Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, November 16, 1864, Image 1
1L 0 i it (0 m m CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1864. VOL ll.-AT0. 12. BY S. X BOW. w I Si ll iTWl 'lot 'ft ;J J; lil W M IM s; .Mi iM ul IM! MM M LJ J! -IS M Cf $r w :4 1 1 4 1 iF THE JOl'KNAI.. Th Brrs's Jo knai. is published on VTed--f.Trl .-0 ner annum in advance Aiiveii ;',V mevts irrted at l.0 per for three e iwertions-Twelve Hr.es (-r !e con a tins a a.'are For vry aJ.liiiona! inert.on 2.-, cent. V dcri anion will ie Hn.joyllfr.n.;i!ri 33usms.$,$ cDtvccicvii. TRVIX BROTHERS. Dealers in Square A sawed Lumber. I'M Goods Groceries. Flour. Gram. 4e . Ac. Rurnsiile Pa., Sept. 2:?. 1 IUKPERICK LEITZIXGER. Manufacturer of 1 I! kinds of tone-ware. Clearfield. Pa- nJ; deroii-Mted wholewla or retail. Jan. 1, IS" 3 c 1R XS BARRETT, Attorney? at t.nw. Clear- BoliJ. rn. ' ' .i. crns. :::::: waltkb itAnutTT. F ORERT J. WALLACE. Attorney atLaw. Clear , doll. I'a Office in Shaw'? new row. Market .reef, opposite Xaugte's jeurMry store. May 2 . H' F NAT GLE. Vatch aid Clock Maker. mid . dealer in Watches, Jewelry, Ac. Roam in tj:abi!0 row, Market Ftrect. Nov. 10 1 1 BUCHER SWOOPK. Attorney at Law. C lear J L. field. Pa. Oflict inGraham s Row, four doo s Tr.!str.f Graham & Boynton'a store. Nov. 10. HART?YK'K A III'STHS. dealers in Tru!r. Medicines. Pain's. Oils. Stationary. Pevfnme- Ft.v tioods. Xotior.. Co., etc.. Market Street. Clearfield. Pa -r 2;. r-ji. Tl A FLEMMLVG. I.nmbor-citT. Pa.. Nurcery t1 . man and Dealer in all kind? of Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Plants and Shrubbery. All or ler by niail promptly attended to. May 13. IV ICR AT7.ER. dealer in Dry Goods. Cloth--l ire Hardware. Quoensware, Groceries. Pro ic. Front Street., above the Academy. Clearfield. Pa. -TXTITXIAM F. IRWIN'. Market otrpet, Clearfield, Pa.. Dealer in Foreign and l)owc?tic Mer oliidise. Hardware. Qiieenaware, Groceries, and umily articles generally. JS'V" . TiiilvTiEEUCIl. Manufacturer of all kinds of f Cabinet-ware. Market street. Clearfield. Pa. !!f alornakes to order Coffins, on short not ico. an 1 atfwnds funerals wit'u a bearse. AprlO. :V- T R M. WOODS. PnVTir i-n PnTsiriAS, and j ) .- Examining Surg-on for Pensions. .ce Sou'b-west corner of Second and Cherry jsire-t. Clearfield. Pa. .Tauuary 21. 1-03. rVll;,M -1 M'Cl'f,lH'lI!. Att;rney st Law. J Clearfi.d. Pa. Office, rtof the "OlearSeM c.BanU. Deeds and o.ber leal in?trun-.euts r re pareu with j.roniptncss ai.d accuracy. July 3. T H MTVALTA". Attorneyat Law. Clearfield, j Pa. Practicrn in ClenrScli and adjoininf; c '..u"itie. OGce in new brick building of J. Boyn r on. 2d Etrect. one door south of Lair.ch's Hotel. "5 IC1IAKD MOPSOP. Dea'er in Foreign and Do I U 'nieitie Dry Goods tiroceries. Flour. Bacon, Linuers. Ac. Room, on Market street, a few door? ye.;t of Jo'trnvO: -', Clearfield, Pa. Apr27. ARUIVEPv A TIT, At:oroys r.t L.aw.Clenr J ji!d. Pa. AVill attend promrtly to all legal nnd other business entrusted to their care in C'ear field and adj'dnir.g counties Auzast 5. IS.'irt. fR. V.'M. CAMPBELL, offors his prifessioual I ) services to the c.:tiirs of Mo'iai on ami vi o.r.ity.. He can be con?uU-d at his rciiJenee at a'l titnes. unless absent ou professional business. Mohaarnon. C'entre co.. I'a.. May l-ib'L jyi. ALBEKT A BRO S. Dealers in Dry Goods Gro3eries. Hardware. Quecnsware. Flour. B.ioon. etc.. WoodlanL Clearfield comity. Penu'a. Also, extensive dealers in all kinds of sawed lum ber ihinlta. and square t.i'n bcr. Orders soliei ,,,1. Woodland. Aug 19th, 1 rCTIO.Lnt. The undersigned having bei'ti 1 icen-ei an auctioneer wou'd inform he ei'izens of Clearfield Conrty. that he will at tend tocaliic? sales in any pa rt of the County .tMCuaver called upon. Charg-s Moderate Address J -M. SMITH. Iiegartys X Roads. Oiearfitld Co.. Pa Terunry ;1 lsii-t A I'CTIONEEK. The undersigned Iiavirg :.-ie citizens of Ciearneia county mar nerim in tend to calling sales, iu pny pari of the county, oiienovcr culled upon. Charges moderate Address. J JilN M QUbKIX. Mav 13 Bower Do.. Clearfield co., Pa. X. 11 Tersor-s calling sales without a proper 'li cense are subject to a penalty of 560. which pro '.isian will be enforced against those who may vi dite the same. -ONISANl NOTKS FOB" SM:. The y undersigned is prepared to furnish, to those -ikin investments. Government and county lunas Also five per cent Government notes. II -B. SWOOPE. Clearfield May 4. 1 Sri 1 Att y at Law mTss e. a. p. ryxdkr, Teacher of Piano-Forte, Meloiean, Guitar, Ilar i::ony. and Vocal Music. Sixty private, and twelvo class lessons included ir. nnc'trrui. Kooms with Mrs. II. D. Welsh. '!earfn-l J. July 1. lSti:?. DR. 1. ITCH'S MEDICI N ES. A f re?h su p ! !y of these invaluable Family Medicines art for sale by M. A. Frank. Clearfield, consisting '-'! Van Cuicr; Rrstoratiw. a jrreatcure for colds and cough ; and Anti-liilioft Phytic. They have b'?n thoroughly tested iu this community, and a-e highly approved. Tnv tiikm. DIM ISTUV ! DEXTISTRV ! ! Dr. F. M M'Kiernsn having located at Smith's M -."is. (.lancsrjllo.) Clearfield Co., Pa., informs the cli:, i s of that place and vicinity, that he will en-learor to render satisfaction to all who may f v r him with their patronage. Professional '' to f.ny part of the courtry promptly altend '1 f - Work done on Vulcanite. Terms moderate. May ll . H!jt.-3m. Dr. F. M. McKlEKNAX. YMV WATCH & JEWELRY STORE. i The undersigned having located in the bor- J'h i'f Clearfield. (Ht the shop formerly occupied y R Wch h as a jewelry fhop.) is prepared to rk cf all kinds on the most reasonable terms. -!iec:i-h will positively he expected when the W rk is delivered; He is confident that hecao r.t beevcclled by any tvorkrr.en in town orcouuty. Cow- o, .' rome al totheSi?n of th BitT Waif It. Arri! u. i,2-ly.pd. S. II. LAUCI1LIN. P I. KA R FI K L l N V RS Ell Y. EXCOUU yj Ai;e HOME 1XDI STKY. The undersigned having established a Nursery, on the Pike, about 'a:f wny between Curwenivil le and Clearfield boroughs, is prepared to furnish all kinds of Fruit jte3. (Standard and dwarf.) Evergreens. Shrub-:''ry- tirapc Vines, Gooseberry, Lawten Elack-!'-'r'- Strawberry and Raspberry vines. Also, prian Crab trees. Quince and early Scarlet Ilheu t'' e. tirders promptly attended to. AddresS Ag ol.lhfil. J.D. WRIGHT, Curwensvillo, f(AI.T-s od article, an I very cheap at the WM. F. IRWIJt, ClarfiI I. Select oetvu(. SHESIDAH'S EIDE. fV T. r.l'CHANAN READ Vv frnr the South at break of day, P.riiiginjr to Winchester fresh dismay. The affrighted air with a shudder bore. Like a herald in haste t tbc ehie;tain"s door, 'J hi., terrible grumble and rumble and roar. Ttliirtg tho battle was on once more. And ,-l.eridaii lwei:ty miles away. And wider sliil those billows of war, . buudered alnuj tl;o horizou'R bar. And louder jet into Winchester rolled The roar ot that red eea uncontrolled, M:ikin tbe blood of ihe litei,er cold At he thought of the stake in that liery fray, And Sheridan twenty miles away. But there is a road from Winchester town, A ii-y.i-l. br.ad Li-bway leadii down ; Ai.d there, through the flu h i.f the mi. l Ring light, : A Mettl. as black as the steeds of night, i Was seen t jia.-s as with eaijrle flight ! As if be knew the terrible need lie s'.ieKdicd away with bis utmost .'need;. 11 ill roe and fell but his heart was gay, j Y ith Sheridan fifteen miles away. Still sprung from those swift lmofs. thundering I south. j The (lust. lUetbc smoke from the cannon'? month. I Or tbe trail of a comet sweeping faster and faster. I Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster : I The heart f the -.teed and tbe heart of the ma-ter V. ere beating like prisoners a-saulun their wails. Impatient to 1 where the battle-field calls: Every nerveof ibe eharger was.strained to f ull play With" Sheridan only ten miles away. t'n ier his spurning feet, the rial Like an arrowy Aipine river flowed. And tho landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flyinjj before the wind ; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnaco ire, Swept on. with his wild eyes full of lire. But io! he is nearing bis heart's de-ire He is snuffing the smoke of tho roaring fray, With Sheridaa only five miles away. The first that the General saw were the groups ' '!' .-tralcrs. and then the retreating troops: What was done-what to ib.:i glance told him both, Then strikiiiir his s;iurj with a terrible oath, ii i .1.'." "f,,:J i ..mi (if Ii'i7 7..iv j And the w;ive of retreat cheeked its course there because 1 he si-hl of the master compelled it to par.se. With loam and with du.-i the black charger was jrr:iv ; By the 'Cash of his eye. and his red nostrils play, lie y; erne i to the whole great army to say : "i have brought you Sheridan all the way From Winchester "down to save tho day!" Hurrah, linrrsh for Sheridan! li'irrnh. hurrah, for horse and man ! An I when their statues are placed on high r.'.Iirlhe dome id the I moil tky. 'J bo American so diers" Temple of Fame. There with the glnriou.-, icnera.1 s name B i: 'iiid in letters both bold and bright : -Here is the steed that saved the day Bv carrvin Sheridan into the tight, From Winchester twenty miles away!'' PROFESSOn MACK'S WIFE; OR. MAHRVIXG A COOIC. S.'iiio ycar :-i;ieo. ;i-n I was in college, wo at'ioti-t uur "I:i'-ii!ty." :t curious ;) . .:ti;i,r-i. wii.v.'i c.'iiry cue roganlod with e"!i-i Icra'.ile n'-i.ect, utnl yet as a cintr.-.ctor si ,''(:. lit IiU'1 liv. . 'U tu.iity years willi-A.-t'a vift. ais-l ui'ei:tet t- live m. Jiiwtiys. i n ii.-t.-l as 1hj wrs t!tc irrli-sstr of liiathe-liiafi'..-. tli1 alistniction f his wifin-c tor iiailii his iiiuuliring in ti;e idea ui' jLa'tling liiai riei'.. '1'u the i'emale m;x, tli in-l'ire, lie sli,,v:il lie Otlit-i- -eo;ti'J titan eonnilolll !" ir.ite-s re iiurf:!. Jits el::t iii"':iti i ) K ei iti i e he tfter was jmri'Iy w,s nr.t liotmiar with the itnlK". aii'itliey kejit theitielve.s at a di-l-rice iVein liiui. .Uur, cin:tuu-taace.s that luYi n hvins ii'coiit n iiiatch in t Iter . e:t ses. jilaeed init in it peculiar dilemma. It seemed a whim that, a mv-ssiry was laid up on him to tret mariioL He m;is one. of thr iaeuity of the e. iie.re. all the u'.her profes sor.s were niarrittd and ohlifred (o enteftain the disliti-tii-iie 1 vi-it of the Iii-tituti'ti. J lehad always Luti ! '. Of enur-e it wasn't expei ted of him that he should ever give a parly or dinner. 15nf it hegan to he regard ed as rather meaa in him to hitk off this matter from year to year, and, "well off as he was pecuniarily, throw upon the other memhers of the faculty the eo.-t and trouhle of entertaining the special friends and pat rons of lite College. The question was, th-T 'fore froipiontly asked: "Why do.-en't the oil miser entertain snme of tLe distinguished vi.-itors that visit u.s? Now our professor wan t a miser at all and it often trouhled him t o thinl: he was situated that lie couldn't hear his part or the hut-don. And yet ; what could he do? M ust h'r- wt married ? And if so, to whom ? lie had no special regard for any one in the vicinity of the eoileire, an 1 no one had any Fpeeial regard for him. In his younger days he had seen at school a young lady in the city ot New-York, in whom he had felt a peculiar interest. And of her he hadn't hoard for years. Douhtless lief'oie this time she was married, or in her grave. 1'ossihly, however, she was .still living and waiting for him! Glorious thought! lie was quite relieved at it, though, indeed. th"ro miirht be no loundation tor his relief. Neverthe less he could make due inquiry. Xor could lie long delay, for commencement day was at hand, only' a few weeks off. It wan his turn, or rather would be if he was married, to give the great dinner to the distinguished personages who would be present on the oc casion. There would be the Governor of the State and his lady the trustees of the Institution and their friends, and others of equal repute. But who should be master of ceremonies? Ami w ho should grace the ta ble? He could square the circle perhaps, but such a circle as this, what could he do with it ? It he were only married, what a helpmeet would his wife be at such a time. And yet, his wife must be a good looking, intel!'icnt,andaeco;! plished lady; otherwise the blank would be'a blot! Now there was a voting lady in the neigh borhood that the professor thought might answer. lie had seen her at his boarumg house, and spoke to her once or twice. "But she mav tay no' and if she did. ''where in creation," thought he "could I hide my head ! And then what would be come of the dining?'' The Governor must have a dinner and he must have a wife. And hence he lay awake about it all night. At last the morning broke he "cried out to himself. "Contempt ! She will say no, wii! she! What then? Other men In ve lived through it, and I shall. If not, I shall have a clear conscience about the dinner, and a clear conscience is the main thing after all ! 1 will write a note to xdiss A. anyway. It may be she will regard it favorably." So the" professor sat down and wrot a notc to Miss A. ' Stay a minute," said he to him self, "what will the Governor think of the Lady? She is handsome and polite, but can "she converse? Can she entertain com panv?" "bonbtfuil," said he to himself, "very doubt full;" and so he tore up the not e. A his ! for a man on the verge of mat rimony ! In an hour or two. however, the Professor called on the President and said : "I should like to be absent a few days?" ''Ah !" said the President, "just at this time?" 'Yes, sir. I have my classes in readiness for the examination, and I wish to go to New York." ., ,, "Has tiny death occurred in the family, said the President. -No. sir," .-aid the Professor, "but I have a little 'matter ot business that requires my immediate al tent ion, and I thought it best to iro. " "Yon have my best wi-hes, ' said the President, "and may you return safely and not alone." The Professor almost smiled, but blushed rather than smiled, and left the President, and hastened to New York. i lis .first inquiry on his .arrival there was for ji-s Adeline G. the youup lady whom he fail seen some years before, at school, as we have mentioned. "Why," said the respondent, "the family has been reduced, and she is a cook, l'er h.ios ymi dont know it, sir?" "A cook!" said he. "lhat is just what I want !" "Git?" said the lady, "we thought you wanted something else possibly." "N,'. I have been half starved to death since 1 left. New York, and 1 want. -ome one to cook decently. " "Well, she can do that, far she scarcely Iras her equal iu that line iu this city. Why, sir. she is a cook, p:r f.t'c! m e. li u.) l.r.v.- rhw-s he look?" "She is the han Isomest cook in the city, loo Not q''itc that. I presume," said the Pn -lessor, "but is she intelligent?- I - tpcaK confidentially." "Intelligent! Site is. indeed she can ti -- 'i v,iv , " " ' ' "And as to manners. Is'she accomplish ed?" "As graceful as an actress. ' "( 'an 1 see her?" "Yes ; at e'tidit o'clock this evening." "Couldn't I see her before that hour?" "I think that would be the most conveni ent time for her to call, and to see yfm. She will be engaged i:i hcrdiiies till then." "I will Wit, then: Please to tell her that Professor Mack of Virginia, wishes to see her an old : ci juaiutanco of hers. " "Shall 1 teil her that you wish to engage a cook ':' "You may (eli her that I wish to see her," said the Proi'essoi-. "What name did you say? Professor Mack, of Virgiuia, if you please, madam." . An cv:r!a.-t!ng long day was before him and he Lad nothing to do; not a problem to toive, except, the one in hand, and that was one el douiful solution. Eight o'clock at la-t came, and the Profes sor called aaain to see the young lady. "A cook." indeed !" said the Professor to himself; "she is a splendid' woman fit to grace any' parlor in the world?" But how in creation should he make known his Lu.-j-ness? Poets, they say, begin in the middle o( their story; bit professors of mathemat ics, where do they begin ! Finally safdthe suitor. "Miss G.," how would you like to go to Virginia ?" . "To Virginia!" -aid she as if surprised. "Are you not mistaken in the person whom you wished to see?" "No, no." said lie. "don't you remember when we both attended school in Franklin street?" "Oh." said she, "it is George Mack I rememb?r you well ; why I did'nt know that you were alive !" "Ami I have never forgotten you." "Alt ! indeed, you are very kind to remem ber so long ! I thought every one had for gotten me in my calamities." "People often think they are overlooked when trials overtake them ; but it is for you to say that your present trials are at an. cnd.,J "Professor Mack ! what do you mean Whv 1 am a mere " "If you have had reverses I have had suc cess, and have the mcan of making you comfortable in life." "But vou do not know my circumstances now. fori would not deceive you, George." "It does not concern me what you are now, but what you are willing to be." "But I have an aged mother, Professor. " nd I wish to have one; she can go, too." Matters were soon arranged as to tune, place, and ceremony, and this being over the party were off for Virgiuia the 1 ro fessor pleased that he had solved the matri monial problem so easily, and the lady that she was no longer the world's bidding. In the country of Virginia great ado is made for a newly married couple. Of course much was expected in the case of the Pro- lessor. iut some Dim in me an ...y , the story in advance, that Professor Mack had married a cook ! What lady then would , call upon her? What society could the, t. V'8 of V irginia have with a cook ! But the President advised his wife to call upon her out of decency at least. If the professor had maried a cook, why, he didn't know any better. All that he knew washow to solve problems in mathematics. "Besides, he might not have married a cook, or if he had he was well oft' in one respect, he could have a good table. "Pshaw !" said the President's lady, "what does a- person cure about a table in comparison to caste in society?" "Caste in society will do well enough," lie replied, "but since we must eat to live, a well roasted turkey is better than a fried chicken., and a short biscuit than an ash cake ! And what does an epicure care for ceremony? A good cup of coffee is better." You are no Virginian, husband, other wise, you would never say that, for any body knows that nobility iu a log cabin is better than a cook in a palace!" "Well, call on the lady and see theories arc often good for nothing, whilst practice is the sum of perfection!" The Preside-less called and was amazed the cook was much her superior and she felt it. The other officer's ladies having heard that the President's wife had called on Mrs. Mack, were obliged according to custom to follow suit. They, too, were disappointed, for the New Y ork lady hadn't lived in a city in vain. In mind, iu manners, in ac complishments, she outranked them all! Besides, in respect to family she was not at ail inferior her father having had fortune once and lost it. Commencement day was now near at hand, ami the great dining was lo come off at the Processor's. Nor was Mrs. Mack at all dis concerted about ir. She had seen a thing nr two before, and was fuliy confident in her own ability, to meet l lie exigency. When the time arrived ail eyes were fixed on Mr. Mack. How would she appear iu the presence of the Governor of Virginia? How in the presence of the Professors and the Pre.-ident? And what sort of ;i table would she set, and how would she grace it? Could she go through it with dignity? Of course all this was enough "to try men's souls," hut Mrs. Mack was perfectly at home. In autiquette in conversation in the arrangement of all the circumstantials and in the formalities of the occasion she show ed herself equal to the duties devolving up on her, and evidently interested the Gover nor very much by her powers of conversa tion. "What a charming lad," said he to his wife, "is Mrs. Mack ! and what a table she has set ! how well she graces it !" "My dear husband," said she. "Do you know she is a New York cook why, she has been a mere servant for many years!" I know nothing about that." said he "but if she has, I wish every other lady was a servant and a New York cook. too. We should have something to eat"then my dear, besides fried chickens and ashcakes. ., "All men are not epicures, like you. Gov ernor. " "No but if they wore they would imitate the mathematical Professor, and go to New York to get a wife. A man wouldn't be com polled then to go to a saloon to get a de cent dinner! lie could find one at home now a great rarity. ; ' The Jnf'lOTiiml OLsrrver says: Dr. Paul Bert has published a word on the curious subject of animal .raffs. lie succeeded in making Siamese twins of a couple of rats, and in mr ny other monstrosities. He ex claims : "It. is a surprising spectacle to see it paw cut from one rat, live, grow, finish its ossification, and regenerate its nerves un der the skin of another ; and when we plant a plume of feather under the skin of a dog. what a miracle to see the interrupted vital phenomena resume their course, and the fragment of a bird receive nourishment from the blood of a mammal." The high prices of raw cotton has made that substance too costly for the manufac ture of twine, and the itigiuucty of manufae ttrers has been tasked to find a substitute for it. After many trials and experiments it has been discovered at last Manilla paper affords the material for twine, combining all the good qualities of the cotton twine ith pieater cheapness. It is twisted into a lino that is neat, smooth, .strong, pliable, and excellent in all respects, if kept dry. The Galena, upon which General McCIel lan took refuge during his celebrated battle, is at tlie Philadelphia Navy Y'ard. She comes for repairs. Thou-h General McOIel lan "didn't remember" whether or no he was on board of her, the log book of the ves sel shows that himself and the Prince de Joiuville, were ou board her during the en tire time that the battle was raging. "My dear come in and go to bed r" said the wife of a jolly son of Erin, who had just returned from a fair, in a decidedly "how come-you-so" state. "Y"ou must be dread ful tired sure,' with your long walk of six miles." Arrah, get awav wid your non sinse," said Pat, "it wasn't the length of the way at all that fatigued me, 'twas the breadth of it." At a recent funeral at Honolulu, the pro cession consisted of one hundred and forty four females, all dressed in black skirts, with white waists and straw hats, tastefully trim med, and with a broad sash of red and yel low over the shoulders crossed with a rosette at the waist. There were several native marshals on horseback, wearing the same gaudy sashes. Steam E.vgixes ix TarssiA. From an official return recently issued it appears that the total number of steam engines at the end of 1802 wasS,G53, with 265,707 horse power, showing an increase of 5,821 engines and 273,243 horse-power, as compared to 1352, when there were only 2,832 engines, with a total of 92,462 horse-power. PUTTING UP POTATOES, Potatoes should be taken from the ground only in fair weather, and left exposed to the sun and wind no longer than necessary. In handling, care should be taken not to bruise the surface or break the skin. It is a com mon error that a potato will stand all man ner of ill usage and be none the worse for it. Orchardists know that it an atple is bruised in the gathering it is not lit for win ter keeping. In like manner farmers should know that for table use the potato needs the same careful handling to insure the best re salts. A potato that is bruised or dialed, or is subject to a water bath after leaving the ground, is materially injured for winter keeping. A potato of the finer varieties, such as Ncshaniioek, Peaehbiow. Kidnev, Mercer, Ladv s Finger, wtc., when upon suitable soil, properly harvested "ai d cooked right, is a positive delicacy upon the table ; but take the same lot, let them be roughly, handled, chafed, immersed in water, and laid by in that ruined and undone condition for a few, weeks, and then cooked tolerably well, and they are not a very inviting dish. When the potato crop in Ireland failed, and that people were confronted with star vation, little did we Americans realize how much suffering to the poor, and positive in convenience to the rich, would be caused by a failure of the potato crop in this country. The potato is lxtii bread an I meat in manv households, and deserves ai! the considera tion of a prime staple, as well as a luxury in human food. Potatoes for table use should not bj stor ed at all in a wet cellar. In such a place their starch i.s hydrogeuized. thereby spoil ing their finest quality for iood ; they be come soggy, and they will never cook dry or mealy, t or the same reason where pota toes are stored in heaps out of doors and covered wr? ii earth, avoid placing them ou any other than land which is naturally dry, and where water will not stm d. On sandy land potatoes will keep very well in heaps, if properly covered from the winter rains and secured from frost. Cellar storage is most common among farmers, and most convenient for household purposes; but the cellar should be dry. If the potatoes are free from disease, they may be stored in close bins, with the tops cover ed with dry sand or loam, which will insure perfect preservation. Potatoes which are tainted with rot must have their sore spots dried up by exposure to t; e dry atmosphere and a dust of slacked lime. Such potatoes are not lit for human food, and should only be u.-ed under protest iu case of dire neces sity. in the storage of large quantities of potr. to?s for stock use, say in the barn cellars, it is well to u.-e a dust of lime. We saw a good example of this practice in the barn cellars of the famous old agrieutlurist. James Gowan. ot Germantown, near Philadelphia, last fall. Mr. Goweu feeds largely of roots to his stock in winter. Jlis ample stone walled cellars were heaped with potatoes and other roots, all in the nicest order. Be fore putting in the stock of roots for win ter, Mr. Gowan has the walls and pnved floors nicely cleaned and sprinkled with lime dusti and. as the potatoes are put in. other dustings are administered, by which "all foul vapors are avoided, and the placa is free from the nausous atmosphere usually en countered where vegetables are stored in any quantify. Itever too old to Learu. Socrates at an extreme age, learned to play on musical instruments. Cato. at eighty years ot" age, thought proper to learn the Greek language. Plutarch, when between seventy and eighty, commenced the study of Latin. Boccaccio was thirty-five years of age when he commenced his studies in polite literature; yet he became one of the three great masters of the Tuscan dialect. Dante and Petrarch Wing the other two. Sir Henry Speimau neglected the scien ces in his youth, but commenced the study of them when he was between fifty and six- i ty years of ae. "After this time he became a most learned antiquarian and lawN'er. Colbert, the famous French minister, 8t sixty years of age returned to his Latin and law studies. Ludovico, at ti e great age of 115, wrote the memoirs of his own time, a singular exertion, noticed by Voltaire, who was him self one of the . most remarkable instances of the progressing of age in new studies. Ogiby, the translator of Homer and Vir gil, was unacquainted with Latin and Greek till he was past the age of lifty". Franklin did not fully commence his phil osophical pursuits till he had reached his fiftieth year. Accorso. a great lawyer, being asked why he began the study of law so late, answered that indeed he began it late, but he should therefore master it the sooner. Dryden, in his sixty-eighth year, com menced tho translation of the Iliad; and his most pleasing productions were written in his old age. A llfflrt nrlrl ntAinnr i cfnrn ir nnrfb.1 .X 1111. .-''ill-. I ' ' .V . I 1 1 . ' . some dye-stun", ami forgetting the name of the article, said to the clerk "John what does your folks dye with?" "Why, cholera, sometimes," replied John. "Well, I be lieve that's the name. I want to have three cents worth.' v " - 1 The Louisville Journal states that there were 63,323 hogsheads of tobacco sold in that city during the year which closed on Novem!er 1st, and the stock now on hand is 7,034. Ihe increase of sales over last year is 2d,GlS hhds. A man io Johnston, Vermont, set a trap for bears that were troubling his sheep ; and going out early one morning found a "var mint" caught. -He rushed for his gun, fired, ?nd killed a black eheep of his own flock.' , :.'.-.' THE PIEATE "rLOUIDA" CAPTUEED BY TEE "WAUCEUSSETT." The U. S. ship Kearsage arrived at Bos ton, on Nov. Sth, and had as passenger W. W. Williams, Ast. Paymaster of the U. S. ship Waucliussett, bearing despatches de tailing the circumstances attending the cap ture of the pirate Florida, in the port of Bahia, Brazil, on October 7th. without tho loss ot a man on board the auehussett. The Kearsage had on hoard the chief engin eer and boatswain of the Alabama as pris oners of war, and the surgeon and sixteen men belonging to tbe Florida. The Wau ehussett is bringing her prize, the- Florida, home. The following is a brief account of the circumstances ot the capture of the pi rate Florida : She arrived at Bashia Bay of San Salva dor. on the night of the 7th ult. Captain Collins having held a consultation with his officers determined to sink the Florida iu Port. Accordingly ubout thru? o'clock the cables were shipped, and the Wauchussett steamed for the Florida, hitting heron tha quarter without doing her any great injury. Capt. Collins now called out to those on board the pirate to surrender or he would sink her. This demand was replied to by the First Lieutenant "under the circum stances I surrender." A llowzer was now made fast, the cable slipped and the Florida towed to sea. In the inalee teveral pistol shots were fired, and aceidently two guns from the Wauchussett. Captain MorrU aiiJ Wolf, of the Florida's crew were ashore on liberty . Tho Florida was taken com pletely by surprise. Seventy of her men, it wa! known being on shore, and the others just coming on board wero asleep and intox icated. The blow given the Florida by the Wauchussett carried away the mizzjn mast and main yard, which fell on the awning preventing any of her crew from getting up from below. So unconscious was the officer of the deck of the intention of the Wau chussett's captain that he sang out "you will run into us if you don't take care ! ' at tha same time calling for a light. Twelve offi cers and Gfty eight men of the Florida wara captured. . TEE JIACKEEAL PISHEET. Mr. Carter in his "Summer Cruiso on the New England Coast," gives the follow ing lacts concerning the mackerel fishery : "When a mackerel vessel reaches a plaoa where the fish are supposed to be plentiful, the master furls all his sails except the main sail, brings his vessel's bo'vto the wind. ran ges his crew at intervals along one of her sides, and, without a mackerel in sight, at tempts to raise a school by throwing over bait. The baiter stands amidships, with a bait-box outside the rail, and with a tin cup nailed to a long handle he scatters the baifJ on the water. If the mackerel appear, the men throw out sliort lines, to the hook of which a glittering pewter jig istiffixed. The fish, if they bite at all, generally bite rapid ly, and are hauled in as fast as the most ac tive man can throw out and draw in a line. As they pull them on board, the fisherman, with a jerk, throws them into a barrel stand ing beside him. So ravenously do they bite, that sometim.es a barrelfu! is caught in fif teen minutes by a single man. Some ac tive young men will haul in and jerk off a fish and throw out the line for another with a single motion, and repeat the act in so rapid succession that their arms seem con tinually on the swing. 'To lie high line,' that is, to catch the greatest number of fish, 'is an object of earnest desire among the am bitious ; and the muscular ease, the preei cision, and adroitness of movement which such men exhibit in the strife are admira ble. While the school remains alongside and will take the hook, the excitement of the men, and the rushing noise of the fish in their beautiful and1 manifold evolutions in the water, arrest the attention of tha most careless observer. ' " A Vote Challenged. When Mr. a prominent Democrat, stepped up with a flourish to vot2 for McClellan, at one of the' wards in Pittsburgh "I challenge that vote !" "On what cround?" tri? the Tndicrnant demand. - "If you can produce your tax receipt for either of the last fouryears. I will withdraw the challenge. The prominent Democrat subsided instant- ly- , The terror of the desert of Sahara is be ing removed by the application of science. In 1 8oJ live wells had been opened, bring ing fishes to the surface from a depth of 5U0 feet. Vegetation is springing up around the wells, aud . the "desert will blossom like the rose. ' ' A saw-pier in New Bedford, whose prac tice is quite extensive in docteringdull saws, puts outa siguinthe form ofa handsawwith the words "saw dentist" painted on it. An insenious Pennsylvanian has invent ed n machine for coal mining which weighs 200 pounds, costs 300, aud will do the work of twenty men. Our petroleum for exports rivals the South ern cotton for bringing in gold. The rebel privateers, therefore, will be after the oil vessels. The total subscriptions to the Ten-fortv Loan to October 30th, foot up $?1, 967,800; to the new Seven-thirties, $57,003, S0. : At a ball in Virginia City, N. T., a man kissed a pretty girl and was immediately stabbed dead by her brother for it. A French soldier recently went to aParis ex ibition, and wished to enter at half price because he had but one eye. Late ParU fashions represents th laii? wearing coat tails a yard long. . Ill Vn ir