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Spring Fashions for Gentlemen.

We shall make no apology for in
Producing an occasional paragraph in
this department on gentlemen's dress.
Most ladies are interested in the per-
sonal appearance of some of the lords
of the creation, and will not object to
some data upon which to base their
criticisms.
A we'll dressed man is more rare to
be seen than a well dressed woman,
simply because the male costume is
not susceptible of artistic effects.
Pantaloons are very useful gar
ments, apart from the authority they
are supposed to confer on the wearer,
but they certainly are not ornamental,
The skirt, the mantlla, the robe, are
all decorative and beautiful if worn
properly, because flowing and easily
grouped into tablcaus, if we may so
express it.
The dress of gentlemen has under
gone some modification this season,
which have materially improved it.
That melancholy looking garment
nick-named the Shanghai has well
nigh disappeared, and given place to.
the Raglan much more becoming
and convenient style.
Coatsare made single-breasted, and
cut away an arrangement that dis.
plays the vest and fob-chain to great
advantage.
Vests are generally made Of cassi-
mere and silk, bat the pretticst we
have seen is the challey the ground u
a mixture Of white and brown with a
little palm leafsprig. There are some
delicately beautiful patterns in Mar.
settles.
Pantaloons are made to eft" not
too tight or too loose. The material
is generally cashmere, in dark colors
and very narrow stripe, and almost
invisible plaids.
Dark silk or satin cravats, with
crimson or dark blue sprigs, are CONNIE
| IL tam.
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10

CATCHING ELEPHANTs.-The manner
of catching them is simple enough,
and with the stealthy, cat-like pecn-
liarities of the Moormen of Ceylon, is
attened with little danger. When a
herd has been discovered, in which
there are young ones, they watch them
till midday, when they are either
drowsy or asleep; then creeping up
behind with ropes, fasten their legs to-
gether; they then set up loud yeIls to
brighten away the old ones. The
course of education afterward pursued
is very simple. but speedy and efec-
tive; they are left tied, with no water
or food, for three or four days, when
these requisites are administered as
sparingly as possible; in a week they
become SO tractable as to kneel down
at the word of command.
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10

There is as much credulity amongst
the interpretations as amongst the SUI
perstitious, only it is of another kind.
All elevated minds are more or less
tinged with superstition; the inferior
animals have none; the housebreaker
that creeps by night into your dwell
ling, has none; the murderer that walks
in darkness with his knife and spade,
has none. The poet lives in supersti-
ton; all his inspiration is associated
with spiritual being; that gives him
power and influence. The scofer is
always lower in the scale, and his
credulity is merely the credulity of an
other hemisphere of Thought. Wisdom
believes in both hemispheres.
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10

The OLDEST CHIME IN THE UNIoN.-
The chime of bells in Christ Church
Boston, Mass, was first rung on the
3lst of December, 1854, and has an.
nounced the approach of each success
sive year for a century. 1t is said that
the man who put up the bells, and who
had come over in the same vessel with
them, refused any compensation for
his labor, but requested that they
might be tolled mufled at his death,
which was accordingly done in his
case, and also in that OF his wife.
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10

How TO BUILD A Harry HoME.-Six
things are requisite. Integrity must
be the architect, tidiness the upholster.
1t must be warmed by affection, light
ed up with cheerfulness, and industry
must be the ventilator, renewing the
atmosphere, and bringing in fresh sa-
lubrity day by day; while over all, as
a protecting canopy and glory, nothing
will suffice except the blessing Of God.
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VOLUME l..
Gbemiutbester appeaI
IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY ny
GEO. E, PURVIS AND VIM. J. SLATER.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
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TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE;
TWO AND A HALF IF IN SIX MONTHS;
THREE AT THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR.
FROM THE LOUISVILLE JOURNAL.
LIFE
is PUBLISHED WEEKLY ny

LIFE.
Our human life is like summer day.
First morn with rosy flush comes stealing
Der all the orient sky, and forest birds
With plumage bathed in light and glad.
dest songs
Fill all the trembling air. The blue
waves leap
And sing and sparkle in the morning
breeze:
The tall old trees lift high their waving
TO catch the glorious sunshine in their
Embrace. The dim tall hills afar are
bathed
In mellow light, and circled round with
mists
OF yellow, golden clouds. From out his
nest
The lisht.wing'd lark mounts up to battle
his plumes
In Pushes of the early day-and this
Is naorn-without cloud--yet passing
Fen as a summer dream.
Then cometh NOM.
The soft low winds lie still. The spring.
ing lark
Hath furled his weary wing-the droop'
ing leaves
Amid the hot and sultry air give back
An echo to the winds that erewhile played
And wantoned mid the trees. The 10.
Gusts song
OF loneliness is hushed. The tiny waves
That leaped and sang beneath the morn.
ing light
Are motionless and mute. The fiery sun
Holds empire over all, and like king
Sits on its burning throne. ard this i.
noon.
4 quiet camness lieth over all.
But soon the sultry noon goes by. The
day
Fades slowly from the quiet earth, and
night
Draws with her sombre shadows nigh ant
soon;
The purple twilight gath'reth DER the
land
And wave and tree and leaves and din
old hills
Fade slowly from the sight-then over all
Night folds her gloomy pail.
ind such is life!
Youth with its joyous thoughts and sunny
hopes,
And light, fond dreams Of happiest days
to come!
Yet passing, oh ! how soon-then ripel
years,
With all their weight of sober though
and care
Then quickly-when the sultry noon o.
Seems scarcely fed-the dusty evening
draws
With stealthy footstep nigh.
Yet through them all
Amid the morm's bright glow-the moon'l
fierce 6 are
The twilights purple tinge-and mid the
gloom
And darkness of the weary night-a voice
OF gladness whispers to the earnest hear
That when the gloom hath passed away
the morn
Shall dawn DER earth that hath no cloud
and night
Shall gather DER the soul no more.
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10

The following method for remedy
ing smoky chimneys is recommended
in the London Critic: "A revolving fan
is placed vertically in the opening Of n
small, compact, moving cowl, fixed on
the chimney top. The gentlest cur
rent of air sets this fan in motion, Gre
ating an upward draught in the chin
ney- preventing the return of smoke,
gaseous vapours, ETC., into the apart
ment, and also of the falling scot and
rain.
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10

A New MEAsURE.-Six show dye
dos make one acquaintance; two &C
quaintances make one invitation; three
invitations make one friendship; two
friendships make one avowal Of feel.
ing; one avOwal of feeling makes one
marriage; one marriage makes any
quantity of children; and any quantity
of children makes one poor.
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10
SPARKLING SUNDAY NIGHT.
Sitting in the corner,
On a Sunday eve,
Wifh q lamar Gnnor

Sitting in the corner,
On Sunday eve,
With taper finger
Resting on your sleeve;
Star'lit eyes are casting
On your face their light;
Bless me this is pleasant
Sparkling Sunday night!
How your heart is humping
'Gainst your Sunday vest
How wickedly tits working
On this day of rest;
Hours seem but minutes
AS they take their flight;
Bless me ! amt it pleasant
Sparkling Sunday night
Dad and nam are sleeping
On their peaceful bed,
Dreaming Of the things
The folks in meeting said.
Glove ye one another !"
Ministers recite;
Bless me! don't we do it
Sparkling Sunday night!
One arm, with gentle pressure,
Lingers round her waist,
You squeeze her dimpled hand,
Her pouting lips you taste;
She freely slaps your face,
But more in love than spite;
o, thunder amt it pleasant
Sparkling Sunday night
But bark I! the clock is striking
It's two o'clock, swum,
As sure as Pm a sinner,
The hour to 60 has come,
You ask, with spiteful accents,
If "that old clock is right? ?"
And wonder if it ever
Spanked on Sunday night.
One, two, three sweet kisses,
Four, five, six you hook
But thinking that you rob her,
Give back those you took;
Then, as forth you hurry
From the fair ones sight,
Don't you wish each day was
Only Sunday night!
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lie is alone wise who can accom-.
MEDIATE himselfto all the contingencies
of life; but the fool contends, and is
struggling like swimmer against the
stream.
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10

There is no secret in the heart which
our actions do not disclose. The most
consummate hypocrite cannot at all
times conceal the workings of his,
mind
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10
In Debt and5out of Debt.

vi what q hlde0uS progeny OF Ill is
debt the father! What meanncss,
what invasion of self respect. what
cares, what double dealing! How,
in due season. it will carve the frank,
open face into wrinkles, how, like a
knife, it will stab the honest heart
How it has been known to change a
goodly face into mask of brass; how
with the damned custom ofdebt, has
the man become the callous trickster!
A freedom of debt and what nourish-
ing sweetness may be found in cold
water; what toothsomeness in dry
crust; what ambrosial nourishmcnt
in hard egg. Be sure oft, he who
dimes out of debt, though his meal be
a buiscuit and an onion, dimes in '.the
Apollo" And then for raiment-
what warmth in a thread bare coat, if
the tailor's receipt be in your pocket!
what Tyrian purple in the faded wais-
coat, the vest not owed for! How
glossy the we'll worn hat if it cover
not the aching head of a debtor! Next
the home sweets, the out door recrea-
ton of the free man. The street door
falls not a knell on his heart; the foot
on the staircase, though he live on the
third pair sends no SPANS through his
anatomy; at the rap of his door he
can crow forth, come in,' and his pulse
still beat beautifully, his heart not sink
in his bowles. See him abroad.
How he returs look for look with any
passenger, how he saunters; how meet
ing an acquaintance, he stands and
g's FPS.
But then, this man knows not debt
debt, that casts drug into the rich
est wine, that makes the food of the
gods unwholesome; indigestible; that
sprinkles the banquet of LuculIus
with ashes, and drop SCOT into the soup
of an Emperor; debt, that like the
moth makes valueless furs and velvets
Enclosing the wearer in fostering
prison, Qhe shirt of Ncssus was shirt
not paid forD debt, that writes upon
frescocd walls the handwriting of the
attorney; that puts voice of terror in
the knocker; that makes the heart
quake at the haunted freside; debt
that invisible demon that walks
abroad with q man, now ,uickcning
his steps, now making him look on all
sides like hunted beast, and now bring
ing to his face the ashy hue of death
as the unconcious passenger looks
g'ancing upon him. Poverty is bitter
draught yet may-and sometimes with
advantage-be gulped down. Though
the drinkcr make wry faces, there
may, after all, be a wholesome bitter.
ness in the cup. But debt, however
courteously it be offered, is the cup Of
a syren, and the wine, spiced and de-
licious though it be, is poison. The
man out of debt, though with flaw in
his jerkin,' a crack in his shoe leather
a hole in his hat, is still the son Of
liberty, free as the singing lark above
him, but the debtor, though clothed
in the utmost bravery, what is he bu
serf on a holiday--a slave--to BIZ
reclaimed at any moment by his own
err, the creditor! My son, if poor, SET
the wine running spring, let thy moutl
water at least a weeks rool, think {
thread bare coat the "only wear,
and acknowledge a white washed
garnet the finest housing place for ;
gentleman. Do this, and flee debit
So shall thy heart be at peace and The
sheriff confrmed-Douglas Je7vld.
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10

The following sell,says an exchange.
came off few days since not many
miles from an eastern village:
Two gentlemen fishing-sharp boy
appears.
Boy-Well, sir, got any bites'
Gent-Unconcerned) Lots ot'em.
Boy-Y-a-a-s, under your hatl
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10

When men grow virtuous in theiI
old age, they are merely making
sacrifice to God of the devils leavings
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10

Deliberate with caution, but act
with decision; and yield with gracious
ness, or oppose with frmness.
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The New Bedford (Mass.) Mercury
states that during the last few days sis
persons have died in that city from the
uscof liquors sold at cheap aog shops
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10

Adversely has the effect of eliciting
talents, which, in prosperous circum-
stances, would have lain dormant.
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10

He who can take advice, is some
times superior to him who can give it.
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10

Alteration is a greater enemy to the
face than the small pox.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-11-21
A Whispering Gallery

For all who have arrived at their Ears
Of Discretion:
He who plays at oaustic wit often
burns his fingers.
Don't stretch your legs beyond your
carpet.
The blind man shouldn't attempt to
catch flies.
A good natured friend is often but
an enemy in disguise.
The Future blights more regulations
than ever il ripens.
A pigmy placed on a pedestal is on
ly greater pigmy still.
Get your money ready before get
ting out of an omnibus, and before
getting into chancery.
Superstitions would soon die, If so
many old ladies' would not act as nur-
ses to keep them alive.
We expend more time, money and
expense in conciliating a man we fear,
than we do in obliging one that we
love.
Beware Of marrying woman who
does not sew. is not fond Of reading.
and cannot play on the piano. Rest
less and unoccupied, she is continual
ly moving abroad to seek the amuse-
ment she lacks at home.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-11-21
[From the New Albany Tribune.
Letter. from A. @. Patrick.

MrLroN GREoo, Eso.-,Sir: In one
Of my previous letters / was mistaken
in saying that the Grand Jury had ad
iournod. That body Is still in ses.
sion. daily finding bills Of indictment
against Free State men. presum,
il will continue doing so for at least q
month TO come.
The Court, Judge Lecompt presi'
ding, progresses rather slow with bu-
siness. Several of our number, other
than those connected with the Hickory
Point affair, have been tried and &C.
quilted, but no sooner were they dis
charged than they were again arres.
ted on other charges. l think from
what | can see and hear. there Is nc
likelihood Of our getting out Of pris.
on this winter, unless either the Presi.
dent or Governor interieres in our be.
half. an interposition altogether un.
likely.
The murder case at Hickory Point,
Of which eighty-seven Of us are in
dicted, will be brought up in a day or
so. On the part Of the prosecution,
witnesses are plenty, and ready to
swear to almost anything, judging
from what they have testified to here
tofore.
Lecompton. although the Terrific
rial Capital, is one-horse town. II
contains twenty or thirty buildings,
about equally divided between cotton
wood houses and log huts. The situ-
alton Of the place Is one of the mean
est l have seen in the Territory
among lot Of hills and deep ravines,
Drunken rows and fst.fghts are al
most daily occurrence. On Friday
last there was q grand spree upon the
part Of thirty or forty Miss issippians,
who had just arrived in the Territory
II was quite dear introduction to
some to border-rutfian society and
manners. Pistols. knives, and clubs
were freely used, and many came out
Of the spree with cut heads and other
bodily injuries. No arrests. Of course.
were made by the officers.
II Is just six weeks to-day since we
were arrested. The "subduing" pro-
cess under which we have passed, has
not in the least changed our deter
mination to vote for Free State man.
lncarcerate US ten years and We would
still prefer free soil and free speech to
that Of slavery. We are "imprison-
ed" but not conquered" and hope
yet to get clear of our political prose
cutors. A fair show Is all wo want,
and Kansas freemen by their voice,
will proclaim at the ballot-box schat
icas dedicated 10 freedom shall be. free
forever.
The Governor has been absent eight
days. He is now down in the. South
ern part Of the Territory on "hunt-
ing expedition-game, Free State
men. He has about 200 U. s. troops
with him. Yours, &C.,
A. G. PATRICK.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-11-21
ArloM AGRICULTURE AMD THH sEsT INTERESTS or SOCIETY,"
WHOLE NUMBER l245.

he again mounted the barrel and
said:
dentlemen-I am going to ask you
for three cheers, the request for which
may seem singular. but II comes right
straight from my heart. When Anson
Burlingame made his memorable
speech in the House of Representa-.
tives at Washington, Il was nv fortune
to offer him my arm and say to him,
that II there was any fighting TO be
done between that hall and the hotel.
wanted to do IL for him. TCheers.
Gentlemen | want three cheers for the
Hon. Anson Burlingame. TThe
cheers were given in a rousing man
ner. Now three cheers for Hon. r.
l. Burbank. Senator from Suffolk
county.
To this call the crowd promptly res
ponded. and both gentlemen retired
amid the deafening cheers Of the null
titude. After the crowd had partially
dispersed. Major Poor was driven to
the American House In baroucee.
where he remained for an hour, for the
purpose Of taking some slight repose.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-11-21

AcTIoN OF SUGAR ON THE TEETH
The Charleston Is. C.) Medical Jour
nal states that M. Larez, in the course
of his Investigations on the teeth, ar
rived at the following conclusions:
ist. Refined sugar, from either
cane or beet, is injurious to healthy
teeth, either, by Immediate contact
with these organs or by the gas devel.
oped, owing to its stoppage in the
stomach.
Cd. If tooth is macerated in a sat-
uated solution Of sugar, il is SO much
altered in the chemical composition
that it becomes gelatinous, and its en-
amel opaque, spongy and easily bro
ken.
Sd. This modification is due, not to
free acids, but to tendency Of sugar
to combine with the calcareous basis
of the tooth.
The foregoing conclusions are COR
rect, and candies and condiments
should be avoided. They should be
kept from children especially. II is
well known that maple sugar renders
the teeth tender and sensitive.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-11-21
The Young Printer.

When quite youth, Franklin went
to London, entered a printing Office,
and inquired il he could get employ
ment as aprinter.
"Where are you from?" asked the
foreman.
America, SIR"
"Ahl" said the foreman, "from
America?"
'Yes, SIR"
"a lad from America seeking en-
ploymen as printeri Well, do you
really understand the art Of printing?
Can yon set type?"
Franklin stepped to one of the cas-
es. and in very brief space set up
the following passage from the first
chapter of the Gospel by st. John.
Nathaniel saith unto him, can any
good thing come out of Nazareth
Phillip saith unto him,-Come and
see."
1t was done so quickly, so accurate
ly, and contained a delicate reproof SC
delicate and so powerful, that It al
once gave him character and standing
with all in the Office.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-11-21

III Lafayette told camp anecdote oi
the Revolution one morning at Presi-
dent Monroe's breakfast table, OF such
gout-(writes Writ to his friend Morris, }
that think Pope ought to have it in
his budget -
Hay asked him II Lord Stirling was
really nobleman by birth, or only q
lord by courtesy
The Marquis said he did not know how
that was, but that there never was lord
that was prouder of his title ; that no
one could say, "lord," or "lordship," IN
his hearing, but that he thought he was
the person spoken OF. In proof OF
which he stated that one of Strings
soldiers was sentenced to be snot for
some offence, and as the poor fellow was
going to lthe place of xecution, with
his hands manacled behind him, he rails
ed his eyes to heaven, and in the agony
of his despair, exclaimed,
"Oh. Lord, have mercy on mel"
Said Stirling, with all the importance
OF Jupiter, with both cheeks puffed up
with rage
an be id II | dow-imagining
that he alone could besthe object Of the
ejaculation.
It was exceedingly well told, and pro-
duced high effoct.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-11-21

%- We have no desire TO iniure
the molasses trade, but the New Lon.
don Chronicle states as fact, that a
Mr.. Richards, who keeps store on
the Hartford road, a few days since,
found in one of his empty molasses
hopsheads, human skeleton, the re-
mains no doubt Of a negro, who was
probably asleep in the hogshead when
Il wa, filed on the plantation.
We don't want to injure the whis-
XIV trade but must state it as fact
that. once upon a time, Dr.. Ackley,
of Cleveland, had consigned to him
frem Columbus. a large anaconda,
which belonged to cavern passing
through the State, but, having sicken-
ed and died, was sent to the DR.. for
the Museum of the Cleveland Medical
College. But it never reached Cleve-
land; and search being made, the cask
in which il was sent was discovered
in one of the unfinished rooms Of the
Neil House, Just then being completed.
Upon inquiry, it was discovered that
the carpenters and joiners at work on
the building. had found the cask in
one of the rooms, and, thinking il
would be a good joke to steal away
some fellows cask Of whisky, had
moved it to another room, tapped it.
and actually drank all the liquor
And there the snake was found in an
empty barrel. the whisky having all
gone down the throats Of the work
man. Upon this discovery. there was
some gagging and bad feeling in the
stomachs Of that lot Of imbibers.
Sandusky Register.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-11-21
Another Murder.

Our town was again shocked last
Sabbath morning with the awful news
that young man had been killed du-
ring the night previous-shot through
the heart--upon the Public Square--by
another young man--in drunken quar-
rel. The facts are briefly these: Hen
ry Bridgtord, residing short distance
north OF this place, was shot through
the lower left brest on Saturday night
last, at about IL O'Clock, by William
Ogle, residing a short distance south OF
town--the contents OF the deadly wea-
pom passing over the lower apex Of the
heart. The deed was committed in the
alley facing the public square, near
Smiths doggery. Bridgford staggered
across the Square. as far as Mollyneaux X
corner, where he fell. He died in about
five hours afterwards. Both parties
were drunk at the time of the fatal and
boldly act. 0gle was Immediately ar.
rested, had preliminary examination
before Esq. Crawford on Monday. and
was bound over to Court in the sum oi
$l000.-Or o. CIT.