G. & G. R. FRYSINGER, PUBLISHERS, Whole No. 2934. Poor House Business. The Directors of the Poor meet at the Poor House on the 2d Tuesday of each month. B2ITSSIS3 & 00., BANKERS, LEWISTOWN, PA., Collections and remittances promptly made. Interest allowed on time deposits. janxs-ly. G3O. IT. ELDEB,, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Allrtlin. Centre and Hunting don counties mv 26 J. CTJXB3P.TSOIT, Attorney at Law, LEWISTOWN, PA., OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of Mifflin' county. Office tn Northeast corner of the Di ,'ond. next to Hoffman's store. iny2 -jiiiiiiJL JJJ f j Sik PHVSICIA.V AND SCRGEOS, Lewistown, Pa., OFFERS his Professional Services to the Citizens of Lewistown and vicinity. l>r it.irlbnl has the EXPERIENCE of 15 years in the Hem *, practice of Medicine and Surgery, titficc on south side of .Mill street, in the building formerly occupied by I>r. WorrmlL juiT LYCOMING COUNTY Mutual Insurance Company. Capital, $2,500,000. THt' 5 Company * ontinues to issue Policies of Insur ance "it Buildings and Personal Property, in Town or Country, at cash or mutual rates. JAMES RANKIN, President. JOSHUA BOWMAN, Secretary. JOHN* HAMILTON, Agent. jnnlS'67 Lewistown. Pa. r?-. -TOKIT J. K/.KLKIT; Practicing Physician, Belleville, >1 itn t■ i County, Ha. TtR. DAHLFN has been appointed an Examining I / Surgeon f*jr Pensions. Soldiers re.guirtng exam ination nil! fin.! him at his office in Belleville. Belleville, August 22, lSGti.-y H. M. DUNMIRE, DENTIST, OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of Mifflin county. He is prepared to per form ail operations ID the dental profession. Office fir-t door from the Lewistown House. Main street, win-re he will be found the first two weeks of each month, and trie last week of each month he will Ti.-it Kistiacoquillas Valley. Teeth extracted without pant by the use of nitrous oxide myl-tf So (Bo DENTIST, r FFF.RS his professional services to the citizens of U Lewistown and vietnity. All in want of good, neat work will do well to give nim a call. tie may be found at all times at his office, three ] dor- eut of H M. AK. Pratt's store. Valley street, j . pl9-ly* Teeth Extracted Without Pain ! By M. R. Thompson, D. D. S, By a NEW PROCESS, i without the use of Chloro- i v*v form, Ettier, or NitrousOx- i ' f ' e ' an< * ls attended by no ' r -"""-j--- A danger or bad effects. . 4r Uffi e west Market street, j 11^ n( ' ar Eisenbise's hotel, LEWISTOWN, where he can be found for professional consultation.; Lem-toan, Sept. ltstf THE BEST IN THE WORLD I THE UNDERSIGNED IS AGENT FOB THE IMPROVED SINGER SEWING MACHINE, which will l.e placed upon trial with any other now | c use. He invites competion. It can be tested JLJ ISA GD 2SI "2 Da with anv other machine to enable purchers to choose j THE BEST. TERMS LIBERAL. I Give him a call. [marlSefim 1 WM. LIND. j v7.S. A. TKCICPSCIT, HAS taken the Store formerly occupied bv John Baum. for the purpose of carrying on ' • WA'ft'll M AKING and JEWELRY Business. He i t,e pleased to see ail Mr. Haunt's old customers. : ; as many new oiiea at, will favor him with a call. % f work warranted. Stoic on East Market.street, A r- .: v opposite the Post Office. L- wi-town, April 24. 1 St7—tf MRS. M. E. STEWART, vs. West Market s!., Lewistown, | LAMES a GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS. v. - Cloaks. Hats. Bonnets, Ladies Fine Dlt ESS ® G 'OL.Valio Trimmings. § Fat'- rtis of latest styles always on hand. Millinery and Dress-Making exi ruled in the most approved style. Lew .town, April I*, 1866.tf IST E "W Meat Establismcnt. THK undersigned has fitted up the build -1 ng n Brown street, atiove Frank's store, for a m* ,* sh'*p wh-re Fresh Beef. pork. Mutton. Veal. Ac. ■ sr. >• i:,, i ,t all tunes, an tee house for the preeerva- • b -n T meat tu-ing connected with the establishment ' Tr -* ptt' lic are invited to call. tn.ls .inn wiil be opened for ttie first time on SA,I Kl-A> MORNING, 10th Hist. JAMES S. GALBRAITH. l.ew.Htown, March 13.1867—tf. Lewistown Coach Manufactory. Junction 3d &. Valley street. MOSER C3C MAYES HAVING ASSOC IA- j together for the purpose ot |I man ufu'jt tiring OjacktJi, (Jar r in- \ I FIASSSSSBBS*''''' Sutkits. Spring DVE- |i| ; y any one. The U. S. Government, after a thorough test of its ! utility, have adapted its use in the Navy Yards, and i upon Public Buildings. ; The Roofing is put tip in rolls, and has only to be nailed to the Roof to make a Durable i*'ire and Water-Proof Covering. | We particularly recommend its use upon Buildings. Slori-*, Churches, Factories. Machine Sbejs, Steamboat Decks, &c. MICA ROOFING PAINT, For coating Tlx. I ROW. or SHINGLE HOOFS. It forms a ; Body Equal to Threr. Coats of Ordinary Paint. • No Roof can rust undent, and ol'd leaky Roofs may be made permanently water-proof and durable by its use. The Paint requires NO MIXING, but is ready to be ap plied with the ordinary paint brush. Price."?! per gal lon. which will cover two hundred square feet. Also manufacturers of r Black Lustre Varnish, Tarred Felt and Roofing Pitch. , Discount to the Trade. Circulars and Price List fur i lushed. Rights for counties sold allow rates. Address THE MICA HOOFING COMPANY, 1 104 Broadway, A r . V. Frank Humphreys, 61 Royal st„ N\ iSchofield j Williams J; Co., Augusta. (4a.; Baldwin H. Woods Montgomery, Ala.; 'l'hos. S. Coates, Raleigh, N. C.; F. : | A. Tucker. Richmond, Va.; Henry Wilson, Petersburg, ; Vn., Agents. jan'23 Tailoring Establishment I ioiaL£JEiiflass Wo ds-n^ißSc) MERCHANT TAILOR, has removed hisshoptothe buildihg formerly known as the-green house," | at the intersection of Valley and Mill street,adjoining " I If. M. A R. Pratt's store, where he cordially invites all 1 j who need anything in his line. Goods and Trim | mings furnohed and gentlemen's clothing made, in [the latest styles, on short notice, and at reasonable | prices. apll-tf WHAT'S ALL THIS ? Why the Grain Businrss is Revived at Mc- I'oy's Old Stand. THK undersigned, having rented the X large an*l cemmodtous Warehouses formerly r ! occupied by Frank McCoy, esq., is now prepared to ' ; purchase or receive and forward ALL KINDS OF GRAIN, - ; for which he will pav market prices. Al-o. he will ; keep for sake. SALT." PLASTER. COAL and FISH. I lie returns thanks to all his old cu-lomers for their hunrr patronage, and shall feel grateful for a renewal ; of past business relations. Merchants will find it to their advantage to give him . jacaii. [roarU-y] WILLIAM WILLIS. Brown's Mills. i| r jnilK undersigned are prepared to T . buy all kißils aßsx ii, ' | (or sale at the lowest Market rates, at all tunes, j d-'i'he public are requested to give us a call. ■ sepJTtf H. STRL'NK A HOFFMAN'S, j A. fEMX. w. n. FELIX FURNITURE. 3?a Us(23 HAVE on hand a good assortment of FurniMiro oi all kinds suitable to furnish a house out and out. j | Spring and Common Mattresses, and EXTENSION TABLES, j of any sizes and prtees to suit the times. I We. cordially invite the attention of both old and ' voting, great "and small. No charges for showiug! I goods. Call anil examine before pttrchasingelsewhei e. j I Thankful for past favors and hoping a continuance j J of the same, we remain, yours. Ac. Lewistown, March 13, 1867-tf FELIX A SON. I ppil Bifffli, r PHE undersifrned having resumed busi j 1 ncss at this establishment with a force of superi i or workmen, announces to the ptthlic that he has mm and will keep constantly on hand an assortment of excellent £ JL 2S E 331 li sr W & M is A •which he wilt deliver to merchants at a reasonable : distujee, and at the usual DISCOUNT PRICES, or retail, at bis Ware-rooms at the Pottery. All orders promptly atleuded to. JOHN" DIPPLE. i Lewistown. July 34. IkTT-r.m. PELOUBET ORGANS AND UNANIMOUSLY AWARDED THE FIRST PRIZE, A GOLD MEDAL, ! " The Best Cabinet Organs," American Institute. New York. October. is',s. Being pronounced superior in qruiir. POWF.r, and j Variett OF Toxz, and in number of combinations. "As the best instruments of America were there '! contending, whichever won that battle would have. I nothing lef to conquer " — Am. Art Journal , (edited hy | a well-known musical critic.) ' They have also taken the first premium wherever 1 : exhibited this season. BEI'AL "'ROANS, one. two. and three hanks 01. keys—six size;—fiV) to ?1.5<>0. Witliout pedals, single anil double bank, in great variety. $65 to #450. These j Organs, with their smooth pipe like quality of tone. I denilllfill solo stops, strength of chorus, uneqitnlle. j pedal-, and genera! organ Ilk*■ effects, are superior ; for Churches, Halls, Pnrlom, a ud St lionls. They an* put up in cases * SOLID WAI.SLT. fancy ven- , leered Walnut, (new and unique styles) and elegant Rosewood, of splendid designs and finish, and of the j ; host workmanship,!—it being intended that each tn-! j strumcnt shall be a model of its class. All iostru -1 rnents, d*>wn to a five octave portable Melodeon, have the lieautiful Tremolante st*p. without extra charge, j A large assortment constantly on hand atourGEN i ERA I, VVHOLESAI.E A RETAIL WAREROOMB, S4l I ! BROADWAT. Our Illustrated Circular and Price Lists, with our I ! new sivl'-s, arc now ready. Send for a Circular. PELUI. 7 RET,"PELTON & CO., f2O Manufacturers,B4l Broadway, N. Y Weber & Son, HAVE the largest assortment and best selected stock of GROCERIES in this section of country. Brown Sugars from 10 to 15 cts J! White Sugar 16" I Pulverized, Granulated and Broken Loaf Sugar. SYRUPS. | Lovering's Syrup, $1 20 per Gallon, I Other Syrups, 25 and 28 cts. per quart, i Baking Molasses. COFFEES. Extra Prime Collee, 30 cts. i ' Prime Collee, 28 " i A Iso, a large stock of MACKEREL and HERRING, j Ground Alum, and Ashton's Refined Dairy Salt. PRIME FACTORY CHEESE. Shephard's Pittsburg Crackers always on hand. feb6. r: IYEST Bar Iron, at 4j. and other kinds 113 low at F. J. HOFFMAN'S. , INSURANCE AGENCY. THE following Fire, Life, and Accidental Companies are represented by the undersigned : 11 CAPITAL. P\ F.re of Ilartford, 84,083,000 ij Putnam, " 500,000 Home, New York 3,500,000 Germania, " 700,000 Home, New Haven, 1,000,000 c Nor.u. AAtnerica, Philadelphia, 1,750,000 | p]nterprisc, " 400,000 i Lycoming, I'enna., 2,500,000 'j Farmera, York, Pa., 500,000 American Life, Philadelphia, 1,000,000 N. Y. Accidental, New York, 250,000' Horse Thief Ins. Co. York Pa., 50,000 I This agency is prnparod toinsurDagainst Fire, DftJSth j | or Aceident, in any part of Mifflin county. Horses! j are insured against theft. All business pertaiuiug to i j insuianee promptly attended to. ;i janlO '67 JOHN HAMILTON, Agent. THE OLD STAND AHEAD ! Hamaker tS: Montgomery, HW E associated together for tho pur pose of manufacturing Coaches, Buggies, Carria-' | ges, Sulkies, Spring Wagons, Ac., at HIIVIES' OLD STAND, | in Valley stre<-t. Lewistown. They are prepared to • j do all kinds of work in their line." in an elegant and j I workmanlike manner, and invite the citizens of town ' j and vicinity to call and examine their new stock on j | hand, before purchasing elsewhere, as all work mAi j Ufa-lured at tins establishment is warranted. , I Prompt attention given to all repairing, which will | ' | he done with neatness and durability, and guaranteed i , t to give satisfaction. myi-ly I ; REDUCTION! FRANK H. WENTZ, AT HIS BOOT AND SHOE STORE, HAS just received a large Stock of Roots and Shoes direct- from Eastern Manufacturers, j which he otters at greatly reduced prices: Men's Congress Gaiters, 83 50 " Glove Calf Congress do, 4 25 i; Womcns' Lasting Gaiters, 1 25 Other work io proportion. ' Also, an assortment of Home Manufacture constant- | ; ly on hand, and made to order at short notice. 1 Call and examine his stock before purchasing else j where. inayß-y I Dr e iv' s Pat en t FOR ECCTS 17pjiiDJif ULiifjan OR SIDE SEAMS. THE greatest improvement of the age, in this line ! of trade. Ist. It does away wi!h the wrinkles on ! i tlie instep, also, with the welted side seam which has 1 injured so many feet and ankles. *2d. It makes the easiest sitting and tic St fitting t.oot ever worn. This | hoot is now manufactured by P. F. Loop, who holds the right of use for the county, and is prepared to ! furnish all who wish to wear this boot. A liberal dis-; I count to dealers who wish to deal in these boots. Ur i tiers filled at short notice. Prices greatly reduced on j aii goods at P. F. Loop's Shoo Store. febo S. O- JVS CURDY, with Benson. Campbell & Co., Commission Jlerrhauli & llliolrsale Grocers, 507 Market Street, Philadelphia. T)ARTICULAR attention given to sales of Ginseng. : J Wot. 1 , Woolen Yarn, Fur .Skins, Deer Skins. Sheep Skins, Klaxseed.Cloverseed,Feathers,Leather, Roots,' Dried Fruit. Butter. Beeswax. Eggs, 4e. All goods warranted to give entire satisfaction, and i i sol iat the lowest city prices. Please call and he convinced. Also, a full line of Tobacco kept constantly on hand. jylG-6in* EI PI BE SIIITTLE SEWING MACHINES. Are superior to ail others for FAMILY AND MANUFACTURING PURPOSES, i Contain all the latest improvements; are speedy noiseless; durable; and easy to work. Illustrated Circulars free. Agents wanted. Liberal ! 1 ! disount allowed. No consignments made. Address EMPIRE S. M. CO., 616 Broadway, New York. seps'6"J-ly S. S. CAMPBELL & CO. Manufacturing Confectioners, j AND WHOLESALE Dfc\LEF.S IN FOREIGN FRUITS, N UTS,&C. .No. 303, HACK STRKKT, PHILADELPHIA. ALSO, MANCFACTtrttZRS OF ALL KINDS OF tor Moi asses Candy and Cocoanut Work, j eptl2'66-lv. ,1 tfcon nn AGENTS WANTED—SIOOOO—MaIe ami K male, f> ititroiiK • our NEW PATKNT, Si Alt Sill I T!.K SEWING VIACHINK. It is adapt ed for family use and Tail>riO}f. It tnakes :I stitch ; alike 011 both sides. Prtee only TWENTY DOLLARS Extra-ordinary inducements to Agents. For full par-! 1 ti'-tllars, address DUMtiNT A WILSON, .jul94tm* 030 Areh St., Phila., Pa. j ROBERT W. FAT TON, 801 TH SIDE OF HARIiET STREET, LEWISIOWN, PA. nAS just received and opened at hie CS- J tablishinent a new supply of Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Fancy Articles, &c., which he will dispose of at reasonable prices. | lie invites all to give him a call and examine J ; his stock, which embraces all articles in his * line, and is sufficiently large to enable all to j make selections who desire to purchase. I fSrREFAIUINO neatly and expeditiously attended to, and all work warranted. Thankful fur the patronage heretofore re ceived, he respectfully asks a continuance ol the same, and will endeavor to please all who may favor him with their custom. feb2 ROOF SPOUTING ! A GREAT IMPROVEMENT!; \ MOST desirable article of Solid Wood j , i /\ Spouting—the same finish as tin—costing only j about half as much—and will no doubt last twice as long as the tin. For sale by F.J.HOFFMAN. F.J.HOFFMAN. * WALLPAPER. Be sure to go to Iloff man's for this article. A good stock on hand, and prices low. Wednesday, August 28, 1867. _ 3? OETBY. TIIK MORN ING LAXI) The night will cast no shadow Upon the morning land; j The dark clouds ne'er will gather Above the golden strand. And there the sound of weeping Shall never more be heard; With sorrow and with sighing Our hearts no more be stirred. cugbvs. The morning land, the morning land. How blessed 'twill be there to stand, And greet the glance and clasp the hand Of those who've gone before. Of those who've gone before, Gone to Heaven's shining shore, To the morning land, to the morning land, Where we shall part no more. We mourn earth's faded blossoms, But there bright flowers will bloom, Beyond tho grave's cold portal, Beyond the silent totnb. * Fairer than early Eden, Fairer than aught below. Will be that lain) of morning, The hotne to which we go. CHORUS. —The morning land, Ac. j Our days are swiftly gliding, Fraught with both good and ill; But though life's draught seems bitter, We'll trust the Giver still. By faith wo will look forward, Till joyfully we stand Beside the loved and loving In God's own morning land. CHORUS. —The morning land, Ac. JVC ISCELLANY. The Storm of ISlood and fl>irt at Albany. Musses of gelatinous matter, con taining minute granules arrayed in it in somo regularity, were found in the jstreets early yesterday morning.— V iewed through a microscope, the small brick colored bodies weie some what like the grains of wheat; and the ! gelatinous matter seemed to be con-, nected to each one as a separate cov ering. They were apparently separate cells, very uniform in size, being 1-120 tof an inch long, and 1 255 of an inch thick, filled with glanular particles from which they d* rive their color The gelatinous envelope and their ap pearance gave them at first somewhat the character of one of the single celled protophytcs, resembling most the Palniogltea, one of the humblest kinds of vegetation. That they were not these, was proven by their con taining a distinct cell wall. Several persons claim to have seen them failing as a shower, and they were not found under trees or shelter. They have probably been carried for a great distance by the wind. They are more like to be tho germ cells of | some marine growth, perhaps the fucus | platycarpus, which they resemble.— The presence of chloride of iodine (sea salt) which is found largely in the ge latinous envelope is corroborative of their marine origin. I)ust storms and blood rains, so called from the character of tho dust which they deposit, usually occur in tho spring or fall, though they have been observed during every month of the year. On the 14th of October, 1755, a blood rain descended at Locar no, Switzerland, during which nine inches of rain fell and the red matter that was deposited during the shower j was found, by actual measurement, toi be an inch deep. The same storm I reached Suabia, on the Alps, and on those high mountains it changed into a reddish snow, which 101 l to the depth of nine feet. A storm of red hail is stated by Humboldt to have occurred at Paramo, in South America. In Tus j cany, March 14, 1813, there fell hail of an orange color. In March, 1808, a fall of over five | feet "of red snow tell in Carniola, in Germany; the ground had been previ ously covered with white, and the I storm of colored snow was succeeded by another, the flakes ot which were, as usual, of a pure and brilliant white ! —the two kinds being perfectly dis tinct. A portion of red snow melted [in a vessel and the water evaporated j left a fino rose-colored brick-red, fell in Italy, in 1810, and in the Tyrol, ; 1847. A black snow fell at Walpole, New Hampshire, a few years since, so i intense in its color that a correspon jdent of the Boston Journal remarks concerning it: 'I send you somo vvri i ting written with the snow as it fell, [and with a clean pen ' The different colors of many of these storms may j depend upon tho same coloring matter j under different conditions. Microscropic investigations in va rious parts of the world have revealed the cause of these dust storms and blood rains to be cither portions of va rious minerals or shells of infusoria, or parts of plants and insects carried into the atmosphere by tho winds Infusorial shells and aquatic plants of especial localities have been identified after having crossed the ocean and been deposited in dust storms, thus tracing terial currents. Ehrenberg found 320 different spe cies of organisms in the dust of various showers; of these, live were of marine origin. This distinguished naturalist L [ mentions 340 instances of dust storms and blood rains, of which 81 tookplaco before the Christian era, and 259 after it.— Albany Argus. The Volcano of Sanforln. i A ' correspondent of the Boston Ad vestiser, writing from Greece, thus speaks of a visit to tho volcanic island of Santorin : Before us is now seen a vaet column of vapor and smoke rising as it seemed out of tho sea, and soaring high aloft over tho isle Santorin. It is tho new volcano now in full blast. Santorin itself is evidently'sea born' and was known as such by tho an cients It is about twelve miles long and tbreo to four broad in the broadest part. It is shaped like a crescent, the horns pointed westward, and tapering towards the points like a new moon. Between the horns are two other vol canic islets, so there is a vast basin | enclosed which is the crater of an old volcano, but now the great harbor of Santorin. Tho volcano sleeps for an uncertain number of centuries,and men thinking it dead go to work and build houses and plant vineyards upon the old crum bling lava. But all of a sudden the submerged mountain seems to be taken with great pain, and belches up smoke and vapor, and finally throws ofl vast heaps of stone, which seem to relieve it, and it goes to sleep again. It had a fit of this kind nearly three centuries ago, hut was quiet until last year, and men began to think of itasa thing lost in past ages, never to be heard of more. But suddenly there began to be seen signs of uneasiness under earth and sea— 'As when I The vanquished Titan hiccoughs in his den.' At last it began to heave and to belch up such vast volumes of smoke, and such noxious vapors, that the af frighted islanders fled away, thinking that the}* might all be swallowed up in some general 'caving in' of the island. A small vessel ventured too near and the captain and one of the crew were killed by falling stones. The eruption continued through tho last year, but being confined to one locality, the inhabitants returned, and not only got over their fear of the monster, but even turned him to some account. Their harbor was actually improved by the now heap of rocks thrown up, for it narrows tho too wide mouth ot the harbor, and without making the entrance any moro diffi cult, it forms a valuable breakwater. The monster has done in a few months more than 40,000 men could have done in forty years. Moreover they continue to make the monster scrub and clean the bottoms lof their vessels. There is part of the harbor hard by the new chimney where the water is so impregnated that it i kills barnacles, and animalcuhe and weeds; and a ship going in there with foul bottom, and lying a day or two comes out as bright and clean as if she had been careened and scraped. Into this vast crater our steamer entered by the southwestern pass, and [sailed hard by tho new chimney—a vast heap of black stones which is continually increasing, and which al ready forms a respectable islet consid ering its undergrowth. As wo approached there was a hiss ing sound, drowning the noise of our engine, and soon growing louder and i louder, until it was like to an engine of a million horse-power blowing off steam. Vapors burst out hither and thither among the stones, and at the water's edge the stones seemed to be hissing i hot. , The eruption had ceased for some i minutes, but suddenly front the chim ney of the crater there shot up a vast i compact ball of smoke which seemed to bo under immense pressure, for as it rose it rapidly uniolded flake after flake, and rolled out cloud after cloud, rising to a vast height and spreading wider and wider without growing less opaque. This beautiful column was [ not only of vast size but of regular I shape, well defined, and of singular I tenacity. I have never seen smoke hang together in tho air so compactly. , Seemingly not larger than a wine cask I when it rushed from the chimney, the -j trunk rose up swiftly and straight, in. i' creasing a little in diameter as it grew I in length, until at a great height it I spread more rapidly into a sort of cap i ital which still seemed to support a considerable circuit of tho hoavens j but resting still on the bottom, a solid s column of smoke. >[ It continued to gush out copiously LEWISTOWN, MIFFLIN COUNTY, PA- from the chimney a few minutes, and then to cease. But in ten or twelve minutes more another volume would be ejected with groat force, sometimes [carrying up large blocks of black stone; to a considerable height. This continued as long as our vessel was in sight. Wo would gladly have I remained to enjoy this wonderful spec ! j taclo longer, and to understand the j phenomena better than we could do :by merely raking through the basin ior crater of the volcano. But we [were thankful for tho favor wo had; and must refer j'ott to tho elaborate j | reports of geologists for the science of j j the matter. A Xen Cement and Ituildinsr Material. In a communication to the French j Academy of Sciences, M. Sorel de i scribes a new cement, being a basic I j hydrated oxchloride of magnesium.— It is obtained by slacking magnesia ! with a solution of chloride of ma<;ne-< . . ° | stum in a more or less concentrated state. The denser the solution the l harder it becomes on drying. This tnagnesian cement is the whitest and ; hardest of all those known to this day, and it can be moulded like plaster, in j j which case the cast requires the hard-! i ness of marble. It will take any color, and has been used by the inventor for | mosaics, imitations of ivory, billiard I tables, &c. The new cement possesses the agglutinative property in the high ;est degree, so that solid masses may be made with it at a very low cost bj [ mixing it up on a largo scale with sub stances of little valuo. One part of | magnesia may bo incorporated with ; upwards of twenty parts of sand, lime stone, and other inert substances, so as to form hard blocks; while lime and other cements will hardly admit of the incorporations of two or three times their weight of extraneous matter. By means of these artificial blocks, buildings may easily be carried on in places where materials for the purpose are scarce. All that is required issim ply to convey a quantity of magnesia and chloride of magnesium to the spot, if there bo none to be had there, and then to mix them up with sand, peb bles, or any other matter of the kind close at hand; blocks can then be made of any shape, and imitating hewn stone. This tnagnesian cement may be obtained at a very low cost, espe cially if the mugnt sia be extracted from the mother ley of salt works, either by M. Balard's process, where by magnesia and hydrochloric acid are {obtained at the same time, or else by decomposing tho ley, which always [contains a large proportion of chloride !of magnesium, by means of quick lime, which by double decomposition yields magnesia and chloride of lime | containing a certain quantity of ehlo ride of magnesium, and which, with 'the addition of various other cheap [ substances, may be used for whitewash ing- All lor i Dance. 'I believe a woman would do a groat deal for a dance,'said Dr. Growling 'l remember once in my life,' he went j j on to say, 'that 1 used to flirt with one i who was a {jreat favorilo in a provin-i i eial town where 1 lived, and who eon-1 tided to me that she had no stockings; tit to wear, and without them her ap j poarance at a certain ball was out ol [ the question.' 'That was a hint for you to buy the {stockings,' said Dick. 'No—you're out,' quoth Growling 'She knew that I was as poor as her * self; but, though she could not rely on j my purse, she had every confidence in | my taste and judgment, and consulted ! me on a plan she had formed for going! to the ball in the proper trim. Now, what do you suppose it was V 'To go in cotton, I suppose,' ventur ed Dick. 'Ont again, sir—you'd never guess it, and only a woman would have hit upon the expedient. It was the fash ion in those days for ladies in full dress I to wear pink stockings, and she pro posed painting her legs that color. 'Painting her logs!' exclaimed one and all in horror. 'Fact, sir,' said the doctor; 'and she carried out her proposition to the let ter. After she had painted the stock ings, she came to me to ask if the cheat was successful. Of course I told her it was. But tho little chit boxed my ears for one remark I made. 'Jennie,' said I, 'for fear your stockings should fall down while you are dancing, sup poso I paint a pair of garters to them.' Death-bed Itepentaneo —A tombstone in a Kentucky graveyard bears this inscription: —'He lived a domocrat and ; died a christian !' Vol. 57, No. 34. A Transformation Scene. George Alfred Townsend lias been to Newport, and among other things which lie saw and wroto about is this: 'Here is a bathing scene that struck mo yesterday : A lady all dressed in azure, even to her boots, which were iof the same ethereal hue; likewise her parasol, her gloves, her little flat fur iChion of a hat; and the only relief to this rare uniformity was the golden I chignon of hair that looked as if it might bo the reservoir of all this azure dye. She had that pretty walk and stylish manner of the Now Ycrk belle, and coming down the sand trippingly j she looked only more real than thoso French lithographs wo see of superbly shaped, dead-ripe ladies, peach-tinted, and with the clean cut feet of seabirds. This creature disappeared. I waited with guilty anxiety for her reappear ance from the little sentry-box of a bathing house. Merciful Pan! What is this? A low-set, baldheaded, bare footed apparition, rigged out in blood red smock and breeches, with green veins around the armpits and down tho breast, and a green belt, liko seaweed, bisecting her liko an insect dcbout. The The nightmare of tho auto-da-fe went straight down the beach into the sea, as if to meet the anthropophagi, and I stole to tho bathing box down by tho rear side and looked in. There hung a little skirt and jacket of azure; little azure boots with azure strings wero set down coquettishly in the sand; tho little hat, like a leaf, was dangling from a nail; and a ball of golden hair as big ; as a pumpkin swung freely from a , beam. I could account for the dimin . ished height of my lady now. She , had been decapitated. Directly, all I clasped by her wet masquerading garb, ,(so that the roundness of youth was ,'half come back, she re-entered tho box. Of course I had quitted it. In five minutes an azure sylph, fit for The tis herself, camo daintily out upon tho . :sand, golden ball and all. I thought Ovid of the Davenport brothers would ,; have a hard time to beat this. mota i morphosis. A Rich Valley. A correspondent of the St. Louis He- I publican writes as follows in regard to i i the Kansas valley : II 'Leaving tho State line for the West, wo entered at once the fertile valley ■of the Kansas river. For a distanco 11 of two hundred and thirty miles we ,'ran through the valley of the Kansas . and the Smoky Hill, every mile of ■ | which was through lands inexhausti bly rich in deep soil, which under or ijdiuary culture would yield the largest returns to the hands of the husband man. Apparently these valley lands i are as rich as the famous lands of* the American bottom. Like the latter, the Kansas lands of which I speak are i a level plain, flanked on the north and i south by beautiful sloping hills, the en . tire valley covered with luxuriant ver dure. It is through this valley, never : once forsaking it, that tho Uniou Pa , icific railroad runs for the distance I have named, encountering nowhere any engineering difficulty, nor being | subjected to the expense of deep cuts i and fills. It seems as though naturo (had designed the for tiie encour agement of* those undertaking to initi i ate tho gigantic enterprise of*spanning the continent with a railroad ' ®si_lt lias been proved by experi ment, that milk, placed in an airtight j vessel, will keep perfectly sweet for i months. aeii_ Punch reports the speech of an Irish M. P., who thought Ireland was overtaxed: " Take a tenth of our in ; coir.e, sir. Ay, that they do, and they'd take a twentieth if they dared." 1 I t tt> , A lady complained of the inso ■ lence of some coal heavers. "To tell you the truth, madam," answered the 51 1 employer, apologetically, "wo have 1 failed in our efforts to get gentlemen to undertake tho business." Buffalo bakers are now obliged to stamp every loaf of bread with their j initials. The law against light weight i and poor material is being rigidly en > forced. Bread which does not como . up to the standard is confiscated for J the benefit of tho poor, besides a fino | of twenty-five cents per loaf. To have worn tho Federal uni form in tho late war makes a man so unpopular in Kentucky that, whenever 1 it is possible, we observe the 'accused' are hastening to deny it by public cards. Union men and ex-Federal sol diers are leaving Kentucky daily by ! hundreds, while their places are more than filled by disfranchised rebels from other States that wero in rebellion.