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May 10, I` 4 sq. Clerk.
Sheads & Buehler
L Have constantly on hand, at their yard
1" on Washington and Railroad streets,
M any variety of River and Mountain
13 LC MBEIt—W hire Pine, Hemlock,
E P.iplar, Ash. &c.—Boards,
Joi.t, Scantling and Studding. They
are ready to lilt all orders, nt the short
est notice, for any amount, for !anilningPtir
ro.es, at prices which will surprise those
who may favor them with a call. They have
al,o on hand a lot of worked Flooring, Win
low Slash, Palings for fericitig, Piastering
and Shingling Laths. ke.
Gettysburg, May 3, ISSS.
The 500 People
11 - 110 bought their Winter Clothing from
FRANKLIN B. PICKING; are all com
ing hack, and bringing with them their
friends anti twquaintances, to extunine his
x t.NT assortment of Spring and Summer
Clotting, just opened at his new Clothing
establishment in Chambersburg street. op
posite the Lutheran Church. They will hate
the cheapest and'best assortment of Goods to
selget from ever brought to Gettysburg.—
They will find every style of Summer Coats,
Pantaloons, Vests, Raglan Coats of every
totality, Frock Coats of Italian Tweed, Callh•
im.res, Linen, Cheltk; Duck Coats, tic.—
ts ~f black and fancy Cassimeres, Tweeds,
Jeans, Linen, Dnek. Cottnn,
FRANKLIN B. PICKING.
April 26, 18:e8.
Ready-made Clothing.
GEO. A RNOLD has now on hand the larrnt - ,
stock of Ready-made Clothing in town,
comprising every variety and size, all of his
own manufacture, which will be warranted
well made, having hands constantly employ
ed cuttiu out and =Ong up. If we cannot
fit you with a garment ready made, we will
sell you the goods, take your measure, and
make you up a garment on the shortest no
t ice. Please call at the Clothing Empbrium,
where you will find Mr. Culp always on
hand, bright and accommodating. Our stock
large, well soleaeil, and will be sold cheap
for Cash.
Gettysburg. March 29, IRSB.
Anctioneering.
NDREW W. FLF.IIIMENiO, residing in
Breekittridge street, near James t'ierce's,
tiettrhurg, offers his services to the public
ai a N4' tie Crier and Auctioneer, His charges
are moderate. and he will on all occasionsen
deavor to render satisfaction. lie hopes to
receive a share of public patronage.
Aug. 141857.
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Challi Robes.
TUE third arrival of Robes by exprrss.—
Tl'lieviVettie4 styles yet offered to the la
diem, snit from whip li- they cannot fail to
please their testes. t'. one immediately ifyou
want pretty and cheap goods. The latest
p•tyles and patterns of side stripe role just
received at FAIINESVOCKS'.
April 26, 1858.
Spring Millinery.
Aflss :MeeltiLllCY has just returned from
' l3 ' IL the city, and is now opening a betiutiful
assortment of Millimry and l'attry Goods, of
the Larst styles, which she will sell at the
lowest cash prices, and which tibe invites the
ladies to call and examine. •
Milliners who wish-to buy Goods' tn sell
a4ain, will find it much to their advantage to
give her a ell', guit she keeps none but the
111,1 ISt fashionable goods.
April 19, 1S iB. 3m
Clear the Way •
1 3- i 4FOlt 'fFIE NEW FIRM!—No: 1, 2
and 3 Riding and Wagon Saddles,
Trotting, Buggy and Carriage Har
ness, Buggy, Carriage, Mule, 1131 r, Ticking
and coniin.n Collars. Riding and Driving
Bridles, Marting.il. , ,, II titers, Horse Covers
and Fly Nets of every description ;
&e., just received niel for sale astonishingly
Loa, at BRING3I AN & CULP'S, sign of the
"811 Boca," Clutnibersburg street.
May 10, I;sss.
Clothing.
rp ITE-b6st agsnrtment, and the cheapent. in
town. Call and gee them. at the Clothing
Emporium of GEO. ARNOLD.
April 5. 1A54.
White Goodß
A ND EMBROIDBitiF.S.—J. L. SCIIICK
"ll' would invite the La , lies to examine his
largo variety of new style Brilliants, Cam
brics, Jaconets, Plain Cambrics, Linen, Col
lars, Ilandkerchiefs, 'April 5. -
To Get
rp lIE full worth of your money, make your
purchases of Ready-tutule Clothing,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Clocks,
Violins, and everything else in the variety
line, at SAMSON'S.
March 29, l&-18.
Men's Wear. •
JL. SCIIICK would invite the attention of
• buyers to his large stock of
Fine Black Cloths,
Fine Colored dn..
Fine Black Cassiineres,
Fane , y Czo•simeres,
Side Stripad do.,
Vestings,
Craiats, Hosiery,
Gloves, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, Ate., Ae
Aprils, 1858.
434-Agi ILLINERY.—Miss Lootss KATI Lirrus
wishes to intorm the ladies of town and
country, that she is now prepared to execute
3lillinery in all its branches, in West Middle
street, a few doors below Mr. George Little's
store. Work done cheaper than elsewhere in
town. Please call arkl see. fapr. '56.
GROCERIES.—If you want a good assort
meat of Groceries, such as Syrups, Mo
lasses, Sugar and Coffee, you will do well by
examining the assortment at
IL S. & E. H. Mrsxruns'.
rpue auentioa of the Ladies is directed to
the large and splendid assortment of new
SPiing and Summer Goode, such as Detente,
Lawns, Ducal Chali, Ginghams, domestic and
*set Shawls, Bonnets. dc.. at
J. C. GUINN k BRO'S.
EMBROIDERIES.—A large and
Am beautiful assortment of rich Preach work
11kCeLiam and many other new and season
able foods, just received" end for sale at low
rises at U. S. & E. 11. MINNIGHS'.
jiILOCE RI ES.—Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, and
AA_ ,••11 kinds of Spices. and every article in
lb* grocery linn.'nkenP and good at the new
Dry tfrooe and Grocery Store of •
C. GUINN & BELO. •
Orr' Fuse, Powder, Shot and Gaps, a
Sorbet* ce Martin',.
THE - COMPILER.
BY 11. J. STAIILE
407. YEAR.
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Tlo* Tllll 011.1111A1
Cease this dreaming! Cease this trembling I
Still unwearied straggle on!
Though thy strength should almost fail thee,
Onward is the word alone.
Dare not tarry, though the Present
Scatter roses in thy way!
Though to thee from out the ocean,
Byrens sing their luring lay!
Onward I Onward ! without turning
'Gains% the world's sharp griefs contend,
Till neon thy - cheeks hot burning,
Golden rays from Heaven descend.
Till thy brow the thick-leaved garland
Like a halts shall surround;
Till the Spirit's flame, all brightly,
Hovering o'er thee shall be found.
Onward, then, through all opposing!
Onward rtill, through Death's' dark pain I
He must wrestle on unyielding,
Who the bliss of Heal en world rain.
De 81011 i gook.
The Mother's Lesson.
"0, but I will, though."
" No, no, Laura ; you must not speak
in that manner."
"And why not? Why, mother, to
hear you talk, ono would suppose that
I were about to enter a nunnery instead
of being married. No, I tell you no
husband rules mo. I shall be my own
P.
mistress."
Laura Burke was a young, happy
creature, just on the evepf matrimony,
and like thousands of others, she looked
only upon the pleasures of the future,
and laid her plans only for the greatest
amount of enjoyment that she might
r i
secure herself independent of alt
other ci Instances. Her mother, Mrs.
Amapa Burke,had not yet passe life's
auto l equinox,for not over eight and
thirty years had as yet been hers. She
was a woman of strange beauty, and
though the flood of life was yet warm
and vigorous, she was still me by a
spirit of deep melancholy. Olt had
moulded her features to its own east.—
Upon her pale brow there were lines of
sorrow, in her deep blue eyes there was
a light that seemed to turn all vision in
ward upon the soul, and over her whole
countenance was shed the unmistakable
shadows of thoughts and feelings that
could only spring from a heart that haul
become the home of powerful experi
ence.
" Ah, Laura," said Mrs. Burke, "I
fear that you arc looking into the future
with blind eyes. You are picturing to
yourself_only that which may floe from
you ere you can grasp it. You forget .
that the life you are about to enter, is
one of important duties."
"0, mother," cried Laura, with a
light ringing laugh, " don't talk to me
. about duty. Goodness knows, I've al-
Ways had enough of that. NO, no, my
halcyon days are coming. If William
marries me, it must be for what I am,
and not for what I'm going to be. A
truce to your soberness, mother."
" Laura, Laura, be serious now, and
listen to me, for I can see the rock upon
which your hark of happiness may be
wrecked." .Mrs. Burke spoke with a
serious air, 'and the shade that passed
over her countenance showed that she
felt deeply what she said. " You must
know that your happiness for the future
will depend upon your own exertions,"
she continued; "and just as far as you
use your earnest endeavors for the peace
and happiness of your husband, will
your own be gained. Laura, you are
too- willful, and I fear that even to your
husband you will betray that unhappy
trait in your disposition."
" But tell me, mother, would you
have me the slave of a husband ? Am
I going to be married just for the sake
of having a man to rule mo ? By no
means, I know my rights better. He
may be assured that I shall maintain all
the privileges that belong to me. But
in sober earnest, my mother dear, I
cannot see what there is that should
frighten yon. Let me tell you that
William Withington is not the man to
look for a mere drudge in his wife."
" My child, you misunderstand me.—
You misconstrue my meaning. You
know that your husband becomes re
sponsible for your support."
"That's his own choice, though, is it
note"
" Certainly, and he does it because he
hopes he shall be happy in your society.
A good husband looks for all that is kind
and gentle in his wife. His home is his
refuge from the cares and business of
life, and there he looks for the sweet
peace and content which no other spot
on earth can afforl, and if he find it not
there, where shall ho look? 0, Laura,
I tremble because I greatly fear you
will forget all this !"
"Now, mother," uttered the half
thoughtlessrl, "you will really pro
vokegi me. What is the use of making
such a mountain out of nothing ?"
"h usk, Laura. Only look for your
selrupon what occurred on last Sabbath
evening. Then you betrayed a temper
that made William very unhappy."
" Well, and didn't he provoke me to
it?"
"No; by no means. He only wished
you to wear a more suitable dress to
the lecture."
" And I should like to know what
business it is to him what dress I choose
to wear ?"
" A great deal, Laura. Ile only re
quested that you would wear something
more around your neck and shoulders
—something that would protect you
against the cold; and surety a husband
has a right to do that."
gemoratir, tuto tamil,i2
GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1858.
"Then lot him wait till he is my hus
band, and even then I'll teach him that
be-shan't rule me."
Mrs. Burke gazed a moment into the
handsome features of her daughter, and
then a tear came into her eye. She
know that her daughter loved William
Withington with her whole soul ; but
she saw, too, that that love would fail
to make her what a good wife ought
to be.
"Mother, dear mother," exclaimed
Laura, springing to the side of her kind
parent, and throwing her arms about
hor neck, " what makes you weep?—
Forgive me for what I have said, if I
can effect you thus."
" Laura, sit down by my side, and 1
will tell you something that I have
hitherto kept from you. I will open to
you a page in my life book that I meant
to have kept foreVer close *Rhin my
own heart.
The fair girl sat down by her mother's
aide, and looked wonderingly up.
" It is of your father that I would
Kpeak."
" lie died before I can remember."
The tears gathered more thickly in
the mother's eyes, and it was some time
ere she could speak, but at length she
commanded her feelings, and laying
her hand gently upon her -daughter's
brow, she commenced :
" Laura, listen to me now, for I can
hold up a mirror within which you may
!WC what may ho your own f a t► ro
" I was scarcely eighteen when I gave
my hand to James Burke. Ile was a
man of kind feelings and a warm heart,
and I knew that he loved me truly and
faithfully; yet his feelings were impul
sive, his sense of right and wrong was
keen and unmistakable, and ;n every
emotion he was sensitive in the extreme.
Ho held his honor sacred, and to small
things he stooped not. Let me tell you
that William Wallington is his counter
part_
" When I married my husband, I
knew his disposition and feelings ; I
loved him, and yet I resolved upon no
pains to meet his wishes, and make his
home happy. I forgot that love has
its imperative duties--that the mere
marriage relation may be made the
most miserable on earth, instead of be
ing the most hap py. I forgot that my
own happiness epended upon the hap
piness of my - husband, and that he could
not be happy unless I too was happy.
A very small amount of cool reflection
would have shown me all this, but I
gave it little heed. I did not remem
ber that the wife's dominion was the
home of her husband, and that that
home should be her earthly heaven.
1 only looked upon the surface of
the marriage relation, and when I en
tered upon its duties I only than felt
that I was freed From all restraints, and
that 1 had nothing to do but to grasp
at the transient pleasures as they flow
past.
"Of course, the first few months of
our married life were happy, but there
were clouds across our way that should
never have gathered there. At length
I came to allow myself to forget some
of my duties. In the presence of my
Husband I was sometime morose and
gloomy. Ho gently chided me, but - 1
was governed by a false, willful pride,
and would not own that I was wrong,
and I often accused him of being un
feeling toward mo. He was harsh,
never unkind, and though I have seen
the big veins in hie temple Swell with
internal emotion, yet he never fbrgot
himselfen fir as to use words he would
wish to recall. 0, God! how my heart
sinks within me as I think how blindly
I trifled with a man's feelings. He did
everything in his power to make my
home comfortable, and every wish was
answered so far as it could be justly
done, and ho was as careful of my
health and peace us he could have been
of his own.
"At length you were born. I call
God to witness that I loved you most
dearly, bat yet your innocent cries and
your tax upon my time and care, I al
lowed sometimes to flurry me, and when
my husband would beg of me to remem
ber the precious charge of my infant,
and only smile upon its care, I met him
with sullen looks and bitter words.—
Not long after you were born my hus
band took a stand in the political
and his talents soon placed him firmly
in the respect and good will of the peo
ple. Ho was chosen a member of 00
State Assembly, and he began to devote
much of his time to the duties which
his fellow citizens placed upon him.—
Instead of taking a pride in the talents
of my husband, and lending him my
aid, I only found fault that he was
away from home so much. lie told me
of the duty he owed to his country,
and spoke of the trust his fellow citizens
had confided to him, and that while we
owed our freedom and social happiness
to the just laws of the land, it behoved
all citizens to do what they consistent
ly could to maintain thoee laws and
provide for their execution. But I un
derstood nothing of the matter, and I
did not sympathize with my husband
in his patriotic sentiments. This was
to him the unkindest cut of all.
Ones, when we, were in company, a
gentleman spoke to me of the high po
sition my husband had gained, but
then I treated the idea of my husband's
neglecting his business fur such things
with a sneer. Ho heard me. I knew
that James bad never neglected his
business, and yet I said it. When we
returned borne ho reproved me for what
I bad done; I was only angry. He
begged of me to remember his feelings.
Ile told me I was making him misers
ble. I didn't care. Then ho assured
me that he would not live with me if I
continued to behave as I bad done. I
allowed this to make me more angry
than ever, and I determined that I
would not give up that I had done
EZIE=
"TRUTII IS MTOUTY, AND WILL PREVAIL."
wrong, and bade him leave me as soon
as he pleased.
"Laura, I cannot toll you all that fol
lowed ; how I taunted that noble heart
ed man, how Ltrified with his feelings,
and how I blindly, recklessly unriveted
the strong links that bound his heart
to coo. I saw that a change had come
over his countenance; it was deeply
pale; and that his lips quivered. Ire
went to the cradle where you wore lay
ing, and took you up. in his arms. Ho
pressed you to his arms. He pressed
yea to his bosom and kissed you. I
saw a tear fall from his eye, and I saw
his lips move as if in prayer. Then ho
laid you back in the cradle and left the
room. He came not back to me that
night. The next day I received a let
ter from him, in which he informed me
lie had placed ten thousand dollars in
the hands of a trustworthy person, and
that I could draw the interest semi-an
nually for my support. I was almost
frantic with grief; my heart was al
most broken; my head whirled in agony,
hut I could gain no intelligence further.
From that, moment, 'Laura, I—l—l
never saw—my husband again !"
As Mrs. Burke ceased speaking, her
head sank upon the bosom of her daugh
ter, and she wept aloud.
"And you saw him not. when ho
died," murmured Laura, winding her
arms around her mother's neck, and
sobbing with grief.
" I know not that he is dead, my
child," returned Mrs. Burke, and us she
spoke she sank awn her knees and
prayed that her daughter might be
saved.
With her whole sou! in tho word,
Laurn'uttored, "Amen:"
Laura Burke stood by the side of
William Withington, and lic.r right
hand rested within that of the young
man. It was evening, and she stood
there to •be manied. There was deep
happiness, calm and serene. Thought
reigned over her countenance, and even
the bridegroom gazed half wonderingly
upon her as she appeared so deeply
impressed with the solemnity of the
occasion.
The clergyman who had come to per
form the ceremony, was a stranger in
the place, having como from a dis
tant part of the country, and at the
present time bad assumed the dutiesof
the pulpit for one Sabath, while the
regular clergyman was absent from the
town.
The magic words that made William
and Laura man and wife were spoken,
and the couple awaited the parting ad
15ce and counsel of the minister. lie
minks of the important ilutics•they had
taken upon theinselves--of the respon
s!bility they had voluntarily assumed.
Then he fixed his eyes upon the fair
Wide, and while his lips trembled and
his eyes gathered moisture, ho said :
" To you, my fair child, I would lain
give a word more of. counsel. You
must remember that the uomr.-ALTAa is
under your ministration ; and Oh !
fail not to eoo that the purest of your
affections are kept burning there, so
they shall ever light wit 4 a joyous bril
liancy the life you have chosen. Oh I
could you but, know what earthly bliss
hangs upon your course, you would
never—never—"
The clergyman stopped. Ilis eyes
had filled with tears, and his utterance
choked. At that moment a low cry
broke from the lips of Mrs. Burke.—
The minister turned and caught her
eye. All present wondered at the
strange scone, but when in a moment
more, the mother tottered forward and
sank upon the bosom of the clergyman,
they were lost in astonishment.
"Amantha!" whispered the man, as
ho bowed his head, " Amantha I"
"My husband ! Oh, my husband !
Rave you co in to forgive me!"
" Yea, yes, my wife. Is there not
happiness for us yet on earth!"
The mother would have spoken, but
she could only ,clingmore frantically to
her husband, and bless him that he had
come back to her. None were there
but who wept at the scene ; and Laura
loft the side of her now mado.husband
to seek the embrace of her father.
At length the mystery was explained
to those who had witnessed the novel
Beene. But to his wife and child alone
did James Burke tell all he had suffered
—how he had wandered from place to
place, and how he at length became a
preacher of the gospel. He told how
his heart had yearned to see his wife,
and how ho had forgiven her all she
had done, and also that he had deter
mined to sec her once more, and fur
that purpose ho had come back.
Years passed away since that even
ing, and James Burke and his wife still
live, but their old age is happy—happi
er far than their days of youth. And
Laura, she is indeed a noble, true
hearted wife. Her "Mother's Lesson"
was her salvation. It sank deep into
her heart, burying forever all of evil
that lurked there, and sending forth in
to active life all those, charms and
graces of the female character that
do most, adorn the Lima and 'virtuous
wife.
iiiirA political paper, speaking of an
opponent, says : Our quandam friend
reminds Os of the valorous chap in the
war of 1812, who mistook a heavy
wind for the approach of the British,
as ho lay in bed one night. Shaking
with the fear of imaginary danger, he
woke his wife, and exclainned, "Snug
up to ray back, Betsy ! lets meet the
inimy manfully."
"Sambo, yon black tief, Sambo, why
you betray dat secret I told you de odor
day?" "I betray the secret T I scorns
do ?citation. I found I coakie't keep
nm, so I told ,nth to somebody Licit
could !"
Jr ;01'Vlin,INI,
~~ ~--IF-•^-
We have been accustomed to sympa
thize with the wife of Arnold, in the
distress which Hamilton's account re
presents her as having suffered when
apprized of her husband's treason and
night, but if the following is true, oar
sympathies' have beep wasted Accord
ing to -Parton's Life,of Burr :
He has sitting one evening with Mrs.
Prevost, when tho approach of a party
of horse was heard; and soon after a
lady, vtiled and attired in a riding habit,
burst into the room, and hurrying to
wards lire. Provesti was on the point
of addressing her. Seeing a gentleman
present whom in the dim light of the
apartiactit sho did pot recognize, she
parsed, and asked, in an anxious tone :
" Ath I safe ? this gentleman a
friend ?"
"as, yes," was M. Prevost's reply,
"he is my most partidular friend, Col.
"Thank God !" exclaithed Mrs. Ar
nold—tfor she it was—" I've been play
ing the hypocrite, and I'm tired of it."
Slrthen, gave an account of the way
she had deceived Washington, Hamilton
and the other American officers who,
she said, believed her innocent of trea
son, and had given her an escort of horse
from West Point. .She made no scruple
of confessing the part she had borne in
the negotiation with the British Gen
eral, and declared it was she who in
duced her husband to do what he had
done. She passed tho night at Para
mus, taking care to resume her acting
of the outraged and frantic woman
whenever Strangers were present. Col.
Burr's relations with the Shippen fami
ly, of which Mrs. Arnold was a member,
had been of the most intimate character
from `childhood. They had been his
father's triends, and the orphan boy had
been taken from his mother's grave to
their home in Philadelphia. .110 stood
toward this fascinating, false-hearted
woman almost in the light of a younger
brothpr, and he kept her secret until
she was past being harmed by the tell
ing of it.
This individual, a brother of the Em
peror Napoleon, came to the United
Statei and married, in 1803 1 Miss Pat
terson, a young lady of Baltimore, by
whom ho had a son in 1805, who is now
in Paris. On the 7th of March. 1805,
the frigate Didon, with another French
vessel of war, then lying in the port of
New ; York, sot sail from the city and
escaped through Dell Gate, eluding a
British squadron who had been on the
watch for these vcitsela a long time oft
Sandy Hook. Jerome was on board
the liidon. The object of this look-out
was no doubt to capture these vessels,
England And France being at the Limo
at war. Jerome was born on the 12th
of November, AO, bein ,, fifteen years
'Munger thitn impet.ot her the Emperor.
'apoleon sent here for him, and annull
ed the marriage with Miss Patterson
aana,:verreosonie, and on the 22d of Au
gust, 1807, Jerome Warned Frederica
Catharine Sophia Dorothea, princess of
Wartemberg. Napoleon created Je.
rome King of Westphalia. The son
alluded to above must now be about 55
year old. •By the extract from a Len
don paper, if true; published in Wednes
day'S Evening l'ost, the son of Jerome,
called "Mr. Bonaparte," is not, it ap
pears,in verrhigh favor with his cousin,
the present Emperor of France, as "
(lilies daily at the English'tavern (incr.
Rill, Boulevard de capueines," at the
reasonable charge of twee ty-five cents I
Although, on the Emperor's Staff, his
claims to the French throne are legiti
mately as valid tie those of the present
Emperor. ' Ile, however, happens to be,
as we say iar spirting parlance, "a
horse of quite another color."
The Drummer Boy' of Lundra Lane.
Major General Winfield Scott, while
on the frontier daring the border diffi
culties, at the time of the Canadian re•
hellion, at. a complimentary dinner giv
en him by the citizens ofrieveland re
lated the following characteristic anec-
dote that occurred during the battle of
Luntly's Lane, in the last war : In the
very :nidst of the battle. his attention
was arrested .by observing at a little
distance, where a whole company of
r riflemen had just been cut down by the
terrible fire of the enemy, three drum
mer boys quarrelling for a single drum,
all that was left to them. Soon the two
stronger ones went to "fisticuffs," while
the third quietly folded his arm, and
awaited the issue of the contest. At
that monient a cannon ball struck the
boys, and killed them both. With one
hound, the little fellow caught the drum
from between them, and with a shout
of triumph, and a loud " tattoo," dash
ed forward to the thickest of the fight.
Said the General, "I so admired the
little soldier, that I rode after him, and
inquired his name, which was ,
and directed him to find me at the close
of the battle; but I never saw him it
terwards." At this moment, Mr. —,
one of the most. respectable merchants
in Cleveland, arose, and with a smile
and bow, informed the company that
ho was the " Drummer Boy of Lundy's
Lane."
/i}Rev. Theodore Parkor said in a
recent sermon that you couldn't trans
port a lady or a barrel of flour from
New Yolk to Boston without springing
a hoop.
Wilir"ls your master at home 2"
"No sir, he's out."
"Is your mistress at homer'
"No air t she's out."
"Then I'll step in and sit down by
the fire."
"That's out too, sir."
select iliinell44lj.
The Wife of Benedict Arnold.
Jerome Bonaparte.
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR
Ca:misting Machines.
Babbage's celebrated calculating ma.
chine has long been known and used in
England, but has never been brought
into use in this country. It is said
to bo almost an impossibility to make a
series of pages of figures absolutely cor
rect and free from errors, except at a
great expense for proof reading. A
single reader becomes confused anti
mystified b dwelling upon figures only,
and is as likely to make 'errors as to
correct them. As he cannot remain
long at reading without beeoming con
fused, his place must be supplied by
others, who become confused in tern,
to bo then succeeded by fresh readers.
The English sailing tables, by which all
Bridal) ships wore navigated, were said
from this cause to be always wrong in!
some figure, and ships were being
wrecked continually in consequence of
these errors. They were made abso
lutely
correct by Babbage's machine,
which was the wonder at the time at
w Inch it was produced. But, as a great
discovery always leads to imitations,
just as the best songs have beenatost
frequently parodied, so Babbage has
not only been imitated, but even sur
passed. A French /even has complet
ed an arithmometor of surprising capac
ity. He has worked patiently at this
machine fur thirty years. His name is
Thomas; and his machine adds up,
subtracts, multiplies, and divides, to an
astonishing extent and with perfect
accuracy. It will multiply eight figures
by eight in eighteen seconds, divide six.
teen figures by eight others in twenty
four seconds, and in a minute and a
quarter will extract the square root of
sixteen figures and give the proof.—
' This machine relieves the human mind
instead of taxing it. It works out the
most difficult and complex operations
with a rapidity and accuracy that defy
competition, and Adapts itself to any
sort of combination. Its mechanism is
extremely simple, while it is compact,
light and portable. It is now used in
various financial concerns in Paris, and
will yet find its way into every great
national observatory. To astronomers
it will be found of unspeakable value.—
Pascal and Leibnitz spent years in at
tempting to produce such a machine,
but they were a century too soon.
Daguerreotyping the Voice.
Some of our rcadcrs have seen in old
"Crockett Almanacs" a picture of
"Ben Hardin's Voice," a Storm of cor
ners, points and rough edges, and no
doubt laughed at the oddity of the idea
of making till - tones of the voice visible.
A Frenchman named Leon Scott has,
however, made the absurdity of the al
manac's idea a reality. Ile has suc
ceeded in producing a sort of picture of
the voice, through the vibrations it pro
duces in some resonant material or nth.
er. The invention is thus described :
"Mr. Leon Scott, Of Paris, has devised
a method for obtaining the vibrations
of the human' SIAN. itself. A tabular
conduit- receives the vibrations of the
human voice at one end of its extremi
ties, shaped like a funnel ; at the other
extremity there is a vibrating ,mem
brane, to which a, very light pencil or
stylus is attached, this stylus retitsupori
a slip of covered with coating
of lamp - black, mid is made by the aid
of ekidcwork to unroll from a
,eylintior,
while the person whose voice ut experi
mented upon is speaking. The • stylus
in receiving the voice through - thii ttibe
marks the paper with undulating lines
expressing tha different inflections.
These lines are afterwards indeliably
fixed by taking photographic impress 7
ions of them.
A Lessen in Grainsear.—"Jake, did
you ever study graiuma;r7
~. I did, sir." . . .
(g What'ease is Mfr. D -r , -
"Re's an objective ease."
"How so?"
6.4 Recause.be objectod to pay 10am/b
-at:trip:ion that's been owing for three
years and► half."
"Right! What is a Ilona?'
"'Don't know, but I know what re
nown is !P'
'1 Well, what is it ?"
"Running off without paying the
printer, and getting on the black list as
a delinquent."
"Pa, I know what a filibuster is."
"Well, John, what is a filibuster?"
"It's green clover."
"Green what,?"
"Green clover. 'Cause, when Uncle
Jack's fill• foundered herself, ho said a
little more of that green clover ivonld
busted her—and it it had, woukl'nt it
a beer. a illy busted ?"
"Go to bed, child, go to bed."
Da-An honest 'Hibernian, trundling
a handcart containing all his movables,
was accosted by a ftlend with—
" Well, Patrick, you are moving
again, I see."
"Faith, I am," replied he, "the times
are so hoard, it's a deal cheaper hiring
carts than paying rents."
At a fashionable city party, at which
lownecked dresses were a prominent
feature, Miss B. addressed her country
cousin :—"Consin Sam, did you ever
see" each a glorious sight before?"
"Never since 1 was wcaaed," said Sam,
blushing
Dobbs says that people who endorse
notes, are called "sure ties," for this rea
son, that in nine C&808 out of ton they
are "sure" to be called upon for the
money.
lirThe Keystone Furnace, below
ilarrisburg, will be put in operation in
few loss.
liiirirow (*aid you mako a thin per
son fat? By throwing him out of the
window he would'come down plump.
action, 1 fig 4, •u' •
talk, was decided before Squire eeek
nor, last SaturtlitY. •
resident of Yodc; whose occuint
in part, at least, that of baking _
and selling cakes, sent his hi •
to the store of Peter .Swarta,
about ono dollar; for the
buying Sugar and Orlos t ir or "o ,
molasses. On his way to the4geite',
the boy was accosted by H. Good In,
who after some interrogation, inthiceil
the boy - to give him the money jelling
him that he would buy them. Ctilodnian ,
had a trade account at Swarta's ' and''
his only motive
_seems to have be en to
get the boy's money, then keep it, and
have Mr. S. charge the bill to his ac
count. Unfortunately for, Goodman, '
ho gotostigarhousc instead of baking
mola:4ses. Diener used it, and " spoilt
the ea/;es!" Ile alleged he could not
sell them. Su lie went to 'Squire Gloss._
fier's office ' and instituted an action
against Goodman, of Assumpsit • mid
Warrantee for sale of molasses.
ment was rendered for 82 245 in favor
of plaintiff. The defer.dant was bent
on an appeal, and consulted counsel;
but for sufficient reason he abandoned
his purpose. The 'Squire's decision,
therefore, stands.
An interesting Suit for Damages fox
Confining a Lady is a Lunatic Asylum.
—Bovend years ago a young woman of
this city, a member of one of the
churches, was confined in the Lunatic
Asylum for five or six months, through
the instrumentality of the otlicers of
the church, who honestly believed her
to be in a deranged state of mind.—
After her liberation, the young woman,
/CU Fanny Halo, commenced suit - a- ,
gainst B. Vandergriff and others, for
false imprisonment, and upon the fret
trial, some years ago, the Jury ren
dered a verdic•the plaintiff
000. A new t:l lll j r ;vas had when the
Jury failed to agree. The case WWI
again tried in the Common Pleas Court,
lately, and the Jury rendered a verdict •
for Miss Hale for 83,500. This will
probably bo the end of litigation in
this curious case.—Cincinnati Gazette.
NO. 39.
Mechanical Force of Lightning.—Tt
has been proved on 'one occasion, says
the scientific American, that a that' of
lightning must have struck a church—
St. George's, Leicester, England—with
a force equal to .moye thin twelve
thousand horse power. A Mile horse
power is equal to raising 82,000 pounds
one foot high in a minute. The fore*
of. the lightning, throrefore, was equal
to 384,000,000 pounds raised one foot
high in one minute. This is equal , to
the power of twelve of our ,lamest
steamers, having ;twenty-four eagluips
of 500 horse power each. .
Caution to Single Folks.—The statis
tics of the hospitals show that."the.un
married are more than fear time" ,sus
liable to become insane as married peO
ple." Many young ladies who teat
great indifference on the subject 'of
matrimony, will, no doubt,' on meeting
the above information, consent to take
partners, merely to preserve their in- .
tellects unimpaired.
101 P No man should be delicate abont
asking for what is properly his duo. If
he neglects doing so he is deficient in
that spirit of independence which•ho
should obserys in all his aationse7-
Rights aro rights, and if not granted
should be demanded. The selfish world
is little inclined to give one his own;
unless he has the manliness, to claim it. ,
The lack. of the proper fulfillment of
this principle has lost to . many fortune,
fame and reputation.
The'Eclipse of the Sun in September..
—Sir John Pakington has offered to
place ve►seseis at the disposal of men, of
science observing the great eclipse
of the sun which wilt take place in Sep
tombeenext. This eclipse Will be to
tal, and its appearance will he host seen
in South America,' particularly about
Lima. It is anticipated that an mitre.
normeal expedition may he organized,
and in this ease foreign astropoiticrs
would be inyited to join the expedition.
The Necopaper:—The reading of A
good and well conducted newspaper{
even for the space of one year, brings
more sound instruction and leaves •
deeper impression, than would be ac
quired probably, at the best school in
twelves months. Talk to the me.
}. ire
of a family•who read the papers; •nd
compare their information with Moils
who' do not. The ditrurenoe ie beyond
comparison.
liirllere is a veritable marriage ad
tine of the " olden time," taken 'from
the New York Weekly Mnscuinof..lnne
9, 1792: Adjectives in thosedays were
cheap and plenty :—" Married, on Mon
day evening last, by the ReverentiMg.
Beech, J. Buchanan, Esq., to the wig,
We, adorable, incomparable, inflexible,
and nonpariel of her dear sex, Miss
Nancy Lucy Turner, both of this city."
A Fad, and the Reason for it. --A, ape -
ial providence seems to watch OVOT.*
lives of drunken men. It is rare that
a drunken man is drowndod. And
why can't a man be drowned F.l The
reason is, because his head is sotto ,k►
swim.
ser-A sensible " down east" fillyt Ji)
is decidedly opposed to theintorrerenlo
of woman in polities. She petutedl3,-
asks, "If men can't do the v0t4,4 , 101a1
take care of the country, wisapastitimo
use of them?"
.16rA boy at a crossing, buring:l
ged something of a gentleman. t
ter told him ho would give him some
thing as he came buck. The bila re
plied : "Your honor would be MK* jll4r
prised if you knew how mach slsotoLl.
loose by giving credit in tbat-way,7.
Quakor's isd mon i tient* a 4Dirn
who was pouring forth a cow, QC ill
language to him : "Have A 414 1 1,, igy
friend, thou tnayest run thy fate igatust
my fist."
-That was a very
take made -by -Diggs at the leekilifielk,
who when - Introduced to ,tlie,
wished that she might enjoy feirlyere
turns of the preeessilberpy eseaseott.*
•
gqfynheerilio 'fillip*:►4 r
call our boy liana ?" P0.,990, •
"Well, 1 will tell you. • • ' *;•. -- •
call our boy 11aes is, it. T71":"7 -",
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