BY FRED'K L. BAKER. K UNKEL'S CELEBRATED RITTER WINE OF IRON Bitter Wine of Iron. Bitter Wine of Iron. Bitter Wine of Iron. The Great Tonic Thh West Toni c The Great Tonic This bleat Tonic For Dyspepsia and Indigestion, For Dyspepsia and Indigestion, For Dyspepsia and Iticligestion, For Dyspepsia and Indigestion. - For weak Stomachs and General Debility. For weak stomachs and General Debility. - For weak stomachs and General Debility: • For weak stomachs and General Debility. Reliable and sure to do good, Reliable and sure to do good, Reliable and sure to do good, Iteliable and sure to do good, And cannot do Harm. And cannot do Harm. And cannot do Harm. And cannot do Harm. • It costs but little and purifies the blood, It costs but little and purifies the blood, It costs but little and purifies the blood, It costs but little and purifies the blood, We now only ask a Trial We now only ask a Trial We now only ask a •Trial We now only ask a Trial Of this valuable Tonic. Of this valuable Tonle. (if this valuable Tonic. Of thin valuable inc.O Only 75c. and One Dollar per Bottle. Only 75c and $1 per Bottle. 75c and $1 per bottle. ' my 75c and $1 per Bottle. ed salely by S. A. K UNKEL & Bro. No. 118 friarket-st., Harrisburg. nom?"1:;re genuine without their signature. 1 ,, by Dr. lIEA NE & CO., Market-at., Niarett:; 7 in., and by all respectable Druggists ttitoc.;nr ,, :r the country. [246w SUPPLEE & BRO., ;410 ia ON AND BRASS FOUNDERS And Genc.ral Illaeldnisy, Second street 13c1070 Union, Columbia, Pa. "fly s). prepared to make all kinds of Iron Car. :toiling tlills.aud Hlast Furnaces, tesur, W'titer and GaS ; COIIIIIIIIB, 12 , 1::11- Doors. Weights, &c., for 13ni1- din;t.e... c-...,tsogs el every description ; : ,1 IV BOILERS, MVST MODERN RIND IMPROVED .Ntalilez; Phr.hps, Brick Presses, Shafting and Pl,3'hys, t,entiog, Taps, Imes, Itlachlnery tot And i'anntug ; Bl t ass Beartngs, Ster.:o Gangea, Lunticators, Oil Cock's, Vs , :Cf. tor tsterri, Galt, anti Water; Brass Fit -I.llws ;_leit vaiieLy; Boilers, Tanks, Dues, S;lieks, Bolts, Nuts, 'suit Duots, Washers, xe. 5 LA CICYT.II7'HING in a EAT. RA 1, Vron lvtlee in hllll,llrlg machinery tiJI fins tt-7 ovrs-`ices that we Call give general anti:- fart:co p tltoNc tj ho may favor ua with their Lrd, rt:re.•iwa;t - in.tr ponnptty attended to. :m.ll Adteb3mi xa above ; will meet to ; , t at the time : , S't.i.E . P.l. JP P 14 tf , 1, •. - :ber 20, r ;...'• ;. r• 1 A INSURANCE CO., 4 . 11 - Laltrager County, Penna. hT 11 ANNUAL REPORT. 11:r.:wtlt iesored, 82.604,435 68 wo o ;,. pmt of . Pt , ttniutn Notes, 255 ; 931 413 Prem , - n 3. Jaiolari 1s it.: prelown,s, .css co.v.rolen. loos 341 id , 33, 9,352 45 Itecettosl , 3l . AS:le , HßOlellti ncr .kg';'B HI iSt,i3, 2.385 02 a:.2,129 31 sale. paid Iti 1663. 510,133 32 JrAtt. 3,7.54 47 .4.:.(3113 7 1...N, PRES. DLNI, (.; Et) GL6 Y t)i) N t,, J.E., ,vecretary. AILCitAI.I. N. SI 20 l'reasuter Rob; :• 2'. .I.olin TV. Stew y, Jahn I.',..ndrach. 11. G. Minich, -,sanevei .chaei S. Shuman. .3/icadel S. Mb' C. Slaymaker, Gewicre Young, Jr., .Nichal4B Me .Lhma/d J.:,t9rw 'l4 ";I,rt ?:',.^•„l mos. S. Green. i , 911 a - Ar• 1..,:.: Isv: . • vri NG OFFICES F7* - 1 For the use of Mer s ' chants ' LI rutgists and ell business and .? - j prOfessionable men 1.. -.. w „ - - - • who wish . to do their ...f :- .g.ri . ~.'''.- own printing. nest. 74 '!:-4 --- - T'!" ,, , 1:17 - .1 ly and cheaply. A . 4 . 6). r4. , ,,,_ , 7 ,--:..-,:le ---- dapteil to the print. ----` 7!:-- -- Sag o f Banal:Wm, ' .... 4,4 c a....t. i 13Blheads, Circulars, Labels, Cards and Small Newspapers. Full iruaructions accompany each office enabling a hay ten.years old to well( them successtuny. circulars sent free. Specimen sheets of Type, CIO, ite, 6 .cents. Address, A.DAMS 2 PRESS CO. 31 Park Kota, N. Y., and So LinOeln-st., Boston, Mass. 26 Iv. DR. "WHITTIER, 65 ST. CH ARLES-$l., lIIETIVERN anal it rim *EVENTII STREETS..] ST. I* O,U.T.R, MISSOURI. ESPECIAL ATTENTION TO C FIRONIO' DISEASES, - - Dyspepsia, Consumption, Liver Complaint, Diarrhea, Piles, Sm., and all Female Complaints. D*. W. will send his Theory of Chronic Dis eases, for 6 cents, toipre-pay postage. Symptom lists for any disease, forwarded. la' Medicines forwarded to any post office in the United States Post Office Box, 3092. St Louis, Atifi ust 1, 1863.-Iy. JACOB A WISNER'S TOBACCO, CIGAR & SNUFF STORE, • Opposite the Cross Keys Hotel, ' MARIETTA, PA. HE undersigned would rospectfully infor I'II m. the , public that I l e still continues, at the o stand, corner of Second and 'Walnut streets, directly opposite the Cross Keys Hotel, to keep on hand and for sale,, all kinds of cigars from Half Spanish up,, in prices from ill 6, $7 $2.0 to stiel per thousand. TOBACCO.—Natural Leal, Excelsior Cavendish, Oranoko Virginia, Con gress Fine Spun Ladies Twist, Coarse Spun Twist, Eldorado, Jewel of Ophir tobacco, An derson's best Fine-cut. All kinds of fine Ci gars manufactured of, imported stock. SIXES HALT SPANISH. Eappee Snuff ,and all kinds FancoA:Smolcing TobaCco. Seethed snuffs, Fnie-cuOpes, Cigar Tubas, 4c., [ jau. 30,"58 B URNETT% COCOAINE, For sale by DR. LANDIS. 2,1(,t,, ,'''..;1[.1...a•,-.-.,,..i.,:i.,.t...1.1..:.7."..a1t vn _f i ttltepenknt Vennsßlintuia ortnt C : grbotar to QI cs , literature ; Agriculture, Betus of It gag, °cal intelligence, ie. D R. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa. IS NOT A BAR-ROOM DRINK, OR A - SUBSTITUTE FOR RUM S . Or an Intoxicating Beverage, but a highly cOn centrited Vegetable Ex•tract, a Pure Tonic, free from alcoholic stimulant or injurious drugs, and will effectually cure - Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, and Jaundice. WILL CURE'EVERY CASE OF Chronic or Nervous Debility, Disease of the Kidneys, and - Diseases - arising' from a Disordered Stomach. OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS resulting from disorders of the digestive organs: Constipation, Inward Piles, Fuiness or mood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Fullness or weight in the Stomach, sour eructations, sink cing or fluttering of the Pit of-the Stomach, iwimming of 'he Head, hurried and difficult sreathing, fluttering at tin. heart, choking or suffocating sensations when in a lying'poSture, dimness of vission, dots or webs before the sight, fever and dull' pain in the head, defici ency of perspiration, yellowness of the skin and eyes, pain in the side, back, chest, limbs, &c., sudden flushes of heat, burning in the flesh, constant immaginings of evil, and great de pression of spirits. HOORAH'S GERMAN • BITTERS WILL GIVE YOU A Good Appetite, Strang berves, Healthy :Nerves, Steady Nerves, Brisk Feeliiags, knergetie Feelings, Beath!! .Feetivgs, A Good Constitution, A Strong Constitution, A Healthy Constitution, A Sound Constitution. WILL i.VIAKE TUE WEAK STRONG, Will make the make the Will mule tl!st Will !hake the Sallow Coniplexion Clear, Will make the Dull eye Wear and Bright. 1:0--Wl.11 prove a blessing in e%eiy *Can be used with perfect sulely DS% Male or Female, Old or Young. There are many preparations soid under the name of Bitters, put up in quart bottles, com pounded to the cheapest Whiskey or common ltum, costing from 20 to 40 cents per gallon, he taste disguised by Anise or Coriander seed. This class of Bitters has caused and will con ...lime to cause, as long as they can be sold, Jundreds to the tte death of a drunkard. By their use the system is kept continually under tine influence of alcoholic stimulaf its of the worst k Ind,.the desire for liquor is created and kept up, slid the result is all the horrors at tendant upon a drunkard's life and death. Be ware of them. For those who desire and wilt have a liquor bitters, we publish the following receipt: Get one bottle Hoofland's German Bitters and mix with three quarts of good Whiskey or Brandy, and the result Will be a preparation that will far excel in medicinal virtues and true excellence any of the numerous liquor bitters in the market, and mill cost much less. You will have all the virtues of iloodland's Bit ters in connection with a good article of liquor and at a much less price then these inferior preparauons will cost you. DELICATE CHILDREN. $13,887 79 Those suffering fFom arutrasmus, wasting away, tvith scarcely any flesh on their bones. are cured in a very short time; one botch• in such cases, will have Most Surprising effect. DEBILITY,i $13,587 79 Resulting from Fevers of any kind—these bit ters will renew your strength in a short time. FEVER. A AG ~—The chills will not re turn if these Bitters are used: No person in a fever and ague district should be without them From BeO. J. Newton Brown, D. D., Editor of the Encyclopedia of Religious Knott)ledge. Al though not disposed to favor orxecommend Patent Medicines in general, through distiast of their ingredients and effects ; f 'yet know of no sutfici Int reason why a man may not tes tify'to' the benefits he believes himself to have received from any simple preparation, in the hole that he may, thus contribute to the bene fit of others. I do this more readily in regard to Hooflaud's German Bitters, prepared by Dr. C. N. Jackson becanse I was prejudiced against them for a number of years, under the impresaion that they were rhiefly an alcoholic mixture. lam indebted to my friend Rob't Shoemaker, esq., for the TAmoval of this prejudice IT proper tests, and for encouragement to try them, when suffering from great" and long debility. The use of three bottles of these bitters, at the be ginning of the present year, was followed by evident relief, and restoration to a degree of bodily and mental vigor which I bad not felt for sic months before, and had almost dispair ed of regaining. I therefore thank God and my friend for directing me to the use of them. J. NEWTON Iluowa. libiladelphia, June 23, 1862. ATTENTION, SOLDIERS. We call the attention of all having relations ea friends in the army to the fact that " Hoof land's German Bitters" will cure nine-tenths of the diseases induced by privation and ex posues incident to camp life. In the lista published almost daily in the newspapers, on thearrival of the sick, it will be noticed that a very large proportion are suffering from de bility. Every case of that kind can be readi ly cured by Hooflsnd's German Bitters. We have no hesitatior , in stating that, if these bit ters are freely used among our soldiers, hund reds of lives might be salted that otherwise would be lost. The proprietors are daily receiving thankful letters from sufferers in the army and hospi tals,who have been restored to health by life use of these Bitters, sent to them by their friends. Beware of counterfeits ! See that the sig nature of "C. M. Jackson," is on the wrapper of each bottle. PRICES. Large Size, $1:00 per bottle, ordozen for $5. -Medium size, 75c per bottle, or 1 dozen for $4 .The largez,size, on account of the quantity the bottles hold, are much the cheaper. Should your nearest druggist not have the do not be put off by any of the intoxi cating preparations that may be offered in its place, but send to us, and we will forward, .securely packed, by express. Principal Office and Manufactory; No. 631 Amur STREET. JONES Br, 'gVA.VS; (Successors to C. M. Jackson & C 0.,) Piepts ators. FArsaln by? Druggists sind u Deilers in, every rain in the'UniteeStatel. ,` • ' irnar.3o7ly 1100FLAND'S GEIIIIIABI iTT RS., Delicate Realty, Depreesed Lively, PAUT CULAR NOTICE. RED THE FRIEND.S OF-SOLDIERS MARIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1864. tbirm Saturbap gtorning CauLL's Row, Front Stree OFFIrE : S doors below Flury?s Tamils ,One Dollar a 'year, /papa, in ad vane!, Agd if subscriptiors be-not pap within. six zilch - Ms $1.25 will be charged; but if de- layied until the expiration of the year, $1'.50 will be charged. itnvEntrsirto RATES: Ode SORTS (12 lines, or less) 50 cents for the first insertion and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. Pro fessional and Business eat ds, of six lines or less at $3 per annum. Notices in the reading col umns, fire cents a-line. Marriages and Deaths, the simple announcement, FREE.; but for any additional lines, lye cents a line. ;A liberal deduction made to yearly and half yearly advertisers. ' Having recentled added a large lot of • new Job and Card type, Cdts, 'Borders, &C.; tothe Job Office of "The Marieniati," which will i . insure the fine executio of all kinds of Jon Sr. CARD PRI NTIN , from the smallest Card to the largest Pot.. , at prices to suit the War times. [IT is ascertained by the inspection of the registers of many countries that the uniforin proportion of male to female births is as 21 to 20; accordingly in respect to marriage every twenty-first man is naturally superfluous.] I have long been.puzzled to-guess' And.so I have frequently said;. What;the reason could really., be , • • That I haye never happened to,wed ; But now it is perfectly clear lam under .a natural ,ban ;, , The girls are already assigned— And I am a superfluous man. These clever statistical chaps Declare the .numericaUrun Of women and men in the world, Is Awgpy to twenty-and-one; And hence in pairing, you.pee, Since wooing and wedding tegan, For every connubial score, They've got a superfluous man Thin Stant, By twenties and twenties they go, And giddily rush to their fare, For none of the number of course, Can fail of a conjugal mate ; But'while they are yielding in scores. To nature's intle;ible plan, There , s never a woman for me, For I'm a superfluous man. It isn't that I am a churl, To solitude over-inclined ; It isn't that I am at fault In morals, or manners, or mind ; Then what is the reason, you ask, I am still with the bachelor. clan? I merely was numbered , amiss— And, I'm ri superfluous man. It isn't that I am in want Of personal beauty or grace, For many a man with aFife Is uglier far in the face'; Indeed, among elegant men, I fancy myself in the van, But what is the value of that,. When . I'm a superfluous man Although I am fond of the giris, For aught I could ever. discern, The tender emotion I feel Is one they ever return : 'Tie idle to quarrel with fate, For struggle as hard as'l can, They're mated already, YOU Yriow— And I'm a superfluous maul No wonder I grumble at times, With women so pretty and plenty, to know that I never was born To figitre its one 'of the twenty ;' ' But yet when the average lot • With 'critical vision I scan, I think it maybe for the best that I'm a superfluous man. THE POWER OF ELOQUENCE.-- IN RED Whitefleld preached before the sesrmen' at NeW York,-'be . used the' following bald apostrophe !--"Well, my boys, we have a clear sky, and are disking 'fine headway. over a smooth sea, befhre a light breeze, And we shall soon loae, sight of land. But what means this sudden lowering of the , heavens, and that dark cloud arising from beneath the western horizon? Hark! don't you hear distant thunder? don't you see those flashes of lightning? A storm is gathering ! Every man to his duty ! How the waves rise and dash egainst the ship 1 The air is dark! The temp est rages! Our masts are gone ! The, ship is on her beam ends 1 What next ?" The unsuspecting tars suddenly rose and exclaimed, "take , to the long beets 1" Or On a person asking another if he believed in the appearance of spirits, he replied, , "No ; but I believe in their dis appearance, for I have missed a bottle of gin since last night." "'John," said a father to his son one day, when he caught him shaving the down off his upp,er lip, "don7tihrow your shaving water out w here, thereare any bare-footed boys, for they might get their feet pricked • eta - "I tell you, Susan, that I will commit suicide if you don't have me." 4 4Wetl, Thomas, as soon as you have given me that proof of inr affectip will believe that 'eV foie me." THE .SUPERFLUOUS MAN. 13=E! Pr. RITZY WARD'S BESOLUTIO For two years Kitty Ward had be n earnestly striving to be good. She d - sired, beyond all things, to be pure in heart, true in,motive, single in purpose. But' the result did not satisfy het. To her"very greet mortiftition, 'she was foreedlO that.the real - obstadle self-love. The issue of all OAS 'Was' the following insertion , in her .diary Resolved.: With, the help. of my heavenly ,Father; I will seek to do.good whereiand in what degree I ean, without any though or hope , of :reward or return in any:way. At this juncture a pleasant voice from an adjoining room called, I g . "Kitty love I" . "Yee, dear mother." i "Here are two` invitations for you." Kitty opened one, which ran as fol lowS: ' ' "DEAR Puss—Pack up your prettiest dresses, and. brifig . them, withspur sweet face,, over to Woodlawn:. I want to borrow you for a month or two. Bring all your supply of merry smiles, bright looks, and winning ways ; for the Mar- MUIR, Livingstone, and Lees are here. Also, my dear baS bleit, bring all your wisdom ; for Tires Major is coming, the last of the month.. Ile cares for nothing earthly but -learning, and never opens his month to a lady save to growl. Per haps I, should explain. By Ursa Major I mean . Dr. Muller, the great savant, who, by the way, is likewise a great p ar a. I will, send the carriage to the depot for you. Good-by, doarie, The second note, from 'a good old Quaker aunt `of her father's, Was in a different strain : "My DEM,. Kavnzaiug--Will thee come and stay with thy old =aunt a few weeks? lam sorely afflicted with rheu matism, and quite helpless. I lour for thy bright face and cheerful, voice. If thee will come, thee will be doing a great kindness-to thy affectionate AUNT RUTH." Kitty was thoughtful for some time "Mother, what shall I do ?" "What do you wish, my child ?" "Do you not think cousin Sarah would go to Aunt Ruth r she said, after a pause. "Very Eagerly, "Oh I mother, I should like so much to go to Woodlawn. It is so delightful there. The company is al ways refined, intelligent, and entertain ing. It improves my French so much to talk with the Marceans. And Dr. Muller is to be there. He has been abroad for years, engaged in scientific researches connected with his profes sion. Ho knows everything." Mrs. Ward saw very well the struggle her daughter was undergoing, but she Only said; "Decide for yourself, 'my dear," and left her. Kitty ran up stairs, fully determined to go to Woodlawn, but the first object that met her gaze was' her diary, and the .resolution. Then commenced a sharp conflict.L— The many and varied delights of Wood lawn, passed before her ; the rides, the excursions, the boating parties the fetes of all kinds, and the elegance anti-re finement of its surroundings ; 1 1 0, in strong contrast ?, 7ap , pati , eut, suffering aunt Ruiti, in her quiet little home, Widowed and childless for' years, with ‘no company, nothing cheerful. "Well, now, If there ever is a chance to act 'upon my new resolution---" and, to avoid further temptatlon, she wrote a regret, to cousin Alice, and an accept ance to aunt Ruth. Aunt Ruth took' off ber spectacles, and wiped' hef eyes, when she read Kit ty's note, and said, : "The blessed child. I" and then handed it to the physician by her bedside to read. This PhysiCian, a gra* quiet-looking gentleman, with a broad, white forehead, and deep eyes, wealth's child of a dear ; early friend of aunt Ruth. Kitty came alt th'e appointed time, and within a week the house -was a changed place. The doors and windows were opened, the sweet air andtright sunshine let in. Bouquets were seat- tered here and there, freshly arranged each day. The rigid arrangement of the furniture was broken. Aunt Ruth's old piano was tuned, and drawn. up near the door of her room, that Kitty might sing old hymns to her. Aunt Ruth's good old heart was greatly rejoiced by all this change;and the doctor wondered great ly. He- saw the effect, and knew Kitty to be the cause, but the means was to him a raystery. Fjom day to day he spent much time, wondering what change such a bright spirit would make in hit grand, but sombre old place, a mile or two distant. Nothing could exceed Ritty'S amaze ment when she feud that aunt Ruth's friend, to whom she had .written so of ten, of whoin ,she talked so much, .was the great Dr. Muller. She did not talk much in his presence, for she • stood in real. awe of, him ; but her delight was unspeakablein listening- to his conver sations with aunt Ruth. His vast kootyledge, his varied , experiences, hie great,and good ideas, were wonderful to her, and she congratulated herself many times that sho knew him so much better here thattshe could have done at Wood lawn. To the doctor, Kitty was a revela tion. He bad never bad much' time or opportunity for knowing ladies. He was tiot at all versed in. their Ways or manners: Be thought Kitty's beaming face 'Was like sunshine ; her merry laugh like rippling waters her voice was melody. Be noted her womanly ways, her gentleness, her kindness. He found her "never weary of well-doing, never seeking for her own."' Well, it fell out -as Kitty had pre dicted. Aunt Ruth grew' rapidly' better. So, after all, Kitty went to Woodlawn about the time Dr. Muller did. But, for some reason, she did not enjoy it as she had done in former times. Everything lacked tone and interest, and she looked back with a sigh to the quiet copversa tions in aunt Ruth's, sick-room. She saw bat little of Dr. Muller. , He seemed engrossed by the gentlemen. The fact was, lie avoided her; for when he saw her so sought by her young friends, no party being complete , without .ber, .the delight and joy of all, be, began to fear that the. society of a dull,student like himself :must be irksome, and he only discovered then what it would be to him ,to have her always. Cousix ALICE." Toward the close of the visit, Dr. Muller proposed that the party should transfer themselves to: his place `for a week or so. This invitation was. hailed with delight, for the old Miller place, with its majestic treat, beautiful views, long avenues, grassy lawns, and, above all, tbe grand, mysterious rooms, closed since his mother's death, were objects of interest to all. Not the smallest of Kitty's pleasures was that: she found dear aunt Rath there, but yet she car ried a dreary heart the while ; for it seemed to her that all the interest in life was concentrated in this one spot, and how'soon she was to leave it. One day, Dr. Muller sat in his library alone, his head buried in his hands,— Aunt Ruth ‘came softly in. She saw his look of wretchedness. 'Thee ought to be a happy man, Her mann, with these 'broad hands, and thy great opportunities to do -good. But thee does not look so." "Aunt Rath, I would give all of.this, and more. for the one, little _ewe-lamb that is not mine!' "What does the mean, Hermann 7" "I mean that my eellish, heart, .old, grave, and full, of cares, pines for year little Kitty," Aunt Rath walked out of the library with more celerity than her gentle move ments usually permitted, went to Kit ty's room, in a maauer that might be called excited, and said, “Katheriae. 'go to Ito Ii r ry ; the doctor has , need. of thee.” Kitty hastened, a little alarmed. "Aunt Roth says you want me, Dr. MtiDer." ' "I do'want you, I do. What else did she tell you ? That my whole being'is crying oat; for' yin, that my heart is hun gry and insatiable ? But L did not mean to disturb your happy life, I did not mean, this knowledge to come , to you." Kitty turned her sweet, true Nee full upon him. "Dr. Muller,,in nll the world there is nothing .1 would sutler-have than your love." She has s been his wife now six months. Mrs: Muller itra - good 'arid' noble wo man,' Dr: Muller is a : goodiind noble man; and there is no reason why they, should not lead "good and noble lives.— Aunt Ruth closed her little` horise; and is their honored guest. Kitty still strives ardently to keep her resolution, but her husband thinks she never had need to, make it. fir "If a dog's tail is cut off entirely z , will it not interfere with his lgoomo tion .Not exactly notaffect his carriage, bat 4 will'atop his '.wag ging. tu- Why are country girl& cheeks like French calito ? BecaUse they are "warranted to wash and retaie their color." • VOL tO.-NO. 36. totte, Jealousy, and Pox Kautiu The Cork Examiner vouches for the truth of the following romance in real life :—"Con Tuesday one of the largest audiences ever .assembled, in a Cork theatre, was attracted to it by the pro mised attendance at the performance of the fox-hunters of the south of Ireland in full hunting costume. Connected with this incident is a story which con tains a strong spice of romance. A gentleman residing in Cork, of consider able eminence in the scientific world, as well as distinguished in the field hunt ing, and in social circles, was recently at a ball near Queenstown, at which a young lady of great beauty was present. In the evening, the gentleman, who had been but a short time Tireirionsly intro; duced to the lady, Managed to lie'her conversation so Muth as=to et , cite some little 'annoyance among vari-' ens other gentleMeri present. Among these were two English officers; one of whom in the course of the evening; made a remark to an Irish gentleman, which, by implication, meant that he would not be as successful in-more manly contests. The Irish gentleman at' once accepted the implied challenge, and said that if the lady would give him ter bracelet to wear as a gage at the next day's hunt• which was to come off' near Annoy, he would undertake to , come in at the finish before either of the two officers, and would then write a song to be dedicated to the lady, and in her praise which he would get set to music, and afterwards have sung before one of the largest audi ences ever assembled in the Cork thea tre. The wager was at once accepted, twenty pounds being the sum staked.— The lady, with %eb spirit, gave her bracelet, the hunt came off, the gentle man wore it, and rode in triumphantly at the head of the field. He afterwards did compose the song, and had it set to music, and this was the pretty ballad which Mr. Bowler sang so charmingly after the opera. To secure the large house on that night the patronage of the fox-hunters of the south of Ireland was obtained by the gentleman who played such a prominent part in the transac tion, and the highly successful result was to be found in the crammed condi tion of every part of the building. The next morning a letter was delivered to the hero of the adventure, containing a check of twenty pounds from his rival, with whom he had made the bet, who thus acknowledged our countryman's superiority as a courtier, a cavalier, and a poet. The following is a specimen of .the song " 'Thy colors in my cap I. wore, Thy presence in my heart 'I bore Surely a charmed life was mine, Since it in thought was linked with thine Data mitt, Dora mi, Only love me as I love thee., PI NIAGARA FALLS ECLIFSED.---FCOII/ creditable exchange we cut the, follow •ing.description of a waterfall, hitherto unknown to the tourists, and distil).- .guished for its wonderful sublimnity over that of Niagara. It has been discovered -icy the valley of the Snake Fork of the Columbia river. It says•;. "This excel sior fall,, over wlich pours the entire volume of Snake river, is 'a sheer preci. pica one.' hundred and ninety-eight 'feet higher than the precipice of Niagara, Snake river is said to he fully as• large as the Niagara, and it totes the Oven. dons fall at one solid leap. A muting detaeliment of United States troops are accredited with the discovery, The continuons , roliring- of this fall, it is in. geniously - remarked, has for many 'yeais attracted attedtron, without anythiag definite' having - been learned concerning it. more than if it had been as distant as the - fall of Adam or a cataract in 'the moon. Forward, enthusiastic tourists, can new.authentically post the world up regarding'this, the greatest of all natu ral wonders it has ever fallen heir to !" TEN FRIENDS.- 6 I wish that I'd good friends'to help me on in life !" cried la zy Den n is, With a yawn. '"Good 'friends! replied his master Why, you've too," '" I'm sure l've not half so many, and those'that I tra've are too poor to help me." "Count your fingers, my boy," said big master Dennis looked down on his big, strong hands "Count thumbs and• all," added the master "I have—there are ten," said the lad . Then never say that you have nof' ten good irienda, able to help you on in life. Try what those true friends can de .beforelou go , grunibling and fietting be eafiseYtiu do not get help from otters.-