it i- i"tm irfrriirrri inr mr irrA if 4 " ' iv ... , ' - A ....... " EDcuotci to politics, Citcratutx, Vgvicnltuvc, Science, iHovaiitij, ani eneral 3fntclligcuce.: VOL. 31. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., MARCH 12, 1874. NO. 43 '1 polished by Theodore Scliocli, nv(S To dollars a year in advince and if not Jrl hef-'r' V( en f".o year, two dollars and fiflv rfv X'c'iVnVuiiW until all arrearages ate Jiaid, " at the ..pno.i of Hie Editor. ,X,lvei!i -M,", 'f nc square of (ci?K line) or , orldrre insertions $150. Each additional n'fVti"n.5i)c:ii?s. linger ones ill proportion. JOK PUIXTIXC OF A 1. 1. KINDS, . . . . i. a... . . I 1. t MCf"' .....j r..a.ifi:ititf trims. WILLIAM S. REES, "" Surveyor, Conveyancer and Real Estate Agent. fara3, Timber Lands and Town Lots FOR SALE. i OTire nf it door above S. Rccs' news Depot tnd 2d door below the Corner Store. Mirch JO, 1873-tf. DR. J.LANTZ, Si.,l in ortire on M..w street, in the second sto-r-,'f Ur. S. Walton's bricfc building, neatly opposite i V vro iI-t)'.irg lliuf. and he flatters hiitelf that by -!i;cni ve.trs :niistniit pi ii:tire and Hie mus-l earnest ciirful .itteiiti-Mi to ull matters pertaining to liu ' ... Ik. i: fi I ' uhlo til iim ful lit :l 1 1 mf-r. .r.i!ri'Ml. -' " "J -- I- t:..:i i i tin- dental ltae in 'lie mot careful, tasteful tcnti Mi givrn to saving tne .aiur.n lectli; r , o- l. .... ... i 1 j , 1 1. 1 - i i ! f I Tl"ll OI .11 1 ill1 i-n j ri-iii mi i.uuuri, ,.".i.l.Mler. or Coiitiuuuiiii Uunu, and perfect fits in . i ( ,si S !!isllM-d. " M'i-t ;u r.'i. know the grr.tt folly and d;-.nger ct en 'itm''!hiirnikto tiie inex. fiienred, or to those j..';- :?t .i -ii.MAin e. Apnli::, ISTI.-ly. D K. J. EI. SIIULI., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ('iffioe 1st door above StroncUburg House, residence let door above Post Office. Office hour from 9 to 12 A. M., from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P. M. May 3 '73-ly D l. SCO. W. J.4CKSO. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER. . $ In the old office of Dr. A. Heeves Jack.-on, rfsid.Mice, corner of Sarah and rrnnklin struct. STROUDSBURG, PA. ; j uust 8, lsia-u: jst. ii. j. iattk:isi., 0?EflATIG AXD jiEfllASICAL BOTIST, Hv'nj located in East Strondsburgr, Ta., an- ri'ini-t-n that lie ii now prepared to insert arti- tii'.ial teeth in the most beautiful and life-like j i m4unr. Also, rrcat attention iven to filling i nj ji;-?rrving the natural teeth. Tevth ex- inneJ without puin by u.-.e of Nitrons Oxido iu.. Ail other work incident to tlie profession i done in the most skillful and approved stjde. i All rork attended to promptly and warranted. 'f I 'a4rcc5 reasonable. I'atronagc of the puUic 1 1 iolicited. J-i o.Sce in A. W. Loder's new building, op l i poiita Anuloaiink House, Kat Stroudfburg, ' f i. July 11, 1873 ly. D II. . I a. 1'ECH. fcurgeon Deufist. I Annojnces t!nl having just returned from Dt!:i!al Colleji, he id fully prepared to make jurnncial tet!i in the most beautiful and life ruko m:i. titer, and lo fili decayed teeth ac- ordinj to t!ie most in proved method. 1' .u ..I ...:.i : t. J i i-'a cAMiict'u wiiiri'ik uaiii, wiicii tit- ' f I, bv the life o! A ttrnu . li'i.cnis entirely liirinie?. RfiairiiiE' d" it. 1 I kiads n-ailv !one. All work warranted. ('iire re ivjiirtble. . O.nce in J. (i. Keller's new Brick build Jn.r, Mjj., S reet, Stroudeburo;, Pa. : -a-Jj 31-ff i T i3i2:s ji. WAi;ro., 7 Attorney at L,ar. ii O.Ti-r in the building formerly occupied j l.v L. M. liirjn, anJ opposite the Strouds- fc-irir Hank, Main street, iStrcmdburg, la. J.tn la-tf ML III CMS HOTEL.. I the ;ib.criber would inform the public that j he ieasfd the hotise formally kept by Jacob Kneciit, in the Ilorough of Strottdsbtirg, Pa., j :1 h:'.vlr, repainted and refurnished theeame, ! prepare :! to entertain all who may patronize j ?:;tn. It i the aim of the proprietor, to fnrn I ih rqiorior arooinrnrxlations at moderate rates i nd will spare no pains to protnote the com- of the guest-. A liberal share of public Pi'.ronar,. wdicitcd. i Apnl 17, '72-tf.J D. L. PISLE. K"' LC IiOI.SK, HONESDALE, PA. i Mot central location oi any Hotel in tovrn. R. V,r. KIPLE k SON, Proprietors. "iauary y. 1S73. T tK.4.WA.VA 1IOLSB. OPPOSITE THE DEPOT, East Stroudsburg, Pa. ; B. J. VAX COTT, Proprietor: Tl.e bar contains the choiest Lutnors and 'i? Table Kiipplied with the best the market Gurd. Charges moderate. may 3 1872-tf. 1TSOWS lluunt Vernon House, U7 and 119 North Second St. ABOVE ARCH, PHILADELPHIA. May 30, 172- ly. EV. E 0 VV A R D) A. WI LSON'S (of W il- v.,V , ',"burgh, t. Y.) Recipe for COx- u"lPriO.fand ASTHMA careful! coin cided at .. HOLUNSHEAD'S DRUG STORE. Medicine, fresh and Pure. ' "v 21. lW. V. HOLLTNSHEAD. I KNOW. BY CALEB DUXN. I know That true, love never dies ; For, like tho star in summer skies, That brightest shines, it ne'er can fade, And in the house of deatli be laid. .1 know That faith in all things pure Is faith that ever shall endure; Beyond the river it shall see It.-: bright hopes bloom eternally. I know That friendship shall abide The heaviest storms, and wind and tide, And grandest be when at the helm It stands, where waves would overwhelm. I"know That truth shall ever be The symbol of Eternity That it was made, by his own hand, The soul' guide to the Better Land. I know That peace will come at last, When o'er death's stream we shall have passed, And reached that beatiBc shore Where Ixivc shall rule for evermore. THE ANCIENT LIFE OF THE WEST. Dr. F. V. llaydeo, in tha letter t the cw York Tribune, dc?criptiYe of tho result of the scientific expeditions to the territories with which he wus identified, sajs : For the past twenty jeara or more tht various expeditions to the far west have been accumulating the materials that will enable the geologist to recon struct the physical history of these now barren, trades plaioa. Numerous eme teries of the ancient inhabitants have been discovered, whose remains have been more or lss disentombed by the action of.thc elements It is now known that a vast cliain of fresh water lakes covered itis continent to a greater or less ! extant, from the Mississippi to the Pacific I iO.st and from the Arctic sea to Mexico, i Some of these lakes wereof enormons rize. ine great ancient iaue Dasin, known as manvaisses terrei, or the "bad land?," covered : a large portion of Nebraska, Dakota and Colorado, an area of 100,000 to 150.000 square miles. As far lack -as 1853 ths writer visited one of these fir farasd bone deposits on the White Earth river, in Dakota, near the northeastern base of the lilack hills. It is one of the wildest and most desolate regions on this continent. It has been very appropriately unused by the Dakota Indians "Ma-Ko Seetcba," or "Dad Fauds," which siguifics a very difficult country to travel over, not only from the rugedess of the suiface, but also frouf the absence of any good water aud the small supply of wood and game. It is only to the geologist that this place can have any permanent attractions. lie wends his way through its wonderful canons among some of the grandest ruins in the world. It resembles, indeed, a gigantic city fallen to decay. Ilouaas, towers, minarets and spires may apparently be seen on every side. These fantastifc piles assume the greatest variety of shapes when viewed in the distance, and not ui.frequentlf the risiug or the setting sun lights ip thes-e gjand old ruins with a wild, strange beauty. la the summer the suu pours its ray ou the bare white walls, which reflect theui on the weary traveler with a double iutcneity, not only oppressing him with the heat, butsodazzl ing hi eyes that he i. uotuufrequeotly af fected with temporary blindness. It is at the foot of thee ruios that the fossil treasures are found. In the lower strata we find tho teeth and jaws of a hyopotamus, a river horse much like the hippotamus, which must have lived in tho marshc. that bordered this lake. Here,, too, the tita'aothcrium, a gigantic pachyderm, was associated with a species of hornless rhinoceros. Higher up in gome of these lake sediments thousands of turtles were imbedded, and are pre served to the present time with surprising perfection, their harder portions being as complete as whco the animal were swimming aboat in the tertiary waters hundreds of thousands of years ago. They vary in size from an inch or two across the back to three or lour feet Aesociat ed with the remains of turtles are those of a number of ruminants, all belouging to extinct genera, and possessing peculiar characters which ally them to the deer aud'hog. ludeed, Dr. Leidycalls thera ruminating hogs. Like the domestic species they ' were provided with cutting teeth, and eaiiies, but the grinding teeth are constructed after the same pattern as thoe of all living ruminants. Tho feet of these animals were provided with four toes, aud none of them possessed horns or antlers. They appear to have existed in immense numbers, and to have lived in great herds like the bison of the west. Remains of more than peven hundred individuals of oue species have been already studied and described by Pr. Leidy. Their euamies were numeroun; among tbem were- wolves, hyzenodous and sabic toothed tigers. Iu the; summer of 1857, while the writer was attached to the exploring expedition under the commaaid of Lieut. Warren, he discovered on the Niobrara river another of these remarkable grave yards, iu whU:h., was . en tombed a fauna closely aiiie'i 10 yet suuieiy unmnvviii" that" oft". White riter, and plainly inter mediate- between that of the latter and of 'the present period. Several species' of extinct camels, and a great variety of the horse family characterized this fauna Oue of the horses was about the size of i the common domestic animal, while an other allied form, about the size of a New foundland dog, was provfded with three hoofs to each foot, thouh the lateral hoofs were rudimental. Dr. Leidy basal ready identified twenty seven species of the horse family which are thus known to have lived on this continent prior to the advent of man about three times as many as are. now found living throughout the world. Among the carnivores there were several species of foxes and wolves, five varieties of the family, and three species of hyena. ..Some of the skulls of the tiger like animals exhibited the marks of terrible conflicts with the hyenas. Amons the rodents were a porcupine, small beaver, rabbit, mouse, eto. The pachyderms, or thick skinned ani raali, were very numerous, and arc of the greatest interest, from the fact that none of them are living on the continent at the present time. Five species of rhinoceros are found ; a mastodon, an elephant aud numerous forms allied to the domestic hog, varying in . size from that of the African hippopotamus down to that of the domestic cat. From the discovery of this group of extinct animals we may draw the iufarence that Nebraska and Dakota were the homes of a race closely allied to those inhabiting Asia and Africa at the present time. From their charac teristics we are led to believe that the cli mate during that period was considerably warmer than it is now. The inference is also drawn that America, instead of being as it is usually called, the "New World," is really older than the eastern hemis phere. The discoveries in Kansas and Wyom ing are still more wonderful. During the past auiamer Professor Cope has occupied considerable time under the auspices of the survey in exploring another of these wonderful graveyards ol a long past period, from which he has taken the osseous re mains of more than 100 species, more uearly resembling those of White and Niobrara rivers, but most of them speci fically distinct. At least 70 species are new to science, ranging from the size ol the mole nearjy to that of the elephant, 16 species only are reptiles. M any forms of the insectivorous ani mals related to the mole, and of very small size, have been procured. The de Hcacy and minuteness f these fossils is surpisiog. Gnawing animals, or" rod ents, left numerous remains of eighteen species, some not larger that the domeitic mouse. Some were the predecessors ol the rabbits, others of squirrels, and others of mice. Of cloven footed quadrupeds a great many species have been found. Some were nearly intermediate between the deer and the hog in structure. Like the latter they had no horns. They were about as large as sheep. Others were about the size of gray squirrels, being the smallest of this class of animals ever dis covered. Several species of horses were living during the same period ; their boues and teeth are found in abundance. The rhinoceros abounded in Colorado in former days, no less than seven species having been procured by Professor Cope. Oue ot the specimens is a perfect skull with teeth complete, and covered with the moss like crystallization seen in the mo;s agate. Uut the most remarkable monsters of the past, whose existence has been disclosed by the present survey, are a series of horned species related to the rhinoceros, but possessing some features in which, according to Professor Cope, they resemble the elephait. They stood high on the legs and short feet, his pos sessed osseous horns in pairs on different parts of tha head. Oae of the largest species had a huge horn over each eye, while another had one on each side of the nose and more than a foot in length, re sembliug, ou the back part of the head, the ox, etc. A third one, ef larger size than the last, had rudimental horns on the nose. Still another was about as large as the elephant. Its cheek bones were enormously expanded, and its horns wre flat. A fifth species had triaogler horns turned outward. Carniverous species were not rare io this ancient world, and served then as now to check: the too rapid increase. Of the fourteen species of caroivere8 known, there were tiger cats and dogs as Urge as the black bear, but probably much more carniverous in their propensities, while some of the cats had remarkable cauine or eye teeth. In a new species, the size of a panther, these teeth greatly resembled those of a shark. There were also many reptiles, such as turtles, lizards, snakes, etc. . A Robust Female. The Mt. Sterling (Ivy ) Sentinel gives this first class notice of a marriageable young femalo in Montgomery Couuty. "A young woman at a party other the night, for twenty dellars, ate a wholo roast pig, an entire stuffed turkey, all of an opossum, ten large corn dodgers, and drank a gallon of hard cider, at one sitting. Ilcr name is Miss Mary Jaue Severance, and she h a plump and pretty brunetto, lively as a cricket, and hasn't got a tapeworm." . Our Jim says that ' Pie biters must now glide out of eight ; and the man who ate a ehicken and two hundred oysters, with trimmings, will have to take a back seat at the se cond table." No one but a fool ii alwaja right. : The Bank Swindle. Report of the committee appointedby the House of Representatives to inves tiijate the authorship of certain circu lars addressed to banks and banh-rrs, - relative to House bill No 18, entitled . "an act to repeal the usury laws of this Commonwealth and to fx the rate of interest." To the Honorable the House of Repre sentatives of Pennsylvania : The under signed committee appointed by your hon orable body to investigate the authorship of a certain .circular, signed R. II. Gib bons, making assessments unon the banks and baukers of the Commonwealth, avowedly to aid in the passage o! House bill No. 18, entitled "su aet to ropeal the usury laws of this Commonwealth and to fix the rate of iuterest," have discharged the duties imposed upon them, and re spectfully beg leave to report: That they have examined a large number of witnesses and have exhausted all available sources of information in order to arrive at all the facts bearing upon the subject. From this evidence taken, and which is herewith submitted as a part of this re port, the committee have drawn the fol lowing" conclusions : At some time prior to January 20, A D. 1874, Mr. William II. Dimmick, late a member of the House of Representa tives from the county of Wayue, or some one in his behalf, caused to be . printed a circular under date of Jannary 1874,' and signed "11. H. Gibbons," secretary (see exhibit D), requesting the several banks throughout the State "to circulate petitions favoring an increase of the legal rate of interest to seven per eentum per annum," and . in like manner procured blank'petitions with printed heading (see exhibit II)," to be inclosed with the cir culars to the banks. On or about the 20th of January, Mr. William H. Dimmick and Lewis B. Richtmyer, postmaster of the Senate, in room No. 91, State Hotel, Harr'uburg, euclosed and addressed to the banks and bankers of the State copies of the forego ing documents. The address of the banks and bankers was taken -from a bankers' almanac of 1873, borrowed of J. W. Weir, cashier of the Harrisburg, National Bank, by Mr. J. M. Kreitcr, for the use of Mr William II. Dimmick. Mr. Dimmick furnished the printed do eumcnts, envelopes and stamps, and Mr. Richtmyer conveyed thctn to the post of fice and mailed them. To these circulars sundry replies were re ceived at the Harrisburg Post Office and sent to the senate Post office by tho order of Mr. Richtmyer. At the request of Mr. Dimmick, from the Senate Post Office they were delivered to Mr. Dimmick by Mr. Richtmyer (see Richtmyer's , testimony hereto appended). Subsequently during the early part of February, Mr. J. M. Krciter, of the city of Harrisburg, by the request of Mr. William II. Dimmick, ob tained the signatures of the Harrisburg banks to written document relative to this matter. . The authentieity of the paper hereto appended (marked exhibit A) is admit ted by some of tho bankers and deuied by others, the evidence, however, pre pondcrating in favor of the claim that the document was materially altered before it was printed. This paper, together with a circular under date of February 12, signed R. H. Gibbons, secretary,. making assessments upon the various banks (see exhibit B), and a propoed copy of House Bill No. 18 (see exhibit Cj. was cn closed and addressed to banks and bank ers by Mr. J. M. Kreiter in his office in Market street, Mr. Dimmick being pre sent at least a portion of the time. After they were ready for mailing Mr. Richt myer took them from Kreiter's offiee to the post office and mailed them at the re-, quest of Mr. Dimmick. A portion of the replies received to these circulars were sent by request to the Bolton House and delivered to'Mr. Dim mick, and a portion were returned to the writers as uncallrd for by the party to whom addressed. : To precisely what ex tont the ' bauks responded by checks or drafts, as requested, your committee are un able to aseertain. Probably some of the inters delivered to Mr. Dimmick or re turned to the writers contained such in closures, but ojf tbi your committee have no information. The ooly instances of such remittances that came to tho know ledge of the committee were those in which they were sent to the care of Har risburg . banks. The Uoioo National Bauk of. Philadelphia wrote John A- Big ler, vice president of the City Bauk, liar risburg, to pay one hundred and twenty five dollars to Saunders, when the bill passed.. (Sec BiglerV testimony). The Manufacturers' National Bank of Phil adelphia sent to James W. Weir, cashier Harrisburg, National Bank, a cherk for two hundred and fifty dollars. (See Weir's testimony). Drcxel ". & Co , of Philadelphia, sent a check for II. II. Gib boos for seventy five dollars to Dougher ty, Bros. & Co. (See testimony of T. Rockhill Smith). The Western National Bank' of Philadelphia authorized the First Natioual Bank of Harrisburg to pay one huudred and twenty live dollars for any necessary expenses attending the passage of the bill, aud the Secoud Na tioaal Bank of. Tituille sent to the same bank a draft for one huudred dollars, to be paid if the matter was all tight.' (See testimony of George H: Smalt. - With the .foregoing exceptions, jour committee have no information that banks or bankers responded t the assessments by remittances, and are led to believe by the testimony and other information that but very few of the banks made any re sponso to the circulators. Your commit tee are under many obligations to the bankers of Harrisburg for valuable assist ance rendered in the discharge of the du ty imposed upon us, and desirn to state in this connection that the committee have no reason to beliuve that the bankers of Harrisburg had any knowledge of the intended use of money or othet corrupt means to pass House bill No. 18. In the discharge of their duty, your committee found it necessary to visit Philadelphia, Readinsr, and Honesdale to obtain testimony. In the latter place your committee ascertained that parties named R. II. Bibbons and E. Sauuders were known there. - Mr. Jt. H. Gibbons was called as a wit ness, and stated that he knew nothing of this matter under investigation, and had not authorized the use of his name by any person in that connection. The E L. S.auuders known at Honesdale is a lady that is said to reside in New l'ork, but who had visited Honesdale frequently siucc 1SG9 a portion of the time stop ping at the house of Wnv IL Dimmick (see testimony of R. II. Gibbons and others, taken at Honesdale). So far as yeur committee have been able to. ascertain, the originator of this scheme, William H. Dimmick, admitted no one to share in a full knowledge of the transaction, but gave to others such in formation only as served to accomplish his purpose ; and, so far as the committee know or believe, uo other member of the Legislature had auy knowledge cf it. It is evident from the testimony that Dim mick had no intention of using the money received from- the banks to aid in the passage of House bill No. 18, but solely for his own private benefit. On Monday, the 23d of February, your committee were prepared to report a por tion of the testimony, and a resolution expelling Wm. II. Dimmick from mem bership. but having beeu anticipated in this by his resignation, concluded t post pone any report until the investigation was completed. Your committee submit these facts to the House for such 'further action as it may deem proper, and ask t be discharg ed frora the further consideration of this matter. II. D. McCreary A. B. Young, John H. Orvis, PHARISEES IN LOVE. Many who have made what are termed love matches, in seeming disregard of ma terial interests, appear to think that they are entitled to take a large amount of credit to themselves for having done so. They are evidently fully persuaded that in act iBg as they did they conferred a most valuable service upon the world at large, for which they desorve unspeakable thanks. They seem to forget that they merely consulted their own inclinations, and that they are 'sufficiently repaid for having allowed themselves to be ruled by their hearts by the happiness which they make a point of ostentatiously showing they eajoy. To use a slang term, they are contiuually "crowing" over those who have been less. fortunate than themselves, aud are never tired of proclaiming that if people would only consent to follow their example there would be fewer matrimonial infelicities and much less misery, general ly, in the world. They are not content to be left alone to enjoy their bliss in peace ; but seem to want people to envy them the possesion of it. Like less romantic beings they long .to be talked about and held up as patterns of all the domestic virtues. You cannot please them so much as by remarking that they are; even more affectionate toward each other than arc many lovers ; that it is sur prising they should retain in mature years the affectionate demeanor and sprightly gush of their youth, or some thing to the same effect. To induce you to do this, they interlard their speech with the" adjectives of the "love," the "dear," the "pet," and the "darling" typo, aud' they make a point of occasionally caressing each other in a manner which is, though perhaps a trifle awkward, cer tainly calculated -' to , strongly impress beholders- whether in a manner upon which tho causes of it have reason to flatter themselves is another question, which, ic deference to their feelings, we refrain from answering. These are the least objectionable points in connection with them. Probably ap preciating the immense effects of stroog contrasts, they are coutinually picking their neighbors to pieces, and demonstra ting that the latter are the most miserable beings in existence. They will take infinite pains to prove to you that Jones and his wife disagree, and live a rat and v dog existenee. It may happen that Jones welfare is to you a matter of supreme indifference, but this does not prevtt you being bored with accounts of what the neighbors, the servants, and a number of similarly . critical individuals say in re fere nee to him, everything you are told going to prove that both the unfortunate man and his wife are very much to be pitied. ;When your informants imagine that they have, convinced you of this, assuuiiug auolher, tone, thry dwell with monstrous complacency upou their, own felicity and harruooy,' aud, as ; they atk you to contemplate the almost beautiful picture which they present,, conjure you to remember that Mr. and Mrs Jones might have been just as happy if tley had been wise and high principled enough to act in early life as sowe other people who shall bn nameless did. : It may be remarked that the amount of sympathy which is often expended on Jones sod his wife is simply so much sentiment and feeling wasted, for the simple reason that the pair are frequently among the merriest and most contented couples in existence I The gushing individuals may be as contented as they represent themselves, but there is good reason for believing that when the eye of the world is not upon them they have their little squabbles the tamo as other people do. Nor are their tiff due to too strong d.s 're on the part of the ouh to sacrifice himself or herself, as the eas may be. for the sake of the other. Even in publio the cloven hoof of dissatisfac tion occasionally makes itself apparont. . Mrs. Brown, for instance, is one who made a love match. Unfortunately, her husband has not done well in life. He has been "helped by his friend" so many timss that he cannot remen.ber how many; he has more than ence suffered humiliation at the instance of a crowd of hungry creditors, and there i no probability that ho will ever be able to place his wife io that position which she 'is best fitted to adorn. Still, Mrs. Brown daes net complain, i. e., she says she does not. Possibly Drown himself does not agree with her upou this poiat The precise thing whioh the affectionatH Mrs. Brown docs is to paint her husband as something akin to a fool, and to point out that when she was younger, a scor or two cf infinitely superior Bieri than him supplicatad for her hand aud heart. But, then, she loved Brown, though he was something like a nincompoop, and Brown only ; and so, though the could have done infinitely better, she chose him. Notwithstanding that ha has dragged her from her high estate; notwithstanding that he has subjected her to many speeipn of humiliation, and notwithstanding that he is lamentably short of ideas and epirif, she loves him still, and has never regretted the choice the made. This is often the sura and substance of the eulogium which she pnssed ou the uiuc to be envied Brown, who ought surely to feci very grateful, and immensely con gratulate himself upoQ the possession of a wife who can prize him, without admit ting that he possesses a single merir, except the mere fact of being what he is Mr. Brown. It would be very un gracious for him to protest against her statements, or to endeavor to prove that much of that of whioh sh-j complains in her sernnh like manner is- entirely owin to herself. Of course positions are sometimes re versed. Smith, for instance, sweetly mur murs something after the fashion of Mrs. Brown. Oh, yes he is quite ready to admit that his wife has not got two ideas in her head beyond dress-, that -die is not able to fill the position in which she would bo placed, if it were not for various circum stances; that the : brought him nothing, aod that he might have married the moht beautiful, intellectual, and wealthy wo man in creation, but ho loved and S'i on in the same style, of which our re.sftiirt have probably hud enough, and of which we certainly havo. . , , Use of Tobacco. Tobacco belong; to tho cluss of uareotie and exciting sulsfances, aod lus uo food value Stimulation means abstracted, not added, force. It involves the narcotic paralysis of a portion of the functions, the activity of which is essential to healthy life. It will be said that the tuba cur soothes and cheers the weary toiler, and solaces the overwoi ked brain. Such u:ay be its momentary effects, but the sequel cannot be ignored. All such expedients are fallacious When a ceitaiu amount of brain work or hand work has been per formed, nature must have spice to recu perate, aud all devices for rsoapin from this necessity will fiil. It is a bad policy to set the house ' on firo to warm'onr hands by the blaze. Let it, thru, b clearly understood that the temporary ex citement produced by tobacco is gained by the destruction of vital force, and that it eontains absolutely nothing which, can be of use to the tissues of the tody. To bacco adds no potential strength to tha human frame. It nuy spur a vrearv brain or feeble arm to undue exertion for a short time, but its work is destructive, not constructive It canunt add ooe mole cule to the plasm out of which our bodies are daily built up. On the contrary, it exerts upon it a most deleterious influ ence. It docs not supply, but diminishes, vital force. It has becu danied that t bacco leads to organic dt.eaic, but tie evidence is very strong the other way and it would-be very rauiaikahli if continued functional derangement did not ultimately lead to chreoio derangement of the -organs ; that it causes li:ncti;nal disturb ance, no one dreania of denying ;. indeed, it has beeu remarked that no luhitual smoker can be said to. Javc a daj's per fect health. -Pipubtp Science Month'tt. A Kentucky.-legislator was. recently missins for three days. The fuur'h found him hrek in h'rs seat. Tu th inquiries of friends, he replied that he hid been sick. Being ajiked what the mutter was : "Well," said he. 'some, fulks call it oe. vou ehills ; others iprnuounea it a kind of affection of tho heart : but, to he cau did, I ea'l it a idr.u cues of ull fhiouei druuk." nr
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