Hi "Mm unii ii i tumi n mtmmmmmmmmmamif - '-- - ... ! BaalrtM '- . II I, v. Mr. Ikecher in M frmoo of Urt Pnnd.T-n.on.inf: "Tom M " hrioal burners un; til lie was nineteen. Tben bo went -il mwiA tiirArl ont tO down into the ----",- ft a farmer T n -au K HI .111 ll)U BUM 1 111 , .rwl first. f.rtime the farmer Etted to trust even tie Lis care, uuiinere - n'! of something in him that showed mst a Yftcr a year or two he became a toil l.Wr-a broad-shouldered, i.fiia inrniit'u 1 1 1 . j ..--- larm inu""- -- ,,i. .ilrt deep cbestod, power u.i .3i Aimself tlums !r useful. Well, ado h.mseir i d .u i,time the farmer ughtei frnm school. What a came . tr. rcraletion she was to Tom. He never knew what it was to worship anything, nor bow awkward and coarse he was. He would have gir , n all he had, which wasnt much, to learn bow to get into a room without bitting the door, or what to do with bis hands, or How to su uowh nguu He began to change his clothes tor letter ones when be came in from the day's work, and there was about bim the dawning of improvement. Finally the great day came. He stood "trembling before the farmer's daughter, the hard word was spoken, and t-he didn't repulse bim. I think there is nothing in the life of a man which so rouses bim as love. Tom went to the wrestling matches, and what a vim there was in him. He read, he went to church, be wanted to see bow people acted. And, when, after a good life, be grew to be tin old man. and talked in a trem bling voice to bis grandchildren, he used to sav, "Oh, what a wife 6he was to me! Whatever I became she made me." The world is full of such ius'anres of blessed influence. There is another story "which forms a proper pendant to this, and which Mr. lJeerber did not tell. It runs something as follows: Frederick 1. at the age of twenty two gradua ted at one of the New York schools of medicine. His thesis was an elab orate exposition of the Psychology of of Galen, aid it attracted the mark ed attention of not only bis profes sors here but of several of the saran of theOld odd. who predicted a ca reer for the brilliant young American. He was the son of poor parents; from bis father he bad received a warm (motional heart, and from bis moth er n large forehead, in which there was a memory lor great ideas, a dis position to analyze and to idealize, a faith in the external principles of le erai le leau et le Inert, and a belief that all women were angels sent from Heaven. At college be bad worked sixteen hours a day. He bad mastered Homer and his Mill's Logic, and what was better, bis scal pel rtnd bis microscope. He was poor, be wore plain clothes, had nev er Ikcu to a ball, rarely to the thea tre, and be scarcely knew what jew elry and fine furniture were. He knew more of the dress 'of the wo men of Greece and those of the Court of Louis XIV. than be did of those in the next street He had two grand projects in his bead: one was to write a history or medicine; tne oin r was to reconcile by a new elec tric system all the present chaotic and conflicting masses of doctrin common to the unhappy sciences. One day Frederick by accident aved the life of a young girl in the p:rk. She had a pair of immense slow-moving, brown eyes, and a face likfl the Lake of Como. When be wont to bed that night be said bis prayers to her instead of to Galen, avj bis old Greek heroes. Don't l.lamc Lim; be had been taught that woman was divine, and the source ef i l inspiration; he was weak and worn with bard mental labor, which costs so fearfully, and be needed in spiration; and besides, he had read the "Lady of Lyons." He named his draling angel P.etiti '-e, and ded icated in prospect of Lis great work, 1 !ie "Philosophical History of Mcdi- inc." to her. It should, like the Pivinc Commedia," be the mouu ment of its ape. Two weeks after i his his angel ridiculed bis hat, and he went and bought another, boots. est. and shirt-cuffs followed. In one year be bad come to the point of wearing for her sake a different col ored necktie every day. In two more years he had stored j in bis bead two hundred names and Jeas referring to jewelry, two thousand belonging to lady's wear ing apparel, three thousand relating to a ladv's boudoir; be knew all of OfiYnhanch's operas by heart, and the personal history of every florist and French milliner in the city. More than this be had married his angel and had become the proprietor of a patent medicine, the "Eradicator as the Hoot of all Disease," and bis degenerated though still noble brain, w'uh a great lie, christened it He did not give up for an instant bis grand intellectual plans; be was only "vorking then) out under the inspira tion of his angel. "One must not forget the amenities and pleasures ef life," she said. "A man must first of all be a gentleman, elegant, tender, and rich." Unfortunately for bis angel, Frederic did not during the next ten years, acquire even the last of those qualities; he was not always kind, used to lock himself up evenings and vainly tried to redeem the time be bad lost in reviewing bis old trusting friend G alien. So she ob tained a divorce from him, and went to New Orleans with a man ten years bis junior. Strange to say Fredric was not unhappy at the thought of bis past life; it was only that his bead felt dull and indolent; the past seem ed a dream. He became a drug gist's clerk and married the drug gist's fat daughter, and bad five chil dren, three of whom became mechan ics, and the other two day labor ers. To the mora) of Mr. Beecher's story we venture to make an addi tion. To the man of dull brains as the world stands to-day woman is a I . - r n: i. 1 is not ala IW farUiA th.t we should put it more strongly. Daily Graphic. rre mu-tm f Plaat. The old fashioned mode of digging holes by band Las in large orchards been generally abandoned, and the mellowing of the ground by frequent ploughing and harrowings renders '.he sitting of the trees anywhere in the friable soil an easy operation, but where the number of trees to be set out is comparatively few, it will be as well to have good-sized holes dog, the bottom filled with mellow surface soil, and the sides wide enough apart to admit the roots beinc spread out ! in their natural position. As a rule plant young trees. liaAVK tuen can term fair wotnea The "apple of their eye, But when it cornea to office 'Xo ladiet need apply!" BY ISABEL DLA1K. in tho nieture eallery of the Bar- berini Palace, at Home, hangs a por trait of a voung Roman girl, painted by Guido" It is a beautiful but mel ancholy face, whose, -south look of sweetsorrowful eyes,' reproduced in chromo, are po frequently seen id. par lor.and shop window. For of all the famous painters in Rome, none is bet ter known or more copied than this. It derives peculiar interest from the history of her whose featnrcs it is said to represent. Francesco Cenci, the bead of one of the oldest and wealthiest families of Rome, was a man of violent tem per, and. in bis household, intolerably cruel. Two of his sons were assassi nated at bis instigation. At length, unable longer to endure bis cruelties and tyranny, bis family appealed to the Tope, Clement VIII, for protec tion. The petitions miscarried, and remained, of course, unanswered. On the night of the 15th of Septem ber, 1598, Francesco was murdered. He was found with an enormous nail driven into each of bis eves, a mode of assassination which indicated that at least two persons were engaged in the work. One of them was finally captured, and upon examination, charged the wife, a son, and the daughter, Beatrice, with having prompted to the deed. They bad, he testified put the victim to sleep by administering a narcotic draught, and then had introduced himself and bis accomplice into Francesco's chamber. They were arrested and imprisoned in the Castle of ot Angelo, where they were from time to time, as was the practice during the middle ages, subjected to the tortures of the rack to force them to confess to the crime. As was frequently the case with the accused, whether guilty or not, prc fcring death to this lingering agony, the mother and brother made confes sion. But for nearly a year Beatrice continued firm in her declaration of innocence. At last a new method of torture was devised, to inflict which would make it necessary to cut off her hair, which is described as being the 'most silken, the longest, the nost marvelous in color ever seen.' At this she turned pale. 'Touch not my hair she cried. Let me die without mutilation!' And to save her tres ses she too yicldud. Her Jeauty, the belief in ber inno cence, the courage and firmness she bad shown, had won the sympathy and compassion of the whole Roman populace, and the Pope was besieged with petitions to grant ber pardon This he was nearly persuaded to do when at the trial her cause was most eloquently pleaded by the counsel appointed for the delcnse, and it was shown bow probably a man so gener ally disliked and dreaded as Frances co, should have had enemies outside bis own household to plot against his life. Other murders of similar char acter occurring about this time, how ever, induced bim to refuse pardon, and it is thought his decision was in fluenced by the considerations that in the event of their condemnation the property of the prisoners would come into the possession of the church. They were therefore publicly execu ted on the piazza of the bridge of St Angelo, September JUh 1599. All the windows, roofs and balconies in the neighborhood were filled with people assembled to witness the scene, so great was the interest felt for the beautiful young heroine. The portrait by Guido is said to have been painted just before ber ex ecution, and during her confinement in the prison. Her story has furnish ed food for many a romance, and hat often been represented upon the stage. She is still generally suppos ed to have been innocent of connec tion with the crime, and for every one recalling this passage of history, the picture has a strange fascination. IVbUIm Affeetatlea. There is a certain style of woman who affects the most innocent simplic ity to questions to which everyone past first childhood can give an an swer; whose cue is naive ignorance: whose charm is her unenlightment; yet who can use her very ignorance as a trenchant weapon enough when she is in the humor. She has the prettiest way possible of putting you in the wrong; and contradicting you with the least shading and the most directness of any woman you can meet Sometimes she makes you appear pedantic or obscure. The tone in which she says, "Oh I you are too clever for poor little me to talk to, and I daresay you are right but then I am such a little goose I do not understand you," is quite sufficient to annihilate you for the evening if you chance to be one of those un lucky ones who arc sensative as to the impression they make. She, bo simple, untutored, the child of nature, makes it plain to yon that you have gone on a wrong road when you have spoken to ber as to a reasonable being of decent education, and have assumed that she possesses a mind and some degree of instruction. She is all heart if you like ; she can expati ate on her dog, or that darling boat race; but she cannot let you think that she has ever used the eyes of her mind, or seen anything de per than the self-evident superficialities of life. If you talk to her on any sub ject beyond the current trivialities of the day. she lifts up her eyebrows and says: "How odd!" And the next person to whom she speaks bears that you are such an extraordi nary person, and have such funny ideas ; or she may ring the changes by saying that you are no dreadfully learned she cannot understand you and fancy speaking of such dry sub jects as the sun, or the State of Spain, or the different physiognomies of a crowd, or the lecture at Horticultural Hall, to poor silly little her ! AU she wants to talk about is the opera, or the fastens, or the latest scandel, whatever it may be; or failing scandel, the latest amusement; and anything to make ber think and use her brain, thongh in the mildest way, rumes ner serenity and transforms -vou Int0 of the tot magnitude. CMl S ttfnt the rrr. Ou one occasion, Sir Robert Wal- pole wanted to carry a question in the Honse of Commons, to which he knew there would be great opposition and which was disliked by some of his dependents. As be was passing mrougn tne uourt of Kequests, be met a member oi the contrary party, whose avarice he imagined wonld not reject a large bribe. He took him aside, and said, such a question comes on this day; give me your vote, and here is a bank bill of 2.000, which he put into his hands. The member made him this answer: Sir TtoWt you have lately served some of my particular friends; and when my wife was last at court, the king was very gracious to her, which mu6t have hap pened at your instance. I should, therefore, think myself very ungrate ful putting the bank bill into his pocket j if 1 were to refuse the favor yon are now pleased to ask me.' 1 Once upon a time, as that interest-1 ing historian, Mr. Charles Dickens, relates in bis 'Tale of Two Cities,' there lived in England a 'resurrec tionist,' that is to say, a body-snatch er, oy tne name oi Jerry urunceer, in whose bouse the scene of our tale opens, just as the hcn awakens after a night spent at bis favorite occupa tion Mr. Cruncher reposed under a patchwork counterpane, like a harlc. quin at home. At first he slept heav ily, put by degrees began to roll and surge in bed, until he rose above the surface, with bis spiky hairloo king as if it must tear the sheet to ribbons. At which juncture he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation. 'Bust roe, if she ain't at it again !' A woman of orderly and industri ous appearance rose from her knees in a corner with sufficient hasto and trepidation to show that she was the person referred to. 'What,' said Mr. Cruncher, looking out of bed for a boot, 'you're at it agin, are yon ?. After hailing the morn with this second salutation, he threw a boot at the women as a third. 'What,' said Mr. Cruncher, vary ing his apostrophe after missing his mark, 'What are you up to, Aggeru- wayter : 'I was only saying my prayers.' 'Saying your prayers ! You area nice woman ! What do you mean by flopping yourself down and praying agin me:' 'I was not praying against you; I was praymgforyou.' lou weren't. And if you were, 1 won't be took the liberty with. Here ! Your mother's a nice woman, Jerry. 0'Ho praving agin your fa ther s prosperity, l ou ve got a du tiful mother, you have, my son. You've got a religious mother, you have, my boy ; going and flopping herself down, and praying that the bread and butter may be snatched out of the mouth of her only child.' Master Cruncher (who was in his shirt) took this very ill, and, turning to his mother, strongly deprecated any praying away of his personal board. 'And what do you suppose, you conceited female,' said Mr. Cruncher, with unconcions inconsistency, 'that the worth of your prayers may be! Name the price that you put your prayers at' 'Tbey only come from the heart, Jerry. They are worth no more than that' 'Worth no more than that? re peated Mr. Cruncher. 'They ain't worth much then. Whether cr no, I won't be prayed agin, I tell you. I can't afford it I'm not agoing to be made unlucky by your sneaking. If you must go flopping yourself down, flop in favor of your husband and child, and not in opposition to' em. If I bad any but on nunat'ral wife, and this poor boy bad any but an un nat'ral mother, I might have made some money last week, instead of being counter-prayed and counter minded and being religiously circiim wented into the worst of luck. Bu-u-ust me, said Mr. Cruncher, who had been all this time putting on big clotnes, 'if I ain't, what with piety and one blowed things and another, been choused this last week into as bad luck as ever a poor devil of an honest tradesman met with Young Jerry, dress yourself, my boy, and while I clean my boots keep au eye on your mother now an then, and if you see any signs of more Hop ping, give me a call. For I tell you,' here he addressed his wife once more, 'I won't be rone aria in this manner!' Improvement tm Cuttle. I have observed in different neigh borhoods that the introduction of short horn bloods for mixing with our na live cattle has yery substantially en riched the farmers. In many places it is hard to find poor looking cows so general has ben the improvement; many are half bloods, some more, but more commonly either less or so mixed up on both sides that it is hard to say how much improved blood tbey contain. So far as my observation extends, the increased market value of all the cattle, in the places where tho short horn bulls of strong grades have been employed generally, is nearly double that jpf the old natives; I think it is safeo say that the increased value is forty per cent Such crosses make better beef, the animals cost less to keep for the same amount of food, and they sell readily when the raw bones go a begging. I have known instan ces where the use of the short born bull on common native cows has giv en calves and older animals that would at once sell for double price and in a much quicker market Now I suppose there are about five mill ion cattle in the Union, and that if all were average half breeds they would sell to-day at an average of at least twenty-five dollars a head in all the States, eastern and western. If all were old native sorts, they would not sen ior more man nitecu dollar as an average in many States much less. Ibese estimates give ten dol lars per bead difference, which I have no doubts is too small. But it would make an aggregate of fifty million dollars improved value, if this blood were generally mixed through all our cattle. It is well worth while to allow our great breeders to play with ten, twenty and thirty thousand dol lar animals, if byjthis the short horoed blood will be not.ccd, inquired often and diffused. I say nothing about the Jerseys. Uerefords, etc, simply for the reason that 1 have not had an opportunity of witnessing the results with these. I Lave seen plenty with snort norns. . - T Sew Bakjr Washer. The Pall Hall Giietlc is a firm be liever la the Btorv that an invention is ready for parent which acts as follows: lou BimpW insert the be grimed and molasses coated infant in an orifice which can be made of any required size by turning for ten min utes a cog wheel with electrical at tachments.- . The child glides gently down a highly pollished inclined plane ; bis lips are met at us turmin us by an Indian rubber tube from which the infant can draw lacteal nourishment While in this compartment which is lined with plate-glass mirrors, the perturbed spirit of the infant is sooth ed by its frantic efforts to demolish its own imare, reflected in the class with a nickel-plated combined teeth- cutter, nail-knife, rattle and tack hammer which are thrust into the ba by's hand by an automatic monkey. Fatigued by its destructive efforts the infant falls asleep, while the organ attachment plays softly the melody of "Put Me in My Little Bed." Then it slips into the third compartment. Uere the baby is washed. Another small tube administers a do6e of sooth ing syrup, and the infant glides from the machine, its nails paired, its hair combed, ready for the habiliments rendered necessary by the fall of our first parents. Save tfca UrcMt Caklcr. Now that the season has arrived for selecting the male turkeys to pre serve for breeding purposes, the necessity of picking the largest and most perfect as regards form and rig or may well be urged upon every body who keeps this very profitable farm stock. Let it constantly be borne in mind that sice is a great de sideratum in a gobbler kept for breed ing. The largest males may be used rith safety, even if paired with fair to medium sized hens, provided the following precautions are used. Tho peril from a tbirtv-five pound gobler is a reality, whether the hen be large or small. This arises not bo much from the crest weight of the gobler as from vicious use of bis well grown spurs and claws. If left free the feathers are soon torn from the backs of the bens, and the skin not infrequently follows, and the hen dies from the injuries. To prevent this, the gobler may be kept in con finement for a few weeks before you wish his services. It is a well ascer tained fact that a single connection of the male with the hen turkey, at the proppcrtimc, insures the fertili. ty of all the eggs she may lay in the first litter after it A day or two of the gobbler with the hens answers all the purpose of weeks, and greatly diminishes the danger of injury. As an additional safeguard cut the spurs and the toe-neils, and burn off all the sharp points with a hot iron, of course taking care not to injure the fowl. If this be .done breeding with large turkeys is quite as safe as with smaller birds. We are aware that the American passion lor size has sometimes operated to the detriment of poultry. But in turkeys size can be secured without danger. Poultry World. Wniu'i ItMilmit Entire reconciliation is difficult with a woman. She invariably keeps cer tain reserves. When she has once part ed from you in spirit, she will hardly re turn. Though 6he seems to, she does not. She gives her hand again per haps her lips; but the heart is no lon ger in one nor the soul in the other. Kiss her you have once roundly quarreled with if it be not a mere lover s quarrel and you will find the statue under the crimson curve the chill of the marble through the bounding blood. A keen observer mav determine in society whether you hare had discord with a woman you meet However perfect the breeding, however disciplined the manners, the past discord leaves a shadow that will not be lifted. The old wound may be closed; it is not healed, nor can it be by the highest skill in spiritual surgery. Frequently men like one another better after fighting; women never, be the foe of either sex. With these the bloom of favor is ta ken off not to be restored. They feel, though tbey may not say or even think it, that slight or injury admits of no attonement. Vtoman reads the proverb: To err is feminine to forgive, impossible. Galaxy for February. IIw tm Keep Br for f"tr C. This is an important question to those who cannot keep cattle through the winter, and cannot sell for cost or those who want beef bnt must purchase it cheap. Perhaps few peo ple are in the habit of canning beet ,but it may be done in this way. Cutf rom the bone' wash clean and boil, adding salt and pepper if relished. When done, and while'warm, put into glass cans, or stone jars, with the water in which it was cooked. Press the meat down so the juice will rise to the top, and the tallow will rise, for ming a thin coat, which may be re moved when the beef is wanted for use. Set away in a good cool, dry place, where it will net freeze, and when wanted for use. it may be warmed and a flour gravy made to it, making a healthful andjiaratabled ish The fore quarters, or cheapest part of the beef, may be worked up in this way and the bones from which the meat was cut may be put in the brine, or placed on a clean box, where tbey may be kept cool, and boiled whenev er soups are wanted. Who does not relish a meal of good beef cut up and cooked in this way? How nice when the company happen in to have some thing that may be easily pre pared. Then can your beef when work is not pressing, and, if properly taken care of it will be as eood as fresh beef next spring or summer, when fat pork is not so well relished . Mwrca Jiural Aeto J orker. Km latermtlaa; atrlaMalaJ aartar p. MissOlympia Brown wasroaried last spring, but hasn't changed her name. She says that she and her husband agreed before they were married that they should hold on to their own names. In fact she wouldn't have married without sueh an agreement. I asked her if Mr. Willis (ber husband) didn't wish to change his name to Brown. She said. 'Ob, no. He would be simple if be did, Willis being a much pretti er name ; besides, bad his name been lliggmbotom, be would bave pre ferred to retain it, considering it was bis own, and tbe one be bad always been known by I asked ber if no one ever called her Willis? She said, 'Ob, yes, sometimes they did, dut she didn't wage any special war on that, any more than if tbey had called ber some pet name tbatne.er belonged to ber. And so it is John Henry Willis and the Rev. Olympia Brown; and Le attends to his groce ry business, and she preaches to her congregation of saints and sinners every Sunday, and they keep a snug little house in Bridgeport, on Golden Hill, and tbe name on tbe door is 'Olympia Brown' that partner in the matrimonial firm being the better known of tbe two. I mm tor Aavll. The largest anvil in the world has just been cast at Woolwich, England The plate which is to form the bed of the monster weighst of itself 107 tons. The surface, lay faee down, ward, and when it became cool it took a perfect army of sturdy smiths with bydraulicjacks andlcombinations of the strongest tackle a whole day to lift the monstrous lump of solid metal twenty two feet square. The autil block to Demounted thereupon will weigh only a triflo short' of 200 tons, and tbe steam hammer which will strike upon it, thirty fine tons of solid metal being the English ton of 2,240 paunds. lhe blowzat mil force will be tre mendous. In fact it is doubtful what will happen to tbe town of Woo! which and vicinity when the mighty piece of mechanism gets to work. V alcan himself, and all tbe giants who worked beneath Mount Ltna' never dreamed of such an anvil as this, and Thor's famons weapon was a mere lack hammer in compari son, i Taking ail its metal together it will weigh hard upon 500 tons. She couldn't see it in that light She didn't want to marry bim, but be. was bound she should. Tbey both lived a couple of miles from the city and near neighbors. She refused to listen to his courting, and be grew desperate. So he went off to the West, and while out there persuaded a friend to write a letter, saying that he was dead, and asked, as his dying request, that she might, if she ever went out that way' to stop- for a moment and toss a weed or perhaps a flower on his lonely grave. This was tender, but it didn't take worth a cent, and she wrote back a letter to the friend saying that if he had any consideration for her feelings ta all to send ber the dead lover's watch and chain, his money and all his valuables. To carry out his plans the dead mau sent home his brass jewelry and other effects, and she immediately proceed to don the trinkets, and start to singing school with the chosen "fel ler" of her heart On their . way back home tbe pair were startled by the apparition of the lost lover, clad in ghostly white' but with tho old lineaments intact. The young man fled, but tho girl stood still, and but ting up a paw which resembled an elephant's foot, naively inquired if the gost wanted to be kicked to death by a mule. To which bis gnostsuip replied thus : "Lord ! Lord ! Jeru sha heo I come all the way home to find you false ?" "You bet," replied tho fair one laughing heartily, for she had discovered that it really was the person of her dead lover. The fellow had plaved a nice game, ami had followed his goods and chattels back to the land of his nativity very quickly. The damsel was so disgus ted with the other fellow for running at sight of tbe ghest the she immedi ately began preparations to marry the ghost. A correspondent, of the Bucks County Intelligencer makes the fol lowing sensible remarks in relation to tbe selection of women for school directors: It is well known that by the new constitution a change has been made in the class of citizens who are eligi ble to the office of school director. It is a cbauge to which both justice and common sense bave long pointed, but which the law of the State has not hitherto authorized it is tbe se lection of a portion of females for this office. Independently of this arrange ment beincr fflSw authorized by the law of the State, it is sustained by another consideration. It is well known that amons the teachers of our public schools, more especially in the middle and lower sections of Bucks county, there is a considerable majority of females engaged in teach ing tbe schools; and from this fact alone the propriety of tbe sex being represented in school boards must be obvious. But there is a considera tion of inherent qualification and adaptation in females for visiting schools and giving their attention to tbe various requisites of school-rooms that has hitherto been much neglected. The proper accommodation of female children and especialy those of tender ages is a subject that will claim tbe care ofsuch visitors, who will find that the rights of children in tLcsc partic ulars have been frequently overlooked. A rtr EmplMtoa la HII Bar. The Klmir Advertiser savs: "When the mail agent going north on tbe train yesterday morning threw the Dundee mail bag oft at Starkey, something inside exploded, and smoke was 6een to come out or the bag. On examination it was fouud that some infernal machine in the shape of a small cannon had been placed in tbe bag, and so arranged that a slight jar would set it oft". No one was hurt. Tbe Agent took it in charge for Special Agent McDonalds to inves tigate. And Special Agent McDon alds did investigate it. It is a mini ature brass mortar with a spring trig ger, into which fits closely a rubber ball. It is a toy called 'parlor artil lery,' but must be a curious plaything, as it explodes with a sound like a rifle. It had been boxed up, duly stamped and sent through tbe mails loaded. The box in which it had been placed was torn to shreds, though the address, 'Davis Dimmock, Dundee, N. Y.,' could be made out. It might have burned up tbe mail bag had it not been fortunately dis covered. Afceat IkkMl TswBwr. Mrs. J. G. Swisshelm says, respec ting divers common schooU teachers in Pennsylvania that she has met not less than fifty persons who taught in the common schools, and not one whose irregular verb and participles did not change places, and nouns and verbs habitually disagree in com mon conversation; not more than one in ten knew the forms of the most ordinary business document, knew how to divide a word; where to put the date, address and signature of a letter ; how to form a margin, fold the paper, inclose and direct it. She says further: I knew but one who conld write a page on note paper and make less than four mistakes in spelling ordinary words." Mrs. Swisshelm thinks that the reason of this sort of failure is the too constant devotion of the teacher to mathemati cal preparation to tbe exclusion of other branches. "Our school system," she says, "now is largely engaged in manufacturing that product which a phrenologist described as a mathemat ical fool." Oxk dark night, the darkness of which was lighted by the moon, the inmates of a quiet farm house in Ayr shire were startled by piteous cries from a little stream running past the foot of the brae on which tbe home stead stood. Outran the gudewife in haste, thinking that the voice was not unfamiliar; and when she got to the burn, there she saw her ain gude man who had in just little too much of John Barleycorn, on all fours in a foot of water, in which tbe moon was brightly reflected. 'Gudesake, John ye gouk, what are ye doing there standing like an auld fule in that manner? Oa, woman, Jenny, is that you : I'm glad to see ye, f r I hae golten aboon the moon, and hae been in this awful predicament for twa hours hanging on like grim deth for fear I should fa, and be killed be yond a recognition. I ken it's a richt noo' when yc's here, sae we'll just buth gang down the gilher.' Jenny lost no time in getting Join out, and over a tumbler or toddy be vowed that nothing should ever make him soar so high again, even on mar ket nights. QcAKKBLseME couple were discuss ing the subject of epitaphs and tomb stones, and the husband said: "My dear what kind of a stone do you sup pose tbey will give me when 1 die? "Brimstone, my love," was the affec tionate reply. HUcellancous. New Firm SHOE STOEE. SNYDER & UHL, Having pnreiiaMMl the .Shoo - Store lately owned bj II.C. ncerit. W take plearara In culling the attention of tho public to the Inct Hint we bare now nml exirt to keep constantly on band eiuilte anaseurt meut of Boots, Shoes and Gaiters, BOTH OF Eastern and Home Manufacture, can he fonnd anywhire. We also will have on hand constantly a lull Uly l SOLE LEATHER, MOROCCO, CALF SKINS, KIPS, AND LIXIXfJ SKINS Of all kin Is, with a mil line of Shoe Findings. The HOME MAXl'FACTI'CE DEPART. M E.NT will be in charge of ST. 13. Snyder, Esq., Who.c reputation for making Good Work and Good Fits I sccoml to none In tho State. Tiie I'ul.Iic In re tpectfully Invited to enll ami cx:iiniiie our nto-ls. as we are determined to keep oud; ax irood a the best and sell at prices as low as the lowest. SNYDER & UHL, dec24 J-EW t'.iRI'i: TS. A very large Stock IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC OJttF ETS, I Oil Clcllis, &., LOW PRICED CARPETS, or every tln.1, Wholesale and Retail. Henry IVIcCallum, SI fifth Avenue. (Near Wood Street,) PITTSBURG If, PA. apr23 Boots a,ncL Slioes, HATS AND CAPS, Leather and Shoe Findings. S. J. Cover. Takes pleasure In ealllnif the attention of the cit izens ol Somerset antl vicinity to the f:u t that he hasene(t a store on the North-Kat corner of the IManiiotl, where tlivra will nl'x.iy he kept on hand a complete assorttnuut of Boots and Shoes, f Kastern an.1 home Manufacture, a 1 geaml well assorted stuek of HATS A INT ID C-A JS, Ad'1 a great rariet y tif Ieatlifr and Shop rinding, Of all kino's. There la also attached to the store a CUSTOM-MADE BOOT A SHOE DEPARTMENT. With ANDREW ZOOKasruttcr.-in.l Alter. which alone Is a sutneirnt guarantee that all work nuute op In the shop will not only lit the fwt or custom ers hut that only tho hrst material will he used and the 15st Worksiscn Will be employed. The puhlle aro respectfully invited to eall and examine 1ms stock. ep.6, '71. JOHN P. DEAN, A A 3t' Carpeattera' and Dlarkumllhs' Tool el, Npatle. Krjrihes, Nnattaea, llaca, F ark a and Bakex, lKethr with large and varied stark or Hardware aad t'atler jr, anitahleror the.trade, at (really reduced rat ea. ulr THE WONDERFUL PET CANARY BIRD! (Patent just Procured.) TVTILI.lnsi for hnars can be manaxed l, any 1 f child. The latest and most won-lrrfu'll 1b rention of thea;e. The rery thing lor either lr Inr or outdoor amusement. SEND FOB SAMPLE AT OXUE. Biff pay to Aeenti and to tho Trade. Satisfac tion ptuaranteed or money promptly returned. Sent pre-paid by mall to any address, on receipt of SO cents, or 3 for l 00. Address jsr)4 M. R. ROBERTS & .. 17o Broadway, New York. $10to$20 per day. Agrentswanted ever- where. Particulars free. . Blair a Oo, St. Louis, Mo $72 00 Eacli Week. A nail wanted ererrwbere. Business strlctlr le. flUuiate. Particulars free. Address i. WORTH i IXXf St. Louis, Mo. mM4 CWTV 9 sT Irll la Miwellancona. Jr. J. Walker's CiiJifor.ihi Yin OSar Hitlers are a jiTin-'y Yc-etaUo j)iqar;itio:i. in::'!! ehiclly fYoni tlio na tive l;:rls foiitnl on :I.o lower ranjrfs of tl-o Sierra Nevatla maintains (if Califor nia, tl.o medicinal j.roj.erties of which aro extracted th:-;cfioi:i without the use of Aicoh"!. Tho ';-iestio:t i.j almost tlaily a.-hc'!. ' W hat U the cause cf .':o iinparaiielutl f.;ccc:s t.f Yixni.u: I'it Ti:i;s?' OiiraiisAcr is, that they removo the cause of t!i.;e:i!;c, nii.l the patient re covers his health. They are the peat LIooi I p;:rihVr;;:il a li:'e--ivin,' principle, a pcrlcct Innovator aial Im isolator of the system. Never before i:i tho history of tho wnrU l .is a l.iL-iliuino l,w:i coimx.iiiiilcil j.os.-cs ii: th! rcMirirkal-io rj'i.iiiiic of ViM-:;.Mt Uutk::.s i:i ;iiiiiiir tho sick cf every ;i-.-;i-o ii;.t:t w l.eir to. They aro a peatio rarsrativc a. veil a a Toa:c. relicvi::; Coii2uii': r I::"aaijr.atiiin of tho Liver aa.l Visceral Organ ia Liraws The properties cf Dr.. Walker's Vixkoai: l;m -em are Aperient. i):ati!nrct:c, Carminative. Nutritious, Laxative. liurct:e, Sedative. Coiinter liritaat Sadonlic, Altera tive, aad Anii-llihniK. It. II. HrDO.tALD & CO.. Dmrirists and Gen. Airta San Francisco, California, and cor. of Washington and Charlton St.. K. V Sold by all DraggiaU and Dealers. This space is reserved lor J.' F. PJymycr, who lias removed , his stock into the most maui-j ficcnt hardware room in this j place. He can be found in. Room io. :J, Baer' Block. Seeds and Plants. Trufl ("ape Cod Cranocrrv. hvst j VBrt tor ('(.land. Lowland, or t;..r-l Cdcu. !v mail, irrfKtid, 41 jut loo, I a UO ikt l.Ouo. A nrim-d 'ainlo 'iie of tin and all traits. Ornamental Trei s, Lvcr-i irrcrns. Slirul'S. linlt.s, Kosvs. Haute, nn I VHKSII FLOW UK AM) UAIiDKS SKKHS, the ehotorst collection in the country, with nil nov - cltlis. will te st'nt gratis to anv Main ndtln-s. sons 01 curicr t lower, tiarien, Tree, fruit, 1 r.venrrcen. or iirrn needs, torn 00. sent hv mail. pn-puid. WholrnitlecntHliijrue to the tra.le. ii. M. WATSOV. Old 'ol.-ny Nurseries mi l Seed Warehouse, 1'lymouth, Mas. LstuMishoi lH4i mar4 ..... Korssieat all IrnpStorrs, flnwries and JVrt- ; 114 In Mi'dirine: nt-o, wholesale and r Trill :i: 1 II AlilSIS l:VIM.-S. WlfdeMth- Inici..t.-.,c jr. '.Vn'h find l.UerTvtreet.i, l'!tliurh, l'i. am::uilan vri'Mv ir iu i i kiis mi i;, to., Jl'J and S.J Liberty street. i I'lttjijuriu, I'. 1 J. iiokxki:, Bugy Carriage ANH TTnTTm TTT fl Nit.t MANUFACTURE??, SOIERSET Is now renarrd to toanulaetero to :,r.!.-r i-ir-v .1... seriptiua ol CAHKIAOKS, lil (KIIF.S, SCLK1FS. SI'KINO WAtlONS, HACKS, iSLF.mHS. ac, 4.C., In the latest awl most eppn-ved styles, -m l at the ITcnt Powiible lri-e?i. ALL IX WAST or A First Ja.vfi Carriaj;, fr any ofier vehie'r, are resKitrul!v invited ti eoll and ei amine his work. None hut tiie vr best material vill 1 os d In the ui:miil'.ietnre ol his work, and none hut .lie Are rmtiloyed In his estnhllshnient. some of whom have hal an exi-erU-ne of over twenty years In the t-usincss. He is, therefore enahled to tum out a first-class vehicle, both in point of material and workmanship. All work warranted to be as repre sented when lsiiTin the shop, and sa(isl'ac.tiiD guaranteed. All kimUof HKPAIlilNO AND IWIMTIXO Hone In a neat and substantial manner, an.l at the siiortem not lee. He la determined Ut do all his """il1 2 "",oh ,"", and at such prices as ti n.alw K to the Interest of evervbody to patronize him. Call and etamine his wiirk before purvbas Ijiic ctVewhere. 3 v, ! it mn m i mm m 1 iJUi-yLgMsaLLiaja:a.MM ' J05 I. J. HORNER. Groceries and ('unfed i'un-rit -x i Th sj..k.' I jr rv. d f..r I. L i.-a-ls U Ilro.. rixmi in tlii '!.t'.-c. Tlr-y -jti Lh i"ti:: l in i' i-r'a I now U:il ii:r-c. 1:1. r .p.::; Mi" iiv r. yr V,. DA V I S ;c r, 1: 0 CHBAj TZ3 i I Grocery and Confectionery, ! SOMKIISKT, PA. Wedoiro tf Ir.iorm tNo thi-:: nity tlnit Wf har; ituT'-ua.-ol liu cir'-ct-ry :ni. fvptioiierr ol H. I. Kn('i'!i r. V.r ., : , ItaroM Hou. and h:i' iti.i.je vaunt U u. to tin- airmail; tmsi-.vk'.i u.!.. ',Vei-iin boft t-rauds i FI.OVK, AX1 :.ie.l, COFFEE, TEAS. SV'tlAItS, RI(T SVKl l S. :!( 'lass::?, :'.::u ' o I i:: - -ISH, SALT. sricr.-?. IT-LI': TS. i:xr::A ;.:; ALS :. i:n n; , , (), a:i ' n:: ! ' j COAL OIL. ( I ".M.S. TV i SXl'i'F, IHVKFT I ' ' ' j A'l k'n CANPIK-J. - Fr. u T-.-fTS li:s. FANCY CATvL;;, I'L'.i t MV.l f ani)to!li".t a n rict.rs. co.mi;s. !'"Vsut-: SO ." .r t .- Alrt .Itl .rtui- I foliv.. 11 v.tii writ n-nv hi.-.!; ia t 'neerrr fee'.ii 11-rv I!:,e eall a; r. 1 I' n Davis' Cheap J-rocc:r ot-PostTKT'i:-: i-AuNKr no; si: IK-. U l-. j. '".i. j '''ml 2 -.if; K-i.f -V: ti 1! -&ZJ V . ; r -1 1 1 ii fis-!v ; : r.8 .;? - sea t i "-i JACK, PAINTER & m, Healrrn in PIA.3STOS, MELODEONS. Decker Bros, arid Bradburry Fiances; Mason & HamliiL Taylor & , an! Stair's ml ! j Ma Grant OipsJ,ii! -srp;s'w;--r,r-: n Esty & Smith' American Organs. Instruments laid on moJerale Monthly Instalment! SOMERSET, 1A. deelT '; ' (;. , ,l jfi. . I Hoi . l.-.'.'i'Si Uil'l i't-!!ij) f(. I ;.osis r..r Fall and Winter we ? .fv; '-...' M , ; : i And Felt Over frr M . 'Vi ! i 5 r-T J !.VJ r1 i ' . ' . J 2 : Carpel-:. (!)! (!.,!;, V i 1 1 iuL j 1. ? ..or,,;. i . (. :' ( k . CLOTHE J Fall and Winter T. j .: -L ; . r. v. j v tit ::M. -v.1 :i -1 :- . rk:. FINE CLGI: ; -air 1 U-.-ri ; I ;r-: r . i v. . p '. U.i'Ji'Wi' f:-iv. n;, 0V-. i -; t us " I " ' "" .ii lie : i:? : i 1 For i?oys of Ail ss$ i-.c-...J ami wry ih::1:.'. OE PiilCS! UELffiC.-, I ; FOLLAlsSBEE 12! Wood St.. Ccr. "3 -a t i " ' -ri - - - ' i -1 i. i ' - i Cook & Ssc-rits ! FAMILY GS-GOSn ?',: '.I-1 ;t,i ;.- .'.! a ennss i e : 1 ei:, r : ' '1 -: : : -oi, r.- v.; !i . p. i: ? ( a (. i v v ;i cony- mi:. i oats' sir, ':'.. ,:- OA 7 'i'n''' ' ' hi;, ix. .'' A:i I ....--.' tne:!!. :-t 1 i mm imm m Il .MI CASH ONI A!.-e. a iT. i. ;tv:e.l- i'rA'IMOX!'12 1 V lliell no will sell s . be:'.n a- 1 " ' Pleise ea?r. examine our S""","r t.e sa;l-ile.l rn.m your own J'vmeii. S Pi n't r.rirct where wc stay- a!! k ' On M.UV'CKOSS Street. Senior-. -et.l a. tet. i li
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