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Otlierfpn 1 oi ti, tucif tj,v wni only r ' '"' eoiiviiieed. v ,','f " ,;",,'s hii i Shoes attended ,' ' 1 l Avoi !.i.iau,ke iii.iiiuer. , In yoi I ,.,. eonlideiit that ...1 .', v':' "" " ;' '" I mo tan con ' 1 or t lie- ' Ii,!.'. John i). THOMAS. J M V,5"o.-'- r-, respect fully - - tin. I mmodiatclvli. Vfflc' !. .7 ' v ' "nir .;.,. SM-rht .r?nr ' f iV of Mrt. bunn, mi Cr3W Ayer's Cathartic Pills, I For 1'ie relief nni rurc oi all dcrnngo. nu.-nts in tiie stom ncli, l.vcr. ami how cl. They are a mild Pl'eiicni, anl an vt.'llont pvivrntive. IJfinsf mrc!y vc?p- i.iine, inoy contain rfafci-- i no mercinyor m ra! whatever. M Xift... fericui? sickness in in c- MiircriiiR is rovciit- pii nv mpir tmu'lv lc: (Hid orrry f;imilv shonl.l have them on hand t r tiicir i)rfU--ii.tn and rcliof, when required, i.onjf cxiiei iencp has jn-oved them to be the af T-i, furi.-i. an. i iiet 01 a 'I ln? 'iM with which A.,ft n.,arKc? I'.y their occasional use, i exello.f, ol.strnetions removed, and the Whole machinery of life resto-ed to its healthr uiiiny. inieniai ortr;ms whu h become rloiriri'd ad sniff.irh.li arc eler.n.-id by Airr'n I'iltt, aii'l Fimuil.ited into act-on. Tlnn ineitiient dieao is Hianirod tnto health, the vjilne of which chanse, when reckoned on the va.-t iiiultitudes who eniov it, can hardly he computed. Tlisir mi par coatinir make - " them .ii-.sHiit to take, and preserves their virtues iniiiiipaii-ed for any lenptli of time, so i.wti nicy are ever iresii, ami perieetiy rename. Althoinrh searchinp, they are mild, and ojiprnte witiiom. disturbance to tliecoiit-titiition,ortiiet,or occupation. l'ull directions arc piven on tlic wrapper to each box, how to ii -e them as a Fainiiv Thysic, find for the following coiillilaints, wliicll Uiee J'iff rapidly cure: Kor r!Viiiii r Cndiiroarloia. I.ll.. nt. I.iins'iior and . of , f'li". they tiiouni oe i.'iheu inoocraiciy 10 siimniaie tne tlolll iV'h, and restore it licallhy tone and action. t or I,l r itplif til and its various svrep toma, Vtilioii Ito;a Itc. Kirk IIhiI ndir. J anmlicr or r--ii MirLnrM, llil iona oiir an 1 IlilioiEO l rr, they should lie judiciously taken foreac'i cae, to correct tlie Jlieased action or remove the obstructions which cmi.se it. For l).T3itirr or llfarrhipii, but one mild doe is pener.-illv reo'iired. l or 11 IttMimut iiir. (onr. H rarrl, riI fiitatlora f tlr Elmrt. Pain in tli flJ.. Ilitrk and loina, thev should be contin uously taken, a reipiired. to change the diseased nctioii of the s- stem. Villt such change those complaint di -appear. For Ji-ojT and Irr?;lcsl rltinsr, they fhoiild lie l ikcn in large ami frequent ilosts to produce the effect cf i lr.itic purge. For Aiitrfioit. a luge ilii'c should be taken, o-j it produces the dc.-ired effect bv ?3-m-nthy. A" lHuurr fill. t:.ke one or two Villa to j.roMiote diire-iioti and relieve the stomach. An occajo;i.-! dvo stimulates the stomach nnd liTO'11!, ri'-tore- fin a)pci ite, ami invigorates tlm system. Ileive il is oilen advanl.igcous where Jio serious ileran'renieul ei-ls. One who feels tolei-abi'.- well. p'"n inula that a dose of these jf;. make- !ii:n IcH decidedly better, from their '!eansiiip aiui renovating eilect on tho digestive Itjiparaf.is. ruFPARKP v.y lt: .J. C. .1 mi S- C O.. Vmctlrnl Chemists, I OiWLI., MASS., l S. A. iOH SALE fcy ALL l'ilL'GOISTS EVEJiV'IlEB& 177 p VV JLJ 5?. tfTVi: Furniture , KCi f n5"on Blankets, Quilts, all ih'kt A'lTirf.nS to be TOc'X l l ii y FI'IIN'l.Ti 'iK ANll l:KlH)'N M'D'JK in s city, and at I'liti AS i.ow asti' low; ,r. AMOS HI1.80BX & (U, 21 & 23 North Tenth St. ,,,,, p;;iiABapA5 pa, OSWli(i( SiSvw filoss KlsireEa. FOR THE LAUMORY, a m fa tim:i:: r.Y T. KINGSFORD &L SO?Uf I'as bkcoiil; a liorsF.imi.n a j:ci:ssity. It.' great ex. eilenco has tneriied the com inenda t,ou ! Knii.pe for American inaiiulac: me. Pulverized Corn Starch fill- l'A nt'.n tv T. KINGSFORD & SOW, Kxpt s'lv for 1 od, when It is properly i.i..o .aio l'ud. lings a ii( s-ei-i oi j.reat excellent c. ale by nil tirs;-elass ir.-er-s. 9 il.lm. 33 H JS2L3STr A!m' id bv iirofesslon-il I;ooU.l:.clis and Hi'tci l'oi U-rs l. be tho Eg! Slioe IMim ia Worli s. SIXKY & CO., 7V A- 17 tt'tuhinfoH St. A. J M ISI fAC, I I-5.1S OF St.r lolii. ailll-. 4--:,..l.. hvaM Dele . I -...-. PITTSBURGH, PA. Thu most complete institution tn tho Unlttd States for tl.e tHorough, practical c-lneation of the jouni? i..l mi Idlo fel man. hevln; the largent patronaire and the hest facilltie for instruction of any businrsi eollegs in exiufnce. Si it'hum KrrrltH il "T Time. ForclrcutariijiIrlnK rull in formation at-omirs of study, method of Instruction, neeessery expen ses, eti., address, J. C. SMITH. A. M.. -ll.-2.u. rr"-"!1- 077 mi A WEEK guaranteed to Male and Fe malo A nts, in their own locality. J vruTV.. trrr it Hart euierl tree- KEuiP ALWAYS UN HAND jENDID EDEXSoUPtG, Tl,c ?mz. "Vlio Trote "The Hi vena-of llm Dead?" Tn is in tl.e question, atn v; answer that it vras t'oloiial Theodore 1 liira, of Kentucky. He served in the Mexican war and also ia the war of the rebellion, first as, colon. d in an A l;0):una. regiment, and afterwards as chief of stall' to General i'.reekiitri.tge. Us died in l: r.7 on an Alabama plantation, and the LeginliiturK of iCentneky have troiolt, his remains home for intei inenl, with those tt other Kentucky 5oM;crs, 111. tier a tii"tiu inent ereetrd by the Sjtale. 1 1 is poem ii-f-sv iis inspiiaiioii from scCheS in the .Me.xicau Avar, and lliese iirr ils stanzas: The tiiiilileil drum's s.i.i roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo : Iu more on lif'.s parade shall meet That brave and lallen lew. On fame's eternal ampiug roiui(i Thir silent tents are spread, And glory guards, wih snioimi round, ''he. biVoimC of tho dead. No rumors of the fo.-'s advance ..ow swelli upon tlie wind, No I rou bled t bought t 111 el 11 igh t haunts Uf ioved ones h-It iK-hiu.i ; No visions of the utorrox htrii'e The warrior's urcam alarins, No braying leiru nor scrcJ;nnig fife At M:icu ⅈ!l call to arms. Their shivered swor S re red with rust, 'J'hi'ir p.iitiii .i h. a,..i ie oowt il, Their haughty banner, trailed 11. dust, Is now iheir maiti.ii shroud A ud plenteous funeral tears have wtlMie 1 i'he icd stums from call Ihuh , A ud the proud forms, by battle pt..iei', A ni iie l'l om itiiouisli now. The neighing troon, the Hashing blade, 'i'iie buyle'rt stirring blast, Th- charge, the ! road nil cannonade. The 1J111 ;iid hout are parsed Nor war s wild note, nor gioty's jteal, fehiill thrill with ln.-rco ueliht Those breasts that never more !u:iy t'eol The rapture 01 ihe light. Iike the tierce Northern hurricane That sweeps his gr'?at plateau. Flushed with the triumph yet to j;t:u Came down i!i serried toe Who heard the thunder 1 tlie fray lireaiv o'er 1 110 ib id belie.it h, J.ne.w well the w .ibd.word if tliat day 'as victory or death. I'uii many a i. other's breath has swept O'er A i.gos. oia's plain, A ml 'ong l lie pitying sky has wept AooVc looi'iei" 11 si.iiii. The iaven':, .-. leaoi or eagle's lijht, r shepherd's pensive lay, A nl:l IU.W Wa e each Mi'. 'lllll height . ha .rowneu o'er that.i'.icad liay. Sens of ihe Hark and IsIooi'y .r mu.l I Ve must not siiimtx-r 'here, V here stranger steps and tongues resound Along the heedless air ; Your own proud laud's heroic soil inill lie your tiiter grave : F"-. claims from w;rr jir richest spoil The ashes of Iit brave. Tims, 'm ath their parent lurf they rest, i.il" 1 i 001 ..'egi:v iiehl. U01111; to a Sjiar.au mother's breast ''11 many a o'ukmIv shield. Th" sunshine of t h -f r K.'itive sky SlriiI:S tll'.il' Oil tln in h .re. An.' kindred eyes a. id hearts watch b.v The heroes' sejittli lire. If mi, em' a'n:.-.i and sainted d- :. .' ")"iir a.-, tee 'oi..o ; ye g tre. No ititpiims tootsiep hero shall tread The he! bag" 01' your gr:i e. " Nor s.hail yo.ir glory 1.- forgot While Fame her n-eord i;eeps, i Honor iioin is t he haiio-Afi spot Vv'hert aior proudly sleeps. Yntt I'nnrble lu'nistrers vnice!es sroue In deathbs surg -d.nl! :!!, When t'laiiy vuuishad y.-ur lmil:.ft v:i, 'i in: .:.-- t. -.-- v.- t. : ' or n rci-li, nor change, nor win ter's bi ijjht, Nor lime' reinorseless doon:, fan dim oi-e r.iy of h.il.v light That giids your glorious tomb. r. he work! knows by heart h.iw the di vine Aio:art astonished theorists by eailj' deve'iojiuient of his musical gift ami iy the laiesl tii'.ttnjihs of bi.5 genius, lie jo.iycd the piano accurately at ;hiee years of ago ; con. posed atrsix, and conduced the tct foi manoe of Ids nias cs r.i twelve. l:e en joyed in this tcspec. a j.ioiiiicp ve not, gained by any other of ihe gvoat masters. I Iiavc just had a half hou:',, interview with a modern 3ioart--a liitle gi.l. who may some day imitate her great proto.ypc and give to the world what is now scaieely known, music composed by n woman. So fa :.s her little life has gone she is more ih.in equal lo ?.!o:;ii. She wasji'st.hc years old -ct. f. At the age of sr-ven months, when placed wi hiu teach of the keyboard of a piano, her thumbs we. it down on the keys in a maimer that brought no discoid, and she manifested unmistak able delight at the sounds produced. After that the pir.no became her favorite anutse t.ient. She was placed bcfoie it and al lowed lo play for hours at a lime. Her parents obserted with delight and wonder that she soon had method in her playing, and that she rndersiood harmony. When two years o.d she composed music. At three she had made rapid progress, and now at live she evince no abatement ol the keenness of her musical mind. Her name is Ihe Mansfield Ever sol p. She is the daughter of Dr. A. ('. l'rersole, now living in Da ton. Her mother is a music teacher, and hast an inherited talent for music. Dr. Evtrsole knows music by study but lias no particular nai ural aptness for it. This is their only child. t lie is as sweet and pretty as a blonde, lithe and graceful in form, w iih fair silken hair, large, expressive blue eyes, and a happy though thoughtful face. Her attainments in general knowledge arc scarcely less remarkable than her nrusr eal genius. "When she was sixteen months old she learned i-he alphabet in a few days, and was delighted, oil being carried along the street to spell out the signs. A year ago she could read well enough to read to her father the yellow fever news in the pa pers, in which he was much interested. She knows the names of all the States, and eftn tell their relative location. She is al PA., Fin DAY, OCTOHEtt 30, 1S7 4. well v'ersvti in European g-eography. All this she has lea; nod wilhoiit loachinp; i'.i the ordinary vy. i:er f.iiker gives her tu task, h only answers her quest br.is. Her knowledge of gjeography was bbldincd fibni iiificclinvj (f an aiia.;. Whenever she hears r.ny cil y or jiJaee nioniionod she goes l. her nl las to locate ii, and theroai'icr she leiiienibeis wlicre it is. She talks wiih a freed-. tn and clearness thai shows the supet ior itialii y of her mind and the unusual quantity of knowledge stored in her young head. She is quile at ease in talking; with straug-crp. A physi cian was introduced to her in ny presence, when the following dialogue ensued : I'hysieian I am a. doctor, I.se, like your father. Jtow ch you like the medical profession ? i-osu .quietly1! Oh, I don't, like it at all. Fhysician Well, it is rather a hard life. I suppose you like better 10 be a musician ? K ise Yes, 1 always did. Physician You mean you have always liked il since you wete a little giil? IJose So, sir, I mean I always liked it . was a little girl. i'h.v .- ic.au Not when you wet? a little baby.1 jJosc Of cu,-s3 not. I only had fat, chubby hands when 1 was a baby, and co'.itdii't play ai all. Physician t his gentleman by my side, Hose, is a uewsj-aper man. I lead his pro ductions every day. Uosc Do you '.' I shouM think you would lalhcf read jour own. Fhystciuu I do not wiiie, neither do I sing. I don't know "Old. Hundred'' lioiu "Yankee Doodle.' U sc I '... Her father uses language in talks to her that would puzzle inm-i chiidieu of much larger growth. Tint with all her wisdom she manifests a wholesome childish love of play. While pl-vyir.g on the piano her eyes would sjiasiilc as she I'.illuvi cd ihe toiiipiiigs of children in the room. Her pkiy'.ng is not by ai.y means l-riliiant h-nv could it. be when her little feet dangle hopelcs-dy high above reach of tho jiedais, and her arms sire itiiic too short to si re! eh across the key-hoard? The womler is that she can p'ay n nli at such a.n age. She plays almost anything that she has heard, but, her genius is sitowi: in n stroug. cr light by the- music which she produces fioi.i her owii Liaiii. She is an iintef.ulg stblif compose:-.. Sen. etiir.es for an hour her ti:!gcts w.i.idcr over ihe keys, not aimless';.-, b-ii v. Mi the faultless touch of a true j;.::: bringing out her c'.iiuiish ttr.it..; N'.l t'.toCie.i. Site i.eve:- ciimni's a 1 Sill. tier h;u monies sire ulw;:ys perft ci. Iv.oig my interview with Ler. her father asked her to play : march, lie had pre vious! v r.skod her to improvise using that woi Id and she i-k-ycd some licair.iJ'ol li:i le arpe'-"';ii3. Ai-hi request for a march of hti- oa a she instantly began a march of f isite beauty. After a while her father r.s'.icd her "to put ahltle mit.or in it."' In an i;;st;tid she cop. plied, blending the theme she had chosen into a 111:11. ; passage without losing a bar. She played also a little waltz, composed by hei.-clf besides playing hi my heari ig ";. o:nc, t.-wcet Jloinc," "Yankee Poodle," the march from : "Norma" and o.her tout osi.ious. f; lie ; likewise fang Tt Ming which she composed for a little poem in the nursery. In ail her playing she uses both hands, as any one cl-io would, but she never looks at the lioht hand ; that, liuds its place intuitively, while she has sometimes to look lor the lingering of her left hand. Put the most remarkable feature of her musical gift is her intuitive knowledge of ji'deh. She seems to xnow with certainty the exact pitch of any musical tone she hears. A gentleman sound-id with his voice a note and she instantly touched ihe hey c.i. .e -pjading to it. Whin av.td how siie k:!ew what key to touch, she a;:s-.veied "i.y heart." Per father says he wa.; whistling an nndame in one of . ccihoven's cjfnposi lions ti her hearing, a few davs ago, when she looked at h in a id said, "Papa, you are whistling that tune in V, and it is written in vV' He didn't know in what key he was whVsilin-g it. and went to the piano to see. As lie was going iio.e cried out, "Nearly F, papa. I heaiu a. little sparkle of F in it." He found there was a "little sparkle of P," as his key was but a slight shade below F. The little wonder is not being pushed. Her father seems lobe a man of sense, and he declares she shall not be crammed. The greatest danger he fears is the annoyai.ee of curious people wanting- to see and hear the prodigy Cinctmuiti Corregiioudcnee t'ltif'l'jo Time. It is related of George Clark, the cele brated negro minstrel, that, being examin ed as a witness, he was severely interro gated by the attorney, who w ished to break down his evidence. "You are m the negro minstrel business, I believe?" inquired the lawyer. "Yes, sir," was the prompt reply. "Isn't that rather a low calling?" demand ed the lawyer. "I don't kuovf but what it is, sir," replied thro minstrel, "but it is so much better than my father's that I am lather proud of it." "What was your father's calling?" "He was a lawyer," re plied Clark, in a fcnre of regret that put the audience in a roar. Thefcrryerlet him ni j.ie. ' IXects of the Iniaiination. Tn nn esiy entitle! ''Notes on OhnsM and (iobhns" in his rccsmlj' published vol ume, "The Borderland of Science," Richard A. Procter gives an instance of optical iilu si ni espjiL-nc-J by himself, which nptly illustrates the way in which a belief in the appearance of a ghost might originate in a sajierstitious ago, or in any case where the person experiencing tiie illusion happened to have weak iu-rves or feeble wits. Mr. Procter's mother iiaJ died some months be fore the time of which he writes, he was then a Cambridge student, and the scene of the occurrence was his cohere. "I had on one evening be -n particularly, I may say unreasonably, low-spirited. 1 had sat brood ing for hours over dismal thojghts. These thoughts ha l followed me to bed, n-id I went to sleep utul.T their influence. 1 can not remember iny dreams I did dream, and my dreams were 111 aineho'y hut although I had a perfectly clear remembrance ol their tenor on first waking, they had passed alto gether from recollection the next morning. It is to he noted, however, that I was imd:T the influence of sorrowful dreams when I awoke. At this time the light of a waning moon was shining into the room. 1 opened my cye, an 1 saw without surj.rise or any conscious feeling of tear, my nmt'icr stand ing at the foot of the lc-d. She was not 'in her habit as she lived,' h it 4 clothed in white samite; mystic, wonderful.' llor face was jiale, though not with the pallor of life ; her expression sorrowful, and tears which glist ened in the moonlight stood in her eyes. 4,And now a strange mental condition fol lowed. ?ly reason told n,e that I was de ceived by appearances, that the figure I saw v.-as neither my mother's sju'iit nor an un real vi-ion. 1 felt certain that I was not looking at a 'phantom of tiie brain w hich would show itself w it'i'iut,' and I felt equal ly certain that 110 realty cxi-f-jr.t spirit was there before inc. Yet the longer I looked, the biore perfect nj'jeareJ tiie picture. I racked my memory to recall any obj.-cts in my bed-room which could be mistaken for a shrouded ghost, hut my memory was busy rei-ailing tiie fe-it:ires of the dead, and my brain (against the action of my vvil.) was tracing these features in the fig ire which stool before inc. The dccption grew more and mure c ;n!e'e, until I could hae spoken aloud as to a laing person. Meantime, my mind had suggested, and at once 1 ejected the idea of a trick played me by one of my college friends. J fV-Jt a pe-.Teot ii-urn".c- that whaicer il tvi- which stood b f..re in.-, it was not a hrenthiog creature --'if-restrain-cd int absolute stilin 's-. How long 1 . re mained "gazing at t'le figure ! cannot remem ber, but I know that I continued steadfastly looking at it until I had assured law-lf that" (to piy mind, ia its pr.ihably unhealthy con dition) the picture v, us perfect in all resoects. At last I lriised my head fiivm the pillow, intending to din- nearer t the m; stevf Ta? figure. II.it it was quite unnecessary, i had not raised jny hea l th'.ve inches before the ghost was gone, and in its place or lather, not in it? rpace, bat f. ve or six feci futiier a way hung my college surjilice." "The tears which glistened in the moon light,'' Mr. P.orter accounts for in this way ; "Over my surplice I had hung a row ing b It. and the silvered buckl.-s (partly concealed by the folds of the surplifj) shone in the moonlight." A Creditable Incident. A good many year ago one of the most ' notorious thieie- in tiie I'nitcd Stales had a roufidential co:iversa;i n w ith a gentleman who is now oncofour most calcient detectives r.nd exjues-cd a strotig de-ire to reform. " W !iy ! you wih so much to live on the Bquer;?" a-ked t! c gentleman. "Ile-ause," rejdiod tlie thief, " I haven wife and chil dren to whom ! a, 11 very much uttached; tiny have no idea of the mode in which I make my li ing ; the children are gr wing old, and are beginning to wonder why I leave home so often, and what I do, and if 1 am eer to reform now is the time." The trentleman warmly approved the idea, and to further it loaned the man several hundred dollar5! with which to begin nn hones: busi ness. The reformed man at once broke ol all his old associations, lived a perfectly honest life, would have no dishonest persons call on hiur,- devoted hhuscdf for years closely to business, raised his family respectably, did a great many acts of unostentatious charity, and died not Lmg since esteemed by nlIwhokMew-hi.;i. His children ate doing .e 1, and are highly respect ibh-. Them incy : ndnnced was long since rep-iid, and the o'accr eertahtly has reason to feel satisfaction nt the result of his helping a mnn to reform Lis life. , A Floating Studio. It is a N-w Jerseyman who is fl.iating down the Mi-sis-ijipi River to N'ew Orleans in a barge, in wnich he has fitted up a photograph gallery. He pays lVrs way by tifcnding to busiue-s at the various towns w here he stops, and between times is form ing an excellent and thorough gallery of Mississippi views, intended to illustrate a work on the great river w hich he will de v de several years to writing. The arti t referred to is Mr. John P. D ire mas, oi P.nei-son, N. J.. who, nf.cr having for years cherished this project, has at last begun to carry rt into execution. Ashe is a first-rlass photographer, and nn intelli gent and olenhig gent e nan, thcr-- ts reason to lie icve that his i.r .ji.eel work ou the Father of Wattr-t nill lej one of uii t!i .' . ) ! ehtn ixen-:- and tU'erest. I Htm Thermometers are jlude. The "Polytechnic B.dictia" thus describes the mann lnct;.re of thermometers at the Tower M.iuiifact ifhig Company's establish ment, Chester. Pa. : Tiie gla-s tidies, as received, arc about a yard long. A ln.y nicks the n with a hard e'cel kni.'e, ntid breaks them into the lengths fcepiired. The bores, which are flat, are compared, by means !' tt lens, with those of ten standard sizes, and 1 lie tab--s assorted accordingly. They are then p:isCi to the blow-jitof table. Kao'i gla-s-Mower has a foot bellows, n:id uses an oiM.unp. Melt ing the glass at one en I of the tahe,he bl.iws it into a bulb by pressing the sides of a hol low India-rubber b:.li attached to the other, proportioning the size of his bu.b to the bore of the tidte, and iw .'rtaining the -ine lry us ing a pair ,,f calihiei-s. While the h,.lb is yet hot, the tub, is inverted in mercury, which, as the hu!'i e.n.s, ri-T ai d j.a'tiy fills it. The tub. is then withdrawn and a short Ini'ia-rubb r t iV- nttac'ied at its oj.e:i end. Into t'.P m.-rcury ispniiid; thai in the bulb is boiled t expel t'-e air, w hich rises up through the ineicury in the InPa riihbcr tuh, and an titiuo-'phere f the ap ,r (if mercury now til's the glass tithe andbit'b. As tin's cottdci s.-s. t.,. mercury in the ludia-rub'.-r tub;- ta':cs i s ji ace, when this tube, with any m.-rcury l-Minhihig in it, is rc n:ocd. The b.db is tio.v wariu.-d, and the ojien end of the g!a s tu!e lieruictically seal-d. The bulb and a ji .ni n ofth; tahe are im- ' Inersed in melting lee. :tnd the height of tin; . mercury marked ; they are then transferred to r. hath sit sixty-tw degrees Fahr., mi l the lu ight marked ; m-xt t a bttli at niuty-t-.vo degrees Fa'ir.; an the height agnin uairkcd. The lengths o! the tl.r space- of thirty oe- grees each arc tmw catclu.i- mt ire.i If thev are e.:ti-t'v c,-;: a', t' c h ue . ! the tube is assamcd to be uui!'.m. an ! the degrees lail oC'on the brass Mi'e of the therm mietcr ara all made of the same hngtb. Ii the spaces Ol' thirty degrees each arc not found to lie e-xa' t'y c;".:il, t' en, by mer.ns if r.n ingenious dl i ii' g engine, the drgrc."- 0:1 the scale are made to incrca-e in Ic.g.'h tv? the ealihrf of the tub.- dluiini-hes. Vi'heu the plate has li.-.vi di.ilel, end the fig tr s and lettei-s iunchc-!, i i p s-o 1. Literally, b.--tween rollers, to remc .- ll-.e burr P:"t by the tools. Wctc it r.-ile-l h-ngihw i.-?. the accu- , racy of the dividing v.op.id Ik- itn;nir"l. The ' ph.te i t'i'-.i sil-.e.cl :m-l iv.-.juej -1. the glass tube :.r.'c'n .l, an I the whole -!i ; lea into the we.l-hn w.i ' - :r.-., i ti-.i -rise. 'li e Cs:.blishi:!ei:t turn- ' lit tr.o lutn ll'cd do.'.cu llicriuoiiiet.-t s w.-elt. Pt "iasbt'loii ! v 'i !M ll!i phanls. Att'ivi ,n ha-; b . ti i a . 11 in the Mid. 1- pre-ideiif-y to the i.i -re'-ig inuuVr of w il I c!ej' ar.ts i;i i-ertai.i ir.cl -.iic l ili-l. i. S, ao 1 . the deva mtioiis ca::s-;-d by tl.f ir incursions i::to the Ci:l;iv:it 'd r.i'ca. In a re-cut i.o stancc. a M iliounued in ii'nger. nt 0;;ad was tiample.i to .hath in his own lint by one of these huge l.i-t-, who at: .-icked it or broke through it in a panic: hut in the' southcri-tern part of Mysore, bordering on ' the elevated range kmnfti fis the Peligiri rangim Hills, we read r a very decisive , check being inflicted on their ravages through J the exertions of Mr. Sanderson, the super- , intendent of canals for the district. This ' gentleman appears to lisve sfu.Jicd to some purpose the process Lmg used for the cap titre of the Ceylon elephants by eTaduid'y ,' hemming them into a kraal or inc'osure. Having procured the as-ent of the Chief Commis-ioner, Sir R. Meade, and the as- 1 sisiance of the best sportsmen near, he set deliberately to work to prepare a sort f trap, fifteen acres in extent, in the bed of the llonhole riicr. using the perpendicular sides of the channels drawn from it for most of the inclo-niie. Into this a large herd was driven by the sjiortsmen. assisted by bands of villagers. Once confined thus tar, and prevented from breaking out at the weak points by dry by watchmen, and by night bv large fire--, a smaller timber enclosure wa carefully prepared nt one angle, and the herd finally forced Into it, with the loss 0f onlv one shot a large female, which was apparently determined that her calf should not be entiapjied. A gate of large trees, cut away a'n'd dropped liehind, now closed the opening, and it was found that over fifty of the interesting strangers were thus retted. The n)plicat: n of the usaal subduing pro ces of starvation, and the loan of a party of the Rajah's time elephants by that prince's guardian. Colonel Malleson, did the rest, nnd the captives were successfully be ing tamed separately. A Pltenomenon. A singular phenomenon is just n..w ex ercising fhe people of Schnectady. The railroad near that pi ice for almut one hun dred feet, has lieen noticed several times tt rise to such a degree as to render it neces sary to take 11a the rails mid sieejKns and regrnde the road lied. It would seem easy enough to exjtliiin the sinking of an equal length oT r.md, but what it can bo that is producing this frepient elevation is thfc enigma n.w jmz.ling the wits and en gineers of Schenectady. Tne nearest ap proach to a solution that ha yet been m::d , silicoses that a vein or quicksand runs utider the lin it pan of surface t t!,nt joiint, imd tht the water from the high ground, saturating this nnd becoming imprisoned therein, forms a column which exerts the lifting force thnf has several time dei-anged the road level. A method of duep drainage, based upou this, tiicviy, i tj aJ vpte-J at NUMIJEK 10. The Ite.t Corr. A pretty rich thing occurred at the etaV lishsnctit of S;ti'!)s.in n.,t lotog sin . Si:n; son used to bj oar milkuiau, aad trj attri bate to him in a great measure, our hs of confiJctice in humanity gen-i-aliy, and milk men in particular. Mike Welch had been recommended to Simpson 1- a fit mnn to as sist in taking care of hors -s and Cows; st Mike was hired, and plaeeu in charge of his department. One morning after Mike had leen ft month at the p'aec, Sun;-on, who had icmle rcidy to start ".IT with his milk wagon, sail ta him, "Mike, you may give to the cows some oatmeal this morning, and tie i:re you 'give my best, milker an eitra quantity-" "The best milker, is it. sir? ' "Yes; you ktloW th old Cow that glCS the iii'i-t milk?"' "P.e lad ! I think 1 do, sir " '"Will, you liny giv; l.cr lour qu";5 of the mash.' "All sight, sir. I'll do that same." On tlie evening ol that day, Siiiip-oti lai occasion to go to the old woo.I-.i pump i 1 the yard. lie tti.-l th; hnudie b.:t it wouldn't woik. Tlie juunj) seemed to la entirely clioke.1 up. I in.dly, he diseoered thtit :.ll tb.e uj'ocr p;ot was I with something very litirlv fsiud ling oati'icid liias'i. Hec-ilie l to Lis in in nant. ".like." -ai 1 he, "what's t::e ma. ler with this pump '.'" T, iie juitnji, i- it. sir "Yes. How eauij this oatmeal Uia-h in hire?' ''Sore, sir. T put It in u.e-clf." "Sn. jiid biock icai ! w hy did you do tint?' 4lIt was ye.-s h' th it t -ld me. sir." 1 t-.' J y .11 t- pr.t it in hcie?" "I.ila-L-y.-.li l. sir." "Why. ..u thick headed ra-cal 1 what ii y.oi mean ?" "ho'i't in s j .T -'cir., it.p.ster I'iln't ye tell me to give yer best milker nn extra q :anti y of the inas'i ? and w here in ell tve place. Pd like to know, it tiif t-reefhur thrt t'iv' s v n.u h tmik if yrr cans as docs this Ttiesiojy h-,i-ed n-.:t, rn 1 a MI Teat!y to tve distrust nlr.-ridy cnt .'rt.iir.cl by Sintp sou's cast inter-'. The I'lagn- of Ants in London. M i lit 1-e ansi.y exists in tlie ncighbor 1: 10 i ...r I. ii b.n bv the .hinge of ants. Those wli are n!.uR! uuel -o look on the tint psr-a lll'll-st. 1 probably s It it i'lsignific-m: -e it .re r id s:ni!,? nt t'ic idea of its presence c.en in swarm- bch.:: a source of scri oasiu c -wo;, ier.ee. A t out any w i'sh t. eri.n-a ru. untie c-s i y panic, bet merely viiih the i.'tv if fir-;;n -;t'g I.o;id ners for possible c .iitii!ge:;ci -. it inry 1. as well to ce.Il at-tonti- ti t-i the jir.c edings of an c.rtny of ants that o:i!0 ye-.irs t-go invidel the island if ft eti iia. The nn'.s on that occp.-i .n "de decide 1 from the bills like torrents, nnd the jM itifi'tion-- a - w--'l r every pith nnd roil for ini'es v.e.e Ihied with them. Ih.it-:. mice, and reptiles became an en--y prey to them, and even ths hira, which tiny attacke.1 whenever they lighted on the ground in search of food, wevc o harassed as tn be at length "in:ib;e to re-ist them. Streams of water only opposed a temporary obstacle tj their progress; the foremost rushing i.Iiudly on certain death and fresh armi;s instantly folliwing. until a hank was formed of the carcases of those whieh w ere drowned sufii cient to dam nj the waters end allow the main body to pass over in safety. Ihen fire as tried without eff-ct. Yiicn it was lighted to arresit their route, they rusil into the bhiit in such myriads as to extin guish it. To such straits was the unfortun ate island redaced by the acts that a rtwar-l ol HCd.oOrt was offveI. bat in vain. Tot an eSectual inenns of destroying them; nnd it was not until a hurricane in 170 crae and blew thetn away nnd destroyed them loing. by the w;,y, almost m .re mischief than the ants that Crcnada was frcd from these terrible dcstr.yer. Happily, H L mdon we haie tl.e steam-roller, which shoul 1 be kept rca.lv fir immediate action in the face of the calamity with which we arn w threatened. Ilcat in the Nevada .Sines. The Virginia Enterprise inad.ertent' m ikes a strong argument in favor of the S-itro tunnel or so.ue sach work f.Lea it publishes ifrns like the following: Since the setting in of hot weather the heat ru the lower levels of our mines has licen much in t'lisified. One would not supjose there would le much difTe e.ice in the tempera tare. Vin;er or Summer, at the depth of f.fieen bundled or two thousand feet lciow the sui face, bat P-ce is in reality a vast diuereuce. Thi-, however, is prolably more owing to the diUrcnce in the temperature eif the air p imped into the mine thnn & difference in the heat of the mines thetn-t-elve-. The surf.ee nir now bti :g ptimprd into the lower lexels beinz of a tetn'peiatutti from P' to tH) degrees, it csnnot be expectei that it wil. cool off the swc'.teting luer re gion to the same extent as air of the AVinter temi-rat'vre 30 or 40 degrees. At present it is puinj'ing air standing nt 60. 90, or 100 degrees iido an atmosphere heated to about 110 degrees, thetefore the air introduced from the suifacs is able to but slighi.'y re duce he tem;erature in the lower levels. Large air shafts, similar to that being cor etructed by the Belcher Company, are w Iwt ere needed. There should 1 several of th. along this kal, i-h eynnectiona ruuoii j thxoo;h all u i bettreon a,aa&.va ' v j - V O. "ICKERT fc CO . Aijn'. Me.
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