The American Volunteer
PUBBISHBD EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
John B. Bratton,
OF!ICE SOUTH MARKET SQUARE.
' Terms.—Two dollars por year If paid strictly
In advance, Two Dollars and Fifty Cents. If
paid wltbln three months, after which Three
Dollars will be charged. These terms will be
rigidly adhered to In every Instance. No sub
scription discontinued nntll all arrearages are
paid, unless at the option of the Editor.
Jejjal notices.
ORDINANCE,
Relating to the Sale of Meat,
Be Itenaolod and ordained by the Town Conn
ell of the Borough of Carlisle,and It Is hereby
enacted and ordained bv the authority ol the
same:
See, I. That the Inner stalls and area of the
market house, and all stalls on the outside, now
in nse.ortha* may hereafter ho appropriated for
the sale of moat, shall be exclusively appropri
ated to butchers and retailers of moat, who
shall use the stalls nr benches for the purpose of
exposing their moat for salec and all the uter
stall* or benches except those set apart for meat
stalls, shall be exclusively appropriated to the
venders of proviHl'Mis, and articles other that*
fresh meal by lees quantity than a quarter; pro
vided, however, that the privilege of soiling fresh
meat by the quarter on the • uter stalls or
benches, shall only extend to, and beenjoved
by farmers and others who may kill for market
stock of their own raising. And further provided
that all parties offering meat at retail hn any of
the stalls except those set apart ns meat stalls,
shall pay an additional rate or tax for every
such sale, to the clerk 01 the market, of twenty*
live cents.
Sec. 2. No butcher or retailer of meat by ie«s
quantity than a quarter shall occupy any stall
of the market house without first having tb
talned a license therefor from the borough
treasurer, and having paid the said treasurer
the sum which shall be fixed bv Council as the
annual rent of such stall, as ho or she may se
lect. Any person or persons violating thl* or
the foregoing section shall forfeit and pay the
the sum of Five Dollars, which may be sued for
and recovered before any Justice of the Peace
resident In the borough.
See. 3. It shall be the duty of the High Con
stable and the clerk of the market, to be vigi
lant to prevent a violation of either of the fore
going sections; and If either oftbem shall pros
ecute any offender to conviction he shall bo en
titled to one half the penalty.
See. 4. That all ordlnam es passed heretofore
regulating the sale of moat, be, and the same
are hereby repo ded#
Enacted Into an ordinance this 3rd day of
January, A. D, 1873
Attest: GEORGE E. SHEA PER,
A. J. Wetzel, Bres't 1 own Cbuncil.
Sec'yto Cbrpar’n. JOSEPH BAUTZ,
Jan3o-4t ■ Burgess.
aOTICE IN PARTITION.—To the
heirs and-legal representatives of Robert
n, lute of the Township of Penn, County of
Cumberland, deceased, time notice that in pur*
suance of a writ of partition and valuation is
sued out of the Orphans' Court of Cumberland
county, and to mo directed, an Tnquesl will be
held on tbe real estate of said decedent, to wit:
A lot or piece ground situate in the township of
' Penn and County of Cumberland, bounded by
lands of Jacob Kellar, the late 1..0. Miller, the
•State >oad and land of Duu’l Kellar, containing
Eighty Perches, neat measure, onHaturnhy, the
Isth day of March, A. D. 1873,at 11 o’clock, P.M„
on the premises for the purpose of making par
tition and valuation of the Real Estate of said
deceased. J. K. FOREMAN,
SnKKiFF’a Office, ) Sheriff.
Carlisle, Feb.6,78-(Jw. i
IN the matter of the District Court of
the United Stales, Eastern District of Penna.:
John 8. Dougherty, of Newville. County of
Cumberland, a bankrupt, having petitioned for
bis disch irge.u meeting of creditors will be held
on Wednesday, the filth day of February, 1873.
at 2 o’clock, p. M.. before Register Chas. A. Bar
nett, ut his otllco, In the Court house, at Cur isle.
Cumberland counti; Pa., when and where the
examination of the bankrupt may be finished,
and any business of meetings required by see
tions 27th and 28th of the Act of congress,trims
acted. «
A nearing wPI also bo held on Wednesday,
the.lOih day of February, 1873, balore the Courl,
at Philadelphia, at Id o'clock, a, m., when and
where parties Interested may show cause
ngalust the discharge. CUAS. A. BARNETT,
JanlO-Ot Register,
EXECUTOR’S NOTlCE.—Notice lb
hereby given that letters testamentary on
the will ot James Hamilton, late of the borough
of Carlslo, dec’d., have been Issued to tbe under*
signed Exebatora, the first named residing in
South Middleton towns' ip, and the latter In
Carlisle. All persons Indebted will please make
payment without delay, and those, holding
claims will present them to
• JOSEPH A. STUART,
~ A. BU3BEK,
Feb. (1-Ct Executors.
A UDITOR’B NOTICE.—The Auditor
/xnnpolnted by the Court to distribute the
biimuce In tbe hands of Abraham Bonier, Se
questrator of tbe Haaovcr and Carl Isle Turn
plue Company, among tbe creditors or buid
Company, hereby gives notice to . those inter
ested. that he will attend to tbe duties of his op
polbtmeutut his residence, In the Borouuh of
Carlisle, No. SO East Main Street, on the (Btb
day of February, 1873. J. K. IRVINE,
JauBo-3t* Auditor.
EXECUTOR’S NOTlCE.—Notice in
hereby given, that letteis testamentary on
tue estate ol Mrs. Melinda Sites, late of Carlisle,
deceased, have been granted to the undersigned,
residing In Carlisle. All persons knowing
themselves Indebted thereto are requested to
make pavtnoni Immediately, and tho*e having
claims will present them for settlement to
> . THEO- UOHNMAN,
H. L. HECK KR;
Executors.
Jan3o-6t
ATOTiCE.—Notice is hereby given,
J_l.thftt.tho undersigned hnfl been appointed
the assignee of William Bhlinp, of Frunltford
township, Cumberland county, for tho benefll of
the creditors of the said Win. Hhlmp. Persons
Indented to the said assignor are requested to
raaUo immediate payment, and those having
claims against him to present them.
LEVAN H. ORRIS,
AMfpnce.
Jan3o-3l*
A UDITOB’B NOTICE.—the Auditor
J\ appointed by the Court to distribute the
balance id the bands of Jacob O.Atebman, as
signee of VVQslilDe'on Wolf, of South Middleton
township, under deed of voluntary assignment
for benefit of Creditors, hereby gives notice to
those interested, ihut ho will attend to (he du
ties of his appointment ut his ofllce, In Carlisle,
on Saturday, tho 22d of February, at II o’clock,
a. m: u. w. foulk,
oFeb73 Auditor,
A DMINISTBATOB’S NOTICE.
"wotlce Is hereby given that letters of Admin*
Istratlon on the estate of Mlobael G. heltzhoov
er. late of, the borough of Carlisle, Cumberland
county* Pa.,deceased, have beed granted to the
undersigned, residing In said borough of Car
lisle. \II parsons therefore having claims or
demands oaalnst.the estate ot thosuld dtcedent.
are requested to matte the same known to the
said uudersighed without delay, and those In
debted will make paymoutimmedlately. '
A. HuSLEB,
AdminivUator
Jan23-OL*
A DMXNIBTBATRIX* NOTICE.
Ifotlce Is hereby given that letters of Admin
istration on tho e lute of Jacob W. Waggoner
lateof Pena township, dec’d.. have been grant
ed to the undersigned, residing in said town
ship. All persons having claims or demands
against the estate of the said decedent, are ro
queted to make'the same known to the said
undersigned without delay, and those Indebted
will make payment Immediately.
JEMIMA WAOGnNBR.
Administratrix,
FeblB 6t*
A UDJTOR’S NOTICE.—The Auditor
by the rourt to distribute the
Bauinco in the hands of James Clendenm.iisslg
nee of Ellas Whistler, of Middlesex township,
under deed of voluntary assignment for benefit
of creditors, hereby.glves noi Ice to those Inter
ested, that he will attend to the duties of his
appointment at his office. No. 18 West Main
street, Carlisle, on Saturday, the Ist day of
Mi.roh, at 10 o’clock, A. M.
THEO. COKNMAN,
Assignee,
Fobl3-8t
AUDITOR’S NOTICE.
N the matter of the estate of J. W.
Common, into of Silver Spring township, de
ceased.
The auditor appointed by the Orphans' Court
of Cumberland county to distribute the balance
in the bauds of William Benseman, surviving
Adtnl-mtrulor of the said estate, will meet the
parlies interested for the purposes of his ap
pointment.<t his office. in.Carllflle, on Wednes
day, the sth day of February, A. D., IMS. at II
o'clock, a. M. F. JE. BELTZHOUVEK.
PJan7S-3t Auditor.
NOTICE.—Notice is
Xjhereby given that letters testamentary on
the estate or Jacob dquler, late of the Borough
of Carlisle, deu'd,, have been granted to the un
dersigned, residing In said borough. Notice is
hereby given to all persons indebted to muko
payment, and those having claims to present
them for settlement tj J. W. EBY,
JanlU.72—(it* Executor.
Money wanted. fifteen
THOUSAND DQMjAKS are wanted as
; the Interest for which, ut 0 percent In
gold, or Us equivalent, will pe paid aoml-uuun.
ally, in advance, and ample security given on
first class real estate, situated in this county
The party wanting the money, desires to get
about 85,001 00 at ouce, and the balance from
the Ist to the 16th of April next. Apply to
WM.H. MILLER,
Carlisle, Feb 3,1873 Attorney.
Ashland cemetery being now
under the direction and control of the sub*
•anuor, all persons desiring to purchase lots in
Jt for burial purposes, or wishing any lufurma.
Mod, can be accommodated by calling on Her
at her residence, on East . High street, nearly
opposite the Uentz House, or (>y calling at the
oQlceof the late Wm.M. Penrose, in Uheeiu’s
Hull, V. M. PENUO3B.
‘ *aovT2lyi-*
TIARLIBLE LAND ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting of this aisoolatioh will
PjO.held at the office of A. L. Hpon*ier, Esq., in
v l - 0 ',‘rough, on the first Haturday of February,
, • 1 073, u being the first day of said mouth, at
“■ c. miiuacu,
Junu-st tKt'rn
El? JOHN B. BRATTON.
IpMical
THE SEASONS
ruoM' rt( n o rum Air
Hay and corn, and huds, and flowers,
Snow and Ice, and fruit, and wjae,
Suns and seasons, sleets and showers,
Brlng.-ln turn, these gilts divine.
Spring blows, Hummer glows,
Aulumu reaps, Winter keeps.
Spring prepares. Bummer provides,
Autumn hoards, and Wlnterhldes.
Como, then, friends, their praises sound
Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring,
As they run their yearly round,
Each in turn with gladness sing!
Time drops blessings as ho files—
Time makes ripe, and time makes wise,
||mellancMJs.
A HAUNTED HOUSE.
Five Months Mystery in Allegheny Oity.
The usual quiet which has prevailed
in Allegheny for some time past, has
been considerably disturbed the last,
few days by the report of the existence
of a “ haunted house” in the eastern
part of the city. It forms now the
general topic*of conversation, and the
wiJdest rumors concerning Hare afloat.
The noises occurred for two months
between the hours of seven and eight,
and the remaining months about four
o’clock in the morning. One evening
the occupant beard a knock at the door
which leads from the hall Into the
kitchen, but When the door was opened.'
be found that no person was there. He
closed the door, but had no sooner ta-
ken his seat than another knock was
heard. He inquired who was there,
when a voice representing a female
answered, “Me.” He next asked,
” What do you want?” when the an
swer, •* I want in,” was received. He
then walked lightly to the door and
quietly opened it, when he heard’ soft
iootsteps glide up the stairs, but could
see no foim. He then rushed up stairs
and searched the rooms, but found that
no person was near.
At another time a lady visitor rushed
into .the kitchen, pale as a -sheet, and
was unable to speak for some time.—
Atfter recovering somewhat from her
fright, she stated (it was about seven
.o’clock), that she had come to spend
the evening. When she entered the
hall, and was walking towards the
door leading into the sitting-room,
some person pushed her violently
against the wall, held her there for a
moment, and then fled upstairs. The
search for the person, however, was
fruitless. And another time bo was
visited by his brother-in-law. One
evening, while he was laying awake in
bed, he felt a hana as cold as a corpse
touch his face. He jumped out of bed,;
struck a light, but saw no person
around. Being afraid to go to bed
again, he.reclined on the sofa, but be
fore many minutes the sofa rocked like
a cradle.
Tho most wonderful occurrence re
mains to be told. One, night .a very
singular noise was heard. When the
parents arose a strange sight presented
itself. The child, who was lying in the
cradle, was naked, all the bed clothes
having been scattered about the floor,
and the clothes taken oil the child and
also scattered herennd there. Another
time, while he was stairs, he heard
a crash down stairs, as if a person had
a very heavy ax, and with it was strik
ing the table with all his might. He
rushed down stairs, when, singular to
relate, he discovered nothing unusual
not the faintest noise was heard. He
was astonished, however, to hear the
same noise, but not quite so loud, from'
the very spot up stairs which he had
left. He then went up stairs with a
revolver in his possession, when he
heard light footsteps, as if some person
was walking around the room. He
could, aa on every other occasion, only
hear sounds, but could not see any
thing.
The above are only some of the main
Incidents that have taken place there.
Sometimes it would be continual rap
pings, sometimes talking or whisper
ing, groaning, walking, etc. Some old
residents in the vicinity state that the
house had been haunted for twenty
years past. Sometimes a year would
elapse and nothing unusual would oc
cur. It is also said that there have
been a large number of deaths in the
hou^e. — Phi Ca. Telegraph.
Extensively Visited.
Chiaelburst, where the late Emperor
Napoleon breathed bis lust, continue?
to be visited by many persons, both Eng
lish and French. The mortuary bang
ings in the little church, which contains
the remains of the late Emperor, have
all been taken down, and the Interior
bas resumed its wonted aspect, which,
though simple, does not lack solemnity
and grace. While 'Uie decorations were
being removed a continuous stream of
visitors passed Into the church for the
purpose of getting some little remem
brancer of the sad event. Immortelles
were sold outside the church yard gate,
and numerous emblematic devices found
ready purchasers at every turn between
the railway elation and the churob. A
largo box tilled with wreaths of violets
and other flowers stood open at the side
of the porch, and every one who entered
was invited to detach a small bunch of
spray and parry it off. A beautiful
wreath of oameJJos, violets and Jlliles
had attached to it by a ribbon of black
silk a little card; ou which was written,
in n clear, flue bund, 11 l)e la part de la
Princess Beatrice.” Next to a white
amaranthine wreath sent by Queen Vic
toria wtsone which bore the name of
Prince Leopold. In an distinguishable
heap were wreaths; from ail the mem
bers oi the English royal family, and the
repose on such a bed of flowers as a hun
dred different hands at least must have
helped to spread. Mass is said dally In
the church, anC the utmost reverence is
perceived in the conduct of those who
attend the exercises.
New York has 250 miles of paved
•treela.
the Aitimjm Baluntwr
A correspondent rif the London Morn~
~ ing J?ost gives u lively account of 'wolf
hunting, which is one of (he favorite
sports in those purls of Btissia where the
animals have not disappeared before ad
vancing civilization. At some abnormal
hour between night and-morning you
are aroused by 'a vigorous shake and a
hoarse admonition to "tumble up and
look sharp about it, for there's no time
to loose.” You make a hasty toilet, and,
sallying forth, see in front of your hut,
in the dim light of the coming dawn, a
huge, dark, shapeless mass, which, as
your eyes get used to the darkness, as
sumes the form of a broad, heavy, three
, horse sledge with very high sides, not
unlike an enormous washingtub, around
which flit three or four spectral figures
with lanterns—the fitful glare making
their grim bearded faces look grimmer
and less human than ever. Guns, am
munition, haversacks, &c<, are stowed
, away in the bottom of the conveyance;
and last, but not least, a young pig, pro
■ testing against bis abduction with a
i loudness and fluency that would do hon
or to a Hyde Park meeting. All being,
now ready, the hunters squeeze them
selves Into their places, the driver shakes
his reins with a wild whoop, and away
we go into the darkness. Mile after
mile of. the frozen waste goes by like a
dream, till at length thespeotral shadows
of the forest begin to gather round us,
and the squeals of our unlucky pig,
(whose ears one of our party is now
pinching vigorously ) begin to be answer
ed by another sound, which no one who
has once heard It will easily forget-rnot
the long melancholy howl wherewith a
supperlesß wolf may.be heard bemoaning
himself on the outskirts of our village
any night la the week, but the quick, 1
snarling cry of one who sees bis food
coming and wishes to hasten it. And
there they.come at last, the gaunt, wiry,
slouching fellows, with their bushy tails
and flat narrow heads, and yellow, thiev
ish, murderous eyes. Crack I the fore
most of the pack rolls over on bis side,
kicking convulsively ; but (he rest gal
lop on unheeding. Crack I crack ! and
two more fall dead, blotting the snow
with a smear of dull crimson. Some of
the boldest pursuers swarm up to ’the
sledge, and attempt to leap over Its pro
jecting sides, while we pound their heads
with the butt, ends of our pieces, and
chop their paws with hatchets, and slash
them across the eyes with bunting
knives, the two hindmost of our party,
meanwhile, blazing away over our shoul
ders as fast as they can load. And so,
for a .time, the running fight goes fierce
ly on, making altogether a very striking
tableau. But "the pace la too stiff to
last," as -our leader remarks with a
, knowing grin. A run at full speed thro'
deep snow tries even a full grown wolf
too severely to be continued beyond a
certain time: and in face of a stout re
sistance the beast’s inherent cowardice
is sure to come to the surface sooner or
later. Already three or four gaunt, shag
gy veterans, who have probably hud a
good supper over night, begin to bang*
buck as if doubling the wisdom of risk
ing their lives for a hypothetical break
last. .The speed of'the rest slackens by
degrees; and ut length the whole pack
drop off as if by tacit agreement, leaving
us to pursue our way unmolested.. As
we emerge again upon the open plain,
across whlah the'flrsl beams of the rising
sun are just beginning to full, we see the <
last of our grim followers slinking like a
beiated.spsccre into the gloomy shadows
of the forest which we have quilled
In a recent letter from a correspon
dent in Borne, we And the following in
teresting item :
A remarkably interesting discovery
has been made here in Home in these
fast days. On Wednesday, when the
workmen were busy removing, brick by
brick, the high altar in the Church of the
Twelve Apostles'—which edifice Is under
going a thorough repair—they came up
ou the relics of .St. Philip aud St. James
minor, the cousins of the Savior. It was
known that this Basilica, which dates
from the days of Constantine, did receive
In the fourth or fifth century, from the
East, Che bodies of these martyrs, and
that they were Interred within its limits,
but the precise spot was not known; in
deed, according to tradition, the relics
bad been so concealed that they were,
never to be discovered until the day of
Judgment. An ancient MS., also found
lately among the venerable arebieves of
the convent attached to the Caslllca, did
say that the burying place of the two
apostles—claimed to be among the spe
cial protectors of Romo*—existed beneath
the steps of the high altar. But this bad
only been read by a few of the monks,
so that It was a great surprise to most
people when that morning's work
brought to light a great stone slab with
an equilateral cross in alt-relief, reaching
to either side, covering in an empty
chamber with rough hewn walls. And
to one side and exactly beneath the site
of the altar, another chamber, plated
with Phrygian marble, contaiog a beech
wood coffin in a very decayed condition,
but having within it the bones and ashes
of the two apostles. That same after
noon the Commission of Sacred Arche
ology visited the sire and drew up their
statement before anything was disturbed.
The coffin was then caretully taken up
and placed in a new one prepared to re
ceive It, and (hey then came upon a slab
or marble with a round hole in it>.suoh
as used to be placed before the tombs ot
- martyred aaiots. The aperture was made
to pass a handkerchief or bunch of flow
ers through till they touched the venera
ted remains that laid within. The legal
documents having been drawn up and
signed by all who were privileged to be
present, the outer casing was sealed up
and put in charge of the monk who has
the care of the relic department in the
Basilica.
A Frenchman In tbe employ of Al
van Clarke, Jr., tbe eminent optician,
has succeeded in imitating many of tbe
precious gems so perfectly as to deceive
eveu skilled experts; and a ruby, tbe ac
tual value of which was not over five
dollars, was pronounced by a celebrated
Boston Jeweler to be worth one hundred
and fifty dollars, tbo Jeweler regarding
it as a real gem, and giving him reasons
for this opinion-
WOLF HUNTING IN EUSStA,
Interesting Discovery.
CARLISLE, PA.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20.1873.
TEOPIOAL. - HUEBIOANES.
Among the recent ©fleets that certain
hurricanes have produced, there are sev-
eral which would seem quite incredible,
if tbe genius of man could not by means
powder and other fulminating matters
ipspress on the air a still greater rapidity,
and give it thus, though in very limited
spaces, a force of destruction superior to
that of the tempest. On tbe 2Gtb of July,
1825, during tbe hurricane of Uuadaloupe,
a gust of wind seized a plank an inch
thick aud sent it through the trunk of a
tree sixteen inches thick. In the same
way, in a lesser-whirlwind which passed
near Calcutta, a bamboo was burled
through a Wall of a yard and a half iu
thickness ; that is to say, the breadth of
air In movement over this point, had a
force equal to that of n ftix-pounder. At
St. Thomas, in 1837, the fortress which
defends the entrance of tbe port was de
molished as if It bud been bombarded.
Blocks of rock were torn from a depth oi
thirty or fourty feet beneat h the sea and
flung on shore. Elsewhere, solid bouses,
Corn from their foundations, have glided
over the ground as if flying before the
tempest. On the banka of tbe Gauges,
on tbe coasts of the Antilles, and at
Charles, vessels have been stranded far
from the shore in open plains or in for
ests. In IGSI a vessel from Antigua was
carried up tue rocks three yards above
the. highest tides, and remained like a
bridge between two points of rock. In
1825, at tbe time of the gieat hurricane
of Guadeloupe, the vessels which were
in the road of Basse Terre disappeared,
and one of tbe captains, happily escaping,
recounted how his brig bud been seized
by the hurricane and lifted out of the
water, so that be hud, so to speak, “been
ship-wrecked in tbe air.” Broken furni
ture and a quantity of ruins from the
houses of Guadeloupe, were transported
to Montserrat over an arm of the sea fifty*
miles wide. From tbe mountain of St.
Thomas the immense black whirlwind
was seen from afar to pass across tbe sea,
and over the island of Porto Rico ami
Santa Cruz. The most terrible cyclone
of modern times is probably that of tbe
10th of October, 1760, which has been
specially named “tbe great, hurricane.”
Starting from Barbadoes, where neither
trees nor dwellings were left standing, it
caused an English fleet anchored off St.
Lucia to disappear, and completely rav
aged this island, where six thousand per
sons were crushed under tbe ruins. Af-
ter this, the whirlwind, tending toward
Martinique, enveloped a convoy of
French transports, and sunk more than
forty ships, carrying four thousand sol
diers; on land, the town of St. Pierre
aud other places were completely razed
by the wind, and nine thousand persons
perished there. More to tbe north, Do
minique, St. Eustatius, St. Vincent, and
Porto Rico were likewise devastated,
and most of tbe vessels which were on
the path of tbe cyclone foundered, with
all the crews. Beyond Porto Rlo> the
tempest bent to the north-east,, toward
the Bermudas, and though its violence
had gradually diminished, sunk several
war ships returning to Europe. At Bar
badoes, where the cyclone bud com
menced its terrible spiral, the wind was
uuohulued with such fury that the in-
habitants bidden in the cellars did not
bear their bouses falling above their
heads; they did.not even feel the shocks
of earthquake which according to Rod
ney, accompanied the storm. The rage
of man was arrested before that of Na
ture. ' The French and English , were
then at war, and all the ships which the
sea swallowed up were laden with sol
diers seeking to destroy one another. At
the sight of such ruin the hatred of the
survivors was calmed. The Governor of
Martinique caused the English soldiers
who had become bis prisoners in conoe
quence of the great shipwreck, to be eel.
at liberty,'declaring that, In the common
danger, all men should feel ns brothers.
Be Brief.— Long speeches, long let
ters, long communications are out of place
in these stirring times. We have a whole
world’s news to look after and putin or
der for our readers every night. Remem
ber that kind correspondents and con
tributors, avoid parenthesis. Drop the
semi-colons altogether. Make tho spaces
between the periods as brief as possible.
Shake out the adjectives without reserve.
Sacrifice the pet metaphors. Be not led
away by the love of antithesis or allltera
tlon. Be clear and crisp and pertinent
alike in your fuvectlves, eulogies and
recommendations. Think of the Lord’*
Prayer, and then of the awful substitute
served up by sensation loungers in too
many pulpits. What fights of tawdry
rhetoric and volleys of expletives ; what
endless repetitions of tedious details
weary and disgust the h. arer. It is fright
ful to think of the time wasted by these
self-p irading petitioners and long-wind*
ed iuditers of many-beaded sermons.
Life Is too short, too full of cares and du
ties, to be thrown away thus. The best
advice, tho brightest wit, the deepest
wisdom, come ever in small packages.
Black Bnow.— The Keokuk (Iowa)
Constitution of the 18th says: “On last
Tuesday afternoon commenced the
great snow storm of the winter, and the
greatest storm of. the West for many
years. It continued until Wednesday
afternoon ; then set in a furious wind,
which took the snow from the hills and
piled it up in the valleys. On Thurs
day morning the inhabitants of the
northern portion of this State, when
they awoke, were not a little surprised
at seeing the earth covered with a black
instead of a white garment, as it was
on the night before. This strange and
unnatural phenomenon is accounted fur
on the supposition that after the wind
had swept the snow off the hills then
the dry earth was taken up and scat
tered over the face of the snow, giving
it this peculiar coloring. This would
be a satisfactory explanation if this un
usual appearance had been confined to
localities but accounts say it was
general.
Gnu of the new branches of Industry
that demands no capital and no special
euduwnments, Is the mat trade. The
way to obtain a stock In trade Is to walk
up to the front door of a dwelling, take
a mac, go borne and wash it, and then g»
back and sell it to the former owner.
The profits are immense.
WHAT THEN 7
After the Christian’s tears,
After bis lights and fears,
Aftorhls weary cross,
" All things below but loss”—
What then ?
Oh. then, a holy calm,
Resting on .rasas’ arm;
Oh; then, a deeper love .
For the pure home above.
After this holy calm.
This rest on Jesus’ arm,
After this deepened love
For the pure home above—
What then?
Oh, then, hard work for Him,
Immortal souls to win; ,
Then Jesus’ presence near,
Death’s darkest hour to cheer.
And when the work is done,
When the last soul Is won,
When Jesus’ love and power
Have cheered the dying hour—
What then?
Oh, then, the crown la given !
Oh. then, the rest In heaven!
Then endless life In endless day.
While sin and death have passed away
K. J.
Brazilian Purest Life.
The broad, rounded outline of tbe Bra
zilian forest is not so unlike that of our
native woods as may be imagined;
but it is the immense size of the trees,
the deep green color of the leaves, and
the strangeness of each individual, form,
that distinguish it. Palms of a hundred
specie are mingled with the swolleu
stemmed cetbn; while the gigautic mora,
the berthulletra, or Brazil-nut, aud the
cowtree, tower, with several Palms,
above their fellows, two hundred feet
from tbe ground. In some places, there
is a thick growth of underwood aud
ferns; in others, tbe ground is a bare
swamp, rank and steaming, where no
plant grows among tbe tall trunks but
gloom-loving fungi. Few trees bear
flowers; indeed, it seems to be a law ol
uatuie, tbe great mother, that trees con
stantly bearing leaves should seldom
produce flowers; and there would be lit
tle color la tbe variouely-shadded mass
of green but fur the lianas, which forms
its distinguishing feature. To call them
creepers is to describe them feebly, they
are rather climbing-trees, and aotullmes
of a large size. Twining their lithe, rib-
boQ-Uke arms round the nearest iruuk,
they obtain a Arm support, and spread
from tree to tree in labyrinthine festoons,
displaying a wealth of brilliant flowers
that irradiates tbe dimness of the
forest. Often tbe trees dies in tbe mur-
derous hug of its beautiful parasite, and
hangs suspended in tbe act of falling by
the llnia, now scarcely smaller than
itself.
. Nothing Is at rest; but every living
thing is fighting Its own battle for exis-
tence. Heat and moisture are two great
agents who are ceaselessly at work nour-
ishing them all; no slight labor, when it
is remembered that tbe equatorial rains,
constant though they be, have to feed
the Great River and its tributaries, as
well as the forest that clothes their
shores. To this excess of sunlight and
rain does nature owe Us marvelous fresh
ness, life perpetually springing forth,
hiding and sweeping away decay.
. At every hour of the day and night
some living creature awaken to activity.
Sunrise ie announced by a general.chorus
especially of loud-volce animals, as
monkeys and parrots, whose varied cries
continue in bursts, until the forest rings
with an uproar. This gradually ceases
as the sun rises higher in the sky; till at
noon, a deathlike stillness prevails. The
snake and cayman lie basking in open
places, drinking in the fierce beat that
drives other animals to seek shade. Only
a solitary cry is heard until sunset, when
the chorus Is renewed; but tbla time by
different voices—those of the hungry
jaguar and panther, the tapir, peccari,
aud others, besides noisy frogs, and those
creatures that always accompany night,
owl and bat—the latter being often, in
the topics, the formidable blood sucking
vampire. It is at this time that fruit aud
flower send forth their most delicious
fragrance, and swarms of goat-suckers
appearohasing night-insects. That much
maligned but' innocent bird, the goat
sucker, sleeps on the ground or on a low
branch, and makes no nest, laying its
eggs on the bare soil.
The sounds of the night are nearly the
same, but even fewer than those of the
day; the crash of a fallen tree; the
mournful wall of the sloth, that seems to
Implore pity as it crawls slowly along
the under-side of a branch; the cayman’s
cry, hideous and terrible, for it means
that the monster is seeking for ptey.
Sometimes, too, there, is the roaring of
the Jaguar on the same quest, or perhaps
lost in the wilderness, a thing which not
unfrequeutly happens, and the perplexed
animal lives for weeks in trees, the ter
ror of monkeys and birds; while that pe>
collar species of monky called the how
ler, makes a terrifl&noiae, moat depress
ing to (ho spirits, generally before
sunrise.
A GHASTLY SIGHT.
A MAN EATEN BY A DOO.
New YoBK, Feb. G.— At Imlsy and
Commerce streets, South Brooklyn, In a
miserable shanty, a German, named Ja
cob Knoop, for over six years kept a dram
shop. Bast June, Knoop closed the shop,
but continued living tu the bouse with
his dog, and was rarely seen about. For
the past two months there were no signs
of life in the shanty, beyond the bow
ling of a dog, and the children living In
ihe surrounding tenements tore down Ibe
steps leading to the bar-room, andcarri
• d away the wood for kindlings. The pro
perly was sold by the sheriff, nnd (be
purchaser, Mr. Miller, yesterday went to
the place with another party. Not hav
ing any keys, the party entered through
a window,and were a 1 most overpowered
by the stench which arose. A large dog
came to them from an tipper room. They
went up stairs into the room, and there
found Ihe head of a man In the centre of
th floor. Puiteof the body with the flesh
gnawed t« the bone were aleo found, and
,-vert ihe bones had been crushed by the
sharp teeth uf the dog. The supposition
is that Knoop died suddenly in a fit, or
from starvation, and that the dojjf being
unable tu obtain food or escape from tbe
building, bad, in its hunger, aevoursd
tbe body.
What a; barber must do—lather his
wife-
A TOUCHING HISTOBT.
NAPOLEON 11., THE DUKE OF REICH-
BTADT-
There is something exceedingly
touching in the history of tbe unfortu
nate duke, who, during hisfinai illness,
thus composed his own epitaph : " Na
poleon Francois Joseph Charles Bona
parte ; born king of Romo—died -lieu
tenant in the Austrian artillery.”—
Handsome, accomplished, brave, tbe
inheritor of a spoudid name and
dazzling glory ; loved almost to idola
try by the country in which his child
hood was passed ; a magnificent future
stretching before him—fate .frowned
upon his brilliant prospects, gave him
a weak constitution, wretched health,
bitter disappointment, and was only
kind in leading him to an early grave.
Ho breathed his lastnt Scronbrunn,
iu tne chamber one occupied by bis
father, and iu the neighborhood of the
imperial chateau where he was wont to
take his solitary walks. He seems to
have been completely blaze from his
childhood, and of so melancholy a
temperament that ’scarcely anything
gave him pleasure. Everything was
done to curs him of his glqomy Indif
ference ; aud when all else bad failed,
he met in one of his lonely rambles a
beautiful peasant girl, with whom he
fell in love at first sight. She appeared
to return his affection. • Her society
aroused him from his lethargy, and en
dowed him with new life. She first
taught him, it is said,, the nature of
happiness, and by her presence the
dreary emptiness of his being was de
lighfuily filled.
Peasant as she was, she was graceful,
accomplished, witty, aud, to his fond
fancy, she was as a goddess on the
earth; He revealed to her all the
sources of his discontent, poured intfi
her confiding ear the secretest of his
thoughts and the sacredness of his feel
ings. She was the single beak of blue
in his clouded sky, and in that blue
was set tbe star of hope. One evening
he was in the city, and attended the
opera. When the ballet came on,
among all the dancers suddenly flashed
a form of wondrous beauty and grace,
agile as a fawn, lithe as a spirit, and
the theatre echoed and re-echoed with
welcome to the new divinity of tho
dance,
The pale youth flushed, and his heart
beat quick. Was he dreaming, or was
the sylph-like creature bounding and
whirling on the stage his beloved Ma
rie, whom he had preferred before ail
the ladies of his court? He rubbed his
eyes aud leaned forward, his very soul
burning in his face. He could uot be
mistaken. . The ■ lovely, and guileless
peasant whom he had worshipped and
admitted to the innermost sanctuary of
his spirit and the magnificent dancer
of the opera were one and the same.—
The blazing theatre grew dim; tho
tumultuous applause was no longer
heard; the unhappy prince gasped,
struggled swooned, and amidst much
excitement was borne to his carriage.
The charming dancer who had fasci-
nated him was tho famous Fanny
Elssler, then at the beginning of her
extraordinary conquests and career.
She had allowed herself to be used by
his relatives as a bait to ensnare the
young duke’s affections, in the hope
that through her some interest in life
might be awakened. The ingenuous
and handsome boy pleased her; no
doubt. Her vanity wasgratified at the
expense of hiis final faith. He never
recovered, it is said, from this sudden
and terrible shock, and she—was liber
ally paid.
An Old Fashioned Brigand.
Brigands of the old-fashioned type are
fast dying out, but some very fine speci
mens of the romantic sort are still to be
found in Corsica. A correspondent of the
Paris Temps mentions that, besides some
thirty-four very doubtful characters, who
systematically elude the police of the
Island; thete are three Individuals,named
Germaul, Suzzoui and Alberti, about
whom very sensational legends are toid.
The exploits of the brigands, however,
mere child’s play compared to those of
Suzzon’s predecessor, the famous Santa
luccia. He was perhaps the last of the
old race, and was a power in Corsica some
thirty years ago. lie took to the woods
in consequence of what happened to one
of bis brothers, who was convicted on the
evidence of false witnesses, and sent to
the bulks. Buutalucola gave himself no
rest until he had got those men into bis
power. The first of .these he tied to a tree
and addressed as follows:
‘•Yours is a lying tongue; you 1 are
about to lose ir which assertion he In
stantly made good. To the next he said;
“ You have declared tbatyoureyesbeheld
that which they have.not seen ; you are
going to lose your eyes.” To the third
he said : *• You have sworn that your
ears heard what they bad not beard ;you
will lose your ears.” He then tore out the
eyes of one and cut off the ears of the
other.
A Kentucky society Item : “On Fri
day of last week, near Owe'ntown, Thorn
os Health, Incompany with nine other
young men, went to within a short die ,
tunce of tbe bouse of Miss Lena Ballard,
whose father opposed her marriage with
Health. One of tbe party anvanced and
gave a concerted signal. The girl started,
with the old gentleman in hot pursuit.
The race was close and determined, but
the girl got In ahead and was bomb off
on tbe bores behind Health, amid tbe
obeers of tbe party, while tbe disconso
late father returned to console those of
his household. Tbe party hastened to
tbe residence of a magistrate, where they
were soon pronounced man and wife.”
Anooba cats, which used to be com
mon drawing room pets in tbe days of
our grandmothers, lire said to be coming
Into fasbion again. They are valuable
In proportion to tbe pure wtalteoess anil
tbe length of tbeir silky faalr, and Ibelr
purr la softer and more musical than
that of tbe ordinary cat.
Think upon sin, and repent; think
upon Ood, and return; think upon grace,
and bope; think upon glory, and presa
onward.
TOL 59-N0.37
PEOELIAB PEOPLE.
People who like the bag-pipes.
People who dislike oysters.
People who at this period of our
commercial prosperity, when writing
paper costs next to nothing, cross their
letters.
People ■ who say. leesure, inter
esting, Inhospita’ble, and appllca’bte.
People who have no poor relations..
People who have more money than
they know what to do with.
People who dye their hair.
People who always know where the.
wind Is.
People who like getting up early in
the morning.
People who give donations to street
beggars and organ-grinders.
People who send conscience-money
to the Secretary of the Treasury.
People who take long walks before
breakfast. ■
People who spend an income on
flowers for the button-holes.
People who light and leave off fires
on fixed days.
People who like paying income tax.
People who go to hot, utacomfortable
theatres.
People who buy early and costly as
paragus—nine inches of white stock to
one of green head.
People who have no sense of humor.
People who give large parties In
small rooms.
. People who lavish money on the
heathens abroad, and leave the heath
ens at home to take care of them
sehes.
People who have the ice broken to
enable them to take a cold hath In
winter.
People who Keep all their old let
ters.
People wit.iout prejudices, weak
nesses, antiphathics, hobbies, crotchets,
or favorite theories.
People who have nothing the matter
with their digestion, and can eat any
thing.
People who take snuff.
People who hold their tongues.
Bamum's Gorilla—A Touching Tribute to
His Memory.
BY ONE WHOKNEW HIM WELL.
It is seldom that we are called upon
to note a more painful fact than that
which we now record, and which is
nothing more nor less than the rumor
ed death of Barnum’s gorilla, who is
supposed to have perished in the flames
of the museum recently consumed.—
The news of his untimely and fright
ful end end, will cause a feeling of
heartful, agony to thrill the bosoms' of
his many friends throughout the coun
try, who witnessed his playful antics in
his cage wherever Barnum went on his
last summer’s tour, or enjoyed Ids
society at a beer saloon when the labors
of the day and evening’s exhibitions
were ended.
The deceased gorilla was a young
man of exemplary habits, and by his
versatile industry supported an aged
father and mother in Jersey City, who
can hardly bear their present loss. His
original name was Briggs, arid he was
of Yankee, not Celtic origin, as has
been erroneously stated. Mr. Barnum
became acquainted with young Briggs
many years ago, and, keen observer of
human nature that he is, he soon saw
the boy had talents which would if
rightly applied, bring him into public
notice. Mr. Barnum first employed
Briggs as a mermaid, but his nervous
sanguineous temperament unfitted him
for wearing a wig and cod-fish skin,
and ho was shortly after promoted to
the position of wild man. In this he
achieved no success, arid it was not un
til Barnum put his great traveling show
on the road until 1870, aud gave Briggs
the position of gorilla, that ho devel
oped those eccentricities that have
made him famous. For two years no
better specimen of the.gorilia tribe has
neen seen on this continent. 'lhough
naturally convivial and social in his
tastes, ho has sat in his cage an object of
wonder and admiration of thousands,
and submitted to being stirred up with
a long pole for the benefit of country
clergymen, who stood by explaining to
their youthful Sabbath school scholars
how fearfully and wonderfully we are
made. No murmur of discontent ever
escaped his lips, except at Terre Haute,
Indiana, last July, when he was heard
to remark that he’d “ bo d d if he
could stand it much longer wearing a
hair overcoat; in hot weather, on a
salary of $lO a week.” His salary was
at once elevated to $12.50 a week and
he was allowed ice in his don thereafter,
and no better behaved specimen of his
tribe was ever placed on exh bit ion.
Mr. Barmitn, we are informed, with
characteristic energy, has telegraphed
to Africa for other specimens of rare
wild beasts, to supply the places of
those destroyed by the late conflagra
tion. He may procureelephnnts, lions,
tigers and cockatoos, but he can never
fill the place of Gorilla Briggs. Not
even Dr. Livingstone, with all his ex
perience in African jungles, can capture
ao fine a specimen, one who could ca
per so nimbly around his seven by nine
cage, and dance to the lascivious tick
lings of his keeper’s club with such pa
tience. Gorilla, adieu! and may the
hairy four legged Phoenix who arises
from your ashes possess your noble
qualities of mind and heart, and give
entire satisfaction to a deluded public
for the usual price of half a dollar.
Habits.—Like flakes of snow that fall
unperceived upon the earth, the seeming
ly unlmportautevents of life succeed one
another. Ae the snow gathers together,
so are our habits formed. No single flake
that Is added to the pile produces a sen
sible change ; no single action creates,
however it may exhibit a man's charac
ter ; but as the tempest hurls the ava
lanche down the mountains, and over
whelms the inhabitant and bis habita
tion, so passing, acting npon tha ele
ments of mischief, which pernicious
habits have brought together by imper
ceptible accumulation, may overthrow
the edifice of truth and virtue.'
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FEETILIZEE FOE POTATOES,
A Vermont correspondent, and read*
er of the Country Gentleman, writes
me, under date of January 13, as fol
lows :
"I have about ten acres of sandy
loam land which I want to plant to po
tatoes. How would it do to put ashes
and lime in the hill—l mean’ to buy
ashes made at the lime-kiln—ashes and
a good deal of lime in them ? Will it,
do to mix plaster with ashes made by'
burning lime ? Will it do to mix pias
ter with house ashes ? Some writers
say not, but I have tried it and got
good crops. Do you think that a com
position of ashes, made from burning
lime, with muck or pent mixed, would
be good? If so, would you put plaster
or guano—or both—ln ? Please give mo
your opinion on the subject.”-
Ashes and lime are good fertilizers
for potatoes, and if a small quantity of
salt Is added to the mixture the com
post would be improved. Never hav
ing used or seen the result of the lime
kiln ashes, I cannot speak practically
concerning their use; yet, from the use
and effects of lime and ashes, I should
judge that their effects might be good,
if I were to buy, not living where I
could get lime-kiln ashes conveniently,
I would make a composition something
ns follows for potatoes: Take eight
bushels of good hard-wood ashes, two
bushels of lime and one bushel of salt,
and mix them intimately—this quan
tity for an acre in the bill; this would
make as good a fertilizer for potatoes as
X know of, for it contains all the ele
ments in a condensed form, and availa
ble, which enter into the potato.
As to mixing plaster with lime-kiln
ashes, I think it would be superfluous
work, as we should get all the benefit
without the plaster. Common wood
hou.se ashes mixed with 'piaster liaVe
always served a good purpose for pota
toes wfiere ever I have tried them, on
sandy loam, and would answer this
question. Yes! If they have served
you a good purpose, use them again,
regardless of what others may say; soils
differ, and may require different mat
ters added thereto to bring about simi
lar results. As to the question concern
ing lime kiln ashes and muck compost
ed, I think that if the muck is well
seasoned it would make a good compost,
especially if a bushel or two of salt was
added to each solid cord of the compost.
X think I would not add the guano pi -
plaster in composting; mix the two ami
apply Independent of the muck, a->h
and lime compost. Piaster-sprinkled
on the potato vines, soon after they ap
pear above ground, and once or twice,
after, will exert a good influence in re
taining the health of the potato. Some
years since a tenant of ours faaultd '
muck, mostly vegetable matter with a
reddish cast, and when dry about as
light us a sponge and needed picking to
pieces or wetting and turning to crum
ble, and threw it into bis hog pea, on
a floor, and left it one or two days for
the hogs to work over, and threw it
out to remain through.the winter.—
Some of this was applied in the hill for
potatoes, bn a somewhat light sandy
loam, and as good potatoes, in size,
fairness and yield, resulted as I recollect
any time since the first appearance of
the potato disease; the muck was taken
right from its bed and hauled into the
pen, a two-horse load at a time, and
only two hogs kept on it; shelled corn
was scattered in, to Induce the hogs to
work it well.— W. H, White, in Coun
try Gentleman.
ASPARAGUS .AND ITS OULTUEE.
How shall I prepare the land for as
paragus and how plant it? I want to
plant one acre.- Marylander.
To raise asparagus from seed, sow in
rows, one foot apart in a finely pulver
ized soil, well enriched with old man-
ure. Keep the bed perfectly clean and
mellow, and the young plants will bo
large enough to set out after one sea- •
son’s growth, arid will be much better
than plants two or even three years
old that have grown feebly from a want
of proper care.
To obtain plants enough for an acre
five or six pounds of seed will be re-
quired, which will give 15,000 or 16,000
plants for this purpose. For setting
out finally, the ground should be well
plowed and' subsoiled, so ns to give a
deep bed of mellow earth, and well on
rished with manure worked in by
plowing and harrowing. In setting
out the plants allow plenty of room; a
common error is in planting too closely
especially if the beds are deeply dug.—
It is better to give more horizontal
space, and the shoots will be large and
fine. For extensive plantations, the
rows should be about three feet apart,
and the plants not nearer than nine
inches in the row. Stretch a line, cut a
trench beside it seven or eight inches
deep, or deep enough to receive the
plants, and set them nine inches apart,
spreading out tbs roots evenly, and
covering the crown about two Inches
below the surface.
This work should be done as early in
the spring as the ground can ba got
ready and the plants will make a bet
ter and stronger growth than when
planted later. Then, to save labor, and
have a clean plantation, go over the
whole surface with a rake every’few
days, and stir the whole surface well,
which will break and destroy the young
weeds as they are just peeping at the
surface. If the rows are marked, this
work may be done more rapidly with
a horse and a light and fine-tooth har
row (a smoothing barrow would be the
best), the teeth of which will not go
down more than one inch. A common
harrow will not answer at all. As the
young sprouts approach the surface,
which will be In two or three weeks,
the cultivation must be confined be
tween the roWl, and any weeds in tha
rows pulled out by hand.— Country
Gentleman,
About Betnb.—"J. R.,” New Cas
co. Mich., raised a crop of beans, and
from one stalk picked the pods, In
Which (here Bio beans.
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