*> m A XEVER-EJiDINfi SEMIIBB. Running directly from the shivering shores of New York city, and the chilly North, across snow covered valleys, and oyer the mountains, there is a railway which links our six month!’ Winter with a never-ending Summer- buitw drifts at one end, and roses at the other I Through without change of cars, with kitchens and bed rooms attached ! The time lees than a week, and the faro less Than |300! Wbat-glorlous news this is for Invalids I for those who are sickly* and enervated from city confinement and over heated rooms! How much better than going to operas and theatres, it would be to dwell in a land of soft airs, full of sweet sounds, breathing the fragrance of flowers! Southern California is the only really tropical laud our starry flag* floats over, where one may enjoy all of privileges, with nbtie "Ah 3 tf is such a glorious laud, of wonderful trees and flowers! As to the weather, no one could wish better, if it was made to order. Um brella makers do not flourish in that land of smiling skies. The plaza of Southern California is very rstucslvc, and well worthy of study, ilany hints may he had from flowers, for those who have an artistic turn of mind. Where else can wc gel such reve lations for designs in architecture for shades of coloTi &c ? The Egyptians took the lotus and the papyrus blossoms; copy ing them in the ornaments of the capitals of columns the shafts of which were form ed from the stocks of the papyrus bound together. In the same manner lie As syrians took the poppy, the Jews the pom egranate blossoms,the Greeks the acanthus ieal. Perhaps the day will crmC when wbe shall be as wise. ;f In California the camellia remains out •»f doors all Wipter; the heliotrope ia a stout shrub; the gladiolus is past its bloom in Jane, and is planted iu the Fall. The little ewcol alyssum, which here in the North creeps on the ground, in California rears its fl iwer spikes two feet high. The scarlet geranium grows eight feet high, making a hedge of brilliant bloom almost biding the foliage. Boses bloom all the year round ; the oleander remains in the ground throughout the Winter. Kestau rants have their little tables set with flowers on them, and bunches of flowers are offered for sale in the stcam-cars—-a degree of civilization not yet attained ia (he East. February is a month of flowers in Cal ifornia, somewhat as June is in higher latitudes. At that season of the year the roast countries are clothed in a lovely irrecn of a peculiar linT not seen else where, caused by the alii!h-ria, m native £iass. It gives the pastures a light greeu, w ith a tinge nf yellow, rich sad, soft to the eye as a Turkish carpet, ; reflecting with a peculiar loveliness the light ot the sun. Growing quite high, it still fans a mustard grows as high as a man's head in this strange laud, and when you face the mountains you see their sides covered with ycllew bloom, lu May and June the whole of the San Jose Yailey is cov ered with lovely flowers. The brilliant yellow and orange of the escktchaUsiv, or California poppy, and the tender blue and while of the lupine, line the roads, covering the fields in broad masses. The roses grow in great masses, free from dl '•case, of a size and depth of color un known East of the Mississippi. Highly cultivated farms in the San -fuse Yailey grow the pomegranate, the fig, the almond, and many flowering shrubs, which are strangers tons, brought from Japan, Chins, and Australia. There are a number of new varieties of ever greens. The Australian green is one of these; and Is 4 favorite trco.ia all parts of California, la a single season it has made a growth of fifteen feet. Of a bluish green foliage, it contrasts tinely with the lonely mountain cypress. Decently, dre tors of medicine have discovered the the ,’cdf contains wonderful medicinal qua li lies, and the various preparations are be ing introduced into allopathic practice. It is supposed to be good for malarial fevers, diseases of the throat, &c- The leaf is very resinous, burning like a pitch pine knot. In the Southern country. as at Los Angelos, may be seen one of the most beautiful objects iu Nature—< rmge orch ards in full bearing. Ar Smta Barbara there are groves of«.liv v and almond At the old mission, near Sun Diego, there are several date palms, ami the oldest olive grove in the Slab*. I’ruii trees boar earlier than in'the East ; the stqond jear trom planting the pal, the pencil hear? a peck. Af five years the apple ;g ; v*.s a crop. The* cutculio is unknown ; the cherry has no kuot*; no fruts is as yet diseased. In; one orchard in tViifornia may he .seen apple, peach, pear, cherry, quiew, i»!um, iicctorine, p( extra va gaucc on record in Or? cn'-.-oy :.s (k-?orih. e>! hy a X<--\ York ct of the J I" script. It 'TcarjV'l r>j • 3 iit» ult.. in t}ip it! *; priv.U- dir'iitr :ki DejiiK-nircV. Awr altliy Gerw.in itu- : As the blind lam krr-Wo not light, uad jtMrirr. w'ui has mirt-d frmn btisire 1 !*, through > hat. ipiorar.iv a’?r« of necessity and w:i» about t>i sail for Kurapr, dccidid, knmvf i >t dsrkm ??, ,-•■ likewise tul for n* si-rivnu: Anmri'-n, to invite hi? 1 dis : :.lcv*>ts >, i!u-P‘-,\*-0 ;-v-aid know anthinc frieode to dinner. Covers were ordered iof sti fish ness; it t are perhaps in this iit sev»mt\ °i‘nr eueets, and curie Unncle '• w**wid ojitny tl.ii';> which remain obscure, w'if* given ’•> fnr »be dinner, j t«» as f.»r ' r 'irt •.! <■'■'.• "rß’inp w ! th their Tbo large liijiipu i bail of t}i*H • «iAb ,w ii ment was secured, the same hall where | the dinner to Dickens and Tyndall were \ given, at the rate of fifteen dollars a ticket. For nearly a week the emyloyes of Delmomco were engaged in preparing for this dinner. A table twenty-four feet wide, extending the whole length of the room, was constructed. In the centre of it an artificial- pond was made, with a fountain, while around the fountain live swans were floating. Of course the pond Was caged over. The centre of the table, was banked with flowers, from the water’s edge, at a cost of over three thousand dol lar!! Perfume fountains were construct ed In various parls of the-Table, and to add to the intoxication lh,c senses Bernstein’s full band of thirty five pieces i was engaged to furnish the music. The ! dinner commenced at 8 p. m., ami con tinued for a couple of hours, after which when The dinner, or supper as it was then called, was resumed for an hour or two,, j followed by dancing until four o’clock in [ the mtfrning. The , bill for this dinner amounted to just ten thousand dollars. , One of our citizens who has been troub led for some lime with a severe cold on the lungs, effected bis recovery in the fol lowing simple manner : He bbiTed a lit tle boneset- and hoarbound together, and drank freely of the tea before going to bed. The next day be took five pills, pot one kind oT plaster on bis breast, another Under his arms and etiil another on his back. Under the advice of an experienc ed old lady he took all these ofl' with an oyster knife in the afternoon, and slapped on a mustard paste instead. -Hie mother pul onion drafts on hie feet nod gave him a lump of tar to swallow. Then he put some hot bricks to hie feet and went to bed." Next morning ; another old lady came in with a bottle of goose oil. and gave him a u dosd of it io n quill, and an aunt arrived about the same time trom Bethel with a bundle of sweet fern,, which “he made into a tea end gave him every half-hour until no»o. when be t»»ok a big dose of salts. his wife, who had seen a flue old lady of grrat ex perience in doctoring, on Franklin street, gave him two pills of her make, about the size of an English walnut and of a similar shape, and two lablespoccsfal of home made balsam to keep them down. Then be took half a pint nf hot rum at the suggestion of an old sea captain who lived in the next bouse, and steamed his legs with an alcohol bath. At this crisis two of the neighbors came in who saw at once that his blood was.out of order, and gave him half a gallon of spearmint lea and a big dose of castor oil. Before going to bed he took eight of a Pew kind of pills, wrapped about his neck a flannel soaked with vinegar and call, ami bad feathers burnt on a shovel in his room. He is now thoroughly cured,/and lull of «r..l 1t,.,’.. u.-_ -» -var tbis out end lt where it can be read-' iiy louud when dsugtr threatens.—Dan bury Nona. Trtrlr Tbe Revolution Tea-Burning at An napolis. If (he tea party in B »ston has been thought worthy of renown. the tea burn ing at Annapolis, open and undisguised, should not be forgotten. In Auguet, 1774, the hrlgatine Mary and Jane, Captain Genffge Chapman, mas ter, arrived m St. Mary** river with sev eral packages of tea on board consigned to merchants in Georgetown and Bladcna burg. The Committee of Safety of Charles county immediately summoned the ouster &ttd conaigpcca, \o them. The explanations and sublntssl'a of these gentlemen were declared satisfactory ; and as the duty had not b/-:n paid, they were discharged on the plea that the teas should r u»l be landed, but should f*. s-nl bark in the brig to London, Ou the 14th ol October tie utia Peggy Stewart arrive'! in Annapolis, having in ita cargo n few packages of tea. The du ty was paid by Mr. Anthony Stewart the owner of the Ttesel. This submission to the oppressive tßuctmsni of Parliament called forth the deepest feeling. A public rattling was held ; the owner of the ves sel and the consignees in the most hum ble manner apologized for their c-ffense, and consented lu the burning of toe tea. But the people were determined to enact a more signal vindication of their rights. The easy compliance of Mr. Stewart with the aet had aroused their antrer, and threats were poured out agair -t hi- vessel and himself Mr. bifiVarl, to snnthr tin.- violence ol the pt note, arid to mnke amends for his fault. offered to destroy ihe vessel with V.ls* own hand. Tiio wa* accepted; and white ii»t pei pie 2 ; » ! hcred in cn-v.d'? Upon the idlOreS 1 » Ali.y.SS ;'S tiou. Mr. Stewart, on hoar \ tin- »»r•*/, ran her ncrowid on WtndmtM I’.doT, and set fire to ?u r in the m the nrohi mdc. S 1 oillmsioiv? h:l;i tc*a Ir'-0.1.11- l ti-il wherever it- was iNcovert, i i’s nvnr s were /arced li destroy It. Ta' • M*rh c later ihe people of Fn • brick, bavin2 met at Hagerstown, com pel Vf n nnW'-rons ho-iv of pen . pie." _ i,*"ir.'-«U > How to Gore a Cold. THE RADICAL: FRIDAY, APRIL 4, ISIS. A OIRDSiSISBIAfIB POBIIOfI. And What Came of It-How swietfo' taloes Were Intredaced lnlo aml Valley-A Lone Walk. : [Prom (he Dajtoo, (0 ) Journal. Thedfrat white or yellow sweet potatoes seen itf this valley were; introduced here about fifty years ago by old Billy Street, who lived’Oh a small farm bn Bon, near Where It empties into t&trlßSwd river, dot f*r from FrankllD.Thoywcre brought from Georgia, of which State: Street was a" native. Old Billy married a widow in Georgia, who had ah locum brance in the shape of a daughter who was '-boubd out- until ehe shoaTtTcdme of I age, at which lime she was promised a [ bed, pots, kettles, dishes, <&c., da a "mar riach portion.” Street prevailed on bis wife 'to, emigrate V>“ObMV pn condition: that when her dangblercame-of < aga she migfat r retam-titrGeotgiflc /or. .her<. acd bring her North. And some months afterwards Street ‘and his wife 1 found themselves, ih a JUtle cabin In a small clearing, oh the banks of the Miami, not far Irora Praoktm, Warren county/ The Georgia emigrants fora lime found'it a hard matter to live, but they worked hard, and the settlers aided them,-and* finally prosperity followed industry, and they made their situation tolerably com fortable. At length the time came when Mrs.’ Street’s daughter was to he free, and patting the sidesaddle on "old Doll, 1 she started off for Georgia for herglrll She made the ted iona journey safely, and brought her daughter and her "marriage portion” back; with her I There was a ;bed tick, two iron pots, a "spider,” dishes, knives and forks, coffee and tea pots, and various other articles of domestic comfort and convenience that were toted on Void Doll” all the way from Georgia, the girl walking all the way. And what .was, more important to this region than all else, a half peck o! yellow sweet potatoes, and a pint of topset onions were among the bound girl’s .things I Tho potatoes and. oniooa were carefully planted. and culti vated* and In the course of a couple of seasons the whole valley was supplied with sweet potatoeenncl onions, and old Billy Btreel made a nice little fortune by tfccir production and sale. OM subscrib ers and reiulera of lhc Journal throughout this valley well remember old Billy Street, and hia sweet potatoes and onions, which had sale everywhere. It will also be remembered by some, that Street’s j theology was a little peculiar. Some I things in the Bible be believed, and other t things were in doubt. The doubtful pa;< ig€3 were crossed cut by his pea, and quite illegible. The old man baA been dead many years, acd hia family are in Ibe for West. \ Fearful Vlultor. The Paris Boir relates the following story ; “A Hoe. Bocceau, living in., the arewi Says her return to dinner, when a roan of wild and haggard appearance catered, and. seating himself opposite to her, addressed her in the following terms: “I am a great doe tor. Ichn effectually cure all headaches. I have heard that you suffer from that cause, and; 3am co&e to cure you.” The kdj, perceiving that aha had to deal with a madman, prudently seemed to full iota bis humor, and ashed what was. bis melh* od of trealmont. ’‘Simple enough, Madame.” Said he, drawing a razor from hi** pocket, *T cut off the head, and then, after having well .cleaned K, 1 replace it upon the shoulders*" Upon this be prepared to euU.the action to his words. Mmc. Bonneau, with great coolness, -pro- 1 fessed her readiness to submit to, the operation, but suggested that she should fetch'a towel from the nest r»om to pro ven*. he r d rcss being stained. Her visitor assented to the reasonableness of this suggestion, and sho left the room, locking the door behind her. Upon " her return : with some police officers they found that j the unfortunate maniac had cot bis t>Wc 1 threat, but not fatally. It, was ascertained ! that he had escaped from a lunatic asylum at Clesrmonl les Pres, atd had been vain-' ly sought fur during a # whole month." ! Handwriting of DitliDzoislMd Bleu* ! Co’. Forney, in his recollect long of dls- J tinguished men, eays: ! I “Senator Sumner’s writing ia charae I tcrlstically large and distinct; short sen tences, caretuily pointed, co-d ink Jand e xcellent stationery-somewhat after the Parliamentary fashion. He ia a prodig ious worker, and, I fear, oven his prostra tion cannot keep his hand from hia pon acd pencil. Caleb Cashing writes very rapidly, and it reqn I rJihj kvj fatal liar with bis manuscript to interpret it.JjOi all j moil, however, none was harder to under stand than Thadduus Steven?. I ..have some notes of his which would trouble an expert. John l» >thr.>p Motley, the historian, is singularly precise. Tiiackery | seems to rejoice in small feminine ohaiac ters and took great delight in his .letters ; to hti frieu-.la to dec irate ?he border with ail manner of carious caricatures. Rob ! ert T. Conrad, the poet, was a most del** ,t:Ue and diUtianlt writer. Some of his , poem* were m*l less models of literary ' beauty tuna mechanical art. William B.> • Reed, ed well known in politics and liter ; «are, writes a hand very much like the venerable Henry C. Cary, fair l.» took ; upon, but .s'Ujelirnc - hard to ' Stephen A. JVagLs dasln d off-lila-k-Rers wifhcul iniii-h rfjg-irl t»> nppo:\ra!»c(3. He r-ccnir.l'.' :>** always unrifr s high j-.rij 1 sure, &t\u whfit he wr-d** was writ, ton * with in ten st Jo bn l-V.-mont 1 eic-.c, hi.s name b dd'y, a’ ’Ut?e after She * Dick' ns P>y!f. vVilihun H. Be^' V ro wa? excessively particular In the preparation I 6fhi* speeches, aod composed with de aay he had taken down Mr. Seward. literal'y, in one of/M* greatest efforts, and presented him the full report, the statesman itecasl the whole d Iseoursc, and sent ltl#lhc. printers in his own bimd. LSCnatoc Morton writes Ip round charactera. Tlmrlow Weed’s It significantly iodUorial—anybody who sees ft can tell that ho has reeled off mu Ultadl opus McMtohael,of the North" glmerj^,s.^ritoB; nervously, !a straight lines, freqiienriyhsMt" solve. Boker, the T pact, pride3' biuiBcii-Upon r h i’i - cool^and dainty cbir >graphy. Rufus Choate rt which I make, the people arc pleased the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thong lit.” , Oku fountain there is, wh»»6edccp vein has only Just begun to throw Ita silver drops among mankind —a fountain which will allay the thirst of mitHona, and will give to these who drink from it peace and joy. It is knowledge, the fountain of cui vtvatmu, which gives health wvtaaaklrd, makes dear the v«lnn, bring# Joy to his * life, and breathes over his soul's destiny a deep repose. ' Tub town ni Fnguodas is a queer position on the license question. One portion is in Warren county, which voted against license, and the other la Forest, which voted for lice use, leaving the town with one .half &t liberty to sell liquor, and ihc other half prohibited. -All ].he,-hotels in the Warrcg portiimcf the. Sown arc to be rerowed oyer theiinp^, . . r We ha»« oh hand a LARGR, STOCK of FINK FINISHED HEADSTONES . , & WWdh a« cheap as any other fir pi la the State.. ,A»eo U Moments ana Haadstones Fnruiahed to order as reasonable as they can be had elsewhere. Parsons wishing MONUMENTS & HEADSTONES thoulct cull anil see tis before pnrehasih' r’*i>- where, as wo will guarantee to foil a better Job for !a?s money than an> other flm In Heavaj county. GRIND BTONKS AND FIXTURES CEMENTS OF ALL KINDS BY tllß BARKBT marl4-f‘.ni W 11. MARSHALL, Rochester. p H AMBEULAIN INSTITCTK \J vsr> FEMALE C OLLEH E. j Pi'dilSolpll, Mraips COBllty, N. T. i The. new Utmrding-bah (worth ?"0,000.0l)} I.< 1 flrithoil. fntnl.-’bod. mid occupied. Thi* school *■* 1 W3l! endowed, and placed upon .in enduring harii?. - Its large property enabled ino Board to otter great i advantage at atnnJl coyt. i Total Expeme* for Term of Fourteen | WceltM, Only $«2. ( Tho Spring Term opens 35. 1 Fur catflb'eaa addrer* fc2l-5t UKV.J. T. KUW \U\)S. .V ML, Hew g HAMILTON, 5t FIFTH AVBNHB. PITTSBURGH, PA. The Cheapen and Beet ffottae in the City, ill' Beat Selected stock ■ y" 1 , *v” ‘A ‘ ‘ V FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS GET EITHER A DECKER & BARNES PIANO, HALLS'!’, DAVIS 4 CO. PIANO, CRAMER & CO. PIANO. BRADFORD & VO PARLOR OK M PIANO, I'H OTiL: T \ ' T7D Tayte-r & Farfey Organs, A.u: r\iu ST E RL I S G <>LGA N. Quick Saks and Small /Vot??*. We Rua-ante- to*tfu AP GOOI> Ms ZS. PTIII’ME!NT As is in the asarket, at Prices I) il F Y COK P V. TIT/ O X , And on terras tc ?v.: Ike pn.-cittc; lostrn meats rented snC kt.; nllo'wod toe'> to-ranl Iks purefcaie*?, Per Catalogue and fall particular? c;i'i. oj) or S(1 dreee lha Msnuf&cturer'a Gerierr.: S; & Co., 51 FIFTH AVK?i Utk PITTSBURGH, PA. norfO-tm. JJ- 0 CHESTER Fimwf#nAKCE COMPANY. Incorporated'by tlse tegia’Jftapo of Pennsylva nia. ffODrsarr, 1873. Office one door east of Koch ester tarings Bank, KocW-fer,' Bedver counlv. Penn’s. People of Peiive- rr ., Bf ,- V i, avc property inearth j»galt»st ic«r t-r damage by fire, at fair ln £ and. HBEIABLB bomb company. thereby avoidfc? tb? espt-nao. ticub'c mid delav iLCidcnt to wljtjstiufeiit of io?e9e bv companies located at a dleta^c*. bta'-u. T'tr.rxiOK^; J. V. M’Dipald, o2£: v * K. B. Kdj?ar, M. Casap.jr., , V. B. iluhit. David' lo'.vrj-, Henry G^hHng. t-SO. C. ?PEY£BEK, Free :. J. V. STUDS A tl), V. Prest H. J. ‘SPSi'aasß, Tre??. Ja., y*c'y J> r & /w '-; IN s O X r.r,d Dealer? ui TOBACCO AND CIGARS. I#T JarvKUTV STREET, febSl-lcv AN ACESCV *\>U (i K 1 How WWer& f ilsi Sawing Macbliie. ’Wo are now pr-parcel to (-fli-r sore i.lbei:m lEusa ard gk v jat , 'B KjmrvTS to ueuahle men. than- eur before during our -experience of IMJ-’TKiJN. VKARS la the basilic***. No capital rcinnred UV ffj’ui ail lomc* a rot calUrt all paper at o*rovr. -xpemr. iieetc, Wagon and Onuipfiir nirnedif uece«ssrv. - Spsc’iai. jNorcKWjMTS 10 men who ein liiVriah TUKif; iivs teams. Now is the time to appij rtni! gci remlj for the Hprme trade. WM. bI'MNKU & CO.. MO Wood street. r , ;U^lKii i _-u, f‘j. febSlOtu If. VO>S P H O T 0 G R .1 P II KJi K A V K n V (* r, LE O E If PBI V r» /. I V s T I TV T K Open. ir?-Siprito *-.ion OS' TIIK FfKST OF AT’KII.. 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