sb£ mtneriifttt ttulanfcer. 1 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BRATTON 4c KENNEDY. OFFIC|C—aOI'TII WABMET (QCABE. iTrauiai—TWo Dollars per year If paid strictly In advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid within throe months i after which Three Dollars Will beoharged. Thofle'tcnnfl will be rigidly‘ad hered to in every instance. *No Subscription dis continued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the JlkUtor. ; Ctartis. TT) B. BEI/TZHOOVER, Attorney P , ajtd Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Penna. Omco on South Hanover street, opposite Bentz’s Store. By special arrangement with the Patent Office, attends to securing Patent Bights. Doc. 1, 1805. B. BUTLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND UNITED STATES CLAIM AGENT, CARLISLE, CUMBERLAND CO. PA. Pensions, Bounties, Back Pay, Ac., promptly ooUfiCted. t ..jjHMfllcatlons by mull will receive due attention, proper blanks and Instructions forward imSil letters of Inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. Moroh 28,1807—tf . T M W B AKLEY, Attorney at Law. M * Oflleo on South Hanover street, in the room formerly occupied by A. B. Sharpe, Esq. CHAB. E. MAGLAtTGHEIN, Attor ney qp Law. Office In Building formerly occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of Han non's Hotel. Deo. 1, 1805. GM. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney • at Law and Real Estate Agent, Shepherds wwn, Wost Prnraot attention given to all business In Jefibrson county and the Counties adjoining it. Feb. 16,1800—1 y. JOHN. C. GRAHAM, Attorney at fj Law. Office formerly occupied by Judge Graham, South Hanover street, Carlisle, Ponna. Deo. I,lBoB—ly. MC. HERMAN, Attorney at Law. • Office in Rheera’e Hall Building, in the roar of tile Court House, next door to the “ Her ald” Office, Carlisle, Fenna. Deo. 1,1805. • WM. J. SHEARER, Attorney &o. at I»aw, Carlisle. Pa. Office near Court House, iSouth side of Public SqutTro, in ” Inhofl’s Corner.” second floor. Entrance. Hanover Street. ■ 43" Practicing In all the Courts of this Judicial District, prompt attention will bo given to all business In the Counties of Perry andJuniata, as well as of Cumberland. ' May 24, 1860—ly*. \XT F. SADLER, Attorney at Law, . V Y • Carlisle* Penna. ■ Office in Building for merly occupied by Volunteer, South Hanover street. • Deo. 1, 1865. ‘WJ KENNEDY Attorney at Law, VY • Carlisle, Penna. Office same os tbatol the “American Volunteer,” South side of the Pub lic Square. Deo. 1 1865. JOHN LEE, Attorney at Law, Nnrr.li Huuuvnr Btroot, Carlisle. Pa... Fob. 15,1866—1 y. TAMES A. DUNBAR, Attorney at M Law, Carlisle, Penna. Office a few doors west of Hannon’s Hotel. Deo. 1,1866. • DR. J. R. BIXLER offers bis profes sional services to the citizens of Carlisle and •vimnlty. - ' . Office on Main street, opposite the jail, In the room lately occupied by L. Todd, Esq.- April 11,1867—iy . B NEWTON SHORT. M. D., Physl i aian and Surgeon, Pa.— ikfui lor past favors, would, most respectful ly inform his friends and the public generally, that he Is still practicing Medicine andHprgery In all their branches. Special attentidzflaVen to the treatment of diseases of the Eye an'dEQ&r, and oil other chronic allbotionsr ' Office in-Wllson's Building, Main St., up stairs. Nov. 29, 1860. ■ • N * DR. GEORGE S. SEARIGHT, Den tist. From the Baltimore College of Denial taurgerg. Office at the residence of uls mother, East Louthor Street, three doors below Bedford, Carlisle, Penna. DeC. 1,1865.. f\ENTIBTRY—Dr. W.B. Shoemaker- I / Practical Dentist. Newville, Pennsylvania. Omco in Miller’s Building. k* Fob, 22, 1860.—1 y. T)AVID ;F. milder, Purveyor and draftsman, MOUNT ROCK, : CUMBEREANircarFAr ~ , April 18, 1807—3m* • (ffompanles. gPECUAL IWWURA.NUE AUEJSUY I Over 825,000,000 of Capital Represented. Homo, Metropolitan, Manhattan, Artie, Secu rity, North American, Germania, all of. New York. Aetna and Phcenix of Hartford,Conn.; North American of Philadelphia, Pa.; Fanners Mutual of yonc, Pa.; Columbia Mutual of Lan caster, Penn’a. , . . The main element to bo desired In Insurance Companies is S,E OURITY. If wealth, experience, intelligence an A probity exist, perpetuity ami honorable dealing will be likely to ensue. ■ Insurance creates Independence, A person pays lor 14s own indemnity, and need not bo a tax on his friends. - ' ' . liver*' man should insure; the burning ol Whose w property would injure or inconvenience hlmsell, his family, or his neighbors. Insurance elleoted at this ugeuoy. no mattoi how large the amount, in either titock or Mutual Companies. Policies issued, losses adjusted and promptly paid at this office. ■ ' h A Mlll'.Ti K. HUMRICH, special hisurance Agent. • Office in Marion Hall Building, WeatMainatreel, Carlisle, or to the. following local agoms: J. K. Ferreo, NewvlUe; John K. dhuior.JMew Bloom field, Perry County,,Pa.; or A. H, WOldman, Mimintown, Juniata County, Pa. _ Jan. B,ISU7—Om Mutual life insurance co. OF NKW YQUK. fIAHTT ASSETS $15,000,000, This Is atiictly and entirely a Mutual Company. It mates its dividends annually and pays mom at the end of each and every year. Its assets are not diluted, nor ns strength weakened by aaj doubtful premium notes or stockholders notes.— Doubtfal*s6oaritioa hud no place In ite Usl ol cash assets. It charges ns policy holders no in terest. and furnisaes insurance at exact cost. Twenty-four years ol straight forward, honora ble dealing, has mode its name the synonym ol strength among business men, and la to-day the LEADING LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, , of this continent. Possessing the largest assets, the largest amount insured, the largest income and the largest surplus over liabilities, os shown by. the ollioial reports of the Insurance Depart ment of New York, and which will bo shOgn to any persons wishing to determme for themselves the true condition and standiugof differentcom fames by applying humMGH. OfflceNo. 20 West Main St„ Carlisle. Jan. 8,1807—0 m ‘ <T>2O() REWARD I PENNSYLVANIA MUTUAL HORSE THIEF DETECTING AND INSURANCE COMPANY. From three Co five-dollars will Insure your, horse against thieves for five years. Persons desiring to becomo mem berawtU apply to SAM’L &. HUMRICU, • ’ tipeoUU Agent, Office 20 West Main BU, Carlisle, Jan. 8,1807 —0m The railway passengers as surance COMPANY, of Hartford, Conn., injures against ail kinds of Accidents, CAPITAL *894,800. , , . "For five thousand dollars In case .of fotol ocel dent, or »25 Weekly Compensation In cosei ol disabling bodily Injury, at 28 penis per day. For sale at SAMUEL K.HUMBIOH’S, Office No. 28 West Main St., Carlisle, Jnn.B,lBW-0m ... TTOBBE INSURANCE.—The .under-. - rr signed takes this method of expressing his thanks to the •• Great Western Horse Insurance Company'’for the promptness with which 1 they paid nlm the insurance-on a horse lost by death. ‘The horse ’died 1 on -the 6th add on thoriOth tost.. Sesara. Feflbr & Brother, the enterprising " AgAntAnf the Company, paid me the amount<J the Insurance. ■ Xfes " Great Western , Copipany Insures -Against.death, theft .or accident to Hor* .ses: and! take pleasure in recommending it to the public as a safe, reliable and prompt Compa* ny. and others wUI-flnd it of great]od . vantage to insure their stock against death, theft ><<or accident. The office of the Agents Is at the old • j stand pf Geo. W: Hilton. -n-Vw^rw* April 16, IHQ7—tf • : A, B, EWING. Hartford live stock' insu . COMPANY, ' - ' ■ CAPITAL $600,000. Horses-Insured against death from any cause, •or against the A ' , , . working Oxen, Cows and Sheep, may be taken <at 8 to 4 per cent on- two thirds^their coshvalue. .losses promptly adjusted at the Office of the Caiv lisle Agency. ,- -- -V-;. SAM'L K. HUM RICH, Special Agent, Office No. 28 Weil High St., Carlisle. March 14, IBffMy ♦ the Aiumraii Uolnntm - BY BRATTOH &KENNEDY. t&eal iEstate. ESTATE FOR SAJjEI! W. J. SHEARER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND AGENT FOR THE SALE OF Cumberland Co. Real Estate, OFFERS THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE , REAL ESTATE FOR SALE AT REASONABLE PRICES! in the Bonouan or oAnnstg. No. 8. A Now and Well Built TWO-STORY BftlCK HOUSE, with Two-story Back Building, containing in oil Seven Pleasant Rooms, together with NEW FRAME STABLE, CARRIAGE HOUSE! and other out- bulldlegs: situate on East side South Hanover Street. This Lot, on which there Is some very Choice Fruit, contains 42 feet In front by 220 fee tin depth. No. 4. SIX of the finest BUILDING LOTS in the trough, on South Hanover Street. No. £ Theelx moat elevated BUILDING LOTS In. the Borough, situated at the head of South St.. No. 6. A 00 ACRE FARM In North Middleton township, l\i miles from Carlisle. This farm has but a TENANT HOUSE and STABLE, but it af fords the finest site tor a -Mansion House and Bank Bam that we know In Cumberland 00. No. 7. A TRACT OF THIRTY-SIX ACRES, with small but comfortable BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, Frame Stable, &c., and a young and thriving Orchard oi CHOICE FRUIT, situate on the Railroad, In North Middleton twp., West, and within a mile of. the Borough of Carlisle. This property as a HOMESTEAD and for general or Truck Forming, is the most desirable tract of Its to be found anywhere In the vicinity of Carlisle. . The certain extension of the town West ward, partly consequent upon the Improve ments made and contemplated'by the Railroad Company in that direction, drawing, as they necessarily will, nearly the whole trade of the town to that end, will very greatly enhance the value of this land to the future owner, for any purpose whatever, rendering It a safe and profit able investment. Feb. 28, 1860. . • jTutuiture, &c BREWING, CABINET MAKER AND UNDERTAKER, WEST MAIN STREET, CARLISLE, PENN’A. A Splkfdzd Assortment of NE W F U RUTTTJ B E for the Holidays, comprising * Sofas, Camp Stools, Lounges, Centre Tables, Rocking Chairs, Dining Tables, Easy Chairs, Card Tables, Reception Chairs, Ottomans, Bureaus, What-Nots, Secretaries, &c.,&0., Parlor, Chamber, Dining Room, Kitchen i FURNITURE, of the Latest Stylos. COTTAGE FURNITURE IN SETTS, , Splendid New 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. Dec. 48,1866—if * QABINET WARE HOUSE (TOWN ANJJi OOUHXILTf. The subscriber resceptfully Informs his friends anatnopuDnc generally)~Tnaynrwin ihe Undertaking buameaa, and la ready to wait upim customers either by day or by night. Beady made Coffins kept constantly on hand, both plain and ornamental. He-has constantly on Hand Fiatfa Patent Metalio JBuriat Case, of which he has been appointed the sole agent. This cose is recommended as superior to. any of the kind now la use, it being perfectly air tight. He bos also furnished himself with u new Bose-* wood Heaksb and gentle horses, with which he will attend funerals In town and country, per* sonolly, without extra charge.— Among the greatest discoveries of ,the ago is I Veil’s tipring MoUtvm , the best and cheapest bed aow In use, the exclusive right of which I have scoured, and will be kept constantly on hand. CABINET MAKING, In all Us various carried on, and Beau* reaus, Secretaries, Work-stands, Parlor Wore, Upholstered Choirs, Sofas, Pier, Side and Centre rabies. Dining ahd Breakfast Tables, Wash-, stands of all kinds. French Bedsteads, high and low posts': Jenny Lind and Cottage Bedsteads, Chairs of all kinds, Looking Glosses, and all other-articles usually manufactured In this line of business, kept constantly on band. tt<h workmen are men of experience, his ma terial the best, and his work made In the latest city style, and all under his own supervision. If wul be warranted and sold low for cash. Ho invites all to give him a coll before purchas-’ Ing elsewhere. For the liberal patronage here toure 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 coll. • Remember the place, North Hanover, street, nearly opposite the Deposit Bank^Carbsl^^ v , IDeo. L 1665,.: 1 nABINET MAKING! The undersigned respectfully Informs his old friends and patrons that he nos resumed the business of CABINET MAKING, In all Its various branches, at hla old stand, Nos. 55 and 67 South Hanover Street, two doors below the Second Presbyterian Church, where ho is prepared.to manufacture BUREAUS, sideboards, SECRETARIES. . w • BREAKFAST TABLES, DINING TABLES, CHAIRS, HAT-RACKS. WHAT-NOTS, CENTRE TABLES. SALOON TABLES, * TEAPOY TABLES, WASH STANDS, BEDSTEADS. BOOK OASES. _ , WARDROBES, &o. and COTTAGE FURNITURE, of every variety, Looking Glasses, "" Solus, • Booking Choirs, - and Upholstered . and Cane Chairs, of all kinds kept constantly on hand. CANING, REPAIRING AND VARNISHING dona on short notice and at reasonable rates. Ag-CouNTEY Pboduok Taken in Exchange.' JOHN USZMAN. Fob. 14, 1887-8 m 0 LI DAY “and WEDDING PBESENTSI - . A Pine Lot of gold. AMERICAN, ' * ‘ SILVER. AND IMPORTED W A T O H E 8, A Splendid Assortment of SOLID AND PLATED SILVER WARE, Gold Pens, Gold Chains,'- ' Phney Goods, dec. Fine Beits o» KNIVES , AND FORKS, OCOeiiS IN GREAT VARIETY, , gold! RINGS. gold AND BILVEB thimbles. Particular attention given to repairing WATCHES, CLOCKS AND; JBWELE.T• THOS. CONI.VN. Apf. No. 11 West Mala St., opposite Marlon Hall. Deo. 20.1888— 8 m El faeficat A CONTENTED EROPBIETOB. I have plenty of dutiful vassals, Have plenty of gold, and to spare; I have plenty of behntlfal castles— i Bat iny castles are built in the air; And my vassals are ail airy creatures, * From beautiful dreamland ore they; They drive me to balls And magnificent halls, And tell me my coach stops the way; • But, oh I what a post, When It comes to the test 1 am kept In a.dreadful delay, A plague on those wild little vassals t Yon can’t trust a word that they say. And I’ve heard that my beautiful castles Are sadly Inclined to decay, ■ Father Wisdom,advised mo to sell them To the public—a benefit clear— And Fancy engaged so to sell them For Fancy’s a fine auctioneer; But the market by no means was lively, For castles the call was but cold; • Lead and iron were brisk, But gold none would risk To Invest on my battlements bold. Bo my turrents, unlct, , I Inhabit thorn yot, And rather rejoice they’re not sold, And never a bit am down-hearted, For my vassals still pity me with gold; My castles and I shan’t bo parted Tilitho heart of the owner be cold.. Again Father Wisdom addressed mo— Ho’s a horrid old bore In his way— He said rats and mice would infest mo, As crumbled my towers to decay, “They never can crumble, good father; They re lasting when once they’re begun; Our castles of air "W 1 © can quickly repair. As the home of the spider’s respun.” So homeward I went To my castles content, As the vesper-bell told day was done. And they looked Just as lovely os over, As burnished they stood in the sun, Oh I ne’er from my castles I’ll sever Till the sands of my glass shall bo run ] —All the Year Round, llttellatwotts. praise tour Wife. I'mioo man ; ror- pity's sake give her a little encouragement, it won’t burthen She has made your home com fortable; your heart bright and shining, your food agreeable; for pity’s sake tell her you thank her, if nothing more. She don’t expert it, it will make her eyes open wider than they hqye' these ten years, but-it will drt her good, for all ‘ that, artd you, too, There are many wo iflen to-day, thirsting for the words of praise, the language of encouragement.— Through summer’s heat, througn winter’s toil, they have drudged uncomplaining ; and so accustomed to have their fathers, brothers and husbands become to their monotonous labor, that they look for and on them os they do on the dally rising of the sun, and its daily goingdown. Home every day may be made beautiful by an appreciation of its very holiness. You know that if the floor Is clean, manual labor bos been performed to .make it so. You know, if you take from your drawer a clean shirt whenever you want it, that sdmebody’s Angers have achieved in the toil of making it so fresh and agreeable, so smooth and lustrous. Everythingthat pleases the eye and _the sense, had been • produced by constant work, much thought, great care, and untiring efforts, bodily,ana nieuumj. - It Is not that many men do not appre tude for the numberless attentions bestow ed upon them in sickness and health; but they don’t come out with a hearty “Why how pleasant you make things Jo&k, wife!” or, “I am much obliged to tyoufortakingsuchpainsl” they thank the Oalipr forgiving them “ fits” they thank a full omnibus who gives themaseaxthey thank the young lady who movep along in the concert room ; ; in shortpChank every body out of doors because it is the custom, and come home, tip their chair back, and their heels up, pull out the newspaper, grumble if the wife asks them to take the baby, scold if the fire has gone down, or if everything is not just right, shut their mouths with a smack of satisfaction, but never say “ I thank you.” * I tell you what, men, young and old, If you did but show an ordinary civility toward the common articles of house keeping, your wives—if you gave them the Hundred and thirteenth part of the compliments you almost choked them with before you were married—fewer wo men wodld seek for other sources of affec tion, Praise your wife, then, for all the good qualities she has, and you may rest assured that her deficiencies are fully . (immtoxbalAoood Jby.yom’-owo. •• - - - „ and Office The Ship of Death. Since the time when the Ancient Ma riner told the terrible tale of the curse laden ship her crew of ghastly corpses, no more thrilling story of the sea has been related than that of the whale ship Diana, that recently drifted into one of the Shet land Islands. A year ago she left the Shetlands on a whaling voyage to' the Artie regions, having on board fifty men. 'From that time nothing more was heard of her. - The friends of those on board be came alarmed. Money; was raised and premiums offered to the first vessel'that would bring tidings of the missing ship, but all to no avail. Hope was almost abandoned. On the 2d of April the peo- Jile near Rena’s Vde, in one of the Snet and Isles, were startled at seeing a ghast ' ly wreck of a ship sailing into the harbor. Battered and ioe-orushed, sails and cord age out away, boats and spars out up for fuel In-the terrible Artie winter, her decks covered with dead and dying, the long lost Diana sailed in like ashipfrom theDeadman’s Land. Fifty men sailed but of Lerwick in her on a bright May •morning last year. All oftho fifty came back in ner on the seopnd of April, this year; thsyjame, yet how different. The inß, of whom the Captain was one, lay snffeued corpses on the deck; thirty-five lay helpless sick, and some dying; two retained sufficient strength to creep aloft; and the other three crawl ed feebly about the deck. The ship was boarded by the lslanders„and ns they climbed over the bulwarks the man at the wheel fell fainting from excitement, one of the sick died as he lay, his death being announced by the fellow occupant of his berth feebly moaning “ Take away this dead man.” On the orldge' of the vessel lay the body of the Captain, as It had lain for- four mouths,' with nine of bis dead shipmates by bis-side, all de cently laid out by those who»eoon expec ted to share their fate; The survivors could not bear to sink the bodies of their comrades Into the sea, but kept them so that when the last man died , the fated ship that had been their common home should be their common tomb. The sur , geon of the.ship worked faithfully to;the last, but cold, hunger, sourvey and dvseU try were too much for him. The brave old Captain was tlje first victim, and died blessing his men. Then.tbe others fell, one by one, until the ship was tenanted only by the dead and dying. One, night more at sea would have left the Diana a .floating coffin. Not one of the fifty would iave lived to tell the ghastly, tale. Heaven 1 Helps Those Who Help Themselves.— Don't- live in hope, with your arms folded; fortune smiles on those who roll up their sleeves and ,put their ehouldeis to the wheel. - ’ Sympathy, constitutes friendship j but •In love there is a sort of antipathy,- or-op posing passion. Each strives: to be the other, and both together make one whole. Wanted for chemical purposes—A la dy “ dissolved in tears." ' CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY MAY 80,1867. A IXoosior Lawyer's maiden Speech. : { The following is from a Western law yer: ' I am a bne-horso lawyer away out West, doing a starving business “ on that llue. jl X was forraeny a young man of promise—from the/oountry— la fact I was "elevated” from childhood by be nevolent parents la one of the most ob scure dl’tilcta of the 11 Hossler’ State. • I am not a veteran. In correspondence, but a lover of diverting Institutions, and for the perusal of one of-my eloquent speech es which I saw llt to make fn defense of my clients a sljbrt epoch ago. Home days ago I was calle] upon to de fend various nhd sundry Individuals who had violated the laws. At the specified time I Was oh hand as usual like a bar room loafer. The old'Squffe’ eaten a bench about fourteen Indies long. He looked as modest as a foreign and domes tic liquor dealer.! His old lady took a seat where she could see the trial aad hear the ‘argamlnts.’ \ After ImbiblngVa small quantity of ■ double distilled quintessence of blue ruin, which a jug under tl\e bed contained, the Squire went to a darkoloset and abstrac ted therefrom a bugeybnok that looked like Shakspeare’s or BlOokstone’s or some other man's booh. He perused one page (the first he came to) and looked up and said. . I “Accordin’ to law there are two wajs ot etartin’ intew the merits of this bale case. One is tew pussekute and t’othlr tew lookin’ arter the prisoner’s defense/’ I immediately assumed a perpendicu lar attitude and informed the highly ed ucated Squire nut to trouble his presump tions about the defense, for I was the ver itable Lyourgus employed and educated regardless of all expense. \ When the trial was supnosedr.to be m full blast I rose to point of orderond, with a sarcastic look of- marvellous nothiiig ness, I proceeded in the following man ner : \ “ May it please the Court, the young scions of diminutive intellect stand bole in your putrtld presence victimized and made afraid. Now, sir, accord ing to the magnanimous and fantastic fundaqietai Institutions of forensic law, I declare these culprits ignominiously at liberty to mock your intrepid course.— Your feeble and pusillanimous prosecu tion can be externally explunktafied from the arena of high prociivications by the reflection of modern sentiment for a mo ment. “Go back to the perpendicular'an tipo tivb of press nj-rungdhgt,-T,l , w j| ] And tlie old pod anger system vanismng Into the blue-flame of dark oblivion or rayless night. These unworthy culprits are models of artistic Impunity and you ore ready to ailed your pandemonium vengeance upon the afflicted oomporosity of the great community withoutstintaud with huge superstition. “The eyes of an unworthy posterity are’ looking’daggers into your lacerated heart. Your wife—the wife of your in carnate bosom—stands ready to disfran chise you! And your heterogeneous children detest your foul proboscis with an immortal vengeance. If the sun sets tills evening your fate is final and fin ished. Mequieaeat in pace." 1 cleared the young devils, of course. the ages. Shakespeare was rather a slowcoach in giving the ages of man, as fib only gives seven. Congressmen covet the mile-age. .. Tailors admire the garb-oge. Brokets revel in the bond-age. I etter writers look to their post-ago Writers should mind the dot-age (111). Prize fighters are suited, with poiind- Englishman ‘rejoices- m mo r eci- Boys like to reach the store-age. We’d all like to reach the coin-age./ School childrenaremostly verb-age,ad age anil carriage. / Deadheads delight in the pass-age.) Impudent people attain to the sausi age. . 1 , Wine bibbers rejoice to reach a Hood old port-age. A Hotel keepers are happy in the oott-fge, and do well in host-age. , Soldiers often attain ft ray-age /and earn-age. ; • Editors delight in press-age. i Liquor dealers don't admire the stop age. \ Creditors don't like the dunn-age.l Apothecaries all thrive in the pift-age and salv-age. \ ■Sherman’s "bummers” were all onjthe fdr-age. 1 Most of us are pleased at hom-age. 1 Gamblers ail attain to the pack-agel Cultivators of the grape enjoy the vint age. - | . Cooks live through a pot-age. i Ladies are partial to marri-ago and Ire given to man-age. \ Radicals desire to attain to universal euffr-age. ' ) Good livers are fond of the hever-age. ■ Dog’ft motors enjoy the dour-age. - 1 ■ Card players and little children delight In cribb-age. Fishermen are fond of the linO-ago. - Our soldiers were In the front-age.’ Misers delight in thdsav-age. i Sweet sixteen with girls is a prim(e)- age. ’ ■ - ’ • ' Porters thrive most In the lugg-age, All have to go through with the vis age. 1 » Sculptors rejoice in a good im-age. The blacks ape outlived their vassai age. 1 Farmers and many clerks go through the till-age. ; . * Coal dealers grow short in their ton age. In hot climates we sigh for the umbr age. V And we are al) going through life’s voy age. ■ \ , ' j IbbepeagiblbV Pboop.— A Philadel phia gentleman of festive tastes, who takes a “ fair shake’ at all the obtainable pleasure of the tow'd, last week assisted at a heavy dinner, took much portable, and did not leave for\home until evor ao-many o’clock. On/reaoUlng,hls door’ steps and fishing up his night key; he Be came satisfied that he liras essentially con vlvalized and not precisely in the condi tion which a good husband should .be to meet a good wife. /Cautiously entering the ball be stopped, listened a moment, heard no noise, and congratulated himself that the fatally vfere asleep. Quietly he took off overooet, drew oft boots, turned off hall light, (lowly ascended stairs to family .bed-rocth, hesitated at door, be lieved he wds reasonably right, stealthily entered, found gas turned low, wife .ap parently asleep, thobght she was asleep, sat down,listened again, no stir, began to undress, got coat, vest, pints, drawers, stockings, all safely off; was Jouruevlug carefully toward couch when wife or his bosom quietly asked :• “ Coming.to ted, dear?" . “ Yes, love."', “ Well, dear, hadn't you better take off your hat 1" : \ . ■ ’• Marrying Por Show.—To the tlon often asked of young men as tojghy they do. not marly, we aomeUmeafliear the reply, “lam not able tosiigport a wife." In one case In three, perhaps, this may be so; but, as a general thing, the true reply would be, “ I atn notable to support the style in which L think my wife ought to live.” In this again we see a false view of marriage—looking to an appearauce In the world, instead of a union with a. loving woman for her .own sake. There are very few men of Indus trious habits who cannot molntaina wife," If they were willing to llve economically, and without reference to the opinion m the world. The great evil Is; they are not willing to'begin life humble, to ret tire together Into ah obscure position, and ■ together work their why in the world, by, Industry: In his calling, and she. by dis pensing with prudence the money that be earns. But they must-stand out and attract the attention of others by the fine houses and hue clothes.' i ‘Boy Last. 1 The followingbeautiful waif, which we find afloat In the newspaper sea, we pub lish, being confident that It will well re pay a perusal- by all, and by our lady friends In particular: “ He bos black eyes, with long lashes, red cheeks, and hair almost black, ana curly. He wore it .crimson plaid jacket, with full trousers buttoned on; had a habit of.whlstiing, and liked to ask ques tions; was accompanied by a small dog. It Is a long time since he disappeared. , I have a very pleasant bouse and much company, Everything has such an or derly put-away look—nothing under foot —no dirt. But my eyes are aching for the sight of wbittliugs and out paper on the fl9or;'of tumbled down caruliou- Bos; of wooden cattle and sheep, of pop guns, bows and arrows, whips, toysoep carts, blocks and trumpery. " I want to see boats o-rigging, and kites a-making. I want to see crumbles on the carpets, and paste spilled on the kitchen table,. I want to see the chairs and tables turned the wrong way about. I want to see candy making and corn- E opping, and to find jack-knives and sli-hooksamong my muslins. Yet these things .used to fret me once. They say how quiet you are here. Ah I one may , here settle hie brain and be at peace. But my ears are aching for the pattering of little feet; for a hearty shout; for a shrill whistle; for a train la; for the crack of little whips; for the noise of drums, fifes and tin trumpets. Yetthese things made me nervous once. “They say: ‘Ahl you have leisure: nothing to disturb you. What heaps of sewing you have time for?’ Biit X long to be disturbed. Itfwant to be coaxed for a piece of new cloth for Jibs or mainsail, and then to hem the same. I want to make little flags, and badffim bold mar bles. I want to be little feet all over the house; teasetr'for ■ a bit of dough for a little cake, or to bake a pie in a sauce. Yet they say, ‘Ahl you, are uot tired at home. How delighted to be at liberty for concerts, lectures and pat ties. No confinement for you. But I want confinement. I want to listen for the school bell mornings, to give the last hasty wash and brush, and then watch from the window nimble leet bounding away to school.' I want frequent rends to mend, and to replace lost buttons. I want to obliterate mud stains, and paints of all colors; want to be sitting by a little prib of evenings, when weary little feet are at rest, and prattflpg voices are hush ed, the mother may sing stories. They nuii l Know ineir ntrppliic'BH then, these mothers; I didn’t. All these things 1 called confinement once. “ A manly figure stands before me now. He Is taller than I, has thick whiskers, wears a frock coat, and bosomed shirt and a cravat. He bos Justcome from col lege. He brings Latin and Greek in his countenance, and dust of the old philoao phers from the sitting room. He calls me * Mother,! but I ora unwilling to owii him. He avers that he is ray boy, and says that he cau prove it. He brings his little boat to show the red stripes on the sail (it was the end of a piece,) and the name on the‘stern—Lucy Low, a. little girl of our neighbor’s, who, because of her long curls and pretty round face, was the chosen favorite of my boy. “ The curls were long since cut ofij and she has grown up a tall, handsome girl. How his face reddens as he shows me the name of the boat. Oh !, Iseeitaspiainas if It were written in a book. My little boy is lost, and my big boy, in a long, white night-gown, lying in ids crib, with me sitting by, bolding his forehead) watching his eyelids droop, and listening to his deep breathing. “ If I only had my little boy again, how patient I would he! How much I would- Cool tfctiU UOWULtIo I Viuuia BWIOI l *'" ■nevflrlravtr li#m-bach-agT>in .—but there are still many‘'mothers who have not yel lost their little boy. I wonder if they know they are living their very best day;. that now is the time to really enjoy their children I I think if X had been more tb my little boy, I might be more to my grown up son.” . The Beauty of Irish Women. Mons. Fellp.Belly, one of the writers of the Constitutionelle, having made a tour through Ireland, last summer, pro nounces the followingeulogium upon the women of the country: “The most remarkable element, tpe richest, and certainly the most full of life, of this land so life full, is the popu lation itself. No European race, that of the Caucasus excepted, can compete with it in beauty. The Irish blood,is of a pu rity and ’distinction, especially among the females, which strikes all strangers with astonishment. The transparent whiteness of the skin, the absorbing at traction, which, in France, Is but the at tribute of one woman to a thousand, is here the general type. The daughter of the poor man, as well as the fine lady, possesses an opal milky tint, the arms of a statute,’ the-Yoot^and 1 hand of- a duch ess, and the tearing of a queen, lu tho most wretched streets of the olden quar ters of Dublin, the must ideal tiutings of the pencil would grow pale before the beauty of the children; and In the com pact crowd which each day occupies the footpaths of Merlon Square, there la cer tainly the most magnificent collection of human beings it is possible to meet.-j- Blondes with black eyes, and brunettes’ with blue, are by no means rare. The race is as strong as It Is handsome, as vig orous as it is charming. The girls of Cop emara, with their queenly shoulders and eyes of fire, would put to shame, at day, those daughters of the East from whom they are said to have descended.!’ Woeds.— Think lightly ns we may, they nretbe wardrobeof immortal thought —the wlng.on which that thought goes out from the brain that conceived and the bosom that rooked it, to other men dr other times. Think of them os we will, the words’we lisped in infancy, will be’ the last we murmur in death. They were pure and uncontaminated, born in the atmosphere of a mother's love and beneath-thoolear treavenofher mild eye; and Will be forever *• sacred to the memo ry.” Learn other tongues we may wander In strange lands—but, like the dying Swiss, we shall say our last sigh, in the words wherein we learned to clothe our thoughts at the first. The loom of all thought the tint of all. feeling, the treasury of all memories, what uobhjr gifts have we than Language, and what would the world not give for one glimpse at the roush characters which it carved on the sycamore bark before,the advent of the “evil days?!’ ’ Self. Dependence.—Many an unwise parent works hard and lives sparingly all his life for the purpose of leaving enough to give bia children a start In the world, as It is called. Betting a young man afloat with money left Elm by his rela tions.is like tying' a bladder under; the arms of one who. cannot swim— chan ces to one he will lose his bladders and go to the bottom. Teach him to swim,, and he will not need the bladders.. Give your children a good education. Bee to it that bis morals are pure, bis mind cultivated and his whole nature made subservient to the laws which govern man, and you will be of more value than the wealth of tbeludies. You have given him a start which no misfortune can deprive him of. The earlier you teach him to depend uppn his own. resources and the blessing of God, the better. D,ark Hones.—To every man there are many,' many dark hours, when. he feels Inclined to abandon his best enterprise l — his heart’s dearest hopes appear delusive—hours when be feels unequal to ti e burden, when all his aspirations seem worthless.. Let no one think that be alone, has dark hours. They are the common lot of humanity. They are touchstones to try whether we are cur rent coin or not. 1121 The Salcido of the Hon. Elijah Bln. A correspondent of a Xioaisville paper gives tbefoillowingacoountof tbesuiclde of Judge Hlse, member of Congress re elect from the Third Kentucky District: “ On May 3 the Hon. Elijah Hlse com mitted suidlde tty shooting himself through the brain. X suppose be did not live an instant after the discharge of the pistols. I say pistols, because he used two. The details are sickening, but in order to give you an account in full, and stop at once any garbled statements that may be made,'! will give you all the hor rible particulars, so that in noticing his death you can present the facts. Since bis return from Washington he has been melancholy, so much so ns to excite re mark, even from bis casual acquaintances. On yesterday he leftmyofilceafterashort conversation, and went Immediately home, hot distant more than one hun dred yards. In half an hour the report reached me he bad shot himself. ' I hurried down and. found the report too true. He bad lashed a couple of eight inch rifled pistols together, and standing before a large sized mirror, had discharged both through bis brain, im mediately over the eyebrows. The whole top of his head was blown completely off. Upon a small table immediately in front of him was found the Inclosed manuscript (a minute copy of which I send). From this it appears that the condition of the country bore to such an extent upon bis mind os to render death preferable. He has also been suffering for some months aaderdiabeteameUitua, which contributed -in a great degree, no doubt, to bis despon dency. He was sixty-five years of age July 4,1860. You will perceive from the date of his article that be contemplated the act some weeks. Judge Hise left the following on his ta ble; “ I have lost all hopes of being able to add in saving the country from the im pending disasters and ruin in which dea-, potlc and unconstitutional rule has in volved her. I have been brought into the publlo service at an age too advanced, and at a period too late too allow me to hope that I cAu do anything In aid of the restoration of constitutional government, even if admitted to a seat in Congress, which, it is said, would be refused. 11 1 am enfeebled by the infirmities of age, and by disease. lam weary of the world, and Intend to leave It. I am- sick at heart, and resort to death for relief* I shall leave a poor afflicted .wife, and kind relatives, and friends, none of whom have any knowledge of ray purpose. I have kept my intent to seek death for re lief from the sorrows that afflict me, a se cret from all. Ido not think oven a sus picion of it exists in the minds of either wife, kindred or friends. - ELIJAH HISE. . “ Sunday, April 21,1867. “There is a codicil to my will In my coat pocket, since placed jn the hands of my wife. E. Hise.’’ Suicide ran in the Judge’s family. His father disemboweled himself some years ago in Russellville, Ky., and he had also au eccentric brother, named Joseph Hise, who Jumped from a vessel, between New Orleans and Havana, and was drowned. Absence of ailnd. We have beard of numerous instances of mental abstraction—most frequently connected with men qf great devotion to some particular literary, scientific or the ological investigation which monopolizes the mental powers. We could point out many individuals who fill the pulpit with ability, and display in their discourse vast powers of Intellect, who, in the so cial parly carry on some mentai exercise aiscpmagcta them' Jr om passing of thferclass, who, in his absent Intervals, is likely to appropriate to hjraseif not on ly whatever handkerchiefs may chance to come In bis way, but table napkins al so are frequently found in pockets when returning from social tea parties at bis parishioners. This was so much a habit, that his wife would search bis pockets on his return for the purpose of restoring the articles speedily to the'rightful owners.-r One day bis wife found in his side pocket a whole silk apron, strings and all. He could give no account how it come there —it was a mysterious affair. A lady of the parish however settled the matter satisfactorily. In conversation with her guest after tea, on some subject in which he felt much interest, he mistook her apron, ns shesupposed, for his handker-' chief, and began to tuck it away in his pocket. Knowing bis abstractedness, rather than break the thread of the dis course, she untied the apron string and let It go, a little amused at seeing thb whole, after two or three efforts, snugly stowed away, in his pocket. —Gleason's Pictorial. Influence of Wives. —It was not all a dream which madeslhe wife of Julius Ciesar so anxious that he should not go to the Senate Chamber on the fatal Ides, of March; and bad he compiled with he,r entreaties he might have escaped the dag ger of Brutus. Disaster followed disaster in the Career of Napoleon, from the time he ceased to feel the balance-wheel of Jo sephine’s influence on bis impetuous spirit. Our own Washington when im portant questions were submitted to him, often has said that he would like to carry the subject to his bed chamber before be had formed his decision; and those who knew the clear and elevated purpose of Mrs. Washington thought all the better of him for wishing to "make her his con fidential-counsellor. Indeed the great majority of men, who have acquired for themselves a good and great name, were not only married men—but happily mar ried—both paired and matched. . Modebn Definitions.— Water A clear fluid, ohee used as a drink. Dentist—Due who finds work fof his own teeth by taking out those of other people. My dear—An expression used by man and wife at the commencement of a quar- Policeman—A man employed by the corporation to sleep in the open air. 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. Editor—A poor wretch who empties -his brain in order.to fill hls-stomach. Jury—Twelve prisoners in a box to try, one at the bur. Lawyer—A learned gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemy and keeps it himself. Heb Is an enigma. We are here to-day —and activity and bustle, and to-morrow we are gone. We die, but the world moves on as when we were actors on the .stage. As we drop away, others take our place and we are missed. Tbps since the creation, man Breathes, moves and dies. If there were not a solution to thls enlgma, Bbyond the confines of the grave, how dull, meagre and unsatisfying would be the few hours we pasa on earth. ; “ Which way do you travel from ?” asked a wag of a crooked-back gentleman. *• I came straight from Wheeling,” was the reply. “Did you?” said the other; ‘‘then you must, have been shockingly warped by the railroad.”. 1 Chance on Gbnids ?—A sudden thought—a happy hit—we are too apt- to call a lucky one. Will It be the' worsedf we give it a better name, and say it is: a gift? The thankfu’ness implied in g|ft may make it a blessing. Do Not Persevere nr Evn,.—lt is; £l fearful, thing to preserve in any course that conscience disapproves. There cdn be, in such case, neither beaCe with oqr selves nor fellowship with the Creator.' ■*' ♦ YOL, 63.--NO. 50. THIS IEfiBO AT HOME. A LECTURE BY P. B. DU CITAILLU^. By consent of the Society for the Ad vancement of' Science ana Art, and at. the invitation of the Travelers’ Club of New York city, P. B. Du Cballlu, a few evenings since, delivered an instructive and interesting lecture, at their/rooms, 222 Fifth avenue, on “ Explorations In Africa,” before a very select audience of ladies and gentlemen, comprising mem bers of the association and their friends The lecturer wa§ received with ap plause, and spoke as follows: Mr, President , Ladies and Gentlemen —I came to-day from Putnam county, in the State of New York, little thinking of the reception which awaited me this night. : I told Mr. Dunbar d few days ago I should be happy to come and talk here, but I bad no idea that ladies would be admitted, and besides I was notprepared to give a full lecture. I have been in the country on purpose to be quiet, staying with friends, in order to write three lec tures I have to deliver here and attend to my diagrams, to do the best I can to give an account of what I have doneduriug the ten years while I explored Africa. 1 find It very difficult now to do this. Du ring those ten years I have collected a greatamountof material. I havestudled ns much as I could the habits of the peo* pie, their'customs and their religion. I nave studied the natural history of the 'country, especially insects, birds, quad rupeds, gorillas, chimpanzes, and the as tronomy and geography of the country And I have to put them all in two leo tures. I find it very hard, X assure you. But as I always say, It Is far mon- diffi cult .to put down your thoughts from your own Journals of travels, than to go and travel in those foreign countries. — During those teu years 1 stayed there I made large collections. I succeeded in collecting twenty-nine gorillas, every skin of which I have either here or in England, I obtained twenty-oiio duriug the first journey. I succeeded in collect ing fifteen chimpanzes, the skins and skeletons I have, more than two thou sand birds, thousands of insects and shells; 1 succeeded in collecting one hun dred and twenty skulls of negroes.— (Laughter.). I bring the negro, not for pleasure, but ns a matter of science.— (Laughter.) The negro could not under stand.what 1 meant at first. 1 had to be very careful in obtaining the skulls, — They .thought I was crazy they said, and, would ask 11 what does that man want? He is always hunting the woods. He is wild, ana always sneaks of buying the skulls of our forefathers.” They were very shy at first about it, and always came at night with them. And now and then a man was very angry lii the vil lage, and said he hud gone into.the burial ground, and that he could not get tile skull of his father or somebpdy else.— (Laughter.) Sumetimesl would meetthem at the bouse. Each one had u bundle in which was a bag and a skull, and they told me not to tell what was there, and others said the same thing. I was glad to get those skulls, because they are cer taiuiy the pure blood of negroes, and it is a great thing to have the skulls of the pure blooded negro. There, in equatorial Africa, the uegro is very intelligent.— This country which we have explored is nothing but a vast jungle, and until re cently was not known. The gorilla had been heard of in the time of Anno,-the Carthageniau navigator,.who, in his nar rative, makes mention of a wild, hairy man, and that he succeeded In capturing only three females or three women. But tl ey were so wild he was obliged to kill them and preserved their skins. Pliny mentions that the skins were still in the temple of Juuo when the Romans took Carthage. From them the gorilla re been was struck in my explorations of this vast Jungle to find the population very thinly scattered, it abounds in tribes. I visited*myself more than thirty.tribes, from tl.e cauibal tribes to the dwarfs—little 'men. hairy men, covered with little tufts of hair.— They are from four feet three inches to four feet four inches and four feet five inches. They are. no doubt, the pigmies of Herodotus, which he described to be towards the head waters of the Nile. 'All navigation has always been from the oast towards the west. X have negroes about where they came train, when they came from another village, and found that they travelled west. They always move from the west towards the east. I never saw any exception to this. Some of these tribes are exceedingly war like ; others are very mild. The finest negroes are the. Cannibal, tribes. They are lighter colored and tall, and their su periority is principally shown by the working iron. They work iron beauti fully. The mountains there are covered with iron ; but being warlike in their na ture, they make barbed spears, arrows, axes and all sorts of implements to kill each other. In that country they kill all their prisoners. Strange to say, they do not bury any of their dead, except their kings. Those that die of diseaseare eat en up. NmV and then theygoiutoneigli horiug tribes and steal their corpses. I gave an account in my first volume of an instance where, within oue hundred yards of a settlement of the missionaries at Oaboons, they stole corpses and went back. These tribes are very much feared. I had nobody with me when I was among them; still,! found them very kind towards me. 1 told them it was very bad to eat human flesh, but they all said to me that next to human flesh the. forllla’s flesh was the best.. (Laughter.) said then, " Why don’t you kill goril las?” they said, “We can not, because they are too puwenul.” They have no guns there, and they cannot kill the gor illa with their spears. 1 had great diffi culty in leafm g the languages, and hail to stay among them a lung time to do so. Not only that, but to come down to their level of thinking. The difficulty of a traveler is to come down to the level of thinking with those negroes. It is as difficult to come to that standard as it is for the negro to come to our own level of thinking there. I never succeeded in this thing, X tried to have them explain to me their/ superstition and religion ; but I never could understand, anything about it, and at last I gave it up in de spair. I traveled sometimes and often through the thick jungles of this curious country for several days together with out, meeting a single settlement, and I have traveled through this country sev eral days without eating anything.. I have been as much os two or three days without food, and bad no companion with me but a monkey. I used sometimes, to eat a few leaves or nuts, always eating, what the monkey ate, for fear of eating something that might not be wholesome (laughter) and sometimes the monkey used to eat the bitterest nuts be could find, and of course I would fiud that bu£ (Laughter.) I waa always. obliged to camp in the forest and In that country It rains nine months of the year, near tlie bOast, and the whole year round in the Interior. So it was not always pleasant weather to camp out in.: (Laughter:)— Night after, night you are wet through there. The natives are very lozy and make their wives doeverythiug for them. (Laughter.) Every particle of baggage is carried by the women when the men are moving anywhere. All that can tie carried is carried on a woman’s back.-!-' You will see a large mau, a.big, strong, lazy savage, going along carrying a spear, •while the women are loaded down with .plantains, which are, the chief food of the country. The plalntain is a kind of ba nana; except that it is much larger and re quites cooking before it is so lit for food as the banana. The women often have to carry food enough to last a Whole fami ly for several days, and besides that stalks and other refuse have to be carried. You 1 can fancy how these men. make their wives assist them. (Laughter.) .The men are so lazy that they wilionly.thl.nk of the present moment, and never entertain the least notion of providing for the fu ture. They will sometimes nave to carry plantains, and in the beglnnlng .of tho journey they will be throwing gway he msssssssssmamsss^ A *Tnn Cents per line /or the Insertion. and five cenli per line tor each iafaeeqnent Insertion. Q,uar . teriy, half-yearly, end yearly adveffiiemeuu la sorted at a liberal redaction on v tbe *bove rates. Advertisements abbnid 1 be tteooinpanlad. by tbs Cash. Wbedjfent length, ol time specified far pabUoanra<thay'wili be' continued until ordered oat and chargMiwOoi'dlJpgJyv (Anna, HXiroiunLa, er description, of; Job.and Cahd Printing execu ted iu tboneateststyle, at low. prices,' ■ much os they tan at every , step, when thelrcprapaniona are not looking at them, but begin to reel want the next day they e tclaim, “O, If weonly knew this yesterday; what: will we. do now?" (Laughter.) Bp Improvident are they.. All these people fetish religion. They believe In evil spirits, but particularly evil dßßwhen ever ihey areaick or iu they invariably accuse the evil spnropr it., By the bed ol the sick man they fire off guns and pistols, and, ini fact,'’make all the noise they can ; and when! you ask them what it Is for, they say it is tpdrighten the evil spirit away from do it to frighten the devil out of hlch(laQgbter) —and they say that this will. make, him well; but he generally dies. (Laughter,) This gives some notion of thelr-rpliglous belief. They ah believe in witchcraft. — Whenever a man dies they 'kill 'Several of his relatives, because of Jealousy. The estate there consists altogether of-women und wivesj but principally of. wives. — (Laughter.) Jealousy is the cause of the murder of the relatives. The property,"whicli.con sists of wives and women; never descends to the sous or the children; but to the uephew or son of the eldest sister. He inherits the property. (Laughter.). The sons never inherit, out tlie cousins do.— it is not a custom to marry-relatives.— These people never do ib. They would express surprise if you spoke to them, about marrying acousiru, They do not think much of their children alter four or five years old. As idug asthey are chll-. ilren they are fond of tbeqt;. out when they are boys or girls they care, very little about them, and generally sell'them.— When a child is to he sold, the parents attend to divide the price among them, and the wives are sold to their husbands, and the husband is v to give presents to the father-in-law, and compel all his friends to do so. (Laughter;) I afoot, they are great plagues, these. African fathera-ln law. (Laughter.) They say, “Bee here, now, I have given you the finest wife in ail the tribe, and you ought to be proud of her. You ought to send me more presents. (Laughter.} Aud so he makes him keep sending presents alt 1 tlie time. (Laughter.) Wives and slaves are their only property, and ihey marry right aud left as loug as they can,.no matter how jyoung or howold they may be (laughter,) but they always try to get the youngest wives they can. {Laughter.) And in that we cannot blame them—(laughter)— for we do so ourselves. lam a bachelor, and I have just as much love for a young lady now as I ever had in my life.— (Laughter:) Bo you see they arejust the same as lam iu that respect. (Laugh ter.) The . husbands command their wives to love them. They call them all out and say, “ 1 want you to love me to night or to-morrow or they say, 44 You do notldve me ns much as you'ought.— Look, now, at all the trouble X have had with you; all Che beads and presents I gave you, aud all the money £ have spent upon you, aud you do not love me hear as much as you ought to love me, after all." (Laughter.)* *Bometimes they threaten them, and say, 44 If you do not love me I will whip you to-morro,w." (Laughter.) Sometimes if the girl is not liked by the husband, she is sent buck. The father in-law in tha meantime threatens, often to take h'is daughter hack If he Is not sat isfied with presents. The largest num ber of wives I ever knew any one to have was.two hundred, audsWhen I inquired of his majesty how njahy children he had, he condescended to say he had six hundred. Laughter.) In that country fowls aud goats are axel uslvely given to tlie women, and childien for food., The men never eat them. Wliat the women leave goes to the children. They are the only animals that they have domestica ted. I found tribes that were^very^ fond nearly always hi four kinds, of drink, which they make from sugar cane and plantain water, and they even take a pride in being able to make these drinks und get drunk. When 1 said to one of them, “ What a hoirible wretch youare, tobegettlogdrunkin this, way," he said to me, “ I am nota?bamed to get drunk. lam not like the gorilla, who knows not how to make drink,.and cun only driuk the, water out of the woods. I am able ,to make my -drink good; gorilla driuk only water.; man can make, whiskey and drink It/’ Whenev er a man dies they move away from the place., because they believe ah evil spirit Is iu it. They are very kind hearted, al - though they rob right and left. While I was on my last trip one of my men’s guns went off accidentally and killed oue or two of them ; but of course they could make no allowance for an accident, and with, the seven men I had with, me I bad to fight ray way out from among them for a distance of five hundred .miles and upwards in consequence of the accident. But notwithstanding this they are very tender hearted ; for they never steal any- thing without leaving the victim a por tion of whut belongs to him. .Whenever® they robbed me they always left me hal£ of whatever they fancied. They think that we can makebea'ds and fancy things at will, and so they have no hesitation in taking them. Theyuever take any thing by force, but always behind your back. — They will rob you when you cannot see them. When travelling with them, if we were short of food they would if we caught a monkey, offer him to mo to eat; but of course, as they were as hungry os I. was, I would only take a small part with them ; but this showed tiieir kindness. In some places there are many venomous serpents and np beasts whatever, because they cannot livenmong these reptiles, which are there by the million*, and ofteu'travel in droves. You can always know when they are moving in this way by the manner in which they drive the birds before them; and even men have to keep a very close watch to protect themselves from these reptiles.— The gorilla, even, cannot hold nis own against them. The temperature in the-' shade I found to" be' about 98 degrees, In this region, and 155 lathe sun. 1 never haij it higher than that. In England, where the sun is not so powerful, when the-thermometer in the shade is 90, it will only be aboutloB in the sun ; but in Afri ca, though duly'9o in' the. shade, the thermometer, if placed in the sun, would rise to 133. In Africa, near the equator, close by the sea, during, the year. There is a ruin full of about 225 inches. The for ests in that region abound In insects and all sorts of living creatures. In fact,'they are so numerous that my observations regarding their habits and character, ad ded to ray astronomical researches, more than fully occupied my.time, during.my ten years of exploration, during, which I never saw a white face. T generally con trlved to keep myself busy.mull about two o'clock and would then try to sleep. It was absolutely impossible for me to attempt to fall asleep until that time;-' It was so warm. Generally;' the .negroes are about eighty-Ilve dr ninety, and they always feel tired in the morning and have to take a little quinine. In conclusion, I may say that I shall 'be happy if my la bors have added anything to the knowl edge possessed'by Europeans of ’ Central Africa and of the men Who inhabit It.— The only reward I seek Is the esteem of my fellow-men and the .kind considera tion of my friends. ( Applause.). An old miser, who was notorious for self denial, was one day asked why he was so thin. “I do not know,’ 1 said the miser. “ I have tried various means for getting' fatter; but without success.”— “ Have you tried victuals?” ihqulred the friend..’-. ■ ■- • ' Constancy.—The business of .constpu oy chiefly-is, bravely,to stand to, and stoutly to Buffet,'those iuconvenienoLts which are not otherwise possible to be avoided- o.:'. ciOVvi Resolving and Acting.—The habit of resolving without acting is worse for us than never resolving at all, inasmuch as It gradually snaps the natural conneo tlon between thought and deed. I I
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