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THE BORDER LAND These lines were sent by a lady to a friend who wrote frequently to know where she had been for several months, that she had not written to her.— She had been to the gates of the grave in a long and severe illness : I have been to a land ! a Border Land Where there was a strange, dim light ; Where shadows and dreams, in a spectral band, ticeru'd real to the aching eight. I scarce bethought me how there I came, Or if thence I should pass again; Its morning and night were marled by the flight, Or coming of woe and pain. But I saw from this land, this Border Land, With its mountain ridges hoar, That they tooled across to a wondrous strand A bright and unearthly shore. Then I turn'il um to llim, "the Crucified," in most humble faith and prayer, Who had ransom'd with blood my sinful soul, For I thought lie would call me there. Yet nay ; for a while in that Border Land lle bade me in patience stay, And gather rich fruits, with a trembling hand, While He chased its glooms away Ile had led me amid those shadows dim, And shown that bright world so near, To teach mo that earnest trust in Him Is ~ the one thing needful " here And so from the land, the Border Land, 1. have turn'd mo to earth once more; But earth and its works were but trifles soann'd By the light of that radiant shore. And ah ! should they ever possess me again So deeply in heart and band, I must think how empty they seem'd, and vain, From the heights of that Border Land. The Border Land had depths and vales, Where sorrow nor sin was known ; Where small seem'd groat, as weighed in scales, held by God's hand alone. 'Twls a land where earthly pride was naught, Where the poor were brought to mind, With their scanty bed, their fireless cot, And their broad so hard to find. But little 1 heard in the Border Land, Of all that pass'd below; The once loud voices of human life To the doafen'd oar were low. 1 was deaf to clang of Os trumpet call, And alike to its gibe or its sneer; Its riches were dust, and the loss of all Would then scarce have cost a tear. 1 met with a Friend in this Border Land, Whose teachings can come with power Tu the blinded eye and the deafen'd ear In affliction's loneliest balk., " Times of refreshing " to the soul, In languor, oft lle brings, Prepares it then to meditate On high and glorious things. Oh! Holy Ghost! too often grieved In health and earthly haste, I bless tllose slow aid ,ilent hours Which seena'd to tun to Waste. I would not hut have passed these " depths," And such communion known, As can he held in the Border Land With Thee, and Thee alone. I have been to a land, n Border Land ! May oblivion never roll O'er the mighty lessons which there and then Have been graven on my soul: have trodden a path I did not know, ° Safe in my Saviour's hand ; I can trust Him for all the future, now I have been to the Border Land. THE, PHILOSOPHY OP, LIFE Up, like warriors blithe and ready, Up, my soul ! for battle gird thee— Never greater field was set. thee with honest eye and steady, Never terror yet deterred thee, Never host thou trembled yet. Giant toil thy strength is asking, Mighty enemies swarm round thee— Selfishness and subtle wrong, Human crime thy courage tasioing, Guilt which formerly has bound thee, Brawny lie and falsehood strong. Up! the only weapon taking From the armory within thco With an edge no mail can turn— Faith, thy sword and buckler making, The only spoil worth having with thee, Cleanlineis of conscience earn. WANTED. • I want n wife—domestic, good and pure, Who, with a smile, can meet me at the door ; I want a wife who has a temper sweet, But who oan spirit show when it is meet ; Who can her tongue control ; her owu faults seo, And kindly speak of those she sees in me. I. want a wife—a woman God has made, But do not want a wife in way of trade, For money cannot buy a heart of love, (Jr glee to home a taste of heaven above ; It ne'er can give that peace and sweet content Whult heaven to loving hearts alone has lent. I want a wife crho has a heart to give, That she within my own may ever live; A wife to live for, one to live for me, That in this life as ono we may agree ; One, who, when fortunes frown shall truly prove, That frowning fortune strengthens woman's love. Andravi; or, The Idiot of the Alps. Far up among the frozen heights of the Alps, their homeward pathway lit up by the declining sun, a band of hunters were making their descent ; now treading, with practised step, the precipitous defiles which would have bewildered and appalled an unaccustomed traveller, now leaping with precise and energetic bounds enormous gorges which yawned between the moun tain sides, and where one careless step might have sent them instantly to the deep gloom below. Yet familiar with these passes from boyhood, and with his eyes and limbs as expert as the chamois which they chased, while hardy peasants made the echoes merry with their laughter ; and ever and anon with their horns, till the music was reverberated from a thousand peaks, and piercing to the valley below gave pleasin. , c' signals to their expectant families as they were coming. As thus in single file they proceeded, and just as they achieved a steep descent, a shout of surprise from the foremost as sembled his companions at his side, when they beheld, deeply imbedded in a hue snow-drift,huge the dark figure of a richly dressed stranger—evidently not a native of those hills. He has fallen from some height above us,' exclaimed one, the least of them, not less than two hundred feet; and if he is not lifeless, even from the swiftness of such a deep fall, it is indeed, a miracle.' Cautiously venturing from their path across the snow, to the place where lay the body, two of the hunters knelt down, and after a brief examination, pronounced the man still alive, but insensible-4th soft snow,upon which he had providentially fal len having saved his body from being dash ed to pieces. Be has dug his own grave, but did not choose to die in it, said one of the hunters. Lot us see what a little eau de n'e will do for him ! and withdrawing a flask from his breast, he applied it to the lips of the stranger, while others now rubbed his wrists and temples. The mane on opened his eyes and be came strong 'enough to stand • but his glance was a vacant and unmeaning one. To all questions he simply muttered the word, Andravi ' and pointed with tremu lous finger to the dread height from which ho had fallen. He is either a mute, a lunatic, or a simpleton,' was the conclusion of his pre- servers. Perchance the fall has unsettled his reason, and no wonder. But let us away, as we may need aid ourselves, for the ann is down.' Lifting the stranger along over their ir regular'''and still dangerous road they left the spot and ere long arrived at the near est home among the mountains, where the stranger was -provided,with refreshments and a couch by the humble occupants; and the Otters separated for their respective dwellings. Sleep and kind care soon restored An dravi, for such was his name, but whether his infirmity of mind was natural, or the result of his fall, the shock and the fright —certain itwas that but few words could be elicited from him, and those were not co herent. His mind was wandering and im- becile ; and as he could not give any indi cations as to where his home was, or had been, and was now comparatively helpless, he was suffered to remain among those mountain homes to do what he could learn to do, in return for the affection afforded him; and he soon became widely known among the mountaineers by the undignified soubriquet, of Le Foil, or The Idiot.' Yet Andravi was treated by all with a certain respect, growing out of the surmise that the rich dress in which he had been found indicated that he must have been a person of some rank or riches in his own country ; and then misfortune, when un deserved, always appeals to the human sympathy. And more than all this, An-. dravi, finally becoming familiar with the mountain paths, and evincing the poses sion of remarkable strength, daring and agility, after abiding a year in those lofty fastnesses of snow and ice, learned suffici ently to become a professional guide to travellers ; and whenever any journey of that kind, requiring especial skill and forti tude, was to be undertaken, it was sure to be entrusted to the hardy frame and prac tised instinct of the intrepid, though gen erally mute and otherwise idiotic Andravi. His quietude, his usefulness in his adopted calling, and his childlike devotion to those who had been thus kind to him, made the Idiot of the Alps universally re garded, and many a prayer went up, from rude but honest hearts, among those frozen regions, that the All-seeing eye might watch over and protect, and some day re store him to his reason and home. But still for years he dwelt there, and none knew who he was or whence he came. Yet, as year after year rolled by, men learned to look upon him with a sort of awe, as one especially guarded by Provi dence ; since he underwent such risks in most furious Alpine storms, in the deepest darkness, the most icy and precipitous steeps, the most impetuous torrents, or the most treacherous snows. His self-reliance, his escapes, like his looks and manner, seemed unnatural ; and the Idiot of the Alps was the standing theme of many a thrilling tale of mountain life. Once, while guiding a small party of en thusiastic tourists through an almost inac cessible and seldom attempted region, while the travellers were felicitating them- Helves upon achieving such a height, and beholding its sublimities, a lady of the party, venturing near the dizzy brink of a stupendous glacier, dropped a costly neck lace, which fell over the edge far into the icy and perpendicular chasm beneath. Her 'cry of regret was heard and understood by Andravi, who was instantly at her side, and despite the urgent remonstrance of all, he made signs that he would descend and recover the lost article ; and fastening one end of a cord to a hunter's pole he bore, and which he buried firmly in the ice above, he rapidly descended the fearful gulf. The man is an idiot, and we are idiots to let him do this fool hardy feat !' ex claimed one, as breathlessly they gazed on their guide's descent. ' Should his hands fail him, or the rope break, he would be lost, and we too ; for we could neither ad vance nor retrace our way.' At that moment a sharp twang of the cord and a cry of horror from above an nounced that the line had indeed been parted; and with faces of dismay they beheld Andravi fall a few yards beyond the end of the dangling rope, the remain ing portion still in his clutch! It was a sight of terror, but relieved in part by their beholding him frantically grasp a stunted tree which projected from a rock, in his descent, and contrived to maintain his hold awhile, but this delay was brief ; his gradp relaxed 'and he fell again—into the snowy valley below. From the height which his spectators were, and owing to the dazzling effect of the snow it was impossible to judge of the distance between the tree and the spot ' upon which he had fallen ; and strained their despairing eyes after him, at the emi nent peril of their own footing, to watch if the too zealous Idiot should move again, or remain dead where he fell. To their joy he arose at once, and with- out looking up, as though his mis-chance were of common occurrence or of no im portance, they saw him search for the neck-lace for which he had ventured so much. Soon they saw him stoop, and a faint ejaculation which ascended, intimated that he had found it. But now the wonder was, how he was to ascend again. No path was visible on any hand, and the rope was swinging high I above the tree. Clasping the chain about his own neck, and drawing a knife from his belt, Andravi began to ascend the ragged wall, with the aid of the weapon—cutting as he ascended, step by step, here and there, in ice or earthly crevice, a temporary hold for hand or foot, until, by painfully protracted ef forts, which exhibited iron endurance, as well as a dauntless heart, he had elevated i himself high enough to admit of tying the broken end of the rope around his waist, and from that perilous position, between heaven and earth, he was now cautiously drawn up by the overjoyed and amazed party above. Long were the praises and congratula tions which greeted the Idiot, as he stood once more in safety among them ; and as he flung himself upon the rock to rest awhile, and held out the necklace with a grim smile, but its fair owner refused to receive it. Go, keep it as a trophy of your hero ism, brave fellow,' she cried. It is val uable ; but a poor return for the hazard and labor you underwent, and the wonder ful courage you have shown.' Guiding the travellers safely to their next point of destination, and receiving other substantial tokens of their admira tion, Andravi returned home, where the fame of the exploit soon followed him—an "THAT COUNTRY IS TES MOST PROSPEROUS WHIRR LABOR 0011:KANDE, THE GRIATIST RIWARD."--BUORARAN. LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1863. illustration of many „similar acts which, during the ten years of his adventurous life among the Alps, made the Idiot's name illustrious among the mountaineers, and himself an object of curiosity among tra vellers. Yet, though there arrived from all climes people of many ranks, none over came who seemed to know aught of his previous his tory, or could satisfactorily solve the mys tery that hung about him. To all he was the same quiet, listless, unintelligible creature as a guide, but gen erally mute and incoherent, save as in his acts as an Alpine Pioneer, and towards the humble inhabitants of the district where he first had been found, and where he con tinued to dwell. The rewarts he received from travellers, he distributed, as if from instinctive gra titude, to the neighbors who treated him so kindly ; clinging to them and to that mountain region with a majestic attach ment which bound them to him the more, and made him seem a sort of spirit of the spot, by whose side no peril could be fall. Sometimes, with but a scanty supply of food, he would be absent for days together, and when tracked and found by his foot 'prints in the snow, he would be heard mumbling to himself, or absorbed in con templation of some lofty mountain way, as if he expected the promised approach of some one. But this mode of life was to have an end. As wild a storm as ever leaped an ava lanche, filled a deceitful valley, or buried a blind traveller, burst upon the moun tains one afternoon, and whirled and whistled through their dismal gorges in frightful fury and bewildering turmoil.— Andravi went forth, for such times he seemed to love. Beneath a snowy cliffffrom whose hoary sides a series of many mountain paths was visible, night not yet having,added to the terrors of the tempest—Andravi took his stand; nor had he waited long before he saw a muffled traveller approach, toiling through the snow toward him. The Idiot remained motionless and mute, and the stranger started at the statue-like form as ho advanced, and announced that he had lost his way. Guide me, if you can, man. Pm wealthy, and will reward you amply. You seem to doubt ; but the name of Andrian Lorretti carries belief with it in his own country. Why dd you stare so Speak to me !' A frantic shriek, and a tiger-like leap upon the stranger, was the answer of An dravi, who bore the stranger fiercely to the earth, while his cry was echoed from every hill around. But, if the Idiot was agile, the stranger was not less so ; and though taken by sur prise, as he fell he drew a pistol, and in stantly discharged it at the head of the wild-looking assailant. The ball whistled harmlessly by, and the surer weapon of the Idiot's grasp was employed to as deadly a purpose. The stranger felt that he was being dragged to the edge of the preoi pice. The desperation of intense fear lent him strength to resist, but in vain for his own preservation. Slowly the struggling twain neared the horrid brink, till they stood upon its direct verge, when, despairing of future attempts to save himself, Adrian Lorette fastened with vice-like grip upon the belt of his adversary, whose last reck less effort precipitated both into the dread ful gulf together. Bat they were not yet to die. A shelf intervened a short distance between them and the uttermost chasm, and here bruised but not stunned, the struggle was con tinued. Who are you Ruffian—robber you need not murder me. I will give you all that I have. But release me here,' was the hoarse expostulation of Loretti as soon as he could speak. But the iron knee of the Idiot was upon his panting chest, and the fall on the occa sion had wrought a magic change upon his reason, if not in his purpose. That reason had returned as unclouded as ever, and now while retaining the advantage he had acquired, he looked into the face of his prostrate foe, and spoke to him in tones fearful, but well remembered. Adrian Loretti, behold in me the friend you sought to murder. This is I, Alonzo Andravi ! Ay, shrink murderous traitor, for this is your death-hour, and the tomb is impatient to receive you. What had I done, 0 falsest of friends, that you should hurl me from the mountain pass, even as I now hurl you '1 What from me but too much kindness, had on received ; what but wealth and fair equality ofilcompanion ship, exalting you, as I did fr6in poverty and friendliness '1 0 viper ! I treated you, how I trusted you, to find on that tast journey, you meant it indeed to be our last. What, what act was yours, when, knowing yourself my heir, no kindred liv ing to dispute my kindness, you hurled me, as you thought, into the cold abyss of death l Till now, it has seemed a dream —both what you did, and what God has done for me. A weight since then has been upon my brain. A spell has bound me to those regions. The memory of all that went before was lost to me, and set my reason free. Strive not—slave, traitor, child ! your efforts are in vain. Die ! Thus I fling you to the death you designed for me. Even as he spoke, and whilst the first words of a half-formed prayer were upon the lips of the struggling Loretti, Andravi loosened his victim's hold with a giant blow, and them - cagt him to the white eter nity below ! The sharp scream of the falling man ascended to the ears of his destroyer some seconds before the body fell upon the icy rooks a hundred fathoms down. The dull sound reached Andravi's hearing, and self avenged, his reason restored, like one awakened from a long dream, he turned away, by a winding path, and was soon at his mountain home. A BETTER MAN THAN ma FATHER:— Ah Jemmy, Jemmy,' said kind-heart ed Dr. Ponsonby, Bishop of Derry, to a drunken blacksmith, 'I am sorry to see you begin your evil courses again; and, Jemmy, I am very anxious to know what you intend to do with that fine lad, your son 7' I intend sir,' said Jemmy, 'to do for him what yon cannot do for your son.' Eh ! eh ! how's that—how's that To which Jemmy, with a burst of genuine feeling, said intend to make him a bet ter man than his father !' The Magic Ring. In olden times there lived a most beauti ful, pious and amiable Fran von Alvens leben, who was respected and beloved by her friends and the high and mighty of the land, and looked up to and adored by her dependents and the poor, who for many miles around felt the benefit of her loving charities. This favorite of fortune and nature had, however, one drop of gall mix ed in her cup of happiness, which had well nigh embittered the whole of her precious gifts. She was childless,. and it was no small grief to her beloved lord as well as herself to be denied an heir to their noble name and vast possessions. Frequently when more than usually oppressed by sad thoughts, she would wander forth and seek in assuaging the sorrows of others a relief to her own painful reflections. On one occasion, as in pensive mood she was returning from one of these charitable visits to the sick and poor of her village, her way led through a long avenue of well grown trees bordering the banks of the Elbe. Slowly she walked with eyes cast on the ground, when her steps were sud denly arrested by a little dwarf, who stood respectfully before her. She was startled at first, but, seeing him look smilingly at her, she soon regained her composure, and in a kind manner asked him what he wanted Most gracious lady,' quoth the dwarf, all I wish is to give you brighter hopes, and to foretell that your future will be as happy as you deserve. Within a year from this time you will be blest with three sons at a birth (drillinge). I pray you to ac cept this ring,' continued he, handing her a large gold ring most curiously wrought ; have it divided into three equal parts, and when your eons are of age to understand the trust, give one piece to each of them to keep as a talisman against evil. As long as it remains in the family, the Alven slebens will prosper. With these words the kind little man disappeared ; but his prophesy was real ized, and his injunctions were carefully obeyed. The three little sons lived to form the source of three distinct lines of the Alvensleben family, and are distin guished by the names of the Black, the White, and the Red line. Years—nag, centuries— rolled by, but the three pieces of ring were ,carefully preserved by the descendants of the three brothers. The age of superstition had now passed away. Frederick the Great was mighty, and be scoffed at all things ; Voltaire, his friend and teacher, sneered at every species of belief, and the courtiers thought it becoming to imitate their master ,and his favorite, A gay party was seated on the balcony of the castle of Randah, which overhangs the muddy-colored, shallow, and some.; times treacherous, river Elbe. Amongst the company were several gay young offi cers of the royal hussars, then stationed at Magdeburg, who had ridden over to pay their devoirs to the fair lady of the manor, I the Frau von Alvensleben of the red line, a famous beauty at Frederick's court.— Although the mother of three fine boys, her beauty was at its zenith, and her sharp, ready wit and satirical, skeptical turn of mind had won for her as many admirers as her rare personal attractions. I never believe in anything that I do not see or feel,' said the lady, with a bright laugh, continuing an animated conversa tion about second sight and ghost-seers, nor do I care just now to believe in any thing but that these strawberries are de licious,' added she, holding up a ruddy berry ; that the air is pure and balmy, my companions most agreeable, and life altogether very charming and enjoyable.' g Would that life were made up of such moments,' sighed her nearest neighbor, with an ardent glance ! but alas ! we must bend to so many influences beyond our own control.' Not a whit,' retorted the lively lady, Jederist seines Gluckes Sobmied (every one forgets his own happiness,) saith the proverb. How can you say that, fairest of chatelaines, when you know that the hap piness of each of us is dependent upon your good will 1' responded one of the gallants. And,' added the Major von Enlen berg, a somewhat more sedate admirer, you yourself, madame, must not forget that you are living under the spell of the famous Alvensleben ring ; if you were to lose it, who knows what might happen Alter schurt von Thorbeit nicht ' (age is no preservative against folly) I see,' answered the beauty, pertly tossing her head. Do you think lam such an idiot, as really to believe in this silly story of the ring 1 I thought mr-centiments were better known, and to prove to you how free from superstition I am, * * she ran into the room through the open folding doors, hastily unlocked a casket with a small gol den key which hung from her neck chain, and swiftly returning, made a comical low curtsey to the circle of gentlemen, and, with a graceful movement, flung what she had in her hand down into the rushing river at her feet : There,' she cried, ex ultingly, ' there goes the token of old su perstition, which has too long been treas ured in our family there goes the famous ring, and may the Alvensleben evermore depend upon themselves for their good luck and prosperity.' The act was greeted with bravos, and warm expressions of admiration at the strength of mind she had exhibited, by the young officers, whose only wish was to flat ter and please the star of the day : yet some in their hearts disapproved, others felt as if a blank had fallen on their spirits, and though outwardly merry, the party separated with far less jovial feelings than they had ever before experienced within the walls of Randan. Six weeks afterwards, this laughing, scoffing beauty waa bent low in sadness and sorrow.. .She hafl,ha that short period lost her husband and her three sons, all of whcm were suddenly carried off by a viru lent fever. It is not known whether she connected this sad bereavement with her imprudent act, but probably her haughty skepticism received a shock, for she re nounced the world, and ever after led a life of sorrow and seclusion. Thus ended the Red line of the Alvenslebens. The members of the Black line, shocked by the sad occurrence, and fearful lest some accident might cause the, loss of so small an object as the third part of a ring, had it melted among other gold and moul ded into a goblet or Polkal, which the sole survivor of that line still posseses. Their star, however, has fallen, and from the prosperous and numerous family which then flourished, and was in posserssion of nearly half the province of Magdeburg, but two descendants in middling circum stances now exist. The last member of importance of that line was the highly es teemed minister of state under Frederick Wilhelm 111., Count Albert Alvensleben, who died at so late a period as 1858. The members of the White line have been the wisest of the three ; they still carefully preserve among the family ar chives in their Castle at Erxleben, near Magdeburg, their precious share of the lit tle dwarfs present. This family is amongst the most highly esteemed and beloved of all the old noblesse of Prussia : highly favored and truly loved by their monarch, many of them still hold important offices in the army and state, and the White line still counts thirty or forty members. Newest Fashion of Courtship. Mr. Baldwin, in his recent book of Afri can adventure, has given a singal r ac count of the method of courtship among the Dutoh Boors of Southern Africa The amorous swain asks his lady-love for an upsit,' whereupon, if disposed to favor him, when the old folks have gone to bed, she produces a candle, the length of which indicates the desire for the continuance of his stay. This candle is committed to the care of the young man, whose duty it is to guard it faithfully from going out to the longest possible period. No drafts are al lowed upon it, no thief' in the candle to flicker or melt it away, and thus many revelations of the exact strength of affec tion on each side are made in acts of atten tion to the candle, which could not be so well expressed often in words. Sometimes the candle is made to burn all night. , This all does very well for the Dutch Boers of South Africa, and may have its delicacies, but we are not sorry to see in the last No. of Madame Demorest's Spring Fashions, published in New York, that in this country it is becoming increasingly seen and felt to be unreasonable and in decorous for young people who seriously intend matrimony, to be keeping hours so completely out of the way to all other sorts of people. If they like to sot up that sort of style after they are married, well and good, but in the name of civilization and common sense, these cupsittings ' ought to be everywhere abandoned. They lead to the breaking off of more marriages than they promote, many times over, for it must be a remarkably strong affection that can survive such long protracted scenes of talking and demonstrating. There are many other obvious considerations bear ing on this subject. The head of every respectable house should have the entire command and locking up of his own castle for the night. He is the natural and le gitimate protector of his own hearth and all who live under his roof, and there should be no coming in or going out after he retires. Where a man's intentions are honorable, he need not make use of such extraordinary hours to avow and declare them. There will always be opportunities enough in a natural sort of way for the saying of all those tender things which are best said alone. Walks in the country or music in the city, or the interviews of rea sonable hours, are and ought to be Buff'- , cient. Madame Demorest too well observes that now, in the best circles, nothing is esteemed more rude than the instant re tirement of all others, so as to isolate the two who are supposed to be attached. This is sometimes done before a word has been spoken on either side, and of course the moment it is perceived it either com mits the patties or breaks off what might have ripened into an engagement. If a man has good sense he will be. apt to make himself heard qnite as soon as he has made up his mind and deems the oc casion hopeful. Until then he will thank no one for taking it for_ granted that he is engaged. The ladies will be apt, es pecially, to resent subh interference prem aturely. But even when the most devotedly at tached couple are engaged, there is cer tainly no reason for taking it for grant ted hat they have renounced their inter est in all the rest of the world. Persons of tact will know how to keep themselves out of the way of those parties who may not desire their company, but love delights in conquering all sorts of impediments, and no true lover will wish all obstacles to bo removed. Those marriages generally prove the hap piest where the affections of the young are blessed by the approbation of the wisdom of those older. The young alone are too blind for prudence, and the parents alone would he too cautious to be sufficiently trusting at times to favoring Providence and the unknown future. But where rea sonable parents and reasonable young folks act with full confidence in each other's love, and confide in each other fully and frankly, there it is that future happiness is naturally to be expected. A BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.-It was night. Jerusalem slept as quietly amid her hills as a child upon the breast of its mother. The noiseless sentinel stood like a statue at his post, and the philosopher's lamp burned dimly in the recess of his chamber. But a moral darkness involved the na tions in its unlighted shadows. Reason shed a faint glimmering over the minds of men, like the cold and unsulficient light of a distant star. The immortality of man's spiritual nature was unknown, his relation unto heaven undiscovered, and his future destiny obscured in a cloud of mystery. It was at this period that two forms of etherial mould hovered about the land of God's chosen people. They seemed like sisters angels sent to earth on some em bassy of love. The one, of majestic sta ture and well-formed limbs, which her snowy drapery hardly concealed, in her erect bearing and steady eye, exhibited the highest degree of strength and confidence. Her right : arm was extended in an impress ive gestur*upward, where night appeared to have (laced her darkest pavilion, while on he left reclined her delicate companL ion.; in form and countenance the contrast of the other, for she was drooping like a flower when moistened with refreshing dews, and her bright but troubled eyes scanned the air with varying glances. Suddenly a light, like the sun, flashed from the heavens, and Faith and Hope hailed with exulting songs the ascending star of Bethlehem. Years rolled away, and the stranger was seen in Jerusalem. He was a meek unas suming man, whose happiness seemed to consist in acts of benevolence to •the hu man race. There was deep traces of sor- row on his countenance, no one knew why he grieved, for he lived in the practice of every virtue, and was loved by all the good and wise. By and by it was rumor ed that the stranger worked miracles ; that the blind saw, and the dumb spake, the dead leaped, the ocean moderated its cha fing tide, and the very thunder articulated, He is the son of God. Envy assailed him to death. Slowly, and thickly girded, he ascended the hill of Calvary. A heavy cross bent him to the earth. Bat faith leaned on his arm, and Hope dipped her pinions in his blood and mounted to the skies. SECOND THOUGHT.—The physical ap pearance of a man sometimes changes the the current of events. A case occurred a few days ago in the city. The children of two neighbors had their dailyquarrels and fights, which resulted occasionally in bruis ed faces and torn garments. The father of one family, believing his children to have been sadly maltreated, and he being a passionate man, concluded that the su rest way to settle the difference between their households permanently, would be to chastise the head of the other family, al though, as yet, he had never seen him.— He thereupon procured a raw hide, and ab ruptly entering his neighbor's tenement, inquired in a threatening tone , for the man of the house.' 6 I am here sir, ' said a personage up wards of six feet in height, and weighing some two hundred and twenty pounds, as he approached to learn the business of his neighbor. Did I understand you that you were the gentleman of the house?' Yes, sir, ' c Well, I—l just dropped in, sir, to see if this 'is your raw hide. A MOTHER'S GRAVE.—Earth has some sacred spots where we feel like loosening the shoes from our feet, and treading with holy reverence ; where common words of pleasure are unfitting ; places where friend ship's, hands have lingered in each other, where vows have been plighted, prayers, offered and tears of parting shed. Oh, how the thoughts hover around such places, and travel back through immeasu rable space to visit them. But of all the spots on the green earth, none is so sacred as that where rests, waiting the resurrec tion, those we once loved and cherished. Hence, in all ages, the better portion of mankind have chosen the loved spots for the burial of their dead, and in those spots they have loved fo wander at even tide to meditate and weep. But among all the charnel-houses of the dead, if there is one spot more sacred than all the rest, it is a mother's grave. There sleeps the mother of our infancy—she whose heart was a stranger to every other feeling but love, and who could always find excuses for us when we could find none for our selves. There she sleeps, and we love the very earth for her sake. 11' A lad was called to the witness' stand in Court, whose tender years raised doubts as to his competency as a witness by not understanding the nature and obli gation of an oath. The first question put was :, 6 Are you a son of the plaintiff ?' The little fellow, crossing his legs, and de liberately putting about half a paper of to bacco into his mouth replied with the ut most coolness—' Well, so it's reported.' He testified. T E HE LANCASTR. INTELLIGENCEE JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, No. 8 NORTH DUKE STREET, LANCASTER, PA. The Jobbing Department Is thoroughly furnished with new and elegant type of every description ' and is under the charge of a practical and experienced Job Printer. The Proprietors are prepared to PRINT CHECKS, NOTES, LEGAL BLANKS, CARDS AND CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS AND HANDBILLS, PROGRAMMES AND POSTERS, PAPER BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, BALL TICKETS AND INVITATIONS, PRINTING IN COLORS AND PLAIN PRINTING, with neatness, accuracy and dispatch, on the most reasoua ble terms and in a manner not excelled by any establish ment in the city. .Oa Orders from a distance, by mail or otherwisol promptly attended to. Address GEO. SANDERSON & SON, Intelligencer Office, No. 8 North Duke street, Lancaster, Pa. J% AND FRODI THE N. YORK AND PHILADELPHIA AUCTIONS. WENTZ BROTHERS Offer the greatest attractions In the way of DRESS GOODS, LADIES' CLOAKS AND SHAWLS. Dress Goods in every variety. SPRING CLOAKS. SPRING AND SUMMER SHAWLS. Shawl Room as usual contains every new variety and price. HOOP SKIRTS. The largest, best and cheapest assortment always to be found in our Large Hoop Rooms, which we are constantly receiving direct from the Largest Hoop Skirt Manufactory in the world. French Lace Pointes and Mantels at old prices. Linens, Muslim, Calicos, Shootings, 3c., Ac., at the lowest possible prices. Ladles' Bilk and Cotton Bun Umbrellas, Sun Shades and Parasols. Goode of every description for Men and Boys' wear. WENTZ BROTHERS' Bee Hive Store, may 19 tf 19] No. 5 East Ring street. SOIIIE THING FOR THE TIMES II I A a ECESSITY IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD I I I JOHNS ct CROSLEY'S AMERICAN CEMENT GLUE, THE STRONGEST GLUE IN THE `WORLD FOR CEMENTING WOOD, LEATHER, GLASS, IVORY, CHINA, MARBLE, PORCELAIN, ALABASTER, BONE, CORAL, Ac., Ac., Ac. The only article of the Mod ever produced which will wittaitand Water. EXTRACTS " Every housekeeper should have a supply of Johns it Crosley's American Cement Gine."—New York Times. "It is so convenient to have in the house."—New York Express. "It is always ready; this commends it to everybody."— NI Y. Independent. "We have tried It, and find ft as useful la our house as water."—Wilkes' Spirit of the Times. PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER BOTTLE. Very Liberal Redactions to Wholesale Dealers. TERMS CABLE. ZS-For sale by all Druggists and Storekeopora geruiraEl throughout the country. JOHNS & OBOSLEY, (Sole . Manufacturers,) 78 WILLIAM BT., (Corner of Liberty St.,) NEW YORK july B 19:8 - R ALE DRESSING AND SHAVING SALOON. SAMUEL J. WILLIAMS takes pleasure In notifying his numerous friends and customers, that he has removed his Saloon from Cooper's Hotel to the basement under Peter M'Conotay's Shoe Store. in West King street, near the Market House, and has fitted it up in sew and elegant style or the accommodation of customers. HAIR DRESSING, SHAVING AND SHAMPOOWING done in the m st scientific and fashionable style, and his tonsorial operations are performed with the greatest ease and comfort to all concerned. He will also color the hair and whiskers, and guarantee the colors to he applied without Injury to either. Give the Professor a call, and he flatters himself that he will be able to render general satisfaction. Rfir Don't make a mistake and get Into the wrong shop. Recollect, it is immediately under M'Conomy's Shoe Store. apt 15 tf 141 S. J. WILLIAMS. ripirE ABIRCELICAN ANNUAL OYCLO -1 P EDIA AND REGISTER OF IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE YEAR 1861. Embracing Political, Civil, Military and Social Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Com merce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agri culture and Mechanical Industry. The volume will be in the style of the New American Cyclopwdla, having not less than 750 pages, royal Bvo. The work will be pnbliabed exclusively by subscription and its exterior appearance will be at once elegant and sub stantial. D. APPLETON it CO, New York. ELIAS BARR & CO., No. 6 East Ring Street, AgPs for Lancaster City and Co spr 15 tt 143 U NITED STATES STAMP TAXES IM POSED BY THE ea OF 1862. Published for the COILITOLIIMIC6 of STORE-KEEPERS, MERCHANTS, BROKERS, LAWYERS, CONVEYANCERS and the public generally, on a large neat card showing a glance, the amount of duty on tax to be paid. Price cents. For sale by J. M. WESTLIAEFFER, No. 41, Corner of North Queen and Orange streets. oet 7 NIVANTED.-GOLD, SILVER AND DE ERNI) NOTES, for which the HIGHEBT PIIIOII -1351 will be paid at the Banking Howie of . :.SEED, lIRNDERSON & CO. [feb 10 tf 5 Leneastei., Feb.l, '63. GODEY'S 40ADY 3 8 BOOK FOIL 1863. GREAT LITERARY AND PICTORIAL YEAR. The publisher of Godefs Lady., Boot, thanlifill to that public, which has enabled him to publish a magazine, ihr the last thirty-three years of a larger 'circulation . than any in America, has made an arrangement with the moat popn lar authoress in this country— HARION Het.B.LAND, . . . Authoress of "Alone," "Hidden Path," "Maas Bide," "Nemesia," and " Miriam," • who will furnish a story for every number of the Lady's Book for 1863. This alone will place the Lady's Book In • literary point of view far ahead of any • other magazine. Marion Harland writes for no other publication. Our other favorite writers will all continue to furnish articles throughout the year. THE DEBT LADY'S MAGAZINE IN THE WORLD, AND THE CHEAPEST THE LITERATURE is of that kind that can be read aloud in the thadly ante, and the clergy in immense numbers are subscribers en the Book. THE MAISIE is all original, and would cost 2t cants (the pries of the Book) in the music stores; but moat of it in copyrighted, and cannot be obtained except in "Godey." OUR STEEL ENGRAVINGS. - - All efforts to rival as in this have ceased, and we now stand alone in this department, giving, as wo do, many more and infinitely better engravings than are published in any other work. GODEY'S IMMENSE DOUBLE SERVS FASHION PLATES. CONTAINING From five to seven fall length Colored Faithlone on each plate. Other magazines give only two. FAR AHEAD OF ANY FASHIONS IN EUROPE OR A=RIOA. - ONley's is the only work in the world that gives thee& MMetll3o plates, and they are such as to have excited the wonder of publishers and the public. The publication of heseplates cost $lO.OOO MORE than fashion-plates of the old style, and nothing ..but one wonderfully large circulation enables no to give them. Other magazines cannot afford it. We never spare money when the public can be benefited. These fasViotis may be relied on. Dresses may be made after them, find the wearer will not subject herself to Actin ode, ae would be the case if she visited the large cities dressed after the style of the plates given in some of our so-called magazines. OUR WOOD ENGRAVINGS, of which we give twice or three times ae many as any other magazine, are often mistaken for steel. They are so far superior to any oth re. IMITATIONS. Beware of them. Remember that the Lady's Book is the original publication and the cheapest. If you take Godey you want no other magazine. Everything that Is useful or ornamental in a hone can be fon dln Goday. . . DRAWING LESSONS. - No other magazine gives them, and we have enough to fill several large volumes. OER RECEIPTS 0 such as can be found nowhere else. Cooking in 'all its variety—Confectionery—the Nursery—the Toilet—the Laundry—the Kitchen. Receipts upon all subjects are to be found in the pages of the Lady's Book. We originally. started this department, and have peculiar facilities for. making it most perfect. This department alone Is worth the price of the Book. LADIES' WORK TABLE. This department comprises engravings and descriptions of every article that a lady wears. MODEL, COTTAGES. No other magazine has this department. TERMS: CASH 1N ADVANCE. One copy one year, $3. Two copies one year, $5. Three copies one year, $O. Four copies one year $7. Five copies one yaar, and an extra copy to the person sending the club, $lO. Eight copies one year, and an extra copy to the person sending the club, $l5. Eleven copies one year, and an extra copy to the person sending the club, $2O. . „ . And the only magazine that can be introduced into the above clubs iu place of the Lady's Book is Arthur's Home Magazine. SPECIAL CLUBBING WITH OTHER MAGAZINES. Godey's Lady's Book and Arthur's Home Magazine both one year for $3 50. Godoy's Lady's Book and Harper's Magazineboth one year for $4.50. Godoy, Harper, and Arthur will all three be sent one year, on receipt of $6.00. Treasury Notes and Notes of all solvent banks taken at lutr. Be-careful and pay the postage on your letter. Address, L. A. GODEY, 323 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Sm 41. ILLUSTRATED BCIENTIFIC AMEEICAN THE BEST MECHANICAL PAPER IN TOE WORLD. EIGHTEENTII YEAR VOLUME VIIL-NEW SERIES A new volume of tbis popular Journal commences on the first of January. It is published weekly, and every number contains sixteen pages of useful information, and from five to ten original engravings of now Inventlonsa discoveries, all of which are prepared expressly for columns. TO TUE DIECUANIC AND MANUFACTURER No person engaged In any of the mechanical or manu facturing pursuits should think of "doing without" the Scientific American. It costa but six cents per week: every number contains from six to ten engravings of new machines and inventions, which can not be found in any other publication. TO TEE INVENTOR. The Scientific American is indispensable to every[ ventor, as it not only contains illustrated descriptions of nearly all the beet inventions as they come out, but each number contains an Official List of the Claims of all the Patents issued from the United States Patent Office during the week previous; thus giving a correct history of the progress of inventions in this country. We are ales re ceiving, every week, the best scientific jonrnals of Great Britain, France and Germany; thus placing in our posses sion all that is transpiring in mechanical science and art in these old countries. We shall continue to transfer to our columns copious extracts from these journals of what ever we may deem of interest to our readers. A pamphlet of instruction as to tho beet mode of ob taining Letters Patent on new inventions, is furnished free on application. Maser. Mums la Co., have acted as Patent Solicitors for more than seventeen years, in connection with the pnbi4 cation of the Scientific American, and they refer to 20,000 patentees for whom they have done business. No charge ie made for examining sketches and models of new inventions and for advising inventors as to their patentability. CHEMISTS, ARCHITECTS, MILLWRIGHTS AND IZEBEED The Scientific American will be found a most useful journal to them. All the new discoveries in the science of chemistry are giving in its columns, and the interests of the architect and carpenter ore not overlooked; all the new inventions and discoveries appertaining to these pursuits being published from week to week. Useful and practical information pertaining to the interests of millwrights and mil iew n era will be found in the Scientific American, which information they can not possibly obtain froth any other source. Subjects in which farmers are interested will bo found discussed in the Scientific American; most of the improvements in agricultural implements being illustrated in its columns. !lEEE To mail subscribers: Three Dollars a year, or One Dollar for four months. The volumes commence on the first of January and July. Specimen copies will be sent gratis to any part of the country. Western and Canadian money or Post-office stamps take at par for subscriptions. Canadian subscribers will pleas to remit twenty-five cents extra on each year's subscrl lion to pre-pay postage. MUNN & CO., Publishers, 37 Park Row, N. Y. tf 49 C i tl . E ir IIIT Y IF ( It 1 1rO f tP.SE I Lt, R CHAPPELL'S HYPERION FOR CURLING THE HAIR The Ladies and Gentlemen throughout the world will be pleased to learn that I have recently discovered an article that will Curl the Hair. By using CHAPPELL'S HYPERION, Ladies and Gentle men can beautify themselves a thousand fold. CHAPPELL'S HYPERION la the only article In the world that will Curl straight Hain The only article that will Curl the Hair IN BEAUTIFUL CURLS! IN GLOSSY CURLS! IN SILKEN CURLS! IN FLAXEN CURLS IN FLOWING CURLS! IN WAVING CURLS :IN LUXURIANT CURLS It makes the Hair soft and glossy. It Invigorates the Hair. It beautifies the Hair. It cleansea the Hair. It has a most dolightful perfume. It prevents the Hair from falling off; it fastens it to the ecalp. It is the only article ever yet discovered that will curl straight Hair in beautiful curls ; without injury to the Hair or scalp. The HYPERION does not in any manner interfere with the NATURAL SOFTNESS OP TEE HAIR. It neither scorches nor dries it. The HYPERION can be so applied as to cause the Hair to curl for one day, or for one week, or for one month, or any longer period desired. The HYPERION is the only article irk the world but what can be counterfeited or imitated by uptinelpied per. none. To prevent this, wo do not offer it for sale at any Druggist's in the United States. Therefore, any Lady or Gentleman who desires to beautify themselves by using the HYPERION, moat in. close the PRICE, ONE DOLLAR, in a letter, and - AddreEs, W. CIIAPPEL & CO., Box 64, Parkman, Geanga Co., Ohio, And it will be carefully sent be return mall. nov 12 ly 44 “ THERE IS NO BOOR WORD AS PAM: TARRANT'S COMPOUND EXTRACT 07 OUBBBS AND COPAIBA This preparation is particularly recommended to the MEDICAL PROFESSION and the PUBLIC, tits combining, In the most convenient and efficacious form, the well established virtues and properties of Cubebs and Oopaiba. For the speedy and effectual relief and cure of aIISEXUAL DISEASES, It may Justly be considered one of the &latest and most valuable discoveries in the annals of medicine, frequently effecting a cure In three or four days. In its preparation as an extract or a paste, the usual nauseous taste is avoided, and it is, consequently, never found to interfere with the digestion, while from its greatex on centratlon, the dose is much reduced.. .It may be relied on as the best mode for the administration or these "remedies in the large chum of diseases of both sexes to which they are applicable. N. B.—Purchasers ate advised to ask for TARRANT'S COMPOUND EXTRACT OF CUBEBB AND (*PATNA, and to take nothing else—as imitatiotut and worthless preparations, ender similar names, are in the market. Pamphlets accompany the medicine, containing frill nand ample directions. Price, SLOO. Sent by express on receipt of price. Prepared and sold wholesale and retail, by TARRANT A C 0.., No. 278 Grusumou Einsrr, oossin or Weans:lF SMUT, NEW YORK, And For Bale by Druggists Generally. ly 15 ITIHID BODIJGGI&R. -.. ." ... j This wonderful article, Jut patented, Is soinethlag - entirely new, and never before offered to agents; who ire wanted ever ywhere, Full, particulars sent Address SHAW free. CLARK," apr 21y 121 • • Biddeford, Ifahß• NO. 22.
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