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volume ix"'No. 5:
TRU3 OF rf;HI.ICATIO-.
Tni Jcsiata FtNTiXEt H published eTcry
Wednesday morning, on Bridge street, by
H. H. WJLSON.
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fourlb, $J,oo ; one-half, C -l,no : and addiiion
h1 numbers, halfpriet aud for Planks, ?-,oo
per ipiire.
V,lliV.
JEUEjIIAH LYONS,
MttiYmtown, Juniata County. Pa., OrTit-e
en Main urcet South of P.ridiie sir et.
WILLIAM M, ALLISON,
Attorney at Law,
?lcbrg ?nbVif.
AViil attend fct all business entrusted to bis
r. tttlice on Main Street, Mitbiutoivn, Pa.
JOiiN T.T.SAHJ1.
ttorneir-at-JTaiu,
WlFFLlNTU'iVN, JUNIATA COINTV, PA.
Ol'i'EIlS his professional services to the
I'Ut'Uc. l'roinpt attention piven to the
vrn"ii!:ou of claims against the Uovein'.iicnt,
cl!octioUS and all other business entrusted I
bicire- (Itiice in the Did Fellows' lla'.l,
Iridic Street.
io, lh'.T).
UCTIONEEIl
The uu U'rsinel clfcrs Lis srrviccs lo the
public as Vn.iu Ciytr and Auctioneer. lie
bus ,ad a very large experience, aud feels
.nf:.L:.t tlw.t liecaiiive haiisfactioii to all
liu u:5v employ liiiu. lie mny be addrtfsel
ut MiJiiLtown, orfoun 1 at bis boine in Fer-uau-igli
toAii.vbip. Orders may a'.sj be left
ut Mr. Wiii Hotel.
jau..i, ii-oi. william pivi:nl
MILITARY CLAIH3.
ff llF. undersigned will proMpl'y ntlen lto
X the collect1'.'!! of claims .-.gainst ebherthe
ftatc or Naiional (jovemmeiit. Pension'-', P.t-i.
1'iiy, HouMjr. Lxtra Pay, and all other claim
orisiiig out of the present or uny other war,
Collected,
JEIILMIAII I.VON,
Altcrae -at-I.a-.v.
HiSintorn, Juniata Co., Pa. !'ebl
, : KVi' ToUACCO STO UK. Just leceiveJ
1 S it Parni' Cigar aud Tobiceo Store, a
fruli W ofj ure VariCar sad Toliacoo1.
P.ect 'vy p.r lb
i.d '.' c
":(!. " '
Vte ;.d I!ar 1.4') " "
Orarok. 1.1 " "
The btst lirand.1 Fine Cut lo sc and in foil,
Iiud all ki::ui of iJiig'it Tobacco at reiiuc
nl jirices. The Livers of goo l chewing and
tv.oking tobacco tie rcfpccifulljr iuvllcd to
c.iil and exaiuiuc hit stock.
June 'JH-tr. " 4. T TiAP.NKS.
71 EW Alt!!ANGLM LNT. The under.-igueii
J- finding it impn"sil!3 with one Mnrkei
Car, to Ei'.jq.ly Iheir customers, hav; purchased
Mioiher, mil arc now prepared tj furnish
marketing regularly twice a week after the
1st of August. One Car will arrive in Pat
terson every Wednesday evening, the other
will mrive crery Fri'uiy evening. Wc wish
it distinctly understand we will do nothing
but a !r:ct!y c.lsU business in future. Per
rns oii!'".i:ig gocJi rogubirly every v.-eck
are expected to pay proinpily rnsli trip
One car will leave Patterson for Pliiladelphia
every Monday morning, the other will leave
every Wednesday morning.
july'Jj-tf. HOLLOr.AUdn & EOV.T.
2)ESTAL CARD
11. M. KKEVER, DENTAL SUI1GEON
TAKES this niethoaof informing Lis friends
in Juuiata county, that owing to the iea
couubly good success he has nci wiili, (lining
the few inoaths he lias been practising his pro
fession in said county, he feels warx-antcd in
unking stated visits io Millliutowu and Mc
Alistersville. The first Monday of caah month
Mr. Kecvcr may be found at the Juuiata Ho
tel, Mi linn, te remain two weeks. The third
Monday, at McAlistcrsville, to remain during
the week. Teeth inserted on YLLCANlXii,
tiOLD & S1LVE11. TliETH FILLED and
extracted iu the most approved manner, and
with the least possible pain.
C. Strict attention given to diseased
gums, &.r.. All trork warranted. Etji- Terms
leasonable.
January 24, 13Gu-tf.
jos;:pii s. dell.
CLOTHI E E
NO. 43 NORTH THIRD STREET, PlilLAD'A
Clothing fupciiur to ar.y other cstablis
ment in the City and at lower prices. Mer
chants will find it to their advantage to call.
All goods warranted. Presented "by J. K.
Swoyer. nov. "7-3y.
Vy K.5TKUN LAND AGENCY. C. Oin
' V grich, Lnnc ister. Wisconsin, wiil buv
and sell REAL ESTATE, aud pay Tases for
n eirca: lc:i!, to those desiring to locate iu the
Vitat, obtain c'neap Homes and good wa
ter power in prosperous localities by coasult
mg bin-refsrease givcif re ini. jd.
u-r-r. VI-ly.
SEW FAMILY
Ud-UJiii
ri"vUi supfvior merits of the "Singer" Mn
X chines over all others, for either family
use or manufacturing purposes, are so well
established and so pnicrally admitted, that
mi euiimci.aiou of their relative excellencies
is no longer considered necessary.
OUR NEW FAMILY MACHINES,
which has been over (wo years in preparation,
mill which has been brought tl perfection re
gardless of lime, labor or expense, a nd is now
confidently presented to the public as incom
parably the best Sewing .Machine in existence.
The Machine in question is simple, com
pact, durable and beautiful. It is iiiiel, light,
running, and capable of performing a nnge
and variety of wurii never before attempted
u;.on a (single Machine, using cither Silk,
Twist, Linen or Cotton Thread, and sewing
with equal facility the very finest and coarsest
materials, and anything between the Iwo ex
tremes, in the most beautiful and substantia!
manner. lis atlachmeiits for hemming, braid
ing, cording, t Jelling, q-.iilisng, felling, trim
ming, bin ling, etc., are novel and practical,
and have been invented and adjusted especi
ally for this Machine.
M.-.chiiii's nlwi:y3 kept on baud at my Tail
oring Lstiililishnient, second s!ory Snbuiff,
Frew .V Parker's Store, i'.iidge street, Mililiu
town. Pa , for the inspection of the public,
and for sale at the moM reasonable prices.
Marli:::e Cotton, Needles. Thread, Oil, Ae.,
and everything pertaining to tUia ManMno
cous'.antlv Uej t on hand for sale.
WILLIAM WISE, Agent.
MilSitttown, Jan. 10, l! i'.7-ly.
J IFF LIN CO'.CH.t -.VVION M A N '.' FA 0
i I tory. V,'c ti:e undcr.-iguc.l bi g leave to
iii furin our ci'..-.ton:i.,i s and friends in tiiis aud
a ijohiing counties, that we have enlarged our
shop, and by ihe addition of Steam Power,
ate prepared to do work at the shoric: :t possi
ble notice.
We are onstaiuly manufacturing and make
to order, every description of Coaeht s, Car
l iages, Pu rgies, Sulkies, Wagons, iS.c, nlso
Family and Vouk cutter i-leigbs. We arc lso
prepared to manufacture lload Wagons from
one to four horse.
Having been w orking af the business for a
nuu.bcr of years ourselves, and employing
none but tho best of workmen. We l!.tter
ourselves that our work cannot bo surpassed
for neat ncs3 and durability ; in ibis cr ad
joining counties.
We always keep on band from twenty to
thirty set, of best second growth, Jeraey
Hickory Spokes, in order to make durable
wheels And will warrant our work for any
reasonable tiioe.
Sleighs and llitggies re-painted wiih neat
ness ml dispatch. All other repairing heavy
or light will receive Mrict attention. Come
aud examiuu our htock mid wor& before pur
cbiinin r.UcwIim. lloti't foreet. tli name,
I1L1F I LLFlNtiKIt ,t ClUSWliLL.
Corner of the l'ike & Cedar Spring road.
June '-!7tf.
i:.i.;'i'N W-J-j,i:kma:
NEW CLOTHING EM POP. I UM
ISr1 rTT
l J J I jNi i O V i ,
7:i liV'icm'i ', i. .! .'.r' Konm.ua the Xort-!
t'vlltf.'
n:l W:t!r S:rt.;
rJMM m lersiguo i would respectfully nn
L l., nii.ee that they have opened iu the
above v.V.l-kno'.Tii striiid a very fine and select
a-sortuiL-ntof UE.i l l -UAUL' CLVlULSa,
consisting in j iirt of
V:J -i; .v.." -.?,
j'jiyZ'ZZ'ti-X--:-'", 5'
I'.OOTS .rc S !!')KS for men, women & children.
HATS & CAI'S for men and boys, c.. &n.
Cur Ftcek is coinpo-' l of l.STI UKl.X
'.K II' ;(0S, til 1 all who desire any article
in cur line would do welt to call and examine
our stoe'; before purchasing elsewhere. 1)0
inc nothing but a Strictly Ci:aU litiainrtx, we
.n c enabled to sell goods nt a very low figure.
Closo cash buyers would do well to examine
our stuck. We respectfully solicit a share of
Miblic patronage
Iiov 7, lHiiij-ii j LOUDON & JACICMAX.
JACOK L'EIDLKPi,
Dealer hi Drags, Medicines, kc,
70UL!) respectfully inform the citizeus of
V Milllintowii and giirroiiuding country
that he has just received from the east a large
and well selected assortment, of Qjrujr,
izin-'-r, a.irticulz, (Pure IVinj and X:V;rorj,
for medical purposes only, and a general as
sortment ot everything pertaining to his bu
siness. rd" Physicians orders promptly filled at a
small advance of eastern wholesale prices.
t.y-Prescript inns carefully compounded at
his Store, at llollmnu Profilers' old stand,
Main street, two doors west of Pelford's store,
Milllintown, Pa. jan 20, lfcC7-ly.
COAL AND LUMEEI. YARD. The under
sinned begs leave to inform the public
that he keeps constantly on hand a large Stock
of Coal and Lumber. His stock embraces iu
part. Stove Coal, Smith Coal and Liuie-bur-
De9 coal, at toe lowest casu raics. I
Lumber of all kiuds and uualitv. such as
White Vine Plank, two inches, do 1$ White .
i- l. - !. .1... wi-.
l ine uuarus, 1 lucu, uoouc-uau into, mine
Pin j 'worked flooring. Hemlock Poinds,
Scantling, Joice, ltooiing Lath, Plastering
Laiii, Shingles, Sniping, Sash and Poors.
Coal aud Lumber delivered at shcrt noiice.
Per ions oa the East side tf the Piter can be
furnished with Limcburncrs Coal, iron)
the coal yard at Tysons Lock.
Aug 15-ly GEOliUE GOSHEN.
TIL Y THE P.EST Samuel Strnycr, of Pat
X) tcrson, is
sale of the
tha authorized Agent for the ,
I
EMPIRE SEWING MACHINE, '
and also for
THE WILCOX & GIBS.
Tiies urn the Inn best. Machines manilfaC-
ttired
Persons wishing to purchase should ca'l nt.
ti i.. t. s- ? :,. p., n,l
csaLime for il.em-i-ives.
Jan 9. !c,7
TU CONSTITUTION Til B UilJOS
M1FFLINT0WN, JUNIATA COUOT, PEXiYA., APKIL 3, 1SG7.
Select JJocfrj.
5'
1
" ONLY." ' ' "
Only a withered roso-bud !
lint she woro it in her hair,
When she, in glorious bctiuty,
Was like tho rose-bud fair;
Put aa the 1! ow'rels wither -
In dewy morning tide, '
With all their sweetness rotmi them,
So 5ho, fair rose-bud, died,
Aui now, alas! she's e'ecpinr
Where the roso-trec's earliest bloom
Scatters its fragrant tear-dro;S4
Iu sonow o'er her tomb.
Only an eld time ballad !
Hut a song she used to sing;
Though worthless, perhaps, to others,
To nie a sacred thing.
Ah ! that gravo ! in it the musio
Of my heart lies buried deep ;
Since that sunny sumuier morning;
When they laid her there to sleep.
Oh! the Lng,. long years I've waited !
Oh ! tho years that yet may come !
Tre I join the sweet-voiced ?:ugcr
In our Father's happy hutuc.
Oi.ly a few old lettcru 1 . .
Yellow and dim with years ;
tut oft this faded writing
Hath been baptizcu with tears.
For she, whose dear hand wrote theni,
Lies 'ueath tho churchyard soi ;
Up in the starry heavens
Her spirit lives with OoiS.
Oh ! that those pates would open,
And, she, with outstretched hand,
Would lead mc to Ihe glories
Of the far-off Letter land.
Uliscclhmrous icato.
IX E M A K KS O F
IIO A!. L. W. HALL,
EPEAIvLK OF THE SENATE,
In favor cf a Free Railroad Law, and
uuiust the amendments made to the
bill by the Railroad Committee cf the
ik'nuto.
Mr. Hall. Mr. Spooler, I did not
intend, whin I made a few remarks on
tbtrt bill the other day, to occupy tu
tention cf the Senata any further in re
g.ird to it. hen repeated votes showed
from eighteen to tweuty
favur of it.
! and lrom eleven to sixteen ojraiust it, I
Wed that the minis of Senators were
j made up, and that wc would not be wa
1 rar)!cd in taking up time to the exclusion
jf other matters of legislation. And 1
should not now, had it not been for tic
remarks of my friend, the Senator from
liraut'.i-d Ma. Landon I do not ri.e
to reflect upon any railroad corporation
ccriaittly not upon the Pennsylvania rail
road. I have had quite as much to do
with that corporation as the Senator friai
L'radford, and am quite as familiar with
the regi.m of country traversed by that
great railroad. I am well aware that it
has gteatly er.riclud Central Pennsylva
nia that its value has been increased to
ten times, yes twenty times, what it vis
befuro that road was constructed. I have
never leut myself, either ditectly or in-
I directly, to any effort that was calculated
to crush this railroad cr impair its use
fulness. I have never opposed or sought
to thwart my legislation calculated to
strengthen and encourage it, rvheu such
legislation tended to the public welfare.
ut with all due deference to my brother
Senators, I must say that any ono who
knows the popular sentiment must know
that the people of Pennsylvania are de
termined to have a free railroad law.
Put the people do not want a railroad
law so loaded down and clogged with re
strictions that it will be impracticable
even to construct a railroad under it.
Let the Senator go to his constituents,
and I think he will Cud that they, as
well as my constituents, are iu favor of a
free railroad law. Put they do not desire
e,.,.l, , n-,11 l. .!.,!1 ino.
..III UtJ ,1.1. Jll IU . ... '
rativc and a nullity
1 hold iu my hand
the inaugural address of Governor Clear;,
aud the last message of Governor Curtii
ia which they say the people demani a
free railroad law. Such I found to be
'he unuiistakable sentiment of the pc0
pie of l'radford county, whero I adJ'"ess"
cd a portion of them last fall, aud ia D0
part of the State did I find a more de-
termined and earnest fcclintr ia favor of
the movement than in Northern l'cau-
; gy'.vauia, where the peop'e
"avo their iiia-
jorities by thousands for General Gwy-
' ISelicviti". 3S I do. that Such is tllO gCn-
.t ii,, wmM ot the
' ,.',nstn
neonle must be heeded bv ,thdr t.toscn
representatives, in view, too, of the speech
just made ly the Senator from UraJiord,
Tn IKroitCr.Mr.NT OF TUB lAfa.
I challenge the supporters of this so-cal!-1
;4 r.. ...:i,.,t').;ii ;.,,, ., .:..., t I
iuraiio to di.scu e its uierifs. I opposed
thi frcc. railroad bill which was iutro-
duced la winter by my distinguished I
Incnd, i! uatorlrom hne Mil. Low-1
rv, audi gave satisfactory reasons, the
other dayfor my opposition thereto. It
is not ncct)sary to repeat those reasons
now. YVlj.t 1 demand, in the name ol
the pcojilcjid a liberal railroad law; not
ono ia name, btinply, but in roalily. Is
it not dciud.njj aud chcatinc tho people
to call that a free railroad law which re
quires fifteen thousand dollars ol capital
itjck for every mile of road to be sub
scribed and paid in befoic anything can
bt done ? ificnatois know that this clause
wll have tho effect to embarrass railroad
coiipauics, and to retard and prcvciit the
dtvclopment of the country by internal
inprovcuicuts; in short, that no railroad
t
wtuld urcr be built under such a law '! J
least I fear not, and is it not better
COfctrikc out mob provUioui? ,
You Lavo also interpolated into this bill
a most onerous condition in the shape of
ti u individual liability clause, which is iti
ten led to intimidate persons and prevent
tlictu from taking stock. The l'c'iusyl
vauia railroad, that opened up ami devel
oped Central Pennsylvania, and to which
the State is indebted ia such large meas
ures for its wealth and prosperity, and
which is admitted to be the greatest and
Lost managed road in the United States,
las a special charter. It contains no
individual liability clause, and why should
euch a provision bo embraced in this biil ?
When it was proposed to puss a law
similar to that of Ohio and .'ew York,
it was voted down, nnd no euCieicut rea
son has been or can be advanced to war
rant such action. And now when an
iituendmcut is effered to this bill, which
would teud to promote and encourage the
luilding of railroads, the arguments ail
,jantJ hibbI 4t uy its oppuueuta are
- j equally i utile and empty. And when it
, is proposed to add a section, in the
Xcw Yolk law, simply allowing corpora
tions to conuect their roads, and to em-
Lraca in this bill the provisions of a law
voted for by the Senator from Bradford
ia 1SG1, wc are told it is wrong to do this
but why '! Simply because nineteen
Scuatois say the bill shall not be changed.
A convincing reason.
Let a law be passed allowing people to
build railroads wherever they choose, pro
vided they pay for them as they go, sub
ject to reasonable restraints, and these are
contained, as fit as I think it necessary
to go, iu the provisions of the act of IS ID.
A liberal railroad law is not demanded
by the people of Pittsburg alone, but by
the people of the entire State. A law
so liberal that charters can bo obtained
that capital will be inveted aud railroads
constructed under it without the corpora
tors being obliged to come to the Legis
lature. It is plain to me that a majority
of the Senate differ with mo in my views.
My votes ou the bill in committee of the
whole as well as ia the Senate, have uni
formly bece for what I thought was the
most liberal policy. Wc cf the minority
have bricSy and explicitly as possible
I stated the reasons for our votes. We sec
and know that one-third cannot vote d-jwn
two-thirds. Aad when tho biil, clothed
in the preoise lauguage that it came fiom
the Railroad Committee, not changed ia
letter, woid or line, is about to pass, we
are taunted that we have been nolo to
give no good reason lor our votes, and
that our c-ffjrts to amend the bill, as it
came from tho Railroad Committee, have
only added increased strength to tho ma
jority and anded a renewed determtua-
inn i.n llimr nnrl ! tl.l.;il 1,,!l ,
- - .mv V... H " ' .. -. JWJ
uuamended aud unchanged, cither iu the
sections voted on or in those which are tit
follow. Tho Senator from Pradfurd,
Mk. Landon desires that tho issue
shall be made, so that the people shall
understand it. The Senator i clever ae
well as bold ; and as he thus declares
that the bill as reported by the lJai'aoad
Committee is perfect as it can Lo made,
permit me to point out what I think are
striking defects ia it.
First. I think tho amount of capital
stock per mile required is too large, and
that it may tend to discourage the con
struction of railways. I can see no rea
son why tho amount should be larger
thau b now required ia the treaerul law
J an ,j;r wj,:..j railroad companies arc or-
gauized in Pennsylvania. If there is
,.,t r 1 1 t . i i i
Second. Whilst I tLink it ia very
possible there should to toiue individual
liability clause, for the protection of la-
borers and mechanics, I apprehend tho
stringent wondering cf the section might
restrain the construction of railroads. I
am aware that under the general iailroad
law of New York stockholders are liaLle
to the amount cf their stock not paid iu,
and also for the wacs of labor, for a pe
riod not exceedingly thirty djys. This
provision cf tho New York law was of
fered as an amendment to tho section as
it now stands in the bill, by the Senator
from Indi ina Mil. White. And al
though I voted for it, it was voted down
by a decided majority, the Senator from
IJradl'ord Mrt. Lanion beio ono cf
that inajurity. Thcro is no individual
liability clause iu tho charter of any
railroad now in cxistenco in Pennsylvania
that I know of. And I respectfully sub
mit to the Senate, it is ncHtier liberal nor
wi;:c, iu this beginning of a new system,
to test that system by sections so strin
gent in their character. There is noth
ing of the kind iu the act incorporating
the Pennsylvania railroad company. And
I hare heard no reason iu favor of it
new, sajVii that the bill must pass as it
came from the llaiLoad Committee, with
out tha erasure of a word or the oblitera
tion of a lino. Aud this is the fiat as
well in the sections that are to be voted
ou as iu those on v.hich the Senate has
acted. I cannot think, Mr. Spca
with all deference to the views of my
brother Senators, that this is liberal, or
that it will fully meet the wishes of the
people whom we represent.
Third. I believe tho time allowed for
surveys and Cling maps is too short. The
survey is to bo commenced within thiity
days, and to be completed within bis
uioclhg. Th'u is too short. The history
of the railroad litigation of the State
shows this. And yet tho majority de
cline to change it.
Fourth. The power which tho Legis
lature reserves fin section thirteen,) by
special or general act, "to amend, change,
modify or repeal the charter of any cor
poration ur-'auized under this act as the
same was provided for in tho thirteenth
section of the act regulating the constr
tion of lateral railroads, approved the Jkh
day of May, ISC'J," i.5 iu my judgmeut
both unwise aud unconstitutional. L'n
wise, because I fear, it will discourage
investments. Unconstitutional, because
the present Constitution of Pennsylvania
as amended aud adopted iu 18oS, sis year
alter the passage of the lateral railroad
law referred to, expressly declares that
the Legislature shall only have the pow
er to alter, revoke or annul auy charter
of incorporation hereafter conferred, by
or uuder auy special or general law, in
such manner that no injustice shall be
done to the corporation ! Will the cap
italists of Pennsylvania and of the coun
try subscribe their money to build rail
roads uudcr this bill, this provision
hanging over their heads? Would the
Seuatur from Philadelphia Ma. Hidg
way, who is a man of means and a
successful manager of one of tho bast
passenger railroads ia tho State, invest
his money iu building a railroad under a
law giving any such power to subsequent
Legislatures ?
Mr. II IDG WAY. Certainly I have
the utmost confidence in this Legislature
and would be willing to invest my money,
with that clause hanging over it.
Mr. HALL. Well, it is really strange
that the Senator, who has been here sev
eral years, never had anything of the kiad
inserted in auy railroad bill before.
Mr. lilDGWAY. I was never re
quested to do so.
Mr. HALL. Surely not, and why ?
Pccause it takes money to build railroads,
and men generally are not such fools as
to invest when the Legislature may repeal
tho law, and they thereby loso the whole
or a part of their investment.
I alco object to other clauses in the
bill as it came from the Kailroad Com
mittee, which it is not necessary for me
now to refer to. The people understand
this question. They can neither be de
ceived nor trilled vrith. If I have chart
ed my views, it is because I desire to vote
in accordance with the wilf'of my const!
usuts, and in aecoiuancc with what I be
lieve to be the wishes cf ninc-teaths of
r:HITOR ASI ri'KLlSUEfl
WHOLE NUMBER 1010
the people of Pennsylvania. I have voted
nd shall continue to vote to make this
law as liberal as I can get it. I trust tho
ScDate may jet etrike out some of these
objectionable clause. If not, and the
bill passes both Lraachcs of tha Legisla
ture, as it came from tho Committees on
Railroads, that it may be amended by sub
sequent Legislatures, and that the system
of making and constructing railroads in
Pennsylvania may be as broad and liberal
as in any other State ia the Union.
Xcw Jersey has lately, through her
Legialitare, ad apted a free railway systom.
New York and Ohio, on our north and
west, have liberal general railroad laws,
and althoush it is true that Maryland re
fuses to permit trade and travel to pasj
through her borders, even to fro to our
National Capital, untaxed, yet this great
aud growing State will saraly not wait for
Maryland to act.
I have nothing more to add, Mr. Speak
er, X lavor a Ires railroad law because
the peoplo expect aud demand it, and be
cause I treat it may aid. in tho further
development of our great and grand old
State.
CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT KATEft.
The extent to which water micgles with
bodies, apparently the most solid, is very
wonderful. The glittering cpal, which
beauty wears as an ornament, is only f int
and water. Of every 1200 tons of earth
which a landlord has in his estate, 400
are water. The snow-capped summits of
Saowden and Pen Nevis have many mill
ion tons of water in a solidified form. Ia
every plaster of Paris statute, which aa
Italian carries through our streets for sale,
there is one pound of water to four pounds
of chalk. The air we brcatho contains
five grains of water to each cubic foot cf
its bulk. The potatoes and turaips which
are bjilcd for our dinner have, in their
raw state, the oac 6eventy-fivo per cent,
and the other ninety per cent, cf water.
If a man weighing 110 pounds were
squeezed in a hydraulie press, seventy
pounds of water would run out, and only
thirty-five of dry rcsiduo remain. A
mau is, chemically speaking, fiortj-fiva
pounds of carbon nitrogen, diffused thru'
rive and half pailsful of water. In plants
wc Cud water thus mingling no less won
derfully. A sun flower evaporates oa
aud a quarter pints of water a day, and t
cabbage about the same quantity. A
wheat plant exhale.", in 175 days, about
100,000 grains cf witer. An cr8 of
growing wheat, cn this calculation, draws
and passes out about ten tons of water
per day. The snp of plants is the medi
um through which this mass of fluid is
conveyed. It fomi3 a dclicato pump, up
which the watery panicles run with tha
rapidity of aswitt stream. Py the action
of the sap various properties may be ac
cumulated to the growing plant. Timber
in Franca is, for instance, dyed by various
colors mixed with water, and sprinkled
over tha routs cf the tree. Dahlias are
also colored by a similar process.
ECCLNTRIC DIVINE-
The Rev. Zeb. Twitchcl was the most
noted Methcdist preacher in Vermont for
shrewd and laughable sayings. In tho
pulpit he maintained a suitable gravity of
manner and expression, but cut of tha
pulpit he overflowed with fua. Occcsicn-
aliy ho would, if emergency seemed to re
quire, introduce something queer iu a sci
mou for tho sake of arousing the flagging
attention of his hoarcrs. Seeing that his
audience was getting sleepy, he paused iu
his discourse, and disgrcssed as follows:
" Prethern, you havn't ny idea of the
suffering of our missionaries in the new
settlements on account of the mosq'ii'ocs.
Tho mosquitons in some of these regions
are enormous. A ;reat many weigh a
pound, and they will get on logs and bark
when the missionaries are going along."
Py this time all ear3 and eyes were
open, and ho proceeded to finish his dia
course.
The next day one of his hearers called
him to account for telling lies in tho pul
pit.
" There never was a mosquitoe that
weighed a pound," he said.
"But I d.du't eay one of them would
weigh a pound ; I said a great many, and
I think a million of them would."
' Hut you said they barLcd at the mis
sionaries." "No, no, brother, I said they would get
oa lo 'a aud bark."