ADVERTISING RATES. 1 me. 3 mos. 8 mos.. 1 'sr. 1.60 1.76 .3.60 0.01 10.03 8.10 3.60 • 5.60 10.03 10.80 4.60 5.00 8.121 1400 21 04 8.03 16.00 '21.00 .40. • 10.0) 20.00 33.00 60.03 15.00 32.60 60.10. 40.00 23.00 60.03 80.00 150.60 . Professional Cards $l.OO per line Per Test. Administrator's and Auditor's Notices, aux City Noticos.'2o cont•per lino lot insertion, 13 cells par line each submenent insertion. Ten lines agate constitute a square. ROBERT IREDELL, Jn,, Punusuan,,, k e . ti s q4a a rg , . Th IXSquare., Quarter Column Half Column One Column ALLENTOWN, PA clothing TUE VERY BEST THE CHEAPEST, THE MO ST BEAUTIFUL AND MOST DURABLE CLOTHING, KEYSTONE HALL BALLET & AGLE Have the largest, best and cheapest stook of CLOTHING ever gut up to this clty,and sell Ctoods lu their lion, souk as COATS, PANTS, au/ all 01104 Goade partaluing to ME it .111 W 2111 FOR LESS MONEY, than yen eau buy elsewhere In Eastern Penneyhaulm No Slop Shop made Goods sold. CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER. We keep eanntently on hand a large and elegant annort 'merit of GOODS, from which containers can make their selections and hate them made up on short notice. Their Cutting Department Is under the supervision of GEORGE K. REEDER, who ham had many Ivan experience In the lanolin bust neat and who will bo pleated to receive the call• of hi. former patrol.. SfirAll work warranted to to, of the very ',ext. Call and zoo our new SPRING STOCK, received at the KEYSTONE HALL, No. 24 West Hamilton Street •eXt door to the (termite Reformed Chartik, ALLEN TOWN, PA. • A full aamortmeat of Oeuta' Pitralublua floods alwaym •u band. AARON RALLIET, ' may 12-tf GREAT ATTRACTION 1 NEW F7DAI! NEW GOODS! CLOTHING! CLOTHING! GRAND SPRING AND SUMMER OPENING. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRLCES T. 0 SAI UN & CO., Sttoreasors to 31Itsger A 0,0001. • B A It G A' I N S ♦T Till GREAT CLOTHING EMPORIUII IN REIMER'S IWILDINO NO. 13 EAST HAMILTON STREET, I= W. would Inform the eltireux of Alleutowu mud the Bur rounding country that wo nru prepared with a largo ~rock of good., fur SPRING AND SUMMER WEAR, and offer them to the public et reasonable prices. Toth°, who buy their Clothing ready-made, they aro prepared t offer BARGAINS. WHOLE SUITS MADE TO ORDER! COATS, PANTS AND VESTS Cut ■nd made hi the latest etyle, and by the best workme I= CLOTHING, CLOTHS AND CASSIMEREB, Is larger then It has been before, end we Intend to tell very SMALL PROFITS, and glee our cuebunere the ben It of our low purchases. I= NECKTIES, CUFFS, COLLARS, And etegthing In the line of GRICT'S FURNISHING GOODS MEWS, YOUTHS', BOYS', and CHILDREN'S READY-MADE CLOTHING CONSTANTLY ON lIAND Don't forget the place, No. 43 Emit Hamilton street, third door above Sixth street. Oamvx, Jacon 11. SCHOLL, mar 24•tf iftccbanico CONSHOHOCKEN BOILER AND COIL WORKS JOIIN WOOD, JR., TUBE, FLUE AND CYLINDER BOILERN. BATIK I All klnds of Wrought Iron Coils, Tuyer. for Blast Fur nace, ()Remoter., Smoke Stacks, Blast l'ipex, I eon Wheel barrows, and eyoryllting In the Boller and Sheet Iran line. Also, all kind. of Iron and Steel Forging* and Blackstoltk work; Miner.' Toole of all kinds, each a. Whet. Buckets, Pick., Drills, Mallets, Sledges, of • Having a Steam Hammer and net of tool• of all kinds, sad .killed workmen, I flatter myeelf that] can turn out work with promptness and dispatch, sit arr which will he warranted to be nest-clams. • • • • Patching Boilers, and repairing generally, etrietly • landed to.. •pr 7-1 y STRATTON'S PORTABLE AIR GAS MACHINE. PATENTED MAUCH:DST, ISM, BAYS HgNRY BY SLAKING YOUR OWN GAS THE CHEAPEST LIGHT IN USE Stratton'• Gas Machine for Illuminating Hotel., Private Residence.., Stores, MOW, etc., te simple in construction, coneumes all the material need In the manufacture of can, and is so cheap a• to bring it within the reach of all. Ills free from explosions. can be managed by any person, and produce.; a superior light to all other., at one•half the cost of ordinary burning gas. NO RARE 1S APPLIED TO TIIR APPARATUS. , It can be attached to ordinary can pipes and fixture.. the only variation being in the enlargement , of the burner jets. All parts of the apparatus are made to this mos.t tholough and wurkmalllotaanoer. ..I:3nßecyrity iiieFiffiraitilite; Wait ylrot, cgstoteenstrEytlon. !trad A .... lond, it;."'TVl;d7 . 674;sitrie . a. and 13 roundly, m a . n u d . commences Impossibility alt. (ointment o order. Fourth, Economy In use of material. A machine capable of eupplylng len burners coonsglei, Anylurther - Information will begiven and the workings of the machine explained by calling upon the agent for Lehigh county. C. W. STUDER, WALNUT STREET, CORNER OF PENN, (Avows immix ouzo coLuion, ) ALLENTOWN PA or tic latbico , • - i 2l . 30 v. ''•ll6=lllPr. HOWE SEWING MACHINE AlWays on bind and for mole by • EDWARD DESH , LER, AGENT NO. 31 EAST HAMILTON STREET, • RIMERM10111: Henry bob, Jr., Boot and Shoo Manufacturer . John Farr, Heaton k Danko!, " " Millar, tichrelber & Co., Merchant Tailors. Rhoads k KIIIII3. Wm. 11. Alum Praeldent Second National Dank, Dr. B. P. Jacoby, Dentist. D. Clay Mamerslir, T ADIES' GOODS. AA The new style. are already iicalred at MRS. M. A. G. GULDINI3 Ladles' Trimming Store. The fashion. are pretty. Ladies, sail and sue them. Hoop Skirts are cheaper than In cheap timc.-313 springs, well made, $1 001 50 spring. at p 74. mar 24.t f THITIMPX4&"! t mosy RE n 3;,,1 W. J. EVERETT, SO NORTH SEVENTH STREET, Below 'Arch. l'hilndelphia, (late Urn Mcetenachanhs Trueses. Female Supporter., Brien., Mastic Belt., Stock tee.. • toowest prices. Betted adjustment.. Lad yat tndant June AMY VOL. XXIII DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS, AND CARPETS, VESTS FOSTER'S NEW YORK CITY STORE, ALLENTOWN, PA. JOSEPH NAGLE We have inaugurated a new era in the Dry Goods business in Allentown. " Get as much as you eau," has too long been the motto of our merchants here. "SELL AS LOW AS YOU CAN" is the motto we sail under. For the best and latest styles of all kinds of Dry Goods, Fancy Goods and Carpets, if you would buy them at reasonable rates, you must come to us.- WHITE 4p_cppymt, BELOW REGULAR RATER. ' PLAIN, PLAID AND STRIPED NAISBOOKB. PLAIN, PLAID AND STRIPED OIIOANDIES. VICTORIA AND BISHOP LAWNS. PEKIN FOR New Style, sad Cholas for Dresden. PIQUES, In all rraden. SOFT •D II•RD FINISHED CAMBRICS. SHIRRED MUSLINS. A Choke Stock. EMBROIDERIES. FINE NEEDLE WORK EDOINOS nod INSERTINOS • ONE-lIALF VALUE. HAMBUROS, In SWISS and CAMBRIC. A Full Stork RUFFLINOS of all kinds, as MAOIC, EMPRESS, &e. LACES. REAL and IMITATION OII,PU IIE, THREAD and VALENCIA. BOBINETS and WASII BLONDS. GRENADINES FOR VEILS, The New enters. LADIES', MISSES', and BOYS' CUFFS end COLLARS. LEMAISTRE & ROSS, 212 NORTH EIGHTH STREET, PHILADA. hay 7•'Lb 6 6 SUDDEN CHANGE." WILL LOW PRICES INFLUENCE YOU OLD TIMES AGAIN IMMENSE REDUCTION IN PRICES THE OLD CORNER Just opened au enormous STOCK OF SPRING GOODS, STYLE, VARIETY, AND LOWNESS OF PRIVE lar Competition (101eit with any other I.:WU:shine outside of the larger CigiCa.jel MARTIN LTXXI SPACE WILL NOT PERMIT OF NAMING ouch Im men., stock of goods, but let It snake to that wo hay tha moat COMPLETb amortment of Ladien Dress Goods, Dress Silk. Poplina, Shawl,. Balmoral., House Furolgh lug Goods, L adies' Cloaking Cloth, Moo', Wear lo Cloth Causloiere s,Sm., and everything that kept In a FIRST CLASS DRY GOODS STORE In mlles. variety. Ido no "QUOTE PRICES" all some houses do, but will guarani° ASTONISHING FIGURES The difference in prices of geed+ to-day, and a month ago la really painful for those who have been caught will large Blacks on bunt at high lark., but as that In not th ease with me, I shall an heretofore make the OLD COIL NEIL THE GREAT PLACE OF INTEREST AND HEADQUARTERS r the lames to get their goods at the LOWEST MARKET PRICES I fully realise that no permanent success eau be achieved asters the promisee held out bradvertisoments are found to be fully imetalued on a visit to the store. Nor can it bo • large success without scrupulously reliable and fair dealing at all limes and uniform courtesy to ever• custo mer, and the endeavor to make every buyer a constant dealer. All I ask Is simply to decide by acing/ tetra whethetr er not 111 s to your advantage to become a custo mer. Ilelopectfully Yours, OPPOSITE THE EAGLE HOTEL aprll 14 Carinto anti. eloth: ,_ /rlili CARPET AND OIL CLOTH EMPORIUM OP E. S. SHIMER & CO., NOS. ri AND 7 WEST HAMILTON ST REPLENISHED la all Ile West ♦arlellee, etyles awl pallor., PRICES REDUCED We keep for Bale All the followlot popular mikes BODY BRUSSELS. 6 FRANK ENGLISH, FRANK lIIGELOR, 6 FRANK HARTFORD. ENOLISH TAPESTRY, CROSSLEY'S TAPESTRY,. STOD DART TAPESTRY SMITH TAPESTRY, • HARTFORD A LOWELL, extra 3 ply, IMPERIAL, extra 3 ply, • MEDIUM SUPERFINE, S ply, SMITH TAPESTRY INGRAIN, PIIILA. SUPERFINE de., PHILADELPHIA FINE INGRAIN, PHILADELPHIA COMMON INGRAIN, PHILADELPHIA WOOL Ut(GRAIN, de. WINDOW SHADES CURTAINS OP EVRRY DESCRIPTION, STYLE AND PRICES mANIIOOD ; BOW LOST, 110 W .21gitTORED, Just published, anew edition of Dr. Culverwell'• Cele brated may on the radical curt Jwithout medicine) of SPIRMATIMMEA . , or Seminal weakneee, Involuntary Seminal Losses, IMPOTRIgeT. Mental and Physical Inca pacity, Impedimenta to Marriage, etc; else, Cosmos! , Ties, KNIAPST. and Induced by nen-indulgence of wane, este aaaaa nee. TZM.74143 rutekeuttirdlVLlV°Z . ..,,, clearly demonstrates from a thirty years' eucceesful Practice, that the alarming sopsequences of self-abuse may be radically cured without the dangerous nee of Internal medicate or the application of the knife; pointing out &mode of cure at once simple, certain, and •ffectual, by means of which every sufferer. no matter what his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately, and radically. lifg—Thise should be la the hands of every youth and every man in the land ' Bent under seal, Ina Plain envelop& to any address, p o stpaid. on receipt of els cents, orpd, two post Mamie. Also. Dr. Calverwelre • • Marriage Oulde," price 25 cts. Addrces the Publiehere, Cll,lB. .I.C. h LINK & CO., Jy2l-ly 121 Bowery, Kew York, P. 0. Box 4,585. CahLeauqua. IS. WATE.UMAN, @Proprietor of WATIMMAN'd COCKT AND TON IC Immune. Wholesale and Retail, No. 1106 Market SG, Philadelphia. The tonic properties of Ike.° Bitters have bees certified Ithelesftraffi our 0101$ Ihrt e c= i ihrteW . F. ' ll,l universal favorite among judges of a rood [le or whisky cocktail. s c . immm ,,, v . , ‘ 40., ..„.. , rf b itl I q iij r 7 r, rki h Grp Goobc FOR GO TO =I d ball and cannot b. murpas.ed M. J. KRA'MER, "OLD CORNED," =! ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY . MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1869. THE LONG TO-MORW)W Old age that stratus the web of life, • And checks that shuttle's eager paces, Brings rest from all the world's vain strife, And leaves an old mail to old faces ; •-• And still my heart beats warmly yet, Although grandchildren play before me, And I easily forget That eight• Summers have passed o'er me Sweet maiden, with the downcast eyes, To whom my grandson gully chatters, And treasures up the low replies You make on many foolish matters ; I wonder when a dearer name He whispers through those shining tretn4er, If you'll believe I've done the same, And thrilled a heart with my caresses! And when my youngest joined his ship, So tearful nt the sad home faces, Shrunk at his mother's quivering Ilp, The while he sighed for far-olf places— I wonder if he ever thought I had toy dreams of earth and glory ; lint silvered hairs have sternly taught The worth of that heroic story. And often In the mazy timing When little feet are lightly dancing, And an each maiden whirls along, The bounie . eyen give sweeter glancing., I sit apart and idly dream That my fair youth has not departed, And other hopes and fancies seem To leave me fin• more tender hearted. My We's gay Spring had many joys The Summer brought me love's drst roses, The Autumn gave me my brave boys, I wait until the winter closes. Each season has In order brought The mingled flowers of joy a n d sorrow, And many an earnest lesson taught— And so I wait the long to-morrow. STORY FOR OUR YOUNG READERS THE TWO CLERKS I= In Market Square, in the pleasant city of ' Merryport, was a crockery-ware store, over the door of which was a block - sign, hearing in gilt letters, the name Benjamin Hudson. For many years this crockery-ware store had been there, with the great pitcher hanging in front tier a sign ; indeed, when Mr. Hudson first opened the store, s o me forty years previ ously, he was quite a young man, and the sign over his door was very bright and hand some; but now his eyes had grown dim ' and the owner was called " Old Hudson" by all the boys and girls of the city. The wimlow of his store had great attrac tions for all the children that passed that way. There were beautiful vases, handsome China mugs, with " " Fannie ' " William," and lots of other names inscribed upon them ; there were also plates, with pictures on them representing Franklin's maxims ; and tnnuy clocks, shaped like dogs, that would roll their eyeballs to and fro every time they ticked, and many other things, curious and ornamen tal. ' Mr. Benjamin Hudson had grown rich in his business, for he had conducted it all hini self, and taken care that nothing should be wasted or lost by neglect. .1 le had made mis takes, to be sure, as every man will make some blunders during a lifetime, but by skillful management he quickly rec vered from them. Sixty-five years had begun to bend over Mr. Hudson's shoulders, and dim the brightness of his eyes, and lie found business more irk some than it formerly had been. "I must have a partner," said he, one day to himself, as he sat before a cheerful fire. "I must have sonic one interested in the busi ness who is young and active, and will take the weight from olf my shoulders, for I cannot do as I used to do." • Now, in Mr. Hudson's employ were two young men—Herbert Bond and Charles Sell moune-, They had been with hint an, equal length of time, and had performed their duties faithfully and well. Charles did his work quickly, and had a smart way abont hint that made people think lie was greatly superior to Herbert, who had a more quiet demeanoroind accomplished quite as much without making a great slit' about. it. "I must have either Herbert or Charles for a partner," soliloquized Mr. Hudson ; "which one I cannot decide. Tney both do very well in the store, but I ought to know something of . them out of the store, and I ant sorry to say that that is a point I have never paid proper attention to. -My clerks come here in the morning and go away at night; what be comes of them over night I know not ; and yet I ought to know. Neither of them have parents in the efty ; they nie in some of the numerous boarding-houses, and I hope are steady and well behaved. I must see them in their homes, and then decide which shall be my partner." The next day Mr. Hudson ascertained the hoarding places of his two clerks, without , letting them know for What purpose ; and i after suppul, that evening, his wife and (laugh ! tern were somewhat astonished to sec him go to the ball, and put on his coat and hat. I"Where are you going, papa ?" asked Lilly, the youngest daugidef, who could hardly re member the evening when her father had not remained at home. "I am going to make a call, Lilly, on tw•o young men of my acquaintance ; shall not he gone long," replied Mr. Hudson. And, bid ding them good-night, he went out. Herbert's hoarding-house was the nearer of the two, and here Mr. Iludson stopped first It was a neat looking house, in a very pleas ant street. Mrs. Buntin, the landlady, opened the door when Mr. Hudson rang. .- " Does a young man named Herbert Bond board hero ?" " lie does. Walk in, sir, and I will call him," replied the WOlllOl. "I will go to his room, if you will show .me where it is," answered Mr. Hudson. " I pre sume he is in it ?" "I think so ; he is seldom out in the even ing. You can step up there if you like, sir; go up two flights, and the first one on the right is the one," replied Mrs. Buntin. Mr. Hudson puffed up the stairs,and knocked with his cane at tim designated door. It was opened by Herbert, who looked very much amazed when he saw his employer, and said : " Why, Mr. Hudson, is anything the matter at the store ? Nothing happened out of the way, I hope ?" ' "No—nothing—nothing at all," said Mr. Hudson, walking in and taking a chair. ."I took a notion to-call around and see how you were this evening." Bond expressed himself as being very glad to see his employer ; and while he took his hat and cane, Mr: Hudson glanced around the chamber. It was an attic room, with two dormer windows ; a good fire was burning in an open grate ; a book rack, filled with books, adorned one side of the room, while the cen tre of the floor was occupied by a table, on which were writing materials. " You look-very rosy here, Herbert; but why do you have an attic room I' Are there none that you can have below stairs ?" "0, yes sir ; but this room is a dollar per week cheaper, and I have all the more money to send to my father," replied Herbert. "Isn't your father well off?" inquired Mr. Hudson. . "Not very, sir ; he used to be pretty rich, but his business was disastrous, and he lost a great deal of money," said Bond. " What do you find to do evenings ? Doesn't time hang heavy 4" "0, no, sir; 3 have books to read, and let ters to write. To-night I am writing home. They want me to make them a visit, but •I write father that it is a pretty busy time Just now, but when it is over I shall ask you for a few days absence," answered Herbert. "You shall have it willingly," said Mr. Hudson, and then he added : "Does Charles ever call upon you ?" "No sir. I have asked him to do so several times, but hp has never called." "Are you contented here in this boarding house ?" inquired Mr. Hudson. "It is a very good boarding-house, and Mrs. Buntin treats me very kindly ; but I often wish that I could live at home with my father and mother," answered Herbert. ' "And why can't you ? How far is it from here?' asked his employer. "It is twenty-fiye miles, sir; rather far to travel every day ; and then I cannot afford the expense," was Herbert's reply. "What time should you reach the store in the morning ?" "At half•past eight, sir." • "And you would have to leave at what hour in the afternoon ?" "About half-past five, sir." " got very bad hours for business. Perhaps can be arranged so that you can live at oine, Herbert." . . "0, I should like it so much, If I could I I am so homesick here in the city !" was the clerk's reply. " Well, I'll look into the matter, Herbert. It seems a pity that one who is fond of his honie can't live there, In these days of rail ways and fast traveling," said Mr, Hudson ; and he rose to depart. Herbert.thanked Lim for his visit, and said it would please him to see Mr. Hudson again. The old gentleman descended the stairs, well satisfied with the call, and said to him self: "Now for Charles Sehmour's. I hope I shall find him as well occupied as Herbert On the way to the house, which was three or four streets distant, Mr. Hudson's attention was attracted to three young men, who were talking very loudly, and acting in a rowdy manner, pushing each other against the passers by, and =king rude, insulting remarks to them. It so happened that Mr. Hudson wore a white hat. So when these fellows passed him they looked behind and said, "0, what a hat !" " Who stole the donkey ?" " The man with the white hat!" and similar polite observations. And as they walked much faster than he did, they were soon out of sight. The hparding-house was reached, the bell rung, and Mr. Hudson admitted. The ser vant said Sehnuour was in, and ushered him to his chamber door. Mr. Hudson knocked and the door was immediately flung wide open, and a voice exclaimed : IVell, old fellow, got along nt last, have ? We're all ready for you; have you got " Charles Sehmour stopped and his face turned deadly pale nt seeing ..,steed of one of his boon companions, his venerable employer. It was several seconds before he could recover his speech. "1 beg your pardon, Mr. Hudson ; you must excuse me ; I expected a friend this evening, and in the dim light of the entry I thought you were he. Walk in, sir, and sit down." Mr. Hud son entered the room, and was somewhat sur prised to see the identical three young men who had insulted him in the street; they were smoking cigars, and had their feet elevated on the bureau, mantel piece and bedstead. Mr. Hudson saw at once that he was nn unwel come guest. - The room was in confusion, and Sehmour's actions were painfully awkward. Nevertheless, Ills employer started a conVer sation, and had been there about ten minutes, when a footstep was heard upon the stairs ; and then the door opened a little Ways, and a bottle of champagne came rolling across the floor, followed immediately by a round dutch cheese. a bunch of cigars, and two more bot tles. Sehmour looked dreadfully distressed, but could do nothing. It was a fourth friend who had been out for refreshments, and took this facetious mode of introducing , them- into the chamber. Mr.. Hudson thought it was time fin• him to go ; so he took his.leave, and returned to his home. It is almost needlesS to say that Charles Sehmour's enjoyment of the evening was decidedly marred by this un expected visit. 'He and his friends had ar ranged for a jolly good time. Mr. Hudson was not long in making up his mind as to which one of his clerks would make the most faithful and efficient partner ; and in less than a week it was announced in the papers that llerbert Bond was a member of the firm of " Benjamin Hudson & Co." It was a happy day for Herbert, for he could live at home again, amid the scenes of his childhood ; and it was not many years before he managed the whole of the business himself, and became a wealthy man. Charles Selonour knew very well the reason of mr. Hudson's chothe, and he never ceased to regret having formed such unprofitable ac quaintances as were assembled in his room that unlucky evening.—Oliver Optic's Mag. ILE YOSEMITE VALLEY Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Vice President, fur nishes to the last Hearth and Howe the fol lowing description of the Yosemite Valley, as he saw it in 1865 ; Far up in the Sierra Nevada, nearly three hundred miles from San Francisco, is the pre eminent wonder of our continent, the Yose-. mite Valley, untrodden by the foot of the white man till 1851, and difficult of access to this day. No wheels have ever rumbled over its sod, but leaving the stage at Mariposa, sure footed horses take you by grades that seem to the eye almost unclimbable ; up rugged moun tain.ranges, down deep valleys, through nar row ravines and narrower gorges ; amid ma jestic forests, over boulders of granite, skirting along hill-sides for fifty miles, until at lasc from a jutting point•on the 'often precipitous trail, you look down into this wonderful cleft or fissure which you must wind around mile after mile yet to enter. Anticipating some thing grand, the reality, as is so rarely the case is, in romantic beauty and wild sublimity far beyond the mental pictures drawn by' the most vivid imagination. The towering Sierras, which the Almighty had thus torn asunder, are all around. Towns and settlements and houses are far behind you. It seems the home of the genius of solitude. And there, you look straight down nearly a mile, into a narrow but smiling valley eight miles long and aver aging but a half a mile in width, with the Merced River winding gracefully among grassy meadows and scattered groves; while, like grim sentinels on either Bide, the moun tains rise three to six thousand feet above, the valley, which itself is four thousand feet above the sea. . . These yellowish granite walls, like Tu-toch enu-lalt, or El Capital, as it is oftener called, straight up and down, smooth, seamWss, and verdureless ; or surmounted, like another, by a beautifully rounded dtime, greater and vaster than dome of capitol or palace, or shoot- • _ tog up into an assimulation to cathedral towers; after which others are named, or mounting one above another, and rolling away in. close. proximity to each other, like the Three Broth ers ; or cut down, sharp and sheer in the mid dle, as if with a mighty cleaver wielded by a tower no less than infinite, 1110 .the Half Dome ; or towering above all others, like the Sentinel Rock ; or slightly sloping from the perpendicular, but 'massive and gigantic as the rest—such an aggregation of remarkable mountains fill the soul with the bewildered grandeur, as well as the solemn sublimity of the scene.. It seems as if, in the creation, this wonderful furrow was ploughed out of the Mountain range, and the, rock thrown away that a valley, picturesque in its varied beauty, and smiling as you might hnagine the happy valley of Rasselas, shut out from all the din and strife and unrest of the. world, might here be found. And when, after gazing an hour in silence, you leave this view to wind around the trail by Which a descent to this almost in accessible valley is found, and at last ride along the river's bank, galloping over the luxuriant grass-sward, for days enjoying and drinking in its peerless and commanding scenery, new beauties feast your eyes at every hour. Here is the Bridal Veil, a creek 70 feet wide, falling over its rocky wall 000 feet at a single leap, dissipated first into lace like strands and then into fleecy mist by the descent. Here is, the 'Yosemite Fall, the highest in the world, at two leaps falling twenty-six hundred feet, fifteen times higher than I , .iiagara, the eye tir ing as it looks almost straight upWard to where it comes rushing over the precipice in view. here arc the falls by' Which the Mer ced River tumbles from the higher ground be hind these mighty walla of the valley into the valley itself—at one fall, the Neyada, leaping from the top of a perpendicular, cliff full 700 feet, no then, after dashing on. rapidly over a smooth and rounded granite bed, Into which the water has literally worn its channel, leap ing downward again at the Vernall Fall 350 feet, with that rare' phenomenon, a circular rainbow, at its base. Though no mule or horse can reach these most fascinating of all the wonders of the valley, and the trail is rug ged and difficult, and wearisome on foot, and ladders nearly three hundred feet high aro needed to scale the perpendicular walls of rock over which, by your side, the river thunders at its second plunge, fatigue and danger are forgotten in these awe-Inspiring and start lingly sublime works of the Creator around you. The long journey from the East is more than repaid by such combinations of austere and exquisite scenery as I looked on with mingled admiration and surprise In the valley oPtho Yosemite. JOSH, JEMIMA, AND THE WOLVES .Tosh Stayer loved Jemima Pineapple. Loved her, did I say? Love was no name for it. Whenever he saw her, his heart bounded up so violently that he was thrown to the ground. Cold chills would run all over hint, as he expressed it, " from the soles of his head to the crown of his foot." Jemima was pretty to Josh ; her hair, " red as the sea," large eyes, which had the faculty of looking Ways opposite each other at the same time, and a nose which looked as if it bad been lengthened by the addition of several others. Now Josh had never escorted Jemima home, for she liVed two miles front''Fleasburg. She came to meetin' every Sabbath night, and would walk across the fields all alone, not in the least afraid of the wild beasts which at that time infested the country. ISuL one night our hero resolved to bear the damsel company and cordingly prepared for his nocturnal journey. He got his grandfather's horse pistol and load ed it to the muzzle, and thrust a large butcher knife in his bosom, which thrust didn't hurt lint much, for it was the bosom of his coat. .1. lantern completed his "fixings." • The meeting closed, and Joshua with .Temi- Ifs leaning on his arm, • like a large gourd I ranging from a tall vine, set out for thel'ine i iple mansion. "We are in the woods, now, .Temima," said Josh, as he assisted his partner over the fence of the last field, "and now comes, the tug of war. I'll bet a dime that these woods are full of wolves." " I think..llrey will not attack us ; but it' they do, oh, Joshua, on thy arm I will recline, and breathe my life out sweetly there." And she gave such a sigh that Josh started, titinking it the half-smothered growl of a bear. "What is the twitter Josh I" • " Oh, nothing." And gaining new courage at the sound of Jeminm's voice, he squeezed er arm till she nearly screamed aloud. Suddenly a cry echoed through the woods " Wolves !" shouted Josh. "'Bears I" re-echoed his partner. " Come, .Temima, let us git." and they got.. Through the woods they went. Josh real y dragging Jemlma along. The foe was ap iroaching, the couple could here his footsteps n the leaves, for they had wandered from the Josh, I can't go any further ; we must Tee it," said Jemima as she paused for breath. "By gosh, we must. Here Is is tree With ..mbs nigh hanging on the ground. Climb it, Jemima I Here I go. Gods I If the animal climbs the tree. what then ?" and with abound the terrified Josh climbed up the tree, leaving Jemima to Rillow him or be devoured by the terrible pursuer a few feet in their wake. But Jemima was an old climber, and Was soon beside Josh, who was perched on one of tho highest branches of the tree. "Listen Jemima, hear the horrible thing gnawing at the tree. It's wolves, suer'n shootin. They Will gnaw the tree down in half an hour.' " I tear so,Joshua." "But hol, Jelnima ' I've got a pistol !" sok our hero, thinking for the first time that nigh of his weapon. "Now, Just keep still while shoot." He deliberately cocked the weapon, pointed it ddwn through the branches where their per suer was pawing among the leaves, and tired. It was a destructive shot, and Josh went spin ning through the. air like greased ‘ lightnlng. He had loaded his pistol so heavily that it kick ed him from his perch into the jaws of the ani mal below. But fortunately* he alighted on his feet, and in an instant he was again in the tree, hatless, his red locks catching in the branches, - which cruelly tore them from his head. I was a darned fool, Jemima, to have loaded that pistol so heavily, and it kicked me right into the wolves' mouths ; but thank Moses, I escaped. Just feel my head." Jemima placed her baud upon Jo*lt's crani um, and withdrew It wet with gore. " That is my blood shed for you, Jemima, and I am willing 'to shed more, dogoned If I ain't." . . " Can the wolves climb?" "Climb like rabbits, Jemima; and every minute I am looking to see them come up here. I do believe my shot killed half a dozen of them. Listen at them gnawing. If we could only keep them gnawing at. something else beside the tree till daylight, we would be safe." " May be they me like bears they will eat anything you throw at them." • Well, I try them ; so first here goes my boots," and taking off his fine boots, Josh groped his way out on a limb. Farewell, dear boots, bran new ones, Cost eight dollars this blessed morning. Farewell, I sacrifice you to Jemima," and the 'splendid boots were soon gone. For a while the animal ceased gnawing the tree, and gnawed the boots, Josh cursing in• wardly the while. At last gnawing re-cow mowed. "Blast him 1 lie ain't satisfied wit eight dollars worth of leather, so I.'ll have ti give him seventeen dollars worli of cloth,' and away went his coat ; it was soon after ward followed.by his vest and'stockings, ant Josh declared his "unmentionable" raimen would follow the rest, at which declaratim Jeminm blushed, and said : " Oh 1 Joshua." "Blast if I don't, jeminuf." Ile spoke de terminedly and would no doubt Make his word , . gond. f' But the vest satisfied the animal beneath the tree, and a few Yours later, morning dawned. The lovers, for such they were now, descend ed from the tree, when lA I to their astonish ment they beheld jemlina's Pet calf chewing at the cont. All was realized in an instant. It was the calf which followed them, and not the wolves. The gnawing they heard, was the harmless animal chewing at some under growth which lay plentifully around. Josh's eyes filled with tears as he looked around. There lay the boots, but In a somewhat dam aged condition—here the coat and vest partly chewed up. They said nothing, but proceeded to the Pineapple mansion, where-they tolda doleful story about being treed by wolves ;, how Josh had sacrificed his clothes to save their lives; how lie slaughtered forty of the ravenous ani mals, &c. Old Pineapple said such bravery and devo tion should not' go unrewarded, and placing Jemima's hand in Josh's, told hini to take her as his mate. They were. married, and now live hi a little hut with one room and a garret, now a flourishing "burg" on Turtle creek. N. B.—.Temima's pet calf wits never seen after the night it treed the de4ted couple. We rather guess it wasn't. AGRICULTURAL NOTES. Th 6 grape In Illinois lies been greatly jured by mildew. Stagnant or foul water, says the Stock Jour nal, is very injurious. It .causes blood-Nis ening,. and this leads to many febrile complaluts and is one of the great causes of abortion iii cows and other animals. An extensive fruit -grower who within a few years has set out thirty thousand' treea, says that, as to peaehes, pears, and plums, he would prefer them at one year old, and the ap ple at two yew's. Much depends on future cultivation. According to the Tstra Ito Mestout, if half the money investeA of lave in seeders in the West had.been used to retain the thousands of cows and heifers that go to the Chicago marl:- et for the butcher, the farmer would be better °trot the end of the year. According to the Minnesota Monthly, the newspapers of that commonwealth have dur ing the past few months devoted more atten tion to' the farm and garden timn ever before, The effect must be Idgkily :.faierabla to the agricultural and horticultural; development of the State. A private soldier in Calif.:Amin has'invenfed a new method for skimming milk., He tits a fine gatiZe oeive to a hoop of the size of pio pan. The milk is then poured into thepon so as to a little more than cover the sieve. Whoa the cream has•risen the hoop is lifted and the cream Is thus eomp'etely removed. The Maine Legislature has enacted a law re quiring every dealer in commercial fertilizers to affix to each parcel sold Wprinted !libel giv ing the manufacturer's name and plaCc of busi ness and the percentage of the different Mg.e. diente composing the manure. THREE CROPS Items lu my second year's experience of market gardening, July making the sixteenth mouth that I havd worked at the business. Satiation on the banks of the Hudson, between sixty auit eighty miles from New-York, two miles from a town of twenty thousand inhabitants. Steamboat and railroad comnumication with. Alb any and New-York. MEME92I Four-fifths of an acre. Tenth year of the plantation. The crop of 1868 came, without any manuring, in a year. • It came after a year's neglect in every way, and after active Injury 'in the shapes of careless ploughing and cultivating (cutting and displacing the crowns), and too late gathering, not leaving enough growth to encourage the formation of fresh roots—the penny-wise and pound-foolish principle. Moreover, it had not been gath ered by its former owner, but let to an out sider to cut, tie, and sell, he to return two thirds of the gross proceeds. Fresh on the place in April, 1868, I was obliged to make a similar contract, but immediately, before the crop began to shoot, I gave it' a dressing of twenty-live bushels of salt, 75 cents per bush el. My cash receipts were $135 ; from that there is to deduct cost of salt and of . . ag the bed previont to pelting it—three on for fivedays, at . tit.oo each per day. So re read for asparagus account 0f1869 : Da. To Salt " Labor " Bal. Prollt $135.00 Cu Cash After the gatheihir , of the crop, the bed was left to develop a most magnificent growth of weeds, witch grass plenty among others. In August, when weeds and s taiparagus held equal proportions of the bed,'l contracted with a smart Irishman to clean the bed for $2O. He was at workijast tneive clays. We could see him go into the patch at seven, conic out to his dinrOir return to work, tend conic outagalit at six. The rest of the time he was hidden by the asparagus and weeds as If he was in a jungle. In November, the field was mowed fur the dry tops to lie on the bed during the winter as a protection ; but , within twenty four hours a heavy wind swept' off the entire . _..ngs, and piled them against the neighbor _kg grape-vines. Between February 15th and April Ist, this year, I carted on thirty-one loads or long manure. About April 15th, we wished to cultivate it, but the cultiVators could not run because or the long dressing.; where fore it Was necessary to rake and cart oil all but the tine , --work tin• two men ibr a day and and a lutif., Theo came file running of the cultivAirs, tiro men and two horses for a day and a half. Immediately al terward, I sowed broadcast on the bed thirty bushels of salt (cost 48 cents per bushel). Before the crop started, there was another day's work for two men in weeding with the hoc. On April 24, four bunches were marketed, and the business was continued, with two breaks of three days each at the first of the season, because of the cold nights and wet days, until ,June 7th. In 'that time we marketed 1308 bunches for $3OO - gross receipts, and on our table consumed , sixty or seventy bunches. Call the crop 1375 c bunches. At first the asparagus was sold in New-York at forty cents, then thirty and by May 12th it tell in New-York to twenty cents. Through the remainder of the season, it sold sharply in our town: here, and purchasers would come to my ground for it at twenty cents. Average for the season was twenty three cents per butch. • For tying We paid teiveents perhour. The average number of bunehes,Lied in an hour' was fifteen, or the cost uf, tying a bunch was seven mills. On Maf, Ist, ~cost' of lakip (man'S) T6SO to $1.70 per dfiy. One man tato for eightyloUrs, the cuttitig4husTosting $l4; tying, about $l,O ; freight to Ikiew•York $6. Now, let unmake our, account for tbisiyear : AQUIRAOUB ACCOUNT.- Du, To labor, August, 1868 " Mowing, Nbvemger, 1868 " 81 loads manure, spring.. " Raking and s carting long mantire 4:50 " Cultivator 1;4 Jaya, Mt, lames apc. two man. " 20 b she's salt. " Labor hoeing,— <• " cutting . tying. . . " Freight " Hnl. ace. prollt Cit. 'Cash Ret.cipts, In the foregoing memoranda; I have not taken into account the interest on land. That can be tilted to any place, according to the value of such place per acre. As soon as the entire crop was marketed, I made an immedi ate attack on the growing weeds, first by mow ing close, and then by carefully and thorough ly ploughing (with a .small, shallow plough) and harrowing. Had I then had thirty or forty loads of rich, short manure to spread, my wthk on the field would have been parrectea, according to my judgment. An It is, the shoots come up strongly and quickly, and kept down the weeds ; and to-day, July 16tH, the whole.field is one thick, beautiful wave pf rich green, five feet high, with only a feW Weeds underneath and near the borders. 3ty profit you trill find to he not one ball of hat writers tell us it should be, and it the profit of asparagus—s3oo to WO they figure it at. With the improving cultivation ant what experience I have'pained,!. expect to make the profit at least $OOO for 1880. I be lieve, and Henderson shows to our reason, that fall manuring on asparagus-beds is com paratively useless.; but just as the snow softens in February, 1 shall put on plenty, well-rotted and ucry churl maitre, and then look for a good crop. . . ll=2 I planted five-twelfths of an acre in early beets on Sprit 10th. May 20th, we had thin flings large ,enough to sell, and we continued selling the hips at 'Sixty to seventy cents per bushel here' until June oth. I have omitted' to mention that half of the beets were sown at fourteen inches between' the rows, and half at eighteen inches. The produce was between twefity thousand end twenty-four thousand, and on June 18th, we commenced marketing —I should say, trying to market them. To New-York ,and to Albany I had written: " Shall I send you beets?" Answer came : "‘ Do not send. Market full at three to four cents—fine beets." Could I sell •them here ? Yes ; we could tie one hundred and fifty or two hundred bunches. One man to pull mid tie that amount in six lions, add then wagon them two miles to the different greengrocers in town ; oue to buy six bunches, another twenty bunches, and so on; or four hours' work thr : man and horse to sell one hundred and fifty to two hundred bunches. • Even that could he'do'ne for only two days in the week, the best market days; at other . times tho• de-. mend was • small and the crop was large. Every grower within live miles had raised beets. Now to condense the story : My beet crop has cost, so far, $lOO in round numbers. I have sold of it to the amount of $45.55. 'The rest I mist sell by Hie-bushel, and according ly to the demand. I have lost the , use of the land for celery or for late cabbage, and, per ltahS? for any other fall crop and be un able to oilitet'the expenses of that five-twelfths of an acre.. •: Near New-York—that is,. within &lying distance of such a city l where the de mand is unnicaured one might market a thlniatifid litmehs per day. lienderson says eighty thousand ,, roots,• or sixteen :thousand hunches, are grown per acre. • At,ono thou sand bunches per day, ft would take, a men sixteen days or ' three weeks' uninterrupted work,•to ma stet an acre beets. And If I cOuld• have marketed hero two hundred bunches per day, it would have entirely con sumed fonr .weelts' steady, Work. to have ,got rid of the crop.. Bet to, do that was impoSsi. ''Tlid demind Was riet far half of the Vats giviwni,.' It is tcyery difficult 'crop to' manage, even In. t h e inuneffiate neighborhood:of New- York City, doulit,lC,pue man c 41111,4 pull, tie,ebd wash More Than two hundred bunches in a' day. • 'Then iniagifie barrelling' tftemt— they are •very bulky—ending them to the-train or boat, laving freight, cartage in New-York, commission, letting, back thd barrels, etc. No profit is p SAW° on such a cropTbelleve, unless'onecti 'find n ready sale withdult ship. ment. 7 l." , •I •••••:i" " ROBERT MED= JR:, lPtain anb ffano2 sob No. 47 EAST lIAMILTON STREET, ELEOANT FEINTING' - - LATEST STYLES Stamped Cheat!, Carlin, Mania., Paper Enid., Coned tuttone and By- Lowe M School (taialeKttea, 111 fleadai Envetepee, Letter H ead. lle of Lading, WIT Bilk, Tenn and ShipplnteCardn, rumor* of any Rite, etc., etc., Printed at Short Notice, NO. 34 One-sixth of an acre. Three tenths of that are in a plantation madbin September of last year. We picked the first on June sth. The entire yield was live hundred and seventy-five quarts, which were sold, by contract Tor the entire crop, at 18 cents per quart, ..zr $103.50. Of that, the new bed gave fifty quark leaving five hundred mid twenty-five 'quarts to one tenth of an acre, or gross proceeds, cash, of ono.tenth of an acre, amount to $04.50.. Ex penses on the old bed were . Cleaning qfter last year's crop, tiro men hoeing and weeding one day, $3 ; cutting runners, one man half a day. 75 cents ; covering and manuring in autumn, $0.25;• hoeing and weeding this spring, before frpit, two men and two boys for one day, $4.50—0r, total expenses, adding one cent per quart for picking, of the old bed, $19.25, leaving a profit of $71.25, or $752.50 profit to nu acre. My statements have this value ; they are facts, not theories or suppositions to mislead. SINGULAR METAMORPHOSIS. A few nights since the residence of a prom inent citizen was entered by a burglar, and sonic valuable jewelry and other property stolen and carried away. Before leaving the • house, it appears he paid a visit to nearly every apartment in it. Traces of him were found above and below stairs; wherever, indeed it was probable any valuables could be obtained. It so happened that one member of the family belonged to that much abused and very excel-• lent class of society call " old maids." She is a free.hearted, generous lady, intelligent and refined, and the only fear that her well bal anced mind has ever known is the apprehen• sion that in some evil hour Satan will lure her. affections into the keeping of that abomination of her mind, a man. The good lady prays every day that no such evil may befall her, and that she may live anti die in maiden medi tation, fancy. free. Now, whether the burglar knew this peculiarity of the lady's mind or not, lie nt all events determined to play her a very practical joke. To this end he carefully removed from the chair on which she had neatly folded and laid it, all her wearing ap parel, and substituted, from another room, a complete suit of gentleman's clothes. Then, taking off a huge pair of false whiskers, lie carefully adjusted them to the face of the sleeping lady. Of course , he could not wait to see the denouement, but that pleas ure was reserved for the family the next morning. Awakening at . an early Midi', 'the good lady proceeded to the mirror (an invari able practice with ladies) to enjoy a look at her face. The first glance, petrified her with horror. Was she indeed a man ? The latent supersition of her nature reviving; she imag ined that Satan had been playing her a horri ble revenge for her animosity to,the male crea tion. She staggered to a chair, and, almost broken hearted, concluded to dress and send for a barber. But now she noticedOthe first time that her clothes too were gone ' andd tleman's outfit was substituted in their stead. She was certain now that the metamorphosis was complete, and, resigning herself to I.he situation, tried to don the apparel. But hav ing no experience in the adjustrpent of title new-fangled apparel, and habit being stronger than instinct, site found. that every time 'she put the pantaloons over her head site encount ered an impediment that defied all her efforts to'overcome. In short, time pants wouldn't go over tier head. At last, in despair, she rang 15,1. assistahce, and, lice maid appearing at. the door, she cried out: " Don't come in, Betty, for I'ul ft man now; but just please step in and ask my brother if he usually puts hie breeches on over his head, or commences feet foremostP It is needli'se to say the message astonished the hous - ehold. It was eonfetime before the lady would admit to her apartment anyone of either sex, for fear she might, make aluistake; but filially one more adventurous than the rest pushed open the door, and convinced the sore tried'inald that'she had not forsaken her es bite, but was yet one of the angels of earthi— Terra Ilauta (Ad.) Journal. $18.75 . 22.50 . 93.75 $131.7r, e 20.00 . 1.50 . 02.00 CHEMICAL MANURES M. Vile has recently made experiments, in . France, with it view of ascertaining the pro ductive value of chemical, as compared with farat-yard manures. His experiments were made upon the sugar beet, and he obtained 160 results in 1868, which he divided into six classes, distinguished by the yield, as follows: First-class returns of from 70,000 kilo grammes and upward, per hectare ; second class 'returns, 60,000 kilogrammes to 70,000 per hectare; third-class returns, 50,000 kilo grammes to 60,000 per hectare ; fourth-class returns, 40,000 kilogrammes to 50,000 per hec tare ; fifth-class returns, :10,000 kilogrammes to 40,000 per hectare •, sixth-class returns, • 20,000 kilogrammes to 30,000 per hectare. The average yield under the different classes, reduced to English, acres, and proportionate produce, as stated by 51. Ville, Is as follows ; First class, 36 1-5> tons per acre ; second class, 2.5} tons per acre ; third class, 21 '2-5 tons per acre ; fouith class, 17 : 1 tons per acre; fifth class', 14 1-5 tons per acre ; sixth class, 14 tons per acre. Mg average amount ofpruduce in faVor of the chetideal over the farm-yard manure was within a few pounds of four tons per acre, and M. Ville states that if the Summer of 1868 had been of an average 'moisture, the excess of produce would have been still greater in favor of chemical manures, the drought, that, piv valled being a greater hindrance to its lull, oftleaelonsUction, than to thattif the farm-yard manure,, which contains In itself a largo por tion of moisture. 31. coneludeulhis statement with the dednction, that 1,323 kilo grammes of chemical manure produced itn avergge of 52,834 kilogrammes of beet rOot hectare, while 52,028 kilogrammes of farm yard manure yielded only 42,210 kilogrammes. U. 50 14.50 6.00 . 14.00 10.00 . 6.00 .15°-71 MEE .$300.71 SODA-ASH FOR WIRE-WORMS A. letter quoted In Milburn's " Pests of , the Far, I" . states : "I had sown a headland with HO ash, as a fertilizer ; the following spring it. 'as under turnips, and a man hoeing asked if "anything had been donC to the headland i" I naked ' wily ?' one said,' ' there was not a plant destroyed by the wire-worm, and the rest of the field bad fifteen to a nest.' I then determined to try it upon another field' which was full of wirmworms. I have never since seen one on it. In the' following year I had twenty-five acres of oats attacked, more gen erally. • I happened to have a cask of sodmash by me, and ordered it to be sown. FrOm that day the ravages ceased, and within a week the whole field changed its color to a vivid green. I have since ceased to consider it as an , experiment, and have always a cask by me, ready, In case of any appearande of the wire-worn'. The remedy is equally, cfllcacious in repelling the attacks of the greently." Mn. LINCOLN'S llonsE!Tithmt: Maul Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer in,lllinols, he and a Judge once got bantering one another about trading horses, and it was agreed that the next morning at nine o'clock they should make n trade, the horses to be unseen up , to that hour, and no backing out under a forfeit, ore ot' twenty-Uve dollars. At the appointed Unit the .Tiige came up leading the sorriest. looking specimen of a horao even seen in those parts. In a few minutes Mr. Lincoln was seen approaching witlta wooden sawhorse. on his shoulders. Great..were the shouts and the laughter of the crowd, and,both were, greatly incVeased -when Mtt'Llhcolti, on Arid:Ong the Judge's animal, sat tioivitt his saw-horse and exclaimed; "Well, Judge, this is thpfltst l time I ever got the worst of it in a hoise-trfulc." —When "Sherman marched down to Ike sea," lie was afflicted, with a class of meW, known in 'Unity eircles as "bummers," who would watt,aer away from.' the column In search of eatlbles, &c. Ono „et' these fellows once entered a house, and called for molmses. The 'woman brought the jug. or filled his canteen, tlien drinking what he :wanted; put his quid of tobacco iu the jug. tkWlmt are you doing that for ?" asked the woman. "Well, madame said the yank, "you see, the next boy that comes along here and calls ' for molasses, you'll give him this, and he'll think you've tried to godson him, and he'll burn your house down.! CPRTAIRN, ALLENTOrriv. NEW DESIGNS ==!
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