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CAMPAIGN SONG, No. 7.
EX RAVEN.
3 I'
!Air. Yaniee Docdte.
1
Ye gentlemen and ludie fairt ' '
"" ""Froia every towa and distnet,
Wedngyoanowa jjrod old air, t
' fAnd tell the coming conflict. ' f '
CaoRCa- Tankee doodle is the air,
. , . . .'.'To show to you most clearly, , . :
--.a ; The reason why we do declare,
..... i r.'.'Wa) will not vote for.Geary. ! .
t. "'.. -i !;: i 'i t 1 '
-..i For when the tattle raged the most,
And things looked dark and dreary, '
"Among the skulks behind the host, . .
!' . .Vaa always General Geary, . . ,
Chorus Yankee doodle is the air, &c.-
And there's the fight at SnickeMville,
To tell it makes one weary,
And therefore we had best be still,
' ' And langh at General Geary. - -
Chortts Yanice doodle is the air, &c.
know lie wre the shoulder Straps,
t And though a little scar ey, , .
' Yet this is not the worst,- perhaps, ;
;,To.tclIof General. Geary. '. ',
Chorv Yankee do odlc is the air, &c.
He says he i Democrat,
r And patriotic, ;Tery7-1 . n ' ".
He wishes you to doif yonyour hat,
And shout for General Geary. '
Chorus Yankee doodle is the air, fcc. '
" l ' i ' '. , .f. L . , ' '
'..Batkt fis seo If this is bo, ' .
r JBefore we sing so cheery 'J. '
' ; TV'e answer with emphatic. JO,
; - Ho Democrat is Geary. ' . ,
Chorus Yankee doodle h the air, tc .
The "Eads"' do An dj' Johnson hate,
" ' And of ths South make merry,
They'd take-the rights from every State,
And so would General Geary.
Chorus Yahkey doodle is the air, &c.
' That they may h.ive the niggers vote, '
1, " They plead with eyes so teary,
.. .Yet for them they don't care a groat,
: The same with General Geary. ...
Chorus Yankee doodle is the air, &c.
Tor civil right sand bureaw biHf j - .-
(For what there is no query,)
They vote, and then each pocket fills, -And
so would General Geary. ' c ,
Chorus Yankee doodle is the air, &c
.The word Is ringing through, the State, .
From Delaware to Erie,
' ' That Clymer is. at any rate,
AbetU man than Geary.
Chorus Yankee -doodle is tho air, kc.
THE WIDOWED BRIDE.
tjcarceiy s cniid, yet scarcely a woman.
Mary Ceudale stood there in her white silk
and orange blossoms, with . the sunlight of
the old church window fallin? on her as if
she had been some individual KiinL And
Colonel Medham a3 he held her hand in his
and listened' to the solemn words that joined
them together, now and forever more, felt
that his cup of happiness was full to the very
brim.
. ."My wife, my dear little child wife," he
said tenderly, when they led her away to
remove tho white veil and fragrant waxen
blossoms, in order that she might don her
auieter travelmcr dress. And Diary's blue
yes, clear and liquid as the J une firmament
. 1 :
mirrored in a ciear wooaianu spnug, an
swered him without need of words.
- Yes. she ' was very lovely, that sixteen
year old bride. .Her- hair was of a warm
gold color,ri ppled in little shining wavelets,
nd you mignt trace every blue vein on. the
transparent snow of her "temples, while the
rosebud of a mouth,' breaking into smile? at
every happy tho ugh t, was perfect in its out
Hoe. -
Was it strange that Colonel ; Medham
scarcely believed it possible, that her the
bronzed and middle, aged man, with gray
eyes and serious aspect, would harewonthe
exquisite ' human blosoni to gladden his
heart and home ? Was it 'strange ' that he
looked on his happiness as a dream from
which he might at a moment awaken ? 2 "
'Of course it is merely a money match.
Any one with half an eye- can see ' through
that." ' . - ; r , - ...
; Colonel Medhan started i3 the words fell
' vtpon his ears, but tho unconscious speaker
standing just within the doorway of an ad- ,
joining room, went on: . ' , . ,' ... . j
, "She don't care a pin fbr him personally
he merely want3 his money, but he is too
Iblind" and his voice died away in the buz
' ing of many other voices. '
' One instant Colonel Medmam stood there,
pale and motionless, like a person stricken
with the hand of death. - And in an instant
his resolve wa3 taken.
- Where is my husband? :" '
The very blood mounted to Mary Med
ium's cheeks, as she the wife of - a single
"Sunshine hour spoke the questioning words.
''Call Algernon, mamma, tell him I am
quite ready."
i.9 looked sweeter inter traveling dress
tiaashe locked in all the gleams, of pearls
and sno:r white silk the fair little creature.
'Ifyo"U please, ma'am," said . rough
lookb. . man," caTele'sly elbowing his way
thron-athecrotd, "here's a note for Mrs.
llirj trola tb2 sal with a transient thrill
"I ma as well read it while I wait for
Algernon," she thought. , "How, strange
this is Algsrnon 3 own writing.
iUARY. 1 ncara your uncio cinc:air sav
just now that you cared not for me, but for
my money solely. It is yours, unietterred by
me. Uood-fcye, torevcr.
. . A M.
ilary uttered aloud cry, as she clung to
her mother's arm.
Mamma, I am not dreaming, am I ? Am
I a wife and a widow in a single hour I
, And she fell down like one dead at Mrs.
Kendall's feet. . . .
There is some nil-mnderstanding," said
Mrs. Kendall, who had grown pale as a
ghost. Colonel Medham will be back in a
few hours.
JJut the hours went by and the days
and weeks ah, even the years and Alger
non Medham never carue back to the boau-
tiiul young wife whose bridal day had been
so strangely clouded.
1 in v Ttiiir nn rs rn n imc;v n irrfl tit.
jveep up a gooa neart, ana.iii cave you
there m no time at all.
( The kind-hearted stage-driver ' pulled the
warm buffalo robes closely around the waste
figure ere he mounted to his seat muttering
to himselt:
He is'nt fit ' to travel no how. I don't
see what his folks could ha' been thinkin' of
to let him go away from hum. Fever I
suppose. , Well, there is no accouutin' for
some folks freaks.
While Arccrnon Medham so weak and
faint, the wintry stars seemed blurs of light
p gamst a Llueblack concave lay; back and
indulged in melancholy thought. . , ;
Homeward bound at lait 1 And can it be
possible that I am coming home only to die ?
i 11 11,; i t 1 j 1
eu, y mciy cnurcnyara is a sweet ana
peaceful spot perhaps it is as well. I
woull rather Le buried where the fragrance
of the. violet3 that purple Medham Park
shall be wafted over my lonely grave bv the
earliest bpnng winds. 1 may as well die m
the little village Inn. I would not darken
Mary's bnhtlite with the thadow of death.
Fei haps she s married to a hantjier man if
so, I will perish as I have lived, and make
no sign. Yet 1 would like once more to iee
her the sweet niiatress of Medham Park."
He roused from his gloomy, half delirious
reverie, at what seemed the echo ot his own
words, irom two young men who were chat
tcrins carelesslv on the onnosite seat.
; Jledaam I'ark 1 It is the hnest mace m
me counm, , ana a very pretty romance
hangs over its beautiful lady."
How do you mean r
"Did you never hear? Mrs. Medham was
deserted by her husband.
-No never. deserted I
The words broke almost inroluntarilvuron
the sick man's lips, in a husked whisner that
was quite inaudible to the speakers.
niuiia an nour or their marriaee. in
consequence of a itriiige mi.suuderstanding.
It seems that a reiativo of her's was tpeak
mg of a money match that had recently
transpired, within the bridegroom s hearing,
and he rashly concluded that the terms ap
plied to him. Jrrora that moment to this he
was never heard of. "
1 A romance indeed : and the bride ?"
'llemainsa widowed bride. In truth, and
indeed, to this very hour she lives alone at
Medham I'ark, devoted entirely to his mem
ory., it au we hear is true, she must have
ioved him with a depth ot affection that is
as rare as it is admirable. .
And from that their conversation strayed
off to different topics, and neither noticed
the strange impression of the invalid's face.
" Here we are at V inley, sir. At which
hotel shall! leave you ?"
either. .Let me be driven up to the
Park."
"The Park, sir ?"
"Yes. the Park."
How straccely his foot fall sounds upon
the carpets of the stately vestibule the door
was open as he came iorward, leaning on a
servant s arm.
Ah. tix rears had altered her but litte,
and watchful as ever, she sat by the ruddy
glitter of the lire, her golden curls tailing in
showers of brightness on her deep mourning
dress, and the flushed cheek resting on her
palm. V hile on her lap, open, lay his own
picture. The picture he had given her in
the "sweet courting days."
"Mary?"
She looked ud vaugely this was probably
but one of the fevered fancies that had so
often led into agonizing disappointment.
"Mary my wife?''
"Oh. Ahrernon!"
"Now. indeed, she knew that it washer
husband's self, and springing to her feet she
burst into hysteric tears and laughed on his
breast. Uie years ot patient waiting the
Ions ordeal oi sweet submission were re
warded at Iat."
And when the violets of spring time pur
pled the sunny slopes of Medham Park, the
sweet odors floated across no nameiess grave,
but fanned the forebeaof a happy husband,
whose fair wife gathered the violeta as she
walked bv his side, with eyes thiit were full
of unspoken bliss. j
MY TWO LOVE 3 S.
BY MARY E. CLARKE.
" A man who is unkind to his mother and
sister will ill-treat his wife.
My aunt Hattie, who made this sage ob
servation, was a shrewd, sarcastic old maid,
who, for fourteen years, had rilled the place
of parent s fnend and counsellor to her.or
phan niece. .. It had . been no sinecurer this
post of hers ; for I was a frail child, ami my
position as heiress "made her office ot chap
eron to my young ladyship an anxious trust
! " Auntie I." a trembliDg at my heart made
niy voice unsteady. "Auntie, dear, of whom
are 3'ou thinking."
" Of two men. .bdith, who are courting
. ., , , 1 j 1
my mece. mats an oia-iasmoneu woru,
dear ; but I'm an old fashioned woman. I
mistrust Carroll Vaughn, my child. There
is a tone in his -voice, when he speaks to
Mary, that sounds unnatural."
7 - .. -ar 1 I (TTI
Carroll Vaughn V 1 cned. v ny, aun
tie, he is the pink or courtesy ; and now
beautifully he speaks of duty to his widowed I
iuvwjci 1 - , , 1
" I mistrust him, Ldie. 1 like John .uy-
. . 1 a w T I
era Detter. lie is rougn, out iranx. ikuj
1 T T 1 1 . 1. II I
' "Not a bit ' of it' auntie' I " ' Now, my sage
monitor, tell m one thing: When a poor
girl sees a man as she chooses to see him, in j
his company., dress, and most fascinating
manners, ' how can she judge of hia'domes
tio virtues ? I cannot visit Mr. Vaughn at
home, nor Mr. Meyers either, for that mat
ter."- . ; - . :...- . .!.
" Edie, will you do an errand forme V
" Certainly, I'wilLV . :
I wish to inquire tho character of a irirl !
who applied for a place hree, yesterday. She
has lived with Mr. Vaughn aad Mrs. My- J
era.
" Do vou ? Run off for your bonnet then.'
Away I went. I was some time dressing
and I took a mental survey of my two admir
ers while I donned my walking suit
Caroll Vaughn was a handsome man, who
dressed in laultless taste, and who had the
most courteous and finished manners I had
ever seen. He spoke of women as of crea
tures to bright and good for every day life
and treated me certainly as a being to be rC'
snectfullv adored at a distance.
No words can express the deference with
which he treated both, my aunt and inyselr,
and the loving devotion he had expressed, in
speaking of his widowed mother and sisters,
had often brought tears to my eyes. I knew
that he was poor, but I thought him talent
ed, and capable of making his mark in the
world, were the means 01 starting iainy witn
in his power, lhis was my most ardent lov
er. Then and here I felt my cheeks burn,
thouch I was alone 1 thought olJohn My
ers. His honest, frank face was only saved
from positive ugliness by the most brilliant
pair of large, black eyes, and his figure am
ply atoned for his lack of beauty in his fea
tures. It was tall and finely formed, and his
carriage was erect and manly. Reserved and
almost bashful in his manners, he had never
spoken a word of love : but there was a soft
ness in hia tone, and flush on his brow, when
he spoke to me, that told tltale without
need or snoken words. lUhers mirr it seek
the golden treasure tny father's will had left
to me ; but if John Myers spoke ever of love
to me, I felt sure no sordid hope of winning
an heiress wouia prompt mm.
.. Her name was Margaret O Neill,- said
my aunt to me : be sure to inquire it she is a
good ironcr, Edie." . '
I will. Uood-by. ' -
I went first to the house of my handsome
beau. It was early in the day, ten or eleven
o clock in the morning, when 1 rang ..Vl rs.
aughn s bell, lhe servant showed me in
to the front parlor. I merely said that a lady
wished to inquire the character 01 a servant,
and drawing my veil closer," I went into the
room.
While waiting for Mrs. Vaughn to come
down, I heard a familiar voice on the stairs.
I say familiar, though the gentle, winning
tone it had always assured in my presence
was changed for a high, discordant- scolding
one.
"Where the " (I omit the oaths,) is my
" I am coming, CarrollJ' said his mother :
but there is a lady waiting to see me.
"Let her wait '
"Did you ree Mr. Lee. Carroll ?"
"No' (another oath.)
" I am afraid vou will lose that situation.
" Well, it don't matter. I intend to get
the situation ot husband to an heiress !
"Very vague, Carroll."
I mentally assented.
"Where's Mary? why the thunder don't
she get my breakfast.
She is making Miss Jones collars, fche
is in a hurry. 11 you would see jir. Jee,
Carrol, vour mother and sister need not work
so steadily." '
Mary might as well , get used to it, lor
neither she nor 1 attic are going to loaf on
my wife's monev. I suppose we must take
you; but the girls must shift for.themsclves.
L had heard enoueh. r rom the sound of
the voices, T knew that the speakers were in
the kitchen; so I sofdy crossed the entry and
made a ouick exit bv the front door.
bfcouldl go home I comehow the thought
that I might hear a similar conversation at
Mrs. Myers gave iuea suk feeling, but 1
conquered the nonsensical weakness and
turned into G street The front door
stood wide open. I knew it was wrong, but
1 went into, the house unannounced, and,
crossing the entry, went to the library ; the
lttmg room was next to it, and there 1 knew
I should find Mrs. Myers, wbw was a friend
ct my aunt s.
As 1 opened the library door, Mrs, My
ers voice tell upon my cars. , , .
My dear boy, you arc right. You must
indeed go.,'
Go! Where 7 1 stood still.
" It is a lucrative situation, and will ena
ble me to give you and the little boys manj-
ot the comlorts you have wanted smcc lather
died."
" But we shall miss you sorely. John."
"It is best lor me togo, mother dear. I
have not told 3-ou before ; but I had Letter
leave the city lor a time.
John, you have not done anything wrong t
" No ; but but, mother, I love where my
love would appear, if spoken, a mean seek
ing for wealth. I cannot woo an heiress.
To live upon my wife would be revolting to
every feeling of manhood. No ; were the
case reversed, and were. Edith Hart poor,
and I rich, she would kno w how deeply and
truly I love her ; if she remains single till I
can win position and fortune she may know
it later ; but now "
Y a it indelicate, unmaidenly ? I know
not ; but I passed the threshold between the
library and sitting room, and said,
"Now, John, shj r"
And here, like an idiot. I bejran to cry.
Crying as a general thing is not becoming ;
but John seemed rather to admire it.
There was a general sobbing and embra
cing ; and when aunt Hattie. two houra la
ter, came to find her lost niece, she could
only say.
ell, my dear, 1 always hked John. and
I think he will make jou very happy."
Carroll aughn, some time later, married
an heires3 after all, a widow lady with a son
two years older than her bridegroom. His
sisters, Mary and Pattie, take in sewing, and
his mother keeps a boarding house.
JE5y"Tlie Lcwisburg ChronicU, once a
loyal sheet, has turned a clean somersault
and now opposes " the government' as bit
terly as any copperhead ever did. It puts
down the . President a traitor, certain. It
must, indeed, be very mortifying to all loyal
men to think of the amount of blood and
treasure that has been expended to rescue
the government from the hands of traitors,
to know that the highest omce in tne gm 01
the people is in the possession of a traitor,
and imt there, too. bv themselves! lhe
i(jent repentd 0f having assisted to put
ri own tne tsdoi ion ana mat ne is wuunz now
trk nin ii , (i;,i Tt MVa .
- .
" -
' There is no mystery in the fact that the
rebels now associate the name of President
Johnson with that of General Lee. The
President, by his conduct, shows he has re
peated of the part he took in putting down
the rebellion, and is willing to do all he can,
under the circumstances, to undo the best
acts of his life,"
Hip, ' Hurrah, for Johnson and General
Lee.
e?? A fellow West being asked whether
the liauor he was drinking was a good article,
replied ; "Wal, I don't know, guess so.
There is Only queer thing about it, whenever
r ai t Lj . v"! : -v:
Grant, Stanton and Lincoln.
When Grant was about to leave Washing
ton to enter upon that sublime campaign
m-rilf-Ti Kcrnn thosft. terrible battles in the
with the capture of
Richmond and the total overthrow of the
Rebellion, he called upon Secretary Stanton
to say good-bye. The Secretary was anxious
ly awaiting him. During the two aad a
half veardlhat the President and Secretary
of War had managed the Federal armies, it
was the first point in their plans to keep
Washington heavily garrisoned with troops,
Large bodies of men were stationed in the
fortification around the city, and other large
bodies were kept within supporting distance.
jNow that Urant had come into power, htan
ton wished to see that the defence of Wash
ington was not overlooked. Accordingly,
after a few preliminaries, the Secretary re
marked :
" Well, General, I suppose you have left
us enough men to strongly garrison the
forts?"
"No," said Grant coolly. "I can't do
that"
" Why not?" cried Stanton, lumping ner
vously about " Why not? Why not?"
" Because I have already sent the men to
the front, replied G rant calmly.
"That won't do," said Stauton, morencr
vously than lefore. "It's contrary to my
plans. I can't allow it I'll order the men
back."
" I shall need the men there,", answered
the Lieutcnant-Gcneral, "and 30U can't
order the men back."
"Why not?" inquired Stanton again
"Why not? Why not?"
l believe that 1 rank the secretary in
this matter," was the ouiet reply.
"Very well," said Mr. Stanton, we'll sec
the President about that I'll have to take
you to the lresident"
. " That's right," politely observed the Gen
eral, the president ranks us both.
Arrived at the White House, Grant and
the Secretary asked to see the President
upon important business, and in a few min
utes the good-natured lace ot Mr. Lincoln
appeared.
" Well, gentlemen," said he with a genial
smile, what do 3-ou want with me :
"General," said Stanton stiHiy, "state
j-ourcase."
" I have no case to state," replied Grant.
"I'm satisfied as it is," thus outflanking the
Secretary, and displaying the same strategy
in diplomacy a in war.
"Well, well," said the President, laugh
ing, state your case, Mr. secretary. ,
Mr. Stanton obeyed; General Grant said
nothing; the lTCsident listened attentively,
When the Secretary had concluded, 31 r.
Lincoln crossed his lees, rested his elbow" on
his knee, twinkled his eyes, and quaintly
said :
"Now, Secretary you know we have been
trying to manaee this armj' for nearly three
years; and you know we haven t done much
with it; we sent over the mountain vnd
brought Mr. (.rant, ss Mrs. Grant Ctills him,
to maivige it for us, and now I guess we had
better let Mr. Grant have his own wa3
From this decision there was no appeal
So Gen. Grant went to the front, and Secre
tary Stanton went back to his ofiicc. Hours
at Home.
The Skies Are Bright.
The Republican partv, so called, is rapidly
falling to pieces; neany all its great leaders
are arrayed on the side of the people, and
stind like a wall of brass against the Radi
cals. Had 3Ir. Lincoln lived, no one doubts
that he would have led off against the dis-
unionist-J, who, under the lead of Thad.
Stevens, are attempting to accomplish the
very thing that the rebels failed to accom
plish, viz : the dissolution of the Union.
.The fact that the men who were most famil
iar with 31r. Lincoln's sentiments, and cn-
jov'ed his confidence in all matters of State
policy, are with President Johnson and the
people to-day is conclusive evidence that
Mr. Lincoln could he rise Irom his grave
ow, would be with the people and againt
ho disunion crew who are causing so much
trouble. 3Ir. Lincoln, it is well known,
never had a particle of confidence in Thad.
Stevens, and it is as well known that Thad.
bad no respect for 3Ir. Lincoln. Frequently,
Mr. Stevens siKke of the deceased Presi
dent in terms of bitter reproach and sarcas
tic contempt
It must be evident to all then, that had
3Ir. Lincoln lived he would have pursued
the same policy now pursued bv President
Johnson, and of course would have been
denounced m the same manner and bj the
same men that are now in full cry against
the President Where do we find 31 r. Lin
coln's most intimate and confidential friends
in this contioversj- ? Where L George Ash
mun, of 3iass:ichnetts the man who was
President of the Ciiicago National Conven
tion that nominated 31r. Lincoln for the
Presidency? He is on the stump, pleading
with the people to sustain President John-
son. Where is Henry o. Ja3-mond, the
Chairman of the Republican National Com
mittee? With the President, battlin.c by
day and b3 uight against the Thad. Stevens
disunionLsts. Where is General Dix, the
man who had such unbounded influence
over Air. Jincoinr un me i. requiem
heart and soul. Where is the Lev. Henry
Ward Beccher, the old original Abolitionist
and on whose judgment 3lr. Lincoln relied
so much ? He too yields a heart support to
the President of the United States, Where
are the men who composed the Lincoln cab
inet Seward, Bates, Blair, Welles? With
the President, heartily. We might go on
and mention hundreds of other representa
tive men of the Republican party who are
now doing battle in the conservative ranks.
The fact is the Republican party has gone to
pieces. Its leaders have lelt it, and it is
now in the keeping of the new converts
the men who turned their political coats for
the purpose of making money. The true
men the men of brains and merit, the true
nends of 3lr. Lincoln, are with the ikjopIc
and the IVesident
Democrats! Conservatives! the skies nre
bright ! We never entered on a campaign
with better prospects of success. The dis
union negro party is being crushed beneath
the weight ot its own enormities, and is bro
ken and divided. Let this encourage us to
abor. Be united, be active, be vigilant
A Hasty Step. An old Eea captain who
was in the habit of spending hi3 time while
in port among a set of hard drinking fellows,
returned to Lis hotel one evening in a par
tially intoxicated condition, In going up to
his room he walked out of the window, in
the second story and landed upon the pave
ment Fortunately he was not injured by
the descent and, upon going back into the
house, met the landlord.
"Look here. Mr. 7," said he, "if you
don't shorten the steps in your Etairs. I won't
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Rules for Extinguishing Fifes.
The person in the house best qualified for
such duty should endeavor to asertain, with
as much precision as possible, the extent and
position of the fire, while the others collect
as much water as they can. If the fire be
in an upper floor, the inmates should be got
out immediately, although the lower part of
the house may generally be entered with
sifety for sometime. If in the lower part
of the house, alter the inmates have been
removed, great care should be observed in
going into any of the upper floors, as the
flames very often reach the stairs before being
observed by tbxe above. The upper floors
are, besides, generally filled with smoke, and
in that case, there ia great danger of Juno
cation to those who may enter.
On the first discovery of a fire, it is of the
utmost consequence to shut, and keep shut,
all doors, windows, or other openings. It
may often be observed, after a house lias
been on fire, that one floor is comparatively
untouched, while those above and below are
nearly burned out This arises from the
door on that particular floor having been
shut, and the draft directed elsewhere. If
the person who haa examined the fire finds a
risk of its gaining ground upon him, he
should, if within reach, of fire engines, keep
everj'thing close, and await their arrival, in
stead of admitting air to the fire by ineffec
tual efforts to oppose it with inadequate
means. In the meantime, however, he
should examine where a supply of water is
most likely to be obtained, and communicate
that, and any other local information, to the
fireman, on their coming forward. If there
be no fire-engine within reach, the person
who has examined the fire should keep the
place where it is situated as close as possible,
till as many buckets of water as can be easily
collected are placed within his reach.
Taking care always that there is some one
ready to as.-i.st him, he should then open the
door, and creep forward on his hands and
knees till he gets as near the fire as possible ;
holding his breath, and standing up for a
moment to give the water a proper direction,
he fchoul.l throw it with force, using a hand
pump if available, and instantly get down
to his former position, where he will be again
able to breathe. The people behind hand
ing forward another bucket of water, he re
peats the operation till the fire is quenched,
or until he fells exhausted, in which case
some one should take his place. If there be
enough of water, however, two, three, or
anj convenient number of people iua3' be
emplo3'ed in throwing it ; on the contrary, if
the supply of water, be insufficient to employ
even one person, the' door should be kept
shut while the water is being brought, and
the air excluded as much as possible, as the
fire burns exactly in proportion to the quan
tity of air which it receive.".
One great evil, and which ought to be
strictly guarded against bjT people not accus
tomed to fire, is, that on the first alarm of
fire thej exert themselves to the very utmost
of their strength. This, of course, can last
but a short time, and when they feel tired,
which in that case soon happens, they verj
often give up altogether. Now, this is the
reverse of what it ought to be. In extin
guishing fires, a cool judgment and steady
percverance are far more effective than any
desultory exertion.- which can be made.
Two Pictures.
"Ho! for the country!" said Augustus
Graham, Esq., as he throwshis elegant form
on the sofa. " Angelina, we start for the
lake to-morrow, so get ready. h Dresses are
ordered in great haste, trunks are packed
with miles of costly fabrics, and feminine
drapeiy. An early breakfast, (half-past ten)
is taken, and the carriage rolls along the
street, for Angelina has a few small purchases
3'et. The monej- goes freelv, fbr she must
make a good appearance, liundles are ail
sent home at List, and the last trunk is wait
ing for the dress she ordered this morning.
At nineo'c'ook, Mary, the seamstrcs, pale,
and worn, is shown up with the looked-for
1 ..
uress. .viter the uuai amount ot laust is
found with it, Angelina tells her that as she
starts for the lake to-morrow she has no time
to pay her ; supposes she is in no hurry.
Mary sighs, lor she has not eaten that day,
but she knows it is of no use topical, soshe
goes home and prays for death a3 she goes
suprerless to bed.
The morning comc and Augustus Graham
and his wile are rolled away in their ea'
carriage for the cars.
" Ho! for the count ry!" sail honest John
Greer, a-s he almost crushes little Bob in his
stalwart arms. "Polly, put up a few dud's
and we'll start for Aunt Betsy s to-morrow.
I-am getting as thin as boarding-house
soup with this hot weather, and nothing less
than a week in God s blessed pure air will
cure me." Polly skips about like a bird as
she picks up a few clean aprons for Bob, a
nice dress or two for herself, and a few some
thing el.-c for John, and a cariet bag holds
them all. John, here's half a ham, aDd
two of these pies left. Put them in abasket
and take them down to 3Iary. She won't
be offended. Tell her" thc3' would have
spoiled. Say ! just stop at Swipes and get
a pound of that nice butter, to take along to
poor 3Iary ; she has a hard time of ittaking
care of her old mother." Bob hops around
like a crazy Icd-bug, as he thinks of the
chickens and ducks, and what fun he will
have pelting the bull-frogs, and of those nice
short-oakes Aunt Betsv knows how to make
so well. He dreams all night of the green
meadow and sunn brook where he caught
that turtle last summer. The bright morn
ing comes, and John Green with his little
Bob got into the stage and rolled away to
the cars.
Snow and Ice Around Trees. A re
markable instance of the effect of frost in
overcoming the circulation of the sap in
trees and destrojmg their lite, occurcd in
London during the Spring succeeding the
hard wiuter of the j-ear 1794. The snow
and ice collecting in the streets, so as to be
come verj- inconvenient, they were cleared,
and many cartloads were placed in the va
c-ant quarters ot Aloorheids. fceveral ot
these heaps ol snow and lrozen rubbish
were' piled around some of the elm trees
that grew there. At the return of Spring
those of the trees that were not surrounded
with the hiow, expanded their leaves as
usual, While the others being girt with a
lartre mass, continued Quite bare. for. the
fact was, the absorbents in the lower part of
the stem, and the earth in which the trees
stood, were still exposed to a freezing cold.
In some weeks, however, the pnow was
thawed, but the greater number of the trees
were dead,, and those few that did produce
any leaves were sickly, and continued in a
languishing Btate all summer, and then died.
The feast of indignation. When
your stomach is empty and your rocket ditto.
to tat down aca reaa a cooMry 000.
The Present and the Past.
' A change of parties in power has been
considered wholsome even in times of yore,
when tho government was administered for
the public good; how much more necessary
then is a change now after tho misrule and
corruption of the party under whose rule
the country suffered for the last six years.
Six years ago our country was at peace, not
only within its own limit among ourselves
but with the whole world. Prosperity and
happiness were depicted upon the counte
nance of every American citizen. Our na
tional debt was but nominal, and taxation by
the national government, a thing almost un
known. Our commerce found free access to
every country, and our staple products found
a ready market New openings of trade
were made from time to time, and the neces
saries of life, such articles as we could not
raise or manufacture, the produce of other
countries, thus-become cheapened from time
to time. How sadly and fearfully have
things changed within the lat six j'cars !
Taxation wherever we look and tread a dis
tracted country, and the fairest portion there
of almost a desert waste: and a national debt
under which our children's children will
groan and suffer. All this misery and woe
was brought about in the short space of a
few years of misrule, and by a party who
professed to better our condition before the
neonle entrusted them with power. Upon
tliis promise, the people voted for the Republican-
Al)olition party in 18G0. How have
they fulfilled their promise? This is a ques
tion easily answered. In ordinary business
transactions vou will not trust a man the
second time if he deceived you once, we
generally adopt the maxim, if we are deceived
the first time, it is the transgressor's fault,
but our fault if he cheats us the second time
We are sure the people will act upon this
principle the second Tuesday of October if
we are at all posted in the signs of the times.
Irritability of Illness. Those who
are blessed with health can never know, till
they are in their turn called upon to suffer,
what heroic rtreegth of spirit lies hidden
under the mask of silent, uncomplaining
suffering ; how strong the temptations are to
be unreasonable, pettish, or repining ; how
difficult it is to be grateful, and still more to
be amiable ; when theirritation of every
nerve renders the most skillful attendance
irksome, and the dearest presence a burden;
when the irritated frame loathes the sun
shine of a smile, and dreads the tear and the
cloud, where all is pain, and wearine&i, and
bitterness 1 Let the healthy la' these things
ever to heart, and while - they scrupulously
perform their duty while they reverence
the fortitude and patience of the gentle and
resigned, let them have pity upon many a
(ioor and querulous sufferer; upon their side,
et the sick not forget that the reverence and
love thus excited are as the elixir of life to
their often wearied and overtaxed attend
ants; quickening them to exertion by the
sweetest of influence.0, instead of exhausting
them with the fctruggle to perform an un
grateful duty;
Influence of Affection. There is a
good deal of canting about involuntary af
fection in the world, and all that ; but a
3-ouug lady should never let such foolish no
tions enter her head. She should allow the
Eride of con.-cious strength of mind to keep
cr above every foolish, vain and nonsen
sical preference towards this precious fop,
and tliat idle attendant on a lady's will.
She should lay it up in her heart as an im
mutable principle, that no love can lat if not
based upon a right and calm estimation of
good qualities; or at least, that if the object
upon which it is lavished be not one whose
heart and whose head are both right, misery
will surety be her portion. A sudden pref
erence for a atrangvr is a very doubtful kind
of preference, and the lady who allows her-
selt to be betrayed into such a silly kind of
affection, without knowing a word ol the
man's character or his position, is guilt3 of
indiscretion which not only reflects uulavor-
ably upon her good sense, but argues badly
lur the nature aud groundwork ol that ai
lection.
True Courtesy. Real cour tcsy is widely
different from the courtesj- which blooms
on!v on the sunshine cl love and the smile
of beaut3-, and withers and cools down in
the aluiophere of poverty, age and toil
Show me the man who can quit the brilliant
soeiety of the 3-oung to listen to the kindly
voice of age; who can hold cheerful con
verse with one whom years has deprived of
charms. Show me the man of generous
impulses, who is always ready to help the
poor and needy ; chow me the man who
treats unprotected maidenhood as he would
the heiress, sin rounded by the protection of
rank, riches and family. Show me the man
who never forgets for an instant tho delicacy
the reicct that is due to woman as a woman,
in any condition or class, show me such a
man, and you show me a gentleman nay,
3-011 show me better, you show me a true
christiau.
M anhood and Womanhood. Who are
-ou, young mun, young woman, liviiig in
this country and age, and 3d doiug nothing
to benefit others? Who are you blest
with body and intellect and yet an idler in
the busy workshop of life? Who are you
with immortal soul, and 3-ct that soul so
deaf to the myriad voices all about 3-ou that
call to duty and to labor? Arise I aud be a
faithful toiler God calls you humanity
calls j-ou and they have both a right to all
your powers. Arise 1 3Inke your whole life
one scene of industry! Arise ! and go forth,
and every moment your feet shall press or
your hand touch some pedal or key in the
"organs that shako the universe." Arise !
there is work for j-ou to do. You wore created
to toil and bear a hand where the hammers
of time arc ringing as they fashion the fab
ric of eternity.
No Pi. EDGE. Geary made a speech at
Huntingdon, on the 25th ult, in which he
used the following language :
1 have tcen a.ked whether 1 would
turn traitor like Andrew Johnson, because I
was a Democrat icffl make no pledge,
as pledires make no difference."'
Thatls to fay, Oeaiy, the "Democrat,
without prefix or affix," as he styled him
self in his 3Iaguire letter, will turn traitor to
the " Republican" partv if it profits him to
do so. Should the Democracy get .into
power, Geary expects to hang on to its
skirts. Hence he "will make no pledges.
If that is satisfactory to Republicans, we
have no right to complain. Bedford Oa
zette. '
t-Tride often miscalculates, and more
often misconceives. The proud man places
himself at a distance from other men : ecen
through that distance, others appear little to
him ; but he forgets that this very distance
causes him also to appear equally little to
others.
Stand Back, White Soldiers.
The pay department announces its readi
ness to pay the bounties to negro soldiers,
f ran ted by the Rump Congress in June last,
t will require twenty million dollars to meet
such claims. This will drain the treasury so
low that the white soldiers will have to wait
many months yet for their bounties. Con
gress provided bounty for the white soldiers
out ot " any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated;" but as the negro bill
was passed first the darkey soldiers claims
must all be Paid before the White soldiers
can reach dollar.
None of the Government officers are re
sponsible for this ; they must obey the laws
as passed by the Rump Congress. The blamo
is entirely with the Disunion majority, who
considered it their first duty to - reward their
colored brethern, because in the war they
bore off the palm. ' ' Let it be recollected,
too, that the sum of $300 each was appro
priated for the negroes, although none of
them served three years, and that only the
sum of 100 was c-t aside for the white sol
diers of 18G1 and lhC2 for three years' ser
vice. Can the soldiers of Pennsylvania vote
for Ste vens, Lawrence,' Mercur, and others
ol the Disunion Congressmen who have
been re-nominated, after such shabby treat
ment ? Can they vote for their candidate
Geary who approves the whole course of
the Rump, and agTcc3 with Thad. Stevens
in everything?
m
Treatment of xnE Aged. A little
thoughtful attention, how happy it makes
the old 1 They have outlived most of the
f He nds of their early youth. 1 low lonely their
hours ! Often their partners in life have
long filled silent graves ; often their children
they have followed tothc tomb. They stand
solitary, bending on their staff, waiting till
the same call shall reach them. How often
they must think of absent lamented faces;
of the love which cherished them, and the
tears of sympathy that fell with theirs now
all gone ! W hy should not the young cling
around and comlbrt them, cheering their
gloom with songs and happy smiles! . t ;
Forney has talked so much to and
for the darkies and so much against the
"white trash" that, it is said, his facial
angle is undergoing a decided transformation
changing from that of the Caucasian to
that of the African. His lips hang down;
his "jaw " Kicks out and has grown heavy
and rough, and his nose hs? got sadly' out
of j'int". we imagine, however, that thbis
altogether owing to his knowledge that both
himself cud Guary are doomed to defeat
Geary in October; he in January. Forney's
"jaw "always lengthens when misfortunes
are brooding when the flesh-pots are van
ishing. a .
Wanting Friends.
" I wish that I had some good friends, to
help me on in life I" cried lazy Dennis, with
a 3'awn.
" Good friends ! why you have ten !" re
plied his master.
"I'm sure I havn't half so many, and those
that I have are too poor to help me."
" Count j-our fingers, my boy," said his
master. ". ,
Dennis looked down on his lig, strong
hands.- '
" Count thumbs and aS,-5- added the mas
ter. ' ;
" I have there arc ten,' said the lad.
"Then, never say you have not ten good
friends, able to help you on in life. Try
what tho-e true friends can d.j before you go
grumbling and fretting because you do not
get help help from others."
The Threatened Despotism. Senator
Dooiittlc made a speech at 3Iadison, Wi&
convn, on the 1st inst,, fiom which we ex
tract the following telling truths :
But, fellow-citizens, I tell yon and I as
sure vou it is as certain, in my judgment,; as
God lives and reigns, that unless the people
in this country sustain Andrew Johnson row
in his determined effort to sustain this Union
and arrest the mad career of this wild ten
dency to centralization, your constitutional
lilerties are engulphed in a vortex from
which thc3 will never rise. Cheers. That
tendency is to despotism, the desjotism of a
t3Taniiieal caucus the meanest of all despot
isms from the days of the tcvcaty tyrants
down. Cheers.
Heavy Guns for the Chilean Gov
ernment. The Chilean government has
purchased seventy heav' runs, without car
riages, from the State el" Massachusetts, for
six hundred thousand dollars. I bis ordnance
includes four four hundred and fifty-pounder,
six three hundred-pounder, and fcixty-eight-pounder
Blakely guas, the remainder
consisting of serviceable naval artillery of va
rious calibres, lut none very heavy. The
English guns are those purchased by Mass
achusetts during the late war for tne protect
tion of Boston harbor from rebel pirates
The carriages for the guus are to be built
in the United States.
C- Brick Pomcrcy, talks as follows about
Parson Brownlow:
" Parson Brownlow sars he . would not
srart lor Heaven with the Democratic party.
Veiy true. The old wtp is too far on the
direct road to hell in fart, he is so near
there that the little deviLs have stopped
sifting brimstone to look out at the window
as they see him coming down the Jtne stretch
neck and neck vritaBen Butler and Thad
Stevens."
Uncle Stm had a neighbor who
was in the habit of working on Sunday but
after a while he joined a church. One day he
met a minister to whose church he belonged.
'Well Uncle Sam said he, 'do you see
any difference in Mr. P., fcinoe he joined
the church?
' 'Oh yes" said Uncle Sam, "a great
difference. Before, when he wewt out to
mend his fence on Sunday he earned his
axe on his shoulder, but now he carries it
under his overcoat" '
A good story is told of a Sheriff who
came near being outdone by a person who
was in the line of his duty to hang. "Sir,"
said the gentleman, as the Sherifi was care
fully adjusting the rope, "really, your atten
tion deserves my thanks. In fact, I do not
know of one I should rather have hang me."
"Reallv." paid the Sheriff, "you are pleased
to be cmnpHmentary. I do not know of
another individual it would give xne so much
pleasure to hang."
Doubly Punished. A farmer in How
den, England, was lately fined by ' the
Knaresborough magistrates for furions driv
ing while drnnk. Sulequontly he visited
frined near Harrowgate, and a rebort of his
conviction in a local paper affected him so
much that he went to an outhouse aai
banned himself.
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