HARVEY SICKIJEH, Proprietor.
NEW SERIES,
AwvcklyDetn )jr\tij ~
paper, devoted to Poll
filos, News, the Arts jg Pg 2 ?
ud Sciences Ac. Pub- - 1
Ished every Wednes- 5
pey, at Tuokhannock ' 1
W/emiog County,Pa * V |j [■
8Y HARVEY SICKLERa
Terms—l copy 1 year, "dvance) *2.00
aet paid within six months. <2.sftwill je <• .up
MO paper will be DISCONTINUED, until all ar
ti>trages are paid; unless at the opt.on of publisher.
jw p-yrERTISING -
10 tines or , { : j .
lets, make three four tiro >■■"'** j s \*
•n< square .a mu U year
i n,u 1 2 25: 2ST 3, C0; 5.Mi
I Square 1,00; !';?! f'i. t. rl 45(-' 1:1,0
v 4* 2 00: 2.00j 3,20; o .>o' z?; „ ;
• fin' 3 00i 3 75? 4,75' 5,50 ''oo 9,(0
\ C T° &
i il' 800 7.0 14 V 1P,00'25,00 35,t0
1 10>0!12,UU) 17,00 22.n0 -coo -10/ 0
Executors, ADMINISTRATOKS and AU DI
TOR'S NOTICES, of the u-u il length,
(•RTTF ARIE',- exceeding ten lin s, each ; RELT
•ToCS an I LITERARY NOTICES, not ot genera
interest, one half tne regular rules.
Business Cards of one square, wtth paper, Sa.
JOB WOHK
f nil kinds neatly executed, ard at prices to sun
ke times.
All TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS and JOB
WORK trust be paid for, when ordered.
FJUSIIIFSS
R I%MLX-—"
TT S.COOPER, PHYSICIAN a SURGEON
tl. Newton Centre. Luzerne Couuiy la.
/lEO.S.TUTTON, ATTORNEY AT RAW
ijr Tunkhonnock, Pa. Offi.e n Stark# Brick
•k, Ttoga street.
XTTM M PIATT, ATTORNEY AT I.AW, 0
W fice in Stark's Brick Block Tioga St., lunk
nnneck. Pa.
% JTAFHUR IDOUSF,
HARKISBUHG, PENNA-
The undersigned having lately purchased the
• BUEHLER HOUSE " property, has already coni
nanced aueh alterations and improvement- as will
reader this old and popular House equal, if not supe
rior to any Hotel in the City ot Harrisourg.
A continuance of the public patronage is retpect
fully aalicited. fiEO } coLTON
WALL'S HOTEL,
LATE AMERICAN HOUSE,
TUSKIANNOCK,WVOMXG CO.. PA
establishment has recently been refitted an
r ffmSll in the latest style Everv attenn.,n
Will ke given to the comfort and convenience of those
Wka patronize .he l^ l^ L p r . )pricU)r .
• M kfcinnack, September 11, IStil.
NORTH BRANCH HOTEL,
MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COl NT\, i'A
Wm. U. COKTKICHT, Prop'r
HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the
Hotel, the undersigned will spare no eff
h'.. .n . S re...W. vU~ ot *>r tor
H#• - f " o ' " e u COKTKIGUT.
3rd, 1863
: |) K. .T. C- BKUK 111 .
PHYSICIAN * SURGEON,
Would respectfully announce to the citizenso Wy
mimt tkat he has located at Tunkhonnock where
ko will promptly atteni to all calls in the line of
ki g-^F- 0 Will be found at home on Saturdays of
•aok week
fjfoartf
D^BIRTLET,
(kateett. RERAINARD HOUSE, ELIIS A )Y.\.
PROPRIETOR.
The MEANS HOTEL, i-one of the LARGEST
tad BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country-It
la fitted up in (he most modern an I improved style,
no ptr.'us are spared to make it a pleasant anil
Jo ■retry topping-p' a,;e f° r a b>
v 3. n2l, Ijr
CLARKE.KEEIVETR&FIO.,
JIASVFACTUHEKS AND WHoLKSALK DEALERS IN
LADIES', MISSES' & GENTS'
£ILKATT&£ASSHNM!)ATS
AND JOBBERS IN
*ATS, CAPS, FURS, STRAW GOODS
PARASOLS AND UMBRELLAS,
BUFFALO AND FANCY ROBES,
CORNER OF LEONARD BTREET,
• . V.CLARK, I
A. • KEEN ET, V
U. LCEENKT. )
M. OILMAN,
DENTIST.
If AILMAN, has permanently located in
1* irtannock Burough, and respectfully tenderhi
profeMtoeal services to the citizens of this placeand
Mrruunding ceuntry.
ALL Work WARRANTED, TO GIVE 3ATIT
no*.
avur Vaktem'a Law Office near the Post
TROUIi 1 ED HONEY-MOON
ET CLARA ATOCFCTA.
M||George Jameson and Katie Vaughan had
a brilliant wedding. Everything was fault
less—from the icing on the cake to the ar
rangement of the bride's waterfall.
Mrs. Vaughan cried ju>t enough not to
redden her no-e ; \ aughan did the digni
fied TATER FA SI I i.i AS to a charm; and
George and Katie were so affectionate as
to give the world the idea that here was a
match made in heaven.
The bridal-breakfast over, the white
moire anti que and orange flowers were
laid aside, and the pretty traveling sni of
alpaeca, with nazarine blue trimmings was
donned—the sweetest love of a thing Mad
am I) Aubrey had made up for The season.
Tlien there was the little bonnet of grav
silk to match the diess, with its blue face
trimming to match Katie's eves; the g.l
den bird of paradise dropping its plumage
over the crown; and it was such a fine
morning, and everything looked propitious
and in the midst of congratuiat ons and
kisses George and Kate startrd for the de
pot.
They arrived just in season. The whis
tle sounded in the distance. George buck
led up his tra\cling shawl and Katie graq>
ed hi i parasol.
•- George, dearest," said tin bride, ** <1 -
run out and see to the tiunks ! I should
die if, win n we get to the Kalls.niy clothes
should not be there ! It would be dread
ful to he obliged to go to dinner la my
travelling dress! Go see to them, there's
a darling!"
George vanished ; the train pulling an!
smoking shot into the depot. Conductor
popped his head into ihe ladies' room,
shouting at the iop of his voice :
44 All aboard f-r Danville! Come, hur
ry up, ladies ! Five minutes behind time
and another tram due."
Katie did nt know whether she was
hound for Danville or not; probably sin
had b.-tter get in a- d let Ge< rge follow
So she entered the long and smoky vehicle
feclivg wry much at sea. The conductor
passed pv her seat; she caught him by the
arm.
44 1* my husband—"
44 Oh. yes, yes, all right," said the officer
hurrying on in away railway officials have.
44 I'll send him right along," and he van
ished from view in the long line of mov
ing carriages.
Meanwhile George having seen to the
baggage —a proceedmg that had occupied
more time than lie had intended —return-
ed to the ladies' room t<> find Katie mis
sing—searched about wildly, inquiring ot
every one he met without success.
" She's probably already in the train,
.dr," said a ticket agent of whom he nnde
; nqnirv. "Yon are going to Buffalo, I
think you said; that's the train to Buffalo;
you'll likely find her there. Just starting
not a if oment to lose
George grasped the railing of hind
ear as it ftew bv, and, flinging open the door
he rushed through car after car, but seek
ing in vain for Kate. Site was not on the
train. 44 Most likely she got on the wrong
train and went by Groton," said the con
ductor. " Groton is away station fifteen
miles fimther ahead. We stop there fifteen
or twenty minutes for refreshments, You'll
doubtless find her there*"
The cars flew over the track. George
mentally blessed the man who invented
steam engines —he could reach Katie so
much sooner. Dear little thing! how vex
ed and troubled she must be—and George
grew quite lachrymose over her desolate
condition.
But it seemed nge to George before
thev whirled up to the platform at Groton,
and then he did not wait to practice any
courtesy. lie leaped out impetuously,
knocking over an old lady with a flower
pot and a bitd cage in her hand, demolish
ing the not and putting the hirds into hys
terics. The old lady was indignant, and
hit Ge<r r e a rap with her umbrella that
spoiled forever th" fair propmtions of his
brd d beaver, but liC was t4 >° much engag
ed in thoug* t of his lost ''ride to spare a
regret for his hat.
lie flew through the astonished crowd,
mashing up a crinoline here, and knock,'."-
over a small boy there, until he reached
the clerk of the station. Yes, the clerk
believed there was one lady who had come
alone ; she had gone to the Belvidere House
—she must be the one.
George waited to hear no more. lie
h rried tip the street to the place, where
the landlord assured him that no lady ot
Kitv's style had arrived ; perhaps she had
stopp <1 at Margate, ten miles back. George
seized on the hope. There was no train to
Margate until the next morning, but the
wretched husband could not wait all night
—he would walk.
He got directions about the roads ; was
told that it was a straight one—for the
most of the way through the woods—rath
er lonesome but pleasant. He set forth at
once, not stopping to swallow a mouthful.
Excitement had taken away his appetite. —
The fine day had developed into a cloudy
evening—the night would be daiker than
usual.
• George hastened on, too much excited
to feel fatigue—too much agonized about
Katie to uotice that he had split his elegant
French gaiters out at the §ides.
After three or four hours hard walking
he began to think that something must be
wrong, lie ought to be approaching the
suburbs of Margate. In tact, he ought to
"TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. "—Thomas Jefferson.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1866.
have reached the village itself sometime
before. lie grew a little doubtful about
his beir.g on the right road, and began to
look about him. There was no road at'all,
or rather, it was ajl road ; for all vestige of
fences and wheel tracks had vanished—
there was forest, forest everywhere. •
The very character of the ground be
neath his feet changed at every step he took.
It grew softer and softer, until he sank an
kle deep in mud ; and, suddenly, before he
could turn about, he fell in almost to liis
aimpits. He had stumbled into a quag
mire ! A swift horror came over him !
People had died before in plac s like
this—and it would be so dreadful to die
thus, and Katie never know what had be
come of him. lie struggled with the
strength of desperation to free hitrtself, but
be might as well have taken it coolly. He
was held fast.
Thus slowly the hours wore awav. The
night was ages long The sun had
ni'ver t*k<m so much time to rise in ;
but probably it nothing could
he done until it was up, and was not dis
posed to hurry. #
As soon as it was fairly light, George
bei'tiu to scream at the top of his voice, in
the hope that some o e who might be go
ing somewhere hear him. He
amused himself in this way for an hour;
and at the end ot that time you could not
have distinguished his voice from that of a
frog close at hand, who had been doing I
his very best to rival our hero.
At las', just as George was beginning
to despair, lie lieard a voice in tlie clis
lance caiing out
"ilall<>, tiier. ! is it you or a frog ?"
'lt s me,' ciietl George, "and [ shall
he dead in ten minutes! Come quick!
I'm into the mud up to my eyes !"
Diiectlv an old woman appeared, a snn-
Dounet on her head and a basket on her
arm. She was hucklebeirving.
"The land sake," cried she, "you're in
for it, ain't ye ?"
"Sarved ye right! lam glad of it !
Didn't ve see the notice that tlie old man
put up 4 that nobody must come a huckle
berrving in this ere swamp?"
"iiuckUdierrying, indeed! I am after
my wife!"
"Land sake! Your wife! Well, of
all things, 1 declare I never!"
"She got.on the wrong train, and so did
I ; and I expect she's at Margate, and I
started from Grotoii last night to walk
liter.', and lost my way. Help me out, do
that's a dear woman "
The old woman steadied lu-rse f by a
tee, and b.-uig a woman of good muscles,
die soon dr..w George out —mud from
bead to fot. He shook himself.
"There, if you'll siiow me the way, lil
go right on — '
"No >on won't either ! \ou 11 go right
over to our house and have a cup of cot-"
fee and something to eat, and a suit of
llie oid man's clot lies to put on while I
dry >ours; and I'll send Tom over to
Margate with the horse, and wagon to
bring your wife. '
"You're a trump.'' erfhd George, wring
ing her hail I. "God bless yon ! ltiu
shall lie well lewarded for yoor kindness,
Mrs. Starts' house was only a little
way distant and to its shelter she took
George Tom was dispatched to Mar
gate to hunt up Mrs. Jameson; and
George, arrayed in a suit of Mr. feiarks
clothes—blue swallow tailed coat, home
made gray pantaloons, cow bide boots,
and wbite hat with a broad brim—for the
Starks weie friends —felt like a new man
They gave him a good breakfast, which
did not come amiss; and, while lorn was
absent, the old lady made him lie down
on the lounge and take a nap.
Tom returned about noon. He had
scoured the whole village, but tound noth
ing. Only one passenger had lei: tlie
train at Margate on the previous day, ami
he was an o d man with patent plasters
for sale.
Poor George was frenzied. lie rushed
out of the house and stood looking first
up and then down the road, uncertain
which wav to wend his course. Suddenly
the train f;6m Grton swept past, and a
white haiolkeichief was swinging from an
open window, and above the liandk.-reluct
George caught the gleam of the golden
II .ir ai d blue ribbons! It was lvatie be
yond a doubt.* He cleared the fence at a
hound, and rushed after the flying train. —
,','r- tan, ti 1 he was ready to drop, when
I, P ( -an; e upon some men with a handcar,
who were r, nailing the road. He gave
t cm ten dollars to take hi in to Groton.—
He was sine he could A"! Katie there .
But no! the train had not stopped at
aU. This was the express for Buffalo. —
But a bystander informed him a lady an
swering the description he gave of Katie
had been seen the day before at Danville,
crving, and saying she had lost her hus
band.
George darted off. He caught with
avidity at the hope thus held out. It
must be Katie ! Who else had lost bet
husband ?
A train was just leaving for Dan
ville. He sprang on board, and suffered
nn eternity during <he transit, for it was an
accommodation train, and everybody
knows about those horrible delays at eve
ry station.
But they reached Danville at last. —
George inquired for the lady who had
lost her husband. Yes, she was all right
she had gone to the American House to
wait for him. She expected him by every
train, till he came, said the ticket master.
He hurried with all speed th the Amer
ican.
! Yes, she wns there, said the clerk ; she
! was awaiting for her husband ; room 221,
right hand, second flight.
George flew up stairs, burst open the
door of 221, and entered without ceremo
ny. She was sitting by the window look
-1 ing for him, with her back to the door.—
He sprang forward, and holding her in
his arms, rained kisses upon her face.
"My Katie ! my darling ! my darling !
have 1 found you at last ?"
She turned her face and . looked at hira
before she spoke, and then she set up such
a scream as made the very hair stand on
George's head.
' You are not my James!" she cried,
"Oh, heaven! Help! Help! Somebody
come quickly ? Help ! Help! murder !
thieves!"
George stood aghast. The lady was
middle-aged, with false teeth, and a decid
edly snuffy looking nose. No more like
the charming little Katie than she was
like the Venus tie Medici!
He turned to flee just as the stairway
1 was alive With people .alarmed with the
j cries of the woman. They tried to stop
him, but he would not be stayed. He
took the stairs at a leap, and landed some
where near the bottom, among the wreck
of three chamber maids, and as many
white aproned waiters.
'And before any one could seize him he
was rushing down over the front steps.
A lady ami gentleman were slowly ascend
ing them, and George in his bad haste,
ran against the lady and broke the rim of
her bonnet.
"You rascal!" critM the gentleman
with h.-r, "what do you mean bv treating
a lady in this manner?" and he seized our
hereby the collar.
Then, for the first time, George looked
at the couple before him.
"'Tis Katie! Oh, Katie!" cried he, for
this time there was no mistake ; it was
Katie and her # uncle Charlts. "Oh, my
wife! my wife!"
He tried to take her in hi 3 aims, but
she fled from him in terror.
"Take that dreadful man away," she
cried. "I am sure he is insane or drunk !
Only see his boots and his awful hat f'
"I tell you I am your George !—Oh,
Katie, where have you been ?" exclaimed
he.
Katie looked at him now, and recogniz
ing him, began to cry.
"Oh, dear, that I'should have ever liv
ed to see this day ! My George that 1
thought >o pure a;d good, faithless and •
intoxicated! Oh, uncle Charles, what will j
become of me ? '
"My dear neice, he patient," said her
uncle. "I think this is George, and we
will hear what he has to say before con
demning him. Mr. Jameson, I met your
wife in the cars yesterday, and she inform- i
ed me that yen deserted her at the Wind
ham depot. Of conrso I could not believe
that vour absence was intentional and I
persuaded her to remain here while I tele
graphed to the principle stations along the
road for information of you. Why did 1
receive no answer ?"
"Because the telegraph does not run in
to old Mr. Stark's huckleberry swamp,
where I had the honor of spending last
night," aid George, losing his temper.
"But this extraordinary disguise ?"
"My clothes were muddy, and I have
i>ot on Mr. Stark's," said George. And
though the explanation was not particu
larly lucid to those who heard it, they
were satisfied.
"My dearest George!" cried Katie,
rushing into his arms, "and so you did not
desert me, and I shan't have to be divorc
ed ?"
"Never, my darling ! and we'll never be
separated again for a moment."
"No, not for all the baggage in the
wot Id ! Oh, George, you don't know how
1 have .-uflfercd."
The crowd could he kept ignorant no
longer, for scores had assembled round the
hot jl, drawn thither by the disturbance.—
Matters were explained, and cheers long
and loud rent the air.
The landlord got up an impromptu
wedding dinner, at which Katie presided ;
and George, looking very sheepish in Mr.
Stark's swallow-tail, did the honors.
They proceeded on their tour next day, :
ami soon afterward Mr. and Mrs. Stark j
were delighted to receive a box by ex
press, containing the lost suit of the old
gentleman, and the wherewithal to pur
chase him another, beside the most hand
some drawn silk bonnet for .Mrs. Stack
that the old lady had ever seen.
"There, old man," said she, turning
from the glass at which she had been sur
ve\ ing herself in the new bonnet, "I al
lots told you that huckleberry swamp
Would turn to something if it was only to
raise frogs in. Guess I hit it sometimes."
An liishgirl was ordered to hang
the wash clothes on the horse in the kitch
en to dry. Iler mistress shortly after
found a very gentle family horse standing
in the kitchen completely covered with the
articles that had been wasln-d that dav. — !
Upon interrogating the girl, the reply was;,
"Och, to be sure, you told me to hang the
clothes upon the bourse in the kitchen, and
the baste is the kindest 1 ever saw, sure."
friT The man everybody like 3 is gener
ally a fool. The tnan nobody likes is gen
erally a knave. The man who has friends
who would die for him, and foes who wo'd
lovrd him broiled alive, is usually a man
of some worth and force.
——
gnqsojtq# jw tqs (f9iuo9u y.
ORDER AND REGULARITY OF .
MEALS,
It is most important in the physical nur
ture of children that their meals should be
at regular hours, and with no long inter
vals. But there is no worst practice than
that which is too prevalent, especially
among the poor, of giving children small
portions of food between m> als, or when
ever they choose to ask, or, after much
asking, to get rid of their importunity. —
It has a bad moral effect, encourajpng
them to give away to every impulse of ap
petit®, and to think much and ofteu of eat
ing ; and renders them gluttonous. And
it has a bad physical effect, inducing in
the stomach a habit of perpetual craving,
or keeping it in a statu of perpetual re
pletion. Again, not onlys regularity at
meal-times, hut comfort and good order at
meals, will conduce in a gr<-at degree to
the due and satisfactory enjoyment, and
hence good digestion of food. Hurry,
confusion, general talking and clamor,
chidingaad quarrelling, too often witness
ed at the dinner table ofa disorderly fami
ly, most injeiiously interferes with the
processes of mastication and deglution, and*
consequently, with that of digestion. In
deed- such is the close connection of our
mental and corporal faculties, that these
ctrcuinstances do, of themselves, immedi
ately tend to impede digestion. It is a
well-known fact that far, anger, vexation,
anxie'v, felt at the time of eating, prevent
the proper decoction of food by the stom
ach ; and so, to a certain extent, must all
other purturbations of the mind. The ob
servance of this rule is of course as neces
sary for adults as cb Idren ; but since tlie
passions of children are more
easily excited, and less regarded, and their
stomachs more del cate for the most pa t
than those of their elders, they are the
chief sufferers by iis neglect.
As TTEM FOA THE HOME CIRCLK.—
Somebody says, and truly too, tfwt there
are few families, anywhere, in which love
is not abused as furnishing the license for
impoliteness. A husband, father or broth
er, will speak harsh words to those he
loves best, simplv because the secrcsy of
love and family pride keep him from get
ting his head broken It is a shame that
a man will speak more impolitely, at
times, to his wife or sister than he would
to any other female except a low, vicrou
one. It is thus that the honest affections
of a man's nature prove lo be weaker
protection to a woman in a family circle
than tiie restraints of society," anil that a
woman usually indebted for the kindest po
liteness of life to those, not belonging to
her own household. These things ought
net to be so. The man who, because it
will not be resenfeu, inflicts his spleen
and bad temper upon those of his hearth
stone, is a small coward and a very mean
man. Kind words are circulating medi
ums between tiue gcntl'-men and ladies at
home, and no polish exhibited in society,
can atone for the harsh language and dis
respectful treatment too often indulged in
between those bound together by God's
own ties of blood, and the most sacred
bonds of conjugal love.
AROMA OF COFFEE. —The berries of
coffee, once roasted; loe every hour some
what of their aroma, in consequence of the
influence of the oxygen of the air, which,
owing to the perosity of the roasted ber
ries, can easily penetrate. This pernicious
change may best be avoided b\ strewing
over the berr es, when the roasting is
completed, and while the vessel in which j
it has been done is still hot, some powder
ed white or brown sugar (half an ounce to
one pound of coffee is sufficient) The
sugar melts immediately, and bv well
shaking or turning the roaster quickly, it
spreads over all the berries, and gives
each one a flue g'azo, impervious to the
atmosphere. They have then a shining
appearance, as though covered with a var
nish, and they in conseanence lose their
smell entirely, which, however, returns in
high degree as they are ground. After
this operation th -y are to be shaken out
rapidly from the roaster and sprea 1 on a
cold plate cf iron, so that they mly cool as
sooi. as possible. If the hot berries are
allowed to remain heaped together they
begin to sweat, and when the quantity is
large the heating process by the influence ;
ot air increases to such a degree that at
last they take tire spontaneously. The
roasted and glazed berries should be kept
in a dry place, because the covering of su
gar attracts moisture.
THE DIFFERENCE. —Two lawyers in a
county com t —one ot whom had gray hair,
and the other, though just as old a man as
his learned friend, had hair which looked j
suspiciously black—had some altercation
about a question <f practice, in which the 1
gentleman with the dark hair remarked to
'iis opponent :— 4 "A p rson at your time of
life, sir," looking at tl c barrister's gray
he'd, "ought to have a long enough expe
rience to know what is customary in sue!)
cases." Yes, sir," was the reply; 4 you !
may stare at my gray hair if you like. My
hair will he gray as long as I live, and
yours will be black as long as you dye."
A young lady out West, who lately col
lided with an ice bound sidewalk.remarked
as she assumed a perpendicular position,
"1 11 have a man to hang on to beiore an
other winter"
—
The English jocky Grimshaw, receives a
salary of $15,000 per annum.
TERMS, 52,00 PER
GEN. I,EE*S TESTIMONY •IPPRES
SED.
"Mack,".the inimitable correspondent oi
the Cincinnati Commercial, in a recent let
ter, pays :
lam sorry to observe a disposition on
the part of the Reconstruction Committee
to suppress in the pretended publication of
General Lee's testimony, the most impor
tant portion of that distinguished officer's
examinations. I violate no confidence in
giving it as follows :
Q. What kind of shirts did yon wear
during the War ?
A. Calico, sometimes, and sometimes
woolen.
Q. Your arc married, are you not ?
A. Y*s I am.
Q. Well, state to the committee what
kind of under-clothing your wife wore dur
ing the unholy strife ?
A. I was not at home much of the time
and can't .say.
Q. What color was it ?
A. I don't know.
Q. Wasn't it gray ?
A. I never took notice.
Q. Don't you know that the ladies of the
•South formed a secret cabal for the wear
ing of gray petticoats during the war ?
A. 1 do not.
Q. Don't you think they wore more
gray than blue in the article ofclotbing to
which we refer ?
Ido not know. Never investigated
that fuhject
Q. Is it true that the women of the South
wear Jeff Davi>' picture in their bosoms ?
A. i never to<>k notice. Should not be
surpnsi d if some did
Q. Do yon think a Freedman's Bfureau
agent would be allowed to marry into the
first family of Virginia ?
A. If a young lady belonging to a first
family were willing, I suppose he could.
Q How lone will it be before pumpkin
pies become a favorite dish in the lately re
bellious districts ?
A. Ido not know. Some people like
them now.
Q. Is there not a great aversion to codl
-as a yankee staple of diet ?
A. I do not know that there is.
Q. Do they like pork and beans in Vir
ginia.
A. Some people do.
Q. What's your opinion of the Fenian's f
A. I have not given the subject much
attention.
Q. How are you on Schleswig-Holstein?
A. I have not made up my mind on that
subject either.
Q. Which side do you sleep on ?
A The right side generally.
D Do Southern men generally continue
to sleep in arms, notwithstanding the ces
sation of the rebellion ?
A. Those who ar married do, I believe.
Q. Do those who are not married abstain
from doing so ?
A. I can't say they all do.
There are other important parts of Gen
Lee's testimony not yet published by the
Committee <>n Ueconstructtion. I trust I
have given enough to show, when contras
ted with what has heretofore been given to
the public, th.it the mo>t significant portions
of the examinations—those beating most
directly on the gnat pro- lem of reconstruc
tion—are willfully suppressed.
VALUE OF PERSONAL NEATNESS. —Many
worthy w* men, who would not for the
world be found wanting in the matter'of
personal neatness, seem somehow to have
the notion that any study of the arts of
personal beauty in family life is unmatron
ly. They buy their clothes with &imple
reference to economy,and have them made
up without any question of becomingness;
and hence marriage sometimes transforms
a charming, trim, tripping young lady into
0 waddling matron, whose every-day toilet
suggests only the idea of a feather-bed tied
round with a string. For my part, I do
not believe that the summary banishment
of the Graces from the domestic circle as
soon as the first baby mades its appearance
is at all conductive to domestic, affection.—
Nor do 1 think there is any need of so do
ing. These good housewives are in danger,
like other saints, ot falling into the error of
neglecting the body through too much
thoughtfulness for others and too little for
themselves It a woman ever had any at
tractiveness, let her try and keep it, setting
it down as one of her domestic talents,
THE FAMILY ClßCLE. —Endearments
hinds tog. ther the members of the house
hold—sharers of the same flesh and blood,
which are found of the same kind and to
the sum degree nowhere else on earth.
The dwellers of this common home, too,
have a common share in the blessings and
1 trial- which befall their habitation. They
a e fed on the same hoard, repose under
1 jlie same roof and the jovs and sorrows
!of the whole group. What a place those
parents hold in this little empire. How
their words have power, and their will is
law, and their very footsteps are walked
into ; and how those whom God has given
them are prized beyond all earthly things,
as the jewels ot their casket. Where,
where, in all this footstool of the Dispenser
of out mercies should God be acknowledg
ed, if no, here ? Shall not the voice of
1 gratitude arid praise ascend from the boan*
■ spread with plenty, and around an alter
i reared for the moi ning and the evening
sociifice of humble and grateful hearts ?•
You may not only burnish yoor owi ar-.
mor and find refreshment for your
spirit here, soldiers of Christ, but here is a
favored spot in which to train recruits to
join the sacrimental hosts.
VOL. 5 NO. 40