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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
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, .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,
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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.
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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
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. l.-.'.'i'Si Uil'l i't-!!ij) f(.
I ;.osis r..r
Fall and Winter
we
? .fv; '-...'
M , ; :
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And Felt Over frr
M . 'Vi ! i 5 r-T
J !.VJ
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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
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lie :
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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
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p. i: ? ( a (. i v v ;i
cony- mi:. i
oats' sir, ':'.. ,:-
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tne:!!. :-t 1
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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