Jim Biwkwj- Ittirnlnfc-. tie saloon was of unpainted i . 1 A...,, .a . As IIOHr.1, Mii'i ..r.- i:. i ......rr.- so mat mii" so iiiai m: ,1... t,rilirn'tr. had barely time to nave two or three armful, of bottles. W ith ihvse noreunu nnnUo side of the street, where the gators stood, .n.l he morn fillv contemplating the effect of ca lorie upon ak-obol, when lie suddenly nartcd, and cxch.mod.- , Good CioJ! Injm Mary s in the loft over the saloon!' Who' that?" a;-kcd the deacon, who had joine d the crowd. ..Sho' well, not exacly one of vonr kind, deac'n," replied Jim., She come las' night with her yen? un, an' wanted to Bleep thar till niornin'." , , T "Some poor, depraved creature, 1 c',,o " niched the deacon. " -Well," -aid Jim, prudently mass-in- on his front most or his outlying bottle. "1 reckon Inj'ms, in general, was off huntin' when religion was rive out. deac'n; an' Maiy ain't no better'n the rest. Hut any body's too good to be roasted, leastways, in th.t world," continued Jim Slipson, r !iemloriug the deacon's ground works of lelief, and treating it with polite deference. "She don't intend to risk it jioip, at any rate," exclaimed the major, as a ilnrk fiirure dnsbed out of the flames, and, rollinc- on the ground to extin guish its flaming doming, aiscioseu the coppery, dull, Heavy, impassne features of Indian Mary. iloorav:" shouted the crowd. Marv Lad been seen very often at Sjuri:i: but never before had Spurtip ft-It itM-lf called upon to exhibit any re spect for her. ' It was very evident that, Mary had boon asleep or drunk: or both; for t-lic stood stupidly rubbing her eves for several moments. " ' Didn't you say she brought a child with herr' a-ked the professor of J im Slipson -Good God, yes!" exclaimed Jim seizing Mary by the shoulder, and shaking her violently. -Marv, Maw! whore's the young un:'" " Marv stopped rubbing her eyes' and stared vacantly at Jim for a moment; then she uttered a pierccinij scream, and attempted to enter the burning building again. The intense heat, however, drove her back; and she stood in front of the crowd with a ierce, hopeless glare in her eyes, while every few seconds she uttered a horrible "cry, half groan, half yell, which made even the most nhiskey h: rdened men shiver and turn pale. A hundred dollars for whoever'll g. t that baby!', shouted the major. Nobody stir.vd. There were plen ty af impecunious men at Spurtip; but none seemed inclined to earn mon ey in exactly this manner. -Two hundred!" cried the profes sor. Three!" roared the deacon. ''It's a little heathen" an it runs a double rNk."' Taint no use trying,"' remarked S-vcntcener, ox-member of an eastern 'ire-department. "No feller cud live in that there fire more'n half a minit He'd hcv do breath, au' then 'twould lie all up with him." -That you a-ycllin' over yer loss, .Tim?" pleasantly asked Joe Hackney, edging into the crowd, and patting the unfortunate bar-koeper on the back. Its Injin Mary: her baby's in the 1 ft. ) Lord, just listen to the poor ilnil!" said Jim. as Marv uttered ii other cry. Joe picked up a bucket of water, Mid poured it over himself, and an i Mant later dashed into the flames, : 'id un the blazing ladder which led the loft. Not a mm spoke: it ' -cmed that no one breathed for a moment. The deacon closed his yes: and his lips were seen to move raiiidlv; and manv men, though un used to such exercise, followed the h-acon's example. Suddenlv a mightv roar broke ; oin the crowd as Joe Dackscv, hat- h'.-s, hairless, beardless, and almost black, emerged from the blazing build i'ig with a dirty bundle in his arms. !!e had nearlv crossed the street. .hen suddenly be stopped, screamed. Catch it!"' threw the child, and dropped face downwards, on the rround. 1 lie deacon was hy his side in an i'ltant, shouting for water and oil, he tenderly turned the insensible f rm over. "No go," said Seventeen, giving Joe's face a critical glance. "He's i treat lied the fire: I know it by his lips an' nose: he won't never breathe tiothin' else." "Joe, Joe!"' cried the deacon, while i'i? tears fell from his rugged face. "God liov mercy on yer soul!"' From beneath the cruelly-singed eyebrows and lashes, Joe's good-natured eyes opened; his cracked lips parted and smiled; he tried to speak; but suddenly he gasped, shivered; and then the deacon knew by the way Joe's head hung over the kind old arm that supported it. that his partner had drawn his last divi dend. Tor sonic moments the crowd stood in respect tul silence; then Jim Slipsen invited the crowd to open his few re maining bottles, and drink deep to Joe s good link in the next world. A stretcher was then'improvised; and .loe was carried to tlie office of the Juickledge Company. There was no Mrmal lyiug in-state; there was not a siugle flower placed on the rude eataCtilijue: but men of all degrees crowded to see w hat remained of the hero, and many of them when they went away showed the first indica tion of soul that had never been seen in their faces. The three partners sat down to supper, and gazed sadly at the empty chair. The major uiiuiiy nroke ttie silence. "A Christian couldn't have tlicd more nobly," said he. '1'hristiau!' exclaimed the deacon. "The publicans and harlots shall go into the kingdom 'fore you an. me; HV only offered our money; while he gave his '." "Hlessed be tne promises," said the professor. " (live, and it shall lie given unto you.' Joe gave his life: can wc be lieve he will get anv-thingless in re tum?"' "Kf Unit ofT riuVH make an atonement nowdays," said the dea con, "Le"s done his best; an' nobody could do more." The deacon took upon himself tie mournful duty and pleasure of mak ing a headboard lor his deceased partner, and of painting thereon a suitable inscription. For hours did the deacon risk his brain for a pass age cf Scripture which would be aprc priatc; and he finally painted on the headboard the verse "Greater love hath HO man I un this that a man lay down his life for Lis friends." Hut while it was drying and the deacon was absent for a few moments some heterodox person strolled in' read the inscription and, seizing th paint-brush, wrote, I "How Mout a U-ucr uii ! Iniria babies thet lmin't l'i friends. , Anj thus roads the ineeription to , . . . IV. .. .. - t Prf:,r-: J. --..in fh, ( t'T;' J.irrfc Oi l' and New. s earlv in spring as the ground will permit, clear the soil away from around the stock down some three to six inches, as the vine may suit ; se lect a smooth place ; saw or cut off smoothly; take a graft of two eyes, short jointed wood is best ir very short jointed, use three eyes to the graft; cut it wedge-snapea, just, as an apple graft ; split the stock and insert the gralt up xo ne uepui iu wedge If the graft is weak, tie liehtlv with waxed twine arouna where the gralt is inscrwu. vine is etrong and holds the graft firm ly, it needs no tying, r HI up witn mellow earth to tne upper eye oi me graft, pressing the ground firmly around where the graft and stock are united, but loose on top. Stick a lit tle peer in the eround, one inch south or north of the top of the graft, or grafts, where more than one is set ; if the vine is an inch or more in di ameter, put in two. Then cover one inch with sawdust, and that with grass, weeds or any other kind of lit ter, to keep moist and frost out, if any occurs after grafting. I have had grafts lifted out of "their boots' by want of this precaution The little pegs are to show you exactly where the graft is, and aid in distinguishing the graft from suckers, which are sure to come up around them from the stocks. It is on this account that I have cut all the eves but one off cuttings which are intended for stocks to graft upon. When grafting such, it will be neck or nothing, but the trouble of fuckering will be saved. When the vines begin to grow, don't expect your grafts all to start also ; for many may not start ior a month or two. "and still prow. When they do start, vou must keep a good lookout for the suckers in fact, the suckers often start first which, if l..ft will soon divert the channel of sap to them, and prevent the graft from ever growing. Then is the time the pins come into play, for by them we can know exactly where the graft mar be found. With a little pointed stick of wood, bear down carefully around the bud and remove the suck ers; replace the earth and sawdust carefully again. This may have to ln repeated two or three times, or as often as suckers appear. Be particu larly careful not to let a sucker de ceive vou, and thus grow a spurious thin? to mortify vou afterwards. 1 know of repeated instances of this kind. When the grafts start they must be tied up to stakes. Some of the easi ly-propagated sorts will sometimes make but, a small growth, which if examined in the fall, will be found on their own roots, and not united with the stock at all, it being dead. This is my usual plan, in which I count upon 80 to S. per cent, grow ing ; but it is by no means the only plan, or, rather, time I should say. Have "rafted much later but still before the vines started with great success. They grew so strong that, when cutticg them off with strong shears, the sap would fly in my face. An acquaintance, who has even ben more successful than I, says he likes to work them when they bleed freely; he says it keeps the graft moist the very "thing that many think causes failure. Some seasons I grafted for a space of six weeks, with no appa rent difference in the result A fine-toothed saw is the best tool to cut off the vines with, if they are of any considerable size. If any others have done grafting successfully in a different way, I hope they will report. I would not give Cve ceuts for any grafting machine, except two knives one strong, to split, or rather cut, the stock; the other very sharp, to make the wedg es; a spike sharpened to a thin wedge, to keep the split open until the grafts arc set, and a little tack hammer. I ,nevcr shoulder a graft. Hy an illustration I could make it plainer, but suppose any one can un derstand this. S. Miller in Rural Wmld. I rouorm lor uwliri. Long while trousers for ladies are very much worn on the Continent. These trousers should be quite plain for wearing in the day time and in the street, but those for evening wear should be made of fine cambric, or muslin ornamented with embroidery, lace insertion, or heavy rich lace frills cr flounces, according to the taste and means of the lady herself. W hat could look prettier, or more modest, than to see a pretty, small trousered foot in silk stockings and a neat san- lale i shoe, appearing under the skirt of a muslin dress, the ankle buried, as it were, in several rows of the lace frills or flounces of fine cambric or muslin trousers? Surely, also, when voung lady of eighteen or nineteen is dancing, it is more modest, as it is certainly very Incoming; to sec the limbs hidden in lacc-frillcd trousers of cambric than the present fashion. As I said, th's mode is very much seen on the Continent, among French, pamards. and especially Russians. When at Barcelona, a few years ago, remarked that every lady wore trousers, some plain, some richly trim med with 1 ace frills or flounces. Two r - , - or mur incues ot tne trousers were risible, setting off the small Spanish foot to perfection. I knew a very pretty French lady, who used to wear most becoming trousers in the even ing, which were made of very fine cambric or muslin, with rich.lace frills up the calf of the leg, and insertion between each frill. The lace frills of her trousers just touched the instep, oui mc rest oi tne trousers was visi ble under and through the transpa rent sKinoi wr.ite muslin. A -nj 1 ukn ! .Neit urleaas. The New Orleans Time says that great excitement was created in that city some days ago by the discovery that a large quantity of powder had been distributed about the floor of the Senate cham!er of the Kellog legisla tive hall, which gave rise to much conjecture, many supposing that it was an attempt to blow up the build ing. The matter, however, was near ly forgotten, when on Saturday last, a man named King was discovered at the entrance of the chamber with a six pouud canister of pewder, in which he had made a small hole in the top. He was standiog at the time over the canister, and deliberate ly produced a email revolver, and Mid to those woo were watching him that he intruded to fire into the can. He was quickly seized the pistol taken from him, and he was taken to the police station and locked up He 'I wriHigeu nv a cer tain law passed several years ago, whereby he was defrauded of all his property, and charged a cur official with making away with it. He, t here fore, holds the state responsible for it, and says he is determined to Lave re dress or be revenged. A Mark llaban4 lunlNlirl. "Mr Moncton," eaid my grand-! Our dispatches of Monday made lnen mother. I have no wood to burn to-, tion of the appearance of u new horse dav. What shall Id ?" j epidemic in New York. In referring -Oil, send Louisa to pick up some," j to it, the Trihune of Tuesday says: said the ffjodman making a stride t towards the door. "Hut she has picked up all she can find." "Then let her break up some old stuff." "But she has broken up everything already." "Oh! well then, do the next best thing I must be off," said the farm er, and off he was, whistling as he went, and no doubt wondering in his heart what tLc next best thing would turn out to be. Noon came and with it came my grandfather and four hungry laborers. My grandmother stood in the kitchen spinning on her great wheel and sing ing a pleasant ditty; Louisa was scouring in the back room, and the cat sat purring on the hearth before a black and fireless chimney, while the table sat in the middle of the room, spread for dinner, but with empty dishes. "Well, wife here wc arc," said my grandfather cheeringly. "So I see," replied she placidly ; "have vou had a s-ood morning in the corn field ?" "Why, yes. so. But where is the dinner V "In the pot on the door step. Won't you see if its done ?" And on the doorstep, to be sure, sat the great iron pot, nicely covered, but not looking particularly steamy. My grandfather raised the cover aud there lav all the ingredients of a nice boiled dinner everything prepared in tne nicest manner. - - - "Why woman what does this mean ?'' began my grandfather, indig nantly. "1 his dinner isu't cooked at all!" "Dear me, is it not? Why it has sat in the sun thce four hours." "Sat in the sun ?" "Yes, you told me to try the next best thing to have a fire, and 1 thought setting my dinner in the sun was about that."' My grandfather stood doubtful for a moment, but filially his sense ot hu mor overcame his sense of injury, aud he laughed aloud. Thou picking up his hat, hj said : "Come, boys, we may as well start for the woods. We shall have no dinner till wc have earned it, I per ceive." "Won't vou have some bread and cheese before you go '" asked my grandmother, generous in bur victory, as women almost always are. Aud so she won the dav. The cellar stairs in the old farm house had become broken aud so uu safe that my graudmolher besieged her husband early aud late, to repair them.Jest some accident .-hold happen. He alwavs promised to do so, aud alwavs forgot to fultil h.s promises, At last, one dav, mv grandmother fell in going Uowu, ami spilled the milk she was carrying. "Are you hurl : 7 asHcd my grauu- father, smoking his pipe before the lire "No matter whether 1 am or not!" returned the angiy housewife, re a; tearing with her empty pan. "Thai is the last lime I carry milk down those stairs until they are mended. ' "l'lease yourself and find the next best way to get it down," said the husband, a little vexed at her tone. "I will," said my grandmother, and she was as good as her word. The next evening my grandfather went down to the cellar to draw some eider. "What in thunder!" exclaimed he nothing worse, I assure you, for he was not a profane man "what in thunder is the matter down here ? why, woman, your milk is all over the cellar bottom 1" "Is it ?" replied my grandmother tranquilly. "Well 1 think that it is likely enough, falling so fur." "Falling so far ? What do you mean ?" "Why, 3'ou know I said I shouldn't carry milk over those broken stairs again, and you told me to try the next best way of gating it down, and so I took up a board in the kitchen floor, threw down the pans and then strained the milk down into them." The cellar stairs were mended next day. A 'mma nhirtt lum SJ.uoo.Oito. The importance of careful Congres sional punctuation was strongly illus trated at the meeting of the Ways and Means Committee, where it was shown that a comma in one place was $2,000,000. In the tariff bill which went into effect August 1, 1S72, it will be remembered that the free list was extended by the addition of sev eral hundred articles. Among the articles added were "fruit plants trop ical and semi-tropical, for the purpo.-c of propagation and cultivation." In engrossing the bill, or in the process of copying it for ollicial priming, a comma was inserted after "fruit," and all fruit was thereby , dated on the free list. The custom officers therefore, not noticing the change con tinued to collect duties on fruit until the error was discovered. The ways and Means Committee agreed tore port a bill to remove the comma, iu accordance with the intent of the law of 1872. The amount of tax illegal ly collected is not far from $2,0(10,01(0. Feeding- at Wanking toil I'nrlie A Washington correspondent of the Indepcndant savs: At twelve o'clock the doors of the supper room are open ed, and then the jam heggars descrip tion. You may take your choice to be pushed or to push, and cither case to see plates of oysters, salads aud creams, with threatening spoons aud forks, bristling through mid air, glanc ing by your nose, or swimming down your back. I was never sure that wc were not a civilized people till 1 contemplated my compatriots in the Washington supper-room of a "festive occasion." There 1 have seen digni taries whom the public believe have ecough to eat at home, pushing to wards a supper table as a cannibal might to his feast ; and ladies renown ed as "delicate," with piled up plates of pickles, salads, fruits aud creams, cramming at a rate that would make a perfectly healthy woman sick abed for a week. A Dodge of lb Dorter. Oftentiuies doctors advertise their immente. p-aetice by having some one to call them out of church during ser mon time. It was cruel on a certain disciple of Ksculapius who once got enough at this little game. "Doctor! Doctor!" called a vouug urchin, sticking his head into a church door one morning, just before prayer time. "Well, who is sick now ?" inquired the sexton. "No one, as I know on," answered the innocent youth, loud enough to te heard all over the church," but the doctor gave me a ten-cent shinny if I'd call bun out of the church dur ing sermon tira.M The only serious countenance in tkat church during the prayer that followed, was that or the doctor. A Srw If atrac IMaeaae?. -in appcarcntly contagious disease, as vet without a name, has broken out among the horses iu tjie stables of some of the stage and car compa nies, and though it first made its ap pearance some two or three weeks ago, until now it has not attracted much attention outside of the stable3 affected. The disease, the symptoms of which have been the same iu near ly all cases has not been confined to any particular condition of the slock affecting all alike, and in its attack gives little warning. At first the animals exhibit sf up ir and great weakness; when seized on the road in some cases reaching the stables with diliculty. For a time they re fuse all food, the eyes became swol len and a copious discharge of yellow ish matter follows. Iu some instan ces the eyes have become entinly closed. These indications are accom panied by swelling of the fore and hiud legs and some times other" por tions of the body, though usually the swelliughas pecu confined to the legs. Little mortality has attended the epidemic thus far: with prompt medi cal treatment the appetite soon re turning and as a rule the animal re covering from the attack iu the course of three days or a week. The stables of the Third Avenue Bailroad have been the most seriously affi c.eJ. The d:sr.ise made its ap pearance some three weeks ago, when a large number af the horses refu.-eJ their food and a liberal use of the whip was required in making the customary trips. Of the two thous and horses in the stable, probably one-half have been more or less af fected, and at the present time over two hundred are said to be unfit for use. So generally affected were the horses at one time that it was found necessary to draw off a number of cars, both on this and the branch liue to the Grand Central Depot. Even now a number of horses are being worked who show evidences of the disca-i'.'. Tl.cmcdcuc has c insisted of a mixture of sulphur, aconite and has proved a very excellent remedy. Fresh cases are occurring every day and the number as compared with those recovering has somewhat in creased during the past day or two. A large majority of the horses in the Second avenue stables have been af fected, but not as seriously as those on the Third avenue road and under the homeopathic treatment have gen erally quickly recovered so as not to interfere with the work of the road. As yet there has been no appearance of the disease in the Fourth. Sixth Fight h or Ninth avenue roads, nor iu those of the Broadway and Sev enth avenue line, beyond somewhat of a disinclination to eat by the hors es recently observed. The herses of the stage lines appear to have been most seriou.-ly affected and it is stat ed that a number of fatal cases have occurred. Little information could be gained at these stables last even ing. The disease has been attribut ed to overwork of horses and the ill ventilation of some of stables. This explanation is made by those persons connected with stables yet unaffected and perhaps the fact that it has not ioi : off vet made its appearance in anv the private or livcrv stables, so far as known, in a measure sudstantiatcs this theorv. I'aris l'lckporkets. Among the English visitors to I'aris during the gay season of the now year were several pickpockets, who were, however, in most cases, received by the police of the festive city, so that, as the American poet s:ngs, "the subsequent proceedings interested them no more." There were some of the elite of the Knglish practitioners who are' however, rivaled if not excelled in dexterity and ubiquity by their French com peers. The following story is told of the latter by a French Journal: A physician officially connected with the i rison of La Force. and much lu-loved by his liht-lingercd patients, perceived, on leaving the Varieties one evcuing, that his pock et had been picked, and that his opera-glass was gone. Next day, on meeting the denizens of La Force, he expressed his displeasure at the oc currence.4 It is nil very well," said he " for you to say I am popu lar among you, but I am treated just as others are. Sonic of j'our friends contrived to relieve mc of my opera glass last night at the Varieties." "That was only because they oid not know you, doctor, "replied a prisoner. "Who was on duty at the arieties la-t night?' he inquired, turning to a comrade. The answer was given in a whirper. "You shall have your glass to-morrow, " he ad ded. Next day a person called on the physician's wife. "Here,'' said he, "arc all the glasses stolen two nights ago at the Varieties ; please to point out the doctor's." The la dy having done sit, the obliging pick pocket handed it to her, restored the others to their cases, aud disappear- c,l. l'o(ate I'lnn. The Mark- Lane (F.ng.) vVv.. has the following on one of the im plements exhibited before the Hoyal Agriculture Society: Corbett and l'cele's plow has a I single mold-board and has revolving ! disc composed of several teeth or tines, which, bv a simple attachment is fixed to the handles of the plow, and worksjust behind the mold-board, catching the furrow as it is moved by the plow and tearing it to pieces. As it is fixed to work at an angle to the mold board, and to the furrow, the pota'.oes are deposited on the surface of the pulverised land, and very few fall into the furrow sole, where they would be covered by the next ridge unless gathered iminctliatclv alter the plow. By this single mold-board, two-thirds, or nearly all the ridge, is turned over and broken up on the mold-board side, and the furrow sole left has scarcely a single potatoe in it. The revolving disc, fining on the whole furrow, at once produced a fine level and broad bed for the potatoes to tail upon. This plow was put to work upon Kegent potatoes, the tops of which were ripe, and made capital work. A few potatoes were buried by the mold thrown up by the disc, but there was no scratching at all for the gath crsrs, and they could gather much more rapidly than after the ordinary plow used in the district. A great merit of this principle is that it is adaptable to any ordinary plow at the cost of J. The plow, with a rotary disc, is lure shown as one implement, but virtually the in vention consists in au apparatus to be attached to a plow, and forming part of its fitting or furniture, like the share or the coulter : but uuW to be used for special purposes, Jt will, however, pulverize laud, wialer plow ed, in ridges, or at the time of plow-' ing, mot effectually. The Man Trliornm be Spared. When trade becomes dull, and but little work is in the factory and not much prospect ot more coming em ployers ask themselves, "Who can be most easily spared ?'"0nc or more men must be discarged, and those most easily spared are the ones marked out for a discharge, in the knowledge that those most easily spared are the very men who can be most easily replaced. The men we are most loth to discharge in dull times are those who have been long in our employ, who have always been attentive to our interests, by a faithful discharge of duty and tow ard whom we have learned, from long association, to entertain a feel ing of interest and friendship. Sueh men will be retained under any aud all circumstances, while the shiftless eye serving, afraid of doing-too-much class will be "shipped" at the first opportunity they can be spared. The same result extends to all branch es of trade and he who would suc ceed in the battle of life must make him self master of his business or bo reckened among those who can be Spared. Young man, remember that the m n who c m ho ea.-.I sj a ed are noi thi; ones s .ii Lt alter when rc sponsiple positions are to be filled. Would you like to gauge your own fitness for a position of prominence ? Would you like to know the p:obr b.bties of your getting such a posi tion? Iuquirewithin! What are you doing to make yourself valuable in the position yo i now occupy? If you are doing with your might what your hands find to do, the chanc es are ten to one that you will soon be come so valuable to that position that you cannot easily be spared from it ;and then, singualar to relate will be the very time when you will be sought out for promotion to a bet ter place. Ho ci.ntcut to grade among the men who tan easily be spared and you may rest assured that nothing will "spare"' you so certainly and so easily as promotion Ex- ' " To see the soggy, watery mess that is sometimes dished up and called po tatoes, one would never think that they could be convened into such de licious food as they can be. I think the very worst way that potatoes are ever prepared is wiun they are half mashed, with great hard lumps in them, often with the eyes and bits of the skin ornamenting them, sometimes without salt. But pare them nicely, removing the eyes with the point of the knife; souk them in water, immerse them in boiling water and not let them stop boiling until done ; then drain and steam, salt and mash fine; add a little cream and dish up hot, and they are fit for anyone to eat. Or bake i:i a hot oven and take up just as soon as they are done. Or pare and cut in slices and fry in gravy reniembring to salt them well. The famous cookery of France par takes largely of potatoes. Gravies, sauces, soup, bread and pastry are greatly indebted to them for their ex cellence. Wine and brandy are adul terated with the juice of the potatoe. I'au do Cologne is prepared from them. Lithe Fast the pulp of the Potatoe is pressed into ornamental articles. The juice of potatoes is ex cellent for cleaning woolen cloth ; it is also used to cure chilblains. There is probably no kind of food wasted more than potatoes. There is often too many boiled and what are left arc thrown out, while if they were saved and fried in a little gravy, or wanned in some cream, or made into a pudding, they would make ex cellent victuals. MUS. I,. K. K. TLKNER. it'rrinnnlown Tcli'ijraih. Taurltini; Attrrtlote ofn Spider. "A fine old English gentleman" (Mr. Morggridge), with abundant leisure lor studies in natural history has written a very entertaining book on insects iu one chapter of which (as a critic asserts) he "elevates the character of the syider." It is pleas ant at any rate to know that he has found out enough about thecreature's feelings to elevate science in the direction of mercy. The story is briefly as follows ; Morggridge has been in the hahirof immersing, fur preservation his different specimens of spiders and ants in bottles of alco hol. He saw that they struggled for a few minutes ; but bethought that sensation was soon extinguished and that they were soon free lrom suffer ing. On one occasion he wished to preserve a large female spider and twenty-four of her young ones that he had captured. He put the mother into a bottle of alcohol aud saw that after a few moments she folded her legs upon her body aud was at rest. He then put into the bottle the young ones, who, of course, manifested acute pain. Wha was his suprisc to see the mother arouse herself from her lethargy, dart round to, and gather her young ones to her bosom, fold her anus round them and again relapse into insensibility, until at length death came to her relief, and the limbs, no longer controlled by this maternal instinct relaxed their grasp and became dead. The effect of the exhibition upon him is a lesson to our common humanity. He has applied chloroform before immersion. Judging from the above the spider is superior to the human animal in the fact that alcohol does not destroy her natural affection. F.xrriilion l a ii iirrterrr. CoNi'oiip, February 17 Franklin H. Fvans, the uorihwood murderer was hanged to-day. Ho made a con fession, admitting the' killing o Georgiana Lovering, his niece, and of a voung girl, in the fall of lSiiO.f aud in detail tells the story of his use less and licentious life. He relates stories about some of his female rela tives of a disgusting character. He says he killed Georgianna Lovering because she threatened to expose him for altering a one dollar bill to ten dollars. Iu relation to the murder of another child lie says: "In the Fall of lS.'tO I left my wife,, having been living with her in Salem. Mass., and came to Derry, X. H. On arriv ing at the house of Mr. Mills, late in the evening, I found the d tor fastened. I heard in the house a moaning sound, as of a child. loan ed the window and got in. I found several children 13'ing on tho floor, and one girl sitting on the floor who seemed to be very sick. On examin. ing her included she could not live until morning. Wishing to procure the body for surgical purposes I re solved to kill her audtook her to the woods at some distance and there strangled her. On examining the body 1 found one hip and part of the spine deformed, and partly on this account, but more because of a feel ing of remorse and terror that seized me, I desisted from my purpose of examining the body. 1 found a ihcftnut stump, partly rotten and turning i tp id the body under it and replaced tUa iiUiwp. " Miscellaneous New Firm. SHOE STORE. SNYDER & UHL, IlnTiujc purchased the 8hoe Store lately owned bjr II.C. Ueerita, U'At.baidMiitpa Jn mIIIbo th attention of the ,..!. 11.. .. . UA I.. ai Lava maw BMll MVTbMtt Lfa keep cutiftuntly oh tutnU a complete aa aMurt- niem oi Boots, Shoes and Gaiters, BOTH OF Eastern and Home Manufacture, a cm lie fi.unil anywhere. We alto will bare on lian.l etmtUntly a lull nupplj of SOLE LEATHER, MOROCCO, CALF SKIXS, Kirs, AND LINING SKINS or all kln.lK, with a full line of Shoe Findings. The HOME MANfFACTURE DEPART M EX T will I in chance of 13. Snyder, Esq., Wh'.fc reputation foranaking Good Work and Good Fits Is si-ciin'I to none In the State. The public la re ?petluily Invite,! to call ami eiamine our stork, ue we are liTerminetl to kep goodn as ht'hmI an the oest am! " II nt priced a low a.i tne lowmt. SNYDER & UHL, JEW CALK PETS. A very large Stock IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC C-A-IRIE3 ETS, Oil Cloths, &c, LOW PRICED CARPETS, Of every kind, Wholesale and Retail. Henry McCallum, rl Fifth Avenue, (Near Wool Street,) PITTSBURGH, PA. ar23 Boots a,ncL Shoes, HATS AND CAPS, Leather and Shoe Findings. T. II. Zimmerman Takes uleaaure In ealllnir the attention of I he elt. lien." of Somerset anal vicinity tn the foot that he naa ejieneii a ftore on tne north-Mat eornerof the I i ammo, where Uiocw will always be kept haii'l a complete aawirtment of Boots and Shoes, Of Kartern and home manufacture, at gt and well assorted aiook of HATS -A-ira CA .'S, AnJ a trreat variety of leather aud Shoe Fiiidliigfi Of an kinds. There Is also attached to the store a CUSTOM-MADE BOOT & SHOE DEPARTMENT, With ANDREW ZOO K as cutter and litter, which alone is a snrovient iruarantee that all work made op In the shop will not only fit the feet of custom ers hut that suiy the best material will be used and the Ileal Workmen Will he employed. The public are respectfully Invited to call aud examine Ms stock, si p. 6, '71. JOHN P. DEAN, eaW -(MrpeIr, mm Blackasnltba TmU hetcU. KbmmIcii, Ncjtkcw, Kaathea, lloaa, tor ha and Bakes, tog-ether with a largo anal Tariffs' stack mt Hardware add Caller, aa liable far the trade, at greatly red red ratea. Ui THE WONDERFUL. PET CANARY BIRD! (Patent just Procured.) "II 'IM, sine; flr hoars ca be i&aaaaed by any child. The latent and most wonderful! In vention of the are. The very thing for either par lor or outdoor auusenieut. SEND FOB SAMPLE AT ONUS. Big payto Arenta and U the Trade. Satlsfao. tion guaranteed or money promptly relarned. Hetit pre-paid by mail to any address, on receipt of ai ecotj, or for 1 W. Address M B. bOBbT M'O.. 1! liroadaray, Ncs Vok. $10 to $20 per day. Agentswanted retr VtlM l'.Hli.lr. fmma A iLiJlairaCck, 8t.Lools.Me 013 H $72 00 Each Week. A renU wanted everywhere. Bnstneaa strictly Vs. gitimate. Particulars free. AdUrees J. WOKTH a VO., St. Louis, Mo. mavle Miscellaneongi lir .1 WalUr'tt ('alifornlii Vili- far Hitlers aro a purely VcKctaLlo jircpar.-uioii, iii.kIo cliiclly from tbo na tive herbs found n the lower ranpes of tl o Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor nia, tho medicinal prntwrtics of wliieli aro extracted tlirrcfrom without the nso t.r Aicoliol. Tho question i3 almost tlai- asl;i'd. "Wh.it u the causo of tho i;:narai!c!uil s:icce.s cr Vinegar Brr xnks !"' Our answer is, that they remove tho cause oftIi.sea.sc, and the patient re covers his health. They aro tho fcreat blood purifier and a life-giving principle, a perfect lienovator and I ny isolator of tho M'stem. Never before in tho history t t' tho world h a Mediciim U rn coiiiiKUtnilcil ptinsciwiiig tlm. rcni:irkiili!o ipalitiM of Vi.xkuaii UiTTKiis in lieuiiii; tho i. . r .1.. ni.-M m:in i lnir to. Thci' ait vi ,. . are a reutlo Parsative as well as a Tome. reueriiij t,onffeiiou or iuiuuiiimu'i the Liver aud Visceral Organs iu Uilious Diseases The properties cf Dn. Walker's Yiskgak UirrEBS aro Aperient. Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative. Diuretic, .Sedative, Counter-irritant Sudorific, Altera tive, aud Anti-Liliou. R. II. MeDOJfALD A CO.. Srnrriiiei and On. Arts.. Han Francisco. California, and oor. of Washinrton and Charlton Kta.. N. T Sold by all Drwgglsts aad Dealers. This space is reserved for J F. Blvmver, who has removed his stock into the most magni ficent hardware room in this place. He can be found in Room Mo. 3, Baer's Block. Lnstanseus Belief asl M Refim Sleep Guaranteed by using my ImUtnt Belief for the A$thma. It aets instantly, relcivins; tbe paroxysm Itnme- sleen. I sutlered from this disease twelve vaara. niiiciy, ami enanane me paneat to lie oown and hat suffer no more, and wiirk amfsleep as well as anyone, nimnue 10 relieve in tne worst ease. Sent by mail on receipt or price, oae dollar per boa; aek your drainrist for It. C'HAH. B. HVKST, Rochester, Beaver Co., F. : I. utile l worm uoiv t,,-ti a UMha . ollirr Hitlers. Kor sale at all Drue- stores :roe-rles an t Hcni er in Medicine-': !. wholesale and n-UII at HAItltIS A f.WISWS, Wholesale ItrnpritUUseor. T nlh and Liberie -a reels, rittstmrKh. l'a. AMEIC1CAN Ti.M A lt 111 T I KIiS M KG. CO., lis and 212 Liberty street. ritfeuurrfb, l'a. J- HORXER, Buggy- Carriage AND LIGHT WAGON MANUFACTURER, SOMERSET IV., Is now tirenared to manu r.et ne in ... .1 . scrlpUun of OARItlAOES, BUOOIES, stLKU-S, SPRINO WAOO'S. HACKS, SLLIOHS, .o., at, In tbe latest and most approved styles, and at the Lowest Powiible Price). ALL 19 W1ITOI A Firt Vlitss Carriage, Or any ether vehicle, are resptetrnlly invited U eall and ai amine hi work. None bat the very nest mmtarlnl win Km ... A i. ,H. M....r.., 1 ..- work, and none tut the BEST WORKMEN Are .mnlnfa.! la hla atahlltitnM mu.Ium have bad an eiperlcnee of over twenty years In tbe baaines. He Is, therefore enabled te turn out a Drxt-eiaxa vrhi.-le hoik In iwilni m n. . t .tH 1 mmA workmanship. All work warranted to be as reprs- n wuo leaviny me snop, ami sausiaciioa guaui.ti(od. Ajlk)nd,Q UEPAIHINfJ AND PAINTING Pone In seat and suhstaatlat manner, aaI at the shortest not loe. He Is determined to do all his work In sack a manner, aad at saeh prieea as to Skake It o the Interest of everybody to patronise him. Jall aad examine his work before purehae infr elsewhere. jantV TJ. 3. HORNER. GrocerieB and Oonfectioneritn. This space la reserred for C. T. Rhoads k Bro., wha have moved Into the most marnlneent rroeery room In this place. They ean be found In Baer s new banding;, second Hour irons tbe eorner. JUST i t Si O r M a a a e3 RECEIVED AT AIMER'S GOODS, NOTIONS, OT u o ttPnnrPT-ra 8 a Q CO p FLOUR &c. Be sure to call and see, and be convinc I ed, as there are too many articles kept for 8 so.ennmeratioa. TO OPPOSITE o n 08 j SOMERSET IIOISE, SOUBJUUT, TA. July IT A. W. KNEPPER. DAVIS A DUO'S CHEAP Groeery and Confectionery, SOMERSET, PA. We desire to mtuna the people of this comma nlty that we bare pureluued the tiroeerv and IV reettonerr o H. F. Koepper, Esq., opposite the rurnet Noiua, aad bave made valuable additions to the already lae stork of Oooda. We sell ail the beet brands o IXOUB, AUD MEAL, OOFTEE. TEAS, VQAR3, KIUE, BYKl'PS, MOLASSES, FISH, SALT, SPIOKS, APPLES, fLAVqBINQ EXTRACTS, DRIED AND CANNED FRUITS. ALSO, COAL OIL, TOBACCO, C1GAKS, SNUFF, BROOM8, BUCK ETS, TUBS,. All bladi Freoea and eumiaoa CANDIES, NUTS, CRACKERS, FANC1 CAKES, PERFUMERY, AND TOILET ARTICLES, COMBS, BRUSHES, SOAP, . AIM aUI sMUVaJnaVtst' JkT T..W. A. el... II. .1. , Davis Cheap Grocery, OPPOSITE THE BARNET HOUSE. DOT. t-l. lry Good. Holflertaum Have nw opened A Larre and Complete AM,rtment (om fur Fall and Winter Wear. T They have a complete assortment of ImIm-h Furs, Ir fa)Oo!, Felt Skirls, Hoop ft k iris, Riislles ii loves. Shoes. Cain m Sandals, I And Felt Over Shoes. I MEX AND BOYS' t f I Clothing, i i Boots and Shoes, I HATS AND CAPS, I GLOVES, Sea. ' 1 niJeTeloth I nfj for Mori anj Wr t.n A lars;e assortment '! HAitmvAiu; QUEENSWARE, j Carpets, Oil Cloths tVr. I A large stock of fine an I e..er. ! SALT t 15 y the ISarrel or. Sack J Prices as Low as Possib'f C. & (I. HOLDER KADI. Somerset, Pa. Oct. SO. Men's, Youths' and Boys' CLOTHI G i j FOR j FaU and Winter Wear. Havins; areatly increased oor faciii'.in iljr the past year, we are now prepared te girr He your approval a selection uusnreasewi ta Style, Workmanship and Material. Wem&fcrs specialty of ME BEADMADi CLOTHI Fully equal. If not superior. In (lcinmce. i. -: and finish, to the best ordered jr&rmvvts. it pnert one-third less; but fur all who firetr tooni.r or mentswe have an eitensive fueunn IvjurniT'. constantly soppfted with tiie nnr jo i lanc force of most Artistic Cutters. CLOTHING Of Our Own Manufacture, Which we riutrantee to 1 of better gtuiiiy . ; cheaper in PrH-e than any other !i"H' :a '.- u'j SCHOOL SI" ITS For Boys of All Ages. ooI and very ( Iicup! ONE PKICE ! NO DEVIATION!! All Goods KiTtsl a! 112 Try L::s; 2 URLING, FOLLANSBEE & CO, 121 Wood St., Cop. Fifth Ave., PITraDlTKUSI IM- Oct. JO. Cook & Beerits' FAMILY GROCERY, Flour and Feed STORE- We would miiet respeeti'ultv iiin.-ur.ee t. friends and the puhl la nenerallv, in ike t.'n " vicinity of Somerset, that we have opened ui: ti ft Store on MAX CIWSS SfHKtlt, And In addition to o full line if the tt ContVrtionericN, Xoflon,. Tobacco, ir. !' We will endeavor, at ail times, to un-!y 'or ctt' tomers with the BEST Q U A L I T V 0 FAMILY FLOUE, CORX-MEAL, OATS' SHELLED COllS OATS d COHS BRAX, MWILIS0. Andevervthlmr ncrtalniiiinv to the Feed WW ment, at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. FOR CASH ONLY- Also, a well selected stock o' Olassware; Stoneware. Woodcnware, Pmibe ' al kinds, ana STVTIOjSTKTT Which we will sell as oheap as tbe oueeiw.' P1.. -.11 ...mine nor roods of all kinds. be satisfied freea your own Judgment, K-Don't forget where we stay On M A IN CROSS Street, Somerset. P Oct . 1171 "
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