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finea l are &iota's% IKR tA.ES pir line
,for;
first insertiomi, and m 1 Darn peklism'for
subsevtiait bilargotta.," 130elal Dello" in
serted before Marriages MI Deathly will
be °Weed ithiemiill adiripor lino for each
insertiog. All MolutiOns of *Wagons ;
communisations' of limited "Or Imikaidvad
interest and riotiees of pintos , or Dea t h s
exoeading line ' s, an charged xis cross
per line. •
1 Yeas. 6, ma, n [no.
One Ooinnui,. ' 3100 $l3O $lO
Half 4, 60' 35 25
One : —JO •
BstrallaititiOn; Lost'un ls d Vinitt; andothe k r
advertisements, net ,exceedize_lo lines,
three - weedui; or less,. .. . . 50
Administrator's % Ezeiniter's Notitee'.'.2 00
Auditor's ..Notioes • 2 50
Business Cards; live lines, (per year)..s 00
Merchant* and otheravadvartidng their
6niinesai, Rill bo, charge W..
be entitled to .4 poltimni coif* 44 6 8-
L T to their basineee, with priTllege ofrartek.:
jarAdvbrun4g all wear =dm, of
anbicrlptiOn to the paper.
JOB PRINTING ofd everyfkind, In Plain
and Fancy calm,: dons witl} neatness and
Hanah4gum , wßilol Pain '
phlets, /ca, of aTerysiri4yandstyle t ,prin-
Lod at itte.elioryast A..bexce
Ortas • hos juatlean repatted mith Timer
Preseo; and every thing- is the !Outing
inc can be executed in the most' artistic .
manner and at 41 9 I6weat rates. =BMA
1141VAIIIABLY dihd: f 7 t
garbs.
fItORGE D: 14ONTANYE; AT-
N.X TORNEY AT LAW—Office corner of
Main and Pine streets, opposite Porter's Drug
Store.
MISS E. H. BATES, M. D.
111 (OradnaTo of Woman's Medical College,
Philadelphia, Chas 1854.] Office and reildenee
No. 11 Park street Owego. Particular atten
tion given to Diseases - of •Women. Patients
visited at their homes if requested.
May 28, 1868
\iv T. DAVIES, Attorney at Law,
• Towanda, Pa. Once with W. .
tins, Esq. Partici:Liar attention pai , to. Or.
phaus' Coact business and .settlem • of dem
dents estates.
E R CUR & MORROW,_ Attorneys
zu. at Law, Towanda, Pcnn'a,
The undersigned haVing associated themselves
:+•gether in the practice of Law, caw their pro.
!c-isional services to the public. a -
ULYSSES MERCUII P. L. - MORROW.
March 9,1885.
pATRICK & PECK, .ATropartTs AT.
Liw. Offices :—ln Patton Block,Towanda,
•Patrick's block, Athena, Pa. They may be
niultcd at either place.
n. R. PATRICK, apll3
B. McKEAN, ATTORNEY &
• COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Towan
da, Pa. Particular attention paid to buldnesa
in the Orphans' Court. July 20, 1866.
HENRYPEET, Attorney at Law;
11 Miran* Pa. jun 27, 66.
1. 4 1 1) WARD 0 V I ERTON Jr., Attor-
EJn ey at Law, Towanda, Pa. Office in the
~ ,o urt }louse. .July 13,1865.
TOIIN W. MIX; ATTORNEY•AT
L 4 W, Tuwar da, Bradford Co. Pa.
General iamurauce and Real &tate agent.—
Bounties and Pensions collected. N. B.—All
huhinets in the Orph.tn . Court attended to
promptly and with care. Office !demur's new
block nut!' aide Public Square. 0ct.24, '67.
JOHN N. CALIFF, ATTORNEY
AT LA IV, Towanda, Pa. Particular at
tention,given to Orphans' Court business, Con
veyancing and Collections.
w Office at the Registei's and - Recorder's
ttice—no, th of Court ilouse. Dec. IL, 1864.
14 P. KIMBALL, Licensed Auc6
1 1.• tionoer, Pottensville, Bradford Co.. Pa.
tenders his services to the public. Satisfaction
goarsnteed, or no pay! required. AU orders oy
mail, addressed as shore, 'rill receive prompt
attention. ' • Oct. 2,1867.-6 m
DR. O. P. GODF Y, PaysiciAN
AND SPROHON, has p , rmanently located
at Wyalusing, where be Will be i toned stall
times. apl.lB'6B.Gm.*
DR. T. B. JOHNSON, TOWANDA,
Pa.. Having permanently located, offers
his proles=lonal services to the public. Calls
promptly attended to in or, oat of town. Office
with J. DeWitt on Main stmet. Residence at
Mrs. Humphrey's on Second Street.
April 16, 1668,
W HERSEY WATKINS, Notes*
V • Publii is prCpared to take Deposi
tions, Acknowledge the Execution of Deeds,
Mortgages, Power: , of Attorney, and all other
instruments. Affidavits and other pipers may
Le sworn to before me.
Office with G. D. liontanye, corner Main and
Pine Streets. Towanda. Pai, Jan, 14, INT.
I . pARSONS & CARNOCHAN, A
A TORNEYB AT LAW, Troy, Bradford Co.
Practice In all the Courts of the county. Col
c LLiOus mode and promptly remitted.
E. B. PALIMONB, dl2 W. n. CIARNOCIIIAN.
! I R. PRATT has removed to State
gtmet, ((frit above B. S. Rowell it 'Co's
). Persons, from a distance desirous of con
him. will be most likely to Ind him on
Si• -d.,y )f each week. Especial attention will
De eurglcal caies,and the extraction of
.as or Ether administered when desired.
.1•1:5 IR, 066. D. S. PRATT, M. D.
\R. H. WESTON, DENTIST.
05.:e in Pattou'a mock. over Gore's Drug
Clonni..al Story. Ijan6B •
DRS. T. F. &. WM. A. MADILL,
AIND SURGEONS,
flier And residence' 1, Wysca. P. Dr. T. F.
3 Jill eaute consulted at Gore's Drag B tote
in Towanda, every Saturday. Dr. Wm. A.
Madill will give especial attention to diseases
of the Eye, Ear, Thro.it and Long.', hltving
maie a speciality of the above diseases *for the
( ight years.
T. P. MADILL, 31. 13. Sr M. A. liA1)11,1...
1 June 11.1868
pit ENJ. M. PEIIK, ArroßN EY AT LAW,
Towanda, Pa. All bislness intrusted to
1,12 care will receive. prouipt attention. Office
in the office lately occupied by Alere,or A: !Sor
row, s.. , uth of Ward House, up stairs.
Jaly 16,1665.
DRS. MASON A: ELY, Physicians
¢ Snrgemn.—Otlice on Pine street, To-
ands, at the residence of Dr. Macon.
Partitzlar cite:4l , m given to diseases of Wo
., a, and diseases of Eye, Ear and Throit.
11AI.ON, L. D. DistilVl" OLIVER ELT, II D.
Alrai 9 1.469.
[ 4 I . I.APD MEEKS-AUCTIONEER.
.L.:4 'All letters addressed to him at Sugar Ilan,
Cradfm Co. Pa., will veelre prompt ttention.
fiIp.ANCIS E. POST, Paintir,
aoda, Pa, with 10 years eerienze. le con•
• :eta he can give the best astisaetint Is Paint-
G rain 1 lig, Staining, Glazing. Papering,..tc.
Wlr'Partioular attention paid to Jobbing in the
April 9, 1866._
K. VAUGHAN—Architect and
t 1 • Bvitder.--All kinds of Architectural de
, izne foruished. Ornamental work, In Stone,
tr,u .and Wood. Office on Main street, over
P..—cutc Cci.'s Bank. Attention given to Bui
,al Architecture, inch aslaying out of grounds,
1867.—1 y.
N E W•E L - •
•
UOUNTY SURVEYOR?
G r 4-0% Bradford Co.. Pa„ will promptly attend
t b:sinessin his line. Putdoular attention
r-r-tc to running and establishing 'old Or Map
-1 ' :17C3. Also to surveying of all unpatteated
al soon as warrants are obtained. myl7
___
F. B. FORD—Licensed Avcciom6',,
TOWANDA, PA.,
Will attest/promptly to all business .entrnsted
to htm. Charges moderate. 'Feb, IS, 1688.
WB. KELLY, Dentist. tOffide
over Wickham Zs Black's; Towands,Pa.
Ail the rarluas styles' of work scientilically
tioac au l warranted. Particular attention- is
cAI:el to the Ali minam Base for Artificial
Teeth. which is equally as good as Gold and
tar stTeries to either 'Rubber or Barer. Please
C4l and examine specimens. _
Ch!oroform or Ethe' r •administered under di
rertion of a Physician when desired.
Aug. 6, 1867,—Lf.
t ) HAL ESTATE" AGENCY.
H. a. LicKEAST, BBAL MATH AGENTi
. o:Ters the fellowlag 'Parma, Coal and Tiinber
•..
Lance tor sate :
Fine Timber lot, S tilts from ITowsrids,r
t!litg 63 acres. Price $1,325.
.Farm in Asylum ; cent:Lining 135 acres. Good
ulinge. Grrider a flee, state cultiraticrn.
ii,mtly improved; - Price 40,000.
Para. in Went Itarlington—on! the Creek.--
Nrs house and barn. Under s fine state bt eul
91 acres. Price 35,430.
11 , .;:rs in Frankll 1. Alt under good califs's
'. Good buildintr. For sale cheap.
Screral Teri datable Howes and Lots in
Towanda.
largo tract of a . /LOsids in Ttoga county.
Toirauda, July 18, 1'67. -
E. O. GECOODIIICI3,9
VOLUME XXIX.-
WARD ROUSE, _TOWANDA, P.A.
0.0 !lain Stireet, nearitie Court House.
0f.t.8. 1866. C. T. SMITH. Proprietor
.A ‘ ll. ,fE.O
TOWANDA, PA.,' .
"Having purchased this well known Hotel oa
Bridge Street, I have refurnished and refitted
It with every conrenienoe for the noonnuaodo.
tion of all who majpatroalse me. No. will
be spared to make all pleasant and
Nay 3,'66.—U. J. S. PATTEIIIBO6I.
.•
piwzida T
_OWANDA, .
PA.,
. 11 4,
JOHN O. WILSON. , •
ilaTing leased this Hoye. lanow eadr:to se
tommodate the Travelling public. Ne pains
nor expense will be quid to glee eatirfactboti
to those weo may give him a call.
W North Mae of the public name, east.of
Nercur's new block [now imildlne].
pUBLIC DRAY.
The enkscriber havingpurchased the DRAY
formerly owned by 0. W. De NM. respectfully
informs the public that he is4marW to do all
kinds of woth in hislthe and will attend promp
tly to all orders. Household goods =Sully
handled. Charges reasonable. 2 .
• 0. B. worm
Towanda, June 1,1868.
•
MYRRS' MILLI_
Myer, Foster & Co., will deliver Flour. Feed,
Meal, Graham Flour, orz air th rd iag else in their
line In any pa t of .the . .
' Customers will find anOrder Book at the
store of Fox. Stevens, Mansur 1 All or
left in said book will be promptly Co.. nen d•
ed to.
Any inquiries in regard to Grinding, or 'other
business of. the Mill, entered in Bald Book, will
be answered.
MYER, FOSTER & CO.
Tcnrands, June It, 1868.—M
SZOLONON COOPER-LHae remov
'ed from the Ward Howe and has opened a
, SHAVING AND HAIR DRESSING HA6OON
Two doors south of the Natkinal Hotel, and
adjoining Patton's Block, ou Main Street, in
the basement. This shop is open constantly
from 6 a. m., to 9 p. m , to accommodate all
that will favor him with a call. Two expert.
enced'workmen in this saloon, always. ready to
wait on customers in a satisfactory manner.—
Gents and Ladies Hale Cutting lathe latest
fashionable style. Hamra honed and set ready
for use and warra .ted to snit. Ornamental
Hair Work. Switches, Waterfalls, sad Curls,
made to order. • Wigs made and repaired.
Tovranda. Aug, 18, 1868.—U.
CIEEM2
THE
lII4DERSIGNED HAVE
opened a Banking Bonne 'in Towanda, un
der the name c. O. P. ii&BON & CO.
They are prepared to draw Bills - of Ex-.
change, and make collections in New York,
Philadelphia, and all portions 'of the United
States, as also England,Germany, akd France.
To Roan money, receive deceits , and to do a
general Banking business.
G. F. Mason was one of the late firm of
Laporte, k son a. Co., of Towanda, Pe., and
his knowit ge of the baldness men of Bradford
and adjoln.og Tounties,and having been in the
banking business for about fifteen years. make
this house e desirable one,' thrbrigh which to
make collections.
G. F. AIABON,
Towanda, Oct. 1, 1R66. A. -O.:MASON.
B RADFORD COIII4J-TY
SEAL ESTATE AGENCY.
H. B. McKEAN, ItsAVEsmia Mawr
Valuable Parma, Mill Properties, Oft,' and
Town Lots for sale.
Parties having property for sale will find it
to their advantage by , eaving a description of
the same. with terms of rale at this agency, as
parties are constantly enquiring for farms &ell
H. B. McKEAN,
Beal Estate Agent.
Office Hontanye's Block, Towanda!, Pa..
Jan. 29, 1867.
lIARDING & SMALLEY,
Having entered into a co-partnership for the
transaction of. the PHOTOGRAPHIC business,,
at the rooms forinerly- occupied by Wood and
Harding, would respectfully call the attention
of the public to several styles of Pictures which
we make specialties, u : Solar Photographs,
Plain, Penciled and Colored, Opaltypea, Porce
lain Picturesaec., which we claim for dourness
and brilliancy of tone and Artistic finish, can
not be excelled. We invite all to examine them
.as well as the more common kinds of Portraits
which we' make, knowing full well that they
will bear the closest Inspection. eltila Gallery
claims the highest reputation for good work of
any in this section of country, and' we are do
tal:deed by a strict attention to business and
the superior quality of our work, tq not only
retain but. increase its very enviable'sudtetian.
We keep constantly on hand theshest variety
of Frames and at lower prices than at any other
establishment i 4 town: , Also -l'assepartouts
Card frames, Card Easels, HolmOs' !Meru
scopes, Stereoscopic Vies, and everything else
of importance patainlog to the business. Give
us an early mfl,
N.B.—Sew Printing for the trade on the
most reasonable terms. D. HARDING,
Aug. 29, '67. F. SHA LLEY.
CARD.—Dr. VAxnusurat has ob
-41. License, u required, iof the
Goodyear Vulcinate Company, to Vulcanize
Rubber as a base for Antacid -Teeth, and has
now a good selection of those beautiful carted
Block:Teeth, and a superior article of Black
English Rubber; which will enable him to sup
ply ail •those in want or sbts of , teeth, with
those unsurpassed for beauty and`ivittanstap.
*fancy. Filling, Cleaning, Correnting Irreg
ularities, Extracting, and all operations be
longing to the Sumical Department skillfully
pmformedi` °bolded& aftlnistered for the
extraction of 'Teeth when desired, an Wide
being used` , foe the purposS •In which he bss
perfect confidence, having'administered it with
the most_plessing results during a practice of
fourteen years.
Being very grateful to the public (Or their
liberal patronage heretofore received, he would
say that by strict attention'to the wants of his
patients, he would continue to merit their COD•
fidence and approbation. ' Office in Beidiamaii 7 s
Block, opposite the Means House, Towand.i,
'PS: : Dec. 20; )867.-3m.
fjIWENTY-FIVE YFeARS EXPERI
-11 IN DENTISTRY.
J.S. Sinn, ii. D..irould rapeetfally inform
the inhabitants of Bradford Comity that he is
permanently located in „ Towanda, Pan - Bs
would sullost from his long and successful
meth* Of TWENTY-FIVE YEARS duration
he is familiar with all the dillarent styles of
work done in any and all Dental Establishments
in city or country, and is - better prepared than
any other Dental operator in the vicinityto.do
work the best adaptedlo the many and diftbrett
eases that present themielves Oftentimes to the
Dentist, as he understands the - art of making his
own artificial teeth, and bee facilities for doing
the same. To those requiring under sets of
teeth be would call attention to his new kind of
work which consists of porcelain for both plate
and teeth, and forming.a continnotur gum. ill, is
more dnieble, more' natural in , co, and
much better adapted to the gam a say other
kind of work. Those in mod of theeine are
invited to call 'and examine Speelmensi Teeth
filled to last for years and oftentimes for life.—.
Chloroform, Ether, and ' Nitrous :Oxide " ad.
ministered with perfect safety, as over fourimn
dred path:eta within the laskionr years l
oar tel.
tify
Office in Patton's Block. ' Jap. 2.1,1868.
OARRIAGES I ; .'CARRWIES H
BURLINGTON emattiGF. E4P01111311
The stdscriber would tiforni his I friends and
the' public generally, that he has now on band,
and to prepared is bald to order,
.OPEN AND TOP DITOGYS,
,•• - • • .
Democrat and Lumber -14#/go' .'reduced
prices.. L have- enlarged toy shop,ilky adding a
superior Paint and Varnish room.; The Mar
iam deparsmeote are under, the chluto of r
FIT CLASS MECHANICS:
. -
I lioulajnrona the RUM' that 1 **Te l secured
the services Mir. J.em: W. TUNISON, formerly
of Waverly, wbo Ms chap of the Painting
Department, we are noir preps Mid to do all
kinds of Painting, ka just ',mired the
largest inc best selected - reck of palatiand
=slams fora brotightinto: the , connly. Ord
ere solicited and all work Ararnalled. Repair
Mg done on-the most reasonable terms'
11017711a7R iroBl3llllGi.
- April 25, 186&— . gm*. - -
(9101 OR TOBACCO ANVOIGARS
NJ it Dramhall • Calvdel Arep Stort•
earbo.
SPECIAL NOTICE
' - .."i' - ffitlidtt.. , loittl.:
IfUndEICADO " PATH.
1
It leads, in many.. tangled curve,
Throng!' rim* fen out yieldinginosnes,
.4. 4 *.A n!abill t rankilad rook F
On - itir s ipitig atonal thilirtsok it &own ;
It Circles in inul
Ali7bV4Yi
Beneath the bush mattangled grasses.
*l ,
With many s gmonfUl'soocrp and hollow;
And runs away, an bars*own feet,
The faster. as you faatin folks! I • •
It_sweepa,along,the failkAr ridge,
' In ecnialea eddying arrow and narrows,
And, swooping in and rains:4l6lg out, , ,
'lt frights ea wee bran breasted spar:
rows.
It eau away with dainty I
Through spongy h and sandy ail-
And dons th• gay
V.
To brighten up Us batn fellows ;
It brsids th Icing-cup's gulden bells,
Like stars, amid its foisting tresses,
And, circling in and circling, out,
It dies at last men its mums,
;J ; i ctUa eaus.
.111111YEITIERIES or lIIILVEB MAG.
•
- A gentleman. in liyko City, Neva.
da, writes to the Cincinnati Commeru
dal as follows: '
The reduction oflsilver ore is - a
heavy znannfacturluic business, re
quires extensive Mid complicated
machinery and appliances, and 'rath
er more than the usual proportion of,
skilled labor. Step Iwith me, if you
care to see an illustration, into the
new and complete' mill of the Hoko
Company, at this place, and watch
the ore turn, in due process, to bars
of bullion.
Outside is a small hill of ore trans
ported by wagon '(it a cost of from
four to six dollars a ton) from the
mines, ten miles distant. The ore is
simply a haul quartz, infiltrated with
various metals. Unless the ore is
very rich,..,yon can heldom di-co ver,
even-by aid of a glass, any of the
minute particles `of silver. Some
ore looks like gray limestone. Thd
Pahranagat ore is almost prismatic,
being spotted yellow( by decomposed
lead, bine by copper, brownish red
by iron, and dark leald color or black
by silver.• The ore is cart ied in ox
hide buckets. to the 'crushing-room,
where it is weighed and registered.
Then it is poured out in the stamp
room, where a man with a long•hand
led shovel feeds it under the stamps.
The tell stamps are simply upright
iron hammers, weighing 650 pounds
each. Their provincil is to crush the
ore into a dust as fide as flour. The
dust cannot escape tom the stamps
until it flies through ieves in a pow
der Bp minute as to be almost impel
pable to the touch. A ton of ore can
be sufficiently crushed in two and
one-third hours.
The next step is to "roast" your
fint;, powder, (or "pulp;" am it is call
ed,)' in order to burn,np all the base
metal in it except silver, gold, and
copper. The "roasters" are ordinary
ovens, like those used for baking
bread, except thattrie flames are ad
mitted to the chartiber where the
pulverized ore is deimited.' Work
men, tailed " roaster s" also, (paid six
dollars a day). stir; the duet with
long-handled shoves, keeping up a
cherry-red heat. Each of the five
furnaces has a capacity for half a ton
of dust, and the tithe- consumed in
roasting the pulp is nix hours. It is
very hard work, and td some extent
rendered unwholesome by the vapor
of,abtimony and otit noiions fumes.
Your dust, when tho oughly roasted,
contains nothing but gold, silver„and
copper, in powdere,d quartz. The
othei• metals have been destroyed—
their destruption havfing been effect
ed byfire and large quantities of salt
thrown into ehlorOdize them.
The roasted duet s raked out on
the opposite side of the &made and
conveyed into the' amalgamating
pane, or large tub/ filled with hot
water, where it is further ground by
a sort of iron fan-wheel, and where
five pounds of quicksilver are thrown
in for every pound of silver you es
timate your-ore , to contain. 14,uick
silver, will take up ,one-fiftti in its
own weight -of precious 'nobtals.—r
The union made, tbe[amalgam of the
two metals sink to the pottom of the
tub, and the quartz4powder runs off
in a muddy rill from a n orifice above.
Neat the amalga m is taken from
the bottom of the tbs' and Strained
through canvas bags, in order
rid it of any superfinotu3 quicksilver.
Thevamalgam; afteri i this straining, is
five parts quicksilvr and one part
silver. It looks an d feels like a ail-.
berg sortof wet, White sand. The
amalgam is now ready for the "amal
gamator," the most important artizan
about the mill, and the one who gen
erally 'has ,charge# both mill and
workmen. - He places , the , itmalgam
in a furnace of his dwn, and builds
a fire hot enough to j send the quick
silver off in a vapor, leaving a real
duninsof silver. ,%le.flying vapor is
condensed - in wiiter. -and returned to
its original form of quicksitver,ready
to be used
• again, havin,g lost but one
per cent of its bulk. The silvers left
in the retort looks like rusty. chips of
ragged.inetali - iand is Oasything but
precious in appearance.. •
The process of casting the silver
bar (usual weight Jibont eighty-five
Pounds) ill simple el:lough, The sil•
ver *chips are , plawd in allack-lead
mold, melted, and come out a bar
silver, or rather a bar about 800 parte
silver and 200 parts copper. Such
is the bullion of emfimerce, and such
a bar is 'worth from $l,OOO to $l,BOO
in coin. The copper is taken out . at`
the mints in - such ]a manner as to
save it. - r .
Well, here is or _wagon up in
„.
Silver Canon ; - a _ utiful mountain'
ravine, covered th shaggy ever
t:,
green trees, decked with a profusion ,
of late flowers, and iinclaa on three,
sides by lofty hills, two of which'sze'
shot with :immense silverAide&l--
About twenty Irwin,' houses straggle
up and down the ciincn. The miners
call the little , yillsge "a camp? . and
here they live w,-n at work. There
is.aifte, I- , . ~ saloon, and a
boutlhigleuse; '' . other Arno.
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, P 4, AUGUST 27, 1.868.
tares are hate for living and lodging
in. The miner pays fourteen'
dollars
a-week for meatand drink, butAas
Pacific coast notions - about sleeping
facilities. Board icexpensive. His
bed he litakell.fise of 'Was Alome
lint, with. his' double Califoinlamsde
'-blanket'(the best" and cheapest in
America) for couch and covering.-a-
The miner insists on having the best
to cat aad drink that can be procured,
but IS ready to sleep anywhere. ,He
receives arx dollars a day, which is
thirty4Latdollara .is week (miners
keep_ Sunday, but' mills dein). and
which is very nearly $2,000, a year;
Board dear, but all other :necessary
expesditares small. lie . ought to lay
up money., -
Bat he ra.iin extravagant fellow—
interrupti the monotony of ilia . lone
ly vocation with costly sprees and
periodic iliesipations. He works
hard for. a monllt that he may scatter
money with - a - free hand for three
days and piano into the excitement
of drunken -fellowship. There are
many exceptions,
but such is the Ne
vada miner - ixrr esrampte. Gambling
is a favorite "recreation" of the -ma- .
jority. .They tell,:nie- here - thit
average of three 'stool-pigeons and
pimps live off each miner. He hews
the solid rock, and they, informally
and under the mask of good-fellow
ship, reap his wages. The miner, it
is said, has a passion for buying
things, and can be tempted to pur
chase any article he has no tide for,
no matter what, cradle truss or
apple-bearer, He never cheats his
boarding-house keeper, nor fails to
befriend a deserving comrade. Yet
lavish as he is with his money, he is
a deterinined stickler for-.the very
highest wages and the .uttermost
farthing of his earnings. Though
net organized in a "trades' union,"
the miners are just as active, unani
mous, and bitter iu their strikes as
if each were sworn to band to;ether
and resist the -demands of capital.—
They are very,. intelligent for , the
most part, thoroughly independent
in their deportment, and in studying
their traits and character, it is ' easy
to comprehend why California capt
talista 'have not yet dared to. employ
Chinamen in the mines. The battle
between dear and swaggering labor
and cheap and submissive labor has
yet to be fought on the Pacific coast..
What the result of the contest. will
be hi easily enough prefigured ; but
the American miner, with his six
dollars a day, that, associated with
his reckless and prodigal behavior;
does him more harm than- goxl, will
wage the savagest war .he can
against the serried columns of im
migration that already press him
heavily from two sides. If he could
but be persuaded to save his surplus
earnings, he could be a capitalist
himself, by the time• the six-dollar
laborer is deposed ; and, in that case,
no one would bo a stouter champion
than himself for "two dollars a day
and find your own rice."
The air in Silver Canon is delici me.
Its temperature is several degrees
cooler than the valley where ,flyko
City is built j and the mosquito abideth
not here. "Why didn't they build
the town here ?" you ask, "and the
'nil!, too, for then the wood and ore
need not be transported ten miles."
The answer is monosyllabic—,"Wa
ter" Silver Canon has neither spring,
well, pool, not even an occasional
dew. A mill demands abundance of
water, and so does Hyko or any oth
er - city. All the water that Silver
Canon consumes is brought up by
'Wagon and pack-mule, and sells at
ten cents a gallon. If, in the course
of opening the mines, an adequate
supply of- water is reached, I ancy
that the City of Hyko, mills and all,
will come tumbling up to Silver Can
on for reconstruction and rehabita
tion. Then,' instead of a hot little
valley town, Hyko will-be one of the
pleasantest ; cleanest, coolest and
most uodiquitSless mountain cities
in the w,orld,deeerving to be a water
ing-place as well as mining metro- .
polis.
Nearly thirty choice men are now
employed in the shells and tunnels of
the Hyko mines. They get to work
by climbing a mountain eight hun
dred feet high. Just think of open
ing a day's labor in , Cincinnati with
a preliminary ascent of three of your
highest steeples. These miners per
alike, but they gain in girth of longs
what they t lose in fat. I will, not
undertake to describe the net-wort of
holee they are making in the moun
tains around Silver Canon, , in search
of th 6 precioni metal that unques
tionatly abounds there. But if you
-watc them borinip blasting, and
chiseling their way into solid orb and
rock,'inch by inch, and stroke by
atroke,'yeur duly informed stockhol
der would say to himself, "this is a
vast operation and may yield vast
results,but not to morrow. The mine
that is worth a million to-day, by the
E s 4 imille_decrease in the cost of• opera
ting it, will be worth two millions
.five years hence. There's a handsome
profit on my money. We cannot
now profitably work ore worth less
than fifty dollars, besides which, our
process, wastes all the metals except
the precious ones and a little copper
that can't•be conveniently destroyed.
In Ger Many large profits are made
by working seven-dollar mine.ral, and
siting every grain of all the metals
in their ore. Silver \ mining - on this
continent \ in.its infancy, and we are
all tryhit to make a man of our
American mining baby before it has
a completeset of teeth."
A. Ferns Suss.—"Mise - Nippers,
do you believe, in a future state?"
asked Rev. Mr. Seekwell, at .a sqw
4ing circle the other 004 as the two
sat in the comer—Miss N. having
just finished an embroidered flannel
waistcoat to be sent to the- Bareside
Indians, in the favoff Lower Down
Islands.
"Deer me I Seekwell, how can ,
yen mrppolie \ believe in anything,
else ? I wouldn't live a single Woman
all my life for the whole I‘iorld I" was,
the innocent reply.
Mr. Seekwell was observed _to
itrieese her right hand very decided
ky,ind inuned=cted a bene
diction to diet , Mies Simms
didn't have to go alone_ that
mach.
Tali
ad died him* reoord—Time
Mart \
::i*, '- axi, 'a*
ma of mt zunsijrn itaira
If I hid kuoWn as ninth, abort the
notate of - the bnites whei . I took
of the elephant Tippo Sultan
now,
money would ,have
tempted meto go.near the aniaisti-6
It was many years ago, with the,-.Old
Columbia Menagerie. ' I :had _belie
travelling but a few weeks, and was
perfectly inexperienced-in -the busi
ness, haling been hirOiell a canvas,
'Wirer. JO thow in Exeter, New
Hampshire, on - that day. ..The bag !
gage 'wagons had come through from
the' previous stand, and the cages
were shortly expected,. when Mr.
Ilitus, one of the
,proprietors, drove
furionslyepon the ground where we
were engaged in putting. up the Can ,
vas, as the tennis called, and inform•
ed the mei that ;the elephant , Was
loose on the • rind, and had nearly
killed his keeper. All hands at once
piled into .& couple of four-horse wag
gon., and taking whatevererticlei in
the way, of ropee,eto., that were likely
to be useful, we started: to capture
the beast—stopping; by the way,
,at
a hotel for a supply of pitchforks, - A
short distance Out of town we met
the elephant's keeper, Ned Harkness,
with his arm in a sling, on his way
into the village.
Harkness had been Tippo's keeper
for five years,and every one supposed
be had the animal lundee complete
controle. It seems , that Harkness
had been given a new horse to ride
in place of the one he had been using,
Tippo had appeared to conceive
an antipathy to the animal from the
first. He bad , acted very sulky and
irritable all the way through, and at
last, on being speared pretty, eharply,
had turned upon the keeper with all
the fury imaginable. The horse shied,
throwing Harkness into the ditch,
dislocating his shoulder, and then
ran away, pursued by the elePhant,
which almost immediately overtook
and killed him. Tippo then started
in pursuit of Harkness, who had in
the meantime taken to a_dertsemood,
where he was enable to elide him : ;
but, failing to discover the man, re
turned to the carcass of the slain
horse, and tore the lifeless body into
fragments, after which he turned up
a lane, and pommenced browsiog on
some trees.'
Just at iliat time Mr. Miles came
along in his buggy, and seeing what
had occurred, went back and stopped
the cages. Then he came on to Ex
eter for - assistance. As he passed
the lane old Tippo sallied out after
him ; but Milne had fast trotters
harnessed in his buggy,and managed
to keep well shoed, cautioning every
body he met or overtook to clear the
road, and give the lephant a wide
bent!, After followi g Mr. Milne two
or three miles the e ephant became
blown, and turned into a field in
which there was a small grove, and
lay down to rest, while 3, Mr. Miles
came down to Exeter.
Mr. Mifus wished Harkness to re
turn with us, and undertake the sub
jugation of the animal,bnt he peremp
torfirrefused to have anything more
to do with hint. Ho said that he had
been Tippo's mutter for five years,
and so long as ho was his master it
was all - right. Bat the - elephant had
got the best of 'him on this occasion,
and would hever forget - it- and
though he might submit himself tem
porarily to him, he would be liable to
to turn upon him , again at, any mo
ment. In f short, if he took him in
charge again, the animal would be
almost certain to kill him, sooner or
late*, and he would run no such risk.
He said a newkeeper, however, would
have no such disadvantages to con
tendiagainst, and once subdued, the
elephant might go on - for years with
out giving any farther trouble.
Finding that Harkness was deter
mined in his 'porpoise, we went on
without him, and soon came in sight
of the huge brute, who stood in the
field, &Short distance from 'the road,
ploughing up the earth with his
tusks; throwing clouds of dirt in the I
air, I and' occasionally trumpeting in a
most ferocious manner. His small
eyes'appeared blood red, and shone
like coals of fire ; his enormous eats
were ..flapping wickedly, and he
swayed his body to and fro with an
impatient, surging motion, as if he
was undecided whether to make a
charge' upon us or not. A colossal,
angry monster,he presented a fearful
sight to look npon,and was in reality,
as d tigerons as hie; appearance was
terrible. 1
N'Was
ow a council of \ sr s was held in
relation to the best meansof bringing
old Tippo under subjection. . The fint
thing to be done was to select 's new
keeper ; and I felt eXceedingly elSted
when Mr.:Milne offered the new posi
tion. KnoWing nothing at all in re
gard to the disposition of elephSwla r
inexperienced and foolhardy, I. hnd
no idea of the danger attending the
situation, and it was probably for
this very*reason that Mr. Milne
pitched upon me to flli It. Indeed; I
was'about to advsnoe on the enem
single-banded, when I was checked,
and informed that it, would be time
enough foil me to assume authority
over the 'animal when he should
I afterward learned _that an ele.
pliant that has been rebellions, when
he acknowledges himself - conquered,
will, quietly accept whoever takes
him in charge at the time as his keep.
er, but willow , no one else to as
sume autho r over him. Therefore,
it was necessary to have a person
ready to assume control over hip the
moMent thatthe animal was brought
to'resson. . - ,
. ,
• The 'first thing done was to turn
our horses headetowards the village,
110\fle to be in readiness for aietreat,
should on become The n
we separated into * parties,
Which approached the elephant from
different points, so as to attract Ids
attention. Tippo started 1-several
tunes with hostile demonstratiozui
towards one other'of these Parties,
who at once retreatedA bat,. after
following them a short distance gave
up the pursuit, - and returned to the
spot. where, we first dimwitted him.
After a while he ceased to notice
'them, Unless 'they came, very new
him. Then we took a long 0-rups,
and, stationhweeveral as at either
in to walk maid blot
from directions, b*cto
en
Li/ feet Id* the
nix
Tippo rie too ; _wary e,- and. of
woo" the:rope_louched,ls. fed,
'ay wiled* stepped, over ItOilom
pletely baffling intentions-- •
Ne.Xilus- proposed I plan
which worked suicesefully. There
wawaimi is Wes;-Itatile
in the elephant; and-we cel
drivinglim still okiatie - tolhets:Vben
40 ogled tbnikilgtelplrde, this we
used•os, one ((the cientreppolesof the
tent, into and mold:wane end
fast to the guprope, rolled it , andel
the :elephant between.-bie fere and
hind- legs, so that s perky on ?Abe oth
erolde could.driw **tope *Oder the
animal without totiohlautiniie This
done, therope was raised "Oddball;
and carried back,catching the anithal
jail above the knees of the hind leg*
(any elephint has knees on, ill four
legs,) and ,it urinecloinitibaced
backing until be brought op against
one of *allows, when ,the men, with
great lopidity, commenced running
Inccircle and 'soon hail his hind
legs lashed fast bathe tree. -As soon
as the men canick,round with the rope,
Tippo stepped bier it with his fore
legs, which aided the successful exe
cution of the mankeivre. -
After the animal was- made fast, to
the txee,it was an easy matter to get
ropes around his fore . legs, and' we
soon had his tusks lashed down to
them, so that he could scarcely move
his heed at all, and then be, was at
our mercy . Now the battle com
menced in earnest-; the men assailed
him from every side with pitchforks,
sticks, Ond Whatever other weapons
they were able to lay their hands on.
The huge beast groaned acid strop
gled,frightfully ; bat he-wis too se
curely hampered to anny — mischic4-
and we punished him Onmerciiully.
for over an hour—it seemed like an
age—we worked at the old fellow,
who heaved and strained in his effort;
to get loose until it, seemed • as if he
would certainly burst his fastenings
asunder, while the blood flowed in a
dozen streams from, the wounds inifici
ted upon him, and still he showed no
signs of submispion.
At last, after a unusually vigorous
sinslaught, Tippo eciddenly ceased his
efforts to , break loose, east Lis eye
piteously around the circle of his
tormentora,and Commenced bellowing
and. whistling through his trunk in a
manner 'which expressed his desire
to make an unconditional surrender
as plainly as words could have done.
By Mr. Milus's directions we instant
ly discontinued Or attack, and I at
once loosened his fastenings and set
him free. After 1, i few hurried instruct.
Cons from Mr. thts,l'started the
elephant toward the town, having
been furnished
spear used for di
movements; and
readily as if he
care fur years. A
I chained him by
stake driven int
poie. I gave h
and, by way of
punishment he h.
tie of rem to sol
which attentions
most amicable a
imaginable.
As soon as Ti
cared for, Mr. Mt!
side and gave m
regard to the pro'
antma!, with di
and general care'
that my only sire,
ing the creature 1
I must meet the .1
disobedience wi
punishment.
stories about the
pliant for his Mel
that he could be
The taught sea.
words,probably
that were used
and which allele
understand ; an 01
effect, I found th
be quite intelligi
After
I practiced him
gettipg up, and
that he had bee
standing by and
time to•time as h,
required.
before the sal
t,tirough his perfo
giatiofiction of
complimented
progress that I
day we traaele.
Milne drove alo
in case that I eh ,
ther bat:notions
Was seedless; a
had come to a
and I found no
him comprehen
wishes. After,
were eatiafted-th
animal, and left
charge, and we
without an)thi
would be worth
A correspon. ent of the Rural
American says : "If oak.-hickory or
chestnut be fell in August, in the
second running' , the sap, and bark
ed, quite a lar tree _will season
perfectly, and • „yen_ the twigs will
pinata sound . years ; whereas
that cut in wi . ter, and remaining ,
until the next f 1, (as- thick as your
wrist,)will be ..mpletely' sap-rotten,
and. will be a ~ • t .uidit for any par.
pose. The, bid of the Oak 'split into
lads will • not' .
.l t more thin tee or
twelve _years. Chestnut wilt last
longer, in comp to . thitt cut in
August. Iflolmo cut in Aogustja
not oinbject to worm eaten; and
will last a long time , for &swim,—
When I bestial • log inl2,oll,it was
the practice to ,at - timber - for post
fencing In' the nter. White: oak
poste and black . rails, out at that
time, would not net more than 10 or
IS years. In' I OS, I began cutting
fence timber August. Many of
the oakraiht • that year are yet
sound, as well ' nost of the chest
nut. If the bar is not takentathis
month, it , .wiU ' itself peel off the
second or third year, and leave • the
tree perfectly rind. The tops Of
the - trees are abut more valuable ler
fuel, -than whek out in winter or
spring. ad , • -yam_ farmers to
try the -t, and if post (noel
do ad Int as loog,l fad* all
capaleacie worldsmik-
=I
IMMO
HE
ith ,the book ana
.ectlng.the animal's
Ihe 'obeyed me as
ad, bean under my
•
we on the ground,
the foot to a large
le earth fur the Four.
a *ulnae' feed,-
I .mpensation for the
undergone, a bet-
I •
ce h• Is griefs, all of
he accepted in the
d dignified manner
,was comfortably
no took me an one
full instructir,ne in
r treatment of the
time to hie feed
He informed me
• consisted in keep•
raid of me and that
ightest symptom of
prompt and severe
told me that the
affection of an de
r was all staff—
'led by fear alone.
riety of outlandish
r Said Indian fie gin,
words of command,
phants appeared to
on practising their
it they appeared.to
ule
to my charge
a sufficiently rested,
in lying, down' and
I few simple tricks
taught, - Mr. Miles
promptinc me froth
s suggestions were
ext day I took him
ce, and - he went
=mime to the; great
he managers, - who
highly upon 'the
ad made. The next
as usual, and Mr.
g just ahead of me,
laid require any fur
; but the precaution
Tippo and myself
rfeet understanding,
Meaty in making
and obey 'all my
this' the managers
t I could' control the
him entirely in my
,raveled a long time
'g happening- that
he telling.
The
in Auguste
El
‘.--Luraggratzs untanam
• _
A missionary at the Sitidwich
!elands Sends- to friends "herasome
inthreatitigrenduisoenees of . the terri
ble ordes t lfitrorugh which -*whim°
rooently pawed, - Five deYs of terior,
during Ithieltthi" earth . , `was, almost
oteitinually - shaken ;'- culminated- on
TM:radii; April I, inw earth
qnake, which destroyed 'neeilY every
house upon the _southern' portico of
and swallowed "up large
number of the-inhabitants. This eye
witheettl,thesahorrors write." :t. •
With , °lir etildretrand 'our serriute
we hurried to the hill Wehoit distatioe,
istestof our himrser.- Fit= the hilltop
we eimild'• , certiritholt theatmntrr ''A .
few hods east =or one farm - wad the
`eh:toe-of the earth-41nd 'eater - which
had-overwhelmed the eonntry_durin' g
theaarthquake elsookel, .short dhs•
taneawest of -ties small stream' of
smoking htsrA• was ,pahing : from the
side
.or-the mountain, snd,ontside of
the harbor at Fumanti a black column
of recent kora •WM slowly pushing
itself into; the , boiling: ocean. , We
expected, evey Instant„ - ,to be :swal
lowed up , by the earth; for there were
frequent wthq:saktes,and. the ground
was opening swath numerous &sires.
every rock and crag that timid fall
had Weekend there Wass eh continual
war as if molted lava was. surging
and rushing- ender our feet. &on,
our native pastor,Senhane, end his
wife came • bareeaded, pale and
tretublinprith their children in their
arms ; followed, by others Who had
escad,gathering from alt directions
around ne, on. the top of that hill,—.
Lifting our , hearts to our . Heavenly
Father asking Him to prepare us all
: 1- ..Hualilli7xpecting7thicivery
minide *Could, - be .onejaet, all , fear
Was removed from our hearts And we
felt willing to:die. - There must have
been more than fifty' native!: with us,
end all.joined' in prayer with an, oc
easjOnal hymn inthe native language.
Daring'ithe night many others came
who had lost husbands , or 'wives, or
parents or children.' Bat not a sin
gle person. who had been to our
prayer meeting that slay was lost—
every one escaped,atid some of them
in a manner almost, miraculous. Th 4
school teacher had gone to 'a village
at the foot of the blakto. give notice
for a prayer meeting the next day,
and the eruption came down on both
sides, leaving only the house where
he was and the few peoele, who were ,
in it _As one tale of woe after an
other was related, we heardnone of
the customary native wailing; ail&
but little weeping, save for oar sine
We all 'felt that this wan the Lord in
his righteous judgment, and we must.
"be still and know that he is God."
During the night one of. our des
cons reach - o'llB and' prayed with 'ma.
His children and Mends had gone
that morning, to &h . in the sea, ins
tead of coming to the piayer meeting.
After the !earthquake 'he hastened
with his wife to search the shore foi
their children. The
.villages were
swept away by the great wave
which followed the earthqbake. The
only living thing epon the coast was
a horse that had Only been half killed
by the deluge. They found the body
of t heir son among • the 'rocks on the
beach, but no other trace of the party.
There was nothing visible in 'fide
scene of desolation but great chaems
in the rock out of which flowed red
water and green. The poor father
came all the way on foot , a , distance
of six miles to find us,
and then . re
turned to the shore ; begging:us not
to sleep but to pray withobt ceasing.
&an wrra lbs.—There are per
sons, unfOrtunately,deficient in kind
ness and good nature ; who mar
pleasant conversation, acid render
themselves very disagreeable andoth
ers un4xiinfortable. We 'can hardly
expect them to assume.these virtues,
that is rather difficult ; but it inweb
that such persons should- knoW the
general estimation' in which - these
qualities are held, and how much the
opposite qualities are disliked, as
some check upon their manifestations
of, the latter. In others'', not the defi
cient in the amiable and agreeable
qualities, their action is suppressed
or checked by pride or vanity two
greot disturber, of social harmony.
Next to good humor and kindness,
pethaps modesty—humility—is one
of the most minable qualities for
conversation. Humility is one of the
rarest of virtues.. If at any time
there ever was.-much of it, it seems
to bnnearly,banished in 'the present
age of liberty, equality; and univer-,
sal enlightednierit. Were this virtue
more cultivated . how many. foolish
and mirchievious pretences would be
prevented I—airs of superiority te
others, keepinf ' those asunder who
might otherwise, enjoy .each others
society k assumptions of import/inc.('
or learning, and a thOusand other
shams, that only excite ridicule.—
Above all, a proper 'humility Would
check that over confideuce in our
opiniolit - that impede our enlighten
tacit, and makes as hug our errors
and'piejudices, and would" restrain
that style of rude i dogmatio assertion,
contempt for the opinions of others, .
and cavalier behavior towards them
that excite angry feelngs andli will;
and embitter social intermrse.
Basis is um Awriwre
The basin - of the Atlaitici Ocean is •
long trough;. separating the Old
World from.the New,,and. estending
probably hem pie to pole. 'This
ocean farrow was probably scored
into the solid cruet of the planet by
the. Almighty: hand, Abet there be
stern which hi tailed Bleu might
be gathered so as to let dry land ap
pear, and `
,St for the hibita-
Alon of man.
From the deepest ph' yet .resoli
ed the plummet, in the. Northern
Atlantic, the distance in . s vertical
line is ten miles. Could the waters
of the Atlantic be . driviiscut so as
to upose 'to - view the great gash,
which separates continents an 4 ex
tends from the Arcata to the' Alamo
it would present a same most
glstiand imposing.iire), •
of the so earth,
withthe foundations of the ses,would
belirought to light; and we skin , -
'have presented to us at one,.; view, in
the em tr cradle of . the, oemi; a
hairfid -womb; 'rat, an. :
ob" heir! of Nab sad - .-ftsr
'• ' c
1110
POPtIg- ele;
ud s aitterttli - .. the =tag tt
bideoinwith _sight. . of
The deepest - part of the North At.
biotic' is , Itoutewbere between Abe, •
Bermudas and the Grand lisokiL
21te mars .of the Gulf of Mexico'
Me lield",in basin, about a,-mile
deep in the deepest part Thai is
at- the bottom of the 'sea - -between
Gape
_Race in- Newfoundland and
Cape Clear in Ireland, a remarkable
pteppeLwitich 01 already known as
the telegraphfu 'pleateau.—Anterican
°hur.77#L2w:.
o - 4 . '*.itiandiii‘ . .',_
What ia the cause of the high ;tax-
The War. _ !
`, Who made the war ? I "
The:Democratic party:' ' -
Why did 'they make the war
Because, they were-expelled from
political power. ,
Why were , they expelled fiord
Power;
Bicause they were- owned. body
and sottl, h yan aristocratio,ambitions.
sectional clasiinterest„ which nought
in the defiance of the Constltutton,
the will of the' people; and natural
right, to perpetuate its power' by ob.
-tiamng control of the territories and
the States to be formed out of tiem.
• What chiefly encouraged this aria.
tocratic class interest to make war
. upon the Union ?
The oft-repeated, iterotyped, public
declaratkons of Democrats of all sec
tions, never rebukid or disavowed by
that party, that the Union shoild be
dissolved if - the demands of the
alsvehalders were resisted by. the
people..
-Who were in power whim this, arili•
iocratio interest undertoato dissolve
the Union? `
:The ,Demooratie party.
-What-did" they'do - to prevent it ?
Nothing.
What did they do to assist the
traitors
They gave them the fortis, arsenals,
cannon, arms, ammunition sod public
money.in the South, and sent them
all they could from the North.
What did' Gen. Scott beg of them
to do to prevent the war
To' do as Gen. -Jackson did, gar
tison all the Southern. forts.,
• What reply did they make ?
That the slaveholders , would not
like it. .
How long was the Democratic par
ty in pOwer after seceision' com
menced ?
Three months. "
What were the traitors doing-all
that time ?
Surrounding Fort Sumpter with
batteries of British gone.
What.did the Democratic Admin
istration Order Major . Anderson to
do?
To let them alone. •
- What did the Republican Adminis
tration do when Sumter grew short
Of provisions ?
• Sent them more provisions. ,
hat did the Democratic party at
Clffileston do then with those: Brit:
ish gnus ?
- They rained shot and shell' upon
the old flag on the walls of Sumter
until Anderson wascompelled tti loWer
the flag end evacuate the fort.
' What was the consequence ? „;.•
Four years of civil war ; the death
of half a million of men ; a national
debt of three thousand-million of 'dol
lars ; the high tax and high prices.
If -the Democratic Administration
did nothing to preyent the dissolution
of th e ! Union,what did the Republican
Administration do ?
They prevented it. •
Who said the war was a failure ?
The Democratiii Arty.
Wu it a failure T '
Yea.; on their aide.
What do the ask the people to do ;
now that they have failed in the war
they made ?
Restore them to power.
Will the people dO it?
We guess pot. •
Beasisa or risk MUD IN JAPAN.-A
Japan correavaident of the Saturday
Evening Post furnishes the following
facts concerning this custom :
_ The burning of the dead is largely
practiced among the Japanese, and
of. the' thirty-five: different forms of.
worship practiced - here, but two
mend burial in preference to incre:
oration._ My acquaintance with their
mode o burying the:dead-is limited
funerals, which visually came be
fore-my notice. On -one occasion
war retuning from a walk, and my
'Path . lay beside one of the little cem
eteries near Kobi, in which a small
party was gathered. It was the
hour of • sunset, a fitting time for an
event of tender sorrow. The mourn
-era were dressed - entirely in white,
which contrasted with the windy
robes . of i small party of priests.—
The corpse, in its enclosure, lay up-
on kbier, and offerings - of green rice
and of flowers were made as thOugh
to the manes -of the dead. Then
Same the beating of belle and the
Clanging of cymbals.
The receptacle which. 'contained
`the corpse was shaped like a half
Verret], and in this die dead was
placed in a Sitting posture, and all
vacant places were filled with com
bustibles. The friends now all gath
ered round it and commended . * lo`w;
plaintive chant, o monotonous - that
it seemed merely the repetition of a
name, which I irappo4 to have been
that of one of the deities. They
then separated, and only a few re
mained to attend to the final service.
The receptacle or coffin was , placed .
over stone trough and covered
With a heap - oflizei. All gathered
in a close circle, and the nearest of
kin (in this instance a wife) applied
the torch, ,and as the. thanes ascended
the monotonous chant and the sound
of cymbals were renewed in mourn , .
ful concert. Excessive grief was
decently restrained,' except in the
ease - of • little boy, of about ten
years,. who wept piteously, and was
taken aside to be coMforted. -The
•=www, broke, and one after the other
, leaving the .wife above re
ferred to alone, the image of , crow,
and. apparently - unable to: tear her
self from the- asheief her hitiband.
•
Too oaa't fool a - wise magi filth
ladmi gal ion Ina;
- NUMBER 14.
IBM
lose' Words, like taw' &Owe; Ire.,
quanta,' bide - amain wring abase the
1.4 0116111 4thre • '
1 Is used for. isnrdsg,-: what
is tits ansaisrefid up. djhor,buit ors tan
tfrn -One
A man iawdvauciY cif bin who boo been tho middle of
21412 i wee's;
srsZinnia A mn.
Says tioisip Onofo Gaidp --
shop~a the Sows: .
0141 Pzy Wia• noised* • _
Matt bought his goods or
t-34 gba 62 Ze llree '
Wird if asid, ladit7 ay Meld,
: • • got his good!. front Brown.'
Sag I t rusip Three
"ire 'heard aarange news—what do you
. Smith took hie gouda hum Brown."
Sept Gondp roux to Clostig Hie, -
Who blazed it round the town,
*Tie beard. tooky, such shocking news—
' Smith stoic blip** . from Brown." -
'OiLintilY is like the brands flying
'nein
o s large dreWhic h quickly •go out if
yon d not blow - _
• Ws suffer mere Isom , anger, sad
grief than from the very things foe r midelt
ee_angeranieTt r, _" _
W
orm) teen_ stumble over straws
in thie way to batmen; but climb 'over hills
in the way to destruction. •
Trig followigg was one ofthe toasts
at a oelebration of the Fourth of July in
Burlington : "The day-we oelebrate , -41ot
as blares."
- ;-
; i t i reat many of .the opinions ad,
,
by Immed men now-a-dap, may be
properly dewed u dissolving views.
Tasis is no closing our eyes to the
'tact that shott dresses enable us to see con
siderable of fashionable society. •
It you would make yourself agree
able wherever you go; listen.to the griev
re of others, but never relate your own.
GOOD news for beezdrinkers—Ad;
vices from the summer resorts report an
abundance of hops,"
Is a game of cards .a good deal cue
peals on good plsylng, and good oplayivig
depends ma *good ded. • ; •
lOWA offers a bountiior gopher
.sealps, and enterprising Lows bort hare
started gopheries, and are breedmg the
pests. The authorities, will "go for" them
SORROW TOIt tat Dran.-4We cannot
bat weep for the dead,. eves - when
every feeling,svhen our reason warns
us that the . transition to them from
life' to immortality is full of happiness,
that theyhave welcomed the voice of
the angel of death as the harbinger
of peace, the herald of joy. We weep
over the grave even when we know
it is the bed of rest for which the
we .ry sufferer
_longed, - as the tired
traveler for home. When.coinpelled
to look, as it were,from the chambers
of rejoicing upon, the dismal abode of
the dead, our heart's are chilled; as it
stands in relation to ourselves, the
happy, the rich, the loved ; we forget
to contemplate it in relation to the.
wptcLed, the poor,the desolate, who
are gone to occupy it. Even in opr
sorrow for. the dead_ our tears are
stained by the selfishness that makes
half our mortality ; the ahadow of
death falls upon ourselves, ,and after
the fir&t bitter pang; the conviction
that something we loved is. gone be
yonde the 'nice of our affection, we
begin to - sorow, partly for that we too
must die 1 If the recollection - of a
duty, of ti — kindness,_ can give us a
foretaste of the cliarity_ that may be
felt in heaven, it is when the object'
on whom it has been - conferred has
passed the precincts of the tomb. To
be conscious that we have cheered
the heart that has ceased to beat, is
one of the first best consolations that
Softens our grief for "the dead we
have buried out of our sight."—N.. Y.
C00t... - -As General Scott's army
was marching triumphantly Into the
City of Mexico, a
_procession of
monks emerged from the gate of a
convent situated on the - eminence at
the right, , and advanced with slow
and meastured tread until they met
the army at right angles. ° The guide
or leader of the procession was a
venerable priest; whose hair was
whitened with the
_frosts of many
winters. He, held. in 'both, hands a
contribution box, Upon which there
was a lighted candle ; and when
within a few feet of the procession
hilted. As the_ army proceeded,
many a true believer dropped some- -
email coin or other into the good
priest's box. Ultimately there cam , :
along a , tall, gaunt, Limber-sided,
gander-leggedjrankee, who, on see
mg the poor priest, thrust-his hands •
ntcp his breeches pockets; as if in
search for a. dime, or something of
the kind. The priest observed this
movement, _advanced as usual, while
Jonathan, holding forth a greasy
roll of paper, commenced very -de
liberately to unfold it. The - holy
man anticipated a liberal donation,
and put on an air of the mosteiquis- - ;
its satisfaction; - Jonathan continued
to unroll piece after pipits of twisted
smoking tobacco. He next - thrust
his hand into another pocket, and
drew forth a claY with ;
the utmost deliberation -. he he proceed
ed to fill by pinching rff imall par- ,
tides of tobacco: When this was
done, having replaced his tobacco in
his breeches pocket, he ritooped for
ward and lighted his pipe by the ex-il
pectant priest's _ candle, -and making
an awful inclination of the head, (in.!
tended, perhaps, for a. bciw) -he said
"Much obleeged to you, squire," and;
tramped on. • -
SeNsusie TO ens last —lt has long ii
been observed by. medical writers,
that death is preceded by insanity— ;! ,
a fact which had occasioned the re . ;1
mark that when folks got madder,l l -
they were about to die. This reminds;)
- tus of a case, which oacurred many- 1
years ago inn - a Philadelphia court,
wherein a pretty. yeaing " - Widow was
in danger of losing two thirds of her
husband's estate—his relatives groan
ding their claim on the alleged inaani,
ity of the defunct. It may be as well!
to premise . that the presiding judges;
WIG not only convivial, but also very:
gallant.
'What were your- hisoand'a last
words 1" inquired the attorney.
The pretty widow blushed, and
looking down, replied": "I'd rather
not te? . -
"'But,
indeed, you mist, Mellll2. -
Your claim may be decided by IL"
Still blushing, -ths widow declined •
to tell. At last a 'direct appeal from T
the benekelicited, the inforniation.
He said,""Kiss me, Polly, and open
that.other bottle of champagne."
We know not.whether it was admi• . '•
ration for the. deceased. husband of
the living wife that inspired the judge
instaat, bat lie at once.cried,
with all the entlinsionot of conviction
"Sensiblo to Alto last P.
iIIiCIPAk
aqua"
gi:l44lr-talh
*hi) . lives