TIIK "CLEARFIELD BEPIBLICII," rosusasa eraai wnnatiniT, it OEORUB Ik IIIMIUIAK II, GLRARF1KLD, PA. ESTAULISHBD IM lt. rut larfoet t'lrculatlos ifu) Newspaper In North Central lsnaylvBala. Terms of Subscription. If f aid la adranoe, or wllhla I month!..., H If paid altar I and before months AO If paid after tut euplrallon of a months.., 9 UO Bates oi Advertising. ' Franslsnt advertisements, per square of lOllnosor less, I woes or lata... si " for aaah sabsequent ineertion Administrators' end h'leeuUire' notions H I at Aadltorl' notions - I Oautioas and Rstraya..... ............ I aa Dlualatloa nolleoa - ,0 PmraiMlonol Oardl. t llau or lon,l year.... I Loaal anlioaa. par Hoe 10 TKAHLY ADVBRTIHBMBNT8. 1 square. .M DO I 1 column. $5t W 1 squares .-.It 00 , oolumn.. ......... TO 00 I squares.. ....JO M I oolataan lit 00 niORQR B. QOODLANDKR, Kdltor and Publisher. f Ola la MTSBAT OTRUI QORDOR, MURRAY & GORDON, atio;knbys at law, l:I0'7 CLEABFIKT.D, PA. t FRANK FIELD INcC ATTORN EY-AT-LA W, Cloarllrld, Pa. Will attend la all business entrusted to him promptly and ullbfully. rll'7 wilmab a. niun. no L. nanaa. babbt r. WALLtoi. sons w. wbiolbt WALLACE A, KREBS, (Suieoeeors to Wallaoa Fleldin,) ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW, IMJ'71 ClearBeln, Pa. a. T. ii.aoa, a. . . a. tab taisab, DBS, WILSON & VAN VALZAH, ClenrUeld, Pa. Omee In residence of Dr. Wilkin, n.nr. lliirn.! From II to 1 r. . Dr. Van Valiab oan ba fonnd at night In his room., nail door to Hnrlawica Irwin s Drug more, up tain. "'" ' DR. JEFFERSON LITZ, WOODLAND. PA. Will promptly attond all aalli In tha lit. of bit nroi.uiun. ..v... Knars l. i'iuui. ail w. a'cuanr. McENALLY & MoOUBDT, ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW, a Claartleld. Pa. S-Legal business attended ta promptl. witty B1. iltv. una... oveua, ... . - . National Bank. J.n:li7 Q. R. BARRETT, Attorney and Counselor at Law, nt.KAHFIKLD. PA. tUrinf resigned hie Judgeship, baa reinmad tha praotiea of tha law In bia old office at Clear, t.ld, Pa. Will attend the ooorU of Jeferioa and Bik ooantiea when epeeially tatained in eonneotion With resident oouneet. WM. M. McCULLOUGH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cloarllrld, Pa. JttT-OIAoe in Court House, (Sheriff's Office). Legal busineo promptlyattended to. Bret estate booght and eold. I'"'" J7N. BANf Z , ATTOKN EY-AT-LA W, Clearfield, Pa. Jaw-OIAce la l'ie'e Opera Houie, Boom No. 4. All legal baiineil antraited to bia eare promptl, attended to. Ijr'a A. W. WALTERS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. V-ft-Ottoa In arahani'i Bow. dmi-iy H. W. SMITH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAV, tl:l:TS rioarBfld, Pa. WALTER BARRETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Idle, on Baaond lit., Oloarleld, Pa. aoall.M ISRAEL TE8T, ATTORN RY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. t.0flea la Pia'a Opera Hoaie, Jyll,'67 JOHN H. FULFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, tlearUeld, Pa. POBea la Pia'e Opera Home, Boon No. i. Jaa. I, IK71. JOHN L. CUTTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. iirl Real Estate Agent, Clearfield, Pa. OAee oa Third etreel, b.t.t'b.rrj A Walnut. -erKeepofltfully offers his setrloaala selling tad buying lands in Clearfield and adjoining leunties and with aa ezparianee ol orsr twenty fears as a surveyor, flatters himself that he eaa reader sallsfaaUoa. Lfeb. ia;l:tf, FBEDEBICK 0'LEABI BUCK," SCRIVENER & CONVEYANCER, General Life and Fire Ins. Agent. Deeds of Conveyance, Articles of Agreement and all legal pepera promptly and neatly aae euted. Ofliea ia Pia's Opera House, Room No. 4. Clearleld, Pa., April 111, IN74, J. BLAKE WALTERS, REAL ESTATE BROKER, aap bbalb ia Naw Iojjh and Iaiiniber, CLEARFIELD, PA. OSea la Orabam's Bow. 1:71:71 J. J. LINGLE, ATTOBNEY-AT - LAW, l:U naeeola, C'learfielol Co., Pa. y:pd ROBERT WALLACE, ATTORNEY - AT-LAW, Watlaretoti, Clearfield County, Peiin'a. jWAII legtj btuineai protoptljr tUUDdiKl to. DR. T. J. BOYER, PUY8ICIAN AND SURGEON, OOea oa Market Street, Clearfield, Pa. Y'Omoa aoarat ta 19 a. m., and 1 to I p. Jjn. E. M. SCIIEURER, HOUdOPATllIO PHYSICIAN, OSoe In rneideneo an Market it. April itllT. Clearfirld, Pa. " DR. W. A. MEANS, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON LtlTHKRKM.'RO, PA. Will attend professional oalla promptly. auglO'70 J. 6. BARN HART, ATTORN KYa. AT. LAW, . llelleloDte. Pa. Will prmrtlo im Clrloli atid ti of tht Courts tt t Jiia jdlelj diatriat. Ileal MtaUt baalacu M tlleUaa ofoUiMi pot.ltli. nl'Tl JAME8 CLEARY, BABBEB 4 HAIR DRESSER, BKCOND (TRtKT, J, 75 CI.P.ARPIBLI,, PA. ti JAMES 0. WHITE, HARDER AND HAIR DRESSER Booms la the Laoaard House, aepm'74 . Clearfield, Pa. T. A. rrscK. a. BILLS. T. A. FLECK & CO., Ageats la Clearfield eoantl fer tie sale ef t- RUTTkRICK ok C"-' faahionable Fattorna of Garments, ALL OTTLBS AKD SIIKa. . . 1:11 Market Htreel Clearnid, Pa. T4 T. M. ROBINSON MaaifMtarar aJ ta Harness, Saddles and Bridles, Cellars, Whips, titulars, Ply Kelt, Trimmings Horse Blankets, Aa. Veaeam, Prank Miller's and Bratsfoot Oils. Agent for Bailey and Wileon's Buggies. Orders and repelling promptly attended la, Hoop ea Market street, Clearfield, Pa, In room formerly aeeapled by Jaa. Aloiaeder. (fi:4-74 JAMES E. WATSON k CO.. RIAL B'TATK BROKRHK, CLKARHKLD, PENN'A. noaxl and unices to let, CollrnUons promntly made, aad Irsl alaas Coal aad lire CI.. Loads aaa sewn aroperty ler aa la. omoa la Wtetera Hotel Balldlag Id floor), deoond: Ml. (myii'74T it '.I "V" ;. CLEMFIELD GEO. B. Q00DLANDEE, Proprietor. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. ; . TEEMS-$2 per annum in Advance. VOL. 48--WIIOLE.NO. 2398. " CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1874. NEW SERIES-Y0L. 15, NO 48. Cards. A. Q. KRAMER, ATTORN KY-AT-LAW, Baal Rilata and Collection Agent, CLBAHFIEMI, PA., Will promptly attaod t all business aa tru.ti.il la hi. SerB. jrtrOtnce In 1'ie's Opora Ilousa, aetjad floor, lohn II. Orris. 0. T. Aleiander. O. M, Mowers 0BVIS, ALEXANDER & BOWEBS, ATTORNEYS AT LA W. ' ,' Bellelbuto, Pa.- lianSHdT-y " j. H. KLINE, M. D.,! PHYSICIANS SURGEON, HAVINU looeted at Pennfield, Pa., ofors his prufeaeional eer loos to the people of Ibnt pUoe and surrouudiug eouutry. Alloau. proinpuj r.....u,i in. oet. II tf. .... . GEORGE cl! KIRK," v Ju.tloe of tha Peaea, Surreyor and Conreyanror, Lntherebura;, Pa. All builness Inlmsted to bim will ba promptly .tt.K.u.l la. P.reons wiihlnn to employ n Rur. :ll An .ll in ire hiln a esll. as hi: Hatters k,.-ir thai h. .. render sati.faetion. Deeds of ooneeyanoo, artlrles of agreement, and all legal papers, promptly and neally wreuted. HHnov74 JOHN D. THOMPSON, Justtoe or tha Peaoa and Serirontl, Cnrwensf llle. Pa. tmColleotlons made and money promptly paldTrer. .Il'L. bo. ALaanT Banr Ai.aauT.-. w. Ai.aanr W. ALBERT & BROS., Manuraeturers A aitenelre Dealers In Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o WOODLAND, PENN'A. jtO-0rder aollelted. Bills filled on short notice jar '.wfti!. FRANCIS COUTRIET, MERCHANT, Vranehallle. Clearfield County, Pa Keeps constantly on band a full assortment of ii iin,l.. Hardware. Uroeeries, and ererything -.n.ll. kent in n retail store, wliicb will bo sou, for oaeh, aa cheap aa elsewhere in the county, rrenehvllle, June 17, 16117-lj. THOMAS H. FORCEE, paALaa in GENERAL MERCHANDISE, CRAIIAMTON, Pa. Alio, eitrnllre menufacturer and dealer In Square Timber and Sawed Luranerui en iu.. M-Orden lolloltod and all bllle promptl led! W'1 '.'?- REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sign Painter and Paper Hanger, Clearfield, Penn'a. feeLWill exeeute Jobi In bia line promptly and la a workmanlike manner. nrr,07 Q. H. HALL, PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, NEAR CLBABFIB1.D, PKNN'A. , -Pumpi alwayl on hand and made to order on ehort ootioa. ripoe bored on reaeonnnio termi. All work warranted to render latiefaetion, and dellrared Ifdeeired. mjJ5:ljpa E. A. BIGLER & CO., IBaVt.aBB l.t SQUARE TIMBER, and menuraeturoff or ALL KINDS OF SAWED LUMBER. .7'7I OLEAKP1KI.D, PENN'A. JAS. B. GRAHAM, dealer la Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards, SHINGLES, LATH, A PICKETS, :10'7S Clearfleld, Pa, ' JAM Ed MITCHELL, DBALBB IB Square Timber & Timber Lands, JeH'7J CLEABPIELD, PA. DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD, Lftts Barge on of ttao H'.i ReKtment, Po n n tj 1 rnia Volvtitoori, in.-tug roturnoa iroa ido Army, fferi bit profonioBftl torrie! to thooiUtoaa f CUmrOolai onaerty. j-ProfiJtf lonl clli promptly kttooclod to. 0to on 8ond atroot, foraerlyoooaplod by Dr.Woodf. l.pr, ob-u H. F, N AUGLE, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, and dealer in WatvhcB, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated W lire, Sc., Jelt'71 CLEAItFIKI.D, PA, sTTTs"n'y d i e r, fiTr PRACTICAL WATCIIMAKEB lV ABO DBALEB IB 6aaaa4Wat(;hc-, Clocks and Jovtclrv, Qratun's tow, Jr.l Slml, CLI3ARI'll:LI, PA. All kinds of repairing In my linn promptly at ndod to. April 23, 1(73. REMOVAL. REIZENSTEIN Sl BERLINER, wholawlt delri la GEMS' FIRMSimO GOODS, llaaa removed to 1ST Church street, between Franklin nnd Whit, sts. New York. Jy31'7I Miss E. A. P. Rynder, a at nt ran Ohlflkorlog'a, Sttloway'a and KmFraon'a Planoij Dtnttb a, Maion 4 HanlU and Paloubat'a Organ a and Malodaoaa, and O rover A Baker'a Sawing Maoblnoa. alio riArnia or Piano, QalUr, Ortmu, lUrrootiy and Vocal Mo- ale. No papil uboai for laaa thus half a larm. rK-Huomr njipoilt (lullrh'a Furniture Hturo. ClMTHold, May ft. HW-it. . ItalTIB CANKT H0LL0WBUSH & CARET, BOOKSELLERS, Rlnnk Book Manufacturers, ' ' AND BTATIONRR0, am Market SI., PMtadtlpM. w?L.Paper Flour Eacks and Bags, Footsrnp, letter, hots, Wrappiog, Curtain and Wall Papers. feliI4.71 Da" FULLERTON WITH W. V. LUTINCOTT & CO., Wholesale Dealers la lints. Caps, Furs & Straw Goods, No. fill MaHRBT Strbbt, angtlt-tr PHILADELPHIA, PA. OTONE'S SAW GC MM KltS AND SAW UPSETS. Wa hare rartlrad lb aarnry for the almvc and will aril thm at tftanafwitirer'i prtoea. Call and Jall-71 t M. 9. BKlt.Kh $Ct.) W. H. MtENRUE, ! ATTOIIKEY-A T LA 11', Real Kit ate Agent aad Iainranee Droker, Agent for Outgoing and Ineoaslng Stcamera. Patagea Keeurtd by aay Peri r able Liaa. A . Ms H I L L 8 Would rarjieetruHy notify hlppwiiepts that he bar reduced the price of ABTI F1CIAL TKK1II to ,SU. 00 i,er sol. or loa.tt for a doabta art. For any laa parsons eomlae at the same lime, ta hare eare an upper aet, will get the two sets for 1.15.10, ar tll.il sank. Terms Invariably Casb. Clearleld, March It, 187'. LINE! ON A SKELETON. flume forty yetra aifo tha following poam waa found In I ha UmluB Mom inn t'krnirt: Kvary tllort waa vainly made to dlaaover Iba author, even ta tha offering ef a raward of tfty guineaa. All that aver triniDlrad waa that tha intern, ta a fair, darkly band, waa found Bear a akalaton of ranarkaoia it mutt try or form, ia ma aw-aura w tba KujaJ Uuiian or Harsaona. t-ineoia a ino, London, and that tha aurator of tha muNam aant It to tlio Morning CAnmiafa Ttohold thlt ruin I Twaa a ekull .. Ooea of Ktharaal anlrlt full. Tlii narrow eel I wai LITa'a ret r tat, Thla anaoa waa Thouitht'a myiiarlona aat. What braulenua vlilona AIIimI thta tK)t, i What droatua of pleaiura long forgot, ' Nor llrijia, nor Joy, nor Love, nor Fear, llavo lalt oaa traoo of record hero. Penaath thli ttmnldorlnf annnpy, ' ' j ' Onaa ahone tha bright and buny aya; But atari not at tha diem at void If oooe with lore Ibal aya employed, If with bo lawleia Are It glenmad. Hut Ibrough tha dawiof klndntaa beamed, That ate hall ba foravor bright, When atari aud tun ara auntt Id ulgbt. ! Wlihia thla hollow eararn hung Th ready, awift and tuneful tongoa. If fatfehood'a honey tt diadainad, And when It eonld not pralaa waa chained, If bold in vlrtna'a aauaa It ipoke, Yet gentle eoneord -nevar broke, Thia illtnt tongue afaa.ll plead for tbaa When time anvvili atemtty. Pay, did tbxae Angara del re the mlaef Or with lha envied rublaa ahinaf1 To h-w tha rork or wear the gam Can tittle now evairto thrtn. Hut if tha papa of truth they eought. Orooaifort to tba mourner bronf.bt. These hand a rlehar meed ahall claim Tbaa all that wait oa Wealth or Fame. Avalla It whether, bare or shod, Ttirae feet the path of duty trod If from the bowere of Baao they fled, . To leek ARIirtlon'a humble phod j- If tlrandeur'a gilded bower they purnad. And home to Virtue'i ot returneil. Theae feat with angel'e wlnga ahall vie, And trend the palaoea of the aky. man pia y ix oeilvaxy. 1NTKRIOR OF THE PBIVATI O.AMBLINU llOl'HI. AT HAIIKN. A Kden ctirmapoiident of the Lon- dim 77i j in giviiifr a (leacription of the motlurn "Kumuor riiva: 1 ho aliriiic contnins two rooniB 0in iiiK into ench other, olio connevratcd uminlly to trcuto ct quarunto, but in which faro and other names' of hazard uto alw ilnyed, and the nthor dovotod exolunively to roulctto. They arc very quietly, though comfortably, furnished and the only thinir that gtrikog one. an at all unusual about them except, of course, the lalilen is t lint tue various piur-frlafwen ara employed, of all odd places in tlio world, lor pouting the placards containing regulations, with regarij to tho dilTerent itamer) and other official noticed. Thia novel use of a mirror certainly look liko buainewi, and prepares one for tho discovery that no ladies, whether "from Paria" or else where, are admitted, aa they ara to tho hotel roulette tables which I have in a former lettor described. Their presence might lend to trifling and lrivolites lucoiiipatililo with tho serious objects of tho meeting. In tho same earnest spirit there ia no flourishing about, as at tho hotel, of iced cham pagne. Any such public bouse parade is carefully eschewed, not merely as showy nna vulgar, but as a reflection on the game itaelf, aa tending to imply that tho gcuine gammer and gentle man has to bo tempted into losing his money by any other ezeitemont or pleasure-than that of the Ions itself. But as, of course, being human and reasonable, bo must drink, such simple and serious liquors as brandy and soda, beer, and light wines are provided without stint. I have no doubt that anybody who liked to ask for it could havo champagne, or, lor the matter ol that JohanmVberg or Tokay. But there is very little drinking wonder fully little, considering how many JCn gliHhnicn are in tho room. Tho courte ous waiters, gliding swiftly and noise lessly Irom chair to chair, are gener ally carrying only soltnur water or a segnr. 1 bore w not, however, much money at least what an ordinary plain man of business would consider money lying upon tho tables. The small strong box in tho centre, over which the noble host himself presides, may indeed contain, for aught 1 know, un told millions. Rut lying visibly about in confused heaps among the players, or near tho bunker In carefully ar ranged rows, aro ondlesa bone count ers, somo plain whito, others tastefully inlaid with rings of various colors, from red to tho most delicate inauvo. Their intrinsic value ia not great not mora, pcrhapB.tban of a bank nolo aud they took charmingly innocent and pretty playthings lor children. Ktill a good ! deal of mischief may -bo done with them, J lie plain whites ara the low est the copicr coinage being worth ly two tliulcin each, or bs. A red ring at once raises their value to ten thalers. Then there are other colored pieces of various values, from five thaler to Kill, until tho plain white reasserts itself, and two or three mod est figures in black show that it is worth from 200 to 500 thalers, or 75. Tbera may have been counters of high er value, though I did not sco any. let, by playing sleauily liom, say, 11 p. M. to 3 A. it is possible to lose a fairly satisfactory sum even Ihrongh tho medium of 75 piece. The sys tem of playing with counters is, no doubt, immensely in the bank's favor in the way, that Is, ol encouraging high play. It is uot in human nature, at least civilized nature, to treat a small bit of bono, however neatly colored, with the respect one feels readily enough for a aovoreign or a 10 note. Young player scalier 25 thaler pieces over tho table who would hesitate altout staking sovereigns though not a third of tho value A for the plain white tho copper units it is amus ing to see what vilo dross they come to be considered boforo tho evening is out. Six shillings is not a sum which even millionaires givo habitually to neggar anil waiters, liut plnyur with bis pockets full of reds and manves feels almost a much ashamed of offer. ing a handful of whitoa to tho gentle men out ol liven' who sees him to the door as if they were copper. A Windfall Tlio editor of the llinghamton, N. 1.) 7Yhih, advise his reader to built after their ancles, find then give the following as a raso in point: - Miss S. If. Pollard of this city, who formerly conducted the extensive milli nery establishment on the comer of I ourt and aler streets, received ft few (lavs sinco from the executors of the will of her uncle, her father's brother. recently deceased in San Francisco, Cnl., a letter iiilorming her that the was mentioned In the will as the solo heir of her uncle's estate. Tho letter further informed her that the estate was vnlncd at 1200,000, 1100,000 being invested in lands and real cstalo, and about f 105.000, consisting of cask, on deposit in various banks in San Fran ciaeo. Mr. Pollard, we are Informed. wrnt to California many year ago, and for a long time his whereabouts were unknown, until his niece, by writ ing to the Postmaster nt San Francisco, ascertained her uncle's Rddresi aaa corresponded with him. TIIK AGE OF WOMEy. Assuredly no question ikmscsscs more anxious interest to all unmarried wo men thun tho momentous ono of. when thov will lose tho power to charm 1 And it Is beyond doubt that a dread of tno auvunciug 3'earn ib iiiueii mmv rooted in tho minds of the gentler than ol tho sterner sex, oppressing them, indeed, often at an absurdly early ago. Only the oilier day we beard a bloom. ing maiden lumenliug the approacu oi net sovonteeniii uiruuiay, euving, wnu a melancholy shako of her pretty bead, "J am growing to horribly old. In contrast to this was the remark of a gentleman, who, being asked his ago, repliod, frankly, "I um twenty seven; not that it matters much, for it has always seemed to mo that a mail t ago was of tho least nniinequunce butwocu twoutrflvo and forty. 1 should not like to bo less than twenty nor more than torty ; between these poriodB 1 am indifferent to tho pro gress ol time. It would bo d'nk'ult, if not impossi hie, to find ft woman equally philoso phical in her estimato of the flight of tho years, an oxaggrcatod importance being usually attributed to the desira bleness of "youngncss." And yet, Tlcspito all that has been said and sung ol tho loveliness ol immaturity, wo doubt if any woman of real attractions overcomes into tho lull glories 01 her kingdom until she has nearly reached that very ago which seems to school girls tho "ultima tliule ' of youth. It is (litllcult, perhaps, to realizo this because so many of our theories and fancies ai-o louiidcdrathcron the super stitions of the past than on tho actual! ties of life. In former periods a maid- on must bo wedded as toon as slio reached tho ago of womanhood : anil as marriage implied complete subordi nation una seclusion, the hoy-day ol life lay iu tho vory brief period between childhood and tho early bridal, and as a consequence an exaggerated estimato of tho attractions of girlhood pervades all litcruturo. Rut, on the other band, if wo turn to tho pages or history, wo nnd them full of tho stories of the fascinations oi women who were no longer young. Helen of Troy had been somo years married when sho perpetrated tho most famous elopement on record ; and,, as tho siege ol Troy lasted a decade, could not havo been very juvenile when tho fortune of war restored her toher bus- band, who appear to havo received her with unquestioning ardor and delight. Aspasia was considerably past thirty when alio weddod I'cricles, and she wielded an undiminished in fluence for twenty years or more. Cleopatra was about thirty when An thony tell under hor spell, which novor lessened in power to tho day of her death, nearly ton year later. Livia was nearly tinny when she won the heart of Augustus, over whom sho maintained hor ascendency to the last. Rut turning to more modern bistort-, whore it la possible to verily dates mora accurately, we have tho extraor dinary avoTXmnt of liano lo Poiootiara, who wo thirty-six when Henry 11., thou the duke of Orleans, and just half her age, becamo attached to her, and she was held a the first lady, and most beautiful woman at court, up to the period of the king's dentb, twenty four years afterward. Anno of Austria was thirty-eight when sho was described an tho hand somest queen In Europe. Ninon de 1 Kudos, the most celebrated wit nnd beauty of hor day, waa the adored of three generations of "her golden youth" of Franco, and present tho most re markable story in history of the dura tion of tho powors of fascination. In the instanco of this lady, a rare combi nation of culture, talenta and porsonal atracliona endowed their possessor seemingly with tho gifts of eternal youth. " ... I, nr , .1 . llianca uapcno was oa wuen tuo Grand lhike Francisco, of Florence, fell captivo to hor charms, and made hor his wile, though no was nve yeait her junior. Catherine II, was 33 when she sciied the Empire of ltussia, and captivated the dashing young (ienoral Gregory Orion". Iler advantage "of person and mind mado her attractive liir many years longer, and she is thus describod when at tho ago of 43: "Her eyes aro blno, large and fine ; hor eye brows and hair brown; her mouth well-proportioned ; hercbin round ; her n we rather long ; hor forehead regular and open ; her hands and arms round and white ; her shape rather full ; the air of hor head full of grace nnd dig nity." Up to tho timo of her dealli, at sixty-ecven, sho seems to have re tained the power of inspiring a sincere attachment in tho heart of hor favor ites, her soldiers and her attendants; a when at length hor splended career closed, the lamentations were heartfelt among all thoso who had over known her personally. .Mademoiselle Mars, tho celebrated French actress, was plain and uninter esting in hor youth, her arms and hands liuiug especially rod and rough ; but after sho was fully jnaturod hor beauty inoroaed with every year, and she was at tho lonith of her attractions between thirty and forty-flvo, at that period the loveliness of her hands and arms being celebrated throughout Eu rope. The famous Madame ltccamicr was thirty-eight when tho allied sovereigns entered Pari, and the was, without dispute, declared to be tho most beau tiful woman in Kurotra, a rank which she had already held, however, for fif teen years. This list niight ho still further swell ed but enough has been given to prove that a woman need not lose her attrac tions though youth be gone, and, above all, that it hor mind be cultivated and her heart kindly, she shall have a pnwor of nevor-failiiig fascination. An Irish girl on applying for a situ ation, was asked by a lady if sho was used to early rising. "A null I" ex claimed lliddy, "is it airly rising ye wants T Faith, I always gets tip an' has tho breakfast ready, and every bed in tho house made, before there is a soul in the bouse awake. An' is that airly enough fiir ye?" Tho lady thought it was, hut she also thought that making a bed while tho person was osieeo wua a novel oxrenincni, and ono which she did not rare to try A Fitchburg man developed n fine trategto talent the other day. Ho waa paying a hack faro, when he dropped tbreo bank bill, and tho wind whisked thorn swiftly away. Alter unavailing search for an hour a bright idea struck him. Ho folded a piece nf paper and dropped It where the bills fell, followed its flight, and where it rested, thore he found also hi money. Washington Irving onco alluded to a man ot superior pomposity a "a groat man, and, In hi own estimation a man of great weight. When he goes to the west ha thinks the east lip tip." . . . V . ...... BIO TREES. Tho largest and oldest trees in tho world are tho Ilaobabt of African and Australia. There are twospeoies the Adansonia gregorio. which is peculiar to Australia, an tuo AUtiiisoniadigitata, which abounds In West and boo Africa. The tree do not riso to an excessive height, but attain an enormous cirruin ferenee. Povoritl have been measured which bad a girth of (torn 70 to 77 feet. A few feet from tho ground, the mum trunk gives on immense brunches. which extend hoiizoutolly from 50 to 1UU leet. 1 ho enure tree hns the ap pearance of a perfect hcniisphero, sometime being 100 feet in height and luo in circiimtcronco. A group oi tlieso trees crowning Its headlands. gives nunio to tlio t ime de Verde Islands, "Green Capo,' Tim Tliinlml, ilooo ,1, I nilnnt tin full growth until it ia 800 ytiarti ubl. Adun son, tho botanist after whom tho genus was named by Ijiiintens, calculated the ago ol the lives by an inscription which ho discovered in tlio nan ol ono on tho Capo do Verde Islands. This in seriplioii was cut in the fifteenth ecu tury, and 300 layers of wood bad grown over it. Comparing tho thickness of thoso with that ol trees whose ago was known, ha arrived at an approximate knowledge ol the age ot diltoront sne mens, "lie has found." savs llu: boldt, "for a dinhieler of about 30 feet, an ago of 5, 100 years." According to this, there aro llnohalm Irom 5,000 to fl,000ycnrsold,-hoary patriarchs which were in their vigorous and lusty prime when tho I'yrauuus were building. Tho woolly loaves of tho Baobab have from three to seven lounota rndi ating from a common centre. They Imp Irom the tree during the hot and dry summers of tho tropical regions whoro they grow, but put forth again in tho rainy season, which lasts from December to Juno. The flowors of tho Baobab are while and very large, somewhat resembling tho mallows, and droop on stems a yard in length. The honey which the hoes mako Irom them is greatly oslevmed lit- tlio Ahyssihinns for its perfume and flavor. The fruit of tho African Baobab is of the site of citron, nnd is often called "honey bread." Tho bIioII passes in riiciiing irom green to yellow and Drown. The interior is filled with a spongy, juicy substance, of a pale-cbocoUi.o color, it is slightly acid and plemmt to the taslo. ilio expressed jtico mixed with sugar is highly valued as a bever age, being very refivshing and effec tual in quenching thirst, md possess ing medicinal qualities whirh render it specific in putrid anil pestilential fevers. Tho Buolmli is emollient and mucil aginous in all Its parts. Tko Africans dry and rodueo tho leaves to nowder, which they sprinkle upon their daily food, for tho purpose of diminishing the ex'ecssivo perspiration to which they are subject in a torr.:d climate. Europeans also find this powder use ful in cases of diarrhea, fovjr, and other maladies. In Egypt, tho dried pulp of tno trim is mixed wit water and used in dysentery. Tho Africans regard tho lluobab with superstitions veneraticn ; and well they may revere a tree which for century after century supplies them with lood, and nriuk, aud medicine. Tho hollow trunk of tin) trees aro used as places of sepulture, of encamp ment, and as maguzines. Homo or thorn are so largo as to admit 210 men in their Inelosnrc. Tho Austrinlian Baobab Is rarely found beyond 100 mile from the coast. It occurs most Jremtontly on tho tflcn- eig lflvcr. It flourishes best on level, sandy tracts. Its fruit Is smaller than that of tho African species, but is highly prized by the native, who mnke great use of It. Tho German settlers on the Ornngo River call this fruit, from it acid taste, "Cream of Tartor." A OXE CENT BCSTXEfik' ! HOW A FOBTt'NK IS MADF. TIMtol (111 Tit V- INO AND SCLLING I'ZNNlEs. Thero is a man in this city, says tho Now York .Sun, who it amassing a handsome fortune by buying and sel ling pennies, two aud three cent pieces, and five cent nickels, in many of tho newspaper ollicos, newt depots, ferry bouses, retail houses whom cheap goods aro sold, bakeries, and oilier places,! ho accumulation ol small com very ollen becomes so largo as to bo cumbersome. ft cannot bo disposed of, for coin is so plenty that customers object to tak ing it in chungo in any great quanti ty, and in business houses w hero it is needed, tho regular sources of supply are always ample 1 ho coin might bo sent to tho l'lnla- dclphia Mint for redemption, but tho requiremouts are enough to discourage any business man. To send pennies to tho mint they must first lie sorted, and wrapped in packaget of flvo dol lars each Coin of each separate mint ago must bo put together. It will not do to mix the old fashioned coppers with tho bright or bronzed-colored nickels, nor can a two or three cent piece bo mixed with tho pennies. 11 tney aro packed In this way they are not oven counted at tho Mint, but are shipped back to tho sender without delay or notice of any kind. ' llio law also proscribes that the coins shall bo packed in iron-bound uoxc, and snipped at sender expense. A eoln aro heavy, tho cost of trans portation is considerable. Tho official count tho money at their leisure, and sometimes the sender doc not hear from his consignment in nearly a year. Ho thu lose the use of hi money for that length nf time. This combination of vexatious detail prevent thoso who havo an accumulation of coin from sending it to the mint, and it teem a though tht official nt Philadelphia in tended that t hoy should nut be troubled with it. Every day a man rides to the news paper ami other office in a buggy, and buys tho Coin which has lieen taken in from tho news-boys and customers. ror tne pennies and two-cent piece he pays ninety-seven rents a buiidred.and lor tho throe and five-cent nickels he gives ninety-nine cent for a dollar's worth. The sellers are glad to dispose of the coins at tins discount The man then rides to tboiit tht only trades men in the city who desire a quantity of pennies t he pawnbrokers and to them he sells the coins at par, taking their notes for three months in pay ment The pawnbrokers who have shops among tho poorer classes say they need small denomination of functional currency or coin, a many of their loans do not exceed ten or fifteen cents. Many poor person pawn their articles of wearing apparel or trinkets only when driven to do so by the want of a single meal of food, and such ara not particular a to the denomination of the money they receive. The pawn brokers give their not es without inter oat, thereby gaining tho use of the money for three month. REP THE DEATH OF QL08TER. A telegram dated Ran Francisco, Oil., Oet 30, purporting to be sent by Budd l)oblo, announces tho. death of tlio bay gelding (ilostor. Tho gallant Gloster, with bis brilliant record of 2:17, is no more. Another luminary in the oqiiino firmament ba forever disappeared. Honored bo bis ashes. Mr. lloblo's telegram is very brief, and simply announces that Gloster was ailing on bis arrivnl at Kan Francisco, and died on tho 30th tilt., at tho stables of tho Hay District Fair (jmuntls.At sociation, of lung fever. ' Gloster, in company with Judgo Fullerton and Commodore, was taken to California by Budd Doblo, and was to havo been engaged in several forthcoming trots at Sacramento and Ban Francisco dur- ug the season, notably for tho gneat trotting puree of 0,000 between Oeci- dent, Jitilicrton and himself, on the 7th ult., at the latter city. In the death ot this famous gelding. Mr. Alden Goldsmith his owner, has sustained an Irreparable loss. Ho was ono of the fastest trotters in tho coun try, and, had ho lived, would unques tionably, in another Reason, have re- duced his own brilliant record of 2:17, and it is only once in a man's litb that his ctlorts in breeding fnst trotters are crowned with such success. His great triumph at Kocliestor in defeating Kcd Cloud, Sensation, St. James, Gazelle and Camors in 2:18, 2:171,217 and 2,19 will not booii bo forgotten, and a long timo will elapse, wo opino, before that perlormanco will he equaled, tiloster was a largo bay gelding, measuring hcteen 10 and 17 hands, and although beyond tho desired stature for a trotter, was well nro,Kirtioned m all respects. His strong muscular frame, iron con stitution and fine stamina eminently fil led him lor tho trotting turt, and his long stnde. groat speed and ambition rendered him at all times a dangerous adversary. (ilostvr, bay gelding, was fouled tit 18GC ; bo was bred by Mr. James Itoosevclt, of llydo Park, Jf. from whom ho was purchased at an early age by Mr. Alden Goldsmith, of Bloom ing Grovo, Orange county, J. Y., who has all tlio credit for developing his wonderful trotting power. He was sired by Goldsmith's Volunteer, dam Black Bess by Mockrulgo Chief (son of Vermont Black Hawk) 2d dame by Mambrino Paymaster. Gloster has won a great deal of money for his own er, and could havo been sold ata very high figure. Mr. Goldsmith has re fused l:i0,000 for him, and the aamo iarty,we learn, subsequently increased is otTur to $40,000, with no better success. Mr. Goldsmith has tho sym pathy of all American turfmen, who regard tho death of tho noble Gloster as a national loss. MILK FEVER IN COWS. Wo aro glad to believe that the past few years have witnessod great im provements in tho winter management of rows, but there is evidently room " great deal more. Home farmers practico llivliia; eliui. snc l., ww-t. winter, and then feeding them on poor hay until within a week or two of their ralving, when they begin to Muff thorn with menl, and continue this pro cess until the calf is a week old or the cow dies. Under such treatment it is not st range t hat so many cows are every year lost or ruined. From tho time a cow is dry until she drops her calf sho should be kept iu good condition, and If when dried sho is no better flesh than cows usually are, should be kept gaining, it this Is done, and sho is properly touded at tho timo, she is al most certain to "como in" all right. Let her loose for a timo before she drops hor calf, tho longer the better. rood her upon fond thai u opening and cooling, such as bran, oats or roots, but keep Indian menl, which it beat ing, away from her. When sho has dropped her calf see that sho does not become chilled, nnd mako her food light. Give her all the drink sho wants, but havo it warm. Do not bo In too much of a hurry to mnke her givo a largo mess of milk, and if you feed uny provender during tho first week ft should bo vory liglit, Bay two or three quarts of oats per day. Treated in this way vory lew cows would have milk fever; but if, through mismanage ment, the feeding of Indian meal, tho giving of cold water, or allowing her to stand in a wind and get cold a lever should como on, give tho cow a mild opening medicine ol lard or oil, and bo sure to keen the bag cool by rubbing it with cold water. Keep hor in light food, and take good euro of her, nnd nnturo will soon bring her out all right. Except something to keep her bowles loose, little medicine is needed. EXACTLY SO. Tho editor of tho Philadelphia Chin- monmalth, who has served in Congress and knows whereof he speaks, in allud ing to tho meeting of Congress says: Tho last session ot tha l'orty third Congress will begin on the 7th of De cember next. In that body tho Radi cal negro party has an absolute ma jority. The Ponnte and House of Rep resentatives, the Kxoeutivo Depart ment, and the Federal Judiciary are all held by the Radical negroes and their Radical white allies. We earn estly hope that nothing that can be said nr tlone during this Inst session of the Radical Congress will induce the Demoeratsto assume any responsibility as to the future. We know from our own experience In Congress that It is certain tho Radicals will attempt to lend, forco, or csjolo the Democrats intoaiiexpreasion of their policy. This trick, if successful, will tend to tho in jury of the great Interests of tho pco ple which are now intrusted to the Deniocratio party when It assumes power. The Radicals, by cunningly devised overture or other specious device, will try to inveiglo tho few Domocrats in the Senate and House to commit tho party iu tho future to some opinions which common prudence should prevent them irom undertak ing. A hen the Forty-fourth Congress assembles and organizes, then it will be time enough for the Jlemocrnttr party to begin to make up its record, Committees of investigation will be first in order, and when the frauds, corruptions, abuses, stealings, and gen eral Imbecility ot tbo liadicals is shown then begin tbo reforms. 'i il aa as A smile cost the giver nothing; ret it is beyond price to the erring and re penting, the sad and cheerio, the lost anil forsaken. Il disarms malice, sub dues temper turns enmity to love, re venge to kindness, and paves the dark est paths with gems of sunlight. ' 1 Tho Cincinnati Vimr is greatly agricm- grievod t tno advice in an agric tural paper, -'.Mako manure ot your old fodder. 1 hi evidences, it says, a great lock of filial affection on the part ol somersxiv. BLICM. THE ItlSQ FIXOER. Wo havo already noticed the mode ol procedure adopted by bridegrooms in placing tho ring upon tho fourth finger ol thelellhanil. J. hough it was reached simultaneously with tho concluding 'Amen, a fur weightier reason pre vailed with many of our foretathors tor selecting this finger to bear tho matrimonial token. (Swinburne, iu his "Treatise of Spoiisnls," says: "Tho fin ger on which the ring is to bo worn is the fourth finger of tho left hand, next to the little linger; because by the re ceived opinion of tho learned and ex perienced, in ripping up and antnomiz ing bodies, there is a vein of blood, which iiasseth from tho fourth finger into the heart, called tvni amorit. Love's vein ; to the wearing of tho ring on that linger signiliotli that the lovo should not bo in vain or feigned, but that as they give hands each fo the other, so likewise they should give heart also, whereuuto that voin ex tendi." This idea seems to have arisen in Egypt nil "early as the second cen tury. Appinn, an Alexandrian histo rian, says Unit in tho opinion of the anatomists of Egypt, "a certain most delicate ncrvo" passed from tho ring finger to tho heart. But the staunch est upholder of this theory was Laivinus Lcmuius, a celebrated sago of Zealand, who lived in the sixteenth century. In his medical practico ho had often taken advanlago of this connecting artery to restore fainting women to consciousness. "Tho small artery is stretched forth from tho heart unto this finger, tho motion whereof you may perceive cvideutly in all that effects the heart in women by tho touch of your forefinger. I used to raise such as are fallen into a swoon by pinching this joint, and by rubbing tho ring ot gold with a little sngron ; for, by this, a restoring force that is in it passcth to the heart, and refrosheth tho fountain nf life, unto which this finger is joined. Wherefore antiquity thought fit to compass it ubout with gold." He also states that this finger wa termed 'meilien," since, if any venom entered it, notieo was given to tbo heart before it was too Into to use an antidoto. The gout, ulso, never afflicted this until the attack had as sumed a fatal character. This he had observed in Gallia Belgica, tho land par nrdlenct of podagrical sufferers, no lielgian, however long bit cxpenonco of gout may havo boon, over suffering in this finger till death was nigh at hand. A SEW PLASTER BAUD A (IE. A surgeon connected with the South ern disiienaary, in Brooklyn, M. Y. has recently invented a new method ol applying the plaster splint, which promises to be an important improve ment A common inenno sock is drawn upon the foot and leg. It may extend as far as necessary to include the fi-acturcd locality. A small ro)M is run down the back seam in the centra of the leg, around the heel and over tho toes, returning up tbo Huddle ol seven pieces of flannel aro thou cutout tho inatAei nn trout ol the ley. hix or to fit the leg and foot, allowing for shrinkage. The ends of tho bones hav ing been carefully adjusted, the stock ing, upon which the rope ha been at tached as described, is drawn upon the loot and leg. ! he flannels are soaked in warm water and applied, the plaster of Paris paste being rubbed in with layer after layer. After the last layer ho been applied, the plaster Is allowed to sot. When the plaster has become hard, the splint is perfect, and the pa tient can get about, on crutches, very comfortably. If the leg swells, and it is necessary to remove tho bandage. tbo whole thing can be done inside of three minutes. The cord that has been run around tho stocking now forms a lino ot division in the splint To re move the splint all that has to bo doue is to slip out tho cord and slit up the stocking along the line where tho cord was. Then the splint, divided In halves, can be removed as though it bad been laid upon the limb to obtain a cast Coimiderublo time is thus gained by using this method of apply ing the plaster splint. W hen t ho broken limb becomes inflamed, it also is ex tremely painful and very tender to tho touch. Tho slightest jar sends a thrill of pain through tho body of the patient, who hns sometimes been obliged to bo chloroformed, to enable the surgeon to remove the plaster splint applied with a bandage. By tho new method, the limb need hardly bo moved or touched. PAPER BARRELS. Among tho numerous novel uses to which paper is nowadays put, ia the manufacture of barrels tor the carriage of such materials as flour, sugar, etc. These barrels are mado of successive layers of parer-board cemented togeth er, and subjected to enormous pressure, tbo result ot which is a compact sub stance with great resisting power. Tho paper is made of straw, thus utilizing and converting into a merchantable articlo what in most sections of the country is regarded as refuse. The barrels are perloctly cylindrical in lorm, which gives thcin an advanlago of 25 per cent in ttorago ovor wooden bar rels. Their weight is about half that of a woodun barrel, so that in a car load a saving ol nearly 1,000 pounds ui Ireight is made. It calculated that they will stand four times the pressure that a wooden barrel will. Tho inven tion was patented about tlx months ago, and two factories are now engaged in the manulaolura ono at inona, isconsin, and one at llecorah, Iowa, At tho latter factory, 1.UO0 barrels per tiny are turned out w ith a consumption of flvo tons of paper. It is claimed fur tlieni that they can bo mudo pur cent, cheaper than wotslen barrels. They may bo rendered absolutely air tight and il is claimed that they will resist moisture longer than -they are likely ever to be oxoscd to it. They are mado in quarter, ball, and lull sizes. j be inventor is sanguine thai they arc destined entirely to supiw-sour tho woxsj, en barrel. Hnw to Talk. If you havo the ability to amuse, talk often in comiv tiy and iu a way which shows that you understand what it said around you. But do not talk long. 1ft that rase you are apt to tire your bearers. There aro many persona, who, thongh they have nothing to lalk of, never know when to leave off tulking. There are somo who labor tinder so great and insatiable a desire for talk ing that they will even interrupt oil ers when about to speak. We should in society never talk of our own or others' domestic affair. Yours are of no interest to them, and theirs slmuld ot be to you; besidos.lhe sulueetisof so delicate a nature, that who me treat intention it is a obsnee if wo do not make some tnortilVing mistake, or wound the feelings nf some of tho company" - SPINNER H FALSEHOODS. i . i AN ANALTSIS OF TllXASlkla SPlNNXS'l STATEalXST HIS StlOBTOOUINUS Iff Till PAST RADICAL RKTRXNCB M KNT AND WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO. Wasimnoton, D. C. Nov. 15. ' It shonld be distinctly nnderstond that tho figures In Treasurer Spinner's annual statement of the condition of tbo Treasury to the Secretary aro not to bo believed. ' A standing order of tho House of Iloprcsentatives, adopted at the foundation of our Government, requires that a comttleto and detailed account of tho receipt and expenditure oi tuo united Mates snail re submitted to Congress at tho beginning of each session, I his requirement i reviewed and emphasized by the law of August 20, 1842. ! It is (Spinner's duty to fur nish most of tho figures to the Register ol the 1 reasury in eeason for them to bo presented to uongross at the nine fixed by law. This no has failed for years to do, and ha avowed his in tention not to obey the law: - Ho has thus violated his solemn oath of office and earned the disgrace of impeach ment. Having broken his oath and failed in bis duty, he ha proved him self unworthy of belief. Ho has not the excuse which ho I likely to plead, of insufficiency in his clerical force. this duty is imperative; it is Imposed by the Constitution itself; and if. his clerical force were inadequate he should have let other matters fall behind, and devoted his energies to tho highest duty of informing the people what had been done with their money. 1 his course would soon have brought the appropriations needed to keep up the olher work ot his ottlco. lint so lur aa known, ho ha never once asked an in crease of his clerical force on the ground that it was needful to bring this most important work down to date. The explanation of this refusal and failure is lound in Kichardson s coniession oi tho frequency of defalcations and em bezzlements in tho 1 reasury. TO hide tho ugly truth the Treasurer has been induced to withhold the facts. That tho receipts from taxes have fallen off ?JU,0im,(Ki(i, as ho say, or that they have increased that much, is equally rossible, so fur as the value of his state ments is concerned, since he has lulled in his duty and helped to veil the fraud. In his report last year he irankiy stat ed thd result of the Republican ruie the pointed remark that "nowadays none bat rich men and rascals ran bold office." A Democratic investigating committee nuiBt determine next year to which class Spinner himself belongs, or whether in fourteen years of office holding he hns achieved honorary membership of both. Last year the House of Representatives solemnly re solved thnt it was necessary j0 retrench. They kept firing off economical rhetor ic for homo consumption all through the session, and tried to convince the people that there would ben grand re duction in expenditure. Then they rnshed a deficiency bill through. ISow, Treasurer Bpinners figures trust worthy when they admit facts against the ruling powers, though not in other .-speeds Bhow that tho expenditures tor tno nscal year were less than thoso of tho year previous by the enormous sura of 1,8C9,652, or possibly 1 per cent. I Considering that tbo previous year was one ot more than usual ex travagance, tho ratio of performanoe to promise is signally Republican. But when tho reduction of receipts is taken Into account, the wonderful retrench- ng powors of Republican Congressmen even more strikingly appear. Accord ing to Spinner, the receipt have fallen 30,000,000, white the expenditures have fallen 2,000,000. And this re duction of tl of outgo where income diminishes by 18,Fpmucr. with effront ery which only a Republican official can hope to equal, styles "commendable retrenchment r And lor llorfa. A C1RCUH TRICK. .. . An interesting incident hut just oc curred in Bucharest, and has created a profound sensation on theatrical cir cles in that place. It seems that tho proprietor of tho Suhr circus, anxious to provldo amusement for the public, lately published an announcement that a challenge given by Jules itigui, a wrestler attached to tha circus, had been accepted by a gentleman, who, wishing to preserve a strict incognito, would appear before the public in a week. I ho amateur athlete, who, it was stated, was a person occupying a high social position, was rumored to be on other than Stourja, a Moldavian noble, who has tlio reputation ol pos sessing herculean strength. On the evening when "tho great unknown mado bis first appearance in the circus the stalls were filled with eager specta tors long before tho commencement of tho performance, lligni and his masked opponent, having made their bow to tlio audience, at onco commenced the tritgglo, which was, however, Of short duration, forthedistinguished unknown in a few minutes, amid frantic applause, floored his professional antagonist So great was the success ol tlio sjicclacle thntthe manager told tbcadminng audi ence thnt the nobleman wrestler had con- scend to to appear again before them on the following evening, when the performance was accordingly repeated, and was continued for several success ive nights, until one evening an indis creet member of the troupe unfortun ately divulged the fact that the masked wrestler was uot a distinguished noble man, but only ono of tho clowns attach ed to the circus. This led to a disturb ance the "great unknown" narrowly escaicd being torn to pieces by his late admirers, the manager and his trnupo had to fly for their lives, and theeirens bui dnnr won d nrohablv have been dismantled and destroyed but for tho exertions of tho police, who, with great difficulty succeeded In repressing what promised to be a serious not. The Ouoen of Portugal, inorgauatiu ., . a wr.. - ( ,o . menu ...... re, . ocnuu.u. .ny cameo in hi. collection of gemjand ho givo iv ,u ucr. r,.u uh, ,n place the brooch the wore, .eoveredl ith preciou stones, threw it outoli. m, ,, 'f ft, ' .a Kaifth. tho window and replaced it by tho anliquo gem. With tnstc that havo this etluet It is lortnnate sue has a king on hand, oven if it is the loft hand. ... . v ,i fc Figaro ronortt a little gamo of tbo! Pari, tailor. The tailor say. to bis' customer, "sir, I bod the uonw to " HZ ' I TnYeT rnn nrT. . I ho con I m. la ft you ncd, lutle change. Naturally the rentiemea send, the coat, and a few day. otter been mode, only it has been worn by a gentleman nan who had to havo ft cot for that night, and there was not time to make one. '. ; b u I A San Juan miner who has been prospecting in south-western Colorado baa found a whnlo forest nf petrified trees, with petrified birds sitting on Ihe limbs singing petrified Song. ....i,c AN AFRICAN. DANDY, . -a ' Who-would Suppose- ibaln wlId-AC l J ricon, whoso only dress is a nice ot skin, would trouble hiiueuU'ttlawtt fash ions? " - v To ho sure, he feels no interest in e.w tlio Style of coats w hats, but he is . just as much absorbed in the great "'l business, of adorning himself at though ' vr be followed the fashion cf'J'aris. Curl- ' ous styles he has too, as' German -J!'' traveler hat lutely told us. ' - , To begin with, the bnlr Is tho object of -hit greatest care. Its training bo- , J gins in tho cradle, or would if ho had ' cradle, when it is tortured into tome extraordinary form, and kept lh we by motins pf gum-arabic and ; , ashes, till after long Tear it writ retain . the shape of itself; Bometinies it is , ; liko a cockscomb, and somtiuies like a . fan. Ono poor baby's hair will bo Iruinod. so that iu" time It will stand ui in rolls ovor tho head, liko tho , ridges on a lemon, w hile another's is tAiightto stand out like the'rays uf '"' tho tun, a usually represented in pie- lures. With some Alhoans, part ot it ': hangi down iu long, regular braids or , twials, ami the rest is laid tip in mon strous null's on each side of tho head. 1 But tho drollest one of all is made to look liko the glory around the head of . a saint in pictures, ihe hair is taken , iu tingle locks, stretchod out to Its . greatest length, and fastened at the' ends to a hoop. The hoop is held in . place by strong wires, and its edgo or- " ' lamented with small shell. The effect is very comical. , ; r In most of these wonderful arrange. mcnls tbo hair k parted in tho middle , . (1 wonder If our young gentlcnuin im- E orbed that style from Africa), and is : 'i' pineo , by plenty of gum .and ashos, or clnr- , Ail this elaborate hair-dressing Is cn ' tha head of the men. The women of ' the country wear their hair in the simplest manner, perhaps for the reason -thai tbo. wife - doset the cooking. cultivates the land, adorns the body oi nor husband with paint, and dresses his hutr, which must be enough to , koeo her timo well occupied. His hair once dressed, this African ' dandy turns his mind to tho further 1 ' decoration of his body 1 . First he rubs his Binning skin -with a mixture of grease and ashes, or powdered wood of , a red color, puts on his scanty garment, -, made ot the skin ol some animal, or of , burk, occasionally trimmed wilh tho ' long black tail of A monkey or other animal, and then he is ready for his ornaments. - Across his forehead," Just nndc tho edge of his hair, like a fringe, he hang ; a suing oi teeth, ihcy maybe teeth of , dogs, or other animals, or, if he be a ,', great warrior, of his human victims. iNext bo adorns his breast with au . ornament made ofivory,cutto rescmblo'' lions' teeth, and spread out in star shape. Around his neck he bangs several necklaces made of strips of skin cut from the hippopotamus, and finish. e up with paint in various stylos; dots, or stripes, zigzags, squares liko a checker-board, or marbled all ovor. African Fashions." ACHING FOR A ROr. ,i At a policeman was leaning acraiust the walls of the Detroit aud Milwaukee depot, at Detroit, he was approached by a man about thirty years old, whose ' red face was a good match for hi hair. lie was a little "sprung," and he felt like a steer turned into a clover field. "Mister." said he. sis'akinir verv confidentially to the officer, "I 'don't ' want to get locked np, and have my ' name in the papers, and be fined, but I , am in from lona, on a little, blow out, ' and I'd give a clean ten-dollar note to. have a little scrimmage with some body." "You mean you want to ' fight?" asked the officer. "That's what I mean. I'm just aching for a . row. I want to stand before about three good fellows and have some one to givo me the word to go in." The officer asked if he was beavr on the fight, and ho answered: "Heavy T I should say I was I Why, I'm terrible. They call me the Russian bear at homo. and the full town itaud, up or down, iust as I say I" The oflicer said it was ' his duty to discourage disordcrlr eon. duct; but in a case like that, where s man bad come one hundred and tweuty . miles to got up a sow, he felt it hit duty to extend indirect aid. He told the Russian bear to sro to the corner of Beaubran street, enter, some saloon,.; talk in a very loud voice, and he'd soon have his hands full. "That's mo; much obliged !" exclaimed the man. ' and h walked off. In abont ten min- '1 utca a boy came running down and ; said that a tnaii with a chewed ear, : two black eyes and a broken note was -up micro m me oitcn. J ho omcer went back with the boy, ami he soon ' eamo upon the Russian bear, who wis lying in the gutter ono log doubled , back, blood all over him. and his coat ' ripped in every seam. . "That' yon, is it T asked the officer, as bo pulled at . the man's arm.- Well, did you find,, that row?" "Policeman," replied the'- man, a he rcgaiued his feet and look ed at himself, and folt of his ear, po-"' liocmarr, don t ft seem to too as if I did?" "i f j . i ,!.,::,(., A Wickxo HcBiNisa Pabtmxr. A " Washington county, (f. Y.,1 merchant , had a son who was rather fast, and to encourage him to do botteT the father ' gave him an hi terest In his store. The young man at once devoted himself to , , bnsiuoss, and the success of the firm., was marvelous. At the eud of two months ho was intrusted with one thousand dollar to goto Troy and mrchase goods. In that wicked city le unfortunately fell in with soma con. vivial friends, and together they made i several days aud nights of. it, ail at the young merchant's txponso. Meantime tho tumor member of Ihe firm received a letter from a "complaining friend" in Troy, that his one thousand dollars was last running down the tieck of his -junior partner. Furious, he dashed off those Hues : n ,r .1 . i Iff Dee Sunt . Ualeea Toe tatara to-morrow with the aoodt, I Will dieeolrs the aaruershlp and olaaa ap tba atara.' i, . . , The junior partner received this iust - as he was tossing off a gin-cocktail in . . mo i roy i louse, tie read it, and then walking across the street to a hard- " ware store, ordered a hammer and ft ; keg of ten-penny nails. ' Then he tele graphed to tho nentrrr partner r JI W Falter) f tend yon, per eitrrreal, a' hammer awd a heo: of Inn senay nana, wheat, may - bo aaefal la tloaias ap tba Km." . . - t m s ' ' ' '. Goskirv'Wc condemn gtimip-Hwan-:i dai s twin lister yet it is a fault esii-. ly committed.. , We begin by a gentle deprecatory reference to somebody's i Infirmity of temper, and wo find our-- - selves ,MTiiying a particular time and scene, which straightway tho one who heart tells some one else with addr- U , bu, material.- . Mcfi)r0 2,fow it,' we .Urredup "' . n0rnefs nest. This may bo done'"1 withoIt or, iv. ,htm sip in the social world is of the utv thinking kind indulged in merely ; from ft spirit of drollery, i Far worse It that other sort ol lalk which ends ' i a i t.. i w.-,:--' i . . 111 emnuur aim ueg lit 111 D l tt, snu . b.', ,, ' . v 'r'; it sharp and jarring discords. The -. V " tin. evil is to refr.1. ,. j J I ( , article of conversation in the ' nou9rlno,,L rhm Krt of wb., .. 'ta " " I"" ' " L :; " f "." ,. ' A Pennsylvania seven year Mil girt was reproved lately for playing oat. : -doors wilh boyti she was: too bic tar :-' that now but with all imaginable in- , soconco she replied: . ''Why, grand- ,.' mo, the bigger we grow the tetter we ' like 'em. Orsnd "took' tttTr to think. l-lvsT-irc frr :"- Mm . ;i;- 'i d IT
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