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p.. p.. nnnnnNMiKR rn.
Sfjc ct )ottrn.
i. ai ;im:it.
Oh i who can cstiinate the worth
Of ninny eyed and dimpled mirth ?
How dcsolato would be the earth
If it were not for lunghtcr!
Of all the rtiri'n by man pn.es.e 1
To cheer tho heart by Rrief opprasud.
Th'-re's none tins power iL in confessed,
Thut ran com pare to laughter.
f-n, for each sorrow ye cmlttro,
1'nlee ye n-uiih it, be mre
Te Dave at hand an eay enro ;
Ha .' Hi ! 'tis enly laughter,
Tin gv.'l for younp. 'Tin good for old ;
It is more tireeioae far than puldj
Tben lan?h us lint; as yuu can holJ ;
Jlurrnh tor jolly Innjhtcr !
r t: i.Ki i:s oi' a vciii:loi!.
A bachelor tat at bis blazing grate,
And he feM into a s'looe,
And be dreamed that o'er bi.s wrinklod pate,
Had been thrown the nuptial noose ;
A ri.y bry came to bis file ;
And bocmlcd on bis kneo,
And back from bis beaming faeo bo shook,
Fair curls in childish glee.
Th'n clear rang out his merry roice,
Ho "bnutc l alon.l, I'njin,
I Hcnt love nnyH,ly e!e,
iiut you and ruaiama. '
Oi.Lairctcliiu bis arms cf strength nncborll,
l!- higjetl his old torn cat,
H'bich aj was wjnt. wiien inaslor snonzod,
He lenp"d in t j bihl ip.
JtlisecJIancous.
Win. Lloyd Garrison at th9 City Uall
Tiiis notorio'.ia nf.'ilator anl si-opiic lioKl
forta at tho City Hull, lust Siihlmth, in dr.
ftnceofliis picul:nr vieivs. A Inrgo uudi
ni"cs wcio present.
In the nftf rnoon lie desennte I npon the
Bible denying its nuthentieity an in
spiration, tui1 claiininfr that it nhonld bo
acceptrd a truth imly in so far n3 it ac
corded with tao opinions of tho individn
ni. Tire tiweocrse, thonuh mnrked by
considerable) ability, ncieditt-d its ntithor
irt thn pcxapssor ot an ciiotiound unbal
nnred mind.
iitit the evening Icnture n-.is ir fealurc
of his porfonnnncc. .Slavery was his top
ic, find lie- fuMillod his promise to unfold
tho chnrsieif.roKi ini'iotiian Abolitionism.
Ito claimed With truth timt his jirineiples
were id ntieal with tlioo of tho Ilepub.
Hcans, the only diilt rcnert being that h:
boldly followed out Krpublica:i id.'n to
the;r logiortl conrlusons while tho timid
ly shrunk therefrom. He coneeded thnt
the indignities olK-red lo nnti tluvery men
tt theSctjth, who,vibliclye::)ie.sse(i their
opposition to slavery, iveio occasioned by
the aggravating nfc-;tati-n at tho Xc.r'.h,
but he jutifit-d the agitation on '-higher
law'' grounds, arguing that slaverv being
wrong, it was a duty lo ciadieate" it re
gardless of eontequc-iKe:?. H0 threw a
wmh-nhell into tbo Ilepnblienn ranks
when he said that if h'aves tere rightful
ly held ns properly in the States, they
were held with parity of right in the Tor
ritoiies. The whole lecture nas of the "fircea.
ting" order, after tho fassion of Iho Lib-
n'orand disgusting to all right-thinking
ron and loyal citizens. He advoeated
tho Utopian and fatal idea of imniediute
mancipation nn id-i impossible in it-i
sc:t. ana were it possible, full of disaster
to the whi:o and black alike. Tho Un
ion ho looked upon as "a covenant with
Catbni;l ftU aiMement with hell," and
prarea i its dissolution. Slaveholder
rre abuve4 with more violence and vul
garity than weiO exhibited in t-utnners
4tofauiau.ry oration, ami all "dougJifCe;"
were seve rely (Incgellated. To our mind
exhibitions of this sort upon the Sabbath
aro improper und disgraceful. They so
rioitIy tend to corrupt tho reverence due
theLorda Day, and lesson the s-nse of
moral obligation to oUevve. it in a lining
manner. The. largo majority nf those .vho
met to listen to Garrison on last Sabbath
evening, went in the game spirit as they
would visit a theatro or other place of
amusement. AM (olcmtiity and sohernc
were forgotten, and the Jemonstrations
of applause ivhioh greeted some, of the vul
g.u exliavaganc!S of the speaker, show
that tho decencies of a Christian Sabbath
wero not regarded.
We would not interfero with Mr. Oir-
rison in the expre.svon of his vagaries.
toey are to virulent mid extruVunt,
that in an intelligent community no harm
can romo ofthem. Hut in the "name of a
decent propriety, we protest again t the
use of the Subhnth for such public pfr-
nninanetr wers tranaacrei m our , 1 1 y
Hull list S.ir.day evon iiifj. Should not
our piilli.' halls t,o closed on tho Sabbath
iViiitist these doniontralions ?
I,nv rcn 'c (.!.,.?.) Sentinel,
Speech of Senator Sumner.
Whenever there is n lull in thn storm of
dlscti-sion which rages between North nnd
South, we begin to hopo for some good in
this matter. The freedom of Lombards
or Sicilians may bo worked out by the
sword, and there is no finer speetaclo
than that of thj bold man that makes war
against tho tyranny which crushes his
i countrymen. Hut tho African will never
be saved by such means. He is to low to
! rise up ns his own deliverer, nor would
j humanity gain by tho substitution of ne
'gro anarchy for the present social instu
tutions of tho Southern States. Tho
white mm must raise him by tho aid ol
white men, u.d, nin've all, by the aid of
h's muster. The politician who cleav
ers to set hatred between different class
es ol Americans on this subject, who en
courages the negro to look to violent
means for his deliverance, and tills the
owner with increased dread of bloody ro-
pi iMiis iiy ins DoiKttnen, is an enemy to
mo emi.-e in wiiioii lie pours lortli ins ac
criinonious eloquence. .John Hrown him
elfhas not clone more harm to the cause
of abolition in Virginia than a man like
Mr. Sumner, when he drives the South
ern Senators to fury by such a violent and
uncalled for iIiif tppic as our American
correspondent notices to-day.
Jtw.-ussome years since Jlr. Sumner
ba 1 raised his voice :n the assembly to
which he belongs. The results which
followed his onslaught on slavery are still
in the remembrance of every one. In 1S-
o wnen the l uion was agitated by the
contest between Jluchanan and Fremont,
and party spirit was at its highest, Mr.
Sumner delivered an anti-slavery speccb.
lu.no-i, us sirong as mat ot the other cay.
A Mr. Hrcoks, a member of the Lower
House, exasperated by Mr. Sumner's lan
guage, una perhaps urged on by rowdy
menus, ferociously assaulted him while
no was sitting quietly in his chair nnd in-
incted such injuries ns endangered Mr.
ifora timo from nulilif, oit.iia Ttt,a
.winner M Ilie, Rtl'l lOrceil ilm tn ml po
has sin so gone to his account, ' and we
nee-i say no more ol him ; but the Sena
tor from Massachusetts has not learned
temperance of language from the incident
which nearly ended his dnvs. The srxwvn
which produced tho assault was offensive
ly a -nmonious, but the last one seems en
( tireiy to evcttop it. Tho Southern pen-
pvHc themselves on the possession of
inign, ana wnat, are called 'cluvalrous'
I qualities. Mr. Sumner knowing this,
inikes an oration on the barbarism of sla
very. It may certainly be said that a
: ln.ui has a right to stk'matizo ns btirba
jiiiUs those who defciiilivl and even prais-
id iiis would-be, murderer ; but Mr. S'.'tn
ner ou-ht to know that it is immorid, as
well as imstatesmanlike, o jirovoke men
of xiolent temper, and that by fo doing
ho only presses down tho yoko still closer
to the neck of the slave. Hut he puts
himself forward as if purposely to aggra
vate his opponents. Kvery Mieer, every
cutting epithet, every piovoking insinua
tion which he can call up, he uses for the
purpoo of palling his antagonist.. 'Sla
very must brce I barbarians.' he observes ;
, 'it develops everywhere alike, in the indi
vidual and in tho society of which he
forms a part, the essential elements of
barbarism.' "Violence, bru'alitv, injus
tice, barbarism, must be reproduced in
the lives of al. who live within their fatal
sphere' The master 'shares the barba
rism of the society which he keeps,' and
so on.
We must in the name of Knglish aboli
tionism at least, protest against these fool
ish nnd vindictive harangues, Scarcely
has the frenzy caused by John Brown's
outrage begun to die away, than out comes
Mr. Sunnier with n speech Hint w ill set
the whole .South in a flame. Wo can well
believe that the prospects of the Hcpubli
cati party have been nlready damaged by
it. Mr. Sumner is one of that clas of
politicians who should bo muzzled by
their friends. Tbo man who can in per
sonal irritability so forget tho interests of
n great cause, is its worst enemy. Slaver
y existed on the American continent long
before, the assembly of which Mr. Sumner
is a niomoor. On it denends. or is siiriiio.
eI to depend, the prosperity of half the
Union ; the looms of Lancashire and Nor
mandy, as well n those of Mr. Sumner's
own S ate, nro supplied by slave-prown
cotton, anc' hundreds of millions of North"
ern do lars are vested in slave-worked
plantations. Slavery, with its roits thus
deep in the soil, is not to bo rooted uu by
any peevisn euort ot rhetoric;
mnv predict that tho man who first gains i
a victory tor tne ciese ot abolition will be i
or very different temper to the Senator
from Massachusetts. Jyomhn Times.
8G,A wag thus plays upon the names
Cf Soul? of i ho United States Senators :
A Senator of metal Hell,
A shining Senator Hright.
A verdant Senator (ireen.
A greasy Senator Chandler.
A depillious Senator -Wigfall.
A lazy Senator Doolittlo.
A healthy Senator Halo.
A grave Senator Toombs.
A royal Senator King.
A brick Senator Mason.
A Sporting Senator Hunter and
Chnso.
A pious Senator rugh.
A provisional Senator Rice.
A colored Senator Hrown.
A Mustering Senator Hrngg.
A lowly Senator- Foot.
An old "salt" Seward.
A hard nut lor Suniner to crack-Chestnut.
tl3uGloi y i well enough for a rich man
tui it is oi vnry mtie consequence to a!
poor man witu a larje family.
I . a 1
Parson Brownlow.
Tho notorious Parson Krowiilow, of the
Knoxvillo ll'ii'., having received a long
letter, appends thereto tho following per
soiul reminiscence, which is highly fla
vored with Tpiinc.ssco philosophy.-
"Wo attend tho samo "good frame
church" last Sabbath afternoon, filled to
overflowing with the "colored popula
tion," and sat in the shade under the win
dow, and heard a sermon of forty min
utes, from Anthony, a colored slave. He
told his audience that, whether bond or
free, rich or poor, learned or unlearned,
if they weie the sons of God, and if his
love had been bestowed upon them, all
was well; and all that remained for them
to do was to persevere to the end, We
could but reflect at the time that Antho
ny was really doing more good than all
the white rascals, educated villains, and
pious miscreants of the North, who arc
lecturing on tho evils of slavery, and har
antr.'ipc tl'U vile freedoin-shriekers who
agitate this subject. We had Booner sit
under the miniNtry of Anthony than that
of Chopin. Phillips. Pryne, or any of that
class of (in J-forsnken fanatics, who lie
and rant against slavery, and the cruelty
of slavery in theSouth, without knowing
anything about Ihe institution, or how
our slaves nro treated. 'J'hese ilavos had
a revival at this church, nnd called up
their seekers, nnd labored with them, at
which time wo left. Come South, you
lousy rascals of the North, who agitate
this subject, and let a congregation of
Tennessee negroes pray for you !''
Dissolving the Union.
Tl,e last Knickerbocker Migtzine has
the following, which is not bad, either as
a story or a speech :
During the exciting campaign of 18 ,
in Illinois, a prominent politician made a
disunion speech at tuincy
Alter he was
through, and be.'oro the crowd had dis.
poised, a man who styled himself "i'he
aforesaid M. 1).," was called for lie was
lifted on the stand, so "eh.vai,i" (I,.,. I. -
elevated" that be
could not stand without holding on to
something, He said :
"Oentl canon and ladis, you tulkin' of
dissolvin' the Union , you can't do it : if
you go to you can't doit! There's
that are flag a wavin' up there, called the
Slur Spangled Manner; how're ye goin' to
divide thut, hal Are you goin' to give
the Stars to the Norf and the Ntrips to
the Souf ? No sir-ree ; the thing can't be
did. Cheers. J
"And thar's that good oM loon flint the
ban's a playin out thur called Yankee
Doodle; how're ye goin to divide tint',
eh ? Are you a goin to give tho Yankee
to the No'f and the Doodle to the Souf!
I say boldly it can't be did ! Cheers.
"And thar's that stream of water a run-
run clown thar, called the "Father-o.
Waters :" how nro vin-rnin f n rlivi,!., . i,.,i ? '
Are ve a-coin lo dam it ur. with Mason &
Dixon's line? I sav vou can't do that i
thing! Wal.yoH can't! Cheers.1
' And thar's the railroad bavin' out thar;
how are you goin to divide tnat. eh?-
Are you goin to tie it up with Mason & I
Dixon's line ? Yon can't Jo it ! Cheers.1 '
"And thar's all the fast horses standin
in'
around here ; how are you goin' to divide
them? Are you goin' to run 'em Norf,
and run em S uif. and run em Fast, and
run em West? Cheers.
"Ahd thar's a I the handsom witnmin
round here ; how ore you goin to divide
them ? Are you goin to give the oi l ones
lo tho Norf pnd tho youns ones to the
Souf? Wal, ve don't. Immense cheer-
ing
"And tlicr's all the leathered tribe and
other birds fly ia about here, nnd tho
chickens and egg's nest, and the ynllor
legs and the black legs how are you goin
10 uiviue incm, en r Are ye coin to cive
the bullets to the Norf. and the cocks to
the Souf?" Tiemendous cheering
Our reporter could hear no more, for
tho roars of laughter which ensued, and
the "doctor" caved in and from tho
stand.
Av ArrECTtvo Scent. Not many years
sinco (says Frazer' Mafazine) certain mi
ners, working far underground, came up
on the body of a poor fellow who had per
ished in a suffocating pit forty years before.
Some chemical agent to whioh the body
had been subjected an agent prepared in
the laboratory of nature had effectual
ly arrested the progress of decay. They
brought it up to the surface, mid for a
a while, till it crumbled away through
exposure to the atmosphere, it lay there,
the image of a fine sturdy young man.
No convulsion had passed "over the face
in death ; the features were tranuuil : the
and woP"ur Wfts black as jet. No one recocnized
tn0 I"ilcc ! ft generation had grown up since
1,10 (,a.v on " incn the miner wort down
his shaft for the last time. Hut a totter
ing old woman who had hurried from her
cottage at hearing the news, came up, and
she knew again the face which through all
these years she htl hover quire forjot.,
Tho miner was to have been her husband
the day after that on which he died.
Tlu-y were rough people, of course, w ho
wero looking on ; a liberal education and
one f- ling are not deemed essential to
the man whose work it is to get up coals
or even tin ; but there were i,o d,-y eyet
there when tho grey-headed ol I pilgrim
cast herself upon lha youthful curpse. and
poured out folds deaf ear many word of
endearment, unused for forty vears. It
was a touching contrast the one go old
the other so young. They had been ynunp
these long years before ; but time hud
gone on with the living and stood stiU
with the dead."
Jt"Narrowness of mind is frequently
the cause of obstinacy, we do not easily
believe beyond what we see.
JarTo try a mans bottom apply your
foot to the fleshy nart of his bodv. To
i tech stomach apply something else.
The Hope Walker at Niacra
Mr. Willis, in the Home Journal, tlius
describes M . Jdondin s nnssniro over the
Niagara Kivcr In the character of an Indi-
I in
in eliir.
"Alter being dressed in his flesh color
ed tights, wampum apron, bead necklaco
and moccasins, he came out (with his
particularly uncombed sandy hair uncov
ered as yet by its crown of feathers) to
look a little into the arrangements for his
performance. For fifteen or twenty min
utes, the little Tecuniseh was hopping a
bout, trying the cords which held tho
ropes to the stanchion, cockingfired
pistol which was to bo the to an
nounce his return, giving directions
for the music, binding the ligatures of his
balance pole, and answering very merrily
all the jokes of tho lookers-on. In his
motions back and forward, he took no
regular step lie simply bounded. Like a
child's soap bnbble, tho difficulty seemed
to get to the ground to keep from float
inp away. During all this time, of course I
had the dosired opportunity for tho study
of his face. It was one which nineteen
persons out of twenty would pass over ai
wholly uninteresting the twentieth and
more observant man giving him u good
look; as one of the most determined and
honestly spunky little fellows ho had ever
seen. The top of his skull, of course, is
very hid: with his bump of firmness
His cheek bones are prominent, his noso
is straight with thin expanded rostrils
his lips are thin and firm, cheeks hollow
and pale; he wears a sandy moustache and
imperial a la Napoleon. Though anj
thing but abeauty, he is a man it is impos
sible riot to take a fancy to. Retiring to
his shanty for i minute or two, after all
was urrtriged, his appearance was an
nounced by n grand display from the
band and, forward came Teciiirseh, with
! ei, iu oi uiuny-coioreu reamers on
1 I . : .. ,. ....... r . . 1 . . , r i I ...
ins nrau hoi. wuu a slow pace ns woum
be expected from an h'd.an chif but
i """c'nS a J'P 1111 ie Wl.v to the precipice,
!1' - was cm lo.is. however, to see that the
smile on Ins lip, ail his other signs of
merriment for Hie many, were altogether
mechanical and artifn-iij, while the close
ly pressed eyelid throjgh which his keen
u.ucc .laM. y vim.,.., , s.mwc u io
central ion in the work he had to do. The
ma. a .a.n . I ...... r . .. - a- -1 UI n
a .nt wuswi itiuii IIUU VUIJ
hjjiu iinn umwii inim mmru 10 snore, Cw
ieei across an. -jw leet, aoove ino lagara
to walk 1 I took hold of his arms as he
i'ood trying the rope for a moment with
tho ttll of his foot. It was like a bunch
of iron wire, wholly unimpresMblo. And
away ho went, his moccasined feet hugging
tho two sides of tho swnvintr cable, his
balance pole playing up nnd down, and
his little figure gradually diminishing a
be walked steadily on and reached tlioo
miuuie oi tlie chasm, whero he proceeded
to tam' "P one leg nnd hold tho other
01U al right nng.es. Iho spectators of
coiirse were all breathlessly silent ; thsugh
'fo"n1 lt mu?h more breathless to think
?' ftf"-wanl than to see it done He did
!, '' BUcl'nPpa',ent ease and certainty
,t.,vtt!' '.'h0 sccnK 0 Llr(1 fly r a spider
- " tv.. ....(, ..v i.c ounulTI'll III
ir 'lint kind of a creature. I am inclin-
ft to think it would be more startling
(better enabling one to imagine hirasolf
!" the performer's place) if he were to do
in common clothes. Looking scarcely
Wpor than a butterfly ns he readied the
Opposite shore, Llondin remained out of
sight for fifteen or twenty minutes, nnd
then the pistol was fired to announce his
return. lie came quietly on to the cen
tre where he stopped to lie down at full
lerth on the rope, and execute various
postures and gymnastics ; and between
this ami his reaching our shore again, he
made several pretended trips, as if losing
his balance the screams of the affrighted
ladies, t this very comically varying the
fnne which was being endeavored by the
band. As he enme up the slant of tho
rope acain, I saw that his lips were tight
ly drawn together and his features were
rigidly set with the mental exertion, nnd
nnd it was an expression of fuco that
would be worth painting as a type of de
termined will. Through all fhe anxiety
of i spectator's suspense, I could not help
admirinc the little man exceedingly, and
I was the first to give him a hand as he
stepped on the cliff. It was a cold clam
my crip thai he gave mo in return, and
his fingers felt icy and wet. F.verybody
who could reach him -ave him a shnke of
tho hand on his wav to tho shanty, nnd
the enthusiasm for him seemed universal, i
And so ended 'the show' of a human life
put fearfully to peril ! Mr. Hlondin, I
was afterward fold, has a wife and several
children, and resides at Niajra, having
adopted it as the theatre of performance.
His professional profits amount to $10,000
a year.
A Genealoov, John Knox, tho Great
Reformer of Scotland.
John Witherspoon, D. 1 one of the
Signers of the Declaration of American
Independence.
John Breckinridge, a Member of Jeff
erson's Cabinet.
John C. Hreckinrid.e. Vice President
of the United States, LS57 '61.
John C. Hreekinridge, President of the
United Stales, '05.
The above is a tme record of the pen
enlogr of the ne-f Pre-ident of the Uni
ted States. X. York Journal o CW
tnifiY.
BV.lInw women do admire weddinps.
Not their own merely but anybody's. found the farmer busy with his pitchfork,
How they throng the churches, "just to to whom he delivered the challenge ol
see the ceremony you know t" Then the ledoubtable officer, The good hu
what animated descriptions of the whole mored farmer turning towards him, with
affair : what glowing accounts of what the his agricultural implement in his hand
W.Mh had on. What criticism of brides-j eooly said :
maid. In short what an immense of i 'Gang awa back to Mesfer Smith, and
simper and giggle, and prattle all be- tell him I hae naa time to corns to H
rause two inoffensive young people are go- to give him satisfaction, but if he like to
ing, in a legal and orderly wy, to set np' come here, 1 'ill just er m he did, I ii)
'housekeeping. Funny, isn't it? roniws'."
Literature and Lonjj Lifo.
Wo recently compiled romu interesting
r.. .... e. il .... V. .... "
. .. V ' ' Z JSl r. ' .
i 'n'M.i .-loeii'iv, oy Hn cmmeni lirn-
V
l.h physician, "On tho Duration of the
Lives of Men connected with Literature,"
and havo observed that tho article has
been widely copied. The subject has at
tracted much attention abrosd, and the
current number of tho Westminster Uo
view discusses it with much ability. Uis
nuite dillicult to know tho exact classes
of persons to bo included in the etiumur
ation ; for, if we take the wholo body ol
men w no liavo gained lamo by intellect
ual pursuits, it will genorally be found
that tooy did so under exceptional cir
i timstanccs ; and we must, therefore, re
ceive with due caution any deductions
which would establish certain formulas
as to the lives of tho various classes into
which literary men may bo distributed.
Hut we can contrast tho Jives of poets
and lawyers tlie representatives ot the
emotionul and reasoning powers so fur
as tney may ho considered distinct.
Of the last ton Hriiish Chancellors, from
Lord Thurlow, downwards, tho youngest,
Lord Cranworth, is abou- seventy years
old, and their average age is at least seventy-six
years. Taking ten of the most
distinguished Hritisb poets, we find that
their average age is hlty-one. Dr. Guy,
choosing eight eminent poets, who in the
main were rather more distinguished by
the shortness of their lives than by their
poetry, found that the average duration
of their lives was forty-three years. The
London Cririo asks: how is it that son
sitively organizod men like poets are un
doubtedly shorter lived than reasoners
like mathematicians and lawyers? How,
again, is it that in tropical climates here
jinagination is so much more highly de
veloped than reasoning, lifo is compara
tivoly so shod, while exactly the contrary
is the case in colder regions? The inqui
ry is an interesting one, and has not yet
been solved.
The literati of the French Ana were long
lived; two thirds of thorn passed tho age
of seventy-six ; and as many attained the
age ol ninety as died under sixty.
iho liealthlul influences ol a literary
lift, 8ro seen in the case of many of the
I mrtut Iii-.IA area a n t Iia a m n a I .j a( IT n.
llish literature who have lived to an old
Mrs. Inchbald died at the ace of 07
veivr, Lady Morpan
at 70, Mrs. Holland
and Jane Porter at 7 L Mrs. Chapono at
75, Mrs. Sherwood at 77. Kegina Maria
Uocheat 8'J, Mrs. Piozzi ami Harbauld at
K2, Mr. Opie at 88, Joanna Haillie and
Mrs. Carter at 8'.), Jane West at D.'l, Harri
et Lee at ('5, and Caroline L. llerschell at
97. Ei'ening Transcript.
I.NTERKSTINO TO IIoiSKKEEPERS. As a
general rule it i most economical to buy
the best articles. The price is, of course,
always a little higher; but good articles
always spend host. It is a sacrifice of mon
ey to buy poor cheese, lard etc., to say
nothing of the injurious effect upon
health.
Of the West India sugar and molasses
the Santa Cruz and Porto Rico are consid
ered tlie best. The Havana is seldom
clean. White sugar from Hrazil is somo
times very good.
Refined sugar usually contains most of
the eacharine substance ; there is proba
bly more economy in using loaf, crushed
and gradnlated sugars, than we should
first suppose.
Hutter that is made in September and
October is tho best for winter use, Lard
should be hard and white; and that which
is laken from a hog net over a year old is
best.
Rich cheese feels softer under the pres
sure of the finger. That which is very
strong is neither very good nor healthy.
To keep one that is cut, tie it up in a bag
that will not admit Hies, and hang it in a
cool, dry place. If moid appears on it
wipe itolfwith a dry cloth.
Flour nnd meal of all ki.ibs should to
kept in a cool dry placo.
The best rico is large, and has a clear,
fresh look. Old rice sometimes has lit
tle black insects inside Iho kernels.
Tho small wdite sago, called the pearl-
sago, is t.ie best. The large brown kind
has an earthy taste. I his article, and ta
pioca, "round rice, etc., should bo kept
covered.
To select nut megs, pick them with a
pin. 1 they are good, the oil will instan
tly spread aroura the puncture.
Keep coffee by itself, as t he oder affects
other articles. Keep tea in a close chest
or eanni$ter.
Oranges and lemons keep best wrapped
close in soft paper, and laid in a drawer of
linen.
The cracked coca is best; biffc that
which is nut up in pound papers is often
very pood.
Soft soap should bo kept in a dry place
in the cellar and not be used until three
months old.
To thaw frozen potatoes, put them in
hot water.
To thaw frozen apples, put them in
cohl water.
Neither will keon after being frozen.
Houer keepers' Friena,
Cfgr-Shortly after the battlo of Prince
ton, a wit'.y Scotchman amused himself by
writing a humorous ballad upon it, which
so stung one of the oflicers, who had be
haved very badly on this occasion, that he
sent tne poet a challenge to met him at
II , for rnorttl combat, The second
TtiE(iroaRriiTorTiisCoNstvrTioN.-Con-sutnptlon
originates in nil latitudes from
the equator, where the mean temperatuie
is eighty degrees, with slight varittion, to
tho higher portion f the temperate zona,
where the mean tetnperlure ts forty da
irtecs, with sudden and violent changes.
The opinion, long entertained, that it h
peculiar to cold and humid climates, it
founded on error. Far from this tho con
clusion that consumption is more preva
lent in tropical than in temperature coun
tries. Consumption is rnro in the Arctic
regions, in Siberia, Iceland, the Faroe Is
lands, the Oikneys, Shetland and Heb
rides. And in confirmation of the opinion
lint it decreases with the decrease of tem
perature, it is shown from extensive data,
that in northern Europe it is most prev.
alent at tho level of the sea, and thnt
it decreases with the increase of ele
vation to a certain point. It is uni
formly more fatal in cities than in the
country. Mr. Hall, of the Journal of
Health, says to his consumptive friends:
'You want air, not physic; you want pure
air, not medicated air; you want nutrition.
tuch as plenty of meat and bread will
give, and they alone, physic has no nutri
ment, gasping for air cannot curevou;
If you want to live well zo in for baf
and out-duor air, and do not be deluded into
the grave by advertisement and unreliable
certifies."
fcaT"An editcr wanting a line to fill up
tho column, give
"Shoot folly as she flies. " Popt.
In setting up tho above, the dovil htd
it thus:
"Shoot Polly as she flies, Top."
BPVPapn, why don't they give the tel
egraph wire a dose of gin ?'
Vl.v mv pllibt V
'Cause the papers say they're out of or
der, nnd mamma always takes gin when
she's out of order.
BST'An old moid being asked to sub
scribe for a pnpor, declined on the ground
that when she wanted news she manurao.
tured it.
Wft-A vounc lady savs the reason sh
carries a parasol is, that the sun is of th
masculino gonder, and she cannot with
stand his ardent glance.
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.
Qliarfcld livr Isaac Johnson, John W.
Shugart, Jefferson Litz, Hartol Stump, Ja.
L. Leavy,
Cvrwensville Bor Cortcz Bloom, Jaroh
Faust, Henry Kern, William Chambor,
Abraham Gates.
Lumber City TTilliam Wright, Jauae
Crossly, Branson Davis.
Knn Washington Joseph McMurray, Jo
seph H. Breih, John M. Cummings.
Bradford ti. P. Wilson, Ephraim Shi--rey,
Alex. Forcee, Thomas Riley.
'Bloom Gainer Hloom, James Bloom, D
W. Chilson, John Cleaver.
jle'.l Will Gilbert, Jacob Campbell,
John Ross, jr., Henry McGhco, Koberw
Mehaffy.
Becearia Samuel ShniT, Geo, W. Cald
well, Win. R. Dickinson.
Bygs Charles Sloan, L. W. Munsou,
George Dimeling.
JiraduUr. T. Jeff. Boyer, Lever Fle
cal, Esq, Wm. Schwem, John C. Raed,
James C. Barrett.
Bumsidc John King, jr., John Young,
Jacob Bietb, lames McMurray, Fred!
Shenherd.
Coviiuion- -rat rick llegarty, Solomon.
Jiinry, John J. Picard.
Chest Henry Ilurd, T. F. Dunbar, I
Gorman. Veaft,r Richard Hughes, Cyrr-nu-Field,
John Shaw, John A. Thompson,,
Cyrenu How.
I-W'jusnn James Straw, George E. Tubbg
fox James McClelland, N. M. Brock
wav.
f",Viii Thompson Reed, G. W. Gates,
R. G, Shaw, .'. L. Reems,
Graham Edmund Dale, Levi Hubler,
John Holt.
Gir ird Alexander Livingston, M. L
Coutriet.
Guctich John Jordan, John White
side, Benj. Stephen.
Huston Martin Tyler, Hiram Wood'
ward, Saml. Conoway.
Jordan David McKeehan, Ferdinand
Schoening, Jas. Patterson jr.
Knox I). E. Mokol,, Lewis Erhart.
William Witherow, B. S. Roberts.
Karthans John Gilliland, L. Hartline,
JohnG. Hall.
Pike Miles Welch, John Dunlap, IL
Freeman. Darius Ritter, John Hancock
Jwrenr.e Samuel Clyde, M. V. Wal
lace, H'llliam J. Hemplvll, John A. Reed,
Herman Rowles, John Dale.
Morris Jerry McCartney. lohn J. Mil"
ler, Andrew Hunter, J. W. Slranford,
John Hoover.
yvnn David T. Sharp, John If. Rowles,
Elijah Moore, R. Danvers, jr., Thoma
Hoover,
tVien Wm. L. Horn, V. U. Booze,
Henry Whitehead.
Waodword Thomas Her.dorson, Junwi
Alexander, Robert Witherow.
The primary elections will bo held or
the J 1th day of August, 18G0, at the pla
ces where the General Elections is usually
held, except tho borough of Clearfield anil
Lawrence tp., which will bo held in th
Store room formerly occupied by Jndg
Shaw. The Corumitteo will be careful in
keeping a list of tho voters and must com
pare with the tally, After the vntes ha-e
been counted, the tally papers must be
stoned by a majority of the Committee,
when one of the Committee will be ap
pointed return-Judge, who will bring th
tally paper and the list of votes, in their
respective townships, and will meet it
the borough of Clearfield, at the place tf
holding the elaotion, on Tuesday, A'.igMs
14th, I860, to compare tally? and deolar
the nomination.
Ir crdfr of tha Standing Coiumittee.
T. F. Ftrwilr. niirmv
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