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VOLUME XL, NUMBER 501
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PROF_ESSION.A.L.
B C. - UNSELD,
• TFACIIER OF MUSIC
PIANO,
ORGAN,
MELODEON.
CULTIVATION of the VOICE and SINGING.
Special attention given Beginners and young
pupils.
je2C-lyw
219 LOCUST STREET
CLARK,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
OFFICE—No. 12 N. Third street.
Office Flours—From 6 to 7 A. M. 12 to 1 F. M.
and from 6 to 9 F. M. [apr.s9, '67-Iy.
K. M. NORTH,
ATTORNEY &..COITIN.ISELLOR-AT-LANY,
Columbia, Pa.
Collections promptly made in Lancaster and
'Cork Counties.
A J. KAUFFMAN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining
Counties,
Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, and all claims
against the government promptly prosecuted.
Office—No.lsZ Locust street.
SAMUEL EVANS,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Office, on Second St., adjoining Odd Fellows•
Hall, Colombia, Pa.
T Z. HOFFER,
DENTIST.
Nitrous Oxide Gas administered in the extrac
tion of Teeth.
Odice— Front Street, next door to Williams'
Drug Store, between Locust and Walnut Streets,
Columbia Pa.
.1:41. HINKLE,
PHYSICIAN r SURGEON;
offers his professional services to the citizens of
Columbia and vicinity. He may be found at the
office connected with his residence, on Second
street, between Cherry and Union, every day,
irorty7 to DA. M., and from 6toB P. X Persons
wishing his services in special cases, between
these hours, will leave word by note at his office,
or through the post office.
D ENTAL SURGERY.
J. S. SMITH, DENT4ST,
Graduate 4,f Pennsylvania College of Dental
Surg a rr ciern O s ili n e ; : in
r W y atv o n oc e i r s 's.ltt o i r il e d . Inff ;i rer
En
trance, 270 Locust Street,
• Columbia, Penn'a.
Dr: J. S Smith , tbankshisfrierids and the pub
lic in general for their liberal Patronage in the
past, and assuring them that they can rely upon
having every attention given .to them in the
future. In every branch of his profession he
has aluays given entire satisfaction. Ile calls
attention to the unsurpasssed style and finish
of artificial teeth inserted by him. lie treats
diseases common to the mouth and teeth of
children and adults. Teeth filled with the great
est care and in the most approved manlier.
Aching teeth treated and filled to last for years.
The best of dentrifices and mouth washes con
stantly on hand.
N. B.—All work warranted.
ap2-I.lyw J. S. SMITH, D. D. S.
HOTELS.
WESTERN HOTEL,
Nos. 9, 11, 13 15 CORTLANDT STREET,
.75ZEW YORK.
•
TIIOS. D. WINCISESTE rI, PROPRIETO.I3.
MIS Hotel is central and convenient for Penn
sylvanians.
ABLE lifisnt.Eit. of Rending, Pa.,
is an assistant at. this Hotel, and be glad to
see his friends at all times. ectle-Cfw
sc CONTINE:s.:TAL."
THIS HOTEL IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED,
between the Stations of the Reading and Colum
bia, and Pennsylvania Railroads,
FRONT STREET, COLUMBIA, PA.
Ample ae.rontmodations for Strangers and Tray
elers. The Bar is stocked with
CFIOICE LIQUORS,
And the Tables furnished with the best fare
URISiI RINDLEt
Columbia, April 20, 1867.) Propriebgr
FRANKLIN" HOUSE,
LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA
This is a drst-classhotel, and is in every respect
ulapted to meet the wishes and desires of the
traveling public. • MARTIN EItWIN,
Proprietor,
F RENCH'S HOTEL,
On the European Plan, opposite City Hall Park
New York. R. FRENCH,
Sept. 19.186.4. _ • Proprietor.
MISHLER'S HOTEL
West Market Square, Reading Renn•a.
EVAN MISHLER,
Proprietor.
Af.ALTBY HOUSE,
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. B. :MILLER,
Proprietor.
MARBLE WORKS.
CCOLUMBIA MARBLE WORKS.
The Subscribers would respectfully lialieven
the citizens of Columbia, audit surrounding
country, that they have opened
A NET MARBLE YARD IN
COLUMBIA,
Ou sth Street, between Locust and Walnut Sts.,
and ask the patronage of the public.
They have had great experience on tine work,
both in Philadelphia and Few York. They will
furnish in the highest style of the art, handsome
GRAVE STONES, MONUMENTS,
STATUARY, ORNAMENTS, Sc.
also :MARBLE MANTLES, 131IIILDIRG WORT:.
dz.c. Orders promptly attended and executed at
cheaper rates than elsewhere. Call and see ut
Designs el' new styles of Fine work,sueh as
monumental ,fine arts, &c.,. will be furnished
parties upon application to the proprietors.
ITEPTING St 3,1E3E1E.
May I•w.]
LANOASTEIt,
MARBLE 'WORKS,
LEWIS HALDY, Proprietor
All persons In want of anything in the Marble
line, will be furnished at the 'very lowest prices.
Only the best work - men are employed, conse
quently we are enable turn out in a superior
manner
MONUMENTS. STATUARY, TOMBSTONES,
ORNAMEII•7IS, MARBLE MANTLES,
BUILDING FRONTS, SILLS,
And Marble - work of every description.
Orders promptly attended to
Lan tern ILt.LDY.
May 4 :877n] Lanoter city, Pa.
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VEGETABLE HAIR RENEWER
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RING'S AMBROSIA
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It. WILLWIS' DRUG STORE,
Colnrabia, Pa.
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FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Wines - and Liquors
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Has removed his Store to his Building, adjoining
Halilemau's Store, Locust St., Columbia, Ps.,
where he has fitted up rooms, and greatly
Increased his facilities for doing
a more extensive business
MISHLER'S CELEBRATED
HERB BITTERS
PURE AND UNADULTERATED,
These Bitters are celebrated for the great cures
they have performed in every case, - when tried
Dr. Mishler offers fire hundred dollars to the pro
prietor of any Medicine that can show a greater
number of genuine certificates of cures effected
by it, near the place where it is made, than
MISITLERS BERB BITTERS
MISHLE,RS HERB BITTERS
Is for sale in Columbia:by
J. C. BUCHER.
At his Store, Locust Street, Columbia
WINES AND LIQUORS!
Embracing the following
Catawba,
Port,
Lisbon,
Currant and Muscat WISES
COGNAC, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS
Also, OLD RYE WHISKEY and
• ' BRANDIES of all kinds
Blackberry
Catawba.
Cherry,
Ruin,
XX Old Rye X Old Rye,
Pure Old Aye, INlftnougnhela
Rectified Winslcy, London Brown Stoat
Scotch Ale, Se., sc., se.
MALT AND CIDER VINEGAR
He Is also Agent for the Celebrated
MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
POCKET FLASKS
Ind FANCY ARTICLES, in great variety,
MISHLER'S BITTERS!
PURE Jc. UNADULTERATED
BEST STOUT PORTER!
From E. c G. lIIBBERT, LONDON
Agent for the
PURE MALT VINEGAR
Cannot be purenased at any other establish-
latent In town, and is warranted to keep fruits
and vegetables perfect.
The Best Brands of Imported
SCOTCH AND LONDON ALE
TO SMOKERS AND CHEWERS
BUERER will still keep on hand the
Best Brands of
SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO,
SNUFF, HAVANA, YARA, and
COMMON SEGARS. Also,
SNUFFS: TOBACCO BOXES, PIPES—a
thousand and one varieties. Call at
J. C. BUCHER'S,
Locust Street, adjoining Haldeman's Store.
It is the greatest establishment of the kind this
side of Philadelphia. •
• m l = 2 , l 6 Y ß lt t g t rey for Lee's London Porter, and
Cherry,
Maderia,
Malaga,
Champagne,
Claret,
Rhine,
Blackberry,
Elderberry,
Jamaica Spirits,
Rummel,
Ginger,
Superior Ola Rye,
Pure Old Rye
XXX Old Rye,
AGENCY FOR
FOR SA LE
DENIIJOFINS,
TOBACCO BOXES,
At J. C. BUCHErt'S
For Salo by
J. C. 13UCHER
For sale by
J. C. BIJCHER,
Locust Street, above Front
For Sale ati
J. C. BUCHER 8
C OLUMBIA, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, JTTI.;Y - 24, 1869.
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(For the Columbia STY.]
The Minstrel's Lament,.
12=
Hushed are my lute strings, my Imarp's on time
willow, •
The Sun is o'er shadowed, and dark is my sky;
In vain for repose I retire to my pillow,
Each thought bath its sadness, each breath
brings a sigh.
Alone, all alone, I am destined to wander,
Smiling faces of childhood—the greet me no
more;
The sweet voices tliat breathed In love's sooth
Ing numbers,
Have all gown with their music to yonder bright
shore.
Alone I am weeping. no kindred to solace,
No warm tears co-mingle and flow with my own,
Filled to the brim and o'er flowing my °mince—
All, nil of earth's loving ones Homeward have
flown..
Kind friends:bid me cheer, and to banish my
sorrow.
ith comforting words they would scatter my
' gloom,
They picture fair Hope as they speak of the mor
row,
Of loved ones and Heaven beyond the dark
tomb.
IM3=TI/EMffiltEMElrl
sever,
How cold is the hearthstone when friends all
have fled,
The places that knew them—arc vacant forever,
And the heart in its loneliness mourns for its
dead.
Yes I know to the cloud there's a silvery lin
ing,
'Tis the God who bath given—bath taken away ;
Beyond this dark earth-land His bright-light Is
shining,
For Thy strength through the future, 0, Father,
we pray
glatting
THE MOTHER, AND SONS.
An I neide ii t in Re al Life
"Think gently of the erring!
Ye know not of the power
With which the dark temptation rump
In some ungrateful hour.
Ye may knew not how earnestly
They struggid, or:how well,
Until the hour of darkness came,
And sadly thus they fell."
It affords us no little pleasure to notice
cases in which the erring have been won by
kindness and benevolence, from the paths
of impropriety and Such examples
are not only cheering in particular cases,
but they are well calculated to stimulate
and encourage pbilanthrophy, to induce
•others to make like efforts for the rescue
and reform of the mis-guided, and thus to
assist in the restoration of the unfortunate
and the wretched, who otherwise would be
utterly abandoned and hopelessly lost. How
few of us, when passing judgment even
upon the vicious, turn for a moment to the
contemplation of their early lives, the evils
and temptations by which they were sur
rounded, or ask what in all probability
would have been our own conduct under
like circumstances? How few make the
necessary allowances for bad example, ig
norance and poverty ! Wo bear that an in
dividual has been arrested for theft, for
timid; for misdemeanor; or some
violation of law, and our prejudices are at
once excited, and the feeling of mercy is
scarcely experienced fora moment. And yet
the miserable offender may be, to a certain
extent, the victim of circumstances—an
evil-doer, not from natural inclination to
vice, but through bad associations, intem
perate parents, vicious guardians and
guides. At all events, when the offence is
found to be a first one, and when youth or
hope are stilt on the side of the erring, a.
chance, an opportunity, should be afforded,
kind words should be uttered, encourage
ment for better things should be mingled
with gentle admonition, and thus in ninny
eases highly gratifying, heart-cheering re
sults would ensue. We may give an illus
tration from real life:
Not many years ago, an aged female,
miserably clad, presented herself at the
house of a professional gentlemen, one of
the most distinguished of our citizens. She
had with her a basket of tapes, thread, and
other trifles of the kind. She asked for the
gentleman of the house, and on. being told
that he was absent, inquired for the lady.
-The latter on making her appearance, was
touched by the miserable aspect of the poor
woman; and promptly purchased a few of
the articles in her basket. The stranger
then begged attention for a moment to a tale
of sorrow. She said she bad not tasted food
since the morning of the preceding . ..day ;
and worse, she had a helpless son at home,
who had been without sustenance of any
kind, still longer. But she had come, not
so much to ask for bread, as to implore
mercy. She had another,an erring, but be
loved son in prison, and she desired the
husband of the lady to exert himself to
procure his discharge. She was told that
the gentleman would be home at a particu
lar hour, when, if so disposed, she might
call and feel certain of seeing him. She
bowed her thanks, promising to returu,and
did so accordingly at the time designated.
"Well, may good woman, said the gen
tleman. " I have heard of your former
visit. What do you want me to do for
you ?"
"Oh ! sir, I came to supplicate mercy for
my son, who is in prison."
"What is his name ?"
"D- ."
He shook his head, and said that the
young man was in for a very grave charge,
and named the °Mince.
"Oh, sir, he is not the one. You have con
founded him with another—another son"—
and her voice trembled with the admission.
.
"Rhat—have you two so sadly circum
stanced ?"
She tmrst, into tears, and exclaimed, "I
have—alas! I have."
"And which do you wish discharged ?"
"It is a bard thing for a mother to select
between two children. But Charles. sir, is
far the less guilty than his brother. lie has
of late years been my only stay ; and not
mine, alone, but that of his wretched and
invalid brother, whom the ravages of di
sease have rendered little hotter than an
idiot. Charles has sustained us both, and
firmly believe that his strollg desire to pro
cure sustenance for an aged mother and a
feeble brother,
induced him to commit the
theft for which he is now in prison."
"You seem," remarked the gentleman,
"not always to have been in the situation in
life in which you are now placed."
The Mother—"l once was prosperous,
once was happy. But for many years I
have drank the cup of sorrow to its very
dregs."
"I received a tolerable edueation,and pos
sessed a small property. In an evil hour I
married the object of my affections. I say
an "evil hour," for, alas, my husband be
came dissipated and squandered' the means
that I brought him, and left me to struggle
with poverty as best I could, while he pur
sued his dissolute and vicious courses. His
example has been the ruin of his children.
Edward followed the footsteps of hie profli
gate father, rather than the counsel of his
unfortunate mother, and strayed far, far
from the path of rectitude and honor.
Charles was of gentle, amiable disposition ;
but possessed less intellect than his bold and
desperate brother; while iSicholas has been
rendered by,thsease, nit helpless object of
pity, and incapable of taking care of him
self. Such, good sir, is the sad story of my
family. Such is,n brief picture of my post
tion'and Misfortunes. And therefore it is,
that I implore your clemency and assist
ance in behalf of my misguided child. I
believe that be is , not, naturally vicious,
know that he has always treated his moth
er with affection, and for years has gener
ously shared his scanty pittance with her.
I do not mean,-sir, to attempt any justifica
tion of his conduct, Ink the matter for which
he has been arrested.,. But it surely admits
of some palliation when all the facts are
taken into view. I hope, sir, that you, ani
mated by some consideration of the mis
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS BEADING, NOB ANY PLEABUBE SO 'LASTING."
guided and the needy, will regard him
rather as an object of commisseration than
of punishment. The article he took was of
small value, and it was the first time he
over appropriated to his own use what be
longed to another. I ant old, penniless and
wretched. I have no other dependence
than this, my unfortunate child. If he
should not be discharged from imprison
ment,l have no alternate but the almshouse.
Surely, sir, public justice has already been
satisfied by the punishment that Charles
has endured, and you may interfere in his
behalf, and with propriety. Once released,
and he may reform ; and oh! my dear sir,
it is that hope alone which renders life au
object worth possessing. Could I but see
any child restored—could I feel convinced
that his feet were once more in the path of
rectitude and virtue, I would thank God for
his goodness and look forward to death and
the grave with resignation." Some further
conversation took place,and the gentleman,
touched and melted by the appeal of the
mother, promised to make due inquiry into
all the circumstances of the case, and if he
should find them to correspond with her
statement, to exercise his influence in
behalf of her son. The result was favora
ble. The story of the poor woman was
verified—Charles was discharged, and wits
restored to the arms, the heart and the
home of the parent who had clung to him
with so much tenacity. The meeting was
most affecting. The mother wept with ex
cess of joy; while tears also streamed down
the cheeks of her son.
"Charles, since his restoration, bad been
steady, industrious and temperate. Ho
was, she hoped and believed, fully reform
ed. He was not only able, by rigid frugali
ty, to support himself and mother, but to
minister to the comforts and necessities of
his afflicted brother." And here she again
broke forth in thanks. "Air. Thompson had
not only saved her boy from a life of infamy
and wretchedness, but he had brightened
as with a beans from heaven, a house that
was dark and desolate."
A tear trembled in the eye of Mr. Thotnp
son, and shaking the hand of the grateful
mother, he mentally thanked God for the
happy result.
"Speak kindly to the erring!
Thon vet may lead them back,
With holyy words and tones of love,
From misery's thorny track.
Forget not thou has often sinned.
And sinful yet must be—
Deal gently with the erring one,
As God has dealt with thee !
Income Returns.
Some of our newspaper cotemporaries call
attention to the Income returns in their dis
tricts, as showing dishonesty on the part of
many people in returning far less ineorile
than they are known or generally supposed
to be in the enjoyment of by their neigh
bors and acquaintances ; and this under
statement is made a principal ground of oh
jection to the levying of on Income tax at
all, seeing that it gives dishonest and un
scrupulous men an opportunity, by false re
turns and false swearing, to escape paying
their proper share of tax. Remarks of a
similar tenor are constantly being made in
Private conversation in regard to the returns
in our own city and district, and in some
instances these animadversions aro proba
bly well founded ; but we wish to call at
tention to an important fact in this connec
tion, which has been frequently stated in
the newspapers and elsewhere, but which is I
too often overlooked, viz : that all incomes
derived from dividends on bank or railroad
stocks, from interest on deposits in banks,
or from the interest upon the bonds of rail
road or other incorporated companies, are
paid directly to the government by those
institutions and companies, and' aro there
fore not returnable for taxation by the. in
dividuals to whom they belong; as' that
would be to tax them twice.. In looking
"over the list
stance, wo find that some who aro known.
as among our wealthiest citizens return
very small amounts, and the names of
others do not appear at all ; yerit would be
extremely unjust without a thorough
knowledge of the faets, as to how or where
their funds are invested, to set them down
as having made a false inadequate return.
A 1111111 may have a quarter of a million of
dollars invested in bank or railroad stocks,
or in railroad bonds, and receive therefrom
an annual income of ten ortwenty thousand
dollars, yet his name will not appear and
has no right to appear in the list. He pays
the same rate of tax upon his income as
• those whose means are invested in houses
and lands, merchandise, or government
bonds, but it i s paid in the aggregate by the
company or institution where his money is
invested. When this fact is properly con
sidered it will doubtless be found that there_
is far loss ground for complaint nod cen
sure than has been generally supposed, and
that the objection to the income lax based
upon this reason has been greately over
rated.—Lancaster Tress.
The Copperhead Nomi aa lion.
What first occurs to us concerning the
ininination of Packer for Governor is, that
it was a cruel piece of business, and will
prove a tremendous crusher to Cass, who, it
is not too much to say, had his affections
quite set on the nomination, in the firm be-
lief that he could be elected. It is our duty,
we suppose, to afford the unfortunate and
disappointment all the consolation we can :
and we desire to be understood as saying,
that we do sincerely regret General Cass's
failure, for we should have taken especial
pleasure in seeing him defeated at the polls,
as he surely would have been, and as Pack
er is bound to be in October. We suspect
that General Cass has been slaughtered, and
in blood as positively cold as the weather and
circumstances would admit of. Vie think it
will turn out that Cassis a victim to a vari
ety of things and circumstances; but chiefly
because he confided in those who were not
sincerely for him, but regarded him simply
as a good enough candidate to sell out at a
round price. It pains us to take this view
of the easy. But we are compelled to say
that we trace here the source of the dry rot
which developed the fatal weakness at the
instant of the greatest strain. We are too
full of grief over the hate of our favorite to
say munch to-day except that our indigna
tion towards the scamps who cried Cass up
till he would fetch a good price, and then
basely betrayed and sold him out, is
simply inexpressible! General Cass (by the
way, where did that title comae from, seeing
that Cass resigned a good way before he
reached it, and made no effort to earn it
when there was a chance?) we say Gen.
Cass may forget and forgive, but we shall
—never.---PiteSbUrg Commercial.
NOVEL weapons wore lately used by a
husband and wife in Trenton, N. J., in a
quarrel, while at tea in their house in Cal
houn's lanc.. The man,stung into a passion
by the sharp.and bitter tongue of his wife,
first picked up a boy and dung him at her;
but this novel missle, after flying howling,
through the air like a screaming shell,
brought up against the stove, and exploded
in a series of terrific yells. The man then
snatched up another child and hurled it at
his wife. This one struck with a dull third
against the wall, and the uproar became
dreadful. The father was then about to
seize the baby, when the wife, who had
been somewhat astonished at these extra
ordinary proceedings, picked up a coffee
pot filled with beverage hot from the stove,
and hurled it with so true an aim and so
vigorous an arm as to bring the infuriated
man to the floor and to terms at one and the
same time. The children fortunately were
not seriously hurt.
THE jaunty sailor collar is ninth worn
by the young ladies at the seaside, and
walking suits of buff linen are quite fash
ionable..
Artemns Ward's Panorama—Two
• - "or Three Glimpses.
Maiiy of our readers will recollect the hi
tnented Artemus Ward's 'Panorama of the
Mormons, exhibited previous to his depart
ure for London, where he died. It was a
miserable affair, as a work of art, and the
interest of the entertainment was mainly
in the lecture illustrating it. This lecture
has just been published in honk form in
London. We give a few extraCts:
I like music. I can't sing. As a singist
lam not a success. ram saddest when I
sing. So are those who hear me. They are
sadder even than I. ' •
The other night some silver-yoiced young
men came under my window and sang
"Come where my love lies - dreaming." I
did'L go. I didn't think it would be cor
rect.
I found music very slothing when I lay
ill with fever in Utah ; and I was very ill ;
I was fearfully wasted. My face was hewn
down to nothing; and my nose was so sharp
I didn't dare to stick it into other people's
business—for fear it would stay there and
I should never get Wagain. And in those
dismal days a Mormon lady—she was mar
ried, though not so much So as 'her hus
band ; ho had fifteen other wives—she used
to sing a ballad commencing, "Sweet bird,
do not flyaway ;" and I told her I wouldn't.
Sho played the accordeon divinely—accord
ingly I praised her.
13=f31
I went to California on the steamer Arie
This is the steamer Ariel.
Oblige me by calmly gazing on the steam
er Ariel, and when you go to California, be
sure and go ou some other steamer, because
the ArieL isn't a very good one.
TUE PICTURE 01' TEEE 0 REAT DESERT
This picture is a great work of art. It is
an oil painting done in petroleum. It is by
the old musters. It was the last thing they
did before dying. They did this and then
they expired.
The most celebrated artists of London
are so delighted with the picture that they
come to the hall every day to gaze at it. I
wish you were nearer to it—so you could
see it better. I wish I could take it to your
respences and let you see it by daylight.
Sonio or the greatest artists come here
every morning before daylight with lan
terns to look at it. They say they never
saw anything like it before—and they hope
they never shall again.
nrumr.tm YOUNG
Brigham 'Young has two hundred wives.
Just think of that. Oblige me by thinking
of that. That is—be has eighty actual
wives and he is spiritually married to ono
hundred and twenty more. So we say he
has two Hundred wives. He lives not wisely,
but two hundred well. He is deadly mar
ried. He's the most married man I ever
saw in my life.
I saw his mother-in-law while 1 was
there. I can't exactly tell you how many
there is of her, but it's a good deal. It
strikes me that one mother-in-law is about
enough to have in onefamily, 7 -u Mess you're
very fond of excitement.
I=
I regret to say that efforts were made to
make a Mormon of me while I was in Utah.
It was tear) year when I was there, and
seventeen young widows, the wives of a
deceased Mormon, offered me their hearts
on them one day„ and
- tinting sett 'whitti - builds in'
which made eighteen bands altogether, I
found them in tears.
And I Said : "Why is thus ? What is tho
reason of this business ?"
They hove a sigh, seventeen sighs of dif
ferent size. They said :
"Oh ! soon thou wilt be goriest :sway."
I told them that when T got ready to leave
a place, wentested.
They said: "Doth nut like us?"
I also said: "I doth, I doth."
I also said : "I hope your intentions uro
honorable, as I am a lone child, ray parents
being far, Jar away."
They then said: "Wilt thou marry us?'
I said : "Oh ! no ! It cannot was."
Again they asked me to marry them, ant
again I declined, when they cried:
"Oh! cruel man! this is too much ! !
too much !"
I told them that it was on occount of the
muchness that I declined.
I=
The last picture I have to show you re
presents Mr. Brigham Young in the bosom
of his family. His family is large, and the
olive brunches around his table are in a very
tangled condition. He is more a father
than any man I know. When at home--as
you see him—he Aught to be very happy,
with sixty wives to minister to his comforts,
and twice sixty children to soothe his dis
tracted mind. Ah my (rinds, what is
home without a family?
A Balloon Trip Good for Dyspepsia.
Profesor S. D. Thompson, who made a
balloon voyage at Memphis, last week,
writes as follows
"The highest altitude attained by the
balloon, us shown by the barometer, with
the proper correction made for difference of
temperature, was 11,670 feel. We experi
enced no difficulty in breathing,nor any un
pleasant sensation, except from the cold, the
thermometer having sunk to 50 deg. Fah
renheit.
"Among the other phenomena observed,
I might mention that the 'balloon, in fis
t:ending,' always assumed a whirling mo
tion from right to left, while, in descending,
it whirled front left to right, and when the
-barometer indicated an equipoise, it re
mained stationary, turning in neither di
rection. Front this observation lam satis
fied that latitude and longitude can be
calculated in a balloon at night by means
of nautical instruments.
" We took with us four watches, all being
English levers, and in good order. At the
height of two miles two of them stopped,
while the other two continued to run. The
pocket compass which Dr. Bell furnished
me, and which was n very delicate instru
ment, became completely depolarized, and
Luis since been gradually regaining its po
larity, though it is still worthless..
" The effect of the ascension on my own
system is remarkable, and very interesting
to me as a matter of speculation. As soon
as 1 returned to Memphis, my friends re
marked that I looked much more ruddy in
the face than , before. I • can scarcely get
enough to eat. I eat twice as much as I did
before, and with the keen relish of a child.
I attribute this to the expansion of the veins
and cells of the body on the rarified air,
whereby the fluids of the body circulate with
greater freedom. Professor Wise was a
confirmed dyspeptic before he began bal
looning, but this effected a complete and
radical cure. Front the great change pro
duced upon toy own system, I should not
hesitate to recommend a balloon voyage to
any one suffering from a disordered stom
ach or liver."
LA W of Ohio, enacts that each railroad
in the State shall, when necessary to heat
any of its cars, do so by heating apparatus
so constructed that the lire in it will be im
mediately extinguished whenever the cars
are thrown from the track and overturned.
The same law provides that cars shall be
lighted by candles only.
Chester Oil Yellow Springs SoltDees"
Orphnn School. •
As this place is so near, ,Philadelphiit and
fraught with much historic- :itaterest, , it
may not be amiss before speaking of the
examination of yesterday; to state a few par
ticulars.•
There are four principal buildings on the
ground, besides the baths for ladies and
gentlemen. They'are known as the Hotel,
Collage, Washingion,House, and Oar House.
They were built during the Revolution
ary war, under the direction of General
Washington, as his headquarters, while the
American army lay at Valley Forge, about
ten miles distant. After tholiattle of Bran
dywine the wounded wine brought to the
Springs, and placed in the Washington
House, which was arranged at the time for
a hospital. On the floor of ono of the apart
ments in this building, used as an amputa
ting room, blood-stains can be seen—an un
fading record of that memorable struggle.
The lower floor of the Washington House
is now occupied as a school-room, w ith re
citation rooms connecting. Wo could not
fail to admire this spacious school-room,
measuring 4S by 54 feet. It comprises the
main building of the original house, with a
new wing. It is lighted with thirteen win
dows, and has four doors. The desks are
on the improved plan, with ink-wells, and
ample blackboard.
The grounds comprise forty acres of beau
tifully rising ground from the springs,
which possess various mineral properties—
iron, magnesia, sulphur, dze. The earth
abounds in ores, hence the character of the
water. Sycamore and weeping willow trees
ornament the scene. For many years these
springs were a celebrated summer resort,
changing hands from Mrs. Neel - to Dr.
Lengen, who established a water cure.
After him came Hohnans.
It was first occupied as a soldiers' orphan
school in March, ISGS. It now contains 245
soldiers' orphans, two-thirds being boys.
It is owned by a chartered company under
the name of "Chester Springs Soldiers'
Orphans' Home and Institute," in charge
of Professor Deans, the energetic principal ;
Mr. Cavenay, assistant principal; Dr.
Heyny, resident physician ; an able corps
of lady teachers, matron, farmer, male su
perintendent, steward, nurses, and laun
dress.
The sanitary condition of all is excel
lent.
At 9 o'clock Wednesday morning the ex
amination opened as usual, :with the fifth,
fourth, and third grades in those fundamen
tal branches, reading, writing, and spel
ling. Tho afternoon was devoted to arith
metic, mental and written ; geography, &a.
The examination was highly creditable.
Grades as' follows :
Fifth Grade—Spelling, 82; Writing, 73;
Reading, 83 ; Intellectual Arithmetic, Si ;
Written Arithmetic, 7S; Grammar, 81.
Fourth Grade, Class A—Spelling, 93!
Writing, 75; Reading, 78; Intellectual Ar
ithmetic, 76; Written Arithmetic, 76; Gram
mar, 71. Class 13—Spelling, 81 ; Writing,
88; Reading, 82.
Third Grade—A, B, C, and 1) not fully
made out at time of going to press, but they
acquitted 'themselves admirably.
The Examining CoMmittee consisted of
our indefatigable superintendent, Col. G. F.
McFarland, Dr. Worthington of West Ches
ter, that noble friend of soldiers' orphans,
_Professor Rennedv of the
,Mt,,,,Joy . school,
Mr. Paul of Harrisburg, Mr. RiFigi;, - Maj.
Moore, Mr. Snlgers, and Mr. Marshall.
Mrs. Either, the lady superintendent, was
unavoidably absent front the examination.
She has, previous to this, visited all of the
forty Soldiers' Orphans' Schools in the
State, and has labored very successfully to
bring them up to their present high stand
ard. With heart ever open to the complaint
of the suffering, and a hand ready to allevi
ate, combined with untiring, industry, we
who know her best may truely say : " Mrs.
I [utter, as lady superintendent of soldiers'
orphans, is the right person in the right
place."
As Dr. Worthington remarked in his clos
ing address, it seems exceedingly befitting
that the hospital of our first heroes should
now be used as a school-room for the orp
hans of the late martyrs of freedom.—Phil
adelphia Press.
[The success of the Soldiers' Orphan
Schools is clue, in a groat measure, to Col.
Geo. F. McFarland who has used, and is
still using superhuman exertions to make
these schools Ilir more popular • and suc
cessful. He is now instituting a uniform
grade of scholarship, and making other
improvements, which will redound to the
prosperity and intellectual advancement of
the pupil. Go on then, Col. McFarland, in
the good work you have so auspiciously
began. Falter not at any obstacle in your
path, nor doubt for a moment the triumph
and great success of the soldiers' orphan
schools—those little girls and boys whose
fathers bled, suffered and died to save this'
glorious Republic.—ED. Srv.]
The Treasury Building.
The ..Srew Treasury Building, at Wash
ington, D. C., is now completed. This ad
dition or north wing of the Treasury Build
' ing, is 65 by 105 feet, and occupies the site
of the old State Department. The entire
Treasury:Building covers an area of 520 by
278 feet, that is 144,560 square feet, or three
acres and a half, including two large courts.
On the eastern side of the building is a col
onnade of thirty pillars, extending 336 feet
-north and south. On each of the other sides
is ri portico, each shaft of the columns of
which is a monolith or single block of stone,
32 feet in beght, and 4 feet six inches in di
ameter, that is 14 feet in circumference.
The buttress caps, which partially inclose
the steps of the porticoes, are single slabs of
granite, 20 It square by 2 feet thick. The
granite was quarried on Dix's Island, on
the coast of Maine, and the larger slabs
were taken bit Washington, in the rough,
and there dressed. Fronting the north en
trance is a fountain, the base of which is 12
feet in diameter, and the height 5 feet. It
wits cut from a single block of granite.
EuruestueSS.
Twenty clerks inn store
in a printing Mike. Twenty young men in
a village. All want to get along in the world
and expect to. One of the clerks will rise to
he a partner. One of the compositors will
own a newspaper, and become au intluen
dal citizen. One of the apprentices will be
come a master builder. One of the villa
gers will get a farm, and live patriarch.
But which is destined to be the lucky indi
vidual? There is no hick about it. The
thing is as plain as the rule three. The
young fellow who will distance his compe
titors is he who masters his business. who
preserves his integrity, who lives clearly
and purely, who never gets iu debt, who
gains friends by deserving them, and puts
his motley in the Savings bank. There are
some ways to fortune that look shorter than
the dusty old highway, but the men of the
community,the men who achieve something
really worth having, good fortune and
name, and serene old age, all go this road.
A ST. Louis bells was nearly' strangled by
swallowing a gold sleeve button.
Begging as a Eine Art—Experienees
-in ;an "Academy for Ileggars"—a
Scholar Taken In and Done For.
It is difficult at, this moment to determine
what institution London still lacks since it
is very easy for one at all acquainted with
the city, to count upon his fingers the ones
it already has. Stealing, begging and pock
et-picking aro systematically latight in
secret, but up to a very recent period no one
had dared to establish upon the Thames a
school where begging, as a profession, is
actually taught, and where the pupil., have
the advantages of lectures and tho use of
disguises.
"What do you menu ? Is that humbug,or
not?" I asked of my friend, who was an
adept in city ways.
"No, that is the truth," he replied, and
continued making his toilet, as though dis
cussing one of the commonest questions of
the day. "There is the name of the profes
sor and his residence, No. 21 Princess
street, St.
"What is the name ?"
"Roonay."
"1 have the greatest desire to take a
course of lessons, in order to give to the
world the result of my observations."
"Why not do it, then ?"
that case I must hurry?"
"Why? Do you fear that the seats will
be engaged ?"
"Not that, but rather that the police will
he apt to close the academy as soon as pos
sible."
"The police? Oh, no ! Rooney keeps
within the law, so as not to come in con
tact with it."
On the next day I sought Prof. Roonay.
I did not in the least believe in his exist
ence, but thought that the announcement of
his having opened such an academy was
one of these bold assertions so often made
by the press in order to fill their empty
columns. After considerable hunting, lat
last found myself face-to-face with Prof.
Roonay, whom I found dressed in elegant
style.
"How can I serve you ?" he asked,on my
entrance, rising from his seat.
The sudden question rather disconcerted
me.
"I wish to take a course of lessons in the
art of bogging withsuccess," said I, after a
short pause.
At the words "with success," I could not
suppress a smile.
"Yen did not come here to make the art
of begging, in the true sense of the word, a
means of your future support ; it was your
curiosity which led you here, was it not ?"
"Yes, that is so," I answered. "Never
theless," continued I, "I have sought you
with the earliest desire of hearing your lec
ture, and securing a seat. I Call pay the re
quired fee now."
Saying this, I took out my purse.
"Keep your money in your pocket," said
Roonay, with a jesture of contempt. "I
cannot allow your IMMO to be placed upon
the register of my academy,for _I take none
here but those haviOg n firm determination
to pursue for the future the paths I show
them."
"But I will," continued he, "make au ex
ception for once. I say for once, in your
case, in order to convince you that there is
not so -much humbug in London as the
foreign press would have it, appear. Please
follow me."
I had scarcely time to recover from my
- astonishment et, Initi..words.. ,wlten Hoonay
led me into a wide ball which opened tub
a large room—the academy proper—the rear
of which was handsomely decorated, and at
this end was placed a desk for the lecturer.
On the walls were hung many well executed
paintings, representing many devices of
beggars in ()invent countries, from the
earliest days to the present time. The col
lection was one of considerable merit in a
historical point of view.
"That side of the room represents London
only," said Rooney, pointing to a eollection
showing the ways of London beggars.
We then entered a second room, which
contained the appliances of the profession.
Il ere were closets with glass doors, contain
ing pieces made of what appeared to be
papier macho, representing shot and stab
wounds in various stages of healing. These,
by simple mechanical contrivances, could
be applied to any part of the body. In
other• parts of the room were to be seen
many disguises, coats, little wagons for the
use of pretended cripples, beggar clothing
covered with medals for deeds of imaginary
bravery and heroism, boxes of various in
scriptions on them, umbrellas which look
ed ns though made in the early days of art,
and which could be used as weapons of de
fence, Lt:c. 'Upon the table were strewn cer
tificates for the use of pupils, testifying to
their poverty or misfortunes; these were till
signed by Rooney, and had the seal of the
academy attached.
The third room we entered was the most
interesting of all. Here we found kennels
of dogs of various breeds.
"This dog can alone earn morn than a
hundred guineas a month," said the profes
sor, pointing to a small hound whose ugly
countenance would alone move one to pity.
"There, Moss, beg of this gentleman," con
tinued be, placing on the dog's back ono of
the small boxes we had seen before.
The dog began by loud yelps, which he
soon changed to a low whine, at the same
time approaching me nodding his head t
then stood on his hind legs, and reaching
out his paw, pulled at my coat-tail. This
be kept up, and would not be quiet until I
placed a"piece of money in the box.
"His neighbor, Armstrong, beg, in a dif
ferent way from that," said Rooney, at Cho
same Lime opening the kennel amid letting
Out a largo bull-dog, upon whose back was
a lingo box on which was painted "Your
money er your life."
"Do not be afraid, he will not hurt you if
you only place your purse in the box."
At a signal from his master the immense
dug showed his tooth and snapped at me,
and us 1 did not make a movement for my
money, made a grab at my throat.
"That, is not begging," cried I, indignant
ly, "that is modern highway robbery."
Having no remedy, I placed the conten
of my vallet in Armstrong's box.
"Fiero the two extremes meet," said
Rummy, shrugging his shoulders. "This
dog is a master of his art."
Just lien the bell rang. Reimay
needed in the parlor. As we retraced our
steps he told me that it was his intention to
establish at large factory in connection with
the institute, where be %lonid manufacture
everything required in the profession of
begging. Ou reaching the door Roonay of
fered mu his hand, but I drew buck, experi
encing at the momont the same sensation a
traveler nuust feel while lying on the grass
and having a toad crawl over his face.
When in the street again, I was about io
calla carriage, but was reminded of my
empty purse. The modern professor of
bL„ing and highway robbery had re
lieved me of lily last penny, and I had no
redress. On the contrary, had 1 commenc
ed an action against hini, I doubt not that
he would have recovered his tuition from
me, for ho had given ale private lessons.
Twenty bands
suits of tine white French flannel
are much in vogue among young gentlemen
at the seaside. They aro cool and generally
becoming.
$2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2,50 if not Paid In Advance
EWHOLE NUMBER, 2,079.
e farnx anti mouothold golusna.
AGRICULTURE is the most useful And most noble
employment of men..--WASHISGTO.I.
COMMUNICATIOini, 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.
Advice to the Girls
Du not estimate the worth of a young
man by his ability to talk soft nonsense,nor
by the length of his moustache.
Do not imagine that an extra ribbon, tied
abdut the neck, can remedy the defect of a
soiled collar or nn untidy dress.
If your hands are browned with labor, do
nut envy the lily fingers of Miss Fuss and
Feathers, whose mother • works in the
kitchen while the daughter lounges in the
parlor.
If a dandy, with cigar between his fing
ers, asks you if smoking is offensive toyou,
tell him, emphatically, "Yes." The habit
should be, even though the odor may not.
Do not waste your tears on the imaginary
sorrows of Alonzo and Melissa, nor the
trials of the dime novel heroinoss. Seek
rather to alleviate the woes of the snffering
ones on earth.
If your dress is inconveniently - long, and
a gentleman steps upon it. don't be angry,
but meekly beg his pardon, as you ought.
Always cherish a partiality for the smell of
dishwater—it is more conducive to health
and tier less expensive than "Boquet of
Eden."
Lamp Chimneys.
There is " shoddy " iu glass as well as in
woolen fabrics. Consumers of kerosene are
sometimes almost discouraged, so frequent
ly do chimneys break, without any appar
ent cause, rendering the cost of chimneys
about equal to that of oil. Cheapness being
the order of the day, a great many manufac
turers make chimneys from silicite of lime
instead of lead. The initiated may tell the
different qualities of glass by ringing them ;
the vibrations of the lead glass have a clear
ringing, bell-like sound, possessing the re
quisite strength to withstand expansion
and contraction, as well as the general pros
sure of use, and will out last half a dozen of
the limeglass chimneys. Fifteen cents in
vested in one of the lead chimneys is money
well spent, even though it injures the
" trade" in the cheaper kind, which it most
assuredly ought to, and doubtless will.
Stick a pin there and remember it.
ICE CREAM.—We give the following as
an excellent recipe for making ice cream:
Fresh cream one-half gallon ; rich milk
one-half gallon ; white sugar one pound.
Dissolve the sugar in the mixture, flavor
with extract to suit your taste, or take the
peel from a fresh lemon and steep one-half
of it in as little water as you can, and add
this—it makes the lemon flavor better than
the extract—and no flavor will so universal
ly please as the lemon ; keep the same pro
portion for any amount desired. The juice
of strawberries or raspberries gives a beau
tiful color and flavor to ice cream ; or about
one half ounce of essence or extracts to a
gallon. Have your ice well broken ; one
quart of milt to a pail cf ice. About half an
hour's constant stirring and occasional
scraping down and beating together, will
freeze it. The old-fashioned freezer will
make very smooth and nice ice cream.
- FOR. BREAKEAb7.--A correspondent sends
us the following receipt for a breakfast dish,
tvhich she says serves for moat and potatoes:
" Put into a common biscuit-pan a heaping
teaspoonful of butter and let it melt and
spread over the pan ; then take enough
slices of bread (stale answers as well as
any) to cover the bottom of the pan, and
make a mixture to dip them in by beating
well two eggs and pouring iu milk enough
to soak the bread ; season it with a very lit
tle pepper and salt, make the broad quite
moist, then lay it in the batter and fry brown
on one side, and if too soft to turn, put it
into the oven to brown over the top, and
you will have a dish that serves for
mead and potatoes, consisting of neither.
Ten no if you like it ?---Marth and Home.
Prix CUSTARD NICEST PIE
EVER EATEN.—PeeI sour apples and stew
until soft and not much water loft in them;
then rub theta through a culleuder ; beat
three eggs for each pie to be baked, and put
in at the rate of one cup of butter and ono of
sugar for three pies; season with nutmeg.
One egg for each pie will do very well, but
the amount of sugar must be governed some
what by the acidity of the apples. Bake as
pumpkin pies, which they resoluble in ap
pearance. Dried apples are very nice by
making them a little more juicy. You can
frost them, and return them to the oven for
a few moments, which will improve their
appearance.
To DESTROY WEEDS ON WALKS.—The ed
itor of the Loudon Journal of Horticulture
BM
" I`he most efficient mode that we have
tried is a solution of arsenic, to be applied
in dry weather only. One pound of arsenic
is dissolved in three gallons of cold water
and boiled, stirring it while boiling; then
add seven gallons of cold water and two
pounds of crushed soda, stirring it well up,
and applying it to the walks with a fine
rosed watering-pot, taking care to keep it
from the box-edging or grass. The above
quantity will be enough lbr twenty-five
square yards."
Am. kinds of poultry and meat eau be
much quicker cooked by adding to the
water in which they are boiled one-eighth
vinegar. By the use of this there will ho a
considerable saving of fuel, as well as
sborteuing of time. Its action is very ben
eficial on old, tough meats, rendering them
quite tender and easy to be digested. Taint
ed meats and fowls will lose their bad taste
and odor if cooked in this way, and if no
larger proportions of vinegar are added, no
taste of it will be required.
"A st:ORNFUL DOG," says the proverb
"conies to eat ditty pudding." A. private
letter just received states that Jett: Davis is
in Paris, feeding upon husks. Unlike the
prodigal son, he has no father to whom to
return. The hero of the rebellion having
gown he wind is reaping the whirlwind.
To ENICISH NTs. —To drive ants away
from grass lawns, walks, or flower-beds,
sprinkle guano over their haunts. The ant -
monical liquor htoui tho gas-works will
answer the saute purpose. ears being taken
not to use it too strong ; otherwise it will de
stroy the grass or turn it brown.
Ta E Vineland Weekly says the peaeh crop
is so enormously largo in that section, that
it will be necessary to remove some of the
young fruit from the trees, in order to pre
vent them from breaking down. Many of
the trees are so loaded iNith poaches that
they look like clusters of grapes.
OCEAN CAKE.—To or3e cup of milk add
two cups of powdered sugar; one half cup
of butter ; the whites of five eggs, well beat
en; three cups of flour; two teaspoonsfuls
of cream tartar, and ono of soda. Flavor to
your taste.
IT will betwenty-eight years before the
4th of .Telly will again fall upon Sunday.