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SUJTBUaT, PA.
i : Business attended to irt the Counties of Nor-
thunjl erland, Union. Lycoming and Columbia,
lirrer tot
tr to i . , ,
iT,
no, I
DtuM, ' VMlaJ.
T.fiA. Fotoiu.t,
Lowtn & Uxnn
So.s & SrToDOtuss,
..' nstwoinn, McKAtitlRDtkCo. I
, , SpuniHO, Goon 6c, Co., - J
JOSEPH -W. JONES,
'Kb. i8 Karfh ilh street, a few oW tibave Market
:i in--: ' street,
nir-AB-iriiiA,
HAS constantly on hand a very Isrpe assort
ment of Look ing Glses. Baskets, Cedar Ware
and Fancy Good?, which will he sold wholesale at
the vcrv lowest price". ' .
N. B Looking G'ascs insured to any part of
the country, without charge. .
Nov. I,'l845 6m
ALEXANDER L. MICKEY.
TRUNK TtlAKSn,
fc'o. 150 Clicsmit Street,
pniLADCLPniA,
WHERE all kinds of le.t!.cr trunks, valise snd
carpet bajn, of every atyla and pattern are
manufactured, in the l. ft manner and from the beat
materials, and sold at the lowest r ite,
', Philadelphia, July 19th. 1815. ly. ,
.-ITEVr CAP.PETIITGS.
fllHE sub-crilwr have received, and are now
M opening a spUwdid assortment of the following
nods
Saxony, Wilton and Velvet Carpeting
Brussels and Imperial 3 ply do
Extra superfine and fine Ingrain do
Engliuh khaded & Dumfk Venetian do
Amcricnn twilled and t'm'd do
CARPET-IXU.
English Pruagc'ts and WonKn Floor Cloth
Stair and Pat-ssge BockinRs
Embossed Piano and Table CoveMv,
London Cheuille imd Tuf eJ Ruga
lX.or Matt of eveiy description.
ALSO- '
A large and extensive rortment of Floor Oil
Cloths, Irorri one to eight yardf wide, cut to fit eve
ry description of rooms or pia-asf.
Also, low priced Ingrain Carpeting from 31 J to
"G2 J cents per yard, together with a hrgc and exten
sive asaortment of good usually kw v-pet
""a'"" good will be sold wkolcsoto or retail
at the lowest market prices. Country merchant'
end others arc particularly invited to cill and exa
mine our stock before making their aelectinna. ;
- , CLARKSON, RICH & MULLIGAN,
.Successor to Joseph Blackwood, No. 1 1 1 Cheanut,
comer of Frn!ilin Place.
" Philadelphia, Fen. 221. 1845. '
. UMBRELLAS & PARASOLS,
CHEAT FOB CASH.
J. "7. SV XIT'S
Umbrella and l'arasol Manufactory.
Kit. 37 iW$ Thild nrft, two doors lelow (he
CITY HUli.L.
Philadelphia.
A LVVAYS on band, a laree stock of I'M
BRELLAS and PARASJOLS, inclu lin? the
Intent new atyle of Pinked Edged Farads of the
Uwt woikrniintliip and materials, at price thnt will
make i. an obiect to t.'ountry Merchant and nthpr
to call and exainino his stock lwfore pmrhasing
elsewhere. Fe'. 22. 1845. ly
, SIIUr.EIt TS PATENT
VASHIITG- 2I-CHI1TE.
TBIIIS Michino hi now been texled by more
'A than thirty familica in this neiglihorhood, and
'i,i given entire satisfaction. It ia o simple in its
destruction, that it cannot get out of order. It
rcntsin no iron to rust, end no springs or roll rs to
ie out of rcn'Vir, It will do twice aa much wash
ng, with less than half the wear and tear ofanj of
be Mte men on, ami whit l ot greater impor
ance.it costs but little over half aa much as other
vashintr macbine.s.
Thembw rilierhaslhe exclusive right Tor Nor
humberland, ' Union! Lvcoming, Columbia, Lo-
rne and Cliulon cottntiea. . Price of ins ma
bine 10.. H. B. MASSE K.
The following ceitificate ia from a fuw of those
.ho have ibe.e machioea in use.
Sodl'TAV, Aug. 24, 1841.
We, the aubaeriber. certify that we have now
l u. in our families, "Mutgeit a ratenl a
lg MBchine,"anddo not bcbitate aiylog tbn it U
moat excellent invention. That, in Washing,
will avem'we than one hall the usual labor.
hat it does not require more than one third the
ual quantity of aosp and wuter ( and that there
no rubbing, and consequently, little or no wear
g ir tearing. Thnt it knock off no buttons, and
at the finest clothes, ench aa collars, Ineea, tuctts,
ll,ce., may lie waahed in a very ahort time
itbout the leaat injury, and in Tact without any
parent wear and tea', whatevrr. We therefore I
rerfully recommend it to our fiends and to the
bile, aa a most useful and labor saving machine.
CHAHLM W.HEGLNS,
A, JORDAN, ,
CIIS. WEAVER.
CH PLEASANTS,
GIDEON MARKLE,
' Hon. GEO. C. WELKER,
UENJ. HENDRICKS.
...... UlUBON LEISENUING,
ma HoTit, (formerly Tremont House, No
116 Chesnut attest,) Philadelphia, BcpteruWr
list, 1844.
I have used 8hugert'a Patent Washing Machine
ray bouse upwards of eight month', aod do not
itate to lay that I dorm it one of the smvt use
and valuable labor-saving machinee ever inven
. I formerly kept two women continually oc
,iied in washiug, who now do as much in two
rs as they then did in one week. There is no
ar or tear in washing, and it require not more
ill one-third tb uaual quantity of soap. I bave
J a number of other machines in my family, but
s is so decidedly superior to every thing else, and
little liable to get out of lepair, that I would not
without one if they should coat ten times the
Jt they are sold for. Lflt.l. Ho Kit.
UPEBIOR Port wue. Madoria and Lubon
wine. Also superior Brandy and Gio, Lemon
up.
Abo few barrels of Blc Hsu, for Ml
HENRY MAosEK.
iunbury, Jul; 19ib, 1845,
Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the
Ry Mnsscr & Elsielj-.
WASIlIXGTOSf.
IIoCV ipigbt a Briton bless thee without blame.
Yet how '"J worth ' honest praise?
Great, virtuous, rri.""'. wbose unspotted name
Is stamped in gold upon fb.e rolls of fame
Whose brow is circled by ber brightest bays :
Fart of thy glory still let F.nglarid claim",
For still she loves ber noble child always :
Into what times, what regions shall we roam,
,To find tby peer Leonidas in fight,
rure Cincinnati!, meek retiring home,
Fabius the wise, or Cato the upright? ,
Nature bath culled the best of Greece nnd Rome,
And mouldering all their virtues into one,
Gave to her infant world a Washington.
' ' ' ' English paper:
The following translation of a favorite song of
the German students has a political meaning : the
mage of the dead maiden serving to represent
liberty, which is the fashion of young Germany
to consider a defunct in the Fatherland :
Dcr wirlhln Tcrchterlelii.
O'er Heidelberg's old castle
The rays of morning shine,
As journeyed forth three students
Across the silver Jlhine;
And they came to a small hotel,
Where, in the time of old,
Rich wine of Assmnnhansen,
The good Frau wirthin sold.
"We know the juice is famous . , -
Which from the grape is rtest,
Come, then, a flagon give us,
Frau wirthin of the best.!'
"High in the mantling brimmer
. My rich w" 'kle rt&
.. iiut ber whose eyes were brighter,
My gentle child, is dead."
Then forth into the chamber,
They took their mournful way, 1
Where, like a fair flower withered,
Frau Wirthin's daughter lay.
And the foremost on her gazing,
As he marked her pale cold brow,
. Said, "Maiden, oh ! I knew not .,
How I loved thee until now."
When the second saw her lying
Calmly as one that slept,
He turned him in the chamber,
And bowed his head, nnd wept.
"I see thee," he said, '"faded
Upon thy virgin bier
Oh ! how my heart has loved thee
Through many a bye-gone year."
Tut the third, before replacing
O'er ber couch the funeral viel,
Bent down and kissed the maiden ,
Upon ber lips so pale.
"To thee the dearest homage
I give which heart can pay :
Stern death may take thy beauty,
. Eut not my love away." .
EPIGRAM.
Maria's like a clock they say,
. Unconscious of her beauty ;
She regulates the live long day," '
Exact in every duty.
If this be trne, such self-command,
Such well directed powers,
Ob ! may bur Tittle minute hand .
, Become a hand of Aourt.
A Chapter on Hats.
. We have read a pretty tough rat story in tho
"Penny Maguzine," but it is said to be authen
tic. "An. open box," says the narrator, "con
taining some bottles of Florence oil, was placed
in a room which was seldom vifited. On go
ing into the room for one of the bottles, it was
percieved that the piece of the bladder and the
colton, which were at the mouth of each bottle,
had disappeared; and that a considerable quan
tity of the contents of the bottles had been con
sumed. This circumstmca having excited
surprise, some ot the bottles were 6lled with
oil, and the mouths of them secured as before
The next morning the covering of tho bottles
had sgain been removed, and part of the oil was
gone. Un watching tne room, inrougn a smiii
window, some rata were seen to get into the box,
tlirut-t their tsils into tho necka of the bottles.
and then, withdrawing them, lick off tho oil
which adhered to them.
Another story about these animals, almost as
wonderful, we have upon the authority of a
clergymen in England. lie say that ha waa
walking out ia a meilow one evening, and he
observed a grcnt number uf rata in the act of
emigrating. He stood perfectly still, and the
whole army passed close to him. Among the
number he tells us was an old rat who wis
blind. He held a piece of stick by one end in
Li mouth, while another rat had bold ot theoth
erendofit, and. was conducting him.
A good man haa well remarked, that tea
ting upon serious subjects is ever the mark of
shallow and superficial mind, poor in ideas, and
still poorer in judgment.
-tm
UNBUMX AMERICAN.
v : AND SII AMOKIN JOURNAL.
majority, the vital principlo of Republics, from which
Stinburr, Northumberland Co.
Jonnv. WAtUXO. . ' J
This was n tiotoriniif, and income respects.
remarkable mnn. He wos lately shot, aa we
atated previously, by totno pcraon secreted in a
Hotel, and died Bomo hour afterwards. His
muderer was not discovered. The last Lexing.
ton (Ky.) Gazette had the following very in
teresting account of his last moments and gen
eral character ; ' "
We have heard it stated that ho 'coat of mail'
was found upon his body after liis denth. ' He
wos, in his life and death, a most unfortunnte
man. From some cause or other, his mind ap
pears to hava taken a wron g bend many years
sp which led him into a long series of acts of
sn nnj'iFtihcable character, and involved him
in intiriicrablo feuds, and almost innumerable
combats. We became acquainted with him in
1826-7, while he wos residing in Union county,
in this state, and have been tolerably familiar
with his history both before and since that pe
riod. Since the conclusion of the border Avars
between England and Scotland lew men have
acted a similar part in civilized life. At times
he was upon terms of defiance with the whole
community in which he lived J his life has been
repeatedly attempted; he was always 'armed
to the teeth,' when he left his house which wos
in itself almost an arsenal. When killed he had
a brace of six barrelled revolving pistols and a
large bowie knife upon his person, and was mo
mentarily expecting an attack from some one
of his numerous fues.
He was a lawyer, and most of his difficulties
originated from the mode in which lie practised
his profession. By buying up old and doubtful
claims he involved himself in endless litigation
and the bitterness generally attendant upon such
cases was deepened and widened br the manner
in which he conducted n is suits. No apprehen
sion of personal danger ever deterred him from
purchasing those claims, or prosecuting them
to the utmost afterwards. On the contrary, the
prospect of danger seemed rather an add tional
inducement) and he was at all times ready lo
defend them by tongue, pen, or pistol. '
Had hi mode of warefare been more bold
and open, he would have avoided much of the
obloquy which his course drew down upon him.
But so exceedingly circumspect had he been
in always placing himself in an apparently jus
tifiable position, legally, that many doubted his
personal courage. It is but fair, however, to
say that his life had been secretly aimed at by
his enemies, and that he displayed "unyielding
firmness from the time of receiving his death
wound up to the hour of liis death.
The ball entered just above his kit typj which
was forced from its socket and rested on his
cheek; it pae&ed through the root of his tongue,
down his throat and perforated his lungs. Ini-
mediately after recovering from a few moments
f insensibility, he mode a sign for writing
mateiials; finding he was misunderstood, with
all the force he could muster, feeb'y articulated
tho word 'ink.' Supposing he wished his will '
written, a lawyer waa called in for that purposo.
Waring refused Lis assistance, drew the mate
rials towards him, end wrote a dumber of notes,
requesting the attendance of his son-in-law.
papers from the clerk's office and his own res
idence, iScc. &e. Having procured what he re
quired, alt hough bleeding freely internally, with
the blood gushing rapidly at short intervals
from his nostrils and mouth, without displaying
the slightest symptoms of pain, be proceeded
calmly and sternly with his final task at which
he was engaged until late at night. He com
pleted some unfinished contracts, entered . Into
a new one, gsve receipts, settled accounts,
brought a suit, drew up his will, and arranged
all his worldly affairs as fur as it was possible.
"The scene, while thus engaged, has been
described to ut as the most melancholy and ap-
palling one which was probably ever witnessed.
The internal hemorrhage compelled him to re
main in a sitting posture from the time bn was
wounded until be died. His gray hair dab
bled in his own blood, with which his dress nnd
person were almost entirely covered his spec
tacles pressed firmly down upon his protruded
eye, which rested in ghastly prominence up m
his check, ho pliedhis pen with relentless de
termination. Life's last sands were ebbing
fast minutes had become to him things of the
last importance. Yet, precious aa the fleeting
moments were, hi labors were greotly length
ened by the occasional rapid ejection of gore
front his mouth, bespattering and obliterating
w hat he had written. Pushing the bloodstain
ed sheet aside, his tak was again resumed with
unshaken firmness. In this seeming conflict
between destiny and himself Waring triumphed.
He had lived twelve hours longer than the phy
sicians deemed possible, and had still timeto
have paid some attention to his eternal welfare.
Our information leads ui to believe that this
waa entirely disregarded ; and that he died as
unforgivingly as ho lived. It is said that one
of his family begged, on bended knee' that he,
(Waring) would forgive hie enimiee he shook
his bead and stamped his foot, in stern denial.
So passed from this earth, and t life of tur
moil, strife, bitterness and bloodshed, John U.
there is no appeal but to force, the vital ptincijde and
Pa. Saturday, May 1C, IS4G.
Wnrincr. May hie spirit fine mor prnce in the
next, than wn vouchsafed to him in this
world.1 .'
Vain hope I The wngrs of sin is death.'
The soul that sinncth it shall die! He that
obstinately rejects the only Saviour, and hard
ens his heart sgninst the demands of Justice
and tho wooingsof Mercy, can have no hope in
death. Pittsburgh Gnzrltc.
Faith of (lie Indiana.
If the following account, given by Catline, of
the faith of some of the Western tribes of Indi
ans, is correct, it goes for to provn that they re
tain traditionary superstitions, derived at some
former period from the Homans or Roman Cath
olics. An old chcif thus describes it ;
Our people all believe that the spirit lives in
a future fctate; that it has o pass a dreadful,
deep and rapid stream which is hemmed on all
sides by high and rugged hills over the stream,
trom. hill to bill, there is a long and slippery
pine log, with the bark peeled off, over which
the dead have to pass to the delightful hunting
grounds. On the other aide of the stream, there
are six persons on the good hunting proumle,
with rocks in their hands which they throw at
them all, when they are on the middle of the
log. The good walk safely to the goiid hunting
ground?, where is one continual day; where
the trees are always green; where the sky has
no clouds; where there arc fine and continual
breezes; where there is one continual scpne of
feasting, dancing and rejoicing; where is tin
pain nor trouble, and peoplo never grow t Id, but
forever live and enjoy the youthful pleowires.
The wicked when they see tho stones coming
try to dodge, by which they full from the log.
and go down thousand. of feet to tho water,
which is dashing over the rocks, and is stinking
with dead fJh and animal, where they ore
carried around and brought continually buck to
tlie sirne place in whirponls, where the trees
are all dead, and the waters are full of toad--, liz
ards and snakes ; where the lost are always
sick, and never die; where the wicked nrc con
tinually climbing up by thousands on the side of
the high rock, from which they can overlook
the beautiful country of. the good hunting
grounds, the place of the linppy, but can never
reach it.' '
Another Attraction.--An Italian, one f)r.
Silvestre, is about to exhibit some remarksble
specimens of petrefaction. It appears that Dr,
Silvestre has discovered a method of harden
i iug, even to the consistency or rather solidity
of marble, any organized eubvtance. Dr. S. it
a man of middle age, ot an exceedingly ititelli
gent appearance, and in staled to be a chemitt
of considerable eminence, although his name is
not a familiar one in the scientific world He
exhibited i liuuun heod a man's with the
brain exposed the upper portion of (he skull be
ing sawn of!, and as it was hard ss stone, resem
bling its color Riid emitting no offensive efiluvi
urn, it somewhat resembled, but was, of course,
infinitely more interesting than a wax model.
He also exhibited a woman's head, with th
hair parted and drefsed, tho hair retaining, it
flexible properties and cxilor, although the sur
faco from which it, .grew resembled stone
There was also a child's hand, plump ond dim
plod, as in lite, but cold, ecmi-tratiFparent, and
ringing like marh'.o w hen 6truck. A piece o
liver, of its deep, rich chocolate-brown color,
somewhat reeembled red granite, and a petrified
tongue appeared as if it never could have emit
ted a sound. It was literally a tor.gucina
stone. But the prettiest r.f these pctrefac'ions
was a large boquet of choice flowers, all preser
ving their natural colors, but as hard and rigid
as if some cunning workman had carved thorn
from the Parian marble. Cunning indeed must
sculptor have been, who could have produced a
similar specimen of nature's handiwork; for
not only the leaves and petals were rendered
stone-like, but the minute lit ir form stems wero
rendered coraliue. The flowers were preser
ved, it was stated, by a modification of tho pe
trifying process, w hich was explained to be a
pneinatic extraction ofthe juices, and a stee
ping for a considerable time in chemical solu
tions. I should remark that the elf. ct produ
ced vvbs quite different from what I bave obser
ved to result trom steeping artie'e in petrify
ing springs, which merely deposite a curUmoto
of lime. l)r. Sdvestrc says that so cheap is his
process, that at a very small expense our dead
friends may be turned into stone ; and one gen
tleman waggishly proposed that our great men,
as soon as they were dead, should be pet lined
and stuck on a pedestal, and so save the expense
of statues. .
A CALiroRM.i Faumlr.. A gentleman w rit
ing from California to the editor ofthe St. Louis
ReVeille says, his stuck consists of about 41KX)
head of oxen, 1700 horses and mules," 3000
sheep, and as many hogs. They all pasture
themselves without difficulty in tho rich prair
ies snd bottoms ot the Sacramento, and only re
quire to be attended. This is to be done by In-
dun of whom beemnlovs 400. His annual
crop of wheat is about 12,000 bushels, with bar
ley, peat, beans, &c, in proportion.
immediate parent of despotism. Jirreaaow.
Vol. G-Xo. 34 Whole Wo, 394.
The last flour of St. Lent of France,
'On the sixteenth of March, 1270, he left Pa
ris for llic sea shore; on the 1st July he sailed
from France. The sad, sad story of this his last
earthly doing need not be here repeated, lr?,
we scarce know why, to sail to Tunis; with
out wishing it, involved in an unjust and cruel
war with the Moors ; delayed by tho tardiness
of his able but abominable brother, Charleso'
Anjmi : nnd seeing daily his army melt away
beneath the het of the climnte, thirst, hunger,
pestilence, ond the Moorish arrows; it was too
certain that the last of the crtiFsders was drsw-
ing near his end. From his resting-place, the
castle of Carriage, Louis could look out upon
he burning sands of the shore, the mo:tenea, I
the sky of burnished brass; he could Watch
the southern winds sweep tlio sharp dust ofthe
desert into the camp of his followers ; could be"
hold the African horsemen hovering around his
devoted troops, destroying every straggler.
Loaning with his thin, feeble hands upon the
battlements, he looked toward the bay were
floated the ship in which his favorite son lay
sick, striken by the plague which wa Consum
ing so many; which even then had fastened u
pnn tl.e kins's own blood. Wiih tearful, an
xious, yet patient and confiding eyes, he watch
ed the vcfc1 just moving in the roll of the bay
under th.it Augu.'t sun, and prayed to God and
Joftis that his son might live, and his brother
quickly come. 1 1 is prayer was not granted;
on the third of August the Count of Nevers
died ; on the eleventh, his death was told to
h's fiither ; on the mormnir of the 25'h the
flert ot Charles of Anjou had not yet appeared.
Meanwhile, the poipon in the veins ofthe mo
narch hud through twenty-one days been work
ing, end none yet knew whether he would live
nrdie. From" his sick-bed he bad sent mes
sages of comfort end resignation to the sick a
round him ; on his bed ot weakness end pain
be had finirhed thos.e oil vices to his successor
w hich should be ei.graved in ndnmant, and giv
en to every king and king's son to grow better
by. 'Hold to jiiKlice,' such are sonio of his
words; 'be inflexible and true, turning neither
to the right band nor the left, and sustain the
coUEe ofthe poor until jtibtxe be done him. It
any one has to do with thee, be for him and
against thyself. Beware of beginning war,
, . and if it be bigon, spare the Church
ond the innocent. Appease all quarrels that
thou canst. Procure pood officers, and sec that
they do their duty. Keep thy expenses with
in bounds.
'So priced tlm closing hours of the French
king, louring the night ot the twenty-tnurth
of August, he asked to bo token from his bed,
snd laid, unw orthy sinner as lie was, on a bed
of Bi-hes. H's request wos complied with ; and
so he lay, his hands crossed, his eyes fixed n
pon the sutler ng form of his Saviour, until
some tl.ree hours after the next midday. Those
who K.t by and saw how liis breath failed
him, drew the curtains of the window to admit
the slight breeze that curled the waters of the
buy, and looked out, carelessly, into the August
afternoon. Afar off, a fleet was just coming in
si'ht. the lonir -expected fleet of Anjou. With
beating hearts they knelt and told the royal in
valid on his couch of ashes; but his ear was
deaf, bis rye lifeless, his jaw fallen ! Make
ready your spices to embalm his body, poor,
threadbare garment thai it is ! and issue your
bulls to embalm his memory as a saint; for as
such already his name is aromatic in the mouths
of men.' Korth Ama icon Raiew.
ft has lately been oiscovered in Florid, that
an alligator is ss valuable in his way, as a sperm
whale ; their oil is raid to be belter fur lamps
than even whale nil, and a good sized animal
will yield from a barrel to a barrel and a half.
A war upon the race w ill doubtless be commen-
cad forthwith.
EiTorta ore being made in Boston, to get up
an assosiation for insuring sgaimit sickness.
Tue ScuooLMAwrrR at Favlt. A good man
was lately attempting the conversion of a con
vict, in one of our prisons, who has shown some
signs which were considered hopeful. After
suitable opening, the instructor, wishing to
make his teachings appropriate, said, 'what
brought you here, my friend V
Two sheriff,' said the catechuman.
Ahem! yc but I mean bad intemperance
any thing to do with your misfortune t
Yes,' said the convict, meekly; they were
both drunk. The examiner passed on to the
next hopeful suhject.
The Pittsburg Despatch notices & quack ad
vertisement, headed,
We challenge the country P
He thinks it illegal to give a challenge with,
what may so properly be termed 'deadly wea
pons.' '
An Irish doctor advertises that the deaf may
hear of him at his house in Litry-strect, where
also blind patients ma see biua from ten till
three
rniCES or AnrrnTunro.
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Brilliant Whitewash.
Much Is said of the stweco white-wash, on
the east side of the PresidentV House t Wash
ington. ' x !
The following receipt for makirg it, wlt'i
some additional improvements, learned i5,v ex
periment. "Take half a bus-hel of nice, UU'
slacked lime, s'ack it with boiling ws'er, cover
ing it r'uring the process to keep in the stecm.
Strain the liquid thronoh a fine sieve or strain
er, and add to it a peck of clean se't, pr vu. r
well dissolved in wsrm water ; three pound of .
ground lice, ground to a thin piste, ari'l n-.i
and boiled hot halt s pound of powdered o. an
ish Whiting, and a pound of clean glue, wliie'i
haa been previously dissolved by sinking U w -;i,
and then hanging it over a fclw fire, in n stsII
kettle, within a large one filled with water,
Add five gallonaof water to the whole mixture ;
stir it well and let it stand a few days covered
from the dirt. It should be put on quite hot;
for this purpose it can be kept in a kettle on a
portable finnare. It is aid that about on
pint of this mixture will cover a square yard
upon the outside of a hon if properly applied.
Brushes more or less small may be used, aecor
ding to the neatness of the job required. It re.
tains its brilliancy for many years. -Tlvre i
nothiiiff'of the kind that will Compare with it
cither for inside or outside walls. Color'm?
matter may be put in ond mnrJe of any sha '.
yon like. Spanish brown stirred in will ma'-M
a red e,r pink, more or less deep according t.
quantity. A delicite tinge of this is very p-et.
ty for inride walls. Finly pulverized enmnr-n
clay, well mixed up with Spnnieh brown, b
fore it is stirred in the mixture, makes it liluC
color. Lampblack and Spanish brown nvX'd
together, produce a reddish "tine color. Lamp
blsck in moderate quantities m!pa sltp o'or,
very suitable for the nutside of buildings, Y.-l-low
ochre stirred in makes a yellow vnF!., Vnt
chrome pries further, and mikes o C'V- -nMor.
a'ly esteemed pfttter. In all thee fi-es t--dorkneFt
of the shade will of rotir-c lv tVtrr
mined by the quantity ofthe ei'orir nit'.eru
sed. It is difficult to mtke a ruie. beeaoe tl.
tastes are Very d.flVrent ; it vyeuld b bee, to t-c
experiments on a ehing!? snd lot it dry. I hav
been told that green muft not b m'sii wph
lime. The lime destroys the color, and th" Co',
or has on the whitewash which make'? it erseit
the peel. When walls have be n b idly smoked
and you wish to have them a clean w hite, it is
well to squeeze indigo plentifully through n
bsg into the water you use before it is stirred
into the whole mixture. If a larger quantity"
than five gallons should be wanted the seme
proportion should be observed.
Buffalo Talet
t had a friend in the Indian country who
was a rare narrator, but suspected of emtal'
lishment. He never failed in a etory. He wait
a genius. No matter what the incident, h&
could relate, so as to be intensely interesting
or irresistably amusing. He had one buffalo
tale, as tough as any, that he used to tell with,
s naivette snd earnestness, that made us for
get its improbable features.
One morning, when I was in the Blackfart
country,' lie would say, 'I went out accompan
ied by an old Spjinili hunter, (we call the Mex
icans all Spaniards you know.) to pet a few bur
falo steaks ; snd seeing an old btilUs'eep under
a bank I took a fancy to Inve a ride, without
saddle or bridle. Sj 1 crept up, aod spring
ing on his back.'
'The dev' we would exe'alm.
And ofl he went full tilt, towards a small
bottom prairie the Spaniard running after as
fast as he could.'
And you on hi back 1' ws wcnlJ ask.
'Ye sir fact and I kept heatin? htm with
Illy gun ;.!., un il.a aiita nflSa kp. until hi
course became circular, and he made several
tours of the little prairie. I could easily lisya
killed him with my knife, but I wanted to show
the Spaniard, who had run to the middle of tlirr
prairie, some feuts of horsemanship, as he kept
walking around like the ring master of a circus.
At length we came with'.u about two hundred
yards of the Spaniard.
'Shall I shoot !' he bawled out
'No,' said I, 'wait little.'
'So we kept on, tail upi at hierh run, until (
brought him within about one hundred yards of
my companion.'
'Now,' siid 1, 'let him have it.'
In what part'
'Behind the toreshoulder !'
Well,' said he, raising his rifle, 'hotJvf
your h g !' ; " '
Then after nnr astonishment had been enfS'
cieutly expressed, he vlnuld ossure us that tlirt
Spaniard brought the bull dow n pursuant to or
der ; and he had an old pairof elk-skin breeches,
nipped on tho nether edge of one teg by a btil
let, w hich he, used to assure us were thu liii't-B
tical breeches be wore on that ocessiorf.
'And you sec, sir,' he would, add. 'I didn't
hold my leg Quite. iw enough VSU luit
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