J. W. YOCUM', Editor. VOLUME XLI, NUMBER 44.1 THE COLUMBIA SPY, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION WEEKLY, 00 per year, if paid in advance; six months, $.l If not paid until the expiration of the year, $2.50 will be charged. SrNaLy.: Cori E 5 No paper will be discontinued until all arrear ages are paid, unless at the option of the editor. Advertisements not under contract, must be marked the length of time desired, or they will be continued and charged for until ordered out. Special Notices 5.3 per cent. more. All Notices or Advertisments in reading mat ter, under ten lines, $l.OO ; over ten lines, 10 cts. per line, minion type. Yearly Advertisers discontinuing their adver tisements before the expiration of the year, will be charged at full rates as above, or according to contract. Transient rates will be charged for all matters of relating strictly to their business. All advertising will be considered GASH, after first nsertban. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. CHAS. E. GAST, (Office with T. E. Franklin, Esq.) No. 27 EAST ORANGE ST., LANCASTER, PA, fob2i-tf B F. ESHLEMAN, (Office with Hon. I. E. IDester,) No. 33 NORTH DUKE ST., LANCASTER, TA feb26 '69t£ pIIILIP D. BAKER, No. 11 NORTII DUKE ST., LANCASTER, PA feb26-tf A J. KAUFFMAN, Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining Counties. Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, and all claims against the government promptly prosecuted. 01lice—No.233, Locust street. T W. YOCUM, Attorney-at-Law tt. Notary Public, COLUMBIA, PA. OFFICE—SPY Building, Bank Street, near Locust. Collections made In Lancaster and adjoining counties._ HENRY C. G. REBER, No 523 Wasbington street, near Sixth, Reading, Pa. Collections made In Berks and adjoining counties. nov27-tt LT • M. NORTH, H. Columbia, Pa. Collections promptly made in Lancaster and cork Counties. THOMAS J. DAVIS, No. 14 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pa. Professional Business carefully and prompt ly attended to. r0ct:30.69-tf T 1 P. ROSENMILLER, JR., ATTORNEY-AT-LAW OFFICE.—No. 5 Court Avenue, Lancaster, Pa JOI-IN M. GRIDER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, SCRIVENER, 67..0. Mountville, Lancaster County, Pa. Offico Hours from 6 to 8 o'clock', A. M., and 7 to 9 o'clock, P. H. IfCLARK, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. OFFICE—No. 12 N. Third street. Office Hours—From 6to 7 A. 7,L. 12 to 1 P. M., and from 6 to 9 P. H. [sep4-69-tlw • S AMUEL EVANS, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Office, on Second St., adjoining Odd Fellows' Hall, Columbia, Pa. D ENTAL SURGERY J. S. SMITH, DENTIST, Graduate t.f Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. Office No. •210 Locust Street 2nd door above Odd Fellows' Hall, Columbia, Penn 'a. Dr. J. S Smith thanks his friends 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 alv.ays given entire satisfaction. lie calls attention to the unsurpasssed style and finish of artificial teeth inserted by iihn. He treats diseases common to the mouth and tech h of children and adults. Teeth tilled with the great est care and in the most approved manner. Aching teeth treated and filled to last for yars. The best of dentrificcs and mouth washes con stantly on hand. N. B.—All work warranted. seol-69.1yw J. S. SMITH, D. D. S. A J. GULICK, SURGEON DENTIST, Extracts Teeth without Pain. Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Ga. ail min istered. OFFICE 24S LOCUST STREET. septl4s-tfw B C. UNSELD, TEACHER OF MUSIC PIA - N 0, ORGAN, :MELODEON. CULTIVATION or the VOICE' and SINGING. Special attention given Beginners and young pupils. septl-69-lyw 219 LOCUST STREET TZ. HOFFER, . DENTIST. ?Atreus Oxide Gas administered In the extrac- . 'don of Teeth. Office— Front Street. next door to R. Williams' Drug Store, between Locust and Walnut Streets, Columbia Pa. Ti lIINKLE, .12 . PHYSICIAN c SURGEON; offers his professional services to the citizens of Columbia and vicinity. He may be found at the (Mice connected with his residence, on Second street, between Cherry and Union, every day, from 7t09 A. :Si., and front 6 to BP. H. Persons wishing his services in special cases, between these hours, will leave word by note at his orrice, or through the post Wilco. sepl-70 REAL ESTATE AGENCY The undersigned have opened an office for the purchase and sale of real estate, collection of rents, and the renting of property. Business entrusted to their care will meet with prompt and careful attention. F. X. ZIEGLER, oet:3o-'69-th A. J. KAUFFMAN. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS rtuilding„ paving and other brick always on hand. They are hand made and superior to any brick in this part of the country. They tire of feredat the very lowest price. sop .1-G9-tfw] MICHAEL LIPHART. JSCOTB_LS. WESTERN HOTEL, No. 931 A-- 15 CORTLANDT STREET, .I`.IEW YORE TIIOS. D. WI.NCI.I.E.STER, PROPMETOR. This Hotel is central and convenient for Penn- sylvanlans. ABLE MISIILE3, of Reading, l'a., is an sasistant at this Hotel, and will be glad to see hi friends at all times. sept-1-13:1-tfw " CO'N'rINENTA.L." THIS HOTEL IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED, between the Stations of the Reading and Coluen and Pennsylvania Railroads, FRONT STREET, COLUMBIA, PA. Ample accommodations for Strangers and Tray olers. The Bar Is stocked with CHOICE LIQUOR.q, And the Tables furnished with the best fare. URIAII FINDLEY, Proprietor. sep4-69-tfw] FRANKLIN HOUSE, LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA. This is a 11rst-class hotel, and is in every respect adapted to meet the wishes and desires of the traveling public. MARTIN ERWIN, sepl-70 Proprietor, F RENCH'S HOTEL, On the European Plan, opposite City Hall Park New York. It. FItENCLI, Sept. 19.1.5t5. Proprietor. M . ISHLER'S HOTEL, West Market Square, Reading Renn'a. EWAN .71.1..SFLLErt, Proprietor. sept-i-f3f3-tfw] E.,5 - 7,IWE'LrosaItA"MSTLET TaVEVIPG -- CHINE. The cheapest First-Class Machine In the market. Agents wanted In every town. Lib :ral commission allowed. For terms and circular, address A. S. HAMILTON, Gen. >gent, NO. 700 Chestnut St., Pa. apll6.3xa ' . . .. . . --- --....... 6. . . ' . . . . . ~ . , a, ~., ~, :•. '_ • .... ,:: ... , • A hn .. . . . . . ..* .. ..„ . 5.7. ( • O. ::,.....:.:,10 ~ i•„:..„, .... .... ... .... • , . .„. tb,,. ~,,,,„ ...... :. '..., „, „.... „.. ... ... ..,; ....,-._;........„ ~ , ~......., :::.:,,...,.. ~----.. ,:,..„...., ~_„.:.. „....:, ....„..;_ 14.......„ .-;,1,; : . -- ;...,... , --. ..',: ) •-•:.•'' , ~• ~..... ..„. BUCHER'S CaL773Thr. EININIM Wholesale and Retail Dealer in =! FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Wines and _Liquors ! Has removed his Store to his Building,adjointng Haldeman's Store, Locust St., Columbia, Pa., where he has fitted up rooms and greatly increased his facilities for doing a more extensive business MISIILER'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 five 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 MISLILER'S BERG BITTERS lIISHLER'S HERB BITTERS Is for sale, in Columbia by J. C. BUCIIER, At his Store, Locust Street, Columbia WINES AND LIQUORS! Embracing the following Catawba, Port, Lisbon, Currant and Muscat WINES COGNAC, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS Also, OLD RYE WHISKEY and BRANDIES of all kinds Blackberry' Catawba, Cher*, EMI! XX Old Rye X Old Rye Pure Old Rye, .I(illongultela, Retained Whisky, London Brown Stout Scotch Ale, Sc., MALT AND CIDER VINEGAR He Is alb° Agent for the Celebrated MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS POCKET FLASKS, DEMIJOHNS, TOBACCO BOXES, and FANCY ARTICLES, in great variety, MISHLER'S BITTERS! PURE & UNADULTERATED; BEST STOUT PORTER! From E. & G. HIBBERT, LONDON Agent for the PURE MALT VINEGAR Cannot be purchased at any other establish- ment in town, and Is warranted to keep fruits and vegetables perfect The Best Brands of Imported SCOTCH AND LONDON ALE TO SMOKERS AND CHEWERS BUeriElt will still keep on hand the Best Brands of SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO, SNUFF, HAVANA, YARA, and COMMON SEGARS. Also, SNUFF & TOBACCO BOXES, PIPES—a thousand and one varieties. Call at Locust Street, adjoining Haldeman's Store. It is the greatest establishment of the kind this side of Philadelphia. vt3..Only Agency for Lee's London Porter, and Mahler's Bitters. Cherry, Maderia, Malaga, Chnmpagne, Claret, Rhine, Blackburry, Eldei berry, Jamaica Spirits, Rummel, Ginger, Gin, Superior Old Rye, Pure Old Rye, XXX Old Rye, AGENCY FOR FOR SALE At J. C. Bucur.R's For Sale by T. C. BIICIIE,R For sale by J. C. BUCIIEII, Locust Street, above Front For Sale at J. C. BUCHER S J. C. BUCHER'S, COLUMBIA., PIN-, SA_TITRDA.Y . MORNING-, JUNE, It 1870. 1111SCEL.LinTEOUS. GRAND INAUGURATION -Or_ LOW PRICES HOMER, COLLADAY & CO., Nos. 1412 t 1414. Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA, ARE NOW OFFERING THE WHOLE 01 THEIR .21IA O.YIFI CENT STOCK MEM DRESS GOODS, SILKS, &C. Replete with all the Choicest _Yovelties of the Season. TOGETHER LARGE INVOICES OF DESIRABLE GOODS, Purchased in this Market, for CAsti, At Astonishing Low Prices ! IL C. 6: CO. conclude that iL is only necessary to quote a lbw of their offerings as an index of the prices at which this SUPERB STOCK will be disposed of, to insure an early call. HANDSOME DOUBLE-WIDTH CHENE MO HAIRS, CENTS. DOUBLE-FOLD FOULARD MOUAIRS, dS C 1 TS. DOUBLE-FOLD NOBWICH POPLIN'S, IN THE NEW LIGHT SHADES, 3t; CENTS. HOYLE'S YARD-WIDE ENGLISH PRINTS, D CENTS. PRINTED SATIN CLOTH - , A NIL'W ARTICLE FOR TEE HOUSE OR WALKINU COS TUME, 3.5 CENTS. ONE CASE OF THE FINEST ORGANDIE:4 IMPORTED, 40 CENTS. REAL SCOTCH GINGIIAMS, IN ALL COL ORS, 2.5 CENTS. TWO CASES OF FRFNCH FOULARD MO HAIRS, WHICH SOLD BY THE PIECE FOR 65 CENTS, ARE NOW OFFERED AT 56 CENTS. BLACK LYONS GROS GRAINS AND DRAB DE LYON. OF THE BEST BAKES, FROM $1.50 to $8 DER, YARD. CIIENE SILKS OF THE LATEST DESIGNS OF THE PARIS MARKET, ANT) EXTRA QUALITY, SOLD LAST SPRINU AT $3.113, $2.50. STRIPED SILKS FROM $1.50 TO $2.00, BLACK CANVAS BAREGES, EXTRA SU PERB QUALITY, 1/23.., BLACK CANVAS BAREG ES, 75 CENTS BLACK CANVAS BAREGES, ALL WIDTHS AND QUALITIES, UP TO WALKING SUITS,. LACE SHAWLS, LACE POINTS, &c. ALL AT THE NEW RATES. April IC-nin NO. 1:3 SHREINER'S = Where you can buy a - first rate AMERICAN, ENGLISH OR SWISS IVITCII, BEAUTIFUL SETS OF JEWELRY, lIAND SO3IE BREAST I'l S, EAR RINGS, SLEEVE BUTTONS, and almost everything in the jewelry line AT TUE LOWEST PRICE Or you can purchase FINE SILVER AND SILVER PLATED SPOONS, FORKS, KNIVES CASTORS, GOBLETS, ICE PITCHERS, BUTTER DISHES sc. Then If you are In WANT OF TIME you can buy any kind of AMERICAN" CLOCK, warranted of the best quality, at a low figure CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF =I Sept,lwtil No.IS Front St., Columbia, Pa EMZ2 T B. KEVINSK[, • DEALEI: IN PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODEONS, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS GENERALLY. A large assortment of Violins, Flutes, (iuttars, Banjos, Tanthormes, Aeeordeuns, Files, Har monicas, and musical murehandtse 1110 ays on hand. SHEET A. large stock on band, and eon Stan t ly receiving all the latent publications as soon as I,nued. Musk; and Munleal Books will be rent by mail free of pontago, when the market tries in remit ted. DACALCOMANIA, Or the Art of transferring Pictures. (tan be transferred on any object. I would call special attention of the Coach makers to toy stock of llacadconiania. MESE! STEINWAY & SON'S PIANOS, PRINCE & CO'S., SON'S CELEBRATED ORGANS AND:NIELODEW , .:S. Solo Ageut for Stoll's Unrivaled PIANO FORTE AND FISItNIT Call and examine my stock at NO. 3 NORTH PRINCE STREET, LANcA.srEn, I'A 730 ! _For the lictrvestof IS7O ! We would respectfully call the attention of all Farmers who need a complete combined harvester, to examine into the merits of our Laneneter county bmit Reaper and Mower, THE VALLEY CHIEF I It is a simple two-wheeled machine, having side delivery, which throws the grain entirely out of the way of the team for the next round. It has a rear cut,a iloating linger bar; the guards or lingers are made of the best wrought iron, faced with steel. The height of the cut can be altered with ease while in motion, thus ena bling one to pass obstructions or cut long or short stubble ; and the whole machine is built with an eye to connenicnce, way and duratalit n. It you avant a light, two-horse machine, the VALLEY CHIEF is the machine to buy. If you want. a machine that is able to pick up revs Garth, Waal gram with ease and certainty, arid ralM It off, get the VALLEY CHIEF—it will do It. The Marsh Self-hake In this particular, has no superior. If you want a machinethatcombines the qual ities of a first-class self-raker in grain together with one of the vest mowers get the VALLEY CHIEF. - - It you wish to get the machine that, has hosts of admiring friends among hundreds of the in telligent and disci imlnating farmers of Lancas ter county, choose the VALLEY CHIEF. We respectfully icier you to our friends in every township of the county for gond words. One of our machines is on exhibition at the HARDWARE STORE OF MESSRS. RUS SELL, MUSSELMAN it CO., No. 21 North Queen Street, Lancaster City. Mr. D. K. 131:Rh:HOLDER, is our general agent for Lancaster county. MARSH. GRIER kr: CO., Mount Joy, Lancaster Co., Pa. P. S.—This Machine is on exhibition and for sale by SIMON J. EBY, 311liersvffle, and by J. H. K.A.UFFMAN, at Millersville. LinayT-10t "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." .IV_ ETV ADTr_ERTISE.2ILENTS. E DWARD J. ZAI.III, JEWELLER ! (Late 11. L. S E. J. Zalim,) Car. N. Queen St., t Centre Square LANCASTER, PA. Dealer in. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry SILVER. WARE, Spectacles, best, quality Sliver- Plated Ware, Thermometers. 11.11.. Personal and prompt attention given to Watch work and Repairing. Remember the OLD STAND, ZAII3I'S CORNER., North Queen Street and Centre Square, mad 7'70 F INE FA3IILY GROCERIES, AT HARDMAN'S ! Just received, at the flee Grocery Establish went, corner ;311 and Cherry streets, the follow lug now Goods: SUGAR CURED HAMS AND DRIED IfEEF, JELLIES, PRESERVES, ICON R.Y. PEACHES. TOMATOES, ENGLISH. PICKLES, W INSLO NIPS 0 KEEN CORN ("KEEN PEAS Ae., Together with a 'very fine assortment of Family Groceries, of all kinds. A LARGE LOT OF NEW YOEN. CANDIES, Oranges, Lemons, Figs, Raisins, Cocoanuts, and White Wine Vinegar. Extra Family Flour, Mercer Potatoes, Rio and Java Col The, fresh roasted, Levering's Syrup, ..tc. 4-Z - New Goods received almost WM.II. HARDMAN, Ord and Cherry Sts., sepl-Gt-tfw] Columbia, Pa. OPEN ! OPENING ! OPENED ! THIS DAY, THIS WEIFII: AND UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS, BRE - NEM A_-_IN.'S THE LARGEST STOCK OP HATS AND CAPS, For Men, Youth and Children, ever before offer ed to the people of Columbia, comprising as it does, STILE and QUALITY in soft and still brim, such as the WarWiCtiC, Ida Lewis, Sinhad, Prince Arthur, American Girl, Mute, Peerless, Lady Thorn, IZowing, Star, Cuban, Waverly, Gilmore, flub Hey, tuna the Fall style of Sill: Eats, just nut, together with a lull stock of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS , Consmting of White and Colored Shirts, Flannel Shirts and Drswers,English, German and Do mestie Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerehiels, Sus- Penders, Ties, Linen and raper Cuil and Col lars, ac. Alen, UMBRELLAS AND CANES l'artiett who favor us with their patronage are assured that It be our constant tutu to merit their con ilaelleC null support. Call and exannue our well selected :stock at at low prices, BRENEMAN'S No. 12 Locust, St met, Cul cambia, oet9.'GO-ly STEA3L COACH WORKS. CMUSTIAN 311 EItS, COLUMBIA sTizAm- COACH WORKS! REMOVED TO Nos. 9, 11 AND 13 :asp - mu sth The Carl iageq, &e., made at these Works, are equal in beauty and durability to any other make in the comity. \O. 13 COACII S3IPTIIING, REPAIRING, ,kc This, branch of the busine,,swill be atomic," to with punctuality :mu cle , Tatelt. CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, NVII go nB, &c., for sale or mad to order /M. Call at the "Work, No. 9. 11 & 13 North Fifth street and examine the stock and prices. sep.s-99-ttw GARDEN, FLOWEIL AND GRASS SE J. A. MEYERS', FAMILY MEDICINE STORE, ODD FELLOWS' ILILL, Our Stock is composed ENTIRELY of Seeds from the celebrated Philadelphia Seedsmen, D. LA.NDRETII C. SON, Wo have No:sts other on hand, and hav ing closed out every package or last season's stock, we guarantee all to be FRESH AND GENUINE, -ku !. will sell them at Landreth's priees I= N. B.—Having removed ray residence to house No. 'Selma i 3 Sr., formerly occupied by Mr. Jacob Hess, any of my friend, requiring Medicine during the night, will please call there sept.l 60-Ifwl JUST RECEIVED A LARUE SLTPEY 01 FRESH Gil 0 CERIES, David. Mullin's Grocery Store, Cor. itlx .t• Cherry Streets, COLUMBIA, PS. The undersigned, having been in the business since 1319, is enabled to buy and sell gimds at better bargains titan can be ui sto el where. lie has now on hand a Mesh supply 01 GROCERIES <V PROVISIONS, Of the best quality, whiell he wi II dispose of at prices that deny competition. SUGARS AND COFFEES Of the best brands, direct, front :New York. COFFEE, Ureen and Brown. TE _A- S EMPIRE, JAPAN, ENGLISH - IMEAKFAST AND BLACK TEAS of every duseript iOll. HAMS AND DIY BEEF Freqh from Pittsburg, at the lONVmSL price. No bettor in the market. POTATOE:';, ELSIE 0ct..16:69-ly FLOUR, FEED. A.nd everythin in the Grocery line. Thankful for past favors, the undersigned re speetfully sol mit, a Continuance of the same. Theeitizeusot Columbia,and public generally, will find It profitable to visit my store, as I ant determined to sell none but the best goods, and at the lowest figure. DAVID MULLEN, apll6-:2m] Cor. Fourth ft ;;henry Sts., Columbia, - CALIFORNIA. WINES. PRICE LIST: rim noz, PRIt CALL. SON ON 8.IM) $2.20 PORT, 12.i17 8.24) SHERRI 10.00 :1.00 ANGELICA, POO BRANDY, I SAD C„00 !Sparkling A M 1 2 AI Ci NE 2,.00 warranto/ to he made of CALIFORNIA GRAPES only, pure and harnile,s. C?I_CIIUItCIIES supplied with pyre GRAPE WINES for Communion purpose", at reduced rates. OFFICE:-6-C EAST KING ST., LACASTER. .T..T. SPRF.NGER. N. B.—Also, always nn halal a general av,sort mon of BREWERS' SUPPLIES. I unty7-3:n J ASPER GREEN, Designer i Engraver on Wood. COLUMBIA., PA. Is prepared to execute Views of Buildings, Ma- Ch inery, Bill Heads, Posters, Labels, te., in the neatest and most expeditious manner, at rea sonable rates. B 001: AND NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATIONS Executed to the Highest Style of Art. may'7o-tf LANCASTER, PA FOREIGN FRUITS, 128 Locust, Street, 5T Itl. El MEM S. A. MEYERS, Odd Fellow Hall 't'ortry. THE NEW PREACHER —O— M a plecoant country station Full of eager expectation, Sat a waiting congregation, At church, one Sunday morn The sun poured in a flood of light, Which fell on heads by time made White On sunny curls and eyes of light, That lovely Sunday morn. There sat the young and beautiful— There sat the good and dutiful— The aged nod the sorrow Atl— That Christian Sunday morn, There for the first, with form and feature Resembling numb a fellow creature, Within the pulpit their new preacher Appeared that Sunday morn. He spoke with freedom, zeal and power To him it was a blissful hour, Twelve, tolled the bell lit the old tower That did the church adorn. Some lingered at the close of meeting, To give their brethren friendly greeting I've not the power of repeating All that was said that noon: Fur butcher, baker, lawyer, leacher l'oeple ore ere t rade and fee tore, ~111 criticised the humble preacher, That they had heard that more The Ilwyer said, " troll not butt inn c Itowery stratus, nor Ilueney, No logic, or philosophy, His set - molt - did adorn." An old neat said, "lie spoke too low— My hearing is not good, you know— he reads too much and so I cannot like the loan.- A sister said, " Ile Is too tall, 11.1 s hands too large, his eyes too small I do not like his looks at all ; They've sent us the wrong limn. "And then his wife depend upon it, .$llOl not salt here with that gay bonnet I'm sore she had a flower on it, And she our preacher's wife! Another pious soul sincere, Who gave full !Iffy cents a year, Said to his consort fair, "My dear, I never in my - lile, 1 . 1)1(1 go to church to aril (vise; But this vain loan 4 he wiped his eyes Azid in a lower ton,• he sighs) I never Min S 1,11,11011." ihn there are 601110, 11 0 1'.1 wt o and good, A blcsNin g to the nen - 4111)(A hood, \l - 1 2 ,3 spoke as Chl :away:, should, With Christ lan einnity. uL could the wind have talked and heard Each idle criticising word: '• The set vant's not above his lord," Methinks 'two:2 ld sadly moan. Useless attempt to please mankhnl ! Fault-I:niter, you always find— Though all the viltues he combined Inany great divine. .Acadinti HAND urAKING. How did the people first get into the habit of shaking hands ? The answer is not far to seek. In early and barba rous times, when every savage and semi-savage was his own lawyer, judge, soldier and policeman, and had to watch over his own safety; in -default of, all other protection, two friends or acquaint ances, or two strangers desiring to be friends and acquaintances, when they chanced to meet, offered each to the other the right hand—the hand alike of offence and defence, the hand that wields the sword. the dagger, the club, toma hawk or other weapon of war. Each did this to show that his hand was empty, and to show that neither war nor treach ery was intended. A man cannot well stab another while he is engaged in shak ing lianas with him. unless a double-dyed traitor and villian, and strives to aim a cowardly blow with the left, while giving the right and pretending to be on good terms with his victim. The custom of hand-shaking prevails, more or less among civilized nations, and is the tacit avowal of friendship and good will, just as the kiss is of a warm passion. Ladies as every one must have remark ed, seldom or never shake hands with the cordiality of gentlemen ; unless it be with each other. The reason is obvious. It is for them to receive homage, not to give it. They cannot be expected to show to persons of the other sex a warmth of greeting,which might lie misinterpreted; unless such persons are very closely relat ed to them by family, or affection ; iu which cases, hand-shaking is not needed, and the lips do more agreeable duty. Every man shakes hands according to his nature, whether it be timid or agressive, proud or humble, courteous or churlish, vulgar or relined, sincere or hypocritical, enthusiastic or indifferent. The nicest refinements and idiosyncrasies of charac ter may not perhaps be discovered in this fashion, but the most salient points of temperament and individuality nay doubtless be made clear to the under standing of most people by a better study of what I shall call the physiology or philosophy of hand-shaking. To present the left land for tie purpose of a friendly greeting is a piece of dis courtesy—sometimes intentional on the part of superiors, and an act that no true gentleman will commit. There is no reason why it should be considered more discourteoTis than it would be to kiss the left cheek instead of the right : but, doubtless, the custom. that makes the hand imperative in all sincere salutation dates from those early times when hand shaking first began ; and the hand that shook or was shaken in friendship was of necessity weaponless. The poor left hand that one would think ought to be of as much value and strength as the right, just as the left foot or leg is as strong as the right foot or leg, because they are both used equally, has fallen into disrepute, as as well as into comparative disuse, until it has become an accepted phrase to say of any proceeding that is inauspicious, art ful, sly, or secretly malicious, that it is " sinister," that is, left-handed. To shake hands without removing the glove is an act of discourtesy, which. if unintentional and thoughtless, requires an apology for the hurry or inadvertance which led to it. This idea would also seem to be an occult remnant of the old notion that the glove might conceal a wee- Pon. hence true courtesy and friendship required that the hand should be naked as a proof of good faith. Ix an English trial for breach of prom ise of marriage lately, a letter was read from the lover, which among many other nice things, contained the following frank and gracious suggestion: "If I was you dearest, I would take that beastly flower out of your hair." In a recent number of the Tillage Record we find an account of the remarkable suc cess of a Chester county man in trapping different kinds of "varmints" during the last winter. The great number caught is wonderful when we consider the thickly settled neighborhood in which they were found. The surface, however, is rather hilly and well wooded, and the locality mentioned is not far from the Brandywine the banks of which the game probably frequented. The Record says:—"We had a visit a few days ago from an old trapper who resides in Newlin, and who, while pursuing the business of farming upon his broad acres, occupies no small portion of the winter in the pleasures of trapping. Ills name is Ellis Wilson, a highly re spected citizen. During the past winter he was quite successful in capturing peltry. During the season he caught 176 muskrats, -1 minks, 96 skunks, 2 oppossums, 3 wood cats, 2 very large hawks, between 30 and 40 ground hogs, and numerous smaller animals. Seventeen of the skunks were captured jointly by himself and a young friend in the vicinity. The muskrats were caught in steel-traps; the skunks generally in dead-falls. Mr. Wilson is a close student of the habits of the "var mints," and knows their haunts and how to catch them. lie has any quantity of incidents and anecdotes which he delights to recount. The above animals were all captured within a small compass—the skunks were captured on his own farm, on the farms of Messrs Steele, Stein, Con nor, and Young. We expressed our sur prise that so many were to be found in a locality so thickly populated; lie said he thought there were almost as many there now as last fall, and he anticipates a good crop by next winter. lie says the skunks harbor in the bushes, hedges, and the ground-hog holes. They travel at night, visiting houses and barns, rob hen-roosts, and destroy setting liens and young chickens, turkey nests, &c. They are very fond of poke berries. In baiting a dead fall he uses flesh generally that of a skunk. He says when food is scarce one skunk will devour another that has been caught in a deadfall. Ile caught several musk rats the last winter which had only three legs—this animal will gnaw off his own leg to get out of a steel-trap. Ile catches the muskrats on the Brandywine and its tributaries. The otter is very scarce in this county, and the beaver has disappear ed entirely. Mr. Wilson is a man of not less than sixty, but he has the same de light in trapping as when a boy. MATRIMOMIAL ADVERTISEMENT Advertising for a wife don't seem so bad a thing, judging from a story I re cently heard of the success attending such an enterprise. The advertiser, a young nun of good appearance, educa tion and manners, who had lost a com fortable inheritance by speculation, had gotten down to his last two or three hun dred dollars, when it occurred to him that a rich wife would be the best invest ment he could make. lie inserted a no tice in a daily for three weeks before he obtained a response that seemed infany way inviting. Most of the replies were from adventuresses or worse, and had a vulgarity of style by no means tempting to the perpetration of matrimony. Fi nally there came a dainty little billet, gracefully written, and in a tone of good breeding and banter that suggested a line woman behind it. Out of the billet grew a correspondence in which Anonyma frankly declared she was only in jest, and that she had no need of a husband, because she had many dear friends, and her surroundings were all she desired. Still the correspondence went on; it is always dangerous for wo men to write letters, and ere long mutual curiosity brought tha gentleman to the lady's presence, almost to her feet. lfer letters, so tempting and tantalizing, had made him in love with her, and her socie ty fixed the fascination. She was young, and passably pretty, but more than that, she was intellectual, witty, and magnet ic. And then her papa was wealthy, and she an only child. The lover, while he poured forth his passion acknowledged himself unworthy of her, and blushed to own that the feel ing which led to their acquaintance was purely mercenary on his part. lie told her they could be nothing to each other, and was about to leave her forever when she confessed his love was returned, and that she was willing to be his wife in spite of their disparity of fortune. Papa was an indulgent parent. and as his daughter's wishes were his own, he made no objection to the match. The twain were wedeed iecentiy, and bid fair to be happy. - Was it the advertisement that won the girl ; or was it nature ;or was it art?—( l / 4 icago Republi,qn. A BOSTON EMENISCENCE The Boston papers are heavy on remi niscences. Here is one of the latest: "Several years ago the late Mr. M an eminent bookseller, was elected a Bos ton member of the Legislature. Wish ing to gain the good will of his brother legislators, mid at the same time gratify his personal vanity by astonishing the country members with a first-class recep tion, he gave a general invitation to a soh-cc at Ins elegant home in B— street. A large crowd was in attendance, and everything was moving 'lovely and serene,' when the cullud pussun' officia ting as usher announced Mr. Jenkins, member from Gulleytown. Jenkins, who was a long, lank, unsophisticated ' plow jogger,' was painfully embarrassed upon finding lihnself the observed of all observ ers' in the brilliant throng, and anxious ly cast about for a friendly seat upon which to subside' his ungainly person. Not a chair or lounge to be seen—at length he espied at the further end of the room a grand piano. As lie had never seen one before, he had not the remotest idea that it - was a musical instrument, but supposed it to be some'new tangled, article of furniture. Approaching it, he deposited his hat(w ich he had carried in his hand in spite of the grinning usher who had vainly tried to get possession of it)upon the floor, and spreading the skirts of his swallow-tailed coat, he delib erately took a seat on the key-board the discordant crash which followed can better be imagined than described. For a moment Jenkins was speechless with astonishment , then seizing his hat, he rushed for the entry and disappeared, amid the audible smiles of the company. A FnAun—The Cardiff Giant, $2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2.50 if not Paid in Advance. A PNEUMATIC TUBE FOUR HUNDRED MILES LONG. The following extract describes the op eration of a pneumatic tube between Glasgow and London: I had occasion to send a telegram to London the other day, and in a few min utes received a reply which led me to sup pose that a serious error had been com mitted by my agents, involving many thousand pounds. I immediately went to the telegraph office, and asked to see my message. The clerk said, "We can't show it to you, as we have sent it to Lon don.'' "lint," I replied, "you must have my original paper here; I wish to see that," Ile again said, "No, we have not got it ; it is in the post office at Lon don." "What do you mean?" I asked. "Pray, let me see the paper I left here half an hour ago." Well," said he, "if you must see it, we will get it back in a few minutes, but it is now in London." He rang a bell, and in five minutes or so produced my message rolled tip in paste board. It seems that for some months there has existed a pneumatic telegraph be twi t Glasgow and London, and betwixt London and the other principal cities of the Kingdom, which consists of an iron tube, into which the messages are thrown and sent to their destination. I inquired if I might see a message sent. " Oh, yes, come round here.'' lie slipped a number of messages into the pasteboard scroll. popped it into the tube, and made a sig nal. I put my ear to the tube and heard a slight rumbling noise for seventeen sec ' onds, when a bell rang beside me, indicat ing that the scroll had arrived at the General Post Office, four hundred miles ofll It almost took my breath away to think of it. Perhaps you are aware that there has buen a large tube between the General Post (Mice in London and the stations in Euston Square, in operation for a number of years. The mail bags for the north are all sent by this conveyance, so that the post office receives letters up to a few moments before the train leaves, three miles off. The transit takes less than two seconds! Surely this is an age of wonders• - -Buston Transcript. A FANCY SKETCH We might have thought it absurd if Dr. Livingstone had written, three years ago, that he had found in .Africa a tribe, the women of which dress as follows: - The Dayous are beautiful women with exquisite complexions and fine forms, and they dress in the most perfect taste. They wear short dresses reaching to the ankle. Upon the forehead is perched as mall hat, the front of which rests upon , -the nose. They take large bags of air and wool, sat urate them with butter, and hang them on the hack of the head, covering the neck. - Upon the small of the hack they tie a bunch of cotton cloth, colored and cut into stripes. Their shoes are beauties, coining to a point at the toe, and having the long and sharppointed heel placed under the middle of the foot. This makes the foot very small in appearance, : brit the wearer would tip over forward but for the bags on the head and back. Each woman when she goes out, carries a large plan tain leaf to keep off the sun, which she holds by the stem between the thumb and forefinger, crooking her albow up from her body at an angle of ninety. The ef fect is more beautiful than you can imag ine! The gait of the woman is particularly admired. The heavy ones have difficulty in keeping their balance, but the light ones pick their way along as prettily as hens walk over hot ashes, Young girls go barefooted. For some years after they are of age to put on their shoes they suffer with lameness and sore feet—after that their feet become per manently deformed, and they have no more pain. Walking is, however, not a favorite practice with them, and running is impossible. The government of the Dayous is really democratic, the ruler be- ng chosen annually by vote of all the peo- ple; yet it is said the women do not want to vote. All they care for is plenty of hair and little shoes. The men are satis- lied with this division, and the state is quite prosperous, though the society is rather vulgar and unintelleetual.— STRAWBERRIES For a fortnight past our markets have been - supplied with this delicious fruit, brought by steamships from the South. At first the berries came from South Carolina, and perhaps still further South. These brought fabulous prices, each berry being literally worth its weight in gold. Then as the season advanced. North Car olina began to send in her quaintinn: next followed the crimson and juicy terry from the ()Id dominion. Allen came the Mary land fruit: next the Delaware delicacy and now, upon the first day of st e amer the queen of the Nothren si ra wherry realm the dainty little State of New Jersey, commences her ambrosia reign. There fore, while only the opulent have thus far been enabled to indulge thus early in this delightful luxury, the offspring of our more favored Southern clime, a few days of warm sunshine will bring to our mar kets from the "Jerseys - load upon load of the finest berry that grows upon the foot stool, ripe, rich and delicious, all ready, gently smothered in sweet Orange county cream. to "melt in the mouth" and infuse a sparkling and heathful glow through the veins of high and low, rich and poor, the very choisest of palate blessings vouchsafed us fortunate mortals. Wel come, then, the ambrosia carnival of the love-inspiring strawberry! Welcome the sipping of strawberries and cream, the sipping of rosy lips, the uttering of creamy vows and the crimson:blushes mantling the cheeks of fair maidens—blushes that rival the vermillion hues of the tender and melt ing heart-shaped berry itself. Thrice Wel come to the native strawberry! But please Mr. Strawberry venders. when you offer the article and cry aloud "Straw-ber r-i-e-s!" "Straw-ber-r-f-e-s!" please do try and cut the price a little thin. A LITTLE daughter of John Alt, of 31111 Creek, Elk county. was burned to death last week. The mother had gone to the mill where her husband was at work, and after fitteen minutes' absence returned and found the child burned to a crisp. The child's clothes had caught from the stove, it is supposed. BRIGHAM YOUNG is striving to keep his large family from want by investing 60,000,000 in securities at New York. [WHOLE NUMBER, 20,844. WANTED-A CHARACTER. John Quill, who is rapidly making a reputation as a very funny and quaint writer, tells the following story in the Sunday Dispatch: We recently discharged a servant girl named Emeline, and she wanted a certifi cate of good character. As she ctiuldn't read, and we declared to be honest, we gave her the following. She must have showed it to her brother, because there has been an Irishman sitting on our front doorsteps with a discouraging club for a week past, and we have gone hi and out through the alley gate: Emeline is a native of Ireland. She has black eyes and black hair. Whenever she comes home from a wake her eyes are blacker, and she has less hair by three or four handfulls, Emeline is engaged, and her young man is a most successful as similator of butter and sugar and milk that ever emigrated from Ireland. Ile is equal to any demand of this kind upon his stomach. Emeline has been vaccina ted, but it didn't take. This is the only thing about Emeline that we know of that won't take Spoons take, and hem-stictched handkerchiefs take, and she can nail more pillow cases and forks within a given time than any other girl of the same size and weight in this land of the free. Her `•Sunday out" comes twice a week, and she can wash stockings in the tea-kettle more efficiently than any living woman. Her way of tak ing care of a baby is to hold it upside down by the leg until it bursts a blood vessel; and if she washes windows she never sluices water down on the pavement unless a man is going up with a new high hat on; then she slings it around by the tin cupful. Emeline's most unpleasant peculiarity is that she always blows the gas out when she goes to bed; but it wil he best to encourage this practice, in the hope that she will suffocate herself some night. She would be much more efficient as a good, quiet, docile corpse than as a servant girl. FORGOT TO SWIM An Irishman, working on a steamboat at the 3[onongaliela wharf, fell overboard into deep water. Several of his acquain tances saw his mishap, but laughed at it as a good joke, knowing that the involun tary diver was a good swimmer. Their consternation was great, however, when instead of swimming straight for the shore, he commenced floundering like a mired horse. In his fright lie had forgot ten that be could swim, and would inevit ably have drowned if he had not, by luna tically tossing his hands • about, caught hold of the heavy hawser of the boat. There he he held and yelled like a cata mount, although he was out of danger and could see prompt preparations making to get him ashore. A plank, large enough to float a twenty-inch gun, was run out to him, but it was only after much persua sion that he would leave the rope and trust himself to the plank. At last, still yelling, he was drawn-to the shore, amicl. ,the acclamations of two7or:threehundred- people, whom hiii--ocilii'ailunsliad•drawn— to the place. ills explanation of his help lessness was somewhat illogical, as thus: " How the divil did I know I could swim when I had me mouth full of wather?"— Pittsburg Chronicle. JEFIOVAB'S BAND A new religious (?) sect has sprung up in Macoupin, about twelve miles from Paterson, N. J., under the especial ansPi ces of a wealthy farmer named John lihinesmith, who is its leader, as was Joe smith, and is Brigham Young of the Mormons. The society is somewhat fash ioned after the manner of the defunct "Mill/ Rollcrs,"“Srterca &Taunus," and "Pious .Tunrlurs." They call themselves luiruh's Basil,'' and a rather jolly band they arc. Their religious exercises con sist principally in puffing, blowing, whist ling, shouting, jumping, wrestling, scream i:ig, falling upon the floor, floundering about like fish out of water, kicking roll ing over each other male and female, and making all sorts of ricidulous noises, and performing all imaginable descriptions of silly antics. Baptism is one of their rites and this is always performed at night, and in a mill-pond on Rbinesmith's farm. Outsiders are permitted to visit their meetings, but none but the saints are al lowed to participate in their peculiar manner of worship. That is a redeeming trait.—_Montrosc JOSH BILLINGS' P.LISIIIAZ OF MAY. May is the belle of the year, she has worn the belt for five thousand years. It May hadn't hav been a sensible girl she would have been spilte long ago with poet ry and btanzv. But she is an independent kritter and don't care one kuss for stanzy. This is an easy month tew fall in love, our naturs are now fully thawd out after the late kold snap, and like a little melted brook, tew jive to Oh! how precious and delightsum it is. II ive bees during this month, if yu have got stun, if not, hive somebody else's The router, now with burstin throt Proclaims the rosy morn, And earklln hen. are telling us Another egg Is born. THEY had an editor lately of the Mem phis Archon he who was compelled to re tire by the proprietors of the paper because he would not believe in the deluge, and he says in his farewell address that he sticks to the old Democratic party and that "it stands now as it stood more than fifty years ago, the steadfast advocate of the integrity of State sovereignty." This old line son of chivalry ought to join that famous Arkansas Confederate who thus !Mined his position: A rebel from the jump, boys, 1 was and still 1 am; And I won't be reconstructed. _knd 1 don't care a d—d. As a man and his wife, residing in Keokuk county, lowa, were returning one day last week from the funeral of their three children, who had died of scarlet fever, a thunder storm came up and just as they were entering the gate of their desolated house the lightning struck their carriage. The man was instantly killed, and his wife is now a raving ma niac. A courra: of gents out trolling for bass at Erie the other day, took the merciful method of leaving corks over the points of the hooks, so as not to hurt the fish. The desired effect was obtained, but the fish ers don't like to hear anything said about it.
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