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$3,50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
JOHN H. ZITTLE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
$2,50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
JTmniln Newspaper-- Snfttyatdttit en all Subjects, anb Deooteii to ?eueral iJntcliigence, ?iternture, Jtlorftlitjj, Ijrifliltitt, &i'.. &f*
YOL. 10.
SHOTBRDSTOWN, JEFFERSON COUNTY. WEST VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, DEC. 29. 1866.
1 11 ?" ? ? > ? ? 1 ?
NO. 25.
WHEN I WAS A GIRL.
When I was a wee slip of a girl,
Too artless a. id young for a prude.
The men, a* I passed, wou!d?e\?;lairn, "pretly
? - dear !"
\N hich, 1 must say, 1 thought rather rude j
Rather rude, so I did,
Which, I must sJy, 1 thought gather ruJc.
However, said I, when I'm oncc in my teens, ?
They'd sure cease to worry iuo then ;
But a? 1 grew older, so they grew the bolder ? ?
Such impudent things are the men ;
Aiji the men, are the men.
Such impudent things are tiii uitn. ?
ljut of all the bold things ! could ever suppose,
(Yet how could I t?Le it amis.'.5)
W that of ;ny impudent cousin ls^st night,
When he actually ga\e me a kiss ;
Ay, a ktas, so he did,
When he actually gave uie a kiss ?
I
I quickly ic; roved him, but ah, in such tot e?,
That ere we were half through the ^ let:,
My ar.g-r to smother, he gate Die another ?
Suih ;tui .I-, ccaxi"g ih'j gn are the men,
Arc the nun, aie the u en,
Such strange, ctu\,i.6 thit.g> arc the men.
1 V L V 1 EES IKE '111 ?. GRAVE.
1 vv < p.t licpide thy grate, mother,
AJy heart i* weeping s'lll,
A nil ti.ruily ling? is r.eai tl?t tomb
On \ niidt )' iolit i\ I'll..
1 U;ii not l.eur v y parting woids,
1 did ii*>i me tiitt? die \
If in t: \ Um ii cau.e to me,
\S h< ? dtaih ? as buttling nigh.
1 have bei n a truant bu) , mother.
And i-diiM J ihee man) a pain,
But i mould ht-al the vmuikI* I made,
Couid'ftt tl.ct Tetu j n agarn.
My boyish heart vm uld not ? bey
'J t y nsiiiti 1 1 H.ihotuls, 1 Know,
And o'er n.y way uardness to thee,
My tears will ever (low.
I v. '* j* th v rheii?l.fd pel, i7? n i Jie r ,
Thy Into was fond and true
'i hv oft bedewed my cheek,
Kie manhood'* are 1 !<new !
Ailliriioim* chi'd ftom infancy,
V e loved me b-it the mote.
And oVr me wept as oft ye tho'l
l.ift-'s pilgrimage was o'er.
1'v? wan^cted msny b league, mother,
Kroni n iit r?* we u * e <i to dv\?U,
Pvn eherishitl one near me now,
Ol tho*e 1 loved po well; ^
But uf? my weeping heart returift
Acruss the foaming ser.
To where my precious relies lie,
Andl ihrreit v? erpg (or thee.
Miouift Women Kule Astride I
Kigaitiing like rcfMuM^ introduced; bui
j um- absndoned, by Mrs. Hlocincr, and as
4o l>nv* irtdifw nihy ru'e, the Fptcl o'or
if'h.ks th?t: ? "*)o this :+n?1 ?6ruu other
fin.iNr m- in r- , it is useless to jr.nt* tvnh
puju )i< (hound IStlUtl?. i t?? tfuq *rUu"
lilt id is ihe Mj^lit of choice . h i i i , in deny
ing it, society is Trtjutirtg M^eK. joat a^ it
i s in (if n\ irg. * oiiitu the light of liJing
as they chouse. JSo fixed is this patticii
Jar form oi oppression, ,ihat Kiifclieh so
t idy will not dasf J-a it, relucts to. enter
tain ihe question, aud wiu.d condemn a
dozen leaders of hshion if ihoy made the
attempt to tntjrodui? a reform. 'J'liey
luigljt wain into a b.?ll-n>oiu dref*e,d a la
Josepluut ? thai 18, uourtsstd lo Ihe waist
? and lit e only result would be a general
disappearance of tucker; but they date not'
for itieii lives ride asinde, Yet there is
fcb^oluiely no reason, tuber of conveni
ence, or security t Of UBOdesty," in lavor o(
the siue-sadcle; not one single argument
which oogku even to iiave a hearing when
opposed to the d'snnct right, subject to
the lawn of molality, to nde as . they
please. W e do not say there are reasons
lo* abolishing the side-saddle, lor, though
we think thir<j are, ijiat is uol ihe points
A woman had a fight lo ride lCnglish
fashion, ox i utkish fashion, or Chinese
fashion, if she chooses, and society loses
in refusing to concede iho? choice.
Wis -a Wenien Wauled.
An intended biide w ho, is willing io
commerce housekeeping in th?f saute way
in which her parents be$an.
Twenty fashionable y oung ladie^ who*
dare lobe seen wuidiu* a dust brush, or
darning their broujiqr Moe^in-jf, il a geii
tieman should liappen to make an enrly
.mori-iag csU. ? > ' 1 !i
1 tn ii?df j>i iidi'iu young 'ladies "who
sre o| goo^l families," whodaieto wear!
their Usi w inie? 's .bonnets lo ibuuh on 'n-j
fii.e Sunday.
i.ouritci} young ladies, w bp are *'an\v 1
bodv," \* | o ilaro tf> ^e *et-n on the I
.?^tjreej wearij g *hoes p nh poles tjiick 1
fcnoujjh ti? keep Uulfr ^ t wtirm. ?
Fifty young ladirs oi %uiripjpgj<|ge Mto l
Cft-tft-i'w p<*ny -who (Li?* ihc-V'f<
hate ever rntftie u4o*i of bread or a |nul-l
d'ng. AV gd .,,5 .u. k)iiu J J J
Berkeley County,
j We make the folio ? iiit? extracts from
the Maninsburg L'Aion of last week :
C'ol'kt ? On Wednesday of la->t WPek
thorp* cui '.etin oi Court, called for the
trial uf ( ruiiinal.H, commenced; hi? honor,
Judge Hail, upon the bench. J. T. Hoke
I A tti?ri*ey for the State, prosecuting. Our
j people were all o uch pleased to t?ee our
excellfiil J s able again to resume hi#
leat. I lie Grand Jury havir.jj hi en
charged, itn ?r*<- <! ia t^ly retiied to live ? r
roo-ii, i.id lite Court j rocreded to the iri -
,al of I'lcmini luk?. Philip Me iJaiiiei,
coorid, tried lor grand larceny, was
fouud fiU i?y ol peui larceny, and sentcti
iffcil to confinement in the nnm1)' jail for
; thirty d >yn. (it" rge T. Little arid W in.
ili. lit y i.u'da, jonul y tritd f?<r grand lar
jeeny, w^re fuund ?U;l:y and aentenctd to
ihteu \*r?r* ea?h >n the Stale penitenlia
: r> . John \N liSurj.s, tried for yrand lar
ceny, was found guiity and sentenced to
, me St ite jienitt n;ury one \ear. Benja
i Hi ill liotse) , colored, tried lor grand lar
ceny, t? as fount*, guilty of petit lateeny,
and sentenced to confinement in th conn
j ?y jail t ? elve month*. A nolle prosequi
; ass ci)irr?d in the of the Mate vs.
itobtrt A ?Souier*i le. State *?. Mtchht!
iSwuny, indiced !? r forgery of a cheek
j upon the Nation 1 Hank. was continued
j on m<'tn>n <?j |.r;.-on?*F , until the next
jterm. The (Jraml Jury found a ? real
Imi-i h<r o! Itills of Indictment against dif
1 1? ten i p*! tits for vinlaurg the Jifense
!.?*(<. On Mondny, the day fret for the
itjialof Statutory Misdemeanors, opened
I w tth the trial (;f t lev? n indictment* agait.rt
j B. B. llol.m li r r e t h i 1 1 n g spirituous li
jquor# w i th o v: t ;i license. Af<cr a t r i of
i*o, in which the jury brought in a fine
jof $'?!J to each i a??-. the dtfeudent ' v I in
[counsel confessed judgment fur a fine of
;?20 each on three other indictment*, and
the Attorney for the Stale thereupon en
lered nolle' 3 cn t> e icuiainder, the de
fendant paving the costs.
The Judge is evidently detera.ued to
preserve the dignity a.td authority of his
Court, as against numbeis ol witnesses
and jurors * ho had been ruled on account
"<l Leiiig absent and laid), lines were
i j-r -mpdy afs-essrd.
| The follow ing county ofTn ers elect ?i
! the Ihm October election, appeared and
qualified according to la *v : John \V. Pit
zer as Sheriff, took ihe oath of ofiice and
Ijave bond in the sum of $Gr?,000. Maj
t . S. Troxel rs C I e r k ol the Circuit
Court, qualified, c i v i r ^ botid in the eutn
of 5*0,000. J. i\ . WiMier, Prosecuting
Attorney elrct, qua) lied by taking tlie
iifual oath of office. Setman (itTiard,
i Kecorder elect, took the oath ?>f oHlceHnU
j gave bond in the tutu of $5,000.
! Crr-TnnoATs About, ? On Fridav night
die I4tl) instant. J. W.. Porteifield,
w io Icrrps a sto e at Tomahawk Spring,
wh? disturbed about midnight by bfarinj;
a noise's* if some one was trying lo gel
in 'he house. He arose and went out,
but discovering no one, retired again, hiji1
ajjain hearing the noise, went nut a sec
ond time, thi? lime taking a cattdfa with
hif?, anxJ Whs fired upon by some parly
[unknown, one shot hilling him in the lare
jai.d wounding him severely, the reft of
j the load penetrating J;is hat evidently
(shewing th.o mordn'onf intent of the par
ty firing. Mr. Vorterfitl J sfales that I r
saw fom.e four persons iuii alter the ii r-;j
W
1 ' ' ? * 4 I" V ?' ' ?
Committed ? Justice Doli, on Monday
last, committed to j oil for action of Circuit
i Coujt, Thomas Ogleton, colored, for lar
ceny of thirty dollars from I). O. Snyder.
? V " T " ~ " * ^ ' * "V r
]? Mrs. SuiruU s House Haunted.
There is a three-story brick tenement,
in the middle of\ a block fronting upon
one of Wabliingiun's lesser thoroughfares
that is making itself peculiarly obnoxious
to timid people, and ridiculous among the
stouter hearted. The building in ques
tion is none other Than that belonging lo
Mrs. Surrait. In ij>e course of settle*
ment ot her estate, the house in question
was offered for sale, and. even then the
pubiic seemed shy ami indiil'eient to ti e j
purchase,, ami so it camc that a property !
wor h, by moderate comparison, $10,000, ;
fell under the. hammer at the insignificant '
sum ol *4,(i00. The new landlord, there
fore instiuned such improvements as en- J
brely changed the aspect of ihe property,
auu all hui uausferred as bile, and in
couise ol time came a tenant, but not to
remain. In. less than six weeks the lesee
had llown liom beneath the roof, forfeit
ing his years' rental, and was ready to
swear, with clatiering teeth, that his ner
vous system waa scattered for a life-time.
Cithers succeeded to the occupancy of the
house he h?d vacated, in turn, to make a
shudilering exit.. Mrs, Syrian's house is
haunted. Ihere caiv be no reasonable
doubt upon tiia subject. ?She her6ell
persists in treading iu haljs, and pirani-j
bufuiin# the premises, in the dead of nijjiii ,
clad in those Keif same robes of scrje in
vtliich she s tide red the penary of the law.
In costume, sjie,did<rs from tl*e "women
in white? uuuiiAukatly , but r|ral the gen
eral etFerl is.oone.ifoe, ress^ tlmHii^, a:id
alu>g'^iher iatal u/ t,M> jeomposuro of the ,
i bseruer^is, posi\iv||^ amerced by each j
successive occupanl of the flia^ipUj ( - ,
A Young Hindoo Orator Preaching
Christ.
In addressing ilie General Assembly of
lii e Free (Jhurch uf Scotland last June,
on the etate anil prospect* of Christianity
in India, Dr. Duff gave a veiy interesting
account ol a reiuarkaole young man, a
leading member of the Brahma Soma],
i?4i?oi? Khfstit) t'hunder Sen, who had
been exciinrj; ??eat attention anil interest
among the educate I Hindu* of Calcutta.
He is jilted with a marvelous oratory,
w Inch lie Txercisea in the English bu
gu*ge, and he i? able to hold an assem
bly ol rvrii a cl u,'le of thousands of edu
cated Hindu* entranced, for t?o or t! ree
hour*, as he pours out lilio another
Chrysoetoro, the golden shram of bia el
oquence. It is in itself a lemarkalle sign
ol If e time.-, iliat an audience of this size
should a*?euible and listen to an address
in English, ami it is sti i more remarkable'
that they should ? nine to hear lii addresf
on ti e i-ubject ol religion. Aa the: apos
iiie of tilt reforming section of the Urah
m 6 Som j, Sen ol course makes no sccret
jof his cvntempt for Hinduism. For
Cnrislianity he eoleitain* a veiy high ic
spei-i, although he is not avowedly a
I Christian.
j Recently, says the 1'ritnd of India , he
?Uli?ered an extimporu lecture to his
countrymen in the theater o! the Calcutta
i .Medical College, on "Jesus Christ ? Eu
rope and A?ia." He sketched the world
i at the birth of Ctnui, the life s-nd death
of the Saviour of the world, and the prog
iresa of the chu eh till ihe Reformation,
and of Christian Missions thereafter.'
I ''Humanity," he said, M when Chiist ap
pealed was groaning under a deadly mal
I aily, and was on the terge of death : a
remedy was urgently needed to save it.
Jesus Chi m was ti.us a nectssity of the
age : lie appeared in the fullness ol
.time. He Lid down Ills life that Codl
j luiglit be glorified. I have alwass re
garded the cross as a beautiful emblem of
self sacrifice unto t!ie glory of Cod, one
tthKh io calculated to quicken the higher
feelings and aspirations of the I e^rt anJ tu
puiify the sou!, and 1 beliexe there is not
;a heart, how hard and callous soever it
way be, that can look with inditference
(upon that jjrand and significant yymbol ;
* * * * Is 1 tie re a Mii<-io !?oul
. -
in this larpi4 assembly who would ecru
pic to a > c i i t ii e i xtraordinary grea
rfinl supernatural heroism to Jesus f 7 1-riM
janri Him crucified ? Was noi He who by
I his w fu illumined, by Hi* pnwir sav
ed, a dark and wicked w< rid ? was ^not
lie who * as ltd u? 8 dc li a pi in lest5
I legacy of Divine troth, and whose blood
has wrought such wondtrs for eighteen
hundred years ? was He not above ordi
nary humanity ? Hissed Jesus ! immor
1 clilld of (?od ! For the world lie liv
j ed and i'ied. May ih# world ?j>{ reciate
Ilim and follow His example !"
j Of this remarkable man, Dr. Puff fur
j iher said tha\ in bin intense desire tor
; light, he had asked the prayers of the
j missionaries on hit behalf, and that he
; w as in the habit of converging w ilh ?ome
j of them, thefre prayers be an
swered, and should Sen, as a thoroughly
Christian man, devote his remnkabie
jpowtersno the preaching of C hrist among
his countrymen, the rc-sulia that (night be
: ! o %> U c d for, in Dr. Dell's estimation ? ma
I king allowance for ?tifit r? nres too obvi
ous for naming ? might be worthy to be
compared with those which sprung from
the conversion of the Aposile Paul. ?
Sunday ftlagcizine,
JL.elter from Gen. Early.
The J adies' Memorial Asevciaijon of
All. Jackeon, having elected (iee. J iba!
I Early an honorary member of that organ
j ization, the old hero, from his exile in
Canada, sends the following appropriate
response to a letter communicating the
honor conferred by the Association :
Toronto, Nov. 30, 1806.
?Sir? -I have received your note infor
ming me of the fact that 1 have been elec
ted an Honorary Member of the Ladies'
Memorial Association of Mount Jackson.
Amid all the sad recollections connected
with our unfortunate stiuiigie, it is a
jsource of great comfoi t to know that the
ladies of our countiy, ? who were ever so
self-saciilicing, doling the continuame o(
that struggle, ? bellow the tribute of their
tears on the memory of the dead.
Though a great battle was nol fought
near Alt. Jackson, yet it was a place to
w hich many of the wounded from battle
fields, at other places, were carried and
placed iu hospitals, and there received
the kind attentions of the ministering an
gels who now honor the graves of those
who died. I have many cherished re
collections connected with the Valley of
the Shenandoah, from one end to the oih
er, anJ I trust that peace anil pro;perity
may soon return to bless ihe inhabitants
of that beautiful Valley, as well as of ail
( ur now desolated country.
With many thanks for the terms in
which you ' ave conveyed the informa
tion contained io your note, 1* denre \ on
to convey to rh?? ladies of the Mi. Jack
son Memorial Association my thanks lor
the honor done me. ai d my fervent wish
es for their prosperity and happiness.
lA Very tiu'y and resnectf' 11V,
Your ob'l sprv.mt,
j; A- EAItLY. '
'i t ^ ) , ? V??UO 7 ? rd 1,
Willie's Journey to Ileuven.
"Play alone i*?r awhile, Nellie," said
Willie to his sisier. 4 I am going to
heaven lo see papa. Aunt Nannie says
thai he is too happy there to return to us,
but if I could only bring mamma word
from him, perhaps she would not cry lor
him as H>e doe*. Itrn't 11 strange that
mamma never 'a!ks of heaven as Aunt
Dannie does, nor aboul papa being happy
there ? May be she doesn't believe that
he is happy; but when I re urn she will
he happy too. I will put on my scarlet
sack with the pretty ft ill. and my braided
frock, so that the angels will be glad to
fee me."
The eves of the chi d were fixed on
the blue hills, and in his ehildish inno
eence he never doubled thai they reached
?straight to hea\en; for did not the hills
meet the sky ? and could he not step
from the hill top into heav?-n ?
So little sister roust play alone awhile,
and the mes?3gc he would I rii.g from dear
papa should repay her; and donning his
Sunday suit, he *? e t ou' nn his mission.
Through il.e valley and to the hill-aide
he wen;. The hills seemed steeper than
he imagined; hut be clambered up. II is
hands and feet were torn and bleeding,
but his young Leait never failed him. He
sat down 011 a rock to rest; then clamber
ed on his heavenly way. He was hungry
and thirsty; but in heaven they neither
hunger nor thirst, and he must hurry on.
At 1*pi the shadows of night gathered
around hirn, and longing lor his warm
btd at home, yet much more for papa in
leaven, be lay down on the ground and
slept from weariness. In the morning he
Wbs chilled and e t ? ft", and could go but a
little way; yet line to his purpose, that
way wan upward.
A gain the ehaddows gathered around
him, and he lay down; but not rise. He
was 100 chilled end weary to go on, and
he would not turn back.
When the moon came up in silvery glo-i
ry, she *r.\v a scene fit for the pitying
nijjht. The dews of evening were on the
chi'u'rt wan face, and the golden curls
v?sre f envy, and langle.d and d*mj>. Hi*
tiny hands foldad, praying (iod to show
him the Ittuuenward way.
Again ihe moon came up, Lu! as if in
sorrow, she t-hrotdtd her f<ice bt hind a
a ( loud, and only a dim light in ihe place,
? !ur? lay ihe form of the trusting child
lie vva? hungry no more, no more he
thirsted, and no more he needed to fold
his hands in prawr, for (iod hail shown
him the htavenivurd way. Kinds fri^ndf
missed him, and only knew that eis'.ei ,
Nellie said that he had gone to see papa,
yei never dreamed thai fie sought heaven
Irofii the hill-tops; and ?i was many rlejs
ere they found him, half way up, a pic- j
lute of silent beauty, lying white and cold I
in his scarlet sack, with ihe dainty frill,!
and braided rotk, with torn hands ami
* 1
feet, yet wiih a smile on his sweel, up- 1
turned face.
Ilia youthful dreams were realized.!
Me had gone 10 see ''pap* in heaven,'
\et only in dreams, and by the light of
faith, (her unbelief rebuked by the trust
ing faith of ihe child,) docs he bring ihe
coveied message to the lonely heart of
momma*
The Advantages of Having a Woman
with Yuu When Travelling.
*' Tliai seat is occupied," said a bright
' ryed girl at live* hotel teb'o to a man who
J was eb on to talce it. ??Occupied !" lie
Jgrowted; ?*w litre's his baggage !" Willi'
* saucy upward look at him, "I'm his
1 sHh f??id. And (his brings mo
'to say il you are going on a long journey ,
! in the regions whero it is ,*hi,?t rorne
;firat served," the most desirable piece of
baggage you can take with you is not a
I hat-box .Or a blanket, but a woman. If
J you have none, then mairy one, for you
>re not thoroughly equipped for the road!
till you do. When dinner is ready you1
I follow in her ble**i d w ake, ond are snug- !
fly ?r*l? d beside, and exactly opposite the1
jj-laturpf. chickens, before the hirsute
crowd, womanless as Adam was till he
, fell into a dt eji >le< p, are let in at ail
1 here \ ou ate and ttieie thev ire. V?;u
I "
twa^r.-.'t.e, with the two best chairs in
j tl;e hou^c, served and smiled on. Lock
l'lo*n the latle at the unhappy fellows,)
some of them actually bottoming thej
^chairs ihev occupy, and the ?ttu* and
hands teaching ill every 'direction acroi-i
the table like t ? .? #? ientacui<e of a gigantic*
polypus. W hen night comes wiih a b<>r
di r tavern, it is not you if? a t shift uneas il)
from side to side on ttie bar-room floor.
If there is any best bed *be ts it and
iyou share it. You follow her into thej
be^t C3r ; she t a Hr*i in the fett.ge cojeh
ard you are too. Mi r^ than that, a wo
man keeps, tcu Muj on your honor;"
villi fle pretty sure to Kehate yourself all
j the way. . AI *' f*
A gendtmnu uas one /lay arranging
music lira lady to whom ha was pa)ing
his attention :
' -XT 1 5 M ' what time do you pre
fer r
? O," *he replied <*?rele?*!v. "nnv timet
will do ? b it t h>~* quicker tlie he;!er."
Thieves n b the fniuses in St. Louis by
? flattering (he servant girls.
A Life in Little.
The "Memories oi Count Koptopehjn"
were written in ten minutes. In a few
briel sentence# he summed up the life of
the mass of mankind. W e ?i bjoin the
Memoir :
My Iiirth. ? On the I2ih of March,'
1705, I merged from darkness into ihe
light of d*y. I wa9 measured, I was
weighed, i was baptizfd. I wiss born
without knowing wherefore, and my pa
rente thanked Heaven without knowing
for what
My Education.-? I W39 taught all
9ort- of thing*, and learned ail sorts of
languages. By dint of industry and
quackery, I sometimes passed for a eavan.
My head has become a library of old vol
umes, of w hich I keep the key.
Mi/ Sr/J/'trin ? I was l< rmented fcv
my masters ; b) tailors who made tight
dresses for me; by women ; by ambi I
tion ; by sell Iovp ; by u tliss regret?,
am! by many remembrances.
Alt movable Epochs. ? At the sgf of
i thirty 1 gave up dancing ; at forty, my
efforts to please the fair sex ; at ft! >, my
regard lor public opinion ; at Mity, the
troubles of thinking ; end I have now be-,
romca true sage, or egolm which is the,
i same thing.
Jie&pectublc Frineipbs ? I have never'
meddled in any marriages or scandal. 1
have never recommended a cook or a phv- ;
sician, and, consequently, have never at
, tempted the life of a t? y one.
My Dislikes. ? 1 have a di?l?ke to rot*
(and lope, and to intriguing women, who
"make a g..nie ol virtue ; a ciaguot of ?f
| fectation ; pity for made up men and
painted women ; an aversion to rats, li
quors. metaphysics. rhubarb ami a terror
i of jus'ice and w ild beasts.
Analysis of my Li/0. ? 1 await d ath
u i t h m. t fear and w ithout im; alk'nee.
My ife has been a mad m< l<>drs?fiia on a
grand stage, w here I have played the he
ro, the tyrant, the nobleman, but never
the vaiel.
My Epitaph ? He lie.", in hope of re
pose, an old deceased man, with & wi rti- !
;out spirit, exhausted heart, and a used-up
(budy. Ladies and gentlemen, pass on !
A Mictions of Eur^peun Royulfjr.
The Eioperoi Napoleon in*) nor be as
[)3>1 i-8 eome alarmists report, but ! e if
certainly, not weil. Victor Kmanuel has
had s paralytic stroke in his right wrm.
The fcmpres# of Mexico*!** menially af
j dieted. and Count Bismr.rk is said to be
: -fullering from Iho same mslady which
prettnied his joining imariiiy in the en-i
j irance of the 1'r uea?iut> troops into Berlin. i
lie is not careful in hi" mode of living,
j And the t-jii and excitement through
which he has recently passed hare been i
j to much for him. A temporary retire- 1
Iment from the c;<res of s'ate is absolutely ;
necessary to th? re establishment of hi>
health. L- iters from Italy report that
the health of the limperor of Austria has
been injured by his recent atixietie#, and
1 1 1 f* t his physician# recommend him lor ?
time lo abstain from business. lie i*ti>!l|
in the prime oi life, being mil under thir*
i y - li v e yens of age ; but eincc the battle
of SaJowa his wtioie appearance h an
changed. His hair has turned gray, and
he walks in a stooping am! dejected man* I
nrr, and Jm fare has the look of a man
who has passed through the derpeSt tor
rows. The Quacn tf Hanov?i:# hair
turned gray wjihin a month after the de
thronement of her husband. King John
of Saxony has scarcely smiled since the
Spoliation of his do'ninr?fli by i'lttttia.
The Pope *?\ ' he *eeep? day and night
about In# ok n gne.'s ?nd the sorrows of
the church, Queen Victoria is tli'il affict
ed with a profound melancholy for the
loss of her husband, and fears hare been(
entertained respecting her reason.
Reflections for Ifo-an* Men.
To depend upon a father'# purse-sitings
or an inheritance of lands and money, is
a poor stick lo ]?an upon, even for those
who s-re furiunjie enough to have fortunes
crowded upun {hem. The history of ihe
past few years' i9 full of proof# that no
real dependence can be pi?c(d upon the,
fortuoe# accumulated by fathers and'
grandfathers. '1 hovsaftd# of young a en,1
who before tl e war. were looking princs-{
ly foriHHes and life !ong ease in the face,;
are to ?iay kinking at s *rn, i r com prom i
sing tod, a# the i r of.jy inheritance. 1 i.eur
are sad lessons, \ et thousands of young
iutn ere gra|p!irg tsitfi the rsslities I
which sum und rti em. with a noble de
le' mma'ioff nril * for thorns*!**-* Jof-j
unes which ihey can hold in 'reserve.' "
Oi?t ourait'g on the s^me su titer, ihe
Richmond hxaminer s*yj : "If patriot
isni required f si* ?f rltrrirg the war. |
sell-interest dem?Mi? H now; and e?rr>
man v* ho lives b yood his tntafi* is com- *
milling a eociaj ihe working
capita) of the r <uno ' i?i.y is pitifully '
small; ami'etery dime tey'ond the supply
ol b^fe necessaries is requisite to store
another start# jNere r uas the atJa^e so
true, "il>ai a penny ?>h%ed is a penny
made." li ttnuid be U.c very madness j
of the houi lo sacr fiee j resent indepen
dence aud the future cumfort of our iami
lies, in ihe *iin attempt *o keep up sp-l
petfranc*#. There t? d< gredauon inex
prejstble in ilie folly uf extravagance aud ,
luxury." j . > 1
COUNTING-IIOUSE
CALENDAR
FOR 1867.
="! iS ^ 5 S ^ ?
^ o c ?% js* ?
5 s 2 a. K ^ R
1867 .?" g- ?. ~ 2 g.
^ ^ ^ - J- * ?*
'<* ?
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 !1 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
1 2
3 4 5 * 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 23
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 I'll
17 IS 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 20 27 28 29 30
31
1 2 3 4 5 0
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18. 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 20 27
26 29 30
12 3 4
5 0 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 10 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
20 27 28 29 30 31
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
10 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 20 27 28 29
30
1 2 3 4 5 0
7 8 9 10 11 12 la
14 15 10 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 20 27
28 29 30 31
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 10 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
1 2 3 4 5 0 7
8 9 10 II 12 13 14
15 10 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 20 27 28
29 30
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 10 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
1 2
3 4 5 0 7 8 9
10 II 12 13 14 15 10
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 20 27 28 29 30
1 2 3 4 5 0 7
8 9 10 II 12 13 14
15 10 17 18 1 9 20 21
22 23 24 25 20 27 28
29 30 31
For \hz Ladles.
We confess to en ungotcinaHe fond
ne?? for the ladies. They occupy moat
of our ihoiVgfottf by day, an*) we dream
about t Ue in every nighl. Studying al all
time* Hit ir. comlort (>nd pleasure, we *p
pc ml tb? following rule, copied horn Ibo
Louisville Johruul, which guartnlecs to
the fair Sex a much desired object :
"Nothing )* mores nnoywg 10 n lady
? nothing n mure tiding to the moat ami
able temper, tlian ly have a nice* clean*
well alarcbed ? kit t ruined by the 6.1 il* the
authorities allow to accumulate upoft cur
atreets. Several articles hate *bect> in~
vented to hold them up, so as to keep
them from comic# tu contact witft th?
dirt, but nothing we harp seen is e^jal 10
the Cello w in o ample plan. When dress
ing for tits street, lay your fkirt on the
bed, or arrOas a chair, st:d let it rema:ti
orml you return from your promenade.
\ ou will be astonished to find thai it pill
be perfectly clean, not aa much as a t^eclc
upon il.
?? I here is one iKing aure," said Mrs.
Pattingtoo, "the f* males of the |rc?ent.
regeneration are a heap more iinlej en
dan ihah ?f ?? y uted <0 he. Why, 1 a*vr
* gal go by to-day, rtiat I know belong ? to
the historical class of society, with her
dee as all lucktd up 10 her knees, her I) air
all frizzled up like as if ilia batin'l tiir.a
10 comb if fur a wfek, and blfe Iff' l;er
grat d n other's lAd c?ps, in an awful
(?run bied r&rdni?>?, on her head... Why,
laws. koitey. vt hen i wai a gal, if a^y of
the fellowa roroe along when I had my
<ioihl* lucked uptl.st way, and lack kir
frcd with an old white rag, I would run
for d'ar U'e, at d bide out of eight. Well,
gais. then w<re innocent, tnconfiacatcd
crii'ers now ihey are wlial (he Freocl*
call blazer."
There i? ?a:d tu be a girl in Texas
#hoae lips are to sweet that they stick
together every tnornyig by the honey
ihey distill* and t-be cannot open her
mouiii unii! ?he has parted ber lips with ft
si'ser knife.
Rats are worth fifteen ceoti apiece is
New Yoik.
* 1 ' *+'* '?f"Jfft*?Si a
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