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BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1865.
VOL. 11.-N0. 41.
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InviN BROTHERS. Dealers in Square Pawed j
Lumber Drj O Kd, Groceries. Flour, Grain, j
Aa , As., BurnsiJe Pa., Sept. S3, 1S63. j
I" FREDERICK I.KITZIXaER. Manufacturer of !
11 kinds of stone-ware, Clearfield, Pa. Or- I
ce'rs solicited wholesale or retail. Jan. 1, 1S33 .
CR N5 A BARRETT, Attorney? at Law. Clear
field. Pa. ' May IS. 1W.
i
L. J. CRS.
W ALTER TIA3K KTT.
T OBERT J . WALLACE, Attorney at Law. Clear
t field. P 0ce in Shaw'g new row. Market
s-reet, opposite Naug'.e's jeweljy store May 23.
HF NAI"GLE. Watch and CU,ck Maker, and
. dealer in Watches, Jewelry. Ac. Room m
Graham s row. Market street. Nov- I0"
HBrCHER SWOOPE. Attorney at Law. Clear
field Pa- in Graham's Row. fourdco s
ww. of Graham A ioynton s siure. j
- X ART? WICK A HUSTON. Dealers in Drugs. ;
X Medicines. Taints. Oils. Stationary. Perfume- j
rv Fancy Goods. Notions, etc., eti.. Market street,
Clearfield, Pa Jane. lso4.
p kritZES dealer ii Dry Goods, Cloth.
I ir iiardware. Queeusware, Groceries l'ro-!
n Ac Front Street, above the Academy,
.c-u t- Arril 2i.
Cleat field, Pa.
7 1LLIAM F. iRWlN.Marketstreet, Clearfield,
ilis-. Hardware, Queensware, Groceries, and j pn ajj (iat ;(je 0f the Jake with the excep
ily iruclesgoEera'ily. 0T" j tions of that little nook came down to the wa-
enau
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Tnn iIT'ELICH Manufacturer ot in mnas oi
J Cablet ware Market street. Clearfield, r. .
.1
lie a!'-iuakes to order Ctuins. on snort nmircanu i
attends fonera" with a hearse. :
DK M woor v PiiiTi-i5o Puv;cia-,
-ltlrterrr !
:ft.cS:ied Pt'1" JsLi
T. J. M'CULLUGn, Attorney at Law. j
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co. LscS. i'eeaifi ujatti....--.. - . -
, T-, i 1 . .L 1 m;;r!imf'T!l I I-
pared with promptness and accuracy.
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B M'EN LT.Y. Alt' rneyat uw. urur.u,
Pa .-racti-cs u, Clearfield ar.d adjoining
counties. &ce :n cew DrR ontiain ""j
a, 21 strec-t. or.e djir soutn ot iani.u
: I 1 '. , t, I
lrcriAP.D MOSFOr-reaTcT Foreignard Do- .
IV; mestic Drv Good?, (jrocenes, Hour. L.acn,.
Lienor Room, on Maiket street, a few doors ;
- -I- ol Jon'rniJ Offisr. Clearfield. Pa. Apr
JAT.RIMER A TFsT. Attorneys at Law. Clear
J held. Pa. Will attend promptly f all legal
and other business entrusted to their care in Clear
ld and adjoining counties. August 6. l;of..
f ITM ALBERT A BROS. Dealers in Dry Goods.
V (. roceries. Hardware. Queensware, Flour.
Lac'on. etc.. Woodland. Clearfield 'county. Tenu a.
Also, cxlensive dealers in all Eina.-ui seu iuu-
ler.
.shiagles. and square timtier. -iraers
Woodland. Aug. 19th. ltt3.
fd.
rpEMl EKANt'E II O US F.. The subscriber
X won d respeciiuily miuim tne rmi (
Cl-arei 1 countv. th2t La has rented the --Tipton j
l,J',Z I
u-'om i
. .v . 1
Hotel, and wxi! r ;very enauavor to aowi
.v i . hSrn w i f h heir cu
U1)C . i utr . w (i r '-
J!e wi:l try to furnish the table. wiJh the best the
:5nntrv c n afford, and will keep hay and feed to
vfwmo ate U-atosters. Gentlemen don t tjg-
the "Tipt- n Hotel." SAMUEL .MUL.
Tipton, Pa , May 25, 1S04.
-17IIISKEItS! WniSKERS!-Doy u warj
Whiskers or Moustaches? Our Grecian
Compound will fores -hem to gr.-w on the snr th-e-t
face or chin, or hair on bsld beads, in :?;x
M'eeks. Price. SI .'0 tent by mail any where,
r!niv scaled, on r?eirt of rrice. Ad;rcss.
WAU3vEK A C' . Box 13-s, Erooklin. X. York.
March iyth. 1?05.
svisrir notice.
T R E A S f H Y I ' E ? A R T M E N T ,
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Was.ovit-'V .aarjry -Jit. ;
! HEREAS. BY SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE ,
fl presented to the ur.dersi?n-d. it ba been j
' -KVn NliSSVoLf
.rarfieid. in thecoun-v of Clearfield, and ttate ;
kI I'ennsylvania. has b en duly organized under j
flnd according to the requiremer ts of the Act of j
Congress. entitled "An Act to provide a National j
Tr: I
demption tbeieof." approved June U. ls-"t. and j
la complied with ell the provisions ol said Act J
red to be complied with betore commencing
,.r p. .1,:.,,. nnroiil Act: I
he business of Bankinz under said Act ;
No
ow. therefore, I Hugh CV&YA
f the Currency, tio hereby certify that -1 It r. .
T 1aTI0N.AL BANK OF CLEARFIELD.' j
Fl
:.: fl.i.i h muntv of
Clearfield, and State of Pennsylvania, is author-
ire i to commence the busicess of Banking under j
the Act aforesaid .. si m 1
Tn- in testimony r lA'a.VA .?r
' L. nana ana sea; 01 ouicc, ma -- - j
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v Alannarv. A. 1. 1S65.
U HUGH McCULLOCH.
Feb. S, 15G5. Comptroller of the Currency.
T31STir NOTICE.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, )
Orrice op the Comptroller op the CrRP.Esrv, ,
Washisgto, March Sin. 155- )
AITIlEREAS,BVSA'USf'ACTORYEyi
dence presented to the nnJereiened. it has
tee . made to appear that -THE CUlT NA
TIONAL BANK OF CLEARFILD." in the Lor
oueh of Clearfield, in the county of Clearfield
a su.e of ?fnnsylvau. bas been .u y organ- ,
unlerana accorair.g i - ,
the Act of Cor."res. entitled "An Act to provide
t :". !iocal Currency, secured by a pledge of I ni-
:.: bonds and to provi Je for the eirculati. n ,
Ac: raufred to be complied r::h teMrc eommen-
:tRthWineof .-.t i.-r.-- u-.-itrraid Aet;
Sow. ti-rr:- :e. I. n :Vi McCulloch. Comptroller 1
"f - rrer-r. do hereby certify that -THE ; ;
CM v v . 1 ;dvAL BANK Of CLEARFIELD," ,
:-. ri., ,;Cciearel4. In the c.unty of i
'i u, mmVcee the business of Banking under
1 s-La.' Oi f ennsy ivania. is uiu"i- 1
ti Act aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, witness my
(SEAi i hand nd seal of ofice, this 2d day of
" HUG McCULLOCH,
Ua. b. 186S. comptrslier of the Currency.
elect poetry.
SOUETHIKG LEFT TJHDONE.
Labor with what zeal we will.
s'umethiog ttill remains undone,
.something, uncompleted still.
Waits the tiding of the eun.
By the bedside, on the stair.
At the threelihuld, near the gates.
With its menace r its prayer,
Like a mendicant it waits :
Wait?, and will not go away,
Waits, and will not be gainsaid.
By the cares of yestt rday
Each to-day is heavier made.
Till at length it is, or seem.
Greater than our strength can bear,
As the burdeu of our dreams,
Preiiing on us everywhere ;
And we stand from day to day
Like the dwarfs of time gone by,
Who, as .Northern legends say,
Ou their shoulders held the sky.
THE GEEEj K0UKTAI2T HESMIT.
So you think you would like to lie a her
mit dovou? Let iue toil vuu a ury that
wa. t(. j n,e y aI) .)U uyM up alJ1(Jllg lne
Green Mountains of ermont.
Jt was near the close of a hot summer day,
anj we were settinir on the veranda on the
of t,e liOU?e J,.ore us. aud but a
few rods off. lay a beautiful little hike about.
three utiles ionj and one Wlie. JJircirtiV Op
j ,wiite to US was a Cove setting back perhaps
i' , i .i . Ti . .!.: . -.. ,
, twenty rous , on me unr.iu muc hi iuis is
a clearing of quarter of an acre.and back of
tf-r's eiki-p. It. was such a nicture a we. sei
- r- - r
doui It.ot And a, 1 gazed acro,vthe qtuet
.i;ei oi me iu.n.e ii .-eeuiea in iik; ilui it
iieat.l tno.e pea eiili suaeS -n iiien 'ifiiy me
la.-t rnvs of the sun ever reached. I could
raSj the remainder of rhr days cMstent and
happv. It wasthf? cxpre.-sion f this thought
xdtdr the foilu-iW from the old
jt iaut uo fifjy ye!:rs f-ineo it took place,
T..I- 1 -lilt tl.i'.A wlVtr.tlTVi '111- I ir.'K I lli'll rf:TiiV
....
fifteen
liicre was a vounir man came to
our h'j ie ne rmrht- and wanted to get sut-
r-.r fin.l li"n J n Ifi W:, Itlril'iK" lll'i'vvl'd
i - ' .
and earned a rifle ; tut it was cay to see
and enti",niariiv. tut cum h;tle. andappear-
ed ad and njL-'aiicho!T. lie went to bed ear-
, j . fa Iu0rni2 I found hitn ituwr. bv
i
the edi:e ol the law U looking across the w at-
er. lie j:ae me a pleasant good morn
ing,'' and inquired wiiat was tlie bet way
to get to the other side of the lake. After
breakfast, of which he ate but little, he weut
away.
One morning about two week? after, as I
was looking over that way, I saw a smoke
rilijg up from where you now see that clear
ing. As hunters both white and red fre
quently wandered about the forest. I thought
but little about it ; but next morning it wa
there again, and so it went on every Jiorn-
"e aira'n ta'ked about it and wondered
wliO could be li ing there. Uut we had :
Lout, and it was a Jonj and ruuh jiatu
i i - : i - . r . "I i t. .. l. ....' .. iv.1.
no
a-
ronnd. besides I wa all the heln :nv fath.r
had on the tarm. and he could not spare nic
a w holiday, he said to go o:T and neglect
luy btisiners. for the sake oi finding out
what other folks were doing.
But finally co!l weather came an 1 bridged
the lake: and one ujornins I started off. de
termined to get acquainted with our neigh
burs. 1 had nearly reached the cove, when
for the r.-t time, I began to think I was go
in t "iM.m ' klrnn"i"'N jui.l hfi'V 'i mid T Jn-
j troduee iny-eif. or what excuse could I make
j for ealiinLr ujon them ? But- before I had
i set'l.ld the ouestioii I f un 1 unx-lf in iront
r.f 'if'n 1 nf
onjv about a rod from the
and a I .-tood there in some doubt
ituv. "o v -. - . ..... ... - -
auoat what 1 ousrht to do. tne aoor opened
;, 1 a n,an caiK- out.
Jle at'eared somewhat SUrpri-td at SOe-
nte, fcut aJvauce.1 and said -good morn-
ing, and OiiCied me his hand, at the came
time calling me by 1UV name. i Suppose 1
,,K:ed astonished at this, for I had no idea
that j vii ever Ceen him before. lie wore
a hunting shirt, fur cap, and long whisk-rs,
and his hair a!mo-t.re.-ted on his shoulders.
"Ah. don't VCU know me? he said. "well.
no wonltr. 1 don t look ClUCh like the
, i 1
man who taveu over ai jour noute one
Iii-ht la.-t SUUiUitT, do I?
. ' ,,,,
I knew hnn then. 1 h
ere was the fame
kind smile, thmiirh a doom more deer, than
whon I haa lat seen h'.m. It was like the
Sunbeam s on a cold winter cloud ; there was
warmth somewhere. But I was too young
then to speculate much about it. lie invit-
. ' 1 i- v i
. .. I , . w i ,r In.- rr, Kit, - 1 1 i-'l . it
fil tnp in his p.-ibin as he called it : it was
quite small, but warm and comfortable. On
one side was a sort of a bunk raised a few
feet from the ground and filled with dried
leaves, over which wa thrown a blanket and
a Lear skin, and a tatle and chair of hi own
manufacture, and a very small stock of ne
cessary articles of housekeeping, which com
pleted his list of furniture. Everything was
neat and arranged in good order. Several
pictures were hung around the room, and
upon a shelf were a few books. He made
no allusion to himself or his manner of life.
. . . - . intent
.. . . ,
aviut lliy father, mother, and siter , and
wieQ j jeft 4nvited rue to call again. TJut
j tQ n UjJ hc thank-
1 he time passed on. lot ten went to see
him; he always appeared glad to see nie,
jut jn n0 way could iinduce him to come to
house: and so reserved had he always
?Qru i ' u:. Qfi-ir t.it T Aid
Deen m icgi.u
not. citu ;
roulcuuic; iu - - '
cousin of mine whom I had never seen, came
to make ns a visit.
"With the exception of ruy mother and
wife, I had never seen a woman I loved bet-
e. A a Dev er 7w u lInts and i rTleas-
ter than her ; somehow ber wants and pleas
ures never seemed to interfere with those of j
any one else. She was always cheerful, and
vet there was a deep' sorrow in her heart. I
1 rather felt this than thought much about
it at the time. j
But one day mother told me what ir was. j
She was rich and had be;:-n encaged "to a j
young man as rich as nerseit ; tiut a rnonui
before the wedding day he lost all his prop
erty. He immediately wrote to his intend
ed, informing her of this and offering to
release her from her engagement. But to
this she replied, that it was not his property
but himself that she promised to wed, and
she hoped that the loss of his property would
not interfere with their engagement, and so
inflict a greater loss upon herself.
To this letter she received no answer and
her lover disappeared ; and where he had
gone no one knew. She had l-een with us
but a few days before 1 had told her all a
bout my hermit friend. She appeared block
ed at the idea of any one choosing such a
life, and a.-ked me a preat many questions
about him, and concluded by wondering if j
there was not something we could do for j
him. I had sometimes carried him a .'pics: j
ot evervthing he seemed to have an abun- j
dance.
"But,'' said Klien, "supposing he should
be sick there all alone ? I cannot bear to
think of any one living in stich a way ; we
must do something for him."
"But what can we do?'' said I. "I have
often asked him to come here, but you see it
is no use : he never aked me to bring any
one with me."
She said no more alout it then, but J no
ticed after that, that the firs-; thing she did
in the mornin-r when si e came down was to
look f r his cabin ; njil if at any time it was
iater than usual, she was sure to have an
anxious look until it made its aj pearanee.
It was now the middle of winter, and the
cold was intense. One moonligi t niirht Kl
ien. after setting nearly an honr upon the
glistening ice, started up with the exclama
tion :
"There. James, I have it now : we must
not let that poor man live there in that way
any longer. Listen while I tell you a plan,
and you must ca:rv it out. We will make a
flair, and you must get h'm to put up a flag
staff on his cabin, and arrange it in such a
manner that incase anything should happen
he can hoit a tignal of distress without go
ing outside."
I can not heln laushing at the idea, and
yet I thought the plan a good one, if we
could only get him to think so.
"Tel 1 hi m , " sa id Klien , ' t here is a lady over
here that can't sleep nights for thinking of
hiir."
I suppose it never entered her head any
more than it did mine at that tne, what
some people might say of smh a message.
Well, the next morning we go a piece of
white cloth lor a flag, an old clothes line for
halyards, and a tin 'box in which the flax
would be protected from the water. The
box was to l..e nailed to the flaa?taff. and the
lid o:eiiinz reariiiv, a slight pull would be"
suiScicnt to raise the flag. 1 hroiisrh a smaifi
hole in the roof the halyards might be taken
to his very bedside.
In the afternoon we saw by the smoke
that he was at home, I went over, I .-hall
never forget how he looked when Itold him
our plan. At hist there was a t-ueer on his
face, but it gave way to a placid smile, and
finally burst out into a hearty laugh, the
first i had ever heard him utter.
Well, said he, as you have taken so much
pains lets have it up ; there is to be sure no
telling what may happen.
And so we set to work, and he really
.seemed to enjoy it, and appeared more like
a rational being than I had seen him l-efore.
We cut a pole, trimmed it, and made a hole
in the top lor the bayards, and he got upon
the roof to put it up; as he was stunting
just be.side the chimney his foot slipped. ami
in trying to save himself dropped the flag;
down it went in othe tire, and before-it
could be rescued it was too bally burned to
he of any use. 1 had a suspicion at first
that he had done it intentionally, but was
very glad to find myself mistaken as from
the valise he drew out a large pocket hand
kerchief. There, said he. this is not quite so large as
the other, but 1 gues it will do.
It was nearly night before we finished,
and lie insisted that I should ftay and take
supper with him. By the time this was
ready the old gloom came back to his brow.
He ate but a little, and was more unsociable
than I had ever before seen him : but all on
a sudden he raised his head with the air of
a man who resolved to do something at ail
hazzards.
"Did you ever wonder why I am living
here in this wav, of no use to myselt or any
body else?"
1 told him that I had wanted to do some
thing for him.
So you have, said he ; and now I will tell
you why I came here, for 1 am beginning to
"think that I did wrong to myself and others,
and that I ought not to slay here any lon
ger. No, though I met with treachery and
and the meatiest kind of meanness, it was not
a sufficient excuse for my leaving a II society,
hut rather an excuse for my remaining in it.
But the story is a short one. 1 was rich,
and one who professed, and I believahto be
mv friend cheated me out of all. I could
have borne that, but I was engaged to be
married. I immediately wrote to my be
trothed offering to release her trom her' en
gagement, but without the slightest idea
that she would do anythirg of the kind.
Jodie then of my surprise at receiving a
letter in her own hand-writing, that I might
still be a friend, but more than that she nev
er could be. . ,
Although I knew at first sight it was ner
writing, -yet I compared it with otheis she
badsontme; but I had to make up toy
mind ( hat it was usW? ;o doubt it ; the
fact must be accepted. Having neither
father nor mother, brother nor sister, 1 re
solved to leave for ever the eoeietv of my
fellow beings. I came here, and thus far
have led a iiie which Ls becoming every day
more intolerable.
He paused, and as it was getting late I
came. away. When I got home I f ound some
neighbors at our house, so 1, went to bed,
merely sav ing to Klien that all was right.
Early the next morning 1 was awakened by
her caliing me from the foot of the stairs :
"James! James!' hurry quick come
down. The flag is up !"
I needed 110 second call, but was dressed
and down by the lake, where I found father,
who had harnessed the horse to go to town
that morning ; but upon learning the state
of affairs, he told me to get into the sleigh,
and we both started across the lake as fast
as the horse could go.
Upon arriving at the cabin we found him
stretched on the ground moaning with pain.
He said he had broken his leg. After a
short examination, f ather said he believed
he had. We took hi in up as carefully as
possible and laid him in his bunk, and then
father started after the doctor, leaving me
to make a fire and do whatever else 1 could
for the comfort of the sufferer. Father
stopjed at the house long enough to tell
them what was the matter and then hurried
away.
In about two hours he returned with the
doctor, and as there was no necessity for my
remaining longer, I came home to look af
ter the morning chores. As sixm as 1 had
dene these, and got my breaklast, I pre
pared to return. Klien wanted to go
back with me but mother would noteon-vm.
The wind had been blowing ail the morning
very hard, Midas ire stood a moment at the
window looking ut, we saw the flag break
loose and came slowly drifting before the
wind across the lake.
A we stood looking at it L told them of
the flag, and the substitution of a handker
chief. Klien walked down to the ice with
me. The handkerchief had reached the
shore and lodged only a few rods tiff, and she
weut to get it. and I kept along, but had
gone but a little ways when 1 he; rd her call
me back. I hu-tened to her ; she was hold
ing the handkerchief s-areely whiter than
herself.
"Yes, that was it: lie had told me that
morning 1 Ienry W iiburn.
"Thank God !'' she said, as I told her this.
"Wait I must go with you."
I did not oppose hr. She went into the
house and came quickly out again with her
.-iiiirtiaiiu hood, and we started. About
halfway across we met father and the doc
tor. He stopped to give me some directions
and then went on, Ellen stopped a few
rods from the door.
"See here. James; I have been acquaint
ed with a Henry Wilburn, and that if he is
the one lie must prepare himself for a .very
greatsurprise."
I went hi and delivered the message.
"A lady a great surprise ? I gut-. not ?
I think it would take considerable to sur
prise me now. But do not keep her waiting
longer. :"
1 stepped out and told her so. I somehow
got the impression that they would need no
introduction, so I remained outside to split
some wood. Jn alout fifteen minutes I
wtnt in and found her on her knees by his
bedside. Shespragnp. as I opened the
door: tears were on their faces, and a hap
pier looking couple 1 have never seen be
fore nor since.
"James," sai l Mr. Wilburn, "I suppose
you wnnt an explanation. You have been
a good friend to me so you shall have it.
This is the lady I was telling you about last
nitrht. It aj'pears she wrote two letters at
tha time, and by mistake in directing them
1 got the one destined for my cousin, and he
trot the one that was intended for me."
" "Possibly," said Klien, "it was lost."
"Possibly it was, I hope so, at any rate,"
said Wilburn."
"Well." saiJEI'en, "it has all passed now,
so let s say no more about it. 1 1 will be
sometime befureyou run away from me a
gain I think."
Yes, he replied, I am fast enough now
and shall have to remain here longer than
I intended: for after James left 3011 1 in
tened to write you a letter of thanks and
leave this place forevever ; and only too
late would you have found out who it was.
An hour in pleasant converse passed quiet
ly by and father returned bringing mother
with him. After explaining to them how
matters stood, Ellen called fatheraod moth
er outside, and they had a long conference,
which ended by father getting into his sleigh
and driving off.
About the middle of the afternoon they
came back bringing the minister with them.
The cabin was about full, but we managed
to get in : and 3Ir. Wilson, after being in
troduced, said
"Mr. Wilburn, it is evident that you
must have some one to take-care of you un
til your limb gets well ; this young lady is
willing to take that office, and we see no ob
jection to her doing so. But taking all
thlncs into consideration, we think you had
better promise her before these witnesses,
that so long as you both live, you will do
your best to take care of her."
I never in my life saw a man so compdete
ly taken back. At first he did not seem to
understand what the minister meant ; but
finally as he began to get hold of the idea,
he looked up to Ellen, who was standing by
' "Ellen," said he.'is this possible ?"
Tears of joy were in her eyes ; he needed
no other answer. The marriage ceremony
was performed, then mother produced a
basket containing cakes and wine, and a hap
pier wedding party I never met.
As soon as he was able to be removed
they returned to the city. He said he had
come to the conclusion that he was not in
tended for a hermit.
Cotton is arriving at Charleston from the
back country, and business is fast assuming
its busy anti-rebellion condition,
Something About tie Hair.
How many hairs on your head? The num
ber varies with different persons ; the aver
age is state! on good authority to be 293
hairs to every quarter of a square inch ;
from this each can calculate somewhere near
the sum of his own. Fiaxen hairs are fin
est, brown and red next, and black the coars
est. A space containing 147 black would be
occupied by 16:2 browm or 12 flaxen. Each
hair springs from a root imbedded in the
skin. The outside is composed of horny
scales overlaping each other like shingles on
a rend, though not with the same regularity,
and these scales form a tube enclosing a mar
rowy pith. The hair of different races of
men. varies in structure as well as in
color: thus that of the negro may be felted,
that is, formed into a solid compact mass
like cloth. The property is owing to the
prominence of the scales composing, it.
Straight hair is nearly round, curly hair is
more flattened, the most so in the negTO,
whose hairs are nearly flat ribbons. The dif
ferent colors depend on minute particles of
coloring matter within the hair ; age, sick
ness, severe mental exercise, or sudden fright
may destroy the coloring matter, and cause
the hair to turn gray. In animals having
"whiskers," as the cat, tiger, rat, etc., the
hairs are applied with nerves, which reader
them very delicate "feelers," by which they
are aided in stealing on their prey. In pas
sing through narrow spaces,, those give no
tice if the opening is not lanre enough to ad
mit the animal s body. In some forms of
disease tlje human hair becomes extremely
sensative at the root, and liable to bleed.
Frequent cutting eaues it to grow coarser,
but not more thickly, and those who desire
to retain soft silky leards should not bhave
at all. Oils, pomades, and such prepara
tions clog the pores of the scalp and prevent
the healthy growth of the hair; washing
the scalp with water and thoroughly drying
it with a towel, will keep it in excellent con
dition. Human hair is an important article
of trade; ton of it being sold every year.
In large districts of Europe the peasant girls
are shorn of their locks annually, receiving
from two to twentj- dollars each for the crop.
Most of this is used by those who cannot
grow enough of their own. some of it for
making jewelry and other ornaments.
Saturday Evening.
How many a kiss has been given how
many a caress how many a look of hate
how many a kind word how niaDy a prom
ise has been broken how manv a heart has
fbeen wrecked how many a soul lost how
many a loved one lowered to the narrow
chamber how many a babe has gone forth
from earth to heaven how many a little
crib or cradle stands silent now, which last
Saturday night held the rarest, of the treas
ures of the heart ! A week is a history. A
week makes events of sorrow or of gladness,
which people never heed. Go home, you
heart-erring wa iderer. Go home to the cheer
that awaits vou, wronsed waifs on earth's
billows,
bn-inev;
Go home to your family, man of
Go home to those von love, man
of toil, and give one night io the joys and
comforts fast flying by. Leave your books
with complex figures leave everything
your dirty shop your business store. Best
with those you love ; for God alone knows
what next Saturday night may bring them.
Forget the world of care and battles with
which life furrowed the week. Draw close
around the family hearth. Saturday night
has awaited your coming with sadness, in
tears and silence. Go home to those you
love, and as you bask in the loved presence,
and meet to return the embrace of your
I heart's pets, strive to be a better man. and
to r.;es 'to.i for giving His weary children
so dear a stepping-stone iu the river to the
Eternal, as Saturday night.
General Jackson's Kotto.
"Think before you act. but when the time
for action somes, stop thinking." This is
the true doctrine. Many men fail in life
aud go down to the grave with hopes blasted
and prospects of happiness unrealized, be
cause they did uot adopt and act upon this
motto. Nothing so prepares a man for ac
tion as thought ; but nothing so unfits a man
for action in the course of action. Better
by far adopt some course and pursue it en
ergetically, even though it may not be the
best, than to keep continually thinking with
out action. "Go ahead" ought to be print
ed in every young man's hat, and read until
it becomes a part of his natwre, until he can
aet upon his judgment, and not be turned
from his course by every wind of interested
advice. In conclusion, we would say "Think
before you act ; but when the time for ac
tion comes, stop thinking."
Arlington Cemetery.
The lofty plateau of Arlington has been
converted into a national cemetery' for our
brave soldiers and sailor who die in or near
Washington. It was opened for interment
M?y 1, 1S64, and within the year five thou
sand have been buried there. In a year or
two more it will be the most populace city of
the dead on this side of the Atlantic. Its
conversion into a cemetery renders it impos
sible that it can ever be used as a residence
again. General De Kussey has already re
moved his headquarters from there to the
house of Gen. Lee's son, immediately north.
Many of the graves contain the bodies of
southern lsoldiers who died in our hospitas,
but then in every case the headboard of the
grave bears the word "Ilebel," in large let
ters, on it
A sword worth $750, has been presented
by the freedmen at Fortress Monroe to Gen.
Butler, for services rendered them while in
command of that Department.
Jeff Davis, health haa improved much.
He partake3 freely of thedietfuxnlsbedhim,
and is in fit condition to take a sea voyage
or stand bis trial for treason.
PUEE BUTTER.
The fresh sweet pasture f June, furn
ishing that abundance of succulent feed
which new milch cows need to give rich
milk in abundance, make this month pre
eminently the butter month. We present
herewith the views of a good butter maker
expressed in a communication by "H. A.
II.," which has lain lor some time on our
table: "1 am very particular about thor
oughly scalding and sunning my pans in hot
weather; do not till them more than half
full, and skim after the milk thickens suffi
ciently so that the cream will come off
smooth without taking any milk with it,
which, I think, is apt to make curdle in the
butter, and that injures the looks of it
Churning should be done every day, if suf
ficient cream should be obtained. If not
the cream in the pot should be thoroughly
stired v henevtr any is added, and 1 add a
little salt, which certainly is not a bad idea.
1 design, when I churn to have the cream
the right tempierature.neither too warm nor
too cold, so as to avoid adding any warm or
cold water, and as soon as it is gathered I
take it out and wa-h it in cold water until
it is thoroughly freed from the buttermilk ;
salt it to my taste, and set it in a cool place
until the next morning, when I work it over
until it presents a firm and uniform appear
ance. Last summer I worked my butler
three times before packing. At the last
working I add a small quantity more of salt.
After packing it smoothly I sprinkle a table-spoonful
of loaf sugar and a little salt
over the top between every hryer, and ap
ply on the top of that a cloth pressed down
closely to keep the air from it during the
time that -must intervene before the pack
ing of the next layer. After the viar or fir
kin is well filled. 1 put the cloth on the top
and apply another thicker one, and filled np
with salt packed tightly, and even with the
top of the jar ; then laying on another
cloth to fit the top. 1 also put another one
over the jar and have it come over the edge
and paste it tight to the jar. then put on &
board and a weight. Or aayother way:
Instead of putting in salt I take melted but
ter and turn in on the thin cloth even full,
and lastly, apply salt sprinkled over the top
before putting on the last cloth and weight.
Then again. 1 have had butter kept well af
ter packing thoroughly as I have stated,
to nil up the iar with strong brine,
which should stand two inches deep on the
top without being Ted up with butter, and
it is necessary to pur a Hale saltpetre in the
brine. Any one, whether he has a very
good place to keep butter or not, if he at
tend to the strict observance ot these rules,
can have good butter-andkeep itformonthsi,
and that through the hottest weather."
To EiinoYe Flies From Hooids.
Now that hot weather approaches, the
following method of trapping flies, as prac
ticed and endorsed by a corresoudeut of
the r?Vi Agricultural G'.tzrtte, will be found
Useful: "A hand glass, commonly used by
gardners (a square one is the best,) is the
instrument to be u.ed. This ha- to be tight
ly covered at the bottom with thick white
paper. A circular hole, (l inches in diame
ter, is then cut in the center of the paper,
and a g'ass is placed on three bricks over a
plate filled with beer, sugar and a little nun,,
a moderate distance from the affected spot.
The effect is magical ; in a few hours th
glass is crammed with flies, which, having
tasted the sweets, fly upward to the light.
A common sulphur match, made by dip
pine brown paper into melted brimstone,
will Jest toy thousands. The constant hum
of insect life will attract all to the glass, and
the scent of the rum is sure to induce the
most fastidious wasp as 110 insect can resist
its powerful attraction. This is stated to'be
effectual in alluring hornets and wasps from
fiuit trees, though we imagine it would
take a large glass to hold all we have seen in
some neighborhoods."
Use for Coal Ashes.
Some new value has been discovered in
coal ashes. A contractor has paid 9,000
for the right to collect them in a single dis
trict in Manchester. England, for six months.
Only a short time'since. the authorities had
to pay contractors to take them away. For
what purpose these ashes have become val
uable is a secret, but a very important one
to be iound out. They have been regarded
as nearly valueless heretofore, for dressing
land. Some think a rare metal has been
discovered in them.
The testimony in the trial of the assassins
fixes upon Geo. N. Saunders and Jacob
Thompson not ony direct complicity with
the assassin Booth in the murder of Presi
dent Lincoln, but their guilty agency in pro
curing the distribution of the infected cloth
ing in the cities of the loyal States, and at
tempted introduction of portions of this
clothing into the White Hou.se.
A rather amusing story is told of Brown,
rebel Governor of Georgia. : W hen the Lieu-,
tenant was conveying him North, under ar
rest, and had arrived near Dal ton, Brown
rallied him pleasantly about his small force.
The Lieutenant asked him what be should do
if the squad should be overpowered by guer
rillas. Brown replied that hj should run
with the Union troops.
It Ls a certain sign of an ill heart, to be
inclined to defamation. They who are
harmless and innocent, can Lave no gratifi
cation that way ; but it ever arises from a
neglect of what is laudable in a man's self,
and an impatience of seeing it in another.
The account involved in the defalcation of
the taeasury clerk, Cornwall, at Washing
ton. Ls $28,000, instead of $200,000, as
heretofore stated.
An extraordinary merit may lie under
mean habit, as a rich garment may cover e
normous vices.