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UFBAHzA, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1865.

Ioathsome head and saw its bright deadly
eye watching for the least sign of life in
its prey.
Now, then, the reptile lOosened its fold
on my arm hair breadth, and now a lit
tie more, until half an inch Ofspace sep
arated my arm and its mottled skin.
could have whipped out my hand, but
dared not to take the risk. Atoms of
time dragged themselves into ages, and a
minute seemed eternity itself. The sec
ond fold was removed entirely, and the
next one was easing. Should I dash
away now or wait a more favorable mo-
ment? I decided upon the former, and
with lightning speed I bounded away TO-
ward Grant, the crack of whose piece I
heard at the same instant. For the first
time in my life I was thoroughly over
come. and sinking down, remained in a
semi-conscious state for several minutes.
When I fully recovered, Grant and the
overioyed negroes held me up, and point
ed out the boa, who was still writhing in
his death agOnies. I shuddered as I
looked upon the effects of his tremendous
dying strength. For yards around where
he lay, grass, brushes and saplings, and
in fact everything except the more fully
grown trees, were cut clean of, as though
they had been trimmed with an immense
scythe. This monster, when measured,
was ffty-one feet, two inches and hall
in extreme length, while round the thick
est part Of the body its girth was nearly
three feet, thus proving, believe, to be
the largest serpent that was ever authen-
tically heard Of
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TIE FIRST Or WEtL.-Corry OLanus, of
the Brooklyn Eagle, in his oil explorations
has struck the first man who discovered oil:
The deeper I 60 into the oil question the
more I ascertain about it.
Solomon was right when he said there was
nothing new under the sun.
The oil business is ancient and honorable.
The patriachs had petroleum companies,
and struck lie.
Doyou know that Job soqs The first man
'rkO struck ileI
Here is my authority Job says:
when 7 washed my steps with bufter,
and the rock poured me out rivers of OIL
Dob. chap. %, verse g.
That accounts for Job being so rich.
I have been enquiring where that rock
was, and find it was in the land Of Us which
is down east.
This mine, according to Job, who ought to
be good authority, produced not Only oil but
butter. just think of the dividends on but
ter at sixty-fve cenrs on the corner gr6saryl
Look OUT for the prospectus OF the Uz Pc
troleum Company I"
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o. WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL
RE pRnI-n

o, WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL
BE PROUD?
10, why should the spirit of mortal be proud
Like a swift, fleeing meteor, a fast-hying cloud,
fash of the lightning, break of the wave,
He passcth from life to his rest in the grave.
The leaves Of the oak and the willow shall fade,
Be scattered around aud together be laid,
And the young and the old, and the low and the
high
Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie.
The infant a mother attended and loved;
The mother hatinfant's affeation who proved;
The husband that mother and infant who blessed,
Each, all, are away to their dwellings Of Rest.
The hand of the king that the sceptre hath borne;
The brow of the priest that the mitre hath worn;
The eye ofthe sage and the heart Of the brave,
Are hidden and lost in the depths Of the grave.
The peasant, whose lot was to sow and to reap
The hcrdsman, who climbed with his goats up
the steep;
The beggar, who wandered in search Of his
bread,
Have faded away like the grass that We tread.
So the multitude goes, like the flower or the
weed
| That withers away to let others succeed;
| So the multitude comes, even those we behold
/ To repeat every tale that has often been told.
For we are the same our fathers have been;
We are the same sights our fathers have seen
We drink the same stream and view the same
sun,
And run the same course our fathers have run.
The thoughts we are thinking our fathers would
think;
From the death we are shrinking our father:
would shrink;
To the life we arc cIinging they also would cling
But it speeds for Us all, like bird on the wing
They loved, butthe story we cannot unfold;
They scorned, but the heart of the naughty f
cold,
They grieved, but no wall from their slumbel
will come;
ThcyjOyod, but the tongue of their gladness is
dumb.
They died, aye they died; We things that ar,
now,
That walk on the turf that lies over their brow
And make in their dwellings transient abode,
Meet the things that they met on their pilgrimag
| road.
Yes hope and despondency, pleasure and pain
We mingle together in sunshine and rain;
And the smile and the tear, the song and tn
dirge,
Still follow each other, like surge upon surge.
From the blossom Of health to the paleness G
e death 90
From the gilded saloon to the bier and tn
shrOud-
o, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
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ARTEMUs WARD.

EVERY honorable man is made watchful
thoghtful, cautious, and painstalsing by trust
ing God-throwing all discretion into His
hands.
Send your clerk with twenty thousand
dollars to be paid into bank, and he can do
your errand almost thoughtlessly. But say
to him, the markets are unsettled, and I can
not tell what may be best by the time you
get to the city. You understand my busi-
ness. You have been my clerk long time
Now take twenty thousand dollars, and
spend two weeks in the city, and do the best
you can for me- At once you have sobered
your clerk, and made a man of him. Discre-
ton steadies him. He is cautious and inquir-
ing, and gives to his business ten times more
thought than if you had sent him down to
obey orders. Jesus Christ says, "I call you
not servants, but friends, for a servant
knoweth not what his Lord doeth. But ye
know2" And so, as you man OF business
often authorize your senior clerk to sign
checks, notes, and receipts and bind the firm.
so Christians are taken up into confidential
stations by Christi. K. Beecher.
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A COMPETENT JURY.-The following para
graph is clipped from Doylestown, Pa, pa
per published in 1923:
'The Jury which condemned Lechler to
be hung, in Lancaster county, drank during
their sittings, which was seven days, only
l45 quarts Of a0ixe brandy, gin, dc. Two Of
them it is said drank nothing-the remaining
ten must have been competent to Judge be-
tween Lechler and the commonwealth, at the
erd Of that time, that is, after drinking about
two quarts and pint day each, for seven
days. They rendered verdict of guilty, and
the man was hung"
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Cur Sturg-T TfIItr.
CAPT, SPEKES ADVENTURE

AT the earliest possible moment after
our camp had been pitched, hunt was
set foot, and Capt. Grant, myself, and
some attendants, were soon making our
way to "the path" There were no ami
mails there when we arrived, except few
hippopotami, and we were, therefore,
Obliged to wait the coming of more
palatable game. Our patience, however,
was severely taxed, and after long de-
Law we we're about to bag" a hipPopo,
tamus, when one of our attendants, perch
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Is the Cholera Coming.

The following paragraph, from the New
York Tribune, says that as war is abating
its ravages, we are threatened with its sister
scourge, pestilence:
"All Europe has been alarmed by the re-
ported appearance of the Siberian plague at
St. Petersburg, and its advance toward the
frontier of Germany. A telegram from St.
Petersburg states that it is committing fearful
ravages, and that official returns as to the
number of victims have altogether ceased
A semi-official organ of the Russian Govern
ment denies the correctness of these reports,
which, however, the neighbOring countries
agree in accepting as true. The Austrian
Government has sent a Medical Commission
to St. Petersburg to examine into the nature
Of the epidemic, and the French Government
has ordered all ships arriving from Russia to
be put in quarantine. The English Govern
ment has sent instructions to the conSuls in
Russia and the ports of the Baltic, TO collect
all the information they could on the subject,
and forward it to England"
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cess by which they are manufactured is some
thing ike this: take common hens egg and
lay the letters on in wax, then place the egg
in acid or some substance which eats the
shell away from the wax, after which the
wax is removed and very nice raised letter
remains. It appears that Mr.. Murphy him
self had never been initiated into the secret
of the matter, some one having placed the
egg the nest unknown to him--Fan Vert
(O) Bulletin.
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stIttt 9uttrg.
A POEM REC1rED BY MR.. LINCOLN.
To the Editor of New York Evening Post:

To the Editor of New York Evening Post:
IHAvE been urged by severalfriends to send
you the enclosed poem, written down to my
self from Mr.. Lincolns lips and although it
may not be new to all Of your readers, the
events Of the last week give it now a peculiar
interest,".
The circumstances under which this copy
was written are these: I was with the Presi-
dent alone one evening in his room, during
the time I was painting my large picture at
the White House, last year He presently
threw aside his pen and papers, and began to
talk to me Of Shakespeare. He sent little
'Tad, /" his son. to the library to bring copy
Of the plays, and then read to me several OI
his favorite passages, showing genuine appre-
citation of the great poet. Relapsing into a
sadder strain, he laid the book aside, and,
leaning back in his chair, said
"There is a poem which has been a great
favorite with me for years, which was FIRST
shown to me, when young man, by friend,
and which afterward saw and cut from a
newspaper and learned by heart. would,
he continued, "giye a great deal to know
who wrote it, but I have never been able to
ascertain.
Then half closing his eyeshe repeated to
me the lines which enclose toyou. Great
ly pleased and interested, I told him would
like, If ever an opportunity occurred, to
write them down fron his lips. He said he
would some time try to give them to me. A
few days afterward he asked me to accompany
bin to the temporary studio of Mr.. Swayne,
the sculptor, who was making bust Of him
at the Treasury Department. While he was
sitting for the bust I was suddenly reminded
Of the poem, and said to him that then would
he a good time to dictate it to me. He com
piled, and sitting upon some books at his
feet, as nearly as I can remember, 1 wrote
the lines down, one br one, from his lips.
With great regard, very truly yours,
F. p. CARPENTER.
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A PROPHETIC EGG.-About week. ago
Mr.. Samuel Murphy brought to town hens
egg, with the following inscription on one
end, in raised characters: "PEACE, 1866.
This created considerable excitement among
the superstiiious, who commenced bidding
literally on the curiosity, which was finally
purchased by Mr.. J. Shilling for Sl,5O. Thus
was the sell complete, and the joke was too
good to be lost, so some of the knowing ones
suggested that the egg had been manufactured
outside of the poultry yard. Some of the
boys, not willing that Mr.. Shilling should
mouopoIize the peace egg business, com
menced manufacturing, since which time
peace eggs have been abundant The pro-
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WHOLE NUMBER ISL.
TABLE MANNERS.

sOME little folks are not polite at the
meals. The following beautiful lines are s
simple, practical, comprehensive and directl
to the point, we take pleasure in placin
them before our readers:
In silence I must take my seat,
And give God thanks before eat:
Must for my food in patience wait
Till am asked to hand my plate;
must not scold, nor whine, nor pout.
Nor move my chair or plate about;
With knife, OF fork, or napkin ring,
must not play-nOr must sing:
must not speak useless word
For children must be seen-not heard:
] must not talk about my food,
Nor fret If don't think it good:
Ny mouth with food must not,crowd.
Nor while Pm eating speak aloud;
Must turn my head to cough or sneeze.
And when ask, say ''If you please :"
The table cloth must not spoil,
Nor with my food my fingers soil,
Must keep my seat when I am done.
Nor round tie table sport and run
When told to rise, then I must put
My chair away with .nOiseless foot,
And lift my voice to God above
In praise for all His wondrous love.
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JACKSON HAINEs, the American skater, was
at last accounts at st. Petersburg, where he
had given skating exhibitions before the En-
peror and his family, and also gave public ex-
hibitions on the Neva, near the Winter
Palace. BY invitation Of the American Con-
sui at Cronstadt, and the Russian naval
officers there-many of whom had been to
this country-he drove on the ice across the
gull from St. Petersburg to the former place.
Here he was presented with a gold medal set
in diamonds. At Moscow an arena, big
enough to seat five thousand people, has been
built expressly for his exhibitions. At St.
Petersburg, on the 22d of February. he gave
an exhibition, and by special permission ol
the Emperor, he had the American flag float
ing over the house on the ice which he used
for a dressing room. His picture has ap-
peared in the illustrated papers along with
with the prominent opera singers. and other
notabilities Of the day.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1865-05-03
The Growth of Oil City.

The growth of Oil City is wonderful. Five
years ago, there were scarcely hundred in
habitants; now the estimate is 5000. Build
ings are going up with surprising rapidity.-
One Real Estate Agent sold two hundred
building lots last week at an average price Of
$4,000 per lot. Petrolians predict a great
city. There is neither a house for sale nor a
room to let at any price. The Offices are
completely covered with signs. It is not an
unusual thing to find Petroleum Company,
Lawyer, a Physician, n Civil Engineer,
and Real Estate Agent occupying small
Office that is scarcely large enough to contain
a desk, table, stove and four chairs Each
man has a square foot Of room to transact
business in; but this crowded state Of things
will be remedied somewhat. Lumber dealers
from Cleveland and other places are arrang-
ing to deliver lumber at Franklin, to all par
ties on short notice, and the late exorbitant
sale Of building lots indicates that there will
be very heavy demand. The railroad is
completed to Oil City, and will soon be in
perfect running order. This will give a
strong impetus to business. Oil has been ac-
cnmulating in the shipping yards wonder
fully. When the Allegheny breaks, no less
than 10000 barrels will be awaiting trans
portation.-OH City lEonitor
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IAw nEnEwaPhPERs,

!. Subscribers who do not give express notice
0 the contrary, arc considered as wishingtO con-
inuetheir subscriptions to the paper.
2, If subscribers order the discontinuonce OF
iheirperiodicals, the publisher may continue to
send them until all arreaTages are paid.
8 IfsnbsorzheFs neglect or refuse TO take thell
periodicals from the Office to which they were d1
sected, they are held responsible tilthey hayeset
lied the bill and ordered them discontinued.
4. If subscribers remove to other places with
9utinfoFming the publisher, and the papers are
sent to INSTRUMENTATION, they are heldrespon
sible.
5. The Courts vedeeided thatrefusingtO
periOdicalsfrOm the Office, or removing and leay
lhg them uncaned for, is priDaa Jaeie evidence o.
TntentiOnalfraud.
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Mons de Plume.

For those who are interested in literary
matters, we have compiled the following list
oflesding writers, with their assumed sigma
lures. It would be well to perserve it for
future reference.
Gail Hamilton Abigail E. Dodge.
Timothy Titeomb-Dr. ]. G. Holland.
Orpheus c. Kerr-Robert Il. Newell.
Mrs. Partington-P. B. Shillaber.
Artemus Ward-Charles F. Browne.
Doesticks P. B.-Mortimer Thompson.
IN. Pepper-James NJ. Morris.
B. Dadd-J. H. Williams.
Sosh Billings-Henry W. Shaw.
Jeems Pipes-Stephen Massett.
Ned BuntIine-E. 2. C. Judson.
Edmund Kirk j. R. Gilmore.
Country Parson-A K. H. Boyd
Village Schoolmaster-Chas NJ Dickin-
son.
Barry Conwall-William Proctor.
Author Of "John Halifax, Gentleman, =
Miss Mulock.
Ike Marvel-Donald G. Mitchell.
Fanny Fern-Wife OF James S. Parton
(the historian) and sister of N. P. Willis.
SCENES IN THE LIFE OF A SHowMAN.-In the
Faul Of 1856 showed my show in Utika, G
truly CRATE sitty in the State Of New York
The people gave me a cordyal recepshun
The press was loud in her prases
day as I was given a descripshun Of my
Beests and Snakes in my ushuaI howry stile
what was my Sltorn and disgust to see a biz
burly fellow walk up to the cage containing
my wax fggers of the Lords Last Supper
and cease Judar Iscarrat by the feet and drai
him out onto the ground. He then com
menst to pound him as hard as he Good.
"What under the son air you about ? criet
II.
sez he "What did you bring this puss.
anermus cuss here for?"
And he hit the wax fgger another tremen
jus blow on the head.
Sez I, You egrejus ass, that airs wa
6gger-a representashun OF the false Postle
Sez he, That's all very wen for you t
say, but I tell you, ole man, that 1scaria
can't show himself in Utiky with inpunity
by darned siter with which observashu
he caved in Judasses head. The young maj
belonged to I of the furst families of UtiEa-
I sood him, and the jOory brawt in a verdic
of Arson in the Sd dgree.
ARTElrUs WARD.
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Weekly Papers of Ohio, agree to adopt tio0 dol
lars and JJty cents in advance, as the subscrip-
ton price per annum for each copy of our said
Papers, from and after the date Of the adoption
Of this resolution,
ADvERTIsISe-LEsAL AND GENERAL
The Committee on Legal and General Adver-
tising submitted q report fixing the rates for ali
kinds Of advertising, which wns adopted.
For legal advertising, no paper shall charge
less than one dollar per square for the first inseT-
ton, and fifty cents per square for each subse-
quent insertion.
That in all cases where revenue taxes are de-
manded. the amount be added to the bills
rendered.
In general advertising, the committee agreed
upon the following minimum rates for basis Of
charges:
Not less than $50 per column for one year (;
not less than $50 per column for months ;
not less than S35 per column for months (;
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not less than $50 per column for l month /;
not less than $40 per single square for year /;
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months; not less than 81 per single square for 3
months not less than 50 per single square for l
month not less than $50 per OBe-haf column
for one year; not less than s35 per one-half
column months; not less than $50 per one
fourth column for year.
All advertisements in special places, twenty.
! five per cent. additional.
All marriage and death notices shall be charged
fifty cents.
The committee recommends a charge Of fifty
cents per square for notices Of Benevolent SOcie-
tics, Religious Societies, &c, &c.
All political notices to be charged transient
rates.
The Committee also begs leave to recommend
the prOpriety of fixing the measure Of a square
at space Of not more than ten lines Nonpareh
type.
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A LITTLE HEAVY ALL 0vER-C--, a
good soul, after taking all the comforts he
could afford to give to the wounded soldiers,
went into the Hospital for the fortieth time
the other day, with his mite, consisting Of
several papers of fine cut chewing tobacco,
solace for the wounded he called it. He
came to one bed, where a poor fellow lay
cheertully humming a tune and studying ont
faces on the papered wall.
"Got a fever27 asked c.
mo" answered the soldier.
"Got a cold?"
"Yes, cold-7ead-like the DIR
"Where2"
"Wen, to tell the truth, its pretty well
scattered. First, there's a bullet in right
arm. They hain't dug that out yet. Then
there's one near my thigh, it's sticking in yet !;
one in my leg-hit the bone-that fellow
hurts! One through my lett hand-that fell
out. And in me, I feel, gin'rally speaking, a
little hsavy all oUer !
c. lightened his woes with double
quantity of solace-US. Service Magazine.
To START a BALKY HoRsE-A friend sends
us the following suggestions to start a balky
horse:
Fill his mouth with dirt or gravel from the
road, and he'll 20. Now, don't laugh at this.
but try it. The plain philosophy of the thing
is, it gives him something else to think Of
We have seen it tried hundred times, and
it has never failed
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''o VOLUME ". NO. s.
URBANA UNION
ywg~w 1ogH oF,H-

OFF1CF:-Coulson' Building, second floor,
Festside North Main-street, near the Square.
TERMs:-S2 50 per annum, Invariably in ad-
rance. &, so for Six Months.
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Prices Adopted BY the State Convention.
PRICE OF sUBscR1pT1oNs.

Resolred That we, the Publishers of the
Weekly Papers of Ohio, agree to adopt tioo dol
lars and fJty cents in advance, as the subscrip-
ton price per annum for each copy of our said
Papers, from and after the date Of the adoption
of Lhis rnsnlrtlnrl
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To START BALKY HoRsE-A friend sends
rs the following suggestions to start balky
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New York Market.

NEW 4OE3Hp NOV. q.
CoTToE-Du1l, heavy and lower /: $50
SIC for midltngs. FLouR-Dhll and IA
loo lower; S8l25@S 40 for extra State:
Sytg9 " tor common extra r. II. o., and
~ 25Sgl215 for Trade brands; market
closing duh. WHIsKY2Quiet and firm
er; Western 50 S7IS@2 SO. WHRAT-
Heavy and 1@3c lower; 81 IDOL rs for
choice Spring; 81 BOLTS for Milwaukee,
club; II 1901 so for new Amber M ilwnu-
keei the latter an extreme; 81 3662 81
Tor new Amber State, and Sc 90 for old
WINTER red Western. RYE-Quiet; ca
nauian 81 10. BARLRY-Dull: 81 10
l9f choice Canada East, and 81 so for
Gholse Canada West in store. Com
sMltho9t decided change; TSc for dam
agedii SlC9SEc for unsound; SS69Oc for
59!I mixed Western; 901S@9le for
E.yss mixed, and CSC for prime yellow
tied with moderate demand. 4sSa5Ic So,.
unsonndr and 55956c for sound. Cor
REE-Qufet. SUdAR-Dull: Cn6a NTns-
coNauo 14t9l5c. mOLASsES-Quiet: Por-
to Rico 81. sPETRoLRUAf-Firme SsISGA
&c Tor crude and 5096Oc for refined in
pond. PoRK-HenVy and lower. SSl d
i(g6i SIS for mess; closing at $3i 37IE
cash and $26 60@27 for prime moss 81
BElEiF-Steady;l 1@I4c for plaim mess.
ana ana l4tg1!c for extra mess, BEEF
AAMs-Gluiet. Cur MEA1S-Ouiet. 15II
TO FOR shouldersiand 2O@23c for hams.
bAQoN--ln moderate demand: Cumber-
lond cut for first 10 days in December.
sellefS option 1Sc. LARD-Fffm: 24ILE8
2SAs BUTTEREIn demand: 3OCd,42S fST
ONO, and 4O@55c for State. CHERsE-
Z Firm Mt 14@310c, - ll7f1 - -
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The Wyomlne TToteI EIDlo, 3,

New York, November. 6.-Twenty-
Two persons were injured by4an ex-
Plosion at the Wyoming Hotel .yesters
99ay-none seriously, except Cornelius
at the time. The box was LETT in the
hotel by man named Theo. Ners. The
barkeeper, Grogen, and Mr. .Werseau.
who moved it out by the building. got
away before it exploded, and were not
great deal injured. zers has been ar
box from Hamburg, and it confoined
chemical oils, and was entrusted to him
as a specimen for sale by the agent of
the house of Wilhelm Rec, of this citSs.
Aers asserts positively that he never
opened 1t and knew nothing further Of
1ts contents than stated above when he
the box but subsequently told a man
named Sehms to get it for him, which
the latter neglected to do.