. • i'HE PILOT rt MASHED ENEY TUESDAY MORNING BY JAMES W. M'CRORY, i _Vorth West Corner of the Public Spare,) 6 t the following rates, from which there will be no deriation: Single subscription, in advance $1.50 Within six months • 1.76 Within twelve•montbs 2.00 N o paper will be discontinued unless at the option 4r the Publishers, until all arrearages are paid. s o subscriptions will be taken for a less period bon six months. The Great AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 51 trersey Street, New York ; Since its organization, has created a new era in the history of Wholesaling Teas in this Country. They have introduced their selections of Teas, and s „ se lling them at not. over Two Cents (.02 Cents) per pound above Cost, never deviating from the OYE TRICE , asked. Another pecAiarity of the company is that their TEA TASTEE not only devotes his time to. the selec tion of their Teas 88 to quality, value, and particu lar styles fin• particular localities of country. but he helps the Tt buyer to choose out of their enormous stock such TEAS as are beSt adapted to his peculiar roots, and nut only this, but points out to him the best bargains. It is easy to see the incalculable ad vantage a TiA BUYER has in this establishment over oil others. If he is no judge of TEA, Or the Mantm, if his time is valuable, he has all the benefits of a well organized system of doing business. of an immense capital. of the judgment of a professional Tea Taster, nod the knowledge of superior salesmen. This enables all Tea buyers—no matter if they are thousands of miles from this market—to pur-. chase on as good terms here as the New York mer chants Parties can order Tens and will he served by us as well as though they came themselves, being.sure to get original packages. true weights and tares; a nd the Teas'are warranted as represented: We issue a Price List of the Company's Teas, which will he sent to all who order it; comprising Hyson, Young Ryson, , Imperial, Gun powder, Twankay and Skin. Wong, Sottekong, Orange and Hyson Pekoe. Japan Tea of" every desnriptiOn, colored and uncolored. This list has each kind of Tea divided into Four Clssses. namely: CARGO, high CARGO, FINE, FINEST, that every ong_may_understand from de-. :eription Ancl ihe pricex,annexed tha4 , the ,Company are determined to undeiihlrlhe'ivhole Tea trade. We guarantee "to sell all our Teas at not over TWO CENTS (.02 Cents) per pound above cost, be lieving this to be attractive to the many : who .have heretofore been paying Enormous Profits. Great American Tea Company, • Importers and Jobbers, , Sept. 15, 11363-3tu.) No. 51 Vesey SL, N. Y REWARD! for a medicine that $ 1.00 :wilt cure Coughs, Influelatt, Tieklingqn the Throat, Whooping Cough, orrelieve Consumptive Cough, us quick us COB'S COUGH BALSAM Over Five Thousand Bottles have been sold in its itniit'e limn, nod nut a single instance of its failure is known We have. in ottr'pe'ssession, any quantity of cer tificates. slime of them from 10112 1 1 TENT PHYSIC': ANS. who have used it in their practice. and given it the preeminence over sny other compound. It does not Dry up a Cough, but intinet k r; it. so as to enable the pstient to expec torate freely. Two or three doses will invariably cure Tickling in ,the Throat. A half bottle has of ten completely cured the.ntost PITH on N Cutlati, and . yet, though it is so stare tin&speedy in its operation, it is perfectly harmless, being purely vegetable. It is very agreeable to the taste, and may be adminis tered to hildren of Any age: 'ln cases of CROUP we will guarantee a ottre„if taken in season. `•- •No family should be -without It It is within the reach Of ail,' the price being only 25 Cents And if an investimeut. and thorough [Hsi does not "back up" the above statement, the . teensy will he refunded. We say this knowing iiti merits, and feel confident that 'One trial will secure for it a home in every household. Dn not waste away.with Coughing. when so small an investment will cure . you. It may be. had of any respectable Druggist is town, who will furnish you with a circular of genuine certificntes . of cures it has made. C. G. CLARK & Proprietors, Nevi Haven, Ct. At. Wholesale,.by ' Johnston, trolloWay & Cowden, 23 North Sixth Street Philadelphia, Pa. For sale by Druggists in city, county, and every where , [Sett. 29, 1863 .-3m. ,f. W. BARR'S Mammoth Stove and Tinware Store Room, A few doors South of the Diamond, Greencastle, Pa. 1111 E undersigned having purchased Mr. Need's entire interest• in th,e,Tiunitig business, wishes to inf.:lnn the public at large, that he has on hand ; at his extensive Stove store, COOK, PARLOR AND NINE-PLATE Stoves. Among them ere the Continental. Noble Cook, Comnionwealtli'and . Charm which he will sell cheap for cash The very hest quality of Tin, Japaned and. Sheet Iron Ware, in great variety. SPOUTING of the•best" material, for houses, &c., manufactured and put up at the shortest notice. All are invited to call nt this establishment. as - the proprietor is confident in rendering iiatisfaction, both in price and guiltily of his wares. My price shall be low! low•!! low!!! Save money.hy. purchasing at headquarters All work warranted ' August 26,' 1863 WELLS COYRILLY. DAVID H. HUTCHISON. COVERLY & HUTCHISON Hove become the Proprietors of the UNITED. STATES HOTEL, near the Railroad Depot at. HAIR= ItISRURG, Pa.. This popular and commodionS Hotel has been newly refitted and furnished through-: out its parlors and chambers, and is now ready for the reception of guests. The traveling' public *ill find•the . United StitteS Hotel the most convenient, in all particulars of any Hotel in the Slate Capital. .on account of its access to the railroad, being immediately between the two great depots in this city Harrisburg, August 4, '63-Bm. GREENCASTLE SEMINARY. VIE , subscriber will open a Malomittl Female Semi nary at. Greencastle, on the first Monday of October next. Instruction will he given in all the Branches usually taught in a first class school. MUSIC and other Ornamental Branches will be taught by an ex perienced Female Teacher. A limited number of pupils will ho received into the family. of the Prin cipal, as Boarders. For terms and further informa tion, address JOS. S. LOOSE. Greencastle . , Sept. 22, 1863.-2111: VOL-1111 G-REENCASTLE, PA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1863. The last beam of summer Hath sped from the hill ; Tho' warbler and hummer Are lingering still. The fleecy disporter • Draws nearer the fold, For days have grown shorter, And nights become cold. And shrivelled leavesitutter Above the seared grass, While wailing winds mutter Their dirgemthey pass. test all our proud vaunting, And glory, and power, When weighed, 'are found' wanting To save e'en a flower. Each object around ifs " Proclaims with a sigh, • That autumn has found us winter is nigh. Yet tho' the sweet faces ~ So prized areno.tnore; • Still autumn . Lath graces, And gladness in store.. The beams but forsake us To light other aisles, And soon will o'ertake us Again with their smiles Mil Titus hope, like theseason, May summer elsewhere; But rarely till reason . SUeetimb to despair: TnE LI'VTLE PHILOSOPHER ‘'What do sailors., wean, uncle, by saying that a vessel sails so many 'knots an hour IV hat are knots, sir ?" "So many knots an hour means so many miles an hour Robert," "Why do.tbey : say '}:nuts' then ?" "It„„is nmiticalTbKase, -Robert, used prin,• cipally by sea faring people." • Abere.nausto. bet,some-reason for-'their using such-a term. Has it anything to.do with knots such as we make iu a piece of string?" "Well it has, Bob, 'something to do, as you say, with knots such as we make in a piece of string, for the term .cornes from knots thaf , are made 'in the log-line with which every well furnished vessel is supplied." "A line, sir? 'Pray'what is that ?" , "lt is a line that isAastened to the log, by means Of which a ship's speed'is deternlined." "And what is a log ?" "I see there is no getting rid of your ques tions until I have satisfied you upon the whole subject." "I must say, uncle, I should like very much to know a little more about it." "Very well Let us go back, to the begin:- ning of the matter. ,In order to navigate a vessel over a pathless o3ean,- it is necessary to find out, by some means or other, how fast she is going; for it is quite plain;even to landsmen like ourselves, that if a 'captaiit is ignorant' of the speed of his vessel, kwill be impossible for him to tell how far he 'has gone-from the port he has left, or how near he has approach ed the port he is going to." "Any one can'see that!! ' "Well, then,' how is he to find out the exact speed of hi c e vessel ?; An experienced seaman wight give a rough' guess r towarcis it by throw ing a chip overboard and watching the rate at .whieh a vessel passes it; but that would be a very uncertain-method at best, and would lead to very serious errors. A more reliable node Or method has been invented, consisting of the common log-line and half minute glass, which I will now explain to you " "I have often heard of 'throwing the log,' uncle, but never liaethe curiosity to ask what J. W. BARR it meant." "The common log is a flat piece of wood in the form of a quadrant, with a sufficient quan tity of lead fixed to the circular edge to keep it steady, and in a perpendicular position on the surface of the water. Can you understand so much of the apparatus, Robert, from the brief description ?" "Yes. I think I can." "Well, next there is the line. This line, of log line, as it is called, is fastened to the log a peculiar manner. It is about one hundred and twenty fathoms long, and is divided into ,„. ~,„_, • • - 4.7i.4 ~ :44 44 0.7 4 . . ' . i‘.. . ~ . . ,7:1"-::7: ..' 7 ~..0..,, .. 4, -fli- -,-,- ~:, .; .1," / T404,1 A,P40 ,7 ¥w , ' • r-'...—. ' - --- !I:.s , 4 / ./4 .., , r. .. ... , _ all iit 4 : , 4-, Y • i i t i ,?,- , ,)__.„„,._..,..,,,,„, ~ •,, v,.. ,0- '7 ' • & - •`- 11- 10-1t" • --••,.....--- - t.. - / 4 74 . . g /'74 , , 1.".11-7 4 , 4, , i 1,/ Eirlect poetril. AUTUMN. The fair buds we cherished ' And strove to keep fair, Have one by one perished, - I Despite all our 'care. Then yield not to sorrow, The glo‘Orn of to-day thy vanish to-morroW, 'Or glow in its ray. • ,Olisceltancous. •paces of fifty feet; each space being marked or separated by a small strap of cloth or rag just as a yard stick or foot rule is marked by a line cut in the wood or metal. Have you any difficulty in conceiving such an apparatais as that, Bob ?" "No, sir, not at all." "Now, then, there's the half minute glass, the other part of the contrivance. You know what the hour-glass is ?" "Yes, sir. I had one some time ago, and I used to amuse myself by watching the sands run out by , the clock. In very damp weather it would take a few seconds longer to run out than in fine weather." ',Well, we have nothing to do with that on the present occasion. All I wanted to know was, ~whether you had ever seen au hour-glass. You. say,you have, therefore I have only to remark that the half-Minute glass is precisely similar, only that its sands run thirty seconds instead of ao hour, or sixty. minutes, as in the case of the one you have just referred to. The knot of fifty feet marked upon the log-line bears the saute proportion to a wile as a half minnte does to an hour." "Let me try that on the slate, Uncle John." "Well, never mind figuring it out now, I am aware there is a little difference, and to be ex act each knot should be fifty feet eight inches, but what I am stating is near enough for our purpose." "I think, uncle, you must be wrong ; 30 seconds are the 120 part of an hour, while 50 feet are much more than the 120th part of 5,280, which is the number of feet in a mile." "Not in a nautical mile, Master Robert, which is 6,079 feet, and not 5,280, like our landinates mile. But to proceed: a half-min ute, we will say, bears the same proportion to an hour as fifty feet do to a mile. Now let us imagine ourselves on board a fine clipper ship going pretty nearly before the wind. We are watching the operation of throwing the log.— One of the seamen stands with a large reel, round which is wound the log-line, another holds the half minute glass, standing along side the former, while a third holds the log, which he now throws over the ships quarter into the sea. The log remains stationary while the line runs Out. When he observes the first mark is going over the ships side, which is usually a red flag at the distance Of ten or twelve fathoms from the log, (that quantity, called stay line, being'allowed in ordei to carry the `log out of the , eddy of the ships waie,) he gives notice to the man who holds the glass to turn it;- and 41 soon as the sand in the glass is run out the litie is immediately stopped ; then the dumber of knots and fathoms which - had run off at the expiration of the glass, being considered as miles and parts, gives the distance . the ship has run the preceeding' hour. If, for instance, she has taken off ten knots while the half-minute glass was'run out, then she has been going ten nautical miles per hour; if five knots, then five miles per hour, and so on." "Thank you, thank you, Uncle John, really fancy Myself a sailor: I see that as plain as AB C. I now know something about the meaning 01 'ten knOts an hour.'" QUESTIONS ALL AROUND. Oueot the best things we have heard for some time, fell under our observation a day or two since. Our friend Jones wanted a servant girl in his family, and went to an intelligence office and made known his want to the proprietor. Says Jones— " Have you any first rate servant girls for the kitchen ? I want one that can mind her own business and attend to her work." "Oh, yes," says the proprietor, "any quantity —let me show you one." Jones is at once introduced to a daughter of the Emerald Isle, and is greeted with— "Ah, does ye want a servant !" "Yes," says Jones. "How many hey yer in yer family ?" Jones answered. "And hey yer hot and cold water? Answers again. "How many children hey yer ? and do yer make yer girls wash Sundays? Is the church tar away ?" All these questions, with about fifty more were answered heroically by Jones, when he thought it about time to take the laboring oar himself. "You look," says Jones, "like a pretty nice girl, but I want to ask you one question; Du you play the piano?" "Then," says Jones, very blandly, "you won't answer wy turn." And away went the astonished Celt, feeling tor once that she had caught a Tartar. OLD MOSS AND HIS WONDERFUL DOG During the summer of 1850, a gentleman by the name of " Old Moss," who was consider ably a wag, was travelling on a steamboat up the Mississippi River. He had with him an ugly cur that he called " Major." Old Moss was seated with a number of men in the cabin, and as was usual with him, was boasting of what he could dm The captain who was stand ing near, remarked that what he said might be true, but he did not believe it. Moss replied that he would bet him treats for all the gentle. men present that he would make his dog do three things, he telling him to do them. The captain took tte' bet. Old Mcss then opened the door and went nut ou the guards, followed by the captain and gentleman present, who was quite anxious to see the sport. Moss seized his dog by the nape of the neck and tossed him overboard. As soon as he touched the water, Moss yelled out— "Swim, Major, swim !" The dog swam, of course. Moss kept his e k es on the dog. As he perceived that the dog could touch the ground, he yelled out— " Wade, Major, wade!" . "%Nor , waded till he landed on the ground, when Moss shouted out— "Shake yourself, Major, shake yourself !" Major shook himself. Moss turned to the captain, who, with the gentleman present, were convulsed with laughter, and said— "There ! I have won the bet." It is useless, perhaps, to say thht the cap taro paid the treats. BEAT 'EM ALL. The Rev. Solomon' Stoddard, of Northamp ton, the ancestor of all the Stoddards—and a troop they are of worthy sous of a worthy sire —had a black boy in his employ, who *as, like the most of black boys, full of fun and mischief, and up to a joke, no matter at whose expense. He went with the parson's horse every morning to drive the cow to pasture. It was once a piece of table land some distance from the village; and here, out of sight, the neighbors's boys were want to meet him and race horses" on Sunday morning. Parson Stoddard heard of it, and resolved 'to catch them at it and put an end to the sport. Next Sunday morning he told Bill he would ride the mare to pasture with the cows, and he (Bill) might stay at home. Bill knew what was in the wind, and taking a short cut across the lots. was up in the parture away .*head of the par son. The boys was there with their horses, only waiting for Bill and his master's mare. He told the boys to be ready, and as the old gentleman arrived to give the word, "Go!" Bill hid himself at the other end of the field. where the race. always ended. The parson came jogging along up, and the boys sat de murely on their steeds, as if waiting for "ser vice to begin." But as the good old, wan rode into line they cried "Go !" and away went the mare with the reverend rider sticking fast, like John Gilpin, but there was no stop to her or him. Away, ahead of all the rest, he went like the wind; and at the other end of the field 13111 jumped up from under the fence, and sung out. "I know'd you'd beat, massa! - 1 know'd you'd beat!" AMONG TEE GRASSES .-A dark ey preacher arose to announc : his text as follows :—"ln de fust pistol ob clover, and at the two hun dred and ninty-fust werse—" "Hold up, Doctor !" shouted one of his hearers; "you have got on de wrong book ; you mean the psitol of Timothy, I s'pose." The preacher hesitated a moment with a very profound look, and said "Well, I must cave in dis time ; though I knowed dat the text was somewhere among de grasses." "Massa I Massa ? one ob your oxen am dead I" "One of the oxen dead ?". "Ya as, Massa." "Where is the other one?" "Oh, he am dead too." "Why didn't you say both of them was dead then ?" "Case, Massa, was afraid you couldn't bore it." What horrid, strange, suggestive, unaceoun able noises we hear in the depths of nigh The stillness of night is a vulgar error. A the dead things seem then to be alive. The sculptor and painter reject life as prosaic, and erc;xic a death wLich they call poetic. NO 36. = ADVERTISING- EATEs. Advertisements will be inserted in TUE PILOT at the following raters 1 column, one year of a column, one year. of a column, one year. 1 square, twelve months, 1 square, six months. I square, three months •, I square, (ten lines or less) 3 insertions 1.00 Each subsequent insertion Professional cards, oue year 5.00 [in. -or-Nothings. Are all forgers blacksmiths? Be whatever you will, but, first of all, be yourself The best preachers are those who preach by example It is more dishonorable to distrust a friend ban to be deceived by him. The hungry month no more readily finds ood than the hnogry mind finds truth. We love women as women love babies—all he better for their weakness. Nen cannot make•satisfaction for sin, though hey seem to find great satisfaction in it. A fellow without credit finds it harder to get into debt than others do to get out. Many a man who thought himself rich has found these hard times a cure for the piles. The officer or soldier who fights only for ambition or pay, is a Cain in uniform. To defend a political editor against abuse is ke bolding an umbrella over a duck in a shower A Missouri paper says that the Digger In dians are never known to smile. They must be grave Diggers Young lovers should remember that the most fiercely-burning fire-brands are those kludled at the altar. A man's stomach is his weak part. The weapons to subdue him the most readily are fiund in the kitchen. Widows have been compared to green wood, which, while it is burning on one side, is weep- ins on the other The gentlest effort may put a wedding ring upon the anger. A thousand-horse power may not suffice to pull it off Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. Even a virtuous woman is not attractive if she makes herself" a vinegar -cruet, a pepper- box, or a mustard-pot Men who most pride themselves upon their knowledge of the world, generally know only its crooked alleys and dirty lanes. There are birds of the parrot tribe, whose tongues are longer than their whole bodies ; they must be the lawyers of the commonwealth of parrots. A man is apt to think that his personal freedom involves the riglit.to wake his fellow men do just as he pleases. As a general rule, the less an editor knows, the more he writes, and, the more he writes, the less his readers knew. The persons spoken of in scripture as hav ing ears but bearing not, eyes but seeing not, must have been a cross of corn and potatoes. Some men can be influenced only by the cudgel. Their consciences ale as tough as al ligators' backs, and their backs as sensitive as alligators' bellies. They say there are tropical flowers that ex pand with a perceptible sound. The full open ing of the blossom of love is generally audible in a kiss Those who seem most indifferent to us in our joy may prove the warmest friends in our sorrow. The springs that are coldest in sum mer never freeze in winter. The mind of the child has been called a sheet of white paper, but how often nurses and nursing maids are allowed to write it all over with their pot-hooks and hangers. The bigot in religion, like and African buf a o, sees right forw:.rd, but nothing to the right ur left. He would not see a legion ul angles or devils at a distance of ten yards on either side. $70.00 35.0( 20.00 8.00 5.00 4.00 =I
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