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VOLUME XVII.
BALTIMORE LOCK' HOSPITAL.
WHERE may be obtained the most speedy re
medy _
DISEASES.—GIeets, Strictures,
Seminal Weakness, Pain in the Loins, Affections
of the Kidneys, and all those Peculiar Afketions
arrising from a SECRET particularly the
youth of both sexes, which if not cared, produces
Constitutional Debility, rendering Marriage impos
sible, and in the end destroys both Mind and
Body.
YOUNG MEN Especially, who have become
the victims of Solitary Vice, that dreadful and
destructive habit which annually sweeps to an un
timely grave thousands of young men of the most
exalted talents and brilliant inteleet, who might
otherwise have entranced listning Senates with
the thunders of eloquence, or waked to eestacy
the living lyre, may call with full confidence.
Married persons, or those contemplating marri
age, being aware of physical weakness, should
immediatedly consult Dr. J., and be restored to
perfect health.
DR. JOHNSTON.. Office No. 7 SOUTH
FREDERICK SIREL"E, SEVEN I wORS
FROM - LTIMORE STEET,East stir UP
THE STEPS. ar BE PARTICULA It in ob
serving the NAME and NUMBER. on you will
mistake the. ttlat!e.
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A CURE N\':\ IntANTED, on NO CHARGE
MADE, IN FROM ONE TWO DA VS.
Tale Solice—Dr. Johnston's Oiiii,is in Ids
ce THE STEPS. His very i.xtensive
practice is a sufficient goarinitee that is the On
ly proper Physician to apply to.
DR. JOHNSTON, Wild), of the Royal Col
lege of Surgeons. London, graduate from one of
the most eminent Colleges of the United States,
and the greater part of whose life has !wen spent
in the Hospitals of .London, Paris, Philadelphia,
and elsewhere, has effected some of tie most as
tonishing cures that were ever known, many
troubled with ringing in the ears and head when
asleep, great nervousness, being alarmed at sud
den sounds, and bashfulness, with frequent blush
ing, attended sometimes with derangement of
mind, were cured immediately.
_ . . .
A CERTAIN DISEASE:—It is a melancholy
filch that thousands fall Victims to this horrid dis
ease owing to the Unskillfulness of ignorant pre
tenders, who by the use at' that deadly poison
Uereury, ruin the Constitution, causing the most
serious symptoms of this dreadful disease to make
their appearance, such as affections of the head,
throat, nose, skin, etc., progressing with fright
ful rapidity till death puts a period to their dread
ul suffering, by sending them to that Bourne
&leave tut traveler returns.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.—Young
men who have injured themselves by a certain
wractice indulged in when alone—a habit li•eguent
ly learned slain evil companions, or at school—the
oilman of whirl are nightly felt, even when asleep,
and it not eared renders marriage impossible, and
destroys both mind and holy.
. .
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his
country, and the Mirling of his parents should be
snateltet‘ from all prospects mid enjoyments of life
by the CollSelpielleCS of deviating from the Muth of
nature and indulging iu a certain secret habit.—
Such (WSW. before contemplating.
MARIII.IU E, should reflect that a sound mind
1111 d body are the oust necessary requisitsts to
promote connubial happiness. Indeed, without
these, the journey through life becomes a weary
pilgrimage. the prospect hourly darkens to the
view; the mind becomes shadowed with dispair,
and tilled with the melancholy retleeti ~,,, that the
happi-mess ulanother becomes blighted with our
own.
CONSTITUTIONAL DEBILITY.—Dr. J.
ads resses young men, and all who have injured
themselves by private and improper indulgence.
IMPUISSANE.—These are some of the sad
and melancholy effects produced by curly habits of
yout!i, viz: Weakness.of the Back and Limbs,
Pains in the head. Dimness of Sight, Loss of
Muscular Power, Palpitation of the Ileum Dys
pepsia, Nervous Irritithility, Del angements of the
Digestive Functions, General Debility Symptoms
of Consumption, &e.
A/en/ally—The fearful effects on the mind are
much to be dreaded; Loss of Memury, Confusion
of ideas, Depression of Spirit, Evil Forbudings,
Aversion to Society, Self Distrust, Love of Soli
tude. &c. art: some of the evils produced.
Thousands of persons a all ages, cult POW judge
what is the came of their declining het.lth. Los
leg their vigor, becoming weak, pale anti emacia
ted, I Ace a singular appearance about the rice,
cough anti symptoms of consumption.
Muria(' parsons, or those contemplating marri
age, being imare of physical weekness, should
immediately consult Dr. J. and be restored to
perfect health.
Ub FICE, NO. 7, sourn FizEDELicK
STREET,
AL SU RGICAL OPPERATIoNS I'ER
FORM b—N. B. Let no hake delicacy pre
vent )on, latt apply immediately either personally
ur by letter.
Skit Dkewais Speedily Cured.
To STRANGERS.— The many thousiouis cur
ed at this Institution within the laq ten years,
and the numerous important :iurgical Operations
performed by 1)r..J., witness by the Reporters of
the papers, anal many other person,, notices o!'
which have appeared again and again before the
public, is a sufficient
guarantee that the afflicted
will find at skillful andhonoralde physician.
.
As there are so many ignorant and worth/ is
quacks advertising themselves as Phisicians, :Main
the health of the afflicted 1)1.. Joln wind
say to those unacquainted with his reputation dm
his Credentials or Uiplontas always hang in hi
office.
WEAKNESS OF THE ORGANS immedi
ately cui ad, and full vigor restored.
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A - - ---
LLENS REVOLVERS, and varioug othor
kinds of Pistols, at the lowest prices, at
Sestt'a Cheap Jewelry Store.
THE LITTLE GRAVE.
The sun's last rays played round a grave
Beneath n willow shade;
A little grave—it seemed to be
A dwelling newly made.
For there, beside the willow trunk,
A snow-white stone reclined;
And on the grave a faded wreath
Affection's hand had twined.
And by the grave a mother knelt,
Her tears were falling fast
Upon the turf, which coldly pressed
Her darling boy—her last.
Three springs, deep in the earth's cold breast
An opening flower she'd laid;
And now beside their place of rest
The weeping toothier prayed.
And still she knelt, till round her form
The shades of evening stole;
And gentle notes on zephyrs came,
To cheer the mourner's soul;
While o'er her, from the clear, blue sky,
Three little stars looked down;
Three shining stars—methought such gems
As deck the Saviour's crown.
She saw their light, and o'er her brow
A look of gladness spread;
"I'll weep no more !" the mother Cries—
"My loved 3nes are not dead !
0, no, in yon fair world of light
They're shining brightly now;
Where death has never power to blight,
Nor grief to pale the brow !"
TILE BOY AND THE PANTHER.
"A Wild Western Scene"'
It was a fine morning in August, when
little -Samuel Eaton, who was about seven
years old, was making a dam in the broOk
that ran before his father's door. He was
an only and beautiful child and his mother
almost idolized him. There he was with
his trowsers tucked up above his knees,
working like a Beaver, his mother's eye
.glancing out from beneath his sunburnt
hair, and with some of his father's strength
tugging at a large stone in the bed of the
stream. "Sammy, you'd better come in,
hadn't you ?" said Hannah, in a tone of
half mother and half mate.
"No-o-o, I guess not yet," said Samuel.
An acorn came floating down the water.
The boy took it up—looked at it—was
pleased, and 'reckoned' in his mind there
were more up the 'gully,' and when his
mother's back was turned, oil ho started
for the acorns.
The gorge of the mountain, into which he
was about to enter, had been formed (the
work of centuries) by the attrition of the
stream he had just been playing in—tind
walking on a level that bordered each side
of the water, he boldly entered the ravine.
A almost perpendicular wall or bank as
cended on each side, to the height of an
hundred feet, composed of crags and rocks
fretted by decay and storm into fantastic
shape and position. A few scattered bush
es and trees sought nourishment from the
earth that had fallen from the level above
and exeeptiug.by their assistance and the
uneven surface of the rock, this natural
path seemed inaccessible, but to bird and
beast. About an eight of a mile from the
entrance, a cataract closed the gorge,
throwing up its white veil of Mist in seem
ing guardianship of the spirit waters. The
verdant boughs hanging over the bank, oast
a deep gloom upon the bed below, while so
lofty was the distance, they seemed to grow
out of the sky, blue patches of which were
seen peeping between them.
Hannah Eaton soon missed her boy, but
as ho had often wandered to the fields
where his father was at work, she conclud
ed he must be there, and checked coining
fears with the hope that ho would return
at the hour of dinner. When ho came, Joo
nor any of his mon knew where ho was.—
Then the agitated mother exclaimed:—
"He's lost ! he's lost ! and my poor boy
will starve in the woods !" Gathering
courage, she hastily summoned 'the family
around her, and dispatched them all but
her husband to scaroh in different direc
tions in the neighboring forest. To him
she said, "scour every field you call your
own, and if you can't find him join me in
the gorge !"
"He wouldn't go to the gorge, Hannah."
"Ho would go anywhere," She knew
not why, but the presentiment that the boy
I bad followed the course of the stream,
dwelt stronger on her mind.
HUNTINGDON, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1852.
PI can't find him, llannah," said the
husband, as he rejoined her at the mouth
of the gorge.
An eagle flew past the mother as she en
tered the ravine. She thought to herself,
the dreadful birds are tearing my child to
pieces; and, frantic she hastened on, making
the walls of the cavern echo back with
screams for her offspring. Her only an
swer was the eternal thunder of the cata
ract, as if in mockery of her woe, and Hing
ing its cold spray upon her hot and throb
bing temples. "Fool that I am, how can
he boar me ?" She strained her eyes along
the dizzy height that appeared through the
mist till she could no longer see, and her
eyes filled with tears.
Who but a' mother can tell the feelings
of a mother's heart I Fear comes thick
and fast upon the reeling brain of Hannah.
"Oh, my poor boy--my brave boy will
die," and wringing her hands in agony, she
sank to her husband's feet.
The pain of "hope deferred," had strain
ed her heartstrings to the severest tension,
and it seemed as if the rude hand of des
pair, had broken them all.
The terrified husband threw water upon.
her pale face, and strove by all the artS.he
knew to win her back to life. At last she
opened her languid eyes, staring wildly
around, and rose trembling to her feet. As
she stood like a heart-broken Niobe, "all
tears," a frag of rock came tumbling
down the op ank. She looked up.
She was berse again, for half up the as
cent stood her own dear boy.
But even while the glad cry was issuing
from her lips, it turned into a note of hor
ror—"Oh mercy—mercy !"
The crag on which he stood projected
from the solid rock in such a way as to
hang about twelve feet over the bank.—
Right below one of the edges of this crag,
partly concealed among some bushes,
crouched a panther.
The bold youth was aware of the proxi
mity of his parents, and tht presence of
his dangerous enemy, about the same time.
Ho had rolled down the stone in exulta
tion, to convince his parents of the high
station he had attained, and now he stood
with another in his hand drawing it back
and looking at them, as if to ask whether
he should throw it at the terrible animal
before him. Till then, the Mother 'seemed
immoveable in her suspense, but conscious
of the danger of he son, if he irritated the
beast, she rushed some distance up the rock
and motioned with her head' and hand that
he should not throw. Yet, with the fear
less wind of childhood, and a temper little
used to, control, he fearlessly threw the
fragments with all his might at the feroci
ous savage. It struck one of his feet. Ho
gave a sudden growl, lashed his tail with
fury, and scented about to spring.
"Get your rifle, Josiah !" The poor
man stirred not. His glazed eye was fixed
with a look of death upon the panther, and
he appeared paralyzed with fear. His wife
leaped from her stand, and placing her
hands upon hor husband's shoulders, look
ed in his face, and cried, "Are you a man,
Josiah Eaton Do you lode your child
Ile started ns if from sleep, and run with
furious haste from the ravine.
Again the mother looked towards her
son. • He had fallen upon his knees, and
whispering the little prayers she had taught
hint, not in cowardly fear, but a thought
game across his mind that he must die.—
The distracted mother could keep still no
longer. She rushed up a steep ascent with
the energy of despair, reckless of danger,
thinking only of her . son. The rocks crumb
led and slipped beneath her feet, yet she
fell not.
The ferocious creature paused a moment
when ho heard the wretched mother's ap
proach. True to his nature, he sprang at
the boy. He barely touched the crag and
fell backwards, as Hannah ascended the
opposite side.
"Ah !" said she, laughing deliriously,
"the panther must try it again before he
parts us, icy boy; but we won't part," and
sinking on•hor knees before him, she fond
ly folded him to her breast, bathing his
young forehead with her tears.
Unalterable in his ferocity, and the scan
ner of gratifying it, the panther again
sprang from his situation. This time ho
was more successful. His forefoot struck
the edge of the crag. "He will kill us,
mother, he will kill us !" and the boy nest
led close to his mother's bosom. The an
imal struggled to bring his body to the
orag—his savage features but a step from
the mother's face. "Go away, go away,"
shrieked the mother, hoarse with horror,
"you shan't have my child !" Closer—
still closer be came—his red eyes flashing
fire_ and the thick pantings of his breath
came in her face. At this awful moment
she hears the faint report of firearms from
the gulf below—the panther's foot-hold
fails, his sharp claws loosen from the rocks,
and the baffled beast rolled down the pre
cipice, at the feet of Josiah Eaton.
The sun's last ray gleamed on the little
group at the mouth of the gorge. They
were on their knees—the mother's bleeding
hands over the head of her son, and the
voice of prayer going to their Guardian for
His mercy in thwarting the Panther's Leap.
EDUCATE THI PEOPLE.
Men of wealth, men of learning, your in
structions upon the heads of the people.
You owe them that baptism. Look at the
boy in the gutter! hatless, shoeless, and
part of our sovereignty. Should ho not re
ceive a sovereign education? Should he
not be prepared for tho throne our institu
tions have given'him? There is a game in
every human form; let the diamond be pol
ished, and it will shine in truth and beau
ty. There is yet in the most debased " a
beam still divine." And our motto should
be—teach and habituate the people to make
a right use of the faculties which God has
given them, and then trust them fearlessly
to thetuselvs. Give democratic education
and freedom of action, and then "Let them
alone."
"Uneducated mind is decided vice," for
.71od made man to know. He is the crea
,iare of instruction, for in a right education
there is divine alchywy which turns all the
baser parts of man's nature into gold. We
are told by ancients that as soon as the first
rays of the morning sun fell upon Memnon,
it sent up music. It is after the first rays
of knowledge fall upon man that his soul
discourses harmony—all before is the dark
ness of barbarism.
All can see that wickedness leads to mis
ery, yet very few find out that which is
equally certain, that ignorance leads to mis
ery, and misery to wickedness. Dr. John
son was once asked, "Who is the most mis
erable man ?" and the reply of the, sage
was, "that man who cannot read on a rai
ny day." The writer was once passing
through a park and saw nailed on one of
the trees the following warning—" All dogs
found in this park will be shot." A friend
who was with us remarked, "unless dogs can
read they aro pretty bad off hero." Now
God has not only written his laws upon
the trees, but in all the stars and on the
flewers—his laws are above and beneath us,
on our right and on our left, and if man is
not able to read ho is pretty bad off here
—worse off than the dog, for the dog has a
master to read for him—but man has no .
master between him and his God.
A maxim of more truth and force than
I remember to have seen, was thrown off
by a British statesman, by a man who was
in learning varied and philosophical, and
who in conversation, threw out more gems,
sparkling and brilliant as they came, than
any other man of his age. His profound
apothegm was, that 'education is the cheap
defence of nations.' And if I might put
a truism by the side of this, I would say it
is cheaper to educate the infant mind than
to support the aged criminal. Yes bestow
the pence on common' schools and save the
pounds on prisons. Man was not made to
be sent to prison, but to be educated; and
the very worst use .you can put a man to
is to hang him. Neither is a man a Hu
man Poor Box, into whose mouth wo are to
drop a few cents daily. " The ignorant
child is left to grow up darkening into deep
er ignorance of manhood, with all its jeal
ousies and its narrow mindedness and super
stitions, and its enjoyments; poor amid the
intellectual and moral riches of the uni
verse; blind in this splendid Temple which
God has lighted up and famishing amid the
profusions of Omnipotence."
To be good is to be happy.
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DODGING A MILITIA FINE.
In days gone by, when the objectionable
militia laws were in force in old Massachu
setts, the customary draft was made in a
country town a few miles from Boston, and
a notice to "appear armed and equipped
according to law," was left at the boarding
house of a wag, who possessed very little
martial 'music' in his sod. Determined
that he would neither 'train,' nor pay aline,
and entertaining withal a very indifferent
I opinion of the utility of the systemdie took
no notice of the summons.
Having been duly warned, however,• as
he anticipated, at the expiration of a few
weeks the sergeant waited upon him with
a bill of nine shillings for non-attendance
at the muster.
"You're fined, sir—nine shillings. —non
appearance."
"What is it 1" said the wag, pretending
to misunderstand the collector.
"Fined for not training," bawled the
other
"Shan't pay it, fellow."
"It will be three dollars, the next time
I call."
But the wag could not hear a word he
said, and in the course of another mouth,
he received a peremptory summons to ap
pear forthwith at a court martial in the dis
trict, instituted for the purpOse of trying
delinquents, and collecting such fines as
could be scared out of the non-performers
of duty. Having fixed upon a final plan to
dodge the issue, at the appointed hour he
waited upon the court to show cause, if
any he had, why he should not willingly
have tooted a musket and knapsack about
the town for twelve mortal hours—and oth
erwise perform the legal annual duties of
a 'patriot.'
Ho was ushered into the court room im
mediately, which was held in an old coun
try house, where he discovered some three
or four persons sitting, attired in flashy
regimentals, and whose awful "yeller epo
lets," alone, was sufficient to command the
attention and respect of the profoundest be
holder. Though somewhat disconcerted
at this rather unexpected exhibition of
spurs and buttons, he put a bold face upon
the matter, and responding to the direc
tions of the junior member of the august
court, he advanced to the table, and the
chief functionary commenced the examina
tion :
"Your name, sire"
The offender placed his hand quickly to
the side of his head, without uttering a
word, or moving a muscle in his face.
"What is your name?" repeated the
questioner in a loud tone.
"A little louder," said the wag, without
replying.
"Name?" shouted the Judge.
"Taunton, Bristol county."
"What business do you follow?'f
"Main street," said the delinquent.
"Your business," yelled the officer.
"Right hand side as you go up."
"How long have you been there?"
"About two miles and a half."
• "How old aro you, fellow?"
"Boss Carpenter."
"What the devil's the matter with your
ears?"
"Dr. Scarpie's oil sometimes."
"What sir?"
"Sometimes Cure'ems ointment."
"Why don't you answer me?"
• "Nearly five years."
"He's as deaf as an adder," remarked
the Judge, turning round to his subordi
nates earnestly—"clear the d--d lubber
out."
“You aro not liable to perform military
duty,” said the secretary, with his mouth
close to the wag's ear:
"I know that," said the fellow, coolly.
"Ilis hearing improves," ventured the
sergeant.
"What do you suppose we sit hero for?"
asked the .Judge, in a loud voice, n 6 last.
"A dollar and a half a day," said the
prisoner.
"He may go, Mr. Sergeant."
"You can go," said the under officer—
tointing to the door. But our friend took
no notice of the order.
"You may GO !" yelled the Judge.—
"Great God! Is it possible a Mall can be
so deaf as that !"
NUMBER 16.
"I can't say," said the delinquent, pref. ,
tending not to understand yet. "But I
should thiuk---.."
4 , G0—g0," screamed the judge, ttherc's
nothing to pay. The Lord pity the Gen ,
eral who has a regiment like you to com
mand ! show him the door major," and oui'
hero soon found himself at liberty. He
was never summoned again to train during
his residence at Taunton.
A LOVER'S MISHAPS.—There was two
Sals livin, in our town—Sal Stebbins and
and Sal Babit; real corn fed gals, I swow.
—Sal Stebbins would lift a barrel of cider
out of the eend of a cart as quick as any
other feller, and drink it tew. Sul Babit
was so fat, she'd roll one way jest as easy
as t'other, and if anything, a little easier.
Well, there was a corn husking, and I went
along with Sal Stebbins; there was the gals
and boys settin' round, and I got sot down'
so near Sal Babit, that I'll to darned if I
didn't kiss her afore I know'd what I was
abeout. Sal Stebbins she blushed; the Mow"
rushed right up into her hair, she was• thd
best red critter I ever did see. I thought
it was all up with me, and sure enough it
was, for when I asked her if she would go
hum with me, she said.
'No, you needn't trouble yourself noth
in"tal' bout it.'
'Well, if your'o mind to get spunky, I
guess I can git a gal that will let me see
her hum. Sal Babit, shall I go huui
with you.'
Arter that, Sal Stebbins married a fel
ler in our town, by the name of Post--
blind in one eye, and deaf in one ear—pit
to spite me, nothin' else; so I thought if
she was a mind to take a feller that
couldn't see or hear any tew well, I'd bet
ter let her slide; so I went away from
hum, and was gone about threv----four•--
five years( Yes jist about five years,
'cause I know when I got back she
had four little Posts. I went to see
how she got along. She asked me to
come in and set down, so I tuck a cheer
and squatted; then she tuck another•
cheer and squatted ; and wo both
squatted there together. Her young ones
was all runnin' reound on the floor ; she
pinted to them, and said, in a sort of brag
ging way.
'You see them, don't.your
• Yes,' says I, squintin' up ono eye, 'I
see, they're all jist like their daddy, blind
in one eye.'
She was bilin' dumplings at the timer
and as soon as she saw me shut one eye,
she out with a hot dumplin,' and let me
have it in t'other, which made me shut it
up a darn'd sight quicker than I ever did a
fore and I haint been in love since that
time.
n"Some years ago a witness was exam. ,
ined before a judge in a case of slander, who
required him to repeat the precise words
spoken ; the witness hesitated until he riv
eted the attention of the whole court on him;
then fixing his eyes earnestly on the judge,
began—" May it please your honor, you lie
and get your-living by cheating!" the face
of the judge reddened, and he immediately
exclaimed, "turn to the jury, sir, if your
please. "
lir"Well, you may say what you please
about Captain Speckle's meanness—there's
one thing I know, and that is, he saved my
life three times at the battle of Chapultew
pee."
"How 8o2"
"Why, every time ho ran away I follow..
ed him."
IrrThe Dutchman who refused to take a
one dollar bill because it might be altered
from a ten, prefers stage traveling to rail
roads. The former, he says, rides him
eight hours for a dollar, while the latter
only rides him one. Do beoples can,t
cheat him.
[ti An exchange paper quotes from
Paul's writings—" Owe no man anything;"
and then adds:—We fear some of our
tie i c ad sub
scribers, Paul's epistle.
Ir" Po 6 said that women have a
fibre more in e heart, and a cell less in
the brain, than men.
OW' Why is a motherless lamb the poor
est creature in the world? Because it isn't
worth a dam.