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The above are cash Itnnr, for all advertisements j inserted for three months or less. Yearly ad vertisements are held payable, one halt at the j end of three, and the balance at the end of six months. Communications recommending persons for j office, must be paid in advance at lite rate of i 25 cents per square. ISOCTRIN National Hymn. Mv country, 't is of tliee, Sweet land of liberty ! Of thee 1 sing! Land where my fathers died. Land of the pilgrim's pride, From every mountain side, Let freedom ring. My noble country, thee — Land of the noble, free — Thy name I love! I love thy rocks and rills. Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills, Like that above. Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet Freedom's song: Let. mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake; Lot rocks their silence break; The sound prolong. vOur father's Gosed ; of nearly a thousand pounds, to award his ingenuity and perseverance. 1 his success excited ILsset's desire to cx ; tend his dominion over the animals, inclu : ding even the feathered kind, lie procured a young leveret, and reared IT to beat s< vera! ( marches on the drum with its hind legs, un til it became a good stout hare. He taught | canary-birds, linnets and sparrows, to spell i the name of any person in company, to dis- I tinguish the hour and minute of time, and ; perform many other surprising fl ul.-- lb: ; trained six turkey-cocks to go through a regu lar eontra-dancc. He also taught a turtle to ( fetch and carry like a dog. How a Mohammedan Huns. In civilized countries, the collection of "bad debts" is attended with much difficulty. The Mohammedans, however, have a method of managing a reluctant debtor, which "is at ouce simple and efficacious. Jt is thus de ! scribed by a recent traveller; I "Meeting a person in any spot to whom you wish to apply the khatt, you exclaim, j "The Sultan detains von here." He instant ly stands still; and, without bond or guard, | remains there until The dhoti is : prescribed for light faults and for debt. when a creditor has several times met his j debtor and asked for hi- due, and the debtor j while recognizing the debt, puts off payment, the creditor can, at discretion, stop his man, make him sit down, and then, with the point ; his lance, he truces tin the ground a circu lar line, saying, " Jn the name of Allah and the Prophet! in the name of Sultan and the motliei of Sultan ; in tne name of the tena ; !a particular office,) supporters of the State, | thou shalt not leave this circle until thou hast i paid thy debt. Ihe debtor is obliged n> re , main enclosed and sitting in his khatt until 1 some one intercedes with the creditor, and he j consents to release the prisoner. If the crod j itor remain inflexible and inexorable, the prisoner remains in his khatt until he'pays his debt, if breaking the bounds he crosses i the line, and the creditor complains to the Sultan, the fugitive is pursued, tuken where ever lie is found, and severely punished. 4m m r An aged preacher once preaching from Revelations about the " beast with seven heads aid t n horns, seemed to get into the brush. Liit he was a veteran and not easily surprised. Seeing that he had ventured into doep waters, he said to his congregation, 4 Brethren, yon may think that I am in a dif culty to-day and can't get out of it, but 1 will show you better than that* Let us look to the Lord and be dismissed.' Ma, said a little girl to her mother, 4 do men want to get married as much as the women do V 4 Pshaw, what are you talking about?' Why, ma, the women who come here arc alvvay3 talking about getting married, the men don't t logician, am the greatest poet that America had produce i. 4 But, sir,' continued Dennie, ' there are trad- in his detractor un , deserving so wise ami great a man. of the ; most detestable description: lie is tin 4 great est bigot ami dogmatist of the age 4 Sir.' -ays tli" doctor, 4 vou are gros-iv mistak n; 1 am intimately acquainted with Dr. Dvvight, and 1 know to ihe contrary.' 4 sir,* says Dcnni:-. "you arc tnbtukcti; 1 have it from ail intimate a •quaintanee of his. who, 1 am confident, would not tell me an un truth.' 4 No more slander,' says the doctor, i 4 1 am Dr. Dvvight, of whom you speak 4 And 1. too,' exclaimed Denuie, •am Mr. Dennie of whom you spoke !' Th" astonishment of Dr. Dv.lght in: 4 be better cuiieeiv ithin t< Id. Suffice it to .-av. they mutually shook hands, and were gri-t mi I, to dance, she declined : whereupon lie insti tuted a parley, remarking that if he vva- not good enough to dance with her, ho would come down to th-- mill and be ground over. 4 Come down,' said the lady, * but vou will recollect that the first process in grinding will be to run you through th • smut much in AHVICK TO MARHIED LADIES. — A writer at the south gives the f lowing advie to wives; 'Should you find it necessary, as you tfu doiibtedl v will, many of you. to obu-tise yjmr husbands, you shall perforin this affectionate duty with the soft cud of the brooui, and not w itn the handle.' Throe Irishmen having found four apples, consulted together how to divide tlieni ; one at length, wiser than the rest, undertook it. and divid -d them in the following manner ; I ' Here's two for vou two, and here's two for me too.' Ail Irishman being charged with stealing a waggon, swore he had it ever since it was a wheelbarrow. 4 Why is John Digger's boy larger than his lather ?' 4 Becan-e he's a little Bigger !' 44 * * 4 TJIK HEX FEVER, — We lately saw a draft for one-thousand dollars, which had just been received by Geo. P. Burn ham, Esq., from one of his New Orleans correspondents, in payment for a splendid lot of 4 Cochin %'hiiia, lied Shanghai' fowls sent out by the Creseut Citv, by Mr. 8., from his imported stock. This is getting up steam to some pur pose. Mr. Burnham informs us that his sales for large samples from his imported Chinese fowls, had reached over £4OOO since the last November show in Boston—aver aging upwards of a week. He has re ceived as high as SSO for a single pair of his 4 Cochin Chinas,' and the demand for these birds still continues throughout the whole South and West.— Boston Times. A LADV ROBBED BY ONE OK HER HEIRS. — The Springfield (Mass.) Republican, tells a curious story of a doctor, who, it says, stolen box ol notes worth S4OOO, from the chamber of an old lady, in Russel, to whom he was an heir, among others, and after she was dead, he unbosomed himself to Mr. Dc Wolf ol Chester, and offered to him SSOO dollars, for his services in manufacturing a legal instru ment, "with the name, of the deceased affixed to it, conveying to the doctor the whole ; property in the stolen notes. Mr. De Woli I managed the thing very well, got all the notes in his possession, and surrendered the property and the thief to an officer who was in his house at the time. The doctor was held to bail in SIOOO. SAO OCCURRENCE.—On the 9th instant Mr. Robinson and Mr. Crawford, two neighbor farm rs of -J,'ifersuii county, Oiiio, quarrelled about fences and troublesome animals—Rob inson picked up a gun in a heat ol passion, and shot end killed Mr. Crawford on the 4 spot. Hot have families. A sad result of passion auu i c-klessness. Canton Repository. see. Cookery for Housekeepers. To make. Gravy for a Hash of Cold Meat. ' j —Cut a small onion into quarters of slices ' and fry it in a sauce-pan with a lump of but- j ter : add a sufficient quantity of water, pep- | per and salt, and a spoonful of ketchup ; let j it boil til! the onion is tender; strain the gra- j vy and thicken it with flour; let it boil a lit- \ tie longer, then add the meat, which is to he ; heated quite through, but not to be suffered I to boil. Curries and Curry Powder. —Chickens, ! i Rabbits, and veal are most suitable for curry, i i Boil the nteat till tender, then separate the- I ! joints, put the meat into a stew-pan with a i lump of butter and a little of the liquor in | j which it was boiled, and stew it for twenty j minutes longer; then to four pounds of meat j : take a table-spoonful of curry-powder, a tea- I cupful of boiled rire, a tablespoonful of flour j ; and one of melted butter, a teaeupftil of the ; liquor and half a teaspoonful of salt, mix j i them and stew the meat in the liquor for ten minutes, when it will he ready to serve.— j Boiled rice is served as an accompaniment. ('urry J'owder. —Corriander-seed and tnr- i incric, of each three ounces ; ginger, pepner, i and mustard, of each one ounce: halt ounce of cardaniuius ; cayenne pepper, cinnamon, i and cunimin-seed, of each a quarter of an ounce. Round them fine, sift, and bottle the mixture, then cork tight. To Hash Cold Mud. —Cut the meat in thin slices off the hones, and lay it on a dish, sprinkle on some pepper and salt, put the bones into a pot with a little water, slice in a 4 mall onion, and let them stew to make gravy : take out the bones and thicken the gravy with a little flour; add al-i a spoonful of ketchup, boil it up, and thou lay in your meat, shake all up, and l"t it get hot through. Four it into a dish on sonie thin sippets of bread. Another way is. to chop up the meat with a little onion, pepper and salt, put into a dish, cover the meat with mashed potatoes, and bake it in a dutch-oven for a quarter of an hour, or twenty minutes. Mine d.—t'nt tlm meat from the bones, and haviim minced it very line with a small piece of lemon-peel and a sprig or two of parsely. grate over it a little nutmeg, and sprinkle on -one popper and -alt: now put the bones in to a saucer, with a small onion spilt in four, a sprig of savoury, and one of marjoruni ; .-t.-vv them to make gravy. \\ hen done strain it oil', and thicken it with a little flour and butter, give it a boil up, then turn in your mince, shake ail woll t igether, and let it get thoroughly hot, but do not s.uller it to boil; pour ii over some thin toasted bread. Fry thin ra.-hers ot' bacon and lay tlieni round the dish. St'Urrd Brisket of Jl ->f. —I'ut a piece of brisket of )>• • I". .-ay ol lour pounds' weight, into a saucepan with a good lump of dripping or butter ; brown it well all over, then pour in as much vva; r as will nearly cover tin 4 meat, and, closing tin: lid tight, stew it gently tor three hours, taking care that the meat does not burn to the pot, which may be pre vented by putting a small plate beneath it. Boil a carrot, two turnips, and a few very -m ill onions, in another saucepan, just be fore vou intend to servo up the dinner; take a cupful of the liquor and mix in it two good tablesjioonsful ot flour, some pepper and -alt, and a little ketchup : turn this, with the onions and the carrot, and the turnips cut in smail squares, into the pot with the meat, and shaking it well up, boil altogether for a few minute-, when it vviil be ready. Should the be t be tut, .the gravy will require skim ming. which must be done before you add thickening. Bupowy Stared Stake. —Take some slices of beef, pepper and salt them well, slice up a couple of onions thin, and lay a piece or two of the fat of the steak at the bottom of a clean saucepan, to n some of the onion, and then some more -t i!t. and so on alternately tiii vou have put ail m; shake and turn it about frequently to keep it from burning, it will presently be nice and brown; lot it stew in it- own gravy til! the meat becomes tender, then take off all tin 4 fat from the top, mix some flour in two tablespoonsful of water, with a little ketchup or pickled walnut li quor. and pour it gradually into the stew ; j stir it about well, and just give it a boil up ; serve it quite hot. Stefed Knuckle of Veal. —Let the sauce pan be perfectly eiean, wash the knuckle well, place four wooden skewers at the bottom of the pot, to prevent the meat burning, lay in vour veal with two or three blades ot mac 4 , and onion, a little whole pepper, a sprig <>f thyme, and some salt with two ; quarts of water; cover it close, and let it simmer gently for two hours ; when done enough, lay it* in a dish, and strain the broth over it. The shoulder is very good stuffed and stewed. ! Strteed Sheep's Head (a verv savoury and I at the same time a very cheap dish). —Having 1 scraped and washed a sheep s head thorough ly clean, put it into a saucepan with three ; pu. 4 of cold water, a cupful of rice nicely j picked and washed, two onions pooled and sliced, in a little salt. Set on a slow fire that may cook very gently ; just before it boils skim it, and koep skimming as long as any | skum rises ; let it boil two hours, and stir it occasionally to prevent it burning. About a quarter of an hour before you serve it up, | take off the fat from the top as closely as possible, and season it with pepper and salt : j to your taste. Meat and Potatoe Pudding. —Boil four pounds of potatoes and dry them well over : the tire, beat and roll them fine ; when cold, beat them up with two eggs, and a quart of milk, into a smooth batter; now lay some steaks seasoned with pepper and salt in a deep dish, and pour on about half the batter; then some more steaks, then the rest of tlm j I batter. Bake it gradually and of a fine brown. * Cold Meat Puffs. —Cut the meat into small thin pieces, and season them with pepper and salt; mash very line a pound and a hall ol i cold boiled potatoes, and mix them up with a tablespoonful or two of flour and one egg, j roll this out into a proper thickness for puns, i j and make them up, putting into each pun j | about two ounces of the meat, lr_J them MOV - . i ly, in a clean pau, on both sides, ola tine ; J light brown. | Corn Pudding. COOKS, ATTENTION !—'Take four ears of | green corn, boil them till half done, cut off I the corn as line as convenient, mix it with ; | two heaping spoonsful of flour, one pint of I milk, salt and pepper to season, bake it well, : and you have the most ecstatic dish ever in vented. To Preserve Currants. Gather currants when green, separate them trom the stems, anil put them in bot tles, cork closely, and put them in a cool part :of the cellar. Currants may be kept fresh and green, in this manner, ten months or : more, and will make excellent pics in the I ! winter and spring. Lewistown Academy. r I 'HE' Male and Female Departments of this 1 INSTITUTION, under the management of the subscriber, vviil open on MONDAY, April sth. The subscriber flatters himself from an experi ence ot ten years in teaching, and the informa tion he lias acquired during the past year in some of the Normal Schools of Europe, that he will ; I be able to establish a High School, worthy the patronage of the public. In addition to the present teachers in the Female Department, an j experienced teacher will assist the principal in ; the Male Department. TERMS OF THE MALE DEPARTMENT : For tuition in Reading, Writing, Arith metic, Geography and English Gram mar, per quarter, of eleven weeks, §3 00 Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Book keeping, History, Algebra, Rhetoric and Geometry, per quarter, §4 50 For tuition in the Latin, Greek, French, Spanish and Italian languages, Drawing, and the higher branches of Mathematics, 6 00 Weekly exercises in Declamation and English Composition, will be required of all the pupils, j and special attention will be given to the prima ry department. R. C. ROSS, A. M., Lewistown. March 12, 1852. Principal. Tnscas'ora Academy. RPTLTS flourishing institution is located in Tuscarora *- Valley, Juniata county, I'a., eight miles S. YV. of Mif- I tlintovvn, and sis mites from the I'erryville station, on 1 tlie Pennsylvania Railroad. It has been in successful operation for more than fourteen years, and is believed to be equal to any Academy in the Stale, in affording | facilities to young men for acquiring a thorough Aca demical education, either for business or for college. There were present, during the last session, (previous to IF - fire,) more than one hundred students. Since then, the buildings have been entirely remodeled and greatly enlarged, so as to afford private rooms to all the students; an advantage not ordinarily found even in i the b< st Institutions in th -country. Bring in the coun- j try, the students are removed from those temptations to ; idleness, dissipation, and vice, which arc ihe bane of similar institutions in towns. 1 Lit.MS. TOR Boarding, (per week,) SI 25 Washing, private room, and incidentals, (per quarter.) 4 TO 44 Tuition in Latin, Greek and Mathematics (per quarter.) 6 00 ! " 4 * Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Rhetoric, Political Economy, Book Keeping, Botany, History, &c. dec. 4 50 j " 14 Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geo graphy, Reading, Writing, 4ic. (per quarter,) 3 00 | Sketching from Nature and Painting — Vocal Music j and Stenography, (when desired ) — Hebrew, (to young men preparing for the ministry,) gratis, 't hus it will be seen that $22 25 will defray the whole average EXPENSE of a student, at the Institution, per quarter—Light, Books and Stationary are found b> the Students; and may L,e obtained at tiie stores in the neigh , bin hood. There are no extra charges whatever. Ti.e Principals will devote themselves with unremit- | ting assiduity to ihe culture of the miuds, morals, and maimers of their pupils ; and hope, therefore, to com mend the Institution to the continued liberal patronage of the public. The Vacations occur in April and October; but Stu- 1 dents will be admitted at any time during the session when there are vacancies. I'or full information, address all communions (post ; paid.) to •' .ScaJemii P. O- Rev. W.\l. S. (JARTHWAIT, I Principa , s Rev. GEO. W. THOMPSON, J ll,nc, Pa |s - Tuscarora Valley, Juniata county, June IS, 1552. N. B.—.Students from a distance can always find a < ready conveyance from I'erryville, up to the Academy ; 'nit if Ihr ly-ineip ilf are informed if the day of arrival ! • at that paint, a carriage irtl! be in waiting. Harrisbnrg Book Bindery. F. E. IIUTTEIi