VOLUME X. FARMERS LOOK MIS WAY. trAe,,,;' THE opposition say that in a short time the ground will be ready to soil- Oafs, Barley, &c. How they know this we are not able to say, but this much • wo will say, that whenever it gets ready, you had bettor give us a call for one of the best Crain Drills, and warranted at that, (no large tel about refunding money,) but if the article is not as represented, it can Ito returned, and all matters satisfactorily arranged. Likewise, in due time the grass will be in order fur hay tusking, and then we are prepared to furnish you tvith Allen's Mower, a splendid machine Mr cutting grass of any kind. And in addition, when desired. wo have also the combined Mower and Iteaper, of Manny's Patent, which is manufactured upon a dif ferent. principle from those tootle heretofore, and war ranted to cat gross and grain as fast :is one team or horses can draw it. And further. we have the Pre mium Cora Sheller of Lehigh eotthly, and as there has been sold a very large number in a short time that have rendered verse! satisfaction. we are von !Went in saying, that it has no superior here or else where. We likewise hove a mill rat` rhupf ing Hied, Willa hes been tested thorowzllly in tlitiltrent seetions, Mai nll who have witnessed its operations, testify to the good qualities of the mill, 81).1 recommend it to farmers no on article to save lilac, and likewise grain in the amount which is yearly given to millers in die shape of "toll." In short we have almost any Reticle wide!' farmers require for ogrieultond purposes. such Ms Ploughs of almost ally Cttra Cultivators, Revolving Hay Hakes. thy Pork'. Corn Plonghs, Corn Planters, Lime Spreaders. Threslting Matlainet+ nod Horse Powers 01 . .1in . ..rent kinds, an.l till warrant ed to give satisfaction. ltepairing done in all the different branches. on row:enable terms and at short notice. Any person residing at a distant,. in want of any or the .hove nom,. ean obhiin then by ad-. 1 dressing the subscribers at No. so West ih m tll ) ,,, Allentown, Pa. SW Ell %EH & SA Ell Eli. GRAIN DRILL lIEFEII.ENCES Rellllollll. NOl . lll Wilite11:111: Charles lien ninger. Darhl Deary..le: David I:tihn: , , Alaenn gy Guorul• CORN : 4 11E1.1,E1l IlEn7.l:Exer.s. littrtz. NVoseot,villt.; .Ittlin Portz. CCILII. Ct....e1;; .Lteolt \Venner. Lower ; C. A: Etlnltintn, Allentown; Tlettlten BET'EiiENCI • k !! • . • • ...I.,rvut% es, Allentmili, April 2. WARREN'S lIIIPROWEE FIRE AND WATER PROOF COAROSITIOIfiO[IIIG. Joseph Clowe11 ; Allentown, Agent for Lehigh Co yoult attention in respe'•lfully solicited to the above meth., 1 or rt.:log. 110 W 111111.11 101011 in Philadelphia 111111 vicinity.llllll Wllll.ll has been exten sively in use in 1111111 y 01 the cities of the Ifest, during. more than eleven wars 111151. during which time it has been tested under every variety or oireowtiowes, noll we 000rotootly .IGr it to the pubis• Its II nook or Rolling uttobjeetionable ill every importaittpartieultir. while it coinnAnes, ill a greater degree thou any other roof in use, the voidable rcrpli:.ites'ol• elicaptiess, and security against both lire and water.— This is rapidly superseding the use of all other• hinds or roofs, wherever it hits been introduced, giving gen eral satisfaction, and is highlv reettiumettileil by all 'hit have tested its utility. These rook retpairtl an inclination of not more 1 111111 11110 111011 to the root, which is or yt,,11 ;II rose 1;1/11.1 , , and for drying purposes. They are 1/11001111 11l 11 .pries emisid erably less then any other roof in use, while the amount or material saved, whiell would otherwise be used in extending up the trolls 111111 framing fur a steep roof, often maltcs it still farther important re duction hi the cost of building. (bitters may he formed of the some material as the roof, itt much less. expense limn nay other. In 111511 or defect or injury, from any cause, there is no root' SII easily repaired. The innteritils being mostly non-rontluetors ahem. no•roof is so cool in summer, Or so Wition in winter. Those wishing to use our roof, should give the rafters n pitch of about one inch to the foot. I , or further in formation apply to Joseph Clewell, at Allentown, our agent for Lehigh and Carbon counties, who is pre. pared to execute all orders at rhort motive. • 11. N. \VAR ItliN k CU., No. 4 Farquhar Illtiblings.lN:alnia $ t. , Philadulphia REFERENCES The following named gentlemen in Allentown have their houses roofed with the elinviol named entent-I lion, and arc Ode te:difydo iLs l4uperiority er any other kind orrooti:: B. F. Tun xt.Eit, Union st., between Ni•ith :Ind Tenth B.STitrrbnit.lValitto st., belweoti Eighth alitl Ninth F. 110111,1tN, SeVUll tit st., loot wooti I I;iiiiiltoti A: Linden ItoTll Elton. Linden st., between Fourth Fifth J. It. IVot.t.n, 8 ixth et., between Ilinnilton.t. Linden K.NAces, N in tit et., bet ween Linden A:, Turner A. Klotz, cornor or Union and Seventh street. Fourth et., between Linden A: Turner Feb. la, 18511. &Iv C. 1:1 11 . j A NNOUNCES the citizens of Allen • 11 town and riciuity, that he has lately /K, graduated 110 Physician in all the various e branches, in the I.laversity of , 211:. •ylva • Dia, and has commenced his practice in te.e Me of his father, Dr. Charles H. 111artin, next door west of the Odd Follows' hall, West _Hamilton street, Allentown, where he is at all timee prepared, by day or by night, to aid the afflicted. and render bin services o all who may honor him with a cull. ?DR. 11.1.1111 M, A.M . OFFICE AT TIIE MALAOr 1-3ClOO l l° ..IC.I, NO. 3 IVES!' II.tMILTON STREET, . ALLENTOWN, PA. . Allentown, Feb. n HOLLO, MR. FARMER, where have you been that you have got finch a heavy load. You will kill all your horse:, Ah, I have been to Storm', Cheap Cash Store, at No. Si West Hamilton St., Al lentown. I suppose you got all that load for about SIO. Yes indeed, and 25 cents change at that. Ali yes, see I got Mackerel, Solt, Sugar, CelTec,llice, Rai sins, Chocolate, Teas, Mobons, Cheese, ac., all for baying and harvest. LT ADIEF,' DRESS GOODS, oralmost overy style 4 and paterri, sueliaa Muck find fancy colored plain and figured Do Idnes, Chain, Lawns. Ging hums, Alpacas Se., ut tico Cheap Store of • Girrn & scm,Aucii, Cur. of Eighth and Hamilton Sts April 23. —tf a 1:04.21311DZ 11 4 aMitaalfroz.WW7Ittal Alt) =I Wciatattagilla PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY HAINES & titEFENDERFER AT ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM. BECKER'S 01.11.1 EXPRESS ; R. ETWEEN Allentown, Bethlehem and Phi 1J ladelphia. Omen in Allentown, at Cheorge L. Butte's, No. 30 West Hamilton street. Office in Philatlelphin, No. 101 Bare St. The proprietor, G. S. linker respectfully announres to the citizens :mil business men generally, that he has just' started a daily Express, as 111,11 V( .• yin. 110.. North Penopylvonim Bail Bond, for carrying Mcreltan dine, packages &v., of every hind,/fit roles hilly as low if not lower, than any other Exi fess, mid all pack ages will be carried with the great st care, and dey / n ered with promptness. Having luul tour years' experience in tlic Ex business, Atr. B. feels confident lhut lip Will he 311de to supply the Wants of the public in it Fatihl'aptorily All lotPiness for Allentown nut] vicinity 11111 Jrt promptly transacted by George L. btuhc, Agent. °Dice No. Mt \Vest If:minim street. N. 11.—tiout18 purelutt , c.i, and all I Inlets punctually attended to. TRUSSES, TRUSSES, TRUSSES C. 11. .Veedies, Truss and. Brace Estabtishment, South West Cor. of Twelfth and Race Sts., PIPORTER of fine FRENCH TRUSSES. COMbin ing canine lightness; ease and dtrabilit3 with correct construction. Hernial, or ruptured patients cnn be suited by remitting amounts. as below :•—Selling num ber of inches round the hips, and stating side Cost of Single Truss, $2, $3, S 4, Double —B5, $0.:F:8 and $lO. Instructions as to wear, and how to a cure, when possible, sent with the Truss. Also for sale, in great variety, Dr. Banning's Improved Patent Body Brae", For the cure of Prolapsus Uteri : Spinal Props and Supports, Patent Shoulder Braces. Chest Expanders and Erector Braces. adapted to •all with Stoop Shoulders and Weak Lungs Eng lish Elastic Abdominal Belts, Suspensories S}•t'inges—male and female. r,Ci — Ladies' Rooms, with Lady attendants. August 1. 91-13 SMTIN G. Vl3 N ME ruitvd States . Insuranre, Annuity a n d Trust Co. S. E. corner of Third and Chestnut Sts., . PHILADELPHIA. CAPITAL $250.000. VIONEY is received on deposit daily. The Ili amount deposited is entered in a Deposit Book and given to the Depositor, or, if prefer red; a certificate will be given. All sums, large and small, are received. and the amount paid back on demand, without notice. Interest is paid at the rate of fire pir cent.. commencing from the day of deposit. aml ccas• ing fourteen days previous to the withdrawal of the money. On the . first day of .Tanuary. in each year, the interest of each deposit is paid to the depositor, or added to the principal, as he may prefer. The Company have now upwards of 3,500 depositors in the City of Philadelphia alone. Any additional information 1611 be given by addressing the TRPASITRIM. DIRECTORS: Stephen R. Crawford, Prost., Lawrence John son, Vice Pres't., Ambrose T. Thompson, Ben jamin W. Tingley. Jacob L. Florance, William M. Godwin, Paul B. Goddard, George McHenry, James Devereux, Gustavus English. Secretary and Treasurer, PLINY FISK. Teller and Interpreter, J. C. 9E:him:Mager. September 5. MEIVIIITY EY LES 11011112 FIRE. Franklin Fire Insnranco Company of Philidlphia OFFICE, No. Itti Chestnut street, HUM' Fifth. QTATE M ENT of Assets, $1.52:t,919 68, January Ist, 1855, published agreeably to an Act of A,- ,embly, being First Mortgages, nmply secured, Heal Estate (presen t value $110,000) cost Temporary Loans, on ample Coluterni Seettrities. St•iclis (present value $78,191) cost $1,525,949 Gs Perm .. .hi:o or Limited Insurances made on el cry de,:cription of property, in TOIVN AND COUNTRY. nt rates ns low as are eonsistant with security. Shire their incorporation, a period tar twenty-four years, they hove paid over t/u•rr million 110111,o; Loss ay Flair, thereby ntlbroling evidence of the advantage of id,tatraillie, as to their ability mid dispocition to meet with', promptness all liabilities. DIRECTORS : Charles N. Banelicr, - Nord. D. Lewis. Tobias \Vaguer. - Adolp, E. Boric, Samuel Grant, Intvid S. Brown, Jacob R. Smith, .11lorris Patterson, Geo. W. Hiehards. . L , ane Lea, • CHARLES N. I3ANCK Ell, President. Cn.tutais G. ThiNca En, Secretory. ''SiSl... The subscribers aro the appointed Agents ”r the above mentioned Institution, and are now pre pared to make insurances on ovary doseription of property, at the lowest rates. A. L.ltlillE, Allentown Allentown, Oct. 1R55, 11 - 3 LE 11 4 ,111.1 4L - si DREMIUM INSTANTANEOUS, LIQUID HAIR DYE, jnet. received and for Ivholeenio and retail, at Reinter's Shaving Soloun,No. In En:q Street. ,•fl-flair colored at time , , owl , oti:.rnolion warranted. Allentown, March 5. • ly CM - - S JENNY LAND whero.did your mother* get that fine eett of dishes that she had ❑n the table trhen you were married'? At Jo;. Stopp's Cheap Crash Store! Well I derilare, that before Stofy wine to Allentown No could get nothing t.:O hiuul sacu+ nor 1 • 11”:11 , . • rrltUNE.—Just received and for Fait a choice lot of, .Leutlier anti Oil Cloth Trunks el the Store of Allentown. Jan. 2 PUILADELPIIIA MEM There ha's been no period since the com mencemcnt of the world in which so many im poitant discoveries, tending to the benefit of mankind, were made, as the last half century. Some of the tnost•wonderful results of human intellect have been witnessed in the last fifty years. Some of the grandest conceptions of! genius have been perfected. It is remarkable ! how the mind of the world has run into scien tific investigation, and what achievement it has effected in that short period. Before the year 1800 there was not a single steamboat in existence, and the application of steam to machinery was unknown. Fulton launched the first steamboat in 1807 ; now there are 3,000 steamboats traversing, the wa- tors of America, and the time saved in travel is equal to 70 per cent. The rivers of nearly every country in the, world aro traversed by steamboats. NB In 1800 there was not a single railroad in the world. In the United States alone there are 18,797 miles of railroad, costing 8280,000,000 to build, and about 22,000 miles of railroad in England and America. The locomotive will now travel in as many hours, a distance which, in 1800, required as many days to accomplish. In 1800 it took weeks to Convey intelligence between Philadelphia. and New Orleans; now it can be accomplished in minutes through the etc : telegraph, which only had its beginning in 18-19. Voltaistll wns discOvered in March, 1800. The electro-magnet in 1821. Electrotyping was discovered only a few years'ago. lloe's printing press, capable of printing 10,- 000 copies an hour, is a very recent discovery, but of a most important character. Gas light was unknown in 1800 ; now every city and town of any pretence, arc lighted with Daguerre communicated to the world his beautiful invention in 1339. Gun cotton and chloroform arc discoveries but a few years old. Astronomy has added a number of new plan els to the solar system. Agricultural Chemistry has enlarged the do main of knowledge in that important branch of scientific research, and mechanics have in creased the facilities of production, and the means of accomplishing an amount of labor which far transcends the ability of united manual efforts to accomplish. The triumphs achieved in this last branch of discovery and; invention, are enough to mark the last half cen- ; tury, as that which has most contributed to augment personal comforts, enlarge the enjoy ments, and add to the blessings of man. What will the next half century accomplish ? We may look for still greater discoveries ; for , the intellect of man is awake, exploring every mine of knowledge, and searching for useful in formation in every department of art and in• dustry. As many of our readers doubtless are aware, it is the custom for planters at the South to purchase clothing for their slaves.by the whole sale ; and, as of course, they have not the op - portunity 'to examine closely each article, they are sometimes swindled by a few bad ones being thrown in among the goal. An acquaintance of ours tells us, that on one occasion, he had. laid in a box of shoes, and distributed them among the negroes. A few days afterwards, Old Bob," a favorite servant, found that the shoes that had to his lot, were burst ing out. So, going to his master, he said " Massa, where did you buy .dose shoesT' " I bought them in New Orleans, Bob," res ponded our friend. .i:;:1,199.2S Is 82„1:;t1 ST 1211 li 1,11:1:1 LU 50,1)115 ;,7 " Well, where did the New Orleans people buy' ein ?" . " They bought them from the people up North, the Yankees." " Well, where do the Yankees get them," persisted Bob. , 4 The Yankees ? why, they pick them ofrthe trees." " W-w , well," responded the darkey, hold ing up his shoes, " I reckon the Yankee didn't pick dose pair soon enough, massa I reckon he waited dry was a little too ripe." • Reason tor Keeping the'Sabbath. In reasoning with a Sabbath breaker, a poor but pious old man said, •'Sappose now I had . been at work hard all the week, and earned seven shillings, and suppose I wet a man and gave him six shillings freely out of the seven ; what would you say ?" " Why,,l should say you were very kind, and the man ought to be thankful." " Well, suppose he was to knock me down, and rob me of the other shilling ;. what then ?" " Why, then he'd deserve hang. ing." Well now this is your case ; thou Art the man : God has freely given you six days to work iu and earn your bread, and the sev enth he has for himself, and commands us to keep it. het : Lut you, not satisfied with the six days God has given, rob him of the sev enth ; what thou do you deserve ?" The man was silent. • I CM ELLI MRTZ Allnitown, Pa., July 9, 1856. The Last nalf Century. Little too Ripe. The Old Maids after Buchanan. An " Old maid" is out against Buchanan in the N. Y. Evening Post. Hear how sho talks : The Presidential chair (I presume it is suf ficiently capacious) should, at any rate, be oc cupied by a complete Human being, and this fact, of itself, shuuld dispose summarily of the claims of the more or less honorable Buchanan —for if there is one principle more clearly set tled than any other, it is that an Old Bachelor is at most but a llalf•man ; and how can such a person make more than a Half President ? Now, sir, it is bad enough to have a man at the head of the White House who is destitute of a back bone ; but to have one who, in addition to this anatomical defect, has the moral defect of being destitute of his most natural and es sential compliment---L'a Wife—would be truly monstrous. Imagine the disgrace of having our National Palace converted into a Bachelor's Den ; our National Board presided over by a Single Man ; our National Fire poked by a sin gle Tong ! Old Maids are excusable, their position not being a matter of choice; but old bachelors—bah ! The very name is sickening. The wife who will let her husband vote for such a man ought to be lynched, or if you prefer, Brooksed. I ask you, sir, if it is not notorious that old bachelors arc the , most selfish, the most intriguing, the most dangerous, the most dyspeptic of mortals ? And then to think of a Bachelor who has lived in Europe! 'I decline to pursue the subject—my motto is that of the Western hunter : Bear and forbear•." Iron and Coal In the United States there are 160,000 square I miles of coal beds, in Great Britain less than 12,000. The proportions of iron are about the same. The coal and the iron which she possess es are the source of nearly all the power of the British Empire. Iron forms the body. and coal the soul of her strength ; iron-the nerve and sinew, but coal the vital heat and energy that puts the whole in motion. The iron-fingers of her machinery spin the most delicate and cun ning laces, and the iron-arm of her shafts move with huge force, accomplishing the labors of hundreds of millions of men ; but ft is the car bon of her coal that has imparted a life-like force and direction to the cold hard metal, and thus enabled England, while only having to I support a population of 25,000,000 to perform an amount of physical labor more than equal to that of all the human beings in the world un allied by machinery. All the teeming swarms of her Indian possessions, consuming as they do I and must, perform not half the valuable labor for the world that her coal, generating the mo tive power of steam, is momentarily effecting. This it is that rears all the wealth of British manufacttirers and the peaceful arts of indus try, and this that enables her to carry so easily her unheard-of public debt, fight battles all over the world, conduct campaigns to a successful issue, in spite of her numerical feebleness.—Ro chester Ainerican. :Tunas Caesar Hannibal's Lectures. ' I shall on dis great 'casion spoke • to you 'bout de beasteses and monsters ob de deep : and as I allers take de biggest end ob de joke fust, I shall lecture dis ebenin on de big cod fish knone 'along de saylers as de whale. De whale, my lions, am worry seldom found in any odder place dan de Meddleterrainin an' de Specific Oshuns. • De whale am 'mong' de fishes what de elenfant am 'mong de beasleses, de biggest loafer of dein all. A fisherman named Jona swalleredone once ; but it' ober- I loaded his stomach• to dat degree, dat in tree days he leifhim up ngin. It was too much for hint. ' De whale am de big fish ; de cod fish aristo cracy ob de sea, de same as de big bugs am de cod-fish aristocracy ob do land ;but de former bab got de 'wantnge oh de latter, 'inn notwith-: standin' do whale dewours a good, deal, he pro duces sutra in, but de land cod-fish aristocracy dewours eberyting, an' produces man !' A good companion-piece to this is the Pro fessor's description ob De Elemfant, in another of his lectures on Natural History : ' Ile is as big as a hay-stack on four wharf spikes, with a head like a flour barrel, wid side oh sole ledder flappin' on each side oh it, an' a nose six foot long, a squirmin' around like do Ingincrubber hose, and a couple ob teef a stickin out oh de mouf like two barber poles a stickin' out ob a basement barber shop. When he walks, be rolls from side to side like a sayler man jis landed ; an I spec de rea son am, because his feet am very tender, for lie's got corns on all his toes. His foot am sumlin like , a colored man's, oncy broader ; but like de (Whey's, do holler ob it makes a hole in de ground. When he 'War mile, it seems - to the dat dey stood out four of dem wart'-spikes, and den piled on all dr meat dry could git on. Dey' dcu made a graby oh sandstone, gotta per.iha, brown dust, nmlasses and gray dog. and pourial it all ober de it th.y. Whou dry rotor to de tail,'dc stuff gib out, and dry had to cut it short !! To Trim who can Undorstand It [NoTtc».—The following poem nppeared in tho year 1835, with the following singular request:— " Printers throughout the United States are request ed to copy this," in consequence of which it was most extensively and widely circulated. It contains the true spirit of poetry, with a bitterness of heart sel dom if ever so feelingly expressed. It is the poetry of a loving heart, and wo re-insert it, hoping that it has long since had its effect.] Ile who has left his youthful bride, And children young and fair, To float o» fortune's doubtful tide, Borne on, he knows not where, These linos, perchance, may coldly spurn That ask the wanderer's return. Yet oh! the unwilling heart forgive, That flares to trouble thine, I would not seek to make thee grieve But for thus° babes of mine; Those treasures cent 115 from above, Tho pledges of our mutual love. For them I plead, not now Of Irina my lot bath Leon, And how for thee I left my home And each familiar scene, And sought the distant Lille of A—, For sweet with thee were even they. I hailed the mountain's proudest. saell, The lures 's darkest pride, The beaten rock, the ragged dell, Fey thou wort. by my side; And earth's worst wilderness is.dear, Is fair, when those we love are near. Bat thou hast left thy dark-eyed Loy Jul distant paths to roam; A gambler's lifo for thee bath joys, But not, alas ! thy home. Thy,ehildren weep amid their piny, Anil I am far more lone than they. Our babes for very (rant of bread Have been compelled to room; And non. on public bounty fed, Find a preearhins home. IVhile he who should their guardian ho, flits left them to their misery. My boy, the eldest and the first, The image of his sire, Will into tears of sorrow burst, And thus of me inquire: '•Mother, dear mother! tell me when My father will come back again." Yet go, thou false deserter, go! And ifsome hrippier (linnu llns kindled in thy henri the glow Of love's deceitful flame, Oh, hear me, fairer she may be, /tut she will never love like me. And oh, vouchsafe one little line, Tf only to confirm my woe, That I may to my fate resign When all its ills I linow ; And leave me not without n word, To pine and fade with hope deferred Then leave to penury's biller crust Thy lone deserted spouse, T o mourn o'er womam's broken trust, And man's deceitful vows— May'st thou nu'er know the smallest part Of that which wrings a broken heart. A LNIIITA POUTER .11M. Give Your Child a Paper, A child beginning.to read, is delighted with a newspaper, because ho reads nathes of things which are familiar; and will make progress ac cordingly. A newspaper in a family in the course of.a year is worth a quarter's schooling to tachild, and every father must consider sub'• stantial information connected with advance ment. The mother of a family being one of the heads, and having a more immediate charge of the children should herself be instructed.— A mind occupied becomes fortified against the ills of life, and is braced for any emergency. Children amused by reading or study, aro of course more considerate and more easily gov erned. How many parents who have not giv , en twenty dollars for books for their families, would have given hundreds to reclaim a son or a danghter - who . has ignorantly Or thoughtless ly fallen into temptation. leargliing and Iletirgettlitg. There are two things that a woman, however thoroughly she may forgive them, never forgets, neglect and unkindness ; and when once these have cast their shadows across the bright, eager gladness with which she yields up her whole soul as. a thank-offering to him she loves, man with his stronger, sterner nature, can no' more being back the delicacy and freshness of that young affection, than he can restore to the peach the bloom which his careless fingers have defaced. The love may still exist in its full reality, but the bright halo of early romance which surrounded her has been dispelled, never more to return. n -- Must it not be very romantic, to be on your knees before a lovely one or Love's lonely daughters, bearing up a torrent of sweet words between her glowing. pat . tcd lips, raising roses on h . er checks by the aere, bringing tears of hu• mid pl ea ,: t p, t o her eyes, at the hieniiealinio• in, iu %Own she is g ,, ing to tiwoon away in yuur 1.0 fitz...itixiou. , , mother cry : y ou, Sally, hare you fed the pigs?' En Few of our lady readers, while they peep so' bewitchingly over the tips of their ivory fans; or ply their fingers so nimbly and gracefUlly: over the white keys of the piano, aro wont to' cast a thought towards the manner in which this material is produced, the quantities of it• which aro annually used; and the number of no 4 Me animals which aro yearly slain for the pose of supplying the constantly increasing de- - mend. Mr. Dalton, a celebrated Sheffield manu facturer, estimates that the annual consumption' of Ivory in the town of Sheffield alone is about one hundred and eighty tons, equal in value to' £30,000 and requiring the labor of 500 per- . sons to work it up fur trade. The number of tusks to make up this amount of Ivory is 45,- 000 ; and according to this the number of ele= pliants slaughtered every year for the supply' of the Sheffield market is 22,500. But suppos-' ing some tusks to be cast, and some animals•. to have died a natural death, it may bo fairly estimated that 10,000 are killed for that pur-- poso. The Poor Bors College. The Printing office has indeed proved a bet- - ter College tynany a poor boy—has graduated' more useful and conspicuous members of socie- - ty—has brought more. intellect and turned it Into practical, useful channels—awakened more' mind—generated more active and elevated thought, than many of the literary colleges of the country. low many a dunce has passed through these colleges with no tangible proof of fitness, other than his inanimate piece of parchment ; himself, if impossible, mare inani mate than his leather diploma ! There is' something in the very atmosphere of a printing office calculated to awaken the mind and in spire a thirst for knowledge. A boy who corn= mences in such a school, will have his talents' and ideas brought out—or ho will be driven out himself. 1:a - A VALENTINE AS IS A VALnyrme.—Tho' adyiwho could read the following and not' pity' he sorrows of a poor young man,' deserves to , ' ivc and dio an old maid : Li - An Irishmen, fresh from the sod, and' anxious to secure a humming bird, caught a large bee instead ; it stung him, when Pat' cried out L-" llouly Moses, how hot its little. let is !" r`c'Look Item Jones ! Professor Pudd's ideas is dat de whole world is but de Valiul a dollar.' 'Why, how is (ha ?' 'Case, he says, it only contains four quar ers.' (17 - Wc once beard of an Irishman who was sees_busy with a tile, working away at a piece of gr wer. "What aro you doing there, Pat?" inquired some one. " Shure, an' I'm trying to' fle down a five cent piece into a Sp." - INUMBER 41. Ear Rings. Ear Rings are worn by all nations. In the East Indies they aro made the size of saucers, and are generally of gold and valuable jewels. In order to admit this immense ear-ring, an' incision is made through the ear, and a filar ment, formed of cocoa-nut leaves tightly rolled together, is thrust into the opening. This fila ment is constantly enlarged, till it has wrench ed the orifice to two inches in diameter, and the' perfection required being then attained, the wound is allowed to heal, and the ear laden with every kind of ornament. The ear of thd lady belonging to civilized Christendom would be looked upon with contempt by these Eastern fashionables of both sexes—for men as well at woman wear the ear loaded with coins, jewels, flowers, or anything ornamental that they can procure ; but among the Indian tribes the no-' Nesse alone aro allowed the high privilege of having an orifice through the car more than three inches in diameter, while the lower orders• are restricted to that size. Ivory. I wish I was aturlceydovo it set ten on your knee, I'd kiss your stuilite lips to all eter-my-tce! EMI 0
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