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ESTAIII,ISIIED AS A REFUII E FROM QUACK PIRG
THE ONLY PLACII : 'fiIIER.E. A CURE CAN 111.
OB INED
1 - 111. JOIINSTON has discovered the
most certain, speedy and only effectual remedy In
th, world for all private disease,, weakness ur the laird:
or limbs, strictures, affactiotts of the kidneys and Had.
dor, involuntary discharges, impotency, cameral
IIerVOUSIIPFB, dynpeit.y. 'angel:it . , low spirit, Violltll•
vim of idaas,palpitation of th I heart, timidity, trem
bling,, dimness of sight or giddiness. disease or the
herd, throat, 110,0 or skin, affection:, of the liver, lungs.
stomach or loaek—th.,,, terrible disorders:arising Iron
the solitary habits of youth—thongseuret and solitary
practices more filial to their victims than the song of
ayrens to the Mdtiners f Ulysses. ldialiting their most
brilliant hopgs or anticipations, rendering maniags,
IrOUNG EV
E9,,i,tity, who t... br come the victims of solitary
vise, that dreadful .Iml uotivo habit whirl) annu
ally sivi...ps to an untiiii,l3 grave thoutands
Men of the most exalt-ft talents and brilliant intellect.
sob" might iitherwime I f.lelintes
with the thinblers of e1...i1.111, err tVlti,l•ll to el, t aSy the
living lyre, inay call with full confidence.
3YEA3ELB.I." AGE
Married persons, Or pinny int.ll ~Intemplatinp. Mar
riage, beini aWaria physical 0 eal,,,eSlt, organic debil
ity, delormities, cured.
lie who plans Limsclf Miller the care of Dr. J. niny
religiously contule in into holler as a gentleman, and
confidently rely upon his skill as a physician.
01G/INFO VTBAIEN4SS
Immediately cured, and full NiAor restored. This ills.
tressltig affection—which renders life miserable and
marriage impossible—is the penalty paid by the victims
of improper indulgences. Young parsons tier tel art to
commit excesses from not being aware et the dreadful
consequences that may ensue Sow, who th it under
standA the subject will pretend to deny that the poser
of procreation is lost simmer by those falling into in,
prop, habits thou by the pm utteut Besides being de
}Hived the 'pleasures of healthy offspring. the most
serious and destructive symptoms to both body and
mind arise.,The system becomes deranged. the physi
cal and mental functions weal.i a ten, loss of
power, nervous irritability, dyspepsia. palpitation of
the heart, indigestion, constitutional wast
ing of the frame, cough, consumption, decay end death.
OFIEN NO 7 SOUTH rampuracxr.
STREET.
Left band side golfig from Baltimore Ftreet, a few doers
from the corner. Fail not to observe name and number
. .
Letters must he pold and contain a stamp. 'rho toe
tor', Diploma:, ham; in his office.
A CURE WARRILI"..:ITED IN TWO
DRUS•
Nn Mercury or NaLISI`OIIs Drugs.—Dr. Johnston.ineni
ber of the ofSurgetins, London, lirnd mate
from 0110 0r oe most eminent Colleges in tho uoited
States, and the grmiter p.irt o f whose life has Leen spent
iu the hospitals of London, Paris, Philadelphia and
elsewhere; has elleeteil SOlllO of the must
eures that were 1,, 111:111) . I'M,-
ing in the ill'ati and 1,1 s when asleep. great rim; ions
mess, tieing alai iniel at sudden 1411111111 S, hash fulor' s,
With frequent s.llll,•tillteti rill de
rangement of mind, were cored immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE•
Dr. J. addresses nil throe e In, hnr,• injured them,' yes
by improper indui,rencc and s , ki Lary Ihthits. ohirh ruin
Lath body and mind, untat ing them fur elf her bus users,
',lndy, society or nerri.u(u.
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These are gen., of the .ati and melancholy effects
prod toted by eatly halite of youth, 1 he: Weak of
the i etch and limits, pains In the head, 11111111ees of sight,
loss of muscular power, palpitation of the heart. dyspept
sy, nervous irritability, derangement of the digestive
functions, general debility, symptoms of - nnsumpt jou,
NI ENT kLl.l".—The banal effects In the mind are murh
to be dreaded—loss of memory, eonfusion of ideas. de
pression of spirits, evil threbodings, aversion to ,society,
self distrust, love of solitudo, timidity, Se., are some of
the evils produced.
Thos,an,l4 of pursuits of all ague can now judge N‘ hat
is the cause of their declining health, lotting their
vis
or, becoming weak, pale, nervous and emariated.having
it singular appearance about the eyes, rough and symp
toms of consumption.
vouNfar MEN
Who have Injured themselves by a certain pram ire
indulged in when alone, a habit frequently learned from
evil companions, or at 0,10101, the effects of which ale
nightly felt, even when asleep, and if not cured renders
marriage impossible, and destroy, both mind and body,
should apply immediately.
'What m . pity that a. young, man; the hope of his rout,
try, the darling of his parents, should be snatched limo
all prospects and enjuyntunts 01 life. by thuttontot.i nem,
of 4eviatlia.: from the path of maws :aid indulging in
a Vert/lin secret habit. Such persons must before tam.
temptutmg
IVSARRTA6rE
reflect that a 5011111.1 mind and body aro the most ne
cessary requisites to promote connubial happiness
Indeed, without Lll.O. the journey through life vine
a weary pilgrimage; the .prospect hourly darkens to the
vier; the mind becomes shadowed with despair and
tilled with the mulaneholy reflect lull t hat the happinehs
of uuother becomes blighted with our own.
DISEASE OF IMPRUDENCE.
When the misguided and imprudentv . otary of ply+,
sure finds that he bins Imbibed the seed of this painful
disease, it too often happens that an ill timed sense of
shame, or dread of discovery, deters tutu from applying
to those WllO, from education and respectability, can
alone Left lend him, delaying', till the constitutional
symptoms of this horrid disease make their lipp, arm - n.Ol
ouch nn ulehrotrd sore throat, diseased 10., nocturne,
pains in the head stud Hints, dimness of sight, deafness,
nodes on the ride bones and arms, blotches on the
bead, fare and extremities, progressing with frightful
rapidity, till at last the palate of the mouth or Ihe
Lanes in the nose hill lu, arid the victim of this a whit
disease Jimmies a horrid of fort of commiseration, till
death puts a period to his dreadful sullerlng, by send
ing him to '• that Undiscovered Country from whence
no traveller returns."
It ton melancholy fart that thousands fall victims to
tubs terrible dinease, owing to the unskillfulness of I.
norant pretenders, who, by the use of that deadly poi
son, Mercury, ruin the constitution and make the re.
sidue of life miserable.
STRANGERS
Trust not your lives, or health, to tho rare of the
many unlearned and worthless pretenders, destitute of
knowledge, name Or character, who copy Dr. Johnktnn's
a ivertisinnents, or style themselves, in the newspapers,
regularly educated physicians, incapable of curing, they
keep yea trilling month after month taking their filthy
and poisonous compounds,,,or as long as the smallest Mu
ran be obtained, and m despair, leave you with ruined
health to sigh Over your galling disappointment.
Dr, Johnston in the only l'hyslcian advertising.
Ills credentials or diplomas always hang In his office.
Ills remedies or trtatment are unknown to all others,
prepared from a life spent In the great hospitals of Eu
rope, the first In the country and a more extensive
private praelleo than any other physician In the.world.
"Donsizni E rim OF TIIIII PRICES.
The many thousandsuured at this institution year,
aftet year, and the minion:Ms important Surgical Otto•
rations performed by Sr. Johnston, witnessed by the
reportent of the "Sun," "Clipper," and many other_
notices of which have appeared againmWd-iffratti
Laura the public, besides his standing as a gentientan
of character and tespoustbility, fife sufficient guarantee
to the afflicted.
SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED
Persons writing should be particular in directing
their letters to this Institution, in the following man
ner: JOHN M. JOHNSTON,
Of the Baltimore Leek Hospital, Baltimore,
May 2,1862-1 y
NEW SPRING! G& DS
I am nOVVieciving a him assortment of
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~. -liow and elegant Spring goods, to which I respect
fully call the attention of my old friends and mute
mom and all in want of handsome and cheap goods:
Particulars in nest WOUitH paper. I will sell as cheap
.An any store In the Borough. ^ •
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1 : 1 1i4.8,,OGII:81( Trustee.
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received a largo aasortmorit of. all sizes
Gunißeitlnc,GUm Hose, Gum Palcing, &c., and for
' sale cheniftit the Iferdwere Store of
June T 2, / 800, .'
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Out in tho Red, Red Clover
IV FANNIE STEVENS lIRUCF..
Out In the red, red clover,
I thought for an hour to stray,
While the crimson shade and the purplo
Died out from the robe of day,
So I passed from the cottage olden,
The porch where the woodbines cling,
Out into the glories golden
Which follow the vanished spring.
Do*n through the shaded garden,
And over the rustic stile,
Tin ankle deep In the green, groan grass,
1 tarried to dream awhile:
Tarried to catch the vision
Framed In the ambient air,
And wonder if even Elysium
1V:o, ever than this more fair I
I'ar in tho dim, dim diSt:11100,
WWI, the sunset sky,
Thu hills, with their rainbow erownlngs,
Bose stately, and prowl, and high:
Casting a long cool shadow
Over the lake below,
The forest Inroad, and the meadow .
Where sun-browned violets grow.
A wild bird lured we onward,
Heart! oh, what didst thou
Pressing the red, red clover.
Ti odor the sycamore tree ?
Was it some woodland - Wu 1
Was It some rivulet spi Ito?
Or pert, gay and airy,
Eseared from the gates of light 1
: but it was no fairy,
Fresh from her bower of green '
Al.! but it WAN no perm gay,
In robes of go.,anior ,heen
Fur never a wand nr a pinion,
And never a crown had the,
To tell of a charmed linnfinlnn
On 0.0 Ca, or in air, or Era.
'l',vas but a maid all human,
Buried iu dienmings sweet,
C s slum! or pi wising uyedids duty n,
Al,tl chailling her sinless feet.,;
0111 . , a fait otlnv roser,
A-wonry ofg 1,0 and len,
ushing the red, red clover
Under the sycam,fto flee.
A brown bee softly murmured
Just over each curving lip:
Did he demo them a parted rosebud,
And think of their dow to sip ?
Aad the butterfly, litml like sky gleams
Ilalf hid 'mid her shining Lair—
Did he think them it nest of sunbeams,
Those curls'so wondrously rare I
but thy kiss might pain her,
Thou beautiful humming bee!
,"h: but thy touch !eight :darni her,
Thou butteilly hold and free!'
So I bent o'cr tho sweet lipped maiden,
And n Ighten .1 them Loth away—
The tie smith its Ili,wer SpOi IN laden,
The butterfly bright and gay.
took (ko non from km- 1, 030 01—
She in , outikl hard it nosy ;
StA 0 EILIVhS from her Itlttqlling cheek,
Ono tress 1 rnn bor pearl st, hitt! broy ;
Then, leaviim the old tree'., shadow,
I pa NS 0 a to the rustic. stile,
Whore, anlne dreg In the urer n, green :,:rass,
I had pa us4 - ri'dream ne Lilo.
Up thr,inzli the Int.lent giird.in,
And into tho cottairo
A wild, dream in nly toll tali. heal t
Than over it know
l'or, out in the red, red
'that heart had gone :stray,
15 . 1111” the el 111ison ,halo and the purple
1)1ml out from the rolu of flay
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PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE
Scarcely a man in the country took its
misfortunes more to heart than Inertius
:\leckleg did—when came the President's
order fur drafting. Mr. Meekleg was
never a man of war or warlike words ; but
he had prided himself upon being a na
tive-born American citizen, and (in times
of peace, at least) seemed grateful to the
country in which he bad a rich father,
and a fat inheritance of Isere than a hun
dred thousand dollars. This had
Idm a goon start in some mercantile bu
siness, and had increased itself, notwith
standing his lack of energy,
At the age of forty, he found himself,
in the year 1862, possessed of a plump
and patriotic wife, Juno, and two, grown
up spirited daughters, Allegra and Pene
lope, and a hundred and forty them-and
dollars worth of property. lie approved
of the war, liked every energetic moveH
went, and favored the idea of the first
call for three hundred thousand velum!
tem.».
But lie steadily declined to go himself,
notwithstanding the fact that his wife and
daughters urged law to do so, and that he
did not live on the happiest terms with
Mrs. Meekleg, who was often provoktd
and provoked him, because he had not
more of what is called "backbone." And
when thdralarm about the draft commen
ced, and people liable to be drawn found
they could not desert the country at will,
the condition of things, to use a vulgar
phrase, '-knocked him," Never before
to him had the Union seemed fo be on
the eve of dissolution. He talked much
with his wife and daughters about it, and
they, divining and secretly laughing at
his fears, advised him as to his patriotic
duty more strongly than ever, not really
imagiOng there was much probability of
his being drafted.
Still he declined, and dismay made a
favorite cushion of his fat face. The evil
days had now drawn nigh, yhen he could
truly say he had no pleasure in them. He
found no one to give hint the least encour-
Agement to stay out of the army, and he
could not honestly make a Tlea of necessi
ty for so doing:
This was an unpleasant. predicament
for a man who had always felt independ
ent and lived at his ease. The idea of
his being obliged, to give up the comforts
of:home,,and go and be a soldier, suffer
privations, and get shot ! The idea!
Ho, a rich ! "Yet, how on earth'
could he help it, should he be a victidi of
the coming - dr - aft? - A paragraph in a pa
per suggested the expedient of .a pliym
cian'q certificate of exemption ; and _Titer-
tins Ikleekleg sent.hastily for Dr. Robaldo
PrOtch,, •
Dr. Protch, was the family physician,
thoqbe had notphysieiced-them so muchas he would haye .like to. They, were
healthy. He W 1 4, 40; a
man who had rea
sonable fondness for fat fool from the
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wealthy, and his fondness had been so
far gratified that now, at the age of fifty,
he was tolerably _ a
man who had an unfailing partiality for
shiny black broadcloth, and a high dickey
and a white cravat, and heavy gold clviin
and seals, and a black satin vest. He
shaved his shrewd face all over, except
the heavy eyebrows. lle was a stocky
man of two hundred, and there was good
stock in him, for he was a patriot, and
would have physicked the whole Southern
Confederacy for nothing, if they would
have followed his prescriptions.
"Sick, 1 see," said the doctor, much
pleased at the uneasy expression of Meek
leg's face.
"Where do you feel pain ?"
"Doctor, what, are your politics? 1
forget."
'1 believe in routing the rebels every
where, and consenting to peace only when
they bowl for the Union, pay the whole
expenses of the war and hang Jeff. Davis.
"Of course, then, you are a patriot, and
have given up party politics. That' scic
ver. But what do you think of the
draft ?''
" Perfectly proper, sir; perfectly pro-
The sooner put in force the better. I
hate all lingerit , diseases and timid sur
geons. .I. want all able bodied men to go,
who can. I think set iou,ly of going my
self-goon, at any rate."
-Do you think there is toy chance for
incr .
"Why, yes, of course
"I mean—lo escape
"If you are drafted
"Yes"
„ No: ,
Why ?”
" lecause you arc a man sound, and of the
right age. UI course, you will be glad
to go in the present e:1 urgency, if draf
ted. Iley ?"
"Could a man—l wish to be plain with
you, doctor—could tcould a rich man
escape with a certificate ?"
"From me, he could," replied the doc
tor, decisively, drawing himself proudly,
and at once understanding the object' of
his questioner. "But I should hesitate
to give one, unless for strong reasons—
very strong," added he, with espcciadern
phasis.
"He means money," thought Meekleg.
"Ile means a heavy bribe I'll go a thou
sand dollars, if lam forced to it." And
then said lie : "Doctor Protch, you are
our family physician You know that I
am rather, rich—worth about a hundred
and forty thousand dollars.''
"Don't. doubt it."
"A Man in comfortable circumstances
is seldom in a hurry to change them for
uncomfortable one.s."
"Ahem. Very likely."
"I am a married man, doctor. I have
a wife of my bosom.'' And Meekleg
sighed.
“.1. believe you don't set horses very
well with her. You have told ',nie as
much, - replied the doctor, pretenaing to
misunderstand the sigh. "Family quar
rels are enough to snake any than' wish to
enlist.”
"1 have two beloved daughters, who
pize a father's love."
"They are buth eminently marriage
able, and no doubt have good beaux,"
said the r ductor, brusquely; and that should
wake you thankful in case you have de
term fined. to go."
"I have been an industrious merchant—
have acquired wealth by Inti.d labor."
"A man ought always to be grateful
to the country which has given him for
tune said Proteb.
'You don't exactly understand my drift,
doctor. I want to enjoy my fortune.
The lives of poor men are not of so much
account to them as the lives of the rich
are to them. A rich man, dying, makes
a greater sacrifice ; don't you see ? I am
reluctant to yield up all and go to the
battle field ; nut solely on account of the
sacrifice I should thus be compelled to
make ; but also because I could do much
inure good- to my beloved county by stay
ing at home. In the paths of peace, doc
tor, I shtall have, far greater influence—
if I live to exert it—for good to my
fellow•citizens. For instance, now, con
sider what, an amount of good 1 could do
with my riches, in taking care of poor,
sick and crippled soldiers, and their, des
titute families, at home ; which I could
not do if 1 should go from home and get
killed."
Scarcely," returned Protch, dryly
"Then again, I could exert a - wholesome
influence in making speeches, to encour
age the war, and promote enlistments
I could be useful on war conitnille s. I
could fill important civil ()Vacs in sup
port of the Government In any of such
capacities I should render much gutter
service to the coutitry than if I
went as a soldier, as I wee never a militia
man, and never had the least particle of
military taste, knowledge or ambition.
Then again—and I have an abuudance
of reasons, doctor, if you had time to hear
them—then again where was I ? 0, I
think, besides all this, that the three hun
dred thousand extra volunteers already
obtained will be found ample sufficient
to conquer the rebels, without my being
drafted."
• "They may, or they may not," OirdilY
replied the seemingly unimpressible doc
tor. "_put what have Ito do with it."
"Liner°ly offered these Opinions' in self
defense/4 said Neekleg humbly.
" There may he some logic in all this,
as you say," returned .Protch, not unwil
ling to precipitate the argument to the de
sired point. " But what is it you would
suggest? Please to say something tangi
ble Mr. Meekleg."
"Well, then. the long and the short of
it all is, that I don't wish to be :drafted;
and I wish for a proper consideration, to
obtain a medical exemption certificate
from you."
" Of course, I shall be happy tO oblige
you if I can do so, conscientiously; and . '
.tilien, again, it must be confidentially;
also; you understand."
" Perfectly."
"The suspicion of a bribe might inva-
CARLISLE, PA.„ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1862.
lidato the certificate, and endanger me
into the bargain. Moreover, strong 'Un
ion man as I am, I fcel some scruples in
assisting any one ; even a wealthy friend
like you, to evade the draft, unless upon
something more than a merely plausible
pretext. Whatever good, greater or less,
you might do the country by staying at
home, is not for me to-argue or gainsay.
My certificate, of course, must be•based
upon absolute physical disability, and—"
" I shall satisfy you doctor, I shall am
ply satisfy you," interrupted Meekleg,
earnestly, and, as if by accident, giving
his pocket a significent slap. "I would
rather give a thousand dollars—l will
give a note for a thousand dollars, paya_
ble at sight—than to be drafted: One
sacrifice I can afford, and the .other
don't feel able to make."
"'Then please to state your complaint
—your precise bodily ailments—for they
will be your only hope—Mid I will fur
nish •you. with the best certificate I can
give --always depending upon this being
confidential."
"(in my honor, doctor, my honor,"
exclaimed Meekleg, with intensest sincer
ity, and forthwith he commenced an enu
meration of his complaints.
(0 war! what an unhealthy country
thou past made.)
" In the first place, doctor—and I beg
you would make a memorandum of what
say, I proceed—l. am troubled with
a disease of the heart.
" Diseases of the heart often produce
death," said doctor Protch solemnly,
"Then my liver is very unsound. I
am inclined to be billions- Ad-gloomy,
and once I had. the jaundice.'-!
" That'sliad,—l mean good. Go on."
" With a palpitation of the heart, and
liver complaint, I have often had serious
thoughts of death; and have made, actu
ally, no less than six wills, so as not to be
taken off by surprise. More than this I
easily get a cold on the lungs, and a sore
throat lam very sensitive to both heat
and c Id. I sprained my right ankle ten
years ago, and too much walking pains
me there sometimes. My arms are as
tonishingly wealc Then, again, I some
times have the nose bleed, which alarms
me. My nervous system is unstrung;
and when I am over excited, I have symp
toms of hysterics—proceeding from anxi
ety, though, and not fear. When Idon't
have proper food, I sometimes have the
most awful stomach aches; and-when
am deprived of rest, I have been known
to have serious nightmares; and two or
three times I have been caught walking"
in -my sleep: I feel, doctor, honestly,
that if I were to be a soldier,-1.--ehould
not be able to stand irlong. I shuuld_be
sure to be sent to the hospital, antabould
there be of more harm than benefit to the
service, even if I did not die a miserable
death -Now I appeal to you if such a
man ought to be drafted ? Do you con
sider such, a man sound ?"
" I do not,'' said Protch; shaking his
head. " I know you are not sound.—
Such'it curious ',oomplication of disorders
shows an unhealthy system. I sho•ild
think, if I give you the best certificate I
can, on that, that it ought to prevail. Is
there anything more to add, before I write
it? Any other part affected ?"
"Nothing that I can think of just now,
only that my teeth are getting bad, and I
might be sublected to the toothache."
Very well." And the doctor com
menced writing the certificate, while
Meekleg filled out a check 11)1.a thousand
dollars„ with an expression of much relief
in his face.
" I I ere is one thing more, doctor, which,
in policy, ought to remove all obstacles to
my going abroad. I have friends in Eu
rope, who if I could visit; them, would
exercise a favorable influence with foreign
powers in behalf of this country. That
ought to have some weight. And beside
that, now I think of it, I am interested in
the success of a certain important inven
tion, now being perfected by a friend of
mine in Europe. lie cannot go on with-
out aid from ine. 1 want to help him to
get it patented in this country exclusive
ly, so that we way reap the solo advan
tage of it. I am not at liberty to say
precisely what it is, but it is a tbrthidable
weapon of war, and 1 want to go and hur
ry it up."
"If all else fairs, that may serve you,"
replied Doctor Protch, handing the certi
ficate which lie had already sealed, and
receiving the check in return. " But I
thinit that this document regarding the
Auk , of your health will be considered
enough to exempt you from being drafted,
by any reasonable man."
" You have scaled it ?"
"I have. But I have written it in
Latin, and you could not read it.
tin, in order to give it greater effect, you
see. But good morning now. Aly other
patients are awaiting inc."
After the doctor's hasty departure, Mr.
Meekleg felt fidgety to know what the
certificate sot forth ; and as his eldest
daughter, Allegra, was tolerably proficient
in Latin, he called upon her to translate
it, broke the envelope, and found that it
ran, in substance, something as follows:
"This is to certify that the bearer, In.
ertius Meehleg, Esq., forty years of age,
wife and two children, is', as far as I can
ascertain, afflicted with a complication of
physical and mental disorders which un-
fit him to be a soldier. They amount not
merely to general debility but to almost
utter insignificance. Disease of the heart
most prominent—a most dangerous thing
in a soldier. should say, on My repu
tation as a physician of twenty-five-years
standing, that the more of such soldiers
Uncle Stun should havo, the worse off ho
would be.
" This is a'vei;v curious certifietiteTit
seems to said Meekleg, as his 'dough
ter handed it bank with a smile- 7 1te could
not toll whether of de'rision or satisfac
tion.. " Are -you- Sure- that you have
transfatedit. - "
Yes, father,". said AllegrO. '."And I
should think it would-answer every-pdr
pose."
"Vety likely. The -sioetor. is" rather
A thriving village lay just behind the
range of hills among which the cottage
was nestled, though the cotttwers formed
but little society with its inl.abitants.
Long exposure to the sun had veiled
but nut hidden Helena's fair complexion
withla rich olive, and added to her charms.
Constant exposure had given firmness and
elasticity to her limbs. No wonder, then,
though but seldom seen, and still snore
seldom addressed, she was deemed the
belle of the surrounding country, Ram
blers among the hills had noticed the fair
cottager, an became infatuated with her
beauty and nuivette, and oven became
suitors for her hand;
but they had all
been repulsed. The bold and adventur
ous she disliked for the coarseness which
Lgenerally characterized them. Few of
the different characters who constantly
visited her, did she trouble herself to no
tice. Of this latter number the most
prominent was Thomas Gifford, a young
lawyer, who. had opened his office in the
village. EduCated , in an eastern univer
sity, and naturally of a retiring cast of
wind, Gifford had always avoided -the
world and lived only with his books;
consequently, but a part of his character
had as yet been developed. In his eyes,
the beautiful young cottager was the type
of What the philosophers had long sought
to find, and he determined to obtain the
reality of the child-freshness, while they
'could only conceive the ideal. He there
fore resolved to amend hitrdeficiencies in
her eyes, and his sanguine nature hopeti
the rest.
Old Health looked upon marriage as a .
necessary evil which one ought to endure
some time, and he was determined that none
but a man after his own heart should pos
sess his daughter; and the qualifications
necessary, in his view, were strength and
agility in may ly sports. He took no pains
to coneeal- his determination, and it was Bur\
prising how suddenly such games rose in.
iimor_with Abe young villagers.
Time passed,. and among thoSe who had
gained the applause of the old. hunter was a
sturdy pioneer named Alexander Wilson,
though as yet he had not shown any prefer . .e.
once for-the , youngTorester. Time had also
brought , ,theleart_oLthe young-lawyer to the
feet .of the beautiful young cottage
while to her his breathing -of heart-attach
ment had become an episode:well cherished.-
We have forgotten to mention that over
the range of hills that formed- the pitta::
" PR_DTOII, M P."
eccentric, but then, as you say, it is brief
and to the point. I guess it's all right."
With a load off from his mind, Mr.
Meekleg now, for a few days, could read
the morning papers at breakfast with com
parative calmness; until one day his eye
happened to hill on a paragraph which
stated that the governor was to appoint
special surgeons to make examinations in
cases of claims for exemption on account
of physical disability!
" The devil !" cried he, and at one sent
for the doctor " Then if lam to pass
official inspection, what's the good of my
certificate? _Both the doctor and I have
made a great mistake here."
But the learned and patriotic Dr. Protch
was not forthcoming. Mcekleg soon
found, on inquiry, that the enthusiastic
physician had already gone off to join the
army, and had turned over the thousand
dollar check to a relief committee for the
benefit of disabled soldiers and their fa
milies.
-Meekleg felt extremely vexed and fool
ish at first, buy he kept his own counsel;
and he did not begrudge the service he
had rendered when he now ascertained
that a little more money would enable him
,to escape the draft by purchasing a com
petent substitute. Relieved from his
grand agony, he tore up the physician's u
certificate, and had concluded to be lib
eral with his money, if not his blood, on
behalf of the country which has prosper
ed and protects him.
A CONTEST FOR A WIFE
In a mountain valley, snugly shelt - RM
from northern winds, stood the little cot=
Cage of Gabriel Heath. Its occupant, an
old deer hunter, had been a wanderer
a.r.ong the Ottowas. Without society,
except their occasional companionship,
and wholly wedded to a wild life, yet, as
age came on bun, he pined to return to
his kind, and wear Eucial fetters.
Helena Heath inherited from her mo
ther—the daughter of a Canadian hunter
—both her name and the roaming spirit
of her race. From tIA days of earliest
recollection she had been at her father's
side on the wild prairie, or ranging over
the mountains.
The old hunter delighted in nothing
more than predatory skirmishes with the
Indians, who were wont to acknowledge
the debt with interest. Once, with only
two comrades, he was surrounded in his
trappiag,lodge, and forced to stand a
weeles siege. Then the fearless conduct'
of his daughter, child as she was, won
from him• a hunter's praise and fatherly
pride.
It was a singular training that she re
ceived; Wandering over an uninhabited
country with a rude hunter, shut out from
education, and only taught to read and
write by an accidental visit for a few
weeks at a missionary station, without
means of refinement, and having for the
language of her mind only what could be
learned from the voice of nature in her
deepest seclusion. She loved the green
woods and the mighty forests, for there
her soul could live beyond the rough in
fluence of the only life she had ever
known.
Such was the character of our heroine
when old Gabriel Heath exchanged his
wandering life for a residence iu the lit
tle cottage on the hill.
Here a few acres 11;1 - died him with
many of the necessaries of life, and he
had an opportunity to follow, at his plea
sure, the business of his youth; and com
fort seemed to circle round the cottage
home, whose exterior was rendered some
what picturesque by the natural taste of
the daughter.
On tine days old Math tilled the ground
or hunted among the neighboring hills
and by the side of the streams; and in
unpleasant weather he sat by the fireside,
smoked his pipe, and told huge stories of
old adventures.
reign() landscape about the mountain home,
a noble river spread its limpid waters. Gif
ford had al says enjoyed all the sports that
can be gathered from a life - 61 rural free
doin.
Strong at the oar, unerring in the aim at
target shooting, and sinewy in the leaping
wager, he had become quite a fitvorite, as
well as the envy of his contompoaries.
In all of his manly teals Helena Heath
was the first to praise ; and while her pride
of his masculine acquirements was increas
ing, she could not but also leel admiration
for his mental attainments, which, after all,
found a something kindred and congenial
in her own bosom.
One afternoon,i as young Gifford was
strolling along the shores of the stream
above mentioned, he saw the favorite of old
Heath, the trapper, Wilson, push out in a
skiff. Having frequently been brought in
contact with 'din while pursuing favorite
feats of strength, Gifford, out of friendship,
walked to the water's edge and wished him
a pleasant voyage•
it cannot but be pleasant such a day as
this. Come, try a hand with us at the oar
this splendid weather," returned Wilson.
The temptations - was too great to be with
stood, and Gifford stepped into the boat
which in a moment shot out upon the water,
rising and falling with the waves, and yield
ing to the pressure of the oars. For a long
time the skiff continued to move oilt upon
the water. At last the breeze stiffened, and
the two companions rested upon their oars
to enjoy the movement of the boat as it
tossed to and fro The sun was sinking
vp
slowly in the west, and darting his horizon
tal rays across the troubled waters.. At last
Wilson said, with a smile:
"It is now sunset and eventide. I have
an engagement ; let us return to land."
" Certainly," said Gilford ; " especially i
your rendezvous be of an interesting nature
perchance with a ladylove. - • -
" Von . are good at guessing," was the re
•' You have. then, an evening tryst .
" Yes—with the prettiest girl in the coun
=
Gifford thought of his beautiful Helena,
and wished that his friend possessed one as
lair and true. For a few moments both
were silent, and then, as -they approached
the land, resumed the conversation
" dy fair one is very fair. Though lan
but a pioneer, I know how to value qualili
cations like hers."
"Al) !" replied his companion ; " you are
happy, then ? Uut tell me who this lair one
"It is a secret ; none but you have been
allowed even the whispering of such a rela
tion,' said Wilson.
" A secret sweet and precious,," replied
Gittird, laughing.
" But 1,, too, hale a heart idol—cue who
is very kind, and pure as the Virgin. Now
for a mutual exchange of secrets; confess
your ladylove, and you shall know my own,"
• " You would force a.conlession," remarked
Wilson. " Very well , trot as I have sworn
not to utter her name, had I a scrap of pa
per I would write it, then we could exchange.•'
Gifford produced a blank leaf from a memo
randum, drew a pencil and wrote the magic
name. Wilson (lid likewise, .ud th.in they
exchanged papers. Wilson read on his
" fielena Heath." Gifford read on his
Helena ['with." Their eyes met ; Wilson
was embarrassed, Gifford pale with agitation
and anger.
" Very well," Wilson at length said ; it
seems to me that our mistresses arc one and
the same."
`• lin possible I I know Helena Heath too
well," eturned Gifford. " All that ou have
said of her is false r
Wilson had all the subdued spirit of the
restless adventurer. His embarrassment
vanished and he hecaine furious. "FL Ise
he echoed, fiercely.
'' Yes an infamous lie!" responded Gif
ford.
Stung t the, quick, Wilson grasped an
oar uiib both hands, and levelled a blow at
his cumpanion'3 head. Gifford evaded the
blow, and sprang upon his enemy like a ti•
ger. ilson dropped the weapon, and the
two were c used in a it.rious embrace. They
struggled, ruse upon their lbet, and falling,
were plunged headlong into the stream. The
waves closed over them, and the skiff, half
tilled with water, slowly drifted out to sea.
In a moment both rose to the surlace,sti.l
clasped in fierce embrace. The shades of
night were el, sirg around them, but there
was light enough for them to glance at each
other, and gather fresh courage at the sight.
Wilson loused his hold of his antagonist, to
bkiv at his head, but Gifford parried
it and grasp's(' him by the throat, and once
more both disappeared' beneath the surface
of the water. GifFord's energy seemed the
most powerful, and the pioneer, lashed to
fury, seized the jack-knife that his right
hand had purloined from the pocket of his
enemy, and opened it with his teeth, and
plunged it into the bosom of the young law.
yer, who, with a bubbling cry, released Lis
hold.
Night set in, and the dark waves rolled
heavily.i As he p tused to regain his strength,
he saw the form of his inanimate compan•
ion tossed about on the stream. It would
be impossible to portray the thoughts that
rushed through his mind Oh I how bitterly
did he regret being so rash. Having recov
ered his strength, the young man began to
make for the shore, which he gained.
Two days after the following announce
merit appeared in the village Gazette:
" A most lamentable occurrence took Mars on—
evening. A young law student, named Clifford, well
known In thIS viol Silty, ac e. a young man
❑awed Wilson in a boat ride up the river. A sudden
gust of stud upset the boat, and both were plunged
Into the river. Wilson made his escape by Swimming,
but his companion found a watery grave."
The dream of happiness of Helena Heath
was now at an cud. With all the poi,griant
grief that the susceptible heart can feel, she
lamented the sad fate of her lover, while she
could not repress the chagrin she felt at the
idea that some adventurous favorite of her
father would usurp the preeminence that
she had given him.
Nearly two years hrd passed, and Helena
,Heath still remained unmarried. Old Heath
had selected young Wilson for his future son
in law, and he sought to' commend .him to
his daughter ; but, meeting with indifference
and denial, he resolved
. to . select from the,
large circle of the hardy: and athletic young
men the'one'whose feats were the greatest,
and compel her to receive him as.her lord.
At last the day came for the allotted trial
and to the spot marked 'out for the rendez,
vous many any eager aspirant came. Among
these.was a newly arrived settler,. who had
often made the sinewy and hold look pallid
with envy at his success.
The first trial was that of leaping,. One
by one the competitors joined in, until a poi-.
feet Allax in limb reached seventeen
;This settled the question ; still - .notwith
standing this proof of his prowetis, the old,
bunter seemed: dissatisfied at the. idett.:of .
Worrying his daughter to such ,a,,strapger.l
He Tesqlved to beConiti' better,l itoquainted!
.
add' -studdettly;
turning; he he intid
"Cone; .toys, lot's,-have a little ritio:Pritc-.
tide—two *diets. apiece, remember.":
A painted nail was partly • driven iittO
tree, , The heroes of the other exercie':'7'i
o ° 2
5 lilt 50 per annum In advance.
$2 00 If not paid In advance,
made trial, but were wide from the nail's
head. The stranger rubbed his hands, and
seizing the rifle, took rapid aim. The nail
was driven into the tree. The unknown
marksman once more fired; the nail's head
was bent doub'e. This was more than the
rival, who was no other than ypung Wilson,
could bear, and he walked off.
All congratulations were offered the lucky
victor. Old Gabriel Heath placed the hand
of the reluctant Helena in his; but she,
still treasuring the memory of him whom
she had so much admired, and who had
opened her mind to the world of intellectual
'beauty, remonstrated against her father's
choice to no purpose.
For awhile the victor visited the abode of
the hunter, chatted with him, and walked
with the daughter. They talked long and
fervently together, and he spoke in glowing
terms ol'ltih love for .her. She started at
this, for the image of her lost lover seemed
to rise and rubnke he!.
" You love another, then ?" said he.—
" Remember that I won you by my prowess."
Thelni words. in some tones, might have
made her indignant; but, now they only
ended to dissipate her reserve, its she re -
plied
" What you have said is true. I owe the
richest and deepest debt to another, who
translated to me the mysterious teachings
of nature. I ought to hive him, and though
he is forever lost to me, yet while I exist I
will live for no other but him."
While she was thus speaking, the hunter
was regarding, her with a curious expression,
which hardly became a rejected lover. She
was turning from him, when he detained
her, and said :
"• This was the young lawyer, Gifford, was
it not'?"
" It was," she replied, looking in hi; face,
where the smile had settled into anxiety„
"Blessings on you' for that word I . 'lb
cried ; "4-atn the-lofig - lost ouethe res
cued and the redeemed!"
It was indeed young Gifford, who, through
an unseen and myst rious Providence, had
not been drowned, but was saved from a
watery grave by a fisherman, whose kind
care had restored him to life and strength.
He told her how he had returned to the
village just in time to hear of the wager of
prowess fur her hand ; •aud, confident that
he should be brought to her again, he dis
sembled himself, and gained the viet, ry.—
ft is needless to say that the joy of meeting
him of whom lie supposed himself the mur
derer, was so great, that Wilson thought but
little of the refusal that he mltimalely re_
ceived from Helena. lie could hardly be
lieve his °eyes until the generous Gifford
took his hand, and faithfully promised never
to reveal the circumstances of the boat ride,
and forgave h 117 for his rashness.
The two riva's-were rivals no 'onger, and
Gifford lived with the lovely daughter of
Gabriel Heath during many years of happi•,
near. and, successful in business and-gener
ous in thought, he was the pride of the vil
lage. •
Age tempered the rashness of Wilson,
who, after the decease of old Gabriel Heath,
was the quotation of his pioneer friends
Thomas Gitlord never revealed the secret
till his dying day.
TonArco PuisoN.—The slow and insi
dous effects of tobacco-poison on the sus
ceptible vitalities of the human frame,
gradually impairing the functions of
and bringing on pi% mature old age,
areditt le suspected by many who use the
weed in various forms. It can scarcely
be, doubted that parents who make a free
use of tobacco not unfreiluently scud
their children to an untimely grave, or
poison their constitutions so as to endure
suffering to the end of life. Healthy
parents impart healthy vitalities to their
olflning, and vice versa. The nature
and effects of tobacco poison may be seen
by the following item from the London
Pop Ultlit jOice Re iete :
"A curious calculation, of especial in
terest, has been made by a continental
chemist. It is considered by the must ell
able authorities, that the tobacco crop of
the world amounts to two hundred and
fifty millions of kiograinnies per annum;
taking the plant to contain an average
of five per cent. Nicotne, that would
give twelve and a-half millions of kiograin
ines of this poison produced annually.
The specific gravity of nicotine being a
trifle greater than that of water, this quan
tity would fill one hundred barrels, and
would give two hundred and ninety-three
grains to every man, woman acid child
on the globe. As a few drops will pro
duce dvath, it is probably much within
the mark to say, that the nicotine from
one year's crop of tobacco would desti , a . y
every living creature on the fiice of globe
if its proportion were administered in
one dose."
trgx..A correspondent of the London Athe
neum writes on August CI lust, that on
that day a baker's house in Pompeii was
excavated, in one corner of which was
found a heap of silver and copper coins, to
the number of about five hundred, which
had seemingly been tied up in a little, bag.
At the same time and near the same spot
were sound two large shears, and shun
afterwards a house mill of the ordinary
description, together with a little heap of
corn, the grains of which were blackened
and somewhat shrivelled, btit yet fully
preservirig . their shape and very little
diminished in size. In the next apart-
went was found the metal shovel with
which the loaves were placed in the oven
the oven itself, the mouth of which was
closed with a large iron dour, not on
hinges
,but,cemented at the edgesle the
of four large slabs which formed
the mouth of the oven', The door was
soon removed, and we were rewarded with
the sight of the entire batch of loaves,
such as they were deposited in the oven
seventeen hundred und-eighty'three - years'
ago. They arc eighty two • in._ dumber;
and are all, so far as regards fornisize,
indeed every characteristic except weight
and color, precisely is, they tante from
the baker's'hand.•- When it is recollected
that up to the present time but two sinh,.
loaved have been discovered, one,of theta
imperfeectim interest of the discoveries
will be fully appreciated.
:POPEINB,. another of our perpetrate! of
atrocities, is satisfied that,
,thsi GovernmentGovTnent
hareparpoielp, to',get in
liebinethtti• tho
,41ty,,r•NlilVhis.sirronger'Latidzeattier,taltultl-when
rorittofinct
cle,4 -ci,44.ns •
h44%., --•t;
l',!..,,V,6iir„hbo,xfasks-Pareltlaftiopede,.. - At • ,--
mos(populittra the . p t ,
lino:tie:women ? Why, Victor Jingo's
• • (tuarry-us,) of course. ,
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