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WHERE all ktmU of leather trunks, vnbscsand carpetbags, of eeiy stjle and patlein are manufactured, in the best manner and from the best materials, and told at the lowest rite, Philadelphia, July 19th. 1845. ly. From tho Water-Cure Journal. EXTRACT OP A I.RTTRtl FROM f.rtAK FEVBtcno, IIY CAPT. CLAHIDRK. Hippocrates and Ga?cn, the alpha and omego, or the great deities of medical aspiration?, advo cated Ihe nsp of cold water and friction to cure numerous complaints and ward fT their ap proich, which gives rise to the question, how is it that the most simple, tho most useful of their suggestions were consigned to oblivion f The answer in but ton obvious. Moan, at the period when ablutions were the fashion at Rome, cured Horace oft fever, by water. Hun dred ol book have been written in which that element ha been extolled a a curative agent, and lliesc have also been disregarded, which is the more astonishing, since no writer was ever found to enter the list as disputant. Two centuries o Dr. Vender Ileyden, of Ghent, in the Netherlands, wrote a work advising the dis continuance of drugs and the use of water, de claring tint during a successful practice of tip wordsof fifty years ho was indebted to its ripen cy for Ihe best cures he ever effected. A cen tury ago Dr. Sir John Floyer, in his work en titled 'Frebrifngem Magnum,' insisted on wster being all powerful in fevers. Half a dozen others, during a. long interregum, ti'ed their pen in vain to persuade people that he wn right, nd hardly fifty summers have passed ) since Dr Cnrrie, of Liverpool, practiced the use of water with success in thai city, and publish ed book on the subject, full of information, anecdotes, and facts. At hist comes Priespnitz Nature's doctor, and as such administers her cure. Yen, who doubt water being par excel lence Nature's great restorer and preserver read Pallma's travels in Dordofan. There, in the very depth of Afric, he found fevers sub dued and other ailments alleviated by an appeal to the limpid stream. Wound a stag in the forest, and witness his flight lo rippling brooks fur relief: or go amongst Ihe North American ravages, and there again you may become en lightened. With the mass of evidence brought forward in support of this theory, some earnest friends to Hydropathy think the time not distant when it shall supersede Allopathy, or the present prac tice of medicine. Though not less enthusias- tsns, and hurries the human family to untime ly graves. Wars, pestilence, and famine have commit ted their ravages, but in our opinion tliey are trifling compared to the havoc occasioned by the pharmacopia. During a period nf two thousand yevs millions of men have devoted their lives to the study and practice of physic, and whrtt Ima resulted from so much labor, so much learn ing t Can any practitioner tell us how it is, that a dose of salts sets upon Ihe bowels? Have medical men made such advances in what ihey are pleased to call a science, as to place reli ance upon their proceedings! Consult the dif ferent works emanating from members of their own body, and sec how they condemn the prac tice of medicine. One recommends mercury as infallible, another insists upon it bring des tructive ; a third is a copious bleeder, which a fourth declares to be the rond lo the tomb. What can justify those in charge of Ihe public henlth showing such reluctance to change! such resistance even lo inquiry ! Why, their own members declore in the practice rf physic there is no uniform principle. Dr. Aberernm bie sny it is like 'dealing out blow in the dark.' In medical science, who does not know that ages have wrought no improvement, but rather by the multiplicity of drugs, sn increase of con fusion ! Have not men of the highest intellect been pursuing a phantom ! It puts one in mind nf the monks of the middle njres, who w re for j half a century engaged in attempting to disrnv- ! er bow many devils could ilanee on the point nf i a needle, or Ihe man with a wooden leg after n ; bare, thelsrther he ran the further he was oR The result proves most inenntestibty thit all medicines, however harmless they may appear, are inimical to the henlth of both man and beast. This does not apply to surgery, the practice of which it must be admitted is very much ame liorated, end at the same time it is not less a fnct that the knife is too often resorted to. It may be asked, Is Hydropathy a panacea! No: death is the result of life, and the grim t tyrant will perform his office ; but his visit, if I men were wise enough not lo poison them j selves or let others do it fur them, would, in the majority of cases, lie deferred until the individ ual had performed Ihe offices for which his Cre. SIIUr.K.llT'S IWTKXT WASHING- 1ACEX1T. rpHIS M.rcbine his now been tested by more JL than ibirly families in this neighbnfh.iod, and hi given entire satisfaction. It is so simple in its construction, that it cannot get oui 01 or.irr. ri contains no iron to rust, and no vpiingsor rollers lo get out of repair. Il will do twice as much wash ing, with less than half the wear and tear of an) of he hte. inventions, and whit i of greater linper. ance. it eots but little over half us much as olhur washing machines. The subs. iiler hss the eiclusive right (nr Nor. bumbrrland. Union. L coining, Columbia, Lu--.erne and Clinton counties. Price nfsiiigU m :hinef. H.B.MA8SER. The following certificate from a few of those vhobtve these machines in Use. Sunbury, Aug. 24, 1844. V, the subscriber, certify that we have now n use, in our familie. 'Shugert' Patent Wasti ng Mschine,"and do not hesitate itying that it is most eicellenl invention. That, in Wahing, I will save more than one hall the usual labor. Chat It dots not require more than one third the isual quantity of soip and water and that there no rulibiiiB. and consequently, little or no wear. ag or tearing. That it knock off no buttons, and it the fltiesl Clothes, such as collars, Uces, tucks, ills, &c, may 1 washed in very short time rilhout the least injury, and in fact without any pparrnt wear and tear, whatever. We therefore heerfully recommend it to our friends and lo the ublic, as a most useful and labor saving machine. CHARLES W.HEGINS, A JORDAN. VH. WEAVER. mis. PLEASANTS, tllDBOM MARKLE, Hon. 0 P.O. V. WELKER, BENJ. HENDRICKS, GIDEON LEISENIUNG. raa's llotrt, (formerly Tremont House, No. 1 in Chesnut alreel,) Philadelphia, September I have used ShugerV Talent Washing Machine my house upward of eight months, and do not sitate lo lay that I deem it one of the mo.-t uae I ami valuable labor-saving machine ever inven- d. I formerly kept two women continually oc ipled in waahiog, who now do a much in two .y a they then did iu one week. There i no rar or tear in washing, and il requires not mora o one-third the usual quantity ol op. I have id a number of other machine in my family, but is is so decidedly uperiot to every thinjelse, and little liable lo get out of lepsir, that I would not without one if they should eet ten timea th ice they are .old for V A NJEIWER IL rCA kSEED TEDilgbeat price will l P given for Flag Seed, at th atore of Au;. 9, !St5 HENRY MASSE R. lie than them, I confess, when reflecting upon I ator intended him. It may be fairly tssumrd ; that old age would be the lot of all, provided ' the stock from which they came was equally , t-lrnitg, end all other circumstances in unison. ! Rut how can pimple WB'er ho made to eff'.-rt , so many object ! We answpr, il is nt by drinking only that its salutary powers are dovrl : oprd ; a brought to bear on the human frame : by the immortal Priesnitz, it appear lo be the i ii mmtim liinium of all that is required in the ' art of healinrr. st. It accelerates the chango : of tissue. 2'l. Abstract and reproduces bent ' by reaction. 3J. Restore lone to the skin, i -li Ii. Act as a derivative, fith. Determine i morbific matter to the surface. fi;h. Stimulate ' the stomach and nervous system. 7lh. Equa lizes the circulation by contracting thecapilla- ary vessels. Sih In congestion it contracts the capillaries and restores circulation, which the opposition oflVrud to other valuable disco veries, the reluctance evinced in embracing useful reforms, I am not so sanguine. When we look at the amount of prejndiee Ij overcome, antl the liydri-hcaded interests arrayed against the changes Hydropathy would effect, we may fiirly predict, that from it the present geueru- tiun will derive but compiratively little bene fit. Brought up in strict adherence to Hydro pathic rules, our children would always be healthy thcinselvi s, and produce a race of men that for health and agility might equal the stur dy Spartans, who always subjected their new born infants Ion cold immersion. Whilst this system renders us independent of luxuries, sn enervating to Ihe present gener ation, it lessensthe deptivations of those of lim ited circumstances; good plain, wholesome food and a draught from the crystal fountain, is i the great secret In curing disease, 'All or all that is required; this raises the vital ener gies, aids digestion, and the oxygen water con tains renders the introduction of carbon neces sary, or in other words, increases Ihe appetite, : ganic or animal strength,' says Dr. Johnson, 'depend upon the power of tho different parts of Ihe body to contract. 9th. Taken internally water has a direct action upon the stomach, whilst alcohols, of whatever nature or kind, j bowels, and kidneys. have sn opposite tendency. Many labor under a most erroneous notion, that to have strength they must swallow strong things that wine, beer, and spirits assist in keeping up Ihe stamina. What a delusion! F.very chemist knows t hut such things do not The Water-Curo not only effects all these salutary advantage in the human economy, but it also protects il Votaries from tho lamentable consequence Ihnt sooner or later result from bleeding, leeching, and cupping, as the objects sought tube oblained by Ihe agency of these die- assimilate t that they are antidotes to dfgeslion , j bulical means are attained by the most simple in proof of which put raw meat into walen ! mMns, it dissolves at once, whilst another piece, sub jected to the action ol sprits, ii "reserved, a may be witnessed in every museum of natural history. To be strong and rob'tsl, that is to en joy that amount of health intended by an all' wise and beneficent providence) we must resort to daily cold ablutions, and adopt an exclusive water beverage. Let those whoadvocate warm rooms, warm clothing, warm aliments, and who fancy man Cannot exist wilhoutstimulants and physic, all enemies tinder false colors, come lo the Supates, and see how men, wotneni and children braVe the elements at this season of the year, with the thermometer at 14 or l.'ideg. of Fshti Numbers who came encased in lluh nel are buffeting the weather, even before the break of day, without hats, stocks nr any other covering than they were In the habit of wear in the summer. Go into the great saloon of the establishment on a festive occasion, see between three bund red and four hundred invalids who, under the physic system, are declared incurables, and you will not hear such a thing ss cough, or find one laboring tinder catarrh or cold. If cold be caught, it it sn affair of a few hours. To enjoy life, we must accustom ourselves to dis comforts i these harden tho fran.e end prepare it lor longevity, whilst the so-called comforts produce innumerable ills, cause the race to de generate, fill the pocket of flicks and charla- 'Whoso sheddetli man s blood, by man eliall his blood be shed.' 'Bluod is thu life In deprive t man of whirh is a practice continued frum a barbarous and sa vage age; which, thanks to Providence, is qui etly tassilig away. It ha received lis rono i" grace from the unassuming peasant ol Silesia, the Immortal Priessnitz. By the system of this extraordinary mani the necessity of amputating ttien limbs, is, in a great majority of cases, dispensed with, and When absolutely indispensable, I assuages tr subdues pain, keeps down all (inflammatory ac tion, and supports the strength of the sufferer In way that, to tho unprejudiced tnind, shows the utter insufficiency or all the means at pre sent in use. Hydropathy puts hurt Jecomliut the hieroglyphics used to conceal puisonuus prescriptions, since Ihe latter itself is valueless. What fiend first put the notion into men's heads that poisons would cure disease! What led them to believe, that onco introduced into" the human body, either through the pores of the skin or by the sto-.nach they were result ed in to nothing of ejected thefelbrtn ! Let those whoadvocate tho inoffensivenese come to the Hygeine Temple, at Grfcfenbefg here (heir minds will be disabused of so erroneous a con elusion let them listen to the soul-harrowing relations of the patients, of the sufferings inflic ted upon them by the thoutfiul-and-one horrible experiments made npoii thetn by tin se lo whom ' they entrusted their health ; witness the effects of bleeding, burning, blistering, and drugs, and then say if the poor invalids are not justified in attributing their physical sufferings and menial sorrows to what is proudly termed medical science. At (Jrrrfenberg, cases frequently require o great rxerctse of patience, because drug disease are the most difficult of cure; the which can only commence when all Ihe foreign matters are eliminated. In all complaints to which childhood ie exposed, such s measles, email. pox, scarlatina, &e., it is quite refreshing to see how soon Hydropothy performs its salutary office, and the same observation applies where il has not to contend with that insidious enemy, physic. Pliny, who evidently had no great respect for Ihe pharmaenpin, when asked what he thought drugs were sent for, replied, 'he did not knniv. except it was that men might assassinate them selves with them when tired of life. Oh, what would not an Hydrnpathist give to see Priess nitz aetinir in one of your fever hospitals! In Knglsnd, all our endeavors to gel a water doc tor within the precincts of a public hospital have been unavailing; thus it would appear that the object of the fuculty is to decry anil put it down. How true is the observation of Dr. Edward Johnson, who has sonbly written on Hydrops thy, 'Had the introducer of the knowledge of Hydropathy into Kngland met an old woman in Austria, who whs in the Imbil of administer-1 ing some particular pill to tit'tcrn hundred pu tientsevrty year, from which the greater num ber were cured ofdiseosr s and bad he made this known in England, is there a single practitioner throughout the entire kingdom who would not immediately have given this drug a careful anil cautious trial ! No, not one; not one. And yet why not give that trial to the nrrrtenborg remedy which would not have been refused to the pill of the old woman " Does this require any explanation ! Hydropathy oitns not at a reform, but a total annihilation of the present system. When its virtues ore known, people will tiave no more faith in drugs than they have in sorcery, witch craft, kissing a king' hand for the evil, and many other absurdities which engaged the wis dom of the sages, and allbcted humanity in by gone limes. Rut the question that concerns us all is, shall the nrpf.enl trr-nerLtion pass sway in sicklies" and sorrow, because the ailoiini. tutors of phys ic will admit of no rlmngr- ! S'hall we still continue the delusive system ut drills, which entail a curse noon our progeny, to the third and fourth generations! Now the veil of Isis is withdrawn, why do- lay the curative means provided for mm from Ihe beginning ! Sholl we still coutititio our confidence in those men who, from interested motives, shut their eyes and ears loall improve ment ! America hss thousands of as noble suns as them, who, unencumbered with the old and worn out logic ot the schools, hove no pre judices of education and roiitiun to forget. Those mindsare fresh and capable of acquiring the niceties and truths of this invaluable sci ence ; their non acquaintance with the tram mels of medical education will be their advan tage and recommendation to trlessnit). 1I every State in the union send oneof there young men, and let litem bear in mindj they may re turn to their native country the champions ofa great and glorious cause, destined'to resctie the human family from an i',gntitfi(S Which baa transformed ynulli Into old age aed decrepitude. and to refresh and invigorate the human family, sn that Ihe risinir genetalioh thaV rriioy that health whicll is the lot of all the Animals, and attain lo that longevity which an atl-wise Crea tor p'sced williiti the fcar!i of all bis creatures. Sorite thedical men who never witnessed anv of the operations of the water-cure, ami others who haVo been at tlraefenlrerg and obtained a slight glimmering of light u put the subject. write what they tefm true repor' of the water- cure; which they are rbliged to applaud; though evidently with reluctance, whilst nothing can terrain their rapid feelings towards rriessnitr. ttport whose head they heap the yrosecsl a lid foulest calumnies. All ihe advocate of the cure as!t, l, a fir field and no favor. L't thoSo who doubt our as sertions come to tho Spot there they will find the blind made id s-e( the lame to walk ; let them enquire nf all they come in contact none are (dtttd will do titrt admit ah improvement in their health, and who do not reret they came so late, l-ol them hear the way in which this remedy IseAtolled t torHfiare it with what is coiled the art of healing by drug?, mbre de trUctiVe lhah all the wars in which the inhabi tents tif tho globe have been ertgsged. When cholera existed (many year ago) in Dublin, Ihe rich occupied the physicians, whilst the poor; on being attacked, wcro htirfied into the tenls pla ced outside the city, and left to thanes. It was ascertained afterwards, that of those that sur vised, the latter had the majority. But tome say, the witcr-eurc is so disagree!- ble and so trying that we would rather endure our sufferings a best we may, and quit ViU mortal scene a few years sooner, than submit to With respect lo this, Sir Inward Bulwer l.ytton say, 'The remedy is not so desecrate j It is simple, it bequeaths nono of tho rna'adics consequent iin blue pills and mercury, or pur gutivcs and drastics.' 'I think it the diity of every tnnn on whom the Jives of others depend, lo make himself acquainted with el icnsl his part of the water-cure ; the wet sheet,' he adds, 'is the true lite preserver, and from the infant lo the octogenarian, is equally applicable. I passed the most inclement period ot winter un der the curr not only perlcctly free from colds, rheums, and Catarrhs, which had hitheYtd visi ted me with the snows, but in the enjoyment of excellent health, nnd I am persuaded that those who are delicate, and who suffer much dnring the winter, can find no place where tho cold is so little felt bb at a water-cure establishment. We ransack the ends ot lY.e earth for 'drugs and minerals; wo extra'c.t our p6tions froni the deadliest poisons, bu' around us and about us. Nature, the gr'ea't mother, proffers the hygcian fount, unsealed oftd accessible t6 all. WheY ever the stream glides, whero tho sprifig spar kles fresh, there, for the vast proportion of mal adies which art produces, Nature yields the be nignant healing.' How those observations of Sir Edward Bulwei arc borne out by the pro ceedings ot (Iraefenbe rg ! On arriving here, though in the depth of winter, with the therm ometer down at l.'i dog. or 16 dcg. Falit., the patient ii generally put into a very shallow luth,no quite cold, G'-l deg.,)and robbed; he then lakes a pluurre in thu cold bath, a hi re turns lo the tepid. All flannels are now put aside, when the invalid dresses, drinks a tttni- bier of water, and goes out to Walk : he natural ly feels the want of the warm clothing be has I 'jft off, but such a thing as catching cold from having so done, alter the bath, is never heard of. Notwithstanding their constant exposure to the inclemency nf this hyperborean climate, the majority of the male putient'a go without either hats or neckcloths, or any additional clothingoll the winter. I could adduce cases that would occupy a whole letter, but will con fine myself to one, to show with what Stoicism and advantage man may contend with the ele meM4 when bn boi'y is fortified by water. When the snow vi as many feet deep in Janua ry. lust, a gentleman named Meyer, about wcn ty six vesrs of age, arrived at (IraelenbeVg, from llxiiihurir. He bad suffVreil fr'nrt nstlim! tor ihiee years ; having tried medical aid in Vain, he determined on having rerours'o lo hc w ater cure ; he vi as so unwell as to he confined at an hotel in nWliii, while en rone, for eight days. Ili was alarmed at the slightest breath of air, and it was with difficulty lie could walk three time the length of the laVgo tafdon. On his arrival, like the- rest, he was imniediotely denu ded of all flintlels, of his hat and stock. In fourteen days, two large boils rriade their sp pea ra nee, (one of Nature's means of exuding morbid ii. alter frbui ihe sytein,)and in a month he was seen daily wading tip lo his knees in show, lo the summit of tin. highest mountains, which, browned with eVergieen trees, form a buck ground to the pleasing landscape, so much admire;! by all who visit the Sutlatus. It is evident from this, that our great wizard of the North p'ace less reliance upon artificial cover ing than that provided by A wise i'rovidence, viz. : the skirt; YNkt;k CdrruriK Liclit. Lincoln, who tiiigiiislied himself for his gallant conduct in the action ol the Resac-a de la Tuln-.a, is a descendant of Gen. Lincbln and a sou of ex-governor Lincoln of Massachusetts, lie was ordered to charge in to the thappartl where the Mexican infantry were lodged, nnd were pouring a most destruc tive fire Upon Our men as they Advanced along Ihe rmul. Lim-ulli charged tipon the cliapparel vVith the bayonet at Ihe head of hi company, fn the thickest of the fight be saw Lieut. Jor danof another foinpnny, I o whom he was much attached, wounded upon the ground, and a Mexi can standing ovrr him with bis musket raised ill the net el stabbing Jordan with bis bayonet. Lincoln sprang forward, and the Mexican seeing him. his bayonet was turned aside a little and passed through Jordan's arm icatead of bit brs&tt, Itt which the blow was aimed. At the same in stant Lincoln's sword cleft Ihe Mexican skiill. Another Mexican instantly made a pass With his tiayonei at Lincoln, but be jumped aaide, and as the Mexican passed forward, Lincoln's sword vrm buried in hi skitll. Other Mexicans rushed in, and Lincoln and his sergeant despatched three riore of them on the spot, in a fight hand to hand Mr. Lincoln is a yoir.ig officer of highly polished thunner, of a slender and rather delicate form, but vtith brawny, muscular hand and arrrt. lie is a true chip of tl!e old block. From e Philadelphia LedgeV, Cth inst. XnatVAt or friiK btkAmsiiip nrtiTANiviai Viriem Irajs I.Bt'er krotrt fcorope. The sleanisni'p Britannia, ni'riveda't Boston oi. fcatiidny mOrnifig. We received ty express yes erday 'the news for the LedgeV through Wilmei )t Smith's Times. The nevVs is very interes'. "inK- 1'riB Con Bi'i.r. bus trlrtrViphed in committee ol the HuAse 61 Lords by thirty three vwjnrily. All 'fears Of its final pasae fere now at fen end. There is steady demand for Cotton, brtt it has declined one eighth. The crops iu Kngland and Ireland are said tr be firm. The weather was exirernely dry am' hot. If 's-eem'S that we in this rjufcrter nave n.o 'nopolized all the rain. Str RoV.ert Feel's retirement is more confident ly spoVen of. The war between tne I niter! States and Met. co ehprosei much of public attention. The vii lories of American arms on th Rio (ramie bnv' changed the feeling abroad from sympathy for the Mexicans to contempt for their prowess. Tin is as unjust to the Mexicans as the former feel ing in F.iigland was to the Americans. Th Mexicans deserve much credit for their gallant stand, and it was only the superior tact ami en ergy of General Taylor that overthrew them. M. Gtiizot's organ is still engaged in pointirj. out the necessity of France nnd England inter fering to protect Mexico. Lecompte, the af tempted assassin of Louis Philippi, has been con demned and executed. The Tope of Rome is dead, having expiro.'; suddenly 6n the first of June last. Cardinal Franzoni is the person most likely lo succecl him. The heat was, it appears, creater in I'aris tri week before tue loth tilt, tiiau it hail been tin Ting scree years, l he thermometer (Reamiiij marked in'the shade 2-1 degrees, or LSI of Fal. 'renhei't. The F.nglish papers kpeak ofJuna'oe ing the "hottest month experienced for sixteer. years. 1 Wilis from sun-stroke were frequent Wheat bad declined in t'.ie Liveipool market, between the ICth of May and the C'h cf 2r.rt from 57s. 't5 52s. tod.'pe'r quarter. Flour is one shilling lower. Apprehension's were enle'rlained in Holland ct a failuVe of the Rye and Potato crcp. Jenny Lir.il was giving Concerts at toriin with gVea't success. According to a Parliamentary return, tho out rages in trcland during the present year amount to $71 for offences against the person, H'?5 f;r those against property. According to the Limerk Hepotler, ?,S67 enit- eranlsWve left that city for the T'l-itoi! ?'at-. ditriV.g t'le preeft't eeisr.r.. From the London Timea r.f June War l!i;rwrcrcN Mkxi-6 ash Tits L'Mirr Ptatk. The despatches of Gene ral Ta) lor are rernflikatte for their s'uecint energy, and th ab sence ot these Verbose antl g:nnli!rrjiient strains which we are accustcmed to meet with in narra lives of American exploits. He writes like a rriah of sence, sVill, and courage ,- anJ we have hot the slightest wish to detrsu from the honors be has gallantly earned under the flar of his coun try. Whatever opinion we may e'ntertain of the causel of this war, and cfthe political rnetives in which it originated, the behavior of the Amer ican general nnd f.is troops deserves to l;e judged 'of by a much bijher standard than the policy of the government which it is their diity to serve. The conduct of the Mexican army, on the con traiy, demonstrates the utter inability of that government 16 protect any portion of it domin ions from invasion ; anil it degrades the desern dants of the Spanish Americans still lower in tha rir.k of nations. EMCKASt. A doctor well skilled in the medical art, 'Mongst others for Europe resolved to depart, And leave his domestic concerns But what will become of lb patients the while?' 'Oh, fear not, a neighbor replied, With smile 'They will live till th doctor retctftj CtR lOR X Snake Bite. We bate brut many cures for Ihe Via aft snake, bllt the1 fol lowing is a new one. A lady residing near New Albarly, tnd. was bilten on the foot a fw dsys ago by a copper-head snake, which ca-i: sed siich agony, that her lif' was despoiled of. An experiment was linvvei-er resorted to, wliic'l resulted in a cure. The snake was killed, cut to pieces, and bound to the wound, which i t a short time extracted the poi.in, and the lady i' how convalesbenK H.d ytej ever 'ten a wooden Lat J Yester day morning one of the Mexican horse-dealer bad on a real duff out hat. it was sloped ex actly like the hat they always wear, vix : brom biiiri and pointed brown, and had been painted and glazed, o that it looked liko one coVere l with oil-cloth. It was ill in one piece, and In..! been carved out ofa gum tree the brim being as thin as posniblo and retaining its strength Il probably weighing sbflut biA pounds; with r..' lining. No 'white mail' would have wofil e':2'' a machine an hour for a golden hat. A Fakuv Hivinsn is Opinion. A yoiin. tady blooming as a roe bud lovely as :n. Ilouri ul sweet seventeen but as tlusop'iii.' , cated as a bosrding.school tdtication could mal-. her, was last evening at the house ofa friend i-' the family. The convereatien t-.mied on if Oregon question, when she tefy ingenious'y r marked : 'Pa got in for 81 40, because be sya h in favor ol i!ij wholo or none. Ma say she'.. take -Iff, bee ',im the's in fuvor of peace. -Sur. would f 'jj i, u i,ke any one older than Har Tilooinfield, and he's but twinty-Jiee:
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