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Pry Goods. Groceries, Notions, &g., Main street.
:Sept. 11. Is6l—lv.
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Site Green House. Main street.
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In Mrs. Etowo's pleasant "House
and Home Paper," in the May num
ber of the Atlantic Monthly, there is
this little picture of a Fashionable Par
lor :
"How many people' do we call on
from year to year, and know no more of
their feelings, habits, tastes, family
ideas and ways, than if they lived in
Kamtschatka I And why I Because
the room which they call a front parlor
is made expressly so that you never
shall know. They sit in a back room—
work, talk, read, perhaps. After the
servant has let you in and opened a
crack of the shutter; and while you sit
waiting for them to change their dress
and come in, you speculate as to what
they may be doing. From some dis
tant region, the laugh of child, the
song of a canary bird reaches you, and
then a door claps hastily to. Do they
love plants Do they write letters,
sew, embroider, crochet '1 Do they
ever romp or frolic r What books do
they read I Do they sketch or paint
Of these possibilities a mute and muf
fled room says nothing. A sofa and
six chairs, two ottomans fresh from the
upholster's, a Brussels carpet, a centre
table with four gilt Books of Beauty on
it, a mantel-clock from Paris, and two
bronze vases,—all these tell you only
in frigid tones, "This is the best room,"
—only that, and nothing more—and
soon she trips in, in her best clothes,
and apologizes for keeping you waiting,
asks how your mother is, and you re
mark that it is a pleasant day—and
thus the acquaintance progresses from
yeaK to year. One hour in the back
room, where the plants and canary bird
and children are, might have made you
fast friends for life ; but as it is, you
care no more for them than for the gilt
clock di the mantel.
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Do you ever think how much work
a child does in a clay! How from sun
rise to sunset, the dear little feet patter
round—to us—so aimlessly. Climb
ing up here, kneeling down there, run
ning to another place, but never still.—
Twisting and turning, rolling, reaching
and doubling, as if testing every bone
and muscle for future uses. It is very
curious to watch it. One who does so
may well understand the deep breathing
of the rosy little sleeper, as with one
arm tossed over its little curly head, it
prepares for the next day's gymnastics.
Tireless through the day till that time
comes, as the maternal love that so pa
tiently accommodates itself; hour after
hour, to its thousand wants and ca
prices, real or fancied. •
A busy mature is a little child. To
be looked upon with awe as well as de
light, as its clear eye looks trustingly
into faces that to God and man have
essayed to wear a mask. As it sits
down in its little chair to ponder pre
cociously over the white lie you though
it "funny" to tell it. As rising and
leaning on your knees, it says thought
fully, in
.a tone that should provoke a
tear, not a smile—"lt I don't believe
it." A lovely and yet a fearful thing is
that little child.
How common-pla i ce is this expression
and yet what volumes it may speak for
Ell future time! We never listen to
it in passing, that this thought does
not force itself upon us, be the tones
in Which it was uttered never so gay.
The lamps of a few fatal hours, or min
utes may so surround and hedge it with
horrors, that of all the millions of words
which a life time has recorded, those
two little words alone shall seem to be
remembered. Good night! the little
child has lisped as it passed, smiling, to
a brighter morn than ours ; the lover
with his gay dreams of nuptial morrow:
the wife and mother, all the tangled
thread of house-hold care still in her
fingers ; the father with the appealing
eye of childhood all unanswered. Good
night! that
. seal on days past and days
to come—what hand so null as to rend
aside the veil that covers its morrow'.
Good Manners Among Children.
It is a graceful habit tor children to say
to each other, 'Will you have the goodness?'
and thank you.' We do not like to see
prim, artificial children; there are few
things we dislike as much as a miniature
beau or belle. But the habit of good man
ners by no means implies affectation or re
straint. It is quite as easy to say, Please
give me a piece of pie.' The idea that con
stant politeness would render social life
ktiff and restrained, springs from a false esti
mate of it. True politeness is perfect ease
and freedom. It simply consists in treating
others just as you would like to be treated
yourself. A person who acts from this prin
ciple will always be said to have 'sweet,'
pretty ways with her. It is of some conse
quence that your daughter should know how
to enter and leave a room gracefully; bit it
is of mutt more consequence that she should
avoid what is offensive to others, and always
prefer their pleasure to her own. • .
Sidney Smith's definition of benevo-
Awe teinspers among the tosiing invelek •
per itanmt?—•'A-strong impeise ms the Pat
of A, whin its ass Bin Aim% s Nape
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Fashionable Parlor.
The Little Ones.
Good Night.
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1864.
Parental Love.
You never did anything to make your chil
dren love you, and you cannot but be aware
that as they were removed from your au
thorit),-, you lost all influence over them.—
Why could you not reclaim that boy of
yours, who madly made a debauchee,and dis
graced your home, and tortured your heart ?
Because you never made !him love you,
or given him better motives for self-restraint
than your arbitrary will. He had been gov
erned from the outside. Authority was gone,
there was nothing left upon which you had
power to lay your hand. " Why did your
daughter elope with one who was not wor
thy of her ? She did it simply because she
found a man who loved her, and gave her
the consideration due her as a woman—a
love and consideration which she never found
at home, where she was regarded by you as
the dependent servant of your will. She
was nothing at home ; and badly as she mar
ried, she is a better and freer, and a happier
woman than she would have been had she
continued with you. I wish to impress up
on you the conviction that these children of
yours went astray, not in spite of your mode
of training, but in consequence of it. If I
should wish to ruin my family, I would pur
sue your policy, and be measurably sure of
the desired result.
Mioallantiono.
Follies of Great Men.
The sublime History of Fools is a
book which ought to be written, and
which we doubt not would sell greatly.
All great men have had their follies, and
the field open for gleaning is almost
boundless. For instance, we have such
facts as the following recorded in biogra
phies and histories : Tycho Brahe, the
astronomer, changed color and his legs
shook iander him, on meeting with a
hare or fox. Dr. Johnson would never
enter a room with his left foot foremost ;
if, by mistake, it did get in first, he
would step back• and place his right
foot foremost. Julius Caesar was al
most convulsed by the sound of thun
der, and always wanted to get in a eel
ler, or under-ground to escape the
dreadful noise. To Queen Elizabeth
the simple word "death" was full of
horror. Even Taleyrand trembled and
changed color, on hearing the word
pronounced. Marshal Saxe, who met
and overthrew opposing armies, fled
and screamed in terror at the sight of a
cat. Peter the Great could never be
pursuaded to cross a bridge ; and though
he tried to master the terror he failed
to do so. Whenever he set foot
one, he would shriek out in distr.(
and agony. Byron would never hei
any one to salt at the table, nor woul
he help himself. If any of the article
happened to be spilled on the table '
would jump and leave his meal unfit
ished. The story of the great Frencl
man, Malebranche, is well known an
is well authenticated. He fancied
carried an enormous leg of mutton o)
the tip of his nose. No one could cor
vince him to the contrary. One day
gentleman visiting him adopted thi
plan to cure him of his • folly :—He al
proached him with the intention
embracing hint when he suddenly e
claimed,—"Ha! your leg of mutton
struck me in the face!" at which Mali
branche expressed regret. The frien,
went on, "May I remove the incum
brance with a razor?'' "Ali my friend!
mrtriend ! I owe you more than life.—
Yes, yes, by all means cut it off:" In
a twinkling the friend lightly cut the
tip of the philosopher's nose, and adroit
ly taking from under his cloak a superb
leg of mutton, raised it in triumph.-
"Ah l" cried Malebranche, "I live ! I
breathe! lam saved! My nose is free;
my head is free ; but---but—it was raw,
and that is cooked !" "Truly, but
then you have been seated near the fire;
that must be the reason." Malebranche
was satisfied, and from that time for
ward he made ro more complaints about
any mutton leg, or any other monstrous
protuberance on his nose.
Pretty Good.
A subcriber to the Glen's Falls Mes
senger complains that the price of the
paper has been raised; and wants to
continue his subscription at the old rate
of one dollar per year. The editor
agrees to the offer, and proposes to take
his pay in good cotton sheeting, at ten
cents a yard, its old price.
That editor knows whereof he speak
eth. He wilt pass muster either on
cotton or newspapers. He is sound
and wet' knows that there is no article
that is produced which costs more in
proportion to its selling price than a
newspaper with its hundreds of thou
sands of type, set every day, and al
all, furnished at only two or three
per copy, scarcely enough, in these
times, to pay the cost of the white pa
per on which it is printed.
The Stuyvesant Pear Tree, in
Third avenue, New York, corner of
Thirteenth street, is once more in bloom.
This tree was brought from Holland, so
runs the story, by Governor Petrus
Stuyvesant, in 1647, and is therefore
217 years old—by far the oldest object
placed by man on New York Island
that to now he recognized. It is
gawk deesyml, and is haNe to go
it any moment.
Our • Prisoners and their Condition.
We have noticed, says the Baltimore
American, the arrival of five hundred
and sixty-five released prisoners from
Richmond, and commented briefly upon
their condition. Such a pitable set of
poor wretches was never seen in this
city. Their emaciation was extreme,
their feeblenes was almost at the last
gasp, their dejection was painful to be
hold, and their squalor was frightful
They were starved to the verge of the
grave, and what was left of them was
nearly devoured by. vermin. Some of
them, from hope too long deferred, had
fallen into a state of utter listlessness and
apathy which bordered upon idiocy.—
The deepening pallor, the drooping.
jaw, and the glazing eyes told that oth
ers had only come to die—that it was
too late for outstretched arms to save—
too late to dispel the evening shadows
that were gathering around them.
Compared [with this, the Massacre at
Fort Pillow was a blessing and a mercy
Look at their hollow cheeks, listen of
their sepulchral voice, peer under their
drooping eyelids, and you will read
plainly a story of gnawing hunger, of
pinching cold, of wasting fever, of days
of weariness and nights of buried hope
and submission to despair. They are
our friends and brothers. They were
facing the thickly-hurling missiles of
death iu defence of us, when we were
sitting by our firesides. They were
suffering every pang and every priva
tion, while we were comfortable; they
were sick and in prison, while we were
well and free. And what are we to
think of the incarnate fiends who thus
brave the scorn of mankind, fount their
diabolism in the face ofcivilization, defy
the plainest teachings of Christianity,
court the execration of the ages to come,
and display a degree of ferocity and ma
lignity that would disgrace a Caman
che ? We used to associate our ideas
of the refinements of cruelty with the
Bastile, the Vehme, or the Inquisition,
but that is all past and gone. Hence
forth the Richmond prisons will take
the foremost place in our minds, and
in the annals of human events, as the
synonym for all that is malignant and
fiendish and diabolical--for all that is
bloodthirsty, inhuman and infernal.
For every one of these feeble and
dying men we have returned a healthy
rebel, who has been well fed and well
cared for. In individual cases, a similar
style of returning good for evil would
react on the principle of heaping coals
of fire on the head of the offender ; but
in this instance magnanimity is thrown
away and love's labor is lost.
The New Two-Cent Pieee.
The new two-cent piece is bat little larger
md thicker than the present one cent coin,
and contains less nickel, and abundance of
copper, with five parts of tin. In size it
may be compared to the silver quarter dol
lar, and resembles as much as anything can,
a gold win, and is really beautiful. On one
side there is a wreath of wheat ; in the cen
ter of which is stamped "tio-cents" and
around which me the words "United - States
of America." On the other side there 4s
the Shield of Liberty, bearing the words.
` 'God N 4 ear
The Sun of Austerlitz.
On the second day of December, 1805,
rose the "Sun of Austerlitz." Its light
revealed to Napoleon the certainty of
the great victory of that day. His
. forces consisted of 75,000 men, occupy
ing a semi-circle of heights. The al
lied Austrian and Russian army, 96,000
strong, held 24 hours previous a position
equally strong on the heights of Protzen;
but by skilful manoeuvering Napoleon
had induced them to believe he feared a
battle, and now at break of day he be
held their army, like a huge boa, having
un wound its coil, trailing its slow pon
derous length around its front, in order
to attack his right wing.
The French army saw, as with its
leader's eye the blunder of the allies.—
, The length of their lines was exposed
while Napoleon from his semi-circle
could launch one of the spokes of his
power to attack them in any or all quar
ters. His generals were eager to be
gin.
"Wait twenty minutes," said Napo
leon ; "when the enemy is making a
false move they must not- be interrupt
ed."
The twenty minutes elapsed, the
movement was complete, the blunder
irretrievable. Then Napoleon mounted
his horse and said to his troops :
"Soldiers, to-day we will finish the
campain!"
At the same time, the order to attack
was given, and the mighty, living ana
conda, was cut to pieces. The Russians
after suffering great slaughter, were
retreating across the frozen lake. Na
poleon rod' along the lines, and shout
ed :
"Engulph them! Engulph them!"
The artillerists elevated their pieces,
and by dropping their balls from a
height upon the ice, broke it up, and
overwhelmed the flying enemy.
This was Napoleon's greatest victory
and most brilliant .stroke of genius.
Afterward on the eve of a battle, he on
ly had to remind the soldiers that the
sun of Austerlitz would look down upon
their actions, to inspire them with the
most enthusiastic cottihge.
The prestige of some such achieve
ments is highly necessary to stimulate
the bravery of troops. It inspires them
with confidence in their own powers,
pride in their leader, and a sublime and
haughty joy iu the certainty of victory
under his eye.
The Climate of Australia.
Night in Australia! How impossi
ble to describe its beauty! Heaven
seems in that new world, so much
nearer to earth! Every star stands out
so bright and particular, as if fresh foam
time when - the Maker willed it.—
And the moon likn a large silver sun—
the least objection to which is, it shines
so distinct and still. "I have frequent
ly," says Mr. Wilkinson in his work in
uth Australia, "been on a journey in
.ach a night and while allowing my
horse his own time to walk along the
road, have solaced myself by , reading
in the still soft moonlight." *Now and
then a sound breaks the silence, hut
a sound so much iu harmony with the
solitude that it only deepens its charms.
Hark! the low cry of the night bird
from yonder glen,
amid the small, grey
gleamy rocks. Hark! as the night
leepens, the bark of the distant watch
yg, or the low strange howl of
ore savage species from which he
!fends the fold. Hark ! the echo
tches the sound and flings it sportily , -
from hill to hill—thrther and farther
vn, till again it is hushed, and the
wars hang noiselessly over our head,
you ride through a grove of giant
tm trees. Now the air is literally
targed with odors, and -the sense
rows painful in its pleasure. You
quicken your pace and again escape
into the open plains and full moonlight,
njoy the exquisite fineness of the at
mosphere, and through the slender tea
'Sees catch a gleam ofthe river and hear
./e soothing sounds of its gentle mur
mur.
Courtship in Greenland.
There is something exceedingly mel
icholy in the accounts which are given
if the custom of courtship in Greenland.
Generally, women enter upon the bless
-1 estate with more willingness and
solicitude than men. The wosneu
Greenland are an exception to this
A Greenlander, having Stied his
affections upon some female, acquaints
parents with the state of his heart.
Ley apply to the parents of the girl,
id if the parties thus far are agreed,
he next proceeding is to appoint two
nale negotiators, whose duty it is to
the subject to the young lady.—
is a matter of great tact and deli-
The lady ambassadors do not
tocic the young lady to whom they are
at, by any sudden or abrupt avowal
of the awful subject of their mission.—
Instead. of doing this, they launch out
in praises of the gentleman who seeks
her hoed: They Bpeak,play, or interrupt
ed in thSir chosen amusements by the
waning light, are unconsciously attract
ed to her aide by the cheerful fiesside's
glow. The day's boisterous mirth is
subdued, midi& troubles and disap
pointments of the day are softened or
forgotten in this charmed hour. Moth
erly admonition is then more tenderly
given, and more gently received ; and
confessions which might shrink from
daylight, are now .ew/MagiT Poured in
the loving ear.
To Prevent the Shedding of -Wool.
Mr. Lewis of Wisconsin, in reply to
an inquiry on the subject, gives his ex
perience in sheep raising in The Practi
cal Farmer: he says :
With thirty years" experience, I have
not known high keeping to cause wool
to shed, that is, when properyly done.
My plan to keep the wool on would be
to keep sheep fat. If sheep run down
from any cause, and are suddenly re
recruited, wool will start. All kinds
of grain will do it, and I have known a
sudden change from a next-to-no-feed
pasture to timothy and clover full feed
pasture start wool from a poor sheep.
Begin a little before the Ist of De
cember with grain ; commencing light
ly, increasing gradually until you will
give them all they will eat, if you like,
and the more they eat the tighter the
wool will stick ; provided there is no
disease.
Feed corn, beans, wheat, rye, barley,
oats, vegetables, or anything that sheep
will eat that makes fat—anything you
happen to have the best supply of, avoid
ing sudden changes. The wool will
not only stick well, but you will have
enough more to pay you well. Con
tinue feeding your grain to the ewes all
through the time the lambs are drop
ping, if you like, and after that until the
feed is so good than, they do not care
to eat. You will raise more and better
lambs with much less trouble.
Each kind of gilin in its turn, by dif
ferent persons, has been charged with
taking the wool off, so that they have
to stop to save the wool. I think it
comes off for want of grain, properly
fed.
=r•MEM
'Twas my Mother's.
A company of poor children, who had been
gathered out in the alleys and garrets of the
city were preparing for their departure to
new and distant homes in tha West. Just
before the time for the starting of the cars,
one of the boys was noticed aside from the
others, and apparently very busy with a
cast off garment. The superintendent step
ped up to him, and found he was cutting a
small piece out of the patched lining. It
proved to be an old jacket, which, having
been replaced by a new one, had been
thrown away. There was no time to be lost,
"Come, John, come," said the superintend
ent, "what are you going to do with that
old piece of calico?"
"Please, sir," said John, "I am cutting it
out to take with me. My dear dead mother
put the lining into this old jacket for me.—
This was a piece of her dress, and is all I
have to remember her by." And at the
poor thought of that dead mother's love,
and of the sad death bed scene, in the old
garret where she died, he covered his face
with his hands, and sobed as if his heart
would break.
But the train was about leaving, and John
thrust the little piece of calico into his bo
som to remember his mother, hurried into a
car, and was soon far away from the place
where he had 'seen so much sorrow. Many
an eye has moistened as the story of this or
phan boy has been told ; and many a heart
has prayed that the God of the fatherless
and motherless would be his friend.
Business Rules.
An Eastern paper gives the following
seasonable and excellent rules for
young men commencing in business :
The world estimates men by their
success in life, and by general consent
success is evidence of superiority.
Never under any circumstances as
sume a responsibility you can avoid con
sistently with your duty to youretlf
and others.
Base all your actions upon the prin
ciple of right, preserve your integrity
of character and in doing this never
reckon on the cost.
Remember that self interest is more
likely to warp 3i)ut' judgment than all
other circumstances combined; there
fore look well to your duty when your
interest is concerned.
Never make mouey at the expense of
your reputation.
Be neither Lavish or niggardly ; of the
two, avoid the latter. A mean man is
universally despised, but public favor
is a stepping stone to preferment, there
fore, generous feelings should be culti
vated.
Say but little thinkmuch, and do
mom.
Let your expenses be such as to leave
a balance in your pocket. Ready
money is a friend in need.
Keep clear of the law ; for even if
you gain your ease, you are generally a
loser.
Avoid borrowing and lending.
Wine drinking and smoking cigars
are bad habits ; they impair the mind
and lead to a waste of time.
family Government ll'nitrated.
This is the way a "fond patient" •akin:-
stet) , coaxes and bullies a lost eon, in the
personal advertisements of a New 'York journ
al :
Teram►ns—l wish you to come home rot
soon as possible, without putting me to furth
er trouble. I shall not blame you for going ,
away. • If you don't come I'll find away to
bring you home as I have an idea where you
are. If you want any money to pay year
way you shall have it. Oorne home like a
good boy. Jews Oa& r, 11 Roosevelt skiet•
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Henry Clay's Remains.
After an interment of twelve years
the remains of Mr. Clay were removed
last week upon the death of his wifit,
and placed side by side with hers
beneath the beautiful monument erect
ed to his memory in the Lexington
Cemetery. Connected with this event,
the Lexington Observersays, the wreath
of inimortelles placed upon te coffin by
his friend, the gifted poetes, Mrs. Ann
S. Stephens, prior to the removal of the
body from Washington was found to be
in an almost perfect state of preserva
tion, being but little faded, while a gold
ring, bearing the initials 4 ‘J. W.,"
which rested near the wreath, was as
bright as though just from the jeweller's
store.
Me Some years since an incident oe.
curred in the Boston Lunatic Hospital,
of a very peculiar character. A mother
and daughter both became inmates,_
and were placed in the same story of
the building, where they had access to
the same hall. They met and recog
nized each other, though one had left
the otler'years ago in Ireland. Both
had crossed the ocean, become residents
here, and lost all knowledge of each
other's history or fate; both became
bereft of reason, and came upon the
public for support, and in a mad-house,
surrounded by those who were hopeless
ly insane, the child and parent met; and
though reason was dethroned, and each
was there with a "mind diseased," yet
nature triumphed over a clouded intel
lect, and for a brief moment the parties
talked of the land of their birth, and
when they separated from each other.
This incident is of romantic interest,
sufficient to suit the most anxious in
quirer after extraordinary adventures.
sar Rev. Albert Barnes, of Philadel
phia, the well-known Biblical Scholar,
has ready for publication a Commentary
on the Psalms in three volumns. The
Western Christian Advocate says when
the question of the relation of science
to the pulpit was under discussion lately
in a meeting of the Ministerial Associa
tion, he said that were he to live his
life over again, he would devote half of
the Sabbath day ministrations to expos
itory preaching. 'He regards it the
most Scriptural and effective method
of resenting the Gospel to the people.
lir According to a circular from the
Rooms of the American Board at Bos
ton, the receipts for missions for seven
months (to April 1,) amount to $201,-
334; but little more than $6,000, in
advance of those for the same time last
year. The indications are, that the con
tributions for the remaining five months
will advance proportionately, so. as to
reach the point desired to. meet the ap
propriation of the Board.
The Wheat Prospect in Ohio.
The Cincinnati Gazette states that
the damage of the past winter to the
wheat crop is not so great as was appre
hended. The injury in many places is
very great, amounting in many cases to
total destruction ; yet on some soils
good crops will be produced, while in
fields that were thought to be ruined
there will be half a crop, A Columbus
paper says that from extensive inquiry
it learns that "all exposed fields are
badly winter-killed" in Franklin county,
Ohio, and some of them will be plough
ed up. Fields which are sheltered by
woods or hills look well, and the late
rains have brought them out finely.—
The estimate of the coming crop is from
half to three fourths of the usual yield.
By the explosion, on Monday morn
ing, of a boiler at Cornelius and Ba
ker's establishment, on the corner of
Eight and Cherry streets, Philadelphia,
three men . were killed and several
wounded. A portion of the boiler was
thrown fourteen hundred feet upon the
roof of a small building, killing a • man
who was loading a wagon in front.—
Another piece was thrown into Market
Street, killing a horse and injuring a
man. A chimney five stories high was
thrown down down by the explosion.
aeirA fight between fifty Union sol
diers and a force of the enemy, one-third
larger, took place a tow days since in
Tennessee, upon the plantation of ex-
Governor Johnson. The rebels were
repulsed. Twenty prisoners, two cap
tains, two lieutenants, and $ll,OOO dol
lars worth of smuggled goods were cap
tared. The ffght lasted about an hour.
Edward W. Green, who murdered
Frank Converses, teller of the Maiden
(Mass.) Bank, was on Monday sentenced
to be hung. There was an immense
crowd in and around the Court Hour
to hear and know the sentence. ,Green
received it with apparent calmness.
'it the March meeting of the
Board of Managers of the .American
Sunday School Union, forty-two mis
sionaries were commissioned to labor
for one year, of which four were new
appointments. Of these three are to
labor in Pennsylvania and one in Wes
tern Virginia.
Mir A man in Lockport New Yetir, last
week disgorged a lizard, which had grown to
a largesise and then decayed in his stomach.
The 'bandied soon after the remains elate
animal had been expelled.
Terrific Explosion.