:ow -r.uaLmaTztos.
Tao Ikassissom Tosoossa - gababamd saes
Thazsday llonaso .to & W. Mvalzi at Two Dollen
ra n Att a ns uem ai lrall mass sastadva moss*
Cbs paper. ,
BPlECTalatollalla fasstied at smear mess par
Lim tat first tasestioa. awl Ina ozass pas Ilas Via
saMosat tasaftsous.
NOTION& saws style - as reading mites,
Main Own Mk*. -
ADVIOMMICEINTB belaserted secordlAd to
the tailoring tald• at rake : '
1 inch I SIM 12.001 1.00 I 11.001 10.00 IS 11
2 inches I Li* t 0.001 0.00110.001 Me ISO
inches 1 5.00 LSO 114 , 00 11111111110111111.00
411.00
3( column 5.00 1 12.00 1 MOO 2100 1
1 Damon I.2D.CR 1.40.00 190.00 1110.00 I $lOOl $llO
s and Ittecutor's Notices. Ut tow
tor'. Notices, SS ; BMW= Gras. fro ham, OW
year) SS. witZerettnes SI each.
Yearly ad are led to
Transient advertisements en
w tit orths pidtt qllailli X bulgell' aveass.
LO Resolationg of, Assedattans Oonnsanteations
of limited or Indtvidnal tetterest and notice" of Nob
risgei mid Deaths. esosaNag ftvelfses, 'recharged
rics oars per Una. ...
The Earwa timing stagger etreadatlca than
ate papas in the ounty conibtned.rnalms It ties best
Ldverdsing medium in Northern Permaytiatils
,1013 PRINTING of nary theft. In Vista and Vamp
anion,
action, done with neatness and Randbolll.
Minks. Cards. PaniphietL fltstemststs. he.
of every 'witty and style. printed at the shortest
notice. The Itcrownia Moe is well 'applied with
Power Presses. a good assartment of new tn.". and
everything in the Prentiss Dna can be masted Is
• be mad artistic manner and at the lowest rides.
TERMS TIM MARLS! ming.
BUSINSSS CARDS.
W e WALLACE KENLER,
NOM. MON AND P&VSCO PAINITR,
Towands. Kept IL 1870-Ye
BA.RTLETT k SON, U-
V/ • muses &orris, Towanda. Pa. None but
reliable companies represented.
D. BAurtarer. c. GRAS M DARTIXTT.
'gni'. IR, 1i172.4p• • -
IQ - FOWLER, REAL ESTATE
t.. DRAM. No. 5t78 Booth Witter Street, M
ew, Milo% Real Estate r= and fold. In
vestmento madeand Money
May 10,90.
TOHN DUNFEE, BLACKSMTTEI,
• MONROET6PI, PA.. pays yeuticular attention to
rotting tiogiztes. Wagons. Sleighs, ke. The set and
repairing done on abort notion. Work and charges
guaranteed satisfactory. 12.15,89.
7 MOS PENNYPACKER, SAS
.flt. again established htmself in the TAILORING
°URINES& Shari over Rockwell's Store. • ; Work of
. +very description done in the West styles.
Towanda, April 21, 1870.—tf
LERAYSVILLE WOOLEN MILL
The undersigned would respectfully anzuninceto
the public that he keeps constantly on hand Woolen
Cloths, Cassitnercs, 'Flannels, Yarns, and all kinds at
wholesale and retail.. HAIGH & IIEOADIXY.
Ang.10,1870 Proprietor.
C . S. 1113 E L.L 'S
. G . MIERAL
INSURANCE AO -ENO Y,
may23'7o-13 TOWANDA. PA.
.% Y. H. MORGA.N & On., DEAL
ns m bassi EMIL—LOU ; from $lOO up.
wards. Also Real Estate Agents. Lind bought and
sold and money loaned. radials desiring to sell
Wild Lauds, Farms, or Lots, can have a map of
lands or subdivision Made at this Agency, sad
property sold on a reasonable commission. Office
over Postoffice, Morcnr's Block, Towanda, Pa.
D. k MOODY. rpec.4'72l s. MOROAIt.
THE 11NDEtiSIGNED ARciii-
TWIT AND BUILDER. wishes to inform the
citizens bf Towanda and vicinity, that he will give
particular attention to drawing plena. designs and
specifications for all manner of buildings, private
and public. Bupo'irintendence given for reasonable
compensation. Office at residence N. E. corner of
Second and Elizabeth streets.
oct6'7l
W W. KINGSBURY,
REAL ESTATE, ME, FIRE, & ACCIDENT
INSURANCE AGENCY
Orace, corer of ain and Site Streets,
March 130872. tl
@IVAN - DA, PA.
SASH, DOORS,
I am prepared to ittr4sh Eta
and Blinds of any style, .e. or thin
nether. Hand In your orders ten
Rant to use the articles. and be arnit
get doors that will noh shrink or ow
on delivery.
Towanda. Juiy 19.1811. -13
AND
1)AY10N. & BR
Dealers to •
WOOL, HIDES, PELT
simcs, rum,
For whlck the highest cash price 18
omee in Nf. t. Rpsenfield's Store. RI
A. e. nAriosi.l
r. s. nArrtiN. n0v.14.'70 T
.„,, N E !. FIRM!
NEW (MODS, LOW 1 I
AT MONItOETON, Pi
I
TRACY & HOL I •N
detail Dealers in Groceries and Prvisiens. Drugs
MedicitieS, Kerosene Oil, Lareps, Chimneys,
Shades, Dye Stuffs, Paints, Oils, Varnish, Tanliee
*tons, Tobacco,. Cigars and Snuff. Pere Vines and
Liquors, of the best quality, for mediOnal purposes
only.. All Goods sold at the very lowest prices. Pre
scriptions carefully compounded at all hours of the
day and night. Give US it call.
MACS
Slonroeton, Pa., June 24, 180-4.
CHIRLES.,F. DAYTO'
t Successor to Humphrey Broa..
HARNESS. MAKER,
Over tioOdy'a Store,
Kei.pa on hand a full assortment ofl DOUBLE and
SINOLE HARNESS, and all other' goods in his line
Repairing and manufacturing done to order.
Towanda, August 23, 1871.
BAKERY ! CONFECTICLNERY !
GROCERIE I
undersigned begs leavo to return thanks to
the people of 'Towanda and vicinit3.:lor the very
generoua patronage extended to him during the
past .eason, and 4st the same time to give notice that
be has added to ids Nish:len a stock of 1;
BEST FAY GROCERIES
Which he is prepared to offer AT THE LOWEST
PRICES,
Fie will still continue the Baking busidess In all
Lis branches, and can Amish anything In thisllne
on the shortest notice and
GITARANTEE SATISFACTION.
Ile has also fitted up a
DpaNG BOOM,
Where he will at all times be ready to furnith Meals
or Lnrichone at much lower kites than musk
Fanners and others •visiting town are invited to
stn.
Parties supplied with Ice Cream, Cakes, nun.
and Confectionery at abort notice.
Remember the place, nearly opposite Ibe Meana
gonee.
Sept.ll,'72.
MERCURS BANK,
T IV A ND,A , P
•neceeeor to B. S. linesell & Co., Bankers.)
ll , poidtm, Loans Money. 'Bakes Collor."
tt01. , . End does a ' •
MAL BANKING BUSINESS,
• same as an Incorporated Bank.
To pereotwdeString to fiend motto/ to ANY PA"?
the United States,Vanada Or Europe. this : DM=
rt rs the best facilities and the lowest terms.
•
' 1 " . " PASSAGE TICKETS
To int from 14aa Bootia, England, Ire Wad, Scot
aLd, or any part of Europe and the Orient. the
( T:LEBRATED INDIAN LINT:
of Steamers alsraystm haul.
. BUYS and sells Gold, Silver, United States Bondi
Market rates.
Agent for the sale of Northern Pacific 7 3.10
•
M. C. BLERMIII, President.
".vS. S. VINGViT. Gadder.
TO THE LADIES
•
Mas.
,the
E. Ron:J.3ON, would rognectrull
formr,the ladies of Towanda and vicinity that e
Veparel to banufacture all.kinds of Artificial Bair
at re'sonable prices, inch as Switches, Braids, Curls
Pat Frizzetta. /cc., either • from combing. or pre.
Dared Intr. Residence on Third street. north Or the
Cath.)lic Church. All orders promptly attended to.
gat daztion guaranteed. • •
Toir E. BOBEWIION.
mi a.liarch 27;487342n. .
pRICE UST -r -CASCADE NELL&
Floor, best wheat; pet sack .' ~.....;...$2 75
.. hundred lbs . 660
reed, n n n barrel 11 00
per ewt 1 60
Cattom grinding usually
,dozie at o=4
se the Ca-
Witt of the mill Is el:Octant for a greet amount of
' •
IL B. 7161311A1f.
Ctroptouti„ May ',12. MU.
Fr
'OR SALE.-4A. valuable property
itor sale near We Rolling Rill. at a WW2 and
eul terms. IttO feet front atut 20 feet deep.
tfreet on•three eidei of It. Loge . Raton thereon.
it not sold.
Mere
.110111atT *MOM.
S. W. ALVORD, Publisher.
VOLUME XXXIII.
TAKES WOOD, Armin= £3D
COntessaas 42 LainTarsods.Ps.
QMITH & MONTANYZ ATTO
la sorra As L►w. 100--cionor of Kota sod
fltrosto. walls to w. Drug Mom
M. H. WESTON, DENTIST.-
IL! 016 a ta Nook. owe Gael Amicied
L L
Mee. • teal. mi.
nit. T. B. JOHNSON, Pareactux LTD
Scraosos.
.sos.CMOS over Dr. Ft C. Porta to s
& oo.'s Dm Mom
FG. MORROW, Palma* MID
. Ittraoson.othrre Ida nrolionalonal aorrices to
the citizens of Warren and vicinity. Raddenee
drat hone north of Z. T. Cooper Store. . Warren
Clean. Ps. ap111112.17
1nt..a . 111. STANLEY, DzitzsT;
to Dr. Weston. Mee 1* Patton!.
Block. up @titre. Min Street. Towanda. Ps. AU
kinds of pLsts work s specialty. Jan.ll7lr
TUt. B.M. WOODBURN,Thygieitim
JL., and Burgeon. Moe over Wlekluirm k Blatdr's
&odor, store.
Towanda. Nay 1.18 2.4 r
II STREETER,. •
1.1.•
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
AB. IaroKBAIT, ATTORNEY Ann Comonizon as LAW, TCPRIIMaIh Ps. Par.
Stellar attention paid to blueness in the &Visas'
amt. JAWS&
F M. NICHOLS, -
• ATTOZIELT.A.T.LAN,
And STAIRONEET AND CONTSC=ONMAT NZIIICILL"
Opposite Vas dyke House. InAMES,TA.
liar 74,1873.
P. O. DEANGELIS,-
.ATTOINNIT4T-LAW7
21%in Street. Tcrwsnds. Ps. Mee with Overton &
Elsbree. opposite Omni House. 1144 y 14.12. *
iour IL CA_RNOCIELOI 4 ATTOR. •
• siry AT LAW (D(strict Attorney tae Brad.
Arrd Couttty).Tscy. Ps. OoDsctionsmads mar?
ty remitted. Isti DI.
NVThernsm_office
• over 'Wickham k Black's. Towanda; Ps.
Teeth inserted on Gold. Silver. Rubber, end Alumi
nium base. Teeth est:meted without pain. 0c23,72
DR. L. 11. BEACH., PEITEEICIAN seen
BVIGEOS. Permanently located at Toirasna.
Pa., Particular attention paid to all Chronic Meese ,
es. Cancers and Tumors removed without pain and
without use of the knife. oMoe at his reddenoe on
State street, two doors east of Dr. Pratt's. Attend
ance in office Mondays and Saturdays. May 18.11
MADILL & CALIFF, Amrouszys-
AT-TAW. Towanda, Pi. '
Wks In Wood's Monk. first door south of First
National Bank. up stairs. Jan R. 7347
AVFIRTON k ELSBREE,
Arros
-lir'a A? Law. Towanda. PL. Exiling entered
Into copartnershfp, er their proine - thmil eerdcer
to the public. Speed off atbantion gtven txt badness
In the Orphan's and Ilegistoes Courts. apt 14'70
ovinaos. fl. I. 0. ISMII2IO.
J. E. Mninilig . G.
Box 611. Towanda, Pa.
IV , A. PECK'S LAW (MICE.
Mate s Tee' opposite the Court Itcnue, 'Towaitda,Ps.
AA. KIKENEY, COUNTY 8U
• PERMENDENT. Towanda, Pa. 01Bee with
B. M. Peck. second door below the Ward Hons..
Will be at theatre the last Saturday of each month
and at all other times when sot called away. on bust.
newt connected with the Stmeritendency. An letters
Lould hereafter be • dredsed as above. der...1,70
111;
ed Doers, Saab
DR. a. -w. LYMAN,
,yirreactart BIIRGION.
-Office on Main Street. ibrmerly occupied by Dr
Ladd. Residence, corner Pine and Second streets.
Towanda. June 22, 1871. -
ea. on short
aye before you
that you will
I. Terme (iamb
P ASH.
TH:ER,
OHN W. MX, ATTORNEY AT
J
Leto. Towanda, Bradford Co., Pa.
GENERAL INSURANCE Ann:
Particular attention paid to Collections and Orphans'
Court business. Oftlee—iffereur's New Block, north
Aide Public Square.. apr. L
IMO
Mail
E. C. GitIDLEY,
ANDA . PA.
DOCTOR 0. LEWIS, A GRA_DU
ate of the College of "Physicians and Burgeons,"
New York city. Class 11143-4. glees exciter's', attention
to the practice of his profession. Mice and residence
on the eastern slope of Orwell Mi. adjoining Henry
Howe's. jet It 'IS.
ff:M
TVIt. D. D. 'SMITH, Dentist, has
purchased G. E. Wood's property, between
?demur's Block and the Elwell House, where he has
located his race. Teeth extruded without path by
use of pea. Towanda, Oct. 20,1870.-7 r.
lIOLLON
DINING ROOMS
n CONNECTION WITH THE BAKERY,
Near the Court House.
We are prepared to feed the hungry at all times of
the day and eTenlng. Oysters and Ice Cream to
their seasons.
March 80, 1870, D. W. SCOTT & CO.
CENTRAL HOTEL,.
BUBLINGTON, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA.
MELVIN S. DOUGLAS
Having leased - this norm, is now prepared to as
commodate all who give him a ran. Him table will
be wall supplied. and no pain. spared to Rive ash&
faction to the trwreltng public. .Api.23-tra
viavEr.s. HOUSE, TOWANDA,
1:4 Pa.
JOE& O. WILSON
Having lewd this Now, I. now ready to aooommoa
date the travelling public. Nopains norexpense will
be spared to give satisfaction to those who nisy give
hint a tali.
sir North side of the public egnare, east of lefen
curs new block.
I twi
rerge
MrLag purchased and thoroughttrefitted this old
and weillmown stand, formerly kept by Sheriff Grif
fis, at th. month of lb/mmertLeld Creak, is ready to
give good amommodations and safi ci l i tmtrestmettt
to all ho may favor
Dec w . 23, 1163—tf. him with a
MEANS HOUSE, TOWANDA,
.1.71. PA.,
ona sAlit Lim =MIL surers.
The Horses. Harness. kc. of all gusts of this
house. Insured against tomb,' lire, without any ex
tra charge.
A superior quality of Old English Baia Ale, just
received. T. R. JORDAN.
Towanda, Jan. 24.11. I Proprietor.
WARD HOUSE,
HOILWE A. COWLES
BRADFORD COUNTY, 'PEWS.
f This popular house. recently leased4ktesars.
Soon & Viv-kg. and having been comp matted.
remodeled, and refurnished,- affords to public
all the comforts and mcdern'conveniencec of a lint
el's's Hotel. Situate opposite the Park on Hain
Street, it is eminently convenient few persona visit
ing Towanda, either for plow:met* business.
sepril KOON a IaAXI3, Protestors-
mar.l6'ri
•
'\ , TOWLNDA. P►
tWarSO.l2.
=
Oct. 27,'70
ATTOIENEY-AT•LAW.
April 1, 1878.
Frill
TOWANDA,
MI,.NSION HOUSE,
LsItAMPTILLE. PA.
W. W. I3:ROVVEISG, Picasacrah.
This Emus is conducted in strictly Temperas),
PrLociples . Every effort will be made to make
guests comfortable. Good room mid the tilde will
always be supplied with the b est the market at.
fords. p Nova. urn
QUPERIOR ; AGRICULTURAL
XAOI2Ii.HY, for Sale by ' • -
R. M. WELLES,
TOWANDA. PA.,
Mho Nfi n E Kermit's Block, north aide of Cart
Horse square.
WHOLESALE Awn RETAIL. HEALED AND
41tANtrnertrazaa warn.
Xowing Machines, Horse Power" and Thrashers,
Wheel Rakes, Plaster. Bowers. Oran Seeders. Hay
Tedder', Renreadble and Steel Plows, 0 Itivatore,
'EMU Horse Hoes. Clover Hollers and fanning KM".
tawny moms. trams reartans, ear masa
ann mmarc rowans or nue iroarti„ 00111
swam= Tawas!, casowes. se., ea.
Ostelornes and descriptive. tOnstrated prated dr•
cedars, furnished or nailed free to ell sppticanta.
It will cat but three cents to sandlot' circular
DI Pod* ,
Fanners when in Towanda, an and see me.
IprtZ2l 72. B. IL WILL.
WEEKLY ARRIVAL OF
ArnaticrrE con
On the Esthoed. at Gaud Street,. which will be sold
by the car load or len quandty: and dellesred on
reammable tonne. Mean call at the Coal Yard.
JAXEII WILBER . 8111Maan•
Aug. 28, 7874. L. 8. MX Praptletoe.
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MANUFACTURERS
Oar waraeoosos of an Vows ismada as
trinuvALLD Aseowriaarr ce aauana site
Of an itj%ss sadplow ambit:dog Ostintli
sad Inagssit. efts Modica Ms^ saftsbis I an.
'and so daisy that say asMed to ban &beat. .1300
lb* Must sad wad . • ,
PAIDUOIAIII SLACK warn PANWE AID
70311111=
Of new and oefjthe dessigas . abl of the mai is.
Pat styli sad Watt. Also s choke micortossei at
TABLES, WARDROBES, DREW-
DIG CAW. ItIIMBOARDS. LIBBAU
AND BOOLCAREL
liao a oomplal. lips of TetsarTatas.Sodita. Swaim
Socking, bay s Parlor ChM's, in as groats@
misty of allies and Wan. Alan an endless Innia
-141 of
BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, CHAIRS
TABLES, MIRRORS, -
FEATHER PILLOWS, -
HATRESSES, & SPRING _ BEDS,
Of everydeemiptie— n. and In bet everythlrer to be
found In • First Class Furniture Stare,
CHEAPER .11il'' Triz CHEAPEST I
in W , =Carger Lumber, or take Lumber
Furniture. Atso start. stock d ln
ri
COFFINS
oi emy desertpUon iron the moat oohamon to the
Anent-Rosewood, slyera on hand. Ws are sole
'gads for
Which are now conceeded by all parties to be-far the
best ligetelic Oise In use.. We hare the
gINE.BI . --11Z1.11138
In this section of country; ineil win furnish any
to the UNDEEtTAIIIfir line AS LOW u the
urns quality of goods esnle 'got et ANY PL&CI.
either in Towanda or elsewhere. and train our
lg
ELPEBIEXCI: and thcaough soque with the
tmeinees, we can wire persona many armoyaaaes to
which they are always subject when deallag with
incompetent parties.
ila" Do not forget the ghee
Towanda. April 2. 1879
S. Ir. CALI 77.
M. E. ROSENFIELD'S
:CLOTHING EMPORIUM!
ins rapid growth of Tr wand* rognlrea the emus
alon of brudness. and the undersigned, realizing this
want of the community to the
M:sj
Has opened a um store in Beidlemsn's Block.
(formerly occupied by H. Jacobs,) and is not
posed to offer to his old customers and the
generally, a better stock of
MENS' AND 130175' OLOTHINO
Than can be found in any other establishment out
side the cities.
Towanda. Pa.
Ms stock has all been purchased from the manu
facturers this season, so that I bare no old stock to
get rid of. bought at - high prices. I hare a full line
of
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS
of the finest quality and latest styles, which lam
Offering at low Ames. ,
I hare no connection with the old stand, and whew
you want anything In the clothing line , for remelt
or boys, call on me in &4 1,11 /.. , on'a Block.
Towanda, Huth 234872.
100 MEN WANTED
P7lup
We have the best line of Otoves in the State.
MANSARD COOK and
MODERN VULCAN
Rave taken the premiums in all the State Tatra, Ltli
we know the rare a first-dam Stove.
DOMESTIC COOK
For on coal, something nal.,
CREEK 110
For hard or soft coal. Also tho
11591313113 LE.
rfirTorl
COSY LIMITS.
LIGHT HOUSE, sza.coN awn% aixur.
11117LECTOIL FTBF. FLY, AID BAI.TIXOII2
• . KUM&
A fall wortrout of Hardware. Tinware. Copper
and Sheetiron Ware dims on hand.
sr All orders ailed promptly. Job work dons
and warranted. GM us • eall •
LEWIS k BICALIZT,,
.N0r.13.1372. No. 4. Bridge Bt.. Towanda.
TOWANDA NURSERY.
Calls atte4itlos to Ids lane stock of
Orders in person or by nmU promptly attended to.
Toisais. April 114 IST&
POPARTNFASHIP.—The_ under
wpm Iwo farmed a copartnerahlt! see the
pumas at conducting
The highest auatet paces paid for all bads of
Grata.
- moms, I aaw itzu ro sax
sad delivered is taplart of the . "Moat
extra dor..
Orders by men or otherwise. will miles t
atteatioo. " L. J. CUL
, W. . 1 1 08113.
J'Alt. ramp.
eviat Ong lOU, UV UlTi.4l•
Kbodbewm
FLEWS iirrerso pima CASTS,
9 10 :
3. 0. rsosT k 8088.
OPPOSITE TEE ittEAss noun.
(Formerly occupied by L Jacobi.)
IREMEMBER!
Mil
E 33
To bad the celebrated
COOK STOVES.
Dom.Esno coon
PRESIDENT.
ITU.
UNIT Y,
PARLOR STOVES.
EMPIRE GAB ntramma ♦ Cleo,
The cuederelgued haling purchased the
NrITEMEBY ON tOWANOA PLATS,
FRUIT AND ONNAKUTAL TEEN
Which he is now prepared to
O A A kV A :Isl; ( 1 :::t 4: 4 A %MIA if I 4711
If) 4., 4:7lol'sioNlig.fcl.toncifi,:4
.
a t
.When the snow has left the moan high,
And gentle Spring with Joy draws
When warblers chant their happy
And raise aloft their notes of i
When fragranCe floats on every e,
Prom blossoms en a thousand •
,
When joyous nature knows no -
Oh ! then I amid not bear to
When Bummer, the pride of the year,
Comes Joyce' forth, our hearts to cheer ;
When the golden harvest draweth nigh,
And under Its burden heaves a sigh ;
When the verdant corn waves in th, breeze,
An sorrow from the bosom flees ;
When hope of future ;loos high, 1
Ohl then I would not, could not die t ..
When,--rich treasurer of the year— .
Autumn, comes with hearty cheer,
From morn till night, and night till morn,
Pours out profuse her plenteous horn,
And bids the weary laborer come
And bear the fruits of labor home ; ,
When ease and corn ort seeraeth nigh;
Oh ! then I would not wish to die !
The . roost unwelcome of the four, •
Winter, tomes rapping at my door;
Wild tempests follow In his train—
The snow, the sleet, the driving ratti';
liOcked Nature in his icy arms;
Where; cold Grave, are now thy charms ?
!Negh thy cold clods I could not lie,
Ah, no: in Winter L would not die
Yet I must die I By grace divine
So purify this heart of mine,
That when thy summons, Lord, shall come,
To call thy erring creature home, •
In balmy Spring, m Summer's glow,
In Autumn's pride, or Winter's snow,
I may my latest breath resign,'
And say—Thy will, 0 God, not mine!,
DESCRIPTION OF THE LAVA BEDS:
The country along , the line sepa
rating California from Oregon, in
which the lava beds aro situated, has
been the theatre of military opera
tions against the Indians at different
times during the past twenty years.
It has been traversed by emigrants
whosettled in the neighborhkod, and
it is well and favorably known as a .
cattle range. With the exception of
the irregular volcanic region, south
of the lakes, the land has been sur
veyed and laid out in, sections. Still
very little accurate information can
`be had concerning the retreat where
the Modocs have continued to defy
the power of the government. It is
known, however, to be cut: up with
fisiures, yawning abysses, lakes, high
mountain's.covered with snow and
abounding with caves. The lava beds
cover an area of 100 square miles.
They appear to have been brought
into existence by upheavals from be
low.
The roughness of the upper
surface remains, while sdl underneath
is honey-combed by` cracks and crev
ices. The largest cave is known as
Ben Wright's cave, which is said to
contain fifteen acres of open space
under grormd, in which there is a
good spring and many openings
through which a man can crawl, the
main entrance being about the sae ;
of a common window. In this cave;
it is understood, Jack and his follow
ers have fortified themselVes. The
gulches and crevices range from a
few feet to one handredleet in width,
and many of them are one hundred
feet deep. The Indians can travel
through all the lava beds by trails
only known to themselfes, and stand
on bluffs over persons fifty yards
tbeneath, and where it would require
a long journey to go to them. They
can see men coming at a distance of
five • miles, without being visible
themselves. They also can permit
!.their pursuers to come within a few
feet of the bluff and shoot down and
retire, if necessary, to other simi
lar bluffs. If pressed too closely
the Indians can drop into crevices
entirely inaccessible to troops, and
follow some subterranean passage,
with which' they are fully acquainted,
and gain another ambush from which
it would- cost ten lives to dislodge
them. It is represented that the M.o
does can elicit:A from the tops of cliffs
without exposing an inch of their
persens. In the lava beds are a num
ber of small plots abundantly sup
plied with bunch grass, which cattle
find by long and circuitous trails.
The only thing the Undoes lack is
ammunition. Those who visited the
military headquarters during the
past few months, were detected on
several occasions sf-Paling cartridges,
and even some of the women were
caught in the act. The troops are
well posted so as to prevent the In
dians from escaping. Their only
line of retreat would seem to be in a
southerly direction into the Pitt
River Mountains. The tribes in that
quarter are of a warlike character,
and have given the government con
siderable trouble in times past.
1858 and _1859, their ambushes were
so effective, and their manner of war
fare so advantageous, that at first
very little progress was mado in re
ducing them to submission. ,The
Pitt River 'savages, when pressed
closely, would take to their canoes
and paddle to the islands in the lakes
where they could not be followed.
After much care and trouble several
boats were built and transferred
across the lava beds. One of the la
test measures of precaution Wren by
Gen. Canby, was to place boats on
Tale Lake.
The troops, in pursuing the Ma
dam, have to follow them on' foot,
and in passing through the gulches
and crevices, must expect to find the
enemy on the high bluffs above them
at every point, or making their way
through concealed passages to secure
retreat. The cannon and howitzers
command all approaches to and from
the cave. rive hundred grenades
have arrived at Vaaßremer's, and the
supply of shot and shell is ample for
prolonged operations. There is no
disguising the serious difficulties that
Colonel • Gillem has to encounter.
The Itlodocs know every • nook and
corner in the lavikbeds, and will, of
course, seek to id safety in flight.
It would , be very unfortunate, indeed,
if they succeeded in forming a junc
tion with 'the Pitt River Mountain
Indians.
The peculiar gctological features - of
the lake countryin California, resem
ble the county Antrim, in Ireland, in
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which is located the celebrated Gi
ant's Cause Way. The scientific in
terest of the latter Is enhanced by
the beauty of its terraced formations
and its great ?jellies' and variety of
coloring. Like the lava beds, the ba
salt is from three hundred to five
hundred feet in thickness, and, like
them ; too, the pillars, caves, wells,
etc., in the Giant's Causeway, ap . •
to be the result of some greet convul
sion of nature, an upheaval equal to
the effect of the explosion of vast
quantities of gunpowder, placed un
derneath the surface. Miners have
net, heretofore, explored the le
beds, but after the cases of Jack ind
his tribe are disposed of by the
troops, no doubt there will be a tho 7.
rough examination of this volcanic
tract, which will always remain iden
tified with a piece of very black In
dian perfidy.
(For 'the Ihritirsis.)
GETTING MAD.
In the practical, work-a-day expe
rience of - most men and women,
things will come up which are, tO
say the least, annoying; and it takes
more patience and philosophy than
most of us are possessed of, to main
tain a perfectly equable temper at all
times. Despite the assurance of Holy
Writ that"' He that is slow to anger
is better than the mighty, and he
that mleth his temper than he that
taketh a city," the best of us are apt
to let our angry passions rise some
times.' Some little thing will Cone
up, perhaps trivial and unimportant
ikitself, and the flood-gates of our
nature are raised, and before. Ike
know it passion and prejudice have
mastered us completely.
But after the excitement is over,
after we have had time to take the
- Ober second thought, if we are what
we should be, we are thorcsighly
ashamed of ourselves, and if there is
a bit of philosophy in na, we will se
riously argue the question which ,is
said to be first in the minds of all us
Yankees, " Does it pay ?" Does it
pay to make such fools of ourselves
na we all do when we are mad; ; to
tome down from being a little lower
than the angels to a level with, the
brutes that perish ? But even the
poor dumb brutes seem to show more
method in their madness, than the
average specimen-of the genus homo,
when his passions are aroused, for
they don't get mad without a cause,
and know and appreciate their
friends too well W i g° back on. them
without ? a sufficient cause. Bel how
is it with us who are supposed to be
endowed with a superior intelligence ?;
Perhaps v i e get mad at something
a neighbor has or has not done, or
perhaps we imagine he has done it,
_which atichmts to the same thing,
and we forget all the pleasant inter
course there has been tie wenus,
forget how only yesterday, perhaps,
we would have been only too glad to
do him a favor ' or he to do 'as one,
and hard, bitter words are said,
which are-truly sharper than a two
edged sword, words which we would
have been the first to resent, had we
heard others say them when we were
clothed in our right mind. -Who is
it has -so truly said, "What , a strange
mystery, the power of words ! Life
is in then), and death. A word can
send the crimson current 'hurrying
-to the cheek, hurrying "with many
meanings ; a word can turn it cold.
and • deadly, back upon the heart.
And yet a word is but a breath of
passing air I" So a breach is made
between families and individuals
which nothing can ever entirely heal.
Time may, to all outward appearance,
heal the wound; still, away down in
the innermost soul there remains a
latent distrust in all we may do or
say.
You know how it is yourself, and
you know that no smatter how much
a person may say be iasorry for such
bard words and thoughts, you can
never take. him entirely to your heart
again. There always remains a trace
of the poison which you can't get
out. Trier° is not a person 'living
who can obey the command of Scrip
ture in the sense it was - given, to
" pray for those that despitefully use
you and persecute you." Though
we strive ever so bard to follow in
the road the Bible marks out for us,
I venture to say no one ever obeyed
this command without a mental res
ervation attached, and they never
will while one trace of the old man
Adam retrains in them. gh !if men .
and women could only realiv's how
much they lose when they give way
- to their temper; how much they lose
in self-respect, and in the respect of
those around them; and above all,
how far they remove themselves from
the beautiful land we all hope to
reach by and by, it does seem, as if i
they would be more careful how they.]
did it. But whilehuman nature re
mains the strangeinomaly it is, pro
bably men and women will go on
getting mad and making fools of
themselves, just as they always haw
done. Yearns.-
"TAM ABE TOO Than 1"—So says
many a man : who spends five dollars
per week for intoxicating liquors, or
who puffs over ohs hundred dollars
per year in the smoke of expensive
Another spends his tune in bow
ling alleys and , billiard saloons, con
fides his business to a clerk and
complains bitterly of his taxes. Alas,
young man, if your idleness tax
,es yon much more you had better
close the shop.
Taxes are heavy, but we too often
show our willingness to pay exhorbi
tautly when levied by our own pass
ions.
Prid© lays heavy taxes and grier
one to be borne. .
Idleness taxes us heavily, yet we
heed it not.
Luxuries eat out our , income, yet
we endure it with the utmost pa
tience. We even permit them to
undermine our health, the heaviest
tax of AIL
This causes a call for the doctor,
who taxes them heavily,and deserved
!y perhaps, as a punishment for fail-
precept un precept; - here a little
and there a po little striving to effect a
reform and secure success to la-
Farmer's Advocate.
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Those periling, who most deserve
true sympathy are those who, on the
whole face.of this - broad earth, have
no little - home-world of their own.
No place where, after. the toff < and
the business of the day or week, they
may come finding pleasant faces
loving hearts and a cheerful, tidy
fireside to- welcome - them. ' Those
who possess not these choicest of
earth's blessings are truly waifs; cast
abroad on thegreat ocean of human
ity; without chart or compass. Your
home may belhat which, by dint of
your own perseverance, energy and
labor, you have acquired for your
selves; or it may be the orie in which
the fostering care of loving parents
haveguided you from childhood; it
matters not so much, only that a
pure, loving gentle_ presence elo
quently dedicates to the affections of
your heart, that one little spot in
preference to all others. A presence
known and felt, yet not described; a
presence,, that though its sphere be
humble, yet its united action moulds
the destiny of the world. "It will
mate mother's heart ache," is an in
discribable emotion thatkbas turned
more unwary, feet from the paths of
sin and dissipation than any other
one influence. ~.„Guard well and care
fully the happiness of your .home.
In your greed for money, success,
fame, power of rank in life, forget
not the more essential demands of
your better and purer nature, These
must be exerted in ler t ir own home
circle. Whatever you may be to the
outer world,livithout them it is rot
tenness of heart. Add clean bright
paper to your dismal walls. Place a
picture i here and train a flowering
vine there. Keep the cattle ' and
swine 'from your dooryard. Remove
the old dilapidated fence , around it
and instead place a neat white one;
setting in trees and shrubbery and
flowers at appropriate . intervals ~
minding not if a few pretty trees get
outside the yard fence. They can
be seen from the houge, Mothers'
veil; frequently look in that direc
tion; let them have something beau
tiful upon which to rest. Your pos.
sessions may not be extensive, bat
by a little , thought, care and atten
tion- there may bet such an air 'of
neatness, comfort and order about
your - home that the stranger passing
may know that,it means more than
" a place where you and the old wo
man are.stopping a while." Similar
"stopping places " have so lamenta
bly mas7l and defaced so many oth
erwise b antiful life pictures. "Stop
ping places " whose fathers were lax
and shiftless,- seeking pleasures wit
side of home; whose mothers became
careless and slatternly ; and the ear
liest breath of whose offspring was
the fetid air
s of loose, slack, dissolute!
habits. Never, as you value the hap-i
piness and 1 general well-being of
yourself and loved ones, allow your
home to &Come only a "stopping
place." Tose persons who . , have
neither tim nor money to spend in
li ti
making': t heir own homes pleasant
and. altra4tive are miserable , finan
ciers of - boh of these commodoties.
Yet time and money of themselves
purchase yea homes. 4 They
may procure extensive grounds,. high
~, a ils and elaborate furniture, but
they can never people that little
home-world with loving hearts and
to you render it the most sacred bi)o£
on earth. To do this requires some
thing more, vastly more. It must
become idealized with something we
love more purely, more tenderly and
devotedly. This is not obtained at
a simple stride. It is not lxmght or
sold, inherited or bequeathed. it.
must be earned. Kind words, loci
mg' acts, generous sacrifices, small
tokens of affection, ad these com
mand respect and admiration; and
make the heart stronger, and' truer,
and braver, to moot the world and
its temptations. Our little home
worlds will be just what we make of
them. We may mould them to our
own liking. To beautify and adorn
them, and at the same time to spirit
ualize-and dedicate them to true and
noble and praiseworthy ends, should
be the faithful record of all true
workers. '
A. Paorom HUSBAND.—When Hon.
Wm C.Bradiey, late of Westminister,
was member of Congress, he was
wont to be visited on his return from
the annual session of Congress, by a
simple minded .neighbor, who would
sit the entire Orening, and sometimes
till twelve o'clock, staling questions,
until ,the patience of Mr. Bradley
was thoroughly exhausted. On one
occasion Mr. Bradley determined to
be rid of his unwelcome visitor, with
out doing any. violence to his urban
ity. When the visit had been suf
ficiently protracted ho said to his
friend :
"Mr.A., when I was in Waahing
ton, one of the foreign ministers was
kind enough to give me a root which,
when tasted, has the power of con
ferring immortality ; at least no one
who has ever tasted it has since
died. When yon go I will give you
a small piece of it.'
Ina le* minutes liLr. A. rose and
said,he woald go and should esteem
it an everlasting favor to have a
small piece of that root. .
Ur. B. retired and soon brought
back a piece of rhubarb root done up
in paper and gave it to his visitor
with injunctions to take great care
of it and keep it secret.
A- left the room, but in a few
moments returned, and striking his
head inside the door, exclaimed,
"Mr. 8.,, a thousand times obliged
to you for this. root, but I will take
it as a special favor if on will not
give any of it to my
—lt is a mistake to
imagine that only the - violent pas.
siona, such as ambition and love, can
triumph over the rest. Idleness,
languid as she is, often masters them
all ; She, indeed, influences all our
designs and actions, and insensibly
consumes and destroys both passions
and virtues.
Ir is the highest privilege, duty,
and pleasurebf great men and whole
eluded women to earn what they
=to work _their own way
life, to be the architects of
their own fortunes.
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EDUCATION IN ARTS AIM TRADES.
It is 'a
misfortune that the old
fashioned habit of aubjicting lads to
the training of appre has
been suffered to die out. The-lack
of systematic education in the „prac
tice of the industrial arts, has already
produced serious effects upon many
of our trades in which skilled labor
is needed, and there are loud cm
plaints from all classes of our em
ployers agatast the imperfect meth
-
oils of workiwhich have unfortunate
ly become ihe rule rather
,than the
exception.ll'he'younger gengalion
of Americans seem to have forgotten
that their fathers won the honors
and rewards of life through diftent
labor, careful study;; and the skillful
adaptation of means. to ends. Prac
tical lueaticin has given place to a
sort o happy-go-lucky scramble, in
which/the quickest is the luckiest.
Young men plunge headlong into
avocations for which they are totally
unsuited by nature or by education ;_
the useful life of the *Olsen is too
often regarded with undisguised con
tempt by those who prefer -to starve
in clerkships rather than to live com
fortable lives through the gains of la
bor; country lads come to the cities
with no degree of fitness for city
work, and frequently fall into evil
wave; and the ranks of the ski
workmen, which must be kept ior
der to preserve our industries from
decay, are chiefly recruited from
abroad. Ask the owner of any one
of our large printing offices, who
gives employment to many men, if
the printer is as well trained for his
work-as-he ought to be, - and the an
swer is in the negatiyle—and why ?
Because the custom of apprenticing
boys to that trade has fallen into dis-
Use, chiefly through the opertitions of
the trade-union system. Inquire of
any_ machinist, who has hiindreds of
good workmen under pay, what pro
portion of Americans find their way
to his shop among the timing of ap
plicants for places, and his reply will
be that the foreign element is largely
in excess of the native. The same,
reason is given in explanation the
foreign workman is trained, from boy:
hood tothe avocation he expects to
follow, and the American workman
is untrained. The-statistics of our
manufacturing industries for the pagt
ten years, show that this condition of
affairs has gradually grown worse,
and the problem of the best method
of reforming the evil is one which de
mands attention.
Recent discussions of tile subject
of technical education, have there
fore ,assumed an important aspect.
We need schools for instruction in
the industrial arts open to all comers,
,and capable of imparting a practical
knowledge of essential processes; but
more than all else-we need a better
education of the young in the les ,ons
of industry and duty. The rising
generation of American youth should
be so tutored that they will regard
honest labor as an obligatipn incum ;
bent upon them, rather than as a
punishment inflicted for their sins.
It is not given to every man-child - to
walk in the way of the statesman, the
orator, or the author, nor, for t , that
matter, to become proficient as clerk
or merchant. Nature has created
Arkwrights Brunels and Ste
plien.sons for the practical work 'of
the world, an4but for this practical
element, the prolessions would speed
ily find themselves without clients or
audiences. -Let our boys be urged
to select their - own line of busine&s,
and when their choice is made, re
claire them to apply all their'energies
to the mastery of its principles and
its details, and we shall then have
I; _begun to purge the bod'y corporate
of some of the unwholesome humors
which now retard 'its growth and re
strict its _energies.
OLD SHOES.I',
You probably think that if you
look very sharply at -an old - shoe
when yen throw it away, you will
know it again if it ever comes back
to you. Bat that doesn't at all fol
low. One of these days you may
button ybu - your dress with an old
pair of slippers, comb your hair with
a boot, or grasp a castoff gaiter while
you eat your dinner. ;You don't see
how this can be ? Well we'll tell you.
Old shoes are turned to account by
manufacturers in the following man
ner : They are cut into very small
pieces, and kept for a couple of days
in chloride of sulphur. The effect of
it is to make the leather hard and
brittle ; next, the material is With
drawn from the action of thathloride
of sulphur, washed with water and
dried. When thoroughly- dry; it is
ground to powdet- and mixed
with some substance like glue or
gum, that causes it to adhere to
gether. It is even passed into
moulds and shaped into buttons,
combs, knife ,handles, etc. So you
will see how it may come to pass that
you will comb your hair with a boot,
and fasten your clothes with a flip
per.
IlLtsionnzsi or CRlLDltni.—Even
setting aside , the unkindness of the
thing, it is had, policy to he rude to
children. They are imitative, and
act toward their playmates as' their
guardians act toward them. Proba
bly most parents, even very kindly
ones, would be a little startled at the
assertiot(that a child ought never to
be reproVed in the presence of others.
This is so constant an occurrence
that nobody thinks - of noticing it ;
nobody thinks of considering wheth•
er it be right and best or not. But
it is a great rudeness to a child, and
ought never to be done. Mortiftea
tion is a condition as imwhohisorne'l
as it is
_uncomfortable, When the
w And isinflicted, by the hand of a
p :rent, it•is all the more certain to
rankle arid do harm. Let a child see
that his mother is SO anxious that he
should have the approblition' and
good-will of her fr iends that qhe will
not call their attention to his limits;
and that while she never, under . any
circumstances, allows herself_ tolor
get to tell him afterward, alone, if ho
has behaved himself impropelly, , .she
will him the additional pain
and mortification of public reproof :
and while that child will lay these
secret reproofs to heart, be will still
be happy.
$2 per Annum in Adlrance.
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A man 'is oat of harmony with lila
age who descants on the pleasures of
society No, modern authority pro
fesses frank enjoyment in the compa
ny of his fellow Creatures. A -sensa
tion of musty antiquity pervades eve
r3r avow& of the sort. Such senti
ments as "Tliss e hours we spend in
conversation are the most pleasant
of any wnenloy," "That part of We
we spend in company is the meat
pleasing of ' all iabr mammas," tell
their own date, and cannot 'be less
thinva f htindrei years old ; as they
are:in fact, some score years more,
beingund in the "Tatter." No
body ever tellshite dream now with
the prelude, "lldethought I was in
the midst of a very agreeable compa
ny." - ' :Every picture of the sort re
calls the days of formal drZsses_and
uneasy furniture. _ We are not sure
that any divine of our day ; would
own to Philip Henry's vindicetiOn of
a town; life— that it was aviays a
pleaSfirce to him to see a g•cod man
pass along the street. There arcetWo
ways of solacing ourselves hi-fatigue
or weariness of spirit- 1 -either' by re
pose of bead or limb, or by counter
excitement and the exercise of other
faculties. When dress was a restraint.
and bodily comfort was _ net viewed
as an art; the best resource was the
itimulus of company, talking, danc
ing, card-playing; Aid it is still
the case in many countries that the
peasants who work all day (lance late
into the night ;
voluntare movement
is their rest. Home to them offers
few attractions; meaning, it nlayi. be,
a stool by a smoking or fireiess
hearth, a *place to shun till supper.
time or bed dime comes. - -People in
such circumstances are ready for any
torn.' of amusement. It is no new
thing to like one's ease; but the arts
and habits of life have advanded
'slowly in this direction,; with their
advance comes independence of en
ternah aids. -Relaxation,, which once
was sceial, now effeetee the hermit.-
We grate more senSit , ive to . the -an
noyances of intercestirSc e - and find it
answers best for our iiiinietliate ends
to consult self only. 01 old ennui'
interfered . with this selfishness but
ennui is rot, the ueiversal enemy it
used to be. `.Time is not often now
adays called " the enemy.", The
idlest of us have more resources than
idleness °nee -found ready to hand.
Reading is. an enormous power Of
spending,tiine lazily and unptotita.-
bly, which used to be simply yawned
away. .'We haVe a literature whieh .
needs so little:lntellectual effort that'
even the family of Osbaldiston would
not have been driven to pitch and
toss, cutting , cudgels, or biting their
thivelez, as the sole occupations of
12
leisuie. Nob ' y, even in poetry, pro
poses the el rd and impossible in
dulpenee o , ying under a tree, like
the Edge . os and- Lyianders of our
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antiquity. We can 101 l to our eatis
faction in ors, and we resent inter
ruption wit much more genuine ill
humor Oen t was the :Tart of 'these
uncomfortably reclining dreamefs or
students to put on.' We see.that the
poets and essayists were thrown upon
their invention for such images ; the
world about them took life from an
otherpoint of view; it was their office
to slob* the intellectual uses of their
ietiting into self, and the diversion
which a superioranind might find in
its own company.—The Saturday Re
view. ....
The following remarks we take
from the Christirtn Register, and com
mend them to all parents who think'
anything of the influences of their
children's associates:
" I hear that parents whO have
sons end diughters growing, , up are
anxious for' them to _ get into
goolsociety. An honorable ansietyl
if it interprets good society after
some-lofty fashion. Your daughter
is in good society when she is with
girls who are sweet and pure anti
tree hearted;, who are not - vain or
frivulous; who _think of something
besides dress, or flirting or marriage;
between whom and their parents
there is confidence; who are useful
tts , well as ornamental in the house ;
,who Cultivate their minds, and train
hatidsAo skillful workmanship. If
society of this sort is not to bd' had,
then none at all is preferable to a
worthless article. See, to it that yoU
impress this on your children, and
above all, that you do not encourage
them to think that good society is a
matter of fine clothes, or _wealth, or
boasting to be somebody. As you
value your child's soul, guard her
against these miserable counterfeits;
and impress upon her that intelli
gence, and simplicity, and modesty,
and goodness, are the only. legal
coin. The same rule holds for boys
as well as girls. You would have
these entej into good society. Do
not image that yon have accom
plished it when youlhave_got them in
with a set of boys whose parents are
wealthier than you, who dress better
than your boy can aftralo, and who
pride themselves upon their social
position. Good society of • boys who
are honest and straightforward, who
, - haven° bad habiti, who are earnest
and ambitious. They.-are not in a
harry to be men. , They arenot am
bitious for the company of shallow,
heartless women, old enough to be
their mother, and are not envious of
their young friends who fancy there
is something grand in dullingall the
t:clge of their heart's hope - upon such
jaded favorites. I knew of ,nothing
sadder, than to sea either young
men or women priding themselves
.upon the society hick they enjoy,
when verily it is a dead sea _apple
that will choke them.,,with its dust,
when they need some generous juicy
fruit to cool their lips and stay the
hunger of their souls." .
Man AND BODY.-A healthy 'condi
tion of the mind is largely depending
upon a healthy condition of the
body. As upon the former condition
depends the qualitrof thkwork we
perform, we should . remark* that
every act of - carelessness orA,indtd
genes which interferes with. our
bodily health deprives LIR of some of
our brain power . , : ,and tends to
diminish our haotnness in lifa.
EMI
NUMBER 51.
Wall/ 'ORANGES.
GOOD SOCIETY.
)(3oiAL num asimmfAul.
The Arabs have a - pgeuliar' 1110d8
of anchoring their bode along the
rocks and coral - *.lands of, the Bed
Sea. When the - .bin o or mot has
selected his, anch.risge, 'either hira 7
sat the cap • a. one ef his cre*
puts two w ... en pings nose,
andjumps overboard with - wrope r to
which is attached two large hooks,
which he fastens to: the rocks, -or to '
some, hard coral formation which
must be unfastened every morning
by hand. -
Whichever way . wee look, the
mountains on shore, and rocks and
coral islands are visiblet to us. is This
is an extraordinary_ arid dangerous
sea. It is getting- worse and worse
every year. Although' we are, not
more than six feet from the ed gy of
the reef, yet we cannot getsuundings
underneath our boat,.
There are hundreds of-newislands
gradually springing,up to the surface
of the water. - The =appearance of
these islands is undoubtedly the
work of the coral 'animal; but I do
not believe, nor Can Ibe persuaded
by any philosopher hithe world, that
the foundations of these marine prin
cipalities were commenced at the
bottomless ocean.
Paring my rambles along the Pa- .
cific coast and in the Eatit and West -
Indies, I noticed four kinds of coral
formations— lagoons, coral_ fringes,
encircling reef, and barriers. The
lagoons are coral rings, encirclingf__
portion of the sea,-and only existin
the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Al
though they differ :in formation , and
appearance, yet they are -the' works
of the same.. animals. These - rings of
ten rise between five and ten feet _
above the -level of the sea: , •
:Raving paid great attention ,o the
coral animals of the East and West ' .
-Indies, I will describe thtir. habits'
for the information of :the geipi-al
reader. ',
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•
They are neither "insects nor water - -
spiders; but small, soft, -gelatinotit
animals, with whose ;bodies is 'to be
found an adthistof stony matter
reseinbling flint. - TheYli t re the slaves '•
of. nature,' and th,f- contractors and
builders of the ocean. ' On their sub=
marine structure tiley, toil, liVe,
.and
die; and end their labiyieue:" career
before "death by cementing their own
bodies with the last layer they.taise
toward the Completion bt'that home
for •the- future getiration of man.
They are to be fatal by millions, ' •
and are' visible td'ibie naked eYe;in
thoseuarroW seas anittoceanti where
their operations eredinuArt to be car;
ried on. They die before they reach
The surface of the wSter,- or thenie
tet:lnt, they feel the li,ast heat of the
.sua. As the. coral rings around" the -
circular lagoon • often rise from: five . ,
to ten feet above the le' el of the 'sea;
certainly that. part .above the 'Oster
ca,mot be the work of the'coral ani-
n4ls, nuless - nattre has endowed the
structure with either'a'nimal Or vege
table life, -and gradually forced` its
liceid;al;.sve- - the water s and continues
to increase Until the attraction Of the g s
elirth and oceap. put - a' stop ; to its '
grzoNtli. 'As - the corallines are not : :,
supposed 'to-be_ aHe tii live beyond'
ii. e , :t.rtain depth; the foundations of ."
thtit sfincture
.inustke, laid on the
heed or 'shoulders of some those
i f
gigantic,niemitiins which 110. 6 sunk,:
or may .be in the course'
p rising •
from beneath.—Once a Week.: -, - •
n.„,.11 i ..,
. .
THE. SITE OF ATIIEN.S.---'le sue se
leted by the old Athenians for their
c:ty, *as a titting.orie for the capital
of a, people keenly sensitive to beau
ty, and destined to becOme thej e ad-'
ers of the world in matters of taste,
espe - tlially in thE.i...zportant &pail
meat of tLe, Fine Arts. Nowhere, de'
oil
then: more - charming contras s of
monntaim- tea akd plain4-no re a--
more perfect, harmony. of pictureSque
effect. The sea is not 'a dreary waste
of waters ~,,without bounds,. bat' a
smiliug gulf' mirroring • its mountain
wails and winding about embosomfd
isles, yet . ever broadening as_ it re
cedes, and suggesting the mighty
flood beyond from ,which it, springs.
The plain is not an illimitable ex-,
panne, over which the weary eye
ranges in vkin in quest of some rest
ing place; but is so small as to .be
embraced in, its i - i-hole contour in. ..t,
single view, while itA separate fea
tures—the broad, denhe belt of olives
which marks the bed of'its principal
stream, the ancient Cephisus, the
vineyards, the graid-fields and the
sunny 'hill-side pasturesare made -..,
to produce their full impression. The
mountains are not near enough to be
obtrusiCe, much less' impressive ;
neither are they so distant as to be
indistinct or to seem Insignificant.
Seen through the clear' air their na
ked summits are so sharply defined
and so individual„ in'appearance, as
to•seem almostlike sculptured formi
chiseled out of the harctreitt ”
Provo a hoop on a: family flair;
barrel is an operation that - will hard. ,
ly bear an encore.. The woman gen- •
erally attempts it before the man .- ,
comes home to dinner. Stie sets fhe
hoops up on the ends of the staves, _
takes a deliberate aim
.with a rolling
pin, and then shuts-both eyes, brings
the pin down with all the force of
one arm, while the &her lAistinctive
ly shields her faCe. Then 'she makes
a • dive for the camphor and uni
bleached muslin, and when- the buil
comes home she is sitting back of the .
stove, thinking -of St. Stephen arid
the other martyrs, while a burnt din
ner and the' camphor are struggling_
heroically for the mastery. - He says
if she had kept . her , temper she
wouldn't have got hurt. And he via.
its the barrel himself- and puts the ,
hoop on carefully, and adjusts it so .
. 5,
nicely to the top of every stave tha '
only, a few smart knocks apparent' ..
are needed to bring it•diliVn all right,
then he 'laughs to himself to think
what a fuss his wife kickedup over a .
simple matter that only needed a' lit—
tle patience to adjust itself, and then -
he gets a hamthur l and gives the hoop
a sharp rap on the one side,-and the
other side flies up and catches him
on the bridge of the nose, filling inE' i
'eyes •with tears,' and the nextrinstant .
the barrel is flying across the' room -
accompanied by the hammer, and
another candidate ler_ camphor and
rag is enrolled in the great army that
is unceasingly marchiug( , tpward - gte
grave: = Danbury News,. , . . v _
HeKm—There is no man but
for his own interest bath an obliga
tion to be _honest. Thre ;. may be
sometimes teniptations to be_other
wise ;
. but all things considerd, be
shall find it the _greatest ease, the
highest profit, the best pleasure, the
most safety, and the noblest fame,
to be honest.
Oxs good mother, - said George
Herbert, Is worth , a htmdred_ whoa
.. aster. In the home she is "load
stone to all hearttf, and loadstar to
all eyes." Imitation of _'her is sort
stant—imitation which Bacon likens
_to "a globe o precepti",. Bat m
ill& ! B fa rl il f w ! ti . 1 !" 1 Preceft';•./1