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OTICE is hereby given, that the fol lowing named persons have applied for Tavern and sting House Licenses, and that said applications will be presented to our Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be held in Huntingdon, on Monday, the 19th day of April next, 'viz : INNS OR TAVERNS. James Chamberlain, Warriorsmark. Samuel Steffey, Jackson township. - George Randolph, Saulsbug, Barrree tp. Valentine Crouse, Mill Creek, Brady tp. Isaac Neff, Petersburg. James Cturraont, Manor Hill, Barret) tp. Henry Helfright, Petersburg. Joseph Morrison, Broad Top City. Samuel G. Simpson, West Mill Creek. James Fleming, McAlevys Fort. James S. Busket, Orbisonia Borough. Martha McMnrtrie, Green Tree, West tp. James A. Bell, do Andrew Mcebus, Huntingdon. Nathaniel Williams, do Andrew Johnston, do John S. Miller, do P. McAteer, do William B. Zeigler, do William Templeton, Orbisonia. John R. Hurd, Warm Springs. John E. Seeds, Waterstreet. R. F. Haslctt, Spruce Creek. A. Lewis, Mount Union. John Megahan, Penn township. Joseph S. Reed, Coalmont. Michael McCabe, Coalmont. EATING HOUSES. Rudolph Neff, Petersburg. Henry Africa, Huntingdon. George Thomas, do Benj. F. Clark, Tod township. WHO WANTS A FARM FOR FIVE DOLLARS? READ THE FOLLOWING $500,000 AMERICAN HOMESTEAD LAND COMPANY, Capital Stock One hundred Thousand Acres, in the Stale of Wisconsin. Thb American Homestead Land Company, having dis posed of a sufficient number of shares to Warrant an ear ly distribution of their Land, now offer to the public the remaining unsold Shares, and take pleasure in announcing. that, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES of choice farming land, situated in the Counties of Wineebago. Marquette, Wan share, Outagamir, Shawano, Portage, Marathon, Chippewa, St. Croix and Polk, State of Wisconsin, will be distributed to Shareholders of said Company, before the adjournment of the present session of Congress. These lands are amongst the best farming lands in the State, ranging in value from fivo to twenty•five dollars per acre. This Company, hold ing as they do, a large qmultity, are compelled to sell a portion of their Lands for Cash, and take this method of disposing of One Hundred Thous,ind Acres, at a reduced price. The distribution will take place in the city of Wash ington, under the direction of thirty-one Members of Con gress, one Member selected from each State in the Union. The land offered is free from any encumbrance, and Wir ral:ly Deeds of Conveyance will be executed immediately after the distribution, to the parties entLleil thereto. by Trustees appointed for that purpose. Tlidnistribution will be as follows: 500 TRACTS, OF 100 " 100 " 100 " 44 25 " 3 " 40 ACRES EACH. SO " 160 " 320 " cc 640 " 1000 " G 4 1 " " 5000 " it Eight Hundred and Twenty-nine Tracts, comprising One Hundred Thousand Acres. The American Homestead Laud Company respectfully solicit your early co-operation in the organization of Clubs. and will allow 10 per cent. on all subscriptions amounting to ten Shares, payable in Stock of the Company. All orders must be addressed to the "American Home stead Land Company, Washington, 1). C." giving the full address of each Shareholder, naming the Town, County and State in which they reside, and to whom the Shares are to be directed. The Company respectfully refer to the following gentle men for any information relative to the quality and value of the Lands. ALEXANDER W. RANDALL, Governor of State of Wis. Er. Governor DODGE, Er. Governor FARW •' " DOTY, " " BARSTOW. " TALMADGE, " " BASHFORD, " DEWEY. TRUSTEES: Ex. Governor BARSTOW, Janesville, Wisconsin. ALEXANDER SPAULDING, Esq., Jauncey Court, Wall St., Nov York , THOMAS J. NEA RY, Secretary SHARES, "FIVE DOLLARS EACH. March 31. 185S-lu. GREATEST DISCOVERY OF TIIE AGE. IMPORTANT TO TOBACCO CHEWERS! DIL GUSTAV LINNARD'S Taste Restorative Troches, the Great Substitute for Tobacco. It is a well known and incontrovertable fact that the use of Tobacco is the promoting cause of many of the most se vere MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISORDERS to which the race of man is subject, as careful analysis and long and painful experience have clearly proven that it contains certain narcotic and poisonous properties most dangerous in their effects, which by entering into the blood derange the functions and operations of the Heart, causing many to suppose that organ to be-seriously deceased. TOBACCO affects also the entire nervous system, mani festing itself—as all who have used the noxious weed will bear testimony—in Lassitude, Nervous Irritability, Water Brash, Dyspepsia, and many other disorders of a similar character. THE TASTE RESTORATIVE TROCHES are designed to counteract these baneful influences, and have proved com pletely successful in a multitude of cases, and wherever .used. Being harmless in themselves they exert a . benefi cial effect upon the entire system, restoring the taste which has become vitiated or destroyed by great indulgence, com pletely removing the irritation and accompanying tickling sensation of the -Throat—which are always consequent upon abstaining from the use of Tobacco, and by giving a healthy tone to the Stomach, invigorate the whole system. Persons who are irretrievably undermining their con stitutions and shortening their lives, should use these Troches immediately and throw off the injurious and un pleasant habit of Tobacco Chewing. These Troches or Lozenges are put up in a convenient and portable form at the low price of 50 Cents per Box.— A liberal discount to the Trade. Prepared solely by the undersigned to whom all orders should be addressed. JAMES E. BROWN, Druggist, Cor. 2d and Race Sts., Phila March 24, lBsB—ly TO THE PUBLIC.—The undersigned informs his friends and the public generally, that he has leased the ORLA.NDO HOUSE, in the , borough of Huntingdon, and is now prepared to ac- commodate with boarding and lodging all who may favor him with a call. His Bar is furnished with the best liquors. sALgasLIVERY STABLE.—Ho has also provided himself . , with a good stock of Horses, Car riages, &c., for the accommodation of the pub . . " lic, at reasonable charges. WM. WILLIAMS, Huntingdon, April 7, 1856 IPTON STEAM FRAME, SASH, DOOR, SHUTTER & FLOORING MANUFACTORY, . IPTON, BLAIR COUNTY, PA., 10 miles East of Altoona. The undersigned having provided a complete set of Machinery for the business, and being practical Rouse Carpenters and Builders, are extensively engaged in Manufacturing by steam, any description of carpenter work, which we will furnish at lew rates, and ship to any point on the l'enn'a Rail Road. Plans of every description for buildings with specifications and bill of timber prepared. Orders from a distance respectfully solicited. McCAULEY & CO. Tipton, July 1,1857-Iy. ROAD TOP HOUSE. ANDREW B MOIIBUS would respecthtll3 - inform the public .., that he has fitted up the Broad Top , ftose, on Ally m gheny street, at the .Broad Top Depot, Huntingdon, kt and is now prepared to entertain strangers and travellers in an unobjectionable style. Ills table will always bo supplied with the substantials and delicacies of the season. His liar is furnished with the choicest liquors. In a word, no pains will be spared to render guests comfortable and happy. june 18. MO MERCHANTS AND FARMERS. GROUND PLASTER can be had at the Huntingdon 1 - tour and Plaster Mills, in any deeirablo quantities, on and after the let day of March, 1858. We deliver it free, of charge on the cars at the depots of the - Pennsylvania and //road Top Railroads. Feb. 24,1808, $500,000 FISHER 6: 3IOIIIRTRIE WILLIAM LEWIS, VOL, Ea G itittt (pott,t. TO THE COUNTRY GIRLS. Dear country girls, so highly bless'd With nature's richest fare; Your homey around in beauty dress'd, With fruits and flowers fair. Then why not cling to rural ways, So honored years ago; When country maidens won the praise O'er city belles of show. Our mothers once were blooming girls, And raked the hay and grain; Undecked with ribbons, lace and curls, Yet they true loves could gain, Your foolish fashions fright the men— They will not marry you ; They say a wife they can't maintain, While you this course pursue. 3lany a worthy man now goes A brooding, lonely life, Because he hates the " fur-belows" It takes to deck a wife. The maidens of last century wore Their own nice home-made-stuff; With silken bonnets, plain before, Looked beautiful enough. They had no nicely papered walls, Nor carpels soft and fine; Their highest aim was usefulness, With modest worth to shine. So blithe would they to milking go, Or rake the grain and hay ; And slide on sleds upon the snow,— Good happy hearts had they. They needed no exciting scenes, To keep their spirits warm ; The humming of their spinning, wheels Could always bring a charm. And 'round upon the whited walls The yarn in bunches hung; When young men made their evening calls, The maidens spun and sung. Oh, happy days, so long gone by I Can they not be restored, And let the useless pageantry (if folly be ignored? Then might you win a partner dear, Who would be good and kind ; The toils of life with you to share, And happy homes to find. Wttuter, Dec., 1857. Mrs. OLD Txna eitct A DUEL ON THE GULF BY SYLVAN US COBB, Tn. During the summer of 1836, William Burt commanded one of the United States Mail Steamers plying between New Orleans and Mobile. He belonged in New England, and in the spring of the above year he spent a month with his friends and relatives in the latter section. While at home he became strongly attached to a young man named Ed gar Romney, a distant relative of his wife, and when he got ready to leave for the South, he urged Edgar to go with him. The youth —only twenty-four—had just graduated at Harvard University, arid having no business upon his hands, and, moreover, being blessed with no great amount of money, he conclu ded to accept Burt's offer, which was the of fice of clerk on his boat. Romney was a slight-built, delicate looking young man, long and hard study having made him pale and thin ; but he was quick and active, and the bright sparkle of his small frame held a great and free spirit. Edgar entered upon his duties as soon as he reached Mobile, and ere long he won the con fidence and esteem, not only of the officers and men on the route, but of all the travelers who became acquainted with him. His man ners were quiet and unassuming; he was po lite and attentive to all who asked for infor mation or assistance, and yet he maintained a dignity that never left him. Capt. Burt loved him as though he had been a brother, and the affection was mutual. One day, as the steamer took in the last of her loading at New Orleans, Edgar received a slap upon the shoulder that made him start. "A new clerk, eh? And Yankee, too. I thought Yankees were bigger!" That youth turned and found the speaker to be a tall, muscular fellow, dressed extrav agantly, with a profusion of black hair upon the face, and an evil debauched look. "You aro familiar, sir," said Edgar, with a disdainful curl of the lip. "Eh ? Proud, is it? By the powers, my boy, you'll have that taken out of ye before you've been long in these parts." The clerk gave the fellow a look of disgust, and then turned to his business; and with a muttered " Umph !" the stranger passed on into the cabin. "Do you know that man ?" asked the pilot who stood near. " No," returned Edgar. " I never saw him before. Who is he?" " That is Archy Lodman." "Lodman 1" repeated the youth, in quiet surprise. " The gamester and duelist ?" " Yes 1" resumed the pilot. " That is the man—the most desperate man on the gulf.— He has been up the river, I guess. I haven't seen him here before for a month." Edgar was here called . away, and the pilot went forwaiq to the -wheel-house. In due time the boat was cast loose, and steamed it down the river. There were a, number of passengers on board, and the clerk was soon busy in receiving their fares. " How's your pride now, my boy ?" Edgar beard a rough voice exclaim, as a new bank note, all crumpled and twisted, was shoved under his nose. He looked up. and saw Ar chy Lodman. "If you'll attend to your own business, I'll attend to mine," said the young clerk, with a flask in the eye, and a, quick flush on the cheek. " Crusty for a green 'un, ain't he ?" the ruffian replied, turning to a companion who wore a hang-dog look. :•';•••:.;• • •;•..• •;•;•;"•'s• •••••'•• • • .r •••••••••••• - 1 4:,••••••• • . • • • " Cussedly so," was the response, and the two walked off together. It was night by the time the boat entered the gulf, and ere long the cards were flying in the saloon. 'Archy Lodman was" in his el ement now and he handled the "bits of paste board" with a graceful skill. " Play ?" he said, addressing a young man who stood close by, watching his movements, " Just for a bit of sport," "If you can make up a party, I don't mind," the passenger replied. Ile was a slim, gentlemanly looking young fellow, not over five-and-twenty, and proud to be the son of a wealthy Louisiana planter. " I wouldn't play with' that man," whis pered a voice in his ear. The youth turned and. saw Edgar Romney. They had met several times at the St. Charles, and being congenial spirits, had become warm friends. Romney knew that William Balfour had been drinking generously with, some of his companions in the city, and he feared he might be led into trouble. " Never fear me," young Balfour returned evidently a little touched to think that his friend should regard him as incapable of care ing for himself. Edgar saw the feeling in a moment, and be noticed the savage look which Lodman gave him, for the gamester had read his purpose. In a little while a party of four was made up, and the game commenced—a game of po ker,—the hang-dog looking man being one of them. For a while things went on quite smoothly, Balfour winning over a hundred dollars ; but finally the play became more exciting, and the stakes were increased. Romney watched the proceedings slowly, for he saw that Bal four was to be fleeced. Ile could see it in the snake-like fire of the blackleg's eye, and in the handling of the cards. Balfour won five hundred dollars, and then lost it. Then he won a hundred with one hand, and then lost two hundred. He did not know that he was winning or losing at the will of another ; but Romney saw it very plainly. Presently the young man held three trays and two queens. He " saw" and "went better" until he staked over a thousand dol lars. " I must call yon," said Lodman, assuming an anxious appearance, as he covered the last bet. " Three trays and two-queen," uttered Bal four, throwing down his cards. " By the trump of trumps, just ahead, and that's all. Three fives and the other pair of queens." And as Lodman spoke he showed his hand and raked down the money. During the next few minutes there were no good Bands out, Lodman winning by "bluff` ing " and thus keeping the deal. Finally Balfour held four jacks, and commenced the bettinc , nervously. It was plain to be seen that he had never before played with sharp ers, for he seemed to feel- sure of winning now. " Fifty better," said Lodman, putting down his money. " I see that, and go a hundred better," ad ded Balfour. At this point the hang-dog and his viz-a-viz threw up their hands. " A hundred better than that," replied the sharper. Then Balfour increased his stake to five hundred, and finally to a thousand. Ere long there were fifteen thousand dollars upon the . table, the youth having made a bet of two thousand. "You may beat me," said Lodman, " but I'll be either made or broken, so here's to see you, and here are four thousand dollars bet ter ?" William Balfour sank back in his chair, and with a sort of vacant look gazed upon the hand he held. He turned an inquiring look upon his friend, who stood be hind him, but Ed gar's eye was fixed with a strange intensity upon the blackleg. Finally William drew a low , b breath, and then placed his hand upon the bosom of his vest, and took out a sealed packet. With a trembling hand he tore it open, and took therefrom four notes of a thous and dollars dollars each. It was money en trusted to his care by his father for the pay ment of a mortgage in " I see your four thousand and call you 1" the youth said in a hoarse whisper. A score of passengers had collected about the table, and all was breathless excitement. " FOUR KINGS 1" said Lodman, spreading his cards. "Lost !" groaned Balfour, dropping his hand, and then clasping his brow._ " Stop villain !" shouted Edgar Romney, in trumpet tones, as Lodman started to rake down the money. " I have watched you well! I have seen you stock and mark those cards, and exchange hands, and conceal high pairs between your knees, till you have given just such hands- as suited your purpose !" And as he spoke he drew a pistol from his bosom. " Aha !" uttered the blackleg, starting up from his chair, and drawing a like weapon from his pocket: "is that your game, my proud cove? Come on deck, and we'll try that! Come--white-livered, meddling. coward !" " No, no !" cried young Balfour, starting up between the two : You shall not do this, Edgar !" " Back, William ? Let the miserable vil lain follow me !" " Follow me!" shouted Lodman, leaping up the cabin stairs. All was now excitement and confusion in the saloon. Capt. Burt had come down, and he tried to dissuade Edgar from going up. "Would you have me shrink like a craven before that villain ?" the youth cried, in ve hement tones. " Ile has picked upon me be fore and I knew he has meant a quarrel from the first." " But you should have taken no notice of him, Edgar," returned Burt, anxiously. " I had resolved not to do so, Captain ; but when I saw him deliberately rob my friend— when I saw him resort to such villainous tricks for the accomplishment of his purpose—and When I knew_ that his victim was staking his very honor in the unequal contest, how could I help it? I could not. But it's too late now. I can't back out. Come—see me through it." "At that time, and in that place, there seemed -PERSEVERE.- HUNTINGDON, PA., APRIL 21, 1858. to be no other alternative ; for had Edgar re fused to fight now, the villain would have in . - suited him without mercy. Burt knew this, —they all knew it—and, much as they loved the youthful clerk, they'saw not how he could escape the hostile meeting he had himself in a measure provoked. The captain might have forbidden it, but that would only 41:0; h.; delayed the affair—not prevented it. Edgar went on deck, and the passengers followed him. The moon was at the full, and her soft beams fell upon .the waters of the gulf and upon the peopled deck with an ef fulgence almost equal to noon-day. " Ah—you have come, eh ?" cried the pow erful duelist, with a sneer. " I expected you would have thought it more safe below. But take your place. We need no seconds here. All know the deadly provocation you have given me. Who shall count for us ?" " I'll count," said the man with the hang dog face. One more attempt was made by William Balfour to save his friend. "Let me take your place, Edgar," he urged earnestly. "No!"replied the clerk. "Stand back!— The quarrel is mine !" A space was now closed in the gang-way. Romnerstanding upon one side of the deck, and Lodman on the other. All was still save the plash of the - water, as the sharp bow cut through their track, and the moon looked down as brightly and serenely as though no evil were to be done. " Are you ready ?" said the hang-dog " All ready I" "Then, here goes I One,—Two--" "At the word two, a quick, sharp crack broke upon the air. Lodman had pulled his trigger and the cap had exploded without dis charging his pistol. That was the way he generally killed his man. At the word " three" Edgar fired into the " Fool !" uttered Burt, " why didn't you shoot him You had him fast enough." " I would not murder an unarmed man !" And then turning to his antagonist, he asked —Do 'yen fire at the word "two ?" " I fire as suits me best," replied the blackleg, draw ing another pistol. " We'll see if this one is not more sure." " Stop I" said Balfour, in agony. " You have stood before him once, and spared him when you might have shot him. Let me take the pistol now ! " No !" spoke Edgar, calmly, " The villain has caught me a lesson !" And as he said this he cocked his second pistol, and took his stand. "Ready ?" asked the hang-dog. "then look out. NOW, On,e,—" But he counted no further, for, as the words fell from his lips, the report of Edgar's pistol broke upon the still air, and the dark villain reeled to the deck, shot through the brain ! " And I fire when it suits me best !" the young clerk said, as he turned from the sconce. Even the two friends whom Lodman had brought on board saw the fairness of the thing and they raised not a murmur. They took up the corpse of the dead duelist and bore it away to the forecastle, where they rolled it up in a tarpaulin, intending to have it buried when they reached Mobile. "Here," said Edgar Romney, as he hand ed to William Balfour all the money the lat ter lost.. There was a sad look upon his pale features, and his voice trembled. " Take this, and then cschange,pledges with me.— Say that you will never gamble again, and I'll promise you never to fight another duel I" The pledge was given. " I'm glad you have taken such a pledge, said Burt ; " but be sure there are hundreds who will bless the moment that led you to your first, and, I hope, last duel." Unwholesomeness of the Meat of very Fat Animals. We have sometimes suspected that- one cause of the unwholesomeness which is very generally, and very justly, as we guess, attri buted to pork, may be a diseased condition of the animals from which such food is ob tained. The way in which they are usually fed--' cribbed and confined,' seems so un natural, and so much akin to practices and influences which are known to produce dis ease in the human subject, as to make it highly probable, indeed, that hogs subjected to such a forced system of feeding, such im purities in food and air, and such closeness of confinement, must become diseased. Then, again, it is so common to find the livers of hogs, even of those that are young, in a state of disease at the time of slaughtering, that a suspicion of a diseased condition af fecting more or less the whole animal, seems pretty well founded. We have had at times similar suspicions in regard to very fat animals of other spe cies, which had been subjected to a similar high pressure plan of feeding, to similar con finement or want of due exercise, and per haps to a similar impurity of the atmosphere breathed. The languid looks and move ments of such animals,and their heavy,stupid appearance, with other considerations, have led to the suspicion that these animals which had been so unnaturally forced into fatness, wore not in a healthy condition themselves, and that consequently, the meat furnished by them, must, to a greater or less extent, be unwholesome. Whatever may be thought of such suspi cions, whether they are ascribed to excessive squeamishness or admitted to be legitimate conclusions from well established facts and truths in physiology and hygiene, it will at all events be universally acknowledged that an animal which is very much diseased can not furnish meat that is wholesome. Who that should see, upon opening a sheep, that its liver was very much enlarged, and that upon cutting into it a great abundance of turbid fluid ran out, while the whole organ was of unhealthy color and structure ;—who, we say, after such a - sight could " stomach" the meat of that animal ? Such a case hap pened not long ago, as reported to us by a friend, and although the animal had been apparently well and sound during its life, yet not one in the family owning it could be .4.. 1 I -...-;.0.-...!,, persuaded to eat any of its meat after having seen the condition of its liver, as above de scribed. Similar suspicions as to the wholesomeness of the meat of animals forced into fatness, have occurred to others, and recently Dr. Grant, a surgeon in London, has instituted a series of investigations in order to deter mine how far such suspicions were well or ill founded: Dr. Grant visited for this pur pose, the prize animals and others exhibited at the Baker street Bazaar, and. afterwards attended at the places where' they were slaughtered, and inspected their condition after death. Among the cattle, while on ex hibition, he could detect but few signs of dis ease ; neither did he observe any external sign of disease among the sheep; but among the fat swine on exhibition, he found a pen of three belonging H. R. H. the Prince Con sort, which lay helplessly on their sides, with their noses propped up against each other's backs, as if endeavoring to breathe more easily, their respiration bing loud, suffoca ting, and at long intervals. The heart seemed to be laboring to propel the blood throughout the body. Another pen of pigs, which ob tained a gold medal, contained some in a still worse condition: they snored and gasped for breath. The gold and silver prize animals which were retained for the London butchers, were followed by Dr. Grant to their several desti , nations, and several of them examined after being slaughtered. Among the sheep, the heart was found diseased in every case, and the liver and lungs in almost all of them.— Among the pigs, the heart and liver were found very much diseased. Among the horn ed cattle, disease of the heart was universal, fatty matter having taken the place of the natural muscular fibre to a very great ex tent. In one ox, the left ventricle was so completely converted into fat, especially in spots, that it must have given way had the animal been required to make any sudden or strong exertion. It thus appears that, under the prevailing system of rearing and feeding animals for exhibition, and for slaughtering also, one dis ease is of very frequent occurrence—namely, conversion of the heart into fat. In animals forced into fatness, the great central organ, more than any other, is damaged,—often converted into a flabby, inert lump of fat.— This injures the general health by diminish ing the contractile and propelling power whereby the blood or vital fluid is sent to the remotest recesses of the body, that every part may be nourished- and renovated. The heart converted into fat must beat feebly and irregularly. The blood, consequently, must move onward with a slow and feeble current. "Hence the panting breathlessness due to stagnation of blood in the lungs, while the skin and extremities are cold. Hence the stupid, heavy-headed expression of a con gested brain, and the blood-stained appear ance of meat after death. The slightest ex ertion to an animal under such circumstan ces might suddenly prove fatal. Were a man, in this condition, to present himself at an insurance office, it would refuse to insure his life at any premium ; yet, under similar circumstances, a sheep is awarded gold and silver medals, and its feeder a prize of £20." Dr. Grant advises breeders, feeders, exhibit ors, and prize judges, instead of pursuing the present system of rearing cattle, to visit slaughter-houses, and, with a due knowledge of diseased appearances of heart, liver, lungs and kidneys, there discover and determine the system of rearing which is most compati ble with health, and most productive of wholesome and nutritious food for man.— Precocious or forced bulkiness and fat may often conceal the revolting ravages of dis ease, which can be disclosed only by an in spection of the animal's interior after death. The flesh of animals which has been pro duced by organs themselves diseased, must be itself, also, deteriorated, and ought not to be regarded as a wholesome article of human food. With a better knowledge of physiology and of the laws of health, more prevalent in the community, we have no doubt that the flesh of highly fed or over-fed animals would be very generally avoided by purchasers, as they would then be well aware that the con sumer of the flesh of such animals was en dangering his own health. The greater prev alence of such knowledge would also lead to some desirable reforms in our shows and ex hibitions. At present the rage is for animals so very fat that• they must be either already diseased, or on the very borders of disease, since forced fatness almost always involves an unhealthy state of the heart, liver, kid neys, and blood, as those much engaged in the butchering of distillery fed hogs and other very fat animals can testify. This rage for very fat animals would - decline, were a knowledge of physiology and the laws of health more prevalent, or if the con dition of the internal organs in very fat ani mals after death, were more generally inves tigated. Premiums would be awarded dif ferently •if the award were made according to the condition of the internal organs. A reform in public opinion upon this sub ject is desirable, also, on another account.— If very fat animals—forced by want of due exercise and other means into fatness—are frequently diseased more or less, then they must be very unfit for breeding purposes, since it is generally known and acknowl edged that the state of health of the parents has much influence in determining the healthy or unhealthy condition of their off spring. nt. n.—Country Gentleman. "Grandpa, did you know that 'the United States have been in the habit of en couraging tories ?" "Certainly not, Simon, what' kind of tor ies ?" "Terri tories. Now give mo some peanuts or I'll catch the measels, and m you pay for them." Ear The Mormons claim to have 480,000 members of their church scattered over the world. They have ninety-five missionaries in Europe, and an. equal number in -Africa,. Asia, and the Pacific islands. Editor and Proprietor. NO, 44. A New State—Ontonagon. The prolific Northwest is apparently about to give birth to another member of the Amer ican family of States. We may expect soon to "welcome the advent of the little stranger" on the borders of our greatest lake. It is proposed, in short, that the portion of Mich igan lying west of Lake Michigan, and known as the " Upper Peninsula!' shall be - joined with the northern part of Wisconsin, border ing upon,Lalo Superior, the two to constitute a new State, the title of Ontonagon. This movement originates in the right quar ters. Michigan passed legislative, resolves last year recommending the project, and sim ilar resolutions are now about to be adopted to be adopted by the Legislature of Wiscon sin. The Constitution of the United States pro vides that "no new States shall be formed,or erected within the jurisdiction of any Ofbei- State, nor any State be formed by the june tion of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislature - of the States concerned, as well as of the Congress." It will in this case only remain to obtain the consent of Congress, that of " the StatpS Con cerned" being proffered in advance., Ontonagon is to have for its southern boun dary a line drawn from the Menominee river, near its mouth on Green Bay, westerly till such line intersects the Western boundary of Wisconsin, near Hudson on the St. Croix sty-, er. This line will not be far from the 45th parallel of latitude. The new State will thus contain 40,000 square miles, nearly equal to the area of New York It will embrace the entire southern coast of Lake Superior, and include the rich mineral region which stretches along that vast inland sea. There is already a population of 70,000, which is rapidly increasing, in the territory referred to. These people are anxious to have a government of their own, finding themselves cut off by the peculiarity of their location and pursits from communication with Michi gan or Wisconsin. Unless Congress should interpose °ejections, which cannot reasonably be apprehended, we see no cause why the new "State of Ontonagon" should not speedily take her place as an independent member of the Union.—Hew York Times. AN INCIDENT AT WASIIINCTON.—The Wash ington correspondent of the Boston Post, writes the following: I cannot help telling you of a little incident of Secretary Toucy's reception. One..of the guests, a gentleman, having a lady on his arm, took from the table a large, fine apple, probably for the little one's at home, and his coat sleeves being large, he secreted it in the sleeves of the right arm. Unfortunately he forgot the circumstance just at the moment he should not, for in making his retiring bow he gave a flourish of the arm and pitched the apple almost in the Secretary's face! It bounded and rolled away until it loged under some lady's crinoline, while the poor gentle man looked as much mortified and aston ished as if he had accidently fired a bomb shell in. the parlor. This incident was too ludicrous for gravity, and even the grave and dignified Secretary was forced into a broad smile, which expanded into a grin all around the parlor. Some wo g 0. scrambled to get the apple and restored it to the discomfited gen tleman, who then incontinently took himself off. SHAKING HANDS.—The mere offer of the hand is the readiest sign of voluntary courte sy or forgiveness, and its non-compliance the most civil yet meaning of repulses. Shaking hands is a mode of greeting, the origin of which is lost in obscurity. Individuals dis play character in their mode of so doing.-- 7 . Who cannot feel at once the antagonism be tween the touch of a prude and the cordial grasp of a friend ? Who knows not the sail or's grip of candid heartiness from the con ventional "giving of hands ?" How perfect ly does the graduated or lingering pressure cause the mercury in love's barometer to rise or fall by the scale of hope I What sympa thies and antipathies are demonstrated by the various degrees of kindly, irresolute, vi vacious, careless, fond, or earnest manner of shaking hands ! It is this relation between temperament, feeling, consideration, and the instinctive action of the band, which has given rise to those theories which profess to read the predominant impulses of character in the traits of one's handwriting. tei=. A singular case of suspended anima tion took place at Chicago on Friday last, which should serve as a caution to those at tending on the sick. A Mrs. Brown, living on West Madison street, had been lone sick, and on Friday those attending on her ob served the usual symptoms of dissolution overspread her features, and very soon after the heart seemed to have ceased its functions. The usual formalities were observed, and the body placed in a ecffin. One of her girls vise iting the body shortly after, and sobbing loud ly, the corpse moved and the eyes opened and stared wildly in their sockets. A scene fol lowed which can more readily be imagined than described in words. The girl screamed and fainted, and momentary consternation possessed the household. This, of course, was soon overcome, and Mrs. Brown removed from her rather embarrassing position. She the next day was doing well, though in a low debilitated state. MARKS OF Suspicios.—Always suspect a man who affects great softness of manner, and unruffled eveness of temper, and an enunciation studied, slow, and deliberate.— These things are all unnatural, and bespeak a demrce of mental discipline into which ho that has no purpose of craft or design to an swer, cannot submit to drill himself. The more successful knaves are usually of this description—as smooth as razors dipped in oil, and as sharp. They affect the innocence of the dove which they have not, in order to hide the cunning of the serpent which they have. VERY CHARACTERISTIC.—Thomas Fuller re lates a curious incident which is truly char acteristic : " A gentleman, he says, having led a company of children beyond their usual journey, they began to be weary, and jointly cried to him to carry them ; which, because of their multitude, he could not do, but . he told them - he would provide them horses to ride on. Then, cutting little wands, out of the hedge, as nags for them, and o larger for himself, they mounted, and . those who could scarce stand before, now, full of mirth, bounded cheerfully home." zer If you would have an idea of the ocean in a storm, just imagine five thousand hills and five thousand mountains, all drunk, chasing one another over newly-ploughed ground, with lots of caverns in it for - thern t 43 step into now and then. .116 r. "I bought these boots to wear only when Igo into genteel society." Then the will be likely to last you a lifetime, and he worth something to your heirs."
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