Lewistown gazette. (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, March 23, 1864, Image 1

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Whole No. 2756.
Lewistowii Post Office.
Mails arrive and close at the Lewistown P.
O. as follows.
ARRIVE.
Eastern through, 5 33 a. m.
" through and way 4 21pm.
Western " " 10 38 a.m.
Bellefonte *' " " 2 30p. m.
Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdaysand
Saturdays, 6 00 p. m.
CLOSE.
Eastern through 8 00 p.m.
*' " and way 10 00 a. m
Western " " 330 p. m.
Bellefoote 8 00 "
Northumberland (Sundays, Wednesdays
and Fridays) 8 00 p. m.
Office open from 7 30 a. m. to 8 p. m. On
Sundays from Bto 9 am. S. ConroßT, P. M.
Lewistowii Station.
Trains leave Lewistown Station as follows:
Westward. Eastward.
Baltimore Exorees, 4 40 a. m.
Philadelphia " 5 33 " 12 20 a. m.
Fast Line, 6 .26 p. m. 350 •'
Fast Mail, 10 38 "
Mail, 421 "
Through Accommodation, 2 35 p. m.
Emigrant. 9 12 a. m.
Through Freight, 10 20 p. ni. 120a m.
Fast " 3 40 a. m. 8 15 "
Express " 11 00 " 235 p. m.
Stock Express, 5 00 " 905 "
Coal Train. 12 45 p. m. 10 38 a. m.
Local Freight, 645a. m. 626 p. m.
49* Gal brai tli's Omnibuses convey passengers to
and from ul! the trains, taking up or setting them
down at ail points within the borough limits.
GKEC. W. ELDER,
Attorney at Law,
Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at
tend to business in Mltilin,Centre and Hunting
don counties
(!)& J.
ZJD LSJ is o
OFFICE or East Market street, Lewistown,
adjoining F. G. Franciseus' Hardware
Store. P. S. Dr. Locke will be at his office
the first Monday ch month to spend the
week. iny3l
DR. J. I. MARKS
OFFERS his Professional services to the
citizens of Lewistown and the surround
ing country. Office in the Public Square op
posite the Lewistown Hotel. janl3-6m*
Large Stock of Furniture on
Hand.
A FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds
•of Furniture. Young married persons
and others that wish to purchase Furniture
will fiud a good assortment on hand, which
will be sold cheap for cash, or country pro
duce' aken in exchange for same. Give me
& call i * alley street, near Black Bear Ho
tel. feb 21
Jacob C. Blymyer & Co,,
Produce and Commission Mer
chants,
LEWISTOWN, PA.
HaTFlour and Grain of all kinds pur
chased at,market rates, or received on storage
and shipped at usual freight rates, having
storehouses and boats of their own, with care
ful captains and hands. Piaster, Fish, and
Salt always on hand. sep2
Lock Repairing, Pipe Laying,
Plumbing and White Smithing
FFMIE above branches of business will be
I promptly attended to on application at
the residence of the undersigned in Main
street, Lewistown,
janlO GEORGE MILLER.
AND
BRAID STAMPING
Done on the' most fashionable patterns by
MRS. MARION W. SHAW.
Lewistown, Sept. 23, 1863-
Kishacoquillas Seminary
AND
NORMAL INSTITUTE.
FIMIE Summer Session of this Institution
1 will commence on
MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1864,
and continue twentyone weeks.
Cost for Board, Furnished Rooms and Tu
ition in the English Brandies, per sessioD,
S6O.
Day scholars, per session, sl2.
Mu sic. Languages aud Incidentals extra.
Jn order to secure rooms in the Institute
application should be made before the open
ing of the school.
For further particulars, address,
S. Z. SHARP. Prin.
jnl3 Kishacoquillas, Pa.
Mt. Rock Mills.
ORDERS
FOR FLOUR, FEED, &c.,
CAN, until further notice, be left at the
Store of S J. Brisbin & Co., or at the
Hat Store of W. G. Zollinger, at which pla
ces they will be called for every evening, fill
ed next morning, and delivered at any place
in the Borough.
noW G. LEIIR.
Lever Full Jeweled, Detached dit
jt to. Cylinder Escapements, and all kinds
War prices, at PATTON'S.
IHE tIIMIXREL
TIIK OLD FARM HOUSE!.
At the foot of the hill, near the old red mill,
In a quiet, shady spot,
Just peeping through, half hid from new,
Stands a little moss-grown eot;
And straying through, at the open door,
The sunbeams play upon the sanded floor.
The easy chair, all patched with care,
Is placed by the old hearthstone;
With witching grace, in the old tireplace,
The evergreens are strewn.
And pictures hang on the whitened wall
And the old clock ticks in the cottage hall.
More lovely still, on the window sill,
The dew-eyed flowers rest,
While midst the leaves on the moss-grown eaves
The martin builds her nest,
And all day long the summer breeze
Is whispering love to the bending trees.
Over the door, all covered o'er
With a sack of dark green baize,
Lays a musket old, whose worth is told
In the events of other days:
And the powder flask, and the hunter's horn,
Have hung beside it for many a morn.
For years have fled, with a noiseless tread,
Like fairy dreams away.
And left in their flight, all shorn of his might,
A father—old and gray;
And the soft wind ploys with his snow white hair
As the old man sleeps in his easy chair.
In at the door, on the sanded floor,
Light, fairy footsteps glide.
And a maiden fair, with flaxen hair,
Kneels by the old man's side—
An old oak wrecked by the angry storm,
While the ivy cliugs to its trembling form.
MORAL MELMOGS
From the Sunday School Times.
AT THE LAST.
It seems a very innocent thing, that
glass of ruby wine. It brightens the
eye, pleases the taste, and gives a
pleasing vivacity to the air and con
versation. It is considered a graceful
! custom to drink wine with another,
even in refined circles. A young man
is "odd" who declines it, especially in
his New ear's calls, and when fair
hands proffer the crystal glass. It
would be well if our drinking cups
were fashioned as were those of an
ancient monarch, with a glittering,
golden serpent coiled at the bottom,
with gleaming gems for eyes, and fiery
jaws distended, apparently just ready
to bury its fangs in its victim. What
more striking reminder could this
heathen have devised of* the inspired
declaration, "at the last it biteth like
a serpent and stingeth like an adder ?"
It is wise for the young man to con
sider well the "at last" of his career
before he quaffs the first glass. In
stead of the bright and sparkling eye,
and animated countenance, which the
mirror now reflects back to you, you
may sec your reflection " at the last,"
in that disfigured, bloated drunkard
reeling yonder, his red eyes scarcely
guiding him as truthfully as does the
trusty start of the blind beggar. Iristead
ot your gay and cheerful conversation,
will be the unintelligible gibberish of
the drunkard. Instead of the refined
society where you were first tempted,
and tell so sadly, your associates must
be only of the degraded sots, of which
you have become one. Those who
once knew you will be ashamed to be
seen in your company " at the last."
The very taste which you have culti
vated, and which now affords you so
much pleasure, will turn to a fiery
tongued adder, and be your fierce tor
mentor. If" there can be a fair type
ot the sufferings of the lost in this lite,
it is found in the last days of the habit
ual drunkard. The figurative lan
guage of Scripture becomes to them a
living reality. The mental horror and
despair are no doubt but faint fore
shadowings of the last state of that
man when he has passed the bounds of
time, but they are enough to strike
terror to the hearts of beholders.
Oh, be warned in season, and enter
not into a path which has such a fear
ful ending.
Good Manners Among Children.
It it) a graceful habit for children to
say to each other, 'Will you have the
goodness?' and '1 thank you.' We do
not like to sec prim, artificial children;
there are few things we dislike so
much as a miniature beau or belle.
But the habit of good manners by no
means implies affectation or restraint.
It is quite as easy to say, 'Please give
me a piece of pie,' as to say 'I want a
piece of pie.' The idea that constant
politeness would render social life stiff
and restrained, springs from,a false es
timate of it. True politeness is per
fect ease and freedom. It simply con
sists in treating others just as you
would like to be treated yourself A
person who acts from this principle
will always be said to have 'sweet,
pretty ways with her.' It is of some
consequence that your daughter should
know how to enter and leave a room
gracefully; but it is of much more con
sequence that she should avoid what
is offensive to ethers, and always pre
fer their pleasure to her own.
I'uere is no XQUS for laziness.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1864.
eoffloneATioii
For the Gazette.
A Word to the Wise
The mag who pursues a business
that is not in some manner useful to
his fellow men wrongs society, for so
eiety justly claims some benefit from
the labors of every one admitted to
enjoy its privileges and benefits; and if
a man's business is not only not useful
but positively injurious, he and his bu
siness are both nuisances, and society
would be better without them. Far
mers, mechanics, manufacturers, mer
chants, preachers, teachers, authors,
editors, inventors, and artists may
pursue their callings not only as a
means of support, but also as a' means
of benefittingsociety. Comfort, wealth,
health, intelligence, refinement, and j
religious, moral, and social progress I
flow from their labors. But what come |
by the labors of the whisky seller, I
horse racer, and lottery manager?
Debauchery, intemperance, profanity,
rowdy im, poverty, disease and wretch- j
edness. Clearly the culture and man
ufacture of tobacco belong to the same !
list of utterly useless arid wholly dis- j
reputable pursuits. It cannot be !
shown that society is in any way hen- I
efitted by the production andconsump- j
lion of tobacco, now so fearfully on j
the increase; on the contrary, the j
teachings of physiology, chemistry, !
and above all experience, observation. ;
and common sense all ypineide in tes
tifying to its utter uselesncss, and its I
injurious effects. Besides, the l. baeeo
traffic diverts a large share of labor i
and capital from a useful and produc- j
tive channel into one that results in I
nothing, unless it be poverty and dis- j
ease. The city of New York pays j
more for tobacco than for bread. It j
dees not seem possible to believe that j
any sane man could d liberately and j
seriously defend the tobacco traffic '
from a moral and social stand point,
unless by resorting to the most absurd I
and ridiculous sophistries.
But 'it p'i.'/x' Just so; and so does |
whisky selling. If a business is hon- j
orable or useful simply because it pays, I
then are counterfeiting and gambling i
among the most respectable and useful j
professions. It is sue and honorable j
always to act from high and right m<>- j
■lives. He violates the best principles ;
of his nature who suffers himself to he
subject to the sordid and mercenary j
motives which only can induce any |
one to engage in tobacco culture
Wlrile the present scarcity of laborers
continues, farmers will no doubt find
work accumulating upon their l ands
quite rapidly enough during the busv
summer months, without the vexatious
drudgery attending the care of a
patch ot tobacco, while young men
with sufficient energy to manage a few
acres of tobacco plants, will not want
useful, respectable, and remunerative
employment elsewhere. Let not, then,
the 'sacred soil' of the fair valleys of
central Pennsylvania be desecrated the
coining summer by foul blotches of to
bacco plants. Rather lot us see beds
of strawberries, blooming apple trees
and fields of waving grain. JAY.
Kishacoquillas Valiey, March 7, 1864.
CorraporuleHCc of the Ouzette.
CAMP PAROLEIJ PRISONERS,
New Orleans, March 2, '64.
- Mr Editor: —Yesterday, while visit
ing Mrs. Mark, I saw a copy of your
paper containing my last letter; and I
am glad you added the note thereto,
for when I wrote it it was my inten
tion to make mention of the fact that
the Susquehanna was some distance
from the scene of conflict. Since then
many curious things have happened in
this fine southern cit}'. The most cu
rious, and perhaps that which caused
the most amusement amongst the
young folks, was the appearance on
the streets of what is called here,
1 Martii Gras.' On this da\, the day
preceding the commencement of Lent,
all and every person is at liberty to
dross in whatever costume the}'prefer,
without any danger of molestation
from the city police or other authori
ties. A mask of some kind generally
covers the face. In former years, be
fore war interfered with general pur
suits, there was a very large turn out
in this city. The procession was large,
and you could see both men and wo
men dressed in each other's clothing.
A large club and a small sack of flour
were formerly the weapons used by
these Mardi Gras. The flour was used
to whiten any negro who might be
found on the streets with fine clothes,
and ulso sometimes used on others:
but as a general thing none but the'
negroes suffered at their hands. The
day was not as well observed as it has
been in former years. Enough, how
ever, were out to show the casual ob
server the ridiculousness of the prac
tice. The day is also observed as one
of' dancing, enjoyment, frivolity, &c.
The evening is set apart for dancing,
&c., masquerade style—and many a
woman lias the pleasure of meeting
: her husband, and vice versa. The per
■ formance during the day and evening
was a matter of much curiositv to me,
as well as to others who had never
seen the day observed.
The next and most appropriate cel
ebration clay was the 22d of February.
This was observed in such style as "it
fully deserves.. The birthday of Wash
ington, if any holiday should be kept
| by the people of the United States,
| should receive more attention than
any other, llere it was kept in beau
tiful style. Die principal business pla
ces closed during the day, and all mil
itary offices which it was not essential
to keep open were also closed. Sever
al bands, belonging to some of the
regiments now here, enlivened the air
with their music, and artillery were so
arranged as to keep time with the mu
sic of the bands—shooting a large or
small calibre gun, according to the
note to be made. The time kept was
excellent, and everything passed otf
very agreeably to the many citizens
and soldiers who were present. The
day was closed by Mrs. Gen. Banks
giving a grand ball entertainment. Ev
erybody spoke in high praise ol the
performances of the day, and seemed
delighted that the people would once
more do honor to t-lie birthday of the
immortal Washington, the father of
his country.
Great preparations are making for
the inauguration of Hon. Michael
llahn as Governor of Louisiana, on the
4ih of March. The day will no doubt '
bring forth a demonstra-ion from the j
people such as has not been heard of
since the commencement of the war. j
fhe election passed off very quietly, !
much to the astonishment of those who
pretended to know anything of the
manner in which elections are conduct- j
ed in this State.
About two hundred of the paroled ;
boys here have been exchanged, but I ;
am informed that I am not among the j
number. Probably another exchange j
will take place shortly, when my time I
will certainly come. The army here j
is moving in several directions, but for I
the life of me I cannot tell what they !
aim to a ( Complish. Probably Mobile '
is one of the points in view.
Regards to ail inquiring friends.
Yours, Ac .
C. E. T.
i BMELLMEOtJS,
|
An Incident.
It was late. The lamps of the ear
hurued dimly. In one seat were a
| 4 happy couple,' rejoicing in a carpet
bag, two hand boxes, a basket, a brown
paper parcel, and a ' sleeping cherub/
; Suddenly the cherub—a girl of some
I three years' experience in this strange
: world—awoke from one of those long,
undisturbed slrmbers that are among
the prerogatives of childhood, and
; climbed up so as to stand and look over
; the back of the seat. Two care-worn,
| travel-weary .and half-awake men sat
! directly in front of the little creature.
1 hey looked as if they had been on
; board of railroad cars for a month,
| and had journeyed from the regions
! about sunset. The great curious eyes
of the child fell upon them. She scan
j ncd carefully the face of each, and one
I would have deemed her to have been
lan infantile physiognomist. Presently
one of them looked at her. It was
j evident that she rather liked him; for
i instantly her little voice was heard as
| she piped out the query
j 4 Do you like little girls?'
The man looked at her a moment
! rather gruffly, and then replied :
4 No —1 don't.'
A shade of disappointment and sur
prise was instantly daguerreotyped up
; on the countenance of the child, but
I passed when she replied :
| 1 Yes you do.'
) The man roused himself and took
| another look ; he was evidently both
puzzled and interested, and he said,
' How do you know?'
And she sard, 'Cause you look as if
i you did.'
This thawed him out a little and he
said, ' I have a little girl at home.'
The little creature now evid> ntly
felt that she was on the right ' track',
and after a look that showed that this
intelligence presented a new and un
expected view: of the affair, renewed
the conversation earnestly, and the
following colloquy ensued :
' Do you love your little girl?'
' Yes.'
4 Is she a real good little girl ?'
4 Sometimes she is.'
4 Does she go down in the kitchen
when she ought not to?'
4 Yes, some^mes.'
'Do you whip your little girl when
she is naughty ?'
4 Sometimes.'
4 Does she cry when you talk to her,
and tell her she is naughty V
' Yes.'
4 Then do you whip her V
4 Sometimes.'
aaswnswmjs ECUIHKLHSJ iKEaa,
' W hen she says she is sorry, do you
whip her then ?''
'No, never.'
Then the little creature's eyes danc
ed and sparkled at this, and drawing
conclusions no doubt from her own ex
perience, she exclaimed :
'1 in real glad.'
Then looking at the other man who
had refused to answer the question she
had jiut to him, she said to her newly
made friend, with a look of wonder:
'That man won't speak to me!—
Does he love little girls?'
Ihe man had a heart somewhere,
and he thawed out. Rousing himself,
he extended his brawny hand! and said:
' How do 3*ou do. sissy ?'
And the little creature, not altogeth
er at ease, replied:
' I ni pretty well: how are vou ?'
this time all within hearing of
this eolloqu}' were moved to tears;
the eyes of tlie parents of the little
prattler were full to overflowing, and
those who were nearest heard one of
the men she had questioned say to the
other:
'She's a little witch.'
And so she was. Her blooming
beauty and her infantije artfulness
were powerful enough to break through
the roughness, the weariness, and re
serve, and indifference of the travel
worn men of the world, and to melt
them to tears. *
Marked Articles.
Some of the marks which are fastened
on the blankets, shirts, <fce., aent to the
Sanitary Commission for the soldiers, show
the thought and feeling at home. Thus—
J on a homespun blanket, worn, but washed
! as clean as snow, was pinned a hit of pa
per which said: 4 This blanket was car
j ried by Milly Aldrich (whois ninety three
years old) down hill and up hill one and
a half miles, to he given to some soldier.'
; On a bed quilt was pinned a card, say
jif g : 'My son is in the army. Whoever
is made warm by this quilt, which I have
1 worked on for six days and most all ol six
; nights, k-t him remember his own mother's
, love '
On another blanket Was this: 'This
blanket was used by a soldier in the war
| of lis 12—may it keep some soidiers warm
! in this war against traitors.'
; On a pillow was written : ' This pillow
: belonged to my little boy, who died resting
; on it ? it is a precious treasure to me, but
j I give it for the soldiers.'
On a pair of woollen socks was written :
j ' These stockings were knit by a little giil
; five years old, and she is going to knit
j some more, for mother says it will help
I some poor soldier.'
' Ou a box of beautiful lint was this
j mark : ' Made in a siek room, where the
' sunlight has not entered for nine years,
but where God has -entered, and where
. two s#ns have bid their mother good bye
as they have gone out to the war
On a bundle containing bandages was
i written : ' This is a poor gift, hut it is
| all I had ; I have given my husband and
my boy, and only wish I had more to give,
j but I haven't.'
I On some eye shades were marked :
' Made by one who is blind Oh. how 1
j long to see the dear QUI Flay that you
j are all fighting under.'
A Singular Curiosity. —One of the most
singular and astonishing freaks of Dame
Nature, rarely coming under notice, has
lately occurred in the growth of u horn like
tumor from the breast of Mr. .Joseph Mill
way, of this county. The tumor was sit
uated a little to the right of the breast-bone,
and made its appearance some three years
ago, in the shape of three horns, which,
after a while, were shed off like a deer's
antlers, and like them they reappeared and
grew to he several inches in length, with
the appearance md solidity of horn A
change taking place in the flesh around
the tumor, he became alarmed, and went
to Dr. Charles D. Green, in Philadelphia,
who removed it. The operation was very
severe, covering a space as large as the
hand, extending down between the ribs.
Mr. M , who resides near Dover, has the
curiositv preserved in a bottle, open to the
inspectiou of any one.— Smyrna {Del.)
Times.
Sale of a Wife. —I"rider an act of this
Ctate a man may sell his wife to another
for a compensation, provided she be ex
posed iu a inarket-place, with a cord of
fibrous material placed about her neck.
We learn that a member of the 14th
lowa, whose wife lived near Davis' livery
stable, undertook to sell her to one of Mr.
Hill's subordinates for $25, and received
Sls on account. The purchaser after
wards refused to pay the balance, and the
case was taken before Colonel Shaw for
adjustment On being questioned the
buyer acknowledged the transaction, but
said the woman was unsound and, further
more, a great scold. He finally agreed,
however, to pay the §lO and return the
woman. The bargain, we suppose, was
not con idered legal, as the terms of the
law had not been complied with.— Colum
bus {Ky ) War Eagle
trssi, l'unch says the new Danish oath ia
j 'Dash ill}' denies wig.'
New Series—Vol. XVIII. No. 21.
Nck-a Jack Cave.
A correspondent writing from Bridge
port. Alabama, to the Louisville Journal,
j communicates the following concerning a
j cave near I hat place:
1 his celebrated cave is situ-:ted in the
! most eastern corner of Tennessee, and is
j one of the most rciuai kahle works of nature
,in existence It is one hundred and thirty
miles from Nashville, on the Nashville and
, • hattannooga Lai I road The adjacent
I station to the cave is Sinelluiound. The
! first look at this cave does not impress one
; with its wonderful magnitude The front
is somewhat irregular, and of a brown
grayish granite rock. The opening is
about forty foot high ami some one hun
dred and thirty feet in width. On enter
ing you begin to think you are in the
deserted residence of giants. Nature tossed
everything about, as if in disdain and de
fiance of earthly architects. The cave is
said to extend nit o miles back, but lour
miles is the furthest any explorer has been
known to roach From the main road, if
I might so speak, there are vast veins of
nice soft earth, in which may be seen salt
! petre, mixed in large quantities, and look
ing exactly like soda. The rebels, ere
they were driven from this stronghold,
wonted the mine extensively in procuring
this, to them, invaluable anicle. One
hundred men were engaged, and the traces
of the excavations are fresh yet. It is
estimated that they procured one thousand
pounds per week of pure saltpetre, with
even their rough implements and poor
means of procuring it. Through the cave
runs a pure, clear, crystal little river from
three to five feet deep, ami from six to
thirty feet wide. Sailing in a little light
canoe, half filled with water, you can pud
pie up tlie stream one mile and a half,
when you come to the solid granite and a
stand still. Jhe river gushes from out
the rock, and no one knows whence from.
In it arc a tiny, little, eyeless ti-h called
Molly crawl bottoms flow wise and prov
ident is Nature in adapting all things to
the elements about them
Old Bark's Meanness. —The Lancaster
Examiner relates the following incident of
old Hack's parsimony and meanness:
\\ e understand that when the committee
appointed by the citizens of Lancaster
township to collect funds lor a local bounty,
wai'ed upon ex president Buchanan they
were received very cooly and cavalierly
1 he 'old public functionary' when asked
to subscribe, said he did not think it right
to raise volunteers in that way ; that it
was the duty of every young man to servo
his country, and he should volunteer his
services; that when he was a young man
he did so and marched to Baltimore, but
he would hold the matter under advise
ment, and the committee could call again.
The committee (his own initio diate neigh
bors) left with extreme disgust at this un
patriotic and miserly dodge of the old
traitor. A Iter ward, when they were told
by an ignorant worshipper of Buchanan
that if they would call he would subscribe,
the offer was indignantly rejected. Poor
er but better men than the old dotard of
W heatland 1 ad the amount necessary and
his money, drawn from the treasury of a
government he had done his best to de
stroy, was consideiately and righteously re
fused .
Snuff T-ilerrs limeure. —Lately a gentle
man travelling through England entered
a first class carriage, where he found a
person already comfortably seated who soon
entered into conversation, and civily offer
ed his new acquaintance a pinch of snnff,
which W.-JS accepted, but had no sooner en
tered his nostrils than it, produced the ef
fect of a powerful narcotic, of which the
weary traveller soon took advantage by re
lieving his sleeping companion ot fifteen
thousand francs in hank notes, three thous
and francs in other money, besides his
watch, chain, and ting, with which val
uables it is needles to say, he escaped un
detected.
JB-'Sf- We ask loyal men, whether they
be Democrats or Republicans, to observe
one fact, which is this—the Copperhead
editors are continually and persistently
abusing President Lincoln and every
measure of our Government, but have
nothing to say against JeS Davis or the
treason of the Soub. Now. if these Cop
perheads are not sympathizers with treason
and enemies of our Government, how is
their conduct to be explained ?
strange calamity occurred a short
time ago at a coal pit in England. As the
men were being let down in divisions of
six for each lift, a horse, in the darkness,
leaped dowu the opeu pit, overtook the
machine in his fall, overturned it, and all
the six men were killed.
StTwo young girls retired to bed in
good health on Saturday night, sth inst.,
at Newark X. J., but ia the morning were
both dead. 1 hey had built a charcoal fire
in a stove, and a defective flue in the chim
ney allowed the gas to escape into tho
room.
—Nine Cardinals' hats are at present
disposable. Pius IX has during bis reign
created forty five Cardinals, and seeu sixty
five disappear from this world.