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Peculiar Customs Of the japanese.

According to a recent authority, one
great peculiarity Of the Japanese is their
ma mania for squatting; they seem, to DO
everything in this positionsand even when
q, man is plowi1g in the field he looks as
if he wanted to squat. Their habits in
many things seem to be, SO often exactly
opposite to ours, that it almost resolves
itself into a rule that everything goes by
contraries. When they cook a goose, in
stead Of fputting the goose ON the fre, they
put Che 6re in the gpose,, thus making
great saving Of fuel In planning or saw
ing Q board, they plane or saw towards
themselves iDstead OF from themselves
When you .golinto house, instead of ta-
king off your bat You take off your shoes,
Instead of saying John Smith, they say
"Smith John" and instead of Mr.. Brown,
Brown Mister.' The country is rich in
flowers and vegetables productions. They
have carried the art Of making paper to
great perfection. Mr. MEG owan, in re.
cent lecture on Japanese customs, exhibi-
ted an overcrcoat made of paper, perfectly
strong and serviceable. In this country
we have paper collars, but in Japan they
60 further and have paper handkerchiefs,
which are very soft and of very fine tex
ture. But they are more delicate than we
in one respect; after they have used ahand-
kerchief they throw it away, and are thus
saved the trouble of washerRomen They
even weave their. paper and make what
may be called paper-coth Of it. 4 ----
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A Russian Funeral.

The burial of the dead is picturesque
aud interesting ceremony in Moscow. A
body Of priests, dressed in black robes and
wearing long boards, take the lead in the
funeral cortege, bearing in their hands
shrines sand burning tapers. The hearse
follows, drawn by four horses. Black
plumes wave from the heads Of the horses,
and flowing black drapery covers their
bodies and legs Even their heads are
draped in black, nothing being perceptible
by their eyes. The coffin lies exposed on
the topNof tue hearse, and is also similarly
draped. The ombination of sombre plu-
mage and drapery has a singularly mourn
ful appearance. ~.
Priests stand on steps attached to the
hearse, holding images Of the Saviour over
the coffin others follow in the rear, COM
forting the friends and relatives of the de-
ceased. A wild, monotonous chant is
sung from time to the by the chief
mourners, as the procession moves toward
the burial ground, The people cease their
occupations in the streets through which
the funeral passes, uncovering their heads
and bowling down before the images born
by the priests, utter prayers for the re-
pose Of the dead. The rich and poor Of
both sexes stand upon the sidewalk and
offer up their humble petitions. The
deep-tongued bells of the Kremlin ring
out their solemn peals, and the wild and
mOurnful chant of the priest mingles with
the grand knell Of death that sweeps
through the air. sili fes 'lfT' Jug i's
All is profoundly impressive. The pro-
cession Of priests with their burning ia.
pers; the drapery of black on the horses;
the coffin with It's dead; the weeping
mourners the sepulchral chant; the sud-
den cessation Of all the business of life,
and rapt attention Of the multitude; the
deep grand death, ,knell Of the bells; the
glitter of domss and cupolas on every
side; the green.roofed sea Of houses; the
winding streets, and the costumes If the
people-form spectacle wonderfully wild,
strange and lnournful. In everything
that comes within the sweep Of the eye,
there is d mixed aspect Of Tartaric bar
barlsm and European civilization. Yet
even the stranger from a far-distant cline,
speaking another Language, accustomed to
other forms, must feel, in gazing upon
such a scene, that death levels all distinc-
tions Of race44that our common mortality
brings us nearer together. ~ ,ai VI 4.
g rsfT ~ 4 9lt4 Igt u iiia LltArNa EAfgiN
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Bss@ Al gentleman With ! large six
shooter in his hand was asked Is that
"a horse pistol?@ it IS o6ly 4 Colts:''
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~ The last seen Of the individual who
made the remark, s'If I am drafted ! sball
90 =. he vas going TO Uauadx.
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B. WORRYING AND LAUGHING.--A cleri-
cal friend, at a celebrated watering place,
met a lady who seemed te be lowering on
the brink Of the grave. Her checks were
hollow. and wan, her manner listless, her
step lahguid, and her brow wore the Sc
we're contraction indicative both of menta.
and physical suffering, SO that she was to
all observers an object of sincerest pity. ny
Some years after be encountered this
same lady, but so bright, and fresh, and
youthful, so full of healthful buoyancy,
and so joyous in expression, that be ques-
toned himself if he had not deceived
himself in regard to her identity. .iao
"Is it possible" said he, s.that / see be-
fore me Mrs. B., WHO presented such
olefulappearence' at the Springs several
years agoW 'ai6.
"The very same:"
YsAnd pray tell me, madam, the secret
of your cure. What means did you use
to attain such vigor of MUD and body, to
cheertulness and rejuvenation ?" 1gr.l
ga very simple remedy returned she,
with beaming face. 81 stopped worry
ing and began to hugh-that's all. ~
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CoxeREss AND Tux CURREScY.--The
Confederate Congrss. meets on Monday
next, AMI we suppose lbs frs, thing, ms il
u csftsinly the mos, important, that will
receive attention, is the Currency. Every
body expects Coogress 10 Ia akssp-edy &C
tion, and svory man who desires the sue
cess Of our cause, wants the mem bsrs TO
come up to The work boldly and DO ~ha,
Is right without spssch-mxking and un
necessary delay. The general opit ION is
that y heavy tax bill will he passed 10
order to draw IN large amount Of Tho
paper currency now in circulation. Money
Is too abundant, especially With traders
and sPscu!ators. aud to tba, cause is TRACE.
abe the enormous high price. wLreh
prevail. Present evils can be rsmedisd
il Congress will do 'ls duty.
We hear tbs opinioa expressed BY sx.
Peris0ced fnanGiers. founded on belief
that Congress will take immediate slsps
10 relieve the rsdundsney that nsxt year
o Confederate dollar will buy three or
four things rs much as il does now. We
hope this will prove true; and We hope
that the ,ax bill will he on the ad vaiotsm
principle 10 order 10 avoid numsrous reg
ulatious, forms, DC , and delay in Estne
certain articles. Make sseh man sw~.y
wha. his whole property 10 worth ia Con
!sdsrats money, and then tax him 20
much per cent on the whole amount,
payable in Confederate monsy-sx.mpt
ing three or Eve hundred dollars from
taxation. We think experience hss shown
tha. heavy tnxation j. the ouIy thing tina,
will regulate the eurreocy, and save the
esuss from ruin. Instead Of wasting
money by payios srusvagant prices for
sstislss that can he dispensed with, pso.
pie had bsttsr be saving soopgh 10 pay
their taxes, for all may calculate on their
bang high. The higher the better, We
thiak. - Western Democrat
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TXCHANGE NOTICE, No I.

RTcnMosp, Va, Oct 18th, 1865.
The folio wing Confederate officers and
men ars hereby declared duly exchanged:
. /. All officers and men captured and ps.
rolled ut any time previous TO the fir.t Of
September, 1853. This section, however
il not intended TO include any officers or
men captured al Vieksburg, July 4,h, 1858.
except such AZ wsrs declared exchanged bv
Exchange Notice No 8, Sept. i2th, lsss,
or are specifically unmsd in this nolies. But
il does embrace all deliveries made at CITY
Point, or other place, before September I.i,
1863, aud with the limitation above named
all captures at Port Hudson OF any other
place, whore tho parties we've released on
parole.
2. The stR9 Of Generals PEN keri o q, Sta.
rsnsen, Bowsa, Moore. Barton, y. ID. Lee
Cummings, tIarris and Baldwin, and oaCol.
ouels Reynolds, Casss -s!! sad Doekery, the
officers aud men belonging to the Engu..r
Corps and Sappors and Miners and III.
fourth and fsrty sixth Missis-irpi Rsgi.
msa's, all captured at Visksburg, July 4II,
1864.
3. The general ofliesrs eaptsred al Visk,.
burg, July AIN, 1853, were declared s,.
changed July 18Th, 1859.
ROBERT CULD,
Agent Of Exshang..
Lancaster Ledger Print
Ost. 70, 1883. 3S-St.
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II He
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Is one of,he largss, News Papers published
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month.
THE WEEKLY is.s very large and hand.
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Wit and Humor

PRAcricE AND PREcEPr.-'rhat which
thou hast to do, do it with nil thy might
said clergyman to his son one moru-
ing.
SO | did this morning. replied Bill,
with an enthusiastic glssm in his eye.
'Ah! what WAS it, my darlingr and
the fathers hand ran through his of.
springs curls.
Why, wolloped Jack Brown ill he
yelled like thunder you should just have
heard him holler, dad
Dad looked unhappy, while he sx
planned that the prscepl did no; imply a
case like that, and concluded with,
You should No, have done that, my
c6ili.'
Then bed n wollopsd me, retorted
Bill.
Better, expos,uIa,ed his sire, for you
to have fled from the wrath to come
'Ycs. argued Bill, by way of clincber,
but Jack can run twice AS fast as | can.
The good man sighed, wen, to his
study. took up pea, and endesvored to
compose himself and sermon, reconcil-
lug practice with precspt.
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Hoos.--Ws are gssl.6sd 70 Isarn that
. large nanber Of hogs have bssn
brought out Of East Tennessee. recently,
by our troops. Ths Ashevi,ie News s.atsa
that Gen. Vance, the Commands IN W<s.
tern North Carolina, gathered about s
Thousand hogs fsom smoug the tories 10
East Teuues.es, aud brought them safely
10 AsLsvilis. Now that the Yankees are
,routsd out Of that hog region, we sup
pose an nbuadascs of pork will bs pro.
cured Wesfeyn DsDsoersL
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ADvAScrNs.-ln consrqusnce OF tie
continued advance in the price Of printing
matsrial.. man, Of the papers of the
South ars again advancing their terms.
Two weekly papers published in Rich
nond bsvs gone up to $40 per year, and
We see tha, the N. c. Prs.by terrain 10
tends 10 advance TO $6. These advances
are actually necessary III order TO live
and pay expenses.
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GovEREagsT WEisKEY. What does tho
Confederate Government do wilK all its
~hi"key' asks the L-x'ngtop (va) Gsfstts.
Rocksridgs is manufacturing il a, tho rate
Of nearly 100000 gallons per year. Augus.
Ia esun,y aboot 100000 gallons, giviag n
total amoust for two counties Of 100000.
suppose these two counties TO make ono
tenth Of ali that 10 made in the State (Which
Is probably low estima,e) and We have
5000 900 Of gallons - yirgiaiss- -con,ribu-
tion to this line OF supplies. Now II all the
other States together fhrni.h as much more.
we have no less than ten millions Of gal.
Ions. Thi. is enough to dc!ugs NIL Nh. hos.
pi'sls in the CcBfsderacy With all III, pa.
tients they contain.
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Western North Csroliss msy now bs
reported clear Of the Yankee horde who
have lately been seeking 30 p.rsis,satIy
for = permanent foothoid in this noun
tsis country. To the unliriug vigi!saes
aud usquss,ionsd salisn'ry Of Gen. Rob,.
B. Vance are tbs psop's nsin'y indebted
for the happy ridds"es. No maa svH
accomplished more wiib the msans At HE
comma and. - AskspiIis Nsps.
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GETTING A-fAuILr.-A German nam
sl Hsofich, residing five mics Wss, Of
LA Cresceni, MAS married 10 Po,taie, ia
November, 1850. to = healthy German
girl. The wesk alter they married thsv
moved to Nians,ota, on the farm which
thew now occupy. In Augu., 1881, Mrs.
Hsofiich gave bath 10 three boys, Two Of
whom lived. In jane, 1852, she gave
birth to three boys and a gir', two Of the
boys and the girl live. Ou the 4,h Of
this month, she gave birth tolwo girls
and boy, all Of whom we're. a. late as
Tuesday Of this week, alive and we'll. I.
= Ten children in, lsss than three years
is pretty good, essn for this vicinity
The 2afsu:s are proud Of Iher success in
the family iiue, and point with pleasure
to their company Of German infsn,Iy.-
Government sauaol afford TO draft the
head OF that faWily.-La Crosse Demo.
eraf.
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Our Defeat in the West.

The Atlanta papers come to us filled
with detached accouats and incidents OF
the late battles in Tennessee. resulting in
the loss Of Lookout Nountxio and the 70.
treat Of Bragg. lu the absence of any
connected narrative OF the disaster, We
present a summary Of the statements Of
our North Georgia exchanges.
The editor OF the Atlanta Confe,isracy
has convsrsed with = general officer just
from the army, who givss the annexed
account of the late operations
Active work began on last Saturday
~ith light diminishing. The enetuy
shsiled at intervals from their fortifcs
uons, aad sent Oat few raiding parties,
which wore checked at sv~ry point. OK
cspt in one, who're a brigade baggage
train ~as captured. On Sunday the
warmth Of the saeouatsr increased deci
dsdly, and throughout Monday the firing
from right to left became continuous, al
though but little execution was DONE
Ths great engagement opened At dawn
on Tuesday,. The attack Was made by
che enemy upon our positions upon Look
cut. They approached with resolution.
estimated Al forty thousand strong, and
charged us in our works, at the same
time occupying the attention Of our right
~iug, ranged at the foot OF Missionary
Ridge. Their onset was firm, but not
impstuous at first, but Increased IN vol.
ams and 'igor IS the day advanced. Our
troops, commanded by tho heroic Breck-
Anridgs-in command Of Lieutenant
General Hills old eorps-recsirsd the
terrible odds throws against them with =
courage animated by. the example OF
Waithsll, Strahi, Manigau.t, Bates, Ste
ssnsoa and others leading divisions and
brigsdss. Il WAS not uatil late in the
afternoon that the desperate assault Of the
enemy, multiplied 10y fresh numbers a;
svsry advance, created an effect upon our
line. At four o'clock. the "left esulrs,"a as
described BY General Bragg level
point lying near Watkin's house, between
tie foot Of Lookout and Missionary Ridge.
snd opening way into the valley in
rcar-ssvs way and the enemy poured
through the snbrasuEs like food tide.
This cut lie army in twain. aad whom it
was ebssryad BY the troops upon the
mountain Oh the fsr left, il occasioned q
confusion which could not be rsmsdisd.
and . retreat which could not bs rallied.
The day closed with q disorder which
might hass been tsrasd iato . tout, had
ths susmy .eos,inusd to press with the
same energy after dark that hs displayed
throughout the day. During the night
the remnant Of the leh, minus q portion
Of several commands, which isll captive
ssesass Of being cut Of from the main
body, ws withdrawn TO positions along
Missionary Ridge, where the troops w.rs
nssaed Tor the conflict Of tie coming day.
Our works At the foot Of Missionary
Ridge extend along q line Of Two miles in
length. They sre Luilt Of heavy .imbsrs,
stone and fence rails, mos,issd together
sith clay, and about Eve feet high. Be
hind them the hill rises in gentle slope,
but rough spd.unsyen. In front the
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Nor rnAr KIND OF A CAT a gentle
man doing business on Main street was
presented with beautiful K tten. Yes.
,srday couple Of young ladies', Que
named JuI'a, happened in the store, aud
Of course kitten, as kittens and babies Al.
ways do, came IN for an immense guam
uty Of sndesriDent aud caresses.
oh, my! what a sweet little kitten !
What is it's namsr
Ut has no, been christsued'
Ca, the dear little thing! DO call il
Julia, won't your
Il should be very happy to DO 40 said
our gallant friend, but il amt that kind
Of n eat
Kitty WAS deposited on the Goor in q
t"iuk!ing. and a couple Of Young Iadi.s
were seen looking for good place to
faint.
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We believe the Yankee officers never
say 'gracs' over their meals. II they did
it would he : Il I'D M axe us thankful
f1r What We have Prssse,l from defense
less women and children
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An alderman hasiug grown enormous
~ fat while in office, u ~ag wrote on hi.
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NOTICE.

ALI. Me Leaa,ess OF Heirs st Law Of
the Estate Of William Duaesn, deceased,
are hereby notified aud required 10 attend
at the OrdiSarys' Court To be holden for
I.aaeasier District al Lancaster Cart House
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