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Special attention given to collecting claims against the Government lor Bounty, Back Pay and Pensions. Office with E. B. Parsons. Esq. June 12, 1866. CUD WARD OVERTON Jr., Attor iJney at Law, Towanda, Pa. Office in Mon auyes Block, over Frost's Store July 13,1865. JOHN N. CALIF F, ATTORNEY tJ AT LAW, Towanda. Pa. Also, Govern ment Agent for the collection of Pensions, Back Pay and Bounty. No charge unless successful. Office over the Post Office and News Room. Dec. I, 1864. OD SIILES, M. D., Physician and • Surgeon. would announce to the people ot Rome Borough and vicinity, that he has perma uently locate at the place formerly occupied by Dr. G W.Stone, for the practice of bis p ofes sion. Particular attention given to the treat ment of women and children, as also to the prac tice of operative and minor surgery. Oct. 2,'66. DR. PRATT has removed to State street, (first above B. S. Russe': A Go's Bank). Persons Irom a distance desirous ! eon ulting bim, wiii be most likely to find him on Saturuay it each week. Especial attention will be given to surgical cases, and the extraction of teeth. Gas or Ether administered when desired. July 18, 1866. D. S. PRATT, M. D. Doctor chas. f. paine.—oi lice in GORE'S Drug Store, Towanda, Pa. Calls promptly attended to at all hours. Towanda, November 28, 1866. MEEKS—auctioneer. -Li All letters addressed to him at Sugar Run, Bradford Co. Pa., will receive prompt attention. I FRANCIS E. POST, Painter, Tow anda, Pa, with 10 years experience, is con ttdent he can give the best satisfaction in Paint ing, Graining, Staining, Glazing, Papering, Ac. *S"Particular attention paid to Jobbing in the country. April 9, 1866. J J. NE W ELL, COUNTY SURVEYOR, Oiweli, Bradford Co., Pa,, will promptly attend to all business in his line. Particular attention given to running and establishing old ordispu ed lines. Also to surveying ot all uupattented lauds as soon as warrants are obtained, my 17 W" HERSEY WATKINS, Notary • Public is prepared to take Depo-i --ons. Acknowledge 'he Execution of Deeds, Mortgages, Power ot Attorney, and all other instruments. Affidavits and other pipers may be sworn to betore me. Office opposite the Banking House of B. S. Russell A Co., a few doors north of the Ward House. Towanda, Pa.. Jan. 14, 1867. Dentistry. RFLWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERI- X ENCE IN DENTISTRY. J. S. SMITH, M. D., would respectfully inform the inhabitants of Bradford Connty that he is nnanantly located in Waverly, N. Y., where be has been in the practice of his profession for the past lour years. He would say that from his ag and successful practice of 25 years duration he is familiar with all the different styles of work i ,ne in any and all Dental establishments in Ty 01 country, and is better prepared than any >ther Dental operator in the vicinity to do work •he best adapted to the many and different cases that present themselves oftentimes to the Dentist, as he understands the art ot making his own artificial teeth, and has facilities tor doing the same. To those requiring under seta ot teeth he would eaii attention to his new kind of work which consists ot porcelain tor both plate and teeth, and terming a continuous gam. It is more durable, more natural in appearance, and much better adapted to the gum than any other kind oi work. Those in need of the same are invited to rail and examine specimens. Teeth Shed to last for years and ottent mes for lite.— Cklorofoim, ether, and ' Nitrous oxide'' admin istered with perfect salety, as over tour hundred patients within the last four years can testify. 1 will be in Towanda from the lath to 30ib of every month, at the office of VV. K. TAYLOR, (formerly occupied by Dr. O. H. Woodruff. )Hav tug made arrangements with Mr. Taylor. 1 am prepared to do all work in the very best style, at his office. Nov. 27, 1N65. |)R. H. WESTON, DENTIST U Office in Patton's Block, over Gore's D ng and Chemical S'.ors. Ijan66 WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA. O Main Street, near the Court House. C. T. SMITH, Proprietor. u, t. *, IbdS. AMERICAN HOT EL, TOWANDA, PA., Having purchased this well known Hotel on Bndge Street, 1 have refurnished and refitted with every convenience for the accomwoda n of all who may patronize me. No pains will • spared to make all pleasant and agreeable. May 3.'66.—tf. J. S. PATTERSON, Prop. NY DER HOUSE, a four story brick - edifice near the depot,with large airy rooms, •■Giant parlors, newly furnished, has a recess in new addition for Ladies use, and is the most ; nv-nient ami only first class hoiel at Waverly. 1 • It is the principal office tor stages south aUI - express. Also tor sale ot Western Tickets, | anj.in Canada, on Grand Trunk Rail-way. Fare Detroit from Buffalo, ST, is cheaper than any •ther route. A ppiy for tickets ,<s above to C. WARFORD. W stabling and care of Horses at reasonable i rate*. _Jg**erly N. V . Oct. 2 ft. W j PINE ASSORTMENT OF PRAY •*- ER Book at the NEWS ROOM ' E. O. GOODBICH, Publisher. VOLUME XXVII. LIFE. "Perfect through suffering."—PAUL. Must I suffer ere my spirit Shall attain its highest goal ? Opens there no smoother pathway To the upward struggling sonl ? No—like seed that througu thick darkness Gropes its way above the sod, So this: soul of mine must ever Struggle through the dark to God! Light sntempered pales the Blossom, Suns unclouded blight the Grain- So the love that's winged with Wisdom Calls His clouds and gives them Bain. I, a plant in God's great Garden, Grain within His guarded Field, Need I not. as well as Sunshine, Bain to make me thrive and yield ? In the Day. the great Earth wearies, Sickens 'neath the burning Sun ; In the Night she rallies nobly, Till her strength is all re-won. Dews fresh ■ i rop from Nature's chalice, Cool and quicken all her powers. Fit her for another morrow's Struggle through the sultry hours. In the Light my soul grows sickly, Sluggish, faint—until, at length In the Dark how strong it struggles. Battling for its bartered strength! Tears, like dews, refresh and hallow All its powers for noble strife, Fit and nerve it for another Upward effort into Life. Life is Toil—he lives, he only, Who, amid his daily cares, Sees a mighty End upspringing, Like choice Wheat among the Tares. He who Patience gleans from Trial, Strength from Struggle, Hope from Pain, He twice lives—on Earth—in Heaven— He who lives once, lives again! THE MODEL WIFE. ONCE on a time there was a man whose name was Gudbrand ; he had a farm which iay far, far away upou a hill side, and so they called him Gudbrand on trie Hill side. Now, you must know this ruan and his good wife lived so happily togeth er, and understood one another so well, that all the husband did, the wife thought so well done there was nothing like it in the world and she was always glad whenever he turned his hand to. The farm was their own land, aud they had a hundred dollars lying at the bottom of their large chest, aud two cows together up iu a stall in their farm yard. So his wife one day said to him : "Do you know, dear, I think we ought to take one of the cows into town and sell it; tout's what I think; for then we shall have some money in hand, and such well-to-do people as we ought to have money like the rest of the world. As for the huud red dollars at the bottom of the chest yonder,we can't make a hole in them, aud I'm sure I don't know what we want with more than one cow. Be sides, we shall gain a little iu anoth er way, for then I shall get off with only looking after one cow, instead of having, as now. to feed and litter and water two." Well, Gudbrand thought his wife talked right good sense, so he set off at ouce with the cow on his way to town to sell her ; but when he got to town there was no one who would buy her. " Well, well! never mind," said Gudbrand, "at the worst I can only go back home again with my cow.— I've both stable and tether for her, 1 should think, uud the road is no fur tuer out than in and with that he began to toddle home with his cow. But when he had gone a bit of the way, a man met him with a horse to sell, so Gudbrand thought 'twas bet ter to have a horse than a cow, so he swopped with the man. A little fur ther on he met a man walking along and driving a fat pig before him, and he thought it better to have a fat pig than a horse, so he swopped with the man. After that he went a little fur ther, and a man met him with a goat; so he thought it better to have a goat than a pig,and he swopped with the man that owned the goat. Then he went on a bit till he met a man who had a sheep, and he swopped with the man, for he thought it al ways better to have a sheep than a goat. After a while he met a man with a goose, and he swopped away the sheep for the goose ; and when he had walked a long, long time, he met a man with a cock, and he swop ped with him, for he thought in this wise : " 'Tis surely better to have a cock than a goose." Then he went on till the day was far spent, and he began to get very hungry, so he sold the cock for a shil ling, and bought food with the mon ey, for thought Gudbrand on the Hill side : " 'Tis always better to save one's life than to have a cock." After that he went toward home till he reached his nearest neighbor's house, where he turned in. "Well," said the owner of the house, "how did things go with you iu town ?" " Rather so so," said Gudbrand, I can't praise my luck, nor do I blame it either," and with that he told the whole story fiom first to last. " Ah !" said his friend, " you'll get nicely hauled over the coals, that one can see, when you get home to your wife. Heaven help you ; I wouldn't stand in your shoes lor someohing." " Well !" said Gudbrand on the Hill-side, "I think things might have gone much worse with me; but now, whether I have done wrong or not, I have too kind a good wife, she never has a word to say against anything that I do." "Oh I" answered his neighbor, " I hear what you say,but I uou't believe it for all that." " Shall we lay a bet upon it ?" ask ed Gudbrand on the Hill-side. "I have a hundred dollars at the bottom of my chest at home ; will yon lay as many against them ?" Yes, the friend was ready to bet ; so Gudbrand stayed there till even ing, when it began to get pretty dark, and then they went together to hi* house, and the neighbor was to stand outside the door and listen while the man went to see his wife. "Good evening!" said Gudbrand on the Hill side. " Good evening !" said the good wife. "Oh! is that you? now God be praised forever !" Yes, it was he. So the wife asked how things had gone with him to town. " Oh ! only so so," answered Gud brand ; " not much to brag of. When I got to the town there was no one who would buy the cow, so you must know I swopped it away for a horse." "For a horse," said his wife; "well, that is good of you ; thanks with all my heart. We are so well-to-do that we may drive to church, just as well as other people ; and if we choose to keep a horse we have a right to get one, 1 should think. So run out,child, and put up the horse." "Ah !" said Gudbrand, " but you see I've not got the horse after all; for when I got a bit farther on the road I swopped it away for a pig." " Think of that now," said his wife, "you do just as 1 should have done myself; a thousand thanks. Now I can have a bit of bacon in the house to set before people when they come to see me, that 1 can ! What do we want of a horse ? People would only say we had got so proud that we couldn't walk to church. Go out child, and put the pig iu the stye." " But I've not got the pig, either," said Gudbrand ; "for wheu I got a little farther on I swopped it away for a milch goat." "Biessus," cried the wife, "how well you manage everything ! Now I think it over,what should I do with a pig ? People would ouly poiut at us and say, " Yonder they eat up all ! they have got." No ! now I have got I a goat, and 1 shall have milk and | cheese, and keep the goat too. Run out, child, and put up the goat." " Nay, but I haveu't got tne goat 1 either," said GudOraud ; for a little farther ou I swopped it away, and got j a fiue sheep instead." " You don't say so 1" cried his wife, " why you do everything to please me, just as il I had been with you ; what do we want of a goat ? if 1 had it I should lose half my time in climb- 1 iug up the hills to get it down. No ! if I have a sheep I shall have both wool and clothing, and fresh meat in the house. Run out, child, and put 1 up?the sheep." " But I havn't got the sheep any j more than the rest," said Gudbrand ; j " for when I bad gone a bit farthei I j swopped it for a goose." "Thank you, thank you, with ail my heart !" cried his wife ; what i should I do with a sheep, I have no spinning wheel or carding comb, nor | should I care to worry myself with cutting and shapiug, and sewing clothes now,as we have always done; and now I shall have roast goose, which I have longed for so often ; and besides down to stuff my little pillow with. Run out, child, and put up the goose." "Ah!" said Gudbrand; "but 1 have not got the goose either, for when I had gone a bit farther I swop ped it away for a cock." '• Dear me 1" cried his wife, " how you think of everything ! just as I should have done myself. A cock ! think of that ! Why it's as good as an eight day clock,and we sh ill be able, to stir our stumps iu good time.— What should we do with a goose ? I don't know how to cook it ; and as for my pillow, I can stuff it with cot ton grass. Run out, child, and put j up the cock." " But, after all, I haven't got the j cock," said Gudbrand ; "for when I j had gone a bit farther I got as hun- I gry as a hunter, so I was forced to sell the cock for a shilling, i< r fear I ' should starve." "Now God be praised that you did so ?" criea his wife ; " whatever you do, you do it always just after my own heart. What should we do with the cock ? We are our own masters, I should think, and can lie a-bed in the morning as long as we like.— Heaven be thanked that I have got you safe back again ; you who do everything so well that I want neith er cock nor goose ; neither pigs nor kiue." Then Gudbrand opened the door, and said : " Well, what do you say now ? Have I won the hundred dollars ?" and his neighbor was forced to allow that he had.— Popular Tales from the Norse. RATS AT CAlßO. —Cairo, 111., if we are to believe the Democrat of that place, is a ratty city. The other eve ning, it says, a stranger arrived, and was astonished to see droves ot rats passing across the walks before him. Wherever he went he saw rats — great fat fellows, with nimble feet and bright eyes. Finally he took a friend by the arm, aud walked aside with him in a very mysterious man ner, said : "Have you seen any rats this evening ?" "Thousands of them," said his friend. The stranger's face brightened iu an instant. "It's all right said he ; "you see, the truth is, I've been drinking like a fish late ly, and when I saw so many rats I was fearful they were creatures of my imagination, and not bona fide rats ; iu short, I was afraid that I had deliriums. You have taken a weight from my mind ; let us drink." A Cow BSLLK —a pretty milkmaid. TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., MARCH 21,1867. WHEN YOU'RE DOWN. What legions of friends always bless us When golden sncoess lights our way! How they smile as they softly address nil, So cordial, good-humored and gay. But ah! when the sun of prosperity Hath set, then how quickly they frown, And cry out in tones of severity, " Kick the man: don't you see he's down?" What though, when you knew not a sorrow, i'ou're heart wa open as day, And your triends when they wanted to bor row, Y'ou obliged and ne'er asked them to 'pay.' What though a soul you ne'er slighted, As you wandered about through the town. Your friends become very near-sighted, And don't seem to see when you're down. Wheu you're •' up" you ere loudly exalted, Aud traders all sing out your praise ; When you're down you have greatly de faulted, And th' y "really don t fancy your ways." You're style was "tip top" when you'd money. So sings every sucker and clown ; But now it's extremely funny,— Things-hove altered because you are down. O, give me a heart that forever Is free from this world's selfish rust, And the soul whose high nobie endeavor Is to raise fallen men from the dust. And when in adversity's ocean, A v ictim is likely to drown. All hail to the friend whose devotion Will lift a man up when he's down. THE PRISONERS' ADVENTURE- A STOBY OF WYOMING VALLEY. ONE evening in December, 1789, George I'. Ransom, James Butterfield, aud John Brown, all young men, paid a visit to the house of a friend near the Wyoming Valley, for the purpose of spending an hour or two iu the so ciety of three young ladies. Ransom, although less than twenty years of age, had already made his mark in his country's history. He, in com pany with others, reached the scene of the famous Wyoming massacre of 1778, shortly after the Indians had withdrawn. Among' the dead and mangled, one of the first forms that he discovered was that of his beloved father, who had commanded a company iu battle, aud whose name is engrav ed on the celebrated Wyoming mon ument. Young Ransom had joined Sulli van's army,was in the battle of New ton, and on the occasion of which we speak, was absent on furlough. The three young men were cordially re ceived by the young ladies—as is generally the case on similar - cca sions—and all was proceeding as merrily as several marriage bells, when three thundering knocks start led them all. Young Ransom knew immediately the meaning of this. By some means the enemy had gained knowledge of his whereabouts, and had come to take him and his friends prisoners. They instantly looked round for some way to escape, but ou going to the windows, they found them guarded, and before they could hit 011 any expedient, the door was burst open aud a ban lof Tories and ludians swarmed in. The whole party were made priso ners and immediately hurried up the mountain, the captors apprehending an attempt at rescue from the fort at Wilkes-Barre, which was but a short distance away. Before the arrange ments for the night were concluded, the young ladies were released and shortly alter all three came into the fort. Here the alarm gun was in stantly fired, but the only good it ac complished was to apprise young- Ransom and his friends that the girls were with their friends Before the party lay down for the night, oue of the Tories told Ransom, in a most emphatic manner,that if one of the prisoners should effect his es cape, the others should most certain ly be put to death. In the middle of the night, when all but himself were asleep, Randall succeeded in unloos ing his bonds, and could have darted away in the bushes without the pos sibility of re-capture. But he had uo reason to doubt that his escape would be fatal to his companions, and he, therefore, re-tied his things, resolved to share the fate of his companions, in captivity. The next morning was bitterly cold and tempestuous, aud the prisouers were nearly starved. But they were loaded down with packs, ami com pelled to plod onward until Tioga Point was reached when an old horse was slaughtered,and they fared sump tuously so long as it lasted. The destination was Niagara, the head-quarters of the leading ludiau tribes. Before reaching this point, a large body of Indian families was en countered, and young Ransom was told that he must undergo the de lightful ceremony of "whipping."— He was thus singled out as a target for special indignities, as he was in the uniform of the continental army, and was thus known to be an active enemy. Ransom was seated on a log, and told that he might dodge the flows as much as he pleased ; but that in case he left the log he should be put to death. The chief was the first who, muttering some unintelligible jargon, gave him a blow, the queen did likewise, and then came some thing over forty Indians, followed in turn by about as many squaws and a horde of children, who showed the venom of vipers. As each was allow ed to strike but one blow, Ransom's adroitness enabled him to avoid near ly all of them. It was nearly two w. - ks later that the prisoners reached Niagara. Here they were removed to " Prisoners' Is land," in the St. Lawrence, forty-five miles above Montreal, where there were a hundred and sixty-six Ameri can prisoners. They were guarded by Tories belonging to Sir John John REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANT QUARTER When night came they resumed their journey, searching along the bank for some canoe in which to cross the SI. Lawrence to the Ameri can side. They, finally, discovered one but ii was so faithfully guarded by two ferocious dogs that they were unable to appropriate it. Passiug on, they came upon two little bark canoes, which they speedily confis cated, and made their way to the oth er shore. They now directed their course toward the head of Lake C'hamplain. Their bread was soaked aud spoil ed but they managed to secure their meat aud salt. On this the three men lived for seven days,concealing them selves during the day-time and trav eling at night. For over a week, their way led tiiern through an im mense swamp, during which time they weie compelled to drink water as filthy as it is possible to imagine, aud live upon snakes and frogs.— They, finally, became so weakened and worn down, that one of their number gave out entirely, and insist ed on lying down to die. The others told him if he did they would slice up his body aud eat it. This dread ful threat spurred him onward,but he finally, became feverish, and mani festly couid go 110 further. Most for tunately, at this juncture, they reach ed a spring of pure, ice-cold water. The sick man took a long draught aud lay down beside it. Finding it impossible to arouse him, the others gathered a piie of wood, caught a quantity of frogs and snakes, and building a booth over him, bade him farewell. Rausont and his companion,by this this time were nearly used up, and they advanced with faltering steps. On the fourteenth day they discover ed two old horses, which at first thought, they decided to kill for their beef; but a few minutes consultation decided them to mount and give them free rein, allowing them to go where they pleased, in the belief that they would convey them to some hu man habitation. The disposition of the animals, at first, was emphatical ly against going at all; bnt this was overcome in the usual manner, and, to their delight, they speedily fetched up at the residence of a genial-heart ed, old lady who took them in, fed them very sparingly at first, and, af ter several days, sent them on their way, like giants refreshed with new wine. At last they reached Poultney, in Vermont, where Ransom made his home for a time with an uncle. About three weeks alter this who should make his appearance but the man they had left to die by the spring in the great swamp. Rest, nourishment of the frogs, and the pure cold water, had sustained him, until his system rallied, when he concluded to post pan • his death for the present.and re sumed his journey. When he had fairly recovered, Geo. P. Ransom rejoined the army at West Point, rising to the rank of colonel, and remained with it until the con clusion of the war, when he settled in Wyoming, where he died 1850, in the ninetieth year of his age. A LADY wrote with a diamond on a pane of glass : " God did at first make man upright; but he—" To which a gentleman added : " Most surely had continued so; but she—" A SAILOR at the theatre said he supposed the dancing girls wore their dress es at half mast as a mark of respect to de parted modesty. THE oldest deaf and dumb asylum is the world—the grave. son's regiment. The commanding of ficer was a Scotch youth, who was a regular Dick Turner—if it be possi ble for nature to produce in a centu ry, two such monsters as this devil of Libby. He heaped all manner of in dignities upon the prisoners, except to shoot them when they came to the windows to get a mouthful of air. This rigorous treatment was grad ually relaxed, however; and when spring came, Ransom and his two fellow prisoners were allowed to make gardens for themselves. It was while thus employed that they cou ceived the idea of attempting to es fcape to the American shore by means of a raft. They lashed together all the sticks and wood they could lay their hands'on, burying the main portion in the sand, and leaving such parts to protrude as would give the appearance of sticks placed there to make the boundary of the garden beds They managed to secure some bread, pork, aud salt, and on the Bth of June, 1781, just as night was clos ing in, they unearthed their raft, and committed themselves to the treach erous St. Lawrence. They were hardly free from shore when the alarm-gnu of the fort boomed out with terrible distinctness, and the fu gitives knew their escape had been discovered. The current of the river was o powerful that >l was almost impossi ble to control their crazy structure, added to which, they found its mate rials were too slight, and it was set tling in the water. It was soon eighteen inches below the surface, when they were barely able to keep afloat and maintain their places ou it. That was a long and perilous night to the fugitives. It seemed impossi ble to avoid being wrecked and drowned,or to land where they would be re-captured by the British soldiers or Indians. At daybreak they ef fected a landing 011 the Canada side but when they attempted to walk they found it impossible. Their low er liinbs. from resting motionless in the icy current, all night, were as if they were leaiiydead, and they were compelled < • crawl to the bushes, where,by switching themselves smart ly, and vigorously rubbing, they at length, succeeded in restoring anima tion. INSIDE OF A CHILIAN SILVER MINE. A Lima correspondent thus des cribes a visit to a silver mine in Chi li : The principal mine is called "El Piqne," and belongs to Mr. Urme nota, who lives in Santiago. A des cription of this one will suffice for all in general, and will give an approxi mate idea of how our copper is ob tained. After rambling about the vicinity of the mines a couple ot days, 1 put myself in the hands of the manager, Mr. Charles Green, ol Providence, Rhode Island, and went down into the bowels of the earth. Before starting we arrayed oursel ves iu miners' costume, a dress that would create a sensation in Broad way, and were provided with well filled lamps, swinging on the ends of rods about three feet long. The en trance to the mine is on the parapet formed by slicing down a part of the steep hill side, and on which are the residence of the manager and the machinery and shops of the estab lishment. Entering a tunuel about seven feet high, aud extending into the heart of the mountain, we soon came to a large, arched chamber, in which are the boilers and engines for hoisting ores. Following the inunel three huudred and fifty yards, we came to the main shaft and de scended oy means of ladders down through the various galleries, or lev els, at the extremity of which miners were at work, until we reached the bottom of the mine, over one thous and f 1 perpendicularly under ground. Here we traveled through various tong passages, in some of which it was necessary to creep on hands and knees. The air was cool and sweet, owing to the excellent arrangements for ventilation, and most of the passages were perfectly dry. Water is found in some of the shafts, but not in quantities sufficient to interfere with the work. It was Loped that more water would have been discovered, as it would prove a auxiliary in reducing the ores. As we passed along the chambers we met men and boys stripped to a breech cloth, carrying rawhide bags |of ores to the hoisting shafts,and oc casionally the dull report of the blast would rumble through the mines like distant heavy thunder. In some places the ores were so rich that they glistened in the light of the lamps, and seemed to realise the tales of the wonderful caverns filled with gems. Over four hours were spent : in the mine, although we did not go through one-third of the passages— . there being over ten miles of galler ! ies already open in good working order. The ascent was very tire some, the legs inclining to Jgive out after climbing two or three hundred feet of ladders. Generally visitors to the mine are lamed for a few days, and in some instances individuals have been laid up for a week, suffer ing acute pain in the muscles of the thighs. The ores upon being brought to the mouth of the mine, are picked over by women and boys, and passed through powerful crushers that re duce them to fiue particles In this shape they are washed by machin ery. for the purpose of removing all < reign substances, and transported in carts and on pack mules to the coast tor shipment abroad. Very few of the miners in Chili undertake the crushing and washing process, but transport their ores to the near est smelting furnaces. At the Tain ay .mines the poorer ores aud the refuse after washing the metals are all saved to be smelted when the railroad is opened and coal can be brought to the spot at a reasonable expense Y orTH FFI, PATRI OTIS M. —Everybody has heard of the Irish urchin who was thrashed by his father for attending a Native American meeting, and af terwards informed a companion that "he didn't so much care about being whipped if it hadn't been done by a foreigner." The Rev Dr. Thomas tells the following story of his expe rience with a little shaver of his own. 1 had a little son of about four years old, a very bright and promising fel low During my temporary absence f rom home his mother read to him the story of the Revolutionary War. The little fellow treasured up the narra tives of the battlefield until his youth ful patriotism was kindled to a flame. I returned home late in the evening, and while at breakfast the next morn ing he came and seated himself in si lence. He withheld the familiar wel come—the customary kiss. Evident ly his mind was engrossed with some teiug. He sat brooding L ver his top ic for a few moments,and then,turning to me, he said, "Father, are you Brit ish ?" "My son," said I, "I had the good or bad fortune to be born in England, but, like the Irishman, I was brought over here so early I be came a native." "Well sir," said he, his childish face all aglow, and shak ing his little fisl at me, "we whipped yon once, and we can do it again 1" YOUNG AMERICA SURPRISED —One of our friends was recently blessed by an addition to his household, which came "like a thief in the night. The next morning the happy father took his four-year-old boy to the upper room, to see the little brother, who, having never pursued Oatlin's work —"Keep Your Mouth Shut," —was quietly eujoying his morning nap with his little mouth open. All were quietly watching the elder brother, and desirous to catch his first obser vation With eyes firmly fixed at the new comer, and with a counte nance showing trouble within,after a few moments of silence, he defiantly exclaimed, "I should like to know who pulled out the baby's teeth." LEARNING is wealth to the poor, an honor to the rich, aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged. 02 per Annum, in Advance. Copper is one of the primitive metals, aud with the exception of iron and tin it is the lightest of them, aud except iron it is the hardest. It alloys readily with gold and silver. It is often found in native alloy with the latter metal. Pure copper in mass is hard and sonorous, but is not so hard but that it can be cut with a knife. Its hardness is increased by hammering or by rolling into sheets and by drawing into wires. By re peating the process the metal be comes quite brittle, but its malleabil ity may be featured by annealing. This is dune by heating it and plung ing it into coid water ; the reverse operation of annealing iron or steel When the soft mettle is broken the fracture is red, shining, and grauu lar, and if the metal is very soft it presents a crystaline appearance; but when the metal is hard the frac ture presents a lightish red, silky, and fibrous appearance. Of heat it is an excellent conduct or, and if we take gold at 1000, the heat conducting power of copper is 898. It is an excellent conductor of electricity, and if we take its conduc ting power of 100, gold will be about 80 and iron about 18. Copper is used largely iu the arts and for industrial purposes ; all gold and silver coinage is alloyed with it, and it is the preponderating agent in all yellow alloyed metals. It is also employed to a certain extent in the white alloyed metals, such as specu lum metal, bell and Babbitt metal, Britannia metal and German silver. It is also used as a basis of all coroj pound metals where a sonorious quality is sought for. Copper and tin, both soft metals, become very hard when alloyed in certain propor tions, and zinc and copper make the alloy of soft brass. Copper is large ly infused through the organic as well as inorganic nature,and although we know its saltß to be poisonous, both to animal as well as vegetable life, it has sometimes been found in so great quantities in the common oyster as to be detrimental to health. It is also found in mussels, crabs, snails, iu the ashes of plants, and even in the blood of man. The most brilliant green paints are a compound of copper with other sub stances, and other combinations pro duce valuable blue colors. It is also largely used in enamel-work and col or-making. With sulphur and sni phurates of definite composition ; ni tric acid will rapidly dissolve it, with the evolution of nitric oxyd,which,by coming into contact witb the atmo sphere, will be converted into the violet colored fumes of nitrous acid. In concentrated sulphuric acid, by application of heat sulphurious acid gas is evolved, and the production is sulphate of copper With excess of air, niuratic acid dissolves it, but quite slowly. Strong solutions of the alkalies,as they contain no atmosphe ric air,have no action on copper ; but weak solutions, especially of amnio uia, with access of air, rapidly dis solve it. The solutions of copper are either given or purple in color : the solution of ammonia is remarkable for its deep purple color. The green color of the pickles we see upon our tables is often due to a solution of copper contained in the acid in which the vegetables are prepared. The oxyde of copper obtained by neutralization with alkalies from so lutions in acid, may be obtained in pure metalic form by passing a vol ume of hydrogen over them in a close tube and exposed to heat. The ox yds will be decomposed with a heat below redness, and the production will be metallic copper and water; it may also be obtained by putting iron or zinc into solutions of it in acid.— Copper in solution will exist as a salt of the protoxyd.and if a piece of clean iron be immersed in it it becomes coated with it, if the solution be not too dilute with the metallic copper. The iron wire of commerce that we see coated with a film of copper is immersed in a bath of sulphate of copper dissolved in water — Amairan Artisan. OCCUPATlON. —Occupation ! What a glorious thing it is for a human heart 1 Those who work hard seldom yield themselves up to a fancied or real sorrow. When grief sits down, folds its hand, and mournfully feeds upon its own tears, weaving the dim shadows that a little exertion might sweep away into a funeral pall, the strong spirit is shorn of its might, and sorrow becomes our master.— When troubles flow upon you dark and heavy, toil not with the waves— wrestle not with the torrent—rather seek by occupation to divert the dark waters that threaten to overwhelm you in a thousand channels with the duties of life always present. Before you dream of it, those waters will fer tilize the present, and give birth to fresh flowers, ihat they may brighten the future—flowers that will become pure and holy in the sunshine which which penetrates the path of duty.— Grief, after all, is but a selfish feel ing, and most selfish is he who yields himself to the indulgence of any pas sion that brings no joy to his iellow men. A good story is told ola rus tic youth and a buxom country girl, who sat facing each other at a husk ing party. The youth, smitten with the charms of the beautiful maiden, only ventured a sly look and now and then touched Patty's foot under the table. The girl, determined to make the youth express what he appeared so warmly to feel, bore these advan ces a little while in silence, when she cried out, "Look here ; if you love me, why don't you say so ; but don't dirty my stockings." THAT which was bitter to endure may be sweet to remember. NUMBER 42. OOPPEB. FUN, FAOTS.AND FACETIJE. DIN SKB for nothing is very good fun, but you can t say as much of nothing for dinner. WHEN is butter like Irish children!' When it is made into little IVt*. MARRIAGE changes the cui rent of A man's feelings. It also changes his cur rency THERE is a current belief that a wolf is never so dangerous as when he feels sheepish. WHY are painful toes and an oak similar in origin ? Because they both spring from a-com. WHY are milkmen like Pharaoh's daughter ? Because they find a littlo profit in the water. WHAT axles on a railroad train are most likely to be broken ? The Under axles, of course. "I HAVE not loved lightly," A* the fellow said when he married a widow weigh ing three hundred pounds. EAST TENNESSEE has a tombstone whereon is inscribed the following epitaph " She lived a life of virtue, and died of the cholera-morbus, caused by eating green fruit, in the full hope of a blessed immortal ity, at the early age of twenty-four. Header, go thou and do likewise.' CUT a dog's tail short, and he can't wag it. " Brevity is the soul ol wit," but not of waggery. ADVERSITY has ever been considci ed as the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself—particu larly being free from flatterers. WHY canot a deaf man be legally convicted ? Because it is not lawful to con demn a man without R hearing. WHY talk about not sleeping A wink, when people in their sleep never wink? NATURE, when she makes a beauti ful head, is often so absorbed with admira tion of her own work that she forgets the brains. HE who pokes his nose in every where will sometimes poke it between 'a thumb and fore-finger. FACTS should always be stated in black aud white. Any thing writte iin red ink, of course is ink-red-ible. WHICH is the strongest day of the seven ? Sunday,because the others are week days. IF a man's wife is well bred, he won't need any but-her WHAT IS the greatest virtue in A sea captain ? Wreeklessness. WHY is a kiss like a rumor? Be cause it goes from mouth to mouth. THIRTEEN objections were once giv en by a young lady for declining a match— the first twelve being the suitor's twelve children, and the thirteenth the suitor him - self. PUNCH says women first resorted to tight lacing to prove to men how well they could bear tight squeezing. TESTIMONY is like an arrow shot from a long-bow ; the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. ARGUMENT is like an arrow from a cross bow, which has equal force, though shot by a child. TIME, patience, and industry are the three grand masters of the world. LITTLE Sallie was teaching her younger brother the Lord's Prayer. They went on smoothly till they arrived at '• give us our daily bread." "No, no, Sissy—we want cake!" and he refused to proceed until the desired amend ment was made. " MY Good Fellow," said one man to another, clapping him on the shoulder "you are one of the men we read of!" • How so?" inquired the other, "where did you read of me ?" '' In the police report A TEACHER of vocal music ask- d an old lady if her grandson had any eitr fot music. " Wa'al,' said the old woman, "I rahly don't no : won't you just take the candle and see ?" J. B. WAS a stingy old creature, eager lor money; but he was a zealous mem ber of a church, and ostentatious in his re ligions exercises. ••John," said Catherine te her brother, "What could have made that stingy old wretch a Christian " can tell you," said John "horead that tV streets of the New Jerusalem is paved with gold, and he is determined to get there." THE road ambition travels is too narrow for friendship, too crooked for low, too rugged tor honesty, and too dark for science. A YOUNG top about starting d to New Orleans proposed to purchase a li> preserver. " Oh, you'll not want it, sug gested the clerk, "bags of wind won t sink. A FELLOW married a term again who drove him to desperation and finally .< death, just before dying, he request- d a friend to have the following inscription up on bis tomb; "Slain by a jaw-bone." FLATTERY s ; ts in the parlor, while plain dealing is kicked out of doors. 'THEM'S 'EM.'' —We often hem ot remarkable cases of "absence t>i mind." Here is one equal to anything we have seen lately. The man was doubtless a very interesting head of the family. "I say cap'n," said a little keen eyed man, as he laiided from the Bteamboal Potomac at Natchez. T say cap'n, this here ain't all." "That's all the baggage you bro'i on board, sir," repiied the captain "Well, see now, I grant it all uk according, to list—four boxes, three chests, two ban'-boxes, a port-manty two hams—one part cut—three roju of inyon and a tea kettle ; but you see,cap'n I atn dubersom,l feel there's something short. Though I've coun ted 'em nine times, and never to i* my eyes off'cm while on board,then '.-, somethiu' not right somehow " "Well, stranger, the time is up ; there is all 1 know of ; so bring your wife and five children out of the cab in, and we are off." "Them's 'era, darn it ; them's 'em ! I know'd I'd forgot something." WHO IS THE DOTARD ?— Sir Isaac Newton wrote a commentary upon the Prophet Daniel, and another up n the Book of Revelations ; in one ul which he said that, in order to fulfill certain prophesies before a certain date was terminated—l26o days, or prophetic years, of Daniel there would be a mode of traveling discov ered cf which the men of his time had no conception ; nay, that the knowledge of maukind would be so increased, that they would be able to travel at the rate of titty miles an hour! The infidel Voltaire got hold of this, and soeeringly said : "V look at that mighty miud of Newton, who discovered gravity,and told such marvels for us to admire When he became au old man, got in his dotage, he began to study that book cult'. I the Bible ; and it seems that, in or der to credit its fabulous nonsense, we must believe that the knowledge of mankind will so increase, that we shall be able to travel at the rate of fifty miles an hour 1" " Poor do tard 1" exclaimed the philosophic in fidel, in the self-complacency of his | profound ignorance.
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