Lancaster Examiner and Herald

              VOL. XXXI.
LANCASTER, PA, WEDJVfeSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1857.
No. 51.
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THE LIGHT IN THE WUniOW.
Late or early home retnrnlng. In the sUrllght or the rain, 1 beheld that lonely candle Shining from his window-pane. Ever o'er bl< Uttar'd curtain, Nightly looking, I could scan. Aye inditing. Writing—wrlUug, The pale figure of a man; Still discern behind him fall -    Tbe same shadow on tha wall.
Far beyond the murky midnight.
By dim burning of my oil.
Filling aye bla rapid le&fleU.
I have watch'd him at hla toll:
Watcb'd b)e broad and eeamy forehead,
'Watch'd his white iudubtrioua hand,
Ever paadng
Andrepaotdntt;
WalcVd and strove to understand
What Imptll'd ll—gold, or fame—
Bread, or bubble of a name.
Oft I've ai-k'd. debating vainly In the silence of my mind, Wbat tbe i^ervices be render'd To bin country or his kind; Whether toneM of ancient music. Or the sound of modem gong. Wladom holy, Ilnmor lowly. .^^eriDon, e-iaay, novel, soug. Or philosophy sublime, FiU'd the measnre of hla time.
Ko one nought blm, no one knew him, Undistlngnixb'd was bla name; Kev*r had bis praise beeu utlor'd By tbe oracles of fam*. Scanty farP and decent raiment. Humble lodging and a Are— Theaebesongbl for. TbefP he wrought for. And be gaiu'd his meek desire ; Teaching men by written word- Clinging to a hope deferr'd.
So ba lived.    At laet I mlws'd him ; Still might eveulnir twilight full, But no taper lit his lattice— Ijiy no ahadoiv on bla wall. In the winter of his seasons, r    la the midnight of his day, 'Mid his wriUng, And IndltiuE,
Death bad beckon'd blm away, Ere tbe sentence ha bad plonn'd Found completion at hla hand.
Bnt thia man, so old and nameless, Left behind him projects large,' "^    Schemes of progress undeveloped, W.irlhy ofanatlnu'scharge; Noble fancies uncompleted. Germs of beauty Immatured, Only needing Kindly feeding
To have fli>nrli>bed and etidurnd : Meet reward In colden Mor** T*» have lived for evermore
Who shall tell what schemen roajeatli;
IVrlKb In tbe active brain 71
What hnroanlty If mbb'd of,
Ke'er to bt» reftored again ?
What we lose, l»ecaoi-e we honor
Overmuch the mighty dead.
And dlKpirit
Jiiving merit.
Heaping Fcorn upon its head f
Or perchance, when kinder grown.
Leaving it to die—alone?
FEMALE DEESS.
Tbe question of tlje present fashion of wo¬ man's dresa isdiscussed by The Westminister RevieuB in a pithy article of the October nnmber. Most of the statements of the writer will enit the meridian of the United States, aa well as of London. He ia especi¬ ally savage on
THE lin.V.VHTOP 1S57.
Glancing at the fashions for 1857, what do we see?   On the head is something, the pur¬ pose of which it wonid be difflcalt to discov¬ er hy reason ; a structure of silk or straw* adorned    with    flowers,   ribbon   and   lace, crowded on the angle of the jaws and the nape of the neck, and with its fore part jnst reaching the crown of the head.   We hav6 Mr. Spurgeon'fi authority for the effect to the eye of the spectator in front.    Being advised to preach against the prevailing folly in head¬ gear, he paused as he stood on the platform, looked around him  and said ** I have been requested to rebuke the bonnets of the day: but—^upon my word—I don't see  any."— This is the bonnet of the Summer of 1857— pinned to the head in some troublesome way —leaving   the   face exposed in  a manner which one need not be a Turkish parent to disapprove,  and  causing  the   hair   to   be powdered   with   dust,  and the  head   and face to be alternately  heated and  chilled by sun and wind, so that the physicans  are easily believed when they declare that cases of eye-disease,  of toothache, and neuralgic pains of the head and face are beyond all precedant   in   their   practice.   - For   masy months past English women and the ladies of America, where the extremes of heat and cold are greater than with us, have been sub¬ jecting themselves to the inconveniences of going out bareheaded, with the added annoy? ance of an apparatus which heats and wor¬ ries tbe back of the neck.   Tbe broad-brim¬ med bats are a piece of good sense  in the midst of a mass of folly.    Punch,   and other satirists, may quiz the hat as a device for looking  young;   but the  ridicule touches ¦only the elderly wearers, and leaves the   bat unimpeached.   Some   quizzical   specimens, plumed and be-ribboned, and so tnmed  up and twisted about as to serve no more usefuj^ purposes than the prevailing bonnet, may be seen here and there; but the simple original hat, with a brim which shades the eyes, and a crown which protects the head is  worthy of all approbation, while it is exceedingly hecoming to young wearers.   As to older peo¬ ple—if they sem;ibly decline wearing   the bonnet which exposes their grey hair to the very crown, and feel lhat the hat is too jaun¬ ty—why do they not recur to the indigenous, serriceable, becoming, unobjectionable En¬ glish straw bonnet of all times ?   Not the fancy chip, or the open shell-work of straw, filled up with silk, but the veritable straw fabric (Tuscan or Dunstable  at  pleasure,) which will outlast all changes of fashion  in a climate like ours.   There is no occasion to wear it in coal scuttle fashion, like holy Dis¬ trict Visitors, so that a pious woman is   al¬ ways to be looked for at the end of a long bonnet; nor do tbe milliners  insist on  all ladies going bareheaded.   The straw bonnet admits of all reasonable  modifications ; and that of five   years ago, inclosing  the face modestly, and covering the head comfortably, gratified good taste  then,  while it satisfies sound reason now.    Instead of it,  we   daily see old ladies in one of two extremes—either their lank jaws are exposed by the dark strings of a slouching hat, or their wrinkled faces and grey hair are encompassed with blonde and artificial flowers, as the trimming of the little excrescence called a bonnet in our day.   One would think that no  woman oonld fail to perceive that wreaths and gar¬ lands are a youthful adornment, and that no one  should wear artificial flowers who conld not fittingly dress her hair with natural ones: yet we see dowagers with roses and foliage clustering asound their cheeks at every turn. He is milder on
THE MAKTLE.    "
The   mantle   is, perhaps,  the best idea among the fashionsof the day, aud now and then we see one worn by a sensible woman, which fulfils all reasonable conditions ; but the majority of them-are so made as to par¬ take of all the disadvantages of the exist- inggown.   It used to be thought, and it will be thought again, that everything in the cloak way loses its character, arid therefore its tastefulness, by being fitted to ihe figure. A modem mantle which is confined at the waist, and has sleeves inserted in a tight armhole, is certainly not a veritablo .mantle, whatever else it may be; and when we see it, as in this Summer of 1857, cut down to a mere baud roundthe chest, extending no higher than the point of the shoulder, aud turning Into a sleeved jacket below, we have no more to say to it aa a respectable member ofthe mantle tribe.   Bnt to respeoUbility in the eyes of taste, it usually forfeiU allpre- tenslon by; its parade of ornamentation.   Its fringes, wjd^bn^, and braids, and gimps, «iLd.-lflcaR,,iuid;ba(toiu—Its  fdUlngB, and
*'dress")* The consciousness of the whole pablio enables us to be brief on this head*— When we enter on the topic of the gowns of 1857, every reader's "prophetio soul" warns him wb.^t animadversion to expect on tight waists, bare shoulders and arms, oumbrons and encroaching skirts, and an apparatus for their management which Is in everyway objectionable. The cosUinese, the clumsi¬ ness, the ugliness, the afl^ectation, the stiff¬ ness, the noisiness, tho complete reversal of the objects and attributes of dress in the "dress," evening and morning, of the present fashion, seems to be generally admitted; therefore we shall not insist on them at any length. The plain facts ofthe case arej^these; The "Own of 1857 is made of the most ex¬ pensive materials obtainable. Ladies who used to dress handsomely on thirty pounds a year, now find that sum insufficient for their gowns alone ; and middla-olass young ladies who have hitherto been satisfied with twenty pounds a year, are now driven to their wits' uud to keep up with the mode at all; and they have recoara^) to cheap showy silks that will not last, or light gauzy mate¬ rials requiring a style of petticoats which makes the dress a costly one after all. Maid¬ servants who have hitherto deposited some¬ thing in Savings Banks every quarter, now feel morally compelled to buy twice as many yards as formerly for their gowns. " It is bnt ninepence a yard." the mistress says when a gown is a print, Rat the gowns are not all prints ; and if all require eight or ten breadths in the skirt, the difference at the end of the year to a girl whose wages are ten or twelve pounds, ia not small. Even the cheap print gowns require 90 much making, and are so troublesome to wash and iron, that the custom is a tyrannous one on those whom it weighs least. As for the most nu¬ merous order of ita victims—that of middle- class ladies—this year, 1857, will be a morti¬ fying and disastrous one in the family history of too many households. The cost of dress has been so disproportionate to other items of expenditure, as to create serious difiiculty in the homes of men of business, who have hitherto been able to provide their wives and daughters with whatever was needful to a moderate complacency. The rich silks of the day, under their various names, of which every lady now thinks one at least absolute¬ ly necessary, cannot be had for a wife and daughters, with the prodigious trimmings; which are equally indispensable, under a Usi sum than would maintain a country cler¬ gyman, or half-pay officer aud his family.— The paraphernalia of ribbons, laces, fringes, and flowers, is more expensive than the gown of ten years ago. It is not our purpose, as we have notified, to go into the serious moral consideration of the case, or we might dis¬ close a decline of respectability in this class, as well as in ranks above and below, which would make other hearts as heavy as our own. Our readers can imagine, if they do uot know, the process of decadence; ex¬ hausted credit, debt, secret gambling, in one shape or another, and even theft in the form of a great spread of shop-lifting, and the purchase of stolen goods. Of these things we might say much ; but our theme is the bad taste of the fashion. The middle-class man, then, finds bis house and garden too small. The dinner-table will not acoommo- date the old number; and if a leaf is inser¬ ted, the waiting maid can hardly get round— a process the more difficult from the number of breadths in her skirt, and the extent of stiff cord iu her petticoat. The most delicate flowers in the garden are cut off by the ladies' hems as they walk the path, and the little greenhouse is no place for such tragedy queens ; they cannot move without knock¬ ing down half a dozen pots. If the children are young, the parent does not commit more than one at a time to the charge of tbe nursemaid, for a neighbor's child was actu¬ ally swept into the water from a bridge by a stiff skirt which went flaunting by, tbe wear¬ er being unconscious of the mischief. If he walks with his wife, he has to be on his guard all the time. If the wind blows he ia fettered by her superfluity of garments; and if it rains, no umbrella can cover them both. If the weather is settled fine, the lady's train raises a cloud of dust, and sweeps the path of all loose filth as they go. If they enter tb-3 parks, the steel rim of her petticoat cuts his leg as they squeeze through the narrow gate; and if they try the high road, there is too much probability that the. whole appa¬ ratus may become inverted by a sudden gust catching the balloon. Umbrellaa get tamed wrong side out; and the existing skirt is much more easy to invert. If it is to be a drive, and not a walk, the good man runs the risk of bsing dismissed as a haughty ac¬ tress dismissed an old friend. With a vehe¬ ment prohibitive gesture she drove him back from the carriage-step, saying " Pardon me —I and my dress occupy the carriage." The same women who in their youth marvelled at the slavery to fashion, which induced their grandms^jPl to kneel in-the carriage for a drive of ™^J^.*^, to save their lofty-head dresses, now 0OTf3i husband or father to the box or compel them to walk, to make room
loss in making dress more than an adjunct cannot be compensated for by anything In the dr«8S itself. Let them try for themselves. in regard to the most graceful creatures of other races. Wrap up an Arabian horse in the gayest trappings of the old hobby horse —and what is the effect? Devise a dress for the deer which shall trammel their limbs, and where is their charm, be their caparison never so splendid? Is the hooded falcon more beautiful, with ita pert feather on its erown, than when it can use its brilliant eyes at will? Imagine for a moment the absur¬ dity of subjecting any other creatures, asiour women subject themselves to tbe rage of the day. We call ours an iron age. We have our  iron   railways and ships, our palaces
: Tlie £ower of Xexnory.
"Oq Wednesday^aftemoon, at-4 o'clock', &Ir. f aalaen, commenced playing five games, blindfold, simnltaneons—a feat Jiot only, nn- paralled,in the. history of ohflss, bnt almost
incrsdjfele of belief. Without the slightest.'^ojijgiiopa ^^d ia .the world of traffic," the miBtake^he continued his exertions UDtH 11 : q„^,tion. how to''"drive dull care away." with P. M.,-when our reporter left.    Hia opponents ¦ ^ ' ,     ,   ¦,   .   i . ,
- -  ~     - ¦        -   "  -        nothing to do, and^obody^tqt«eip ua'dolt,
"LoM WiMTSS EvEnHok   In onr cities a | PACT, PUW, AlH) FANCY.
long wintar evening iB equivalent to one half       Punch   teaches   book-keeping  in  three of a short day, and In the <)Ountry towns and j words—" Never lend them."
vUlagea to oqe third orone fourth.   And now that the spirit ofduUness prevaUs among the
framed in Iron, and our iron staircases, aud ttven houses, as a security against fire;; our iron cables and telegraph wires putting a girdle round the earth; and we cannot-, atop here, but frame and case the female fo^ in iron, as the currier would defend bis besieg¬ ed town with an apparatus bf leather.' The stays had steel stiffenings before; and now tbe headdress can be kept on only byia pro¬ fuse employment of long pins. The bouquet has a metalio foundationlikeeverythlngelse, and each blossom and leaf is supported on a wire. Aud so is each prominence aud thove- ment of the prodigious skirts ; for our ladies are actually caged in steel, and merely, cover their cage with gorgeous silks, which are no more really clothing than the hrougham in which they ride. It Is a mournful climax with which nature caps the absurdity.— When the tender creatures are worn oat with the weary toil aud folly of their unnatural mode of life, and their pale blood and lax flbr must be restored, the iron must be taken as medioiue—the steel goes into the stomach. Place the most bewitching of the animal creation under simitar conditions of artifici¬ ality, aud what will become of their grace and charm? Everywhere else than in the human case, the value aud beauty of objects reside in themselves and not in their acces¬ sories ; and so it should be with the human object, whose accessories should be too sub¬ ordinate for distinct notice- This is what Dr, Johnson meant when he said that those per¬ sons are best dressed of whose dress no aoconnt could afterwards be given. This is whai Beau Brummel meant when he said, that a man whose dress yon notice in the street is an ill-dressed man. This is what our country¬ women will perceive to be true when their minds are duly brought to bear ou a subject to which a most unnecessary amount of time is at present devoted, without any creditable result.
The writer then winds up his ungallaut protest by quoting entire the poem of "Noth¬ ing to Wear," in which he finds some little consolation amid the abominations of the age and commends its "skillful and effective method," and its "genial and excellent spirit."
' SO TIEED."
Weary of Life ? ah no—but of life's woe;
Weary of its troubles and its ewes ! Willing lo rest—because so well I know
What draughU the band of paii«ion   wtm prepare*!
for the accommodation of -flounces or steel springs.   Sunday is changed.   The children cannot go to church because mamma leaves no room for them;  and papa has to stand aside, in the face of the congregation, while his lady is effecting the difficult  enterprise bf entering her pew.   Are the ladies  aware that the dullness of church is relieved to bachelor gentlemen by the amusement of watching; and afterward discussing, the com¬ parative skill of the ladies in passing  their pew-doors?   We are concerned to find that a new method of getting up Prayer Books and Bibles for church use enables the ladies to find their own amusement while apparent¬ ly engaged in worship.   It seems to be really the fact that the ladies' Prayer Books have a smalt   mirror hound up with the cover— probably of about the same size as that iu the hat-crowns of dandies—which they con¬ sult while devoutly covering faces on enter¬ ing their pews.
He becomes pensive and almost lachrymose iu the contemplation of
" So tired!"
A little child came panting in from play, the other night, and climbing into its mother's lap, laid its head upon her bosom, and then uttered those two little words. I saw the fond young mother brush the golden hair from the darling's moist foretead, and press her lips again to the flushed cheeks. The shadows of evening were falling last around us, and the birds had already sung them¬ selves to sleep. Little shoes and stockings were drawn off aud laid aside—little weary feet bathed and cooled—a little* night dress took the place of the pretty blue frock and white apron, aad the bQy was quiet. With a sigh of satisfaction he next laid closer in her arms; his blue eyes closed aud her cra¬ dle-song grew lower aud lower as his breath came longer and more regularly through his parted lips. Happy sleep of childhood I She rose aud softly went to her own room, to lay him in his little crib, and I was left alone Heaven knows what memory of time when I too was cradled upon a loving breast—when the dead mother, whose face I cannot re¬ member, sung to me in the twilight—came over me as I took up the infants cry." "So tired!"
A man of business—a man whose name is a bond on Wall street. Why should he lean his head upon his hand andsighas the words fall from his lips ? Tired of his gay and busy life, of his elegant home, his fair daugh¬ ters and his fashionable wife ? Tired of all these, aud longing for the little red farm¬ house up among the hills of his native home where he used to play, a bare-footed, light- hearted hoy ? Even ao, strange as it may seem! Yet not so much for the farm-house as for the happiness and Innouence that stand behind it, and which he can* never hope to find iu his duaty office, or his splendid home. "So tired!"
She has been a loviug wife and au indul¬ gent mother. Six strong sons has she reared beside the cottage hearth, but the grave has claimed them all bnt two, and those the world has taken.   -
The husband of her youth died long ago; and to-day, her sixtieth birth-day, she sits alone in the deserted homestead.
To her hoys, she is "the old woman," to their brilliant wives " a good old thing, bu^ too old fashioned ;" to their homes and their children almost a stranger. Her tears fall as she thinks of them in a distant city, gay, prosperous, wealthy and happy, yet not re¬ membering her, on this day, even by a'llne,
were Messrs, S. Huilbuth, Bobert J.  Dodge, Oscanyan. frer.ejaudJ).,SawB., ., -   ':p
"The annDuncemeQl of such an astonish¬ ing performance drev^ together a crowd of dfatinguistied strangiara. The IStest Euro¬ pean celebrity; Dr. Charles Maokay, passed several hours In witnessing the games. Mon¬ sieur Thalberg, the great pianist, stayed, till 10 o'clock, riot iuerely displaying interest in the proceedlrig^i t>nt also analyzing the play. The Hon. Johil'Tan fiuren oame in twice du¬ ring the ev«nlSg, and we also remarked Capt. Updegraff, of the United States Army, Cap¬ tains BulUn and Chaunoey, of the TInlted States Navy, Judge Whiting, Hiokson W.. Field, Esq., John Jay, Esq^ &e>
"Up to 11 P. M., none of the games were concluded, although in all of them Mr. Panl- sen had the decided advantage. History can cite no parallel to this aatonndiug exertion of memory and conoentrativeness."—N, T. Tribune.
In perusing the above paragraph we were reminded of some extraordinary instances.of, the power of memory, which we have observ¬ ed in the oonrsa^of reading—instances which,, in oar estimation, are even more marvellons than the feats ofMr. Paulsen, astonishiDg as they are. We will cite some of them as ap¬ propriate to the occasion, and of interest to the general reader. . We have collected them from various sources, and iu most, if not in all of the cases pur anthority is respeotable. Alexius de Alexius, an Italian physician of the last century, was endowed with a re¬ markable memory, of which he gave a singu¬ lar instance in the convent of the Capuchins, when he was their physician. A father of the order had preached that year at Borne, and was listened to by multitudes of people of every rank and age, who were amused with his' ridiculous roanijer of speaking, and his gestures which were copied fiom the theatre. Alexius had been present at one of his sermons, which he soon after repeated to the fathers of the convent, for the sake of diversion; and this he did to that perieotion, that he not only preserved the order, method and even tlie words of the discourse, but likewise represented the very voice, and look and action of the speaker.
Dr. Fuller, an Bnglishman, had such a memory, that he once undertook, in passing to aud fro from Temple Bar (London) to the farthest conduit in Cheapside, to tell at his return, every sign as it stood in order, on both sides of the way, repeating them either back¬ wards or forwards, as shoaldbe desired; which he did exactly, not missing or misplacing one, to the astonishment of thoio who heard him. But what was more strange still, was his manner of writing. He would write near the margin the first words of every line down to the foot of the paper; then, by beginning at the head again, fill up every one of these lines, which, without any interlineation or spaces, bat with the full and equal length, would so adjust the sense and matter, that he could not do it better, as he sometimes remarked, if he had written all out in a con¬ tinued series.    \
Rev. Charles Bertheau, au English clergy¬ man, had so good a memory that it might be said he never forgot anything of what he ever saw, read or heard. He understood ec¬ clesiastical history so well that he could always be consulted on it with safety. He would at any time name the persons, and even tho moat minute circumstances of time and place relating to the events upon which he was consulted. He lived and died in the last century.
La Motte, a French bon vivant, once terrifi¬ ed a yonng author who had been reading a new tragedy to him, by accusing him oi the plagiarism of one entire act, which he repep.t- ed to the'poet, after hearing it but once read. When La Motte had enjoyed his joke, he re¬ lieved the unhappy author by confessing to him that the feat >^as accomplished by his powerful memory. .
That of Quintus Hortentius, the pleader and contemporary .of Cicero, was remarkable* Upon a challenge that was made to him, he remained a whole day at an auction, and re¬ peated in order the several things which had been sold-—to whom—and at wbat time.— His recital being compared with the account taken by the Clerk, it appeared that his memory had not made him mistake in one particular.
We will close our article, which we might, if space permitted, extend to a greater length, with a reference to the extraordinary power of memory possessed by Simonides, to whom is ascribed the invention of local memory.— When Scopas and his guests were killed by the falling of the room in which they had assembled, they were so disfigured that they oould not be distinguished from each other. However, it was of importance to distinguish them ; for those who wanted to bury them were desirous of doiug this ofi3ce each to his relation. He recollected the place were each of the large number of guests had sat, and by this means was capable of informing the relations which was the person each of them was to bury. Eeflecting afterwards upon the importance of order to preserve easily the ideKs of objects, be invented the method of annexing them to certain places. Cicero, io one of his orations, styled him the inven¬ tor of Local Memory.
Mr. Paulsen, therefore, is not an isolated case, as the reader will infer from tbe In¬ stances we have given. His achievements will not bear comparison with efforts of the human mind, made centuries before he had an existence.
brcomes UDUflUsHy inteiSisting
In rient. of these, olroumstanoes we may lay down,>s a first premise, the following propo¬ sition: i,. Wt must eitlur improve time or kill it. If we Improve.time, time will return us good for good: it will improve us. If we kill time, time will.assuredly recompense us evil for evil: it will kill us.
Betrenohmentis, or should be, the order of the day. We must for a season forego many desirable pleasures. We should^'rigorously dispense with all needless Inxuriea. ' But oo- oupation is a neoeasity. An idle brain be- ten. comes the workshop of "evil peraonifled."— An Tinemployed Ijody goes to rain as surely aa the rust corrodes the motionless iron or steeL .:£xeraise is the first law of oar beingi for .ifhen action ceases, in the organic or the mental domain, death exists.
We mnflfc work or play, therefore, whether we get xnnohor llttte pay, or none. We must be employed for our own self-preservation.— We must be active in some way, in order to keep onr "harp of a thousand strings" iu good tone until the advent of better times. We had better athonsandfold labor forone half or one fourth the ordinary wages than to eat the bread of idleness.
Bat we must have both bodily and mental exercise. We can probably perform all the bodily labor we can find to do during the working hours of the day. How, them shall we spend tbe evenings? We answer, in some plan of mental occupation.
We may not be able to pay for the star lec¬ turers, but we can do very well with those of lesser note. Every town and village has a number of persons who can give sensible and instructive lectures on various subjects. But if lecturers can not be had, every place can have its own lyceum, where conversation, essays, readings, recitations, debates, ect.^ win, without expense, tend to enliven the dull winter, make people forgetful of hard times, and keep the general mind in a state of healthful activity.
These domestic instttutious should not be composed only of a few loquacious yonng men, so vain-glorious of their own gift of gab as to be the special annoyances ofthe whole neigh¬ borhood; butall ages,classes, and sexes should become members aud participants. One of the best lyceums in New York is cotuposed of ladies and gentlemen, and among its members are the youths of seventeen and the gray- headed of seventy.
The moat onriouB thing in the world ia a woman who is not curious.
Hope,—A sentiment exhibited in a dog's tail, when waiting for. jk,bone.-  .
"What animal has the most brains?" Give it np. " Tho hog. He has a hogshead. fuHof'em,"
Francis Pigg, of Indiana, has run away from Mrs. Pigg and four little Piggs. The Post says he is a hog.
Alady recently put up at the Covington House, Kentucky, with her husband and thirty-two children, alt her own !
Punch says that every family ought to keep a kitten to amuse the children. They should also keep children to amuse the  bit-
POB KENT.
THE " BELLEVUK STORE," one of the oldest and best hnnlaess stands In the 4|4Bi connty, will be for rent after thn Smi jar of Hi ¦{I April. 1S68. Jtifi.
Address Dr. W. A. (¦¦ ASTON,
Bellevue, Gap p. 0., Lancaster Co . P*. nor-l '2'in-40
WANTED ON LOAN.
FIVE THGUS'AND DOLLARS in BOTES OR CHECKS OF THE FARMERS BANK OF LANCASTER OK LKVCaSTEK C-'DNTF BaKK. eiiher in one sum or in Humn of ono tboniiand dollars orapwardx, for which ^oadH with approved and H«tlr^ faetory Kecurlty. aad ebc per cent, par annum InterDxt WiU be paid. iC5"Apply for Information at ocll4.tf-46 THIS Ol'FlCK
Pl)labclpl)ia ^bDertiBcmcnts,
" Hoops and the Equator"—Crino line and the Eqninoolial-line—<?od bless 'em t The one encircles the earth, the other the heav¬ ens 1
A philosopher, who had married a vulgar bnt amiable girt, used to call her " brown su¬ gar," because, he said, "she waa sweet, but unrefined."
The other day, an old lady rushed into the garden in search of her daughter, on being told that the young lady had gone there with a " rake."
A Miss Wood recently recovered ten thou¬ sand dollars damages for a breach of promise from a faithless swain, Highprioo for wood* we think.
Cedar Hill Female Seminary. n^^HE 42nd Semi-Annual  Session will
1 commence on WEDMKSBAY, the 4ib of .Vi.vem- ber, and continue twenty weeks. With the crpi. uf tfaohen now engaged and per^ooany int<'re'>r<>il in lhl> luRtUutlou, we feel con&deai tbat It will cotiituu to meritand suRtaln the rank aud poxttion which has been generouflly awarded Iu Its past earner.
The aim of the Principal and bl^ (woioclBleH, U to afford every opportUDlty for a thorungb aurf tinujirphfn- elve edocallon, which, in tfaelr upiuioa. lncluil>is uot only Intolleetual acqulrementH, bnt a careful train lug of the morals, cuUlTatlon of thit ranle and rehueiupnt of manoerri; In fact, to edncule young ladiett for tbe uohI responsible poBltlona tbey may be call-d to fill in so¬ ciety.
Wlthont any pretentions an "THE NORMAL SCHOOL," this Seminary ba^ Itiag beeu engaged In the work of educating teacherx, and hex sent forth scores of ORADUATES, who havn Itibored faithfully and .-arn- eatly in the profetKlon wbicti they bave honored. We do not yet see any reason lo abate oui elTortR In tbln de¬ partment.
Ine'tructlon given In the Latin, French and OeimaD langnagOH; Music on the Piano and Quitar; Drawing, on Paining and Water colon, by competent teachord.
For circular aod further pArticulan, addresH N. DODGE, Principal, ALBERT JACKSON, Aseoclate.
Mount JoT.Lancartler county. Pa. sept. SD.8t-l-t
KNAPP'S PATENT LAMP!
For Burning the Various Hydrocarbon Oils. SUCH AS
ROSIN, COAL, KEROSENE, &C.
TRHKE HQVSa LUfUT FOB. OflE CKKT.
n["^llI.S i.s uow iitlmitted to be the cheap-
J.. ^Ft, s»r.>t, niont brilliant, ateady, and noft, porta¬ ble ligbmvar nifrfted to the public. .
Il In hlfchly recommended to SeamstreBses. Stndeuta, Mt^cbaiilcH,—furCburcheit, Faetorien and for Family use, it belnii p(*rferj]y Mufe, hurlog
NO EXPLOSIVE OR DANGEROUS QUALITIES.
OOD.NTV aod TOWN BIGHTS, also. Lamps, OiU WickB. ko , f..r H^Ioon the most favorable terran, at the Axeocy, 202 nURSSUTSt.. (aboveSd.l PHILADELPHIA.
POTll-4t.50 8. E. iiOOTHLAND. Agent,
|JI)UaJj£lpl)ta ^bDcrfoeimnts.
New Toys and Fancy Goods.
CHEAPER THAN EVER!.'
AND   BEST  ASSORT.vJENT EVEB OFFERED!"
NEW um] Beautiful Styles now open¬ ing of FRENCH MECHANICAL TOYS. RICHEST UKESSED DOLLSand FANCY PIECES WAX.CRYING and CHINA DOLLS, CHINA TOYS, JEWEL BOXES, Card llecelvero, Vanes aod Fancy ertlclei, Alabaster Qundf, Cnofecdoners Rich Boxe^. Corueln, Rags, ke.
Fancy Bankebt of Willow, kc, over 150 Palterun Ger¬ man Toys over 1000 Patterun, with au eadlesn variety of other goods uf uew^and desirable Styles.    - For sale in quautltleH to suit at very low prices. W. TILLER. Importer, No: 24, .^'outh -Itb Street, Philadelphia. Kj-Case-* of Ar-Borted Toys at $5, $10, $20. Put 11 2»m-60
ing, erected expressly for the Proprietors' trade, ¦ :=e6ds and Implementa of IntereBt to
LIME.
T^niil undersigned would inform his old
Swindling CoKCERNS.—Notwithstanding the press is constantly warning the country peo¬ ple against tbe swiudljng establishmeuts that always more or less infect large cities, it seems that onr country friends must have line up¬ on line, and precept upon precept, before they will gee this matter in its true light.
We have just received a oommuniontion on this subject, from which the following ia an extract:
We country people would like to know what yon ihiuk. of lotteries, and tbt« principles involved in them. There are in the city of New York several companies who send out their monthly circulars, filled with "Magnif. cent Schemes," in which prizes from $25 to ^5,000 are almost sure to be drawn, by the risk of a very few dollars.
Now please tell us in your paper are these great prizes a reality, or Is it merely a money- making thing on the part of those compa¬ nies ?
It Is strange how easily sensible persons are deceived by artful appeals to their avarice. If they would apply to this subject the same common sense that they eserciae whea th«y bring their peoduce to market, they would uot be so readily cheated. As to the princi¬ ples of lotteries they are self-evidently wick¬ ed, and we suspect tbat the principles which induces country people to patronize them do not belong to any code of moral honesty. No one adventures bis money in lotieries with¬ out hoping to get many times its value. He wishes to cheat somebody else. There is a disposition to defraud all round; and if country people get the worst of it, the lesson ought to admonish them that equitable gains and honesty are the best of policy.
The idea that those who hold out "magr nificent prizes" are really anxious to give away their money, is too ridiculous for any serious refutation.
What a world of gossip would be prevent¬ ed, if it was only remembered that a person who tells you of the faults of others, intends to tell others of your faults.
A young lady, on being told that her lov¬ er was suddenly killed, exclaimed: "Oh, that splendid gold watch of his—give me that—'give me something to remember him byf"
Mary.—" Charles dear ; now we are mar¬ ried, you know we should have no secrets. So do, like a love, hand the bottle of hair- dye ; you will find it in my dressing-case." Scene—^A tall ladder leaning against a house, a nigger at the top, a;nd a hog scratch¬ ing his hide againstit at the bottom—" G'way, g'way fr<rtn dar I   You're makin mischief "
"Margery, what did you do with that tal¬ low tbat Mr. Jones greased his boots with this morning ?" " Please marm, I baked the griddle-cakes with it." "You did; I thought you had wasted it."
An office-seeker, in urging his claims, said that his grandfather didn't fight in the Revo¬ lutionary war, but he guessed he would have liked to, if he had been in the country at tho time.    He was appointed.
" Say, Pomp, yon nigger, whar you get dat new hat ?" " Why, at de shop, ob course.' "What is the price of such an article as dat?'' " I don't know, nigger—I dou't know ; the shop-keeper wasn't dar."
Foote once asked a man without a sense of tune in him : " Why are you forever humming that tune ?" " Because it hauuts me," was the reply. " No wonder," said Foote, " you are for ever murdering it."
" Mother, I've got such a bad headache, and sorethroat.too." *' Have you, my dear? well, you shall have some medicine." " It's no matter," retorted the shrewd urchin ; " I've got 'em, but tbey don't hurt me."
An Irishman remarked to his companion ou observing a lady pass : *'Fat, did you ever see so thiu a woman as that before ?" "Thin,') replied the other ; "botherashun, I seen one as thin as two of her put together, I have." Upon the reading of the Declaration of In¬ dependence, at Syracuse, N. Y., by a citizen of that place, a gentleman from the rural districts, made this comment: " Oh, he read it well enough, but I'm darned if I believe he ever wrote it!"
    cuntomerH and the public generally, tbat hn has
iiHtv and will constantly bare on hand Lime of the^best quality. C^Orders left-at tha hotel of Predorfck Conpt^r, will be attemted to without delay.
aoMl 1-tf-18 DANIEL HERH. (IVrine,..)
BANK NOTICE. ^r^MliJ undersigned citizens of Lfincaster
I County, hereby give notice, that they will apply at ihe next Session of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for tbe creation aud charter of a Bank or Corporate Siidy with banking or discounting privileges witb a capital of Five Hundred TI ousand Dollars, to be ntrled " THE CONESTOGA BANK," and located In the City of Lancobter, for banking purposes.
0. TAYLOR LANE. JAMES BLACK.
HENRY E. LEUAN, JOHN W, HUBLEY.
J. MICHAEL. THAD. STEVENS.
WILLIAM MILLER, 0. J DICKEY.
MARIS HOOPES. ABRM. KBNDIG.
MATHEW M. 3TRICKLEK,    CliRN. B MYLIS.
A. 5. MYLIN, julyl-6ro:U
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given, that agreea¬ bly to tbe laws of thla Commonwealth, there will be an application made to the next legislature of Peunriylvanla, for a^ Act of lucorporatlou of a bank, to be called tbe "Accommodation Bank," with general banking privileges of IsBue, discount and depohlt, witb a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, with tbe privUpge of increasing tbe same to two hundred snd tlfty thousand dollars, to be located in the b<>roiiRli of Columbia, Lancaster co., Pa. June 21-Qm-30
GEO. CAXibEK & CO^
WHOLKSALE Dealers in SALT. GRODND ALDM AND ASHTON FINE SALT, always on hand.
Ot&ce Orange street, 2 doorii from Nortb Qneen and GraetTh Landing, ou the Cooestoga. June lO-if-2S
Lancaster Stove "Works.
COllNEU of Duke and Ohesnut-Mts., at the Iron  Bridge.   MARSHBANK k  McCONKY. manufacturers of Superior Cooking Stoves, Parlor and Offloe, ic.   Iron Railing, Gas, Water, aud Blast Ptpo^, Wash EoltteB, and Light Hollow-ware. noT 11 ^_^_ If-'^O
COOEXNG RANGES. fpHE ViiRY BEST IhingQ ever iovcn-
i    ted; these Ranges we put up, (at as low a price as tho poorest article in the market, ie now Bold at,) and guaruutee lo work belter than any other now In nae. MARiHBANK k UcCONKY. Fonndry, Corner of Duke and Cboiuul-sth. nov 11 »f--''0
" Julius, can you toll me how Adam got out of Eden V' " Well, I 'spose he climbed defence." "No, dat ain't it." "Well, den, he borrowed a wheelbarrow and walked out." "No." " I gubs it up, den." " Ho got sna¬ ked out,   Yah!"
A quaker, who waa char^-ed the exorbitant sum of seventeen dollars for a horse aud buggy for a short drive, upon being presented with the bill, simply remarked: " Thou mis- takest me, I do not wish to purchase thy establishment, but only to hire it."
lEON  BAILING.
WK have tlie handsomest designs ir this market of RAILING, and have the facili¬ ties to multiply them fully up to the wants bf the public, for Cemetery Lots, Verandahs, Balconies, win¬ dow Guards, Tree Boies, kc. A visit t- onr place, or any of our work, will satisfy the.pnblic that we cannot well be surpassed, while our pricts are as low. if not lower than can be bad at any other eslabliMbmonl.
MARSHBANK k McCONKY, At the Iron Bridge, corner of Duke and CboantstH. nov 11 ^f--''^
KBMOVAL.
DOCTOR m7 IIKtiaEL, German Homceopathic & Allceopathic Physician,
EESPKCTFULLY informs the public that on the  15th  of October, 1S.'>7, he  removed I from Sirafiburg to T«iucai-t»r city, {North Queen  street, afew doors above tho Rjiilroad.) whcrn he may be fouod, Iu hts  separate olRce. <>a  auy  djiy of the  week, and where he coullmie^ to attend to
The Homeopathic and Allmopathic practice of Medicine.
lie undertakes lo care all curable disease!*, by what¬ ever name Ihey may be called, of which bu will here ouly name a few, in wit:
iiildinesa.Toolh:ii:he.EyG.diseasBs,Eriiiilionfl.Apoplexy, Dropsy,Tetter. Tape-worm,Breast diseases, Hlood-couph, Cousnmption, Dyspepsia, t'evertt of every description, Affun, Falling PilF. Dineafies uf the ailn.l. Spleen, 1'He.f. Weaknexs of iho Nerve.-, UiAea^es of tbe Ab'lomoa, kc.
Persons who are troulil-il with old Chronic ilit-eaees, will please bring tbe urine of the patient with tbem and thOKC afllicted with (lt!>eAaes which no .Mloiopalhlc Pbyiiiciau can cur», are rfspeclfnlly InrJIcd to call.— Ha re.Hpeclfnlly commouds himself lo the publie, and hopes it will bestow Us confidence upon him. an he pmmiseulo tvflat all sufferers, who may seek relief from him. in 'hobftxlmanner pusslble. [ni)vll-3L-r'0
~» LAOTDBETH'S Mg
S2 Agricultural Warehouse, Z£
Nos. 21 and 23 Soti(4 Sixtk StreeL near the
Stale House, PHILADELPHIJ. 'PKN FLOOKS of this spacious build-
JL    ing. erecte' are stored with Farmers^nd Gardei
SIXTY YEARS ESTABLISHED. The subscribers desire to call the attention of every one iuterented in Farming and Oardenlog, to Lhelr well selected stock of
Agricultural Implements & Machinery, Great variety of Horticultural Tools,
Warranted  Garden  and Flower  Seeds, GRASS and FIELD SEEDS of the most reliable quality
Tbe Agricultural Implements sold by us are mostly manufacturedHit our Steam Works, Bristol, Pa.
Baring fitted op thla eitabliehmeat without regard lo eKpeuse, with the most complete machinery, for the manufacture of, various kinds of Agiicnltural Imple- mentx.we are now prepared to supply all articles In thix line fully equal, if sot superior, to any thing of tbe kind ever before offered to the pnhllc.
Landreth'fl "Warranted Garden Seeds,
Rave been before the public for upwards of sixty years; tbelr wide-spread popularity, aud the constantly Inerea- eing demand from year to year, la the best evldBuce of tholr superiority over all others.
ttJ^ooo'T Merehaute can be supplied with Seeda in papers, or bulk, oo the most liberal terms.
Bloumsdale,  near   Bristol,   Pa., our   Garden   Seed grounds, contains three hundred and seventy acres, and Is tbe largeist ei^tabUahment oi Its kind In the world. D. LANDBBTH k SON, NoH. ^1 and 23 South Sixth street,Philadelphia. sept 23 3m-43
Saving Fund of the National Safety Trust Company.
Walnut St., S. W. cor. of Third, Philadelphia.
Incorporated  by the   State of Pennsylvania
MONKY ia received in any sum, larj^e or small, and Interest p^d from the day of de posli to the day of withdrawal.
The office Is open every day from 9 o'clock In tbe morning till 7 o'clock In the evening, and on Uooday and Thursday nvenings tUI 0 o'clock.
INTEREST FIVE PER CENT.
All sums large or small, are paid back In gold ou de- mitud wltboot notice, to any amount.
Hon.-flENKY L. BENNER, Prefi-ieiit. Robert Selpridqe, Vice President. Wh. j. Rubd, Secretary.
DIBECTOES: Heufy L. Banner, C. Landreth Mnnns,
Edward L. Carter, F. Carrol! Brewster,
Robert Selfridge, JoBsph B. Barry,
Samuel K. Asbtou, Henry L. Churchman,
Jame>> B. Smith, Franclti Lee.
tS^hifl Gompaay confines its huainesH entirely to tbe receiving of mooey oo Interest. Tho investmeulK, amonnllng to nearly oyB.uiLLloKAiio a half of dollars, as per publlsbed report uf Assetrt. are made In conform¬ ity witb the provibioos of the Charter, in Real Estate, Mortgages, Ground Rents and such flrst-claes securl- liex as will always lusura perfect security to tbe ile- pi»UorK sod which cannot fall [o give permanency and ¦lability to this old and well established Inutilutiou. marchll ly-14
Pall and "Winter Dry Goods for 1857!
THOHNUaFfe CHISM,
N. E. Comer Eighth ^ Spring Garden Sis.,
PHILADELPHIA. TT^OULD call special attention to their
Y y stock of Goods, which are carefuUy selected and bought very Cheap for Cash and wblcb we pledge ourselves to sell for the smallest '*Living Projil "
BLACK81LKSfor76,87,94,$l, 31.12, ftl.23.np to «1 peryftd.
FANCY 81LKS, 50, 60, 76,87, $1, ^1.12, $1.35. up to 82 per Yard.
Very Rich Strlpad Molr Antiques, Something New!
Black Watered Silks, Tnrc Satlas, Molr AMliqam, Ac.
SHA'WIiS  AND CLOAKSII!
Long k Square Brocbea Shawls, Iu every colored Centre Long and Square Blanket Shawls, in every quality. StolIaShawls, Brocbea Bordered k Chennille Trimmed. Plain aud Embroidered Canton Crape Shawls Plain Shawls for FRIENDS, Black Shawls. *c   ic. Newest Styles of CLOAKS, TALMAS, DUSTERS, kc.
A  Large Stock of Domestic   Goods, alioays on Hand,   Very Cheap!.* Irish Linens of onr Own Importation, Llneu Table Cloths, Diapers, Napkins, Crashes, kc.
T.r^.^JSJ?^' Cassimeresf!  Sattinetts!.'
BLANKETS, FLANNELS, QUILTS, &c.,    c CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, DRUGGETS.
qp^n nl'Sn^^J'c." ^^"^^ E- CORNER EIGHTH A ' l«Srf?,S^"^^^^ ^^—" The Urge Four Slonj IFhile Building                          ^   THOR^LEY i CBISftl'S One Price Cash Dry Goods Store," Philada.  .1m-4:i
sep 23
THE moN AGS OF FASHION.
We would fain think that our country wo¬ men may attain in time that true aelf-reapect whioli will destroy the last degree of resem¬ blance between tbem and tbe aboriginal sav¬ ages—a resemblance whicb they themselves at present perpetuate.   We need not point out tbe analogies between savage and fashion¬ able decorations: tbey are obvious and mor¬ tifying enough from tbe duchess who makes holes in her ears, as the Fejee woman makes a hole in her nose, to bang jewels by, to tbe maid-servant who this Summer baa had an entire clothes-line hemnied into her petticoat, thereby likening herself to the squaw who winds herself about with a hundred yards of 1 wampum.   We would rather refer our conn-' try women to the more refined works of na¬ ture than to the sUIy and conceited savagQ. Throughout the range of animated nature, the splendor of ornamentation ia assigned to the m&Ie, while a quiet grace is the appropri¬ ate oharm of the female.   Throughout the universe of Ijirds and insects It is so; and among the: fuperior animals the same order is very marked.   It would be well for women if they pould peroaire.the wisdoui of confor¬ mity to tbat order in their oim ombs ; for it is lnoont«8table tlut -the grace vMoh they
to say "dear mother, I love you." This is her reward for years of toil and oare and anx¬ iety. She has outlived her generation, and when she dies, she will hardly be missed by those to whom she has given her health and strength and life itself. Poor lonely, old woman I Well may the bitter tears fall fast —well may you long to die. For this is often tbe return for love and devotion tbat have outwatched tbe stars, and seen tbe moon grow pale I
" So tired I"
Yes, turn from the brilliant crowd,, that listened eagerly for e^ery word you uttered, fair songstress, and heed what your heart is saying. Words of fire may fall from your rapid pen—your own wild sonl may stamp its impress upon the page before you^the world may place the crown of laurel, upon your bowed head—but it will be a diadem of thorns. In the height ^f triumph—Iu the fever of success—there will come a sudden pause, aud the iron will enter your soul as you remember that one voice is silent; and one face still, calm, aud cold. Fame, wealth, success—oh I what are these to happiness J Vanity, vanity all, and " vexation of spirit," and jou bow your head and weep to think that it should be so I
Oh I little child, not yet released from thy mother's care, it would be better for thee to, sleep into the tranquil sleep of death, Within the shelter of her arm's, than to tread the path which we are treading I There are sharp thorns hidden among the fairest flowers—there are treaobernua quicksands In the sweetest valleys. God help thee, my boy, tor only a hand from heaven dan lead thee safely there. The golden hair will turn to silver, it may be, and the blue eyes will wear an anxious look before the painful journey is half done, and evil shapes will mock and mutter when thy heart f^etb thee and thy steps are faint. "So tired 1"
My boy, cling closer to thy mother's fcteasti For a day will surely come when thylijk will utter those self same words, and she will not be beside thee, to hush thee, to hush'tbae in¬ to forgetfnlness of all thy trouble. Goll help thee then, aud lead thee to the only wnge, ".where the wicked cease from tronbIl»^ uid the irwxy ar« at lest I"
Famiit Education,—^The influence of a good newspaper, aa an educator in the fami¬ ly cirole, is not generally sufficiently appre¬ ciated. We have known, in onr go-to-school days, heads of families who were regarded by their neighbors at well-to-do in the world, and whoso possessions could be reckoned by' thonsandi of dollars, but who felt themseves too poor V> provide their growing children with a newspaper, albeit five times the sum necessary to do this would be cheerfully ex¬ pended on an unnecoessarlly fine dress, or for a nice little play or party. Such policy is penny-wise and pound-foolish with a ven- ganoe. An able jnrlttt lately remarked: " It is almost impocsible for a publisher to send to a subscriber flfty-two newspaper without putting two. dollars' worth into them ;" and and we may remark with equal truth, that more than one half of all the numbers of a weekly paper will have in each matter of more value to tbe subscriber than the price ofthe paper for one year—an investment yielding itoenty-tix hundred per cent.!
'We bommend the example of B. D. M., of HoUy Springs, Hiss., to all parents, and •specially to tbose who imagine that a news¬ paper is unueccessary where books art plen¬ ty. He writes: " I have made it a rule to select a saitable paper for my children at soon sa they are sufficiently advanced in education tta to acquire a taste for reading, and have it sent, to their address. I And this baa a good influence. It causes tbem not only to file away and take oare of their papers, but it stimulates them to read their contents more oarufully. Aud, in a large family, the obildrea wiH become ambitious to be able to state to each other correctly the various subjects which they find in their papers, and to discuss the most important of them. I find it both pleasant and profita¬ ble to listen to their statements and criticisms among each other, and sure no more effioient plan for self-education could be devised.- I can say that I tested thf& plin on eight ohil- dren, and believe there can be no better meth¬ od fir giving children a tasteforoorrect read, ing, qlosa thinking, and careful study—habits which will be valuable in the school-room as well aa at the domestic-fireHide.--'It seems
Recipe por Bra Mbs.—Dr. D. W. Holmes the celebrated Boston poet and anatomist, has given us a new theory for the manufacture of men of a larger growth, whicb is going the rounds of tbe papers.   The Doctor says :
In Kentucky, Ohio and Western Vermont, men grow to larger sizes because of the lime¬ stone formation under tbe soil. Parts of families have emigrated to those regions, and the result In tbe next generation has been a larger bone development in those who left Massachusetts than in those who remained. Kentucky, Ohio aud Iowa will grow great men. Tbe finest figures in-the world will be found in the valley of the Mississippi in a few generations. Indoor labor, so unnatural for men, will weaken the vital powers and stop the growth iu large cities, bnt tbe great and glorious West, with its broad prairies, will compensate for the growing feebleness of the eastern states.
We have no faith in the limestone theory. In our judgment, the free air of heaven and the out-door exercises have a thousand times more influence in developing tha organism in the limestone region, than has the lime un¬ der ground. ¦ And again, it is not 6:^ men the world wants so much as it is great men; and it wants them to be great jnst as tbey are good. We go for improving the brains of the crea¬ ture, bnt not on chemical principles. Many chemists have supposed that, because there waa a laige quantity of phosphorous found in the human brain, and a large per centage of it found in the flesh of fish, the 'fisU diet- must be peculiarly conducive to the de¬ velopment. But, unfortunately for the con¬ clusion, all human experience proves that the ichthyophagous tribes are the most brainless and stupid of all the human family.
Give us good food, pure air and water, abundant exercise of body and mind,and the bones and brains will take oare of themselves. The chemistiy of vitality aud the chemistry of the inorganic laboratory are as unlike as life and death.
 -4^«»»	
AcTivB  Life bt
RoviNo Harky.—Yonng man of twenty-one you have just reached' your majority. Ha_s it occurred to you that yon were standing on the brink of a turbu¬ lent stream? Allow me this interrogative = Will you stand still and fold your hands through fear, or will you plunge into the angry flood and buffet the rolling waves as yon are carried down the stream of Time nntil you triumph over every obstacle and laud safely on the beauteous shore of Divine Harmony ?
This is the trying nioment-tbe brief period of suspense. Choose now the course you will pursue. Decide whether yon will stand idly by-wbetber you will loiter about the'entrance to active life for fear of making a' failure, or whether you will risk all in manfully tread¬ ing the waves, even if yon die in  the eflbrt.
Such is active life. It is one continuous round of joys and sorrows, of pleasures and difficulties, peace an4 disturbance, harmony and vexation, and he who sacoeedsin over- cmingthe most of-the latter, and securing the greatest amonnt of the former, will undoubt¬ edly be the happiest of mortals.
Let no one fear to launch his bark, be it ever so frail^ upon the stream of Time; for the tightest 'and best built craft have been wrecked, and the most frail and leaky have been soaked tight, and borne safely along over«r«ry angry wave through a long voyage, and.oome off safe and triumphant at last.
The l>est built.ships . do not always make
How TUBY Manage Fires in Qebhany.—A letter from the Baths of Ems, Germany, to the New York Journal of Commerce, says :
It^affordeda few of us no small amusement, a day or two since, to witness the activity of the Germans when they get " waked np."— The occasion was a fire, that took place in a small village, or hamlet, some four or five miles from here. It seems the farce commen¬ ced where the fire was raging. The great m^n of the place must first be assured that the building was really in danger; t. e. it must be well on fire before he would make out a written request for assistance. This important document being prepared, a mea- aenger was duly despatched to the authority of Ems, who, after having thoroughly consid¬ ered the matter, made out another lengthy paper, which is sent to the august commander of tbe fire engine. This personage mounts his mules, and after much ado, collects some twenty laborers to man his machine.
After all have arrived, several are sent thither to procure beasts to drag tbe engine. This is no small matter; but, at last, some four or five rattle-boned horses are really on the ground, and after considerable delay, are fastened and ready for a start. Npw the spectators^snrely expected to see tbem start ofi* for the scene of action—^but no such thing —one gets down and lights his pipe, (for nothing can be done here without smoking,) one order more is found necessary, &c., and thus another hour slips by. Bg this time one would suppose that all the villages in the Duchy would have had time to bum np.— Not so, however, think our doughty German friends, with many a crack and grunt (tbey never halloo there) they are ofi* at the rate of a couple of miles to the hour. Of conrse, tbey have nothing to do when they arrive at the scene of the late fire. To make amends, however, they spend some hours in specula¬ ting upon its origin, haw high and how far it burned, how it looked, &o., with as much ear¬ nestness and fear depicted upon their counte¬ nances as though it were now burning. The above are literal facts, aud show something of tbe way things are done here.
A pLAGDE OP Rats and Mice in France.— ¦The departments of the Loir et Cher and the Hant Rhin are at present afflicted with a formi¬ dable scourge. In the former of these depart¬ ments the rata are swarming, and devour, the potatoes, beetfoots; carrots, turnips, and even the onions. They are seen moving about in innumerable bands. In the Haut Rhin it is the mice which are committing ravages. They have increased in such a manner, that an ap¬ plication was made to the prefect to permit the use of arsenic for their destruction. That functionary, after mature inquiry,retnmed for answer tbat he saw no reason for making any change in the existinglaws relative to tbe salo of poison; bnt he recommends tbe applicants to nse the phosphoric paste and the paste of arsenio, which is compased of 1,000 gram¬ mes of melted tallow, 1,000 grammes of flour, 100 grammes of arsenic, 10 grammes of lamp black and one gramme of essence of auni- seed.
H. L. & E. J. ZAHM,
Corner Centre Sqv^re and North Queen Street, LANCASTER.
HAVE COx\STANTLY FOR SALE a finely assorted stock of
WATCHES,
Of American, EnglishaTidSwiss makers, war¬ ranted time-keepers. Also, A foil assortment of CLOCKS, from $l.i'i to $10 each In every style of case—with
iron aud bronze brackets or ehelvee. from $1, 	
to $3.tQ. SILVER SPOONS Fork-*, Ladiei*. kc. slamp- eil with our name and n-ade from PURE SILVER.— Plated Kpoona, Knives. Forks, kc, from the celebrated factory <'f John 0. Mead k Sons, furatshed at manufac¬ turer's prices.
SPECTACLES IN EVERY VARIETY,
with plain, colored, concave and convex ^laiiiteii from W cents to $15 per pair.
Accordeons and Brittania Ware, and a
LARGE STOCK op FINE JEWELRY,
c^OBlantly for sale LOW rOB CASH, at the corner of North Qneen Street and Centre Square.
Cl3~BEPAIRING attended to with despatch and skill. HENRY L. ZAHM,
aug 12-tf-37 EDW. J. ZAHM.
Spectacles,Optical, Mathematical and Philosophical Instriiments.
THE subscriber is prepared to furnish SPECTACLES of all deflcriptlono. In Gold. Silver and Elawlic Frames, Spy Gla«teH, Mlcroscopea,  Stereo cCope«, Opera GlaBEGB, Folyoraman. Plalina rolnta  for LlKhtnin^f Rod», Caseft of Drawing Inetrumente.tSurTey- or'a Coinl'tt».(ieH, Engineer'a Level.", CbalUR.Tapes, Rodi*, kc.   Air I'umps, Electrical Machlnert, Globea, Orreries Magnetic Ap|iaratU8, kc. Il3=*ScboolB furnlBhed upon the heat terms by JAMES W. QUEEN. 921 Chesnut Ptreet nnar lOlb, PUILADSLPaiA. N. B. Uiuntraled and priced Catalogues frratis. July 1_ Hm-ni
1'VINCV'fUKS   for   LADIES!!
JOHN FABEIEA & CO.,
(New No.) 818 Market Street, above Eighth, PHILADELPHIA,
IMI'ORTKES. MAKUrACTCaKlIfl AND DEALER-^ IX
Ladies, Gentlemen and Childrens fancy Tuts,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
. & CO., would call the attention
_ Dealekk and tbe PL-Bi.iCReoeraliy to their Im-
nieuse Slock of FANCY" PUHS. for Ladies, Gentle- men and Children; tbelr ansortnient embraces every article aud kind of FANCY FUKS, that will be worn ¦luring tbe iteaGOU—i^uch as Pull Capes, Half Capen, Ouarcer Capes, Talmas, Victorince, Boas, Muffx and Muffatees, from tho finest Russian Sable t<3 ihe lowest price Domestic Furs.
For Gentlemen, the liTueft a.sfiortmnnt of Fur Collars. GlovoH, GauntlelK, Jic. Beiog tbe direct ImporterH of all our Fura, and Maoufacturcra of them under onr own BupervlKlon. we feel AatlsQed Wrt can offer better induce- menlH to dealers and the public generally than any iilher houi:>>, having an Immenxe a-tHortment to nelect from, and at the Manufacturer** pricea. [Cj* ^Vc only ask a call. JOHN FaRBIHA k CO.,
No. SIS Market Slreol,ftbove Eighth.
sep 23-4m-43 PHILADELPHIA.
JE.   & a of Di:ale
LOCAL FBEIGHT NOTICE.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY
ARE now prepared to receive and foV- ward FIIEIGHT between Philadelphia,Lancai^ter aud Columbia, at the following rates per* hundred poundti;
BETWEEN PHILA. AND COLUMBIA. First Class.   Second Class.   Third Class.   Fourth Class.
IS cents.
16 centi<. 14 cout^.
'28 ceotii par barrel. 10 cenb) per IOC ponndrt.
AND LANCASTER. Third Class.   Fourth Class.
15 centa. 13 ceuta,
35 cents par barrel. lOoenis per 100  ponnd.^.
22 cents. Flour pig Metal.
BETWEEN PHILA. First Class.   Second Class. 2U cents.        17 cenU. Flour, Pig Metal.
Articles of First Class.
Booka, Fresh Fish,
Boutnan-l ShoH--*, Nuts in Bagti,
Cedar aud Wooden Ware,   Porter and Alo In bottles.
Dry Goods, PouUiV 1° coopn,
Egg«. •      Pork,(fro^h.)
Furniture, Poultry, {die«hed,)
Feathers, Wrapping Paper-
Articles of Second Class. Apples, MolaHses,
CbeeHO, Melons,
Clover and Grans Seed,        Oil in ca.<iks or barrelM, Crockery, Paper in boxes.
Candles, Pft.iteboard,
Casks or Barrels, (empty,)   Peaches, (dried,) Groceries, Printing Paper,
Gnus and Rifles, Paper Hangings,
Herring In boxes and kegs, Quaensware, Hardware, Sweet Potatoes,
Hops, Tobacco in bale^,
Iron, (hoop baud or sheet,) Tea, Leather, Type,
Liquor in Wood, Tallow,
Marble   Slabs and Marble TarpeDilne,(Aptti.) Moauments, Vamlnh.
Articles of Third Class. AlMhol, Potatoen,
Colfee, Tnrnips,
HidM, (green,) Vinegar,
Lard, White Lead,
Oytilersand Clams iu ^hGll, Window Glass. Tobacco, (mauufactured,)
Articles of Fourth Class. Codflnh, Rosin,
Cotton, .Salt,
Fish, salted, Tobacco, leaf.
Grain of aH kludH, Tin,
Nails aud Spikes, Tar,
Pitch,       ' Whiskey.
Plaster, For further luformatlflu, apply to
K. J. 8NEEDEB, Freight Agout. Phila.
B. K.BOICE, Freight Agent, Colnmhia.
W. H. MYERS, Freight Agent, Lano'r.
aug 15
JOB PBINTING OF ALL KINDS,
From the largest Foatar to the amalleat Cord
DONE AT THIS OFFICE,  in the BEST STYLE, with great despatcb.-and at the lowest prices.
S:^UAin)BlLLS for tbe sale of BsAL ob PBBao.tAJ. Pbopxrtt, printed oa f^m 0N£ to TH£KS UOUUS HO: ICK. DOT 15-tr-«
DIVIDEND.
Fjuucbxs* Bask op Lancaster, > HontM9Ex3,]867.t
THE DIRECTORS have this day de- blared a dividend of one dollar and fifty cents per ahara, payable oa detDand. H. B. KEED, Cash,
nov 11-31-60
bofifrpm 6tI1 uiooiatlonaJ
the flnMt oatflfi.
DIVIDEND,
LABCASTES C0II5TT BAKE, ) SOTB3fBaL3d,1857.(
THE DIRECTORS have this day de¬ clared, a dlrldead of three per cent oa th« capital ¦lock paid in, payabl* on demand.
W.L.PKFER, . ' nov*U-St-eo . CaiUtr.
3m-37
LEA & PERKINS*
Celebrated Worcestershire Sauce.
PaONODNCED BY
CONNOIESEUKS
TO BE THE
OiNliY GOOD SAUCE.
ADD APPLICABLB  TO
EVERYVARIETY OF DISH.
EXTRACT
of a Letter from a
Medical Gentleman,
At MADRAS,
TO niS  BROTHER
at
IgjBflgg WoncKSYKE. May, *5I.
¦ — ^ "Tell LEA k PER- RINS that tbelr Sauce in highly eiiteemed In India,, and Is, in my opinlon,,the most pala¬ table an well aa the most wbolctomeSance tbat Is made.
THE only 3Iedal awarded by the Jury of the New York Esbibltlon for Foreign Sauces, was obtained by LEA k PKKBINS for their WORCES¬ TERSHIRE SAUCE, tha world wide fame of which having led to numerous Imitations, purcbaeers are ear- neatly requested to »ee that the names of "LEA k PBRBIN8 ' are Impressed upon the Bottle and Stopper, and printed upoa the labels. 5:y- Sole Wholesale AgeaU for the Oalted States. JOHN DDNCAN 4 SONS. 405 Broadway, N. Y. A stock always In store.   Also, orders received for direct shipment from Ensland.     ^m»y_e-ly-33
«ioia'yeab,
AYS FOR BOARDING, Washing,
' FamiBhed Boom, InddeDUl SxpfloMs, and  GommoQ Eofflish at
Fort Sdward iiutitute, JTew York,
saptib brick baUdlaga, bwnlUallr locatad, on Ui. lUU- road, near Saratoga Bprloga- Pacnjty, TwontT Profea- BOra and Teaeban. j5iploaia« awarded to Ladla. vbo KKdoatQ. WiDtar Tern) upenB December 4tl). 1857.— Sand for a Catalogn* lo Bar. JA8. E. EIRO, aepl a3.|y.« FrlQdpaL
HOVER'S LIQUID HAIE DYE.
THIS HAIR DYE needs onl^ a trial t(i satiefy all of its perfection as a Dye. and tbe fol¬ lowing testimonial from tbat eiulnent Analytic Chem- Ut, Profeaaor Booth, of the U. 6. Mint, will only confirm whal tboui-ands have previously borne testimony to. •' LABOR.\TOKY FOR PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY " St. Stephen's Place. Philadelphia, February, Vlth, 1857., "Beinfcwell  adquainted wilb the substance com'po. rXof; Hover's Liquid Hair Dye, 1 am flatisfled that by following thp niiuple directions given for its use, It will uot injure tbe Hair or Sklu, but will give a natural and durable color to the Hair. |
JAMES C. BOOTH. Analytic Chemist." HOVER'S WRITING INKS, Including Howr's Fluid, and HoTfr'a/TMfc/ii/cJTtJfcJ, are too well known and In¬ troduced to require any additional testimony of their character. The sales have been Increasing since their firsttntrodactiott, giving evidence tbat the articles truly poMseBH thai iatrinslc merit claimed at first for them by tbe Manufacturer.'
Orders, addressed lo tho Manufactory, No. 416 RACE street, above FODRTH, (old No. 144,) Philadelphia, will receive prompt attention by
JOSEPH E. HOVER, Manufacturer. april 16     _   _ly-20
" Earle'a Galleries of Paintings,
816   Chesnut st., opposite the  Girard House, PHILADELPHIA.
LOOKING GLASS WaBKROOMS AND REPOSITORY OF ART.
ENGRAVINGS, PAINTINGS, FOR- trait aud Picture Frames, iu every variety, of the lateiit origiuals and European Patterns.
Fier Tables, CoiuoIb, Brackets and Cornices.
The most axlenslve and elegant assortment of
LOOSING  GLASSES.
Of aubstautialworkmanshlp.and at AUCTION PRICES.
Gold Medal awarded by the Maryland Instllnte. 1856.
Highest Preralom awarded by tbe Franklin InHtltote
i»d. James b. earle,
816 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia. I[3"Gl&«»e8 packed aud injured to all parts of the country. sop 23 3m-43
Great Chance to make Money.' The best ond most certain speculation of ihe
Times. ^-ONLY ONE DOLLAR PER SHARE. ,^
17ORTV THOUSAND dollars wortkof "^ valuable Real Estate, Watches, Jewelry, Silver, and Sil'-er Plated Ware, with ft great variety of Fancy and Staple Goods; lobe dlnpoiied of In forty thousand BhareH, at one dollar per hhare as follows:—Upon tbe pavmeut of ooQ dollar, I will send the payer a numbered receipt, which wilt entitle him to ooeuhare In tb» above andlvided property, when the shares shall have been void. Tbe Mhareboldere abaU be notified of the fact, by mxil, or Ibrongh the Newepapete, and a meeting of the Shareholders shalt then be held In the City of Pblla¬ delpbia, and the whole of tbe property disposed of or distributed among them; In such way as sball be de¬ termined upon bj them; each Shareholder snail be en- ililed to one vote; a Commlltea to be selected by tho Sbareholdere at said meeUng, to coadoet or superin¬ tend the disposition of the property, according to the directions ofthe Shareholders, and I will then deliver the property to such person or persons as the Share¬ holders may appoint to receive the same. The Real Estate conslbU of one three atory brick dwelling houae and lot, valued at $2,500, aud two three st'iry brick dwelling bouses and lota, situated lo the Clty«f Phila¬ delphia, valued at A3,700 each, clear of all Incumbrance and title Indisputable; ihe other property eonulsts of the whole stock and fixtures of one of the largest Watch aud Jewelry Stores Iu the City of Philadelphia, now, and for a long time past kept by ihe subscriber. Tbe stock consisting of very fine Gold aud Silver Hunting Case Lever Watches, very fine Gold and Silver Patent Lever, Leplne and other Watches, Gold Chains. Pencils Seals, Lockets, Ear Rings, Brooflhen, Bracelet*, Diamond and other Rings and Pins. Studs. Slaeva Boitone Ac, io Gold Sliver, and Steel Speoiacles, Gold aud Silver Thimblet*, Silver and Silver Plated Ware, couslsilng of Tea Sot.. Castors, Cake Baskets, Cnpa, Spoons, Kulves Forkft. Jcc, ka.. also Francb CJoeka. Music Box* «s Accordtfons, and a great variety of other goods. The above is not one of those schemes which are de¬ vised to entrap the unwary, but is aud will be a fair saleoftbs entire property belonging Co tbe aabscriber, pdrsoDs are positively anBored the stock has not imeu pnrcbar-ed f<<r tbe purpose of deception, and to palm oft Common Gilt and Plated Jewehy, for fine Gold, none auch will be dlsirlbnted, the most respectable persous are given as references, to those disposed lo purchase sbarett. All orden by Hall ancloslng the money will be promptly attended to, aud receipts forwarded to the address of the sender, byreturn mall. Auy person send*, ing ten dollars at one time, shall leeeive eleven nepe- tate receipts. In as many seperato names if desired.
£$~Iu.«riting for shares, pIsaMS write the name of tbe Post Office, to which you wish the answer directed. Thla In the greatest chance of getting a large amount of Taluable propertv, for a small sum, as has never before been offered to tho public. Send on your orders, »a shares are ¦ellinR rapidly, and 11 is confidently expect¬ ed tbe distribution will soon be made.
Anicles allotted to persons at a distance, wlllbo Bent to them at their expense.
t^^Agrtnu wanted In every town aud village. All Communications must bo addrsoued to
L K. BROOMALL.
No 30 South Second Street, above Chesnut, Pblladel¬ pbia. *ng 12-9m-37
JAMES MIT TON* S
WSOLesALE ASD HBTAIL
TEA   WAREHOUSK
CHESNUT STREET, NO. X29, '
(OaE DOOR BELOW BMOSD.)      '        GSfT^^v
PHILADELPHIA. f-'i'-'vi
DEALER IN TEA & COFFEE EXOLUSIVELT.BiS-^'d
ES-Ia Store, and constantly rflcal7iD;r. Choice*.liAJ=«
Selections ot FINS TEAS OF THE LATEST UIPORT'a-
Tiorrs.   Which will be sold at tho Lowest Cash prices.
i one 3 ly.?7
^PLEKUID GIFTS
AT  439   CHESNUT   STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
The Origiiial Gift Book  Store.
rj.    G.  KVANS would inform  his
V7* friends and the public, that he has removed hi:^ Star Gift Bookstore and Publishing House, u> the fplun- dtd store In Brown's Iron Balldlng.439 Chesnut itr«"'(. two doors below fifth, where tbe purchaser of t-Hch book win receive oae of the following gifts, valued a: from 15 cents to ?100, consisting of Gold Watches. Jew¬ elry, kc,
6jO Patent English Lever Gold Watches, «I00 OOeach.
550 Patent Anchor do. do. 60 00    "
400 Ladles' Gold Watches, 18k. caaes, 35 00    "
600 Silver Lever Watches, warraoted, 15 00    "
600 Parlor Timepieces, jo 00    "
500 Cameo Sets, Ear Drops and Plus, 10 00    "
600 Ladles' Gold BraceleU, $5 00 te 12 00    "
SOOQenu Vest Chains, 10 00    ¦'
1,000 Gold Lockets, (large size double case,)    3 00    "
2,000 Gold Lockets, (small size.) 3 on    >¦
1,000 Gold Pencil Casris, with Gold Pens,        6 00    "
l.OOO Extra Gold Peos with casea and holders 10* 0    "
2,500 Gold PencUs, (Ladies') 2W)    "
2,600 Gold Tens, with Silver Pencils, 2 60    "
2,500 Ladies' Gold Pens, with cases 1 50    "
6,600 Gold Rings, (Ladies') 1 OO   "
2,000 Gent's Gold Kings, 2 75    "
2,500 Ladles* Gold BreastpluB, • 2 50    "
3,500 Misses' Gold BreaslpinB. l 50    "
3,000 Pocket Knives. 75    "
2,000 Sets Gent's Gold Bosom Slnds, 3 OO    "
2,000       do. do.    t^Ieevo Buttons, 3 00    "
2,000 Pairs Ladles' Ear Drops, 2 60    *'
8,000 Ladles' Pearl Card Cases, 6 00    '•
15,000 Ladies' Cameo, Jet or Mosaic Pins, 6 00    "
•J.500 Ladiea' Cameo Shawl and Ribbon I'lns,  3 50   ¦'
fi.OOO Fetrldge's Balm of a Thousand Flowers,   50    -
EVANS' new Catalogue contains all tba most popnlnr books of the day. and til* ti»w«.i pabllcations. all ot which will be sold aslow as cau be obtained at other storoa. A complete catalogueof books sent free, by ab- pllcatlon through the mail, by addressing
G. O. EVANS, 439 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia. Agents wanted In every town in the United Sutes.— Tbbse desiring BO to act can obtain full particulars by addreifiDg as above.
K. B.—Inconsequence of the money crisis and nu¬ merous failures, the aabscriher baa been enabled 10 purchase from assignees an Immense stock of books, embracing every department of literature, at pricnr* which win enable him to give 8600 worth ofthe above gifts on every $1000 worth of hooka sold.
K^An extra Book, with a gift, will be sent  to  e.^cb
person ordering TEN BOOKS to be sent to one addre=>"
by Express. '
Sij* Send for a Cataluguc. nov 4-3m-4!l
MITCH:ELir& CHOASDAIiB^~ SUPKK-PHOSPHAXK OF  LIMK.
THE subscribers iufonii   DEALERS and FARMERS that they have now ou hand a full supply of
SaPER-PHOSPUATE OF LIME,
And confidently recommend it ax superior lo any Iu the market, at tbe lowest ni.-irkel rates.
MITCHELL & CHOASDALE, No. 104 Nortb Wharves. Hbov« Arch rI., Pnii,AyKi.pfiiA. 53"Parmers can load ou Arch  street and  avoid lhr> crowded Wharf. cup 2'3m-40
The Welcome Visitor.
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COSDEN k COMPANY, Publishers, No. .IS North Seventh St., (up btaini,) PHILADELPHIA, april S ly-I9
J>AYS . Fnol I iUoa In G
Prifltiig Paper for sale attbisoffiee
WHBATLEY'S
ARCH   STUKET   THEATKK
ARCH STREET ABOVE SIXTH,
PHILADELPHIA
THK STAR CO.MPANY, cnmposei Of the first Artistes in the world, and exceHlnRin Strenfcth and Talent any Dramttlc combination hereto¬ fore offered lo the Theatrical Public, will appear evrry night In ComedVi Tragedy, Serio-Comic Drama, Vaudo- villes. Musical Burlettas, Ac, kc. JC^ When visiiiDit the City, go there.  _ -oet 14-tr-tS
IMPOBTANT DISCOVERY.
A CHIMNEY possessing all the re¬ quired requisites, and applicable to Dwellings. Factories, Steamboats and any pOGlttun  where needr*d.
Thebeneflts resulling by the use of this Improvt)- mont. are ¦-—
A good draft in all kinds of weather.
A saving of fuel from IwcjUu lo twenty-five per cent.
A saviT^ of three-fourths of heat now wasted.
A p^rfeh means of Ventilation.
A perfect protection against Jirc from ignilion with tht joist.
C/teapness in the erection of new Chimneys, not requir¬ ing half tbe number of hrickr and saving oue'half tbu space In a room taken np by the ordinary chimney.
For Factoxie.^ 30 to 40 feat In height only required to give a powerful draft for steam and other purposi^.
The Punia Pa4;eiit Chimney and Ven¬ tilator Company, No. 318 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia, aro now prepared to furnish this very valuable improve¬ ment guarauteeing it to give satisfaction, whnn put  up by them, or In compliance with their loBtructions.
N. B«—The company desire to obtain tome guoJ agents to uke charge ofthe selling of this improve¬ ment in this city and couuty. For further Informatioa address the SecroUry, H. W. 8AFF0RD,
_oct^2R.ly^S ^ _   ."ilS Cbosnut Street. Philadelphia
~'   ijOTSAY^&lBliAKISTOK^S CHEAP IJOUK STOKE.
BOOKS SOLD AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. All Bank Notes  Taken at Par.
FOLLOWING  USEFUL an.l
ACTIFCL Books are for sale at thlo Esiu.bli'.b-
^ent.
WATSON'S CAMP FIRES OF THE AMERICAN REVO¬ LUTION, with Fifty Original lUustralions by CrA,.mB. 8 vo. Price, $2 00,
PROCTOR'S ILLUSTRATED  HISTORY OF THE CRU¬ SADES, contaiuiug over LW llluelrations. I vol. Svo. Price, 32 00.
STORK'S ILLUSTRATED LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER. IB Illustrations.   Royal $vo. Price, $\ ,io
MISS MAY'S AMERICA.V FEMALE POETS, with Bio¬ graphical and Critical notices and nelectionsfrom their writings.   Octavo edition.   Nine Steel Plates.
Price. S2 00
DB. BETBUNE'S BRITISH FEMALE POETS, wllh Bio- fraphtcal and Critical  notices wltb selections from their writings.   Octavo edition.   Nine Steel Plates. Price. $2 OO-
WATSON'S NEW DICTIONARY OF POETICAL QUO¬ TATIONS, cousiatlng of Elegant Extracts on evory subject, compiled from various authors, aod arranged under appropriate beads. Octavo edition. Nine Si^tel Plates. Price, $2.iH>.
WELD'S SACRED POETICAL QU0T.\TIONS, or Scrip- tura Themes and Thoughts as paraphrased by the Poeta.    Octavo edition.   Nine Steel Plates.
Price. $2 00.
THE WOMEN OF THE SCRIPTURES. EightlUuaira- tlons on Steel.    Octavo.   Full Cloth, gilt hacks.
Price, $1 JO
SCENES IN THE LIFE OF THE SAVIOUR.   Ei;thl II-
lualratlouit on Stetf.   Oc(a»o.   Full cloth, gl(t backs.
Price. 81.60.
THE CHRISTIAN'S DAILY DELIGHT, with Eight lUns- trations on Steel.   Octavo.   Cloth, gilt backs.
Price. 81 50.
SCENES JN THE LIVES OF THE APOSTLES, with Eight Illustrations un Steel. Octavo. Cloth, gilt backs. Price, SI 50.
SCENES IN THE LIVES OF THE PATBIARCBS AND PROPHETS. Illustrated by Bight Steel Plates — Octavo.    Cloth.gilt backs. Pricft. Si 60.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO AGENTS. The most   Liberal Inducements  are   Offered
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LINDSAY k BLAKISTON. Publlshera and Booksellers, 26 South Sbcth Street abi.vo Chesnut, PHILADELPHIA, oct 2S 4m-i8
"Fnll Stock of Fall Dry Goods.
Ei'KE & LANDELL, FOUKTH and ARCE STREETS. PHILADELPEIA. respectfully request Cash Buyers to examine a fine stock of Seasona¬ ble Goods, adapted to Best Pennsylvania Trade, ^Full Line of Fall Press Goods.
New designs of Fall Shawls.
Eioh Silks of Newest Styles.
CK>od Blaok Silks of all widths.
4 Cases assorted Frenoh Uerinoea.
7   "     Foil de Chevws, New Goods.
Britiah and American Dark Prints.
SatinettS; Gassimeres, Cloths and Vestings- .   Uaslha, Lisena,FUmielB,BIankets,&o.,£o>
If B.^-^aflUaaBurU]uftomKewYoikaad this City dally nealTfld. FartleoUr attanUou given to Country orden for DfdrablsGoo^li—TxKiiB Kxrr Cams.
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STATTPFER & HAEI.EY, CHEAP   WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
WHOLESALE AND  RETAIL, At the '»Philadelphia W»tcb and Jewelry Store."
No. 148 (Old No. 90) North Second Street, Corner of Quarry, Philadelphia.
Gold Lever Watches, full Jewelled. IScarelcases... $28 00
Gold Leplne, Jfl caret,   24,00
Silver Lever.fQil JeweUed,    12oO
Silver Leplne, Jewels     9.00
Superior Quartiers,     7.00
Gold Spsetacles,     700
Pla» Sllverdo      ] ciO
Gold Bracelala     3.00
Lady'aGold PencUs     1,00
Silver Tea Spoons, set, ,    300
Gold Pens, with PencU aud Silver holder,     1 00
Gold PlDger Rings 87J£ cts. to  $60; Watch O'ft
plain \iii cu., patent ISJ£, LnuetBS; other artiolas ta proportloa. AU goods warranted to be what they tr* •old for. 8TAU7FSB A HABLST.
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