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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF E. 2. CHRIsTY.-
The following sketch of an incident in the life
of Mr.. Christy, we take from the New York
HeraM
Years ago, Mr.. Christy, poor young man,
with not dollar of bis own after paying his
passage money, was going to Buffalo on board
a.Lake Erie steamboat. He proposed to COM
mence his negro minstrelsv entertainments there,
if he could procure sufficient funds to hire a
room.
How much do you require = asked the
captain of the boat.
about twenty dollars" said ChriSty.
Here it is" said Captain Folger; 'you can
pay me one Of these days if you succeed if
not, never mind" And thus they parted.
Years passed on. Christy went from place
to place aud finally established himself in
New York, succeeding beyond the brightest
dreams. Iu these years wherein the chance
friends did not meet again, the steamboat cap
tain was unfortunate and lost everything he
possessed At last he left the lakes and went
to New York to seek employment as a ship
master Without friend in the city, he met,
of course, with no success, and was nearly de-
spairing, when he one day met Chrsty in the
street. He told him his business in the city,
and asked him if perhaps he might know some
ship owner TO whom he could speak d good
word for him. ..a,-
why don't you buy ship yourself 7" said
Christy.
"Why, told you had no money" said
the captain.
How much would good vessel cost" ask
ed Christy, who had 10 idea of the value Oh
management Of such property. .... ...
About twenty thousand dollars" was thl
reply. ....u ......... .a..,........-
"WelI, you go and buy vessel then" sale
Mr. Christy; "you loaned me twenty dollars
once when | wanted it E.; I'll lend you twenty
thousand, now you go and buy Vessel-ll
pay for her. If she makes anything beyond
your wages and interest, III take half anG
you take half If she loses, lose the whole
Captain F. bought ship for eighteen thou
sand dollars, and Mr. Christy paid for her.
know it, for he paid me in hatfuls of shilling'
and sixpences and rolls of bank hills for the
| Vandalia.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

A HAPPY WoMAN.-Is she not the very
sparkle aud sunshine of life Z A woman who
is happy because she can't help it-whose
smiles even the coolest sprinkle of misfortune
cannot dampen Men make a terrible mistake
when they marry for beauty, for talent, or for
style. The sweetest wives are those who pos
sess the magic secret of being contented under
any circumstances. Rich or poor, high or
low, it makes no difference the bright little
fountain of joy bubbles up just as muscaIy in
their hearts Do they live in log cabin the
fire that leaps up on its humble heart becomes
brighter than the guided chandeliers in ALA
din palace Were the stream of life so dark
and unpropitious that the sunshine of a happy
face falling on the turbd tide would not awak-
en- an answering CLEAN Why, these joyous
tempered people don't know half the good
they do.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

How THEY FIRE IN BATrLE.-An army cor
respondent says You wonder whether the
regiments fire regular in voey or whether each
man loads and fires as fast as he can. That
depends on circumstances, but usually, except
when the enemy is near at hand, the regiments
fire only at the command of their officers
You hear drop, drop, drop, as few of the
skirmishers fire, followed by rattle and roll,
which sounds like the falling of a building,
just as some of you have heard the brick
walls tumble at great fire. Sometimes, when
a body of the enemy's cavalry are sweeping
down upon regimen to cut it to pieces, the
men form into square, with the officers, and
musicians in the centre. The front rank stands
with bayonets charged, while the second rank
fires as fast as it can. Sometimes they form
in four ranks deep-the two front one kneel-
ing with bayonetS charged, SO that if the en-
emy should come upon them, they would run
against picketfence of bayonets. When they
form in this way the other two ranks load and
fire as fast as they can. Then the roar is ter
rife and many horse and his rider goes down
before the terrible storm of bullets"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

oes were blessings and songs of hope. Sht
had gone feariessly yet delicately into tht
homes of the poor and degraded, and had lift
ed the weak and wicked from the mire of des
pair she had Strengthened the limbs of The
dead, wept with the mourners softened ths
defiant, and with her earnest voice and loving
ways had led the reckless and grefstricken tc
the gate of Paradise, showing them within
their beloved ones radiant in white robes made
clean from earth.
Places of JOY knew not her face. Iron
barred doors of gloomy prisons closed upon
her while she prayed with malefactors and
wrestled with the guilt of criminals by the
stricken with pestilence, by the sick-beds OF
hospitals and courts, her soft hands were busy
her slight form sleepleSs. Among the con-
demned of her own sex she went with reclaim
ing words of love, and found in each some sun
ny memory some yearning hope, some vague
unrest, some feeling of disgust OR suffering, by
which she led then back to purity. to respect,
to heaven. Her own sorrow took her near,
gave her divinng power over the sorrows OF
others. The smitten with pain recognized a
fellowship with one stricken like themselves
and while the sad sought her sympathy, she
/
crushed.
Yet this life, so full of holy Offices, Of ear
nest labor, of Inspiring results, had been long,
and heavy, and weary to the possesSor for
the great grief that had wrecked her in the
years gone by, had never died, never slept,
never iesSened in p0gnancy or freshness. In
wing her the key to other hearts, it turned
over and over again knife in her own it
conquered her in the night-watcheS, and food
ed her pillow with the salt tears OF bitterness;
it followed her into the realms of sleep, and
rose each morning Shuddering at the daWu OF
another day. Yet the power of GoD held her
misery in bonds She had learned to pray
and to trust, and in learning to srast sho bad
also learned to wait for her appointed time,
and now beside her couch of death still linger
ed this iusatiate phantom of the Past. She
had long ago looked it fully face to face, and
had borne its wounds in silence but now,
should she leave it behind her with the clay
that was growing cold Or wcuid it go with
her into that other land, and clog her steps
still upon the golden paVements OF the New
Jerusalem ? She lay, with closed eyes, walt,
ing for the sign her spirit sought. She heard
around her sobs Of those who weFt to lose her
interrupted now and then by stIiied voice OF
prayer Only mortal woe, mortal petition.-
She could not penetrate the great Perhaps,
bot she believed-ah she did believe that
there is One Who knows ! She stretched up
ward her dying arms she looked to heaven
with her glazing eyes, and from the very
depths of her struggling being arose the voice
of dependence, My Cor, be mercifnl !" This
too was the Cry of the Human Hel
disemb odied soul carried it to the Throue OF
Light. With its last tone she had solved
the great Perhaps"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09
TOW ANDA:
Thursday Morning, October 9, 1862.
ssIetteA Yoetrp.
THE HEARTS GUESTS.

Soft falls through the gathering twilight
The rain from the dripping caves,
And stirs with tremulous rustic
The dead and the dying leaves
While afar, in the midst of the shadows,
hear the sweet voices of bells
Come borne on the winds of autumn,
That ftfully rises and swells.
The call and they answer each other
They answer and minge again
As the deep ard the shrill in an anthem
Make harmony still in their strain;
As the voices OF scntinels mingle
In mountainous regions of snow,
Till from hill top to hill top a chorus
Floats down to the valleys below.
The shadows, the freight of even,
The sound of the rains distant chime,
Come brin gng, with rain softly dropping,
Sweet thoughts of a sbadowy time
The slumbcrous sense OF seclusion,
From storm and intrGders aIoof,
We feel when We hear in the midnight
The pattcr of rain on the roof.
When the spirit goes forth in its yearnings
To take all It's wanderers home,
Or, alter in the regions Of fancy,
Delights on swift pion:ons to roam,
quietly sit by the lire-liglt-
This tire-light 80 bright and 20 warm
For know that those only who love me
VIII seek me through shadow ana storm.
Bat should they he ab>eat this evening,
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

Gsa- 1t may be useful to study, at leisure,
a variety Of proper phrases for such occasions
as are most frequent in life, as ciVilties to su-
periors, expressions of kindness to interiors !;
congratulations, coincidence, expressions OF
gratitude acknowledgement of faults, asking
or denying of favors, etc. prescribe no par
ticular phrases, because, our language con-
tnually Guctuating, they must soon become
stiff and questionable The best method Of
acquiring the accomplishment Of graceful
and easy manner of expression for the COM
mon occasions of life, is attention to and init
tation of we'll bred people Nothing makes a
man appear more contemplate than barren
hess, pedantry, or improperly of expression.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

"THArs WHATS THE MATTER."-We have
just found out the origin of this popular phrase.
A friend of ours who has been absent all win
ter, returned few days since, called upon an
estimable lady friend. He was surprised to-
find her confined to sick bed. After the first
salutationS were over, our friend remarked
Why, Mrs -, | am very sorry to find
YOU ill-wbat is the matter? Quickly reach
ing over to the back of the bed, the invalid
turned down the coverlid disclosing beauti-
full infant, wrapped in the embrace of the rosy
god, and said triumphantly, that's aohaps tbs
matter."-La Crosse Democrat.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

1g One Sunday afternoon Sunday school
teacher observed two boys playing at marbles
by the roadside. He stopped, told them how
wicked it was, and succeeded in persuadlng
the worst one to accompany him to school
The lad was decidedly fast youth of eight
years In the class, among other things, the
teacher told him that God made this beauti.
ful world, and all that is in it ; we must thank
Him for all the good things we enjoy He
gives US our food and our clothes"
docs He give me my clothes, too!' broke
in the lad.
" Yes, He gives you everything'
"Now, that's where you've got your eye
shut up for my nanny made these trowsers
out of dads old ones u
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

gsp A leaf is toru from the tree by the
rude gale and borne far away to some desert
spot to perish Who misses it from amongst
its fellows Who is sad that 1t has gone =
Thus with human life. There are dear friends
perhaps, who are stricken with grief when
loved one is taken and for many days the
grave is watered with tears and anguish. But
by and by the crystal fountain Is drawn dry
the last drop oozes out the stern gates OF
forcetfulness fold back upon the exhausted
spring and time, the blessed healer OF sor.
row, walks over the closed sepulcher without
waking single echo by his footsteps.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

THE LARGEST CITY IN THE WoRLD.--A very
erroneous idea is ndnlged in by .nany people
in relation to the largest city in the world,
many confidently asserting that London, or. as
it is frequently termed, the Great Metropolis,
is far superior, both in size and the number Of
its inhabitants. But such is not the case
Jeddo, the capital of Japan, is without excep-
ton, the largest aud most popular city in the
world. 1t contains the vast number of ,500,.
600 dwellings and 100000 of human souls.
Many of the streets are IS Japaneseries in
length, which is equivalent to q English
miles.
The commerce Of Jeddo far exceeds that of
any other city in the world, and the sea along
its coast is constantly white with the sails of
ships. Their vessels sail to the southern por-
tion of the empire, where they are laden with
rice, tea, sea coal, tobacco, silk. cotton and
tropical fruits, all of which find ready mar
ket in the north and then returned freight
ed with salt, oil, isinlass, and various other
productions of the north, which have market
in the south
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

py~ 1t is said that the pen is tnightier
than the sword" Neither are OF much use
without the holder.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

baS BY forgetting injuries, We show our
selves superior to them be who broods over
hem is their slave.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

Bey~ 1t is no misfortune for nice young
lady to lose her good name, if nice young
man gives her better,
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

bsF Says Taleyrand, our welcome of a
stranger depends upon the name he bears
upon the coat he wears our farewell upon
the spirit he has displayed in the interview.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

A TRUE WoNAN-Gen. Sickles, in his
speech at Brooklyn lately. narrated the follow
ing touching incident While in the cars the
other day, during my tosr through Western
New York, lady approached me and made
an inquiry about her son, whom she said was
in MY brigade could not help expressing
my surprise to her that one so youthful in APP
pearance had son old enough to be in the
army She said her boy was only sixteen
when he enlisted, bat, being of large stature,
no questions about his age were asked. AT.
ter such inquiries as would suggest themselves
to an affectionate mother, she gave message
to him. She bid me say to him that his faith
er had Just enlisted in the Ninth Cavalry, and
that she was now quite alone. "Tell him, al.
So" said she. THAT we are as poor as ever,
but that all the pay he has sent me | havep put
in the bank in his name. Not q penny of it
has been touched | want hin, to know that
if he comes home not as able to work as when
he went, something is laid by for him" Turn.
ing to bright youth some ten years old, who
stood near her, as she was leaving me, she
said General, / wish this one was old
enough. and you should have him too, for
think God will bless every mother who gives
her children to the cause"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

Surrounded by the beings she had rescued
weeping women aud sad-eyed men--a woman
was about to die, and III the waiting silence,
broken only by sob8 her thoughts traced back,
link by link, the chain of her life. 1t was
slipping away from her now. Soon she would
be launched On the great sea of eternity, and
her soul was agitated as it drew near to the
darkness, solemn and impenetrable, that she
must enter alone. But it had been noble
lIfe-simpe, self-sacrifcing, heroic Its fruits
were minds purified and souls saved its min
isrations were pure. tender. obscure its ech-
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09

SowING SEED IN Rocky ScIL-A few days
ago missionary visited the camp of the Six.
teenth Connecticut Regiment in Hartford,
for the purpose of giving the soldiers some
spiritual advice. He went up to one tent,
where stood private and said to him
My friend, do you love the Lord 2"
"No.n
DON'T love the Lord ?"
"No.n
Whereupon the missionary gave the young
man some excellent and appropriate advice,
and left with him tract. Passing on to an-
other tent he came across another member OF
the regiment.
" Do you love the Lord?"
Yes
L have some tracts would you like some
to distribute 2"
Yes, would be very glad to receive them
and pass them around among my companions
g" am happy" said the missionary, 6 to fiud
so true Christian gentleman as yourself
At d tent just below here | met young an
and asked him if he loved tie Lord, and he
said No."
''Said what ?"
"He said 4" No! I"
/" He did, did he? Why, I thought the
id fool knew better !"
Ev;t ooicoioparv Oe,c Tyoro,, Eoornol
The Placer herald., 1862-08-02
PRIVATE MEDICAL OFFICE.

TTUNDREDS of those who have contracted dis
IL ease are disappointed of a cure by not call
ing on Dr.. Young at first. He will forfeit any
sum if he fails to cure any disease that may come
under his care, no matter how long standing or
dieting, such as ulcers, tumors, nodes, punches,
pimpl on the face and body, pains 10 the bones
and loins wakeluluess, trembling copper-color-
ed sores, wasting Of the bones emaciation, loss
of appetite, strength and flesh. sores in the nose
and ears, loss Of hair, weak eyes, itching humors,
&c. Many persons after being relieved of all
external diseases suppose themselves cured, but
after q few months find themselves troubled with
various symptoms which they never had before,
and which they find it impossbleto to relieve. To
all who are afflicted in this way, DR.. Young would
partcu arly recommend a trial of his skill. The
symptoms with which you are troubled are caus-
ed by taints in the blood, which, or later,
will destroy health and happiness. No person
who has ever had an attack of any private COM
plant, should fail to consult DR.. Young. and
take few bottles Of his invaluable purifying
med icine, as they can rest assured that their
blood is in perfectly pure and healthy condition,
and that every trace of disease has been remov-
ed from the system.
Recent cases cured in from two to five days
without change OF diet or hindrance from busi-
ness or no fee. DR.. j. &. YOUNG.
The Placer herald., 1862-08-02
IMPORTANT TO MINERS AND TRAVELLERS.

THERE is no maady of deeper importance,
l. either in medical or moral point of view,
to which the human family is more liable, than
that arising from impure connections.
As medical man it is the duty of every Ply.
sician 10 look at disease as it affects health and
life, and his sole object should be to mitigate as
far as in his power, their bodily suffering HUI
man nature is at best but frail but all liable
to misfortune.
OF all ills that affect man, none are more terri
BILE than those Of private nature Dreadful as
it is in the person who contracts 1t, frightful as
are its ravages upon his constitution, ending fire.
quently in destruction and a loathsome grave, it
becomes Of still greater importance when it is
transmitted to an innocent offspring Such being
the case, how important it becomes that every one
having the least reason to fear that they have
contracted the disease should attend to it at once
by consulting some physician, whose respectable
ity and education enables him to warrant safe,
speedy. and permanent cure. In accordance with
this necessity, DR.. Young feels called upon to
state that by long study and extensive practice,
he has become perfect master of ull those diseases
The Placer herald., 1862-08-02
He He He He. Ha Ha Ha. HO HO HO
How Funny.

4 LAS! CRIED I, POOR MAID, YOUR SKIN,
IA though yellow, coarse and dark us sin, and
pimpled, frecked, sunburnt, tanned, spotless can
be, UNDERSTANDABLE such defects are cured, eope,
when washed with Jones' Chemical Soap. Your
teeth, YOUR breath, YOU not dispute, when wash
ed with Lafont's Soap Teeth Root, white as the
driven snow are made, though yellow, tartared,
dark, decayed; and fragrant, pure and sw eet your
breath, though putrid foul as rotten death; and
that red hair, though now as course as any name
or tail of horse, silky and dark 'twould be made
to live, by Jones' Coral Hair Restorative; all
dandruff, soruff would be removed-the hair stop.
ped falling and improved. The articles above
spoken of are all we represent them, and are
sold at reasonable prices, (25 cents,) by every
respectable Druggist in California.
Agents, Crane Brigham, San Francisco.
October 18th, l86l.-ly
The Placer herald., 1862-08-02
METROPOLITA HOTEL.
corner Bush and SansOme Sts.
SAN FRANCISCO.

THIS POPULAR AND WELL ESTABLISHED
i Hotel still continues to enjoy the patronage
of the public, for which the propretors beg most
respectfully to return their grateful acknowledge
ments and avail themselves Of this opportunity to
assure their patrons that no effort shall be spared
on heir part to maintain the enviable reputa-
tion of the Metropolitan as first class house
The Metropolitan is fire. proof and hard finish
ed throughout.
The Metropolitan is the largest Hotel. and has
the most spacious halls, and the best lighted and
ventilated rooms of any upon the Pacific coast
The Metropolitan is situated in the business
part of the city and is iscentrally located between
the landings Of the Ocean and River steamers
The Metropolitan has elegantly furnished suites
of rooms with one or more bedrooms attached to
parlors and admirably adapted 10 the wants of
families.
The Metropolitan Dining Room hastwenty sep
crate tables where families and friends can enjoy
at meals the social quiet of home.
For general cleanliness. luxurious and we'll
cooked food, attentive and orderly servants, the
Metropolitan has no superior.
The Metropolitan is furnished with Collins &
Co.'s luxurious and justly celebrated Premium
Spring Mattresses which insure the most refresh
ing sleep.
The "MErRoPOLIr IN COACH" will always be at
the landing upon the arrival of the steamers. to
carry passen gers to the Hotel.
Last, but not least, the charges will be moder
| ate to suit the state of the times.
ARMSTRONG & TODD
Jan.ll, 1862.-ly. Proprietors.
The Placer herald., 1862-08-02
WEBBER'S CORDIAL,
A Blessed Remedy for all Cali.
fornia Diseases.


rs 1T NOT AWFUL TO NOTE THE HAG
Il gard, salow, cadaverous faces and wasted
skeleton forms meet. This is not confined to
the old. but we see the young, ablebodied, and
those in the prime of life, complain after being
here some time of illness; some grow unnaturally
fat suddenly; others waste and grow thin; they
cannot ocalize or describe their disease, yet they
feel universally unwell mentally and physically;
some have pains and weakness in the breast.
limbs or body; they feel want of muscular and
mental energy. want Of animation, and have
fearful forebodings for the future poor appetite,
nervous irrtability and sleeplessness; their skin
is dry and occasionally flushed and heated, thin,
pallid and yellow.
Now sudden deat:s, lunacy and universal debi-
lity is too, too prevalent here; and who wonders
when combined with climate like this, dry air
impregnated with electricity and galvanism?-
We have many who have passed through sick
ness whose life is Incorporate and debauched, or
have seen others who have been nearly doctored
to death by quack medicines, or by the advice Of
THE Faculty" who haveimpregnated them with
mercury, calomel &c.
For all such cases is DR.. Jacob Webber's Invi-
gorating Cordial Sanguifer most especially adap-
ted inasmuch as the above cases and symptoms
did DR.. Webber minutely study in adapting his
Cordial to their cure. II enlivens the torpid
liver elects all bilious matter from the system
causes sudation. or free perspration $50 neces-
sary to healthy it purifies and enriches the blood
gives strength to the limbs and body, and il posi-.
lively infallible in all uervousdiseases, trembling
or wakefulness.
There never was a remedy gave such delight
to the sufferer as this. The Agent can, from his
own knowledge of cures effected by it, conscien-
tiously recommend it in any of the following dis
eases: Nervousness. Weakness, Langour, Loss of
Appetite, Sleep or Strength, Trembling, Low
Spirits, Decay Of the Natural Functions, Pains in
the Head Limbs or Body, Neuralgia or Rheuma-
tic, and it often restores those to health and
strength whose constitutions are almost broken
This is sold at every respectable Drug Store in
California and Oregon.
Agents. Crane Brigham, and Redington l.
Co., Druggists, San Francisco.
GNr Beware of counterfeits, the name of T.
Jones and J. Webber is on every genuine label.
October 18th, l86I.-ly