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Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18
neath from Wand of Sleep.

The question, how long can a person
exist without sleep, IS one oftener asked
than answered, and the difficulties and
inhumanity of answering the question by
experiment, would seem to leave it ever
unsolved. A recent communication to a
British Society, whose fields of operation
are in Asia, would seem to answer the
inquiry, in a description Of cruel mode
of punishment peculiar to, and we be-
lieve, original with the Chinese. 1t ap-
pears that a Chinese merchant had been
convicted of numbering his wife, and was
sentenced to die by being totally depriv-
ed of the privilege of sleep. This pain
ful and singular mode of quitting an
earthly existence, was carried into execu-
ton at Annoy under the following cirCum-
stances:
The condemned was placed in prison
under the care of three of the police
guard, who relieved each other every al
ternate hour, and who prevented the pri-
soner from falling asleep, night or day.
He thus lived nineteen days without en-.
joying any sleep. At the commencement
of the eighth day, his suferings were so
intense that he implored the authorities
to grant him the blessed opportunity of
being strangulated, garroted, guillotined,
burnt to death, drowned, shot, quarered,
or put to death iii any conceivable way
which their inhumanity or ferocity could
invent. This will gite slight idea of
the horrors of death from want of sleep.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18
"Sbeak be- COmfOrtabIY.S

The weary need sympathy and encour-
agement. They are prone to despond.
Their work is burdensome to them. They
do it listlessly, mournfully, sometimes
they are tempted not to do it at all. They
are disposed to magnify their difficulties,
and to underate their own capabilities.
They take a gloomy view of things
Their hands hang down, their knees are
feeble, and brow is cIouded. And it
would be both unwise and unkind TO
blame them. Would it lessen their fati-
que, do you think, to blame them for be-
ing tired Or would they be likely to
grow more hopeful through your scolding
for their faint heartedness! No, they
want to be comforted, not reproved =
gentle -counsels, not animadYersions.-
When the wearied and detected prophet
sat under the juniper tree, and with i'm
patience exclaimed, at is enough now, o
Lord, take away my life," how gently
God dealt with him. An angel was sent
10 minister unto him, who prepared for
him table in'the wilderness, and bidhim
arise, eat, and recruit his strength.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18
Hunger an Impulse to Labor.

Hunger is one of the benefcient and
terrible instincts. It is, indeed, the very
fire of life, underlying all impulses to la
Dor, and moving man to noble activities
by its imperious demands. Look where
we may, we see it as the motive power
which sets the vast array Of human ma
chinery in action. 1t is hunger which
brings these stalwart nayies together In
orderly gangs TO cut paths through noun
tains, to throw bridges across rivers, to
intersect the land with the great iron
ways, which brings city into daily com.
munication with city. Hunger is the over
seer of those men erecting palaces, pri-
son-houses, barracks and villas. Hunger
sits at the loom, which, with stealtly pow
es, is weaving the wondrous fabrics of
cotton and silk. Hunger labors at the
furnace and the plough, coercing the ma
tive Incidence of man into strenuous and
incessant activity.
If in this sense, hunger is seen to be
a benefcent instinct, in another sense 1t
is terrible, for when its progress is un-
checked, it becomes a devouring fame,
ueStIOyluS al tHdt IS uOOlS III HIduJ SUI
jugating his humanity, and making the
brute dominant in him, till finally life it.
self is extihguished. Besides the picture
of the activities it inspires, we might also
place a picture of the ferocities it evokes.
Many an appalling story might be cited,
from that of Ugolino in the famine tower,
to those of shipwrecked men and women,
who have been impelled, by the madness
of starvation, to murder their companions
that they might feed upon their flesh.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18
NO. 6.
Practical JOkIue

"A few days since, writes an attorney,
'as was sitting with brother D., ID bis
office In Court Square, client came in
and said
Squire D, W, the s,abler,
shaved me dreadfuIly yesterday, and l
want TO come up with him.
State your case says ID.
Client.-tI asked him how much be
would charge me for horse. and wagon
to go 10 Dedham. He said one dollar and
a half. took the team, and when came
back paid him one dollar and half, and
he said he wanted another dollar ard
half for coming back, and made me pay
it.
D gave him some legal advice.
which the client Immediately acted upon,
as follows. tra.rt
He went to the siabler and said
How much will you charge me for
horse and wagon to 60 to Salem 2
SIabler replied, Five dollars q
Harness him up =
Client went to Salem, came back By
railroad, went to the stable, saying
Here is your money paying hiGr Ave
dollars.
Where is my horse and wagon q says
W.. r.
He is at Salem says client; I .only
hired him togo to Salemi &, 10
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18
A Good Text

That was a strikingly Intelligent person
who called upon a sign painter to have a
Sunday School procession banner painted,
and said
We're goin' 70 have a greal tearin'
time with our Fourth O. July Sunday
School Celebration, and our folks want a
banner
We'll, naturally enough responded the
painter, you ought to have one. What
will you have painted on il 4!
Wall. d'n know, we orter have text
O. skriPter painted onto it for q motto,
hadn't we?' D.
Yes; that's a very good idea; wha,
shall ii be 2. .1.
wall, l though this would be as good
as any, BE sure you're right and then go
ahead q .r, si
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18
Action OF Waves.

The dynamic force exerted By sea
waves is greater at the crest of the wave
before it breaks, and its power in raising
itself is measured by various facts. Thus
at Wasberge, in Norway, in 1889, j. rose
four hundred feet, and on the coast of
Cornwall, in 1843, three hundred feet.
There are likewise cases showing that
waves have sometimes raised a column of
water equivalent TO pressure Of three
to five tons to the square foot. It has
also been proved that the velocity Of the
waves of from three hundred 10 five hun
dred feet in length, from crest to CREST
travel with velocity of from twenty to
twenty-seven and one-haif miles an hour,
and this whether they are five or fifty
four feet in total hight.
Waves travel very great distances, and
are often raised By faf-of hrrricanes, hav-
ing been felt simultaneously at St. Hele-
ma and Ascension, though six hundred
miles apart, and it is thought that ground
swells often originate at the Cape of Good
Hope. which extend three thousand miles
distant. Nor do waves exert their force
at or near the surface only; one instance
being mentioned where diving bell, at
the depth of eighteen fathoms, was NOV
ed five feet laterally, in calm weather.
The motion of "shingle," as it is term
ed, depends on the direction in which the
surf strikes the shore, which is Influenced
by the direction of the wind and this IS
shown by observations on the French
coast to be in the ratio of two hundred
and twenty-nine days from western quar-
ters. to one hundred and thirty-two days
from eastern quarters.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18

If there is a delicate, deformed, or
weak minded child in family, it is gen.
orally the favorite with its parents, This
Is beautiful illustration Of Nature taking
the part of the most helpless.
As the soil, however rich it may be,
cannot be productive without good cul-
.ture, so the mind, without cultivation, can
never produce good fruit.
What is there of human, be it poetry,
philosophy, wit, wisdom, science, power,
glory, matter, life or death, which is in
variable?
So far are the principles of poetry from
being invariable, that they never were,
nor ever will be settled.
The law of food is, that man should
eat what is good for him at such times
and in such quantities as nature re-
.quires.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18
Poser.

i hope you are not going to give this
stuff to father sobbed a little girl, as
she returned from an apothecary's shop.
where she had been sent with a doctors
prescription. -.... -tr .
why not, rn5 child 2 inquired the mo.
ther, somewhat surprised
Because, replied the child, the man
took the medicine out Of tHe same bottle
that he did the poison the other day for
you to kill rats with
'A-hem You don't understand SCIENCE
DEAR -. " t.IN
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18

An exchange paper gives the following
affecting scene from SIckles drama:
Indignant husband 20 wife's lover
'Scoundrel, you have dishonored me, and
must die = Makes rush 1t him with a
dagger. -.s tr. f..-
Wife seiziug the dagger-HOid, rash.
wretched, imprudent man! What would
you dol Would you murder the father
of your children?' i'
Husband caves, and father Of his child.
ren carries straight coat-tail through front
door.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18

AS farmer of Osinoyi, near that city,
was recently returning from market, he
stopped at a roadside inn, and imprudent-
ly showed the inn-keepet a large sum
which he had received. In the night the
inn-keeper, armed with a poignard, stole
into the farmers chamber and prepared
to stab him; but the farmer, who, from
the mans manner at supper conceived
suspicious Of foul play, had thrown him
self fully dressed on the bed, without go
ing to sleep, and being a powerful man,
he wrested the poignard from the other,
and using it against him, laid him dead at
his feet. A few moments after he heard
stones thrown at the window, and a voice
which he recognized as that of the inn
keepers son, said, The grave is readyr'
This proved to him that the father and son
had planned his murder, and 10 avoid detec-
tion had intended burying the body at
once. He therefore wrapped the dead
body in a sheet, and let ii down from the
window; he then ran to the gendarmie
and stated what had occurred. Three
gendarmes Immediately accompanied him
to the inn, and found the young man bu-
silly engaged in shoveling earth into
grave. "What are you burying?" 2" said
they. "Only a horse, which has just
died :" "You are Mistaken" said one
Of them Jumping into the grave and rails
ing the corpse, "LoOk ~ and he held up a
lantern to the face of the deceased
."Good Heaven p' cried the young man,
thunderstruck, sit rs my fatherr' He
was then arrested and at once confessed
al
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18

1t is said to be dangerous 10. Be work
ing with sewing machine near win
dow when there is a ihunder storm. Il
is dangerous to sit near some sewing ma
chimes when there is no storm. a'
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18

A co.ennp6raTy editor thinks, from the
way shirts are made in that city, thar
there ought TO be an inspector Of sew
ers." The editor went to the expense Of
a shirt the other day, and found himself
whan he awoke In the morning, crawling
out between two Of the shortest stitches.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18

Captain, what's the fare TO ST.
Louis 7'i
"What part of the boat do you wish to
go on, cabin or deck 7'' ir71-.
Hang your cabin, :" said the e-gentlenan
from Indiana, II live in cabin at home;
give me the best you've,got %
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18

An Irishman was about 70 marry q
southern girl for her property: ..-...-
"Will you take this woman to BE- your
welded wife 2" said the minister with
emphasis. a.fI
"Yes, your riverence, and the nagers
too ?'' said Pat.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18

A Highland maid has concluded, in Sy.
racuse, the feat of walking sixty conseou.
tive hours. She had better walk INTO
the affections Of some nice young man,
and do up the culinary Of his house-she
had.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18

An editor says his attention vas first
drawn to matrimony by the skillfd man
ner in which pretty girl handled the
broom.
A brother editor says that q rather
perverted use Of the same instrument
caused him to apply for a divorce.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18
Miscellaneous,
Ye Skeeters HeT Cum.

Ye SkeeterS Hey CHm.
July-and yer here skeeters; well,
IheV been lookin fur ye sum time sinse,
An a bopin that ye Wud'nt cum
At all, but yer bein here H
Won't keep me frum speekin out my mind,
Furive got no respect fur yer presents, ye tarnal
Pest, wurs than the frogs that plagued ole Near
Ana made hin let the gypulns ali 50 free.
But that's a ole subjoo. .z~ a7.dfC
Ye needn't be bulzin roun and making so much ado
Fur yer nothin but skeeter no how,
A cussed little thing, and lttlcr yit
Whenye was wiggic tail,
Spose ye don't remember Whar ye cum frum.
Folks gnerally do it when they git up notch,
But cant think was ye wat made fur, no how,
Cept itwus to kepe the perlice awake, vol,
spect that was it.
Sum say ye sing, so does hoss,
The durndest singin ever hearn, if ye call sngn
Ye can quit, or disc lie own i've got no year % u
For musick il other potts kin find VIRTUES in ye,
Skeeters, its morn I Kin, IdOnt think yer ss9
PeTformanS n ever raise an angel to the skies,
Speshally if I'm the angel. r5 g
Well, yer tricky varmint after all G.--- 81.
Ye put me in mind Oflawyers, and bout as tricky,
Yer always found inside bar, reddy tu
Rem up bill, aud it keeps a fcller sParrin6 :
Tu keep ys of, he gifts no sleap, -.
Ye max the mite mornin and the mornin
Mite. fnis. - 1870.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18

A bill is pen1ing in one OF our western
Legislatures TO authorize women 10 make
contracts. r-r -. .t.fF ..t -
We hope it will pass, for there is GER
tainly need of their. contracting. They
have been expanding too much.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18

The use of reading is, to settle your
Judgment not to confound it by variety
If opinions, nor to enslaye. il BY author.
ny.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18

/ am not aware of any statute or code
of morals which makes it infamous to
forgive a woman.-Daniel E. SickLes 10
the Herald.
Does he know Of any statute or code
of morals which makes it infamous to
forgive a man.-.E Y Post.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18
CORN WANTED.

We wish to buy $4,000 bushels of CORN
in this City at Peru, for which we will
pay the highest market price in cash.
NJ, MARTIN Co.
BrOWnville, Feb. 18th, SO. S4tAPlst
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-08-18

..,--1 rERMS=
=. ,,. year, n paid in advance, q %
~ - :" AZ paid at the end Of months 90
ss - 90 100
:, 70 or more will be furnished At 81 so per
lO provided the cash accompanies the order, not
herWise.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-07-21
Special Notice TO Book Buyers.

NV attention has been called 10 statements
made through The public journals, by New
York Gift Store, which are calculated 10 de-
ceive; who even presume 20 advertise them
selves as the origlnators OF the Gilt Book En-
terDrise, which vas first successfully estab-
llshed. and | may say honorably conducted by
myself. This concern who are proclaiming
themselves 1.-The Oldest in the business" are
indebted To me. not only for their first ideas
OF conducting The business, but for stock to
commence with, and place to commence in.
Their statement, that this is 1.-The fifth year
of their location in New York." is also false.
1t has been thought, on account oi the
name connected with this New York GHt
Book Store, that it was branch of my ORR
gInal Eelerprlse; bat 1t is not so, and l wish
IL distinctly understood, that an not in any
way responsitly Tor their deceptive adyer-
tisements, nor for the manner in which New
York Git concerns are conducted. And hol-
ding the position 90, as the originator ofthe
Gift Book Enterprise in the United States
having established ii and brought it TO It's
present high position, by constant labor, un-
mearied application, and large expenditure OF
money, ] deem it my duty TO the public and
myself to expose these pretended 'origina-
tors" who are attempting to impose upon
the people. | would here publicly state that
these parties have been referring, without au-
thority or permission, to the largest and
m"S' widely known publishing house in
TIE United States. am informed by this
firm, which is located in this city, that, not
only have they never given permission to this
New York Gilt Store to refer to them,
but that they utterly disc!aim any knowledge
OF their business or standing. The foregoing
can be subsiantiated 10 the satisfaction OF
any person or persons, by the most incontro-
yertible proofs.
June 80, IS59-6m.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-07-21
GIVE THEM a TRIAL!
SlLFEh'S PLASTIC PAINTS:
CHEAP, DURABLE AND PROTECTIVE.
Weather :tfsl Fir4.prnaf

These paints will stand any climate, with
out crack or blister and harden by exposure.
thus ma king in time an enamel of stone.
protecting Wood from decay, and Iron and
other metals from rust and coros.on. They
differ, essentially, from the so-caIled mineral
paints Of the day which are, principally, o.
chres and Clays, and are entirely worthless.
Sllver's Plastic Paints are Purely ME.
TALlC, containing no Alumni or Clay.
They are levigated finely, mix readily with
Linseed Oil, (without the trouble of grind.
ing and flow under the brush as the besr
White Lead, and excel all others in body or
covering properties one pound of which will
cover as much surface, as two pounds of
White Lead, reducing the cost two-thirds.
There are six distinct coIors, viz
Oliue, Light Bropn Light Chocolate,
Black, D4rk do. Deep do
All equally valuable as preservatiye
Paint and particularly adapted to painting
The outside Of Buildings, Fences, Steam
boats, Cars, Tin and Iron uork.
0rREMEMBER! Exposure Hardens
and increases the Durability of these Paints.
DIRECTEONS--Mix with pure Linseed
oil, as thickly as possible, as the Paint is The
lasting protecting body, and the oil simply the
medium or agent In spreading it.
For sale, Wholesale and retail, by
JAMES N. DURLING,
Stroudsbnrg, Pa.
general assortment of Paints, Drugs,
window Glass, Perfumery, Liquors, &C., &c.
Constantly on Hand, end to which we invite
the attention ofthe Public.
May 5, IS59.--iy.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-07-21
). LANTZ, DENTIST,

Has permanently located him
QIIfryyA self in Stroudsburg, and moved
his office next door to DIR. S.
Walton, and nearly opposite S. Rees's Hat g.
Cap store, where he is fully prepared to trea,
the natural teeth. and also TO insert incorrpnt-
lbIe artificial teeth on pivot and plate, in the
latest and most improved manner. Most per
sons know the danger and folly Of trusting
heir work to the ignorant as we'll as the
travelling dentist. Ii matters not how much
experience person may have, he is liable to
have some failures out of a number of cases.
and 1t the dentist lives at distance, it is fire.
quentiy put off until it is too late to save the
tooth or teeth as it may be, otherwise the in
convenience and trouble OF going so far
Hence the necessity of obtaining the services
OF dentist near home All work warranted
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Mutual Fire Insurance Comply
e She rate of Insurance is one dollar on
81 the thousand dollars insured, after
which payment no subsequent tax will
be levied, except to cover actual loss or
damage by fire, that may fall upon mem
bers of the company.
The nett profits arising from interest
or otherwise, will be ascertained yearly,
for which each member in proportion to
his, her, or their deposit, will have a
credit in the company. Each insurer in
or with the said company will be mem
Der thereof during the term of his or her
policy. The principle of Mutual Insur-
ance has been thoroughly tested-has
been tried by the unerring test of expert
ence, and has proved successful and be-
come very popular. 1t affords the great
est security against loss or damage by
fire, on the most advantageous and rea-
sonable terms.
Applications for Insurance to be made
in person, or by letters addressed to
WM. K. HAvILAND, Secretary
MANAGERS.
j. Dcpue Labar, Jacob Knecbt,
Richard S. Staples, Jacob Stouffer,
Samuel d. Pipher, Charles r. Andre,
Silas i. Drake, Theodore Schoch,
Godleib Auracher, Thomas w. Rhodes,
Joseph Fenner. Sam'l S. Drehcr,
STOGDELL STOKES President.
GoLIEB AURACHER, Treasurer.
SILAs DRAKE, Surveyor.
Stroudsburg, Sept. l6; 1858.
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HOWARD ASSOCIATION
PHILADELPHIA.

A Benerolem Institution established by Spe-
ciai Eudot0meht, for 7he Relief Of The
Sick aud Distressed. afflicted aciM
Vriuient d Eptdemick Diseases.
The HOWARD ASSOCIATION, in view
Of the awful destruction OF human life caus-
ed by Sexual diseases, and the deceptions
practCed upon the unfortunate victims OF
such diseases by Quacks, several years age
directed their Consulting Surgeon, as
CHARITABLE ACT worthy OF their name.
TO open a Dispeusary for the treatment q
diseases, in all their forms, and to give Med
ical advice grabs To all who apply 10y letter.
with a description of their condition, (age
occupation, habits Of lie &C. and in case
OF extreme poverty, 10 FURNISH MEDl
CINE FREE OF CHARG f. 1t is need
| less TO add that the Association commands
llhe highest Medical skill Of The age, and
will furnish the most approved modem treat
ment.
The Directors Of the Association. in their
Annual Report upon the ireotment Of Sexu
| al Diseases, express the highest satisfaction
with The success which has attended Inc Ia
borS of their Surgeons in the cure Of Sper
mdrouh0ea, Seminal Weakness, GonorrA ca5
! elect Syphilis, tie vice Of Onanisn. or Sell.
| Abuse, Diseases Of the Kidneys aud Blad
| der, &c, and order a continuance Of the
same plan for the ensuing year.
! The Directors, on a review Of the past,
| feel assured that their labois in this sphere
Of benevolent effort have been Of great ten
eft TO The afflicted especially TO the young,
and they have resolved To devote themselves,
with renewed zeal, TO This very important
and much despised cause.
An admirable Report on Spermatorfhoea,
or Seminal Weakness, Inc vice OF Onai>m.
Maslurbalion, or Self Abuse. and other dis
eases of the Sexual Organs, by the Consult
ing Surgeon, will be sent by mail lin a seal
ed enrClope). free .cf charge, on receipt oI
iapO stamps, lor postage. Olher Reports and
Tracts on the nature and treatment Of Sex
uaI diseases, diet, &c. are constantly beng
published for gra:uions distribution, anc
will be sent to the afflicted. Some OF The
new remedies and methods OF treatment dis
covered during lie last year, are Of grea
value.
Address, for Report or treatment. DR. ]
|SKlLLlN HOUGnTON, Acting Surgeon
No. SouIh Ninth street. Philadelphia, Pa
BY order OF The Directors.
EZRA ID HEARTW ELL, PreSt
GEO FAlRCHILD, Secretary.
March 2i. 1859 -lv.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-07-21
PHOTOGRAPHS
In every STYLE Ofthe Art

l.. I. TEw takes this method to inform
the Inhabitants of this Town and vicinity.
that having procured new Instrument
expressly for the purpose, is now pre-
pared to take all the latest sty les of Type,
combining all the newest improvements of
A0abr@yloes, Aelpimotype, P,totograghs,
N5eJotg1eS,
at bis old Room near the Court House. In
style unsurpassed. From his long expe-
riruce as 40 Artist acknowledges no su.
Perier.
Those wishing good Likenesses OF
themselves or friends, ale invited to call
and examine specimens. No charge made
uolesS perfect satisfaction given.
L. L. TEW.
Sept Is, ls5s.-tf.