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EKE BILL, nd will oa the receipt of twenty
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J J W. SMITH,
A T'TORNE Y-AT-LA W,
ililitl Clearfield, Pa.
J J. LINGLE,
, A T T 0 R N E Y - A T - L A W,
1:11 Phlllpabura;, Centra Co., Pa. j-.fi
Q IU W. BAKKETT
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
'. clearfield, pa.
January 30, 1879.
' JSRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
aaV-Olnoe la the Coart Horn. Jyll.'Sf
C. ARNOLD,
I LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
!; CURWEN8VILLS,
.20 Ulrarllold County, Ponn'n. Toy
i g T. li ROCK BANK, ...
ATTORNKV AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OlEoe la Opera House. - ap ifi,'77-ly
I JAMES MITCHELL,
dbalbb ia
. Square Timber & Timber Lands,
Jell'fJ CLEAH1TKLD, FA.
g V. WILSON,
ATTORNEY AI LAW,
OSloe oae dour rest of WeterB Hotel building,
;. opposite Court House.
; sept.6,'77. CLEARFIELD, PA.
j JRANK FIELDING,
I ATTORNEY - AT-LAAV,
Clearfield, Pa.
Will attend to all business entrusted to him
; ptomplly and f&itbl ully. Jnnl'7
WILLIAB A. WALLACB. BAVW L. BBBB1.
' BABBT B. WALLACB. JOBS W. WBIOLBT.
WALLACE 4 KREBS,
(buweesurs to Wellaoe A Fielding,)
t ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
. j.nl'77 Clearfield, Pa.
TBol, B. MUBBA r.
crnui aoanoa.
jyjURRAY A (iORI)ON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
; erOffioe la Pie's Opera House, second Boor.
:I0'74
joiara s. m'bmally.
DAN1BL W. U CUaDT.
"f cENAMjY iV McCUBDY
111.
ATTORNEY8-AT-LAW,
uiearneid. fa.
-LegKl baiiniaaUnd to pronplly wlthj
oriaiity. Offloa on Hatwad atroot, abora too Pint
National Bank. Jo:l:7
wh. m. MecVLLuiiaa,
raao. l iici.
M
cCVLLOUGU li BUCK,
ATTORN EV'S-AT-LA W ,
uiearneia, ra.
All legal buiinen promptly attended to. Offlea
,. on Second Btreat, la the Mafonie building.
jaDlU,'7T
A G- K"AMKR'
I ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real EetaU and Collection Agent,
' CLkCAHFIlCI.I), PA.,
. Will promptlT attend to all lejral buiinen an
trusted to nil earn.
ar-Oflca in Ple'i Optra Home. Janl '7t.
J JOHN L. CUTTLE,
j ATTORNEY AT LAW. .
nd Real Eatate Arent, Clearfield, Pa,
Offlea oa Third strait, bat.Cherrj A Walnut.
aw-Rtipaotfallj offers his ssrrleas In selling
- and hujlng lands la OlaarAeld aad adjoioing
eountleij Bad with aa eiparlanoaol oesrtwootT
J.srs aa a tnrreyor, Batters himself that he eaa
..renaer satlstaetloB. LFeb. 2e:e,l:tr,
jyt W. A. MEANS,
ifHYSICIAN li SURGEON,
LUTHKRBBURI). PA.
Will atUad professional oalls proaiptij, auglO'70
i r .
i; jyi. T. J. liOlER,
l-UYSICIAN AND SUROKON,
; Offloa aa Marhat Street, Clearlald, Pa.
j. rOBo koarsi to II a. ., aad 1 to p. .
'Y)H E- M- SCHEURER,
t H0M(80PATHI0 PHYSICIAN,
OBoa la resldeaea oa First st.
April 14, 1(71. Clearlleld, Pa.
jyR. II. R. VAN VALZAn,
I C1.EARPIELD, PEMN'A.
OFFICE IN MASONIC RUILDING
4T- Olloa hourr-From 11 to I P. M.
Ma; II, 187a.
D
a J. P. BURCHFIKLD,
Lmu Bargflonof (ha 85 d Rlaianl, Paonajlt aola
Volaawara. bavlnc rataraad froai tha Araj.
offara hta profewioaal aarrtsaa to thaailtiaaa
it of UlaarBalil aoanvj.
fjajrProfatttoaal ealle aroaptljr attaadad U.
Oflloa aa tiaoond atraat, (oraiailyompiad bt
fcr.Wooda. aprVOOU
WILLIAM M. HEaVKY, Jubtioi
or Tlti Pbacb ARI. 8c !!, LUMBER
CITY. OollMtlona nada and nonajr promptly
paid ovor. Art ratal of affraeniaot and dati a
oatajaaoa aaally aiaootd and warranted aor
rot or ao abort. MJy'71
11 ARRY SNYDER,
XL BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER.
f' Shop aa Market St opposite Ooart House.
,t A elee a towel for arery aastomer.
Also BAeawfaeterer af
I All ailnds af Arlklea la Human Hair.
' Clearneld, Pa. may It, 'Is.
J; OUN A. BTADLER,
BAKER, Market St., ClearBeld, Pa.
1 Frask Bread, Rusk, Rolls, Pies aad Cakes
a band er made as ardor. A general eesortmeat
1 Canfaetioaarvse, Frails aad Nats la Meek.
lee Cream and uyslore tn araeoa. r-awoa aearly
spposita tae roaioaioa. rrtoas moaerata.
( Mareh IB-Ik.
I Clearfield Nursery.
INCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
rllB Bnderstgned, karlng artebllskod a !far
aery aa the 'Pike, aboal kalf way between
learleld aad Carweaevillo, le prepared as fUr
teh all sleds of FRUIT TREKS, (elaadard aad
warf,) slrrrgraeas, Bhrabbery, Urepa Ttaas,
ry, Iawi
wtoa Blaebberry. Strawberry.
o BUsakarry Vlaaa. Alee,Hlwarlu CrabTiwea,
ei.ee, and early aeevVM Rhabark, Aa. Orders
ramauy altaadaa ta. Aeereee,
, I.. WRIOHT,
seplt tl y OinreaSTlIU, Pi
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. QOODLAISDEE, Proprietor. PRINCIPLES, NOEt TEBMS-$2 per annnr. In Advanoe.
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VOL"52-WHOLE NO. 2,57ft. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY,-NE 19,1878. NEW SERIES-VOL. 19, NO. 21.
Cards.
IOIl PHINT1NO Ot EVERT DKSORIP
tloB aeall, oseeoted at thle offlea.
HENRY BRETH,
(ORTRRD r. O.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
FOB BF.LL TOWNSHIP.
M. a, 1871
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juitloa of tha Paaoa and BcrlvaDcr,
Curweuavllla, Pa.
tefVColltctiona ! antt monav promptly
paid ovar. fobXl Tlti
RICHARD HUGHES,
JTSTICE OF Till PEACE
ron
Itecatur Tounthlp,
Osoeola Mills P. O.
II etlelal business entrusted ta him will ha
promptlT attended ta. metis", 7.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
OENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CRAHAMTON, Pa.
Also.eitonslTO msnufaetnrer and dealer la Square
Timber and Sawed Lumber of all kinds.
M-Ordert solicited and all bills prompt);
lllel: jyl-T
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SnOE MAKER,
Market ft., Clearfield, Pa.
In the shop lately oeeupled by Frank Short,
one door west of Alleghany Uousa.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield. Peiiu'a.
tc Will Aftnutc loba In hii Una uroniDtlT and
la a workmanlike manner. jr4,67
Q. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
AT-sT Pumps always on band and made to order
an short notion. Pipes bored on reasonable terms.
All work warranted to render sstlsfaetlon, and
aellTored If desired. mylitlypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
DBAiiaa ia
SQUARE TIMBER,
and mnnulaoturers of
ALL KINDS DP SAWED Ll'MIIER,
-7'7I CLERFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer In
Real Estate, Square Timber, BoardB,
SHINGLES, LATH, A PICKETS,
:0'73 Clearlleld, Pa,
WEAVER & BETTS,
liRAMtBR IB
Real Esta'.e, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
ArrOffire on Seeond street, la rear of store
mom of Ueorge Wearer A Co. f jen. '7 tf.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
ABB BBALBB IB
Haw Iors nnd Iiiimbor,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Ollloa In Oraham's Row. 1:S&:71
S. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
Ana MALai IX
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
OrtJtnm't Rom, Jlarktt Strttl,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All kinda of repairing la my lloa promptlT at
aded to. April IS, 1174.
BTew Marble Yard.
Tha undcrilcnad would Inforta tha nubile that
be baa oitrned a new Majble Yard on Third treat,
oi quelle the Lotberaa Church, where ha will keep
cunrtantly on bead a itoflk of rarloua kiada of
aiaibla. All kindiol
TOMBSTONES, MONUMENTS,
Pont a for t'tmttery Lota,
and all other work la hii llaa will ha promptly
eiecuied ia a aaat aad workmanlike manner, at
reasonable ratoa.
He RDaraaieoiaatlifarturr work and low prlooi.
Give bim avail. J. FLAHAH1V.
Clearlleld, Pa., Uaroh 27, Wi lt.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market Mtreet, Clearfield. Pa.,
MaaDrAcruaaa amp dsalii in
HAKNKP3, SADDLES, BIIIDLK8, COLLARS,
aad all klnda of
IWRSX FVRNlSIUb'Q GOODS.
A full etook of Paddten' Hardwaro. Bruiha,
Ciimba, Ulinkati, Robri, ate., alwaja on band
and for tale at the loweat eaih prioaa. All klnda
of repairing promptly attended to.
All kiada f bidoa Ukan in oiehanira for bar.
nea and ropairina;. All kind of harncaa Iratbor
krpt on band, and for aafe at a pmall pronu
t'learflald, Jaa, 19, 1876.
E. WARING'S
LAW BLANKS
F.r sale at Uie Ckarleld RarcBLirAB oOee.
The moal rapl Rtrltl of Law
Blank! pubUthttt.
Tbesa Blanks are eotlea ap la superior style,
are ef aniform sise, and furnished al Tory low
Beat far eas.
Call al the RKFVBLtcAB ofllea and eiamla
them. Orders by moil promptly nlled.
Aildreae, UIHIULAfllinit . LKBi
July Hi, Mlt U. Cle
WEST BRANCH r
Insurance acencx.
PBNT2 DKOCKBANK, Aganta.
(Saooaaflora ta llarra; A 0 or do a.)
Tha following flret elM enmpanlea repraaealadt
North British A Mercaatilt Fire laa.
Co., af Bovkad H ..tlfl.OOO.OW
Scoti iih Ooamerrial "Ira lai. Co.. of
KogteDd e. l.0t,MD
North Amtrioa. of Pbitadalphia.....M 4.700, WO
Fire AMuuiaUua,.f Phtladalphla J, 100,00
Water town Flro, New York, laeurea
farm projarty only H 700,00
Mobil Fir l apartment In. Co 17,9r0
Paraoaa ia the eonatry wanliag laiuraaoa, eaa
have It promptly attended to by ald retting aa In
nor ton or bv ktUr. Lowat anatibl rotei ia flnt
elaaa anmpattt. A'a iiwmtnf. Offin la Pi'a
uaera Uoum. ftnuni.w rRii iv, r.
B. T. BROCKBANK,
ClearAold, May I, UTt-ly. Agat.
JOHN TROUTMAN,
DRALBR IM
FURNITURE,
JI ATTJIKMHIaH,
AND
Improved Spring Beds,
MARKET STREET, NEAR t. 0.
The aaderslaaed kegs leare W laferat faa eltl
seas ef Claarield, aad the pablU geaerally, that
be kaa aa kaad a laa eaeortmeal af Fnrnhura,
saek as Welaat, Ckeslaut aad Painted Ckambot
Suites, Parlor Saltas, Reelialag aad RitM.ioa
Cnalre, Ladlee and daale' Basy Okalta, laa Per
forated blaiag aad Purler Chairs, Oaaa Seats aad
Wiedeor Chairs, Cletbee Bare, Step aad Kiln
eta. Ladders, Hot Reeke, Beraaktag Brashes, e
MOULDIIfQ AN PI0TURI FRAMIS,
eaklag Omaasa, OhraoaM, te .kick weald
alt.bu m Holiday arasiata.
deeirtl JOHN TROrTMAK. '
A LETTER FROM SOUTH
AMERICA.
Mr. David Johnston, formerly of the
Munition House, Clt'arfioltl, has handed
us a letter from bis son Clarence, who
is now in Bnir.il, with the Messrs. Col
lins Bios., cnngud in building a rail
road on the river Amazon. Tbe letter
will no ilnubt be interesting to our
readers ;
Falls of San Antonia, )
March 20, 1878.
Dear Father : We arrived here on
the 19th of February, forty days from
Philadelphia. All that started with us
are sale anu souiiu, wnu unu bxuujiuuii ,
we left one man at ttarbadoes Island,
wliero we stonped for water and coal.
We landed bore on tbe 19th and on the
20lb wo bad to co to work to clean up
and prepare a place for our goods and
in three days time we naa an me
goods oft the ship. We found San An
tonia to be inhabited by one Sorgoant
and ten private soldiers placed here to
guard property belonging to the Boli
vian Navigation Company. Wo also
found lour empty houses that wore
built by an English compuny who wore
here seven years ago to perform work
that we are now doing, and which we
expect to finish. Whon such men as
aro at tbo head of this undertaking
agree to perform a cert ain piece of work
tbey put it throngn. vt e soon naa ino
houses cleaned and proparod for.uso,
and put up tents for about fifty per
sons. Mysrlt in company with Mr. S.
Coughlin, the General Assistant Man
ager of the road, Boon bad the store in
very good order, and In readiness for
the next load ot goods. On tbo 28th
the Arary once more made her appear
aneo with all on board from the Morci
dita. but six passengers and B00 tons
ot freight, which was left on her stick
ing on a bar in wo juauiora river iuu
miles below us. .After a few days we
bad everything .in order, the ship un
loaded and tbo grading of the road
comnioncod. On the 6th of March the
Arary again made her appearance tow
inir the old.Mercidita. Wo have con
structed a temporary wharf, and are
unloading her as tost as possioio tno
mout troublesome part ia tbo railroad
iron. Tbo health of this place, so far,
seems to be vory good : the principal
disease hero is fever and ague. We
have had a few cases of sickness, but
they bavo all rceovorod. I think if one
was to drink tno liquor mai is usca
hero, ho could hardly cscnpo being sick
it is called "cavash" and is niado
from sugar cane ; it is about equal to
tho most common whiskoy made in the
United States. Wo are getting roadv
to put up a new store room and board
ing house. After that is done we will
have everything very cotnloriaoic. me
woods are almost impenetrable owing
to tho great growth of underbrush and
vines some trees crow vory large ano
the wood is bo hard that the choppers
frequently break their axes wheu tbey
sink them into a tree. W e have com
menced to plant different seeds that
grow in the Statos, and will soon know
what will anu wnai win noi grow nero.
The beat is intense, the thermometer
stauda at 94 in our office to-day, it is
about 120 in the sun. Until this coun
try is cleared up and the lands culti
vated, decaying vegetation is bound to
cause sickness. 1'anthers and other
wild beasts are numerous up the line,
and keep theboytmcakeat nights. They
wounded a panther but bad to retreat
on account of othors coming to the aid
ot tbe wounded. There is plenty of
fish within three rods ot our store, l
throw in a line just once and pulled up
one woighing firwify founds, a specie,
of catfish. There is some as large aa
young cows come to the surface of the
water, whon we get our broecb-loadors
and practico shooting at thom. On the
lath of March wo received me urst,
mail from tbe United Statos, giving us
an account of our departure from
homo tho papor was received by Cap
tain Stvles who has charge of the en
gineer corps that goes up into Bolivia,
about 80 miles from hero. We also re
ceived a lottor from Tara, enclosing a
dispatch, clipped from an English pa
per, oatea, tt asmngiuu, if. niuuug
that thoStoamcr Metropolis, bound for
San Ant.nia, foundered off tho coast of
North Carolina, and but titty passen
gers saved out of 400. Tbo news scorn
ed to stun us all, as we have been look
ing forwnrd lor the appearance of tho
Metropolis which had our mail, papers,
provisions, and it fact a full supply of
everything to last us sometime. We
will now have to got our supplies from
Para for the present.
Native, come horo from all parts of
Bolivia. Poru, and in tact from all di
rections. Tboy speak the Spanish Ian-
f;uugo, as a general thing occasional
y we moet with some who speak the
Portuguese. 1 have already beoomo
acquainted with some of tbe words and
can almost understand their conversa
tion. We have had some misunder
standing among the men, and some of
them have struck. We aro in nopes
of getting it settled ere long. Last
week five boat loads of natives came
down the river from Bolivia loaded
with bides, chocolate, coffee and other
products of their country. They are a
ficonliar sctof people; there were about
brtv men and women they collected
around on the point just below head
quarters. I visited them to buy cho-
oolato, ano iounu mom orcssen in muir
native stylo. They take a hide and
pound it on a stone until it gets stringy
and thin, and full of holes ; they then
cut boles in It for their arms and sew
up tho front with leather strings and
nut it over their heads, it reminds me
of anight gown or dress. Tha woman
wear the brighost colors they can got
for clothes. Tbey pull off their dresses
(which is nothing more than a wrap
per) and bound into th water to bathe,
not even having tbe delicacy of wom
en, but undress and plunge in while we
as spectators watch the ajxirt ; but it
is nothing irhen one becomes accustomed to
it aa It ia an awertf dav occurrence bora
I incloso, in boa which 1 send you, a
feather bouquet Ibat was given me by
an Indian who wora it ill Lis hat as an
ornament : I also sand you tbe tongao
of a fish called th "cow-flab." The
natives take the tongue out and dry it,
and it then servos them as a nutmeg
grater, for which purpose it answer.
fintt-rate. Uur Ublei engineer air. j.
M. Bird, who w. .nppoewd was lost,
baa turned up O. Kl He, In com
pany with aome of his men, went over
lb. line last ween, some ten mnes np
the rapids in oanoc.
Th. South American tapir (an ani
mal as large al a young bollock,) feeds,
at night along th. Madeira, and al lull
moon we can shoot tbera. Tba meat
of the, animals Is of a superior kind
at least we pronounce it moat execf
lant afUr bavins lived on salt pork and
beef for so long. W. occasionally bar.
turtle soup. Once in a while the Com
pany buy a stoor and kill it for the use
of tba men. The laborer! work from
six a. m. to 11 a. m. and from U p. n.
to 61 p. m. nine boars a day. . W. have
;fl"alraaaaaai .-m , ,,,'
the saw-mill started, but have some
difficulty getting logs to tho mill, bav
intT only unbroken oxon to drag them
which is slow progress. Thore are some
of the most beauliiui Duucriues ueru i
have ever seen, of all imainnaule colors,
and are as largo as the swallow. Tbo
lizard is also found of beautiful colors,
and grow from a halt inch to two feet
in length. The groat Boa snakes we
have heard so much about is not to be
found hero as yet. We have killed
somosnakoa from four to eight feet long.
The vampire bat that lights on the
mens leet are trou blcsome, as luey suck
tho blood from tbeir victim wbilo ho
slumbers, and tho result is a sore toe
and laid up tor a few days. 1 ho scor
pion which is very poisonous, is scarce ;
we have seen but few of them and hope
we may see no more. I feci very well
contented so far, sometimes I sigh for
a little American air, and for a sight
of all my friends. Writo to mo via
Liverpool and Para, as I think I will
get tbo letter sooner : and don't forgot
to writo as soon as possible, for 1 ex
pect all my mail went down with tbe
ill-fated Metropolis. Your son,
V. A. JOHNSTON.
THE PRESfi.
The lullowing is taKen from an ad
dress on the Press, delivered belore tho
Psi Upsilon Society, in Boston, by
tioorge Corning Hill, a journalist of
that city :
Obedient as tbe Press may soem to
be. it is, nevertheless, sleeplcssly joal-
ous of its standing and influence, lost
tboy should bo underrated or misap
plied. It is an unerring measurer of
publio men, and alone knows tbe little
ness of great ones. An integor in tbo
fabrics of society, it has a scorn of be
ing thought to represent morely indi
vidua! interests. The personal organ
is dead the day it is boro. If to day,
therefore, it is the advocate, to-morrow
it is tbe judge It is the eulogist now,
it was the censor yostorday. Though
it have three hundred and sixty-five
opinions in the year, it is nevertheless
consistent always. Not as yet has it
found Its ranks among learned profess
ors, and it is doubtful if it evor will, for
it most needs be practical rather than
learned. In this country it is not re
cognized as tbo stepping stone to public
preferments, and it perhaps gains by
the disassociation. 1 o England it is the
accepted touchstone of intellectual ca
pacity, recruiting Parliament, tho Bar,
and the schools of authorship. In
Franco it is tbe acknowledged flniBh-
ng school of publicists and statesmen,
and tho rn'ree into tho best society.
With us, politicians would fain make a
whetstone of it to sharpon and polish
their blades; advertisers find it almost
tbo whole of their intangible capital ;
lawyers and doctors resort to it as
birds do to the bodges for shelter ; tbo
grand army of grievanco bearors
marches up and flings down its knap
sacks full of complaints at its feet ; the
accusod run to it with their ready ex
planations ; tbo defamed with their de
nials and dolenccs; tbe pbilosopbers
with their remedies, and poets with
their fol-de-rol, and the other sex with
their sleepless causes. The world at
large seeks the cover of its sheltering
told. Everybody is eager to proclaim
bis existence and something more
through its effectual agoncy.thoy alone
except wbo are in the real secret and
Bit silent at tbo dource ot its power. Jt
is Argus, Briareus, Hercules and
Hormes rolled into one. Day and night
it keeps its mossengers running, flying,
swimming, dolving, looking and listen
ing, and with thoir faithful assistance
it manage, to turn the world inside
out. For it Schlicmann uncovers Hom
eric Troy to verify the immortal Story ;
Stanley cuts tbo dark core out oi tbe
long-forbidden fruit of Africa ; govern
ment despatch astronomers to the far-
off capes to report the transit of Venus
and correct tbe distance oi the sun ;
Sitting Bull harangues bis harlequin
braves and swings round the circle of
Indian villages; the tirelecs interview
er pulls tbe boll at all front doors ; and
the local gossip glues bis capacious ear
to every private keyhole. All this pure
ly for the production and dissemination
of intelligence the valuable and value
less. It supplants tho orator, com
presses verbose debato into pregnant
statement, makes only straightforward
business of legislation, and turns elo
quence into'tbo raw staple ot fact) and
figures, jt edits tno telograph, the
mails, the caucus and convention, the
Legislature science, art and invention
commerce, law and agriculture. It
is tbo free publisher lor them all makes
tbeir announcements adjusts their
differences and assures thoir influ
ence. It boils down books ; extracts
the soul from treatises ; culls bouquets
from the garden of tho poots ; givos
flexibility and present use to learning ;
sots prolussors of Greek to writing on
international law ; and, In general, sills,
assorts and distributes literature. Its
remorseless appotito for news presen
ting horror and humors in parallel col
umns will however, create a surfeit
some time, and after that is over will
yield to the finor suggestions of its
palate lor tnougni. j ust now n is not
greatly given to the nicer moral shad
ings, but flings the pigment on the can
vass with a rapid brush and exhibits
all thing, in the same fierce glare ot
light. But Its loudness will gradually
be disciplined down to a low-keyed
suggeslivetioss, with stoadior aim and
more practised engineering ; and it
will yet become tbe true living outline
of tbe national literature.
C HARLEM aonb. Above the ordina
ry height ol a man, Charlemagne was
a giant in bis stature aa in hit mind;
but tha graceful and easy proportion
of all bis limbs spoke the combination
of wonderful aotivity with immense
strength, and pleased while it astonish
ed, li is countenance was as striking
as bis figure ; and his broad, high fore
head, Ms keen and flashing eye, anu
bland, nnwrinklod brow.ofTured a bright
picture, whorein the spirit of physiog
nomy, natural in all men, might traco
the expression of a powerful intellect
and benevolent beart. Gifted with
a frame, the corporeal energies of which
required liltlo or no relaxation, and
wbicb, consequently, never dogged and
hampered bis intellect by fatigue, Char
lemagne could devote an immense por
tion of bis lima to business, and, with
out taking more than a vory small por
tion of Bleep, could dodlcate the clear
tboatrhta of an u nlired mind to tbe reg
ulation of bis kingdom, even while
other men were buried in repose. He
was accustomed, we are told, to wake
spontaneously, and riso from bis bed
four or five timua in tbe course of cacb
nigbt ; and so great was his economy
of moments, that the brief space bo
employed in putting on tb. simple gar
ments with which he was usually cloth
ad, was also occupied in bearing the
reports ot bis Count of tha Palace, or
the pleadings of various causes, wbicb
b. decided at tbo. times with aa much
olear wisdom as if listening to them on
the Judgment-seat.
PLANTS.
The waman wbo has a tnsto for, and
skill In, raising house plants, has at hor
command a source of boauty and
health for her home, however bumble,
that the rich may imitate but cannot
surpass. As everybody now knows,
growing plants feed and thrive on tbe
very elements that animals exbalo,
and which are so inimical to animal
health and life. Most pooplo must
bavo observed tbo delicious quality of
the air in a green house. It is a pleas
ure to breathe it, not from its perfume
alone, but from its purity and its elas
ticity, tho elasticity arising from the
oxygon that plants are continually
giving out, and tbo purity from the ab
sorption by thoir myriads of leaf-cells
ot the deadly carbonic acid thnt is man
ufactured by bum.u lungs. Tho more
plants ono can raise in s house, there
fore, the purcs and fresher must of
necessity be the air ot mat bonso.
Things ot boauty and of blessing wher
ever they aro put, tbey ore no less the
ornamonts of the parlor and dining
room than they may be tho nir scav
engers, so to speak, of tbe bed-room.
Most women content tnemsoivos in
their window-culturo with the UBual
list ol blossoming and climbing plants,
but any ono wbo is a little ingenious
and fond of experimenting may amuse
and instruct herself and Tier children,
and produce very pretty effocts, with
very cheap and simple moans. For
examplo, a unique flowor boskot may
be mado ot a common turnip oy Bcoop
inir out the insiilo of it, leaving a shell
about an inch thick, piorcing the sidos
to allow a double string to pass thro,
and then filling it with earth and plant
ing it with seeds ot the star-cypress,
or any othor quickly growing vino.
After a few weeks of banging in a sun
ny window tho vino will bo running
wild all over the sash, and the turnip
itself will in time put forth leavos
which will turn up and conceal the
hilish bulb. A carrot scooped out in
tho same way, but filled with water
instead of earth, makes a specially
pretty hanging mass of green on so
count of its feathery and graceful foli
age; and when the leaves wither and
the turnip or carrot shrivels and dies
and has at last to be thrown away
tbe wise mamma may point a moral
to ber little flock by telling them that
siichisoaontho fate of rich fathers with
idle and spendthrift sons wbo will do
nothing ourncstly and faithfully for
themselves. Like the rootless leavos,
they draw without mercy upon there-
sources of a generous parent, and when
be is exhausted and old, be anu they
have to go down into ignominious use
lessnoss and forgotfulness togetbor.
A motbor may play with hor nine
boy that be is a furmor, and may bo-
stow upon him a miniature wheat
field, and perhaps at tbe same time an
abiding taste for that noblest of manly
pursuits agricultural by nuing a
celery glass two-thirds full with water,
and placing on top of it a piece of cot
ton batting, sprinkled with wheat
seeds ; or she may raiso him a crop of
baby flax, by covering an old kitcbon
cup very smoothly with red flannel,
damping it and then rolling it in flax
seed, concealing tbe flannel completely.
Place the cup, mouth down, in a sau
cer which li kopt filled with water,
and in a 'uort time a vigorous growth
of mon groen will cover it all ovor.
It an acorn Is suspondod in the sun
an inch abovo a glass of water, it will
Bend its roots down into the glass and
its leaves upward and make a true
personification of tho mighty oak,
whose germ it is another lesson for
the little boys I And evon tbe gross
and doubly plebeian cabbage may play
(be transitory role ot a parlor beauty
if treated on similar principles witn
any of tbo above. Take a cabbage
stalk and place the root end in a jar
of water which has previously been
covered with flannel, then dampened
and rolled in flax or bird seods. Hang
tho iar un in the sun, and the seed will
sprout and cover it with a delicate
gieen moss ovor tue rea, wnue too
cabbage will send up in tbe centre long
whito and green curlea lonage in me
form of a cone. And, lastly, one in
ventive lady we have beard ot, inserts
large egg-shells in crocheted worsted
bsgs, fills them with earth, and plants
in cacb one a morning glory or a swoel
pea seed.
BUSINESS CONFIDENCE.
A large part of tbe working capital
of the business world is the confldonco
of man in man. Unloss one believes
In tho substantial good failb of the
people b. deals with, all business oper
ations are Impeded. At the stock
boards and exchanges ol all kinds
transactions involving tb. loas or gain
of large amonnta of money are effected
by a bock or a nod. Mon put tbeir
money into banks, believing that tbey
can got it whon they want it. Goods
are ordored from a distance, ana mon
ey transmitted from placo to place in
these aqd a hundred other ways men
show that in the businoss world they
must trust to some degroo in the good
fkith of those they deal with. Brisk
businoss is impossible on any other
plan; and Indoed it is a fair measure
of civilization the degree to which
men oan put their trust in truth, hon
esty and the keeping of promisos.
Where that stands btgticst, business is
safost and consequently healthiest;
whore it stands lowest, business is dull.
This is a matter apart from ordinary
morality. For examplo, tbe flew York
brukor may not aland high as a moral
ist, but no people in the world stand
up bottor to their promises, because
without that as a foundation business
as conducted would bo impossible. It
therefore evident that wbatevor
tends to striko this mutual trust and
confldonco out of existence strikes out
a large part of tbe country's working
capital ; and it may be that a great
part of the business stagnation of the
country is due to tho loss of tbia con-
lllence and trust. " w witn no at-
sire to preach a eormn, simply to
treat morality as on. of Use factors of
political oconomy, that wa discuss this
subject.
Many things have occurred during
th. past five or six yoars well calcula
ted to shake publio confidence in busi
ness concerns of all kinds. Insurance
companies bavo eollapsed and gone into
bankruptcy under circumstances ol
downright rascality; railroad, bav.
failed and swept million of property
out of existence, and yet often up to
th. very ere of bankruptcy tbey pat
forth rose colored statements of their
condition ; savings banks smashed one
after another all over th. ooonlry ; de
faulting cashier, escaped with th. as
set, ol tb. banks; the groat cotton
milla were ruined by the peculations
of tbe officers ; immense political frauds
were carried on in the chief cities and
and in tb. Bute government, and th.
national H-overnment, in moat case, by
Republican officials. Rascality seems
to cast a suspicion on many interests
KEF
be above doubt?
Yet this is not the worst. In most
cases flagrant frauds thefts and plun
dering are perpetrated with Impunity.
Of all the swindlers in banks, railroads,
insurance companies and manufac
tures, how many have beon put in
prison ; bow many even forced to dis
gorge? Vory few. On tho contrary
tboy bave employed eminent counsel
bamboozled jurors, bribed judges, and
thus escaped justice and maintained
their places in the world's esteem.
This is the demoralizing spectacle
that make men afraid to put their
money into any kind of venture. Tboy
not only have to take me risks oi busi
ness, but the chances of internal steal
ago. No wonder that they are timid.
No wonder that this country now
should bo teeming with agricultural
and minoral wealth, raw triatrial su
perabundant, crops unprecedented,
money a drug in the market, provided
tho borrowor bas collaterals, capital
lying idle in the banks, and labor
standing unemployed on the streets
und nothing aoiug. We can't trust
each othor. It may seem a harsh
thing to say; but if cool Justice wore
to punish severely a few defaulting
cashiers, swindling presidents of insur
ance companies, railroads and mills,
lecherous preachers and fraudulent
publio oflloers, it would do more to re
store businoss confidence than any
amount of tinkering at the finances.
Baltimore Qazette.
RESIDENT TRAMPS.
Everybody knows what traveling
tramps aro, and everybody knows too
what resident tramps are, but probaba
bly not by tbat name. Tho namo,
however, seems to bo appropriate.
Nearly every town, of whatever si.e
has them, In th line of utter worth
lossness tboy are an improvement upon
the traveling species. Tbey are not
only too lazy to work, but tbey are
too lazy to travel. Tbeir neighbors
would rejoice to boo thom go, and
would not ask them to stand upon tho
order or method of tbeir going. They
might proceed on foot or "beat" their
way on tbe cars no matter how, so
that tbey only start. Tbey aro gen
erally harmless beings, so far aa doing
any positive intentional Injury to any
one, is concerned. Tboy almost in
variably use more or less profane Ian-
guago, which is sufficiently odious to
all well bred people, but farther than
that does but little real barm to any
but themselves, as no industrious man
or boy would think of following tbeir
oxamplo in this respect, but would
ratber Do turned tho other way by It.
Sometimes men, who are otherwise
well behaved, fall into tbo babit of pro
funit y, but when they soe how far the
most worthless loafer can surpass
thom in that direction, their self-re
spect react, against it, so that in some
cases, there may, incidentally, come a
spark of good, out ol what in itself,
would appoar to be unmixed evil.
Rosident tramps bring a sort of de
filement upon ovorylhing clean, that
they touch. A useful amusement, as
a game of ball, or quoits, or billiards,
in their bands, has tbe aspect of some
thing pernicious. A man who after a
hard aava work in an office, or a store,
or a shop, would like to recuporate bis
exhausted nervous energy, by somo of
the various forms ol recreation that
are so well adapted to that purpose, is
often deterred trom doing so, because
of the bad odor into wbicb they bavo
been brought by tboso wbo spend at
tbem the time that ought to be given
to work. If thore wore somo method
by which the maxim, "if a man will
not work neither shall be eat," could
be made into a practical lulo, and
strictly enforced, tbera would be a
speedy chango among all classes ot
tramps, f.ilber idleness would give
way to industry, or there would be a
gratifying increase of tbe mortality list,
caused by abstaining too long from
food. Tbe first alternative would be
the mora dcsirablo, and probably the
one that would be generally chosen ;
tbe other, however would be an im
provement upon the present condition.
Exchtinge.
APPLICATION OF MANURE.
A correspondent of an agricultural
journal writes : "Farmers differ much
in opinion about bow to apply manure
to the soil, whethor fresh or in a decom
posed state, or whether to be plowed
under deep in the sou or to be leit near
the surface ; but tho great objoct is
bow to got tbe greatest amount of
good from tho manure. To doposit
manure in the barn yard and ieavo it
exposed to drenching rains, sun and
wind lor nearly a yoar, is a greater
waste than many farmers are aware of,
tor the nasty oye sores which aro socn
below many barn yards is evidence
that there is a groat waste of soluble
ammoniacal salts concentrated year af
ter year uselessly at tbe dark spot on
tho lowest corner ot the yard, and a
waste which, il utilized, would bo sui-
flcient to manure an acre or two of po
tatoes. I would prolcr to have my
barn yard as clean as a parlor during
the whole yoar, but circumstances will
not permit that. 1 must have somo
place for my cattlo and give them air
and exercise, and to eat corn stalks
during tho winter, a fow hours ovory
day at least ; but beyond what they
make there, no manure ever goos in
to my barnyard, because my cattle are
kopt in tb. stable or noid. Aiy sianies
are wide enough to admit a wagon or
cart behind the horses or cows, and
have double doors the whole width of
tbo stable ; and most gonerally I haul
tbe manure out dirootly on the fields,
either in largo heaps or spread broad
cast, as tbe circumstance mil warrant.
If tb. declivity ol the land is rather
steep and the ground frozen, t don't
yenluro to spread the msnnre. but throw
ft in heaps where th. draining, cannot
go to waste. If it were possible, 1
would rather apply all tbe manure l
make directly on tbe field with but ono
handling, forasmuch aa it fertilizes
about tbo same wben fresh as decom
posed, and a portion of the Invaluable
salts wasted below th. dung yard is
saved thereby, and I would as lief have
manure kept near the lurlaco to lent
lis. and protect the tender germs wben
first starting to grow."
NtJaiBia Two. JameaX Anderson,
lb. important witness in th. Potter
investigation of tbe Louisiana election
frauds In 1876, is described an an intel
ligent, red-haired, red-faced, red mons
tacbed, boyish-looking man of about
34 years of age. il was neatly
dressed, bad great sell-possession, and
created a favorable impression. The
correspondents present were a little
aorprised to bear him announce wben
his examination began tbat be bad all
his life been a Journalist, and is now
nigbt editor of tbe Philadelphia North
Amtrican. He was apparently master
of bis story, and mad. It fit into tb.
document wbicb b. presented with
great skill, ,
1IOW TO MAKE GOOD TIMES.
Wo have muttorings of a storm in
our political and social sky. Angry
nashes are shot athwart tbe land, om
nious enough to awake tho stolid and
heartless, were it not that many may
be deceived by names. It Is called
Communism, Internationalism, Work-
ingmen s Associations, lied Kepubli
canism, which in themsolvcs aro bad
enough, but under these is concealed
real want, which is more to bo dread
ed than deviltry. Tho desperate in
purpose are leading tbo desperate in
condition, and wben combined thoy
are fearful ; and if a divorco is not ob
tained betweon honest need and organ
ized conspiracy, and the tormor re
lieved soon, and tho latter stamped
out, we may bavo a fearful orisis, to
moot perhaps in blood. There is no
timo for trifling. Tho extremes of naod
and ot diabolism are making a junction,
and like two charged clouds, when
brought in contact, a tempest will en
sue. How can this standing menace
to tho public peace bo averted f Those
of tho first class, dosporato through
want, and whoso conspiracies are for
bread, may be diverted from this dan
gerous alliance with men professional
ly dangorous by giving thom employ
ment, even if not vory lucrative ; for
nothingloss than tins will do. Whatever
will beat back starvation lor tbem
selves and families will keep them pa
tient until this storm be past.
Tbe remedy is for ovory man who
has any thing to spare ovor his daily
need, to sot his wits to work to find
something to be done, even if be bas
no immediate use for it. The cheap
ness with which it can now bo done,
and tbe danger it will allay, ought to
prompt blm to have all that is possi
ble mendod, renewed orroplacod. This
is tbo time to repair; to rebuild ; to
alter, for it is better to givo men a
chance to live honestly, thun through
indifference allow them to bo drivon
into rebellion with society with the
feeling that tboy can have nothing to
lose, for revonge is sweet in tho beart
drivon to despair. If nothing else can
bo done bave your old boots half soled,
your gearing mended, your winter
clothes repaired, dyed and scoured,
your carving-knife ground, instead of
sawing with its nicked odgo becanso
the times are bard; get your old
fences mended, your bouse painted,
glass reset; take up tbo old bricks of
your pavement, yvuicu onuungur your
life every wet and freezing day, and
pat down flags in their stead. 1 1 may
save tbo city and the country from a
rebellion. A new coat bought will ben
efit directly about fifty porsons, and
send sunsbino into as many hearts.
Lot every man and woman who can
find anything to do, that thoy can by
any possibility pay for, have in dono
now. This will start business by keep
ing men busy. Better will it be to
pay half pneo for it than to bave men
idle, plotting against good order; tbe
most of them are wise onotigh to con
sider half a loaf bettor than no bread.
It is time too for tboso who bave put
their monoy in securities, and bave
gono out of legitimate businoss be
canso it is perilous and trouhlosomo, to
learn that they cannot live to thorn
selves, in this world whore hopes and
heart-strings cross each other. Tbe
failures of moneyed institutions show
that the dangers are by no means con
fined to legitimate business, You must
uso your wealth for tho dependent. It
is God's economy that tbo strong shall
support the weak. Will yoa do it by
alms or labor, or have your substance
taken by force? w hat thou doest, do
quickly. Preshyterian.
THE BRIGHT SIDE.
Mr. Burchard, of Illinois, in tbe
cotirso of a brief speech which he de
livered rocontly In tho llouso ol Kcp-
rescntatives, in favor of repealing tho
Bankrupt act, presontcd somo import
ant statistics of tho agricultural indus
try ol tho country at tho present mo
ment. His purpose was to show that
notwithstanding the distress in which
a large number of our citizens find
themselves from having bought on
credit at high prices property which is
salablo only at low prices, there has
boon an Increase among us, during tbe
past eight years, ot real substantial
prosnerity, based upon an increase of
cultivated land, agricultural crops and
farming stock. Here aro his figures,
which ho gives on tho authority of the
census of 1870, and Commissioner of
Agriculture :
mo. II7S,
Aores eullirated C.7TI.."8 Itl.SSO.OOS
HorsH..... 7.HMI0 io,.ii,?oe
Mules - l,l.16,.l l,!l7,S0
MilobOows -,3S,S, ll..1(W,100
Cetll . 4,885,I7 l,22S,S00
gbeep jS,e77,4l Ss,74, 000
Swine.. .. It.m.MO SI.JJIt.SM
Wheal, I .shell....... I.H,8s,7l Snn.O 00,000
Corn, baibel 1 KUiS,no 1,.HO,(100.(110
Oets, bushel 147,177,409 40, 700,000
Ilarley, boshels 30,am,4uo . ij.nnn.iMU
Rye, busbals m. 1M73,0 Il.tOO.ooS
Tobacco, pounds 250.028,000 4HI.000.otlO
llsy, Ions zs,aze.vuw ai,ewv,vev
Mr. Burchard further said that the
cotton oron this year will equal that
of 1876, which was tho largest which
bas been mado since 1800, The not
results of his statistics is that since
1870 the nnmbor of acres undor culti
vation in the country bas increased by
one-third, the livo stock by from one-
quarter to ono hall, the wheat crop by
more than one-half, and othor staplo
products In equally striking propor
tions. In view of these facts, it is easy
to understand why tbe balance of
trado tor tbe past three years has been
in our favor, and why tho premium on
gold bas declined.
A Sad Case. The trial by court
martial of Lieut. W. M. r lennng, ot
tho Twolfth Infantry, U. 8. Army,
charged with embezzling tho funds in
trusted to his cs.ro us (Quartermaster
and Commissary at Alcatraa Island,
near oan rrnncisco, has been concluded.
Tho amount embezzled was 11,100.
Tho case was one of the saddest upon
record, and the disgrace falls upon a
family of hitherto BKtloss fame. A
passion for gamblinglod to tbo unhappy
condition in which this ofllcor now
finds himself. He made a statement
al bis trial, acknowledgingevcry charge
against bim and plead for mercy. The
prisoner will likoly spend tc years in
the State Prison, though the findings
of the Court have not as yet been made
publio. The Court has sent its find
ings to Washington for approval, and
meanwhilo Fleming will remain in con
finement at Alcatraa. Hi wife, wbo
wa. with bim through the trial, has
loll California for tbe East to rejoin
ber friends. Previous to tbo develop
ment of this mania for gambling, Lieut.
Fleming ranked high in bis profession
and was respected for many good
quantities,
' True. Th. influence of mon is not
confined to the credit of tbeir acquaint
ances. It spreads on every side of
tbem, like tbe undulation oi me smit
ten water, and will reach those whom
tbey never saw,
Tbera Is iron enough in the blood ol
forty-two men to tnako a plow-share
weighing twenty-four pounds.
Wild ducks are ostimatod to fly
ninety miles an hour; swallows fly
ratber faster ; and tbo swift flies about
two hundred miles an hour.
Tbe cow eats 276 plants, and rejects
218 ; tbe goat, 440, and ll'O ; tho sheep,
387, and 311 ; tbe home, 262, nnd 212 ;
tho bog, 72, and 171.
In man the temperature of the blood
is 86 degrees ; in sboop 102 ; in ducks
107 ; in aguo it falls from 98 to 94 ; In
fever it rises to 102 or 10S.
The beau in an bour of a common
seconds clock are 8,600, and 17,280 a
common watch ; seconds watches beat
18,000 times an bour, or five per sec
ond. Whon man and woman havo attain
ed thoir complete development, they
weigh almost exactly 20 times as much
as at their birth, while their stature is
about three and ono fourth times
greater.
But two millions of species of land
and water animals and plants are be
lieved to exist. There are at least 100,
000spccio8 of plants, and 400,000 cf
insects only. The species in tho seas
are believed to be still numerous. Tho
number ot polypi exceeds that of othor
insects, and tbe infusoria) are not num
bered, nor are theparaistic tribes. The
species of the whole may even bo five
millions. If an old species become ex
tinct, and a now one were cvolvod
once a woek, the whole would last
100,000 years.
About the ago of 36 tbe lean man
usually becomes fatter, and tho fat
man leaner. Between the years of 43
and BO, his appetite fails, bis complex
ion lades, and bis tongue is apt to be
furred upon tbe least exertion of body
or mind. At this period his muscles
becomes flabby, bis joints weak, his
spirits droop, and bis sloop is imper
fect and unrefroshing. After su during
undor these complaints a yoar, or per
haps two, he starts afresh with renew
ed vigor, and be goes on to 61 or 62,
whon a similar change takes placo, but
with aggravated symptoms. Wben
these periods bave been successfully
passed, tbe gravity of incumbent years
is more strongly marked, and bo be
gins to boost ol bis age.
Lovai.tt Rewarped Tho French
Government bas just conferred the
military medal upon a young woman
employed in the telegraph office at
t'ltlnviers during the war ot 1H7U. Up
on tho arrival of tho Gorman forces in
that town during tho month of Novem
ber, they at once, as was their wont,
took possession of tho telegraph office
relegated Mdlle. Hodu, the young wo
man in charge, to a room on tbo first
floor. Tho wires passed through this
room, and Medllo. Hodu managed to
tap them and convey the information
to tbe sub-prefect. One day a tele
gram arrived from the Prussian staff
at Orleans addressed to Prince Fred
erick Charles, informing bim of the
march ot a Kronen, corps upon Uicn,
and suggesting the movements to be
made in order to surround it. 1 bis
telegram she took to tbe sub-prefect
who mado three copies of it for the
commandor of the French corps, send
ing each by a different messenger. Two
of tho messengers were killed, but the
third arrived, and the information en
abled the French commandor to mako
a timely retreat Tbe Prussians did
not ascertain what bad taken place
until just before the armistice, but for
which Mdlle. Hodu might have fared
badly. A it was, 1'nnoo Frederick
Charles, who was at Pithiviors just af
ter tho armistice, congratulated Mdlle.
Dodu upon ber courago, and otlerod
bor a placo in the Prussian telegraph
Bcrvice, Tbis sbe naturally refused,
and, after having been placed in the
ordors ot the day by tbo Minister of
W ar, was appointed diroctnco ot toe
telegraph office at Enghicu.
as aa aa
Curious End to a Horse Race.
Recently a cattlo dealer and a farmor
who prided themselves on the superi
ority of their respective horses, laid a
bet ot i.)U each on wbo would roaco a
certain inn in Linlithgow, driving from
Edinburgh. The money was duly
staked with the innkeeper, tbe day sot,
and the conditions written out viz,
first at goal, in full harness, to receive
100. During tho interval ono of the
gontloman began to see he was likely
to loose, and formed a plan to circu in
vent bis friend, which be managed in
the following way i On starting ho al
lowed himself to get rathor behind, and
on coming up to Haymarkot Station
turned quietly in, wboro a special on
gino and borso-box stood waiting, by
means ot which, horse, gig and man
wore soon carried to Linlithgow. Tbo
other gentleman kopt driving on, al-
though be was surprised, on looxing
round now again and again, to seo
nothing of his opponent. But surprise
gave way to rage wben ho arrived at
the inn twenty minutes late, ana was
told that the money bad been claimed
by bis friend ; the othor now wished
In make a ioke of the wholo affair, and
offered back the 50 ; but he wbo bad
driven the road refused any comprom
ise, and declares that be will take tbe
case to law. Glasgow Herald.
A Moktiktiko Mistake. A well
known young lady of the city of Mil
waukoe, Wisconsin, recently mado ber
sell the viotim ol a ridiculous mistake.
A handsome and wealthy gontloman,
whose acquaintance sbe bad just torm-
ed, invited her to attend a dress party
in his company. She accepted, and
arrayed hcrsell for the ovont with un
usual care. To ber surpnso and mor
tification ho appeared, to escort bor to
tho pnrty, attired in a whito linon coat.
She invited him to oe seated ana men
begged lo bo excused for a few mo
ments. To her mother she stated the
fact that she would be ashamed to go
with him if he wore "that coat." It
was finally docided that aho should ask
the genllman to pass tho evening al
tbo house. Ashamed, but determined,
aho told bim that she did not believe
that any of the gentlemen would wear
linen coats at the party ; that they
bad bolter not go; and a delightful
jvening could be passed at home, So
The gentleman took the matter good
naturedly and remarked, "Why this is
only my duster. He revealed beneath
it a garm.nl ol shining broadcloth
Tbe lady recovered from ber mortifi
cation sufficiently to attend the party,
but sbe foels ashamed of her stupidity
to this day. Hor companion was the
best-dressed man there.
Good Advice. Josh Billings re
marks: "Before a man deliberately
makes un bit mind tew be a raskal bo
shood examine bissclf closely tew asset-tan.
ef be Bint better constitootod
foraphooi."
1 "Jngersoll's Lecture on Ghosts by
Daylight," is just now tbe text used by
many or lb ortnoaoi persuasion.
LATE TRANSPLANTING OF
TREES.
It sometimes occurs that il bocume
necessary to transplant troos late in the
.!..: Jr t CT. tl.e bda b. swelled.
iKfiflilrra'Y.t jTa. r-r'A'J.-'i''f
can be done quite safely if due caution
is given in protecting tbe roots Iron,
light and air.
In removing troos or until thrubt
after growth has commenced, bnve
a watering-pot full of water near by,
and at toon aa tho tree ia dug up, tbe
roots aro rcsprinklod until evory one
is thoroughly wet, then fine ourtb ia
scattered ovor all tho large roots and
small fibers, thus preventing thom from
being affected by tbo light, as well aa
becoming dry while being packed up
or. removed from one part of tbe
grounds to another. A portion of the
branches is also removod, and usually
It is best to do this before digging up,
becauso tbo pruning can be done much
more systematically and readily while
the tree is fixed in the earth than after
ward ; besides, It lessens evaporation
in proportion to tbe number of young
shoots and leaves removed. Tree
and shrubs of moderate size may be
removed quite safuly.even after growth
has commenced in Spring, if these pre
cautionary measures aro strictly fol
lowed. W here troos bave Doen ion
heeled in until growth has commenced,
the roots may be puddlod as taken out
that is, dinned Into a solution of
earth and water of the consistency ol
thin mortar. This should always be
dono whon trees aro to be sot but in
windy day, for a few moments' drying
will frequently mako one-half differ
ence in tbo growth of a tree the first
season, even if all other conditions be
favorable. Moore t Rural.
A LI YEL Y OLD BACHELOR.
A centennial old baohelor has gone
to that bourno whore buttons never
como off and stockings are never darn
ed. Dr. Henry Parker Blaekwcll died
in lroy recently in bislOsth year. He
was born in Limerick in 1770, fought
for the King during the Rebellion of
1798. was first a nhvsician. then a
coachmaker, then a farmer, then an
immigrant, and finally an berh-gath-oror
of South Troy. Lto was born an
uiu uacuuior, au liveu bu um uacueiur,
and was one when be died. He hated
doctors. A portion of ono of bis fin
gers bad been amputated, and he de
clared tbat fire physicians had exam
ined tbe wounded member, which had
been injured by a poisonous splinter,
and decided that bis arm would have
to como off. "Cut my arm oft"!" be
exclaimed ; ' I told them that they
would all bo in their graves before
that was done ; and after taking my
advico, they only cut it off at the fin
ger joint." When it was remarked to
bim tbat it was very singular tbat
both bo and his father should live to
such advanced ages, be replied : "Not
at all singular, sir. Wo took care of
ourselves, ato everything we wanted,
but did not. go to balls and parties and
get drunk. We did not lose our rest.
God's animals take their needed rest,
and so should men. My grandfather
lived to bo 127 years of ago, and was
as good as any man untill his last sick
ness." The Seventeen Year Locusts.
The "sevonieen-yoar-locnsts" have
made their appearance Ibey como
up out of the ground whore they bavo
been during tbeir oxistenco in the
pupa stato during tho last seventeen
years, and fasten themselves to the
troos and fences preparatory to under
going tho metamorphoso from the pupa
lo tho imago. After the metamorpho
sis the image flies away to deposit its
eggs, which is done by boring into the
limb or body ot a tree, and tbore plac
ing them. Tboy cannot sting, as is
Btippoeed by many. It is morely by
piercing innumerable small bole into
tho trees tbat thoy are enabled to do
tho damage. The same peculiar mark,
resembling tho loiter "W," which wor
ried somo of tbe more superstitious
pooplo when they were here seven
teen yoars ago, appears to their wings,
and tbe peculiar sound which they
mado seventeon years ago is again be
coming familiar. The "W" is, by
nervous and superstitious people, gen-
orally taken to mean war. Altoona
Mirror.
A Case or Conscience. A year ago
last Fall while Mrs. Judge McDormitt
of tbis place was absent visiting the
Centennial Exhibition, ber gold watch
and chain which sho bad left at borne
with her husband were stolon from the
house. Vigorous efforts were mado to
apprehend tbe thief, and finally a col
ored man waa arrested on suspicion,
tried, and, lor want of evidonce, ac
quitted. The property was given np
as lost, and the matter bad almost been
forgotten. On Monday Judge Mcucr
mitt, on visiting the poetofHce for bis
mail, received a small package, neatly
done up and scaled, which, upon open
ing, proved to be the watch and chain,
in as good condition as when taken.
Mr. Kay says be lound the package in
the outsido lettor-box in the morning.
A string attached showed that it had
been let carefully down the slide. Tbera
was nothing to indicate from whom it
came, or why it was returned. It can
be set down, therefore, as a clear case
of conscience. Mercer (Pa.) Index.
A It B IUIAI, UUmO. uujovumtu,
of the Crawford district, has appointed
it- - i ' T...tAri.nH,i.
three competent, unprejudiced Survey
ors to measure me distance irom me
Court House in Meadville to the city
limits of Titusville, and from tbe City
Hall at Titusville to the city limits or
Moadvillo. The gontlcmcn appointed
aro Henry B. Beatty, of Crawford
county ; C. W. Heydrick, of Mercer
county, and lsaao it. Taylor, ot trie
county. Tho Act for the holding of
Court in Titusville requires that tbo
distance between the two places must
be over 27 miles by the shortest county
road. If the distance falls short of 27
miles, tbe Titusville Court will be a
myth. A recent measurement by one
route makes the the distance 27 1 miles ;
by another, 25 i milos.
True Enterprise Scheduled. Tbe
lollowing notice speaks for itself:
"Office hours for listening to commer
cial travelors, 7 to 11 ; solicitors ot
church subscriptions, 11 to 1 book
agents, 1 to 3 ; statioDO-y peddler and
insuranco men, all day. vveauenaio
our own businoss at night."
A Connecticut Enterprise. A new
Connecticut industry that beats wood
on nutmegs and basswood bams all
hollow has beon devoloped. Some
East Iladdam men are buying female
dogs and raising pups to kill and sell
them to the town lor one oouar eacn.
mi -
In a Fix. A fashion journal say :
"Nothing will bu worn tbi Summer
by the fair sex, except longitudinal
striped hose." What a weary time
we modest men will nave, cooped up
indoors all the day. W will not dare
to go out.
Tab. Wa. nino. Revenge com
monly hurts both th. offerer and suf
ferer; aa w. see in tbe foolish bee,
which, in ber anger, envenom, the
floah and loses ber sting, and so lives a
drone ever alter.
Stranoe. Men will cheerfully give
up tbeir property to save th lite of
tb body, and yet, for the sake of tb
property, tbey will tacrine tbe lite of
tbeir souls.
Advice. If a man' religion ia pre
tention on Sunday and obeeur en
weok-days, yoa bad better do buinesa
with bim on a eaab basis
Dill, Rose, F.rtig End Africa.