Some Physiological Error*. One of the notable examples of popu- i lar delusions reganting bodily *tructnrr ts exem plied by the belief that the third finger was selected as the bearer of the wedding-ring because * particular nerve placed this member in direct communication with the heart. Over and over strain has this belief boon expressed, and in the belief is found an apparently satisfactory reason why the third linger is thus honored. The i slightest acquaintance with physiologi cal science show* that the supposition referred to has not given a germ of prob ability to show on its behalf. The ring finger is supplied with nerves according to the rule of nervons supply in the body generally, and, it need hardly be said' without tie slightest reference to | the heart; the nerves of which in turn are supplied from au independent source and one quite dissvViaUvl from that which supplies the nerves of the hand, j Equally curious and erroneous beliefs intrude themselves into the domain of medicine and surgery. Thus, for in stance, it is a matter of ordinary belief that a cut in the space which separates j the thumb from the forefinger is of ne cessity a most dangerous injury. The popular notion regarding Una regiou is that n injured mfiioted thereupou is singularly liable to be followed by tctsnu* or lock-jaw. There exist not the slightest grounds for this supposition. Lock-jaw, it is true, might follow an iu jury to this part of the hand, as it might .uipervene after a wound of any of the I fingers. But physiology and medicine alike emphatically dispel the idea that any peculiarity of structure which might predispose to "the affection just named, exists chiefly in the regiou of the thumb, it may be tiiat the difficulty expeoienced in securing the healing of wounds iu this portion of the hand—owing to the amount of looe v tissue tuid to the free movements of tin- part, which it is aluisot impossible to prevent—might favor or predispoao to an attack of tetanus, lint as the fs.atae remark niav l>e made of many other portions of the body, it fol lows" that the thumb regiou possesses no peculiarity whatever in thia respect over any other part of the frame. A very common idea, but one found ed on no certain or fesible grounds, is that which maintains that our bodies undergo a complete change and renewal of all iheir parts every aeveu year*. The •' mystical nature "of tlie number seven, has hail an unquestionable effect in originating this opinion; and although the age of fourteeu, and again that of twenty-one may be regarded as marking the attainment* of youth and manhood or womanhtxxl respectively, yet phyan>- logy gives no eouutcuanee to the popular opinion that of necessity these periods are of those sweeping bodily changes. On the contrary, it might be shown that the periods at which full growth of body is attained varv with climate, race and constitution—that is, with the personal nature, and with the physical surround ings of individuals, communities and nations. The true state of matters, as disclosed by physiology, leads us to con template actions and changes which are of infinitely more wondrous kind than those involved in the idea of septennial change. For if there is on# axiom whien phvaiology maintains more con stantly then another, it is that which teaches that constant and never-ceasing change is the lot of life from its begin ning to its end. Johnny's Kssaj on the Ant Later. Ant eaters ketches em with their tangs, wich is long like a wenn, and gnm on it, same as hop todes tuugs. The eater it finds a place where the ants is to work, and lies down, and pays out its tung, and shets up its eyes. Then a ant comes there, and takes a look, and - ys to the other ants: "This duffer has over et hisself, and gone to sleep without finishing his last werin, lets take wot is left for our own selfs." But when they have all got hold they 'stick fast, and the eater it opens one ey, like sayin: " Ime reddy if you are," and • then it touches a spring, and the tung is drawed IU quick, and them ants is as tonish. And now 111 tell you a story wich aint true, jest for a change. There was a ant eater wich had lain out his tung taat way, and a ant come up and said: " Hello ! wot's this ?" The eater was so hungry he cudent wait so he said: " Why dont you see ? That is a nice red werm." But he had to pul in his tung for to say it, and then the ant said: "I was jest a l osing for a worm like that, and if you hadent grabed it so quick I would have took it my own self." Tne eater see he had made a mistake, BO he said: " I know where there is a other worm, same kind. You follower me and He sho you." So the ester went of a little way with his back to the ant, and laid oat nis tnng agin, and wen the ant had cum the eater winked its i, like saving: " Do be carefle, or you wil friten the werm, an he might git away, ooa you see I only got him by the tail." Wen the ant had looked it said: " You can't fool me smarty; that's the same old werm wich yon have had in yonr mowth. Ime hungry, but I dent want no boldvs second hand vittles." And the eater it didant dare to say tw&sent so. cos it wad have to pnl in its tang agin to say it; but after the ant had went away mad then it said' " Its rnity hard to be silent under a unjust suspi cion, wen natnr has give me so mnch tongue for to deny it.— The Argonaut. A Deaf Man's Musings. Words confuse ideas; use as few as passible. There is a discount on the most per fect happiness. The blush of a maiden is nature's sig nal of warning. Not one man in a thousand marries the girl be most wanted. Satan is always ready to give advice, but he exacts high fees. There are many moral people whose virtues somehow seem to be a misfit. D soontent is a vital element of civili zation; without it there would be no progress. The quiet fellow in the corner who lets his rivals do all the talking generally marries the girl. If mankind were tamed into different kinds of food a mother-in-law would make horseralish. There are people who should be known as "tapeworm talkers." They are a terror to all busy men. Every man coming to au obscure old age thinks he would have achieved wealth if Let young men be patient in their wooing, for a maiden's love may be cold on her lips yet warm in her heart. If " immediately the cock crew " every time a man lied in these latter days, what a din there would be ! In the quiet of the early morning wc should laden our hearts with kindness and good will for use daring the day. Utilizing Head Animals. While on the subject of animal refuse, says the Scientific American, we will refer to the manner in which certain dead animals are utilized in France. Every portion of a dead dog,for instance, is converted to some use; it is boiled down for the fat, the skin is sold to glovers, and the bones to make " super phosphate." In Paris the carcass of a horse is worth more than elsewhere, inasmuch as the working classes eat the best portions of the flesh. The hair is a well-known refuse ÜBed by the up holsterer; the hide goes to the tanner to make thick leather for bank ledgers, etc,; the intestines make coarse gnt strings for wheel bands and lathes; the fat, which from a well-conditioned horse amounts to sixty pounds, finds a ready market; the hoofs are used either by turners or makers of Prussian blue, and the bones go to manufacturers of ivory black and to turners. Even the pntrid flesh is allowed to breed maggots, which are sold as food to fatten fowls. The final residue is used by rat catchers to trap their prey, and the skin of the captured rat finds a ready sale among farriers on account of its delicate fur. A statement that has frequently gone the rounds of the papers to the effect that most of the " kid " gloves of com merce are made from the skin of this rodent is probably untrue, since its small size wonld preclude its use for anything but gloves for children. Anecdotes of Morrissoy, A Washington correspondent gives these anixslotes of the late Senator John Mom'amy: Tw > or three incidents connected with Mr. Morrissey's first official appearance iu Washington are not unworthy of mention. The day after he arrived tier** to take his place ill Congress he was seated in the burlaw a shop of Wdlard's hotel, when " Beau Hickman," well known as " the champion gcntleniau beat of America," approached him and said. " Mr. Morrissoy, permit me, sir, to congratulate you ujxui your election to Congress, to a jswution, sir, which 1 have no doubt you will adorn." " That's not bad," replied Morriasey, " but what does it cost?" " Oh, only replied Hickman. "That's cheap," aaid Mor riscy, and then handed him the money without another word. Shortly after he came to the capital Mr. Morrissey l<*ariiod that t'olfax, who was tiien the Speaker of the House, was an inveterate smoker. Acting ujxm this knowledge ha went to him and present ing a neatly papered parcel, sanl: " Mr. Speaker, 1 want to talk to you alxmt IUV place ou the committees, "but Mow 1 say word let me give you the boat box of cigars in America." " Ah, yes, said Mr. Colfax, very lunch embarrassed, " but, you know that is to sav -all the important plae<a belong bv right to the old member*." " OertaiuW," sanl Mor nsaev iu his own blunt, hearty way, 44 that's just what I thought, and what 1 want you to do for me is to put me at the tail end of some committee that never docs any work " "Oh, that's easv enough," said Colfax, evidently much relieve*!; " I'll do just what YOU want." He kept his word, and Mr. Morriasey was appointed to the Com mittee oti Hevohitionary Pensicus, which meets about once in five years. Morrisaev, unlike most of hi* assiei ates, was not ambitious to figure prom inently iu "the "Congressional three torv," and when Major Hen Perlev Poore, the compiler of that work, called ou him for a short sketch of his life, and asked what his profession was, the uewly-alectod Congressman said, with some bitterness, 44 Well, 1 suppose you hail better put me down as a faro dealer." "Oh, you don't mean it,"said Major Poore. " Can't you give me some other occupation ?" •• Yes, of course 1 can," replied M r --riasey. 44 Give me credit for mv old trade if you will; call me an irou molder, for that's wiiat I am if I'm any thing." And he appear* in the 44 Diree tsrv" as an iron-molder. How a Hatter Advertised Himself. A Now York correspondent writes: There are human connecting links as well as material on>s. Geniu, the hatter, who died two dan ago, was one of the former. Although his year* were uuder sixty, the report of his death carried many New Yorkers ha ok nearly a gener ation, to the time when Jenny Liud made her debut in New York under the management of Rarnum. Itaruum and Geniu were neighbors, Barnum running the old American Museum, where the Herald building now is, and Geniu keep ing a hat store next door, ou the site of the present Park Bank. Genin believed in advertising and left no stone unturn ed to draw public attention to his busi ness. The arrival of the " Swedish Nightingale " raused a great sensation, and of course Barnum fed tha tlame of curiosity without stmt. He bad engaged Castle Garden, then the only concert hall of any note in the city, for the won derful songstress, aud he advertised her tremendously, for those times. An auc tion sale of tickets for the first night was annouuced, and so great was the furore that but little else was talked of for several days. A great crowd attend ed the sale, and when the first choice was put up, Genin, who was resolved to make a hit, started at a high figure, though I do not recall eiactly what it was. A lively competition sot in, but Genin had made np his mind to carry off the prize. The first choice was final ly knocked down to him for $225. It was then considered an enormous figure, and its effect was to advertise Genin so thoroughly that his name became known all over t£ie country. His business in creased greatly and"he made mouev fast. Early in the war, however, his health failed, and he retired to a country borne, where he spent several years a martyr to disease, (renin's name was almost for gotten till it appeared among the death notices. Then all the old residents re membered him as the man vtfio had paid $225 for a seat at Jenny Lind's first concert in New York. Shatn Buildings in Brazil. A recent traveler in Brazil mentions some instances of architectural shams, which excel anything which we have to show. He describes a couple, byway of examples of many: "I had expected to find Santa Cruz merely an Indian village, but as I ap proached it, the church seemed to me an imposing structure. After getting a glimpse of it we struck into a bit of woodland, and when we again emerged into the open plain, I saw only some palm-covered huts and whitewashed cot tages. I saw also a number of fisher men, barefooted, bronzed women, in, flounced red, yellow and orange-colored gowns, and here and there was a black vestured Portuguese, with s white neck cloth. Bnt there was no chnrch to be seen. It had vanished. And yet I could not have been mistaken. I had observed it clearly. The facade was iu the usual South American stvle; it was painted white, and in that clear air one can see a flv a hundred feet off. "Where, in the name of Santa Cniz, is the chnrch ?' I asked of my guide. By way of reply, he pointed to a dead wal 1, not more than three feet thick. I shook my head, and cried out, 'No; I mean the chnrch which I saw a few minutes ago.' He langhed, and a few more steps cleared tip the mystery. The church which, seen from the front; looked like an imposing structure, was only a dead wall, a yard thick, buttressed np, bnt without vestige of side walls, rear, or roof. This wall was really all there was of it. Several steps led np to the portal; passing which, as many more led yon down into n lint, not mnch larger than the others in the village, and like t em utterly devoid of all attempts at archi tectural ornament." Another sham structure was the treas ury building of a considerable town. Its facade is by no means devoid of preten sion. bnt the front ia all there is of it. Trepoff. General Trepoff, the suspended pre fect of police at St. Petersburg, had suffered from several assaults before he was attacked by Mile. Vera Hassnlitcb, who recently attempted to assassinate him and was acquitted by a jury. Fif teen years ago, in 1863, the general, who was at that time chief of the police at Warsaw, was the object of a formidable onslaught on the part of some half dozen insurgents disguised as peaceful rustics. These sham peasants had taken core to arm themselves with hatchets, which they carried loosely in tbeir girdles as part of their ordinary equipment. It was Sunday morning, and Gen. Trepoff was returning from cbnrch in company with his daughter and his (laughter's governess, when the disguised revolu tionists approached him. A general attack bad probably been intended, in which case Trepoff must have been killed. Only one, however, of the band had nerve enough to strike the blow ; and he, instead of inflicting a mortal wound, only succeeded in bruising and lacerating TrepofTs shoulder. The gen eral seized bis assailant, disarmed him, and gave him in charge to the police, who, of course, were at hand. The rest of the band took to flight, and endeavor ed to escape through a shop which bad a doable entrance in front and in rear of the honse. Five, however, of the sham peasants, who turned out to be " execu tive agents," or, as the Russians put it, " hired assassins " of the revolutionary government, were caught, brought be fore a tribunal, and—not being tried, like Vera Hassulitch, by a jnrv of their own countrymen, but by a commission of Russian officers— were sentenced to death and hanged in ghastly and fantas tic costumes said to be of traditional mediaeval pattern. limiting the (iiraffe. The most general and successful method of liuutiug this uoble auuual is the one practiced by the sword hunt era, or Aggagecrs, in Southern Nubia. They are mounted on the swiftest dromedaries, aud as soon as a (lock of giraffes has Ixaut espied iu the steppe, the Luuters assemble. They use uo saddle, and can keep, therefore, on the top of the fatty protutterance only by a linn appliance and grasp of their muscular knee joints, Their bodies are of a dark bruume hue, and are always shining with an abund ance of grease. From the left shoulder dauglos the long and broad cross lulled sword, sheathed 111 a reddish-colored leather scabbard. The party is followed at some distance by an attendant, who carries water iu a leather bug, and raw norghutn grams previously aoakixl iu water. This fixsl, called hrlilrh with a mouthful of Water, constitutes all the ftsnl that the frugal giraffe-hunter stands in need of. A careful search lias finally revealed the sjHit where a little t!*x*k of giraffes has gathered. The hunting company approaches most uois>leaslv, biding it self when jsissible beldnd tnxw and thickets. Wlmu near enough, the rider* emerge from the thickets, and by loud clicks excite their divuiodartoH to sjassl ou with their utmost power after the game. Then then draw their swords, their strange hunting weapon, the blades glittering brightly ui the sunbeams. The doomed victims soon become aware of Lherr persecutor*, aud in tlieir rapid fiight wave their loug necks forward aud backward. Dry branches break and crack under the step of their quickly moving hiH>fs; stones, pebbles, root* and earth are whirled iu all directions, and ckmds of dust till the atmosphere. Iu a ihvqxTato, frantic chase the hunter follows his game, which cunningly tries ti> evade or outstrip its unmerciful pur auer by cross-steps aud jumps; but the deepoudent Uxk of the exhausted victim already presages that its doom is sealed, and that au escape is utterly impossible. | The velocity of the pursued is no longer equal to that of the pursuer, and wheu its p.ice txigms to slacken, the livid tongue, covered with froth, protrudes out of the mouth, aud the glaring, des perate eyeballs starting from their txx'k ets, exhibit the anxiety by which the animal is consumed. \Vheil the huuter has arrived at a sufficiently short dis tance, he leans forward ox his seat, takes aim, and with his ponderous sword hamstrings his victim. Rarely is a second blow needed to fell the colossal frame of the pursued giraffe. The ani mal falls panting into the grass, or crunches down upon its hiud legs in con vulsions, aud kicks to right aud left, whirling up clouds of dust. By a loud cry the Nubian sportsman . announces his victory, and calls together ! his companions m the chase. Those 1 who are not actually engaged 111 pursu ' ing or slsviug another victim from all I sides readily respond to the call. They i dismount from their dromedaries and dispatch the victim by a few sword-cuts into the throat and the extremities, j They ffay the animal on the spot, and divide the meat among the party, who cut it leugthwise into strips. When the ' meat has been thoroughly dried in the I sun, it is used as provision, and stands in high favor with hunters and travelers. * Street Scenes in Cairo. The streets of an Oriental city are good schools in which to study the man -1 uers and customs of the people. Place 1 twenty Arabs in a coffee-shop, and they ; will not make as much noise as three* ; Americans. Only one man sja-aks at a i time, the rest listen, and, what is sur prising to au American, never inter ' rupt. But let there be a quarrel in the i street, and in a moment, each one of the quiet men is changed. They will run : out, talk, gesticulate—evervlxxly puts 'iu a word. Ala ly one day saw a street qnarrel in Cairo, Egypt A boy upset a cake seller's trav. "Xalabook (Curse your father !") exclaimed the angry pedler, demanding six piastres damages. A crowd gathered, and every oue gave an opinion. Neighbor* looked out of the windows, and smiled or fruwne*L There were lots of talk, much gesticula tion, and—that was all. In an English crowd there would have been half-a dozen broken heads or bruised noaea. One clay the little boy of a poor man, living near the lady's house, died. The father, as usual, came out into the street for sympathy. Leaning his head against the wall of a house, he sobbed till the tears literally wetted the dust. So in tense was his grief that he did not tear off his turban or mend his clothes, but clapped his hands and cried : "O my hov! omy boy I" A Wan-seller opposite shnt his shop and came to sympathize with the poor father. Passers-by, gathered around him, said not a word, but looked their sympathy. Two merchants demounted from their donkeys and joined the sym pathizers. All waited till he weut home, to which many accompanied him with a respectful air. It seemed strange to the lady for a growu-up man to go out into the street, and call upon the passers-by to grieve with him. Bnt how like the wail of the prophet Jeremiah : "Is it nothing to yon, all ye that pass by ? Behold and see if there be auy sorrow like unto my sorrow !" The same lady went to the bazaar to bny a carpet. An old broker, standing iu front of a coffee-shop, had one on his shoulders. She asked the price. " Eight napole ons," he replied, spreading the carpet in the street, to the inoouveuience of public travel. "Three hundred piastres ! O uncle I" she said, looking as though the carpet was of but bttle value. " O Muslims, hear that!" cried the broker to the gentlemen sitting outside the coffee-shop. " Look at this excellent carpet! Three hundred piastres ! By the faith, it is worth two thousand !" " I wonder," answered one of those addressed, " that an old man as thou art should tell tis that the lady, who is a traveler, and a person of experience, values it at three hundred piastres. Thinkest thon we will give thee more ?" " Give thou, O lady," snggeated an other, " four napoleons, uud do thou, O old man, take it." Tiiat settled the East everybody gives an opinion; for are not all Muslims brethren ? And why should not a man's brethren aid him in baying or selling ? A Persevering Utile ItinJ. A notable little bird often met with in Europe is called the turnstonc. It has earmal this singular name by the man ner in which it procures ita food, which i by turning over, with its strong, curved beak, the stones on the seashore, in order to obtain the insects under tliem. Walking along the seashore on the Scotch coast, one day, an eminent natur alist once saw two of these little birds trying hard to turn over a cod-fish, but as it was six times as large as themselves they found their task rather difficult. Still they set bravely to work, pushing away first with their lulls and then with their breasts ; but in spite of their push ing the fish would not turn over, so they ran round to the other side of it, and began to scrape awav the sand to undermine him, so that he might turn over more easily ; and then with fresh energy they set to work, but still the heavy fish would not move. They tried again and agaiu without success. Pres ently another turnstone came to their assistance. There were three of them now, and after repeated trials and fail ures they at hist succeeded in rolling the fish over. You may imagine how much they enjoyed the rich feed of insects which they found where the fish had lain. Their energy and perseverance might be copied by many idlers of the human race. Health Never*. Never eat in a hurry, because it causes indigestion. Never speak in a hurry, because it is ominouß of instability. Never think on going to bed, because it makes wakefulness. Never eat between meals, because it produces irritation. Never dine in excitement, because the blood is called to the brain which ought to go to aid digestion. The l'ursee*. A Bombay correspondent writea: The l'sraecs came from lVrsia (wheuoa their tiiiuiel itud settbsl in lndis nearly 200 \eara ago; Bombay is tlieir ehief abid ing place nl pnweiit, and I am told thai tliev number nearly 140,000 in this cily alone. Hoiue of them possess enormous wealth, and several houses, among the tluest in Bombay, have l>eeti (minted out to me as the projierty ami homes of Par si'es. tlonerallv they are liberal with their money, so far as public bcuevo louoo g>ss, but they are by no means the prey of htreet-licggar* or of any oilier |erHon who would impose on them. Hospitals, fountains, gardens, sclusils, and the like owe their origin to I'liraeea, and some of Uieir naiues have ttocomo honored out of ludta as well as in it. The I'arsoos are worsltipera of fire as the symbol of divinity, and when they came from Persia they brought the sacred ernbera with them and keep the tires burning per|>etiiiiUy on their altars Fire Iveing sa*rel, they naturally worship the •tin as the great representative of divine power, tint the supposition that they worship the sun ss that power is moor root. They will not use tire for any lg noble purpose, and consequently it is not polite to offer a cigar to a Foreee; they do not take offense if a stnuiger smokes in their presence,but anv gentle man who lives here and understands theui would quietly remove his cigar from tiia mouth while conversing with a Poraeeof his acquaintance. They neither burn nor bury their bed; tlieir corjiaes are exjiosed where they can lie eaten by th birds and Uieir bunea are swept iuto a deep pit where they remain until des troyed by the action of the elements On one of the htgliest hills of liomhav are the ao-called "Towers of Silence,'' where the bodies are thus exposed; the name is a free translation of the Peraion one, which literally rendered iutq English means nothing more nor less than "tomb." Strangers are rarely admitted to the inclosure, ami uo Parwoe except the few employed alniut the place may enter the towers Through the kindness of Mr. Coma, a wealthy am! prominent Paraee, 1 was enabled to see the towers, and had the advantage of his personal guidance and explanation. We cnU-rtNl by a strong gateway and ovur a paved path, which is the route of the funeral proceeeious. The incloetiro has a high wall, over which it is impos sible to liiok without a scaling lmbU r. llio yard is perhaps two acre* ill extent, and contains near the entrance a build ing, where t* an altar with the saertsl tire and a temple where funeral parties come to pray ami the priests to change their apparel after the service* areovcr. There is a neatly-kept garden here, which is tended by the employee of the place, aud from Uie windows of the temple there is a fine view of the city, the hay, aud the aurrouttdiug country. The otiier structures in the inclosure are the famous towers, nine in all, sim ple circular structures of uluotercd ma sonry about twelve foot high aud pcrftaps thirty tu diameter. Iu Uie side of each is a double door of iron, where the bear ers cuter with the bodies of the dead; in this door no visitor, whether Chris tian, Hindoo, or i'ursee may enter or even look, save, as before stated, Uie priests aud attendants. Wo were not allowed to go nearer thnu within tw< uty yards of the tower*, ami Mr. Cams ex plainest that the pro'iibition extended b him as well as to us, and should he on late it he would he compelled t>> purify himself by careful ablutions atnl cluinge of apparel. This i leusur.' was alaptwl, he said, to prevent Uieiipread of disease, and so great is the prei-.iufi.vn that the priests and Ivearers must jn*rf. >nn the'.r ablution and ehmge after each fuuerai ceremonv. A* we approaches! the toiew their aeeti were painted out. Olio wn lor murdererrt auJ atuci,la, au>l waa <x>n lidrrad UQOOueeorntetl; tlte rest aere alike, or so nearly so that the difference* were not eaeeutial. On the tope of two or three towers, the one* most iu use, vultures were rooitiog aud evident ly waiting eagerly for the arrival of procession. There were, perhaps, fifty or more —I did not count them— and Mr. Cama said there were others that were so fa! and heavy us t< > be unable to fly at all, s> that they remained constantly withiu the towtira. When a lody :• brought there is a stir among the birds, aud frequently they attack the heartrs in their eagerness to get at a corpse, fio violent are they at Union that the bear ers afe armed with sticks, aud use them vigorously. An hour after a body has been placed on the iron grating, and the bearers have retired aud closed the door, nothing but bontw remains, and the birils resume their places t • wnit for tlie next arrival. The funerals generally take place in the momuc jnst after sun rise. or in the afternoon before sunset; never at night, aud rarely in the middle of the day. Effect of Hard Mater upon Animal*. Horace have an instinctive Vow for soft water, and nfur liard water )f they can possibly get the former. Hani water produces a rough and Marine coat on horses, ami rentiers them liable to gnpes. Ihgeons also refuse hart! water if they can obtain access to soft. Cleg horn states that hard water m Minorca causes diseases iu the system of certain animals, eapeciallv of sheep. So mtich are raw horses influenced by the qnality of the water, that it is not nnfrequent to carry a *upplv of soft water to the locality in which the race is to take place, lest there Wing only hard water, the horses should lose condition. Mr. Yooatt, in hia book called " The Horse," remarking on the desirableness of soft water for the horses, says, ** Instinct or experience has made the horse himself conscious of this, for he will nerer drink hard water if he has access to soft ; he will leave the most transparent wat< r of the well for a river, although the water may lie turbid, ami even for tin tan 1 diest pool." And agnin in another place he says, " Har.l water drawn fresh from the well will assuredly make the coat of n horse unaccustomed to it stare, ami will not (infrequently gripe or further injure him." The lire*! Bell of Morovt At the bono of the Tower o! Ivan, writes a traveler, we paused t> examine tlie great bel! of Moeeow, which is sur mounted with a globe and a cross. What a history has this liell ! Cast in the reign of Boris Qodnnoff, it fell and WHS broken in the reign of Alexis. It was reenst in aud weighed two hundred and eighty-eight thousand pounds. Twenty years Inter it was sus pended from a wooden beam, where it reraaiued for eighty yearn, whan it again fell, and its fragments lay on the ground for thirty-three yearn, when by order of i the Empress Anne it waa recant. Dur ing a Are which occurred four yearn later, it had another fall, when itn side wan knocked out, and it remained buried in the earth till IKW, when the Emperor I Nicholnn had it placed upon itn preeent pudental. Itn prenent weight in four nnndrednnd forty-fonr tlinnnand pounds, ita height in nineteen feet three inches, and ita circumference in sixty feet nine inchen. It is two bet thick, and the weight of the broken piece in about eleven tonn. The exterior in ornamented in relief by repreacntationn of the Em peror Alexin, tho Kmprenn Anne and religioun charaotern. A Female Men Tamer. Eva Kleacht, a young Russian lion tamer, in really a remarkable nort of a girl. She waa wrecked at sea with a circnn that waa making tho tour of tho world. Mont of tho company were lost, but Eva wan picked up by an American ship and brought to New York. Tho Russian Cornell furnished her trannpor tation to Paris, whoro nho thought to find work, but could get no honorable employment. Hbe would accept no other and heroically gave herielf np to the police HH a vagrant. She waa sent to the St. Lazarre prinon for women. A newspaper reporter, who happened to pass through the prinon yard one day, was so much impressed with her noble, innocent face, that he asked who ant! what she was. Ho heard her fitory, iu terowted friends in her behalf, and finally the director of the great Franooni Circus offered her a place. She accepted it, wa releaseikand now draws great crowds ; to the circus nightly by her performance aa a horse tamer. NEWS SUMMARY. Unatai it suit Middle Stetee Lout* llohmk", aged live, shot and killed tils btotkof JotUL aged three, wltti a pistol tlisl fit found In a bureau. The uufortuuale affair owirml tu Brooklyn, S. Y. The permsneut eitilt>itlon at Pliiladnlphla, which liss lixin iviosetl tor souin Uuls to allow of a thorough renovation U again o|>eli. Hens tors Wallace, lUalne. Itsvard and other die t trig ma h<| visitors took part tu the o(N>umg ceretuoules. Ttie aiocntive commutes of the National ■ •arty of the l ulled Htates held a meeting in Sew York for the purpose of discussing plans for a solid organization of the party, and t<< pir|iaro for tne fall campaign. Br. I>. It Htnigeon. of Toledo, Ohio, presided, and rep reeouiaUvos of about thirty Htates were preselit Hti men were publicly whlp|-ed In Newcastle, IM. the olhi i day each reealviug twenty lashes Jason Hcrltmer, who lives on a small fartu near Augusta, Me., attempted to murder his whole faintly will, a spade A girl of thine was struck and kilted a hoy of five sustained a fatal fracture of the skull, arid a Iwtw of one year was fatally Injured. Hertbuer's wife and sou, Albert, a hoy of eleven, sucoeeded tn get- Ung away unhurt. The falhei attempted to conduit stiuiidi, hut waa arrestml before he Oould carry Ills design into execution. llatlieruie K lleeeher. sister of Henry Ward lleocher. died In Klunra, N. Y., ou the lXlh, aged seventy eight years. Iteoellt defalcations (I. It Watrrmsn was arraigned in the po.ioe oourt of I.awrtuiee, Mass., chargnt with sn.twaallng fllNitsiu fiom the PM IAO mills oor|Hiraltou . he pleadol not guiltv, but was committed fur trial J-dwtu ■V ilall, el-president of the Merchant* Na tional llauk of Whitehall, S Y . w* arrested on a charge of cuibeaaluig fiIUO.tKJU, fmuls of tiie luaUhiiiou, and was brought to Troy and held in HU.OOO hail for eiaminaiiou. Home damage lis* tweß done tu the young crops and vegetation hy the recent uuusnally cold weather. The northern JMUIS of Yriui)>iit and S'ew liampsbire were vlsitod with a snow storui. and heavy frosts prevailed all over the New Kngland and Middle Htates. Mathew McXViuald, a atorekoepar of Pough keepste, N Y , blew his brains out with a pistol. Probable cause, financial embarrass mauL Msjor-tieueral Tliomas H. Ilaklii. fXNßUisnd uig the seooud division, national guard of the Hlale of New York, died in llrooklyti <<u the IJUi, sgad forty seven years, lieueral Ilakiu waa Urt known as a member of every team re| <r< in-uting America hi the international ride matches, and last tear he was captain of the Amer.can team at (^reedniour. lis 11. Wright, town treasurer of Houth HsdleV, Msse . Is dlsCOVartxl to have apt r.e prisled t'.'S.POn of Ihe town fnnds. He has leen highly res[K-cted and proprietor of the principal st.we in the towu. He disclosed his own guilt and has given up all his tforierty, winch will probably cover one-third or the town's loss. He claluis to have stink the money in business and hoped to repay It all. 'Hie second annua! t ueh show of dogs was opened at Ullmoras Harden, New Y)rk city, the other dev. There were about one thousand dogs ou exhthiUou, comprising every variety of Oaiiiuo, The convention of the penusvlvania liepub hcans fir the uominatn it of a Htate ticket was lwid In Harrubwrg. Mayor HCokely. ef Phila delphia, was chosen chairman The ticket nominated was Pur governor, Genwrol Henry M. Hoyt . for snpiretu* Judge, James P. Hur rett , for Ueuteuant-govoriior. t'harles W. Ht>*ie ; fur secretary of internal affairs. Aaiou 1 K Dunkel. Ihe platform adopted does uut allude to the Adnili ltrs ton, I wit op|ses fn* trade and the tariff bill; Jarlins that labor and American commerce should be fostered hy U>e national government ; asserts that the public lauds should he reserved for actual settlers , opposes the paymout of " Southern claims" and unjust freight discrimination , syui|iat!ilrea with Southern Itepublicans, and endorses the State ad n mist ration. The New York Legislature has adjourned. Mrs. Lydta Sherman, wlio sis serving a life uuprts umcnt in the t'onuecticut State prlsou for lx>nsuutng her husbaud and w h)se escape and recapture some mouths ago will t*> rrmem twred, is dead. After ber "i>leUi>e for kll uig her husliaud she cuufessed to having J-olsone i three husbands and four chlidrwu. Tweutv thousand barrels of ull were lost at Bradford, l'a.. hy the bursting of It W. Ktans ; Jt Co s oil lank. Western and Southern Stale*. Isaiah ilvahs, (oot rod aged twes.tr thriw was huug at AmHe. 1.0.. for the murder of Ktward blowers, aged eighteen, at a picnic in July, 877. Evans confcsse! the murder and saei whisker brought him to the scsff .d. Near Littleton, W. Vs., lrsna ltsrtl"tt. an old farmer, aged eighty rears, cut hi* thr- at with a razor. O.d age and tumble led th the act. Au I>. Wkldrun. treasurer of the village of llvke Park, near I'lucagu. Hi. was discovered to be a defaulter in his account*. He owes the town about 17.1,000. and it is lb ugbt lie wt I not be abls to pay in art- thai. fll.OuU of this sum. The boil<-r of art engine at Gox • coal mine. Tamarua, lU., exploded, instantly killing John evxnpsou. a member of the tuwu counei ; Horace Morrow, a miner, and wounding threw small bova, who were plaving near the engine, two of whom died soon after The boiler was blowu about 150 yards. The eleventh annual convention of the Arnerlr.au Hallway Master Mechanics' Awvli- Uori of the I'tilted States was held In lUcti mund, Va.. fifty delegates from various eec tions of the t'mon being present. A large number of dispatches rv-vdveJ from various points throughout the \t est ludieale that the recent tnwvy frosts have resulted in Considerable damage tn soma of the crops. The lajury, however. Is chleftv conflned tn garden j lauts and small fruits, such as grapes. obw n-s. peaches, etc. Ilia gralu cgup has tuffarej ilUle Cincinnati new music hall a large and handsome strurture was ded. -ated with im p-sing musical ceremonies Ui the proSouoc of an audience of 6.000 jersoua. The Ohio Ix-gtalature has adjourned The Ohio liem-ratic State conventK-u will ha hakl at Columbus June 36. St. Agne' Female Academy at Memphis, Tenn., caught ttrr an 1 was enUrly destr .red. I>os estimated at >50,000; mertranoe #25,000 Mrs. Anne Itarbera Kors arrived tn llaiu - mre from Havton. Ohio, intending to leave on the followiug dsy for Oennanv. At she did Dot c >nir down to breakfast on the next morning at the hotel where she was stopping, law room was broken u|>eu and she was found suffocated. She hail blown out the gas tustead of turning it otf when rwtinng . From Waahinfrton. The treasury holds gStI.OOfI.AW In I'nfted States.'bonds to secure the national bank circu lation* #13,51H,000 U> secure ptibllc deposits. Profcwwnr J- -eph Henry, of the Smithsonian Instituti-. dissl iu Washington on the 19ih. aged eighty-one years, lto was a well-known wrlenust snd had been oonnedsxl with the Smith soman Institute since Its organitaUou in IM6. The Senate has onnflrmad the nomination of <;■ i.rge F. Cutter U> be tvaymashw-general of the navv and of William H. Hunt, U> t>e Judge of the court of claims. !t has also ratified a treaty with France, providing for a convention at Paris next summer, with a view to the ait opt ion ef a metrical system of weights and measures It Is cx|>ected ihat all the principal European nations will participate in the convention. The President arid Vice-President of the I'uiU-d Htat-ea, rcpresentativea of the rxoroUv. departments, mnmbar* of Congress, the u --i preme court of the Cnited States, the judi isry of tii* a Dwtnct of Colomioa, th< c mrtof claim*. Sir F.dward Thornton, the Japanese mmtsV-r 1 and other* of the diplomatic corps, the Acade my of Natl >ual Science*, the Philosophical Stir let* of Wasliington. the Alnrani Assoaa tihn of Princeton Oo lege- officer* of the army and navy, the Washington Monument Seven ty Mid a large concourse of citizens ath-oded th* i fitters) of Pnifaeeor Henry, late secretary of the Smithsonian Institute. The Senate committee on pension* ha* agreed to re|>ort a bill to increiw the pension* of all soldier* who lost both legs, both arms, or both eyes, finm fSO to a month. There are only sixty-five of these cane*. In thirty-three of them the soldi*r* have lost both leg*; in thiriv-one of them both hand*, and one sol dier lost both band* and both legs. The Senate postal committee has decided to report a* amendment* to the annual j*>*t road* hill several measures heretofore agro- l upon a* separate lulls Among thein sr<-the lull* provi.l ing for a new classiiloatlou of mall matter and ttu- registration of oeWMpajxirsadißittisl to pound rate* of |*>*tage. and regulating the com)>ena tion for railway transportation on the basis of both car space and speed of trains. Foreign Nowi. The steamship Sardinians, from Liverpool for Qnel.ec. caught fire while in the harbor of I*>n dondrrry. Several pass* nger* were kill <*l and a largo iniaitwr more or lee* seriously in lured. A Berlin dispatch say* the Herman govern ment has dec ded to decline the invitation from the t'ntted State* to attcud the international coinage congress. As the Km|*>rer William of Herman* was returning from hi* usual afternoon drive in Berlin acromion led by hi* daughter the (iraud Dochcws of Baden, he was tlr**l upon ttiree times, but all the shot* tn!*ed their mark. The wonld-lieassaesin then attempted to escape, but was surrounded ami capture*!. Another man who was atiiqmsed to be an aoeotupltce was also arrest**l. The affair caused great excitement throughout Berljn and large crowd* fmm all part* of the city e*-embled before tlie palace, singing Uie national alithom and other wise expressing their loyalty ami sympathy. At a preliminary examination the man who fired the shot* gave liis name a* lloedel, hi* age twenty-one. He denied firing at the F.m peror, and stated he meant to shoot himself publicly in order to show Uie rich the present condition of the people. The St. Petersburg OfKrial Metniyjrr pub lishes a proclamation calling for subscriptions " for the organization of a volunteer fleet, in order to defend the Just cause, in case the adversary of Russia should provoke war." ('ontribiitions will be received in Ht Peters burg, Moscow and other towns. The Czare witch will receive the subscription* made in St. Petersburg. Turkey has proposed to increase her import and export duties twenty per cent during a year to provide fuii'l* to send homo the Rott iuelian refugees. These duties are subject to the control of the maritimo powers. F.ngland has consented to the propoeed increase, but America lift* rofiil. Italy ilsclar** Out alia 11)11 at Mbmil 111" • I ileal!) m to parliament. Austria *nt Friiiiw luta iut niimrad, but It la tmllevixl I lint Ilia latter will consent. A ban of I,(km,too Turkish pound* ha* Iwen already coucitidol ou the baals of increased due*. Hit hundred isirsnlis have lost tholr lives by kli earthquake si I "S, In Vsuezuel*. Preparations sre being made in Panada for coast sift frontier itsfsnos. and the tulilUa have I ■esti eu|>|)liod Willi arms and aiuiiiunttlen sud ordered to hold themselves In readiness to inarch at a moment's notice, The tiitsMitlimisl chain tihoishq. two-mile tx-st rare l-eleen Edward llaiilon, of Toronto, and Kred A PlaUled, of Sew Vurk, st Toronto, was noli hy llaliloii, who led at Uie ttlilsti by four ljat lengths. A visit to the Amertraii section of Hie Paris Pi|s>sltlou has Iwcu made by Uie I'rinos of Wales A tiermali pal-ef publtahes a rejuirt that ttrere is a plot <lll foot to establish Uie rejrtMillc of Turksy With Mi)U)at Pasha a* president The lower house of tile Hungarian thai La* l*s. d a Ull granting (MI.UUU.UOU florins (I'JV.- ldd.OuOl for war pmi*tse# Mr Okuhn. the Japanese mluister of the Ulterior, has been assassluated. He is stitnd to have I <tmii s defender of all the reoeut rw forius in Japan. hWNtIHkNSIONAI. Ml MAM%, ate. The U'l authunzmg the eilvndlture of tM.(RK) to strengthen the foundation of the Washington monument we* paeeod Tit* tail hi si the bankrupt toll was taken up, aud the am ; luient fixing Hern 1 for th* time to repeal war aitopted. after debate. An amend 11 lent atrlkuig out He|<L 1. and making Use lull take effect uu Its | saasgo, waa offered and rejected. The bill was then passed bv 27 Ui 'JI The jsiat office spprotmaUou Ull was . ailed up, hut wtUsoOt action Use heuabo ad journed The death of prof. Ueury, of til* Hmlthao iur.il Institution, was announced, and a luinl resolution to adjourn ou the day of funeral was agreed to .tloiisldaratiou of the post office appniprtatiou UU was resumed, and after some debate, Uie point of order that the amendment providing fur a sulaidy to the Bra zilian mail sU-Xm ship hues could not he re- C. t *evt hv the Heuate. was Sustained bv * vote of :i'J to li The I*ll was then paseed .. ill* A I .at* on the specie reeum|*tou s< repeal Ull Was reetwned without stUWi. Adjourned. Ihe Ull to provide a Ore-proof hui.diug for the liureau of engraving and printing waa con sidered, without action The concurrent ree otutmris regarding relation* with Mexico were called up by Mr Morgan, of Alabama, who *(>oAe tn support of them. They werwreferred t . the committee on foreign relations. Ad journed. Ill* hill lu subsidize the Brazilian s'sauui hip hue was reixirted from the committee on (•ost office* ..Mr llutkr, of Houlh Carollua, subrultlvd a concurrent reeolutlou croviJmg for a commission on army reorganization, con slating of two senators, three representatives and three army officers, to report at the next srsstou of (Vingreev The Joint reecluUon to pnut SOi,ool copies of the agricultural repiort and S.OUti copies of the colonial charters was agreed to The hul to repeal the resump tion act come up. and Mr. Matthews read a long argument on the general financial policy of the girremeient, closing with a motion to adopt, as a substitute the bill introduced by him in November last- He advocated ralssaes of the notes after tbe.r redemption. No action was taken A substitute for the House ball to esUhhsh a iwrmaurtit government for the I >.-tnct of t'olumUa was reported from th* district ooeuuitttc. Adjonrned. BIMI. The lioass committee on naval expenditure* recommended at ropnatim; W. 117 756 to jiav certain naval claims, aud d:n. t*d th* cancal latiou of naval contracts amounting to t8.6u0.- 000. A claim for pan&Mil for store* nod sup pi e* taken hy the Vedaral Ann) la Virginia gave rue to moli healed A hate, wraughng, aud cuufusHiu, daring which the chairman called upon the scrgeant-ai arms, but cooler cvfuasrl ]>rcdoaunated before his services were required. When erder was restored the hill was paasej The Ull fixing the salaries of di>u.ct attortievs was reported from the ooai rr.itlee on the department of lustier, ordered ponied. si.d recommit'ed Adjonrued. Mr iathsm, of New York, introduced a Joint r. solution authorising the President, if tn tii Judgement it may mn-ui to increase the army during the rwf of Con gress It the enlistment of volunteers not ex ceeding 75.00U tn number Mr. Hotter, of Now V<>rk, introduced resolution t > investl goto ahegnd frauds m Florida Mid 1-ouisiai-a afloolitig the result >if the otor tin. Various paints of order were raised, which were onfTVlrd by the sjwaker Mid hlw decisions sustained br the Uuiwe. Mr. title' of Maine. acted to lie allowed to offer an in "hunt t< oxte J the investigation to oU.gr BHtte, but Mr. I\4tf refused, and Moved the prevtoo* questitol. A vote taken on the moUott, and the RejHibUeaiis re frained from voting, leaving the Ho we with out a quorum. Mr. Hotter thou moved to adjourn, the wreicr atoltog that the reeoiu tiou would hold lie pled* until its;-wed of. , Tba army anwopriai; n t ill was reported, and Iha Hone* u.eo adJourtsM. TW H< <n~ took up in tha regular order the rrwnlutfc'ii relating la ttia allagcd fraud* m F lorula and Louisiana. the quaalioii twuif on seconding the demand fur the previous que# tion. A on the [irevioui day the Republican* Main refrained from voliog and the result sat no quorum A call of the House showed 315 memts-ra present. hot a second rote re sulted aa before, and the Ilouw - adjourned. A Famous Hatter, i Taat was a fatuous ratter that a St. Olair Street man purchased last week. He couldn't retnemWr, Us said to his wife, just how many rata that dog had slaughtered at cue muing, but it was , marvelous. There waa no doubt a Wot it, for he learned it from the man of vlu>m he bought the dog, and aurely be ought to know. The dog was industriously polisliing a bone while his .wrier was allowing and holding forth <>n his good points, when a rat waa ob served to come •> at from under the honae, and go sniffing about, after the manner i of its race, on tlie hunt for something | to eat, and gradually drew near the fa mous ratter. " Sow watch him!" whispereil the owner, while hia eyes lightest np witli the excitement of anticipated sjsirt; ••just keep your eye on him !** " Why, the dog doesn't seem to aee him, does he?" aaid the lady of the* house. " That's all right, be is laying For him. < You'll see some fan directly. There, he see* him now." " Yea, but what makea him stick his tail between hia leg* that way, and bris j tie lip o ?" " o that's all right. I guess he does that tiecaunc he's mad. Don't say a word!" The rat approached nearer and nearer to his doom: the dog tremble*! with ex { ffitcment ami anxiety to get at the game —at least that's what his owner said— when the olieoky rodent, after getting within aWut a foot of the bone, skipped up and seized it, and shot back into hia bole as though he had forgotten sernr i thing, while the famona ratter let out a shrill chorus of yelps, and nearly tripped ] his disgusted owner up in shooting around anil lietween his legs to escape legion* of the imaginary rats. — Clcvc- , land llemid. Poisoned Spears. In an interesting series of letters to the London AYWti from the New Hebri des, a group of islands north of Aus tralia I h> longing to the I'araguan group, whose inhabitants are extremely savage and tliiuk nothing of making a meal of a missionary, Mr. L. Layard describes the dreaded poisoned spears of these islanders, made with long carved points of human Itones. These point* are formed front the leg-bones of either friends or enemies, a thigh-bone being I split into four points, while a shin i twine suffices for only two. The natives are very particular abont the selection of them. They say that the Imne of a person under twenty is too weak and spongy ; from twenty to forty they are at their brst. After that age they be come too brittle. Some spears hare ss ntHtiv as two hundred or two hnndred and fifty |mints ami splinters fasten. .1 on them—three or four vastly exceed ing the others in size, being in fact the main jHiiut*. A fragment of one of these remaining in the wound is nlmbst sure to prodnoe fatal results, as the cellnlnr structure of the bone is of course, impregnated with the virus of the body that has decayed around it i They are used f<* arrows also, and barbed for the purpose of being fixed I in the wound long enough for the poison to mingle with the blood. Jerry Huekntep, an elderly colored man living near Lilierty Mills, Va., re cently met a singular and terrible death. The show of John Robinson was moving from Orange Court House to Madison Court House in Virginia, headed by several elephants. The old man was attracted by the procession, ami ap proaching the caravan was attacked by one of the elephants and crushed to death. His body was shockingly muti lated, and death was almost instantane ous. When overtaken by the vicious beast the old man was on his way to work and had liis dinner in hia pocket. It is supposed that the elephant sniffed the lunch and attacked and killed the man to get it, as no provwoiAion was of fered. ItoumanUn Town* ud Cltle*. Perhaps the moat remarkable feature of Houmant* is the enormous iliffer*noe I net wren the villages and tha town* of moderate Nie, a* well a* of the oitie*. I cutis Blanc EAR* that in France thrrr IN an aliviM Ivetween the city and oountry; mid HUM would certainly noitii to be the ease in the Wullacbiau principality. The towiiH are full of activity, and in orr tain kind* of trad* manifest real energy, but fjve milna from any town moat of the village* are wmi - barbaric. No Itoumauiana whom I met oonld give me the true reaaou for Uiia fact. They apoko with diocouragod tone of the burden* of war and Uie alow prog re*# of educatiou oouaoqurnt upon the poverty <1 the oountry. Hut it muat not Iw supposed tliat Kou mania ia indifferent to'the cauae of national education. The eon etilution provide* for a lil>eral primary inatruntion, and render* it oompnUory " wherever schools are natabhahcvi. Each village or district ia auppoeod to provi le funds for the aupport of free nclioola, but the villager* plead their eitreme imaerv a* an excuse, and prefer to keep their children steadily at work a* aoou a* they are atrong enough to go afield, rather ilian to aaoord them time to atudy. There were, nevertheleaa, but a few year* aiuee uearly aixty five thou aand rhildreu frequenting rural primary arhoola, and tweuty-aevcu thouaand were receiving elementary education in city arhoola. Instruction in Hon mania ia divideil, aa in Prance, into three gradea —primary, secondary and superior or lirofeaaioual. In the htgheat grade the tollman uuia have numerous eatabltah mtnil* which will bear favorable comparison with aunilar oiuai in other lands. The khan, the monaatery and the villager'a hut being the optv aheltera for the traveler arroa* the mighty plain or through the rugged mountain# of the |vriticipality, it in not astontahmg that wlxcu he arrivea iu Bucharest, th* capital, he ia ready to beetow upon it all the extravagant title* which it haa received during the laat generation, auoh a* " The City of l'leasure," "Pari* in the East," •' The Wauderer'a I'aradioe," 1 etc. After muutha of weary wandering in Turkey-in-Europe, he who reaches the well-kept and riandaome atreeU of the new quarter of Bucharest, who finds himself once more dwaled by the glitter of European uniform*, and surrounded by evidences of Ituury and fashion, the very memory of which had l>eguu to fade from his mind, ia amazed and enchanted. It i* like coming out of a dreary desert directly upon a garden filled "with choice and Iveautifnl flower*, with rippling rivulet* and plaahing fountains. tUtxpard King, in lAppin cott'a. Shipping hoods by Mall. For one oent per onnce or sixteen t cents per pound, a parcel may be Mint per mail from Sew York to any part of the Union. Printed books and aome other printed matter are charged at the ; rate of one cent for two ounces, or eight cents per pound. The one cent per ounce claaa includes almost all lands of mer chandise and aamples of merchandise, seeds, cutting*, roots, scions, models, lithographs, engravings, etc., etc.. Packages must be so wrapped or en veloped with open aides or ends that their contents may be readily and thoroughly examined by poatmaster* without destroying the wrappers; but seed* and other" article# liable from their form or nature to loss or damage unleea specially protected, may l>e enrfoaed in unsealed bags or lanes, which can readi ly be opened for examination of the con tents and recloacd; or sealed bags made of materia) sufficiently tranaparent to show the contents clearly without open ing, may be used for anch matter. Amrrlraw K&fclMta al fyrta Feats. W odisesday, Mo 1, 187k. 1 Bf Csfcls to lbs IwxaM Prsss J The display of scales by Fairbanks A Co., Sew Tort. Is verr grand, and creditable U> the exhibitors, showing the advancement made by them over those of any other Ameri can or foreign manufacturers, and reflate gn-at credit on American workmanship The exhibit surpasses ail others in merit at the Harts World s fair. Ma*>n A Hamlin, who took the flrri medal far their aaUuet organs at the Expoartjoa in IM7, aud have wen the higfaact honors at every world's exhibition stnor. are bare m somprlttloci with a flue lot of organs. He vera, other Ameri can makers exhibit, but few if any of than will venture to compel® The Mrtasrv Reaper. W a believe that ww confer a favor on the farmers by directing their attention to the .(tirumor litoprr, bailt by Jikvrw, fiatt A Oct., of PoogUinptit, and I6J Qrrmtr,ch sfrvef. ,Ve*r York, who are so well and favor ably known as the bandars of the famous UucA-ryr JMoveer* and Hrtiprr*. The Adriance lloaper Is fitted to meet the wants of those farmers who prefer a separate and distinct machine far resgang. The name of the build ers is a sufficient guarantee for the excellence of its material and workmanship j bet nothing abort of a personal inspection can enable the farmer to appreciate the remarkable ingenuity of 1U devices, or the admirable manner in which It combines aimpheity with efficiency. It is a light iron reaper, with one driving wheel. The rakes are operated in a maimer similar to that which has - reved so snccweaful on the ltuckeye Harviwtei, but are still more perfectly under the control of the driver. It is of vary light draft, but very strong. The ease with which the platform can be Ultod flu it especially for nee in lodged grain it will do geod work in all kinds or conditions of grain, and its folding platform makes tt as portable as ths Buckeye Mower. With an A finance Ilea par and a New Mods! i Buckeye Mower a farmer i* enabled to gather j hi* a raw and grain crop with the least degree of discomfort te himself or hi* team, and with tha most satisfactory results. Meters! feeleettew. Investigator* of natural science have demon- j *trat<t t>evond cootrovwrey. that tliiongbeat ' the animal kingdom the "survtvaJ of tbe fitteet' i* the onlv law thai vouchsafe* thnft and per petuitv. Doos not the eame principle govern the commercial prosperity of man ? An infer ior cannot supersede a superior article. 11l us- - trative of tin* pnrociple are the famtly mwdi oiues of It. V. I'ierce. M. I> . of Ruffalo. N. Y. , By reason of superior merit, they have outri- ■ wiled all other medicine*. Their sale in the foiled State* alone exceed* one million dollar* j per annum, while the amoaut exported foot# tip to several hnndred thousand more. No I Imdnew could grow to such gigantic proper- Hons and rest npon any other lsi than that oftuerlt. It i* *af<- to say that no medicine or j combination of medicine* vet discovered equals or can compare with Dr. Pierce * rtoldeh Modi- . cal Ihsoovery, for the cure of cough* cold*, and all pulmonary and fatood affection*. If the bowel* be constipated and liver alugguh. hi* rieasant Pnrg*Uve IVlleU will give | worn pi relief; while hi* Favnnte freecnptiou will )*<#- ■ lively, perfectly, and permanently, cure thoee wcakneasre and "dnuigmg Jown ' neneation* (leculiar to females. In the l'eoule'a Common Souse Medical Adviser, an illustrated work of I nearly one thousand |<agea the iHx-tor has fullv diactxsae 1 the principle* that underlie health and sickness. Price. #1.60. post-paid. Adapted to old aud voting, single and married. I j Address R. V. Ivroe, M. D.. World'* I>i*pea- j sary and Invalid*' Hotel. Buffalo, N. Y. A r.sines ier a sitsrirs. A firm in New York seems unfamiliar with the l/ontton story of the man who offered to sell real guinea* at a trifle, but could And no buvera. Deo. P. Howell k tv>., - the "Newe- i iiajier Advertising Bureau." propose for one hundred (?) dollars, to put a ten-line adver ' tisement in some thirty standard week lie* aud to alide It Into a thousand other weeklies free. . I>o they expect people to take the offer* Any one a "quainted with the high rate* of these standard weeklies can see that the thing i* ridientoua. Rowell A Co. mmt know very well that acceptance* of the offer would be so many items to charge to proflt and lose. We retract our insinuation atont their ignorance of that Isindon atory. They pmtiablv know it too well and are shrewd enough by taking ad- , vantage of that human trait at which the story • hits to make a stroke for fame a* men of I startling liberality, and at the same time run no risk of pecuniary !o*a. CHEW The Celebrated "MaTCwume" Wood Tag Plug Tonaooo. Til Ptottku Tonaooo Cowan, 1 New York, Boston, and Chicago. t We caution our reader* to beware of diph theria. pneumonia, Influenza, bronchitis, con gestion of the lung*, coughs *nd cold* at thia season of the year, (let a bottle of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment and Seep it ready for in stant use. It may save your life. It has saved thousands. Iletlclowa Cooker*. light, white, wholesome biaonite, roll#, . breed, and elegant cake, crullers, waffles, doughnuts, mnfflns, and griddle cake* of every kind, re alwav* possible to every table by using Doolev'a Yeast Powder. Sheridan's Cavalry Oondttien Powders will positively prevent all ordinary disease* com mon to horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and fowl, besides constantly improving them. Beware of the large packs; they are worthless. far dll dtMwwe inaldont to tbd " tug U> children. It follow- tho child tnm pshs rnitM wind ooUr, ragnlato* tb# bowolt, wxJ by girt tig mtief gad health to tho child, plwtwdk Lb* umiUmt. 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MHA Mb tioga— Drmaad OdbA Mb PVaar—Paaunrtabm* Edtja I* A dlt What*— Bad Wtetera...... All* *7 ........ M A to Oarb-Tah0a............. MH A •* VU*4 .. . # M oata—ltiiad n A mh Paaralaaoi—Orbda. M *'i M lit 11. II Wool-Colorado II d Taiaa 10 A td Qaufacaia................... MAM •aaf Oanid. M . M .. M . ;. M A b otaap MHA Mb •€• —... Mb g otb , Floor— Wlanoaalß and Wtnaaooaa TK 4 lb Oara-Mtiad .. . M A MM uata— " ..MAM Wool —Ohio and Mawaytrdßla XL.. MAM Oauforala Pali la A MM MaM .. MHA MH ■B-f. '••mm M A MH t* or A it MHA M vivw TOW a. maw. Baaf Oattla—Poo* l Caotea *to AIM ItM •00 AtM Lamb* tM AIM Mbnaa'a taateiai Taaawaa.ter aaaabi aad **id*. CTVI cc STSTTRR nkw TOSk OITLtS >fII(iOOOallO O-.WITfI MEWS A BOYS' JfoT ituSrftftk i* '^4l DUNHAM PXABTOft. Dunham & Sons Manufacturer!, WarwroofM, IS Coat LTLH Mraai. ;f**ahl)*bl IMS) MP TASK. loix . -Wtraio CN Timor aad /Vnr i.n*. f /UM l* M,lt\ A if ySETH THOmK t\CLOCKS)| . V, \nina. nanu./ j V XsBEPCOOD/ J TIM *- Homes in Minnesota. Uatlora. TMlIt T V -PITH W 11-UOfll"** TM Ml Watr PMW !• M URM fe, jKLfVY* 1 . OUEKE aDOBATWI DCrffHH a "£r , HHsass.i! l Ssx w> STANDARD WEEKLIES. Wmmh <1 f Ft w. #v** ft hum. Kn York Vwtk h> M mm* BII*■ *IMK> > - * MM* W*3i W<*l<l ..k MM* Wit*i*l. MM* HUKUMI'IULUMMI J MM* UkrwUM Ad*MIA 7.'.'.'...U MM* W**KLV.B*w ~ M MM* =£ S* b(tu4 Faiwt W rn* ivartwitMwiM cot* k •*• * Mia AIbMS J ml—| MM OALBTMOR *. l COUTRR I)UMU K M*U FH ILMHIKI* rII ■KM IK* - * MM* Halbotsr* WM .......... ISHMM* OmiaMl W**kl TlM** ...', FT M*M H**M Ml PuiUM.. .......U MM* <rl!|r,iHih „.ft mat* I*n<II*WMI| OWMJOAITTL m MM* Clue*** T\M . . MM* NIMFUM • MM* BT UHl>* I:L(**DMOORT. FC MSI* HMM ...........—A MM* • 10.00 For * ten-Use advertisement to b* Inserted cm* wwk is tke above t, we will aeespt a chock, in advance, for SIOO, and will insert lbs same one week in a lift of One Thousand Coun try WeekliM RraU*. Will iBMTt IIBM la TH *SO* IK*. I*4 th* OH Tk*o**Ml OraMiy WMU>* ** NO E**K GEO. P. ROWEL & GO'S Newspaper Advertising B area a, 10 Spruce St.. New York. A LOW PRICE - Months' Credit! A DOUBLE COLUMN ADVERTISEMENT. HANDSOMELY DISPLAYED, AND OONNFIOUOITSLT INSERTED ON A PAQE WHERE THERE 18 MOT TOO MUCH OTHER ADVERTISING, WOULD BE SURE TO BE SEEN BY EVERY READER OP A LOCAL COUNTRY NEWSPAPER WE WILL INSERT SUCH AN ADVERTISEMENT IN PTVE HUNDRED OR MORE OOUETRY WEEKLIES, OCCUPYING FIVE INCHES DOWN THE COLUMN. AND IN EACH PAPER A HEADING NOTICE NOT EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED LINEN, IN LABOR TYPE, CALL ING ATTENTION TO THE ADVERTISEMENT. ALL FOR ONE DOLLAR PER PAPER FOB ONF INSERTION. FROM RESPONSIBLE PERSONS WE WILL ACCEPT FOR PAYMENT A NOTE FOB TB AMOUNT. PAYABLE THREE MONTHS FROM ITS DATE. SAID NOTE NOT TO BE GIVEN. UNTIL WE HAVE EXHIBITED TO THE ADVERTISKE. AT HIB OWN OFTIOE. A COPY OF BACH PAPER CHARGED TOR, WITH THE ADVERTISEMENT AND NOTICE DULY INSERTED. THIS ADVERTISEMENT OCCUPIES THE EXACT SPACE TALKED OF, VTRs FIVE INCHES DOUBLE-COLUMN. THIS OFFER HOLDS GOOD ONLY FOR THE MONTHS OF MAT AND JUNE ADDRESS GEO P. ROWELLi CO'S NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING BUREAU, 8 use !M S> lull .J.9(1 I).J *iil .'■* IO SPRUCE ST., NEW YORK. ■|l)fln.oc B,J ,f Hr MfvlaM 14 SO. KKTW IKSSSKS ■walla. Molld Walf.nl OM* withbaarr raJa ad PrrO' t DfAfAd I*ll**4*, HP. A Anp Cab* oat crW> lor t roao.rrrry •eatbalbaoooM tbtoftidll ■■■> hMtebM, WomuiW 10 bin Mablod If omy*a tdMtrtat. loary rw fuadrd and fxarbti liaram paid I r ma*rb war if ■ot aaUafartorr, JMallntNHlO. ag" for latb with ordwtvTwill!! bnaatlfoll atnuadmt in ordod to Haro It lairwldral at <>■<*, Car a*lf tio.td, Aowar# or latt- UUoa. Kw*p#p*r wub nwii lofonuatioß aboat ana* f bud <lf|*aa, WWT PHKK. Plaaaa Addfaaa SdMIK. r II*TTT Wimtflia.TT. <44 i $66iJ% lg.gftjrslf ooHg imtftigfc.'tenaadgL I)EAF^-4r£&cs 60,000gwsm s2soo3Kj!i^sS= i Kaaun IbdO <•***> J*o* Mb pod W.. .Low hwaa ~ r. lazzrxsrtzrsaxi" 9M P O. VIUMBHV. booaa*a.Ma*o*. CLOCKS BES WH 4 VTCn i'KXIB HAM tbrataaaaa* All ICllf tbo bmanaaa M*aP*nr I'aioaXta* #f n.i|iiHm M*aaaar.. aad aaaraw |.M)umial lo ibte .QMU, TI i|it piwn aUI aUaaaflbwal amuoirMi. aad adaao*. a rawalar aaabir mmnmrnm *a ■**> * itdmiai. oil* lafteaaaa. lltla * MitriCß Oaaan! IfKU taoio Maoa pagar I'u*. MaJOiprao#blaaal. Maa Tarb $lO to w m&m SSsr "Btrdi i^vPHOSPHMItIIIL f\Tba boot rttaUtlftf Too UN / M ml m A \®Ma Oaf Mdaatl mj PbpAoal ( ■ U-P ■ 1 MOMtdTIM. U1 J *> !?>.' !-!ivyfa**M. BUIUTT, Xtepo*. ■fUUtMC.H.T. TXAO ** Atm ; on. BECKER'S \ Q7* mjtBMjtTKO BALSAM ifli l f is * Minu con S rouruiieA,ruiim STY Mb aad ay MP t TEUOM. 1/7 F \V tout N SIX DOIGOISTO. / V \ * MIWUT.I. tl. LJ&!—-i SgMT MT HSU. tXUt M TIE POTATO BIS WfTM F.W.Devoe A Co'# Pari# Green. Par rwoalam boa te ate. addon* mm. PaHoa aad \* Hliaai at*., boa* t arb. MarMbtear nVWatte lted.Oate*sVafwwta.Oin *od Patete UJIII roo cos ¥fl*py ilUilBI '.uaC, a bar*.PbC tmibmw mm fra* te aaaa .atncmtaa*. Mi bb.it ana'ba Oar teri ara aanaaiao boa. b> te *t ■■lunHma aaab doll Owe I|tei bte )aai n*alif laa.r * aaar ma *ob- Mfba* to toraa date. PaSa* a* M(M •- a.afbaar I—M a—m—o abioil id'*** Taow Iraa *d*b**' —piaio aolfti < Aromu* o*M papan. *• . aaa. fraate nkoa. aanaaod a*oa at aw *• oar CoEuptics Can Be Cored. SI. WON *l* a ~"*te rai 0 tar Un oara M WP-TION aad *ll ammmmmm A A* Uadl rbrool. ll te*mw*Ua to* braia. teoaa *o Ua oakate. oataajAdoaak oxto*, ad m pUitel ta loba. Pnaa On* potior par baMl. at I>n**..u or tete bf Un u> fteMoMßnTao* ' I'gsioW ' bd *RG ■Otu. I f OauteaOt fmoat. Mao Tot. gjgEYEBETT HOUSE, Fix>ntinx Union Squai>e IIW TOOK. i Finest Location in the City Efftpoi Ra-totnrat IbvibsH. I tUtßMmm A ITli r#. fr*prtf*r Lw j I \Mm'/NMKiSC/t~£CO\ \ y65 BROADWAY. A' Y. \ Sandal-Wood j I s aaoUte ramod tat ail ill at tta SMtef* Bloddnr and L rtaorr Orgajaa. ansHoad lo Dro;. I Aool tIQMMUtbf u warn Hbdataa rnmkmmm. aS atba* ■ ill Hi hN ******** aar* nau ar ato* ms Ma oadaltb ' Moaaor* ot ltelmlaoa. tar, awiao te b trm M UNA AM PIUS db Wbt > Ml ate*. 1111111 a 00 *f dwdobaaad. aaid a> oS dra oa I* Oat fmm drato, ar aaarl Ar w a* A aad ■ ON i on dbi * Sbo Iteb. j The Itmij "CnUwaj Jacket" ">Qk /*\ I iJh**|Mii*. Ak'flMA I *c IUKMM far I i . R Simctw Ibxoa. BiHHgH f9o.it, or i mat*- iJ 10 h* vera MIV *itMlnnjnk tVBWiL> > foe u- fl| I tflvWll I'M. with Cloth J. I? J MoSa, MM*. 9 Iftßl Smith's lata* "INSTRUCTION ROOK" k'MrM. C*f M* M*ll fait I W* a*4 L*4W t*M ■*)* " I*' I **.**.** thmii*l -*." k. Dm, U. .r M <!' • lh**l TUB COMPLETE. OA KM'.lt. u* vsMk lM M IBs p 1 maiaa u tkvtWtoMial ImaiUw. Imtk* m*m mssftH •* w**u! wtftals s ■ y*lHi U? ma test. IWr.ts*. wasOw rfwvw \m ssssvwtfE *t>*l|* I __ ■ >D|A ftCCCR' W* will *.*• l** ♦ Siratr' 1 DIU urraii**iiktpa*r*"i;.M I M* OH, Ik* B*mr- **4 ••| , Mrr*-*4 I "Smith's Illustrated Pattern Bazaar" 41 fHH*Y*r " r*m* • *" OMR DOLLAR. PMNt* IS*a tekr* m fuk *44 m. 4. SUROCTTE SMITH, WW. P. a. So* aoek. - New York Crt* NT WO SO
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