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TARE PARTICULAR NOTICE./
Dr. J. addresses all those e ho have injured then...elves
by Improper Ind Owen, nod sotit,rr habits, nhich ruin
both body and mind. unfitting them lot either bus lire.,
stedy, society or marriage,
These ore soma of the and and melettcholy effects
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MENTALLY.—TiIe fOlllll.ll effects 011 are much
tO be dreaded—loss of memory, con f0..10n of ideas, de
pression of spirits, evil forebodings, nverriou to society,
self distrust, love of solitude, timidity, tic., are some of
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or, becoming weak, palm nervous and emaciated, hot hig
a singular eppearAnce about the eyes, cough and symp
toms of consumption.'
SOUNG MEN
Who here injured themselves by n cerlaiu p;aetice
Indulged In when alone, a habit frequently
evil companions, or nt the w it m e
nightly felt, even when iiMbep, and If not ;enders
marriage impossible, and destr“)n both mind and body,
should apply immediately.
Wha& A pity that a young man, the hope of his cout
try, the darling of his parent, t.it til l he MMLehed twat
alt prospects and enjuyntent,nl lde. by the 1 . 111./.llli cute
of deviating(rem the path of nal tn and indulging in
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filled with the melancholy retlin:tion that tbuttpplos,s
of another becomes blighted with our own.
DISEASE OF IMPRUDENCE
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disease, it too often Lappens that au ill timed 001180 of
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to those who, from education and l espectabilit 7, ran
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symptoms of this horrid disease make their appmtrit noel
such as ulcerated sore throat, di01 . 11,1 , 1 nose, noel urns,
pains In the head and limbs. dim m•„ of sigh t, doa (nobs,
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disease becomes a horrid object of commiseration, till
death puts a period to his dreadful sulrering,,bY ...d
-ing him to "that Undfseovered Country from whence
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It lea melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to
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son, Mercury, ruin the coustitution and make the re•
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Ilea credentials or -
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INDORSIZBIENT OF' THIEI pag.ss
Thu many thousands cured at this Institution year
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per JOIIN M. JOIIN6TON, M. 0..
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Nay 2, 1862-rly
NEW SPRING GOODS
-atm now reoivAng a large assortment of
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new and elegant Spring goods, to which I respect.
to y Fair Ulu attention of my •old friends and ensto•
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.. Partfoutarsin next wealts paper.. I will coil us cheap
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June 22, ISetl, •
Proprietor
c tirirtVll
The Charge of the Light Brigade
11.(1.r a longue, halt a league,
Half a league onward,
All In the valley of death,
Undo the nix hundred.
Forward: the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!" ho said;
Into the valley of death
Rode the lux hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade
Was there a man dismay ed
Not though the soldiers know
Some one had Wandered;
Their's not to make reply,
Theil'A UM. ,tll hr,
Their'q but to &rand
Into the valley of dc•ith
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Cannon to ri t tht of them,
Cannon to loft .1' thtnn,
Cannon in toht of than,
Volley el and l hntered
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they role and well,
Into the jut:, ~1 death,
Into the mouth of hell
Rode the hundred.
1 , 1,1 , 11 fl all ih , l r sabres Intro,
Flash,. I tint, a In a:T.,
kiAltrring lha runner , thertr,
army , Nv bile
All thr• NroiM won•lei
1 , 310.ry sioku,
,Aight through the Lille, they br,,ke
Ck , bsack :ma Russian
14,1,1 from the s.thrt• ,ttoko,
:Flaitt.rt•,l 011 nuuL rod
Th,” they rmic 130, hut not,
\ot the SIX hundred.
I'mito, h. sight of them
Call mm to left ot them,
behtud theta
iPill•yl . li uud 0110116,1 A ;
5i...111,1 a t with slo.tall,l
hile horse nnl hero fell,
her that. luirl Youellt s h well
ram.. thr..' the J., vta Ipf
f r t."n the n , ittli of 1.11, •
All that 'vele len of the.,
hell of ni x.rti u mired.
ly be 011,1 t114 . 1r ;:k.rr fade?
Olt, the ,tiltt eltartzo they teed°
All Lbe %%orb' NlOlll/. ed.
Ilon , r the ettre, they maLlr
irooor the 1,1 , 41 kt
Noble tex hundred.
Ni;M`.ol.llllml,s
From Om SprlmAiold Itopohlirmn.
MAJOR ZAGONI'S GUIDE,
Or, A Heroine of the War for the Union
On the morning of the 21th dav of
October, Ibtil , a somewhat novel seem!
unrolled itself before the door of a quiet
farm house, about two miles from Spring
field, Missouri. Two women and three
young lads,,had-jusl-raised a very modest
little flag ; and as the wind floated it
gracefully in the air, they gave three
cheers fur the Stars and Stripes—cheers
fvliTCli7irnbi, Towr were certainly hearty.
The younger of the women, Lucy Dud
ley, mother of the hays, stood gazing-, her
face put on a look astern determination,
and she murn,med low, between her al
mo,st shut teeth :
" I shant,..cLinie down again while
IBM
" Ycs 'twill, mother," broke in one of
the bo3s, " for the seceshers are in town
again, and they'll make you."
His mother did not notice him, but
turning to the other woman, said " For
William's sake, mother, we'll keep it up."
Even before she had done speaking the
sound of horses' feet were heard, a❑d the
youngest boy clinging to her dress, tried
to drag her into the house, crying out:
"There they come; 0, mother, run l"
while the old grandmother, retreating be
hind the door, trembled visibly ; but the
mother stood firm, awaiting the men she
knew only too well. Only one little
month before they shot down her hus
band like a dog, because he said his
house was his own, and should hoist what
flag seemed to him best over it.
They shot him before her eyes, and his
heart's blood had sprinkled the very
ground where she ,sbod, and I wonder
not that the look in her eyes was_scareely
won-anly. Down the road thyy come, a
dozen Confederate ruffians, called soldiers
by courtesy, and" chivalry," by \l r.
s ell They were well armed and
mounted and as they thundered up to the
door the leader shouted : " Down with
that damned Yankee rag ; if you don't
I'll blow your brains out. ,,
No notice was taken ; the woman might,
as well have been stone.
" Lucy Dudley, don't you hear roe ?"
and he pointed his revolver at her.
" 1 hear, Bill Armstrong."
" Blast ye, then why dolt ye mind ?"
" Because, I Won't."
" You won't, won't you ?" and he fired,
but missed Ile swore madly at his horse
for shying, and as he did so, she said :
" This is my house and this is my flag;
I want it here and shall have it here.—
You can shoot me • down and then pull it
down ; you certainly won't before."
One wan 'pouted " we ain't cut-throats;
we don't kill women and children."
" You have killed women and children
more than once," was the taunting an
swer. Several old neighbors of hers felt
the thrust, and quailed before her eyes,
while the others drew their pistols; but
the leader throwing up the weapon near
est him went on--
fa %Val, Lucy, victuals and drink we've
got to have, and won't go under, Aliat
cussed flag."
" Victuals and drink I can't help you
having, but if I am going to get them for
you, you must come in through this door."
Evidently her look daunted them; for
bold as they were, they were bad and they
knew it : so with a rude laugh the cap.
tain dismounted, shouting, ‘.‘ Come on,
boys,". and _leaving thole-horses- in the
care of the children they, ono after an
other, went, into the kitchen, and drank
eagerly of tbe whisky set before them.—
As they drank they became wonderfully
communicative ;. and listening eagerly'
Lucy heard that they had been sent from
Springfield, with some fifty others, tosiee
if anything could be seen of' the advance
guard of FremotO army, who were sup
U. ZANTON
By A LFRED TENN YSON
E , ''AS)NM WOR S'os - SrA WaREELIT iGERaXa.
posed to be in that vicinity. She fou❑d
that this party had been stopping at one
house and another, drinking and devus•
tating, and very naturally had divided,
and that Armstrong meant to wait till
the rest came up, and start for the town
from her honso. She likewise learned
that they had not seen anything of the
Lincoln soldiers She gave them their
fill of liquor, she let them cat the best her
house afforded, and as she was taking a
pitcher to get more liquor her ears caught
the sound of a distant fife.
Armstrong heard it too, and, with an
oath, said them lazy lubbers of his were
at last coming and the old woman must
bring some more dodgers along.
Lucy had taken the pitcher, and clos
ing the door behind her, almost flew out
into the yard, and taking the oldest boy
by the shoulder, baid in a terribly hoarse
voice, " Tam, run for your life over the
mowing, through the lane, and tell those
men you meet to take down their flag,
stop playing Yankee Doodle, and come
up through the lane with you and they
can get every one of these men. Don't
let the grass grow under your feet, my
boy."
The winds had brought to her cars,
what it never whispered to those drunken
men, that instead of their comrades their
sternest foes would be around them. And
all her energies were directed to keep
iu,thu ignorance po fatal to them.
Meanwhile Tonony's tow head„ shot
over the wall, through the narrow lane,
reaching the main road just as a mounted
'band of men came in sight. Ile mounted
a stump, waved his jacket and the fore
most among thew stopped.
” What is it my boy ?"
" Marin want's your Hug. man to stop
playing that thing, and have down that 'ere
flag, and to conic up to our house through
the lane Come on "
e WilS :darting, but_Zogoni stopped
" I don't understand, boy ; what
does she want ?"
'l'uni was indignant. •
" Want's you to nab a party of seccsh
ers up to our house; but you
_needn't
come if you don't minter "
" Who is your mama, buy ?''
" Lucy Dudley."
"Go ahead, Major," shouted the tel
" She is true blood ; they shot her
husband a month ago "
Zagoui, followed by a portion of his
num, wheeled into the, lane, trying to
keep Tommy in sight; and soon tlrey
came in view of the low house, the noisy
mirth of the Confederates was distinctly
heard. A ruistromr never suspected, even
ordered Nrs Dudley to "show 'em in."
:lie went to the door, and they needed
not that she should speak.: her piercing,
eager look told everything. They sur
rounded the room —Zaguni's clear voice
ordered those inside to suur.r . en.des i • whi•le
the„ 4tunejui.m.iim,t„tlit4ifer..git.v c_arLas.t.
Uitant.—
" Yankee Pocono came to town,
Yankee Doodle Dandy."
Armstrong saw the trap; he fired his
revolver, hitting the gray-haired old
grandmother leveling her with the ground.
Nobody noticed the shot except Tommy,
and as lie held her bleeding head on his
knee, ho never shed a tear ; but he is one
of Commodore Foote's gunboats as a pow
der-monkey to-day, and he never hands a
charge but he thinks of that terrible
hour. One or two on both sides were
wounded, but the struggle was soon over,
and the rebels marched out bound togeth
er with old chains, which the boys very
gladly found. Zaguni must take the
prisoners with him, for men couldn't bo
spared to guard them.
As they were standing in front of the
door before starting Mrs. Dudley, who
knew every inch of the grounu in the vi
entity, undertook to tell them a nearer
road to town. They did not understand
her hurried. nervous directions, and she
started as if to go with them ; then she
remembered her dying mother, came
back, called Tommy from the sufferer's
side, to take the place in her stead.
But the dying woman's faint voice
stopped her.
You go, Lucy ; he might make a
mistake : lie will take dare of me, and we
will keep the old flag flying."
The reserve in,the. lane, by Zagni's or
der, had already come up, and Lucy only
stayed to kiss the pale lips and- precious
face, then she mounted her °lvy stout
ware and led the way. She guided them
Safely in the bitricate path up to the very
edge of the ravine, where according to
Armstrong's talk, she knew the wily foe
was hidden. It was the very spot Zag
oni wished to be in, and she had saved
hint a long stretch of dangerous road.—
Then she fell back to the rear, just as
as Zagoui's eager eye took in the whole
of his position. Desperate ! What will
he say ? what will ,these men do who have
been taunted with being holiday soldiers
on the pavetiferits of St. Louis?
" Soldiers, your war-cry is " Fremont
and the Union," Draw sabri, by 'the
right flank, quick trot, 'parch."
Ills voice, shrill and intense, pierced
every heart, and as those bright swords
glittered in the sunshine, and the little
band sped to their deadly work, I ivon-'
dered that Lucy Dudley's brown mare
kept her place, as eager as her mistress
to do gallant work.
The battle will always burn on the
pages of history, and I need write none
' of its details here ; only this much, that
everywhere, helping of the wounded,
handlit , weapons, doing anything, every
thing that a cool head and_dtrusty hand.
could do; 1%f:18:L114 Dudley.
At last the day was ours, and as Zag
oni gathered the remnant of his fOrce
about him he shrank back,- for ho could
not count the dead and, it took not long
to count the !Meg ? ,Where was Lucy
Dudley ? Hardly one of these blackened'
faces, but could toll of some good deed
she did for them, during those long,
dreadful hours. Even while they were
speaking - of her she, canto in sight, and
not now mounted on her own brown mare;
but instead, the mare was harnessed *to a
marketoiagon, and its bottoui was eov
.ered with wounded soldiers. She ,was
CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1862.
walking beside it holding the reins, look.
ing fearfully pale and tired ; for now the
excitement was past her womanhood was
uppermost, and her only care was to help
the wounded and comfort the dying,—
They knew she was taking their suffer
ing comrades to the shelter of her • own
home; and not a man from .itho Major
downwards, but would have been eager
to escort her, but she refused them all,
and when the Major pressed the matter,'
she told him that she knew the way bet
ter than he did, and was safe enough
alone. They gathered around her • called
her all noble heroic names, such as men
use in moments of elevation of soul; but,
she only looked surprised and answered
almost coldly :
I , Why shouldn't I do what I could?
My grandmother did more at Ba:.^ll:ex
Hill, and bOr husband died at Concord."
They bent low before her as she turned
away and not one of those strong-minded
Germans will ever forget the woman who
fought side by side with them at Spring
field. Home she went to find the old .
mother dead and the children hiding from
retreating rebels ; but the flag still waved,
and as the poor pale fellows in the cart
caught sight of its blessed folds, they
gave a feeble shout touching in its
we.l k nos.
All through the winter she nursed and
fed that house full of sufferers, and as
one after another grey/ strong . andleft
her, all she asked them was that they
would strike ma• ly blows for their Coun
try and keep always the noble cry of Zn :
oni—" The Union and Fremont !" } close
to their hearts. No Dudley that, even
wore spurs in the olden days had a braver
or more lovi ter heart than hers.
GOING A HUNDRED BETTER;
Or, Which. Hand Takes the Pot
A. AMBLING', TRIAL IN CALIFORNIA
There k such a place as " Deadwood"
in California. A friend of ours passed
through the town the other day, hut stop
ped long enough to witness a trial before
the chief officer of the law, vulgarly call.
ed a Justice of the Peace.
The ease was "Hanks vs. Breese," and
the facts were:
First—Dud the parties had violated
the law by playing " poker" on the Sab
bath. (It is, perhaps, proper to state
that the good fidk6 of Dead wood had not
seen the Supreme Court decisions )
Second—That Breese played very Vow
down," or in other words„eheed - l3;411:.
t
Third—That the rune broke up in a
row. the parties being arrested by' the
Justice, who happtlned .. to p_re_sent„.
It was an important case. Both par
ties were well known, and had hosts of
•f`ien.l%-: • The throu g h his at
tu —sharp _little—luau, ..d.etuatuletL.a
jury. The people of Deadwood never go
to a trial without a jury.
The legal preliminaries having been
properly arranged, the case was called.—
Twelve of the best men in the locality
funnel the jury. The attorneys were big
with the event of the hour. At length
an odd-looking genius, named Stephen
Lick, was placed on the stand by the
prosecution. The case proceeded.
" You said, you were present during
the game between the parties. Did we
so understand you, Mr. Lick
The witness nodded in the affirmative.
" Did you observe the progress or the
game with any interest ?"
" I reckon I did—licker was pendin'
on it."
" What was the amount at stake, at the
time. the row occurred ?"
" Well the ante was two bits, and Letti.
flanks bet a half on his little par. Then
Bill he went in
" Never mind the dettlils," interrupted
the lawyer impatiently, "answer my clues
thm."
" That's what I'm going to do," replied
the witness, drawing a large black plug of
tobacco from his pocket.
" You see when Lein drooped his half
en the pot, .1.3i11 - ICiverelfirwitli tt.big dol
lar, 'cause I stood just whir I could see
that he helt a little par, too. Lein he
then took a drink and 'peare,.l sort o'
kcer less—"
"Cow," come,"
again interrupted the
lawyer, " tell us the amount of money at
stake at the time the quarrel commen
ced."
"Steve," said the Judge familiarly,
'you siy that when Bill Breese shoved
up his dollar, Lem flanks took a snifter
and 'peared sort o' keerless. What did
he do then ?"
" Why he seed Bill and lifted him two
scads. Bill he 'neared a little uneasy,
but raised Leni a live Lem he tuck
another drink and said the game was
gettin' interestin,' at the same time shak
ing a ten dullar piece °aim the same pot.
Bill lie then said, 'Bow, you kinder suit
and called out 'twenty better.' Then
The lawyers here protested against this
manner of giving evidence, hut they were
overruled by the Cotirt, wh6 asked the
witness-what the parties did then.
- Then we all tuck a small drink, and
li,cm'spread himself. "I see that mat
ter of twenty dollars," said he, "and go
you thirty better."
" Will tho constable please keep order
in the Court-room„so that the jury kin
ketch all the words !" cried one of the
jurors.
The witness proceeded; "Bill he then
got. down- to scratch his feet,-and-when -he
got up he lifted Lem twenty more. Then
Low beganto'look distressed, and pushed
his shirt sleeve up to keep it from gittin'
dirty, is'pose, but' cute up,,biumby ( like a
man with '
" Stop, stop, stop,'' shouted one of the
lawyers, whose patience was exhausted
" We do not curd, about so much detail,
but desire Simply to know.what amount
of money_ is:in dispute ", ,
" Mr. Constable, .folloi 4 ed the Judge,
whO vas deeply' interested ih the witness'
story," do your duty." Then fixing his
eyes upon the -witness ; J e -asked; "Steve;
my .boy, when .Bill plunged his . thirty
bctter, what did Lem come up with ?"
" Why Lein he lifted him a cool fifty."
The Judge collapsed.
" Gentlemen of the Jury, that's so, for
I was thar, and seen Lem do it."
By one of the Jury : "What did Bill
do then ?"
" Bill he took another look at his hand,
and then got 'down and scratched his foot
again. When he camo up, he said to me,
said lin, "Steve, lend me a hundred dol
lars." Says I, "whlt, fur?" Ile said to
"clean out Lem flanks." I said, "it
can't be did on your par of juces, for he's
got bully sixes." " Good thing," says
he, giving me a wink. "Diver his pile,
and I'll call him."
"Never mind what you (lid," said the
lawyer for defendant, " that has nothing
to do with the merits of the case."
The Judge gave the lawyer a terrible
look. Then, turning to the witness, he
said, "Steve, if the Court recollects her
self, then you came up with the spondu
licks, and Bill Breese tuck down Lew's
pile." •
This announcement was followed by
murnrirs of dissatisfaction. The attorney
for the plaintiff was the first to speak.
"No‘;) if your honor pleases," said he,
"I would like to ask one question. 1-low
conies it that the defendant got that mo
ney, if he only had a pair of ducts against
my client's sixes ?"
" les," said several members of the
jury, "'how could that happen ?"
"Bill did have jocks fust—l'll swear
to that," resurhed the witness, "but some
him when it come to tltt• last, be was
stronger,"
The lawyers, thinking - -he was about to
continue the story to an endless length,
requested hint to be brief Taking zu
fresh "chew," Steve said,:
"The Way of it was this: when I kiv
ered the pile. Bill called Lem. Says he,
"Lem, what:have you fur yourself:'" "1
have three of 'elm" says. Lem, reaching
out his arm. "Three Outer says Bill.
"Nice little spots, all in the middle of the ;
keerd," says Lem, laying his fist oh the
money. "Show 'em,'' saysßill. "Thar
they 'be," says Lem. "That's clever,"
says Bill, ''but they can't win this pop."
"How so?" says Lem puttin' his hand on
his revolver. "Cose here's four of the
same sort," says Bill, puttin one hand on
the money and totber on his revolver.—
All I know is, Bill got the pot before he
was arrested."
The lawyer for the plaintiff intemred
to have made a good ease in relation to
the -manner in which defendant's hand
becathe strengthened from a little pair of
knees" to four aces; but to do so, lie
would probably have been called on to ex
plain how Lem got his three "spots."
The Judge saw through the case at
once. lle charged the jury that if they
thought there was any thing wrong in
the
,tnancrayti pgh is foot d ntArtg,Agatue. l
of pol:er, they woubiso find; but if they
thought such a movement was on the
square, they would also be•likely to puss
over the act of fumbling with shirt sleeves,
committed by plaintiff.
The "charge" was followed by loud de
monstrations of approval, such as yelling,
throwiitg up hats, &c.
The jury, after being out just three
minutes, brought in a verdict to the effect
that it was a " draw game," and the
Judge thereupon dismissed the case.
Mystery of the Human Hand
Issuing from the wrist is that wonder
lul organ, the human hand. "ln a French
book," says Sir Charles Bell, "intended
to teach young people philosophy, the pupil
asks why the fingers are not of equal
length. The master makes the scholar
grasp a ball of ivory, to show him tlat the
points of the fingers are then equal. It
would have been better had he closed the
fingers -upon the palm, and then have
asked whether or not they corresponded.
This difference in the length of the fingers
serves 'a thousand purposes, us in holding
a rod, a switch, a sword, a hammer, a pen,
a pencil, or engraving tool, in all of which
some hold land -freedom of--action are
admirably combined." On thti length,
strength, and perfectly free movement of
the thumbs depends, moreover, the power
of the human hand. To the thumb, in
deed, has been given the special name
Polfex, from a Latin verb,—meaning to
be able, strong, mighty, because of its
strongtb,—a 'strength that is necessary,
to the power of the hand, being equal to
that of all thefinglos. Without the fleshy
ball of the thumb,,t he power of the fingers
would be of uo avail, and accordingly the
large ball formed by tlio muscles of the
thumb is the special wait of -the human
hand, and particularly that 'of a clever
workman. The loss of the thumb almost
amounts to the loss of the hand.
Conscripts, unwilling to serve in the
army of France, have been known to die.
able themselves effectually by cutting off
the thumb of the right hand. The loss
of both thumbs would reduce a man to
' miserable dependence. Nor should we
overlook another peculiarity ; were the
tips of the tingervaitd thumbs .bony, in
stead of being covered with flesh, many
things we readily do would be absolutely
impossible. We now can take up what
is small, soft, and round, as a millet seed,
or even kpartiole of human hair, so ex
quisitely prehensible aro the human fin
gers: The nails are often of special set
vice—perhaps always in works of „ art
which require nicety of execution. Their
substance -is just what is needed; they are
easily kept at the precise length which
-answers every purpose: -. 1-lad - they been
placed on tho tips of the fingers there
would have been a loss of power ; but
their position ensures the highest dß
°inv. -
'An interchange of power for velocity
Which takes place in the arm adapts the
hand and fingers to a thousand arts re•
quiring quick or.lively motions. In set'.
tine up the type-of this page, there have,.
heeti'movements on the part of the'cotm.'
positur of surprising'rapidity.to : arty ordi
nary observer, and the execution of per
formers on the pianoforte, as well as. on
many wind instruments, fe often aston•
idling; and to the nimble compliance of
the fingers to accomplish the purposes of
the prestidigitator arc to be attributed
those wonderful feats of jugglery which
suceeedCd in eluding the most penetra
ting glance in the rapidity of their exe
cution.
"LET ME."
ne'er on that fly for a moment have gazed,
But a thousand temptations beset
And I've thought, as the dear little rubles you raised,
Iluw delightful 'would ho—if you'd let mu.
Then he nut no angry for hot T have done: ,
Nor say that you've sworn to forgot me;
They were buds of temptation t o pouting in shun,
And I thought you could not hut—let me.
When your lip with a quiver came close to my cheek,
Oh, think bow bewitching it mot me;
And plain no the eye of a Venus could speak,
Your eyes seemed to soy you would—let me.
Thou forgi ye the transgression, nod bid me remain;
Fur, In truth. if you'll regret me:
Theo, oh, let lee try the trnusgrensisumgain,
And I'll do all you wish you—lot me.
ANSWER-I'LL LET YOU.
If n }win ho delightful. so tempting my lips ,
That n thousand hat uu kbes besot you,
I row, by the nectar that, Jupiter sips,
On certain conditioux- - -- I'll let you.
If you swear hy . my . charms that you'll ever bo true,
And that no other damsel shall get you.
By thS"stars that roll round that summit of btu°,
Turnips, lair—perhaps, lot you.
If not urgud by a passion as flouting, as wild,
That makes all the virtues forget you,
But nffiretion unnullle,l, soft, fet vent mill lull&
You ask fur 3 1033, 111011 Indent!, love-1 . 11 let you
Petrified Forest, Near Cairo, Egypt
Having visited this remarkable place
ourselves, a few years since, we can an
-swer for the eari.6ctilessuf the following
sketch of it, from the pen of a recent
tourist. We brought home with us two
or three specie ens of the wood,, one of
which (the largest) is in the collection of
Professor Sillituan, of Yale College. We
shall rievyr forget the beautiful sight
which was presented to our view, while
sitting with a party of fellow' travellers
upon sonic of these petrified logs,wacthing
a large herd of the gazelle, which came
bounding over the sand ridges near us,
and to which our guide, a Bedouin Arab,
dropping the blanket which shrouded his
person, gave clias, to our great amuse
rhent ; but swifras he was on foot he was
soon distanced by these fleet denizen 9 ofd
the desert.
‘i There is scarcely perhaps a spectacle
on the surfiice of the globe more remark
able, either in a geological or picturesque
point of view, than that presented by the
forest near Cairo. The traveller, having
passed near the tombs of the Califfs, just
beyond the gates of the city, proceeds to
the southward nearly at right-angles to
the road across the desert of Suez ; and,
after having travelled some ten or fifteen
miles upon a low barren valley, covered
with sand, gravel; and sea shells, fresh as
if the tide had retired but yesterday,
crosses a long range of hills which for
some distance runs parallel to his path.-
The scene now presented to hint is be
yond all conception, singular and desolate.
A mass of fragments of trees„ all : convert.
ced — intfrgtone, struck by his
h or s e ' s hoots, ringing like east iron, is
seen to extend itself for miles and miles
around him, in the form of a decayed and
prostrate forest. The wood is of a dark
brown hue, and retains its form in per
fection, the pieces being from one to fif
teen feet in length, and from a foot to
three feet in thickness, strewed so thick
ly together, as far as the eye camsee, that
an Egyptian donkey cart scarcely thread
its way through amongst them ; so that
were it in Scotland or Ireland it might
pass without remark fur some enormous
drained bog on which the exhumed trees
lay rotting in the sun. The roots and
branches are in many eases nearly perfect,
and in seine cases the worm holes under
the bark are readily cognizable The
most delicate of `sap-vessels and all the
finer portions of the centre of the wood
are perfectly entire, and bear to be ex::
;twined with the strongest magnifiers.—
The whole are so silicified as to scratch
glass and to be capable of receiving the
highest poliO.
SIGNIFICATION OF COLORS.—YefIOIV
Honor,—beight of spirit; being never
separated, from virtue, and may not en
-dare theleartt-slrarie of disgrace - 7
\ hite = lnnocenee, or purity of consci
ence, truth, and "upright integrity, with
out blemish.
Black—Wisdom and sobriety, together
with the severe correction of too much
ambition.
Blue—Faith; constancy of truth in af
fection, perseverance under trials. ,
Red—Justice or noble, worthy iiliger
in religion, or the part of the oppressei .
Green—Devout hope, or the :.:podia
plishine,nt of holy and honorable notions.
Purple—Fortitude, with discretion; or
a faithful discharge of any trust reposed.
Tawny or Brown—Merit or desert; a
foe to ingratitude.
Ermine—Signifies religion or holiness,
and that divine things are wortNy of ear
nest attention.
Too SMART.—We know of a man - in a
certain Western city who was very fond
of ducks, but, on account of the number
ho bought at market, was not; frequently
troubled with tough ones. One day, wish.
ing fora goodly number, he went to the
poultry dealer, and said that ho was an
afflicted boardinghouse keeper—that his
boarders were ravenous, especially when
things weite . young and tender.
" Now," said our character, with a
wink, " I want you to pick me out all the
old ones—all tho tough one's—you've
got."
•
The delighted dealer finds no difficulty
in picking out a number of tough ones.
4 , Are these all the really tough ones
piWye got?"
" All l' was the reply.
" Then," said our epicure, " take
all of the other lot, if you please l"--'.
f.` WlLLlF.,"_said a doting parent at the
breakfast table to an abridged — edition.
of himself, whit had just entered the
grammar eiass at the high school.—
'"
Willie, My dear,•will you, padsthe but
tar ?",
".11hirtainly, thir ; takthes MO to pass- 1
anything. Butter ith a common thub
thantive‘. neuter gender, agreeth with hot
bimkwbath etihtli, and ith governed by
thugar—nielatheth underthood."
f $ll 50 per annum In advance
t $2, 00 If not paid in advance
SHUTTING DOORS
" Don't look so cross, when I call you
back to shut the door ; grand'pa feels the
March wind. You have got to spend
your life shutting doors, andlnight as well
begin to learn now, Edward."
Do forgive me, grand'pa. I ought
to be ashamed. But what do you mean'!
I am goi❑g to College, and then I'm go
ing to be a lawyer."
" Well,admitting all that, I imagine
Squire Edward Carter' will have a good
many doors to shut, if he ever makes
much of a man."
"What kind of doors .! Do It:11 me
grandpa."
"Sit down a minute, and I'll give you,
a list. "In the first placci the floors of
. your ears must be closed against the Ind
language and evil counsel atilt: boys and
young men you will meet at school and
college, or you will he undone. Let them
once get, possession of that dour, and I
would not give touch for Edward Carter's
future. prospects.
" The. (1001 s (.1 your ryes, tau, trust he
shut against bad books, idle novels, and
low wicked newspapers. or your studies
will be neglected, and you will grow up
an ignorant, useless man. You will have
to close them sometimes i inst the fine
things exposed fur sale in the !-tore win
(lows, or you will never learn to lay up
money, or have any left to give array.
" The door o/ ,your lips will need
cs
pecial care ; for they guard an unruly
tougher, which makes great use of the
bad company Jet in at the door of the
eyes and ears That dour is very apt to
' blow open, and if not constantly \vaulted,
will let out angry, trifling, of vulgar
words. It will backbite St,lllo i nes worse
than a March wind, if it is left open too
long. I would advise you to keep it shut
much of the time till you have laid up a
store of-knowledge, or, at least, till you
have something valuable to say.
"The inner door op your &art must
be well shut against. temptation ; for con
science, the doorkeeper, grows very in
different if you disregard her call, and
sometimes drops asleep at her pest ; and
when you think yuu are doing very well,
you are fast going down to ruin.
" If' you carefully guard the outside
doors of the eyes and ear, and lips, you
will keep many cold blasts of sin—which
get in before you think.
This ' shutting doors,' you see, Eddie,
..
will be a eriotis business—one on which
your well doing in this life and the next
depends."
IToW A r.F.sm.:("rABLE
i;irr A —The IP eslrrn Pre a (an
luglish riNiil.o_,Aells the following—
dent, by means of which a young lady of
Bristol got a likely bziby, and is likely to
keep it, as the proper - baby . _ authorities
-yet use- to - f id in fan t
It seems that i6e young girl in loestion,
who is only sixteen years old, and the
daughter of a master putter in good cir
cumstances, went OR ex l' , loll train to
London to take a g.impse of the great
metropolis and then return home. In the
same railway carriage with her on the
return trip from London was an affable
middle aged woman, with a child about
six or eight 1110116 s old in her arms.—
The young lady spoke to " the baby," as
a matter or course, and the female, who
appeared to be baby's mother, kindly de
sired her to take the " interesting littlo
thing" in her anus—a rekpiest which was
promptly acceded to. Shortly afterwards
the train stopped, and 1111441111 M got out to
have " sonic refreshment," leaving the
child in care of the young lady. She
did not return, however, to the same car
riage, but when the train stopped at
Swindon she was seen stopping from an.
other carriage, when, seeing chic was ree-
ognizod, she intimated that she would be
with " her darling" in a minute. The
train again started, and the young lady
began to feel uneasy, but she still thought
that the child's mother was in another
part of the train. When the train ar
-rived -at-Bristol, the young lady-came-un
to the platform with the baby in her
arms, expecting to give it up to the right
ful-owner ; but, after all the passengers
had left, she found herself on the plat
form with only the baby and the railway
porters; and the truth then became ap.
parent that the unnatural mother had
made her a present of the child. The
'young woman did not know exactly what
to.do in the somewhat awkward fix, but
ut lengtl?She took the child home with
her, and Aere it still remains. The pa
rish authorities of Bristid contend, that,
as it is a London baby, they are not bound
to support it ; and, as the girl - can't prove
that it belongs to London, it isn't proba
ble that any of the parishes there will
voluntarily assume its guardianship.. So
the honest potter is compelled to assume
the support of his daughter's baby. She
•
begins to have a family early. •
DANIEL IVEnsrem penned the follow
ing sentiment; "If we work upon marble,
it will perish; if we work upon brass,
time will efface it; if wo rear temples,
thiiy will crumble into dust ; but if wo
work upon our immortal minds—if wo
imdue them with principles, with the just
fear of God and - Of our fellow men—wo
engrave on these tablets something which
will brighten to all eternity,"
A ' , ARTY of ladies wore the other bay
disousging the question •of the draft' when
a young lady:inquired the reason why men
wore exempt'- who-had_lost but—two. or
three 'teeth..
"Because they couldn't bite off the end
•
of tecartridge."
".Then," replied the questioner, dem
urely, "why don't they soak 'cm in - their
:coffee?" . .
TiiE City Railway Coinpa!Ay of.chicar , o
have adopted a plan, Under advisement,
whereby crinoline must suffer a partiareol7
Tlapse or pay for the luxury of expansion;
The seats .will not be partitioned, but
figures upon the _Sides of the ear .will_
dicate each five dent seat. Whore'saddi
tional fare is to be charged.
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