The Mariettian. (Marietta [Pa.]) 1861-18??, July 16, 1864, Image 1

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    BY FRED'K L. BAKER.
10-40 LOAN.
ftrst rational Xanil of
arittta, a.
Designated Depository and Financial
Agent of the United States
By instructions from the Secretary of the
Treasury, dated March 26th, 1564, this Bank
is authorized to receive subscriptions for the
National 10 40 Five per cent. Loan, in Coupon
es Registered Bonds.
This Loan, principal and interest, is paya
ble in gold. On Bonds of $5OO and upwards,
semi-annually. (let of March and September)
and on those of less denominations annually,
(Ist of March.)
Subscritkers can receive Bonds with Coupons
from March Ist, by paying the accrued inter
est in Coin, or in lawful money by adding 50
per cent. for pre ium. Or, if preferred, may
deposit the principal only, and receive Bonds
with Coupons from date of subscription.
Registered Bonds will be issued of the de
nominations of $5O, $lOO, $6OO, $l,OOO, $6,1500
and slo,oou, in Coupon Bonds of $5O, $lOO,
46500 and $1,t100.3
For the greater convenience of subscribers,
the different Banks and Bankers throughout
the country are authorized to act as agent for
the Loan.
As only $200,000 2 000 of this Loan can be
issued, wo would urge upon persons havi ng
surplus money, to subscribe promptly sad se-
Sure the investment at par
The Secretary in presenting this new Loan
lo the public through the National Banks;rc
lies upon the liberanty and patriotism of our
people, to use all honorable means, and to
make exertion for its sale.
It ia< hcped that Lancaster county, having
done an well in the past in furnishing the Go-
,vernm,ent means, will be eqsally prompt at
this time.
A3i OS COWMAN, Cashier
.4 4
JOHN CIitTL,L,
Mar Seal ,;Butte,
NO. 9* .MAER ET STREET, MARIETTA
Takes this mesas of informing his old cus
tomers and the puulic g.encrolly, that he Las
re-taltert the old stand (recently occupied by
George L. Moakley ' ) and is now permanently
fixed to prosecute
THE ILITTIVG BUSINESS
IN ALL ITA BRANCHES.
'Having just returned from the city where
he selected a large, varied and fashionable
assoroment of every thing in the
. .
HAT AND CAP LINE.
and now only asks ac examination of his
stock and prices, before Purchasing elsewhere.
Having also laid in a stock of Hotting mate
rial, he will be enabled, at short notice, to
manufacture all qualities—from the common
Soft to the most Fii•hialtabie Silk fiat.
mploying none but the best of workmen,
and manufacturing good goods at low prices,
be hopes to merit and receive a liberal share
of public patronage 'f-The highest price
paid for Futa—in trade or cash.
ALEXANDER LYNDSAY,
Fashionable
Boot and Shoe Manufacturer,
MARKET STREET, MARIETTA, PENN.
• •
Would most respecttully inform the citizens
of this Borough and neighborhood that lie has
the largest assortment of City made work in
his line of busness in ts gg
a practical i 'BOOT ANhiDßorou SHOEMAKER
himself,is enablers to select with more judgment
than those who are not. Herontiunes to man
ufacture in the very best manner everything
in the BOOT AND SHOE LINE, which he
sail! warrant for neatness and good fit.
113 0 l.:*11 and examine his stock before pur
hasteg elsewhere.
Fir4t National Bank of Marietta
mins BANKING ASSOCIATION
HATING COMPLETED ITS OR GANIZATION
IS now prepared to tninsact all kinds of
BANKING 13TIKNEss.
The Board of Ditors meet weekly, on
Wedneeday, for disc re ou c nt and other business.
rionank Moors: Flol9l 9A. M 111 3P. M•
JOHN BOLLINGER, PRESIDENT.
AMOS BOWMAN, Cashier.
Alamitos July 25, 1363.
The American WaiefieS.
MHZ American Watcnes are among the best
tistekeepers now in use, and for durability
strength and simplicity far surpass any other
watch made in the world.
H. L. le E. J. Z A H ill
Corner of North Queen-at.,and Centre Squire.
Lancaster, Pa., hive them
t accompanied or sale at the
with
ter;
lowest rates—every watch
the manufacturers guarra ntee to ensure its gen -
uineness.
IFIOWARD ASSOCIATION,
PHILADELPHIA, PA,
Diseases, of the Nervous, Seminal, Urinary
and Sexual• Systems—new and reliable treat
ment—in Keports of the Howard Association.
Sent, hy mail is sealed letter envelopes, free
of charge. Address? Da. J. Saix.tate HOUGH
TON, Howard Associations No. 2 South Ninth
Street, PAiledelPhia, Pa..
WINE AND LIQUORS ,
V V Superior Old Brandy, Old Rye Whiskey,
Rolland Grin, Old blades* Lisbon, Sherry and
Pert Wines.
Pittsburg Whiskey always on band at the
lowest market prices. Very Fine Brandy at
I yew knit Arne
ILDLFFIRNBACH. Market-at.
OkbIALAPS long celebrated
H. D. q3EMAMIN.
ti/,to 'VI axial: an
I ‘. c,lubtpel6titt Vtinistilbania loan' tbotth tol l ,l optics, `S'ittrature, gricolture, clns of tttt gall, Vocal iittiligentr,
Publiiittb cfatr2 St,aturbap Corning
OFFI('E. CRULL'S Row, Front Street, five
doors below Flury's Hotel.
TERMS, One Dollar a year, payable in ad
vance, aid if subscriptiors be not paid within
six. months $1.25 will be charged, but if de
layed until the expiration of the year, $1.50
will be charged.
Anvemristrio RATES: One square (12
lines, or less) 50 cents for the first insertion and
25 cents fLr each subsequent insertion. Pro
fessional and Business cat ds, of six lines or less
at $3 per atinum. Nottc..B in the reading col
umns. fire cents a-line. .1% lard:sees and Deaths,
tie simple announcement, rues.; but for any
Additional lines', live 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, Cuts, Borders, &c., to the
Job Office of "The Mariettian," which will
insure the fine execution of all kinds of JOB
CARD PRINTING, from the smallest
Card to the largest Poster, at prices to slat the
War times.
AN INCIDENT or THE ,h 74.1.116
Unknown he died ! Without a friend
Whose tender love in igh t sweetly send
Some rays of sunshine o'er the gloom
Teat gathers round the lonely tomb.
lie died !—itnioured iu prison—where
Disease and famine till the air
With darts more terrib.e by far
Than Parthians ever threw in war
Unknown he died! while oft, perchance,
Ills memory turned with mournful glance,
Upon the brilliant days of yore,
When peace and plenty crowned our shore;
When with the loved at home he dwelt,
Aud at the family alter knelt;
Or solemn temples humbly trod,
And gave his heart's best love to God !
lihknown he died while treason's hate
tier his death-sorrows grew elate
And bitter curse and scoff it threw—
'Till o'er his brow ,the damp death dew
Came stealing on, and eyes grew dim,
And cursing toes were lost to him,
As gates of pearl bloke on his sight,
And seraphs bore him home to light !
Unknown he died ! while o'er his bier
No mother .shed the anguished tear,
No wife'S last kids hid cheek impressed,
No children milowed him to rest;
But in some lonely potter's field—
tiole boon to patriots treason yields—
llis form was placid beneath the sod,
atehed over by a faithful God.
Yet what if all unknown he died ;
Nor friendly hand his wants supplied,
Nor loving, smile, nor gentle word.
His lonely heart like nioNie stirred?
What if upon his dearnin,s ear
noruLt curse : instead of cheer?
Nor child, nor wife, nor mother wept
Above the bier in which he slept?
What if the granite dome of fame
Recordeth nut his humble name,
Who dauntlessly stood firm and true,
For God, for Trutit,,and Freedom, too T
Thinlest thou For this oblivion's night •
Shall pall his memory Iron, sight?
His deeds, his trials, his sufreungs be
Obscured through ail eti ruily
Oh ! never thus—for moon and stars
Shall veil their light , neath raven bars,
And e'en the sun grow Oitit with years.
And cease to warm "the circling spheres,"
Before one name shall cease .to shine
In the grand catalogue
Which th' Eternal keeps on high,
Of those who dare for Truth. to
And never through eternity,
Amid that glorious company
Who tell by lire, and sword, and flood,
And "washed their robes in Jesus' blood" .
This crle "unknown" to earth , shall stand
Known and be.oved—at God's right band ;
While Heaven's grand host shall praise the
Lord,
Who gives to each his just reward. W. S.
• some time since the Richmond papers
gave a of Union 'prisoners who :had re
cently died in: that city ; and, .anfong them,
quite frequiedtly appeared the brief, but sug
gestive word---4.‘Unknown.2.?
"Fanny, don't you think that Mr.
Bold is a handsome man 2"
"Oh, no ! I can't endure him. Re is
homely enough."
Well, he's fortunate at all events;
for an old aunt has just died and left
him $50.000."
"Indeed ! is it true ? Now I come to
recollect, there is a certain noble air a
bout him, and he has a fine eye—that
can't be denied."
"May I leave a few tracts'?" asked a
pious missionary of an elderly lady who
responded to his knock.
Leave some tracks ? certainly you
may,' said she, looking at him most be
niguly over her specs "leave them with
the heels towards the door, if you please: ,
( A printer named Winn, who died at
Rochester, England, recently, was heard
to mutter to himself a few moments be-
fore his death : am on my last stick
full ; I am coming to a paragraph, Jpd
I suppose, have to Wait for old
Death to, put in a period."
A. servant girl, bearing -the lady of the
house ask her husband to bring "Dom
bey and Son" with him when he came
home to dinner laid two extra plates on
the table for tbb supposed visitors.
"Come, don't be timid," said a couple
of silly snobs to two mechanics ;
down and make yourselves our equals."
"We should have to blow our brains
out to dq that," was the, reply.
That must have been a very tough
roosteilhat crowed, after being boiled
two honra, and then, being put in a pot
with fokitoes, kicked them all out.
[From Forney's Press.]
UNKNOWN.*
Odds and Ends.
MARIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1864.
r FROM THE NEW YORK MERCURY
Ancient and Modern Humbugs of the world.
-----
BY P. T. BARNUM.
Definition of the word "Humbug"—War
ren, i,f London—G . enin,' the Batter—
Gosling's - Blacking.
When 1 come to sit down earnestly
to fulfil my engeienient with the publish
are of the Mercury, to write fur them a
aeries of articles upon the " Humbugs
of the world," I confess myself some
what puzzled in 'regard to the true defi
nition of the word. To be sure, Web
ster says that humbug, as a noun, is an
imposition under fair pretences, and a$ a
verb, is to "deceive; to impose on."--
W ith all due defference to Doctor Web
ster, I submit that, according to present
usage, this is not the only, nor even the
generally accepted definition of that
term.
. We will suppose for instance that a
man with "fair pretences ",applies to a
wholesale merchant for credit on a large
bill of goods. His "fair pretences" com
prehend an assertion that he is a moral
and religions than, a member of the
church, a man of wealth, etc. It turns
out that he is not worth a dollar, but
is a base lying wretch, an impostor and
a cheat. Ho is arrested and imprisoned
"for obtaining property under false pre
teuces" or, as Webster says, "fair pre
tences." He-is punished for his villiany.
The public de not call him a "humbug":
they very properly call him a swindler.
A man, beariug the appearance of a
gentleman in dress and manners, pur
chases property from you and with "fair
pretences" obtains your confidence.—
You find when he has left, that he !Mid
you with counterfeit bank notes, or a
forged draft. This man is . justly called
a forger, or counterfeiter, and if arrest
ed, he is, punished as such ;;but nobody
thinks of -calling him a.humbug.
A respectable looking man sits by
your side in an omnibus or railcar. He
converses fluently, and is
_evidently a
man of intelligence and reading. He
attracts your attention by his "fair pre
tences." Arriving at your journey's end
you miss your watch and yuur pocket
book. Your fellow pa,:senger proves
to be the thief. Everybody calls him a
pickpocket, and notwithstanding his
"fair pretences," not a person in the
community calls him a humbug."
Two actors appear as stars at two ri
val theatres. They are equally talented,
equally pleasing. One advertises him
self simply as a tragedian, under his pro
per name- 7 -0e other boasts that he is a
prince, and wears decorations presented
by all the potentates of the world, in
cluding the "King of the Cannibal Is
lands." He is correctly set down as a
"humbug," while this term is never ap.
plied to the other actor. But if the man
Who boasts of having received a for4igu
title is aMiserable actor, end 'he gets-up
giftenterprisesand bogus entertainments
or pretends to devote the proceeds of
his tragic efforts to some charitable ob
ject, without, in fact, doing so=he is
then e, humbug in the offensive sense of
that word, for he is an ,impostor trader
fair pretences.
'l'wo physicians reside in one of our
fashionable avenues. They were both
educated in the best medical colleges
each has pissed an examination, receiv
ed his diploina,and been dubbed an M.D.
They are equally skilled in the healing
art. One rides quietly about the city in
his gig or brougham, visiting his patients
without noise or clamor—the other-sal
lies out in his coach and four, preceeci4d
by a baud of music, and his carriage and
horses are covered with handbills and
and placards, announcing his "w'onderful
cures." This man is properlY called a
quack and a humbug. Why? Not be
cruse be cheats or imposes upon the pub
he, for be does not, but b4cause, as gen
erally understood, "hutn,ug" consists in
putting on glittering appearances—out
side show—novel expectients, by which
to suddenly arrest publitc attention, and
attract the public eye ald ear.
Clergymen, lawyers arid physicians,
who should resort to sulph methddi of
attracting the public, wonlld not, for ob.
vious reasons, be apt to sui?ceed. Bank
ers, insurance agents andthers who-as
pire to become the custodi ns of the mo
ney of their fellow.men, w nld require a
different species of adverti s ing from this;
but their are various trades and oCcupa
tions which need only notor 'ety to insure
success, always provided th t when cus
tomers are once attracted they neier,
f a il k in get their money's- firth. An
honest maw who thus arrest iodine at
tention 1 •.*
he is 119 t
however'
tomers
foolishly fails to give them a full equiv
alent for their money, they never patron
ize him a second time, but they very
properly denounce him as a swindler,
,cheat,and impostor. They do not, how
ever, call him, a " hnnibug." Lie fails,
not because he adrerti es his ; wares in
an.outre manner,, but :because, after at
tracting crowds of patrons, he stupidly
and wickedly cheated them.
When the great 'Blacking-maker of .
London dispatched his agent to Egypt
to write his name on the pyrainids of
Ghizn, in huge letters, " Buy Warren's
Blacking, 30 ! Strand, London," he was
not "cheating" travelers upon the 'Nile.
Ills blacking was really a superior arti
cle, and well worth the price charged for
it, but he was "humbugging" the public
by this queer way of arresting attention.
It turned out just, as he had anticipated,
that English travelerti in that part of
Egypt were indignant at this desecration
and wrote' batk to the' London Tinies
(every Englishman writes or theestens
to "write to the London Tittles," if any:
thing goes wrong),denounoing the'Goth' .
who had thus, difigured these ancient py
ramids by writing on them in monstrous
letters: "Buy Warren's Blacking, 30.
Strand, London." The Times published
these letters and backed them up by
several of those awfully grand and dic
tatorial editorials peculiar to the great
*"l'hunderer," in which the blacking ma.
" Warren, 30 Strand," stigmatized
as a man who had no respect for the an
cient patriardhs, and it was hinted that
he would probably not hesitate to sell
his blacking on the sarcophagus of Pha
raoh, or any other":—mumtny, if he only
could make money' by it. In fact, to cap
the climax, Warren was denounced as
a " humbug." These indignant articles
were copied into all the Provincial jour
nals, and very soon, in this manner, the
columns of every newspaper in Great
Britain were teeming with this advice :
" Try. 'Warren's Blacking, 30 Strand,
London." The curiosity of the public
was thus aroused, and they did "try" it,
and, finding it a superior article, they
continued to purchase it and recommend
it to their friends, and Warren made a
fortune by it. lie always attributed
his success to his having " humbugged
the public by this unique method' of ad
vertising his blacking in Egypt! But
Warren did net cheat his customers, nor
practice "eh iMpositiOn under fair pre
tences." He was a charlatan,'a hum
bug, but he was an honest upright man,
and.no one called him an impostor or a
cheat.-
LELI
When the tickets for Jenny Lind's
first concert in America were sold• at
auction, several business men, aspiring
to .notoriety, "bid high" for the first
ticket. It was filially knocked down to
"tiepin. the Hatter," for $225. The
journals in Portland (Maine) and lions,
ton (Texas), and all other journals
throughout the United States, between,
these two cities, which were , connected
with the tel.graph, announced the,fact
in their coluutos the next morning.
Probably two millions of readers read
the announcement, and asked, "Who is
Genin, the Hatter?"' •Genin beettme fa
mous inr a day. Fivery man involuntari
ly examined hii hat, to see if it was made
by Genii]; and an lowa editor declared
'that One of' bis'neighbers discovered the
"Came (3t . Genin in his old hat; and-imme
diately announced the fact to hiS neigh
bors in front of the Post Office. It was
suggested that the old hat should be
sold at.auction. It was done then and
there, arid, the Genic' hat sold for four
teen dollars!. Gentlemen from city and
country rushed to Genin's store to buy
their hats, many of them willing to pay
even an .extra dollar, if necessary, pro
vided they could get a glimpse of Genii]
himself. This singular freak' put thong
ands of dollareinto the pocket Of "Genin,
the Ratter," and yet I never heard it
charged that he made poor'hate, or that
he would , be guilty of an "imposition'un
der fair pretences." On the contrary,
he is a gentleman, of probity, and:or the
first respectability. . .
When the layingof thel.Ltlantic,
egraph was nearly completed, was in
Liverpool. I offered the Company one
thousand pounds sterling ($5,000) for
the privilege of sending the first twenty
words over, the cable to my Museum in
New York—not that there was any in
trinsic merit in: the words, but that I
fancied there. Was more than $5,000
worth of notoriety in' the 'operation.
Butqueen Ariceriritt and'' "Old Brick"
were ahead of , .;ihertheir. - mestiages- had
the pref:rience,. and I was 'compelled to
rack seat"'
1 . 13 illustrating..,what.=L believe
will coneedo.to,be the -sense,
tha word "huiphog" Dmrptl,
ly used anti understood at the present
time, in this conntry as well as in Eng
land, I do not prnpthie that inj- letters
on this subject shall be narrowed down
to that definition of word, On thi.
contrary, I expect to treat of various fel
lacies, delusion 4, and deCeptions in an
cient and modern times, which, accord
ing' to Webster's definition, maybe call
ed —hurhbugs," inasmuch 119 they wert
"impositions under fair pretunch."
Iri Writing of modern humbugs; bow
ever, I shall sometimes have occaSion t.•
give the names of honest and - respeaa
ble parties now living, and I foit,!rit, but
just that the kWh.: Should fully compre
hend my doctrine, that a utan may, by
common wattage, be termed a "humbug''
without by any means impeaching his
integrity.
Spsaking of .'lolacking makers" re
minds me that one of the first sensatiou
alists in advertising whom I remember
to have seen, was Mr, Lemiard Gosling s ,
known as -Mousieur Gosling, the great'
French Blacking-maker." He appear
ed in New York r. 1830. lie flashed
like a meteor across the horizon ; and
before he had been in the city three
months„nearly everybody had heard of ,
':Gosling's Blacking" . I tvell remember
his magnificient "four io hand." A
splendid team of blood bays, with long
black tails, and managed with such dex
terity by Gosling. himself, who was a
great "whip," that they almost seemed
to fly. The carriage, was ,emblazoned
witl, the words "Gosling's Blacking," in
large gold letters, and, the whole turnout
was so elaborately ornamented and be
diziened that everybody stopped an 4
gazed with wondering admiration. A
bugle player or a band of music always
accompanied the great Gosling, and, of
course, helped to attract the Public at
tention to" his . establishment..At
turning of every street'corner your eyes
rested upon "Gosling's Blacking."
From every show-window gilded placards
discoursed eloquently . of the merits of
"Gosling's Blacking." The newspapers
teemed with poems written in its praise.
and showers of pictorial handbills, illus
trated almanacs, and tinseled souvenirs,
all lauding the virtues of "Gosling's
Blackings" smothered you at every point.
The celebrated orisinator of negro
delineations, -Jim Crow Rice." made
his first uppearanomat Hamblin's Bow
ery Theatre at about this time. The
crowds Which thronged there were so
great that-hundreds from the audience
were frequently admitted upon the'stage.
In one of his sm.nes,"Rice introduced a
negro boot-blacking estaldislitnent.
Gosling was too "wide awake" to let
such an opportunity pass unimprned,
and Rice was paid ror singing an--origi
nal blask-Gosliog ditty, while a score of
phs'curds beariug the inscription, ",Use
Gosling's Blacking,' were suspended at
different points in this negro boat polish
ing ball.. Etier.) body tried "Goslieg's
Blacking''; and as it was a really good
article, i
his sales n .City and country
soon became immense. Gosling made
a fortune in seven years, and retired
but, likethousauds before him, it was
"easy come , easy go." He engaged in a
lead mining speculation. and it was gen
erally understood that his fortune was,
in a great measure, lost as rapidly al it
was made.
•
Here ' let Me digress, in order to ob•
serve that one of the mostilitilmili things
in life is for men to bear'disdreetl and
den prosperity. Unless considerable
time and labor i are devoted to ea,ruing
money, it is not appreciated by its pos
sessor; and, having no practical knowl
edge of the value ufinoney, he generally
gets rid of it...with. the same ease that
marked lite ';isceiim`ulation. Aittor
gave - the: ea perie'tideoof - tbbill4Utis • when
he said that.he Mund'lnote
earning and saving' his firatv thodad
dollar, than in aocumnlating all the siiii
nequent millions *lab finally made p up
his 'fortune. The very economy, perse
verance, and discipline which he. was
obliged to practice, as ha gained' Ills
money, dollar by dollar,,gave him , a just
*o
appreciationf its, value, and thus led
him into those habits of ,industry,4ru
dence, temperance,. and antiring
gencel eo conducive , and neceesary to hie
future success.
idr. Gosling, however, was not a man
to be put down by one financial reverse.
He opened a store in Canajoharie,NN%,
which was burned and on which there
Was no ininrance." m e' again to
Y
New York` in 18 . 39 t and a
resAanrant, where, by,devoting tbeaeer
vices,of himself und,se,yeral members-of
his family assiduously 'to ,tha business,
he soon reveled in-his-former prosperity
and snapped his fingers in glee at - idiat
unreflecting persons total "the . frailieof
-... i
VOL. 10.-NO. 50.
Dame Fortune." He is still living in
New York, bale and hearty at the age
l f seventy. Although called a French
blacking maker, Mr. Gosling is in reality
a .Dutchman, having been born in the
city of Amsterdam, Ilolland. lie 6 :he
father of 24 children, twelve of alloy.
are still living, to cheer him in his de
clining years, and to repay him to gri.ite
tul attention for the valuable lessons of
prudence, integrity and industry throuvi.
he adoption of which they are hooozed
as respectable and worthy members vf
society.
MARRY tiER FIRST —Many yesrs agtl,
in'what is now a flourishing city in
State, lived e, stalwart blacksmith,
of his pipe and his juke. Ile was
fond of his blooming dunclo
many graces and charms
the affections of a suseeptit,h ,
The couple, after a season of bnung
cooing, 'engaged' themselves. and
l ing but the consent - of the young
- parent!' preveitted their union.
'this*. an interview Wai arrUii ri
Typo prepared a little speech to r.,to;
and nonvine`e the old gentler,,;;;:,
sat enjoying his farotite pipe in per
notate t. Typo dilated tipnn the
their long. "friendship, their mutual
taCliment, their hopes for the future, um
like topics; and taking the daughter •
the band, said :—"1" now, sir, ask
pfirmission to transplant this lovr
EloW'er'' from its parent bed"—but
"pheliu'i" overcame him, he forgot 1:..2
remainder of bis oratorical flonri. , :,
blushed, stiirnmered, and finally won
up with:--"trOm its parent bed intt,
MEE
The father keenly relished the i!: , ..,-
conifiture'of the suitor, and after rein
in) his pipe and blowing a cloud, replten:
"Well young uiau I don't linow
any 'objection, providing you will marry
the girl first;"
ICS A LIFE Paor.o.sinss..---The problen.
of suspending life by freezing seems to
he accumulatin.r data. Perch and mul
let have been' brought from Lake Chain.
plain frozen perfectly solid, act?, on
being-put into a tub of water, have come
to life "as lively as ever." A fernale
convict in sweden is in ice on experiment.
- A 'tnan was found lately in Switzerland
who gave signs of life after being froze',
fur nine months. The power of stoi
ping while the world goes on mey h,
the next wonder. Ice-houses may sot
be advertised with comfortable erring
rn - ents for :skipping an epoch, or waitin;
for the next' generation.
At.: JAPANNED. DUTCHMAN.-A flollaa.
dey, named Bleckman. living in Paris
has discovered his long lost eon, who
had gone,-many years ado, to seek hip
fortune, and was supposed to be dead,
in the, person of one of the Japanese
Embassy, now at Paris. • A' friend of the
old man had detected a strong likeness
to the missing man in the Japanese, in
spite of his shaved head and oriental
costume, and this led to the meeting,
which was a joyful one.
Eir Lorenzo Bow, the itinerant:
preacher, so famous in his life-time for
his eccentricity, commenced his sermon
on one occasion, by reading from St.
Paul, "I can do all things." Tho
preacher paused, took off his spectaek
laid them on the open Bible, and saw.•
"No, Paul, you're mistaken For
I'll bet you. five _dollars you can't
stake the. money." A t the same tim.
putting his band in his pocket, he tooa
out a five , dollar bill, laid iton 13:.•1*,
,t 096,1111 his spectacles again, an... 1
't—throngh Jesus Christ our Lo: d."
Haul;" exclaimed the pra,.:•i.-,er,
snatching up the five dollar hilt ar d re
turning it to his pocket--"th a diger
ent mattPy; the bet's with (trim
."
or A Yankee math: a be will /f,
Dtitchman that he would swan
The latter lay down upon the
the Yank taking his big toe in
nipped it severely. ''Oh, ou are.
me !" roared the Dutchman. "W •
old fool 1" replied the } anhee, "
think I was going to swallow you
Cr Carrying petiteness to acr
aaid,to be raising your hat to a
lady in the streist,and allowing a t
of dirty eollara • l.Mil a pair of so('_.:
fall oat oPon the pavement.
Gir The distinguished
knoWn among the ancients cs
has recently chajoged its name to
and will , hereafter devote his
tion to' matters of Money as 5...11
matrimony.
Unnetiell'or a women to be pleas.
With
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MEM