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COOPER, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON . Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa. pro. S. Tt'TTOX, ATTOI'tNEY AT LAW, \_T Tunkhar.noek, P.*. Office iu Stark's Lrik Clock, Tioga street. \\T?I. M. PIATT. ATrORNEY AT LAW, Of. W fice in Stark's Brick Block, Tioga St., Tunk h lnrtcck, I'a. TITTLE & DEWITT, ATTORNEY'S AT lJ LAW, Office tu Tioga street, Titnl.'.inn<Kk, Pa. *. R. LITTLE. J. DEWITT. T V. SMITH. .31. I'. PHYSIC TAX Jt M/IPiKoX, J • Office on Un 1.-c Street, next door to the Demo crat OGk-a, Tunkhanii x k, Pa. Hah \ EY *i< :uriY. vrTo-;xEV"AT"i.AW and GENERAL INSURAXfK At KNT - Of fi -e. Tin lire street, opp■ ?:te Wall's Hotel, Tun'.ban nock Pa. J"."W. T*/Z. IO , Graduate of the University of Penn'a.) Respectfully off. rs his professional services to the •iiizens of Tuakh'inno.-k ar. 1 vicinity. I! can be fiun 1. when not profo-i-jnally engaged, either at his J'rug Store, or at his rchleuc-e on Putnam Street. DR. J. g. COHSF.i. lis, nAvrxa t.OCAT FI> AT THE FALLS, WILL promptly a* f - TI I all calls in the line of hi-profession—maybe found at Beemer's Hotel, when cot proies-ioncllr absent. Falls, Oct. 10, ItGl. L> I?. •!. C- BECKER A* Go*, PHYSICIAN a *. bLEGEONS, Would respectfully announce to th oitiz nsof Wy oming that I her have ]■> 1 at ML pany, where they will promptly attt-i I t . nil calls in the line of their profession. Miybe : .i at hi Drug Staro when not professionally a! ■ at. JTC CAREY, M. |>.— (<Jr il f the 3 • M. Institute, Ci: • iin.ati) \v< ul.l re-pec; ul!y announce to the eiii: n-of Wyming anl Lu -rne Counties, that he continue? his regular pra Ice i'. 'ho various departments of ::is prof -si 01. May heffiun-i at his ofaec or residence, when not professionally ab- I'.-nt jf? Particular attention given t> tho treatment Chronic Diseas. entreraofeland, Wyoming Co. Pa.—v2n? WALL'S f iOTELT LATE AMERICAN HOUSE/ TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA. •"JMIL 3 establishment has rc-ently been refiifed and - 1 urn• -ill in th" latest style Every attention will be given to th comfort anl convenience of those wjo patronize the House. . T. B. WALL, Owner and Proprietor. Tunkhannock, September 11, 1- il. WORTH Si RAVISH HOTEL, MUS HOP PEN. WYOMING COUNTY, IA RILEY WAItXEIt, Proper. HA\ ING resumed the iircprietorship of the above Hotel, the undersigned wtli spare no effort to Under the house an agreeable place ol sojourn for l! who tu.iv favor it with their cost- n. P.M.Li WARNER. roptemW 11, 1861. HOTEL, TINKI IAWOGK, WYOMING COUNTY, PENNA. JOHN mA V N AK D , Proprietor. HA3 ING taken the Hotel, in the Borough of funkhanncek. recently occupied by Kiley Warner, the proprietor rusp-j -tfully solicits a share ot pr lie patronage. The House has been thoroughly ! repaired, and the comforts and accomodations of a .rc class Hotel, will be found by all who may favor H with their custom. September 11. 1861. M. OILMAN, DETIST. - ' *"v P "T "JO -■""'J ./'■ -a MOf LM AN, has permanently located in Tunk • hann -ck Borough, and respectfully tenders his pr -Icssional services to the citizens ul this [dace and ] arr,landing country. ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS- I IACTION. !. Olueo over Tutton's Law Offi -e. near th c Pos Ofn ce. Hee. 11, 1861. HO \V AH D ASSC)C IAT ION HITTT.ADELPniA. For the Relief of the Sick \ Distressed, afflicted ncifh irulent and Chronic Diseases, and especially Jor the Cure of Diseases f the Sexual Orsans a CUR ,.u .v \„e given ly the Acting Surgeon aluable Reports on Spermatorrhoea or Seminas i Weakness, an l other Diseases 0 f the Sexual Organs I anion the Now faunedtcscmploye I m the Dispeiw,a- j r>, sent to the afflicted u, sealed letter envelope true ' of charge lwo or three stamps for postage will be 1 swaeptable. Address, I)r. J. SIvILLIN 1101'GH Ahting Surgeon, Howard Association, Nsolv SYnkh Street, Philadelphia Pa, ln2oly I" JME FOR FAR3IERS, AS A FERTILIZE AJ fr sale at VERNOY'S. Sept. 18- 186 L |1 oct's Comer. [Written for the DEMOCRAT.] THE BABY. BY STELLA, OF LACK A WAS A. Have you seen the " blessed baby." Over at the meadow cottage— Tender, wae-bit, puling baby, Soft as swan's down—soft as snow-flake, Feathery, fleecy, flying snoxr-flake, Chasing downward in December? 7 have seen the wondrous baby— Seen it tu -bed hi broidered wrappings— Delicate, dainty, roso-lincd wrappings:— Seen its star-eyes peeping open, Like two rays of hi 1 len sunlight, Sparkling on a shaded fountain— t ss ng. noisy fountain, Down the rocky hill-side tumbling. 'iis tho first, and only baby, Ever s<ien beneath the roof-treo Of the cozy wayside cottage : And the most miraculous baby, That the sun has ever shone on, Or the blue sky ever looked on, Just the plumpest—just tuo cutest, And the handsomest of babies! Go and see it i fifty others, Curious cites, and speculative, Snatched the baby from its cradle— K;.->ei it o'er from head to tootles— Counted each pink toe and finger, 8to!e tho fashionable pattern, Of the robes , the mite was dressed in, Said it was a peerless baby, With an '0 aristocratic, An I f c chanuingc t of dimples— That it looked jus! like its pajia ; Whereupon the papa simpered— Faced the floor, and olushed a little, At the delicate allusion Of his evident connection With that funny lo Ling baby, lb J as pcot:y-b!osso;n, blooming lu the corner of the garden ; Aui with [ ate of io.ks as guiltless As tne stone stops of the cottage : And its chubby fists 1 tli doubled — Pugilistic-ally doubled, As if ready lbr the battle Lkc is said to be, to babies, Of a sensitive extraeti <u. ! Henceforth, doors must quit their creaking, And bo taught to swing as noiseless, As the tread of green-eyed kitten, Stealing from the kitchen pantry, f tored with cream and otl er nicities. N : a soul must dare to whistle, When his foot hath crossed the threshold; Not a breath of air must enter — Lock the door, and el <so tho shutter! sure would get the snuj/ics! Peodle cur, so fondly petted, With his white locks tied with ribbons— Hi boons blue, ad suit, and silken, Aou? must wan ler, mournlul—visaged. Never venturing to be c.il, Iu a modest little bow-wow. Daby's papa scarce may utter, That his soul's, his own, exclusive.— Must not walk the hall with boots on— Must no' talk above a whisper— Nor \ et .-tir the evening paper, For the rattle wakes the baby, Wakes the nicest ojall babies'. Speculative thought is bus}', On the soft-checked baby's future — Lilly, smiling in its slumbers, As it angel stirred the cradle: Will tho :i tie feet go straying, Through tho world's forbidden high-ways, Up and down forbidden by-ways? Will the tiny hands, now dimpling, Down beneatn tho rose-lined drapery, Twine them in the web ot discord, Ever being woofed and woven ? Will the blue eyes flash with scorning? Will they dance to joyous meaning? Will they dim in silent sorrow, In the fateful years a-comiug ? Will fiie clouds drop golden sunshine, O'er the head, now softly pillowed, Or will bitter storms, descending, Cru.-h it earthward, bruised and bleeding ? Will the tender heart grow callous— Will the loving heart grow sordid In tin rough world's great ambition? lint the sinless baby slumbers, Tucked beneath the rose-lined wrappings, Sucks its thumb, and dreams of —nothing. TIIURLOW WEED ON GRELEY AND 1 HE TillliUNE. To the Editors of ike Journal: It is not rnv intention to " keep before the people :: but for the material misrepresenta tions of two or three journals, I would not intrude, even to express, what I feel most gratefully, the more than kindly, the gener ous constructions of the press, irrespective of party. To the letters of troops of kind friends I shall endeavor to reply individually. The Rochester Express and Oswego Times say : " Mr. Weed's opinion may he founded, as he avers, on deep convictions. At this time, when he retires from a position where his opposition to the administration Was damag ing the cause of the country, we cannot discuss that question but take it for grauted that personal feelings and motives in no de gree dictated a course which gave so much pain to those who have so long regarded the veteran editor as a safe counsellor and saga cious leader. It is strange that any reader of the Jour nal, in the face of facts, should hazard such a statement. My point has been, distinctly, that our danger arises from the blind and "TO SPEAK IIIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RlGHT."—Thomas Jefferson. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11, 1863. frantic course of the New York Iribune and independent, the extreme views of Messrs. Sumner, Phillips, Gerrit Smith, and their followeffi, ty whom the administration is be leagured, importuned, and peisecuted. I have not " opposed," but in all the ways and means in my power sustained the ad ministration. So far from having " personal feelings or motives" other than friendly, my relations with the President and every mem ber of his cabinet are cordial. They are all exerting themselves to the best of their abil ity, and with integrity anl fidelity, to re-es tablish the authority of the government. I have referred frequently to the incendia ry principles of the New-York Tribune, be cause that journal, by its vast circulation, exerts a malign influence throughout the whole North. I again admonish my coun trymen to shake off this incubus, to emanci pate themselves from their mental thraldom, before all is lost. Mr. Greeley, the infatuat ed victim of the wildest ambition, will soon, amid the "ci ash of worlds and the wreck of matter," be seized with a " REMORSE rn AT COMES TOO LATE." 1 speak not idly. This " Architect of Iluin" has much to answer for. First, while Slidell, Toombs, Mason, Davis, &c. Scc., were maturing their scheme for re bellion, and the Gulf States, under their in structions, were seceding, Mr. Greeley Al>- AROVED, JUSTIFIED, and INVITED them to gO forward with their treasonable designs!— Here is the evidence from his own ' lribune, and in his own language: [From the Tribune of Nov. G. 1 SCO.] If the Cotton states shall become satisfied that they can do better out of the Union than in it we insist on the Idling go in peace. The right to secede may be a revolutionary one, but it exists nevertheless. * * * We must ever resist the right of any state to remain in the Union and nullify or defy the laws thereof. To withdraw from the Union is'quite another matter ; whenever a considerable section of our Union shall de liberately resolve to go out ire shall resist all coercive measures designed to keep it in. We hope never to hvc in a republic whereof one Section is pinned to another by bayonets From the Tnbue, Nov. 20, 1800.] If the cotton states unitedly and earnestly wish to withdraw from the Union, we think they should and would be all an d to do so. Any attempt to compel then by force lore main wou'd be contrary io the principles enucialed in the immortal Declaration of Independence, contrary to the fundamental ideas on which human liberty is based. [From the Tribune, Dec. 17. ISG<U] If it (the Declarrtioa of Independence.) justified the secession from the British em pire of three millions of colonist in 1776, we do not see why it would v.ot justify the se cession of fire million of southrons from the Union in ISCI. [From the Tribune of Feb. 18, 1562.1 Whenever it shall be clear that the great body of the southern peopfe have become con clusively alienated from, the Union, and anxious toescape fropi it, WE WILL DO OUR Bf#T TO FORWARD THEIR VIEW. Here then, in the outbreak of the rebell ion, J the Tribune "doing its best to for ward their views." " Their views" were forwarded with fatal celerity. We all see with what consequences. When the rebellion, thus encouraged, be came a reality, the Tribune, with an inso lence peculiarly its own, assumed a dictator ship over the government and the array.— Our first calamity was occasioned by its in sane cries of "ON TO RICHMOND." After the inglorious defeat at Bull Run, Mr. Greeley became spasmodically repentant, confessing that he had done wrong, and promising to mind his own business. But this promise was soon forgotten, and the Tribune became as arrogant as ever, and ere long its inflated editor put forth an edict in the name of hun dreds of thousands, addressed to the Presi dent of the L nited States depending a change of policy in his administration of the govern ment. And now we are called to witness, with amazement, a new phase of character a start ling change of switch ! The editor of the New-York Ti'nes, in a carefully prepared article, charged Mr. Gree ley with seeking, through. Mr. Mercer, the French minister, foreign intervention ! And still worse, the accusation goes so far as to implicate Mr. Greeley in a correspondence with Mr. Vallandigham ! We venture to say that not ten of the Tribune's hundsed thou subesibers on any outside authority, would have believed either of statements. And yet both are virtually admitted in the Tribune of yesterday : " But here follows the exait Iruth with re gard to our views on the whole subcct, which Mr. Jilercier, or Mr Vallandigham, or any one else can have for the moderate price of six cents in Washington or three if he pur chase in New York: 1. We believe that the War for the Union has now entered upon a phase which in all probability must prove final—that we are on the eve of movements, combinations, attacks, battles, whereof tho iesult must be well nigh decisive. 2. We believe that the rebels are about to be badlj whipped at several vital points, and that their defeats will be so conclusive that any impartial umpire would thereupon advise them that their enterprise is hopeless, and they ought to give it up. 3. We believe that, if our armies do not whip theirs, theirs will whip ours. 4. We believe that should they be success and we defeated in the general results of the campaign now opening, impartial third par tics will say that we ought to consent to peace on the best attainable terms. Whether we shall take that counsel or renew the struggle as a united people who have come to under stand and to accept its real character, the cost and suffering involved, events will deter mine. 5. , But we believe that the time wi'l come —we do not say how soon, as that must de pend on the results of conflicts yet future— when the great powers of Europe will medi tate—not by blows, nor by menaces, but by representations—against a continuance of the struggle as fruitless, wasteful butchery, and urge a settlement in the interests of humani ty and commerce. Thus the Tribune pronounces tLat we must subdue the rebellion by " movements' combinations, and attacks'' now " on the eve,' or call upon the "great powers of Europe" to interfere " against the continuance of the struggle as fruitless, wasteful butchery and urge a settlement in the interests of humanity and commerce ." In simple, direct, unequivo cal language. Mr. Greeley says that if we are not successful in tho campaign now open ing, our cause and country are lost, and that we must have peace " upon the best attaina ble terms." This is saying, openly and publicly, to the enemy, that they have only to hold out two or three months longer to secure the triumph of rebellion and slavery. Had an opposition journal or member of Congress uttered these sentiments, the Tribune would have demand ed their removil to Fort Lafayette. Mr. Greeley evades, though he does not de ny, that he has communicated with the French minister and Mr. Yallaudigliain, suggesting meditation to the former, and peace to the latter. In entering upon the question cfl meditation with a foreign minister, he takes issue, in violation of law, against the govern ment. And in opening a correspondence with a representative whom her is constantly de nouncing as a trcitor. he commits an offence I leave others to name and characterize. And now I leave Mr. Greeley, the columns of his own Tribune being the exponent and witness, as first INVITING the withclawl of the Cotton Stales, and a consequent division of the Union ; and then, after a hundred thou sand lives have been sacrificed, and twelve hundred millions of treasure squandered de manding the intervention of the great power s oj Europe in favor of u peace upon the best tei uis attainablefor the sale of " humani ty and commerce ." T. W. A New Policy* The York Herald says, the abolition dis unionists have made a new programme, they now propose to fight and liberate all the niggers they can, between this and the first of May, and then invite foreign mediation, and recognize the Southern Confederacy. This policy is forshadowed by the Tribune and other abolition journals. They have steadiy shown opposition to every effort calculated to bring about re-union with the South ; they have declared in congresß and elsewhefe; that the Union as it was should not be restored, and have by confiscation and emancipation schemes labored to make it impossible. Their cry ofwar for the Union' has been a monstrous cheat and a lie, They fear that if the Union was restord, the South would vote against them and that the Union sentiment of tho two sections would over whelm them. They are in short what they started out to be from the very first, sec tionalists and disunionists, and they never mean that the Northern and Sothern States shall live and vote again together If things could remain as they are now, until a dem ocrat administration eould come into power: with a democrat Congress, the Union could easly restored, hut Heaven only knows what this misrabledisunion administration may do, e're we can get an oppotuuity for a change. "A Case in Short Hand." The " Tribune," in pithily showing the causes of the war, and the greater cause to he " Slavery," thus sums up : 1. The Rebellion has broken out only in the Slave States. (A mistake ! it first broke out in Massachu setts, —which nullified the Constitution of the United States and the Laws of Congress, in so called Personal Liberty Bills.) 2 It commenced in South Carolina, the most intensely Pro-Slavery of them all; and mas tered State after State in exact proportion to their interests in devotion to Slavery. (Another mistake ! It began in Boston, in rescues from U. S. Marshals—in Syracuse, in the Jerry rescue case—in Milwaukie, Wis consin in the Booth case.) The real fact is, that for ten years, Massa chusetts has net been fairly in, or under, the Constitution of the United States, —aye, ever since the organization of the Govern ment, —from the days of the Shay's Rebellion on to the Hartford Convention, Massachu setts has been more or less, in opposition to the Constitution, and the Laws of the United States. We have had three Rebellions iu Massachusetts, since 1780, —Ist. The Shay's Rebellion. 2d. The Embargo Rebellion. 3d The Personal Liberty Rebellion.— New York Express. Letter from the 132ud. CAMP NEAR FALMODRH, Va., > Jan. 28,1863. \ FRIEND Your favor of 20th. inst, was duly received, for which in these times of doubt and uncertainty, I am, I think sufficiently thankful. The last of the pontoon boats which accom panied tho " grand surprise party" got up about a week ago, by Gen. Burnside, were i removed from the neighborhood of our camp to-day—whither lam unable to say. The "surprise party " was rather a costly affair, but owing to the unfavorable state of the weather, failed to make the intended impres sion upon those for whom it was especially arranged and, indeed, had not the elements interposed, I am a little doubtful whether it would have had the desired effect, as our neighbors across the river are pretty wide awake chaps, and are seldom caught napping. If they had the least intimation that the af fair was 011 the tapis the party would, un doubtedly, have received a warm reception 5 an lus the prestige of the "surprise," and its natural and desirable consequences—the novelty, for instance—would have been lost. However, that affair is over with, and, like many another seven days wonder, has almost ceased to he a topic of conversation. I, in common with my fellow soldiers of every grade, have no antipathy to Gen. Burn side. On the contrary, I believe him to be a brave soldier, and a good man—a man who would do honor to a position requiring from him only the attributes of a subordinate general j hut he is certainly lacking many of the elements of greatness which should mark the General in command of so great an array as is that at present occupying the left hank of the Rappahannock ; and indeed, there are few men in the world who have the genius to make its ponderous movements successful one 3. I hear that he has resigned. While I would like to see him at the head of the old "Ninth Army Corps,"—his old command —I am glad that his good sense, and the evident innate modesty and truthfulness of his cha'-acter, have induced him to give up a place for which he has no positive fitness. Supposing that Burnside, and whatever claims he may have had upon the Adminis tration for a further trial, are thus disposed of, the natural inquiry arises to the mind of every reflecting soldier," who is to be his suc cessor ?" In the army all hearts tufn to hut one man—all lips echo the name of but one man, and that is GEN. GEO. B. MCOIELL-AN ! "Public clamo*-" at home, succeeded in hav ing him removed from his command. " Pub lic clamor " in the army, now demands his restoration to that command. Which shall be the potential power? We who have our lives, our honor, our all, invested in the country's cause, or you, who have only the sacrifice of your party prejudices to make, and the acrimonious hatred with which you have pursued the man ? We find no fault with you for remaining at home while we are absent in the field— though we have suffered much—endured much ; hut we do blame you for joining in the clamor with which unscrupulous partizans have effected their miserable purpose in ob taining the removal of MCCLELLAN from our command. Is it asking to much that we be permitted to have a voice in this potential power which so readily makes and unmakes the Generals, upon whose genius we are de pendent for the soldier's chiefest pride— victory? We are no less citizens now than we were before we left our homes and fire sides to fight our country's battles. We have the same thoughts, feelings and emo tions now that we had then. We are just as competent in judgement now as we were then i and, in sacrificing our individuality, and consenting for a time to become the ma chines through which another acts his will, we have not delegated the right to think for us to those that remain at home. We claim that in "proportion to the population," there is just as much intelligence in the army as there is out of It—that we, being the party more immediately interested, are more com petent to judge of the fitness of our leaders than those who have never seen a squadron in the field, nor marched to tho music of the battles deafening roar. Give the army the leader it trusts and confides in, and you will restore its morale- • revive its esprit , and the dash and spirit which leads men to victory, and nothing can withstand its courage and the devotion with which it will fight. Continue to depress it with the "jerrymandering" process which has heretofore been practised, and it will soofr become a dangerous and disunited power little better than a mob—ready for a mutiny, or the vile purpose of the first ambitions lead er who has the daring to proclaim for the overthrow of the Government. You may think that this is putting the case pretty strong; but were yon so well acquainted with the feelings pervading the ranks of the army as I am, you would not wonder at the thought, The masses of the army are intel ligent, reflecting, peaceable and quiet citizens. They have been accustomed to enjoy the lar gest liberty bestowed upon American citi zenc. They have submitted to the arbitrary rule of military life have giv en cp their accustomed privileges, for a time, without a raurujur because they believe that ITlinMßi SLBO PBI ANNTr^I the exigencies of the times and \~- ~~ try's salvation needed the sacrifk co " n " they have become so sick and disguste x mere political Generalship that the cm ' bitterness is almost full to overflowing, a, they feel unwilling to suffer and endure, ove. again all that tuey have suffered and endur ed, if the issues upon which the war was commenced are to be lost sight of, and their ablest Generals disgraced to satisfy the clam ors of the fanatical grannies who have aided so materially in bringing this great war up on the country. Every true patriot in the North should cry aloud for McClellao, and insist, with the army, upon his restoration to the place he has fairly earned by his valor aDd genius • and I hold no man a friend to his country >or its cause who detracts from his merits, or would cast a shadow over his fair fame. I hese too are the sentiments of the entire ar my. Democrats; Republicans ail. " Bogus" Billings—the veritable Bogus," of Antietam notoriety— has again distin guished himself. He was out on picket the other night, and whilst standing at his post the " Grand Round" consisting of the Colo nel, officers of the day ifcc., approached him lie challenged as usual, and halted the party at the point of the bayonet—adding, as rt came to a halt, " What in h—ll aud d nation are you doin' on- poken around here, at this time o' night ?" Tho Colonel, some what astonished at this rather more than ceremonious reception, asked "Bogus" if he knew who he was talking to. " Know h II " rejoined " Bogus," " how the d -I a iff d nation do you suppose I know whether you are a reb or what you are, sneaking around this way in the middle of the night i The Lieut, of the guard, hearing the colloquy finally came forward and settled the difficulty Whether " Bogus" or the Colonel had the best of the argument, I am unable to say At Frederickeburg, when the Regiment was passing along one of the streets of which tho Rebels had range, a round 6hot came bound ing through the ranks, —fortunately without doing any damage, at which <f Bogus" look ing up towards the batteries on the hill.said " you had better look out up there, or weT! have you in the guard house." " Bogus" did not go quite up to the front when the grand charge was made, and when asked the rea son, said that the shells flew so d -d thick that he couldn't see which way to go. Take him all in all, he is a trump, and I do not know how we would well keep house with out him. Yesterday it commenced snowing and has continued doing the same, with a fair pros pect of having a " right smart" snow storm, before it " dries up." Tho " blockade" thus promises to be fairly established, if bad Weather and bad roads cau establish it. On dit. —lt is rumored that our Brigade is ordered to North Carolina—don't believe though, nor don't want to. Truly your friend CUNT. MAKING A NEEDLE. N&edles are made of steel wire. The wire is first cut by shears, from coils, into the length of the nedles to be made. After a batch of such bits of wire have been Cut ofl, they are placed :n a hot furnace, and then taken out and rolled backward and forward on a tnblo till they are straight. They are now to be ground. The needle-pointer then takes up two do'en or so of the wires, and rolls them between his thumb and fingers, with their ends or. the grindstone, first one end and then the other. Next is a machine which flattens and gutters the heads often thousand nee dles in an hour. Next comes the punchiug of the eyes, by a boy, so fast that the eye can hardly keep pace with him. The splitting follows, which is running a fine wire through a dozen, perhaps, of these twin needles. A woman with a little anvil before her, files be tween the heads and separates them. They are now complete needles, but they are rough and rusty and easily bent. The hardening comes next. They are heated in batches iu a furnace, and when red hot are thrown into a pan of cold water. Next they must be tempered, and this is done by rolling them backward ami forward on a hot metal plate. The polishing remains yet to be done. On a very coarse cloth needles are spread to the number of forty or fifty thousand. Emo ry dust is strewed over them, oil is sprinkled and soft soap is daubed over them ; the cloth is rolled hard up, and, with several others of the same kind, thrown into a sort of washpot, to roll to and fro twelve hours or more They come out dirty enough, but after a rin sing in clean hot water, and tossing in saw dust, they have become bright, and ready to be sorted and put up for sale. Zeal without kuowlodge is fire without light. " Lock out for paint;" as the girl said ifheii 1 a fellow went to kiss her. £3T A young belie in Washington smit ten with a Russian officer, an adventurer in the Union army, married him in haste After five weeks 6he repents at leisure, and I claims against him for assault and battery.- " Buttons on the drain" is the malady of young ladies now. VOL. 2, N0.27.
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