r\xrrv,HßT-\ j\ MiN(i the rapid ad flT raae»«f wry article of trade, the- undersigned bstadeTetmtaedto KKDDCK TIIKIR PKIOKB on then euiireetockdf ! : I) ay GOODS, GROCERIES, QUEENSWARE, | I 1 ' BOOTS, SHOES, AC., AC., On and after January 11th 1864. : lu order td enable them to doiso successfully, they will : *, il eaclnsitedy for CASH. We will not pretend to say j iltat We ate adopting tills system solely for your benefit-1 bi t lon-5 experience in business teaches us that the bene, • lit i will be reciprtjoal. „ . ... . will not intrude by fitting long lista of redactions , tbit we intend to make, but respectfully tattle yon to call aril eiatulneour.Mock. Till ns yon hate the Cash,-and yon will certainly go away satisfied that yon hate found TilK PLACK. Wear* determined, to sell a little K*yrer ihtii tbe lowest, If* wo should do it on. ** half rations.” on* prompt-paying patrons on the old system, w J can say that If you will continue your patronage ou tit new §>»tfm. our word for it; it will prove more td Vl ur advantage than our owa. Those who have not bee o' not be able to “see.it.” iw-Wo keep constantly on bund a large stock of KtmUv Flour, Buckwheat Flour, Coni Flour, Feed, &c., Ai l.uf whichlwe have facilities for selling gt prices which d«l> cum petition. TUTUS. |.tll<K>na, Jan. 13. 1804 SAVE THE PER CENTAGE BY BUYING YUUR i: LOTRING FROM FIRST HANDS. lATTINGER & TUCK, Manufacturers VJ of and Wholesale aui Retail dealers in Readymade' I'jolhing. wpuld respectfully invite th*- attention ot the pit olio to tht* foUbwiug. facts in .efereuce to their !»u*ck. ] l«*t. Wu manufaMuro onr own goo U. They «r<-made up hi our owiu Store, D* Philadelphia. m.dei <»ur immediate supervision, hod we know they are well made and can he wUnuiited ; fKQUAI. TO THK BEST, aft l huperlorlio tlje largest quantity of Ready-made cloth tiii in the market. icjad. We buy our Cloth* directly from the Importers and Jbomlacturer*, consequently we save the per centage put hv middle men. aid. We sell our Clothing at a reasonable percentage oft- the coet.of our Cloths, thereby saving the purchaser* of t’lothing the percentage which must he added by those who 'my /com second hands to te-H again We retail o«: ‘ .rung at dim same price, which otbet merchants pay (<ir iJielrs at .Svholesalr, consequently those who buy from j*-i their g.*od;i.ttl the same price which other Ciochiers pj.> for their* in the city, thereby saving said Glf-thier*. pt' c-ntage. , ; I • hare branch Stores in [ ALTOONA AND .JOHNSTOWN, a- 1 .-regoods may be had at the muii** figure* it whidi w«* »*•; ihem hero jn city. . '■ > buen t«dd. or imagine*., dial Tuck a Sli.m. . in Altooui. i» " played out." lot -u.-h person drop » ji * his OstabUsbmeOt. On Main Street, and . xam)m* his g«- [*> aud price*. tVli4)lesalecHpil#e, No. »02 Market Street. IMiiJad-lphiu. 2 t 18tf3.—tf ' goods. tip HE undersipned wouli! respi-cU'iilly in- B. form the <4t|»eiLl of Altoona arid mu confiding coilu . that he has returned from tin* Hast, where Jim ha* UK-Ii electing hisstpckof FALL AND WINTER GOODS, which. for style, quality and price, cannot L« surj<a**eti in thn* neck of country, Uie stock is much larger than b;r-iofore, and as it is quite an object, in these exciting atar times, fdr every one t to purchese where they can The Best Goods and at the Lowest Prices, hi* would say that he can and will sell as tow. if not a l&tfe lower than any other boose in this place. He wUAies ah to call and see his stock before purchasing elsewhere, aji lif feels confident be can offer inducements which will d )iy »i>mpetttion. His stqpk consists of LADIES’[DRESS GOODS of every description, MRN AND BOYS’ WINTER WEAR, Tames and misses’ dress shoes MEN AND BOYS’ BOOTS AND jHOKS, f • i ‘ MEN’S UaLF HOSE [ WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ WOOL BOSK. if ATS AND;CAPS, [" HLKACHED AND UNBLEACHED MUSLIN, i • | GINGHAMS AND HEAVY DRILLINGS, i 11-' will sell Ladi«6 Sewed, Heeled .Bootees at st.SO@l.Tli Kiji Pegged;. 1.37(91.£0 M«-irs Boots; 2.75<§£,50 BALMORAL SKIRTS, very law. [ J GROCERIES. j WliitS and Brown Sugar, Rio Cqffeoe, Syrups, Teas. Ac.* and HT«ryth)ng that is usually kept in a Dry Goods Store. hW| as cheap as the cheapest. J. A. SPRANKLK. \ Altoona, Oct. 7,1865. f CITY DRUG-'* STORK. j|i{. E;. H. REIGAJTT would respect- MJ fully announce to the citize'os of Altoona and sur rounding country, that he has recently purchased * the Drug Store Of Berlin 'k Co., on Virginia Street, opposite sri*VHardware Store. | His Drugs are Fresh and Pure. slid ho hopes by strict attention to business, to merit a share of public patrpnage. [ ''alt and ejc&mine his stock. Tic ha* constantly on hsndU DRUGS, MEDICINES and CHEMICALS, PtNE TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY, SHUSHES, 1 GLASS;j PUTTY, PAINTS, OILS, TA BHISSES, f CARBON OIL AND LAMPS. | NOTIONS, CIGARS, oM retry article urually kept in a Firtt-clatt Drug Slnre. i PXJ|BE WINKS AND LIQUORS i . for medicinal use. iIMiMESne QRaPE WINE—PfRE—WARRANTED, j P&FSICIAXS' PBBStRIPTIOys sfcuratety compounded, at all hours of the day or nijjht I Altoona, Sept. 30,1863. , ' t*~* :l_l' ~~ ar- •+- ! Victory Won! iPU£ Subscribers would respectfully [I announce te the citizens of Altoona and rlciiiitr Wat they h*T, jn»t returned from the East *lth their ; | FALL AND WINTEiI STOCK OF I HATS & CAPS, i BOOTS Sc SHOES-1 : Their [Stock of HATS & CAPS have beeu ue- with great care, and with (he view of suiting an who may fcyor them With their patronage. Their line df Boots and Shoe* is complete. ! Their LADIES' MISSUS' and CHILDREN'S SHOES afe df City make, and warranted. Their" Balmoral Bbeen ipr Ladies sad Mieses, are Just the thing Tor wet Weathep and taring health i Thankful tdthe public for their very liberal patronage haretofcre, they hope to merita conti nnaaoe of the same. ‘Store an MAXN ST. next door to Bowman's Exchange fidM. ■ SMITH * ! lAltoona, Majr 12. 1*63, K TEAS I TEAS!—FJBITCIIEY ; T«m superior to an/ ever offered njAJ- | we free of adalterationJ coloring, or oils* ! . frod. , ! t ■ ■ lOSTQN CBACKEHS—A t-ABUE ■ * '*uplAof thene ilelidoaa cracker* Jmit rcccireU I : . FIUTCHKi'. KLMBOWS GENUINE BUI’HU I J|A and Dnke’n PUntmUon Bitter., at ; Uaa. 15, *»«! KKIOART’S Drag Store. ; | EXCELLENT HEAVY BOOTS A j WtOßSiaet ferefeed at UDOHMAKX * the tribune. K. B HeVttUM. ■ - r* - * B - I N|F M ’ SUITORS *»» *#omuo««. ' For snnnm, (parable iiivnrUMy in ndTnnce,)...... $1 60 All pnpep discontinued M tbc expirntlon of the time, paid lor, f ““ ,W ;¥& 2 do. 3 do. Poor line. or lew.. ■ * V> $ ♦ *® On, Square. (8 liner) *0 » 100 Two “ (10 " i 1 00 1 60 *OO Tlireo “ (2* •* j............ ‘1:60 2 00 2 50 Utw tfiroe weeks Mid le*o t|Mi throe months. ,26 cents uw Aquar* lor each itwertiou. , , y H 3 months 6 month*. I year. Six lines, w less 1 60 $ 3 00 jj® ; i% SS «SS Three *• 5 00 . 8 00 12 00 FoiT - I . 0 00 10 00 MOO Qolfocolnmn JO 00 MOO 20 00 QoJnlZ™.. M 00 26 00 40 00 Administrators and ExeontoniNutkee * Merohants advertising by t the year, three squares, witii liberty to * W ProfewionM or Bovine** Caras, not exceeding « lines with paper, per year ....a Coromnoicatlons of a poHtiCal character or iudlridual Interact, will be charged according to the above A,lrertisemente not merkediwlthtbc nnmber of lOßer tions desired, will be continued till forbid and eha|ged according tn the above terms. ■ __ ' Business notices Are cents per line forevery ObitoJy notices exceeding yp lines..fifty cents a square BATTLE-WORN BANNERS. 1 saw the soldiers come luvday battle-field* afar- N*» conqueror rode bofbrjfc their way On hi* triumphal cur. But captains, like themselves. on loot, \ And banners sadly tom. All grandly eloquent, though mute. In pride and glory* born*'. D. M. BARK A CO. God bless the soldiers! <*ry the folk. Whose cheers of welcome Hwejl; (iod bless the banners, Iflack with amok** n And torn by shot antishell! ' They should be bung onsacred shrines. Baptized with greatfnl teinl. And live embalmed in poets'lines Through all succeeding years. . No grander tropies Coultf be brought 1 By patriotic sire to sop, Uf glorious battles uobljf fought, Brave deeds sublimely done. And so. to-day. 1 chanced with pride And solemn Joy to sefT Those remnsnu from the bloody tide Of Victory! LIZZIE COMPTON, THE SOL DIEB GIBL. . : — lr- The Bdcbester, New York, Union of last Saturday contains ’ the following strange story The young female noticed yesterday as having sought to be received into the 3d cavalry, |larnB out tobe Lizzie Compton, the young f|oldier girl whose ca reer has been noticed by the Western and Southern papers. This girl was taken to the police station yesterday. It was sup posed that she was an adventurer like many who have appeared in a similar dis guise, and was therefore regarded as a disorderly person; The chief found her in Warden's saloon talking with a young man, and told her that she was wanted by the police magistrate. She replied that she. would go to him, but begged that she might be permitted to go out of the saloon unattended, that she might not ap pear to be under arrest. Her wishes were complied with and lazzie in a - few min- ..^-.•r'.-ir-fe Cbottt Those banners, soiled with dust and smoke. And rent by shot and alieii. That through the serried phalanx broke What terrors they coijjld tell ! What tales of eurtdeh pain and death. In every cannon's l>oom, When even the bnicest held his breath And waited for hi* doom By hands of steel these flag* were waved .Above the carnage dire. Almost destroyed yet always saved. Mi?l battle clouds and tire Though down at times. Rtlll up they rose And hissed th« br«er-* again.. Dread tokens to the rebel foes Mf true and loyal men. And here the true ami still Those famous banner** darar The bugles wind, the fitfs blow shrill And clash the symbol* when. With decimated rank* they And through the orovfded street March t- the beating of the drum With firm though weary feel. WHAT 18 A YEAR What is a year ? ’Tis but a wav*- On life's dark-rullln|t stream, Which is so quickly gone that w* Accou .it it but a decani. *Tls but a single, eanjest throb Of Time's old iron heart. Which tireless is and Strong as when It first with llfedidi^tart. What is a year? Tis but a turn 01 Time's old brazcpi wheel ; but a pang upon the book Which Time most shortly seal. ‘Tin but a step upon tpe road Which we ninst travel o'er; A few more steps, and we shall walk Life’s weary toad fio more. r A What is a year f ! Xi# but a breath from Time’s old nostrils blown As. rushing onward nj’er the earth. We hear his weaiyimoao. Tie like the bubble x|n the wave. Or dew upon the liprn ; As transient asithe njlst of morn Beneath the summer’s son. What is a year? ’TIs bat a type Of Time’s oft-chancing scene; Youth’s happy mornfcomes gaily on. With hills aqd valleys green : Nest, summer’s prime succeeds tbe-tptiog Then Autnmb, with a tear Then comes old winter; death and air Most find a level bore. Mtitti Hiscriiang. a-* 4 - nets, stood; before the magistrate—a fine' THE HORRORS OF CASTLE specimen of a'; young soldier, ready to give THPJfDEB,- an account of herself. One of the reporters of the New York - She stated that she was about sixteen Herald, Mr. George H. Jlart, who has years of age, aborning that she had been lately been exchanged for the correspond correctly informed as to the date of her dent of a Southern journal, gives a nnr birth. . Her parents died in her infancy, rative of his experience in the prisons of near Nashville, lean., and she was left, sis the South and other matters connected too many children are, to the tender with the condition of the people. . We mercy of unfeeling wretches. She was cull a few items from his statement: put into the field to work at an early age. The name of Castle Thunder through-, and was never taught any duties of the out the Southern States is terribly sugges household. M hen a child she were a i tive of suffering and of degraded" misery, frock—but really never was clad in the and justly so. apparel of her sex- At the age of thir- This prison is allotted principally to the teen, when the rebellion commenced, she incarceration of deserters from the rel»el put on the clothes ol a boy and worked armv, but is the abode of a collection of about the iteUrnboals on the western that I defy the vairld to offer a ere. At length she sought a place in the parallel resemblance to. army as a bugler, on which instrument Malefactors of blackest dye, the mur she soon excelled. dnvr, the const ruttian. the poultry thief, Lizzie has been eighteen mouths in the n i Iiil: 1i 'u with them, the unfortunate service, and in seven or eight regiments. «ff..„dere against some petty technicality She got inf» the ranks by fraud—taking ,f ti„. law. Two rooms are assigned to tbe place of some pereon«who had passed the almost exclusive use of Ihe Northern muster —and was discharged as soon as citizen prisoners, and one them,of at present her sex was discovered. Among the regi- ent occupied by Messrs. Bulkly, Richardson ments in which she served, were the i dth ; ,nd Brown, is unquestionably the elvsium New York, Bth, 17th, and 28th Michigan, „f Richmond prisons. and 2d Minnesota. Her first engagement ] ( . an appropriately style this as a ufopi was at Mill Springs, and she relates ml- Hn phson—for acts of dishonesty vulgari nutely the details of the fall of Zollicofier. ! (v or crime are comparatively of rare oe- She was captured with her company, ami " paroled by the guerrilla Morgan, near Gallatin, Tbnn. She fought at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and several other places in the West. Finally she went to the Army of the Potomac, and got into the 47th New York At the battle of Frede ricksburg, early in July, she was wounded by a piece of shell in the side, and the surgeon discovered and disclosed her sex, : which led to her dismissal after recover ing in the hospital. Her secret was twice betrayed by surgeons. While in a Western regiment she undertook to ride a horse which none of her companions dare i mount, and being without a saddle, she , was thrown and injured, which led to her j betrayal. , The girl, familiar with the use of a musket, understands the manual perfectly, : has performed jacket and other duties ol , camp and field, and delights in the ser vice. She recites camp incidents and , scenes with the ardor of ayoiitfiof twelve. : and longs to be with her old companions in arms. When asked if she had no] fears, she rejdied that she was some ! skeered” in 'the first battle, but never j since, and she added that as she had done nothing to lead her to believe that she would go to a bad place in the next world, she was not afraid to die. This girl has no education—can do no more than jjgritc the loiters of the alphabet.— Nor she had religious instructions, except what she has accidentally received. Yet her notions of morality are such as do her credit. She refers to the degra ded females who follow the camp, and who mingle with the soldiers, with lan- 1 guage of loathing and contempt. Indeed, j she appears to think that if she consents , to (issume the habiliments of her sex and become a woman, that she is liable to j become like one of these. She has the j instincts of a boy—loves boyish pursuits and is bound to- lie a man. She declares that she may yet be a gentleman, but that she can never be a lady. She solemnly affirms that she is innocent of crime, and her affirmation will be taken by any one who hears her narrative. Lizzie is five feet one inch in height, and weighs 155 pounds, and is of course !of rather stout bi#i. She has light hair, | fair complexion, and in her half raili ) tary suit with'high boots, and pants 1 tucked in the tops, she has the appearance of a rosy soldier boy of 15 years. She carries with her a paper from the Chief of Police of Louisville, Mr. Priest, stating who she is. and reccommending her to the favor of the Railroad Superintendents. She came to: this city a few days since, and went to New York to see Bamum. who had written to her. He was not ! then in the city, and after spending a day or two there, she became disgusted and started Westward. She arrived here j without money, and sought to enlist to provide for herself. She was not dis couraged at her failure. She declared that she could work at any business a boy ' could do, and would earn her living, if | permitted fp do so. She was told that the i statue forbade a woman weaving a man’s > clothing, and that she must abandon the ; practice. She would not promise to make 1 a change—-indeed she insisted that she ; would prefer any punishment—death even > —rather than to be compelled to act the • part of a woman. Bail was entered for j the good behavior of the soldier girl, and | she took the cars logo where, we know . not. i She will no doubt appear soon in some other locality. O’“Jim,’’ inquired a schooi-boy of | one of his mates, “what’s the meaning pf relics?” “Don’t you know ? .Well, I’ll tell you. You know the master Licked me in school yesterday 1” “ Yea. “ Well, he kept me and licked me again This is what I call re-lick.” - 1,^,1 ALTOONA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1864 v:, ! - currencp. Hut those rooms unsigned to the rebel prisoners furnish living tableaux ol vice ami misery, such as I have rarely read of and never seen elsewhere. Imagine a chamber tenanted by a mass of beings, each dragging a ball and chain, producing by the clanking a perpetual vulcanian din, and on the arrival of a fresh addition to the circle the clamor in creased in intensity by the loud demon strations of welcome. Oh 1 lor words to describe them -scragged, filthy, repulsive and disgusting are these creatures’ appear ance. Any unfortunate who, should enter these rooms decently <;Uul, woe he to him. He ; is at once seized upon, and then commeu- j ces a strife of contention, after which, it j the victim has but to mourn the loss o! j his clothes and money, he can console him- 1 self and bless his lucky stars that nothing worse has happened. It frequently happens I that lives are lost during these occurrences, anil the groans of the sufferers still ring in my ears i n another room are to be seen creat ures wearing the forms arid semblance of men, but who are legitimate members of the porcine tribe, and at meal times bed lam broke loose furnishes no comparison to the frantic riot and demoniacal orgies excited by the approach of food. Here, side by side, can be seen the hardened villain, who counts his deeds of rapine and violence as a general would his victo ries ; the midnight assassin, who glides about his prison with cat-like stealthiness, so habitual is it to follow his nefarious calling, and the poor wretch so unfortu nate as to be suspected of poverty and found guilty. Here society is revolutionized and its organization reversed ; for to be honest is to be despised. -, the aristocracy is of crime. With patrician dignity the blood stained murderer dispenses patronage on the ple bian pick-pocket, and vice arrogantly struts by, smjliug with pitying scorn on innocent' misery. But I will draw the veil over memory Retrospective view of such scenes ’ serves but to pain by their remembrance. Sometime. —It is a sweet song, flowing ! to and fro amongst the topmost boughs of the heart, and fills the whole air .with such, joy and gladness, as the song birds do, H when the summer morning comes out oT the darkness and the day is born on thef mountains. We have all our , possessions in the future, which we call “ sometime.” Beautiful flowers and sweet singing birds' are there only our hands .seldom grasp the one or our ears hear, ; except in faint far-off strains, the other. But oh, reader, be of good cheer, for to all the good there is a golden “sometime!” When the hills and valleys of time are all padled, when the wear and fever, the disappointment and the sorrow of life 1 , are over ; then there is a place and the rest appointed of God. A homestead, over whose blessed roof falls no shadow of even clouds; across whose threshold the voice of Sorrow is never heard ; built up the eternal hills, and standing with the spires and pinnacles of celestial beauty, among he palm trees of the city on high, .those who love God shall rest under the shadows, where there | is no more sorrows nor jpain, nor sound of I weeping—sometime. , Aktemx:s Ward on Enustsjents —? Young men’ enlist rife off. Are you afraid if will spile your buty ? Let mg tell yob that the best and prettiest girls in this country air hereafter goin to be korted by fellows on crutches, who have done great , things in battle, and you chaps that staid } How IT Happens. —One fruitful source ] At home injycufr country’s darkest hours, of discontent and one great bar of enjoy-: «! fating iment in this world, is i the practice of j** ° re S Je f comparing one’s life with the life of others;! ba “°? r n! , H 1 | utterly ignoring the fact that every person I*, the name of Hamlet’s daddy, hst oh! I has in inner'aa well as e|g; outer life; or, in tls ' ; . (lie old-fashioned words of the Bible, “ that 1 '■"■•***• ~—r~n~ | every heart knoweth its own bitterness.” , OP" A school-boy being asked by his: : “How happy such and such persons teacher how be should flog him, replied;; must be! if I were only! they !” ivhen, ten ■“ If you please, sir, I should like to have ( , . to one, these very persons, oblivious of it upoh the' Italian system of penmanship <srTo drive a pig, take Übj Aw h»l; their wealth and position, are .Weary and ’ —the heavy strokes upward and tftedown to please the woman tiiat Wras ydni ffis heart sore with the din and battle of life, opes light!” ’ ' ' • please hat first. ■i ; i--^—-- IRVTNOS HUMORS WITH • ■Mr. Charles Augustas Davis gives the following anecdote of Irving, illustrating his humors: towards children. The first took place at Saratoga : In one of these rambles, I recollect his ; attention was arrested by the crying and sobbing of a poor little barefooted and nigged boy, wearing an old ‘‘cone shaped’* hat that had lost all its original form.— , He had just been punished by an elder sister, a lliin, slatternly young; vixen, who ; was following him, Mr. Irving, at once reading the whole story, turned aside from our route, and commenced, in a. most friendly and affectionate tone, with : - '“I know what is the matter with my little boy. It is enough to make anybody cry, to wear a hat that falls down over ids eyes so he can’t see., and stubbing his little toes. I see the cause nl all this (rouble.” And with that he took off. the old hat, and rolling its flabby brim in want, re placed it on the little boy’s head . “There,” said he, “that’s all right now.’* Both the children, confounded by the event, stood tor a time silent, and then moved off. chuckling together at Iris oddi ty ; while Mr. Irving, resuming libs walk, seemed not less gratified at his success in turning the scene of grief into one of. gladness. And in this connection 1 will venture to relate another simple incident, showing fits iutere.-t in children On his return from Saratoga 1 accompanied him a por tion of his way homeward. We were seated together and directly in front of us sat an anxious mother with three children —one an infant, in her arms, and the other two, bov and girl of some two or ‘ i C three years of ago. giving the mother great trouble, and ‘waking' the infant by striving to clamber over her to look put of the window Mi. Irving at once in terposed. and lifted’ each alternately over Iris lap, and looking tit his watch, said : “.Now, three minutes for each to look opt of my window," and began lilting them over and replacing them, each in turn, accordingly, till they were tired of it. though much gratified. ■•All, sir,” said the relieved mother, •■any one can see that you are a kind father ot a big tamily." This amused him greatly, and amply rewarded him for his interposition. He would not spoil a good joke by refutation or controversy. Peppek’s Ghost in Chicago.—Pro fessor Pepper’s Ghost, which has started Gotham out of his propriety—we, beg pardon of the mobiles—has been eclipsed in Chicago. An individual in the rural districts stepped into a store on Lake street, a lew days ago, and while making some purchases, cast his eye down! along the J[ong lipe of shelving and counters, re marking to the clerk— “ Mighty long store this is, from one end t’ other.” The clerk nodded - assent, and the eye of the country man fell upon his own re flection in a large mirror at the further end of the ;store. •• There’s my brother out there in that ’ere alley, sure’nyou live, and I haint seen him afore in three years. 1 low can I get back there !" The clerk told him he would have to go out on L.-ke street, around the corner and in‘o the alley. It should be remark ed that the clerk did not see the joke, re ally supposing that the countryman had seen his brother through the rear window. Hural went out, and after an hour’s search, returned and announced that liis brother had “ gin him the. slip.” Looking down the store again, he ex claimed, “ I’ll be darned if brother John ain’i there again,” and down he paddled toward the mirror. As he neared it he smiled ; his reflection cordially re turned it, and advanced to meet him.— Kural extended his hand, and the reflec tion extended its hand. Just at that instant Kural’s hand came in contact with the cold glass ; he started back, rubbed his eyes, took a second look, and . saw it. He- rushed from the store, swearing that he and his brother John were twins, and could’t tell one another apart, : and the durned lookin’ glass had sucked: him in. CHILDREN. 2# A WIPE’S CUBE FOB A BAD HABIT. * A newly married wife, living in New Orleans, recently discovered that her bet ter half was disposed to come home fre quently late at night in a state of “obliv ious forgetfulness.” She determined to curb him of this habit. About two weeks ago he entered at midnight, and, stagger; ing into the bed chamber, tumbled into bed and fell asleep. The wife said nothing, but when she thought he was sound asleep die procured a large darning needle, aud threaded it with a piece of twine, sat quietly at work sewing him up in die blanket. She sewed good and strong, till, us the grey streaks of dawn begpn to lighten the East her task was done. In this condition she left him, and repaired to the dwelling of a friendly neighbor, there to wait the result About fen o'clock jiersons in the neighborhood were startled liy the sound of the must distress ing cries issuing from the house, and, rushing to the rescue, supposing that mur der was being committed, they forced the door, and there found the poor man bound up as tightly as a bale of cotton, in the blanket of his own bed. He begged them to release him as he was dying from thirst, and could not move. The neighbors stood aghast. They thought him the victim of some terrible, plot—some burglar’s scheme: hut, as they were in the act of extricating him, in rushed the wife and ordered them to desist’. “Out not a thread, v she cried “I did U, and he shall lie there until he makes a solemn promise never to coqic home drunk ajjhin.” "He declared he would in. future keep better hours and drink less rum. In future all the wife has to do when her husband is disposed to take a little too much, is to show him a darning needle, and say, “Take care sir, or I’ll sew you up.” A Fr Kkmarks by Josh Billings.— Moral swash un consists in asking a man to do what lie aught to do without asking, and then begging hi? pardon if he refuses to do it. ! hav finally kum to the konklusion, that a good reliable set ov bowels, is worth more tu a inan, than enny quantity; ov branes Music hath charms to soothe ft savage ; this may be so, but i wuil rather tn a re volver on him fust. It always seemed to me that a left han ded fiddler must pla the tune backwards. I have often bin told that the best wa iz tu take a “ bull by the horns,’’ but I think, in many instanzes, I shut! prefer the “ tail holt/’ I cee enny use in making wooden gods mail and femail. Tha tell me thai femaila are scarce in the far western knotty, that a great raenny married wimmen are already en gaged tu their sekund and third husbands. Family Courtesy. —Family intimacy should never make brothers and sisters forget to be polite and sympathising to each pther. Those who contract trough less and rude habits toward the members of their own family will be thoughless and rude to all the world. But let the family intercourse be true/tender and affectionate, and the manners of all uniformly gentle and considerate, the members of the family thus trained will carry ; into the world and society the habits of their childhood.— They will require in their associates simi lar qualities; they will not be satisfied without mutual esteem and the cultivation of the best affections, and their own char acter will be sustained by that* 1 faith in goodness which belongs to a mind exer cised in pure and high thoughts. How Soon we Forget. —A", leaf torn from the tree by a rude gale, and born away to some desert spot to perish. Who misses it. from its fellows 1 Who is sad that it is gone 1 Thus it is with human life. There are dear friends perhaps, who are stricken with grief when a loved ope is taken, and for many days the grave is watered jath tears and anguish. Bat by aijd-by OK costal fount is drawn dry; the last oozes put, the stern gate of forgetful ness folds back upon the exhausted spring; and 'Time the blessed healer of sorrow, walks over the closed sepulcher without waking a single echo by the footsteps. Exploration oka Wonderful —The St.XiOuis Republican an inter esting report of a recent exploration of a .wonderful and beautiful cavern, called Fisher's Cave, on the Southwest Branch of the Pacific Railroad. We are assured by the author of the report, that the cave is more marvelous than the Mammoth Cave, of Kentucky, being richer in the fantasitc incrustations that decorate its walls and ceiling, and more thickly stud ded with grotesque stalactites, stalagmites, and stniilar formations. This remarkable cavern will yet become a favorite summer resort for our citizens. ' Btl £ .NO, 4.
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