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The s'sian OF Pieasure.D


The following graphic portrait of The "Man
Of Pleasuren is taken from sermon on
uChrisiian Manhood" delivered last Sunday
week, in New York, by Rev, MIR. Cuyler:-
~ trust thai no young man here will need
to be warned against that wreichedly false
idea of "manhoodn which is so rife in cer-
tain circles of this million peoped city. The
counterfeit "manhoodH os an oath snd--a
bottle of brandy and pack of cards--a box
in the theatre, and a bet on the race course.
Hundreds Of young men are constantly aspi.
ring 10 such badges of social nobility as
these You may zee these ambitious youths
ordering, with consequential swagger, their
wine suppers al the fashionable ''hells."-
You raay deteo, them al the midnight hour
pulling the door bells OF haunts of infamy,
AMI whispering false names through the iron
lattice you may discover an infdel book in
their trunk, locked up with an obscene print,
a revolver, a sporting calender, directory 10
brolhels, few French novels, and--no Bl.
BILE. Young women! beware Of such go
cisi serpents as these. They will enter your
houses as their sfathcfs" entered Eden, only
10 seduce and destroy. New York has her
full share Of these characters; they pass for
"men Of gaIlan,ry," 9men Of spirif,n "men
Of pleasure"
Every now and then there is a tremendous
explosion In our community, which blows
off The covering and'leis Us all look in nPon
the rotten heart Of certain siyie Of city life.
During The last week we have all been look
ing with CONSERVATION. We have stood in
the chamber whose walls were despatched
with blood, and have seen The bitter end of
career which cast of the sweet restraints
Of domestic purity for the poliuiing carcass
Of a "s,raags woman.n We have seen a
remarkable cluster gathering aronnd that
corpse, amid hysterical tear and ill-limed
menimeni. We have seen the unblashing
cour,esan ,sstifyiug against the .Hman OF plea
suren who had flung her aaile for other
spoil the Officer Of justice swearing 10 scenes
Of broii and bitterness in house where Gods
law Of marriage had been, tfampled under
fool and amid such suTfoundinga ne can
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C. III N A.

The eyes of the civilized world are al this
moment turned upon the Celestial Empire,
in consequence of the internal discord, the
bombarlmenl of several of their forts by the
American and English a eels, and the reported
destruction Of Canton by the latter. What ii
will amount to is an enigma that time alone
will solve; but We are. inclined 10 believe
that the star of the Tartar dynasty is on the
wane. as- 94f 81
China is the most populous and ancient
empire in the known world; il is 1890 miles
long, and 1890 wide; it's population is over
$50 ,000, 900. The capital Of this vast empire
is Pekin, which con aims at least one million
inhabitants. The chief product of The country
is lea, of which over $4,000 900 pounds are
annually exported from Canton, the principal
port OF shipping, aud the only place foreign
ers afs allowed 10 visit. All the necessaries
OF life, are found in abundance throughout the
county. The ars and manufactures are in
high state of perfection, but sationary--as
anything like improvement is totally prohib-
lied.
The foreign commerce of China amounts
10 about $40, ,00o, 900 annually, the whole of
which is transacted with appointed agents,
called Hong merchants. The revenue Of the
whole empire is estimated at 5000 1000, 600,
and The revenue derived from foreign COM
merce by The Emperor, varies from 81 ,oo0,-
600 10 Sc, 100000. p ~ '
Smuggling is carried on 10 a considerable
extent and for several years past, The English
have smuggled annually, at least $50, 900,
600 worth Of opium, much OF which was
paid for in specie. PhiIapthropists of the
whole civilized world, have long, without
avail, tried to put an end to this trade on ac-
count OF The grea. injury it does to the physi.
cal condition OF all who use it. The dying
scene OF confirmed opium chewer is hor-
rible picture.
The religion Of the Chinese is something
similar 10 Bhudism, their chief God being
FoB. This nation endsavots TO inculcate the
morality of CosFUcrus, their great philoso-
phef, who was born $50 B. e.
The great wall aud canal of China, are
among the mightiest works ever achieved by
man. The Chinese language has nearly 4o,-
600 letters, or characters. The chief trade Of
this country is wiki England. About thirty
United States vessels annually visit Canton.
The first American vessel that ever visited
that port, was in 17i4. ,eNa
The Chinese, like their neighbors, the ia
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Look at the Bright side.

Amau- with Ians f-ses - E,11;s ihe@,,asl
Of looking as Il You hadHg Eason ticket Cor
funerals Can't you find better name for
this world than "a vale of teas," ard 'tscene
of lribulalion :" If you canlt ii will do you
good 10 read letter which s,friend has just
furnished US. Il IS from wife in ,Massa-
chuselts 10 her husband in California. She
doesen', intend TO go ihroughAhe world with
au air as If
"Muffled drums were beating
Funeral marches TO the grave"
Here is The letter:
"My Dear Husband :--As ]. 10 some time
since you left US for California, l suppose
you woa,d be glad to hear how we are
getting along in your absence. lam happy
10 say we are all enjoying very good health
on the whole. Jus, at the present TWO Of lhe
boys have got the small poxt Amanda Jane
has got the typhus fever, Betsey is down
with The measles, Samuel ssi .heoked win
the COW The other day, and little Psler has
just cut off seven of his fingers with the
haichet. LIS grea. mercy that he didn't
chop them all of. With these irifine ex-
csp,ions, We are all well, and getting along
nicely. You needn't be at all anxious about
me.
Ialmost forgot 10 say that Sarah Matilda
eIoped last week with tid pedlar. Poor
girl she's been waiting for Ihe last len years
for chance, and Pm glad she's got married
at last. She needn't have taken The houble
10 elope though. She was a great eater !;
and find the baked beans don't go of near
so fast now as they did. The way that girl
would dip into lhs~Ak and beans was a
caution to the res, OF the family.
The COW took il INTO her head yesterday
iorun away, which was very fortunate, Pm
sure, for the barn caught fire and was con-
sumed. / was in hopes IFss.sST house
would go TOO, for it's very inconvenient, but
The wind was The wrong way, SO it didn't re-
ceve much injury.
Some boys broke into the orchard the
other day, and stripped all the fruit trees.
am glad Of il, for il they hadn't, | presume
the children would of made themselves sick
by eating too much.
Hoping that you enjoy yourself in califor-
MIA as well aswe do al home, remain your
affec,ionaie WIFE," 20
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Civilization in Turkey.

The Introduction of The French and English
among the Turks during the Russian war it
would seem, was 10 be productive OF some
good in the way of civilization in Turkey
Like the Celesiialn Empire, thai country
has been less influenced by lhe civilizing
tendencies of Tho rest of the world, with the
exception of Japan, than any olher race Of
people who exis, under any other organized
form of government.
Agencies of questionable character often
produce beneficial results 10 mankind.-
Christianity was introduced into China by
means of the "opium war;" at the point Of
the bayouet, and the march toward improve.
ment has since been percepiible both in the
social and moral condition of the natives
The European revolutions Of 1S4s, though
for the mos, part productive of no real bene-
6t TO those engaged, accomplished as they
were BY bloodshed and carnage, have been
the direct means of giving the people of
France greater religious toieration Than be-
fore enjoyed; while in Italy there is certainly
more freedom Of opinion than before.
We are glad to perceive that in Turkey
good is growing out Of evil. Religious toler-
alton is granted 10 all, il we are rightly inform
ed, and il is said that the Sultan is about to
abolish polygamy, that relic OF batbafism, by
first setting the. example to his subiec,s. 1t
Is stated on good authority that he has "psu.
stoned off" oil his wives save One, and has
disconiinnedth the Oriental practice OF COMPEL.
ing The women 10 appear In public only when
yelled. Leniency Is to be exercised towards
the Christians, or rnfdels, as they have been
cslled. The young ladies' OF Turkey will
doubtless be pleased with the privilege Of
being seen, like the fair sex of other lands.
The Turks are also said to be eager to rs-
ceive The customs Of the civilized world. The
war has introduced changes in the Turkish
Enssifa ,hieh lyill con.;asa nn.:l The lasl yes
tige of superstition, ideas and manners by
which the people have been enlhralled shall
have been obliterated. M .-. ..
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Moral laAuence OF a Literary Taste.

To young man away from home, friend
less and forlom, in great city, the hours of
peril are those between sunset and bedtime /;
for the mo on and stars see more of evil in a
single hour than the sun in his whole days
circuit. The poets visions of evening are
all compacteI of tender and soothing ima-
ges. 1t brings the wanderer TO his home, the
child 10 bis mothers arms. the OK 10 his stall,
and the weary laborer to his rest But, TO
lie genlle-hearled youth who is thrown upon
the rocks oil p;liless city, and Islands home.
less amid thousand homes" the approach
of evening brings with i, an aching sense OF
loneliness and desoiation, W hch comes down
upon the spirit like darkness upon the earth.
In this mood, his best impulses become a
snare 10 him, and he is led as,ray because he
is social, afeclioraie, sympathetic, and warm.
hearted. II there be young maa thus cir
cumstauced within the reach of my words,
Iet me say 10 him, that books are the friends
OF the friendless, and that u library is the
home of the homeless. A taste for reading
will carry you to converse with men who
will instruct you by their wisdom, and charm
you by their wit, who will sooth you when
iretted, refresh You when weary, counsel you
when perplexed, and sympathize with you
at all times. Evil spirits, in the middle ages,
were exercised and driven away by bell,
book, and candle; son want but two Of these
agents, the book and the candle.-Halard.
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UMBIA COUNTY, PA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH l8, fS57.es

descry some yet fresh from the family altar
Of rural home. "Who did that deed OF
'tlafkhessy is yet a painful mystery; il is
'qnhe loo cefiain tha, there has been foul
murder done 10 conscience and 10 character
within those walls long before the gaIoiet's
moose was slipped and the assassin's poign-
ard driven to The heart. Heaven save you,
my dear young friend from the manhood
of lawless libeuinism And Heaven save
our grea, metropolis. when its Brussels car.
pct IS stained with blood and the quiet Of its
sta.elisst streets is broken. BY the midnight
shrek of murder %
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4 rlsee for the .,s.rong.,llndea.o

Amodern traveller tells us that the Jew.
esses in Thessalonica, (European Turkey
revsrse our accepted laws of Hymen, by
purchasing their husbands. The modus op-
erandi is thus described: Atsse
"Bfoksrs are employedto negotiate mar
riages. The father of marriageable girl
gees 10 a brother, and inquiries what bride.
grooms there are in market. He chooses
one higher or lowerin the social scale, ac-
cordingto the dover he can afford his daugh-
ter, the price he can pay, and makes an offer
oI 60 much dover. The bridegroom, thro'
the broker, demands more they chatter and
bargain for weeks, perhaps, and bargain is
struck. The parties never ses each other till
mzwtied The dover is the wife's only Sc
curly against divorce. The husband can d.
voice her when he chooses, but he mus
/. pay back the dover, that she may be able io
buy another husband. Mrs. D. was telling .
Jewish girl that we do mol require any dover
inAmerica. elbow then. ~ said she, in ulleI
aslonishmeul, '.do you do when be waits to
divorce you r ~ ''s
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influence Of tobacco ON the Grain.

Mr. solly, the eminent writer on the brain,
says, in a late clinical lecture on that fright
ful and formidable malady. sofening of the
brain: 'I would caution you, as students,
against excess IN The use of tobacco, and
would advise you 10 disabuse your patients
minds of the idea that il IN harmless. have
had large experience Of brain disease, and
| am satisfied row that smoking is most
aoxious habit. know Of no other cause or
agent that tends so much to bring on func-
tional disease, and through this, IN the end,
TO lead 10 organic diseases of the brain, as
excessive nee OF lobscco.n sF
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a Fancy Barone. ia a Lecture Room.

Sir Robert Peel has been delivering a lee
ture at Birmingham, relative 10 his Russian
visit and the sights Which he Witnessed in
Moscow al the coronation Of The Emperor and
Empress. The present head OF The house Of
Peel wasskno@n TO be stfasl" in the days Of
his father, the great Minister, and his career
since he came 10 ihe lille has not disabnsed
iha, IMPRESSION. The lecture in question, 10
use The words Of a metropolitan journal. was
a tissue Of indiscreton, bad ias,e, and buff
foonery--ihe coarseness of the Coal.hole and
slang os the Casino. ~.
Sir Robert told his audience that he was
horribly feeced' by the innkeepers, and ahor-
ribly donen in his dinners, for which hs had
to pay EGO day. AT Moscow he was "done
10 an enormous extent" by person who
charged him fi00 for each OF tho four greys
which drew his carriage from the railway
station 10 the hotel. AT Nishni he bought
some lurquoises, which he intended TO sell to
make good his losses, Gas am always anx-
ious 10 recover, and never like 10 be DONE"
He drove from Moscow 10 Nishni, distance
Of four hundred Tiles, in twenly-eishl hours.
The horses got knocked up, and when lhey
fell exhausted were left by the roadside
The Positions met the same fate. 'I never
enjoyed anything SO much"
At Nishni he was delightedywith the fair,
"and the brick oil Governor During the
whole, time was in Russia never saw
such brick as lhis Governor was. never
saw man with such capacity for drinking
as this brick Of a Governor; no matter how
much chaDpag ne he took, 1 did not notice
that he ever appeared The worse Of it." He
then described the coronation. "Asthe En-
press entered, she fell fiat on the Hoor-T
supposed by accident. was, however, TO
kiss some sacred stone or other, and then she
came in with hair disheveled, looking like
Norma. in the opera" ...-,..
His description OF The French representa-
tive al the coron alton is striking, whatever
may be said Of its taste. "We were present.
ed al the coronation BY Count Morny, The
French Ambass ador, spick and span man,
Of considerable applomb, and who, by lhe
way, is one o! The greatest spectators in the
world. He specula,es in everything, and
bought lot of pictures 10 sell again and made
profit of IT." The Belgian ambassador, the
Prince de Ligne, is said 10 be "the very pic
ture of swelling ihsignifcance so swelling,
indeed, that he could not for the life of him
look down fiop the contemplation of his own
simpoHaHce.'' - - ----------'- =
Criticism like this, expressions like these,
and levity about The great affairs of State,
such as we meet with in this speech, are
enough TO make the great Sir Robert Peel
turn uneasy in his house of clay. If the
wealthy end flippant young baronet had gone
10 Russia as private gentleman 10 see what
he describes, he would have been open TO no
severer impeachment than bad taste in the
manner of his narrative; but he represented
in an official capacity the British crown and
people on this occasion, and hence the an.
noyance which is<sltat the exhibition he as
mads.-Livepool Times.
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HARD TO PLEAsE.-A countyman in one
Of the western counties, with a load Of meal
drove up to a lady's door, when The follow
ing conversation look piacs: gtn
"Do you wan'tany meal ma'am %
"Whai do you ask tor busheip
~renpencs, ma'am-pr.ms.n
ooh. can get It for five.n
(In in despairing voicel-"Desf lady
will you take bushel for nothing p' m 2
''Is il sifted."
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A SHARP YeuEssrEa.-A little boy on his
return from Sunday School, fecently adj
dressed his mother as follows: "Mamma p
"Well my dsar.n Mamma aae teacher
says people are all made OF dust" eyes
my dear, so the Bible says.n "Well, MANI
ma, are white people made Of dust ~ Eyes"
"Weli, then, i s'pose eoiorsd people are made
focal dsst, amt tkey 81 80
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a. John Phunix, Jr., thus graphically de.
scfibss.lhe employment Of our reverend Pu-
rilan ancestors soon after The settlement Of
New England, He says, "thsy planted corn
and bpili hoasea they killed the Indians and
ahuns opakers and Bsplisls, burnt the witches
alive, shd-we;s very happy and comfortable
indeed They were fine, tolerant, jolly old
fellewsn John is an. inuoceat youth, but
occasionally does hit the target in the cent o.
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F An exchange paper gives the follow
ing case OF absence Of mind 81 s,sf q
A girl who was one Of our first loves, was
one night Lighting as out,afler having passed
delightful evening, aud in bashful trePida-
tion, she blew us out and dew The candle
behind the door and kissed it. AZ sA'e
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THE PafsrpEsT's HousEHoLD.--blr. Buch.
anan was accompanied 10 Washington by his
rephew and private Secretary, James Buch-
anan Henry, and his niece, Miss Harriet s,
Lanel and Miss Heiy Parker. Miss Lane
will remain at Washington TO do the honors
of the White House, but Miss Parker will re-
turn 10 lake charge Of WhealIand alter The in-
auguralou. -. - !. - -. :. y Al. a
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a. Peace Of mind is as essential 10 hsahh
as is-is to happiness.
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r acaio, what do you s'pose avn dsssa.'
sou dat de snn goes down towards de souf
10 de winIsrf' - &"'s ssl2s'-ses esatEt
2 ssWell, dunno, Ssmbo, unless he no stan'
de 'clemensy Of de notf and so be am
'bliged 10 60 10 de souf where he 'spenence
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Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-06-25
Leaving a neat profit Of
USE OF PLASTER.

Ii is generally known that many good
farmers have tried plaster without any ap-
parent effect. Why there should be such
a difference in its application to different
soils, is question which has puzzled some
Of our modern philosophers and chemists.
On many soils the sowing oftwo bush
els of plaster has produced, and still pro-
duces great effects in proportion to the out
lay. In pasture grounds il has been spread
on the surface, and has more thandoubled
the feed, without any other cost than the
plaster and the sowing-say one dollar per
acre. This has been the most common
mode of application. But of late, the far
mers are trying different modes 1t is
found that on soils which were not
supposed to be improved by sowing on
the surface, a slight narrowing makes
quite a difference. Many farmers now
sow plaster at The time Of sowing their
spring grains, but they bury the whole
with the harrow.
1t is certain that good plaster has fine
effect, even on sandy loan, when well
mixed with the soil. 1t is particularly
useful when the grass is sown with the
grain. Ii keeps the earth more moist in
August, at the time when the grain is era
died, and of course favors the new grass
plants.
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New Arrangements.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
MI. M. FAXON'S

attachment Of Tulcmai2ed hdia Rubber
Spring to the Tubes Of cram Drills.
TliE undersigned, having perfected arrangement fer
l. the attachment Of Gum Spring to the Tubes and
Drag Bars Of Grain Drills, is happy to inform Farmers
and all others Interested in the growing of Wheat and
other grains, that he is prepared 10 furnish GRAIN
DRILLS with the above article attached, the shortest
notice, his Foundry, in McNeyowR Pa SeedeTs have
almost Indispensable article to- the Farmer
and he viii find that the attachment of the Gum Spring
will value least one,half All the deten
is entirely done away with by this arrangement, and
boy, perform nearly double the labor that he
could under The old pIan with much ease both to
himself and horses There need be fear OF the Spring
breaking for If there article that will neither break
rot out, the Gum Spring is that article and
hazard nothing in yng that my Grain Dri is the sim
pIest construction, most economical in performance
and therefore the durable offered To the agr
cultural public The feed is arranged that II Will
|, ~ !, II, and bushels per Persons desiring
for the coming seeding requested 10 send IN their
Orde RS early possible. Direct 10 McNeyOwn, Mf
fin county, Pa. or + C FRANCISCUS. Lewisown :;
f. L. FAXOS, Holiiday ysbure, Blair coz Pa. /; BOYER &
BRO, Harrisburg, Pa, who authorized TO act
agents. andfrom hOm my yfurtherinorma may be oh
tanned.
PRICE OF DRILLS. with the attachment, S75. Far
mers no already have drills have them altered and
the India Rubber Spring attached for from $40 to SIS.
srAll branches of the FOUNDRY BUSINESS still
carried on which orders respectfully solicited
NJ. NJ FAXON.
McVeytnwn. June I9, 1886.
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4 CARD.

To tie Citizens Of Leacistorcn and Vicinity.
TlHANkFUL for past fayors of generous
1 public, we respectfully solicit continuance
OF the same. We have just returned from the
East with large assortment of
DS v2Ze
Chemicals, Dyestuf$, Oils, Paints. furnishes,
Brushes, Pertumery, Fancy Goods, Pat
'e1et Medicines, Surgical Instruments,
TI'usseS, Shoulder Braces, dc.
Also, Wines, Brandies and Liquors of all
kinds for medicinal purposes.
TO the ladies we would say that our assort-
ment of Pepumery, Hair Brushes, Dressing Combs,
Cosmetics, Toilet Soaps, and fine article of Bay
RUNS uneXcelled in Lewistown.
For the gentlemen we have Porte .uonnaies
of a variety of patterns, Pocket knires, Staring
Brushes, Sharing Soaps &c, in great variety.
We have also superb lot of imported SegarS.
For the sick and afflicted we have ''bGIn for
every lc0und.' -
Country Merchants can he supplied with any
articles in our line at city prices. All goods
warranted to be as represented.
Prescriptions carefully compounded.
Physicians orders promptly filled at the usual
discount. j. d. STONEROAD
may23 Bee HIVE DRUG SroRE.