Ent trlltalt) Obotrbrr Orsicr t. Rass•NzwEin's BLOCK. (PP KrAM%) N. W. ConNE.D. STA:TE 13T. AND PADS. Single copies, paid SinIcTLY In advance.....B2 00 II not paid in advance, txty sub%erlbers,hervixt by carrier., Filly Ce nth ut ill. Two copies to the home person 4 oa Five copies sent to one address, l 10 wi Ten Nino,: i.)) Oi Gabs rates apply - only to those who pay in sdcaore. A ll su b.cription accounts Must be settled an nually. No paper will be sent to any person whose responsibility is not, knOwn, unless the pr ice is pald in advance. ADVERTISING RATES. ThelOnowing are our advertising rates which ..tu he strictly adhered to. In reckoning the l en gth n tativerittsements, an Inch is considered square. Anything less than aW inch is rated salutl sciaaret -" 1 sq. •.;s4 - I.'ll 1 C. 1.110'1,, I 2.2. i '2.751 11.11111.:7.001 - 12,00 1.71 2.10 1 7.00.1.1.0 1 1 200 2211 :1nn,5.0 1 ) . / 1 .71 1.1.00 Fur elzs . '2.71 11.7.1' 1.50 C.llll 10.41, A(111 Iw.' month.. :475 1".(1r1 1t1.0 . 1,25.00, 6 43.00 J',rs . on or) 10.1111 12,111 ?.1.01 :I).nr) rAfx) . .LO.l ri.o.) 2n.ta :oton 70.0 u tooy) '_W .2ono 3r.c0l :t.;.00 50.00 90.00 15401) • I,,enters' and Adroiii•-trator , ' Notiees Awlitof,' and Ntray4,•'2- and N. ~.et in Leaded Nottpartel, and t e d heron. Mnrrincen and Dertths r _2s per to urea int ea Loeal Notice'., IN t he part lea,riek. per I toe of . Eight ti rat inaert lon, l2eent a per line for 13( 4 1 , n eent , for each cub...pion( , ,htnrial Notice'. Si cent., per tin.': Mar •-eats; Death.. 25 rent, eleh. Pewrted every other week, two-thirds Per , on handing in athandbognenta the nerind they wlah them nub • , 'wrwk.e they will be enntinned until ,4, ••,• 1 , .11 111'• oxpen,e of the relvertiaers, .70T1 PRINTING. mto of the he,t Jobbing °glees in the .err prepared to do any kind of large or mail orders, at as reavutable • and in ns good style ns any rash' t ghment •' '.?!.2:annicit %boo be addreaael to ISENT'N' WrErnf Editor and Proprietor. 1.3115titr55 i1.010C 4 5. • t A11.1111 , 0 - .N. - ...• ~f the Pearr. ran .1r Finll •••••••rnl-If. I WNIII".M. 11111T.VT, • • - 1 Low. Prooh of. ohm.' 1 - 111 no 0n7117. ,I1'07:(;F: 71. 0171.1 • 1;.. n , iltrar 1. Comity, Po, . . 10. I,lllno..qottontio.l to with 00.. ,tlt.notoh. . _ SEI,DEN MARVIN. Plie.Nr A lt.,rvl n, At tomer., and Cnonnellont • t Oftlro Pgrienn Rlnrk. Twqr North Weat ~t Public Stinnro, Pn. r. kr - J.1 , 7. HOTEL. • •••to , I, P 0..! Rohort Leal in Proprietor. • oi amt onrofol :Molt Inn ,r 'l . , • ,^ ~ ototort Of _ozn'tri. • PAZ kW LEY • in Vine, Whitowonit„ Vherre, A.ll, •in , l Limber. L•ttli and iithinitlou. %tree!. North of 1.1.;•D. Depot, Erie, .DAittiNG, and Sturgeons. Office, Mot Peach •.«r.~nnthwestcorner of Sixth. Office open nicht. Dr.tin's reqfrlence'ffit botwe.en Ninth and Tenth streets, 1= .I .t I' Ot the Pcte •:mtd (lain"! Agent, crtnvevanerr anti nßit•e 7n P.trelerneelini hlnek, gent h n Ifth Z 1.1 1 ,1 State ktreet , t, Erie. Pa. 1-1. VOLE At SON. Nl•ninnletnrer, N.ttlo;111l flank. fyll•t77-If. MI=EMM rw , v,..tr No. 7,0; :.ttqt, Strop% oppoßiti. Broarit'm Pa. linurs from it..l A. NI. to from 1 to J P. Nf. f. • 5AL1`. 4 ).1.‘7 , 7 3:11 , 1 Retell T): - .alt.r. in Ant ••••,, 11l natl. illaelvoni tit I 'on!. (Mire earner .1 and 126 Nt reels, Erie, Pa. 1: !...:(2.2,3--t (.1 R. 3. SA 1".71M %N. • 4, ,, ,- Brewer and Dealer to 'Hopi. Barter, iiiti. %fog. I,lger, Re. Proprietor <IC Ale imil ' i,. , .• iir-weriii. iiii.l Ntillt. Wilrehnuqe... Fri. , . I,p2Toi-tr. - . W. - MA4n1.1.. Miner iu n0....nzw1.1 , 4's I:l.wiz, north ~f +h.: I', Erie, I. IT. Y. prognnisn, ()me,. Frenril strut, So.ona .tore tiP•ir Puy N.rtier or the Reed ortlß. •• IIn47TVR.ON, WILLTANN to ti-OrgP J. Morton Conank.lori nm_l - Whol o, 3le Dealer' in r" 9l . fn-\. Y.& E. and People's Line Of Stonno Erie, Pa. in cal, wrscltELT, et. Co \ awl C,,mMiliQion nnti Rent ,t, , w.r.l gtAt4...treet (mrner Ninth,) onvir on enriqlenmeut... V,-11 , 1;1..._.:01‘.11,1...1 to to anyliTirt.4 Ft( ItNi. - MARKS.- • T Olor and Clothes. (Ironer. rnl'nn Titook, t. Tyr. lA•nnrtt'v '(fire. f Inthrc ma fr, clean- I .in 1 ropliryYd on short nottlY.Y. TPren. a, rra ,;lllo,, :1 , any. mr22. t . .2-t•vsh - vtz.lfl} It MTIF.RMA SPEVCr.‘i ' 4 ITERIT.S.N. \ at La tr, Franklin, 0/11,0 in hnti•linz. L!hi•rty gtrOrt. nt - or nh, rlnlinfien at reel. nrnmptir fund,• In rill parts of the n•zh,n,, jal2. NOrtf,P, 11Th1WS • wry dealer, In hard And rand, i. li,tvlO4 liktryood or oUr dhrk propert v to nn 0.1 firm, Nvo to , ,,,arllvetire from tra 10 , r”conononlOm suovesson. 164 worth': of the vonll.ltofvo owl patron ' f oqr ~ !•1 fritoyl, rota ?Ito oolille. si 'OTT. lIANKIN .t M=IDM . . monal,'.. To tor,Flllll hotwoon - Siate Erie, lb. l`matom Work, Ile a ntiln~ e•id rat tip.; nttell!led to promptly. opPreprl-t f. LIVERY AND nnArtnlNG sTArsr,r, onrsor of Freneh and Seventh streete. Erie, ;I,nner a Jola , ,on prevprietoN, flood hom.es ahroy. on hind at moderate _.J}•l_-tf. ARNISTIMNG &CO., t" Walker .5: Armstrong. Whole to.. and- 1t..t.i1l tl..nleri in Anthracite and lII ', I , P 1,, Wnod, Iron Ore,lte. Onlent 4 . ~ra,r of Twelfth and Myrtle streets. Post Box Si. Erie. Pa.' r tIlm•P!.0“;. - S. FIILIANSIIEF— , I.N. ti raturrr rStiraonn , . Oat , ' S . ". 10 N 01)1 ' o.llre emen..lav and niOn. Dr. liarrrtt's 'cii h Rt. ni:Klirh7-13's ItEN:s:ETT Ifi 01'41 rnlon t:.•..r:r• Tabor, r , prirtor. rino.l arrnmrnn! aUnn. • :Et). C. BENNETT, M. 1)., P.'tytti,t did Sunhant. °Mee, Ete,LP irk Si., , '"liliVoritiok , .. door tdotv,—hoartiti nt the reg. !t•ttee oft • W. KANO, 241 door south of the M. cleirttit. tet . .tat. , :tfrtoi +.l rOet. Other hour, roar II it. to. tint ti Itl. ruvlirtfA f. - IL \ - . - I'LAT. - :•4 • 1 , "11 , •r 411 , 0! kin 1". ..t rain IN And Warr, 3111;1 NV holerrile rr In Winet.,l.lquorr. t TO'E/VC(.. gte., Nn. 2d r,v,t Fifth %trw-L I-Iri.‘, 11t. 10w.17-ft. NiA suro.m. (Miry -n.I S t .. op . rrite• ttrPlrk tioliqt; orneo firiim from id to F-11. 111.. • H., p. and 7 To S p. JP, .1( kW.; 11. NULL n. is 0. Enzin,er and Surveyor. IdeufdPnee ror "'ltth,rre,t a u nt F..0.d Avenue, V:a•t Erie. .121 67. NEV.' 4TOI:E. uroin-nttonter, at the new briek .tore. ' , . , :.. 1 :111.11.fe. hay on ban.] a !am. 1144ortnient It'rovi,ion4. Wool alt.( Willow e Wh.o4, Lipton, 4ietnirc, k... to Nyllielt hP - ' ^ l'''''fint , 011114 the attention of the patine, he can Otter WI good hancilinS aw an p trt •of ErlPeounty. • ERIE CITY IRON WORKS, 17.11.T1M. TEA.. NIANTFACTVREItg Th'e Bradley Engine ! New Compound or Double Cylinder Engine. MEE 1. '" 1 :04 r n E*TIIA3I" TWICE. And 11 Warranted to give l itTi TO ONE HUNDRED FER CENT. power than a Single e• Under lingine •uxtnz the ,ame amount of steam. , STEAM ENGINES ANIrROILEIN OF ALL STYLES STILLS AND TANKS! Of allikmeriptiong, C LTI.A.It, SA. WiIIILL.S And azt► ic /CUD ilUkKa. TH - Fk:,:IIIK --:OBSERVER. VOL. 38. mgortrics, ihobuct, gruit, Gritit 0 C lilitlr. VR I TJL'T. Confectionery Depot S South Park Place, L'rfe, Pa tuum.a.cr: L. NV IT !PT: Has purchased the stock and lti;e of the aliove stand and primoses to keep the morn complete stfick of woos In trio. line ever offered in Erie. The public ran hereafter rely upon finding a full nasortment of Groceries, Home and Foreign Fruits, VEGET.VILES, EGGS, AND PRODUCE GENERALLY, CONFECTIONERIES, &C.., &C„ Give me a call and lice what I ran do for yon aprzsl37-tt CHEAP GOODS • Wholecale and Retail GRO('ERY AND PROVISION STORE, wisEs AND LIQUI)11 , ;. sclu-ArbEcictai. trt Sehhuidecker, la now re ...dying a Nplendld a. , ..ortinent of ; It. a 'ERIES, PROVISIoNs: I.l.l"'"l7rlrt-I,4llt.ts‘%&.°°de. e ) t in a r t g ul v S o t e a k n o e r Ware TOBACCO ANT) el (4.%R5, Call and see us, at the G-rocery I - loatintiarterm, American Ilinek, State St., Erte:Pa. tnyWir-tt. F. SCHLAITDECK ER. Wholesale awl Retail Grocery Store. P. A. lIECKER kt CO., WHOLESALE A D RETAIL GROCERS, North-East Corner Park anti French St., Would respectfully eall the attention ut Coln triunity to their large stock of Groc•rries and Pi•oviKionis. NVllleh they are ilwilroag to sell at THE VERY LAWFNT POSSIBLE PRICES! Sugars, Coffees, Teas, Syrups, - Tort Amos, FIsII, Ix not surpngstri in the rity,na they are prepared to prove to all who give them n call. They also keep on hand a superior lot of PURE LIQVORS, for the wholesale t mule, to which they direct the attention of the public. Their motto Is, "Quick saleN, small proflt% and a full equivalent for tile money, - nplllsl-lf. PRODUCE MARKET. 3f. V. WORIDT.7.7s: & CO., Would respectfully announce that they have epened a stare at No. 42S French St., between 4th and rith, For the purchase and Halo of ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, Butter, Poultry, Milk, &Le., Orders from abroad will receive prompt at cotton at the lowest market Prices. .?I,r• The bigli64t prize In Ca.ll paid for Pro alive. aul6'66-tf. I=l Erie &Pittsburgh Railroad. =2 _ lattss A. 31., Pittsburgh Express, stops at all sta tions, anti arrives ut A. & G. W. R. R. Trans fer nt 1:40 p. m., at New Castle at :1:00 p. in., and at Pittsburgh at 6:00 p. tn. G:00 P. M., .Iceotamodation, arrives ut Stunts . town at 9:00 p. m. :kr() A. M., .‘ccommodatinti from Jamestown, arrives at A. W. It. R. Transfer at .5:1; a. in., at New Castle at 7:00 a. m., and Pitte - burgh at 10:00 min; LEAVE PlTrAllt.tnoll—NOltTllWAnn. tkatt AL, Erie Express , leaves New Castle at 8:15a. to., A. & R. It. Trandfe.r at 10:10 a. in., tasking close connection with trains for Buffalo and Niagara Fallit,..madarrivea at • Erie at kW p. 4:1N) P. M., Slum Express, leaves New Castle at 7:21 p. in., A. & G. W. R. R. Transfer at 8:4.1 p. m.„ Jamestown at p. in. and arrives at Erle _at 12 - .15, a. m. Pittsburgh Express south connects at JameA town nt IttOp.m.yitb J. & F. Express,nrriting at Franklin at 2ta, p. m., and 011 City at :1:40 p. m. Connects at Transfer at - 1:40 p. m., with A, & G. W. Mail west, for Warren, Itavena and Cleveland. Erie Express north connects at A. & 13. W; Transfer at 10:10 n. in., with Mall east for Mead ville and Jamestown, and at Jamestown with .1. S: F. Express for Franklin, arriving at Frank lin at 2:15 p. m., and Oil City at &40 p. m. Trains connect at Rochester with trains for Wheeling and nil points In West Virginia, and at Pittsburgh connections - Tor Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Baltimore and ,Washington, via Pennsylvania Central Ralircetd. Erie Express north connects at Girard with Cleveland d: Erie trains westward for Cleveland, Chismo andall points-in the West ;at Erie with Philadelphia tk Eric Railroad for Corry, Warren, Irvineton, Tldloute, and with Buffalo d: Erie Railroad for Blown. Ihmkirk. Niagara Falls and Sew York City. J. J. LAWRENCE. deel2"67-tf Superintendent. AiTS7L`II•T' Pont advertise so intensely the largest stack of old style goods for the nolidays, but after thirty yenta' selling . Watehet4. Dininondx, Jewelry, Silver Spoons, Fanef r .: fitiods t dr., in Erie, is prepared to show upon this °erasion and steruly right along hereafter, every day, Justsuelt goods in style and quality neat desirable to buy. The old ahupkeeper who so long Mood guard, have been relieved by New floods, which arrived last evening from New York, and at once displaced the Ohl Fogies, who were yel7; glad to gep In. tesined Young America with the Latest Styles nt the Lowest Prices. Old anti new patroliK..donli be afraid of an old concern—Auxtin ix up to the Unica and en deavor). to do thingx in a praPt teal manner. ' Watehev and Jewelry repaired xklifully. Sal ver Ware manufactuml au usual. Engraving In every tle.tgli on (old anti Silver. Give M . a call. , AUSTIN. At 29 Northo Park Row. N. IL—New Good', Jr., will arrh e at. Atadin's Dee. 2.lth, p 47. - For the Holidays! WATCHES, • DIAMONDS, Silver & Plated Ware ! The largest ELssortnient in town,, at prices that - DEFY COMPETITION: Do not tall to call on MANN & FISHER, Two doors taut of main entrant!. HAVING ROM our entire stock of Furniture to J. W...Ayres, we hereby thank the com munity for their liberal patronage to us, hoping they will extend the same to him. We will 4e.. vote our time hereafter to the UNDERTAKING BUSINESS! With the consent of J. W. Ayres we still hold our office in the name old place, 715 State street, where will be found at all timex ready toattend to the wants of the community in our line o_ trade. - Ready Made Coffins* Trimmed to order. Metallic. and Iron Burial cwez. of all styles and sizes, on hand; also, Shroud and ilkoTin Trim - ulna.% Undertaken will and it to their advantage to bay them of as we cannot bemndersohl won of New York op iIAII7-ly. )10011E & • "LILA:SKS! BLANKS!— A complete swot, ment Aar every kind of Menke needed by Aldnmerre„ Justices, Conideblee Sad Blintuens Wen, for sale at the Cetelever calm H. 1. WHITE (CREAPSIDE,I Their 11.-ortmeiii of ERIE, PA., JEWELRY, No. 2 Reed Block n0144f. NOTICE. ;XV @cribs Diefendorf, Gross & l'Oster; NO. 7 REED HOUSE, Would respectfully call thc attention of their friends, and the public generally, to their large and w«..1.1 selected stock of tpxsts . ' FOR. THE FALL TRADE ! vELvf:T, TiODY 1111I'SSELs, Three Ply. Hartford and Lowell Ingrain, YES MAN, Dunn 'WOOL . - STAIR AND HEMP CA fl S . ATT A SSF:t. LIVE C; s 'I4:ATM:RS, coltrearrs. Tol LET QT'ltin4, eI'ItTAE•SS AND CURTAIN MATERIAL S, MATS, RrOSt, DnfmtlETs, (Y)RICICT,;3, STAIR RODS, &C.. &e. PILLOW SLIP AND 14 DEP.T T.TNEN, PILLOW SLIP AND 541.13 CT MUSLIN, - TABLE LINEN, NAPKINS, DOILIES, CRASHES, DIAPERS, ETC., ETC., ETC All nethe latest and most faith lonable styles of DRESS GOODS ! Irlah and FrenCh Pnidlna, Merinos, Empress Cloths, Alapneaa, in Black and Calor', The Finest Assortlneut In the elt,. Granite Popll ii et tg, llalanze Cloths, Camlet Clotho, A beant Ifni pitock of VELVET RIBBONS ! In nil widths atud eoloris BUGLE GIMPS, FRINGES tt HEADINGS FL \N:11 CLOAKINGS, -II CLOTHS, We largest lot at the lowest price to be found in the city. (Nll-und be convinced. Remember No. 7 Reed House and 19 Fifth Bt. Dleferidorr, Gross & Foster. rielg-t f. WI TOLY:SAIATI DRY GOODS STORE, t.:: ST.ITE STREET, ERIF, PA Southard. & McCord, JOBBERS IN 131=1:1( 4C4- CO 0 , 13 !IA ! NOTIONS,IIOSIERY, GLOVES, &C Our stock. la the largest over brought to the city, consisting of PRINTS, DELAINES, SILKS, CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, BLEACHED & .BROWN SHEETINGS A complete assortment of Dress Goods, every kind of article in the Notion Line. and, in short, a general assortment of everything needed by Country dealers. TO BE SK)1.1) AT ivitrw YORK PRICE:Fa; Country Dealers are invited to Rives us a call. We do a strictly wholesale trade, and propose selllng at such prices as will make It to the ad vantage of merchants in Utie section to deal in Erie, Instead of sending East for their goods: it. It. fiOUTHAR.D. 3. 3CCON.D. my2l-tf. TEE OLDEST ESTABLISHED Carnet & Dry Goods Rouse IN N.-W. PLINZ.:SYLVA NIA . - A complete ;dock of Sheetings, ilints, Linens. Cloths, sackings, Flannels, Dish and French Poplins, 31ohal rs, Alpacas, Delalnes, _ Also, WI urr.v.: G COO 131.1.4. I 1140,41 - F:TLY. GLOVES AND NOTIONS. • Calrand get prices before purchasing. - WARNER RROs., apr3'67-Iy. No. SUB, Marble Front, state St. U 2 04•1".A.T'M STREET. Dry Goods WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ! The largest and best stock of BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETINOS, PRINTS, FLANNELS, LINENS, Clothx, Cloakings, DeLalnes, Alpacas, Leona, •31olutirs, Black and Colored, Tidbit, Oashmere, Silk, Brocha and Paisley Shawls., White Goods, Hosiers% Notlons,dx., Goods marked down to meet the market. No trouble to show goods. Call and examine. myltr6l-ty. RMENZWEIG h BRO. Dbisolution. trlIE CO-PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing 1.. between the undersigned,' In the Planing 31111, Door Sash and Mind business, under- the firm name of Jacob Boots, & Co., was dissolved by mutual consent on the 21st day of Jane. ItiC7. Tlie business will be continued by Jacob Boots, who is nuthorir.ed to nettle all the accounts Of the late firm. JACOB BOOTZ. _ ANTONY BTRITZINGER. The undersigned, intending to continue the above business, at the old stand, west side of Pearl, between 12th and 13th streets„ desires to call the attention of the public to his facilttlea for supplying them with anything irt - .311s Lumber planed to order, and scroll sawing of all kinds done. flash, -- Dears and Blinds furn ished to order. All kinds of Lumber on hand, together with Elhingles and Lath. In fact, eve. *thing that la tumally dealt In or done at Oat elan establishments of the kind. Thankful tar nun kind' time; t tespeetnatirsollett se oon- Mulattos of the mum eel74lo* . ,JACI) BSOM. ERIE, PA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 2; 1868 Address to the Nervous and Debilitated whabe suffering* huge been protracted frtipm hidden causes and Whose cases require pmtript treatnlent to render existence desirable. U you are suffering or have muttered from Involuntary dlscitanzes, what effect does it produce upon your generarhealilt? Do you feel weak,-debill toted, easily tired? Does a little ezertion pro duce palpitation of the heart? Does your liver or urinary organs, or your kidneys, frequently get nut otorder! Is your urine sometimes thick, milky, tlocky, or is it ropy on settling t- Or does a thick scum rise to the top? Or Is is seclintent at the bottom after it has stood awhile! Do you have spells of shOrt breathing or dyspepsia? Are your bowels constipated? Do you have l i spells of fainting or rashes of blood to thehend? Is your memory impaired? Is your mind con stantly dwelling.upon this subject t'Doyou feel 'dull, listless, moping, tired of company, of life? Do you whilito be left alone, to get away from everybody? Dues any Hutto thing make you ~tart orjantof I. our bleep broken or restless? Is the lustre of your eye as brilliant? Thebloom on your cheek as bright? Dorm enjoy yourself In society as Well? Ito you pursue Your business with the same energy? Do you (fel asmuch confidence in yourself? Are your spiriti. dull 810 flagging, given to tits of melancholy? If so, dd not lay it to your liver or dyspepsia. Rave you restless nights? Your back weak, your kriees-,wealc, and have but little appetite,and Ych attrib)tte t h e. to dyspepsia or liver corn plitints ? - Now, reader,seit-übuse, venemardiseases bad ly Cured, and sexual excesses, are all capable of producing a weakness of the generative organs. of generation, When In perfect health, make the man. Did you ever think that those bold, defi ant, energetic, persevering, successful business Men are-always those whose generative organs are in perfe • ct health? You nm s er hear such inencoruplaluot being melancholy, of nervous new, of palpitation of the heart. They are nev er afraid they cannot succeed In business; they don't become sad and dlsCouraged; they are al ways polite and pleasant in the company of la- . dies, and look you and them right in the fare—' none of your downcast looks or any other mean neis about them. I,donot mean those who keep theorgatas inflamed by running to excess. These will not only-ruln their constitutions, but also those they do busines with or for. How many men, from badly cured diseases, from the effects of self-abuse and excesses, have brought about that state of weakness In those organs that has reduced the general system so much as to induce almost every other disease— idiocy, lunacy; paralysis. spinal affections, ant cute, and almost every other form of disease which humanity is heir to, and the real cause of the trouble scarcely ever suspected, and have doctored for all but the right one. • . Diseases of these organs require the use of a diuretic. HELSIBOLD'S FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU is the great Diuretic, and is a caecan to. dJauseren or rue rammer, wumeys, Grav el, Dropsy, Organic Weakness, Female Com plaints, General Debility and all diseases of the Urinary Orgasm, whether existing in male or female, from whatever cause originating, and no matter of bow long standing. If no treatment is subinitted to Consump tion or Insanity may ensue. Our Flesh and Blood are supported from these sources, and the health and happiness, and that of posterity, depends upon prompt tise of a reliable remedy: Heimbold's Extract Buchn, established up wards of 18 years, prepared by Stripcm, etc., etc •H. T. HELJIBOLD, Druggist, 501 Broadway, New York, and 101 South 10th Street, Philadelphia. ParcE-81.:11 per bottle, nr d bottles for 5150, delivered to any address. Sold by all Druggists everywhere. no N 67. A Card to the Ladles.— • ' • DR. DIIPONCO'S GOLDEN PERIODICAL PILLS, In Correcting irregularities, Removing Ob mtruetiona of the Monthly Tama, from whatev er eange, • and always aneeesisful'aa a preventa tive. • _ • . . In removing obstruction and restoring nature to Its proper channel, quieting the nerves and bringing back the'! rosy color of health" to the cheek of the most delicate. nomtsncs ,Full and explicit directions accompany each box. Price Si per box, six boxes Si. Sold by ono druggist In every town, village, city and hamlet throughout the world. Sold in Erie by .1. B. CARVER d• CO., druggists, sole agents for the city. Ladles by sending them El through the Post Office, can have the pills sent (contldentially)by melt to any part of the country, freeot postage S. D. HOW E, Role proprietor, . - znyir67-Iy. New York:. i NMt PEOFFIIIE FOR THE UZIDEFZEMEE, . "Oh, dear ho '; I was thinking of the change in her." "Change in her?" "What! haven't yon heard?" . Pholon s 6 r•lOilight Illoonsing Cerem..*. ",1 5 . ° t_ ft word." t•hnlon'. •• Night Blooming (p em.." P6:01010a "Aigts: filooinizig Certain." Ptanion , * - •• Night illoosaion teems." PhnlocOn Cerrum." moot eipti.l , , 4.1Jc:11,N:61.1 rrn4rant Perfume 1,1 (raw 1L•• rare and Leankfal •flower 114.4, ts:ra take , . 1111 urine. Mannbieturtyl noly by PHALON dr MON. New York I=l Errors of youth.—A gentleman who suffer ed for years from Nervous Debility, Premature Decay and nil the effects of youthful indiscre tion, will, for the sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who need it, the recipe and di rections for making the simple remedy by which he was cured. Suffii , rers wishing tomtit by the advertiser's experience,can do so by addreLsing, In perfect confidence, JOHN B. OGDF2sr, 42 Cedar St., New York. , Td Consumpttvea.—The Rev. Edward- A. Wilson will send (free of charge) to all who de sire It, the prescription with the directions for making and using the simple remedy by - which he was cured of a lung affection and that dread disease Consuniption. Ills only object is tobed clit the afflicted, and he hopes every sufferer will try tills prescription, as it will cost them nothing, and 'may prove a blessing. Please ad- Ores. -REV. EDWARD A. WILSON, South Second Street, Williamsburgh, N. Y. Information.—lnformation guaranteed to produce a luxuriant growth rd hair upon a bold head or beardless face, also a recipe for the re moval of Pimples, Blotches, Eruptions, etc., on the skin, leaving the same soft, clear and beau tiful, can be obtained withouteharge by address ing EXHAMIAN, Chemist, mylG'67-Iy. 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TITURMAY, JANUARY 2, 1868 Agents for the Observer: We baye sclexted the following gentlemen as our agents in the places named, to transact any business in connection with the office, Persons knowing thernseltes indebted to us can hand them the money, and their receipts will be knowledged the same as If given by ourselves: Corry—Amos Heath. Petroleum Centro—Geo. W. Wilson. TidlontNelson Clark. flak Grave—Wm. J. Welker. Wayne—D. , W. Howard. ' Youngsville—Capt. G. J. Whitney. Rpartanshurc—john G. Burlingham. Titusvilllark Ewing. . Waterford—W. C. White. Tinton Borough—M. V. B. Brown. Union Townithip—Moses Smiley. Albion—C. E. Lincoln. Fairview—Amos Stone. Girard:—Copt. D. W. Hutchinson: Elk Creek and Lundv's Lahe—Wm.Rherman. Springfield—Gilbert Hurd. Lockport—J. C. Cauffman. Wattsburg—Lyman Robinson. Melfean Township—E, Pinney. • Edinboro—Marens Raley. Harbor Creek—Wm. Saltzman. Weslereille—Edward Jones. North Fast—H. A. Tabor. Jackson's—Smith J. Jackson., O. ' SPEAK KINDLY TO THY WIPE. Speak kindly, gently to thy wife, She knows enough of sorrow : • Oh ! seek not from each petty ill _ • An angry word to borrow, For'in her heart there's treasured love, Oh I prize its golden worth ; One gentle word, one smile of thine, • Can ever call it forth. When thou art harsh, and stern, and cold, And from thine own dear home, •- ' The sunshine of domestic love - In sorrow seeks to roam ; Upon her heart thy cold worth fall And chill love's tender life ; Then, oh! amidst thy trials all, Speak kindly to thy wife. • Speak softly, icindly to thy wife ; She may have left a home Of cherished love, and to thine own But scarce a year have come ; _ Though five or ten have told the time, And thou have shared its swift, Whene'er thy footsteps homeward turn, • Speak gently 'to thy wife. Speak kindly, gently to thy wife•; She may be growing old, And soon ye both May garnered lie In shadows of the mould. Speak gently, she has loving words To soothe the cares of life. tint then, wnen maw round ;nee cling, Steak kindly to thy wife ! TIT' FOR TAT. "Was there ever siich a jealous fellow; al wayg'contriving some new test to subject my affections to !" said Julia Harvey to her sis ter, Mrs. Fanny Markham, as she,handea her a letter. It was froth 'Julia's lover, Captaiii Paul Wilcox; an officer in an infantry regiment, who wrote to her to prepare to receive him. Ile told her she would find him much cluing. ed, for he,had been wounded in the leg and lost his left arm, and he had felt it his duty to say that he should not hold her to her en gagement, though-he loved her as devotedly as ever. Now it happened that Julia had a correspondent in the army, from whom she discovered that the Captain had received no injuries,. and that his story-was concocted purely as an additional test of the devoted ness of the fair one. "We'll pay him off for this trick, Julia," said Mrs. Markham. "Come, and I'll in struct you 'how to give him change in his own coins" Shortly after the ladies had retired, Capt. Wilcox, pluming himself on his strategem, was alone in the drawing room. He button ed his arm up in his coat, and left the sleeve hang empty, while he counterfeited a halting gait, and put a large piece of plaster on his left cheek to cover .up an imaginary sabre cut: In a few minutes Mrs. Markham made her Appearance. =Returned at last !" CT led she;warmly shak ing his hand. "My dear Paul r - There's not much left of me—little better than half,' said the soldier. "I left my poor arm In the West Indies." "Poor, de:. r Paul," said the lady. !And how is youx„.leg "Very , poorly ; I am troubled with daily ex foliation of. the bone." "Poor Jails!" she sighed. • "She will be much affected by the change in me, will she not?" asked the brave Cap min. "Ah ! I see—she was afraid to write it to you. She has lost all her beauty. Yea —you know she was never vaccinated." "Never vaccinated • "No—and she has had the small pox very badly. Poor Julia. She has lost the sight of her right eye. Her face is very much dis -colored. • Her nose is terrible red.l "A red misir?" "Yes. It doesn't matters() much about her eyes—she wear's blue spectacles." "Blue spectacles and a red nose !" exclaim ed the Captain: "But you don't'mind that. Beauty is noth ing," said Mrs. Markham, who was ravish ingly beautiful herself.• "You love Julia for her heart ; vou always told her As you are maimed and disfigured yourself, why 'ou can sympathize with . each other. You will be a very well assorted couple—three eyes and three arms between you.' "A red nose and blue spectacles r' "flush•! -here comes Julia," said 3lrs. Mark ham. "Don't appear so shocked. Julia, my . love, here's the Captain." The door opened, and Julia entered. She had painted her face most artistically, a pair of blue spectacles concealed her fine black eyes, but the marvelous feature of her face was her nose—it glowed with all the brilli• ancy of a earbuele. "Oh, dear Paul," said Ate; "poor, dear Paul: how much you must have suffered." "I have one arm left for yod to lean upon," said the Captain. "But you are lame. We can neverdanee, the schottische more?" "I don't know, but I can manage it aft but the side steps and hops,". said the Captain ruefully. "'But don't you find me hideous?" asked the' fair one. . . . . "Not exactly." said the poor Captain. "The tip of your ;lose has rather a warm color,- to be sure." "Oh the doctor says it will settle into a pur ple by-and-by." , • "Oh, he does, does he!" said the Captain abstractedly. ' "Do you think I should look better with a purple nose ?" asked Julia. "Speak not of it," said the Captain. "But tell me, when you heard of my injuries,were you not inclined to relinquish my hand !” - "Not for one moment." • "Then forgive MY. deception," said the Captain. "Here is my left arm as sound as ever; I have no woundp upon my cheek, and I can dance hem dark lo dawn:" - "How could you be so cruel," said Julia. "It is now my turn to ask if you are willing to fulfill your engagement?" "Kith all my heart," said the Captain. "I am grieved for the loss of your beauty, Icon fess; : but your heart and mind are dearer than your person.", Excuse me for a moment," said the lady. "I must retire for a few minutes.". In an instant she returned, radiant in all the glory of her charins. "Paul," said she, "how do you like me rrowr . . "You are an angel." said the Castairt, hold ing her in his arms. "How cord veil treat me so cruelly with the red nose and specta cles?" • "Nat a .word . of that," said the beauty. "We have irendS In camp who exposed you jealous folly, and it was only Xt for tat."" • - • • "I deserve it all," said the Captain, "and here I vow I am cures of jealousy forever." When they were married, which followed as aMatter of course, they were pronounced the handsomest couple that ever submitted to the matrimonial noose. rocnansamm evidence of presence: of mind was recently given in France. Mon sieur J—, was talking with his mother:in laW at her country, chateau, when a streak of lightgng almost literally reduced, her to ashes. The dom es tics ran into the room, when, without moving a muscle, Monsieur said : "John,. sweep up my motbert4.o - The Wife and What it is to be One. 'Upon this subject someofourcotemporaries have indulged in considerable sentimentality, but few of them ever come down to the'plaln proposition." , 'ln two ofjournaLs before us are some sensible observations, and. if Benedict' and all other interested gentlemen will_ pay some attention to them, and study to correct the.fanlts pointed out as we "'un them in" this column, there is some hope of consider able reformatio'n In the world: There is a "heart-hunger" in the true wife which only the tender care and enduring, watchful love of him she calls "husband can appease ; take this from her and life is aimless and ob jectless for her; home for him a dreary and desert place. Give her this, gad the bright sparkle of happiness enliyen" all around ; and to the husband no spot on earth is so cheery, none so dearly, loved, as "home, Sweet home.' How many husbands treat their wives" with. constant and tender care for their happiness? How nutny wlio do nofmake it unpleasant for their Wives to ask for money? How many who do not shrug their shoulders when a trip to the seashore and mountains is mentioned? How many who do not return from their business at night cross and disagreeable? How many husbands who spring to their feet whenever there is an opportunity to save a step for the wife? How many seek daily hnd hourly to add to the happiness orthe one whose happiness they have declared to be so essential to their own? How many who chi not begrudge the ex pense of servants, who think to take home the little appliances that can make a house: wife's work light; who plan for recreations and amusements, who praise the taste and care which makes for them so • attractive a home? How many husbands could pass the test of interrogatories like these ? The•fact is six men out of ten treat their wives shamefully. Instead of that tenderness for her which marked the first burst of their interest, they are apt to be sour, petulant and imperious. 'They make little less thanslaves of their wives: They compel them to ask•for money; they feel that they mustfrown. down every plan for pleasure, and, least of all; never think to speak in praise of that which the'wife has done for their happiness. The lives of-Most husbands arc one long - train of grumbling and fault-finding. They are blind to the hap piness of the one whose life is to them a never-failing joy and inspiration. In many *eases they are more courteous and pleasant to the wives of their neighbors than to their• own. There never was a man who did too much for the happiness of a woman, and never did a man devote his' thought and care 'to the tastes of a true woman who did not reap a. rich harvest in retprn. It is because wives are slighted, and neglected that homes are mnde so unpleasant. Women lose all heart and drag out sad and - Uuplpasant IlVes. Eica - ntxu inwmiscd of good things, turn upon their reiterated vows and crush the hope and heart of a life that might be to them a never-failirig source of joy.- A 'Preacher Canght., Once two ministers of the gospel were conversing together on extemporaneous .preaching. "Well," said the old•divino,wax ing warm, "you .are ruining yourself by writing your sermons and reading . them Mt Your congregtfion cannot become interested in your preaching and if you were called upon to preach unexpectedly; unless you were prepared - yon would be completely con fused." The young divine used all his eloquence, but in vain, to convince the old gentleman that the written sermon expressed his own thoughts and feelings, and if called upon he could preach extemporaneously. "As we are of the. same faith," said the young minister, "suppose you try me next Sabbath morning. On ascending the pulpit you can hand me a text from any part of the Bible and I will convince yon that I can preach without looking et• the text before I stand up. Likewise I must be allowed the same privilege with you and see who will make the best of it." The idea seemed to delight the old gentleman, and it was imme diately agreed upon. The fellowing Sabbath.on mounting the pul pit, his senior brother handed him a slip of pa per,on which was written: 'And the ass opened his mouth and spake,' from which he preach ed a glorious sermon; chaining the attention of his delighted hearers and 'charming his old friend with his eloquence. In the after noon the young brother who was sitting be low the pulpit handed his slip. After rising and looking sadly around :—"Am I not thine ass?" Pausing a few moments. he ran his fingers through his Hair, straightening his collar, blew his nose like the last trumpet, and read aloud : "Am I not' thine ass ?" An other pause, in which a deadly silence reign ed. After reading a third time? "Am I not thine ass ?" .lie looked over the pulpit at his friend, and in a doleful voice said ; "I thiak I am, brother!" IN A QUANDARY.—A rural gentlemau, whom we call Verdant Green, had lived an unsophisticated life until he had reached the ripe age of 21. About that time a neighbor of V.'s father employed a governess from New York. V. met her at a pie-nie, and as she was the first lady he • had ever met that could make hini feel at ease in her society, he fell violently in love with her. His bash fulness under the.skillful tutorage of 'the gov erness, wore rapidly away, and ere long he had consented to become her bridegroom. The bridal party stopped at a Cincinnati ho tel, and after many a weary hour the most momentous moment, in a man's whole life arrived for Verdant. On two chairs Were piled a pyramid of skirts, ete„ and on a table near the head of the bed the eyes of the as tonished Verdant beheld a sight which froze him with horror. There were false calves, false hips, false palpitators, and false hair. In a tumbler of water was a full set of false teeth; fromitnothera glass eye stared at the bewildered bridegroom.. How long he stood Verdant knoweth not, but after a while a hollow and strange soice from under the bedclothes addressed him thus: "Why don't von come to bed, dear?" "So I would,, but by I don't know whether to get into bed or on the table." TAKING .1 DISLISE.--An ill-natured fellow quarreled with his , sweetheart on the day they were to be married: , ' After the ceremo ny had begun he was asked : "Do you take this woman to be your wedded wife," etc. lie replied, "No r "what is the reason ?" asked the minister. "rye taken a dislike .to her, and that's enough," was the surly reply. The parties retired—the bride in tears—and, after touch persuasion the groom was induced to have the marriage proceed. It was now the lady's turn, and when the minister asked the all-important question—"No !" said she res olutely, "I've taken a dislike to him." The groom, admiring her spunk, made the matter up with her as soon as possible, and a third time they presented themselves before the minister; who began the ceremony by asking the usual questions, which were satisfactori ly answered this time. But. to the astonish ment of the party the minister continued : "Well, Mu ghtd to hear that you are willing to take each other for husband and wife, for it's a good thing to be of forgiving tempers. You can go now and get married where you net tie the knot, for I have taken a dislike to both of you." Goori WOMAX.-A good woman never grows old. Yenta pass over her head, but if benevolence and virtue dwell in her heart, she is as cheerful as when the spring of life that opened to her view. When we look upon a good woman we never think of her age, she looks as charming as when the roses of youth first bloomed on her check. That rose has not yet faded ; it never will fade. In lierneighborhood she is the friend and bene factor. Who does not respect and love the woman who has passed her days in acts of kindness and mercy? We repeat, such awo man cannot grow old She will •always be fresh and buoyant in• spirits, and active in humble deeds of mercy and benevolence. If the young lady desires to retain the bloom and beauty of youth, let her not yield to the sway and fashion of tollv. _ether love truth and virtue, and to the close - of . life she will retain those ,feelings - which now make life appear a garden of sweets—ever, fresh and ever new. IT may Interest lovers of ov ters. to know that the ovate? is very tenacious of life, and is said to keep up its organization in the' hu man stomach for a long time. An oyster's heart, it is said, beats perceptibly half an hour after it Ls swallowed, alt of which it is very pleasant to know. . Two Winnesoteans lay on their backs in a field and pretended to be dead all one night last week, for the purpose of ensuring safety from a large black bear, which was prowling about them. • The morning came and dis closed the fact that the bear was a friendly Newibundland dog. As Ohio paper tells a novel love story. A young couple planned an elopement, the girl descending from her room upon the tradi tional ladder, but at the gate they were met by the father of the girl and n minister, by whom the young couple were escorted to the parlor, where to their surprise they found all their relatives collected for the marriage cer emonies, which took place at once. It was a neat, paternal freak. Not near as neat as that of a fond parent we know of. He heard his dauk , hter and her fellow plan. an elope ment. The next day the old man waited upon the young one and addressed him thus: "You're a fine, brave youth, and I don't ob ject to you for a son-In-law. Here's a hund red to - aid in the elopement. May you live ha pity in the same house, and may no ac cidents occur to throw the least shadow on the sunshine of your life. -Air I request is, udel thiti . o - elope with my daughter—she's a nice girl you know, but somehow other and could never travel smooth ly with her; we, don't know her good points —elope with her to such a distance that she won't return to her loving father and mother any more. Good-bye; sonny, and may you be happy." There was an elopement that evening of ono. The young man went un accompanied. lie thought everything couldn t be right when the -old cock was so anxious to get rid of the girl. The father looks upon this act as .a very neat bit of strategy, for one who had never been on Mc- Clellan's staff - Ttm. population of Washington, D. C, is whites 73,028; negroes 32,742, and of George town, whites, 8,482, negroes 3,210. Notwith standing this, the negroes, controlled by a few mean whites from other States, control the elections in both places. This is what the Radicals call "a republican form of govern: matt.,• TUE total number of marriages .in the State of Vermont for the five years ending December, 1, 1836, was 11,349. The number of divorces granted in the same period has been' 571: The ratio of divorces to marriages in the Late during these live years has been one in twenty. MR. .CIIASIBEIZLALti is the writer, of the particularly good political articles In the World, and not Manton Marble, as is sup posed. The latter is director of the course of the paper and seldom writes. A rarbit'N girl tried to drown herself be cause her lover refused to marry her, but she only got-into a quagmire up to her knees, and it took Henry half an hour to scrape the 'mud off her stockings. • "I say, Jones, how is it that your wife dresses so magnificently, and you always ap pear out at the elbows ? -"You see, Thomp son, my wife dresses according to the 'Ga zette of Fashion,' and I dress according to my ledger." 310VEIIENT has been set on foot to erect An - asylum for useless young men. The only trouble which the — cummittiao" fear will be Insurmountable, is that of getting the build ing large enough. PAPA : "Well, Sissy, how di) you like your school ?" Sissy: "Oh, so flints." Papa: "That's right. Now tell me all you have learned-to-day." , Sissy : "I have learned the names of all the little boyth." . . lIonAcE GREELEY professes to . have made himself. If we had done the work for him, we would have done it better, or else have thrown the thing_aside as a failure. AN inhuman editor in the West quotes Tupper's "A baby in the house is a well spnng of joy," and begins "well" with an h. Two women had a duel in Kansas the other day, and one of them was shot dead. A lover was the cause. A MA-Y having loit a quarter of mutton by a lawyer's dog, repaired to the office of the lawyer, and said : "I have come to ask a piece of advice. Suppose a dog carried off a leg of mutton from me, where at, I look for pay—to the dog or his owner?" "Oh," said the man of the quill, to the owner of the dog ; :`he is responsible for any damage his dog,does you." Said the man, "You owe me seventy-five cents." "Ah !" said the law yer, "then my dog did the mischief ? here is the money." The face of the man expanded with a smile at his shrewdness in lorestalling the opinion of the lawyer, and he was making his exit from the office when he was brought to a halt by the lawyer say ing: "I have a small bill against you, my friend." "Ah ! for what ?" said the man. 'Tor advice in the dog case—two dollars," was the reply. This was a poser. It being strictly legal, and the lowest fee in the calen dar for advice, there was no dodging, so the money was paid over, and he departed a wiser if not a better man." A SINGULAR case of matrimonial infelicity is reported in Providence, RI. A couple, both slighily under the influence of bevera ges, had a "cheerful discussion," which cul minated in a regular quarrel after they had retired to their couch for the night. At last rendered frantic by the stinging wordsvf the wife, and in order to revenge himself upon her, the man sprang from the bed and seated himself upon the hot cooking stove "accout ered as he was" in a very limited line of wearing apparel. The stove being very hot, the man's flesh burned on,..ane his night garment somewhat catching• upon the rear of the stove, he was unable. to release him self. His screams for help were treated with cool indifference by his wife, and it was only when his cries had called in two men from another room he was extricated from his un comfortable position, by being pulled off the stove by main strength. Of course his burns were terrible, and the physicians whevattend ed him predict that they will result in per manent lameness. ANCIENT FINE ARTS-TO the FAlitor of the .New York Herald :—Respecting the relics of porcelain ware found in the late exhumations •at Herculaneum, which havebeen forwarded to the Society of Antiquities in London, whereof your correspondent says the bottle resembling Drake's Plantation Bitters was undoubtedly placed among the ruins by the agent of Dr.. Drake. we desire to state he is incorrect in every respect. If a bottle was found there bearing our lettering, the lan guage of the Ancient Romans was different from the accepted literature of that day. Our agent has other business than this in Europe, and has not been in Italy at all. No doubt Americans carry Plantation Bitters to Rome ; but trying to impose upon a society of Anti quarians in this way, seems quite useless, and we (Id nut appreciate the jo,:e.. It is unnec essary for us to spend money in Europe while we are unable to supply the demand for these celebrated Bitters here. Respectfully, • P. IL Mulct: aL Co. LiAPYT.—A cheerful temper, a kindly heart and a courteous tongue, cannot be too carefully or too sedulously -cultivated. On the other hand, a disposition to be gloomy and captious, to-be bitter and ill-natured, to be cynical and slanderous, cannot be too cau tiously avoided. -The one habit, too, is as apt to grow and become powerful as the other. If we permit ourselves to look constantly on the dark side and to view everything with distrust and jealousy, we shall seldom be able to realize and enjoy anything that is bright, beautiful, kindly or generous. 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NO. 32 As injudicious but perfectly innocent kiss cost a rising young minister of Cleveland his pulpit. IT is said that the "census embraces sev enteen million women." Who would not be a census? "John. did Mrs. Green get the medicine I ordered"' "I guess so," replied John, "for - I saw crape on tho door next morning." A RED nosed gentleman asked a wit whether be • believed inspirits. "Ay, sir," replied he, looking him fill in the face "I see too much evidence before me to doubt that." Tim new invention 'in buttons, by which they can,never fall off, is creating much axon among unmarried ladies, as itis ex pected that the matrimonial demand will be affected thereby. A DA-ntiry'a instruction for putting on a" coat were, "Fugt de right arm, den do - Id, and don gib ono general conwulslitm." THE correct answer to the gentleman who wrote the song, "Why did I Marry?" most likely would - be, "Because your Wife was Foolish." "I - sir, bor e how far do these rocks run in to the sea ? I ` asked a travelle of a halt-clad, frowsy-haired fisherman's son, on the East -coast of Scotland. They dinna run am, zir ; they joost lie still „there." Josir Bruzsos says a man mining for of fice puts him hi mind of a dog that s loat— he smells of• everything he meets and wags himself all over. TRUE .ELoqtr—ncE.—An Athenian who wanted eloquence, but was very brave, when another had, in a long and brilliant speech, promised great affairs, got up and said, "Men of Athens, all that ho has said, I will do." RAY Clem," said two disputing darkies appealing for decision to a sable umpire, "which word is right—dy-zaCtly or de-zact lv.". The sable umpire reflected S moment and then with a look of wisdom, said, "I can't tell perzactly." ONE of the most 'original juvenile inven tions was that of little Fanny, who, instead of saying her prayers at night, spread out her alphabet on the bed, and raising her eyes• to heaven, said : "0; Lord here are the letters ; fix them to suit yourself." MAY is a bad religion which makes us hate the religion of other people. That is a bad sect of Christians which encourages its mem bers to think contemptuously of all other sects of Christians. A WELL known minister in New York re pudiates the received theory- of there being music in Heaven. He declares that his choir has given him so much trouble on earth, that the idea of music in the world to come is wholly repugnant to his idea of eternal peace and rest. " AN exchange says: "Babies resemble wheat in many respects. First—Neither are good for much until they arrive at maturity. Second—Both are bred-in the house, and are also the flower of the family.' Third—Both have to be cradled. Fourth—Stith are gen erally well thrashed before they are done with." Tug Shenandoah Herald tells a story of a newly enfranchised negro named Ctesar' who voted in the late election : The day of elec tion came. Ctesar put his little slip of paper in the mysterious ballot-box.- He had voted! - He expressed his opinion—yes, his opinion on a great question ! He was met by one of 4 his white friends, who' accosted him thus: "Well, Caesar, did you vote ?" "Yes, sah, I did xote." "Well, how. did you vote?" "Don't know saw ; 'twont be known for sev eral days. When de rote's counted ra know all about it." TICE Washington correspondent of the Louisville Courier, says : Major General John Pope is the greatest liar living. He bore that reputation at school, and has maintained it splendidly. You remember his lying story about capturing fifteen thousand prisoners on Beauregnrd's retreat froni Cormth ? A friend of the General afterward said to him, "John, what did you do, with them fifteen thousand prisoners you captured at Corinth?" "Hush," said Pope, "don't tell; I murdered them !" "Well,' said the friend, "I am glad to hear it, as they can't be accounted for any, other way." • Hen BrtontEn.r-Among the disageeables of that delicious state kliowti as 'Love's Young-Dream," is having a younger brother of your hearts idol around, with too much impudence or ignorance to make himself scarce. A correspondent tells how he saw a young couple thus tormented : At the Fort William Henry House I saw a lover and a lady' tormented with the company of the lady's younger brother: "'Tis a sweet lake !" sighed the lady; "I whir I might have an island in it, and solitude." - "Without me?" said the lover plaintively. "You are soli tude "to me l" she said ; "you put the -rest of the world far from us:" "Yes,"said the boy, "he's a sweet old solitude, he is I He's a sol itude with a bar-room in it; and boys to set up ten-pins. lle's more solitude by hisself than fortitude !" Sam: time agO, the Rev. Mr Spurgeon preached a sermon from the text—" And Mary wept." In the midst of a stream of earnest eloquence that drew tears from many of those present, in describing the character of the tears shed by Mary over the feet of Jesus, he broke suddenly off, and turning to his congregation, exclaimed : "The tears which Mary shed were not such tears as many of yon pour out 'when you come to this altar.. They came ffrom her hedrt—Ahey were tears of blood—and not the poor stuff that you present as an Offering to an offend ing God.' Then, leaning over the pulpit, and looking earnestly in the sea oof upturned faces, he exclaimed : "There are some of you for whose tears I would not give a farthing a quart." AT a social the other night, two chaps got mightily struck with thg same girl. She not willing to show special favor to either, de clined dancing and seated herself in the back part of the room. Being chilly, theTair maid en wore a long shawl, and one or her ad mirers concluded to slip his hand under her shawl and try what effect squeezing her hand would have. He went for it and succeeded. He squeezed, and she _squeezed, . Ho felt glorious all over; and she evidently' felt glori bus, too. After a joyful time spent in this way, the lady threw bark her shawl, and re veiled to a little crowd standing near, our two youths squeezing one another's hands most lovingly. It don't do to say "squeeze" to either of them since. Or Kissmo.—The thst oddity, that comes into my way is a remark by some one that kisses are like creation, becauge they are made of nothing, and they are very good—a very sensible remark, by the way—and the next is a definition of a'•buss." Thus : Buss, to kiss rebuss, to kiss again ; pluribus, to kiss without regard to sex ; sylabuss, to kiss the hand instead of the lips; blunderbuss, to -kiss the wrong person omnihuss, to kiss all the persons in the room ; erebuss, to kiss in the dark. Evidently the country girl who came to "town," had these definitions in her head. Her cousin, a fine, handsome yourtg• fellow, was to escort her a mile of two, and not wishing to walk, exclaimed: "Mary, let's take a buss ?" But Mary,blushing to the. eyebrows, drew back, and with wounded modesty, replied: "O! George! not right here in the street !" • . AN Irishman went to confession, and while relating his sins his eye lit on a plug of to bacco sticking half out of the pocket cf his father confessor's pants. The furtiire instinct. of the son of the Green Isle - was templed beyond his strength by the sight; so heedless of time and place, he slyly transferred "the bit 'o backy" into his own pocket, and after enumerating a long series of violations of the command of God and the holy church, con. eluded by saying, "an sure, father, I stole a plug 'o tobacky: You must either restore it or its value to the owner," said the priest. "Take it thin, yer riverence," said Pat, pro ducing the stolen article. "I don't want it," replied the priest, "give it to the owner, I say." "Sure au' I Offered it to the owner." said Pat. "an' not a bit would he take, yer riverence." "Oh, if that's the ease you can keep it." "Thanks - to yer riverence," re. %toed Pat, pocketing the weed, "I'm riddy for the absolUtion." LADIES who travel in the ears should be careful bow they accept the proffered atten tions of strange men, no matter how much they appear likegentlemen. No prudent respectable lady will allow a stranger to es cort her to a hotel or elsewhere. The cases in which 'ladies have fallen into seridus trouble in consequence of their imprudence in this particular are numerous. • An Elmira paper states that a married lady from Phila delphia was most foully treated and even robbed in that place on Saturday evening last. ,She resisted the politeness of a gentle man in the cars till she could resist no longer, and then permitted him to show her to a hotel. There she took a glass wine which" probably contained a drug, and the next that she knew she was wandering on the streets, robbed of her watch and money, and proba bly of her honor. The villain escaped . and is now probably looking for another victim in the shape of a silly, vain female who will -accept his invitation on some 'other train of cars. ITEMS OP ALL SORTS.
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