TERMS $2,00 PER ANNUM Invariably In Advance. J, H. GR1BILL., M\ T. WIL LIAMSi john c o rr. (Bad anti out Native ^atul Publishers and Proprietors, WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA, THU BSD AY, NOVEMBER P,1871, iu Ueuaortardt 2* t I d 'l* PUBLISHED WEEKLY Br j O I V H. ARABIU 4CO SUBSCRIPTION PK1CK $2,00 A YKAR. ®S*All communications of a private nature wilt lie charged for as advertising. No ape r will be discontinued except at the op tion of the publisher, until all arrearages have been settled. ~;C~ All advertising due in advance. JOB PRIMING. All kinds of Job Work done at short notice and at the niost reasonable rates. Cants. jAS. II. WILLIAMS, J. "J. WILLIAMS, WM. T. WILLIAMS* V WILLIAMS BROTHER, 1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW, t'OODSTGCtf. SHENANDOAH CO., Practice iu the Courts of Shenandoah County VA Amend to the Collection ot Claims in that and Adjoining Counties. J OUli T HARRIS Has resumed the prac tice of Law, at his old oflice, Harrisonburg, Va. lie wiil practice in the courts of Rockingham, Shenandoah, Page and arren. apl 1-ly DR. JOHNSTON, OF THE BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL, OFFICE, 7 SOUTH FREDERICK .STREET. From his extensive practice in the great llos pitals of Europe and lift? first in this country England, France* Philadelphia and else where, can olier the most certain, speedy and effectual remedy in the wo ill lor DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE. Weakness of the Back or Limbs, Strictures, Affection of the Kidneys or Bladder, Involuntary Discharges, lmpotency, (leneial Debility,^Ner .utsncss, Dyspepsia, Languor, Low Spirits, 'onfusion, of Ideas, Palpitation ot the Heart, fimiditv, Trembling. Dimness of Fighter Gnldi iess, '/Disease of the //ead, Throat, Nose or Fkin, Vffections of the Liver, Lungs, Stomach or dowel#-—those terrible Disorders arising troui Solitary Habits of Youth-secret and solitary practices more t&tal to their victims than the onp ot the Syrens to the J/ariuers of Ulysses, Righting their most brilliant hopes or anticipa tions, rendering marriage, &c., impossible. YOUNG MEN Detailv, w’l o have become the victims ot olitary Vi cc, that dreadiul and destructive abit which annual ly sweeps to _ an untimely rave thousands of young men of the most ex ited talents and brilliant intellect,^ who might tlierwise have entranced listening Senates with he thunders of eloquence, or raked to ecstscy he living lvre, n ay call with tuff couhuence. MARRIAGE. Harried persons,or Young Me* contemplating larriage, aware of Physical Weakness (LoseoT 'rocreativc Power—lmpotency), Nervous E-v itability. Palpitation, Organic 11 cakness, Ner ous Debility, or any other Disqualification seedily relieved. lie w ho places himself under the care ol Dr may religiously confide in his honor as a entleman, and coctidentlj rely upon his saill s a physician. ORGANIC WEAKNESS imediatelv Cured tied Full Vigor Restored This distressing Affection—which renders life iserable aud marriage impossible—is the pen tv paid bv the victims of improper indulgences, sung person* are too nut t.. commit excesses am not being aware of the dreadful consequen s that mav ensue. Nov. who that understand is subject will picb u l to deny that the power procreation lost sooner bv’ those falling into proper habit-than by the "prudent Besides in" deprived oftlie pleasure ot healthy offspring e most seiious and destructive symptoms both body and mind arise. The system he e derri o'd- the Physical and J/cntal Func ,m“ weakened. Loss' ot Procreative Power »rvous li 1 itahilitv, Dyspepsia. Palpitation ot e //eart. Indigestion. Constitutional Debilttv d Wasting of the Frame, Cough Cousump ion, *cav and Death. CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAY’S •ersons ruined in health bv unlearned pro iders who keep them trifling month alter nth, taking poisonous and injurious com unds should apply imuu-ri lately. Dll. JOHNSTON. mbtr #f the Royal College of Surgeons.London aduateofone of the most eminent College# the United States, and the greater part o! use life has been spent in the hospitals ol udou, Pa is. Philadelphia and elsewhere. has •eted some of the most astonishing cures that re ever known many troubled w ith ringing the head and ears when asleep, great ner usness. being alarmed at sudden sounds. ihfulncES. with frequent blushing, attended netimes with deraugemont of mmd, wore ed immediately'. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. .i. addresses all those who have injured mselves bv improper indulgence and solitary tilts, which ruin both body and mind, imhtting ■m for either business study, society or mar lemsaie some of the sad and melancholy ■t- produced bv the early babii# of youth, Weakness of the Back and limb*, pains in Lead, dimness of sight, loss of muscu ai tr. palpatation of the heart, Dyspepsia, ner i Ir. itability, Derangement of the digestive •tions, General deb ility, symptoms of con p .ions. Ac. ENTAI LY.—The fearful effects on,the mind much to he dreaded. Loss of memory, fusion of ideas, Depression ot spirit*. Evil ^holdings, Aversion *o society, Self-Dis t, Love of solitude, Timidity, Ac., are some ne evils produced. Iiousaiuls of persons ot all ages can now re what is the cause ot their dueling health, ng their vigor becoming weak. pale, ner 9 and emaciated,having a singuuu appeal-^ 9 about the eyes, cough and symptoms o, sumption. YOUNG MEN. i have injured themselves by a certain pine indu lgcd iu When alone, a habit frequent li ned from evil companions or at school, the ts of which aie nightly felt, even wlion p and if not cured renders marriage linpos .,aud destroys both mind and body, should r immediately. hut a pity that a young man, trie hope in jountrv aud the pride ot his parei ts, s.ioulo latched from all prospect? and enjoyment ot bv the consequences of deviating from tin ol nature, and iudu'.ing a certain secret t. Such persons must, before coniteopla MABRIAGE, ect that a sound mii.d and body are the t necessary requisites to promote connubial uiness. Indeed, without these the journey ugh life becomes a weary pilgrimage, the pect hourly datken? to the view, the mind ones shadowed with despair,^ aud fill ed with melancholy rellection that tne lnipiness o i ther is blighted with our own. A CERTAIN DISEASE1 When the misguided and iiniirurtont rotary o pleasure finds that he has imbibed the seeds ol this painful disease it too often hap; ens that an ill time sense of shame or dread or discovery deters him Dorn applying-; to those who from education and rispeetibiiity. can alone befriend him. He falls into the hands o! ignorant and designing pretenders, who.incapa ble of curing, filch Lis pecuniary substance., keep him trilling month after uwnth, or as long as the smalh st fee can be obtained, and in des pair leave him with ruined health to sigh ovei his galling disappointment: or, by the use ot that deadly poison. Mercury, cause the constitution al symptoms of this hoi rid disease to make theii appearance, such as ulcerated sore tbroa*, dis eased nose, noclu rial pain in the bead and limbs, dimness ofsigbt, deafness, nodes on the shin bone.' and arms, blotches on the head, face and extremt lies, progressing with frightful rap idity, till at last the palate of the mouth or the bones of tb e nose tall in. and the victim ofthis atvtui disease becomes a horrid object of com miseration till death put a period to his dread ful sufi'erings, by sendiug-biln to that undiscuver ed couutry'lrom whence no traveler returns. To such, therefore, l)r. Johnson-olfe is tin niest certain, speedy, pleasant and effectual rem euy in tlie world. OFFICE, 7 SOUTH FREDERICK ST.„ Left hand side going irom Baltimore street, a few doors from the Corner. F'ail iiotto observe name and number. N„ letters received unless postpaid and con taining a stainv to be usedon the reply. 1 Or tons writing should state age, and send a portion of advei tisemcn-t describing symptoms. The Doctor’s DIPLOMA hangs iu his office. ENDOfiSBMET OF THE PRESS. The many thousands cured at this establighmcn within the last twenty years, and the numerous, important surgical operations uerformeu by Da. Jotiuston, witnessed by the iVpVters of the Sun and many other papers, notices ni which have appeared again before the hi, staudiue as a gentleman ot i/harac.er and re ponsibifity, is a sufficient guarantee to tb< afheted.^ srEKDl.Li fUI/ED. “Vjl- th gotrf (EimtS IfALTBY HOUSE, It11 0. E. HOG AX, Proprietor. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. This House, Having been thoroughly re-iitted and re-furnished, renders its accommodations sec ond to none in the city. june II American house. SOOTl' citizens of the 1 alley, having busines in Alex andria or Washington, nud travelers going North or South, will find this ah agrfceble vest iug place on the t-oute, r,s it does not requirt the early start by several liQUrs as froia Wash ington or Baltimore. Cars and steamboats leave Alexandria for Washington and return every hour from -1 A. M., to 7£ 1‘. M:, Jan. 7, ’09—ly 'I NEED, Having reuioved to his old stand mimed] ately opposite the National Hotel, is piepai ed to accomodate the traveling public wit) FIRST CLASS ENTERTAINMENT. Board Lodgixg and Littny at Redecki He has also re-established his BAR am CONFECT it >N E R V at his old stand, where ht will be gratified to serve his friends and tin public generally. A MIE S 0 N CLARKE ALEX’A. PLAINING MILLS, A I DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY. Nos. 27, 29 and 31 N Mabkkt, St. ALEXANDRIA, VA. Dealers ix FLOORING ANI) WHITE PINE LUMBER Liberal discount to trade. J. R. LaMBDEN, mar. 3—ly. Archt. Sup’. T7MNEST WARE-ROOMS IN THE SOUTH 1 WILLIAM. II. MUIR, MANUFACTURER Of A AD DEALER 7 A all kinds of furniture. Chairs, Mattresses Looking-Glasses &c., &c No. 141 A 143 King, Corner of Asaph st. ALEXANDRIA, VA., Woodstock, Yibgisia sop. 1G—ly ALEXANDRIA, VA DAVID U. WALTON MOSES WALTON. 7 ALT ON WALTON Uttouneys Atlaw, WOODSTOCK, EI1EN. CO., VA. MOSKS WALTON also practises in tin Counties of Page, Warren and Rockingham. Having qualified in the District and Cirri*i Courte of the United Mate*, jn Virginia. He i prepared to prosecute claims in said Courts. Cit ing special attention to cases in Banki uptcy. dt-cl7-tf rpn3 SOUTHERN MUTUAL EIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, $250,000., Chartered by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Office—N. E. Corner Ninth Main Sts., RICHMOND. VA. Issues Policies on Farm and City Proper v, also on .Merchandise, for uny term not exceed ing tire years, at rates as low as the prompt pay munt of the losses will permit. J. H. Calveut, l’res’t; J. W. Skxson, Sec’y. Price, V P ATreas; Da. H. O. Davipson, G. Agent J. W. DANNER Solicitor Woodstock, Vr rt. H. Riddlebbrubk, Agt. Edinburg, Va Apr j U. MAPU18. A R lUCKABO l\7 ooorrocK tannery. W We'would inform our friends and cus tomers that we are now carrying on the Tann ing Business, at the Y'ard known as the William. Tanyard, situated on WATER STREET, in Woodstock. We propose paying, at all tiftigs, the highest market prices tor bai k, hides <&c., .and will lui nisfh all kinds of.Leather at reasonable prices. We have now on hand a sucerb Stock ol Upper, Sole Leather, Calfskins &c., wtiitoh we iivite our friend* to examine. Dec. lo,-tl. MATHIS MCRAE© Httafttftiifoii* (Bards. Hooe, wedderburn CO., (Successor to Fowle Co.) GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, For the sale of every description of FLOUR, GRAIN, COUNTRY PRODUCE per cent. We have the largest Segar Manufactory in the State of Virginia, and are prepared to furnish Segars lower than they can be bought in New York or Baltimore. Also keep constantly on hand a well se lected stock of Leaf and Manufactured To bacco, Snuff, Pipes, &c. All goods warranted to be as represented. STEINER YOI1E, No. 4 'J King Street, Dec. f*—ly Alexandria, Va. \riRGiN! A TELEGRAPH COMPANY ALEXANDRIA VA, Stockholder* in this Company will please take notice that the following acting agents are the only authorized persons to make collections ot money for this Company viz. ilONES WALTON Director Woodstock. COL. G. W. MURPHY Agent Mt. Jackson. CAPT. G. 15. SAMUELS Front Royal. A. I>. IRlck Director Harrisonburg. ROUT. BEVERLEY President, Plains. Win. II. TAMS Agent Staunton. When they collect, they will also furnish the party paying them, with a cerlificateot Stock Money paid to any other persons except myself will not be recognized. GEORGE C. WE DDE Fill URN Secretary and Treasticr. Harrisonburg Register please copy. Feb. 23—tf. TALLEY WOOLEN FACTORY, N EA R M 11) D LET OWN VA. l am now prepared to sell for cash orexchange for wool, o- produce, coverlids, carpetings Cas imers, old fashioned Casinetts, G-4 and hilled Liusey, Beaver Cloths, PLAIDS, PLAIN FLANNELS, Sticking Yams asserted,; Ac., at the very lowest rates, and all kinds of Woolen goods usually made in other ManufactuiUs. Fullingaiid Dress iugand, Dying of Cloths &c., done in the best manner, anil wool carding promply executed. Call and examine. T. P. MATHEWS, may 12, I8T0—tf. Middletown, Ya. Old Commuuwealth please copy JJAINTING, GRAINING, PAPERING c I am always ready and prepared to do al lands of work in my line of business, at short notice and on reasonable terms 1 am also prepared to do ALL KINDS OF T URSiNG I solicit the patronage of the public, and return thanks for past patronage. Sept. 24, tf. JNO. H. FRAVEL. NEW JEWELRY STORE jl/JR.G. K. LEWIS has removed his 6hop T’-J-nearly opposite the NATIONAL HOTEL, where will be found a well selected STOCK OF JEWELL Y, Spectacles, Clocks, &c at very REASONABLE It A T E S. Call and examine mv stock of the celebrated DIAMOND SPECTACLES, which are Guaranteed to uive Entire Satisfaction. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired and warraute 1 12 mouths. June.—tf. Agents Wanted Everywhere. GG. EVANS CO., •GREAT ORIGIN A E AN1) ONLY KELI ABLE GIFT BOOK ENTEltl'KlSE. 17th .year of its Establishment, 806 Chestnut St., and 56 N Eighth St Philadelphia. New Books, New Gifts, New Attractions We will send you any book publish ‘n the United States on receipt of I’u er's Price. Order any book you may desire and it will be promptly forwarded with a gift. Our New Imperial Classified Catalogue foi 1871, just issued, being a complete guide to every branch of Americas Literature, with ndex, sent free on receipt of a postage ,tamp. If you order books not'oh our new Catalogue, please mention the name of the oubiisher. ®@“SEND FOR IT. S'ENli FOR IT Apr. IB—0 m. RS. RICHARDSON. AUCH1TECT AND BUILDER, iDiNBURO; SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VA., Is prepared to receive atvd execute orders or all work in his line, l’arliea proposing to bnild will please call'or send for designs.— Satiafcctiou guaranteed in all cases, marah, 31, If. Beckham a co., (Successors to GWIN, BECKHAM &CO.) GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 20 South Union' Street, a. j. biedlbk, ALEXANDRIA Ya. of Page Co., Va. /3l~Liberal advancements made on Flourin store, andall orders promptly blled Jan 11—1 vi Best keen and blabk t^sa,' siat. Pencils, Nutn’c a, bair Pius and Concrn jtiated Lye toi r=ale Uj J. F SREILV IreUraK THE GRECIAN BEND. The ladies now have something new— ’Tis strange, I do declare Tis tiue 'tis not a hat or dress, Or fixiugs for ihe hair But as they walk the streets in robes Which every color blend, They have a way of stooping so, And call it "Grecian Band,” I sa w my ’girl c«e afternoon, And to my great surprise. She walked just like a kangaroo With pepper in its eyes. Said 1, “My love, pray, what is wrong— Can I assistance lend ■Go’ way,” said she, “why, don’t you see I’ve got the Grecian Bend 1” I asked her once wish me to come And ride out for awhile— “Oh, no,” sail she, “I'd rather walk, And ihoSv the latest s yie.” Says I, “My pretty darling dear I beg you, as a friend, Hold up your head and show some sense And stop your Grecian Bend.” “I’ll walk just a> 1 like,” she said, “And there the matter ends I must in ‘fashion be, you know, Though I should lose my friends, And if you do not like my style Our love is at an end,” And so 1 lost, the sweetest girl, All by the Grecian Bend. t# i js 0 f t H a u e [From the New York Sun.] BRANDS FROM THE BURNING. THRILLING STORY OF THK NORTHWEST CA LAMITY. Roused from Slumber by the Roaring F/anus—A Terrible Ride in the Dark— Siorched, Blistered, and Maimed by the Drifted Brands—Stcept off by the FLod. Yesterday there arrived in this city by the Erie Railway train a number of persons d irect from the scenes of the gnat forest fires in Wisconsin and Mich igan. There were nine in the party— James W. Hunter, Mrs. Surah Hunter, George Martin, ot Flushing, L. I:, Heu ry Porter, Samuel Hillman, Charles My ers, of Freehold,N. J.; Margaret McGov ern. Edward Wallace, and George Blakeslee of this city. All were suffer ing from having iuhaled the smokes, fumes, and ashes of the fire. Mrs. Hun ters hair (which she says flowed to the waist) was completely burned off; oue side of her face and neck and, shoulders were fearfully injured/three deep hole* having been made by the glowing ciu ders iu the flesh. Her hands also were covered with blisters. Mr. Hunter’s face, neck and uandswete bally burned. Mr. Marlin's free was a hideous specta cle. 0. e cheek was literally raw, and great blotches pitted his left arm, shoul der and back. One eye is hopelessly ruined, and the other inflamed to au om inous degree. Ai! were scarred, especi ally ou the face, neck, hands, and feet.. As they all say, no tougue can tell their aomny ofmiud. pain, anguish, and ter ror, nor can language or peucil portray the dreadful scenes through which they have passed. A TERRIBLE STORY. Mr. Hunter’s story is at once graphic and thrilling. He resided at PesLtego with his wife and little child seven years of age. Their house was about three miles frout the town, just at the edge of a strip of forest. There hud bet n fires iu the woods and prairies for a week previously, and night after uight they had sat at the window gazing upon the gorgeous panorama of flame, smoke and sparkling cinders as it moved along the hotizou. Very little fear was enter tained, as the course of the fire seemed away from the town. On Suuday night they attended thechutchin the village. They iyid Martiue, the hired man, retired to rest early, wholly unsuspecting the fearful peril that was soon to overwhelm them. At about midnight they were aroused by tbe roar aud cracking of tbe flames. At first they were almost pet rifiJii with amazement and fear. The bluz ng woods seemed marching upon them. A brisk breeze was stiriug, but tne strong currents of hot. air raged to and fid' with a hotid howling sound. Quickly dressing they rushed "into the yard. Tbe sky was thick with smoke, and showers ot sparks which hurled hith er and thither, assailing their faces, eyes, and clothing. From the barn came a piteous chorus of neigus, bellowing1?, and screams troru the ten meet came, horses atid other animals. After great difficulty they were released and com pelled to co out. The cattle at once stampeded from the fire, btit the horses tnmbledand seemed paralyzed, their nostrels expanding their eyes dilating and glaring, and their mouths frothing. With great difficulty atid haste they were harm ssel and attached to a long lumber box wagon, into which a few ar tides were thrown, and the party moun ted and drove off. An eighth of a mile had been traversed at a rapid rate when a sudden gust of wind drove a mass of red-hot cinders upon them, filling the •air with stifing smoke. Where the sparks fell they burned into the flesh. The lit tle girl screamed wi’h fear: Oh ma ma, I am burning up!’ She cried and the others groaned, shook off the fire aud covered themselves with blankets The air for a moment was black, end breathing was almost impossible. The norses staggered backward, aud reared with furious screams, and theu with a plunge that unseated those in the wagon, madly tu£hed down the rond at almost lightning speed.’ All control of them was lift, and the party clung to the sides of tl e vehicle to keep'ii). On they flew, the wheels striking again:.t the stoues, and the wagou swaying to and fro from one side of the road to the other. Theu for a lithe the wind changed, and the clouds of cinders were carried iu another direction. .They could sco that all tha northern part of the village was on fire, and the flames seemed moving with the velocity of clouds. All the buildings weie oiwood. much of it being pitch pine, and as there had been no rain tor a long time ud the sun had baked everything dry, the fire rau along them as though they had been a train of gunpowder. The blaze came like a mountainous wave with a bum-ui-m, and a roar-r and his-ss-s aud horrible souuds of crashiug chim neys aud timbers. The villagers rushed through the streets to the river, into which they plunged. The horses had reached the head of the principal street when the sea ot flame had begun to surge through it. To pass here vvas certain destruction, and if the maddened ed animals could not bo turned down the crossing death was at hand for all. W ith great efforts the reins were drawn and the feat accomplished, and on dash the clumsy team bounding and rattling over the road. A turn of three rnilps must be made to reach the river. Haifa mile is passed and a shallow creek reached, into which the burses plunged in spite of all efforts. The three quickly saturate their clothing aud dash water over the horses, who whinny, paw, aud neigh as though they appreciated the situation. Agatu a start is made, and the party go along at high speed. lielore the two miles is reached the fire has surrounded them. One part aloue is untouched; it is a farm laue ruuuing dowa toward the river. Into this they turn. Closer and clcser comes the tire. Sharks are scattered over them, burning where they touched the flesh. The horses are wild with pain and fright, and bending down their necks tear along with trant c speed. A gate is reached, but without pausing they dash through it. scattering the splinter ed fragments like so many straws. Down the hill they gallojj; the river is reached; they leap, aud plunge, and he horses wagon, aud people are iu the chilly wa ters, midst lumber, logs, ashes, charrtd boards, aud every kind of rubbish. There were also animals of all kinds, intermin gled and struggling for life. Here was the culmination ot horrors. 'The team becoming exhausted with their efforts, finally sank, aud were carried away by the undercurrent. 'The other animals held on like humans with ‘heir feet to the floating logs aud timbers, all the while u.tering the most pitiful moans. There were a number of persons here, although most of the refugees were further up the stream. Ai?Mrs. Hnuter said: "We stood iu the water up to our necks, our little girl, Minnie being held up between us. When we first went iu the feeling was that o f graieiul refreshment. The lop of the water seemed warm, but the bottom part was cold. Alter we bad beeu there half au hour the wind carried gieat chips, and eveu pieces of boards, some of them flaming These would be whirled in the air, high up over our heads, and move like a huge hawk, and then swoop down upon us. We woul« duck our heads under the water, LiD would get so exhausted that we could not, ahd then we had to be burned. Poor little Minnie, so weak that she could hardly ciy, would say,* Dear Papa, I am burned a^aiu, Dear mama, my feet are so cold, and 1 am so tired. Three hours aud more thus pasted. Every minute we expected to die. Finally the air became so hot we couild hot see. Our eyes,.seem ed parboiled. The agony was awful— our feet like ice, and our laces and fyeads iu au atmosphere ol ID me. At jast there was a rush of the waters, the dam had given way, and the flood came down up on us, sweeping us off our feet into a mass of timber, brokeu planks (some on fire), horses, cattle, dogs, and human beings, ail struggling aud shrieking Iu the rush and whirlthe almost help less Mr. and Mrs. Hnuter were separated Mrs. Hunter went down and came neat being diowued. Miunie was lost aud drown d. By a swerving of the current they were washed on shoic and at day light found each other. Theie were many mourning and crying over the scene ot desolation. Uu ail sides as tar as the eye could reach were smouldering fires. Thu village was a long waste ol ashes; not i vestige remained. The very turf was eaten aw y by the devouring flames. The dreadful agon} of those who had lost children and other relatives,a.- well as the awful anguish from burns,were beyond description. Peop'e, neighbors, were scarred aud blackened as not to know each other. Burned and diowued bodies lay bere and there. In one place theie weie tourteyjj, these ap parcu tly having perished f flighi together. Two little ehildrd: lay s,de by side with their bauds extended to wards each other as though beseecing help. There were other heart-rending scones too uumeruusr to mention aud impossible to adequately describe. BuUdidsffoT tlensity. You lliiuk that one hour buries another; but it is not so. You thiuk that you have parted forever from the things which have passed by you. No, you have not. There is much of your life that you thiuk has gone which you never shall part from. It has stepped beiiiud you and tbero it wails. That which you have done is with you to-day and that which you are doing will be with you to-morrow. When the mason carries up the wall, the course of bricK which lie laid yesterday is the touudatidn oil which he is laying another course to-day. And all that you do to day on the structure which you are build ing will remaiu as a basis for that which you do to morrow. The work proceeds without intermission aud all that has been done is the under-structure for that which is to be done. Young man and’ maiden, take heed how you build. That which you are do iug, the work which you are performing you do not leave behind you because you forget it- It passes away from you ap parently, but it does not pass away from you in reality. Every stroke, every single element, abide.-. Aud thore is 'nothing' that grows so last as character. There is nothing meu think so little of as character, although there is nothlug that so belongs to their immortality, aud that is so incomparable iu importance, as character. A Cheeky Prisoner.—A Freuckman, a prisoner in Edinburgh, having managed to escape during the Napoleonic wars, took refuge in the powder magazine.— Wheu the authorities wished to seize him, they found him sitting on a barrel with a lighted match'; and threatening to blow up the town. The authorities reflected pru dently, and the result of their delibera tions was that it would be better to starve the Frenchman out. But they, reckoned without their prisoner, who liked good cheer and was determiuedto live well_ Inconsequence, he called out that hp would blow the town to pieees if he did not get his three meals a day ho would write out the bill of fare. Swaney succumbed, and the demands of the prisoner went on increasing. Sometimes he had a serenade under his window then a review of tho garrison, afterwards a sham fight in which the troops represen ting the French aimy beat the Highlan ders. At last he enacted that every Sabbath morning, before breakfast, the lord provost, in full uniform, should make his appearance and read him an address. This lasted until the allies entered Paris. V\'iiat Liquor Cost*.—VVc learn, froni reliable figures recently published by the Bureau of Statistics, that the annual production of whisky in this country reaches about 02,500,00.0 gallons, repres enting a valuation of §375,01)0,000. Oi fermented liquors the annual product is 0,300,000 carrels, valued at §126,000, 000. Besides this domestic produce the value of imported liquors reaches the sum of §200,000,000, making a grand total of §001,000,000, or nearly one third of ttie great national debt. And this istbe wholesale price Sold by the quart and pint, und retailed out by the glass over bars, at an increase often of lv\o hundred per cent, it is safe to say that the expeuse to this country for its liquors is not tar from eighteen hundred million dollars per annum. These estimates are staggeriug, and yet they are probably not far from the truth. And this enormous amount is for gratification of an acquired appetite. And what compensating bene fit do we detiye from this cost. Or who can tell the detrimental iuliuencis cr con sequences of this comiiionity? We all know that a vast amount of crime, misery and proverty ot the day is indirectly, it not directly, chargeable io the use ol iuto^auiug drinks, to say nothing of the eviFcoustqueuces upon the physical constitution ot the consumers. Tliese are considerations that will arrest tho atten tion ot the thoughtful mind, and it would be well it tho masses who are daily yield ing to the temptation of its hab>tual use would ri fleet upon the cousequences to themselves and the race. Much as the temperance Organization are doinar. they still seem to Le dealing puuuy blows in comparison with the giant evil tuev are figlsting. And they do no; always work in the right way. While they aie cod siantly aiming to bring (he arm of the aw to bear upou tho dealers, they would do much better lo labor witli the nseis. Moral suasion and education is what the people need; and. if a man is a confirmed drunkard, he is in need of being placed n an asylum just as much as au idi i or n iusane person is. When the temperance, societies reach this stanuaru, we shall not see the temperance movement goiug backward, as it setma to have been for a tew years back. Ileceutly the British Museum was clos ed against the public, serious offences having been perpetrated in the reading room. Books and manuscripts have beer, mutilated, great coats stolen leaden weights, valued at no more than a penny ur two, have disappeared,and soap tablets, aud even the paper ieft in tin oiiice;, have been carried away. There are, it appears numerous leaders who seem to save their lodging money by living in the reading room. The Chicago lady who owned tne cow that kicked over the kerosene lamp that set the city ou fire, denies the solt itn peachmeut, says she didn’t send any boy with a lamp to milk, that she didn’t milk her cow at nine o’clock at night, and that she didu’t keep a cow any way. That settles it. Here is the way the New York Sun— Republican paper—heads Grant's last Ku-Klux proclamation Despotism in American—Grant forcing a renominatiou at the point of the bayo net—Martial law in nine peaceful coun ties of South Carolina—A bribe-taker the President’s adjutant. A funny fellow had an office next door to a doctor's shop. Oue day an elderly gentleman, of tho fogy school, blundered into the the shop. ‘Is the doctor in?’ ‘Don’t live here,’ said tho lawyer, who was in full scribble over some old docu ments. ‘0, I thought this was his office.' ‘Next door.’ ‘Pray, sir, can you tell me has tne doctor many patients?’ ‘Not liviug.’ The old gentleman told the story in the vicinity, and the doctor threatened the lawyer with a libel. Scene at the gate of Paradise. A poor tailor being released from a troublesome world and scolding wife ap peared at the gate of Paradise Peter asked him if he had ever been to purgatory. No, said the tailor but I have been married. Oh, said Peter, that’s all the same. The tailor bad scarcely got iu oefore a fat urtle eating alderman came along puffing and blowing. Hallo 1 you fellow, said he, open tha gat®. Not so fast, said Peter, have you ever been to purgatory. No said the ahlermae, but what’s that to the purpose? You let iu that poor half starved tailor, and he has been no more to purgatory than mysell? But he has been married, said Peter. Married exclaimed the alderman, why I have been married twice. Tiieu go haok agaiu, said Peter, Para dise is not the place for fools. Ill e n a ml oaU |UraItT Rates of Advertising. Transient advertising inserted at the rate of $1 per square, (ten lines of this type.) The rare? cf three months and uptvaids, will be found in tii* following table: One Square,.t. t. O' Two Squares,.j 9 <9 Three Squares,.; 12 00 Foursquares,....' 15 60 Quarter column,.! 18 00 One-tliird column,. 20 00 Half column, 25 0O 6 rnis.il vtftf 8 00|$l2 0» 12 (,0‘ 15 00 18 00 21 00 25 00 50 00 One column,._...: 45 00 74 00 Special Notices inserted at20 cents per Una. 15 CO 18 eO 30 00 35 00 45 00 65 0U 125 00 Agricultural and Domestic, Beautifying our Farm Homes. A man fortunate enougli to own one or two or five hundred acres of land, saya the Lexington, Ky., Fanner's Ilpme Journal should, not he so conttacted ja his views as to make money. With a family around him, secured against want or embarrassment, he should give a por tion ot his time and attention to beautify ing his grounds, rendering his home more cheerful, and the cultivation of aa arsthetie taste which will bring to him self, his wife, and children a rich pleas ure and contentment that will endear ibe spotcalled home to the heartof each one, and bind them together in a fonder and more enduring union The merchant, mechanic, professional cian, and all of the thousands who are constrained to dwell io brick and mortar dwellings aud close, confined air of cities, delight, whenever they have an opporta uity to get out i;i the country, to look at a farm house, surrounded* by shrubbery', ueaiiy trimmed vines, flowers, and shade trees, with a spreading green lawn in trout, traced by carefully k pt walks, the yard surrounded by \s hite fences in good repair. Such a vision as this lingers in the memovy for weeks and months, and, iu passing such a home, we feel that it is irresistibly suggestive of comfort, repose, true independence, atid solid happiness. Why, ike atmosphere of such a place is comiucive to health, and true piety ;and the farmer who, to gratify the refined tastes of himself and family, takes enough from the more laborious routine of farm labor thus to ornament his home, is a public benefactor, and the blessings he 1 freely diffuses every day are rightly appreciated by all who love the beauti ful. Make home attractive, that it may bo more pleasant to yourself and family, and that its claims may ever dwell iu the hoart and mind of yegr. sou and daughter, and restrain and bring them back to purer aud happier thoughts when in aftec life and with ether associations they m, y for the time be laid wav. It is a dui7 not less than a privilege to make home just as attractive as time, effort, thought aud ingenuity can render it. There is no need to negldct your piowiug, duelling reaping, cr harvesting. The industrious farmer, thoughtful for his family and seeking for the highest and truest enjoy ment on the earth, will keep the work of the farm regularly up,.and yet 2nd hours now aud then to dig a flower led, to train a vine, transplant a rose, and attend to all the little duties which, v.heu rightly performed, will gladden the hearts and elevate the souls of wife, daughter and son. Hen I^ons?. The Shakers at Canterbury, says the Concord Monitor, have lately given con siderable attention to the building of a henhouse, and liaye now completed a model one for the accommodation of about cue hundred Brahma fowls. Tho house is seven>y.four feet, with flat roo t and divided into four divisions by plaster ed walls. The bottom is cemented and covered with sawdust, A walk runs across the west north sides, ft is suppli ed with running water, and boxes of gravel for the liens to scratch in. Tha loft is arranged with roosts, which tha hens reach rvith ladders. On the edge of the walk, nests are arranged with sliding doot'6 for collecting the eggs. The lower compartmeuts have two windows