®|)e American llohmtcer. !
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
BRATTON & KENNEDY,
OFFICE—SOUTH 9IABKET SQUARE.
TERiis:—Two Dollars per year If paid strictly
in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid
vlthln throe months; after which Three Dollars
fill bo charged. These terras will bo rigidly ad
hered to In every instance. No subscription dis
continued until all arrearages are paid, unless at
he option of the Editor.
professional GtarUs.
A DARI KELLER, Attorney at
ZAI Law, Carlisle. Cilice with W. M. Penrose,
Esq., Rheoin’s Hall.
October 3,lBo7—Ora*
CHAS. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attor
ney at Law. Office In Building formerly
occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of I [Mil
lion's Hotel.
Dec. 1,1805.
Hi E. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney
Jj , and Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Pennn.
Office on South Hanover street, opposite Bcntz's
Store. By special arrangement with the Patent
Office, attends to securing Patent Rights.
Deo. 1, 1805.
TAMES A. DUNBAR. Attorney at
f} Law, Carlisle, Pennn. Office' a few doors,
west of Hannon’s Hotel.
Dec. 1,1885.
JOHN, C. GRAHAM, Attorney at
Law. Office formerly occimlcd by Judge
Graham, South Hanover street, Carlisle, Ponua.
Dec. 1, 1885—ly.
JOHN LEE, Attorney at Law,
North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa..
l<eb. 15,1888—1 y.
fOHN R. MILLER, Attorney at
fj Law. Office in Hunuon’s Building, opposite
the Court House, Carlisle, Pa.
Nov. M. IHO7.
MC. HERMAN. Attorney at Law.
• Office in RUeom’s Hnll Building, In the
rear of the Court House, next door to the “Her
ald" Olllce, Carlisle, Penna.’
Deo. 1,1805.
W KENNEDY Attorney at Law,
, Carlisle, Penna. Olllco same ns that, ot
i no "American volunteer,” South side of the Pub
lic Square.
Dec. 1. ISU
JJNITED STATES CLAIM
AND
REAL ESTATE AGENCY!
WM- B. BUTLER,
ATTOUNKV AT I .AW
Otllco In 2d Story of InhofTs Building, No. ti South
Hanover Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county,
Penna.
Pensions, Bounties, Back Pav, tie., promptly
collected.
Applications by mall, will receive Immediate
attention.
Particular attention gluen to the soiling or rent
ing of Real Estate, In town or country. In all let
ters ol Inquiry, please enclose postage stamp.
July HjWff— tf
.1. M. WEAKLKV. W.
& SADLER,
A r P T ORNEYS AT L A W,
NO. in SOUTH HANOVER ST.
(.'AKUTSr.E, Pknn'a.
Dec. lit. 18117.—1 y
Dll. GEORGE S. SEARIGHT, Den
tist. From the Baltimore College of Dental
.Sitri/eri/, Olllco at the residence of hln mother,
East Louthcr Street, three doors lielow Bedford.
Carlisle, Penna.
Dec. I, 18t>5.
DR. J. R. BIXLER offers his profes
sional services .to the citizens of Carlisle and
vicinity.
Olllco on Main street, opposite thejall, In the
room lately occupied by L. Todd, Esq.
April 11, 1887—ly
finsutance (Companies,
jypu tul iTiTiTe
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK.
A C C EMULATED CAP!T A L
$22,000,000!
(TWENTY-TWO MILLIONS,).
All In flrst-clnss Mortgages, Government Secu*
rltles, Cash and Real Estate 11!
IT MAKES NO DIVIDENDS TO
STOCKHOLDERS I
Uut Uh Cash Dividends of February, ISB7
amounted to 82,12-1,000 to Its Policy Holders,
which Is nearly four times as much as
any other Company In the United
States declared for same year. *
it has the LARGEST AMOUNT INSURED of
any Company in the United States, and its Divi
dends arc made annually In CASH, not put off till
thoSlh payment, ns is done by the leading nolo
companies. It has
THE LARGEST INCOME
$6,217,03 5.88.'
From Business and Interest. Ha Tables of Rates
are from 10 to 33 per cent, lower on the 10 year
and endowment piaus than the Connecticut Mu
tual and many other of the Note Companies, All
Policies are or may bo exchanged for non-for
feltabio ones. It has over
50,000 POLICY HOLDERS,
uud is patronized and recommended bv the best
authorities In the United States.
SAMUEL K. HUMRICH,
Special Agent,
Office Wo. 28 U'cai Jfain Street, Carlisle,Pci,'
October 3.1807—0 m
gPECIAL INrfQRANCE AGENCY
Ovfitt $25,000,00 of Capital Rkphesknted,
HOME,
MANHATTAN,
SECURITY,
NORTH AMERICAN,
nil of Mew York. Aetna and Phceulx, of Hart
ford, Conn.; North America, of Philadelphia,
Pa.; Columbia Mutual, of -Lancaster, Pu.
The mala element to bo desired In Insurance
Companies is
SECURITY
If wealth, experience, Intelligence and probity
exist, perpetuity and honorable dealing will bo
likely to ensue.
Insurance creates independence. A person
pays fur his own indemnity, and need nut- bo a
tax on his friends.
Every man should Insure; the luirnlug or
whoso property would lujuro or inconvenience
hlmsoli, his family, or his neighbors.
Insurance eUuuted ul this agency, uo mattef
how largo the amount, lu either tJtooh or Mutual
Companies. Policies issued, losses adjusted and
promptly paid at this ollico.
SAMUEL K. HUMRICII,
Special Insurance Agent,
QOlcc iVo. 20 BVsf MuUi Street, Carlisle, l J a.
LOCAL AGENTS
J.E. Ferroo, Nowvlllo.
John R. sliuler, New Bloomlleld, Ferry coumy.
A. H. Weldman, MilUlntown, Juulata couuiy,
JURE INSURANCE,
iho ALLEN AND EAST PENNBBORO’ MU
TUAL EIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, of Cum
berland county, Incorporated by an act of As
sembly, In the year I£l3, and having recently had
Its charter extended to the year Itutf, is nov in
active and vigorous operation under the super
intendence 01 the following Board of Managers:
Win. R. Gorgus, Christian Stayman, Jacob Eb
erly, Daniel Bailey, Alexander Cathcart, Jacob
H. Coover, John Etchelberger, Joseph Wickerrs,
Samuel Eborly, Rudolph Martin, Moses Bricker,
Jacob Coover and J. C. Dunlap.
The rates of insurance are as low and favorable
as any Company of the kind In the State. Per
sons wishing to become members are invited to
make application to the agents of the Company,
who are willing to wait upon them at any time.
President—\v. R.QOPGAB, Eberiy’s Mills, Cum
berland County.
Vice President —Cnim. tiAN Stayman, Carlisle,
Secretary—John C, Dunlap. Mechanlcsburg,
Treasurer—Daniel Bailey, Duisburg, York Co.
AGENTS.
Cumberland County—3 onn Sherriclr, Allen; Hen
ry Zearlng, Shlremuustown: Lafayette Petier,
Dickinson; Henry Bowman, Churchtown: Mode
Griffith, South Middleton; Samuel Graham W.
Pennsboro’; Bamuol Coovcr, Mechanicsburg: J.
W. Cooklln, Bhepherdstown ; D, Coovcr, Upper
Allen: J. O. Bllver Bpring; John Hyer:
Carlisle: Valentine Fooman.Now Cumberland;
James MoCandllsh, Newvllie.
York County— W. 8. Picking, Dover: James
Griffith. Warrington: T. P. Deardortf, Washing
ton; Uicbey Clark, Dlllsburg; D, Rutter, Fair
view; John Williams, Carroll.
Zktuphin County— Jacob Houser, Harrisburg.
Members of the Company having policies about
to expire, can have them renewed by making ap
plication to any of tho agents.
Deo. I 1805
qumberlakb VALLEY HOUSE,
CORNER OF EAST HIGH
AND
BEDFORD STREETS,
CARLISLE, PA
J. B. FLOYD, Proprietor.
March 12,1SG8.—Jy *
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY.
<Sitg aubmisannits.
THIS THROUGH
IT MAY INTEREST YOU OR A ERIKND.
TO THE PUBLIC AND TPIOSE IN
TERESTED IN HOUSES, CATTLE,
HOGS, &c., <fcc.
THAT TIIK CKLEBUATBD DR. BARBER'S
(* ATT L K AND HOG PO W DEIt S
Prepared and sold by ON HUS BROWN. Druggist
and Apothecary, Broadway, Upper Milton, Pa..
Is the
BEST IN THE WORLD.
When the Horse is in very bad condition, use
t he following Physic first:
Two Tablespoonsful of the Powder and oin*
Quart of Linseed Oil. Mix and Drench.
REMEMBER THE RED HORSE,
On Each Pack and prepared us abo\ v
THESE POWDERS are prepared from the or
Iglnal Dr. Barber's Recipe, with additions from
the Recipes of the Best Horse Farriers in Europe
and America,togothcrwlth the experience of the
Proprietor of over Twenty Years with Horses and
Medicine. The following diseases are cured with
■their use:
All Stages of
Coughs and
Colds,
Even First'Singes of
Hidebound, Removes Worms, Ac., Ac., Ac
These Powders by occasional use. say once or
twice per week, will bo a preventive of disease,
when the animal does not-come In contact with
nostril of the diseased Horse.
THESE HORSE POWDERS
are a sure preventive and euro for diseases so
common with chickens—Gapes, Ac. Diukctions.-
Mlx In corn meal. Anso-Mlx with the water
they drink. Feed it to your stock mid they will
be healthy and fat.
REMEMBER Till-
RACK.
For Sale by
COUNMAN A WORTHINGTON,
jVo. 7 Fust Main it., CrrWiVc Pa.
Jan. 23, JBBS.—Bm
gEKIXO 18 IiELLEVINCJ !
AT 7 0 i ARC II S T U E E T.
NEW PRICES! NEW GOODS!
UICTI SI IiVKP. ASD SILVER PLATED VA ItES,
« Including every style and
description, made express-a A
ly /ho winter tradoA.jSg'V
which for neatness and
durability cannot lie sur- jßgr
.1 OH N II OW M A N
Wholesale and Retail Mumjlfhelurlng lusiabllsh
ment,
NO. 70 4 ARCH STR K K 'l' ,
PJI IL AJ)K L P JII A
,Co’Ui?-phitlngat short notice,
August 22,18(57—1y
J S . MCCLELLAN,
PARHAM & WORK,
Wholesale Dealers In
HATS, CAPS, FURS
STRAW GOODS,
NO. 531 MARKET ST R E E T
July 18. 1867—tf
Q.REAT
WATCH BALE!
2000 WATCHES, Patent Lever Movements, full
Jewelled, Hunting Cases, Sterling Silver. Beauti
fully Engraved and lu every respect llrst class
Timers. To bo sold at six dollars each, being less
than three-fourths the cost of manufacturing.—
These watches are retailed by Jewelers at from
$l5 toBi 8, the actual cost to the manufacturer beiug
89 each. This stock of watches was purchased at a
Bankrupt Sale In Loudon, and are nowollcredat
such extremely low llgures, that all may-possess
a correct Time-keeper at a merely nominal sum.
Every watch warranted for 2 years. Parties or
dering them sent by mall, must enclose 86 cents
extra to repay postage. Money enclosed In a
well sealed letter may bo soul at ray risk.
Address all orders to
MARLIN CONNOR,
May 16,1867—1 y N. Y
QONBUMPTIVES READ!
.A Physician, who had consumption for sever
al years, with frequent bleedings of the lungs,
cured himself with a medicine unknown to the
profession, when his case appeared hopeless. Ho
is the only physician who has used It in his own
person, or who has any knowledge of Its virtues;
aud ho cun ascribe the degree of health ho now
enjoys to nothing hut the use of this medicine;
and nothing hut utter despair aud entire extinc
tion of all hope of recovery, together with a want
ofcohlldenco In all others, induced him to haz
ard the experiment. Ho has treated move coses
successfully than generally lollows the treatment
of this class of cases, and feels n pride, only ex
celled by the performance of his duty, that ho Is
able to diminish suffering and prolong life. Of
fice hours from BA.M.to tf P. M., dally. Call on
or address BOYLSTON JACKSON,
iVo. 259 X Tenth Street, Thita.
Dec. 5,1867—1 y
GERMAN J A
QNE DOLLAR A PIECE'.
A .GOOD GOLD PEN AND EBONY HOLDER
FOB OFF BOLL AM.
Manufactured by.tho American Gold Pen Com
pany* These pons are now being used extensive
ly throughout tho Huh torn States and are war
ranted lu each and every case. Parties purcha
sing who are not satisfied can return them and
receive their money back. All orders must be
accompanied with the cash as wo send no goods
0.0. D.
E. M. CONNER,
Agent American Gold Pen Company,
May 10,1807—1 y Titov, N. Y.
TIALSE WHISKER
AND
MOUSTACHE
A BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF FALSE .MOUS
TACHES AND WHIKSERS. of French manufac
ture, so perfect they cannot he detected from the
genuine, will bo sent post-paid by mall to any ad
ress. Great attention is paid in tho manufac
ture of these articles by one of tho best artists in
Paris M. L. FotrenE, who Is tho best manufac
turer In Europe. Moustaches, $1.00; Bide Whis
kers, $3.00; Full Beard, 85.00.
Address, H. DORR,
ALBANY, N. Y.,
solo Agent for the United Slates.
May 10,1857 —ly
It h the beat chance ever offered to Ayents!
One or two days’ time will secure a good
SEWING MACHINE, WATCH, SILK DIII'aS.KUVOLVKII,
or some other article of equal value, FREE OF
COST 7
Agents wanted everywhere, mule and female
for tho best One Dollar Pawnbroker’s Sale in the
country. Pend lor Circular.
; , S. C. THOMPSON & CO.
:W) Hanover 67., finaton, Ma*i.
Jun. 2, ItviiS.—;‘.m ;
QWRRT BREATH FOE ALL!
DR. FONTAINE’S
BALM OF MYRRH! ,
Is a sure remedy for tho cure of bad breath, no
matter from what source the disease may arise.
What young Indy or gent win not make an effort
to remove this disagreeable evil wnen It can be
done for ONE DOLLAR, sent to your address
postpaid, by mall, and a cure guaranteed, or mo
ney refunded. All orders must be addressed to
H. DORR, Albany, N, Y., solo Agent for tho Uni
ted States.
May W, 1807—ly
HORS E ,
Glanders and
Farcy,
Distemper,
Gripes,
Colic,
Infhuuatiuns,
Jaundice or
Yellow
Water
RED HOUSE ().\ EACH
TAKE NO OTHER.
Philadelphia,
Address all orders to
Urj) (Boolis
E A*dT’
1( E A I) !
W. C. SAWYER & GO
EAST MAIN STREET,
UNDER COBMAN HOUSE.
Learning from the New York Merchants Agency
that
A I. A II G K A D VANCE
la Hie price of
Y
DRY GOODS
was going to take place from the increase in the
value of cotton and the stopping of many cast orn
mills during the depression of trade.
W. 0. SAWYER & CO
bought Just before the late advance an immense
stock of
DOMESTIC COTTON AND WOOLEN GOODS,
itorsK rruNismxo noon**, rannrrs ,ic., ,n
W. C. Sawyer & Co.,
are prepared for sixty days !<> give bargains in,
10- i (M .*-4 4-4 and ;w.
whits: a UNBLEACHED MUM.INrt A SIIIBJTNOS,
5.00 yards of DARK LIGHT and MOURNING
PRINTS,
1.000 yards of SCOTCH AND DOMESTIC GING
HAMS,
u a x it i, o o if
Irish Table Linens,
Linen Table Cloths in patterns, Wool Table Cov
ers, Plano Covers. Napkins, Crash and Towels.
Damask for CurtahiMvnd Lounges. Curtain Ma
terials, French anytEngllsh Counterpanes, manu
als, Feathers, &c., Ac.
CARPETS I CARPETS ! ! CARPETS! » •
W. C. SAWYER & G 0.,
u\ake Carpets u special department m their largo
trade.
REST ENGLISH BRUSSELS,
LOWEL & HARTFORD THREK-Piv
£L
INGRAIN CARPETS,
P H I L A D E li P H I A 1 N G U A 1 N
IirTCH AND I.INKS C’AUI'KIS,
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN,
PLAIN AND TWILLED VENETIAN,
arnii'KD ton jiai.i. and staius.
1,0(11! yard** ol
HOME MADE RAG CARPETS.
Rugs, Mats, K-1 rt-4 4-4
O]LCL O T H S ,
popular make*.
SHADES. N’ K W S T V L E S
LOOKING OLAHBES, Ac,, Ac. r
NEW CA llPhTfi HKI.I.INU KOH I.KS-iTHAS VII „*4T COST
pi < ‘at poll* bought before the llrst oi fhcycnr
NEW DRESS GOODS
for early spring trade,
BLACK SILKS, all color® of fancy silks,
ALPACCAS, POPLINS, MOHAIRS, & DELAIN
ES. ■ All kinds of White Cambrics. Swiss, Mar
sallles, Brilliants and other white goods, A largo
stock of
NOTIONS.
■ Housekeepers and nil persons are respectfully
invited to call. W. C. SAWYER & CO. buy for
(’ASH and soil at tho LOWEST Market rates.
Feb. 27, 1868. v *
CARLISLE, PA.. THURSDAY. MARCH 19. 1868,
HOOFLAHD’S HERMAN BITTERS,
K K A D !
Hoofland’s German Tonic.
Prepared by Dr.'o. M. Jackson,
The Great Remedies for all Diseases
LIVER, STOMACH, OR
Hoofland’s German Bitters
1# composed of the pure .mlc <- (ui, n* ilicv i.ie medici
nally tunned. Lx ■ . f----, l,.irts'i'r>t Hoots,
Her bound Harks, __i frjf 4 making u pn-pnra
tJon, highly concon lE'l"'“'pj (niir-i, and entirely
frnfrom Alcoholic runni.r'in 4 ' of nm;
kind.
EOOFLAND’S GERMAN TONIC,
Ib ti combination of nil tlic Imp-i-db-nt< nr the Hitters,
with the purest quality ot Santa Crut Sinn, Cramp*,
etc., making one of the most pleasant and ru;r< , i , ablo
rcmi'dles ever ollered to the public.
Those preferring a .Medicine tree from Alcoholic Ad
mixture, will use
Hoofland’s German Bitters.
In cflsca of ncrvouH depiction, when some alcoholic
lUmulud is necessary,
HOOFLAND’S GERMAN TONIC
The Blltera or the Tonic are Loth equally good, and
contain the same medicinal virtues.
The stomach, from a variety of causes, sucli ftfl Indi
gestion, Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility,
etc.. Is very apt to (jfir 'TCTt have Its functions
deranged. The result ifigv JRh of which Is, that the
pftUcot Buffers from several or more of
Constipation. Flatulence, Inward Plies,
Fulness of Blood to the Head, Acidity
of the Stomach, Nausea, Heart
burn, Disgust for Food, Fulness
or Weight in the Stomach,
Sour Eructations, Sink
ing or Fluttering at the Fit
of the Stomach, Swimming of
the Hoad, Hurried or Difficult
Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart,
Choking or Suffocating Sensations when
in a Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision,
Dots or Webs before - the Sight,
Dull Pain in the Head, Defi
ciency of Perspiration, Yel
lowness of the Skin and
Eyes, ——- Pain In
the Side, (ffJr vwA Back,Chest,
Limbs, etc., \B». JM& Sudden
Flushes of Heat, Burning
in tbe Flesh, Constant Imaginings of Evil,
and Great Depression of Spirits.
Those remedies will effectually cure l.ivcr Complaint,
Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Chronic or Nervous DeliilUy.
Chronic Dlurrnicn, Disease of the Kldm-js, and all
Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver, tilomach, or
lm«s lines.
Heaulting from any Cause whatever;
PROSTRATION OP THE SYSTEM,
Induced bv Severe Labor, Hard
ships. Exposure, Fevers, etc.
There Is no medicine extant equal to these remedies
In ,u«li V—,—. A •vile mil viynr Is Imiwrlwl u» the
whole Bystem, the g===a Appetite Is Strength
ened, food Is enjoyed. the stomach digests
promptly, the blond IH"® Is purified, the com-
B tenon oeco m o s fiWii sound and healthy,
10 yellow tinge Is eradicated from the eyes, a bloom
is given to the cheeks, and the weak ana nervous in
valid becomes a strong and healthy being.
Persons Advanced in Life t
And feeling the hnnd of time weighing heavily upon
them, with nil lu> itUomliuit ill*, will finu In the une of
Ibtn BITTERS, or the TONIC, nn elixir that will
Instil new life in o their veins, restore In a meunure
the energy and ardor of more youthful days, hulid up
their shrunken forms, and give health and impplncai
to tholr remaining yean.
It Is a well-established fact that fully ono-holf of the
female portion of our population are tel*
dom In the enjoyment ita of good health ; or.
to uso their own ex JHn presslon," never feel
well.” They are lan iwai gold, devoid of all
energy, extremely nervous, and have no appetite.
To this class of persons the BITTERS, or tbo
TONIC, Is especially recommended.
WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong by the use of either of these remedies.
They will euro every coso of MARASMUS, without
&1).
Thousands of certificates have accumulated In the
hands of vhu m(>j>rivt»r, but space will allow of tbo
publication of lull a few. Those,.it will he observed,
are men of aoto and o! sucu standing that they must
bo bellowed.
Hon. Geo. W. Woodward.
Chitf Justice of the Supreme Court of Pa., writes:
Fhiladttph\a t March 10,1607.
“IflndTTooflnnd’a «= German Bitters M>
• gmnl tonic, useful /JJSI In dlseosen of tho
dltfcstiveoruHiis, and of great benefit In
cases of debility, and »“ M™ wont of nervous sc*
tlon in tho system. Yours truly,
Hon. James Thompson.
Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, April 28, 1600.
“ I consider ‘ Tloonand’s German Bitters ’ a valuable
m'dict'nrin case of altacksof Indluusllnn or Dyspepsia.
1 enn certify this from my experience of it.
Yours, wilri respect,
From Eev. Joseph H. Kennard, D. D.,
Parlor of the Tenth Baptist Churchy Philadelphia.
Dr. Jackson— Dear Sir: I havo boon frequently re
qurstvti >u vumina m tj immo with rccommenduiions
ol dltlurunl kinds of medicines, but the prac
tice as out of my ap rsa propriate spheru, I
have In all cases do i| dined; hut with a
clear proof I" ou * In.wncc and
particularly in my tsM ws own family, of the
usefulness of Dr. lloutland's German Bitters, I depart
for once from my usual course, to einress my full
conviction that, /or general dtbihty of We tytjrm, and
tn»ee\aHy for Liner CSmipfat'nf, if is a safe and valuable
preparation. In some cases it may fail i but usually, 1
doubt not, It will tw very bcnolidol to those who suffer
from the above causes.
Tours, very respectfully,
J. n. KENNARD,
Eighth, below Coates Bt,
From Eev. E. D. Fendall,
Assistant Editor Christian Chronicle, Philadelphia,
1 have derived decided benefit from the owsof Hoof
land’. German Bitter*, end fed It my privilege to re
commend them a* a moat valuable lent* to «l! who are
■nflhrinjt from general debility or from dla»*a.oa analog
from deißiigemeot Of the liver. Youra truly,
E. D. EENDALL.
Hoofland’s German Remedies are counterfeit*! Bt*
th»ttha«»imnturuof . _ O. U. JACKSON
U on the wrapper of each bottle*
All other* are coun IW JM I teriejU
Principal Ofllco 1 1" l and
at the German Uedjclno Store, No. 631 ARCH Street,
PliUadoipnia* .... -
CHARLES XX. EVANS,
German Dniprist, Propriulor,
Formerly C. U. Jaoksov & Co.
For ealo by el_ 3>nigßißia and Dealers in iledlelnM.'
Hoofland’s German Bitters, per bottle ....«*....|1 M
« 11 11 half dosen 600
Qoofland’s German Tonic, pntnplnquart bottles,! M
per bottle, or a half dozen (or. 1 W
K7* Do not forgot to examine well the article you
tay,ln order to gel the genuine.
Juii.n, Iww.—ly
ilflcnical.
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
DIGESTIVE ORGANS.
the following diseases
DEBILITY,
NOTICE.
TESTIMONIALS#
GEO. W. ’WOODWARD."
JAMES THOMPSON."
CAUTION,
PRICES.
THE WEST.
S-prrHl C\i,re.tj)un<lencs of the Press,]'
Kansas Pacific Railway. i
Enginekk Coups, >
1 out Mon avk, AutzoNA, Jan. 2. 188*. j
In my last letter I promised that this
should be devoted to giving an account
ol the country passed over by the zealous,
energetic ollleer who directs tho surveys,
General Palmer, and also an idea of tho
lines run by the three divisions under
Col. Greenwood, since Nov. 1,1808. Ow
ing to the press of business incident to
making out necessary reports, I have
been unable to collect from these gentle
man the data required, but us the subject
must bo of interest to every intelligent
reader, I promise a full account at an
early day. In truth, ilie general public
seem to be so mystified ou tlie subject of
Pacific railroads, that every ray of light
or informing circumstance should be giv
en to it. The mass of our newspapers,
usually so well posted on other subjects,
seem to have but the faintest idea of the
grand enterprises now being pushed far
beyond the line of settlements and civili
zation. I refer to the two grand trans
continental railroads. ,k Butof this more
anon.” I have an abundance of material,
and if it docs not interest your readers,
tho fault lies in tho writer, not his sub
ject. I did not intend my letter descrip
tive of a trip from La Puz to Port Mo
have, along the Kio Colorado, to by any
means exhaust the information about the
Colorado valley. I butspoko of the Indi
ans I met, and in whose history 1 felt
your readers would bo interested.
jiauuy’s IMKI-:
Prom Prescott to ilardyville, on Uu*
Colorado, one hundred ami fifty miles
westward, there Is a fine wagon road,
improved hy the energy of Mr. Hardy,
one of the mo&l enterprising men we
have ipet in the Territory. This road
General Palmer declares to be “ the host
mountain road lie ever passed over,’-' and
lie has had much experience in hill climb
ing. The liardyville Pike traverses some
beautiful valleys, adapted to agriculture
and well watered, while the greater part,
of the road intersects natural meadows,
even at this season of the year t whiten,
afford an abundance of nutritious grass
for our animals and those of the freight
trains going to Port Whipple or Prescott.
Tin-: COLORADO VALLKV
Wt range as it may appear, the country
bordering on the Colorado is the most
sterile that we have met in the Territory.
It is tossed into volcanic peaks devoid of
vegetation, or raised into iiu-mir, cut by,
deep wastes or arroyaa, and covered with
detritus through which the lurrw and
yucca protrude in company with great
varieties of f.rfofrfw/’. Exempting the Im
perfect cultivation of the (’him hue vis ami
Mohaves, but little has been done to re
claim the rich bottoms which the rally
Spanish explorers found cultivated. t >.i
Dent thinks thuti)oo,doo acres might be
cultivated .in the valley above La Pa/.,
which Is admirably adapted for sugar
and cotton. The (’hlmhuevis valley at
present yields the finest liny, and has a
cultivated aiea of forty square miles. -
The Mohu\Je valley is the richest I have
seen, it Is covered with the beamue/quit
and cotton-wood, the soil i« very rich,
ami by proper irrigation one hundred
square miles could easily be cultivated. —
Above the Mohave valley the mesas for
some distance from the river banks, leav
ing no bottom worthy of note till we
reach Cottonwood Island, eighty miles
above, this covers an area of twenty
square miles, which the Mormons, whoso
settlements extend near It, are anxious
to secure it in order to raise cotton, and
thus help to make themselves as nearly
independent as possible.
CLIMATE OE THE VAU.K\.
• All idea of the climate may he laid
when you learn that the treed are still
green on tho river banks at Fort Mohave,
which is nearly on the thirty-fifth paral
lel of north latitude, with au elevation of
five hundred feet above tide. The Mo
have Indians are selling watermelons at
the Fort every day, and the writer lias
flowers in press gathered ou Christmas
day. Tho heat iu summer is intense,
having, according to observation, made
at the Fort Hospital nn average of 110
deg. Fab. in the shade for July, and 00 at
night. Snow never falls on the river on
south of this parallel, and frost is of rare
occurrence. Tbeollicersat the Fort com
plain of the summer heat, and look upon
a summer scout to the San Francisco
mountains as au undisguised blessing.—
While on the question of climate, I will
reiterate what X may have said before:
the climate on this parallel, despite its
crossing an elevated plateau from the Ilin
Grande to this point, is unsurpassed. We
left Wingate, eighty-two miles west of
Albuquerque on the lirst of November,
and during a severe snow-storm, which
made us fear the rigidity of the winter ou
this route. But the snow disappeared
next day, and since then I have seen
none, save the while peaks of the Sun
Francisco mountains in the distance. We
have had, occasionally, cold winds, and
during December some nights with sharp
frosts. I have slept the greater part of
tlie winter with no shelter hut my blank
ets—as have many of the party—and I
have slept warm and comfortably com
pared with the winter quarters of our ar
my iu 'G3-’(H around Chattanooga. The
advantage of climate cannot be overesti
mated iu the building and working of a
trans-continental railroad. The stoppage
of a train in a mountain drift for hours,
days, perhaps, weeks, out in this wild
region would he .something terrible, but
of which there is not the slightest danger
on this parallel.
the imKit
A feeling of disappointment i* felt by
the explorer when he first sees the Colo
rado river, with its steep canon like
banka, and occasional flat bottoms, cov
ered with a rank ami tangled vegetation.
The river varies from four hundred to
six hundred feet in width, and flows with
a current, almost uniform, of three miles
per hour. - The water is about the color
of the Missouri at Kansas City, and varies
from six to ten feel in depth, at low wa
ter. The fall is one foot to the mile from
HardvvlPe to tho mouth of the river,
distant fivchnndred miles.
NAVIGATION OP THE COLORADO.
Tlui navigation of this river was deem
ed a cjuestion of as much importance by
the Government, that in ’57 Lieul. Ives
was sent out to explore it, which he did
In a small steamer constructed in Phila
delphia, and transported to the month of
the river for that purpose. Lieut, fye.s
followed up the river some SOU miles to
the mouth t.f the grand canon, through
which the water rushed with such force
as to preclude the possibility of his tra
versing it for. any distance. Much ex
citement lias recently been caused by the
statements of an individual who delights
in the sobriquet of “ Colorado Adams/’
; he asserts that the great canon can" be
navigated, and he can even succeed in
getting some capitalists to form a compa
ny for the purpose of.constructing suit
able steamboats for the purpose. Adams
in looked upon her as a cra/y dreamer,
and men living on the river, well ac
quainted with the canon, laugh at the
idea of navigating it; still Adams may
be right. Tho only living being that ev
er passed through this canon la a map
named While, who came through to es
cape the Indians last summer on a raft.
His story is said to be wonderfully thril
ling. I am to see him in a few days,
when 1 will give you a full account of his
unsurpassed adventure. ' 4
Hardyville is the present head of navi
gation, and them are some six steamers
in the -orvice of the transportation com
pany. These steamers arc b'ern-wheeled
and* flat-bottomed, drawing frouvtwo to
four feet of water. The freight is carried
on barges of 200 tons, winch are towed
astern going up, and permitted, under the
guidance of two men, to float buck to the
point of starting by themselves. A ves
sel like the Cocopah, which now lies at
the landing near the fort, costs, at the
river, $15,000, aud the two bargee $5,000.
making a total of $21,000 in gold, and
having a carrying power of 450 tons.—
The barges can be loaded from the ocean
vessels at the mouth of the river, and
thus, at some inconvenience, obviate the
necessity of landing. At the mouth of
the river is Port Isabel, but unfortunate
ly it is on Mexican soil. It is much to
he regretted that the United States Gov
ommentdoes not own the territory at tho
month of tho river and for some distance
down the eastern shore of tho Gulf of
California. X town would soon spring
up at Port Isabel. As it Is, a landing
there would occupy the anomolous po
sition ofaporton Mexican territory, sub
ject to Mexican laws, without any Mexi
can trade or business transactions.—
Americans doing business there would
be liable to have their goods seized by
the Mexicali authorities for violating tho
revenue laws of that republic, when they
had never exported a single article
or production of Mexico, or imported
one ounce of freight for consumption
therein. . For there is not a Mexican set
tlement within one hundred miles of Port
Isabel. Our Government would also look
with suspicion an goods when taken up
tho river after having been stored on
Mexican territory. Now that we are
purchasing up tho world ns fast ns it
comes into market, it certainly would be
a wise economy to secure a slice of this
part of Mexico, and give us an American
port on the Gulf. Such an outlet would
be of immense benefit to tills country,
and consequently to the nation as a
whole. The advantages which tills fiavi
gablc river affords in the construction of
our railroad are very great, enabling the
company to work with running lines
from the different points, viz.: from the
Plains west,.and from the Colorado east;
from tho Colorado west, and from Cali
fornia cast. The line on the 85 parallel
is a success, presenting fewer obstacles
than the most sanguine expected, and
with advantages unequalled. However,
this is to be tho theme of coming letters,
and J will only add in this connection
that the line will cross the Colorado river
thirty miles south of Fort Mohave, and
live miles north ofashort canon formed by
aiiLimb rof metamorphic and porphyrit
ie pillars known as The Needles,’' that
rise straight up from the water for 200 feet.
This bridging point has a line landing or
landings made by tho bluff formations
on cither side. Steamers travel up the
river In day time, laying by at night.—
Stiil they can easily make the trip to
“ Tho Needles’' in four days and n half.
Each steamer, with barges* would bring
up 400 tons of rails, machinery orsupplica
from the vessels that shlped them at New
Yor or Philadelphia, and at an expense
much less than the same stores could be
transported for from the places named to
the end of the track on the Plains. In
deed, if the company controlled its own
water transportation the railroad supplies
could he landed at the Needles with lit
tle, ii any expense above that paid for
tho same stores on tho wharfs of the East.
Tho steamers now trading on the river
.return loaded with copper from Aubrey,
soim* llfty miles below “ 'Die Needles •”
this oro- pays them Sl5 per ton, and is
shipod to San Francisco by sea and smel
ted at a handsome profit.- The return
ves.-el could take buck this ore, and thus
lessen, if not obviate, the expenses of
railroad supplies transported. The steam
ers burn wood, which is delivered on the
river banks at an expense of SO per,cord,
£4 being paid for chopping and piling it.
I find it impossible to close this subject
without making my letter 100 long ; and
as 1 am anxious to have this and every
other letter t write read, you must wait
till to-morrow for another I- ng letter
from . Auc.
THE LIVE MAN
The live rami iz like a little pig, he iz
weaned young, and begins tew root arly T .
He iz tho pepper suss of creation—the
allspice ov the world.
One live man in a villagez like a case ov
itch at a distrikt skool—he sets every
baby two scratching at onst.
A man who kan draw New Orleans
molasses in the mouth ov January, thru
a half inch augur hole, and sing, “ Home!
sweet home!” while the molasses is run
ning, may be striekly honest, but he
ain’t sudden onufT for this climate.
The live man Izas full of bizziuess az tho
conductor of a street kar—ho iz often like
a hornet, very bizzy, but about what the
Lord only knows.
He lights up like u cotton faktery, and
hain’l got any more time to spare than a
skool-boy huz Saturday afternoons.
lie iz like a dekoy duck, always above
water, and lives at least eighteen months
during each year.
He trots when he walks, and lies down
at night bekaus everybody .else has.
The live man iz not always a deep
thinker; he jumps at knonkln-ions, just
azthc frog duz, and don’t nlwn/ laud at
the spot he iz looking at.
He is the American pet, a period mys
tery tow foreigners; but he luiz done
more \vith charcoal tew work out. the
greatness of this kmitry than enuy oili
er man In it.
He izjustaz necessary az the grease on
an axeltree.
He don’t always die ritch, but always
dies bizzy, and meets death a good deal
like an oyster duz, without making any
fuss. —Jonh Billings.
Ho.w Muskrats Swim Under Ice. —
Muskrats have a curious method of trav
eling distances under the ice. Irr their
win ter excursions to the feeding grounds,
which arc frequently at great distances
from their abodes, they take in breath at
starting, and remain under the water as
long us they cun. They then rise unto
the Ice, and breathe out the air in their
lungs, which remains in bubbles against
the lower surface of the ice. They wail,
till thisair receives oxygen from the wa
ter and ice, and then take it. again, and
go on till the operation has to be repeated.
In this way they can travel almost any
distance, and live any lenght of time un
der the ice. Tho hunter sometimes takes
advantage of this habit of the muskrat in
the following manner; When the
marshes and ponds where the muskrats
jtbomui are first frozen over, and the toi
ls thin and clear, on striulng into their
houses with his hatchet for the purpose
of setting his traps, ho frequently sees u
whole family plunge into the water nnet
swim away under the lee. Following <»m
-of them for some distance, he sees him
come up to renew his breath in the inan
m*r above described. After the animal
breathed against the ice, and before
ho has lime to take his bubble In again,
the hunter strikes with his hatchet di
rectly over him, and drives him away
from his breath. In this case he drowns
in swimming a few rods, and tho hunter
cutting a hole in tho ice, takes him out.
Mink, otter and beaver travel under tin
me in this way; and hunters have fre
quently told mo of taking otter in the
manner I have described, when these
animal.- vjmi ihr Umws of the musUran
for pro'.
Tin* beautiful exturct below in
from the pen of George S. Hillard: I con
fess that increasing yours bring with
them increasing respect for men who do
not .succeed in life, as those words are
commonly used. Heaven inlaid to bo a
place for those who have not succeeded
on eailh.and it is sure that celestial grace
does not thrive and bloom In that hot
blaze of worldly prosperity. 11l success
sometimes arises from a superabundance
of qualities *iu themselves—from a con
science too sensitive, a taste too fastidi
ous, a self-forgetfulness too romantic, n
modesty too retiring. I will not go so
hir c- to v;)y. with a living poet, “the
w>>rl»i biin«v-. nothing of its greatest
men,’ on iiu-ie are forms of greatness,
at least excellence, which die and leave
no sign ; there are martyrs that mis* th«*
palm but not the stake ; heroes without
the laurel, and conquerors without tb 1
triumph. '
jpajT We should round every day of
stirring action with an evening of
thought. We learn nothing from our
xperlence unless wo muse upon It.
VOL. 54.—N0. 40.
IWlfaiX
Liri'u: FEET.
UY n.OUKNCE PERCY
Two llrilc fret, no small that both mny n*'«Uu
in one caressing hand,
Two tender feel upon the untried boidei
Of Mfe’s mysterious land;
Pimpled iiml soft, and pink as th*' ii
blossom*
In April's fragrant dayb—
Howvun they walk among tho briery tangle*
Fudging the world's rough ways?
Tln-su while rose foot along the doubtful future
Must boar a woman's load
Alas! •ineo women have tho heaviest hunfru,
And walks the hardest rond s
for u while, will mnke the paih before
thorn
AH dainty, smooth, and fair—
Wiil eull uwuy llio brambles, letting mils
, flie roves blossom there.
Hut Wli.ni Iho mother's watchful eves are *hruud
ml
Away from the sight of men,
Ami those .lent- foot are loft without her mUdlng,
Who shall diroot thorn thou?
Knw will they bo allured, betrayed, deluded,
Poor little untaught foot »
Into whnt dreary mazes will they wnmU-i.
What dangers will they inert
Will they go stumbling blindly in the darkness
Of Sorrow’s tearful shades ?
Or tlnd tho upland slopes of Peace and Ih-uuty,
Whose Kunllght'novor fades?
Will they go tolling up Ambition's Miininii,-
, Thocommon work! above?
Or In soiAo nameless vale securely sheUf*r*-il,
Wulk side by side with l,n\»'?
8 '>me reel there he which walk I.lie's truck an
wnnmlod.
Which itml hut pleasant ways;
Some heart there he to which this Hie Is only
A round of happy days.
Blit tla-y are few. Far more th.-iv who wan
der
Without a hope or friend—
Who find (helrjouriioy full of pains and h-.5.-s.
And long to reneh the end,
How shall It be with her, the tender .-linnaei.
Fair-faced and gentle- eved,
Before whose untrained feel the u-nM«. rude
highway
Stretches hi Ktrange ;<ud wide?
Ahv who may read the future V For our .hu ling
We crave all blessings sweet—
And pray that He who feeds the crying i.-‘. m-hs
Will guide the baby's feet.
IX MEMORIAL,
At a large meeting of soldiers, ounven
ed in InUependence Hall, Philadelphia,
February 2k, at which Ex-Governor Cur
tin presided, the following appropri
ate ami graceful culoghim upon the char
acter and services of the late Mujor-Geu
eml McCall, was pronounced by Lieut.
Col. A. Loudon Snowden, formerly of
this county:
I am here, Mr. Chairman, at sum very
kind request, and in obedience to the
promptings of my own heart, to unite
with those present in doing honor to the
memory of u distinguished citizen and
isoldier, who, after a long life of useful-,
ness and honor, has been “ gathered to
his fathers.-’ It would have been much
more in accord with my own feelings had
i been permitted to remain a silent par
ticipant in tho solemn and interesting
proceedings of this hour. This desire I
reluctantly abandon in obedience to the
wishes of yourself and others of the dis
tinguished gentlemen present. My nc
quaintuuco with tboiameu ted deceased be
g ij in the ever memorable spring of IW>l.
I was then engaged in organizing a regi
ment for .the service. You, Mr. (’hair
man, can never forget that mighty up
rising of the people, when, by hundred*
and thousands, they crowded the Capital
of tho State, importuning you by day and
by night for the privilege of raising troops
in defense of our imperiled land. There
was no necessity for exertion to obtain
recruits, no need of conscription in that
grand epoch of our country’s history.—
When young men and old rushed with
glistening eyes and throbbing 1 carts to
brg permission to oiler their services, if
need be their lives, upon the altar of
their country. It was at this momentous
period that J met Miyor-General McCall.
1 found him in the midst of all this wild
enthusiasm and excitement, with Iho
grave responsibilities, and necessary labor
imposed upom him, calm, dignified, and
coilcous. No bluster ; no‘assumption of
dignified superiority; no harsh words for
those who too often intruded themselves
upon him, without sufficient cause. He
seemed to understand, ami deeply sympa
thize with the young men of the Com
monwealth who were throngingthe Capi
tal, and with hearts full of enthusiastic
love for their endangered country, were
intruding upon everyone in authority,
begging the privilege to go to her defense.
He received and treated all with the
kindness of a father, with the gentleness
of a woman. My intercourse with him
at that time and subsequently in camp,
convinced me that his selection, at that
particular juncture,, to organize and com
mand tho’“ Reserve Corps of Pennsylva
nia” was, in and eminent degree, wise
and judicious. A soldier trained in the
best military school of this, or, indeed, of
any age. With longand brilliant service
in the army of the United States, with
ripe experience as a soldier, witlj the
calm judgment that follows early years
of laborious study, and virtuous manhood
profitably spent in the duties of life, he
was I repeat, pre-eminently fitted to dis
charge the grave,duties assigned him.—
General McCall possessed another advan
tage over nearly all the other educated
soldiers of the country, and which under
the circumstances was absolutely i cqnir
cd—namly, an intimate knowledge of the
nharacterand habits of our people, acquir
ed by years of familiar intercourse with
I them. It was into the hands of such a
| man, combining the highest qualities ot
j citizen nml soldier, that you, sir, intrust-.
eil the delicate task of organizing the
: “Pennsylvania Reserve Corpsof inms
-1 forming the free anti independent citizen
, into tho thoroughly disciplined soldier.
; That this work entrusted to ids hands
i was ellleiently and faithfully performed,
j we would answer by pointing, as we do
1 with pride, to the glorious deeds of the
. men ho organized into regiment* am) led
Ito the held. They were not oigunlzed
: 100 soon for tin* wants of the nation. Xo
man with a patriotic heart can fm-get th-o
I day they were called into the —■u-vicc
jof the United Stales. The 111*1 great
, battle of the war hud been fought on
' the ** Plains of Manassas,” and the cue
j miesof thecountry were victorious. With
disorganized and shattered column* flu
army ofM’Dowell thronged the road* lead
ing to Washington. That proud army,
which but a few days before hud march
ed out with floating banners and swel
ling music, came crowding into tin*
streets of that city a disorganized mob.—
The panic spread from the soldier »o the
citizen—distress won written upon the
face of every loyal man. Tho lightening
flushed the direful news from Maine to
Minnesota. The Capitol of the‘nation
lay helpless within the grasp of the then
victorious Rebellion. (Room and tie
spomlency hung like a cloud over the
nation. It was then, sir, at this period
1 of our greatest extremity, th-n (h-iowal
. 1«m a.., .’.i l li»* head of the
niu Reserves, fifteen thousand strong, of
picked men, splendidly armed, thorough
ly equipped, und In a measure disciplined,
took up his lino of march for the nation
al Capitol, and in hut u very few days af
ter the buttle of Bull Run, ho
inarched with his splendid corps through
its streets, and by his timely presence
gave security to that endangered city,
and closed the only opportunity theßeb-
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JOB PRINTING.
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I lie wisdom of our Slate authorities iu
organizing the “Reserves” was com
pletely vindicated, not alone in their op
portune arrival in Washington, in July,
IbUl, but hi their whole subsequent con
duct during. tho war. They were a
marked organization in the army, con
sidered as, “par excellence,” the repre
sentative of the commonwealth. By
their patient endurance of all the priva
tions of the camp, tho hardships of the
march, and by their lofty valor and he
roic endurance, of Buttering exhibited on
every buttle-lleld, from Draiiisvilie to the
Wilderness, they have exhibited the no
blest traits in our human nature, and
have engraved the name ol the “ Penn
sylvania Reserves” upon the tablets of
our State and nation’s history, where U
will remain to be read with pride so Jong
as virtue is honored, valor esteemed, and
the republic lives. I would not be under
stood, for one moment, as drawing an in
vidious distinction between the “Re
serves” and the other gallant men that
went from this State in other regiments.
They are all alike entitled to the highest
honor that wo can bestow upon them;
but 1 am led to speak directly of the
" Reserves” in alluding to the eminent
service rendered to the atute and nation
by tho distinguished soldier over whose
death we are here this day to mourn.
Gen. McCall was Induced to enter the
service from motives of the purest and
most patriotic character. Ho was living
in comfortable retirement, surrounded
by all chut conduces to make life pleas
ant and happy, at that age when the
llresof ambition burn but feebly in any
breast, and of him, I thlnk.it qan bo
truthfully said that no personal ambi
tion influenced or controlled hisaction.—
He loved retirement; his highest delight
was in his home am* family, and yet
from all these sweet and endearing Intiu
cnces ho turned away, and yielding up
comfort, peace, retirements, home with
Its dear ones, all for the great Jove he
bore his country,stepped forward and of
fered his services, his sword, and, it need
be, liis life an the altar of the republic.—
This exemplilles the highest human vir
tue, and beyond it no man can step.
Before the ouen grave of this good man,
this bravo ami accomplished soldier, wo
stand to-day ; and that heart must indeed
be cold, devoid of the noblest and sweet
est emotions of our nature, that does not
bow down in sorrow, that so good and
true a man Ims fallen in our midst. It
will be a sad day In the history of this
Republic when those who fought and
suffered for its preservation are permit
ted to die unregrciled, and be buried
without a single tear fulling upon their
last resting place. So long as the service
of the men who risked their all for tho
preservation of our free Institutions is
recognized and cherished by the people,
so long will tho love of the people for om
institutions be a sure defence against all
foes. But if gratitude for their inesthnn
ile services should ever die out, and the
men who did so much and suttered to
much for the nation be forgotten or per
mitted to die, ami their virtues be “ un
honored and unsung,” then will public
virtue have ebbed so low, ami the love of
liberty Le flickering so faintly, that in
the midst of its pretended friends tlie
Government of our fathers will cease to
be the heritage of the people. This meet
ing here to-day is not only a just and
proper tirbuto to the illustrious dead, but
un assurance to the living that their ser
vices iu behalfof the country will ever be
remembered. They may feel assured
that, as one by one they pass away to that
“ bourne from whence no traveller re
turns,” and
“ 'When beneath the cold red earth are sleeping,
I.Ko's battle o’er,
There will lor them be aad eyes weeping
That they’re no mot o
There will bo sad hearts, swoct memory keeping
Of heretofore.*'
A Heuarkablr gentle*
man, Ju \Wiose credibility the most Im
plicit confidence may be placed, relates
the following singular story, the par
ties lo which, and the material facta in
volved, are personally known to him :
A young lady named Helen Hunter,
living between Dyonsburg and Prince
ton, Kentucky, during a protracted re
ligious meeting held during the mouth
of November, under the influence of re
ligious excitement, fell into a trance,
arid remained in a stale of apparent un
consciousness for a period of five days.—
When she was aroused from the stale ol
lethargy into which she had fallen, she
related the experience of the five nays,
during which she professed to have pass
ed into the other world and witnessed
the glories of Paradise as well as the hor
rors of the bottomless pit. But the re
markable feature of the story is that she
predicted that throe young men, then ap
parently in the nYost robust health, would
die before the year was out. A week af
ter the prediction was made one of the
young men took sick and died In a few
days. A week or ten days later the sec
ond died, and on the first day of the new
year the third one expired. —Evansville
Journal.
Tools or tiir Table. —Now if there la
anything which I specially affect, it is a
refined and pretty table arrangement,
ami at our house for years and years such
hud prevailed. All of ns had rather a
weakness for china, and the attractions
of the fragile world, as presented in the
crockery-stores, hud been many times
ton much for our prudence and purse.—
Consequently we had all sorts of little do
mestic idols of the breakfast and dinner
table—Bohemian glass drinking mugs of
antique shape, lovely bits pf buscuit,
choicely’ moulded in classic patterns,
beauties, oddities, and quaintness in the
way of especial teacups and saucers, devo
ted to ditierent members of the family,
wherein each took a particular and in
dividual delight. Our especial china or
glass pels of the table oiten started In
teresting* conversation on the state of
the plastic arts as applied to every-day
life, and the charm ;of being encircled,
even in the material act of feeding our
mortal bodies, with a sort of halo of art
and beauty.
A Temperance Anecdote.—* 4 Once
upon a time,” a young theological stu
dent was delivering a temperance lecture
in Boston, and proving by the Bible,
which lie hud open before him, that
strong drink was injurious to man and a
sin against God. Now, in that city lives
a man known as Cooper K, t a' former
Congressman, who is very fond of hla
hitters. Just as the young man got fair-
Iv warmed up in his subject, old Cooper
K came in, pretty well poisoned, and
took a seat. After sitting a few minutes,
he arose In his seat, and steadying him
self. lie pointed his* linger at the speaker
and said: “Young man, (hie) young
man, (hie) don’t you know that that
Book (hie) only mentions one man (bio)
who asked for water, (hie) and he was in
h—II, (hie) where he ought to be !' Iha
converts to the cold water cause were not
numerous that night.
igj?* Charles Dickens a high authority
—leans to a position that first impres
sions are usually correct and also says ;
“ I have known a vast quantity of non-
House talked about bad men not looking
vou In the face. Don’t trust the conven
tional Idea. Dishonesty will stare hou
estv out of countenance, any day in the
week if there is anything to begot by 11. ’
Ifcg* Abyssinia is now the Mecca of
wandering English newspaper corre
spondents. It is said that the publishers
prefer dark-skinned men, and that one
of the correspondents lately tried to
change his color with tincture of iodine.
Thus transformed, he took a quiet walk
j In thesunshine, and was rather surprised
r to find himself photographically tattooed
j with an exact reflex of the trees and
I flowers around him.
1 COT Rubhi Joshua once met a boy car
l the boy, “ it would not be covered."