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BY FRED'K L. BAKER.
ileqalpg & 04.014 11Q111'040.
TRAINS of this road run by Reading Rail
Road time, which is ten minutes faster
than that of Pennsylvania Railroad.
TRAINS OR THIS ROAD RUN AS FOLLOWS:
LEAVE COLUMBIA AT
A. M.—WAY FREIGHT a n d
4;45 Passenger train for Reading and
intermediate stations, lea..ing Landisville at
5 413 a. m., Manheim at 6 20 ; Litiz at 6 52
Ephrata at S ; Reinholdsville at 8 55; and
reaching Sinking Springs at 945 A. M. Here
passengers holding through tickets tor New
York only are transfered to the Fast Line,
reaching New York at 2 o'clock, P. M.;- other
passengers remain in the train and reach Rea
ding at 10 10 A. M., in time to connect with
trains for Philadelphia, Pottsville, New York
and the Lebanon Valley.
P. AI L PASSENGER
2:20 Train for Reading and intermedi
ate stations, connecting at Landisville at 3 00
p. In. with train of Penn's. R. R., for the
West;leaving Manheim at 3 21 ; Litiz at 3 20
Ephrata at 4 08, Reinholdsviii at 4 35, Sink
ing Springs at 5 03 and arriving at Reading at
;i 90 p. m.
I=l
LEAVE READING AT
' NO A. M.—MAIL PASSENGER lain
for Columbia and intermediate sta.
Una, leaving Sinking Springs at 6 16; Rein
iodsville at 6 44, Ephrata at 7 11, Litiz at
i 40, NI an h eim at 7 58, making clr se connec
tion at Landisville at 3 20 a. m., with train
if.Peon'a R. 8.., for Lancaster, and also with
rains for the west. At Columbia, connecting
vita train of Penn'a. R. R., for Upper Ma
knit, Middletown, and Harrisburg, also by
he ferry for Wrightsville with trains of
'ahem Central R. R., for Baltimoie and
Vailingtm, arriving at Columbia at 8 55 a.
1.
.00 P. M.—WAy FREIGHT
~.
and Passonger Train for COLUM
tiA wid intermediate stations with passengers
(rum New York, Philadelphia and Pottsville
male clay, leaving Sinking Springs at 2 33,
teialwidsville at 3 30, Ephrata at 4 33, Litiz
4 5 it, Manheini at 6 13, Landisville, ut 6 32,
nut arriving at CcAumbia at 7 5U p. in.
Further information with regard to Freight
t Pas6engers, may be obtained f rom the
Sgermi of the Company.
Al ENDES COHEN, Superintendent.
J. pUirCh LI., General Ticket Agent.
',F. KEEVER, General Freight Agent.
IFill'S LARIP HEATiDig APPARATUS.
Boiling—Frying—Stewing—Steeping —
ITII THE VLAUE THAT LIGkLTS THE ftOOM
By the (lame of a common lamp,
t the cot of tt tent's worth of otl, a very
miuttuhle lavalifust can be cooked. * *
. •.Pribinu.
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. a a
• Simple in construction, easily kept
order, ready 111 use in a moment *
amiest to hare on timid. Drug-
AC, Circular.
Fish's Lamp is one of the roost
oar novelties of the day, * * • the
pity of it is unquestionable, a great saving
iltale in heating add cooking small articles,
ad can he made to cook meals for a great
ally persons, which is actually done on the
nioulioice cars which carry the nick soldiery.
• Scientific American. . .
* • For faintly use, hospital tent, bar
telt, picnics, lishiug, nursery, or sick room,
is ha article of comfort beyond all propor
on to its cost. * • Hall's Journal of Health.
* " I have tried the apparatus, and
jl wife and I proclaim the same a most vain
0E and indispensable article, and we now
inter how we could have so longtone with
in it. * * Ed. Coal Oil Circular. '
' • * An economical contrivance for
Siting up heat at short notice for nursery rind
fteral household purposes, • * * one
timlant point is the saving in cost over coal
its. * N. Y. Evening Post
Prrces front Two to Six Dollars.
rapacity tram One to Four Quarts.
'Three Articles Cooked at one time with one
Burner.
Arrangsd for Kerosene or Coal Oil, or Gas.
Descriptive Pamphlet of thirty p. es fur
',bed gratis.
THE UNION ATTACHMENT,
Price 50 Cents,
obe attached to a Common Kerosene Lamp
'Gas Burner, by which water may be bolted,
;I food cooked ; also arranged to support a
Every Fain ily needs one.
WM. D. - RUSSELL, Agent,
No. 206, Pearl St., New York.
Agents Wanted.
Two of these Heating Lamps can be
to at John Spandor's Hardware.
LANDIS & 'TRO UT.
Landis 6• Trout
Landis 6• 'Trout
At the "Golden Mortar,"
At the "Golden Moilar,"
Market Street, Marietta,
illarket Street, Marietta,
Keep constantly on liana
Keep constantly on hand
Drugs,
Perfumeries,
Fan c y Articles,
Patent Medietnes,
Coal Oil Lamps and Shades,
Howe & Steven's Family Dye Colors,
Shoulder Braces and Trusses,
papers and Periodicals,
Books & Stationary,
Portmonnaies,
Segars,
rescriptions carefully compounded.
'rescriptions carefully compounded,
Remember the place,
Remember the place,
Dr• Grove's old Stand
Dt'• Grove's old Stand
Give us a call
Give us a call.
D R' WM. D. FALINESTOCK,
l--Illaztr-sr.• NEARLY OPPOSITE
S pangler & Patterson's Store.
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The Drug Store opposite the
POST OFFICE,
Where Gold, Silver and Greenbacks,
ARE TAKEN IN EXCHANGE
FOR
~./kecticines,OtatLanait_g.,
&C., &C., &C.,
OF EVERY DESERIPTION.
—ALSO—
TOILET ARTICLES,
Such as Perfumed Soaps, Hair Oils, Hair
Dyes, Pomades, Tooth Soaps, Tooth
Washes, Hair, Nail, Clothe and
Tooth Brushes, of all descrip
tions, Extracts for the
Handkerchief, Colo,
gnes, Ambrosia
for the Hair,
and many other articles too tedious to mention
Ladies and Gents Port Monnaes,
of every 'description.
—A LS 0—
All the most popular Patent Medicines
NOW IN USE, SUCH AS
Ayre's Sarsaparilla, Jayne's Alterative, Ex
pectorant, and Vermifuge, Jayne's Pills and
Carminitive Balsam, &c., Hostetter's Bitters,
Hoffialat's German Bitters, Swaim's Panacea,
Worm Confections, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup, and in fact all the most reliable Patent
medicines now in use.
Frtsh Coal Oil constantly on hand. A fine
assortment of Coal Oil Lamps, Shades Chim
neys, &c. Also, articles of nourishment for
the sick, such as Corn Starch, Farina, Arrow
Root, Tapioca; Sic.
Spices of all kinds,Cloves, Cinnemon, All
spice, Mace, Black Ppper, African Cayanne
Pepper, French Mustaid, &c.
Chemical Food, Citrate of Magnesia, Feed
ing Cups for the Sick, Breast Pumps, Nipple
Shields, Nursing Bottles, Sell-injecting Sy
ringes, Flavoring Extracts for cooking, &c.
Golden Carp, or Gold Fish with Founts, also
Aquariums. Arrangements have also been
made with one of the best Aviarys in the
State,to furnish Canary and Mocking Birds,&c.
A lot of Family Dye colors, of every shade.
Fresh and reliable Garden Seeds.
A large assortment of Books and
Stationary,
Everything in the Stationary way, such as
Pens, Inks, Note, Tissue, Blotting and other
kinds of Paper, Envelopes, Clarified and other
Quills, Scented Gloves for the wardrdbe, and
an endless variety of fancy and useful articles,
usually found at such establishments, but any
article not on band will be ordered at once.
A new kind of playing cards, called "Union
Cards," having Stars, Flags and Crests instead
of Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, &c. The Face
cards are Goddesses, Colonels, instead of the
Queens, Kings and Jacks. This is a beauti
ful and patriotic substitute for the foreign em
blems and should be universally preferred.
School Books, Copy Books, Slates and the
School Stationary generall3 , and Bibles, &c.
alWays on hand.
ICP Subscriptions for-all the Magazines, Il
lustrated and Mammoth Weeklies received.
Sheet Music of all kinds will bet ordered
with promptness anu dispatch.
Having secured the services of Mr. CHAS.
H. Barrrox, an experienced and competent
Pharmaceutist who will attend to carefully
compounding with accuracy and dispatch, at
all hours. The Doctor himself can be consul
ted at the store, unless elsewhere professionally
engaged.
Being very thankful to the public for the
past patronage bestowed upon him, will try
and endeavor to please all who may give him
a call. F. HINKLE, D.
Marietta, February 4, 1865-tf.
A RCANA WATCH.
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The cases of this Watch are an entirely new
invention, composed of six different metals
combined, railed together and planished, pro
ducing an exact imitation of 18 carat gold,
called Arcana, which will always keep its
color.—They are as beautiful as solid gold,
apd are afforded at one-eighth the cost. The
case is beautifully designed with Panel and
shield for name, with Patent Push Pin, and
engraved in the exact style of the celebrated
Gold Hunting Levers, and are really hand
some and desirable, and so exact an imitation
of gold as to defy detection. The movement
is manufactured by the well known St. Jimer
Watch Company of Europe, and are superbly
finished, having engraved pallets, fancy carved
bridges, adjusting regulator, with gold balance
and the improved jewelled action, with line
dial and skeleton hands, and is warranted a
good time keeper.
These Watches are of three different sizes,
the smallest being for Ladies, and are all
Hunting Cases. A case of six will be sent by
Mail or Express for $125.00. A single one
sent in a handsome Morocco Case for $25.00;
will readily sell for three times their ccst. We
are sole agents' for this watch in the United
States, and none are genuine which do not
bear our Trade mark. Address
GIRARD W. DEVAUGH k CO.
, 3mos. Importers, 15 Maiden Lane,N. Y.
ALEXANDER LYNDSAY,
Fashionable
Boot and Shoe Manufacturer,
MARKET STREET, MARIETTA, PENN.
Would most respectfully inform the citizens
of this Borough and neighborhood that he bas
the largest assortment of City made work in
his line of business in this Borough, and be
ing a practical BOOT AND SHOE MAKER
himself,is enablea to select with more judgment
than those who are not. He continues to man
ufacture in the very best manner everything
in the BOOT AND SHOE LINE, which he
will warrant for neatness and good fit.
3I Call and examine his stock before pur
haat ng elsewhere.
OWARD ASSOCIATION,
PHILADELPHIA, PA,
iseases of the Nervous, Seminal, Urinary
and Sexual Systems—new and reliable treat
ment—in rteports of the Howaid Association.
Sent by mail in sealed letter envelopes, free
of charge. Addies§, DR. J. Sxximxri HOUGH
TON, Howard Association, No. 2 South Ninth
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
DR. J. Z. HOFFER,
DENTIST,
OF THE BALTIMORE COLLEGE
4 011.11/Ii OF DENTAL SURGERY,
LATE OF HARRISBURG.
O
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FFICE:—Frout street, next door to R.
Williams' Drug Store, between Locus
end Walnut streets, Columbia.
D ANIEL G, BAKER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LANCASTER, PA
OFFICE':—No. 24 NORTH DUKE STREET
opposite the Court House, where he will at
n d to the practice of his profession in all ite
varioue branches.
„1 . 1 Otpttikitt rousglhauia Nang far f Nomt (firtle.
MARIETTA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1865.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING,
AT ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF A YEAR,
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
Office in " LINDSAY'S BUILDING," second
floor, on Elbow Lane, between the Post
Office corner and Front street,
Marietta, Lancaster County, Penn'a,
Single Copies, wife, or without Wrappers,
. FOUR CENTS_
ADVERTISING RATES : One square (10
lines, or lees) 75 cents for the first insertion and
One Dollar and-a-half for 3 insertions. Pro
fessional and Business car ds, of six lines or less
at $5 per annum. Notices in the reading col
umns, ten cents a-line. Marriages and Deaths,
the simple announcement, FREE ; but for any
additional lines, ten cents a line.
A liberal deduction made to . yearly s nd hal
yearly advertisers.
Haying just added a " NEWBURY MOUN
TAIN JOBBER PRESS," together with a large
assortment of new Job and Card type, Cuts,
Borders, &c., &c., to the Job Office of "THE
MA sr ETTIAN," which will insure the fne and
speedy execution of all kinds of Jos & CARD
PRINTING, from the smallest Care, to the
LARGEST POSTER, at reasonable prices.
Xtbtr a-lin,4
"Life and all its tasks are hurd,"—
Never mind !
"Rarely bringing the reward ;"
Never mind !
When those tasks are overcome,
For your rest a heavenly home
Is assigned.
"Yearly youth's warm feelings wane"—
Never mind
"Never to be felt again I"
Never mind !
When you have but reached your home,
All the warmest are to come, •
You will find.
"Barren wastes my vision greet,"—
Never mind !
"And the past was flowery sweet ;"
Never mind !
Though just here the land is poor,
Brighter Edens lie before,
Than behind.
"Thorns the path have overgrown,"—
Never mind !
"And I fall o'er many a stone ;"
Never mind !
If you can but stumble home,
All your sore wounds wearisome,
He will bind.
"From my side my loved ones slip ;"
Never mind
"I would fain sit down and weep ;"
Never mind !
They have only hastened on ;
Do not, then, their loss to moan,
Stay behind. •
"Through yon dark stream I must go ;"
Never mind !
"'Tis a fearful thing to do;"
Never mind !
When you are but safe at home,
It was worth your while to come,
You will find.
gar Some few years ago there was a
notary public in WashingtOn, an old
and highly-respected gentleman, who
had held his office through all the polit
ical twistings and turnings of our capi
tal for nearly twenty years. A young
friend was in his office one day, and
while sitting by the table •picked up a
small, old, leather covered book which,
upon being opened, pioved to be "Tbad
us of Warsaw." He casually remark
ed to Mr. Smith, the notary :
"I see you have a copy of Thaddeus
of Warsaw here."
- "Thaddeus of Warsaw l" Was the re
ply. "What do you mean 2"
"Why, this is a copy of it."
"Thaddeus df 'Warsaw !" exclaimed
the old gentleman. He snatched the
book, gave one glance at it, and then
cried out, "For twenty years I have
been swearing people on that book,
thinking it was a Bible ! All those
oaths ain't worth the paper they are
written on !"
That very day he patronized the Bible
Society Agency, and got a finely-bound
copy, which could by no possibility be
mistaken for a novel.
Cr Mr. Garnett Ronson, of Little
Corby, England, shot an extraordinary
match, for a wager, lately. The wager
was that he was to fire at and hit .nine
out of ten oranges thrown up in the air.
The conditions were that the gun and
oranges should be laid upon the ground,
and the shooter had, at each shot . , to
pick up an orange, throw it up, stoop
for his gun and fire at the orange in its
descent. Mr. Ronson notonly succeed
ed in winning the wager, but hit eleven
oranges in succession.
Deaths of English Kings and Queens
William the Conqueror died from
enormous fat, from drink, and from the
violence of his passions.
William Rufus died the death of the
poor stags that he had hunted.
Henry the first died of gluttony.
Henry the Second died of a broken
heart occasioned by the bad conduct of
his children.
Richard Cceur de Lion died like the
animal from which his heart was named
by an arrow from an archer.
John died, nobody knows how, but it
is said of chagrin, which we suppose is
another term for a dose of heyebore.
- Henry the Third is said to have died
a natural death.
Edward the First is likewise said to
have died of a "natural sickness" a sick
ness which it would puzzle all the col
lege of physicians to denominate.
Edward the Second was most barbar
ously and indecently murdered by ruffi
ans employed by his owu mother and her
paramour.
Edward the Third died of dotage, and
Richard the Second of starvation, the
very reverse of George the Fourth.
Henry the Fourth is said to have died
"of fits caused by uneasiness," and un
easiness in palaces in those times was a
very common complaint.
Henry e the Fifth is said to have died
"of a painful affliction, prematurely I'
This is a courtly phrase for getting rid
of a king.
Henry the Sixth died in prison, by
means known then only to his jailor, and
known only to Heaven.
Edward. the Fifth was strangled in
the tower by his uncle, Richard the
Third.
Richard the Third was killed in battle
Henry the Seventh wasted away as a
miser ought to, and Henry the Eighth
died of carbuncles, fat and fury, while
Edward the Sixth died of a decline.
Queen Mary is said to have died of
"a broken heart," whereas she died of a
surfeit, from eating too much of black
puddings.
Old Queen Bees is said to have died
of melancholy, from having sacrificed
Essex to his enemies—her private char
acter not being above suspicion.
James• the First died of drinking, and
of the effects of a nameless vice.
Charles the First died a righteous
death on the scaffold, and .Charles the
Second died suddenly, it is said of apo
plexy.
William the Third died from consump
tive habits of body, and from the stumb
ling of his horse.
Queen Anne died from her attach
ment to "strong water," or, in other
words, from drunkeness, which the phy
sicians politely called dropsy.
George the First died of drunkeness,
which his physicians as politely called
an apoplectic fit.
George the Second died of a rupture
of the heart, which the periodicals of
that day termed a visitation of God.
It is the only instance in which God ev
er touched his heart.
George the Third died as he had lived
—a madman. Throughout life he was
at least a consistent monarch.
George the Fourth died of gluttony
and drunkenness.
William the Fourth died amidst the
sympathies of his subjects.—The Crisis.
HOW BODIES ARE EMBATATFD.—By = 4/ .
balming, people generally are apt to im
agine that the modern process consists
of saturating, filling and surrounding the
dead body with spices. gums, and other
indestructible and preservative substan
ces, and is understood to have• been the
process practised by the ancients. Such
however, is not the case. The modern
process is about as follows : The blood
is drawn off through the juglar vein.
An incision is then made upon the inside
of the thigh, through which a chemical
liquid, is injected by mechanical means.
This liquid permeates all the veins and
arteries taking the place before occupi
ed by the blood, .and in a short time ren
ders the entire body as hard as stone,
and as rigid as a statue. A portion of
the scalp is removed and the brain
scooped out. The chest is opened, and
the heart, lungs and viscera are abstrac
ted. When the process is completed,
the body is reduced to a mere . empty
shell, having only the outward semblance
of the departed individual. How long
a body thus prepared, will remain un
changed we cannot say. The process
has only been emplo o yed for a few years
—since the war commenced, we believe
—so that time sufiicient has not elapsed
to teat the indestructability of bodies
thus prepared.
Vermont Anecdotes.
. The late Rev. Zeb Twitchell was the
most noted Methodist minister in Ver
mont for shrewd, queer and laughable
sayings. In the pulpit he maintained
a suitable gravity of manner and expres
sion, but out of the pulpit he over-flow
ed with fun.
Occasionally he would, if emergency
seemed to require, introduce something
queer into the sermon for the sake of
arousing the flagging attention of his
hearers. It was he who originated the
great mosquitoes. Seeing that hie au
dience was getting sleepy, he paused in
his discourse and digressed as follows;
"Brethren, you hovel, any idea of the
sufferings of our missionaries in the new
settlements on account of the mosqui
toes. The mosquitoes in some of these
regions are enormous. A great many
of them will weigh a pound, and they
will get upon the logs and bark when
the missionaries are going along." By
this time all eyes and ears were wide
open, and he proceeded to finish his dis
course. The next day one of his heareri
called him to account for telling lies in
the pulpit. There never was a mosqui
to that would weigh a pound. "But I
didn't say one of them would weigh a
pound; I said a great many of them
would weigh a pound." "But you said
they barked at the missionaries." "No,
no, brother. I said they would get on
the logs and bark. if there was bajk
on the logs they couldn'tget on the logs
without getting on the bark."
Mr. Twitchell was a very skillful mu
sician, and excelled as a violinist. Be
fore he entered the ministry his services
were in great demand at balls, and were
always abundantly recompensed, After
he had preached awhile on a very small
salary, and that not paid without much
vexatious delay ; his clothing began to
be too dilapidated to appear respectable.
He called on the stewards for money,
but tiny neglected to furnish it. At
last he.called the attention of the con
gregation to the matter by a few remarks
on the subject. "Brethren, this was a
very nice coat when I got it, but you
see it is getting thin and threadbare.
I fiddled this coat on to my back, and if
I don't get some of my dues for preach
ing pretty soon, I shall fiddle another
one on." The money was forthcoming
before many days.
When Mr. Twitchell was presiding
elder on the "Springfield district," two
brothers were among the circuit preach
ers. To one of them he said, "George,
you can preach a great deal better than
Charles, but you will never be as popu
lar a preacher as he."—"Why not ?"
"Because you cannot say •how do you
do ?' so prettily."
There was once associated with Mr.
Twitchell, as his colleague, on a large
circuit, a young minister who bas since
become a somewhat prominent man in
the Methodist denomination. They
were passinga certain tivern.in Barnard,
when Mr. Twitchell said to his associate
in a confidential manner, "Brother 8.,
the last time I lodged in that tavern I
slept with the landlord's wife."
"What did you say "I" inquired Mr. 8.,
hardly daring to believe his own ears.
"I said that the last time I lodged in
that house I slept with the landlord's
wife."
There could be no mistake, and the
young minister's heart was sorely griev.
ed at the delinquency of a man whom he
had regarded with so much respect.
He pursued his way in silence and soon
left Mr. Twitchell and went to his own
house. But his sense of duty gave him
no rest, and in a day or two he went to
see Mr. Twitchell on the subject.
"I have come to see you,. brother
Twitchell," said be, "about that affair
at the tavern."
"Why, what is the trouble ?"
"Trouble enough I should think there
would be, for your conscience," said Mr.
"I don't think there was anything
wrong about it."
"Well, I do think there Was a great
wrong."
"I've talked with the woman about it
since I saw you, and she doesn't think it
was wrong."
"Well, I shall expose you ; I am not
going to bide your wickedness. I shall
go right off and tell the official members,
and have you stopped from preaching ;"
and the excited young man was hurrying
away, to put the threat in execution
when Mr, Twitchell called after hi.. .
"Hold on a minute brother B. If •on
must expose me you must, but Cher: is
one circumstance that perhapsi o • ght
to mention, that may be some ex use
foi me. At the time I spoke of I yet
the tavern myself !"
VOL. XI.--NO. 41.
A Touch of Petroleum.
Close to the lands of the Centre Oil
Company there lives an old chap worth
a mint, ignorant, of course, dumb luck
has made him rich. His household pets
Consist of a terrier dog and stupid daugh
ter, both of whom engage his attention.
The former provided for, he determined
to "accomplish" his daughter. To this
end he went to the city. He bought a
piano, a harp, and a guitar, and a car
load of music books, and so forth, wind
ing np his business by engaging a first
class intellectual and music tutor, with
all of which he started for the "region."
The documents were of course soon ar
ranged for business. The tutor set to
work and toiled like a Trojan, but with
no success. Despairing of ultimate tri
umph, he went to the oil king and made
a clean breast of it.
"Why, what the world's the matter?"
sslted the father.
"Well," (insured the tutor; "Kitty
has a piano, amguitar, and harp, and
music, and books, and all that, but she
wants capacity—that's all."
"Well, by the Lord, Harry," cried
the oil king, "if that's all just buy it.
I've got the stuff, and if money will get it
she shall have capacity or anything else."
How TO GROW THIN.-A gentleman
named J. W. Towner, of Putnam coun
ty, N. Y., has been writing to the Car
mel Free Press how be reduced his
weight from 320 pounds to 214 pounds,
and is still getting lighter. He says he
had seen a statement in the papers that
eating nothing but meat would reduce a
person's flesh.* At first he thought it a
humbug, but then the thought occurring
to him that all animals which ate noth
ing but flesh were fall of muscle and not
of meat, be determined to try it. The
result was as stated above. He com
menced his diet by rejecting bread, bat
ter, cheese, potatoes, milk, tea, coffee,
sugar, &c., in short, everything that has
sugar and starch, and ate all kinds of
flesh, fish, and fowl, that the family made
use of; also such fruits and vegetables
as were without starch. He says his
health and strength are very much im
proved ; also, that after he had got set.
tled on his diet he has never been bun
gr-y as he used to be with a gnawing
sensation at the stomach, and hie food
always relishes. He has been trying
this experiment for something over a
year past,
Tus SPONGE BUSINESS.—The sponge
business has become a prominent de
partment of industry. It is almost en
tirely the growth of the last twenty
years, and nets annually about $20,000.
The sponge is fished and raked from the
sandy bottom of the ocean, at the depth
of twenty, forty, or sixty feet. It belongs
to a very low order of animal life, organ
ization hardly being detected. When
first taken from the water it is black,
and becomes exceedingly offensive from
decomposition, It is so poisonous is
this condition that it almost blisters the
flesh it happens to touch. The firstpro
cess is to bury it in the sand, where it
remains for two or three weeks, in which
time the gelatinous animal matter is ab
sorbed and destroyed by the insects that
swarm in the sand. After being clean
ed, it is compressed and packed in bales
like cotton. The sponge has been ap
plied to a variety of new purposes, and
within the past few years has quadrupled
in value.
ar I am afraid dimerigan mothers
will laugh when I say that the mothers
of England are very particular not to
allow their children, before they are able
to walk, to sit much on the carpet, as
it is a posture unfavorable to erectness
and fullness of figure. They are, there.
fore, taught with special pains to roll
on the carpet, and to lie on the stomach
all of which has a tendency to secure a
perpendicular. spinal column and a
broad, full chest.
- sir A plain Old clergyman was once
applied to by a young man for advice
on a very important matter. He asked
which of two sisters he had best pay his
addressees to. One was very lovely in
her disposition, but not a professor of
religion. The other was a professing
Christian, but very ill-tempered, "Mar
ry the good tempered one, by all means,"
said the old gentleman. "The Spirit of
God can live where you can't."
Two•contnties ago not one in a
hundred wore stockings. Fifty years
ago.not one boy in a thousand 'was al
lowed to run'at- large at night. Fifty
years ago not one girl in a thousand
made a, waiting maid of her mother.
Wonderful improvement in this wonder
fulage.