£t)c 'Atmtfcftn Volunteer.
~'m It ,ISHED EVBBY THURSDAY MOBNINd
■i\ ■ I v V
BIWaION it KENNEDY.
orrlCEUMtlTil kABKEt MtABE.
tebus ;-Two, Dollars per year It paid atMctly
‘advance: TWoDonomapd Fifty Cedtalfpald
idiln turts months; after Tiftbe Dollars
.lllbeotoiied- Th'efo totnm'\Mßbo rigidly ad
rod to In ovary Instance. NoknbsorlpUon dls
'.onllnned until all Mfeardge* are paid, unless at
iso option ot tha Editor.
fftoftaatonal gtaiQuu.
7oHjTc. GRAHAM, Attorney at
. I law.' Office formorly occupied by Judge
SvaliMn, Soutb Hanover street, Carlisle, Ponna.
poo. 1, 1805 —ly. - . .
z Tf7'. HERMAN, Attorney at Law.
iVI Office In Bhoom’a Hall Building, In the
JJf St the Court House, next door to the “ Her
ald” Office, Carlisle. Penna.
* Deo. 1,1803. . ' . . .
WEAKLEY, Attorney at Law.
. I office on.Sputb Hanover street. In the room
formerly occupied by A. B. Sbarpe. Esq.
riHAS. E. MAGLAHGHLXN, AttOß-
I / KEY AT Law. Office In Building formerly,
occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of Han
non's Hotel-
Dec. Ip 1805* . ■
n M. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney
(t. atLowand Heal Estate Agent. Shepherds
“Mflfe-ly.
TTTM. J. SHEARER, Attorney &o.
■ W AT LAW, Carlisle. Pol Office near Court
H6uso, South side of Public Square,, In ■« Jnhod i s
nomor.” second floor. Entrance, Hanover Street.
Practicing in aU the Courts of tiils Judlclal
District, prompt attcnUou wm be to oU
business in the Counties of Perry and Juniata, as
well as of Cumberland.
May 2i, IB6o—ly*. . . , '
SF. BADLER, Attobnby at Law,
, Carlisle, Penna. Office in Building for
occupled hy Volunteer, South Hanover
street.
Doc, 1, 1805, ,
TXT KENNEDY Attorney at Law,
. .
TOHN LEE, Attorney at Law,
• I North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa.,
Fob. 16,1800— ly. • . -
TAMES A. DUNBAR, Attorney at
• I LAW.CarUsle, Penna. Office a few doors
West of Hannon’s Hotel.
Doc. 1,1805. ' ; • ~
£E. BBLTZHOOVER, Attorney
. and Gounsklob at Law, Carlisle, Penna.
oe on South Hanover street, opposite Bentos
Store. By special arrangement with the Patent
Offico, attends to securing Patent Rights.
Doc. 1,1805. ■ ■
WM. B. BUTIiER, ATTORNEY AT
Law, Carlisle, Penna. Office with wm. J.
: Shearer, Esq.
Doc. 1,1805—1 y.
T> NEWTON SHORT. M. D., Fhyat
til. clan and Surgeon, Meohonlcsburg, Pa.—
'Thankful lor past favors, would most respectfal
iy Inform his friends and tho publlo generally,
. that hew still practicing Medicine and Surgery
In all their branches. Special attention given to
■the treatment of diseases of the Bye and Ear, and
soil other chronic aflbotlona. ■ . .
Office In WUson.*s Building, Main St., np stairs.
Nov. 29, 1800.' . .
I\R. GEORGE S. BE ARIGHT, DeN-
I xist. .From the Baltimore College of J>en to*
raery. Office at the residence of hla mother,
lEoat Louthor Street, three doors below Bedford,
(Carlisle, Penna,
Deo. 1,1805.
eENTISTRY— Dr.W.B. Shobmokeiv-
Praotloal Dentist, Nowvilio, Pennsylvania,
so In Miller’s Building.
*F«b. 22,1806.—ly.
Pjotogtopljlng.
-PHOTQ&R APHSI
Trite subscriber, after over five years of experi
ence in hla profession, hogs to inform the public
that ha still continues hla business at hla old and
wall known location, in the building of Jacob,
Zng. Esq;, South-East Oorneraf Market Square, over
the Store of Messrs. Doldioh A Miller, where ho
will be pleased to see his friends and patrons,
and whore he la folly prepared to take
I ‘ noTo^BA CAjii’Ea ßE VISITS _
AND AMBROTYPES,
from miniature to life-like site, ondto guarantee;
perfect satisfaction In every case.
Sent of my Sky-Light enables me to perfect
foe similes in cloudy os well os In clear weather,—
An experienced Lady Operator Is In constant al
tmdanco at the rooms to wait on lady eiutomers.
Constantly on hand and for sale at reasonable
rates, a fine assortment of ...
HOSE WOOD; TTMT „ W ixm
UNION AN GIL T FRAMES.
43- Negatives of all Pictures taken
ed and persons wishing duplicates of thensame
can have them on short notice, either l>y peraon
al application or by letter. Thankful for fa
vors, will hope for a continuance, of the public
patronage.
Oct. 11, 1860-6 m
POSITIVELY THE BEST 1
C. L. LOOK MAN
AGAIN TRIUMPHANT!!
The FIRST PREMIUM ha* again been Awarded
la a L. LOCUM AN Jar the BEST
FMOI&aIiAPHA
His lons oxperlonSß in the buslneM imd his
intimate knowledge of all'that rolntcs to the pro
duoUonof SPBRSBOTpiCTUBBiIn chemistry,
art and mechanism, ouablcn him to mate Pho
tographs, unapproachable in.moSt galleries, and
■ alt work guaranteed to.glve satisfaction., T
fine large photographs,
• Colored'and Plain, .
... CARD PICTURES FOR ALBUMS,
old and new also;
POBOBLAIN PICTURES t
; of exquisite finish. :
Every lady should have one .of those taken
they give the most charming complexion.
■AMBROTYPBB
In every style of cases, and all kinds of work
done Inn First Glass Gallery. Copies made In
“SSaVraSSSSi. and duplicates can bo
lnvited to pay a visit
to the gallery and examine speotoens. . .
A largelotofFßAMES and ALBUMS for sale
Ch phoiogrnnhs made In.aii kinds of weather
equally well.
Dec. 18.1800 . • -
MRS. B. A. SMITH’S fHOTO
graphic Gallery South-east Comer Hano
treet, and Market Square, where “ay be had
all the dmerent styles ofPhotographs, from card
to life size. •
IVORYTYPEB, AMBBOTYPES, AND
lvUttU meilainotypes s
also Pictures on Forcetolri, teomethtog new)
Plain and Colored, axe
duotlons of the Photographic art. Can and see
attention given to copying firom
Feb. 15 1860. "
ao7/
dentineutaidreEkv
'GREAT EDUCATIONAL INDUCEMENTS.
J 1 C to** jßuaineM CtolUge- at Oxrlitle, itenn’ctw
THIS Institution is now entering upon
itethlrd year lii Ita present location j .dnrlDg
wuibU tlme It das re’celved a liberal iiomo supt
port, and also an encouragingsUaraoif pawongg
from six dUTerent States of luo Wo feel,
encouraged from tue result of post efforts and
m YOtrNQ MEN of limited education, * .
YOUNG MEN weft educated la. other Tespeote,
but deflolent la -the brauoUea
taupM to it lira tohv«» : Blueness
YOUNG MEN ofUm°l£ed. metma.whd woidd
possess the bestrequlsito td em-
YOUNG MEN SMoi
oratudy. -BftANOH®TAUGH& : > .
un^?uToloutuumbertolosure ladlvll^laJ
Address* carUflle,Po. .
Ang. 28,1886. •
- TJIMPIRB BSOOTLE _ BEWINQ_MA*
lniprovementev ore speedy{
nolslesa* durable: add easy to worje. i' ■
numerated Oltouiare tree. A* 6 ““ ft
OUberal duootmt ■; allowed. No. cadtisumenw
Addrew.BMBIBHS. HW N.Y
- i
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY.
JJARGAINS! BARGAINS!!
AT NO. 18.
GREAT RED UPTION IE PRICES I,
WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS
AT
S. C. BROWN’S
NEW DRY GOODS STORE I
GOODS ABE REDUCED FROM 10 to 20 fcer'Cent.
In consideration of the great decline, the un
dersigned is now offering the greatest induce
ments offered in the county.
He Is selling best Prints at 20 cts.,
Best X yd. wide Bro. Muslin at 21 cts.,
yd. heat Cot. Table Diaper at 02 cts.,
X yd. beat Tick at OC ots.
DRESS GOODS!’
American Delaines at 80 cts,,
lustres,- ; ;
.. Alpaccas oil colors,
“ . CobergfloUcoVß.Blo 6quars.wld©,
Wool DolalnesSto G quarters wide, from 00 to 8100,
88 Inch French Merlnoes, best makes $125.
MEN’S WEARI ' MEN’S WEAR II
' Broadcloths, very cheap,
All Wool CasslmCres from 6100 upwards,
Sattlnets, Joans, Ac., Ac.
. - A full line of
Notions,
Hosiery,
Shawls,
C?a!i and aeo for yourselves. Remember tbe
lace,
Nov. 29, 1806.
JJARGAINS! BARGAINS I!
SELLING OFF AT COST
AND NOMIBTAKE!
I am Belling off my entire stock of Dry Goods*
AT COST, consisting of French, Field and Plain
Poplins, all wool Bepps., French and Englsh
Merlnocs of tho most beautiful colors, all wool
and American Delaltaes, Cashmeres, Black qftd
Colored Alpaccos,
LADJES* CLOAKING AND SHAWLS,
Shirting and other Flannels, Canton Flannels,
Chocks, QlngUnms. Tickings. Table Llnen. La
dies* Vesta and Under Ware or every dcßcrlntlon,
with a large assortment of Misses and Infants Me
rino under Vests of every alee,.Calicoes, Muslins,
Balmoral Hoop Skirts, Ao.j Ac. ;
Also, a large assortment of Gentlemen’s Wear,
Cloths, ’
Oassimeres,
Sattlnots,
Jeans,
Shirting,
Flannels,
x- Ac., Ac.,
all of whldfe must be sold at coat until the entire
stock Is sold. My goods.have all boon bought—
aomo at the lowest auction prices, the remainder
at the lowest wholesale prices at the New York
and Philadelphia markets. _
WM. A. MILES,
North Hanover Street, next door to Miller «
Bowers’ (formerly John P. Lyon s) Hardware
Store. Remember the number—B2 North Hano
ver. Sign of the YoUow Fennel.
Nov. 22 t 'lB6tf; : .
QREAT EXCITEMENT
BOILING
SINCE SAWYER * HPRP
HAYS OPENED UP THEEE NEW STOCK OP
PALL AND WINTER GOODS!
SAWYER* HURD ate now prepared to pre
sent to the public a magnificent assortment or
Dry. Goods, Groceries,
Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, SAWYER *
HURD respectfully Invito the especial attention
ol the ladles to their elegant assortment of
DBBBS GOODS,
containing the latest stylesland goods
selling In tho'Now York and Phlladolphla mar
kels, Dress Silks, In varlettea of colors and styles,
WOOLEN DRESS GOODS ,
of every kind, Poplins of all eolora, barred
i striped and plain, medium priced goods, Do
mestic Dohtlnes, i'lgnred antf mm Ttops and
■other cheap goods. BAWVEB « HUKb inviw
the attention of the ladles to their beautiful stock
■in every color and stylo. We also invite the
| special attention of the gentlemen to our select
' stock of
FRENCH, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN ’
Cloths,
. Casslmeres, _ .
Over Coatings,
Cheap Casslraeres.
Sattinots,
' . Jeans, &o.
JOHN C. LESHEE.
A FIRST CLASS TAILOR
[whose reputatlonlswide spread, wUlmakaap atr
short notice in the best styje. anyofthe above
goods. All kinds of notions. Undershirts,Draw*
era. Gloves, Hanover vea, Ties, Hose, &c.
‘saVybß * HURD request housekeeMralo ex
amine their well selected stock of Oil Cloths.
Ishadcs,.Blankets, Ac, Ail the various kinds of
1 DOMESTIC goods. r
kept in immense Ticks, Coll
caea. Shlrtlnga, Sheetings, Table Diapers, and all
■kinds of White Goods, , r
. BALMORAL AND HOOP SKIRTS,
and cheapest In thecounty. In fact every:
thing to induce purchasers to givens acaU-.
• fy BTtghftHt market pxlces paid for aJI kinds of
SK STM
Jj-EW STOKE I
NEW DBY GOODS STORE,
Opposite the Mansion House,
Haying rented the Store formerly occupied by
Mr. Wm. A. Miles, the undersigned Invites Uie
attention of the Indies of Carlisle and Us vicinity
to Ws -WELL SELECTED STOCK of
GOODS,-
Just from the Eastern Cities.
Bjr strict attentlonto business, opd a carenu
study.of. Jib© TTftnta and t tastes of bis customers,
ho hopes to obtain a share of the public patron
age?
49-Special attention given to DRESS TRIM
MINGS.
Nov. 6,1800-1/
T\KY,GOODS! DRY GOODS!
FALL
4. W> JBENTZ, South Itanover Street,
‘ VAELJSLE.
'. m pjU, RNIHG GOODS I;,
iS EW™ YelU jMournlUß
MatoA/hA::':':'?. i-'X-i ' ■ ■
MUSJiINS.I MULLINS i ; ; ■ ■
tuelowartbrlom. , 1 A> "•
Ootobif u. 19W. .
® ti : jkmxitM lutatwr
Bid Q)oobo.
Gloves,
Zephyr Hoods,
S. 0. BROWN.
No. 18 West Mala St., Carlisle.
DRESS SHAWLS
NEW GOODS
R I N G’S
MATN STREET,
Next door to the Post Office.
•DRESSTRXMMXNGB,
AND NOTIONS,
Ji G. H. RING.
jf.urttittire, &c.
B. EWING,
A.
cabinet. Maker
AND UNDERTAKER,
WEST MAIN STREET,
CARLISLE,PENN* A.
A Splnfded Assoktmknt op
NEW FURNITURE '
for the Holidays, comprising
Camp Stools,
Centre Tables,
Dining Tables,
Card Tables,
Ottomans,
What-Nots,
&c. f &c.,
Sofas,
lounges;
Rocking Chairs,
Easy Chairs,
Reception, Chairs,
Bateaus,.
Secretaries,
Parlor,
Chamber,
Dining Room,
. Kltchon
F U BN ITURB,
of the Latest Styles.
COTTAGE FURNITURE IN SETTS,
Splendid Now Patterns.
BEDSTEADS AND MATTRESSES,
GILT FRAMES AND PICTURES,
In great variety.
Particular attention given to Funerals. Orders
from town and country attended to promptly
and on reasonable terms. ,
Deo. 43,180d—1f
QABINET WARE HOUSE
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
The subscriber respectfully informs his Wends
. and the public generally, that he still continues
the Undertaking business, ond is ready to wait
upou customers either by. day or by night. Ready
. mode Coffins .kept constantly on hand, both
plain -and ornamental, fie has constantly on
. hand Fisk's Patent Mctalic Iluiial Case, of which
he has been appointed the sole agdnt. This cose
is recommended os superior to any of the kind
now in use. It being perfectly airtight. ..
He has also furnished himself with u now Rose*
’ wood TTwiUtfm and gentle horses,.with 'which he
1 will attend funerals In town and country, per
sonally, without extra charge.
Among the greatest discoveries of the ago Is
• Well's Storing Maitrass, the best and cheapest bed
now in use, the exclusive right of : which I have
i secured, and will bo kept constantly on hand..
CABINET MAKING.
in all Its various branches, carried on, and Beau
reaus, Secretaries, Work-stands. Parlor Wore,
Upholstered Choirs, Sofas, Pier, Side ond Centre
Tables, Dining and Breakfast Tables, Wash
stands of all kinds. Franca Bedsteads, high and
low posts: Jenny Lind and Cottage Bedsteads.
Chans of all kinds, Looking Glasses, and all
other articles usually manufactured in this line
.of business, kept constantly on hand. .
fils workmen ore men of" experience, his ma
terial the best, and his work made in the latest
city style, and all under his own supenrislon. ; It
will be warranted and cold low for cash.
Ho invites oU to give him a coll before purchaa
lng elsewhere. ' For the liberal patronage here
to Are extended to him, he feels-indebted to his
; numerous-customers, and assures them that no
efforts will be spared In future to please them In
style and price. Give us a calk • . . .
Remember the place, North Hanover 'street,
. nearly opposite the Deposit Banl^OMdUle.^^
Dec. f, 1865. . ' 1 ' .
<Srioti)lug,
pLOTHINGI CLOTHING I I
- GREAT fallTn prices.
The undersigned Is now receiving bis complete
assortment of
PALL AND WINTER GOODS,
which for style, beauty and price, cannot be ex-
Ce filsBtook consists In part of fine Black and Blue
•French and English Cloths, Extra Heavy Doe
■ skin, three cut and.
; FANCY CASSr-MEBE-S.-;.-
Also. a large variety of Casslnets ond Tweeds.-
Jeans, and Cottonnades, Linens, and
-Linen Drillings, In great vorlety. Also a great
assortment or» w
READY MADE CLOTHING,
of every stylo ond quality, White Linen and
Woolen Shirts, Sommer Drawers,
ly on hand a large assortment of Ties, Collars,
Hosiery and Gloves, Linen, Bilks and Colton
of Trunks, Carpet Bags
and Valises, of every size. • • ; •
Clothing mode to order at the shortest notice.
Coll ond examine the stock. __ ..
Don’t forgot the stand—South Hanover Street,
adjoining Miller & Bowers’ Hardcore Store, Car*
lisle.
May 10.1666.
TjIAT.T. and ■winter clothes;© I
’■ftue subscriber, thanklbl Tor-past favora.bcgs
,leave to Inform the public that be continues the
CLOTHING BUSINESS
In all its various branches, at bis old
Main Btreet, two doors west of Saxtons Hard?
ware Store, fcarllsle. He will, as heretofore, keep
' constantly on hand, . -
MADE-UP CliOTHltitl
of all kinds, and nt prices that defy competition.
0 OAlBi
PANTS and
VESTS,
Tn every style and variety. -■
Shlrta, Stockings,
Dr °Gkfves
Collars, . Suspenders,
and every other artrcle to be found Irr a llrst-
Cl SSo o ! o tLe l grafS CSotbaandCaEalmorM.
luovory variety. He hasengagod-the services.of
an orcperrlenced cutter, and especial attention
will bo paid to putting up customer work In the
latest and mosf faahlonablo^^.^^^
Oct. 25.1800-1 v ,
Q.RAND DISPLAY
' OF CHRISTMAS GOODS!
AT NO, 35 WEST MAIN STREET,
kkib kingle
JB COUIN9I
Fond parents look to the Interest oi your
sweet darlings 1
ntflcenc stock of - •
CANDIES, TOYS AND FANCY ARTICLES,
conalstlns In part as follows:
Drums, . , Trumpets, s
Dan Mul?sf Tops ond Dolls,
of all sizes, shapes and colors;
D Arms adS ' V Fnrnllnro Setts,
B Whlos StOCW " i!a ' .
W b|A B &.os
■ fe- Sl SanU.
Wheelbarrows, X>o|«.
Nino Pins, Caw,
Maple,Lanterns, , Mice,
and endless variety of other Toys, suitable to
jwUlcharo
MALAGA OBAPE 8-.
Barbara and other Dates, Crystollsed Fruits o
; all kinds, WJUTE joys/ .
Butter. CaromoßWahmMto. old. otnnd.NO.
1 “ Alltto above m
i S»lnmay a fav<S I Se wither
Dee. .20, IMO—tf ..
1866.
Henry g, bbxdleb,
licensed a uotioneeb,
KEBSYILUBi '
Citmbkuland Count*, Pswn’A. ,
Jan. _ .. ;,■ '••■:•■-•
bov. 18.180 fl—flat
Mirth awake t The day Is dying,
Hati with Joy the starry hoars,
While tho frolic colors flying,
Dash the snow In pearly showers.
Light the laugh, the pleasure nameless—
Wrapt in robes from distant plains,
Whore the bison, huge and tameless,
s Roves the lord of vast domains.
Sigh above us swims the orescent,
Sharp the air and clear tho skies,
Circling vapors, iridescent,
From the glens and brooks arise.
On the foaming leader dashes,.
Swift tbe sleigherS seem to fly,
While Aurora flames and flashes,
Firing all the Northern sky.
Through tho snow crests in tho billows,
Over bare and breezy swells,
Fleet is every steed that follows,'
Jingle Jangling all the bells.'
apd Ofllce
Over ice rifts sharply twanging,
Fast tbe frowning, Assured height,
Where tho pointed pedants hanging,
■ Silver shimmer In the light.
Underneath* the forest arches,
Hoary with tiro touch of time,
Where the oaks and bonding larches,
Jeweled blaze with moonlit rime.
In the dim and far recesses,
Echo dwells, the banished maid,
Mocking still, she still transgresses,
Flitting through the winding glade.
From beneath the cracking bridges,
See the struggling waters flow;
Sparkling round the frosted ridges, >♦
Ribbon streaming through the snow.
Se'e I the wood fire, redly gleaming,
Ou tlie cheerful window ploys,
Lighting roomy halls and beaming
■ From the Inn of other days.
Here, with song, and dance, and chorus,
Swiftly by the moments run,
•fill the moment ruddles o’er us,
Tinted by the rising sun.
Pleasures past. Alas, how fleeting
All our joys and comforts aro;
Time Is like a wave retreating,
Bearing all things bright and fair.
Scarce wo raise the brimming measure.
Scarce tbo sparkling nectar sip.
Ere the counter wave ol pleasure
Bears It rudely from the Up,
BYTHEAUTHOhOF 1 JOHN IIAX.IFA3C QKNTO.EHAK.
“Such.a dreadful ghost!—oh! such a
dreadlulghoat!" ..... , .
My wife, who was luckily sitting by
me, was at first as much frightened a*X
was, hut gradually she succeeded in qui
eting both mo and herself, which Indeed
she has a wonderful faculty for doing.
When she had drawn, from mo the
cause of my terrified exclamations, •we
discussed the whole matter, in which we'
differed considerably.: and on this sub
ject we invariably and affectionately do.
! She is a perfectly matter-in-fact, unlmae-/
■inativo, and unsuperstitlous individual,
i quite satisfied that in the invisible, as in
'the visible world, two and two must make
i four, and cannot, by any possibility make
lone flaw in her otherwise very sensible
(argument, namely, the taking for; grant
ed that we finite creatures.' who are so li
able to err, even in material things, can
(in things Immaterial decide absolutely
■ upon what is two laud what Is four.
There lives more faith in honest dqabt,.
Believe me, than In half your creeds.
, And it is just possible that when the
(evil one tempted bur forefather to eat of
■the tree of knowledge, he was laughing,
ms may be he often laughs now, to think
■what a self-conceited fool a man must be,
’ever to suppose that he con know every-
I preach this to my helpmate—
who 1s the humblest and sweetest of wo
;men—she replies, in perhaps the safest
iwav a woman can reply to an argument,
■with a smile; as she .old, when, haying
talked over and viewed on all sides my,
‘Dreadful Ghost, she advised raeto make
lit public, for the good of the comrauolty;
In which we agreed; though differing,—
She considered It would prove how very
silly it was to believe In ghosts at all. I
considered—but my story will explain
th |he and I were, I thought; invited ton
strange house,, with which,.and with.the
;family,.we.wereonly acquainted byhear-.
Sav ft was, in fact, one of those “ Invir
itations on business,’ 1 such as Utemw per
sons like .myself continually get,. and
•which give little pleasure, as we are per r
fectlv aware from what motives, they
springand that if we could pack up our
reputation In a portmanteau, and our
bead In a hat-box. it would answer exact
iy the same purpose, and be equally sat
isfactory to the Inviting parties. How
ever. the present case'was an exception ;
'since, though we had never seen out en
tertainers, we bad heard that they were,
not a show-loving, lltemiy-llon-hunting
. household, but really a/am«yratfectlon
■nloiv united among themselves, and de
votW the CmW of the lately-lost
head. He was a physlolan, widely es
teemed, and also a man of tetters, whose
death had created a great blpnk, both in
jhis own circle and In ttie literary world
at large. Now, after a year's Interval,
his widow and thrOe daughters were(be
ginning to reappear in .society ; and at
the British Association meeting, held at
the large town which I need not parllou
larize, nad opened.the doors of thely long
ihospllable house, to my wllenndme.
I Being strangers, we thought it nest t?
appear,l would advise all. stednger
edlste to do, at the tall end orthe day,
when (indie-light aßd. fi ™- 1! E ht
iklndly mystery over all. things, and the
few bHef hours of awkwardness and un
famlllarity are followed by thenooturnal,
separation—when each party has time to
th?nk over the other-meetingnextmorn-;
iwr with the kindly feeling of those who
havd passed a night under the: same
fl As mywtfe and X stepped from our cab,
thoduU day was alreacfyoloslnglntotwl-
llght. and the, fire only half .iirhmed. tbe
romn into which ,we were .shoWn..
IwSTan old /fashioned, rather, gloomy
Stmeut-balf study, room;
iSSe end being fitted up osalibrary, while
!at the other —pleasant thoughtfulness,
which already warmed ourheartotoward.
imseen hostsl was spread milt‘that
Cat of all meals for a hungry, weary
teaveUor, a tea dinner. Bo hungry were
wS that this welcome, yrell supplied, el
board was the only thing we no
tfeed 4 about the room. Except one other
thing, which hungblbseuboye the tea ta
ble, on the paneled wall, .......
■ soul of the man as weft ftehla *
body; and as he sat in his ohalrrteoklng
• directly-at you,lu aslmplo-rDaturai
i *ude. yon felt .what a beautiful mi
i must hay^tbeen; oue:
i vpnra of ace—for the portrait seemed-thus
: 2ld- elm* a over
any h<?me,. and. Over ony society where
f Watmustbethcpoor Doe* 1
i tot." sate my wife, da her eyes and mine
I both met upon the.cattvass face,'which
: glimmered m the fire-light with a most
■ ufe-like 'aspect, the gentle- benevolent
-eyea seeming to follow-: one obout tha
room as thu eyes of most well painted,
f“ldice portraits do. “. You never saw I
this)jis exactly the sort of •
ISAAC LIVINGSTON.
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 31,1867.
tactical.
THE HLEIOHBIDE,
aHfetflkttMus.
A DREADFUL OIIOST.
so etroo|(, 'vtiat wh6n the widow came In,
we abstained fromVasklag the question,
lest we strangers might touch pllinfully
on a scarcely-nettled wound.
Bhe was a sweet-looking little woman
—-pale, fragile, and rather silent than oth
erwise. She, merely performed the du
ties of the tea-table, whilst the conversa
tion was carried on with, spirit and intel
ligence by her three daughters—evidently
highly accomplished women. They were
no longer young, or. particularly hand
some; but they appeared to have inher
ited the inexpressible charm of manner
Which. I had heard,'characterised their
lost father; and they had, ray wife whls
: pored me, a still greater attraction in her
eyes (she had, dcarsoul I two little dnugh
-1 tors of her own growing up)—Which'Was,
the exceeding deference they paid to their
mother, who was not by any means so
clever as themselves.
Perhaps I, who had not married a wo
man. for her cleverness, admired the
mother most. , The Doctor's widow with
her large, soft, sorrowful the
tears seemed to have dried up, or. been
frozen up in a glassy quietness, was to me
the best evidence of what an excellent
man he must have been—how. deeply be
loved, how externally mourned 1
She neverspokeof herhusband, nor the
daughters of their father. This silence—
which some families consider it almost a
religious duty to preserve regarding their
dead, we, of course, as complete strangers,
. bad no business to break; and therefore,
it happned that we were still in the dark
as to the orlginial of that remarkable por
trait—which minute by minute took a
stronger hold on my Imaginations, my
wife’s too—or that quality of, universal
tender-heartedness, which In her does
duty for imagination. -1 never looked at
her but she-Was watching either our hos
tess or that likeness which- she supposed
to be the features which to the poor wid
ow had been so deservedly dear. .
A most strange picture 1 It seemed, lu
Its. wonderful true- simulation of life, to
sit almost like an .unobserved, silent guest,
above our cheerful and conversational ta
ble. Many times during the evening I
started, as If with the sense of a seventh
person being in- the-room —In the very
social circle—hearing everything; observ
ing everything, but saying nothing. Nor
was I alone in this:feeling; for i noticed
that my wife, who happened to sit di
rectly opposite to the portrait,figeted In
her chair; and finally moved her position
to one where she could escape from-those
steady, kindly, ever-pursuing, painted
eyes.
Now I ask nobody to believe what I am
going to relate; I must distinctly state
that 1 do not believe It myself ; but I tell
it because it Involves an idea and moral, ,
which the reader can apply If he chooses.
All I can say Is, thntio far as It purports
to go—and whenyou come to the end you
will find out—this Is really a true story.
My Wife, youmust understand, eat ex
actly before the portrait; till she changed
§ laces, with me, and weal a little way
own the oblong table, on 1 the same side.
; Thus, one of us bad a front, and the other
' a slightly foreshortened view. Between
us and. it was the table, la the center: of
' which stood a lamp—one of thoso readlng
■ lamps which throw a brightplroleof light
* below them, and leave the upper half of
!the room in . comparative shadow. I
! thought It was this shadow, or some fancl
iful flicker of the fire which caused a pe
-1 cullarlty In the eyeC of the portrait. They
seemed actually alive—moving from right
to left In their orbits; opening 1 and clos
llng their lids; turning from oue to the
1 other of the family circle with a variable
! expression, os If oonolous of all that was
; done or said. ■
I And yet the family took no notice, but
iwentbn in their talk with us—chasing
'thecommotttopiCßWlth-Whlch-üßfßmil..
liar persons try to plumb one another’s
'mlndaand-cbaractera, yet never once -re--
! verting to this peculiar phenomenon—
which my wife, I saw, had also observed,
'and Interchanged with me more than one
'uneasy: glance in the pause of conyersa
'tion. . , ..
I The evening was wearing on—lt was
Ihearly ten o’clock, when looking up at
I Ithe picture, from which for the last half
hour I had steadily averted my gaze, I
was startled by a still more marvelous
ifaot concerning It. ... .
1 ' Formerly, the eyesalone had appeared
alive; now the whole face, was rounded. It
grew up, out of the flat canvass as if in
bass-relief or like one. of those terribly
painful - casts after death—except that
there was nothing painful or revolting
ibero. As I have said, the face was. a
■beautiful fate—a noble face—such an.one
W ander any circumstances,' yOu would
'have been attracted by. And It. had the
'coloring and form of life—-no cbrpse-llko
'rigidity or marble whiteness. The gray
-halt seemed gradually to rise, look,my
ilook.out of the level surface—and the jig
lure, clothed In ordinary modem evening
'dress; to become shapely and. natural—
statusdpe yet: still preserving the tints, of
u-.plcture. Even the :chair, which It sat
iupon—which I how perceived to bo. the
lexact copy of one that stood empty on the
other aide of the fire, gave a curiously re
ality to the WHol'e, „. . , , ~ , ..
By-aiid-by, my’Wife and I, both,,held
our breaths—for,, from an ; ordinary oil
painting,'the likeness had undoubtedly
become a life-like figure, or statute, sit
ting In an alcove,bhe form of which was
made by the frame of the picture.
And yet the family took no notice; but
appeared as if, whether or not they were
conscious of the remarkable thing that
w&sh&ppciilQKi it dld-n6t.d»sturb v them m
the least—was nothing at all alarming or
peculiar, or. out of tho. tenor .of their daily
life. .
No. hot even when, on returning with
a book that I had gone to fetch, from the
shelves at tho further end .of the room,
my poor little wlte caught my hand In
speechless awe—awe, rather than fear
and pointed to the hitherto empty chair by
tho fireside. , . .
It was empty no longer. There, ■sitting
in the self-same attitude ns the portrait
identical with It la shape, countenance,
and dress—was a figure. That, it was a
jhuman figure, ! dare not, say, and yot it
looked like, one. -There was nothing
'ghastly or corpse-llke.about It, though ft
-was'motionless.,passiopleas-endo\yed as
sit were with that dlvlfie calm which
[Wordsworth ascribes to Proatesllus:
;
' Yet there was an air tenderly, pathetl- ,
’cally human In the loldlng of the hands ;
on the' knees; as' a man .does when he
■comes and sits down by his own fireside,
with his family round him and in the eyes ,
that followed; one’after the other, each of
this family, who now ’ quietly put away ,
jthelr several occupations, and !
i • But none of them showed any terror ,
;not the. slightest. The
ihearth- was evidently quite familiar •
awaking no shudder or repulsion, no out-
l burst of renewed , grleft The eldest
’daughter—ln a'tone.ns natural as' If she
Iwere merely apologizing to ua heterodox
or Indllferent strangers for some domes
tic oerimonlal.somepeouliar formof faip
illv nraser.'for instance:.- -■ ;
■■t a nr sure our guests wlllexouae us If
we continue, lust as If we were alone, our
.usuSl evening duties.' o Wßleh of ua Is to
**%%% ;
• or.why^ d rf^^^ 6 t Übexi'
I ntanaMon; Th'e^evidently thought none
■wof noeded j that the whole proceeding;
was as natural as a map comini homp a^
S^^r^c£irJwft^u?:
daughter
nlaced, themselv€B ; oneon eaohßlde.oftJi©
Sgme iqtheoSatr."
Itbr touch ItybUt regaled It with tedder
reverence, In whlch was rolngled a cer
family, who had been absent for a day or
longer from the home . -
, (pue daughter told how she had been,
shopping In town: how she had bought»
ehawlandabonnel “ ol'thecolorthalpapa
used to like;”’ tho books that she had
brought homo from the library, nnd her
opinion of them, the people she bad met
In the street, and tho letters she bad re
ceived during tbe day; in short all the
pleasant little chit-chat that a daughter
would naturally pour Out to an affection
ate interested living father; but which
now sounded so unnatural, so contempti
bly small, such a mixture of the ludicrous
and the horrible, that one’s common sense
and one’s senseof the solemn unseen alike
recoiled. '
No answer came apparently none was
expected. Theliguro maintained its place,
never altering thatgentlesmlle—remind
ing one of the spectral Samuel’s rebuke to
the Witch of Endor—“ Why hast thou
disquieted me. to bring me up?” or of
thatsuporlorcalm with which, after death,
we. may view all these petty things which
so perplexed iis once, In ourselves and
those about us.
Then the widow took up the tide, with
a regretful undertone of complaint run
ning througb'lt. She told him how dull
she nod been all day; how ip, the prepa
rationsofthesestrangerelmeanlngmy wife
and me—how wo shivered as the eyes ol
the figure moved and rested on us I) she
bad found various old letters of his, which
vividly revived their happy .wedlock days;
how yesterday one of his former patients
’ died, and to-day a professorship, which
he had meant to have tried for, nod been
;lven to a gentleman, a favorite pupil;
iow his old friends Mr. A —- and Sir B.
C. had a quarrel, and everybody said
it would never have happened bad the
: Doctor been alive—and so on, and so on,
; to ail of which, the figure listened with Its
immovable silence—its settled changeless
smile.
My wife and I uttered not a word. We
sat apart, spell-bound, fascinated, neither
attempting to Interfere, nor question, nor
rebuke. The whole.-proceeding was so
entirely beyond the pale of rational cause
and effect, that it seemed to throw us in
to a perfectly abnormal condition, in
which we were unable to Judge, or inves
tigate, or escape from, the circumstances
which surrounded us.
We knew nothing—absolutely nothing—
except the very little Revelation hints at,
rather than directly teaches, of the world
beyond the grave. But any one of us
who has ever seen a f How creature, die—.
has watched the exact instant when the
awful change takes place which converts
the body withd soul to the corpse with
out a soul, must feel certain—convinced
by an intuition which Is stronger than dll
reasoning—that 11 the life beyond, to
which that soul departs, be anything, or
worth anything, it must be a very differ
ent life from this—with nobler aspirations,
higher duties, purer affections. The com
mon phrase breathed over so many a
peaceful dead face, “ I would not bring
him back again if I could,” has a signfl
cauce, instructive as true ; -truer than all
misty philosophical speculations, tender
er than all the vagaries of fond spiritual
ists, with big hearts and no heads worth
mentioning. If ever I had doubted this,
1 my doubts would have been removed 3 by
the sigh t which X here depict—of this good,
amiable, deeply beloved husband and
father —returning in visible form to his
own fireside; no ghastly specter, but an
apparation full of mildness and beauty,
yet commuuloatlng.a. sense of revolting
incongruity, utter unsanctity, and redicu
lous, degrading contrast between mortal
and immortal, spirit in the flesh, and
spirit out of flesh, stronger than I can at
tempt to describe.
The dead man’s family did not feelthis,
having become so familiar with their
hightly necromancy that its ghastliness
never struck them, and its ludicrous pro
fanity never jarred upon their intellect or
affections, only made the fact more horrl-
_ _ _ _
For "a time, long or short, I cannot tell,
my wife and I sat witnessing, like people
bound in a nightmare-dream this mock
ery of mockeries, the attempt at restoring
the sweet familiar relations of the living,
between the living and the dead. How
many days or months it had lasted, or
what result was expected from it, we
never inquired; nor did we attempt to
join in it; we merely looked on.
"Will papa ever speak?” entreated one
of the daughters; but there was no reply.
The figure sat passive in its chair—unable
or unwilling to break the silent barrier
which divides the two worlds, maintain
ing still that benign and tender smile, but
keeping its mystery unbroken, its prob
lem unsolved. -
And now my wife, whosedearlittle face
was, I saw, growing white and convulsed
minute by minute, whispered to me:
“ Charles, I can bear this no longer,
Make some excuse to them—we will not
hurt their feelings. Don’t let them think
we are frightened, or disgusted, or the
like; but we must go—l shall go mad if I
do not." ,
And the half-sane look which I have
seen in more than one of the pseudo
splritualitsts of the present day- people
I who twenty years ago would have been
sent to Bedlam, but, now are only set
down as “ rather peculiar,” rose in those
dear soil sensible eyes, which have warm
ed and calmed my restless heart and un
quieted brain for more than fifteen years.
I took advantage of the next pause in
the " communications,” or Whatever the
family called them, to suggest that my
wife and I were very weary and anxious
to retire to rest. .
"Certainly," politely said the eldest
daughter. “ Papa.’ Mr. and Mrs. ,’’
naming our name, “ have had alongrail
way journey, and wish to bid us all good
n*!rhe appearance bent upon us—my wife
and me—its most benevolent, gentle as
pect, apparently acquiescing in our re
tiring : and slowly rose as if to bid good
night like any other courteous host.
Now, in his lifetime, no one had bad a
warmer, more devoted admiration for this
learned and loveable man than I. More
than once I had travelled many miles tor
the merest chauco of. seeing him, and
when he died-my regret at never having
known him personally, never having ov
en beheld his face, was mingled with the
crief which I, in common 'with all his
compatriots, felt at losing him so sudden
ly, with his fame atits zenith; his labors
appai ently only half done.
But here, set face to face with this image
or phantasm, .or whatever it was, of the
man whom living X had so honored-! felt
no delight ; nay, the cold clearness of that
gnZe seemed to shoot through me like a
chill er horror. . , ; v ■ .
■ When, going round the circle, I shook
bunds with the wideband daughters, one
■after the other, I passed before that chair;
! I attempted to' pass it by. Resolutely 1
looked another way, as if trying tomiako
believe I saw nothlng.there; but it was in
! V *Fo’r the figure advanced . noiselessly,
I With that air of, irresistibility charming,
'dignified courtesy, of the old kchool, foi
■which, everybody’ said, the- Doctor^ had
'been so remarkable. It extended Its hand
—a hand which a year ago I would-,ha\e
' travelled five hundred miles to grasp.—
Now, I shrunk from it—l loathed it-
Xu vain. It came nearer. It touched
mine With a soft, cold unearthly touch.—
I could endure no longer, I shrieked out,
and"my wife .woke me from what was
thank heaven ohly a dream. , ~
“ Yes, it was indeed aDreadful Ghost,
said that excellent woman, when she had
: heard my whole story, and wo had »gkin
■ composed ourselves as sole occupants of
the railway carriage which was conyey
■ irtg ub through the dead of night to visit
! that identical family Whom I have bcen
dreaming about—whom, as stated, wo had
I Letfhs be thankful. Chatics, that it
! wWa hierb .fantasy * of your over-excited
I imagination—that ;the, dear old Doctor
sleeps peacefully In hla quiet K r ave , ami
that Jia never
Hiimmoned or body, to bit or
their' uncanny fke&lde, -a# you
horribly describe. . What a blessing that
B^-VM” ga as Imlao
savs in Scmefti), ’thatthe■ dead cannot
return ’ I will not undertake to prove;
Still, I think ,lp in: ,the highest degreelm
probablel. Their work here they
are translated to a higher sphere of being
VOL. 53—NO. 36.
I they may still see us, love watch over us;
1 but they belong to usmo more Mary .when
I leave you, remember I ’ don’t wish ever
to be brought back again ; to come rap
ping on tables and knoaklngnbout chairs,
delivering ridiculous messages to deluded
Inquirers, and altogether comporting, my
self in a manner that proves great fool os
I may have been in the body, X must be
a still greater fool out of it.”
“ And Charles," said the little woman,
creeping to me with tears in her eyes,
“ If 1 must lose you—dearly as I love you
—I would rather bury you under the dai
sies and In my heart; bury you, and nev
er see you again till we meet in the world
to come, than I- would have you revisit
ing your old fireside after the fashion of
this Dreadful Ghost.”
Adventure with n Griuly Bear.
In the fall of 1860, a settlement in one
of the mountain counties of California
was alarmed imd annoyed by the pr x
imity and predatory excursions of a griz
zly bear. Two hunters determined to rid
the neighborhood of this dangerous pest.
Finding one day on the side of the moun
tain a heifer that bad just died, they con
structed over it a rude scaffolding, care
lessly erected, with the customary reck
lessness of those mountaineers, and, worse
still, Just over, instead of a short distance
from, the bait as it should have been.
With blankets to guard against the
cold nights, enough cooked provisions to
last two or three days, andtheirgunsnnd
ammunition, they took up their position
on the structure.
At dark the full moon rose with a soft
clear brilliancy of light peculiar to those
regions. No frog, bird, no animal cry
interrupts the awful stillness of those
rugged solitudes after nightfall.
A feeling of uneasiness began to creep
into Hiram Johnson's mind, which de
generated Into something like timidity,
as upon walking across the floor of the
scaffold, he felt it shake beneath him,
and for the first time, observed its ricke
ty character.
“ Gray,” said he, “ this thing ain’t safe.
Let's prop It up some more.” ■
“ An!” exclaimed the other. “ Listen 1”
They could hear the rustling in the .
brush some distance up the mountain,
and were soon enabled to perceive a huge ,
grizzly bear making his way down to
their hut. ' '
When he had arrived within about ,
twenty feet he observed the hunters, and
raising on his hind feet, advanced as If
determined upon an attack, to the dis
may of Johnson, who felt satisfied that a
slight pressure of the beast’s enormous
body would overthrow their frail struc
ture, and place them at the mercy of this
savage enemy.
The bear, however, after a few steps
abandoned this threatening movement,
and, dropping on all fours, walked under
the scafiofd, and commenced his repast,
rubbing against one of the posts In pass
ing, and thereby rocking the whole con
cern. ■
Johnson's uneasiness had now become
fear, and his whole desire was to keep
perfectly still, in the hope that the bear
would gorge itself on the dead animal,
and then go away aud leave them unin
terrupted. This fear deepened into ter
ror, as ho saw the big whiskers, shaggy
hair and burly form of Gray, gun In hand,
creeping to the edge of the platform.
“ Gray,” he whispered, don’t shoot.
This thing ain’t built right. It ought to
have been a little distance off, so that we
could shoot without leaning over the.
edge. Now we can't get no fair shot, and
if you don’t kill it, It’ll kill us. .
Gray’s answer was only an impatient
motion with his loft hand, meant for a
signal to keep quiet, and, crawling with,
his body far over the edge, so he could see
well under, he began to bring his gun
forward, and turn the muzzle under the
scaffold, preparatory to firing on the bear,
which was too much engaged in eating to
notice what was going on above. But
that shot was never fired, for the added
weight of the gun ju its position ana that
of the owner was all that was heeded to
cause the scaflbid to commence slowly
settling towards the side over which Gray
was leaning. _ ..
“Back, Gray; back! The scaffold’s
falling!" almost shrieked Johnson with
pallid face, striving to pull his compan
ion toward the center.
. But it was too late. The thing sudden
ly fell, and the wreck, men and grizzly,
were mixed in confusion,
Johnson,- conceiving he had no time to
i waste in' rising to his feet, Immediately
proceeded to flounce out of the wreck,
' and roll down hill with a celerity no hoop
' snake could surpass.
Gray, now nearly as much terrified ns
Johneou, passed him with two leaps of
amazing stride, and had nearly reached
I the bottom of the hill, when it occurred
: to him to have a hasty survey over his
■shoulder. Johnson was still rolling, but
: no bear was to be seen Astonished at
this, the fugitive stopped and faced the
: 'situation, when, higher up to the mouu
’ tutu,' he discovered the-mpnster,
ly as much terrified ns themselves, hasti
ly entering the bush from which he had
Just emerged. ■ ' , ,
Gray then enlightened Johnson on the
.state of affairs and undeeislveiy proposed
: going up after the guns and blankets, but
the inst-nairifcd gentleman very deoisive
ly said he would prefer going home, add
they went without any unnecessary
waste of time
Their information in regard to scaffold
- .architecture in connection with grizzly.,
, bear hunting, had received the light of
1 some valuable experience.
OLD THINGS.
Give me old songs, those equisito bursts
of melody.which thrilled the lyres ef the
inspired poets and minstrels of long ago.
• Every note has borne on the air a tale of
joy and rapture, of sorrow and sadness.—
I’hey tell of days gone by, and time has
given them a voice that speaks to us of
ithoso who breathed those melodies; may ,
ithey bo mine to bear tllllife shall end; a a
'•‘l launch my boat" upon the sens of
.eternity, may their echoes be wafted on ,
•my ear, to cheer me on my passage from
:earth to fatherland!
’ Give me the old paths where we have
wandered and culled the flowers of friend
ship In the days of “ Auld Lang Syne."
ißweetor far the dells whose echoes have
answered, to our voices, whose turf is not
a stranger to our footsteps and whose
rills have in childhood’s days reflected
back our forms, and those of our merry
nlav-fellowa from whom we have parted
land met no more in the old nooks we
iloved so well. May the old paths he wa
tered With Heaven’s own dew, and be
green forever In my memory 1 .
Give raethe old house upon whose stairs
Iwe seem to hear light footsteps, and under
whose porch a merry laugh seems to min-
: gle with the winds that whistle through
the old elms, beneath whose branches lie
.the graves of those whoonco trod the halls
and made the chambers ring with glee.
And oh, above all, give me old friends,
hearts' bound to mine In life b sunshiny
hours, and.n link so strong that all the
• istormsot earth might not break it assun
'der; spirits congenial, whose hearts
: through life have beat in unison with my
own. Oh,when deathshallstlll this heart,
if would not ask for aught mote sacred to
! hallow my dust than the tear of an. old
f ' friend.
A Hint.—A city editor, who Is a bach-
I elor having Bald Ui lUb lust issue that he
really• wished ho liad a Bon, so that he
could dress him up in the fashions, was
i called upon the next day by his adorable,
to whom he had been paylughls address
es for the lost two years, who asked him
if he really said that. Certainly ! did,
my dear.” “.Well, Jimmy," said she,
“ whu-don'i you-make arrangements for
one f” Our frlondwiUed. . i:
»®- General Butler says that Bresldent
Johnson does notliketo show hla baud.
Mr, Prentice, adds: If-he were.;to wow
both 'hlh’ hands, all his pobketo, and the
Inside of hla hat, his cock-eyed assailant
1 would see no stolen spoons In them.
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Advertisements shonld bd aootnfipiified toy the
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• ■ The
jas a tean
tlful economy thebe,WOtf ln hla death t
Not a faculty was lm paired, not an error
had marred thelriotwofhl*Uffc ; Atalx- 4
ty-slx, not quite
was taken &S&P J®
perfect. He took cold; sighted thesymp
toms,saying, “Letltwaklf came.”.ln
the morning of the fith of December,
1799, he felt a severe Illness calling his
overseer, Mr. Bawling to-Weed him.
He was agitated, and WashUnrton Said to
him, “Don’t bo afraid.’’ about
to tie Up his arm, he eaidWithdOTiWty,
“more,"’ After all efi&rts hadialled, ho
designated the paper ho meanf /or hia
Win, then turned to Tobias Lear .und
said; “ I find lam going; my breath can
not continue long. I believed from tne
first Itwould bo fatal. Do you arrange
and record all my military letters and pa
pers, arrange my accounts and settle,my .
books, as-you, kfiow more about them
than any one else,'and let Mr. Bawungs
finish recording my other letters which
ho has begun." , , ... .
Between five and six o’clock he said to
his physician, Dr.Ornlk,“lfeel myself
going; you had bettor hot take any more
trouhle about me.but letme go_off quiet
ly: I cannotlast long.” .Shortly after,
again he said, " Doctor, I die
am not afraid to'gh ; I believed from my
first attack I should not survive It t my
breath cannot last Jong.!’- ■ About ten
o’clock he made several attempts to speak
to Mr. Lear, and at lastsald,** iast
going.. Have me decently buriedy and do
not let my, body be put into the .vault In
less than two days after I am dead.” Lear
says. “ I bowed assent. He looked at tne
again and said, ” 3>oyou understand me? t
I replied 11 yes, sir. 1 ’Tis well,* axidbf.”
And these were his last words. Just be
fore he expired be felt bis own pulse; fats
hand fell from his wrist, ana .George
Washington was no more. .
Modern Dictionary.—Water—a clear
fluid, once used os a drink.- .
Honesty’—An excellent joke.
Rural Felicity—Potatoes and turnips.
Tongue—A little horse that Is continu
aily.runnlng away. .
Dentist—One who, finds work for his
own teeth.by taking out those of other
peoph
Dear—An expression used by .man
and wife at the commencement of a quar-
Pollceman—A man' employed by the
corporation to sleep in the. open air. a
Bargain—A ludicrous transaction, In
which each party thinks he cheated the
other. . ,
Doctor-, A man who kills you to-day to
save you from dying to-morrow. ,
Author —A dealer In words, who often
gets paid in his own Coin. - ■ - -
Friend —Aperson who.-wIU not assist
you before he knows your love will ex
cuse him. , ■' „
Editor—A poor wretch who empties
his brainsin order to fill his stomach.
- Wealth—The moat respectable quality
of men. ’
Bonnet—The female head dress forth©
front seats of the.opera. -
Esquire—Everybody yet pobpdy, equal
to Corporal. ...
A. Lively Town.— Shreveport, la the
State of Louisiana, must,be -a delightful
place to live ini The SQUthwesletn, a pa
per published there, under, the head of
“ A Good Day for Killing,” says r ‘‘Last
Thursday Was a good day tor ‘ shuffling
off this mortal cou’ In. this city. Early
in the morning.a worthy yopng man,
clerking In a store at Mnggansyllle, acci
dentally dropped hla revolver, -which
caused it to go off, abooting hiin through
the body, causing instant death. Later
in the day a freedmun and his son got in
to a quarrel about a mule, which resulted
In the son shooting his father through the
head, killing him instantly. Late, that
night a gambler, colled “ Banco,’ stabbed
to the heart a man named Turner, at a
ball given by the nympha du pave on the
corner of Edward and Texas streets. —
Turner lingeredaduy or twoandexplred.”
“ Oh, lam so glad you like birds! What
kind do.you most admire?” said a wife
of her husband. “Well, I think a good
turkey, with plenty of seasoning, about
os good as any.”
■■How to Prevent Cold Feet.— Cold
feet are a nuisance— they are inconvenient
and decidedly nncomfbrtable. Ladies, wo.
understand are frequently seriously trou-r
bled with cold feet, and we presume that
so long as they insist upon wearing thin
hose and thin and very small boots, es
pecially during winter weather, just so
longwiil they be troubled as above., A
young lady up town has kindly furnished
us with a recipe, which she has tried and
knows to be effective, that will keep feet
warm, and we give it without, howoypr,
recommending Its general use. She says,
“I am troubled with cold feet, but manage
to keep them, warm by lying in bed ever
morning until mother has built a rousing
fire and prepared breakfast. I then get
up, place my feeton the frontof the stove,
eat my morning meal, read thenews. and
after warming someflannclsand wraping
them about my 1 poor feet,’return to bed,
where I remain until nearly noon. I re
peat this every twenty-four hours, and
find it very comfortable. I think I shall
survive.” . >-
. Interesting to. Railroad Travel
lers.—The following “ rules of the road”
are based upon legal decision, and ought
to be universally known. The courts
have decided that applicants for tickets
on railroads oatt'bo ejected from the cars
if they do not offer the exact amount of
their fare. -
The conductors ore not bound to make
change. All railroad tickets are good un
til used ; Conditions “good, for this day
only,” or; others limiting the time, of
genuineness, are of no account. - Passen
gers who lose their tickets can be ejected
froth the cars Unless they purchase a sec
ond one. Passengers are bound to observe
. decorum, incthe-cars,', and are obliged to
comply.. with all reasonable demands to
show thelrtlokefs. Standing on the plat
form, or otherwise violating the rules of
. the company, renders a "person, liable to
be put off the train. No person has a
fight to monopolize more scats than he
; has paid for; and any article left in the
feat'while the owner is temporarily ab
sent, entitles him to hts seat on his re
turn.
When an Irish priest rebuked his
parishioner for drunkenness,. and told
him that whenever he entered an ale- '
house to drink his guardian' angel stood
weeping at the door K And if he had six
pence he’d be in himself, was Pat’s reply.
JtSfA newly-married lady in Pittsburg
has been surprised by the receipt of a let
ter from a former husband in California,
whom she had supposed dead, stating that
he Is coming home with a lot of money.
B®"Unsocial old Snarl says that love is
a combination of diseases —an affection of
the heart, and an liiflnmation of the
brain.
Jtffi““-TeU the truth and shame the dev
il.” I know lots of people who can shame
the devil easy enufi, butthe tother thing
bothers them. —Josh Billings.
jjgy- The flrstpart of married life is the
shine of the honeymoon; the rest, too of
ten common moonshlhe.
tSS~ Gcorgo jCustua Lee, son of General
Robert Lee, has been elected President of
the Maryland Agricultural College.
Misfortunes work more or has ac
cording to the weakness or resolution or
the patient.
I®-. As no day is without some clouds,
so, uo fortune is without some shadow*
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