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• 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. , '
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! 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 £
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