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References in Philadelphia :
Mon. Job R. Tvson, Chas. Gibbons, Esq
Somen Suodgrass,
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WHITE ASH ANTHRACITE COAL
From the Laxc-astes Colli inr,
Northumberland county, Fa.,
WHERE wo have very extensive improve
ments, anJ are prepared to offer to the
public a very superior article, particularly suited
lor the manufacture of Iron and making Steam.
Our tizes of Cool are:
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T, ) for do. and Steamboat
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EGG.
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for Family use and Steam.
J fT Limcbumers and Steam.
Our point of Shipping is Sunbury, where ar
tungemenls are made to load boats without any
delay.
COCHRAN, PEALE & CO.
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Feb. 10. 1855 ly
LEATHER.
FSIITZ, El END IS Y Ac CO.
Ab. 29 North Third Street, Philadelphia.
OROCCO Manufacturer, Curriers and Im
porters of FRENCH CALF-SKINS
and
dealers in Kcd and
Oak SOLE LEATHER &
KIl'P.
Feb. 17, 1855, w ly
F. H. SMITH,
PORT MONNAIE, POCKET E00S,
AMD
Dressing Case Manufacturer,
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PHILADELPHIA.
Always on hand a large and varied assortment of
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Note Holderr Backgammon Boirds,
Port Folios ' Chess Men,
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Also, .general assortment of English, French
and Geran Fancy Goods, Fine Pocket Cutlery,
Razors yRazor Strops and Gold Pens.
WhoJiiale, Second and i bird I loon.
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lr Jtnail i describing pen, thus, medium, hard,
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hila., March 31. 1854 ply.
A CARD.
.TEORGE BROWN, Inspector of Mines, ten-
i VST ,ers his services to land owners and Min
f ing Companies, in making examinations, reports
' &c, of Mines and Coal lauds. From bis experi
ence in mining operations, as be understands the
different branches, having carried on Mines for
number of years in Schuylkill Co., and having
now a large number of collieries under bis super
vision be hopes to give satisfaction to those who
may want bis services. Refers to Benjamin
Miller and W.Payne, Esqrs.. Philadelphia, and
D. E. Nice and James Neill, Esqrs., PotUville.
Communications by Mail promptly attended to.
J'ptuviUe, March 17, 1855. 3m.
COAL! COAL!! COAX!!!
5 RA. T. CLEMENT respectfully informs the
citizens of Sunbury and vicinity that he has
Leen appointed agent for the sale of the celebra.
tod red ash coal, from the Mines of Boyd Rosset
A. Co. All the various sizes prepared and
ttreanei will he promptly delivered by leaving
orders with the subscriber.
IRA T. CLEMENT.
Sunbiuy, Dec 30, 1851. tf.
Do you want a liargain ?
IF SO, THEN CALL AT
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WHERE you will find the cheapest assort
ment of .
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
n Sunbury, consisting in part of Dry Goods,
Groceries, Queensware, Hardware, Cedar
ware, Fancy Articles, Stationary, Con
fectionanes, eVe., which will be
sold at the lowest prices for
cash of country produce.
Ground Salt by the sack or bushel.
Sunbury, Nov. 4, 1854
nARDWARK.-Table Cutlery, Razors, Pock
et Knives, Hand saws' Wood saws in
frames, A zee, Chisels, Door Locks, and Hinges,
Hand Bells, Waiters, 4c just received and for
ale by I. W. TENEB it CO.
Suubury, Dec , 1854.
CtOAL Bucket, store shovels, Ames' shovels,
1 forks, Door and pad locks, curry combs,
Ac, at VOUNG'S STOKE.
Suubnry, Nov. 18, 1854.
VANILLA BEANS just received by
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Sunbury, May 19, 1855 (
WINES and Liquors for Medicinal purpose
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Buubiuv. May 19. 1855..
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THE BAREFOOT BOY.
BVJOUM WHITTIER.
Blessings on thee, little man !
Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan !
With thy turned op pantaloons,
And thy merry whistled tunes
With tby red lip reader still, ,i
Kissed by strawberries on the hill
With the sunshine on thy face
Through thy torn bVlm's jaunty grace;
From my heart I give thee joy
' I was once a barefoot boy 1
Prince thou art the grown op man
Only is republican.
Let the tnillion-dollared ride '
Barefoot, trudging at his Bide,
Thou hast more than he can buy,
In the reach of ear and I
Outward sunshine, inward joy ;
Blessings on the barefoot boy I
Oh I for boyhood's painless play,
Sleep that wakes in laughing day ;
Health that mocks the doctor's rules ;
Knowledge, never learned of schools:
Of the wild bee's morning chase,
Of the wild flower's time and place,
Flight of fowl And habitude
Of tho tenants of the wood,
How the tortoise bears bis shell,
How tho woodchuck digs his coll,
And the gronnd-mole sinks his well j
How the robin feeds her young,
How the oriole's nest is hung ;
Where the whitest lilies blow,
Where the freshest berries grow,
Where the ground nut trails in vine,
Whore the wood-grape's clusters shine ;
Of the black wasp's cunning way,
Mason of his walls of clay,
And the architectural plains
Of gray honest artisans !
For, eschewing books and tasks,
Nature answers all ho asks ;
Hand in hand with her he walks,
Face to fuce with her he talks, '
Tart and parcel of her joy
Blessings on the barefoot )oy I
Oh ! for boyhood's time of June,
Crowding years in ono brief moon,
When all things I heard or saw,
Me, their master, waited for.
I wjs rich in flowers and trees,
Humming birds and honey bees ;
For my sport the squirrel p'nyed,
Plied tho snonted mole his spade ;
For my tasto the blackberry cone
Purpled over hedge and stone ;
Laughed the brook for my delight
Through the day and through the night,
Whispered at the garden wall,
Talked with me from fall to fall ;
M ine tho sand-rimmed pickerel pond,
Mine the walnut slopes beyond,
Mino tho bending orchard trees,
Apples of Hcsperides !
Still as my horizon grew, .
Larger grew my riches too,
AH the world I saw or knew,
Seemed a complex Chinese toy,
Fashion'd for a barefoot boy 1
Oh ! for festal dainties spread,
Like my bowl of milk aud bread
Pewter spoons and bowl of wood,
On the door stone, gray and rude 1
O'er me like a regal tent,
Cloudy-ribbed, the sunset bent,
Purple curtained, fringed with gold,
Looped in many a wiud swung fold ;
Whilo for music came the play
Of tho pied frogs' orchestra j
And to light the noisy choir,
Lit the fly bis lamp of fire.
I was monarch ; pomp and joy
Waited on the barefoot boy 1
Cheerily, then, my little man,
Live and laugh as boyhood can 1
Thongh the flinty slopes be hard,
Stubble speared the new mown sward,
Every morn shall lead thee through
Fresh baptisms of the dew ;
Every evening from thy feet
Shall the cool winds kiss the heat ;
All too soon these feet must hide
Iu the prison cells of pride
Lost the freedom of the sod,
Like a colt's for work beshod,
Made to tread the mills of toil,
Up and down with ceaseless moil
Happy if their track be found
Never on forbidden ground
Happy if tly sink not in
Quick and treacherous sands 6f sin.
Ah ! that thou couldst know the joy,
Kre it passes, barefoot boy I
SWttt ftalt.
THE NEW KNIFE.
DT ANNA 11. PHIUrS.
A brighter, rosier, happier face wag never
seen than littlo Harry Willett's, as he saun
tered one sunny afternoon in May, down the
winding lane that led from his father's green
farm, and took the road to the village. The
warm breeze tossed his brown lock lightly,
and the merry sun peeped saucily now aud
then through the torn brim of bis straw hat,
into bis frunk blue eyes, and flashed into the
dimples of his happy mouth.
A fine face Harry had nut a pretty face,
if by that you mean very nicely formed fea
tures, and great, handsome, long-lashed eyes
but an open, a kindly, truthful, generous
face such a one as made you think, with a
?uick, warm glow at your heart, what a cont
ort and pride be must be to his mother, and
how her eyes must brighten, whenever he
shone in upon her through the busy day.
Hilt Harry's face, contented and smiling as
it usually was, wore a peculiarly gratified ex
pression to-day ; that something delightful
bad occurred there could be no doubt. He
was altogether loo bappv to whistle, and he
sanutered along with his hands in his pockets,
and those glad, blue eyes of his full of pleas
ant meditation. .
If you had been walking with Harry in the
stillness of that warm afternoon, you might
have beard an occasional very pleasant jiug
ling in that right trowsers-pocket 'of bis, aud
if good Betsy, the maid at the farm, had been
there too, she would doubtless have told you
what a budget of old nails, and bits of lead,
and tin, and all sorts of trumpery Harry al
ways carried in his pockets, greatly to the
wear and tear of said pockets, and of the home
atienca in mending them. But ah, Misa
ietsy, something rather better than old nails
and lead sinkers, and tin "whizcers," rattles
there now I Nothing lest than two big, bright
silver half-dollars, all Harry's own, to ?pnd
as be likes I Now and then he take them
out and looks at them, to be sure that they
are safe, and reality, and with l,hautmpt
content at the confirmation his eyes givo to
t. f..n A-m .1 V 1. I .1
jingling pockut.
tu luvb, mvus tuum UUVB. Uiraill 1ULU Hie-
Tho truth was, that the possession of this
wonderful treasure was the greatest event in
the money way, that had ever happened to
narry, ana u neeuea tho witness or all His
senses to keep np the conviction that it was
reauy no dream. Harry s rather, although a
thrifty fartner, who gave his little boy good
clothes and all home comforts, had seldom
any money to bestow for his own especial
spending Harry s utmost ambitiou and sue
cess having heretofore extended to a bright
dime. An old friend or Ins fathor Iroin
distant city, spending a few days with them
had dropped into Harry's hand that morning.
in parting, the gut or two bright hall-dollars,
to buy anything be might happen to want
"Happen to want I" Oh. how much and
how lonir Harrv had wanted a tnifr! Ilnw
long he had wished and honed and wonder.
od when the time would come that he should
own snch a treasure 1 Twelve years old and
no knife, had been a damper more than once
when he had tried to follow with the birr
at school, and you may be sure there wns not
a moment for indecision as to how or when
the money should be spent. For a knifn that.
very aitcrnoon it should co that was settled
at once.
What bov does not romnmW tho Tiridn
and pleasure that came with his first knife
the dignity and manliness its ownership con
ferred ? What bov will not annrnnintn 4hn
glad thoughts that filled Harry's heart, as he
wumea aiong inrougn the warm dust or the
highway to the village T He could not quite
decide whether it should have a white handle
or dark one, but at all events it must have
two blades and wouldn't he show Joe
Smith, next day. that some bovs could make
whistles as well as others j and couldn't he
mend littlo Susy Martin's lead pencil for her,
usieau oi seeing ner go np to the master ev
ery time it wanted sharpening? Oh, to-morrow
was to bo a grand, happy day 1
On Harrv's wav. a rod or two back from
the dusty rond. stood a small, dark, nnpninted
house, at the low, open window of which he
caught sight of a face that he knew very well;
and be paused, and then walked up with a
pleasant smile to speak to his friend Josey
Wood. Josey was a weak, suffering, crippled
boy, and he half reclined now on a couch his
good mother had made for him, all stuffed
with hay, and covered with neat chintz, and
rawn up close to the window, so that tho
sweet, warm fcir blew in on his forehead, and
be could reach out his band and touch the
creeping rose-vines filled with buds that clam
bered about the sill.
Josey 's mother was very poor, and she
worked hard all day with her needle, for there
was no ono to provide for herself and her lit
tle crippled boy, and yet she found timo to do
world or kiuii things lor mm. she it was
who trained the roses who kept the room
so daintily clean who carried him in her
arms out into the fields, in the warm days,
that be might feci the soft grass, and hear
the birds sing, and watch the feeding of the
nocks, one it was who snng old songs to
lin, and told him stories wheu he felt ill, and
the pain made him nervous and sad. She
was a good mother to Josey, and he loved
her dearlv, and tried as much as he could to
keep back from her his trouble aud pain, and
always spoke to ber gently and sweetly.
Uut Josey bad one great pleasure of his
own ; be had a remarkablo talent for cutting
curious and beautiful little things out of
wood ; these he stained with dye that bis
mother made for him, and she carried them
down to the village and sold them, when she
went home with her work. To be sure, Josey
could not make many of these, for his littlo
nervous fingers were often useloss with pain,
and some days ho was obliged to lie very still
on his back, doing nothing. But tho joy he
had whenever his mother did bring home
money of his own earning, was more than I
can tell you. His hot checks would glow for
the whole ereniug, and bis mother had to take
him in her Ian and soothe him reiitlv to sleen.
or he would have lain awake all night, dream
ing or bis richeB.
lie was feeling very bright to-day, and the
little pine table, drawn up to the side of his
couch, was covered with bits of wood and tiny
cups or coloring tuat belonged to bis work.
He laid down his knife with which be was cut
ting, and put out his thin hand to meet Harry's
with an expression of delight. The two boys
had not seen each other for some time, and
Harry had a host of wonderful things of boy
interest to relate, and altogether was so affec
tionate and cordial, that his presence served
to do Josey as much good as the May sun
shine and, indeed, his plump, glad face, all
in a glow with exercise and the warmth of
the day, was a cheery sight for anybody.
"What are you making there t" said nar
ry, pointing to the materials on the table.
"Oh, something famous," said Josey, emi-1
ling. "It's going to be tlie greatest thing I
ever did. It's a kind of work-box, you see.
I've got a splondid picture for the top, and
here's a queer invention of my own for the
spools. I shall be ricb, I expect, when I sell
it. Eh, mother 1" and he smiled playfully.
At the word rich, Harry's hand instinctive
ly dropped into the pocket that held the two
half-dollars; but be looked at Josey's wan
face, and worn, patched clothes, and parading
his newly acquired wealth.
"Dou't stop working, Josey," he said. "I
shotld like to see how you go at it it's such
a puzzle to me how those beautiful things are
mado. 1 am sure I could never do it in a
lifo-tiuie.H
"Oh, perhaps you could if you'd nothing
else to do," said Josey, pleasantly ; but the
words made Harrv sober, as he thought of
his own strong limbs and vigorous frame, and
thousand ways of amusement, and he stood
looking at Josey, as he worked, in silence.
It was curious, indeed, to see how skilfully be
cut and carved, and how gracefully and
smoothly the rough wood came into form, un
der his touch. The work evidently interested
him greatly ; but now and then his bands
trembled, and his shortened breath showed
how fatiguing eveu a little exertion was ; but
he talked pleasantly to Harry, explaining the
why and the wherefore of everything he did,
seeming to enjoy his admiration and sympa
thy very much.
"What a sharp knife that is of yours, Jo
sey," said Harry ; "it cuts like a razor."
"Yes," said Josey, "that knife was my
fathers. The little blade was broken when I
first had it j bot this one bids fair to last ma
ny Tears j and luckily, for I don't know what
1 should do without it," and be pluuged it
into one side of the box, where he was hol
lowing out a groove ; there was a quick, low
snap, and Harry started aud leaned into the
window, Ah 1 it was too true : in Josey's
quick, excited motion, the kuife had broken I
The blade, snapped near the top, still stuck
fast in the wood, aud the smootn, worn ban
die was left in his band. Poor Josey turned
very white, and lay back on his couch, aud
into the hollow eyes Came tba big tears j but
he crushed them back nuder the thin eyelids,
and out no his bund, as if he would smooth
tho contraction, pf bj forehead j but look p
I pain had fixed itself In his face, and ho could
I i.
"Josoy, dear
I UUL DUb H BWI1V
boy." said his mother ; and
aha came and nut her arma around him. and
drew out the broken blado from the wood
Her tears she did not try to put back ( but
pityinor him as she (Jul, sbe could only weep
and soothe him. She could not say the words
she would rather bave said than any other
that sho would have soon replaced his loss.
"Don't cry. dear mother." said Josev. faint
ly i ''knives can't last forever, you know ; and
if this must break, see how nicely it hns come
on so near mo namno. 1 can use tho blade
m
ior a great; many tnings, ana ono or your
Knives win neip too. i can get along nicely
1 llllUK.
But Josey found it hard to comfort his
Eoor mother. She knew how many lonely
ours that knife had cheered how many dull
ones ii nam ungiitenea now much delight
us worn nau always been to him how im
possible it wos for her to get him another, for
a long time and she remembered, too, that
on these slight earnings of Josey's sho was
aepenuant ior tho means or procuring for him
those littlo luxuries that were almost neces
saries, when ho was feeble and sufferintr.
Harry could not speak, but his blue eyes
were full of tears, and a great pain filled his
heart, as he caught the look, more touching
than all tho mother's words, with which Josev
gainerea np ine severed uanine and blade,
and put them into the drawer of his little
tabje. Ob, bow few the boy's sources of
happiness must be, when the breaking of the
simple Knile could put such a desolute look
into his facet Excitement, as it usually did.
had made J oscy a little faint, and while he
lay back with his eyes closed, for a few mo
ments, His mother tanning him with ber broad
palm-leal tan, Harry slipped away.
it was late in the alteruoon when he came
again towards the house, on his return from
his long walk to the village. The soft light
of the setting sun fell about Josey's low win
dow, and the pale boy lay looking out on tho
rosy and golden clouds in the western sky.
There was still a sad look on his face, but he
smiled when - Harry came up, and listened
pleasantly to tho boy-gossip ho had brought
rom mo village.
It was not until some minntos alter Harry
had bade him good-bye, and he had ceased to
watch his stout little figure hurrying up the
road, that Josey discovered in the far corner
of the window, a closely folded package of
white paper directed to himself ; aud, as ho
slowly and wonderingly unrolled it, there
dropped from it heavily upon his couch, a big
beautiful knife, stouter aud handsomer than
tho one ho had lost, and with two fine blades!
Josey trembled so, and his eyes grew so dim,
that he could not read the words on the inside
of the wrapper, and, all in wonder, his mother
came and read these lines written in an un
formed boyish hand ;
.Uoar Josev: riease accent this knife
from me, because I would rather you should
hao it, to make up for the one you broke,
than to have the handsomest knife in the
world. . I bought it with my own money, on
purpose for you. Your sorry and affectionate
inenu, Harrv.
Poor Josey 1 The tears that had been kept
back fell fust enough now, and like a little
child, he laid his face against his mother's
breast, too glad and grateful for words.
I here was no pleasant sounding silver in
Harry's pocket when he went to his room
that night no strong beautiful knife, better
than the silver, to tako its place ; but his
mother's kiss was tenderer than ever, when
she bade him good night, and angels of peace
and love hovered about him, with blessings
promised to those who lay up treasure in
11 ea veil. Little Pilgrim.
FILTERED Allt INCAPABLE OF
FERMENTATION.
"Schroder and Von Dusch have lately given
the details of experiments tried by thorn upon
the effects produced by filtered air, upon
fermentation, etc. They have established
the fact, 'that when air is passed through a
tube filled with raw cotton, moderately com
pressed, it becomes incapable of inducing fer
mentation or putrefaction in substances that
would rapidly undergo these changes if com
mon air was 'substituted. Thus, meat, broth,
wort, etc., were preserved for weeks in flasks
in which they were boiled a constant cur
rent of filtered air being drawn throug'j the
flasks. No change of any kind was percepti
ble, even in summer weather. When milk
was tried in the same manner, however, it be
came sour nearly as soon as in the open air
thus indicating an essential difference in
the principles iuvolved in the respective de
compositions.' The author has himself re
peated the experiment of preserving boiled
meat and water in a flask, having an aper
ture of at least oue inch in diameter, closed
merely with a plug of raw cotton, part of the
cotton being formed itito a ball, surrounding
the neck of the flask and confined with a
thread, to prevent the passage of air between
the sides of the aperture and the plug of cot
ton. Meat broth, thus prepared, was found
to be perfectly sweet and unchanged in every
respect after the lapse of six weeks, in the
months of June and July ; a portion of tho
same broth placed in a bottle with a glass
stopper, became so offensive on tho third duy
as to require its removal."
u
Cuai.i.esor Refi'skd. The controversy be
tween Mr. James B.Clay, son of Henry
Clay, aud Mr. I'rentice, editor of the Louis
ville Journal, resulted in Mr. Clay intima
ting his intention to challenge Mr. I'rentice
if be held himself "personally responsible as
a gentleman" for the publications made iu
his newspaper. Mr. I . very sensibly aud
properly rejucts'this modo of settling the dis
pute, aud says i -
"I have only to repeat that I would not
accept a challenge from you on account of my
article of Wednesday. Aud as I see no ne
cessity for my adopting the etiquette of
duelists iu telling you so, I shall send this by
mail. I scarcely need add that, if I bave
erred iu any statements of fact in regard to
your conduct, I shall, on having the errors
pointed out to me, take pleasure iu correct-
ini
ng them."
To I'bevrnt Metals from Rustino. Melt
together three parts of lard and one of rosin.
A very thin coating will preserve Russit iron
stoves and grates from rusting during sum
mer, even in damp situations. The effect is
equally good on brass, copper Btoel, &c. The
same compound forms an excellent water
proof paste for leather. Boots, when treated
with it. will soon after take the usual polish
when blacked, and the soles may be saturated
witurt.
Two Sons or Ebim were moralising over
the result of the. late election. "Bed news,
Fat," said Mike. "Faith, and you're right
there," responded Pat. "What would ould
Uineral Jackson say to this, if he were alive
now t" ejaculated Mike. ''Be gorra," replied
Fat, "he'd say be was find be was dead," .
VENTILATION OF RAILROAD CAns.
A highly successful experiment was yes
terday mado of "Barry's Ventilation and
Cooling Appnrntus," in applying it to a pas
senger car on the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad. The apparatus re
sembles the ono iutroducad so cnccessfully in
cooling and ventilating tho Walnut street
Theatre, by the same inventor, with tho addi
tion of"a succession of wiro cylinders revol
ving in water, which deprives tho air in pas
sing through them, of every pnrticlo of dust.
The fan drawing in tho air from outsido is
kept in motion by a belt and pulley ottnehed
to the axle of the car, and tho reservoir is
supplied with ico, about fivo hundred pounds
being required for a run of four hours.
A theimometcr suspended in the enr bo
fore starting, indicating 8 degress. Upon
starting the doors and windows of the car
were all closed, which is rcuuircd for the suc
cessful working of this apparatus, and to pre
vent, tno admission ol smoke, spnrkHand dust.
No sooner had the train started than a vol
ume of cold air wns forced into the car from
two registers placed in the centre, and in n
lew minutes tho thermometer indicated 80
and finally 7G at which point it stood through
out, to and from Wilmington, tho windows
being closed, and tho car being about two
thirds filled with passengers.
1 ho volume ol cold uir lorced into the car
is of course much greater than can find an
outlet through the ventilators, consemicntlv
there is another ontlet provided at tho end of
me car, connected with tho reservoir inv.hieh
the fan works beneath tho car. This causes
a largo portion of tho uir with which tho
apparatus is supplied to bo drawn from the
interior of the car. This creates a constant
circulation of tho cool air, whilo tho vitiated
air alone rises to the roof, uud finds its outlet
through the ventilators. The apparatus
will cost about one hundred dollars for each
car, but if the cars nro manufactured espe
cially, their cost will not augment tho, price,
as the windows can be mado permancut, and
sashes dispensed with, which will also have
a good effect iu obviating tho rattling noise
resulting from moveable sashes. This appa
ratus is not designed for summer uso alouo,
but is converted into a warm air generator,
by a stove being substituted fur tlio ice, while
the revolving sieves divest tho nir of dust,
and secure acomfbrtablcteniperatiirethroiigh
out tho car while the mercury ranges at zero
outside. This was proved in February last,
when an apparatus wns attached to a car on
the Pennsylvania Railroad, tho interior of
which was heated satisfactorily, at one third
less consumption of fuel, than by the ordi
nary mode.
THE OLD LOVE.
DY FITZ JAMES O'UKIEX.
I mot her; she wns thin and old ;
blie stooped, and trod with tottering reet I
The hair was gray that once was gold,
1 be voice was hnrsh that once was sweet.
Hor hands were dwindled, and her eyes,
Robbed of her girlish light of jov,
Were dim ; I felt a sad surprise
1 hat I had lovedjier when a boy.
But yet a something in her air "
Kestorcd me to the vanished limp.
My heart grew young and seemed to wear
Tim hriirhlncKs of niv vnnllifiil nrimu.
--D J V " , "
I took Ber withered hand iu mine
Its touch recalled a ghost of jov
I kissed it with a reverend sigh,
I or 1 had loved her when a boy.
THE NliWS FROM THE UAT OF WAR.
The general prospect of tho war, at home
and abroad, were not very encouraging.
Partial successes before Sjebastopul have.
however, revived the drooping spirit of the
army, although the small reported losses of
tlie Allies show that the successes were not
of importance.
Pelissier. whose character suCVred much
alter tne repulse or the liStu ol Juue, was
regaining confidence, and from tho strength
of the French works, now. close advanced
towards the MalukofT, there is a probability
of its early capture.
A despatch from General Simpson is pub
lished, giving an account of the ombarkution
of the body of Lord Raglan, for Knglund.
I elissier placed a garland o immortelles on
tho coffin, and tho French trt ops formed an
avenue of men, six miles long, from the camp
to the sen.
Tho following ere tho latest despatches :
Under date of July ICth, 11 P. M , General
1 elissier telegraphs "lhe enemy who had
for some days endeavored in vain to stop our
left approaches in front of the Malakoll' Tow
er, attempted lust night to drive us buck,
but they were repulsed by the first Uivisiou
of the second corps. Three times the Rus
sians threw themselves npon our trenches,
with thoir usual shouting, but artor each at
tempt they were compelled to retreat by tho
teady tire and calm attitude or our soldiers.
leaving behind thein many of their slain.
July nth. ucncrul bunpson telegraphs
nothing of importance has occurred. The
army is in good health. July 18th, hu tele
graphs a sot tie made on the left attack, was
repulsed witn only threo casualties on tbo
jintisn sale.
Tho Patia Patrie, of July 10th, says:
According to tho news received this morning,
the Russians attempted another sortie last
night about ten o'clock, against tho batteries
of Careening Bay, and were vigorously ro
pulsed. Letters say that tho Russiuu ships
begin to suffer from the Frvuch mortar but
tery, iu the side of Quarantine Bay, and de
serters say that the rations of the shipping
are reduced oue half.
The French have cleared Kamiesch of all
suspicious persons, aud have established a
municipality.
tlenerul Kyre, the British General, has
had his leg amputated. General 8ir John
Campbell died within Sebastopol, and under
a flag of truce his sword was returned.
Who IsSiirT The question regardiugthe
indeutity of Mrs. Robinson, the "veiled mur
deress" as she is called, is likely to be set
tled in a court of justice. The Troy (N. Y.)
Times stated that -her name was Charlotte
Wood, and that she was counected with a
wealthy family of that name in Canada, "but
would not disgrace her family by the avowal.
Mr. Wood has sued the "Times" for libel,
and the suit is now about to be tried. The
"Times" says M rs. Robinson has voluutarily
confessed to the editor that his statemeut
was true declaring that she was unwilling,
either directly or indirectly to be the cause
of inflicting injury npon the iunocont. The
cause is a curious oue.
M'abiihs Bievbk was celebrated for his
wit, whichhefrequentlydisplayed iu repartees
and puns. When presented to Louis XV.,
the following dialogue took place t Louis
"Give me a specimen of your wit." Bievro
"Give ine a subject. Louis "Take ine."
Bjvvre-."tue, tU King is no subject."
WATCIII.VCI FOR A TIGER.
The spot I selected was at tho edge of n
tank, where a tiger used to drink. There
was a largo timcriud tree on t'ne linnkit ami
Uicre I took my post. A village shikaree ac
companied me, and soon alter sunset we took
np our position on a branch twelve feet from
tho ground. I should first mention that wo
had 1'nstnned an unfortiinnto bullock under
tho tree for a bait. Well, we remained on
our perch for a couple of hours without any.
thing stirring it might be eight o'clock; the
moon had risen, and co clear wns tho light
Hint we could see the Jackals at the distance
ol hall a nulo sneaking stealthily toward the
villago, when a party of Brimparries passing
by stopped to water their bullocks at tho tank.
They loitered for some time, and, becoming
iiiipuueut, i goi oown irom tno tree With a
singlo riflo iu my hand and walked np to them
telling them that 1 was watching for a tiger,
when they started off immediately.
I was sauntering back to my "post, never
dreaming of danger, when the shikaree gave
a low whistle, and nt tho eamo moment a.
prowl arose from some bushes between mo
and the tree. To make my situation quite
decided, I saw tlio shikaree's black arm point
ing ur-nrly straight under him, on my sido of
ins post, it wns eviuent that 1 could not ro
gain tho tree, although I was within twenty
paces of it. Thero was uotbing for mo to do
but to drop behind a bush, and leavo the rest
to l rovidPitcc. It i bad moved then the ti
ger would have had mo to a certainty ; besides,
1 trusted to his killing tho bullock, and return
ing to tho junkie as soon ns he had finished
supper.
It was terriblo to hear tho moans of tho
wretched bullock when the tiger approached.
Ho would run to the end of his rope, making
a desperate attempt to break it, and then lie
down shaking in -every limb, nnd bellowing
in tho most pitious manner. The tiger saw
him plain enough, but suspecting something
was wrong, ho walked growling around the
tree, as if ho did not observe him. At length
ho mado his fatal spring, with a horrid shriek
rather than n roaF. 1 could hear the tortured
bullock struggle under him, uttering faint
cries, which became more fecblo every in
stant, and then tho heavy breathing, half
growl, half snort of tho monster, us ho hung
to his neck, sucking his life's blood.
I know not what possessed me at this mo
ment, but 1 could not resist tho temptation of
a shot. I crept up softly within ten yards of
him and kneeling behind a clump of dates,
took a deliberate aim at Ins head, w hile he
lay with his nose buried in the bullock's
throat. He started with an ungry roar from
the carcass when tho bull hit him. He stood
listening for a moment, and then dropped ia
front of mo, uttering a sullen growl. Thero
was nothing but a date bush between ns j I
had no weapon but my discharged rifle. I
felt for my pistols, but they had been left on
tho tree. Then 1 knew that my hour was
come, and all tho sins of my life rushed with
distinctness across my mind. I muttered a
short prayer, and tried to prepare myself for
death, which seemed inevitable.
But what was my peon about nil this time?
lie had tho spare guns with him ! Oh, as I
afterwards learned, he, poor fellow, was try
ing to tire my double rule; but all the. locks
have bolls which ho did not uuderstand, and
he could not cock it. Ho was a good shika
ree, and knew that it was my only chance ;
so when he could do no good he did nothing.
If Mohadeon had been there, he would soou
have relieved me ; but 1 hud sent him in all
ot her direction that day. Well, Some min
utes passed thus.
Iho tiger mado no attempt to come at me;
a ray of hope cheered mo ; ho might bo dy
ing. 1 peeped through tlio branches, but my
heart sank within me when his bright green
eyes met mine, and his hot breath absolutely
blew in my lace. 1 slipped back m despair,
und a growl warned mo lluil even that slight
movement was noticed ; but wliv did ho not
attack mo ? A tiger is a suspicious, coward
ly brute, aud will seldom charge unless hu
sees his prey distinctly. Now, I was quite
concealed by the date leaves ; and while I
remained perfectly quiet, I still had a chance.
Suspense was becoming intolerable. My
riflo lay useless at my side , to attempt to
load it, would havo been instant death. My
knees wero bruised by tho hard gravel, but I
dared not movo a joint. The tormenting
mosquetoes swarmed uround my face, but 1
feared to raise myhand to bnibh them off".
Whenever the wiud ruffled tho leaves that
sheltered me, d hoarse growl grated through
the stillness of tho night. Hours, that seem
ed years, rolled on ; 1 could hear tho villago
gong strike each hour of that dreadful night,
which 1 thought would never end. At last
tho welcome dawn ! nnd oh, how gladly did
1 hail tho first streaks of light that shot up
Irom tho horizon, rortben the tiger arose,
sulkily stalked away to somo distanco. I
felt that the danger was past, aud roso with a
feeling of relief which I caunot describe.
Such a night of suffering wus enough to turn
my brain, and I only wonder that 1 survived
It. I now seut off tho peon for the elephant,
and before three o'clock old Goliath had ar
rived. It was all over iu five minutes. Tho
tiger rushed to meet me us soon as I entered
tho cover, and ono ball ill tho chest dropped
him down dead.
Prussian Sympathies. As an illustration
of the nature of Prussiuu neutrality, tho fol
lowing story is told. In the attack of the
.Mamelon, a liuasian C olonel wus slain in a
hatid-to-band fight" by a French officer.
M. X . which latter, possessing himself
of some letters and papers found upon the
deceased, discovered, among others, one to
Lis duughtbriu St. Potersb irgh, announcing
tho receipt of a decoration from the King of
Prussia, who bud sent a number, besides many
snuff-boxes, by Couul Studirardt.for distribu
tion among tho liussian otneers engaged iu
the defence of Sebastopol. This important
document wus immediately handed over to
General Pelissier, who will, no doubt, know
how to apprcciato its contents.
Tus Suanquai Drill. A correspondent
of tho Baltimore Republican at Old Point
Comfort writes : "Among the amusing in
cidents of the place just now is what is called
the 'Shanghai drill' of the recruiU in the fort.
This drill is ludicrous iu tho extreme. The
technical uaine for it I am unable to give.
It is, however, performed by the recruits
bracing their arms up sguinst their bodies,
aud rapidly raising the legs as if they were
at woik iu a tread-mill. Tho object aimed
at is to traiu soldiers for ascending mountains
and declivities of any kind. Uy practising iu
this way, it is said they are enabled success
fully to compote witn tne norso m ruuutng
up tun. '
Locust Bites. A man in Cloves, Ohio,
was lately stung by a locust. The effects are
similar to those produced by the bite or a
mad dog i the man has fits so violent that it
takes five or six men to hold him iu bed, aud
us has bit Veu tils tongas into tumgi.
WHAT SHALL WE EAT.
It is difficult, during the sultry hpnts of
summer, to ascertain the best kinds of food
the best, ns well ns a mntter of taste, as in
point of economy and nourishment Beef ont
in is out of the question with the multitude,
ns the prico is still bo enormous, nnd although
Hour has declined considerably, it is sufficient
ly high. A writer in "Life Illustrated," Ven
tures to recommend several substitutes, nnd
to five some sensonuble hints, ns follows :
Hoinony should have a high place on out1
list of edibles. It is one of the indispeusibles
on every Southern table. It conies upon the
bonrd us nnfailingly at every meal ns doos
broad. When properly mado and well cook
ed (it should be soaked before cooking, and
then boiled from half an hour to an hour, ac
cording to its coarseness) it is oue of the best,
most nutritious, aud cheapest articles of hu
mau food. Cracked wheat, oatmeal mush,
boiled rice, ice., should not bo forgotten in
this connexion.
Beans and peas should bo more trenerallv
onton than they are. They are exceedingly
nutritious, very palutalle, and comparatively
cheap. At present prices, n dollar's worth
of beans or pens will yield of substantial nu-
tnment of the muscle forming elements at
least ois times as much a dollar's worth cf
potatoes. Thev mav bu either haknri nr cfmv.
ed. In Xcw England "pork aud beans" hold
a plnco of honor, but elsewhero in this coun
try they are almost unknown. T.nnvinrr Ant.
the pork, nothing con be better. A little "
salt, with tho addition of sweet milk, cream,
or butter, while baking, leaves nothing to be
desired.
Good, ripe, mealy Irish notatoea aro oxcrd."
lent, as also nro sweet patatoes, aud we would
by no means exclude beets, carrots, parsnips,
turnips, etc., from our tables ; but at present
prices economy docs not warrent their free
consumption by persons of moderate means.
lA'i us liopo that the crops of the present
season will bring them again within our
reach.
A e do not like the German's sauer l-rnut.
nor do we approve of vinegar and nemipr na
condiment, but we do like cabbage boiled by
itself iu pure water till it is cooked perfectly '
soft, and served up, adding a little salt, anil
peruaps a littlo butter. In this form it is
wholesome and nutritive.
But naturo iudicates very plainly that ber.
ries and fruits should have a prominent place
in our summer dietary. They are not only
luuuuieu iu auunuanco at this season, but
every healthy stomach is inntini-t
ted to them. Strawberries, blackberries,
iuMjcinus, wnoriieuerncs, cherries, plums,
grapes, figs, (sorry we cannot raise the last
named in New York and New Jersey,) apples,
pears, peuehes, melons, are food fit for gods 1
Vo pity him w hoso pervouted tasto or diges
tion leads him to reject them. But some are
afraid to eat fruits aud berries, especially in
uiid-suinmer just the time when nature und
common sense say they should bo eaten most
freely. They havo the fear of cholora, dysen.
tery, etc., constantly before their eyes, nnd
have ad iptcd tho absurd idea that fruit-eating
predisposes to those complaints. Exact
ly tho reverse is the fact.
Thero are no better preventatives of these
diseases than ripe berries and fruits, eat in
proper quantities and at proper times. Un-
ripo fruit should bo scrupulously avoided.
That which is in arty measure decayed, is
scarcely loss objectionable. Fruit and ber
ries should not be considered as mere occa
sional luxuries. They should bo eaten every "
day during tho summer, and mako part of al
most every meal. In tho city most kind3 ore
expensive articles of diet, we admit. Wo ure
sorry they aro so. Still, we can better afford
to cut them than meat, potatoes,, turnips,
green, etc. In tho country, where they
ubound, thero is no excuse for neglecting
them". Depend upon it, berries and fruits
should enter largely iuto our summer diet.
Let them be ripe and fresh, nnd eaten, like
everything else, with moderation, and you
ueed not fear the results.
To these hastily penned, but not nnconsid
ed hints toward uu answer to tho question
with which wo commenced our article, we will
add ouly a single remark, but a very impor
tant one. The waste of material iu our sys
tems being much less in summer than iu win
ter, wo require proportionally lets food to
supply the loss ; so whatever you cat, do not
cat too much 1
A Rkadv-wittkd Madman. A gentleman
by tho uamo of Man, residing near a private
madhouse, met oue of its poor inmates, who
had broken from his keeper. The maniao
suddenly stopped, and resting npon a large
stick, exclaimed : "Who are you, sir V The
gentleman was rather alarmed, but thinking
to divert his attention by a pun, ho replied,
"I am a double man ; I am a Man by name '
and a man by nature." "Are you so?" re
joined the other ; "why I am a man beside
uiyseir so wo two will ngtit you two."
Loans for tiik Wab. In the present war
in the Fast, the Sultuu and his western friends
have been put to some expense, as the fol
lowing table indicates :
Isnush loans extraordinary,
French do do
130,000,000
250,000,000
16,000,000
Turkish do do
Tofal.
S3'JG,000,000
A pretty rouud sum for eighteen mouths'
war.
A Few evenings sinco, a widow, who was
known by the entire congregation to be look
ing about her, for a husband, was praying with
t-rvoncy "Oh, thou knowest what is tha do.
sire of my heart ! ' s' e exclaimed. "A-m-a-n 1
responded a brother, in a broa 1 accunt. It
was wicked, but we are quite euro that
reveral grave members smiled ou the occa
sion. Lord Brougham hrp:d-to see thedav whert
every mau in the United Kingdom could read
ISacon. "It would be much more to the puN '
pose," said Cobbett, "if his lordship could usd
his influence to see thut every man in the
kingdom could eat bacon."
A Gipsy Woman promised to show to tm
young ladies their husband's facet in a pail of
water. 1 hey looked, aud exclaimed. "Why,
we only sou our faces. "Well," said tho gip
sy, "those faces will be youjr husbands' wheu
you are married." .
"What 13 the chief uso of bread f ' aoked
an exauiincr ut a school examination, "Tha 1
chief use of bread," autiwerud au urchin, a p. 1
pureutly astonished ut tha simplicity ot tha
inquiry, "the chief uve of bread is to spread
butter uud molasses ou."
A Soldier on Trial for habitual drunken,
ncss was addressed by the President "Pris, '
oner, you have heard the prosecution for ha
bitual drunkenness, what have you to say iu .
dufence f "Nothlug, please your Uouor, but
kuiitutd thirst. . . ,
CtiEKRiso Ixtkli.iokntk The ywiing lady
that "thought she would have diod," so uiau
times at a society inwluig, L enjoying eicX
Uut health, ' . t
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