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II S. HIOPER. I'll YS It'l AN 4 SUttOMNI
11. Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa.
A i.. r.AitKisii, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
".'••tiie t the Court House, in Tunkhatioek
W_v .TILING C PA
U.I. u. PIATT, ATIOREKY ZI UW of
tec in 8 u.i's Jiric k Block Tioga St., Tnnk
me k. Pa
T til AS E., ATTORNEY AND CO! NSJEL
I l.'til .4 1 LAW, Nieli '..-on, Wyoming Co-, Pa (
ts,e ial att-jn.ion given to settlement of deie
dei.'- estites
•.. Pa It-- ?~,;T -* 7til : >yl
AT .1. \4 I {.SON. AT 10 NKY AT LAW, Col
.'!• iee'ing an I ileal Estate Agent, luwa Lands
hi sale. S.ranton, Pi. 38il.
I W . MIIUIM, PHY SICI IN A SURGEON,
J • .il a.l od | - in, tiy to ail calls in his pro
t'c*i..n. Ma j he lou .d iit his Office at the Drug
.v. rr or at it - r. -i o.i: e on l'utiuau Srcet, formerly
W| ed by A. la. l'e.su.im L-q.
WP.T3AST, LANDSCAPE,
ANl>
r\ v-> w •* T T* 7T
bAh TV A Ail Xi AM A A Ad
i^yVTl\r r X'TINTGr.
7iy L'CGFtt, Artist.
Rii ovei the Wyoming National bank, in ftark's
Block,
TI'NKII AWOCK, DA.
Life-site Portraits painted from Ambntypeg or
kvt.itrgpba Photographs Painted in OilCtlort. —
All ■ r itrs for paint iuga executed aceordilij; to or
is- or no charge tu le.
| r~ Iristru tiotis given in Drawing. Sketching,
I .trait and Landscape Painting, in Ull or water
I'nlors. and in all branches of the art,
tank. July 31. 'fit -vgnso-tf.
TIDTKOUD HOUSE.
TUNKHANNOCK. WYOMING CO., PA.
THIS ESTABLISHMENT HAS RECENTLY'
I iie-n n title lan 14nrnislied in the latest style.
Every attention will lie given to the comfort and
•onveuicn-ce ot those who patronize the House.
11. IM'ITnRI) Proprietor. I
Tunkuaaoek, Pa.. June i7, 1369 —v7n44.
BOLTON HOUSE .
JLAIIKJSIIUHTI, PEN'NA.
The undersigned having lately purchased the
"BCEHLKR lltdl'SE " property, hag already eom
nnueod saeh alterations and improvements as will
-eajer this old and popular House equal, if not suj.-e
--rt ir, to anv Hotel io the City of Harrishurg.
A continuance of the public patronage is refpeet
fully solicited.
GEO. J. BOLTON
WALLS HOTEL,
LATE AMERICAN HOUSE,
Tl>\k!l IWili k, WYOMING CO., PA.
rlir3 eitaMifhment lets recently been refitted an
i'amihed in the latest style Everv attention
•ill be -.riven to the comfort and convenience ol those
•bo patronize the Iboi-e
T. 15. W ALL. Owner and Proprietor'.
Tunkhannock, Sejitemlter 11, 1861.
MEANS' HOTEL.
TOWAMDA., PA .
T. 11. BARTLET,
I Late ot i.. "BIUI.NARO 1101-SK, ELUIHA, N. Y'.
PttOPK IKTOK.
The MEANS HOTEL, i-one of the LARGEST
nl BE.-f ARRANGED Houses in the country —lt
ii tied up iu tho most modern and improved style
*ti no pains are spared to make it a pleasantand
•grec.ibie stopping place £r all,
vjt.'di-ly.
FOR FALE CHEAP,
PLATFORM 'SPRING -W-AGONS,
At JEREMIAH CAMPBELLS', Tunkhannock Pa
n49-tf.
NOTICE.
A'.! person, indebted to me, by note, judgment, or
■"ok a.-i oaot, are requested to make payments iin-1
®evliately- and save Cost.
DANIEL WRIGHT, J
Took , May 13, 1?c9.—n40.
"000 Yds. DELAINES fur 15 rts.,
I* ; .Mr i. Ht C DETR ICR'S, j
•'GOO YARDS BED Prints, FOR
'•Srt* ir Tard ut C. DBTKICK'T. !
TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA.-WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 0,18(58.
Latent \
Late arrival of New Goods.
Great Bargains at the New Store of
C. Detricli,
in S. Shirk's Bii;k Block.
AT TUNKHANNOCK. PEI'A.
Ilavingjust returnetl from the City, / am now
opening an entire New Stock of
FALL GOODS,
and one of the lorgest and richest assortments ever
oflered in this community. Consisting of
RICH AND FANCY COL'RD DRESS
SILKS,
FRENCH AND ENGLISH MERINOS,
EMPRESS AND PRINCESS CLOTH;,
POPLINS, PAREMETTOS,
BLACK AND COLORED
ALPACCAS WOOL, ARML'RE, PEKIN
AND MOI'SELIEU DEL A INS, INPORTED
AND DOMESTIC GINGHAMS, PRINTS,
of Best Mat ufacturcs and Latest Styles,
Ladies Clotlis and Sacfineings, Cloths,
Cassi meres, Y r est in'gs,
Sateuetts, Tweeds.
Jeans, Cottomules,
Drills, Denims,
Ticks, Checks,
Stripes,
Sheetings
Shirtings, Bleached
A Brown. Sbatvls,
Sontngs. Hoods.
Furs, Ladies' Reticules. Shopping Bags and Baskets
TRUNKS, VALISES, and IKAYELING;
BAGS,
Kid, Silk, Lisle Thread, Cotton
Gloves, Hosiery, Notions,
Toilet and Fancy
GOODS,
FANCY SO ACS, PERFUMERY,
4rC., Jr., 4-.,
Blade and Colored Velvets,
Ribbons,
Ruffles,
Frills,
Frinrjcs,
Ilrails,
Beads, Ball an-l Bugle Trimmings
A Large qnantitv LATEST STYLE HOOP SKIRTS, |
and COKSETTS. direct from Manufacturers, at ■
grectlv redu-et prices,
FLANNELS all Colors and Qa flit its. j
BEADY MADE
01otA3.X34Lg',
AND GENTS'
Furnishing Goods.
HATS AND CAPS
ol Latest Styles,
CALF. KIP, and HEAVY, BOOTS A SHOES.
Ladies'. Misses', an t Children's Kid Ptuiioile Mo
rocco ird Call Gaiters, Shoes, and Slippers,
Wall and Window Paper, Window
Curtains A Curtain Fix
tures, Carpets A
0i 1 -
Cloths. China.
Glass, and Stone Ware,
Tinware,—made expressly for this
Trade, ai d warranted to give satisfaction,
20 jer cent. Cheaper than the usual rates in htis
section,
Nails,
Spikes,
Iron.
Steel.
Horse Shoes
Hurso Shoe Nails,
Nail Rods,
Faints.
Pu\nt Oils,
Painters ;
Material , Puffy, Window Glass, Kerosene Oil
Ball, 'l\irlor, Stand, and Band
Lamps,
Lanterns, Lamp Chimnies, Shades,
and Burners.
COAL,
AS ITT ON, TURK ISLAND, Sr BBL. SALT
FLOUR.
FEED.
MEAL,
BETTER.
CHEESE,
LARD,
PORK,
HAM?,
and FIBIT.
SUGAR,
TEA,
COFFEE
SPICES.
SYRUP. A
MOLASSES,
WOOD & WILLOW WARE,
Ropr.x,
CORDAGE,
BASKETS,
BROOMS,
FAILS,
TUBS.
WASH BOARDS,
CARPET
S A' EEPEBS,
i BRUSHES, of all kinds,
PATENT MEDICINES, DRUGS, nnd DYES,
FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Ac., Ac,
These goods have been selected
with great care to suit the wants ot
this community, and will be sold as
' heretofore, at the lowest living rates
for cash or exchanged for country
produce at market prices. Thankful
! for the past liberal patronage, 1 shall
' endeavor by strict attention to my
i business, to merit a continuance at
, the same, and will try to make the
i future still more attractive uud ben
eticial to customers.
I C. DETKICK.
ladrij. '
THE GIRL WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR.
BV ETB E L LYSN.
Oh. hnppy dream ! oh, holiday.
Bright day of all the past,
Brimming with tender Summer light,
Too full of sun to last,
One childish (Lure mil the haze
Still beckons evermore,
Still I, a royal slavo obey,
The girl who lived next door.
Sweet eglantine has bloomed sinco|then,
Red maples filled anl flushed,
The nightingales since then have sung.
When courser sounds were bu-hel ;
But ra Idy tiu.-h nor blossoms breath,
Nor bird-song evermore,
Will seem, as when I sat beside
The girl who lived next door.
For her I run the student race,
For her I wonjthe prize,
For love of her came houie again
To reti 1 her lovely eyes ,
Aud when tho slurs cuiuc trooping out,
Methought my cures were o'er,
And I need only ask to win
The girl who lived next door
Tho Summer eve grow straogcly dark,
The stars shone dim to ine,
And roses withered as I saw
Beneath tiio maple tree,
My idol circled by an arm
Which band and chievron bore ;
A soldier's bride ; | I knew it all : ]
The girl who lived next dcor.
.......
When wan t'ring fir, some impulse strange,
Drew home my vagrant feet,
00.-o more beneath the eglantine,
Some guidance did us meet
Under the window; wh'te inl still,
I saw mv love once inre,
When burial blossom-', sweet and whito,
Unstirred her bosom bore
She was not mine to win and lose,
But ever mine to keep,
Mine to remember lovingly
On twilight's dreamy sleep ;
The gladness of a day gone by.
Is mine for evermore
An 1 life is sweeter having loved
The girl who died next d -or.
GRANT, THE MONKEY, AND THE
MULE.
CASSABIANC'A THE SECOXD.
The bay sat on the pony's back
As around the ring lie fled
The du-t that Hew aroun i the track
Fell thick upon his head.
Yet, betutiful and firm ho stuck,
As horn to ride wil 1 p-tnies
A crcatu r e of un-oininon pluck,
'- A brick " among his cronies.
The niulo ran on— he'd not let go,
Without Ids father's worJ—
His father's faintly ciy of " whoa "
Was smothered iu the crowd.
The pony faster and faster.flaw,
With Jocko running after;
Bravocs from ihe crowd thoy drew,
Convulsing all with laughter.
Jocko leaped with splendor wild, *
Carrying his tail on nigh,
And sat behind the gallant child
With mischief in his eye.
There came a burst of loud applause—
The hoy— O 1 was he there 1
Ask of Jocko, who, with his paws,
Was combing Hiram's hair.
THE EFFECT OF GROANING. —A cer
tain Dutchman made his entry into New
Orleans last summer, while the cliokra
was racing there, ami was greatly troubled
in finding a boarJing-liou>e. He inquir
ed of the first one lie saw if they had the
cholera in the house and learning that
they had, he went to another, and another,
determined not to stop at any house where
the dreaded disease was doing its work of
death.
At la>t, aft r a long and weary search,
he found one where there was no cholera,
and he took up his quarters there. The
master of the house was a godly man, and
had a rule to have family worship.—
While he was offering prayer, he groaned
with some force and fervor, when the
Dutchman started up and cried out—
"Yot is ter matter ? "
"Nothing," said tlie host.
In a short time he groaned again, and
the Dutchman start* d, his eyes glaring
like saucers, ami exclaimed
'•O.i ! mine God ! der is something ter
matter mil you."
"No," said the landlord ; and to calm
his apprehension, he added, "I am a Meth
odist, and it is the custom of the members
of the Metbo list Church to groan during
their devotions."
This was enough for the Dutchman,
who at once ruGied into tiie street for a
doctor, and then begged him to run to the
house on the corner.
"Have they got the cholera ? " asked
the doctor.
"No, worse; dey got ter Metlodfs, and
der man will die if you don't run quick !'
WORDS FOR BOYS TO REMEMBER. —
Liberty is the right to do whatever you
WI-JI. without interfering will; the rights
of others.
Save your money and yon will find it
one of tiie most useful friends.
Never give trouble to your father or
mother.
Take care of your pennies and they will
grow to be dollars.
Inten.p rHtice is the cause of nearly all
the trouble in the world, beware of strong
di nk.
" To Speak his Thoughts is Every Freeman's Right. "
DECLINE OF THE NEGRO RACE IN
THE SOUTH.
The following, from the Marion (Ga.)
! Journal and Mrnkenrjrr, contains so much
of tm latfeholy interest and so much food
! for reflection that we invite for it a carc
: ful reading :
The negio population of Georgia is trav
I elling with giant strides towards total ex
| tinction. So rapid is the decline, even
| those living among it can see the decrease
! very plainly. At lite close of the war all
1 restraints imposed upon servants by virtu-
I otis masters were withdrawn, and the
freedtnen and the frcedwonien felt at lib
; erty to do as they pleased. This quickly
: resulted —it was astonishing how quick —
'in almost universal lewdness. It is a
! world-wide fact that no race ever yet in
i creased and flourished, which did not rig
idly inculcate and enforce, hy the powers
|of public opinion, tho strictest virtue. —
i The negro, as a race, cares nothing for
■ tins, and on'y practiced, in the days ol
bondage, habits of morality because be
! was forbidden indulgence in vice.
No one sees one negro infant to twenty
! ten ve;rs ago. Instead of the especial
' eintnissaries sent among them by North
! em fanatical associations teaching them
i habits cf virtue, they join with them in
; habits of lewdness, and, by their shame—
; less example, lead many of them on the
i road to iniu. The white people of the
j South lone, in a measure, lost control of
I ibis population. Their former functions
| have been assumed by strolling, irrespon
sible men and women who had bad reptl
! tations at home, and who tied among this
| simple minded people a delicious fit Mto
j pracice their operations. They are rap
| idlv destroying the race by pernicious pre
cept and example.
A few years only w ill have elapsed be
; fore thev will not he felt at the polls. —
Improvident and irregular in their habits,
; gluttonous in their diet, devouting itn
-1 proper food, neglected in sickness ; inor
! tality is prevailing among all ages to a
far greater extent than any one dreams of.
; There are planters who used to own five
i hundred who do not know of the existence
of one hundred of the number. Had they
not b en freed, that family would to-day
number seven hundred at least. The idea
tiiat they eiih r live b"tter or have more
freedom now than they used to is simply
•ri 'iculo is, They neither get the same
| amount to eat, drink or wear.
To one born and reared ammg thein,
' and w lio saw them in better days—d tys
wh.nlh y were a thousand times more
happy than they are now—the dissolving
I view of tiiis great phamton is curiously
1 interesting and equally instructive. It
( shows how heaven sometimes creates fa
i natical zeal and philanthropy to a people
; for the purpose of destroying them. As
suming the form ot friendship, the work of
demolition, is made the more easy and
certain ; ami the poor victim only wakes
up in eternity to a full realization oi the
means which, commencing with his moral,
was quicklv followed bv his bodily death.
We, sit as it were watching a panoiama
which has elicited the attention of the
world, and of which the world has grown
weary, roil away and rapidly pa>s from
the stage. To many it is a mournful sight
ito others it is curious ; while the philoso
j pher set s only a solution of a problem
i whose every figure he has studied ami
j understands.
x
| A RASCALLY URCHIN.—A Boston man
i tells the following newsboy story:
Coupon, the corpulent banker, was
! standing in State Street one hot dav in
I August, ''wiping the serville drops ofi his
brow, ' when a ragged hut a sharp-eyed
| newsboy accosted Imn with ;
"Please, sir, tell n e tbe time ! "
Coupon lugged out his Fordsham, and
! looking bcnignanlly down to his interloc
utor, responded :
"Just two o'clock."
"All right, old buffer," said the gamin,
gathering his legs together for a run.—
"You ea-i sell out for soap grease at thiee
I o'clock "
The insulted man of money raised his
| cane and, making a frantic uish at his tor
' mentor, nearly fell over a friend that was
i ct nii g up. the stiect.
"Hallo, (Vupon, what's the matter?"
! said the other.
"Matter" said Coupon, puffing with
I heat and anger, why one of those darn
1 new-b iv> a?ked me tho time, and when I
I told him two o'clock, the impudent young
■ scoundrel said I might scil out tor soap
grease at three.'
! "Don't he in such a hurry," was tiie
i malicious response, "it's only five minutes
past two ; vou've got fifty-five minutes to
l do it. in."
"A GAL BARY AT THAT."—To desire a
change of sex is not commonly considered
a manlv aspiration; to weep about it
seems ludicrous. Vet the thing lias been
done, and on the tent'-d field. In the
very fiercest of the battle at Malvern Hill,
General Lee encoui tered a tall Shonny
Bcb in full retreat, aud blubbering tcar
-1 fully. He stopped him and shamed him ;
; but the fellow <p -nly avowed cowardice,
and he said he knew lie was a cowaid
I. w hen they 'script him.
"Well," said the patient but vexed
General, "that mat be. but you need bel
low about it like a great baby."
1 hßabv ! " echoed the conscript, "I wish
I was a baby, and a gal baby at that.
As a warrior, the General regarded the
parly defective, and passed not for further
colloquy.
fzg- Vote the whole Democratic ticket.
A SINGULAR STOKY —The bodv of Mi-s |
Kate Orupper, the unfortunate young lady
who committed suicide a short time ago hy
leaping from the blurt at Fort Picketing
into the Mississippi river, was recovered on
Thursday evening about five o'clock, near
the spot where she was seen to leap into
the river. The remains were interred in
Elmwood ( ernetary the same evening. A
curious storv its told relative tothe recoverey
of the body. It appeared that the uncle
of Miss Gi upper, Mr. J Bachman, to whom
she sent her last letter, off-red for
the recovery of the remains of the deceased.
This reward excited the ingenuity of a
young man who is engaged in the vicinity
of the place where the sad tragedy oc
curred. lie had heard or read ot an ex- !
per merit relative to dead bodies in water,
to the effect that if a loaf of bread, charged
with quick-ilver. floaD d about the place
where the body had disappeared, the loaf
would immesiiatelv sink when ii eajne over
the place where the body had lodged at
the bottom of the water. He tried the ex
periment and declares ii was succ sfnl.!
lie waited almost eight and day for devil- i
opments, and while on the watch on Tiiurs- ,
day afternoon he heard a loud noise like
tfie <1 schargt; of a subm trine cannon, an 1
to his astonishment the body almost imine- j
iliately floated on the surface of the water
win re the |..at sank. He manged to tow j
the body ashore, and then inform d the j
friends of the deceased of the discovery he j
had made, and the remains were conveyed |
to the residence of her uncle on Shelby
street, — Memphis liulletin, 1 'ilh.
'
A MODERN SAMSON Henry Fuller, a J
mm of color, was convicted at the last j
term of the Anderson county (Ivy ) Ciicuit j
Court, of the offence of cutting with intent ]
to kill, and sentenced to the penitentiary j
for one year. When first arrest upon the j
charge ha gave bail for his appearance i
His bail, In coming d.s-atisfied, attempted, j
with the assistance of another man, to ar- |
rest him. Henry declined to go to ja •, j
and seizing oue of the men with each hand j
took tin m up and ran across a field with 1
them wiilt apparent ease, lie WHS, how- '
ever, finally anested, and when committed
tojad it was found that ordinary trace
chains were insufficient to c uifiiie his limbs,
and a heavy clasp of iron made expressly
for the purpose, and fastened with three
strong rivets, was placed upon his anklas.
After his convitftioii lie succeeded in bend
ing this piece of iron in such a manner a
to free Ins limbs, broke the locks upon the j
door of the jail and made his escape. All
this seems to have been effected without
the aid of any tool, as none was found.
Another prisoner who was in the jail at the
time states that the escape occurred while
he was asleep, t.ud that he knew nothing of
it till next motning.
WE PASS FOR WHAT WE ARE, —A man
parses for what he is worth. Very idle is •
all curiosity concerning other people's es- |
tiimtion of us, and all fear for remaining j
unknown is not less so. Ii a man know, j
that he can do anything—knows that lie
can do it better than anybody else—he has
the pledge of acknowledgment of I hat fact
hy all persons Tne world is full of judg-1
inent days, and into every engagement that j
a man enters; ir.to every action that lie at- |
tempts, he is ganged and stamped. In
every troop of boys that hoop ar.d run in
each yard and square, a new coiner is well
and accurately weighed in tbe course of a
few days, and stamped with his right num
ber, as if he had undergone a formal trial
of his speed and temper. A stranger comes
from a distant school, with a betb-r dress,
trinkets in his pockets, with airs and pre
tensions. An older boy says: ''lt's of no
use; we shall find him out to morrow."—~
Ralph Waldo h'merxon.
SOCIAL KINDNESS. —IIow sweet is social
affection! When tne world is dark with
out. we have light within. \\ hen the cares
disturb the breast —w hen sorrows brood
around tbe heart —what joy gathers in the
circle of love ! We forget the world, with
all its animosities while blessed with social
kindne-s. That man cannot be cold who
has In aits that vilnate in sympathy with |
his own who is cheered hy the smiles of j
affection ami the voice of tenderness. Let j
the world b- dark and cold —let the hate ,
ami animosity ol had men gather around
the plaee of buincss —but wlmn he enters
the aik of love —his own cherished circles j
—he forge's all these—the cloud passes
from his brow. and the sorrow from his
heart. The warm sympathies of his wife
and children dripe! every shadow, and he
feels a thrill of joy in his bosom, that, words
are not adequate to express. He who is a
stranger to joys ol social kindness has not
begun to live.
CtT A little girl, at hoarding school, re
sponded as follows to a note from her fa
ther, announcing an interesting event in
the family: "My o<ar Pop —l was right
glad to hear from yon, and that you were
well, but I did not like it a bit to bear
that mother hail a baby, because it was a
boy. I should be glad if it were a little
girl, hut 1 hate boys—they are not nice
Now I am going to tell yon what I want
you to name linn. lam going to choose a
liom ly name, because I don't think boys
ought to have pretty names. Roys are
squealing all the time. You don't have
one minute's peace while there is a boy ,
baby in the bouse; hut a girl baby is a good
thing to have in the house, for it never
cries. Name him Yuba Dam; that's good
enough for a boy. You must excuse me
for writing so much about boys; tbe reason
I wrote so much about boys is because I
don't like boys. My love to ma, and tell
her I hope she will do better next time." |
THREE THOUSAND YEARS OLD.
The oldest lelic of humanity extant, is
; the skeleton of the earliest l'haraobs, in
cased in its original burial robes, and won
derfully perfect, considering its age, which
was deposited about eighteen or twenty
months ago in the British Muscun, and is
jn-tly considered the most valuable of its
archaeological treasures. The lid of the
I coffin which contained the royal mummy
was inscribed with the name of its occu
pant, Pharaoh Mykerimus, who succeeded
the heirs of the builder of the great pyra
mid, about ten centuries before Christ.
Only think of it—the monarch, whose
crumbling holies and leathery integuments
are now exciting the wonder of numerous
I gazers in London, reigned in Egypt before
Solom in was born, and only about eleven
centuries or so after Mizraim, the grandson
of ol I father Noah and the first o! Pharoahs,
had lieett gathend to his fathers! Why,
the tide mark of the deluge could scarcely
have heen obliterated, or the gopher wood
knee timbers of the ark have rotted on Mt.
] Aarat, when this man of the early world
i lived, movi-d and had his being ! I Its
flesh anil blood were contemporary with
the progenitors of the great patriarch ! ILs
bones and shriveled skin ate contemporary
! with the nineteenth centurv, ami the dat
-1 of the <'runitixion is only about midway be
tween his era and ours.
One Item.
The people are taxi-d yearly about Jive
i millions of dollars to pay the salaries of of-
I fl iers and regular employees of the Freed
| man's Bureau. This is exclusive of all in-
I cMeutai exp"rises incutred hy that u-eful
' institution for electioneering purposes, and
lof all money and rations issueo to dilapi
j dated and lazy negroes, which amount in
i the gross, evt-n, according to radical figures
| which usually lie, to about thirty millions
jof dollars more. Here we have one little
I item ol -su.""),000,000 wrung by taxation
! from the white labor of the country for the
j sole purpose of maintaining in idleness,
J and controling tbe votes of Southern ne
! groes. Rut there is another and larger
item. To keep tip the pet raited policy
rcconstruelion, and as a measure of protec
tion of three millions of ignorant, help'ess
blacks, requires the employment of nearly
tin- whole force of the army, which in the
last three years,accotding to radical figures,
lots cost over nine hundred mill ions of dol
lars—over Ihrre hundred millions a year —
j a'l to he paid by taxes collected from north
j ern white labor. —Think f it white men
who work for your bread. Isn't the rad
ical elephant a rather expensive beast ?
Relief onte IPt(hin an.
TSEING AGREEABLE.
The art of heing agreeable is to appear
will phased with all company; and rather
losein well entertained with them than
j to bring entertainment to them. A man
! ibus disposed, may not have much learning
jor wit, but if lie has c minon sense, and
j something friendly in his behavior, it concil
itates men's minds more titan than the
brightest parts without this disposition;
aud when a man of such a turn comes to
old age, lie is almost sure to he treated
j with respect. It is true, that we should
! not dissemble and flatter in company; but
a man m iy he very agreeable strictjy con
sistcnt with truth ami sincerity by prudent
silence where he cannot concur, and a
pleasing assent where he can. Now and
then you ireet with a per*on so exactly
formed to please, that he will gain upon
every one who hears or beholds him; this
disposition is not in-rely a gilt of nature,
but frequently the effect of much knowl
edge of the world, aud a command over
, the passions.
The Tribune for Repudiation.
In a recent speech, Mr. Vallandigham is
charged with saying that the Republicans
would increase tin- public debt to $5,400,
OuO.otlO. The Tribune says
Mr. Viillnn lingham itclifienitely lie? when he as
serts th it the Kiqiu'lbiins propose to increase the
! debt to $ ,40'l,!)UU,PCd ft w? not $2,600,000,000
' on the Ist insl , but #2 510.000,000; and that is every
! cent thai we intend to make it or to pay. Whoevei
! controverts this is a foolish, reckless liar.
According to the report of the Secratary
|of the Treasury, the public debt, less cash
in Treasury, on ilie first of August, amount
j t-tl tu ¥2,525,53 4,4§0, There is the li'.tle
j difference between the Tribune , s sta'ement
I and McL'ulloch, of $13,534,481. The debt
| of $2,510,G0D,000 '"is every cent that they
I intend to make it, or.fo puyf of course all
l above ri'ai stun, the Tribune is ready to
throw overboard or repudiate !
have at had one giil of un
doubted "loyalty" in Illinois. Judge Grit
fin was holding couit in Aledo, while a
camp meeting was in progress near by.—
I Certain young ladies over from the
' camp ground and solicited lodgings. The
j landlady replied that every bed in the
' house contained two lodgers except one. and
that was occupied b} Judge Griffin. "But
' come up stairs," she said, "and I will find a
place for you.', She led. The young la
| dies followed. One of them bursting into
tears, hurried her face in h>*r hands, and
1 leaning over the railing Sobbed bitterly, ex
: claiming in broken acc nts, "I-I-I don't
want to sleep with Judge Griffin; he-he
( he's a Coppeahead." There's no discount
on that girl's "loyalty."
173 ED TO'KM. —A Itdy who ha'l not been
' favored with the most harmonious voice,
would, nevertheless, attempt to sing, A
j gentleman, one of the company, said to
another: "What do you call that ?" "The
1 Tempest, I think," on which a seafaring
gentleman exclaim: d: "Don't he alarmed—
it is no tempest; it is merely a squall, and
j will soon be over,"
TERMS, $2.00 Per. ANNUM, in Advance.
Piseaitl) jftberfoise.
If Adam had asked Eve to let him kiss her
could the latter, without profanity, have re
plied, "I don't care A-dain if you dt? ?"
"Sambo, does yoti know why de Radicals
is like dese tings all tru de woods, not/f ?"
"No, Pete, I gib it up."
"Well, it is 'cause dey's 10-cusses."
"Y ah, yah, yah, —dat am a fax, Pete ; and
dey don't lib inere'n forty day after dey gita
to dar wust nudder."
"Why, isn't my shirt clean ?" quoth one
Bohemian to another. "Well, yes," was the
answer : "It? clean for brown, but tt'f awful
dirty for white."
" Pon't care much about the bugs," said
Mr. S'.vink, "but the truth is, I've not got
the blood to spare."
SCENE IN A HOTEL— Stranger—"Have-you
a good, strong porter about the house ?"
Clerk—"Yes, we have the strongest one
in the place."
S "I< he Intelligent 7 '
C.—"Oh ! yes, sir, quite intelligent for a
porter, we think."
S.—"One point more : do you consider
him fearless—that is, bold and courageous ?''
C.—"As for that matter, I know he is ; he
would not be afraid of the devil himself."
S.—"Now, Mr, Clerk, if.your porter is in
telligent enough to find room No. 117, fear
less enough to enter, and strong encugrt to
get tny trunk away from the bed bugs, I
would like to have him bring it down."
A Y'ankee youth and a pretty girl sat
facing each other at a husking party. The
youth, smitten with the charms of the maid
en, only ventured a sly look, and now and
and then touch Patty's feet under the table.
The girl, determined to make the youth ex
press what he so strongly felt, bore with
these advances a little while in silence, when
she cried out. "Look here ! if voo love mo
say so, but don't dirty my stockings."
Punch says, "Women ar3 said to have
stronger attachments than men. It is evinc
ed in little things. A man is often attached
to an old hat ; but did you ever know of a
woman having an attachment to an old bon
net
Echo answers "Never."
Why is a married mad like a candle ? Be
cause he sometimes goes out at night when
he ought not to.
An editor describing a church in Minne
sota savs : "No velvet cushion in the petfs ,
we don't go in for styles. The fatest person
has the softest seat, and takes it out with
him at the close of the services."
BEGINNING TO BELlEVE —"Bubbles," o(
the California GOLDEN ERA, says i
I begin to believe, now*a days, that money
makes the man, and dress the gentleman.
I begin to believe that those who sin the
most during the week are the most devout
upon Sunday.
I begin to believe that honesty is the best
policy—to speculate with until you have
gained everybody's confidence, then lino
your pcckets,
I begin to believe in humbugging people
out of their dollars. It is neither stealing
nor begging, and those who are humbugged
have themselves to blame.
I begin to believe that a man was not made
to enjoy life, but to keep himself miserable in
the pursuit and possession of riches.
I begin to believe that the surest remedy
for hard times and a tight money market is
an extravagant expenditure on the part of
the individual—to keep money moving.
I begin to believe that a pianoforte is
more necessary in a family than bread and
meat.
ZOOLOGICAL. — Wh>ch animal is never old 7
The gnoo.
Which is costly ? The deer.
Which is a good boatman ? The Roe
buck.
Which is often elected to office ? The
mare.
If'hich makes a good light ? The tapir.
Which is a ku.ed noosenco and tackles
you every\vhare ? The boar.
Which beast is most used by cooks ? The
spider.
Which dogs is the Pope ov Rome fond ov 1
"Bull" dogs.
Which dogs alius goes in pairs ? Spaniels.
Which dogs duz printers' like best'? The
setter,
If'hich is the roo6t unbending dog 1 The
mastiff,
If'hich dog wood yoo recommended hair
dye tu ? The gray-hound.
Which reptile wood drivers prefer ? The
whip snake.
Which wood bojs and gurls Tether hev ?
The hoop snake.
Which is best for watchmen ? The rattle
snake.
Which does Indians most have Use ov ?
The moccasin snake.
Which is best for skool children ? The
adder.
! Seymour and IWair, the people's favorite!.-
NO, 6.