-ibr the Unfortunate j
SOTOHt I »0»
I
discovered at last
k
m
iffiesi
KOM X
E R OKI £ BIHEDt
-AND—
EROKEE INJECTION
.from Barka.BootgA Lanvw.
tt * grmt Wi “ Dinr*4k
Lldlaataw of ft. wMmui, raebaa I DOM tine
f tba Urine, Inflamatjon ot tbr BUdtli r, laflajontiaa
U*»yt. Stone in tbs Bladder, gtrictura, Oratai.
HuMritoti and U oapeciaily iwmawkW inthoaa
rVloor 'Altai (or Wbitca in fonoica) whnill Hit
aaaaanedlclDea hare failed. *
jmpaitdtn a highly concaatratad Cotw, tba Ana
tarpon cue to two taaarooolnlatbna tiaaaa peg day.
OnCTUe and alternatlT* in iti action; railfifeq
anatngthablood earning it to flow in ail ofitacng.
ww »l*or: thua mooring from the lyeteca an
MO oujaca which ban induced diaeaae.
BOKBK INJKCTIO.V ia intended aa an ally or da
ta the Cherokee Remedy, and abonld be need la
lbat medicine jn ell caaea of Oonorbaa,
floor Mbna or-Wbitee. Ita effect arebeaUakaooS
ddemnlceut - remoring all acalding, beat, cbontee
». laetnadof tlie burning end almoet unenduriUe
»l la experienced with nearly all tbe cheap gaick
eeoi the Cherokee Remedy and Cherokee Injection
-wd- medicines at the same time—all improper 4{«.
• are removed, and the weakened organs anmail.
tfed to full vigor and strength. "
Wl particulars get oar parapelet from any dtiu
»tbe country, or. writ* to us and we will mail Mm
•ddrees, a full treatiw.. '
"Cherokee Remedy, $2 per bottlo, or three bet-
Injection, $2 per bottle or three bottles
f to uj address os receipt of price,
'druggists everywhere.
\ DR. W. R. MERWIN 400..
Sole Proprietors
No. 69 Liberty Street, Jfsw York.
THE GREAT.
dian medicine
COMPOUNDED PROM
ER
KEE, CURE!
felling core for Bpe nnatorrhea. Seminal Weaknaei
at Emissions, sod' all deceases caused byaelf-pol-
Los* oTMemory, Universal Lassitode,Painß
ick, XHmuMs ol VUlon, Premature Old Age, Weak
DUBealty'in Breathing, Trembling, Wakefulness,
iron tiio Face, Pale. Countenance, Insanity, CoS
1* tod ill tbt plrefitl Complaint* ctond by do*
faton tbo path of nature.
odkina Isa simple vegetable extract, and oneon
I can rely, -as it ha* been need In our practice for
in, and with thousand treated, it haa not felled la
nstaoce. Its curative powers have been sufficient
ictoryover the most'stubborn caw.
te who hare trifled with their constitution until
k themselves beyond the reach of medical aid we
y t Despair pot / the CUKROKEB CURS will re>
to health and rigor, and alter all quack doctors
(d.t
il particulars, get a Circular from any Pros
he country, or write the Proprietora, who wm
to any one dealring the same, a fan tteatlss fe
.form.
|2 per bottle, or three bottlee for |6, end forwer.
Ijmee to all puts of the world,
ell r»»pe«t»hle dmggftta everywhere.
■ db-w Te. MKRWIN*OO, -
Solo Proprietor*, .
No. 69 Liberty Street, New York.
DR. WRIGHT’S
JVENATING ELIXIR!
OE. ESSENCE OF LIFE.
Ptnut Tiortuu Kxnucra, Oenemm
•Wiuao ixjcetors 10 m hostsaieen.
ayrmttiog EHxir 1* the remit of modem dleool
«vegeteble kingdom being en entirely sew 1
tract method of con, imejwctire of el) the old:
out eyitenu. ~.
dicing he* been tea tod by the meet eminent mod.
t the dey, end by them pronounced to be one of
tt-medleel dhcoterie* of'the eg*,
le will cureQemrel Debility.
■ee curve Hytteric* in Pemelee.
le core* Palpitation cf 111* heart,
eee rvetore* the organ* tg reg»neret(on.
, t, 1-rt-rn* the wieiillnee* end fall'
te reetoreethe eppetlt*.
tie* core the wont cute* of Impotency.
wchree the low iplrited.
»rdeture* mentel power.
** bring the roe* to the cheek.
cine naturae to mealy vigor end reboet heelth
diluted, wonedown end deepelrlng derate* of
m toerreted ynnth, the orer-teeked men of
n rfotbn of narrow defkneiam the indirtdoat
m general debility, or from wteknee* oftd*.
dll ell tod immedlete end nermlnent relief by
hi* Elixir or £•*■ nee of Lift.
T bottle. or three bottle* for $6. end forwer
w, 00 receipt of money, to eny eddree*.
dnggftU every where.
Or. W. E.IUJIWIK * Oe,
No. M Liberty Street. New York.
>KEE PILLS!
BKGULATOa,
Preserver
th
MtV OWrwte, and OU Annul
' •* tSt Seeurrtnce of OuMmOdy Parted*.
or tbriato them nameroo. illitmw o*o
irrejnUrilj, by rMoorfni; the ImgnUrity
ipprMecd, Bzceeeire hod Painful Mantra
(Cbloroaia.)
l«Sk*»M»d Spinal Affocttom, paini In tb.
Mr P?*. or .* l>e naaxftwaa, oa '?
0. PatojUtloß oftlw Heft.Loww of Spif- ■
Biek Hndaclw, Qiddtan*, etr_ ne. Ilk '
lnwiliittr, mwv* 0m eniM
Xtht effacta Oat tprfng from it.
j* TegoUbl* extract*, they eontala
§aj cooititbtion, bowerer d.Hes-0,
sWsg to aalwtltnto rtrtnttii fcr mmkmtm,
|rcp«dy and, they ncrcrlbu to do.
f *•£** ■**** ** “T V in(l »* “r pniti '
vUertfcd:«»:-V;
oT tMr actkm vwU iaUiiUi 9&f&0
ddiqtlnlbrnuUrn er tdrlc vlUba in—*'
JaMWttyaiwmnd. , ! •****-
H NUatn} each box.
■ bex,«t>ii>boxea fcr *6. -.
r^*p ' o,pri^
W.a.lt*wWiOU,
“•a**. *• M ÜbertrttnetJiaw Tmk.
r to >
THRCK
tDAYSJ
in» Tixrjr* na
Elixir.
COATED
s>
AND SAFE,
r;r-gr *- tt - ■" ''''' •■■■’■■ \ •
& dern,
VO
~9.
£ THE PER CENTAGE
SA
BY BUYING Y‘>UB
CLOTHING FROM FIRST HANDS.
ETI'INGJBR & TUCK, Manufacturers
ufand IVhelnaalamil lletaJl dealera in'Unuly uuule
Clutniiib would reepectfuliy iiirlte the etwntia i of the
pobilc J a [lie following ficte in inference to their stock.
l«t. V* manufacture our own goods. They are made
an in our owu Store, io Pbibidelphia,uuder our immediate
■uperTfeiuD, and wo know they ere well made and can be
warranted
.-EQUAL TO THE BEST,
sq.l «uj tor to the, largest quantity of Ready*maOa cloth
ing in ate market.
2nd. jWe buy oar Cloths directly from the Importers and
JUnalActurert, consequently we tare the per ceotage put
oa.hr middle men.
4id. Wssell our Clothing st a reasonable perceat&ge
over the cost ofour Cloths, thereby sating the purchasers
of Clothing the percentage which must be added by those
who but from second hands to sell again. We retail our
Clothioh at the same pries which other merchant* pay
for theirs at wholesale, consequently those who buy from
«• get jbeir goods at the same price which other Clothiers
pet fon theirs in the city, thereby sating said Clothiers*
per ceqUge.
We ijavo branch Stores in
ALTOONA AND JOHNSTOWN,
where goods may be bad at the same figures at which we
sell them here Id the city.
If aoi peVson has been told, or imagines, ithat Tack’s
Store, in Altoona, is ** played out,” let such person drop
into M establishment, on Main Street, and examine his
goods afid prices.
Wholesale House, No. 702 Market Street, Philadelphia.
Dec. £, 1863.—tf.
| NEW GOOES.
TH!K undersigned would respectfully in
form thti citizens of Altoona and surrounding conn
try, that he has just returned from the East, where he has
been selecting his stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
which, jfor style, quality and price, cannot be surpassed in
this uofk of country. Hie stock is much larger than
heretofore, and as it is quite an object, in these exciting
war tiujes. for eyjjry one to purchost* where they can get
The Best Goods and at the Lowest Prices,
he would say that he can and will sell a* low, if not a
Util* lojwcr than any other house iu this place. He wishes
all to call and see his stock before purchasing elsewhere,
as he feels confident be can offer inducements which will
defy competition. His stock consists of
LADJJeS’ DRESS GOODS of every description,
mi|n and boys* winter wear.
LADIES AND MISSES’ DRESS SHOES,
| MEN AND BOYS’ BOOTS AND SHOES,
MEN’S UaLP HOSE
jWOiIEN’S AND MISSES’ WOOL HOSE,
RATS AND CAPS,
Reached, and unbleached muslin.
GINGHAMS AND HEAVY DRILLINGS.
He wlill sell Ladle* Sewed, Heeled Bootees at sldjO@l .75
Kl|> Vfks-xi 1.37@1.60
Meu’a Boot*, 2.75(§5,50
BALMORAL SKIRTS, very l.»w,
, ' GROCERIES.
Whitt and Brown Sngat. Rio Coffee?, Syrups, Tea*. Ac.*
and -vert thine that is usually kept in a Dry G-mhU Store
and a* <|heap as the cheapest. J. A. aPUANKLE.
Oct. 7. 1563
CITY DRUG STORE.
D l '! K. H. KIiIGART woiid res; eer
frilly announce to the citixwis of Altmum and *m
roaudiiijr c<>unrry, that he has recently purchased the
Drugstore of Uedin A Co., on Viigiula Street, opposite
Fries’ lt«r«lware Store.
HijS Drugs are Fresh and Pure,
and lie jlmpe* by .rri -t attention to buaiues*. to merit *
there olf pntdic pntrohuge.
Cell ajm! examine hi. .Melt, lie Ims constantly on hand.
1 DRUGS,
iMEDICINES ami CHEMICALS;
nxx \toillt SOM'S. I'EIiFUMERT. BRUSHES
GLASS. PUTTY, PAINTS. OILS. V I RWISHES,
| CARBON OIL AMD LAMPS,
notions, cigars.
and every articlt usually Kept in u First dust Drug Sif.r r
IEUitE WINES AND LIQUORS
' fur im*tiiciimJ u«*.
DOMESTIC GRACE M'l.Vß I'UllK WARRANTED.
: PHYSIC IA XS 1 PJ2£SU: IPTJOXS
accunuidj c<> tspfUfnleii, at all hours of th* dav or night.
Alto .jm. Sept. 3u. 18fi3.
i MORE COMPETITION!
A NEW DRY GOODS STORE
Sn VIRGINIA STREET.
THjE UN DERSIGNED WOULD RE
SPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE to the public that she
has advert ic her stock of
Millinery goods.
A FULL USE OF
GOODS, a
Coniiitjng o^PJMNTS,.DELAINES, ALPACAS, REPS
. GINOUAMS, MUSLINS, KIC.
BLEACHED MUSLIMS from 23 to 45 cents per yard
I ELBOW “ •• 24 035 •• “
CALICO “ 16 to 25 “
DELAINES “ 30 to 35 “
And all bther
, i r ortlclea in proportion.
I ha»4»lso afull aesortiDcnt of GLOVES, HOSIERY.
COLLARS, and NOTIONS generally.
My«t*ck of Millinery Goods embraces everything in
that Hn<| usually kept4n. the country.
I t«re marked my good, down to the lowest figure FOR
i/ASH. .Believing that my good, and prices will prore
•atisfiictiry, I invite a call from the public.
rkbecca McClelland.
1,1863-ly.
1864. SPRING 1864.
CfBCULAE.
T takje pleasure in issuing this my Spring
-■juiTet'tUemtDt, through whichl would inform my friend*
•nd the public generally that 1 hare jnat returned from
the tlant where I hare purchased Stock of
[HATS AND CAPS
au cla d „“. t 0 quaji,y ’ “ ,0r ttnd >’ rice Cttn -
I bars also bought an immense stock of
B iR 0 r T £ ANr> shoes,
now offerinK
The pjnbllc will be greatly benefited by (rtviue this their
«p -
JAMES B. MANN, Main (treat,
Altooda. Pa.
JUS
cii
Jen.:
IT, RECEIVED—A Lot of Prime
3, *64.]
aEjLMBOLD’S GENUINE BUCHU
mil Drake'* Plantation Bitten, at
Jnali. ’«! -i : R 810 ART'S Drug Store. ‘
P AND Boys' COAtS, of every
ftyle and color, of good quality, at
I , LADOHMAN’S.
TVTEiW AND ; VPBOVED STYLES
it '°f Trunk*, Valieee and Car pet- Balt*, at
| f ■' tADOHMAN’S.
IE WHITE LEAD AND Zlx\C
Eat, also Chroma. Green. Tallow, Paris Green, dry
intt oU.at r p-tt] KKSSLKH^.
and rro]
IS IIEALtY SELLING
I thjbyt Broan Sinjar ioA.ltwn< *C lift couts.
A Ljti SI I’LES CAItPETING AND
XaL OjKJUtba ian b.fcud a - ;. tinflnmu.
We met in the beginning of the action,
I and my enemy, Richard Withers—he on
foot, I mounted. It matters pot why 1
bated him .with the fiercest wrath of my
nature. ‘The heart knoweth its own bit
terness ;’-and the details, while most pain
ful tome, would be of trifling ’ interest to
you. Sufiice it that our feud was not a
political one. For ten years we were the
the closet intimates the same, studies,
the same.; tastes, and the -same tprms
could make us. I was the eider of the
two, andstronger physically ; compara
tively friendless as the world takes it, and
had no near relatives. Young, solitary
and.visionary as we were, it is hard, to
make you understand what we were to
each other. Up to this period of our es
trangement, working together* eating to
gether, sleeping together, 1 can safely say
that we had not a grief, not a; jfigasure or
a vacation that we did not share with al
most boyish single heartedness. But one
single day clianged all. We lose in the
morning dear filends and lay, down that
night bitter fees.—l was a fnan of ex
tremes 5 l eilher loved or hated with the
strength of my heart. The plfiat was for
gotten inithe present. The ten years of
kindness, .of congeniality, of almost wom
anly kindness, were erased as with a
■ sponge,-'*
REIG ART’S Drug Store.
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SOMEBODY’S DARLING.
Into a ward of the whitewashed halls,
Where the dead and dying lay,
Wounded*by bayonets, shells, and balls,
Somebody’s Darling was borne one day—
Somebody's Darling, so yonug and so brave.
Wearing yet on his pale, sweet face,
Soon tohe hid by the dust of the grave,
The lingering light of his boyhood’s grace.
Matted are the curls of gold,
Kissing the snow of that fair young brow,
Pale are the lips of dedicate mould—
Somebody's Darling is dying now.
Back from his beautiful blue-veined brow
Brush all the wandering waves of gold,
Cross his bands on his bosom now,
Somebody's Darling is still and cold.
Kiss him oncejbr somebody’s Jake,
Murmur a prayer soft and low ;
One bright curt from its fair mates take,
They were somebody’s pride, 3’ou know ;
Somebody’s bund had rested there,
Was it a mother’s soft and white ?
And hare the Ups of i sister fair
Been baptized iu the waves of light ?
God knows best! he was somebody’s L»ve;
Somebody's hearPensln im.*d him there;
Somebody wafted his uam> above
Night and morn on the wings of prayer.
Somebody wept when he inarched away,
Looking so handsome, bntv r and grand ;
Somebody** ki»a on bin Rrehi-ad lay,
Somebody clung to his parting hand.
Somt-boily** waiting ami watching fir him—
Yearning to hold km. gain to their heart;
And thfire Ue lies with li!h blue eyes dim.
And the smiling, childlike lips apart.
Tenderly bury the fair young: lined.
i’aostug to divp on hi* gmve u tear.
Carve on the wooden slab at bin h.-;*d,
*• bailing slumbers here. 1 *
THE ROSE BUSH
A child sleeps under a ruse bmlt fair.
The Uttrin swell out in the -oft .Mky air;
S«v r-jst?, nr.d dr am win^s
l'o play with ttie uiigrda .n t mauiae—
And the years gild* by.
A maiden stands by the rose-bush fair,
The duw;y Ijss-uiii p •rfbme the air;
fch*- p esses her tnimi u* h* r dxubbing breast,
With lof. ’sfliKt wonderful idprure blest—
And the years g litie by.
A mother kneels by the roie-btish fair,
Soft sigh the leaves iu the evening air;
Sorrowing thoughts of the past arise.
And tears of anguish bedim her eyes—
-3 And the years glide by.
Naked and lone stands Che roe e-bush fair,
Whirled are the leaves ic the aututnn air.
Withered and dead they fall to the ground,
And ailODtly cover a new made mound—
And the years glide by.
«—f
Mtiut
MY REVENGE:
Wo looked each other in the face with
anpy searching eyes*—said but few words
(our rage was 100 deep to be.: demonstra
tive} and.parted. Then in my solitude I
dashed my clenched hand upon the Bible
and vowed passionately ; 1 may wait len
years, Erhard Withers! I may wait
twenty, thirty, if you will, but sooner or
later J swear I shall have my revenge 1
And this was the way we met.
1 wonder jf'he thought of that day when
he laid his hand upon my bridle rein and
looked up at me with his treacherous blue
eyes. 1 scarcely think he did, or he could
not have given me that look. He was
beautiful as a girl: indeed, the contrast
Of his fair, aristocratic face with the re
gular outline and red curving lips, to my
o\yn rough dark exterior, might have been
partly the secret of my former, attraction
to him. But the loveliness, of an angel if
it bad been his would not have saved film
from me then. There was a pistol in his
hand, but before he had time to discharge
it, I cut at him with my sword, and as
the lidte swept on like a gathering wave,
1 saw him stagger under the blow, throw
up his arms and go down with the press.
Bitterly as I hated him, the ghastly face
haunted me the long day through.
You all remember how it was at Fred
ericksburg. How we crossed the river at
the wrong point, and under the raking
fire of the enemy, were so disastrously
repulsed.
It was a sad mistake, and fatal to many
a brave heart. When night fell, I lay
upon the held among dead and wounded.
I was comparatively helpless. A ball
had shivered the cap of my right knee,
and my shoulder was laid opon with a
saber cut. The latter bled profusely, but;
by dint of knotting ray handkerchief tightly i
around it, I managed to staunch it in a
measure For my knee I could do noth
ing, Consciousness did not forsake me,
and the pain was intense; but from the
moans and wails of men about me I judged
that others had fared woi-se than I. Poor
fellows! there was many a mother’s dar
ling suffering there. Many of my com
rades, lads of eighteen or twenty, who had
never seen a night from home until they
joined the army, spoiled pets of fortune,
manly enough at heart, but children in
years and constitution, who had been used
to have every little ache and scratch eom
passioned with an almost extravagant
sympathy - there crushed and dyirlg, hud
died together —some where they had weakly
crawled upon their hands and knees—and
never a woman's voice lei whi.-per gentle j
consolation. Ii was pitchy dark, and a '
cold miserable rain was tailing upon us. ■
the very heavens weeping over our mis
eries. Then through tiie darkness and
drizzling rain, through the groans and j
prayer.-of'the fallen men about me. I |
heard a familiar voice close to mvside; I
6 00 10 00 14 00
10 00 14 00 20 00
‘Water! water! water! I am dying
with thirst — if it he but a swallow—water ?
For God -1 - sake give am some water !”
I recoiled with Ui-inuy. it was the voice
■of my eneihy ; the voice of Richard With
ers.—They were once very dear to me,
those mellow tones . once the pleasantest
music I cared to hear. Do you think
they so softened me now 1 You are mis
taken ; I am candid about it.—My blood
boiled in my v.-ius when powerl-ss to with
draw i rum his detested neighborhood.
There was water in my canteen. I had
tilled it before the hist ball came. . By
stretching my hand I could give him a
drink, but I did not raise u tinger. Ven
geance is sweet I smiled grimly to my
self, and said down in my secret heart:
' Not a drop shall cross his lips though
he perish. I shall have my revenge.’
Do you recoil with horror ? Listen
how merciful God was to me.
There was a poor little drummer boy
on the other side, a merry, manly- boy of
twelve or thirteen, the pef and plaything
of the regiment. There was something
of the German in him ; he had been with
us from the first, and was reckoned one of
Ihe best drummers in the army. But we
will never march to the tap of Charley’s
drum again. He had got a ball in bis lungs,
and the exposure and fatigue, together
with the wound had made him lightheaded.
Poor little child! he crept close to me in
the darkness and laid his cheek upon my
breast. May be he thought it was his
own pillow at home; may be he thought
it, poor darling, his mother’s bosom. God
only knows what he thought, but with his
hot arm about my neck, and his 'curly
head pressed close to my wicked heart,
even then swelling with bitter hatred of
my enemy, he began to murmur in his de
lerium, ‘Our father who art in Heaven.’
I was a rough bearded man, I had been
an orphan for many a long year; but not
too many or too long to forget the simple
hearted prayer of my childhood—the dim
vision of that mother's face oxer which the
grass had grown for twenty changing sum
mers. Something tender stirred within
my hardened heart. It was too dark to see
the little face, but the young lips went on
brokenly:
‘And forgive us our we
forgive those who trespass against us,’
It went through me like a knifed —sharp-
er than the saber cut, keener than the ball,
Got! was merciful to me and this young
child was the channel of his mercy.
Forgive our trespasses as we forgive
those .who trespass against us.
-1 hart never understood the words before.
If an angel had spoken i.t could scarcely
have been more of a revelation- For the
drat time the thought that 1 might bemor- i
[independent in evektthixo.]
ALTOONA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1864.
tally wounded, that dealh'might bo nearer
than 1 dreatmd of, struck rae with awe,
and horror. The text of a long forgotten
sermon was in my cars ; it is; appointed
for all men to die and after death the
judgement.
Worse and worse. What measure of
mercy could il expect, if the same Was meted
out that I had meted unto my enemy.—
The tears swelled into my eyes, and tickled
down my cheeks; the fir st I had shed since
my boyhood. I felt subdued and strangely
moved. -
The rain was falling still, but the little
head upon mv breast was gone. He crept
away silently in the darkness. His uncon
scious mission was fulfilled, he wouhj not
rtturn at my call.
Then I lifted myself with great effort.—
The old bitterness was crushed, but not
altogether dead.
‘Water—water!’ moaned Richard With
ers, in his agony.
1 dragged myself closer to him
‘ God be praised! I said with a solumn
heart. ‘ Dick, old boy, enemy no lunger.
God be piaiaed! 1 am willing and able to
to help you. Drink and be friends.’
It had been growing lighter and lighter
in the east and now it was day. Day
within and without. In the first gray
glimmer of dawn we looked into each oth
er’s ghastly faces for a moment, and then
the canteen was at Richard's mouth and
he drank as only the fevered can drink. I
watched him with moist eyes, leaning upon
my elbow and forgetting the bandaged
shoulder he grasped me with both hands.
Blood stained and palled as it was, his
face was ingenous and beautiful as a child’s.
‘Now let me speak,’ he said panting.—
‘ You have misjudged me, Rufus. It was
all a mistake : I found it out after we
parted. I meant to have spoken this
morning when I grasped your rein, but—
but —’ • •
HU generosity spared me the rest.
The wound my hand had indicted was
yet bleeding in his head ; but for the
blind passion of the blow it must have
been mortal. Was vengeance so sweet
after all t I felt something warm trick
ling from rtiy shoulder. The. daylight
had aone again—how dark it whs 1
‘Forgive rue. Dick,’ I murmured, gro
ping about for him with my hands, 'i hen
1 was blind—then L was cold as ice—lh. n
I tumbled down an abyss, and everything
was blank.
The crisis is past—lie will recover,
said a strange voice.
■ Thank God! thank God!’ cried a fa
miliar one.
I opened my eyes. Where am I ! How
odd every thing \yfs Hows of bids
stretching down a long narrow hall, briohi
. r ’ C*
with sunshine, ;n.d w an n wearing whin
caps ami peculiar <l, -esses flitting to an I
fro with noiseless activity, wtiieh in me
fearful Weakness it tieed nu to watch.
My hand lay ou’.-ide Ihe covers; it was
as shadowy as a skel. ton's What ha I
become of my flesh Was I a man or a
child ! A body or a spirit ! 1 >V;is done
with material things altogether and had
been subjected to- some refining process
and but now awaked to a new existence
But did they have beds in the other
world ? 1 was looking lazily at the oppo
site one, when some one took my band.
A face wasi bending over. I looked up
with a beating heart. The golden sun
shine was oti it—on the fair, regular fea
tures, and the lips and kindly blue eyes.
‘DickT I gasped, ‘where have you
been all these years?”
‘ Weeks, you mean,’ said Richard, with
the old smile. • But never mind now.
You are better dear Rufus—you- will live
—we shall be happy together again.’
It was more a woman’s voice than a
man’s, but Dick had a tender heart. „
‘ Where ajm I ? what’s the matter with
me!'l asked.
‘ Hospital, in the first place, typhus in
the second. You were taken after that
night at Fredericksburg.’
It broke upon me at once. I remem
bered that awful night—l could never,
never forget it again. Weak as a child, I
covered my face and burst into tears.
Richard toas on his knees by my side at
once,
‘I was a brute to recall it,’ he whisper
ed remorsefully; *do not think of it, old
boy—you must not excite yourself. - It is
all forgotten and forgiven.’
‘ Forgive us our trespasses as we for
give those- "who trespass against us!’ I
praye4 front my inmost heart.
‘Those words have been in your mouth
day and night, ever since you were taken,’
said my friend.
I lay silent, cegitating.
‘Tell me one thing,’ I asked, are we in
the North or SouthP
‘North—in Philadelphia.’-
‘Then you are a prisoner,’-I said,
mournfully, recalling his principles.
‘Not a bit of it.’ 1
‘ What dp you meant’
Richard laughed
4 i have seen the; errors of my ways- I
have taken ih; oath of allegiance. When
you are strong enough again we shall fight
sale by si.le.’
‘ And the wound in your head V I ask
ed, with emotion, looking up at his bright,
handsome fake.
* Don’Lniention it; it healed long ago.’
‘And thwlittle dnjinmer?’
v Richard bowed his head upon my hand.
‘He was; found dead upon the field.
Heaven blesji him! They said he died
praying with his mother’s name upon his
lips.’ .
‘ Revere him as an angel!’ I whispered,
grasping him by the band. ‘ But for his
dying prayer we had, yet been enemies!’
JOSH BILIiINQS IN THE EDITO-
RIAL CHEEB.
“Amelia”—Youre inkniry, about the
the mpste brat time to marry, duz yu grate
credit, it U a subjeck which i have swet
over a good eel, and i am reel glad yu spoke
about it, mi space wont allow me tu go in
to tlie thing clean up tu the hub, az i wood
like tu, but a fir words i sa i have alwas
considered kule wether the moste best
♦ime.
‘•WhiP.”.—Yu are rite, mules liv tu a
long age, ivc knonethem tuliv 100 year’s
and knot half try, yu: are air rite awlso
bout thare bean shoorfooted, ive knone
them tu kick a man twice inn a seckund,
10 feet oph.
‘‘Gektbcde.”—Yure inkuiry stumps me
the darndest, the more i think ontu it the
more i kant tell, as near as i kan rccoleck
nou i think i dont no, much mite bee sed
bowth weighs an kneader wa bee rite upon
the hole i mther reckon i wud or wuddent
just az i thot best; or otheryss.
“Pldtakk.” —Yure mistaken, the sha
kers don’t marry, ef ynung shakers fawl
inn luv tha ar sot to weedin inyins, and
that kures them forthwithly, i kant tell yu
now how much it duz kost tojine the sha
kers hut I bleeve the eggs pens uced to bee,
includin hevin ypre bare kut and larnin
bow to danse about 6500 sente, i disreko
lect wot thar religin iz. but ef mi memory
sarve me write it is miikin roiety gud
bruims, and sellin awful poor grapecuttius,
tor; 5)0675 sense a fut.
*]‘ S>K)ktsNas.”—Youre endquiry is knot
eggssakly in-my lyne, bull i hast to repli.
a.- tollers to Wilt, the rite length 2 knt oph
a dorg’s tale has never yet bin tulle
di.-kivered-bot anduwlediy sumwharbak uv
ois eers. proyhhd yu gels the dogs konsent.
N 11, taint absolmily necessary rhe dorg
kupsent should be in ritin nutbeig
■‘ Kate *’s— I think lord Buyron was the
iiwllicr uv the lynes yew speck uv, (was
cither bym or cappan Kid wuu or tot her.
Buyron was. dretiul limbeor at rilin putri
sow wuz cappan Kid, Boj ren wag the Ital
ic---st. .
B 2- A heap uv komyoupighakii*-
sliutis stand over till line able to ansureiii.
tUBITY OP CHARACTER
Over the; beauty of the plinn and tin*
apricot there grows a bloom and betu.ty
rn a--! exquisite than the fruit itself— .l 5,.f,.
delicate flush overspreads its blushing
cbe -k. N»W, if you strike you’- hail 1 over
it, it is gone;. that hangs lit the
morning, irnpearled with dew, arrayed as
no queenly Woman ever was arrayed with
jewels. Once shake it so that the beads roll
off, and you may sprinkle water over if as
you please, yet it can never be again what
it was when the dew fell silently on it from
Heaven. Qn a frosty morning you may
see the panes of glass covered with land
scapes, mountains, lakes and trees, blended
in a beautiful fantastic picture. Now lay
your hand upon the glass, and by a scratch
of your finger, or by the warmth of your
palm, all the delicate tracery will be ob
literated; : So there is in youth a beauty
and purity of character, which, when once
touched and defiled, can never be restored;
a fringe more delicate than frostwork, and
which when, torn and broken, will neVer
be re-embroidered. He who has spotted
and spoiled his garments in youth, though
he may seek to make them white again,'
can never wholly do it, never were he to
wash them tyith his tears.
When a young man leaves his father’s
house with the blessing of * mother’s tears
still wet upon his brow, if he once lose the
early purity of character, it is a loss that
he can never make whole again.
Such is thje consequence of crime, Its
effects cannot be eradicated; it can only
be forgiven. ! x
Facxs About ihb Sun. —lt has been estima
ted that the heat emitted every square foot
of the sun’s surface in ah, hoar is equivalent to
that produced by the conjhustion of 1,600 lbs, of
coal, and the mechanical work which that qtum
tityof coat is able to produce is equal to that of
7,000 horses. The light and beat of the snnn
ore far greater than any;that can be produced ar
tificially'—nevertheless, such a rapid loss of heat
as that constantly given out would, in a long course
of years, occasion a sensible effect, if there were
no means o( restoring the lost poorer. Some sup
pose that the fall of meteorites into the snn keep*
up its heat. Qthcrs that the contract ion of the
mm at IQ.OOOtti part of its diameter would gener
ate sufficient heat to maintain its present hiaing
force for nearly 8,000 years. Assuming the den
sity of the Sun* (to ho eq'uyl to thatof .earth, a
similar amonnl of contraction would suffice for
ten millions ofj yen's. . |
la* Oh my eyes! love and murder UFroro
ray heart { w» 8 l* you W«» f'tirder ; I’ll do
any thing for you, the cradle I’ll nick:
But if you say no! Fll jomp off the dock I
EDITORS AND I’ROPI
THE PATH OP LIPS.
Looking awhile since, at- a collection of
Gorman lithographs, 1 whs struck; with one
that was simply in conception, rmcLjet. of
great power and beauty. "
It wiis.a picture of a little ohild in the
dres» of a pilgtim, walking slowly along a
narrow path, wmcb wa* hounded on either
side by a terrific precipice* the hedges of
which was hidden form bis'view.ljiy a lux
uriant thicket of fruitsand flowers. Be
hind the child is an angel, with a counte
nance of mixed tenderness and anxiety, his
bauds placed lightly on the ( of the
little pilgrim, as if to keep mm in the centre
of the path ; while the child having closed
his eyes, that he may not percieve the
tempting snares on either side, is walking
clamly forward, content not to ape where
he plants his footsteps, as long as he feels
each gentle and guiding touch of the angel
upon him. His whole aspect is that of
peace, confidence and conscious safety, so
long as he follows the guidance of bis hea
venly monitor, and presses onward la his
way.
As I gazed upon it, soveralthoughts
arose up vividly to my mtqd ; and as the
the description is itself a picture, others, in
view of it may ponder the leason it suggests,
and as they ponder be profited.
_ A Good Joke. —-A loafer, while stop*
ping at a tavern up country, used to lounge
about the bar and drink other people’s li
quor. Not a glass could be left alone for
■' moment, but he would slip up find drink
;is entire contents. Onedqy a stage-driver
came in, and called for a stiff thorn of
biandy toddy. Jehu immidiately played
possum by leaving his brandy while he
stepped to the door. The bait took. On
returning he saw his glass empty, and ex
claimed- with all the horror be
could affect:
Brandy and opi um enough to kill forty
men!—Who drank that pison v>
“ I!’ stammered the loafer, ready to give
up the ghost with affright.
■* Yuu are a dead man i” sqid the driver.
‘’What shall I do V’ . beseeched the
other, who thought himself a gone sucker.
“ Down with a pint ot lamp oil, or yoU
are a dead man in three minutes!'* an
wered the wicked driver. Andduwnwent
■i he lamp oil, ,ind up came the brandy and
opium, together wi'U lii.s breakfast. 'lhe
joke was told ami he has never drank other
people’s liquor since.
Look Up — l tis what we rejoice to nee
men, women, and children, the rich aml lhe
(ioor, iheuldiuitl the young, always looking
op. Il shows the purity of your intentions
and the determination oh your heart a. We
nev. r despair of a man however poo» and
d -graded he may be. who look? up. spring*
op. We see in him the elements of a true
man Nonmiter.il the seas have swallbwed
your property, or the tins have consumed
your dwellings, look i.p. and take tivUh cour
age. Is your naibe a hyxyord or are roach?
Look up M> thepWitv of th.-sky. unde its
image lie reflected m your heart. Uetracii in
then, will ivlamnd from ytlnr Ixisom. Are
you trod upon by the strongl-Look up, push
up, and you will stand a»s(rongas he. ' Are
you crowded out of the society of the rich?
Look up and soon your company will be
coveted. Whatever may be our circumstan
ces or condition in life, always make it a
point to look up, to rise higher, aud jou
will attain your fondest expectations,*—
Success may be slow but sure it will come
Heaven is on the side of'those who look
up.
«T A scrub-headed boy having been
brought up before the court as a witness,
the following colloquy ensued: .
“Where do you live?” asked the Judge.
“ Live with mother.”
“ Where does your mother live 1”
“ She lives with father V'
“ Where does bo live?"
•‘He lives With the old folks.”
“Where do they live?’! says the Judge
getting very red, as an audible quicker goes
around the room-
“They live’t hume.”
“ When in the thunderfa their home I”
roars the Judge.” . . |
“ That’s where I’m from,” say? the boy,
sticking hia tongue in a corner of hia
cheek and slowly closing! one eye on the
Judge. " ~ !
“ Here, Mn Constable,” sagf 4e
“take the witness! out amt' till him to
travel, he evidently does not understand
the nature of an bath.” f'
“You’d think different” says the boy
going toward the doorway, “u I was to
once give you a cussin 1”
WasTsmr Chop PRosncx*.—A gentiaman
writing. 10 the Chicago Journal fromf pltwylU.,
says: “I have leveled over tfie rnoavof ‘ulinoU
and through Central and Eastern tow*,
the past three weeks, andi think! there wilt be full
crops of wheat end corn in theae Statesithiw year.
Tlte prospects. are first r» ,e > htu «iiprchen»lpns
exist that the farmers wflThe yety short_ ; help
when harvest liihe comet. I have also bvetf in
some part* of Wisconsin. iti l e r! aot
so good thire for full crops. TheyWeettraihfJt
, Cf Anexchiipge
thing inexpressibly sweet about Utilaatris.
The Lpuiiuille Journal 1;
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