THE JEFFERSONI AN. -7 Sfuotcir to politics, literature, 2lgrtattaire, 0cie'nce, JHoraiiia, aua eneral JtateUigertri. VOL. 24. STROUDSBURG, MONROE GOUNTY, PA JULY 20, 1865; NO. 207 Published by Theodore Schoch. TERMS Tivo dollars a year in advance and if no paid before the end of the yea-i, two dollars and fitfy ot. will be charged. ' No paper discontinued until all arreaiagcs are paid. , iry.Vivectisemcnts of one square of (eight lines) or j it, one or three insertions $1 50. Each additional, ?itcrtion, SO cents. Longer :r ones in proportion. JOB PRINTING, OP ALL KINDS, Itectttdin the highest style of the Ail, and on the most rcasontDie terms. I'LL BE TRUE. By the golden summer air, By the rose and lily rare. By" the beauty everywhere. Do I swear that I'll be true, For the love I bear to you. In the silence of the night, When the stars are glowing bright Ween the moon's soft silvery light Beams upon my weary sight. Then to you will I be true For the love I bear to you. When the storms arc threatening loud.'fnnL- l,; n. t j..!.1,!.... And there'e danger in the cloud. When with years my form is bowed, And my life with cares endowed, Then I'll be true, x To my eel f, my love, and you. All the years my lite shall know, Bring their riches joy or woe When with years my form is bowed And my life with cares endowed Then I'll love and I'll be true, To myself, my love, and you. All the years my life shall know Bring their riches, joy or woe, "When my hair is white as snow, With the years that come and go, Then and always I'll be true. Then and always love but you. w Woman's Rights" which Have Been Overlooked. V. , - l.i i 1. 1 in order whenovcr her husband returns ,US hc onet,,and fe maUlly to business. It is a woman's risht toc"dca subdue' wThafc consider- be kind aud forbearing whenever her husbaud is annoyed. It is womau's right l :.. i a ' i: i .1. ... . i. It is woman's right to be satisfied with her old dresses until her husbaud can af ford to get her new ones. It is womau's . , ; i "!f V j ;r to 1C right to be content when her declares he is unable to take her country. It is woman s right to nurse her- children instead of leaving it to a maid. It is woman's right to ict her daughters married happily, or not at all. It is woman's right to feel pleased, though her husand bring a friend unexpectedly! to dinner. It is woman s right to be con tented with her own garments without en croaching on those of her husband. And, finally, it is a womau's right to remain a woman without endeavoriug to be a man. . longevity of Soldiers. We find the following statistic in au old copy of a newspaper. We publish it just now, as evidence that, where the con-j, q ,ace(i unboundcd confidence in Ftitut.on is strong, the hardships of camp j nJ. lshcd jlini t0 drega as wc ng hfc do not shorten life : "Many sold -lot, aud hud 0rtcn wcndered at his iera and officers of the Kevolut.onary JVar ; acantincga o his wardrobe; for although died at au advanced age. Ihe hardships : Weaton dresscd with the Jost scrupulous hey underwent in that contest gave them. . fn np:itnp i,;s cnthpsi ni irou constitutions. John Lask, who died inj in Tennessee iu 1838, at the age of one jc-ia, -u w ! icr in the old i'reuch War, at the battle C UaiLlC . of Abraham's PJains, Quebec, Canada j R Kast, where Gen. Wolfe died victorious. He also went through the Continentil : ar. uamcs oiauoru uieu at jviicuiowii, 1 .i T Pi.lT.J .1 .1 -i. t 1 .New Jersey, aged one hundred and two. ! He was a midshipman in the Alliance frigate. Anthony Van Pell, who died in doubt, the oldest person dying iu that; Mo year. He was in the one hundred and thirteenth year of his age. Arron Burr died at an advanced age, and many other Hevolutionary heroes whom it is needless .vuiKiiuou iiere. yuruem-rai : tier hero of many battles, is in his seven ij-Diniu year. Spottsylvania. A correspondent of the New York Tri bune, who lately visited the battle-field ' vi opottsylvania, says : "It is, sir. Ghastliest of all ghastly sights upon itfle seems quite aged." this bloody field are the skeletons of dead i njje js 'm his eighty-third year, an5 en broadcast over the land the nation's iias survived all his children but myself." seed, planted willingly for a glorious har-J "Have you always resided here ?" vest of Union and4 peace but never cov-j "No sir; my husband was once weal wed .from sight. Within a circle of one thy, but endorsing ruined him, and we hundred and fifty yards, where an unsuc- are reduced to this state. He soon after Cessful assault was madejupon the enemy's djed and two of my children followed works. I counted fifty skulls, polished him." by time, reflecting grimly the rays of the, "Have you any children living?" sun, as they fell carelessly upon thejast! "One, sir, who is my only support. memorial of man. That these so remained Mv own health is so feeble that I cannot ftas doobtless due to the fact that both ' umies moved away immediately auer fighting, and have never reoccupied the epot. But what must be thought of the farmers who left these dreadful souveuiers lie on their grounds. I saw one plowing on the same field where lay a skeleton, and he cooly told me that when he came to-it he supposed he would bury it. 'Tis & pity for human nature that such people cuuuia live. The Darkey who greased his fe.etf Etrthaf he could not make .a noise when he went to fteal cbickene, slipped from the hen-roost into the custody of the owner. He gave, as reason for his being there. "Dat he cum der to see ef de chickens sleeped with dere yes open.' He was cooped. THE HEESIMONIOUS CLERK. "Dimes nnd dollars, dollars anil dimes An empty pocket's the worst of crimes." CSton, Said Mr. Dayton to 'ODC of l,:s fiiri se f, S ' . i . aiuuu iu tuts auu- spa cious counting room, which was attached to a large store of which Mr. Dayton was proprietor, "give me leave to sav that T do not think you dress sufficient geuteel to appear as a clerk in a fashionable store." A deep blush suffused the face of the young man, and in spite of his endeavors to repress it, a tear gKstencd in his full black eyes. Did not I know that your salary was sufficient to procure more genteel habili ments I would increase it." "Mv salary is amply large, sir," replied "Weston, with a mortified air, but with that nroud inde. pendence of feeling of which every pov erty had not been able to divcat him. "Oblige me, then, by changing your apparel and presenting a different appear ance in the. future. You are wanted in the store." Weston turned and left his emnlovm-. wli , .vwv. uii AltJ IU1JU1 . I1IIVV 111 I'S , I IIIINI' paper, parsimonious fe'llows." Mr. Dayton was a man of immense wealth. He was a widower and had but one child, a daugh ter, who was the pride of his declining years, bhc was good as i beautiful as she was good. She was siin- 'ple in her tastes and appearance. Such j was Laura Dayton when Weston May jurstnecome an inmate or her lather s house and what wonder was it that Iia snnn learned to love her with a deep and ard ent aliection. Ihough their tongues ucv er gave utterauce to what their hearts felts, 3-et the language of their eyes was uou juaiu to oe misniKen. weston was the very soul of honor, and although he 7. 1 . perceivea wuu pleasure, mat he was not distasteful to her, still he felt that he must conquer the passion in his heart. which glowed "I must not win her heart." he said to j himself; "I am penniless, and her father would never consent to our union." I uu uu uuuiuu jjassiuu. jjaura nau many suitors and some who were worthy of her, but she refused all their overtures with decisive yet gentle firmness Her father wondered at her conduct. but would not strive to alter her iuclina- tions. He was in the deline of life, and wished to see her happily settled ere he departed from this world. It was long before he surmised that young Weston was the cause ot her indifference to oth ers, ihe pleasure which she took in hearing hira praised, the blush which mautled her lace when their eyes met, served to convince the old gentleman that thej' took more than common interest iu each other. He forbore to make auy re marks upon the subject and was not so displeased at the thought as Weston had imagined he would be. AVcston May had uow been three years in his employ. Mr. Dayton knew noth ing of his family ; but his strict integri ty, good morals, and pleasing mauuer - fc threadbarc which Mr. Da ton ,, ilt rnnnntiJ crn, a niggardly dis- position, and, accordingly he addressed l.:r llnnn tlio cnliincf 'it; hni'nm rolntml nft.r tl pnnvftrsnt;nn. Tr. T).IVf0n' lnff i,mnft nn hlls:11SQ. a R i, w's r;fi;no. ,.;ii i i:i.fj Jl pretty 2, he alighted door ot a cotta driuk of waen The IuistresS) with an ease and poHteness wi,ich toid that she , d nofc , bcen tU humble cotta2cr. e and requested invited him to enter. He complied, and connp nf nnvprf.v nnrl nnnf.noss mrh his , which he had never before witnessed The furniturc consisting of nothing more thaQ vm actuany ncCeSsary, was so clean !and neafc that ifc casfc an ajr of comfort all around. A venerable old man sat by the : window with his staff in his hand. His clothes were whole but so patched that they seemed a counterpart of Joseph's coat of many colors. "This is your father, 1 presume, said jie addressing her do jUUch, and father being blind and deaf, J needs a good deal ol attention, luy son wiH not tell me how much his salary is, W I am sure he sends me all of it;" "Then he is not at home ?" "No sir, he is a clerk in New York." "Indeed ! Pray what is his name !" "Weston May.,; "Weston May ! Is it possible. W hy, ue is-mv clerk. 1 lelt him in charge ot i i i , t my store ouiy two wcuko uu. "Explanation followed, and Mr Dayton soon lelt proposing to can some omcr time." ' "Noble fellow," said he mentally, as he was riding slowly along, ruminating upon the call. "Noble fellow. I believe jhc loves my girl, and he may haye her and part of my monev. tod. Let mo see' here he fell into a thinking mood add bv me ume ne reached homo he formed plan which he determined 'to execute.- TT . now it terminated wo shall see. Full of his new plan, he entered the breakfast wuulb jjuui-u was awaiting ins ap pearance. "So Weston is goinsr to Ene-land said ne carelessly. wo o i I said Laura, dropping her coffee fnr ?omg to Jingland i" "To be sure : what ot it mv child ?" "Nothing only I we shall be rath- er Ion esome," replied she, vainly endeav- onng to repress her tears 'Come, come, Laura, tell me, do you 1 vrr n -r-r - . love u esconr lou never deceived me. J fit. t ' uon i ao it now. "No ; well I I love him most sincere ly." "1 thought so ! I thought so," replied ne, as ne lett the room. "Weston," said he, as he entered his store you expect to go into the country shortly do you ? ' srnrr v j.cs; sir, in aoout lour weeks. . iU ..vuiu uui vv luuuuvuuient jl wisn m would defer it a few weeks longer," you said Mr. Dayton. "I will, sir, with pleasure, if it will oblige you." "It will oblige me greatly, for Laura is to be married in about six weeks, and I wish you to attened the wedding." "Laura married !" said Weston, start- iug as if bt . "Laura married ?" "To be sure. What ails the boy ?" "Nothing sir, only it was rather sud den unexpected." "It is rather sudden , but I am an old man and wish to sec her have a protector before I die. I am glad you can stay to the wedding." "Indeed, sir, I cannot stay," said Wes ton forgetting what he had iust said. "lou canuot I by you just now said you would." "les, sir: but my business requires my presence, and I must go." "IJutj'ou said you would with pleasure." "Command me in anything else, sir : but in this I cannot oblige you." , - " eston, tell me frankly, do you love mV SIrl ! , mi ' " Sir !" Weston seemed like one waking from a dream. "Do you love my girl ?" "I do, sir," "Will you give me your mother for her V Mr. Dayton spoke earnestlv. "My mother ! what do you know of her ?" Mr. Dayton repeated the incident al ready related, and in conclusion said : "And now my boy, I have written to your mother and offered myself and she has accepted; what have you to say?" "lhat I am the happiest fellow on earth, and proud to call you father," re plied the young joyful face. A lew weeks after a double wedding took place at Mr. Dayton's mansion, and soon after a sign went over accrtain store. bearing the inscription of "Dayton & Company." loung men, you may learn from this that it is not Cue clothes that would win for you the esteem of those around you. A Georgia V edding. The preacher was prevented from tak- mg his part m the ceremony, and a new ly elected justice of the peace, who chanced to be present, was called unon A i X to officiate iu his place. The good man's knees began to tremble, for he had never tied the knot, and did not know where to begin. He had no "Georgia Justice," or any other book from which to read the marriage service. The company was ar ranged in a semi-circle, every one bearing a tallow candle, ne thought over every thing he had ever learned, even to "Thirty days hath September. April, June aud November," but all in vain ; he could recollect nothing that suited tho occasion. A suppressed titter all over the room admonished him and in the agony of desperation he began "Know all men by these persents that I" here he paused and looked up to the ceiling, when an audible voice in the cor ner1 of the room was heard to say : "He is drawing a deed to a tract of land," and they all-laughed. "In the name of God, amen !" he be gan again, only to hear another voice. in a loud whisper, say ; "He's making lri3 will, I thought he could not live long, ho looks so very bad." "Now I lay me down to sleep, pray." was the next essay, when some erudite . gentleman remarked ; "He is not dead, but sleepeth'." "Oh, yes ! oh yes !" he continued. Some person out of door sung out, come into court ! and the laughter was general The bride was near fainting, aud the Squire was not far from it; being an' in- defatigable man, however, he Segau again "To-all and singqler, that Sher " "Let's run ; he is going to levy on us," said two or three at once. Here a gleam' of light flashed across the face of the Squire. He ordered the bride and groom to hold up theit hands, and in a solemn voice said : "You, and each of you, do Solemnly swear, in the presence of this company, that you will perform towards each other all and singular the functious of husbaild and wife, as the case may be, to the best of your knowledge and ability, so help you God r "Good as wheat!" exclaimed the fath cr of the? bride. Stanford Advocate". The Routes to Montana and Idaho; Correspondence of N. Y. Tribune. To one inquiring he Way to these re? gions three distinct routes ""present them selves : the hrst is by steamer from New YorktO'S.in Franfnsrr fn "Plnnnrtrilln onrl - by overland stage to Sa t Lake Citv. about 658 milesfrom wb,VTi is a stage line to Virginia City and Bah nock City, which are about 500 miles north from Salt Lake, Or if the destina tion be the Boisee mines, or Idaho, the traveler will find the route from the north via, Nevada, where at a place called Star City, sl wagon road turns toward the south-west when near to Idaho, and con- unues thence to the Boisee district. For those setting out from the seaboard, andfrom the interior, this will prove the easiest and cheapest if not the most ex- peditious way. The next route is by the uveuauu btagc irom .tenmson, Kansas, or from Omaha Nhmd-n fn Ln T.tJ nnrl Trnnfo .Io.ut i.. " J 'WW MWMMa V XJUaii is 1,255 miles, and to Virginia City 500 miles further, requiring at least 17 days -.v. Vuvuuu. j.uc uiautuuu iu oaiL ijKR dc nights contmous travel in a coach gen- crany crowded to its utmost capacity, with only 25 pounds of baggage allowed to each passenger, except by paying 31 50 lor every additional pound : Ihe stage iare to Virginia City is 600 : uie price or meals on the way is Irom 81 to 5 each These high rates, more than uuuuiu wnat iney were a year ago, are in consequence of the troubles with the In dians, who for a time completely broke up the line between the Missouri River and the mountains. Even now an escort of soldiers is sometimes found to be ne cessary, though it is very rare that the jluuiciuo uuvu ventured to attacK- nn ta: i . i . ... 01 the coaches which aro always filled with enough well armed men to make a stout' defense. Their depredations are rather upon the defenseless stations of the stage hue, which they have at times des troyed with the supplies of hay collected for the stock. The other route is from St. Louis by steam boat up the Missouri River to Fort Benton, and thence overland 280 miles to Virginia City. Healthy passenger boats commenced only last year to run through 1... '.. a this long route of d,l5 miles : there are now about 20 employed, 12 of which had left St. Louis before the first of May. Each boat carries from 40 to more than 100 passengers and from 300 to 400 tuns of freight. Drawing not more than four and a-half to five feet of water they as-, says he got from thirty to forty bushels cend the river with tolerably safety tak- per day, and carried them off by the wag ing advantage, of thaspring freshets caus- onload. Compared with this the measur cd by the melting of the snows on the mountains, and .which raises the upper portions of the river the latter part of May and early part of June. These boats take up an immense amount of supplies for the mines and also of machinery for which they charge from 3 to 10 cents per pound ; from Fort Benton to the mines, it is probably as much more. The charge for passage on the boat is $200 which pays for state-room and board. The time spent on the river may be from 40 to 60 days, but this may be lessened by meeting the boat at one of the upper towns on the river. Stages run as far up the river as Fort Randall, leaving Sioux City three times a week. The distance thus saved on the river is 1,285 miles. One might leave New York a week after the boat had left St. Louis with perfect confidence of overtak ing her if not at Sioux City then at Fort Randall ; for tho river is so circuitious in its long bends that the stage goes as far in one day as the boat makes up stream in two or three days. The least time these boa.ts, always heav ily laden require to reach Sioux City, 1, 010 miles from St. Louis, is ten days, but the writer has waited there a week long er than this, and has known the boats to be more than three weeks in making a trip to this point. The quickest route to Sioux Cify is noE easily found, there being no advertise ment of it in the newspapers, nor in Ap-pleton-VRailway Guide. By the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railway, called in that work the Chicago and North-western Railway, one niay leave Chicago iit the evening and reach Boonesbor'ough, Iowa tli'c next day, and proceed at once by etage to Sioux City, arriving there in' three" days from Chicago, Not knowing of this route the writer went to Dubuque, and taking tho railway to Cedar Falls on Mon day morning, and proceeding thence by stage with all expedition, did not reach till Saturday evening. Tlic stages nearly all the way have on ly two horses, with load cn6ugh for six. This railway from Chicago crossing the Mississippi river at Clinton, Lowa, prom ises' to' be the first, passing through this State to the Missouri river, and your" train stops, making the first communication withithc Pacific railway at Omaha. It is likely to acqiiirc new importantid by the developcment of the Missouri river, trad ing with the great mining regions and all the Northwestern Territories. Whenever shipments can be made to' high point on the Missouri by railway steamboats will no longer be required- to descend to St. Louis, but will receive their freight and passengers above, and - save at last one third of the tedious voyage. From Fort Benton whioh is the head of naviga tion a little below tlic great Falls of tho Missouri, a good road passes through the mountains toward the South west, and branches off to the various settlements and towns "of cities" of Montana and Idaho. Stages are already running on this route, or soon will be, and many wag on trains are employed in transporting- mtkm freight. Horses and mules are plenty at Fort Benton, as they generally are through- out me inaiau lerritones. Hie Indians in Montana and Idaho are not at present uuuuiBauuiu, ana on tne river iney nave ramlv hfifln Irnnnrn tn mnlnet n rfnnmKnof Ior about 150 m es nbnvfi Fnrf. Hi the - some tribe's of Dakotas are at war with the whites. The boats go well prepared to rcnel as saults which the Indians might make du- ring tne stops tor cutting and taking in supplies of wood. At night the h t Doats anchor in the stream. There are a num her ot forts m the river, which are well garrisoned, and several military exrjedi- tions are now fitting out at Sioux Citv with the object of escorting trains across the country to the mining regions, and at the same time they will test the prac- "caDiuty or soma proposed new wagon rontos. Thn ffc J P I - wmn UJ wuut V. UVMUCO IU LUG U,o). r.. j. ......'""J y.u; seuu waiting Wltn a 1UOT ixiuow icuiute uuiLiuus ui uur territoriRS are being improved and made known, while the wonderful developments of the vast wealth stored in these arc constantly stimulating us to push forward our rail ways, and bring these regions into direc communication with the Atlantic States and these at the same time when the States upon the Pacific Distinguished Visitors. The country seems to be unusually xavored tnis year with visitations Irom various delegations of worms, bugs, flies, grasshoppers and other species of anima terrnaturc troublesome and injurious. A gentleman handed into our office a day or two ago a bunch ot leaves of a plum tree, which was entirely covered with grubs eating the leaves, and which have J x Jl n , i ucsiroyea many or tne apple and pear trees, ihe measuring worn has been the nuisance of the season among our city trees. In byracuse, iN. Y., they have the seventeen years locusts. At Sioux City the grasshoppers are eating up every thing. Gen. Sully says they eat holes into his wagon covers and the tarpaulins which cover his stores, and even attack the men m their sleep, and leaves them bleed mg from their bites. In Illinois the chinch buss have been so bad that a far- mer surrounded his corn field with a bar- rier of pine boards, covered with coal tar. outside of which dpknr.P. bad rWn holes dug in earth, into which the bugs tumbled in from the tarred boards. He ing worms are harmless, as great a nuisance as we think them. The early and hot sum mer seems to have been as prolific in the animal as in the vegetable life, and pro- bably are bound together in the same W ft. chain of causes. Philadelphia Ledger. How to Make Pencil Writing Indelible. A correspondent of an agricultural pa per gives the following information, which may be of interest to some of our readers: "A great many valuable letters and other writings arc written in pencil. This is particularly the case with Tetters of our soldiers sent home from the army. The following simple process will make lead pencil writing or drawing as indelible as if done with ink. Lay the writing in a shallow dish and pour skimmed milk up on it. Any spots not wet at first may have the milk placed lightly upon them with a feather. When the paper is wet over with milk, take it up and let the milk drain off, and wipe off with the feather, the drops which collect on the lower edge. Dry it carefully and it will be found to be perfectly indelible. It cannot be removed even with India rub ber. It is an old receipt, and a good one. Russian Railways and American Me chanics. The Baltimore Sun says : Mr. Thomas Winans and his brothers, who for the past few years have bcenf residing in the vic inity of Lincoln, have recently entered into a contractwith the Emperor of Russia for the running and putting in order of the railroad between St. Petersburg and Moscow, one" of tfie greatest works of the kind in Europe, and which was orginally built ami stocked by them. Since the retirement of these gentlemen from the management of the road, some years since,- its affairs have been in the hands ol a French company, but not giving entire satisfaction to the Russian Government, the Messrs. Winans have again bcen sought out to manage it. The new con tract is tot Cight years and they arc to receive cight millions of roubles per an num for the work a rouble being worth seventy-five cents in American currency. Internal Revenue Becirfdii. The Commissioner of Internal Rovenue" has" ntadq the following decision : Proprietors of a" lvace Uourse .Liable to License Tax. Where an entrance fee is demanded of speculators at a race course, the proprietor should take license under the second paragraph of article 39, sec tion 79, of the act of June 30. 1864. The Commissioner has also decided that, where a person keeps a horse, the use 01 w.mcu is necessary to iuu prusccu- tion of his business, the expense of keop mg tho horse, .including feed, &c, may bo deducted from income. When thc;es, is ostimatcd at 425,000. The num-' horse is used partly for business produc-jber on the rebel side is more tliau half as ibg income, and partly for pleasure, so ( large as this number ; so that the war has'' much of tho expense for keeping the led to the deaths of half a million of fighU- horse as is clearly referable to productive .labor' may be dedtfcteL eight grand chlf- - Judge Davis the administrator of Presi-r uent Lincoln's estate values it to be worth $b,u00 consisting chiefly of U. S. Bonds." Provoking to dream that you have lots' of money, and then wake up and find your self an editor. The Cleveland Leader savsthatthd m j Of Queen Victoria's ,dren six are boys. and grass crops in Ohio have never been fi-. -ner' and the harvest fae nearly or quite a fortnight earlier than usual. England never yet mustered one army of 100,0.00 men. She has more thanl that number,, but they are scattered all over the earthl Brighara vounr has "counselled" alT the faithful of Mnrmnn tn 0unt ine ra"n,uot Mormon city to shoot dowa j I ntlTT ItlAntt a' I I I . " T r mon female. The new three cent pieces are composed; of 74 per cent, copper and 20 per cent nickle, which makes a very hard alloy. It takes 254 pieces to make a pound, arid they cost the government just half a cent' apiece. The New York Times says that there' are 495,592 persons living in the crowded tenement houses in New York, and 100, 000 more in attics, lofts, &c. They arc" packed in at the rate of 240,000 to tho' square mile. That was a queer freak the lightningf took at a store in Rockville, Connecticut, last week. It entered at the door in V livid flash, which actually lit an oil lamp and left it burning, without leaving any other visible marks of its passage'. What strange things some eirfs' are !' Offer one of them good wages to work for you, and ten chances to one if the old woman can spare any of her girls : bub just propose matrimony, and see if they uuu v juuij au iiiu vury cnance or word ing a life time for board and clothes. A' ten years old Sunday school bov was" asked by his teacher, not long since, what' the phylacteries of the Pharisees were. " "Broad hems, such as ladies wear on their dresses," was the reply. "But the Phar-' isees didn't wear them for the same reas-. on that ladies do, did th'ey ?" . "O yes,". was the wicKcd answer, "to be seen or men. Lieutenant General Winficld Scott" completed the seventy-ninth year of his4 age on the 13th, and in honor of the event' and the distinguished chieftain, a num ber of his friends and admirers at West' Point proceeded to his lodgings and sere naded him. Caterpillars. Coal oil is a cheap, speedy and certain5 death to this destructive Wofm. A few drops dropped in their; nest when the "swarm" is in will do the work. Farmers and fruit growers should know this: and thev should also know that a fruit tree can no more bear fruit stripped of its leaves, than a man can' breathe without lungs. A Funny War Incident. When Sheridaa's soldiers scaled- the rebel works at Fisher's Hill, an Irishman, named John Quinlan was in the van. and instantly sprang astraddle a rebel cannon,' shouting, "My gun, I've captured, ye, bo' jaDers i 'ihe next moment he rolled off, clapping hiskhands to his scat of honor,, and bellowed. "Och. liowlv. mnthnr nf Moses ! an' sure it's red hot !" The gun had been fired so often, and with such rapidity, that it had become hot enough to rcass a salamander, and Quinlan lost a patchfrom the seat of his unmentionables.' The "relic" fever has caused consider-" able damage to portions of Ford's Thea-' re in Washington, where Booth killed" Mr. Lincoln. That portion of the stago' carpet upon which Booth leaped from tho President's box has been cut away for a diameter of four feet. The latest mani- cstatiou of the relic fever "3 that of a: visitor who went into the saloon attached to the theatre, and asked the bar-tender : "Have you the same bottle on hand out' of which Booth drank on tho night of the assassination ?" "Yes sir." "And the same brandy in it ?" "Yes sir, "Can I have a drink of that same brand" out of the same bottle ?" "Yes, sir." "Let's have it." The visitor tastes tho; brandy, makes a wry face and continues:" "And that's tho same brandy that Booth drank ?" "Yes. sir." "Well. I don't' wonder that he killed the President. A drink of that brandy would make a man' kill his grandmother." The Length of the War. If wo count from the firing on Fort Sumter, tho war lasted a few days over four 3'ears and oue month; but if we count" from the secession of South Carolina, as5, we should, it lasted four years and fivo months. During that long and weari some, though exciting time, we made his-" tory at a tremendous rate, writing in blood' rutr icttcia uuu musiraung 11 wun nUU- dreds of thousands of graves. Tho num- ber of deaths on our side, from all caua- ing men, aud no one knows to the loga of liow much life of other kinds, "
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