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IMPORTANT SALE or oARPETINGs, OIL
CLOTHS, ETC.
On Friday Morning
Sept "a, at II o'clock four months credit about 20
pieces ingram, Venetian list hemp, COTTAGE and
petngs, oil cloths, rugs, etc. 918 5tX
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Z, ,hdsmirnistT9tors of Enos Tyson deceased
ny ~ tfSnTitOlD fURNITURF, MIRROR, BRUSSELS
OAhPhIS, HORSES, CARRIAGE WAGONS, ETO
sou...,o, =, On Tuesday Morning.
oepenber 81 at 10 O'clock, No 531 Diamond stree
pbPpos.e bp Germantown Passenger Depot quantity of
iurniture mirror, Brussels carpets beds ana
Stehen furniture and also horse light carra1e
ness, milk cans, etc. ~ ' .s"' Io9g, n "a III pa
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BUNTING, DURBOROW & CO., AUCTION
ID EERS Nos 232 and 23I MARKET Street. corner OF
Bank street. Successors to John b. Myers 90.
, 1869-08-20
TWO LITTLE KITTENS.

Two little kittens, one stormy night,
Began to quarrel, and then to fight.
One had mouse, the other had none,
And that was the way the quarrel begun.
"LH have that mouse" said the biggest cat.
"IOuH have that mouse ? Well see about that. ."
~ tcHI have that mouse" said the eldest son,
You 'hdnt have that mouse said the little one.
told you before it was stormy night,
When these two little kittens began to fight
The old woman seized her sweeping broom,
And swept the two kittens right out ofthe room.
The ground was covered with frost and snow,
And the two little kittens had no where to 90 :;
So they laid them down on the mat at the door,
While the old woman finished sweeping the door.
Then they crep. in as quite as mice,
All wet with Sow, and as cold as ice;
For they found it was better that stormy night,
To lie down and sleep, than to quarrel and fight.
-Parish Magazine.
, 1869-08-20

The PRINTING OFFICE AS A SCHOOL,
A correspondent of the Louisville Journal, 10
the course of series of interesting remi.
niscences of an old connection with that es-
tablishment, says: For a young man who
is not altogether fool, who has had the adj
vantages OF an ordinary education, the print
ing office is undoubtedly capital school for
Intellectual advancement. In regard to gen>
eral knowledge, no class of men who labor
for living can approach the printer The
studious among them, if their natural gifts
be not below the level of mediocrity, have
equal chances with the members of the SO
called professions, to acquire both worldly
honors and literary fame. From the DAYS of
Saxon to those of Franklin, and from his day
to our own, the craft has produced eminent
men in every profession and in every walk
of life A good printer is generally a good
critic, not only of language and punctuation,
but of the intrinsic literary merits of what
ever comes under his head. 1t is impossible
that be should be otherwise, since SO great a
part of his life is made up, as it we're, of facts
that enforce reflection. The labor that en-
ploys his hands gives to bis mind neither ex-
ercise nor care. His fingers move intuitively
to the exact points requisite for the proper
apportionment Of his work, while his mind
seizes the idea sought to be covered by the
writer whom he is engaged, and is only ex>
PEELED therefrom after his judgment has
passed sentence on its merits. Many a one,
without knowing it, possibly owes some un-
known compositor or proof reader much more
of reputation as a writer than he woul1 be
willing to acknowledge. If, by changing
the sentence without affecting lis meaning,
be can give to it strength or something, a
good printer asks no questions about the
mater but changes it at once. And so, il
the grammar of seAtence is evidently faulty,
he would be considered unfit for the business,
did be not rectify it in this particular. l
have known some printers. it is true, who
could never learn the plainest rules Of either
composition or punctuation. To such one
might be used the identical words used BY a
well-know1 Presbyterian, speaking to a
young, but particularly silly candidate for
ministerial orders, Young man, you have
made mistake /; you have been called TO ans
other feld-ihe corn>feld ="
, 1869-08-20
ENTICED.

with what clear guile of gracious love enticed,
follow forward, NJ from room to room,
Through doors that open into light from gloom,
To Ind and lose and find again the Christ,
He stands and knocks, and bids me opth the
door;
Without He stands and asks to enter in;
Why should He seek a shelter sad with sin 7
VIII He but knock and ask, aud nothing more2
He knows what ways take TO shut my heart,
And If He will He can Himself undo
NY foolish fastenings, or by force break through,
Nor wait till fulfill my needless part.
But, nay, He will not choose to enter so
He will not be my guest without consent,
Nor, though say ''Come in /" is He content
must arise and oPe, or He will 60.
He shall not go l do arise and ope-
"Come in, dear Lord, come 10 and sup with me,
Oh, blessed Guest, and let me sup with Thee
Where is the door? for in this dark grope,
And cannot fnd it soon enough my hand,
Shut hard, holds fast the one sure key need
And irembles, shaken with its eager heed
No other key will answer my demand.
The door between is some command uudone;
Obedience is the key that slides the bar,
And lets Him in, who stands so near, so far;
The doors are many, but the key is one.
Which door, dear Lord knock speak, that
may know;
Hark, heart, He answers with His hand and
voice
Oh, still small sign, tremble and rejoice,
Nor longer doubt which way my feet must go.
Full lief and soon this door would open too,
If once my key might fnd the narrow slit
Which, being so narrow, is so hard to hit
But 10 one little ray that glimmers through,
Not spreading light, but lighting to the light
Now steady, hand, for good speeds sake be slow,
One straight right aim, pulse of pressure, So
How small, bow great, the change from dark to
bright
Now He is here, seem no longer here;
This place of light is not my chamber din,
1t is not He with me but with Him,
And Host, not Guest, He breaks the bread of
cheer.
lie upon the bosom of my Lord,
And feel His heart, and time my heart thereby
The tune so sw9et, have no need to try,
But rest and trust, and beat the perfect chord.
little while lie upon His heart,
Feasting on love and loving there to feast.
And then, once more the shadows are increased
Around me, and feel my Lord depart.
Again alone, but in father place,
| sit with darkness, waiting for Il sign;
Again l hear the same sweet plea divine,
And suit outside of hospitable grace.
This is His guile-He makes me act the host
To shelter Him, aud 10 He shelters me;
Asking for aims, He summons me 20 be
A guest at banquets of the Holy Ghost.
So, on and on, through many an opening door
That gladly opens to the key bring,
From Frightening court to court of Christ, my
King,
Hope'led, loVe>fed, journey evermore.
-Putndms Magazine
, 1869-08-20
NUMBER 80.
The ACE OF QUA EAnrH-Amono ,ba

THE AGE OF Qua EARrH-AmouR the
astonishing discoveries Of science, is that of
the immense periods that have passed in The
gradual formation of the earth. So vast were
the cycles of the time preceding even the ap-
pearance of man on the surface Of our globe,
that our own period seems as yesterday when
compared with the epochs that have gone be-
fore it Had we only the evidence Of the
deposits OF rocks heaped on each other in
regular strata by the slow accumulation OF
materials, they alone would convice US of the
long aud slow maturing of Gods work on
earth but when We add to these the suc-
cessive population Of whose life the world
has been the theatre, and whose remains are
hidden in the rocks into which the mud, or
sand, or soil of whatever kind on which they
lived, has hardened in the course of time
or the enormous chain of mountains, whose
upheaval divided these periods Of quiet ac-
cumulations by great convulsions-or the
changes of different nature in the con6gur-
alton OF our globe, as the sinking of lands
beneath the ocean, or the gradual rising Of
continents and islands above-or the slow
growth of coral reefs, or those wonderful sea
walks raised by the little ocean architects,
whose own bodies furnish both the building
stone aud the cement that binds them to.
gether, and who worked so busily during the
long centuries that there are extensive coun.
tries, mountain chains, islands, and long lines
of coast, consisting solely of their remains
of the countless forests that have grown up,
fourished and decayed, to Gil the store house
of coal that feeds the fires of the human RAGE
ii we consider all these records OF the paoS,
the intellect fails to grasp chronology of
which our experience furnishes no data, and
time that lies behind US seems as much of
an eternity to our conceptions as the future
that stretches indefinitely before us,-Agas.
siz
, 1869-08-20

ANECDoTE OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Bulletin
writes from Paris, July I'd " The imperial
family seem to have taken up their residence
for the remainder of the summer in the vicn.
ity of Paris. and propose giving a series of
matinees and soirees in the gardens of the
Palace of St. Cloud, to indemnify themselves
and their friends for their privation of Fon-
tainbleau. The emperor has begun to STROLL
about the little town and the banks of the
river, just as he used to do in Pontainbeau
and the forest. The other day friend who
was staying at St. Cloud, witnessed curious
scene, highly characteristic at once of the
Emperor's 6onhOn,mie and adroituoss. He
was walking in part of the park to which
the public is admitted, and was followed by
parcel of troublesome and curious children.
He probably did not like to seem illnatured
by ordering them off, so be sought out one
of the ginger bread stalls which are always
to be found in the DeighbOrhood, purchased
the whole of the stock at bargain, and then
apset.iuS the entire concern with his own
hand, left the contents to the mercy of the
hungry crowd of urcains."
, 1869-08-20
SHAPE AND STRENGTH IN WOOD. A YER

SHAPE AND STRENGTH IN WOOD. A very
ustll rule in practice, in giving strength to
structures, is this: The strength of every
square beanie or stitch to support a weight,
increases exactly as the width increases, and
also exactly as the square of the depth in
creaSes. For example: A stick of timber
eight inches wide and four inches deep Chat
is, four inches thick is exactly twice as
strong as any other only four inches wide,
and with the same depth. 1t is twice as
wide, and consequently twice as strong; that
is, strength increases, just as the width 10.
creases, according to the rule given. but
where one stick OF timber is twice as deep,
the width being the same, it is four times
stronger; it three times as deep, it is nine
times stronger, and so on Its strength in
creases as the square of the depth, as already
stated. The same rule will show that board
an inch thick and twelve inches wide, will be
twelve tunes as strong when edgwise when
laying fat. Hence, the increase in strength
given to whiffle-trees, fence posts, joisrs, and
string-pieces to farm>bridges, by making them
narrow and deep. Again, the strength of a
round stick increases as the cube of the di-
ameter increases that is, a round piece of
wood three inches in diameter is eight times
as strong as one an inch and half in diane
ter, and twenty seven times as strong as one
an inch in diameter. This rule shows that
fork handle an inch and half in diameter
at the middle, is as much stronger than one
an inch aud a quarter ia diameter, as seven
is greater than four. Now, this rule would
enable the farmer to ascertain this without
breaking half dozen fork handles in trying
experiments, and it would enable the manu-,
facturer to know, without the labor of trying
many experiments, that if he makes fork
handle an inch and half in the middle, tap>
ering quarter Of inch toward the ends, it
will enable the workmen to lift with it nearly
twice as much hay as with one an inch and
a quarter only through its whole length
Thomas.
, 1869-08-20

for, and the will was made and signed in
proper form before several witnesses. Wick
ham, BY this will, bcquesthed all his estate,
real and personal, jewels, coaches, teams,
race horses, packs of hounds, ready money,
ETC., and house with all appurtenances and
defendence to the baker. Never was auy>
thing more noble or generous. This done,
Wickham called the baker to him, loaded
him and his whole family with benedictions,
and told him Immediately s.fter his disease
be had nothing to do but go to his lawyer,
who would give him full instructions how to
proceed Soon after he fell into convul-
sions aud died.
The baker first applied himself entirely to
carrying out the instructions of the will.
omitting nothing that was ordered to be done.
The body was not to be inferred until the
fourth day after death, and all was ready by
the second. The baker bad now time to-
look for the lawyer before be had his bene>
factor in the ground Having put the body
into rich coffin, covered with velvet, and
plates of silver, and made all the other ar
rangements, he began to consider that it
would not be improper to reimburse himself
as soon as possible, and to claim possession
of bis new estate. He therefore went and
communicated the whole affair to his LAWYER.
This gentleman, being of shrewd and sus.
picious turn, expressed much astonishment
at the manner in which his client had come
into so large an estate, and Immediately in>
stituted an inquiry. He requested the
baker to call next morning, when he would
be enabled to advise him on tine subject
We may easily imagine the disappointment
of the baker, when at the hour appointed the
lawyer informed him that according to tel.
egram received the evening before from Ban.
bury, the true Mr. Wickham was in perfect
health. The film fell from the poor bakers
eyes, as he at once saw that he had been
badly bitten by william aud hypocrite.
Upon this he Immediately returned home,
and took the rOgue's body out of the rich
coffin, which he sold for one third part of
the original cost. The trades people who had
been employed in the preparation for the
funeral had compassion on the baker and
took their things again, though not without
some loss on him. They dug hole in
corner of St. Clements churchyard, where
they threw in the body with as little cere-
mony as possible. e.-Ne,O York EUening Post
, 1869-08-20

DRUNKENNESS AS A DISEASE DR.. Bao-
on read a paper upon this subject at the
last meeting Of the Cambridge University
Medical Society. He noticed the prevalence
of the evil in Northern climates, and classi-
fed drunkards as the casual, the chronic,
and those to whom the tendency to excessive
indulgence was purely mental diseases
form of insanity called dipsomania. The
chronic drunkards he described as the most
intractabe - women preponderating over
meu-as generally of the class above want,
and often clever and agreeable persons,
though full of deceit, and capable of any
strategem to crafty their appetite for drink.
The vice of the disease is often transmitted.
He quoted DR.. Howe as showing that, in the
State of Massachusetts, of 800 idiots, as many
as l55 are the ofSprings of Incorporate par.
ents. DR.. Bacon advocates the estet tlishment
of sanitaria for the treatment of inveterate
drunkenness as case of insanity or irre-
sponsibiity. Many a good life and charac-
ter would be saved if the law would give
this power to friends subject to medical Gers
tIfcatiOD. The very fear of being sent to
such an institution would operate powerfully
in some cases. The study of drunkenness
as disease is still imperfect. and would we'll
repay more, special attention than has yet
been paid to it.
, 1869-08-20

THE great excitement DOW in New York
among horse fauciers is over the mare called
American Girl She was sold for $4,000.
The price then rose to $4,000. She trotted
on the Narrsgansett Course, and is said to
have equaled the best time Dexter ever
made. On her return, her owner was offer>
ed $4,000. Commodore Vanderbilt has
made the fortune of great many men dur>
ing the last six mouths, BY instructi1g them
to buy Hudson River and Central. These
men propose to buy the american Girl
and present her to the Commodore as token
gratitude.
, 1869-08-20

MEN WITHOUT HEARTs.-We sometimes
meet with men who seem to think that any
indulgence in an afectionate feeling is weak
uIcss. They will 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 tina than
one of these families without heart. who
that has experienced the joys of friendship;
and values sympathy and affection, would
not rather loose all that is beautiful in na'
ture's scenery than be robbed of the hidden
treasures of his heart? Cherish, then, your
hearts best affections. Indulge in the warm
and gushing emotions of flial, paternal aud
fraterual love.-Mrs. Craik.
, 1869-08-20

To MAKE BLACKBERRY WINE. Mrs.
Greenough, in the Maine Farmer, contribu;-
es the following recipe for making black
berry wine, which is just now about in sea.
son for using: There is no wine equal to
blackberry wine when properly made, in
favor or for medical purposes, and all per-
sons who can conveniently do so, should
manufacture enough for their own use every
year, as 1t is invaluable in sickness as ton
ic, and nothing is better remedy for bowel
complaint therefore give the recipe for max
ing it: Measure your berries and bruiSe them;
to every gallon add one quart of boiling wa
ter. Let the mixture stand tweDty-four
hours, stirring occasionally; then strain cff
the liquor into cask to every gallon add
two pounds Of sugar cork tight and let it
stand till the following October, and you
will have wine ready for use without further
labor. that every family will highly appre'
ciate and never do without afterwards it they
can help it,
, 1869-08-20

GERMAN SUGAR CAKES. Blend we'll with
the fingers six ounces of good butter with
Que pound of fine -four, working it quite
into crumbs; aud few grains of salt, one
pound CT dry siftcd sugar, a tablespoonful
of the best cinnamon in very fine powder,
and large teaspoonfnl of mixed spices.
Make these ingredients into paste with the
yolks of five eggs, and about four tablespoons
full of milk. Roll the mixture into balls,
fatten them to- something less than three
quarters of an inch thick, and bake them in
a moderate oven for fifteen or twenty minutes.
Loosen them from the baking sheets, which
should be slightly Toured before they are
laid on, by passing a knife under them, turn
them over, and when they are quite oold
stow them in dry, close shutting canister.
The Germans make thrse incisons in the
top of each cake with the point of a knife,
and lay spikes of split almonds in them.
, 1869-08-20

THE GREATNESS OF WoMEN.-The real
influence of a true woman is stronger to-day
than ever, only our standard of true woman
hood is higher. We ask more at her hands
because we realize more fully her magnificent
capabilities. On the stage her greatness has
long been recognized, but 10 the world of art
and music, and fiction, and the still nobler
social influences which she wields, her laur-
els are greener and of fresher growth. For
the first time, too, her intellect is graphing
with subjects hitherto denied her. Into the
mysteries of nature she is taking her first
steps; science is showing her strange wonders;
philosophy is teaching her the occult forces
and hidden laws of the world of thought.
The dull monotony of domestic duty rises
into the dignity of intelligent labor as she
sees its deep meaning and far reaching power.
From the old helplessness comes the restful
consciousness of acknowledged strength and
the sitting calm of life without hi gh aims
is exchanged for the quick impulses and
healthful activities of ambitious efforts.
, 1869-08-20

EUROPE is rapidly doing away with SEQ
tariapr rsm in its public schools. France has
abolis he'd it to some extent, and in Spain since
the revolution. something has been done in
the same direction. Both the Catholics and
Protestants are uniting in Austria to make
the 81 hools unsectarian, and it is likely, by
the last accounts, that the movements will
succeed. In Bavaria a vote was lately taken
on this subject, and the whole vOte-Protest-
anh Catholic and Jewish, excepting that of
the Catholic priests-was in favor of leaving
theolq gical differences at the doors of the
schools. The movement is diametrically hos.
tile to that which exists in some parts of this
country, where the sectarian education-"de-
nomiu atioua' education, the Pittsburgh Cath
olic styles it-that has been tried and is dis
appearing in Europe:,is being cOutended for.
, 1869-08-20

A GIRL OF THE PERIoD-The fortitude,
tact, muscle and fnesse of a New York young
woman is strkingly illustrated BY the exploits
of the specimen who recently went to the
theater and i've parties in one evening, carried
on three firtations at each, and the next day
refused three offers Of marriage, accepted, two,
and broke off three previous engagements,
read four novels, wrote two letters and one
hundred notes of invitation, practiced her
music lesson, made herself new waterfa!e,
ate breakfast, lunch and dinner enough for
two milkmen, took a walk on Fifth Avenue,
bought two pounds of French candy and ate
it, rode to the Central Park with one of her
lovers, and walked home with the other.
Really, it's enough to make one ill to think
of woman who was up to this sort of thing.
, 1869-08-20

A BAsHFUL young man escorted home an
equally bashful young lady. AS they we're
approaching the DWELLING of the damsel, sho
said entreatingly, Ezekiel, now don't tell
anybody you beau'd me bome. 'Sary,' said
he emphatically don't you mind l am as
much ashamed of it as you are
, 1869-08-20
Notice To Absent Defendant.
In Justices Court, before C. w. FrusA, J.
TERPIT0RY OF aSuINGTnN

TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON, cs
COUNTY OF WALLA WALLA. %
TITO D. McCRAITH - You are hereby notiie,
i that r. R. & S. G. REES have filed a com
plant against you in said Court, which viii
come on to be heard on the 18th day of October
1869, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, at my Office, in Il
City of Wala Walla W. T., which is two montl
from and after the filing of the complaint 10 th
action. And unless you appear at the time ar
place, and answer, the same will be taken
confessed, and the prayer thereof granted.
The object and prayer of said complaint is
recover from you the sum of forty (S4O) dollar
and interest thereon, at 10 per cent. per annur
from December l4th, 1862, for bill of advertiser
due from you to plaintiffs.
CHAS. W. FRUSH, J. P.
Complaint filed August l3, 1869. s5.2m
, 1869-08-20

A CLEVELAND dry goods firm has at last
founda remedy against loafers oD their corner,
The following sign hangs in their window:
/" WaLted-a few more oafers to stand on
this corner"
, 1869-08-20

A CARPENTER being asked for a riddle,
propouuded the following: 81 picked it up:
/ couldn't find it; put it down, and went
along with it." No one could guess it. 1t
was a splinter Of wood in his foot.
, 1869-08-20

ANEW defensive apparatus has been de-
vised 10 France, for the protection of infantry
soldiers against the balls of breech- loading
b9uskets. 1t is proposed to liue each knapsacS
with tin but pullet proof plate of Besscmere
steel, and to construct of the same substance
the kettles, bread pans, and other camp
utei ,sils now made Of ordinary iron, copper
or tin. These articles are to be used as shields
but an also be piled up in the field to form
a tenn ,orary bulet-prOOfshelter for a battalion
, 1869-08-20

On and after this date, the STATESMAN will be
served to City subscribers at so cents month, pay
able the carrier. Those who have paid in advance
will ave their papers continued Until the time ex-
pires.
, 1869-08-20

A DEBATING society had under consider
alton the question, Is it wrong to cheat a
lawyer" The decision arrived at was, "No,
butimpossible."
, 1869-08-20

AN Irish student was once asked what was
ment BY posthumous works? "They are such
work." said he, " as man writes after be is
dead.
, 1869-08-20

BRICK PoMEROY says to those who object
to pictures in his paper that they should
take pair of scissorsand cut them out, and
read the holes.