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COUNTRY GIRLS.

Meta Victoria Fuller, in sisterly way,
thus talks to country girls
The farmers daughters are soon to be the
life as well as the pride of this country a
glorious race of women which no other land
can show. I seek not to fatter them; for
before they can become this, they will have
to make an earnest effort of one or two
kinds. There are some who depreciate their
condition; they demand more consideration
than they merit A want of intelligence
upon all the subjects of the day and re
fined education is more excusable in coun-
try girl, in these days Of many books and
newspapers.
Many girls are discouraged because they
cannot be sent away from home to boarding
school but men of superior mind and
knowledge of this world, would rather have
for wives women well and properly educa-
ted at home And this education can be
had whenever the desire is not wanting A
taste for reading does wonders; and an
earnest thirst afte knowledgeis almost GER
tain to attain sweet daughter from the
Pierian springs. There is farmers daugh-
ter in this very room in which I am writing
"a beautiful, refined and intelligent wo-
man-in whose girlhood books were not so
plenty as now, and who obtained her eduea-
tion under difficulties which would have dis
couraged any but one who had a true love
for study.
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UNDER the caption of ''P's, for Democ-
raey, we find the following good thing In
the Erie Gazette
Asa Packer made his money by buying
coal lands cheap and waiting for advance
ment. He can lose it all by buying nomina
tions dear and waiting for election.
In the late National Democratic Conven-
ton, when Judge Woodward proposed Asa
Packer as nominee for President, the uni
versal whisper was-''Who in-is Asa
Packer?" After the next election the gen
eral inquiry will be-"Where in-is Asa
Packer?"
If Asa Packer IS the ''poor man S candi-
date" because he has $20,0o0,000, how
much more does he need to be the ''rich
man 5 candidate
A pill for Packer-the seventh plank of
his platform, which declares that the De.
mocracy should gratefully remember" the
soldiers. How can he swallow it and try to
beat soldier candidate?
4 Democratic exchange, speaking of Asa
Packers nomination says: 1T was sen
sible thing in the State Convention to Sc
lect man possessing both dollars and
sense. Exactly, the dollars come ahead OF
hiss sense, a long ways, or else he never
would have been nominated. It now re-
mains to be seen whether his dollars weigh
more than the sense of the people.
As Packer, Asa Packer cast over Cass,
an overcast that cast over a $1,000 pack.
The people will now cast Packer and Pack
er's pack where Cass was cast, and thus as a
packer, Asa Packer will be overcast.
The Pennsylvania Democracy have nom
mated twenty millions dollars for Governor.
1t is not intended to make them all Cover
nors, only what is left of them after the
campaign is over. Step up, gentlemen and
vote for your golden calf
The new Democratic cry of let US have
P's"-means literally, let us have a piece
of Asa Packers money bags The demand
is so general that it viii take a good many
p's to go round.
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9@ligfellanepns.
THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS.


Many Of the early settlers Of Pennsylvania
and Maryland were Germans, Hollanders,
and Swiss, who were driven by religious in
tolerance in their own lands to seek new
homes In free America William Penn,
the Quaker, founder Of Pennsylvania, and
George Calvert, the Catholic founder of
Maryland, having secured guarantees of civil
and religious liberty in the characters OF
their respective provinces, the shores Of the
Delaware and Chesapeake naturally offered
an asylum to all who preferred tolerance to
intolerance in matters of religion. During
the closing year of the seventeenth century.
and up to the commencement Of the Ameri
can Revolution in the succeeding century.
many thousands of the people we have
mentioned crossed the ocean and settled In
Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland. Some
Of them pushed into the Shenandoah Val
ley in Virginia. The Rhenish provinces Of
Germany seem to have furnished large
proportion Of the German settlers. Rhenish
Bavaria (Plalz), Wurtemburg, and Baden
sent large numbers of emigrants, Switzer-
land sent many thousands. There never
was very large emigration of Hollanders
to Pennsylvania, the prows Of their vessels
being generally directed toward New York.
In a brief time the representatives of the
three nationahties became so thoroughly In
termingled, by reason of religious ties, in
termarriages, similarity Of custom and Ian
guage, and general harmony Of interests,
that they formed one homogeneous class, by
some called Pennsylvania Germans, and by
others Pennsylvania Dutch The Swiss set
tiers ceased entirely to be called Schweizers
or Swiss
With the perfect union thus established,
and familiar intercourse with the English
speaking settlers, came new colloouial and
written language, also called Pennsylvania
German, or Pennsylvania Dutch, which is
still largely spoken, but not much written,
in some sections of PENNSYLVANIA, Maryland,
Virginia, and in some portions Of the West
ern states to which the descendants of the
Pennsylvania Germans emigrated. As a
language, it must in time yield at all points
to the pure English and German tongues.
Few now speak it who do not also speak
English, 1t is mainly a compound of the
BavaFian and Swiss dialects of the German
language, with many English and few
Dutch tIIolland) words added. 1t is doubt
ful if Pennsylvania German could make
himself understood in any part of Holland,
Germany or Switzerland to day.
The religious belief Of the early Penusyl-
vania Germans was that Of the Mennonites
and German Baptists or Tunkers. The
Mennonites we're the first to come. Their
first settlement in this country was made at
Germantown in 1888, the year after Penn
commenced his settlement at Philadelphia
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GEARY AT LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.


4 Philadelphia letter says: The Gov
ernor's ripe experience as an Executive, his
world wide military celebrity, his invalua-
bic services rendered to every portion of the
Commonwealth during his term of Office,
together with his advocacy and practice of
strict temperance principles, have given him
hold upon the Republican party of the
State which cannot be easily shaken. His
reelection is considered a foregone conclu-
sion here, no matter who the opposition may
select as his opponent. | heard an anec-
dote here to-day in relation to the taking Of
Lookout Mountain, which might be insert
ed in this connection, and viii doubtless be
interesting to your readers Gov. Geary
has frequently been asked to relate the cir
cumstances connected with the initiation of
the capture of this famous Mountain in 1868,
but his known modesty has made him reti-
cent concerning his military record, ana il
was only recently that the following import
ant chapter has been added to the history
of that eventful battle. | give it subse-
quenty as related by the Governor himself
to personal friend. 1t appears that Gems
Geary and Hooker were riding together one
day just before the capture of the Noun
tain, iu full view of it, bristling as it was
with rebel infantry and artillery, when Gen.
6. remarked, Hooker, their relations were
of that Intimate character that titles be-
tween them were always dispensed with, J
Hooker, have a plan by which can take
Lookout Mountain. What is it, Geary?
asked Gen. H. No man, Hooker, replied
Gen G., can know my plan Of attack until
get an order to take the Mountain. Give
me the order and then | will let you know
my plan, but not until then Gen. Hooker,
as his custom was whenin deep thought, held
his head in an inclined position, as if close
ly examining the quality of the hair in his
chargers name, and so the two rode side
by side for more than mile, when Gen H.,
suddenly looked up and said. By Cd,
Geary, believe you are the man to take
Lookout Mountain--I give you the order.
You will move your division upon it to NOR
row morning at day break Now tell me
your plan of attack Gen. G., then detailed
the moaus opgandi to his superior officer,
when Hooker delighted exclaimed, You
have hit the nail on the head, Geary-The
| Mountain is ours
The next morning, Gen. Geary fought
the battle of Lookout Mountain above the
clouds, and all know the grand result. 1t
viii take more than ordinary Democratic
thunder to beat such man.
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and general abuse Of Republicans. The self
same grumbling without proposing an i'm
provement; the same refusal to understand
the altered position of the whole country
which has led to defeat SO frequently. The
nomination Of man with nothing to recon-
mend him but the faculty Of heaping up
wealth, with no record worth mentioning.
and nothing about him to arouse enthu
siasm but his money Not the first sign of
true loyalty, nor the least evidence Of deyo.
ton to the best interests of the whole
country Under such circumstances aee do
not enpect nor ,0ish that he Democrats
should carry Pennsylvania.
We do not wish this simply because It
would be triumph of the Valandighams
and Pendletons, and the old school that
never learns and never forgets; the former
slave power toadies, who imagine that
slavery was thing of beauty and JOY for
ever, instead Of being at best but cruel
necessity of the Constitution. A triumph
on such principles and with such candidates
would only revive the dead men of the
North and the South, the putrescent bodies
which have been smothered under the
loyalty Of the nation; the malignant rebels,
whether they register themselves as enemies
of the nation in Cincinnati, Harrisburg, or
New Orleans. A victory now would bring
the extremists back to life and power, and
with them another defeat in 1873. The
Republicans are begging for admission
amongst us, provided they can come in with
honor; many old Democrats are anxious to
return to their first love; but they viii not
leave their loyalty or selfrespect behind
Accept certain results of the war, exhibit
an understanding of the altered phase of
some public matters-coneede even some
thing for harmony, and the Democracy is as
sure to carry the next national elections as
that the sun shall shine in summer and the
snow fall in winter Continue in the old
rut, and we shall suffer fresh and more
overwhelming defeats under the increasing
patriotism of the people, and the daily
augmentation Of their natural pride in their
success in the war; we shall be beaten at all
points until our party falls to pieces from
very rottenness!"
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MEN WITHOUT HEARTS. We sometimes
meet with men who seem to think that any
indulgence in an affectionate feeling is weak
ness. They viii return from journey and
greet their families with distant dignity,
and move among their children with the
cold and lofty splendor of an Iceberg sur
rounded by its broken fragments. There is
hardly more unnatural sight on earth than
one of these families without heart A
father had better extinguish boys eyes
than take away bis heart. Who that has
experienced the joys of friendship, and val
ucs sympathy and affection, would not rath-
er lose all that is beautiful in natures seen
cry than be robbed of the hidden treasures
of his heart? Cherish, then, your hearts
best affections. Indulge in the warm and
gushing emotions Of filial, paternal, aud fra
ternal love.
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PREACHING WITHOUT A REST Bishop
Meade, Of Virgins, at the commencement
Of bis preaching, used no notesin the pulpit,
but subsequently, be wrote all his sermons,
and was much confined to his manuscripts
Il is related Of him that, when be was pre-
pairing a book on the old preachers and fami-
lies Of Virgins, he asked Mr.. Andrew
Hunter, Of Jefferson county. Va. to give
him some anecdotes for the work Mr.
Hunter said
"WeH, Bishop, have only one, and that
is about yourself
Let US have it, then, said the prelate.
Mr. II then told the following
Many years ago. when this valley of Vir-
ginia was a much wilder country than now,
you preached here in Jefferson county. You
used no notes on that occasion. A certain
hunter, distinguished for his skin with the
rife, aud who had a supreme contempt for
a man who required "a rest from which TO
shoot, was in the congregation, and listened
attentiyely 70 you. You wore your clerical
robes, aud he was struck with the strange.
dress, as he had not heard many Episcopal
preachers. After the sermon one asked
him how be liked the preacheT.
He's a right down good preacher, said
the hunter; and, by the way, he's the oaly
one of them petticoat preachers that | ever
heard that could preach ieithom "a rest +"
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TnE INCEST KIND OF ..cRooUEr.,,

IL 4 NlCESI hIND OF sfCROQDE EFT -
The evening was bright with the moon of May,
And the lawn was light as though lit by day
From the windows looked-to see Croquet.
OF mallets and balls the usual display;
The hoops all stood in arch array,
And said to myself, "soon wen see Gro,
ques."
Bat the mallet and halls unheeded lay,
And the maid and the youth side by side sat
they,
And thought to myself Is that Croquet?
l saw the scamp-it was light as day
Pat his arm round her waist in loving way
And he squeezed her hand. Was that Gro.
quet?
While the red rover rolled forgotten away,
He whispered all that lover should say,
And he kissed her lips-iohat a queer Gro
quet!
Silent they sat meath the moon of May;
But knew by her bushes she said not Nay,
And thought in my heart now that's Gro
quet.
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OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. Eff
forts are made in London To discourage the
publication, delivery, and sale of newspa-
pers on Sunday. One of the largest pro-
prietors is willing to discontinue his Sunday
issue, if others viii do the same. One news
vender stated that in the last eleven years
he had been robbed by two-thirds of the
boys whom he had employed, which he
ascribed to the eorruptiDg influence of Sab
bath work. The principal shops in Paris
are hencefortb to be closed on the Sabbath,
the merchants having taken this step of
their own accord. They appeal to the good
will Of the public to aid them in making the
measure general.
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VIRTUE AND YICE.-Virtue is the hum
bic violet nestled away under its broad, green
leaves, over whose head the storms of ad-
versity may pass in safety; vice, the gaudy,
poisonous flower, one moment Haunting in
francied security, the next, crushed to the
earth by some gust of passion. to be tram
pied upon and neglected, even by those who
admire itsdangerous beauty. Virtue is the
brightest-vice, the blackest thread in the
web of life.
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NEwsPAPER LAws.--We would call the special
attention Of Post Masters and subscribers to the
TSeUIRER to the following synopsis Of the News
paper laws:
1. A Postmaster is required to give notice b
setter, (returning paper does not answer the law
when a subscriber does not take his paper out Of
the Office, and state the reasons for its not being
taken; and neglect to do so makes the Postmas-
ter yepsoRsible 10 the publishers for the payment
?, Any person who takes paper from the Post
Office, whether directed to his name or another, or
whether he has subscribed or not is responsible
for the pay.
g. fla person orders his paper discontinued, he
must pay all aTrearages, or the publisher may
continue to send it until payment is made, and
olect the whole amount iobefher Il Be taken from
tbe Office or not. There can be n. legal discOntn-
ueuee until the payment is made.
4. If the subscriber orders his paper to be
stopped at certain time, and the publisher con
tinues to send the subscriber is bound to pay for
it, II he takes IL out Of the Post Office. The law
proceeds upon the ground that man must pay
fer what be uses.
s. The courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers and periodicals from the Post Office,
CT removing and having them uneasled for, is
prima faeia evidence Of intentional fraud.
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FILTRATION WITH HANDKER.
CHIEFS

The Philadelphia Star, after discussing
the language Of the fan. gives the 'vocabu
lar" of the handkerchief
Drawing across the lips-desirous Of an
acquaintance,
Drawing across the eyes-I am sorry.
Taking it by the centre-you are too will
ing.
Dropping-we viii be friends
Twirliag in both hands-indiference
Drawing across the cheek-I love you
Drawing through the bands-I hate you
Letting it rest on the cheek-yes.
Letting it rest on the left check-no
Twisting in the left hand-I wish to be
rid Of you
Twisting in the right hand-I love an
other
Folding It'll wish to speak with you.
Over the shouIder-follow me.
Opposite eorncrs in both hands-wait for
me.
Drawing across the forehead we are not
watched
Placing on the right eur-you have
changed.
Letting it reamin on the eycs-you are
cruel
Winding around the fore fnger-I am en-
gagged
Winding around the third fnger-I am
married.
Putting it in the pocket-no more at pres
ont.
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VOL. AZ: NO %
rnE OLDEST cIrxIN WORLD.


Damascus is the oldest city in the world.
Tyre and Sidon have crumbled on the shore;
Baalbee is ruin; Palmyra is buried in a
desert Nineyeh and Babylon have disap-
peared from the Tigris and Euphrates.
Damascus remains what it was before the
days of Abramam--a center of trade and
trayel--an island Of vendure in the desert
a presidential capital, with material and
sacred associations extending through thirty
centuries. 1t was near Damascus that Saul
of fTarsus saw the light above the brightness
Of the sun; the street which is called Strait,
in which it was said he prayed, still runs
through the city. The caravan comes and
goes as it did thousand years ago there
is still the sheik. the ass, and the water
wheel; the merchants Of the Euphrates and
the Mediterranean still occupy these
with the multitude of their wares The
city which Mahomet surveyed from neigh
boring height, and was afraid to enter "be-
cause it was given to man to have but one
paradise, and for his part, he was resolved
not to have IT in this world, is sto-day what
Julian called the eye Of the East, as II
was in the time of Isaiah "the head of Sy-
ria.
From Damascus come the damson, our
blue pIums, and the delicious apricot Of
Portugal, called damasco, damask, our
beautiful fabric of cotton and silk, with vines
and flowers raised upon a smooth, bright
ground the damask rose, introduced into
England in the time Of Henry VIII, the
Damascus blade, so famous the world over
for its keen edge and wonderful elasticity !;
the secret Of whose manufacture was lost
when Tamerlane carried off the artist into
Persia and that beautiful art of inlaying
wood and steel with silver aud gold, kind
of mosaic engrayeing and sculpture united
called damaskening which boxes,
bureaus, swords and guns are ornamented
1t is still city of flowers and bright waters;
the streams of Lebanon and silk of gold"
still murmur and sparkle in the wilderness
of the Syrian gardens.
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NATURE gill look as gay on the day Of
our death as ever it did the business Of the
world will go ON as briskly as before our in-
habitants will make our successors as vel
come as they made us; and even our names
in few years shall perish as if we had new
er been
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one who has ciphered it out, says. that
two cents placed at compound interest would
aecsmu!ate sufficient to pay our national
debt in four hundred and fifty years. Why
don't some one fund the two cents?
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YOUNG MEN, PAY ATTENTION. not
be a loafer, don call yourself loafer, don't
keep a loafer's company, don't hang about
loafng places Better work hard for your
own prospects. Bustle about if you mean
to have anything to hustle about for. Many
physician has obtained real patient by
riding hard to attend an imaginary one
A quire of blank paper tied up with red
tape and carried under a lawyers arm may
make his fortune Such is the world-to
him that hath shall be given Quit dron-
ing and complaining. Keep busy and mind
your chances.
A RICH EDITOR. Somebody says editors
are poor, whereupon an exchange remarks:
''Humbug Here we are, editor of a coun-
try newspaper, fairly rolling in wealth. We
have good Office, paste-pot, double barrel
led gun, two suits Of clothes, three kittens,
Newfoundland purp, two gold watches,
thirteen day and two night shirts carpet on
our floors, pretty wife, one corner lot,
have ninety cents in cash, are out Of debt,
and have no rich relatives If we are not
wealthy, it is pity"
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THE best dowry to advance the marriage
of young lady is,-when she has in her
counteuance mildness in her speech wisdom,
in her behavior modesty, and her life virtue.
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MI GAZINES.-The following Magazines for
VI sale at the Inquirer Book Store: allan
TIC MONTHLY, PUTNAM's MONTHLY
LlPPINc0TT'S, GALAXY, PETERSON. CO.
DkY, MD'M, DEMoRESTS, FRANK LESLIE
RIVERSIDE, etc. etc. n
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As the best tempered sword is the most
flexible, so the truly generous are the most
plant and courteous to their interiors.
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EVIL THouGnTs. We cannot Keep the
crows from flying over our heads, but we
can keep them from building their rests in
our hair. Martin Lnther.
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sAMBo in speaking Of the happiness of
married people, said dat ar pends al
togedder how dey enjoys demselves ?
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We are often wrong in wishing to prevent
too much of the evil that God himself per-
mits. Souls may be corrupted by an at
tempt to purify them.
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He who brings ridicule to bear against
truth finds in his hand blade without a
hilt-one more likely to cut himself than
anybody Else.
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WASHINGTON HOTEL.
.xcHANG HOTEL,

TxCHAN HOTEL,
Ia HUNTINGDON, PA.
This old establishment having been leased by
j. MORRISON, formerly proprietor of the Nor
rison House, has been entirely renovated and re-
furnished and supplied with all the modern i'm
provements and conveniehees necessary to a first
class Hotel.
The dining room has been removed to the frst
-four and is now spacious and airy, and the cham
bers are all well ventilated, and the proprietor
will endeavor to make his guests perfectly at
home Address, J. MORRISON,
EXCHANGE HOrEE.
5buiyu Huntingdon, Pa.
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HEAVEN gives enough when it gives US
opportunity
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a sANcrrmED heart is much better than
silver tongue,
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RArEs or ApYERTIsINa.

An advertisements for less than months 10
cents per line for each insertion. Specia notices
one-half additional. All resolutions Of Assoeia-
tions, communications Of a limited or individal
interest and notices Of marriages and deaths, ex-
cesding Eve lines, 10 cts. per line. All legal nOti-
oes Of every kind, and all Orphans Court and
other Judicial Sales are required by law 10 be pub
lished in both papers. Editorial Notices Is cents
per line. All Advertising due after first insertion
A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers.
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PRIDE costs us more than hunger, thirst
and cold.