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H.l- .
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW,
Columbia, Pa.
Collections promptly made In Lanca,ter and
York Counties.
TW. FISHER,
. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office on Front Street, between Locust and
Walnut, Columbia, Pa,
A. J. K AUFFMAN.
ATTORNEY-A T-L AW.
Collections made in Lancaster and. adjoining
Counties.
Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, and all claims
against the government promptly prosecuted.
- Odlee—Locust street, between Front and Sec
ond streets.
S'IAMCJEL EVANS,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Office, on Second St., adjoining Odd Fellows'
Hall, Columbia, Pa.
T Z. HOPPER,
DEZ , TTIST.
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Office—Front Street, next door toll. Williams'
Drug Store, between Locust and Walnut Streets,
Columbia, Pa.
Q C. ERNIE:STROUT, M. D.,
Late of Reading, Pa., offers his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Columbia and vicinity.
Office in Walnut Street, below Second, Colum
bia,
Ti HINKLE,
PHYSICIAN kt SURGEON:
otters his professional services to the citizens of
Columbia and vicinity. lie may be found at the
oince connected with his residence, on Second
street, between Cherry and 'Union, every day,
from 7t09 A. M., and nom U to BP. M. Persons
wishing his services in special cases, between
these hours, will leave word by note at his office,
or through the post oftice.
BOTELS.
FRANKLIN" HOUSE,
LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA.
This is a first-class hotel, and is In every respect
adapted to meet the wishes and desires of the
traveling public. MARTIN ERWIN,
Proprietor,
FRENCH'S HOTEL,
On the European Plan, opposite City Hall Park
New York. E. FllEssca,
Proprietor.
.
west Markel, Square, Ste:tiling Renn'a.
EVAN MISHLER,
Proprietor.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
MOUNT JOY, PENN A.
First-Class Accommodations. The Choicest
Liquors at the Bar. ALEX. D. REESE,
Proprietor.
7%/r ALTBY HOUSE,
IV l BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.
This hotel has been lately refitted with all the
necessary improvements known to hotel enter
prise and therefore offers first-class accommoda
tions to strangers and others visiting Baltimore.
A. 13. 'MILLER,
Proprietor.
3.11 - SCELLAN_EO USE.
-m -ARVIN'S PATENT ALUM &, DRY
_LYUL PLASTER, FIRE AND BURGLAR
PROOF SAFES.
Warranted the best in the world Never cor
rode the Iron. Never lose their the-proof quali
ties. Are the only Safes tilled with Alum and
Dry:Plaster.
Please send or call for an Illustrated Catalogue.
MARVIN & CO.
Principal Warehouses:
No, 265 Broadway, New York,
No. 721 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
:%lareh 0, 1667-Iy,
GEORGE BOGLE,
DEALE.II IN
LUMBER OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Also, PLASTERERS' HAIR.
Offlee—Front Street, between Loeu,t and Union
pA
NV IN"'3 2, \ O r gI i C I A D G E. I ASS ES,
FURNITURE,
Of all descriptions, and at reduced prices, at our
NEW WARE ROOMS,
Locust Street, above Second, south side,
JOHN SIIEXBERGER.
Columbia, Mar. 2, 1867-ti.
PURE WINEs AND LIQUORS!
For Pure, Unadulterated Wines and. Liquors,
go to the store of the subscriber. He has elegant
CATAWBA WINE,
Which for quality and flavor, cannot be excelled;
also, the celebrated ROOSTER
Yankee Rum, Jan mica Spirits, Blackberry
Brandy, Cherry and Currant. Wines.
We have Wines, Brandies, Gins, Cordials, Old
Monongahela of nil grades. Give us a call nod
examine for yourself. CHARLES GROVE S
Corner of Commerce and Walnut Sts., Columbia,
Pa. [dee:22;66-ff.
CO.NSUMPTION CA..N BE CURED!
TUE TRUE REZIEDY AT LAST DISCOVERED.
UPHAM'S FRESH MEAT CURE!
Prepared from the formma of Professor Trous
seau, of Paris. cures Consumption, Lung Diseases
Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Marasmus, General De
bility, and all morbid conditions of the system,
dependent on deficiency of vital force. It is
pleasant to taste, and a single bottle will con
vince the most skeptical of its virtue as the great
healing remedy of the age. Si a bottle, or six
bottles for $5. Sent by Express. Sold by
S. C. UPHAM,
of South Eighth St., Phila.
Sold by S. A. MeyersrApothecary, Odd Follows'
Hall, Columbia, Pa. Circulars sent free.
Mar 2, '67-3mo.
UPHOLSTERING!
The undersigned has taken rooms adjoining
the residence of James Barber, iu Walnut street,
where he 18 at all times prepared to do all kinds
of work in his line, such as Hanging Curtains,
cutting, making and laying Carpets, repairing
Sofas and Chairs, making Spring, Corn-husk or
✓Hair Mattra.sses, Cushions, &c., &c.
Mar. 10, 436.] SAMUEL CARTER.
P OUDRETTE!
(Seventeen Years Fair Trial.)
There is no better Manure In the Market, for
all kinds of Crops.
POUDRETTE—at 40 ets. per bushel, or F. 20 per
ton, delivered at railroad stud steamboat depots,
in Philadelphia.
Manufactory—Gray's Road, above the Arsenal,
Philadelphia. Peyssou's Farm, Glocester, N. J.
Woodbury Railroad.
Denlers—French, Richards & Co., 4th and Cal
lowhilL streets, Philadelphia, and for sale by
Seed and Agricultural Implement Dealers gen
erally.
Ofilee—Library street, No. 41V, back of the new
Post Oillee. Philadelph
Liberal DISCOUNT to Dealers.
Feb. 23, 'O7-arnos.
CONFECTIONERY AND FRUIT OF
ALL KINDS IN SEASON.
Parties and Families supplied with
ICE CREAM,
by the Freezer, or in Moulds, with promptness at
GEO. J. SMITH'S,
Adjoining the Franklin House, Locust street.
p. S.—Also, a line assortment of TOYS and
Fancy Articles, constantly on hand. (Apr 1, '67.
H. W. HUNTER & co.,
IVIIOSESALE DRUGGISTS.
No. 41 North Third Street,
PHILADELPHDI.
'lmporters and Grinders of Spices, dealers In
Drugs, CheinicaP: Dye Stufk, Patent Medicines,
Oils, Paints Varnishes, Glass, Ac. Manufactur
ers of "lisaJgn's Syrup of Tar." [Nov. 17, '66-1y
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RAILROAD LINES.
READING RAIL ROAD.
SUMMER ARRAiNGEIVENT.
April Bth, 1867.
GREAT TRUNK LINE FROM THE NORTH AND
North West for Philadelphia, New York, Read
ing,, Pottsville, Tamaqua, Ashland, Lebanon,
Allentown, Easton, Ephrata, Litiz, Lancaster,
Columbia, &c., &c.
Trains leave Harrisburg for New York, as fol
lows: At 3.00, 9.10 and 9.35 A. H., and '2.10 and
9.00 P. 31., connecting with similar Trains on the
Pennsylvania R. R., and arriving at New York
at 5.00 and 10.10 A. SL, and 4.10, 5.20 and 10.25 P. 31.
Sleeping Cars accompanying the 3.00 A. )L, and
9.00 P. H. Trains without change.
Leave Harrisburg for Reading, Pottsville,
Tamaqua, Minersville, Ashland, Pine Grove,
Allentown and Philadelphia, 8.10 A. M., and 2.10
and 4.10 P. M., stopping at Lebanon and principal
Way Stations; the 4.10 P. 31., making connections
for Philadelphia and Columbia only. For Potts
ville, Schuylkill, Haven and Auburn, via
and Susquehanna Rail Road, leave
Harrisburg at 3.20 P. M.
Returning: Leave New York at 9.00 A. St.,
12.00 Noon and 5.00 and 8.00 P. M. •, Philadelphia
at 8.15 A. 31.. and 3.30 P. Si. Way Passenger
Train leaves Philadelphia at 7.30 A. 31., returning
from Reading at 0.30 P. 3L, stopping at all Sta
tions; Pottsville at 8.45 A. H., and 2.45 P. M.;
Ashland 0.00 and 11.30 A. M., and L 0.5 P. ;
Tamaqua at 9.45 A. H.. and .1.10) and 8.55 P. M.
Leave Pottsville for Harrisburg, via Schuylkill
and Susquehanna. Rail Road at 7.00 A. AL
Reading Aceomodation Train; Leaves Read
ing at 7.30 A. 3L, returning from Philadelphia at
5.00 P. Si.
.FIVE CENTS
Pottstown Amon - iodation Train : Leaves Potts
town at 6.00 A. M., returning leaves Philadelphia
at 6.:10 P. M.
Columbia Rail Road Trains leave Reading at
7.00 A. M. and 6.15 P. M., for Ephrata, Litiz, Lan
caster, Columbia. Se.
On Sundays: Leave New York at 8.00 P. M.,
Philadelphia 8.00 A. M., and 3.15 P. M., the 0.00 A,
M. Train running only to Reading; Pottsville
8.00 A. M. • Harrisburg 0.35 A. M., and Reading
at 1.20 and 7.20 A. M. for Harrisburg. and 11.22 A.
M. for New York and 1.25 P. M. for Philadelphia.
Commutation, Mileage, Season, School and Ex
elusion Tickets, to and from all points, at re
duced Rates.
Baggage checked through; 80 pounds allowed
cacti Passenger.
G. A. NICOL LS,
General Superintendent
Reading, Pa., April Bth, 1867.
p ENNSY LVANIA RAIL ROAD
TRAINS LEAVE COLUMBIA GOING EAST,
Lanmster Train
Harrisburg .Accommodation
TRAINS LEAVE 'WEST,
Mail Train
Harrisburg Accommodation
Lancaster Train Arrives
COLUMBIA A CCO3I D TI ON,
Leave Columbia for Lancaster , 1.40 P. M
Arrive at Lancaster 2.10 "
Connecting with Day Express for Phila.
Leave Lancaster at 2.13 P. 23
Arrive at Columbia 3.20 "
WM. F. LOCK - AIM,
Superintendent, Phila. Div.
N ORTHERN CENTRAL
RAILWAY.
YORK AND WIUGIITSVILLE R. R
DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL OF THE PASSEN
GER TRAINS AT YORK.
DEPARTURES FROM YORK
For Baltimore, 4.13 A. M., 7.00 A. M.,10.40 A. M.,
2.50 P. M. and 5.03 P. M.
For Wrightsville, 6.15 A. M., 11.43 A. Sr., and
330 P. :SI.
For Harrisburg, 12.30 A. M., 7.10 A. M., 10.40 A.
M., 11.43 A. M., 2.43 P. 81., and 10.30 P. M.
From Baltimore, 12.25 A. M., 10.35 A. M., 1135
A. 85., 2.10 P. M., 0.50 P. M., and 10.25 P. `M.
From Wrightsville, 8.45 A. M., 2.3,5 P. M., and
7.30 P. M.
From Harrisburg, -1.10 A. H., 10.35 A. H., and
2.15 P. M., and 6.35 P. H., and 9.52 P. H.
On Sunday, the only trains running are the
one from Harrisburg, 0.35 In the morning, pro
ceeding to Bamore . ; and those from Baltimore
at 12.25 A. 31., and 10.23 P. M., proceeding to Harris
burg.
No train arrives front Baltimore at 10.25 on
Saturday night; and none front Harrisburg at
4.10,pn :Li424)43a11.01104g:ir...,55.zi) -
General Superintendent.
READING AND COLUMBIA R. 11
Oh and after
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 261 h, 1806,
Trains will run between
LANCASTER, COLUMBIA, AND READING,
Leave Lancaster and Columbia, 8.00 a. m.
3.00 p. in.
Arrive at Reading, 10 .0 0 m.,5.30 p.
Returning, leave Readingat 7.00 a. M., &I . 8.15 p.
Arrive at Lancaster 0.:?0, and Columbia 8.23
a. in., and 0.30 p.
Through tickets to New York, Philadelphia
and Lancaster, sold at principal stations, rind
ba.,,,age checked through. Freight carried with
the utmost promptness and dispit tell, at the low
est rates. Further information Nvith regard to
Freight or passage. may be obtained from the
agents of the Company.
GEO. F. GAGE, Supt.
E. F. KeuvEn, Gen. Frt. and Ticket Agent.
thee! 'GU.
CAMDEN AND AMBOY E. B.
PIIILNDELPHIA. TO NEW YORK, via Cam
den—At 6 and Sa. 111., and 2 and U p. In. 'Via
Kensington—At 11 a. in., and .1.:30, 6.45 and 12p. in.
T OCAL FREIGHT NOTICE..
The Pennsylvania Rail Road Company are
now prepared to receive or forward Freight. be
tween Columbia and Lancaster, and all stations
on the Pennsylvania Rail Road and its branches.
RATES BETWEEN PIIIL'A. & COLUMBIA,
First Class. lad Class. lid ansb. -Oh Class.
23 cents 21 ets. Id eta. 13 eta.
Flour in Car loads, cents per Barrel.
BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA & LANCASTER.
Fast Class. tad Class. ; - 3rd Class. -Ilk Class.
23 cents 20 cts. 17 ets. 14 ets.
BETWEEN COLUMBIA C PITTSBURGH.
Fa.st Class. lad Class. 3ml Claes. 4th Class.
71 cente ets. d 6 cts. U cts.
Freight consigned to stations where the Com
pany has no Agent, must be prepaid.
All Freights payable on Delivery.
H. H. HOUSTO37,
General Freight Agent, Phila.
For further information apply to
S. B. lirsCisros, Frt., Agt., Phila.
E. Bolen, Frt., Agt., Columbia.
A. F. SLAY3IANCR, Frt., Agt., Lanc'r.
HAIR PREPARATIONS.
H A L
VEGETABLE SICILIAN
HAIR RENEWER,
The effects of which
ARE TO RESTORE THE HAIR
TO ITS
NT - a - tura:l Color,
AND PROMOTE ITS GROWTH.
It is an entirely new scientific discovery, com
bining many of the most powerful and restora
tive agents in the VEGETABLE XINGDOK.
It cures an diseases of the scalp, and allays all
that heat and irritation, and furnishes a nutri
tive principle by which the hair is nourished and
supported, and by Its remedial virtues, it causes
the hair to grow where it has fallen out, and re
stores it to its natural color when gray. The old
In appearance are made young again. It will
keep the hair from falling out.
It Is not a Dye, It strikes at the roots and fills
the glands with new life and coloring matter.
IT IS TILE BEST
HAIR DRESSING
Ever used, making It moist, soft and glossy.
It removes dandruff, and all those scurvy erup
tions. It does not contain oil and alcohol, which
dry up the secretions upon which the vitality
depends.
No person, old or young, should fall to use It.
It me recommended and used ky time • FIRST MEDIC 'IL
A UTHORITY.
OirASE: FOIL HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIA.N
HAIR RENEwErt, and take no other.
Our Treatise on the Hair sent free upon appli
cation.
R. P. HALL & CO.,
Proprietors,
Sold by all Druggists. Nashua, N. IL
WHISKERS
AND
Forced to grow upon the smoothest face in
from three to five weeks, by using Dr. Sevigne's
TESTAURATEUR CAPI'LLAIRE, lila most
wonderful discovery - in modern science, acting
upon the Beard and flair in an almost miracul
ous manner. It has been used by the elite of
Ports and Loudon with the most nattering suc,
Case. Names of all purchasers will be registered,
and if entire satisfaction Is not given in every
instance, the money will be cheerfully - refunded.
Price by mail, sealed and post-paid, ;di. Descrip
tive circulars, and testimonials mailed free.
IresN BERGER, SHUTTS 64. co., Chemists,
No. 2 , 35 River Street, Troy, Tea• York*.
Mar 9,'67-1y) Sole agents for the United States
Q. 30 A.
3.3$ P. M
MEM
6.30
8.10 "
ARRIVALS AT YORK
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COLT.IMBI_A_., PA., SATURDAY MORN.ING, APRIL 20, 1867.
pdiraL
[For the " Sp."]
I Think of Thee.
BY lIEICRY S. lIOWARD
I think of thee when morning's sun
Dispels the gloom of night,
And o'er this busy world of ours
Speeds on his rapid flight.
And when the burning rays of morn,
The little buds expand,
My thoughts are borne away to thee—
And to a distant land.
When twilight shadows, gathering o'er,
Envelop land and sea,
I love to spend eve's gentle hour
In thinking, love, of thee.
n d through the silent hours of night,
While shunifring
My thoughts are stolen by bright dreams
And borne away to thee,
At early morning, noon and night,
•Where'er I chance to be,
My mind and heart are borne awn.)
Beloved one, to thee.
As on Ti chariot wheels you move,
With spirit light and free,
One boon, 'tls all I ask of you,
That you'll remember me.
[For the "Sp y:1
TO A FRIEND.
a=!
In this cold world of care and sorrow,
Where clouds so often come, '
To darken life's bright, sunny sky,
And cheerless make our home;
Where selfish hearts so often give
The thorns instead of flowers,
And few endeavor with a will
To quell grief's falling showers.
How blest it is to feel and know
Kind hearts do linger still,
And strive to brighten shady paths
With a determined will;
Kind hearts to feel another's woes,
And make oar sky more clear—
Ali, they will have their best reward
Hereafter, if not here !
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[For the "Spy."J
SAMUEL DERGEN;
OR,
The Wonder of the Neighborhood
gcrunbcb nn tad
Whatever person is athirst,
Oh ! let him spurn the wine
And freely drink the spring of life,
At pure, cold waiter's shrine.
Intemperance is one of the most alarm
ing evils that ever infested human society.
A vice so odious in its nature, so injurious
in its consequences, and attended with so
many circumstances of suffering, mortifi
cation and disgrace, that it seems difficult
to understand how it should ever have
become a prevalent evil among mankind;
and more especially how it should have
come down to us irons the earliest period
of society, gaining strength, and power,
and influence in its descent. That such is
-the firet--- , rlfzittires cep roof:- -10 a t
ing effects are too - obvious. In these
latter times more especially, it has swept
over our land, with the rapidity and power
of a tempest. bearing down everything in
its course. Not content with rioting in
the haunts of ignorance and vice, it has
passed through our consecrated groves,
has entered our most sacred enclosures;
and oh ! how many men of genius and
letters have fallen before it ! How many
lofty intellects have been shattered and
laid in ruins by its power ? How many
a warm and philanthropic heart has been
chilled by its icy touch ? It has left no
retreat unvisited. It has alike invaded
our public and private assemblies—our
political and social circles—our courts of
justice, and Halls of Le:isl.ition. It has
stalked within the very walls of the Capitol,
and there left the stain of its pointing touch
on our National Glory. It has leaped over
the pale of the Church. and even stretch
ed up its sacrilegious arm to the pulpit
and dragged down some of its richest
ornaments. It has revelled equally on
the spoils of the palace and the cottage,
and has seized its victims with an unspar
ing grasp, from every class of society.
The private ei,izen and public function
ary, the high and the low, the rich and
the poor, the enlightened and the ignor
ant ; and where is there a family among
us so happy as not to have wept over
some of its members, who have fallen by
the hand of this ruthless destroyer ?
By way of illustration, I will give a leaf
from real life, as I well remember when
the occurrence took place—not many years
ago. The story is literally true—the names
alone are fictitious in part.
Samuel Bergen lost his father at an
early age, and his education devolved on
the mother, who was of a delicate consti
tution. When he had completed his four
teenth year, he met with a sad bereave l i
-
ment in the decease of his mother. He
bore his loss with fortitude, and resolved
to exert himself to get a situation, and
not become a burden to any one of his ac
quaintances. He was successful. His
continued attention to business, and his
devoted solicitude for the interests of his
employer, who was au aged wan, earned
for him the merchant's high regard.
Every year his salary was increased. He
became acquainted with many young men
who frequented bar-rooms, and sometimes
accompanied. them- At first be drank
without having any propensity, but he
soon manifested a love for the intoxicating
cup. Tin e rolled on ; he had some diffi
culty with his employer, and in a fit of
passion he left him. Having been idle
about two mouths, he resolved to turn his
attention to the trade that he had served
a few years at, in early life. He could
not accomplish all he intended, as his con
stitution was weak; and furthermore be
had to struggle against the temptation to
join as usual with his boon companions.
He avoided them, but he drank very often
during the day. Ile practiced economy
in dress, and at the end of eight years he
had saved a few hundred dollars. Among
his acquaintances, lie selected a young
lady, to whom he proposed, and after
"NO ENTERTAINAIF.NT 80 CHEAP AS BEADING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
wards made her his wife. For the first
year he worked steadily and spent his
evenings at home. During the next he
indulged freely in drink, and not only
was seen intoxicated at night, but even
during the day. A beautiful daughter
was born during the second year of his
marriage; she seemed, however, to have
no attraction for him. The glass was his
Predominant attraction, which soon re
duced him and his family to poverty.
The mother worked at home, and by her
unceasing industry, she supported the
little darling of her heart and her drunk
en husband for ten years, without ever
uttering a word of complaint.
One evening, when Jacob Price, a
friend of the family, was sitting in com
pany with Mrs. Bergen and her daughter,
Samuel came in reeling, and gave every
sign of passion. All the entreaties of his
wife and the persuasions of Jacob, could
not cool his unbridled anger. The friend
left the house with a sorrowful heart.
When he met Samuel about two days
after, an apology was given for the worse
than brutal conduct which the husband
had exhibited on the aforesaid evening.
Jacob, taking advantage of the occasion,
urged him to sign the pledge. With
much persuasion, lie complied. In ten
minutes both were seen about to receive
the pledge. Oh ! happy moment ! From
that day fortune favored Samuel. He
has not since that time broken his solemn
promise. He commenced to work in
earnest, and industry has met its just re
ward ; for after six years of unceasing toil
he now enjoys the fruits of his labors.
He lives in a beautiful house in Media,
Delaware county, and receives quarterly a
handsome income from two others built
since his reformation. His daughter,
last year or so, after having witnessed the
happy change in her beloved father, and
after having aided her affectionate mother,
for years, departed this life with the well
grounded hope of being received in the
heavenly Jerusalem.
The father and mother still live. Both
are zealous in the cause of temperance.
From his birth, Samuel has nearly all the
time resided in his native place and State;
and as he manifests such a great change
at present. when contrasted with his former
life, he receives the appellation of the
wonder of the neighborhood.
Beaderl learn from this simple narra
tive to avoid the intoxicating cup. Be
on your guard against the delusions of
those who entwine within their enticing
grasp too many innocent victims. Look
with pity upon the duped and deluded
young men who perhaps fell like Samuel
..Dergea, -'kihenever
meet them extend, as Jacob did, a help
ing hand to redeem them from the slavery
of intoxicating drinks ; let them at least
see that a desire is felt for their return to
the path of sobriety and respectability,
and you do that which shall prove a bless
ing and be rewarded by Him who looks
with approval and delight upon the
humblest endeavors of the well-inclined.
J. S. G.
NW' Un.ralTD3ll
Gems of Thought.
Prosperity is no just scale ; adversity is
the only balance to weigh friends—Plu
tarch.
The most happy man is he who knows
how to bring into relation the end and be
ginning of his life.—Gcothe. •
Idleness is the stupidity of the body,
and stupidity the idleness of the mind.—
Seume.
He that preaches gratitude pleads the
cause both of God and nutn ; for without
it we can neither be sociable nor religious.
—Seneca, 4f
The greater part of men have no opin
ion, still fewer an opinion of their own,
well reflected and founded upon reason.—
Scuttle.
When a noble life has prepared old ago,
it is not the decline that it recalls, but the
first day of immortality.—Madame de
S tael.
Man ought always to have something
which he prefers to life, otherwise life it
self will appear to him tiresome and void.
—Seutue.
The happy people of this world think
that the unhappy ought to perish before
them with the same grace as that which
the Roman populace exacted of the gla
diat ors.—G co the .
The integrity of the heart, when it is
strengthened by reason, is the principal
source of justice and wit; an holiest man
thinks nearly always justly.—Rousseau.
A truth which one has never heard causes
the soul surprise at first, which touches it
kindly ; but when it is accustomed to it,
it becomes very insensible there—Nicole.
To despise theory is to have ate execs •
sively vain pretension to do without know
ing what one does, and to speak without
knowing what one says.—Fontenelle.
Pleasant recollections promote cheerfull
ness, and painful ones gloom. Thus the
happiness that flows from the right regu
lation or the feelings tends to perpetuate
itself.
Few things in this world trouble peo
ple more than poverty, or the fear of
poverty ; and indeed it is a sore affliction;
but. like all other ills the flesh is heir to,
it has an antidote, its reliable remedy.
The judicious application of industry,
prudence and temperance is a certain cure.
Sound economy is a sound understand
ing brought into action; it is calculation
realized ; it is the doctrine of proportion
reduced to practice ; it is foreseeing con
tingencies and providing against them ; it
is expecting contingencies and being pre
pared for them.—Hannah More.
tbrithain Lincoln.
His was a great life, but his death was
greater still—the greatest, perhaps, that
had moved the world for a thousand years.
When he stood with his tender arms
around the North and South holding them
to his heart that both might soften theirs
at its spirit, his life's work was done.
Then began the sublime mission of his
death. While those sunken eyes were
shining with the gladness of his soul at
the glimpse given him. as to Moses on
Pisgah's top. of the Canaan side of his
country's future, in a moment their light
was quenched forever on earth. An
assassin pierced bis brain as with a bolt
of lightning; and he fell, and great was
the fall of that single man. With him
fell a million enemies of his cause and
country at home and abroad. If the last
act of his life was to close the rift in a
continent, the first act of his death was to
close the chasm between two hemispheres.
Never before was England brought so
near to this country. In the great overflow
of her sympathy the mother country was
flooded and tided towards her first-born
daughter, weeping. at the bier of the great
departed; and she beat over the mourner
with words of tender condolence. Blood
is thicker than water; and the latent in
stincts of nature came forth in generous
speech and sentiment towards a sorrowing
nation. in that overflow of fellow-feeling,
the sympathy with the South and its un
righteous cause was drowned, or burnt up
by a spirit of indignation at the taking-off,
which seemed to consume at a breath the
animus that had sided with secession.
There was light as well as heat in that
fire; and in the light thousand of South
ern sympathizers saw in a different aspect
the cause they had upheld.—Erilm Bur
ritt.
Mr. Sewurirs Infirmities
A Washington correspondent writes :
"The mental and bodily condition of Mr.
Seward is very far from being satisfacto
ry to his friends. I have seen him sever
al times of late, and can only speak of
him as a man entirely broken down.
Physically, be i , shattered beyond hope
of repair. He has never fully recovered
from the shock of Payne's attempt upon
his life, and careful medical men—not
his advisers, but friends or acquaintances
—say he never will. Ido not allude to
the common talk of his personal or politi
cal enemies, when I add that many of his
late vagaries are attributed to mental de
rangement consequent upon bodily infirm
aties. His step, his eye, his talk, are
those of one who has left the force, and
ebprness and shrewdness of manhood be
him: I,iw. His is nut theimirmity'of c;ld .
age merely; with that is conjoined the
weakness and whimsicality of a mind dis.
ceased and disordered, in part by his
course of life, and in part by the personal
afflictions of the last two years. Ile talks
much of the ingratitude of the world, par
ticularly of politicians who owe their start
in life to his help. He speaks of old po
litical associates in New York not unfi•e
quently with great bitterness. He ex
pects that men in that city. and in Alba
ny, and Rochester, and Buffalo, who were
once only too ready to fall at his feet,
will meet him next time he goes to Au
burn with averted eyes and indifferent
commonplaces."
now to Raise Fruit Every Year.
If rightly understood. few trees unless
absolutely dead or rotten, need occupy
ground without yielding a pleutious crop.
After a long and varied series of experi
ments, I gradually adopted the following
mode : As soon as the winter has suffi
ciently disappeared, and before the sap
ascends. I examine my trees; every dead
bough is lopped off, wheu sap has risen
sufficiently to show where the blossoms
will be, I cut away all the other branches
having none on. and also the extremity of
every limb, the lower part of which bears
a considerable number of buds, thus, con
centrating the sap of the tree upon the
maturation of its fruits, and saving what
would be a useless expenditure of strength.
In the quince, apricot, and peach trees,
this is very important, as these are very
apt to be too luxuriant iu leaves, and des
titute of fruit. You may think this in
jures the trees, but it does not; for you
will find trees laden with fruit, which
formerly yielded nothing. Of course all
other well known precautions must be at
tunded to; such as cutting out worms
from the roots; placing old iron on the
limbs, which acts as a tonic to the sap, &c.
Try it, ye who have failed in raising fruit.
Virtue.
"There is but one pursuit in life which
it is in the power of all to follow and all
to attain. It is subject to no disappoint
ments, since he that perseveres makes
every difficulty an advancement, and ev
ery contest a victory; and this is the
pursuit of virtue. Sincerely to aspire
after virtue, is to gain her ; and zealous
ly to labor after her wages, is to receive
them. Those that seek her early, will
find her before it is too late ; her reward
also is with her, and she will come quick
ly. For the breast of a good than is a
little heaven commencing on earth; where
the Deity sits enthroned with unrivaled
influence, over safety from danger, re
sourse from sterility, and subjugated
passion, "like the wind and storm, fulfill
ing his word.
THE OLDEST .11A.suss in the country,
according to a Maine paper, are Nathaniel
Fullerton, of Bellows Falls, Vermont,
who is 92 years of age, and Moses Win
gate, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, aged
98, who has been a Mason 64 years. To
these may be added John Foster, of Bos
ton, nearly 95 years of age. who has been
a Mason 67 years.
Tw•ilighi.
'Of all the myriad sources of enjoy
ment which nature unfolds to man, I know
few equal to those elicited by a balmy
summer sunset. The idea is old, but the
reflections it recites are perpetually vary
ing. There is something in this hour, so
tender, so holy, so fraught with simple,
yet sublime associations, that it belongs
rather to heaven than to earth. The cur
tain that drops down on the physical.
also descends on the moral world. The
day-, with its selfish interests, its common
: place distractions, has gone by, and the
season of intelligence—of imagination, of
spirituality is dawning. Yes, twilight un•
locks the Blandusian fountain of fancy;
there, as in a mirror, reflecting all things
in added loveliness, the heart surveys the
past, the dead, the absent, the estranged,
come thronging back on memory; the
Paradise of inexperience, from which the
flaming sword of Truth has long since ex
' fled us, rises again in all the pristine
beauty of its flowers and verdure ; the
very spot where we breathed our first
vows of love; the slender, girlish figure,
that, gliding like a sylph beside us, lis
tened entranced to that avowel, made in
the face of heaven, beneath the listening
evening star ; the home that witnessed
her decline ; the church yard that receiv
ed her ashes; the grave wherein she now
sleeps, dreamless and happy, deaf alike to
the syren voice of praise, and the wither
ing sneers of envy—such sweet but sol
emn recollections sweep, in shadowy pomp,
across the mind, conjured up by the
spells of twilight, as he waves his en
chanted wand over the earth."
Politeness.
This is a quality with us considerably
below par. Indeed it is assumed by some,
thatpicayunish is more consonant to west
ern character, the truth of which we shall
not now stop to discuss. Certes, there is
no denying that no small amount of boor
ishness does yet cling to us. But that
cannot last forever. A writer upon this
subject, says:—
Politeness is not less the sign of a kind
ly heart than a sound understanding ; for,
since there is no other sin of omission so
heavily visited as the witholding of cus
tomary attentions, nor any assumption so
fiercely resisted as that implied superiority
which affects to overlook in the ease of
others the well understood observances of
civilized life, it follows that the exercise
of it is as politic as its practice should be
grateful, especially as there is not one
man so much greater than another ; either
in intelligence or in rank, but that his
failings usually reduce him almost to a
:ere/ with :one mealiest, - Whilst the virtues
of those whom he has affected to under
rate, often more than counterbalance the
advantares of wealth and station.
An of in command of a company in
an engagement, happening to bow to
another officer, a shot from the enemy
killed the man immediately behind him
"You see," he facetiously remarked,
"that a man newer loses by politeness."
How to Keep Silk.
Silk articles should not be kept folded
in white paper. as the chloride of lime
used in bleaching the paper will probably
impair the color of the silk. Brown or
blue paper is better; the yellowish, smooth
India paper is best of all. Silks intended
for dress should not be kept long in the
house before they are made up, as lying
in folds will have a tendency to impair its
durability by causing it to cut or split,
particularly if the silk has been thicken
ed by gum. Thread lace veils are very
easily cut. But dresses of velvet should
not be laid by with any weight above
them ; if the nap of a thin p velvet is laid
down, it is not possible 'to raise it up
again. Hard silk should never be wrink
led, because the thread is easily broken
in the crease, and it never can be recti
fied. The way to take the wrinkles out
of silk scarfs and handkerchiefs is to moist•
en the surface evenly with a sponge and
some weak glue, and then pin the silk
with some toilet pins on a mattress or
feather bed, taking pains to draw out the
silk us tight as possible. When dry, the
wrinkles will have disappeared. The
reason of this is obvious to every person.
Some silk articles should be moistened
with weak glue or gum water, and the
wrinkles ironed out by a hot fiat-iron on
the wrung side.—Leisure Hour.
The Cattle Plague.
An eminent lecturer relates the history
of the disease from the fourth century to
the nineteenth, showing that it arises in
the steppes of Russia; that thence it spreads
westward, through Poland, Moldavia, Hol
land, and by importation into Eneland;
that it is the most fatal disease that has
ever yet seized living beings; that were
it arises, ninety per cent. of the cattle af
fected with it die; that in some cases the
collections of cattle all die, and that there
is no cure for it; but that its prevention
and arrest can be accomplished by the use
of carbonic acid, a white crystalline solid
recently discovered.
A \I T EATIIER GUIDE.—Two drachm
of camphor, half a drachm of pure salt
petre, half a drachm of muriate of am
monia, and two ounces of proof spirits, in
a glass tube or narrow phail, will make a
pretty sure weather guide. In dry weath
er the solution will remain clear. On the
approach of change, minute stars will rise
up in the liquid ; while stormy weather
will be indicated by the very disturbed
condition of the chemical combination.
Ta be Read Either Way.
I always did intend To mise to tne a wife.
Single my life to spend, 'Would ff,,nett toy Zito
It mile)) delighted me, To think upon . it
To live from woman fine, I can't be siitvitied.
It's sum a haniy life 'rt. woman Is the thing
To live without a wife, Such tumble on us bring
A female to my mind, The joy I. can't express,
I ne'orexpest to Find, So great is idngleness.
A bachelor to lice, I never could agree,
My mind 1 freely Or°. A married titan In be,
$2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2,50 if not Paid in Advance.
41 ; 1 :1 Vti
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[By Request.]
TINE DEAD
"Wherefore I praise the dead more than the
They dread no storm that lowers,
No perished Joys bewail.
They pluck no thorn-clad flowers,
Nor drink of streams that fall ;
There is no tear-drop In their eye,
Nor change upon their brow,
The placid bosom heaves no sigh.
Though all earth's hlols bow,
Who are so greatly blest?
From whom bath sorrow flea?
Who find such deep unbroken rest
While all things toll ?—The dead!
The holy dead !—Why weep you so
Above their sable bier?
Thrice blessed! they have done with woe
The living claim the tear.
Go to their sleeping bowers,
Deck their lone conch of clay,
With early Spring's in-colored flowers,
And when they fade away,
Think of the amaranthine wreath,
The bright bowers never dim,
And tell me why thou fly'st from death;
Or hid'st thy friends from him?
We dream, but they awake;
Dark visions mar our rest—
Miht thorns and snares our way we take,
And yet we mourn the blest!
For those who throng the eternal throne,
Lost are the tears we shed;
They are the living—they alone,
Whom thus we call the dead.
Twenty Minutes for Dinner.
The following experience of a humor
ous traveler, who attempted to get a din
ner at Xenia, is worth reading by those
who have had a similar experience :
"Twenty minutes for dinner," shouted
the brakeman as we approached Xenia.
Arrived there, I entered the dining
room and inquired of the waiter—
" What do you have for dinner ?"
"Twenty minutes," was the hurried
reply.
I told him I would try half a dozen
minutes raw, on the half shell, just to see
how they went. Told him to make a
minute of it on his books. He scratched
his head trying to comprehend the order,
but finally gave it up and waited upon
some one else.
I approached a man who stood near the
door with a roll of money in his hand.
'•What do you have for dinner ?"
"Half a dollar," says he.
I told him that I would take half a dol
lar well done. I asked him if he couldn't
send me, in addition, a boiled pocket-book
stuffed with greenbacks, and some seven
thirties garnished with postage-stamps
and ten cent scrip. Also a confederate
bond, done brown, with lettice alone (let
us alone). I would like to wash my din
ner down with national bank notes. on
• "draft."
Ele said they were out of everything
but the hank untes, and he then ordered
e waiter to go to the bank and -draw"
some.
mixin , of Babies.
An exchange gets off the following
funny row among the babies and their
mothers: Some time ago there was a danc
ing party given up "North ;" most of the
ladies present had little babies, whose
noisy pieversity required too much atten
tion to permit the mothers to enjoy the
dance. A number of gallant young men
volunteered to watch the young ones
while the parents indulged in a •• break
down." No sooner had the women left
the babies in charge of the mischievous
imps than they stripped the influats,
changed their clothes, giving the apparel
of one to another. The dance over, it was
time to go home, and the mothers hurri
edly took each a dress of her own and
started some to their home, ten or fifteen
miles off and were far on their way before
daylight. But the day following there
was a tremendous row iu the settlement;
mothers discovered that a single night
had changed the sex of their babies—
observation disclosed physical phenomena.
and then commenced some of the tallest
female pedestrianism. Living miles apart
it required two days to unmix the babies,
and as many months to restore the women
to their sweet dispositions. To this day
it is unsafe for any of the baby mixers to
venture into the territory
A 'torso's Foot.
The foot of the horse is one of the most
ingenious and singular pieces of mechau•
isut in the animal structure, and scarcely
yielding to any in regularity and com
plexity of parts, under simplicity of de
sign. The hoof contains a series of verti
cal and thin lamina of horn, so numerous
as to amount to about five hundred, and
forming a complete lining to it. Into
this are fitted as many lamina to the cof
fin-bone, which sets are elastic and adhe
rent. The edges of a quire of paper, in
serted leaf by leaf into one another, will
convey a sufficient idea Of this arrange•
went. Titus the weight of the animal is
supported by as many elastic springs as
there are lamina in all the feet, amount
ing to about four thousand, distributed in
the most secure manner, since every
spring is acted upon iu an oblique direc
tion. Such is the contrivance for the
safety of an animal destined to carry
greater weight than that of its own body,
and to carry those, also, under the hazard
of heavy shocks.—E-llCalluek.
PURE Ant.—A little sink near a kitch
en door-step, inadvertantly formed, has
been known, although not exceeding in
its dimensions a single square foot, to
spread sickness through a whole house
hold. Hence, everything of the kind
should be studiously obviated, so that
there be no spot about a farm-house which
can receive and hold standing water,
whether it be the pure rain from the sky,
the contents of a wash-basin, the slop
bowl, or the water-pail.
.A.N explosion of lire damp occurred
in the Ashland colliery in Schuylkill
county, on the 11th inst, Twelve miners
were killed.
[WHOLE NUMBER, 1,961.
tam araT sacinzievalltl.
0 AGRICULTURE is the most use Cut and moat nobl
mployment of man.—Was MaeION.
COJEMUNICAMONS, Selections, Recipes and ar
ticles of Interest and value, are solicited for this
department of the paper. We desire to supply
the public with the best practical information in
reference to the farm, garden, and household.
Surface Mar uring.
I believe in it. I cherish the belief
that surface manuring is the way to ma
nure. Every farmer aims to enrich his
farm. Let me tell him a few plain words
how to do it, and then, after reading this
plan, let him think over his past experi
ence in farming and see if it does not
corroborate what is said here.
Apply manure chiefly to your tillage
lands while in grass. By so doing you
produce a strong, stiff sward, filled with
grass roots. If these roots are of clover,
so much the better. If you succeed in
growing a good crop of grass on a poor
soil you have done two things—made your
land much better and gained a good crop.
As soon, or before the soil begins to show
signs of failure, plow or manure again.
If you plow, you have a wealth of grass
roots decaying for the food of growing
crops. Re-seed before the land gets ex
hausted, and do it bountifully. If you
scrimp and starve elsewhere, don't do it
when seeding to grass. Aim to have a
sward as early as possible. To accom
plish thisyoushould seed liberally. When
the sward is formed you have another
crop of manure to plow under. In seed
ing land it is better not to be confined to
one kind of grass. In this manner lands
may be managed for centuries without
material deterioration.
As a farther argument in favor of sur
face manuring, I mention that it is Na
ture's way. The soil is on the top of the
earth, irrigation deposits its fertilizing
elements on the surface. Manure appli
ed to the surface is acted upon by the
heat and rains—its elements are
much more slowly evolved in the earth
than on the surface. Every farmer
should investigate this subject for him
self and make his own conclusions.—
Western. Rural.
Seed Corn.
The selection of seed corn is one of the
most important things which a farmer
does at this season. Coarse cobs accom
pany late maturity, as a rule, fine cobs,
well tipped out, indtcate perfect maturity,
adaptation to the season and soil, and a
fixedness of' character which it is import
ant to maintain. The curing of corn
takes place to a areat extent after husk
ing, and the presence of a great, soft,
.moist cob in each; e.ir gives a tendency to
mould, which should be seduously avoid
ed. The old experiment of fitting a pa
per cone to an ear of corn, then with
drawing the car, shelling it and returning
the kernels to the cone, is interesting and
instructive. If the kernels will all go
easily into the cone, the cob is too large,
and we should say the corn unfit for seed.
The cone should be made of brown paper,
dampened, bound tightly around the ear,
coming no higher than the kernels, but
covering all; the ends are trimmed off,
and it is allowed to dry before the ear is
drawn out. One may easily judge by
the eye which ears have the smallest co'es
—those which are best tipped out, which
have the kernels iu the closest rows, and
all the rows ;uniting unbroken from end
to end. These ears will not be found
among the biggest round. nor among the
longest, usually, but among those of me
dium size. A friend used to say, as Ile
showed off his seed corn, "every car as
regular and solid as a white-oak pin."
And so they were, as nearly as corn cars
could be firm, close, hard and solid.
LEMON Purrs.—Take a pound of fihe
ly-powdered loas sugar, and mix it with
the juice of two lemons, beat the white of
au egg to a complete froth, then add it to
the lemon and sugar, and beat the whole
for half an hour, then well beat three
more eggs, and grate the outside rind
very fine from the peal of the two lemons
you have used the juice of; add this and
the eggs to the previous mixture, and
well mix the whole Sprinkle some fine
ly powdered sugar on a sheet of writing
paper ; and drop the mixture upon it. A
moderate oven will bake them iu a few
minutes.
PICKLED SUAD.—Clean them well and
wipe them with a dry cloth, cut them in
pieces of convenient size for the tea-table;
then add as much salt, whole pepper, all
spice, cloves and mace as you choose;
season it properly. sprinkle the spice be
tween each layer of shad in a new earthen
or stone vessel, fill it up with vinegar; if
strong cider vinegar, it should have one
third water, and theu tightly close the
jar with dough ; put it in the oven of a
baker after the bread has come out, at
noon. and let it stand till 10 o'clock at
eve; do not open it till cool through,
bruise the spice but not grind them.
PARADISE PUDDING.— Three eggs,
three apples, a quarter of a pound of bread
cruets, three ounces of sugar, three
ounces of currants, salt and nutmeg, the
rind of half a lemon and juice, half a wine
glass of wine or brandy. Pare, core, and
mince the apples, and mix; beat the
e:gs. moisten the mixture with these, and
beat it well; *ir in the brandy, and put
the pudding. in a buttered mould. Tie it
down with a cloth, boil one hour and a
half, and serve with sweet sauce.
TO TAKE RUST OUT OF STEEL.—COyer
the steel well with sweet, oil, and let it re
main there for two or three days; thou
use unslacked lime finely powdered, and
rub with it uutil all the rust disappears.