t American Volunteer. .i : * * As/Si ’" ♦ l 4 ■ Jl_
P ll# ' I|| #|*|(f*i||| ■;;/ ..' Ill||! : 111|T##r
v Xviii-ir' •I'V W-W- •■■•
>months; after which Three Dollars >Si - , i
fed* These terms will be rigidly ad- w ~
k visry Instance. No subscription dU' : ' ’
Qtil hll arrearages are paid, unless at T 1 "
,th ° EJltor -- ■ ■ BY BRATTON & KENNEh v
oresgionai ©arcs. ■■■"" 1
D STATES CLAIM . JiflCbtCal.
and JOOPIANI'
fMuh ESTATE AGENCY. ■ •
U WM. B. BUTLER, j ,
U, ATTORNEY AY LAW,- '
Hrfia Franldln House, South Hanover Stroe*
Ciunberland county, Ponna.
„,^B^^UoDSjpy_majj, t wUl r recoAy:o-in ; imt;iliate
attention given to the selling or rent-
Ha/Rml Estate, In town or country. In all let-
Inqniry, please enclose postage stdmp.
|Kl?ll.l87Q-M *■ - * - 1 -
■fiT BEIiTZUOOVEU,
w ATTORNEY-AT-L A fy,
|1 CARLISLE. PA.
on South Hanover Street, opposite
’a flry goods store.
1.1565- '
MRIOEC -& PARKER, " * "
attorneys at la ir.,
‘on Main Street. In Marion Hall, Cur
’s. ‘ • .
2 1863-
fo. e. E iM-1 g . ’
attorney- at-l a w,
IS. Office with S. Hepburn, Jr.
K 9 East Main. Street,
|l CARLISLE, PA..
JfiU,7i-iy , , ... .
Hr KENNEDY, Attorney at Law
■V . Carlisle, Penna. Office same as that oi
■-American Volunteer.” -
■«.!, ]S7O.'
Hr, GEORGE S. SEARIGHT,’ 1 Den]
■I tiht. From ■ the Baltimore College of Lenta
■W. Office at the residence of his mother
■tlxmthor Street, three doors below Bedford
■llile, Ponna,
■*.l 1865. ’ • . .
I
IBats ana fflans
RE S H ABB I V A L
' or ALL TUB
ft EW STYLES
HATS AND 0 A JP S.
Be sabHcrJber has Just openoa at No. 15 North
tow Street, a few doors worth of Che Carlisle
loslt Bank, one of the largest and best Stocks
BATS and OAP3 over offered In Carlisle.
Ilk Hats, Casslmore of all styles and qualities.
üßrlius, different colors, and .every descrlp.
BOlSofc flats now made,
Eo benkard and Old Fashioned Brush, con*
Elly on hand and made to order, all warrant
bylvo Satisfaction. ' . _■*.
A fultassoitmont of
I • GI3NXB,
BOY'S, AND
i CHILDREN'S,
1 - HATS. .
ire also added to my Slock, notions of dlfler-
Ulnds, conalsLing.of
DIES' AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS
vnti, ’ Sutpenaert, '
Collars, Gloves,
Pencils, , 2hread f
Sewing Silk, Umbrellas, do
RIME SEGARS AND TOBACCO
ALWAYS ON HAND.
lire mo a call, and examine my stock as I feel
ifideat of pleasing all, besides saving you mo*
JOHN A. KELLER, Agent;
No. 16 North Hanover Street.
Net. WO.
FATS AND CAPS I
DO YOU WANT A’NICE HAT OB CAP 7
if so. don’t Fail to call ok
J. G. CALLIO,
NO. 20. WESf IdAIN STREET,
lire can be seen the finest assortment of
HATS A-ND CAPS
r brought to Carlisle. He takes great pleas*
i In inviting his old friends and customers,
lillnew ones, to his splendid s»ock just re*
red from New York and Philadelphia, con
log in part of fine
SILK AND OASSIMERB HATS,
ildes an endless variety of Hats and Caps o*
■ latest style, - all ot which ho will sell at the
Cash Prices. Also, his own manufacture
RaUalwaysonhand. and .
BJIAHATNUFAOTURED TO ORDER.
[ahoytiie best arrangement for coloring Hats
1 all binds of Woolen Goods, Overcoats, &0., at
■shortest notice (as ho colors every week) and
the most reasonable terms. Also, a fine lot ol
alee brands of '
TOBACCO AND CIGARS
nytf on hand. Ho desires to call the attention
persons who have
OOUNTR Y FURS
wll, at ho pays the highest cash prices for die
me. f • fs’ T l ’
Hve him a call, at the above number, bis ild
ma, os be feels confident of giving entire satis
cilon.
Cc(.lb7o.
#c.
§ ’§•. § 9- §
IMES 0 AMPBELL... | W. P. HENWOOD
mPBBLL~& IIENWOOB,
PLUMBERS,
iS AND STEAM FITTERS,
No, 18 North JXuntver St.
'CARLISLE, PJA.
VHTVBS,
WATER CLOSETS, < '
wash basins,
hydrants,
LIFT AND FORCE PUMPS,
' CISTERN AND DEEP WELL PUMPS,
GAS FIXTURES,
“SHADES AND GLOBES Ao., &o.
i Iran and Terra Cotta Pipe,
chimney TOPS lind FLUES,
.Ail kinds ol
R A. S S WORK
it«am and Water oonatahtly.bn niind, ft '
'ORK IN TOWN OR COUNTRY
to-Trnh, .Wtaptly attended to,
«flrffi edlata »ttontlon given to orders for
wnal or work irpm a distance.-d'
Jsli£ Spoclft * advantages we aro prepared to
OOPPER WQBK
JrDoiM B D» r lP tlons for SttU Houses
tf Poiea at dome or at a distance.
■COPPER PIPE'
to order either drawn or brazed. •
A A i: * '4 -.4 ■ ft * *
OTIONS WHOLESALE AT
°ITT PRICES,
•LOVES conBtantl y on iiftnd such ab : -
'suspenders,
, r . KECK TIES and
SPrsss« Cambric and 1-lneu Handker-'
a . n . d I>fl P er Collars and Cams,
onij 2 t B A, Iraida. Spool Cotton. Walletts
*as n r ,,„5 I ?, Uar i'i wrapping Paper and Paper
Perfumery, BUoo Black.
,e Segars. <tc., &o. . : ~ ’
COYLE BROTHERS.
Ktroh an ii«. No, 24 HoutU Hanover street,
Cl rcu SO. 3871-om. -v Carlisle, Pa!
f k. STERNER & 8R0.,. _
'fJ Elir AND sale SUABLE,
HANOVER AND DEDFOIiF Sip.,
" THE rear of bentz house,.
CARLISLE, I 3 A. '
l?.* v i n * ntt.il up the stable with new Caurl
prepared to furnish drat-elaee
na ft “^ rea aou*olo ratefl. Parties token to
CS!feS” g “ :
WORK, of every description, ex-
Muted at this office.
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY.
fWrtrtcal.
JJOOPLaND '8
GERMAN MEDICINES.
Hooflantfs German. Bitters
Hoofland's German Tonic
Hoofland's Podophyllin.
HopfMV Greet Oil.
Mooflahd’s German 'Hitters .
A BU[ers without Alcohol or Spirits of any kind,
.Is different from nil others. It Is composed of
»nrt^ n r A Ju l cesorvltn , 1 . p . rlnolPleofRoo“-H6rts
i(oras “edlolnally termed, extracts),
i^;« 0 5 t S 1 f S8 ° r Inert portions of the togredl
fSwSfti bel ?, E use . a - Therefore, In one bottle of
.this Bitters there Is contained os ranch medlcl-
SSimiiS 0 ™, 8 y lll b 0 f?, u »dln several gallons pf
ordinary mixtures. The Bools, Ao., used to this
Bitters are grown In Germany, their vital prim
olples extracted In that country by a scientific
Chemist and forwarded to the manufactory in
this city, where they are compounded and bot-
SSS- Containing no spirituous Ingredients, this
Bitters is free from the objections urged ngilnst
all others; no desire for stimulants can ho 'to
; f. od ' r ? m tUol , r uso ; 11 “tv cannot mhlto dronk-
a bmieficlat qffect; y clrcum - Btances * have
Hoof land’s German Tonic
Was compounded for those not Inclined to ex
treme hitters, and Is Intended for uso to cases
when some alcoholic stimulant Is reoulred Jn
connection with the Tonic properties of the Bit
ers.. Each bottle of the Tonic contains one bot
tle of the. Bitters. combined with pure Santa
Cruz Rum, and flavored in such a manner that
the extreme bitterness of the Bitters Is over
come, forming a preparation highly agreeable
and pleasant to the palate, and containing the
medicinal virtues of the fitters; The vtScq of
IheTonio Is 81 50 per bottle, which maSy pe?.
sons think mo high. They must take Into con
sideration that the stimulant used is guaranteed
to boot a pure quality. A poof article could be
furnished at a cheaper price, but Is It not better
to pay a little more ana have a good article ? A
medicinal preparation should contain none but
the host Ingredients, and they who expect to
obtain a cheap compound will most Certainly be
They are the greatest known Remedies
For LIVER COMPLAINT. DYSPEPSIA, NER
VOUS DEBILITY, JAUNDICE, DISEASE
- OF THE KIDNEYS, ERUPTIONS OP
THE SKIN, and all diseases aris
ing from a Disordered , Liver,
Stomach, or IMPURITY OF
THE BLOOD.
Keadhe following symptom*
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Full
ness of Blood to the Head. Aclclitv of the Stom
ach. Nausea, Heart-burn.-Dlsgust'for Food, Ful
ness or Weight iii the Stomach, Sour Eructa
tions, Sinking or Fluttering nttbe Pit of the
Stomach, Swimmlbg of the Head, Hurried or
Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart,
Choking or Suttocatlng Sensations when in a
Lying-Posture, Dimness of Vision. Dots or Webs
before the Sight Dull Pain In the Head, Deficien
cy of ■'Perspiration, Yellowness of the Skin and
Eyes, Pain la the Side, Back, Chest, Limbs! «£c„
Sudden Flushes of Heat. Burning In the Flesh,.
Constant Imaginings of Evil, and Great Depres
sion of Spirits. ‘ Alfihese Indicate Disease of the
Liver or Digestive Organs'combined with dm-’
pure blood;
The uso of the Bitters or Tonic will soon cause
.the above symptoms to disappear, and the pa
tient will ecome well and healthy.
Dr, JEToof land’s GreeJe Oil,
Lightning Cure for all kinds of Pahu anctAcnes,
Applied Externally,— lt will cure all kind
of Fains and Aobes, such oa Rhofimatlsm, Neu
ralgia. Toothache. Chilblains, Sprains, Braises
Frost Bites, Headaches, Pains lathe Back and
Loins. Pains In the Joints or Limbs, Stings of
Insects, Ringworm, etc.
Taken Internally.— lt will core Kidney
Complaints Backaches. Sick Headache, Choilo,
Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Cholera Infantum, Chole
ra Morbus, Cramps and Pains In the Stomach,
Fever and Ague, Coughs, Colds, Asthma, etc.
Dr, Hoof land’s Podophi/Uinj
OR SUBSTITUTE FOR MERCURY PILLS.
Two Pills a Dos,
* v,
27ie most Powerful, yet Dmocwif Vegetable Cathartic
known.
It Is not necessary to take a hand/hl of these
Pills to produce the desired' effect; two of them
act quietly and powerfully, cleansing,the Liver,
Stomach, and Bowels of all Impurities. The
principal Ingredient Is Podophyllln. or the Al
coholic Extractor Mandrake, which is by many
times more Powerful, Acting, and searching,
than the Mandrake Itself. Its peculiar action Is
upon the Liver, cleaning ft speedily from all ob
structions, with all the power of Mercury, yet
free from the injurious results attached to the
use of that mineral.
For all diseases, in which the use of a cathar-
Ic Is Indicated, these Pills will glva entire satis
aotion in every case. The ymever fall.
In cases of Liver Complaints, Dyspepsia, and
xtrerao Costiveness, Dr. Hoofland’* Gorman
Bitters or Tonic should bo used in connection
with the Pills. The tonic eflect of the Bitters or
Tonic builds up the system. The Bitters or Ton
ic purifies the Blood, strengthens-lfie nerves,
regulates the Liver, and gives strength, energy,
a jCee{?°your Bowels active with the Pills, and
tone up the system with Bitters or Tonic, and
no disease can ,retain Us hold, or ever assail you.
TObso medicines are sold by all Druggists and
dealers In medicines overywhem. . i ■-
Recollect that It Is DR. HOOFLAND 8; GER
MAN REMEDIES, that are so universally used,
and highly recommended; and do not allow the
Druggist to Induce you to take anything else
that he may say is Just as - good, because-lie
makes a larger profit on it. These Remedies
will he sent by Express to any locality, upon ap
plication to the-PRINCIPAL ObFICB.aI the
GERMAN MEDICINE STORE, 031 ARCH BT,
PHILADELPHIA.
v
dims. M. Evans,
Formerly 0, M. JACKSON A CO.
■ ■ ' V.' .VI.
’ These romedys ar.for sale bydruggista, store,
keepers and medicine dealers throughout the
United Suites, Oanudoa, SouthlAmerlea and the
West Indies. •
Deo, 1, IfflS-tj,
- I was on my way from Paris to Rome,
and one morning in May found myself
in -the Oity of Marseilles,'where I bad
J .,Hp..,„my;.jnlnd.toi,taUQ-.the,.ateamer..
for Italy. The vessel I had intended .to
sail in had departed the day previous to
my arrival, so there was,nothing* to do
Lut 'to select the next best and commence
my journey. After noting the offers of
the various companies, I-finally settled
,upon the Genera! Abuertoci; of the Val
ery Line, and after seeing my baggage
aboard; and I< oklng in Vain for some one
to whom I might say good-by, I followed
suit, and was soon on deck.
I looked around me at our passengers ;
never was there a greater mixture of na
tions. French, Spanish, and above all
Italian, was heard on every side, but I
listened in vain for a sound of our good
old English tongue. After-numerous
leave takings and hissings, feuch as only
foreigners cun indulge in, we managed to
get off, and steamed from the harbor with
a light breeze following, and as happy a
company as was ever got together. There
were-several notables on board, the Con
sul QeneraTof France to Rome, and his
wife, an accomplished and elegant wo
man; several Secretaries of Legation, be
sides many officers of the French Army,
who, with a company of troops, were on
their way to relieve a partof the garrison
atCivitaNecchi.thenheld by the French.
As we sailed along many small boats fol
lowed us, the occupants shouting and
waving their good byes until ;we were
! out of sight. Could they have seen what
the next twenty-four hours would' pro
duce? Could they have known that their
good-byes were indeed farewells to those
who, .before the morrow’s sun, would be
la eternity, their gladness would have
been changed tosorrowand their rejoicing
to tears. ’
As I said, we sailed on the morning of
the 7th of May, 1869, and nothing occur
red to mar our voyage up to 8 o’clock that
mgh£, when the wind changed,.and a
head sea set in, which' quickly drove all
the ladies and most of The men below.—
As for myself—having spent nearly a
year at sea, and neyer suffering from that
malady called 'sea•Biclcnfiss , —l .walked
the deck for some tw.o hours partly for the
fresh air, which T could not* get In the
saloon, and partly because a feeling of
uneasiness and insecurity had taken hold
of me, which I endeavored in vain to
throw off. There were good grounds,
however, fo* ; . my feelings, for I. had not
been half an hour on board before I no
ticed a lack of discipline among the offi
cers and crew, which boded no good in.
.case of accident and which was afterward
fully confirmed by their conduct. We
were also heavily laden, Including among
our freight a deck-load of petroleum,upon
the barrels of which the troops lay or sat
smoking.* I endeavored in vain, by signs,
to make the Captain understand the na
ture of such inflammable material, but
he treated the subject with the utmost
indifference, and’, shrugging his should
ers, went into his room, as if the fate, of
over sixty lives were of no possible con
sequence.
Having remained on deck up to near
ly 11 o’clock, X went to my room and lay
down, taking off my cqafc merely, for the
horrid presentiment that something
would occurr still clung to me, and made
my sleep anything but quiet. It was
about one o’clock when I was awakened
by a fearful crash, followed instantly by
two morh shocks repeated in quick sue-*
cession, wbl*e at the same moment
sl/Weks pud cries burst from nlf parts of
the cabin, whbre terrified women -and
children rushed madly hither and thith
er. My first thoughts were that we had
• struck upon some bidden reaf or shoal—
which this part of the Mediterranean
abounds in—but on reaching the deck 1
soon saw my mistake, for a large brig—
whose outlines I could just see in the
darkness, was slowly drifting away from
us, and I knew in a moment that we had
crushed into her, and question
npw was—were we sinking or was she ?
Every one was now oh deck, and the
confusion and excitement was dreadful I
Men called aloud for their wives, and
mothers for their children, wbile others
on their knees called upon God to save
thera.-
I went to the forward part of the ship
and saw enough to convince me that au
hour wouiQ decide the case for us all, for
our bows, which were made of Iron—in
fact, the ship was iron, and Clyde built—
were all stove in, and the water fast pour
ing in in great volumes at the apertures.
But another sight I saw, which, for.cow
ardioe and unsailorlike conduct, couid
hardly be equaled. The -Captain and
crew, with only one or two glorious ex
ception's, had seized the only boat left
uninjured, and In the indistinct light I
saw them pulling away from the ship,
and. leaving us to our fate. I rushed
back to the stern, where the passengers,-
who had now cailght sight of the boat,
were vainly stretching ’forth their bands
and begging for the love of God to take
them In- The Consul, whom I have
mentioned, shouted a reward of two hun
dred thousand francs, would they but
take his wife. Inhiaagony he beaeeched
and prayed them, but money id that hour
had no temptation, and his words fell on
ears deaf to all mercy.
Seeing one of the sailors, who yet
bravely, stood at the wheel, ! asked, by
signs, for life-preservers. He shook his
head—they had none. I then tried to get
two or three men together, who would
help me wrench off doors or cut away
the seats and benches which ran along
the upper deck for a raft, but they would
not stir; either they could no't under-?
stand or fear had paralyzed them. And
now the ship was settling by the bows
and rapidly sinking ; already the water
was nearly amidships, and almost up to
the fires. The engineer had left his post,
with the engine at full speed, and It was
pushingius here and there as chance di
rected. T now began to look around to
see 1 how I might save myself. The time
had passed when we might have passed
together, and every one for himself was
the thought of all.
Having taken off my clothing, I seized
a small.settee, it was almost good for
nothing as La float, yet more than one at
tempted to' take it from me, and it was
only by thieatening them all with my
knife that I could keep possession. I knew
that it was a chance, if it would hold but
one, and life was too dear to part with
lightly.
As the water reached the boilers, the
steam poured out in volumes, and many,
thinking we were on fire, added to the
scene by their cries* I had made up my
mind to throw my settee overboard, and
was about to put it into execution when
my. attention was drawn to the brig,
which was approaching again with the
evident intention of affording help. The
ship had now sunk so far that her stern
was raised some thirty feet above the wa
ter, and only the mizzenmast was clear
of*'it. **Every moment we could feel her
settling lower and lower, preparing for
her finalplunge to the bottom. We were
all huddled together in the stern, anx
iously looking for boats, or at Icasta boat
from the brig, when the Captain.hailed
üb, asking what nation the ship was. He
spoke in French, and we cried back, the
Gen. Abbertoci, Italian; wo are sinking:
can you save ue ? “Then a sffence ensued
mid mothers hushed their chlldfen, and
we all waited the words—the words of
Proprietor.
life or death. The answer came hack
clear and distinct: Wo cannot help you,
we are sinking ourselves. Oh, the agony
of that moment I Yet there was no more
frantic crying, but men grasped each
other’s hands in a farewell grip, and a
dark, settled despair was on the face of
alf. 7
• Tdow determined to reach the brig, or
perish attemptlng'it, for I saw there was
no hope for us, and I reasoned that the
brig, being a wooden vessel would hold
out the longest, or at least afford means
of building a raft- At any rate it was
death to stay where I was, for I knew I
should.be drawn in by the suction when
iactlinefo.
A LEAP FOR LIFE.
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1871.
ehe sank. Bo,,grasping my watch, and
what money I had with me, which I
had taken from my vest; I went up the
rigging, and as the brig sank on the
swells, below, ,1 Jumped down and
across. The exact distance I sprang
I could not say,, but I struck her gun
wale and fell In the passage way, between
It and the after-cabin.-I lay for. a mo
ment stunned, and' then springing up, I
■oame-amidsbips:—Here-every thing-also
was in ( confusion, our steamer, having
struck her on the starboard side near the
bow, cutting a hole in her to the water,
and carrying away a good part of her rig
ging. <*■ ' 1 ■
The Captain and sailers, numbering
about ten men, were endeavoring..to get
a small boat, which lay keel upward on
her deck, free from the entangled rig
ging and launch It. It was only after
working with a will that we were enab
led to get it over the side, and jumping
in as best we could, we pulled away from
the brig toward the steamer, but we dare
not approach too near for fear of being
drawn in, but shouted for them to jump, ■
and we would try and pick them up.
It was too late! One awful scream—
I one cry of agony—such as I pray I may
never hear again—as she piunged to the
bottom. And of all these'cabin passen
gers X alone was left. Tbo waters met
and closed over ber as peacefully and
calmly as If nothing had’ecourred—and
nearly sixty sopis, men, women and chil
dren, wore.in eternity.
The day’ had fairly broken now, and
with the new light we Seemed to have
new hope. Finding that the brig, which
bad drifted some way off, was still float
ing, we steered for her, and, clamoring
up, threw ourselves,upon the deck worn
out and exhausted. I think, bad our
vessel then sauk, tbat not a man could
have,saved himself, so utterly were we
used up.
But help was near at hand. We had
discovered, while iu the boat, the masts
and spars of the ship looming up on the
horizon, and now she was in plain sight.
We hoisted our flag as being in distress,
and shouted, and almost cried with joy,
as we saw her return thesignal, and then
came bearing down toward us. As she
passed where the steamer put
out her boats, and picked up two passen
gers and then came to us. r ßhe proved to
he The King bound from Norway to the
coast of Africa, Her Captain, a buff old
sailor, but a kind-hearted man, after a
consultation with the Captain of ohr
brig, told him ho would help him into
-the nearest port, which w'aa Leghorn, or,
as he called it, Lireano. Our vessel, al
though severely damaged, would still
float, for being, as sailors have it, only in
ballast, viz,: having no cargo we were
enabled by constant pumping to keep the
watercut until we had stuffed the rent
full of old cordage, sails, &0., and nailed
a large lot of canvas over the side,
The Captain of The King.bad also
picked up the Captain of.the steamer and
his crew in'.the boat which they hod tak
en so basely, and, being rather short of
provisions, with so .many more thrown
on their hands, all that could had to stay
on the brig, •*
:We found by observation that we were
about 100 miles from Leghorn, and turn
ed our prows in that direction : but now,
one of these calms so frequent in this sea
set in, and it was only after three days’
and nights increasing labor at the pumps
that we reached the port. The ship,
meanwhile, keptolose by us, and at night
our lamps answered each other’s welcome
light, while deck-watches of the two ■ves
sels sent across the water the joyful cry
of'All's jVell P I was quite used up and
unfit for duty after the second day, for my
feet were swollen and purple, and my
Jeft wrist sprained from my jump, but
it . was not until cramps set in that I
gave up taking my turn at the pumps,
for there was many a poor fellow worse
than I.
The moment we arrived the news spread
like fire, and soon a crowd of many hun
dreds were about ua asking questions and
pr Saing upon our acceptance food and
money, and in fact, like many others of
our species, we needed both, for a more
sorry looking crowd It would be hard to.
find. Our wardrobe was made up of the
odds and ends belonging to the Captains
of the two vessels, and was anything but
comfortable, but we little thought of that
for life bad been spared us, while so
many had met a watery grave. Of my
jgurney to Borne, and the reception I.re
ceiyed there, Twill not speak—suffice it
to say (hat a more kind-hearted'people
than the Italians, or ohes more ready to
beip tbose.in actual distress, do not live.
I made a statement of.tbe afluir before an
American Cousul at Leghorn, and have
since learned tbatthe Captain of the Ab
ertoci is servlng out a term of eighteen
years in the Government prison for not
having his lights out, and cowardice.in
leaving his vessel. 4
Nearly two years have now passed
since that night, but I can yet see those
palefaces, and bear the shrieks as they
sank. It will cling to me while I exist,
for i am sure I can never forget while
memory lasts—my leap for life.
A SENSATION.
Fcarfnl Predictions by an Entranced
Lndy-Wrcstllue with the Spirits.
Louisville, Ky., la Just now excited
over a strange prediction by a young
German lady,Mia's Carrie Clien, residing
there. She claims to have been under
the Influence of spirits, or mysterious in
fluences, at intervals for twelve years.—
She was thrown into a trance, she says,
when seven years of age, and again
when she was fourteen, lasting for sev
eral months, during which she predicted
the Franco-German war and its result—
Recently she had been thrown into a
similar state, .and on Friday last made
the following prediction in the presence
and hearing of a reporter of tho Louis
ville Commercial; .
'ln seven weeks from to-day—March 24
—a sign wilt appear in the heavens,
which will last fifteen weeks and then
cease. This will he the forewarning of a
terrible war between the-whites and
blacks in the United States. The first
battle in the war of races will be fought
in April,, 1872, and the war will be brief
but terribly bloody. After this war has
ceased, in three years another sign will
appear in tho heavens, indicating a re
newal of the present war in Europe.—
This war will last about three years, and
all Prussia will glorify. Nine years af
ter this war ceases, another sign will ap
pear in the heavens above the whole
World, which will forewarn people
all over the world of a religious
war. This will bo terrible, even unto one
part as unto another of the whole face of
the world. It will last nine years—and
will temporarily cease for seven years—
when beasts wearing seven horns each of
the form of a huge sabre, will appqtjr to
the world in large numbers, and the peo
ple inhabiting the world will stand in
fear. The oceans will become red—and
no vessel can stand .upon her face. Men
will cense to write. Ten years after the
appearance of this beast upon earth—a
cross will appear upon tho face of the
sun, and although tho people were sur
prised to seethe moon cover the sun, they
will sltll be more surprised when they
see this. This cross will cover the sun
for seventeen years, whefi God Almighty
will destroy the earth. My friend, take
warning.
The ugliness of the present fiishlon of
women 'a street dress is the su'tfjeot of
general remarks among men. From
head to foot It Is a succession of deform
ing additions to the natural female fig
ure. Trailing skirts covered with mud
or dust, and those awful bustles, combine
to make the fashionable attired woman
a mass of ridiculous absurdities. Can it
bo that the pvorlhtow of Paris as a seat
of political power is coincident with the
Ipss of Us authority In millinery nud
dressmaking ? As.. It is, the dcflgUt
which men of sense usually take In look
ing at the fair sex is wonderfully impair
ed, if not altogether destroyed.
THE DOS AND THE INDIAN.
The full-blooded bull dog is the naqst
brutal and the. least intelligent of. bis
species; its depressed forehead, Us under
hanging Jaws and bloodshot eyes, unite
in forming the personification of the sav
age. Although capable of some attach
ment, It cannot be relied on ns a friend.
So utterly without intellect is the courage
of ihe
thing that gives offence.
Many years ago an English ship was at
one of our docks, qu board of which was
a bull dog. The animal was so ferocious
that ho gained 1 an exteosive reputation.
Chained at the gangway of the ship, he
spent ail the livelong day in the hopeless
task of springing at every person who
came along, pleasure or buai-*
ness. The owner, first mate of the vessel,
would sit for hours and detail the won-'
, derful feats of this mighty dog. Crowds
of idlers dally collected, and there stood
the hero, or rather there raved the insane
creature at the multitude, each indulging
the vague hope that he would-presently
jbreak loose and pitch into somebody, and
thus show his prowess. Among thoidlcrs
was up Indian, who occasionally visited
the city, and made a few pence by shoot
ing oh arrow at pennies stuck in the end
of a stick.. Upon the very appearance of
the Indiauntbe dog was particularly vio
lent, greatly to the amusement of the
Indian, who took a malicioiib pleasure in
irritating the animal. The mate finally
interfered, and told tueJndlan to go away,
lest the dog might bihak loose and eat
him up. The Indian, not .In the least
alarmed, in broken English announced
to the crowd that if the dog.was brought
down to the ground, and chained to a
post, he would, for five.dollars, fight him
with nothing but bis bauds and teeth.
-The money was raised, and the mate,
after expressing mUch reluctance at the
. idea of having the Indian killed, brought
the dog down from the ship, and fastened
him ton post. The Indian, puttingaway
hfa bow and arrow and his knife, laid his
neck bare, and rolled up his shirt sleeves.
A ring was formed, and the battle com
menced. The Indian approached the dog,
crawling on all fours, barking and growl
ing as if he was one himself. The dog,
meanwhile.jumped and foamed afcthe
mduthi while hia eyes beamed livid fire
with irritation. The Indian, however,
kept up his pantomime, and gradually
brought his face in fearful proximity to
the dog’s,teeth. The mate now interfered,
for he felt confident The Indian would
get killed;* but the crowd had become ex
cited, and insisted upon booing the thing
.out. silence ensued between
the combatants. The dog strained his
chain in h|s anxiety to reach the Indian,
until it was straight nsa solid bar of iron.
Suddenly the.lndian seized the bull, dog’s
under lip between hia teeth, and iu an
instant whirled himself with the dog
over his bgck. So unexpected \Vaa the
attack, and so perfectly helpless was the
dog, with'his feet in the air, and his Jaw
imprisoned, that he, recovered his aston
ishment only to give forth yella of pain;
whereupon the Indian shook him as a cat
does a mouse, and then let go his bold.—
The dog, once so savage, putting his tall
between his legs, retreated from bis ene-
my, and screamed' wi th terror to get from
within the, reach of the chain.
New York Journal.
ORIGIN OF THE ROSE.
The rose baa many fabulous origins.—
Some state it to have sprung from the
blood of Venus.- -The Mohammedans
pay that the sweat of their prophet was
the source from which It grew; while
‘the.Ghebers believe that when Abraham,'
their great prophet, was thrown into the
fire by order of Nimrod, the flame turned
Inatantly.into a bed Of roses, upon which
the child sweetly reposed. * The Chris
tian legend on the subject is given
by Sir John Mandevillee. It is to the
.effect that a fair maiden of Bethlehem
was slandered, and condemned to be
[ burned ; but when.the flrobegan to burn
aroundfher she prayed to our Lord that,
as she was not guilty of that sin, He
would help hor;-and make her innocence
manifest to men. Then was the fire
quenched, and the burning brands be* I
came red rose trees full of roses, while I
those that were not kindled became
white rose trees full of roses. ‘And theise
weren the first roaerea and roses, bothe
whiteand red,that ever any man snughe.*
Hoses have always figured largely in
Christian tradition, from the time they
were found in the tomb of the Blessed
Virgin until the institution of the rosary
of St. Dominic, in the thirteenth centu
ry—the beads on the rosaries now in use
haying been symbolized by red ami while
roses* Of their .connection with the
‘Wilts of the Roses,* it is unnecessary to
speak ; yet It may be mentioned that at
Towton, In Yorkshire, where one of the
most disastrous battles of that time was ,
fought, there are-groups of rose bushes
In the ‘bloody meadow/ which are said
to mark the graves of the slain ; and lo
cal tradition states that these rosea will
only grow in that field, and that It is im
possible to make then grow if removed
thence. It is stated, however, that a
gardener at Tadcaatlo has had one grow
ing in his garden for four or five years ;
so that the after part of this tradition Is
scarcely ‘founded on fact/
THE "FAT SHEEP.''
Some twenty-five years ago, when I
was pastor of a church —■ —, I took oc
casion one evening to attend a social
meeting in the church in that place. As
is their custom on such occasions, after
one the other arose ana gave in his or
her experience. After a time a man in
humble circumstances, small in stature,
and with a very effeminate, squeaking
voice, rose to give In a piece of hla expe
rience, which was done in the following
manner:
'Brethren, I have been a member of
this church for many years. I have seen
hard times—-ray family have been much
afiloted—but I have for the first time in
my life to, see my pastor or any of the
trustees of this church cross the
hold of my door.
No sooner ban ho uttered this part of
bis experience than ho was suddenly in
terrupted by due of the trustees, an aged
man, who rose up and said in a firm loud
voice:
*My dear brother, you must put the
devil behind jrou.’
On his taking his seat, the pastor in
charge quickly arose, and also replied to
thelittle man as follows ;
‘My dear brother, you must remember
that we shepherds are sent to the lost
shed|> of the house of laroal.’
Whereupon the little man arose again
and, in answer, said, in a very loud
voice:
'Yes, and if I'd been a fat one, you
would have found mo lung ago.’
The effect upon the audience can be
better imagined than described.
A Fahmeii’s Bi.undeu.— A farmer re
cently drovo bis old mare into Lexington,
Kentucky, leaving her colt at home. On
bis return, which was after dark, he put
her out in the lot where the colt was,
and thought it was ail right. In the
course of an hour or two, a servant came
in and told him the mare was fighting
her_colt_aod .would not allow it to par
take of the maternal font. This Irritated
him so that' hosald ho would llx her, and
out he went to carry his threat into exe
cution, He caught her and tied her head
up to a tree as highus be could rcaeli, and
brought the colt up. But with all that
ho could do, the obstinate nag would kick
the. colt away. At last, after worrying
for some time to no ellcct, and almost
despairingof success, he happened to take
another look-at the beast, and found, to
his astonishment, that be had iuadvdft
ently brought a horse belonging to some
other man, and it was no wonder that he
did not succeed in his undertaking. He
had to make the trip back to town that
night to make the exchange, and be did
not get to bed until after midnight.;!
SISTER BROWN GRATIFIES'HER CURIOSITY.
We suppose everybody who Jives In a
citypr large town has sometimes wonder
ed what those curiously painted images
are made of, that staud by certain shop
doors, with a bunchjpf cigars in one hand,
while they Invite the customer to enter
with tjip other. Sdmo pf them are ns
aud we
often.wonder why such VulgaF
images are used tq attract customers.
Slater Brown was one of the primes!
and moat correct maiden but sbe
was very curious, and prone to gratify
her inquiring mind, to the utmost, and
that was why we were all glad when she
met with.the following contretemps.*
She was going homo from an*ovenlng
lecture rather late at night for a,siugle
lady to be upon the street alone, when It
occurred to her that it would be a good
opportunity for her to examine the new
Indian image that-had been setup on the.
street, and which had puzzled her a good
deal.
She had often asked oi what it was
made, but had received no satisfactory
answer; Qud had determined, when an
Opportunity did piesenl itself, to examine
the curious figure
The opportune moment had arrived.
Sister Brown looked in every direction,
aud feeling certain she was'not observed,
■ ndvaucedl.tbwards wbat she supposed to
be the image standing iii the shadow of
a deep recess, but what, unfortunately,
was a policeman !
Sister Brown gave him a pundh, and
piuched bis arm; then sho.gavo another
pinch, all of which the policeman bore
in silence. - Then she attempted to take,
hia hand-to feel for the Cigars, when, to
her horror, ho returned the pressure with
right good will. The astonishment of
the maiden lady can bo imagined but not
described* when a grum voice cried out :
"Sister Brown, what do you want of
mef"
The policeman said he had seen a good
many folks travel, but he never saw a
woman, measure the ground as Sister B.
did when she weut rouud the corner.
She was cured of her investigating spi
rit, greatly to the relief of the neighbor-,
hood where she resided, for the policeman
described, her examination of his portly
person iu a rannuer’that turned the poor
woman to great ridicule. .
Sister Brown says when she looks at
•hop windows now. that if there is any
thing in the. world she hales, it's Injuns
and the /
There are more people thpn poor Sister
Brown who would be benefited by well
dceorvod ridicule, if nothing but ridicule
will cure them of their impertinent and
ill-timed curiosity.
Tip Top,, a " local” in St. Louis,’ has
been getting married, and his brother lo
cal of the Democrat gives him the fol
lowing “good notice
"Some people get married and some
don’t. Some prefer maids and some pre-.
fer widows—that is a matter of taste.—
Each horn of the dilemma has its advan
tages. One advantage possessed by a
widow is, that she has graduated—has her
eye teeth cut, and knows what’s what. A
virgin has everything to learri, and it
requires patieuce aud pdraeverenco to in
struct her. Our golden haired friend,
George Center. Brown, the sensational
writer, preferred a widow. He picked
out the best one in the city—Jenny S.
Jenkins—and on Saturday the twain were
made one. The affections of the lovely
widow have for sopae time centered in
Center, apd she was his’n from center to
clrcumfereuce. Three exquisite children,
ready made, assist materially in cetnent
ing the union. ’TIa sweet to be called
‘papa’ by cherub lips, on one’s wedding
day. The evening went off* smoothly—
skies serene—friends iu good spirits, and
nobody hurt. AVe congratulate our sen-,
sational friend upon securing the mono
poly of so handsome an ‘item.’ Long
mai* ho wave.
.Aaron Bimu’s Grave.— The dying
wish of Aaron Burr, the second Vico
President of the United Stales, was, that
he’might, when dead, lie at the feet of
bis father, Aaron Burr, and of his grand
father, Jonathan Edwards. His wish was
granted, and a place was made for him
in the college division at Princeton. Eor
a number of years bis grave was visited
by hundreds of travelers, yet there was
nothing to mark it.. Not one of all the
friends of Burr was left who cared to
mark the grave, until one night, in 1856,
unknown toanyone.a plain marble.sJub,
with the-name of Aaron Burr upon it, 1
was placed at the head of hla grave. That
is the foundation for the finale of Harriet
Beecher Stowe’s novel of “The Minister’s
Wooing.” So great was the Interest in
this one grave, that in 1860 nearly one
half the gravestone had been chopped off
by visitors and carried away. The stu
dents took up a subscription arid caused
the erection of a wirecageaboutthostone,
which was thus preserved in its broken,
condition.
• Experiment wit i r Light —Choose a
room where the suu shines in through
the window, and then block out all the
light by means of a shutter or.otherwlae,
taking care that all cracks are stopped.
Then cut a hole about six luebes square
in the shutter, and stop the hole With
two or three thicknesses of rich deep blue
or bluish purple glass. A broad beam of
deep bine or purple light from the atm
will thus stream down into the otherwise
dark room. Then hold iu the deep blue
light a bottle or other article made of
uranium glass. Ornamental bottles made
of this glass, which is sometimes called
“canary” glass, because of its light yellow
color, are commonly on sale In the chem
ist’s shops. They are ruade to hold smel
ling salts, and may cost slxpopce to three
shillings each. .The blue light should be
deep and not very brilliant. When the
uranium glass bottle is held in it, the
bottle will appear to glow with great
beauty, with all the brilliancy of a glow
worm, as If-white hot. • •
Getting a Check.— There Is a check
man at the Littlo Miami Railroad Depot
who won’t admit but that they can check
baggage to any point desired. The other
day a traveler came to tne check-man and
said bo wanted his true k checked to Rome.
‘What Rome?’ said the checklst.
‘Rome, Italy,’ was the reply, accompa
nied with a wink to the by-standers.—
‘Can you check here!*
.. ‘Certainly,’ said the. man of checks,
going to the wardrobe where he keeps
them and making a great rattle among
the brass promises to give up a trunk.—
Returning in a minute, he said to the
traveler:
‘Sorry for it, air, but our checks for
Rome, Italy, happen to be all out now.—
Check you to Constantinople.’
‘All right; give me a check to Conslau--
tioople.’
.‘Certainly. Let's see your ticket.'
According to the strict rules of the
company the chccfc-ered man had him
there.
On Sunday two gentlemen were stand
ing on astreet corner in Sloningtou Conn.,
engaged in conversation, when one of
them remarked to the oilier; ‘How plain
ono can hear the ringing pf the church
hells in Mystic, this morning; did you
ever notice it? 1 'Yes, 1 was the reply; ‘I
have noticed of late that tho sound ol the
hells could he heard more distinctly since
the'opening of the uow You see
that It has shortened between'the' two
villages. 1 ‘That’s so; I did not think of
that till you spoke,’ was the,reply ; and
tbey-hoth walked on, mutually pleased
with having solved the dllllcult question.
’Chauley! what is osculation?’
‘Osculation, Jeuuy dear,
Is a learned expression, queer,
For a nice seusatiou,
I put my arm> thus,''rouud your waist,
You need not fear—
There’s no one here—
Your.llpa quite near—
I thou—
‘O dear!’
‘Jenny, that’s osculation.’
VOX,. 57:-m 49.
EARLY RECOIIEOTim OF CARLISLE.
It may bo of Interest, to many of the
residents, and; especially; to tlnfte who
were born and reared in Carlisle and
whose recollections extend to those per
iods I now record, to note -past events
and to call to umid reminiscences of its
history. In front of tho Stone house,
■now" occupied ■by-Wrar-BenlZr-stood, ih
the winter of 1821, a largo,'frame tavern
honed, occupied by Robert McPherson,
'father of William. It was burnt down,
with heavlyndl the contents that winter,
and although a lad of but six years, re
member well this conflagration;
A NOTED PERSONAGE.
Molly McCaully or Molly Pitcher of
Revolutionary fame, who, when her hus
band was killed at tno battle of Mon
mouth, took his place at tho cannon,
lived at what was then called Laugher
idge’s corner, corner of Bedford and
North Streets. During my mother’s
protracted Illness summer of '22, Molly
was my- careful attendant. She was
tbeu nearly 70, very passionate, and as I
then thought,, cruel, judging from the
many switchings she : gave me. She
died many years afterwards and was
buried ns'she deserved, with military
honors;
OTHER NOTED rEnSONAOES.
George Baggs, a largo, heavy, muscular
man, lived with James Noble, father of
John. He too was a butcher. He was
somewhat deranged, caused by a stroke
on the head, fond of-whiskey and of to
bacco, a alavef to the latter. Twist tobac
co; tbenprinolpnlly used, was very cheap
and was sold, by the yard. Every small
shopkeeper had a yard's length measured
off on the counter to measure tape and
tobacco. George usually had' a foot of
twist hanging from his mouth and was
very filthy; his breast and clothing al
ways besmeared with the saliva. At
periods of his- worst hallucinations, he
walked the middle of the streets, never
oh the pavements, singing hie favorite
song—‘gliddy, glow, glaw, glaw,’ Some
times a monotone, at other times wltlv
great;emphaais. his 'glaw, olaw, QLAWI’
At suoh tipes, we.boys were afraid of
him, for ho became vicious. Every one,
whom he did notkn.ow, heoalled‘Bill’. I .
do not remember when or where he died;
The next was Isaac Hildebrand, a tall,
erect, vicious looking man-and also de
ranged. Ho often came to Carllslowlth
a large drove of dogs, tied In pairs, of all
kinds, sizes and colors. It was. amusing
to witness Isaac leading ids dogs, along
the and especially, when the
town dogs attacked his; then, with his
long pole he carried, with a horn on the
end, for their protection, would beat off
intruders successfully, Strange dogs
were afraid of him, tor he was dressed
oddly and he used his pole without any
compassion. Hildebrand made a busi
ness of stealing, trading and selling dogs,
but would buy none. When he passed
along the streets wlthhis herdof canines;
the owners of all decent dogs, would shut
them up, . .
Next, was Jenny White, a victim of
plighted affection. She was tall, walked
slowly and crept, was indifferent, inof
fensive and very reticent. She would
seidom-speak to any one and answer no
questions and always wore a melancholy
countenance. Jenny always wore her
favorite colored dress, white; and as In
ventions for giving dress a set, exceeding
the proportions of the wearer, were then
wholly unknown, hers bung loosely,
without ony appendages or other outside
cavering; generally bare-headed, or wore
an old straw bat. She died many years
afterwards at Comberland co. Poorhouae. ,
The-last was Betsy George, also de
ranged. trhe was a short, fleshy woman
and rather too social and good-natured
for most people*. Wherever she was
acquainted sho visited often, an i.mposi
tioji on those who lot her come in and
remain. ’Loquacity was largely develop-
an incessant talker but no sense in
It. She was of good-disposition, fond of
company and of friends, or of all who.
entertained her., Always on the walk
from bouse to house. Betsy died at the
poorhouse. '
CA{3UA LTIES,
The 4th of July then was celebrated, b>
men and boys, and doubtless, this annu
al festive occasion was rendered the
more attractive, on account of the /ate
.war with Great Britain, having been
ended witli success to the American arms,
only a few years before. July 4th 1824
was ii sad day in Carlisle. The celebra
tion was held at Sponsler’s Grove, near
Henderson’s niill. An iron cannon
bursted, and. Frank Guest, a boy of my
age, killed and Gen. Edward Armor
wounded in the foot, that maimed him
for life., I saw Frank’s terrible wound
in the licad, a corpse and woe at his fu
neral.
The next celebration, Ju 182-5, was held
at the 'Garrison. In company with my
father and younger brother, I saw Mi
chael Dawson, a candidate for Sheriff,
astride acannon, when it was discharged,
and, saw the charge put in that caused
the death of Dr. John Given and of Wm.
Bell. And, such a charge, loaded to the
muzzle with mullein leaves, clay and
brickbats; my father said to us, 'you had
bettor go home, I am afraid the cannon
will burst,’and it,did. We left quickly,
and had not reached the end of the Gar
rison lane when I heard the shrill, dead?
ened report and in a few minutes, one
rode hastily past for a physician add said.
'two men were killed l’ We returned and
mot a wagon, containing the lifeless
body of Wm. Bell and saw the wound la
his breast that took his life, The inden
ted locust tree, struck with a pieco.of the
exploded cannon, marked for many years,
where Dr. Given was killed and where
my fathef imprudently sat, leaning
against the tree and caught the injured
man as he fell. In the evening X saw
the corpse of this esteemed, promising
young man,, brought in on a bearer to
James Given, his father’s residence, and,
I was at the funeral.
Jefferson Worthington lost his arm, a
few years afterwards, on a similar occa
sion, while engaged, either loading or
swabbing the cuuuon, at a Democratic
celebration, hold up the spring. Thus
ended the casualties of 4th of July and
thus ended the recklessness of politicians;
for, on the occasion of the bursting of
both cannons, many were almost Insens
ibly drunk, especially at the Garrison.
More anon.
IV. Milks.
Williamsport Pa, April 29, ’7l
A pool, a barber, ami .v-bald-headed
man were traveling together. Loosing
their way, they were forced to Bleep in
the open air, and to avert danger it was
agreed to watch by turns. The lot first
fell on the barber, who, for amusement,
shaved the fool’s head while he' wassloop
iug. Ho then awoke him, and the fool,
raising his hand to scratch his head, ex
claimed: ‘Here’s a pretty mistake ; you
have awakened the bald-headed man in
stead of mo,’
There is a man in Dacoiuh, lowa, so
penurious, that when shelling corn, a
kernai flew into a wood-pile, and he re
moved several cords of wood to llud It.
A neighbor, standing near, dropped a
Jicnml near where the searcher was look
ing. hut when ho found it he said: ‘You
can’t fool mo with that small kernel; the
lost was a iargerpno I’
That was a delightful economy of the
Irishman in the pit of a Dublin theatre,
who, seeing some people about to throw
an obstreperous follow in the gallery over
the railing,and, being much exasperated
by a had oruhpstra, cried out at tiro top of
his voice; ‘Don’t waste him; kill a lld
dler with him!’
A short time ago Mr. Thomas Carlyle
startled an admiring American by telling
him that “ you are rushing down to hell
with a fearful velocity; the scum of the
world has got possession of your country,
and nothing enti save you fromtbe devil’s
clutches.’ Not a very cheerful Idea, but
it, alas I is too true.
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thatslngs. ‘ ! :’•»>
How lohg does a widow mourn ?' 'For :
a second, • ' .1 r.- ,r . V
Our creditors, it Is said, are the* most
steadfast followers of our fortunes! . '
as a human substitute for bard labor.
■ ‘No, I atn not lazy/ said a vagabond on .
a hot day; ‘but, you see, I was born tired.*,
Mankind should learn temperance ,
from the moon—the fuller she gets, the
shorter her horns become. ' !
When Is. a Chinese the moat llk& a’
vegetable? Why, when a cue cumbers
his head, of course.
A paper'out West has for its motto:—
‘Good will to all men who pay promptly.
Devoted to nows and making money.'
A man In Portland wanted to gain ad
. mission to a panorama at half price, on -
the ground that he had but one eye! '
A man in Council Bluff la both a li
quor saloon keeper and an undertaker.
Oho business hcls the other, . .
When a married man becomes ‘corn
ed, 1 It. is perfectly right that his wife
should puli his ears! , , , -!., ;
' Harsh words are hailstones,which,lf
melted, would fertilize the tender plants,
they batter down. ,
We are told there is nothing made la.
vain. But how about a pretty girl? Isn't
she maiden vain? ' !
Why Is al man never knocked down
against bis will ? Because it Is impossible .
to fall unless Inclined. ■
It is said that hunters, after shooting a
duck, may.'.by Jumping into the river af-.
ter It, get two ducks! .
80!—A Chicago widow who has burled ‘ ,
two'huebands, insists that the law.of the .
land entitles her to a third. ’
All efforts to make hay by gas light
have failed; butit is discovered that wild '
oats can be sown under Its cheerful lays..
A paper called The Tobacco Plant has
recently been started in Liverpool. It •
must be r good paper for i puffs.’
You hive very striking countenance,;. ■'
as the donkey said to the elephant, whoa r
he hit blip over the back with his trunk,' ;, ,
The man who got wise by eating sage .
cheese, lias a hrotbuc who proposes to, be- ■ ■
come skillful in the fashionable dances
by dieting on hops, :
True,—Dr. Walkingpest is; a Cincin
nati physician. He might have bis name.',''
changed to running soi;e, or falling sick
ness, If ho considered It an ,Improvement.
• An old Greenland fisherman said he
could readily believe that orookodiles ,
shed tears, for he had often seen whales
blubber!
A voice cornea from the Washington
Territory, saying, 'Send ub wives 1’ And
a thousand unhappy Benedicts respond,
‘Take oura!’
‘Mr. Smith, la B a
man to be trusted?’ *1 know of no ono
more so. He is, to bo trusted forever—he
never pays.*
Some ingenious biped has a machine .
to make a man rise-eafly in the morning.
A young Benedict says n six months old
baby can beat It to death.
A*WEiiL known and lively lady nov
elist of rank Is said to be about to publish
a fresh book, with the amusing but most
decidedly novel title, ‘Naughty,Naugh
ty, but So Nice/ '
At a spiritual circle tho other evening
a gentleman requested tho medium to ask
w bat amusement was tbo most popular.
In the spiritual world. The reply was,
• Reading our own obituary notices/
‘My brethren,’ said a country preacher,
‘we caunotaufliciently marvtlatthe wiso •
forethought of Divine Providence in
placing death at the end of life, in order »
to give us time to prepare for it/
A little boy three years old, who has
a brother of three mouths, gave as a rea
son for the latter’s good conduct: ‘Baby
doesn't cry tears because he doesn'tdrink
any water, and lie can’t cry milk.’
A precocious boy, iu a public school
out West, who stands high in geography,
was recently asked by Ids teacber'where
Africa was located. He promptly‘an
swered, ‘All over the United Stales*’..-
Two fashionable young ladies of Hart*- ;
ford, Coqn., have been laid up for repairs
from wearing blgb-heoled shoes, and the
doctor thinks, he lias got a job that will
last him a year.'
A fellow,' who fell in love with a very
beautiful girl last winter, was cured by,
visiting her lately and finding her face
covered with freckles os big as chocolate
.drops, such love is only skin deep.
Upon receiving the s3,ooolife insurance
upon a school teacher recently deceased
in Massachusetts, bis legal heirs at once
banded over the amount to a young lady
to whom he was engaged to bo married.
‘Bill Jones,* said'a bullying urchin to
another lad', ‘next time I catch .you alone
I’ll flog you like anything. ‘ WeiV-sfild
Bill, ‘X ain’t often- much alone; .1 comr r
monly have my legs and flats with mo.*
The ‘eternal fitness of things’is again
illustrated by the purpose of affixing Mr,
Grant’s ‘phiz’ to thecustom house-stamp
on cigars. It. is only meet that Ulysses
I. should go down to posterity in smoke!
Younq lady (to Mr. Septimus. Softing
ton,)—*Oh, Mr. Sdptimusl It was too bad
of you not to accept our invitation to din
ner on Sunday. W-e only had a piece of
roast beef, but if you had come we should
have had a goose I
A Geneva lady, whose 'husband had
to go to the lodge every night, because he
was on an important committee, followed
him to a masquerade ball the other night,
and led him home by the ear. This item
ia going to open the eyes of lots of mar
ried women, .
Quite a large number of the cadets
who have just graduated at "West JPplnt
have already entered into the bands of
matrimony. Thole excuse is that they
are so used to discipline and ordsr that
they can not get along without it.
At a charitable meeting, recently held
in Bt. Louis, a lugubrious committeeman
read a report on the condition of destitute
widows. ‘Are you sure, brother, 1 asked
the chairman of the meeting, < tbat.yod
have embraced all the widows?’ The
brother rather thoughtho had.
How True !—Persons who are always
cheerful and.good-humored are very use
ful in the world ; they maintain peace
and happiness, and .spread a thankful ■
temper amongst ail who live about them.
Therefore always cultivate a cheerful
temper, and you will he guy and happy - .
Mr. Constant, of Michigan, ‘soaked 1 ,
his bed clothing with kerosene, got in,
covered - himself up, su'd then set lire to
it. Tills was his Constant habit till he
died very shortly after ho lit tbeiidrst L
mulch. How true it is that‘all t,he.fools
are not dead yet? 1
The Detroit papers have discovered a
new and effectual mbthbu'of driving the.
poor organ grinders’away from their in
land town. Every day or two they have
a small paragraph like, this : ‘.‘The organ
grinders in Memphis make about $lO a
day, and*he gentlemen from Italy floeir,
to that devoted olty. 11 u, . !«» .<
- A citizen of Harrisburg, being' unex
pectedly called upon to address a Bumlay
school, rose to his fee tin some confusion,
and after several, desperate but vain, at
tempts to say something appropriate, be
hoarsely raurmuaed, ‘Dear children, nev
er foot with powder I 1
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