Job ' Sew tnt.
i 1 ;..iw.n the wan'
dirty and Miioky, tbe brcaUa.t
jconthc tal'lcin tbe d of
tbc floor, tbc conkinff sto c w as open
i? rt i little- and pans oa ll' on,1,colJ
a ureui . ,
,v " -ft ...
etaudin
imt ill UlMl wm"
oa t .n of lie Move, and the broom
,!okor and torsos lay where
the little riders Lad left tbem uhon
tber wore called to prepare for school
Jobnnvhad pone off orvir.fr and his
xvbinAould even then be heard com
inc up the hollow, in the d"-ect.on of
!,.- J.i.i !,. The milk had been
the flics were buzzin?
-Iwm.i It nst lOV Fat 11 mi: . :uS r
of 1
tbc two briiuiug l'lil. dIH,.1S unU j
, , t.on.u fnfether in a sat-
isficdwar. The babv was teething'
and cross", and the one pair of hands
i...t l.nve broucbt order out of
this disorder was trying io boom u
Is it anr wonder that tears were
ia the motber'fl eyes, as she cuddled
Ler babr to her bosom, and walked
across the floor trying to etiH its
cries.
"Oh, dear, what a life! what a life!"
eaid she ; "I trr to be patient and
make the best of it, but it does seem
hard !'' Just as the babe was grow
ing quiet, and as bis little blue hands
Lad lallen listlessly upon Lis bosom,
a ehadow fell across the doorway,
and the husband entered, saying,
v . .... .v. :
. . :.
"Jaue, can you tell me w hat the chil
dren did with the hatchet yesterday?''
It was out on the rock, behind
Johnny's wagon," said she, speaking
low, and gently laying the baby
down in a bed" that had not been
made up yet.
"Seems to me you're a good while
gettin' your chores done; you havn't
the knack of gettin' along like Mrs.
Levondike her work is done up
long ago, and she's busy in the gar
den. Tell vou, she's a nice garden,
!on't look much like our'n : rou don't
iiut the time on our'n that she does
on ber'n."
"Oh, John," said the little woman,
slipping back her sleeves and tying
on a big apron, and trying to keep
her face turned away to hide the
gathering tears, "with" four little chil
dren, and baby sick, and three cows
to miik and calves to feed, aiid Lands
to cook for, and all the other work to
do, I only wonder that 1 get half my
chores done in a whole day."
" ell, I m sure I don t see cow it
is," said he; "my mother had teir
living children, and she managed to
$;et along first-rate, and do all Ler
own weaving, besides taking in weav
ing for the neighbors. Vou have
more room than she had, and you
don't Lave to carry water forty rods,
like she did here it is right at the
foot of the hill ; and you never have
to cut your own Cre-wood, unless it
is in the midst of harvest, and I think
you shouldn't complain. If there is
anvthing I Late to Lear, it is a growl
ing whining wife. Xow I Lave to be t
out o' doors all the time, no matter j
Low the sun shines, or Low cold the
wind blows, while vou arc in the
usue .ana comionauie ii you oniy
of it, rou women, if rou onlv knew
it ; so. cheer up, I married 3'ou for a
helpmate, doa't you know? The
girls will be big enough in three or
four rears to help you, and then you
can make times easier, and may be
by that time the bottom farm will be
paid for, and we'll be able to ride in
a carriage like the Levondikes."
"How long since j-ou brought this
w;iter ?"' said he, as be took a drink
from a tin dipnrr, and finding it not
freb be squirted it out coolly on the
floor among some pans that had slip
ped down off a shelf.
As he took the hatchet and started
oi. t to the wagon to fix the hay rig
ging on it, he said, "Jane if rou cau
in well as not, sposin'you have some
them new beans that grow in that
far lot for dinner ?"
"Well I'll try," said she hopelessly,
as she slipped her shoes off so she
might step softly and with more com
tort. All we working women know
h hat a task it is to bring a disorder
ed kitchen into neatness, especially
when little children Lave been about.
I'irstshe strained the milksaving one
ipiart, with w hich to mix the bread,
fur the yeast was set the night bc
f ire, and bad been bubbling for two
hours ; she mixed it and set it in the
'. arm sunshine, and then started a
;ire and made feed of skim milk and
meal for the noisy, frolicsome calves
ihatranin the dooryard. Then she
swept and picked up playthings after
the children, Lung up their coats and
prons, and set their old shoes away;
and moved their sleds and wagons
from about the doors.
While the dish water was"heating
she hurried up stairs and made the
beds; then washed the dishes, and
went to tbc cellar and bkimmed the
tnilk. There was cream enough for
a churning; the churn was scalded,
and then left standing in it, so as to
be fresh and ready. By this time
the baby woke and cried, and the
tired little mother was compelled to j
sit down and take him in her shelter-'
ing arms. I
In half an Lour or so Le was ready
to sit down on the floor on a quilt,
and she left him long enough to car
ry three or four pailsful or the skim
med milk to the pigs two pailsful at
a time, and she went on the run. She
always fed the pigs; when she asked
her husband once to carry the milk to
bA ut 10 h,s wor 1
ue saia, toai ueiongs to a woman s
work; a man whose name is out for
commissioner shouldn't be asked to
slop the pigs that's a little too
steeo.
It was no trifling job to feed those
pig ; the icn bad been made out of
some old Louse logs, and the opening
through which the pails Lad to be
lifted before they could be emptied
was so high up that it just eameeren
with Ler neck, aid was only wide
enough to admit the pail with the
bail lying down. Twice when she
dressed up clean Lad the unsteadilr
poised pail tipped back and poured
the contents upon Ler, from tLe neck
down to ber little feet, as bra water
spout
WitLal the little mother was quite
paucui ana almost every day could
Ler untrained roice be" heard, even
down to the lower field and the
school Louse, singing: "A charge to
keep I Lave," or "God moves in a
mysterious way."
But before another year a change
came. The strong, Lard man, Ler
Lusband, was stricken down with
typhoid fever, and for long wearr
weeks Le lay balancing between life
and death. His recorery was rery
slow and Lis confinement irksome;
no prison walls could bare been
g'oomier than were the Lome walls
that held Lim a prisoner. Day after
day the patter of Lis wif' i.at
t. .. r i "w"
ieii upon bisear; be could
uear mem up stairs and down, now
here now there, her roice was a! wars
kind and tender, her hand ever ready
to namwtcr to Ler dear ones, Ler
words full of consolation ond love and
cLer.
John Jones was not whollv uuiin
pressible; slowly the scales fell from
!i,; rt-nfs the li-rht came, and he was,
as one born into a higher and better ;
life. Ho drew his bony hands across (
bis eves, often the sobs made him ,
catch his breath suspiciously, and he!
marveled much that he bad waikeu
beside his little woman fourteen
roars and not known that be was
mated with an "nnel unaware'
His voice grew softer, tenderer, bis
o-r-nt talonr hands touched hcrfotv
bead and her hair lovingly as woulo :
a woman's touched her as though
he were afraid fche would fade away
into a white mist.
Weeks afterwards, when he was
able to ride out. the old whimsical
Iui!!tv that had done good gcrricc in
it.,, .l-.v .f his i-hurch-jroing parents,
was
made comfortable by a
soft
r.f.t..n Linnet and an armful of
Weet-smeliing oat straw. John
ftint teij wi,erc be was going, but
i. looked wise, and his mouth had a
terkr loot auout tue corner iuut
. , , . .,
seemed to sar : "Just le' me alone,
I know what I am about !"
It was evening when be came
borne. He was still as wise as when
he went away. His enpoftcawas
waiting, and his toast and the tender
little pullet fried nice and brown,
lie seemed really happy jolly. He
trotted the baby on his foot that
night, and Le called Lis wife, Jenny,
as in the days w hen he won her, and
be let Johnny play horse with Lis
boots and there was such a contented,
rbb man expression on his face, that
bis wife couldn t help wonUenn
what made such a change in him.
The next morning the crazv old
rig was called out again; and the solt
blanket spread in it, and John Jones
took the lines in bisemaciated hands
and drove off in the same direction
as be did the day before.
When he returned, he was accon
pauied by a broad shouldered, good-
looking derman girl whom he intro
ducedto his wife as "our girl."
She looked with amazement upon
"our girl," and then stared at John
He soon explained things to her sat
lsfuction
"The upshot o' the matter is Jane
that I've abused you long enough ;
the Lord Lelpin' me, I'll never see
rou make a drudge o' rourself ag in
It's a burnin' shame fur any great
lout like me to expect a frail little
bodr like vou to be a man, an' dop
j an' 'wjf0( '' ,nother, an' nigger, an'
.-;' mi' a hoardin' un monev
aQ(j nioans t0
knows who.
leave the Lord on!v
I
beg rour pardon
Jane; and now rou'll tell this girl,
Harbara (Jroetz, how you want things
done, an' let her take rour place and
work in vour stid, an' rou'll live
hereafter like a human man's wifeort
to."
lr the time his speech was made,
the poor weak fellow was blubbering
like a w hale. Poor little surprised
wife! She flew to his neck, and laid
her bead on his bosom, and cried like
a baby, as she said: "John Jones!
ron darling."
"Xo, not a bit of a darlin', just an
I 0jj jjpar
regular
old heathen, to
sacrifice the best little woman under
th iu.h h , fa tLis way ,hat's
a goin' on lor rears an' years,
snuflled he, as be fumbled over her
face in an aimless, loving war."
Then "our girl," Harbara went in
to Jane Jones' harness, and it fitted
her to a fraction.
"Now we've turned over a new
leaf, go and dress u,i,' Jenny, bless
you !'' said the new convert.
So, with the memory oflangsyne
warming her heart, Jane unearthed
her wedding dress in the afternoon,
and put it on with a pretty, old-fash-
j joncd colar an d ,.rusbed out Lcr ntlt
brown hair that once upon a time
curled beautifully. Perhaps she felt
foolish, and out of her sphere, but she
looked sweet enough to makcTtip for
all discropencies.
She sat sewing, putting a new
band on Ruby's new skirt, when the
children came home from school,
her back was toward the door. Tom
came to a dead halt as he stepped on
the sill, and then ran around the lean
to to find bis mother. No mother
there, but the smiling pink-faced Ger
man girl, who waspreparing potatoes
to bake for supper.
Tom uawled out: "Is mother dead?
O, I wan't my mother!'' and circled
around tiie house and peeped in with
wet eyes.
Was that lady in a soft gray meri
no dress, wearinar an embroidered
collar and gold ear drops, his mother?
That pretty woman ! surely it was,
for Nettie was feeling her face, and
was sparkling over and saying: "Is
this rou mother ? Why where have
ron been?"
j "Oh. ma!" said Tom holding Ler
j around the neck as though she might
Hit away the next minute, "why
where did you go, and when did you
come bark ?"
Poor little ones, how proud they
were of the household drudge in her
new and beautiful transformation!
But this is not all. Before the first
cold blast of winter came, steps were
taken to lighten the labors of the fem
inine portion of the farmer's house
hold. An addition was built to the
bouse, new siding was put on and
painted white. New windows were
added, and green blinds and spouting,
and a big cistern close to the door,
and a wide, long, roomy porch.
Closets were put in all the rooms; the
old verm in v bedsteads split up and
useu ior Kinunngs; new tnairs were
risM fwtifr i rt t1 lll i n a haI-Ih. n 1. n I
and sewing chair for mother, a new
sewing machine, that was a love of
a friend ; the door-yard paled in, and
the calves and colts kept where they
belonged; and evergreen trees, and
flowering thrubbery, and rose bushes,
made beautiful the new yard. An
easy chain pump took the place of the
old moss covered bucket that held as
much as a churn. It wa9 packed off
to the bara to put ciorerseed in, and
the heavy windlass was Iwrne away
forerer from the little arms that bad
tugged at its ponderous weight with
a sick weariness many and many and
many a year, i ne nig well rope
made a nice swing under the oaks for
Tom, belle and chubby Harry.
Now that the no longer enslaved
mother has leisure to mingle with her
growing children, as teacLer, and
companion and friend, tbey grow
more loveable and intelligent, and
tbey cling to her like vines. They
see so much in Ler to admire and em
ulate. And John Jones ? That spell of
fever was the Aaron's rod that smote
the lock of his souland opened it for
the outgushings of lore, and sympa
thy, and charms and graces of the
human heart; and to-day, growing
broader and ruddier, and riper and
better. There lives no happier farm
er than dear old renovated JKn
Jones. Arthur's Home Magazine.
The one thing," says Jean Paul.
"which a maiden most easily forgets
is tow she
looks hence mirrors
were invented."
A burglar who was found under a
man's Led ia Philadelphia, excused
himself on the ground that lie was
looking for Lis dog.
'.rl-altore tu the Jul;
ted Ktatea.
l-'rom the interest that m Loins
awakened throughout the country in
regard to the Centennial celebration
iu'Vliiladelphia in lS"f, the statistic-
hich will be produced upon
aL i'ictsof a practical character
m of greater interest than were
. Tore presented to the world,
. i- .he progress which has lioen
i j , , o in this country during the pe
riod since we became a nation, will
be astonishing to the whole world.
Upon those anticipations of this
event, at a late meeting of the State
Board of Agriculture. Mr. Chas. L.
Flint, Sec. ortho board of Mil., read
a very interesting report on the pro
gress of American Agriculture du
ring tbc past century, which we w ish
wc could give entire. He quoted
from Haniel Webster whoa he said
the various branches of business fol
lowed by men are "like pillars stand
ing in a cluster, the largest in tbc
centre, and the largest is agriculture.
Tbey bad the forest toclcan, and wild
beasts to destror."
Previous to the revolution no at
tempt was made to save manure.
Nor at that time had the idea or sow
ing grass seed and raising hay as a
cultivated crop been thought of.
Bed clover was introduced into
England in 1733, white or dutch
clover in 1794, perennial rye-grass in
1777, at which tunc dates the cultiva
tion of the grasses. V itu the im
provement of grass dates the improve
ment of our cattle.
The carlr colonists were very
poorly supplied with tools. Steel at
that time was unknown, and alter
the process of making it was discov
ered it was kept a secret in the hands
of a few. The first ploughs were of
wood, with pieces of
iron or other
metal nailed on the mould board
These were very hard draught, re
quiring double the teams and doing
rery poor work compared with those
of the preseut day.
They were also very costly, and
out lew were owned in a town. It
was unusual for towns to pay a boun
ty to persons who would keep a plough
team, the list of other tanning
tools was also very meagre. It was
often the case that a strong man
could carry on his back all the tools
to a farm, except the plow and har
row. A-'roui the Indians they learned to
grow corn. The holes were dug in
the ground with a clam shell, al
though our people soon made an im
provement by using nn iron scoop in
stead. A step in advance was made
when a spade was put in the hill, by
which corn was increased two or
three fold.
Wheat was cultivated to a very
limited extent. It blasted then as
now, and was never a very popular
crop in New England. Corn and po
tatoes were raised in preference to
wheat.
It was not until 1S30 that the first
horticultural society was organized.
Indeed it was an age of poor tool.?,
profitless cattle and few books. Be
fore 1750, stages were unknown, and
the means of communication were
very limited. The policy of the Gov
ernment of the mother country was
to make the colonics a source of pror
it. Manufacturing wp.s forbidden, as
was also trade except with England.
The early societies for promoting
agriculture were rather city than
country societies. They were not
composed of farmers. With them,
theory and investigation would not
go down. Old customs aad meth
ods of thought were bred in the blood.
Common law was the guide and the
rule, not principles but practice was
what they believed in. The war
with its various influences broke up
this state of things. The farming
interests began to improve. In 1810
was held the first Agricultural Exhi
bition in the countrv. The Berkshire
Society was organized in 1811. Im
proved patterns of plows came into
use, although many were afraid that
the iron ploughs would poison the
ground. The improvement or the
plow has saved to the country annu-
allv, millions and millions or dollars
TLe better pulverization of the soil.
the lightness of the draughts, the care
with which weeds and grass are
tnrned in and covered, are among
the advantatres gained bv the use of
the improved plow.
We cannot at present follow Mr.
Hint in showing the wonderful im
provements which Lave been made,
and more particularly within the past
fifty rears. From 1740 to 18C0 the
increase of the production of Indian
corn was from 37milliou tinsel to
838 millions; and of wheat, the brain
food of the world, wc arc growing at
the rate of 200 millions of bushels a
year. The cotton crop has grown
to immense proportions within the
eenturv, and was certainly unknown
a hundred years ago. At first it took
a man one day to pick the
seed from a pound of cotton; now by
the use of steam and the" cotton gin,
2.200 pounds can be picked in a sin
gle day.
The importation of improved stock
has increased very much within a
few vears. In 18"2 there were not
seventv-fivc pure Jersey animals in
the State of Massachusetts. The
same may lie said of the Ayrshire.
Now many single herds exceed that
number. He also alluded to the
pork-packing business.that is now so
thoroughly systemiized; the improve
ment of sheep and horses; also to the
increase of agricultural literature.
Previous to 1700 we had no mails.
Before the revolution there were but
four essays on agriculture published
in America. The American Farm
er was first started in Baltimore in
1819. Now the circulation of agri
cultural journals exceeds three hun
dred thousand copies: two hundred
thousand volumes of agricultural
reports are distributed annually, be
sides the reports from tho govern
ment at Washington. Agricultural
colleges are also the growth of the
past few years; but now there is some
thing of the kind in every State in
the Union.
ITbat Hrhool .lrl Want.
A system of higLer education for
young women should, first of all, and
I Lad almost said above all, guard
her Lealtb, invigorate Ler constitu
tion, develop her form, animate and
irradiate ber features, give color to
Lcr check, light to ber eye, music to
ber voice, elasticity to ber step, grace
tu her motions, the native hue of
health, life and joy to Ler whole per
son. Io this end, her education
should be exactly gymnastic, al
though a well applied and wisely
conducted gymnasium is quite essen
tial, but it should be largely calis
tbonic in the widest and best sense
of that expressive word, so that the
result shall be strength clothed with
beauty, and beauty informed and on-
forced by strength. Give us one gen
eration of such women, and Pio Lew
is and Dr. Allen will both lose their
vocation together, 'and tho millcnium,
not of muscular Christianity, but of
physical perfection, will already have
begun. Srrihner.
O mir.ur.i.MtcJ
I.lme.
Lime, commonly called calcareous
ctrth, is never found naturally in a
p tire state but in combination with
the acids, chiefly with the carbonic,
for which it has so strong an affinity
that it attracts it from the atmosphere.
Tho burning of limestone is underta
ken for no other purpose than to ex
pel by beat this gas, and reduce the
base to a caustic powder, in which
state it has a strong tendency to ab
sorb first moisture, and then the car
bonic acid of which it bad been de
prived. Lime blends the quality
of clay and sand, occupying a middle
place between the two. In its caus
tic btate it is a powerful promoter of
putrefaction, or decomposer of ani
mal and vegetable matter, to which
circumstance is owing, to a certain
extent, its efficacy as a manure. Limo
also helps to Ox tho carbonic acid
wLich is generated by the fermenta
tion of putrescent manures in the soil,
which floats in the air on the surface
of the earth, and it freely imparts this
gas, in union with water, for the
nourish men t of plants. Lime is there
fore, an exceedingly valuable ingre
dient to the farmer, and accordingly,
wherever agriculture is carried on
with spirit, it is largely sought after,
though it sometimes brings a very
high price.
Percheron ! Xormna Hre,
M. Simons, of Orne, France, con
nected with the Dapartment of Agri
culture and Commerce, in that coun
trv, iu a letter written to Mr. J. J.
Parker of West Chester, Pa., states
that the true Percheron horse is now
very scarce; that those who raise
horses for sale as Percherons in the
neighborhood of Chartrcs the cen-
trc of the Percheron horse trade
purchase foals in Belgium, Flanders
aud other places, and after feeding
thein until old enough, sell them as
Percherons. But these are far from
bclug the true race. This is but an
enlarged Arab, with all the good qual
ities, the soundness and endurance
of the original race from which he
springs. His color is a gray white
or a silver gray. He must be kept
uader nearly the same condition or
climate as in the Percheron to do
well. Being gentle he must have
gentle treatment. He must bo well
fed. His rations are 17ms. straw
221bs. of hay and twenty quarts of
oats. These remarks which we
know arc well founded, are worthy
of notice by those who are purchas
ing: heavy, coarse blooded, largo foot
ed. 1 vmtihatic and necessarily dark
gray horses, which arc called Nor
maiis or Percherons, at high prices.
with the certainty of future disap
pointment. Not long ago we saw
an importation of several so-called
Percherons, of which only two could
claim the title, and the difference
between the true and false Perche
rons was abundantly clear. For the
improvement of our native races we
must have animals of pure breeds, or
we make a failure. Am. Agricuttun
A pirrw' ObMmllran.
Usually, about the last of April,
one hears from among the bushes the
notes of the white-throa'ed sparrow
1 his bird. too. is a soiourner. It is
not far from the size of our song
sparrow, but with none of that bird's
cheerful ways. It wanders sbily
through the bushes, occasionally
giving its plaintive notes, so subdued,
that it seems as if the bird tnoughi.
should he give them full voice, be
would betrav himself.
The song beciiis clear and sweet,
like the highest notes of an octavo
flute, but falls away in an indifferent,
tired way. As they travel farther
north, they grow more cheerful; and
the farmers think the bird admonish
es them to plant their spring wheat,
interpreting their song : "Plant'your
wheat Peabody, Pcabody, Pcabodyl"
In the logging regions, where these
birds visit, when the logs jam on
their way down stream, and stro g
men are wearied and discouraged in
their attempts to move the mass, the
loggers say this bird will sit in a tree
near by, singing most provokingly
"All day quiddling, quiddling, qnid
dliug." Wherever this bird visits, it
seems to be a favorite ; but while
here, its stay is so short, and manner
so retiring, that it is not often seen.
Miss Hinckley, in Olp anp New for
April.
nnnnrlnf with Brash.
Mr. Clark writing to the German
town Telegraph, says: My idea was
that enc great cause why we could
get as good crops from old fields as
when they were first cultivated, was
owing in a great part to the density
of the soil. I had observed that the
first eight or ten years after clearing
off the forest tbc land would give
good crops with very little care in
plowing; the reason of this, I argued,
was the decaying of innumerable
rootlets of the trees cut down. In
order to test this theory I cut about
two cords of water-brush, hardhack
and other small brushes, and let tbem
lie on'a pile exposed to the weather
a year and then applied barn-yard
manure to another half acre adjoin
ing. The result proved the manure
to be a little the liest the first year
for corn. Sowed grass seed the fall
after harvesting the corn. The ma
nured place did pretty well for about
five years, the brush place did well
for about ten years, proving the the
ory to be correct. I used, two tons
of manure as a balance for the two
cords of bushes; the plowing was
six or eight inches deep. I Lave re
repeated the experiment since, with
the same result.
Mpaaarlna' Mc-btBlac.
The length of a flash of lightning
is generally greatly under-estimated.
The longest known was measured
by M. F. Petit, at Toulouse. This
flash was ten and a half miles in
length. The longest interval ever
remarked between a flash and a re
port was seventy-two seconds, which
would correspond with a distance of
fourteen miles. Direct researches
ha.e shown that a st rni is seldom
beard at a greater distance than
from seven to ten iniles.whiletbe aver
age arc barely heard over four or five
miles off. This fact is more curious
as a'cannon may be beard double or
treble that distance, and in special
cases much farther.
How to Choaae Uo4 t'ow.
A writer in the Northwestern Far
nwr says: The crumpley horn is a
good indication ; a full eye another.
Her head scould be small bat short.
Avoid the Roman nose; this indicates
thin milk, and but little of it. See
that she is dished in the face sunk
between the eves. Notice that ahe
w nua oiuijh ujy:u van m ft, uuu uiuu
ler skin soft and loose, like the ekin
of a dog; keep from the loin to the
udder, and a very slim tail. A cow
with these mark. never fails to be
a good milker.
Br rtqaett.
A DeathlBi- Kckakc.
Wo omitted last week to narrate
an incident that occurred at Harris
burg a fortnight since, on the occa
sion of the liquor men's hearing be
fore the committee on Vice and Im
mortality. It happened that the
tempera nco men and women of the
city filled the Hall, and when the
liquor reformers with their paid at
torneys, Charles II. Fennypacker of
West Chester (a bogus and renegade
temperance man) and another from
Williamsport, undertook speeches the
audience gave them rheumatic spasms,
and they had to quit abruptly after
making a dead failure by tho effort.
Peunjpackcr, who is about the mean
est man in tho state, got off some
slanders for which the editor of the
West Chester Republican, gives him
the following scathing rebuke :
"The editor (of this paper) is not a
temperance man either in profession
or practice, nor is this a temperauce
paper, but when Mr. Pennypacker
publicly asserts that there is as much
liquor drank in Chester county since
the passage of the Local Option Law
as there was before, we cannot re
frain from stating that he is simply
groosly misinformed as to the facts.
There" is not a tithe of the -liquor
drank in Chester county that there
was three years ago, nor has there
been at any time since the "Local
Option" law was passed. There has
been more or less liquor drank, it is
true, and some drunken men occasion
ally appear upon our streets, but we
have none of that indiscriminate pub
lic drinking that used to be witness
ed every day of every week. We do
not say this as an argument against
the repeal of the law, but simply to
vindicate the truth." True Witnens,
Norritiotpn, fa.
Steerta- (Kramer by m Dok'b Bark.
A few months since, writes a cor
respondent, in coming down the Ohio
river, a gentleman on the steamer in
formed me that a short time previous
he was passing over the Grand Chain,
a rocky shallow on the Ohio, near
its mouth. He was conversing with
the pilot The night was dark; the
shore could not be seen. The boat
was moving slowly feeling her way.
The pilot became restless and uneasy,
and ceased talking. Suddenly, how
ever, the barking of a dog was heard
far away on the shore.
"There" said the pilot, brightening
up and quickly giving the wheel two
or three turns. "I'm all right. I've
steered by the barking of that dog
every night I've passed here for five
years." The cackling or geese saved
Rome, and the barking. of a dog told
this pilot just where he was, and
what direction to head his boat to
avoid rocks; and this dog was the
only beacon light or buoy to show
the faithful pilot bow to direct bis
course to save his valuable cargo and
still more valuable lives. A few
weeks after this conversation the
Probasco, one of our finest steamers,
struck on these rocks, sank, and ves
sel and cargo were lost
TrMlca f ABlmaU.
It has been well remarked by a
clever author that bees are geoma
tricians. The cells are so construct
ed as, with the least quantity of ma
terial, to have the largest-sized spa
ces and the least possible interstices.
The mole is a nieterologist.
The torpedo, thoray and the elec
tric eel are electricians.
Whole tribes of birds are musi
cians. The beaver is architect, builder
and wood-cutter. He cuts down
trees and erects honses and dams.
The marmot is a civil engineer.
He not only builds houses, but con
structs aqueducts and drains to keep
tbem dry.
The ant is a soldier, and main
tains a regular standing army.
Wasps are paper manufacturers.
Caterpillars are Bilk-spinners.
The sqnirrel is a ferryman. With
a chip or a piece of bark for a boat,
and his tail for a sail, be crosses a
stream.
Dogs, wolves, jackals and many
others are hunters.
Black bears and herons arc
men.
Ants are day-1 a borers.
Monkeys are rope-walkers.
fisher-
A Crael Casta in.
Herodotus in his history, tells of a
custom of the Egyptians, which
seems so incredible, that critics have
agreed in thinking the credulous trav
eler imposed upon. He says that
when provisions were exhansted in
traveling, the Egyptains were ac
customed to cut a slice or two of meat
from a living cow or bullock, sew the
skin over the wound and icavo tbc
animal to recover from the injury by
the healing of the flesh. The infer
ence was a natural one, that the na
tives were hoaxing and good-natured
historian. But James Bruce, the Af
rican traveler, says that he saw a
similar act performed. While jour
neying from Adowa to Gondar, he
saw three men trip up a cow. One
of them set across the back of the
fallen Wast, another twisted the hal
ter about her fore feet, while the
third, getting astride, cut a couple of
large beef stakes from her side.
Tbey then fastened the edges of the
skin together with small skewers,
made ber get up, and drove her along
as if nothing had happened.
Oct in Toledo, Ohio, the other
day a well known citizen received a
box, which, upon being opened, ex
ploded. It was an infernal machine
sent to him by an enemy. Of course,
every body has been scary since then
and the impression prevails that this
kind of thing is becoming too com
mon. Mr. Conroy, of Toledo, re
ceived another one last week. The
express company - brought to bis
bouse a small wooden box, be Knew
at the first glance it was an infernal
machine. He carried it out in the
most gingerly manner to the yard
and but it on tbe bottom of an invert
ed bucket and laid a train of powder
about one hundred yards to tbe door
of tbe kitchen. Then Conroy lit a
a match in tbe kitcben and after
lighting tbe train Le dodged quickly
in behind the door. Tbe whole 1am
ilj stood at the window to sec the
infernal thing explode. It did so
with terrific violence and the next
moment there was a ring at the d ior
bell. It was tbe postman. He
brought a letter from Mrs. Conroy's
aunt informing her that sbe had just
sent her a box full of jars of raspber
ry jam and mince-meat. In an ago
ny of dread, Conroy rushed to the
scene of explosion. He found mince
meat and fragments of glass lying
around the yard, while raspberry jam
was smeared all over the door of the
wood-house. Tbe manner in which
Mrs. Conroy carried on about her
aunt's preserves is said to be dread
ful; but Conroy maintains a dignified
silence. - It pains bini to bear tbe
slightest reference to raspberry jam
aad mince-meat:
Miscellaneous.
New Firm.
SHOE STORE.
SNYDER & UHL,
Having purcliaftcd the Shoe
More lately owned by
II.C.Heertt,
We UIm pleasure In culllii the atti-ntkm of the
public to the tntl Ibat we have now aail exwct to
keep coumunlljr un haml a complete an umirt-
ment of
Boots, Shoes
and Gaiters,
BOTH OF
Eastern and Home Manufacture,
ean be found any where. We also will have un
band constantly a lull !U!ly of
SOLE LEATHER,
MOROCCO,
CALF' SKINS,
K I PS,
VXD LIXIXO SKINS
Of ml kln lp, with a mil linruf
Shoe Findings.
The HOME M AXIFACTI KE DKl'ART
M K.N Twill bo in charge of
N". 13. Snyder, Esq.,
Whowrenutatl'in fir making
Good Work and Gooi Fits
Iascmniltononeintho stntf. The public is re-
vprtfulljr Invited t eall and examine onr ppvIc.
ww rc .i-iTruiiiit:u i.f vcr Minnie k'mxi .. ."-
belt and (ell at irUfa low u. the lnwt.-t. '
SNYDEE& UHL,
dcrS4
This spate is reserved fur J.
F. Blymycr, who has removed
his stock into the most magni
ficent hardware room in this
place, lie can be found in
Room Mo. 3, liacr's Block.
JACK, PAINTER & CO.
Dc.lrrn In
PIANOS,
HELODE ONS,
Decker Bros, and
Bradburry Pianoes;
Mason & Hamlin. Taylor &
Farley, and Staier's
Eureka Grand Drps,
Esty & Smith's
American Organs,
lastmmenti lold en moderate Monthly Instalments
dec!7
$72 00 Each Week.
AU wanted rerrvhera. Bulneiitrlrtljr I
vttiuuiUL . Prtirnlmr froa. A.lilrpn, f. WIKT-
Jt.-ireI'lirovf.
Br..!. WalknN Calirortila Viu-
CZiW IJillWS :;:J a purely Wetublo
ii-q.:ir;it;o:i, ia;u!c ci.i.'ily from the na-
tive herU fJi;:.:l oa :!:c b.v.xr rans of
the Sima Nuvaila ::a.::::taina of Califur-
i:ia, t!.o i::c-i: ii!.il j ropeitiea of wUxh
arc extracted t!.:'re:p:a witlio-.t tho i:ro
of Alcohol. 'Ilu pivtinii ii ahiio.;:
daily asl;el. ''W lr;t M tho can.-c c.f t'!0
rapaiMllclf ii f :'. !' V::. i:r. i: 1 1 1 r-
T:i:s?'' Or.r n:isv. cr i , th.it they re:::ovo
thYcau?! of ;.(:::.. the jaiei.l re-
covers 1.: i l:c;.hh. They :;ru tho sn-al
blood jK:r;f:cr:::al a lifc-ivhu prnvrij.c,
a perfect Innovator a:al i;;orator
cf the tvstei:i. X hef":! i:i tho
l.UUivy ef'lhu v!:M !.:n a i::w'.ici:i,5
CO!i!'M")it:;le4 V - i.-:.;.r.!.;.hlo
r'nihli.M of Yi.i.N.:: !:mt:-:i:s ia U-.;..ii.-' the
Flck of cvorr h -.t-(i u:.:: i ; b-:r t.i. '!:.
a.-n a r:;r::;'.uvc at v.--a a I.,...,
n-hpv:-." Ci!:'i:i r I::!!a:aroau: ,f
tho l.;v'cr a:.a Visceral Organ ia ihiiou.;
Ui.-faS'.-a
'I ho jirojiortif-s ( f V".i.t:i:::'.;
VlNKii.r. liirrKns arc Ap"ri:t. Pau.hw:..:.
Carnu-iativ. Nutrition.", l.uaiivi. Il.urr
l.-.;ivt. (.'ot;i!tr-Ir.-.tant fcaur.!;c, :
l.c, anil Arai-Ilihciu j. I
Graleful Thousands proclaim Yin-- j
EGAH IJitteks t'.ic r.iost wondciful In- I
vijrorat.t that ever sustained sifckuiS j
No Person can take Ihcsc Billors
aeconlius to directions, and remain !::,' ;
unwell, provided their bones are not do- :
stroved by mineral poi.si.n or other !
means, and vital organs wasted beyond j
renair.
Bilious, Ilemiltent and Inter
IllitlfMit Fevers, which me fo preva- j
lent in t'.ic valleys t.f car sreat rivers ;
tliroutjlioat the I'liiied tatcvspeeia'.iy
those of the Mis.-is-dppi. Oh:, .Mimri, :
Illinois. Tennessee. Cmiil.eriaad. Arlaui- j
sas. lied, Colorado, I'.1. a;: ", Iho llrande, :
J.jh ,hlham.l, Mobile. Savannah. II'J- '
r , , . , - ,. . ., .,.
; ailo.ie, Jame:-, a.al I:..:... o. .k.i
ttteir vast irii.ytari'. , i:im::uj.u .u
entire country ihin:i.,r the San. me:- and :
Autumn, and remarl.ably s ihnin,' sea
sons tf tmtisaal heat and dryness, are :
invariably accompanied by cxii n.-ivi' d -
j lanements of the stomach m.d !iv r,
i and other abdominal viscera. In tht.-:r
i treatment, a pnivrativ-. cm rti:: a pr.v- :
erful inihienee npo: t'a se vaiioits or- ,
i;ans. is (.-,. entiaii..' r.ve-:;.-.:ry. 'i'!e re
! is no cathartic for tiie p':r;''- c.y.uil
i I::. .1. YV.w.i:i:::'s 7x:::;.a !!n n:!:s, .
as they v.-:il .'-peediiy rem.'VO the ihirk-
cohced vi.-cid matter v.ith v.l.ich the :
j bowel.-, ate load-d. at the sant time
iitiniulat'au tho ...eret'mmi of th." i;ver, ;
and i.-m-ra'dy ivst.:i:u the Lea'.lhy ;
j functions of the u.e.-.ti'.e ora:-..'.
! Ft.T'i ify the hody atiair.st tSi -ea-
! by i.arifyia ail its ti'iids villi Vixr.iu;:
' iii i l ki:s. Xo epidemic can t:d;e L-.M
of a .-vstem thus fore-armed.
ilysiiejisia or Jndteesiian, lb .' I
achc". l'aia in tho Shoulders. t.Vm;:.-.
Tbthtness of the Chet. I)i;::-i;:e;--. S.-:r
I'.n:ctati"t:s of the Stomach. 1.;1 T.
i:t the Mouth. Ihlious Attach.-, l'ai; ha- .
tation of tho Heart, Inll.immatm-.i .ftho
Lung":, Tain in the region cf tl;e Kid
neys, ami a hundred other painful pymrt- ;
toms, arc the ofsprings of ly?;.epsia.
Cne bottle will prove a Lettcrsaarantec
cf its merits than a lengthy advert: c-
meat.
Scrofula, or Kind's Evil, wi:::-.-
SwuliiiiL's. L' leers. Kiy.Muia.s Stve:li-l ' .
(nitre, Scrofulous lulhonniatiim.-. Ia.h'Vat,
Iiitlaninia'iou.s Mercurial .A!ii.i.tii;;. OM
Sores, Kruptious of the Shia, Sore Kyc;. ' te.
In these, as ia all other co;:ti!'.aic;..i! I):--Ciu-es,
YViLi;r.u-s Vi.nkgar UirrKas have
shown their great curative po-v.-rs ia ths
tao-t oli-tiiiatu and intractable cae.
For Inflammatory anil ('Iiio;:ii'
Kheillliaiisill, Gout, 1!. lions, lies;, it
tent and Intermittent Fevers, lii-eases cf
tho Jhooii, Liver, Kidneys na 1 Ithnider.
these hitlers have no c'i'ial. .SucU Ii ca c
arc caused liy Vitiated Ihood.
Mechanical Diseases. IVrns c:-.-praged
in I'amts and Minerals, such as .
numbers. Type-setters. Oohbheatcr-, raid
Miners, as they advance in life, are j. . ;
to paralysis of the IinU'eN. To
airaiut this, tahe a doe of Vali;:.:;'s Vi.- :
ko.sk hUTKiis (icca.-.ionaHv.
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions. Tet
tcr, Salt-Khcum, Iilntcl'.L-s, S:.-t.-, l'i:i:;:!os I nhy ih::( w.- i.-iT? j-ur.-ii :..; i.i..- i...-.-Tt i c-.n
rustulos, Hoils. OnlKinclcs, niiiir-'.vurms ! 1i,-:'-"ll''-y ';' K'"'i'i ' r; i:-l . !-;.;; t!-K-aiJ-liPiUl,
Sro Lye.. LryfjpeiiH. Itch. ! Ul til.. a:r,.;,.i: ,;, .!.. .i ; . vv ;i ;;,e
fccurls l.)iscu;oration ol mo Kin. JI":r.iir
a:ul Diseases of the Skin of whatever r.un.e
or nultire, are literally dus cp a;:,l carried
out of the system in a bUort time hy tlio u.'O
of these nittvrs.
Pin, Tape, and other Worms,
I'irkiiij in the system of en many tlion-iuiids, :
aro cUectuuily destroyed and removed. '(
system of medicine,- no vcrmiluce, r. r.:.
theiitunitics will free the system 1;di:i worms
l.l.e these Hitters.
For Female ('cmnluiuts, inyonns
or uiil, married or single, at tho U;tva of wo- i
manhood, or the turn of life, these Tonic i
Hitters display so decided aa inlluence that j
improvement is soon perceptible.
C leanse the Vitiated Blood n-Lcn- j
ever youlind its impurities bursting ihrou;!i j
tho skin in Pimples. Eruptions, or Sores; i
cleanse it when you find it obstructed and I
slurirish ia the veins: cleanse it when it is i
foul ; your feeliuns will tell voa when. Keep
the blood pure, and the health of tho system.
will follow. '
It. II. JlcDOXALD & CO.
Drnpjists nn.!;n. Arts. Sua Vrnncisro. Catifrai. !
aad cr. c.f V;isli:nc:on ar.il I'haritun Sts.. N. V. '
.Sold by nil llruml-li anil Ucalrra. i
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1 .t fj-:i nil Irn !.irci, cr.v rl. 5 -1:
civ In M.-.ii.-iu :'i ... v. :;.. .... ::n ! f
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Sl'LKlKS,
M'KIXO WAiJIIXS
11 AlMiS.
SLKI'IH.S,
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Ia the latest ainl ui.ut ni i-n rc I ?:v!rs. nn ! :-.t ilc
Lowest Possible Pries'-.
ALL IN W.OT OF A
First 1?SasH
Or nny ot'ier Ti'Mc lc. rrr r-(rrHv li:vi-r i ti
ill ami ei.unine hiF r .rk. N'.me (nit itte very brrt
nintrrinl vill be u." il in th
work, ami umio hut Uia
Lt.uiiU-iiirw nt ills
il li.i a.
An? Pmvliiycl In IiIk crtiiMlKliuiPtit. ofwlMia i
leive ttu.i an experienw nt oter twenty yrars in th
I'UfinetMi. Ho In, tlirrclwro en:ilili"l in turn out
lirst-t'l ns vi-ttit.'Ii. IkiiIi In point if tn'itrriiil nnil
KorktniinrJil. All work wnrmiiie'l t tic asn-Te-wnteil
when lwuvimr III nli'ip, ftiii! a.ilii'r.wUtm
iuaruuteml. All kii- lsvl
i.ia,m,i.M, .vi u.m,
Done In a ne.it aa l u!i'tiu:M-il ninnnT. anil at the
slii.ricst notice. lie la iletprnilnwi .! ill l.ia
Turk In fuch a mnnnrr. nl at mn-h prifoa a? to
n,ako It h) the Interest ol ererytHxIv to iwtmniie
him. Cull ami ciniulnc his work befuro nurclioj
lnir elsfwhTC.
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IIASKEKOVKI.TO
i No-111 Fourth Avenue,
(om.itotli.ir.iia M::.l.)
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hoTflw. NptMlpo, Srylho. Snntlien,
l(oe. I'orkiiniid ltaU.lairillrlih
a liirc nnl varied Htorkor llardinr
and rallery, dutiable for tht trade, al
Cretly rcdnrrd rat.
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$10 to $20
iwnlav. Ai(ontwanlM ever
Twhpm. Partieiilara free. A.
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'And Felt Over Shor:
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he aatlKtln'l lr.ini year own jn tsmmt.
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On MAIN CROSS Street, SwmtMrt.F
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