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THE FRA7:KI,IN EIRE INSURANCE COUPAM of Philadelphia. OFFICE, No.. 1(133 11TESNUT STREET, Near fifth Sheet. STATEMENT OF A BEETS. $1,525,949 68, January lot, 1851. li'ab3bsiked agrecabl3• to an Act OF ASSEIIibLY, BEING First hioitgaecs, amply secured, 51,199,284 49 Leal Estate (present t•alue $1 in; cost..• Temporary Loans, on ample Cola- teralSecurit,es. 1:10,774 26 Stoats (present value 570,191) cost. 63,085 50 Cash, &c. &c., 50.665 57 PERPETUAL OR LEITITED I.NSI:IMNCES made on every descrtptiott of property. in TOWN AND COUNTRY., at ratesas low as arvcausistant with secu ritvf Since their incorporation, a period oc twenty-four year's, they have paid over 1/re millions dollars Loss By FIRE, thereby af fording evidence of the advantage of losur- . Once, as the ability and disposition to meet with promptness all liabilities. Directors Challis N. Banclier, lion]. D. Lewis. 'robin Wagner, Adolp. E Bone, Samuel grant, • David S. Brow!}, Jacob R. 3nitto.- ' Alum s Patterson, Geo. W. Richards, ' Isaac Lea, Cii.tru.t: N. ilt.scKErt, President Cu 111I.ES G. BAN KKR, niThe subscribers arc the appointed Agents of the above.tnentionod Instittnion, and are now prepared to make insurances on every description of property, at the low est rates. A. L. B 17111:, A Ilerol.wn. C. F. ft:C;i I, Bethlehem. Allentown, Oct. l'S52. • Thomas "rown, DENTAL SURGEON. Attends to all operatiors on the Teeth in the meet careful and sci entific manner, and inserts Teeth on.an en tirely new and improved plan with contigu ous Gums. These Teeth are for bet r and superior to the beSt block or single Gum Teeth now in use. E .- plense nail nnd oxam;ne npecimenr. OfTiCe No. 15, West 11;1'1'161ton Str,et, (up stairs,) opposite the Uad Fellows' Hall. Al'mown, Nov. 9 WEEDER St. BOYER ; No. 25, 111.4 t Hamilton strut, .Illenttnon Thankful for past favors and hoping by strict attention to busi •-- ness and a desire to please, to mer (4....,- it a continuance of the patronage co liberally bestowed on them, and wishing the people to understand the fact, that :hey are both PRACTICAL IlArlEß.S—both having served a long apprenticeship nt the business and understanding the business thoroughly Mall its various branches---they are confident they can MANUFACTURE HATS of all kinds inferior to.none' in the market, and also a little cheaper, because they perform n great'de4l of the labor them selves and buy their material from the impor ters for Cash, and understanding the busi ness they employ none but good workmen, and doing a large business they can affyd to sell at small profits. These are some of the reasons why Ar you often hear the remark - that "Wieder & Boy er sell such beautiful Flats nt such astonish ingly low prices. They always have the latest Philadelphia and New York styles on hand, so you need not be afraid of flay- ing an old fashioned Hut stuck on you.-- Give us a call. It don't matter what is the shape of your head, we wilt Insure a fit. rir Country Merchants would do well to give us a call, as we will wholesale them hats and caps Cheaper than they can get them in the city. Also a large assortment of all kinds of straw goods which they will sell cheap. TERMS CASH. Allentown, March 15. IT—tf lUDlua t ai, lßL , The subscriber has just opened a New Flour, Feed, Grain and Grocery, Store, in North Eighth Street, a few doors below Flagenbuch's Tavern, where the above ar ticles can always be had in full.supply. ri. 13EF'IrIZ • /Z 1 A FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 'Rather higher sir. Six hundred and ,ly was that We put in, as if the clerk was eighty-nine thousand, five hundred and actually a prinelp a l_ hmu 'il be th ro w !: o at twenty-seven dollars, and thirty-seven cents, ' of e mploymers, and, in tents like these. it (From the Albany Argus, July 4.) CHEAP WATCHES, J is, the exact amount.' will not be so easy to get tonew place. You Yankee Doodle. 'But they are not all good.' I have P istnily too teal , _ tuber.' 1 • ilarosec (Elorlis crab Jcw-l-il k 11....3 In the summer of 1775, the•liriCsh army, un• •Alost of them are, sir.' And the clerL,l The clerk siofted. i....., • der command of Abercrombie, lay encamped as, he spoke, looked up in surprise. - 'But if we settle . 110 estate ourselves.pav- At Pio. 21, on the east lionleof the Hudson River, a hale 'You are too saneuine, John, was the an- inse e seventy-five cents on the dollar, there'll WEST HAMIL'I ON STREET, ALLENTOWN. :Aver. , Btkt the eye of the me rchaid, instead be a couple of years work for you. If not south of the city of Albany, awaiting reinforce „, Good Watch Glasses 6.1 r meals or - Inflow. from the Eastern States, preys. of meeting that of his assistant, eaudered more ; and as you've been a faithful clerk /71: 12- ise j ,k'S' sio \ \ 414 9 3 ) A ir __ ~ _ e _ m„,., ; ,,_\, l ous to marching upon Ticonderoga. During the -month of June, these raw levies poured into past his face. 'Too sanguine. Yes ! en- so long, I'd itot nand. at the ii intim, up, to ely too sanguine.' iodide s ; you into bustioss on your own tic. ..___k s . 4 1 .. Li .1 \ camp, company, after company. each man dd . _ 'I think not sir. The house stopped, you count.' 0. , '1 6 : 5 4. 4 ' i 'e) 11. ... ,:'-:, - -c•-f-t"..nl ferently armed, equipped and accoutred from know, because it wouldn't pay two per cent I Per an instant the TelTip'er whispered, t 1; ..sessessss-- filit 11_.. :, his ncis.hbor, and the whole presenting such a a month fur money. Ytiu lictil plenty of se- 'take the offer.' I! it .1 :lin NI isters, though e:- - -seo , ss - 5 . .--o__ c 1,,,i,,,w,„, , , T IL I Best lA' aicbGlassi , s 12.'. spectacle as was never equalled, unless by the I Cantlt Sr sir, but the banks wouldn't discount a poor, was an honest man ; and belie Id last YANKEE CLOCKS FttPM $1,25 to $6,00 i celebrated regiment of merry Jack Falstaff. J them, if the assests are nursed, sir, they'll t 3 los nin - eras% Theiroutre appearance furnished great amuse, produce nearly, II not quite enew2ll to pay 'l'd cheei fully stay on my present salary. JO.seph H. 1H:o & Co. I dollar /or dollar.' he answer,. I, firoilt . Lough o :In vein i iti, mein to the British officers. One Dr. Shackburg, Adopts this method to inform their friends au 'And leave me pennyless,' said Mr. Loch- •or even on a Ism. pat ince—my we” , nod and the public in general, that they have . English surgeon, composed the tune of Fan- wood quickly. Then ,' coloi - ing. he added. the children could live poorly tor a year or lately estahlished themselves in the above kee Doodle, and wronged it to words, whic h 'But of course that's to be expected,- 1 two—if 'vi w' re s ' ltl 'u'l uPII'Ie estate for business et were gravely dedicated to the new recruits.— Ilowever, this don't alter the fact, that von the cie dews. in :so. d Wu.— The joke look, and the turn has come down to No. 21, WEST HAMILTON STRET, look at these assets too favorable. You're , Air. Le,c'.vt oo I rose to I.;- feet. fie hl.: where they is ill exliAbit for sale *hit lesson- Ibis day. The original words, which we take meat of ;F old s , f a l,ly purci.ased in New from Fainter & Moore's Historical Collections, a younger man than int silt, John and apt' cote. too far; I.,iii Loininittcd himself; and ryas re- p ~ J . it rt was tio.ning i i to see only the brit - u side - of aflair:.' - Hutt' h i d ' l ' ' '. . i ' i York and Philadelphia. such as pub:ished in 1820, we have not, however, met e I ut to a , ..sue surprise and anger. The clerk, who was honest as steel, ! CLOCKS WATCHES AND JEWELRY , vt oh btiore in many years: •I`. hat do you wean, sierah !' he said. thought, with a sigh, that lie cuuld not re- The following is a list of their articles and Father td I w ent down to camp, gard ills employer's character, in' as bright s"„lnPirg fits Inc t• prices:'You app, ar resr , Ived to me , urider-land me to-;Pty, How dare you Along with captain Goodwin. a tight as usual. This stranee opening of Fine Gold Lupine Watches 20 to $2-1 1114,i..tua , te what you du ?' . . And there we Salt' the men and boys the conversation, and the studied avoidance •• " Detached " ‘ri to :15 Sir,' began the clt rle, ra i s ing himself As duck as Hasty pudding, of his eye, made him, for the first tune in los " " full Jew't l. Pat. Lever. 40 to 75 proud y to his full ht :ilt. life, suspicious of Air. Lockwood, Ile could ‘::ot a word, Go to your desk at one^. I " Hunting Cabe " "45 to 125 There was Captain Washington, not speak, for the mournful feeling,s w hich Silver Lapine \Vetches 9to 12 Upon a slapping stallion', tilts caused. I see I ins Z 1 feol to rely on ! 'ours capitcny, " Detached " 12 to 16 dules, e or ora . itude, or anythitis else. Go, I say. A giving, er•lt rs to his men— 'I have been cuing over these sche Patent Lever " 12 to 25 I :hall not need to coniult you again.' I guess there was a million. said the merchant, -sand have talked to one .. Hunting, Pat. Lev. watches, 20 to 05 That very clay, the b ii.l.-, iv hid' hail been n Yankee Clocks, 1,25 or to of the principal creditors, It would to :3,00 And then the feathers on his hat, be fully to attempt pilyiri e ,, i dollar for dulittr.' in the clerk. ' l'arl'ls for tw " ul. ) . P"'• we r e " Is dot Clocks, '2,50 to 6,00 They tooled so tarnal [lacy, He bega n to speak rapidly. 'Seventy-1i ye. taken from hon ; while hr was despatched " Iron Frame splendidly I wanted peshily to get, to a distant city, notnitia ly to see after a hag ' per cent is ns much as the estate is worth, engraved sto 15 'lu give to my dernima.. z lidous account. Ileii as directed, from Gold Breast pins, from 50 cis. to $lO 00 and nobody hut ourselves could make it re - time to nine, to rema in . ill% iide linger eve! aline that. If there was an assignment, the 1 •• Ear rings 25 ens. to 10 00 And there they had a swampin gar, watch the debtor ; to a oord, he teas kept expenses would eat up thousands ; and b , - Y s- '4: 7- 7 He also keeps on hand a full I As big as a log of maple, soles there would be a delay of several tears, out of the w iy. 1.-soilreent of Gold and Silver spectacles and On a duced little cart— 'lt %% mild be really doing, the best for the cred- Lief, antinie Mr. Leckwood called a ineet• Spectablt• Glesess, purses, port monies, i...zc A load for father's cattle ; dors to make a compromise on these terms. mg o f fits cred,tor_s. 11,. laid both schedules Musical instruments such as violins, vin hi t ore them •; tendered his Looks for their And every lime they fired it o ff , Don ' t you think so ? Vl ittson Cousey,' Jones lin strings, Musical Boxes, Accordions, t llex imination ; tend gave verbally whieeVer & CO, and other houses have as good as i It took a horn of pow d er; of which are sold at wholesale or retaihan d said they would come into the:Luang-mein : inform it lUD was sought. It' s assets he had ,„ p ,.,„„,,, h., h id at 05 ,.... woro , It made amuse hhe lather's gun, , and they sou know, ere among the heaviest iii7llce,l-.., good, doubtful and bad : and he Croy a 'amen louder. sold in this place. !creditors.' cailed in a cot rt., temproari y .ino.noted to Persons in want of Jewelry will find it to John llasters' place, so verily his opinion. I went as near tern myself ' The clerk still sou,ght his employer'.s tee . To do the burp s:or justice, he was a be their advantage to give them n call be in vain. Finding, from the silence, that it As Jacob 's underpinnin, fore purcliasing elsewhere, as thelos feel con- And father went as near again— was expected he should say some twits., Its dupe, nut au accessory. 11 r. Lockwood fideut of s iith• ft mg, all who may favor them es ti, as ?t W ere Illeiii •lihilli,', cu tkorotighl v I thous:it the deuce was in him. spoke. with their patronage. \lr. 1 Leo, is well 'You did not crier an assi imbut el the s oues P.M tve h his owe ilea is, g,nmen 1, did . oil '' leloovii in this place as a skillful mcc.hanic, And there I see'd a little keg, 'Of course pot. Of course. 'Phut v...it.hd °ll. ''''' t ,'''"" ° ":; 4 this "'du e 's " • ' ! S Lut an and all his wink will be Is a minted. Ile heads was male of leather— be ruinous.' e Lob o of Lao no reit iiii'F. Every arose. sold by them, is They lhieek'd upit.'t uith little stick., to be what it is sold for, and no mistake It seams ''o ire sir, that'it eiu , stisn for • You _it es ...e.n. -men,' slid Cie inso!ve sit, To call the finks together, the creditors to settle. If you off.r 01.111 • ti 0, ale.; pa seug expenses and a Ile:win s for •,, Clock and watch ineleers throughout the } our a:se ts, and they then r e f us e an as:iem- 1.) , •: there'll net he more than two-thirds country is, ill do well to give them a call And there they'd file away like fun, int tit agr ring to take seventy-five per cent or tlirr e-lotlal :, lift. It the eteate is care ss they Will cell at it hole:sate and retail eve- And play on oot tibia k fiddles, the settlement a 11l be fair enough. Bin,' lit ; 3 •• ••'it'si'd ul'• it slay I'-''d t'vellt -11 "' ry uncle kept in their lint of business. And seine had rubs, ii, led as blood lie added, hesnatinely, ‘wiiihe s tot hold oe r este.; if it is not, bitty wile be the ut- L..; l'llrotte:i the aid of one of Bottion's f Ali boiled about their mit:dies. tight to your bills receivable, people will say III':! Lli. o It "'id l''iV.. Patent impreve d universal Little. Chucks. t they are at your mercy.' Ile paused, mid looking, around at the black riCeS, added hastily— the•y are enabled to make repairs on clocks. The troopers, too of old gallop up Nut at all. Not ill all. Besides !et peg-i watches and all ',olds of Jewelry, much • And fire right in our laces; pie talk. 'The y always abuse a man when 1 'But I may :ay that no man can settle it so rid vantarre ous/y a: I can. I have already chi apes than the old way of working, curse- It scai'd me almost hall to death he is down, It would . be cromnal in me tf, de: Patched my old and trusty clerk, Mr. tiuently this particular branch of the bust- To see them tun such races , let an assignee eat up the estate in charge :. 1 Masters, to hook alter ea.: of tie! heaviest ness will be punctbally attended to and done - Its hard enough to be sullied by esidiesiles Op on the most reasoirible terms. fur a false friend. I don't knuis whether,' liCeintras ; and, indees% would hate gone Allentown, June 14, 1t451. T. _G al between yahoo, .....i th at I should bear it ad. myself, it I could have lieen :pan J. Ile in strict equity, it would not be IllOfe jest 'hat a hunitlrtd nu n should shame the 1 4 ,.., ) writes to me inure lavorai:l3 than [lll,l hop , ed. I find I have : t few li weds still It fl. Alter toiling a life-tithe, and hlvio g ~,... F, ...I : w ho have off•red to assist time. So, if to n tin independence, to be reduced to n agaars ,l limo, hen, I Will TIM the risk of pit ing in this way, is very hard. No, I'm r, solo. f seve.tits -five per cent., szitio g a third iii . ca , ti e '-ed. that no assigliee shall plunder me also,' a third in good ender_ d Mitts ill t ..evelve ~ , , 'But is it you now I Is it not entirely the I months, and a thud in the same: hind of se. creditors ? SurNy, sir the assets are theirs ' curtly et two.yea's.' . and not yours.' I, Tto re. woo Meese fur several initiules.— 'To be sure. Of course I w;sh to see ' SOille of the creditids were Loin pletoiy de- The insolvent Merchant. 1 them paid. I'm only telling You what satins Cereal, fir ti,..:,. It id arrays lit In ved the Mr. Lockwood had failed. After having to me to be the best nay to pay t h ew I •pealte rto he holiest : alt ltssi It ii, they r• . been a leadi n g merchant for thirty years, a Surely 3 ou'll allow, sir, &it 1 ksow more, ally htiew Luckless. a, .d could know leaking series of heavy losses, combined with the about my assets than they do.' i.sout the 1..i:1D• 61 the asst s. Oda. rs ,sti:- insolvency of a friend fur whom he bed en- 'Yes, sir.' l period that lie was tio-1,:.(1.114 thorn ; but . , 'Can they do better than to ` accept my , these reasoiled thin t.ll y there in Illi, iii) lt r t dorsed, forced him to stop ps.ymetit. The sympathy for loin was general, as it ' terms ?' , that, at the hest, an assiennient would seal usually us for an old man, who has a family 'Perhaps not, sir. Certainly not, unless I Ise even less then he offered ; nod that it and is unfortunate. But, after awhile, wins- you assist them.; , was most prudent for their pockets to this pers begailieard against him. It was ; •What do you mean ?' scnible and accept the prollered terms.— said be had a d with his hands full: that' 'l'hat you settle up the estate as their ;An old 'usu.:lent, who belonged to the lat. some of his creditors would not release him ; , agent I' t.r class, said, therefore— in shots, that lie had sacri fi ced a long life of I • Wurk for nothing, and fi nd loran If,' con- I 'l, for one, shall take Mr. Lockwood's of honesty in one hour of bitter temptation.— teinptuously retorted the merchant. i fer. I had expected a better show, 1 con- Others prudently - , if not charitably, held 'Nut exactly, sir. They'd allow you a I fess : but there's no use, I have loam , tl, in their peuce, even though he made no re- fair salary.' i cry mg over spi led . milk. Who is the en trenchment in his style of living, and thou,gh Mr. Lockwood drummed on the.table I dorat r, Mr. Lockwood ?' they secretly thought this fact suspicous. with his fingers. i Tim endorser etas named, and proved It was about a fortnight after his failure, 'You ready are fool enough to believe,'l trustworthy. In reality - , he was a capitalist that he called his head clerk into his private he said, at last, 'dint the estate could be I to whom the oisolvent hind paid a fare(' office. made to pay dollar fur dollar.' I bonus, besides hypothecating his assets, our 'John,' he said, for he was always called I 'I not only believe it,' answered the clerk, I the use of his name as endorser. his confidential assistant, though now a mid- warmly, beginning to be indignant, •but 11 All the creditors, exempt two or three, con die aged man, by his first name, 'I wish to know to' / sented to take the seventy-five percent; and talk with you.' 'Pooh ! . pooh !' I the few, who thus stood out, Mr. Lockwood •Well sir !' 'Surely, sir, I understand the value ofl filially paid, with interest in full. , 'This is the schedule of my debts, which those assets. I've not had the control,of Before the two years were up, most of the you drew up—isn't it 1' And he produced your books for twenty years for nothing.' I paper which had that period to run, was 'from his private drawer, a document cover- •Pooh ! pooh !' I sought out and purchased at a usurious rate. ing several pages. The clerk rose. - I We need not say that Mr. Lockwood was •Yes, sir.' 'ls there anything more, sir r 1 the buyer. 'I owe, according to it, six hundred thou- Mr. Lockwood moved uneasily on his I The cleric, on his return, was discharged. sand dollars.' i chair. After a full minute of silence, the Whatever he might suspect, he never knew 'That is the sum, in round numberse— clerk repeated his question, 1 what the estate realized, nor does anybody More accurately, six hundred and three •You are in estrange mood, to-day, J o hn,' I else except the insolvent myself. Without thousand, ten dollars and fi fty cents.' t replied the merchant, looking down at the proof, John Mast er s was too wise to say any "l'his is the schedule of my assets.' And I t able, on which he still continued to drum I thing ;—for often, as the late says, 'the he placed another document in his clerk's with his fingers. '1 never knew yott Boob- , greater truth, the vetoer the libel.' hands. sonate.' ' ' Jidin Mash is, found employ meet finally, 'I i i.s, sls ' 'l'ea r!, tl, 11 , .... ~' . ..- . 0 : ...,;ut• -it old try , and is pouter lane than 82,139 87 51,5'25,049 OS at , Lehigh County, From actual Memsurcuent and Surveys throughout the whole ounly ly Adolph Aschbach, C. U. li —3 tn The Subscriber will publish shortly, pro ti•ided a sufficient number of signers be ob mined, a new and complete .19,10 p of Lehigh County. The ,tirveys are jusrcommenced, all the public roads, and the locations of the places for worship, Post offices, Schcol-houses, Country stores, Mills, Public Houses, Smith shops, W heelwrights. Ore beds, &c., are to be marked. The names of the property holders generally (including all those in the county who will subscribe in advance to the map) are alsQ.to be inserted upon their - placeselo be illustrated with Vignettes of views in Lehigh County. Plans of the principal Villages on a lame scale will nserted in the margin, also a beautiful Maj•glnal-map of Allentown. The plan will be plotted to a suitable scale so as to make a large and ornamental Map. To be engraved and delivered tosubscrihers handsomely colored and mounted for FIVE DOLLARS per copy. JAMES D. SCOTT. Publisher. No. 116 Chf,snut St. Philaaelphia. Allentown March 15. • 11-2 m -- Thomas Iron Company, Notice is hereby given, that the following gentleman were - elected Officers and Direc tors of the Thomas Iron Company at a meet, ing of the Stockholders : Peter S.'l.4lichler, of Easton. President. C: P. Randolph, Easton, Sec'y and Treas E. A. Douglass, M. Chunch. C. A. Luckenbach. Bethlehem. Peter S. :Michle r . Easton. Ephraim Marsh, Jersey City. William [-I. Ta!eau, - d o . • John Drake, Easton. Attention Customers! EASTON, June 7, 1854 MEMEEM _ „ ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., AUGUST 21, 1854. Vortical Department. Oki Uncle Sam came there to change s, , me pancaltt s and some mulls, For 'lasses canes to carry now.. To give lus.velfe and young ours. But I can't tell you half I see'd, They kept up such a pother, So I took my hat oil—made a bow, And scampered home to anther. I,lli.srellcuicono Zelections. ~ . r ii" , " 4 `: 1 1 4 --iflf" 4 4,,z1-:-t:',_ • BRE ri!MM :I'. 7 r7 "1- FOR FARAIER AND AIECIIANIC. DIM Mr. Lockwood lives in a fine house, at an expense of six thousand dollars a year, or even more. Why can't ho? If his es ate yield..d n' s )iundrttl per cent., as John M tsters said it would, ho saved a hunderd and fifty thousand dollars. Yet Mr: Lock wood thinks himself an honest man. Alas ! there is. a day of retribution nom% ing, for 1110 merchant. It is of such persons that the apostle a rites;—"Go to now, .ye rich men. weep and howl for the miseries that shatl come• upon you.'' I3.2!ter io that last dav, to be poor John Masters than the rich insolvent. The, Etcphant of the East. A person at ho had never seen a wild ele• d-rit can form no idea of his real character either nil wally or physically. The un wiHdly and sleepy looking beast, who, pen ned up in a cage in a menagerie, receives a ,Ixp lice in his trunk, arid turns with diffi culty to dep . csit it in a box, whose mental jmwer s , eal to be concentrated in the idea - •r:f re ceiving buns tossed into s gaping mouth by children's hands—this very btat may have come froaut warli!te stock. leis sire may ha ve been the terror of a district, a piti less highwayman, whose sotil thirsted for IA )od, u lie , lying in wait in some thick bush, would rush upon the unwary passer-by,and know no pleasure greater than the act of crushing his victim to a sharpless mass be: ri ! :ath his feet. I have h-ard people exclaim, upon hear ing anecdotes of elephant hunting 'poor things Poor indeedl I should like to see the very Berson who thus ex ! presses his pity going at his best pace with a savage elephant after him; give him a lawn to run upon, if he likes, and see the elephant gain a foot in every yard of the I char-, fire in his eye, fury in his headlong charge ; and would not the flying gentletrittn, who lately exclaimed .poor thing !' be thank ; !al to the lucky bullet that would save him from destruction ? There are no animals more misunderstood than elephants; they are natal." ly savage. wary and revengeful,. I displaying as great courage when in their w:id s:ate WI V animal known. The fact of their great natural sagacity renders them the mare clang, rolls , a,S foes. Even when they are tamed, there are many that are not sate for a stranger to approach, and they are Own only kept in owe by the sharp driving hook c l the mohout. Elephants are gregarious, and the aver ,ge number ofa herd is abnut eight,although they frequently form bodies j of fifty or even eighty in one troop. Etch herd consistaof a very hrrize proportion of females,and they are con s tantly met without ,a single bull in thin number. I have seen some small herds formed r %elusively of bulls, but this is very rare. The bull is generally much larger than the female, and is generally more savage. Ills habits frequently induce him to prefer solitude to a gregarious life. He then becomes doubly vicious ! He seldom strays many miles from one locality, which .t:e haunts •for.,anany years. He then be comes what is termed a 'rogue.' He then waylays the• natives, and in fact becomes a' semir g e to the neighborhood, attaching the Inoffensive without the slig !nest provoiation, c trrvin., destruction into the natives' paddy pellt-ctly regardless of night fires or the usual precautions for scaring wild beast. .1 Ti.., daring pluck of these rogues is only j eqitailed by their rxtreme cunning. En ! dr.wed wan Ova wonderful power of scent ,•echi , ar to elephants. he travels in the day iiine down the wind : thus, nothing can foi -1 low npim his track without his knowledge. j lie winds his enemy as the cautious hunter advances not tles:l3; upon his track, and ha itii ears thrown forward. taiLereel, trunk thrown high in the air, with its dis t-ncled tip pointed to the spot from which he winds the silent but approaching danger.-- Perfectly' motionless does he stand, like a statute in ebony, the very essence of amen.. lion, every nerve of sense and hearing stretched to its cracking point, not a muscle moves, not a sound of a rustling branch againSt his rough sides ; he is a mute figure of wild and fierce eagerness. Meanwhile. the wary tracker stoops to the ground. and with a practised eye pierces the tangled brushwood in search of his colossal feet.— Still further and further he silently creeps forward, when suddenly 4 crash bursts through the whole jungle : the moment has arrived for rho ambushed charge, and the elephant is upon him.—(The Rifle and the Hound in • Ceylon. LITTAT AND CUFF.--.'1111! Cuff; will be either tipping us a little bit of a sod this. cold inoritin' ?' exclaimed a son of the Eat. erald Isle to a brother of the sable race, a co•luborer in the division of wood. 'Golly, massa, I can't sing !' Cah't sing ? An' what's yer leg stuck in the middle of yerfut for, like a bird's, if ye cant sing?' GROUNDS 1 1 6 R A pe.tsamicsiorr.--An apple orchard containing two btill dogs and an aadi sortment of spring guns.. Finders made the experiment (town Ja mey themither dear; and says he won't trouble those egronothe 'gait is a hurry—.. Well lae wdn't. NUMBER, 4
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