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Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-26
VOL. 6--NO. 10
A Funny Scene.

We happened to be at our depot few
days ago, when the mail train arrived froE,
Bristol As it moved of in hurry, We
observed young gentleman standing upon
the track in the rear of the train. harebeaded.
and with evident disappointment depicted On
his countenance Rernarking that passen-
ger had been left. by stander; with a know
ing wink replied that the bare; headed uaa
upon the track and youag lady upon ,hs
train had intended to stop at Abingdon. with
the design of committing matrimony. The
young ladYswas in charge of her mother. who
was taking her eastward from Bristol to pre-
vent the marriage. The young couple Bad
arranged the matter thus: The expectans
groom, without the knowledge Of the mother !.
was to come as far as Abingdon in the bag
gage car. and then. about the time the train
was to start be was to run to the back plat
form of the rear car. where his lady was Ia
be standing. and as the train moved of hc
was to lift her down and let the incorrigi0ls
nanny go on, with ample time for reflection
upon the uncertainty of human calculations.
The arrangements were understood by the
Engineer, who was to move off as rapidly AZ
possible as soon as the hatless gentleman dis
appeared behind the train. The mother.
however, having seen hlm making his way
to the rear of the car, looked round for her
daughter, and seeing her about to pass on
to the platform. rushed towards her snd
grasped her tightly by the clothing. just at
which moment. the lover having reached the
signal spot, toot, toot! sounded the whissls.
and away went the train. with the N other
| holding on to the daughter. and the young
gentleman. as before remarked. standing bare
headed upon the track, looking very much a.
! if he had let a bird go.-Abingdsn F"2'e'
ian ts1. ar Sass
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1 ,eonder.-When q young man is clerk
in store and dresses like a prince. smokes
'foine segars,' drinks choice brandy attends
balls aud the like, wonder if he does 1t up
on the avails of his clerkship?
W hen young lady sits in the parlor all
day, with her lily white fingers covered WITH
rings, wonder if her mother don't wash the
dishes and do the work in the kitchen?
When deacon of the church sells strong
butter, recommending it as excellent and
sweet, wonder how he can do it.
When man goes three times day to get
a dram, I wonder if he will not by and by,
90 four times!
When young lady laces her waste third
smaller than nature made it, wonder if her
pretty figure will not shorten her life dozen
years or more, besides making her miserable
while she does live?
When young man. is dependant upon his
daily toll for his income. aud marries lady
who does not know how to make loaf o.
bread or mend a garment, l wonder if he i:
not lacking somewhere, say toward the TOT
! for instance?
When man receives a periodical or news
paper weekly, and takes great delight Ii
reading it, but ueglects to pay for it, l won
| der?
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-26
O Tar! The Printers Christmas.
"fs the editor within?'' asa sd

our servant SIT. s t-
"A package. Charges, thirty eight cents -
Happened to have just the amount Paid
Expresman, and then, with nervous hand
proceeded to examene the mysterious box
The cover is removed, when our eyes were
gladdened with the sight of fine fat turkey
The next thing brought to light was bottle
of champagne; and the next and last, huge
demUoLn, marked, = % Tar" What in the
world is . Tar! 1t must mean Old Tar; but
what in the world induced any one to send
US either old or nesc Tar? We hav'nt got
any wagon, and as for getting up bonfire
for the benefit of the Republicans. we are not
in the humor. We have it. We will sell it
to the Livery man. Called on him. and he
said he did net use Tar. but grease; on his
wagons. Brought it back to the Office, in
not very good humor still wondering why it
was sent to US. Resolved finallv to draw the,
cork. Did So Tt wasn't Tar. Smelt of it.
Knew by the smell it wasn't Tar.-Tasted of
it, and became fully satisfied that it wasn't
Tar Tasted again. and then drew up
/, resolution declaring, in the most emphatic
terms, that 1t wasen't Tar Tasted again,
and then entered the resolution among the
regular proceedings, to make it sure that it
wasn't Tar. Tasted again and began to feel
happy. Tasted agasn. aud felt merry happy.
| Tasted again, and soon became very rich
and resolved to give our cottage to poor
! widow, and purchase the elegant mansion
over the way to denote our office to Jabe
and buy out the New York Ledger. Gave
! the devil a $40 COLO piece for Christmas,
and promised him round hundred for New
Years Bought $4,000 pair of nags and a
sleigh cushioned with scarlet yely.. and
decorated with gold and pearls. Ordered
from the South, daikey driver and postman
| whose face shone like a glass bottle under
direct sunray. Went over to the Union
and told Fred. to send every poor family i'll
town barrel of Julian Mills Flour, and
nameless other articles to render them COM
fortabic. Bought all the wood in the market
and ordered it sent immediately to the afore
said poor people. Gave each of the Clergy
men in town thousand dollars-adopted
fourteen orphan girls-and fifteen orphan
1 Soys-ru round and paid all our debts
(what printer on earth ever done that?) :
kissed (before we thoughO pretty girl wht
called to wish US merry Chri.mas (son,e
body looked unpleasant when this happened:
settled the matter by ordering a thousan'
i dollar shawl, sud set of furs costing al
. equal amount-put on our slippers. Gmagin
ing that we heard music did hear music
for somebody came near being kicked out o
! bed. Alas? we had only been dreaming
Sandy HU Herald,
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-26

TAKE CHAIR An English gentleman
stopped at public house late one night. and
was lucky in obtaining the only spare bed.
Presently. when he was on the point of re,
tiring to rest, Norwegian lady also arrived,
intending to spend the night there. What
was to be done? Like a gallant Englshman as
he was, be Immediately offered to give up
his bed to the unprotected female" who was
mistress of little English MANY thanks,
but what will you do SIR" ''Oh! will, take
a chair" At this answer, the lady blushed
and darted out Of the room, and in few
minutes ner carriole was driven off In the
darkness What could be the meaning of it?
The lsndfady soor after looked into the room
with knowing sort of look at the English
| man. He subsequently, discovered the key
to tie enigma. The lady, thought he said
| .'he would take share" and was. of course
nightly offended. So much for a smatterine
of a foreign language. Doubtless from tina
day forward. she would quote this inciaen
| to her female friends as an instance of tbs
natural depravity of Englesbmen.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-26

4 Brain and Nerse People.-Sono ono
who appears to comprehend the American
people. physically speaking; says with no liz
tie justice The Americans are in faos
becoming nothing else but brain and nerves.
Fat and fbrine are only valued as they seh
in mar kets, and muscle is only thought of rs
it pertains to ouc draught animals. Oar
stimulating climate and our fast habits mako
Us so nervous, that life is becoming TO US one
continued spasm- Our movements are like
those of dancing jack. Even cur pastimes
are SO intense that they fatigue US ss much
as our business. The So called rest which
We begrudgingly give ourselves, wears as
much as our work. We cannot bear to havs
another called more smart than ourselves.
and VIC will die and be buried. rather than
not become as rich as our neighbors There
is ever the same unsatisfed spirit of restless
ness. whether we go abroad or stay at home.
Nobody shall travel faster or see given
number of objects in less number Of hours
than ourselves, no matter at what cost Of
money or health. There is no impossible
Alpa that he will not climb. or no deep cave
of earth or sea that he will not explore -
There are none who shall grow numb before
ourselves on the highest frozen peak. and
there shall be more who can hold their breath
longer under water. When the guide is not
looking. there is no Kings throne or people .
chair on which we will not sit. There is moth
ing within the scope of human ability which
We will not undertake, and when we boast OF
what we have accomplished. there are none
who shall draw longer bow"
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-26

E During recent trial at Auburn, the
following occurred to vary the momensary of
the proceedings:
Among the Witnesses was ore. as veFdsnt
a specimen of humanity as one would wish to
meet with. After severe cross examination
the council for the government paused, and
then putting on q look of severity. and an ON
inous shake ofthe head. exclaimed:
'.Mr. witness. has not an effort been made
to induce you to tell different story"
"a different Story from what l have toiA
sir?"
That is what I mean"
"Yes, sir; several person, have tried TO ge,
me to tell dfferens atory from what have
told, but they couldn't"
Now, sir, upon your oath. 1 wish to know
| who these persons are
"Waal. | guess you've tried 'bsut as hard
as any of them"
The witness was dismissed, while the ju6g,
jury, ard spectators. indu,ged IN q tesv.j
leugh, -
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-26

~A doctor up town gave the following
prescription to sick lady. the othor day
IA new bonnet, cashmere shawl. ana =
pair of gaiier bocts!" Tho lady recovered
Immediately
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-26

Some one wns telling an Irishman
that somebody had eaten ten saucers OF ice
cream; whereupon Pat shook his head. $50
YOU don't believe it? With shrerd nod Pat
answered, II behave in the crame, but not in
the saucers syb
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-26

na- Young people fall in love just now.
whether they will or not. The weather is so
cold they freeze together in spite of all exer-
tions to the contrary
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-26

-'.Will you take sometheng?" said a
teetotaller to friend. whilst standing near a
tavern. Il don't care if dc. !" was the ex-
pe0.ant reply. .'Well" said the seetotaller
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-26

~ .Sir, ",said young wife to her hus-
band, few days after marriage, "you were
honest enough to tell me that your chimney
smoked, why didn't you tell me that you smo-
ked yourself"
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-26

At Fourth of July celebration in
Marion county, Illinois, young lady offered
the following toast: ''The young men of
America: Their arms our support. Our
arms ahe;r reward
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-26

- Every man must in a measure be a.
lone in the world. No heart was ever cast in
the same mould as that which we bear with
in US.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-26

| - Moderation is the silken string run
ming through the pearl-chain of every vir-
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-12-29
NUMBER 50.

Not satisfied with all this, His Austri.
an Majesty made fourth attempt, by
which, notwithstanding all the aid
rendered him by England, Russia and
Prussia, he had to part with three
millions and half more, and give his
daughter in marriage to the conquer
or. In the mean time Vienna had
twice been captured, and its fortifica-
tions, upon which millions had been
expended, were reduced to heap Of
ruins.
The reader will please bear in
mind that we are now u!scussHg
the status. and experience of the
Austrian Empire, and not the char.
acter of its government. AS power
it has seldom, if ever, been the friend
Of civil or religious liberty, and the
most prominent events in its history
are deeds of tyranny, usurpation and
rapine. Surely the recent events we
have narrated above, without going
any further back into the history Of
wars and conqucsts, tend to disprove
the idea which seems to prevail in
many quarters on both sides Of the
Atlantic, that Austria is in so fallen a
condition, that she is named as warn.
ing to other dcspotisms. Such view
of her case we fear will not be justi-
fed by her future course. She has
come forth with terrible energy from
darker clouds than those which now
partially cover her horizon.-Boston
Transcript.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-12-29
CONSCIENCE.

When. along with his children,
clothed in the skins Of wild beasts,
distraught, wan, in the midst of tenn
pests, Cain fed from before Jehovah,
as night was falling, the gloomy man
came to the foot of q mountain in q
great plain his weary wife and his
painting children said to him, "Let us
lie down on the ground and Sleep"
Cain, not sleeping, sat thinking at the
foot of the mountain. Raising his
head, he saw in the depths Of the fu-
neral heavens an eye, wide open in
the darkness, gazing fixedly on him
through the night. am too near"
nc said, trembling. He awakened his
sleeping children, his weary wife, and
renewed his woful journey, going thir.
ty days and thirty nights, silent, pale,
furtive-startled at every sound, not
looking behind him, without truce,
without rest, till he reached the shore
of the sea. Let us rest here" no
said, for it is sure asylum We
have reached the bounds Of the world"
And as he sits down, lie sees the eye
in the same place in tie lurid horizon.
A4a s!as9 49, ~ E4'4ss 41-!A4 A!n 1la y
of those who live under tents in tho
desert, drew a tent about him, and
when he sat encompassed by its thick
folds, little Tsilla, his sons child, fair
as the morning, asks You no lon
ger see anything?" And Cain an
swers, =" still see the eye" Aud Tu
bal built about him a wall of brass :;
but that eye still gazed upon him.
Then Tubal, Cain aud his brothers
built great city, with walls as thick
as mountains, and wrote upon the gate,
" God shall not enter )" and they
placed Cain in u great tower of stone
within, and there the eye looked stead.
iastly on the dreary, haggard man,
Then he said, Let me dwell under
the ground, in the loneliness of tho
grave, where none shall see, where |
shal see nothing more" And they
made him case under ground and
Cain said, 1T is good" Then he
went down into it, and when he was
seated there in the dark, and they had
closed it up with a great stone, "the
eye was i'll the tomb and looked Oh
CAIN
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-12-29
THE AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY

n. p. Willis recently visited the fac
tory of the American Watch Company
at Waltham, Mass, in company with
Mr.. Robbins one of the proprietors.
We make the following extract from
Mr.. Willis's account of the establish.
ment, in a recent number of the Home
Journal
1t is curious necessity Of watch
factory that it should form a part of a
beautiful landscape-a secluded place,
moist soil or the bank of river be-
ing requisite to its operations. The
original site of the factory at Roxbu-
ry was abandoned, because the light
and dusty character of the soil, and
the degree to which the atmosphere
was charged with dust by the wind
and the industrial movements of the
neighborhood, materially interfered
with the nicely of the work. Hence
was chosen the present beautiful hill
side on bend of the Charles River,
where the hundred or two of male and
female operatives, as they sit at their
benches, regulating the different
movements Of the machinery, can look
out Of the windows before them, upon
bits of river scenery that would en-
chant an artist.
1t is another poetic popularity Of
matchmaking (at Waltham, at least,
that the more delicate lingering Of wo-
10
the large number of persons employed
in the factory, more than half, if OBJ
served rightly, were of the ssterhood
left idle by the sewing machine-a
happy compensation OF Providence
Gradually, in this way, probably, the
indoor employment of all trades and
vocations that do not require muscu-
lar strength. will bc given over to
| woman.
The Watch Factory is of brick, two
stories in height, and enclosing
quadrangular court and, along the
closely-p.aced inner and outer win
dows, stand the work benches at which
are seated the SUGGESTIONS of opera
tives--each Of the one hundred and
twenty parts of the watch require sep
arate manufacture and adjustment
What impressed me particularly as !
walked through these long galleries
of seated and patient artificers, was
the exceeding delicacy and minuteness
of it all-thc inevitable machinery
accomplishing. with such powerful ex-
actness, the almost invisible wonders
! of Transformation and construction,
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-12-29

EXHAUSTION OF TALK.

How long the lamp of conversation
holds out to burn, between two per.
sons only, is set down in the follow
ing passage from Count GonfalloLer's
account of his imprisonment
Fifteen years I existed in dungeon
ten feet square! During six years
had companion during nine | was
alone I! never could rightly distin-
guish the face of him who shared my
captivity in the eternal twilight Of
our cell. The first year we talked in-
cessantly together we related our
past lives. our joys forever gone, over
and over again. The next year we
communicated to each other our
thoughts and ideas on all subjects,
The third year we had no ideas to
communicate we were beginning to
loose the power of reflection.
The fourth at the interval of
month or SO, we would open our lips
to ask each other if it we're possible
that the world went on as gay and
bustling as when we formed portion
of mankind. The sixth he was taken
away--I never knew where, to execu,
tion or liberty. But was glad when
he was gone, even solitude was bet,
ter than the pale, vacant face. One
day (it must have been year or two
after my companion left me, the duns
geon door was opened, whence pro-
cecding l knew not, the following
words were uttered by order of his
Imperial Majesty, intimate to you
that your wife died a year ago" Then
the door was shut, and l heard no
more they had but flung this great
agony upon my mind and left me
along with it.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-12-29
GIBRALTER.

Gibraltar, the "rock' on which it
has lately been suggested that France
and England may split" is now at
tracing much attention. The assem-
bling of French and Spanish fleets and
a Spanish army in its immediate
neighborhood, the latter ostensibly for
the invasion of Morocco, has been
looked upon with suspicion, and in the
present unsettled state Of Europe
these suspicious are justifiable. Glib.
raltar, as Burke said, lis post OF
power, a post of superiority, of con.
nection, Of commerce--one which
makes us invulnerable to our enemies. ,
That France and Spain envy us our
possession of it is certain, though
why Spain should do so we are at loss
to know, for in the hands of England
it is guarantee that the country
of the Cid never can become a French
province or the Mediterranean a
French lake.
The rock itself is composed chiefly
of limestone and marble, and is at it's
point some 1900 feet in height its
circumference is about seven miles,
and its length from north to sonth
about three. To the ancients it was
well known, but never inhabited.
They called it Calpe, and we read OF
it in Grecian history as the European
pillar Of Hercules Abyla being the
African one. The Moors call it Gibel
Mo-osa-the Hill of Musa. The Span.
ish name it Cabo dc Bullones-the
Capo of Knobs.
Gibraltar was first taken from the
Moors, who con Iuered it in the sew
enth century, by Guzman el Bueno, iu
1909 but it was again lost, and final
ly retaken in 1852 by another of the
Guzmans. 1t was Incorporated with
the Spanish crown in 1902. In l7O4
during the War Of Succession, it was
captured by Sir George Rook. who at
tackled it suddenly, and found it gar
risuned by only los men. 1t was
taken by England in the name Of the
Arch-duke Charles, and was the first
stone which fell from the vast but ru
nous edifice Of the Spanish monarchy
George |. would have given it up at
the Peace of Utrecht, so little did he
estimate its worth and the nation
! thought it "a barren rock, An insig
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-12-29

HENRY WARD BEEcHER on INTEREST.
How many people in the country have
found true the following by Henry
Ward Beecher:
No blister draws harder than inter.
est does. OF all industries none is
comparable to that of interest. 1t
works day aud night, in fair weather
and in foul 1t has no sound in IFS
footsteps, but travels fast 1t gnaws
at mans substance with visible teeth.
1t binds industry with its film, as the
fly is bound upon a SPIDERS web. Debt
rolls a man over and over, binding
him hand and foot, and letting him
hang upon the fatal mesh until the
longlegged interest devours him.
There is no crop that can afford to
pay interest money on a farm. There
is but one thing raised on farm like
it, and that is the Canadian thistle,
which swarms new plants every time
You break its roots, whose blossoms
are prolific, and every flower the
father of million seeds. Every leaf
is an awl, every branch a spear, and
and every plant platoon of bayonets,
and field full of them is like an arm.
ed host The whole plant is tor.
ment and a vegetable curse. And
yet a farmer had better make his bed
of Canada thistles, than attempt to
lie at ease upon interest.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-12-29
THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE.

Because Austria has been defeated
in two or three battles, and been
obliged to relinquish Lombardy, we
must not regard her military prestige
as lost, or think that she is not one of
the greatest powers of the earth. We
must remember that out of more than
thirty-seven million of subjects, Aus
tria has lost by the late war but little,
or two millions and half. Lombar.
dy and Venice combined containing
less than FIVE millions of inhabitants
The extent of the same provinces is
less than $4,000 square miles, while
the whole Austrian empire embraces
an area of more than 253,0 square
miles. Lombardy is one of the small.
est Of the fifteen political divisions in.
to which the Austrian empire has been
divided, and its government has al
ways been attended by expenses dis
proportioIate to its size and popula-
ton, when compared with other pro-
vinces. 1t is absurd to suppose a
loss comparatively so inconsiderable
will enfeeble powerful empire, or to
believe that the house Of Hapsburg
can never restore its lost prestige.
What Napoleon III has done to
Austria is but trifing chastisement
compaied to what she has suffered at
the hands of Napoleon |. Not only
did the latter entirely expel her from
Italy, but annexed part Of her Ger
man provinces to France. The war
commenced by Leopold II in 1892
against the French Revolution, result
ed in the loss not only Of Northern
Italy, but also of Flanders, Belgium,
Holland and all the left bank Of the
Rhine. The second was commenced
against France. in 1899, ended in still
further concessions to the latter,
though Austria had the cooperation
Of England and Russia. Nor was
Fancis more successful when he de-
clared third war, in 1905, and lost
thereby 100000 square miles Of terri
tory and three millions Of subjects