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A Pikes Peak in Carlisle!
EVERYBODY hurra’s for Pike’s Peak in the
west,thousands are“en route.” It turns
out to bo a humbug, they all return with rusty
pockets, not enriched with the yellow glitter
ing which they anticipated. Stop! Reflect!
Take a friend’s advice, and stay at home and
buy your goods of P. ARNOLD. You will
bo'liappy, got twice the value for your money,
and in a short time you will find that you are
•advancing in fortune without trouble.
Spring has come, are we prepared for it, eve
rybody asks; have wo clothing to suit it? if
not, wo will go to Arnold’s where wo can seo
a well selected stock of all kinds of goods to
suit evoVybody, at greatly reduced prices. It
consists of
Ladies Dress Goods,
Such as Bergo Delanes, Lawns, Deleges, La
vellas, Alapaoas, Silks of all kinds, such as
plain black, Moure Antique, Barred, Striped
and figured.
Embroideries.
French, worked collars, Undorsloovos, hand
kerchiefs, Floupcings, Edgings, Lacos, Inser
tlngs, &c. ' ' .
Bonnets and Ribbons.
A good assortment of Bonnots and Ribbons
very low.
Shawls and Mantillas.
Stella, (of every . description,) Cashmere,'
Brocha, Thibet wool, (block and colored,) al
so. Mantillas of all prices.
Farasols of all kinds and prices. : '
Domestic tloods.
Muslin, blenched and unbleached, linen and
cotton sheetings, Checks, Tickings, Ginghams,
and Osnaburg,
Gentlemen’s wear.
Cloths, Cussimeres, Cottonades, Jeans, Ves
tings, Sec.
Carpets, and Oilcloth. " .
Ingrain', Venetian, three ply, rag and hemp
carpets, Oilcloth of all .widths, also Matting of;
all widths.
A good assortment ofTrunks.
A liberal patronage, and you will be rewar
ded. Remember tbe stand next door east of
the Carlisle Deposit Bank
April 14,1859.
NEW SPRING GOODS.
f EIDICH & SAWYER (at their'hew store
■JLj East Main street,) have just received t'rorii
-New York and Philadelphia, the most complete
and varied assortment of Dry Goods over offer
ed in Carlisle, embracing everything that is
new and rare in stylo and toxturb ; such as lan..
cy silks in all the various: colors, barred, strip,
ed, Clieno and Beycdcre, plain striped and
Boycdoro Black Silks, Toulards of now de
signs. Barege and Lawn. Robes of the latest
Paris stylos, Satin shaped Dechevro cloths,
french Chalks, American Delaines, Organdy
Lawns of dark and light'grounds, and beautiful
designs. '
Traveling Dross Goods of the newest makes.
. Also a tlill stock of mourning dress goods to
which class of goods wo give particular atten
tion. ’ - -
SUMVtSt' SIIJH'LSU SUMVLSH!
This'part of our stock is unusually complete,
consisting Of crnpe, silt, stolla, in all the vari-i
cty of shades and qualities, mourning Shawls,
laco and silk Mantillas, from the celebrated em
poriums of Brodie and Buipui, Now York
Sun umbrellas, sliowerets and, parasols of the;
newest stylos.. White goods of every descrip-;
tion. Embroideries in full setts, collars,
sleeves, worked bauds, Bouncings, 1 edgings and
Inscrtings: Wo give great care to this branch
of our trade, and ladies will find a very full as
sortment. Hooped skirts of the latest improve
ments, skirt, supporters, (a new article.) A
full lino of Alexander’s kid gloves. Imported
nnd sold by .Stewart, Now York. Milts,
gloves, gauntlets, in every variety. Also a
large stock of the newest styles of mens and
boys spring cassimcrcs, black cloths and cassi
wores.
Iloisory-of every description. In this de
partment unusual care has been taken to select’
the various kinds and sizes suitable for Ladies,
Misses, Men’s, Boys and Children’s wear.
In fact, our stock embraces everything kept
in a first class Dry Goods store.
Having purchased for cash'and made our se
lections among the best importing and jobbing
houses.of New York and Philadelphia, we feel
prepared to offer superior inducements to buy
ers. All we ask is an examination cf our stock
before buying elsewhere, for which favor wo
will fool very gratofhl. .
LEIDICH & SAWYER.
April 14, 1859. . ■' 1 ' , ' .
Slow Is the time for Bargains
Spring and Summer Goods !
M the New Store, comer of N, .Hanover and tou-
liter streett.
THE undersigned returns thanks for the pa
tronage bestowed upon him by the 1 public,
and at the same time respectfully announces
that ho has just returned from Philadelphia, and
is now opening a new lot of SPRING and SUM-;
MBit
Dry Goods and Groceries,
consisting in part as follows, and which ho is
determined jo sell at the lowest cash prices.
. SILKS, DUCAL CLOTHS, Challies, Ala.pa
cas, Do Laincs, Do Bagcs, Lustres, Poplins,
Lawns, Borages, Brilliants, French and Scotch;
Ginghams, Prints, Gloves, Hosiery, Collars,
Handkerchiefs, &0., &c. ’
SHAWLS and MANTILLAS, of every stylo
and quality. - .
Staple and Domestic Dry Goods,
Cloths, Cassimeros, Vestings,'Flannels, Mus
lins; Tickings, Stripes, Checks, Calicoes, Cot
tonadcs, Linens, Sheetings, Denims, Nankeens,
Drills, Marseilles Quilts, colored and white Car.;
pet Chain, &c., &o. PARASOLS and UM
BRELLAS. Also, a largo and splendid as
ooHmeotof SONNETS,HMTS, CMPS, SOOTS
AND SHOES. A superior lot of fresh
groceries,
teas. Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Bice, Spices,
&c., &c. Having selected my entire stock with
the greatest care, and the lowest CASH r tti-
CES, I can assure thy friends and the public
generally, that I will do all in my power to
makomv establishment known as the “ Ht-JiV
QUARTERS FOR BARGAINS.” Those who
wish to purchase will, find it to their advantage
to call and examine my stock before purcha-
Sit fr?" I will pay the highest market price for
fiUTTEB, EGGS, BAGS, SOAP and DRIED
PRUIT.
J. A. XIUMBICH, Jr.
April 28, 1859.
"1 GRINDSTONES of all sizes, just ro-
AOU ceivodat
May 26, 1859,
FIFTY (lozovrPly nots-bf all colora.Linen,
Cotton, and Twine, cheaper than the chea
pest, just teoeivd at
May 20,1859
tt/TANTILLAS. ' Those in want of a Mantilla
iTx will (Ind the largest and cheapest assort
ment at the cheap store of T
Juno 28 V J. A; HU&ERIOU-, Jr-
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
On, laborer! bending o’er thy foil, .
With earnest heart and moistened brow.
Thy work is holy j life’s turmoil
Is lull of meaning, oven now. •. ■
Grieve not that ’tis thy lot to earn
By labor hard thy daily bread;
Oh, when will man the lesson learn
On'Nature’s.overy page outspread—
That all must labor, all must bow
To Heaven’s wisp, yet stern decree,
And earn each joy with moistened brow ?
For idleness is misery.
Say, is the rich man happy, who,
Though satisfying every sense,
To nature’s holiest law untrue, .
Spends all his life in indolence?
Go; gaze upon his care-worn face,
And catch his eye, so cold and dim,
Each discontented feature trace,
And toll me if you envy him ?
No,-Jio I they only can bo blest.
Who patiently, while here they stay,
Fulfilling Heaven’s high behest.
Toil cheerfully trom day to day.
Then labor on, thou child of toil;
Work with thy hands-thy hcad-thy heart;
Man’s holy destiny fulfil,
Its highest zest to life impart.
And when each: evening hour'shall come,;
Oh, with what unalloyed delight
MiSy’st thou enjoy thy peaceful home.
And soundly sleep the livelong night ?
Yes, honest labor gives to rest
What neither wealth nor power can give,
Thu conscience pure, the quiet breast,
Tired Nature’s best restorative.
All hail to those who understand
And do the work they Und to do I
Wo, wo to those who idly stand,
To Nature’s holiest law untrue!
P. ARNODD,
Now the sun, his journey ending,
Sinks his burning brow to lave ;
How he lingers, still descending;
To the tranquil western wave I
Hushed each breeze and calm each billow;
Gilded clouds attend his way;
Ocean smooths her rugged pillow-
To receive iho king of day. .
Silence comes, with evening shadows
On the mountain and the plain ;
Only jn the darkling meadows
Still the quail prolongs her strain; ■
And the lark goes singing, sparing ■
Upward from the fragrant doll.
To the last faint sunbeam pouring
Gratefully her fond farewell.
THE DOUBLY HENPECKED.
A Liut to Ameteurs lu the art of Lore,
Ye who, fatigued with the tiresome monotory
of single life, and weary of the frivolities of
courtship, seek tho mysterious labyrinths of
matrimony, give eyes awhile, and atlentitivo
ness, while the tale is told of Deacon Noscbug,
and his charmer. Betsey Spooloow.
Abed Noscbug, deacon of the principal meet
ing-house in Parsnipville, lost his remarkable
wife, Martha. Martha is a Hebrew name for
bitterness, and a reinaikably bitter end she
proved for him to chew, through seventeen
years of bitter fights and fancies. It was a
wonder how Noscbug ever chanced to choose
her; for the deacon prided himself upon his
knowledge of physiognomy, and Martha’s
small, muddy, and censorious eye, together
with her uneasy manners, sharp tones, quick
speech, and hatchety facial angles, might have
warned a bigger fool than the diacon, that the
sum of their interpretation to tho man who
should marry her was: “ Here’s rue for you,
and rue Lor me!’ ’■ • ■, ,
But the deacon was a man of strong faith.—
He ran the risk, trusted to luck, and married;
and found that fortune does not always favor
the brave. She did at last however; for at the
end Of. his ordeal of seventeen years, Martha,
tired of having her own way, gave up and died.
She had scolded herself completely out ; and
the deaeon now had a chance of some respite
from tho bottle, to which he had desperately
resorted for oblivion of his domestic woes.
He improved tho chance by slow degrees, and
having got rid of his two fatal daily compan
ions—his two evil spirits—his natural spirits
improved, and he became far more companion
able. A natural consequence was, that, like
all other men thus unbewitched, he paid more
attention to his personal appearance; and his
more spruce costume and apparent efforts to
please .ofccited the remark, among, his neighbors
nnd fellow church-members, particularly the
female portion, that he was on the lookout for
a Mrs. Noscbug No. 2. ■
As this suspicion gathered strength, nnd the
deacon’s nOse waxed.paler at the tip, a sensa
tion on his account was Created among the mar
riageable women of about,his age. ‘He was in
fair standing in church and society, nnd had
enough properly to keep a wife comfortable,
and none knew this better than Miss Betsey
Spoolcow, who had for forty years been wan
dering about tho garden of life, without enter
ing the bowers of matrimony. She had long
wished for a ticket of admission, but no man
had been gallant or daring enough to give her
one—which might of might not have proceeded
from her three prominent traits—indolence,
artfulness, and a, termagant disposioh.
*‘J am determined to try for tho deacon 1
she resolved. “I have heard that he prides
himself upon his knowledge of Women--a sure
sign that he js the more liable to be mistaken.
He will soon begin to feel loansome without his
customary companion, and tho more bkely to
enter tho holy slate than if ho had always been
a bachelor. I will join his church, and get
acquainted with him right off.
Miss Spooloow did so, and threw’herself iff
the deacon’s way os often and as adroitly as
possible; while ho, unconscious man, little
dreaming of the net which was spread
and in no hurry to be married again, exulted m
his long sighed for liberty, and looked with an
air of tho most lofty independence upon all fe
male creation. . , . . .„i, u
“I am determined to take my leisure pick,
ho reflected, at all events. I. have had exports
; cnee enough, goodness knows, to enable mo to
make a wro choice the second time, should tno
second time ever comp. I havn’t mourned sev
enteen years.for, nothing.” , v
But the burnU; child docs not always dread
1 tho firefeUope'and self-reliance will keep sing-,
ing of better luck next time, and mortals often,
givoheiMbccdtvthem.' Andthe'deacon, after
H. SAXTON’S.
oU. SAXTON’S.
VOL. 46.
TUB EXCELLENCE OF LABOR.
HY MBS. 31. 3. B. DANA SBINOBEB.
SDNDOWN.
rir w.’ a. Eaton'.
a few months, found his liberty more loansome/
than luxurious, just as Betsey Spoolcow had
anticipated.
She had a more than ordinary share of female
penetration; and long disappointment and the
present opportunity gave her wits an extra
sharpness.. But a few visits from the deacon
were sufficient for her to ascertain. what quali
ties he most admired in a woman ; and that,
while loansomeness urged him on, the terrors df
memory inclined him to be cautions.
“I must appear,”, cogitated .Betsey, “the
very reverse of what I am; and l ean dissemble
as well as the next woman, Hisfirst-wife was
tod smart.for him; Pinost seem all simplicity.
She was a great scold, everybody says f I must
seem mild as a sheep. The first Mrs. Nosebug
was very neglectful of house and husband; and
so I must counterfeit great industry; and if I.
can only contrive to have it suspected’ thdt I
am in reality rich, but wish to conceal, it for'
fear of being deceived by some designing suitor,
I shall catch this deacon sure as shooting !” .
So, whenever’ho called, he alwaysfound this’
industrious;, amiable, and simple-minded crea
ture surrounded by piles of sewing, etc.
"You must accomplish a great deal in the
course of a year, Miss Spoolcow,” said Deacon
Nosebug, one morning, as he noticed with
staring eyes, an enormous lot of linen, which
she was measuring, tearing and sewing upon,
as if her life depended upon it, without allowing
his presence to interrupt her.
, “Everybody tells me so,” she replied, trying
to look bashful; but it comes so easy to me to
be industrious, that I don’t seem to, see it;
though I am at it all the time,.pretty much.”
“At it all the time, pretty much!” mused
the deacon, admiringly. How different from
my wife! So industrious and so modest about
it.”
, “I suppose,” resumed Miss Spoolcow, seeing
that she had made an impression, “that its my
contented mind that makes work so easy for
me. Living singly nothing disturbs mb. I of
ten wonder that women will get married, when
they can live so happy without
“Ahem ! Don’t want to get married.!” tho’t
the deacon more interested. “She’s one of a
thousand. Blit it’s owing to her sweet dispo
sition, I suppose. But perhaps,” he said
aloud, as you are of such an active turn of
mind, the duties'of married life would make you
still happier.”
“It might.be, she simpered, in a faint voice;
“bub I have always thought that I couldn’t do
enough to please a husband, and if I should
dissatisfy him in anything it would break my
heart—my,feelings are so mild and tender.’-’, ■
•‘What a contrast to Mrs. Nosebug!” tho’t
the deacon. “If I was dissatisfied with any
thing, she’d have broken my bead, or scolded
me.out of doors. Some.husbands arc more ex
acting than others,” he replied. It isn’t every
roan that is fit to bo a husband.”
“Nor every woman who is lit to be a wife,"
she rejoined. “Though I never mean to bo
married; yet if I were a wife, I should regard
my husband as my lord and master; his wish
es to be consulted before mine, in all things;
indeed,!! don’t see how I could . have a wish
which wasidiffereni ffrom his. T have always
looked upon man as a ..superior creature, Mb-
Nosebag
ouikesmo
khdwipg!ypurfwifej have
always had tho idea that pile . must ;l}ayo beep
something nest tp an fieaTehly
as a-wife,should be.’-’ • ■ ■
, - '“Ahem! We ore all imperfect,.Miss Spool
cow, and shouldn’t boast of what we have had,
All is fpr the best, I suppose, arid it wouldnlt
be exactly right for me to wish her back.”
“I appreciate your feelings, dcacori. You
feel as if it would be bard to get another one
like her.”
“It would be extremely hard*” thought he,
“if I should. Yes, Miss Spoolcow. when I
think of her I, feel as if I never wanted to mar
ry again.
“A single life has its joys,” replied she.—
“ As tbf mo, I find great pleasure in constantly
employing myself for good purposes.' I have
often been told that marriage is apt to make
most women idle :and frivolous and even dissi
pated. W k ha|JiPn|rrid thingjt must be to lose
otic’s innooetitfdomestio habift! As for me, I
have eno6gKf<s|nd she fixed her eyes siguifi
cantly?upon-tl)S!,deacon— ‘ quite enough to sup
port, ißpelif/’and tho estates which have ;|jec|i
left me by—ahem ! that is—whatever property
lam worth, I feel that I am such a yielding
person, that a husband .would easily get all I
have from me. V
“Her estates! Aha!’.thought Noseburg,
“then she has got property,’ somewhere.—
That’s the reason, perhaps, why she’s in no
hurry to get married. Now Martha hadn’t a
red when I married her- Perhaps I’ve found a
mare’s nest, after all. .-A. true man, Miss Spool
cow,*’ he replied, I regards a woman, not for
what she hap got, i at for what she is.”
“I’ve no doubt, ’murmured the wily.spins
ter, innocently; hut I could so easily be deceiv
ed by a man. I am so unaccustomed to the
arts of;the world, that I tremble all over, some
times., A husband could do anything, arid I
not know it.’ And if I did, I should never hayo
spirit enough to resent it." ’
’ * 1 Charming, confiding, industrious, mild and
artless woman ! Bich, too, no doqbt. She
don’t know her own value; and yet here she is,
forty years of age I suppose. Just tho woman
for me. Not too old, for I’m forty-five'; and
not too young, neither! I hope her diffidence
won’t stand in the way. A regular prize! ‘lf
you only knew how much inferior most wives
are to you; Miss Spoolcow, you wouldn’t be so
doubtful of your powers of pleasing. If they
were half as good as you, there would be few
unhappy husbands in the world. May I tell
you a secret ?”
. “If you choose to do me that honor. Though
I.hope it isn’t anything very dreadful.”
“ You must know, then. Miss Spoolcow, that’
I regard you as a gem! You may have thought
that my late wife whs an angel, but let mo tell
you that she'was a regular, she-devil! ”
“Oh i” exclaimed Betsey, dropping her work,
nnd holding up her hands.
“ That may seem harsh for a deacon, Miss
Spoolcow, but it is true. For. seventeen years,
She kept ,mo . meditating suicide, by her spiteful
three times I nttemptcd it."
“Poor man! how you:astonish mo! What
preserved you from such a dreadful end ?
“ I tried it first in the barn, but the rope was ;
too long, and when I jumped of! I nearly broke
my leg. Thcn sho scolded mo until I opened a :
vein in my.arm; but she letjjme bleed till I
fainted, and then called in .the doctor. Tho
.third time I tried poison!” .
“ You make mo shudder. Your sufferings;
must have been very greafl” j
“They were, indeed, my dear—allow mo to;
call you so. She bought it for mo, and told
mo it was oxalic acid, and that any time I was
tired of life again, I would find ithandy. One
day she gave me a tremendous blowing up,
then scalded me with a skillet full of porrigo.—;
I rushed for tho poison, mixed and swallowed
it; but instead of oxalic acid, as I thought, it
proved to bo only epsom salts
“ How aggravating! I wonder how you oy-;
er survived such treatment. Blit I' hope your.
; trials arc past now I”
“odn ootrKTiiT—jtay it bight—bdt bight ob wbono, oub oohntbt.”
SsLE; SEPTEMBER 22, 1859.
“ There is Miss Sppolcow, and
' '>nly, to tcrtninale!”
■&’hd what can I do ?”
■ the hand which I now
ipooicow be my wife!”
lassed his red nose and
ipoke; but, though she
ly shriek, slur did not
~np fool. She remained
:s, how that she felt sure
•‘She calieo-uw..-..,.dShdr' deacon, ejaculated
Deacolj, Noj£churg;;sHng home to ponder how
much property tfe angel was likely to bring
with her. \jfi; ■' . V,. ,
‘ Those were three-iuijrfuldays that intervened;
each was afraid.of-.tosmg the other.. ' \ .
“ I wish l had aedopted him at once!" sighed
Betsy, a hunMad tlmes'.dhring the seventy-two
hours. ■ - *‘Vr. v
e.nopgh to considcr!” grum
bled thefd«icon. “Jierhaps she'll refuse me
after allv”.& : ,■. • - ■ ■ , 1
’will dissuade him.
If she does, ParsnipvilloshaU be tod hot to hold
her?"•- ■■■ ,
Somebody will ,tejl her how I used to
drink,” grbimcd Ihd ;sd<Htcbn. • Uo.w long; the
time seems. > ‘
Bestless were the dayfi fiijtl sleepless the nights
which.divided Abed:j[rOpi his Betsy; and they
actually grew' thfn : |p|the’’.intcrv»l. Even the
fire fled from its hyoilted. place at the end of
Noseburg's was much
improved thereby—iyhedT at the end of the te
dious three days, inh; reappeared before Miss
Spbolcbw. 'f: .■
So great was theifejdgdf meeling; that they
rushed into each other's grins the first thing;
and to make up, fordost’timc, within half an
hour they had sctticddhpprelimmarics, and the
happy day was assigned!' . .
And the happy, day, Came! It was, indeed,
a happy day, • It wa&avshiny sOmmer Sunday
morning; and the birds of Parsnipvillesang
with unusual sweetness in the cars of the trust
ful couple, as they walkcddo-thc village church,
and a sky-bluo swaUbV'tailaiid: a salmon-col
ored silk were unitedjjfl'Utniioly bonds of wed
lock before the astonished .village eyes. ■ ;
: Everybody was astonished that a man who
had smarted, under >Watrjiuonial tyranny for
seventeen years, and. Ay hot prided himself, be
sides, on bis kriowledgcd of womankind, should
so soon seal hisjate ,wedding a worn-,
an whom every body Jelso jrtiho vlllnge knew to
be the quime&enepdf, deciat, of indolence and
old-maidish n'pitft‘-;r..'.,
And -they rtOst
m^pieqM
been a
the -first lime in his.life, he doubted! not-only
his knowledge of women, hit hS 'own senses,;
and when he. heard the awful Betsy’s voice’,
screaming after him about ttit house, or saw her
great bounoihg bodydying htzily in a chair, do
ing nothing for, hours, he retired to some cor
ner, and, looking .over his reddening nose into
the future, lifted tip his hands, ahd—said noth
ing. V’ ;
He dared npt!' Abed Noaeburg felt that he
had caught a Tartar, a second time, and won
dered, in his fear and-griefi if he could stand it
for another seventeen years.
The wonder remains unriddled; for but six
of the years are vet over, -But;if, you ’wish to
see the Deacon and ask him!;go to the inn at
Parsnipville. There Denodn Noscburg—his
nose redder than over, poorman!—warns oyery
young man not, to think-he knows any' woman'
till ho marries her.— JH. Y. Mercury.
Finding Drowned Persons by Quioksilveb.
—A correspondent of the Troy Times gives the
following narrative ol an occurrence at Shrews
bury Late, Vt., as coming under his own ob
servation:
“ The lake is noted now on account of tho
death of a young man, a conductor on tho Rut
land and Burlington Railroad, who was drowned
in itashort time ago. Atthe time, ho, with sev
eral others, wore playing rocking tho boat, mai
king it “ dip water’ I—when, 1 —when, unluckily, they wore
all swamped, and this youngman, the best swim
mer in tho lot, was drowned: After a long npd
almost hopeless search after tho body, a very nov
el idea was suggested, which, after trial, proved
successful in loading to the discovery of his
whereabouts. About three ounces of quicksil
ver wore jmt into a loaf of brown bread, well
baked, and thrown out into the lake. Tho loaf
was discovered, to move directly against , the
wind; soon it stopped, whirled around several
times and sunk. They immediately rowed to
tho place and throw out fho.grapplors—tho first
time they hooked his face, the second time the
hook fastened to his boot,and ho was hauled in
to tho boat. Where ho was found, tho water
was 70 foot deep. In his pockets wore a large
silver watch and a considerable quantity of sil
ver money, which caused tho attraction of tho
quicksilver, and led to the discovery of his wa
tery grave. Tho accidept, place, and singular
circumstances connected with tho aad affair*;
render It remarkable.” . . ,
PiiAiaE Yodb Wife.—Tina is the advice of a
California magazine, and very excellent coun
sel it is. Menjuo uncommonly apt to say
agreeable thingTlo almost anybody’s wife but
thoir own. Thoir sincerity may bo questioned
in this, but certainly notthoirkindnessjtben
why object to disseminating a little of that ge.
nial sunshine of the heart at homo which they,
distribute so freely about tbo homos of other,
people? Praise your wife, then, It will make
no man Jealous; and may make one woman hap
py—for a moment, at least, if not longer.
Chahooai fob SwiNE.-It is not, porbaps,
generally known that one of the best
that can be |iven to the swine, while ini.prepa
ration for the tufa, is common charcoal. The
nutritive properties are sagreat that they have
subsisted on it, without ojhor food, for weeks
■together. Geese confined so hs to deprive them
.of motion, and given three: grains of corn per
day, and as much coal as thoyCan .jlovour, have
become fattened in eight days, -the liog eats
voraciously, after a little time. :pnd ,i 9 noHer
side whilo ho has agood supply.
strar So.—“ Wfa at you iglfo that bipod,
maro of yours the .other day when she had the
ho/t r’ asked o Walhstrget btokorof a friend.
from Long Island.. ; . •„ ■.■•'.•.'l
..“Apintof,spirits of-turponlino.”
f Two days after the samp, parties mot in tho^
' - 1 “ ’ -■ • j , ,‘v ’,;■*.>'*• i - * 1 * ' i?’ • j
, look o? my mare a pint of
turpentine, and, by/JOVOittkilJod her.”
n « so it dia'miHh.!’'wakthetbply.. ■
A highly interesting book has just appeared
in London, entitled “ Memoirs of Robert Hou
din, Ambassador, Author and Conjuror, written
by himself.” In this work is related the histo
ry ol n French mechanic, who appears to have
been born with an aptitude lor all tho wonder
ful arts and mechanical tricks of the conjuror.
This talent was developed to Hoadin from his
earliest infancy. By the time ho had reached
his.oighth year ho had invented toys, which ho
had constructed for himself. To handle tools
and take a mechanism to pieces became tho
hobby of this hoy, who was to rival and even
surpass all tho conjurors of Europe. At school
ho was not happy ; ho had insatiable cravings
for the workshop; all his holidays were passed
in making snares, guns, arid'mouse .traps.—
Having caught several mice, he devoted their
mouse power to mechanical purposes. One of
bis inventions delighted tho hoys; it was a
method of raising water by a pump made al
mostentiroly of quills. A mouse, harnessed
like a horse, was to set this. Lilliputian machine
in action, but .unhappily the mouse, though do
ing his best; could not tho re
sistance of tho cbg wheels. Had ho but. a rat,
s h&w.beautifully his machine would work! A
tat must bo got. A rat ts got. A string is fast
ened around its legs, and tho unwilling cub is
carried off by tho young machinist to the dor
mitory. As sleep was necessary for the boy,
too, tho rat was thrust bead, foremost into one
of his shoos, tho shoo into a stocking, and the
stocking into the frowsurs, while the string!
which was tied around tho log ot the rat, was
made last to tho bed post, Qn rising, Houdin
finds that tho rat, dissatisfiedwith tho arrange-,
ments for ventilation; had gnawed his way
through shoe, stocking, and trowsers. He had
not yet gnawed tho string; there was some
coinlbrt in that. But what would the masters
say? They had little regard lor rats, and
would bo wroth about the destruction of clothes.
Ho made a clean breast of it, confessed all, and
was forgiven on condition of henceforth dovotr
ing himsolf to books, and giving up mechanics.
At length ho left college. His father want
ed him to bo a lawyer, and although bis own
inclinations pointed unequivocally to mechan
ics, ho was apprenticed to an attorney. But
his passion for invention was too strong to be
strangled by parchments. Ho was always at
work on mechanical toys, and chance one day
throwing in his way a volume-which explained
how to perform a variety ol conjuring tricks,
his vocation in life was then irrecoverably fixed.
Tho study of this book sot his own imagination
to,work. He. began tho principles of slight ol
hand. He soon was able to carry on two very
distinct set of actions at once—for example, to
throw four balls in circles in the air, and all the
while road a book, placed before him. Ho
would.mako any object held in his hand disap
pear with ease. " Ho determined On construct
ing,! variety of automata. He worked coura
'gephsly at cog wheels and wiro-work, but found
timolo gel marricd in tho midst of his inven
tions, While busily engaged in perfecting
some piece of machinery, an unfortunate catas
trophe mined his fathor-in-law and himself.—
Ho had now to take to repairing clocks and
watches lor a, living., thus describes his
life at this period: '
tt X removed ray family, into a modest lodging
in'the -Kuo do Temple,'Baris, at throb hundred
- fames, a-yuaryconsistingibfh. roO'nfva 'b&d'fqom,"
gnd a stovo ip. a, cupboard to which uffip owner
gaTOithO namS ofkitchen, ’, X- bad' resumed
roy ropalringj bntYl wdsr allihe While', medita
.tingßpieco of clock work, tho success of which
•restored sbino-ease to our household. Xt was
alarinwhich was thus arranged, youplacbd,
it'by yonr side wltoi 'you went to bod, and at
tho hour desired, Xjiosdwroused tho sleeper,
while at tho same time, a ready lighted candle
came out ol a small hex. I was tho founder of
this invention, and its success, as it was the
first of my ideas which produced me any profit.
The “ alarm light,” as I christened it, was so
popular that in order to satisfy the groat de
mand for it, I had to add a workship to vaf
1 rooms, and hire several workmen.”
Ruin again threatened him. A bill of two
thousand francs was duo at tho end of tho
month, and there was not a franc in the house
to pay it. Ho had just formed tho idea of a
new automaton, on which ho fixed tho most
sanguine hopes. Xt was to ho a writing autom
aton, which should answer any questions pro
posed by tho spectators. In tho urgency ofhis
present distress ho hurriod to a rich curiosity
dealer, to whom several of his inventions had
been sold. To" him tho now invention was ex
plained, and so delighted was the dealer that ho
at once agreed to purchase it for five thousand
francs, half the money down and tho rest on de
livery. Joy was onco more in tho ; hear! of tho
family. But soon a now anxiety stole over tho
inventor. Ho had engaged to deliver the au
tomaton by a certain day, and now ho foresaw a
thousand obstacles which had not occurred be
fore. Resolved to free himself from tho nu
merous interruptions caused'by tho visits of
friends, customers, relatives, and boros, ho
made a wise resolution, and kept it. Entrust
ing the management of hisdnisinoss to one of
his workmen, ho retired, in jpito ot the prayers
and tears of his whole family, to a lodging in
tho-aubnrhs at Belleville, and there, in solitude,
worked courageously at his automaton. If a
tear stood in his eye ho closed it, and visions of
tho various combinations which wore to move
the automaton appeared before him ; ho gazed
upon tho wheels ho had made; they, too, were
bis children, and bo smiled the father’s smile. —
Every Thursday his wife and children spent the
evening with him, and every Sunday ho dined
with them. Work and solitary, nursings tilled
up the rest. More than a twelvemonth passed,
and the automaton was now complete. Hou
din thus describes it:
a After many doubts as to the success of my
enterprise, the solemn raqpipnt arrived, when I
should mako the first trial"of my writer. I had
spent tho whole day in giving tho last touches
to tho automaton, which sat before mo as if
awaiting my orders, and prepared to answer the
questions I asked it. I had only to press tho
spring in order to onjoy the long awaited re
sult. My heart boat violently, and though I
was alone, I trembled with emotion at the more
thought of this imposing trial. I .had just laid
the first sheet of paper before my writer, and
asked the question, “ who is tho author ol your
•being ?” I pressed tho spring, and tho clock
work began acting; I dared hardly breathe
through fear of disturbing operations. Tho au
tomaton bowed to mo, and I could n,ot refrain
(Vom smiling on it as my own son. But when I
saw the eye fix an attentive glanc'd on tho paper
w hoij the arm, a few seconds before, mute
and lifeless, began to move and trace my Big,
nature in a firm hand-writing, tho tears started
to ray oyes, and I fervently thanked Heavfen lor
minting ra.o such success. And it Was not a
one tho satisfaction 1 experienced as inventor,
but the certainty I had of being able to restore
somodegroo of comfort to my family; that caused
my deep feeling of gratitude. Aftcrraaking my
automaton repeat my signature a thousand
times, I gave it this next question, “ What
o’clock is it?” Tho automaton, acting in obe
dience to a clock, wrote; “ It is two o’clock in
the morning.” This was a very timely warn
ing. I profited by jt, and went straight fp bed,
Against my expectations, I enjoyed a sleep I
had not known for a long time.”
Hondin visits. Algiers, and has a trial of skill
with tho Marabouts, or conjurors, of that coun
try, Hero is his account:
After having performed the trick of suiToring
an Arab to fire at mo with r a loaded pistol, the
ball appearing inside an apple in my hand,!
Journeyed into the interior, and there mst so
cial Marabouts, one of whom told mo ho
riot to.bo deceived,
d Why so?”
too hasty,” she at last
took —this most honora:
:rl—Rise, dear deacon,
Give me time —give me
n ,
!d. r for hb, top, was as
log, and thought a little
/ no harm. And they
mnabial future toothing
exclaimed Miss Spool
;kick; as soon as she bad
The Life of a French Conjuror-
AT 52,00 PER ANNUM.
“ Because I don’t believe in your power.”
“Ah! indeed! Well, then, if you don’t be
lieve in ray power, I will compel you to believe
in my skill.”
“ I do not believe cither in one or in the oth
er.”
I was at this moment the whole length of the
room from the Marabout.
“Stay!” 1 said to him; “you see this five
tranc piece?”
“Yes.” \
“ Close yourliand firmly, for the piece will go
into your hand in spite of yourself.”
“ I am ready,” the Arab said, in tin incredu
lous voice,, as ho held .out.his tightly closed
fist. X took the piece at the end of my fingers,
so that the assembly might all see it; then
foignihg to throw it at the Marabout, it disap
peared at the word “ Pass!” Sly man opened
his band, and finding nothing in it, shrugged
his shoulders, as if to say, “ You see, I told you
so?”
I was well aware that it was not there, but
-it was important to throw the Marabout's at
tention from his sash, and for this purpose I
employed the feint.
“ That does not surprise mo, ” I replied, “ for
I threw the piece with such strength, that it
went right through your hand, and has fallen
into your sash. Being a (raid I might break
your watch by the blow, I called it tome. —
Here it isl" and Tshowed him the watch in my
hand. The Marabout quickly put bis band in
his belt, to assure himself of the truth, and was
quite stupihed at finding the five franc piece.
The spectators were astounded. Some of
them began telling their beads, but the Mara
bout frowned without saying a Word; and I
saw ho was spelling over some evil design.
“I now hcliieva in, your power,” he said,
“you are a real-sorcerer j” and offering me two
pistols he had concealed under his burnous, he
added, “Come, choose one of these pistolk; wo
will load it, and I will fire at'you. You have
nothing to fear, for I saw you perform this
trick at your own theatre.”
I confess! was for a moment staggered; I
sought a subterfuge, and found none. All eyes
were fixed upon me, and a reply was anxiously
awaited. „
At last I thought of an idea which would
save me from my dilemna, at least temporarily.
“To-morrow morning,”said I, “at 8 o'clock,!
will allow you to fire at me In the presence of
these Arabs, who are witnesses of your chal
lenge;” The Marabout, surprised at my com
pliance, assented, and summoned all the com
pany to bo present.
. By eight the next morning wo had breakfast
ed, and on entering the hall we found' none of
the guests absent.; Indeed, a great number of
Arabs came in to swell the crowd that wero al
ready there. ■
The pisto's were handed to me; 1 called at
tention to the fact that the vents were clear,
arid the Marabout put in a fair charge of pow
der, and drove the wad home. Among the
bullets produced, I chose one which I openly
put in the pistol, and which Was fhen also cov
eted with paper.
The Atari watched all these movements, for
.hits honor was at slake. We went through the
same movements with the ■second'pistol, and
ithc ■ - •
.»;• Solemn indeed it scemec to eyetybody, to the
spectators, who.were uncertain of lbe issue—to
Madame Hoadin, who had in vain besought me
to give up this trick.; for she feared the result;
and solemn also to mo, for ns my new trick did
not depend onany arrangements heretofore tried,
I feared an error—an act of treachery—l know
not what.
Still I took my position nt fifteen paces from
the sheik without evincing the. slightest emo
tion.
The Marabout immediately seized one of the -
pistols, and on my giving the signal, took aim
at me. The pistol went off, and the ball ap
peared between my teeth.
More angry than ever, my rival tried to seize
the other pistol, but I succeeded in reaching it
before him. “You cluld not injure me,” said
I, “but you shall see that my aim is more
dangerous than yours. - Look on that wall.”
I pulled the trigger, and on.the newly white
washed wall there appeared a large patch, of
blood exactly at the spot where I bad aimed.—
The Marabout went up to it, dipped his finger
in the blood and raising it to his mouth con
vinced himself of the reality. When he acquir
ed this certainty, his arms foil and his head was
bowed upon the cheat, as if ho were annihila
ted. It was evident that'for a moment he
doubted everything, even the Prophets. The
spectators raised their eyes to Heaven, muttered
prayers, and regarded mo with a species of ter
ror.
The trick I have just described, though so
curious, is easily prepared. I will give a de
scription of howl got in readiness for it over
night. As soon as I was alone in the room, I
lookout of roy pistol case, a bullet mould. I
took a card, bent up the four edges, and thus
made a sort of trough, in which I placed a
piece of wax, taken from one of the candles
When it was melted, I mixed with it a little
lamp bl&ck I had obtained by putting tho blade
of a knife over a candle, and then ran this com
position in tho bullet-mould. Had I allowed
the liquid to got quite cold, the ball would have
been full and solid; but in about ten seconds
I turned tho mould over, and the portion of tho
wax. not yet set, ran out, leaving a hollow ball
in the mould. I wanted a second ball, which I
made rather more sordid than the other, and
this I-Ullcd with bloOd, and covered the orifice
with a lump of wax. An Irishman had once
taught me how to draw blood from the thumb",
without feeling any pain, and I employed it on
this occasion, to fill my bullet. Bullets thus
made bear an extraordinary resemblance to lead;
and are easily mistaken for . that metfil, when
seen at a short distance oil.
With this explanation the trick will be easily
understood;’ After showing the leaden bullet
to the spectators, I changed it for my hollow
ball, and openly put the latter into the pistol.
By pressing the wad lightly down, the wax
broke into small pieces, and could, hot touch me
at tho distanced stood. I opened my mouth to
display tho lead bullet I held between my teeth,
while tho other bullet contained the bullet filled,
with blOod, bursting against the wall, left its
imprint, though tho wax had floWn to atoms,”
(£?=.<Hello! Jim, what are you making?”
inquired a, young friend passing by. •• Why.
mother made applobuttcr the other day. and
she don’t likc.it, so I am making it hack into
apples again."
If four hounds with sixteen legs can
catch twenty-nine rabbits with cigbty-soren
legs in forty-four minutes, how many legs must
the same rabbits have to got away frbm eight
hound dogs with thirty-two legs m seventeen
minutes and a-half ?
rrT- Kissing a pretty girl down South, a
young gentleman asked her,—Mat makesyOu
80 ‘•Oh/’she replied in utter innocence, “my
father 13 a sugar planter
rr-T- Always do asthosun does— look at the
bright sldo of everything. For whiluitiajust
as cheap, it is as throe times as good fordigos
tloir.
Ah anecdote, illustrative df the Irish, wit of
Irish “games,” is going the rounds in Dublin,
- is a man of aldermanic proportions,
r ? an car the .other day at
noi Barracks, and drove to the Post
Uflice. On arriving, ho tendered the driver A
sixpence, which was strictly the fare, though
but scant remuneration for the distance. The
jarVcy saw at a glance the small coin, but in
place tof taking the money which Mr. —-r held
in his hand, ho busted hittiself in platting up
the steps of the Vehicle, and then going to the
well at too back of the car, look thence a piec'd
of carpeting, from which he shook ostcntiously
the dust, and straightway covered his, horse’s
head ivith it. After doing so, he look the fart ■
from the passenger, who, surprised at the,de
liberation with which the jarvey had gone thrt’
all these proceedings, asked:
“Why did to n cover the horse’s head „
To which ttejarveyi with a humorous twin
kle of the eye, and'to the infinite amusement of
the approving bystanders, replied: ,
‘■Why did I cover,the harse's head—is-Whail
you want to know ? Well; because I didn’t
want to let the daCent baste see that ho carried
so big a load so far-for one little sixpence !”,
It should be added, in justice to the worthy
citizen, that half a crown immediately reward
ed the witty jarvey for his ready joke.
NO. 15!
Mr. Greeley, in one of bis letters to the tri
bune, from Utah; giVcs the following concert-
ing this remarkable bodyof water;
' That this Lake should be salt, is lio anomaly.
All largo bodies o( water into which streams
discharge themselves, while they have severally
no outlet, arc or should be salt. If one Such is
fresh, that is an auamoly, indeed. Lake Uiali
probably receives as much saline matter as Salt
Lake; but she discharges it through the Jordan
and remains herself fresh; While Salt Lake, ha
ving no issue save by evaporation, is probably,
the saltcst body of water on Earth. Theooeaii,
is comparatively fresh; even the Mediterranean
at Leghorn is not half so salt. ■ lam told that
three barrels of this water yield a barrel of salt i
that seems rather strong, yet its intense salt
ness, no one who has not had it in his eyes,,
mouth and nostrils, can realize. You can ud
more sink in it than in a clay bank, hiit a very
little of it in your lungs, would suffice tb stran
gle you. You make your way in from a hot;
rocky beach, ovet a chaps of Vplcanib basalt that
is trying to the feet but at a depth of a yard or.
more, you have a fine sandy bottom, and herb
the bathing is dtlightful.
The water is of a light green color for ten oh
twenty rods; then “dcfeply, darkly, beautiful
ly blue.” No fish can live in it; no
abides it; hut few birds are seen dipping into'
it. The rugged mountains in and about it—
just such scraped and seamed and gullied prec
ipices as I have been describing ever since I
reached Denver —have a little Ur and cottori-,
wood, or quaking asp, in their deeper ravined
or behind their taller dills, but look - hare and'
desolate to tho casual observer; and these cut
the lake into sections, and hide roost of it, Croiji
view.. Probably not more than one-third of it'
is visible from ahy single point. Bat this suf
fices. •, ,
A Serenade.— The lovers of tilts pathetic will
admire the following ballad: . .
Oh wake! the wind sighs low; my love;
. The vale sleeps low in mist;
Oh wake ! my heart is woe, my love.
Till yo arise and 11$t.
’Tia something like a smile, triy love,
I’ve dashed through damp and dew,', t
O’er hedge-row, ditch; and stllo, my Iov6;
With a tehder song for you.
So wake, for well you know, my love,'
My temper’s none thb best.
Arid as to paltcjlce ! oh my love;
I cannot say I’m blest.
The clock is striking one; my love,
. Low bangs thfe dew-filled cup, ?.
jfy song will soon,be d brio,-my love,
; So up.’ fond fady, Upfl
What! sleep ye yet Do Soundly love/.,.. ;
You jade, you! —won’t y ini' rise ?,, •
While here I strig—fconlound yc, love—i
To beetles, gnats and flies.
Well; then from high grass now, thy love,
. My eiit l will make,
Yet first through sash and glass, thy love;
This gentle brickbat take.
Home and Wipe os Saxuedat.—Happy Is el
man who has a little homo, and a little angel jff
it, of a Saturday night. A house, no. matter
how little, provided it will hold twpi or so—nd
matter hoW furnished, provided there Is,hope in
it; Ipl tho wind hlotv—close tho curtains!
What it they are calico or plain without
border or tassel—or any such thing? Lot tho
rain come down—heap up the tiro. No’ matter
if yoti havn’t a candle to blosa youraolf with;
for what a beautiful light glowing coals make,
reddening, clouding, sleeting, shnsot radiance
through tho. little room—just enough .to talk
softly, whispering, with pauses between them;
for the storm Without and the thoughts ffithiri
to till up v , , .•, , • , .
Then wheel tho sofa round before the fire;
no matter if the sola is a settee, unciuhlonett at
that; if so, may bo it is just long enough, for
two, or, spy, two,and a half in it. How .mourn-'
fully swell tho chimes of the “day that are nd
more!” ’ ~
Under such circumstances and. such n (time,
one can get, at least, sixtj' : tiiho and a half
Statute miles nearer “kingdom come” thaif
dny other point in this world laid down in Malto
Brun. .......
May be you smile at this picture, but there
is a secret between ns, viz: it is a copy of the
picture rudely drawn, hut true as tho Penta
teuch, of an original in every heart.
The Faith that Saves Bj. , ~
In tho highlands of Scotland there is amouii
tain gorge, twenty loot in width, and two hum
dred foot in depth. Its perpendicular walls aro
bare of vegetation, save in, their crevices, in
which grow numerous wild (lowers ol rare beau-'
ty. Desirous of obtaining specimens of .these
mountain beauties, some scientific tourists onco,
ollfarcd a jlighland boy a handsome giff. If ho
would consent to bo lowered doWn the Cliff by
d rope, and would gather a Uttlo basket liill fot
them. Tho boy looked wlatlnlly at the money,
for bis parents were poor; bdt when ho gazoo
at the yawning chasm ho shuddered, shrunk
hack and declined. But filial love was, strong
within him', and after another glante at the gift,'
and at tho terrible (ishure, his heart grow strong;
his’ eyes flashed’, and lie said : , , ,
“ I’ll go, if my father will hold the ripe:
And then, witli unshrinking nerves; ChOcK
unblanchod, and heart firmly strong, ho.snnoreu
his father to put the rope about him, .lower mm
Into the wild abyss, and to suspondh'mlhcro
while ho filled his little-basket with fbecovetpa
flowers. It was a daring deed, bat > %
tho strength of tils father’s arm, and in the love
of bis father's heart, gave b in J “antiful
ho"hound wiWho .rope and lowered down tho
bo bound CO voted Oowora. so must you
fut yohrso'lf into Christ's hands (o be pardoned.
ITT” " Vat you make dcre 1" hastily in q“ir“J
a Dutchman of his daughlcr. who Was btmg
kissed by her sweetheart very
“oh, not much-just courtmga httlc-dat,*
#n ;”oho! dat’s alh-oh-' P y tarn, I tought you
vaa vighting.”
wfiu iuto* to Bovs wrto stand orf tun*
jlexos.—The Porlago (O) Sentinel states .that
a Dr. IV. M. I’renlico, ot that town, died
recently. The cause of his death, upon inves
tigation, was found to ha* boon thO
muscular exertion, ho having boon acou&tomod,
Ilko many-other boye, to walking on ms bands,
standing on bt& bead, &c.
Oy- There is a follow In this town so sleepy
that his cariosity can’t bo awakened.
d Broad Bint.
Suit Luke.
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