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ST'fcP!
Bl> DESIRES TO
tfaf tmhlic gpMrttiljr
flrf Dry Ooodbuslnfs*
new stock of
oobs.
u4ate«>C. 'pr-ttieHtaud 0,., 8
fiATTKKNS.
mt ervrr qmlltT of gu.».l»
b*dson».fo#-nuni*riite.
r«‘Sh ac|d t-br*ap
1 REVISIONS
ijr of my competitors. r i &
'’Jaium in exchange i for
*9»*Sfow*d. ; i
* and Uhlan !«t<«c(s. East
THOKXff BBfiLO?
WEIS,
'..FECTIONEK.
ATOM*. P.„
TLY ON HAND
es. candies
manufikctutv. which hr
ririt, at tbe most r«o*otj
ItTT?, each as
? PIXE
®, NITS, 4C„ i<\.
r* »h»aoni.
TO ORDER,
«pd in the o«at-
Aid you will find
ed etiwwh*re.
;t Iron Ware
&C.
tESPEOT. m.
lur of . Altoona
Mly a»'M id
ior. ,Csc*
sea, tomtit :
fef pdrea, an r«Mpii~
ock jit T*n and Shf&-
li»r dUimry purport'*
it of •*&& Blair i^nty
J£ STAFFER,
i h» ami to br apprwia.; %
bntrhrr or #>m
pmtfBKitpSPOCTINO
Bit paintod and pnt up
(April 14.1859-1;
GEE’S ~ i
> Agency.
*AIN STREET
-ASK BOOKS.
ARIES
)BACCO,
gbea? variety
K HASD.
& GQ.,
AJC.TOPXA, tA.
aci£&co..
UDATtfiTiUG. PA.
EES, f;
E REIXCIJ'.V!-
•4 Aor aair. &dlecik.u»
bub stable on deumad.
Jrlm«w at Mr ratea
■PBApTICAJi
■ aammnOßl 'l*
•eg heainw.^^^^y
VA«NMB-^^a
id <|Wnty, j
hi on waariwaHett-t-ma
•8 WOULD IK)
MrtchHteeatott-
SMsas-*-
We and Caroline «u
•RMICK’S Store
, H«MSy-Vade doChn%
j 3f0r.25.-ttc
HiNKS, POM
I 9oepeAc,toririe k»
LARGE AS I)
srwehiwjnet been n
3 B- MILKMAN. ,
OILS , C
[ A7W-
MoCHUM & BERN,
VOL. 9.
€all aad “See H!”
Corner of Harriet and Julia Ste.,
East Altoona.
CASHi^-CASH!!—CASH!!!
IyOTWITHSTAXftING the rapid ad-
Ysuce df eferr>«rticl« of tr*d*s tfc® ®°(fo»hc»*d
tav* iliil.iti>|lyrl to TfIKIH PJUCKS <m Uieit
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. (JUEENSW ARE,
SHOES. &C., &C., ,
. On and after 1 January lltb 1864.
In order to enable tbem ; u» da#t> finccea*fnily y will
•eU ewlMirely foe CASH. We will tort pretend ju>. «J
that we arn adopting till? system solely for your benefit
hut toto” e*p«<epce in
lit* . . t .. ;
W> wdl hut intrude by giring long liato of
w.* mteoA to make, hut respectfully inriu* yoo|W> call
atock. Tell u? you insve the Cosh, and
you w||l certainly go away satisfied that you have tound
TBH Ph-td*. we,are determined to aell a Tittle flower
than jf we should do it on ** half rations. v
! or jtrtcaptrying patrons oh Ihaidd
that If you wfltcontliiue yoar ’patronage on
osr word for it.it, will prove-feptp to
oumown. ThoM who hot hewn
L may.aot Iwahle to **see lt. ,r |
keep consiantly on hand a large atoek of! .
'low, Jftodtwhent Flour, Corn Flour,
Feed, &c..
h hare facilities for selling at prices which
. jaft i -iiapertfoa. ‘ TJtT rs. \
: D. il. BAKE I CO.
W, 1864.
SAVE THE PER CENT AGE
BY BUYING YOUR
C’LOTIING FKOM FIRST HANDS.
Ij' TTUGrEH & TUCK, Manufacturers
A of and Retail dealers in Uemiy-made
Clothing* mild respectfully invite the. atti-utionuf the
public lotoifolinwlng facts in reference to their «MCk.
l>u We Jtajufacture our own goods. They are made
ap in our 0* Store, in Philadelphia, uu<lec our immediate
we know they are well made and can be
. warranted ,
EQUiL TO THE BEST,
and superior:* th* largest quantity of Ready-made cloth
ing »o thantoet.
vnd. We litourCloilwdu'ectly from the importer* and
consequently'we save the {«ir centage put
oo by middlemen.
Srd.lfceeel our Clothing at a reasonably perbepttage
over the coat toor &oths. thereby saving the purchasers
gf Clothing-toperce*tag€»which most bearded by ;tho>e
«H« buy ftaifecoad hands to sell again. We retail out
Clothing at tl time price which other merchant i«y
tor tHeirs at tolesale. consequently those who Huy from
ut get their go* at the safete price which other Clothiers
pas Jor their* the city, thereby saving Clothiers'
par centage. f_ . ' *■ I
\V o have brail Stores in [
ALTQOA AND JOHNSTOWN,
where goods nttbe hadax the. same' figures at which wr
•«li tuem herft jkfae v dty.
Ifany person a been told, or imagines, that Tuck’s
Store, in Altooiia ** played out,” let such person drop
into his oatablilhent. on Main Street, and eayunior his
goods aud prfcd|
Wholesale Hda. No. 702 Market Street, Philadelphia.
glieo. &, 1865.-C ; ]:
niw hoods.
THE; unsigned would rejspectJnUjj in-
the p&ens of Altoona and surrounding' coun
try. that h*f hafst returned from the East, where be has
been selecting fetock of 1
FALL A'D WINTER GOOOS,
.which, for styleuality and price, cannot be surpasMed in
this u«*ck of Uie stock i* .much larger than
heretofore, and lit is quite an object. In tbe*e exdtUng
war tinges; for cry one to purchese where they can get
The Best (ids and at the Lowest Prices,
be would cay v tlhe can and will sell as low. if hot a
little lower tbwiy other bouse In this place. lie wishes
alt u* calland Mis stock before purchasing elsewhere,
as he feels coolht be can offer inducements wbichTwill
d«(y romjwtfthH His stock consists of
LADIES* DISS GOODS of every description.
MK-V A>*».»YS* WINTER WEAR, !
, LADIEhSD MISSES’ DRESS SHOES, i
| MBAND BOYS’ BOOTS AND SHOES,
MEN’S UaLF DOSE
VVOMESAND MISSES' WOOL BOSE j
H ATS KSTD Ck
hLEACEtIAND UNBLEACHED MUSLIN,
AND HBATT LRILUJsGS.
Hi »ill nell i*B*wed, Healed Bootees at Jl-iO@IJTS
aip • urgla>
800u,—„....„ 2.T5@3,50
BAIRfIRAL MTS, wry low.
I GROCERIES,
H hite kad Bn Sugar, Klo Coffees, Straps, Teas, ic ‘
and e«erythinf,r is usually kept ia a Dry flood* Store,
and as cheap a* cheapest. J. A; SPRAXKLjs.
Alrxmai Oct^SSS.
(JIT'SgDRUG STOEE
DU. Ei fiIEIGAfiT would re.«pect
folly nit' to the cttiWDS of Altoona and* stir
rounding: could that he hit* recently purchased the
Drug store of JSq k Tiiginla Street, opposite
Priee* fUrdtratire.
His Dnj are Fresk and Pure,
and he hope* birict attention to hueiuee.. to nnirit a
tbare of pnblie.touage.
Call and ezadjhls stock. Uehasconitamlvon liaod
DRUGS.
MEDKES and CHEMICALS,
rr.VE TOILS®APS, PERFUMERY. BRUSBES,
JV,,PAIXT& OILS, TARmSHES.
CjOJf OIL AXL LAMPS.
OTIOXS, CIGARS,
ouMi e.ery artifaalh Lfpl in a I\r;t-dass Pm,: Sitn-e
fUBpINES AND LIQUOKS
. for medicinal use.
IoAIKSTIC iPB WISK—PURE— WAKRASraa.
, PHYtAXS 1 PRESCRIPTIOXS
aooara«ty M*ad6d, at all Jioara of the day or night.
1863. I s
I
.* V^icory
'jpHE fccribers would respectfully
I* - lunuium the citizen* of Altoona and ricihitc
chat Uif-y havl returned from the Eist-*lth their
I ALL <D WINTER STOCK f)F
ATS & CAPS,
BOOS Sc SHOES.
Tii.ir A ‘X'S & CAT'S bar. br.li ....
lected with J *»», and with the ,iea of ,n
who may U*On with their patronage. Their line of
Boots fils tomplels.
Their XAT MISSES’ and CBILDREX'S SHOES
an of OitJ J. Swt wonwnteU. Their Balmoral shoe,
for Ladioa \ Miaaoa, are just the thing for ’ wet
wrath T and a* health
ThCakiulio paWfc for their rerj liberal patronage
here to lore,,foope to merit a continuance of the same.
Store m'V ST. next door to Bowman’s Exchange
Hotel, j !• SMITH A MANN.
Altoona,; 12, .1863.
rpEAfEAS! TEAS!—FJEUTGHET
| It MT«Pi ittperior to thy ever offered ib Al
toooa. 31ri''freeof adultefhtlon, coU>rlng,or?iulx
tart of tali- , |
VfAfEEL— NOS. 1. 2, ANO 3,
IVJL lufaßod. pactagei, new, and. each package
warranted received and for sale low hr
' FKIXCHET. 1
BOS? ' CRACKERS—A LARGE
I Mihf these deUciuOß crackers jost received
tadfetfS • • ; .
POLO’S GENUINE BUCHU
:*** PUntAtion Bitter*, at 1
RKIOARTfI Hop.
/«U
■J
THK ALTQQNA TBtfiL’NE.
E. B MiCRUiL - ;; - jtf. c iWEtfaV,
KhITOKS iVt) JR©*****©**, i
P«r Afcavu, (p«y*lrt*h i&vprtfohly is Sdiisce,),..... (1 50
All paptrs dlwxmtinaed •l.tlie «»pir«liou of the time
paid tor. - ,•
TEBJIS OP A»fWlimsK:
l 2 do. 3 da
Four liu*? or leifi •$. 25 $ Vst 50
UDf .<4iuarr. (8 - 5u <® 1 00
Two - <l6 > 1 i*o 150 . £OO
Ttiree <24 “ - 1 50 - 2 00 8 50
Over three weeks Mid lew* tbau ihrt* months. Scecu
per square for each loaertiuD.
Z (south* .0 mouths. 1 year.
Six line? or lew ...-$ 1 s<l * C tK* $ 5 00
Ouestiuore L ? 2 50 ; 4 00 •
Two •* ~ 1 uu 6 00 10 00
)ms - M .......... 5 00 ’ h 00 12 00
pour *3 00 10 00 14 00
Half a 10 (K> • 14 00 20 00
One calnmc 14 ou 25 00 40 00
Admi»i*Uat<wsnd Kyeoeteßl j»vtioe* 1 75
Merchants hy the year, three squares.
with liberty to cha«» k -. r ...A - •;**“ ™
ProCMNional or tliwii Oiniiii nut exceeding S lines
e-rth itaper, put s^¥tr^ * : * * * °“
interest, will be charged according to the al»ov<- rates.
Advet*ti*ementa not %uurked vith the number of inser
tion* dedred, wiH besqniihtM and cbargwl
according to the above tario*.-
BudeeM mrttoea«ww««wtep*r lino for every insertion.
Obituary notice? ey»tdlng4ep lines, fifty cents asqnare
' ®h«we f oettg.
THE I.EQEND OF EASTER ECCS.
Trinity beUawitb their hollow, lung*.
Their vibrant Ups and tfteir brazen tonunw
Over the roofs of the city, pour
Their Easter music with jfeyou* roar.
Till the soaring notes to the suu rolled.
As be wings along to hit path af gold.
••Dearest t<apa,”«ayrf m? boy to me.
Ae he merrily climbs on his mother’s knee.
“Why are these eggs that yon .**•»* me bold
Colored so finely with blue and gold ?
Au.i what is the beautiful bin! that U>>
such beautiful eggs Upon Easter da\>.’
Tenderly shine the April sk»e«<
Like laughter and lifers in my child’s blue e\e*. ,
And every face hi the street is gay
Why cloud this youngster** by saying uoy )
So 1 cudgel my brain for the tale he begs. s
And tell him this story of the Easter eggs : J
V'-u have heard, my boy, sf the Man who died.
Crowned with keen thorns, and crucified:
And how Joseph, the reward! <—>
Cared for the corpse of his martyred Lord.
And piously tombed it whbin ihe rock.
Aud closed *he gate with a mighty block.
Now. close by the tornb a fair nee grew.
With, pendulous leave* and bluMoms of blue :
And deep in She green breast
A beautiful tinging bird Bat on her nest.
Wbicli,was bordered with mouses like malachite. •
And held four *gg* of an ivory white.
When the bird from her dim facets
Beheld, the Loid In hif bUriel dress.
And looked on toe hegvepiy face 90 pale.
And the dear feet pierced with the cruel nail,
tier heart nigh broke, with a sudden pang.
And out ol the depths of her sorrow ate tang.
All night long, till the sun wgs up,
sat and mos*-wreathed cup.
A song of wild and thrill
As tbahomMws wind when it roams the hilt;
v £0 fall of tews, so load and long, •
That the grief of the world seemed turned to tong.
But swntb«irci#e, vwpifig night,
A glimmering ugelclothed In white;
Ao4 be rolled Ihe atone from the tomb away.
Where the Lord of the JCaxti and Heaven* ’ay :
And Cbii*t aix«e in the cavem'dgioom.
And in living loftre came from the tomb.
Now the bird that sat ib the heart of the tree
Beheld this celestial Myrtery,
And its heart was filled with a sweet delight.
And it poured a aong cm the throbbing night:
climbing notes, tilt higher; higher.
They shot to heaven Uke»p*ar* of fire
When the glittering; white-robed angel heard
The sorrowful aong of the sorrowing bird,
A t»d heard the following chant of mirth
That hailed Christ risen again on earth,. L
He said, u Sweet bird, be forever blest—
Thyself, the eggs, and thy tnos»-Wreathrd nest
And ever, my child, since that hleaMd night.
When Death bowed down to the Lord of Light, *
The eggs of that sweet bird changed their hue.
And burn with red. and gold, and bine:
Reminding mankind, in their simple way,
Of the holy marvel of has ter day.
fried Ipstellaag.
LETTER FROM INDIA.
BV KEV. H. MANSELL.
It is very difficult for a new comer to
write about even the most common cus
toms and Occurrences in this country with
out making many mistakes. This I have
felt, and now offer it as an apology for not
writing of the methods of carrying on
agricultural and other pursuits in this
country to those who asked me so to do.
It may likewise palliate the crime of in
viting you to read of ; the : cultivation of
wheat in Northern India, while you will
naturally be thinking of other things ; it
being neither seedtime nor -harvast. You
will the more readily pardon me for wri
ting ot this now when ! tell you that the
wheat crop, which is never covered with
snow and scarcely ever stiffened with frost,
now tends peculiar beauty to the rural
districts, and enlivens our ; Spirits as we
ride from village to village and from mar
ket to market, carrying the, message of
mercy to these perishing multitudes.
_ I* is now about six inches high, cover
| mg the ground perfectly, and is not -only
j in striking contrast with the brown and
i dusty fields that are not cultivated, but is
far the most beautiful ‘of several crops that
are now growing luxuriantly.
The cultivators do not live 1 on large
farms in fine houses, but in' villages vary
: ing in size to contain from ten or twelve
families to several thousand people. These
villages are built of mind, and accomodate
not only the people, but also their cattle,
4 ALTOONA, PA., SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1864
I horses, -sheep, goals, and whatever domes
tic animals they have. Nor arc they
very large on this account, for men ami
animals live close together. Nor are they,
except in appearance, filthy, for every
rooming after the animals are taken out
to work pasture-the entire villipge is
swept and cleansed. The Hindoos are re
markable, for cleanliness : ‘'except they
wash, they eat not.” It seems impossible
(for me at least) to give you an idea of the
appearance of these villages. The mud of
.which they are built is worked into the
consistencyjof dough by the baud, and pres
sed together into the walls by this same
ancient troy el, so that “live sound of,’ the
hammer is not heard” in their construc
tion : although the marks of the ‘‘Skillful
ringers” are seen on them for a long time.
The side walls are three or four feel high,
and the end walls run up to a point two
or three higher, upon which a pole rests to
..bear .up the : roof, which is made of ham
boo lattice,: thatched with long grass.—
They are usually ui rows from forty U; five
hundred or six hundred feet long, about
wide, .and are partitioned oft’so its
to make a family residence about ten feet
square, Sometimes they area little longer,
but not offcn. There are no windows,
and only one "door to each dwelling, about
three feet wide, extending from the ground
to the cauyass; a little wider at the top
than at the bottom, and always on the
side -within.the village. When it is desi
red to have, them closed they have a door
made of the same material as the roof.—
As soon a* they are outside of the house
they are in the yard that has l>ecn made
for the accommodation of the animals.—
You see these are rather close quarters.
Wealthier Ihrmers sometimes have larger
yards for their stock, in which there are
nice mud mangers and everything conve
nient.
Now if'ypu .can imagine several rows of
sucii buildings, u»l necessarily straight nor
parallel with each other, but very close
together, and almost hid from sight, on
one side by. a clump of low, wide-spreading
trees, you. will have as good an idea .’of an
East Indian agricultural villiage as I can
give. However, there are a great many
“ variations" which there is neither space
nor time to give. But as brother T. is
with you, he can give them and correct
any mistakes I may make. Connected
with each village is a tract of land vary
ing in size from 5 acres to 400 or 500
acres, or more,- which brings the villages
close together, so that they are scarcely
ever three miles apart. In large villages,
or centres of productive portions of coun
try, bazars are held weekly, where the
villagers collect in multitudes to sell their
produce, or exchange it for articles which
they do not produce. Bazar villages in
this district are usually about four or live
miles apart. In visiting three or four
such bazars every week we are usually
heard at each place by one thousand or
two thousand people. They are not par
ticular about roads, so we frequently find
ourselves riding in narrow paths, through
fields and over fences. Fences are made
by throwing up a row of earth about eight
inches highland enclose in fields of almost
every shape any amount of land, between
half a rod and an’acre or two.- Such
fields present a singular appearance. They
are not designed for the safe keeping of
stock. Animals are always watched while
grazing in the daytime, and penned up in
villages at night
In October and the first of November
the fields are Covered with men and bul
locks. or buflhloes, plowing for wheat and
barley. This is a curious process. The
bullocks (called “Bail”), though usually
less than our oxen, are very fine looking
animals, generally white, with noble horns
and a singular hump'on the top of the
shoulder. You can see a picture of this
animal in “ Webster’s Pictorial Illustra
tions,” on page 153, under the name Zebu.
The picture “does not flatter.” The
hump, however, is perfect, except that it
is a little too high. The horns are some
times short, as there represented, but I see
more with long and beautiful horns. The
buffalo (called “ Bhainsa”) is very ill look
ing. The picture given on page 144 of
“ Webster’s Pictorial Illustrations,” under
the name “Buffalo,” does not represent
the animal at all, except in the shape of
the horns and the manner of carrying the
head. The'buffalo which is here‘domesti
cated is very rough, of a muddy black
color, ami has very little hair. They are
usually worked two together, and guided
by a string in the nose, anil a goad. The
yoke is simply a straight stick with a shqrt
peg in each end, and is tied on the neck.
Then the plow; what an implement it is!
It consists of three pieces of wood and one
of iron, and beam, handle and all weighs
less than twenty pounds. The lower piece,
or plow proper,, is about eighteen inches
long, four wide and five thick, rounded on
the bottom side, and tapering to a' point,
-which is extended by an iron spike about
six indies long and about thrc*-quarters
of an inch square. The other end is joined
to a handle about three feet long, almost
perpendicular, in the top end of which
there is a pin for the hand. The beam is
joined to the handle about a foot from the
plow, and extends to the yoke on the oxen’s
[nrUEPEKUKST IS KVEfiYTHIXG.J
necks. A* you might suppose, such a
plow makes very littje impression upon
the ground, bnf by going over and over it,
regularly and irregularly, they tear np all
the vegetation, and thpn it is as mellow as
if plowed eight or ten inches deep. The
seed is then scattered very carefully, by
either dropping it in the furrows or shak
ing if gently through the land. But they
never throw it fat from them, as farmers
do at home. To cover it they somstimes
use a wooden drag, sometimes “ brush,”
and sometimes they plow it again.
As there is seliloin.piiough rain-to do it
any good, tire ground mu*l he remarkably
-mfiist, or else irrigation is necessary. When
this is required it is a)ll done (in this dis
trict) by hand. If nerr a stream or pond,
they bail the water up info drains made
of clay soil, which run through the field ;
and while one or two persons by hailing
keep the drains full, other-- are in the fields
turning the water where they wish it. and
throwing i: over tire growing grain with
their hands. It streams and pounds are.
wanting, ■ wells are dug, and plenty of
water is found eight of ten feet from the
‘surface. The pump is very simple ; just a
pole and weight balanced over a fork, with
a rope and clay water pot. which .holds
about two gallons. r
At the end of the chid season—viz: in
the beginning ofMarcfr —comes the wheat
harvest. Then the golden grain looks
beautiiful; the fences, oT course, are all
covered, and for miles together the full
heads wave gently in the breeze. Then
come tiie reapers—-mep, women and chil
dren—especially women. Until harvest
the women have not apsisterf in the work,
but now they bear their full proportion,
and more too, until it is prepared for food.
Every one knows his qvvn Little patch of
wheat, or if he don’t Iris neighbor is sure
to know his, so there is no mistake about it.
Now for tire reaping! They have a little
hook about eight irjehes long, with which
they cut the wheat, not very close to the
ground, as they do not regard the straw ;
two handfuils make a, sheaf, and about
two dozen sheaves make a bundle large
enough for a man to carry home. They
carry it off on their heads every night,
and put it in or near j the house, where
it will be safe. Thrashing, of course,
comes next, which is done by beating tire
sheaves on a stone or slick, and blowing
tire chaff away in the ryind or with a
cloth, just as their forefathers have done
for centuries. They -give half of i* to tire
landlord or village owher, and have the
remainder for market ior use. It is ail
ground by hand on the plains, except in
some places near the j hills, where very
simple water mills haye been constructed
by government agents, which is a great
improvement; but here we have none of
them. Our flour is ground in the ancient,
mill—two flat, circular stones, about eigh
teen inches in diameter and two or three
inches thick, the upper of which is kept
whirling by two women, one of whom
keeps dropping the grain with her hand
thrpugh the upper stone. They turn tire
stone by a perpendicular wooden pin in
j its edge.
From flour made in this way we have
just as good and beautiful bread as I ever,
saw in America. But lor their owu use
the villagers make a cparse kind of flour,
which they call “ atta.” and bake it on
the coals in thin cakes, called “chapaties.”
This is a very palatable and wholesome
kind of food; and with various other
grains, roots and fruit, the people of the
Northwest Provinces have .such variety
and choice that they are large, strong and
healthful. Of course this ancient style of
living is more simple than that* of the
people of the city, and the villagers are ,
far more ready to hear the gospel without
controversy. But, after all, they are wed
ded to idolatry or the following of the
false prophet.
There is, however, a class or tribe of
people, as yon have seen in the reports of
the Missionary Society, scattered through
this and Bijnour districts, who have been
anxious to become Christians, and from
whoui ? indeed, many have become such.
Not many of the tribe, »<>r m»in ufimtia s
heathen millions, but many of the one
hundred and seventy-eight native Christians
wc have in all our mission. There seems
now to be beginning lanother movement
among them. About a week ago a
gurn, or head man .among them, came
from his village, about 25 miles froth
here, to see brother .Humphrey, and tell
him that the whole tribe wish to become
Christians. God grant that it may be so
in deed and truth. Tlo day brother H.
•and I are starting out into the neighbor
hood to make inquiries about it At
Barbakhera, where there will be a chapel |
and school-house built this year if the i Gkk. GbaHt aj<d the SotqiEtis. — lt is
Board grant money, there are about 15 ! said that when General Grant was going
native Christians living, and near it there ■ down to Washington one day; this week,
is an old city of the Hindoos, which was f when the train, having attached toit %
the capital of Hindustan before the Mo- [ special car, stopped at Brandy Statical,
hsmmedan invasion, add where, according i some soldiers who were waiting to gqdqwii
to Hindoo prophecy and theology, thn-> asked if they could not.gtf ijnto oar.
Holy (Antar) Incarnation will be born. “Mo,” was the
In that holy city (Samphal) there are about ’■ “ this is General Grairi^^mnir^naarr
25,000 inhabitants. Our native preacher Whereupon Grant, who
says ho one had ever preached there. So j the window, spoke and #ai^
God gave me the privilege, about twjo ’ Gjrant occupies only Qne
weeks ago, of declaring for the first lime | can ride.” ;
to thousands in that city that the Holv
Inunrnatiun was bom 1863 yeare ago, and
that he now lives and reigns to. give re
pentance and remission of «h«.
1 The chief executor of government in
that city is a wealthy, educated, high caste
Hindoo. He has this.week offered to, give
land for a mission premises, and hard
bricklnough to build a bouseTor a mission
ary. He supports a mission schdol now,
and telis brother H. that '‘missionaries
skoiihl labor'more with the villagere, as
they art not so wicked.” He aiso Udnks
the government does wrong- in shotting
the Bible out of its schools, i
When we return 1 shall probably write
more ot this, and will try todescribe Mor
adaba’d city and city life.
Mnruihth , A. TI .. Products, India') Jan: It,
Bitting J.’oLre.—Fanners often put a
bitting harness on a colt the first thing they
do with him, buckling gp the' hitting as
tight as they can draw it, to make him
carry his head high, and thpq turn him
out in a lot to run half a day 'at a lime.
This is one of the worst punishments that
they could inflict on a colt, and very in
jurious to a young horse that has been
used to running in pasture with his head
down.
A horses: should be well accustomed to
the bit before you put on the bitting bur
ns*? ; and when you first hit him you
Should only rain his head up to that
point Where he natually holds it, let that
be high or low. He will learn that he
cannot lower his head, and that raising it
a little will loosen the bit ini his mouth.
This will give him the idea of raising his
head to loosen the bit, and then you can
draw the bitting a little lighter everv
time you put it on, qnd he will still raise
his bead a little to loosen it. By this
means you will gradually get his head and
neck in the position you wish hffn to
carry it, and give him a graceful carriage,
without hurting him, making him angry,
or cause his mouth'to get sore
If you put the bitting on very light the
first time, he cannot raise his head high
enough to loosen it, but will bear on it all
the time and paw, sweat and throw him
self. Many horses have been killed by
falling backward with the bitting on ;
their heads being drawn up, strike the
ground with thejpvbole weight of the
body. - Horses have their heads
drawn up tightMkhould not have the
bitting on fifteen or twenty
minutes at a
■■ The House. —Teachers and
,parents should make it a duty to see that
the circumstances under which children
,sfudy are such as shall leave a happy im
pression upon their minds. Young schol
ar? will gradually and unconsciously be
come like what -they most -look upon.—
Little children are won del fully susceptible
for good or evil.
.Shabby school houses induce slovenly
habits. Unswept floors indicate cob-weli
by brains. 111-made benches not only
warp and dwarf the body, but, by reflex
influence, the mind 'as well. Why are
children so often discouraged and-even
disgusted at school ? Becadse the school
house seems as a prison, and the tiirniture
as instruments of torture.
No matter how old or unfashionable
your school house—-keep it dean. Hide
its sombre Walls with pictures, embower
its weather-beaten exterior with flower
vines, and decorate its yard with shrub
bery... Then the birds will come singing
welcomes to your children. Then the
young immortals that enter its door will
be won by love and beauty. They-will be
enchained as if by sweet magic, and their
minds will be awakeimd to learning and
virtuous instruction, with links of gold
brightening' and strengthening for ever
and ever. ‘
Tboops Fuksishep the Kebel Abides.
—Jn regard to the proportion of the South
ern people who have been withdrawn
from productive pursuits sincajihp
nimr of —., iuc mctSSßow thenum
berto be far less than is generally supposed.
Tlie following statement, recently madein
the rebel House of Bepresentativesi by a
member formerly well known in political
circle at the North, shows in round num
bers the number of men that . have been
furnished to the rebel armies ;by the re
spective States since the wai* began:—
Georgia, 51,000; Louisiana, 35,000;
Mississippi, 40,000 ; North' Carolina, 35,
000 ; South Carolina, 25,00 p: Texas,
29,000; Virginia. 103,000; Arkansas,
28,000; Kentucky and Maryland, 5Q,000
each; Missouri, 35,000; total,’ 501,000.
Lkisckb.—Leisure is never so enjoyable
as when it comes unexpectedly, like the
visit of ai long absent friend. And to’be
sweet it mast be short. Toomndi of it
pails upon the appetite JLaxnreoas as a
warm bath, it is also enervating. Hearho
finds himself siiddenly ppaaesed of Uesure
in great plenty, will do well fodispoee of
the bulk of it ait soon as possible by set
ting himself seriously to do. Systematized
activity is. one of ■ the best preservatives
against “dull care;” . Leisure is bnt a
sauce pf life, which helps to* make work
more palatable and digestible—the one
apart from the others soph become disgus
ting. Men of leisure, a# they are caHed ;
arc most oossaaonly reetleBB,fidgelyaad
unhappy kindest thing,wbicbtan
be done to them as to. deprive them, if pos
sible, by hook or crook, of the greater-part
of their leisure. At first sight, it does not
seem so, but a • way short experience will
prove thatit is So.; MuchMsura. infers
the absence pf a purpose—and life without
a purpose is a perpetual burden.
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EDITORS AND
A Cite Lawyer,— A gentleman dyine
left - all his estate to "a monastery, oh con
dition that on the return of his only'son,
who was then abroad, the worthy fathers
should give him “whatever they should
choose.’* When the son came home he
went to the monastery, and received but a
small share, the monks choosing to keep
the greater part for themselves. A barris
ter to. whom he appeared to mention the
case, advised him to sue the and
promised to gain jjis cause. The gentle
man followed his advice. * ‘The testator,”
said the ingenous barrister, “has left his
son that share of. the estate which the
monks should choose ; these are the ex
press words of his .will. Now it is plain
what part they have chosen, by what they
keep for themselves. My client then
stands npor, iOTtf 'e words of the will; “Let
me have,’ - ~.-*|he, '‘that part they have
chosen, amSlj <Mn satisfied,’ and he gain
ed the suit.
. A. Feartcl Maijidt. —-A few months
since a hundred persons sat down at a
festive celebration,” in the Hart? moun
tains, where pork in various forms was
the principal food. Of these, eighty
persons are in lheir graves, and the re
mainder, the majority, linger wieh i-fear
ful malady. -This strange event has led
to the discovery that this food was char
ged with flesh worms in all stages of de
velopment, or trichmal found in - the mus
cular tissues of the survivors and traced
to the pork. These flesh worms are not
killed by ordinary cooking, and multiply
rapidly by thousands. A great alarm
exists in Germany, and the eating of pork
in many places is now entirely abandoned.
Cokscies ce.— Henry VVardßeecher says;
“We say it in a whisper, not to be dver
lieard by the stern faculty of which we
speak. Conscience is not select nor wise in
choosing company! The world would die
without it. If Conscience would only fall
in love with Benevolence, and go always
in its company; Bat it walks out with
Wilfulness, with Cojubativeness, with Self-
Conceit, so often, that all their faults are
apt to be charged to its account, and with
some reason. And so it comes to pass
that, in assemblies of men Conscience is
apt to produce turmoil; and obstinacy, and
contention, for it lends itself to. bad advi
sers, and used its authority to put into law
the dispositions of pride and conceit.
t&~ Let all men know this, and keep it
in mind always, tiba'i a single, narrowest,
simplest, dutv steadily practiced day after
day, does more to support, and inay do
more to enlighten the soul of the doer,
than a course of moral philosophy taught
by a tougne, with soul compounded of
Bacon, Shakspeare, Homo-, Demosthenes
and Burkatp say nothing of Soentfes and
Plato aM Aristotle, could inspire.— -John
Wilson .; '
Facts roa Fabmebs. —If you invest
fneyin tools and then leave, them exposed
the weather, it is the same as loaning
money to % spendthrift without
a dead Iqss in both cases.
If yen invest money in fine stodk, and
do not feed and protect them, and properly
care for them, it is the same as droning
your tvife in silk to do !
If you invo^y^af I monev in agoodfanh
and do not cultivate it well, it is thesamc
as marrying a gobd wif
her as to crush her chores and bceafcher
heart. '.-j'
«*The Borne, Georgia, SoUtaei thpaat
ens that If the Federal anny come tbfens,
the rebels will make a stack of Yankees,
beads. That will he the rebel bea4-qoar-
WpP«e-' ’
nyUl last, atDuboqije,
«|):|Mr9 “ the heafens -were bbicitflrith
yriH pigeons ; ;flying northward.” That
Dumber of deatjn
's» inlAn&to, ftis’ttlM,
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