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I A.tir an f-r .-", .' f im n; tVan 3 c r in ; t -n'f Hi' i".i'(r;i ln.i !e vrnik, i!:iiri:j 'iiii h i t ( 1 l,.,v.j ex; i -ii.lt.vi ns-.re !-k!i ihe ; .-n fi's iu , i ( i-i '. i!- r:' :. t in-.-. 1 liavc iio:-; inlsifvl to ,' 'ii-.c C.u '.i t'. ;ir.-t priicijib o ;i il In-ii: e'or'.'n j t .-'.'l iii mi -c' ; t-i t' if in u.i.f i' f lio i)l I'OO'l S i : IIOl"..-: : i Mci, Yo-.iO, L.i.lies a::i Mis-s- j .-. at il i.m iv.., I. t:r-r ; rap"rel than ever to I j:;v, ontiie ,'i-f io:i;-n in my lm-iini'S?. j I 1 live- ..t :i.--'-,'l i:; my ci'.pUiv : co:r,note;it I i j'S i,l v. .!!. :u j 0.1:1 iv wi-bout fcir of j . Ji; i-.;.i;i -.i-iii l!; il J ciiii turn out us iii'at Hii.l Ml'l-liUltiil! !'. lis Mild Sll-lC'S ilC li 1; M DI-HATK j i u!, k.s ;i- c.n lit! n,.i.!! an where in llie Stute j J -.!.- h m in; ii i's m i!e ol" ihe tii-e-t- Fn'ni'!i -.!: ii'n H.,-i wi;lii.i the past month or two K.tv h l r '.ns p' uiin in npjn jn from all j nuirrer j for this k':A of work. The ntiitcri.nl i;i ihtv-e I'i"t is the hut to e ioiimi in th ? ! ri irki t, n;ivl the rmnnhi- , botli in no:i ness i u .4 -ti-iith. t.-.i.mit he excelled at auy other e-l ii;:!.;. en in t!nj country. MY TRAIN' AT AY AYS ON TIME! All ii k !!1 I"! iff'ly !or dc'ivery ftt the pi''iii:.-c 1. V.'i iiJinJ. v't-its ami oth"r in i iv. c-.-tiiij; or iinji Tt:int ocf irrtni-cp ne"!! not he p-.s'p'ntcv thi ..ugh any ia.lure on my part to Ci'tiit" In titi-r. I-.)ol voik urnl tn-i'leffite prices is rny motto, iiinl on.' tii :1 will cmivinco uii) j.er.-on tint the n.oito i- w 1! eh'ist n wlr' l'l'I irin.r of Io ( :iml ln'ies attended to j-r-'inntlv I in a -.vorkm-nlike :n ni:t,r. Th.v:.k!':.l f -r p.i-t fa v.!i-s 1 leel co:,fi lent tint l'iv wuil: an 1 ; rice- wilt (nimen-1 ::ie to :t con tn.u nice iiiid incre ise of the sn :no. ilOHN 1) THOMAS. lihenshrrp, May 2i, l'G- -ti. PfJj'A'KHK TIM-: MKMOliY OF fi-tt' riiiEM'S DEPARTED! MONUMENTS, TqsviBSTONES, &c. Tbe sn! ?i i il r r still c titinucs to manufacture of the ie-t imiff iial and in the tnObt vi rh iniinli'se manner, at the Lorctto Iilarble Works, all k;n,I f MONUMKNTS ANT TD.MB S i'uXi;s, wivtl! as TAT.LE ami liUKKAU '1 ( Jl'rf, :iik1 all other work in bis line. None 1'iit tne be.-t American and Italian Marble tuev!, iitnl jetkot satisfaction cti anuitee! to Jill ca.-es at prices as low as like work can lie obtained in the cili' S or elsewhere. Call and see specimens and julpe fur yourselves as to tLe merits cheapness of mv work. JAMKS WILKINSON. Ixretto, March 12, 1 868.13-. JOSEPH ZOLNER HAS jr.st or cned, and cfll-rs for salIowe than tiiey can be bought elswl.ere, a splendid lot tf (f$fi e:yht il iy ami twent v-four hour ' CLOCKS, fme WATCH KS RY, iiud a variety of all articles in his lim-! r . c ! i... r. 1.1 . 1 .11 . 1 ."l j.v ji.iin mi vyi luhs, i aienes. ami ail kiuuii of Jewelry, dono on short notice and mont reasonable terms. All work warranted. Call at his .shop. High street, opposite Public School House, Ebeiisburg. sep,5.'i7 J ifcTrXiTi) 11 o v a n , Ji' Al Ti O v i r i HOUSE AND SiSN PAINTER, Is prepared to make con tracts for the paint ing of Chtirchtv, Dwellings and other DuilJ-ini-s in Cambria and surrcundirg counties, : c 1 f .r the execution of all ether work in his line. I'uinti'.ig done at prices more mxler ate and in a ttyle far superior to most of the oil: ex-cuted in this section. Satisfaction guaranteed. feb.20 -tf. S. TllrER, Justice of the I'kace. oolinstowu, I'a. Ofliee on tlie c. rt.tr of Market btreet and Locust alley, Second Wird. dec.12. ly. XOT ALL I1IIIGI(; SLI. It isn't nil in briugii g up, Let folks aay what they will ; Yon silver wash a pewter cuj It will be pewter stiil. E'en he of old, wise Solomon, Who aid '"train up a child," If 1 mistake not, raistJ a son. Guy, rattlebrained and wild. A ruan of tr.atk, who faiD would f'ass l.r lord of ei and !and. May havt the training of an ass. And brin bin: nj full .erand ; LI ay give him all the wealth of lore, Uf culiege and of s - ho il, Yt't aft.-r all m ike him no more Than j-tit a decent fool. Another, raised by pemry L'p.m lier bitter bread, Whose re.-.d to knowledge is like that Ti:e g' i)d Tor Heaven must trivid, Has gut a spaik i f Nattire'd light, He'd fan it ti .1 flame, Till in its burning h tt-rs bright The v.rIJ man read his name. If it were a'l iii bringing: up, In counsel and restraint. Some rascals li;id l.wn h -liCbt men I'd 1 cjn, myself, a saiut. Oh ! 'tisn't nil in bringing up. Let i'.ilks say what they ill; Neglect may dim a silvei eUf. It will be silver tt;!L THE PORCELAIN TOWER GF CHINA. O ie 0 the recollections of school days is a pi--tu.-(; (.f a tall o-h'.do. -k"n:g building, divi d il into ricti- t.s by curved and pointed ht;.ue 11 fii s, a d described as glitb-rin in colored ei.an-.-bd tii.s. and eiifhr-.n.e-vl in ili-Iatrmis ii n 1. L w..h tl:e p. 'ii thou tovr of Nan king. This evenii g we are lnt a few mite fn m tl.e.itei f t!.. it once wondnfu! creation. TiHviay we visited tii" spot, bttt the rnarvel oiiS c-lirnn that fluid complete In i:s gro tesrjue 1 -ft i ..? a Senera'i -n brf-.ie Coluni l t:.- sailed iu starch of a new world, is gone, an ! t iily great piles of sh.i'tere' and Irokeu p j.ic'aiu re:na'n. Tt e substantial monu rvi :.t hn.'l vaiiisl.o-1, and iu its .stead I saw 1.' !v the j iet it t e 1 f o mr.ny years ago. Tli:i imifjue creatioa was built up-in t!ie ;-;te ' f an ancient monastery, by Yung!oli. th- third Urnoeror f tiie Ming dynasty ."and was c.dhil tie "Recom j tnr i;ig Favor Mon astery," in honor of the Pl'i-j-ress. It rest ed upon n wide bri-.k basis, was octagcnal iu f r::i. arid its c i-r slieatl;vl roof was fifty f. et high-r tLbove theeirth than the top of I inker Hill monun.ent. Its nine stories we:e divided b- huo stene 111 files, whose urtiifnid joints i.ere hung wit'i btils or h.uterus. Its ex'ei'icr was covered vith en-a:.'-! tiles of poicjlain. of various colors and designs. Winding steps led up its gaudy and g which n.vieii lrren. r i me summit, irum ii mnpatficer.t view of the city, once Iii-. : . .1 . .. so rich, poweifi.I and ia.t lOrta'.it, must kave been ohtamevl. When Nanking was taken by the T.icpinc rebels, a few years ago, the l'orcolaia Tower was entirely destroyed for fear it might be used by the Imperialists as a battery againot them. We chartered a roomy Chu.e.-c boat and fjttr boatmen and started up the creek which forms the moat on the western side of the r ity wall. At the mouth of the creek, and for a n.i'e above, was an accumulation ci Chinese boats. To-day is the first day of the Ch:nese New Year, ami all classes even thi s .! who labor for ench day's subsist' nee, cousi.'er it a pot;t of honor to make this a holiday for the Chinese know no Sabbnth. and with an im-m-nse majority to-day is the only day of rt. t they obtain in all tin; year. Among the crowded loat5 xere a large number of small war junks, ves.ls mount ing o! ly one small gun. From each f these many flags were flying green and tcarUt a -.id yellow, pointed and ruffle!, and with great Chinese characters painted upon them. After much pulling and pnshing r.ml many ejaculations from the Chinese boi.tmen, we parsed the lires of crowded beats aud came to e'ear sailing. The muddy tloping ha: ks were six or tight feet above our heads. On our left the city wall, uray, old and crumb ling, stretched along, heie receding from the str'-am and there approaching it, crossing ditches, running over the rough land, skirt ing tin biseaNof bills, always time-Ltaincd and scarred, and cllii:4 of ages past and buti d. On wo rowed, twining aud twist ing up this narrow stream occasionally meeting a loaded luat, from the tip of whoso slender mast a line pa-Eed to women on H13 bank, who slowly tugged and pulled thu boat along. A few n.i es farther, and ws came to another gathering of boats, pay with bright flags, partially hidden by a thin veil of smc ke from she bursting and popping firo crackers. The broad bank was covered with cone shaped piles of the feathery-topped reeds w hich the native.; nso for fuel, and the heaps of which weie now hollowed and used as alxdc and shelter. Bejond the huts of reeds, the wall receded, and on its top, im mediately above the high arched gateway that admitted through it, was a building of odd shape, and occupied by Eo'diers who guarded the gate. Here we passed bet we; n the stout rough piers of a bridge the rebels destroyed, and, a short distance beyond we passed under the aichcs of another bridge, which though but a few yards wide, had a street over it, and rows of houses cn each sida. Beyond tbi stream was unobstructed tnd we parsed up a mile or more, when tired of the fclow locomotion, we guided the boat to the bank, jumped ashore, and walked along under the shadirw of the wall. ' We Eoon turned a sharp angle of tLe wall, and tbea could see beyond the principal southern gate with bright flags fluttering above its guard house an arched bridge which span nod the stream high muddy banks, be tween which the creek was filled with boats a small eit- of the cone-like reed huts and crowds of people. After a walk we reached the plaee and crossed the filthy and sticky flag pavemeut of the bridge, then passing a small village of tile and stouo huts, we en tered an open country of rough and rioing laud, the only product cf which Memel to be broken tile and etone and refuse. It cannot be a common matter that vitits are made here by foreigners, for before we reach ed the bridge, men and boys followed us, Ejrue evincing fear, and all of them great EBENSBURG, curiosity, and when we passad beyond the cluster of houses, more than a thousand peo ple must have been following us. A short distance farther and we reached a flight of long steps, cracked aud broken, up which, we passed, and there stopped to survey all that was left of the once famous I'orcelain Tower of Nanking. In the midst of a scene. peculiarly desolate, w as this huge mound of fallen and crushed porcelain. A great mass of fragments, par tially revealing unique and fantastic designs, portions of which were bright colored, green and crimson, and jtIIow snd blue, with glassy surface as clear and bright as though their gay colors and enameled coats were new and fresh. Down beyond us was a big tnelalic ornament like a Luge umbrella, cov ered with Chinese characters aLd designs, which had tumbled dowu two hundred aud sixty feci to the earth, and remained unbro ken. The colored fragment b were porcelain, but their base is of a rough coarse texture, w hile the fragments of while wcrs as fine as the choii e -t war-, and their enameled and clear aids tl-vd.ed and glittered iu ti c sua like g- ms. After sperding half an hour in this interesting spot, we selected some of the white and colored fragments as mementoes of their creation fe-ur aid a half centuries ago and of our own visit now aud came away, occasionally locking bank, hoping w e might see if only in fancy the wtrange tower that remained m n uries after the hands that had fashioned it had become duit ugain. We g!nLCed a moment through the south ern gate, then lustily sought our boats, glad to be rl l of the crowd which Lad annoyed 11, and when aguiit we passed the arch stone bridge, and the crowded boats, they were illuminated with Culorcd Ianttrns. and smo kir w it'n nre wet Us with which the people und all their national kindred in this great empire, welcome! the incoming of another Chinese jear. I'ruriJence Jvurhul. The Life ofa I'ert Coy. io Ulysses Simjjon. now Grant, Hotl? I'diii with a Monkey on Hi Hack hi Several A'-U Wvrds by Ilia Fathvr Mu sic by L's ArruiiycJ fur a Land Oryaii, CHAfTKU ONCT. "Ulysses stepped forward and mounted the pony. The pel formance beg:in." H AFTER TWO TIMES. 'R .und aud round and round the ring went the pony, faster and faster, making the greatest elfort to dismount the rider." e HITTER THKKE F.YF.S. "But Ulysses sat as steady as if he had grown to the pony's back." c:tArTEn "to coktinvkd " Tieseutly out came a large monkey and jumped up behind Ulyssts." A EC.XI.e CBAFTKB. "Th people set up a great shout of laugh ter, and on tho pony ran : but it all pro duced uo effect ou the rider.'' CHAPTER OCT MORI?. Then the ring-mtuttr made the monkey jump up on Ulysses's shoulder, s'anding witli his feet upon his shoulders, and with his Lands holding on to Lis hair." a sravofa CHAP-TEB. "At this there was another and still loud er shout, aud n.t a muse'e of Ulyssc&'s f;ce moved. TLeie was not a tremor of his cierveo." - CHAPTER OF A' WOJiDFUI TI. CHAP. "A few more rounds, ami the ring m ister gave it up ; he had come acro-s a boy that the pony and monkey both could not dis mount." A'.l of which is proof that Orant is a statesman, and qualified to bo President of the. United States ! Council JilfJ)' Dcu. "Wash Mk Clean." The following by tbe furjny man of the New Yotk Hcrcvd, Is tg'd to be lost: Tnero was a flue meet ing of Pctulletoniana tbe other evening. One of the unwashed cried out as the distin guished advocates of the popuiar OHcnn appeared on the htatre 'Wash me clean!' Wash me clean !' 'Shut up !' ctied a sup- )ressor of turbulence ; 'you don't appear to e very dirty. Don't disturb the meeting. ' Wadi me clean ! Wash me clean ." vehe mently and pertiif tentiy exclaimed the ardeut Pendletonian. 'Put him out!' 'Put him out!' A distHrbance was brewing. At tkis juncture a mild and benevolent looking gen tleman, with a high forehead, norm il mous tache and auburu locks, came forward aud appealed for a moment's silerice, wLich was accorded. lie said 'No doubt the audience labors under a mistake. My jubilant friend has recognized in mo au old friend. Llis cries mean no derision to the assemblage uor insult to those grave old codgers on the plat form. I am familiarly known at home, in Cincinnati, as Wash McLean, and I flitter myself I am something of a clean lipped champion of the illustrious sn of Ohio." There were then three rousing cbesrs for Wash MLoaa and thiM more with a tiger fsr the man he celebrated . Beef asd Taxct A Bovixb Biira pht. I was born in Nebraska. The far mer to whom I belonged paid a tax upon me as part of his income during my veal hood, lie sold me when I was three years old, and paid an income lax upon what I brought. I was nicely fatted until I weigh ed nearly a ton, by a Democrat on Weeping Water, who paid the government eighteen cents for the privilege of selling me t a butcher, who pays a tax of ten dollars for the privilege of selling meat to the public. The butcher sold nay tallow to a chandler, who made me, by paying a Iieeme as manu facturer, into candles for the poor people, who pay a five per cent, tax on eandles to read by. My Lorns and hoofs are made into cornb6 and glue, and pay another tax. My hide goes to the tanner ; who pays a manu facturer's licenac, and is made into leather, upon which is paid an ad valorem tax of five per cent. The tanner will sell the leather to a wholesale dealdt, who pays a mercantile license and an income tax, and ho will sell it to the shoemaker, and the shoemaker will get up boots fir the laborer, farmer and me chanic, and charge enough for thcrn to cover all the taxes enumerated, together with his own mamifactuier'B tax. PA., THURSDAY, "l he Hotir of Uealli'- .1 Scien tific fuvsligatitji!. Tn Mr. John Timb's "Notable Things of Our Own Time" are some accounts of the curiosities of scientific investigation among them the following concerning the hour of death : "The subject of the hour of death (says Mr. Ilaviland, an eminent surgeon, in a paper retui to lite Dikish Association), has occupied the attention of medical .writers from the time of Aetius, who flourished at the court of Constantinople in the fifth century, up to the present date, but no practical fruit has been the result for the physician in his treatment of disease. IL concluded ih.it the time had now arrived for a thorough investigation uf the facts in our possession, inasmuch as if there b; hi y latent truth in them of importance to man kind, it is our simple duty to evoke that truth, and avail ourselves of its tcachif.gs in the practice of medicine He tern irked that the phjtiri.irt's duths do net cease when he bus ascertained the disease of his path nt, .and prescribed medicine to remove it ; by medicine alone the patient is not healed ; lie has to act upon the advice of Hippocrates, and see that those, in attend ance do their duty also, and in his absence watch every ph...-e and act in the living present. P.ut, to so direct, the physician must know each cause of change, and by Lii knowledge anticipate what may e.ceur; lay down simple roles for the g-jidatu-e of friends and nut ses, and teach them how to watch each circumstance of disease ; he must know the changefulncss of our bodies in health ; he must take doe ac count of this change fulness when illness supervenes; be must know when all our vital functions are at their height ; he must kiiovv when they are at their lowest ebb, for this knowledge is a most i;ec ssary clement of success in his combat with tbe enemy he is implored to etc unier. Of late years the art of nursing has more than ever occupied the thoughts of physicians und the laity at large. We have hud noble efforts made in the camp and at home, to soothe the atiguisli of the wounded and diseased. The auihor had colleeted over 5,000 cases of death, w ith the hour of death and circ u im-taboos recorded, which he lool tab ulated, and exhibited cn a large chart, tha difficult connections being distiuguisded by colored diagrams Uy this chart he showed that in 1,000 cases of death in children under live years of age the great est mortality took place between tbe hours of one and eight a. m. ; that an extraor dinary depression took place in the suc ceeding hours between nine and twelve p. m., and that the ratio of mortality was at its minim am. He then compared these statistics with 2,891 deaths from all causes, and the chart showed how remark ably the wave lines of death compared with those above. He then compared deaths from consumption, which, although they showed a general resemblance in the wave line, yet between the hours of four to eight a. m. there was a degression when compared with the first four hours' period. He showed that small numbers are not sufficient fi-r a statistical truth, and he therefore urged upon his provincial breth ren to assist him in his work by forwarding to him data for further investigation into this interesting subject. He contended that the tables on the chart proved the extraordinary mortality ia the early hours of the morning when the powers of life were at their lowest ebb, aud strange to say, when the patient was most cared for. lie urged the neces sity of feeding and .stimulating the patients at their weakest hour, so as to tide them over a critical period ; and even if death be inevitable, to support the pitieut that he may have a few more hours of life snatched from eternity to admit of his be ing able to carry out some duty, pardon some enemy, or see ome beloved friend. He next urged upon his professional breth ren the importance of teaching friends and nurses bow to attend thoso under their charge. He concluded by saying that the subject itself required no apology for its introduction to the association, however much the mode of his treating it might. He felt convinced that it was one which had occupied the attention of many of hi3 bearers when they had been watching hour by hour the fitful changes of disease in the persons cf those most dear to them, or of those to whom as nurse sthey had de sired conscientiously to do their duty. To bimplify this duty and to calm this solici tude, at a time when either the excess of the one or an ignorant neglect of the other might be fatal, was one of the main ob jects of this investigation ; and he felt convinced, however imperfectly he might have expressed his opinions on the subject, that it is one of great interest, not only to his profession, but to the community at large. A Wisconsin ptier describes a freak of nature in tbe shape of a perfect rose in full blossom on an apple tree. On the same limb, and close to the rose, aro sev eral young apples growing. The rose is the only blossom on the tree. Several rods from tbe tree, in front cf the house, is a white Scotch rose bush in full bloom, and upon comparing the rose upon this bush with the one upon tho apple tree, thej were found to be alike. ..Many farmers will be rejoiced to know that a machine has been inveuted for digging potatoes, picking them up and depositing them ia heaps. JULY 16, 1868. tsil: aaxilxt locust. The insect commonly known among us as the "Seventeen Year Locust" is ma king its appearance in large numbers. Newman's Entomology has an interesting T I f, m WrUCU We CUil I Vlt'b&burg last fall," has made its arPear- Ihe following. Phe Locust here described, : a nee near Meadville, Franklin county, and found on the Eastern Continent, j We give the folh.wit,-, with a f-w -ilteri-appears to differ somewhat from the Ame ri- tie-ns, from a Vickbu, g paper of a recci t can species : I Ja(e . ' The locust, from the remotest ages, has j Some time in September, as a party of had a greater power to injure man than ; huntsmen were d.ivin- in the swa-nos a any other l.vmg creature. Its course is j few miles from the river, a trail was'taken a.most invariably accompanied with fa- up by the hounds, and followed up at a nunc and pesti.cuce; man is armed with j brisk pace, leaving the parly fur behind no power to resist it. j ln f0Huwing tl;oy diieovci.fcll ,he track cf I.te locust was sent as a plague to the the game in miry place?, which appeared 1-gypuans especially to pm.ish them for j similar to the track of a human foot, and the detention and oppression of the Israel- j they obsetved also that the toes of one ies; the whole face of the country was j foot turned backward. On comin- up covered by their multitudes. j with the dog, who were now bavin.',thcy .v,n...u,)nUuul I,,, u.nc.v. -wv, j c m oti iccru, inui iocusis rgatn swarmcu in me same part ot Ainc.i. St. Augustine mentions another cnor- nr.. us swarm in the same region, which i devoured every green leaf, and eventually reaching to it knees ; hsenthe bodv, also, reaching the tea, net ished by dtoweng ; ! seemed to be covered with hair of two and the mass of their corrupted, bodies j inches in length, which was cf a daik created so great a stmch that a pitti'.eme I brown color. From its upper jaw pro cnued, which carried oil" nearly a million ! jec el two very lame tusks several inches human beings . . long. Its head and face, well as could In 14,8 the enman tenitory was 1 be determined from the distance of the ob v.u led by a swarm tf locusts, which so j servers, bore a striking resemblance to completely ct.'stroye.i the crops r.s to cause a famine, m which more than thirty thousand persons died cf starvation. In 1C50 a swarm of locusts cn'ered Russia. As they passed the air was darkened by, their numbers; th y covered the face of the earth ; the tiees bent with j t!,3 party came up with the clogs the sec their weight ; and in places the mass of ond time the monster was standing erect their dead bodies was four feet in depth In 1718 a swarm of locusts isited the Austrian dominions ; at Vienna the breadth of the swarm exceeded three miles, and so darkened the air that one person could not see another at the dis tance of twenty paces. Major Moor witnessed in the M.thrattas the ravages of a swarm of locusts, that was five, hundred miles in length, and so compact as to completely hide the sun and occasion darkness. Mr. Harrow retaUs that in Southern Africa, in the years 1784. and 1707, a swarm of locusts covered an area of nearly two thousand square miles. When driven by a northwest wind into the sea, they formed upon the shore, for fifty miles, a bank three or four feet high : the stenc h from their putrifving bodies was percepti ble at the distance of one hundred and fifty miles. In 177G and 1780 a swarm of locusts visited Morocco ; every erecn thing was eaten, and a dreadful fauiine ensuing, such vast numbers of people died of hun ger in the streets of the town that their bodies lay unburieu. The egg of the locust is deposited in the ground ; when it is hatched it has all the appearance of a locust in miniature, except that it is without winzs. Its w ork of destruction immediately commences; it devours every green blade of grass and every geeen leaf that it can obtain. In the autumn it assumes the wimua ate, and then myriads assemble, s.n-1 having stripped the earth of its mantle of green rise iu the air and are driven by the wind, carrying with them destruction, famine and pestilence. The fehape and appearance of the locust is that of our commonest grasshopper, but it grcatcly exceeds that insect in size; it leaps with ease and agility, but, excepting in its migrations, does not readily fly. The jaws of the locust are excessively hard and strong, capable of devouring not only the leaves, but when these fail, the bark and even the soli I wood of the trees. The sound of their feeding, when in swarms, is as the rushing of flames driven by the wind. Happily in this country the locust is very rare ; it has occasionally I eon driven here by winds, but has never been know to breed here. In the year 1748 a con siderable number were observed, but not enough to do any serious injury. Curious Statistics. A statistical genius declares that "more is expen led in the United States for cigars than for all the common schools in the country." A w?g, undoubtedly a lover of the weed, seeing the 8'a'envnt going through the papers, gits off the following : "it has been estimated that the cost of washing linen that might just as well be worn two days longer amounts to enough in this country to more than defray the expenses of the American Hoard of For eign Missions." "The expenses of buttons on the back of our coats, where they are of no earthly use, is equal to the support of all our or phan asylums." 'It is estimated that the value of old boots thrown aside, which might have been worn at least a day longer, is more than enough to buy flannel night-growns for eveiy baby in the land. Also, that the cost of every inch on the full shirt collars of our young men is equal to the euiu necessary to put a Bible iu the hands of every Patagonian giant." . .The Radicals have not yet done speculating in our deceased braves. Af ter strewing their graves with garlands, Gen. Logan is making a big job by having an account of the ceremonies published by authority of Congress. The account will appear in the next appropriation bill. A tVILIJ 31 A IV. The latest aeepunt of "a wild man" comcs from Mississippi. It seems that what is described as n "sirange-iisacd creaturp. slmil Mr tn flirt rtna con -r - uoneia a litghiiul h oun" creature of about the average height cf man but of far greater muscular development, stand ing menacingly in front of the d-'S. It had Ions hair flowing tr,..-, i;- j that of the negro, except that the chin and . cheeks were covered with Ion- hair. On the near approach of the hunters it fled with great rapidity towards the Mississip pi river, and was not overtaken again un til within a few Yards of the bunk. When before them, none of them having yet dared to clinch with it. Dut when the dogs were urged by their masters they endeavored to seize it, when rt reached forward and grabbed one of them, and taking it in its hands, pressed it against its tus';s, pierced it through and killed it instantly. The hunters tired several shots at the creature, which caused it to leap into the water. It remained under water several minut.:, and thn rose almost its entire length above the surface, uttering shrieks which almost petrified the pursuers with terror. No similar sound had ever come to the ears of these men, who were all familiar with the howl of the wolf, the w hine of the panther and the boat so bel lowing of the alligator. After sinking and rising several times, it swam to the Louisiana shore and disappeared. This report of the huntsmen created quite a stir and considerable speculation among the orists, and a much greater amount of fear among the community, who looked at the thing in a practical point of view. I5ut, however, as time rolled away, and no new discoveries were made concerning the monstrosity, the excitement died away, and the strange individual had almost ceased lo be thought of long before its second appearance. Meadville. whete i! last appeared, is about forty miles east of tbe Mississippi river, and, I suppose, near one hundred miles from Yicksburg Throughout Franklin county there ate re treats especially adapted to the accommo dation of wild beasts, as the high barren hills, ravines, snd the dense vine-matted swamp of the Homochitto river. It is highly probable that this is the same crea ture seen near Vicktburg. Dr. Caium.aky's hair dressing is just as popular as Dr. Larynx's cough prepara tion, yet those who take them could not be made to believe that these two eminent physicians are the same person, and that as both articles came from tho same fac tory, there is more than a suspicion that both are the self same article. It is not our wish or intention to do mischief, but a friend of ours meets sometimes a leaky clerk of the doctor, wdio informs him that 'at one time there were ten thousand bottles of each of these invaluable reme dies to be labeled. 'WhereTare the coujh remedy labels V asked the Doctor, as he came iu when they had the job hulf done. 'Here they are,' was the reply. 'My gracious !' said he, 'you've put the cough labels on the hair preparation. Well, well, no matter; I dare fay 'tis just as well ; put on the others.' And if you will be lieve it," said the clerk, "before a fort night, the purchasers of tlm hair dressing for cough medicine sent for some more, and gave a certificate of the benefit they had got from it. Dejend on it," continu ed the clerk, "there's nothing like faith. No, sir !" A Ratiu.r Neat Comiijmcnt. One of the younger members of tho French Legation at Washington has become noted for his gallant speeches and his exquisite compliments. A few evenings since, at a "german" at Governor Morgan's, he was introduced to a witty New York lady, who has an unmistakeably flat nose. The polite Frenchman discreetly complimented her on her dancing, to I which she archly leplied "Ah! I Lave heard you aie a flatterer ; but you cannot find it in your he-art to compliment me on my personal beauty, so you praise my dancing." "Madame," was the rwply, with a Parisian bow, "you are an angel from heaven, but 3'ou fell on your no9e." The lady narrated this compliment with great complacency, until it was insinuated that she was a "fallen angel," since which ehe has been silcDt oa the subject. Xtw J'tri JhruUU NUMBER 24. Mt;s. Mrtus' New I'cTncoAT. A, meek and quiet looking person, calYin himself IJdl Myers, was detected recently in the very act of btealinj a large roll of flannel from the door of h dry good store on Baltimore .street. IIu did tot deny tho fact, but attempted to palliate tho offence by tho following addrecS to tho Judge of the Criminal Court : "Sir, I confess I did taka the fl.inniri tut when you hear why I took it, yot: will say I am an unfortunate man, and ooght to be piti. d. My wife says to mo yesterday morning, 'Dill, rVfc got a twj dollar greenback, says the, 1 made Ly washing and ironing, and I want yoo t go r.nd buy mo two ;etticoats, lor tho spring is backward?,' says bho 'and I haven't a rag to wear. And miu 1 you, don't lo-e the money, ncr go near any grog shop,' says she, ;'or you know your weakness; and don't you g t into ccn- vereation with any other iouurs as joU are going along ou this errand. "So I took the money the two dollar note, I did and set out, and went three squares out of the way to keep clear of a grocery that's a short distance from our house ; but, in t'other stret I met Torn Tucker. Says Tom, 'Bill, where are you bound V "Says I, 'To get eight yards of quarter dollar tlannin, to make my wife two petti coats.' "Says he, 'Dock the old woman a yard, and let's have a couple of glasses of tod dy. It's only making the petticoats u little shorter, says he, 'and as she's got : handsome pair of ankles she won't mini having a scant pattern. "Well, I thought a yard of flannin wouldn't make much difference. So in we went to the saloon, changed the note, drank a glass apiece, and that put us iu the notion for more, it did, and Tom drank, and drank, and in less than an hour, I'll be switched if I had twenty-five cents out of two dollars. Well, what could I do then ? I ax any reasonable man, what could I do ? I couldn't go home without the flannin and I couldn't buy it without the money. So I hooke.i a bolt of it, I did, that's a fact, and I'm not asbumed to acknowledge it, for nothing else could be done ; and if I kadn't been nabbed, my old woman should hae had six red flannin petticoats instead of of two, and that's the whole story." Poor Bill Myers was compelled to ru ralize at Fort Ileney for a brief interval. Another Enoch Ardkn. The New Albany (Ind.) Commercial, of June 23d, aays-: Some years ago Paris Shirley married a Miss Tate (step daughter of Kichard Houston) near Bloomington, in this State. Soie time after the marriage Shirley re moved to Illinois, where, in the course f time, he bought a drove of cattle, and af ter sending his wife and two or three children back to Bloomington to remain with their friends until his return, ha started with h is ca'tle to Ca'ifornia. A. short distance beyond Salt Lake City ho was captured by the Flathead IndiaDS, and bis cattle confiscated. He remained, in captivity some eight or ten years. During all this time his friends heard not a word from him, aud he was supposed to be dead. In tho meantime his wifu sought and obtained a divorce, and waa mar. ied about a year ago, and removed with her husband to Illinois; and now ccmes the sorrowful part of the story. On Thursday of last week, pays the Mitchell Commercial, Shiilcy returnod to his father's (John Shirley's), near B'.oomiugton, in bright anticipation of a happy meeting with his beloved wife and childien ; and, when told that bis wife was married, ha wept like a child. "We learn that he has written his lata wife a letter, alleging that lie has tho eldest claim ; but the couits can afford no relief. So ctosely did the 'redskins' keep Mr. Shirley confined, that he never heard a word of the rebellion until he made his escape a short time ago. He bears upon his person unmistakable evidence of hard trentment, but he considers this a small matter when compared to the loss of the mother of his children. To Ta.mk Wild Horses. The follow ing are naid to be the horse charmer's recipes, so that the wildest can be made in a few minutes as docil as a kitten. We give them for what they are worth, and would like to know if any of our readers have ever tried them : 1. Take finely grated horse castor, oils rhodium and cumin ; keep these in scpa rate bottles, well corked ; put eerae of the oil of cumin on your hand, and approach the horse on the windy tide. He will then move toward you, then rub some of the cumin on his nose, give him a little on anythinghe likes, and get eight or ten drops of the oil of rhodium on his tongue, 30U can then get him ta do anything yen like. Bo kiud and attentive to tho animal and your control is certain. 2. Give tho horse a little castor cn a piece of apple or potato. Put eiht drops of oil cf rhodium into a lady's thimble. Take the thimble between the thumb and middle finger of the right hand, with the fore finger stopping the raocth of the thimble to prevent the oil from running out while you are opening Lis mouth. As soon o you have opened the horse's mouth, tip the thimble over upon Jiia tongue, aud he is your servant. He will follow you Jiko a pet dojj. I ! ! 1 1 ; i . I I nr it
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