Locomotive, Volume 31, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1855 — Page 1

A JOHN R. ELDER, Editor 'The Chariots shall rage In the streets, they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.; Xnhum,ii, 4. ELDER & HARKNESS, Publishers.

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l'U "LOKOmUTlVE ii jS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY ( , , -, ELDER, & HARKNE3S,, ' , At their Book and Job Printing Offloe.on Meridian Street ; Indianapolis, Ind., opposite the Post Office ,.' : i, . TKKMS: One Dollara year. Twonty-flve Conts fur thrre montliH. Six copies to one u.l.lross for oiib year, Five Dollars; thirteen eopiosuiie yenr forTun Dollars, irp in wvmt in . . . t, v... willhnunnl until 1,11 ll fnr.aildllO ALL Jll ilil;,t'i ....... ., .. . - naper will ho oontinuod aflortlie timo paid torexpires, unless .i..r..kAi..t.. 1. .,w,wnil. .... Look our ran run Cross. All mail andcounty ubcrilor oan kuow tlmlrtlnie Is nut when tlmy sue a largo caoss marked on trmlrpapor,aiidthntisulways tlie last paperson t untilthe tub3crlptlon is renewed. ( CKRMB or'ADVBRTISIKOt , One Square, (8 liDes,orIcss, 250 ins,) for 1 woek.. , foroaelisiibsoiiuuntlnsertion,. ...:.. . ' . ' forthrue months, t . for six months ; ,,'" ' for ono year, without alteration, 0.50 O.VS 3.H0 5.dll 8.H0 . . mrOllBnr,"!.!, "h.., "A small reduction nmdo on larger advertisements. t,ut and Special Notices double tho above rates. TT? Advertisements must bt handrdin by Thursday if each veek,orthey villhedtferredantiltheneztissnt. Itt.UO Printers Ink! WE have lust received, direct from tho Manufactory 0 John (i. Uphtliody, a. fresh supply of Suniiner Ink, which will be sold in the following sized kegs, and at tho folnlwiiio- t,ric,t; . " !. t JSEWS INK 25 Cents per : 19 lt,s and kef;, -:.-.-. 21 lls and kcjr, - - - ' -5-1 Its and koit, i; - r .: . . - . .In half barrels, of 100 fcs, no charge for kefrs. ' NEWS INK NO. I 30 Ccnfs per 81 fcsaml keg, .. . . s.80 I 54 Itsand kog, ,- 100 B,s, (no charge for kctr,) -' 1 ' - 'i Ill BOOK INK 411 Cents Jirrifc: 12 Itsand kc.K,. - - - S5.M 21 ft and. keg, " FINE ' HOOK INK 51) Cent) per It : 81 Its and kog., - " . "', " FINE GAUD INK: '. 3.50 '5.75 14.25 $1(1.95 30.00 $8.90 liu $n.o0 U .;.,. ,,,,,, la Jiand2 & cans, at $1.00 per B COLOHKD INKS i I Rod, liliiu, and Green, in half pound cans, at $1.50 porcan. All 'ardors accompanied with the cash, will bo promptly attended to. Address,. KI.DKR & JIAKKNKS.S, . .. .... , Agents for Lightbody's Jnks, lndiaiiiipolis, Ind., yjr I1VC PI13. Just received and for sale, a large ussortffl ment of Zinc Piping of all sizes, suitable tor Chain Hump, Will and Cistoril I'timps, dec, at No. 20 West Washington si. ( scplG . , ( , ' , IIENliYS.KEhLOGG , j ' SUA W,"BUE1.L, AND BAKBOUK, ' " ' ' IMPORTKRS AND JOBBIiKB IN" 1 ' FOREIG1V AM) DOMHSTIt! 1I1Y fiOOUS! . IVo. D5 l'earl Street, ''cJVCJVNjjr, OHIO. fei)4-y -s. Bit. .lOJIIN'SOIV, Uentint, Office aiirtresSrldence, J-ennsylvania street, one-half sipiare north r Vfrof Washington, opposite Mrs. Ferguson's Hoarding so. . -..I mar25i . . JOHN F. JOHNSTON, U. 1). S. TV.XV ARIIAJ1GEMHM TO TAKE EH'ECT ao,HDAY, July ii,tM. nnwmi'WK?? 'INDIANAPOLIS AND CINCINNATI RAILKUAD, Connecting with the Ohio and Mississippi Kailroad, by Special Train. ' '. No detention on this route by waiting Tor other trains! Through to Cincinnati in 4i hours. . Tho only direct route to Cincinnati, being 30 miles shorter and H hours quicker than any other route. Lightning Express Train loaves Union Depot at 11 A. M., and arrives at Cincinnati at 3J- P. M., only stopping at Shclbyville, Greensbnrgh and Lawroncelmrffh; dine at Shelby ville. Chicago Mail Train leaves at 4 P. M., aftur the arrival of tho Chicago train and arrives at Cincinnati at 9i P M., supper at Greeusburgh. , Fare to Cincinnati, $3 00 Baggage checked through. Through tickets can lie procured at Union Depot, over this rouU to Kew YorK,'PhiK.'delphia, rialtiiiiore, .Pittsburgh, Columbus, O., and Wheeling, via the Little Miami Railroad.. i Passengers taking the 11 A. M. train, arrive in Cincinnati In time to take the 5 P. M. trains for the East JulySB T. A. MORRIS, Pres't. GKEAT CENTRAL AND EASTEHN ROUTE. INDIANA CESTRA1 RAILWAY. 1854. ' rnmMM 1854. NEW ARRANGEMENT. ItTewRsnte to Cincinnati and Dayton, Columbns, Cleveland, Vittuburgrli , JIsilaaelpUia andlVew Vorli. . On and after Thursday, August 17,1854, Passenger Trains will run as follows, Sundays excepted:. r.,., , , -r Two Trains daily, each way. " ' 1 - Morning Express leave Indianapolis at 5.45, A. M. Passengers leaving in 5.45 A.M. train arrive in Cincinnati at 11.45 A. M., in Dayton at 10.40 A. M in Columbus at 2.30 P. M., in Cleveland at 6.45 P. M , " . Mail train leaves Indianapolis at 12 M: Passengerslcavmg In 12 M. train arrive in Ciucliiiiati at 6.30 P.M., in Dayton in 5.00 P.M. Passengers for Columbus, Newark. and Zanesville.by taking the 12 M. train arrive in Dayton at 5.00s in Columbus at 9.45 P. M., being six hours in advance of all other Routes. Passengers taking 12 M. train arrive In Cincinnati at 6.30 P.M. Passengers leaving Indianapolis at 12 M. for Dayton, Columbas, Crestline, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, and New York, arrivo In Davton at 5.00 P. M., in Columbus at 9.45 P. M., at Crestline 12 at iiiglit, in time to connect with the night train on Ohio and Pennsylvania Road, for Pittsburg, Philadelphia, and N. York. I. No change of guage or cars to Dayton. Passengers save by this route 28 miles to Dayton, and 511 miles to Columbus, Pittsburg, or Wheeling, over any other Railroad route. . . : ' 1 ' 1 T Through tickets can be procured at the orllce.in the Depot. Tr7"Ea8toru Baggage Checked to Buffalo; Pittsburg, Philadelphia and New Vork , Raggage to Pittsburg. " JAMES M. SMITH, Supt, As regards Freight, inquire of . : . . I . juu7 .., ;,..W..A.. BRADSHaW, Freight Agent. THE GREAT EASTER1V ROUTE. ' ' ' 1854. . 51PlS.:vi,'1854. INDIANAPOLIS, BFLLEFONTAINE AND CLEVELAND KA ILiKUAlJ. CONNNECTINO at tliis place wltli trains from Lafayette, Terre Hauto, JetTersouvillo, and Madison. Passengers will find this the cheapest, shortest, quickest and inoit comfortable route to Dayton, Springhold, Urbanna, Bcllefontaine. Columbus. Cleveland, Pittsburg, Dunkirk Buffalo, Albany, Now York, Boston, Philadelphia. Baltimore, and Washington. Two Trains leave Indianapolis daily (Sundays excepted). ! 1st dav Telegraph Express leaves tlit Union Depot at 6 A. A!.; connect at Union with Train for Dayton and Cincinnati; at BeUel'ontaiue -with Train for Sandusky, Toledo, and Detroit; at Galium with Train for jColuinbus; and arrive in Cleveland at 7 same evening, in time to comiect at Cleveland with the Lake Shore Railroad ExpressTrain, connecting at. Dunkirk and Buffalo with the day Express Train, and arrive in New York early same evening. Passengors by this train breakfast before leaving Indianapolis. " 2d. Express Mail Train leavesthe Union Depot at 12.45 P. M making the way-connections arriving in Cleveland next morning in time for the Express Trains for Dunkirk, Buffalo and New York also .for Pittsburg, Philadelphia and Baltimore , Through Tickets can be procured at tho office in the Depot. . TlPassengers for Columbus, by taking6 A. M. train via. BelTe fon tai ne, arrive at Columbus at 5 same afternoon. ., Fare Through. .,.......4.00 , - J. NOTTINGHAM, Superiiitondant. Office near the Union Depot, . Indianapolis 1853. ,., , ,. j, ,. , ... oct29-tf Iiafayette and Indianapolis Kail Road! CuesTts m w mvmmpvm " ' ' '' JVEIV JiRRjUfOEJWEJVTIl . .,. .... J T Trains Daily, Each Way, (Sundays Excepted . ON and after Tuesday, September 2d. two Passenger Trains will make daily trips, (.-Sundays excepted,) between Lafayette and Indianapolis, asfoilows : t ' '' ' FROM 'LAFAYETTE. '' ' ' ' -Express Train will leavetho Depotat B o'clock, A .M.,atrive in Indianapolis at 11 .15, A . M .' ! Accommodation Train will leave at 2.30, P. M., arrive in InMi, j;, j i ; :, dianapolis at 0.30, ,P. M . ,-. .,.,., , . : FROM 'INDtANAPOLISL ' Accommodation Train will leave Union Depot 7 A. M., ar1- - . ; .1 rive in Lafayette ut 10.45, A . M. . Express Train wil Heave at 1.1ft o'clock , P. M.,arrivoi n La- .. fayette at 4.25, P. M. ; . .. ,. At Indianapolis both Trains will star tfroin 'the Union Depot. The ExpressTrain connects, at Indianapolis. with Trainsof tho Mudisonand liidianapolis.'Hollefontaineaiid Indianapolis, Terre Hauteand Riclunond.and Peru and Indianapolis Rail Roads, for Cincinnati, Dayton, Madison, Louisville, Terre Haute, &c. ..i: 1 . J . ' Passengers by the Accommodation Traiii, lying overnight at Indianapolis, can take the 5 o'clock morni'ng'train, on the Bellefontaine and Indianapolis Railroad, direct for Cleveland and intermediate places. They can also take tho morning trains of the Madison and Indianapolis, and the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroads for Madison, Terre Haute, &c. , Passengers from Indianapolis, eitherby the morningorafter- ' noon train, can connect, tat Lafayette, with trainson the New Albany and Salem Railroad, for Crawfordsville; also for Mich -gan City, thence to Chicago. " . Throughticketsto Chicago for sale by the Agents. Price $6. A daily-line of packctslcave Lafayette every evening. after the arrival of the Express Train, for Delphi. Logan sport, Peru, and Fort Wayne; also for Attica. Covington. &c: , Fortickets, apply at the Union Depot, Indianapolis, or at the Rail Road office in Lafayette. ' . .. D. K.. SVYDKfi, Ageant, at Indianapolis. , jilly23,tf-. . VM. DURBIN, Sup't.

INDIANAPOLTS,

SZT There may be very little poetry in the following lines concerning' a Btone jug,1 but there is a whole. volume of truth:' : ..-4- A .Here; only by a coik controll'U . : .-.i And slenjer wall of eiirthern nifiuld,;,',,, ' : In all the pomp of death, repose . j ; ,, , ' The seeds of many a bloody nose; The stammering tongue, the horrid oath; " The fist for fighting nothing loth," ' ' i ! The passions which .no word can tame, . ; . That burst like sulpher into flame;; .,. , : The nose caibuncled, glowing red; The broken eye, the broken head; ' ' ' The tree that bears the deadly fruit Of murdering, maiming- and dispute; .- 1 . Assault that innocence assails; in 1 i '. 1 .: The images of gloomy jails; , ,.,; The giddy thought on mischief bent j j The midnight hours in riot spent; " " All these within the jug appear, i And Jack, the hangman, in the rearO Exaggeration. Its Perils and its , Penalties. , ( "A 1IAUIT IIASB AND VILK.' .' . One of the prevailing evils of the day, is a disposition to exaggerate. ' It prevails1 in some degree in almost every circle. No event can take place, either in publio or private life, that is not misrepresented and, exaggerated, and to such an extent, that it is sometimes impossible to ascertain the real truth. The credulous are thus often imposed upon, while the 1 cautious and hesitating rarely believe any thing.' In the social world, this spirit and disposition exists to a frightful extent. , Extravagant phrases are , employed in doscribing trilling events, and, the. ordinary .inujdents of every-day life, are magnified into something important and serious, ','lf a gentleman call twice upon a lady in the same -week, they are reported by some prying looker-on as ."engaged," and this story , travels from lip to lip, with such rapidity, that it is almost impossible to contradict it fully and effectually. The consequences are not only unpleasant, but often painful. And so in case of disaster. If a lire take' place, the amount of damage is generally trebled by the first reports, and if a failure occur, the liabilities are multiplied, and thus the community Are excited and deceived. , . " ',' ' , "''' The seat of government at Washington is the focus of invention and exaggeration, not to say of downright' falsehood. The, most improbable stories are constantly put into circulation. (from that fertile manufactory. The more startling the better at least so the authors seem to imagine. They create a sensation, attract attention, and thus the end is answered. The competition, too, is so keen among some of the letter-writers, that when they are. deficient. in facts, they do not, hesitate to call upon fancy. .The public has been deceived so often, that more than ordinary suspicion now attaches to Washington rumors, and a considerable! discount is always made' for the spirit of exaggeration. , ...n . j ., .; But it is the disposition to speak grandiloquently upon trifling affairs, and to magnify the molelike events"of human life into momentous ' arid mountainous matters,' that' we desire' mOre particularly to censure, vThe evil is one that grows from day to day, and thus in the course of a year or two, the habit becomes so fixed, that a, "plain, unvarnished tale" is altogether out of the ques tion. ' rJay, all character for veracity Is destroyed, and it is impossible for a listener to' decide how much of truth and how; much of falsehood is embodied in the story that is told or the incident that is described. Many persons become addicted to this practice, without recognizing or appreciating its pernicious effect, and indeed unconscious that they indulge in a liabit so' vile. They itt first intend merely to embellish some ordinary affair, and then. they follow up the experj-i ment again and again, until at last they cannot speak the simple truth, because, in brief, it is too plain and unadorned for the excited, extravagant and exaggerated spirit to which they have nC-1 customed themselves.' A sad mistake, and one, we repeatj that is full of evil consequences., , The beauty of truth cannot be commended too highly,' while its influence upon' character and happiness can' only be fully appreciated either by those who have watched in others the general effects of error and exaggeration, or who have experienced , them in themselves., Many r and striking illustrations could be given, but there is 'scarcely an individual who cannot call before his mental vision, the image of some inveterate ex-; aggerator or falsifier,. one who either lias not a due appreciation of truth, its beatuy and its sublimity, orwho having become, addicted toextravagahce of speech, and exaggeration in detail, can never bd relied upon, but on the contrary, is always listened to with doubt and distrust, v . There are two classes who indulge in this weakness or'vice. One may be regarded. as thoughtless, innocent, and intending no harm, and the other as jealous, deliberate and malicious. ' With the" former, the practice may be regarded as a weakness, and with the latter as a vice. . The former , speak idly, rashly and extravagantly, simply with the object of hearing themselves talk, and creating a momentary sensation', while the latter delight in hunting up the1 trifling errors and imperfections of their friends arid neighbors, and magnifying them into serious, if not unpardona1 ble offences. ,,,But the habit is a vile one in every point of view. It is full of mischief, if not of guilt, and it should be avoided by all wiip wisli well to themselves and to others.' Truth is one of the brightest jewels of moral character. It not only adorns and dignifies, but its lustre, like that of the- diamond, ' attracts,' embellishes and beautifies. ; ... ,t ,. , .r , , . ' Mrs.' Partington on Literature. "The lad is very desultory in his reading," jsaid sDr; iDigg, taking np a copy of .. "The Seven Robbers , of, the Dark Cave, or the Mystery of the Bloody Dagger, that Ike had, left a'few moments before. The savan turned over the leaves, looking at the picture of the seven robbers burying ther booty in-ia tomb while the witch of the cliff made incantation over it to insure its safety. "I don't think he takes to dysentery reading." said Mrs. Partington; her ear not precisely catching the word; "his mind has no tenderness towards doctors' books, and he only reads great hysterical works like that. I'm sometimes afeard thet he will wear himself out by his studious and secondary habits." Boston Post.

INDIANA, JANUARY

USEFUL READING. " It is frequently necessary for ' editors, like oreachers. to enforce by . reason . and argument, o-ood old doctrines of personal and public policy, . and we do not know one that requires to be so i often ulluded to as that which is embraced in the title of this article. But, as the finest strain of music soon gluts and palls thu ear by frequent repetition,' so does a continual harping on one subject however necessary : and .useful it may ht- soon satiate the mind. I'rudence, therefore, compels us to select this subject only at considerable interraUof time, and V; ler peculiar public circumstances. , i ,, ' . f - At the present time, amid all the cries of distress which come'up from ."very quarter, and amid all the general prostration of business,' wo are creditably informed that foolish uruusements and trashy literature wore Jicver better patronized in our oily. . We are convinced from the ' tfreat'-ii umber of flaming advertisements of silly ' and contemptible new books, that the sale of them, must btf enormous. : We tliink this affords ' no great cause lor national oongratulution as it ! regards, an improvement ip general intelligence or taste. Ileal useful works tiose 'which appeal to the understanding, and exercise the more noble faculties 'of 'the mind; have but a limited circulation in comparison with' blood-and-thuder stories,; and puerile works of fiction. . This is to be regretted, for, as, food and drink are, to the body, so is reading to the mind.. Good reading makes the mind healthy and' strong; poor reading, oh the other hand, Befools and enervates it. 'As much care should be exercised in1 selecting .reading for its quality, as in selecting food; for the raindhf as susceptible of being, poisoned , as the body. There are thousands upon thousands whose ininds' have become so debilitated by wretched literature that they cannot sit ddwn and read any solid article whatever; and theMe per-.sous-r-atJeuSti manyi;of them might have become ornaments, of society, or might have distinguished themselves in many important, positions, it tliey had not' chosen to feed upon the husks, in preference to the solid golden grains, of literature, '( Any mind, however strong, may become weak by a great deal of indifferent reading. Youth, however, is the most trying period of life', as it respects the foration of literary tastes and-habits.,j Parents, therefore, should be very watchful of the books and periodicals which they allow in their families. , They should endeavor to indutie habits of reflection in their children, and enjoin upon the study of Such authors,, and the reading of such periodicals as incite the mind to profitable thinking. : To do this, the .means should always be.adapted to the ends desired to be obtained. . Obji ,-uny ,fa,Ui. who has a son learning a trade, suppose that, his son can ever become an intelligent mechanic (as he would no doubt like to see him.j if he never reads a periodical devoted to science and meolianism?; The thing is preposterous. is The young mechanic who never reads a solid useful work relating to his 'traded will drag at the lower spoke of the wheel'; he must be insane if 1 he supposes theref: is any .chance for him distinguishing himself in his trade, ;or at anything else, unless, he improves his ,mind by storing it with useful information Every youngman, therefore, who desires to' excel and to distinguish himself,' must be ' careful of his reading. " Many of those books1 and periodicals which weak minds Call dry, ar4 the choicest gifife of literature, ,,,We know that ;it requires, 'much effort to acquire a liking for reading those works and periodicals which give the mind labor. It 'a hard task to concentrate the thoughts upon an 'author,' when at the end of every page the mind must pause to revolve wliat has been read, and seek some rest; but young men should endeavqr, at all hazards, to acquire a liking for such kinds of reading, for those who do not, never can rise to be mentally influential or respected.' ' There two maxims, viz: "knowledge is 1 power," and "there is no royal road to knowledge," both .e qually true and deserving, to be deeply engraven on every young nian's. mind,, for no ignorant man ever has or ever can become powerful or distinguished, and no man can beeonie intelligent without labor, ' ' ' "' 1 , ' 1 1 1 ' ', ' ' - ,WiI our young mechanics think of these .things, and apply ; their i hearts to wisdom, so that with all their getting they may 1 get understanding. Scientific Anier. , " . ' Solemn Warnings, as to Women. I have f.old thee, my son, and I bid thee never to forget it many men have perished through the beauty ot a woman. ( Ilirouli Jive, the hrst man; through Delilah, the strongest man; through the wife of Uriah, the most religious man; by reason of strange women, the wisest' man all miserably fell. , Who art thou, then, that thou darest to hehave thyself toward them, without prudent caution? O my son, 0 my disciple! ' Art thou above thy master? ' And if I,J that: ami unchangable holiness, was 'always most' cautious as regard's! women, can it bd right for thee', a reed shaken with the wind, to be. incautious? ,;Tp me, indeed, there could be, no danger in their conversation: but I wished to give thee an example, that thou shouldest 'do likewise.1 Learn, therefore,' from me, to have but seldom si short conversation with them... ..Learn not to address, foolish women of Samaria, except fpr their, conversion,, and to sug: gest repentance. I(; Learn not to have words with sinful women, that are ashamed and humbled, except to' give them peace, and to teach them a new way. Learn not to talk with pious Canaant itish women, except it be with a grave and austere goodness' Learn to repel from thee, even with authority, them that come unto thee' by reason of the odor of thy sanctity, if they show too much a merely human, affection, i, Learn not to visit'the holy women rthe Marys and , the Marthas ex: cept for the sake of thy friend Lazarus, their "brother, or for the sake of occasion' of religion, or of charity. Learn not to talk unto them' of 'wordly trifles, but of the one thing needful, and of the better part of those things which are above Learn not to visit women that are proud, or idle, or busy-bodies, or given to dress,, or to the vanities of the world: but to go and comfort them that are sick, or that are sad at the death of Lazarus, or that. are weeping at the death of an only son. Learn to avoid all suspicions: and whatever may be invented, with any appearance of probability, have a care to avoid its being invented.

1855. '., ".Boys. Wanted.'.' .. , , , ; ' . Whatare we to do for Boys? When we were a boy, there.were lots of buys; but they .have gradually grown scarce, until now there in hardly a boy left- As we walk through the - streets we read in shop-windows, 'Boys Wanted.' When we pickup a newspaper, the first advertisement that strikes our eye is, 'A Boy Wanted.'. In a word, everybody wants a boy. i u i . Now, in view of this great, scarcity of boys, what are we to do? What shall we do forasubstitute to light our fires, sweep our, offices, run our errands? . i . i . . m The other day a little fellow about fourteen years of age (begging his pardon, we ': took him fora boy,) applied to us for a situation. ; ,'Whal can you do?' we inquired. V. . .ci i A little of almost everything,', was thei reply. , 'Are you quick at errands?' ,u .'I v u 'Well, sir.ll don't much like to do errands,' I . 'Can you sweep and dust well.?' , ; ; i , ; ; 'Why, sir, young men don't sweep any now-ac days. , The womenfolks have monopolized that branch of business.., Itisn . , lie was going on to say, sweeping isn't gen teel, but lie hesitated to state his conviction. , , 'How will you make yourself useful?', .Why, 1J1 sit in the otuce and answer ques tions when you are out: ., ,u , .,! .;;,i ,,.,'And how much do you ask tor , this service.' , ,'In the, neighborhood, sir, -of .three dollars.',' . 'In, the neighborhood?'. ,; .. , . , ::-'.v 'Yes, sir.,',., :;. . ,., ,:', . ; ! ', Ins . 'What do you mean byneighborhood' ?';;,! ,., 'Simply , three dollars,, sir,. a trifle more, pr less.' j,,. ,.. ,, .., j . . , ,' ; 'litni" : n. 'And you can neither sweep nor run errands?' ,,, '0, alittle vexed Icould,,bnt' , d ;; i, i ,,,, 'But What?',,,,.,,.; , i ; , ... i .;.! i.ur.i ,:.!' , : 'It ain't exactly the thing.' , ; . j,,,, ; ), ,,, ,'Yet at your age we' , ... ..,,.., i ...n--..,,,, Sirk' said he, picking up his hat, and- striding toward the door, 'you don t take me for a boy, do you?';,,, ,., , ,.,., .;, ,'i !,'-, .. ': ,f..:i .Amused, but not, astonished, we asked ourself the question, What are we to do for boys? i : If some enterprising Yankee would undertake to get up a lot of boys, he would ; make a large fortune in a short time, for never, within , our rer collection, have boys been in such demand. -i .... In years agone, hatters used to .advertise jhats for boys. Now it is hats for young gentlemen. Then there , were . schools for, boys tailors for boys sportsof all kinds for boys, Rut , as the race; of boys ran out, young gentlemen took their places Have we a boy among us? that's the question. , : , ... . ,' ; Railways , of the United States. , ., . . The United, States are now ahead of the world in the railway, movement, and from - what has been done we may justly look forward with hijpe and pride to the future. , The following is a com: pralive statement of the railways of the United istates on January 1st, pt four years stated: ; .,, Miles in operation: 1852, 1 1,505; 1853, ,13, cM; iv.ei j;. ,io&,,l,3l(J, JVliles-in construction: 1852, 1 1,228; , .1853, 10,418; 1854, 12,898; .1855, 1C.875. Capital invested: 1852, $335,150,848; 1853,408,103,109; 1864, 508,588,038; ,1855, 621,316,303.1, , ... The items in our. present .annual, statement have; been, mostly based , on the.t reports of the companies, but when these haye not been acceSr sible, the information has been obtained from the local press, and from other sources. ,,i7.The total amount of capital invested in railways we: think is vastly understated. There were 3,599 miles opened last year. ; , . , "y ' ,. , Had the stringent money market given , way, and capital become more easy and plenty, there would no doubt have been someTtwo .thousantj more miles of railway finished during , the . past year. , Perhaps it a .well as it js but there can be no doubt that railway construction will bo, much diminished during the next.two. or .three years. Railway shares and, other securities, are .now.iq bad odor throughout the , country, and, nothing will bring them up again l?ut a long course of rigid economy in management, and a partial cessation of demand for capital to construct new enterprises... The, roads built during the past year have Jabored under disadvantages of no common character, and the only surprise.we can,..exr press is, that so much ; should have , been , done under such , unpropitious circumstances. , ;;We hope that at the end of the present year railway property will stand .in a stronger position than it now does, and that, the really valuable property will be properly regarded by ,those most jntereted. American, Railway Times Boston. ' iT:t? British phlegm has been the subject of many anecdotes. .. ihe Pans papers have one which seems to have the merit of novelty: An Snaflish lord for whenever ah Englishman is mentioned across the channel, either, in history or at the vaudeville, he is always milord was travelling with his servant'on the railroad, between London and Dover.' The train,1 unhappily but not unwontedly, rah off" the track.'- The master was thrown into a ditch which bordered the road, while the valet fell' under the cars. The master arose; and without too much troubling his head about his bruises, or being otherwise preoccupied either about others or himself, cried out ''Conductor! where's my John?" ' "Alas! my lord; the unfortunate fellow has been cut.ih two by the locomotive!" "Then," cooly thundered the grave islander, "be so good as to see in which" part of him are my keysl'y ' '" " '. ' VThe Consumption of Paper, Forty years' ago,' three men, by handiwork; could scarcely manufacture 4,000 small sheets of paper in 'a day, while now, by the use of machinery, they can produce 60,000 in the same time. 1 It' has been calculated that if the paper produced year: lyby six machines could be put together, the sheet would encircle the world. ' Nowhere is paper so much valued as in the ; United States. In Franca, with 35,000,000 of inhabitants, only 70,000 tuns are produced yearh' of which oneseventh is for exportation. In Britain, with 28,'000,000 of inhabitants, 66,000 tuns are produced, while the amount produced in the United States is nearly as great as in France and- England"together. Scientific Amer. :n..i .: ::. :i

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" Panny Pern Dagnerreotyped. She is full forty, is Fanny. Sports curl like a girl of seventeen. , They pre auburn poetically so, , Has a keen, flashing eye. Nose between Grecian and Roman," rather thin and rather good looking. Cheeks with a good deal quite too much coloring. " Comes of rouge. Bad taste, but no business of ours. Lips well turned, and indicative of firmness rather than of sugar. Chin handsomely chiseled. , Whole countenance betokens a woman of spirit, and high nature generally. Form fine. Chest a model. Not surpassed. Carriage graceful and stalely. Rather tall, and emphatically genteel. Pretty loot.. 'Ankle to .match. Hand small. Likes to show it. Dresses in the cut-and-dash school. . Fond of ribbons, laces, millinery, itc, generally. Talks rapidly. Is witty and brilliant, cutting and lashful. Proud as Lucifer. Fond of fun.' Hates most of her relations. Treats 'her father and Nat. most brutefully, Has three as pretty girls as ever wore curls. , Is proud of them, and justly. Is "heartless.' Is a flirt. Lives in clover. Is worth '$20,000.' Got it by pen and ink. When passing the street takes eight eyes out of ten. On fthe whole wonderful woman is Fanny. Boston Dispatch.,, . ,. . ';',; 'j , - , U,- ' ' : .. " ","' ! Manufacture of Rum. Probably the only manufacture in the northern States, which is carried on profitably at' the'' present time, is that of Rum, and this was never before so profitable as at the present time, ',The distilleries all through the country have orders for many weeks and months ahead; at prices which yield them a hundred per cent profit. This state of things has been occasioned by the prohibition of the distillation of grain in France and Belgium, which has .caused large orders from those countries for Rum from the United States. Every packet ship from New York for France and Germany, now carVies 'out; all the Rum which can be had in the -market as part of her cargo.' The' article sells at 4748 cents a gallon and the profit may bo easily calculated when it is known, that the mo-i lasses costs but little more than 20 cents, a gallon, and 100 gallons molasses will make 95 gallons of rum.1 A large portion of the molasses in the United States has just ' been bought up ort French account. i At Portland,' 3,000 hhds. were purchased last week for shipment to France. ; , . , f . r - - . '. , , i jtlTlt ever I'm married," said Ike, looking up from the book he was reading and kicking the stove door so energetically "If ever I'm married" "Don't 'ppeak of marriage;' Isaac, ;.said Mrs. Partingtpn, till you are ;old, enough to un-1 derstand the bond that binds congenial souls. People mustn't speak of marriage with impurity. It is the first thing that' children think of now-a-days, and yoUng boys in pianofores,' and young girls with their heads fricaseed into spittoon curls, and full of , love-sick stories, are talking of marr riage. before they get .into their teens. Think of such ones get married! Yet there's Mr. Spaid, when heaven took his wife away,' went right to a young lady'S cemetery and got another, no more fit to hef head of a family than' I am to .be the Board of Mayor and Alderman." ' She tapped the new box that her friend, the Colonel, had given her with her eyes resting upon the gold heart inlaid in the centre of the lid, as if hearts were trumps in her mind at the time, while Ike, without 'finishing his sentence, kept on with his reading, accompanying himself with a pedal performance on the stove door, and a clatter upon the round of his chair with the handle of a fort in his left hand.. '"'''' -i 3T Uncle Sam l.was born a nation: seventyseven years ago. Since then he has whipped his mother and one of his . brothers; thrashed the Barbary. cousins; threatened prance and made her pay up; and cleared decks for battle with Austria, fie has set for an example of liberty on popular power that has thoroughly frightened the despots,; of .the- earth, ,and, periled. the ancient thrones. ,, He. has grasped a continent, and is fast po'vering it with a free and educated and thriving people. lie has built more ships than other nations in the. same time, and his flag is now seen on every sea and ocean, and every river and harbor. Ho has built more steamboats, more railroads, more telegraph lines, more school houses, more churches, more cities, in that seventy-seven yeari than any other nation in five hundred years.' ) And he has printed more newspapers, made more speeches, and done more bragjng than a other nation in a thousand, years. :..' A Elessed Fashion, Fashion, after having been addressed as : ''fickle," ''vain," and "fooli ish.'.'.for many, years has at length , earned an epithet more pleasing to give. We may just now bless this goddess of modern mythology, for she has ruled that charity shall be the vogue. .. .We are wicked enough:' to think that, with a. pretty respectable portion of humanity, it is of more importance that, charity is adopted by fashion that that it is recommended by innumerable verses of holy writ, , According happily with the decree that has, been issued, under the stimulus of the vLamplighter", literature, and, we concede, genr uine sensibility to the extreme suffering of the day, Augustus Corset and Matilda Flounce have joined benevolent societies, got themselves appointed on visiting committees, and are among the foremost in the work of charity., Mrs. Fitzgiggle has resigned the lead in the most fashionable salons to take a place beside the sick-bed of the poor. Handsome equipages are seen in dirty by:ways, and are gaped at by ragged children, who are astonished that such fine ladies should condescend to speak kindly to them, i Wretches, living in hovels which the wind searches, and which are never cleaned, and who have long considered themselves beyond the pale of respectable sympathy, are wondering at the wholesale measure taken for ' their relief. It will be a matter of congratulation if Fashion continues to enforce her, blessed decree throughout the season, and if she does, this winter will be memorable :' " , ' i'.'i '-' . v ' ' J3f A doctor and a military officer' became enamored of the same lady. A friend inquired of her which of the two suitors she intended to favor, she replied it was difficult for her to determine, as they were both falling creatures. ' '