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VOLUME! i
EBENSBUHG, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 8, J86J.
NUMBER
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DIRECTORY.
PREPARED EXPUK33LY FOR "THE A LLKC. II A X IAN .'
XiST OF I"OST ornt'ES.
rust of-cM-
jenu's Creek,
S,tUd Stalioiij
f.LrrolltO'VUi
ChtiS Spring,
p,!,i::sburg.
y Tiiaber,
G uliu'",
lh'iu!ek,
Johnstown,
Lorottu.
Mineral Point,
i'Oif( Masters. Jhflricts.
Joseph flraham, Voder.
Joseph S Mardis, Llacklick.
Uenjam.iu Winner. Carroll.
D.uil. Litzinger, Client.
John J. Troxell, Washiut'n.
Mrs. II. M'Caguc, Lbensburg.
Isaac Thompson, "White.
J. M. Christy, Gallitzin.'
Wm. ?i'(Jongh, Washt'n.
II. A. Hoggs, Johnst'wn.
Wm. tiwhin, Lorctto.
K. Wissinger, Conem'gh.
A. Dr.rbiir. Minister.
Milliter,
TiUing,
Francis Clement, Conem'gh.
ilia.
Andrew J. Ferral
G. W. Bowman, '
Win. Ryan, r.,
George'Coarad,
IJ. M'Colgan,
Wm, Murray,
Miss M. Gillespie
Andrew Beck,
S !! Sfl "ll !1 II .
UDscli-.na,
Si. Augustine,
Si-ulp Level,
So:nu:inT
Sjuimerliill,
SillUMlit,
W'WUIQVC,
White.
Clear field.
Richland.
Waaht'n.
Crojle.
Washt'n.
fcj'inuieraill.
rrsh'teriinllzv. D. HAnmsox, Pastor.
Preaching every Sabbath morning at 10
udoefc, and in the evening at 3 o'clock. Sab-l-.'.'d
School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Piayer meet
i.T tverv Thursday evening at 0 o'clock.
,thudit Episcopal C"'7 -IIkv. J. Si.'ane,
Preacher in charge. Kev E. II. Haiki, As
cijtaiit. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
a: In', o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the
caning. Sabbath School at 'a o'clock, A. M.
rrtver'axectiag every Thursday cwniog at 7
a i k'ck.
ir,,t Tnhpendcnt PvEV. Ll. P.. Powell,
pJ;tor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
U 'clock, and in the evening at U o'clock.
S.bbath School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer
snH-tiag on the first Mou4ay evenhig of each
iinutli T and on every Tuesday, Thursday
na-l Friday evening, excepting the firt week
ia each month.
Calrinixtk MitkoiUstKv.v. John Williams.
p;l5t0r. Preachi.ig every Sabbath evening at
; ua 1 ii o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o'clock.
A. if. Prayer meeting every Friday evening
it 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
a! 7 o'clock.
UUc'n-let P.ev.Wm. Lloyd, "PastorPreach
ineverv Sabbath, morning at 10 o'clock.
'Particular nttf-tist K".v. David Jkxkixs.
p:l.t.r. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
3 o'cl.H-k. Sabbath School at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Cn'i'jir Rev. M. J. Mitchell. Pastor
Services cv.tv Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock
i.al Vesucrs at 4 o'clock iu the evening.
MA II S AKIUVE.
r-ot-rn, CL.U, at 12 o'clock, A.M.
Western, at 1 i 44 A. M.
mails clos::.
FTtern, daily, at 7 o'clock A.M.
V.'i'steni, . '" at V 44 A. M.
The Mail: fromRtIer.Ir.d!.ina.?tror..r3-to-.vii.
sc., arrive oa Thursuoy of each ".veek,
at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Lvive Ebenshurg on Friday cf each week,
at 8 P. M.
C3The Mails from Newman's Mills. Car
rjlltovvn, A.c, arrive on Monday, V,rednesd:!y
aa.l Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Leave Ebeushurg on Tuesdays, Thursdays
aa l Saturdays, at 7 o clock, A. M.
Era, Post Ollicc open, on Sundays frc ui 0
to lii o'clock, A. M.
AVILMORE STATION.
West Express Train leaves at 9.3 A. M
Past Line 44 1 000 P. M
Mail Train, 3.10 P. M
Eari Express Train, P. 10 P. M-
P ait Line, l C 'CO A. M
Mail Train, 44 IC.CA. M.
cousty om-uciin.
h let of the Court!. President, Hon. Geo.
ft.vlor, Huntingdon ; Associates, GcorgcVi".
csli'y, Ui-hard Jones, Jr.
i'f'iih'niotnry. Joseph .1 Donald.
Il-jitier and ll(corrUr . Edward F
Hhtrif. Robert P. Linton.
biimiy Sheriff. William Linton.
bu rict Atlornry. Philip S. Noon.
C-i'intif Commizxiontrs. Abil Lloyd, D. T.
fit.ir:u, James Cooper.
Clark to Comm'usiontr. Hubert A. M'Coy
Trc-i.-urrr. John A. Iilair.
lor J'juse Uireclers. David O'Harro.
M;-hael M'Guire, Jacob Horner
JLjuse Treasurer. George C. T. Zabm.
P't'jr Jijhzc Sttvurd. James J. Laylor.
Mercantile. Apprnixf. II. C. I)evine.
Aulitor. Henry Hawk, John F. SluII.
Jol.r. S. Rhey.
Cm tit y Sarcfifor.T.. A. Vlckroy.
C-iruntr. James JJ. Todd.
s-iptrinicadcnt vf &;.';; a a Schools. T. A.
'igaire.
CBnxsnrsi uos!. officers.
J'H'.ices f the Juce.- David II. Roberts,
'urrison Kinkcad.
Jiurjrun David J. Ernn?.
To'cii Council Evan GriP.it h, John J.Evan?,
William D. Davis, Thomas B. Moore, Daniel
Evans.
CLrk to Cwrnril T. D. Lit7inger.
lh, rough Treasurer George Gurley.
Weijk Ma1er William Davis.
School Directors William Davis, Reese f;.
j'o.vJ, Morris J. Evans, Thomas J. Davis,
Hugh Jones, David J. Jones.
: Treasurer of School Hoard Evan Morgan.
Constable George W. Rrown.
T'i Collector George Gurley.
Ju.fye of Election Mcshac Thomn?.
'"tcorUobert Eve.ns, Win. Williams.
-ItsLiior Richard T. Davis.
Alleghamax $1.50 in advance
0
nqinat llodriu
'TIie SSoiucsicaa Sold."
EY CATALPA.
Tho morning broke, the morn that brought
the sale,
And laid the scene of thi3 our humble tale.
The ''honest peasantry" for miles around
Took this for holiday, and sought the ground
Where stood the homestead 'neath ancestral
trees,
Whose trembling leaves sighed back to every
breeze;
And every breeze to them in whispers low,
Confided whence they came and where they'd
go.
And ever- bird that sought in peace to rest,
Drought here her Hi OSS ud built her tiny nest.
And every llov. er, howe'er so plain was she,
Found hero a nook beneath the ancestral tree.
And many a shadow o'er the sweeping grass
Of living bhd iu noontide heat would pass.
And many an afternoon siesta there,
And many a merry chat by maiden's fair,
And many a fairy moonlight serenade,
One, all of these beneath thy waving shade,
Oh. old ancestral tree, have been to be no more,
The homestead's sold ! and all these scenes
arc o'er.
Nov.- let U3 turn, and scan the face3 here,
Yv'ho come the spoils of our sweet home
to
share.
One sister whispered as with footstep soft
She sought a window of the cottage loft,
And like the timid dove who fears the foe,
Sac, hidden half, looked on the crowd below:
Like some licet fawn who tired with the chase,
In leafy covert finds a hiding place,
Nor deems it well to move lest leaves should
. know,
And in their stir reveal her to the foe.
While hidden there the crowd still gathered
fast.
Form after form beneath the window passed ;
Now face of friend, now face of stranger there,
Cainc.as she said, 'the spoils of home to share.'
Again the thought swept sadly o'er the heart,
Sweet home of mine, to-day the word is part ;
To-day to hoar the stranger's careless tread
Seems sacrilegious here, as to the dead
li impious foot upon the grave let fall,
Or. impious touch upon the dead man's pall.
And still they come, nor deyu to us can be
A mocking echo ia each reartee ;
A saddening thought be ia each smile that's
given
How could it else be when each tie is riven,
And this to-day but breaks the last frail chain,.
Whose links and parts, will ne'er unite again.
Tbe sheep that spot the sloping hill-top high,
The giant oak that towers toward the sky,
The brook that murmurs soft it3 silvery way,
The tasst lcd moss that decks the old rock gray,
TL? bird.-, the buds, the bee.--, the bursting
tiowevs,
Here, stranger, take they are no longer curs.
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The salesman now iu voice both deep and loud,
Begins his work, and stills the swaying crowd,
llecrir.s tLe praise of goods he means to sell.
Nor stops for truth to make his bargains well;
Prevaricates but "siightually," you know
Enough to make the poorest bargain go.
For instance, shows a saddle ten years old.
And say?, ''tis worth its solid weight in gold;
'Tis P.usslnii leather, and the. man who buys
Will have a saddle ti'l the hour he dies.7'
The saddle, height at II rat for dollars three,
Now sella for four, to some la..k, luckless he.
Who, charmed by '"Ilussiaa leather," bid.; and
buys,
And lauds the self-same caddie to the skies.
The crafty salesman smiles that thi-s is gohe,
And tries again another new liick on.
And still with joke, and wit u;ore bright than
gold,
Ho pleases all, until at length is sold.
All registered, save what from fad reniorso
Was kept the last the favorite famPy horse.
Forth now he's 5 -.id, as ofltimes Ic;d of yore-,
To crop th'j grass before the homestead door,
To' ,uuu the biecze that IojsoJ his Mowing
mane,
And scour at will acres? the spreading plain ;
Or ZGilly led by mar-ea s g:ntie hand,
wc-cealh in 2 appje shau
obedient stand,
To wait his tiistresr
s gay,
Ouispecu the wind along the ph:e-bound way,
Past by tiie stream, past Ly the noisy mill,
Along tho plain, and up the towering hill
With recking i'.des, and nostrils white with
foam,
The race is ended, we fire safely home.
Proud steed be sLaid 1 the last wild chase is
o'er,
For you and I at least, forevermore :
Here, stranger, take him, he is thine to-day
lie kind to 'Charley ' when re's eld and gray.
Lend low your head, old fauiiful friend, to
mine,.
Ciicc more my arms your proud arched neck
entwine.
Farewell, farewell, ah, your impatient neigh,
Tells that in strength yov iongio bcanduway.
Noble told Charley 1 here's a tear to tell
How much I iovtd you ; go, old friend, fare
well. The sifting clouds go o'er the leaden sky,
The long, long hours at length have winged
them by.
Well pleased the host sees every guest retire,
And wheels his chair before the kitchen fire;
Hi3 smile was greeted bright at eafly day,
Nor dim has grown in evening's sombre gra
Neighbor and friend 1 he feels that every heart
Gives him. its blessing as the guests depart.
i
T3L. A teacher asked a bright little
&irl, "What couutry is opposite to us on
the globe?" "
"l)on't know, sir," was the answer.
"Well, now," pursued the teacher, "it
I were to bore a hole through the earth,
and you were to go in this cud, where
would you come out?"
"Out of the hole, sir," replied the pu
pil, with art air of triumph.
I;miIJiool to liocsliclis.
Those people wrho pentscd the former
lefters from my friend Daruphool, who is
busily engaged in defending Charleston,
can scarcely fail to be desirous of knowing
how the valiant Charlcstonians get along
in their noble work since the coiaiug in
of the rail-splitter. 3Iy belief iu such
interests in the affairs of the Southern
Confederacy is my excuse for presenting
the subjoined letter from my illustrious
friend :
4IOESTICKS, P. TJ.
"Charleston, Feb. 22, 1801.
'Ola. Doesticks Dear S'V; To-day
is the auniversary of the horning into this
blessed world of an old gentleman named
Washington. I think he flourished before
your rime. We haven't the slightest re
gard for him dowrn here, so I don't know
very much about him. He was unpleas
antly recalled to our recollection thL?
morning by a salute of a lotof guns from
Fort Sumter. Your friend Anderson, who
has charge of that place, was, I judge, a
personal acquaintance of Ir. Washington,
by the way he loaded his guns and made
them talk ; those guns couldn't have spo
ken louder if "Washington had owed An
derson some dollars, and every -gun had
been a dun.
"We Charlcstonians were very mad after
we found out what it was all about; but
then, what's the use of getting mad at such
an idiot as Anderson. Of course the man
lias got no brains, or else lie would long
ago have given up his fort, surrounded as
it is by live or nix thousand men, and
commanded as it is by innumerable batter
ies, mounting myriads of guns. However,
as soon as our wrath had subsided slightly
we began work on our great raft with re
newed vigor. We are firmly resolved, if
Anderson fires a salute from Fort Sumter
on the next birthday of Washington, we
will be ready to make some brass remarks
from a lot of cannon that we hope by that
time to have ready for conversation in
easy words of one syllable. Meantime, I
should recomnieud Anderson' to beware.
"Of -course you've heard of our big raft,
but I don't believe you've even got an idea
of how it's going to do its work. As Fort
Sumter will be taken, and the garrison
slaughtered long before this gets to you,
there eau be uo harm iu telling you how
we're going to operate.
"The Giaud Floating Battery, or Haft,
is a mile and three-quarters long, by three
quarters of a mile wide. These tremen
dous dimensions were necessary in order
to accommodate all the captains and majors
and things who wanted to go on her. There
have 40'J0 generals, oOSO colonels, 27U."
majors, 27 captains, 10 lieutenants, 13
sergeants, 4 corporals "and our 1 private
already volunteered. All the officers be
low the grade ot major are mulattocs, and
the private is a late, dry -goods merchant
from your city.
"The Battery is to mount 2187 eolum
biads, and about a million of smaller can
non. The plan of attack is as follows:
YvThen all is ready, the governor is going
to send aCag of truce to Anderson, asking
permission to tow the Battery up to withiu
gunshot cf Sumter, without gunpowder
interruption. The use of Anderson's
boats, and a competent crew for each, will
also Lv3 solicited. Audersou,.beiiig a gen
tleman, will probably send the bunts and
the meu. In that case, the boats are to
confiscated, aud the men to be held as
hosta-res.
44 As soon as the raft gets near enougn
to Sumter to do her firing effectively, a
gallows will be erected on the side toward
Andcrsou; a eolonel a white one is then
to stand on a platform and hail Anderson
with a speaking trumpet,, daring him to
come on board the raft and knock a chip
off his (the colonel's) shoulder. Four
men have already volunteered for this des
perate service, bufc they were all drunk
when they did it, and deserted as soon as
they got sober.
4'Whcn Anderson comes on board to
knock tho chip, he is to be seized and
hung with military honorsr Then the
other officers of Fort Sumter will be dolled,
one at a time, by name, to come and knock
the chipj as they come, they will at once
be hanged. When they are all hanged,
we shall go back to the city, and bury the
bodies, and thou frame the chip in a gold
frame.
"Should Anderson and his men not ac
cept tho invitation to come and knock tho
chip, they will be set down in our books
as no gentlemen, and as being unworthy
the further attention of gcutlcmen; and,
of course, we shall leave them alone. Then
the colonels and majors and things will
hold a scries of convivial dinners, when
they will make speeches to each other, and
congratulate each other on each other's
bravery; then the eolumbiads and the
other guns will be fired several times in
houor of the great victory.
A. B-AMrnooL."
Cowardly I2rtiiilHy f;i Trail or.
The Green Bay Free Press gives the
following notice to the infamous traitor,
the late Gen. Bavid B. Twiggs :
To many of our older citizens Gen.
Twiggs is well known. Thirty odd years
he was stationed here, in command of fort
Howard. Invested with supreme trust
in this then new couutry, with little or no
Government other thau martial law, ex
amples of his vindictive aud barbarous
conduct live iu the memory of some of
the old residents with bitter distinctness.
There are no brilliant deeds of heroism
ia his history, as in most American offi
cers of his age,- to dazzle or avert the
eyes bent upon his early infamy and,wan
ton barbarism. A long life of service in
the. army, mostly in frontier stations, has
afforded means of gratification to his
tyrant nature; but' in his profession his
cowardice shielded him from danger more
successfully thau his vanity stimulated
him to his distinction. In his intercourse
with civilians, he was supercilious and
oververbearing. In his conduct to his
soldiers, he was the merciless tyrant and
taskmaster. He was constantly embroiled
in feuds without cause of complaint ; his
command was never without its victims of
his cruelty and oppresssion.
In 1828, a soldier named Prestige,
smarting under the infliction of punish
ment more severe than usual, determined
to take his life. Alakiug his preparations
with cxtaordinary care, Prestige watched
his opportunity when Twiggs was asleep
in his quarters oue afternoon, and stealth
il' creeping to his bedside, placed the
muzzle of a heavily-loaded musket to his
ear, and commended his soul to the keep
ing of the infernal regions. By some
strange accident the musket missed fire ;
but the nappiug of the guu awoke the
sleeper, and siezing the musket by the
muzzle he brained the soldier at a blow,
leaviug him for dead. So far it was all
right; doubtless the outraged but treach
erous soldier deserved to suffer death.
His skull was smashed in by the gunlock;
but he lived lived to sutler a complication
of horrors sickening to think of. The
skull of the wounded man was trepanned
by Br. Foot an excellent surgeon and
mau ; and while the patient was under his
immediate care hisruuditiou was comfort
aide. But scarcely had he commenced to
convalescence, when Twiirgs began a se
rics a system of cruelties auU euurmi
tics unparalleled in the annals of vindictive
persecution. Before his reason was en
tirely regulated, the suffering soldier was
severely cowhided once every day, cither
by the hand of the- tyrant himself, or by
his orders and iu his presence. He was
confined in the dungeon, fed like a beast
upon uncooked food, denied any comfort
or convenience suitable to man, and wor
ried and exasperated with taunts and
curses, as a sattcc to his coarser punish
ment. In the Fall ' or Autumn of the
year the troops at Fort Howard were or
dered to the Portage to establish Fort
Winnebago. Prestige, feeble with famine
and brutal chastisement, crippled with
chains and laden with burden, was forced
to march under guard through 150 miles
of wilderness. Once whoa a pitying fellow-soldier
relieved his fainting victim of
part of his burden for a while, he was
kicked and cursed for a scoundrel for his
impertinent humanity. Arrived at the
Portage, he was not permitted the coarse
comforts of his fellows, but chained to a
tree like a least. In this condition ho
was kept through a severe Winter, with
out shelter or protection other than one
blanket and a shed of slabs which some
other soldiers were suffered to build around
him. It is said that the villiau Twiggs
never passed the lair without bestowing
upon his suffering victim, nauseous with
filth and alive with vermin, a blow or a
kick and a cur.se. Iu the Spring of 1820
when the soldier's enlistment expired,
and the tyrant could no longer retain him
for his private persecution and revenge,
his head was shaved and he was drummed
out of the service. When he could no
longer reach him by his own arbitrary
schemes of torture he sent him to this
city aud surrendered him to the civil au
thorities to be tried for his attempt on the
dastard's life. He was tried, and sen
tenced by Judge Boty to five years' im
prisonment in the county jail ; but only
a short time elapsed when a proper repre
sentation of tho tacts was made to President
Jackson, and he wa? pardoned and set at
liberty..
BSIt is undeniable that in America,
it takes three to make a pair he, she, ami
and a hired girl. Had Adam been a mod
ern, there would have been a hired girl in
Paradise to look after little Abel aud raise
Cain.
Iw Hasty peoplo generally drink in
the vine cf life sculling hoi.
Calico Iri:itljs?r.
No description of machinery at the
present day is more ingenious or interest
ing than that for calico printing. As it
leaves the power loom, calico is a fabric
without any pattern, and of a dull, light
buff color. In this state, its uses are, of
course, very limited. It is unfit for outer
apparel, or for furniture, or in fact for any
purpose for which an ornamental tissue is
required. It has also a hairy or downy
tissue, and thii3 presents a coarse and un
finished appearance. The hairy filaments
require to be removed, and tho fabric
must be made of a suowv white before it
is likely to become of use to any extent.
The downy filaments are removed in the
same manner as thoe of lace, either by
rapidly drawing tho material over a sheet
of copper at a bright red heat, or by pass
ing it through gas flames; aud tho bleach
ing is accomplished by the rapid agency
of chemical force. The calico is boiled,
washed, soaked in a solution of chloride of
lime, then in a weak acid, and so alter
nately, until at longfli all its impurities
are removed, and it becomes as white as
could be desired. Thus, in a few hours,
by the combined assistance of chemical
science and a few simple mechanical cxpe
dients, the process of bleaching is effected,
which formerly oc.-upied days and even
weeks, and was then often imperfectly
employed or performed. After this the
bleached calico is ready for the reception
of its grnamcnt, and this was formerly im
pressed upon its surface by means of en
graved blocks, charged with color; but a
more rapid process is now employed. The
pattern on printed calicos aud similar
figured cloths consists, as is apparent on
the slightest examination, of a continual
repetition of the same figure. This figure
whatever it may be, so far as it consists of
a single color, is engraved upon a copper
roller, the length of which corresponds
with the. breadth of calico, and the circum
ference of which corresponds with the
length of the pattern. In general in such
cases, tho breadth of the pattern being
much less than that of the cloth, it is re
peated many times in the width. This
pattern is therefore 'engraved unon the
surface of the roller, the length extending
completely around it, an! being repeated
throughout the length of the roller in the
same manner as it is intended to appear
on the cloth. This roller receives the
coloring matter by a certain apparatus
which first smears aud then wipes it, so as
to remove all dye except what fills the in
cisions of -the engraving. The cloth is
then pressed between tins roller and another-
which has a soft surface, the two
being pressed severely together iu their
line .f contact. By this process the !or
deposited in the lines of the engraved rol
ler is transferred to the cloth, aud tho
printing is completed.
.
Coxtem it of i'oL UT. The distinguish
ed jurist, .Judge G , of North Caroli
na, so justly esteemed for his abilities and
estimable characteristics, displayed an
amiable trait in the incidents and anec
dotes which it was usual wilh him to re
tail to his admiring associates. The point
of their wit was not unlrcqiu ntly directed
against himself. Upon an occasion of this
kind he remarked:
"When I was first admitted to the bar,
I was one day riding the wearisome road
through the piuey woods, and as chances
favored mo, to break the monotony, I came
upon an old field log school house. It was
the hour of recreation, no doubt, for the
children were scattered through the woods,
frolicsome and merry, and the schoolroom
was deserted, except, in one instance,
where a lazy, lolln.g, tallow-fu'-ed, cotton
headed, hu-k-Iustre-eyed boy hung half-way
out of the window the personification of
stupidity itself. Upon the spur of the
moment, I determined to amuse myself at
his expense. So, as I walked my horse
past him, I, with the true schoolboy whine,
commenced spelling aloud:
"15-a-k-c-r, baker."
Cot ton-head gazed me full in tho face
an instant, without change of expression
or feature, and then his mouth slowly
opened, aud with au undisguised fcaarl, he
shouted in return :
"F-o-o-I, fool."
"1 left iastauJly," said Judge G
"'cr rather, as soou as I could recover my
senses."
tCi- Dr. A., a physician of North
Bridgewuter, Mass., while riding with one
of his patients, met i)r. ., smother phy
sician of that tovvn, when tho following
conversation took place:
"Well, doctor, 1 see you are taking one
of your patients to ride."
Exacily," sns Br A.
"Well,"" said "Br. 3J., "a thing I never
do is to take patients out riding."
"I know it," wid Pr. A., -the underta
ker Ioc3 it for you!'
CIica? JcivclrySIov.-itis 3iaIe.
"Within a few months there has sprung
up throughout the country numerous in
stitutions known from their flaming adver
tisements as "dollar stores." Here tho
most remarkable bargains can be had.
Whole sets of Jewelry, formerly sold for a
small fortune, can be secured for the in
siguificant sum of one dollar. Does your
wife want a set of ear-rings one dollar
will get them. Is she teasing you for a
new brooch 'the price is only one dollar.
She wants a ;old locket in which to pre
serve your daguerreotype 'tis only one
dollar. Your sweetheart must have a" ring;
and bracelets they can be procured for
one dollar. 'Tis wonderful what a change,
has taken place in prices. This is the ago
of gold. Everything you touch turns into
gold, as it did to Midas of old. It is very
difaeult to tell which i:s servant on tho
street Bridget or your wife for Bridget '
wears just as showy a necklace, just as
shining ear-rings, just as beautiful rings,
and, with the exception of her plebeian
gait and freckled face, is just as haudsomo
a woman. Then it is quite as lifiicult to
tell who is master. John who sits on tho
box of the coach, or yourself sitting inside.
John sports a gold watch with an immense)
chain and fob. He wears three magnifi
cent rings on his fingers, ami when not iu
charge of the horses, John swings a gold
headed cane. Surely John puts ou as
many airs as his master, and dresses as
well how cau a stranger tell the differ
ence between John and his master? What
has wrought this great change in the way
of ornament ? Has money become more
plentiful, or gold cheaper? We will give
the solution, as furnished by the Scientific
Av.urican : There is a new metallic alloy
extensively used in this country as a sub
stitute for gold. It is nothing more than
simple brass, yet in appearance and specific?
gravity it is like gold. It is a French dis
covery, and is called, by the French, gold
oricde. It is manufactured to a largo ex
tent in Waterbury, Conn. It bears a very
close resemblance to gold in color, density
and fineness of grain, so close that it de
ceives every one but practical dealers and
experts. The fineness of the grain in this
alloy gives to those objects of art composed
of it a delicacy and a purity of deLail that
cannot be obtained from bronze. The al
loy is essentially ductile and malleable,
and can be cast, rolled, drawn, stamped,
chased, beaten into a powder or leaves, or
treated iu any other way the artist may
desire. The discovery oft this new alloy is
really wonderful, and its use will have a
tendency to place within the reach of all
the useful, ornamental and higher prod
ucts of art. An immense number aud
amount of articles are manufactured out of
this alloy and sold South and West, and
uoiio but excellent judges cau tell it from
--
Sure Exouu-u. It is often made tho
subject of complaint that ministers of the
gospel participate iu political matters.
An anecdote of a Air. Field, who lived iu
Vermont several years ago, contains a
good reply to this. Once upon' a time, as
the reverend gentleman went to the polls
to deposit his vte, tho officer who received
it, being a friend and parishioner, but of
opposite politics, remarked "I a:n sorry,
.Mr. Field, to oo you here." "Why?"
asked Air. Field. "Because," said tho
officer, "Chri.t said his kingdom was not
of this Yvorl 1." "Has no one a right to
vote, theu," queried Tdr. Field, "unless ho
belongs to tho kingdom of Satan X" It'is
supposed that this view of the case let a
ray of light into the darkened chambers
of the officer's cranium. At all events,
he offered no further objection to tho
minister's voting.
fw A few daj-s since a tr.u elcrst?ppod
into a Bank, amfc immediately pulled off
his hat, eo.it and cravat. This done, ho
cus t a !ok at the cashier, who Yvas seated
iu a corner, "calm as a May morning,"
aud with a commanding tdiuko of tho head,
said :
"fiadu't you better bo getting that hot
water?"
The teller informed him that he was in
the wrong shop. "You are iu a Bank,
sir, and tot in a barber 5-hop."
"Bank, whew !" ejaculated the rather
astonished stranger. "Blame it, they told
me it was a place where they tdiaved peo
ple I"
.
rU. "Po you bfd ag to this church;
sir V queried a poi.thman to a friend who
was one of the hvavy men of tho towa
where the other was visiting. "No, fir,"
replied the rich man, '"'- f3 luo reverse,
lbr the. church belongs to u;e."
E, Tho use we r:ako cf oir fortune
determines it.s sufficicu?y. A htiJj is
enough if used wisely wx V-iijcu if used
feoliiUly:
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