BY FRED'K L. BAKER. K UNKEL TITVEri WINE CELEBRATED IRON Bitter Wine of Iron. Bitter Wine of lion. Bitter Wine of Iron. The Great Tonic The Great Tonic The Great Tonic The Great Tonic For. Dyspepsia and Indigestion, • For Dyspepsia and Indigestion, For Dyspepsia and Indigestion, For Dyspepsia and indigestion. Fur weak Stomachs and General Debility. Fur weak stomachs and General Dsbility. Fur weak stomachs and General For weak stomachs and General Debility. Reliable and sure to do good, • Reliable and sure to do good, Reliable and sure to du good, sumto 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 hale and purities the blood, It costs but little and purifies the blood, It costs but little and purities the blood, e now only ask a Trial We now only ask a Trial We now only ask a Trial We now only ask a Trial or this valuable Tonic. 01 this valuable Tome. 01 this valuable Tonic. Of this valuable Tonic. Only e and One Dollar per Bottle. • Only 7i . ic sind $1 per Bottle. , Only 75e and $1 per bottle Only 7."ic and $1 per lioqle. kantofachi td Aide,ly by Si. A.IiL • XJ:EL lit o No. 118 Mailict-st., gone genuine without their signature. Fui rule I > !: i. I EAN NI CO., Markt:l.-st., Nlaricitu, :12,1AL:table' Druggists thloiighout iiit euti Il'y ( .v mi ,„ ; • SUPPLEE & BRO., IRON AND lIRASS 1 0 N » E it S And General Machini4s, Second street Below Unign, Columbia, ('a. They are prepared to make all kinds . of Iron Cablisigs for 'dm anti blast Furnaces, l'wes, tor .;:teuni, Water and Gas ; C,iluton6, Frunti , , Celiac riuurs, Weights, Sc., tor Buil dings, and cai tit gm oi every description ; :,TEA E G LIVES, A Li BO IL E,' RS, I==l Manner; Pumps, Brick Presses, Shutting . tind p.utie..., min Tupb, Dies, Ainentnery in; Alining Lind ; lieultligis, :7,lesta t bucatl4uuhr', I.tiblicillors, Oil PpCks, Nitl‘es fur Stettin. t.ua, and Vintei ; . Lj,gb WEI uric!) ; Flues, Stackb, Ntiti,, V milt JJuors, INithiiers, BLAuRsWITI:IN4.: in GENERAL. rrint, tong experience in huilding machinery w, Motes oursek twat at , can give geleral faction to those w ho shay favor us with the ii urdrt's. i ttepau am promptly attended to. Ordt•rs maul above,wii I meet with prudiplo , u:,ei,t Prices to suit the timcs. Z. S PP L UPP L E. ColumLin, Octobt r 20, iSt,II. .14 IT TII 1 , 1 COLti NIIII.A INSUR ANCE CO., Of Colwana, Lancaster Cou , o,,Penna. FOUI.TfI ANNUAL REPoRT. NVliole amount insured, 82,604,43;3 68 umonnt ui Premium Notes, :2,5:3,931 46 111. Cush Premiums.. Juntittry I. Itee'tits tit premiums, less Agt's Cotnuai6s• ',nib in 1863, Leceipl6, fur Assess:nchis less Ats iu 1863, ,2,12') 31 9;2.'32 33 2-85 liis,ses and expeabespaid Li ISO, Nil. of Pre:mi.:oi, Jan. 1, 3,744 17 A. S. GItEF.N, PIIE,II/kril ; KO a b: YOUNG, J r., err etury. MICHAEL S. SH UIMAN, Treasurer DIRECTORS : /Wert T. Ryon, John V. Steamy,. John Fenclrich, 11. Some. E. Rom kin, Michael S. Shuman, Michael S. .Nh ninon, S. C. Sloyntaker, Gemnge Young, Jr., Nicledas Mc Donald Ddmund :Tem g, Antos S. Green. PORTABLE PRI - M*l NG OFFICES or the use of Mee milts, Druggists lid all business and rofessionable men ho wish to do their wn printing, neat / and cheaply. A lapted to the print ig f 1111eatia, Circulars, Labels, Cards and Small Newspapers. Full instructions accompany each office enabling a boy ten years old to we] k them successlu.ly. Circulars sent free. Specimen sheets of Type, Cuts, Stc., 6 cents. Address, it DA MS PRESS CO. 31 Park Row, N. Y., and 55 Linceln-st., Boston, Mass. 26 1r D R. WHITTIER, 65 ST. CH ARLES-ST., t.SETWEEN SIXTH AND SEVENTH STREETS. S7'. LOUIS, MISSOURI. ESPECIAL ATTENTION TO CHRONIC DISEASE'S, Dyspepsia Consumption, Liver Complaint, Diarrhea, Piles, &c., and all Female Oomplaints. Da. W. will send his Theory of Chronic Dis eases, for 6 cents, to pre-pay postage. Symptom lists for any disease, forwarded. iCt" Medicines forwarded to any post office in the United States Post Office Box, 3092. St Louis, Ai4 dst 1, 1863.-Iy. JACOB A VIS,VER'S TOBACCO, & SNUFF STORE, Opposite the Cross Keys Hotel, MARIETTA, PA. 11111 E undersigned would rospectfully inform the.,public that ho still continues, at the of stadd, 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 prie.e3 from 96, $7 $2O to $BO per thousand. TaaACCO.—Natural Leaf, Excelsior Cavendish, Oranoko Virginia, Con gress Fine Spun Ladies Twist, Coarse Spun Twist, Eldorado, Jewel of Ophir tobacco, An derson's tiest Fine-cut. All kinds of fine Ci gars manpfactured of imported stock. SiXES HALF li r trirsit. Rappee Snuff and all kinds Fancy P Smoking Tobacco. Scented snuffs, Fnie-ou!tes 3 Cigar Tubes, 4.e. [ jan. 30,'58 DU Y one of those beautiful S 0 F Tit 11 HATS at Car 1 L'S, 92 Market-at. ()I - Ijt l o ll: aTitt-'-ian jn ( jubtiftithent`,Vettitqlbauia !, I s,ourital : ptinit6 toValitics, Yittratttrt, "Agriculture, Balls of fly pall, oca( 4ntelligtrat, DR. HOOFLAN D'S ERA' A N BITTERS, Prepdred by Dr. a M Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa. IS NOT A BAR-ROOM DRINK, OR A SUBSTITUTE FOR RIJN, Or an Intoxicating Beverage, but a highly con centrated Vegetable Extract, a ruse Tonic, fiee from alcoholic stimulent or injurious drugs, and will effectually cure Liner Complaint, Dyspepsia ; and Jaundice. ' 11 . 60FLAND'S GEREIZAN EITTEIS WILL CURE EVERV•CASE OF Chronic or Nervous Debility, Disease of the Kidneys, and Disease' arising from a Disordeied Stomach.. OIiSEIIVE THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS resulting from disolders of the digestive organs: Constipation, Inward Piles, FuMess or Blood to the Heed, Acidity of the Stoniach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Fullness or weight in the Stomach, sour eructations, sink (pig or fluttering of the Pit of the Stomach, itvimming of the Bead, hurried and difficult breathing, fluttering at tht heart, choking or solideating sensations when in a lying posture, dimness of vission, dots or webs before the sight, lever and dull pain in the head, defici ei.cy of perspiration, yellowness of the skin and eyes, pain in the side, back, chest, limbs, &c., sudden flushes of heal, burning in the flesh, constant immsginings of evil, and great de pression of spirits. HOORAH'S CEEMAN BITTERS WILL GIVE YOU A Good Appetite, I.‘erves, ei es,r Jteudy er yes, . . ilr tak Feelings, bneigetic Feelings, heuithy Feoutgs, A Good Constitution, A Strong -Constitution, A Healthy Constitution, A Sound Contitution WILL MAKE THE W . EAK WILL 111116 e the make the Will make the niche the Sallow Complexion Clear, Will make the Dull eye Clear and Blight. Kill prove a blessing in eNely Can ,be used }with peacct stale or Feitude, Ulu ur Yuung. I t'l: CI ; 1,,+ It NOTICE. 'liiete arc :1 any:preparations soid under the nathe of hilti is, put up in quart bottles, coins pouhded it the cheapest Vs hiskey or common Ruin, costing, flout :M to 90 cents:.per gallon, he taste disguised by Anise or Coriander seed. This Mae, of Ilitti.rs huscausrd and will coo .inue to cause, as :tor.g 113 they can lie sOld, .tandreds id die tie death ut a drunkard. liy their use the system is kept continually and r the influence of alcoholic at the worst kind, the desire tor liquor is created and kept tip, and the result is all the . horrors ~ .tr tendant upon a drtinkard's hie and death. Be ware of Mem. For those who-desire and , tvill have a -liquor bitters, we publish the following - receipt : Get one bottle Gogflund's German Bitters and mix with three quarts', of good PVhiskey. or Brandy, and the lesult will be a preparation that wiil far excel in medicinal virtues and true excellence: any of the numerous ligtior bitters in the market; and mil/ c , st much te a s•. You will have all the virtues of lloofiand's tors in connection with. a good articio of liquor and at a much less price . Well these inferior preparations will cost you. DELicATE culuntEs. SI3,SS7 73 Those suffering (thin marezzl73US,' wasting away, with scarcely aid" flemli'on their boneii are cured in a very sl,uit Writ.; one bott . in such eases, will most zurptisini: effect. 1.1141L1 rY, Resulting from Fevers of any 'iiind-tliese lets kill renew'your strengta M a short time. $13 0 ,857 79 FEVER AND Anne.--The ceilia will nut re turn if these Bitters ure used. No person in a fever and ague district should be wiihUut them From Rev. J. Newton lirown, 1). D., Editor of the EncyclopediaOf Religious Knowledge. Although not Ciaposed to favor or recommend Patent Medicines in gennral, through diAlubt f their ingtedientS and effects; 1 yet know of no suttici •ut reason why a man may not tes tify to the benefits he hefieves himaeit to have received from any simple preparation, in the, hope that he may thus cOuilitnite to the bene,- fit of others. I do this more readily in regard to Hoofland'S German Bitters, prepared by Dr. C. I, Jackson because I was prejudiced 'agiiinat them fair number of years, under the Impression that they were chiefly au alcoholic: mixture. lam indebted to my friend itob't Shoemaker, esq., for the removal of this prejudice by 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 1 had not felt for six months before, and had altboat dispair ed of regaining:. I therefore thank God and my friend for directing me to the use of them. J. NEwrorr BROWN. Philadelphia, June 23, 1512.. ATTENTION, SOLDIE HS% AND TEIE FRIENDS OF SOLDIERS We call the attention of all having relations or 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 lists published almost daily in the newspapers, on the_arrival of the sick, it will be noticed that a very large proportion are suffering front de bility. Every case of that kind cau be readi ly cured by Iloofland's German Bitters. Me hate no hesitation in stating that, if these bit ters are freely used among our soldiers, triml reds of lives might be saved 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 the use of these Bitters, sent to them by their friends: Beware of counterfeits 1 . the that the sig nature of "C. M. Jackson," is,on the wrapper of each bottle. PRI OBS.' Large Size, $1:00 per bottle, or 1 . 1 dozen for $5. Medium size, 75c per bottle, or dozen for $4 The larger size, on account of the quantity the bottles hold, are much the cheaper. Should your nearest druggist not have the article, do not be put oil 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. 63f ARCH STREET. JONES' & EVANS, (Successors to C. M. Jackson - Br. C 0.,) . Proprzstors. For sale by Druggists and,Dealers in every )wn in the United states. [may 30..1y MARIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1864. VWI I ist btu Safari) ap San rn lug OFFICE: ?. City LL's Row, Front Street, five doors below Flery's Hotel. TERMS, One Dollar a year, payable in ad vance, and if subscriptior a be hot paid within six months $1.25 will be charged, but if de layed until the expiration of the year, $1.50 will be charged. ADVERTISI NCI RATES: One square (12 lines, or less) 50 cents for the first amertion and 25 cents fix each subseqbent insertion. Pro 7 fessional and Business cards, of six lines or less at $3 per alinum. Notices in the reading col umns,firc cents u-line. iNlarriage.s and Deaths, the'simple announcdnient, Fria ; for any additional lines, five cents a line, A liberal deduction made to yearly and half yearly advertisers. [laving recentled added a large lot of new Job and Card type, Cut 3, Borders, &c., to the Job Office of " The Mariettian," which will insure the fine execution of all kinds of JOB & CARD PRIN,TING, from the , smallest Card to the largest Poster, at prices to suit the War times. Delieute "thin Stuut, Depressed er. There. is a German family in f.l a lena, who in daily conversation lase the Englishlanguaga. But the'mother teach es her children the. same G'terinan pray_ ers she used to repoat in her childhood away back.: on , the , banks .of the river Rhine. One night. as little Earnest, a precocious chap of some four 'summers; was quietly going through his evening deVotions, he suddenly electrified and astonished his mother by exclaiming;--- "Ma, why do we always talk Yankee and pray German? Is God a Dutchman?" oar A. very talkative little girl used often to annoy her mother by making remarks about the visitors that came to the house. On one occasion, a gentle man was expected whose nose bad been accidentally flattened nearly to his face. The mother cautioned her child particu larly to say nothing about this feature. Imagine her consternation when the little one exclaimed "Ma, you told me not to say anything about Mr. Smith's nose. Wby, he hasn't got any." ito - A lady friend of ours was in Chi cago the other day, and was asked by her cousin how she liked the Balmoral stocking. "Oh, very well," was the re ply, "Well, I don't," said the cousin, nor will I wear them either; I'll be" hanged if I'll make 'a barber's pole of my leg for the sake of being fashion- • fir Torn," said a grocer to his apprentice, "you have been apprenticed• now thred months, and have seen the , several departments of our trade. I wish to give you a•• choice of occupation.." 'Thank' eo, sir." " Well, now, what part of the business do you like best?" PShig tin' up, sir." PRIDE Yes! ,on:the annals of my r race, In characters of flame, Which Time shall dim not nor erase, I'll stamp my deathless name. Ti m rue which on my vitals preys, And inlysrnouldering lies, . • Siiii;l flash out, a meteor's blaze, And stream along "the skies. Chafedias•the Angry ocean's-swell,.My soul within me boils, Like a chained monarch in his cell, Ur lion in the toils: • Ty wealth, to pride, to lofty state, No more I'll bend the knee, But fortune's minions, meauly great, Shull crouch like slaves to me. The God' which fOrzned'nee for command, And gave me strength to rise, Shall plant his sceptre in my hand,, His eyes; Shatlorith the thorny crown of famei, My aching temples bind, And name INC iya mighty name, ek Monarch of the Mind."' Me 'leaven's aright gaiaxy Oak greet . King! by celestial, choice!. And Earth's ten thousand tongues repeat The thunders otiny voice.. Sting in her turn, the Itert.leas fair, Who proudly eyea.me"now . , Shall weep to see some other: share ,The Godhead of my brow; Shall, weep to see some loveliest star, Snatched to my soul's embrace, Ascfid nae Fame's fiery car, And spup. the bounds of.space. Though T Sour:ding praises swell thy Aid flattery smooth thy test, Griet yet mu Y pierce 'the' triple mail Of that 'tinteeliUi brSast. Tune,.oh my .soul t thy loftiest strainL— Exultywith 'song and glee r ' For Scorn !lath snapped each earthlier chain And set the Imnaortat free. Minds destined to a glorious shape Must first affliction feel; Wine issues from the trodden gripe iron's blistered into steel. So gushes from_ &Tedious bruised,,, Ambition's purple tide; And. steadfast unkindlymsed, ilardens to stubborn Pride Story of a Pin Many years ago, a lady in Paris was going outto walk the gay streets of the city, to see the new and beautiful goods hanging so tempting in the windows, and yerhaps to buy a few trifles. When all ready to go ~..out, she noticed that some part of her dress seemed to hang awry, and so she snatched a pin from its paPer and thrust it in her dress. The poor pin felt that he was lost and almost smothered fur the first hodr, but after a while, he began to work his way out, so that his head was in sight. "Now," says he, "I can see it all. I have nothing to do but to ride through these streets and see all; the beautiful things, and enjoy myself." Pretty soon the lady met some gen tlemen, and they took of their hats and bowed very low., "Ah !" says, the little pin, "was not all that to me? I'm sure they looked directly at me when they bowed ! My bead is bright, and perhaps they thought me a cosily diamond! Who knows ?" And then the pin began to thrust his head tip higher, and to look about with an air orgreat satisfaction. 'lt seemed to him'that.all the people hadcome' out in their best clothes and in their car riages for him to look at, and that he was the most important thing in all Paris. He felt that his mistress was walking out for his sake, and had placed him up near her neck so that everybody could 'see him. Poor pin 1 He had much to learn. .. BY-and=by, as the lady was walking through a street on which•none but the rich lived, the pin thought he would stretch up his-head high enough to peep into the window, when he lost his bal ance ,and . He cried with a very tiny, jingling, tinkling sound as his head struck the sidewalk.. He lay still, ex pecting that alt the passers weuld stop and,gqze at him, and ,especially that his mistress would miss him and come back after him. But she passed on, and all the - rest'passed on, and nobody stopped. Presently a heavy foOt trod on Then another,and another, and at length the foot ef a dirty beggar trod on him ! "0," cried. he, have I come to this? Alas I Lind I was nothing, am nothing poor, useless, despised, forgotten pin !! No human eye, will ever look on me again. I must, rpst , and perish be tween the ; bricks of this sidewalk !" Just then a youug man came out 0.1 one of those rich houses. Ho had gone in to sea if the rich bithlier who lived there, could not give him employment as a clerk. The banker said "No, I have 'now more clerks than I really need." The young man was disiiiipoiitt ed, and as' he came out, he paused a Mo. inent,And then saw the little pin lying on the sidewalk. So he stooped down and picked it up and stuck it on his sleeve. Careful, saving young man ! Many : would ,have _despised thee ~for saving : a pia.! But; it was, the .making of thee! The ~rich; banker was looking out of his w:i,n'Alow and, saw him pick up and, savu the piu, -That yeunff man," said he to him self, "will make a careful, prudent man of business. I will have him." So he sent for the young man and took him into his employ. Eventually the young man became a partner, and then at the head of the bank, and event ually one of the very richest and great est men in France. " When the little pin learned how much good he had - 'done, he was very glad ; but he had the good' sense to see that it was - divine Providence and not be, who had ,done all this. It was not be• cause he was great or bright or could make his voice heard, but because God can make a pin teach, and the welfare of a man for life may turn upon the mere picking up of h pin 1 . He was thorough ly humbled, and all his descendants since, have been willing to be stuck and, thrust. everywhere,—just , as willing to hold the, ,rags over the shoulder of a beggar, as the rich cashmere shawl, on a princess. Who can tell on how small ,a; thing great interest may turn? They seem small to us, but with Him, there is nothing S'inalr and nothing great. A pin and a kingdom are alike, mere no thing., kir Duping a marriage ceremony the brifje was sobbing immoderately while the knot wag being tied. ','What, is the matter, my ,yeting,woman?" Asked the official. ",oh, sir," replied ihe bride, "it's bee'aUse it's for ever!" "NO,nd,''''rejoined the parson, "that's—a, gitit!iriistake; it's , dot fortiVer; death ptitk an ends to thwen gagenient.-" oia.tiearing, this the' 'bride. dried , rei.ttiarii, and siaeconsoledt A SWEAR/NG CAR.—Communications published in religious journals are gea r erally on the "dry-as-sticks" order; but there.is one in current number of the Presbyterian, under the title of "A Swe aring Car" that forms a happy exception to the ruler In it the writer' suggests that iu our day the traveller has almost every comfort—that we have in our rail-way trains a comfortable bed for those who would sleep at night, and the cooling fountain for those who would slake their thirst; that one who wishes can smoke, while another, to whom it is offensive, can be free from the fumes of the weed; but that, at this day, we are greatly in need of one thing more—vid- elicit, a car assigned to swearers; that if such a rule were adopted, half the cars in a train might, possibly be required; that in fact it might be well to devote one or two whole trains a day to this particular purpose, as we now have a milk train and market train on some roads; that drunkards, might with pro piety also be included in the drinking trains, as drunkards generally swear; that,although the writer is not a Cath olic, he became a convert to the belief in a purgatory on a recent trip from York to Baltimore, from the incessant profanity to which his car was subjected and that, too, in great part, after jest having escaped death almost miraculou sly in a collision on the road; that such a car should at ohce be put on all the trains, with the specific notice posted, "No swearing in this car," "Swearing positively prohibited," or something to that effect; and that the rule be strictly enforced, even 'to the expulsion from the train, if need be,ofthose who violate it. TWO ROGUES INSTEAD OP ONE.—An amusing incident is 'related of a woman in England, whose husband, a wealthy man, died suddenly without leaving any Will.- The widow, desirous of securing the whole property, concealed her hus band's death,tiad persuaded a poor shoe maker to take his place'vibile• a will codld be made. - Accordingly' he was closely muffled up in bed as if very sick, and a lawyer -was called to write the will. The shoemaker in a feeble voice bequeathed half of all the property to the widow. "What shall be done with the remainder?" asked the lawyer.— "The remainder," replied he, "I give and bequeath to the poor little shoemaker across the street, who has always been a good neighbor and a deserving man ;" thus securing a rich bequest for himself. The widow was thunderstruck with the man's audacious cunning, but did not dare expose the fraud ; and so too rogues shared the estate. A USEFUL El Eszvro ORM KEEPERS.--- A gentlemen who has tried the plan suc cessfully for five years, communicates:the annexed method of preventing horse from chafing under the collar. He says he 'gets a piece of leather and has what he terms a false collar made, which is simply a piece . of leather cat in such a shape as to lie snugly between the shoul ders of , the horse and the collar. This fends off all the friction, as the collar slips and moves on` the leather, and trot on the shoulders of the horse. Chafing is caused by the "friction:hence you see the thing is entirely plausible. Some pit Pads or sheepskin andel. the Collar, but these do as Much hurt as good, for they augment tlie heat. A single piece of leather like that cemposing the out side of a collar, is sufficient. FRIED POTATOES. - How very few cooks know.how,to fry. potatoes. There is nothing so easy to get and yet so pal atable for breakfast, with a thick, tend der beaf-steak, or a mutton chop fizzing from the gridiron. To fry raw potatoes ,1•1 properly, they should be pared, cut length-wise into slices an inch in thickness dropped into a pan over the fire, contain ing hot beef drippings, turned frequent ly, nicely browned all over but never burned- Addition of a littl'e salt and pepper, while in the pan, and a little dour dredged over them, is an improve munt.-4So says some anonymous bat sensible cook.] ow I clasped her tiny hand in mine; I embraced her beauteous form; I vow ed to shield her from the wind, and from the world's cold storm. She set her beatiteons'eyes on me; the tears did wildly flow, and with her little lips she said, "Oonfoubd you, let me go." glir A. ministe r having walked. through a village church-yard, and obseyved the iudiscriminate praises bestowed up on the dead,.wrote on the gatepost, the following line: 7 --"Here He the - dead., and hare ; the. living lie," VOL. 10.---NO. 37. GOING IVITII rue GIRI.S.—The entrance into society may be said to take place im mediatelyafter boyhood has passed away yet a multitude take their initiative be fore their beards are presentable. It is a great trial either for a tender or a riper age.. For an over-grown boy to go to a door, knowing well that there are a doz en girls inside, and knock or ring, with an absolute certainty that in a few mo ments all eyes will be upon him, is a se vere' test of courage. To go before these girls and make a tour of the room with out steppieg on'their toes, and sit down and dispose of his hands without putting them in his Pockets, is an achievement which few boys can boast. If a boy can go so far as to measure off ten yards of tape with one of the girls, and cut it off at each end he may stand a chance to pass a pleasant evening. Let him not flatter himself that the trials of the eve ning are over. Then comes the breakkg up. The dear girls don their hoodsand put on their shawli, and look saucy and mis chievous, so uuimpressible and indepen dent, as if they did not wish anybody to go home with them. Then comes the pinch and the boy who has got the most pluck goes up to the prettiest girl in the room, with his tongue clinging to the roof of his mouth, and , crooking out his elbow, stammers out the words, "shall I see you home ?" She touches her fin ger to his arm, and they walk home, feel ing as awkward as two goslings. SusNext:ff.—The use of surnames was net general in England till after the Reformation. Washington's ancestors settled first at Herbert, and the in.di viduals were known as John de Herbert, that is John of Herbert, Thomas de Herbert, &c. Afterward one branch of the family moved to Wessington, when they were known as "of Wessington," Or de Wessington," and this became corrupted into the family name of Wash inaton. So late as the beginningof the 18th century some families of Yorkshire had no fixed surnames. Even at this day it is said that few of the miners of Staffordshire bear their fathers' names, but are only known by some sobriquet. Nicknames are in general use, and a man whose real name is Peter Jones may be known to his neighbors, and even to his wife and children, only as "Soaker," "Nosey," "Lumper," or some similar designation. Respecting the finger nails the Jewish rabbinical doctors entertained some singular notions. It was their belief that, antecedent to the fall, the bodied of our first parents were per fectly transparent, and that of these lu- Cid envelopes of the soul, the nails are the sole surviving remains. The great divine, Origen, it is known, was posses sed by a belief somewhat similar ; and held that, in the first instance, Adam and Eve . were,corpereally, beings of radiant light, and that the coats of skin after wards bestowed on them, we re no other than the habiliments of flesh, muscle, and one' -- 4 ' 4 muddy iestureof decay"—in which we, their descendants, present ourselves at the present day. In the nails, how ever, unlike the Talmndists, Origen does not recognize the rags of man's better estate. ar One evening a clergyman gave out the hymn which was in a measure rather tiarder than usual, and the deacon led off. Upon its conclusion, the minis ter rose and said, "Brother B— will please repeat his hymn, as I cannot pray after such singing." The deacon very composedly pitched into another tune, and the clergyman proceeded with his prayer. Having finished, he took up the book- to give the second hymn, when he was interrupted by the deacon grave ly getting up and saying in a voice audi ble to the whole congregation : "Will Mr. 0— please make another prayer ? It would be impossible for me to sing after such praying as that." . eir An old gentleman of great expe. rienee says be is never satisfied that a lady understands a kiss unless he has it from her own month. • ca. Dr. Franklin used to say that rich widows are the only pieces of second hand goods that sell at prime cost. eir A terrible warning to the unmar ried :—Several bachelors were found last winter frozen to death in their beds. Cr Solders sometimes profess to be spoiling for a fight, but, if they fight and get killed, they spoil faster than ever. gar What is a ram ? Aas.—A ram ie an animal whose butt is on' the wrong end. •r• -