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thc.l toe suo'fcrlption 1« about to expire.. .*
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{ xc : ’inlesg the agent yrder* their Continu
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A KORNEYS & COUNSELLORS at LAW,
Xi. will Attend the Courts of Tices, hotter and
IL-lCoiu counties. [Wollsboro, Jan. 1, 1863.]
DICKINSON HOUSE, .
, cors inq, n. y. , 1
MiJ• A- FIELD... Proprietor.
auESTS taken to and from the’ Depot free
of oharEe. ' [.[am 1, , 863.]
PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE,
CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND THE AVENUE,
Wollsboro, Pa. . ". ♦
J. AT. BIQONY f .^Proprietor.
THIS popular Hotel, having been re-fitted
and re-furnigfaed throughout, is no# open to the
public as a ufst-class house. . [Jan. *l, 1663.]
I* HOTEL
WELLSBORO. TIOQ 4 CO. PEN&A*
THE subscriber takes this method ttyjnform
bis old friends and easterners that ho hat re
turned the conduct of tho old “ Crystal Fountain
Hotel. 5 " and will hereafter give it his entiro aitentioiu
Ihankful for past favors, he solicits a renew-1 of the
•sine. * DAVID t ART.
Weilsboro, Nor. 4,*1863.-ly,
IZAAK WALTON HOUSE,
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa.' j
3, C. VERMILYEA, .Proprietor.
THIS is a new hotel located within easy ad
cess of the best fishing and hunting grounds in
Sortbern Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared for
the accommodation of pleasure seekers-and the trav
iling public. _ _ [ 1, 1863.]
A. FOL E Y, -
Watches, o looks, Jewelrv, &c.,' &ci,
REPAIRED AT-OtD PRICES.
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
NO, 5, UNION■ BLOCK} '
Welleboro, May 20, 1863. 7 -
J. EMERY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AW ‘
- HSXIuTT OILrAaXM
Has removed to the office on Avenue Street, Ueit door
;o Bigoney'i . Jan. 4, 1885-4t*
H. W. ‘Williams.
WILLIAMS SMITH, I
ATTORNEYS AAU COUA’iSELORE AT LAW,
BOUNTY & PENSION AGENCY.
Main Street, WelUboro, Pa. r
January 4, 1865-ly.
S. P. BIIAIBLIN, \
BERBER & HAIR-DRESBER,
shop Ose Dooa North of Costers* Sjlore.
Ladies’ Hair-Cutting done in the best manner. /
WelUboro, Dec 7, 1864. ' j ‘ \
WESTERN EXCHANGE <B€>XEE.
KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, PA.
THE undersigned having leased the above Hotel
for a term of years would respectfully inform*
the traveling public that he has put* the Hotel in first
class order for the reception of guests and no pains
will be spared in the accommodation of traveler? and
at far as tio sihuiliun will allow, he will keep a first
class Hotel, in all things, except ptices,.whidh will
le modeijito. Plenso trv us and judge for vourtfelves.'
-Knoxville, Oct. Ifi, J. H. MARTIN.
DRUGS & MEDICINES.
SO. 3, UXIOX BLOCK, WELLSBOHO,PA.
P. R. WILLIAMS,
BEGS leave to announce to the, citlzeu£of Wells
boro and vicimiy, that lie keeps constantly on
hand all kinds ef
DRUGS AND MEDICINES^
Chemicals, Varnish, Paints, SJaps, Perfumery, Glass,
Brashes, Putty, Fancy Goods, Pnre Winds, Brandies,
Gins, and all other kinks 'of Liquors of the best
quality. All kinds of [
PiTENT MEDICINES'- J
inch as Jayne’s Expectorant,- and Pillfe;
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Pills and Cherry Pect valHelm
hold's Extract Buchu, Sarsaparilla and' l.ose Wash;
Mr?. Window’* Sothing fcyrup; Wrist's Pills;
Clark’s and Cheescman's Pills; Hull’s B. Isaru ; Bin
inger's Lapdon Dock dm; Herrick’s Pill, and Plas
ters; Brown’s Bronchial Troches, Ac., A<i’
May 25, 1864-ly. - P. R. Wt-iIfIAMS.
REVJKNUE STAMPS
JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector of Mans
field, has just received a large- lot bt Revenue
Slams, of all denominations, from one' cent up to $5.
Any person wishing Stanps cun got them at my office
m Mansfield, or of M. BULLARD. Assistant Assessor,
&t Welliboro, Pa. ’ J. $. PHELPS.
Mansfield, May 2, 1864.- 1 ,
P. DEHTIiIt,
■ MAXSFIELD, TIOGA COUNTY, PA.,
IS prepared.to operate in all' the improvements in
the various departments of filling, extracting,-in
lemog atuficial dentures, Ac.
Mansfield. August 10, 1864 ly.
StjorSE.
THIS House which has been opentfor Convenience
of the traveling public for a ywrs,
has lately Wen newly furnished t{irougboflt end fitted
U P in as good style us can bo found in anyjtfonutry or
«’dy Hotel. The Proprietor does not berate-in say
laB there will be no pains spared W.add to the
comfort of Ms guests, and make it a .home for them.
I»e ben of stabling for teams rand a hostler
fciways id attendance, all of which can be found
mile ea«t of Knoxville, Pa.
M. V. PURPLE. Proprietor,
Deerfield. May 2A, 1864.-ly. 4 '/
WELT.SBOEO KCOI’JEL
\ Comer Main Street and (he Avenue.)
Wellsbobo, Pa.
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor,; '
One of tbe most popular Houses county,
bu Hotel is the principal
-tagoj leave daily as follows : f \ ■
Bor Tioga, at |la.ni.; For Troy, at U*. m.; For
®rsey Sb«>re -every Tuesday and Frida,- at 2 p. id.:
°r Couicrsport, every Tuesday ?nd Frif fy at 2 p.m.
-TAfjcs Arrive—From Tioga, at* 12 .1-2 o’clock
P’ffi From Troy, at 6 o'clock p.tn.: rmn Jersey
*■ and Friday t ll *i. m.: Fi Coudcrs-
Friday II a. m. ,
l I ’~J‘u«oy -Cowdeu, the wcli-k&cjfrn hcetler.
bo found rn ’band.- - "i
eU«boro, Oct. 6, IBC4-ly. ' ’ u
HUGH Ydunff&r. .
bookseller & sta^^chier.
AND DIALER IN
tt- * r ‘ cau Clocks, American, English, and Swiss
•pi„, C! ‘ Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware, Spectacles,
■ are Frames, Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes,
Perfumery, Yankee Notionjy Fishing
lc and Flies, and Fancy and Toilet, Articles.
c/*, BOOKS of every kind used in the
crw;./’, C,JriB>aIUI J on band and sent bj mail oroth
‘■rwi«e, to order. : '
N °. fi, UNION BLOCK, PA.
THE
VOL. XL
CLOTHING! CLOTHING!
(One door below Harden’s Store.) .
WE hare jnat arrived in Wellsboro with a large
Stock of CLOTHING and
Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods,
Also, HATS & CAPS, and ft great apsojtmbnt of
LADIES’ CLOAKS,
Which we offer to the citfzene of W.UfbOro and jtir
ronnding country at.
ftO PER CENT. CHEAPER,.
r
than any other eatablishment in thlJ part' of the
country. Oar object if to reduce our
WINTER 4 FALL STOCK OF GOODS.
t
' PRICES:
OYER COATS from $4 to $4O.
BUSINESS COATS from $3 to $25.
PANTS from $2 to $lO.
' VESTS from S2J to $B. *
We bought our goods when Hold was only 1.50
and we can afford to sell our goods cheap.
All our Hoods are manufactured under our own su
pervision and can not be surpassed in quality and
durability. i
Wo respectfully invite every one whose interest is
to be economical, to examine our
before purchasing elsewhere.
HAST & AUERBACH,
of Syracuse, N. T., and Blossbnrg, Pa.
WelUboro, Dec. 34, 1864-tf. '•
E. & H. T. ANTHONY «k CO.,
Manufacturers of Photographic Materials,
WHOLESALE ANQ RETAIL,
501 BROADWAY, N. Y-
Wm. U. Smith.
ln addition to our main business of .Photographic
Materials, we are Headquarters for the following, viz:
Stereoscopes & Stereoscopic Views,
Of these we have an immense assortment, including
War Scenes, American and Foreign Cities and Land
scapes, Groups, Statuary, Ac., Ac, 'Also, Revolving
Stereoscopes, for public or. private exhibition: , Our
Catalogue will be sent to any address on receipt of
Stamp. ’ i
We were the first to introduce these into the United
States; and we manufacture immense quantities in
great variety,.ranging in price from 50 cents to $5O
each. Our ALBUMS have the reputation of bein£
superior in beauty and durability to any ethers. They
( will Le sent by mail, free, on receipt of price.
JSff* Fine Albums mado to order.
CARD ‘PHOTOGRAPHS
Our Catalogue now -embraces over Five Thousand
different subjects (to which additions are continually
being made) of Portraits ef Eminent Americans, Ac.,
viz: about
100 Major-Generals, 550 Statesmen,
200 Brig.-Qenerals, 130 Divines,
275 Colonels, 125 Authors,
100 LieuL-Cdlonels, 40 Artists,
250 Other Officers, 125 Stage,
75 Navy Officers, 50 Prominent Women,
150 Prominent Foreign Portraits.
3,000 COPIES OF WORKS OF ART,
including reproductions of niie most celebrated En
gravings, Paintings, Statues, Ac. Catalogues sent on.
receipt of Stamp. An order for One Dozen PIC
TURES from our Catalogue will be filled on the re
ceipt of $l.BO, and sent by mail, free.
Photographers and others ordering goods C/O.D.
will please remit twenty-five per cent, of the amount
with their order.
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
Manufacturers of Photographic Materials,
501 Broadway, JJpw York.
jfSSt" The prices and quality of our goods cannot
fail to satisfy. [Nov. 16, 1864-ly.]
WELLSBORO ACADEMY. —Tho second Term
of the present school year will begin
Monday, Dec. 12, 1864.
Pupils are prepared for College, or for business
pursuits.*
TUITION (for a term of 12 weeks).
Common English Branches 4 00.
Higher English Branches 5 00.
Languages.... 6 00. '
Pupils designing to attend but half the term, will
be charged accordingly.
No deduction is made for absences, unless in oases
of protracted sickness. J, B. GRIER,
WeUsboro, Doc. 7,1864-3 t. Principal.
Millinery."! would inform my friend* in
and around Tioga boro' that I hare opened a
shop in the dwelling formerly occupied by Miss Ra-'
chel Prutsman. I will hare new FALL STYLES of
..millinery goods constantly on'band.
BRAIDING & EMBROIDERY,
MACHINE SEWING
of all descriptions, done on a first-class Grover A Ba
ker machine. Materials made up in the neatest
manner. MRS. J. P. URELL.
Tioga, Oct, 26, 1864-3 t« •
FARM FOR SALE. —The undersigned wishes to
dispose of his Farm in Covington township, ly
ing on Elk Ran, about three miles from Covington
Boro, and generally known as the “Wetberbee
Farm/' It contains about 93 acres, with about 60
acres improved.
The r eoil is of tbe very best quality nf upland and
the cleared portion is entirely free from stumps. . It
is well wetered and has good buildings. Those who
want to bay a good Farm may find it to their advan
tage to pay this one a visit before they “ settle down/’
Good warrantee deed given. For terms apply to H.
H. Potter, Middiebury Center, Pa., or to LevTßock
well, Cherry Flatts, Pa. J. B. POTTER.
* Washington, D. C., Nov: 30, 1864^
MIL LlJ y ER Y.
BRAIDING & EMBROIDERY,
, DRESS & CLOAK-MAKING..
I wuuld inform my friends in and around Tioga
borough, that I have opened a shop in tho dwelling
formerly occupied by Alisa Rachel Prutsman. I will
have new FALL & WINTER STYLES of Millinery
Goods constantly on hand*. .
Tioga, Nov. 23, “ ’ MRS. Jl P. TJRELL,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT of Rqyenne Stamps
of all denominations, just received’at the First
National Bank of Wcllsboro, in the Store building
of C. A J. L. Robinson. Persons wanting Stamps are
request to call and got a supply. - - *, :
Wellsboro, May 25, 1864-tf. ' r
KEEOSIN? LAMPS at . ’
ROY'S DRUG STORE.
. oeboteO fa tfyt gymimcm of the of ifrerOom anu the Sq»reaO pf Beform,
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG GNIUGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE
STOCK AND PRICES
PBO TOORAPUIO ALBUMS.
MACHINE SEWING,
REVENtt Stamps.
WELLSBORG, TIOGA COUim, BA.. WEDNESDAY MODNI3\ T G, JANUARY §5, 1865.
selcrt lloetts* i
WINTEK WILL NOT (LAST FOBEVBB,
Winter will not last forever; .
Spring will soon come forth again,
And, with flowers of every color,
- Deck the hillside and the plain.
Lambs will soon in fields be sporting, ,
Birds re-echo from each tree
“ Winter's gone ! its days are ended !
We are happy—we are free V’
Hedge and tree will soon be budding, -
Soon with leaves be covered o'er;
Winter cannot lost forever;
Brighter days are yet in store.
Sorrows will noTiast forever, ‘
Brighter times will come again, ‘ I
Joy our every grief succeeding,
.As the sunshine after rain. x
As tbe enow and ice of winter.
Melt dt tbe approach of Spring,
So-wJU all aur cares and trials, ■
• Joy, and peace and comfort bring.
When tbe heart is sad and drooping,
Think, though yon be vexed sore,
Sorrows cannot last forever;-
, Brighter days are yet in store.
During the winter of IBJ9 I became tired of
the smoky atmosphere of London, and, indeed,
of everything bearing the odor of “ Her’ Gra
cious Majesty.” I longed to breathe, aa an
Englishman might say, the air of that frivo
lous French capital known upon maps and
hand-books of travel a? Paris.
My partial desire became a fact, through the
instrumentality of my friend George Lester,
who came into my sanctum one morning, ex
claiming;
*' Henry, if you do not take compassion and
entice me from this pla*e, I shall become an in
mate of one of those public institutions, known
as lunatic asylums.”
“ My dear fellow, what is the matter ?”
“Do not ask me at present; only prove your
friendship by packing your portmanteau and
leaving London this very night.”
“ Well, Mercury, whithef are you going to
carry me ? Before I commence packing, I
should like some information on' the subject;
for I might prepare lor,the balmy breezes of
Italy, and suddenly find I was jonjpeying to
New Zealand.” '
..‘‘Come, Henry, like a good fellow, be my
comrade in this trip, as you have been in ma
ny others. I am bound for Paris, but ehall stop
en route at Brussels.”
“ Bravo I” I cried, “ but, why this haste ?”
He waived hie hand and said, “ Come, no
excasee. 'Hcnry, for, if I breathe this air anoth
er twenty— four hoars, I shall stifle.” -
I saw that he was suffering from some in
tense emotion : therefore, I said noti ing more,
but began preparations for nur intended depart
ure. A few hours after Lester had entered
my chambers, we were traveling with due
speed toward Dover. -
About midnight we.discerned the white
cliffs of the above menti >ned town, and a few
minutes -sufficed to convey both baggage and
travelers to one of those uncomfortable steam
ers that cross tho.chunnel... "
Tbe next morning we arrived ,at Ostend,
where we, obtained breakfast, and improved
our outward appearance by a fresh toilet. A
few hours later found ua locked in a first-class
carriage on our way to Russels.
Oar journey between Ostend and Brussels
had some picturesque scones to recommend it
to the stranger. The trees were cut into, every
imaginable shape.
Occasionally we would whistle by a wind
mill in the distance, and a peasant's but near,
where parties of both sex were tilling the soil
together. Agriculture is pursued to a great
extent in Belgium. There are colleges where
the arts of farming are (aught, and prizes
awarded to those who raise the finest produc
tions
Late in'the afternoon we arrived at Brussels,
and'drove to the Hotel de Ruse; having time
to dress fur dinner, we concluded; la dine at
the table d’hote. Obeying the summons of the
gong, George Lester and myself found ourselves
in a large dining-room. We were seated at
the board, hut, alas ! for .out.ravenpus appe
tites, .we could net eat the food placed before
us, for it wasj cooked according to the fashion
of the country, which is a mixture of German
and French dishes, that are not palateable to
English stomachs. If even we felt inclined to
have partaken of the same, the obsequeous
wi tters in attendance -would not have allowed
us that privelege"; for, if you paused an instant
in the modus-operandi of eating, your opiate
was instantly exchanged for another, until it |
appeared to me that I had twenty clean plates,
and nothing to eat.
Lester was amused at my vain efforts to dine.
He asked me. if I wished myself in London,
with an English dinner? |
, 1 replied, “ I shall certainly starve if this is 1
a fair sample of meals to be had in this city.’* \
“ Come, Henry, I soe your case is desperate,;
therefore we will go to John Saunders’, and |
have something suitable to ynar appetite."
“ And pray who is John'Sanders ?*’ I asked.
“An Englishman,” replied George, “ who
is making a fortune by giving islanders like |
ourselves, something fit to eat." j
George Lester was well acquainted with ;
Brussels, having been some months there sev
ei ul years previously.
Upon arriving at the Rue’d Isabelle, a nar-'
row back street, Lester conducted me ! into a i
very modest-looking dwelling. Upon entering, '
I was agreeably surprised to find overling
thoroughly English in their appointments.— .
Lester informed mg that all the ihon vivanis of
English society in Brussels met here, many fa
king their meals here, in preference to the ho- •
tels. ‘ “ - - ;
! While we were doing justioe to our nicely
■ prepared supper, several gentlemen entered,
and took their seats directly opposite to where
; we were seated. The tallest of the party crossed
over to onr table, bat in hand, saying, “ Es
; cnee me, gentlemen, I believe we have met be
j fora ; your faces look familiar. Heasked us our
■ names:" As we gave them, he exclaimed, "Ah I
| thought I was not mistaken, and grasping oar
AGITATOR.
jflUscellang.
THE MEETING
a true sToar.
hands, he asked us if we bad forgotten Oxford.”
“What! Lord Marsgate,” we both cried.
■“ The same, at your service.”
After talking over by gone times. Lord Mara
gate suddenly turned to tester, and said,
“ or( * an< * Herbert are at present in
rhis city, accompanied by their neice, who is
the bright particular star of English society
here; You must be acquainted with her, for
her father, was pastor of the village church
near my father's estate.” ' "
“The lady's name,” said Lester, taming
pale. ' _
“Miss Hellen Thorton," replied Marsgate.
' “At what hotel are they stopping ?" exclaim
ed Lester, who, in his agitation, arose and
grasped Lord Marsgate's arm. Perceiving
oar surprise, he resumed his seat. Lord Mars
gate wrote the desired information on a card,
and banded it to him.
“Come 1 my friends, join our party, if yon
do not feel too fatigued after your journey,”
said Lord Marsgate. “We are going to have
Roger in Robert le Diable.”
We assented to this proposal. An introduc
tion to the rest of the party ensued, and in a
few moments we were in the Rue Royale, walk
ing aeoludely along the broad pavement. I sur
veyed its stately hotels and looked, with pleas
ure, at the trees of the park. Well may Brus
sels be named; “Le petite Paris,” for it resem
bles its namesake in the gaiety of its masses
that crowd to winter beneath its bine sky. Its
boulevards, streets and churches have a deci
dedly French air. The palace-of his Majesty
King of Belgium, with numerous other build
ings pertaining to the government, are built of
white marble, which has a very chaste effect.
The favorite palace of the king is some leagues
Brussels, and is situated in the midst of
fairy-like grounds. It is the same palaoe that
ormerly belonged to the King of Holland, and
was purchased by the Belgians for their, sov
ereign.
Arriving at- the opera bouse, we perceived,
the gen-d’ armes dressed in dark green uni
forms, and black hats with green plumes, pac
ing before its doors. They carry a small mus
ket, the weapon which they use to enforce or
der.
Ascending a flight of marble steps, we found
onrselves in a large ball, which was beautifully
decorated with statnes, bearing vasea with
flowers. The portress showed us our box, and
I became interested in the opera.
I am an enthusiastic admirer of music,
therefore my soul drank in the melody of. Mey
erbeer’s magnificent Creation.” Roger faith
fully justified all the reports I had beard of
hie voice and exquisite acting. Imagination
had loose rein as I gazed upon the scene called
“Le Temptation." The curtain descending at
the end of the act, restored my enraptured
senses to surrounding objects.
I turned to George, and said something about
Roger’s fine voice; bat he was too abstracted
to answer. One of our party rallied him upon
looking at a certain box all the evening, where
upon Lord Marsgate said, “Ah 1 Lester, do
not lose your heart, for la belle Anglaise is as
cold aa the Alpine heights.”
Lord Marsgate directed my eye to Lord Her
bert’s box, in which Miss Thornton sat. I,ne,v
er beheld one that attracted my attention as
quickly. Her light brown hair was simply
rolled back from a white, intellectual brnw.—
Gredin nose, small month and perfect chin
and throat, were 'beautiful; but nature, by
some strange caprice', had given her eyes as
dark as.pildnigbt and eyebrows of tbo same col
or. Thesp features, with her perfect blonde com
plexion! gave to her beanty a style at once
piquant find brilliant. Perhaps I appreciated
her beauty all the more, viewing it, as I did,
in the midst of unattractive faces; for the la
dies of Flanders have no pretonlions to beanty.
It may bo prejudice upon my part, bnt their
faces have a crafty expression, particularly
about the eye, which resembles the Chinese,
and has the same cunning look. Their fea
tures are generally coarse, figures stout, (with
out the symmetry that the French have to such a
remarkable degree), and their hands and feet
very large.
It is strange, but it has been remarked by
travelers, how many deformed persons there
are to he found in Brussels, especially among
the aristocracy. Go‘ into the park on any
pleasant Sunday, and you will be surprised to
see the number of 'misshapen forms that
throng its avenues. An English resident told
me be thought it was the carelessness and cru
elty of nurses to children during infancy, to
gether with-the indifference of mothers, that
caused so much-hnman misery.
While I was moralizing, the anrtain rose up
on the last act of the' opera, and I became all
attention—so mnch so, that I did not miss
Lester until our. party arose to go. I asked
Lord Maragate where Georgs had gone, and
he replied by pointing to the! box that con
tained Miss Thornton. I looked and beheld
George helping the lady to arrange her opera
cloak. His face bad lost the haggard look it
hod worn, and he seemed metamorphosed into
a happy lover.
Declining Lord Marsgate’s invitation to sup
per, I returned to n>y hotel, and was soon
locked in the embrace of Morpheas.
The next morning when I. awoke I found a
note from George, saying that he was going to
accompany Miss Thornton in a drive some
miles out of town, hut would be with me in
the afternoon.
Having the morning to myself, I bent my
footsteps toward the Museum, a handsome
building of white marble or granite, I have for
gotten which. It contains one of the finest
collections of paintings in Europe, having many
of the original paintings of Michael Angelo,
Reubens, Titens and many others whose names
are enrolled in the temple of fame. Any one
might spend a week, with pleasure and profit,
viewing these great conceptions.
The Museum contains, also, some master pie
ces of sculpture, the most beautiful of which
was a veiled face of the Madonna, which was
so delicately carved that the marble seemed
like a veil of the finest lace.
There is one charm to the ear of a stranger
that is particularly pleasing. It is that chimes
of jbells are so numerous that they are almost
to be constantly beard. A good bellringer is
sore of a high salary.
Upon my return to the hotel, I found George
waiting for me. He said, as I entered, “Well,
now come 1 You think lam a strange being
to bring you here from London almost by force;
then immediately after our arrival, leave yon
alone for the society of almost an apparent
stranger; eh ?”
“ Really, George,” I replied, “ I have not
been thinking about the matter at all, bat have
been spending a most delightful morning in
the Museum.”
‘ Ah 1” laughed George Lester, “That is
just like yon, with your Scotch nature, to
abide ybur-tiroe for explanations; therefore,
Henry, (his tone changing into one of deep
feeling,) I shall tell you the secret that has
made me wretched for the past year. My
father, Sir Gilbert Lester, is a proud, eold man
of the world, and has not any sympathy for
those deep feelings which God gave to man to
make him a better and nobler being than he
otherwise could have been.
“Miss Helen Thornton was bat a girl of
eighteen when I returned from college, I shall
not fatigue you by going into the details of a
love story. In a word, I met, wooed and won
der. I asked my father’s consent to oar union,
bat be laughed at what be termed my boyish
passion. I waited patiently, thinking, in time
to win his consent; but in vain was my pa
tience. He privately .obtained for her father a
better living inWa north of England. I fol
lowed her, and implored her to consent to a pri
vate union. She refused, We parted. I
traveled, and tried in vain to love other women.
Her image was too firmly woven into my heart
strings to banish it. Two years ago her father’
died, and her maternal nnole adopted her and
made her his fntnre heiress.
Some weeks ago I read the rumors of her
marriage to Lord St. James in a newspaper ;
therefore, I determined to coma to Brussels
and Paris —for I knew she was sojourning in
either city—and learn the truth from her lips.
Well, little remains to be told. I found her
the .same beautiful girl that I bad parted from,
True to her early love, Henry, she has prom
ised to be my wife, now that she is my equal
in fortune. Her" nncla approves of bar choice,
and talks of getting me into parliament.”
’ “Let me offer you my warmest congratulation,
my dear fellow,” I cried, aa we shook hands.
Some weeks afterward I officiated as George
Lester's groomsman, and accompanied him as
far as Paris, where the beauty of Mrs. Lester
was sb much admired as it had been in Brtjssles.
Aggregate L„bob op Mankind. —Along
with the compassion that is excited by the list
ening to a tale of want, there is apt to arise,
at that time, a feeling of astonishment that
such a thing should be in such a land as this.
Perhaps, however, the true wonder is that half
die before they have contributed an iota.to the
world’s sustenance or their own. One-half of
those who do not, os a general thing, contribute
directly to the production of wealth. Of the
men, many are sick, many are old, many are
lazy, many are idle, many are wastefnl, many
are parasites. Those who do work, and live
to the age of three score years and ten, spend
one-third of their lives in bed, one-twentietb at
the table, one sixth in recreation. Much of
their time is wasted in mistakes. Much of
what they succeed in producing is swept away
by fire and flobd. During half of the year na
ture sleeps. ’ One harvest in five produces a
failure. Onjljj a fraction of the earth’s surface,
is capable of cultivation. A large part of the|
production of luxuries, in repairing the dam-|
ages of war, in preparing for future conflicts,
in the transportation of produce, and in jour
neys. Probably not more than one-tenth of the
wbolo amount of human force is expended in
earning the world’s daily bread. The standing
marvel, therefore, of’society .is, not that any
shopld snffer want, bat that there should be
any who do not.
Aems Lost ik Battle. —That a raw soldier,
in the excitement and agitation of battle may
fail to discharge his gun, and pat charge upon
ohorge until it is loaded to bursting, is probable
enough. But the extent to which this sort
of blundering proceeds' is graater than most
persons would suppose- In the annual report
of the Chief of the Bureau of Ordinance of the
Navy Department, it is stated;
“On the field of Gettysburg there were 26,-
574 guns pioked up, and of these 24,000 were
found to be loaded, and half of them were
doable loaded. One fourth had from three to
ten loads in, and many had five or six balls to
one charge of-powder. 'ln some cases the
powder was above the ball, in others the. cart
ridges were not broken at the end, while in one
musket twenty-three balls, sixty-two buckshot,
and a quantity of powder were all mixed up
together.
A man who died at Salem, Conn., recently,
by his own agreement, sold his body to a sur
geon,in Boston for 31,000, the money to he
appropriated to the aupport of his widowed
mother and bis body to purposes of scientific
investigation. His death was produced by an
enormous tumor growing upon his back, larger
than a bushel basket, and apparently nearly
100 pounds in weight. It has been growing
for eight years.
SoME newspaper wag tells a story of an old
gentleman who'se-eight or ten clerks bored
him continually with conundrums. Going
home one evening, ha was
a closed store by a countryman, who asked:
“ Can you tell me, my friend, why this store is
closed?” Go to tunder! ” cried he, “ with your
conundrums, "(I’ve been bored to death with
them these three weeks 1”
Interesting Scene —At the New York Fair:
Scene : Very pretty girl pinning a boqnet on
young swell’s coat. .
Young, swell—" Twenty five cents for the
hoquet I think you said ; here’s a two dollar
greenback.”
-Young lady—“ Yes, twenty five cents for the
boqnet; a dollar for pinning it on your coat;
and seventy-five cents for the. pin. That’s Just
right; can’t! show you something else ?”
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NO. 22.
No single article of diet can for any length
of time preserve the integrity of the animal
frame, (including man as well as domestio ani
mals.)
Our readers may have beard of the experi
ment made by Napoleon Bonaparte, which
was that of trying to supply the nutritive wants
of hie system by living on a concentrated prep
aration of beef, in the form of jelly. He gave
the article a fair trial, yet lost flesh and.
his health became impaired; which .led him.to
remark, that the stomach was a sort of mechan
ical and chemical scavenger, and required a
variety of food and rubbish, from which to sort
and select the necessary element, for the renova
tion of the tissues.
Napoleon probably Selected jelly for the ex
periment, as it was known to abound in four of
the principle elements which compose the an
imal fabric. When the “ Grahamitea” confined
themselves to coase bread and water, they soon
dwindled into walking skeletons; and they soon
would have exterminated themselves, had they
not added two very nutritious articles to their
meagre bill of fare, viz; butter and milk; the
latter furnished their systems with equivalents
such as no Grahamites obtain from beef and
mutton. ,
The staple article of food among the poor in
China isi rice, and many of-them are so lank
and lean that if a lighted candle eonldbe inser
ted into the chest or abdoninal cavity of one of
them, very respectable, living and walking lan
terns might easily and quickly he constructed;
all that saves each people from death by star
vation in that they happen to catch astray dog,
a pig, or a foreign rat, occasionally, on which
they fare sumptuously, and bless their good
luck.
Experiments have been mads on dogs, by the
celebrated Majendie; he proved beyond the
shadow of a doubt that such animals could not
live more than forty days when forced to sub
sist on one single article of diet, no matter how
much nutrition it migb contain.
The Scotch are great consumers of oatmeal,
which they cook in various ways; this article
of food is not inferior to wheat, in flesh making
principles, and we might naturally infer that
an article of diet so valuable and r palatable
ought to promote health and thus sustain life;
but the very reveres is the case, for the great’
oatmeal consumers are the notorious subjects .
of intestinal'concretions (or calculi) and in the *
Edinburg Anatomical Museum can be seen a
vast and valuable collection of intestinal calculi
many of whom proved so many death warrants
to confirmed oatmeal consumers.
Dr. Carpenter, the eminent physiologist,
says no fact is better established in dietetics
than that of the impossibility of long sustaining
life on a single alimentary principle. Neither
pure albumen, fibrine, gelatine, gnm, starch,
fat nor oil, taken alone, can serve for the due
nutrition of the body. Thirds partly dns to
their failing in supplying the waste of th«
tissue, and partly to the fact that single ali
mentary sabstances, long continued, excite
such feelings of disgust that the animal experi
mented on seems to the endurance of
starvation than the the same.
|Tho same is true of man. Many of onr read
ers are aware that when a person baa been long
confined to rny particular article of diet, a
craving for something else is experienced;
which craving few persona can resist.
This teaohes ns, that in order to preserve the
health of live stock, we most vary the diet, and
not be over particular in our selection of the
moat nutrioua articles, for as Napoleon says;
the stomach requirs some “rubbish.” The
internal surface of the stomach and bowels, re
quire some stimuli or process of irritation, oc
casionally, in order to davelope and seonre
physiologioal action ; first in the stomach by sec
uring a sufficient secretion of the gastric fluid ;
which can only bo acomplished by feeding out
hay, cut straw, oats and shorts. Secondly, the
rongh particles of food acting as stimuli on the
nmcons and absorbing surface of the intestines,
augments the peristent action of the same, and
excites absorption of that portion of the food
which goes to make chjle and blood t so much
for rough food. The stomach must be mads to
labor hard for a living or it will become effem
inate—its function will deteriorate.
Boring my medical! career 1 have discovered
that most dyspeptic subjects of the human fam
ily date their terrible affliction from the mo
ment that they refused to eat food, and then
on the principles of ■aristocracy, and the usage
of society, preferred to drag out a miserable.
existence on dainty viands, which seldom if
ever distended their stomachs to a healthy ca
pacity.—[Prairie Farmer.
The story goes that, when things were work
ing so badly in the Shenandoah Talley, Sec
retary Stanton applied to Gen. Grant for a
remedy. “ Send me," says the Secretary,”
the very best man you have got in the army.”
Grant replied by sending Phil. Sheridan, say
ing, “ There isn’t much of him, but he's the
man you want.” It is said the Secretary looked
somewhat askance at the slight and youthful
figure standing before him; but ha set him at
work, and now he is cconvinced that Grant
knew his man.
A Cheap Wat to Clean Clocks. —A corres
pondent writing to the Scientific American,
states; "Common brass clocks may be cleaned
by immersing the works in boiling water.
Rough as this treatment may appear, it works
well, and I have for many years past boiled my
-clocks whenever they stop from an accnma
latioirof-dust or a thickening of tho oil upon
the pivots. They should be boiled in pars
or rain water and dried on a warm stove or
near the fire. I write this by the tick of an
an eight-day clock which was boiled a year ago,
and has behavedjierfectly well ever since/
Bui war thinks a man’s nature is shown by
tho way ha shakes hands; that ha may hava
the manners of a Chesterfield, and smiles very
sweetly, but yet may chill or steel your heart
against Ihim the moment he shakes hands with
yon. But there is, warmth of impulse, unhes
itating troth, which recalls tie olsMWtrast in
ths *' faith>of the right hand."
On Variations in Food.