TUB " CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN," rVIUIIID BTIY WISRBIDAT, IT GOODLANDER & LEG, OLKARPIBLD, PA. EITABlltllSO IN 18111. rhe larjreat Circulation or any Newspaper la North teutral Peuustlvaula. , Terms of Bubsoription. If aeld In dnm t wltala a month.. ...St 1M k!' Mi.. .,f At..H Jin,a.f.i..!-j jm If paid after the aspiration of A moatha... S M Ratts ot Advertising. transient advertisements, par sq,aare of 10 lines or I II. I. I I in iliiii tin eiuik aUtiiiuiil .iiadjft.uu.. Administrator' aud KsaouUtri' nolle-...... I 50 Amlitors' notice m , 1 (0 C ft u (ion and Bftray 1 60 DlHolutlon notion t 90 Professional Card, line or leas, I tht.,.. ft 00 Local notices, per tin SO YEAKLT ADVERTIBKMENT8. 1 tnnsra $fl 00 column..,., A9 00 I innirUa. ..lft 00 4 aolnmn. .. TO 00 1 nuirti.. SO 00 1 aolntun.. ISO 00 O. B. GOODLANDER, NOEL 11. LBK, Publishers. (Cards. FDERICK O'LTbU&K ATTORN E Y-AT-LA W , Clearfield. Pa. ' All lrical bu.ine,, promptly attended to. OfSee on 6econd street, next door to Pint National Henr. ootll, 'TV. W. C. ARNOLD, LAW ft COLLECTION OFFICE, CURWBNSVILLK, 2 Clearfield County, Pena'a. 76y raos. a. MUBRAT. oraus sobjmb. MURRAY & GORDON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CLKARFIKLD, PA. drOffloa la Pit'. Opera House, seoond floor. I:S0,T4 FRANK FIELDING, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Clearfield, Pa. Will attend to all business entraited to him promptly and faithfully. aovll'7 WILLIAM A. WALLACI. RARRT T. WALLACB. PAVIB L. B BEBI. Aona W. WRIflLBTi WALLACE & KREBS, (Bamxaora to Wallaoa A Fielding,) ATTORN E YS-AT-LAW, 11-12 73 Clearfield, Pa. iosbfb a. M bkallt. DAaiBL w. m'cubpt. McENALLY & McCUBDY, ATTORN EYS-AT-LA V, Clearfiald, Pa. V-Legal business attended to promptly wlthj fidelity, umoo oa rjeeona etreet, anora sne rirei National Dank. J.n:l:7 Q. R. BARRETT, Attorney and Counselor at Law. clkaufikld. pa. Daring resigned bir Judgeship, hu resumed the practice or lb law in nis oiq owe u uiear flld, Pn. Will attend tbe courts of Jefferson ud Bib counties when specially retained in connection with resident counsel. S;14;7S A. G. KRAMER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Real Estate and Collection Agent, t Lr.Aiti-ii:i.i). pa., Will promptlr attend to all legal bu.ineae ea traited to hi. eare. O-Omee in Pte'i Opera ll"Be. Jaol'7A. WM. M. McCULLOUGH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield. Pa. r-OBM In tlie old Weitern Hotjl haiMlng. I.ijial bu.ioc.s promptly attended te. Krai nutate Uugbt and fold. jell'; A. W. WALTERS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. -CleartMd, Pa. -tOfflee In Orabatu'i How. deel-1? H, W. SMITH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, H:1:T Clearfield, Pa. "WALTER BARRETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Clearfield. Pa. TTOfflee In Old Wertem Hotel building, eorn.r of Seeond and Market Stl. oovtl,6A. ISRAEL TEST, ATTORN K Y AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. -OBo. in the Court Horn.. Jjll,'(! JOHN H. FULFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. pif OfTee on Mstket street, opp. Court lloase, Jan. J, UTS. JOHN L. CUTTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. nd Real Rotate Agent. Clearfield, Pa. Omeo ob Third street, bet.Oherry A Walnut, pV-Kespeetfully offers his servleee In selling wd buying lands la Clearfield and adjoining tonntlea j and with aa experteneeol aeer twenti ;ears as a surveyor, flatters himself that he ean render satisfaction. irer. l;'.!:ir, J. BLAKE WALTERS, REAL ESTATE BROKER, AMD DBALBB IB fSaw aLogi and Iiiiuibor, CLEARFIK1.D, PA. Omoe la Qrabam's Row. 1:15:71 J. J. LINGLE, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, 1:11 Oereola, Clearfield Co., Pa. y pd J. S. BARN HART, ATTORNKY . AT - LAW, llellefonle. Pa. Will practice In Clearfield and all of the Coarts at the loth Judicial dl.trlet. Real ..tale bnainee. and eolleetion of olalm. made apselalllaa. al'TI DR. W. A. MEANS, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, LUTIIBRSSIIRO, PA. Willattead professional ealls promptly. auglO'70 DR. T. J. BOYER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, OSes oa Market Street, ClearBeld. Pa. drOHoa hourat I to H a. ra , and 1 to I p. m. D R. E. M. SCUEURER, IIOMCEOPATIIIC I'UYSICIAN, Offioa 1b residence aa Market sL April , 17. ' qtarield, JPa; "J. H. KLINE, M. D., PHYSICIAN A 8UKOEON, If AVISO located at Teonleld, Pa., offers Hi IX professional sarvlers to the paople or mat pWo and surroandlng oountry. All calls promptly ittended lo. oei. la u. DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD. bate Horgaoa of the ltd Reglmeat, Penn.ylvanl. Volnoteera, having retimed from Ih. Army, olfer. his prof.ssleoal servless t. thaallleeas ercisarfleldeoaaty. MB-Profeailonal call, tromptly attended to, OlHee en Seeosd etro.t, formerlyoeeopled by lr. Woods. apr,'tl DR. H.B.VAN VALZAH, CI.KARKIRLU, PUN WA. ' OFFICE IN MASONIC BUILLUNG. fttr OBce bonra-From II to I P. M. aiJI,JM. Dil. JEFFERSON LITZ, . . WOODLAND, PA. i Will promptly attend all oalle la tba lioeof hi. prol..,i,IQ, aor.ia-71 D. M. DOHIRTY, AslllOrlABLK BARBKR A UAIR DRKSSKR. CLEARFIELD, PA. fib", ia room formerly ooenpied bj Naugl. Alarket street. . Jel lUjTK HARRY SNYDER. (Formerly with Lee) Scbaler.) , dARBKR AND BAIItDRIMdER. fthop on Market Bt.. eppaslt, Ooart IIobs.. A ekaa towsl for every easterner, may I?, '7a. Livery Ntnble. . e.l i C rHK undersigned beg. leave ta laiona IbepaV. lie that he to bow filly B:eper to aeoommo ste all I. th. way of farnlahlag It.. Ma, Daggles, Baddies and likeness, en the shortest fiotloe and a reaaenattU Lwma. buMtu. aa Laeast atjaaL weea Third aad fourth. OIO. V. OtARrURT. Unraeld, Feb. 4, 1174. GEO, fi.GOODLANDEE, Proprietor. VOL 50-WHOLE NO. (Tnrlls. JOHN D. THOMPSON, Juilloe of tk Peaco and BorlVeiwr, ' CnrwrnnTllle. Pa. 1pCo)ltlot.i mad and ftney ppemptly paid over. rb2Z'71U RICHARD HUGHES, JUSTICE OF TIIR PKACE . ( roB fir co fur Tovuthip, , , Oeoeola Mill. P.O. II official liu.ioofi antrartcd to blm will be prompllj attended to. meiua, 10, aao. albbbt Baaar albbbt.....w. albkrt W. ALBERT & BROS., Manufacturer. A extensive Dealereta r. Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, Sic, , WOUDLAMO, PKNN'A, . jslr0rdors solielled. Bill, ailed on short notloe and reasonable terms. Address Woodland P. O., Clearfleld Co.. Ta. ,,.), . W M.BKIII A DltuS. ""francIsoutriet, , MERCHANT, Preuehvllie. t leartleld County, Pa. Rsepl eonsuntlr on band a full assortment of 11. i.nArta. nkniwin. oimiiua, ... u.s.i i nsuallj kept in a rciaii s,ro. wu..:u ... for eash, as oheap as elsewhere In the eountr. ' .. . . . ... iti Frenohtllle, June II, inoT-ij. THOMAS H. FORCEE, PBALBB IB GENERAL MEKCIIASD'KE. tiRAIIAMTON. Pa. Also, extensile manufacturer and dealer in Pqnare Timber aud fcaweu mniuerui .11 .mu.. BSJ-Ordors aolielted and all bill, prompt! liledT jri, REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sign Painter and Paper Hanger, Clearfield, Pettli'a. kA,Wlllaaeeutelolialn bis line promptly and In a workmanlike manner. ai rl.nT G. H. HALL,' ' PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, NKAIt CLBAIll'llXH, PEXN'A. ,, J Pumps always on hand and made to order en short aotiee. Pipes bored on res.iinltle terma All work warranted to render satisrsohon, and delivered if desired. , . ui?2o:lypd E. A. BIGLER & CO., n DKALKRK IK SQUARE TIMBER, and manufacturers of AIX KINDS OF SAM M H MIll.lt, -773 CLEA11F1ELU, rt.V.N A. . . JAS. B. GRAHAM, , dealer to , , Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards, SIIIKOLEfl, LATH, 1 rlOKETS, . :I07 Clearfield, Pa, Vf 1 ' -AMKS M1TCIIELL, t , ' ' bRAIsKR'l ' a ' Square Timber & Timber Luiitls, jtll'73 CLEARFIELD, PA. . JAMES H, LYTLE, In fcralatr'a llullillng, Clearfield, Pa. Dealer la Oroeetleii. Prarifloa. Ve(etallte, Fraita, Floar, Feed, etc., etc. ... . , aprU'7t-tr WARREN THORN, BOOT AND SnOE MAKER, i Market fsl., Clearfield, P.. tn lha .hop lately occopl.it by Fra.uk Short. one door west of Alleghany Hoons. . T. M. ROBINSON, Market Mtreel, tlcarlleld. 1'. ' MAinrACTUBBB OB ' ; r Liitlit and Tlaary Harness. Collera, Haridies, Bridles, Ae. Repairing neatly dune. May II, I87C tm. JOIIN A. STADLER, ' BAKER, Market HI., Cliarfl.ld, Pa. Freeh Bread. Rusk. Holla. Pies and Cakos on hand or made to order. A general errortmenl of Conleetionarie. Fruits and Nut. tn Slock Ice Cream and Oy.ters in season, Paloon aearly opposite th. Po.tiBieB. l'rieea moderate. , March lo-'Jl. , J. R. M'MURUAY WILL BllPn.T YOlt WITH ANY ARTId.K OK MKKCIIANDIHE AT TUB VfcllY LtlWKMT PRICE. COME AND SKE, ll:i:7:ly: NEW WASHINGTON, MAHBI K AND UTONH YAIII). . Mrs. H. . Ml)fri. Having engaged la tba Marble business, desires to Inform her friends and the public that she ha. now and will keep constantly on aann a large and well selected stock of ITALIAN AMO VERMONT MARBLE, and Is pret.ared to lurniih to order TUMUMIONES. HoX AN It CHAIH.K TOMBH, 1IDM WKMH. Ae. aVfA.Yard on Reed atreol, uear the R. R. Depot, ClearBeld, Pa. Jcl.,70 1. S N Y D E R, PRACTICAL WATCIIMAKEII AB PBALRR ta ; ' ' Watches, Clocks unci Jcttrlrv, GroJow'. Bom, Marktl Strut, . , C'LlIAHI'll:l.l, PA. All kinds of rspalrlng la my line nroniptlr at nded to. , April 2.1, l71. WHOLESALE LIQUOR STORE, At the end of Iba new bridge, ' WKlST CLRAHP1K.LP, PA. "J . Tie prnpriatar of tais aalahtitbment will buy bia liquor diraei from diitilivri, garlic huyi.ig from this heua will he aura to g l a par article at a snall margin above coft. Hotel kffpera ena ba forniihed With liqoar na rvasanabla term. Pure winaa and brandies direst iron te ley's Vinery, at Uatb. New 1 irk. OKORUK H. CO LB PR X. Clcarleld, Juaa )A 17 tf. ,'. MITCHELL WAGONS. u '.! The Best ia. tba.Cbeapestl.a. Thomas Rcilly has rteeived anether large lot of "Mitchell Wagons," wblfb are among tna very best manutaeierrd, aad which he will sail at the most reaaaaabM ratee. . Ilia stock inaludae almas! all dcseriptioBS of wagons largcand Small, wide and namtw traek. tall an i see tnem. aprt'Tt - THOMAS RKILLY, ANDREW .' HARWICK, , : Market fire at, Clearaald. Pa.. I ,.; crcvi aea Aaaoa.sa ia i .. .l HABNKCP, .t DOLES, BlUULKS, COLLARS, , , 1 aad all hied, of j L. , nous nitsisiiiKQ eoobs. A fall slock at Faddlers' Il.rilware, Bru.be, Comb., Bleokets, Rube., etc., .Iway. eh linnd and for sale at the' IdwetA ,a.b prlcer. ' ATI krnds of repairing promptly attsnded tew:- All kiads of Mdea takeB ik oickadge for bar. aes. and repairing. All kinds of heme., leather kept ea hand, and for sale at a small profit. CleatDeld, Jan. I", i7. . . V JJ N V E R TAKIf).' , Tba Mdatilirati Mi pnparasl lo airy an tba bustaess ai , at msoWABLB1 ratkis y- Aad reraeettsfly aollctt tho Batranaao trf thee. Boodlag aoek eerv area. . B ....... ,..,...... v , JAN( L.LCAVX. t. CkmHWd, Pa.. F.b. I. Hit. ... , ....... . JtlBTK M' CONTABIBV KB Wa Havo-arirrleA a Hr tamlnr of Iko aa FII BILL, and wtH aa taa neeM of t wears. IroosaU, mallaeopTto at Ndeaas. ' , s. JtaJa$3 5aV. " ' "0 2190. Tht OLD MAN'S FUNERAL. IT WILLUM rilLLRM BBlARt. I iaw nn fA aiaa npon hi bier, Ho hair mm thin and white, and oa bii brow A reottrd of ilia carta of uapy a year t'arr that weta atided and Ivrftntteo bow. And tli re waa aailnera round, aud frea bowed. And w.iuai.'a Iran fell fast, and eblldran walled atouiis - Then roae toolbar boary nan and IJ, la .altering awenu, to that weeping train, Vi by tnouia ye ibat our aged friend le dead 1 Ve are nut tad to ace the gathered grain. Nor when their mellow fro it the orrbarda cut. Not when ibe yellow wood ahake down tba ripen Ye flgh But wbi-a the aun, LU ooun full! lied, IIlo glotloua ocurta, rr juicing earth and sky, Id tba lolt evening, wbun the wind r illlleJ, Kink where lilt Ulnndt orrflrabtDent He, And leavei the milt of hi di-parture, apread O'er the warm -colored beavvn and ruddy niouB Why wvep ye then for Lin, who, having won ' Trie bound ot man'a appointed yean, at laat, Lil'a'a b letting i all aajeyod, lil'a'a labors done. her en fly to bis final rest ha paiicd t Wbila the wfl meraory of bis virtue yet Liugrri like twilight huar, when the bright tun II ML Hi youth was Innocent i bi riper age Marked with louie act of goodnei every day ) And watched ly eye that luvod blu, calm and . eitgp, Faded bia late deoliuing yean wiy. Cheartul he gave hi rxriug np, and went Tn ill a re tit bjy real that waits a life well pcnt. That life waa barpy every day begava Thank fur the lair eiiittoce that was bit ; For a iuk lancy matle bin not bar ilare, To aoek bim with bat p ban loot a leer ice. No chronic terturee raoNod bis aged limb, For Imury an I nloih bad nuurivbednooe fur bint. And I am glad Ibat ba has lived thai lng, Aud clad ihat he htva rone to his reward I Nor defu that kin illy mtura did faitn wrong, Pud It lo rjiainii'aire the vita) cord. W hi-n bis weak band grew paliiad, and bis eye) betk with the uiir ot age, it wa bii lima to die. dj:a tu of ca iuhsal axto- . ..... XELLl. ... tlixiiululi I'riiiu Rtmiu tu Rouluv's icil rruin Luniiinnv annotinvea the (Jiulii of C'urdinul , Antoni'lli. The burnt; diiuU'li also rciHirtH tkul CurJi mil LoiiMiiuitniu rutrizi, icur Ounurul ol tho f'opc, ia dj inir. . , , liliKoiiio Anliinvlli, Uio LulUinill tvlmtiu dcci'UHU in tiniioumjtil, was burn ut tjiiiiniiio, neur Travueino, in luily, Atirll 2, lSOtj, and was vdticntud at the gritit fiini i nury of lioino. 11 u look ordt'in coon idler ciiihiiil' to manhood, and was onrly ninilo a Jiinliop. Pope tireyory X VI., ruto;iiizing liis political talent, uioiiitid liiui nucet'iinivclv to im ri-tunt civil olIiti'H, mid in 18-15 nmdo liim Minintur of 1'iniun'O to the 1'uiittl (joTunimoiil. Pono Pius IX. miidi) lilin Curdinul in 1817, and his Prime. .Minister in 1S1H, when hu was siiiipotii'd, us was Uio roue, to litvor ihu popular party. For a lime, how. t'Vcr, hu was ohln-ed to vivo uluco to .Viimiunil. When liorisi was asHuiwin- nud in IRIX, tho Topo, atting under Anlmiilli's udvlto, niudu tho fumous flight to (in'la. Thcro ho continued to ho tho Pope's adviser, and bo nego tiated with Louis Napoleon's Govern ment tho arrangement Ly which the Pnpo returned to liorno in 1850, under French protection. "' liver einee Hint timo Cnnlnial Anto. nclli has controlled tho Pupal policy, and hs resided in tho Vatican since tho unification of Italy, with Rumo as tho seat ol tho constitutional Govern ment of King Victor Kmanuol. 11 o is aid to have been by fnr tho wealthiest, Catholic ecclesiastic, if not tho wealth-1 iest of all Italians. Ilis lortnno is vari ously estimated at from 10,000,000 to 35,000,000 francs, IndcpcnJent of his rare and priceless collection of works of art. ancient coins, ancient statuary, and oilier article of verm, worth not less thnn 20,000,000. Tho Cardinal possessed one of the finest assortments of precious stones to be found in Europe, and could boast of diamond! of all shupes, of the purest water, incompara ble emeralds, pearls and turquoises, the richest laces, and the matchless mar vels ot tho loom of tho last period. His business for many years has been to transact nil the temporal affairs of the Pnpncy as Secretary of Hlnto to tbe President of the council ot ministers, picfetf of tho sacred apostolic palaces, of the sacred congregation of Lorctto and of the Consultn. His work was quite as much thut of a banker as of a diplomatist. Ho lived in a noble palace on the summit of the (jtiiriniil Hill. Although receiving, with other Cardi nals, a salary of 81,000 per annum, ho ras provided with so many wealthy lienellces thut he bad accumulated an immense fortune Mo had a chaplain and confessor, a little court of his own, a scarlet trimmed conch emblazoned with crclcsiaH'.icul heraldry, and a gtiurd wearing cocked-hats and knee breeches. ' ; Jlotisignor V. Vnnnutelli, Under See nMnry of State; has been appointed snccestor (iff nitmm to the dead t nrdi rial. - " The Flow Or Scircii. Though we all employ speech, says tho Popular Science Muiithly, yet wo differ in enso and agrcvuhleiii-t. rjf utterance. The voire is Weak or powerful, as deter mined by tho modu of nction of the respiratory organs. Tho timbro is sharj-j harsh, 'sweet or harmonious; this is detcr.'.iilied by tho confirmation of tho resonnnt cavities. Whatever quality of voice wo happened to have naturally, Is to bo preserved though it may Ho improved by constant atten tion to tho ear. bv steady observation. finally by training, ttpeech does not flow from ils soiirro with the same chso in all cases ; hero tho mind is mas. ler, and mental qualities differ from one another to a far greater extent than physical aptitude's. Borne per sons express themselves without dilll culty on hesitntion-their thinking faculty acts as a continuous force ; others seem to grasp a word or a phrano here and there their thinking laonhy is fluctuating, confused, undu cided. A certain feeling of constraint produces' stuttering, stammering. It ur.td to be supposed that stuttering if, the result of grave defects ol the vocal organs, but such Is not the case at all ; this infirmity has its scat in the mind, and it may de cured w mitigated by systomatio effort.- It is shown by ata tiatics that Provence, Languedoo and Oulena contain a greater portion of slainnierem in. their population than any.blbor portions of France.: This statement, wben-1 saw it, wot a anr- prnotoine It has always been thought that Ho nno ooald posaihly falter in bis M ch who waa born near tbe (iaronne. . ! i i an are ear (. r 1 1 Sixty .yenra ago oecorroi " the year without a Summer." : Frost occurred in every nwntb in the year 1816. Ioe formed half an inch in May ; soow fell to Uio depth often inches in Vormont, seven in. Maine, three in tbe interior of New York mid also in Masmchusettii in an. st d araa formed to tho thiok- Hess of common window-glass through out New- England,! Now , York, and wis, parlsol Pennsylvania, on the 6lh ni July 1 .Indian' corn waa to badly troacn vbat -tho greater part waa cut down and dried tor fodder in Angust, and farmen aupplicd themaalveai from Um crow producud in 181 for the Med of thaoprinav ot 1817. -u r i 'mi I CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1876. THE LOUT. A NEW CENTENNIAL MUSEUM I10W LOST ARTICLES AND LOST CHILDREN WERE RESTORED TOTIIEI R OWNERS AND OUAR DIANS SOME OF THE CURIOUS COLLEC TIONS STILL LEFT WEAKNESS OF THE FAIR SEX THE UMBRELLA QUESTION. From ths Pblladslpbla Pres.. Among tho innumerable collection ot curiosities lo bo found at tho exhibi tion thero is ono display which, though opened on tho lOlh of May, has over since been closed to tho curious eyes of tho public, it ia a department thor oughly international in cuaractor, preg nant with important lessons on the pe culiar cliaraclurislica ot human nature. and ono which, though kept under lock and key, has proved ot inestimable val uo to visitors. We ruler to the Muse um of Lost Articles, oslnblishod six months airo at the hcadnuartoraof Ad jutant Quartermaster William A. lloyt. To Adjutant lloyt belongs tho credit of having originated this bureau ot much-needed information, and ho it waa who so systematized the details of the work that all articles found by Centennial Guards have boon restored to the owners whenever patient search could discover their wheroubouts. In many cases tho victims of chronic ah senco of mind have thought furoneugh to inquiro at tho otllco lor their miss ing valuables, and theso, it found by Guards, have boon returned with as liltlo delay as necessary lor proper iilentillcalion. In coses where an arti cle was so marked as to lead to the discovery of an owner, tho address has invarinoly been recorded and a letter despatched lo the supiioscd owner, whether his or her residence waa bo- ieved to be in Philadelphia or Kntn schatka. It has oflcu happened that in pocket-books, sulcbcls, &c, have been found from two to a dozen differ ent cnnls bearing as many different addiessus. To each has been Bent a notification of the ending of the article, but the claimant, if one appeared, was required to satisfactorily prove bis ownership of the properly. Ditb wuiiu fcuuunuiiiis ui urui-ii-n nuvo 11... ...i :l- ,1 V. 1 been fouud and restored to their own ers, other thousands still remain tin claimed, mid the collection constitutes ono of tho most Interesting museums in the country, II not in tho world. 1 bo assortment of pocket-books is large and tuneu, eomiirisinir un miown niyiea, from tho plethoric wallet of the cattle- dealer to tbo miniature, 'learl-covereu pnrt-monnaio of a Vsuwar school-girl. Ibere are pocket books tilled with in congruous bundles of papers "of no valuo to any one except the owner, and ol no cash valuo to any one ; wul lets atufled with memoranda, without dutes, names, or location ; others failed with recipes of varioua kinds, inter spersed with fractional currency, rail rond tickets, and occasionally a few small bills ; and still others with noth inir in them but a fuw pennies and postneo stamps, and an equally large collection absolutely empty. Uvcr 000 In cash has been picked up in tbe Centennial grounds by tbo O unrein, and all but the small amounts remaining in several hundred unclaimed wallets, aeirreiruling not over 1 100 at the most, and about 170 found in small rolls of bills, bavo boon roBtorod to tho owners. A curious commentary on one uiner- ence in the characteristics ot tho two sexes is found In tho fact that fully nine-tenths of all the pocket-books, and not less than tour-fiilha of the other articles, were evidently tbe property of ladios. Three special casus wore thoughtfully reserved for tbe wearing apparel so liberally scattered about tbe irrounds by the better and fairer hall of humanity, and the novice in the dry-goods business would find himself in a stato or bewilderment lor a wook should be attempt a clasiflcalion or minute description of their contents, Among tbe simpler and more fumiliar articles may be meutionod lace ana linon collars, linen and paper cuffs, with gold or brass sleove-huttons, shawls of ait kinds, mantillas ol various patterns, bonnets, aummor hats, handkerchief's, oyo-elasscs, overshoes, watorprools, traveling robes, veils, sacqiies of all varieties, scarfs, neck-ties, switches, ribbons, and furs. Among a numerous assortment, w hich may not be men tioned, am all sorts of articles of under- wcur, Including balmorals, garters, crinolines, bustles, and but limited space and knowledge, prevents a com pletion ol the list. Owners can recov or tho goods by calling at the office and proving properly. Tho collection of tuns is exceedingly lino, and will bear comparison witu any display at an oveuing concert. 11 the Japanese ex hibitors have sold many more fnns than have been left on the grounds, they must have proved a strong competition to the sale of thermometers. Very fuw of tho moro ex pensive blood coolers nre in good condition, probably not having boo., thought of sufficient value to bo fastened with a chain. It is noticeubio, in tbe extensive stock of ladies' wear on band, that, with ono exception, every portion ot visible and invisible feminine atliro has been lost at tho Centennial grounds, and tho list includes every ornament not clasped by a lock which would puszlo tho mnnuiaciurer to umasicn. , Tbe misfortunes of male visitors seems to bavo been confined to tbo losses of empty wallets and umbrcllus. Over two thousand umbrellas were carried by the Guards to headquarters, but with them were about one thou sand parasols. Many of both have been returned, but enough still remain to make quite an attractive display in a first-class store. Home of tbe sun shades are quite valuable, but the um brellas are without exception so dilapi dated by wear or so cheap in material and construction that no man or woman not born for the callows would dream ot appropriating thorn. II among uie million ot visitors at the exhibition ono or two thousand lost umbrellas of no use to any one are found, bow many of actual value must have been forgot ten by careless owners r lMbeUuards returned packages of money and valu able jewelry to headquarters, would thev not bava been llkclv to nil urn silk and pearl-handled umbrellas f If tbo Guards did not pick up the good presumed to bave been mislaid, who did? These are serious questions, de manding personal and publio inveslica- tiou and aneqiiivocal answers. Judg ing from the number of useless umbrel las dolivored at the Adjutant's offico, and tbe liability of all umbrellas being lost, It must be aasumed that fully 500,000 rain shedders are now in the hands of persona who never paid for them. Tbe thought is appalling in its immensity, and saddening in its fear ful significance. Only one conclusion is possible umbrellas are popularly ostracised from the protection 01 the Eighth CommandeMnt. Here Is a wide and most important Held of labor for tba Reform party when they got Into power. , Whoo , their leaders are ablo b rrasn and master this sobieot thev Will bava bad sufficient experience to begin to get ready to commence the ' : t PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. work ol'ifovei'iiinuntui re-mrm. Ituvumi thousand gloves ol all iniitgiuublo kinds, from the U-button kid to tho merino mitten, are in a sepoVfale compartment, but no two aro alike. The vast collec tion of odd gloves, tnereloro, proves conclusively the wisity or tho lnsto which makes it neoossary for tho mnn or woman ot fashion to wear at least one glovo, though bo omho may much prolor to do without both. A resolu tion to assist In a reform in this matter might not bo without good results and would not bo intippronrinlo in this Centennial year. Tno bony hand ol toil, or the norvous, dclieato fingers of tho thii.kor may both be adorned by a kid oovorinif. but why expose only ono hand and thus rink the less of tho off glove V The Reformers might attack this subject after disposing of tho um brella eorrupitoutaHs. - . - . . Among other lost articles aro several dozen spectacles of different styles, throe or four opera-glasses, any nuin bor of scrap-books, memorandum-books, diurios, novels, works of reference, Cen toiiniul catalogues, guides to tbe park and cily, cigur-cusus partially filled, camp-stools, canes, " Aids to Memory," a fuw linen dusters, railroad tickets, and any quantity of small satchels, lunch-baskets, ie. The amount of jew elry picked up by tbe Guards would mnko tho eyes of a diamond-broker twinkle, but all Uio most valuable trink ets bavo been returned. Among the richest articles of personal adornment and use wcro a number of diamond rinirs, brooches, lie, emerald, spnthino, and opal ear-rings; several gold and silver watches, and a largo assortment ol lockets and charms. Home of the diamond rings were vulued at (550, and from this nmoi: nt the jewelry dwin dled down to 25 cents. One of the first of tho lost articles brought into, or rather to the door of, tho Adjutant's ofilco was a gray mare, largo as life, and aviilently much disgusted at being lefthcrtoown resoureos. ibeowncrol the animal was, however, discovered on the same day. To this depni'lincnt aro bImi brought tbe loet children not reclaimed at the precinct gu aril houses, whore they aro first taken. All, thus fur, bavo been bunded over to their parents or sent under tho care of Guards to their homes or hotels on the same day, none having been kept over night. Over 500 children have thus been returned to their parents, and as these were only tho " worst lost cases," it is estimated that several thousand hove actually been missed and reclaim ed soon afterwards at the stations. Tbe ages of the littlo folks ranged all the way from two to eight years, and, wltb few exceptions, they bavo bravely le- siirncd themselves to await tbo long- delayed coining of their parents, in full luitll that tho promlso ol tho Kind hearted Adiulatit to send them homo. if not colled for, would be fulfilled. Ono day a voiing mothor, while in tho Mum lluilding, lull bcr sleeping Dane, only a few months of ago, on a settee in tbo centre aisle, and intending, no doubt, to keep a careful watch over her offspring, strayed Into an exhibit near by. In a few momenta sho ho camo so deeply Interested as not to heed the speed of timo (which always flics swillly in tbo Centennial grounds) and a half an hour passed in what doubtless seemed to her a very fuw moments. Tho littlo one still slept.but tho strongo absence of any protector attracted a crowd, which gradually in creased, until the Guards hastened to the spot and begun making diligent inquiries concerning tho whereabouts of tho mother. Anothor half hour passed ; the crowd became larger, and a stalwart Gunrd, driven to desperation, lilted the precious but awkward burden in his arms, and wns just on the point ol conveying tbo apparently deserted inlunt to bcodquartors, when tbomotn- or, suddenly awakened trom her d lightlul dream, hurried to tho nislo, saw tho pressing crowd about tho in noccnt setteo sho bad, as she supposed, left only a lew moments belorc, and with a shpek of apprehension, sprang forward just in timo to clutch tho un comfortable guard and relievo him of bis unwelcome oilmen. Wbutcxprcs. sionsof astonishment and bewilderment would bavo taken possession ot tho soldierly countenance of Adj't. lloyt bad the littlo wail been actually depila ted on his desk it Would be difficult to imagine, but be was spared this tribu lation. The department as n whole bus been most eurelully and judiciously managed, as thousands of visitors will gratefully testify, and tho tbongblful- nessol Adjutant Uoytund tbo uniform kindness ol bis assistant, .Mr. llii'.cl will long bo romembciud by Hi oho who have through their efforts been reliov jd ot anxiety Dick Hahmn's Centennial Letter. The St. Nicholas Mucnziuu I'orOcto. ber prints this letter I mm a boy in rinladelphia : " Deab Mother: Me irot here. I like to livo hero. We went into a sleep ng car, and a black man lei me down t little cupboard, and muilo a bed in it. I slept In a top-cupboard and Uncle lien down below. Jt had sheets usl like a bod, only you bumped your head pretiy oiten. " 1 climbed np. It wns worse than a treo. There was a lady, and she hnd to sleep np high too. She didu'. climb. The man brought some stairs, and sho went to tho top and worked herself in. " l hero was a little ruby, and it oried wotv than Tooty, and sonio mini snored, and my bed joggled, and I thnnirht I'd sleep with Undo Hen. Ilia bod uidn t Joggle. Ho is never afraid. "Thero is a horse car in New York, and we rodo in it. It has bells. A man can stop it at any timo. 1 can stop it. The other teams got on tbe track too, but the driver has a whistlo, and the other man gels off. "A man comes in everybody eivos bim some money. He bus silver tbinir that rings to make bim honest. Uncle lien soys bo would liko lo put ono on some folks. May bo ho will give me ono. Tho women come in, and stop and look at somo man, and ho stands up and she sits down except the ones with an old bonnet on." Thoso who work in rharhlo and on canvas will perish, and their work will sbaro the same fate ; but those wbo tiain tho youm;, cultivate tho intellect. and work on that durablo material the mind will live on in their work from age to ago, and from generation to generation. Hett- Fred. JUvnnt, Ho now thinks it is unsafe to leave lottinit pspor lying sround the office. His wile found this on s piece : : etiS tsoraoD ,sevolg fo xob dues llivr I EILLlW A Neat CALCULATOR.--An exchange says; There Is a man in rtowarlc so close that wbon be attends church bo occupios the p"W farthest Iron, tho puipta, to aavs the interest on bia moner while tbe collectors are passing th plate lor coninnnimns. REPUBLICAN. Air, says Dr. Pluyfair, is tbo most familiar of substances, the first with which an inlunt becomes acquainted on entrance into tho world, and in death tho lusl to be given up. Yet, strange to say, its nature and constitution have only become partially understood with in tbo past century, and oven now set ontifio knowledge could only be re garded as on the threshold ol tbo sub iect. 1 n tho year C10. II. C. Thalos. a DhL losophurol Milelus.lravcled into r.gypt, and having observed the manner in which the land was fertilized by tbe overflowing ol the A lie, promulgated tho theory that everything was mado nt water, and that all lito rosidod in it. Thulcs had no aids to forming a cor rect theory other than his untutored senses ,nnd as far as they led bint they appeared to prove tho correctness of uis views, in 018, 1). u, Aloximenas suid Thulcs was wrong, and that every thing is composed of air, and that it was tho essence of lite. 11 is reason ings appear to modern ears utterly preiiosleroiis, but they were tho first dawnings ol philosophy, rive centu ries Dulore the Christian era, Dioi'ones, of Appolonia, thought ovor tho same subject, moro as a psychologist than as a natural pbilosopbor ; be considered air tbo anima mundi ot tbe world, and that it was a spirit, unusually benevo lent out liuble to htB ot temper, and henco storms, mists, fogs. Theso phi losophers woreot a disputatious school, and did not endeavor to test their ideas by experiments, but in 318, B. C, Aristotle, who examined things as they were somewhat moro closely, divided all substancos into what he named four elements earth, air, fire, and water, and this noinoiicluUii'0 continued till littlo moro thun a century since. Lit tlo lurthcr was known about air till A. 1). 1100, when Saracen, named Ol hnuscn, found thut it had weight, and that, instead of extending through all space, as previously supposed, it ceas ed to exist beyond a certain distance from tho earth. Ho fixed this limit at 58 miles a good guess, as modern ob servers had ascertained to reach a height of uliont 45 miles from tbe eurth. In 1(130, Galileo investigated the action ol tho common pump. Aris totle had suid that water rose on draw ing off tho air, bocauso nature abhor red a vacuum. Galileo found that wa ter would only riso in a tubo 32 foot or 33 feet; did nature thon permit of the vacuum? Ho soon saw that tbo wa ter rose because of the weight ol the air, and that tho limit of a pump's ac tion wns fixed by tbo weight of water to be raised. Afler his time Torricclli applied this principle to mercury, and, as bo anticipated, it would only rise about thirty inches in a pump, as it was about thirteen times heavier than water. Thus tho first barometers wore matle, and tho foundation laid of mod ern discoveries as to the subject. It was found that air wcigbod about 15 lbs. per square inch, and that it varied from dny to day with the woshthor. Tbo siomo great diweovorer was Otto Von Gucrieko, of Madgeburg, wbo invented the air-pump. Ilis work on tbe subject of uir, containing an ac count in Latin of bis discoveries, was still extant, and tho lectures had one of tho two copies now preserved in this country. Guericke bad several failures in his attempts to pump out air, but at length made what were still known as tho Madgeburg hemispheres, two hollow semi-globes, which could bo tightly fitted togcthor, and from which tbo air could bo withdrawn. Tbo originul hemispheres wcro dis played upon the table with which, in Ii51, Guerlcko exhibitod to tho Em peror, at the Diet of Ratisbon, bia no ted experiment ol harnessing eight horses to each of the exhausted hemi spheres, wben they were unable to draw the two pnrts asunder. Guericke bad a water-barometer attached to bis bouso, with a figure of a man floating on tbo water, and this popularised the instrument, iinylo, the next investi gator of tho air, was tho first to en deavnr to ascertain its choniical con stituents. He got so fnr as to prove that there wcro "fictitious airs, but never sufficiently distinguished thorn from common air. Soon afler this, llulca separated a number of what wore now known to be constituent gases of air; be, bowover, regarded them as so many impurities, to bo got rid of as much ns possible. Black was tho first to use the plural of the word air, anil to use a balance for weighing air. Before bis time it had boon sup posed that tho difforence'betweon mild lime, or chalk, and cuuslio lime was that the principle then called phlogis ton was imparted to tho latter by the action of fire, lllack argued that if so, quicklime ought tn bo heavier, not lighter, than chalk; and afler some study and experiments ho proved that ils hirhtncKA wns due to tho withdrawal of carbonic acid from it, oitbor by tho actum ol heat, or or a strongor acid, and that quicklime rocovorod thislrom tho atmosphere if exposed to its influ ence, lie also showed that this acid was evolved by decaying substances, and passed into tho air at every breath of men and animals. He also mado important discoveries as to latent boat. All lllucks discoveries wcro mado when ho was about 24 years old, and it was to be regretted that, though be lived lo be 80, be mado no lurther dis- coverii a. Cavendish soon afterwards discover ed hydrogen, the source of light and heal, and oliservcd that it onlorcd Into tbo composition ol wnlor. In 1772 liiitliorlbrd discovered tbe great diiu- tenl of air, nitrogen, by placing mice, ono at a time, in a receiver, and as they died, washing away the carbonic acid produced with Hino-water, and pulling in a fresh mouse, till at longtb tho liltlo animuls died directly they wore introduced, two years subse quently Priestley discovered oxygen, and observed us wonu-Tlui power ol supporting light. Ilo was persecuted and driven from England, and went to Paris, where ho showod Lavoisier how to mako oxygen, and then to America, whom he diod. Lavoisier never admitted that this discovory Was imparled to bim by Prieslley, although latterly he con leased tbal lie aid not mako it. Lavoisier carried forward tho study of air, bavin?? a power ot generalizing the observationeot others, nd Invented mo caiiotneter. in tlie hciirht of his investiirations he was iruillntined dnring the ltovoltit!-m. A solemn procession was formed at a , . il l . T :: . L later aate ami aiatiam Ajavuinivr pair- licly burnt anefllgy of the old element phlogiston, and a requiem was sung to its memory, as a token that the old chemistry had passed away, and a new one was inaugurated. That system was now in its turn becoming antiqnated and out of date. Till within the last few years air was supposed to be com posed of ths elements laid down by Lavoisier's chemistry oxygen, nitro gen, and carbomo acid, but liiebig showed that there waa a small portion ot ammonia in the air, which n wash ed down in rain ; otons, nn active form ol oxyg'uii bad aTbo'Leeuisc.-ovured' and certain minute organisms bad also boon louna in too air. - fresh observa tions wore ever being made, which tended to show how littlo was yet known about the air. In conclusion, the air that is vitiated by tbo carbonic acid liberated by breathing ot men and animals, and the smoke ot many furnaces end II res in theso regions, is conveyed by tho ac tion of trade winds to tbo tropics, wnure the acid lorms the lood ol a lux uriant vegetation. The air, by circu lating, is thus constantly heinir purifl ed, and by the beneficent action of tbe law that plants should subsist, not on ly on decaying substancos. but nnon tbe gases evolved by animal waste, the uaianco oi nniiiro is preserved. JOSIK MASSFlEttrS UAA'aiOJt. Says tbo Now York Erprett: A largo brown stone mansion on the north sido of Twoot. ibird street, be tween Eighth and Ninth avenues, for many years was tbe residence orjosio Mansfield. It was in this dwelling mat many oi tne prominent members of tho old Tammany and Erie Railway rings mot and enjoyed the gorgeous eonorosity ot Col. risk and the socioty ol iliss ilaushcld, lor sue could charm wbon she pleased, being well educated and thoroughly informed upon general lupica, aim uer conversational laeuilios perfectly cultivated. Sho was at that timo the beautiful Aotiri of that pecu liar paradise, and reigned supreme. Hero, especially on Now Years day. sho held high and festive court, sur rounded Dy every appointment that wealth could contribu'-r and taste sug gest, tier personal appearance was porlectly gorgeous, and tho dimly lightod rooms lairly intoxicated the sense! with the perfume of tho bowil- denr prolusion or tbo choicest nutu ral flowers thut tbo liberal purse of ber patron bad freely lurnisbod. Iter court upon tbese occasions was attended by eminent judges, promi nent lawyers ana uoctors, politicians, authors, actors, brokers, railroad offi cials, kings, sporting, gentlemen, office holders and oflico seekers and Bohe mians, all vioing with each other in I laying bomago to the power and the lenuty of this Cyprian queen. 1 be last Aow tears day that she held bcr court seemed to excel in bril liancy and the distinguished throng that crowded her rooms any that had preceded it, and she fairly outshone herself. Among the gayost of the gay, two persons in particular were notice ablo, and as they quaffed tho spark ling wine, and drank to her health and beauty, tboy pledged also to each oth er eternal friendship. Alas! bow soon was o.io to realize that "a thing ol ocauty is not a joy lorever, and tbe other to taste tho pangs of a bitter (learnt cut so it proton. Toward the close ot that Now Year's night tbe two stood together and chatted merrily. When tho next New Year's day ar rived, what a transformation scene had latkeu place! -One ot lliesu tbtve poi sons was sleeping the sleep of death away off in a narrow cell in a country churchyard ; the other in a narrow cell of a walled prison, with no sleep out tba levered sleep ot an excited brain, and in a condition worse than death could bring; and she perhaps beauUIul, yet bow wretcbed, and il not a sleepless outcast, certainly with no homo a wanderer in a strango land and among strango faces. Sinco then that bouse baa changed bauds several times, and that New Year's night waa the last that revelry held her court there. Col. r isk from tbe first to last, exponded $17,000 for and upon it, and a short time ago it was sold lor ;iu,uou and is now the prop. erty of Mme. Da Vivo. It ia a superb mansion, and its decrease in valuation is caused, not by reason of its former associations, but by tbe present im monse depreciation in real estate. TONSORIAL ARTASDART1STS. Tbe New York Herald says: "It is amusing to find one of those traditional jokes which o very body reveres be coming a roulity. I bore, lor tnstanco, is tho story of tho rivalry bolwoen two barbers in an English town wbo kopt reducing thoir prices until ono of them offered to shave his customers for noth ing. Tho other, not to bo ontdono, put up a sign in theso words, 'W bat do you think ? I'll shave you for nothing and Sivo yon a drink I' Somo of tho bor ers of New York, observing tbe re duction in the prico of tho llcrald and the downward tendency of prices gen erally, have determined to mako their prices for shaving five cents. Others, utraid of the loss of enstom, have not only reduced thoir prices to five cents, but for this insignificant sum offer 'a good shave and a good cigar,' 'a good shave and a glass of beer,' and ono atrocious barber even announces 'a good shuvo and a schooner of beer.' As a general thing we aro in favor of a reduction in prices. But the bar bers' method is very like cruelty to animals. The man wbo smokes cigars and drinks beer tboroby obtains a de cided advantage over the man who does neither; but it must be confessed be runs a greater risk. In a barber shnn where vou are shaved and re ceive a cigar It would lie bod enough to be compelled to inhale tbo poison ous atmosphere, to say nothing ot tho BirnnguiaiioD siuu BApuvurinnuu vuui would follow smoking one of tho weeds. Thon we are afraid that the beer also, especially in tbe scboonor establish ment, would bo as dangerous almost as a cup of poison. Apart (Yom all theso risks, it is well known from the trod l ditional anecdote that barbers always punctuato in their hrads and that tbo famous siffn should have read, 'What! do you think I'll shave you lor noth ing and give you a drink I' We trust that nobody else will do anything so utterly absurd. Evon the barber is worthy ol bis hire, and ten cents I lit tle enough tor a sbavo nowadays, es pecially when wo consider a tnnsorial artist's manifold duties lo his customer. It is expected of bim that he will talk his subjoct so nearly to death that ho Uvea aa if by a miracle ; that bia up strokes shall threaten his customer's nose and bia down stroke bia oar without touching them ; that he shall carclully scan tbo beard so as always lo go 'against tbe grain,' and that by all the means in bis power he shall minister to tb discomfort of the poor wretch in his bands. Ten cents is lit tle enough for such a desperate opera tion, nd it ia idle to talk of a cigar or a schooner oi beor in aueh case. Curran on Carleton. While Cur ran was defonding the Shearea, be warmed into indignant eloquence, whoo Lord Carleton called him to account, saying: "Mr. Corran, it would be well if you were better on your guard In what you aay, lor if not, you may for feit your gown." "They may take tho go a, my Lord, but tby must leave ni staff behind," waa th rejoinder. TEEMS $2 per annum in Advance. NEW SERIES-VOL. 17, NO. 45. "One of my first lessons," said Mr. Sturgis, the eminent merchant, "was in 1813, when I wns cloven t'enrs old. My grandfather bad a flno flock of sheep, which were carefully tended during tho war of thoso times. I was tbo shepherd boy, and my business was to wnicn tbo sheep in the fields. A boy wno wus more lund ol Ins book thun the sheep wns sent with nio, but left the work to mewhilo he lay under tho trcos and road. I did not like that, and finally went to my grandfulhor and complained ol it. I shall never forgot tho kind smile ol tho old gen tlcman as be said : ' "Never mind, Jonathan, my boy : if you watcn the sheep you will bavo tho siieep. "'What does irramlfutlior nmnn Lw thatf I said to myself. 'I don't ex pect to havu a sheop.' " My desire were moderate, and a fine buck worth a hundred dollars. 1 coald not exact ly make out in my mind what it was. but I bad great confidence in bim, for bo was a judge, and find been in Con gress in Washington's time; so I con cluded it was all right, and went back contentedly to tbo sheep. After I got iuio the Held 1 could not keep his words out of my head. Then I thouirbt of Sunday's lessons : 'Thou bust beon tail lil til over a low ttiinire, I will make thee ruler over many things.' I began to eeo through it jNuver you mind who neglects his duty ; be you fuith- ful, and you will have your reward.' "I received a second lesson soon af ter I came to Now York as a clerk to tbo Into Lyman Reed. A nieicbanl from Ohio, who knew mo, camo to buy goods, and said: 'Muke yourself so useful that they cannot do without yon.' I took this meaning quicker than 1 did that of my grandlatbor. vtelL i worked uiKn these two ideas until Mr. Reed offered mo a part nership in tbo business. Tho first morning afler the partnership was mado known, Mr. James Gccry. the old tea merchant, called in to congrat ulate me, and he suid : 'iou aro all right now. 1 have only ono word of advice to give you : Uo careful who you walk the streets with.' That was lesson number Ihrcc." And what valuable lessons they arc : Fidelity in all things; do your best for your employers, carefulness about your associules." Let every boy take these lessons home and study them well. They aro tho foundation stones ol character and honorable success. - THE LOXG EST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD. , A piece of engineering ontorpriso of great magnitude and importance is just now making rapid progress. I allude to tho now viaduct across tho estuary of the Toy. Some particulars of this great work may not be out of placo in this lotter. Tbe first stone of the Toy bridge was laid on tho Fifeshiro side of tho Tuy in themonth of July, 1871. I HA Mlim.lMI coal o. th. u.dl.ltinf, was '.'00,000. Tho object or tho tui dortuking was that of connecting the important manulaetimng town. Dundee with tho North British Rail way Company' branch bet w eon Edin- burg and i'aypoit. The length of tho bridge is 10,321 feet, and in shape it is not unlike the letter S. It is the long est bridge over a running stream in world. On this account its construc tion was looked upon - as one of the most important engineering works of rocont times, is or was it in respect ol length alone that it clai med to be unique, and threatened to tax all constructive resources of its builders. It was beset with even greater trials, on account of tbe lay being a tidal river, liable to enormous floods, and exposed to blasts of wind from east to west, which seem ed likely not only to hinder tho pro gress of tbo work, but to destroy such progress as had actually been made. But Mr. llotich, the engineer, tbe con tractors, and others who wore direct ly concerned in its completion had full confidence in tbe practicability of the undertaking, and tlioad vantages which il promised wcro so obvious and so considerable, that wbon needful act of Parliament was obtained and tbo schemo fairly floated, tho shares for the required capital of $300,000 were soon subscribed as a special and sepa rate undertaking. For a long timo vary littlo progress was mado in the work of construction, on account of the experimental character of the opera tions and tho frequent accidents that betel. During the last eighteen months, howovcr, very substontiul progress bos been mado. Tho work bus been thor oughly systematized, difficulties have been readily overcome, and the layine down of a set programmo for each week and for each month has enabled tbo contractors to estimate with ap proximate accuracy tho duto oi com pletion. That date has been placed at only a year benoe. "A. K." in the l'ulonal World. SA VINO SEED CORN. The failure of seed corn to (termi nate, lust spring, was to general that it is evident that the cause is not gen erally known, or, if otherwise, precau tionary measures wore not observed. Every farmer wbo had a failure in this respect last spring, should understand the cause oi it, and so apply tbo rcme dy in tho future. I,ast lull was wot, cold and treaty, wbilo soed corn was being saved. 1 hose facts would sug gest that corn will tail to grow if fro- sen before it ia dried. A lact has just como lo my knowledge that substan tiates this conclusion. A friend, an intelligent, observing and practical farmer, told me this circumstance : be usually traces np bis soed corn and bangs it in his garret a warm aud dry place Ho did so lost full with all but one trace, a very pice one. Being in a hurry, ho bung it up in the corn house, and thore it remained till it was wanted for planting. 1 He said that it was not exjioscd to sweat or steam from other grain. In the spring, wbilo planting that from tbe garret, he came to a choice part of tho field, and the thought atruck bim that ho would plant that bent trace. He did bo, and tbe result waa that, while ths garret corn came up well, of the trace from tbe corn house, to use bis own words, "not one kernel in ton came up." This would indicate that eeed corn should be hung in a warm and dry placo until dry, to aay tbe least. Porliajnj it would be well for farmers to observ this pre caution in saving seed hereafter. New nnjiaM Farmer. Eternity is tbe divine treasure hocsa. and hope is tbo window, by means of wbicb mortals are permitted to ace, as through a glass, darkly, the things w hich God Is preparing. People aro commonly so employed in pointing out faults in those before tbetb a to target that soma on behind may at tbe same time be descanting on their own. . FEWS JTE.VH. j ' ' Maine cotton mills are shipping niii-ciiugn uiruui tu vuina. The Exposition building of tbe lata Industrial Institute), oi PH'.ebtjrgh, has been sold for debt. Ex Chiuf Justice Noggle, of th Supreme Court of Idaho, bas been pro nounced Insane. Thomas Cook, of Chamborsburg, recently slaughtered a Centennial steer weighing 3,000 ponnds. It is estimated that Europe will next year require 2,2-1 1.000.COO pounds of cotton, or S.tiOg Son bales. -r V.!1" ' 1 ' ' -sdiaVihir'' ., '- Over one hundred thousand bush, els of grain wore received by lake at tho port of Erie on Sunday a week. i juiinm i.inri i.na i-irvtftuni .i mix turn Jennie Lin.l Las presented 40,000 tno ijinorai Arts, to aid poor students. Tho Huntingdon mail carrier some days inukes eight tripe to the depot, ., - T who uis wucoi-narrow, lor a single mail. The receipts of tho Pennsylvania Rail lioad company for the month of September is estimated, it is said, at $1,000,000. About 75.000 ruuninir yards of cloth aro manufactured every week at tbe Uarrisburg cotton mills, keeping a full force of handa engaged. Tho Buck tail briirado- 143d. 119th and 150th regiment had a re-union atold Camp Luzerne, Octobor 1st, and hud good wcatbor a aud good time. Over eicht millions of neonle. nearly one-tilth ot tho entire population of tho United State, have thus far visited tbe great Exhibition at Phila delphia. Tho Emperor of Brazil's first book of travels is in press. It is wrillon in roringcso, out translations in English, French and Gorman are simultaneously to appear in Paris. Among the religious notices in a Western Doner, ono reads: "Parson Piper pipes a religious roundolay to happy hearers at St. Luko's on Sun days, morning and evening." Hon. William AV. Kelcbum, Judge of the United States Court lor the esicrn District of this State, will make bispermuncntrcsidoncoin Wash- ington, W asbington county. Tbe immense estato of the late Mr. Lid, of San Francisco, bids lair to furnish tat pickings for the legal fraternity for year to come. They nave already begun to devour it. A. J. Whitney, engineer of the Pennsylvania Canal, has o-ivon notice that in the future no net-son Will be allowed to use the tow-path of that mprovement as a publio highway. Rev. Mulancthon Wm. Jacobus well-known as tho author of "Notes on tbo Gospel," died suddenly at his bom in Aiiegneny uity, on tbe 28th ol Octo ber of bronchitis. Ho was aged sixty years. Tho President accepted the invi tation of the Centennial Commission to formally close the Exhibition on tho 10th inst., at Philadelphia. Ho was accompanied by tbe members of bis Cabinet. Thero are 1,301 inmates in tho Philadelphia House of Correction, 1,024 moles and 277 females. Tho Board of Stale Charities bas recontly inspected the institution and commends tbe man agement. W. il. Brown, of Pittsburgh, wbo lately died, is "the representative American," who in early life dug coal as ono and u half cents a bushel and departed this existence the possessor of $3,250,000. Ti. --I... .f o...:.i opes issued by tho Postoffice Depart ment up to date is about nine millions. i no issuing of these envelopes will be discontinued as soon as the Centennial Exhibition cloaca Anothor batch of cadets has been expelled from the Naval Academy at Annapolis, for bating. The govern ment expresses a determination to stop the practice at all hazards, in wbicb we hope it will bo entirely successful. The Btnto Etomologist of Min nesota has been investigating the grasshopper business in that State. and has not succeeded in findiug a sound egg. The sacks aro, to a groat extent, destroyed, and tho exposure of tho eggs leave them to decay. There is no serious subject of con troversy between tho United States and Spain, iho latter having in a spirit of friendship acceded to the views of tno tormcr lor tbe trial ot American citizens in the island of Cuba, accused of crime beioro a civil tribunal. .Most of the Centennial exhibitors bavo reaped harvests by the Bale of their goods. Tbe Turks and Russians bavo pretty nearly sold out; the Chinese and Japanese havo stuffed thoir pockets, aud tbo French have also dono well. Ono of tbe Japanese at tho Cen tennial calls our delicious fruit, tho peach, a fraud. He purchased a dozen. gouged out tbe pits, cracked them, ate too kernels, and threw tbe rest away, Another inexperienced Jap ate a quar ter peek oi the fruit, and nearly choked to death in gulping the "seed." Tho papers ot Western Pennsyl vania are requested to notice that a man named .lobn Wolland, died at the Sister of Charity Hospital, Buffalo, August 6th. Friends of the deceased can obtain all information known of him by tho authorities, by addressing John C. Lovoll, Overseer of the Poor, Buffalo, N. Y. Wecden. Goodwin and Collrer. found guilty of manslaughter by aiding in the killing of the prize fighter Walker, bavo been sentenced to six years inprisnnmcnt each in tbe peni tentiary at Trenton, Now Jorsoy. Tho remaining two prisoners, Clark and Xeary, were sentenced loan imprison ment of two yoars. Tbo Park Commissioners bave de cided to allow the Main exhibition building to remain where it is, and if the arrangement on foot are carried out, thero will be organized a perma nent exhibition on tbe plan of the one at Sydenham, near London. Tbe country will rejoice that thia project i lo be carried out. Rollnnd and Johnston, the Cham borsburg Bank robbers, bave been re turned from tho Eastern Penitentiary to that placo to bo re tried undera writ of error from the Supreme Court This i a rare ana novel case, tba first, per haps, in years, where convict bave been returned from the Slate Prison for another trial. A brewer's carter wa killed through a strango fatality noar Tarn vrorth, England. He was driving along the road with barrels of ale; wben a tree snapped and roll upon th borne, bre iking both shafts, on which I ho man rodo, and upsetting tb barrels Tbe carman fell into the ditch, and barrel of ale on hit head. A report from Camp Starnbaagh in Wyoming Territory, aay a village of five hundred lodge of Shoshone In dians was attacked on the 301 b of October, by a large number of Sioux, a war party estimated at about 1,200 lodges, at Painted Rock near the seen of Captain Hates' fight in July. 1874, and about ninety miles front Camp Stambaugh. As far as learned Only one Bhoshone, by tbe name of Ham pbray.eecaped, wbe waathelndiM V avedtbelifeofCapt.Hens7.iaC t second light last Bummer, i
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