THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSJ)TJ.HG, SATURDAY, MAY 18,
I8CC.
GEANDMA,
Wk miss her from the old llieslile,
Where standi her vacant chairs
Thoso trenihlliix red Wo hear no tnnro
Papllist lite WPlUworn sand-Ktone lloor,
Nor (IIiiiIiIiib Iho oaken Mntr.
We mli hpr wonted hnppy sinllo
When imrtnhlnit the. frugal nuali
Ami hpr words of hupp, when worldly rnro
Would (111 our tlimuiliW with bad despair,
Wo never again nhall feci.
We miss her from thp iranlpn-spat,
Willi lliii children rnuiul her linen j
That Mitl, low laiish, as Alio tuM her t.tlo
Of her own youtiK days nt Hip cot In Iho dale,
'l is burled In Death's deep sea.
Wo ml her pious hrlcf "Amen"
Atnur morn nml evening unices
lint (ho balze-coveied book of ilalty prayer
Hwecl Holaee of her lire-loni; caiev
Sllll has lis wonted place.
Wo inlss her In n thousand ways
Which 1 1 in sue can ne'er ixpio.ss'
Hit friendly word anil timely Kinllo
Life's dullest lionr Wonlil ort hcHUtlu
Of eaio mut loneliness.
Wo miss her; hnt the itay 111 como
Wc, too, shall o that way;
In Heaven again wo hopp to niei I,
Aroiniil tho throno anil mercy-neat,
Which never pass nwny.
AGRIOULTUKAL.
Temperature at ivlilch Hecils (leriitlnnle
Tnnccleuruted Swiss botanist, 31. A
do Crtndollc, 1ms iiuhllshod an uceoiint
oriiuinc'iouscxpoi'lmcnts upon tlio ti-m
pfnituro lit which seeds will "orinlnuto.
Wo givo u few of Ills results with re
spect to well-known plants, reducing
the temperature to the Fahrenheit si'iilo.
Tho seed of eonimoii white niustard will
gerniinale at or a little below the freez
ing point. While white clover remain
ed dormant at forty-one and a half de
grees, it germinated when tho tempera'
turo was only ono degree above that
Indian com would not start at forty-two
degrees, hut germinated at a tempera
turo very near forty-eight degree
Melon seeds refused to germinate at
fifty-live degrees, but did below sixty
two and a half degrees. While there Is
ix limit of temperature below which
each particular seed will not germinate
there is also a limit in tho other diiw
tion, and seeds fail to start when the
temperature, is too high the point, as
in tho other case, varying with the
species ; tho greater part of some seeds
of whito clover did not germinateabove
eighty-two and a half degrees. "Thus
seeds only germinato between certain
limits of temperature, and those which
can only do so within narrow limits are
least able to extend them.-elves geo
graphically." fttruivlnvrlcB,
as soon as AVinter is well over, are to be
uncovered, parting the straw so as to
expose the plants, but leave the ground
covered. New beds are to be planted as
early as possible. I'or the garden beds
four feet wide, with two feet walks be
tween them, answer the best. Set the
plants in three rows, one in the centre
and tho others eighteen inched from it,
and tho plants eighteen inches apart in
tho row. Spread the roots, and ot "s
deeply as can be done without covering
the centre of the plant. Homo prefer to
set the plants a foot apart each way ; but
for varieties that form large stools, in
hill culture, eighteen inches is none too
great a distance.
A light, dry soil that lias been ma
nured the year before is better than one
recently enriched. Sow as early as pos
sible, putting thesecdsthreeinchosdeep
and an inch apart. Jt is customary to
plant double rows nine Inches apart.
Set tho brush between the rows. In the
market gardens the rows aro three feet
apart, and as the peas grow they aro
earthed up, without any brush. But in
gardens neatness as well as productive
ness require that tho vines bo supported.
Soak before planting.
Sccil.
Those who save their own seeds should
gel their roots, etc., out early. Use only
tho best shaped and best kept onions,
turnips, carrots, cabbages, etc., and set
them out in well-manured soil. It is
not well to attempt to raise tho seed of
moro than ono variety of each within
the limits of a moderate garden. Never
seta cabbage stump for seed, but a whole
plant, and tho very best, anil then allow
only n few strong central stalks to grow.
lOtlltOC4.
1'lougii deep. Manure with a good
ronipost, and with leached ashes in tho
drill, or uso nny manure not In a condi
tion of rottenness. I'lant early and four
or five inches deep, using iargo seed cut
in quarters. I'lant no small potatoes of
:uiy kind; but if you wish to mako tho
WM.il go as far as possible, cut to slnglo
eyes, plant not qullo bo deep, and give
hotter cure.
Oiioai-lH-rrleg
should not bo overlooked. Tho Hough
ton and American seedling aro better
than no goo.-.eberries. Wo do not see
why Downlng's seedling is so generally
overlooked. It is a much better fruit
than either of tho others. Why don't
fcomo ono get up a gooseberry as hardy
as tho Houghton and as good as the
Whitesmith?
liccd.
Sow tho enrly sorts In n rich, light and
finely worked soil, in rows fifteen inch
in apart. Soak tho seed In warm water
for twenty-four hours, turn tho water
otfand keep tho disli covered In a warm
plain until tho sprouts show them.-elves.
then roll tho seed in plaster and tow
An ounce of seed will bo enough for
about a hundred feet of drill.
The Currant
Is, so to speak, ono of tho most tloxlblo
ot fruits. Neglect will bring small lrult
from largo varieties, and pruning and
manuring will Induce tho small sorts to
Bwell to a ro.peetabloaizo with gratitude
for tho attention. The moral of which
is, manuro tho currant bushes.
llhuliarb.
Fork In tho manuro placed on the bed
last Fall. Mako new plantings if tho
growth law not started too much. Force
ii few roots by placing a barrel without
bends uver each, and surriiund IP' It
Wl'li h-'t !
ABOUT 0U,OVE3.
It Is a pretty piece of syniholli.'in,
kept up lu our formal, unpoctic, liiut-
ter-nf-fitet old times, when a pair of
white gloves l.s presented to the Judge
on the occasion unhappily too rare of
a maiden assize.
In ISoC. Lord Cainiibell held his third
nuilden ttsd.o in Lincoln; the third In
six years; so the authorities presented
him with a niittrnllloent pair of white
gloves, cunningly embroidered and or
namented with Brussels luce, and with
the city arms embossed In frosted silver
on tho back. Not, exactly fit for danc
ing In, but pleasant and acceptable to
my lord, iloubtle-s, If good for little but
to Ik,' kept under a glass ca-o, and re
spectfully examined. Knitted gloves of
silk were common in the early times,
before the delicate whtte kid came into
fashion ; alo gloves of fair white linen,
curiously wrought nlidiit with gold and
needlework-. Kings royally clothed for
their burial were royally gloved as well
In those fair white linen gloves, with
gold qiiartrefolls or lilies, or other em
blems beseeming, on the back, as part
of tho needful paraphernalia of the
grave. Time and the damps of the
tomb, which have destroyed the gloves,
have left tho golden ornaments still en.
tire.
Long before our time gloves were
worn, and held tobosyinbolictoo. Xen-
oplion speaks of tho Persians as offend
nato for clothing their heads, their feet
and their hands with thick gloves against
the cold. Homer speaks of Laertes In
ids garden, with gardener's gloves to
keep him from the thorns; and another
poet, Varro tho Roman, says that olives
gathered by the naked hand are better
than those plucked with gloves. The
Chinese think dill'erently about their
tea. Atheiuuus, in his Deipnosophists,
speaks of a glutton who went to table
with his gloves on, that he might eat
his meat better than the rest, and so get
a gieater share; and Musonius, a philo
sopher, who lived at tho close of tho llrst
Christian century, among other invec
tives against tho corruption of the age
that poor age which is always so much
more corrupt than its predecessors!
says: "It is shameful that persons in
perfect health should clothe their hands
and feet with soft hairy coverings." All
of which collection of erudite lore may
bo found in Disraeli's "Curiosities of
Literature," itself the greatest curiosity.
Who does not know that beautiful
story of Bernard Gilpin, when ho went
into tho Church of tho Quarrelsome, and
saw tho gloves hung up as a general
challenge to all comers who would care
to take an ill-conditioned fellow's insult
on their own shoulders? The sexton
would not for the life of him touch the
gloves; but Hornard Gilpin, taking a
long pole, lifted them oil' their hook,
and took both them and the quarrel on
himself; drawing them forth during the
sermon, and rating tho parish soundly
for harboring such evil thoughts and
suffering such unchristian practices to
abound, Yet It was a very common
thing iuchivalious times to hang up the
gauntlet in the church; when woe to
him who touched it or took it down!
Nothing less than a mturrcl u ou'ram-c
for a cause as silly as tho mode of de
fending it was barbarous.
The last challengo by means of a glove
was in Queen Elizabeth's time, in the
year 1571, on the occasion of a dispute
concerning some lands in Kent, when a
trial by single combat was demanded,
the disputants meeting in court, when
one drew his glove and threw it down,
and tho other picked it up with the
point of ills sword. For the honor of
humanity anil common sen-e the stupid
fouls were not let to tight, and the right
ful ownership ot tho Kentish lands was
settled some other way.
At liarnstapio a largo glove decked
with dahlias is hung out from the win
dow of Quay Hall, tho oldest building
in the city, and while it hangs tho fair
is going on, and when it is withdrawn
tho fair is at an end ; and at Chester, so
(anions for Us gloves, they do the same
thing. The glove, in all these instances,
meaning the: symbol of protection. Was
it protection or posse-sion that the 1 to
mans symbolized by their standard of
tho winged hand of power? And which
did the Kings of Ulster mean by their
device of tho hand upon their shields
and banners? What is tho secret read-
ingof thebaronet's bloody hand? What
of tho red hand of tho North America
Indians, which they regaid so supersti-
tiously? A symbol yet moro superstl
tioiisly regarded in Mexico, where the
red hand daubed on the monuments of
Yucatan and Gautemalii is believed to
havo all sorts of hidden power. In
Lycia, too, on tho tombs there, an open
hand is a frequent emblem ; and the
Turks anil Moors regard It as a preserv
ative against tho evil eye, provided It
bo open enough.
SEA-DUST.
To those who are unacquainted with
the sea, and the marvels which belong
to it, it may sound like one of Huron
Munchausen's talcs ; but it is neverthe
less true that ships at a distance of many
hundred miles from tho land have been
met by heavy showers of lino dry dust,
mid by thick yellow fogs, not unllko
London November fogs, except that
they aro freo from suffocating smell
which turn out to bo nothlngmore than
this finely-divided powder suspended In
the air, and wailing for a favorable op
portunity to descend.
Tho reddi.-h-yellow fogs are commonly
encountered in the neighborhood of the
Cupodo Vordo Islands, where thedu-t U
iiKo abundant. They and tho du-t havo
also been seen, though le.-.s fiequeiuly,
In tho "Mediterranean, on the North Af
rican and i-'outh European coasts, and
even far away in the middle of tho At
lantic. Tho dust has been known to
slrow tho shores of Southeastern Fninii',
and the whole lino of the west Italian
coast, at tho same timo that It fell all
over the islands of Sardinia and .Malta.
Sometimes tho fall 1 so heavy as to
cover the decks n,id sails of v-m.)-, and
t uve th si'o an uiineuniiii -li.nl r I
I', .1 pi'. !. t r..,. . . I,, . . I
dusly road. The powder Is exceedingly
fine almost Impalpable. Its color U
bilck-red or lnlglit-yellow, and becomes
of a lighter shade after being kept for
some yenr'.
In tho Mediterranean the dint Is
known as Sirocco, or African dust, be-
c.iu.-o It was supposed to come, from
some of the desert-lands of the African
continent. Hut It was only supposed so
to come; nothing was really known of
its history or its home. It was consid
ered to be in some wnj or other con
nected with barren and dry land most
probably African and in its wide wan
derings over many degrees of latitude,
it was Indentllled with tho wind which
" bloweth where It' llsti'th," nnd con
cerning which no man knoweth
"whence it comet h, or whit her it goctli."
In the absence of knowledge, or of
(hat scientific presumption which is
akin to it, speculation was rife ns to the
origin and travelling power of tins du-l
FOE YOUTHFUL HEADERS.
What n I.tltlc Hoy tan tin.
"I wish, 1 wish, I wish," said a lit
tie boy, who awoke early one morning,
and lay in bed thinking, " 1 wish 1 wn.
grown up, so as to do some good. If I
was Governor I'd make good laws; or
I'd lie a missionary ; or I'd get rich and
give away so much to poor people; but
I'm only a little boy,'and It will take
nie plenty of years to grow up." And
so, was he going to put off doing good
till then? "Well," he said to himself
while ho was dressing, "1 know what
I can do. I can bo good; that's left to
little hoys." Therefore, when he was
d tossed, ho knelt and asked God to help
him to lie good and try to servo Him
all day with all his heart, and not forget
Then ho went down stairs to finish Jds
sums.
No sooner was lie seated with his clean
slate before him than his mother called
him to run into the wood-house and find
his little brother. . Ho did not want to
leave his lesson, yet hn cheerfully said,
"I'll go, mother;" and away ho ran
And how do you think he found "huh
by?" With a sharp axe in Ids hand
" I chop," he said ; and quite likely the
next moment he would have chopped
off his little toes. Tho little boy only
thought of minding his mother; but
who can tell if his ready obedience did
not save ids baby brother from being a
cripple for life?
As lie was going on an errand for his
mother he saw a poor woman whose
foot had slipped on tho newly-made ice,
and she fell; and in falling she had
spilled her bag of beans and basket of
apples, and miiiio wicked hoys were
snatching up her apples and running off
with them. The little boy stopped and
said: "Let me help you pickup your
beans and apple-;" and his nimble fin
gers quickly helped her out of her mis
hap. He only thought of being kind
he did not know how this kind act com
furted the poor woman Jonir after she
got home, and how she prayed to God
to bless him.
At dinner, as his firUierjind mother
were talking, lds-oTTier said roughly:
"1 shan't iioinything for that man's
son ; tlie Mid man always did ins best to
injure life." " Hut, father," said the lit
tle hoy, looking up into his father's face,
i does not the liihlo say we must return
,'ood for evil?" The little boy did not
know that his father thought of what
his son had said all the afternoon, and
said within himself: "My hoy is more
of a Christian than I am; I must boa
better man."
When he came home from school at
night ho went to the cage and found his
dear canary bird dead. "Oh, mother!
mil t tended birdie so, and J loved him
so, and he sang so sweetly;" and the
little boy burst into tears over his poor
favorite. " Who gave birdie life, and
who took it again?" asked his mother,
stroking his head. " God," he answer
ed through his tears. " And lie knows
best ;" and he tried to hush himself.
A lady sat in a dark corner in the
room. She liad lost two Inrdles; and
though she hoped they had taken angel
wings and gone to nestle in tho heavenly
land, she would rather have her little
sous back to her nest again. Hut when
ho beheld the little boy's patience and
ubniission to his Father in Heaven,
she said: "I too will trust Him, like
this littleclilld." Her heart was touch
ed, and she went home with a little
spring of healing gushing up there, and
sho became henceforth a better mother
to the children yet left to her.
When tho little boy laid his head on
ids pillow that night ho thought, "I
am too small to do any good; hut, oh!
I do want to be good, and to lovo the
Saviour who came down from Heaven to
die for me. I do want to become ono of
the Heavenly Father's dear children
The Heavenly Father's children are
sometimes called children of light ; and
does it not seem as if beams of light
shono from this little child, warning,
blessing everybody that came In hh
way? Who will say lie did not do good?
Kluil Alt".
" Hnssir, there Is a peach for you, tho
finest I havo had this season," said Mr,
Kohler to his little daughter.
It was very beautiful ; so ripo that It
looked Just ready to burst through tho
thin skin, and a painter might havo at
tempted In vain to rival tho color. It
was very tempting, for It was tho first
one Be.-sie had seen this Summer; yet
she stood with it in her hands, seeming
ly lost in thought.
"May 1 take it to cousin Mary? she is
sick, nnd nothing tastes well to her, and
sho has been wishing so much for a
peach."
" Yes, If you like," And away flew
Bessie on her errand of love. Sho went
softly into cousin Mary's sick chamber,
laid the peaclv before her, and quickly
glided from the room.
As tho parched lips were moistened
by the dollclou.s juice the little sufferer
iti-chfed that It n tide her "feci almost
II."
' v lull 'i U ii i ' n 'i. '
Bessie much happier than eating the
peach would have done. Would you
have ncled like Bessie? Ilatpei:
ARTESIAN WELLS AT CHICAGO.
I'm: Arleslan wells, now discharging
one and a quarter million of gallons of
the purest water ever seen on tho lace of
the globe, continue to excite a deal of
curiosity and wonder. These wells are
located near the city limits about three
miles from the City Hall aro seven
hundred feet deep, and discharges an
immense volume of clear, cold water.
In several respects these wells aro an
omalies: first, that the water which ris
es to tho surface stands at fifty-seven
degrees Fahrenheit, which Is below the
main temperature of the locality, while
in other deep wells tho temperature In
creases in proportion to the descent ; so
that no water Is found ata greater depth
at much less than To degrees, and in the
great wells at Charleston and in the ba
sin at Paris, the range is up to 8.3 and I'D
degrees; and then this water Is free
from tho unpleasant and disagreeable
mineral ialnts so common to Artesian
wells. It l.s cert Hied, under chemical
analysis, to bo the best article of drink.
Ing-waler in tho world, and from the
force and power with which it comes to
tho surface It lias a head of ono hun
dred and twenty-live feet above the level
of Lake Michigan there seems to be no
doubt hut that an enlargement of one
of the wells to the diameter of twenty
inches, ai suilleient supply estimated at
seventeen million gallons per day-
could not be obtained to meet tho de
mandsof the city for years to come, and
tnls would flow into the leservoirs with
out the aid of expensive engines, steam
pumps, and fuel.
DYAIC MODE OP STRIKING FIRE.
Amo.no some of the Dyak tribes there
is a manner of striking lire which is ex
traordinary. The instrument used is a
slender tube of lead, which fits tightly
in a case of bamboo, Tho tot) of the
tube is hollowed into a cup, and when
fire is required, this cup is filled with
tinder, the leaden piston is held upright
in the left hand, the bamboo case Is
thrust sharply down over it, as quickly
withdrawn, and the tinder is found to
boalighl. The natives say that no metal
but lead will produce the effect. I must
observe that wo never saw this singular
method in use, though the olllcer of tho
Rajah seemed acquainted witli it.
Tho method of obtaining fire by
means of two sticks, generally in uso
among barbarians, is also practised in
Borneo.
Tho result is not attained, however,
by rubbing them together, as is general
ly believed in Kngland an exercise
of which a man wmjld probably get
very tired befi.'e lie obtained a spark-
but a rude cross is notched in tiny piece
of light dry stick, and tho point of an
other pieeo of some harder species is
spun round therein as rapidly as it can
be rolled between the hands. Never
theless, it requires some practice to ob
tain a light even by this means, as most
travellers can attest by aching experi
ence. A WHOLESOME TRUTH.
A i'i:i.niJUATr.i preacher of theseven-
teonlh century, in a sermon to a crowd
ed audience, de.-cribed the terrors of the
last judgment with such eloquence,
pathos, and force of action that some of
Ids audience not only burst into tears,
but sent forth piercing cries, as if the
Judge himself had been present, and
was about to pass upon tneni tneir uuai
sentence. In the height of this excite
ment the preacher called upon them to
dry their tears and cease their cries, as
ho was about to add something still
more awful and astonishing than any
thing he had yet brought before them.
Silence being obtained, he with an agitat
ed countenance and solemn voice ad
dressed them thus: " In ono quarter of
an hour from this time the emotions
which you havo just now exhibited will
be stilled ; tho remembrance of the fear
ful truths which excited them will van
ish ; yon will return to your carnal oc
cupations or sinful pleasures with your
usual avidity, and you will treat all you
have heard as a tale that is told."
A BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.
Tin: loved oneswhoselossl lament arc
still in existence; they are living with
mo at this very time; they are, like
myself, dwelling in the parental man
sion or God; they still belong to me, as
I to them. As they aro ever in my
thoughts, so, perhaps, am I In theirs.
As 1 mourn for their loss, perhaps they
rejoice in anticipation of our re-union.
What tome isstilldarktheyseeclearly.
Whv do I grieve because T could not al
ways have them around me? Ifa jour
ney took them from me, I was not
therefore unhappy. And why is it dif
ferent now ? They have gone on a jour
ney. Whether they are living on earth,
In a far distant city, or in some higher
world in the Infinite universe of God,
what difference is there? Are wo not
still in the same house of the father, like
loving brothers who inhabit separate
rooms? Have we, therefore, ceased to
bo brothers?
At a recent examination of children
at Swansea, Kngland, tho question was
asked, why tho children of Israel made
a golden calf and worshipped it after
they had been forbidden such idolatry
by Moses? A pococioiis little follow
sharply answered, " liecaiiso they had
not enough gold to mako a bjill with."
The laughter which followed put a slop
to tho examination for that day.
A:T Irishman being in church where
tho collection' apparatus resembled elec
tion boxes, on Its being handed to him,
whispered in tho carrier's ear that he
was not naturalized and could not vote.
"Waki: up hero and pay your lodg
ings," taid tho deacon, as he nudged a
sleepy stranger with the contribution
box.
Ni:vr.n lend: an iivivceei -n
vi i t if I lii i ., I .i r ' .1 .o.
Let
WIT AND HUMOR.
How to correct a mistake In whiskey
rectify it.
Ira man marry a shrew, arc wo to
suppose he Is shrewd?
Thkoiiv may be very well, but young
doctors and lawyers prefer practice.
Fi(tuiiATi"i;t,v speaking, a woman
may be said to X L when she Is forty.
An old bachelor says that the proper
name for marriageable young ladles is
"waiting maids."
TuowiitT is the father of words, hut
many a great and noble thought dies
childless.
A siuutox in four words on the vani
ty of earthly possession : " Shrouds have
no pockets."
Mi::; are called fools In one ago for
not knowing what men are called fools
for asserting In tho agt- before.
A mtiiAT financial reformer i-isodevo
ted to figures that when he has nothing
else to do he casts up ids eyes,
A r.VT.sn friend is like the shadow on
a sun-dial, which appears in fine weath
or, hut vanishes at the approach of n
cloud.
Sidnt.y .Smith said of a great talker
that It would greatly improve him if lie
hail now and then "a few Hashes of
silence."
A iiojm'a iutir.it who had spent most
of his life upon a ladder, turned watch
man, because, as ho said, he had always
been accustomed to going the rounds,
'fin: earth Is a tender and kind moth
or to the husbandman, and yet nt one
season he always harrows her bosom,
and nt another ho pulls his ears.
Ax editor's wife, during an evening
walk, asked her husband to notice the
moon, lie replied that he could not do
it under the Usual rate of llfty cents a
line.
'Tih a sad thing when men havo
neither heart enough to speak well, nor
judgment enough to hold their tongues;
this is tho foundation of all imperti
nence.
Tin: death of a Mormon bishop Is thus
unnoticed in a Salt Lake paper: "He
was thirty-seven years old, and leaves
an interesting family of eleven wives
and forty-seven small children to mourn
his death."
Dkcisiox and promptitude, oven
though sometimes a man may err for
want of due deliberation, will in the
long run more often conduce to success
than a slow judgment that comes too
late.
No man who has been consistently
true and sincere lias failed to win the
confidence and favor of other men. No
man in whom truth and sincerity have
been wanting, lias ever long possessed
their confidence and favor.
" Tjii: sun is all very well," said an
Irishman, "but the moon is worth two
of it: for the moon affords us light in
the nifjlii-tinic, vWion wo want it, win
as the sun's with us in tho day-time
when we havo no occasion for it."
Tin: oilier evening a gentleman's but
ton caught hold of the fringe of a lady's
shawl. " I am attached to you," said
the gentleman, laughing, while he was
industriously trying to get loose. " The
itt.ichment is mutual," was tho good
humored reply.
Oi'i'or.Tt'NTTir.s of showing kindness
and doing good are continually present
lug themselves; and we have it in our
own power, in a greater or less degree
to lessen the amount of human wretch
edne-.s, and to increase; tho sum of hu
man happiness.
NoTinxu teaches us patience like the
garden. You may go round and watch
the open bud from day to day; but it
takes its own time, and you cannot urge
it on fu-tor than it will. All the best
results of the garden, like those of life
are slowly but regularly progressive,
Oxr. very cold night a doctor was
aroused from his slumber by a loud
knocking at his door. Aftersome hesi
tation he went to the window and asked
" Who's there?" " A friend," was the
reply. " What do you want ?" "Want
to stop here all night." "Stay there.
then," was the benevolent reply.
MATimws, driving Theodore Hool
out of town, perceived in the distance
a bridge which had been erected since
his hist visit to tho neighborhood, and
said: "A new bridge! I wonder who
has thought it worth while to build
that?" " I can't say," replied Hool
" but if you go over it you'll bo tnUal,
Ax advertisement in a New York pa
per promising, on the receipt of twenty
tlvo cents, to send a receipt to keep
water In wells and cisterns from freez
ing, a man In tho neighboring city
forwarded the currency and received by
return of mail tho following answer.
which may prove of value to some
of our readers : " Take in your well and
cistern on cold nights, and keep them by
the fire."
Wi: have read of cool cases before.
but nothing quite so barefaced os the
following: A stranger in Naples, while
reading a theatre bill In tho street, had
his hat stolen from his head. Ho turn
ed round with astonishment to discover
tho thief. Tho real, but unsuspected
logue, continued standing close at Ills
side, holding tho stolen hat tight In both
hands, and said conipa-slonately and
coolly to tho K'ngllshnian, "Sir, you
should have done as 1 ant doing, and
then you would have kept your hat!"
Two literary ladles were lately wit
Hesse-, in a trial. One of them, upon
hearing the usual questions tiskn
" What Is your name? and how old are
you?" turned to her companion and
said: "1 do not like to tell my agi
not that I have any objection to bavin
It known ; but 1 don't want It publish
ed lu all the newspapers." "Well,
said her witty friend, "1 will tell you
how you can avoid It. You havo heard
tho objection to all hearsay evidence
Ml them you d n'l know when you
were born, and .11 ymi kie w of it l,y
TOSLM'H 1UKULL .1 11. S. l'ISTIBt,
(ijilolllWl, Wlwt lli'Vln,)
lmiiorleis anil .lohhers of
jmv aoims,
Xo, i;NiiilhTh!ralrect,
l'hll.iuclphli.
It
FSSKLL WOODUIHV,
Wholin1p neuters In
TOll.UTO-M, I'lOAUM, I'll'US, AC, Ac,
Xo. IS Xoilh Thlrit Street, ahovo Market,
lMillailelphla,
JOHN C. YI'IAGKU & CO.,
whole dale Dcnleis in
HATscAIX, SSritAW (IO0DH, AX I)
IiADIlS' lTICs,
Xo. 2iT Xoith Thlnl Strei t,
Philadelphia.
c.
1 1). IIOBIIINS & CO.,
iuo.vii:itciiAXi's,
Xoithcnit corner of Second and VlncMictK
1'hlladclplila.
g L. BKTTLK,
with IlUMt.nUNN&CO.,
DItVClOOKS,
Xo. -II Xorth Thhd Street,
Philadelphia.
piUSHMUTH, BROTH KH &. CO.,
Wiiul.usAi.i: Ton.u'co di:.i.i;um,
Xo. 131 Km Hi Third Street,
live doors liptow ltacc,
ractorlc, Xos. Si) and 2T lluimy Street,
Phll-ulclphU
T V. LAM HURT,
Willi ItOSS, SIIOTT & CO.,
Importers and .lohhcisof
CLOTHS, l.'ASSIMP.ltns, VKHTIXUH, Ac,
Xo. 301 Market .street,
Philadelphia.
"UNGlCIilCH & SMITH,
wiior,i:sAi,r. (inocKits,
Xo. Xorth Third Stieet,
Philadelphia,
H. LONGSTHETH,
PAPr.it-HAXGixn w.utr.Hor.sn,
Xo. 11 Xorth Third Street,
Philadelphia.
Q W. HLAHON & CO.,
Manufacturer of
Oil, (TiOniS AXI) WINDOW SHADP-S,
Warehouse, Xo. 121 Xoilh Thhd Street,
Philadelphia.
M
M. MAKI'LK,
xorioxs, HosTiniY, or.ovr.si. axd
I'AXCYooons,
Xo. Xoilh Third Stieet,
Philadelphia.
piUUNIX STOVK DLl'OT.
in:ATi:ns, haxokw, axd htoviw,
Wholesale, and lictall.
PATIIXT AXTI-DUsr COOKIXO STOVK.
vrr.cAX nr.ATrn,
for hi at Inn two or more rooms.
PAltl.OII, COOKIXO, Ii.U'XIHtY, IIKATIXC1,
nnd every unkty of STOV1X
JOIIX I. ni:ss
Xo. .11!) Xorth Second Street, Philadelphia.
JOHN K. FOX & CO.,
STOCK AXD nXCHAXCir, IlIlOKUltS,
Xo. 11 South Third Mieet,
Philadelphia.
MT.CIE AXD DAXlC-XOTHst,
AM. KINDS OP STOCKS AXD WINDS)
houaht and sold on commission. Attention Klven
to collections on all ncees.slhle points.
K
TKNNICDY, STAIRS &. CO.,
wiioi.v.sam: itsii di:ali:i;,
Xos. 110 and 112 Xoith Wharves,
Philadelphia.
c
1HARLKS II. MARl'LK,
Impoitoraud Dealer In
I111ANDII'.S, WIXKS, (,'IXS, LIQUORS,
WIXi: HITTT.ltS, Ac,
Xo. 1?J Xoith Third Street,
ahoc Arch, west side,
Philadelphia.
jOYAL & ROYKlt,
Successors to
ciii.niniT, uoYAL vV co.,
wi iolcsali-: i mucin ists,
Iinpoiteisnud Dealers In
DliUCiS, MinilCIXIX, SPIC1M, PAINTS, OILS,
III.ASS, DYK STl'l-TS, Ac,
Xos. sou and nil Xorth Third Slu t,
Philadelphia.
TTAGICX, HO YD A- CO.,
COMM 1SSI0N M l-'.IICI lANTsS,
and Wholesale. Dealers in
LUAl-' AXD MAXUrACTUItUI) T0I1ACCO,
SUdAltS, Ac,
Xo, CI Xorth Third Street,
Philadelphia,
Consliuora can forward their slock "III lirmd,'
without prepaying Iho United Slates tax.
STAHLISHED 17!).l.
JOItDAX A IlIlOTIinit,
WHOLIXAM-: CiltOCUltM,
and Dealers In
SALTPiri'Ill-: AND llllI.MSTOXi:,
Xo Xoith Thiol Slrcct,
Philadelphia,
ILLHK HOST,
Kucccsson in Franklin P, Seltzer A Co.,
Iinpoitei-s nnd Wholesale Deahrs In
LIQU01W, WINUS, Aa,
Xos, 110 nml Ih-'NoithThlrdSIITel,
Philadelphia.
W. n. KOONS, AKcnt,
IlIoomklmrB, Pa.
yiLLIAM L. MADDOCTC .t CO.,
Dealers lu
FIN E U UliCEllI rs,
Xo .ismiili ri i.l Kin. ! . ,. l.ik.u. flank
1'ni .mi plna
CJMIH UNION HOTKL,
A tch Sited, hclwcen Third and fourth Street,
l'hlladellilil.i.
ciimsT wi:ni:u,
l'roiuletors.
JT. VHILVON HOTKL,
Xo-, 117 and 110 Xorth Hecond Street,
l'lilliultll'Iiln.
ft. Ilt.AIK,
S1
T. CHARLES HOTEL,
ox tih: EimorrjAN plan,
:im. m, 0-', 01, and to North Third Sti eels,
between Malki t Mid Aleh Htrcet,
Philadelphia.
ClIAllI,V.SKLi:CKXI'.Iti
Mananer,
Q.IHAH1) HOUSK,
Comer or xintn nun enesiniu -m-cu,
Philadelphia.
H.W.KAXAO.t,
Proprietor,
yATSON & .IANNEY,
Importers and Jonoers oi
SII.IC AND IWXOY imi8 HOODS',
HIIAWI,-', AC,
Xo.Wl Market Street,
Philadelphia.
A. HKNDltY,
Succesor to Jienury v iiarni,
Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealnr In
HOOTS AXIISIIor?4,
Xo. .Vi Xorth Third Street,
Philadelphia.
V. PETERMAN,
With LIITINCOTT & TUOIJ l.ll,
WIIOI.USALi: OIIOO'KIIS,
No. 21 Xorth Water Street,
nml Xo. 91 Xorth Delaware A ciiup,
Philadelphia,
QEORGE II. ROHEIITS,
Importer and Dealer lu
HAItmVAUK, CUTI.KRY, OUXS, Ac,
No. Ml Xorth Third Street, above Vine,
Philadelphia.
"OENJAMIN GREEN,
St
Dealer In
CAMTiTINCW, WINDOW SHADUS,
OIL CLOTHS, MATS, Ac,
Xo. St North Second Street,
Philadelphia.
J '. BEARD,
with LippiNcorr, bond a co.,
Munuf.iclureis and Wholeoalo Denlom In
hats, cain, runs, and straw goods,
No. 113 Market Street,
Philadelphia.
-jOWE, EUSTON & CO.,
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers- In
COTTON YARNS, CAHPUT CHAINS,
ll.VrTS, WICKS, TIE YARNS, CORDAOK,
I11100MS, WOOD AND WILLOW WAUH,
LOOK'O ('.LASSr.si, CLOCKS, FANCY BASKETS.
TAIILU, FLOOR, AND CAIUtlACli:
OILCLOTIIS.Ac,
No. 5M Maiket Street, south side,
Philadelphia.
J II. WALTEIt,
Lata Waller A Kaub,
Importer and Denier In
CHINA, GLASS, AXD O.UF.KXHWARK,
No. ill Noith Thhd Street,
between Race and Vino
Philadelphia.
ESTABLISHED 18i0.
J JOIINItllAKIRTACO.,
W I lOLI'.SA LU DRUGGISTS,
and Dealers hi
CHEMICAL'S, MEDICINES, PATENT MErR.
CINES, SPICES, PAINTS, OILS,
WINDOW GLASS,
VAHNISIIP.s, DYES, AC, Ac,
Southeiwt corner of Third and Ciillowhlll Rt.,
Philadelphia.
A RMBRUSTER & BROTHER,
u. V.
Importers and Jobbers of
HOSIERY, GLOVES,
SHIRTS AND DRAWERS,
I1U1TONS, SUSPENDERS,
HOOP SKIRTS, HANDKERCIIII-S,
THREADS, SEWINO SILKS,
TRIMMINGS, PORTE MONNAIEH,
SOAPS, PERFUMERY, FANCY GOODS, AND
NOTIONS GENERALLY,
Also Mainif.it hirers of
liKUSIIES AND LOOKING OLA-SSIS,
and Dealers In
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
imOOMS, ROPES, TWINIX, Ac,
Xo. aw North Third Street, above Vine,
Philadelphia.
QOTTRELL & AY RES,
Wholesale Dealers In
riSH, CHEESE, Ac, Ac,
Xo, ImlXoilli Wharves',
(.prowl door abovo Arch Street,
Philadelphia.
JAROROFT & CO.,
Importers nml Jobbers of
STAPLE AXD FANCY DRY GOODS, CLOTHS,
CASSIMKUES, 11LAXKETS, LINENS,
WHITE GOODS, HOSIERY, Ac,
Xos. iftj and 107 Market Street,
above Fourth, north kldo,
Philadelphia.
TV W. RANK'S
WIIOLUSAU: T011ACCO, BXUIT, AND
CIOAU WAREHOUSE.
Xo. 110 Xoilli Thhd fetreel,
between Clicrry uud Race, wcot klde,
Hilliulelphln.
JOSEPH S. DELL,
Manufacturer of and Wholesale Dcnltr In
CLOTHING, CLOTHS, CABSIMEttES, AN1
VKSTINGS,
N . riXorih Third hlirvi
Philadelphia,