MEN IGNORANT OF FIR. Says a writer in the American Noturalist Kk do not know of any but a single record where natives of 8 wnowly-discovered oountry did not know the use of fire that one case was on Island Fanua Loa, or Dodwich's Island, discovered on the 20th of January, 1841, by the U. 8. 8. Peacock, commanded by Captain W. H. Hudson, of the United States South Sea Surveying and Exploring Expedition. Captain Hudson relates : “The natives were at first very shy of the boats, but the Hawaiians who were in them soon induced them to approach, and to enter into trade, and finally en- ticed them alongsidethe ships. On com- ing near they began a song or chant, holding up their paddles and mats, and shouting ‘kafilon tamatau.’ They re- sembled the natives of Oatafu, or Duke of York's Island, where the same kind of mats, eye-shades and ornaments, and { Some were tatooed in the same manner. | Soma, however, were tatooed in a dif- - . The Coming President, WANTED, one or two Ladies or Gen tlamen of undoubted reference and char- acter, willing to work eight hours per day for a six months’ engagement, as lraveling Agents for “The Lives and Graves of our Presidents,” to every sub scriber of which book WILL BE GIV- EN FREE “The Lives of the Four Cans didates.” Why pay from $2 to $4 for the Lives of the Candidates when you can get it free? First applicants get choice of positions. Good pay to the right par- ty. Address, giving name of reference, Hiv & Harvey Pusruisaisa Co., 16julm 55 N, Charles St., Baltimore, Md PEN NSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE. Fail Term begins September 10, 1854, Examination for admission, September 2, tution is located in one of the most | healthy spots of the entire Alle hen on. It is open to both sexes, and of fers Wy rowing Courses of Study ; A Full Scientific Course of Four Years, A Full Latin Scientific Course, The following SPECIAL COURSES, of two years each following the Mirst two years of | ferent style, being ornamented with na the Scientific Course (a) AGRICULTURE: | : Oy criiifie Course (9) AGRICULTURE: | variety of arrows on the forehead and 5 “ty Lr » ¢ -¥ 4 r AND PHYSICS; (4) CIVIL ENGINEER | cheeks. ; They were all finely formed and ING. | manly in appearance, with pleasing i | countencances that expressed good A short SPECIAL COURSE IN AGRICUL- | natura TURE, nl short SPECIALCOURSE in Chemistry. “They were eager enongh for trade, recognized course in Mechanical Arts, | 8nd soon disposed of all they had to ex- : mb ing shop-work with study. change ; a few presents were made them, A Rew Special Course (two years) in Litera | hut all the inducements failed to entice them on board. Ti n I hey appeared cheerful, | laughing heartily at anything that struck A i A « A ture and Science, for Young Ladies. A carefully graded Preparatory Course. PECIAL COURSES are arranged to meet the i wants of individual students, | them as ridiculous, sou incidentals very Jow. - Tait fre. Young | TBO populaiion of the island is es Indies under charge of compet. nt lady Principal, : timated to be about six hundred souls, or Catalogues, or other information, address | : GEO. W. ATHERTON, President. | most of whom dwell in the town. State College, Centre Co., Pa “There was no signs of places for | cooking, nor any appearance of fire, and | it is believed that all their provisions are | eatenraw. What strengthened this opinion | was the alarm the natives felt when they | saw the sparks emanating from the feint and steel, and the emission of smoke | from the mouths of those who were { smoking cigars.” The writer of this article was on board the ** Peacock,” and can vouch for the varity of Capt. Hudson's account of our inter. views with the natives, and also that they eat their entire food without cooking, but also had the greatest dread of fire in any form. We saw no traces of charcoal or ashes in their village or town, and we fully understood them as to their food, and how it was taken. Itconsisted For Neuralgia For Neuralgia For Neuralgia For Neuralgia For Rheumatism For Rheumatism For Rheumatism For Rheumatism For a Lame Back For a Lame Back For a Lame Back For a Lame Back Doctor Thomas’ Eclectric 0/1 Doctor Thomas’ Eclectrie Oil fruits ; fish, echini, and other products of the sea ; the few sen birds mgstly seen there, were not regarded as food, and even if they were, could not have been casily obtained or relied on for supplies, the population being large in proportion to the island's size, Doctor Thomas’ Eclectric Oil Doctor Thomas’ Eclectric Oil tit fi — ETTIOYEAN AND AMERICAN PAPERS, It iw the fashion in England to declare that, of all the newspapers in the world, the English are the best. I Lave some knowledge of foreign newspapers, and I SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS, PRICE S0c. and 81.00. PETER, KILSURX & 00, Pro's, BUFTALL, ¥. T- EF OEL HELP Women MEN we NERVOUS? ARE LACK VITAL ENERGY. The HOWARD GALVANIOSHIRLD aad our sther Eisctirs Galvaste sad Mage 8 netia Appliances cure Nervoos Debilivy, Pee BY ralrele, Riegma Loss of Vital Esergr, Overworked Brad il Liver, Siomach Co male Weakness, #io., ots. They are the very intent improvements: different fross belts, sade. glrdies and clher devioss. They positively grserale continues cer. German and Russian newspapers need hardly be regarded, being, as they are, under a strict censorship, and in daily fear of their own lives and the liberty of writers. The Spanish press is entirely without enterprise, and very trivial, ex- oepting when it is being ms .de use of for rents, without acids, tsusing ne irrd tation of the skin. Cas be worn af work as well as sl reulanly sotiee able ta the wearer, Power regulsied ts meet (he diferent stages of ail die. ones Thow for Men only st oneg resell the went of Qisense ae they net 45. rectly upon the Nervoos, Masealnr sod Generative Centres, speedily roster. ing vitalitrwhioh i» Eleotrisitpes Arwined from the system by enooense / * N or indiseretions, sad thes [o » mai. wri way sverenms ali weskaeer withoo! dragging the tlomaned, Wo furnish abesints proof fo suport cur slalme in our [lio trated Pamphiet, satitied “ THREE TYPES OF MEN," for MEN ONLY, sis one for LADIES ONLY, free, or rent sealed far 4 cents postage, PRICES Bvery applianes Sarrated a2 represented, from 84 ap AMERICAN GALVANIC CO., pward 1103 Chestaut 8t., Philads., Pa. Ask for at Murray's Drug store. The Italian press is either ‘arivial or venal, or both ; but the French jsresa, while in- ferior in the quantity and quality of its in respect to its comments and handling of many subjects, and (pecially in re- #pect of its political leaders, some of which rise to a high le wel of statesman- ship very rarely reach: sd in the colunms of a London newspaper. The American newspapers, again, show far greater en- terprise, far greater veadiness to under- stand and to hit the trate of the moment than the English joarnals. But on the whole, and taking ¥ ito account the trust- worthiness of its ne we, the dignity (often exaggerated) of ils attitude, and its entire freedom from sus picion of corruptibility by money, the F.aglish press may com- pare creditably with any in the world In the search Yor, and the collection of news, the condrictors of English nows- papers have displayed very great en- terprise and aliility. To find out and to bring together news is not by any means so simple a mntler as might be supposed, Most raen do not know news when they see if. ; that is to say that they learn a fact or Beco an event pass before their own eyes without it ever oceuring to them Punt for the rest of mankind that fact or that event is new and unexpected, and ita publioation caleulated to satisfy their curiosity-that, in fact, it is news TOO MANY MAIDEN ROUKS By ootual oconnt there are 18,803 “Maiden Rocks” in the United Slates, exclusive of Idaho and Washington Ter- ntories, which are still to be heard from. These rocks are widely distributed, but there aro no fewer than 050 in Michigan, 800 in Wisconsin, 180 in Yowa, 187 in Illinois, 260 in Indians, and 667 in Ver. mont alone. A “Maiden Rock” is always connected with the unvarying legend that a beautiful and gentle Indian waid, daughter of a noted chief, leaped from its apex into the yawning abyss be. low, rather than to wed with a barbarian bimy eo, chosen by her stern parent, or to show herself false to that other redskin won whom the affections of her heart ‘was sel, Largest and finest display and trousering atthe Merehant Tai department of the Bee Hive. CU CF ORPE. gp —— x Aw), GA. 1 NO EQUA WCAG, ahANg £\ Lh. © ¢ La MASS, FOR SALE BY PR ————— J. Q, A. Kennedy, Contre Hall, Ag. f suiliog loring THE LIMKTS OF VISION. It has bean asserted that the eye of the common house fly is capable af discorne ing on olfject the five-millionth of an {inch in diameter. Prof. Rogers of Cam- | ridge says he can distinguish lines ruled in glass which are only 1-50,000 of an inch apart, simply by unaided vision. Prof. J. Leo Coate, however, places the limit of {human vision for good eyes at the 1.1,000 inch as the smallest distance at which two objects can be seen apart, To appreciate the perfection of the eye ag an instrument, it y¥ be interesting {to notice how the kr senses would {perform the same work. “or instance, if we take a pair of divi- | ders and stick on each point a mustard seed, so that the impression on the skin shall not be too pungent, and then try on {another person, whose eyes are shut, the | least distance apart at which two distinct {impressions can be perceived, it will be {found that on the middle of the back it |g; Louis, says: “I used Brown's Iron is about three inches; on the arm or |Bitters for rhenmatism, general debility {back of the hand, about } to of an inch ; |and prostration, with the best result.” : * ———— fe —— jon the palm, about 4 of an inch; on ihe Oa 13 ult, Harry L. Jones, of Sinking finger tips about 1-12 or 1-16 of an inch; Valley, was leaning on his gan under an jand on the tip of the tongue, about 1.2 apple tree watching A game of base ball, {of an inch or less, A boy threw a stone into the tree for the | Combining human vision with the |purpose of knocking an apple, The sioge [powers of the most powerful sd perfec 1 18 decent rock the hammer of he ‘compound microscope, it is found that {tering his arm and shoulder, which had the limit of vision is reached when lines | to be amputated, His condition is eriti- 146,528 to the inch are separated, and cal. ‘that the theoretical limit of the power to EMINENT PHYSICIANS discarn a single object ia abont 1-11%,000 | of an inch. This limit has been nearly (connected with the principal hospitals | ‘but not quite reached by most perfect | throught ut the nited States report very | . gratifying and satisfactory resuits from instruments, ithe use of McDonald's Great Blood Pu- When, therefore, the maximum power |rifyer in all cases of vitiated blood, ema jof human vision, backed by the most |ciated condition, enfeebled digestive powartal and perfect microscopes doca| POSE, mAlamm lain of Col ue bu \not reach much over abont one hundred |, 10 purisying tosic, and reconstructive i thousandth of an inch, the absurdity of | sower, attributing a limit of one five millionth | Dissatisfied purchasers can have their lof an inch to any kind of unaided vision | money r sfanded. F an sale by 4 . 2 Stor. is apparent. The eyes of many insects|™ J OTR IAT AY 1% uO, are indeod extraordinary organs, and] - The dwelling house, barn and all the outbuildings, except the spring house, on the farm of Thomus Grabill, in Monroe township, Juniata county, together with the grain and material in the barn and most of the household goods, were des stroyed by fire on 15 ult, We learn the fire was caved from a box of matches pass ing throagh a threshing machine which was bel g used, and ignitiog the straw, which spread at once through the barn and thea communicated to the house and outbuildings. The loss of Mr, Gray- bill is large. There wus no insurance on the property. | -~ - - LIKE AN OLD CREAKY WINDOW SHUTTER, | That is the way a joints sometimes are. Hioges old, rusty | and worn, and badly need oiling. The | trouble is inthe blood. A man whois of | any account is worth repairing. There. | pairing can be done by means of Brown's | Iron Bitiers., That enriches and purifies the blond, drives ont the pains, and works complete restoration, Thousands | testify to it from hanpy experience. Mr, C. H. Huntley, 918 N, Bixteenth street, i man’s rheumatic! i i 1 ly i eh o Lé HAL 3 [a % CRO 9, ell a dot W. R. BRACKBILL Da is RACE 0 Ny BILL i . urniture and Bedding

¥ § HON nut of Fire Philadelphia Agents.) (what we generally designate ss theeye] WILL NOT BE SUPPRESSED. ; i of a fly is really a compound eye, made | [Springfield Republican.) up of hundreds and even thousands of | Congressman Belford, of Colorado, the separate lenses called occellites. Of “rip-roaring, red-headed rooster of the { these tho cornmon house fly has 4,000 in | Rockies,” has experienced a change of | the two eyes. The structure of thess oc- | heart, apd will run for re-election against | icallites is well known, the optical part of | 3 the Republican nominee as an Indepen- | {dent Democratic apti-monopolist, His | feach oonsisting of two lenses, which geting is said to give Republicans out | {combined form a double convex lens |there cousiderable anxiety, That each oocellite acts as a separate eyo| i ttle. £) A mA ) lan be easily proved by detaching the | Cotton flannel and muslins- Jarman, | i Nobby line of bats—Garmans. whole of the front of the compound eye, | J RE, iand by manipulation with a microseope| CUTTING DOWN THEIR WAGES. lit is not difficult to examine s photograph ‘or other object through it. When this | x oii Works and the Paxton Iron Works, | lis done a distinet image is scen in each {of this city, and the Duncannon Iron | loccellite. Dr. W. B. Carpenter has | Works, of Duncannon, posted notices to- | ishown that each occellite reflects but a |6ight of a reduction of 10 per cent. in| Ly : : 1 | Wages, to take effect on Monday, October | small portion of the image looked at, anc 16. The Chesapeak Iron Works, of this (that it requires the combined action of | city, had previously posted a similar nos ithe 4 000 lenses of the fly to produce the {tice. The four establishments give em leame affect as that seen by ihe one ployment to several thousand hands, and : the order causes great gioom in the com- {human aye The human eye is there. ww isha. pn E { tisa dre Q fore, a far more perfect optical instru-!™ iment than the eye of the fly. A [usects bave besides these immense |. oo Seria compound eyes single eyes, called ooslli. | were burned, he larvee of inseols have to depend on | Four raen were killed ithe singlo eyes, the compound AITANFO- {of dynamite ina cartrige ment appearing at the later stage As | bon. y the limit of vision of such compound | ONLY THE BECOND JEW HANGED, eyes of ingecla little is certainly known. | rota} hy i Toes The writer of this article, who is him-| , Martin Weinberger was hanged Tues- ee : : . {day at Pittsburg for the murder of a ped- sell well acquainted with the anatomy | iiér. Tuis is believed Ww be only the of insecis, consulted Mr. J. D. Hyatt of | se cond icstance of a Jew haviug been Morrisania, who is a great authority on hanged in the United States. It is a very wach questions, and who mys: [Fare caso when one of thewn Js foun “1 have given considerable attention lof Israelites in the United States, this is to the investigation of compound eyes, | certainly a creditable record, and we {but have made no discovery that would ; doubt if it is equalled by any other class lead to the conclusion that their power of 1 peopls of ¢ qual numbers 10 be found vision with respect to small objects ex. |v ©O0F country. {coeds {hat of the simple eyes of the higher animals. The images of objects {formed in the separate lenses composing {the compound eye are proportionally (small, and the question whether insects can soe smaller objects than animals furnished with single eyes is not a question of optics, but of the sensitive ness of the optic nerve, and consequent- ly. in the present condition of our knowledge, a matter of mere conjockure.™ LE AI HI AN OBSTINATE ORGAN, Harrisburg, Sept. 23.—The Fairview i ul i - - - i i at JOUEOR ¥y i as 3 wil re od Foi ure Ie iy In, ir nnnacIeda i by an explosion factory at lis - o_o. 4 i e i — > T———— AoW Wa A, 0 MP — MURRAY'S CARRIAG WORKS CENTRE HALL, Centre Co, Penna, Where are kept on hand and for sale. BE ee BUG G1 ES, ; — =P AETONS, -BPRING WAGONS, 0 Repairing done at Reasonable rates Buggy Tops of any style made to or- der, with prices according to quality. 1 have recently ad- ded HORSE SHORING to the smith department, under the so: pervision of a yeuy skilled and obliging blacksmith. ; 19d ect( : LEVI MURRAY. In a small church, at a litlle viliage near Brighton, where the congrogation could not afford to pay an organist, they recently bought a self-acting orga. » compact instrument, and well enite 1 to the purpose, and constructed to p.'ay forty different tunes. The sexton hid instructions how to set it going, ani how to stop it; but unfortunately, he forgot the latter part of his business, and after singing the first four verses of a hymn before the sermon, the organ conld not be stopped, and it continued playing two verses more; then, just as slergyman completed the words * Let us pray,” the organ clicked and started a fresh tune. The minister sat it out patiently, and then renewed his intro. ductory words, ** Let us pray,” when click went the organ, and started off on another tune. The sexton and the continued their exertions to find oub yw spring, but no man could puta stp to it; so they got four of the stoute 4 mon instrament, and they carried ¥; jown the centre aisle of the church, p' AWRY, into the churchyard, wher , it continued clicking and playing ‘gway until the whole forty tunes wore * guished. a —— Whatever study ter J, neither directly or indirectly to mak: , ug better men and citizens in at best b 4 5 specious and in genious sort of i jones and knowledge wo noquire by ¥ ; only a creditable kin of ignomnoe, ® hing more —— —— i —— JOHN A. GRENOBLE, - BPRING MILLS, FA Lealer in 8 TOVES, TINWARE & PATENT IRON ROOFING Use Patent Iron Roofing, it outlasts aay bailding, and cowis only a trifle pore than shingles. Call and see it. Everytliing in the line of COOKING STOVES, COAL STOVES, & RANGES PR.CES LOW AS THE LOWEST! . TIN WARE g on hand and made to of all des: Tiption 12dec.y order, i -— ——y Tren a gan vox will hsip you ney right away ha ————— Band six wd reeniy of goods whi o me A Prize. hd. than anything eles \& 1 thing ol =n EVERY LADY, ILISS & CHIL i ME the und soho —— Cis, or, en A OTA wnsta, Everythi 2 new —Garmans. very ays our stock is ioynense Garay a ya » tle. % J. H. * , 2 Chie : N ir LEGE, auiyly ad EN 3 gravel, g a i. wry oo Read What a Patient says of it: “LB2X Read What a Patient say : The Pastilles 1 purchased from you in Anguet rove 0 me Most conclusively that “while there is ife were 1s hope.’’ They did thelr work for be. yond wy utmost expeciations, for | certainly did not expect that a habit of FOURTEEN YEARS DUBATION sould be completely gotien under oon- tro! ia the ¢xoeedingly short time of two mouths 1 oan assure vou thst fuise pwdeety will keep We frow doing al! that | can In addin the sLonesE which will surcly crown so beneficial a remedy. 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Inall cases where this Elixir is used its ofcacy Is st once manifested, cope vincing the most incredulous that CONSUMPTION is mot incarable, if properly stiended the « Atits commencement it fs but a dlight trite © ©f tion of the membrane which covers the Langs; then an inflamation, when the cough ls rather dry, local fover and the pulse more frequent the © checks fushied snd chillamore common, This Elixir tn curing the above complaints, oper stot 80 58 10 remove all morbid trrite. tions snd Inflamation from the lunge to the gurface, and fzally expel them from ’ : SHOES }y WIDTHS OF THE WAUKENPHAUST ANI Corner Brocker- GRAHAME SON. memo oe» DOLE: ¢ BIPE wu» - ’ LLL FIL . ne LA a — NEW JERSEY .-100 Life Scholarship, $40. Write 1. COLEMAN & PALMS, Proprietors, S CURE FOR: naa, TION SOLD EVERYWHERE HEIRY, JONSSON & LOKD, Props., Burliarton, VL. ELDUR or sale at Murray's Drag store, = w-R0L 10 park Artest. We offer an 8 1610 1. P. Automatic, . 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