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Cards.
I OH PKIKTINO OF EVERT DE3CRIP
Dob neatly eaoeated at thle offloa.
s,
T. BnOCKRANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD. PA.
Ofioa lo Court Hodh. ap S6r77-ly
, V. CffltOCaV,
HcCtLLOIGH & CUR.
ATTORJiEYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
All lege! bueineel promptly etteaded to. Offloa
oa Seooad atroet, la tb Muoalo building.
J.r,IO,7T
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
CURWEN9VILLK,
.26 Clearfield County, Pena 'a. 7fij
taoa. a. subbat.
otrdi eoano.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD. PA.
JjtOS.o in Plt'i Open llouia, Moood floor.
MOT
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTORNBY-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Will (itod to ll buiinen ntraittd to him
prompt) and faithful!. bot1S'7I
WILLIAM 4. WAI.LACI.
flllT P. WILL AGS.
IHVT1B t. Illll
JOBU W. WB1QLBT.
WALLACE & KREBS,
(8ueia,,ri to Walleee A Fielding,)
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
111171 Clearfield, Pa.
rostra a. a isallt.
aiaiBL w. a cvaoT.
McENALLY & MoCURDY,
ATTO UN EYS-AT-LAW.
Clearfield, Pa
rUiril btwinl attended to prompt. wlthj
Sdtlity. Offloa on Seoond itraet, abo th Firit
National Bank. jan:l:7
Q. R. BARRETT,
Attobnit and Counselor at Law,
clearfield, pa.
Having raiiftoad bit Jud,aih.p, hu rtiamad
tb prMtiet of th law Id hit old office, at Claar
Ald, Pa. W ill attaod tba eourtl af JeffenoB and
Klk Mnntli when ipMia.. retained In connection
with rtiident enamel. 1:14:72
A. G. KRAMER,
A T T O R N E Y - A T - L A W ,
Roil Batata aad Calltetioa Agent,
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
Will promptly atlaad to all lofal baaiaaaa ea
Iraetod to hia oaro.
rarOBoa in Pla'i Opara Moa. jaal'VI.
H, W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
11:1:11 ClcarOeld, Pa.
' WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Clearfield, Pa.
e-0oa la Old Wtilarn Hotel bolldiog,
acrnar of Saooad aad Harkol 8 la. aoll,M.
ISRAEL TE8T,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ClaarKeld, Pa.
Jt-0Hf la (ba Court Hooaa. QjlldT
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
jloarOeld, Pa.
p9 Offieo oa Malkot atrrot, opp. Coart Uouaa,
Jaa. I, 1074.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
and Real Batata Agent. Clearfield, Pa.
Offloa oa Tblrd itraal, bot.Cbarrjr A Walnut.
MF'RaapaetraUj offari hla aarvtoea la aolllag
lad burlaff landa la Claarftold aad adjototag
Maatiaei aad witb aa oiporloooo of ovar twootf
raart aa a anrrajor, flattora blmaelf tbat bo oaa
rendor aatlafaolloa. IFob. J8.rS:tr,
J. BLAKE WALTER8,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
ana vaAtaa la
.Saw I'Ogn and laiimbor,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offloa lb Orahara'l Row.
I:S:7I
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
l l (laeeola, Cleardeld Co., Pa. y:pd
J. 8. BARN HART,
ATTORNEY - AT LAW,
llelleloate. Pa.
Will practise la VloarOald and all of tbo Carta of
tao xotajudiolal Biatrial, noal oaiata auaioofi
od eollMtioa of elaina made apoelaltlaa. al'Tl
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
lUTJlliRBBURO, PA.
Will attaad profcaaloaal oalla proaiptlt . auglO'70
DR. T. J. BOYER,
CUY9ICIAN ANDSDROKON,
0)a aa Markal Sinai, Ckaraold, Pa.
ar-OBeo bo.ra: ta I! a. a , aad 1 te I p. m
D
R E. M. SCUEURER,
HOMIIOPATUIO PHT8IC1AR,
Offloa la rolldaaoo oa Markal at
April K, 17I. CloarOrtd, l'a.
DR. J. P. BURCH FIEL'D,
Lata eergaoa of Ibo 13d kaglraoat, Paaaajtoaele
Volaalaora, b.Tlag rotaraod froat Iba Anaj,
ofara bli profoatioaal aar?lo.t to IboelUaoaa
ofClaarloldoafjaly.
a-Profonioaaloallt proaiptlf alUadadto.
Offloa aa Boaaad llraet, toraaorljoooaplod by
Dr.Woodo. (aprVMll
DR. H.B. VAN VALZAH,
CI.EARPIEI.n, PKR'A.
OFFICE IN MASONIC BUILDING.
fm Offloa koan-Froa II ta I P. M.
M7 II, 1ST.
WILLIAM M. IIENKY, Joanoi
orm PaAMAan8caiTaaa,LUainBR
CITY. Cltationa Bade and boboi prom pi Ij
paid aror. Artielaa of agroonont and dooila a I
toararanoa eaatlj aiooutad aad warrant oor
rt or aa (barge. MiJTO
J AM E 8 H. LYTLE,
ta Krataer'a nulldliif;, ClearneM, Pa.
DmIft la Orooorloa, Prarlalena, Vagatablaa,
Frail,, Floor, Fool, ate., Ota.
lprU7-tf
HARRY SNYDER,
BARBER AND HAIRDREF8ER
bop aa Marhot HI., oppotlla Ooart Iloaa..
A tloaa lowal for arort eaatontr
Alao Btaafeotarer of
All Klndo of Article la Uaaaa llalr.
CHarlola, Pa. B; 10, 'lb.
D. H. D0HEETT,
PARniOKABLE BARBER A HAIR DRKRSER.
CLEARFIELD, TA.
b,.p m fooB fonaorlp eooaplad bo Naagle
alarbol alnot.
Ja'F TO. ' .
JOHN D. THOMP80N,
iaaUaa at laa Paaa aad larlnaat,
CarweaaTllla, Pa.
ejajuCallaotloal aud aad Boaal prorapllj
GEO. B. GOODLANDER, Proprietor.
tOL. 5I-WII0LE NO.
Cards.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACB
FOB
Ifecatur Toirnihlp,
Oaoeola Mllla-P. 0.
111 offlelal bualnopa eetraatcd to him will ba
promptly allondod in. Boh'itf, '70,
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Preuehvllle, ClearUrld County, Pa.
Kaopi eooatantlr oa band a full aaaortrnant of
Airy uooda, Ilamwaro, urooonaa, ana OToryiaing
aaaall kopt la a retail atoro, wblcb will baaold,
for oaab, aa ohaap aa alaewncro in tao eoanly.
FranohrUlo, Juaa IT, la7.j.
THOM A8 H. FORCEE,
BBALBB 1
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
tiRAHAMTON, Pa.
Alao, oitonalro manafaotarar and daaler In Mqaara
Ximbor and oawod Lonibarot an ainoa.
W-Ordara aolloitod and all bill promptly
aiiod. r;yora
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peuii'a.
V- Will txeoute J obi In bli line promptly and
In a worknanlika nannar. afrl,fl7
G. HTHALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
sy"Pnmpa atwaya on band aad made to order
on abort notice. Pipea bored on roaanna'olo tarBa.
All work warranted to render eatiafaetion, and
delivered if doiind. nylt:lypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
DIALIM l
SQUARE TIMBER,
and nannfaetarera of
all kinds tip SAwr.i) Li ninr.it,
l-J'71 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SIIISUl.EK, LATH, A PICKETS,
9:1073 ClrerfieM, Pa,
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Market !., ClearBeld, Pa.
. Ia Ibo tbop lately ooeupied by Frank Sburt,
one door weal of Alleglmny llou.e.
.ASHLEY THORN,
ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR and Bl'ILDER.
Plana and Speeifioationi furnlehed for all kinda
of buildinge. All work Orlt elaaf. Stair build
tog a tpeelalty.
I'. O. eddreel, Clearfiald, Pa. Jae. 17-7)1'.
R. M. NEIMAN,
SADDLE and HARNESS MAKER,
Rumbarger, Clearfield Co., Pa.
Ktdpioa band all klndi of Harneii, 8ddtti,
Bridlei, aad Uorca FuroUbief Uuodi. Upairio(
nrooif'tlT attended to.
Katabarfrr, Jan. 10. I Si" Ml.
JOUN A. STADLKU,
BAKER, MtrkatHLeCltarfldd. fa.
Treib Braid. Bulk, Roll. Plat aad Cakaa
on band or made to order. A general aortment
of Con feet ion ariei, Fruit and Natl in Hook.
I Rs L'riam and Ojnttri in icaion. fialoon ararlr
pponti iba I'oitoflaflt frioai roderaia.
JAMES MITCIIELL,
PBALRB IB
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
J.ini CLEARFIELD, PA.
J. 11. M'MUllHAY
WILL SUPrLT YOU WITH ANY ARTICLE
OF MERCHANDISE AT THE VERY LoWBST
PRICE. COME AND SEE. (l::7Syt)
NEW WASHINGTON.
w er iihi r AND aTOKir. YARD.
Mr a, H. B. I.IDUF.LL,
Uaring engaged la the Marble buiineaa, deairM
to Inform ber frienda and tbo publio that aba baa
oow aad will koep eonrlanuyon nana a large ana
well aelectod .lock of ITALIAN AND VERMONT
MARHl.E. and la nrepared to fornirb to order
TOMUbTUNKS, BOX AND CUADLE TOMBS,
MONIUKNT8, Ae.
.Yard oa Reed elreot, near tbe R, R, Depot,
ClearOeld, ra. jeia,ie
lelrcry Stnble.
rTtHE andpriigned boga leave to Inform the pab-
M. lie tbat be la aow fully proper to aooommo.
aaie all IB mo way 01 lurni.aing u.,ni, uuBBi...
Saddlaa and Ilarueee, oa the ahortoat notlee and
en raaoonoMe terma. Raaidenoe oa Loenat atreet.
betweea Tblrd aad Foertb.
UEO. W, OEARIIART.
Clearfield. Feb. 4, 11)4.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR STORE.
At tbe end of the aew bridge,
WEbT CLEARFIELD, PA.
The proprietor of tbia erlabliahment will boy
bia liquora dlroelfrora dlatiilari. I'arlioa buying
rrutn tbll noure win oo aure 10 gvi a pure amnio
at a email margin aboro oorL Hotel brepera oaa
bo furaiabed wilb lluorl oo roaaonal'le terma.
Pure wiaea and brandiea dlreot froa eeeley'l
Vluery, at vein, new lor.
UEOKilK N. COLUURN,
Clearuold. Juno 10, 1874-tf.
S. I. SN Y D E R,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
awn PBALBB IB
jWalcbci, Clock and Jewelry,
. Oraaaaa'a iloa, Markil Areel,
clearpii-:li, pa.
All kind! of repairing In my lino promptly at
nded to. April II, 1S74.
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
THE endeMgned, baring eatahllebod a Nor
eery oa tbo 'Pike, about half way betweea
Clearleld and Corwenelll, li prepared te far
nleb all blnda ef FRUIT TREES, (Maadard aad
dwarf,) Kwrgreone, ghrabbery, Orape Vioee,
Uooteeerry, Lawtoa Blaobborry, Rlrawberry,
aad Raapberry Vteea. Alao. SlhaHaa CrabTreaa,
Uwlaoe, aad early eearlet Rhubarb, Ae.. Ordera
proaptly attended te. Addreoe,
" ' .4.1). WRIUHT,
eapM-M-y Cerwoaarlllo, Pa.
ANDREW HARWICK,
' Market Street, ClearfUld. Pa4
MAanrACTeaRa abb pbaijir fa
HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, COLLARS,
aad all klndl of
HOKSK rVKKISIIISO OOODS.
A full etoek of Saddleri' Ilerdware, Branhet,
Combe, Rlanketa, Robee, efe., alwayi o bead
and for aale al the lowoit eaab prloee. All kiadl
of repairing promptly attended to.
All blnda "f bldea taken in earbaege f.,f bar
Bell and repairing. A II binde or barnere leather
kepi oa hand, and for aale at a email protll,
Clearfield, Jea. If, I "711.
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ttsKKAi issvmacM aoest,
Clearfield, Pena'a,
Repreerate ell tbe hading- Hre lamraaee
lompeflioo or tne ooun,, ,
Qeeoe
l,r,o4,0(4
, t,nee,oet
t.7.M,ll4
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1,1011,1)0
l,a,iel
l,4H.0t
tlb.WI
140,041
Olt.oeo
Royal lanani.B
Home, New York
Lreoming, Money, Pa
Franklin, Phllad'a
Phoinll, Hartford
Hanorer, New York
Home, Col , 0.
Atlaa, Hartford..
Preeldoeeo, Waablngtea
Pereoaa aboat eleellBg aa Inauraaee en prop
erty ef any , anotne eau ai my r
Market elreet, oppeoiie lao vo.r. "- - -
., lletef eer.pe.iee and , '""'i''
JOHN H. FULFORD, I
2,528.
FLOIIWA'S SSOWY PELICANS.
GOOD WORD FOR TIIRM WRITTEN BY AN
INVETERATE SPORTSMAN.
' Zixk a," tho aportsman, write lo the
icw lork- nun:
Tho sbullowost bodio of ault wa
ter aloni; the Atlantio coast ot Flor
ida aro Jloetjuito lagoon and ltanana
river, laov aro parallel witu Ibo
ocean ; tho lagoon north of the rivor.
liotb are within sound of tho turf, and
can be soon from the lighthouae at
t- iipe tjanavarul. IUey are botweon
fivo and six miles wide and Irom twen
ty-nve to tbirty long, ilie avoraRO
depth ot water is lea than two foot.
Mind bar and coral beds, acre in ex
tent, appear abovo their surface, or are
barely covorcd, according to prevailing
winu. A traveller entering ttioao wa
lory iretchc in a auiall flut-bottomed
eailbout sees alur oil wbito ridi-es
resembling bank of enow. As ho near
these banks the water notches them
like the teeth of a saw, and they beirin
to look liko rows of marble statue.
At a distance of 500 yard each statuo
suddenly unfolds an enormous pair of
wings ana soars into tbo beavens.
They aro ermine pelicans, tho lariroat
anu Heaviest birds in r londa. J nov
liavo been killed measuring nino feet
inim up to tin una weicblng over lor-
ty pounds. 1'ho plumage is snowy
white, the wings tipped with invisible
green. The broad breasts aro oovcred
with down two inches thick, soft as
the soltest fir. In Paris tho skins havo
been mado Into opera cloakrand sold
at fabulous prices. Muffs and boas
white ae tbe driven snow aro also mado
of the down, and aro said to be more
beautiful than ermine. Ihcoo lovely
nirus navo inn, cxnressivo eyes, en
throned abovo bills between two and
three feet long. Tho upper hooks
ever the point of tbo lower bill liko tho
beak ot an eagle, and is ridircd from
tho nostrils hull' wny down. Both aro
amber colored. The pouch is uncover
ed, and resembles vnlcanired rubber.
It will hold half a bushel offish.
Banana river and Mosquito lagoon
aro the only places on the ocean coast
of tho peninsula frequented bycrmino
pelican. 1 he birds teed in the shallow
waters of tho submerged sand bars.
and rnoot on tho dry bars In the mid
dle of tho Ingoons at night. They are
extremely liy. Tbero aro no covers
near their feeding grounds, and thoy
cannot bo flro hunted, for thoy dash
into tho durkness at the alighlcst
alarm. During fivo winters' hunt I
have shot only ono, and that witb a
Remington rifio at six bundrod yards.
Last winter Dr. Fox of Now Smyrna
killed four, which wore skinned and
mounted by .Mr. Byrant, son of a Inle
eminent ornithologist of Massachusetts,
'i'ho doctor covered a canoowith man
grovo boughs, and shoved it through
tho shoal water until within gunshot.
Tho four tell at tho first fire.
The grey or silver pelican fishes in
deep water, descending upon its prey
liko a fish hawk. Tho ermino bird, on
Ibo contrary, slays cn the shea!, and
probably piek tip it food. I have
never seen it plungo as Its silvery sjs.
ter docs. Diving in shoal walor it
would break its nock. Tbo two species
are dissimilar in character. I he groy
bird is social and democratic ; tho er
mine reserved and aristocratic The
latter seems endowed with tho soul of
a high casto Brahmin, scorning all
other associations and never affiliating
with tho groy. I have seon both ppo
cies on a sand bar, but tho ermine
birds invariably formed ft group by
themselves, and stood liko officer on a
quarter deck casting supercilious irlan
ccs at their neiirhbors. At inch timos
1 have driven them off, and sunk ottor
traps in tho sand, fancying that I might
cnleu them on their return, but all in
vain, W bother this was owing to bad
lin k or tho superior intelligence of the
ermine bird, I know not. Tho grey
was always tho ono caught. The
flight of the orminepolionnRisdiffcrent
Irom that ot tho grey. I ho latlor fol
low their leader in Indian file, soaring
whin bo soar and moving tbeir wings
nt his signal ; tho tormcrgoncrally lay
thoir course and move steadily ahead
rcirurdlcss ot oacb other s motions.
Natives toll mo that the ermine pel
ican novcr breed in Florida. They
are said to raise their young on tho
bonier of the Arctic ocean. An old
whaling captain avers that ho has fre
quently seen millions of them nesting.
nt tho mouth of tho Mnkcnsio rivor
and in Athabasca Lako. They cor
tainly do not visit Florida to escape
tho cold winters, Jor they are soon in
Mosquito lagoon and Banana rivor
during the entire summer.
Willi the gradual settlement ot the
eastern coast of Florida, all kinds of
water fowl docrcase in number. This
is especially true of tho grey or silver
pelican. Eight years ogo there wore
a doten coloinosui these birds between
tho mouth of the St. Johns and Key
liiscayne. Last wintor 1 could find
only ono opposilo the mouth of the
St. Lucie. Although democratic by
instinct, tho silver pelican i tho im
personation of dignity. It sits on the
water, head orcct, its long bill on its
brcnat, like a grey-haired Judgoon the
bench with hands clasped below his
breast. Tbo bird move through the
air like an cxaltod lubber, head drawn
in ond neck thrown out In prow-shopo,
its beak protruding liko the spar of a
torpedo boat. It pinions creak with
every motion. At regular Intervals it
soars, as thongh fulfilling an important
religious duty. Long lines My over
tho beach, gravo as patrols, all moving
their wings and soaring at given sig
nals. As they novor mako a graceful
motion and never otter a cry, their
gravity and dignity aro amusing. Most
people laugh outright on seeing a flock
fur tho first lime. The body seems to
bo loo heavy for the wing. Wlion
diving for fish on a still day tho bird
makes a splash that is audible tor three
miles. It strikos tho water head first,
frequently misses its object and turns
complete summersault. After ap
parently reflecting a full minute upon
tbe tips and downs of this life, it begin
to beat up the water with it wing;
its great webbed feet are slowly drawn
to the surfaco, and it mounts the sky
for another plungo.
During ebb thousand of pelican
aro massed at Mousquito and Indian
river inlet. Thoy move over tbo sands
like an army, forming crude echelons
and other military manoeuvres on sight
of an cmcmy. At tho cratk of a rifle
all tho birds riso, casting great shad
ow on tho beach and drowning tho
roar ol tho surf in the rushing ol their
wing. They dash around the rifle
man liko Sioux around band of emi
grants, and alter a second shot they
setllo upon Ilie.snna out, oi range.
With tho swelling of the lido, schools
nf cavallo and blucfish enter th inlet.
Friirbtened warm of mullet Scurry
for shoal water. Sharks and porpoises
follow in lb wak of tin cavallo ana
blucfish, and hunt tho hunter. Then
tho army ol polican move. Tbe sky is
J..1.....1 i, their lubherlv bodio.
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CLEARFIELD
the eeolhing mass in wide circle.
swooping and plunging until thoir
pouches are filled with fat, mullet
Then they return to tho bars or bear
away to thoir roosts, and await diges
tion.
Terrified or pleased, a natural poll
can utters no sound. Whon cornered
it becomes aggrossive and fights fero
ciously, but in silence. Its long bill is
as dangorous as a tailor' shears. One
nipand a strip of flesh disappears. The
bird readily resents an indignity. Not
long ago Capt R. S. Sholdon saw a sol
itary grey pelican on sand pit near
juosquito inlet At bis approach tbe
bird manifested oo fear. One foot was
raised, and both eye were closod. It
was sound asleep. Tbo Captain smil
ed, hositated, and then kicked it in the
most sciontiflo manner. It landed on
the sand, turned around a thour'h col
looting Us thought, saw Sheldon's
legs, and went for its pound of flesh so
successfully that the Captain has kick
ed no more slecpinr; pelicans since.
Curiosity seems to do a trait In those
singular birds. While shooting snowy
herons under cover or rubber trees on
an island in Lake Worth, 1 saw a cock
Iielican pore hod on a low bush twenty
uet away, apparently regarding mo
with astonishment Tho report of
tho gun did not seem to friirhton him
After a few shots I was surprised to
sso him approach me. He camo nearer
at every discbarge, until 1 mado a rush
and caught him by tho bill. After
jibing him I let him go. Ho backed
oft a few steps, eyeing mo intently,
spread Ins wings, gravely wabbled
over the low foliage, and I saw him no
more. At that tune only ono person
lived near tho lake, and I was proba
bly tho first human being evor seen by
tne oiu cock pelican.
me plumage ot tbo cocks Is much
brighter than that of tho hens, and
the bird himself is mora trim and neat,
lie has a crown of creamy feathers.
and a soft brown fur covers the nape
of bis neck. Ho is silvor groy in color,
and his wings and back aro very beau-
inui.
Shot on tho wing, polican dump tho
fish from thoir throats whilo falling to
the ground. Their main food is mnllot
and hickory shad. Whon their pouches
aro filled, the fish pass into their
stomachs as corn docs through a hop
per, the lowest being the first digested.
An exclusively fish diet gives the poli
can an ancient and fish-liko smell. Tho
body ia loaded with fat, and a gun oil,
unsurpassed in salt wator countries,
drips from it when bang In tbe sun.
A visit to a pelican colony or roost
is woll worth a journey to Florida.
Thcoo colonics sett I o on mangrove
islands, within roach of the ocean
beach. Here they build their nests
and rear their young. Tho trees soon
die, but th skeletons remain, and are
piled with nests. Thick, rank grass
grows on tho richly manured soil.
Were it not for tho high tide that
have washed theso island for centu
ries, Florida might boast of guano do-
posils as extensive a thoso ot rem.
NON-HE A DING CABBAGE.
A writor in the American Agricultur
al says :
"Last autumn I was mourning ovor
an unusual number of half devolopcd
cabbage, which wore not only fit to
bo fed to the cows, and mentioned the
fact to Duchess county farmer, who
is in business in Now York, and has
lately bought a farm near us, asking it
his crop bad turned out badly. His
answer was, that bo bad do moro soft
heads than he wanted, or to the effect
tbat be would fcol disappointed if ho
had not a considerable number. Now
we, neither of us, raiso cabbages for
market, but for our own consumption
mainly, and I was utterly at a loss to
know what bo could do with a quar
ter of bis crop tbat failed to make
head, lie told me that ho dug a wido
trench, so deep that after somo top
soil was thrown in, ho could set tbo
cabbages out in tho trench as close as
thoy could stand, and their boads
would not coino up lovel with tho top
ot tho ground. W ben planted, bo
covers the trench with hoards and
some brush, cornstalks, salt, hay, and
earth on the top, keeping it open at
tho ends or elsowhere until cold
weather, and then covering it in close
Uo said they would all have firm, solid
heads in tho spring.
"I tried it, and at tho timo I writo
(April) wo are enjoying tho best cab
bage we ovor ato. They are rathor
small to be markotahlo, say 4i to 6
inches in diameter, solid and sound,
crisp and tender, as delicato as con 11-
flowcrs, and what is most rcmarkablo,
I novor know when wo are going to
havo cabbages for dinner until I see it
upon the tnble. The groat objection
1 have to this most wholesome and
delicious vcgetnblo is, that it usually
fills tho house with its porfectly do
testnblo odor; to to have cabbago
without this drawback is worth all the
trouble it costs. Lt thoso wintor-head-ed
cabbages could once bocomo known
in the markot, I am confident their
merits would command for them a
ready sale all through the spring. Tho
cabbage in market at Ibis season aro
pretty poor. Thoy aro very apt to be
slightly decayed, and will keep but a
little while, as they wilt at once, and
soon after rot I wish now that I bad
enough to tost tho markot with, but I
have not and writo this partly in tbe
hope that somebody else will do it next
year.
Do not Face the Liudt When at
Work. Statistic kept by oculist em
ployed in infirmarie for eyo disease
have shown that the habit, of some per
son in lauing a window irom which
the light fall directly in the oy as
well as of the work, injures thoir eyes
in tbo end. Th best way is to work
with a sido light or if tbe work needs
strong illuminations, so that it is noo
essary to bar the working table be
fore tho window, th lower portion of
the luttor should be covered with a
soroen, so a to have a top light alono,
which doe not shine in tbe eye when
the bead i (lightly bent ovor and
downward toward th work.
In the school in Germanv thia mat-
tor ho already boon allondod to and
tho rule adopted to have all the neat
and tahloa ao arranged that tho pupils
nevor fac tbo window, but only have
the aide light from the loft; and a a
light simultaneously thrown from two
side give an interference of shadows,
it ba been strictly lorciddcn to build
school rooms with window on both
sido, such illaminavion having also
proved injurion to tbe eye of the
papilit. ' 1 ' '
We mar add to thl th advic not
to place the lamp in tront of rem when
at work in the evening, bat ft little on
one ido ; and nover neglect th dm of
a shade, so a to prevent th strong
light (Inning In the eve. Hit n es
pecially to la onniidercd at the prev
ent time, when herotasn lamp, with
their Intensely Ismlnoo flame. be
Com more and mora common.
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
FA., 'WEDNESMT, JULY 11, 1877.
THE BOBOLINK.
The favorilo musical chatterbox of
tho sunny moadow has boon back, ac
cording to bis annual ongngoment.sinco
tbe middlo ot tho month; but bo always
comos on ft little "in advanco of his
soberer wifo, and the weather has
forced him to kocp his notes woll in
hand, or rathor io his throat, it bus
been bis brief lortnlght of preparation
for the sconio fostivitio which ho is
engaged to usher in. Now that tbo
curtain is rung upiho will be found in
position. Uo is oio molloy maestro,
first and second violin, soloist, orches
tra and all. Tho sparrows nine eavlv
and the robins carol with overjoy in
theso bright mornings on tho summer's
threshold ; the orioles go through thoir
louu recitative with all their old suit
assurance ; the fly-Cutcbers fling thoir
slender lines i munio, like airy spidor
weos, around in tne morning atmos
phere ; tbe blue bird comes in with his
half cheery; half sad refrain; and the
whole ioatberod cboius break out in
force at day-dawn, to tako breath for
breakfast and bci;in again as they
plcaso after tho sun illuminates the
world ; but tho bobolink leads them all
now in the gardens and meadows, a
rollicking, voluptuous, almost rockloss
songstor, tipsy with his own melodies
and delirious with tho delights ot tbo
freshly scontcd air. Tho first third of
tho day is his, and he works bis music
al assistants with tbo skill and abandon
of a professional choristor. ' 4
ilis notes are at liquid as the sound
of a shivoring glass, or tho dripping of
wator-drops into inaginury wells. I hoy
are mado of the air, tho water, tho sun
shine, and tho fragranco of tho season's
blossoms. They act on tho imagina
tion like beady cbumpagno, and trickle
thoir way down te tho heart as Cham
bcrtin oxcites thopalato, drop by drop.
Thoro is bouquet as well as sound to
them. No fcathcrod fellow is as jovial
as he. IIo flutters across tho grassy
fields as if he would sprinkle tho air
with melody and sow its seed among
tbo buttercups. Ho knows his lady is
keeping house socurclyundor tho loavos,
and where is tho harm if ho comes out
in his now spring unit, all opaulets and
stars and gurtors, ind shows the sing
ing fraternity what is tho soul of music
that dwells in a little bird's ru filed
breast Doubtless the patient liltlo
Quaker lady on Uo nost distinguishes
the voliibl.' voice of her sclt-sutisficd
lord as bo swims off in the lako of bis
own song, and kicdles with delight to
tbink bow much gnyor a world it 1s
for his being in it Or sbo may havo
wedded bim, liko ao many maidens, for
his killing gift of tong, aud now stays
content at homo that ho may go forth
and sbino all tho moro alono. IIo is
well worth tho trouble of a forenoon
call at tbo meadows. Talk to bim as
of Essipofl, or ovon Wagnor, and he
will trill you a bar that will not only
combine thoir names bat throw in
specimens of tho musio of the past and
tho future together. Uo will confuse
tor you sky, earth and water, and you
aliall not know in which you aro. . lu
his musical madnest there is a molhod
that no instrumentation has caught
School does not keop tor him, but he
i abroad with Pnok and tho rest, sere
nading butterflies in broad day, bal
ancing on the thistle-tops Just ready to
burst into purplo, and chattering bis
notes without rliymo or reason, but all
the more dolightful for that Uo is the
outdoor Anniversary. Boston Post.
WHAT WE EAT. '
FOOD ADULTERATIONS TO RE LOOKED OUT
FOR BY EVERY HOUSEKEEPER.
Th adulteration of food, and tho
short measures given in standard ar
ticles ot common sonsumption are at
tracting much attention in scientific
circles, and analysis mado recently
give result senrce ly likoly to bo pleas
ant to the economists who havo been
using such articles on account of tbeir
cheapness. Professor Sharplcss, State
Assuyorol .Massachusetts, having taken
pains to invostigato thebroukfaatenffoe
advertised throughout the country as
the "latest triumph of science," and
sold for twelvo cents a pound, finds it
(o consist ot burnt peas and chickory
mlxod, "apparently by accident," with
a few grains ot coffee ; whilo chonp
cream of tartar is proved to consist
iargoly ot tartaric acid and torra alba.
This terra alba, or white earth, import
ed from the shore of, the Mediter
ranean, is an ingredient used as a food
adulterant in a fearful degreo. It is,
when pulverised, a white and almost
palpable powder ; tasteless, and looking
like very one starch, lt preaonco is
frequently detected in powdered sugar,
which may account for tho fact that
housekeepers, as a rule, do not find
powdered sugar, altogether satisfactory
for cooking pnrposos.
Ithnsoong been known that choap
champagno is more closely akin to tho
apple than to the grapo; that cheap
whisky is often composed of poisonous
chemicals ; but Ihen cider impregnated
with carbonic arid gas is not a hurtful
beverage, and th people who drink
cheap whisky are not usually persons
of value to the community. When,
however, wo aro told that tbo agents
omployod in rectifying tho syrups usod
on our tables by oursclvos and our
children, are such powerful chemicals
as sometimes to oat holes in th cask
containing these ayrups, we are apt at
least to (xperionco disagroeablo sensa
tions in reflecting that too coats of the
human stomach can hardly bo less
permeable than wood. '
It is an old and oil told tale, yet one
which should be repeated again and
again until every rational human 00
ing ha it by heart, that ao is the food
we cat, so are wo oursclvos. The in
terior of our bodios is each a chemical
laboratorywherein, hour by hour and
day by day, tho work of assimilation is
going on old particles of flesh and
blood thrown off, and new ones sup
plying Ihuir places. With young and
growing animals tho process is more
thorough, moro assimilation lakes
place, and the laboratory, so to speak,
doc a wore aolivo business. " Men do
not gathor grapes of thistles," ami
poor food novor yet produced strong
muscle nor healthy flesh. Nobody can
be hung for suicide the crime brings
its own punishment bnt child-murder
is another affair. Wa do not hositate
to say that tbe foundation of most of
tho ache and pain felt in after litb i
laid in tbe nursery. Poor food and an
unlimited upply of candie, which are
nail terra ains, are poor material
whence to produce good bono and
muscle.
But what are wa to do? asks tvnne
anxiou mother. J)ear maduin, all over
tho world the key to commerce 1 In
two words demand and supply. If
those dclelerion compound were kdt
on the shelve of tbe grocer, mannfao-
lurer would oease to produce them.
And without analysis is not their very
cheapness some key to their worthless-
r llow can cone roasted and
ground b sold for lea than the raw
berry at wholesale? Mast Iher not
bo ft scrow loose somowboro? "Prove
all thing hold fust that which is
good." Economy doos not consist solo
ly In stinting indeed it rarely docs;
and good plain food is novor wasto.
Do nut deul with a grocor in whom
you havo not confidence; and if willing
to pay a fuir prico for a good articlo,
you will be apt to got it. Thoro aro
many articles which cannot bo proved
without recourse to chemical analysis,
and lor thoso you must tako his word.
rrotessor bhurplCHs givos, bowevor, a
simplo and easy test for cofleo, which
she who knows nothing of chemistry
can use as woll as another. This is
simply to throw about a tcaspoonful of
tbo coilee to bo tested in agluss ol cold
water, stirring it around so as to wet
tho grains. Puro cofleo will float and
scarcely colors tho wator. Beans and
chicory sink to tho bottom. Chicory
color tbe wattr at once, boana more
slowly. On chewing the portion that
floats, coffco will be recognised by its
tusto. A species of nut, which strongly
rescmhlos coffee whon ground, bus
lately come into uso as an adulter
ant for ooffeo. This float on tho
water, but it is nearly tostoloss.
Chicory is tough when tukon between
the teeth, and has a bitter tusto unliko
tho bittor of coffee. Only an expert
can teii thedifference between the differ
ontvarietiesof cofleo when ground and
ovon an oxportmay bo deceived. Puro
fresh ground coffeo may be purchased
at moro respectablo groceries, and, if
desired, tho whole borry will bo ground
on tho spot for tho purchaser. But it
must be borne in bund that grocers
do not kocp store from motivesof puro
'buunibropy, and a fair murgin must
e allowed lo cover tho cost ot roast
ing and grinding the raw berry. There
is, however, much huckstering in real
coffeos, and lower grados aro fre
quently mixed with, to extend the
liighor. ThiisMaracaiboandLaUuayra
coffees aro mixed with Java and Mocha
coffee, and the mixtures sold for pure
Java or puro Mocba. Professor Sharp-
less gives the following test tor cream
of tartar: "Puro cream of tartar
should dissolve completely in hot wa
ter, It should havo a pleasant sour
tasto. To test it, put a tcaspoonful
into a tumbler of hot water ; allow it
to stand a few minutes, then observe
whether thoro is any sediment. The
best tartars give a slight precipitate or
tartrato of lime. If the scdimont is
large, torra alba is most likely present
If it doos not dissolve to a clear liquid
in hot water, add a fow drops of tinc
ture of iodine. If pure the color should
remain unchnnged, If, howovor, it
turns bright blue, starch isprosonl."
Short measures may, ol course, bo
deteoted hy tbo uso of the scales, and
when an article has been proved short
tbat brand should bo avoided. It is a
common practice to put a hundred so
colled bars of soap into a box, wuighing
only soventy-five pounds, and a recent
correspondent complains to tho Times
tbat tbero aro barrels of Dour in tho
market weighing a hundred and seventy-six
pounds instead nf the legal hnn
dred ami ninotv-ijc ,. , t
AO TIME FOR ANYTHING.
"Tho great difficulty in this conntry
is, that we have no timo for anything.
Th vory walk of on Amoricsn hows
that he is in a hurry. An Lnglisbwan
buttons up bis coat and gloves, and
goes to business as deliberately as bo
goes to cniircu. An American bust
noss man flios- after tho car, struggling
witb bis ooat-sicove as be runs, piling.
0 in hcad-foromost, and plunges out
nt tho cod without regard to bis neck.
(. li icl amongst our accidents stand
thoso which occur because people jump
upon flying trains, or allor departing
boats. 10 wait ton minutes is some
thing not to bo thought ot. Dinner is
not eaten, it is swolluwcd wholo; and
when one comes to tho desert, ho finds
that tho fruit was picked beforo it was
ripe.
"Everything is hurried through,
from tho building of a houso to tho
curing of a ham. The women who
work on sewing machines stop beforo
thoy come to the end of tho sen in. The
dress-makor sends homo your dress
with basting-threads in it, and no loops
to hang it up by.
"Tbero is none of the slow, sure
completeness, of th old world about
anything, and even fortunes aro mado
in a hurry, and lost in tho same way.
If any man wo know is getting rich by
the slow and patient process of saving,
be sure that ho was not born upon Ibis
continent.
"Yet peoplo livo as long horo as they
do nnywhoro else, and the days aro
the saino length. Why is it that wo
have no timo for anything?
Mary Ktle Dallas."
Would that wo couldavoid oxtrcmos,
and then tho peoplo of the old world,
as woll as the now, would he better off.
J1ENO VA TING PASTURE
1ANV.1.
A writer in tho Country Gentlemen
says; "1 mado an experiment with
nitrato of soda and sulphate of lime on
a connle of email pastures, usinir nlinut
one hundred and twenty five pounds
per aero ot tho nrst, and one hundred
pounds of tho eoeond. I havo repeatod
the operation with half the quantity
this spring, and now show a growth
of htue grass on the one and timothy
on tbe other, equal in depth ot color to
any wheat Held 1 havo seen, and in
quantity of herbage, though ' not in
height (of course) Btiperior to all. Tho
postures last fall wcro led down baro,
out to-day they carry grass enough lo
shame tho best blue grass fields in tlio
blno grass region, and 1 linvo seen
many thousand acres thoro during the
present month. I feel I can safely re
commend tho use of theso ferliliters
to. dairymen whoso pastures have be-
como so impoverished that they must
buy more land or sell off stork, Bnd to
thoso other who residing in thickly
settled neighborhoods, and near largo
town or cities, litid the local scrcago
In pasture lands diminishing." These
fertiliser can be obtained oi dealers
In them In all cities. The expense per
acre, a applied abovo, will be about
six dollars. It is a good plan to ex
periment with various commercial fer
tilisers, a thore is a rapidly growing
Interest in them: and although tbero
is no guide that fanners can at present
follow with a certainty ol success in
all cases,' yet much practical knowl
edge of th ffocU of those fertilisers
on every man' soil can bo gained by
making experiments wilh . them in
small quantities.
A Sensible Farl.--A frivolous
f;raasbnpper, naving spent too summer
11 mirth ami revelry, went on tho ap
proach of the inclement wintor to the
ant and implored it of it charity lo
stak him. "You had bettor go to
your ancle," replied the prudent ant;
"bail you imitated my lori lliongnt and
denositcd vour funds in a Savings Bank
you would not now be compclM to
regard roar Duster In to light of an
Ulster " - :,.,. . .
ARTISTIC ERRORS AND ANACH
RONISMS.
In tho works of some ol tho greatest
painters, curious and startling anach
ronisms occur, in their reprosenta-
lions wo frequently find objects intro
duced long beforo the ponod of thoir
existunco ; and to bring out an ctluct,
historical truth has been in many
cases ignored. In this respect, Ru-
phacl d U rhino was a great trans
gressor: ho introduces a hown stone
step into "Tho Expulsion from Para
diso;" and a book bound in tbo neat
est possiblo modern manner into the
woll-known pioturo of "hlymas the
Sorcerer struck Blind." A host of
olhur artist appear to havo believed
that tho irgin 3lary was in tho habit
ot studying a mass-book, and that tho
Hebrew Kings wore robes similar to
thoso of Henry VIII.
Hint there Is nothing now under
tho sun, is a maxim tho broad truth of
which will bo conceded by most men ;
but whon Albort Curer goes so far as
to introduce a tent bedstead, a com
modious cooking-range, and an array
of china candlesticks, surmounted by
modern shaped candles, into bis "Birth
of tho Virgin," tho spectator is not un
naturally inclined to doubt whether
tho painter was altogether justified in
his creations. !
When button wcro invented is a
problem that very probably cannot
now bo solved; but it is a question
whether thoy were used In the days of
Isaac. Silvio Manaigo, however, evi
dently thought such to bo the cuse;
for in his pioturo oi the sale of Joseph
to the Ishmaclites, the coat of. ono of
tho brothers is not only fastened, but
oven docorated by thoir means. Lucas
Van Leyden, too, was bold enough to
put a chignon on the head of Joel, the
wife of Holier thoKonito; and not con
tent with this, ho surmounted tho edi
flco witb a beautiful coal scuttle bon
net of straw. Sulvalor Rosa is another
trespasser in tho matter of head dress.
An exquisite work by this master rep
resents tho Baptist preaching in the
wilderness; but tho wholo effect is
spoiled by tho prescuco in the back
ground ot somo jaunty spectators in
sbucli hats and Aatintingfeuthcrs. Van
Dyck himself rcprosonts one of the
Apostles in gca-boots in hi picture of
"Tho Miraculous Draught ot Fishes,"
which is now in tho National (jallery;
and Paul Voroncso paints somo Italian
peasant in felt hats and plumes calm
ly contemplating tho Adoration of the
Magi. AgostinoCaracei, in a picture
of "Tobias anointing his futher'soyes,"
r,,B thn lirn mnn in al.rtna or.,1 V
Poussin, in his celebrated "Passage on
the Rod Sea," introduces Roman armor
of tho timo of tbe Emperors, regartlless
of tho well ascertained fact that tho
Egyptians, about tho days of the Hyc
sos, did not indulgo in metal armor at
all. In ono of Rnphaol's best works,
the Transfiguration monopolise tho
upper part of the canvas, while in the
lower portion the man possessed with
an evil spirit is being simultaneously
htslcd; and in a Flcralsh pointing nl
somo noto, sovenil corpulont boors,
with clay pipe in their mouths, are
gazing in wondor at David, who is
carry ing tho head of Goliath. Indood,
tho history of tho Poet King is mado a
frcquontmcdinm for anachronisms; for
in another picture of tho Death of Go
liath, tho giant wears no armor except
a plumed helmet; and in a third, Da
vid is hurling at his adversary a rough
stcno insloau of a pebblo. At his sub
sequent triumph, according to yet an
other painting, David is received by
irrocK maidens fn irnnt 01 on Italian
building surmounted by flags, while
two pyramids in the background vain
ly do their bost to lend harmony to
tno scene.
Abraham has been shamefully treat
ed by his illustrators. A Spanish art
ist represent bim as about to shoot
Isaac witb a pistol; and iba patriarch
is alnost always represented as a man
of not moro than Bixty years of ago at
most. A vory common anachronism
is the introduction ot Italian architec
ture into Eastern seenos. Claude, for
instance, in bis "Embarkation of the
Quocn of Shcba," and Bono of Fcrrara
in his "Jcromo in tho Desert," do so;
and oxamplcs might bo multiplied ad
infinitum. 1 laud, in tho "Embarkation
of Saint Ursula," also introduce ship
of tho type in uso at the middlo of the
seventeenth century; and Boccaccio
lioccnccino. in tno "1'roccssion to 1 al-
vary," fills np his background with a
fine broad river covered with shipping,
in spuo 01 tne laot mat notuing 01 tno
sort exists near Jorusalem. How tho
disciples, in Ilnphacl's "Miraculous
Draught ot fishes," managed to pre
serve their equilibrium in tho vory
minute boats lo which tho artist
has treated them, is a mystery :
and why Claud should havo celebrated
the marriago of Isaac and Rebecca in
front of a waterfall that might almost
vio with that of Niagara, is a riddle
that will probably nover be solvod.
1 he illustrations to INowtnn a Hi bio,
which was published in 1771, contain
somo curious errors and anachronisms
that aro little known. Solomon is bo
ing anointed nnder the shadow of a
pyramid ; and the destruction of Da
gnn takes placo in a building very sim
ilar in appearance to St ran I s Cathe
dral in London. David is singing bo-
for tho Ark from a scroll that is con
veniently held In front of him by a
winged but legless ohoruh; and Sap
pho a die in tho street In a picture
representing tbo death of tho lying
prophet, tho dead man wears a coat
and .trousers; and In another depicting
I'.niab and tno priests 01 final, tbero is
an altar, but no surrounding trench.
Perhaps tho most flagrant engraving
tho Collection is one 01 Daniels
Dream, which Introduces four great
beasts that do not in tho least answor
the description of them given in th
text Fortunately for tho credit ol
tbo artists involved, all tho pictures
are anonymous; but some aro known
to havo been executed by very emi
nent men.
A much cherished idea wilh tho
painters of tho filteenth and sixteenth
ccnturios was that guitars and violins
were In voguoat tbo timeol our Saviour.
Illustrations may he found in the works
of Domenichino, Jean Bolin, t'osimo
Turn, and others, but aro far too nu
merous to b specified. Chollo dolls
Puura gives us a picture of a Madonna
pouring soma liquid from a richly chas
ed vessel liko a coffee-pot; Luigi
Cigoli paints tho aged Simeon at tho
Cirrnmcision, In spectacles ; and Bru
ghel, In an "Adoration of th Mngl,"
introduce an Ethiopinn in surplice,
booted and spurred, who is presenting
a model of a comparatively modem
man of war to tho infant Jesus. All
these instances are so absurd and in
nocent that they require no Comment;
but ono discovered in a Prayer-book
nuhlishci
mhlished in tho reign of illiam and
Mar', is so vory ludicrous, that it sug
gests a doubt as to whether It was not
tho work of a wat;. lhs parable ot
the mot and th beam li the subject
of th picture; and from th ay of
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one man a huge log of wood is protrud
ing, while in that of tho other is a vory
fl no, cascade Probably the artist was
alraid to risk bis reputation upon still
water, ana therefore loll jusunca in
turning the inoto into torrent in or
der to lot tho peoplo know what be
meant Anothor picture of about the
same dato represents pair of coppor
scaios lulling from St l'aul eyes on
his rocovory from blindnoss ; and it is
not unlikely that the two curiosities
owe tbeir existence to the same inven
tive bruin and cunning pencil.
In one of tho churches at Bruges is
a picture ot tho legendary marriago of
Christ with Saint Catherine of Siena.
Saint Dominio, in full canonicals, is
performing the ceremony, and King
David is complacently looking on and
playing tbe harp. Carlo Maratli, in
an "Annunciation," introduces a pair
of scissors; and an unknown artist,
representing the InpolontMan at tho
I'ool ot Dolhosda, paints an angel witb
a very long pole vigorously stirring
tho waters ot ft very small pond until
they are while witb loam. 1'ietri di
Cortono, in a painting which is now in
Paris, depicts with great success the
meeting and reconciliation of Jacob
and Laban in tho mountains oi Moso
potamia; but the truth of the idea is
rathor hurt by tbo distant apparition
01 a church steeple, a. i'oussins
Dolugo" witb boats, and "Saint Je-
romo" with an eight-day clock before
him, aro matters of history; and tho
picture ot tho boiled lobsters in the sea
listening to Saint Anthony of Padua,
is scarcoly less eclobratcd. The cata
logue of anachronisms in painting and
drawing is, in fact, almost endless.
Nearly every old book contain in
stances, and every picture-gallery is
stocked with amusing specimens, pro
vided 1110 spectator win only tako tho
trouble to look for thorn. Chamber?
Journal.
A CURIOUS DISCOVERY.
A curious discovery his lately been
mado, while rcparing tho bouso former
ly occupied by tbe Jacobin Club during
the revolution, and known as the Hotel
de Honor. Tho Club, which guided
tho destinies of tho revolution during
some few years, had often boasted of j
allowing the ambition of Robespierre
and other leaders to progress bo far
and no further, and tho members by
vote hsil passed a law which entitled
tho majority to exclude from any par
ticular seance any particular member
whose interests might lead him to sway
the opinion of tho club. Robespierre,
whose ambition bad rendered him an
object of suspicion, had often been
voted out of the assembly, and it has
been a matter of surpriso lo tbo his
torian of the time, that ho could so
long maintain his influence in epito of
tho violence of the opposition thus
permitted. Tbe secret is now revealed.
A small room A hiding-place In tho
thickness of tho wall has just been
discovered, opening by a trap-door in
to tho very hall w bore tbo deliberations
were being carried on, and whence he
C55ld listen ! !hf mn.nT ti he
taken against bim, and thus forearmed,
have power to defeat them, itisevi
dont that this biding place must bave
been occupied by ilobespiorre, and
when first ontorod by the workmen
traces of his presence wore still risible
in the journal which lay upon thetable,
and the writing paper, from which had
been torn a small portion, as if for tho
purpose of making a memorandum,
Tho only book which was found in the
place was a volume of Florsin, open at
the second chapter of Clandino. It
was covered witb snuff, which had evi
dcnlly been shaken from the reader's
shirt-frill, and boro toslimony to tho
truth 01 history which records tho
simplicity of tho literary tasto of
ltobespierro. 11 is presence loomed to
still hang about the small space, as
tiiougn be bad quilted it tbe moment
beforo; and, singular enough, the
marks of tho feet, as though be had
recently trodden through tho mud,
were quito visible on tbe tilos of which
the flooring was composed. Potter's
American.
Criminal Wasteof Buffalo Meat.
Fort Concho is situated on the brow
of a plateau, just abovo tho junction of
tbe middio, or main uoncho and tbo
North Concho rivers. The post com
mands an oxtonsivo viow ot tho coun
try, and at a distance it presents tho ap
pearance of miniature city. Within
a fow bundrod yards of the post, on
the opposilo sido ot tho North Concho,
is tho village of San Angola. Beside
the trado from tho post, much of which
is dono by the merchants of San An
gela, there in head quarters tor the
army of buffalo hunters during the
winter months, and acres of ground
are covered, ovon up to this timo, with
buffalo hides, somo in piles liko. largo
hay stacks, whilo great numbers aro
spread out to dry, preparatory to being
shipped to San Antonio. It is estima
ted that over ono thousand men wcro
engaged last winter in killing buffalo
tor their hides In Tom trrccn county
alone, and that at least 50,000 hides
have becu brought into San Angela
during that time. It is also believed
Hint 150,000 buffalo hides have beon
shipped during tho winter and spring
from Fort (infrln. Two hundred thou
sand is probably an nnder estimate of
the number of buffalo destroyod anna
ally in Texas for their hides. The
flesh of those animals, which is superior
to beef, and which is thus loft to rot
or to feed tho wolvos and buszards,
could it hnvo been availed of, would
havo furnishod an amplo supply of food
for tho starving poor of our cities dur
ing tho past winter. Galveston News.
Tho Emporor Dom Pedro hadn't
pnlienco enough when ho visited Pom-
poll recently. An excavation was, as
is tbo custom, mado for him ; nothing
was found, and after some hours of
fruitless shovelling, the emperor, tired
out, departed, and tho workmen stop
ped, leaving one little cornor untouch
ed. Aftorwards there were found in
that identical neglected corner throe
lovely little silver vases, 0110 covored
wilh repousse work, representing a
combat of Amasnns. And il he bad
waited fivo minutes longer he might
have bad them.
Human nature is indeed a curious
study. A boy may sing "Hold th
Kort 'so sweetly on Sunday that tho
very wall ol Zion tinglo with the sa
cred melody, and yet you wouldn't
rocognizo him on week days when he
come out from swimming, and finds
out that somo other boy has bopelosely
knotted up Ins shu t sleeve and trous
ers legs.
Tho settled expression ol detotormi-
nation that mantles the faco of man
who is just starting out to have a tooth
J lulled is only equaled by the subdued
00k that creeps over his features as
ho panscs witb his hand on th knob
of th dental-mom door, tnm quiotly
around, and tip-too back through th
hall way, out door again.
itudo than ono hope au. uesire.
Our passions aro the only orator
who are certain to persuade us.
The love of Justice in most men ia
nothing but the fear of suffering from
injustice.
We have all of us sufficient strength
of mind to endure tho mislbrtunoa of
othor people.
Tbat which often prevents ns from
abandoning ourselves to a single vice,
is tbe fact that we have several.
Among the mass of mankind, grati
tude is nothing but ft strong and secret
dosiro for still greater benefits.
Peoplo are novcr made bo ridiculous
by tbo qualities they posses a by
thoso which they affect to have.
The world proposes rest by th re
moval of a burden. Th Redeemer
givos rest by giving us tho spirit and
power to bear the burden.
"Why don't you get out of this crush ?
Are you a blockhead ?" cried a gentle
man to his ooaebman. "No, sir, I'm
blocked in I"
Out West, whon a group of oitie'.n
bos a horse-stoalor under consideration,
they generally drop th subject after
short discussions. a
"If Smith undertakes to pull my
oars," said Jones, "he will just bave
hi hands full, now." Tho crowd look
ed at tho man's cars, and thought so,
too.
If yon suppose that the merit of
your faith has put away your sins, you
aro not a Christian, and you have not
tailb; lorlaitu will look to Jesus, not
at itself.
Many wilh tho best moan of grace
ncvor come to repentance, but rather
grow hopelessly confirmed in hardness
ot heart ; whilo others, witb nothing
but their Bibles, become accomplished
and eminent Christians.
We cortainly ought not to treat liv
ing creatures like shoes or household
goods, which when worn out with use
wo throw away ; and woro it only to
teach benevolence to human kind wa
should be merciful to other creature.
Tho general cry is against ingratb
tudo, but sura tho complaint is mispla
ced, it should bo against vanity. N one
but direct villains aro capable of willful
ingrutitudo ; but almost everybody is
capable of thinking he hath done more
than another deserves, while tho other
thinks be hath received less than h
doscrvos. Pope.
A young clergyman, whose reputa
tion lor veracity was none of the best,
ventured to differ with an old doctor
of divinity as to the propriety of whip,
ping children. "Why,1' said he, "the
only time my father whipped mo was
for tolling the truth." " Well," retorted
the doctor, "it cured you of it, didn't
it ?
"Is it true, mamma," inquired lit
tle girl, "that a-Quaker nevor take
bis hat off "lt is true, my dear."
answorod tho fond mother ; "it is a
mark ot rospect which be thinks he
should pay to no man." But then
tell me, mamma," answered tho clever
child, "how docs a Quaker manage
when he goes to have bis hair cut?"
Time is short Eternity is long.
Time will soon bave an end to every
man. Eternity will never have an end
av MiiV can. . c sb-!f so anon reach
tho shore of time. Eternity ha no
shore. Timo is measured. Eternity is
immeasurable. A vory small portion
of time is allotted to the earthly life
of one man. An eternity past, and an
eternity to come, are the lilotimo of
God.
Mr. Moody says many men come
with great hurrah, claiming to be
Christians, but their overy-day life
contradicts their professions. Thus,
he knew one man who "sang hoaanna
and was very much worked upon,
whoso landlady Buffered for ft board
bill which he was able to pay, but
which he neglected." Ue also saya he
docs not boliove in the Christianity
"which can find time to read the sun
day nowspaper, but ha none for the
Bible."
"All men forsook mo," is Paul's own
account of himself, "But tho Lord
stood with mo, and strengthened me."
Uoro is a golden hint tor th young
who aro put to thoir mettle in refusing
a sinful fashion, or in bearing a jibe at
Ihoir conscientious scruples. Theyoung
man who can be laughod into a glass
of wine or a gamo of cards or a ball
room, may set himsolf down as a pitia
ble coward who can be pushed back
by a straw. If he is more afraid of a
companion's sneer than of God's frown,
he is doomed.
The true evidence that a man lovos
God is found in bis love for man. God
in man is the true God to love, lt
was divinity in Jesus that made him
loveablo and made worshipping him
hu uinrunpocb w Aeuy. ai wet uu out
love the God wo see in our brother,
how can we lovo the God wo cannot
see? No grcator mistakecan bo mado
by any than to treat Christianity as if
it wcro a creed, or a system of cold,
inanimate, inarticulate truth. Intel
lectual belief, however true and scrip
tural, is not piety. Thore is no gen
uino faith that has not in it th ele
ment of efficient principle as the body
helps us to interpret and manifest the
soul, but as Hie body without the soul
is dead, bo faith without the vitality
of an operant principlo i doad also.
Religion should find It staunchest
advocates among the business men of
a country ; among those of the wisost
experience in human affairs, and most
familiar with the practical working
of things; for these know well that
publio prosperity and preponderating
vices cannot co-exist io a community ;
that, by as much as yon sink a single
strcot or section of a city in drunken
ness or any other vice, by so much do
you detract not only from it capacity
to produco, but also to consume. An
ignorant, imbruted population buy lip
tie. As you press a man down to th
evel 01 an animal, yon contract th
circle of his wants. His value as a
customer is lessoned as his vice in
crease. You might as well banish one-
half the best custom of ft city as to al
low public morality to fall away to
tbat oxtcnt Uoiden liule.
A Texas Wood Story. " Yoo'd hard
ly believe now what I am going to tell.
In Texas we uso rawhido strap, or
thongs, for traces, and in wet weather
they do stretch amaaingly. Why, of
ten in damp weather at horn I r
bitched up two horses and drove down
the hill from my honse intoth creek
bottom for sled load ol wood. 1
have loaded tho wood and many time
driven bark horn and unhitched th
horses and th sled would not be In
sight." "How did yoa got th wood
borne then 7 asked an Inquisitiv by
stander. "Oh, 1 just tied the and ol
tho trace together and threw then
over post, went knocking about my
work and wailed till tbe ion shone oat.
Homolime il would b more than two
honrs before that sled load of wood
ould trot home.hut vou'd see her crawl.
ing up the hill at last, gradually ap
proaching as the raw-hid tracehrnnk
up into their proper lengths, Ye,
1 exa i a great oountry, yon bet.
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