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UNITY

ed patriot from his allegiance. He did not
hesitate, though he bowed low TO the la
dies as he answered:
s'The standard of female beauty is, be-
lieve, allowed TO be the power OF exciting
admiration and begetting love in our sex
consequently those ladies who are most ad
mired, and beloved, and respected by the
gentlemen, must be the fairest Now ! as
sert confidently, that there is not nation
on earth where woman is so truly beloved,
so tenderly cherished, so respectfully treat
ed, as in the Republic of the Uniteds States,
therefore the American ladies are the fairest.
Bu,," be again bowed low, "if the ladies
before whom now have the honor of ex-
pressing my opinion, were in my country,
we should think them Americans"
The applause was enthusiastic, and after
the mirlh had snbsided so as TO allow the
judge to be heard, he directed the crown 10
the Yankee.
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Mysterious Disappearance

Our cotemporary of the Valley Spirit has
a .elicitous way of doing up a local occa-
sionaly when the ma erial is at hand. In
the following, while we Cannot bot pity the
credulous Frenchman, we find vein Of
humor which smacks of genuine "auc
salt"
Abou, ten days ago daPper.litile French
man made his appearance in this place and
formed the acquaintance OF well known
resident named Alexander Kovilaski, a pol
ish Jew. The twain seemed 10 be well
pleased with each other and when The time
for The departure of the Frenchman arrived
Kovilaski's heart warmed so affectionately
towards him, that he could not think OF
parting with his new made acquaintance,
and proposed accompanying him TO New
York where The Frenchman was TO obtain
the snug sam of SIX thousand dollars. The
Frenchman did not understand The language
and customs of The country, and Kovilaski
rendered his invaluable services TO see thai
he got his draft all right, in current funds,
and that The piekpockets and garfoters o
Gotham did not get him or his money inlc
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no one TO comfort her, and the soldiery
passed her by as they would dog Down
we'll not far from the village we found a
man hiding in a recess of the earth. How
IoEg he had been there no one knew, but
he was too feeble TO ascend by a rope
which was thrown down 10 him. However
we helped him up, and when he gained
the top he was TOO weak 10 stand. Some
brandy and wafer and native bread was
offered 10 him by Major Boileau; but this
he refused as he might have done poison,
although he appeared dying from starvation!
Another was discovered in a Tree where he
must have been Tor three days. He refused
at first 10 come down a musket was point
ed at him, which had the desired effect !;
down he came, matchbox, tulwar, and
powder-horn, too. In his belt we found
eighiy-eight rupees. This the men divided
and the bird was made prisoner and sent
into camp. In one of the fields an old wo-
man was found with her right leg shattered
with she'll in another, luHfe girl about
nine, with her eg shattered All over the
maiden were scattered English books, pa.
pers, envelopes, Ildes' silk dresses cover
ed with blood bonnets, parasols, elegant
drawing room chairs, and other things the
rebel had plundered from Neemuch and
other stations. The village still smou!der-
ed The high crops were all beaten down
the earth torn up; nullahs filed with bro
ken furniture, dead cattle and dead men
black heaps OF ashes lay here and there
with 'charred corpses in their centres; the
air was laden with sickening gasses il
which vullures, kites, and crows circleC
and screamed, and circled over the horriC
carcases below wretched camp follower:
were prowlng among The corpses and ruins
women, laughing and tramplng through
the broken corn-men, turning about man
ged bodies, diving into wells and tanks
climbing trees, and breaking down grain
stacks-all Sc earching for plunder like COW
ardiy assassins, and revelling in The horror
/ of death like fends
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-01-09
COLLEGE Hazing.

The process of ''Eazing," which faculty
of Harvard College recently punished by
expulsion, is thus described
"You send your boy of sixteen, seven
teen, or eighteen years to college. He en-.
iers the Freshmen class. Away from home
among strangers, perhaps a little home.
sick, he appears green or 'spoony.' But
he minds his own business, and KIN uck-
les TO his tasks. Not so with the i'm
pudent fellows of the class above him.
These Sophomores Immediately conceive
the idea of putting through your boy. They
take him of a cold night and put under IN e
pump, and after he is well wet and chilled
let him 90 home to his bed and sore
throat; or perhaps, they will get him into
a room and there try 10 smoke him out,
by burning tobacco in The slove, and keep
ing up continued putting of cigars and
pipes, and when they find him becoming
pale and sick, leave him with laughter
Or, if he is a nervous or sensitive boy,
they " i'll try 10 frighieu him out of his wits
by compelling him 10 60 blindfolded into a
darkened room and then show him hideous
things. There are various ether ways ot
hazing,' such as ducking in Tub OF cold
water getting the novitate drunk, etc. II
the boy has spirit enough 10 resist these
outrageous insults, he is told that the result
of resistance will be disc comfort and annoy
ance during his whole college life, and We
have known instances where this was the
case.
"You will be likely 10 ask in what par
of the 'joke' the laugh comes in. and your
/ boy, of course, feels inclined 10 put the
same question, and so do we.
! They have carried this Thing so far ii
I Harvard College that in one or two case;
lives were endangered, aud the students
were unable to do any study during whole
term.
! The faculty Of The College therefore made
an example of eight Sophomores who wer'
caught 'hazing' some poor Freshmen, anc
gave them leave of absence for year, to
learn al home less brutal manners
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The Model Local.

The Local Editors and Reporters of Mil
waukee. Wisconsin, (who, by the way.
form club ofsheir own had banquet in
shat city on Thanksgiving Day, in company
with representatives of the Press from other
parts OF the State. The exercises on the
occasion were OF highly interesting, char
acter-consisling OF addresses, ;oasts re-
sponses, The reading of a very fine poem,
aud singing. Ia the course oil his response
30 one OF the regular tuasis. MIR. Potter, OF
The Daily W,sconan drew The following
picture of the model Local
..Ike model Locd.-He runs 10 all the fires,
attends all the churches lof several OF which
he is devoted member is on hand at all
the weddings, knows everybody in town, is
the fret 10 here OF all the broken legs. arms.
necks, and domestic lies, in all OF which he
takes the deepest interest knows the
qualify of all the different kinds of liquor in
every saloon in town, is zealons member
an high standing of two or three Good Tenn
Gar Lodges, speuds. every evening al a
dance, IS the special admiration OF The floor
managers OF balls who desire to get their
names in the papers, sleeps al The station
house 10 learn all the night mysteries OF The
city, understands the precise condition OF
the wheat, lumber, money and Markets,
lhis knowledge of The latter being derived
purely from abstract calculations,) knows
the entire history of every dry eoads firm in
the business, from nnumerabie puffs of the
establishments, plays billiards rolls ten
pins, plays ball, skates, smokes, chews,
1.-THE two latter of which depending some
what upon The Iibersliiy with which be is
supplied by Hubart and Mark reports SER
moas on Sunday and seduciions aud muir
der cases on week days, is a special admi-
rer of the Bsuecia Boy, and al the same
time is cheek by jowi with all the clergy
men in town, reiires 10 bed al iour O'Clock
in The morning, gets up at six the same
morning, always sleeps with one eye open
and with his boots and pants on is disnlfied
and saucy, according 10 circumstances. gels
Knocked down by some offended ruffian or
rawhidec by the s'big brother" of an iniur
-ed female; periodically, is all over at the
same time, yet every day must have three
or loar columns OF loaded matter for his pa
Aper-in short, does more work, submits to
more cuffs, enddres more hardships, has
greater anboyances, enjoys fewer subsian-
.tial pleasures, aud lives lever yeats than
almost any other nan in town, and all for
the modest compensalioniof OF $500 or 5000 a
year.
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TO-DAY AND 'l0-MDRROW.
BY GERALD MASSEY.

High hopes that burn'd like stars sublime,
Go down The heavens OF Freedom;
And irne hearts perish IN the Tune
We biEerlIest need them
Bat never sit we down aud say
There's nothing left but sorrow;
We walk the wilderness TO day,
The promised land Tomorrow.
Que birds of song are silent now,
There are no flowers booming!
Yet life beats in the frozen bough,
And freedoms spring is coming
And freedoms tide comes up alway,
Though we may stand IN sorrow
And our good bark. aground 10 day,
Shall float again Tomorrow.
Through all the long, dark nights of years,
The peoples cry ascendeth,
And earth is wet with blood aid Tears
But our meek sufferance endeth
The lew shall not forever sway,
The many moil in sorrow;
The powers of earth are strong TO Gay,
But Heaven shall rule 10 morrow.
Though hearts brood DER the past, our eyes
IS With sui ing features gllsten
For 10 ! our day bursts mp the skies
Lean out your souls and listen ot4
The " Grid rolls freedoms radiant way,
And rIpeus with her sorrow
Keep heart who bear; the cross 10 day,
Shall wear The crown to morrow.
o Youth fame earnest still aspire,
With energies immortal!
To many heaven of desire
Our yearning opes portal
And though age wearles by the way,
And hearts break in the furrow,
Well sow The golden grain 10 day,
Harvest comes Tomorrow.
Build mp heroic lives, and all
Be ike a sheaiheu saher
Ready TO fash ont at Gods call,
o shivalry o. labor
Triumph and tell are twins; and aye,
Joy suiIs The cloud OF SORROW
And iis The niaTiydom 10 day
Brings victory 10 morrow.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-01-09

PASSION is a very keen observer, but a
wre,ched reasoner. 1t is like the telescope,
whose field is clearer the more contracted
it is
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-01-09

brother lawyer once told SAKE that a
beard was unproiessional. "Right," said
SAKE, ga lawer cannot be 100 barefaced."
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-01-09

He is happy whose circumstances suit
his temper, but he is more happy who can
suit his temper to circumstances.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-01-09

Slow AND SURE.-We may learn some
thing from our German citizens. They
thrive on the same income that Yankee
would starve on. We knew young Ger
man whose capitol, when he landed on our
shores, consisted of a singuarly constructed
suit OF blue clothes and long tailed pipe.
Yet in five years he had a house and loi,
money at interest, a wife, two babies, and
any quantity of domestic bliss and pickles.
During the most of this time our meritori
Gus friend received salary of only six dol.
! lars week. A Yankee might have receiv.
ed five times that sum and come out head
over ears in debt The fact is, Germans
/ have very sensible notions of life. They
are not fast. They drink beer and smoke
pipes with astonishingly long stems, bu
:hey are not addicted TO scaling on' mul
tiiUdinous baskets of expensive Heidsieck
They are industrious and economical
They know enough 10 lay up something
for rainy day, which is great deal more
than some Americans know. Many Amer
leans seem 10 think that they will have M
difficulty in borrowing umbrellas when th'
financial rainy day comes, but they ascer
.ain their mistake when the time arrives
aud are TOO often forced TO seek shelter il
the poor house or go and live with their pa
rents Meanwhile our Teutonic friend goe
pleasantly ahead, raising garden sauce an
babies, and constantly waxing richer, iatie
and jolIer We repeat, that we may lear
something from our German citizens.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-01-09

A MAN recently put his dog 10 bed and
kicked himself down stairs he did not dis
cover the mistake until he tried 10 chase a
COW and couldh I bark.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-01-09

A MAN in love has very little need of VIC
iuals. so il vour landlsdy doesn', give you
enough 10 eat, tail in love with her daugh-
ter
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-01-09

Why, john, | don't think you like
liver"
go, yes" said John, al like it very well
for forty or fifty times, but don't like il as
steady diet"
The cid lady cooked something else for
the next meal.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-01-09

Speak low, ladies and yet always en-
deayor 10 be high toned women.
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Down outside, said the fiddler, when
he fell out of The window.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-01-09

Tar reason why whales frequent the Arc
ric seas is probably, because they supply
the s'Nonhern lishtspuilh oil.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-01-09

A Western paper published number Of
verses few days ago-one as follows -
That rainy day lmet her,
When she tTipped along The street,
And with pelticoats half lifted,
Showed dainty pair Of feet.
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the money and deposited il in a carpet bag,
which was handed over by the unsuspect
ing Frenchman TO the safe keeping of Kovi-
laski They then sauniered around the
city to see The sights, when Kovilaski, al
certain point in their journeyings, suddenly
recolected tha. he had some i'm portant bu-
siness 10 transact a few miles out of the
city. He parted with his French Friend,
and as a token of remembrance, in case
they should never meet again, he took The
carpet bag along, promising 10 return and
meet the Frenchman al their lodgings in
few hours. The Frenchman walled a few
days, but Kovilaski did not return! He
then posted back to this place in great per-
tur5ation of mind to find the missing MAJ.
presuming that he had returned TO the
| bosom of his family but he is doomed TO
sad disappointment Kovlaskl is non est
inuent us, and it is not at all improbable that
! he will keep so. The Frenchman is not so
much concerned about the money as he is
about the man. He thinks if he could only
| find Kovy" his money would be safe. He
| will not belive that he has been victimiZed.
He remained in this place several days but,
Kovilaski not appearing, he returned TO
New York under the belief that he might
still be searching for him in that city? Ii
is not likely they will cross eachs others
path soon and in the meantime the French
man can make up his mind that he has
been duped by an artful knave, and thai
his money is gone past recovery.
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A PROBLEM SoLvED-The following prob
lem has arrested many fellow in his rush
through Old Badcock's arithmetic, partly
by lis difficulty of solution and partly by its
exquisite poetry:
A horse in the midst OF meadow suppose
Made fast 10 a stake by line from his nose;
How long Eusl The line be that, feeding all
round
VIII permit him 10 Craze Just an acre OF
ground
The Maysville Express volunteers solu-
ton as follows:
Its very plain case, if you'll only suppose
That it's just seven feet from his tail 10 his
nose
For the line will be then (he rule cannot
fai)
About seven teei less than if tied 10 the tail
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-01-09

Wars have married people passed thro'
the alphabet of life When they reach
the ba be.
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The following beautiful stanza is copied
from young lsdy's album
"Fare made, when Bhold ure fac,
& gaze in Two ire aZhur iZe,
my love is warmed in ? a blaze
s. thsuts within my ooZum riZe
big for my week tung 10 utter,
which leyes my hart awl in futter."
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-21

was no doubt about II. That hideous face
as il peered through the broken pane, had
fixed itself indelibly in my memory, and
now identified itself, beyond the possibility
Of doubt, with the sinister oountenance that
had impressed me so painfully in the morn
ing.
have little more to add. l Immediately
hurried back to the town and laid these
facts before the Judge. On communicating
with the landlady Of the hotel at Bristol,
she was able to prove the payment of a
small sum on that day to a travelling
glazier. She came down to K, and
from among crowd of felons unhesitatingly
picked out the convicted man as the per-
son to whom she had paid the money
The poor fellow being stranger at Bris-
tol, and having only passed two or three
hours there, was utterly unable to remem-
Der at what house he had been employed:
myself had forgotten the fact Of my hav-
ing ever been in that town.
A week later the man was at liberty
Some matter-of-fact people may endeavor
TO divest these circumstances of their, to me,
mysterious nature, by ascribing them to
disordered imagination and the fortuitous
recognition Of o prisoner condemned to die.
Nothing will ever efface from my mind
the conviction that Providence in this case
chose to work out its ends by extraordinary
and supernatural means.
Here ended his history. give it to you
without addition or establishment, as he
told it to me. 1t is secondhand l confess,
but hitherto l have never been fortunate
enough TO hear q story with aught of super
natural in it that was not open to the same
obiection
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-21
From Dickens All the Year Bound.I
How 20 Walk In Comfort = somethinG
About HOots and Their.RyiIa.

About Boots aud Thetr.kvils.
The bootmaker, ignorant of the relative
use and Importance of the different parts of
the foot, has steadily persisted for centuries,
and at this day usually persists, in so shap-
ing the shoe that the great toe is forced
upon the other toes more or less out of its
right line with the heel. Nine civilized
people in ten, perhaps, have their great
toes thus by course Of submission to mis-
shapen boots and shoes so far turned in
ward, that line run down in the middle of
them from point to ball, if continued would
not fall anywhere in the heel at all, but
several inches away outside the body.
The necessary consequence is, that the full
strength of the natural lever for raising
the body is destroyed; the effort has to be
made at disadvantage, and with pressurej
the act Of walking loses some Of its grace
and much of its ease; so that although the
boot may be so well adjusted to the spoilt
shape Of the foot, as to cause no pain, an
honest twenty or thirty-mile walk is more
than the hampered foot-machiaery has
power to sustain.
For this reason, says IN Meyer, it is
wrong TO suppose that because a shoe is
easy it is right, or that q cast of the foot,
unless it be a healthy one, would make the
best last for the shoe 1t is to wear. Allow
ance should be made for the gradual return
of the great toe to its place. by leaving its
place Ito some extent at least) vacant for it,
and permitting gentle pressure where the
joint has been forced into undue projection.
When the shoemaker tells customer that he
treads very much on one side, be in fact
compliments him by the information that
he has healthy and unsubjugated foot, de-
termined to tread straight. 1t is precisely
because children's feet are only in the first
stage of injury, and are more nearly as
God made them than as they are destined to
be made by the shoemakers, that children
especially come into trouble with the shoe
makers, or with the parents and guardians
who believe rather in shoes than in feet,
for threading on one side" A strong and
healthy foot tramples q foolish shoe out as
far as possible into the form it ought at first
to have had. Even the distorted foot, after
the shoemaker has done his worst, will Of
ten tread over the leather of the inner side
of the boot-heel, because of o natural effort
of the foot heel to bring itself into some ap-
proach TO the right line with the great toe.
In properly made shoe, then, the great
toe and the heel have their right relative
places furnishedfor them. And, since they
are to be in line together, it must follow
that if well-made pair of boots be placed
side by side so that their heels touch, their
sides also will touch through the whole
space in front of the instep from the place
of the ball Of the great toe to the very end Of
it. They will diverge only OF the rounded
ends, where the great toes round off into
the little toes, along whose line, and no.
where else,s any possible pointing of the
shape of the boot-sole can be got.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-21
The Steamship Nashville.

The steamship Nashville the escape of
which from Charleston, with the rebel COM
missioners on board, has been reported is
now wells on her way toward Europe, with
one or two United States vessels in full chase.
She has nearly FIVE days start in the race, but
has the longest distance to make, and may
be overtaken.
eighteen hundred tuns burden, and was built
at New York in 1854. She belonged to
Messrs Spoford, Tileston Co.'s Charleston
line, and was one of the fastest ships running
from New York The usual passage to
Charleston is two and a half days, but the
Nashville usually ran down in 6fty-fve
hours, and has made the trip in forty-six
and half hours. f" .snE
She made her last trip down Just before
the bcmSardnent Of Sumter. Her Captain,
at that time Murry), was South Carolina
man, and sailed from here with orders not to
go into Charleston if there was any danger.
He arrived off the bar April Z, while the
bombardment was in progress, and lay off
and on till the capitulation of Sumter, when
the ship ran in and was Immediately seized
by the rebel authorities at Charleston. 1t
will be remembered that they had Just before
seized and released the Marion of the same
line.
Since her seizure the Nashville has been
lying idle at the dock in Charleston. She is
in the very best order, and her owners last
year laid out $4,000 in repairing the ship.
Her former purser came from Charleston
some two months ago, and reported that the
vessel was well taken care of and was COW
cred with tsrpaulins to keep her from the
| sun. Much surprise has been expressed that
the ship has not been fitted out before now
as privateer.
The Collins Company twice chartered the
Nashville, to put her on in place of one Of
their Liverpool ships, and she made the trip
across each time inside of twelve days.
Her capture would be subject of congrat-
ulation, not only to the public, but to her
owners, who would have an opportunity
| tion.