VOL. LXIV
THE, LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER
BUSHED VIM TriNSDAT, AT NO. 8 AOB . lll DUNN MUT,
BY GEO. SANDERSON.
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LITTLE FEET
Is the title of the following exquisite stansas. The
subject and the description thus so beautifully ex
premed and given, convey to us a familiar face, with
its bright beaming eyes, and lisping lips ; while the
speaking picture flies from door to door, in quest of
the smiles which greet it wherever it goes. We are
certain, too, that every reader will have its own
reality of the sweet ideal which the poet thus so
beautifully portrays :
Up with the sun at morning,
Away to the garden he hies,
To see if the sleepy blossoms
Have begun to open their eyes.
Running a rime with the wind,
With a step as light and fleet,
Under my window J. hear
The patter of little feet.
This child is our " speaking picture,"
A birdling that chatters and sings,
Sometimes a sleeping cherub—
(Our other one has wings.)
His heart is a charmed casket,
Full of all that's cunning and sweet,
And no harp-strings hold such music
As follow his twinkling feet.
When the glory of sunset opens
The highway by angels trod,
And seems to unbar the city
Whose Builder and Maker is tiod,
Close to the crystal portals,
I see by the gates of pearl
The eyes of our other angel—
A twin born little girl.
And I asked to be taught and directed
To guide his footsteps aright,
So that I be accounted worthy
To walk in sandals of light,
And hear amid songs of welcome
From messengers trusty and fleet,
On the starry floor of /leaven
The patter of little feet-
John Clarke and His Fortune.
Never mind the house, John ; we've
got one of our own,' whispered John
Clarke's wife.
She was a bright little thing only twenty
years old; and how brightly and bewitch
ingly she shone ! a star amid the sombre
company.
But what in the world has he left met'
muttered John Clarke. I believe he
hated me—l believe they all hate me.'
Hush dear said his wife.
I bequeath to John Clark, my dearly
beloved nephew,' read the grim attorney,
as a reward for his firmness in resisting
temptation during the last two years, and
his determination to improve in all accept
able things, my one-horse chaise, which
has stood in my barn more than twenty
five years, requesting he will repair it, or
cause it to be repaired, in a suitable man
ner.'
That was all ! Some of the people who
were present tittered, and all seemed to
enjoy the confusion of the young man.
His eye flashed fire, he trembled exces
sively ; poor little Jenny fairly cried.
To think,' she said to herself, how
hard he has tried to be good, and that is
all he thought of it.'
g Wish you joy !' said a red-headed
youth, with a broad grin, as he came out
of the room.
John sprang up to collar the fellow, but
a little white hand laid on his arm re
strained him.
Let them triumph, John ; it won't
hurt you,' said Jenny, with her sunny
smile ; pray don't notice them, for my
sake.'
Served him right,''said Susan Spriggs
—the niece of the old man just dead, and
to whom he had left _a good deal of his
money. , Served him right for marrying
the ignorant goose of a Jenny Brazier. I
suppose he speculated a good deal on the
old man's generosity.' To which she ad
ded in a whisper that only her own heart
heard—' He might have had me , be had
the chance ; and I loved him better than
any one else— better than that pretty little
simpleton, Jenny Brazier.'
Now we shall see how deep his good
ness is,' said a maiden Aunt. He be
came very pious just because he expected
a fortune from my poor dear brother ; but
we shall see how much of a chance there
is in John Clarke. He always was an imp
of wickedness.'
Well, I think John Clarke will have
to be contented with his little cottage,'
said the father of Susan Spriggs, to good
old Joe, Hemp.
Well I think he is content ; if he ain't
he ought to be with that little jewel of a
wife,' was Joe's reply.
Pshaw ! you're all crazy about that
gal,' said Spriggs. Why she ain't to be
compared to my Susan. Susan plays on
the forty piano like sixty, and manages a
house first.rate:
Bless you, neighbor Spriggs, I'd rather
have that innocent blooming face to smile
on me when I wake of mornings, than all
the forty piano gals;
I'd like to know what you mean !' ex-1
claimed Mr. Spriggs, firing up.
Just what I say replied good old Joe,
coolly.'
Well, that John Clarke will die on the
gallows, yet mark my words,' said Spriggs,
spitefully.
That John Clark will make ono of our
best men yet,' replied Joe complacently.
Doubt it,' said Spriggs.
Yes, may be you do,' said Joe ; and
that's a pretty way to build up a young
fellow, isn't it, when he's trying his best ?
No, John Clarke won't be a good man if
you can help it.. People that cry mad dog
are plagy willing to stone the animal
while he's running, and if he ain't mad
they're sure to drive him so. Why don't
you step up to him and say— , John I'm
glad you're going right now, and I've got
faith in you ; and if you want any help,
why come to me and I'll assist you.'
That's the way to do the business, Mr.
Spriggs.'
' Well, I hope you'll do it., that's all,'
replied Mr. Spriggs, sulkily.
hope I shall, and PA' bound, to do it,
if I have a chance. Fact is, he's got such
a smart little wife that he don't really need
any help'
No—'.it's a pity then
,that brother
Jacob left him that one-horse eliaise.'
' You needn't laugh at that ; old Jacob
never did anything without a meaning to
it. That old chaise may help him to be
great yet. Fact is, I think myself if Jacob
had left him money it might have been the
ruin of him.. Less • things than ‘a one
haise.ohaise have..msde a .man's fortune.'
4 Well, glad.-you think .so mush of
him; I don't said Spriggs.'
'No, muttered Joe, as his neighbor
turned away; but if he'd married your
raw-boned darter that plays on the forty
pianner, he'd been all right.'
' A one-horse chaise,' said Spriggs,
laughing—' what a fortune !'
And so it went from month to month.
None of the relatives—some of them
already rich—had offered the poorest man
among them (the owner of the one-horse
chaise,) any of the bequeathment left to
him or her; but they" had rather rejoined
at his disappointment.
The troth is, everybody had prophesied
that John Clarke, a poor motherless boy,
would come to ruin, and they wanted the
prophecy to prove a true one. He had in his
youth, been wild and wayward, and some
what profligate in the early years of his
manhood ; but his old uncle had encouraged
him to reform—held out hopes to which
he had hitherto been a stranger ; and the
love of the sweet young Jenny J3razier
completed, as it seemed, his reformation.
Jenny never appeared so lovely as she
did on that unfortunate day of the reading
of the will, after they had returned to the
poor little house that was Jenny's own.
No matter, John,' she said cheerfully,
you will rise in spite of them. I wouldn't
let them think I was in the least discour
aged ; that would please them too well.
We are dciog fine now • and you know ' if
they out the railroad through our little bit
of land, the money will set us up quite
comfortably. Isn't our home a happy one,
if it is small ? And oh ! John, by-and-by."
An eloquent blush—a glance towards
her work-basket, out of which peeped the
most delicate needle-work, told the story
--that ever new story of innocence, beau
ty and helplessness.
For once John Clarke stopped the gos
sip's month. He held his head up man
fully—worked steadily at his trade, and
every step seemed a sure advance and an
upward one.
Baby was just six months old when the
railroad company paid into John Clarke's
hand a very handsome sum for the privi
lege of cutting a railway through his little
field.
A handsome baby, a beautiful and in
dustrious wife, and a good round sum from
the railway company,' thought John with
honest exultation'; well this is living.'
John,' said his wife, rising from her
work, look
and
He did, and saw the one-horse 'chaise
dragged by a stalwart laborer.
• Master says how the old barn is going
to be pulled down, so he sent you the shay,'
said the laborer.
Thank him for nothing,' said John,
bitterly ; but a glance at his wife removed
the evil spirit, and a better one smiled out
of his eyes.
John, you can spare a little money to
have the old chaise done up, can't you
You ought to, according to the will, said
Jenny.'
The old trash !' muttered John.
But you could at least sell it for mita/
the repairs would cost,' said Jenny in her
winning way.
Yes, I suppose I could,' said John
Then I'd have it done,' said Jenny,
and bless me, I'd keep it too. You've
got a good horse, and can have the old
chaise made' quite stylish for baby and me
to ride in.'
Well, I'll send over to Hosmer's to
morrow, and see what he'll do for it,' said
John.
Look here ! Mr. Hosmer wants you to
come over to his shop !' shouted the wheel
wright's apprentice on the following day,
at the top of his lungs. Old Joe Hemp's
there an' says be's right down glad. It's
hundreds, and hundreds, and hun—'
Stop boy—what does he mean Jenny?'
cried John, putting the baby in the cradle,
face downwards.
c My patience, John ! just look at that
child—precious darling ! I'm sure I don't
know, John. I'd go over and see,' said
Jenny.
c 'Taint any fun 1. tell you,' said the
boy, while John hurried on his coat and
hat ; my gracious !—you'll say it ain't
fun when you come to see all them gold
things, and the papers.'
This added wings to John's feet, and in
a moment he stood breathless in the wheel
-wright's shop.
4 Wish you joy, my fine feller,' cried
honest Joe Hemp.
Look here ! what'd yon take for that
old chaise? I'll give you four hundred,
cried the old wheelwright, in great glee.
Four hundred ?' repeated John Clarke,
aghast.
Yes, just look at it ! You're a rich
man sir, and I'm glad of it. Yon deserve
to be,' said the wheelwright, shaking
John's hand heartily.
What do you suppose was the conster
nation, delight, gratitude—the wild, wild
joy that filled the heart of Clarke, when
he found the chaise lined with gold and
bank notes? I mean the cushions, the
linings, and every place where' they could
be placed without danger or injury.
Poor John—or rather rich John—his
head was turned. It required all the
balance of Jenny's nice equipoise of
character to keep its ecstatic brain from
spinning like a humming top. Now he
could build two houses like the one his
uncle had bequeathed to his red headed
cousin, who had wished him joy when the
will was read—the dear old uncle! What
a genuine sorrow he felt as he thought of
the many times he had heaped reproaches
upon his memory !
Imagine if you can, dear reader, the
peculiar feelings of those kind friends who
had prophesied that John Clarke would
come' to grief. At first, old Joe Hemp
proposed to take the old chaise just as it
was—linings stripped, bits of cloth hang
ing—and proclaim with a trumpet the
good tidings to the whole village, taking
especial pains to stop before the house of
Mr. Spriggs, and blowing loud enough to
drown all the forty pianos in the universe,
but that was voted down by John's kind
little wife.
La ! they'll all know 'of it soon enough!'
she said, kissing the baby ; I wouldn't
hurt their feelings.'
They did know of it ; and a few years
afterward they all agreed that John Clarke
had really turned out a really good man.
So much for the old one-horse chaise.
Come home, my son,' said a parent
to one who had been from home for some
time; come home, and your mother will
kill the fatted calf you'
Tell her not to do it, father,' replied
the offspring, for I've livid on veal ever
since I've been here. ' Tell her to kill a
quarter of pig instead.
"THAT 0 01721 TRY 18 TIEN HOST PR0F21301,8 WHEW LABOR OCHCHAEIDB TSB -BBIATIBT'ILTIWARD."-"-"BUOHANAN.
LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, ,IITNE 16, 1863.
How Girls are Bought and Sold
in Marriage in France.
You know how strictly the young girls
are guarded in France under the eyes of
their parents, and how completely their
personal independence is sacrificed to (pro
priety' and their parents' will. A gentle
man who lately visited a matrimonial office
in this city, with a view of obtaining an
insight into the operations of the system,
gives some interesting details in regard to
it. The world, it appears, has in general
a falseddea of these establishments, at least
of this one. It is generally believed that
the chief of the establishment keeps under
key a battalion of ladies that are made to
trot around under the eyes of the visitor,
who stands in the position of the sultan,
ready to throw the handkerchief. Some
suppose that they are permitted to see the
ladies who wish to marry through a key
hole, or some other form of unsuspected
bull's eye. On the contrary, nothing is
more simple than this establishment, and
at the same time nothing is more compli
cated than this wheelwork.
The women have little to do in these op
•erations, nearly all the business being ac
complished between men. In the conjugal
comedy, of which the chief of the estab
lishment is the manager, the women play
their part without knowing it. Thus, he
has correspondents in all the large towns.
He is in relation with all, or nearly all,
the notaries in France, who keep him ad
vised of the different heiresses whose af
fairs they manage. The chief arranges
these heiresses by divisions, according to
their importance, and he pretends that he
is the only man in France who can say,
approximately, each hour, the total of the
united wealth of the heiresses of the em
pire.
A gentleman wishes to get married. He
is a lawyer, an agent, or a merchant. He
presents himself to the chief of the matri
monial establishment, who demands first
to know what are his pretensions. After
his visit the first duty of the agent is to
seek information of the character and posi
tion of the candidate, and if these are sat
isfactory, he appoints a new rendezvous,
and proposes to his client different ladies.
(The ladies, you will recollect, are all the
time ignorant that they are the object of a
speculation.) When the parties come to
terms, the matrimonial agent pats a plan
in operation to bring the lady and gentle
man together, and he arrives at this result
naturally, without the lady ever suspecting
that she is a puppet moved by a thread in
the hands of a matrimonial agent.
If the heiress lives in the provinces, the
agent addresses a letter to his correspon
dent, who can always find a means of bring
ing these two unknown individuals into
each other's presence. A soiree, a ball,
an accidental meeting at the house of a
third party—there are many occasions of
uniting these two stars, destined to shine
in the same firmament. Once in the pre
sence of the object, the rest is the gentle
man's own business; he mast put his talent
to play. If the fish bites, it is a gain of
time for the agent to step in, and through
,the agency of the notary, make for the,
pretendant the official demand, as is the
custom in France, for the hand of the lady.
And thus the agent accomplishes without
the knowledge of the world, or of one-half
of the parties concerned, a high social
mission, since it is that of rendering people
happy and propagating the species.
Here is an example of the manner in
which these marriages are brought about.
The affair occurred in the Department of
the Nord :
At Lille there lived, three months ago,
a handsome young girl, who had a fortune
of six hundred thousand francs to bestow
on the husband of her choice. All the
young men of that country had made efforts
to reach the heart of the heiress in vain.
She believed that, notwithstanding her
beauty, her admirers sighed more for her
francs than for her person. She wished to
beloved (the old story !) for herself—a log
cabin and her heart.
In her quality of rich heiress the name
of the young girl was, naturally, found in
scribed in the books of the aforesaid matri
monial agent. Her name stood high up in
the list of the first category—one of the
rarest flowers of the matrimonial bouquet.
At that period our agent protected a hand
some young fellow, who desired nothing
better than such a match as this. The
agent pointed to the young Lilloise etozle
nu nerd. He wrote at the same moment
to his correspondent, put him into the se
cret of the affair, and sent him three thou
sand francs to enable hiin to give., a ball, to
which was to be invited all the flower of
the town.
The morning of the ball the young man
fell, as if by accident, at the correspond
ent's house, like a friend who makes a visit
unheralded,appeared at the hall and danced
with the young girl, letting off in her honor
a whole volley of compliments, and drewl-
Eng especially upon his quality as a stran
ger. He knew no ono in the city ;he was
completely ignorant of the name of the
lady with whom he had the happiness to
dance ; but he had never been dazzled
with such bright eyes, he had never
seen or admired such hair, he had never
seen such patrician hands, such a flexible
waist, such pretty feet, such perfect grace,
&o.
After the first contra dance, he solicited
the favor of a waltz, then a mazourka,
then a schottische. He showed himself
during the whole evening so completely
devoted to the young girl, that the latter,
reflecting that the good-looking stranger
had only arrived in the morning, and con
sequently could not know the figure of
her marriage portion, believed that at last
she had found the ideal of her dreams, the
enthusiastic Werther, .the St. Prenx of
platonic love.
A few days afterward, the young' man
obtained, through the kind offices of his
friend, the correspondent, an invitation to
the soirees of the parents of the young
girl, and the Paris agent has just received
a letter from his correspondent at Lille,
which reads as follows :
MY DEAR SIR : The game is bagged.
Yesterday I conducted the shepherdess to
the altar, and to-day I pocketed my six
thousand francs.
And that is one way in which young
girls are bought and sold in France, with
out their knowing it.
A letter was recently received at
the Post office in Cleveland, directed--
4To the big butcher at Cleveland, with
a big wart on his nose.' The clerks in
the office knew the man, but were afraid to
present it.
DRAINING A CLASSIC LAKE.—In South
ern Italy, not far from the frontiers of the
Roman States, an interesting work of en
gineering is now being prosecuted. This
is nothing less than the attempt to drain
the famous Lake Encino. This lake is sim
ply a great pool surrounded by mountains.
Last year the waters of this lake were
drawn off through a tunnel, four miles in
length, which had required eight years to
out ; and drains are now being made in the
seat of the lake for rendering the recovered
soil fit for otiltivaiion. The lake covered
40,000 acres of land, which in a few years
will be converted into arable land. Julius
Caesar planned the draining of this lake,
nearly nineteen hundred years ago, but the
Emperor Claudius made the first attempt.
Pliny describes the wonders of a tunnel
following the sides of the mountains at a
depth of a hundred feet. And it was in
deed an astonishing attempt in those days,
when the engineers had none of the appli
ances of modern science. Claudius em
ployed 30,000 men in the attempt for
eleven years and exhausted the public trea
sury. When he believed that his work was
completed, he celebrated the event by one
of the greatest naumachi, or water fights
of Roman times, in which 19,000 men di
vided into two fleets, fought to death to
make a holy day' Claudius, 'Agrippina and
young Nero (who, a few months later, be
came master of the empire) the imperial
court and an immense crowd of spectators
were present at this fearful and imposing
gladiatorial contest. When the play was
terminated, the dam which stayed the
waters from the tunnel was a failure anre
mained hidden for . centuries. The work
was reoommenoed under Trajan and Adri
an ' • still later by Frederick 11., in 1210
by Alphonso 1., of Arragon; in the seven
teenth century ; and lastly, by Frederick
1., king of Naples, in the eighteenth cen
tury ; but all failed. In 1826, Afan de Ri
vera, Chief of the Public Works in the
kingdom of Naples, obtained leave to clean
out the out or drain' made by Claudius.
This work was finished in 1835, but the
problem of draining the lake was as far
off as ever. At length, in 1853, a Nea
politan company obtained petmission to'
drain the lake and the reclaimed bed for
their .renumeration. On investigation, it
appeared that the tunnel constructed under
Claudius had not been so devised as to
draw the water from the lake, the Empe
ror had been cheated by his Minister of
Pablio Works. The engineers of the mod
ern company finally decided to destroy
the Roman work and make one of doable
the dimensions.
A NEW METHOD OF DivoncE.—ln Berne
they have a novel method of dealing with
matrimonial disputants. Divorces are free
ly granted, but first the applicants must
go through the following test
A small room was prepared in which hus
band and wife were put, the door being
then closed, to remain so for six weeks,
except it should be set in motion at the
urgent and united request of the wedded
pair. There were in the room one stool,
one plate, one spoon, a unity of all the re
quisites, and the solitary bed was of such
dimensions that if they chose to use it to
gether they must needs lie very close.—
Of one thing and one only there was a du
plicate; and that was a little treatise on
the duties of husbands and wives towards
each other. No visitor was permitted to
go near them, and they had only 'a glimpse
at i ,intervals of the grim face of the janitor,
as he pushed their food through a hole in
the door. The Bishop states that the test
was attended with the most wholesome
results. In most cases the parties were
excellent friends in a few days, and very
few could stand out for more than a fort
night. Another very gratifying circum
stance was that they had scarcely on re
cord a case in which a second application
was made by persons who had already gone
through' the ordeal.—Bishop Burnet.
CURE ' FOR IN-GROWING NAILS . —lt is
stated by a correspondent of the Medical
and Surgical Journal, that a cauterization
with hot tallow is an immediate cure for
ingrowing nails. He says The patient
on whom I tried this was a young lady who
had beed unable to put on a shoe for sev
eral months, and deeidely the worst case
I had ever seen. The disease had been
of long standing. The edge of the nail
was deeply underminded ; the granulations
formed a high ridge, partly covered with
skin, and thus constantly oozing from the
the root of the nail ; the whole toe was
swollen, and extremely tender and;painful.
My mode of proceeding was this : I put a
very small piece of tallow in a spoon and
held it over a lamp until it became very
hot, dropping two or three drops between
the nail and granulations. The effect was
almost magical. Pain and tenderness were
at once relieved, and in a few days the
granulations were all gone, the diseased
parts dry and destitute of feeling, and the
edge of the nail exposed so as to admit of
being paired without any inconvenience.
The oure was complete, and the trouble
never returned. I have tried this plan
repeatedly since, with the same satisfactory
result. The operation causes little or no
pain, if the tallow is properly heated. '
A HEART THAT CAN FEEL FOR
ANOTHER.-‘ I give and bequeath to Mary,
my wife, the sum of one hundred pounds a
year,' said an old farmer. 'ls that writ
ten down, measter
Yes,' replied the lawyer; but sbe is
not so old ; she may marry again. Won't
you make any change in that ease ? Most
people do.'
g Do, do they said the farmer ; well'
write again, and say, and if my wife mar
ries again, I will and bequeath to her the
sum of two hundred pounds a year.—
That'll do, won't it, measter
- Why, it's double the sum she would
have if she remained unmarried,' said the
lawyer ; it is generally the other way—
the legacy is lessened if the widow marries
again.'
c Ay,' said the farmer,' but him as gets
her 'lldeserve it.
UNDERSTANDING LITERALLY.—The Bel
fast Journal tells the following story :
A gentleman of this city (Belfast) had at
one time in his employ an Irishman posses
sed of a good deal more zeal than knowl
edge. His employer gave him a key one
morning with the directions to go to the
post-office and get the contents of 40.'
Pat vanished but presently came back
with, a miscellaneous collection of mail mat
ter, and the explanation, - s-Loonldn't open
forty, sir, bnt I opened all I could, and
here they be !'
UNWRITTEN KISSES.-..k sensible co
temporary says :—' The women ought to
make a pledge not to kiss a man who uses
tobacco.'
So they had ! but the deuce of it is, all
the handsome men use it in 'some shape !
And kissing is a little luxury not to be
dispensed with ! As to a female kiss,
faugh ! there's no effervesence in it—it's
as flat as an unmixed soda powder ! If
I'm victimized that way, I always take an
early application of soap and water ! You
will see women practice it sometimes just
to keep their hand in, (lips I mean,) but it
is a miserable substitute—a sham article !
done half the time to tantalize some of the
male audience ! (I hope to be pardoned
for turning State's evidence,' but I don't
care a pin if I ain't.) Now kissing is a
natural gift, not to be acquired by any
bnngler ; when you meet a gifted brother'
' make note on it,' as Capt. Cattle says.
There's your universal kisser, who can't
distinguish between your kiss and your
grandmother's, faugh ! There's your phil
osphical transcendental kisser, who goes
through the motion in the hair ! There's
oh ! my senses ! they say there's such a
thing as' unwritten music,' and unwritten
pdetry,' I have my private' suspioions that
there are unwritten kisses.'
FANNY FEM.
YANKEE BATEEING.—KendaII, of the N.
0. Picayune, relates the following which
occurred in his presence some time ago,
at Baden Baden, in Germany:
At this junction we were joined by an
English party, when the subject matter
brought under discussion was bathing.
6 I take a cold sponge bath every morn
ing when at home,' said John Bull.
So do I,' retorted the Yankee.
Winter and Summer,' continued the
Englishman.
, My system exactly,' responded the
Yankee.
IA your weather and water cold?' que
ried John Bull.
Right chilly,' continued Brother Jon
athan.
How cold V inquired John.
So cold that the water all freezes as I
pour it down my back, and rattles upon
the floor in the shape of hail !' responded
the Yankee with the same cunning twin
kle of the eye; Were you in the next
room to me in America, and could hear
me as I am taking my sponge bath of a
cold winter's morning you would think I
was pouring dried beans down my back.'
Sr - Al,l, HAND.—Many people, especially
ladies and lady-like young men, seem• to
ocnsider a small hand as a very desirable
thing, and as in a measure establishing
their claims to gentility and a high rank
in the scale of humanity. Now, ono dis
tinguishing characteristic of the white raoe
of Europe from whom the people of our
country have sprang, is a large hand as
compared with the inferior races of Asia,
Africa, etc. A large hand is, therefore,
in a degree, an index of great qualities,
capacity for great physical and mental
effort ; .in short, of a large calibre.—
When, therefore a person appears to be
proud of a small, delicate hand it may be
set down as indicating that such persons
comes of a degenerate stook, or has the
blood of an inferior race in his veins.—
We never heard of but one' great man
with a little hand, and that was Bona
parte.
VALUE OP AMUSEMENT. —The world
must be amused. It is entirely false rea
soning to suppose that any human being
can devote himself exclusively to labor
of any description. It will not do. Rest
will not give him adequate relief. He
must be amused. He must enjoy himself.
He must laugh, sing, dance, eat, drink,
and be merry. He must chat with his
friends, exercise his mind in exciting gen
tle emotions, and his body in agreeable
demonstrations of activity. The consti
tution of the human system demands this. ;
It exacts variety of influences and mo
tion. It will not remain in health if it
cannot obtain that variety. Too much
merriment affects it as injuriously as too
much sadness ; too much relaxation is as
pernicious as none at all. But, to the in
dustrious toiler, the sunshine of the heart
is just as indispensable as the material sun
shine is to the flower ; both soon pine away
and die if deprived of it.
Hunan NATURE .—They tell a story o;
two bachelor brothers, who lived a sort o
oat and dog life, to their neighbors' discom
fort, for many years, but who having beer
at a camp meeting, were slightly converted
and both of them concluded to reform.
c Brother Tom,' says one, when they had
arrived at their home, let us sit down now
and I'll tell you what we'll do. You tell
me all my "faults and I'll tell you all
your'n, so we'll know how to get a' mend
ing em.'
g Good 4' says brother Tom.
Well, you begin.
No ; you begin, brother Joe.'
Well, in the first place, you know,
brother Tom, you will lie ! '
Crack goes brother Tom's double fist be
tween brother Joe's blinkers,' and a con
siderable of a scrimmage' ensued, until,
in the course of about ten minutes,lneither
being able to come to time, reformation
was postponed sine die.
ENROLLING A JACllASS.—Harper's
c Drawer' contains this enrolling' anec
dote :
The enrolling officer of Salisbury Dis
trict, Maryland, was very active and thor
ough in the performance of his duty. One
day he went to the house of a countryman,
and finding none of the male members of
the family at home, made inquiry of an old
woman, the number and age of the males '
of the family. After naming several the
old lady stopped.
Is there no one else V asked the offi
cer.
No !' replied the woman, none except
Billy Bray.
Billy Bray ! Where is he 1'
He was at the barn a moment ago,'
said the old lady.
Ont went the officer but could not see
the man. Coming back, the worthy officer
questioned the old lady as to the age of
Billy and went sway, after enrolling his
name among those to be drafted. Time of
theldrafting came and among those on whom
the lot fell was Billy Bray. No one knew
nim. Where did he live? The officer who
enrolled him was called on to produce him;
and, lo behold Billy Bray was. a Jackass !
and stands now on the list of drafted men
as forming onci,of the quota of Maryland.
FALL FROM A PULPIT—On a recent
Sunday evening, the pulpit of the Metho
dist Chapel, Williamson terrace, Monk-
wearmonth, England, was occupied by a
Hatton pitman, a local preacher connected
with the Primitive Methodist body, who
after discoursing on the Jewish year of Ju
bilee, proceeded to wind up with a brilliant
peroration of unusual force and power.—
While leaning over the front of the pulpit,
and delivering himself with much fervor,he
suddenly overbalanced himself, and came
tumbling over into the singing-pew, to the
great dismay of the congregation. He ap
peared to fairly turn a somersault. Ri
sing to his feet with wonderful alacrity,
he exclaimed, Be calm,
people, I'm no
worse ; and bless God, Ibeheve if I'd fal
len twice as far, I wouldn't have been kill
ed !' The layman then mounted a bench
in the singing pew, and though as fervid
as ever, managed' to finish his peroration
without upsetting his second locus standi.
--Newcastle Chronicle.
JOHN PHINIX'S CIIRIOSITY.—The incor
rigible wag, Lieut. Derby, alias John
Phinix,' while attending a theatre in San
Francisco, thought he saw a person with
whom - he wished to speak, a few seats in
front of him ; in order to attract his atten
tion, he requested a gentleman in front to
reach over and punch him with bis um
brella. Upon the person turning round
he saw he was a stranger, and Phinix di
rected his attention to the play, leaving the
puncher and punchee to settle it as best
they could. The punchee requested an
explanation of the punched, whereon he
turned to Phinix and said :
4 Sir, didn't you request me to punch
hat man 1'
Yes, sir.'
4 Well, what for?'
Oh, nothing, only I had a curiosity to
see if you'd do it
OUR BEST PARLORS.—Don't keep a sol
itary parlor, into which you go but once a
month, with your parson or sewing society.
Hang around your walls pictures that shall
tell stories of mercy, hope, courage, faith,
and charity. Make your living room the
house. Let the place be such that when
your boy has gone to distant lands, or even
when, perhaps, he clings to a single plank
in the lone, waters of the wide ocean, the
thought of the still homestead shall come
across the desolation, bringing light, hope,
and love. Have no dungeon about your
house—no room you never open—no
blinds that are always shut.
U FUB.NITLFRE WIVES' was_ the name
given by Charles Lamb to spouses selected
to please the taste of friends and to an
swer the public demand—as some men buy
pictures, not from any fancy for the par
ticular pieces which they purchase, but to
furnish their rooms according to the cue
tom. A a brute' says there would be less
objection to furniture wives, if one could
only exchange them, like other household
stuff, when he is tired of the pattern.
PLAYING WITH BABIES.—Three Chica
go ladies were visiting together, and each
had her baby, a six months' old girl,
with light hair and blue eyes. The
little ones were laid down to sleep on a
bed while the mothers took tea ; and some
mischievous young fellow, who boarded in
the house, changed all the infants, clothing.
The mistaken identity was not discovered
until next morning and the anxious ma
trons suffered much consternation and sev
eral journeys in sorting out their children
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NOTES, LEGAL BLANKS,
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BILL HEADS AND HANDBILLS,
PROGRAMMES AND POSTERS,
PAPER BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS,
BALL TICKETS AND INVITATIONS,
PRINTING IN COLORS AND PLAIN PRINTING,
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43• Orders from a distance, by mail or otherwise
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AND PHILADELPHIA AUCTIONS.
WENTZ BROTHERS
Offer the greatest attractions in the way of
DRESS GOODS, LADIES' CLOAKS AND SHAWLS',
Dress Gooods in every variety. SPRING CLOAKS.
SPRING AND BUMMER SHAWLS.
Shawl Room as usual contains every new variety and price.
HOOP SKIRTS.
The largest, beet 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, Misfiling, Calicos, Sheetings, Ac., Ac., at the lowest
possible prices.
Ladies' Bilk and Cotton Sun Umbrellas,
Sun Shades and Parasols.
Goods of every description for Men and Boys' wear.
WENTZ BROTHERS' Bee Hive Store,
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TEZ STRONGEST GLIM IN TEE WORLD
FOR CEMENTING WOOD, LEATHER, GLASS, IVORY,
CHINA, MARBLE, PORCELAIN, ALABASTER,
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The only article of the kind ever produced which will
withstand Water.
" Every housekeeper &mild have a supply of Johns b
Crosley's American Cement Glue."—New York Times.
"It Is so convenient to have In the honse."—Nete York
Express•
"It to always ready; this commends It to everybody."—
AT. Y. Independent.
"We have tried it, and find it as useful in our house as
water."-- if Was' Spirit of the Timer.
PRICE TWENTY—FIVE CENTS PER BOTTLE.
Very Liberal Reductions to Wholesale Dealers.
TERMS CASH.
Air For sale by all Druggists and Storekeepers generally
throughout the country.
JOHNS & °ROBLEY,
•
(Sole Manufacturers,)
78 WLLLIAM ST., (Corner of Liberty St.,) NEW YORK
july 9 ly 26
Nem DR B EISI L N
, H )
O ATTY SHAVING
SAMUEL J. WIJ.T.T .4 MS 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'Conomy's Shoe Store. In West King street, near the
Market House, and has fitted It up In new and elegant style
or the accommodation of customers.
HAIR DRESSING, SHAVING AND SHAMPOONING
done in them 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 be applied without injury to either.
Give the Professor a call, and he flatters himself that be
will be able to render general satisfaction.
Ant - Don't make a Mistake and get into the wrong shop
Recollect, ft is immediately under M'Oonomy's Shoe Store
Apr lb ti 147 S. J. WILLIAMS.
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lar authoress in this country—
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Book.
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la ail original, and would cost 26 cents (the price of the
Book) In the music stores • but most of it la-copyrighted,
and cannot be obtained e xcept to "Godey."
01111, STEEL ENGRAVINGS.
All efforts to rival ns in this have eamd; and vs now
stand alone in this department, giving, as we doq r many
more and infinitely better engravings than are
in any other work.
GODItYI3 IkfliffftifflC DOUBLE AHEM PABliket•
PLATES.
CONTAINING
From five to seven fall length Colored Fashions on each
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FAR AHEAD OF ANY FASHIONS IN EUROPE OR
AMBRICIA.
Goders is the only work in the world that &ea these
immense plates, and they are such as to have exrdtsd.the
wonder of publishers and the publio. The publication of
tbe,seplates cost
$lO,OOO MORE
than fashion-pLatee of the old style, and nothing but our
wonderfully large circulation enables us to • give them.
Other magazines cannot afford It. We never spare money
when the public can be benefited.
These faahlons may be relied on. Dresses may be Made
after them, and the wearer will not imbJect herself torldin
stile, as would be the case . if she visited the large cities
dressed after the style of the plates giien in some of Our
so-called magazines.
OUR WOOD ENGRAVINGS,
of which we give twice or three times as many as any other
magazine, are often mistaken for steel . They are so far
superior o any oth rs.
Beware of them. Remember that the I:ady'a Book faille
original publication and the cheapest. If you take Gpley ,
you want no other magatine.
' Everything that to rueful or ornamental in a homer can
be found in Godey.
DRAWING LESSONS.
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fill ewers' large volumes.
OUR REOBIPTB
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variety—Confectionery—the Nursery—the Tojlebn,the
Laundry—the Kitchen. Receipts upon all stihjects are to
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started this department; and have peculiar. facilltlea for
making it most perfect. This department alone is worth
the price of the Book.
LADIES' WORK TABLE.
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of every article that a lady wears.
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from five to ten original engravings of new inventions&
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