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VOLUME XXII.
y-0-17 ALL
■ATI lIIIRD OF
1100PLAND'S GERMAN II TER9,
HOORAH'S GERMAN TONIC.
Drepansd. by Dr. 0. M. Jackson, Mimiclptds..
Their introduction into this country from Gorman'
easurred In
1523.
TREY OURED YOUR
FATHERS AND MOTHERS,
And will cure you and your children. They an
31EI
entirely different from the many
preparations noiv In the country
called Bitters or Tonics. They are
no tavern prone ration, or anything
like one; but good, honest, reliable medicines. They
We
The greater! knows remedieefer
Liver Corn . laint.
•
DYbPEPSIA,
rrervous Debility;
JAUNDIIIII,
. .
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,
and all Diseases arising from a Dlson.
dered_Liver v _Stoinach,nr
IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD.
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Pilas t
Fullness of Blood to the Head, Acidity
of the Stomach, Nausea, He ist.
burn,___Disrust for Food. Fulness
or Weight in the Stomach.
Sour Eructations, Sink
ing or Fluttering at the
Pit of the Stomach, Swim
ming of Vie Head, Hurried or
Difficult Breathing, Fluttering -
Co l
at the Heart, Choking o r
Suffocating Sensation•
When in a Ly- in a' Posture,
Dimness of Vision, Dots
or Webs before the Sight, Dull
Pain in the Head, Deficiency
of Perspiration, 'Yellowness
of the Skin and Eyes,
Pain in the Side
Back, Cheat, Limbs, eta.
Sudden Flushes of Heat, Burn
- trig in the Plesh,Constant - Ima - ginin:
of Evil Dem igiaiono_fSpi.
AU th ese indicate" &Tease of the Liver or Div:live
•
Organs, combined with impure blood.
Hoofland's German Bitters
IN entirely vegetable, and contains no
-- liquor. It is a compound of Fluid Ex.
tracts. The Roots, Herbs, and Barks
from which these extracts are made •
are gathered - I n Germany.
0
All the vmcdi Matti virtues
are extracted from them by
'a scientific _ chemist. These
extracts' are then forwarded - to - this
country to be used expressly for the
manufacture of these Bitters. There is
no alcoholicsubstance of any kind used
In compounding the Bitters, hence it is
- the only Bitters that can be used -In
eases where alcoholic stimulants are
not advisable.
Hoofland's German Tonto
fi • combination of all the ingredients of the Bitters,
with. ruts Santa Orals Rum, Orange, etc. It is used
for Vie same diseases as the Bitters, in cases where soma
pure alcoholic 'stimulus is required. You will bear in
Wive that these rerrieddes_areontteWliffrrent frmn
any others adrertisedfor the cure of the diseases named,
Ruse being scientific preparatiant of medicinal extracts,
while the ethers are mere decnctineu - of - rum - in - some
form. The TONIC is decidedly one of the most ',tea•
aara and agreeable remedies seer offered to the public.
2/2 Scale is exquisite. It is a pleasure to take it, while its
' Bife-gwing, exhilarating, and medicinal queuiti.o haw
maws! is So be known as the greatest of all tonic.
DEBILITY.
fliers if no med,...rne roved In lloofland's &Mali
psi
Ahlters or Tonic in •rse r s of Debility,
They impart a tone andvigorto the whole
system. strenglien the appetite cause
ern enjoyment of 'the food, enable ' the sto
numb to digest it, purify the blood, give a good, sound,
healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge front the
eye, impart a bloom to the cheeks. and change the pattent
from a thort-breathe.d, entaciaiN7 w'ak, and nervous
lava/id. to a fall faced. stout, and vignrout person.
•
Weak and Delicate thildren are
:nude strong by rising the Bitters or
Tonic. In tact, they are Family
eines. They can be administered with
perfect safety to a child three months
old, the most delicate female, or a man
•Ininety.
Than Remedies are the bed
Blood Parßlois
goer knotets, and will mere all diseases resulting from
L I
bad biood Key your blondpure; keep your
Zirer fill order ; keep your digestive organs
its a sound, healthy condition , by the use
of these remedies , and no disease wiG
goer assail you. The. Ger men in the country recommend
them. If years of honest reputation go for anything
you must try these preparations.
FROM mys. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
°Met Justice of the Soprome Conrt of Ponneylvenla.
PHILADELPHIA, March 16, 1667.
I find " Hoqrantrs German Bitters" ss not an Into'.
skating brio age, but is a good tonic, useful in disorders
of the cligeshre organs, and of great benefit in cases of
debility and want of nervous action, in Mg system.
Yours truly,
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
FROM HON. JAMES THOMPSON,
Midge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
u A L
Pon.isci.rma i‘ A n pri o ia a tt i r d . ,,
I co n s I det
German flit ters 99 a mit,Ate
arthritic In case of attache of
Indigestion or Dyspepsia.
I can certify this from my experience of
M. tours. With respect,
JAMES ICHOMPSON.
THOM REV. JOSEPH j. KENNARD, D. D.,
Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
Dm Jsocsrat—Dess SlR:—] have been frequently
requested to calmest my name with recommendations of
efiterent kinds of medicines, but regarding the practice
es out of my appropriate sphere, I have in all cases de
stined ; but with a clear proof in various instances, and
particularly in my own family, of the usefulness of Dr.
.100./ Land's German Bitters, I depart for once from my
usual course, to express myjult conviction that for gen
eral debility of the system and especially for Liver
:Dal
Complaint, it is a wife and vain:v.le
p reparation. In some cases it may
tail; but usually. I doubt not, it will
soe wry beneficial to those who offer
Illnist ilis above musts. Yours, very respectfully,
J. H. KENNARD,
CIAtrTION
Hoojtand's Oennan Remedies are counterfeited. Tha
'ermine Lane the signature of C. 111. Jackson oft
Me front of the outwit wrapper of each boale, and fhi
Name of the arlick blown en each bottle. AU others ace
munterfeg
Pries of the Bitters, $1 00 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for 85 00.
Price of the Tonle, $1 50 per bottle;
Or, a halt' dozen for $7 50.
The tonic is put up In quart bottles.
R. 1,4 Mat it is Dr. Hoojtarags German Dentenes
Diet arc so untonually used and so highly ream.
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wended ; and do nol allow the Druggists
to induce you to take anything dse that hi
wry say is just at good, because ha
wakes a larg, r pro cot it. These Remo
that wilt be sent b express to any locality upon applies.
ion to the
P CIIPAL OFFICE,
AT THE G MEDICINE STOBE.
So. 631 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia.
CHAS. M. EVANS,
• Proprietor,
Formerly C. M. JAMESON & CO. •
These Remedies are for sale by Drug.
stets, Storekeepers, and affedleine Deal.
"av everywhere.
Do tws forget to enemies tad Os stick pm Om ils
order to Oa Ms gamut. _
sept 25—'0.
Eighth, &kw Coates anal.
WAYNESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNTS, PENNSYLVANIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAT 7, 1869
3'Co3lllert.Cia9.la.
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BEVER MIND.
What's the use of always fretting,
At the trials we shall find
Ever strewn along our pathway t
Travel on and never mind.
Travel onward ; working, hoping,
Cast no lingering lookbehind,
At the trials once encountered ;
Look ahead and never mind.
What is post is past forever
Let all the fretting be resigned ;
It will never help tho matter—
Do your hest and never mind.
And if those w`3o might befriend you,
Whom the ties of nature bind,
Should refuse to do their duty, •
Look to Heaven and never mind.
Friendly words are often spoken
When the feelings are unkind ;
Take them far their real value,
. Pass them on, and never mind.
Fate may threaten. clouds may lower,
Enemies may be t ombined ;
If your trust in Gad is steadfast,
He will help you, never mind.
• [For the RECORD,
TO ONE BELOVED.
I_EDI_CATED_TO_ANNIE_N
Lonely here'eo long'alone,
Loney for that dear unknown,
Whose spirit j will ever own,
The brightest on me ever shone,
Her spirit only.
Well I know that she is N"siting
Where the poplars-stand--apart:
Tel her 11 - rive not - forgotten,"
That I kiss her inlrny heart.
Nearer to her I am coming,
How my praises thrill and start;
Whisper breezes that I love her,
That I kiss her in my heart.
Shall 1 meet her and forever
Gage-the-bird-before-Ale-atm
Whispyr breezes that I love her
Love my beautiful, my own.
M'r - 75 - airN - c"F'7l
AN O'ER-TRUE TALE
BY M MARCELLIN - A BEATTIE
o, indeed , I don't tell mother all my
secrets I.
These words I overhead while seated in a
suburban street car. several years ago.
She who uttered them was one of a group
of girls on their way to school.
They did not seem to notice my presence,
aed as I chanced to be the only passenger
besides themselves, their conversation • was
quite unrestrained It appeared that certain
favored ones among them had just been in
vited to a party of pleasure, plant d by some
g •ntlemen who were obnoxious, or at least
unknown, to the young ladies' parents, and
the question under debate was as to the pro
priety of accepting.
The girl whose declaration of independence
had just drawn my attention, was just bud
din! , into womanhood. Sho was exceeding
ly pretty, being a blonde of the purest type.
By her side was one apparently her sister,
nearly of the same age, and almost equally
lovely, but in a different style—dark and
animated, with a mischievous sparkle in her
full black eyes. She echoed the remark
quoted. proclaiming that, for the future,
she intended to eojoy herself without con•
slant reference to the opinions of her elders,
most of whom, she thought, must have for
gotten that they were ever young, One or
two of her companions ventured to disap
prove of this avowal, but the majority re.
ceived it with applause, as the utterance of
a ruling spirit.
More pained than amused, I. listened to
the talk of the giddy creatures until they
had alighted at their destination In my
subsequent journeys I never happened to
encounter any of them again, and, as time
elapsed, the incident itself almost faded from
my memory. •
About two years afterwards I became con
nected, as visitor, with a Missionsehool and
Reformatory in New York. The scene of
my labors embraced the worst portions of
th e F o urth and Sixth Wards. It was part
of my duty to enter the haunts of vice io
that neighborhood, whenever an opportunity
presented of extending a helping hand to
such of their inmates as had not fallen below
the desire of redemption.
In one of the narrow and filthy streets
radiating from the area of the Five Points,
there standsa rickety two-story wooden tene
ment, which, at the time I speak of, was
rented for the vilest of purposes by a hag
known as Mother Green—an establishment,
of which I knew nothing, except that, for
some months, its chief attraction had been a
couple of young and remarkably handsome
sisters.
Ooe morning as I was passing the house,
one of these girls was standing in the door
way, apparently on the look-out for some
body. Her large, black ayes, attracted my
notice. They did not seem altogether un
familiar to me. As I walked on, a hurried
step approached from behind, and a light
touch- on the shoulder arrested my steps. I
liaclepe33cle•ia.t Tergovrg3pa.roe.t..
turned,and faced the female of whom I haci
been thinking. She was much agitated,
and seemed .to have been weeping. With
great earnestness she besought me to go back
and visit one of her companions, who, she
thought, was dying Of course I at once
emsented. She led—the way into Mother
.Green's, and there, in a wretched garret,
whose walls and naked rafters were festooned
with cobwebs, and whose only furniture,
besides the heap of rags which served as a
bed, was a wooden-bottomed chair without
a back, lay a gasping, emaciated wretch in
the last stage of consumption. As I drew
near and gazed upon her face, a sudden flash
of recognition' 'lit up the dark corner of
memory into which I had just been vainly
peering. She was the biocide beauty of the
B-- cars, and my conductress was her
sister !
II am glad you came,' she said, in a hoarse
and broken whisper. shall not trouble
you long; only pray for me, and see that I
am buried like a human_being_f_andin_a_few_
minutes, even while I knelt to prayer, the
poor sin-burdened soul had passed to its ac
count.
Before I left, the heart-brolten sister bad
given me the outlines
_of their miserable
'story. They - were - born - and - brought - up - in -
B—, where their parents still lived, in
comfortable circumstances. While yet hard
ly more than child - fen, they had foolishly
allowed themselves to form the acquaintance
of two pun.. then. transient residents in the
place, who had first accosted them 'on their
way to sch 001, and who were utterly unknown
to their parents and friends. They had
surreptitiously accompanied these strangers
to places of amusement; and, at last, had
been inveigled into a pleasure excursion,
which had ended in their forcible detention
all night in New York. Shame prevented
their return te-the-home-they-had-disgraced„-
.
• I .11 , It grant .dl — l
by step they had descended in it, until their
only shelter was this loathsome deo, their
only companions the scum of a great seaport
floating population. 'And now,' concluded
the wretched narrator, 'I am alone ! Oh,
sir ! I can trace all this to one cause, we
keep our secrets from our mother 1'
-4-he-poor-c rea to re's—sorrow—a od—rem orse
seemed so unfeignedand overwhelming, that
I was inspired with the hope of saving her.
She readily ebnSented to take refuge, after
her sister's burial, in an institution especially
designed for such unfortunates_, until a suit-
able situation could be found for her.—
When, however, I called at Mother Green's,
on the day appointed, the proposed penitent
was too intoxicated to recognize me. I was
riven—from—the—house -- with — ttiretits an.
curses • and I never saw_heu_a• —in—life_
that is; but a feW months later, I chanced
to notice a parag raph io a daily paper con
cerning the boy' of an unknown female,
found drowned which had been taken to the
morgue for identification. The description
given tallied so well with the personal traits
of her whom I bad tried to rescue, that I
was impelled to visit Bellevue, and inspect
the remains. It was even as I had feared.
That dripping, disfigured corpse, whose livid
and swollen features hardly retained the sem
blance of humanity, was all that earth could
claim of one , whom had so lately admired,
in her innocent and joyous maidenhood
Strewn with roses, and sheltered from every
blast of adversity, had then been the path
before her; this was the end of the road she
had wilfully oh-sen for herself —this had
come of 'not telling mother everything'
Sioux Courtship.
The Sioux are, perhaps, mentally morally,
and physically, the best body of Indians on
the Plains. As wives, their woolen are faith.
fur; and if a woman becomes lewd, they pass
her on the 'prairie. That is to say, they
take her out of the village, stake her down
on the ground, where she is left for three
nights, subject to outrage by the roughs of
the tribe who can kill her if they wish.—
She is, after this, made to carry wood, water,
and do hard labor in the tribe, and is disgra
ced forever Polygamy is practiced in the
tribe, but not extensively A man may have
as many wives as he can keep', but he must
buy them. The universal price of a wife is
a pony, or for a white man an American
horse. A squaw once bought becomes the
immediate property of the purchaser, but he
must catch her. Alen have bought wives
and never been able to catch them. Most
of them, however, are quite willing to be
caught. An Indian, several years ago, took
a fancy to an officer's horse, and cried every
way to purchase him, hut the officer would
not part with the animal. Finally the Indian,
offered his Sister, a beautiful girl, in ex
change for the horse. Fearing he would
steal or maim the animal, and not wishing to
offend him, the officer gave the Indian the
horse, but declined to receive the girl in re.
turn. The young lady, however, was in
formed she was sold, and so the matter stood.
After waiting a long time for her husband
to come and claim her, she one day, as he
rode by the camp, put herself in his .. way,
when seeing he.took no notice of her, she
naively asked : 'Why don't you catch me
The officer, who had never seen her before,
inquired what she meant, when she roundly
told him she was his wife, and not at all
pleased that he had not come for her. He
never claimed her, but she was regarded by
her tribe as the white man's squaw, and, at
last accounts was still single and waiting for
her husband.
A dilapidated old darkey, in Montgomery,
Ala., while watching the monkeys in a men
agerie in that city, soliloquized thus : 'Dew
children got too much sense to come out dat
cage; white folks cut dar tails off and set dem
to coda' and malcin' constitutions.'
A riehly-dreesed•lady stopped a boy trudg
ing along with a basket, and asked, glkly lit
tle boy, have yon got religion P--110,
said the innocent, 'l've got potato...!
Jerusalern.
Jerusalem is, perhaps, unlike any - other
city in the world. The midnight slumber is
undisturbed by the shrill voice of the iron
horse, as he thunders along proclaiming the
march of science, and bearing with a speed
swifter than eagle's wings the products of
civilization and the labor of genius The
weary sufferer, tossing through the long
watches of the night, is not disturbed by the
roll of wheels. The devotee of fashion, the
midnight reveller—one who has tarried bog
at the game of chance, and quaffed that cup
which at last bitetb like a serpent and sting
eth like an adder—has no cause to curse the
fireman's trumpet, which has startled him
from his drunken slumber. The man of lit
erature who hasi labored long and sadly, un
til the night has far waned, to bring from
his brain the creations of his fancy, that his
loved ones may be saved from starvation, will
not have consciousness aroused, and his
weary mind called back from the holy land
-of—dreams—by—the—roll =of_the_soarket_eart,_
bringing to his memory that Aurora has al
ready harnessed her horses, and again the
burdensome cares of the day must knee him
to arise. No fits bell tells in which ward of
the city the power of destruction is wasting,
with more than lightnings speed, and
ploros the strong arm and stentorian voice of
the noble fireman to rescue some helpless in.
Pant or trembling maiden from the suffoca
ting flames. Aid the weary mother, bend•
ing over the cradle of the sick child, is not
pained by the hilarity of the theatre going
crowd. There are no brilliantly illuminated
streets—no light to be seen Without, save the
fitful glimmer of a paper lantern carried by
the hand of the solitary night•walker. No
policeman stands sentinel. .The soft light of
the moon cannot penetrate those narrow,
dark alleys. The daughters of music have
-been-brought-lovr.--There is a quiet—perva
- - - -
- - -
se s ree s, In w
seems faint, and nothing finds utterance save
the bark of a dog, the math) bell, and the
muzzeim's cry, doling out his lugubrious
summons for the faithful Mohammedan to
'arise and come to prayers.
And this is Jerusalem, once the joy of the
whole earth. And this is the spot spread
out-by-Jehovah-himself-for-theeternal divell
ing of His chosen._ And these miserable.
filthy, poverty-strisken and oppressed people
are descendants of the friend of God—the
children of Abraham. Behold the Metal
fulfillment of the prophecy ! See them 'melt
ed out, peeled and trodden down by the worst
of heathen; their houses possessed, the pomp
of the strong has ceased, and their holy
places are defiled.' Where now is that niag
niiiceot
temple erected WKiWSolcm-on
t_one-stone-has-been_left_upon_a-
nether, that has not been thrown down.r=
Well might the Saviour say, 'Daughters of
Jerusalem, weep not for Mei but weep for
yourselves and your children.'
Utterly Impossible.
That the old lady who believes io 'signs
and sytnptoms,' always looks out for the new
moon over her left shoulder, and never makes
pickles on a Friday, will not know 'some
thing to happen' within the year, particular.
ly if she has the bad luck to break the look
ing-glass ! As the old Dutch farmer said,
'Things is always happening, most years
That' the man who says, 'plenty of time
there's no hurry,' should not miss the boats,
lose the trains, and generally be behindhand!
Just notice whether people that have 'pleoty
of time,' don't usually end with having no
time at all.
That the woman who puts off her baking
until the washing is done, and the washing
until the weather is a little warmer, and sits
down to read a dog's eared novel in the mean•
time, should have anything but a drinking
husband, shiftless children, and a desolate
home !-
That the man who carries his hands in
his trowsers pockets, should ever possess
anything else to carry in his pockets! .
That the young lady who sleeps tit kid
gloves and pawders her face 'for the, benefit
of her complexion,' should have more than
her share of common sense!
That the man who wears an imitation dia
mond ring, will ever own a real one ! For
mock jewelry indicates a lack of brains, and
it takes a certain amount of brains to make
money enough, or anything else that is gen
uine.— Phrenological Jeurnal.
WOMAN'A GRAVE.-I can pass by 'the
tomb of a man with somewhat of a calm in
difference; but when I survey the grave of
a femala, a sigh involuntarily escapes me.
With the holy name of woman I associate
every soft, tender, and delicate affection. I
think of her as the young and bashful virgin,
with eyes sparkling, and cheeks crimsoned
with each impassioned feeling of the heart ,
as the chaste and virtuous matron, tired with
the follies of the world, and preparing for
the grave, to which she must soon descend
Oh, there is something in contemplating the
character of a woman that raises the soul fat
above the level of society. She is formed
to adorn and humanize man, to soothe his
cares and strew his path with flowers. In
the hour of distress, she is the rook on which
he leans for support, and when fate calls him
from existence, her tears bedew his grave.
Can you look upon her tomb without emo
tion T Man has always justice done to his
memory; woman never. The pages of his
tory lie open to one, but the meek sad an
obtrusiie excellencies df the other sleep with
her Unnoticed in the grave. "In her may
have shone the genius of a poet with the
virtues di saint. She, too, may have passed
along the sterile path of existence, and felt
for others as I now feel for her;
A bachelor being asked why he did'iat
marry, answered, 'that the women were
olaimiog the right to the polls, and they
would soon claim the right to go a courting,
and that he was only 'elfin for a good of
fer.'
[Correspii.kitee of the Vir.Licie RECORD.]
SEA AND LAND:
FROM NEW tORIE TO SAN FRANCISCO.
NtIiIIIER FIVE.
After a most nortecountable delay at As
pinwall for half a day the train was started.
As a matter of course, it rained before it left
—it does that every day on the Isthmus and
for fear that by some accident one day may
be forgotten in the Calendar, it rains twice
on another day to make the account even.
Suppose we bid our train and passengers
good-bye here and meet them again at Pan.
ama. In the mean time we 'will visit the
principal ports of South—Americi
through the Straits of Majellan_to_the_Tac' -
ic and join them again at the a3cient city of
Panama. - It will, be necessary far us to go
back a few years, change from a passenger
vessel to that of a man-of war and instead of
citizen companions, the hardy, unflinching
sailors. It tita -the - passage around the
continent of South America any of the read
ers of the "Record" are enabled to glean
sernent or
leisure hours 1 shall feel well rewaried
In about the same length of time we were
running - to - Aspinwall we - made the - harbor of
St Thomas, West Indies. I made it my
general rule when making a passage to a now
country to learn from my travelled ship.
mates, geography and history, what the pface
of interest were. The number of ports vis
ited by a man-ot•war and the shortness of
the stay in many of them renders it necessa
ry to know beforehand what objects of his
torical or other interest are within easy
access. Sailors have a practical and pro
verbial knowledge of geography,, but their
knowledge of history is derived from mere
topographical notices as their visits suggests
attention-to
Dkrb - e fore - kr ri v hay we - Ira - ad rrtli - e - d iatirre-e
-the little Island of Sombrero, or flat Island
which derives its name from its fancied re
semblance to a Cardinal's hat, In 1850 it
was uninhabited except by sea-fowl nor was
- there any place -of landing, but when we
passed, the Americans with their usual enter
prise had taken possession and were hard at
_work_loading_vessels_with_guano_which_was_
found there in abundance. Numerous oth
er small islands were passed before arriving,
and I noticed that the Captain of our fleet
liked very much to see these islands, for the
'currents here are so strong and various, that
no rickoning - Can be perfectly true. There
is an equinoctial current from east to west;
the Gulf Stream, a hot current from west to
east, and there are local currents, abnormal
-en rre n ta-and-a-Wat=ci real t= -- -e wren t—com--
pounded of all these, which has a-periphery
.hr
of over three thousand leagues, Ina
wood dropped in the sea here would go and
return to its starting point in two years and
ten months. A curious proof of the strong
westerly current •can be seen throughout
these islands where the fishermen find suffi
eieot cork for their nets drifted to them
from the coast of Spain.• Bottles too, have
been picked up here that were launched in
the river Gambia.
The approach to St. Thomas is not with.
out ite dangers. First of all is a rock called
Frenchman's Cap, nearly opposite is a small
island. Between these you Steer but in mid
channel is a danger called Scorpion Roc
with only twenty feet of water over it. Hav
ing cleared that (and there is a liugy on it
to help you) you enter the harbor, on your
tight is a light house ninety five feet•high,
the light of which can be seen fifteen miles
at sea On each side the entrance are forts
and batteries which as soon as we entered
ran.up the American flag and gave a it a na
tional salute.
The panorama of the harbor of St. Thom
as has been extolled by many and with jus.
tier. The port, itself is of a horse-shoe shape
and having entered, the town is right before
you, rising in three triangles with a glitter
ing white building crowning each apex. In
the background rise hills of the brightest
green, rendered more dazzling by the clear.
ness of the atmosphere. To the left the har
bor runs out into a long creek only naviga.
ble for small boats. To the right is a small
fort garrisoned by half a regiment of Danes
and some artillerymen. Above on the hills
is an old tower where irt, the good old times
lived that notable buccaneer Bluebeard.—
Close by is the fine residence of Santa Anna
and all about and around are such .lovely
gardens of flowers, shrubs and trees.
St Thomas is twelve miles long and about
,three wide. Across the whole length of it
runs a range of hills about five hundred feet
above the sea, These hills were once cov
ered with woods and the island was then wat
ered by rivulets, but the improvident Daoes
cot down the woods, the streams dried up,
and the inhabitants now suffer from drought,
insomuch' that Captains of vessels are en.
joined to husband their fresh water lest none
could be procurable at St. Thomas. I can
not get out of St. Thomas in one letter, so
adieu. C. F. S.
More care should be exercised in what we
breathe than in what we eat We breathe
incessantly and ouly eat occasionally. But
nine people in ten shut out pure air as it
were infeotion, and breathe that which is foul
as if healthy.
'You have lost some of your friends, I
see,' said a traveller to a negro, whom he
had met on the road. 'Yee, massa."Was
it a near or distant relative ?"Well, party
distant—'bout twenty•four mile,' was the
reply.
It is estimated that there are two hundred
and twenty five thousand threshing machines
in the United States, without counting the
school matms,
In reply to a paper which called General
Sherman 'the coming man,' a Georgia jour.
nal says it hopes that he is not coming that
way again.
62.00 , Per Year
The Last Dance,
During the oceop.mey,of the city of
,Mos.
sow by the French army, a party of offieets
and soldiers determined
,to have a military
,levee, and for this purpoSe choose this de
serted place of a.noblemata.. That eight-the
city was bet on fire. As the sun went down
they began to asiemble. The women . Who
followed the fortunes of the Fiona army,
were decorated for the occasion. The gay
est nod noblest of the army was there, and
merriment reigned over the crowd.
-During the dati,M • the fire rapidly ap
proached them, they savt it ctimiog but felt
no fear. At length the building neat to the
one they occupied was on fire. Coming to
• ••' ..pen-the-billows.of
re-which-swept-tite-cityoutd_then_returned_
to their amusements. Again and again awl
lOft their pleasure to watch thO progress of
the flames At length the &ince ceased: and
the ncersiity of leaving the scene of merri•
went became apparent to all. They were
enveloped in a - flood of fire,,and gazed on
with deep and awful solemnity;
. At last the fir coil !..'
own building, caused them to prepare for
flight, when a brave young officer, named
Carnet, waved his jeweled hand above his
head, and exclaimed :' 'One dance more; in
defiance to the flames All caughtthe.en
thusiasm of the moment, and 'One more
dance in defiance to the flames,' burst from
the lips of all. The dance,commenced; loud
er and louder grew the music, and faster and
faster fell the pattering footsteps of dancing
men and women, when suddenly;they heard
a cry : The fire has reached the magazine,!
Fly—fly for your lives !' One moment they
stood transfixed with terror ;they didi not
know that the magazine was there, and ere
they recovered from their stupor the vault
exploded, the building_ was shattered- t
pieces,--and—the dancers were burriecLinto_a_
cfrlul eternity.
SILENT MEN.—Washington:nover: made
a speech. In the Zenith of his fame he
once attempted-it, failed, and—gave it up,—
eon fused and abashed. In framing the
Con
stitution of the Uoited a States,rthelabor.was
almost wholly performed in committe e of
the_vrhole,_of w_hich George Waibinaton was,_
day after day, the chairman, b but.'„he made
but two speeches during the convention, of
a very few words each, something like one
of Grant's speeches. The convention, how.
ever, acknowledged' the master spirit, and
historians affirm that bad it:ifetjbeen for his
personal popularity, and the thirty words
of hie first speech, pronouncing,itlithe best
that could be united upon, the . Constitution
would-ha ve-been-rejec
Thomas Jefferson onvet made a speech. Ho
couldn't do it. Napoleon, whose executive
ability is almost without a parallel, said hie
greatest difficulty was in finding men of
deeds, rather than words. When asked how
he maintained his influence over his superiors
in nee and experience, when Commander-in :
Chief of the' army of Itally, he said, 'By
reserve.' The greatness of a man is not
measured by the length of his speeches, or
their number,
An officer who was inspecting his compa
ny one morning. spied one private whose
shirt was sadly begrimmed
'Patrick 0 Flinn,' called out the captain.
•Here, yer honor,' promptly responded
Patrick, with hand to his cap.
'How long do you wear your shirt
thundered the officer.
'Twenty - eight inches, sir,' was the , ready ,
rejoinder.
'Close up, ladies, if you please,' said a
horse car conductor to six feminioes who had
spread themselves over the entire extent of
the seats. •I shall do nothing of the kind,'
exclaimed one of the indignant fair. felothes
up, indeed, and, in a ear too; you ought to
be ashamed of yourself, young man. The
conductor subsided.
- A boarder at one of the hotels was re
cently observed to shed tears when the cheese
was passed. Upon inquiry as to the cause
of this agitation, he replied that 'the cheese
was a moving sight.'
'Papa,' said a boy, what is punctuation T'
'lt is the art of putting stops, my child.'
'Then I wish you'd go down into the cel
lar and punctuate the eider barrel, as the ci
der is running all over the floor.
If a woman could talk out of the aides of
her mouth at the eame time, there would be
a great deal said on both sides.
Epitaph.—Trected to the memory of John
Phillips, accidentally shot as a mark of of.
fection by his brother.'
Moo does the rain become too familiar
to a lady? When it begins to pat ber
(ratter) on her back.
Why should people marry' in winter?—
Because ladies want muffs, and gentlemen
comforters.
Some enemy of the fair sea remarks that
the oldest woman's club is the broom stink.
Who is the largest man? The lover—he
is a man of tremendous sighs.
r Why does a rooster cross the street ? To
get on the other side.
What makes more noise than a'pig ander
a gate ? Taro pigs.
A eure way. to turn people's heads a—Go
late to church.
, Whit looks most like ball scheme I The
otherlhalf."
Motto for the married—oevor dis—pair.
, NUMBER 44