Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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VOL. XXXI.
LANCASTER, PA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1857.
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EARLY BISING.
BY   JOnX a. 3AXE.
-God bless the man wholirst loventod sleep 1"
K.^ s;incho r.iu;a oalJ. au'i f*> say I; And bwrblm. al.,>. that be didn't keep
TTi. rr^at di«ivery to hlrotolf; or try To^ nko n-as the licky fellow loigbt- AcKc monopoly by " patent right !"
Ves—bles-s the man wbo flrvt Invented sleep
(I r.'.-illy can't avoid the iteration;) lint bla.-<l the man with cartes loud and deep,
Wbat.i*er tbe rascaVh oame, or age. or htation. Who fir<t invented, and went roood advising. That ariiftcial cot-olf—Early RlBlog! -' Klsp witb tbe lark, and wUb tlielark lo bed."
Ob-orves komn fi.tlemn i-enllraeutal owl, Slaxiins like lbo.^e are very cheaply Mild;
Unt ere von make youn-^lf a fool or fowl. Pray JnH inquire about tbe rlue—and fall,  - A Ld whether larku bavo aoy beds al all i
Tho " tline for honent fnlks to he abed,"
I.^ iu tho morning, if I reasoa right; Kud be who cannot keep bis precious boad
rpon hi« pillow till IU fairly lli;bt, Aud f<i eujoy bll! forty inornlng-winki>. Is up lo knavery ; or else—he driuks:
Thonip.on.who fooff about thB".Seartoo^" said It wasaglorloUB thinEtorjsfln seasou.
But thenbesaidit—lying—in bin bed At ten o'clock A M.—tho very ro*^oa
Rewrote Rocharmiugly.   The simple fact Is
His preaching wasn't fjtnctloued by bis practice.
'Tis. doubtle.<^well to be M>nielime« awake- Awake to duly, and nirake 'o truth—
Butwben.ala^! a nice review w^takrt
Of our beM d-^ods and d^v-. we fiud. iu sooth.
Thf hi>nr^ lhat leav.i the Klichte.-^i capse to weep
Aro thoue w^ pas-«d iu childhood, or asleep!
'Ti* beanliful to l.^.ve th- world ii'^h»«
Kor the soft vi>ions of the geutle niKbt: And free, at la^t, fiom lo-'rlal care or guile.
To live, a^ ouly lu tbe angels sigbt, Iu sleep's sweet realm so cosily shut io. Where, al the worst, wa only drcani.of sio! Po lot u- sl^ep. and give tbe Maker pralst*.
i like ihelad who, wheo his father ibousht To cbp bis mornlog nap by backo«yed phrase
Of vngrant worm by early songster caught. Criod. " ^prv.¦d him right '—It's oot at all fiurpri-ilng; The worm was puoi>hed, dr, for earlv rliilog 1"'  ¦<•¦<»	
DOWN HILL ON THE RTIN.
IN   A  PEW   SHORT   CHAPTERS. •THr. uiiii;!-' jii^t-'Ky ov my  rA.'^niosAai.n seioii-
BOK SMITH.
CHAPTER T.
"Uow beautifully our neighlior Smitli liv«B!" paid my wife to me one morning only tliri'o yyai-g ago, us I was leaving for my bark mi}l work, my regular round of toil, my bliud liorse t.ccupation, the daily drudgery of seUing goods At retail, I had just left llie lireakfa.st table, and lingered on tbe door step a secoud or so, with my goud uatnred but slightly euvious better half, wlio could nol help regretting th.it we were not able to ride an hour or two after breakfast, two or thrpe times a woek, as my neighbor Suuth did with Ilis wife. *' How U-autifully tliey do live'." repeated Mru. .lenkina—my name ia .lenkius, dear reader, formerly knowu at Ko. 40 Euckmm Lane, tape aud needle dealer.
Mra. Jenkius haduo doubt intimated this pleasaut fact to me, weekly, for a year, and on the presi'iit occasion it was suggested by the arrival at the moiueut of a splendid pair of horses altacbed to an elegant pbaiton, which was to convey my neighbor Smith and wife to some of tbo beautiful and salubrious localities in the vicinity of Trumpetville, a fast busiuess city less than a thousand miles from Gotham, aud famous for luxury and fashion, .and my neighbor Smith, lucky dog, who was doing a smashing business and get¬ ting ricb, was oue of its nabobs. Ah! I in- deed felt as tbough my coustant digging ought to aflbrd us now and then suchrecrea- j tions, bnt it was no use. Smith (I often j -wondered the rich dog did not spell hia name | ¦with a y,) was born under a fortunate star. The fellow had everything lo make earth a paradise: rolling up mouey, a line house, to be sure he hired tbat, but it was probably hecause he chose to keep the cash in bis business, shrewd fellow as he was, aud the liouee elegantly famished, pictures of bigh cost and rare value, (the rascal had capital taste in tbose things) nick-nacks of virtu, a good library, and last but not least,'a refiued, beautiful woman for a wife. Ah! Smith was iudeed a man to be envied. Mrs. Smith fre¬ quently honored me with her patronage, and many a snug little bill of goods have I put up for her, and, to do the lady full justice, she paid me an honest profit and cash down, but I wish I could aay that Mr. and Mrs. Smith honored the plain, unpretending Jen¬ kins, of No. 40 Buckram Lane, with a social recognition or eveu looked across the atreet fromtbeirresidence to mineiu Chesnut Place. Alas ! to the mortiflcatiou often of Mrs. Jen¬ kins, tbey always cut us tbere, clear to tho bone; they uever knew us.
CHAPTER II. I think it was about a year after the par¬ tieuhir morning I have referred to, that I gave Mrs. Jenkius a surprise. I had com« borne from the bark mill busiuess as usual, and glancing over to my ricb neighbor Smith's Isaid,"my dear, supposing Smith should ask me to endorse his uote for a couple of thousand dollars, ought I to do it?"— Mrs. Jenkius was instautly in a flutter; to Ihiuk tbat tbe proud Smith, tbe aristocratic Smith, the wealthy Smith, should ask a favor, was very kind and cordial, was evidenca of a Social recognition at last; Mrs. Smith would certainly call on us uow. "Do it by aU means, my dear," eaid my flattered wife— flattered tbrougb the extreme politeness of Smith & Co., the great clothiers, lo me, the plain, unpretending Jenkins, whom they honored by a.skiug bis name ou their note for two thous.and dollars. " Do it, indeed I would, my dear."
"But I liave refused," said 1. My wife was petrilied witb nstoni.shment, she w3.s speeubless.
"Why, Adolpbus Jenkins I"—(Mrs. J., wheu she was very much astonished, geuer¬ aUy slipped in my euphonious Christiau name)—"Why Adolphus Jenkins, I am per¬ fectly astonished that yoa shoald lose so good au opportuniry to oblige tbe wealthy Mr. Smith; I am, indeed,"
Mrs. Jenkius could have cried. " My dear," said I, " it can't be helped now. Smith called upon me a week ago to endorse his uote at ninety days for two thousand dol¬ lars ; he was vory polite, and it was no doubt condescending ou his part to honor me with tbe privilege, but I had my reasons for a re¬ fusal, and concluded not to inform you of the interview till a proper opportunity occurred. I have long since known tbat it would occur, nud it haa at last. Smith & Co. failed to¬ day for two hundred thousand dollars, and on tbe day hefore Smith asked me to endorse bis note the firm had confessed jadgment to an amoant double that of all the property they bave in the world. Our neighbor, our rich and envied neighbor Smith, has lost thirty thousand doUars iu stock gambling, aud tbo whole concem are rotten iu moral as well as pecuniary resources. If I bad eu- dotied lhat uote I should bave had it to pay and never would have realized the first red ceut from the high toned flrm of Smith & Co." Mrs. Jenkius looked at me witb a most, perplexed yet rather satisfactory expression of countenance, drew a long breath, after listening lo my recital, and left tbe room to attend to her domestic duties at the moment, without one word of comment: However] high as I had always stood in the opinion of my sensible wife, I went up a notch higher that day.
CHAPTER HI.
Jost about three years after tbe partioiilar
moroing in which this brief history opens,
(audit is a true one—a thousand suoh cau be
studied any day in the present time of fluo-
tualions and revulsions in trade and com¬ merce,) I was aittiPg in my office, quietly ; attending to my duties in a new field of op- orations, (I have migrated to tbe busy world of Gotham,) wben a visitor was  annoanced whooi J at flrst did not recoguize.   I had quit the bark mill business and the   fast city  of Trumpetville, in disgust; tape and needles did not pay, and Jenkins, of No.  40 Back- ram Laue, was of the tbings of the past.— The visitor was dirty looking, threadbare aud ragged; yet ratber gentlemanly in bearing, and a face which, after a moment, I recogni¬ zed as an old and familiar one, told no symp¬ toms of dissipation, bnt tbe recognition stag¬ gered me.    It was Smith!    He had always heen the perfection of neatness as  well as fashion, and dressed in excellent taste, and the mostacrupulous regard to tba purity of his linen ; a clean shirt and collar every day was one of his peculiarities.    But this   iudi¬ vidual, as Smith, I could hardly accept; from his bat to his boots was dirt and rents; his frock coat (a hlack one ouce) was  buttoned up to bis chin, though tho weather was swel¬ tering hot and albeit he had on a bright clean dickey, tbe colur of bis shirt, whicb I glan¬ ced at undor his rusty satin scarf,  was tbat of brown paper.    It was the most abject pic¬ ture of poverty in a respectable man I bad ever seen, and as tbe appearance of my neighbor Smith, of Chesnut Place, Trumpet- viUe, and bis elegant style of life,  came up before me in contrast to the evident position in tho world of this iudividual, I was shock¬ ed ; tbe thoaght of bis wife, too, atole upou me; was sbe alive? and if so, wbere?   For two years I had heard notbing of Smith.— After his faUure be had sold his elegaut fur¬ niture, pictures, books, artioles of virtu, kc, and realized a handsome sum for them, tbough not over balf what they cost,  aud bad  left Trumpetville with his beautiful and ladylike wife, aud takiug hut Uttle interest in  tbem, I had neglected to learn wbero tbey had gone to, and in my change of locality bad about forgotten them altogether.    I looked at Smith no doubt with a surprised air,  and uncon¬ sciously my eyes wandered over bis costume. He must have observed it, for with   au  em¬ barrassed look and ratber nervous tone  be desired to speak a word to me in private.— The purport of his visit was the loan of flve dollars, aud a hasty history of the loss  of situations, one and auotber, for the past two years iu tbis great city, from failures, he said, of two or three concerns he had beeu clerk for, and at laat be had  run through  with every dollar, could get no place, was without a cent, could not pay his room rent, nor iu fact buy a meal; bo was reduced, in fact, to the last extremity, ' What a rapid tumbling down the grade of respectability was  this ! and the smart, dashing Smith, too—tlie Smith who used to eut us, at Cbesnut  Flace^the proud Smith, to present himself to the   un¬ pretending Jenkins, .iud beg the loau of a five dollar bUl to keep him  from almost starva¬ tion !   Yet, aucb was the fact.    What a story would I have for Mrs. Jenkins at tea lime I I ventured to ask him where hts wife was. " She is here, with me," s.aid he. "What! in New York?" " Yes, in tins great city, iu a small room, containing all we havo in the world, the little remnant of our furniture, and here ahe livea without a soul to apeak to  her, except ray- self and tbe landlord's agent who calls week¬ ly  for  the    rent    he   cannot   get ;    sho  is broken-hearted" (Smith's voice  was sbakey at tbis point ofhis story, and his  eyes were fiUed with tears,)   " in  consequence  of my misfortunes, and cries .all day long.   I would have sent her home  to her father's,  hut  I have beeu hoping, and hoping to  get  some¬ thing to do ; she is without a garment fit to go into the street with, and to confess  the truth, so am I;" (he glanced at  his  seedy aud dirty   costume,)  "and,    Mr, Jenkius, mauy a day in the past thirty we bave uot tasted a particle of food.''
You havo uo children ?" I ventured to say.
None, thank God, none," said he: " I am spared lhat suffering in my present cou¬ dition."
What apicture, and bis lady-like wife too, literally starving to death iu tbis great, cold, selfish city ! I resolved to put my humili¬ ated neighbor on his legs again, if possible, and our interview was about being closed by my handing him the flve dollar bill, to keep soul and body together till sometbing should turn up, when, as I stepped near him I caught a smell of his breatb. A terrible suspicion flashed upon me—he drank! There could be no mistake in it—that peculiar smell was ouly observable in the class caUed soakers; it was the horrid stench of a com¬ pletely bumed up atomach, the stouch car¬ ried about only by tbe methodical daily tippler. I made up lay mind in one mo¬ ment what to do. I charged Smith with drinking ; his countenance was oue of those that never show dissipation, and he faintly denied the imputation. I, however, pushed tbe charge home upon him, and he owned to me tbat trouble had driven him to it. I never do things by halves, and determined to save Smith if possible. He was made to listen to reproof and advice, imparted with that kindness and regard for bis feeUngs which a brolber would have shown ; be felt it, was completely subdued, promised with tbe solemnity of an oath never to touch another drop. I spoke of his duty to his wife, bis poor, snfl'ering wife ; of his duty to himself; ofhis ouly and last resource by whicb to hold ou to a respectable footing in tlie world, bis cbaracter ; I begged him, as be valued his welf.tre, to never touch the poison cup again, aud I would strive to get him, rags and dirt as he was, into a respecta¬ ble clerkship, I accomplished it; a friend to whom I appealed, as an act of kindness to me, lo put Smith into a position, did so ; and I once moro saw him and cautioned him as to the fatal curse whicb threatened to blight him. He renewed bis promise lo rae with a fervor and solemnity which I believed would save him, and I felt tbe proud consciousness of doing a good act; restoring the happiness of an almost heart-broken woman, and in¬ ducing a weak aud tempted fellow-being to turn from tbe error of his ways, and become a true mau once more. I had told the story to my kiml-bearted wifo, and sbe bad wept tears of womanly sympathy over tbe fallen fortnnes of tbe heautifal womaiwwbose fate was linked with poor Smith, but thanked Heaven tbat, at last, the husband had gath¬ ered himself in bis strength, aud resolved to beaman among meu again, aud ihat sunshine would once more visit tbe desolate lieart of his companion.
I thiuk it was juat oue week after Smith had taken the clerkship I bad obtaiued for bim, when ho called upon me at my office. The instant he opened the door I smelled that horrid, cursed smeU; my heart absolutely sank wiihin me, for his wife, his poor wife, bad been uppermost in my mind all the past week.
" WeU, Mr. Jenkins," said Smith, "bave you aeen your friend Jones laiely ?" (it was in Jones's estabiisbment that I had obtaiue d tbe sitnation for Smith.)
"No," said I, "wby?" I knew why; I was sure ot.it before tbe fellow answered me " Ha has discharg-ed me." I knew it. I was sure of it; liis infernal breath told me so the moraent be put bis head within my room.— AU my admonitions, all his solemn promises, the necessity for a character in bia desperate sitaation, his poor wife—aU, all went for nothing—tbe fellow was doomed. I had no heart to talk with him then, bat what little I did say went to bis soul in langnage that left its imprint there, as though bumed in with a red hot brand. I lold bim he was a drunkard, and there was no hope for him.— I bad forewarned hira of the consequences of ;drinfe before I obtained for bim the situation; he had earnestly and faithfully promised me that ifl would find a place for him, he would
never touch the cursed liquor again; I had pleaded with him for his wife's sake, for his own sate, for the sake ofhis friends, for the salvation.of his very soul, to reform ; bo bad solemnly promised, aud deliberately broken that promise. I told bim to go, for I could not at that time bold any further communi¬ cation with him. Silently he took up bis hat and walked out of my room a humiliated man.
I immediately called npon my friend Jones; his story was quickly told, and was juat what I expected—"Your friend Smilh smelled so infernally that I could not stand it; my customers could not stand it; he was soggy every afternoon and unfit for business, aud I discharged him. Why did you not tell me be drank?"
This was plaiu and explicit; it was deci¬ dedly to the point; I fall rebuked for tbe de¬ ception Ibad practised upon Jones, and had nothing to say.
CUAPTER IV, ASn LAST.
Smith is done for, aud all hope is over; he is in tbe rapids of Niagara, and no power on earth can save him. His poor wife is hope¬ less, and the dark night of deapair has settled upon her soul. Oh, rum! how muoh misery bast thou to answer for! Smith baa no power over bis passion for tbe liquid wbiob has blighted his prospects for this life, and will soon send him into another, a miserable, debased, polluted being. I saw bim in Broad¬ way not a week aince, in tbe same dirty black suit, the thermometer at 90° in the shade, and his coat buttoned up to his chin, his pale, ; anxious countenance giviug evidence of the terriblo struggle going on within his breast, and yet notbing can save him. The picture of tbe poor, long beiug whose fata is linked witb his, and to whom she still clings, is ever before the eyes of the tender-hearted and now anything but envious Mrs. Jenkins, snd we daily talk of the torrible 3pei;t.{iclu of tbe doomed man aud his nufortnuate wife.— Tiiere I3 no hope for him uow ; no stronger appeal cau bo made tljan has been raade; he is past beiug reachedj and I shall not be sur¬ prised if I recognize in the morning papers, ere loug, under the head of "picked up in the water," the bloated, rum-soaked and besotted remains of my once fashionablo and rich and envied neighbor Smith!
OUB THKEE NATIONALITIES.
LIT, tJQ mous   LETTER-WRITn-G,    PHYdlC-TAKIXa, AXD DINSEK-bOLTlSa.
Dear "Scalpel'^—I received a letter from a friend of mine tbe other day. Tbe first page told how sbe bad been ailing. One cele¬ brated popular medicine failed to relieve he/¬ she took auotber aud did uot feel quite so well: and another, and thought sbe felt a little better. Tho second page told of jsoveral friends who had also beuu curod by a wou¬ derful discovery made by somebody who fell into tbe bowels of Vesuvius, and had tima lo look around aud find out a most wonderful natural panacea, before a volcanic eraption threw him amoug society agaiu, aud enabled him to praveut tho ravages of death and disease by the iutroduction of tho invaluable remedy, at a cost hardly enabling him to pay for tbe bottles and lablos. Ho does not de¬ sire any profit—by no means; if beissucess- ful in alleviating the sufferings ofa single iudividual be is satisfied uo matter at what pecuniary loss to himself. The next page spoke of some friends who were going on a journey, and in view of the frequent accidents, were never expected to return alive. The last page was full of lugubrious reflections upon the great nncertaiuity of Ufe and the universality of disease.
Now, sir, most of your readers will prob¬ ably smile wheu I say tbat letter writing in this conntry, instead of boing, what it should be, a ploaseut vehicle for tho transmission of pleasaut thoughts, aud a oonsequent aid to health and happiness, is a positive injury to health, aud one of tbe greatest helps to the physicaus, by constantly creating apprehen¬ sions with regard to tbe prolongation of their owu lives, or those of valued friends. Let them"smile; but, at the same time, let tbem tbink over the letters tbey receive, and my word for it, they will not be very dissimilar to the one I have mentioned.
In fact, this constant dwelling of tho mind upou disease, accident and deatli, is a nation¬ ality, as much as the tobacco-chewing, pork- eating, and beer-drinking whicb you bave so well and judiciously commented upon. I know that this will appear atrange, and everybody wiU say: " Why, I atn uot alwaya talking about this thiug." Bnt let him reflect upon his meeting with a friend at any time. If a busiuess man, and he meala another, of course the first item is the graud national theme of Yankee thrift, tbe dollar and dime ; but a word always gets in to the effect of— "you do not seem to be looking very well ;" or, "I am a little under tbe weather;" or,_ You seem to be somewhat improving iu health ;" or some otbor cbange of the same thing, proving tbat the grand idea of a mor¬ bid sensibility regarding Iiealth is only second¬ ary to money itself. If ladies make a morn¬ ing call, the health of themselves and their friends forms tbe prominent topic, and the news which awaits tbe husband ouhis retarn home at uight is principaly regarding the health of tbe neighborhood.
In cities like tbis, thereis another national institution which raay well nigh excuse auy mau from being a misanthrope. I refer to tbe restaur.ant; upon wbich nine-tenths of our busines men depend for food during the week. Lot auy ono look into even the best refectories betweeu twelve aud three o'clock, and witness the immense amount which is bolted down within ten minutes ; let tbem go a little farther, and order several dishes of this same something, which courtesy deuomi- natesbeef, mutton, lamb, pork, etc.; let them call fot a plate of each, and if they can dis¬ tinguish any difference in flavor or appear¬ ance to warrant so many name.s, or if tbey can distinguish any marked difference except the variation from positively had. to unbear¬ ably worse, I have Uved and eaten iu thetn for years lo little experienca. Let tbem go once more aud see tho samo routine in a refectory where all tbe courses can be had at a gross amouut of eigbteeu ceuta, and no wonder will be felt that an outraged stomach constantly accuses, the miud of its culpable action, aud threatens death as the inevitable result of sucb criminality. We sometimes accuse the law of harshness in taking away the life of those who aro too bad to live amoug their fellow-men. We forget that tbe immutable law of nature is daily destroying tho lives of tbose who are too bad to live for themselves. The dyspeptic warnings of a sl- bring stomacll to a guilty mind are intended to lead men to preserve health, and not to cause the morbid fears of death to ap¬ pear iu every letter and every frieudly con¬ versation. How wide the difference between these pestilential eatiug bouses of the present, day, aud those where jolly Falstaff sat and drank sack, and helped digestion by harmless boasting of mighty deeda ; where bluff Prince Harry ate and laughed ; and where Shaks¬ peare fouud not only food for tbe body but materials for such descriptiona of buman lifo as could only be written by a man whose stomach waa in harmony with the brain, and was not soured nor embittered bypositive torture.
The natural result of these indiscretions is no where more developed than in the host of doctors' signs aud quack-doctors' pills. Lik e tbe field upou which Fraukliu spread plaster, and then sewed with grain, in large letters, " This has been plastered," so that tbe vigor ous comparative growth might at once con¬ vey a lesson, aud inform lookers-on what it waa ; tbe frait of the national haste, which wiU not allow time to eat; the national thirst for money, which saves pennies in baying cheap food, and wastes pounds in paying for the medicine demanded by its reiuUa;.the
constant morbid dwelUng npon the stomach, the liver, and tbe nerves ; the frait of all this, I say, is as apparent in the immense number of pbysioians, both regular and quack and thoir great pecuniary prosjperity, as was the lettered grain of Franklin.
The desire to take medioine, and insist upon being aick, is absolutely chronio with us ; and, Uke other chrouic diseasea, it is al¬ most impossible to eradicate it. A true physician, who Uke youraelf will say, "Con¬ found your notions I go home, Uve well, and be weU!" standa no chauce at aU. The man destitute of conscience, who panders to a diseaaed mind tbat he may make profit therefrom, will go on acoumalating wealth rapidly; while his neighbor who forgets more every day than he ever Icnew—the man of humanity, refinement, aud generosity, may exclaim bitterly at the injuatico of this world, which allows tha reward of auch qaalities to come in the next one, if it ever comes at aU.
Why, sir, I met a man the other day with bia hands full of pamphlets, and his pockets full of bottlei  and piUa.    He asked me for the direction to a certain well-kuown patent mediciue eatablishment.    I gave it to  him, remarking: " What iu the world do you want there ?"   " Why," said be, " I have been ail- . ing, aud have tried  all kinds  of medicine ; kept in our town, aud have oome to  New j York with the determination to buy all kinds ' here, take a dose of eaoh, and see  if I oan't get wall." '
A friend of mine once went to Lake George , to spend the summer, remarking tbat hia Ufe I was full of fractions, and he was going to see i if he conld not reduce thera to a comraon denorainator.    I sometimes think thero is no fixed fact, no denominator at all, bat that wo \ are a bunch  of contradictions, with hardly I euough of truth to keep the leaven alive.    I ouce happened to visit a friend in a medicine atore.    A flue-looking man came in and said, i "I want some  of these humbugs," at the j same time selecting to the amount of ten dol- ' lars.    "Why do you caU thera humbugs?" said I.    He replied, "Everything is a hum- ; bug;  wo are humbugs in  what we do, eat, j say, and  wo are constantly trying to cheat ourselves and eacb other;" at the same tiuie selecting  with apparent oarelesaneas a ten- dollar note from a large package, he handed | it to my friend and continued : "Tbia medi¬ cine is a humbug, and you   will find there is nothiug in the world that is genuine."   We laughed at the oddity of the  man, and then- looked at his  ten-dollar bill, whioh was,  in very truth, eonnterfeit and worthless.
Was he right ? Is truth almost extinct* and are we laboring under tbe chronic evils caused by bard work, bad food, and morbid E«!nsibiUty to such au extent that this life shall he destitute of happiness here, and al¬ low no preparations for happiness hereafter ? Let us bope not. Your "Scalpel" is an omen of better things ; bat you must attend to tho dinner-bolting: if you cannot reform that, 1 fe.ar your labor is vain.—Ncio York Scalpel. — : «^»	
Do THE RifiHT TUING AT TUK  RlOHT  TiME.—
A pleasure-boat was lazily fanning along, one summer aftemoou, againat a strong ebb-tide. The owner lounged in the storu-sheels, with his h.aud on tho tiller, watching the sails lhat dropped along past Uke white gullK settling on a beach. Suddenly he heard a splash.- Tho boat had for its freight a party of chil¬ dren, some his own, some those of his neigh¬ bors ; aud one of these little ones, his only son, not three years old, had falleu overboard. The flrst impulse of the agonized father was to leap overboard. But, with admirable pre¬ sence of miud, bo reflected that if he did this, tho boat would go up stream whilo the tide would carry him down. So, keeping one eye over his shoulder, ou bis boy, ho wore bis craft. It seemed an age before she camo around; and whou sbe did, it was far, far from his chUd. Ouce, twica, tbrea times he had seeu the little fellow rise and sink. The boat was now, at last, skimming down towards where ha had disappeared, but lha whito dress was no louger visible. Suddenly, the father peered, breathlessly, over tbo side, he saw, away under tho surface, the gleam of the tiny frock. Like a flash, he darted down; seized it; rose ;'saw the boat fifty yards off; struck out, and happily regained it safely.
Suppose that father had obeyed his firat irapulae. He would, unquestionably, have lo3t his child. But he paused to think what the best to do; he did it at the right moment, and thus be saved his boy, Alai I all men are not like bim. Thousands of families would be happier, the world itself would be a better world in every way, if men did the right thing alwaya at tbe right tirae. Wa say that thousands of families would bo hap¬ pier. Ask any experienced mercbant why this or that man lias failed. In four cases out of five bo will answer that sometbing was either badly done or not done at the right season, and tbat otherwise the bankrupt might have been rich. Inquire of impartial observers of our national history why so many great men has missed the Preaidency, wheu they were known to covet it? The reply will be that, at some critical point in their career, they made an important blunder, either by not doing what was best, or under¬ taking to do at a tirae that was not flt. Often tbe peace of a wife has been destroyed for¬ ever, the character of a cbUd ruined irrevo¬ cably, by the husbaud or parent doing some thiug, or even doing wbat aeemed a right thing iu a wrong way ; for, strictly speaking, that which is not seasonable to do, is not just then, right' to do at all.
Thia brings us to the great trutb, that the world would be infinitely better if men would learn to do the right thing alwaya at tbe right tirae. There are thousand of weU-raeaning philanthropists who will uot stop to tbink wbat is the best way to act, but plunge over¬ board at the first cry of drowning society, careless where tlie state raay drift meantime. Is it a wonder that thoy often parish, or that those tbey seek lo help go hopelessly under? Merely wishing lo do good never does it.— You cannot reclaim even a starving beggar- child froiu its Ufo of vagrancy without care aud tact and peraeverance. How much the more difficult to reclaim whole classes !— Geuerous and impulsive, but foolish men think to remodel the social fabric with a dash of the pen, in the shape of a new law, yot they cannot reset one of their own broken Umbs unless Ihey bave mada surgery a study, and eveu then cannot heal the fractnre with¬ out tho aid of tirae. Men are not arithmetical integers, tbey are not even a mere intellectual macbine; on the contrary they have tastes, habits, nay, prejudices, whicb must be con¬ sulted by the reforraet if his reform is to succeed. A shoe may be a very good shoe, yet not fit one; and so may a law or consti¬ tution be in the abstract, wbUe practically it is worthless. That golden future which poets rhapsodies about, and wbicb, as many believe, holy writ foretells, will never como lill man¬ kind learns to do tho right thing alwaya at tbe right time.
FOUND   DEAL,
Found deal—'load aod aioue;
Tbera was ooLody onar, oobody oear,
Wlien the outcast illnd 00 tbe pillow of ntono.
No motlier, no Itrothcr, oo trtHtar u«»r.
Nor a. frlBOtlly v»ic« to nontlie or olieor;
Wot a w»lclilu« 9yo or a pltylog taHr.
Fooiid dead—ilead nad alone,
Io the roofleau Btreet, an a pillow oriftooa.
Maoy a weary day weot by.
While wretched aoj.woro he begged for bread,
Tired oflife aod loviog to lie
Veacetally down with the lUoot dead,
Hunger aod cold, aod icorn aud paio.
Had wasted hU form and nearad hiK brala.
At last on a bed of frozen groond,
With a pillow of Btone waa the ootcait fonod.
Foond dead—dead aod alone,
Oo a pillow of Htono, la a roofless strflAt—
Nobody heard htri lust faiot moaa.
Or koew whea hts sad heart ceaNed to boat.
No mouroer liogored with tears or sighs,
But the etarfl looked down with pitying eyoB.
And the chin winds paHs'd with a walling aoood
O'er tbe lonely apot where the forta was foami.
Foaod dead—yet not alone;
There was somebody near, Bomobody near,
To claim the wanderer ae his owo.
And flod a home for tbe bomeleoa here.
Ooe when erery human door
li olosed to ahildrea aecorsed aod poor,     •
Who opeos tha heavenly portal wide—
Ahl God waa near when the oatoast dl9d.
MY WIPE'S ECONOMY.
"Mrs. Jones is, a jewel of a woman. The dear creature lately came home from a shop¬ ping excursion, iu tbe most extravagant Bpirits.
"I have made such u bargain to-day I" said she, "I have bought snch a beautiful dress for nine doUars only I So I aaid to myself, even if I get Madame Flourish to make it up, it will   be   economical."
Now, Madame Flourish was a French modistei who lately came from Paris, and had really graat taste, but was most extravagant in her charges; and I never heard her name without a shudder. A few months before, she made up a brocade for Mrs. Jonea, which everybody said fitted beantifnlly. " It looks as If you were born in it," enthusiastically declared afriend," and had grown wilh yoa;" bnt my pleasure in contemplating this master¬ piece, I mnat oonfeas, was somewhat dimin¬ ished wben the bill came in, to the tune of ten dollars for making and trimming it. However, " it wasn't so astonishing after all," as my wife reasoned, "lhat a dress which ia worth thirty dollars sbonld coat ten doHars to make it np," and with this reflection I consoled myself. So wben I heard the proposal to take this other dress to raadame, I argi^ed that, if 8l;e charged in the sarae proportion, her bill would be three dollars, whioh struck me as not exces¬ sive, and accordingly I made no objection to the anggeatiou, but lighting a ofgar, sat thinking of Mary Ann's many virtues, and especiaUy her knack for economy.
In about a fortnight tbe dreas came home. It was a pretty, blue aflfair, with palms set in stripes, and Mrs. Jones really looked Uke a summer clond Tn it, as she floated about the room, displaying it in every aspect, expatiating npon its merits. The sleeves, which were short, were neatly trimmed with a sort of narrow lace, and tl^a cape, for it was out low on the shoulders and dear Mary Ann always wears capes over such dresses—was erabeUished with a wider lace of similar pattern. I. thought to myself it was the cheapest dress for twelve dollars, making and all, that { had ever seen; and as I smoked my cigar, said mentally, " Ah 1 Jones, what a happy dog yon are to have a wife with such a knack  for   economy 1"
Two days after tbe biU came - in. My wife opened it first, and I saw her draw a very long face as she ran her eye over it, However sha rallied immediately, and handed tbe missive over to me.    I glanced over it.
"Whewi!" aaid I. "Eight dollara for making a dross that cost ouly nine I Surely, Mary Aun, there must be some mistake here ?"
" Oh, no, my dear," sbe aaid briskly. " My brocade, you kuow, cost ten dollars to make and trim; and this is two dollars cheaper."
"But this dress coat only nine dollars," said   I.
" Tlio cost of the dresa, my dear," iho replied, smiling benevolently at my ignorance, <'bas very little to do with tbe cost of making  and   trimming   it."
"Tbe dickens it hasn't!" I  began.
" Hush !" said my wife, playfully putting her band over ber mouth, " Smithy, dear, you mnsn't swoar." Aud taking the bill, sbe commeuced going over it, item by item.
"Here," she said, "is tbe charge for making the dreas, that is for fitting aud sewing it together,, two dollars. Now I am suro," she continued, appealingly, "that's reasonable; for it takes just as long, you know, to iit and sew togetber a cheap dress as a costly onn! It's tho timo that has to be paid for,    Dou't you  see,   dear ?"
I wa.^ forced to nod assent to the fair logician, tbough it was with an internal groan.
"Then hero's the linings, .buttons, and other small item.*;, one dollar, wliich is low, very low. Cousider how tbeae matters count up. Besides, it takes time to go about among tbo shops, matching tbe buttons to the dress."
I conld not gainsay this oitber, but I said to myself tbat thore were five dollars yet unaccounted for, nud tbat it would puzzle a Pbiladelphia lawyer to reconcile this sura to any rational being's notion of economy.
"There's fivo dollars left," resumed Mrs. Jones, "ivhich is for the Valencionnes"	
"The what?" I exclaimed.
''The Valenciennes, witb wbich tbe cape and  sleeves   are  trimmed."
"Oh! that common looking lace!" said I.
" Common looking !" cried Mary Ann, har eyea sparkling. Then she laughed comically. " That shows wbat you men know about laces. Wliy, Smithy, dear, it's real Valen¬ ciennes, and very cheap; and wbat's more, I can use it for something else, after the dress is   worn  out." _
" But why put real Valenciennes, as you call it, on so cbeap a dress ?" I asked iu a tone of vexation.
" It's lhat very -.Valenciennes tbat gives the dress such a styliBh look, said my wife. " Everybody kuows it's a cheap material; and it's only the trimming tbat redeems it. AU lhat I require is a Valenciennes collar to match, and I shall be complete."
I could not apeak for amazement. I was dumb, not merely at this strange notion of an economical dress, but at the utter uncon- Hoiouaneas my nife had lhat there was any¬ thing extravagant about it. She- availed herself of my silence to expatiate ou the beauty of Valenciennes laces in general, aud on that which trimmed ber dress in particular; and warming with her subject, made it finally to appear that we were under infinite obligations lo Madame Flourish for the opportunity of paying thia biU and haying a collar to match her Valenciennes. Mrs. Joues was so earnest aud sincere, that I thought it would ba a pity to break her charming delusion. I resolved, therefore, to amoke second-rate cigars for the next sis months, and indulge the dear creature in her wishes; and ahe looks so lovely, ' and. seems ao happy in ber new dress and collar, that, to confess the truth, I don't regret what I bave   doue.
Nevertheless, aa an abstract proposition, I atill bold to the secret opinion, that pay¬ ing eight doUars for making and trimming a dresa that cost only niue, doesn't exactly show a knack   for   economy.
Novel BEauKST.-^Al a receut sitUng of the Senatus of the University of London, the assembly congratulated on a recent decision of one of the higher courts, by which tbe ' University became entitled to a bequest of $100,000, under the wiU of thelate Mr Thos. Brown, of DubUn, to found a hospital for the investigation and cnra of diseases of quadru¬ peds and birds uaeful to man. Singular, and perhaps outre as this charitable legacy may be, we have no doubt bnt, indirectly, it wUl prove of great benefit to the community at large. When we consider how much we are dependent on the lower animala—^as they are called—for food, clothing, and many comforts of Ufe, wbo shall say that every improve- nient on their physical condition muat not benefit the lords Of creation ? In this locality we are sorry to say that the oondition of the quadrupedal slaves sadly needs the watch¬ ful care of the philanthropist and the legisla¬ tor. "We fear, however, that it wiU be some time ere this sanitary reform will obtain the attention it requires.
A Ladies' Ioea of kissiko.—The editress of the New York Ladies' Repoiitory thus defines   this  luxury:
"Kisses, like faces of pliiloaophera, vary. Some are as hot as coal flre, some sweet aa honey, some aa mild as milk, eome aa taste- leas as long-drawn-soda. Stolen kisses are aaid to have more nutmeg and cream than any othar sort. As to proposed kisses, tbey are not Uked at all."
HoBSBs—5/a6Ze*.—Most stables are con¬ atruoted in direct violation of every law of natnre. They are made to slope from the hay-rack back to the heels of the horse, when a horse's natnral position ia with tbe fore feet tbe loweat. The hay-rack ia so high, the horse ia compelled lo reach up to get tbe hay. His natural position while feeding is, with his head down lo Iheground." The stalls are so high ho cannot see his compauious, while he is naturally gregarious aud loves company. In the stable, he stands on a floor; naturally, on the earth. In his his natural wilds, he is a racing animal; in the stable he is so confined that he can¬ not lie down, and can scarcely turn him¬ self. .
Is it wonderful, then, lhat nearly every horse is unsound? Standing with the fore feet tbe highest throws the weight and the strain on the flexor tendons, aud destroys the back. Turuing the nose unnaturally upward strains the tendons of the neck whilo be is eating, aud is often tbe cause of poll-evil. High and seperate staUs deatroy his natural, social qualities and make bim sour aud morose; and a bard plank floor, on whicb be is doomed to stand twenty and twenty-four hours at a time, wiU pro¬ duce   ring-bone,
Another defect in many stables is, that they are too ligbt, with a mow of hay over them. The ammonia arising from the urine has no chance to escape; the horse is con¬ tinually breathing it; it penetrates the hay, and he is continually eatiug it. Iiow often do we enter a stable in hot weather, when the amraoniacal air is so pungent that we can scarcely breathe; and yet the horse is compelled to atand in it, and breathe it, and eat bis food tbat is completely .satura¬ ted with it. Can \7e wouier that the horse is aubject "to unusual and sudden acute and. fatal diseases? It is more to be won¬ dered tbat he lives at all under such circum¬ stances. Hay should never be placed over a stable, so as to receive tho ammoniacal gas; but stables should be ventilated above, so as to let the gas  aud   foul   air   escape.
Another error in the coustruotion of stables is the openings for throwing out tbe manure and .ventUation. In most stables, the open iugs are for the two-fold purposes. In tbe firat place, the openings aro too low, and aUow the current of air lo blow ou the horse. The effect is tUe same as a current of air on a human being, producing cold, fever cough, and conaamption. Nor is this all; this current of air, which is all the good air the horso has, comes in from tbo manure- heap, and is but adding more poisonous gas to that   already   existing.
It is, wrong morally, as well as economi¬ cally wrong, thus lo treat the horae, one of the best and noblest of the brute crea¬ tion.— Ohio   Farmer.
"Sam, bow do you like tbat knife I sold you last week;" "So, so. It's not very sharp, yet you managed to shave me with it."
"Is molasses good for cougb," inquired Jones, who had takon a sliglit cold, and was barking with considerable energy. *' It ought to be," said Brown, "it is sold*for consumption!"
, A hoy was lately asked by the catechiat ; of tbe school: " Who first bit tho apple ;" , To which ho replied: " Don't know ; but guess it was our Bess, for she eats green i applea like  the   devil."
" And must I leave, thee dearest Angelina ?"
" Yeth, doar Quthy,   you bad better take a
tnrn witb Mith Tbimpthou,  justh to keep
i people from talking.   You can  come bai-k,
' you know."
Give me kisses, darlint! Let thim be laid with power on nty Ups—wid a report Uke heaven's thunder wbips, or the expto- shin av the evenin' gun—ocb, lot mo bave thim lhat way,  ivery   wun!
A lady, walking a fow days since on one of tbe wharves of New York, asked a ."tailor whom ahe met, wby a ship was called " she." The son of Neptune replied, " becaudo tbe rigging cost  more   thau   tbe liuU."
Good Manners.—Tbe acquisition of courtly and high-bred and graceful m.inners is so dif¬ ficult, and tbe poasession so rare, that they may be called a peculiar gift. IIow hard to define, and how ranch harder to impart! A gruff and aurly persou is unapproachable ; au awkward one continually gives offence witbout intending it. The advantage, almost the necessity of grace, ease, and polish of manners oannot fail to be acknowledged by all who associate with the world. It is a matter of surprise that the subject does not hold a more promiaent place in tho education of tbe present'generation.
How mucb is included in tbat simple word "Manners!" It includes courtesy, good humor, kindness. WeU has it been remark¬ ed,—"Beautiful behavior gives a higher pleaaure than statues or pictures ; it is tbo finest of tbe fine arts." Its importance can hardly be estimated. It makes or mars a destiny. How often bave wo occasion to ob¬ serve the powerful, almost ineffaceable influ¬ enca of a word or a look ; and to note tbat a single interview has had effects that will last a Vife time ! Many are ready to approve a good action, or to obey the dictates of benev¬ olence, yet their approbation and Ibeir char¬ ity are ao rudely or roughly expressed that the favor loses its ciiaracter, and becomesa disagreeable obligation. Good manners may bo aaid to he the external semblance or ex¬ ponent of tbe feelings of kindness aud be¬ nevolence : and these are known to be tbe links which bind society together.
A pleasing address i;; allowed to be a pe¬ cuUar mark of genUlity ; yet it is attainable by all. If personal history were truly writ¬ ten, we should find that not a few bad risen from low estate to rank, dignity and honor, by the aid of that all-powerful spell. We mean not the cold, hypocritical, .artificial gloss which tends to conceal the real feelings but the frauk, gracious, uustudiedrefinoment that .springs from a cultivated mind and well disciplined heart". Itis attainable, but not without effort aud sacrifices, and those wbo would possess it must loarn both self- distrust and a proper estimate of others. It is a glory to the rich, for it wins aud siibdues that over which wealth ean have no power ; it is a priceless endowment to the poor, for it preserves tbem from degradation and con¬ tempt. How it embellishes Ufe I What, iu¬ deed, would life be without it ?
Beyond all things, it is precioua to the fair sex. It gives irresistible fascination to beauty, aud bestows a charm ou plaiu fea¬ tures. The young become more attractive, the old more dignified.    Like mercy,
" It blesaeth him that glTaa, and him that takes."
Who would not aeek to obtain such a treasure ?
Tue "Secret" Caschr Citbe.—Much bas been, written about Dr. FeU'a secret, now .being employed by the surgeons at the Middlesex Hospital, London, where the unfor¬ tunate A.merican sculptor Crawford is now nnder treatment for this dread aflUction. Dr, Pell's treatment is described in a late medical   work   as   followa:—
"Iu the first instance, the skiu over the tumor is removed by some liquid caustic— nitric acid. Tbo thus exposed tumor is then covered with a layer of an ordinary caustio chloride of zinc, spread on linen. Thia cre¬ ates a superficial slougb. This slougb is then scored to a certain depth by several incisions of the knife/ into these furrows strips of linen covered with the caustic are inserted. In thia way tiie tumor is destroyed BtiU deeper. The incisions are gradually extended in depth from time to timo, fresh caustio being introduced into tbem at each dressing, till in this way tbe whole tumor is seriatim converted into one large eschar, which separates by a anrface of demarcation, according to the ordinary principles of sur¬ gery."
The constitutional treatment which has been affirmed to eradicate from the system the tendency again to originate cancers, is affirmed by the same authority to consist in the internal adraintatralion of iodide of arsenic.
Gentlemanly,-Ladies—Iua New England railroad car recently the seats were all full, except one which was occupied hy a rongh- looking Irishman—and at one of the stationa a couple of evidently well bred and intelUgent young ladies came in to procure seats; bat seeiug no vacant one were ahout to go into a baok car—when Patrick rose hastily aud of¬ fered them his aeat with evident pleasure.— But you wUl have no seat for yourself, res¬ ponded one of the young ladies with a amile —hesitating, with tme politeneas, as to ac¬ cepting it. "Niver ye mind ihat!" aaid the Hibernian, "yer welcome to't! I'd ride upon the cota catcher tiU New York, any tirae, for a smile from Buch jinilemanly ladies I" and re¬ treated hastily into the next car, amid the cheers of those who had witnessed the inci¬ dent. I
The Yankee who was " lying at the point' of death," whittled it off with his jack-knife, j and is now  reoorering. .1
JOB PBINTING OFALL KINDS,
Prom the iargeat Poster to tbe smallest Card
DUNJil AT  Tins   OFiaOK,  in thc BEST STYLE, with  t'r*:a,t despatch, and  at the luweht prlcea.
II3-HANDB1LLS for tbri Halo of Kkai- or PERso.t.ti, r. :)P!:iiTr. priutod ou fruui OXK m TilKlit: UOIIKS KO I'JCE. nor I.Vtf-SO
Turnpike Dividend.
Tlli^^ PRESiDKXT:ind.MAXAt!KHS of the r.ANCASTER uud EPHR.4TA TUHNI'IKE, havo thiu day declared a. dividend of 75 cen l.i uq eacb (thare ol stock, payable Ht thq GitRktuif llou<<o at Jobu 1:. Itiied k Co., In Lancaatar. 00 or after the '27th of Jaly lu-t. HENKY SUREINER, Treasurer.
Lancaater, July i;uh, 1857. :ii-3l
Thirteen Teachers "Wanted
TO take charge of the Schools of I'ju.st Donegal townHhlp. Teachers npplyini; will Jucel tLo Connty Super!nleudeut aud Board of Direclors al tho brick acliuol housu In Dm vilUgo of Maytown. on TUESDAY, the llih day of AUGUST next, at U o'clock. A.St. Torm MX montha—Salary liberal.
BY ORDER OF TIIE HOARD. Saml'B7, Boos, Secretary. Joly 22-3»i-3.1
Twelve Teachera "Wanted nno tukc cliarge of the l^iblic Sclmols
JL   of Earl district.   Applicants will plcjisn me.-t the lUructorttaadtheCoBilty Snperiutendeut in  Nuw   II.il- land, oa WEDNESDAY, AUGUST the 5th. Term of school seven inoDlh-^—Salnry S29p^r mouth.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD. Sampel Hoi.i.. Secretary. July 22.3*t-34
Eleven Teachers Wanted
TO take cluirgc ot* the Public St-hot-ls of Manheim township. Teachi'rs applying will meot the Couuty Saperlntendeut and Board of Directors for examinaliou at NelT-iville, on FUIDAY, the 7th day of AUGUST next, at 10 o'clock A. M.
Terma $30 per iiionth for competent leaclior.-;.   Ses¬ sion Bix months, commoncing Septemher Uth.
BY ORDER Of THE UOaUD. Joii.s- MiLLKE, Secretarv. july I5-;u-3:l
Nine Teachers Wanted npO take charge of tho Public Schools
1 of West Earl toWunhip. Tho Dir.'Clors imd iMunly Superintendent will meet at FarnierhvUlo (puhlie liou^o nf Jacoh Guckli'y) oB Tbur^dny, AUi:. 6, at 10 o'clock A. HI. for the parpose of cxamiug aud omphiviug i<4;icliur-->. Term fi mouths .TACOD HUUEK.
July 15-3^3^  ?>crpury.
Ten Teachers "Wanted.
TO take charge of the publio .sehnol.-^ of Liacock School D'lutrict. Tho Diroctor.siuni Cnuolv Superinteodwnt will meet at Iulercour.se. on FUID.XV. .luly 24. at 0 o'clock. A. JL, forthe purpose of .'xuiiiiiiiuif and eniployiuic teachers. Schools to commeuco the Ullh of AiijjUNl. T.>rm8mjaih.s S'al:iry S2'I. Mo.JK:^ Eahy, liY ORDER OF THE i;i»AUD.
Secretary. July S-l*t-:i'J
OTICK IS IIKKIvin' (UV'i:>-' TO
       all pareons not to trust my wife. SARAH CAF-
FliK*rV' on 107 accouut, n3 1 ivill pay no iMiu of lier contracting—aho baviug loft ma without can.e
JOH.N CAFFEKTY, jnly22-3t34 ^   Earl township. _
Steam Engine and Boilers Por Sale.
/\(\ HOKSi-; po^VEll, in good
-+V OKDER.    Apply to
W. KlISKI'ATIilCK, July 15-tf.;J3         East Oranga street. Lauc'r.
Notice to Bridge Builders.
SEALKD TItOi'OSALS for builiUiig a hridge across Chlques Greek, holweeu llapho aud I'euu l"ffnshlps, noar KisHloy'rf Mill, will bs recoived at the GommlRsiouorsOfllct), lit Lancaster, nu til i u'clock ou MOSDAY, the :^.l day of Auguat, next.
Th(> plan nud ppecillcultouH cut) he i-eeu nl s:tid olllco b.ir-.ro lha lotllug.
WM. n. WORTH, DANIEI, BItANDT, JACOB L. Fitr. July 8-4t-:!2 C.imtnbHioner.^.
BANK NOTICE.
^"pill'j niulei'slgiiod citizens of Lancaster
1 County, herehj*^give notice, tliat tliey will apply Rl the nest Sossloa of the lifgiMlaturo of Poum-ylvniiiH., for tbo crtintion and charter of a Bitnk or Corporate Body with bftukiDK or dixcoantiug priTileRPs with a Ci»i»ii.-i.l of Five Hundred Tl ousand Dollars, lo ho i-ii'lfd "THE CONESTOdA BANK," and locatod lu tbo City of Laucasler. for hankiny puripoae;".
C. TAYLOR LANE. J.\MKS BLACK,
HENRY E. LEMAN, .TOHN W. HUBLEV.
J. MICHAEL, THAD. STEVENS.
WILLIAM MILLEK, 0. .7 DICKEY.
MARIS HOOPE-S, ABRM. KENDIG.
MATHEW ai. STRICKLER,    CHRN. B MYLIN.
A. S. MYLIN, __^^_    Julyl-Cni.;il
NOTICE. "IVrOTlCI^j is hereby given, that agrocii-
_i_ 1 Idy to tha law» of thia Commonwealth, lliero will he an appliciLtioa ni-ide to tho Qtxl UTi^laiuro of Pennsylvania, foran Actof Incorporation of ahao'tc, to hocrtlled tho "Accommodation Bu.uk," with ij^ui^ral banking tirivlleges of is.sno, dlficoant and deposii, wilh acapilalof ono hundred thousand dollara, witb tlif privilege of increasing the same lo two hnndred •ud Hfiy thousand dollars, to ho locAled lu the borough Columhia, Lauc;ister co., I'a. j nne :! |.(;iii-30
Valuable Store Stand for Rent.
Tlll'j subseriber offers for rent tlio tvcU known STORE STAND, nitnate in lho Boutli- A wesl corner of Centra Squnre, In the hnronxli of g SlrrfJiburg, for many yeara kopt hy himKelf and H latterly hy McCloy k Black. It l.«evary wny calculated for doing a good husiue.iM, and Is uue of tbo ht-Mt Ftand.-^ in the couuty. There la a commodious warehousn nl- tached, ancl two rooms and an attic abovo the tlore. Jl3=*For furlher p.irticulnra apply to
WM. SPENCER, ""*'' -t-tM-* Strasburg, l';i.
To tlie Voters of Lancaster County.
r.ELLOW CrnZKNt^: 1 offer myself to  your conaid.aratiou  aa a caDdidxilo at the uext eleclion for the olllce of Stat-f Senate, should I he elected I will endeavour to perform Mv, duties with impartialily. BENJAMIN 0. HERR. juue aj-lf'-IO Strasburg, Lan Co. Pa.,
GEoT c aldebITco.
W'HOLESALK Dkalkhs tn SALT, GRODND ALUM AND ASHTON FINli SALT, always on hand.
OCica Orange street. 2 doors from  North Queen nud GraetTa Landing, on tbe Couei:loga. J una lO-lf-'JS
~1.^200i000lPEET OF~LTJMBEH^ '
OAK AND PINK, :tt Gttblc, Sahatif- ter ana RelnbolJ-H Saw Mill.   Novr reaJy to l,e Bttweil ou the Hhrtrlest nntke.   Orderrt may bo li-ri with John S. Gahlo, E. SchAetfur it Son, at John Herr'a Stor", oratthoJIill.                            Jull.N S. G.^nLE, E. Sr,H.*EFFElt, BEN.T. REIKHOLD. JOHS ilERE. EDWIS SCIUEFFEK, juno 3  .tni-27
TO PARMBHS. "
A FURTIIHK sunply of Knt^lMi 1!:.ih! orCnlo Seed, al.-o, lareo Whll» an,ll!..l T..!. Turnip Sead, Sub'ar Beet aud llutalia.ga faVed. Junt r.;- colved and for eale at
JOIIN F. LOXfi 4 CO.. Drug and Ch.^niical Store, jnno 24-tr..'W No. fi Nortli Qnwn St., Lancaiiter.
APPLICANTS FOB SCHOOLS
WILL UK K.\'.\M[.VKI.) in tlie foU lowing DiiitrictH, at the phica and time beruln- after mentioned.
V7ext Lampeter, Julv 13tb, 9 a.m..al Lampeier p4inaro.
Slrartimrg Ror. and Townt-liip. Jaly Utb, tld. m., Jackson .'(t. School Hou-^rt, Stra.'^hurg.
Eden. July 15tb, 9 a. m., QuarryvUle Itotcl.
Providence. July l.'.ih. 2 p. m.. Now I'rovidence.
Drumore, July Ifitli, 9 a. m., Cliesnut Level.
Fullon, July 17th, 9 a. m.. Hesa' Hotel.
Liltlo BriUln, July ISth, 9 a. ni., Poplar Gruve School House.
Colerain, JulyfJOlh, 9 a. m., Union School Houee.
Bart. July 2lBt, 9 a. m., Georgetown.
SadHhury. July 22Qd, 9 a. m , ChrlHliana.
Sallbbury. July 23rd, 9 a. m., "Whito Ilornn ll.>lel.
Leacock, July 2Jtb, 9 a. ra . lutorcourfle.
EftBt Lampeter, July 2.'iih, 9 a.m.. Kowo's Hotel lu EnterpriBe.
Paradiae, July 27tb, 9 a.m., Black Horso School House.
New Milllown—The Directors will pleaso attend wilh their Candidatea, either the Leacock or lho ParudiMJ examination.
Peiiuoa, July 2.';th, 9 a. m,. Willow Street, Kowo'h Hotel.
Coneutoga, Jnly 29th. 9 a. m.. ConeKl.-Ka C.-utre.
Safo Harhor. Jnd. DR, July2nth,7 p. iu..Siire Harbor.
Martic, July 3illh. 9 a. lu.. Mt. NVh...
Uanor, July aist, 9 a. m., MillerHvilU.
W. Hempfleld. Aug. IhI, P a. m., Greider'fi School Houpfl.
Upper Leacocok, Ang. ;M, 9 a. m . MechanlcMufrg.
East Earl. AnKUitl-ltb, Blue Ball. 9 a. ra.
Earl, Augunt Sth, 9 a. m.. New Holland.
"VVcHt Earl, August 6rh, 9 a m., FarmerKvillo.
Manboim, August Tth, 0 a. m., NelTijville.
E;i«t HompeUeld, August Slh, 9 a. m.. Peternhurg.
Miirletta Bor., August lUlh, H a. m , Mariella.
Eiwt Donegal. Augnotl lib, 9a. in.. May towu,
CamarKo, Ind. DIm. The Directors with their Candi- '¦ date.i. will pleaxe attend either the examination held iu Providence or QuurryviUe. on the 151 b of July.
In thoue Districta in which the examluationn are ap¬ pointed at Hotela or Pnhllc Hou.-ea, the Dlrt-clorrt arts requented to provide ample blackboard Kurface and HUch other apparatns an may bo necessary. An farnest and presBing iDvltatlon \a extended to the citlzeuH of thc various Districta, to attond the examiualiona thereof.
Notice la given, that in all cafiea where there U wilful ahsence from pnbllc examination, private examinations will he podll! rely refated. AflcrlherlHitallou of Schoola in commenced, tba Snperlntendenl ha« no llrae to d-vote to examlnationa. JOHN S. CRUMBAUGH, _june S4-tf-3tt     County Sup't.
A Novel Self-acting Animal Trap.
THIS is a useful invention for trapping all kinds of Animala. It iaanadjo-tableplatform having a apring in lho centre, bo arranged with aspriug .board at the top, that tbe weight of lha animal piwsBlng over it cauaes the RpriDg-board to tilt over and tbo ani¬ mal iaentrapped la a box or bola nQdcrneatb. It lii vety aimple In conBlraclloo and ehould he uaed on every farm. The Pstentea la now ready to dispose of Stato aud County Bighta.   Addresa
BfiNRT HACKMAN, Jr., Willow Blreet Post Ofllce, Lancaster Connty, Jnly 22 3»t-31
FARMERS TAKE NOTICE!
Whitenack's New Jersey Reaper and
Mower
B'AS bei'ij introduced in the counties _ of Lancaiiter and CheBter, having pnt up myself aboul'thlrly Id ihirf county, not one haa failed to give ^atlxf^iCtion, bolhaa Mower aad Heaper; tbereror.*, It lll¦l^t be admlllvd theyare tba farmera'loachine, tbey nro perbiLpM tbe l<e-<t Oata aud Seed Clover harveater uow In uee. A "uiall supply atlll on band at the ma- i:bin«Bbopt.f A F. BAIli.lu Bast King St., Lancaster. As the »p(i-..n i, drawing to a cloj-e they will be sold at a reduced prico na.l put up and warranted to work well. Applv to A F. UAIR. KU.Si^EL k BARR. or to Ihe aulwcrihar al Youart's Holel. East King St.. Lancai-ter.
July 22-21 HI THOS. S. WHITENACK.
LEWI.^ HARTMAX. JOHS I. HAUT.MAN.
L. HARTMAN & SON-
Builders, Look to your Interests!-
''^^iii ^\^dei'.sij^ncil  luivin<^   taken   the
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___ BRICK "WOHKS, heretofore owned hy H. F. \V. Fi^dder-.m. situate ou tho llarrUhurg pike, are prepared lo furul.ih Bulld-^rHand ull others de-lrioR with BKIGKS of the best quality aud at prlcoH at least as low as auy in tbo counly. Apply to J. MILLEK, hUpKrintondent, ou the premiaen, ur iu tbe city lo juiyi-i-:t'i-:ii L. 11AUT.ma.v k son.
NATIONAL hotel;
(late white swa.\J
RACE STREET, ABOVE THIRD,
PHILADELPHIA.
SIDES   &   STOVEB.
Peter Siuim, Uto of firm of Hti-vena, HolliugBhead k Co., Jamks T. Stovkr, late of the Union Hotel, julyl  ly:31_
NKW AND  IMPORTANT INVENTION!
si.ooaooo
Saved AnnuaUy  to the People of the United States!
Iron Mnslers Look to your Interests and save fifty pei-
Cent, in Fuel and FreiglU, by having yuur Ore
Thoroughly Cleansed with Pollock's Ad-
justitble Orc Washer and CleaiiCr.
THIS .MAI.'IIINE, l^:>tcute.l 1857, li-w Just b.)ou put lu opora.tion fur wa.ihlng and cleaning all kintU of ora. Il wanlien :ind Pcraens the ore at the same lime, and will do more work aud do it hetter, with le.-is putvnr nud Witter, than any other raachlae uow in uan. The machine ctu lie seen iu ope¬ ration at Williitui Dlllor k Co,'« Machine Shop, LancaJt- ler, Pennu. (Ts^^or MiichinM and Righta. addref.t,
POLLOCK k BRENEMAN, D. Pollock,                                           Laucaater, Pa. C. H.  BnH.v-Kin>-.  j.l^'y il^-'j'
Inland Insurance & Deposit Comp'y.
Office, Cor. of Centre  Square and South
Queen st., Lancasier, Penn'a.
<Dskjg>±tsLX $xa5,ooo.
CHARTER PERPETUAL.
INSUItK ai^ainst Loss by Fire, and re- celvH money i>u D.'posit. adbernlofore, payingr> per ceut.ou Dnpo.-ilri iu;i.|iJ for.Si) daya or looper.
RUUOI.PIi F. RAUCH, June 10-tf-i!.> Secretary nud Treasurer.
Manufacturers' Insurance Company.
CHARTER PERPETUAL,
GRANTED BV TUE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
o-A.:E>ia7.a.ij- $300,000-
PIKE, MARINE, AND  INLAND TKANSPOHTATION
AARU.N   S. LIPPINCOTT. Preaident. WM. A. RHODES. Vice Pre«iaenl. ALFKED WEEKS, f-V.-retJiry. DlREiyi'OttS:
AAfiOS   S.   LlPPiNCOTT, CnARLF.3 "Wl.SR,
Wm. a. Rhodes, Alfred Weeks,
Wm. B. TiliniA.^, J. RisAi.uo Sa.s-K,
William .Nkal, Joh.v P. SiMo.v.-i.
CHAULKS j. fli:L», JAS1K.-4 I". Smvtie.
Office—No. 10 Merchants' Exchange, Philada. M. O. KLINE. Agent. mar25-tf-17      Laucasler, Ph.
"LiP~BINSITRANck  " ~
The    Girard   Life   Insurance Annuity  and Trust  Company of Philadelphia.
Oa,T:»ita,X ^300.000-
CffARTER   PERPETUAL. i^l'TlCK No. \Vy'l Chesuut St., (lirst
\_/ door Cii'-l of llio Custom llou.-c. c.iulinne»lomake insurauces ou live.-^ on the ni0:-t fiivor.iblo terms.
Tho capitui beiug paid up aud iuv);.--tod, logi!tber wilh a liirgi-aud cons[;(iiily Increasing TL-.-orved luud, oifor- a perfect securily to the iu-sured.
The premiums nmy be puid ye;trly, half yearly or .lu.irtfrly.
Tbe company nild a t'oHU?periodically tollioiusuran- ce^^ for life. Tlio llrrt honusappro|iriati'il in D.(cnmb.'r, iSlG.and tliu aecoud l)onus io Docember, 1S43, amount to ;iu addition uf S2i>2.."iU to every .JliWO insured uuder theolde.'tp.'lici-'s, makiug :iI-2B2.rri), which shall he paid wlieu it shall hecomoa claim instead of $10iH) original¬ ly iusureJ ; tbe uexl oldest amonnlN to 3li!7.rj0; the next in age 10 $1212.6(1 forcvery SIOOU; theothersinthe .same proportioii according to ibe ;t mouul of limo aud standing; wlilch addition mak.'s au avpras« of more llmu tio p.ir ceut. upon tho preuiiuius paid wiihout in- cn'a-Mug llm auuual premium.
Tbe fuUoiviuj; ^ro a few oKamplea from the Rogisler
Policy
Sum [Insured.
.''ilOOO 2.')(Ml 20U1)
r.ooo &c.
Bouih or |Ai"'^"'itof policy and bo- addltiuu.  !   »»=;'« I'O increased by
future addltiouH.
] 1S7 :,n I
&c
$1262 f.O
:iir,G 25
C157 .W kc
pilUabelpI)ia CZl&Dcrtiscmcnts.
"Wood Turning Company—by Patent
„,.„ Lathe.
Willow Sl., above 12lh St., Philadelphia.
SCOPPIN GOTTLD & CO.
A  LL kinds of I'LAlN  and  OKNA-
J^ MENTAL WOOD TURNING «/ ayrrat reduction Jrom pnces of Hand-1 umint;.
MnQUfiicturers aud Dealers „l\\ flud ll to ihelr ndvau- tBge toobtuin their supplies from ibis company. Table Legs, JIaple and Poplar. I2>S eta. per aell. Waithplaud Legs. 12'^ eta. per .-elt CottaKo BedrtteadH. $1 25 p-r celt. Shop, Towu .iBd County ItlRb:-for the  Pali>at Solf. acting. Wood Turnini: L^thp. for KtC.-v .ihore.    A  <l<j. flcriptlooaud augraviugwill ho forirarded ou  applii;a-
A PARTNKR WANTED
in tlilBestabli.'ihtnent with il capital of .¦jj'jOOO, to opon a branch in Lancaster. A FOUTCNE TO BE MADE IN A FEW YEAKS. July 22-31-31
Buff and  Gold Paper Window- Shades.
Abeautiful articlo fully cr/u:il in :ip- pcarancu to the aiuslin Gold Shailt-N at hit //«,,; une qaarter thc cost. They are made on Heavy Ih.i'l,'.. Glazed Buff Curtain Paper, and will exclude ih.i ;ii;lit mucb betierthantbo Muelln Shade; they art; als