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4 IOTER'S LETTER
■. _ "Write to mo often, loro; '
Tell nio of overy changing thought ,
In soft drawn shades with pleasing imagery,
And seal the.words.iu'sontoneos heart-wrought
60 they will to my heart most foudly 11 y,
And nestle there
Under tho wing of prayor.
Write to mo"oftfcn> lover;
Joy of my life, thou should’st not deem
• The Ugh test zephyr-wish beyond myyoarningaare.
I gladly hear hut a vanishing-dream,
• Lecauso niy love Hath dreamed itr~A.VNABEL fair,
Where’er: I roro, -
, Write to mo often, love.
TEN YEARS AFTER
’ Don’t ask for money, dear—.
I.enn’t ftllorit, really nowi can't;
You mmf he thoughtful j this tny-summer- toiir
Is costing, like— don’t speak of every want,;
It’s no strange news . ' ’ -
If Tommv does, need shoos.
. .Perhaps you'd best, not wr.ito—
, For I am clnulging places every day; •
. I’m sorry.Mauv’s sick—-but can’t you dyo ‘
° The silk you’ve got?—.good patience ! lonesome you.
With all those children round you? well if I
Can come I will—
But don’t expect mo, till I do 1
XaaE WAJMCE'EPOJ¥ Wlii TIIEB.
I'm standing ns in days of ynro,
' -Beneath cmr‘trusting free;
Beneath whoso lofty branches, I
First pledged my vows to thee;
Thy name is still upon tho hark,
Ami though decayed by time,
Yot hd has nut effaced thy-words .
From this load heart of mine;
And though, alas, thy hand that carved
Upon the tree thy numo..
Is crumbling into dust, yet I
Still love thee albtbe.sahio.
Within.my dreams' t see again
.Thy form before' mo now;
I feel tlio garlands, that thy hands
twine ground my, brow; , •
And as tho spirit, of tho past
Emn-ges from my.solil,
Sh ; causes memory’s magic waves-
Within n.iy heart to roll;
I see upon their erased foam,
■ Once more the old tree wave; .
The’ vision flees—l wako to know
Thou’ft sleeping-in thy grave..
Last to Fad© o£ All is Fancy.
Bay by day old sorrows leave us, -
/•Leave us while now sorrows come;
Come like evening shadows, longtli’ning;
Longth’ning round’tho spirits’ homo.
Day by'day fade Friendship’s flowers
Flowers that flourished m the past
Past, oh, Past!—-once bright and glowing;
(flowing once, but dimmed at last!
Last to fade of all-is fancy
• Fancy, oyer young and gay
Oay ju when young Love was dreaming,
Dreaming, dreaming, day-by day.
Ifilmllaumia.
THE CAPTIVE’S RETURN.
. So many years ago that time seems a groat
sunset shadow, whoso thin, attenuated shape
makes us turn'our eyes west
ward, hoping to rid ns of the guant spectre, I
. was a happy husband and father. The pret
t.cat dwelling, covered all over with vines,
with a garden which was my chief depend
ence, was our iihnde. The blue Rhine flowed
past it, and I had constructed a little boat in
which I rowed my little Blanche and her boy
by moonlight, or on soft summer afternoons,
when the labors of tho VineTyard had ceased!
My boy I I recall his looks now, although
there have been times when I scarce remem
bered that such a treasure had over been mino.
lMati<jho was beautiful, not only to. my eyes*
but to all others. Taller than most of the fe
males in our region, with a figure so full, yet
so iifctie and pliant that every movement was
perfect grace, a fair clear blondo complexion,
with largo dewy .eyes, of the hue of our own
beloved Klune;,and lips like the red wine of
our own rich grapes, how could she bo othor
wise than beautiful? 1 To all these accessories
ot happiness jvaS added a friend—one who was
jory dear to both Blanche and myself. Carl
Jteunor was my own cousin, the son of my fa
rrf 8 lived farther up the m-or.
He spout all ins leisure hours with us, and
was olten domesticated with us for months
working with me at vine-dressing. He called
•nlanehe his sister, and little Cgrl who was
named for him, seemed as dear tohim.aa if ho
had heou his own.
I cannot dwell, upon these dnya of liappi
noss,'though God knows they wore 'all that
were or ever can bo mine. The trumpet's
Bound broke all those allusions, and botli-Carl
and myself joined tho Legion, and ore long
wore fighting liravely in Algiers. I need not
well upon tub battle scone. It is painted on
00 many'hearts to bq reproduced. Whether
or not, I did not know—but I
1 * ® mkon prisoner, and in tho gloomy castle
*nSs°1 n a i ivwv pn "without
y note of time. I kept no reckoning of day
.. All .wns.nhkolto mp, and Ivogeta
loa—not lived, until at last, when tho desire
oi life am} liberty hud almost faded from my
“Oart, my prison doors wore sot open, and I
daggered forth into tho blinding sunshine and
Was told that I was free! I scarcely knew
oat the word meant. A friendly hand was
'■ °o my shoulder, as I fell back against the
piisnn wall ' ‘
Como, come, my poor follow I”.said ho in
hrnM,.7l' l i riat , 1 'I Q ,lln cuage. and in tones that
voin/' t , lO M, uo Ridge, and Blanche’s dear
to uni nl y l,o J’ a sweet prattle all at onco
eonsidn 6111 1 ll ° mo to follow him to 'the
home ’" - ro a - VoaB °i 'V 11 ? waiting to take us
c slVnil'l. (1 J I,oon 1 ,00n a P ri < ao ner too, and occupied a
the nnmi, °. wn ’ ? 8 wo h’orid by comparing
Most Pn ” b i 8 ’ hls I! eht, cheerful and al
‘ oareUjBS spirit had not been crushed like
mine, in the lank, unwholesome atmosphere
of a dungeon. We had been riding on the
dark blue sea for many hours ere I came fully
to myself. Then I romembe'red all—the fierce
struggling of that day, and the cruel wound
■ upon mydiead, which for a period had shat
tered all my senses. My companion was . a
husband and father also ; there-was r therefore,-
no need of withholding my enthusiastic prais
es of my Blanche and her little Carl. He
sympathized with them all, and gave mo rhap
sody for rhapsody.
■ 0 the longing to he homo by my own fire
side once morel Feeble, worn and wasted, I
thought if I could .but experience a few days
of care and tenderness from Blanche, I could
expand into new life. I was like a plant
which is kept from the light of day in a cel
lar, and which can only be restored by warmth
and sunshine, and loving hands to tend it.
As wo neared home, this longing grew So in
tense that the least mention, of homo set mo
quivering with, emotion. I could not sleep
nor cat, notwithstanding my desire to grow
w T ell and. strdng, so as not to shock my wife
■ with the change in me; My friend tried to
calm me, and talked of our comrades. I ask
ed him if he.knew Carl Reimor, and had learn
ed his fate. Ho knew, him well, and had been
a neighbor at home, and had soon him sever
al times in the engagement; fighting bravely.
Ho was so reckless that it was not unlikely
that ,he had not escaped the fate of many who
lay stretched upon the field that . day. Or; it
might bo that ho was one of the gay and gal
lant troop that marched home after the battle,
to.gladden the.hearts that had been weeping
tears of blood in their absence.
I still wore my wan and wasted look when
we landed. I had. no money, and a hing
march for one so enfeebled ns I was, lay be
fore mo. I cut a staff, from the first oak that
I saw, and threw myself on the grass in the
shadow of some tree that protected’, mo from
the sun,and slept long.and heavily). In that
sleep I dreamed of a : happy meeting with
Blanche. My pillow of dried.grass gave place
to her bosom, the dews that were now falling
on my face, wore changed by the magic of
sleep into the tears and kisses of my wife and
child. That yras a happy dream 1 I would
fain sleep to wake no more, if I could but
dream it again. When I rose up again, it was
almost night. T felt sore and lame from sleep-'
ing in the dew so long,' and I gladly accepted j
the offer of n cottager, who seeing my state,
asked me to stay all night under his roof.—
“Our bravo soldiers deserve to bo welcomed,"
said .the old man, and when he pointed to the
sword that hung oyer the fireplace.- with a
black ribbon and a soldier's cap hanging from
its hilt, X know that he must have lost a
friend. “It Was my only son!” ho said weep
ing- ’ .
The dame showed me to a poor but cfean
chamber, where I, stretched my weary limbs
on a. bed for. the first time, for a long, long
while. I slept but little, but when I did, my
afternoon dream ciime fljtting back to me; and
like an angel visitant, it brought hope and joy
to a bosom so long weighed down with sorrow.
.The next morning T.:rosuracd mygliyy march
.homeward. So-slow that although*not far
from Oiir own village, I was unable to walk
thither until night was fairly setting in. How
I trembled ns I went up the little slope that
led to our door. I had purposely como by a
back road, so as not to meet any one whom I
knew. I could not hear tidings of my family
from any passing./.stranger. Through the
openings in the vino leaves, I saw a cheerful
firelight shining brightly, and making great
shadows on the clean White wall. What if
Blanche were dead, and those wore strangers,
who sat by my hearthstone ! I shuddered and
turned sick; The Window was too high for
me to see within the room, and I staggered up
to the door, and with a wild, desperate wish
to know the worst, I opened the door, and
stood a poor, -weary and footsore stranger,
within my own walls.
Blanche was there with a baby in her arms,
sitting by,the fire, and beside her stood Carl
lleimer! So earnestly were they talking,
that they had not heard my entrance. The
baby was cooingoutitssoftnotes, and Blanche
. was singing the same old melody that I had
hoard so often over little Carl’s cradle. She
looked up’ to Itcimer’a. face with a sudden
smile of lend regard. Llngorly, slowly came
the bitter truth. Had it come faster, it would
have been well, for then I must have died un
der the bitter shock. I saw it all now. They
saw me too, and under all the changes which
I had undergone, Blanch know mo. She
sprang up with a wild shriek and a face that
was blanched to marble whiteness.
Why do wo ever seek to describe such mo
ments?, I sat down, for I could not stand,
and there by the fitful firelight they told mo
t how it all camp about. Carl bad returned
home with the troops, and tho comrade who
marched next to him told him of my death.
He had seen me, ho supposed, lying dead up
on the field in the hottest .of the combat.—
Carl mourned like a true friend, and was ab
solutely unable for many days after his arri
val to bear the tidings to Blanche. She hoard
of his return, and went, leading heir little
Carl to his house. There she fell sick, and
was nursed kindly by his mother, but ere she.
recovered, tho boy was taken-ill end died.
Afterwards she returned to her desolate homo,
and lived a lonely and desolate life for a long
time.. Then her rare beau ty brought her ma
ny suitors. She turned from all, and would
receive no ono to her house. Even Carl,
whom sho called her brother, could only be
admitted at long intervals, accompanied by his
mother or sister,—for already had village gos
sip joined their names together. Well, after
along while Carl spoke to her of marriage.
u i d not “ Bk Ilor to fo r l?ot the dead. Even
then, he,told her, ooujd her husband be brouo-ht
lto life, he would rejoice to give her up; betas
all was over, wliy should.net they who rnourri
ed lnm most deeply, unite tliolr .two desolate
lives together? And Blanche listened, and
tveepmgly consented, but hot until tlio second
little Carl was born, did,she over smile as of
old. All this Carl told mo with‘tears iri his
manly eye, and with,his brotherly arm around
my nook. And then—although I could see
the words wrung his soul—ho offered to take
his boy and go far, far away from tho sight of
pur happiness, and never intrude on us amiin.
Blanche sat with quivering lips, and tear
ful eyes, looking from ono to the other, and
then on her now sleeping baby. At the sound
of his last words, sho looked up into his face
with au expression so full of tondor reverence
—as indeed ho deserved—that my resolution
was taken at once.
“ No,” I said; calmly and decidedly, though
God knows tho anguish that was gnawing at
•my heart-strings, “let mo be the victim of this
unhappy mistake. Carl—Blanche I your child
is dhetio that must bind you. Had mino liv
ed, I.should have said otherwise. May. God
bless you both 1 You have not erred .wilfully
forge* 1" V ° nothing to P ardon - 1 wiU try to
So amidst-sobs and tears, and passionate
entreaties from both, I turned away from my
own hearthstone, and. loft them forever.
I am a gray old man now—a’weary, worm
out manner. The sea has boon my homo for
long.years. Never easy, never quiet, save
when! am on the broad bosom of the Atlan
tic, never wishing to look oh the blue Rhino.
Inm nearly at my journey's end. In that far
land beyond the setting sun, I shall meet
Blanche again, with our own little Carl, but
m this world I shall never again trouble the
carrent~of her lifer’ She will bo my wife again
m. that land, and I shall then have nothing to
pardon;—nothing to forget,
Cure for Drunkenness.
Tliore is a famous prescription in England,
[ says tli q' Springfield Republican , for the cure
of drunkenness, by .which thousands are said,
to have been assisted in rocth'ering themselves.
The receipt came into notoriety through the
efforts of John Vino Hail, father of Rev. New
man Hall, and Capt. Vine Hall, commander
of the Great Eastern steamship. He had fat
ten into such habitual drunkenness that his
most earnest efforts to reclaim himself proved
unavailing. At length he sought the advice
of an eminent physician, who gave him a pro
scription which ho followed faithfully fbr sev
en months, and at the end of that time he
had lost all desire for lirpiors. although he
had been for many years led captive by a
most debasing appetite. The recipe, which
he afterwards published, and by. which so
many other drunkards have been’ assisted to
reform, is as follows: “Sulphate of iron, 5
grains ; magnesia, .10 grains .peppermint
water, 11 drachms; spirit, of nutmeg, 1
drachm; to bo taken twice a day. This, prep
aration acts as a tonic and stimulant, and so,
partially supplies the place of the -accustom-,
edliqunr, and prevents that absolute physical
ami moral prostration that follow a sudden
breaking oft' from the use of stimulating
drinks. In cases where the appetite for li
quors,is not too strong, the medicine Supplies
.the place of the accustomed drams entirely,
but Mr. Hall continued the use of liquors at
first with the medicine, diminishing the am
ount gradually until ho was able to throw
away his bottle' and glass altogether, after
which he continued to take the .-medicine a
month or two, till ho felt that he was wholly j
restored to self-control, and could rejoice in n |
sound mind and a sound body,
A CHINESE KITCHEN.
Charles Dickens in his weekly paper is
telling curlous.arid cruel stories about Chinese
codcery. When anxious to . conk a lamb in
the highest style of t-hef art, {ho Chinese, it is
said, build a low mud wall, inclosing a space
of two or three feel across, and another wall
outside, forming a cii-ous of about two feet,
wide, in which they se; pots containing wine,
vinegar, soy sauce, and so forth. In the in
ner space, they light a good fire, and in the
circus tluis prepared, put a live lamb. The
lamb naturally becomes thirsty from the
great heat of the fire, ..and drinks what ho
finds as he runs backward and forward in
search of .mnansof escape. When tho drinks
arc all swallowed ana dried into the animal’s
flesh, the lamb becomes exhausted, falls down
i,lc.ad,;;wul in a vory short'timo is completely
roasted.
Turtle may bo prepared, according to the
same authority, by placing it over the fire in
a pot of water, in the. lid of which there- is a
hole largo enough to allow tho turtle to put
put his head.. As tho water becomes hot,
the turtle naturally thrusts his head .out . to.
get cooler air, when ho is fed with”
species wine and soy.sauco, which ho drinks
readily as a relief from the heat. This goes
on as long ns ho has strength to .keep his head
up, and as tho turtloaloes not part with life
easily, ho seldom fails to go on stuffing him
self .till ho is cooked.
VERIGITIf.
The groundwork of nil manly .character is
veracity. That virtue lies at the foundation
of everything solid. How common it is to
hour parents say, “ I have faith in my child
so long as bespeaks the truth. ’ Ho may have
faults, but I know he will not deceive mo. I
build oh’that confidence." „■ They aro right.
It is lawful and just ground to build upon.
And that is a beautiful confidence. What
ever errors temptation may betray a child
into, so long as bravo, open truth remains,
there is something to depend on, there is an
chor ground, there is substance at the centre.
Mon of the world feel so'about one another.
They can bo tolerant and forbearing so long
as their erring brother is true. It is the fun
damental virtue. Ordinary commerce can
hardly proceed a step without a good moa
uro of it. If wo cannot believe what others >
say to us, we cannot act upon it, arid to an
immense .extent that is to saying that wo
cannot act at all. Truth is a common inter
est. When we defend, it, wo defend the ba
sis of all social order, When we vindicate
it, wo vindicate our foothold. When wo
plead for'it, it is like pleading for the air of
health wo breathe. When you undertake to
benefit a lying man, it is like putting your
foot into the mire..
traveler passing through one of the
counties of Tennessee on .horseback, stopped
at a modest cottage on the roadside and asked
for shelter, as it was quite dark and raining.
The V head of the family” canto to the door
and accosted the traveler with, “What do
you want?” “I want to stay all night,”
was the reply. “ What are yer?” This inter
rogatory .was not fully understood by the trav
eler, andhoaskedan explanation. "“I-mean
what’s yer politics?” rejoined tho former.
“Air yer fur this Union or again it?” This
was a poser, as tho traveler was not certain
whether the “ man of the house” was a
Union man or. a secessionist, and he was anx
ious to ‘.‘.tie up,’for the night: so ho made
up his mind and said, “ Sly friend.T nm-for
the Union.” “Stranger, jam kin kum in.”
KT'Tho following advertisement, recently
appeared in a country paper: ' ■
VON STRAV I
Von small lootly inuly Heifer Calf about
12 monts old of sorrel color all over his pot
ty, mit sum white spots on his poliy polow,
and pack apove, and also mit a white 'speck
on his forehead in front, and grey hairs on do
lectio ond of his tail pohind, strayed
away, py himself from mo his owner. If
any potty finds him, and will ketch him, and
send word To do printin oflK where ho is, I
will make ’em a present of hishido and tal
ler when I kills'ofn, for doir tronplo, so ,I
will.
0“ At a hording "house at Millcdgevillo,
the day on which the ordinance of secession
was passed, some .of the delegates, who were
impatient to bo out in the crowd who wore
shouting for the independent State of Georgia,
reproached tho cook for not having supper
earlier. Ho replied: “Well, gom’men,' I
hear you say dis mornin’ you would bo out’t
do ’Nitod States fore tree ’clock to-day, an’ I
fought ’twould be late ’fore you got back to
supper.” They excused him.
KT" Tho only persons who really enjoy had
health, arc the doctors.
“OUR COUNTRY-MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT-BUT, RIGHT OR .WRONG, OUR COUNTRY."
CARLISLE, PA.. THURSDAY, APRIL i, 1801.
Wo have just printed, a paper hook for
the Supremo Court in., a case, the like of
which has never occurred before in this State,
and from the fact that the Counsel on neither
side have quoted any decisions of the Courts
on the point at issnoywo presume it has not
yet been decided anywhere. , ;
The case is briefly this: Elisha Harris of
Exeter, this county, died, in July 1858. For
some years hS“ had lived alone, hia.wife being
dead, loading ai'solitaryVand secluded life!
Letters of administration were granted upon
his estate, an inventory made and a vendue
of his personal estate advertised. It had boon
supposed by his neighbors that he was pos
sessed of considerable mjmey and notes, but
none of any consequence could bo found by,
his administrators. ..At jthc vendue,, anion "■
some rubbish in an unfinished room of the
house, was found a block of wood about three
feet long and onq .foot 'square, supported by.
four legs, having on top a horizontal wheel
and perpendicular spindle, apparently some
k : nd of unfinished machinery. This non
descript machine was put up, aud sold to
David M.’ Huthrnaclier for the sum of fifteen
cents, who paid-the bid and took it homo.
Concluding'it was of no Use, Huthmaeher
took his axe and splif it open,, intending to
make firewood of it, wherl ho found a secret
drawer nicely fitted in the, block containing
8100,00 in bank notes, $410,00 in gold, 841,.
34 in silver, two silver, watches; valued at.
800,00, a pocket compass, aud 83,100,89 in
notes against persons in! the vicinity, besides
the tillo papers to the laud of Harris of con
siderable value. Hu'thmachor, though poor;
immediately gave notice of his discovery, ami
entered into an amicable action of. trover and
conversion to determine whether he should
hold the treasure or- whether it should go
hack to the estate. On the trial below, Judge
Conyngham, m an elaborate opinion, ordered
judgment to hp-entered.'against Hnthronuhoi
and it now gobs to the'.Supremo Court fr
'finaladjudication. 'A-Vlien decided it Will add
a truly novel case to the Reports of Pennsyl
vania. Col. 11. B. Wright, for Huthnmchcr,
and Gen. Id. Li Dana, for the estate. —Luzerne
Union.- ,
Distiuuutio.n- of SefuL—Upwards of one
million papers of 1 vegetable and flower, seeds
have been put up at the agricultural division
and sent to members of Congress for distribu
te" the Patent office, within the past sixty days,
tion. The seeds were selected in Europe, by
lion. T. G. Clomson, with groat care and com
prise many varieties heretofore unknown on
this Continent. Each''.'collection comprises
one hundred and fifty-fourdilferont varieties
of vegetable seeds, and nearly the same num
ber.of varieties of flower seeds—the number
of papers of each, variety , varying from one
to forty, as- the peculiar soil or climate for
which they are destined may make them
more_ or loss desirable. . ;
It is gratifying to learn that the gentlemen
who seceded” from the last Congress have
been supplied with rentes, of seeds, a,nd
that in ho Instance has any' objection been
made to the-receipt of these valuable contribu
tions to the comfort and’ thfradornment of
every rural home. The floral and horticul
tural links in the chain of-Union remained
unharmed.— Rational. InieUtc/encer.:
The greatest enemy wo have'to combat in
the education, of children, is self-love, and to
this enemy we cannot give attention too ear
ly. Our business is to weaken it, and we
must bo careful not to strengthen it by indis
criminate praise, ■ * Frequent praise encoura
ges pride, induces a child to value herself ns
superior to her companion, and renders her
Unable to boar any reproach or objection, how-'
ever mild... We should bctcautious, oven in
the expression of affection, not to lead child
ren to suppose that.'.wo are constantly occu
piedwith thein. :Timid children may bo en
couraged by praise, but it must be judicious
ly bestowed; andforthoirgood conduct, not for
personal graces. Above all things, it is- ne
cessary to inspire them with a love 'of,truth :
to teach them to practice it at their own ex
pense ; and to impress upori their minds that
thero is nothing so truly groat as the frank,
acknowledgement—“l am wrong.” —Madame
Je Lumhcrt.
A Ride With n Car Load of Hogs.
The. Springfield Republican of Thursday
says that, a poor wanderer from that city,
> who wished to make his way East as cheap
and soon as possible, had a difficult and disa
greeable passage to Springfield, over the
Western Ilailroad, on Monday - evening.
While tho eastern stock train was standing
upon tho track in Greeubush. Monday after
noon, the economical traveller got inside of a
freight. car loaded with live hogs, consigned
to Hartford or some other point on the South
ern lloal. The car was uncomfortably filled,
and the time consumed by a freight train be
tween Albany and Springfield being nearly
eight hours, the now passenger became wea
ry and fell sleep with his swineisli compan
ions. The latter being hungry, and consider
ing tho room of the former better than his
company, they resolved upon a lunch, and
commenced devouring the poor fellow. One
of his ears was badly bitten, his face disfigured
and both his boots fairly gnawed from his
feet,'while the remaining portions of his bo
dy Olid garments wore indescribably defiled.-
lie was not discovered until the train arrived
in Springfield. :
Pike’s Peak Pare.— . People who imagine
that edibles are scarce in the now Territory
of Colorado should read the . following from
the Donvi r Ncio.t of March 9 : “At a private
dinner party in this city, a day or two since,
there wore on_ the table, brook trout, fresh
shad, mountain grouse, black-tailed deer,
mountain sheep, wild goose, wild turkey, mal
lard duck, fresh radishes, green pens, lettuce,
asparagus, groan corn and tomatoes, besides
all other varieties of meats and vegetables
that usually grace a sumptuous board. If
there had been room on the table, a wild cat
Irioassoo and wolfs liver would’ have been ad
ded to the lay out.”
C 7” To die for truth is not to die for one’s
country', but to die for the world. Truth like
the ancient statue of Venus, will pass down
in many fragments to posterity; but posteri
ty will collect and recompense them into a
goddess. ' •
O' Sun flowers, planted .between houses
and malaria swamps, bavo boon found effect
ual in several cases for preventing fevers in
the vicinity.
tCT" An Arkansas traveler says ho know a
young follow who was so fond of a young la
dy that ho rubbed his noso off kissing her
shadow on tho wall.
jjgy- \7ild flowers are the alphabet of an
gels—whereby they write on hills and fields
mysterious truths.
Kovel Law-Snit,
LoVc of Approbation.
ft is a good, sign to see a man enter your
sanctum with a friendly greeting—" here is
the money to pay for my paper the coming
year.” .
H is a badoigti to hear a man say he’s too.
poor to takq tho paper —ten to one he carries
home a jug of red-ej-o that costs him halt a
dollar.
It is a good sign to see a man doing an act
of charity to his fellows. It is a bad sign to
hear him boasting of it.
It is a good sign to see n man wearing his
own clothes. , »
It is a bad sign to, see him filling the holes
of his windows. .
It is a to see a man wiping the
perspiration from his face.
It ia a bad sign to see a man wipe his lips
as lie comes out of a collar.
It is a good sign to see a woman stay at
home and attend to her business. It is a bad
sign to see her. go to one-horse ho-downs.
It is a good .sign to see a man advertise in a
homo paper. It is a. bad sign to see the sher
iff advertise for him.
, It is a good sign to sec n-young man go into
good company. And it is a, bettor sign to
see liitn shun the street loafers..
It is a bad sign to see them get drunk and
use profane language.
It is a good sign to see him work industri
ously to support his .poor old father anil mor
tlxor. .
It is a bad sign to see him lay around at
home, living off of his pool- old mother, (if a
widow;)’,
A Woi.f CABniiT. xxv a Man on Skates.—,
While James Graham,bur Wide-Awake sher
iff, was out with a party skatingoh'the river,
a few days since, ho observed, as ho- was
gliding swiftly along over the smooth ice, in
advance .of his companions, a lax-go wolf cros
sing.the river just a few rods ahead of. him,
when ho immediately gave chase. The fright
ened brute-turned down the'stream, finding
•his. pursuer would, cut him off before lie could
possibly reach the opposite bank, and- ran, as
fast a.s ho could, which was not his greatest'
pace; owing to the smoothness of the ice.. The
sheriff, intent on his game, bent his whole
energies to. accelerating his pace, keeping his
eye on the gaunt creature before him at every
stroke ; biit when almost within roach of the
animal, ho happened-.to'cast his eye ahead
.and there, within half a dozoti yards, was an
open-stretch of water, of several'i-oda inwidth,
into which the wolf sprang, followed, of
course, by the sheriff, who was unable to
cheek his 'momentum soon enough to avoid
the. disaster., ' Finding himself “ in fox-xt,” he
laid hold of the. growling snapping brute,
thereby buoying himself up until his comrades
arrived, when lie was pulled out, and the
cause, of this cold bath forthwith, killed.—St. .
Joseph Traveller.
ICw’ A young Jonathan took it into his head
one day to got a wife, He.accordingly looked
about him, and very soon made such selec
tion as suited him, and was not long in strik
ing a bargain and settling the preliminaries.
He then applied to a clergyman to perform
the ceremony.
“lint are you.prepared for such an impor
tant change in lilb?” said tho reverend gen
tleman. - . ”
“I guess I be,” said Jonathan, “for I’ve
got my land paid for, and I own a yoke of
steers_and ,a cow.”
“•Very well," said the clergyman, with a
long breath and a sober face, “all those may
bo proper in their place, to be sure ; but have
you ever thought of salvation ?”
“Sal Vation !” says Jonathan, “who under
tho sun is she ?”
A Sea-horse.— A specimen of the natural
curiosity, known ns‘the sea-horse,’was lately
caught in the Rappahannock river, Va., by
IV. 11. Perry, of that State. Tho creature is
about five inches in length, has the body and
tail of a water dragon, andiho well formed,
nock and head of a horse. Fins are in tho
place of the ears upon the head, also n'hing
the buck and underneath the belly. It.is
said to bo tho first of its kind caught in the
waters of Virginia. . It was kept alive for
throe weeks, during which time it showed a
fierce disposition, raising itself when angered,
and making a short,.snorting noise, somewhat
similar'to-a horse. It will bo placed in the
Smithsonian Institute for exhibition
,[CV An inhuman wretch, near Salem, In
diana, deliberately plotted to . burn bis wife
to death, employing his own son, a small hoy,
to assist him. Ho sot his fence on fire, mid
and then sent tho little boy to the house after
his (tho:hoy’s) mother to cnine and put tho
fire out, while ho (the father) secreted him
self in tho woods near by, telling the boy.be
fore this that while his mother was engaged
in extinguishing the fire, ho must approach
and set her clothes on'firo, which, he did, and
before she was aware her garments wore in a
blaze, burning thorn entirely off, and of-courso
burning her to death.
ICV A slave attacked his master in Sumner
county, in the vicinity of Gallatin, Tenn, on
Saturday, and literally cut his throat from
ear, causing his death almost immediately.
A son of tho murdered man attempted to ar
rest. tho negro, but he too was attacked in
turn, receiving a painful, though not serious
wound, Tho negro, was then pursued by the
neighbors, hut, was not. secured until lie had
been twice shot. .When taken, he was at
once hanged by the excited populace. Tho
name of the gentleman killed has been with
held from tho public for. tho present.
[CT The Bloomahurg Republican says the
following is a verbatim copy of an estray no
tice recently posted up in Montour township:
LOST on STRAID OF.
A calf rod. lie had a white spot on his
pohind log, ho was a she calf and i will civ
to every baddy hti will ketch him and .bring
him home Him dollars.
ionnuary 7, 1881.
CV A sensible exchange says, truly, that
“fun is tho most conservative clement of so
ciety, and ought to bo cherished and encour
aged by all lawful moans. People never plot
mischief when they are merry. Laughter ia,
an enemy to malice, a foe to scandal, and a
friend to every virtue. It promotes good tern-1
per, and enlivens tho heart."
Watchino His Turn.— A clergyman had
Como to preach a charity sorKton, and the
clerk assisting him to robe before,the service
conimoncod, when ho said to him.
“ Pleaao, sir, I am deaf.”
“Indeed, my good man," said the clergy
man, “ then how do you manage to follow, mo
throuch tho service ?”
“ Why, sir, I looks up, and when you shuts
your mouth, I opens mine."
lE/” If falsehood paralyzed tho tongue
what a death-like silence would pervade soci
ety. ■ ,
SICKS.
■XT' A speaker at a stump meeting out
West declared that he knew xio east, no west,
no north, no south. “Then,” said a tipsy
bystander, .“ you ought to go to school. anil
iaru your geogx-aphy."
O'” A reckless fellow, smoking a cigar
while making cartridges, at. Jackson,'Miss.,
on the 19th ult., dropped the ashes into an
open kpg'of powder, .which exploded, blew up
the place, and nearly killed four men.
BSVIt is a strange way of showing our
humble rovoi'enco and love for the Creator to
be perpetually condemning and reviling eve
rything that ho has created.
AST* “Look hero, Join, tlxei-o is a! hole
knocked out of this bottle you gave mo.”
■•'‘Why,’’ said Jem, “here’s tho hole in it
now. If it was knocked out, how could it be
there now.”
,•1!®“ “Very sorry, sir,” said a pretty shop
keeper to a horrified swell, “but we have no
shirts to fit you. I can measure you for a
dozen.” “Goodness gwacious shall I have to
stwip ?”
A fellow out West, being asked whetlr
er tho.limim- ho was drinking was a good ar
ticle, replied : “Wal, I don’t know, 1 guess
so. There is only one queer thing about it,
whenever I wipe my mouth, I burn a hole iii
my shirt!”
fC?" “ Were you over cross-questioned ?”
asked a man of his neighbor.
“Yes, when questioned by my wife, after
spending the evening abroad—cross enough,
in all conscience.”
S®" 1 Martin Van Biu-cn is the only individ
ual who has filled the four highest positions
under the American .'Government,. Ho has
been United States Senator, Secretary of
State, Vico President and President. I
037* Every man cherishes in his hcarl
some object, some shrine at which his ado
ration is paid, unknown to his fellow mor
tals.
JBgy Tho nervo which never relaxes—the
eve which never blanches—tho thought,which
never wanders, those aro:tho mastex’s ol vic-
[HT’Tbo press most popular with printers—
A press of business.
DC/* Life is short, therefox-q should bo well
and usefully employed.
3Z7*.IVIiy is a man that marries twice like
the cliptain of a ship? Because he has sec
ond mate.
CV Mhy are the people of Texas like cin
namon trees ? Because, tho bark of her Twiggs
is worth more than tho body, D
SST As the crackling of thorns under a pot,
so is tho laughter of a fool. '
56?” Speak well of your friend ; of your en
emy say nothing.
OT7” Your grape vines, if not trimmed al
ready, should bo attended to immediately.
Tho Weeded Garden.
Whatever we may think of tho hardships of
the vagrant life, it is not without a consider
able share of interest. Tho study of physiog
nomy of those appealed to, and the exercise of
tho imitative faculties, give it a great zest ; the
calculation on chances, too, has all tho excite
ment of gambling; indeed, tho proof of tho
charm of this strange life lies in the difficulty
jn reclaiming those who have adopted it. It
is told of a justice who hail a nice place near
London,.that he contrived to have his-garden
and' pleasure-ground constantly kept free from
woods without his being put to any cost. The .
momenta beggar solicited alms at his door,
ho would ask why he was hot at work?
“Work! Bless your honour,” ho would '
say, “I would bo glad to got if I knew 1
whore.”
“ Well,” the justice would say, “ I’ll see
what I can do. There is that plot of ground
—when you have weeded it you shall have a
shilling.”
Having boon furnished with the necessary
.implements, to work tho . would go
with affected alacrity; but soon tiring of the
monotony of his employment, ho would take
advantage of an opportunity, and steal away;
thus a succession of applicants would take up
where’ others' loft olf, and, like them, would
make their escape as soon as they could : and
so the weeds were, cleared, aiid nothing to
pay-
A farmer in the West of England, who
has two handsome daughters, would .not per
mit them to keep company of the young men.
Alter the old man had retired to rest, tho girls
would liang a sheet out of tho window, and
each lover,, with the- assistance of his lady:,
would thus gain an entrance! ■ It so happened
that one evening tho girls hung out the shoot
too early, and the old gentleman spying thoax--
ticlc, could not eonjectux-o the meaning of it.
So ho caught hold and endeavored to pull.it
down, The..girls,'slipposiiig it to ho,brio ,of
theif sweet-hearts, began to hoist and did not
discover their mistake, till tho old man’s head
was level with - the window-sill, when one of .
them exclaimed, “Oh Lord, it’s dad!” and
letting go tho sheet, down came the old .gen
tleman to the ground, dislocating his shoul
der. Withdrawing all opposition •to their
keeping company, he was soon a fathor-im
hxw. ' ' ,
Murder.in I tat.v. —A minder has recently
occurred-at Milan, Italy, i:cscmblihg in aany
Tpspocts the murder of Dr! Parknxan in Boston
by Professor Webster. Gioja, a x-iclx person,
being missing; attention .Was-drawn to the
house of his friend, Carrozi, whore he was
last seen, and his body was found hastily bu
lled in the garden. the murderer owed his
friend various sums of money which he did,
not find it convenient to pay, arid invited him
to'hxs house and deliberately robbed and mur
dered him, with .the help of a lodger named
Gattic The latter protest his innocence, but
Carrozi has made a full confession of the
crime,.
Goodness.— The wind is unseen, but.it
cools the brow of the fevered one—swcoloms
the summer's ntiuosphcro—and ripples the
surface of the lake into silver spangles of
beauty. So goodness of heart, though'invisi
ble to the material eye; makes its presence
felt; and, from its effects upon
things, we are eux'o of its existence. °
CV Bobby what does your father do for a
ivxng ?
‘He's a Philanthropist, sir.”
‘A what?”
“Philanthropist. Ho collects money for
be Kansas sufferers, and builds houses out of
iho proceeds.” • ■ j
ilgnrultnral Irpartmfnf:
PURPOSES SERVED BY LIME.
Professor Johiyton, of Connecticut, an able
agricultural chemist; gives the following.in
formation derived from carefully conducted
analyses, of the purposes served by lime,laa
an application to farm land, and is worthy of
attention, especially at the present'time whcn
the subject is under consideration.
The, purposes served by lime as a chemical
constituent of the soil are at least of four dis
tinct kinds. , • • , ....
1, It supplies a kind of inorganic food which
■appears to be necessary to the healthy growth
of all bur cultivated plants. ’
2. It neutralizes acid substances which af B
naturally formed in the soil, and decomposes
or renders harmless other noxious compounds
which are not unfroqucntly within roach’of
the roots of plants.
■3. It changes, the inert-vegetable matter in
the soil, so as gradually to render it useful to
yegetatibn. .
4. It causes, facilitates, or enables other
•useful compounds, both.organic and inorgan
ic, to he produced in-the soil, or so' promotes
the decomposition of existing compounds as .
to prepare them more speedily for entering
into the circulation of plants. »> 1 ,
The fertilizing properties of lime, then, ap
pear to arise, in a great measure, from the
force with which it attracts carbonic acid
■ from the. atniosphere or soil to which it is ex
posed, This attraction for carbonic acid-is
so powerful, that if lime bo placed in contact
with ,animal or., vegetable matter, they aro
decomposed or dissolved with great rapidity,
and reduced to n lie state for entering the
roots of plants. It is for this reason that wo
sec such good results from the application of
lime upon soils where green crops have been
consumed on the land, or where any of tfio
various plants used for that purpose have been
plowed irf green. It also produces equally
good-effects, and for the Same reason, in soils
newly broken up ; in fact, in all soils rich In
humus or vegetable matter.
But the chemical action of limo is not con
fined to the decomposition of vegetable, arid
other organic matter in the soil. It appears
to bo clearly established by the experiments
of agricultural chemists; that this substance,
has also the property of sotting at liberty the
alkalies which are present in exceedingly
small quantities in the soil, favoring the for
mation of soluble ciIibatca, which aro useful
to all of our crops of grain.
Limo, however, not only always ads chemi
cally, but to a certain extent it is, also useful .
by altering the mechanical nature of the soil.
Fur instance, it roncers clayey soil less
tenacious ; and it is also stated that it makes ■
sandy soils firmer, and loamy soils soft, mel
low and light. Such is - briefly all that is
known at present concerning the chemical
properties of limo.
WlIdT FRUIT SHALL I CULTIVATE t
As the sonsoh is now hero when those who
desire to cultivate fruit should be up and do
ing, wo.propose in brief to present a list,'of
such of the varieties as tcc should set .out',
were a selection about to bo made. One thing
should be remembered, that unless a porsoA
means to occupy a largo breadth .of ground
and to go into the cultivation of fruit ms,a
speciality, but few kinds of each should bp
planted. For the general farmer, As as
for other, jpersons who may not have much
ground, or who may.not care to, devote much
ground to this objectj the following list is-'to*
liable: ...
SIX VARIETIES Of* APPLES.
1. Amr’crih Pearmain, 4. Hays,
2. Maiden's Blush,. 5. Smith's Cidei^
3. Fallon Plppen, . ,6. Fornwaldor:
SIX STANDARD PEARS.
4. Sockel.
5. 801 l Lucrative!
O'. Lawrence.
1. Bloodgood,
2. Rnstizer,
3. Bartlett,
There are at least a dozen others, also, of
highly esteemed varieties.
SIX DWARF PEARS.
1-Ott, 4. Yic'r of WinkfM
2. Bartlett, 5. Boussock,
3. Froderioka Bremer, ■O. Did;
six PEACHES.
1. Crowford’s Early, 4. Oldmixon, free,
2. George IV, o. Oldmixon. cling*
3. Morris White, G. Bergen’s Yellovfi
CRAPES.
1. Concox-d,
2. Diana, ,
3. Delaware,
If the Alroy grape—a now variety—should
come up to expectation, it will prove superior
to either of the above. There is also'tha
Flora, which promises to bo very fine, ihtfd
will, wo think, should it realize all that is
claimed fur it, also occupy a place in the six
beat, to the exclusion of some one in the foro*
going list.
SIX CHERRIES.
May Duke,
2. Early Richmond,
3. Black 'J L'artarian,
RASPBERRIES.
1. Brinklo’s Orange, ( 2. Cafawissa,
STRAWBERRIES,
1. Triompho da Garni, J :3. British Queen,
2. Hovpy’s Seedling, ) 4. Trolop's Victoria
CCRRA.VTS.
Black Naples. | 2* Bod Butcln
GOOSEBERRIES.
Houghton's Seedling* ;
There are numerous Varieties of all tiw
above, feme of which, doubtless, as persons
differ in taste, would bo prefored to tho list
presented. But as our only object is to offdr
a reliable selection so far as it goes, the Culti
vator cannot err in adopting it. lie can: af
terwards add, ns his experience may direct;
such other sorts an-are deemed valuable.
Wo do not deem it necessary to add more
at this time than to urge upon all tho duty
and usefulness of stocking their promises witji
tlm best varieties of tho different kinds of
fruits, according to tho extent of their land
and their ability to provide,tho trees. Every
ono who owns n square rod of unoccupied
ground, should have some kinds of fruits—-a
gl ape vine or two, a poar tree, a few currant
bushes, half a dozen rasperry canes, a few
strawberries, &c. Now is the time to look to
U. Don’t put it off for a week or ft nlonth,'
and then neglect it.— Germantown Teli-
IH7* Salt Lake is probably the saltest fcoily
of water on tho globe, Threo bnrrels of this
water are said to yield n barrel of spit.' Tpe
water is of a light green color for about ten
or twenty rods, and then dark bine. No fish
can liyo in it—no frogs abide in it—and ‘but
few birds are seen dipping in it. - ' ~ _
is very possible to boitqo witty tobd
earnest, and too earnest to be witty. ‘
NO. 43. ;;
4. Clara,
5. Mnxntfuvnoy, '
C. Franklin, wiuo,
4. Black Eagldj
5. Downton,
C. Elton,