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Year: 1861

My good Bertha joins me in the invita-
ton, wrote an old friend, who lived the ca
sy life of self indulgent country gentle
man some fifty miles from the noisy city,
amidst the din, and work, ard cares of
which | often grew weary. "Come-and
come now, when the trees are greenest,
the earth in its richest attire, and the air
like stainless crystal, be added We will
ride, and sail have the fairest of pleas
ure boats-and spend the days as merry as
if the world had neither care or sorroH.-
| will take no refusal. You are wearing
yourself out too fast in that toiling city,


The invitation came at the right moment.
| was dropping over any work with slow
hands and failing ardor,


l will be al Fern Dale, wrote, in a
week. Many thanks for your kind invi-
tation.


And in a week l stosd face to face with
my old friend. It was twice twelve months
since | had seen him. He had gained lib
orally in flesh during that time; and his
face, though rounder and larger, was fresh
er and younger in appearance than when
l last saw him. The years had not dealt
SO kindly with Bertha, his sweet wife. l
was grieved to see. Her face had grown
thinner, though no less beautiful. 1t was
not the beauty of old that caused your
eyes to linger on her countenance, for the
delicately rounded outlines and warm tint
ing were gone. But thers was more
thought and feeling there, and depth and
mystery in her eyes which had never seen
before How singularly in contrast was
the broad radiant smile that lit up his
whole face with the glow of sunbeam,
and the Pickering light that played now
and then so feebly but so full of angel
sweetness, Just around her mouth. She
was sitting with baby on her lap when |
entered. Instead of laying it down, or
calling an attendant, she received me with
the nursing in her arms; and her eyes
passed, every now and then, from mine to
the eberub face that lay against her bo-
son.


Another baby. said ], as ! touched the
peachy cheek with my finger.


And the dearest darling of them all, she
answered, looking down upon it tenderly.


She seems perfectly bewitched BY that
baby, said my friend as he laid his hand
IN fond way upon her shoulder. You
would think, to see her, that she'd never
seen a baby in her life before. But come
into the library; I've got hundred things
to talk with you about.


And be drew me away ere had been
Year: 1861

A fat old gentleman was bitten in the
calf Of his leg by dog. He al once rush
ed to the office of the justice of the peace
and preferred complaint against a joker
in the neig ighborhood, whom he supposed to
be the owner of the offending cur. The
following was the defense offered on trial
by the wag:


!. By testimony of the general good
character of my dog, I shall prove that
nothing cod make him so forgetful Of bis
dignity as to bite calf.


2. He is blind, he can't see to bite.


Even if lie could See to bite, it would be
utterly impossible for him to 60 out of his
way to do SO, on account of his severe
lameness.


4. Granting his eyes and legs to be good
he has no teeth.


5. Ny dog died six weeks ago.
Year: 1861

HouE PAPERs.-Says an exchange stick
to your home newspaper. No matter if
you are poor-remember, none are so
poor as the ignorant, except it be the de-
praved, and they too often 60 together
Keep your home paper, though it may not
be SO large and imposing as some city
weekly; but remember it is the advertis
er of your ncighborhood, and its daily bu-
siness, and tells you what is going on
around you, instead of things thousand
miles away. If it is not printed on as
nice paper as the city weeklcs, and as
good as you wish to have it, pay your sub
scription promptly, and rely on it, the
natural pride of the publisher will prompt
him to improve it as fast as his means will
permit.
Year: 1861

Two BEARs.-A man and his wife were
notorious through their whole community
as living in anything but peace. All at
once there was sudden change for good,
and the house Of discord became the house
of concord much to the astonishment and
Joy of the neighbors. An inquisitive old
lady ventured to inquire the cause.


Two bears did it, said the matron Of the
house.


Two bears. calculated the old lady lift
ing up her hands.


Tes, two bears; and I'm glad they ever
came into the house.


But in what nature do you mean


Two Scripture bears.


Two Scripture bears why, you puzzle
me more and more.


'Tis true.


don't read in Scripture of two bears
but them two that eat up the wicked chill
dren that mocked Elisha and they must
be dead long ago.


Two other bears are mentioned.


I don't recollect them.


Well, The Scriptures mention them, and
their names are Bear and Forbear.
Well I never


At this stage of the discourse We came
awav and could not help most devoutly
wishing that these two bears would travel
through the land and enter into a great
many houses.
Year: 1861

From the Advertiser, Providence, R. I.

 The Cephalic Pills are said to be a remarkably effective remedy for the headache, and one of the very best for that very frequent complaint which has ever been discovered.
Year: 1861

native cotton. consisting of thirty bales, was
shipped from Nicaragua to Panama few weeks
ago. The cotton was grown by an American
named Russell, who expects to have a large
crop next year. The soil and climate of Cen
trail America being shown by this experiment
to be suitable to cotton culture, it is not unlike
ly that the region named may yet become an
important source of supply OF that material
which has exerted, during the last half century,
a very decided influence on the social and po-
litical fortunes of the world.
Year: 1861

THE STEEL PEN DIsRAsE.-Some of our
readers will probably recollect notice which
appeared last February, relative to a theory ad-
vanced by President FELTON, of Harvard, that
the facilitating, and sometimes paralytic affeC-
tions Of the hand and arm experienced by those
accustomed to write much, were attributed to
the use of steel pens. Since the appearance Of
the notice in question, there has been good
deal of speculation regarding the theory it de-
scribed, and many practical tests of its reliabil-
ity have been instituted President FELTON, has
received great many letters proving the effica-
cy of resorting to the old goose quill in curing
partial and almost complete paralysis of the
hand and arm, caused by using steel pens. One
instance is very remarkable. An eminent pub
Usher in this city some two years ago found
himself unable to steady his hand to write. His
hand and arm swelled so that he was forced to
employ an amanuensis and such was his neces-
sity, only at very brief intervals until he hap
pened to see description of President Felton's
theory. He adopted the goose quill instead of
the steel pen, and in month thereafter was
able to do his own writing, which he continues
to do without any trouble.-[ Boston Paper.
Year: 1861

THE FINANCIAL BARuMETER.-The Bmllr.
tin. of Tuesday evening. in iis financial ar
iicle. says:


Adylces from New York received not long
since indicate a considerable movement in
Southern Stocks, which appears to be appre-
ciating under the influence of a demand from
some quarter. These large transactions would
seem TO betOken degree of confidence on the
part of the individuals engaged in them, but
may be only phase of the reckless stock job
bing not unfrequent in that market. A ques-
ton, however, naturally arises. Are they on
home or on foreign account II the latter,
they may be significant of that coming inter-
vention In our affairs on the part of foreign
governments of which we have occasionally
seen intimations of late, and which Is so anx-
iously expected by the South. The movement
of Stocks is political thermometer, from which
the approach of great changes is often first
learned. One thing appears certain, these
transactions would not be likely to result from
the expectation of protracted war; nor Of
war disastrous to Southern interests. What
do they mean then May it not be true, as re-
ported by distinguished Southern merchant
at Washington, that an armistice is to be called
for by the Confederate Government, and ne
gotiatiOns for reconstruction opened? The
opportunity is favorable for the South to take
the initiative in such measure. Their arms
have been successful, and they maintain an un-
diminished show of strength. They can do
without loss of honor now what the future
chances of war may never leave them an OPP
portunity to do again, under circumstances so
favorable. May it not also be, that foreign
powers have insisted on this course, as prelim-
mary to concentrated action on their part
These are mere speculations-feeble attempts,
no doubt, to fathom the great abyss Of diplo-
macy-but if not founded in error, they afford
satisfactory clue to what is otherwise ex-
tremey enigmatical. In the multitude of con-
ficting statements it is quite difficult to decide
fully upon the credibility of any.
Year: 1861

WIFE MURDER.-The MaTiposa Gazette Of
Sept. Sd says that Pat. Gibbons, was last week
arrested at Deer Flat, near Big Oak Flat, for
the murder Of his wife. She was in Big Oak
Flat the day before her death. in apparent good
health, the next day she was found dead in the
house she occupied, beaten dreadfully in the
head, and in different parts Of the body.
Year: 1861

How A SOLDIER FEELS WHEN WOUNEED.
We take the following from the letter of an
Iowa valunteer, who was wounded at the battle
near Springfield:


was standing, OF rather kneeling, behind
little bush, reloading my musket, just before
the rebels engaged in this close work retreated.
Suddenly / fell sharp pain in the shoulder,
and fell to the ground. Jumping up, one of our
boys asked me if | was hurt. l replied that
thought not, drew up my musket to fire, when
he said: ayes, you are shot right through the
shoulder" think it was this remark, more
than the wound, which caused the field, all at
once, to commence whirling around me in n
very strange manner. | started to leave it,
with half ounce musket ball in my shoulder,
and once or twice fell down with dizziness; hut
in short time recovered sufficiently to be able
to walk back to Springfield, nine miles, where
the ball was taken out. was very much pleas
ed to find that the wound was not dangerous
one. In the battle every sensation was drown
ed in excitement. We had no time to think of
being killed, except when standing to be shot
at by cannon, without chance to shoot back.
This, to us, was the most trying part of the
battle. When we had a chance to use our
muskets, every thought and feeling was gone,
except the one thought of shooting down the
rebels as rapidly as possible. Our regiment
certainly did its share Of the work that day.
Year: 1861

Our work has been thoroughly tested at different
mining camps in this county and in evidence Of tbs
general satisfaction it has given we call the atteu
ton of those in want of Hose to the following
Year: 1861

How the telegraph and newspapers do
garble everything they get hold Of! We
had thought the Published proclamation
Of Ben. Mccullough to the people Of Ar
kansas was bogus-now We know it was
We have received the genuine document
from a relisble source, and hasten to lay
it before our readers


"Citizens of Arkansas I! To defend
your soil from invasion. the gallant Sc
cessionists Of Missouri are rushing to your
border by thousands. So great was their
anxiety for your safety. that they h,sten-
ed away without arms and ammunition.
with which I trust you will at once sup
ply them. Yea. even so great was their
hurry. that very many Of them have come
bareheadej. barefoot, and in their shirt.
tails. At once throw open your stores.
and clothe them in becoming manner.
The gallant and impetuous Gen. Price.
fearful that he should not reach you be-
fore the enemy. did not tarry long enough
by the wsyside to comply with the most
pressing demands of nature. and conse-
quently falls far shott Of being a "sweet-
scented" son Of the South. Send yoar
laundresses to him at once. that they may
give him the appearance Of soldier; and
let him rest his weary frame for few
days among your muskrats and polecats,
that he may improve his odor. The
brave and noble Governor Jackson. that
he might not be recognized by his devo-
ted subjects. and be detained by them
from flying to your rescue. has come at-
tired in the faded dress and dilapidatei
sun-bonnet Of poor bat virtuous female.
Open your generous Arkansas hearts. and
purchase him new silk dress, hooped
skirt, and a bonnet of the latest style.
But he has met with sad loss. Having
CdttiCu thC StolC OONcTuIue0L VI NJ lSSOu.
ri in his breeches pocket, for convenience
in case of emergency, as a matter Of
course. when he threw his breeches aside,
he left the State Government with them.
and they are doubtless ere this in the
hands of the enemy. Brave soldiers of
Arkansas, rush to the rescue! Drive the
invaders from every inch of Missouri
soil, and restore the Government as the
noble jackson left it i! But bring back
his sacred breeches. at all hazards-with
or without the State Government, bring
back the breeches Let every man go,
and fear not for our State, for the brave
men Of Missouri will remain here to full
fill the object of their coming-to defend
your borders against invasion!


BEN. McCULLouGH."
Year: 1861

LEAvENwonTH, PAwNEE AND WESTERN
RALRoAD.-We rejoice to be able to in
form the people of X ansas. that the above
named Company. having secured title to
the 223. .862 acres of Delaware lands, to
which it had the right of purchase under
the Treaty Of 1860. are about entering on
the construction Of the Railroad, with ev.
cry prospect Of being able to push it on
to an early completion. They advertise
to-day that they will be prepared to COM
mence sales of land, on most favorable
terms of payment. by the LIST of August.
By that date. there is every prospect that
they will have the first 25 miles Of the
road under contract. and in pocess of
conslruction-there being now responsible
contractors proposing to do the grading.
and take portion Of their pay in bonds.


Messrs. Lane. Pomeroy and Conway
have. so far as they have taken part. dis
couraged any interference with the interest
of the railroad company, AMI we rejoice
that they have taken this course. as the
people of Kansas have at this time no in
terest Of such vital importance as the early
completion ofMis road.


Weexpected no other course from them.
for there Is no present hope for the success
Of great public enterprise in Kansas ont.
side of this one. and we all know that the
work upon and the completion of this
railroad will afford certain relief to the
depressed business of Kansas, by the in
fax of hundreds of thousands Of dollars.
and the employment of thousands of men
in the time ofour greatest need.-Leaven-
,corth Times.
Year: 1861

When man is found who is man


al over, we love to record the fact-es-


pecially when he is found in the State ol


Missouri. Last week, when the Holt


County company was about leaving for


St. Joseph. to enter the service of the
United States. Mr.. VIM. Zook, OF Forest
City, came forward and requested that II


any of the volunteers had families that


would be left unprovided for, they would
step out of the ranks. A number did so.


He asked them If they wished their fam
lilies provided for during their absence !:
to which they gave an affirmative answer.
He then assured them that he would take
that duty upon himself. and that SO long
as the men remained absent fighting for
their country. their families should not
suffer.


This incident suggests reminiscence.
When we first came to this country, we
were led firmly to believe. from the rep
resentations of certain individuals, that
the meauest man on top of the ground
in fact. the embodiment of all meanness
was VIM Zook. We soon discovered
that the prime cause of this hatred of Mr.
Zook by those individuals. lay in the
fact that he was looking out for certain
interests of his own. which they imagined
(it was only imagination rather conaic-
ted with speculations they were engaged
in. They bemeaned him in his absence.
abused him in his presence. carried their
enmity into the Church, and scarcely
stopped short of personal violence. Be-
ing unacquainted with some Of the parties
and all of the principal facts. We were led
to think that his enemies were in the right.
But "time at last makes all things even"
We are still as wholly unacquainted with
Mr.. Zook as upon the day of our arrival
in Kansas but there are times and cir.
cumstances which will show the contrast
between a man and thing. as clearly as
acids will distinguish gold from brass.
Mr.. Zook is for his country in the hour
Of her trial. and pledges himself to sup
port the families of poor soldiers who go
to igLt for her honor; while the tradu.
GERS alluded to are bowling. infamous
traitors. alternately melting their follow
ers to treason and stirring up strife be-
tween neighbors. and sneaking through
the brush and trembling with cowardly
fear lest they be brought to merited pun
ishment.
Year: 1861

B PIKE's PEAK.-What has become o!


OF the famous Pixies Peak, which set
the whole country crazy two years ago


We hear of nobody going there. and of
no rich leads discovered by persons al.
ready there. On the contrary. we learn
that dullness reigns there supreme. and
that thousands are preparing to come
away. We very much fear (not wish)
that the belief we have always entertained
with regard to Pike Peak is going to
prove correct at last-that it is a huge
humbug.
Year: 1861

A FIRST RATE JoKE.-A short time
since. Judge Ish, of Holt County. OF
powder memory. finding the latitude
growing too unwholesome for him, mo-


we'd his stakes toward the realms of Dix
lie, leaving farm. "contrabands." and
other property behind. After reaching o
place of safety, and taking time to think
over the uncertainty of nigger flesh in
the community he had left, he wrote to
his boys to take his four negro men South
and sell them. which they forthwith pre-
pared to do. But the niggers got wind
of it. and the night before the day set for
starting, two of them came up missing,
and still remain SO. However, there
were two more left. and with these the
Southern pilgrimage was begun. But a
report comes back, that after travelling
long way on their journey. the two ne
groes one night took the best two mules
in the party. and made good their escape
alsol This result is precisely what Will
lard P. Hall tried to tell the people of
Holt would come to pass. when Judge
Ish and men Of bis stripe cried the speak.
er down. They are the first to realize its
ful6llment. The price of four robust mig
gers would buy good many kegs Of pow
der!
Year: 1861

~ During our visit to Lowell we
were shown through the Laboratory OF
our celebrated countryman, DR.. j. g.
Aver. Scarcely could we have believed
without proof what is seen there be-
yond disputing.


They make barrel of solid Pills,
about $4,000 doses, and three barrels of
Cherry Pectoral. 100000 doses, per
diem. To what an inconceivable amount
Of human Suffering does this point no.,
600 doses a day!! Fifty millions of
doses per year Il! What acres and
thousands Of acres of sick beds does this
spread before the imagination And
what sympathies and woel True. not
all Of this is taken by the very sick. but
alas. much of it is. This Cherry Drop
and this sugared Pill are to be the COM
panion Of pain and anguish and sinking
sorrow-the Inheritance our mother Eve
bequeathed to the whole family of man.
Here the infant darling has Been touched
too early by the blight that withers half
our race. Its little lungs are affected, and
only watching and waiting shall tell which
way ITS breath shall turn. This red drop
on the table is the talisman on which its
life shall hang. There the blossom of
the world just bursting into womanhood
10 stricken also. Affectior's most assid.
nous care avails not, she is still fading
away. The wan messenger comes nearer
and nearer every week. This little med
icament shall go there. their last, perhaps
their only hope. The strong man has
planted in his vitals this same disease.
This red drop by his side is helping him
wrestle with the inexorable enemy the
wife of his bosom and the cherubs of his
heart are waiting in sick sorrow and fear
lest the rod on which they lean in this
world, be broken.


o. Doctor Spare no skill. nor cost,
nor toll to give the perishing sick the best
that human art can give Galveston.
Tsras. Neus.
Year: 1861

LEAvENwoRTn, PAwsEE AND WESTERN
RAnRoAD.-By an advertisement in an
other column. it will be seen that work is
about commencing upon the above great
enterprise, and that the lands granted to
aid in the construction of the road have
been fully secured BY the Company. and
will speedily be offered for sale to set
tiers at low figure and on remarkably
liberal terms. These lands embrace .
vast numbers Of acres. and comprise some
Of the best and most desirable lands in
Kansas. An attempt has been made to
get re-apprisal of the lands for specula-
ting purposes but oar Representatives
and Senators in Congress have given the
scheme no encouragement, and it will fail.
Now is rare chance offered for men to
secure cheap lands, and at the same time
aid work of vast Importance.
Year: 1861

GREEN BUKGLARs- We called at Mr.. W. n.
jones, near the head of Pollok street, where
the recent burglary was perpetratcd, yesterday,
and after examining the premises aud circum-
stances connected with the case, were con
strained to believe that the tellonious scamp
who ever it was, is not only green at the bust
ness, but that he lives in the town and is ia
miliar with everything about the premises, and
that an efficient night watch could not fail to
catch all such greenhorns. He ransached the
whole house nearly and only got two or three
dollars in money While he had his hand on
valuables in the shape Of silver ware, &c, to the
amount of twenty or thirty dollars that he
might have taken without any difficulty but
instead of doing he contcntcd himself, after
getting what little money there was, with steal
ing the old lady's spool thread tape binding
Sc, which were comparatively worthless. -
All such burglars can be caughtlf our people
will only use little vigilance.
Year: 1861

FIgE ALARM. alarm Of fire on Monday
night about one o'clock proceeded from the
burning of couple Of small tenenents in the
upper part Of the town belonging the one to
w. c. WEitford, Esq, and the other to A.
Mitchell, Esq One of them was clubhouse
and is thought to have been set on fire by an
Incendiary, the other was occupied and proba-
bly, took fire accidentally. 1t is very strange,
however, that they should both have taken
fire at the same time, being on opposite sides
of the square unless there was some design
about it.


We did not hear any estimate of the amount
OF loss; it must, though, have been but tri-
hing.


The Mechanics Fire Company, we learn,
were promptly on the ground, but owing to
the absence of suitable we'll and the hose be-
ing too short to reach the river it was lmpos-
sible for them to render any assistance.
Year: 1861

GONE TO RlcHMoND.-Mr. Alfred Hatch Of
Alabama, formerly citizen of this place left
here yesterday morning on his way to Richmond
TO make a tender of his produce loan amoun-
ting 80 the snug pile of 400 bales of cotton and
also to see if Lincoln had deposited the fifty
thousand dclIars he offered to bet him on the
result Of the war, guess he'l net find it, Old
ABE was too smart to bet.