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Collections and all Professional business promptly Attended to in Northumberland and adjoining Coun ties. B0YER & W0LVERT0N, ATTOU,r,VS AT LAW, SUNBURY, PENN'A. 8. B. liorea and Vf. 3. Wolvkrtow, respectfully announce that tbey hare entered into co-partnership in the practice of their profession in Northumber land and adjoining eounties. Consultations ean be hnd in the Uerjiax. April 4, 18H3. ly II. II. lUASSl.lt, Attorney at I.mw, 6LNBURY, PA. ('oil odious attended to in the oountlee of Nor thumburlaml, Union, Snyder, Montour, Columbia and Lycoming, RtrBRBHCKJ. Hon. John M. Keed, Philadelphia, A. a. Cattoll A Co., 11 Hon. Win. A. Porter, " Morton MoMichael, Rso., . Ketohain A Co., 28 Pearl Street, New York. J:hn W. Ashmead, Attorney at Law, ' Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, " gunbury, March 29, 1802. Vu.M. ROCKRriLLIR. Llotd T. Kohriacu. ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH. xiuniv, im::v.. OFFICE in Haupt's new Building, seeoad floor. Entrance on Market Square, Kunbury, January 4, 186t. "leeth I TeeThT j. it. :EiEsi.;K, STTRGrEOINr DENTIST, 'rmerl.T of ASHLAND, O., announces to the eiti eusol Nurthuiubcrlnd oounty, that he has looated - MXUl'Rlf, for l!.e practice of Dontislry, and espectfully solicit your pntronnge. Special ntten ion pnid to filling and Aretung teeth. Teeth ex raoted without pain, by using Narcotio spray hich I have used tor three years with perjeet sue "v.v and no injurious results. I) Sice in Rooms formerly occupied by Dr. J. S. .ngle, in 1'leasaut'e Building, Market quure nnbury, Pa. mar. 7, 08. KORSRillLL, SlMON P. Vt'OLYBRTOll . HILL & WOLVERTON, : Koruoyti tcnU Counxrloi'Mnt l,ntr, STJX-TBXTR-5J-, FA.. V1 'ILL attend to the collection of all kinds of daunt, including Baek Pay, Bounty and l'en- ns. apl. 1, 6. ATTORNEY ATE X.A.W orth Side of Publio Square, one door east of the Old Bank Building. SUNBURY, PENN'A. Collections and all Professional business promptly tended to in the Courts of Northumberland and joining Counties. Sunbury.Sept. 15, 18M. II. Punnr, J. I). Jaues. TTORXEYS AT LAW, SUNBURY, PA. See in the second story of Dewart's building, ad joining the Democrat office, on the north side of Market Square. Vi ill attend promptly to the collection of olaims d other prol'uriiional business intrusted to his care, Northumberland and adjoining counties. N'oreuibor 9, !Sri7. S. Wkber, John Kurklr UJH2B11 Cll STREET, between Third and Fourth Etr.e lllll.AIi:i.lSIA. WEBER A KUNKLE. Proprietors, une !9, 1S67. ly ADDIS0II G. 2IARR, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AMOK-IK, Northumberland County, Pa. LL business attended to with promptness and i diligence. hauiokin, Aug. 18, 1867 ly J. XI. HXLTTOSH, SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCE AND JUSTICE OF TUB PSA CB. honoy, Korihumherland County, Penn'a ,ffiee in Jackson township. Engagements ean ' be mude by letter, direoted to the above address. buineae entrusted to his oare, will be promptly icded to. pril 22, 1888. ly A. 0 OB O. BECK, MERCHANT TAILOR, And Dealer in OTH9, CASSIMERES, VESTING, Sec. ut u htreet, stouila ot Wearer's) Hotel, StTMBU 3rt "ST, X A.. farch 31 lafio a. -w- HAUPT, lorisey und 4'ounellor at I,uw, FFICE in Haupt's new Building, en second floor. Entrance on Market iSquare,' 'Ill attend promptly to ell professional business usied to his care, the collection of claims in thuuiberland and (ho adjoining counties, uibury, January 4, IMA. C. A. EEIMENSNYDER, TORNEYAT LAW, SUNBURY, PA. bntioets entrusted lo his care attended to aptly and with diligence, mbury, April 27, 1867. JN0. XAY CLEMENT, lsiness in ibis and adjoining counties carefully promptly atttended to. in Market Street, Third door wett of Smith A Uenther a Stove and Tinware Btore, tl ltl ItV 1K-K."'A. nbury, March 31, 1868 lj J. vi:-twn5i'i MsW9 rli "-,l'tv'en 3d and Jtli, :! lo llse lnlli- Kcliool Ilou, ISUNBLRy, PENN'A. GJOOZ: 3T0TE3 of the best Patterns. hi patterns, the flnest in the State. rioDS wishing to buy stores, ean purchase tbem per at this establishment than any where alse in lae. JACOB SHIPMAN, IB AND LIFE 1NSUBANCE AGENT, xfntHnl Fira Insurance Ce.. Tork Pa.. berland Valley Mutual Protection Co, York Mutual Life, Qirard Life of Phil a. A Ilart Coiin. (Jeneral Accident, TO BTJILD2CIe3. riKDOW ttlaas and Building Hardware, at the lowest Cash Price at The Mauuueth Store of CRD CAOES.ll different kinds. If you want good and b.P Bird CH-.Jf A INTRODUCE D INTO AMERICA FROM GERMANY, in t35- HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC. PREPARED BP II R. C. M. JACKSO.Y, PiuUDtLrnu, Pa. Tin grtttte.it trttnvH rtmtJiti far Liver Complaint, DYSPEPSIA, Nervous Debility, JAUNDICE, Diseases of the Kidneys, ERUPTIONS of the SKIN, nd nil ntMae arising from Dis ordered 11 ver Stomach, or IMPVRITY OF THE JttOOD. l?rarf th fVowtnff sytiptnmt, fltid if yon flnd that ymur gpittm is ajftctrU by crty thim, you may rt.tt utmred that ditaiu hat cammtiu-rJ itt atlmck' on tht mo$t important organs of pour boiy and unlfit won chtcktd hy tht ust of powerful renu.dt0lta tHiwubl !, soon termintitwg in death, will bt Uit rtitttt. Constipation, Tlntulenoe, Iawftrd Pill, Fulness of Blood to tha H end. Acidity of the Btomnch, jaunea. Heart burn, Dingust for Fooil, Fulness or Weight in the tttomncti, Sour Kritctntions, Sink inn or Fluttering at tbo Fit of the Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult Ilrenthmg, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or HuffocalinK Sensations when in a LyinR Posture, Dimness of Viaion, Dots or Webs before the Sight, Dull Fain in the Hard, Defi ciency of Perspiration, Yel lowness of the tikin and Eyes, Fain in the tiide, Back, Cheat, Limbs, etc., Bud den Flushes of Ho at. Burning in the Flesh, Constant iinngi tune of Evil, and Great Depression of Spirits. All tht!e inditttft distiut of tht Livr or DigtttiL' Organs, cmtnbiiud uuth impurt blood. ijooflrtnb'o German Hitters Is entirely vrvct utile, and rnntnlni no llUor If Is n compound of Fluid Kx frncli, The Koutn, HrrliM, ami llnrks from vhlcU tlimv efctrnctti are ntHtle are gafherert lit C-ermaity. All lh medicinal virtues are axlrneled from t lie m by a scleiiilAfj cJiemlHt. '1 lie He extraels nre llicn forwarded Co Oil country lo be uitrd exirriIy fr tlic mnuulActure of (bene Hltterx. There It no alcoholic ibttice of any kind nrted In r.oniiouiidltK Hir KlHerif lienee Ills the only Iktilei that can be mtd In vaneM where alvohollo stim ulants arc not advisable ifroflanb's ennau Conic if a conxhinativn of all the ingredients of the HiUt t. with I'L'RE .Vntti t'mt Hunt, tJranfjet tic. It is udvr tht Mine die.ifu ot the Jlitttr, in cutes mhrre time pure. Himflic fit tin id its is r quired. Tun wit! t rr in mmd that thtte remedies ore PHtlroly ilifTermt from any others advertised fr the cure of the dsos't named, these Oeituf tcientific pirpjratins of mtJtcttt'U tstra-'tt, while the ntJu-rs ur vvre. decoctions of rum in svineftrm. The TONIC is dvidedly one of the m'-rt pttatant and agreeable remedf t ever oftrd to the pailir. Its tutte i exquisite,, h it a pU'tsure to tuKe it, white itt life-giring eshiluratiug, tind Vit-Uviwd gu di'iet havz caused it to be kntnvn at tfiz greatest of all tvnio. CONSUMPTION. ThoiiKRiids of caces, wlim the pn ttcut Kuppoaed lie was allllcted with (hi terrible disease, have been cured by the line of these remedies. Kit re me ciuaclai Ion, debility, und eoujfl nre the iiftitnl attendant upon severe eases of dyspepsia or dUeasa of the digestive oraui. Even In cases of Ki'iMiln CoiiMiimptlou, these remedies will be found of the greatest benefit, strengthening and Invigorating. DEBILITY. JVt t no mdiint fiptnt to Ilorvdrtntfs German B titer or J'.'fuV in canes uf Debility. I'h'-y imparl a tout onU vigor to Vie whole system, strengthen Vie up ytitc, cause, an enjoyment uf the foodt enable Vie ttomach to dig tit it, purify tfie blood, yxve a good, tmnd, healthy compUxitm, eradicate the yeliow tinge from the rye, impart a blom to the cheeks, and change the patient from a s?tort-brtatht.d, emaciated, weak, and turmut invalid, to a fuU-fuced, stout, and, vigor ous pet ttn. Weak and Delicate Children .re made stroae by ualug She lllttrra or Tallica lu lucl, tluy ar. l uiully Med (c I ilea. They ran be .dinluleiercd wliK perfect enfety fo a clillil Hire, months old. the moat delicate female, or a aisa of ninety. a7?kji Rcmtdut art ilu bat XSlood rurlflcr ntr known, and ui'N curt all dittam resulting frm bad blrntl. Keep jtvur blood pure; ktrp your Liver in oritert herp your digattivt orgam in a sound, healthy cvtvli Itoff. Ey the ust of ttusc remedies, and no disease u-iN stfr (U(ut7 juu. I.ndlee wlio wlsli fair akin and srood complexloiit free front a yrllo ish tItiKe and .11 otlier dlhtlureiiiviif t aliould us. tli. remrillee ovc.lfin ally The Liver in urfect order and tli blood iurrf will result in atarlk liner eyee sue blooming cli.efce CAl'TIOS, llotittand's German Remedies are cottnlef-ited. The genuine have the signature o V. 3f. Jisvknon en the frtmt of the outtide wrupprr of each bittle, und the name of lite article blown itt eath bot'.le. A'l others at e efjunlrrf.it. Thousands of lettera It. v. been re etlvtcl, testifying tot be virtue of tiiea. reincdlre READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS. FROM HON. OKO. W. WOOUWAKD. CI; if Juiti.e ef the Sujiiamo Crurt uf l'sumj lraula. rniuinxFtut, Much 16th, 13u7. Und M fToo land's Oerntan Sitters' is u-rf nn intux ieaiing beverage, but is a goud tonie, useful in rtitor. ders of tht uiuestivt organs, and of great Itenejit in cases of detiiitty and want of ntrtwu action in tht system. Yours truly, UEO. W.WOODWARD. I IIOM HON. JAMK1 THOMPSON, Jurigs of tbe Supreme Court of Peimtylrenla. PuuiDiirif.4, Aran. 28th, 1608. . I consider " lloofland'a German lilt t.rs1 si valiHsltlet medicine lu case of at lacks of lndlsreatlou or Dyspepsia 1 van certify tills from my experience of it Vearit wlfb respect JA.1IKS) XllO.Ml'SO.V. Fioiu RKV.JOBKPU II. KENNARD, D.D., Futtsr of the Tuutb ttitist Clinr.-li, I'liiliidclhla. Da. J ACasoa lliil Sir : hane been frequently rs Suetted to oonutet my Hams tsitA recommendations of tfftrtnt kinds of mrdicines, but regarding the praetiet as out of my approfiriatt tphers, I have in all cases do. cMntd t but with a clear proof in various instances, and J'urtieularly in my own family, of Uie usefulness of Dr. InoflanaVs German Jiitttrt, t depart far ones from my usual course, lb express my full conrietiim that fir KOlierHl tlt.Mlftr of ths lyitelii, and vieclally for Livsr CnmpUlitt, it U a wis and velunble repaiMtlou. Jit some easts it may fail ; but usually, ldubt not, it will bt very beneficial to tiiost who sutfrr from tits abort eaues. 2'curs. uery reepeeifidbt, . J. U. KrSXARB, ttighlh, below (bates St. Frio of the) Bitters, tl.00 per bottle Or, a ball dosen for 5.00. Frioe of the Tonio, 91.60 per bottle Or, a tialf doien for 7 50, The Tonic Is put up iu quart bottles. Recollect tliat it is Vr. Uof.fUiudFt German Remedies: hat art to universally used and to highly recommend' od i and do Mat allow Vis Ursuyisl to induct ym to take any thing tlst thai lu may say is just as good, bt. oaiue kt makes a larger prsU on it, 'Ikes Ktmeditt will bt stnl by vprett to any locally upon application to flat Tp ' PRINCIPAL OFFICII:, AT TH I GERMAN MttXCINC STORC, Jit). t3l ARCH STREET, PhUadelj kia. CHAD. M. EVANS, Proprietor, formerly a K. JACKSON k CO. Tbce. Rens.dle. sir. for sale ly DruBflals, klareb.curre, .nd Medl . .iue UeaU.ra CTery were Do not forg'l lo iauMi'ns K tk erh'cb yu 'my. In mitt nsyet rt gmnnt, POETICAL. THE CHILDREN. Br cnani.Ka dickkss. When tbe lessons and tnoks are nit ended, And the srfanol for the Anj is di'missed, And the little ones gather round me, To bid me gond-niht and be kissed. 0 ! the little white arms that encircle My neck in a tendor embrace ; 0 ! the smiles that aro hiilos of honvon, Shedding snnshino of lovo on tay fueo. And when I hey are gone, T sit dreaming Of my childhood, too lovely to last ; Of love that my heart Hill remember, While it wnkes to the puljn of the past. Ere the world and its vrlckeJiH-se made me A partner of sorroir and sin ; , When tho glory of (Jod was about me. And the glory of gladness within. O ! mr be.trt grows weak as a woman's, And the fountains of feeling will flow, When I think of the paths steep and stony, Where the tort of the dear ones must, go ; Of the mountains of fin hanging o'er Ultra, Or the tempest of i'ate blowing wild ; 0 ! there's nothing on earth hull' m holy As the iuuucont heart of a child ! There are Idols of hearts ai.d of households ; They nre ungols uf Hod in difiguiio ; His sunli jbt Kill sleeps in their treses ; His glory still gleams in their eyes. 0 ! tln'fo truants from home and from heftTrn, Ttivy liMve uinde me more tr.nnly and mild ! And I kiiunr now how .Ipus could iiken TLe Kingdom of Uol to a child. 1 ask not a life for tha denr ones. All radi'int, ns others hnvo dune ; But that I niny have just enough shadow To tf-mper the glure of the suu ; I would prny (Jod to guard them from eil, ISut my prayer would bound back to myself; Ah ! a soritph may pray for a sinner. But a siutier must pray for himself. Tbe twig is so easily bended, 1 hove banished tho rule and the rod, I have titught tticui the goodness of knowledge, 'J hey have tnulit mo tho goodness of Uod ; My benrt is a dungeou of darkness, When I shut them from breaking a rule ; lily frown is a suflicient eorreetion ; Aly Ioyo is the law of tho school. I Fhall lenre the old hou?e in the autumn, To traverse its threshold no uiore ; Ah ! bow I shall sigh fur the dear ones That meet r.to each hour at the door ' I phaU miss the ,(good-nights' and the ki;scs, . And the gush of their innocent glee, Tho group on the green, and the flowers T'liiit are brought every morning to mo. I fhall miss them at morn and at eve Their son;; in the school and the street; I shall luis the low hum of their voices, And the trump uf their delicate feet. When the lessons are all ended. And Death sny, "TlieVhool is dismissed !" May the little ones gather around me. To hid mo gocd-nijjht nnd be kis.-cd '. TALES AND SKETCHES. i.osr iti.-Yij. JIT A ItPTrUKIl ATTOHNLY. "Mr. Docket ," "Yes, mudiim." It was nn elderly woman upon whose brow care had furrowed many u wrinkle. Bhe was dressed in homely garment, and the struggle between penury and neatness which they evinced would have bctu un interesting study for a philosopher, llcr eyes were red, as though Mic had been weeping; aud when she seated herself by my desk, the pent up current of grief burst afresh. "What is the matter, my good woman ? You seem to be in deep distress," I rcmaiked iu tho most encouraging tone I could com mand. "I am, sir. They say the Lord is near to them that arc sull'tring, and I um sure he ought to be near me.-' "1 dare say he is, ma'am. Hut you know that atllictiona are sent to us for our good, unu we ought never repine ut the discipline of life, however severe it may sometimes seem to us." I had heard an excellent sermon the day before, for it was Monday, on tribulutum, and I was just in the frame of mind for giv- j ing others most excellent advice, which, per haps, I should have been very unwilling to follow if the dark waves of trouble had rolled over mo. . "I try to bear it as well ns I can," she re plied, w ipiug away her tears with t lis corner of her bprou. "I don't know a3 I um acquainted with you, ma'am,"! suggested, for the purpose of changing the topic and bringing her to busi ness. "I don't know as you are," she replied; and she proceeded to give nit a very long und very succinct account of her previous history, bcginntug back some loity years,' when she was born among tho White Mount ains iu New Hampshire. I tried to check her, but it was no use. I was as patieut ns the caso would admit, and mindful of tho duty wo owe to the weak, the intirm aud tho ignorant ; but my patience was sorely tried. I will not punish the reader with tho long, fine-spun tuory she told me, for a few lines "will nufiice to inform him of the material facts. She was a widow; her name was Marche. She hud au only son, l'hilip, who was em ployed in au insurauce office, and received three dollars a week for his services. He wus a good boy and loved his mother, as a son should. Upon their united earnings they lived very comfortably in an obscure street, where they hired two rooms. Mis. larche s catalogue ot tier son s virtues was certainly very edifying. He never spent a cent upon himself, never went out nights, and attended church forenoon and af teruoon. An evil day hud come. On the Saturday three weeks preceding, Mr. Carman, the president of the insurance company, as he declared, had sent rlnlip with a valuable diamond ring to the jeweler's to have the tone reset. Un inquiry the ring was found nut to have reached its destination. The jeweler hud never seen it. To make the case more complicated, tbe boy denied having received the ring. Mr. Carman had never seut him on anv such errand. The boy had been arrested on chares of stealing me ring, ana was now con lined in jail. Mr. Carman was reidy to swear he de mcrcu ma vuiuuuis article luio iue hands o! i: i i , ..... . - the boy, with explicit direction as to where he should carry it and what should be done with it. It looked like a bad case. The poor wo man was in the saddest distress. She was sure that her darling boy would not steal. I pitied her and promised to do what I could for her son. When she had gone I called upon Mr. Car man. 1 lound that ne was one ot those dotr. rustic old fellows who are never wrong, who find it impossible to err, even by design, or to make a mistake. I tried to aruue tha point with him, but be would not say much. He tola me toe story j was sure he sent the bot ana nobody else. I ventured to suggest that be might have been mistaken ; that be bad tent the ling by tome other person. "Do you take me for iimpleton,iir t Do you tbink I don't know wlmt I Bra about?"! ho excliiiiued, bestowing upon me h Itmk of w itbciing couti'tnpt. "I nt-nt the ritij n ith the boy, air. The boy lms atolun it. Xntli ins more need be said, ir." And ho turned to the newspaper be had been reading. I w us not much p'.i-ased ith (he interview. I wua highly vexed lit the lmtigbty bearing of tbu fellow , and I conlceb tliat my pique rendered mo tenTold more zealous iu my tm deavora to clear luy youtblul client. I vhsiled l'hilip at tho ju.il. lie was very end on hia mother's account; on his own he (teemed not to euro. A more fiank. open hearted boy I never saw. lie told his story; aud though I questioned hitn pretty severely, ho was consistent to the last. I mado the case my own, and worked tin ccaHingly, as it seemed to ma then, for the overthrow of the haughty president of the insurance company, as much as for the sal vation of the widow and her interesting son. I visited more than a do.en jewelry shops mat astcrnoon and the next morning ; with what result the reader shall learn in tho details of the trial, which enmc on the next day. l'hilip was duly arraigned, and his poor motiier sat oy his side, weeping and soulnng like a child as the case proceeded. Mr.Citumn, with majestic dignity, strpped upon the stund. lie told the story I have before detuned, aud was turned over to mo for cross examination. I could see thut he was nettled, for lie certainly could tee no mercy in my face. "Mr. Carman, are you willing to swear that you gave the riug to the boy f' "Certainly I um," he replied, vexed and a,grJ for he had answered the same question a dozen times iu the course of the cross ex amination. "I beg your honor to notice particularly the words of this witness," I remarked to the court. His honor testified readily that he had no ticed them, as a matter of course; he had them iu his minutes; and he rather snubbed me for pressing so respectable a witness iu so seveiu a nmnucr. "Xtnv, Mr. Carman, may i beg you to ex amine this ring f" and 1 handed him the otic he had lost. "It is mine, toiiislnnetit. he replied, with evident as- "You identify the ring, do you, sir "1 do." 'Thut is all, cir. May it please your honor, I shall bung but one w itness for the dcfciitc. Will Mr. Graham take the staud V Mr. Grahum took the Btaml. I showed Liui the ring. "H ive you ever seen this ring before ?'' "1 have." ''M.tte to the crurt what you know about it." Mr. Giuhnm proceeded to state that he wus a jeweler ; that the ring was left at his shop three weeks before by tin elderly gentleman to hare the ctmie reset. "Is tiu gentleman iu tho court room ?"' I asked. "lie Is ; there he sits ;"' and he pointed to Mr. CaruiMi. The court was astonished; the officers wtre astonished ; &ud Mr. Carman was over whelmed with confusion, lie acknowledged his error when thuro was no possibility of concealing it. He asked to correct his testi mony, und did so. Mr. Carman was a very absent in mded man ; and the solution of the whole matter is that hu forgot all the circumstances con nected with the ring. lie intended to have sent l'hilip to the jeweler's with it, and ac tually railed hnu lor that purpose, but his attention was attracted to something else, und he thought no mure about it. On his way home to dinner, while his mina was absorbed by an important business operation, he bad left the ring at Mr. Gralram's. The impression that he had given the ring to i l'hilip was fastened upon his mind. Hu remembered the fact ot calling hiui, and his intention became a reality. W hen thus cornered he amused the judges with several other instances of absent mindedness of which he had been guilty, in this muuuer explaining the mistake he hud made. . must do him the justice to say that he made l'hilip ample amends in the shape of u bundled dollar bill for the trouble he bad caused hiui ; but I believe that Mr. Carman haled me to the day of his death. I can only say I should not huve punished him so severely if he had treated iue like a gentle man. MISCELLANEOUS. A dri'U'j'iiiiiu luiiiinif bi i'liui t Is ril-'. Hev. Mr. Taylor, attached to the Chicago Theological Seminary, has been engaged to rill the pulpit ot tho jsaptist cuurcu in Ke nosha. Wis. The following anecdote of his perseverance is related by the Kenosha J'dc yraph : "Itev. Mr. Taylor, tue young pastor ot the Baptist church in this city, is justly entitled to the appellation of a 'working minister.' Die tall spire oi tne lsiipust cuurcu ediuce was greatly in need of a coat of paint ; a painter by trade could not readily be tound to undertake the difficult job, therefore Mr. Taylor proceeded to do the work himself. The church spire is tall and slender, the ball ou the ton of the rod being one hundred feet above the turfaco of the ground. He succeeded, by contrivance, with a little help, in raibing a slender ladder from the bell deck, reaching nearly to the brackets below the top ball of the spire. "On this he ascended witb paint pot and brush, and standing on the small iron brack ets, trave thcWl two coat of paint. Iue most uinicuit pari oi iue wom, .j..-., was to paiut the long space oi iue spire ue low hiui. 15y the help of a line he drew up a rope, fastened it around tho rod, and theu tym the rope aniuuu me uuuj, """b r..iU.i)v from his standing place. Hy re adjusting and lowering himself in the rope a occasion required, be was enabled to swing liiuiself around on all side of the spire, giviug a good coat of paint all the way down to the deck. Thi is perhaps not the first time a daring feat of thia kind ha been performed, but very likely there are few men, unpracticed in perlormance on the rope, who would venture to dangle in the air at ucli a fearful height." A confirmed old bachelor use the follow ing argument against matrimony ' , "Muslin is a great promptor of laziness. If young men wish to accomplish anything of moment, either with head or band, they must keep clear of the institution. A pair of sweet lips, a small waist, a wellinR chest, a pressure uf two delicate band, will do a ...ri. i.. ..i,irwr . mac at three fever, the maeU.a large izd wboopiiig-ciggb,a pair i of lockjaw, teveral hydrophobias, and the I doctor' bill" Tlut fellow need recenttruc- tioa badly. . WAIT. Wait a moment, young man, before you throw that money down ou the bar and de mand a glass of brandy and water. Ask yourself if twenty-fie. cents cannot be bet ter invested in something else. Put it back in your pocket, and give it to the little tripple who sells matches on tho corner. Take my word for it, you will not be sorry. . Wait madam think tw ice'before you de cide on that huudrcd dollar shawl. A hun dred dollars is a great deal of mouey j one dollar is a great deal, when people oneo consider the amount of good it will accomplish, in careful hands. "iour huslmnd's business is uncertain ; there is a financial crisis clue at hand. Who knows what that hundred dollars may bo to you jet ? Wait, sir, before you buy that gaudy amethyst breast pin you aro surveying so earnestly through the jeweler' plate glass window. Keep your money for anothor piece of jewelry a plain gold wedding-ring made to tit a rosy finger that you wot of. A shirt neatly ironed and stockings darned like lace-work are better than gilt brooches aud flaming amethysts. You can't afford to marry ? Wait, and think the matter over. Wuit. mother, before you speak harshly to the little chubby roguo who has torn his aproii and soiled his white Marseilles jacket. Ilu is only a child, and "mother" is the sweetest word in all the world to hiui. Nee dle and thread and oap suds will repair all damages ; but if you once teach him to shrink from his mother, nnd hide away his childish faults, that damage cannot be re paired. Wait, husband, before you wonder audi bly why your wife don't get along with family cares and household responsibilities "us your mother did." She is doing her best, and no woman can endure thut best to be slighted, liemember the nights she set up with the little babe that died; remember the love aud care she bestowed on you when you hail that long fit of illness! Do you think she is made of cast iron i Wait wait with silence und forbearauce, and tho light will come back to her eyes, the old l;ht of the old days. Wuit wife, before you ppeak so reproach fully to your husband when ho Comes home late, and weary and "out of sorts." He has worked fur you all day long ; he lias wrest led, hand in hand, with Care, aiid Seili.ih ucbs, and Greed ; and all the demons that follow in the train of money-making. Let home be another atmosphere entirely ; let him feel that there is one place iu the world where he can find peace, and quiet, and perfect love. Wait, bright young girls, before you arch your pretty eyes, and whisper "old maid" as the quiet figure steals by, w ith silver in its hair aud crow' feet around the eyes. It is hard enough to loose life's gladness and elasticity it is hnrilenotigli to see youth drifting- away, without adding to tho bitter cup one drop of scorn ! You do not know what she bus endured'; so wuit, before you sneer at the Old Maid. j Wait, sir, before you add a billiard-room to your house, aud buy the fast horse that j i;la k anil i lute Jtnd all the rest ot "the fellows'' covet. Wait, and think whether you cannot afford it whether your out standing bills arc all paid aud your liabili ties fully met, and ull tho chances and changes of life duly provided for. Wait, aud usk yourself how you would like, ten years from uow, to see your fair wife strug gling with poverty, your childreu shabby aud want stricken, and yourself a miserable hanger-on round corner grocer nnd one horse gambling saloons. You think that is impossible; do you remember what Hazel said to the seer of .old : "Is thy servant a clo; that li should do thi thing t" Wait, merchant, before you tell the pale faced youth from the country "that you can do nothing for him." You can do (oincthiog for him ; you can give him a word of en couragement a word of advice. There was a time once when you were young and poor, and friendless 1 Have you forgotten it al ready t" Wait, blue-eyed lassie, wait a wbilo before you soy "yes" to tho dashing young fellow who says he can't live without you. Wait until you have ascertained "for sure and for certain," as the children say, that the cigar and the wine bottle, and tho card table are not to be your rivals in his heart ; a little delay won't hurt him, whatever be may ay just tee if it will. And wait, my friend with the brown moustache ; don't commit yourself to Laura Matilda until you are sure she will be kind to your old mother and gentle with your little sister, and a true loving wife to you, instead of a mere puppet who live ou the breath of fashion and excitement, and re gards the sunny side of Broadway as second only to Elysium 1 We say, vr ait I An Hour -vrltb ".'aly." A writer for the Rochester Cltronicle de scribe an hour' interview witb "Petroleum Nasby." We make n few extracts from his account : "The portrait of him by Xast, as he sits in bis famous postoftice, opposite Bascom't grocery, with hit feet on the table almost touchiug a bottle of whisky, aud tbe louged tor 'commishuu' fiiui in hit band doet him great injustice, lie really don't look half to surly aud cross. But his trial with A. John sou about that 'postothV probably tourtd biiu some. After a few moments' waiting in the editorial sanctum Nasby comes iu. Ue has that quiet, easy, unpretending man ner that wins you over at once. You ee in him the honest, candid, intelligent, thorough ly posted and most intensely earnest politi cal writer of the day. He bat none of that light, punuiug, yet droll w it of the Artemut Ward kind, for be it not at all thut kind of man. Ue it a deep, thoughtful man, witb a purpose, witu a great work laid out tor him to do, aud an inflexible resolve to do it ; oc casionally in conversation a rich nugget of wit will tall out from the well known JNasby vein, but rarely in fact be says be caret but little for the reputation the flaiby paper have brought him if be were to be known by tbem ouly." - Tbe following it tbe history of tbe origin of the "Natby" papers. It seems that during the campaigu for the re-election of Mr. Lin coln, when Mr. Locke wat editing a country paper in Ohio, a petition wat drawn up for circulation asking the legislature to banish all colored person front tbe ttate. The writer cayt : "Thi petition, for tome time, they were positively ashamed to circulate ; but at last a package wat tent to one Levi O. Klenm r fur distribution. At the mention of this name Kasby paused and indulged in one of those quick chuckling laughs nt bis, and and remarleed : "What a lucky thing for me that that Fleuner was ever born into tbi world. If there bad been no Fleoner tbtre might have been no Nnsby.' 'Who was this Flenner ?' I asked. 'He was a "poor whito" from Virginia, who had conic into the state years before with his father nnd mother (neither of whom could read or w rite ; and hit only occupation had been hanging around the bar rooms, drinking whiskey and talk ing polities'. Neither father Dor son had ever been known to do a single day's work in their lives, and of course they were the great democratic oracles of the plane. Fot their valuable political services they were lot into the "ring" t f the overseers of tho town poor, and had managed to steal enough of the supplies furnished by the town to eke nut a niiaornblo existence. Such was Flen ner; and when I saw such a creature circu lating such a petitiona document so wholly beneath the reach of any dignified or serious discussion the idea of the first Xnsby letter came to mo. My main idea was to ridicule this Flcnncr, nud it took so well, was copied so extensively, and so effectively squelched him and bis petitions, that I was satisfied that I had struck a rich veiu and must woik it out.' Terrible 4'olHion. On Tuesday, November 3, 18C3, the Union train, bound for Washington and drawn by tho locomotive "Loyalty," in charge of U. 8. Grant as engineer, was run into by the Kichmond traiu, drawn by tho engine 'Kebel," in charge of Horatio Seymour, engineer, aud Frank I Blair, Jr., fireman. The shock of the colliding trains was terrific; the Kichmond train was thrown off the track, nnd the engine ami cars were precipi tated down n steep embankment, and were piled up in a promiscuous liu:i in the Salt river, a crooked little stream that meander through the region. The passengers of the Union train having providentially escaped injury, hastened to the relief of the sufferers. Tbu lifeless bodies of Horatio Seymour and Frank P. Blair, Jr., were" exhumed from the wreck, and on exam ination showed that their death was iu9tan taneous. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, was found in au unconscious condition, but upon administering a stimulant of old Bour bon, he revived and articulating "I am Moses," immediately expired. Salmon P. Chase wut drawn out of the (Wris frightfully bruised nnd disfigured so that his most intimate friends could not recognize him. He was identified by a greenback portrait of himself found upon his person. John Quincy A dams, of Massachusetts, suffered a fracture of the skull, and u med ical investigation fi.iled to detect auy braius in his cranium. Poor Adams was the last, sad remnant of an historic family, and per ambulated the country as a strolling actor subsisting ou the reputation of his ancestors. His remains were taken to Quincy, Mass., for interment. George W. Woodward, of Pennsylvania, was found iu a delirious condition, inco herently muttering : "Negro Suffrage ;" "White Man's Government ;"' "Excessnc Taxation:" "Carpnt-Haggers ;"' "Scalla wags." and other gibberish. Ho was cou veyed to tne lunatic asylum, and the phy sicians pronounced his case hopeless aud hia recovery impossible. The other passengers were chiefly from the late Southern Confederacy and Ireland, and they were ull more or less injured. The accident Mas caused by the reckless ness of the conductor of tho P.icluuoiid train, Wade Hampton, and his brukeman, Butcher Forrest, who disobeyed the orders of the superintendent, American People, Esq., who had instructed them to switch oil the Richmond train at a way-station and allow tho Union train a clear track, to Wash ington. I'lrst. - - A I-ivilif llfiiAlU-Kie Child. The Deposit (N. Y.) Courier is responsible for the following marvelous story : "In tho vicinity of Spoon river, iu Illinois, is a child that was born aud has lived five years without a head. Mrs. , the mother, is the widow of a soldier, formerly living in Marshall county, who enlisted iu the Sixty-tilth or Scotch regiment, and was killed at tho battle of Pevington, Mo. She was standing beside her husband during the engagement, when a cannon ball carried his head completely aw ay, his body falling into her arms, and covering her with blood. Tbu shock affected her greatly. When her child was born there was not the semblance of a bead about it. The limb are perfectly de veloped, the arms long, and the shoulder, where the head aud uvck should be, smooth ly rounded off. "But the most surprising thing of all ia that the faco is situated iu the breast. Of course, there being no neck, the power of j turning its head is wanting, except a the whole body is moved ; but this difficulty is overcome by the singular faculty it possesses of turning itt eyet iu their Buckets, enabling it to tee quite us well on cither tide as those more perfectly formed. The upper portion of it body i white a the purest Caucassian; from the waist downward is blood red. This strange creature, now an active boy of five years old, as if to compensate for his deformi ty, possesses the mcst clear and bird like tones ever listened to, singing with singular correctness everything it may bear, and its voice at this early age accomplishes two octave easily." Thing thut I huve e'ii. I have teen a farmer build a house to large, that the sheriff turned him out of doors. I have seen a young man tell a good farm, turn merchaut arid die in an insane hospital. 1 have teen a farmer travel about so much, that there wat nothing at home worth look ing after. I have teen a rich man's ton begin where bit father left off, and end where hit father began penny lest. I have Been a young gin marry a young roan of dissolute habit, and repent of it as long as tbe lived. I have tten the extravagance and folly of children, bring their parentt to poverty and want, and tbeineelvet into disgrace. I have teen a prudent, industrious wife, retrieve tbe fortune of a family, when ber husband pulled at the other end of the rope. I have teen a yeung man who dispised the counsel of the wise and advice of tbe good, end bit career in poverty and wretcbedoeft. I have teen a young man peud more in folly than would iupport hi family in com fort and independence. I have cea a man depart from the truth, wben candor and veracity would have eerved him much better purpose. I have teen a man engage In a lawsuit about a trifling affair that cot him more in the end than would roofed all tbe building on bit farm. Tbe Louisville Journal "taket on" terribly about Grant't election. It could take on a little more dignity and decency with profit. Tt-si I'vlllrn. To think that the more a man eat the fatter pnd stronger he will become. To be lieve that the more hours children study at school the faster they learn. To concludo that if exercise is good for the health, the more violent und cxl.uusting jt is the more good is done. To luingine that every hour taken from sleep is an hour gained. To act on th presumption that the smallest room n the house is large enough to sleep in. To argue that whatever temedy cause one to feel immediately better is good for the system, without regard fo more ulterior effects. To commit an net which is felt in itself to ht prejudicial, hoping that, somehow or other, it may be done in your case with impunity. To advise another to take a remedy which you have tried yourself, without making in quiry as to whether all the conditions me alike. To eat without nn appetite, or tt continue after it has been satisfied, merely to gratify the tnsto. To eat a hearty supper for the pleasure experienced during the brief time it is passing down the throat, at tho expense of a whole night of disturbed !ecp, and a weary waking in the morning. mty .g m An Irishman, who was arrested in Lowell, Mass., with several bottle of whisky on the table before him. and a goodly quantity in side him, replied to the policeman's inqui ries, that he was "holding a woke over Sey mour 1" Olive Logan says she is achin.? to write a pico about the folly of motheis, tending their babies. The ladies in Poland aro not permitted tn wear black or prar dresses, and are flop g 1 for non-compliant e with the law. t'liii.upnpnt- Cider. We annex, from a very respectable source, the following on the sul.ject of Champagne Cider. The process T making a good arti cle of cider,as free as possible from alcoholic influences, is so tiutpla that any one who has the apples can have it in bis family. Alter the apples are crushed, press out the jnioH, put in a clean cask and' leave out, the bung. It will work without anything being put iu ; iu four or five days draw off and put iuto another clean cask. Do (hia three or four times, allowing us many days between each changing. It docs not work well in' cloudy weuther, and so must l.e left longer. II it docs not fine well.it uiil not keep swet. To assist the titling, dissolve six ounces of gelatine for each hogshead and mix ; do this previous to the last change of cask. The quality of cider depends upon the sort of apples used. Two parts sour apples and one part sweet will inuke good ciii'er. Now observe, let there be no time lost in the whole process, but allow suflicient tiir.o to do it well. It is particles of pulp left in the cider that causes it to turn sour. To effect '.he proper clarifying and working, it will require four changes of cask, that is if you want first rate cider. Do not put any water iu any part of the process having all juice. After the last change, the cider may re main in the cask, bunged up, two or three months. You can then bottle off lay tho bottles down in a cold, dark cellar coiuo wiil burst, but thcu you must put up with it. It will bo fit to use during the summer, when all parts of the work has been well done. Tho bottled cider will be equal to chatnpsgne, and will keep tweet. Some put brandy, rum, gin or other spirits in it does not preserve it, but ouly makes it intoxica-. ting. If you gut pine apples very cheap, two or three crushed up iu a hogshead of juice will be a great improvement. If you keep the cider iu cask, be sure that they are sound and air tight, nnd very cleau. Wash out with cold water, and i-cald out your cask, fumigate with rng of sulphur; melt the sul phur, and then dip the rag in ; a piece about one foot square will be sullicirut for a hogs head light the rag and then put it in the hogshead leave out the spile peg only. This will destroy all must or mildew, or any other bad -taste in tbe cask Dultimore Sun. (From the Uermsntown Telegraph. Welsh Raubbtt. Take a quarter pound of good fresh cheese, (a solid piece, tho size of a large tea cup,) cut it up in small (Ait slices, and put in a frying pan, with a little over a cupfull of tweet milk. Hava pre viously beaten an egg and stir that in, then add half a salt tpoon of dry mustard, two dashes of red' pepcr, ami a small place cf butter, ttirriny the mixture all the time. Have ready rolled thres small or two large Tren ton crackers and gradually stir them in ; at toon at this is thoroughly incorporated, turn the mixture out iuto a heated dish and cover it. Soiu Mn.K Ckidm.e C-.Kr.t. To one quart of sour milk. (.buttermilk is preferabl,) add two cen teaspoout of soda. Beat the whitet nud yolk cf two eggs separately, anil add the yolks. Stir in enough flour to make a thick batter, theu add the beateu white and bake immediately. Ginoeh Keao. Four ounces bruiedgin gr root, one otiuce cream of tartar, tire pounds..!' white or light brown eugar, and the juic and rind of one lemon. Put these in a veel which can be covered and peur on them live gallons of boiling water. Let it thcu stand lor eifcbl or ten hour in a cool place, aud then add one pint of 'porter, stir thoroughly, lruin clear, and bottle jo strong bottle end tie the fork down immediately. Pluee in a moderately cool cellar, aud in three or four day it will be fit for ute. Ikmok Foil Fkveu. Bay that walking cyclopadia of health, Dr. Hall: "When pertoot are feverish and thirsty beyond what it natural, indicated in ome cases by a metaliu taste in the moutb, cstieuially after drinking water, or by a whitish appearance of th greater part of the surl'ute of the tongue, one of the best 'cooler,' internal or external, i to tike a lemon, cut off the top, tprink'.e over it some loaf sugar, working it downward iuto tbe lemon with a tpoon, and then tuck it tlowly, tqueezing the lemon aud adding more t'-igar at tht acidity increases from being brought up from a lower point. Invalids with ftveriahnes may take two or three lemon a day in thit manner wit! the mott marked btuefit, marked by a sens of coolneet, comfort and invigoration. A leiuou or two thut taken at 'tea time,' at an entire tubttitute for the ordinary 'supper' of turn- . uer, would give many a man a comfortable' night's sleep and on awaking of rest and in- vigoration, with an appetite for breakfast to which tbey tie ttrau-er who wiil have their cup of tea for tupper, or 'reli.b,' and I 'cake,1 and berriet, or peaches and cream."
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