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I have recently perfected a new method of pacKingmy roiasH. or i,y, ana am now pacn lug It only in Balls, the coating of whlcjiwlll upon II v. and (foes not Inline the soan. It Is Hacked !i biiies containing 24 and 48 one lb. Balls, and In no oilier way. Directions in ungnsn ana uerman for making hard anil kott soap wlU. this Potash IS Cm h. B. T. BABBITT, M to M WASHINGTON Bt N. " Notice. The interest of Wm. II. Miller, of Carlisle, 1 the Ferry County Bank, or Hponsler, Juiikin I .,b&i been purchased by w. A. Hponslerai B. K. Juukln. and Irom tin ute April win, im4, esi Miller Is no Urn iter a member of said Arm. but tb Hnn consists of W. A. Hpoiisler & B. F. .Tunkln, ' Bankiug a Rponsler Junkln & Co., who will con limie to do business In the same mode and man. ur has leen done hitherto, with the full assur ance that our course has met the approbation aud thus gamed me eonunence m i"P" ' April 20,1874- U. F.JUNK.1N. A Short Conrlslilp. IOUR years ago a bright, intelligent, . but not pretty young Mias, left a homeless and penniless orphan by the death of her father, came to Detroit and procured employment as a waiter girl at a well-known second class hotel, making, her home with a family fifth cousins, or some thing of that sort, then residing on Second street. One day, at dinner time, there strode into the dining room, a tall, broad shouldered, bronzed and bearded man, who was evidently from the far west. There was the unmistakable air of a plains- man about him ; evidently one of the bet ter sort. He seated hirosolf at the table served by the girl in question and watched her movements very closely. At supper the Bccond day after his arrival he re mained at the table, until it was nearly de serted, and then as be was about rising, he addressed the girl in courteous tones, say ing ho would like to have an interview with her, as be had information of import ance to communicate. She replied that she would see him in the ladies' parlor at a later hour. Sho did so, and was not a little surprised at receiving an offer of marriage. Ho stated tlint be was a resi dent of the grazing districts of California, owned a large stock ranch and whs a wealthy man. He had been out there thirteen years, during which time he had mined, fought Indians, hunted grizzlies, chased greasers and pursued the usual avocations of an enterprising Californian. He was on his way East to visit his agod parents, who resided in Massachusetts, bad stopped in Detroit to see the city, had met her as abovo described, was pleased with her appearance, and thought it would be for her advantage to quit her present employment and become the wife or a ranchman. There was an honesty and sincerity in the man's voice as he made his declaration that convinced that ho was in earnest. She replied that she would consider his prop osition and give him an answer at the breakfast table. During the night she thought the matter over seriously, and when in the morning she took her eccen trio lover's order, and be asked in a low tone, "Are you going to California?' she replied "Yes," and then went for beefstake and potatoes. That was the ex tent of the courtship. As soon as the hungry guests bad de parted from the dining-rooms she repalied to the parlor, where tho lover was anxious ly awaiting her. By his direction she in formed tho head waiter that she not work any lougcr, donned her hat and shawl, and the two started out shopping. Dresses were ordered of nearly all the fashionable modistes in the city, the same to be com pleted within twenty-four hours. Hats were similarly ordered, aud then the retail dealers in all manner of small wearing ap parel were visited and large purchases made, the lust being two large Saratoga trunks. The next afternoon the two were married at the bride's humble friends on Second street, and left for the east on the evening train. Of course the few acquaintances of tho bride who were awaro of the circumstances of her marriage were all positive that she had acted rashly, and predicted all manner of troubles and trials for her. From the hour of Iter departure, however, none of them ever heard a word from her, but from the fact that the happiest looking wife and mother to be seen riding about the country, a curly headed boy in her arms, and the gentleman who "told her something to her advantage"' by bis side, was the waiter girl who "married In baste" but did not repent at leisure, may be safely assumed that the prediction did not come true. A Made tip Woman. TTvONN PIATT, describing a visit to JL cosmetic establishment in New York CUy, says : . "What." we asked, "are the articles that go to ronke the benutiful woman." " Well, first of all Is our vegetable en amel, perfectly harmless, that gives the most delicate white I may say dazzling- complexion known to the female word, "See," he continued, taking a china pot from the counter, "this is put on easily with a small sponge. Permit me, madam it is soon removed and leaves no trace,' and saying this, he applied a small quantl ty to the forehead of our companion. The result on the face of a clear brunette was startling. The marble smoothuess, and at the same time the satiny .texture, if wa may use such an expression, was marvel ous. Then he look auother sponge and applied a most beautiful blush, a rose-color, upon the white, that was perfectly charm lug in its natuiat and soft flush. " And now," ho went on, " here Is an exquisite instrument with which we trace the deli cate blue veins that, when done, defy the microscope of science." " But bow is it possible to make the new fuce aud the old shoulder inatcb ?" " By making all new. The face, neck, shoulders, and arms have to be tiented all alike." . "And does this artiUcial v1'0 end herof" we asked. ' . '!' " Oh, not at all ; we are only just ley in ning. The 'eyelashes aud eyes have to be treated. The eyebrows receive special at tention. We ennnot illustrate with you madam ; nature has done so much." He might well say this, for it is only once in a million such beautiful eyes, eye laches and brows are given a woman. He called to a young lady in the establishment, and said, " Miss Blank, will you permit me?" She pleasantly assented, And taking a small ivory tablet be plnced it unilor the eyelashes of one eyo, and then touching them doxtrously and at the same time with the most delicate art, he made the lashes so decided, so pronounced, they seemed to actually grow. He then penciled the brow, and, when done, the effect was most de cided. The young lady war a blonde, and with one eye treated and the other not treated, the result was very decided. " Certainly this is all," we said. " Not all. We give a delicate tint to the ear, a rosy, steel color to tne nana, we have powdors for the teeth ; we leave nothing uncared for that goes to make perfection of a beautiful woman." And are these things in general use?" Certainly, you cannot find a brilliant complexion that has not been made bo by art. We read with great pleasure of the beautiful women of the fashionable circles of Washington and the summer resorts for wo know where they come from." ' A Muscular Parson. A Fort Laramie, Wyoming letter says : " I saw one of those desperadoes get a nice dose of quiet oourago and stern will. At this time, 1867, 1 bad occasion to go down the road, and had to wait for the train. My abiding place was one of those dining tents, where I bad to take a meal in the meantime. Among the several persons seated around, one evidently was very raw. His dress was semi-clerical, and as he held forth in constrained manner about "the terrible sin" and " Babylonish Chcy. enne, tlie old-timers wituin bearing en joyed, in an uncouth way, poking small chaff at biro. In the midst of one of his tirades against " this sink-hole of perdl tion" a man came into the tent, walked up to the bar and demanded a drink. It seems for some reason he had beeu refused before. Suddenly throwing his hand un der his coat he drew a six-shootor, and half- facing the crowd and the bar-keeper, he said : " By, I'm going to have a drink tight here, or I'll turn loose t" (meaning to shoot). To tell the truth, most of those terrible old-timers broke for the door, the bar keeper sunk under the counter, and death to some one seemed imminent. I confess to a cold sensation down my back, and thought of several debts that different par ties owed mo, and wondered if I should ever bo paid ; the green fluid in which I had sported as a child rose before me vividly ; I remembered one Sunday, having played off sick, I went down to the foot of Mill street, and went swimming. . I fult sorry for the Frogtown boy who licked me once. But what a sight. That parson, his tall, slim form seems to grow taller as, in a quiet way, he strides up to the death deal ing cuss with the pistol. He wrenches that weapon from this ter ror ; grasps bim by the throat, fairly lifting him from his feet, his protruding tongue and blackening fuce shows the powerful grip of the parson' hand, and, to make the ploture complete, says in ordinary tones, " My friend, I have observed you before to. day trouble the landlord of this tavern am of opinion that you are entirely in the wrong place. The landlord appears to think you have had a sufficiency of intoxl eating liquor. Now, observe, if you create any further disturbance, I will Jerk tho gullet out of you." And be literally threw him headlong out of the door. Subsequently the parson held forth on the sins and Iniquities of Cbey enne, and was listened to respectfully ' by the subdued old sinners. I was eoustrain w A Too Vigorous Memory. The late Dr. Meroer, though one of the the kindest and most amiable of gentlemen, possessed a keen and graceful wit, by which he often hit off very happily tho foibles of gentlemen with whom he was brought In contact. An illustration of this gift of the good old philanthropist has re cently been related, to the great amuse ment of gentlemen who wero familiar with the characteristics of the gentleman who was the object of the doctor's railery. It wus during Ms last illness, when tho doctor was wont to converse very freely with his old friends, the companions of his early days. One of theae happening to refer with much feeling ami grateful pathos to the kindness miinil'eMeil to him by the doctor when he, the viwiioi, was a boy, the old gentleman in a feeble voice, remarked : 'Oh, yes ! I remember, I) , when you ami your brother George were little boys, and used to come to we me very often, anil 1 always bad a laite. Hire apple for each of you !" Well do I recollect it," replied the doc tor's young friend, with great emotion. 'And dn jou nlso recollect, D , that you used to cat half of George's apple and hide your own?" The gontlemau interrogated was not so distinct in his reminiscences on this point, nor demonstrative in his regretful emotions. 'And," continued the venerable gentle man, "have you not, JJ , through life been consistent with this juvenile ex hibition of your leading trait?" There was perfect silence no reHpon. ses, and the old gentleman passed to other subjects. ed to seek a favorable opportunity to ask the parson where he learned that grip. "Oh," said he, "I used to keep tavern down JCast, taut s where I got my hand in." A Bailor's Prayer. - The following anecdote Is related of tar who once hud a narrow escape from imminent peril. He was in a ship froeen in, in the Arctio region, and, like young Nelson, had strayed on the ice heedless of danger. He was far from the vessel when he saw coming round a block' of Ice, huge polar bear making towards bim. Totally unprovided with any weapon but his knlfo, he bethought himself of an Old World weapon for extreme cases prayer. But bow ? And what? ..There was no time to deliberate, the monster was near, and de lay would be fatal to the poor fellow. " So be opened bis knife and grasped it firmly hurriedly uttered a few words, how earn estly and hardly be imagined, but, their ruggedness speaks forcibly of a mingled terror, desperate couinge.nnd dim-twinkling faith i '.'0 Lord, ap'ye know 1 diuna trouble yon often t but ye see me un' eve see this bear. r An' If ye'll help neither the one nor the ither, atan' by see fair play for this'll be a maist awful' feoht. Amen," His prayer was answered, for he lived to tell it. A Husband Sold. Some years since, when all the world was mad upon lotteries, the cook of a middle aged American Bingle gentleman drew from bis hands her earnings of several years, Her employer was anxious to know the cause, aud she told him that, having re peatedly dreamed that a certain number was a great prize, she had bought the whole ticket. He called her a fool for her pains, and never lost a chance to tease her on the subject. She seemed to take his taunts in good humor, saying it would turn out right by and by. One morning he opened his paper at breakfast, aud saw it announced that the very numbers that Bridget had dreamed and bought bad drawn the great prize of a hundred thou Band dollars 1 He therefore determined to secure a wife and a fortune at once. Bridgot was summoned, and the wily gen tlemau proceeded to Inform her that be had long valued her as a friend, and, being de sirous to settle himself for life, he would be willing to make ber his wife, if she bad no objection. Bridget bad always thought bim a dear, good man, and would be glad to do any thing to please bim. So he finished bis breakfast, the parson wag sent for, and mado them one on that very morn ing. After it was all over, the cautious husband said to bis bride, " Well, Bridget, you have made two good bits to day ; you have got a good husband, and now bring me tbe lottery ticket that you and I have laughed so much about, aud let us see what the number of it is." " Ploase, sir, don't laugh any more about that-: 1 knew there was nothing in them dreams, and sold it to the butcher a month ago." The Boy's Advantage. Just at the close of the war of 1812, United States man-of-war entered Boston harbor. Tbe Commodore was known as bully of the flrst water. Entering a bar ber's shop in . Boston, aud finding no one but the boy present, he demanded in an insolent and overbearing way, " Where is your master?" "Not down, yet, air, "Well, I want to be shaved." "Yea, sir, I can shave you," " You ?" " Yea, sir I' " Well, you may try it, but look here, my youngster," laying his loaded pistol on the table "the first drop of blood you draw on my. face I'll shoot you." "All right, air," was the reply. The boy shaved bim. and did it well. After the operatioi was through, tbe bully turned to him as he took up the pistol, aud remarked, " Wasn'i you afraid?" " No, sir," retorted the boy. " Didn't you believe I would shoot you?' "ten, sir." "Then why wasn't you afraid?" The boy very cooly replied, " Because I bad tbe advantage." "Ad' vantage, how?" demanded the irate bully, "Why," said the boy, with the utmost nonchalance, ' " If I bad drawn blood, should have taken the razor and cut your throat from ear to ear I" The bully turned pale, but never forgot tbe lesson. ' ' fWA- young' gentleman ; and bis lady love were out riding aud enjoying tbe love liness' of a magnificent June evening.' The gentleman took 'out bis time-piece, and seeing the lateness of the hour, said to his companion, in an affectionate tone : "My dear, ' it is eleven' o'clock. How quickly time flies when you are In good company. The lady, who bad been silent for some time, answered: ' 'I wish' I could say the same." '1 '"Humph !' replied the yonng man,'' "you cotild if ' you'd lie like tbe doiioo, asldo."" :!: i .1 1ST In the dictionary of trade, ; which fate baa reMirved for embarrassed manhood, there Is no such word as fail it la suspen sion. Bound to Have the Place. We are continually bearing of the ad vantages of advertising, but the disadvan tages of that process for making known one's wants have never been told. I will give a lew instances. A friend of mine was walking through Bond street the other morning when we came upon a crowd of over a hundred boys standing in front of a house. They were laughing and scream ing, and completely blocked up the side walk. My friend stopping to see what was going on, and wus surprised to see the door of the house open suddenly and a mau's hand thrust out into the crowd, grab boy, pull him inside and bang the door shut again. Such singular conduct excited his curiosity, and on going up to a man who was sitting on the front steps of the house, he asked him what was the matter. Nothing at all," said the man, "only we advertised for four boys in this morn ing's papers, and early as it is you see the result." There was nothing left for the man who wanted the boys to do but to make his selection from the window, then grab tbe boy and pull bim in. My friend told this incident to a well-known mer chant the other day, who related a similar experience. "Some time ago," said the merchant, "I had occasion to advertise for a half-grown girl to take care of a child. I stated in my advertisement that tbe ap plicant must call at two o'clock in the af ternoon. I went down to my store as usual, but had not been there over two hours, when a messenger aarived, saying that I must come home immediately, that tbe bouse was full of girls, and that my wife had been obliged to call in a police man. Hurrying home, I found that not Only the down stairs hall was full, but that tbe hall up to the third story were equally filled with "half-grown girls." The front door had been closed upon them, but those inside took possession of the house and let the others in. They would not eo, even when threatened by the officer, and it took me the whole day to ask them questions and tell them they would not do." He finally settled upon a girl who came pre cisely at two o'clock, aud she prov ed an excellent servant. Two or three winters ago when the times were bard and the money scarce, a gentleman of my acquaintance advertised In a New York paper for a boy, to whom if be suit ed, be would pay $5 a week. Before be had eaten his breakfast, there was a crowd of two or three hundred boys and men, and even women at his door. The men begged to be employed, and said they would do any kind of work for that money. But as the gentleman wanted a boy whom he could teach to sing in a choir, as well as as run of errands, he was obliged to dismiss them. A Lively Lump of Butter. A short time since a farmer's wife re siding in Berks county was engaged on the green sward in front of the house in churn ing butter. The female is one of those spruce, tidy house-wives of which Berks county is so very proverbial, and invariably takes special pains to turn out prime but ter and light bread. ' Now, the woman in question opened the lid of the churn to see what progress she had made, and having business in the house, neglected to replace it. A small dog belonging to the family one of those breed of poodles good for nothing else but tcflie in the sun and wag their narratives came along at a dog trot, having no doubt sniffed a feast from afar. Pouto baited when in front of the churn, and with a bound landed on its top. Sean ning tbe surroundings, and finding the cost clear, the brute iuaerted his head into the open vessel, and was very soon enga ged in satiating his appetite on Its rich contents. Horror upon horror I Elongating bis neck deep into tho churn in search of butter curds, the dog fell through the open ing into the vessel. . Just at this moment tbe woman returned and, hurriedly re placing the lid, made things lively for the purp awhile. After manipulating the crank a few minutes she took a peep in side, and, supposing the dog to be a lump of butter, inserted ber hand fos- the pur pose of removing it, whereupon the animal squirmed around, and tbe woman, who is a firm believer in signs and tokens, quiokly withdrew ber band and left the spot at the top of ber speed, In search of ber husband, who was at work in the barn. Tbe man upon reaching the green, and making an examination, turned to the partner of his "joys and sorrows'! and said, . " Mine Got, Betz, sis forhoflloh nnsa clay hundly, Ponto." The. poodle was brought forth, the contents of tbe churn emptied and things assumed their : regular channel again , 1ST A La B (111.) editor is chagrined becauso the Methodists are to build a church on a lot adjoining bis. Lately be" has been " lowing rather , freely , about what be would do to annoy tbe worshipers, especially at their meetings, ; Speaking of tbe matter in the presence of a tjuaker, he is reported to have said he would build a barn, on bis lot as near tbe church a possi ble, and put a jackass into it every evening that the Methodists , bad , a meeting. In bis slow pleasant speech tbe Quaker replied; " I advise thee to spend tby evQnings in thy bouse, not iu tby barn."..
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