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I.orlllard'M 'CENTURY1 Chewing Tobacco. This brand of F'ne Cut Chewinsr Tobacco ha no equal or supe rior anywhere. It is without doubt the best chewing tobacco in the country. Lorlllard'tt SNUFFS have new been in gen era! use in the United States over 1 IB years. and ia still acknowledged "the best" wherever used. C55fIf your storekeeper docs not hnve the articles for s:ile,ak him to pet them; they are sold by respectable jobbers almost everywhere. Circular of price- forwarded on application. P. LORlLLAItO Ot CO., Mew York. WK.I BCUHE9 X. X. JOH18. HUG II ES 4 JONES, WILHORE, PA., Successors to W. R. Hughes. EstalVd 1856. CEALKKB IK WM k DOMESTIC MEMAMSE COMli.Tl.NG OT A CENEEAL TA1I1IT If DRY GOODS. NOTIONS. HATS, CAPS. BOOTS, 8nOES, LTARDWAIIE, QEEENSWARE, CROCKERY, TINWARE, DRUGS. MEDICINES. OILS. FISH. Ac, Ac, Would invite particular attention to their large and splendid assortment of GOODS of every description, ail'! especially to the;r superb stock of BOOTS aud SHOES, every article of which will be sold vest cukap for cash or raccccx, or in exchange for all kind of Lumber. HIGHEST PRICES paid for PRODUCE. Wi 1 aUo deal in Hemlock and all other de pcriptions of LUMBER, a long experience in the Lumber trade enabling ua to deal prompt ly and satisfactorily with ali our customers. 5f In short, we will sell, for iiadt pat, Goods as cheap if not cheaper than any othsr dea!er in the county. Our motto shall be "Quick Sales, 'Small Profi's and Ready ray." By strict attention to buine-s and honest dculii g we expect to merit arid hope 10 receive a fair siiarc of public patronage HUGHES L JONES. Wilmore, Feb. 34, lt;70.-3in. Q II A M B E li Slll'RG NURSERY ASSOCIATION. J. S. Nixo. Prea't. I E. B. E.vgle, Sec'y. W. G. Rtfcn, Treas'r. T. B. Jenkins, Sup't. Chauiberibnrg, Franklin Co., Pa. The conductors of this establishment, esteem ing their chnracter and business reputa tion above transient gains, have determined to produce Such a quality of NURSERY STOCK aa shall give entire satisfaction to their cus tomers. They cultivate all varieties of fruit trkes, grapk vines, small, fruits, ornamental treks and shrubs, roses and heeding plants, that are grown by the very best nurserymen. The underlined has been appointed Resi dent Agent at Johnstown lor the above estab lishment. Catalogues supplied and full infor mation furnished upon application. W. L AKERS. Feb. 3. -2m. Johnstown, I'a. ryo THE LADIES OF EBENSBURG. MRS. LIZZIE T. EVANS, Late of Baltimore City, Md.t) MM fill FASCY Mil MAKER. lias opened a F ash ion able Dbe Making Es tablishment, i connection with Mme. Demo rest's Fashion EmpoiLirn, No . MS Broadway, New York, at ber residence on IIiou Stbckt. next door to the Congregational church. East Ward, Ebensburg. . . . Just Receivkd New and Elegant Patterns of all the lateht styles of Ladies' and Children's Dresses. Paris, Loudon and New York Fash ion in advance of published modes. Ladies and Children's Undergarments, of the moat ap proved styles, made to order on 6hort notice. Ebensburg, Feb. 17, lS70.-tf. ITOTEL l'KOl'ERTY in LOKE'ITO 11 TOR SALE. 1 he under signed offers for sale his well known and desirable TAVKItX ST A SO, with all the necessary outbuildings, such as a comroooious StaLle, Ice House, Warehouse, Cistern. &c. The House is in good repair. Term will be made easy. If uot sold before March 15ih the property will be for rent. Further iuformaiion can be obtained by ap plying to or addressing P. H. SHIELDS. Loretto, Feb. 3, lb'U.-tf. rALUAIJLE TAVERN PROl'EK- T TY FOR SALE ! That valu able and commodious Tavern Stand situate at Gallitzin, Cambria county, known as the Michael J . Smith prop erty, is offered for sale on reasonable1 terms. It is one of the most desirable stands in the county, is in an excellent state of repair and doing a thriving business. Possession will be given as soon as the sale is consummated. Persons desiring to purchase will call noon or address It. L. JOHNSTON. Jan. 6, 1870. tf. Ebensburg, Pa. OTELt k-KOl'EKTY FOR SALE OR TO LET ! That well established Tavern F-tand known as the National House, in the Borough of Fummitville, Cambria coun ty, is offered for sale or rent. Possession -will be given on the 1st day of April next. Apply to the owner on the wremifes. Feb. 17, 1870.-6t. HENRY HUGHES. E. L, JOHNSTON. J K. BCANLAN. JOHNSTON & SOANLAN, Attorneys at Law, Ebensburg, Cambria co., Pa. "Office opposite the Guirt House. Ebensburg, Jan. 8 1; 187.-tf. ' L.orlUard'8 ti Qui At L OAT UPON THE ICE. A TALE OF TUE ST. LAWRENCE. It was one day last February, when Ihe noble Si. Lawrence was covered with ice as bright as crystal and as smooth as a mirror, that in company with Letty Mutdaunt, I went out skating. The ice Avas over a foot in thickness, but a strong wind had a few days previously opened a channel in the centre of the river, in which much louse ice was floating. Lettie had never before had a pond to skate upon that would compare with it, and, as she wai an accomplished skater, she was de lighted. I have always maintained that a pretty cirl never appears to better ad- i vantage that when she is engaged in ska ! ting ; and I had always thought Lettie j was a very pretty girl and had become quite captivated by her charms ; but she never appeared half so lovely to me as upon this occasion ; and as we went bold ly forward, or circled in the most grace ful manner, you may depend that I enjoyed niyj-elf highly, and think that she did also. The river is about two miles in width where we were skating, and in the dis tance were to be seen the several islands that lie a short distance above the Gallop Rapid?, and are famed for their power, which is so great that no vessel can ap proach within a considerable distance of the lower part of them. There is a single channel through which steamers are some times piloted at favorable seasons of the year ; but to attempt to pass them out of the channel, or without skillful pilotage, would be the maddest of folly. There were a considerable number of skaters out with us ; but we struck out boldly for the centre of the river and soon were at a distance from them. We did not stop until within n few rod of the open water, knowing as we did that the ice was sufficiently strong to bc&r us. We had skated three or four miles, and felt the necessity of resting a few moments, aiid accordingly stood for a while, gazing upon the blue waters ol the flowing river and the surrounding scenery, which is very fine. I rather think that I enj-t an occasional glance at the features of my fair companion, which were.radiant with the glow of excitement occasioned by the exercise of skating. We stood there rath er longer than we intended to, for we car ried on an animated conversation and the moments passed swiftly. At length Let tie suddenly romaiked : "Look where we are." "I see," said I, not comprehending her meaning. 4Uad you forgotten it ?" "We are farther down the river than we were when we stopped. We were then opposite to that windmill," pointing to the ruins of one that stood upon the oppesi'e bank, a relic of the last century, about half a mile above us. Somewhat surprised at this, I looked around us, and was not long in discovering the cause of the change. We were afloat! The ice upon which we were standing had become seperated from the main body and carried away by the action of the current. As it was a large piece, being at least one eighth of a mile in extent, I felt no very great apprehension in regard to our safety, thinking it would soon float against the edge of the firm ice, so that we could easi ly get off' it, and so havo the occurrence to remember only as a pleasant adventure. I assured Lettie that there was.no danger, and we patiently waited for the current to release us from captivity upon our floating island, continuing our conversation as cheerfully as before. My expectations were not fulfilled, for in about half an hour we had reached the open river where the rapidity of the current had either car ried away the ice or prevented its forma-, tion, and now the fearful truth flashed upon my mind. .We were going directly towards the Gallop Kapids, and at a rate that would bring us to them in less than an hour. Lettie must have noticed the expression of my countenance, for 6he clung to me and said: "Do not fear to alarm roe by telling me the worst. Are we not in very great danger f "I am afraid that we are," I replied ; 'but keep up your courage and we will hepe for the best." Eagerly I scanned the surrounding land, hoping to observe some one whose atten tion I might attract. I skated round the edges of the ice and halloed as loudly as poseiblrt, but the wind made it impossible for me to be beard at any great distance, and we were unnoticed. It now blew quitoviolently, and caused the, water to run over the ice, rendering it qnite diffi cult for us to stand up, and breaking up the ice that we were upon, rendering it still smaller and threatening to hasten our doom. On we drifted, hope fading as we passed onward, '-and the voice of death seeming to Bound in the distant roar of the rapids that was trow to be faintly heard in the distance. L gave up all hope of attracting attention, and returned to Lettie. "Be as firm and brave as possible," said I, addressing her; "for unless there is a special intervention in our behalf, 1 do not see what can save u from running into the rapids. The ice will be dashed to pieces, and we must perish.'' I had feared that she would be over come at hearing this ; but, although as pale as the ice that we were standing upon, and hardly able to stand without support, she bore it bravely. "Is there no hope ?" she faintly in quired, her tone indicating that the did not expect an affirmative answer. ' I see no possible chance of escape," I replied ; and our speed continued to in crease and louder grew the roar of the rapids as we neared them. "How lon will it be before we shall reach them!" she asked. "We cannot have but a few minutes longer to spend upon earth," I replied. She leaned upon me, but I ftlt stronger when supporting her than when alone. I saw no way to avert our fate, and expect ed to bs in eternity in a short lime. Al though life was dear to me, I would most willingly have relinquished it, if by so do ing hers could have been saved. Yet the the fate that decreed that we were to die together, robbed it of all its terrors as far as I was concerned. It was then I real ized how much I loved her, and I felt I could not die without tellii.s her of it. 44Lettie," said I, "we shall soon be at the rapids, but I cannot die without tell ing you how dear you are to me. 1 would quickly sacrifice my life to save yours ; but that is denied me. If we were spared I would offer you the homage of a lifetime. Will you now accept it for all eternity f" A faint flush overspread her cheeks as I ceased speaking, the last time I thought that they would ever be crimsoned before they were cold in death. She clung still closer to me, and a firmer pressure of the ha nd was the sufficient and only answer. I felt thstb-I was loved ! For a few moments we were both silent. I noticed that her tears were flowing, and the sight of them almost caused me to lose my self-possession. We had already pass ed several of the islands that stud the river immediately above the rapids, and our rate of speed was constantly increas ing. I drew her closely to me, and en deavored to prepare myself for the ap proaching moment, when we would go down together" to a watery grave. My mind was busy, and I wondeied how long it would be before our fate would be known ; of the various conjectures that our disappearance would give rise to ; and where our bodies would be found, or if they would become entangled among the rocks and our fates never known, aud if in the death-struggle we could still maintain hold of each other, and our spirits soar up in unison. I also wondered in what man ner our deaths would be announced in the journals of the day. Whether it would be a "melancholy accident," or if we were found clinging to each other, a3 a "ro mantic casualty," and fancied what the emotions of various persons would be when they learned of it. Thpse reflections were all stopped by my noticing a fisherman's hut upon au island only a short distance from us, with a couple of men engaged at work in front of it- I pointed it out to Lettie, and said, "We may yet be saved, if I can only at tract their attention. Have courage aud 1 will attempt it." I left her and proceeded to the extreme edge of the ice nearest to the island, and then gathering all my breath for an effort, called to them. As our lives depended upon the result, of course, 1 made a much louder noise than I could upon an ordina ry occasion, although my emotion wa9 at ! first so great that I could hardly control my voice. At length I succeeded, " and had the sutisfaction of seeing a boat put out after us. Although we were at some distance from them, and going very rap idly. I had no doubt that they would overtake us. Just as everything seemed to be well again, I was surprised to hear a cry from Lettie, which caused me to look round quickly. I was 6tartled by the new aspect of affairs. The ice. owing to the action of the waves, and my weight upon one edge of it, had parted, and we were upon separate pieces. Lettie had sunk down upon the ice and was gazing earnestly towards me. The pieces of ice were caught in eddies and went off in op posite channels ; but it was with the great est delight that I saw the boatman row after her, leaving me to my fate, and when I had passed the island and looked back, I saw that she was rescued. Safo in the boat ! my feelings almost overcame me ; and if ever I earnestly re turned thanks to an overruling Provi dence, it was then. Although I was at a considerable distance from her, I caught a last glance, and saw that, although al most fainting, she was gazing after me. I knew that the boatman would not think ot following me, for I was now upon the edge of the rapids. The principal events of my life passed rapidly in review thro' my mind, and my memory was very ac tive ; but the sweetest remembrance of all was of that moment during the last hour, when Lettie confessed that she loved me. The last hope had fled, and I was cal culating the moments that would elapse before the ice would be dashed to pieces, when turning round to take a farewell look at earth and sky, I saw a canoe, propelled by a couple of skillful voyagers, coming rapidly after me ; but although it fairly seemed to skip over the waves, it hardly seemed to gain on me. The water dashed over the cake of ice, and I was wet and almost insensible. The pursuing craft reached me just in time to save me, and I saw that it was one of light birch-bark, and that my rescuers were Canadian In dians. It was drawn out upon the ice, and I was placed in the bottom of it and cautioned to , lie perfectly still. Then, J launching itj they seized their paddles and devoted their eaerjiea to the raanaaioat of their frail craft. It was impossible to proceed back, so over the rapids we went. No craft other than like the one that we were in, and guided by experienced per sons, would have ever gone through safe ly. Now running within a few inches of a rock, now circling around the outer edge of an eddy, and then skipping over the boiling waters and plunging down a water fall. A motion of mine or a false stroke of theirs would have capsized us and eent us all into eternity. But we were safe ; aud 1 quickly rejoined Lettie, who soon recovered from the effects of her ride. I rewarded my rescuers as well as money could do so, for snatching me from the jaws of destruction, and they were more than satisfied. Lettie and I will soon be j lined in wed lock ; and I hope that our voyage down the stream of life may be more pleasant than was our excursion down the St. Lawrence. Your Cliaiifirc, Sir. One of the most nondescrip specimens of humanity called dandies, traveling through Connecticut a fow days since in his own or borrowed conveyance, was brought up with a "round turn" at a toll- gate, which be designed to pass without paying the usual fee. When he found himself in limbo, from which he cou!d not escape "forking over," he ii.quired of a young lady who was in attendance at the gate, how much he had to pay before he could pass the formidable barrier. "Three cents, sir, is the charge for single wagons," replied the young lady. "Three cents is a three pence, the half of a six pence ; one of the smallest bits of silver in use, eh ! young woman am I right ?" said the dandy, feeling his pock ets for the change. "Three cents, sir, if you please," said she" "In your office of higlucOTan, young icomaii, you will substract the amount of your demand from this piece, and return me the balance as conveniently quick as your ordinary locomotion will allow," said the dandy gentleman, at the same time purposely dropping a shilling piece into the mud beneath his wagon. "Ah ! there it is in the mud, I declare. I would cot dirty my fingers for twenty of them." The young lady took the shilling from the mud, where he had dropped ir, went into the house, and returned with nine cents which she placed immediately under the wheel, where she had taken up the shilling. "Ilillow, billow, young woman, what is it you're doing ?' said the dandy. Why don't you put the coin in my hand, eh ?" The girl archly replied : "Sir, I found your money under the wagon ; there you will find your change." And as she turned to go into the house, she gave the feifow a most significant smile, and added: "I wouldn't dirty my fingers for twenty of them'? would you, Mr. Dandy-mn ? ha, ha, ha there's your change, sir," and she closed the door. The gentleman dismounted, picked up "his coppers," and was off" at full speed, impatient to get out of sight and hearing. If he should ever happen in that country again, he will take care how ha makes change with Yankee girls. Answers to Correspondents The following notices are selected from a hu morous cotemporary : "No nolis will be took from this date, hereafterwards, ov letters that haint got a postage stamp onto. them. Don't write only on one side of the manuscript, and don't write on that. Don't send a manu script unless you can read it after it gets dry. We pay, all the way up hill, from ten cents to one dollar for contribution, according to length ;"and settlements made promptly at the eDd of the next ensuing vear. Poetry and prose pieces are res pectfully solicited. The highest price for awful railroad smashes and elope ments -with another man's wife. No swearing aloud in our paper." "Isaac Your article on 'frogs' is re ceived. It makes us laff like lightning. Your idea that frogs was discovered by Kristopber Columbus, in the year 1492, has slipped our memory." "Noah. We very humbly dekline your essa on the flood. Your remarks might possibly lead one more man to think as you do, and we don't want our columns to be held responsible for increasing the number of phools. The world has al ready got more phools than there is any need of." A Ger5ian Custom. A letter from Weimar says they have two very pretty customs there connected with the erection of houses. One is that a young child al ways drives the first nail into one of the timbers, and an inscription is placed upon the wood, bearing the name and age of the child, date of erection, &c. Then When the house is raised, a few planks are laid for flooring in an upper story, when the master builder, his workmenj and all well disposed friends assemble to sing a song of praise to God for their safe accomplish ment thus far of their undertaking. Then a band of music plays, numerous bottles of wine are drank, and there are speeches, toasts and huzzas from stentori an German throats. , "I'll be around this way in a minute,' as the eceon'dhand said to tho pendulum. A WARKISG TO DIOTUEIIS. BY JOHN QUJLL. The following account of the latest ni-tro-glicerine accident is too funny to be witheld : This horrible tale was related to me by Archibald Haggcrty, the young gentleman who blacks boots ; "Mr. Quill, you see Joe McGinnis and me, and a lot of us fel lers was a plajin' marvels down to Pine Street wharf one day ,and Joe McGinnis had no luck. He bio wed on his alley, and said conjuriu' over it, aud spit on it, and said 'fen every things, but't wan't no use for us fellers won hi6 commoners and his bull's eye, and his gla6S agate, and his white alleys, until Joe just busted out a cry in' and went an J set down on a board, and rubbed his fists into his eyes like he was tryin' to gouge 'em. And us fellers we didn't pay no attention to Joe McGiu nis, and we went on playin, and never saw that Joe had gQne and sot down on a place where soma feller had been thip piu this year nitro-glycerine. And that there stuff, you know, Mr. Quill, it had been and leaked out all over that there board on which Joe McGinnis was a set tin, and the first thing Joe McGinnis knowed, his pants was soaked with nitro glycerine, like he had sot down in a river. Yes, it was. And Joe McGinnis when he felt it a gettin' damp, he pranced home and tho't he'd dry them pants of his'n by the stove. But, you know, old Mis. Mc Ginnis, when 6he scid Joe, she was mad as fury, and the just rose right up and snorted : "I say, j'ou Joe, you outrageous willin where'v you bin with them there pants? ' "And then old Mrs. McGinnis she just made a rush for Joe, Mr. Quill, and she grabbled a hold of doe, and lay him acoss her lap this here way, you know. Then she lelted up that there number ix-tcen fist o hern intendin to spank Joe McGin nis like sin. But when she struck that nitro-glycerine, Mr. Quill, wasn't there a regu'ar bustin' out of tilings! Je-ru-sa-lem ! I guess so ! There was a kind of a grumble and roar, and a raria , tarin' , thunder and lightnin' explosion, and then about thirty bulion of earthquakes all run into one, and Joe McGinnis was blown through the windows and the door, and the tire place, in little bits of chunks about the size of a marvel, and he never knowed what ailed him, while Mrs. McGinnis went a pitchin through the ceiliu and the garret about'tcn thousand miles, along with chairs and stovepipe, aud pans, and cats, and soup-tureens and one thing another ; and she never come down again, she didu't. And that was what ailed Joe McGinnis, as sure as you're born. And now, Mr. Quill, couldn't you give a fel low a quarter for Christmas V - It was a sad fate, that of young Joseph McGinnis ; and what a solemn warning it conveys to mothers. How careful should every parent be to examine hor child'is trowseru with chemical tests for nitro glycerine before inflicting punishment. Let mothers lay the lesson to heart and resolve hereafter to exeicise loving vitiil unce, les the)', too' should peiish as this wretched Mrs. McGinnis did, without a chance to gel off'anv last words. Certain Signs When the roosters are observed before daylite in the morning soreitig aiming the kluuds, and uttering Umcntations, then look out for some sud den weather and a severe pucker in the money market. When yu see 13 geese walking Injun file and toeing in, you can deliberately bet yure last surviving dollar on a hard winter and a great tiuctiousness during the next season in the price of cowhido boot. - If pigs sq-ieal in the nitc, aud grasshop pers c me ph ov their roost and mingle in a free fight, you may hope for high winds in a few weeks, and also the typus fever injure naboihood When spiders are seen climbing up the wall backwards, and frog cough as if they had tho hicups. look out for rain. This iz also a sure sign that children will have the measles light. If bees hang around their hives, and mules are seen in a brown study, a storm cf some kind is cooking, and yu will nolUs the market for herring is very cadaverous and chilly. Jist before a heavy sno stormy of 3 foot deep, chimbly swallows are uncommon skarse, and in the moral world lhie iz a grate lazyness in the agytashun of the temperance question. When hens lay 2 eggs a day, and men cease to bragg and wimmin cease to cack kle, then Injun summer draws ni, and the Millenium aiu't fur oph. Josfi Billings' A.lmunac. A Good Thing. A gentleman from Illinois, who thought himself peculiarly fitted to represent the country abroad, fol lowed Mr. Lincoln with great pertinacity, button-holing him at all limes and in ever place without the slightest mercy. Fi nally the President, with a pleasant smile, asked him if he could speak Spanish. "No." "Well, learn Spanish, and I'll tell you of a good thing you can get." After three months of hard study, the would be diplomat returned to the charge, reminding the President of his promise and assuring him that he had thoroughly mastered the Spanish language. Well," said Mr. Lincoln, "I promised to tell you of a good thing you could get. Get Don Quixote and read it ; it will make you laugh." ' A iPIeasaut Tucitlcut. . One of the pleasant things -we saw Co our late journey was a glimpse of two lit tle sisters of chanty. Somewhere above Fitchburg, as we stopped for twenty minutes-at a station, 1 amused mjSelf by looking out of a window at . a pretty waterfall which catrio tumbling over tffe rocks, and. spread into a wide pool that flowed up to the railway." Close by stood a caltlo train, and the mournful sounds that came from it touched my heart Full in the hot stin stood lha cars, and every crevice of room between the bars across the doorway wns "filled with pathetic nose. sniffling jeagezly-at the sultry gusts that blew by,' wrth now and then u fresh er pool that lay dimpling before them. How they must have sull-red, in sight of water, with the cool dash of the fall tan talizing them, and not a drop to wet their poor parched mouths. The cows lowed dismally, and the bheep tumbled one over the other, in their frantic attempts to reach the blessed air, bleating so plaintive ly the while, that I was tempted to get out and see what I could do for them. ' But the time was nearly up, and while I hesitated two littlo girls appeared, and did the good deed much better than, I could have done if. 1 couldn't hear what they said ; but tlnir friendly little faces grew quite lovely to me, in spite of the tan, the old hats, the bare feet and shabby gown?, as they worked aWay so heartily. One pulled off ber aprori; and spread it on the grass, emptying the berries from her pail upon if, ran to the pod and returned with it diipping, to hld it up to the suffer ing sheep, who stretched their hot tongues gratefully to meet it, and lapped the pre cious water wiih an eagerness that made little Barefoot'e task a hard one. But to and fro she ran, never tired, though the small pail was soon empty -r and her friend meantime pulled great handfuls of clover and grass for the cows, and having no pall, filled her "picking-dish" with water to throw on the poor dusty ho?ps appeal ing to her through the bars. I wish I could have told the tender-hearted chil dren how beautiful their compassion made that hot, noUy place, and what a sweet picture I took away with me of those two little tisters of charity. Jer ry's Museum. The Wonders. This world of ours is filled with wonders. The riiicroscope re veals them not less than the telescope, each at either extreme of creation.. In the insect creation, particularly, there i so much to know that has never, been dreamed of wheels with'.ri wheels, with out computation or number. Let us take a rapid glance at the proofs of this state ment. the polypus, it ia said, like the fa bled hydra, receives new life from the knifa which is lifted to destroy if. The flv spi der lays an eg us large as itbelf. There are four thousand and forty-one muscles in the caterpillar. IKoke discovered four teen thousand mirrors in the eye of drone; and to effect the rcsp'nution' of u carp, thirteen thousand three hundred ar teries, vessels, veins, bune;4 etc., arv ne cessary. The body of evrry spider con tains four little masses pieiced with a multitude of imperceptible holes, each hole permitting the passage of a single thread ; all the threads, to the -amount of a thousand to each mass, joined toge'.hi r when they come out, an! make tho sin- gle thread with wh'u-h the spider spins its wtb ; so that what we call a hpider'a tin i ad consists of more than four thousand united. Leuwhenock, by means of mi croscojes, observed spiders no bigutr than the grain of stand, and which spii'i threads so fine that it took four thousand of them to equal in magnitude a fiirgle hair.--Ptoplu's Home Journal. IZemarkaulk Lakes The most le mai kable lake perhaps in the world is the Dead Sea, the waters of which contain bitumen as well us salt ; this bitomcuj which is called the "bitumen of India" is no other than the asphaltum which has caused some authors to call this ea Lake Asphaltum. The land which border on this lake contains a great quantity of bitumen, and many have applied the fables to this lake which the poets feign of the L ke Avcrn us, that no fish could live in U, and that birds that attempted to fly over it were suffocated; but neither of these lakes pro dure such mortal events ; fish live in both, birds pass over them, and men bathe in them without the least danger. Such, indeed, is the specific gravity of the water from the fluid holding in eolu tion nearly onefonrth of its weight of its various salts that it would be difficult for a man to sink in it. A petrifying lake in Ireland is also mentioned as remarkable, and the Lake Neagh has also the same property bf ap parently turning wood into slotie. But these petrifactions are no other than in crustations like the water of ArfcuSlI, near Paris. : mm Smart. Who ii the shortest man men tioned in the Bible ? Knefc-high-miah. Bedford (Ind ) Independant. How about Bild;i1, the Shubite (sboo heicht) ! Owybe Wave . Why, man, Tui (o.'-hi'') ki.. cks t'' docks from your Shuhito; and curtaiJy Io a in mi (low am I) stood Ihe thortest of all Idaho-World.- The be9t eure for dirt is the water curs. V
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