BY FRED'K L. BAKER.
DR: HOOFLANIn
GERMAN BITTERS,
Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson,
Philadelphia, Pa.
IS NOT A BAR-ROOM DRINK, OR A
SUBSTITUTE FOR RUM,
Or an Intoxicating Beverage,but a highly con-
Tentrated Vegetable Extract, a Pure Tonic,
free from alcoholic stimulant or injurious drugs,
and will effectually cure
Liver Complaint,
Dyspepsia, and
Jaundice.
IieGFUND'S GERBIABI BITTERS
WILL CURE EVERY CASE OF
Chronic or Nervous Debility, Disease of the
Kidneys ' and Diseases arising from a
Disordered Stomach.
OSSERVE TILE FOLLOW ISO SYMPTOMS
resulting from discirders of the digestive organs:
Conatipatioa, Inward Piles, Fumess or Blood
to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea,
Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Fullness or
weight in the Stomach, sour eructations, sink
qng or fluttering of the Pit of the Stomach,
iwimming of *he Head, hurried and difficult
swathing, fluttering at tht heart, choking or
suffocating sensations when in a lying posture,
dimness of vission, dots or webs before the
sight, levet and dull. pain in the head, defici
ency of perspiration, yellowness of the skin
and eyes, lain in the side, back, chest, liinbs,
Etc., sadden flushes of heat, burning in the flesh,
constant imuragthings of , evil, and great de
pression of spiri6:-.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
WILL. GIVE YOU
A Gooil Appetite,
Ntr.ntg Icerves,
Mutiny Nerves,
Steady Nerves,
Brisk Feelings,
Energetic Feelings,
healthy Feelings,
A Good 'Constitution,
A Strong Constitution,
Healthy Constitution,
A. Sound Constitution.
WILL MAKE TILE WEAK STRONG,
Will make the
Delicate llenity,
Midi make .the
Will make the
Depressed Lively,
E 1 itl make the
• Sallow Complexion Clear,
mute the . Dull tz,e
, Clear and 'night.
o . "*lrtinll proVe a L•iessing in every tamily.
j!e use )-With pedect Gaiety by mule
Jar 'Female, Old or Young.
PAM' I CI 31. Alt NOTICE.
There are n any preparations sold under the
name of Bitters, pot up in quart bottles, coin
poutided of the cheapest VVlnskey or common
ousting from :20 to 40 cents per gullun,
taste nisguised oy Anise or Coriander seed.
'Thin class itf Bitters has causid and will con
...time to cause, as :nag as they can be sold,
..liMd'teds to die tie death of a drunkard. By
their use the System is kept continually under
the influence of alcoholic . stimumatit of the
worst kind, the desire tor liquor is created and
LC , t , uPr slid the reenit is all the horrors at
t 1;,4;n - a
drklakard'alt:e and death. Be
te.ire of them.
Yor those who desire %tad have a liquor
~acts, Ke publish the foll Owing receipt:
Get oar bottle Llootiand's German Bitters and
nit: with three quartsof good Whiskey or
sw! y • and the result will be a preparation
that will far excel in medicinal virtues and
true excellence any of the numerous liquor
titters in the market, and will cost much lees.
Yvu twill tiii:Va all the virtues of liodtand's Bit
ters in connection with B. good article of liquor
and at a much less price then these inferior
preparationa will cost you.
DELICATE CHILDREN.
Those suffering from mxtrasmus, wasting
&Way, a ith mearcely any flesh on their , bones,
are cured in a very short time ; one' 'bottle in
rush eases, will have most 3urprising effect.'
DEBI my,
Resulting, from Fevers of any kind—these bit
ters will renew your strength in a short time.
.F.Ev AX D AGUE.—The chills will,not re
turn if these Bitters are used. No person in a
Lever and ague district should be without them
From, Rea. J. Newton Brown,-.D....D., Editor
o f the Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge.
thoigh not disposed to favor or recommend
Potent lidedicines in general, through distidst
of their ingredients and effects ; I yet know
of no &ludic' nit reason why a man may not tes
tify to the-benefits he believes hims'elf to have
received from any simple preparation, in the
hope that be may thus contribute to the bene
fit of othere. '
I do' this,mcfre readily in regard to Hocifland's
German Bitters, prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson
because I. was prejudiced against them for a
number of years, under the impression that
tbty were chiefly an alcoholic mixture. lam
indebtedto my friend Rob't Shoemaker, esq.,
for the removal of this prejudice by proper
tests, aril for encouragement to try them, when
sufferiog from great and long debility. The
nee, of Om bottles of these bitters, at .the be
ginning of the present year, was followed by
evident relief, and restoration to a degree of
bodily, id mental vigor which I had not felt
for six months before ' and had almost dispair
ed of regtuning. I therefore thank God and
my friend for directin J. g he use of
them.
NEWTON BRON.
Philadelphia June 23, 1962.
ATTENTION, SOLDIERS.
AND THE FRIENDS OF SOLDIERS.
We call the attention of all having relations
or friends in the army to' the fact that "Hoof
land'a Ger Mall Bitters" will cure nine-tenths
of the diseases induced - by privation and ex
posures 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 from de
bility., Fmy - case of that kind can be readi
ly cured floofland's German Bitters. We
have - no hesitation in stating that, if these bit
ters are freely used among our soldieis, hund
reds of lives might be saved that otherwise
would be lost.
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WHAT THE BIRDS S D.
BY 30111.7 G. WHITT
The birds, against the April wi ,
Flew Northward, singing as they flew :
They sang, "The land we leave behind
Has swords for corn-blades, blood for dew."
CO wild-birds, flying from the Solith,
What saw and heard ye, gazing down 1"
"We saw the mortar's upturned mouth..
The sickened camp, the blazing town !
"Beneath the bivouac's starry lamps,
We saw your march-worn children die
In shrouds of moss . , in cypress swamps,
We saw your dead urmotlined lie.
"We heard the starving prisoner' sighi:
And saw, from line and trench, your sons
Follow our flight with home-sick eyes
Beyond the battery's smoking guns."
“And heard and saw ye only -wrong
And pain , ” I cried, "O wing-worn Rachel" ,
"We heard,” they sang, "tue Freeman's song
The crash of Slavery's broken locks!
Thin Stout,
"We saw, from new, uprising States,
The Treason-nursink mischief spurn'd,
As. crowding Freedom's ample gates,
The long-estranged and lost return'd.
"O'er dusky faces, seamed and old,
And hands horn-hard with unpaid toil,
With hoSe in every rustling fold,
We saw your star-dropped flag uncoil. •
''And, struggling up through sounds accursed,
A grateful murmur clomb the air,
A whtsper scarcely heard at first,
It filled the listening heaven's with prayer.
"And sweet and far, as froma star, '
Replied a voice which shall n6t cease,
Till, drowning all the noise of war,
It sings the blessed songs of peace !"
So to me, in a doubtful day
Of chill and slowly-greening Spring,
Low stooping from the cloudy gray,
The wild birds sang or seemed to sing
They vanished in the misty air,
The song went with them in their flight
But lo ! they left,the sunset fair,
And in the evening there was light.
The old man sits, with folded arms,
In his easy chair to-day ;
His happy wits ' with crossed palms,
Hums snatehesfrom the olden psalms,
In a cheerful kind of way.
'Tis sweet to see this aged pair,
Who have loved so - long and well,
Each other's joys so fondly share,
And everylittle grief and care
each bosom swell.
'Tis fifty years since they were wed,
Just fifty years to-day i
They have outlived the early dead,
But age has bowed each silvery head—
They soon will pass away. .
Well may, their dim and faded eyes
O'erllow with pearly t,ears,
As visions of the past arise,
And memory on its mission files
Back to those early years.
Again they tread the village green,
Where in infanor they played,
O'erjoyed at the familiar szene,
Until a shadow comes between,
And happy visions fade.
Then comes a -ileamAif later years,
(if friends so tried and true,
Who sympathized in all their fears,
And wiped away their titter tears,
Aud made their sorrows few.
"Where are they now," the old man cries,
• "The cherished friends of yore?
Pointing to,the arching skies,
The good wife, teadully replies,
"They all are gone before.
"And soon our days will ended tre,
We've nearly reached the shore ;
We've sailed upon life's stormy sea
For nearly four-score years and three,
Our journey's alMost o'er."
Cr An editor in Missouri announces
that the publication.of his paper will be
suspended for six weeks, in order that
he may visit St, Louis with a load of
bear skins, hoop ivies, shingles, oak
bark, pickeled cut-fish, &c., which he
had taken for subscriptions. He is
bound, to raise the cash on diem.
s -
le, or a dozen for $5.
de, or dozen for $4.,
count of the quantity
h the cheaper.
ruggist not have the.
'by any of the intoiu
may be offered in its
rid we will forward,
real.
tlir "I never shot a bird in my life.
Fdr my part I never shot anything in
•+.lia.atum of a bird, exaopt a squirrel,
acct, Latzeormr-,.--,,, p
iote to good breed
-1-14 -13 natural.
Idantifac‘ory,
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THE OLD CDUPLE.
ACROSTIC,
Great Mars was cheated,
ttellena defeated :
"Mac" the-" Little" retreated,
Covered with dust ;
Left with impunity,
Earned no immunity,
Lost opportunity,
Lived on community,
Anatomized unity,
Now let him rust !
MARIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1864.
HEY WEDDING NIGHT.
It was my wedding•night. For three
months the hand of Ella Graham had
been promised to me, and this night was
to see her mine—mine forever. How I
had set this night up in the future. as
the beacon to steer my bark over the
troublesome shoals ! and now I thought
I was at last entering the still haven,
where all would be peace and joy.
I had known Ella Graham for years—
had seen her long as a bright, star in the
firmament, to be worshipped' from afar.
She was then above my,reach--above
even my hopes.' I had looked upon her,
with admiration, as thing of beauty I
could never obtain. Her father was a
rich merchant, and .I a poor orphan.clerk
in his employ; and what chance had I
to aspire to her regard? much more,
her love ? still more, her, hand ?
Time passed on, and Ella and I be
came thrown together too often for my
mean of mind. I was , several years her
.f.enior, and, being much in favor with
her father, was occasionally invited
home with him and taken into the heart
of the family-circle, where I came in
contact , with Ella in all her playful
sweetness and child-like simplicity and
purity. Little then dreamed he or any
other, of the true state of my feelings.
But though . my tongue was silent for
the time, my heart spoke through my
eyes and in my unguarded acts, and
soon the quick perception of the object
of my idolatry saw and understood all ;
but saw with pleasure, not with scorn ;
for secretly her own noble heart beat
responsive to mine,
"My heart is yours," sweetly mur
mured the, blushing Ella, "but ask not
my hand till you gain my father's con
sent."
Oh, well do..,Lrameraber TICkW. I .trem.
bled, and, as it Were, shrunk into myself,
when 1 'approached that father, to avow
my almest . guilty secret, and ask the
greatest boon that earth could give ! In
silence he heard my confession
" Walter Mowbray." he at •leneth re
plied, with a sternness that startled me,
"I was not prepared for this revelation.
Another time yon shall have my an-
Giver."
I bowed, and withdrew with a sinking
heart.
Nearly a week passed away before
Mr. Graham and I exchanged another
word. Then he sent for me. When I
entered the counting-room, where he
was sitting alone, the place grew - dark,
and I was obliged to take hold of a
chair to steady toy reclining frame
- "Walter Mowbray." he said,
answer do you expect from me r'
"I am without hopes." I faltered
"Then shall your modest merit not go
unrewarded. Three months from to-day;
my daughter's hand shall be yours,. and
on the first day of next year, you shall
be greeted as a partner of this house !"
I heard the words ; but. after the.first
few, they seemed as if
_coming from a
great distance. It may -have been no
maaly—l certainly feel-no pride in con
fessing it—but •my strange emotions
completely overpoweradme, and I faint
ed and Call.- •
This, then, tp return,.was the night
so hopefully and joyfully Itioked forward
to as the one that was to crown my.
happiness, and I was•already on my Way
to the splendid mansion of the bride.
' As I was hurrying on through a quiet
street, a wild cry of murder rung out
upon the atilt air. At the first corner
before me, I saw a man twinning, as if
to escape, and impulsively I 'sprung
forward. 'ti hen I reached the spot
from which I saw the man start, be Was
already out of sight ; but leaning against
the wall of the corner house, I perceived
a female, who was in the act of falling.
Without a thought of the consequences,
I ran up to her, impulsively threw my
arm around her, and inquired if she was
hurt. She sank heavily upon my arm;
and, as I eased her down, I sdiscovered
to my horror that there was blood upon
her dress about the region of the heart,
while a glance at her rather handsome
features, showed the ghastly look of
death. Terrified at the thought of being
found alone there with a murdered svo
man, under circumstances calculated to
fasten suspicion'on me--and which, to
say the least, would result in my deten
tion beyond the hour fixed upon for my
nuptials—l sprung away and ran up the
other street. I had not gone- far r when
I heard a voice shouting :
"Stop. him 1 stoh him ! stop the mur-
derer ! Stop thief ! stop thief
I looked hack, and saw a man, without
a, hat, and having on whaid s appeared to
be a Auttel mewn, as it' he had just
service during the'Sitl , comtngetter
dore had suiTerwl murii
at every breath. T ought to have stop
ped, turned bug, and made a truthful
statement of the whole matter, let the
result have been what it might; but the
horror of being suspected, arrested and
detained, at such a time of all others,
determined me to, escape if possible,
and I bounded away as if I were the
guilty wretch indeed. Windows flew
up; other voices were soon added to
those of my pursuer, and in a very short
time a dozen persons had joined in the
chase There , clianced to be no one
imm diately before me ; and in less than
half-a-minute I had darted down a small,
narrow street, having a start sufficient
to turn the second corner before my
nearest pursuer could reach the first.
At length I entered a wide, pleasant
street, and saw an empty coach passing.
I hailed it, and in less than half-a-min
ute was inside.
"No 9, _Ashland Place, as quick as
possible 1" I said to the driver.
Re shut the door, sprung to his seat,
and away we flew.
I trembled still, but breathed again.
What a narrow escape from a trouble
some night ! and what _an amount of
painful ar.siety had I thus saved to my
expecting friends—to the sweet being
of my love ! Should I tell her, tell
them, of my horrid adventure ? At some
future time perhaps—but not at. once—
not on the eve of my marriage. Con
sidered as an omen, it was certainly not
a pleasant one, and I resolved to be si
lent.
Within fifteen minutes from entering
the carriage, I was set down at the door
of. Richard Graham. I banded the
driver double fare and hurried into the
mansion. I was in good time, and the
expected guests had not yet begun to
assemble. r 1 received an affectionate
-gzoz •kanki.itzt.....teatcHliire.. , 4l.lahem
'but' both remarked ,that I was deadly
pale and agitated.
"It is an occasion of such momentous
consequence to me, that I have not the
power to be calm," was my nnly expla
nation.
When alone with Ella, she impir i ed,
with affectionate interest, if I was ill.
"No, dearest, no bodily.ailment," I
replied.
"Something has occurred to trouble
you then, Walter she putsu'ed, with
tender earnestness ;'"oh, tell me what
it is!"
'Why do you think so, dearest
Is not the present occasion, so long and
tremblingly hoped and prayed for, suffi
cient to affect toe in the manner you
see?"
`what
Our tete-a-tete was not of long dura
tion ; and when interrupted by ono of
bride's-maids, I was glad of the
dpportunity.or gett',ing away by myself,
for: the purpo.se of collecting my thoughts
and steadying thy nervs•e. l „ It was a
task, howev , ?r, not,easy to accomplish=
for, though,' perfectly innocent 'of :any
wrong, I sernehOw felt a guilty be
ing—and when the time at last arrived
for the performance of the solemn cere
mony, that was to make forever mine
what I most coveted on earth, I had all
the depresstriA• feelinits Of a criminal
being conducted to his execution.
When,supported by our bridal friends,
I led the pale and trembling Ella for
ward, ainid - a blrrel of light and ihroug
of beauty and fashion, to tate tipon us
the holy vows of marriage, it was with
the grdatest difficulty I could keep,-my
feet. • "
At last the ceremony - was begun, amid
abashed and death-like silence. Sad
dandy there was a violent ring of the
street bell, as in cases of the most urgent
haste, and every one started perceptibly
and exchanged glances with some other,
and even the clergyman made a momen
tary pause and turned his eyes anxiously
toward the ball door, as if the idea of
an unpleasant interruption were flitting'
across his mind. Be.still went on
speaking, however, till the interest of
the assemblage began to be divided be
tween his words and some strange voices,
in the hall, when he stopped abruptly,
and turned toward Mr. Graham, with
the evident intention of asking for the
restoration of silence and order. At
that moment, to thti astonishment of
all, two rough-looking men appeared in
thidoorway ; and one of them, taking
off his hat with a rather nervous jerk,
and . reddening 7ith embarrassment, ex
claimed, in a quick.,..gruff tone :
"Beg your pardonaentlemen and la
dies, for interrupting , you at Bich a time !
.but we—that is, my psrdner 'rare: 'end
me—we has got" our duties to do,: ye,
•see !"
'Speak out r •man," said -.Ur. Graham',
in a stern tone; "and eay 'what 'indeed
,:an hrre at F uch a time as ttiiii”
"Yes, sir—exactly, sir ! Well, sir,
and gentleman and ladies all, and 110
offence meant—but, ye see, there's been
a woman murdered tonight, and the
man what killed her was fetched here'in
a coach about two hours ago, and we've
come here with a warrant to take him
away •again."
The horrified astonishment of the
whole company at these words, can bet
ter be imagined than described. As for
myself, I was like a statue of marble—
as cold, as silent, as motionless—froze,
as it were, with horror.
"Well," cried Mr. Graham, "do you
see the guilty man here ?"
The constable advanced into the very
centre of the shrinking group, looking
'eagerly into every face 'till his eye fell
upon mine, when'he stepped up, laid his
ruugh hand upon my shoulder', and said :
"This here's the man we want."
I beard my dear Ella and others shriek
wildly, and 1 dropped to the floor in a
swoon.
Had. I been Without rich and influen
tial friends, I might, perhaps have been
convicted and executed for a murder of
which I was innocent. As it was, not
withstanding my explanation of the hor
rid affair was believed by all my friends.
I was - compelled to pass several weeks
in prison, and, for aught ,I know, might
have been declared guilty at last, had
not the real assassin beeq discovered in
time to save me. It was a terrible or
deal I went through, perhaps for some
wise purpose. At least I came out
triumphantly in the end, with the proud
consolation of knowing I had proved
the devotion of her I loved, and who is
now my wife. -
A Word to Afiprentices
liiv4E}t..w.aj go 0? 54)90 799 r leisure
evenings? In idleness—in frivolous n r
musements—or in the company, of those
who will corrupt your morals ?Remem
ber if you would. pre pare yourselves for
future usefulness, you mustodevote every
spare moment to study. First, be- iu
dastrious in your several employments
during the hours of business,; never
complain that it is your lot to work:
count it an honor; go about it with
cheerfulness and alacrity ; it will become
a habit and by becoming sq will be a
delight Make it your first business to
promote the interest of your employer;
liy taking care of his. You will learnto
take care of your own.
Remember, that it is one of besetting
sins of the young men of this extravagant
and indolent age, to endeavor to get rid
orfvork; 'l,3l3`eak for' easy ern
ployments, and the consequence is , that
Many of them turn out out= worthlis
bonds. • Avoid this whirlpool as you
would a plague spot; banish from yofir
bosom the desire to live without work: -
Labour is honorable, dignifte'd ; it isThe
parent of healtb,•wealth•and liappiniss;
look not - upon it as a burden and scarp.
Shun idleness ;pursue some honest call
ing and be not ashamed to be useful.
BEWARE OF PORE: Of this meat, Dr.
Trail writes rather appallingly : "In
condemning it we know we assail the
prejudice of many, and offend thelgnor
atice of Others.'But the best , t6achers on
the subject of health utterly condemn*
its use. It is gross and - -vertu - piing.
there are marks of disease in all swine,
and in those most highly fattened dis
ease is most conspicuous. Ve have
been surprised, and , enlightened by the
fact that many farmers %she - annually
take to market large quantities of pork,
use but little ,in their families, convin
ced by experience that it A not whole
some for them. Doubtless there is too
much flesh-food used by our people;
but the ox and the Sheep are not uatu
rally unclean creatures, as the hog is.
The hog, like the buzzard, is a natural,
scavenger. Let him till his office, and.
in the end, be converted into oil,
and lubrication, - and his grosser material
into soap grease."
ANECDOTE OF GEN. HOWARD.-A sol
dier lay in a lady's house, badly wounded.
A Major general rode up to the door.--
His orderly took his horse. He got off;
went in, and sat down.by the dying mania
side,
,Taking out slate book, he be
gan to read: "Let not your heart 1:1e.
troubled," &o. He then knelt down and
offered p up a prayer to' God for the dying
soldier, --Arising from his knees. - he
bent down and kissed him, .tind said:
"Capt. G—we shall meet'in heaven.'
.He then rode 'off. ..That General was
Maj. Gen Howard.
6T Douglasi Jerrold calls women's
arms "Thu serpeuts that winds abont-a
man's neck, killing his best resiilitiOns."
VOL. 10.--NO. 42.
Beecher and the Sing of Belgium
Mr. Beecher gives the following ac
count of an interview with the Bing of
Belgium
"When I was in Ghent, at the request
of the American Minister, I consented,
in the hope of doing some good to oar
country, to call on the King of Belgium.
It would not do for me to go without
some preparation. As to borrowing a
court snit, 1 would not ; but I did con
sent to get a white vest; and I did con
sent to get some white gloves ; and I
did consent to get a stiff hat. When I
had got myself arranged for going to
Court, in a manner unlike that which I
had been accustomed, I procured a splen
did carriage and started. As I rode
through, the streets, all the boys looked
at me, and I felt very much like a fool
going to court. And as I came to the
king's residence, I thought the soldiers
knew that I was dressed up for the first
time in my life in suoh things—which
was the fact. I did not know what to
say to the servitors at the foot of the
stairs, onto the servitors at the top of
the stairs ; but I made my way along
somehow; they conducted me through
a hall, and whisked me at once before
the king. He is a venerable personage.
He speaks the English language beauti
fully. Ho is the mentor, he is the ad
viser of European monarchs. If you
were to see him dressed in ordinary
clothes, you would think him a plain
American citizen, but he was dressed,
from the crown of his head to the sole
of his feet, in all sorts of beautiful things
and ornaments. He walked towards me
in a very stately manner, with his sword
rattling on the floor by his side, and I
walked toward him the best way I could.
He bowed and I bowed. We talked to
g,etner and ',galled him 'Sir' all through,
and said a good many things that I
should not have said. I could not get
it out of my head that I was not afraid
of the King, and that I was doing some
thing disreputable. I wanted to observe
Court forms ; but 'the very desire to do
So rendered the thing impossible. I
saw that . he knew it; for ho smiled benig
madly, and seemed to have a fatherly con
elderation for me. Finally on leaving the
room, I ought to have backed out. I did
go back Ward for one or two steps ; bat
then I turned and whisked through the
door, face foremost."
Cr William 'Witlis'under sentence of
death, in Kingston, 'for Murdering the
widow Rockwell, because she married
his rival after having promised to be-
Coine his Wife, writes'a long letter to the
Kingston Argus, in which he rehearses
the history of their courtship, and con
cludes as follows
"In conclusion, and without the desire
to palliate my crime, except that which
truth will sanction, I have been the
dupe of a heartless coquette and hypo
crite—one in. whom I placed unlimited
confidence—one whom I loved not wise
ly but too well. She is now in eternity.
She. Met heriintimely end by my hand,
and I wOuld r willingly give the wealth of
the universe, if 'twas mine, to erase the
record of that deed from my 'history,
but that is. impossible. There is one
thing, however, that consoles me, and
that is the coliousness that I knew not
ha
what I did; I been sane, she prob
ably would now be alive, and I would be
at the seat of war or wrapped in the cold
embrace ofdeath. My only remembrance
now of any thing connected with the
tragical circumstances I felt that it
would be a. biudable and praiseworthy
thing to take her life; otherwise my
mind was.a perfect blank."
air Putts percha is now used to pro
tect the feet of horses from tenderness
and slipping. it is first cut
. into small
pieces and softened with hot water, then
. mixedlvith half its weight of powdered
sat ammoniac, and the mixture melted
in a tinned saucepan over a gentle fire,
keeping it well stirred.- When required
for use, melt in a glue not, scrape the
hoof clean, and apply the mixture with
a knife.
ar, One farmer , mat, a scarecrow so
very frightful that an old crow went and
brought Vedic - all the corn he had stolen
for several days, Couldn't the farmer
be induced to try his hand in the Govern
tnent corn field?
eir Grace Greenwood, in her late lec
ture, said tlakt, .ot-Nn, Sickles, since he
lost a leg in:tte defence of his country.
has stood sirs a betten footing than
did &gore..
Many ladies think-themselves onabia
to'walk a mile, , who wonld.gladly dam , a.
three times that distance.