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ALVORD le HITCHCOCK, Publishers.
VOLUME XXXIX.
*EONS Or PEaLICATION.
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mho REPORTEN having a larger circulation than
any other paper in - the county, mates it the best
advertising medium In Northern Pennsylvania.
JOU PRINTING of every kind. In plain and
fancy colors, done with neatness and dispatch.
llandbills,'lllanks, Cards, Pamphlets, Rillbeads.
Statenieuts,,*c.„ of every variety and style. printed
at the shortest notice. The RIF-PORTER office is"
well supplied olth power presses, a good assort
ment of new type, and ev.Othlng in the printing
line can be executed 104,8 e most artistic manner
and at the lowest rates. TERMS INVARIABLY
CASH.
Bashers Cards.
CHAS. M. HALL,
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW AND JUNTICE Or PEACE
TOWANDA, PA.
FIRE INRCRANCE RELIABLE COREA:ITER.
01See over Dayton's harness store. Nov. 21,'78.
INSURANCE , AGENCY.
tolloaing
RELIABLE AND FIRE TRIED
Companies represented;
ANCSIIIRE,PHCENIK,IIOIIF.. 4 IIERCHANTS
/Limb 16, '74 0. H. BLACK.
D.IPAYNE, 31.. p.,
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON'
011 tee overMontanyes' Store. °Ace hours from 10
to 12, A. M., and from 2 to 4. P. M. Spertalattentlon
given to dleeaseg of the Eye and F.ar.-0rt.19.'764f.
RYAN,
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
'office day last Saturday of each month, ovei4Turner
at Gordon's Drug Store, Towanda, I'a.
Towanda, June 20, 187 s.
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LSBREE d,• SON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW ,
TOWAQA, PA.
N. C. ELsanEs.
pAINTINGS.- •
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PORTRAITS AND LANDSCAPES
. Painted to order at any prier 'tom to 1400.
Oil Paintings Its lie-Touched, or changes
made as desired.
All work done In the• highest style of the Art.
!JOHANN F. lIKKDER.
Towanda; Pa.. April IS, 1578
T ROGALSKI,
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Employed with M. llondelman for the . past tour
years hegs leave to anuonnee to his friends and
the pnplie genf•rally that he has removed to the
Boston I,94letit Story, one door south of the First
National Hank. and opened a shop for the repair
of Watehea. Clocks. Jewelry. hr. All work war
ranted to give entire satisfaction.
W• YOUNG,
krronNET-AT-LAw,
TowANDA. PA.
Office—second door southof the First National
Bank Main Sr., up Crafts.
(I. P. KINNEY,
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ATTORNEY -AT-LAW.
Olnee—ltenins formerly occupied by Y. 11. C. A
Reaflnr., Uan.3178.
WILLIAMS & ANGLE,
ATTOWNEYS-ATZAW.
OFFlCE.—Formerly occupied by Win. Watkins,
Esq. _ _ _
(net. 17, 77) E. J. ANot.jr.
sic LAMS. ,
.111.cPIIERSON,
A TTORN ET-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA. PA.
D(81 Arry Brad. Co
.psoN & HEAP,
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Towanda, Pa. Mlle:. over Bartlett dt Tracy, Maln-et,
F.MAsox. ta0":71 ARTHUR H EAD.
EL. IfILLIS,
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ATTO reVY-AT-1,
TOW A\ll.l, L.A.
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r.F: GOFF,
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I J.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAw,
Dial Street (4 doors oortlf of Ward House). To
wanda,ra. (April 12,1877.
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H. THOIPSON, itTORNEY
AT LAW, WY ALUMNG.TA. Will attend
all' buMnoUs entrusted to Ids care 'ln . firadford,
Sullivan and Wyoming Counties. - Office with F.sq.
rorier. (novlS-14.
kJrl L. LAMB,
A TTORN EV•AT-L /.W.
• WILIi.i.S.P.ARRE, PA
4:alleettoua promptly attended to.
WIN W. MIX ,
ATTOUNLY-AT.LAW AND U. S. CO*MIANIONXII,
TOWANDA, PA.
Otlice—N . coma Side Public qt r e ,
Jan. I, Ins,
DAVIE,S. & CARNOCHAIST,
-ArronxrYs-AT-LAw,
SOUTI SI PE OR WAI D frOVs,E,
bac 23-75. TCA'AND A. PA
D _
R. 5., M. WOODBURN, Physi
clan and Surgeon. Wire ova °. A. Black's
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Crockery store.
Towanda, May 1, 157217 .
M - - A - -
DILL It CALIFF,.
Arran strirg=A - r-LAW,...
TOW ANDA.;
Office In Wood's Block, first door south of it l lso First
National blink, up•stalrs.
B. J. 11ADILL. (J0n5.721177 ' J. N. cettinr.
GRIDLRY k PAYNE,
ACTOR N !g-AT-LA W. .
South side Mereur Block (rnom■ formerly menpted
by Dario& & Carnochato),
TOWANDA,,TA:
13=
AMES WOOD;
ATTORNET-AIALAW,
TOWANDA, PA., ;,
toch9-76
nr STREETER,
ATTOR\Y.I • •AT•LAW,
TOW AN DA. PA.
aug2o.
OVERTON lz MERCUR,
ATTORNETS•AT.L A W,
TOWANDA, P
&Mee over Monts-oyes Store. trnay6l6.
D'A.- OVERTON. - RODNEY A. MEM UR-
y MA XWELL,
ATlvn\LT-AT•LAR
TOWANDA, PA.
Office over Diyton's Store.
April 12, 187$.
.pATRICK & FOYLE,
AII'OINEYS-AT•CAW,
TOWANDA. PA.
O3ee; ‘ 4 Mel cues Block.
If ANDREW WILT,
tl.
ATTORNST-AT-LAW
Oitee over Cross' Boot Store, two door) north of
S*.evens & Long, Ttisranda, Pa. May be consulted
Berman. {Apra 12, '76.]
CS. RUSSEIL'S
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GENERAL r -
'NSURAN E A'GEN-CY
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marismt/ .1 . ,Tow PA.
ME
OVERTON & SAIND,ERSON,
ATTOINNST.At-LAW,,
TO3VANDA. PA. \
S. OVZRTON. JR. - Joust P. Banitaisox.
WB. KELLY, DaNnwr..\-,Office
• over M. E. Rosenfield% Towanda, Pa.
Teeth Inserted on Gad, Silver, Rubber, and Al
dant= base. Teeth outlasted without paht.
0et.3472. -
DR. - T. B. JOHNSON,
PHYSICIAN ♦XD SHIGZON. -
Mee over Dr. Porter t SOreaDrogStore.Towasda.
jan1.750.
1864. 1876.
TOWANDA INSURANCE AGENCY.
' Main Shut opposite eint gain
W. S. VINCENT;
MANAGER.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
CATITAL PAID IN
SURPLVS VIJND
Thh Bank offers unusual tactlltles forth. trams.
action of a generattanking business.
JOS. POWELI., President.
EAGLE HOTEL,
mini SIDE PrriLlC SQUARE.)
• TMs well-known house his bian thoioughly tart
nocated and repaired' thrmighout, and ,the prciwle
tor Is now prepared to offer first-class accommoda
tions to the public, on the most reasonableierms.
E. A. JENNINGS.
Towanda, Pa., may 2, 1575.
H ENRY- HOUSE,
.CORNER MAIN & WASHINGTON STREETS
This large, comnro4lons and elegantly-frirnlshed
,
la•ube has Just been opened to the traveling public.
The proprietor has sparod neither pains nor expense
In making Ids hotel brat-etass in all tta appoint
ments, and :respectfully solicits a share of puldlc
patronage. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Tenn*
to snit the times. Large:stable attached.
WM. KNRY. PROPRIZTOR,
Towanda, June 7, -
JLWELL HOUSE, TOWANDA,
PA., •
JOHN SULLIVAN,.
Having leased this house. Is now ready to accom
modate the travelling public. No pains nor erpense
will be spared to give satlilfactlon to those who may
give him a call.
North aide of Pubile sqi are, east of Mercers
new block. .: .
MEI@
THE CENTRAL HOTEL,
ULSTER.. PA.
The undersigned haring takenpossession
or the above hotel, respectfully- solicits the patron.
age of his old Mende and the public generally.
aught-if. M. A. FORREST.
QFiELEY'S OYSTER BAY AND
1, - ) EUROPEAN HOUSE.—A few doors souther
the Means House. Board by the day or week on
reawonable terms. Warm meats served at all hours
Oysters at whalaasto and retail. feht.n.
WIi.EAT BARGAINS!
M CHANT - TAYLOR,
Fine Cheviots,
Worsteds,
- Wool
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• and Plaids
cfeb.llB
ONERCQATINCS,
[novlt -7 5.
TVilubcor Scarfs,
Sill Handkerchiefe,
e'olored, Hwy,
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Underclothing,
SirAn inspeCtlon of ( ur stock will convince the
most fastidious.
July 2,,16
ACT FOR TEE PEOPLE.
TWENTY TROESAND DOLLARS WORTH
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS
BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY Ist, DM,
MEM=
11y1741
MEM
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&talus, eirds.
TOWANTOA. PA.
$198.000
116,000
N. N. DFTTS, Cashier
Idols.
(ON TIM EtIMPEAN PLAN,)
TOWAS DA, l'A
Clothing.
J. .D p TRlts H ,
Opposite Park; TOWASDA, PA.
FANCY SIIITINGS
Pl=
PANTALOONS.
GOODS JUST ARRIVED
OVERCOA mos
In great variety, inado 'to order, at-.the
VERY LOWEST PRICE.
LACIEL - MATALASSE CLOAKINGS,
GENTS Ft7RNISIMG GOODS,
at reduced prices
FrOm 36 :o 521 n size
J. DOLITHICII,
]lain Stiea, Tuwanda.ra.
Dated Oct. 24, 1878. 20t t
520,000
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
Hits, Caps, kc.,
TO BE SOLD AT COST,
M. E. ROSENFIELD'S,
As I Intend to make a change In my business._ I
therefore oger my entire st,ek. AT COST, b•lng
the largest and best select-d stockl In northern
Pennsylyanta.
SPECIAL' BARGAINS.
The fonoirtug great bargains are offered
Men's Black tiptop Overeeate @i3.50 and up
Men's and..elass GrefOvercoats *3.00 and up
Men'swll wool Snits
Bora Sults for 6 yriold and up 613.00 and up
And everything equally as cheap, Including Gents
-Furnishing 'Rinds, Mats and Caps, he.
A full Hue of - . •
N-DE E,A R
both for men anti c , boyd. TRUNKS, VALICLS
LIiDRELLAS,
THIS IS .NO HUMBUG.
Th. above stuck must and shall be sold by Jan `. -
ist. 1870. Every One should take advantage of the
present low prices 'quoted. and buy their winter
ripply.
Your. truly,
31. E.IItISENPIELD.
Main Strew. Towanda, Pa.
Dsited Oct. 24 . 1. 1378.
DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE A—Notter is hereby Wert that all persons 'u
naided to the est 4te •ut Philo E. 11logos. late of
Munroe Borough, decease& - are requested to make
immediate payment, and all persons haring claims
against said estate. must present them duly anthem.
Bested for settlement.
ALBERT G. C A'S MEE,
liannetzin, Oct. 17.1.4 w.• .administracer. '
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• I WOULD SOT, IP I 01/t111)1
I - I would sot dig my past •
Up from In grave of waskuess and truest
Up telom Its hopes—which gtlitatterod but to set,
Its dirauis that could not but.
' Yet I can look before,
And tonal by the lessen Badly learned
4a children, playing with the Are, are :htirturd,
And tempt its glow sicintore,,
i , I would not, If I could,
.lee o'er again Ulla dark, uncertain Ilfe-‘
nta slipping backward In this daily 94[41 1
1 Of reatbl ng after good.
\. And yet I can know bow weak -
Are all below, and so sweet charity ,
Will cling and glow about each form I pee,
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\ And thus to me will speak ;
kwould not open out.
The half healed woundsot other jean, long lied
'Twerp better \ they were numbered with the dead
- Better than tear or doubt.
Yet I can truly say, -.
Let the dead boryi4ts dead. We go
So swiftly onward to sun9et g10w... -
And then them Is no dSy I
Weis too short to waste
In vain rankling) or to Meat regrets;
The strongest heart endures and never frets
O'er Joys It may not taste.
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' And he who can go on
Bravely and firmly In the allotted way, • -
Gaining new strength with every darkened ray,
Shalt surely reach the dawn.
Feb. 14. 1678
. And so I would not lift
Up from the grave the shadows of my, past ;
The clouds that all my sky once crrerciat
Into the night may drift.
For the re's enough to ell
each hour
and moment of the dap to come.;
Then wherefore woo the shadows to our home!
The valleys to our hill I.
'BABY BAB GONE TO SCHOOL.
The baby has gone to school; ab me : •
What will die mother do,
With never a call to button In pin, -
'pc' tie a little shoe?
How can she keep herself busy all day,
With the little "hindering Haug " away ?
Another hasket*to MI with lunch,
Another •• good-bye " to say, .
And the mother staudg at the door to see
Iler baby march away; t i
And turns witba sigh that lihalt relief,
And half a something aktu to:grtet.
She thloka of a ',gunge taturh'moen,
When the children, one by one, , •
Will go from their homes out into thOtiarld-
Tu battle %Jai life alone.
And not even the baby be left to cheer
The desolate home of that future year
She licks op garments here net there,
Thrown drain In careless haste,-
And tries to think how would seerrq-
If-nothing were ultplieed.
If the house were always as still as this,
flow could she bear the loneliness?
jil4cellanto4.
The Condemned Sentinel.
A cold, stormy night in the month
of'. March, 1807, Marshal Lefebvre
with 27,000 French troops, had in,
vested Dantzie,• The city was gar
risoned by L-,ooo . llussian and Prus
sian soldiers, and these together with
20,0,0 or 30,000 armed citizens pre
sented nearly • double the torce that
could be brought to the assrult. So
there was'need of the utmost vigi
lance on the part of the sentinels, for
a delsperate sortie - froth the garrison,
made unawares, might prove Calami
tous. •
At midnight, Jerome Dubois was
placed upon one of the most import
ant posts in the advance line of pick
ets, it being upon a narrow strip of
land raised above the marshy fiat,
called the peninsula of . Nehrung.
For more than an hour, he paced his
lonesome beat without bearing more
than the moaning of the wind and the
driving of the, rain. At length, how
ever, another sound broke upon his
ear. lie stopped and listened, and
prsently he.called :
" Who's -there ?"
The only answer was a moaning
sound. '
•He called again, and this time he.
heard something like the cry of a
child, and pretty soon an object came
toward him out of the darkness.
With a quick, emphatic movement,
he brought his musket to the charge
and Ordered the intrudilr to halt.
"Mercy !" exclaimed a childha
voice; " don't shoot me! I am N.a.
talie ! Don't you know me ?"
"Heaven !" tried Jerome, elevat
ing the muzzle of his piece. "Is it
you, dear child ?"
" Yes; and you are good Jet .me.
Oh, you will come and help mamma.
Come, she is dying •
It was certainly Natalia, a little
girl only eight years old, daughter of
Lisettx Vaillant. Lisette was the'
will. of Pierre Vaillant, a sergeant in
Jerome's own regiment, . and Was
with . _the- army in the capacity- of
nurse.-
Why; how is this my child ?"
-said Jerome, taking the little one by
the arm. "What is it about your
mother ?"
" 06, gOcA Jerome, you' can hear
her now. Hark!"
The sentinel bent his ear, but
could hear only - the wind and the
rain. .
" Mamma is in the dreadful mud,"
Said the child, - '" and is dying- She
is not far a ay. Oh, I can hear her
crying."
•• By degrees, erome gathered from-.
Nature that her father had taken her.,
out with hipi in the morning, and
that•in the evening, when the storm
came on her mother came after her.
The sergeant had offered- to send• a
man back to the camp with his wife;
but she preferred to return alone,
feeling sure that she-would 'meet with'
no trouble. The way, however, bad
became dark, and uncertain, and she
had lost the path, and wandered off
to the edge of . the . morass, white she'
bad sunk into the soft mud. • '
"Oh, good -Jerome," cried tii6
lit
tle one. seiiingthe man's hand," can't
you, hear her? She will die if,you do
not come and help her ?'2",
. At that moment, the, sentinel fan
cied 'he heard the wail of the unfort
unate women. What should', he do ?•
Lisette—the good, the: bealtiful, the
tenderhearted Lisette—,waiin mortal
idanger,.and it. was in his power . to •
save her. waS-6Ot in his heart to
withstand the pleadings of--the child.
He could go- - and. - fescue the.nurse,
and - return to his post without detec
tion.-- At all events, he-could not re
fuse the childish pleader.'
"Give me your hand, Natalie:
go with you, f i
• With a cry Of joy, the child sprank
to the soldier's,. side, and; when she
'had - secured his hand.: she Aurried
Fl 48.80 and up
foeisg.
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., - TMTILiDAT MORNINO, NOVEMBER 28, 1878.
him along , toward the place where
she hall left her mother. It seemed
a long distance to - Jerome, and once
he stopped as though he would turio
back. He did not fear death, butt he
feared dishonor.
"Hark ruttered the child.
The soldier listened„and plainly
heard the voice- of the suffering
woman calling for help. He hesitat
ed no longer. On he hastened through
the storm, and found Lisette sunk to
her armpits in the soft Morass. Fort
unately, a tuft of long gniss had been
within her reach, by-which means she
held her head above, the fatal mud.
It.was no easy matter...to extricate
her from the mirey pit, as the work
man had to be, very careful that he
himself did not loose his footing At
length, however, she was4rawn forth
and Jerome led . her toward his 'Ootit.
"Who comes there ?" :cried a voice
from the gloom. .. . •
" Heaven ?" gasped Jerome, stop-
ping and treinbling from' -head' to
foot. • .
"Who comes there?" repeated the
voice.
Jerome heird the Clitik of a inusket
lock, and he knew that another•sen-
tinel had been stationed at the post
he had left. The relief had .come
while he had been absent
"Friends with the countersign ?"
i he answered, to the last call of the
new sentinel. •, • •
He was' ordered to advince, .and
when he had even the - countersign,
he found himself/inOle presence of
the officer of the guard. In a fe,w
hurried words, he told his story,- and
had_ the officer - been alone, he might
have allowed the Matter to rest where
it was but there were others pres
ent, and when ordered to give up his
musket, he obeyed without a murmur,
and silently accompanied the officer
to the camp, were he was put in irons.
On the following morning, Jerome
Dubois was brought before a court
'martial under charge of having de
serted his post. 'He confessed that
he was guilty, and then permission
was granted, him to tell his own story.
• This he did in a few words; but the
court could do nothing but . pasii sen
tence of - death; • -yet the members
thereof all signed a petition praying
that Jerome Dubois Might be pardon
ed ; and this petition was sent to the
general of brigade, and through
him to the general ofthe division,by
.whom it was endorsa4 and sent up to
the marshal
Lefebvre was k nd and .generous to
his A oldieis almost,' to a fault, but he
could 'not overlook so grave an error
as that .which had been committed
b Dubois.
The orders given to the sentinel ban
been very . simple, .and foremost ol
very necessity ' was the order forbid
den him tiileavehis post until proper
ly relieved. •
To a pertain extent, tlie safety of
whole army - Tested upon the
: shout.
dm of each individualsentinel, and
especially upon those who at night
were posted nearest the lines.of the
enemy.
"I am sorry," said the gray-haired
old warrior, as he folded' up the pe
tition and' handed .it back to the of
beer who had presented it. "I am
stile that man meant no wrong was
'done, He knew what he' was . doing
—he ran the risk—he was detected'
—he has lreen tried and condemned.
He must suffer
They asked Lefebvre if he would
see the condemned. . - '`
no ! " the marshal cried,
quickly. "Should I see him, and
listen to one half of his story, I
might pardon him, and that must not 1
be done. Let him die, that thousands
may be saved;" • t
' The time fixed for the execution of
Dubois was the !morning sncceeding
the day of his trial. The result of
the interview with•marshal Lefebvre
was made knovn 'to him, and he Was
not at all disappointed. He blamed
no one, and was only sorry that he
had not died on the battlefield.
I' have tried to be a good sol
dier,"lic said to his captain. " I feel
that I have done no crime that should•
`leave a Stain upon my name."
.The captain took his hand and
sured. him the:, his name should be .
held in respect:
Toward evening. Pierre Valliant,
with his wife and child,:were admit
ted to see the prisoner. This was'a
visit which Jerome would gladly
-'have dispensed with,-as his feeling s
were already wrought up to a pit ch
that almost unmanned him ; but he
braced. himsdf for the interview, and
would have stood it like a hero had
not little Natalie, in the eagreness 'of
' her love and gratitude, thrown her:
self upon his bosom and . offered to
die in his stead. This tipped . the
brimining cup and his tears flowed
freely.
Pierre'and Lisette knew not what
to say. .They wept and prayed, and
they wt , Uld willingly have died for
the noble fellow who had been thus
condemned
- Later.in the evening, came a com
panion who, if he lived, would at
some time return to Jerome's boy=
hood's home. - First - the condemned
'thought of his widowed mother, and
he sent her a message of love and de
votion. , Then bethought of a broth
er- and Sister. And, finally, , he
ithoughtof bright-eyed Maid'
—whosevir.eclad cot stood upon the
banks of the Seine—one -Whom he
had loved with a love such as only
great (hearts can feel. - •
" Oh, nty. dear - friend I " he' cried,
bowing his head upon his clasped
hands, "you need not tell them a
m falsehood; but if the thing is pos
sible, let them believe .1 fell in bat:
tle I "
His companion promised that be
would do all he could; and, if the
truth could not be k.pt back, it
should be so4ruthfully told that the
name of Jerome Duboise should not
bear dishonor in the minds of those
who had loVed. him In ether days.
Morning came, dull and gloomy,
With driving sleet and snow •; and, at
an early:hour, Jerome Duboise was
led forth to meet his fate. The place
of eiecution had been fixed upon a
low, barien, spot toward the sea and
thither his division was being march
ed to witness the fearful punishinent.
They had gained not more than half
the distance when the sound of souse
strange commotion broke upon the
- wintry air, and very shortly an aid
de-camp came dashing up to t4e side
lERIM , UIIOF . M3t qummm,
BEG aIiDLICBB OF
orthe general of the brigade, with
the (i!ry: . 1
"A . sortie I A sortie ! The ene
my are ontin force. Let this thing
be stayed. The, marshal directs that
you face about and advance upon the
peninsula l" - - ' .
- In an instant all - Wa l l changed in
that divtsion ; and the brigadier gen
'era!, wh, bad temporary command,
thundered forth his or.lers for his
counter4,march. The gloom was dis
sipated" and with glad hearts the
soldiers turned from the thoughts of
the execution of a brave comrsde to
thoughts of-meeting the enemy.
"-What shall be done with the
prisoner?" asked the serpsitt who
had charge of the guard.
- - "Lead _ him back to lump," replied'
the- captain: : - -
- The diree.tion was very simple, but
the execution thereof was not to be
so eaSY, for scarcely had the words
escaped the captain's bpi when a
squadron of Prussian carialry tame
dashing directly to and ,them. Tha
division was quickl fotnied is four
ti
'hollow squa s, whi e dm grrd that
held charge of the prison r found
themselves o lige& to nee.
"In heave 'a name," cried Jerome,
" cut mv bonds; and let me die like a
soldierl "
The sergeant quickly cut the cord
that bOuhd his elbows behind him,
and then dashed toward the 'point
where his own company was 4ation
ed. The rattle of musketry
commenced, and the Prussians -weoe
vainly endeavoiing to break the
squares of French troops. Jerome
Dubois looked about him for some
weapon with which to.arm himself,
and presently he saw a Prusian 'offi
cer -not far off reeling in his .saddle
as though he had ben wo unded.
With a quick bound he reached the
spot, pulled the dying officer from
his seat, and leaped into the empty
saddle.
,Duhoise was fully resolved that he
would sell his life on that day--sell
it in behalf of France—and selr it as
dearly as possible. :But he was not
needed where he was. He knew that
the. Prussiana could not break those
hollow squares; so he rode away,
thinking to join the. French cavalry,
with Whom be would rush into the
deepest danger. Supposing that the
heaviest fighting must* be , upon the
Nehrung, he rode his horse in. that
direction, and when he reached it he .
found that he bad not been Mistaken.
Upon a slight eminence, toward Ha
gelsberg the enemy had planted a
battery .of heavy guns, supported by
two regiments of infantry ; and al
ready with shot and shell immense
damage had been done. •
Marshal Lefebvre rode up shortly
'after this battery had opened, and
quickly made lup 'his mind that it
must be taken at all hazards.
",Take that battery," he said to a'
colonel of the cavalry,- `land the bat
tle is ours."'
Duboise heard the order, and saw
the. necessity. Acre. was danger
enough, surely ; and, determined to
be the first at the fatal battery, he
„kept as near to the leader as hedared.
11:11f the, distance he bad gained,
when from the hill came a storm of
iron that plowed into the ranks of
the. French, the colonel fell, this
body. literally _torn in pieces by a
Abell that exploded against his. bo
som.
he point upon, the peninsula now
reached by the assaulting columh was.
not more thau one hundred yards wide;
and it was Merrily a path of death,
as the fire of twelve heavy gunewas
turned upon it.
The colonel - had fallen, and very
Soon three other officers went down,
leaving the advance withent a, clam
ntissioiled leader. The way, was be
coming hick ked up with dead men
and. dead horses, and the head".of the
column stopped raid wavered. _ •
Marshal - Lefebverdrcm ihis eleva
ted place, saw this,and his heart thrOb
bed painfully. If that column were
_routed, and.: the Riissian infantry,
charged over the peninsula, the result
might be calamitous.
But—see!`o A man in the Uniform
of a French private, mounted upon
1 powerful horse, caparisoned , in the
trappings of a Prussian staff officer,
with - his head 'bare and a bright sa
bre swinging in his hand,. rushes to
1 the front, and urges the. column for
ward. His- words are firey and. his
look is dauntless.
" For France and: Lefebver!" the
strange horseman cries, Saving 'his
Ovoid aloft; and pointing-toward the
battery. "The marshal rili weep if
we lose this day I"
The brave troopers thu4 led by one.
who feared not to dash forward where.'
the shot.fell thickest, gave an answer
ing Shout, and pressed on, caring lit-'
"the for the rain
. of death so long sa i l
they had a- living leader to follow.
Hoping 'that he might take the. bat h
ter, , , and yet courting death, Jerome
Dubois spurred on, and finally the
troop came upon the battery with ir
resistible force.
It was not in the power of the can-
Uoneciii to withstand, the shock, and
the Russian infantry that came to
their support were -swept,away like
chaff. . The battery vas quickly cap
tured, and when the wits had been
'_turned upon those who had shortly_
'before been their masters, the fortune
Cf the day. i was decided.
-b The Russians and the Prussians—
horse.. foot and dragoons—such as
were not taken prisoners, made the
beat of their way back in%o Dantzic,
having lost much More than they had
gained.
Jerome Dubois returned' to the
guardhogse, and gaVe himself up to
the cancer in 'charge. C Firm; a sur
geon was called - to -dress i several
slight wounds whiCh ho.had received.
Next his colonel was calleu to see
what.should be done with him. The
colonel applied,tskth general of bri
gade, snail_ the general of brlgadeup
plied to the- general of - division; and
the
. general of division applied to
Marshal Lefebver.' • . 1
" What shall we ILIO with .Jerome
Duboisl " •
- " God 'bless- him " cried the vet
eran general, who bad heard the
whole story: "'l'll pardon lain to
day, and to-Morrow I'll proniote
hum !"-
And
Dubois, In time, went
himself to see - the loVed :one's in
France, and.: when he went he wore
the *fora Or a captain. , •
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An Opinion : , and Description by a Promi
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FOOD Sfll D TEB szorr.
Now totem% oar pear; ascending,
God speed the right ! '
In a noble coin! oontendhog,
- 'God speed the right
Bat their zeal in hem . % recorded,
With mixes' on earth rewarded,
God speed the right !
Gal speed the right!
Be that praer agoisi repoated.
. God speed the right!
e'er despairing, the• defeated,
• God speed the right!
Like the.good and great In story,
If they fall, they fall with glory, :
Godspeed the right!
God speed the rightl
Patient, firm and persevering,
God speed the rightl
Near the face of danger [caring.
Oirtlapsed the tight I
Pains, nor toils, no trials heeding
And In heaven , . own time succeeding,
pod spek the right
God speed the right.
Still their onward course punning, •
, God speed the right 1 ,
Evil foe at length Pabdulug,
God speed the right !
Troth, thy cause. whate'er delays it,
There's no pow'rfun earth can stay' it,
God speelLthe right!
God speed the right. •
•
MORNING HYMN.
God of my life, my morning song,
To • thee I cheerful mire; •
Thy acts of love •Hs good. to sing,
And pleasant 'tis to praise. •
Preserved by thy atmighty arm,
I plue'd the shades of night;
Serene and safe from ev'ry harm,
To see the morning light. .
Ch lot tho same almighty, care, .
Vim' all this flay attend ;
From ey'ry dauvr, ev'ry snare
My heedless steps defend.• •
THE WYO G SALT FIND
To the Editor of the Syracuse Jottrant
Raving heard of the discovery - of
a large bed of rock salt, in a boring
made in • search of oil, at Wyoming,
a place on the Rochester and State
Line railroad,thirty-seven miles south
of Rochester, and '-knowing how im
portant to.Symcuce is everything re
lating to salt. the writer paid a visit
to the place on the 27th inst. His ob
ject was to study the geology of the
district, and to ascertain, if possible.
the place in the series of formation
in which the bed of salt was found,
so as to male the discovery available
elsewhere. But first a brief explana
tion of the salt wells at Syracuse is
necessary. for the -benefit of -those
who are not familiar with the great
industry of our city.
Onoiulaga Lake, which - is in sight,
and on-the north side of the railroad
at the west end of Syracuse city, is
five miles long, by one mile wide; its
greatest depth is sixty feet, and its
surface is 363 feet above tide water.
It Is excavated in the red shale of
the (6) Salina formation. The lake
is what remains of an ancient and
much niore extensive and deeper ex
cavation, all of which has been filled
in with sand, gravel, and rolled stones
except the part occupied by the lake.
The bottom and sides of the lake are
covered with lake marl six feet thick,
under which is a bed of blue clay,
often eighty feet thick, also cemented
gravel and hard-pan. The ancient
excavation underneath answers an
excellent purpose as a reservoir into
which the salt waters are received
and retained, and the marl 'ot the hot:
tom of the lake' serves an equally
good purpose by separating the fresh
water of the lake from the salt water
stored away in the basin or reservoir
of sand and gravel beneath. There
could be no better' material for the
purpose.. Into this basin the various
borings of the salt wells are made,
not through or into rock, but only
through the lake marl and loose ma
terial mentioned, to a depth of 150 to
450 feet. No rock salt or bed of salt
has ever been discovered in this State ;
. although it has been in .Canada; but
in this salina formation are two
porous 'or Vermieular masses of lime
stone, looking as if perforated by lit
tle worms, and hence the name ;And
between them , are certain, honlier
shaped cavities in the shale in which,
as' well as in the perforations of these
limestones, salt in a crystalinnand
solid state, it has been conjectured,
formerly
,existed, the salina materials
of which „have been dissolved in wa
ter-which percolated through the for
mation andlpassed into the basin.
where it is '.now found, the. bed Of
inarl - on which' is Onondaga lake, be
ficr formed over it. But the origin
of . the salt watertnay be said to be
heretofore unknown. Forty gallons
of the brine pr;duce a bushel Of salt,
weighing, sixty pounds. These are
the most productive salt wells in the
world .in so small a territory—two
miles long and one-fourth of a mile
wide. , •
Dr. Efiglehardt; the chemist of the
salt Companies; and. other 'scientific
men, have agreed that there - must be
a bed Of rock salt, south of Syracuse,
and - that the brine is produced by
fresh Water running. through it, and
becoming partially .saturated with
salt. They contended that this brine
was not a limited
. supply of fossil or
ancient water stored up under 01:1:011
daga Lake., The stock often becomes
exhausted, and then - in time .it 'was
replenished, and it varied in* its
strength at different times But - the
weakness of the Syracuse brines, and
the large amount' of °fuel required to
produce the Salt,. have rendered it
very desirable to discover rock-salt,
so that fay saturated brine might
be procured.. The finding of it with
in a reasonable depth might also-lead
to the establishment of other imior
tont industries' which are now pursu-.
ed•only .in foreign countries, owing ,
to the high price of salt in the Uni
ted States. , • • •
Rochester. is _situated on the Nia
gara„limest6ne, the (fifth) Mimation
-counting from the priinary up. - Fol
lowing the State Line railroad south
westward, from Rochester, we pass
over the Niagara and then over the
(0) Salina or Onondaga salt fornia
tion, the same as that on which-Syr:t
ease is situated, the (5) Niagara hav
ing dipped southward under the
. (6)
Saliba. The latter. in is s turn,-soon
dipsalSo, or rub's into theground of
ter passing Scottsvillc,.and at. Gar
buttsville, fourteen Miles out,
.you
Rill sendrab-enlored shalt' limestone;
and lime kilns on .the bank of the
. creek', and`: these drab•colored layers
-
•
contidue for several - miles. his
Very evident that this is the water
lime grOup. Before reaching Le Roy,
liventy-four miles out, you see solid
mestone, the 'Onondaga limestone,
so much-used for building it Syra
ctuse, and beyond that the cornifer
ous limestone, s4_ called from its ion
taining flint or 'hornstone nodules.
These two great limestones are the
(9) Upper Helderberg, the water
lime being all that is left, in this part,
of the State, of the (7) Lower Hel
-1
derberg, and some geologists ' now'
class it with the (6) Salina of which
it would be the upper portion. Be
yond Le Roy, going southwest. at
Pavilion and Pesti Creek, we are un
doubtedly on the (10) Hamilton
group. - A &toneless, deep, rich
,soil
covers this beautiful country, or
chards abound, and apples and beans
are important crops. The farms are
all gardens, or. Could be, with sufli
cleat labor . bestowed: upon them.
This Hainilton formation is divided
into three parts,"-the lowest being 102,
the Marcellus black shale ; 'next the ,
10b Hamilton, consisting of fine
grained shales, blue, gray; brown and
olive in color; and above islOc Gen
esee, a black shale, very similar to
the Marcellus. Wyoming village is
on the 10c Genesee shale. You can
see it in the railroad cuts beyond the
place, and near. Warsaw station for
ty-three miles • out. The railroad
paSses into the 11. Portage group, as '
you can see by its having a more
,stony appearance; whereas the Gen
esee is entirely free from stones.
Warsaw station . is 1,110 feet above
tide water, and Wyoming 957. This
gives ,us the geological' position of,
the Wyonfitig salt well at 153 feet
from the top of the liamilton'group.
At' the depth of 1,2:9 feet, a bed of
rock salt was struck, and it extended•
toll depth of 1,340 feet, or seventy
feet in thickness, Of this. certainly
forty or fifty feet , consists of pure
salt, the other twenty feet was more
or less mixed with dirt. but whether
these impurities proceeded from frag
ments of rock and shale, mixed. with
the salt in boring, or from layers of
shale mixed With the rock salt,-was
not ascertained. There is no doubt,
however, of the existence of a . very
large bed of rock salt.
The boring, first passed through
669,feet of soft shales--the Genesee.
Hamilton and 'Marcellus. Then
came 110 feet of hard rock, reported
as sand-tone or, limestone, then 80
feet of very hard linstone, whe
salt water appeared, which when boil
ed down produced. much salt, but
full of the "hitter water"
• from the
old fossil brine lying among the lime
stone. Below this was 386 feet of
hard and soft rock, limestone and
shale. This rude description as
given by the workman, enables_ any
one who has come over the road
from Rochester,' and looked -about
him, to recognize the Upper Hetdor
tiorg and waterlime, and the lime
stones and shales of the; upper Onon
daga.oalt-7 group. The very hard
limestones,' into which these men
-drilled so patiently and persevering
ly, night and day, were the Ononda
ga limestone and Corniferous, with
its hard layers and nodules of
. flint. •
It was just as if they had begun
np at Cazenovia Pompey and
bored down through the shales, and
then through the limestones of the
Helderberg range. But at. 1440 feet
Was a layer :twenty. or . thirty feet
thick of Soft shales immediately over
the bed of silt. • After .passing
'through the salt-bed the boring has
been oontinued-to a depth of 1,530
feet, or 260 feet below the bed of
salt, into the red-shales, and thin
sandstones of the Salina or Ononda
ga salt .group: it is intended to con
tinue the boring to a depth of 2,0 0
feet,- when' they will probably reach
the (5) Niagara limestone. • -
Now, however important this dis
covery m..y be to the gentlemen im
mediately interested in it, yet it is of
_vastly more importance to
_the State
of New York, in demonstrating . that,
not far from the upper 'part of the
Onondaga salt group, there has been .
'found in one locality alarge - bed"
lock salt. Thus, with the aid Of • a
little practical knowledge or geology;
an important fact is made known to
the whole world.". And this certain
ly demonstra.es ' in - a striking man
ner, what Dr. Engelhardt has all
along been insisting upon. namely,
that a boring should be made on' the
south Side of . this . valley, only sutfl
cien..ly far out so as to go Ihrtitig,h
the whole of the Onondaga salt group
where it is protecte ,,- Cy . an overly
ing rock, with a view of findiuz
bed of rock salt. A boring of a few
hundred teet will be sufficient. It
may or May not .be an irregular
posit of rock salt, but its existence
south of Syracuse was long ago..dem
[ onstrated, and now this great tied of
salt has been actually found at WO.:
I ming, and found, too, in the On3onda
ga salt group. as above shown, there
should be no hesita l tion ntakir .
the search. Dr: Engelhardt, , who
also visited the well at-Wyoming, has
taken saniples of the salt which he
will analyze. also has specimens
!of the material, taken out of the bor
ing.
with the sand-pump, in its differ
ent stages. especially these within - a
few, hundredfeet above and below-the
bed 'of salt. -
Thetruth of.: science is vindicated
by thiS, .discovery, as it is found in
the foiraation just where Hall, Beck,
and Vantixem, the State, geologists,
said it *wild be, in their reports puli
lisheil nearly forty years ago..
H. B. Everest, of Rochester, or'the
Vacuum oil 'company, of which, he is
president, is the proprietor of. the
well at, Wyoming; 0. B. Matthews is
-the land 'owner,and Harry Thomas,
of Bradford,: bored the These
men will be to the salt interests of
New York what. Drake,Was to petro-.
•
. •
It is *all! known that ttie—Salt
Wrests of Syracuse are now depress
tai to the lowest stage short ~c des
truction. This recent •kiiscoiery,in.
,stead, of threatening it with death,
id"the promise or new life to the Inan ,
ufacturers of salt at Syracuse. \; "
JAMES M ACFAIi LAN Z.
Syracute t N. T., June 2% tS7B.
lIE was talking learnedly about the
pharmaceutical "praession.
,An hottest
husbandman in the nett seat couldn't
help interrupting with "Jes so, air, jes so;
a farm may suit a gal, but, the fellers pat
ter for Bostisiglhe twit chance." •
EMUMMEI
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ME
OREISTAIII SLEEP.
Thebellever &es not die. What
we call dying` is mit death—lt is
sleep, in which we wait the Lord's
seeoped coming. Some look into the
valley and see the shadows, and are
filled with trembling; they forget
that there is no shadow without light,
and if they would raise their tremb
ling eyes they would see behind the.
dread summoner the glory light of
the Lord's presence which throws
the herald into shadowy relief. Ah
Chistain pilgrim,. you think of the
embarkation and the voyage, and for
get the arrival in the haven amid
the ringing of the eternal joy bells.
Yon fear the parting, and lose sight
of the welcome. You dread the foe,
find are not inspired for the conflict
by the thought of triumph, the abund-,
ant entrance . and the victor's crown.
You thin of what .is called dying,
and not of the joyous meeting .
with. .the King ' Asleep look
'at the figure and what is impled ?
.We sometimes use the word without
realizing its important meaning and
hearing upon the Christen's life. If
we Wan t e ' to speak of the departure of
a friend, to - bear-to mourners the fact
of their loss, we , speak of the.loved
ones being asleep. _ There, is, however,
more in it than kindly feeling draw
ing a veil across the reality. Notice
these phases of natural slumber—
Sleep is a state in which the body
rests while the soul is alive; aye and,
fictive. Sleep is a state in which the
body.is relieved froni toil and weari
ness. Sleep is state out of which
the body wakens -refreshed and
strengthened. •
Is not the figure complete? What .
could more fittingly express the be
liever's condition liiibaiting the end of
time ? What you call the believer's
death is the saint's rest, the peace-
fat sleep succeeding the weariness of
time. Yes, a sleep, not a mere rest,
nor a mere deliverence from the bur
dens of this sinful world, but a sleep
full of the promise of a glorious-awak
ening. There no death In the be
liever's vocabulary: "He that-liveth
and belicueth on me shall never die."
His , tireil mortality shall ' sleep, not
die. How beautifully this is illustrat
ed brthe conduct of the early Chris
tains in the sepulcher of their friends.
In the Lapidariah Gallery of the
catacombs in the palace of the Vati
can at Rome are preserved a multi
tude of epitaphs. The walls on either
side are completely- covered with in
scribed
slabs. On the right are ar
ranged the pagan monuments, sepul
chral and votive tablets, altar dein
' cations,• fragments of imperial res-.
cripts and edicts„nad other evidences
of the powers and splendor of • the
palmy days of Rome. On the left
are the humbler epitaphs of the early_
C i hristains, rudelv carved in stone or
scratched ,in plaster. But what is
- found behind the slabs ? On, one
side the splendid monument covers
an urn in which is deposited the cre
mated ashes, of the departed, on the
Other hand the humble epitaphs mark
when the believers laid the sleeping
bodies of their friends . to • wait the
awakening.- of the glorious resurrec
tion; and thus they carved upon the
monumental slabs: "Resting well
in peace." "Entered into rest."
"He went to Gal," "Set free from
the body," "The sleeping place of
one well deserving." •
How A WOUX TRIES ON SHOES. -4-
When a woman lias.a new pair of
shoes sent home she performs zilto
*Other differently from a man. - atie
never shoves her toes ,into them.and
yanks and hauls,tuntil she is red in
the face and all - out. of- breath, and
then goes stamping' and kicking
around, but _carefully pulls them on
part way, twitches them off again to
take a last look and see if she haS
got the right one, pulls them-on again
looks at them dreamily, says they are .
just right, then takes: another ,look,
steps suddenly to smooth . out a
wrinkle, twists around and
. surveys
'them sidewayil.and exclaims " Mercy!
how how loose they are I" looks at
them again in front, • works het' foot
around so they, won't hurt -quite so
much, takes them 'off, looks at the
-heel, the toe, the bottom and the in
.side, puts`them on again, walks .up
and 'down the room once or twice,
remarks to 'her better half that she
won't have them at. any price, tilts
down the . mirror so she can see how
they look, turns.in - every possible di
rect on, and 'nearly dislocates .her
neck. trying to see how they look
froM that wav, backs off, stepS up
again, takes thirty or forty farewell
looks, says they Make her feet look
,awful big and never will do in the
world, putethem off and on three or
four times 'more, asks her husband
what he thinks about it, and then
pays no attention to what he says,
goes, over it- all again, and finally
says she take them. 101.-a very
simple. matter indeed. r .
Lng
- -
Ails the suppression of the commons
in Paris, among the prisoners taken
were 500 boysof ages averaging from
6to 15 . Of the many atrocities com
mitted during the time the corm - nun,
fists hell - . Paris, the most. mischievous
were Ahose perpetrated, by those lads.
While the murders and incettdiaristits
were perpetrated hymen during 'an
attack oUpolitical fury, the assassin-
ations.committed by those boys were
done solely out of a spirit of erulity
and mischief. The government, not.
liking to treat thoe7e laidtk as plitieal
criminals, sent them to the reforma-.
tory at Rotten, and shortly afterward
two eminent physicians were request
ed to vir4t them, and. report on their
mental and phYsical condition. Tho
found that out of the 500 youths 33
ivere of very delicate physical form
and Stunted growth. They 'were
among the most mischievous of the,
whole ; and all the children of drunk
en mothers-.—Good Words.
. Witi::s'EN - I , :a we cease to hate to depise
and to persecute those who think differ:
cutly from ourselies, whenever we look
on them calmly, we tind.among them men
of pure hearts and •unbiased judgment;
who, reasoning on the sante data with
ourselves, have 'arrived at different con•
conelusibus on the sithjeot of the spiritual
‘rorld,
•
\ • Enrioris like brevity; bit a man • who
reetntly hung iu ludiaus suited them
too, well. ^ He made no • remark about
beaven, but nodded to the preacher and
*t• I'll see you later,' and then the
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$2 pee Annum In Activincei.
inarmo Talcum-,
One great want at the present - time_!,.'"
is a ,
Cheap. and serviceable light avail.- - :'`...i.
able foe all necessary purposes. Gii-,. ;7 :
light is too costly;, - and the general ,
use of coal oil is too troublesome and -
dangetous. 'We are promised In tlie - • '
electric light's superior illuminator =..
at
at a very moderate' rate. The Lon- .
don Times describes the electric sys- . ;--_ ".
teen of lit. Rapieff as perfectly avail-
..-;-!;;
able for public purpOses, mote thin'. --- t - ;
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twenty of . the Rapleff lights being
worked from one machineoind which, --',--.
are readily understood mid used. Thi s .
syst e m
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system isistrongly recommended for
printing cffices, where abundant light
without great heat is very" , desirable. ;.
The TimCS has been printed by the ~
Rapieff light. Six lights have been ' - --..-"
found sufficient to light the large
room wh i ch contains the -whole - of/':
the Walter printing presses employ-,
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ed in producing she issues of ,that
journal. Another large room,-:la :
which nuerous compositors are ern'. ' "
picky ed, i -about to be lighted by - r
it,.
:similar i pieff electric lamps wink- -
ed by th -same dynamaelectric ma-;
chine. he Times says :' :' i We con-. , ....
Sider the use of the electric' light in -,-
printing rakes is S. goat test of its: ''.
fitness f( r genetal use, and as -we
have found M. Raiiieff's system:Well -. .
I adopted 'for our purposes, it Will
doubtless commend itself to others -
as well. "
The P h il adelphia corresrmdent df.
tha BostOn Journal of Commerce de- '
scribes in electric lamp invented in
this city for domestic purposes. The: • ,
Writer says it weighs.fourteen ounces --,! .
jand is one of, the ingenious contriv-.. _
Races of; the century : Not yet pat- • ~.....-1
ented, it' has been- kept , 'Sway from- -
~1
tbe scent of the sleuth - reporters, SO - ';I
that it will come to the public pure and -- - 4- .,
" unadulterated." There. is, little or .. n
.no meclignism. 4 clock combination
of wheels rotates a glass disk against
a surface of raw silk. This wheel= --,
combination is moved by a•sprink -
wound as- a. timepiece, and which • : .
runs six hours. About the points of
combination there is, shovei-a small
carbonate, the constituents ; which
are secret with the „inventor below'
this carbonate is an electric galvanic •
-wire plated with nickel, except the
point of impact—that is-raw and bare. '""
To start the light, a trigger, not un
like that of a gun- or' rifle ' only,not
so prominent; extending from the
side of the _lamp, is pulled gently -.
downward. This causes a current of
electricity to emanate from the 'disk, -
run up the- connecting wire to the
plaitnum point, from - which .a spark
flies. This
.spark is held by the car
bonate. Meanwhile, the clock-work t : -
is started by a moVeinent, and in
straitly the light is in full feather. -
For six hours it is guaranteed to give_
the light, of nineteen hundred candles' *,
power, at a cost of one-half cent per -
hour. It can be carried about the
house as any other -lamp -for house
use ; it cannot explode ; and will be '
on., the 'market next spring Soria.
Such a lamp, if placed in a hall un
broken -.by
..arches, would light an -
entire hOuse. •
Edison-uses a carbon point with ,
his experiments. This gentleman'
does..not confine himself.to a:carbori,.. •
hut rather to a carbonate. The
ter impingement will last a year at
least, while that of the young sage it •
Menlo Park iherustates and 'excor
iates after a few hours' 'use:—Laii
caster inqnirer.. -
Canaries show a great aptitude for.
tricks, sometimes learning to do many
amusing and •difficult thingsond to
sing tunes. They soon come to know
their master and mistresies,and often --
follow them about. An English gen
tleman had a canary for several yeari
which never was kept-in a -cage, and
in summer was always flying out to
the gate or down the.' road to - meet
his master, perching , on his - finger,
nestling- in his bosom, or, best of all, -
clinging in his hair, where it was I
completely happy ; at the same-time,
only one other' person in the house
would it allow to touch it, resenting 1
any attempt at • familiarity with the .7:1
fiercest anger: At last, however, -•
the bold little fellow got bewildered ,
in a sudden dense fog, and was lost. •
Canaries can live-out of doors in-our .
climate - verY well in suminer, add
sometimes join the &tallies of wild _
birds; but their house-bred constitu
tions can scarcely stand the cold of .
winter, :and escaped birds prob.
ably all perish before the spring. -
They are very affectionate little -
creatures,
_always prefer, 'compan
ions, and will - make friendi
even ' , with their natural enemies.
A fancier in London has a eat whieb,
with her kittens, would eat out orthe .
canaries' dish in the`bird room, and'
never thought of harming them, while
the birds seemed to enjoy Tabby's sox
Cie,ty. To tame birds'and train them.
to perform tricks are two very diffei
ent things. Any one may 'ditto
first. by constant„ 'quiet kindness, :
endless attentioniandpatience. Ac. -
custom the bird to your presence,
and let it understand that, whatever- '.
you do about it nothing is intended
for its terror or harm. This learned,
teaching it to perch on your finger,or
come at your whistle and call is only,
a matter ortime and gentle patience.:
Some odd tricks may be taught them
if they , are cute, for different birds
differ very greatly in their ability to
learn as well as their nral talents :
and- dispositions; but the astonishing
exploits of "performing birds" which; •
are exhibited about the country are
all taught to them by a cruel course':
of- lessons.Tbe Germans am
oft
au'
young , birds tunes, and the,
songs of other birds, but theOpem
tion.is a slow and tedious one, and
the' result is not very satisfactory.
—London ,Toarnal. • - -
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WHAT hearttas not acknowledged the
influence of this hour; the sweet and
sufithing hour of twilght, the hour of love
the hour of adoration, the hour of rest,
when we think of those we love, only to.:.
regret that we have not loved them more
dearly, when we, remember our enemies''
only to forget them? .
A. 0144 T many persons wonder whr
they have so little to show for their tune
aid their labor, and hoir it is that ifoate - ..
people can manage to- get so much done„
[he secret, if there is any secret, liesilaf
the fact that thorte whiiactomplish a gr.-nt -
deal, 'work according to a Well-dedued
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