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SANDALWOOD Possesses a much greater power In restoring to A healthy state the mucus membrane of the th than .ft bar eubobs or eopaihe. "T sickness and is eertala sad ?r"' St.,tV It is fast superseding every other rwdf. blgtr capsules cure In six or sight days. No other Itsu. Wew rirk, for one. (4-M -em fx.) OOAt. AND LIMB for sale In Urge or small quantities) hv ...I,.,. -tj -March t, WTeUl. EtAN .MICHAEL. : . -.- rcKuiDfu ami now ier- twtaated ; cause and core ol Eshausted Vltalltr lmpotenrjr. Fnnnature Decline in Man, Spermal IiTllON. or Seminal IMilifl fnnrtnrnut ....I A. SETTLER'S STORY. When I first purchased this fann. said my old host, it was a wild and nigged I tract or country, lying in tbe midst of what was then an uncultivated and almost path less mountain region. The only road through it was that from Fincastle, iu Vir ginia, to Knoxrille, in Tennessee a route at that time, but little frequented, espe- 1 eiaiiy in winter ; and the sole habitation in sight of tny own "squatter" settlement was a log house, standing near the road, bearing a rude inscription on its front, in forming tbe passer-by that there was to be found "entertainment for man and beast." The keeper of the "tavern" as it was called, was an old man past seventy, whose whole household consisted of his wife,' a ' year or two yonnirer than himanlf. a f boy named Jack, and a huge black cat, called Derrick. Jack worked the bit of garden and cornfield, and tended the horses i of what few guests necessity compelled to ' stop here over night. Both the old man ! and his house had rather a bad repute, in consequence of tbe latter having been in former days the haunt of a certain gang of horse thieves who had infested that part of the country, and with whom old Burnett had been more than suspected to have private dealings. However this may have been, people preferred, when it was possi ble, to press onward to another house of entertainment, some twelve miles distant, mI.a !.-.. r .... . I imuci iuiftu m&o tuugiiigs iur me ingot with Burnett and his "old woman" even though age had rendered them helpless and infirm for any thing but the legiti mate business to which they now confined themselves. It became my custom to go over to the tavern about once or twice a month for the chance of meeting with some passing guest from whom I could bear news of the outer world, or perhaps, make purchases of clothing and provisions. Indeed, it was upon this source that the Burnett's de pended for most of their supplies, especi ally in winter, They were not lazy, but singularly improvident, raising no stock, and keeping but a cow aud a few chickens which yielded them milk and eggs; whilst for meal, bacon, potatoes, and tbe like staples they trusted either to their neigh bors or the passing provision wagons. They were very close in their dealings, always giving as little and taking as much as they could, and, indeed, it was their inor dinate greed of money which I most dis liked in the old couple. I was willing, in view of their age and helplessness, to assist them as far as I could ; but I disliked to see them grinning and mumbling over the money I paid, as though tbe very sight or feel of it were a delight. One cold, bleak day in January I set out for Knoxville, wishing to procure some seeds and other things, in view of the ap proaching spring planting. My way lay past the tavern, aud seeing two strangers in the yard tending their horses, whilst old Burnett was chopping off tbe head of a tough old ben who roust have been the an cestress of a dozen generations, I pulled up my own horse and stopped for a brief chat. The travelers, 1 found, were going my way, and only waited for the promised chicken, and bacon and dried peas to resume their journey ; and for tbe sake of company, I agreed to wait and ride with them, And partly to be sociable and partly because I liked, as I have said, to do the old people any little help in my power, I requested to have dinner served for me along with tbe others. It was a poor repast enough, as even old Burnett had the grace to acknowledge, though he refused lb aoate a cent of the exhorbitant charge. It was not his fault, he said, that the dinner was not better. His provisions were nearly out, and be and his old woman were 'depriving themselves for our sakes of what they would likely need, unless those wagons came along to morrow or the next day. And there Was his boy Jack, had only fro days ago ran off with a Yankee peddler, fcn'd the cow had not been home since, there being nobody to fetch her from the meadows ? and his old woman down with the rheumatics as helpless as a newborn baby. In short he was in a peck or trouble, with everything dependent on his bands ; and we could not have the conscience, seeing how things stood, to expect him to charge less than he had done, for even the poor meal he bad been able to give us. In fact, he doubted if he was not doing ill to part with any of his little remaining store of food ; for no body knew but what bad weather might set In and pi event the wagons from coming on. In that case there would be nothing left but for him and his old woman to eat the cat. As he spoke he laid his hand upon the immense cat, which, with tail erect and back arched, was stalking around the table, rubbing aga;nst and clawing the legs of the guests, This creature was a great favorite with the old man, though disliked by his wife, and he was now evidently surprised to observe that the cat, instead of recipro cating his caresses, suddenly started from his touch with a side-loog spring, backed into a eoruer and there stood with its hair all on end, and its great yellow eyes fixed upon Its master with a look that was almost diabolical. "What on airth ails the critter, I won der?" mumbled the old lady from her bed i in the coruer of tbe room. "He's been in tantrum ever since this momin, and all last night I heard him scratcbin' and clawn' at the winder here, and yellin enough to set a body crazy. What evil spent' s got into him I can't guess.' "It's only that he smells so'thing a comin," responded ber lord, with a grim humor. "You know it's said cats can smell when there's agoin' to be a corpse in tbe house, and no doubt this critter scents beef and bacon on the way from Knoxville. Don't you, now, Derrick ?" . Derrick only responded hy a snarl which exhibited every one of bis long, sharp fangs ; and straightway commenced knead ing and clawing on tbe floor, with his nails projecting an inch from his great paws. In his whole aspect was something so fierce aud malicious that it aroused the ire of even his master. "Quit that now, you ugly black rascal !" he shouted ; "aud larn to bebave yourself afore folks t" And seizing the iron poker, he flung it full at the animal. Tbe creature gave a yell like that of a wild cat, sprang upon the bed where lay ito mistress and there stood, hissing and spluttering like a fury, until the old woman, with what feeble strength she possessed, strove to fling it aside. She would probably not have succeeded but for ber husband, who, coming to her aid with a good sized stick, bunted the cieature round the room, and finally, seizing it by tbe tail, flung it through the window into the yard. But, before our meal was concluded, I saw again the white fangs and great yellow eyes gleaming in at tbe window. "I would shoot that cat, if I were you, Burnett," I said. "So I often tell him," chimed in the wife, "and I don't know but what I'll do it myself, if he won't. He ain't o' no sin lily nse, even to cotch a rat for himself, and lie eats as much as any humau critter, besides be in' always in the way, worriting round, aud stealing everything he can lay his claws on" A dash against the glass and a fierce snarl drew our attention to the window ; but before the host could reach it, the creature had again disappeared. As I rode away in company with the strangers, I caught a glimpse of the cat perched upon tbe ridge of the roof, tail erect and teeth gleaming like a spirit of evil brooding over some doomed dwelling. That night we reached a stopping-place about half way to Knoxville. Here we found the wagons old Burnett was expect ing ; he having received information from some ouo who had passed them on the road. The teamsters told me they bad stopped some hours eat tier than they might have done, in consequence of an appre hended change in the weather. And in fact, upon rising the next morning, I found a heavy snow bad set in one of those slow, steady falls that last generally for days together, covering tbe ground to tbe depth of a foot or two everywhere, and so com pletely blocking np the narrow mountain roads as to render them impassable. Un der these circumstances, I was not sur prised to learn that the wagons bad set off at daybreak, hoping to reach tbe more practicable though less direct route known as the valley road. I myself, with my fel-loW-tiavelcrs, lost DO time in pushing on ward, before tbe snow should have become deeper and the road more difficult ; and wb ' succeeded in reaching Knoxville late in i the afternoon. I Business and bad weather detained mfe in Knoxville upwards of two weeks'; and the heavy snow-storm had yielded to a slight thaw, when I again found myself on tbe road, homeward bound. My progress was slow and difficult, Yd 'consequence of the swollen torrents which sometimes crossed the way, and the huge drifts of snow which obstructed tbe road, especially in places where it was steep, or lay between high banks. More than once X bad 'to dis mount, and work at the huge drifts with my own hands, before I could force my horse through ; and it was with 'k feeling of more than ordinary satisfaction that, toward the close of the second day of my journey, I began to desciy familiar land marks, announcing my near approach to home. I reached at length an eminence about three miles from my house, where I for a moment paused, aud took in a vtew of the landscape. There was nothing to be seen but snow ; snow on tbe bills, snow in the valleys, snow covered the naked woods and almost hiding my humble little dwel ling. Itight at my feet, as it seemed, I could descry tbe low, gray walls of old BurJ nett's tavern ; and I noticed at the first glance that there was no sign of smoke issuing from its chimney. Why this circumstance should have struck me as it did, I can't say. A strange sense of fear and horror seemed suddenly to fall upon me a consciousness of some thing wrong ' an impulse to urge my horse onward though with no distinct aim or object in view. And as we stumbled for ward through the heaped up snow, the horror was increased on observing that the snow-drifts were unbroken tbe ten days fall of snow untracked by footstep of man orfbeast. For the first time my fears began to take a definite shape ; and pitiless for my poor horse, I urged him onward, even with blows. The place I found a picture of desola tion. All aiouud the house and yard the snow by, white and tiubiaken. In bug e drifts it covered the road, and piled up against the fences, the stable, the well, curb, and yes against tbe house door. Had. then, the aged couple abandoned thetr desolate abode, and betaken themselves to some neighbor's for a time perhaps, as I hoped, to my own home that being the nearest. Or bad tbey horrible thought had they, deprived by th snow-storm of the provisions tbey had expected, devoured what remained of their scanty store, and then, as the old man had with a grim humor predicted, either starved or eaten the cat? With a heart that had almost ceased it8 beating I approached the house, looking in vain for some sign of life ; listening for some sound betoken human presence. Everywhere was a profound, death-like stillness, save when now and then an icicle fell from tbe eaves into the snow with a sort of muffled sound, or the crazy old wooden shutter creaked slowly and faintly in the scarcely perceptible breeze. Suddenly tbe silence was broken by a shriek, or yell, so loud and sharp that it seemed to pierce through my brain. I looked np ; there in the window stood the well-remembered black cat, his back up, bis hair bristling, and his huge tail waving too and fro, glaring now a. me and then at something within, which be seemed to regard with a peculiar and ferocious iuter est. He appeared to have grown to almost double his former size, and his swollen and bloated body assured me that be at least had not starved. But tbe exultant diabol ical expression of his grinning fangs aud glaring eyes, as well as triumphant walk, I can find no words to describe. I advanced to the door, and with but lit- tie effort pushed it open. Bnt as I did so I beard again tbe yell, and felt something strike me on the breast and the grip of sharp teeth and claws on my neck. And with rage and horror, such as one feels within the slimy coils of a serpent, I grasped tbe hateful thing the ghoul-like black cat and burled him in blind fury against the wall ; and then, as he lay there kicking and writhing, I saw that my hands were covered with cold, clotted blood, that there was blood on the wall, on the floor, on the bed, and, merciful heaven I what else was there I dare not attempt to de scribe. With what sick sorrow I rushed out or that house I need not tell. But when in an hour's time I returned with my brother Mark and our two negro men, the black cat had disappeared. We at first thought that the old woman was, like her husband, lifeless, but proper remedies revived her. She was starving, and her hands ami her face were fearfully lacerated. She told us feebly, afterward, of the terrible sufferings of those days ; how they bad watched for the wagons that had never came, and how the snow storm had prevented their seeking aid at any house ; until in the pangs of hunger the old man had taken his meat-knife with tbe in tention of sacrificing the cat. The struggle between the two was fearful ; and in it her husband had fallen, striking his forehead against a projection of the iron fire-dog. She bad heard his moans once or twice, but had been unable to help him or even to turn mi the bed,, A.nd tu resY we shuddered to imagine. We took the best possible care '6f Tier, but she never recovered from her shock. For myself, I ha Ve never in'ce been able to eu'dure the sight of a black cat ; nor will I 6u any account allow one in my house. . I may add that for years afterward, and In some instances even to tbe present day, t was the superstitious belief of the coun try that old irartfeU's cat haunted tbe house where these horrors occurred. He was certainly seen in the woods the sum mer following, Wild and ferocious, but H,Loug we made several attempts to bunt him down, 'could never succeed. And now, sir, d6 yon think it josi possi ble that that animal could have compre hended bis master's words wfieh the latter threatened to eat L"irrr, and have resolved in his own mind1, to turn the tables and eat bis master? . , TTe ni ko Moth F.n. The other 'day When a stern and dignified judge ordered a prisoner to stand lip and offer objections, if be had any, to being sentenced to prison for a long term of years, the prisoner rose and said ; "I never had a mother to shed tears over me !, His words entered every heart, in the courtroom. He wasarongh, bad man, in the middle age of life and he bad been convicted of burglary, but every heart softened toward him as his lips uttered tbe words. He felt what he said and the tears rolled down his cheeks as he continued : "If I had had a mother's love and a mother's tears, some one to plead with me and pray for me. I should not now be what I am!" Ah 1 That's it! There is a power in a mother's love, in her tears, pleadings and prayers, whose inflnence is hardly to be realized. God pity the lad who has no home to go to no mother to whom he can tell h is griefs and tronbles"-no mother to put ber arms around his neck and beseech Heaven to keep him pure ! There is no heart like a mother's Her child may wound it again and again, yea pierce ft with a sword and its last pnlsations will still beat with love for the ingrate. It is the first to excuse his faults, the last to condemn. The man who looks back over his childhood and youth regrets nothing as much as that he lias brought tears of sor row and sad to a fond mother's eyes. Every tear a mother sheds over a warward chiH. is recorded in the great book aud be .hall auswtoi for jt. ' ' RIDING OX A RAIL. Here we sit side by side, one behind another, all in rows. Our umbrellas and traveling-bags and shawl-straps over head, onr dusters about us, each armed with a ticket which the conductor occasionally punches, with what motive he alone knows. The majority wearing his or her most dis contented expression of countenance, and in every mind an occasional thought of col lision or overset, as the whistle gives an exceptionally shrill shriek. Brothers and sisters in our objects, our discomforts and our danger, as we are whirled to the next station behind the great iron-horse, but by no mesns so because of any brotherly love that tbe situation awa kens in us ; for each seems to blame bis unknown neighbor for all the untoward circumstances of travel which are assuredly under no one's control. At all events, the gentleman yonder evi dently thinks that that lady behind him was instrumental in getting that cinder into his eye, for, having coaxed it out, he turns and glares at her, and says : "Have you any objection to having this window shut, ma'am?" in tones which prove how bis wife catches it, when his dinner doesu't suit him. Poor little spinster! Some such thoughts crossed her mind, I think. She has been tugging at that window for an hour, and has looked very much as if some one, strong enough to shut it, at ber side, would be a comfort, but now an expression of pure content settles down upon ber features. Yes, my dear, he might have been like that, and it is much better as it is, very much better. You had best not look be hind you, thongb. There is a picture cal culated to make every woman say "Yes" to the question, "Will yon have me?" A tableau of two, both yowng and hand some, their eyes so full of tenderness ; their clothes so new, their hearts so light sitting so very straight in their seats when we hare just passed through a tunnel I Honey moon written all over tbem the only peo ple on the car who are not bot and tired and drowsy. Heaven pity folks who have not had a honeymoon. Xo, dou't look around, my dear. A family party yonder : Pa ; ma ; nurse in a cap ; baby with a bottle, poisouing it self: little boy of three, bellowing twins of five eating cake ; seven yearoM boy pinch ing his nine year old sister ; a young lady of fourteen and a young gentleman of six teen trying to rook as iF tbey did not belong to the family. Will they all get there safe, under the wing of parental solicitude? And will the establishment where they are to be boarded for the summer keep litem in their prereut state of plumpness ? acb one fatter than the other, until the baby is simply a pink-and-wbite ball. What a contrast to tho old baclrelor in tbe next seat,' who looks as though some one had made jelly of him and thrown the bones away. Yet he seems harmless and lonely asdoes tire excellent spinster yonder. If one could only make a match between them, now ! They seem to 'oe so pei fectly suited to each otber. Probably, however, if one irrqnired, he would not consider her young enough, and she would iiotlhir'k him ?.s handsome as he 6honld be. People's taste for youth and personal beauty in the other Bex docsiiot Seem toexpire with their own, by any meanS. Am I sorry fot ttiat young exquisite or not? He had managed to get himself so nicely fixeda seat next the window on the shady sfde, the rest of it far his poit nVantean, his umurefta and hsbat uox, and he was so trim and dapper and cool and happy. He was not goitrg to move his be longings, not be, until some elegantly d'resse'd 'rtaYhSe entered without escort. Vainly oTd ladies gazed at the seat, and old gWntToWen stood hesftatfng. Ajray they went to roast on the sunny side of tbe car, for aught be cared. But Sally Maria Sio corrr. who got on nt Punk hi Bridge We k'uow her name because it is marked in white ou her traveling bag did not wait for things to be moved. She sat down ; and bow our exfjnisife holds his umbrella m one baud and its ban die in the other, and at his Teet lies a flattened bat box, into which he dares not look; while Sally Maria, in ber rose-be-strewn fast and blanket shawl, eat peaches with soft spots in tbern, and besprinkles him with the juice. No need of pitying him ; be pities him self enough. Jtf. K. I), in Philadelphia Ledger. Webster asti thb DrIVer. On one occasion Mr. Webster Was on bis way to his duties at Washington ami was com pelled to proceed at flight by stace from Baltimore. He had ho traveling compan ion, and tbe driver had a sort of felon look which produced no inconsiderable alarm with the Senator. "I endeavored to tran qnilize myself," said Mr. Webster, "and had partly succeeded when w e reached the dark woods between Bladensburg and Washington (a proper place for outrage), and here I confess my courage again de serted me. Just then tbe driver turned to me, and with a gruff voice inquired my name. I gave it to him. "Where are you going? said he. The reply was "to WshIi ington. I am a Senator.'' Upon this tbe driver seized me fervently by tbe band, and exclaimed, "how clad I am. I have been I trembling in my seat for the last hour ; for I when I looked at you I took you Tor a hiirh- waymau." Of course both iailks wtte reltoved. IIe Was Mad. On the bank of the Saco Hirer, not a thousand miles from Conway, lived Mark Wentnp. Mark was an industrious man a farmer in a small wayand willing to work for all who wisliorl to llitA titm In t m ru A . . . ifi mucui Mark was sanguine and hearty, and he led if not a blameless life, a life about as clear in its daily record as are the average of lives. In that section, and in that time, and among tbe people who went to make up the society in which be moved, it would have been a marvel indeed if Mark had not occasionally moistened his lips with a bev erage somewhat stronger than tea. His appetite Tor strong drink was not bis mas ter, and yet, onco in every year, be gave that appetite full sway. On tbe day of town meeting Mark diank liberally. !t was a day by him set apart for a good time, and wheu the day came he was sure to have it. On a certain town meeting i,.n the political fever ran high, Mark drank freely so fieely that on his way home ward tbe breadth of tbe road trembled him more than did its length. His cottage stood npon a bluff, and directly back or his out buildings the river's bank bad an al most perpendicular height of thirty feet or more. Arrived at borne, Mark sought the rear of his barn, probabty there to lie quietly down and repose, but in 1m uncer tain gait he made a misstep, and fell over the bank, rolling like a log from top to bottom, and bringing up against a board fence, where he lay for a little time bereft or sense. But his wife had seen him an- ftroach, bad watched him go behind the arn, and bad come out just in season to see him pitch over the bank. Of course Bhe was very soon by his side, and ere long he was npon his feet, with no bones bro ken, and without serious injury of any kind. But bis wife fancied she bad made a discovery. "Mark ! Mark Wentnp !" she exclaim ed, wilb look and toue of intense scorn, you've been drinking ! you're drunk P He straightened himself instanter, aud flashed back au indignant, heroic look of denial. No o, I ain't d d runk, but, by Jerew (hie) s lum r 1 torn able, mad " & C, Jr. Searching thk SoupTcnts. neigh bor found a slip of paper the olher day which from the following memoranda pen ciled on the sheet would seem to indicate a laudable desire on the pait of orne Ger man Bible reader to come familiar with leading Biblical peionages and events by nothing and abstract for the imipose of memorizing: Ve vound id oud by dor book dot Adam II forgot his odcr name roe de firs tests nwn. Eve wer der nexed. Von" day dey got trotibk-d eiliotit fading some qvinces and vas kickvd out of der garten. Caiu and Able was the firstrsl F-hildren. Cain got mad utid put a head on bis bmd der ni den lit otirh He vas one pad boy. Yonah vas a vilMTnn. Von day be gone to der goos ivvnt to catch shrimps, und vcu he vas looking f,.r bait, Ire valked right avay of a vahte's mout in. Bnt der vahle make him poody gwick valk oud again. He vos too strong mit de fishes stummix, , Yuseph's big bmddor got ylWs of him because lie vorea triied goat, mid sold him for $20. Und after avihj give urn, some roasding cais und make it all righd. Solomon knew more as cveryporly. He don vood I cut a little by in bieces to settle a distmbauce mit two gals. He aid it was ptjiter to gone Ihe whole hog or none. Saw's sons fl dou't hmr he mudder's name), vosde strongest. He vos a bruiser. He g"t tighten mit a dor.en fellows, Und be clean torn oud mit a jackass bone. Vob vosderpashentest man. Yon could stick pitrs in bini ail lay und be wouldn't boiler. Lazarus Vos der boOr matl. Dey don't give no Tree lmioh rtese tays, und be vos al ways skiiiuiuWiilt' around for de gtumbs. REirAR A'm.E CXseOf Trakctc. A very extraordinary case ol suspended animation was revealed at No, 13? Delancy street, in this city, a Tew days ago. The victim of" it is a Swedish girl aged twenty -I wo, named Anna Froben. She was taken Midden Jy while at work with a stroke of what wag called paralysis, and fell dead to the floor. 1 he alarmed family called in a physiciany Dr. Liiidenbom, who examined the body and pronounced the girl dead. Her rela tives were sent for, and a brother soon ar rived. By this time the girl's face had turned bine and there was every evidenoe that she was a corpse. But, to everybody' astonishment, the brother declined to be lieve it, and declared that she was only in a trance and had been subject to such fits for many years. The friends of the girl were indignant at this statement, and sent forthwith for an undertaker to prepare the body for interment. The man of vffins and shrouds arrived, and joined with the? physician in pronouncing the girl to be dead beyond possibility of doubt. He pioved it by dropping bot sealing-wax npon the breast, aud as the body gave no sign of life it was concluded that the undertaker was right. The body waa placed on Ice for the night. In the morning tbe undertaker ret urned to complete his pre perat ions, when to his horror the girl started up, and ex claimed, "I am so cold,' a natural resnilb of being on ice all night. She was taken to a fire, and In a short time was able t Converse. She said ber brother was righ and once before she bad hoen laid mit for burial. The physician Was refcaltod. .nd prw.minced the case a very remaiwable one. 3 erk Letter. Sn feled him to a sofa and 5n a deep b.v voice called him bet soul's ldoand inqnir ed what bis a monthly incotate was. tSee. Ing bis gaze fised on ber boa-Coosttictof like month, she remarked 1 "haritug f see yon notice my large and beautiful month, let tne explnin to you the reason of its unusual Mxe. When I waa qnlh? a tl.iM I was playing on paprj's cellar door. It gave way: I wa precipitated tfowu into the baaemetit and caught by the mouth on a projecting honk, which ripped On inv month arret at Itirtiaa r;.i. v , - - ----- .inn nis ryes full of sympatliette tean., 1, rr from the . r-..f, n-pueu as ne made toward. Yba - , Probably In the kWtvrrfirt of that awful moment yon left vur misith d..n in the basement and accident y bim?hl up the cellar door. Wt khftM rnt aniB a better world Adren." , 8 ' A tair of cuffs two darl.Va.-
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