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instrument to pour forth strains that will win
the audience to sympathy with him.

A BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT William " expir-
ed about midnight if We remember right, at
Windsor Palace. The Archbishop of Cauter.
bury, with other peers and high functonaries
of the kingdom, were in attendance. AS soon
breath of the king, the Archbishop Quilted
Windsor Castle and made his way with all
possible speed to KenSington Palace, the resi-
dence at that time of the Princess, (already
by the law Of succession, Queen Victoria
He arrived long before daylight, announced
himself, and requested aa interview with the
Princess. She hastily attired herself, and met
the venerable prelate in her room. He iu-
formed her of the demise of William, and
formally announced to her that she was in law
and right, successor TO the deceased monarch
" The sovereignty of the most powerful nation
of the earth lay at the feet of a girl OF eigh-
teen" She was de jure, queen OF the only
realm, in fact or history, " on which the sun
never sets" She was deeply agitated at the
formidable words, so deeply fraught with bless
ing or calamity. The first words she was
able to utter were these : g | ask your prayers
in my behalf" They kneeled together, and
Victoria inaugurated her reign, like the young
King of Israel in olden time, by asking from
the most High, who ruleth in the kingdom of
men, en- understanding heart to Judge so great
a people, who could not be numbered or count
ed for multitude.
The sequel of her reign has been worthy of
snch a beginning. Every throne in Earope
has tottered since that day Most of them
have been for a time overturned That OF
England was never so firmly seated in loyalty
and love of the people as at this hour Queen
Victoria enjoys personal influence, too-a
heartfelt homage paid to her as wife,
mother, friend and benetactor to the poor, a
Christian woman-incOmparably milder and
greater than that of any monarch now reign
ing. She is loved at home aud admired
abroad
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STEADTNESs or PUEPosE.--It OveTcOmes DIFF
fcuItes-not with rush and shout, but one
by one they melt away before its incessant
pressure, as icebergs before the steady radiance
of the sun
1t gives one the strength of happy con-
science. \ weather cock of a man whiting
about with every breeze, cannot have true
steadiness of mind SelfdiSsatisfaction wor,
ries and annoys him : but cheerful yigor and
energy grows out of an intelligent and unvio-
lating purpose.
1t gives dignity and honor to character -
Men cannot but admire themiHd that marches
steadily on through sunshine aud shade calm
and storm, smiles and frowHs glad Of favor,
but pressing on without it F.; thankful for aid,
but fixed on advancing at all events such
men establish for themselves character which
can not but be seen and honored.
1t gives success. In any enterprise which
is not downright madness, such man must
succeed. He will not reach his ends at leap,
bat he will reach them. He moves not rapid
ly, but surely. When you want to find bin
by-and by, you know where to look You will
look at the topmOst rounds of the ladder Of
success. and you will fnd him about there
somewhere
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a week, 85 l-2 cwt., over Cor say Ala tous
weekly, that is 22O tons annually-220 tons
of gunpowder made yearly at one manufactory.
The source of power in gunpowder lies in
the saltpeter this substance, termed nitrate
of potash, consists of nitric acid and potash
Now, the nitric acid is, as it were, an immense
volume of atmospheric air, condensed into
solid, ready on demand to assume the air form
by the touch of spark. When sui phur and
charcoal are mixed with inter (saltpeter) and
a spark is applied, the sulphur gnites setting
fire to the charcoal, and concentrated air is sup
piled to the substance by the decomposition OF
the inter The air condensed therein instantly
unites with the combustible, and the result is
an intensely hot gaseous compound, two thous
and times the bulk of the original solid
The English government gunpowder is COM
posed 10 parts of inter, 10 charcoal, and 10 of
sulphur. The Russiaa military powder con-
tains 1884 of inter, l3 ID charcoal, and
II "a sulphur
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Circumstantial Evidence.


Joe Brace was farmers son in the town
of W, and by his tricks, and games, and
wild pranks, caused his watchful PARENTS
no little trouble, sometimes 1t happened on
one occasion, that Master Joe was caught in
some misdemeanor, and as punishment for
the same had been compelled to hoe in the
corn-field until such time as the said 'parient"
would judge proper that he should be released.
Joe, like a dutifnl son, took his hoe, and
slraightway commenced sad havoc among the
weeds which DISTRACTED the corn.
Dinner time came and passed By and still
no call for poor Joe, who began to think his
punishment was " greater than be could bear"
but still he toiled expecting every moment to
hear the summons which would release him,
for a time, at least, from his task But there
was 10 such good luck for him. The old man
determined that he should sweat il out" as
he termed it and stretching himself on the
lounge in the back room, was soon fast asleep
Joe labOred faithfully till three o'clock, when,
hunger getting the better of duty, ne resolved
10 get something to stay his stomach at all
hazards. So dropping his hoe, he steered
cautiously towards the house and entering
the back door, succeeded in reaching the pan
try Without detection-the old man being
asleep, and the other portion of the household
being engaged with company in the front part
Of the house who had arrived few minutes
before. On entering he commenced an attack
on a mincc pie that had been set before the
window to cool, being just out of the oven
When he had about half demolished the
pie, and was thinking of some means to escape
detection, his medtations were disturbed by
hinr nnp4urr In rF .r1fh hi- Limbs
On looking down, he saw the favorite PUSSY,
who had stolen in at the door, ard was rub
bing herself, and purring. as if expressing her
entire satisfaction at the proceeding. On per
ceiying her, he thought of plan which he
Immediately put into execution Grasping her
fore legs, he daubed them about in the remain
ing part of the pie, and placing her on the
shelf, left the pantry, the cat jumping to the
floor and following him, leaving her tracks of
course both on the shelf and on the floor
Joe now made immediate haste for the field,
refreshed by his bite and was soon diligent-
ly at work
He had been hceiD@ but short time, when
hearing noise in the rear, he looked up and
saw the old man coming with Tabby under
one arm, and bis gun over his shoulder
Neither spoke; the old man passing by, and
proceeding round behind knoll which hid
him from Joe's view.
Joe leaned on his hoe for moment, listen
ing when the silence was suddenly disturbed
by the report of a gun, mingled with the
screenings of a cat, plainly intmating what
had been the fate of poor pussy. In mo-
ment more, the old man re-appeaFed with his
gun in his hand. the smoke still curling from
the barrel aud as he passed by his laboring
hopeful, If he had not been little hard of
hearing Re might have heard :-There goes
aHotieT riota 10 circumstaatiat sUldeaoe.
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THE WAY LADIES ovERnFESs N TRAyFLrTvG.
Our wires and daughters lose tbree-four,hS
of the pleasures Of summer travel, by the in
cxcusable, the execrable perverson Of true
taste and common sense. in dressing for a rail
car or a steamboat as If they were going to a
court reception. 1t does seem that they have
10 more sense Of the fitness Of things than
idiots. Cannot some few gentlemen have their
own wav for once and thereby set the fashion
by dressing their families for q summer travel
n plain, substantial garments, allowing no
member anything beyond what small carpet
bag would contain and which should be the
So.e article which each one was to take care
Of? Let Us all put ourselves upon our be
hayiOr," and not on our dress. The fact is,
the clerks and proprietorS of hotels, the cap
tains OF steamboats,, and the conductors Of
railroads, see at the very first glance the real
status Of a traveller; the dulieSt cLambermaid,
the most stupid cabin boy and the LATEST wait
er, are neither dull, nor stupid. nor lazy, nor
erring, either, in the estimate they make Of
people, as if by intuition
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MARRAGE.-In the pressure that now weighs
upon all persons of limited fortune, sisters,
neces, and daughters, are the only commodities
that our friends are willing to bestow upon US
for nothing, and which we cannot afford to ac-
cept, even gratuitouslY. 1t seems to have been
the same, at a former period in France Maitre
Jean Picard tells US that, when he was return
ing from the funeral of his wife, doing his best
to look disconsoIate, such of the neighbors as
had grown-up daughters and cousins came to
him, and kindly implorel him not to be incon-
solabIe, as they could give him a second wife
Six weeks after" says .Matre Jean, "a lost
my COW, and, though really gricved on this
occasion, not one of them offered to give me
another" 1t has been recorded by some anti
connubial wag, that when two widowers were
once condoling together on the recent bereave-
ment of their wives, one of them exclaimed,
with sigh, Well may bewail my loss for
had so few differences with dear deceased,
that the last day of my marriage was as happy
as the first" There | surpass you" said his
friend, for the last day Of NINE lcas happier p
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4 TEUE SENTIvExT.-Yirtur, in the pre-
sent. lfe, perhaps never reaps so large and cx-
quisite a reward, as when it goes to enhance
the pleasures of love. None but the yirtuoIS
have power to admit more than 4 transient,
passionate, capricious JOY q joy that alishtS
upon hour and is gone in search Of other
sweets But souls fraught with goodness fad.
that every noble sentiment, every high priEci-
pie, every generous energy. every grace, every
softnesS, and every sparkling sdorumeDt Of
mind or person. when il n eets its correspond
ing sentimeui. ard principles, and purpose, and
grace, and beauty, IN the being beloved, b.
comes a poweTFncalculably productive so that
every pleasure creates aud re creates itself, a
a thousand. times. and without end II the
benefcence Of the Supreme is seen. sUlfasively
shedding lis glories over the ample fields Of
the material world, and is mildly reflected from
myriads Of points through earth and air, are
not IFS beams bronghti TO an intensity upon that
circle, wherein EiTiaous love .akes It's bliss p
Ismpls Of -nslaiaEta.
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When midnight hour is come,
The drummer forsakes his tomb,
And marches, beating his phantom-drum
To and fro through the ghastly gloom.
He plies the drumSticks twain
With feshless fingers pale,
And beats and beats again and again
A long and dreary rereille
Like the voice of abysmal waves
Resounds its unearthly tone,
TIL the dead old soldiers, long in their graves,
Awaken through every zone.
And the slain in the land of the Hun,
And the frozen in the icy North,
And those who under the burning sun
or Italy sleep, come forth.
And they whose bones longwhile
Lie bleaching in Syrian sands,
Aud the slumberers under the reeds of the Nile,
Arise with arms in their hands.
And at midnight, in his shroud,
The trumpeter leaves his tomb,
And blows blast long, deep and loud,
As he rides through the ghastly gloom.
And the yellow moonlight shines
on the old Imperial Dragons
And the CuirasSiers they form in lines,
And the Carabineers in platoons.
At signal the ranks unsheathe
Their weapons in rear and van;
But they scarcely appear to speak or breathe,
And their features are sad and wan.
And when midnight robes the sky,
The Emperor leaves his tomb,
Aud rides along, surrounded by
His shadowy staff through the gloom.
a silver star so bright
Is glitering on his breast;
In a uniform Of blue and white
And a gray camp-frock he is dressed.
The moonbeams shine afar
On the various marshalIed groups,
As the Man with the glitteriug silver star
Rides forth to review his troops.
knd the dead battalions all
Go again through their exercise.
TIL the moon withdraws, and gloomier pail
OF blackness wraps the skies.
Then around the chief once more
The Generals and Nar>bals tLrong;
And he whispers a word of heard before
In the ear of his aide-de-camp.
In files the troops advance,
And then aEe no longer seen.
The challenging watohword given is " France -
The answer Is ' Slinte Helene -
And this is the Grand Review.
Which al midnight on the w0lds.
Il popular tales may pass for true,
The buried Emperor holds.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-07-28

H&rFIxTss X CHlLDH0oD 1t is wonderful
how happiness used to he. Il lay about, Ike
the sunshine, within arms length Of every
body II used 10 grow in the field we have
found IL there, bat cot lately Sometimes Eve
Speckled eggs in grassy nest constituted it
sometimes four beautiful ones in the I.lacs II
Used 10 swirl in the brooks, and turn up It's sill
veTy and notified sides, ike Folished httle
satire spTiukle1 with the color Of fame which
Is gcneTaTy understood 10 he crimson. Wehaye
found 1t many a ,irac beside mOsSy sloue.
when il looked very mnch Ike first spring
flower We have seen il come down in he
shove, ard heard irdesceri in the rain. What
q world Of il used 10 he crowded into a SalnT-
day afternoon An old newspaper. with cedar
ribs tail ike three baxbsSy. and a psHHys
worth Of tEjRr. have caTslirutrd many . time
-tisas Is, many an I'd time-the entire stock
in trade of one perfectly happy.
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A NEGRO DIsCUssIoN ABOUT EGGs.-Geneva,
the lovely village on Seneca Lake, furnishes
the following specimen Of Parliamentary rul
ing:
" In the fairest village of Western New
York the cued puSSens, in emulation OF
their white brethren, formed debating Socie-
~ for the purpose OF improving their minds by
the discussion OF instructive and entertaining
topics The deliberations of the society were
presided over by venerable darkey, who per-
formed his duties with the utmost dignity Pc
culiar to his color The subject for the dis
cussion on the occasion Of which We write was:
What Gm de mnddcr Of de chickens-de
hen wot lay de eggs, or de hen Wot matches &c
Ciiick p
"The question was warmly debated, and
many reasons pro and can we're urged and
cOmbatted BY the excited diSputauts. Those
in favor Of the latter proposition we're evi-
deitly in the majority, aud the president made
no attempt 10 conceal that his sympathies were
with the dominant party At length an in
teIiccut Garkey rose from the minority sido
and begged leave to state proposition to this
effect:
"'Spose," said he, dat you set one dozen
duck eggs under a hen and dfy hatch, winch
am de mu5dcr-Ge duck or Ge len =
This was poser, was well pat, and non
plussed the other side. even staggering the
president, who plainly saw the force of the
argument Int had committed himself too far
to Weld without struggle so, after cogita-
ting and scratching bis wool few moments n
bright idea struck him. Rising from his chair
in all the pride Of couscions superiority, he
announced.
80 Ducks am not before de house chickens
an De question; deiore rule de ducks out :
end 90 II he did, to the complete overthrow Of
his opponents"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-07-28

LADIES HAVE LESS VANITY THAN Max
Although woman are accused of being much
more vain than men, my experience has prov
ed ID me, at least, the contrary Only in a few
instances have found the ladies as exacting
as the men. Some times | have heard girls.
gifted by nature with all the charms of Hebe,
say that they thought bad fattered them
Now, a truly beautiful woman cannot be done
Justice TO either by painter or poet, so that in
these cases, instead of iattering | was falling
far short of the originals Once, indeed, la
dy sat to me who considered that her figure
was not good so she asked friend who had
a fine figure to sit for her The effect of the
combination may be imagined 10 an artists
eye, at least, twas putting the portraits of
two different persons in one stereoscope, fer
the figure, whether handsome or otherwise,
always harmoniZes with the head. Once a
Spanish lady sat to me, when he had absolute
ly made ug-her face to such an extent with
varniSheS, cosmetics and paints, that she look
ed more like a China doh than human being.
Her own complexion was OF an exquisite olive
brown, as | saw one day when she was not
sitting to me- and it was q sin to spoil it in
that way. / longed to tell her So but that
would have been mortal offence for, of
course, her object was 10 make NE and every
one else think that was her complexion"
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STICE TO THE FARW-It is a peculiar part Of
the programme common TO high pressure times.
when speculation ruins riot aud drives reason
and prudence into obscurity, that men for>ake
the pIow and workbench and resort to selling
silks and laces, toys and rat-;rapS, tobacco etc,
for living. II is useless for man of prudence
and experience to urge that bankruptcy is the
fate OF all such as forsake the farm and resort
TO the counter for living Inexperienced in
the business. their failure is a mere problem in
process OF solution the first reaction in com.
mercc and currency will sweep them overheard
and they will 90 down. A successful farmer
possessing family has 10 more rightto forsake
his well-Secured farmboat for a leaky, shabby,
cob web, lace-lined boat, than he has TO resort
to iHtemPeraHce and gambling. Stick TO yOur
farms vour lands will never desert voa nor
cease to supply your wants, unless youf first de-
ser: them. The mercantile business Is hum
bug 10 whoever is inexperienced in il. Like
gambling. it must be understood TO make il
pay and wo to him who bets on a card who
cannot tell as we'll what it is by seeing the
back as seeing the face.
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Selling JUnGE,-Bob Harper, who lived
on kiitle Greek, in Wilkes county, Ga. was
fued FIVE dollars by Judge..Dooley during court
week. Bob was wag, and be said he wonld
have the worth of his money ont Of the Judge
It happened the Judge was on his circuit lon
horseback in those days. and passing 10y Bob'S
house on the creek, which was swollen by a
heavy rain, be wanted to know if the creek was
swimming.
Il reckon it is said Bah, you will get
cold bath if you try il"
I'll strip ard make nv horse swim it if you
viii 20 Up the creek and bring my clothes over
said the Judge
OF went his neither garments and over went
the Judge, his horse not going over his knees
the creek being broad but shallow. As the
Judge got over, several persons were enjOying
the fun from a store piazza, neither Bob nor
his clothes making their appearance. The
Judge was wrathy, cold. and shiyering. Bob
was still on his side of the creek baYled out.
"Judge, you can have your breeches for FIVE
dollars
Bring them over said the Judge: I'm
cold you may fight at the next court all the
week, end III not fine you at all.
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HEiET DIsEAsE.-An exchange says. the
best cure for palP;tion Of the heart, is toleave
of hugging aud kissing the girls If this 5
the only remedy that can be prodrcsd, We, for
one, say 1et 'er palp..ate.
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a Shall l have. your hand p said an
exquisite 10 belle, as the dance was about to
commence.
With all my heart, was the soft response.
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TOWANDA:
Thursday Morning, July 28, 1859
gtletttO 4uttrp.

rThis translation from the German ballad OF Baron
Tredlitz is by Clarence Mangan 1t seems particularly
apropos at this time of European war; when one mght
well image the restless spirit Of the first Napoleon nov
erng over the moont fields which were the scene OF MS
military explcits.l
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"a 4 married monster said he lately dream
ed that be had an angel by his side, but upon
waking found it was nobody eut bis wife,
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THr most dangerous of rlf beasts IS asia'-
ieTer OF tame ores, fattercr
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NAPoLEoN's MIDNIGHT REVIEW.
Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-06-15

LossEs OF TRKRFToKR nY SRArE.--Ak
one time, the Spanish empire acsupied
the eigth part of khs known world, oona-
pEising space Of s00, ,000, 900 square
miles, with q population Of 70, ,o00, 900,
OF sbis saat sarFifogy, moFe than two
thirds have basn iost. Ii 1885 Spain
gave up the isle Of Malta to the ordaR Of
Sc. John. In 1920 tho Lower Navarro
and Bearna were yielded 20 France, and
in a6A9 kha Raasaeiogs. En i6Af Spain
lost Portugal and her colonies. In l64s
she recognized. tha sovereignty Of the
NethseIan5s, 1875 the EagIisa wFested
the Barbados from. hoE, 10 1855 Jamai-
Ga, in l704 GibraIteS, Ia IT'S the Lasess,
in 1853 Dominiea, and ii lYoT TFinadad,
III che seyenteenth century, FEanes sook
possession sf tbs MaEsiniEo, New GEanA.
de-, Gaadaioups and the half Of the Sas
Domingo, and in 1900 Louisiana. Ia
The 16sh eantasy Spain yialded up Sar.
dina 10 the Duke Of Savoy, and 30 No
rocco her rights on MasaiqaiyeF aad
0rsu. She eedea Parma, Piaceneia and
Lusca. with other domini0ns In the noTkl
Of Italy 20 nSinaeS of Ne houae az Rsar.
bon, and ia FgS0 Naplss and Si0ffY war.
eDaneipaaed from tha Spanish govern
msns. II 1919 she sold FleFids to th,
United States ID 1881 she Lost half D
the lale Of SAn Domingo and beforl
1895 All hsf vast possessions on thl
| Americas eontinent were lost % hsg Cor
ever. Her only foreign possessions nor
are the ialss az Guba and paerto Ris0
the Phillipinaa, and zpms small AfEiaal
colonies. Minouri Dsza.
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WEEKLY BIlGI.E.
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