VOL. XXXII.
GREAT CLEARING OUT SALE
TO NARE ROOM FOR THE NEW 'SOWN HALL
to be 'erected on the corner of Main it Marina EU.
L. T. SUARPLESS
Now*Ofra fur Cash or Ready Pay—
FRENCH NERINOES al BS ete
IMACK ALPACAS et 02 end Ed cis.
AMERICAN NEI/MORS at 40 cts.
FIGURED POPLINS at Of cis. worth tiO its.
ALL. TIIR ABOVE from 19 to 20 per cent. below
the regular prices.
CALICOES from 9 cu. to for best.
11114C111) k BROWN NUBIANS!) to 18 eta best.
IDOOD bloodied and brown Muslin. at 19k.
All wool Carainteres at 11.00 to RIZ & 91.73.
lloop Skirts, Cornets. & notions low down!
DATE It CAPS at bargains.
lICOTE k SHOES for Men. Women,
k Children at greatly reduced priors.
PO lot Collette le. (hoes, your choice, at 1112 00. worth
99.30. One lot Ladles' Glove.kid Eaton's's and
Gaiters at 93.23, worth 14E0.
7'tas, Sugars and &rum.
'llte balance of our stock comprising all kinds of
Cotifid, CARPETS Lc., at prnpnifinnnbly inw price..
Country produce wanted. Cash paid fir butter and
rigs. Store on Main Mind below Mullet.
January Eli, 11360.-11 t,
A. SOLLEDEIt'S
BOOT AND SUOE STORE,
[OPPOSITE TUE EPISCOPAL CIICRUIL)
Ou Main Street, Bloomsburg.
rhe aulnKriber tithes pleanum In nnnotincing 10
N. 13 potpie ni Uloornvburg, end vicinity, that he bna
ell hand a large and ant, aseortinent of
BOOTS AND 8110E5,41
fc li,dien and gentlemen's wear, to roll aII limeiea.
His OW , work in of the beat quality, and Ir.tu the
n ,- al reliable niannfacturera be Wag a practical
wan and a riodJudge of
arl:P Zoi) S LES
to i not likely to be imposed upon by receiving
si „Wilmot material badly made up.
in desiring anything in his line would do well
10 1..1%e him a call, before purchaelog deg./Mem fie
sc Is
GOOD ARTICLE,
•
itt,l or prices to chit porch:ohm
Mt perm* who desire light or heavy work mode
ortior can he actorontodattOl at hrs establishment.
la Also, repairing will be done with neatness and
d •spatth.
An elegant impertinent of Ladies Spring and Sum
3I Naar* an Wind* A. SOLLEDL.A.
=
J.J. BROW ER, ( Cur. Main & Iron lox.)
no now offering to the Pithlie has STOCK OP
SPRING GOODS
c otaittrag in part of a (WI line of
INGRAIN, WOOL & RAG CARPETS.
Fina clothe and rassiinsee ro t Laois.. t wo * .
i I , 114'01110 Press Goods of all Patterns and attain jec
I'. tains and Prints of various qualities and mires,
Hionetted and Drown Muslin*, Ladies French Corsets
BALMORAL WIRT&
t: .04 intormwnt of Wind and childrente Gaiterd
a•e Boom
rush Groceries and Spices. New assortment of
Glass and Queensware.
UN nni* half and ,nu fourth Marro
Now is the time to make your relectionr, as I um
01,101 goods at very low prices and our motto by
6;1104 to all, and not to be undersold by any.
J. J. bitUldr Kn.
I%it umebu►E, Ardllll, !KT
MESH ARRIVAL OF' FAMILY
GROCERIES, AT
JOHN K. GIRTON'S STORE,
11%001115XURG,
"I he nitweriiKr haA Pod returned b u rn the enstrarh
/pi t s with a large and choice stork of first-dery
Groceries and Dry-Goods,
t. It he Oils to the citizens of filoom,doira and
I lthalty as low ae Carl be had 01 any !fouler in Ibis
, CUon of the Conoty.
tlis stock complete of the heel varieties of
COFFEE, 11101,ASSErl,
SUGlti, TEA,
FWD (of fine quality.)
DRIED NIKATB, on their iteaP o ll.)
OUSTON, AND OTHER CbtACKEIId,
:SOAP k CANDI.6I4, ka, Sic., (MEESE.
COAL, I. LINSEED DILA.
WI a nice assortmint of Dry Goode and Hosiery.
cud a full variety of pods of the above class, and
o t Weer kinds. In addition to which he has recently
a Ided loins mock a lino assortment of
CEDAR WARE AND
WILLOW WADE;
In variety of uses he has Revere! new
Hoicks of modern Invention, entensivelly used
Where known, end which moat come into use here
Ile aNt.) hese due sootily of
French Moroccoes;
II id nl , n Cl' Morocco ,X.lninas fur ittboonaker's
ii irk ; nod a pod assortment of
Qucensware.
Cull and rsamitie
JOHN FL GIRToN.
H. E. (!orarr or Main 1111114 IMO eireetill
Itlnnm -fur`. Nuv. 20. Itlo7.
EW BAKERY AND CONFEC
TIONERY • -
setkastbllflaaltmeEntatt
ON THIUD STREET,
BELOW MARKET,
TILOOMMIWRG, PA.
F. FOX, rroprietur of ado establlithmenl. would
inform his olg nail new 41%110111er.. tha,
no everything Ottod up al him new stand to en
Mat In furnish them with BREAD. tiAKEA,
CONFELMOVERIEti, en heretolore,
Hereafter all person*, who nave been furnish
ith Ale, Lager Beer, and Porter, by the whole,
or quarter barrel, will call upon WILLIAM
ORE, at his Saloon in
styes' Block, Main Street,
am been authorizo.l by the nndersisord to sell
me. He erthconstantly hare a supply nit hand,
will be sold at th• lowest mantel r
. hno la mime 4.3 with his Dna y and Con.
y„ blind tio rs the sale n:
ICE CRIECII,
may favor biro with their custom ile
prepared to oinks Ice t'rvnin In l ar ge /m m
iportiss. public nr rneial osiberinos. as liar
be. Everything pertatuing to hir Itee et
will mei% rstinni Call Alibiing attention.
9 if %WIWI! to his ruatomeis for past fa
I soosi medially auhrAti a tmelinonota of the
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In Building, nn Meta flMrt.
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Printed la Week Kale Street by
FRANK R. BNYPEIt.
See the skillful mason raising
Gracefully yen towering pile
Round the forge and furnace blazing
Stand the noble men of toil.
They are heroes of the people,
W ho the wealth of nations raise;
as Every dome, and sp ire, and steeple,
Rear their heads in labor's pratm.
Mr. Ellery Corban was an exceedingly
nervous wan. Ile sane honestly by it, for
his mother was nervom belbre him. Mr.
Corban was a bachelor of forty-five, remark
ably well preserved, and rather fine looking.
Ile had a portly figure, a florid complexion,
and a head of dark brown hair, which any
man might have ken excused for feeling
proud of. Mr. Corban was very well off.—
He had never kept house, perhaps because
he knew that elderly bachelors and widow
ers were generally fated to marry their
housekeepors ; and Mr. Corban regarded
marriage and the gallows as about on a par.
Women and babies he regarded as a very
unnecessary part of creation. The mystery
of their having been allowed an existence
he could never solve. He could not help
regarding their creation as a grave mistake
somewhere. He boarded at Mrs. Gregg's,
and had made his home there for fifteen
years. Mrs. Gregg was as much like a man
SA she could be, and still be a woman.
One day last summer it became evident
to Mr. Carbon that he must take a journey
west. The interest of his business deman
ded it ; so he put a few things into a valise,
said good morning to Mrs, Gregg, and set
out fur the depot.
He was five minutes late for his necktie
had givsn him a great deal of trouble, and
he had been unable to buy a pair of stock
ings that wore not destitute of toes. But
he comforted himself with the regeotion
that, as he had boots on, nobody would be
wiser in regard to the unclad condition of
his toes, and at last he got off. Ho heard
the whistle and started upon the run. If
there is anything especially calculated to
put one out of temper, it is having to run
to catch the cars; and our hero may be ex-
eused if, when dripping with prespiration
and completely out of breath, he rushed
into the lirst car which offered, he was irri
tated with the world himself included.
The car Wag well filled. In fact there was
only one vacant scat, and that TM beside a
woman. Carbon turned to beuk the next
car, but was met by the conductor at the
door. "No mom in there, sir ! All full.
Anniversary meeting at Parkersburg.—
There's a seat sir I" Indicating the scat
beside the woman. Carbon was troubled
with a touch of the rheumatism in the left
knee, and could not stand comfortably—
nothing else could here forted him to get so
near ono of the sex. lie stepped up to her
and made the stereotyped inquiry
"Is this seat engaged? "
" No, air," replied a very sweet voice ;
and Carbon mw that the speaker had blue
eyes And golden hair.
The lady opened her eyes in indignant
amazement, whipped off a layer of flannel
from the package, and displayed to the hor
rified gaze of our bachelor friend, the rod,
puffy face of a moon eyed bady.
" Musser's Me, 'tweety sugar darling!"
she exclaimed in the dialect which is per
fectly intelligible to nil hubydom.
" Jluzzar won't let the naughty man put
PUBUSITED RVRRY WNDMINDAY IPr
PLOOMARVRO, PA., HY
WILLIAMSON 11. JACOBY.
LABOR.
There's a never dying chorus
Breaking on the human ear,
In the busy town before us
Voices loud, and deep, and clear.
This is Labor's endless ditty;
This is toils prophetic voice,
Sounding through the town and city,
Bidding human hearts rejoice.
Sweeter than the poet's singing
lb the anthcin of the free;
Blither is the anthem's ringing
Than the song of bird or We.
There's glory in the rattle
Of the wheels' mid factory gloom;
Richer than e'er snatched from battle
Are the trophies of the loom.
Glorima men of troth and labor,
Shepherds of the human fbld,
That pld] lay the brand and sabre
%V ith the barbarous things of old.
Priests and prophets of creation,
Bloodless heroes in the tight,
Toilers for the world's salvation,
Messengers of peeve and light.
Speed the plow and speed the harrow;
Peace and plenty send abroad:
Better Far a spade and harrow
Than the cannon or the sword.
Each invention. each improvement,
Renders weak oppression's rod;
Every t•ign and every mo , vment
13rings us nearer truth and God.
WIPE HAIRY.
BLOOMSBURG,
the 'Ude laumie, lumpy Ebaby up on the
rack r
The baby struck out menacingly with his
fat fists in the direotion of Mr. Corbin, and
gave utterance to a yell of triumph. Mr.
Corban broke into a cold prespiration. He
had never been so near a baby before in his
life. It was almost too much for him. He
bad a strong mind to stand the remainder
of the way, until somebody vacated a seat
but his knee gave an extra twinge, and de
cided him , to try and endure the terrible
state of things. Ho took a ;aper from his
pocket and essayed to read ; but the baby
launched out into one of those baby refrains
which is like music in the Cars of all moth
ere, and the cooing so confused our bachelor
hero that ho could take no sense of hie pa
per, so ho pocketed it with the savage deter
mination to petition the next Congress for
women with babies to be kept in a car by
themselves.
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At the first stopping place he was on tho
lookout for a scat, and to his joy discovered
the gentleman in the next seat making
preparations to leave ; but before ho was
fairly out of his rust, an old lady in a green
shawl and poke bonnet had edged into it,
and cut off Mr. Corban's hopes. Of course
she turned around and began at once to
talk to the baby.
"Dear little chicken! flow old is it
warm I"
" Almost eight montfis," mid the proud
mother.
" Well I declare ! What a large child of
his age I Why, there was my Enoch, when
ho was a year he warn't a mite nor a grain
bigger thin that 'cre child ! But then
Enoch; he had the whooping cote, and
the measles, and the nettle rash, and the
collaretta infanticide before he was eleven
months I And I expect the diseases had
some effect upon his constitution
I should think so," replied the baby's
mother.
" You look tired, dear," went on the old
lady ; "the baby must be dreadful heavy.
Why don't you let his pa take him?" with
a reproachful glance at the savage counte
nance of Mr. Cerbrin.
"Pm not his pa," grumbled Mr. Corban,
pulling his bat a little farther down over his
eyes.
llh ! You ain't. Wal, now, thats mitt I"
said the old lady. "I should have thought
you war for satin. The baby is the iminage
of you—jest the same kind of nose; and its
eyes has got the sante expression."
Expression indeed I Mr. Corban was
boiling over ! He always peculiarly prided
himself on his expression ; and here was
this old ogre comparing him to that dump
ling-faced, huckleberry-eyed baby !
" Wel," said the old lady, slowly, as
though she had reached the conclusion after
some thought, " I spose as its likely this is
a pct-tnortem child, which means one that
is born after the death of its father, and you
married its mother rather soon after her hus
band departed this vale of tears. Wal,
that's got to be dreadful common. But my
Elijah has been dead nigh onto nineteen
months, and I ain't begun to think of a
second partner; though Squire Hudson, he
has been left so helpless and unfortunit with
them six children of his, that I don't know.
I hope the Lord will show me my duty, and
give me strength to take the Squire for bet
ter or for worse, if it's right and best! I
don't never want to shrink no duty, marm.
When did your first husband die, marm?"
"Parkersburg I" screamed the conductor.
"Stop five minutes for refreshments! Change
ears for Wallingford, Amsterdam and Myr
tle It hip."
The woman with the baby rose quickly.
A thrill of joy went through Mr. Corban.—
Lie thought she was at her journey's end.
He too, rose with alacrity.
"Can I assist you in any way, madam?"
he asked.
"Thank you. I will just trouble you to
hold baby while I go and get a cup of coffee.
I breakfasted early and I need something
warm. Be careful and hold his head high,
ho is subject to the croup."
And, before Corban could utter cue word
of refusal, she had put the baby in his arms,
and was running off with the crowd.
Our hero felt himself growing hot and
cold alternately. Ile had served two years
with credit in the war, and been in a score
of battles, bnt through it all, ho had never
experienced such a sinking at the stomach
as came over him now. Most of the passen
gers lett the oars; and Corban would have
done likewise, but he feared ho might lose
sight of the babes mother, and the train
would start without him. So in an agony of
terror, lost something dreadful should hap
pen, ho stood there in the aisle, holding
the baby at arms length, and fixing his fran
tic gale on the door through which de
liverer would come.
"All aboard," cried a stentorian voice of
a now conductor—and the people rushed in.
But the passougers wore, most of them,
new ones, for there was a junction at Park
ersburg ; and worst of all the baby's mother
was not among them.
The bell rang, the cars were moving; the
door was shut with a bang, and the train
went off. Corbett waxed desperate.
"Ilalloa, there I" ho shouted to the oon
doctor. "Stop! this train cannot goon;
there's a woman left behind ; she went to
get a cup of ooffoo. Stop 1 I tell you, this
instant, air."
"What's up 'r" asked the conductor.
"She's left the baby 1"
"Your wife ? Oh 1 never mind. Such
things occur frequently. She'll come neat
train."
" I tell you to stop! 1 shall go crazy !
A., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22,.1868.
And-014 Lord, what shall I do with the
baby ? Say, I'll give you five dollars—ten
dollars—twenty—yes, fitly dollars, if you'll
put book and lot me off at Parkersburg!"
"I should have no objection to the money,
but I couldn't oblige you if you were one of
the Rotheohilds I"
And the conductor passed on his way.
"Bless your soul sir I" said tho old lady
in the next seat, giving (Jordan a nudge
with her parasol, "you'll suffocate that baby?
Don't you see you're holding its feet where
its head should be ? He's wrong side up I"
Corbin hastily rescued the youngster,
which uttered a shrill yell at his treatment.
"You'd orter be ashamed of yourself!"
went on the old lady, indignantly "to tom
that blessed child around in that onhuman
way. A man never otter have no children
that don't have no natural feelings towards
'cm. Sir, you was a baby once yourself I"
Just then, a yellow faced woman slipped
into the seat in front of Cordon. She was
middle aged, but her dress had the gush
ingness of sixteen. "Lovely child she ex
claimed insinuatingly.
The baby began to squiszle up its face,
and flourish its fists.
"Dear me, how forward it is I How old
is it, air?" inquired the spiuster, for such
she was.
"I don't know," growled Cohan.
"Been a widower long, eir ?Inquired the
lady,
"No. I never had a wife,"
"Bless me,! Then she's run away and left
you! Dear, dear, how could she leave such
a nice man, and such a dear, darling little
baby?"
"What's that?" inquired a middle aged
gentleman near by, who was evidently a
little deaf. "Your wife gone and left.yOu,
sir? Just my me, exactly. My poor June
departed this life last May. I got her the
handsomest gravestone that money could
buy. There's an angel on it with all her
wings, and this Latin description—Requires
her cat •in Peace. The gravestone marker
said it was a good epigram, and 1 consented,
as she was fond of cats.
By this time the baby began crying lustily,
and the wholo ear sympathized, especially
the females.
" It's got the cholera morbus!" said the
old lady. "It'll die for sartin - if something
hain't dune!"
1 ' Die? You don't think Ear cried Mr.
CorLan.
" Dear me !" said the little thin•faced
woman, "what an inhuman creature its
mother must be."
Take it, my good lady, do l" cried Cor
ban, imploringly. "I'll give you a hundred
dollars to take it."
What is all this row about?" said a
sharp-nosed man with a newspaper in his
hand. "A child, is it? Fall back, gentle
men, and let mo look at it. If it should
prove to be the one."
" How ? What do you wean ?" queried
a dozen voices at once.
It ie, it is It can't be no other?" ex
claimed the sharp-nosed wan. "How strange
that I should chance upon it I Listen to
this," and ho read from a paper in his hand
the notice:
STOLEN.—Supposed to have been stolen
from its carriage in Central Park, on the
morning of the Bth inst., a male child about
nine months old. Said child had blue eyes
and rather dark hair ; and yet is a remark
ably forwtml child. Any_person who will
return him to his afflicted, parents, at No.
Forty•ninth street, or givittinforwation
that will lead to his recovery, shall receive a
reward of *3OO, Louts U.oscoE.
" Ws], I never I" exclaimed the old lady.
"It must bo the very same baby I This child
has blue eyes and dark hair, and 'pears re
markable forw'd
" Yes, ma'am,unquestionable the very
same," remarke the sharp-nosed man, con
fidently : "I consider it my duty to take
posseesiou."
"Oh, take it, do?" cried Corban, implor
ingly ; "I'll give a hundred dollara to get it
off my hands."
"No doubt you would, my man ; but I
ain't took in that way. My name is Smith
ers—Peter Saddlers, sir : and I live in Al
bany. lem a magistrate, sir; and arrest
you for child stealing."
" I toll you I didn't steal it. She wont
off after a cup of coffoo."
" Don't trouble yourself to repeat that
story again. I understand the ease fully,"
said Mr. Smithers, promptly.
" Condactor, is there any place on the
train whore this rascal would be any safer
than here?"
" We don't run prison vans," responded
that worthy, sulkily.
" Well, gentlemen," said Mr. Smithore,
blandly, "you are all mon of honor, and
have wives and children, or ought to have;
end you all have feelings of sympathy, doubt•
less, for the parents of this unlucky babe ;
and I depend upon you, gantluaion, to assist
ma in guarding him until we reach a station
where I can plane him is charge of the pro
per officials. At the next stopping, place I
will telegraph to Brideewell, and have con
stables ready to take possession of him the
moment wo arrive."
" You shall pay dearly for this 1" roared
Corban, now fairly intbriated. "Yes, sir,
I'll take the law on you the moment we get
anywhere whom there is any law. goll me
a rascal ; indeed 1"
Just at that moment the sharp signal of
"down brakes" sounded, and in a few me.
ments them was a shock, and the train came
to a sudden stop.
Everybody rushed out to ascertain the
difficulty; and it was found that a wheel of
tho angina had broken, and the locomotive
was off the track.
No one was injured ; but it would occupy
some time to get things so that the next
train could run and in the meantime Mr.
Corban uthought with rapture, he could
make his escape. fle formed the plan of
dropping the unfortunate baby and fleeing
to the woods. In the bustle and confusion
it could only be accomplished. 84, he had
reckoned without his hoot. Mr. Smithers
was right at his elbow. He bad no notion
to allow that tempting reward to slip through
his fingers ; and , a couple of other gentle
men kept guard with him. And there stood
poor Corban, holding the whimpering baby,
and expostulating, swearing, and blustering
in a way that made all the ladies declare
that he was a monster, and they gave him
and the baby a very wide hearth.
Suddenly the whistle of the next train
from Parkersburg was heard. A bright
hope sprang up in Corban's breast. It was
possible the baby's mother might be on
board.
lie rue' .brward, but Smithers seized
his arm u.... achl him back.
"Re quiet, sir I" raid ho. "Remember
you arc under arrest."
The train had been warned of the deten-
tion of the first express, and came to a
halt at a little distance behind, and the
moment it did so, the ,door of one of the car
riages was burst open, and out leaped the
mother.
A cry of joy came from Corban ; and with
one bound he broke the grasp of Mr. Smith
ors upon his arm, and rushed towapl her.
" Oh, my baby I my precious baby l" she
screamed, snatching the baby from Corban's
arms. "My darling ! My little angel dar
ling !" And she fell kissing it in a way that
rid all the ladies round about to pulling out
their handkerchiefs, and exclaiming, "Did
you ever?" "Nay 1 never !"
God bless you !" cried Gorban, enthu
siastically, "I never was so glad to ace a
mortal being before."
"011, you dear, delightful man " she said,
shaking hands with him. "I am so much
obliged to you for taking care of my little
lamb. You see I got belated a moment.,
the coffee was so dreadful hot."
Mr. Swithers' face bad grown very long.
"Then it is not Louis Havoc's child? Audit
has not been stolen?" he asked, dubiously.
"I should rather think not," replied the
mother, indignantly. It is my child, sir I
All I have left of the dear husband who
gave up his life at Cold Harbor, two months
after baby's birth." •
I most heartily bog your pardon, sir,"
said Mr. Sinithers, addressing Mr. Corbin•
" I—l—that is, 'didn't think. You son—"
" Mind your own business, sir I" said Mr.
Corban, shortly; "and continue minding it
for the rest of your life—that is my advice,
Mil
Mr. Corbett and Mrs. Bent, for that was
the young widow's name, got very friendly
and familiar while the train was getting
ready, and Mr. Conan took the neat seat
by her side with a real feeling of delight,
now. She was going on a visit to some
friends in the very city whore his business
called him ; and he obtained permission to
call on her and inquire about the baby.
And in duo time—l cannot tell how it
came about, for there is no accounting for
things of this kind —Mr. Corban concluded
that ho was tired of boarding—Mrs. Gregg
had become so neglectful of her boarders'
comfort; so he led Mrs. Bent to the altar,
and set up a home of his own with a wife
and a baby.
Go to him now and utter ono word against
women and babies, and you would get shown
to the door without ceremony.
CHINESE ON TUE PACIFIC RALLROAD.—
When a Chinaman is killed the whole gang
invariably quit work on that part of the road.
What secret fear or open superstition they
have upon this point I could not learn. The
overseers only know the fact, and no more
pretend to account for it than does the far
mer for the fact of young ducks taking to
the water, or chickens to the dry land. He
knows that they always do it. Early last
winter a snow-slide overwhelmed and buried
thirty out of a gang of ono hundred. The
rest instantly prepared to leave, not so much
as offering to dig out their brethren, who
might possibly be still living beneath the
snow. This the white overseer, a resolute
fellow, would not permit, but, with pistol,
drove the frightened Chinamen to work
digging for the poor fellows. They were
all dead except ono when dug out. He was
in a steam of sweat. His words brief, and
expressed his impressions --"Too towhee
hot," ho said, and prepared to follow his
pugnacious componions away from the ta
booed section of the road. Yet John is a
good and faithful workman, and without
him the work would make but little pro
gress.
A STORY WITII MOM POINTS THAN ONE.
—The action of the Senate, telling Mr.
Stanton not to obey the President, reminds
us of the incident related by a traveler, who,
in passing a farm house, heard the father
giving his son directions 'Leto some work
about the firm, and the vixenish mother in
the doorway, advising the son "not to mind
anything the father tells him." The trav
eler addressed the lad with—" You don't
seem to have a very high veneration for the
old gentleman ?" "Oh, that's nobody but
father I we don't care anything, nbout
Mother and I don't I Nor don't the rest of
1113 I and Bill and I have almost got the dog
so that he won't mind him I" With such
a state of feeling no family or government
could long maintain the respect of the
neighbors or world, and (stud* never
could be prosperous and happy.
The Terrors of Vesuvius..
woman's experience of the burning moan-
tt i
An adventurous lady who has ascended
Votruvius, and braved the dangers of an ap
proach to the crater, writes the fullovring
sketch of her experience to the Philedel
pliia Bulletin:
A half an hour of' fatiguing journey over
a desert more dreary and terrible than imag
ination can possibly picture, with Pompei,
Herculaneum, Torro dcl•Greoo and dozens
of buried and ruined cities and villagsc
painfully oppressing our sense of the super
al* of man's ingenuity over natural acci
dent, and inspiring a dread of the awful
fiery monster we wore so recklessly approach
ing, and not in the least modified by the
fact that seventy-five thousand souls wore
clinging to their old homes on the mountain
side, down which rivers of fire rolled and
surged, upheaved and turned into groat
blocks of crimson paste, as if the midden
of bell were boiling over and seeking vic
tims beyond its limits.
Now we dismounted ; our skirts were
tied close around us to prevent their being
torn off by the sharp edges of hard lava,
and with a guide to drag us by the hand,
every ono of the party being furnished with
a stout stick, we started toward the lakes
and streams of liquid fire. At every step
the hunt became more intense. We were
passing over lava that had rolled down only
twelve hours before. 'We dared not pause
an instant or our feet were burned ; if we
stepped one inch aside from the spot point
ed out by the guide's staff, we must plunge
our feet into fiery paste ; sometimes the
erwt under our feet mucked; we sprang
from it, and sulphurous flumes issued from
the crevices. At last I found my strength
exhausted ; my guide, preceiving it, cried
out, " Coe/age, Madame; ft MAC: pita
loin!" " Not a step," I answered, and all
scenes appeared to recede, when a glass of
bright wine flashed between my eyes and
die light, and " Drink ! it is the wine of
Vesuvius!"
We were so near the flowing lava that
our faces were all crimson with the heat ;
but we dared-to remain while coins were
thrown into it, and then finished out with
the metal sticking_ to thent.;_eggs were
roasted, and on the very place where we
stood, holes were made, only one inch deep,
through which papers were lighted for the
gentleman's cigars.
Soon we returned to our ponies, began
the decent, and never will forget that aw
fully grand scene ! A black mountian, sigh.
ing, groaning, breathing out fire and smoke.
Ruined cities, new villages, illuminated by its
flames. The snowy mountains, rearing their
white peaks to the clouds that caught the
golden glaw of Vesuvius, and broke into
silvery light as the full moon rose trium
phant, when the volcano sunk into gloomy,
smoky darkness. Naples, beautiful white
crescent city, lying at our feet; the bay
gleaming with the thousand lights that ray
like a radiant coronet on the dancing waves;
the deep blue belt of the Mediterranean
stretching out, an illimitable line, beyond,
and I, awe struck, weary and subdued, pon
dering on the Majesty that " rides 8n the
clouds, and holds the seas in the hollow o
of his hand !"
A Curs Boy.—The pastor of one of our
churches was catechising the pupils of his
Sabbath school, and remarked:
"Remember, dear children, that God is
everywhere."
The words had scarcely escaped his lips,
when a rough little fellow rose up and said
to the pastor:
"Please, sir, did you say that God was
everywhere ?"
"Yes, my son, everywhere."
"Is be in my pocket 1"
"Yes, he is in your pocket."
"Well I guess I've got you there," was
the triumphant retort ; 'cause I ain't got
any pocket.'
ALONZO WAS taken to church for the first
time. The services had not begun. Deaoon
Wells, a baldheaded man came in ; Alonzo
looked at him curiously. Mr• Ostrom came
down the aisle, and ho had no hair where
the hair ought to grow. Alonzo was fidgety
Squiro Jones, as bald as Mount Blanco,
walked in, and Alonzo could hold on no
longer. In a clear, ringing voioo he
cried
"Oh, ma I ma I there comes another man
with a Akinned head I"
AN editor got shaved in a barber's shop
recently, and offered the barber a dime,
which ho refused because ho was an editor.
"Well, what of it?"' ho asked.
"We neber charge editors nun, as we
make it up off do gennuon."
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A /4.INISTIA having preached the Sarno
discourse to his people three times, ono of
his constant hearers said to him alter scr•
rice : "Doctor, the sermon that you gave
this morning had throe several readings;
Luaove that it now be passed•"
A oelebrated lawyer onoo said that the
three most troublatome eliants he ever had
were a young lady who wanted to be married
a married woman who wanted a divorce,
and an old maid who didn't know what she
wanted.
PUNCH advises farmers to sow their P's,
keep their U's warm, hive their B's, shoot
thoirJ's, fbed their N's, look after their
potatoes' I's, and take their E's.
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THE minister who hunted of preaohinp
without notes don't wish to be unierstn ,,, i
to refer to greenbacks.
NUMBER 9.
A Caro of Suspended Animation
A week qr twiqie, the wife of a very re
spectable Mucha* residing on Twelfth
street, in this city, died after a short illness,
and the usual arrangements were made for
the funeral servioes. Ono of the city un•
dertakers, at the request of the husband,
provided a very handsome coffin for the
deceased, into which the lifeless remains
were placed, and they were permitted to re
main in a room. During the ensuing night,
however, ono of the watchers, who had
heard and read of reports of cases of sus
pended animation, and being imbued with
a curiosity in the premises, decided to ascer
tain for hermit' whether there was any prob
ability of truth in such reports. A favora
ble opportunity presented itself for the M.
fillwent of her schemes, andhaving satisfied
herself that she was really alone with the
corpse, she obtained a small looking-glass,
and laid it upon the face of the deceased.
To her great surprise there appeared evi
dences of breathings upon the face of the
glass, and she resolved, for fear of decep
tion, to make another' test, with another
glass. Thu operation being repeated, the
same signs were manifested, and she reveal
ed her discoveries to the other watchers.
Each in turn tried the glass, and melt hal
the satisfaction of observing precisely what
the first had. Of course, in the morning
the whole affair was discussed with the fam
ily of deceased, and it then occurred that• a
long time ago a young man, a member of
the woman's &nifty, had died, and previous
to the burial of the corpse had actually
rolled over on one side, showed signs of
iitb, and the case was declared to have heel,
one of suspended animation, by the best
medical testimony that Could be procured.
Under all these circumstances it was, by the
husband, deemed advisable to defer the fu
neral cos enemies, and accordingly notice
was given that the interment would not
take place at the time previously announced.
The corpse was left in the coffin several
days, and upon the fifth day after the sup
posed death, sigma of life were so numer
ous that the body was removed to a bed,
where it gradually became warmer, and
finally its previous deadly expression for
sook it altogether. The ensuing day the
women o 0
and she is now on a fair way of recovery.
Three well known medical gentlemen are
now engaged in examining this case thor
oughly, and when their labors are complet
ed we are promised their written opinions
concerning the affair.—Detroit Tribune.
IN a certain family not long since, a pair
of twins made their appearance, and, as a
matter of course were shown to their little
sister of four years. Sow it so happened
that whenever a rather prolific cat of the
household had kittens, ono of them, of
course the prettiest was saved and the rest
drowned. When the twimtwero shown the
ohUd by their happy father, little I%l—
at them long and earnestly, and :tt
length, putting her little finger tip on the
cheek of ono of them looked up, and said,
with all the seriousness pos,ible—"Pai.a, I
think we'll save this one."
THE public are soon to have the sensation
of a book entitled "Behind the Scenes,"
said to have Leen written by a woman who
was funnerly a slave, the servant of Mrs.
Jefferson Davis, while her, husband Wa3
plotting the rebellion, and afterwards em
ployed by Mrs. Lincoln. Of course it will
bo eagerly snapped up by those amateur
Paul Prp who are never so happy as when
learning eothething that kes not concern
them in the least. Jeffe Davis' slaves
are as plenty as George Woliinyton's body
servants.
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A Ors.iTLESIAti was lately inquiring of a
young lady of his acquainancc. "She is
dead," very gravely replied the person to
whom he addressed his inquiries. "Good
God I I never heard of i.--what was her
disease?" "Vanity," returned the other,
"she hurried herself alive in the :inns of an
; fellow of Seventy, with a fortune, in
order to have the satisfaction of a gild9l
tomb."
Giar-s, do you want to get married, and
do you want good husbands? If so, cease to
act like fools. Don't take pride in saying
you never did housework, never cooked a
pair of chickens, never made a bed, and so
on. Dont turn up your pretty noses at
honest industry ; never toll your friends
that you arc not obliged to work. When
you ito shopping, dont take your mother
with you to carry the bundle.
A DARKEY, near Nashville, the other
night, was Salmi out of his flue senses, by
a horseman whom he encountered on the
road, who, after a little oonversation, hand
ed his skull to the negro, requesting him to
hold it a minute while ho fixed his back
bone.
GIVE us not mon like the weatherooolo,
that change with every wind, but men, like
mountains, who change the wind them
selves.
" I FEEL too lazy to work," said a loafer,
"and I have no time to play, so I'll go to
bed and thus split the difFerenoe."
WHEN does a farmer act with Menem;
towards his corn? When ho pulls its ears,
WIIAT is the first thing a boy does when
he NU into the water? Ito gets wet.
OFTZN a wan drives a pair of ATM, whil^
he Munich' is driven by dups.
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