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In advance. Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if
paid Tyltbln three mouths, after which Three
Dollars will bo charged. These terras will bo
rigidly adhered to In every Instance. No sub
scription discontinued until all arrearages are
paid, unless at the option of the Editor.
miscellaneous.
'PWERYBODY TAKE
Something New in Carlisle Again
In which every person I* Interested more or less.
An AQRIOUJjTUHAL IMPLEMENT and SfcED
STORE. Just what has been wanted here for
years bach.
Not 91 South Hanover Street,
known ns the "Blair Corner." at which place
can bo found, at alt times, a full and complete
assortment of rJMtinds of
AGRICULTURAL HIPLEMEiVTS I
and also n lull and complete assortment of
FIELD, GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS I
also a full ami complete assortment of
WILLOW AND CEDAR WARE?
all of which will be sold very low. Persons
wishing anything in the above lino -will do well
by calling and examining onr goods before bny
lugolsownoie.as we feci sure wo can give us
good satisfaction ns any oihor house in the
place or elsewhere. Bo sure to give ns a call.
Don't lorget ibo place, NO.IH UANGVEiI
BTKEET; Blair's Corner. - U. G. CAKR,
General agent lot the sale of all kinds of Agrf
cultural Implements and Seeds. &c.
JanBo*7d—tf
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PLAIN HOME TALK !
Is plain talk about iho body and its physical
hml social needs. Dr, IS. B. Foote, author of
••Medical Coipmon Sense,” of No. 12U Lexington
Avenue, N. Y.. who entertains everybody with
his pen, and cures everybody by -h»s skill, Is Us
author. In Us thousand piiges It answers a
thousand questions you don't want to go to
your physician about* It la, as It is stamped
upon Us cover, a book for private and consider
ate reading.' Price $3 25, and sent, postage pre
paid, every whore.- Content# table mailed lrce.‘
Agents wanted. A beautiful original chromo,
“Tnrow Physic to the Doga,” worth SID, goes
with the book. No chromo without the book.
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RAY HILL PUBL.SIIING COMPANY, No. 129
East 23th Street. Now York.
- 20mur73-Ul*
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The best assorted stock In Cumberland Valley.
ALL KINDS
UP LADIES’,
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lOapril ADAM DYSERT.
4PPKALS FOR 1873!
onroe and Upper AHou townships, April 21;
Mechanlcsburg borough and Lower Allen
township, April 22.
East Ponusborough and Hampden townships
ahd New Cumberland borough, April 23.
Sliver Spring and Middlesex townships, April
South Middleton and North Middleton town
ships. April 25.
Eranklord and Mlfllln townships and Now
ville borough, April 2U.
» Hopewell township. Nowburg and Shlppens
burg boroughs, April iw
Whlppensburg and Soulbampton townships,
Apt II 20.
Penn and Newton townships. April 30.
Dickinson and West Peunsborough town
ships. May 1.
Carlisle borough and Cooke township. Max 2.
Appeals to ho hold for tho annual changes In
the assessments, on tho above muled days, at
tho Commissioners’ oUlco, In tho borough of
Carlisle, Pa. • DAVID DRITZ,
Attest— ,7. C. SAMPLE.
J. B. Floyd, CicrL SAM*L KHNIOST,
Commissioners,
irrmar ot
JjTOR BEN T I
TO HOTEL-KEEPERS !
The undersigned, being desirous of retiring
from the hotel business, offers tne
“BENTZ XIOTJSE,”
In Carlisle, Pa., for vent. A favorable Ipaso
will bo given to any person who will purchase
the furniture at a sacrifice. This HOTEL la
FIKST-CLASS. and the .Furniture all nearly
new, and a large and constantly Increa
sing custom. Here Is n bargain seldom met
wlin, and Is worthy the attention ol hotel
keepers. GEO. Z. UENTZ. Prop’r.,
3aprll-lf • Carlisle Pa.
YAMSTISHTNG -To the Public. —I of
fer ray services to the citizens of Carlisle
and vicinity ns u
V arnislier I
I will do work by tho day or by the Job, and
visit tho houso of tho person wishing my servi
ces, or talco furniture ro my own nouso, and
finish and return It. Having had long expert*
oucoln llio varnish bittiness, 1 feel confident of
my ability to give full rot
N0.*33 South' Hanover Street.
EME3
. FKRSH MEAT DAILY
Edward J. Arney,
JVortti. Hanover Street
,sgy- The citizens of Carlisle can be
furnished with Beef, Pork, Veal, Mut
ton, Lamb, Pudding,Sausage, &c., daily
at his residence, opposite John Mc-
Bride’s. Delivered to all parts of the
town. epll-72.
DLATCHLEY’H.
Improved encumber wool!
*umn. Tasteless, Durable, Elll
lent ami Cheap. The best
>ump for the least money At*
entlon Is ecpeclally luvltod to
Uatohley’s Talent Improved
iraoUet aud new Drop Check
r alve, which can be withdrawn
rlthout removing the Pump or
Isturblngthe joints. Also, the
topper Chamber which neve
iraclta or scales, aud will outlast
my olbo r . r'or'sale by KhJue*
imlth «t xtupp, Carlisle. Hend
for CainloiiUe and price list.
CIIAS. G. bLATCIILLY. jSUT
500 .Commerce St,, Phlja’
Bopt, 12—1
gEEDS.PIants, Trees—prepaid by mail
Afy now descriptive Catalogue of Choice Flow
er and Garden Beetle,2ssorts of either for Si;
new and.cbolco varieties of Frultaud ornamen
tal Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens. Hoses. Grapes,
Lilies, smart Fruits, House and Harder Plants
and bulbs; one year grafted Fruit 'trees for
mailing; Fruit Slocks of all kinds; Hedge
Plants, <So,; the most complete assortment in
the country, will bo sent gratis to any plain ad
dress, with P. O. box. True Capo Cod Cranberry
for upland or lowland, 8(1 perlOOU; $1 per 10U
prepaid bp mall. Trade List to dealers. Seeds
on Commission, Agents wanted.
H. M. Watson, Old Colony Nurseries and Seed
warehouse, Plymouth, Muss. Established 18115,
OinarTiWt.
A GENTS WANTED.— Wo want one
J\_ good Agent In every township to soli unr
fTowaud Immousely Popular Books and Eugra
vluga. The very largest com mission paid. Those
now at work report great sales. Ulrcularn and
alUnhinnailop Kiee. Write to Woutiiington,
Dustin a Co., Martlord, Conn.
Sept, 2iMira*Jm ex-nmr tf-2mtfc u
A BHLAND CEMETERY belne now
xVundor the direction and control of the sub
scriber, all persons desiring to purchase lots In
It for burial purposes, or wishing any Informa
tion, can he accommodated by calling on her
at her residence, on East High street, nearly
opposite the Boutz House, or hy culling at the
oillceof the late Wm. M. Penrose, in Uheem’s
Hull. V. M. PEN ROSE.
•luov72lyr*
I The subscriber Is )
1 \ i |*| J now prepared to dell- I \ j Pj ;
vor to ail parts ot the town, ICE of u superior
quality. Having a full supply I can furnish for
any length of lime, and In any quantities.
PIUCI3—Ono-lmU cont '
lCapl-tf
JTALIAN few colonies of
Italian BEES, with pare Queens, for sale
oap by JOHN GUTSIIA.LL,
2flmar aouth Hanover street, Carlisle,
JOHN B. BRATTON
NOTICE !
OASILE3 IN THE AIB,
AsSmuj 6,7 Joseph /». Kimball, (he European O
pound Man.
This world Is but a bubble,
There's nothing bore hut woe.
Hardship, toil and (rouble,
. No mutter where we go;
Do what we will, go where wo mny,
We’re never free from cure,
I'or, at the best, this world
Is but a caailo In the air,
Wo are tossed upon the sou of life,
Just like a little boat,
Whore some get east upon the
Hocks, and never get nlloat:
Hut still we’ll do the best wo can,
And never lot despair
Usurp the place between us
And our castles in the air 1
There’s a name kunwn'o’er the world, '
To Englishman most dear.
And well may they be proud of him,
Their native bard Shakespeare;
When first his plays came on the singe.
They made the whole world stare.
And yet they wore composed
While building castles in the air.
If you lake the works of Shakespeare,
And study them well through,
You’ll find each saying Is so wise
Each sentiment so true— -
They make you leol while reading them,
As If you had toon there;
Yet, the immortal Shakespeare,
Built his oustles in the air. -
Tho Irish had their pool, loo;
They loved him well. I’m suro
He was a true bom Irishman,
His name was Thomas t%>oro;
Of tho troubles of this world,
We know ho had his share,
But Moore was always happy 1 ,
Building castles In the air,
K o sang tho rights of Ireland,
He sang against her wrong-.
And many a patient heart
Still cherishes his songs;
He bade tho Irish heart rejoice.
And never more despair,
And lor Ireland In tho future
‘lf the reasons are convincing
enough, yes.’
‘Would two hundred dollars convince
, you ?’
To Scotchmen doavcr still, I {--o- ,
Ami through each true Scottish heart | • L ’°*
Built prlght castles in the air !
And yet therods another name,
’Twill make the blood to thrill
ills nnmo was Hubert Burns;
Yet he, too, had his care -
When but a simple shepherd,
Building castles in the air I
His home, a lowly ploughman’s col,
Whore strife was never seen;
For happv and contented lived
Kobert with his Jean;
Down by the banks o’ bonny Boon,
Near the town o’ Ayr, .
Nature's poet, Hobby Burns,
Built castles in the air.
And yet there is another
Name Americans adore,
A statesman In the time of peace,
A lion when in war;
With the storm on Bunker HIU,
Or on the Delaware,.
His genius made his soldiers
Build bright cattles in the . ir.
And, in Ills country’s darkest hour,
Ho bravely led the van.
And strove to make America
The best of any laud ;
Tho’ ho was not a poet bom—
He planned with skill and care,
Tho immortal Washington
Built castles in the air.
Iprfancows.
cooing- in vain,
‘I don’t see why it would bo wrong
Cor me to know what is in that will.’
, Tho speaker was a bright handsome
girl of seventeen—Rena Crocker—the
granddaughter of rich old Stephen
Crocker, whoso death a few days before
had brought sorrow to few hearts.—
Two grandchildren—Horace Wnrton
and Rena—were his only relatives’, and
constituted his faifllly. Horace was as
mean of act and disposition as the old
man himself. Rena was a beauty, and
an amiable girl, when she chose. There
certainly were intervals when pride
and disdain were her more marked
characteristics, hut Rena’s eyes were
her grand irresistibility. Talk of dia
monds!—the flash and piny of those
wondrous living gems offered some
thing infinitely more lustrously chang
able. It was, however, a brilliancy as
restless, as little to be fathomed, ns the
vagaries of a jack-o’-lantern on the
wall. Young as shq was, Rena was a
worldly-minded coquette to the very
core already. She had inherited all the
disposition and qualities of her mother,
a celebrated beauty in her day. In
other respects, Rena Crocker was de
cidedly a young lady of tho period.
Very certainly she belonged to her
times in her resolution to got well mar
ried ; that is to say, to some person of
wealth and station—both together if
possible, but tho former preferable, and
then to enjoy herself at the utmost
swing of fashionable dissipation and
luxury for the remainder of her exis
tence.
‘I don’t seo how it would he any
harm,’ continued Rena, ‘as I wouldn’t
do anything hut read it, and there is no
knowing how it might be tampered
with by that rascally cousin of mine be
fore it is read next Saturday. I imagine
grandfather left the bulk of ids property,
to.me, but there is no tolling what no
tion the old fool may have got into his
head.’
liana was alone in her chamber. To
think was to act with her. She knew
that a will drawn up and signed by the
old man a year before his death was in
the dingy old library. She had often
seen it, and wondered what were the
contents so closely sealed from her eyes.
It was dust, and she stole along
thiodgh their dreary hall, she half re
lented, and finally paused on the very
threshold of the room she was seeking.
Then, abiding herself for her weakness,
she stole in, got the key of her grand
father’s desk, and opened the drawer.
There lay the will sealed, as she had
often seen it.
‘But I’m no better off than before,’
she muttered ; ‘1 can’t open it.”
It was no use to peep into its folds—
only detached words could be seen.—
But Bena was not inclined to be baffled
in her curiosity. And she was as fer
tile in her resources as the wiliest of her
sex. Lighting a gas jet, she warmed
the largo wax seal; then with the
blade of a pocket knife, she carefully
loosened it. It was done; the docu
ment lay open before her I Her eyes
rapidly devoured its contents, and her
cheeks paled with anger.
‘The miserable old dotard!’ she
cried
The cause of her displeasure was the
unpleasant and surprising fact that her
grandfather had not left her a solitary
cent. Every particle of his ample for
tune went to Horace Warton. Her first
nintive was to destroy the will! hut a
second thought detained her—she feared
the consequences of such an act. Again
slightly heating the seal, she reatlixed
it in its place, replaced the will in the
drawer, and went back to her room.
After the first gust of rago bad sub
sided, she sat down to quietly think
t’ho matter over. There seemed to bo
but one way to retain any portion of
the property, and that was by marry
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IJrig hor cousin Horace. She hated him
heartily, hut her vanity had always
told hor that lie admired her. She
know her beauty, and overestimated
its effects upon tier stolid cousin.
‘But live days remain before the
opening of the will,’ she mused'; ‘be
fore that time I must lure Horace into
an offer of marriage.’
About the time that Rena was gain
ing her surreptitious knowledge of the
will, her rich cousin Horace was seek
ing after precisely the same informa
tion. Betaking himself to the’ office of
Barman Nesbjt, the lawyer who had
b.en intrusted with the legal business
of his grandfather, lie found that gen
tleman alone. He knew something of
the lawyer’s character and at once pro
ceeded to business.
‘You drew up ray grandfather’s will,
did you hot?’ ho asked.
‘Yes.’
.‘How long ago?’
‘About six months. He hud prepared
one a year ago, but, this makes an en
tirely different disposition of the prop
erty.’
‘And what is that disposition ?’
The lawyer smiled.
‘I have no right to tell you.’ he
said.
‘But you would toll me If sufllcieni
reasons were advanced ?’
‘Five hundred ?’
‘Yes.’
Horace counted out the sum from his
pocket-book, which. he had filled ex
actly for this contingency, and the
lawyer took it carefully counted it, and
transferred it to his own pocket.
‘Now,’ ho said, ‘you may prepare
yourself for tlie.worst possible news
You are, by this will, cutoff from every
doliair of your grandfather’s estate. ’
‘You are certain of this ?’
‘Of course I am ; I draw the will and
saw it signed. The previous will left
all to you, but your grandfather was
whimsical. There came a change in
his feelings, caused by some real or fan
cied misconduct of yours, and so he left
all to your cousin Bena.
Horace was angry; lie cursed hia
dead relative roundly, until the lawyer
reminded him that his curses were
useless.
‘But what can I do but curse?’ he
asked.
‘l’ll tell you, tho will is to be read on
Saturday—five days from this. In the
meantime ask Rena to marry you,’
‘But she wouldn’t do it, She hates
me.’
‘lt’s your only chance, and it is worth
tho trial.’
‘Couldn’t you destroy the last will?’
•No; it is not in ray possession. The
old man had it among his papers some
where; and, besides, there were two
honest witnesses. Has your cousin
a lover ?’
‘No, I think not.’
‘Then, believe me, your beet and
only chance is to play for the fortune
through marrying her.’
1 vVell,’ said Horace, with, very little
hope lu his tone, ‘it’s a mighty dim
chance, hut I’ll try it,’ and went away.
That afternoon the cousins met in the
parlor. Each greeted tho other with a
cordiality long unknown in their cous
inly intercourse. They even chatted
pleasantly, congratulating themselves
upon the manner in which they were
opening the game.
‘You must be quite oppressed with
the gloom in this old house,’ said Hor
ace, as ho was about to go, ‘mid I think
a ride might do you good. I .will bo
pleased to lake you this afternoon, if
you would do mo the honor.’
‘Nothing would please me better,’
replied the beauty, with a winning
smile.
The ride was had. Each of fire plot
ter's endeavored to be agreeable. Horace
was bland and attentive. Rena sat dis
traetingiy close to him, was ns amiable
as a Woman knows how to be when
she tries, and used her matchless eyes
with killing effect. They dined on'the
road, and returned in the evening; and
when they parted for the night, Rena
allowed Horace for the first time in her
life, to kiss her.
The great change in their demeanor
towards each other should havearoused
mutual suspicion, but it didn’t. They,
Were blinded by the glitter of the gold
en stake.
During the next day Horace remain
ed nearly all day in the house, and in
the society of his cousin. Ho proposed
going to the theatre in the evening, but
Rena urged.the impropriety of so do-
log. I’heir grandfather’s recent death
would make it highly improper in the
eyes of their friends.
‘But We can go to Brooklyn,’ suggest
ed Horace; ‘nobody will know us
there.’
To which the beauty assented, and
Horace kissed her. She didn’t resent
his impudence ; on the contrary, her
lips clung to his in a gentle, thrilling
rejoinder.
They went to the theatre, grew con
fidential and loving, and supplemented
their good-night-kisses with a hug.
% ‘l’m progressing tremendously,’
thought Horace; ‘to-morrow I will
propose to her.’
‘l’m bringing him around famously,’
thought Ronaj ‘he will come to the
point in a day or two.’
And come to the point ho did on the
following Friday— the day before the
opening of the will. Ho swore undy-
ing love for her; she affected surprise j
was sufficiently coy for appearances,
but confessed an ardent passion for him
—both lies found believing ears. After
a largo amount.of hugging and kissing,
which an occasion like this demands,
they discussed the practical details.
‘I am impatient for the happy
event,’ ho said squeezing her hand.
‘And so am I,’ she replied, returning
le pressure gently.
‘But grandfather’s recent death’—
‘Bother grandfather,’ pouted Rena.
‘Couldn’t wo manage it somehow?’
He feared for his chance when she
learned that he was penniless,
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL IT, 1873.
‘We can try,’
She was only anxious to liavo it set
tled before he discovered her poverty.
‘l’ll -tell you, Eena,’ he said, as if
struck by a new idea, ‘wo might gpt
married privately, and keep it a secret
until a becoming amount of time has
elapsed.’
‘As you please, dear Horace.’
‘When shall wo have the ceremony
performed ?’
‘As soon as possible—that is, I mean
as soon as you desire it.’
‘To-morrow morning ?’
■Yes.’
Two happier people than the cousins
didn’t go to bed that night.. Each was
self-congratulatory and triumphant.
In the morning they went' in a car
riage to a minister unknown to either
arid were married.
‘Why its one o’clock!’ said Horace,
as they re-entered the carriage. ‘We
havejust time enough to go to the sur
rogate’s office and have grandfather’s
will rend.’
They arrived there to find several
lawyers and the executors assembled.
One of the latter was speaking. He
held some documents in his hand.
‘Here are three wills', the first, leav
ing his property to Horace Warton,
was made about a year ago. The sec
ond, dated six months later, leaves the
estate to Rena Crocker. The third and
last dated three months, ago; leaves all
to charitable institutions. Of course,
only the last is valid—the others are of
no consequence.’
Rage and a'blank amazement tilled
the faces of the plotting cousins ; blit
they could do nothing. They rode dis
consolately home in the carriage. They
unburdened themselves of, their real
sentiments toward each other. They
expressed the most cordial hatred for
each other. And they unanimously
agreed to regard the marriage ceremo
ny ns null and void.
DIAMOND OUT DIAMOND,
In the village of , lived a man
who had once been a judge of the coun
ty, and well known all over it by the
name of Judge . He kept a store
and a sawmill, and was always sure to
have the best of the bargain on his side,
by which he had gained ample fortune,
and some did not hesitate to call him
the biggest rascal in the world.
He was very conceited withal, and
used to brag of his business capacity
whenever anyone was.near to listen.
One rainy day as quite a number was
seated around the stove, he began, as
usual, to tell of his great bargains, and
at last wound up with the expression :
“Nobody has ever cheated me, nor
they can’t neither.” "
“Judge,” said an old man of the com
pany, I’ve cheated you more than you
ever did me.”
“How so ?” said the Judge.
“If you’ll promise you won’t go to
law about it nor do anything, I’Jl tell
you or else I won’t; you are too much
of a law character for me.”
“Let’s hear,” cried half a dozen voi
ces at once.
“i’ll promise,” said the judge “and
treat in the bargain if you have.”
“Well, do you remember the wagon
you robbed me of?” ,
“i never robbed you of a wagon ; I
only got the beat of the bargain,” said
the judge.
“Well, I made up my mind,to have
it back, and—”
“You never did,” interrupted the
cute.judge.
“Yes, X did ; and interest too.”
“How so?” thundered the enraged
judge.
“Weil, you see, judge, 1 sold you one
day a very nice pine log, and bargained
with you for a lot more. Weil, that
log. I stole otf your pile down by the
mill the night before and the next day
I sold it to you.
“The next night I drew it back home
and sold it to you the next day; and so
I kept on till you had boughtyourown
log of mo twenty-seven times.”
“That’s a lie 1” exclaimed the infuri
ated judge, running to his books and
examining his log account.
“You never sold me twenty-seven
logs of the same measurement.”
“t know it,” said the vender iu logs;
“by drawing it back and forth the end
wore off, and as it wore I kept cutting
the end off until it was only ten feet
long—just fourteen feet shorter than it
was when I first brought it—and when
it got so short I drew'dt home and
worked it up into shingles, and I con
cluded I had got the worth of my wag
on.back, add stowed away in my pock
et-book.
The exclamation of the judge was
drowned in theshoutof the bystanders,
and the log-drawer found the door
without the treat.
Homely Women.—VV© like homely
women. We do not carry the peculiari
ty far enough to include the hideous or
positively ugly, for since beauty and
money are the only capital the world
will recognize In women, they are more
to be pitied than admired ; but we have
a chlvairic, enthusiastic regard for plain
women. We never saw one that was
not modest, unassuming and sweet-tem
pered, aud have seldom came across one
who was not virtuous aud hud not a good
heart, Made aware early in life of their
want of beauty by the slighted attentions
of the opposite sox. vanity and affection
never takes root in their hearts; and in
the hope of supplying attractions which
a capricious nature has denied, they
cultivate the graces of the heart instead
of the person, and give to the mind those
accomplishments which the world so
rarely appreciates in women, but which
are more lasting, aud In the eyes of men
of sense, more highly prized than per
sonal beauty. See them In the street, at
borne or la the church,.aud they arc
always the same; the smile which ever
lives upon the face is not forced there lo
fascinate, but la tbo spontaneous sun
shine reflected from a kimi of heart—a
dower which takes root in the soul and
blooms upon the Ups, inspiring respect
instead of passion, emotions of admira
tion instead of feelings of sensual re
gard. Plain women make good wives,
good mothers, cheerful homes and happy
husbands, and we never see one but wo
thank heaven that it has kindly created
women of sense us well as beauty, fur it
Is, iudeed, seldom a female is found pos
sessing both.
"WHEEE JS_ HOME 7
Homo la where affection bimla
Genllo hearts in unison;
Where the voices of nil kinds
Blond in sweet communion!
Homo Is whoro tho heart can rest
Pafo from darkening sorrow ;
Whoro tho friends wo Jovo tho boat
Brighton oyory morrow!
Homo Is whoro the friouds that love
To our honns aro given;
Where tho blessings from above
Make It scorn a heaven I
Homo is whoro the sun will shine
. In tho sklos nbovo us ;
Peeping brightly through tho vino
Trained by ihoso who love us!
Yes, 'Us homo whoro smiles of cheer
Wreathe tho brows that greet us ;
Aud tho one of nil most dear
Ever comes to meet us.
BLUSHING.
Why do we blush? What is the
cause? Can it be prevented ? Why do
the young blush more readily than the
old?
In answer to these questions science
comes to our aid and informs us that
this sudden reddening of the face is due
to, a rush of blood into the capillaries of
the skin. The influence of nervous
conditions is strikingly exhibited by
this phenomenon, the circulation of the
blood, or rather the action of the heart
being responsive to those emotions and
passions which have immediate rela
tion to the brain and nervous system.
There is a marked difference among
individuals in respect to blushing. One
who is very sensitive to praise or blame
has large Veneration, Approbativeness,
and Conscientiousness—blushes op the
sllghest occasion; while one with those
organs small will be comparatively in
different to either—will not be moved
by censure or by applause, by the
powers on earth or in heaven. A vivid
consciousness of one’s poverty or ig
norance, or other imperfection, tends to
produce a feeling of humility, and this
causes one to blush. Large Self-Esteem
with Intellect, culture, and competence,
gives assurance, makes one feel always
at home whereyer he may happen to
be, and this puts one above or beyoud
the disposition to blush. The old say
ing that a “ guilty conscience needs no
accuser,” is based on the fact that one
under conviction shows it in his face ;
and a young rogue, when confronted
with his wrong doing, will usually
blush just in proportion to his sensi
tiveness and his consciousness of guilt.
The fact that one can not overcome
his diffidence and look friend or foe in
the face, is no evidence of sin or wick
edness, as some suppose. On the con
trary, it is often the case that the most
innocent and virtuous are so bashful
that it is next to imposible for them to
look even an inferior squarely and
steadily in the eye. He soon falters
and assumes a downcast look in keep
ing with his modest and sensitive na-
lute. Self-confidence, for the diffldcni
may be acquired, and though one would
almost sink in his shoes the first time
when he appears to speak before an
audience, he will, by practice, over
come his tlniidity, or “platform fev
er,” as it is called, and when used to it,
enjoy the slight agitation as a mental
luxury. .At first he will be suffused
with blushes, and his mind will some
what be bewildered; soon, however,
equilibrium takes place, arid “Richard
is himself again.”
The temperament also has much to
do with our blushing. A nervous,
sanguine temperament is much more
susceptible than the lymphatic or bil
ious, and a blonde than a brunette.—
The African, the Asiatic, and the
North American Indian may fed a.
blush, though—owing .to the color of
his skin- he may not show it.
One cause of blushirig, on the part of
some children, is produced by the
mode of government adopted by in
considerate parents and impatient
teachers. Instead of mild measures,
they resort to the most severe, namely,
to that of shaming them. “Oh, you
little dunce!” or, “You blockhead!
did you not know better'than that?”
if the child really believes the parent
or leather, it will have a very ill opin
ion of itself, and sink into a feeling of
total unworthiness. What else but a
look of humiliation and self-contempt
can bo expected in the face of one so
treated.
The parent or the teacher may beget,
in the minds of children, all the rudi
ments of dignity, manliness, and so
much real nobility of sentiment and
soul that he would be above doing a
mean act, however sorely tempted.
Prevention : As in the effort to re
claim the inebriate, we must look to
the awakened moral sentiments, and
come under such influences as wo know
to bo right, if wo would overcome any
mental or physical infirmity like that
of stammering or blushing. Wo must
bo careful to do just right between one
and another, and between ourselves
and our Creator. Then, with a con
science void of offense, and a heart and
will in perfect accord with the will of
God—doing His service and asking
His blessing on all we do—we shall
suffer no more from the smiles or
frowns of others, nor be crucified by
that crushing feeling of unworthiness
which causes weak, sensitive, and bash
ful persons to beifiSme over-red in the
face from a natural or induced tendency
to painful blushing.
An Auburn, Mo., fisherman u low
since, while fishing through a hole in
the ice, caught ft trout so largo that he
could not bo brought through tho ori
fice. The fisherman, however, gently
played his fish with one hand while he
chopped ice with tho other, until tho
opening had been enlarged sufficiently,
then with a jerk ho brought out a dead
cat with a brick on its neck, tho entire
prize weighing about nine pounds. The
piufanity which ensued caused a heavy
thaw for sixty rods in alj directions.
When a man whips his wife in
Memphis they call it tho “ghost of a
sensation.” It Is because the whipper
has generally been communing with
“spirits.”
A EEOBEANT LOVES.
A Bacino (Wla.) paper.furnishes the
following: " Frank is a youthful shoe
maker, who works in Joe Miller’s boot
and shoo factory. Frank is n suscepti
ble youth, and his tender heart was
smitten by the beauty and grace of one
of the girla employed in tho factory.
Now Frank is—or was—not a bad look
ing leliow, and the maiden returned
the tender passion, and Frank
won her blushing consent to become his
bride.
Then for a time ail went happily. As
be sat at his work pegging soles, be
thought of two souls with but a single
thought, and pensively pegged away.
Time passed on with leadeu wings, and
as the hour approached for the happy
eonsummatiou, the impatience of the
lovers increased. A week ago last Satur
day be went to the priest’s house to be
published in the church the next Sou
day, as is the custom of those in the
Catholic faith. The priest being absent,
he was told to call again, but everything
was finally arranged, and last Tuesday
they were to have been married.
During all this time the young mai
den bad bdun busy. The wedding feast
was prepared, her dress —with a trail
three-quarters of a yard long, as he de
sired it—was all finished, and all that
was necessary was for the priest to make
them man and wife according to the sol
emn ceremonies of the church. When,
without a word of warning, Powell took
the cars and went to Chicago, leaving
tlio poor girl to mourn in her wedding
dress,’with a trail three-quarters of a
yard long, with the wedding feast un
tasted. His reasons for such conduct
was that the girl was too poor to buy the
outfit.
Now, when it is known that she sup
ports an aged, father and two little sis
ters out of her earnings, and that she
would not take anything from them to
deck herself in finery, It will be admit
ted that bis conduct was disgraceful, and
that he was no way deserving so good a
wife as she would have made. Last Sat
urday he returned to town—and it com
ing to the knowledge of the shopmates
of the injured maiden, they held an in
dignation meeting, when it was resolved
by them that if Frank Powell over stuck
his nose inside that shop they, would fix
him. Ah! heartless deceiver!. he little
dreamed what was In store for him. Fix
him ? You bet be was fixed!
Monday morning, with more cheek
than a house pig, ho stepped into Miller’s
office. As he did so the door behind
him was locked and the key mysterious
ly disappeared. Just then he was con
fronted by the girl he had so faithfully
promised to marry. Behind her were
ten tierce damsels just aching to get at
him. The girl reproached him for run
ning away ; ho undertook to talk back ;
she slapped his face. Whang went a bot
tle of liquid blacking into his face. The
battle broke and the blacking ran over
him. He kicked and swore, and tore
around; the girls screeched and scream
ed, Ob, it was lively 1
At this moment the girl who bad been
so cruelly treated, seized a two’ gallon
pot of warm glue, and poured it on bis
bead. He was the sickest looking shoe
maker about that time that was ever in
this city. Still thecombat.deepened, and
but for some one unlocking the door, so
that he was enabled to. escape, there is
no telling what those indignant maidens
might have done. Powell dove into
another room, and commenced to scrape
himself—he scraped and scraped and
kept on scraping—he’s probably scraping
yet. There was a poetic sort of justice
in thus daubing him with that glue, for
if he don’t stick to bis word he has some
thing that will make him stick hereafter.
The hoys in the factory hearing of the,
way the girls had treated Powell, gave
them an oyster supper that evening.
Good Steers,
’‘t liked your sermon very much to
day with a single exception,’ said a
worthy pastor to a minister who had oc
cupied bis pulpit a portion of the Sab
bath.
‘Well, what was the exception? 1
T think you used too many technical
phrases.'
‘Did I? I didn't think of it.'
'You repeatedly spoke of drawing in
ferences. Now, that was Greek to many
bearers.’
‘O, no! Most every one, of course
knows what we mean by drawing lufer-
ences.’
'You are mistaken, brother, assure us
you live. I do not believe one-half of my
congregation would understand the
phrase-’
‘You certainly canubt bo right.’
‘I am. Now, there is Mr. Smith,’
pointing out a man just turning the cor
ner, ‘who is quite an intelligent farmer.
Wo will overtake him, and I will ask
him if he can draw an inference, and I
do not believe that he will understand
me.'
Accordingly the ministers quickened
their pace, and aa they came.up to Mr.
Smith, his pastor said to him ;
’Brother Smith, can you draw an in
ference.
Brother Smith, thus summarily inter
rogated, looked at his pastor for some fif
teen seconds quite surprised, and then
rather hesitatingly said ;
‘Well, I suppose I could. I’ve got a
pair of steers that can draw anything to
which they are hilched. but I shouldn't
like to on Sunday.'
This is tho fatal time of year for old
people. Looking over our exchanges,
we note the remarkable fact that more
than ono-thlrd of tho deaths reported are
of persons between seventy aud ninety
years old. Dear old folks, our grandfath
ers and grandmothers, we beg you be a
little careful of yourselves while the
April winds still blow, and the showers
bring dampness; Keep on your wrap
pers, your cloaks aud overcoats, a little
longer. .Stay la doors, except during tho
bright midday sunshine, and sleep only
In warm and carefully ventilated rooms.
Not many summers can be spared you
and the one Just before you is bright with
promise. A few weeks of care and per
haps self denial, and tho whole glorious
summer will be secured to yon. It is
worth living for.
A young man at a party on being asked
if be could play'the harpsichord wanted
lo know if it was anything like seven up.
, VOL 59—N0.45
A Strange Mooting.
In the New Yorfs Utopafo/i, of a recent
date, wo And an Incident growing out of
tbo rebellion, under the above beading,
' and tbo Journal referred to relates bow,
on an evening or two previous, a good
looking man, a laborer, about thirty
years of age, took the care at centre street
depot, Newark, for Now York. There
was but oner vacant seat In the car that
be entered, and that was by the aide of a
handsome and elegantly dressed lady.
Tbo man sat down, and after bis fair
companion bad removed her veil, bo was
surprised to rec9gulzo in her bis wife,
whom be bad not seen for more than
twelve years. The lady threw her arms
around bis neck and kissed him tender
ly, and mutual explanations followed.
It seems that they bad been married
just before the breaking out of the war,
at the borne of tbo lady iu Missouri. Her
father was the owner of a large tract of
land, but bad only a little money. He
joined tbo rebel cause, and the daughter
also warmly adhered lo the opinions of
her father. Her husband, however was
a decided Union man. She abused him
violently on account of bis principles,
and told him if he sided with the bloody
Yankees be might leave tbo place, and
she never wished to see his face again.
He took her at her word, and the same
night, lie left h.er nod joined Fremont's
army ua a private. He wasseveral times
taken prisoner and as often escaped to
our lines. He pressed on with Sherman
towards.the sea, and at the conclusion of
bis term of enlistment be joined a New
Yoik regiment, and by his means, at the;
end of the war, found bis way to'Newark,
where bo has since worked quietly, iu a
factory. ,
■ His wife's father was killed at Vicks
burg, mid she was left solo possessor of
his uuculti vated farm. She supported
herself by working in a millinery estab
lishment iu St. Louis, till after the close
of the war; Her land rose in value and
she sold It for a good price, realizing
about.ss,ooo. With tills sum she started
a millinery of her own iu St. Lonis, and
succeeded splendidly. She is reported
to be worth $40,000 or $50,000. She was
on her way to New York to buy goods
when she met the man whom she bud
supposed long ago dead. Remorseful for
driving him away, she had refused all
offers of marriage. The joyous meeting
caused the husband to forget his wife's
error, and a present of a new suit of
clothes, a diamond ring and a splendid
gold watch, when they arrived in New
York, served materially to increase his
respect and affection for his long lost wife.
They are now stopping at a fashionable
hotel, joyous over the accident that uni
ted them.'
A Mammoth Pasture Farm Iu Texas.
A late number of the Corpus Christ!
(Texas) Gazette gives the following de
scription of a mammoth pasture farm re
cently fenced in.
This farm is the property of those mosl
enterprising citizens of Eockport, Messrs.
Coleman, Mathias and Fulton, and em
braces 121,000 acres of laud, and bounded
on the 'south by Nuecea and Corpus Chrls-
ti bays, on the east by about fifteen miles
of fence, extending from the latter bay,
from a point East of Corpus Christl reef
to Puerto bay, and along this latter to the
mouth of the Arkansas river; on the
north by the Arkansasaud Chiltia creeks,
and on the West having a fence of eleven
miles, extending from theChillipin creak
to Nueces Bay, This Vast domain is made
up of locations made by the said Arm'by
virtue of texas land certificates, and of
lands patented by the stale and by said
Arm purchas ed from the original grant
ees. The cost of laud certlAcales and
land has not been less than 300,000 in gold
the fence not less than $25,000. Thor
oughly advised stockmen inform us that
at least 25,000 head ofstock can be cornier
tably pastured and fattened within those
bounds, and that the prolits arising from
such business will be commensurate with
the investments made. Aside, however,
from profits to the originators, we consid
er this enterprise of Inconceivable beno-
Ats to our whole section of country. It'
will practically the necessity
and advantage of stock being represented
by laud, grass, and water, possessed by or
under the lawful control of the owners
of the stock. The benefits resulting from
fencing will be understood and apprecia
ted; the example heretofore set by Cap-
tain MifAiu Kennedy, and now carried
out by Captain Elcbard King, and by
said Coleman, Mathias & Pulton, will be
followed and imitated by every other hon
est and sensible stockman—fencing will
become the order of the day—lands will
cease to bo almost worthless as at present
—slock will bo secure and safe from the
depredations of Mexicans and robbers
generally, and In Increase and sales will
yield treble that now produced, while
“skinning” and "peeling" will cease to
be a d isturblng and demoralizing ele
lueut.
Anecdote of Pope,
Alexander" Pope once received a sharp
rejoinder, whereby a pointed hit was
made at his diminutive and illshaped
figure.
The poet was, one evening, at Bur
ton’s coffee house, where himself and
Swift and Arbuthnot, with several
other scholars, were poring over, a
manuscript copy of the Greek Aristo
phanes. At length they came across
a sentence which they could not com
prehend, and as in their perplexity
they talked rather loudly they attracted
tho attention of a young officer who
chanced to be in another part of tho
room. Ho approached and begged
leave to examine tho passage,
‘Oh, by all means,’ said Pope; sarcas
tically. ‘Let tho young gentleman
look at it. Wo shall have light direct
ly.’
Tho young officer took up tho manu
script volume and after a little study
and consideration, his countenance
brightened.
‘lt is but a slight omission on tho
part of the scribe,’ ho said, ‘it only
wants a note of interrogation at this
point, to muko tho whole intelligible.’
Poposaw in an instant that the offi
cer was right j but tho thought ol being
outdone in Greek translation, by a
moro youth and a rod coat, piqued him,
and with a sharp, bitter twang ho cried
out :
‘And pray, young sir, what is a note
of interrogation V’
‘A note of interrogation,’ answered
the officer, surveying tho wizened,
bunch backed poet Irom head to foot
with a contemptuous look, ‘is a little
crooked thing that asks questions.’
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HUMOROUS.
“ Fat Woman’s Bend” is the classic
name of a small village on tho Missouri
River.
The Now Orleans Picayune says that
in the olden times in Louisiana, when
a man had a lawsuit, lie used to hire a
lawyer, hut now ho has to hire n
judge.
Professors of geology are now de
bating the following question:
“ Were there bugs in tho carbonifer
ous beds?”
A sharp editor who understands arith
metic has figured out tho problem that
figures won’t lie. He says they will—
especially tho figures of some, women.
Some of tho spring bonnets are of tho
most curious description and style. They
form almost a point over the forehead,
and are fine combination of lace feathers,
flowers, jet and hair pins.
The top mils of fences in Maine are
commencing: to reappear through the
snow.
A paper puts the matter which it
wishes to enforce in the following simile:
“ You might as well try to almmpoon an
elephant with a thimblefull of soupsuds,
as to attempt to do business and ignore
advertising.”
You can't got Into respectable society
in Atlanta just now, unless you have
fifteen or twenty measle’s below your
shirt collar. There are only fifteen hun"
drejl cases in that city.
A recently deceased judge possess
ed remarkable talents as a punster.
“Pray, my lord,” said a lady, “can you
toll what sort of a bird the bulbul is"”
"It is the male of the coo-coo, I sup
pose,” replied the humorous judge.
A clairvoyant trio, two women
and a man, have been travelling in the
South, pretending to cure epizootic by
the “laying on of hands.” They prac
ticed on a mule in Kentucky the other
day, and the firm lias since dissolved.
A pond husband boasted to a friend,
“Tom, the old woman came near call
ing mo honey last night.” “Did she, 1
Bill? What did she say?” “She
said, ‘Weil, old Beeswax, come to sup
per.’ ”,
When the “member from Dutch
Gap,” as the New York Herald stylos
him, made his boast, that he was
“Qod-made, not a newspaper-made
man,” it was too much for the Incredu
lous “Sunset” Cox, tyho ejaculated:
“You do not look or act like your
father.”
The coolest man yet discovered is he
who stopped a train bn the Pennsyl
vania Railroad the other night by
swinging a lantern, and handing the
fireman spmo currency, requested him
to bring down a quarter of a pound of
flue cut tobacco.
A BMfciiiT little boy hearing hia
father say. that a man ought to “stick to
his business/’ emptied ajiottie of mu
cilage in the old gentleman’s office
chair. The old man says he has not
been stuck so badly since 1857, and re
warded his offspring by taking him on
Whaling trip to the .back cellar.
Barnum is going: to make his ani
mals Are-proof now. The elephant
will wear a corrugated iron over-coat,
the baboons will have Babcock’s extin.
gulsher strapped on their backs, while
the camels and other animals will bo
coated heavily with Are-proof paint.
“ How much to publish this death ?”
asked a customer of a newspaper in
New York.
“ Four shillings.”
“ Why, I paid but two shillings the
last time I published one.” ,
“That was a common death; but
:his is sincerely regretted.”
“ I’ll tell you what,” said the appli
cant, “your executors will not bo put
to that expense.”
An old bachelor said “there’s a darn
ed sight more jewelry worn now-a
days than when I was young. But
there’s one piece that I always admired
which I don’t often see now.” “What
is that;?” asked a young lady, “A
thimblis,” was the reply. Ho was re
garded with contempt and scorn by
every lady in the room for the rest of
the evening.’
Salt.—Do you think to much salt ia
njurious to the system ? Do some . per
sons need more salt than others?
Atis, '“Too much” of anything is injuri
ous. We think moat people eat to much
salt. If one eats more than the constitu
tion requires, the system has to get rid of
it as foreign mat erial. Meat-eating ani
mals eat no salt at all in their natural
state, and no oat or dog would eat meat,
however slightly salted, if they could get
that which is entirely fresh- The llosli
of those animals which are oaten as food
doubtless,contains enough of the salt ele
ments for the health of the eater. Men
learned to use salt by slaughtering an ox,
and being obliged to preserve tbe major
part of ft by salting it. If all men could
gel fresh meat when they desired, there
would be no salt meat required, and in a
generation or two the habit of eating salt
ed meat would die out. It is only the
vegetable-eating animals that will accept
salt; and we fancy thnt.lf cattle could run
at large, and have natural garss from un
exhausted soils, they would cat that
grass only which hud enough saline mut
ter in it for their constitutional needs. It
issaid that buffaloes visit the salt licks
In the spring only, when the grass is Im
mature, and the head ones go to the lick
and satisfy themselves ; and as they turn
about, the tail of the drove is compelled
to reverse its 01 der <jf march, and proba
bly not more than one In live of a thou- '
sand buffaloes get a touch of the salt. As
they return southward in the fall,' we are
Informed that they do not seek the licks.
There is altogether too much suit eaten
even In the cities, and there Is three
times as much eaten in the country as
there is in the cities where fresh meat is
available. The butter eaten In the coun
try has three times as much salt in it us
that which ia salable in cities. Most peo
ple eat far too much salt.— Phrenological
journal,