IVrrvt. i I-r'.cz tbe biter vcarscf the v-r art of Spotted Tail's family rcruain - . . 4 . iv.rl T.nrnmifl. cd for a time ov .v.' Y , , 4r,r with tLcm was Lid favorite tkugL.cr, a vountr girl just haddins into wo manhood. TLc frt was then garn Foncd bv erratics of an Ohio rr-gi-nentcf volunteer cavalry. Among tbe. officers f this regiment was a nf mod appearance and t'.leofant manners, and with whom the love. Her i.asferon does not fcem to Lave been recinrocated l.r tie vouii-.t-oldier, und Lc did all" in Lis rov. cr to eon vinee her be could not marry Ler, nd, therefore, it would be wronr :a J ;ni to n.iv Lis eddresiesto Lcr. hut tbe infatuated rrirl would cot be con- vinccd, and could nit unac-r.., i t- n rrinee.-s. and tbe daugh ter of tLeinoft powerful chief of tb lilainf.Jwas not a ? uitable wife for tb rniinrr soldier. I'av uftcr day f-L dt t 3V f-lC! would drefs bcrtlf with fccruiubus carp and come to tbe fort to Fee ber beloved. It was pitiable to observe j i,or no I .r.v.r r.ftcr hour the would Sit oa the doorstep of tbe young oflieer's quarters, waiting for Lim to come out. At other times she would fol low Lim about tLe parade ground bkc a dog, seeming perfectly happy if she could only be near him and enjoy tbe poor privilege of looking at Lim. Spotted TaiC bearing cf tbe strange conduct of Lis daughter, and deeply mortified at Lcr want of self respect, hastened to the frt, and putting Ler is charge of some kind friends, bade them carry Lcr off into tbe Rocky Mountains, where a portion of bis tribe dwelt, and endeavored in every war to make Ler forget Ler unlortu- umu ioe. cue caiu 1 .. ..w. tnougn hut k, latoauecpmm -j. and thinking what a cbo ly, from which no effort of friends jfI Lc !n,,t bo nd )0W could arouso Lcr. lVesently sic re-: Ltfc..fix fused to tako any food and pined; . lhu wcnt on unl;i jinner away to a mere skeleton. i Vi. i,..;t -o mn-r One dav a courier, whose Lorse was white with foam, souglit tLe great chief and told him that his daughter was dying of a broken heart, and wi.-.hcd to see Lim once more before she passed to the happy sp'rit land. Away over mountain and stream hurried the chief, nnd paused not fr food or rest until he Lad reached tbe bedside cf bi.5 be loved child. He found her still alive but fast sinking, and ;he bid Lira sit clone beside her end bol l Ler Uesh less hands in Lis while she told him i.ll Ler siniplo story of love and suf fering and a broken heart, ihe said: "I shall soon be at rest, my father, and wkh those of cur kindred who have go'ie before. In that beautiful land 1 will wait for you, nnd you will soon come to join me, dear father, for 3-oit locks ire whitened with years of care; you arc fast growing old and tired. Vou are a great chief :nd have yet many warriors, but t lie pale face is more numerous than tbe leaves cf the forest, and 1 prey you to cease warring with them. Save your people, my chief; re:':t a little w hile in peace, and you will have reached the end of your journey of life' and come to join me in the bnp py home to which I am now going. The pale faces are Lis: people, and be tween them and vmi 1 hopo war will never come again. And, O mv fath er and my chit f, when I am dead take my poor, wasted body and lay it on the hill beside the fort where 1 learn ed to love so well." Tbe pulseless band grew cold as tbe great chief promised bis child all she asked of Lim, then the lustrous eyes glazed over, the thin lips ceased to move, the smile Ced from the wasted face, and tho Indian girl was dead. The heart-broken chief bid the at tendants dress thj body of the prin cess lor burial, and on the shoulders of stout warriors it was carried to Laramie and laid to rest among the pale faces, cue ol whoso race she had so fatally loved. Her grave is still pointed out to the traveler, and there it will long remain a monument of the saddest story of the plains. Spotted Tail often speaks of his dead daughter with affectionate remem brance, and once in a great counsel held with the whiles at Laramie, he sai J: "Were not the bopelc.-sncss of re sistaucc and tho dictates ol policy sufi't-ient to restrain me from acts of war, the pledge made to my dead child ia her dvinx hour would cause me to keep at pie." peace with your p?o- l avtol I'irtnre. The value cf pictures, or rather their superiority over words, as story-tellers, is t-xcellently illustrated by a couple of incidents which we lind related in a. foreign contempora ry. I a a village ia India, recently, it became necessary in the course of some engineering operations to trans port an enormous mass of metal, I weighing several hundred tons, from one jint of the town to another. Ordinary means were out of the question; and as the engineers found themselves unable to devise any pro cess, they did the next best thing, and wrote to other engineers in Fi:g- who were constantly supcrvisingsu; h i work. The latter, instead of writing ; out nice large pages of foolscap, beau-1 tifully embellished with Greek letter j f.irmube and red ink, quietly waited I ti! lt, Tll'Vt Tl'.if.l . t tiw.t-ll t-!.T,.l. i .w vi ll.vkai ,,11114 they had to transport offered a fa vorable opportunity. Then they pre pared a camera, and photographed every sep of tbe operation, together with all the tools aud appurteuatiees and forwarded the priut from a neg ative to India. These the engineers in the far-off country fallowed, and with little difiieuliv accomplished their ta.-k. j to be borne early. A neighbor, eotu- Anotber instance is that c f a brid?, I ing in, said a number of boys Lad also to be constructed ia India, buf g01 to the river to swim, and he not ret completed. This werk ia-ithoucLt it likely Alfred was with voNes the ldacia? of very heavy 1 weights, and certain difficulties im-f- ueni 10 u.e rapm cLanges ol Jvvel of! u.e water to ue crossed. ,t the rre- fvut tiaie just such nether biid -c is i I ' v- I in process of erection in London, aad the a- stance o! photography is agaiu called in. As the London bridge advances toward completion pneugrapus are constantly made: and so when the India engineers be - gin iiieir worn, tney ic in possession v f a set of guides of invaluable as sistance to them. Scientific Ameri ca a . Lefore washing almost any colored j erinssoa mounted to his checks ! fabrics, soak them in water to each ! "So, sir; I promised my mother gallon ol which a spoonful of oxgall jtua-1 would never go there without has been added. A teacupful of Ive ! I,er leave, aad do vou think I wauld in a pad of water is said to in prove ! lcl1 a falsehood ? 1 helped James to the color of black goods. A stron?,' find tte cows lbai Lad straved ia the color of French lit; mens. iiioirar in the rins'mg water for piuk and green will brighten them; and soda an swers the same end for purple and blue. To wash calico without fading, infuse three gills of salt ia four quarts of water. Put in the calico while the solution is hot, and leave until the latter is cold. It is said that ia this way the colors are rendered perma nent, and will cot fade ly gub.-equcnt wasbfcig. ! imit lmrnClir Illm ! Or- vr-.irs since I'--1 hoan3 W2Si ' cJ fl in its prime, there came voting Kcutiu t.:an, iur u.e purpose or icaruu i- cjcdicine nnd eurgcr. He was tall and atbletie, shrewd, apfc and mtdli- ircnt, with a " Jituc hj.. uik.. u K-ari-bne.-rs. no was iuujl.vu wiu the'cLarity Hospital and a room in tbe tbird etory given birn as a study. On entering into bis new quarters be was introduced to a youn French gentleman, occupying tbe room also as a ttudent. Tbe voting French man, it scerus. was vtrv frank in Lis ; manners courteous ytt cold and be thus r.ddres Lis u'cw companion: "Sir, I am indeed pleased to see you, and Lope that we may prove .!.!. l.nf in order that di4t : . i ... ,.nn I it.- i n irir.trni 1 vou that I Lave bad several former e i-ooui mates, with none of whom eini,i I n.rfrrc v. could never U 14 I I V - --7 ,i:A, Tlds room contains twobdis, as tue oiucst occupant, I claim that nearest the w;n(ov The Kentuckian assented. ".Now," Fays tbe 1'renchmeut, "I will draw the "boundary line" be tween our tut i itcrics, and we shall each agree not to encroach upon each other's rights," and taking a piece of chalk from bis pocket, be made the mark of division midway from one side of tbe room to tbe other. "Sir,'' he added, "I Lops you Lave no ob jectioa ti tbe trcatv." "None in the world, sir," answered the ctranger, "I am perfectly sa'i.-fied with it." He then sent down for his baggage and both students set down with their books. Tne Frenchman was soon deerily ; j vL;!c Old Kcntuek" was FreiicLmaa iiopped up, adiusted bi3 cravat, brushed up his whiskers anu mou.-tacbe, and essayed to depart. "Stand, sir'.'' ruid the stranger sud denly placing himself with bis toe to the mark directly before the French student, "if you cross that line you are a dead man." The Frenchman stood pale with astonishment. ThcKentuckian mov ed not a muscle of his face. Doth remained ia silence for some mo ments hca the Frenchman exclaim ed, "Is it pos.-ible that I did not re serve the rigLt of passage?" "Hut Ljw shall I get out of tho room?" "There is the window, which you reserved to yourself you must use that: but you pass not that door rn v door, which vou generously left me." The poor Frenchman was fairly caught. He was in a quandary, and made all sorts of explanations and entreaties. The Kentuekiau took compassion on him, and thinking that was nut "what it s cricked up to be, said to his new friend "Sir, in or der that'we may be mutually agree able, I'll rub out that hateful chalk lino and let yt)u pass. The Frenchman politely thanked him, and since the settlement of the "boundary question," they have been the vcrv Lc.-t of friends. An Oyster IJ?ar(. iN'ear tbe hinge of an cyster U a ' cavity which leads to its stomach. It may be called, with a little license, its mouth; not that it has teeth, or that in any way it masticates food, or that it indicates the place of the head, for the oyster belongs to a di vision of molluska known as the arcpha!n!L!, er headless onc-s. Vut is iunctionally a rnouth and is like mouths in two important particulars. It is the entrance of the food to the alimentary canal; and it Las certain lip-like organs with which to control the entering food. If, the'n,' tbe oyster's mouth is thu3 situated near the hinge, that part of the creature should be known as it3 anterior, or forward end Tbe opening end, that which the oystermen call the "nip," is therefore really the posterior ex tremity. Every one knows that, ia opening an oyster the knife has to be passed through a stout organ, wrongly call ed by many the eye, for the oyster is eyeless. Some call it the heart. This, also, is incorrect. It is the great abductor muscle, with which the animal draws together its valves. Hut the oyster Las a true heart. It is situated near to and forward of the abductor muscle, that is, between it and tbe mouth. If a finger of a glove be cut off and inflated with jiir, being closed up at the end, and then a thread were tied round so as to con strict it at the middle, we should have something resembling ia shape pretty nearly the oyster's heart. This small orijaa is divided bv the constriction into two lesser organs, an auricle, aud a ventricle; a receiving and a distributing reservoir cf the pale, opalescent blood its true life current, which animates every part of this complex little being. If an oyster be opened with suffi cient tact nnd care, the heart can be seen at work, beating much as our hearts beat a true rhythmical pulsa tion. Indeed, with watch ia hand, the beats can be connted, as when a physician makes a diagnosis of one's pulse. As death nears, sd slow the throbs of the oyster's heart. Edu cational jljnilih. Ilt-fOtilii be'ArutU'd. Alfred was missin; about suiisct. Mother anxious, for she ulwavs : cue was night getting wished him them "So," s id the mother. " 1 2 prom- 'sen me lie wouiil i:c er go there wituoui my leave, i,ud he ai wavs keeps hm wcrd." l!ut seven o'clock 'came, then eight, and mother was still listening for Al fred's step; but it was half past eight before bis shout and whistle was heard wLcn be ran in at the ;gate. Confess now ' said been the neighbor, to the river "that you have with other bovt till late." aad so kept awav How tho bov's eves flashed, and wooti, ana ciun t think I should stay ; so late." 'I think." said the nci-rl.hnr turn. mg to the mother as Le took Lis Lat to go Lome, "there is comfoit iu store lor you, bj Lira. Such a bov as that w;.l make noble man." a , ' A Kansas rper says: "A mule kicked aa insurance nn.ni in place oa the cheek the other day. Ibe agents check was uninjured, but the riiule's hoof was broken." Rlncinc lor Wnlcr. I A ia?fMjt?cr ia a railroad trail became thirsty. "Where's that 'ere bov ovpre.-s! ! w ith tbe water can?'' be cueried of Li nert neighbor." "llebas gone forward to the bag gage car, 1 suppose," was tbe reply. "Wall, d'ye, s'pose I bin git Lim bak here i gij?" Viabiiy,'' said the other, "you have on y to ring for Lim," and he nodded i aids the bell-lino that ran above tin !r beads. Xo sooner said than done. Kcforo any one could prevent it Kusticus had seized the line and given it a tre mendous tug. The consenuence was at once obvious; three shrill whistles i were heard, half a dozen brakemen The rabid dog, let loose in a corn ran to their posts, and tbe train came munity to bite whatever man or beast ti a stand still with a suddenness ho meets, is not as dangerous as the that startled half.the passengers with j tattler. Tbe dog kills only the incli astonishment, and caused everv man vidual bitten, while the tattler's nest to a window to hoist it and look out to see what was the matter. In a few minutes tbe conductor, red and eiciled, came foaming into jthe car to know who pulled that bell rope. "Here, mister, this way; I'm the man," shouted the offender, drawing ell eyes upon him. "You!" said the conductor, "and what did you do it for?" "'Cos I wanted some water." "Wanted some water ?" "Sartain, I wanted the water boy, and my partner here in the seat said I'd better ring for him as we do at the hotel, an' 60 I yanked the rope. Will he be along soon? An' by the bye, w bat in thunder be you stoppin' for?" The shout of laughter that greeted this honest confession was too much for the conductor, and he Lad to wait till he had got Lis train under way again before he explained tbe mys teries of the bell rope to his verdant customer. 31 1 (-ration of Bird. A recent writer presents the uovel 1 hypothesis that the migratory flight of birds is an involuntary act. the argument is, that at or about a cer tain period of the ye'jr, when a strong southern wind prevails in en upper stratum of the air, a subtio atmos pheric change, resulting from it, acts upon the muscles of the birds in such a way as to make them fly. Their wings beat as naturally as their hearts, and they cannot help going. Kising up into the swift current of air, they are borne along it as long as the spasm lasts, which generally is long enough to carry them to warm er climates, although multitudes re cover a little too soon and perish in the sea. Some experiments made upon migratory birds in captivity lend plausibility to tho theory. Kept Ta cages, covered with silk to protect them from injury, these birds have been observed, at the season of mi gration, to be affected with a parox ysm of flight,which continued through a period answering in length to the time occupied by birds m their semi annual journeys. When the parox ysm was over, the birds fell to the ground, began preening their plum age, and conducting themselves as if they had just reached a new home after ac extended journey. The ex periments were made in both Fng 1 land and America with sirri'ar re I suits. AnerUotes of Ilrmrjr llij. Mr. Clay's knowledge of human nature was thorough and profound, and he was able to put it to use at any moment, as the following anec dotes will show: On a certain occasion he mot an tild Lunter, who bad once been Lis supporter, but who afterward went against Lim on account of his vote on a certain bill in Congress, "Have you a good rifle, my friend?" he asked of the hunter. "Ve8." "Hbes it ever flash in the pan?" "It never did so more than once," the hunter answered, proud cf his weapon. "Well, what did you do with it?" You didn't throw it away, did you?" continued Mr. Clay. "No; I picked tho flint, tried it again, and brought down game." "Have I ever flashed ia the pan, except oa the compensation bill?" "io, I can't say you have." "Well, will you throw me away?' , "So; I'll pick the flint and try you over." So the Lunter grasped Mr. Ciay's Land and gave Lim Lis vote. At another time Mr. Clay was visiting a backwoods country in Kentucky, where the man who could firo tbe best shot stood highest in esteem, and the man who couldn't shoot at all was looked upon with contempt. lie was canvassing for votes, whea he wa3 approached by some old hunters, one of whom told him that he would lc elected to Con gress, but that Lc must first show how good a shot he was. Clay de clared that he never shot with any rifle except Lis own, which was at home. "No matter. Here's 'Old Bess,' " answered the hunter, irivins: him a gun, "and she never tails in the! hands of a marksman. She's put a! bullet througu many a squirrel at a hundred yards, and has let daylight through a red-skin at twice that dis tance. If you caa shoot with any gun, you can shoot with "Old Bess.' " A traget was set up, and Mr. Clay aimed "Old F.ess" at it. lie fired faint-heartedly, but the shot struck the bull's eye in the centre. "A chance shot! a chance shot! cried Lis opponents. "Never mind," he auswerod. "You beat it, and thea I will." No one could beat it, and Mr. Clay had too much sense to try ii agaia. IlnoTUEit Smith, what d?es il's mean? "What docs v hat mean ?" "Bringing a nigg. r to this church." "Tbe pew is my own." ' Your own ! is that any reason whv vou should insult the whole con gregation ?" "But he is intelligent and well educated." ' Who cares for that, Le is a nig ger!" "But Lo is a f.iend of mine." "What of that? Must ycu there fiire insult wtioln .innTTiti,-in "Buthc is a Christian and b to the same denomination." . longs "What do I care for that? Let Lim go and worship with his fellow nig gers' "But lie is worth five miiion dol lars." "Worth what ?" Five million dollars." "Worth five million dollars ! Jeru- saleru ! Worth five million dollars! Bro. Smith, introduce me." Three Hen Ktrnrk by Lighitilci;. Atlanta' July 2. Three yor.ngj somewhat chagrined when Miss Pert, men ia Milton county, on June SO, i looking upon a paa of nectar, ex while ia a field thrashing wheat were i claimed: "Oh, tho horrid yellow struck by lightning and instantly scum. It isn't half so good as the killed. . . : - Talllinc. In all tbe black catalogue of vices v hieh iinbnv-iilv- debase the charac- tcr of the sous and daughters of Adam, tattlin'well ni; h holds the pre-cmi-e meanest, the most ncnee it is ii: detestable of u!l habits, and when habits, once contracted, clings as it were, with tbe tenacity cf a demon. In view of its depravity, and of the many and fearful Ticea following in its train, tbe Lord commanded Moses t.i "speak unto all the congregations of Israel and say unto them : "Thou shalt not go up and down, as a tale bearer among the people," and in the sacred psalra it is written, "Whoso rrivilv slandereth Lis neighbor, him will 1 cut off." venom poisons madly and fatally, the whole community. He goes to a neighbor's and listening attentively, hears, perhaps, something said that may be used to the disparagement, possibly, the rum of another, which he drinks down with the avidity with which tho thirsty toper does the fiery fluid, and then goes forth with venomous tongue to disseminate suspicion, distrust and rankling hate, where before war, the abode of neigh borly love and c-fiding trust. Thus the peace of society is mar red, often disrupted; conCdence des troyed, friends made foes, discord and strife created, and all the diabolical schemes of the father of lies used to destroy all that is lovely and of good report, furthered by the tattler, who may well be compared to the viper ta the fable, that, warmed brought to life by the care of its kindhearted benefactor, turned and stuns: him to the heart. I'reacli MciSe of SelpotluR Horses. A l'aris correspondent of the Lan- ! caster Farmer savs : The purchasers of horses for the French army always endeavor to obtain a first look at tbe animal whea he is tranquil and in the stable ; noting if the animal supports itscif equally "well on all its legs, and if ono seems to yield, to specially ex amine it; attention is then directed to the largeness of the pupil of the eye, which ought to bo more dilated when in the stable, than when exposed to full light. After the animal has been led out of the stable, the eye ought to he again examined to observe if the pu pil has contracted; if not, the eight is feeble; others, to test the power of vision, feign to strike tho forehead with the hand. If the hollow over the eyes be profound, and the tem ple grey, old age is to be concluded ; wounds about the temple suggest at tacks of staggers, and when tho end of the nose presents circular scars, it may be concluded the horse has been twitched with a cord to enpure his quietness while being shod or hav ing had to submit to some painful operation. Vsoof Wool in tlicAtl trj. For thelast four years we have used wool quit? largely for various purposes ia our apiary. We use nothing- else for stopping up our queen cages, rolling it for this pur pose into a tight wad. The bees cannot gnaw it away and seldom propolise it. Wc shut up all our nu clei, whea first formed, with wool. It can be crowded into place in a mo ment, admits air, and is easily remov ed. If we wish for any purpose to shut up a hive, we use wool. In the working season we keep one pocket full of wool, aud know nothing of the vexations wc experienced when using wire cloth. Occasionally a few bees are caught ia the fibres of the wool, but they are for the most part very shy of it, and are quite indisposed to commit y'7o de ac by hanging them selves iu its meshes. Hobbcrs will very quietly retreat from a Live well wooied. If we use the words to wool and unvrool a hive or nucleus, instead of to shut up or open the cn trace, our readers will understand what we mean. L. L. Langdrolh. Wticn to buy Sheep. The National Live Stock Journal says; As a rule, the best time to buy is ia the late summer as flock mas ters who have kept their sheep through the winter prefer to shear them before selling. It is usually most profitable to do so. After the first to the middle of August, the lambs are ready for weaning, and tho farmer know3 pretty well what the increase of his flock is t'o be, also what his crops of grain and grasses will al low him to winter properly. The sea son's yield at home also affords the buyer better opportunity for gauging the number of stock to suit the proba ble contents of barn and granary. Ordinarily, where the seller of store sheep can be found in the spring, ten can lje fjand ia the late summer or fall. I'lrSilins t iirniiibern. A correspondent of the Massachu setts Ploughman sends a recipe for pickling cucumbers which he says he has used for. many years He say3: There may be simpler methods, but none, I am sure, that can be fol lowed by happier results. Pickles made this way will keep hard aud good the year around, and are al ways of a beautiful green color. Some say that cucumbers for pick ling ought never to be washed or rubbed, as u removes an outside coating and impairs the quality of the pickles. How true this may be I Lave never determined by experi ment ; but, to be ou the safe side, we never wash them (unless very dirty), the successive scalding clean ing them sufficiently. Place the cu cumbers in an earthen jar and pour ever them a weak brine, scalding hot, and let tbem stand in it 24 hours, when it must be turned off, scalded, skimmed, and turned on again to re main another day, aad scalded again. Now they must be freshened by pour ing over them hot vinegar, and let them stand a few days, when they must be put into cold cider vinegar, adding horse-radish root and any kind of whole spices that one prefers. Stir them occasionally to prevent scum from rising. Many house keepers labor with the mistaken idea that pickle vinegar must be scalded every time a white scum rises. It docs no good whatever, only weak ens the vinegar, and eventually kills it outright. And just here let me ask a question, Why does the scalding of vinegar lessen its strength ? Is not the killing'of those minute crca-i tures to which good cider vinegar j c3 iu viuIitv lh:e cause ? A ro.ND parent who bought a cow for his summer residence in anticipa tion of the delight that the product would cause his little daughter, was 'nick blue milk we get in Boston." Absence of Mind. We heartily concur with tho Phil adelphia Ledger ia its assertion that amontr the bad habits, which are usu ally classed with tho minor faults of mankind, 13 that of absenco ol mmu. Says the writer: We Lave all laughed at the awk ward blunders of the absent minded, their irrelevant remarks, their ludic croc3 mistakes, their forgetful uess of the ordinary proprieties of life. Oft en, however, serious results ensue through these seemingly trivial over wights; property is wasted, friends estranged, losses incurred, health nnd even life sacrificed. Ia times of strong excitement or peril cf any kind, nothing is so valuable as pres ence of mind. It is not exactly cour age, or fortitude, or sagacity, or judgment, but rather the calm and well poised abi!;'y to marsnai an these forces into action just where and when they are most needed. How many lives have been saved and disasters averted by this simple en dowment! How much of the hero ism which wo delight to honor may be traced to this potent source! It is precisely this attribute of w hich the absent minded man is des titute. Whatever be his knowledge, or wisdom, cr skill, however excel lent his motives and intentions, how ever great his powers and capacities, he has not that control over them that insures the rightful action of each in its own time and place. IIo is continually off guard, surprised, confused, unprepared. His mind may be of the finest order, but it is not at its post of command, and his powers are scattered aad lost like sol diers without a leader. Much of this absence of miud might be avoided if concentration, of thought upon one subject at a t'me were made a prominent part of edu cation. Cbirircn should be accus tomed to think earnestly for short periods, and then to dismiss the sub ject wholly from their minds. Wea riness, listlessness, and half-hearted attention Bhould always be prevented. It is far better for a child to play with his whole soul than to play with but a fragment of it. If be be thus trained in his youth, if work and play and study, each ia their turn, absorb him utterly for the time, there will be but little danger of his growing up to be an absent minded man. Those in mature life who have unfortunate ly acquired thi3 pernicious habit may, by a similar process of self-culture, gradually overcome it No one who indulges ia it can make the most of his powers iu auy direction or give out to tho world hi3 full value; and certainly no one in our present va ried and complex civilization can ful fill Lis manifold relations in life un less he resolutely bring all the pow ers of his mind to bear upon each one of them in its own appointed season. Fattening Snail. One of tbe myriad singular indus tries pursued by the ingenious Paris ians is that of fattening snails for the market. That the demand for this article of diet is great is proved by the fact that a larirc number of per sons find profitable employment in furnishing an adequate supply. -Most snail-breeders who carry on their bu siness outside the "barriers" of Paris fatten the molluscs iu tanks, but some prefer to keep tho creatures in the open air. The preserve ia which sottiU are fed is divided into eight or ten separate enclosures, each of which is surrounded by a line of sawdust four inches broad, and freshly laid each morning. This simple hedge is an effectual barrier to any helix tempt ed to indulge vagabond propensities, and stray beyond tbe boundaries of its allotted precincts. Each daily consigument of snails is deposited in one of the parks or enclosures, and left to fast forty-eight hours. After this they are moved to another park, where they are provided with au ab undance of food, consisting of cab bages, lettuce, endives, thyme, and vine leave3. Purified by their long fast, the snails eat with voracity, and ia eight or ten days are fat enough to satisfy the eye and taste of a Paris ian epicure. The tax upon fatted snails is very small, but it is estima ted that, were the levy to be raised to one-quarter of that set upon oysters, and fifty snails be counted as worth one dozen bivalves, tbe revenue an nually arising from their consump tion in Parrs would amount to 200, 000 francs. It is said that a diet of snails reduces a man's flesh until be becomes a mere skeleton. Tho edi ble snail of the Gold Coast has a shell of three inches long by two inches deep. From this he protrudes a pair of tentacles four inches in lc igth. These tentacles are the choice part of the auimal, and are served whole ia that savory com pound called snail soup. Can It Be? And yet again the ruthless ham mer of the iconoclast has smashed another idol a memorable and lovely idol. A few weeks ago be destroyed the grave of Abelard and Heloise. That wa3 his last exploit. Now he comes in the shape of the Philadel phia Historical Society, and tells us there was no treaty signed by Will iam Penn with the Indians. Says this Society: "There was no written instrument passing between the par ties to the treaty. It was only this and nothing more: a big talk and a good time. No purchase or consid eration whatsoever other than friend ship passed between William Penn and the assemblage of Delaware?, Mingoes and other Susquehanna tribes as they met in November, 1CS2, under the spreading branches of the great elm tree, now marked by a monument, and consented to what Voltaire styled 'The ouly treaty nev er sworn to and never broken.' " All this makes bad work cot only w ith Voltaire, but also with Mr. West's familiar picture, fe school-books, the histories, the advocates of philanthro py, and tbe admirers of the noble In dian. But even this can be endured, if we could feel at all certain that the iconoclast would ever cme to an end ,of his idol-s mashing. The fad feat ure of the business is the uncertainty and confusiou he creates. If there was no Penn treaty, how can Wc feel sure that there was a Magna Charta. or a Declaration tf Independence? Where is this thing going to stop? How long will it be before thepi;st is entirely obliterated? I'eally, it is about time that the idol-smasher be bidden t cease his work, and L ave us our idols, even if they arc only myths. A countryman purchased a new hat at a Burlington store, last week, leaving the old one with the ruer chant, who kicked it under the coua tcr. Tbe next day the countryman returned, and after a search among the rubbish, found the old tile, and turning down the band pulled out a fifty dollar bill, quietly remarking, "I came mighty near forgetting where I put that money." Tbe I'ses of Charcoal. I lately noticed in your paper a good description of tho way to burn charcoal. I will give some of its U3cs to tho farmer, from experience. By keeping charcoal ia tho hog pea, there w'ill be but little odor or disa greeable smell, such as is usual. The hogs appear to thrive better and fast er, on less food, than ia a Bi.rc.Dg smelling sty. They will consume quite a quantity, which undoubtedly does them good. Some should be powdered, and some left ia chunks; the powdered absorbs the wet, and the hogs will eat the lumps as they desire it. The refuso makes a most excellent manure for onion3 or any other vegetables. By putting a small quantity in the horse stable every day, under tho horse, it will absorb the wet, aud keep the stable perfect ly sweet and wholesome. As it is removed from the stable keep it un der shelter, dry it and sow it on the meadows; the increase in the crop will pay for the trouble. Cow stables will receive the same benefit and produce the 6amo results. It is also invaluable in the poultry house, in keeping it wholesome for the fowls, aad making a most valua manurc. The fowls will consume a part of it, and are not 60 liable to disease. It is also very beneficial in the sheep pens or yards. By putting a bushel or so of the powde-cd char coal down the water closet, it will remove the disagreeable smell which generally attends such places, and will remove the great objection there is to oleauing them out. "He Was Mighty Hard lo Kill." Boston special to Chicago Times: At Worcester, Saturday night, Fred erick Bates, a bruketnan, fell from the tender of a locomotors and was picked up lifeless. Physicians pro nounced his neck broken, but it was noticed that ho breathed faintly. He was quickly removed to the city hos pital, but continued unconscious un til late ia tho night, when an examin ation of several physicians showed that tho upper vertebra of tho spinal column had been dislocated. With slight surgical aid the dislocation was remedied, and the man recovered consciousness. This morning when his breakfast a curt of coffee and scuit was brought to Lim at the hospital, he spurned the meal as not sufficiently elaborate, arose from his bed, dressed himself, and walked down the street. His appearance at the Farmers' Hotel created no little sensation, but his acquaintances were relieved of all ghostly fears when they observed that he ate well. His later appearance among the men at the freight and engine houses of the Norwich road created a still greater sensation, and he was somewhat crit ically examined as to his identity, but his living appearance before rela tives and friends who had heard of his death in Worcester, oa Saturday night, and had come up to this city on the boat train this morning to convey the body to the home of the supposed deceased, was the crowning sensation of all. Mellow Soli. Unless the surface of the ground is mulched around young trees over aa area ot six to ten leet in diame ter, the ground should be kept clean and mellow. Every farmer knows that a hill of corn or potatoes will not amount to much unless cultiva ted, and there are many who will neglect to give the same care to a tree which is worth a hundred hills of cither of the former. Ia rich soils trees may grow rapidly without cul tivation, and no amount of grass or weeds will retard them ; but there are other things besides growth to be looked after. It the weeds and grass are allowed tto grow up around the stem of apple, peach or quince trees, tho bark will become soft near their base by being shaded, and thereby be in a suitable condition for the reception of the eggs which will eventually become peach or ap ple borers. Take any dozen young apple trees ia sections where the-bor- er is abundant, and allow a portion to bo choked with weeds and the remainder well cultivated, and watch the result. From our owa experi ence, we believo that the chance3 are nine to one ia favor of those cultiva ted being exempt from the pest. American Agriculturist. Silent .Men. Washington never made a speech. In the zenith of his fame he once at tempted it, failed, and gave it up con fused and abashed, la framing the constitution of the United States the labor was almost wholly performed in committee of the w bo!e, of which George Washington was the chair man; but he made two speeches dur ing the convention, of a very few words each. The convention, how ever, acknowledged the master spirit, and historians affirm that, had it not been for his personal popularity and the thirty words of Lis first speech pronouncing it the best that could be united upon, the constitution would have been rejected by tbe people. Thomas Jefferson never made a speech. He couldn't do it. Napo leon whose executive ability is al most without a parallel, said that his greatest difficulty was in Ending men or deeds rather than words. nen asked how he maintained his influ- cuce over his superiors ia age ana experience when commander-in-chief of an army iu Italy, Le said, by re serve. TLe greatness of man is not measured bv the length of his speech es and their number. licinniiip; ofthe Revolution. Dr. Franklin, writing to his friend Priestly on tae ICth of May, 1775, says with that easy banter which was one of his characteristics: "You will have heard, before this reaches you, of the march stolen by regulars into the country by night, and of their expedition back again. They retreated twenty miles in six hours." Tho successful raid, tbe s. nies or skirn.i'hes thu3 lightly alluded to, had a more serious significance in England. In a speech delivered at Concord in 1S30, Edward Everett said: "I often heard ia Eoglaudagea tlemaa of great literary eminence I wish it were proper to repeat his name say that when the news of the 10th of April arrived in England, his father, with a sorrowful countenance, announced it to his family assembled at prayers, lie then ordered a suit of full mourning. Somo one asked if Le had lost a frietd a relative? 'Yes,' was the answer; 'many frieuds, many relatives, many brethren, at one "blow, in Lexington and Concord in Amorica." Mr. Bancroft relates the same sto ry ia two parts, assigning the an nouncement at prayers to the father Rogers the poet, and the "suit of full mourning" and the "many brethren" to the Recorder of Loudon. New Advertisements. JOHN F. BLYMTEE, DEALER IN Hardware, Iron, Nails, Glass, Paints, OILS, 3cC, &C. The following 13 a partial list of goods ia Stock: Ctrpenter's Toots, Planes, Saws, Hatchets, Hammers, Chisels, Plane Iron? A Jzes, kc, Black smith's Goods, Bellows, Anvils, Vices, Files, Hammers, kc. Saddlery Hardware, Tab Trees, Gig Saddles, Hames, Buckles, Ilinga, Bit3 and Tools. Table Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, Scissors, Spoons and llazors, the largest stock ia Somerset County. Painter's Goods, a full stock. V.'hite Lead, Colored Paints for inside and outside painting, Paints in oil, all colors, Varnish, Turpentine, Flaxseed Oil, Erushcs, Japan Dryer, Walnut Stains, tc. Window Glass of all sizes and glass cut to any shape. The Lest Coal Oil always oa Land. Our stock of Coal Oil Lamps is large and comprises very elegant style?. Ditston's Circular, Muley and Cross Cut Saws. Mill Saw Files of thebest quailty. Porce!aia-!ined Kettles. Handles of ali kinds. SIIOVjEI, jFOI2I8, SlMDIj, I2AKEfi, Mattocks, Grub Hoes, Pick3, Scythes, Sneaths, Sledges, Mason Hummers, Cast Steel, Step Ladders, Carriaso and Tire Bolts of all sizes. Loocking Glasses, Wash Boards, Clothes Wringers, Meal Sieves, Door Mats, Baskets, Tubs, Woodea Buckets, Twine, Hope all sizes, Hay Pulleys, Butter Prints, Mop Sticks, Traps, Steelyards, Meat Cutters and Staffers, Traces, Cow Chains, Halter Chains, Shoe, Dust and Scrub Brushes, Horse Bru.-hes, Cur ry Combs aad Cards, Door Locks, Hinges, Screws, Latches and everything in the Builders' line. Caps, Lead, Shot, Powder and Safety Fuse, kc, kc, The fact is, I keep everything tbatbelonsrs to the Hardware trade. I deal exclusively in this kind of roods and sons who are building, or any one in need of anything in ray line, will find it to their advantage to give mo a call. I will always give a reasonable credit to responsible persons. I thank my old customers fur their patronage, and hope this season to make many new ones. Don't forget the place jNTo, 3, "BAER'S ULOCdv." April 8 '74. JOHN F. BLYMYIIB. U, FOLLANSBEE & CO. 1 Merchant Tailors , j j Ana Mn nufucturra of Gent's, Youth's and Boys, FashsIonaWe Going anS ttrasMi Goods. 121 Wood Street, corner Fifth Avenue, PITTSBURGH. Irl. KEYSTONE IMMMJ ROOMS, I 203 Liberty Street, Pittsburgh. I'a., ! TP. . SIMPS OX, Proprietor. MEALS AT ALL JIOUJ2S. S-TKANSIENT CUSTOM SOLICUSD. i sop 13 New Firm!; NEW GOODS! LOW PEICES! A-lIaving purchased the Interest of Jlcssrs C!. F. Eboads St Bro'a., la the grocery business, we ; re5iectfully announce to the public that vowill' continue the buincss at the old stand, ! ( .o. 2, Baer's IJIock. ) In addition to a full line of groceries (frth and of best qualities), GLASSWARE, QUEENS WA RE, FLOUR, GRAIN, & MILL FEED, ,Ve w,Ura!lkca fpT cr A T rn 7 S Carbon Oil, Land Plaster, CALCINED PLASTER, FREDERICK AND CLEVELAND WHITE LIME, Cumberland Lime, . . . . mi-ifM r a!wiivi un bnn-l. fiive us a call snd.l e c-ir.rir rd T) II IJ yJTjTT A Ti N ATP , that we iuieuU to uo business unil cauuot tc un'.i.r- ' V" SCIIELLS WILSON. We have a large warehouse and litnc hiu::o near tho Pcnot, n-J will furnish Country Merchants and Farmers storage room at rcasona! le r:ite. W.l ALTFATHER & Co. SOMERSET, PA. , Win.h.w nn.l Door llca.ls. FlpiaK Turrets. Chim . ney Caps, Ventilators. nn! all kinds ot talvam.. il"lr.in Ornamental Work. Tin iioollnir. SHiiit ! in, an.l ali kind of J A, Work iroii)))tij aUc:.d- ol to. . :3to. 153 JFecIer::! St., March H ISTi. IMPORTANT TO ALL.; Protection of yonr Family from poverty, anil in case of sudden death your estato troin bankrupt cy: or Id event of a Ion life competency !r yonr old aire, can lie secured If you now avail yoursi ll of the lecennlal Dividend plan furnished by the NEW JERSEY The only Company that can or do Issue thcaWove Kind or policies, the most liberal and fair In its provisions of any in tha world. Those who wish to avail themselves of Its many benefits can have the necessarv documents tornisn ed them to till out, and additional and liiijrant Information, by applying by letter or in person to F. E. GOODELL, MANAGER BRANCH OFFICE, I SS Fonrth Are., Pittsburg, Pa. j A responsible person Is wanted In this and ad (olnlnir counties to present the aboev filan of In surance to the public to whom a permanent and u5truble position will be given. Addre8 as above. Miicellaneous. cive mv whole atttention to it. Per-! C. & ( MkMl Have now ojicncil A Large ami Complete Assortment cf Goods for Fall and Winter Wear. Thoy have 2 cum; '.ete srtir.cRt ot And Pelt over Shoes, otmng, Boots nnd Shoes, HATS AND CAPS, GLOVES, cScO. Underclothing fur Men ana Women A lanre assortment ct i j Sy "T"W7" 1" -"-A --V --A QUEEPaSWARE, Carpets, Oil Cloths, c. X Urge rt'X-k of fine anl coarse A. L T ; Jly ihfk 2?arrei opJSsu-k ; Prices cs Low as Possib'p. !C. & O. HOLDERBAIDI, Somerset, Pa. ; Oct. so. NEW STORE! i SCHELIi &. WILSON win.l Inf-m t!ic!r , friend ami the paldic generally, that th?y hve 1 opened a norj at i a .A. Jl II 1 T T , i j on the line ofthe P. W. & K H. K.. an-1 now ufu-r 1 fur fiilca a General Stwk i t McrvhanJize, C'.n PRY GOODS, CLOTHING, j QUEKXSWAIIE, ' HARDWARE, HATS & CATS, ; ROOTS k SHOES. kc, kc, kc, All ct wrl-h will'be M elitap fcr CASK or ex . clwri'-Ted t"r procure. i WA VI 1 I I.uml'orof ell kin-i?, Koi.p i'li, Cross-Ties, Uark, Slaves, fcc, Also, Wind, l;ut : tor, Eb'sr-, MAPLE GXJC3--H, sin nf all klr.r. Furs. Shrcp-rcUi". an'I f- r wtiii h we will tav the lii'hct i riccs in Cash or Goods. SALT AND FISH. STEIESSOH & CAETWRIGHT, ; Manufacturers iT ! Galvanized Iron Cornices, .Allegheny city, pa. W'IKK & YOUNG, ; BUTCHERS AND DEALER, jlVfjoIexalc sand ISotnil, i IN ! I j FRESH MEATS, ALL KINDS, SI Cil AS i CF.KF, PO UK, MUTTON, VEAL, 'LA MI!, SACSAGF, PCDDIXa KOLOONA AND LARD, OUR 0WH RENDERIfiG. Market days, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur days. marlO'75 CI Mitrellancons, J. W. PATTON. CO. HURST. TKAAr FIRM. NEW GOODS. THE NEW FIRM CF 1 ri u. So. i, Liner's ISIoek, are n.w In r.w! t r a k of a Irj.nm! to the pre-e nt w.uu: u tn? I'urvt:t-.t wr h- intiioU.t ttn day : ri f ftneo thv k-' ini In ttu rirj ol Si:rl:-:ir:-l I mr-t !. tiry arc en.iMM to otfrr "ip(ri;il ni:uc"!;;'nt l Ir, wiirit l of e ?!- 'it-jwrii'i; 11 in ?ii'-h variety a -:iimt he f'ltinj nnywitt-rr rN? in t-wn. ir? tr i -i -f a x-n-enii a.--.. r:n:rTit. Iht-y .;!; ;-cc:.ii uL.-i.i"U to their Ure r- ititnt -!' CALICOES, EleseLed :-!! l"-:!:!e( ! . :I Mu.-Uns u in 1.; hams," .-'!!! P.'i'l Ni i, TICKIXf;, BOYS AND MENS' HEAVY PAXT STUFFS, in ()ii-u, Double and Irlh Jeans, Satinets, Dm:ss goods, i.i Plain and Cordad Alpaccas, Pop lins, Cashmeres, Frsnch r.'errinocs, &c, STATLi: A FANCY NOTION'S, HATS CAPS, EOCT3 &z SHOZS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS, l-IA-JDAV-AISIi: The: Carpeting anI Oil Cloths et.-T It ".L'!.t t t"Vfn. A l;ir- k cf '. - n w;rt. I t.-u-rinii.c 1 r- t up t-j liie tin;"- in h ni'-n:. an 1 pre w.j r-'-tK-ct hilly ?" ".t a caii :r'Ui U;v' i:i wan: jf iMi Dr. t. iiKow.v. s. ?: 'iivn vi:nt'i:, i .n' in f 'rii:: r i v :o t: i-urt"iii - t i'Uf V A r Y. 1 IS 1. AS KS. H;- r-M;rii. :ire fr-.mMi hy liiui-'i! ,V . ' i 'IU will fr s-'nt to A tlruifi.-t It-r iH'"ti' iii'. liaJiX !:-. 1 :i iar:;i' fWi-.Tu ii.T in n pr.i-'i r-c ( -v r v.ir., hi c:m in .-.ire ivii't" in . Iimv u;iys. TVriii. ;ui 1 cur' : . .iki. 1-I-ira?e tli.-'f-i. liv.T riMii"--'l:'t p lpi:iTi -n !' ( hr;irt. ftri'-Pir'.-. -iH'-.isi-i il lUv I'U'Hit an t ki-l-n'V-. ''!i'-rat ! tiiity tt! norT-n-t(c-' y ! 1 rM-i-iiv to hi-tr-' um- !: All h-rr.T O'-ni.i.niri a t.-. Cook & Beerits' FAMILY GROCERY Flour and Feed STORE. W w-iul l i:v -t rr t':tr'!l1; ar.n iir.- t friend a:l the pul.l U- ir'-nonlly. hi the lowri and vi'-udryiit S'-turit::, U,;,t v.e tmvj ojM.t.a vui:u our NlmvS: ro a 2LUX CROSS STREET, An I in a.: !. i a t o fu'.l line cf the let CojiftM-llosiCrie TVolioiH, Tobi-ri-os, C'isars, '., We ill er. Ir- 'V r. at a!I ti:;ii'?. t' "I'l'Ij" our vvt t a-. its w.U '... R i: S T q V A L l T Y O F FAMILY FLOUE, COnX-jlL'AL, OATS, SHELLED (JOHN, oa is d coux chop, El; AX, MIDDLINGS, iuvaI at ti.ti LOWEST POSSIBLE PEICES. CASH"0NLY. AIsi, a wvll jel.-ctcd .:t-v!t of y.-.z' :. jr-- ; r.cnrc. V.'u'Icnw.ire. L'ruv;.'? el &1 kinds, and STATIONETIY Which wo will sci! as cheap as the cheapen- P!cn?i cull. PT imini our ttwJ.f nt nil Uln !.J, at.d le s.iti.-acil iruia yuur own ju'lxea:. Ivn't r.-rsret where we stay n M A IX CF.'JSS Street, Somerset. P Oct. i i:-i. Ayer's Sarsauarilla 1.4 tviili'r knovrn as ono of the mot nlV.w.t,,-.! n.n,n.i;..a ill ever disi'Ovt riMl fur fk'ar.inr tin" svs- torn an' I ririi 1:1.; L the bloo.1. It'luM ol cr T.- iantly irrowinir n-p- atation. Lasi-il no m intrinsic virtue?, anI sustaim il hy in r' niarkuMe cure?. niiM as to Le safe an I beneficial to children, anil j et so searching as to eirectually pure out the great cor ruptions of the blood, such as the .-erofnluiw and syphilitic contamination. Impurities or diseases that have lurked in the system for years, soon yield to this powerful anti dote, and disappear. Hence in wonderful cures, many ot which are publicly known, of Scrofula, and all scrofulous diea.es, fleers, Irruptions and eruptive dis orders of the s-kin. Tumors, lilottlios, iSoils rimples. Pustules, Sores, St. Anthony's Tiro, ICose or lirysipo las Tetter, Salt KJieum, Scabl Head, Kinjrworiii. and internal Ul cerations of the Uterus, Stomach, ami Liver. It. also cures other com plaint?, to which it would not seem especi ally adapted, such as Iropsy, DysjM'p sia. Fits, Neuralffia, Heart IHsease. Female Weakness Debility, and Leueorrhoea, when they are uiauiitita tions of the scrofulous poiocs. It is an excellent restorer of health and sfrenh in the Spring. liy renewing the appetite and vigor of the digestive organs it dissipate the depression and listless lan guor of the season. Even where no disorder appears, people feel better, and live longer, for cleansing the blood. The system moves on with renewed vi'ror axd a new leise tt j life. PREPARED B T j Dr. J.C.AYER& C0.f Lowell, Mass., rmetical anil Analytical Chemist: SOLD ET ALL DUCGOISTS EVEBTTOEES da nnu( I (4 1 III fluno 1 XI 1 1 U11