POETRY. wet, CD Patna From the Balance. ———r «Time and Chance Happen to all’ There’s a Chance for the soldier tho’ never so brave, On the ficld of his glory to sink in the grave, ¢ There’s another chance too that he safe may come back With a cartlead of laurels-=of rupees a lack? There’s a chance for the lawyer to live by - his writs, And a chance for the gambler to win by his | There’s another chance too that the gam- bler may lose, And the neck of a lawyer find room in a hits : 209s8¢€. Theres a chance for the sailor a prize ship to take, And a chance for a whirlwind to come in his wake ; & Theres a chance on the ocean a treasure to win And a chance too that Neptune may have it again. There’s a chance for mechanics to live by their trade, And another chance too that this checks wont be paid ; There's a chance for the sexton to Jive by the dead, And a chance that he sometimes goes hun- gry to bed. There’s a chance for the doctor tolive by | the sick, And a chance that the @ehize horse’ the doc tor may kick, T'here’s a chance for the drunkard to live on good wine ; And a chance for the hangman to give him a line. There’s a chance for the poet to starve on his rhymes, And a chance for the vet'ran to beg in hard times, There’s a time and a chance for all men on the earth, To him that is wretched; and him full of mirth. But of chances and times in this world to be found—= ~ 3 way : They raised “his {eft foot, which] they passed gently over thie right leg and from thence over his face. The inhabit-|t ants of the Phillippines bend their body very low, in placing their hands on their cheeks ond rising at the same time one foot in the air, with their knee bent, The Ethiopian take the robe of another, and ties it about his own waist, so that he leaves his friend halt naked. This cus- tom of undressing on these occasions take other forms ; sometimes they place them- selves naked before the person whom they salute ; itis to shew their humility and that they are unworthy to appear in his presence-~Sometimes they ouly undress partially. The Japanese only take oif a slipper ; the people of Arracon, their san dles in the street, and their stockings in the house. Ina word there is not a na: lion, (observes the humorous Montaigne) even to the people, who when they salute turn their backs on their friends, but that can bejustified in their customs observed of the negroes, that they are fond of the ludicrous and thus make all thei It must ceremonies farcical. Snelgrave gives an edd representation of the embassy whiz h the king ‘of Dacomy sent to him, the cer- emonies of salution consisted in the most ridiculous contortions, * When two negro monarch’s visit, they embrace by .spup ping three times the middle fingers. Barbarous nations frequently imprint on their salutions the ‘disposition of thew character. ; When the inhabitants of Carmena (says Athenzus) would show a peculiar mark of esteem, they open a vein, and present for the beverage of their friend the blood as it issues The Franks tore hair from their head and presented it to the persons they The slave cut his hair and of- The Chinese are saluted. fered it to his master. singularly affected in their personal civili- ties: They even calculate the nidmber of reverances. Those are their most res markable postures : The men move their hands in an affectionate manner while they are joined together on the breast and bow their head alittle. If they res pect a person, they raise taeir hands joined and then lower them to the earth, in bending the body--1f two persons meet, after a long separation, they both fall on their knees, and bend the face tothe earth ; and this ceremony they repeat twoor three times: Their expressions mean as little as their ceremonies. Ifa Chinese is asked how he finds himself in health ? he an- And Pve travelled it and than half round, 1 travelled it more | or {dant felicity.” swersy, © Very well ; thanks te your abun- If they would tell a man There's no chance so rare, if the truth fie looks well, they say, « prosperity is GRU say, As the chance that Printer will pay ! BOSTON BARD. ED 0 From the curio Different modes o ries of Literature. salution in different coun | tries. The first nations have no peculiar mode | of salutation ; they know ro reverences or] other compliments ar they dispise or dis- dain them. The Greenlanders laugh, ‘wheil they see an European uncover his head and bend his body before him whom he calls his superior. The Islandersncar the Phillipines, take the hand or foot of him they salute and with it they gently rub their face. The Laplarders apply their nose strongly against that of the person they salute.—— Dampier says that at New Guinea they are satisfied with placing on their heads the leaves of trees; which have ever passed This zalutions are ve- for symbols of friendship and peace. Other ry incommodious and painful j is a pictui ‘esque. it requires great practice to be polite in an Island sit- Hous - man tells us they saluted him in this odd uated inthe streights of the sound. [pa i SUBSCRIBERS the | ™ ounces your happiness.” {them any service they say-—< My thanks } {should be immortal” 4 | suade myself of what you say of me ted on youre 37 or “ybur air an- If you render If you praise them they answer. % How Shall I dare to per- If you dine with them ey tell you at parting, ¢ we hay treated you with sufficient distinct The various titles {they invent for each other, It would be impossible to translate, that it is to be ob- served all these answers are pre- 3 2 Titual, There, are deter- scribed by the Chinese emy of Compliments. mined the number of bows; the eXPress-| nuflexions ; ions to be employed ; the ger and the inclinations which are to be made 2.0 3 _ 2 seit Liga, toe to the right or to the tations of the muster before the chair, salutes it most profoundly, and wipes the dust away with the skirts of his robe ; all to the silent gestares by which you are celebrated to enter the house. class of people ar The lower] ¢ equally nice in their punctillios ; and embassadors pass forty or Acad-it an nd ceremonies "is oh bone ind reek day very odd decrees are issued, to whichi fre Chinese most religously submit. W. WARD, TOBACCONIST, INFORMS the public and those dis. posed to favor him with their custom, that i having received a supply of Tobacco from Pittsburgh, he intends keeping constantly on hand a quantity of the best SEGARS. He apologizes to those Merchants who so generously aided him when he first es- tablished, and who have been disappointed in their expectations-——Not bzing being acquainted with the market from whence he was supplied with tobacco, he neglect: «dd to send for a supply in season, and by vhis means has pot beep enabled to supply them as usual. He assures them howey. er that ‘in future, no such neglect shall ~ ake place. All orders from country Vicrchaots and others shall be punctuaily wend:d toy, and gratefully acknowledged. Bellefonte July 26, 1819. TO SEVTLERS. 100,000 Acres of Land. THE subscriber offers for sale, on the srate terms, about ONE HUN THOUSAND ACRES LAND, most mod DRED of an excellent quality, in the Counties oy fudiana, Jefferson, Being part of the Holland Land from all incumberance whatever, on which there is Dunkers and others, The settlement is’ rapidly increasing. not excelled by any other in the State, the Land and rocds are good, and there are erected on the premises several mills. Payments to be made in eight equal an- {nual installments. = Apply to Charles C. Gaskill. Mahoning, Indiana, June 19, ote 200 REWARD WILL be paid by the General Post Of- fice department, together with the neces- sary costs; to any person who may be successil in detecting” the person who pt urloined from the mail, a letter put into the Post Office at Bellefonte, Centre County, on the 2nd day of May last, directed to ‘Mrs. Abigail “Potts, Potts- grove, Montgomery County, taining three notes of $100 each, of the Bank of the United States, payable at] the Branch in Pittsburg, ali dated 2d October 1817, two of them Leiter CG; No. 241 266 and one Letter ID. No. 266 : which con- onl. Any tn {ormation Imay be communicated: to the subscriber in Bellefonte, Centre County. Joseph Miles. August 3, 1319, salu-| $ - » {detection of villany, are these and other things are noticed, even |i days in practising them before they are! enabled toappear at courte A tribunal of | Bellefonte, Lditors of Newspapers, friendly to the reghcsied to in- where the stranger is to be seated for hes¢crt the dbove. LOOK HERE 111 THOSE persons who know themselves indebted to the subscriber, tol ene year, for upwards are requested to come for. {ward and discharge the same immediately, or payment will be enforced by compul- sitory measures—this may be relied on. James M’Gee, September 8th 1519, OF and Armstrong.— (tract, and situated on and adjoining Redbank, and other navigable streams; and free a large settoment of German letter h CT has never reached its destina- | perior € on ‘the subje ct lable terms, NOTICE. THOSE Stockholders of the Susquea hannah and Waterford Turnpike roaq Company, who have not paid the instal. 3 ment of five dollars required at the isgy. ing of the certificates, as per notice of January last, are hereby advised that if the said instalment shall remain due ang unpaid, after the first day of November next, the Treasurer will be required to institute suits for the recovery of the same, together with five per cent pep month Interest, to be computed from and after the expiration of 60 days from the Ist Monday of May last, conformably to dect. 8th of the law authorizing the ins corporation of said Company. Also the third instalment of three dollars on each share of the Stock of said Company wil be required to be paid to the Treasurer on or before the first day of Novembép next, By order of the board, JOHN REYNOLDS Secretary, Meadville, Sept. 25, 1819. : NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of John Trautman deceased, late if Miica township, Centre County, are “Fequesied to make payment 3 and those having des maliGs against said estate willpresent them to the subscriber om or before the first day of January next, properly authenticas ted. : John Shafer, Administrator Miles Townships Sept. 17,1819 Wm. T BROWN, Will remove, onthe first day of Octo, ber next, from the house which he now occepies in Sunbury, to the large stone Market formerly kept. ihe buildings and out houses are well known house en nquare, as an Inn by Charles Hegins, Esq. tobe the most capacious and convenient inthis borough ; and every exertion will be made to afford comfort and gratificas tion to travellers and customers, and he " hopes from the great share of favor he 4 has already enjoyed, that he has hitherto given satisfaction to the public——and be« lieves that after his removal he shall be enabled to much accommodate them more to their satisfaction as well as his own: He therefore desires they will call on him as usual. Sunbury, Sept, 13,1819. LAM FOR SALE. THE subscriber wishes to inform the inhabitants of Bellefonte, and the people {of Centre county generally, that he has on hand "Two thousand bushels of well burnt Roach Lime, of a very sue fi jaality, It will be sold on rearon= and may be had on applica tion to Mrs. Elizabeth Simpson, or Jolin ©M Kinley. Wm H Culbertson, SADDLER, INFOR! y and the publie in general, that Ig has commenced the Saddling business, He eping constantly on hand a quan=- Sept, 21, MS his friends in the Borough of Bellefonte. ine tends ke tity of ready made Saddlery, which he will dispose of for Cash only. August 12, 181 9s
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