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PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE,
OSUIMMTIE
PA-UVTITtfO.
tiy h\ Jc Z'G h'/i, Artist.
Rooms over the Wyoming National bank,in Stark's
E:i k Block,
TUNKHANNOCK, I' A.
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P rt! lit an i Landscape Painting, in Oil or water
C .rv and in "11 branches of the art,
lank , July 31. 'q~ -vgnso-tf.
BOLTON HOUSE.
llAKKlsm HO, I'KNNA.
The undersigned having lately purchased the
' P. MULKK lIOI'SE " property, has already com
tr i.-e I such alterations and improvements as will
re ler tbi- uhl and popular House equal, if not supe
n - to any Hotel in the City of Harrisburg.
A continuance of the public patronage is refpect
fLilly solicited.
GEO. J. BOLTON
WALLS HOTEL,'
LATE AMERICAN HOUSE/
TU X KHAN NOCK, WYOMING CO., PA.
1"* ill -t establishment has recently been refitted an
: jrniahed in the latest style Every attention
ci'l lie riven to the comfort and convenience ol those
■TJO patronise the llouse
T. B WALL, Owner and Proprietor .
Tunkhannock. September 11, 1861.
NORTH BRANCH HOTEL,
MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA
Urn. 11. t OUTRIGHT, Prop'r
H AYING resumed the proprietorship of the above
Hotel, the undersigned will spare no efforts
rerc|c r the house an agreeable place of sojourn to
til who may favor it with the-ir custom.
Win. II CORTRIGHT.
June, 3rd, 1563
MEANS' HOTEL.
TOWAUMDA. PA.
15- 15 ART LET,
(Lute oft. "bhaisaho Uousr, Elmika, N 1
I'KOI'K I I£TOR.
The MEANS HOTEL, i one of the LARGEST
And ARRANGED liouHes in the country —It
,s fitted up in the most modern and improved style,
and no pains are spared to make it a pleasant and
agieeablesloppugi place for all,
UllyvJ-u.
NOTICF
I hereby given, that I have placed in possession
oi Souuel bailey Jr., on- pair of steers, to i>e kept
by hi at during mv will n I pleasure—all person* are
fork; 1 molesting or interfering with the same
DAVID PATRICK,
C*rteld Pa ,Oct 7th 1867-T7nlotf,
TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO.. PA.-WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 1808.
J) y The peculiar taint or
¥a infection which we
" N call Scrofcla lurks
y€ in the constitutions of
Wb multitudes of men. It
either produces or is
f ifffs*--fegblcd, vitiated state
| |Kr°f the blood, wherein
ST * lij#tliat liuid becoiift-s in
jf^^fil^S|e(>a.petent to sustain
# the vital forces in their
BmStSt'' **' V< ? j^^ g, '^ v ''l r " r ""* action, aud
the system to
fall into disorder and
decay. The scrofulous contamination is va
riously caused by mercurial disease, low
living, disordered digestion from unhealthy
food, impure air, tilth and filthy habits,
the depressing vices, and, alxive all, by
the venereul infection. Whatever be its
origin, it is hereditary in the constitution,
descending from parents to children unto
the third and fourth generation;" indeed, it
seems to be the rod of Him who says, "I will
visit the iniquities of the fathers upon their
children." The diseases it originates take
various natnes, according to the organs it
attacks. In the lungs, Scrofula produces
tubercles, and finally Consumption; in the
glands, swellings which suppurate and be
come ulcerous sores; in the stomach and
bowels, derangements which produce indi
gestion. dyspepsia, and liver complaints; on
the skin, eruptive and cutaneous affections.
These, all having the same origin, require the
same remedy, viz., purification and invigora
tion of the blood, l'urify the blood, and
these dangerous distempers leave you. With
feeble, foul, or corrupted blood, you cannot
have health; with that "life of the llesh"
heaithy, you cannot have scrofulous disease.
A yor's Sarsaparilla
is compounded from the most effectual anti
dotes that medical science has discovered for
this afflicting distemper, and for the cure of
the disorders it entails. That it is far supe
rior to any other remedy yet devised, is
know n by all who have given it atrial. That
it does combine virtues truly extraordinary
in their effect upon this class of complaints,
is indisputably proven by the great multitude
of pul-licly known and remarkable cures it
has made of the following diseases: King's
Evil, cr Glandular Swellings, Tumors,
Eruptions, Pimploa, Elotches and Sores,
Erysipelas, Hose or St Anthony's Fire,
Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Coughs from
tubcroulcuß deposits in tho lungs, White
Swellings, Debility, Dropsy, Neuralgia,
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Syphilis and
Syphilitic Infections. Mercurial Diseases,
Female Weakness, nnd, indeed, the whole
Series of complaints THAT arise from impurity
of the blood. Minute reports of individual
cases may he found in Aunt's A.VNTII AN
ALMANAC, which is furrirhed to the druggists
fbr gratuitous distribution, wliercin may bo
learned the directions for its u.- e, and some
of the remarkable cures which it lias made
wi.cn ail other remedies LIAD failed to afford
relief. Those cases are purposely taken
front nil sections of the country, in order
that every reader m: y L.ave ncetps to some
one W iio tan SPEAK to l.ini of its benefits from
personal wxpe-rier.EE. Scrofula depresses the
vital energies, and thus leaves its victims far
more subject to disease and its fatal results
than are healthy constitutions. HI r.: E it
tends to shorten, and does greatly shorten,
the average duration of human life. The
vast in jortamc of these considerations has
H d us to spend years in perfecting a remedy
which is adequate to its ture. Tltis we now
? fu-r to the public under the name of ATER'S
SARSAPARILLA, although it is composed of
ingredients, some of which exceed the best
cif SarsapariUa in alterative JOV C-r. By its
aid you may prote ct yourself from the ; offer
ing and danger of these diorelers. i urge
ot.t the foul corruptions th.it rot and fester
in the llocd, purge out TIE causes of disease,
and vigorous health w ill follow. By its pecu
liar virtues this remedy stimulates the vital
functions, and thus expels the distempers
which link within the system or burst out
on any p.art of it.
WE know the public have Lec-n deceived
by many compounds of SarsapariUa, that
promised much and did not! :ng; but they
will neither be deceived nor disappointed in
this. Jts virtues have been proven by abun
dant trial, nnd there remains no question of
its Mirpassing excellence for the. cure of the
afflicting diseases it is intended to reach.
Although under the same name, it is a very
different medicine from ar.y other which has
been before the people, and is far more ef
fectual titan any other which has ET er been
available to them.
AYER'3
CHERRY PECTORAL.
Tho World's Groat Remedy for
Coughs, Colds, Incipient Con
uumption, and for the relief
of Cousuir.ptit e patient*
in advanced stages
of the disease.
This lias been so long used and so uni
versally known, that we need do no more
tiian assure the publie that its quality is kept
up to the best it ever has been, and tiiat it
may be relied on to do all it has ever done.
Prepared by I)R. J. C. AYER & Co.,
j 'r adical and Analytical < hemut\
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Sold by all drutrtrists every where.
For sale bvßunnell A Bannatyne, and Lymsn A
Whlls, Tunkbaiuoock. Sterling A Son, Mesboppen,
Stevens A Aokley, Luceyville, Frear, Dsan A Co ,
Factoryville, and all Druggists aud Deulsts in med
cines, everywhere.
THE HEALING FOUL,
A s l> HOUSE OF MERCY.
Howard Ai-uc'a'lon Reports for YOI'NG
MEN on the CRIME OF SOLITUDE, and the ER
RORS, ABUSES a d DISEASES which destroy the
manly i>wer*. and create imjiedimcnts to MAR
HI AGE. wtth sure menus of relief. Sent in sea ed
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SKILLEN HOUGHTON, Howard Association,
Philadelphia. Pa.
6u44 lyear
THE UNION
STRAW CUTTER,
MANUFACTURED BY
William Klickner,
At 7 CjYA'HAAWOCA", Tetin 'a.
Who has the exclusive right for Wyoming county, it
one of the very few Mschiues that will cut Hay.
Strsw. Stalks, ace., better than the old fashioned
Cutting boxes, used by our grandfathers.
Those who value tune and Dlior: and would " Vo |<J
a nee lies- loss or both, in feeling their stock, should
get one of these improved Cutters.
No man ever foun 1 anythiog better ; or ever went
back to the old machine after a trial of it.
A Supply Constantly ou Hand
and for sale.
WM FLICKNER.
Tuokhannoek, Dte. J, 1877v7n18f
ftortrij.
THRILL-JJG VERSES?
The cireums'jnces which induced the writing ot
the following touching and thrilling lines urc as fol
lows : A young lady of New was in the habit
of writing for the Philadelphia Ledger on the sub
ject of Temperance. Her writing was so full of
pathos, and evinced such deep emotion of soul, that
a friend-of hers aecused her of being a maniac on
the subject of Temperance—whereupon she wrote
the following lines .
Go feel what I have felt,
Go bear what I have borne-
Sink 'ueath the blow a father dealt,
Aod the cold world's proud scorn ;
Then suffer on from year to year—
Thy sole relief the scorching tuar,
Go kneel as I have knelt,
Implore, beseech and pray—
Strive the besotted heart to melt,
The downward course to stay,
Be dushed with bitter curse aside,
Your prayers burlesqued, your tears defied.
Go weep as I have wept,
O'er a lovel fathei's fall —
See erery promised blessing swept
Y'outh's sweetness turned to gall-
Life's fading flowers strewed all the way—
That brought tae up to woman's day.
Go see what I have see,
Behold the strong man bowed—
With gnashing teeth—lips bathed in blood —
And cold and 1 ivid brow ;
Go catch his withered glance and see
There mirror'd his soul's misery.
Go to tby mother's side,
And her crusb'd bosom cheer;
Thine own deep anguish hide ;
Wipe from her cbesks the bitter tear :
Mark her worn frame and withsPd brow—
The grey that streaks her dark hair now—
With fading frame and trembling limb ;
And trace the ruin back to him
Wbore plighted faith, in early youth,
Promised eternal love and truth,
But who, forsworn, hath yielded up
That promise to the cursed cup;
And led her down, through love and light,
And all that made our prospect bright ;
And chained her there, 'mid want and strife—
That lowly thing, a drunkard's wife—
And stamp'd on childhood's brow so mild,
That withering blight, the drunkard's child !
Go hear, and feel, and see, and know,
All that my toul bath felt and known,
Then look upon the wine cup's glow,
See if its beauty can atone —
Think if its flavor you will try
When all proclaim " 'tis drink and die !"
Tell me I HATE the bowl —
Hate is a feeble word,
1 loathe— -ABBoie— my very toul
With strong <Jintrust is stirr'd,
When I see, or hear, or tell,
Of the dark beverage of hell !
THE BLIND GIRL.
Together through the floweryjftelds,
Due pleasant summer's day,
With cautious steps two ehil ireu trod
The smooth yet tiresome way.
The elder was a lovely boy,
Of meek aud heavenly mind,
The lit'le girl was lovely too,
But she, alas ! - is blind.
He'd tell her how the sun by day,
And little stais by night,
Peeped through soft, clouds, to gild the eaith
With beam 3 of brilUiqit light.
And then he'd cull wild flowers, and weave
A chaplet for her hair.
And strive to make her understand
How beautiful they were.
Soon as her feeble limbs were tired,
He led her from the glide,
And strewed with moss, an eay seat
Beneath the green tree's shade.
Then tide by side they sat them down,
And happy r-eemed to be ;
And listened to the song-bird's strain
Of joyous melody,
"Tell me, dear brother I tell me if
Yon happy bird that sings.
Is beautiful ;—sav, is he plumed
With gold or azure w-ngs ?"
"Yes, dearest, be seems beautiful,
And plumed with hues, most rare ;
And proudly perch'd upon yon bough,
lie's swinging ic the air,"
But, as he spoke, her bosom beav'd :
He marked the deep drawn sigh,—
And saw the tear drop on the cheek,
Fall from the sightless eye.
The truth with all its glaring force,
Had crossed her troubled mind,
Aud words came trembling from her lips,
"Shall I be always blind !
.q f, j/ •* *r
I know T can feel and hear,
As you and mother say,
And many thing? enjoy, but shall
I ne'r behold the day ?
You tell me of the little birds.
And green leaves on the tree
And skies serene and beautiful,
But shall I never -eo 7"
She clasped her arms around bis neck,
And kiss'd him o'er and o'er,
And said, "could I but see thy face,
I would not sorrow more."
He tried to sooth with loving words,
And bade her rn-vrf mind.
That he and mother loved as well,
As if she were not blind.
He told her of a brighter world,
Up in the soft blue atr ;
Ami mother said, if they were good,
They'd see each other their.
Soon after this, the little girl
Grew sick, and pale and weak ;
Her brother still kept by her side,
Still kissed her tender cheek.
He'd kneel beside her little bed,
And earnest pray to henven,
That if so pure a soul bad sins.
Toat tbey might be forgiven, ,
She whispered these last loving words,
' 'Oh ! do not weep for me ;
I'm to that brighter world,
J soon, I soon shall see."
" To Sneak his Thou/hta is Every Freeman's It'pht.. "
THE LAND OF THE WINDMILLS.
A CAPITAL DESCRIPTION FOB TOCNO READERS.
" Carleton" wiites to the Boston Jour
rial a letter iu regard to Holland, which is
a model in its way, giving to young read
ers a more definite and vivid conception
of tie geography of that country thai, they
would be likely to get from their reg lar
' school text books, We copy a large pait
of tie letter:
I am sure that every boy and girl who
reads the Journal would take great pleas
ure in visiting Holland, it is such a queer,
strange, funny place, and the people are so
odd and curious. There are such scenes
as cannot be found anywhere else in the
wide world. Most of the boys in New
England carry knives in their pockets, and
I dare say that there is not a lad among all
of them, who may read this letter, who
has not whittled out a windmill, or at least
a whirligig; but there are more wiudindls
here than they ever dreamed of—wind
mills iu the towns and cities, out in the
country, and all along the shore of the sea
—all in motion wherever there is wind
enough to turn them. Yesterday I could
see nearly one hundred at a time. It was
a gusty, breezy day, and the storm clouds
were flying in from the German Ocean,
and there .was a tremendous commotion
among the windmills, Each one seemed
to be trying to whirl faster than the other.
Undoubtedly yu have heard of the ex
ploits of that Plasty knight, Don (Quixote,
wliOjsaw a windmill and thought it was a
giant, and went at it full tilt, and got tnui
tVd into the dirt by the great fans, which
went round and round, just as if nothing
had happened; but if he were alive in
these days ami were to visit Holland, he
might think with good reason that the
laud was full cf giants.
WHAT THEY ARE FOR.
You wonder, perhaps, what the people
of this countiy can womtof so many wind
mills; but let me tell you that if it had not
been for these mills in the past, there would
be very few people in Holland now. Jhe
windmills in one sense have made .the
country what it is.
Looking upon your map of Holland, you
will see that the river Khinc, which has its
sou tee awrav south in the centre of Europ
among the moiintairs of Switzerland, here
reaches the sea. WLen it gels.within one
hundred mile;- of the sea, it splits itseit into
a dozen or more clmnrnds all of which, af
ter winding ami turning through a gnat
marsh, pour their wal- rs into the oe-an.
Holland, therefore, was once a great marsh
or bog There are vi-rv f w stones in the
conn;ry ; there ate no mountoins or hills,
but -one .lead level of marsti laud.
Hundreds of years auo people who lived
m at the mouth of ihe Khine, saw that the
marsh land was vi-rv fertile, for the silt in
ih<- river hrongiu down every year from
the mountains made the land very rich ; \
they ?aw also it tliey could only get rid of
the water on the utaishee tlo-y might la\
out cabbage gardens and little? farms.—
1 hev conino-ticed by building dams lu re
and there— one on ihe branch of the Kiiine
called the liotD-r— and the place in linte
was known as iiotteidam ; another on the
Amstcl, which was the origin of the i.ame
of this city—Amsterdam. So all of the
darns in Holland came, not because the
people were* in the habit of using wicked
words, but because tln-y built datns on the
streams But the water soaked through
the ernbat kmcnts, and every rain made
their gardens wet; they ting ditches, into
which the Water settled, and then conceiv
ed the idea of building windmills (or pump
ing the water info the river.
They set one of the forces of nature—
the wind —to work against another force
—the rain; and as a gust of wind will
turn several thousands of mills jusl as ea
sily as it does one, they have conqm-red
the rain have forced the great river Rhine
to quit the marsh' 9, and have begun to
pump the ocean dry.
That is the meaning of all these giants
swinging their arms from one end of the
year to the other - day and night—when
ever there is a breath of air,
TliE COCNTKI.
To see the country as it is, imagine a
great embankment along the slmre of the
sea against which the waves are always
dashing. Walking along the embankment!
you no'ice that the land is ten, fifteen,!
twentv, ever, thirty feet lowar than the 1
6> a. You can hardly realize that thesei
gardens, green with cabbages, turnips,
cauliflowers and other vegetables, were j
once the. bed of the ocean ; that the waves 1
rolled miles and nules inland; that:
vessels once sailed where farmhouses
now stand ; that fisherman now let down
tin ir hooks and nets above those meadows. :
But so it has been, and the story of the j
rise and growth and pumping out of 110 - '
land is one of the inn-t interesting in all 1
history. It shows us what enterprise, in- !
tclligence, perseverance, and hard work j
will accomplish;
It would give you a strange sensation to
sail up the river from the ocean in a steam- j
boat or in a Bhip, and find yourself so high '
above the houses that you can almost look
down the chimneys, also to see cattle and
sheep fei ding down below, and men catcti-'
ing fidi above.
Were it n->t for the windmills, the riv
er, the ocean and the rain would soon flood I
the fields and meadows aud set all the j
houses afloat ; but, because the mills are I
always g"ing. the boys and girls ol Butch-;
land sleep securely at night, go to school,
eat their three meals a day, play in the
streets, go lo church on Sunday, without
ever dreaming of any danger.
Ottce there was a terrible ilisaster; a
dam pave way, nnd the water came pour
ing in, covering the meadows, drowning
cattle and sheep, sweeping away farm
houses, villages and towns, destroying uih
nv lives and making sad havoc. But the
people filled u{> the breach, set the wind
mills a-going, pumped the whole country
dry again, and ever since have taken good
care to keep a 1 the embankments strong
and in repair. There is a saying that
" eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,"
but here in Holland it is the price of life.
Men are on the watch all the time to see
that there are no weak places in tho em
bankments. They are paid hy the govern
ment, and have control of all the milis.—
They wage constant warfare with the
ocean, at a cost of nearlv three million
dollars every year; but with the wind for
an allv, thev are enab'ed to keep the mar
shes drained, and Lave transformed the
bogs into beautiful meadows, pastures, or
chards and gardens, and built villages and
towns below the level of the sea.
SCENES ON TUE CANALS.
The coiintrv is cut up by canals—some
deep enough to float the largest ships :
others small and nariow. You see hun
dreds of boats. Stand with me on the
bank of the great canal which lea<ls from
the City of Amsterdam to the ocean, and
see the crafts. Ab y riding a horse trots
past us, the horse towing a tit kite hatha— a
packet caual omnibus or stage
' which plies between Amsterdam and the
adjoining villages. A man stands at the
I helm, and bis g >od wife is in the cabin
dealing out bread, cheese and beer to the
pass ■•tigers, who ate eating, chatting,laugh
ing aud smoking. The boat skims ligndy
over the water, and is far down in ihe bend
of the canal almost betoro you have had
time to see what the people are up to on
board.
Here comes a lazy, lumbering craft, al
most as broad as it is loDg, with a man aud
boy tug 'ing at the tow line. It is lugdeJ
with mud scooped up from the bottom of
the canal. They are taking it out into the
country to spread it on the land. Here is
a family craft —a boat which is at the same
time a house—the owner, with his wife
and children, living on board. The father
is tugging at the tow line. The air is still
to dav, and he is obliged to pull the boat
*long the stream; if it were breezy you
would see him hoist the sail and go scud
ding away. His wile has a long pole in
her hands, and is pushing with all her
might to help her husband ; and their two
children, a boy and a gitl, are steering the*
oratt. They live on bound eat and sleep
there in a little close cabin. Here they
are to-day, to-morrow they will he iit Ilar
leni, and rite next day at Leydett, perhaps,
and the next week will be hete at Amster
dam again with a cargo of potatoes, or < f
wood, or of something else. Now a sell on
er. then a barge, and then a ship —her
tall as church s>n eples—the sailors
in the shrouds getting ready to shake out
the sails. On the bay beyond the green
meadows arc hundreds of boats and
barges with sails set to catch the little
breath of wind which puffs our laces
Here comes a boat loa led with cabhag' S
—another loaded to tho water's edge with
turnips —another filled with sheep. Here
i a marketman with chickens and geese,
which are cackling and gobbling.
The canals to a groat extent are the
streets of Holland. In the summer they
are thronged with boats of every deserip
tion ; and a month hence, men, wotm-n
and children will be. skimming up and
down these streets on skates, having many
merry times through the winter.
THE MANAGING WOMAN.
To be a good housekeeper is one of the
most essential and useful accomplishments,
and the map who secures for his wife one
whose education in this respect lias not
been neglected, combined with a mild, con
tiding and loving disposition, lias a most;
valuable treasure ; and if his home is not j
agreeable and pleasant, he may be assured j
lhat the fault is with himself, and that he
'does not possess the manly and gentle
manly attributes necessary for such a part
ner lor life. We commend the following |
just and tiuthful remarks to the attention
ol our readers :
'• The managing woman is a pearl among
women. She is one of the prizes in the j
great lottery of life, and he man who j
draws her may rejoice for the rest of his !
days. Better than tidies, she is a for'une i
; within herself-—a gold mine never holing :
|in its yield—a spring of pleasant waters,
whose hanks are fiinged with moss audi
flowers, when all around is bh-ached white
with sterile sand. The managing woman
can do anything; ami she does everything
well. Perceptive and executive, of quick
sight aud steady hand, she always knows j
I exactly w hat is wanting, and supplies the j
deficiency with a tact aud cleverness pe- j
1 culiar to herself. She knows the capabili
i ties of persons as well as things, fot she |
has au intuitive knowledge of character
j The managing woman, if not always pa
tient, is always energetic, and can never
be disappointed into inaction. Though I
| she has to teach the same thing over and I
i over again, though she finds heads as dense I
I a* box-wood, aud hands as inefficient as
, fishes'' tins, still she is never weary of hen
vocation of arranging and ordering, and
1 never less than hopeful ola favorable re
j suit."
A clkroym Atf at an afternoon service
WR9 askt d to give notice of a woman s lec
ture, which he did in this wise : "At half
past six o'clock, in the school house in the
| first district, a hen will attempt to crow." |
A TOL'KOS Ktiwho was taken intb a toy
bazaar the other day, Lv his doting mam
ma, hsyl a number of articles exhibited by
the attenlieve clprk; in the hope of enlisting
his altetition and < ff-cling a i-alc, biit with
out effect. At last one <>f these papier T*a
che representations of a niou-e waspmduc-
I ed, an l, after being wound up by a key,
was set down upon the floor, where jt rait
1 about tn thf* most mouse-like manner im
aginable. The youngster's attention was
| enlisted at once, but the result was not as
bis mother or the salesman expected, for he
| shouted out, "O, main ma, I don't want that;
; we've got lots of them at home and don't
j have to wind 'em up, either."
How to Judge Character by the Hair.
Coarse black hair and dark skin signify
j great power of character, with a tendency
|to sensuality. Fine hair and dark skin In
j dicaty strength of character along with
i purity and goodness. Stiff, black hair and
j beatd indicate a coarse, strong, rigid,
straight-forward character. Fine dark
brown hair signifies the combination of
exquisite semibdities with great strength
of Character, llarsb, upright hair is the
sign of a reticent and sour spirit , a stub
born and barsb character. Coarse red Lair
j and whiskers indicate powerful animal pas
| sums together w ithj-t coiesponding strength
•of character. Auburn hair with florid
countenance denotes the highest order of
sentime't and intensity of feeling, purity
of character, witb the bighest capacity for
enjoyment or suffering. Stra'ght, even
smooth glossy hair denotes strength, har
mony, and e\ enncss of character, hearty
afiections, a clear head and superior talents
Fine, silk, supple hair is the mark of a
delicate and sensitive temperament, and
speaks in favor of the mind and character
of the owner. Crisp curly hatr indicates a
hasty, somewhat impetuous, and ra?h char
acter. \V Lite hair denotes a lymphatic
and indolent constitution : and we may add
that besides all these qualities there are
chemical properties residing in the Coloring
matter of the hair tube which undoudtedly
have some effect upon the disposition.—
Thus, red hair people are notoriously pas
sionate. Now red hair is proved by an
alysis to contain a large amount ofsulpher
whiLl every black hair is colore d with !
a'most pure carbon. The presence of these
malters in the blood points to peculiarities
ot temperament and feeling which are
almost universally associated with them
The very way in which the hair flows is
strongly indicative of (lie ruling passions
and inclinations, and perhaps a clever
person could give a shrewd guess at the
I manner of a man or woman's disposition
I by only seeing the backs of their heads.
The Absurdity of Drinking.
It has become a sort of popular—almost
national —faith that it is not possible to be
truly liapfty unless you drink. Among cer-
Ltin class's —and they are by no means ex
clusively the lowest drink is the beginniug
and end of eveivthing. The very name of
iiquot- is hold to be synonymous with en
j <\ meat, and the dearer the liquor the more
it is priz d and coveted. Yet every man
at i* not a downright drunkard is well aware
that the pleasures of drinking are beyond
a ceriain point, a mockery, a delusion, and j
a snare. I put it to any one who has stood
half the night at a bar or sat half the night
in a club room, drink'ng, smnking, and
bandying reck less ta k, if the enjoyment of j
>ueb an evening has been anything like that
of a few quiet hours spent at home with a
b'lok or newspaper ? The evil influence
of tavern pleasure on the health *is too ob
vious to be denied by any one, and the
illusory nature of the pleasure* themselves
would be undeniable also if the persons
who indulge in them did not deceive them
selves at.d put the truth out of sight.
No one ever broughi anv good out of a
drinking bout yet. It is a short, feverish
spasm of animal enjoyment, which leaves
nothing behind but uioruseness, regret,bad
! temper, self reproach, and headache, I
I should like to ask you, sir if you say your
prayers when you come home in that state?
No—you don't. You are ashamed to say
tin iu. leu postpone them until you have
purged yourself, your mind, and your lips
| bv more sober and rational behavior. Next
night, when you pass the hours quietly at
home, with a book or a friend, you feel that
you have liad teal enjoyment, and that the
I time has passed pleasantly, that you have
learned something, and that you Lave not i
| injured your health. You are not ashira - !
; ed to say your prayers, aud you get tip next !
; morning with a cleat head, a good appetite,
j and an increased faenby for work and en- l
I joyinent of life.— All the Year Iluund.
WESTON having reached his destination
an amateur pedestrian makes the following
■ off r iti a Western papn*:
"I will walk with any good-looking girl
who has a fortune in her own right, upon
any given moonlight night, both parties to
go as slow as they please, and neither to
j hurry back to the slatting point. 1 will
1 ihen, on the word, walk into her affections,
i and walk off with her fortunes."
JACK BAKER was recently examined in
an important case in a Western court. —
Counsel found it ex'remely difficult to ex
tinct the w hole truth from him. 11 is in
genuity and ignorance combined, enabled
him to evade the question. At last the
lawyer, losing patience, exclaimed ; "Why,
Mr. 8., do you prevaricate so much ?"
Jack, supposing that he referred to his
peculiar manner of utterance, convulsed
, the Court and audience by replying indig
nantly : '■ I would like to know bow a
feller can help pfevaricatin, when he bai
> lost three of his front teeth f"
TERMS, $2.00 Per. ANNUM, IN Adv&no*.
DJise antj gtjierfois*.
If ''Beauty draws us by a single hair," who
can withstand a modern waterfall 7
"Pa," said Charlie to his parental ancestor,
holding a Sunday School picture book, "what
is that 7"
' That, tny son is Jacob wrestling with the
j angels,"
"And which licked 7 " inquired the young
hopeful. '
Should not a drinker of corn whisky ©U
ways be afflicted by a whisky voice 7
When a person well replenishes a fire bow
does it feel 7 Grateful/!)
Why was Goliah astonished when David
hit him with a stone 7 Because such a thing
never entered his bead before.
A lady who had two children sick With the
meas'es wrote to a friend for the best reme
dy. The friend had just received a note from
another lady, inquiring the way to pickle
cucumbers. In the confusion the lady who
inquired about the pickles receiving the rem-,
edy for the measles, and the anxious mother
of the sick children with horror read the fol
lowing : "Scald them three or four times in
hot vinegar and sprinkle them with salt, and
and in a very few days they will be curetf."
"Mother," said a lad, "is it wrong to bra*]*
egg shells 7"
"Certainly not, my dear," replied tba
mother ; "but what do you ask Jauoh silly
questions for 7"
"Because I Lave dropped the basket with
all the eggs in it," replied the promising
youth.
At a printers' festival,held in Lowell,Mass.
the following toast was presented : "The
Printer—the master of all trades ; he beats
the farmer with his Hoe, the carpenter with
his rules, and the mason with setting up tall
columns; he surpasses the lawyer and
doctor in attending to his cases, and beats
tho parson in the management of the 'devil,'"
Mrs. Jones, a farmer's wife in Connecticut,
says : "I believe I've got the tendered
hearted boys in the world. I can't tell on©
of 'em to fetch a pail of water, but what he'U
burst out crym'."
A fispthy conundromist asketh the follow
ing : "Why doth a dog waggle hith tail?—*
Give it up. I think moth felllh will giv© it
up. You thee, the dog waggeth hith tail
becauth the dog ith thronger than the tail 1
If he wathn't the tail wouth waggle the
dog !"
The young lady who burst into fears haa
been pot together again, and is now wearing
hoops to prevent the recurrence of the accU
dent.
Some fisherman use cottcn for bait; so do
some women.
Why is dancing like inilk? Because It
strengthens the calves.
"Figures can't lie," says the arithmetician,
"You can't say that of women's figures is
these days," remarked the slanderous dress
maker.
"Bill, did you ever go to sea 7"
"I guess I did ; last year for instance. I
went to see a red headed girl ; but 1 only
called there once."
, "Why so 7"
"Because her brother had an unpleasant
habit of throwing boot-jacka and smoothing
irons at folks,"
At an examination of some girls for the
rite of confirmation, in answer to tho ques
tion.
"What is the outward and visible sign and
form in baptism 7" one of them replied :
"The baby, Bir."
VALUABLE RECIPES.—TO remove freekles,
cut thorn out with a razor and throw tbem
away. They will never return.
To bring out a moustache, tie it to a stroeg
cord, twenty feet long, to Ihe other end of
which attach a heavy smoothing iron, and
throw the latter from a fourth atory window.
It'll come out.
To get rid of red hair, hold your head for a
few minutes in a strong blaze of gas.
To preserve your ©yes, put them in bot
tle filled with alcohol.
To avoid corpulence, quit eating. f
To conceal bad teeth, keep your mouth
shut. .
To stop breathing, commit a Sue-san-side.
! To keep out ol drbr, acquire the reputation
of a rascal, and no one will trust you. #
To seep your name up, write frequently
on the dome of the capitol, the state house
steeple, and other high places.
To become a competent booK-kerper, bor
row all the books you can and never return
them.
To "raise stamps," say a funny thing on
the stage.
To keep out of a fight, stay by yourself.
To gain time, steal a watch.
[ To keep from stuttering, don't talk.
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