VO L. LXIV CHRISTMAS-EVE The following verses written for the Typographic Advortiaer, Philadelphia, by a true woman, simple, tonohing, and teeming with mother-love, came to the editor of that paper from Monroe, Michigan : 'Tis Christmas-eve! the tireless clock is tolling the , 1 hours sway, And my household all are sleeping, dreaming of Christmas day. My countless varying duties are finish'd one by one, Still, there's always something left—my work is never done; So I sit down by the cradle, my little one to rock, And while I sing a lullaby, I knit for him a sock. I've filled some little stockings with candy and with I toys, And hung them by the chimney-place, to please my darling boys. They're eleepiag sweetly in their cribs, I've tucked ! the clothes in tight, I've heard them say their evening prayer, and kiss'd them both good night. I know that, ere the daylight shall through the curtain peep, Their Merry Christmas wishes will wake me from my sleep I've many, many thoughts to-night, and they are sad to me : Two etookinge only hang, this year, where three wore wont to be : The tears are falling thickly as I think of the day When I laid that little stocking forevermore away ; For the happy one that hung it there but one short year ago In yonder graveyard quietly sleepeth 'neath the snow. How many little atookings, that on last Christmas day Were by darling little ones have since been put away ! How many smiling faces, that to our nursery door Came wishing "Merry Christmas," will come again no more! Their waxen hands are folded upon each quiet breast, A.nd the Shepherd tied has gather'd those little lambs to rest. How many pleasant VidiODS, and, oh ! what sad ones too, With each succeeding Christmas-eve come vividly to view ! 1 see again my childhood's home, and every loved one's face ; The stockings hanging, as of yore, around the chim ney place, From the wee red one of baby's to grandpa's sock of gray,— Each in its own accustom'd place, not even one away. But the pleasant vision passes, and one of darker shade Reveals how many ehanges each Christmas-eve has made: For those whose stockings hung there so closely side by side, In happy days of childhood, are soatter'd far and wide! A few still linger here to see this Christmas-eve pass by, But many, many more to-night within the church yard lie. The baby's sock is tinish'd—'tie sprinkled o'er with tears• Where will his tiny footsteps wander in future years Perhaps this innocent will live to see, as I have done, The Christmas-eves of childhood steal onward ono by one; But, whether a life of sorrow, or whether a life of joy, I. feel that I can tiost with tlod my inuch.luved baby-boy. The clock has struok the hour of twelve' I've put the sock away, And by the baby's cradle I now kneel down to pray— To ask that loving Saviour, who on Christmas morn was given To save our souls from ein and death, and fit us all for Heaven, That He would guide our footsteps, and fill us with His love, That we may sing together a Christmas hymn above. THE RECTOR'S DAUGHTER It was a cold night. The library shut ters rattled so as to make us nervous ; but we pressed the strong iron bars over them, and we could listen to the wind with less disturbance. Now and then it would go out in a mad shriek upon the night watches, like the wail of a mother over a lost child—that wail of a crushed hope. Fitfully at first, as if the weeper dared not to weep aloud, then more distinct, until it swelled into a thrilling wail that made one start with fright, and then it would die away faintly, as if heart were breaking and life had departed with the last notes of that sad, plaintive voice. There is an old tree above the wing that contains the library, and we—that is, Wil lis and I—could hear it tussling with that mad wind, like a human being struggling with some bitter foe. We had listened to it an hour or more in perfect silence. I was reading by the firelight, and paused to listen, when it ceased. I looked for my companion ; he stood by the window which overlooked the village road. He - had opened one of the shutters and was gazing out into the night. There he goes —the spirit of the storm.' As he spoke there was a bright flash of lightning, and I stood by his side, watch ing the village road. It was a quick, anxious glance, yet I saw a black horse and his rider dash madly over the old bridge, and the next moment they were lost in the darkness. Then followed a crash of thunder that shook the earth it self, and then went rolling away among the mountains ; now louder, echoing from some cliff or mooring, through some far off glen, until it died away, and stillness ensued, more sublime than the voice that preceded it. ' Did you know Aline Thomas 1 She grew up while you were away. She was beautiful, proudly beautiful, with her dark, mournful eyes and pale features, and her form—it was so light and grace ful. And very kind and gentle, too, was Aline—ever by the sick couch of some poor stranger, or aiding the poor stranger on his lone pilgrimage. I verily believe there was not an old man who did not dream of her when he dreamed of angels in Heaven. Never was there one more beautiful than Aline—none, save one.' Willis paused for an instant as he uttered that last sentence, and 1 saw a shade of suppressed grief pass, like a cloud in a swift wind, across his face. I knew that he stood in the presence of a holy vision. And, as the past went before him with stately tread and solemn mien—as the loved past ever goes bei ore us in these latter years—l turned my face, and left him to the communion of that sweet dream. He remembered the story he was telling no longer. He remembered only that vision. Long years ,sinoe he had buried it out of his sight. He heard the wind no longer ; he heard only that low voioa, now musical with laughter, now with song. As a natural consequence of her posi tion—for she was the rector's daughter— and her singular beauty—Aline Thomas was sometimes imperious and proud. She did not attempt to conceal her dislike for some of the forward who pressed their at tentions upon her, or her displeasure at an ill-leztpresssed or too open a compliment. How it was I know not ; perchance . his silent admiration was better suited to her taste ; perchance from the natural kind ness of her heart, that led her to see the loneliness of his, and to compassionate the nervous humor with which her presence inspired him; for these or other reasons she soon distinguished, Oscar . Lyle, and showed pleasure in conversing with, him. They were young, then, very young, yet ever after Oscar Lyle was her favorite. You might see them any summer eve ning, sitting side by side i i the red twi light, talking as familiarly as brother and sister of the future, and of the past as well. And then there was Aline's father, a strong, fine looking man, and good old Major Grayson, who used to drop in' of an evening for pleasant converse. Those were sacred hours for those two young hearts ; yet, alas! the past never comes back again, save in memory—then only to pain us with sad regrets of dark hours for some unkindly spoken word. Sitting there, in the old village church, in the red light that fell through the stain ed glass windows, even then he felt angels must be like Aline Thomas, who, with meek and reverent face, listened to the words of the good old rector as it is, but as it seemed. How strange our childhood shadows forth our life ! It was May day, and Aline was to be queen. As they f-tole out through the old wicket, Lyle placed a wreath of flowers upon her white brow, tied with a broad white ribbon. How Aline thanked him with her smiles! and they were merry with their dance and with their song, until the young 'squire came. He was a young lad, no older than Oscar Lyle, but proud and self-willed. And be must kiss the queen forsooth ! and Aline blushed, drew back, until Oscar came to the rescue. There was a quick movement of the youth's arm, and Walter Grayson fell like a log at his feet ; while Aline, weeping and trembling, tore the wreath from her forehead,and would sing no more that day. Nearly a week after that, Oscar Lyle visited the parsonage, and they told him Aline was unwell. He paused a moment, and his cheek paled. Then, pushing the terrified servant aside, he hastened to the drawing-room. She lay half reclining upon a rich velvet couch, looking wildly lovely in a dress of pure white muslin ; yet her face wore a deeper shade of pen siveness than was its wont, and she turned not to meet him when he entered the room. Mice !' he gasped, springing to her side. She glanced up—he knew all then ; the stained border of her head-dress—it was his gift—Walter Grayson's. It were no fault of mine, Oscar, if I turn from thee,' she said. He is my father, and it is his wish ; he is all the friend I have in this wide world, but you, Oscar. And you will be my friend, my brother in this dark hour. You will for give me Oscar V And she laid her hand upon his arm, and raised those large, pleading brie eyes to You will for give me, Oscar V May God forgive thee, Aline—l never can.' He turned away, and Aline Thomas was alone. The rector mot him in the hall. Aline told you V 'he said inquir ingly 3 yet blame her not, for it is better thus. You are poor now, Oscar ;' and a bitter smile wreathed his lips as he turned away. lam poor now, Mr. Thomas; yet you shall feel proud to call me friend.' Oscar Lyle turned away as he spoke, and when he left the parsonage, there was another green grave in his memory, and another loved form had been buried in a lone spot in his heart. Aline Thomas was now to be a forgotten name in the future. ,== T.= It was a wild night, just such a night as this. It was the night before the trial. Yes, Mr. Thomas had been charged with a crime, by the laws of the country deemed unpardonable. A dispiite had arisen be tween him and his son-in-law ; Walter fell on the floor a corpse. The villagers pitied the old man ; and everything that could be done was cheerfully performed. The services of the most renowned advocate had been procured ; and many hoped that on the morrow, Mr. Thomas might throw oft the chains of the convict ; yet they dared not breathe that hope, it was so faint. One heart was bleeditig all alone on that wild night, in the richly furnished boudoir of that old house. The heavy drapery that fell over the large windows half con cealed the slender form ; yet the face was such a one as you might see in the ideal of an artist's dream. The dark, mournful eyes beamed with a tender softness, con trasting strangely with the ashy paleness of that young face, so lovely in its out lines, so beautiful in its deep grief. 11 ill he come V and the lady pressed her face hard against the damp glass, until it—became clouded by her quick, fainting breath. Earnestly she listened, yet there was no answer—no sound save the rustling of the old trees against the window, and the fieice pattering of the rain against the glass. Still, her face was pressed hard against the window-pane, and the pale features were lit by a wild, intense excitement. Yet, she could see nothing I—nothing, only that gaunt old sentinel ny the window, its huge form blackened by approaching night, and the long, brick wing looking dark and shadowy in the deepening gloom. Fainter and more shadowy became the objects to her view, ' and the rain beat more faintly against the window-pane, She drew back with a cold shudder, and allowed the rich drapery to fall back to its place, while she sunk deeper and deeper amid the rich pile of cushions ; and a smile—it was a bright smile—flitted over that pale face. She was in dream land. Oscar Lyle again stood by her side, lean ing against the chancel rails in the old vil lage church, listening to the voice of the good rector ; again she wandered through the old wood, visited Faitty Knoll, and _their old haunts again, and wove those wild forest flowers into bright wreaths, sitting there on the old stone bench, in the pale moonlight, with the church-spire in the distance. She dreamed, and the smile of trusting faith stole over that pale face, a ray of sunlight over a summer cloud. She thought he was doubting her constancy, and she lisped a wild, fervent reply— Oscar, do you doubt me V Again she was clasped to that manly breast, and a wild cry of joy warbled up from her throat; and then she started. The bright dream had passed. She started from the couch, and gazed out into the night ; yet, she could discern nothing, only a dark shadow, as it now and then swept past the window. It was the old tree. The rain still beat fiercely against the win dow-panes, and ehe could hear a faint, mournful, dismal sound, like the rattling of hail—it was the rain dripping in tlw court below. "THAT COUNTRY IS THE BOST PROSPEROUS RIME LABOR COMUNDS THE GREATEST RXWARD: "- LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1863. She sprang from the window and turned to a marble-topped table. A small lamp of frosted silver was burning upon it ; and near it stood a tiny bell of silver. She grasped it with an impatient motion, rung it sharply, and then sunk back upon the couch, the shadows deepening upon her pale face. The clear, silvery chimes sounded coldly through those spacious chambers, and soon a servant entered the room. Yet you could not hear the fall of footsteps, so heavy were those rich car pets, for your feet would sink down into them as if in a bed of clover. John, has he come 1' and she bent eagerly forward, one white hand olutohing the heavy folds of the drapery. He waits below in the vestibule, ma'am.' 6 And is it he ?' and her form trembled with excitement, while her heart beat wildly, and her dark eyes shone with a half-maddened light. 6 It is the barrister, ma'am.' • You are sure, it is he, John 1' I am, ma'am.' Ab, how kind—and in such a storm.' A moisture gathered in those Urge, dark eyes, and she rank into a half unconscious dream. Did you tell him, John r and she started from the apathy into which she had fallen. I told him nothing.' It •is well, then ; the hour ? 4 It is past midnight." So late ! and I. have been lousing here so long, and of him.' She checked her self, a deep blue suffusing her cheek. You may show him in, John,' and she sank bank upon her couch, the white dra pery clutched convulsiaely in the jeweled hand. A shadow fell over the carpet, and the noble form of the advocate stole into the room. lie rested one arm upon the mar ble mantel, and stood gazing upon the beautiful being before him, a bitter smile resting upon his tine features. ' Mine !' broke in a soft whisper from his lips. Oscar !' She sprang forward, murmuring that dear name, and would have thrown herself into his arms, but he waved her back with a proud gesture, and stood silent, with that haughty smile still resting upon his pale features. She had sunk back upon the couch, trembling like a wounded dove, or like a bright flower, blighted by the cold winter wind—an earnest, pleading prayer beaming from those dark eyes. Oscar ' Oscar ! spare me ! I am wretch ed ! I am punished' Spare me ! spare me' 1 repent ! He is dead—he for whom 1 left you. Oh 'it was a solitary fault ! Bitter ly, oh ! how bitterly atoned for !' 6 Oh, save me ! same me !. she cried, interrupting him, and stretching out her arnig in supplication. ' Let me know that you are my friend in this dark hour, and that you forgive me, Oscar.' Mine, I am, as ever thy friend.' 4 And will you save; him—my father 2 ' If God's will l emits.' May heaven bless you.' Aline,'—and the same cold smile wreathed his lips—' I was young when I first met you at the parsonage, and I thought no love like thine ; you were my angel. Yet, when I learned that wrong, my heart was crushed ; yet in that dark hour, I found a friend—my mother; and on her I lavished ail my young affections. When poor, she shared my poverty, and cheered me on to brighter days. I became wealthy, and she smiled upon my home, sharing my wealth.' Yet, Oscar, forgive me ! only say that you forgive me.' You are forgiven, Aline ! and you may forget the blighting of one young heart.' Has he gone ?' and Aline pressed her hands wildly upon her forehead. I have seen him—yet oh ! what a meeting !' and she sank upon the floor. There was a wild cry, no louder than the notes of a bird, yet so full of agony. They laid her gently upon the couch, and watched by her side that night, for she was ill, very ill—yet it was heart sickness. * The trial was over ; and Mr. Thomas was acquitted. The jurors, stern men though they were, could not resist the burning eloquence of the young advocate ; and without leaving their seats, they declared the prisoner at the bar not guilty. Then rose a cheer, so loud that it shook the building ; and then the yard in front filled with the crowd, all anxious and eager to as toll a view of the young barrister. He soon appeared, with a fine-looking woman leaning upon his arm, followed by the old man and Aline. He greeted them kindly, pausing now and then to grasp the proffered hand of one more eager than the rest to hear that voice again. He took Aline's hand as they reached the carriage, and assisted her in—then the aged rector. May Heaven bless you, Oscar.' The large, mournful eyes were fixed with a wild intensity upon his ; and when the carriage drove off, and she could no longer see him from the window, she sank down among the cushions—the light of that young heart had gone forever. They never met again, Oscar Lyle be came a renowned barrister ; but Aline lies in the village church-yard. The old man lives alone in the vener able mansion, and whenever a storm sweeps over the hills he hastens to the grave of Aline, and clasping the cold mar ble in his arms, watches there all through the long night. it is there that his mad fancy has taken him to-night. He watches by the grave of Aline LEAVITT'S ALMANAC.-With regard to ' soon, with your wonderings. Where the this almanac, Mrs. Partilgton believes in brook comes from, indeed ! Have you never no other. She has it by her bedside, and heard how water rises from a spring in the looks at it every morning before she rises earth to see what the weather is going to be for Yes ! but still I've a fancy to see where the day. if it Nils iu telling correctly, this brook comes from,' said Jack. she never suspects the aluianac to be wrong So np alongside the brook he went in —the elements must be.' The last eclipse, spite of all that his brothers bawled after depicted in the bo )li, she looked at through him. Nothing could stop him. On he went. smoked glass fur a month before it hap- So as ho went up and up, the brook got pened, and hope." it wouldn't be postponed smaller, and smaller, and at last, a little on account of weather. It was a wicked way farther on, what do you think he saw trick which Ike once played upon the old why a great, walnut, and out of that the lady by putting last year's almanac in water trioklcd. place of the current one. Everything Good day !' said Jack again. So you went wrong. The eclipses and thunder lie here, and trickle down all alone V about this time,' didn't come off as notified. ' Yes I do,' said the walnut ; ' and here It rained and hailed when fair weather was have I trickled and run this many a long predicted, and bright sunshine when she day, waiting for you.' put her tubs out iu anticipation of a shower. ' Well, here I am,' said Jack, as he She didn't discover the trick till December, i took up a lump of moss, and plugged up when she severely talked to the boy about : the hole that the water might not run out. Then he put the walnut into his wallet his taking such liberties with the weather •; and went down to his brothers. but was rejoiced to find the almanac right. 'Well now,' said Peter and'Pard, have BOOTS AND HIS BROTH :ER. Once on a time there was a man who bad thrae sons—Peter, Paul, and John. John was Boots, of course he was the youngest. I can't say the man had any thing more than the three sons, for he hadn't one penny to run against another ; and so he told his sons that theymust go out in the world and try to earn their bread, for there at home there was nothing to be looked for but starving to death. Now, a bit of the man's cottage, was the King's palace, and you must know, just against the King's window's a great oak had sprung up, which was so stout and big that it took away all the light from the King's palace. The King had said he would give many dollars to the man who could fell the oak, but no one was man enough for that, for as soon as ever one chip of the oak's trunk flew off, two grew in it stead. A well, too, the King had dug, which was to hold water for the whole year ; for all the neighbors had wells, but he hadn' any, and that he thought a shame. So the King said he would give any one who could dig such a well for him as would hold water for the year round, both money and goods ; but no one could do it, for the King's palace lay high, high upon a hill, and they hadn't dug but a few inches be fore they came upon a living rock. But as the King had set his heart on having these things 'done, he had given it out far and wide, in all the churches of the kingdom, that he who would fell the oak in the King's court-yard, and get him a well that would hold water the whole year round, should have the Princess and half the kingdom. Well, you may easily know there was many.a man who came to try his luck ; but for all their hacking and hewing, and all their digging and delving, it was no good. The oak got bigger and stouter at every stroke, and the rock didn't get softer either. So one day those three brothers thought they'd set off and try too, and their father hadn't a word against it ; for even if they didn't get the Princess and half the kingdom, it might happen they might get a place somewhere with a good master ; and that was all he wanted. So when the brothers said they thought of going to the palace, their father said yes 'at once. So Peter, Paul and Jack went off from their home. Well ! they hadn't gone far before thay came to the fire-wood, and up along one side of it rose a steep hill-side, as they went, they heard something hewing and hacking away upon the hill among the trees. I. wonder now what it is hewing away Up yonder'?' said Jack. , You're always so clever with your won derings,' said Peter and Paul both at once. What wonder is it pray, that a wood cutter should stand and hack up on a hill side ?' 'Still, I'd like to see what it is, after all,' said Jack ; and up he went. 'Oh, if you're such a child, 'twill do you good to take a lesson,' bawled out his brothers after him. But Jack didn't care for what they said; he climbed up the steep hill-side towards whence the noise came, and when he reached the place, what do you think he saw? why an axe that stood there hacking and hewing all of itself, at the trunk of a fir. Good day !' said Jack. So you stand here all alone and hew, do you 1' Yes, here I've stood and hewed and hacked a long time, waiting for you,' re plied the axe. ' Well, here I am at last,' said Jack as he took the axe, pulled it off its shaft, and stuffed both head and shaft into his wallet. So when he got down again to his brothers, they began to jeer and laugh a And now, what funny thing was it you saw ou the hill-side V they said. Oh, it was only an axe we heard,' said brother Jack. So when they had gone a bit further they came under a steep spur of rock, and up there they heard something digging and shoveling. I wonder now,' said Jack, what it is digging and shoveling up yonder there at the. top of the rook.' Ah, you'r always so clever with your wonderings,' said Peter and Paul again, gas if you'd never heard a woodpecker pecking at a hollow tree.' Well, well,' said Jack, it would be fun just to see what it really is.' And so off he set, to climb the rook, while the others laughed and made fun cf him. But he didn't care for that ; up he climbed, and when 'he got near the top what do you think he saw ! Why, a spade that stood there digging and delving. Good day !' said Jack. So you stand here alone and dig and delve 2 ' Yes, that's what 1 do,' said the spade, and that's what rye done this many a long day, waiting for you.' Well, here I am, said Jack again, as be took the spade and knocked it off the handle and put it into his wallet, and then j went down again to his brothers. g Well, what was it, so rare and strange,' said Peter and Paul, that you saw there at the rock V • Oh, said Jack, nothing more than a spade ; that was what we heard.' So they went on again a good bit, till they came to a brook. They were thirsty, i all three after their long walk, and so they lay down beside the brook to have a drink. I wonder now,' said Jack, ' where all this water comes from I wonder if you're right in your head,' said Peter and Paul, in one breath. 4 lf you're not wad already, you'll go mad very BUOHABAN you found out where the water comes from? A rare sight it must have been !' 'Oh, after all, it was only a hole it ran out of,' said Jack, and so the others laughea and made game of him again, but Jack didn't mind that a bit. After all, I had the fun of seeing it,' said he. So when they had gone a bit farther they came to the King's palace ; but as every one in the Kingdom had heard how they might win the Princess and half the realm, if they could fell the big oak and dig the King's well, so many had come to try their luck at the oak that was now twice as large and stout as it had been at first, foi two chips grew for every one they hewed out with their axes, as I dare say you all bear in mind. So the King had now laid it down as a punishment, that if any one tried and couldn't fell the oak, he should be put on a barren island, and both his ears were to be clipped off. But the two brothers didn't allow themselves to be soared by that; they were quite sure they could fell the oak, and Peter, as he was the eldest, was to try his hand first ; but it went with him as it did with every one elsa who had hewn at the oak—for every' chip he out two grew in its place.— So the King's men seized him, and clipped off both his ears, and put him on the island. Now Paul, he was to try his luck, liut he fared just the same ; when he had hewn two or three strokes, they began to see the oak grow, and so the King's men seized him too, and clipped his ears, and put him out on the island ; and his ears they clipped closer, because they said he ought to have taken a lesson from his brother. So now Jack was to try. If you will look like a marked sheep, we're quite ready to clip your ears at once, and then you'll save yourself some bother,' said the King, for he was angry with him for his brothers' sake. ' Well, I'd like just to try first,' said Jack, and so he got leave. Then he took his axe out of his wallet and fitted it to his haft. Hew away !' said he to his axe, and away it hewed, making the chips fly again, so that it wasn't long before down came the oak. When that was done, Jaok pulled out his spade ; so the spade began to dig and delve till the earth and rook flew out in splinters, and so he had the well soon dug out, you may think. And when he got it as big and deep as he choose, Jack took out his walnut and laid it in the corner of the well, and pulled the plug of moss out. Trickle and run,' said Jack ; and so the nut trickled and ran, till the water gushed out of the hole in a stream, and in a short time the well was brimfull. Then he had felled the oak which had shaded the King's palace and dug a well in the palace yard, and so he got the Princess and half the kingdom, as the King had said ; but it was lucky for Peter and Paul that they had lost their ears, else they had heard each hour and day, how every one said, ' Well, after all Jack wasn't so much out of his mind when he took to his wondering.' GAINING STRENGTIL—We believe we have got hold' of an original anecdote that never was printed before. A student in one of our State colleges was charged by the Faculty with having had a barrel of ale deposited in his room, contrary, of course, to the rules and usage. He re ceived a summons to appear before the President, who said : Sir, I am informed that you have a barrel of ale in your room.' Yes, sir.' c Well, what explanation can you make Well, the fact is, sir, my physician ad vised me to try a little ale each day as a tonic, and not wishing to stop at various places wh,ire this beverage is retailed, I concluded to have a barrel taken to my Indeed. And have you derived any benefit from it ?' Ah, yea air. When the barrel was first taken to my room, two weeks ago, I could scarcely lift it. Now I can carry it with the greatest ease.' We believe the witty student was dis charged without reprimand. At least he ought to have been. SLIUHTLY METAPHYSICAL.-' A frog,' says Professor Bump, is an amphibious animal what lickers on cold water, and con sequently invented the teetotal society. lle always walks with a jump, he. does ; and when he sits down has to stand up. 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Itlauninotur. auct Deal, in all kiuds I wish to return m: thanks to my friends o Lancaster and the nut rounding counties, for thel v. ry liberal patronage e, tended to me during tl last few v ears, and woul say to them that I no, have in store, of my ow , Importation and Manuf went of all the different Furs, for Ladies and Chihli . . the Fall and Winter seasons. Befog the direct Importer of all my Furs from Europe, and having them all Manufactured under my own super- ViSiOn--euables me to offer my customers anll the public a much handsomer set of Furs for the same money. Ladies please give me a call before purchasing! Please remember the name, number and street . JOHN FAREIRA, No. 718 Arch Street, Phlladelphla. 5m 85 1)R. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINI.. MENT. THE GREAT EZPER NA .t REMED Y . FUR 1111ECNIATISM. GOUT. NEURALGIA, LUMBAGO, 61:114 NECK AND JOINTS, SPRAINS, BRUISES, CUTS AND WOUNDS, PILES, HEADACHE., AND ALL RHEUMATIC AND NER— VOUS DISORDERS. DR. STIIPH EN SWEET, OF CONNECTICUT, 'rho Great Natural Bone Setter. DR. STEPHEN SWEET, OF CONNECTICUT. Is known all over the United States. DR. STEPHEN SWEET. OF CONNECTICUT, To the author of " Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment." DR. SWEET'S. INFALLIBLE LINIMENT Cures Rheumatism and never fails. DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT lan .erleS, remedy for Neuralgia. Dlt. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT Cores Burris and scalds immediately. DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT Is the best known Remedy for Sprains and Bruises. 1)11. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT Cnros Headache immediately and was never known to fail. DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT Affords immediate roller for Piles, and seldom falls to cure. DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT Cures Toothache in one Minute. DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT Cares Cats and Wounds immediately and loaves no scar. DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT Is the best remedy for Bores In the known world. DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT Iles been used by more than a million people, and al praise it. DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT Is truly a friend In need," and every family should have It at hand. DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT Is for sale by all Druggists. Price 25 and 50 cents. RICHARDSON ct CO., Sole Proprietors, Norwich, Ct. 49-4? - For t•ale by all Dealers. [ June 23 ly 24 T HE MAGAZINE FOR, THE TIMES This popular monthly 'Magazine will be greatly I proved for 1864. It will contain ONE TIIOO:=AND PAGES OF READING! - - - FOURTEEN SPLENDID STEEL PLATES TWELVE COLORED FASHION PLATES! TWELVE COLORED BERLIN WORK PATTEBNSI TIF'?,ENTY—FOUR PAGES OF MUSIC! All this will he given for only Two Donets a year, or a dollar le. than Magazines of the class of " Peterson." Its THRILLING TALES AND NOVELETTES are the boot published anywhere. All the most popular writers are employed to write originally for "Peterson." In 1861, in addition to its usual quantity of short stories, FOUR ORIGINAL COPYRIGHT NOVELETTES will be given. by Ann S. Stephens, Ella Rudman. Frank Lee Benedict, and the Author of "The Second Life." It also publishes FASHIONS AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS. Each number, in addition to the colored plate, gives Bonnets, Cloaks and Dresses, engraved on wood Also, a pattern, from which a Dress, Mantilla, or Child's Dress can be cut out, without the aid of a mantua.maker. Also, several pag(4l of Household and other Receipts. IT IS THE BEST LADY'S MAGAZINE IN THE WORLD. Three, Five or Eight copies make a club. To every per ecu getting up a club, at the above rates, a copy of the Magazine for 1884 will be given gratis. Address, post paid. CHARLES J. PETERSON, 308 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Specimens sent gratis, when written for. nor 17 tf 46 MIS tILER. 9 S BITTERS. Below we publish another lot of certificates re ceived by B. HISHLEIL concerning the great mires effect ed by his wonderful remedial agent known as HERB BITTERS ALTOONA, Pa., Sept. 2, 1863. Dr. Whilfteid—Sir: I had been afflicted with a very severe cold on the breast for three or four weeks, and had tried different domestic and patent remedies without any benefit. From your recommendation I was Induced to try Mishler's Bitters. lam happy to say they had the desired I effect—and I am better than I have been for a long time. I have also used the Bitters fors severe Diarhom and they completely cured me. No one should be without them. 1 aro determined to have soma in the house all the time, Yours respectfully, Dr. Whitfield—Sir} This is to certify that I have been afflicted with the Rheumatism for many years, and have tried many things said to be cures without any relief. I am employed drying sand for the P. R. R , and having to be in the damp and steam nearly all the time, I was afraid that I never would get well again. One of my arms has been PO bad that I was afraid I would lose the use of it altogether; it was so weak and painful that I had to raise it with my other hand whenever I wished to change its position. The bottle of Mlahler's Herb hitters I got from you the other day, ban so much relieved me that I can now raise my arm without difficulty and it is getting ea strong es ever. From the wonderful improvement it has made in my health, I can recommend Mishier's Herb Bitters with the greatest confidence to all those afflicted with the Rheuma tism. Respectfully yours, MAXIMO!, Nov. sth, 1863. B. dfilthlev—Dear Sir: I have been selling your Bitters for a long time, and have used it myself for Neuralgia, which has entirely cured me, and my customers use Band think it to be the best Blttera they have ever heard of, on hand it the time at my Indeed it boa givenentire satisfaction in every particular. I intend to keep a full supply hotel "Washington Bowe," hlanheim. A. H. HEIST. ---- SEVEAFFEWS CHEAP BOOK STORE No. 32 NORTH QUEEN STREET 18 THE PLACH; TO PURCHASE SCHOOL BOOKS dr. SCHOOL STATIONERY. JOHN SHEAFFEB'S Cheap Cash Book Store, COMPRISING ALL RHZ irAILIOTTS READING AND SPELLING BOOKS, ABITELMETICS AND ALGEBRAS, GRAMMARS AND ETYMOLOGIES, DICTIONARIES AND meroiums, PHILOSOPHIES, La., La. COPY AND COMPOSITION BOOKS, LETTER, CAP AND NOTE PAPER, BLANK-BOOKS, SLATES, • LEAD AND SLATE PENCILS, PENS AND HOLDERS, INK, INKSTANDS, RULERS, and the best and most complete assortment of SCHOOL STATIONERY IN THE CITY. air Liberal dbiconnts made to Teac SICEAPPER'S hers and Me rchants TOEN • Cusp Om& licok Stoat, ,132 North queen artist, Lancaster. • 1140 INSURANCE BEE HIV E, N 0.6 EAST HANG STREET CLOAKS AND SHAWLS. CABBIM&BES AND b3STINGS. CASSINETS, FALL HOOP SHIRTS. Fall Styles Hoop Skirts—Balmoral, &c WENTZ BROTHERS, No. 5 East Kink Street. and Cbildruu or +a, vi ;;2t,..%411: Ept..t-Tioa' OZC. 8 :11 1 r .P 4 M."=41.175.°0'.1,, V•-.°2 ° XIZ.IsTrI A. Ig w2, 72 ;gc)_st.EAgE4o=x g.2 ,1 ---4.a.° 2 r.tg 82.ta PETERSO2I"S MAGAZI-VIC The Beet and CheapeA in the World for Ladies! DUNDRED WOOD CUTS I TRY IT FOR ONE YEAR TERMS—ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. One Copy, One Year $2.00 Three Copier, for One Year 5 00 Five Copies, for One Year 7.60 Sight Copies, for One Year ' 10.00 PREMIUMS FOR GETTING UP CLUES. JOSEPH H. BROWN ALTOONA. P• , May 1, 1863 _ pao SPHICT 17 -FOR I S 6 4, • T .Zir it WORLD-. An Independent Demoeratto Elkal•Week l 7 and Weekly Newspaper. UNION OP THE WORLD AND AEHIM. The World. to which the New York Weakly Argus has , bison united. has to-day the times the aggregate. ebernlee Lion of any Democratic or oonserratilre n . It atle dresses weekly more than 100,000 en boreal:4oo* stant purchasers. and reaches at heat WY a 101101111 readers. With the dead) increase in cdrattlattontehlekilt - now enjoys, these numbers will bedoullled bet the 118;4 January, 1861. Nothing less than this should Wit those who believe that the only hope of restoring the pike and the authority of the Constitution over a now distmeted ' and divided country, lies in wresting power from the . hands of those whose thdaticiam has helped to Invite, and prolong the war • and that to thin end, no means is so efreatireia the dtdtudon, thrones dd... and enterprising newspapers, of sound pont:Mal Intosyhthei among the working men, the thinking men, and thole - a." ing men of the North. Enterprise, industry and money will be liberally ex pended to make Tes Wane THE BEET NEWSPAPER IN AMERICA. Its news from every part of the world-will be early and authentic. Wherever the telegraph' ex tends, or railroads run, or steamboats ply, it wilt gather the latest intelligence. It has a large staff of socompllehed correspondents with all the federal armies, who will tale. graph and write to us the latest seas from the ~•11401111 Beath of war. It has coireepondenti and reporter* Wean, political and commereialcentes lb ;Atherton and whose lettertandelispetches will Mate nothing wolthy of note unknown to Its realeta. Speetal exertions 'will be used to make iti reports of the Crepe, of the Cattle, Produce, and Money markets, prehenave and &aerate. Realising that the bone and anew of the country are to be found upon its farmaSTlll in workshops, Tex WORLD will gather from every quarter in formation and Dews concerning Agriculture and manure& tures, and - will endeavor to make Ira !MRS pecultiry vela- - able to the Farmers and Mechanics of the country.. The war in which the nation is engaged against armed and infatuated rebels and the radical' policy Of ' ministration which prolongs it, have &inspired to bring logetber upon one platform all coneervatiere-UniOnloving— and Constitution loving men, of whatever Ramer name and creed. Many of those who, within the limits - of -the' Conetitution, fought the • battles of the ballot-box 'tinder the leadership of those patriotio statesmen of other end • better days, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, together with • the masses whose principles were those of such patriotism Andrew Jackson, and William L. Marcy, Silas Wright and Stephen A. Douglas, now stand shoulder to shoulder upon the same platform and under the game banner. The plat. - form is a plain one. It is to ISHIORR vas UNION, =nisi= ran CONerrITTIOII, AND INPORCS TILE LAWS. WDRLeVer makes for this end, the exercise of force or the policy of conciliation, The World will advocate; whatever snaked against It, The World will oppose. It will oppose every enemy to TH le UNION, whether armed in rebellion at the South or ineldionsly planting the imede of disunion and essential disloyalty at the North. It will oppose , every violation of THE CONSTITUTION, which Is the only hope and bend of Union, and our only authority for exhorting or compelling the allegiance of the South. It will oppose every Infraction of THE LAWS, in high places or In low, by reckless and misguided pall sane, or by the administration which has been their ex. erupts, it will fearlessly exercise the Freedom of the Press; It will constantly uphold and defend Freedom of Spessoh, and Freedom of the Ballot. To the lawless acts of the Administration, its arbitrary and unjust arrests and expatriattoos, its dental of the right to the writ of habeas corpus, its illegal proclamations, its abrogation of State and federal lawa, its despotic seeneut• halone of uogranted power, and- Its subversions of the eafe-guards of orataxn PIRSONAL mem, it will constant ly oppose the letter and spirit of our supreme law and the advocacy of sound doctrine, until American freemen shall be roused to the recovery of their rights,. their Martial, their laws, and their limited and well-balanaxl govern• meat, by the resistless decision of the ballot. Profoundly-Impressed with the desire to contribute • all that it may to the great work of this generation—namely, to restore our national unity, and to place the United Stares again foremost among the nations of theoarth, and trot In the peace, prosperity and happiness of ite people— The World seeks from those who desire such things their mpatby and support, and, above all, the favor of HIM who erewns every good work. TERMS: DAILY WORLD. Yearly subscribers by mall SEMI-WEAKLY WORLD. Single subscribers per annum. Two copies to one address, Three •• Five Ten Single enbscribers per annum. Throe copies (address on each paper) Five copies Ten copies Twenty copies (all to one addreea 25.00 Clubs of 20 and over can have the address pat on each paper for an additional charge of 10 cents each. • For every club of twenty en extra copy will be added for the getter up of the club. For every club of fifty, the Semi-Weekly; and for every club of one hundred, the Daily will be sent, when requext ed, in lieu of the extra copies of weekly. Additions to Clubs may be made at any time at mu. rates. Papers cannot be changed from one Club to another, but on request of the person ordering the Club, and on receipt of fifty cents extra, single papers will be taken from the club and sent to a separate address. All orders must be accompanied by the sash: Address THE WORLD, 35 Park Row, New York. oct 27 tf 421 2 No= 21 1 =gril N Etp= ; 14 n2i '34= / om - .1 z a - z: r ".-4Qogg: B- g g 4:1m1;:7,2457, ..i'mg.g40...ra2 1 1.2e 8 7,113..12 . 5 • , 4g rte'di ;Tgr : at l a .1 • g 4, 2. ,71 ,6311g dF 5 „4 :4 2 U 2 0 r .A.,11 C 1 petlz^me?,o ma m —° .164"2. 54 ' 4l V; '01 c.., TicttEsloolt ..4 BA Ki 2147 A N 33 W FOR THEALSIO: ZIAM THE LADY'S FRIEND A MONTHLY MAGAZINE LITERATURE AND FASHION The subscribers would beg leave to oall the attention of their friends and the public to the NEW MAGAZINE • which they are about to WWI, and the .Jarillary number of which ie nearly ready. The name will be • - THE LADY'S FRIEND, ,•• and it will be devoted to choice Literature and 'the illus. tration of the Fashion" It will also contain ;the, West patterns of Cloaks, Cape, Bonnets, Head Dresses, Fancy Work, Embroidery, An., &c 4 with Receipti, Masici. - and' , other matters interesting to ladles generally: :- TILE LADY'S FRIEND - will be edited' by Mrs. 'HENRY PETERSON, who will rely upon, the servicee in, the .., Liter ary Department, of the following UNRIVALLED mates OF WRITERS: , Mrs. Henry Wood, Mrs. M. P. Tucker, Author of "East Penny M, Raymond; Lynne," do. Rrac's H. Sheffield,.. Mary Hewitt, Kn. L. D. Sheaol Marion Harland, Caroline A. Bell, Author of" Alone," Annie Y. Heat, Mrs. .E. S. Randolph, Sophia MO, l' - _: &Poor. C. Donnelly, Harris Bryne,. C. M. Trowbridge, Mni. Z. B. Spentar, Margaret Hosmer, Mettle Dyer Britta, . Virg'a. P. Townsend, Annie Russell, N',. M. A. Denison, Miss A, L. !draw, Clara Augusta, Sara J. Rumsey, Laura J. Arter, Clara Doty, August Bell, Harr't. W. Stillman, Anna L. 0-, Minnie May, Charles Morris, Arthur-Hampton, . Helen M. Pratt, T. J. Chaiabbti, Maggio C. Rigby, Barbara Braude, , Mrs. Anna Bache, and other talented Lucinda B. Browne, writes'. • Carrie Meyer, I BANDBOX& STEAL ENGRAVING& A Handsome Steel Engraving and a Colored Steel Yeah ion Pbste will illustrate every number; Medea well exe cuted Wood Cute, illustrative of Stories, Pattern{ to., too numerous to mention. The January number will *entails a beautiful Steel Engraving, designed expressly for this Magazine by Schemata's, and' called GABBLECL-WILHIBIS'UMW. - . . . . . . This handsome Steel Plate illastreted — a .tort of love, war, and a broken engagement, by Mk. Eleanor 0. Don nelly, and will be of itse:f, we trust, worth the price of the number. A SEWING MACHINE GRATIBI We .111 give to any person lending thirty subseriptions , to THE LADY'S FRIEND and Sixty Dollar; one of - ., WHEELER & WILSON'S CELEBRATED SEWING - MA • CHINES, such as they sell for Forty.Pive Dollars. .The Machines will be selected new at the inaritifactOrj in'Nent York, boxed, and forwarded free of coat, - with• the , thap tion of freight. In procuring subscribers for this Premium; we prefer that the thirty entnicribere should be proctored at.the regu lar terms of Two Dollars for each, but where this eannot• be done, they may be procured atrour club rates, and the balance of Slaty Dollars forwarded to us in cash 'by the person desiring the machine.. The ltiagasinf Will be sakt4 I to different Post..oolcee, if desired. Every person collect ing names should send them with the- money as fast ritt . ' obtained, so that the subscribers may begin at - Quake° re-•:, calve their Magazine., and not become klissithded 'With the delay. When the whole number of-names -(thirty).; and whole amount of money (Sixty Dollars), is recediVale the machine will be duly forwarded. • • , HUGH bIULLOY Our terms will be the same as those for that well known weekly paper, THIS SATURDAY EVENING POST, pub. — lhhed by ns for the last seventeen years—in order that the clubs may be made up of the paper and magezine ann. Jointly, where It is so desired—end Will be as ltdlowan i. CASH IN ADVANCE. 1 copy, one year, 2 copies, one year, 4 copies, one year, • 6:00 1 8 copies, and one to getter up of club,— 12.00 20 copies, and , one to getter up .ta.2/3.00 One copy each of THE LADY'S FRIE.I'M and - SATUR. DAY EVENING P05T,.... • ...—. d.OO war- Single numbers oITHRLADY'WEELIND (eostage, paid by as) 20 cents. , war The matter in The Lady's Friend Will alweys ba different from that in The Past. •• • .• .• I I !1.1 Subscribers in British North America mud remit twelve cents in addition to the annual' subscription; is% Wis Bate to prepay the U. FL postage on their zesgaOtton; - - - DBAQON k P11M1481304 N 0.319 V7alcit4 St; Pt/4Mo. Aar Specimen nomboro wilLbleod=ttOtol writte ll or) to pools" t:lsoirotue NO. 61. WEEKLY WORLD.' 1;13311 MEER 3.00 6.00 T.OO 12.00 25.60
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