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CLEANSE THE BLOOD AND CTJEE THE 8ICK.
In-ralids, Kathers, Mother", Fhy.f iani,
rbllanthropiita, read their EflTecta,
Mid Jidge af Uielr Virtues.
"' - . FOR TIIE CUKE OF
Headache, Sick Headache, Foul Stomach
Pittbbubo, Pa., May 1, 1865.
Dr. J. C. Atih.5 Sir : I hare been repeatedly cunid of
the worst liedac)i any Iwly can hare ly a lvw or two
of your Pills. It scema torisc from a fouf stomach, which
tliey cleanse at onre. If they will cure others as they do
Die, the fact in worth luiowing. .
v Yours with gret respiect, . ED. W. TREBLE,
ij ' Clerk of Steamer Oarion,
Uflious Disorders anddLiver Complaints
lHfRTMBT Of THI IitTialOR, )
" asSinoto-'T, . C.,7 rb"., 1856. f
Fir: I have nse3 your fill- in ray general and hospital
practlce.ever since ynu made tliem, and cannot hesitate to
say fliey are the best cat&artic we employ. Tkeir refra
luting action On the liver m quick and decided, eonseqaenC.
ly tkty are an admirable jemedy for derangements of that
' ormi, Jhdeed, I have stiidom found a cose of btiibut di-
mue su obstinate that It did not readily yield to them. :
fraternally yours. ALONZO BALL, M. D,
' ; Iyticum of the Marine ifotpita
- Dysentery, Relax, and Worms.
Post Office, IIat.un4 Lit. Co., Mien., Not. 16, 1S66.
DaSAisn: Your Pills sire the perfection of medicine.
They haTe done my wifejmore g(K)d than I can tell you.,
rJhe had been .sick and iniiiK.away for mouths. Went
off to be floctored-t jjreat fcxpenso. lnjt got no better. Bh
then commenced takhig yimr Pills, w hlch soon cured her,
ty expelling- large quanlflieR of worms (dead) Horn tier
bisly.. They afterwards Ctircd her and, our two children
of bloody dyseutery.' Onoif our neighbors bad it bad, and
'.bit wife cured Mui witlrjtwo iloses of your Pills, while
j others arnund us paid frojp five to twenty dollai-s doctors'
: bills, and lost much tim, without being cured entirelv
: even then. Such a medicine as yours, which is actually
' good and honest, will be nrized here. A
C,kO. J. OJlltFIN, Fottmtuter.
Indigegtion and Impurity of the Blood
Iom Jtev. J. Y,lliwt, i tutor of Advent Clmrch, Boitorh
Dk. Avur: I tiavauseil you Pills with extraordinary
success in my family audjamonK those I am called to risit
In distress. To regulate Bie organs of digestion snd puri
fy the blol tliey are th very bast remedy 1 haTe ever '
known, aia can confidently recommend them to mi
frieuds. -V Yours, i). J.V. HIMKgTf
wiksAW, Wtmiko Co, N. Oct 24, 1868.
Diab Silj: I aui using your Cathartic Pills in my prac
tice, and find thorn an exfoUeut purgative te cleanse th.
yrtoni and iiuriy'Uie foaii tains of the blood. ,
fl OHN 0. M EACH AM, M. TX
Erysipelas, Slrofuln, KinR'n Evil, Tetter.
Tumors, aid Salt Rheum.,
Pro; fmvarding Mcicliant of St. Lauit lib. 4, 18W.
Dr. Ayb: Vour Pills are the paragrm of all tlfat ; to
treat In medicine. Stfrtf hare cured my little daughter
of ulcerous sores upon bsjr hands and feet that had proved
' Incurahlo for years. Hell mother had been long griovons
, ly alllicted With blofches jand pimples on her skin and In
ber hair. After our chiM was cured, she also tried your
PIUs, and Uipy have curejl her. ASA MOKGEIDOfi.
Ilheufnatism, Neuralgia, and Gont.
from Vie Mev. lir. Uaukts, of tlx Mrthodixt Spit. OiuroK
, 1'n.AFKl Iloisii, Savahah, Oa., Jan. 6; 1856.
' IIosoKin Sir : I shouM"be ungrateful for the relief your
.kill has brought me if did not report my case to yon.
A-cold settledlin my limfcs and brought on excruciating
neuralgic pains, which iemlid in chronic rheumatism.
Notwithstanding 1 had (be best of physicians.ithe disoas.
stow worse and worse, util, by the advice of our excel
lent agont in Baltimore, lr. Maekeniie,I triedyour Pills.
Their elfccta were slow, ut sure. By persevering in the
WW of them, 1 mn now Entirely well, .-' . , .
SiNATi CnAMBZtt, jjillOTi RoottB, I.A., 6 Dec, 1R55.
Da. Avsb: 1 liave lw-si entirely cured by ypnr Pills of
Rheumatic Oout a paiiiful disease that bed afflicted me
for years. ?j VINCENT 8L1UELL.
,7 For Dropsy, Plethora, or kindred Com-
plaliits, requiring au active purge, they are an excel
lent reinoily. i
For Costi venessi or Constipation, and a
sa Dluucr IMM, they' are sgreahte and eR'ectual.
Fits, Suppression, Paralysis, Inflamma
tion, aud ceo Ueafneas, and Partial Blind"
ties, have been cured by the nlterstive action of .these
?. . . r -
y Most of (he Pills In market contain Mercury, which; al
though a valiiBilile remedy in skilful hands, is dangerous
In a pulilic pill, from th dreadful consequences that frer
queiitly follow lts,iucauious use. Those conf(iin no mer
cury or mineral substaui:o whatever.
AYER'S CHERRY PECTORAL
FOR Till! RAPID CURE OF
COUGHS, COLPS, HOARSEMCSS, INFL17
KNZA, BRONCHITIS, AVIIOOPIKQ
COlH, CROUP, ASTHMA, IK
CIPIEMT COKSl'MPTIOK,
nd tor the relief of consumptive patients in advanced
stages of thedlsease.
We need not sfiealk- to the pnblic of Its vtrtues.
'Thiwighirfit ewj tuwti, aud almost every hamlet of ths
Anient Rtt 8ts,tesf iu wdfiiderful cures of pulmonary corn,
plaints. (Save tuale it sjlreudy known. Nay, few are the
raniiliwi'M any t ili7.jd country on this continent with,
out soine personal experience of its effects ; and fewer yet
the ciAiiniunlties any wjhere which have not among them
omeT'ing trophy of Its Tictory over the subtle and dan
gerous diseases of the iiroat and lungs. While H Is the
niost powerful aiilidoteyet known to man'for the forml-
Is also the pleasantest ind safest remedy that can be em
nloved for iiifauts and young persons. Parents should
dAble and aangerous uiseases 01 me puimonaiy organs, u
have It in store agairnjt the insidious enemy that steals
upon-thenv unprtiiaredi we have abundant grounds to
believe -the Vlterry irai saves more lives by the con-
smmptions It prevents than those it cures. Keep it by
you, aud cure your colds while they are curable, nor neg
lect them until iio hunian skill'San master the inexorable!
canker that, fastened in the vitals, eats your life away!
All know the dreadful ! fatality of lung disorders, and as
they know too the virtues of UiU remedy, we need not do
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be. We spare no cost.jno care, no toj to produce it ths
roost perfect possible, njid thus afford those who rely on
It the best agent whichbur skill can furnish for their core.
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of charge. In tbe absence of Epidemics, the
t Directors have authorized the Consulting Sur
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aufleringj under ;(rojsic diseases of a viiu
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ociation. No. 2 kulh Kinlh Stree phiiajcK j
pnia.-a. liy orjler of the Directors.
Giipi F AiavHi.n,. ' STzkA D. Heartweli..
; 43 . Sicrttary. President.
rug tie.
HavinSgi sold our Drug EslabJishrnent in SaU
isbury. to Docl. C. A. Henderson, we take
pleasure in recommending him to the lavor
of our, friends, and patrons.
Doct. Hendersan being a regularly educa
ted Physician and having provided him
self with competent assistants, will, we have
every reason to believe, .so conduct the bu
siness, as to entitle himself to :the confidence
arid patronage of the Public. ' 1
SILL & SILL-
Salisbury, 4pril 21st, 1857.
C. A. Henderson, m. d.
and
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r A S-.will be seen by the above Notiee, 1
LXJL now own the Drug Establishment, for
merly occupied by Mess. v!mIi & Sill; L there
fore tender my respecls to the Citizens of
IRKDKLL and SUriOUntling Counjies, and
especidliy To the irtends and patrons of my
predecessors;, assuring them that every, eff
ort will be made to give satisfaction.
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large an assortment, and of 'as fine a quali
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can be louncl in ttie Male. VVliicti, will bs
sold Wholesale and Retail, t n suc'h terms
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May 29ih,' 1858, tf-26
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A Hymn.
BY ALICE CAUy
Away with all life's memories,
Away with hopes away 1
tord, take me unto thy lov e,
And keep me there to-d iy. .,
I cannot 'trust .to 'mortal e res
My weakness and my sn
Temptations -he alone, can judge,
Who knows what they liaye been.
And I fan trust Him who provides i
The thirsty ground witli dew,
And round the wouded bjeetle builds
Ilia grassy liotise anew.
For 'the same hand that sit
lites with pain,
And sends the wintry enbws,
Both mould the frozen cloU again
Info the summer rose. !
i
My soul is melted by that!
love,
Ho tender aitd so true,
I can I mt cry; my Lord anjd God,
What wilt fliou have m&
do?
My blessings all come bar
r-k to me,
And round about me staj
tjnd;
Help me to climb their dizfey stairs
Until I touch thv hand.
let us Help one Another,
Let' us help one another
Ami a heart of kindness -ftnTw,
As down time's flowing river
In the boat of life we
For though rough may
irow,
be the weather,
And the sky bc-o'ercast,
If we only pull togetlierl
We can brave thei storm at last
Lot uaJielp one another
In misfortune's wintrv
day,
And be -kinder, still as eVr
Earth's best gift's are j snatched away,
Whan bright fortune gilds the morrow,
Hollow hearts will tavn and" cling,
"But when comes" the nigjlitof sorrow,
(July true hearts coiufjbrt" bring.
Let uk all help one anotlxer,
And do good wlierc'eif we can
Who withholds the hantl of kindness,
Scarce deserves the nti
me of man,
nature,
For the one great law of
Which was meant mankind to bless,
Jiidrt us heln a fellow -cntk-ture
- i
Wken we find him inidistress.
A Georgia Medical Student
The following, from t
ie . pen Of- an
how members
Alabama Doctor,- shows
n : .1 A,' . If
ot the ' lacuity are
sometimes
iiia(fc.
n was m uie year- m tne quiet
"ii. I J .1 ' , 1
little
village
of M-
ua., Avmie
4 - 1 'i
porinffovtT the medical
I text books, I
oceanic intimately acqujainxea avuii a
rare character of the name of Billy
C. He was a Noth Carolina mill
wright, and a most excellent one ho
was, too. Jle had early moved to
Georgia, and by dint of I industry, and
the closest. frugality
, bordering upon
parsimony, he hadrncq
hired
quite a
shah' tin
" snug property, when
paper" at a large discpunt, he man
aged to render himself comparatively
free from, the vicissitjudes of. the
world.
Bill was a bachelor", and of course
of an uncertain age, a,si lie had never
let'it be knwp ; but judging from ap-
pcarances, lie was about torty, years
of 'age. He had laid aiide the mallet
and chissel, and now atjtended to the
more profitable business of " shaving
paper," consequently, he had many
T "F ' f 1 1 1
spare moments." Jlis
ifo had been
that-of ceaseless industjryand it was !
impossible for him to rfmain entirely.,
idle. He' had all the
nervousness;
and" restlessness of
Frenchman.
With two or three
the ' Finilikin
exceptions he
had not the least confidence in man
kind. Myself, although
t6 be his son, happened
youngnough
to be one ot
the honorable exceptions,
My friend
wras a very eccentric character. Any
one idea that beset htm, almost x
t "
clusively shut out all ot
lers.
The main idea df his
life had been
At this time
to marry a rich widow.
it entered into his head
to make an
M. D. of himself, f Althlough scareely
possessing . an elementary education,
and entirely unused to s
jtudy any thing
m the shape of books,
he went at it
with that nervous
energy peculiar
to his character. II
is course of
studies, though quite
erratic, was
fear of ex-
ardently pursued. For
penses, probably, he directed his own
course had no , preceptor. Possess
ing his confadence, Bil
visited me in my preceptor's office. I
havfe had many a hearth laugh at his
pronunciation of technicalities
and
Iiis peculiar notions of
becoming in-
ducted into the science
of medicine;
Ilcseemed to haye an
could very sdon hecome
idea that he
familiar with
and odor; It
medicines,; by their tasto
was nis common nabit,
almost daily,
to taste and smell the different medi
cines on the shelves.
On a certain
occasion, I made a very
strong prepa-
! ration of " liquid chlori
ine, wmcn 1
placed in a conspicuous;
place for his
benefit. Ho no Boonef entered the
office than it attracted hia attention. !l
Without a question or hesitancy, hefheard some one approaching at a rapid!
aaneu arouna ine counter, .grabpedS
tbe bottle. nd applied his smellerl Ofi
course hfj , staggered back, . wijthjowl1-
nanu to ms nose anu me otiier lilplU-r mg, 1 should have incurred the penat
ing the bottle at arm's length. As soonj. ty of death, I could not Have helped
as he was able- to tpcak he uttered f it. The whole of his front, from ear
" VVagh ! ekitepDlce nd pickle, im- to ear, was of a fiery red ! the back
mom ! -Well ! ! I guess I wonU for- portion the same pale mouse color ! I
jget the name of that, sure !' And soj: laughed and Billy, grinned, but it was
jl fancied, as the preparation was about a most ghastly-smile. Thcjeolerof his
ten times the strength of concentrated:', hair, saturated with the nitrate f sil
jammonia, with a dash of assafoetida.H ver, should have been dark brown or
I aTn sure he did n?t, for several daysj ! black, but owing to-the alkali and leatb
at least, as" he was coughing andt snee- J of the previous fiwabbing, it lad turn
ziag most of the timp from its effects.!; ed it to a, fiery red. -(The first prepa
AVhile studying prmiscuously j every j ration of the alkali and -lead, would
tiling .appertaining ; to medicine, andj ; haye made his liair black, if he could
nothing m. particular, he camei uponj have hept it saturated long enough ;
a recipe for coloring the "hair. I should! -but I feel m-ettv certain it would have
nave mentionou tnat nis capillary er-;
nament was very thin, and well ,inter4
spersed with gray hairs giving it, a;
peculiar tint not very be& ming. Noj
sooner does Billy come across -tthisf
great recipe, than he hastens to ime toj 1
ask my advice, ad aid in its composi-i
tion. The recipe was this: "Make ail"
strong solutioa of an alkali, add to itj
a quantity of small, bits of lead, let ill
stand for some hours amj it will bti
ready tor use.
Accord injj to his
ltn-f
fKirtunities,. I laid aside my books an
oegan uie experiment. JNow, in my
thoughtlessness in supplying an:alkalji
potash.) To a strong solijition of thisl
JLadded a small quantity Of small shot.
After the preparation had stood lon
enough, we took a small lock ojf Uilr
ly's hair, as lie could spare no more;,
and immersed it in the n'renairatioiii.
; Imagine the surprise ajid joy of BiH'Jr
when we went to look, at the hair,
I which had been immersed for somb
ltpurs, to find it as beautiful and glos-
j sy a black as could be desired. EureJ-
i ka ! Eureka! The lonc-wished-foi,
j he had found at last ! With such hair
; as that upon his head, he might yet
marry that rich widow. And now ci-
j pidity steps in and suggests that, a foy-
tune might me made by means of the
; discovery f as he termed it. Billy and
; myselt are ot course to be partners,
nm a gomeii Harvest must oe rue re
..,.! 1 1 1 . . 1 .1 ?
suit. My friend was all excitemenit.
(That was a day before the great infirjx
of " patent hair dyes." I simply sug
gest that he had best tesf the merits
of the dye upon himself. He instant
ly plants himself before a mirror. It
was rlly pleasant to notice tie
- ,
complacent nml Tut nnv smilfi. as llo
gave nis thin coat ot hair a thp
rotrgh bathing with the mixture. le.
inunediately retires to his room to en
joy alone the idea of possessing a jet
black head. The next dav mv friend
came into my room, with an uniaturM
and hicrubrious cast of features uh-
accountable until he took off his bea -
Ver. Shade of Plialon ! His hairwks
of a most unnatural pale mouse color!
and worse than all, his head was. fine- !
ly blistered by the caustic potash!
Along the margin of the hair, aboiiU
the forehead and ears, Ire looked lite 1
' a boiled lobster. While ffazmfr at
himself in a mirror, with a nost ruefer ; about chemistry as a mule. The idea
countenance, he turns to me andsayfe : j of nitric acid being tip alkali; alluded
" O crack fc ! Jeeminy criminy ! ; to, had fastened itself upon his mind,
Ovum, I can't stand this. I wouldn't Land a yoke of oxen could not -have
have the ladies to see me in this plight moved it. He would, In that instance,
for the world.' Is there no way Sto , have backed his opinions against the
mend the matter ?" " j j scientific world. Off he' darts, in a
" (Hi. of course." Ra vs-T : " I thiik"; 1,,,, to mil-, hk vipws of thr -
a solution of ni trat.fi of silver flunk?
caustic) would have a charmimmgf-
fect." ' '
" Very well rip ahead no chanfeo
! for thv widnw with t.hi. nolnr Lilt
i hy jingo if I didn't think that all the
fleas, bedbugs, and creepers of ill
kinds had made a nest of my heii'd I pointed it out to him, with the re
last night. And you can black it, ypu ' mark, that he should bp entitled to
say?" j claim all the merit resulting from that
u Oh, I can color it, certain ; take experiment. Billy gets a strong, clear
a seat." , j bottle, into which he turns a small
At it I went, with a strong solutipn handful of "bits of lead" pours it
of nitrate of silver. I began at the i half full of water, and from a " grad
top of one ear, going in a straight I uate," he adds a good portion of nit
line over the head, to'the opposite one; ' ric acid,' Of course violent ebullition
then Jl saturated all of the hair fin j ensues, which'gratiiies him amazingly,
front, leaving the back portion in-; He at once corks up the.bbttle. Jim
touched. I had to be somewhat cu- mediately spring for ihe bottle and
tious ; for when the caustic solution
1,1 v. vi:4.-.i e (i.
wouiu wucu uiu yu&teicu rsunace juu
would wince, and ery out ; but he bSre
it like a martyr. I
Well, Billy, I' think that will do;
but you will have to wait for time and
the action of the light to bring out the
color properly." " (
" Yes," says Billy, "I think if'll
do,'if there is anything in the strength
of it ; for I wish I may be ground; to
death in a grist mill, ifI don't feel
like you have been lamming me oier
the head with a lot ot chestnut bujs ; j placed the bottle on the railing, corks
but I suppose the stronger the better; i it tightly, and with gerat satisfaction
io, good-bye, OvTim; I'll go to iny j watches the effervesehce. After a few
room, and take a good dose of tinctire moments, a loud detonation! The
camph. et opii, to quiet matters," wtthbottle overturned the diluted acid
a smile of gratification at being ajblelj thrown over the skirts of his long-tail-
to use a technicality, he wended pis
way, leaving me to speculate upon the
probable appearance Billy might mike
upon the morrow, t
On the following day I had beeif in
theN office but a few minutes, when I
gait. Who could it be but IkUy 1 Oh,
JVIoses ! and so it was : hut VAllv com-
pletelj metamorphosed. If hy laugh-
almost destroyed the entire scalp in quantity of the light powdered rhu
the meantime !) i barb, and secretly adding to them a
liilly was in a perfect fidget, tie '
could not sit, nor stand still a moment, i
One moment in a chair, then to a mir-1
ror, then to me, and the question for
the 'tenth time - . ;
" Can it be remedied any way ?"
"Well, Billy, how could it have
happened? You know it ounht to have
been b-laek." V
I took the tincture eamph. et opii,
"- T WO 1 1 llV 1-1. VT AJ. I; 11VU1 V
; whiqh. eased my head some. At night
I slept soundly, and dreamed that the
' and asked me for a lock of glossy
hlack nair. As soon as I awoke I hur
' ried to the glass ; but oh. General
JacksonJ I hardly knowed myself.
! At this timtf, that black rascal, with
riiv bnnts in hand stpnnpil in-, his
i eyes 'aad mouth at once ilewiopen, and
he broke out into a loud guffaw. lean
tell you, the boyand the bootjack
; fairly-few out of that door theras-
.cal ! But Ovum, niy.geod fellow, do
heln me out of tbis-Bcrane-there's a-
good fellow ! ThinVPdidnt hav.e to
send word to the landlady tliat I "was
sick, to get my breakfast ; and. the
kind soul sent her husband to see me;
but of course there was ' no use knock-
ing at the door,' just then ; and to
mend matters just think, the Widow
. . . - . . . . -,
A. is stoppinff-at the hotel, a day or
two. with tin- landladv. -Heln me.
Ovum, pan t you r
;m;iw fvJAnrl f ronllvf n.nnnt
If" ;' V ' ' . V
think of any other hair dye at pre-
Snk" , "
" Well I-inf Ovnim lf
' p that first mixture fight ? Jjet me
' ' .
I --- - - r,
co tKa imnV All LfrA it. ia 4 Srdu-
tioaof an alkali with bits f lead.
Well, well ! I thought you was wrong.
You should have used nitric acid(!) as
an alkali, and you. ought to have used
'bits of lead' not shot; don't it say
bits?"
! ' Vn ' T told him and tbpn tried
1 1 pvnlain to 'him the difference be -
tween an acid and an alkali; that
they were diametrically Opposite in
character J It was' of no use. It was
like throwing pearls before swine, to
enter into an argument witli him, up-
0n the characteristics of an acid and
n k.l . . c knew about as much
! rH. f whu-b ho. was o Ranmiirie-.
U0 cr0t his bar-lead, granulates it, by
l)0uriiifr it melted, into coH -water.
1 rTrtiirnR. and sava :
I 'tt
; lead. sure. Now for the nitric acid
1 alkali." . '
! remove the cork really frightened at
. , . l fi.- ..ii tt- I
, wnat migiii. nave oeen Uie .result, xie
j'implores me most earnestly, to let him
' have the bottle, and try Aw experi-
ment his own way assuring me that
. the virlue of the dye would be surely
lost if the bottle was not corked. I
tried to explain to him that the gas,
Which was violently escaping, would
explode the bottle, if corked. But no;
he must and would have it his1 own
way. 1 maue mm get out in me uaca
i lot. , He went to a paling at hand,
I ed drab. He began whirling around
around, shaking his hand and skirt
very much as a cat does her foot when
she accidentally steps in water. I
j was so convulsed with laughter at the
denoument, that I could not furnish
him with the aqua ammonia ( an alka
li) in time to save his- precious drab,
which was most wofully injured. Jlis
first words werts -
"Well, Ovam, I'll have to give it
up, but I know what I can do ; I can
use soot and lard for my hair, untill-
it grows out.
And so he did, but when warm and
perspiring the black wavy line about
his forehead and ears, excited almost
as much interest as his parti-colored
hair.
Jf was some time after this before
I dare .experiment Avith my friend.
On a certain occasion" he came m aud
asked me' if could " give him a job at;
'.piil making" " Of course," says I,
at the same time putting in the mort
ar a few lumps of aloes and a small
very small portion ot vemtnne. . lie
began very awkwardly to pulverise
the inOTedients. Very soon a hard
blow Avith the pestle up flies the light
powders and a cough and ausneeze. J
i Two or three more blows -uprises-tho
powders with a portion of veratrine
.sneeze sneenac sneeze. .
" Why, Billy, what the matter ?J
i Wliat's (tcij into vnn?"
' (Sneeze) " Hell's the (snefizc) mat
. " ' " . mJ
(sneeze; ter, (gneeae, sneeze,-sneeze.;
Oh -me-! Til ( sneeze) sneeze my (snee
i The poor fellow kept on to. sa'eeee.
; and-- 1 to -laugh,' until nrs one, and
then another of our acquaintances
would rush in and ask, what's the mat
ter ? .Ask Billy,
; "Billy, what's the matter-?. What
ails Billy?"
( Sneeze.) " Aloes ! rhu-b-a-r-b
("Sneeze, sneeze,) hasletta must
come !" (sneeze, &c.
And so the poor fellow kept on, the
company to laugh, and he to .sneeze
until he only just went through the j
motion without any explosion, when 1
syringed out his nose with, a small
syringe, which produced two or three
awtul snorts, horee-lite, and he was
Billy thought it was all ow-
ing as
I suegested, to his. peculiar'
itliosyncracy, and the unusual nervous
condition ot the neurine matter ol the
sebneidetian membrane. " Exactly
l
iust soOtum, I thought so, all right
) - w
now.
i A month or so had elapsed since
'Billv's first essay at nill-makinff.
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when about halt a dozen ol my young
.... . .
Ii'icntls were sitting in the onice. .we
espiea utiiy stoutly wenamg nis way
, tither. I toldjny friends that they
must not laugh at anything tharmight
occur when he took a seat among us.
'There Was only one vacant chair in
: tne room, anu tnat an ora iasnionea,
i wooden-bottom one. Before he came
! "ear enough to see what we were dct
, ing, I poured on its seat a few drops
of the oil of mustard !" On entering,
he cordially spoke to us, and took the
chair. Unfortunately, 'for himself,
his pants were quite thin. Billy had
not heen seated more than a few min-
' uies wnen nc springs np, baying .
" Golly how it' hurt' ! Come, boys,
.you ought not to be sticking pins -in
i chairs. I didn't think you'd treat me
!'so- Ovum, is it right?"
"Oh no,, certainly not. Sit on the
, counter here, ly ma." He springs up.,
hut his pants had alreay absorbed all
1 the " oil of mustard."-
a moment quiet is restored, and
conversation began, when Billy leaps
' into the middle of the floor, slipping
himself at a prodigious rate.
"Now. by the wine imso, the first
i one that sticks that pin again 1 11 floor,
j sure ! Jack, I Know that must be
you. Uut 1 II be sure anu get tar e
nough from you all, this time.". , .y
He then gets to the most distant
end of the counter. We had just re
sumed our coiyersatipn, when Billy
springs into the middle of the floor a
gain. ... S ,
" H-ll and scissors ! Ovum, what can
it be? I know it ain't the.boys now.
I feel it hot while I stand here. What
can it be?
"Why, Billy, it might b& the nitric
acid, as I have been useing the bottle
this, morning." - s ,
" Oh, fury!, but it must be, as it is
hot like that Nitric Acid was' soime
tiine since. Do, Ovum, put on some
of that alkali you used upon your old
drab. Quick! quick! or my pants
are gone, and oh blazes I me too.
Quick!'4" .
I took p the bottle of strong, con
centrated ammonia; "Now, -Billy,
stoop lower lower that, will do.'f
While gently pouring a tiny stream
upon the'seat of honor, one of Billy's
friends mischievously raised my arm',
and fairly deluges poor Billy.
" Utrh I how coldi But how blaz
es ! how hot ! f Oh ! fire ! water ! wa
ter! Oh ! they must come off, or I'm
gone with the acid. .JS ow Tor my room:
Andoff he started at a " two-forty''
pace, with both hands holding the seat
of the trowsers as far from Jhis person
as possible. At this tune a noisy nee
oisy ficej
.
Lara Resurrectionist, in another story,
wi.ich i tear you win nna use uuu,
I
gse!smg no oiner iueni, .vuu uiU6
2tsintead of fancy. Ovuk.
fet
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TTlity. j
'That useful knowledge should receive our .
fi and chief care, we mean not to dispute.
liht iii-our vieWftof utility, we may differ from
scxic who take this position. There are those
w ft confine tnis term to the neceseariea and .
efforts of life, and to the means of produft
ir them Andisittrue, thatall Btudieemay
la, ilippensed with, but such as teach us to act -OKr
matter, and to tvro it to our use T Happi
lirhuraan nature is too stubborn to yield to
tVi? nawow utility. It is intereeting to ob-.'
erve low tie very mechanical arts, which
si especially designed to minister to the ne
c pities and Comforts of life, are watpetually
tttsiiijr these limits; how they disdain to atop
af there convenience. A large and mcreaaing
pf,liortioa of meQhnjiical labor is given- to
tt s gratiflcalion of an elegant taste,' How
s fiple would be the art of building, if it lim
,if d itself to the construction of a comfortable
8iltcr. llow many ships should we j iia
u'ntle,'and how many busy trades put to
r t, were dress and furniture reduced to the
m Ward of convenience. This 'utility, would f
fk great changes in town and country, 1
Cjuld lerel to the dust the- woriders of archi
tecture, woiild annihilate the fine arts, and,
liot out innumerable beautiesr whicb i Jthe .
I'ind of taste has spread over the face of the
""rth. Happily, human nature is too strong
f-the utilitarian. It cannot satisfy, itself
i ith the convenient. No passion unfolds it
klf eooner than the love of the ornamental. :
she savage decorateshis person, and the child
r. niore struck with the beauty than the uses
fjits raiment. So far from limiting ourselves
J convenient iocKl ana raiment, we enjoy uui,
Me. a repast which is not arraneea witn
me desree of order and taste ; and a man
1 ho ehouW consult comfort alone in hia ward
:be would find himself an unwelcome guest
K circles which he would very, reluctantly
rego. We are aware that the propensity
which wc have referred often breaks out
..y extravagance and ruinous luxury. We
(iow that the love of ornament is tiften vitia- ,
Jd by vanity, and that, when bo perverted, it
Impairs, sometimes destroys, the soundness
ltid simplicityaf the mind, and the relish for,
ne glory. Still, it teaches, even in its ex
f)S6e, that the idea of beauty is an indes
ft4uctible principle of our nature, and this sin
,f:Je tint h is enough to patuion our guard
gainst vulgar notions of uttility.''
and the .Bier.
Tom Cook tMls a story of an occur-'
pbncfi a t a provincial theatre in Ireland
pliere Macrady was gersonating Vir
pnius. .2 la preparing for the scene, in
Ipiich the,b)dy of Dentatus is brought
In the stage the manager called t to
tat, his property-man, for thebier
pat being of a 'heavy' temperament,
psponded to the' call by saying he
ffould fetckit 'immaditly.' Tat next
fiade his appearance with a full form-.
ig pot of the right sort, and was re
vived with anger for his stupidity.
The bier, you blockhead!" thunder
fid the manager. "And isn'fit.here,"
Exclaimed Pat, presenting the mug.
rf Not that, you donkey: I mean the
Harrow for -Dentatus." "Then why
'm't you call things by their names? ?
iuttered Bat. "Who would suppose
f ou meant tne narrow wnen you caiieu
Vpf bier ?" . .
m ' : , " '
ji Embarrassing Denouement. . ;
y A youBg lady of our city, belonging
the most select circle, possessing a
LSvely face and a most attractive fig-
v:ire, wmcn .were oniy rivanqa oy lue-
A - j. - i - r 1. . ii! i ti - 4
i asie anu cjeiraucc oi ncraiiite, taucu
4 a certain ury-gooaa store an vv ooa-Val-il
avenue ome days since, accom-
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nied by a little sister, a bnghteyed,
retty and.lovely child, not oyer three
ears of age. The clerks of the estab-
fishment were of course all irrace'and
StJoliteness, and each vied with the oth-
.T . . H .
i rs tor tne privilege ot waiting upon
t he charming lady. The fortunate one
" .1.1 , . i . ... ..
'yappenea to ne a tan young man wnn
! . l -ii? ' 1 if 21 ti'' il
U most Killing Diaca. mousiacne, uio :
dt, yrmcM was lying on the d6or-step,
ttvies afte,r'him, fairly screaming at
hi -fleeing heels.- But it was no use.
( Ven to one on BHly, said no bets tar
Wi.) Billy had the advantag at the
sCrt,. and; maintained it throughout
terrace; and amid the yelling of hia
fronds and the barking of the dog,
h1' was seen to pass into his room like
a ,'lash. -;
Friend Hooper, should yon wish it,
I'lrill soon cive you BHIy's experience
ost faultleks ruflle, collar a. la Huron, t"
luid a coat of the most apprcrredT cut $
fend make. A profusion: of jewelry or- ij
Ifamerfted his fingers', and was display
IM in Tarios eligible- positions - on his h
ttire. ". -; . . . "'.
I Every move he made wis a pattern M
f gracefulness;" and politeness came
jyVom him as a matter of eburse lie
tpared ho pains in his attention to the !7-
f ? ' . ' . j . 1 l-A. .M
fejascinating customerf anu sougut vy .
livery possible maneuver, to make a j
H6od impression of himself.: After-
owingtheladv through the establish
f,iient and isatisfying all Her wants, the
$ill was made up and the money paid,
&fnicn was nanuea o- tne casn ooy.
kWhile that -official : was Absent for the
hange, the young man sought to make I .
raimseii particularly agreeaoie wnu nia
itttractive customer. 'and stenpinc from
behind the ; counter he , stwpea with
viiost elegant grace and kissed the" child
i . . -.a r-A- '1-
tUi imagine nis const-eruawou w vi t
,1shc little one, with artless simplicity, ?
ry out, "I.Uon t like yon ; you have , :
iirinkinnr "httmdv." This Was tOO ; l:
nnueh forotir polite clerk, who yanish- j
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