BLOOMS BURG, COLUMBIA CO, PA., WEDNIAV JANUARY 30, 1867TT'
VOL. XXX-1 OLn semes.
I'OURT FROCLMI.lTlON.
TfHEREAS. Hi." Ilos. William Elwill. Preniden'
V Ju1e of the Court of Oyer nj Terminer nd Geo
rid Jail Delivery, f'nurt of Quarter Sfaaions of the
Peart and Court sf Common Plea and Orphan'a Court
la the 2fith Judicial District, comporert 01 trie conniiet
f Columbia, Sullivan and Wyoming and tle Hon. I ram
l)err and Peter K. Ilerbeln, Aiso'ateJudfea of Colum
bia Co .hare iinuod theirprecept.bparinf Hate the 29th
flay or Uee.iu IU'. year or our l-orn one inwsinitinui
Lund red and aixly and to undirected for holding a
Court of Oyer ani Terminer and General Jail delivery,
lloi.a,.! Onori t....nn. of the Peace. Common Pleaa
and Orphan Court, in Bloomburg, in the county of
Columbia, on tha flr. Monday, ibeing the 4iU day) of
Febrrnry vest. t continue one wee.
Notice i herehr niven.to the Coroner, the Justieea
of the Peace and Constables of the aaid rounty of Col
urnhitthnt thev ba then and there in their proper aer-
on at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of Mid day with their
moiili lnauiitiona and other remembrance to do
thntu ihinr wnUilo their office aiprlan to be done.
injihv..iii3i .. innnd hv leroinixnce. to prosecute
train-.! the nriannera that are or umv be iu the Jail of
said county of Columbia tu be then and there to prosa-
eute them aa aliall be Just, jurora are rciu.-- '.
punctual in theif attenHance.afre. nbly to tru-ir notice
t -wv-- Datfd at P.IoomgliurX, the SfcHh day of Dec,
L. 8. Jin the year el Our Lord one thousand eis-ii
i (i,....h ..... -i.tr. .ir and in the ninetieth
the United State of
America. Gi v ma CotoRwrUTH. ) ,;
1 HA Ml' EL. HNYOta. fihoriff.
Rloomburf, Dereuibef. 2-- Ifloo. ,
List of Causes for Trial at February
; ' Term, 1867.
1 PutJin deybert by her aeat friend George fhnman
v. linos Adam. '
S Paaton Klin va Jane Kline. --
3 rV'iMiam U Lance, vs Tbomaa Cnveling, et. al.
4 Jacob Harria vs Peter Jaroby.
. & A. 8. Paul va. Benjamin Winterateen.
Benjamin Znrr and wife va. William Shnrplei.
7 Edward Ueilner r The Locui-t Mountain Coal
. Iron Company.. ,
fl J. P. Ilar.kenberg for the o of II. Chamberlin va
(filaa D Xdaar.
9 Jacob RemUy va i'ataia Rail Road Company.
10 Henry F. Ntia va BtKoticb of Berwick.
11 FaaatJk Co.. v Juveph Frick.
it Eli Joneav t Miles C Abbott -Jl
Sylvester J Faux va laaac White.
J4 (Sylvester J. Faux vs Icac White.
IS Wright Huchea vs P-ter Millar.
IS Jorathan Knitile va Wncbt Iluches.
17 Mary B.Green va Robert S. Howell, it at.
18 Jamea Sterne va Albert II art man
l So lom o tMiamaa va WUIutut l.onnrnberger.
20 Jhi W. Lescher vs Peter 8. RixtRl.
SI John Jameson vs E. gayer el al.
22 John Crett vs Alfred Mood.
S3 W'ooley Pche vs John W. Lescher.
U4 Sylvester J. Fans vs Isaac White.
VS William A. Man vs James Uke."
2tt Henry T. Reily now for the nae of Thomas Creve-
ling, jr- va . Jesse C. Pennington.
27 Sylvester J. Faux v Milliard C. Urecn' Adinr's.
VA Jacob S. Evans vs Milliard C. Green AUuir'.
S-D Z.e. Robbiravs Albert Hunter
39 James Gannon vs Mirhael Cream, et al .
3 Amanda L. Llaris vs Bonham G. Kaau.
Ji George H. Rrown vs L..H. Sloneman.
33 O W Campbell et af vs Simon P. Kaae et al.
34 James r'traaser vs George Strieker.
34 Adam Ptrauaer vs George Strieker.
38 Stroud at Brown va A. Creveling.
Traverse Jurors, fur February Ttrrrn lb67,
PEAVEIl Charles Michael, Stephen Lchr.
IILM'ON Joseph Iless. Sr.
BUR. BERWICK-Hiram It. Bourr.
MOK. CENTRA L.1 A- William U. Rinebold. Robert
Gorrrll. "
BLOOM Frederick C. Eyer. Clark M Brown. Sam
nel Jacohy. William U. Koons, Daniel Ie, William
tnviW.
PRIARCREEK Uenry Doak, Peter Wcnn.ir, Tlios .
A Mil'er.
CATAWISSA John Scott, William Martin.Jamc a
P. McNinth.teph ;u n.ildy.
CE.NTbVE Jcsfe Hicks, Jesae IIofTman. Henry De
long.
COVTTGIIAM-Pylvesterlloflinan Alicbaul Crone,
Wi Ilium HoaUnJ.
FIIIINGCdEEK Eliaa Ammermin. Jeremiah
fleas, Thomas Lauder jauch. Alexander Cramer.
KUANKI. IV Thomas Hower.
GREENWOOD John Johnson. Caleb F. Moore,
Thomas Reece-
HEM LOCK David Wagner. William P. Eyerly.
Hiram Appleinan.
MAUMOM Shepherd 9. Rnnyan.
MO.VTOUR dainuel Lazarus, Jacob Ernwine,
Nonh iM on aer. ,
IIFFLlr Benjamin Yobe.
ORANGE Adam Hill, John Vanliew, .
PINE l.ntber A Garmnn.
BOA RINUCIttEK. William Orei'hich.
awt f Alfred Crsveling, Joseph Lilly.
Grand Jurors, for February Ttrm 1807.
BLOOM Caleb Carton, Mulliias Aappleman, Chaa.
Jl. IKM-bler.
BEAVER Jonathan Rredbnnder.
RETON William L.Cole, Samnel McIIenry Ja
cob Welliver.
CON YNG II AM Frederick XL. Wolforlh.
FPAKI.IN John Mowry. Ufa n J. Reader.
IIEMMX-'K William Fisher, Thomas J. Vandir
ilice. IJXX'ST lanae Erwine.
M A I N Char lea Fiahr. Jahn C.GearharU
MADIPON Joeeph Correl. John Mouser
MT. PLEASANT Gabriel Everett.
MIFFLIN-Christian Wolf.
ORANGE Edward HeLong.
PINE Claii Whilinoyer. Elijah Fullmer. Thomas
McRriile.
SC'rr -Charles 3. Fcwler.
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Lyrics of the SusquelianuaNo. 4.
BT RAVER.
Indulge me in this wandering notion,
My muse has led to distant laud
Across the wide Atlantic Ocean
Where many an ancient ruin stands.
Where many a grand old mountain rises,
Where classic rivers roll along,
Where nature's spirit oft baptizes
The student's pencil or his tongue.
On Hutberg's side, in old Lusatia,
A home was built called BertheUdorf,
There lived a noble "Dei Gratia,"
A man whose name was Zinsendorf.
His wealth he wasted not in splendor
Nor courted he the world's surprise,
It's charms he freely did surrender
To lay up treasures in the skies.
To him there fled from old Bohemia,
'ecau.se of Faxon's cruel zeal,
And from their homes in old Moravia
To 'scape the tyrants iron heel.
In Berthelsdorf they found seclusion,
And in their worship could be free
Without omciul spiv's intrusion
The mind enjoyed its liberty.
The arms of Zinsendorf extending
Around them all in Christian love,
And for them ease and wealth expending
He looked for recompense above.
But while by love his heart enlarging
He looks away to distant fields,
He feels the mission God is charging
And to the holy unction yields. .
Then far away across the ocean
To Pennsylvania's wilds he 's bound
This noble heart thrills with emotion ;
His feet now touches freedom's ground.
His brethren had a site elected,
A paradise it was to thcin
And here a home they have created,
They led the court to Bethlehem.
But when from travel-toil he rested
His mission was not yet fulSlleJ
Until the Lilian's mind had tested
His loving heart could'not be stilled.
O'er mountains thro' the wilds progressing
At length lie reached our noble stream
And to the Bed man bore the blessing
Whith Christ the burden of his theme.
Thus he lived, and thus he labored,
And thus endured incessant toil,
Feeling he was highly favored,
If i'roiu sin he led a soul.
He sleeps in Jesus ! precious slumber ;
From earth he's long since passed away
Him, with the sons of God we number,
To him this foeble tribute pays.
Dec. 22, 1S6G.
Advice to Skaters.
Having been made aware that the skating
season in this latitude has arrived, we give
the following advice to '.'grcenies :"
. Never try to skate in two directions at
ffM a . i. 1 ai .a.l
once. 1 his leat has oiten Dcen aaempieu
by new beginners, but never successfully.
It always ends in sorrow.
2. Eat a few apples for refreshment sake
while skating, and be sure to throw the
cores on the ice for fast skaters to break
their shins over. Fast skaters are your
natural enemies, and should not be allowed
to enjoy themselves peaceably.
3. Sit down occasionally, no matter where
right in the way of the rest of the rarty,
if j-ou wan! to. There is no law to prevent
a new beginser from sitting down whenever
he has an inclination to do so.
4. Skate over all the small boys at once.
Knock 'cm down. It makes great fun, and
thev like it.
5. If you skate into a hole in the ice take
it cooly. Think how you would feel of the
water was boiling hot
6. If your skates are too slippery buy a
tr i . !!
new pair, ivcep Duying new pairs tiu you
find a tair that are not slippery. This will
be fun for the hardware and fancy store
men. N. B. WTe don't expect a pair of
skates for this notice, but if they are sent
we feel tolerably sure they will not be
thrown out of the window.
7. In sitting down, do it gradually. Don't
be too sudden ; you may break the ice.
8. When you fall headlong, examine the.
straps of your skates very carefully before
you get up. This will make everybody
think you fell becacse your skates was loose.
Beginners always do, you know.
6. Wear a heavy overcoat or cloak till
you get thorougly wanned up, and then
throw it off and let the wind cool you. This
will ensure you a fine cold that will last you
as long as you live.
By following these rules strictly you may
leam to skate cretty well by the first of
March if the ice don't melt before that
time, ' "
How to Cure a Toper.
The following story, literally true in its
leading particulars, was told by a reformed
man who knew Mr. W very well. In
repeating the story I do so in the first per
son, in order to give it more effect.
I was enjoying my glass of flip one night
at the little old "Black Horse" that used to
stand a mile out of S ; hadnjt joined
the great army of teetotalers then, when a
neighboring farmer came in, whose modera
tion at least in whiskey toddies was not
known unto all men. His name was W .
He was a quiet sort of a man when sober ;
lively and chatty under the effect of a single
drink, argumentative and oflensively dog
matic after the Bccond toddy, and downright
insulting and quarrelsome after getting be
yond that number of drinks. We liked him
and we disliked him, on that account . On
the occasion referred to, he passed through
all these changes, and finally sunk off to
sleep by the warm 6tove. Being in the way,
and also in danger of tumbling upon the
floor, some of us removed him to an old
settee, where he slept soundly entertaining
us with rather an unmusical serenade.
There were two or three mischievous A;K
lows about the place, and one of them sug
gested it would be capital fun to black
W 'a face and make a darkey of him.
No sooner said than done ; some lamp-black
and oil were mixed in an old tin cup and a
coat of the paint laid over the face of Mr.
W , who, unconscious of what had been
done, slept on as soundly as ever. Full two
hours passed away before he awoke ; stag
gering up to the bar, he called for another
glass of whiskey toddy, while we made the
old bar-room ring again with our peals of
laughter.
"What are you all laughing at?" said he,
as he became aware that he was the subject
of merriment, and turning his black face
around upon the company as he spoke.
':Givc us old 'Zip Coon,' old fellow,"
called out one of the boys who had helped
him to his beautiful mask.
No, no, 'Lucy Long,' give us 'Lucy
Long,'" cried another.
Can't you dance 'Jim Crow?' try it;
I'll sing the wheel-about and turn-about and
do just so ; now begin ;" and the last speaker
commenced singing "Jim Crow."
Mr. W neither understood nor relish
ed all this, but the more angry and mystified
he became, the louder laughed the company ;
and the freer became their jests. At last,
. 1 ! If
in a pas-sion, ne swore at us lustm ana leav
ing the bar-room in high dudgeon, took his
horse from the stable and rode off. It was
past eleven o'clock, the night was cold, and
a ride of two miles made Mr. W sober
enough to understand that he had been
rather drunk, and was still a good deal in
for it, and that it wouldn't exactly do for
his wife to see him just as he was, po he
rode a mile past his house, and then back
again at a slow tror. Considering, by this
time, that the good woman was fast asleep,
(and so she was) he entered the house, crept
silently up the stairs, and got into bed with
out his better-half being any the wiser of
his whereabouts. On the next morning
Mrs. W awoke first, but what was her
surprise and horror upon rising up to see in
stead of her lawful husband, what she
thought a strapping negro, as black as char
coal, lying at her side. Her first impression
was to scream but her presence of mind, in
thia trying position, enabled her to keep si
lent. You mry be 6ure she didn't remain
long in such close contact with Mr. Darkey
not she for slipping out of bed quickly
but noiselessly she" glided out of the room
and was soon down staira in the kitchen,
where a two-fisted Irish girl was at work
preparing breakfast.
Oh ! dear, Kitty," she exclaimed, pant
ing for breath and looking as pale as a ghost,
"have you 6een anything of Mr. W
this morning ?"'
"Och! no; but what ails you? you are
white as a shate."
"Oh ! mercy, Kitty, you wouldn't believe
it, but there is a monstrous negro in my
e
room.
"Gracious me, Mrs. W , a nagcr?"
"Yes, indeed, Kitty," returned Mrs.
W trembling in every limb, "and worse,
he is in my room ; I just awoke and I thought
it was Mr. W by my side, but when I
looked over I saw, instead of his face, one
as black as the stove. Mercy on me, I was
frightened almost to death."
"Is he aslape?" asked Kitty.
"Yes, sound asleep and snoring. Oh !
dear, what shall we do ; where in the world
is Mr. W ? I'm afraid this negro has
murdered him."
"Och! blasted murdering thafe," ex
claimed Kitty.
Her organ of combativencss, which was
very large, becoming very excited at this
time, burst out in the following strain :
"Get into Mistress' bed and the leddy there
herself; the d n hound; the black mur
dering thafe of a villain I".
And Kitty thinking of no danger to her
self and making no calculation as to conse
quences, seized a stout hickory pole that
stood in one corner of the room and went
up stairs like a whirlwind, banging the pole
against the door and balustrades or whatever
come in her way. The noise aroused Mr.
W from his sleep, and he raised up in
his bed just as Kitty entered the door.
"Och! you murdering thafe of a villain,"
shouted Kitty, as she caught sight of his
black face ; and pitching into him with her
pole, Ehe swept off his night cap with a sin
gle stroke, at imminent risk of taking his
head with it.
"Hallo tv he cried, not at all liking this
strange proce
euimr. are ywu iuu
l 13"
"Ti i
did not refe?" retorted Kitty, who
sure aim thfo the voice, and taking a
him a tremendu,th her pole, brought
which knocked hlsr alongside tho head
Mrs. W , whfMes?.
to
two
the stairs, heard her lit,, the bottom of
and knowing his Y0ice,Ys exclamation
stairs, entered the room iiv rushing up
tv'a formidable weapon withN sec Kit
atrainst Lis head. Before the Die force
repeated, (Kitty ejaculating her be
thafe of a villain,) Mr. W thring
nrms around her neck and cried, ''aM
don't Kittj 1 for mercy's sake it is
W , and you have killed him."
"Mr. W , indade," retorted Kitty, in
dignantly, struggling to free herself. "Is
Mr. W
a thafe of a nager?'
But Kitty's eyes, as soon as they took
pains to look more closely, saw that it was
indeed all as the mistress had said. Mr.
W had fallen over on his face and head
and his white neck was not to be mistaken.
The pole dropped from Kitty's hand and
with the exclamation, "och I murther," she
turned and shot from the room with as good
a will as she had entered it. The blow
which Mr. W had received was severe,
breaking through the flesh, bruising and
lacerating the ear badly ; lie recovered Boon,
however, and as he rose up, caught sight of
himself in a looking-glass that hung oppo-
site. We may be sure that it took all par
ties in this exciting and tragical affair some
time to understand exactly what was the
matter.
Mr. W 's recollection of the loud mer
riment at the "Black Horse the night be
fore explained all to him, and set him talk
ing in a most unchristianlike manner.
Poor Kitty was so frightened at what ehe
had done, that she gathered up her goods
and chattels and fled instanter, and was
never again seen in this neighborhood. As
for Mr. W , he was cured of his noctur
nal visits to the "Black Horse" and his love
of whiskey toddy. Some months after he
espoused the temperance cause, and I've
heard him tell the story many a time, and
laugh heartily at the figure he must haAc
cut when Kitty commenced beating him for
a "thafe of a nager."
Politeness is the Hichiest Degree.
There is an anecdote told of an elephant in
the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris, which il
lustrates the exquisite sense of smell with
which elephants are endowed. The interior
of an elephant's trunk is lined with an im
mense olafactory nerve, by which th ani
mal is able to detect tho faintest odors at a
distance. He finds that the orange flower
vields the most delicions of all perfumes,
and travellers state that in Japan elephants
may frequently be seen burying their trunks
iu the foliage of orange trees to enjoy the
fragrance. The other day the large elephant
in the Jardin des Plantes suddenly ceased
picking up tho bread and cake offered to him
by the visitors of the garden, drew in his
trunk, and continued to follow along jhe
railings of his enclosure a lady who was car
rying in her hand aboquetof orange flowers.
The laJy's attention was called to his move
ments, and she at once held the boquet w ith
in his reach. The animal seized the flowers,
inhaled the perfume with great delight for
several moments, and here comes the least
credible portion of the story again put
forth his trunk and restored the boquet to
the lady. One understands an elephant's
passion for sweet smells, but hardly com
prehends his manifestation of gallantry and
good breeding.
Is a crowd, where it was almost impossi
ble to keep the toes af our boots off the
shortest trails flaunted from hoop-skirts
ahead, we were pressing our way towards
our ferrv-boat At one side marched a high
private," whose face and gait were slightly
influenced by something stronger than water.
The poor fellow did his best to avoid about
a quarter yard of silk hailing from a fairy
form just ahead. His best was not good
enough, and down came the heavy military
boot upon the silk. The face that turned
did not smile, and the voice was not extreme
ly mild that chided him with, "Take care,
Sir!" "Close (clothcs)upin the rear there!'
were our orders, marm, always. Them's mil
itary orders." The fair face more than
smiled, and the worrying crowd joined her
laugh with a hearty roar.
A Swift Runner. A Mexican corres
pondent writes: "We have had some cele
brated runners in the United States, but
scarcely equal to ayoung Mexican thirty-three
years of age, named Ochoa, who lives at
Hidulgo, in Southern Chihuahua. He has
been known to beat a man on horseback for
a distance of thirty miles. He has often
made a hundred and fifty miles in twenty
four hours. A friend of mine lately gave
him five dollors to carry a letter fifty miles,
and bring him an answer. He did it in
twcnt3'-two hours, taking, as he thought,
plenty of time, there being no great hurry.
The last fifty miles he made slowly in seven
hours, From this may be gained some idea
of the trained courier systems of Montez
uma and the Peruvian Incas.
A California wife'writesfrom San Francis
co to her husband in the interior :
"Dear Sir It may be proper, and perhaps
my duty, to inform you that about two months
ago I succeeded in getting my divorce from
you, and also that I have since got married
again. You may continue your monthly re
mittances, as 1 may need them lor your
three children."
a m
Iy " What a striking countenance,
said the Yankee to the elephant when he
hit him a clip with his trunk.
Meerschaum Pipes.
The mineral meerschaum is well known
be a hydratcd silicate of magnesia, with
equivalents of water. '1 lie variety most
vaiuea is compact, suscuptiuio v..b
. . " i . I . I -.t lnir.iv
wrought, and of receiving a beautiful polish.
It is almost exclusively employed for mak
ing tobacco pipes and cigar holders. A
strange announcement has recently been put
forth, that it may be substituted for the sub-
nitrate of bismuth in choleraic diseases.
Deposits of meerschaum are very rare,
the
which accounts for its higli price. Some
.VLveins, however, are found in the Paris basin,
r'V-.ninvirsrci in tlift environs of Madrid.
wars.
Vlivuvtiw.vu,
of
Uliese are of little value compared with
ande from Asia Minor, being too soft
parr'Ae. The mining of meerschaum ia
l-.nrveelv at Kiltchik, in Anatolia;
trrisv in tBwi there though soft and
hard, and wlmch when fresh, becoming
tr -Tint-, Kt 111. Ai the fire, borne obscuri
th or&? mode of preparing
knm tW ihc roV, nevertheless it is
moulded. The crude caVQ natf ar
i . u is kneaded ana
j ? i ..i .j i j '.? being then
uneu in uie sun anu xiarucno. -
Tf :. vr, .r. Tv,;iv Arfi. thc nrC-
It l.T kllU ajVlAVlft AAUC. V4Li IWN J
rri ...Tjaew and
the
ttvA n li i-vTT - At 1 1 fll in rl TYt
wrought in Germany or Belbiuni t
,ose
much more esteemed. The mecrschaS
hich is to bo exported is prepared athe first two books of the Commentaries.
w
Konie, moulded into blocks, dried and
slightly baked. After cutting out, the
manufacturers are in the habit of submitting
the plt)cs to a preparation with wax, sper
maceti or parafline. The chips are powder
ed, formed into a paste with water, dried
and hardened in the fire. The pipes made
from this waste material are, however, of an
inferior quality; the first baking to which
the material was originally submitted, hav
ing produced slight frttago, which renders
subsequent cohesion difficult to produce.
Coleridge.
Lamb once convulsed a company with an
anecdote of Coleridge, which without doubt,
he hatched in his hoax-loving brain. "I
was," ho said, "going from my house at
Enfield to the East Indian House one
morning when I met Coleridge on his way
to pop me a visit He was brim full of
some new idea, and, in spite of my assur
ing him that time was precious, he drew me
within the gate of an unoccupied garden by
the roadside, and there, sheltered from ob
servation by a hedge of evergreens, he took
me by the button of my coat, and closing
his eye?, commenced an elegant discource,
waving his right hand gently as the musical
words flowed in an unbroken stream from
his lips. I listened entranced, but the
striking clock recalled me to a sense of duty.
I saw it was of no nse to attempt to break
away; so, taking advantage of his absorp
tion in his subject, and with my pen-knife,
quietly severing my button from my coat, I
decamped. Five hours afterwards, in pass
ing the same garden, on way home, I heard
Coleridge's voice ; and on looking in, there
he was with closed eyes, the button in his
fingers, and his right hand gracefully wav
ing, just as when I left him. He had never
missed me."
fiST The other night when the thermome
ter stood at zero a prominent citizen was
aroused by a violent knocking at the door of
his domicil. Supposing that something ex
traordinary had happened, he jumped out
of bed and opened the door, when he found
a boy who questioned him as follows : "Do
you live here ? Are j-ou going to live here
next Summer? Do you own this house?'1
Upon receiving affirmative answers the boy
further interrogated : "Well, Mr. , will
you want your garden plowed next Spring,
because if you do, I want the job." The
prominent citizen" slammed the door and
went back to bed with anything but a reli
gious turn of mind.
tSF- The "Cornwall finish" is quoted
against Vermont, in some quarters of the
country, as much as the tradition of wood
en nutmegs is made a slur upon Connecti
cut. A Vermonter who was arrested in
Ohio for selling artificially colored merino
sheep has turned tables by commencing an
action for false imprisonment. The fact
that the rain washed out the color was al
leged as proof of no fraudulent intent,
since the real "finish" is warranted to wash.
JDS? A story is told of a soldier who,
about one hundred and fifty years ago, was
frozen in Siberia. The last expression he
made was, "It is ex ." He then froze
as stiff as marble. In the Summer of 1S60
some French physicians found him, after
having laid frozen for one hundred and fifty
years. They gradually thawed him and
upon animation being restored he concluded
his sentence with "ceedingly cold."
tS?" An actress, connected with one of
tho theaters, a great favorite, was compli
mented upon the blackness of her hair.
"Why, it's dyed," she replied, with the
amiable frankness of the true artist
"Dyed," replied the other speaker, "why
favorite as you are, j ou
are not nve ana
twenty."
"No," said the lady; "but f you
whom the gods love, dye young.'
know
Goop. Thc.owner of the omnibus line3
of Gottenburg, Sweden, sdnie time since
provided each of their vehicles with a water
reservoir, from which the passengers can
quench their thirsty They have now ex
tended their courtesy by providing each
traveler with a newspaper giving the latest
intelligence, and which he can read while in
the omnibus.
Julius Caesar.
Tho preface to the French edition of
Louis Napoleon'B History of Julius Cxsar,
furnishes a list of royal personages who have
ttT about Caesar, or his celebrated
commentaries, or otherwise evinced a deep .
interest in the great Roman.
Charles VIII., King of France, was a
passionate admirer of the Commentaries.
This was so prominent a point in his habits
of mind that the famous monk Robert
Gaguni, presented the king, in 1480, with
translation he had just oompieiu
French ot the eight books ot the uauic
The fact is mentioned in the edition
1500, by the monk himself.
The Emperor Charles V. was a iervent
admirer of Caesar, and leu among ni
a copy of the Commentaries, filled with mar
ginal notes in the Emperor e own hanawnt-
in". At his request the Viceroy oi oicuy,
Ferdinand Gonzaga, dispatched to trance a
scientific commission specially to Btudy,
Cicsar's campaigns and battles, on the
ground. The forty plans drawn by this
commission were published in 1575, in Stra
da's edition of the Commentaries. , -
The Sultan, Soliman II., the contempt,
rary of Charles V., had all Europe ransacked
for copies of Caesar's Commentaries.- He
had them collated, and had a Turkish edw
tion prepared for his daily reading.
TT TV Kinr of France, translated
Ve MS. was placed in the royal library, at
It was subsequently withdrawn fof
the S of Louis XIII. who then translated
le tn vlast books of the Commentaries.
Both t"MatIongwere coroVined, and print
ed together paiace 0f the Louvre, in
1630. .
Louis XIV. tsjatea the first book of
the Commentarie?,- waa printed" in
folio with engraving... at Taris, in 16oL
The work has not eincbiga republished
and the edition is now vcryre
The great Conde wa3 a cKe student of
Cicsar's campaigns, and lent allvis aid and
patronage to the translation of tQ Ccrm
mentaries, undertaken by Nicholas Porret
d'Ablancourt This translation was th fa
vorite one in the last century. "kv
Christina, Queen of Sweden, composed a
volume entitled "Reflections on the Life and
Acts of C.csar."
Louis Phillippe's father, the Duke of" Or
leans, nicknamed "Egalile," was a constant
reader of the Commentaries. He had care'
fully prepared a map of Cassar'e campaigns
in Gaul.
Finally, Napoleon Bonaparte, whilst at
St Helena, dictated to Count Marcdand a
"Summary of Caesar's Wars," which the
Count published at Paris, in 1836.
Cicero said of the Commentaries : "Caesar
has written memoirs worthy of great prais.
Lacking in all oratorical art, his style, like
a handsome boy undressed, is unadorned,
concise and graceful. In thus furnishing
material for future historians, he has, per
haps, gratified the narrow intellects who
will delight in overwhelming his natural
grace with frivolous ornament; but for ten
sible men, he has deprived thorn forever of
the wish to write, for nolhing is more agree
able in history than a correct and luminous
brevity."
Hortius said of the Commentaries : "We
have still better reason than others to admire
the work ; for others only know how correct
and precise the book is, whilst we know, in
addition, with what facility and speed it was
composed."
The Happiest Season.
At a festal party cf old and young, the
question was asked, "which season of life is
the most happy?" After being freely dis
cussed by the guests, it was referred for an
swer to the host, upon whom was the burden
of fourscore years. He asked if they had
noticed a grove of trees before the dwelling, '
and said :
"When the Spring comes, and in the soft
air the buds are breaking on the trees, and
they are covered with blossoms, I think, how
beautiful is spring ! And when the summer
comes, and covers the trees with its beauti
ful foliage, andsingingbirdsarcinitsbranches
I think, how beautiful is summer 1 When
Autumn leads them with golden fruit, and
their leaves bear the gorgeous tint of frost,
I think j how beautiful is autumn 1 And
when it is sere winter and there is neithef
foliage nor fruit, then I look though the leaf
less branches, as I never could till now, and
see tho stars shine. "
S&" Semmes is lecturing in Texas upon
piracy. Of course Semmes knows all about
the subject Darnum knows all about hum
bug, and lectures upon it j Hitchcock knew
all about fossils, and lectured ufon them J
the Simillmans all about chemistry;
JB-5? A printer says he knows it pay to
advertise. He advertised for a boy and in
less than a week found at his domicil an ap
plicant weighing five pound. His articleB
must have a wide circulation
Cg?-An illiterate character has originated
the fullowinjfconnundrum : "What is the
difference between Ag, tfie Canaanite, and a
certain learned professor? The Canaanite
was Ag as was, the professor Ag-as-is."
CSi- "I say, Brown, what a close sharer
Brown is j why, he'll pqualble about a.
penny I" "Well, what if he docs?" eaii
Brown ; "the less one squabbles about th3
better."
JEST" "Bill, you young ecamp, if you had.
your due you'd get a good whipping. I
know it, daddy, but bilk are not always paid
when due.