She Cfaire Itamccxat. BKLLKKONTK, PA. Bears and Parrots WHY THK FORMER ARK WHITE A NIL TIIK LATTER CREEK. The coloring of animals is to a large extent protective. It enables animals to hide from their eucmies, who would otherwise extinguish their sjweies, and in other instances, whete they have means of defense that warn other ani mals to keep away, they are highly colored, so that other animals are warned to give them a wide berth. For instance, rata, mice, hats and moles, which seek for food at night, i aro dusky hues, while in the light of day they conceal themselves in their holes. All the hears in the world are cither brown or black except the polar tear, which is white. So are roost of , the anituals of the polar region white ; | that is, of the same color as the suow and ice which they inhabit, which • similarity of coloring is a means cf protection from their enemies, inas much as they are not so readily situ. Perhaps the musk ox, or musk sheep, which is of a dark-brown color, would event an exception, hut the habits ol . the animal explaiu this. They are , gregarious, live iu flocks, and this is their means of protection; hence it one eirays away from the flock it is neccs eary that they be of a dark color, so that be can see his comrades at a dis tance. The raven is another instance; be is black; yet inhabits the regions ol snow and ice; but he feeds on carrion, and has no enemies that think his body fit food. Armed insects are j l.ighly colored, such as wasps aud bees, j 'Their very high coloring shows to other j animals what they arc, ami their poison protects them. Some insects Lave so hard a covering that they are , I radically uneatable. Others can fly ', rapidly, and this is a protection, so , that they are given a gaudy coloring, ' l.ke the swift-flying rose chafer, liut- j ' torflies are gayly colored, but they are Lnfit for eatiug, even when given to }\ung turkeys they spit them out. In jects are often found on tree# and j j 1 aves which are the exact color of the food that thev seek. This is a pro- ', .. . I tectiou. The voice of the trie toau is I.card before the rain, yet so exactly io he the color of the limbs on which 1 he- lies that it is hard to find him. Clreeti mterpillars feed on green leaves end their very food serves to hide them from their enemies. Certain in f-:-cts called ioopors can stick thcru- , wives out rigidly like "tick*, which i they so much resemble as to Ire taken . for them, (ireen and brown cater pillars are greedily eaten by birds, and even by frogs, li/ards and spideo: Lence they generally feci! at night, and during the dny remain motionless upon leaves or twigs of the saute color as I themselves. Bright colored caterpil lars, however, are discarded by birds and always r* fused by frogs, li/.ards ' and spiders, as if they tasted bad to j them. Parrots that live iu the dense ' foliage of green trees are invariably green, and thte birds of high-colored' plumage are tropical, where the colors cf the flowers and shrubs are brilliant. | Birds that abound in the region of deciduous trees are never green, hut brown or olive is the prevailing color This tint is least perceptible among the | leafless trees and hushes which prevail for the greater portion of the year s lien protection is so much needed. THE sales of government land during the past year were by far the greatest Aver made in a single yesr, amounting to 1(1,830,455 acres. The highest point C7er reached before was in the previous 1 aor, when 12,500,000 acres were dia r wed of. Only once before did the a iles reach 9,000,000 acres, to it will be wen that the sales of last year were en l.rely unprecedented. The moat of the facrease was In I'skots, where 0,089,595 acres were disposed of. The state of f ebraaka, Minnesota and Oregon rank i.ext in the list of big land sales, while the Territory of Washington shows sale Of nearly a million of acres. The greater proportion of these land transactions, it will he seen, ere in the States and Territories sdjasent to the North Pacific railway, and it is probable that much of the activity in this kind of property ia 'due to the completion of that important kne. WUITC elephants are said to • scarce, acd one is to be brought over in the Spring for Americans to iall down and rp. Admittance, the usual price. TUB SUNDAY SCHOOL. From the New York 01#r**r. INTERNATIONAL LEBSONB. IU ll*. HSSSI M. IiBOIT, B. I, JANUAIIY 20 —Tie Power of tho Tongue Jstnes ti ; I -1 M CjoLFtJI Ttx?. —U* tlij *f the human heart is to substitute it re ligion of form and semblance for that of life and reality. It is against this tendency that James directs his warn ings and entreaties of this epistle. It would seem that the drift of ad monition in this rhapter was culled forth l>y an evil which liiml grown up iu con nection with the services of the syna gogues. In connection with these the large liltcrty of teaching was allowed, that is, any one could rise aud address the awinbly: and this liberty had come ; > In- greatly abused. On the part of some then-was a forwardness, growing out of conceit, or ambition, or fondness for dispute, which had I to be re strained. It is iu view of litis that James p.-ns the caution of the first ver-e. "M\ liretliern.be not many mas ters (i. s., teachers) knowing that we, who assume to teaeh, take ii|*oti our selves a great responsibility, and shall receive for our errors a sterner judge lllelit." lie not. lie Would say, ti for ward to -peak : M.|HH' n ral attainment an t >trf jth.— Iu main things w. ~11 -tiiuibl* . . and not to i-rr in -p< <•< his t<> be , -.t pei | feet mail, and able also lo bridle the whole body." The word "p*-rfe* t" j. used in the -.-us*- ol maturity, ri|s-n< to mark one as full grown, in contrast! with a babe in t'iirit. It i- by speech more than in almost ' any other way that one die|o*< In feelings, passions, and moral drift. Hence it is that by our words we -hall ( l be ju-nlb-d or condemned : and for ev j ery ilb-'eareli iinprvim-ditnt>-d < wor*l J shall 1h- brought into judgeim-nt. Baid ' i Soer.vt* -to a fair fa* -*1 \*>utb. "S| a).. ' friend, that I may see thee." * Then, in no other way *l* <*s oie ni*>r surely indicate hi* mnrsi strength. Xotli t ing i more ditli, tilt than t<><*intr*>l the f tongm-. lie who can do this can bridle * tie-whole body. Miltduc an) ami even I other appetite or j■i- - ■ n : rut*- *\.*-\ t member aud sense. , 2. .1 meant of I.* -*-,/ di ■./>'>>■ . S* b wouM s.-.-m t<* b.- tin for*-*- *>f tie il! i- t trations of tin- bit ami the helm. They n suggest the great JsiW.-r of tie- tollgll* t in its sway our iie-un that, a by our hold ii|s*n the bit or lielm w. have j the hop" *>r ship in li.iud. *o through the ■ tongue we in a large measure govern our I whole selves. To suppress the align word j is a great help towards the siippr. -ion j ' of the psim, which promple| it. We • feed, or we may starve vanity, pride, 11 i-our. it. ami oilier like (Mission*by • js-n- j 1 .ng or closing the d*sir of the lip. ll* i | [ who Cf>utro|s till- tongue lis, gaills I | trcllgth thereby f*r other virtori*- | ■ Every bran- ami siicce-sful contest Willi I I any evil invigorates the whole moral I Is-ing. "So tin- tongue is a little mem- I Iter, and imasteth \tiot without reaon) i groat tilings." 3. Seeeitary m ru-i* of the g, n ,U liaroight hy an us./ erne.t tongue. Two figur*-s are nsel to indicate this. The ) tongue is "a fire:" it is also "a world of j iniipiity." As a fire it * an inflict pnin ami j deatroy untold g"*i. It is n woriil of iniquity in that there would seem to be no kind of wickedness which it cannot originate or stir up. It "dofileth the whole laxly" in that it lea*ls on to {-very other form ofsin. Talk of evil prepares the way for doing it. It set tot h on fire the whole round, or orb, or wheel of creation, nnd the wholecnur*cnfa man's n*n life. Such sins of |M*e. I, have the very spirit of the lower world : are in* stigatod by th<* devil, for whom hell is prrparixl. This isan appalling Account of tlie evils wrought hy ungnverned *po<*ch; but that it is not overdraw n is (Miiiifully ori 'lent. A lawless tongue stirs to intense excitement every law (Mission of our own natures, and ia the cause of untold wickedness and misery in the world* Happy L* the home, tin- <>einl circle, tlio church, the community that ho* escaped its 'disturbing, blighting curse. How many friends has it separated ; how many discords has it fomented \ how many reputations has it blasted I 4. Pouihle only to ditine grace. —There is no kind of living creature which man kind have not heen able to tame; hut this unruly evil, hill of deadly poison, can no ntsn tame. Not only does the A pontic mean that no man can curb another's tongue, but that none can tame his own. "The horse, (ho camel, tho eta pliant . Inditpt >tablf to Christian eonof the t.-t of I Christian eharneter pr< nt> d in thin! chapter. 1' 10>t forgot that tin-utterance of j thought do fa-iis the h ling or jxvmion | from who !i it sprung. 11- r<- i a means of moral discipline to l- reim-mls-red' It follow* that right speech is a in--an* I not only of mental imprnv < incut, hut ->f I spiritual grace. I. Much of the mischief don- with! the tongue comes not of malice, but of I a love ol random talk. Henci- tat- j bearing, -an-l.il, ami defamation. \re j you a random talker? Suv with the j psalmist, "I will ke< P III! mouth with II i broil- and pray , "Sot aw atch,' • Ls-nl. j licforo my niotuli." What n liaromutcr Knows About Weather. Iliglnr barometer mean* that the! inn. urv is rising, ami iowcr haromc* j ter that it is falling. Higher pressure is synonymous with j higher barometer, and lower pressure 1 wuh lower barometer. In case of a j higlier kamtnt ler it indicate* n colder | and contracting atmosphere and con-! se jtintlv a diminution of moisture. A lower barometer indicate* any 1 cxpnnd-atroospherc with greater c.i-| pacitv for holding moisture. In case of lining barometer it iodi- J talcs a decrease of moisture and di ininiahe* the liability for rain. A falling lairomcter indicate* an in i creased amount of moisture and greater liability fur rain, and with it wc have an increased cloudiness. When the barometer rises in cloudy weather it is gene rally an indication that the cloud* will break and b" fol lowed by fair weather. A sudden change in the barometer, either rising or falling, is a fair indi cation of approaching high winds. At sunset if the sun goes down be hind or is obscured by a bank of clouds with a falling barometer, rain will follow in nineteen cases out of twenty on the succeeding day. If tbe sun be obscured at its setting by clouds with a rising barometer and cooler winds tbo chances are nineteen to twenty no rain will fall on the suc ceeding day. There are three fair weather sun sets —the rod, jellow and green. Green end red are exceptional; green moreso than the red. It will seldom hap]K-n that we will have a rainfall on the day succeeding one 00 which any of the three above colors are dominant at saaset tbe day before. It occasionally happens, bow aver, that rain will fall when no indi cations whatever on Iba preceding day would lead one to rxpeet it. <"■- . v * St, >. *• 4 I COMMISSIONERS' SALE OF UNSEATED LANDS. In p urn until?* of an Act of Anawmhly |wl on II i* 3Mti d+yol March. A. I. I Hall, tCoiMulmi*'nr of • Villus ('utility w||| || ist ttuMlc sale Hi* Cotitl Home, 111 the H-iroogli of ItoHftfuVitft, on Tuksdsf, tft 'J#flt 1y of January, A. 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Ac* r-ra 4UIAIM *1 nV*hl mod hrok'O of y—r oat by * Olr k fhlM .ofl-rtoi ooi rryla, with yola of est. tins M-th' tf *n, M ol two* on.l got a hottl. of Mm Wimto*'* Soorarao *torr roo Canoarv TmilM It- 'oloo I* la—l—UM*. It *lll r-lt-T. ihf | -not lltll- MI Sorer im—li-fls Di—n It Mhm. ih-e- to no aiiatak. ohool It tl —rm AJ —lory —# oldoat and boat f-anal. ybynt rtana and oiwo— In lb. Tnltod Stat—, *nd la Ibr oata by nil dro—tat* tbn—b—t tbo a—rid. Prt— it —*** nb—4l*. '-My. Tits oldest and bert *ppointe<) InatiUitia# far obtaining a 80-ine Kdncaticn. Far etccuioa addr— I*. DUFF A SONS, To tmynft a Vrarti—l Snatm— Mn—lt— but. a* many yonn and wttb groot —am bn— lb* aim of Pnsk ftllP(i, Rat. m nitb Aatono, Tb- Mlbfbl HaSna b*bra MHIIm bf lack a troAni** w#l -.ooltfy Mm for tmmodtot. won— op— n—tUtial (htUm in —y —b—* of Ul Tor ' ten—a nlt—a V. OnS a So—, rWAoboifb, So. tbSTb **>>m,4n|L ysiMtab-d by ll*- * Bfo„ prtatad tat —lota, *5 —. Tba to—a4 a—rka* b-artforo i tiblisbt A oooalt tar book-r- rnilMd*. b—tne m— and ya< t e*l Awnrimb. Vitce, 4S.SS. Fifty Bh-lghi at and lelow cot, al BartrufTa. You'd be •urpriied to aee the new sleigbr, baridaomely trimmed in vel vol and plutb, for J'jo ar.d upward*. Theae aleigbs muil be j|d to make room lor bit • pring work. Now U the time to rave at leat ten or fifteen dollar on a sleigh. Freefone Hope—lVruna. One morning while he (ber buabandf nra-hoblng her lip in order that the * could breathe more eaaily, after having struggled with a bad sped ol cough ng, he made the remark that be did not believe ahe would 1 ! ever get well, when ahe, in bet weaknesa, said: "Yea, I will if you will bring Da. Hastmak." The doctor wa brought. He prescribed a | teaapoonful of I'truna every hour. Bbe j began to improve from the first doae hhe took She told mo to ay abe baa never felt better in her life than ahe doea now, and that ahe cannot aay too much for /Vrusa. A. .1. M iu.Ee. Iler hutband write# • "South Chicago 111., Dec. I®, 1881: I have a living wit neaa of the virtue of /Vrunn it) my wife, whowaa aaved from death by it. J rer tify that every word on page 30 in De. II uuata't book on the "Ilia of Lite" ie true in every particular. 2t T. 8, Emilike. 5 /stawG FomsicN I Ruicor cutlU e DISEASES) \TrTTER.tTCSt PIVPLES./ WRIMCV/OM4 f THE GREff"MR mmz /?///.? 1 , J •** y ii.it fc 'jj k itsto:%y I t |!minaiara •!-*.• •..( !. r.wtwu j i v i',at A !I> i "I'M tu IS ivt Hati.m A K la ISP? &AK|K G 1 POWDER I Absolutely Pure. Tht pf'WAe-r A rf |wt* I **••! tt)ctf •♦ijlii *t*n> r (V>nM*hat# sw. S-ltl nth 111 oaltft. Rut i'ti %• fohlk . 1(10 Wallet.. %. V TFOR THE PERMANENT CURE OF]J CONSTIPATION. ♦ -! Xaothir Alan i laaopTaraiOTi In tfcia aa-W| t" nr tuiOotw. pa'.. ®. "•) M remedy ha e-i* . t otiebratpd lUdney-Wort a a|c EJenre WhalewCveaiata.tnnn thei .u a I Sis. na*. Ih nalal: i to vrrr apt ta brl §igminl vUAm(tipalua. Kldnrr-Worc , -aUiei the wr-Jcrr ~d patto a- d Qn'wtlg a m all ktwto of r..n t Ug;u:Un J ■mdlrtnw haer M.a (kUM. rwlf Tern have e. iMir cf then. m-sUa. V j**jpmcg tl.j USE f"orug-air*a cll * Mr*. Il'/it/emon hat opened he* V| room in the BUSH HOUSE, and A withes to announce to Ike ladies of Beliefontf, thai the ha* jurt received on immenu*e STOCK of the latent winter styles in BQNNITS, RIBBONS, sums, wings, • PLUMES, ' and all kind* of Millinery Good*. Mr a. H'it/gtmn ha* eeioctod aery- -* thing with the yreaioit tare, and feels oMured that the eon those the latest novelties in Jatkion, and sncM the wonts ef her patrons in awry particular. ■jUw- V . ■ •