TEUB:b? P7BLICATION. trirA tertlslng In all cases exeluslte of eUbaetlp l , q/s to the, prciwir. • . - A I:S. Insprted at FIPTIIdf CZSITS per line, tor 'the ttin Insertion, altd, CENTS Per line, for II lib...qt.:la in,ortlons. WeAl. NOT! moot style as rea s ttlat last- ter. TWENTY i•V CTS A LINE. • - Af i v )RTIS F.3t 17. S inse.rte4 accohling to the tonowi'llg tshla of rates: ' - • I • 10\i isc t tin 7lm ( lJr. I - 10.00 ; - /5.6 - 6 ' t - 2 tprhes.... I :!.06 I 5.00 I $.OO 10.00 15.00 21. N, 3 !ijrliP; - • —• i:501rr.041 - 13.00 120.56 3.iv I 8.50 11 . 4.00 18.2.-5 125.11045.00 3i -0611111th.. I 5.06 I 12.00 1,11i.00 - 1 - 22.00 130,00 I moo tn,oo rl c 033315.. - 140.00 1 50.n0 100.00 r . AO:Oz 1 - 4 0. 01 5 0. AttSITNISTR AV - M*B and rxecuter'n Notices, '.OD Anilltnr% nntleen. (1.50: Rush - lei, cards, ft,. 1: nen. - (n0i• rear) $5. 6 0. llnes. 41.00 each; EMiIM;M=MM TItaNsIE:' , :T advertisements must be 14Idfor IN AltVANftFt. ALT, lti4lo;i6ong of A.wistions, ,lons of limited or :ottlyhttta! Interest, and - notices of Niarriages ae.i Deaths. esrentllng live lines, are elkarg.4 TPN CF.?,iTd PETCLISE.., : •ICIII PRINTING_ of every kind: 1n plain sad ..f:l'ler rolorq. done :Fiilh nainess arid dlsasteh. If t is'ndhllls..ntanks. Cards. aniphlets. 2 lllllheadS. E. ritements. Ac., of every v let? and stirle:prlnted at the shortest nottro. TI It Itriontritit etlrp.lN well Ropplio4 with power mews n 'Tem} stinevj an..snt of new type. and everything In ths.irrlnting 11 n + can be executed In the most art - WWll:fanner , And at the lowest rates, . TERMSINYARIATITX CAST!. -' "‘ New:riots! ail Ens - Jaen Carlo. CTTIS. M. HALL, Attorney-at- . Law and Notary , will cll." , careful attention 14 any ?mines; entrittit e.I to Win. with P.atriek & (ever o eon 1 II fflei,),.Tuwatola: A mEs :WOOD, ATimmEy-AT-Enw, TdWANtA. rA. JOTIN F. SANDER.SON . ArTffitlsTEY-AT-LAW. OFfICIF..-31c4ns illiliding (over Powell's Store). MIME Q it: NV),t: LITTLE., IKJ. TTnRNEYS-A T-LA W,- ; r0 /VP A, PA t)".r.e , over tterkeis l'rvvislett Store, !.tatn Street, n•oan.la. I•x., Alirl IS (4.F:QRGE- D.-STROUD, ST7()I:NKY .417) r.vSELLOR-4 T-1,4117 foat doors North of Ward House I'rn.llrra IN Supt.-nut - ourt tf l'esop,vlv.l.llla United TOW.% N DA, Irdi court s.—rDec7:76. 11 [L , STIWETER, LAW OFFICE, Town sirs:P*. • fiVVRTON & NIERCITE; 4 - , • ATTORNEYS AT .%W. ToWA': I) A PA. 3tOpt.snyesSuffe. ' rinayfill OYERTON. • ROI)N , EY A. MERCUR - - WM. 'MAXWELL, . . = (irrwT.,Ovr.R MATrox's STORN. Toy tip*, PA Sprit 13, VIM pATIUCK R FOYI_,E, (Tr..]: Y.ScA T-14 Tuwanda. ly 174;3, in INToireurslock _\ N LE, ii ,t J• T7' , .)ILVE F-A .11;11,-,.• %%1(1, *itni )0%(la, ka, i --- . 1 F. 31ASON, • . . VI. -,:TTIVIZNEY AT . LAW, , Tt)W A7 ,- 1) A PA. .. 11••••• :h,ldirflr ,will it or r. B. Petra; r,,i,„ ~,, ul, I t!,,,w.- , Nor, 1,. •77.. 17 4 1 L. - 11ILLIi4, 14. - ATTIittNEY-AT-LAIN. Town.tt , tith,-ct with Smith & inovll-75. - - - AN OREW WILT, A Trf , i:Np'l & 1' , ,!77N5E1,L6F:- A over rro.,' twit floor% orth of Long. Tiuololo. - ]lvy Er: ,stilted ti 11'...1-111311. April 12.'711.; ' IL\IT 'oP_IIEi;`ON, S KI NEI,, A rTog ':;k: 1 - S-4 T-LA IS;\ :10 WASDA. rA. A.m. , ir:iey Gs Pa.. Jan. 10. IsTg 1 1•'. GOFF • E. • TTOILVE Y-AT-L.A M tin Str.•et (1 t1...•0rs tnifilt of Ward flntr.el.. Tn 1V k 1,13, (Apr;) 12. 1077. Av TIM)! PSON, ATTORNEY ir• AT LAW, l‘f) NG, P. attend to ad eutin ted to care It Iltaillnrd, I.‘aln.v.iat and IV)edinfg Countles. 0111..0 with Esq. roror. • :nuvr , -74. L. "411-75. LANIII w ka/ • ELAIIII al ATTI I:N T-L'A ' 'AMA N A TTo EV-AT-T. AW prouiplly attended ip E T N . E I,S BIt.EE, A rtptc x F , LYS ,qT Tco.V.VN DA. PA-. 1111Ntlig t•ft lero.t Into ei.istriiii•rshiii. their erotOotinial Fe t: , "•t'Ss to the sporial ;intent' in toivinr to .thei 111 . 1111:1J1' , and itegt.ter's Coni • Eirti IN. in. El.Sitite.F. r ADILL & CA LIEF, AT.T.L:Nty, AT 1. :re, 7 1- Tyw A., PA. fttti• - ; .\r•.01 , 4 filork, first &sir hOlit'.l of the First nponairs. 11. .1. .11AVII: '!anl.-7:11.y.; ( I IN D PAYNE, :77 . 1 , 12.1%rn541•17-1.. 111 & 111, h, 'Slit t:RT VIWANDA, • (IF:7j Ti[N W. ML' A TTOR !srEY AT LAW, ANT) U.S. et PIIMISSItIN ER, • TOWANDA, P.A. cc-1%; ort cr Side Publle luare - - . ) AVIE - S .k,CARNOCIIAN; • ATTDDNEYS - AT LAW. R ,LOCI; 7 , Tow'r-vnk. PA MIZE fr . PEET, vracttee ;01 lor,,,icht's of td• M -1 , (eutran,e nn mouth - riatt6-76. T.anda, May 1. 157'..'4't. Fl,O. PAYNE, AND., •• i AND I W.., nrrl Yl.o.taf*l•N' ; 4 70n•, (ofrr:i,z 11,4tr: r tront 10 I A . - .2. N. I 21”4, P. NI. 514.4..31 atts•nti, , n .•,, t“ ~ 1 the Eyr mid r,,=.„!c:, 1111. 'l'. IL JOHNSON, !' 1 ANANPS f:EQN I r. er s'f.n'sl)rtig : 4 4n e, 'rowan\ I D. Ti.. DODSON, 11ENt isr. I. .':‘ 3 , 0 :If t , r r. pr. 1!1. may 'found In the rotifor pr.! !'milts h e w to, S z !Ntreet. itusinvsS . — T . : 11.iE KLL Y,. DENTisT,ciffice M.'l .11:•••- , riliel.r, Tom tnAlh, Pa. *.% ,•tn .0n lint•lwr, and Al t ,•• , 11,111 tvoth extracted witttota 1. 34-711 iv• V. M. s:rANI,Y, pENTIST, rt. inoveil his Deotithoifti. e -lot° "Crary Hoek, over litott inure. i.ov lo,ii.toni do rill kinds itt thoital Work. lie hits fiat Ili 3 oew ga., nParatu B . to tylitTh. . TT, C. WIEITAKP.R, x„ ,K rnsn&n.. r. Ri - rLDz YG. F Look. TOWANDA ( - 1 ItyS§ELL'S kJ. (rx En A I. . INSURA.NCE AGENCY TOW) NnA, EA. tt ttl, MOE ritl\vANDA IXSUI L A4CE 'APENCY V.it/; St, o if, U... I . 47 . nr',rt House NUBLE & V INVF,NT, INSURANCE I :AG • . ENCY :. ' I' , EI.IAM.II. AND jipt,p, TRIEI C. , mpanlrn rnprvrcrttad : •:•"111 +it, nsizsix,itoatt e . KUCTEMitTII 8; •111\6(ALIFORD, VOLUME ;N EW GOODS ‘`s \ ' FOB. THE - \ - \ . • WE ARE NOW 4'A.I\WITIJ A FULL STOCK OF FtTNI TURE AT PRICES TO SUTP THE TIMES; .‘OF' *OUR. OW TOWAI7DA, PA MANUFACTURE;` WHICH WE INVITE YOU. TO CALL: AND EXAMINE . . WE KEEP THE LARGEST STOCK •OF ONDERTAXING GOODS OF ANY ONE IN' THIS PART OP THE STATE, AND OUR PRICES ARE AS LOW AS TILE LOWEST THING IN OUR LINE, GIVE US `A. CALL. REMENIgER THE PLACE, lAT THE OLD STAND OF StAIN STREET.' Pir1 . ,K416-11AILUE, PA Tox•uida. 3, 1377 .1;115 ::,•76 T H LS NtiAir - TO it T. N. CALIFF AND WARRANTED TO FIT ! = J. L. MciIIAINON,- ; • , 31 E . . R Clt A N'T TA \ IL 0 It ; OrMiSITE COURT iIOtTS/,ICTAItE, ran, 1, ISM GENTS' EURNISHI'SG, GOODS, HATS, silo Is prepared to furnish to Oder, made to measure, SPRING .A.ND Stir ER SUITS, ,\ BEST QUALITY A:, LATEST - STYLES, At prices the most reasonable of any establishment In Towilida. Citl and examlne.tny stock.. 1 - 1' TIIIRTE WROU lAlth Shah turul 1.811; ME MI I Furniture. SPRING. TRADE! WHEN IN WA NT OF ANY ROST'S SONS. J. 0 } Merchant Tailor.. SP-RING SUITS Made to oilier, i , . I \,,,,,. ' Vis just re,,celred a 4 ; \ , t% E W ANL) COUPLETE STOCK OP . \• CLOTHS, etc ttc., Llmmms NEES er.NTENNIAT. • WROLTIIRT-IRON HEATERS. For Illttimlitous Coal SFiSTO\E WIIOI7_GIIT-1110N cooking Unities, Low• Down Grates, Descriptive circniars altivta:usit -to any addriss - ZzAmtxx ni . iroullexiizcynox, • relisdelrulevAptli 2e; 12-iy. EMI • N • j . L.. KENT LINEN GOODS, 4-e., tfo., AT REDUCE4p - PRICES.k . GLOVES, :HOSIERY, LAO* AND.E3IBROMEI?IES IN ■ SILk d WORSTED FRINGES TABLE LINEN, NA P KINS, C L THS AND C SHMEit E S AND HA,VING SECURED THE HARRIS TII4',,TAILOR, WE ARE P 1 PARED" TO CLOTHE .ALL WHO MAY " FA VOR US WI TIE THEIR PATRONAGE. Torntnda, June 23, 1877 EMO V , ED ! a REMOVED! TONISIIING LOW PRICES ! C A I'S, OUR MOTTO : - Z STUDY TO PLEASE EN:ME=I3I Towanda,Ta., April 4, IS77' GREATLY REDUCED • rkANl:lila. • Id ANID .ICE-SAWLNG, AWAY DOWN: DOWN::. DOWN::: Which tam selling It tf)sult:the times, WINDOW—isLiS - Ds I Z. L. Zest, . \. 4 •\\ • N iSuccesnor to Rent # Ernst/. VILL.OFFER FOR THE THIRTY DAYS HIS STOCK OF DRESS YES, lIIIIITE GOODS, aRE'AT .V 4 PIETY. A LARGE STOCK OF RECEIVED,, BARGAINS IN TOWELINO, tic., (pc. OUR STOUR. OF Is II.VEQUALED, SEIIVICES OF 3. L. KENT.. \ \ \ N Ilernmed Which we will sell at corneal — id tlee as& be convinced ted as represented A tivxxls All goods wlirrauted from Ripping Respcct(ilij Tuurs, J. a: M. SHEFTEL. Piallirig. ac. The nederslgned . l Is doirg And ail kinds of Plankm:411111 Work, So tar you can't see tt I hare also on hacks large elect. of • SASII AND Doons, TOW4NDA; 'BRADTORD, Can't, PA., THUR ',AY MORNING, JUNE 28, i 8 1. Sglicf d thirkg. BETTER 1121108. I=2E2 Better to smelt the vrtnei Better Whelk tn a httlilroolt than watch a , laatnl,etilue..' Better the bare tit gentle heeirt an beauty'S favors . ennui t . !totter the rose's:living seed th .. .n Better all fcrri) hi loneliness than to • tsasa fore all • dari *. Better the fouutaln In the hear} than the fents!alta by the - :!ray : Better be fed 6y.lnotheestd than, eat alone at Batter to trust in - good than say: "..sty goods my steiehatille tIII.O ll Itettei to.he A..llttin wise than In knowledge. to .• . • • abortnd%r ' Better to teartia child than to toll to flit pertec tten,s Better to master's feet than thrill. a Ustca ingktate . ) it \ ottot tunuapet.t that. thou art prong than be tiara • • thatibeu4it great. - • \ I!atte s to walk; s •the Ival unsiu than watch - the hour's ovOt ; • Iletter the "Well !lone at the last than the air with shanOilg. rent., Better t.l haveA quiet: grief thai b tinrryleg de. • - tight: :H. • ' Bitter the in flight of the Ilawnpmu the noonday htirntug 141g.ht. Miter a death;Lsrlimi work 1,5 flpne than earth's most fer* hirth. Better In GNPs greet honso than the klng ur all.thie earth. r k, THE MIJAPHY-BATTLE Corntks..,l by a lady of Norrisepttm,: Va., In honor attire Temperance rovirals. • WO are coming. ilutyl , ther, t,‘ itty help against the strong, We are raising high the standard of the right. against the Wrong, We'rertlplcitig in the vlciories,:tor Which we're PreseJ so long, _ Thy truth is marching on. Glory. glory hallelujah . ! Glary l Achy, hallehljati ! • Giory, glue y hallelujah, ' Thy trail la marching iVe are gal,nlog relnrorretnents from thy, lost and •sr and :ring she , 1 , , We have ,oen the tear of penlOuce epee unused to stein; Wert, praying that thy power and gra4tour tempt ed on;•!.s :nay keep,. ' \ Thy word Ig'lnarchlng on. • Chorus--Glory, glory, hallelujah etc. We hare caught thy inspiration; as it down froni Paradise, We are rurling,lii the foretaste of - Joys heyond the : skies ; These are thy righteous doings, and - they're mare. lous In ciur eye. 4 Thy itglit is marching en. - Choruu—liery, glory, hallelujah': etc. ' Our faith Is growth. , stronger, asyce daily onward ,• Wltklkur gospel swords and .hehnets, and our.faegs toward the foe, We've keatli'd the powers of, darkness, and well . e.oluiour 1 hem we know, ' _ For Chrlstls inarchlng on. Chords—tilorY, glory hallelujah etc. All-wlse awl loving Father, I,r thy tylesslngilich and free', Our hearts, lu grateful Frnas, aro ascendng unto the.•, And thine be all.th. glory throughimt.eternlly, Oat Gm! Is marching on. -- Choriis-Ltilory,iglory hallelujah: etc: Only alvalq,: anti esreNsert, Ciyials Itch! to mother's brimst. (Jury a e 1114.1, 'r uthpiag - lLtlgitteupqr, tun; it, happy holm, Only a boy, , Truaging le; scheme'. - loloy 4rc Mettler rule, • 010 Y a youth, , i.icing hi dream*. Ptin of protoise life uotr seeths r Only a Min, lbctling With , life, • _ now by loving I‘lfe Un iy a 'fattier, v;ittreari.,, Sllverthreack lu dark latwu hair . (trey a gray-tguirtl, T..1,11!ng nv . ln .0 1 , 1 and full or rain )nly'a namitid, trergrimp With gra.,. Dre.ipt. unroalh.4l— , tt•,t At Ift.t jfkrtllastroto. A-Fall for Life. ,The fuerehanCshilf Druid, Proof 'Bombay;,for .Imialon, lay heealined,: off the west eow.t . of liiiidi,sia, ts.. tt tween Goa and Thin.;., 6 kilure„ whe ,die Ulf:tilts Mountain , were seen t• Cri., itig in sava-ge grandefft. thutisanl4 Jr 4 •et in air, with wild torrents leaping do - fi the f' , ,,:ks..iitisiiiii:, thr4ufgh the dark reen sill - 1141)6 . y. and ' , rushing with t ! din of titutaler. - "If th ..yviiiil dohS nut - rise. ere to-, morrow n orning,,w , o will ha* to anchor," s:ti . the captain to- Itkhert IVintield, a h. talsuffie young naval lieutenant on le. Ye of absence from thc.frigate station .d at Bombay. '' I don't want to lay th‘ ship's hone Son that coast, nor do I eke, to get. too near it.. 'I have heard Id stuns of ,the natives there, at anY - flee, I be lieve that almost every lb idoO. is a . ~ . ''.ti thief and murderer bynature. Bell _Upton, daughter it,f tpton, who was on his. way home' from his India 'regithent, on sick leaye, heard The words, aud, shudder ing, drew closer to her invalid' fattier. A. quick glance Iva's exchanged •be , tween her and the young lieutenant, whose reassuring „look seemed at once to dispel : her fearS., 'Major-Up ton. noticii:„,er. the glance, frowning, said to. litsdangliter,•" Come Bell let us go belOw.', • Winfield had been a sultorof since she came, to visit her, father it Bombay', some inOtiths before. The girl favored Tim, but not so the major. The lieutenant watched her admiringly until she . disappeared in the cabin. • =I "No harm ste-11. befall het, not while live," -he thought, as be now glanced mieaAy towards the coast. "We have artu4 - aboard, have we fiot?" he added aloud to the captain. "Ay, ay, sir; but . it `is not likely .we 41:311. 'be attacked. We are' full two leagues from the coast, - anil,he. fore we are near - enough. to be.board ed a,brteze will spring up, 1 have.no doubt." A few, hours' later rbig4t closed for CASH. MEM Ili be kept akee' away. dace to load. _ around the. ship. Before IY o'clock the quarter-deck was deserted . ,by all save. the 9 - filecir of the watch, who was no* stretched on the carpenter's chest ,bslf asleep, . tho: watch- DCaltS. • . • k e.cnahli 31.M.3)0:414;.D. olet cool than sip the', glowing Z=l! ONLY —C7111 ,, q0 s;sm forward, as liVindlield conld pereeil by the light of a lantern in the for • rigging, lay reclining on the hatch, some of them snoring. Not feeling sleepy, the lieutenant resolved to go aloft on the, mizzen top-sail yard, a.nd watch for , the first sign of a breeze: Arrived on the yard -the - gloom was so intense that he could not see the waters be/ow although as he still aimed in, that direction—was it real ,. ity or imagination l'—he thought• he' could detect the dim outline of some. thing• shooting rronnd the ship's . stern. , , 1k was about deseending when, The inoon parting the•clouds, a flood. of silvery light was poured down on the shifrand-water, revealing a spec. t. e faAe that filled the young man with ho ...r.---ti steep so sudden and un ex ' et ed that - his Wert seemed to stand still ..While he was aloft, Belt irpton ha dome out on the quarter deck, anti now, with lier back tO. , the rail, about tWo feet from-it, her head bowed as itilndeep thought, so that her heautifi&white 'neck shole 2 like polished ivory in Alie clear light. . . ' . Vngeen, unheard by the young girl,. a Hindoo, with a long, lithe naked to the waist, , had clambered the'side froth'slarge canoe contain ing half a do4en of companions, and had contrived to glide -serPe' nt. like, on the outside of the ;hip until . he had gained.a position direCtlY•be. hind her, when he drew. a large dirk - , which he -Was now - on the point, of plunging into ; the snowy neck of .the fair passenger,fliat she might not give an. alarm ! The lieutenant's' hand clenched. he s :: : •yard like a vice, as he beheld the young ,lady's peril. Ite. , must Rave, her—he would save : her, he thought; yet, how was it to: be done?. To give an alarm would only haaten the girl's doom ;. to descend, Po matter how quickly, 1 . ?3f means of one of the baekstays, would be. no• use, as she must perish .before lie could reach the deck and attempt ,to stay the deadly band. - Like a lightning flash, the instinct of love, the resolution to save Bell in dome way from his immediate at tack, sent a sudden thonghtithrough the - --brain .of.thc agonized spectator. The Hindoo anurderer,..in • his posi tion_ on the outside of the ship, was under . the yard,altbOugh about forty feet below him, chile 'the girl, stand ing t*o feet from the rail7Was in easy reach of 4.he native, whose arm and body, as already Stated, were how drawn' back from the bul tvarketo give force to the-meditated blow. • • • The young man therefore, leeined that it would be an easy matter ~to reach the Ilindoo in the only way it could .now .be done with suilicient rapidito , to prevent the, accomplish-. ment of his deadly purpoSe=a way and which' :once novel and desperate; and which' • would,:,prehars, \ involve his owadestruction. In a word, not hesitating to risk • his life or \ limb for the wpinan he loved,,, Lieutenant Winfield jtesolved to drop down'from near the end,• . of the Mizzen - top-sail yard upon the \ liindoo, forty feet low, and tIMS dash him froiathe rail into , the sea, preh'aps killing himself, ere he could.deal the fatal blur:with the - uplifted 'dirk. N • Ile .would utter a dry, warning to the crew,' cleaved the air, thus rousing uerhaps, in' time to meet the attackf the robbers and ensure the further safety of Bell and the ship The emergeikey admitted of no delay. The young man, clutching the' yard arm near the epd, hung by it a second to make sure be was in a line with the •liin deo.beneath, then; just as the dirk was, about .toC descend, he lef go of the spar•with,A long, wild cry that pierced,every corner of the ship,.and (low!? he went, cleaving • through the atr,wi terrific ' oeit- There was a whirling,,rushiag sound, then a ltiud thud as the heavy bout - heels o$ the, falling. body crush ed upon the head of the dative crc he roul\i use.' his knife, daShing hint Cron the fail into the sea akil iiiminstantly. The watch, had heark the warning cry of the lientimant and before Ole other natives- i'veu er from their Surprise 4t the is. , •urretiee which had so suddenly: and unexpectedly broken upon thew the deAs were Alive with the whole ,erew, - tal the entire gang of rebbers beat a . hasty retreat.. .Meanwhire Bill I - pton had been so bewildered. I'v that sudden, fearful cry she had heard, and tl}e sudden splash of the isi'dies in the water, that,.not until a beat w.ts lowered, and the, lieutenant, who hull been 'struggling in the-sea, was lir4u:rlit aboard and into the Cabin, to explain in a faint voiee how he 178 , 1.savell her life, did she dearly comprehend all that had happened. Then' she threw be; self down by•the prostrate form .of her lover, and hungover him in agony, fearing that' lie was - fatally injured. -,Soon, how ever, the doctOr gave cheering infor mation to the contrary. , - The youtig man hart sustained a fearful shock. from hiS contact with theliindoo's body, but as quit - body had offered but; little resist - mice to He put both hands of his daugh ter's,• who had clasped her .lover's neck, in the iiehtenant's, and turned his•head away to hide a 'few' tears upon his bronzed cheek. • Immediately after the young man had been brought aboard, an off. shore breeze Sprang up, enabling,the captain to head seaward; In due tiuie. the •vessel._ reached her home i l i port, hen . , the lieutenant, wha % by this••ti e had fully recovered. from the . e eats . of his rall',- qaimed his beauti ul and 'Tilling bride. - , ■ A 4101911,8 The canes mildew on the passage, 'and this inturei the fibers., Solite- Unica they are injured- hi, being straightened ovei.a lire, and 'often single Worm-hole ruins the ' entire piece. Just as our forest l i ree's have the thickest- and roughest bark on. the north side ' , s 0 the' bamboo has thicker and harder enamel upon whichever side was exposed to storms. In makirig;' fine . rods, not only the best eane/is sel ected, "hut the best side of this,selected cane is preferred. • The split-banrboo rod is an instance-, which nature is successfully ha.; proved. The rant in its natural growth. has great strength as a hol low cylinder, brit it • lacks. the requir ed'elasticity. The outer:surface or enamel is the, hardest of vegetable growth andmade - up largely - Of silica. The - iod-rnaker, by -using all Of the enamel possible, and by his peculiar construction avoiding• the, central open space ; s , cures great' strength ;and lightness, and nearly . the elasticity of steel itself. In' making a rod, some ten . or twelve feet of, the butt.olthe / eane is . sawed off lind split into - thin pieces or strands These pieees7are then beveled on. each side ,s,o..ithat :when fitted together they foriha solid rod, of•say half the diarars .or less ofi the original hollow. can . . This be,v; - . cling . ii , done with a/saw or.'-a if preferred, but tn / ore xpeditiously by having two r.Aary- saws or cut- ters set at an .atifle of GO degrees to each other, in ease the rod is to .be of six strands. strip is fed to the cutter by means of it pattern. :which, :I, the small CO of strip approaches, raises it - hitt? the . apex of the angle fornied by \ the' 'cutters. This. preserves a uniform \bevel 'and still narrows each strand toward no end seas to produce - the 'regular decrease in'size of rod-as it approach es the extreme end.. These strips can also, if &she'd, be filed.to a bev el' by ..placing them in triangplar grooves of varying depths in a block of lie:num-I-hie. The pieces are then tiled - down to the level, of . the' _block which is held in a vise (luring the opeiption. The six or twelve strips'as-requir ed, beingiworked.out, and each part carefully tested throughout its entire length by a gauge ; :are ready for glu ing together,- a :process requiring great care and skill,, 'The parts 'should be so selected and joined that the knots of the cane" break-joints." The parts being tied together in po- Sition \ at two or three. points,. the ends arc opened out and hot' glue, .well. rubbed in among thc . pieces for a>sliort, distance with a stiff brush. A.stout cord* then motuul around the strands frOm the end glued. to ward the other Portions, which ale opened and glued in turny say eight .or ten inches at a \tiaie. A. short: 'length only glued atone time so that - slight cro ok s in the\ pieCes can be stightened,and this is, done by bending the mt., and sliding the 'pieces p',4t each other. Durina. the gluing all inequalitieS\and want of symmetry Must be corrected 0r4 . 1,9t at all, and so he caliper's, are con \ stantly applied 'to every sideakshort intervals, and au excess ol\thick ness corrected by prp.ssilig44he parts together in a vise. It is at once evident that the larg,, er the number of strands`the less. the =mint of enamel to he liled\ olll 7 .The f&rrules are .water-tight andxpose no wood in elhher the socket tlns tenon Part. 13ain600 is so tilled with capillary tubes that water would 1. carried through the lengths sad un-• glue them, if it could:once reach the , ends where the joiuts-,of the rod tyre coupled together; and hence the ne-, cessity of careful protection at this' place. The entire, rod when. finish ed is covered with the hest .copal cbach l ' varnish. . By taking care' Co renevi the varnish from time to time, no water need even get to the scaths. 31ontlity WAS THE MOON ALWAYS DEA Now that astronomers have almost 'by unanimous consent accepted the doctrine Of the development' of our ,system, ~which involves ,the, belief that the whole mass of,each.rnember of the system was formerly zaseotis with intensity of heat; theypan no •longer doubt that the moon once had seas and an atmosphere `of consider ' able density. The moon hay, in (act, passed through the, sable ; Ohangtis,as< our Own earth, though not necessari 7 ly•in the'same exact was'. She :was, once vaporous, as was our earth, though not at the same time nor for so long a'time. She was once glow. ins, with intensity-of heat,- though this stage also must have continued for ainuch longer titnejlian the cor responding stage of our earth's his. tory. Mist we not conclude that af ter passing ttrongh that 'stage the, moon was for a. time a habitable world as our earth is now.? The great mases of vapor and- of cloud' which had girt -our moon's- whole globei,even as in -the youth of• our earth. her sea§ enwrapped her in cloud. torn], must at length have taken their place as seas upon her: surface. The t?nosphere /which had supported se watelS - must at first have been by,jomparison with the., pres-- 1,14 atmosphere, perhaps Oen •,rison with the , present at -4f our earth. Then ,tlie 'lce of the town grade- Nat. length the moon fit abode for life.) thus swept and for habitation; m attinhab which' wfll il l' t . den _ ent•lu •kr by corn l, mosppere \ok \\ glowing surl; . All cooled, un k must have been But wbethek, wbe garnished into titnes tbn moon actually bec mi iced world, 13 A queetlo \ Mil 111111 be variouslT 'taiswc . nid- ac9onliag to ' vv s respeCtibg-.;t,he;et:onomy'pf - niitiire'in - this respkt./ Those ; who: hold . .that nature only nothing in rain,.• will need . nnlY;t:o ask whether the „isnpport of _life' Is the. ode sole 'purpose which a planet caa.subserve; 'if that, should appear probable, they would rit iineedeeicle thatthe moon. must, during / itahabitable stage have been inhablted.. Others who t looklng around at,the.workings of' nature as; kriown..to' us, perceive, or think they . pereeiv, that there is mach which resembles waste in nature, will be less ,Corifident on. this, point. They man reason that as of-Inaq seeds which fall upon the ground( scarce ,One subseryes the one purpose for which seedivean be supposed to have' been primarily' intended, 'as many younglings among animals perishAin timely, as even rushy. races and ,types fail or their apparent primarY pur-, pose,. so' our moon, 'an4 Possibly many such woilds may never h``ve subserved ind,nevCr conic , to . sub; ! serve that one chief pbrpose for Which the, orbs peopling' space can be supposed to have ',been formed, if purpose :indeed reigns throughput the uhiverse.- 7 -Ch4i - lii:// Migazfrit!.' ROCKS/AND WRECKS . .Some persons say they de - not be lieve in retribution in thii life. • Cer tainly n*ny things which occur with in onr own khowledge look very much like it. We need not, keep our . in eyes open order to spring in judg ment upoii others. in .time. of some trouble or misfortime, but it is wise to Watch- the yays of i'rovidence In hisi dealing," with men, and learn what lessons we niay for our own good and those abdut us. YOU may alt have heard.the true Story. fof the .pirates of Ineheal:ie Rock. i This, as a 'dangerous rock Ui . the ocean, where for thsafety of -vessels a large bell had been hung, which' in times of' darkness` and storm was rung to warn them of the danger. S,omelpiriitegw - lio hoped to gain from wresiketl- ve*ls, came' one night and sink thq bell in the sea.. thought theS-,1 . we will watch fen the next- ship that strikes Inch cup° Kock. But the, next vessel that struck was their own! Oa in a dark Might they, found•the,need of a warn ing bell;- and because they had' si lenced 'its. friendly notesitHey had zioWarning of therir danger until they : were shivered and sinkin in the fu- TWIN sea.. - To - Its the ided of a. wreek is 'so fearful that•it is difficult to imagine' any one o utterly hardened as to rejoice' in the sight of a vessel in .dis tress, ulna, more , to, believe they would fail to lend a helping-thand,: or try to destroy lives already in mortal peril. as we read some of the old English laws, we. find certain punishments there laid, .doWn for . "persons guilty of 'plundering or de stroying ships in distress;" .a . mtat one, time these laws were declared to be: . '" not, - severe ynough to' repress these barbarous practices;" and more strict laws were , made foe th 6 protee.:l ti shirr ' - distress. .That may, go, but to-flay may Liti~ emery much like away, .or - a dozen o-day; a man lies Mr. Blank?" this, morning: " rnaer ?".. • ~,, e n diipking, as lie . _ and now it Coas delirium tremens: Ile sold liquor, t;;;?, but on the sly." .. : !\ • . "hlad lie sold it long;?'.! Yes; more or less ever simie \ khe opened his-store ; and then he began to - drink a little himself, and. - t.he• More he solit-tlie more -he drank, and c thiS is the end of it. He bad irgOod hearted wife. Ske often said. wish ,he would not sell.' And now she and . large flock of little ones are left ith N'ery., little. if • anything, when hia \ debts areotid." \He tool:. the warning-bell' from others, and struck the fatal ro:dt hith self. \I. thought -how 'many go down in .411611wreelis Who can tell; till that•timewhenno \ t \ o \ nlythe sea shall he 'brought.- to an account for theti• share nn sliipwreas \ worse than a raging Oectui hai ever Witnessed ? • - 1341131, KNOWLEDGII,\, —\ . • A Juan N11;s• three tulles an hour. A liors:c Isrots seteri. Stelimhoapirun eighteen: \ Sailing veSielli'make teu. ,Slow 'rivers flow'four. \ Itnpid rivers'llow. seven. Moderate- wind blows seven. Storins mote 11 urricanes eighty. • . ritle ball one thousand ' ilex . . hour. • Sound, fsezen hundred- nd 'forty three. I. Litht, one hundred and .ninety. tlionsand. EleetrieitS., two hiindied and eight thousand. • A-barrel of flour weighi'4sne hun- Ilrvfl and . ninety-six pouncis: • . A. barrel of pork, two hundred, A harrel,of rice, s , x• hundred. A ba'rrel of powder, twenty-live. A: firkin Aif butter, eighty-four. • Wheat, beans and' clover-seed, six ty pound.to the bushel. Corn,' rye • and fiax-seed, fifty-six. -Bnckwheitt,'fifly-t*o.. ..• Barley, forty-eight. , • , Oats, thirty-five. Conroe •salt„.eiglity-Dve. -• Sixty drops make a draclim... • :.• Eight drachnis, anmince. . • Four Cos Wake a 031". • - _ sixty drops make a. tea:spoonful:l' Three teaspoonfuls, a tablesPoon ful, one-third of an ounce. ‘, • - st Four thousand eight hundred and. f6rty. squartiy3 EV - make. an aere.''.. A square. mile is six hundred and fort?acres. , i To measure an acre : Two hundred und nine - feet on each side, Making a. square acre-within an inch. There'aii two thousand Seven hun dred and - .fitkv languages. - -.: One person dies at each pulsation of the - .heart. • . A generation is fifteen years.. , .• - Average length Of life, thirty-one years. • :, . • . NM 1 . ~ ~. - • RULEETOR ":; a: G BOIIQ 1 z• - ~. . . . , \ . . Ist. The: color of, the - vase to i & used is-Of importanee. Gaudy red: and blues - should nevr _be chosen for they conflict - with 1 e - delicate hues of thellowerS. 13.r0n 'or. blac : vases, . -dark .. green, .pure. iite,• o Isilver, always producen goo( effect and .66 does ar. 'straw basket,- , Whil 1 clear glass„ . whiblinhows the gracefu • • \ clasping of tife•'ltepis, Is perhap prettiest Of. all. ~ . ....- . ; • 2d: ,The shape,- of the_ vase :is - its. to be tlamglit, of. •FOrthe-middle of ntdinnertable, a roUndbowl is alway' appropriate, or a ; tali, vaser-with, a. saneerlhaped base.. ...or, if .the een ter of plie, table'. is , Otherwise occu pied, a large-condi shell, or' shell shaped,. dish ' -.may be S(Vnng fro,in.th Chandelier aboVe,\,and . with plenty. of vineti . and -feathering green, made look very pretty. Delicate, flowers such as. lilies of the Valley and sweet-' peas, should' be :placed by themselves ' in slendettapering glasses; violet- should nestle their fragranO'purple ' in scitne , tiny cup,: and pansies be se hia groups, with : no gayer flOwers..ti contradict • their soft' velvet slues • and--thisiS a hint Din summer—few things are prettier than, balsam-blos -iionis-l• or double variegated holly- hoeks, massed.oh a flat late, with a fringe of green to hide the edge. o leaves should "'be' interspersed with these ; .. the plate will look like a soli( mosaic of splendid color. ~ . . ._ . :,;(1. StiffneNe arid crowding are th:- two things to be specially aviiided'i. arranging. flowers. " What can 'uglier than the great tasteless bunch es:into which the ordinary florist tie. 'his, wares, or what more eNtravagant ? A skillful persOn will untie one of these, and, adding greed leaves; Mak the same, flowers into' : ' ‘ hal f L a doze; biaqupts, each more effective4ha the.. original. 'Flowers - should \ lo L :grouped as they grow:With a dolt, tof light foilage in andabout them . t `.set off their forilorand col Ors.. ft 4th. It is better, as a general - rule, .not,to put more than one orpire sorts of flowers into the same'vase. A. great bush with roses,.and camelias, and• cornations; and .-le'verfew,,an geraniums growing on all at• once would h a e ' .'frightfal thing to behold ; just so {l. _monstrous bominet made up of all theSe flowers is meaningless and ugly.. Certain flowers, -such as heliotrope, mignonette, and - myrtle,. Mix well with everything Phut . usu ally it is,better to group flowers with their kind--4roses:in one glass, gem-. mums in another, and. not - try to make 'them agtee in companies.. • s:th. When you do mix flowers -be careful not :tOput colors tk w.hiCh dash, side by ‘ sae. Starlets= and : pinks spoil each other; so ,dO. blues and purples, 'and yellows and mauves.• If your vase or disli iS a. very large one, to hold a great n*ber, of flowers, it •is a good .plan to divide it into thirds, Or : (tharters, , making 'each division perfectly harindniptik, within 'itself,. anAftlfeti•bleial the Whole with lines of green and- white, and soft neutral tint. Every group of'thixed flowers re9ttire's one little touch' of yellow to make it vivid ;'•bfft, this mifsVbe skill fully applied : , It is..a gootLpractiee ,to experiment with this: effect. For instance, arrange a group of Maroon,. scarlet, and white geraniums- with green leaves, and add a single blos:- som ;of iold-cofOred calceolitrir,• you will l ce at onee.,,that.the 'whole bou quet seems to flash: opt. and, become more ,brilliant. —St. .iVir://o/ns.,, TEE DOWN HIM- ROAD The devil's road.is down bill. • :N . 41 matter how high tip a. person may startiseisurelas be walks the devil's path he finds ita"e9ntinual descep: Especially : is this true in the-ease ors :Inn wrought •around then'? Will they ,. give to wise eounsas ? AVill'they shun the wine - ce'p's witch' cry ti . S.they Would the serpent's dead ' \ ly charm? ;Sure it is enough to see ih!.n falling .beneath , "the . tempter's= poWer ; hut‘what roust-be`the Sorrow bf that - nian '‘whose WhoSe sister, Whose daughter or Whose wife goes frOik the ileat;,delights.of home .to the . darknesS.. of a !drrtnktrl.',:.? Or . ¢rr Thbusanils 'of women are treading that path to-day; Will oth ers turn from it - and aye for their lest . :thelr Steps take hold upo.n_thii\Way.to , . , Ift;ltßrlNG\ TO ThE • STORE. -PUT ing tge last dUll \ *Season ivell=known Main 'Street Merchant .was:.`oimerre..d taking 'giant st n 'the- direction of his place of iiusiner at "o'elock in - the morning.' brat tradesman who; was assured that Jarge sales not \tlie , '-motiVe that. it' eed this rapid transit, 'hailed the swift com mercial traveler, and interviewed him as follows: .• \-. " What's c broke lbose,,; Charlie? Where are - yea - going in-such a liar ry?"- . r " riff goingto the store."l,' • . A "-Trade titu,t be active with you." *lt is nut:trade that has. brought, me out.". A - - "It's not it ivoman, is: it? , " •:. • -1 "No, of Course .not.. -But' Pll'ex plain_the thing to you; to keep down your, infernal suspicions. There are three partners at our .store , and, we have only - two chairs. The man that 'e.orries,last' in' the . morninK has' to standup all day. It is verb import ant foime toket to the store.early this'mOrning-goOd." And Charley "lit-aut.." like a reporter for a acorn tug newspaper ]bete Ter a - - ADMI7.I3IHG OR THE DEVIL.' There are many well-mianindpeo. • pie the world who do a great deal - of gratuitous advertising for Satan. , They seem to doubt whether ally thingis settled until they settle•lt' A minister Apresied great our _ prifie at•seeing an objectionable book on the table of a friend,' *lit_yias ia- tonned Oat ? his curiosity was excited i i by the minister's denouncing the , book the pr ‘ evious Sunday, ., _and- at ' once he went`und bought -it , .: ~,• We shall do w#l.to-remember that,' Qiir harvest depends upon thesmount 'of wheat we sow, 'and not upon the number.kit of tares , wh we pull up._ We \marwork ourselves to death in. trying to undo what Saga has done; - and weshall fimthim at last \ too agile for us tonyertake him. We hall do better to work for God with nil . the' energy of deVout and devoted hearts, and trusting him to bless his Om Wont, and bring to nanght the de- • vices.of evil, men and devils:- , An earnest writvi , has well, said : " Teachers have bettei work than to advertise the devil's nostrums. The, best way, 'as a rule, to preach down rror, is to preanh up truth.'l'ill the inimi and saturate the soul with the ' 'trutkpf God's word and , there Shall , be no room for error. Seldom attack error dirctly , ; -',but 'if you throw \ down the gauntlet •to the devil,_ be N. sure you. gie lam a deadly lunge. Error is a plant of such prolific 4 growth, that the\iliore you try to pull it up by its roots;the mdte you will cause them to spat: c i Sow 'the good seed of the kingd m' in every spot of the ground ; and .you will choke out a.nd, keep outerror by the presence of truth. -We iv paid too much reapeet to . Satan.. We owe him nothing' but contempt and dis- , obedience. Let us,atop abusing the ' deiili and begin in gdod earnest to ' preach God's Word. If that ' W ord abide' in us ' richly, if we teachful- • ly,' we .shall have little occasion to mourn over-the power of . error. • " . Never before has God more sig nally honored his Own Word. Never before was the Bible more bitterly ~ opposed; never before was it•se.ten-: derly loved and widely .read as, ow..' Never-before was, prayer more ues- , tioned ; never before , was p:yer : more gmciously aniwered. Truth is mighty ; as God.lies it Will prevail. Let us believe it, teach it, and live it.' Let us fill the minds Of the children • with the truths of ,God's Word; and by his blessing, newlrophies to - , re- '- deeming grace shall Le won in every , class."— The _4rmory . EMI `. \ IiUMPER 4. \ LITTLE' BY LITTLE.— If - you • •are. gaining little by little, every day, ix. , , cOntgnt. Are your expenses less •. than 'your hiconlei . so that; thotigh• it jig - little, yosu are 'yet constantly. ac- .:, cumulating arid growing richer 'every. . day ?- Be t•ontent so far as concerns • .- money, -you are doing Well. [ , 1 ; t1 Are you gaining knoiled . every lay ?. • Though it \ be:littlg„t ggre- - gate of, the accurni s ilationilw ere no • . day is permitted . tO- pass 'without adding soinethi nV. to' the stOck ; will : surprising to yourself. - . Little by little-rieveeiomitting to • I learn 'something; even fora *single day-z=always reading, Alwaya., study- • big a...little between the time of rising, • , tip hi 'tle, morning ari4.lying doWn. at 1 night; this is the..way to accumulate . a full ' storselipuse or . knowledge.,. Finally, are you daily improving .. :ha f . character.? • T _. cause it.is_ lit men fall•far..E selves world thing,: it is in) resolutions - did yester . da s you , did law you did last feet, but do i so long,as y. 4, er and nearer at which you Little by ciliated ; ' edge is gain( acte and rei . !TUE Po Bor Wtta..-:-It has been - said that man. can do anything • he' resolies i do: .This . muSt r howeter, be ta. n with the litnitation that be shall resolve to do only things that are tossible. Toreaolvo that he will el' .1;W the. moon will eertainly nev, • take him to that. interesting satel.; lite ; and to resolve that he-Will grew. to eleven fe3t higlicwill-'not carry his • se:tip to that altitude abtiVe his stock- • . ings, Still the, saying is a deserved tribtite to the will, •as a force; for . the will \ is a force, and a trenriendous ' one at that; sometimes it cannot be • seen, heard orhandled; it is ble, . intangible and inaudible but yet it is a p9Wer, because .i . t.,sgtg oth-: - er poWers and agencies ikontotion, • and accomplishes great thitOilltro' them. • There arc two kinds Or will power—theaggiessiiotind time, pas sive. The former genefally takes the - form of what we ,call enterprise ; . dares for invade fields hitherto miex- . plored, or to essay objects that ap pear-impossible of execution, and to - show the - world how ;much . can be done with little ineani,'• it is the chief clement- in the constitution of -such men as Napoleon, Ciesar and Croin- . well. - "MAY it please the tourt," said,ja • Yankee lawyer before a Dutehdhdge,' in Noy York. State,-" this is a case of . the zr,reate4t importance ; while the ,Ainerican eagle Whase - sleepleakeye watches the Welfare of the mighty re public and Whose!wings extend froth. the 7 .A : lleghanies to the Rocky chain • of- the West; rejoicing in his pride-of place—" " Shtop darel shtop I -say-I- Vat - has'dis suit to 'do init eagles. It has nothing to do mit the wild bird; it Ist' Yon sheep !" That is trice your ' Honor, but my client • ha's right&„--" - 0 Your glient has no right to de eagle." "'Of course not; but .the laws of language.--" " Vet- care I for de laws of language; eh P ' I understand de laWs of de State, and dat is enough for me. Talk to de - case." " - Well, then,lns , client,ithe defendant, is charge with-stealing a sl ie ek vitt,do YOur glient is - 'charged mit stealing a sheep. \Pat is .shust -6 shillings. De. court Will adjourn." - • , \ • tto all the good.you can in the,world and make as little noise about it tts'possi ble.- Rasrutitss\yrip admit of nought Air , bid,,what\unreaoonable self shall tate cor reasoO \ - - - •' - , Gm) _bears niorWthatt the heart speaks ; and if the heart be dumb, God', wilflier, tainly be' deaf.. ' Cr CiSET d uty -speaks MA moat.. sincerity. Bre . prays with a witness who prays with . out a witness. • 'ls sloth seldom brings sietit;intO a good bii:Lti a .o rabh»ess snakes-thew always abortive ere Well tortned. _ . It W a as sayinenf Bede, that ho who comes not willingly to - Chateb, shall one day go unwillingly to Im • is the greate s t me sac ro otgroco that linbatieia the greatest. mem/um erjoy and !matfett tato a balloting . heart, • 111 13
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