IXanl lMf la tfil- A letter from Lord Sbafte?bery ia Ihe London Tun', draws fresh at tention to the recently iesuod report of the infc.cftnr of factories and to tbe v!uatle but painful information wli h it contains on the eul.ject of female labor in the Lilacs ounir, ;a niirl.horliood. The account vuia ii'- r liv Sub-Infncctor brewer, of tt,e of thioes prevailing in what i kiowa as the "Bail and chain dis- r . " is ii Fncciai iuu-ieii. iiviu b.)th the tail and v sin trades there ; are, lie raj. representations , mal acaitjf-t the labor tl woman, I Le-1 er a to tbe numlrs employed j clothes out there all right, and after il'e f-ze of the articles made. Tbe'a while we distributed tbem among or ilc m i 1111 . ,! women are faid to take tbe place 01 1 home 01 iue uauvee iu iue unKuW.- da. wLiie.hood. We tLoueht may be it would ibiuvii. u -v.. . iKn tmn ft TP 1 11 1 f & cnterinjr a ceil i-hop on tLe oukirts of a larjre maiiufacinrir.5 town, Mr. Drevier waf preeted with tbereu ark, "I tloupbt this was a free country!" and oa bis iaqnirin- what was tbe .n.-r ha waa met lv the question, v'oa chit this a free country, i - r.men are enmlorcd in fdich traK"-?" Mr. lirewer replied that he Lad a-'aia and apain discussed this cue-MOO with workmsmen arounu bim: and be adds, ' I am now eon tinualir a--ked whether I cannot do something to step women's labor, ef pccially in and around Halesowen, where 'bundredd' work (the manu facture of the larger class of naik rd Miikif-) is tbe order of the day. r,d in far Ctter for men's work than wdinenV.' TLe root of all evil ia the Black C'luatry cpjears to be drunkennef-p; no matter whether the drinker be a puddler, collier, chain or nail maker. Tbe outcry against the collier's and puddler's w i ves working is very great: cot perhaps to much from their in flux iDto the trade, but from the fact that thev work night and day, toil and slave; and for what? Not for the pr"we that straightforward mas ters would give, but for any price nnv knave ol'a master chooses to of fer. In the meantime the husband i luxuriating in some public house at bin ca.-e, atd "training his w hiffet f,r some future running on beefsteaks acathebe.-t cf good fare." ISor is i i i 1 - it 0'ilv in lliC nan nnu cua:n iraue that the practice of husbands l.ving on their wives' labor prevails. A young woman, addressing Mr. Trew tr, said, "I say, mister, I wish you would make my man do a little more work and me less. I married a swell, I did." To tbe iii'iuiry what she i.ieant by a swell, the reply was, 'why when I married Li in in the m niiu? he Lad a smart gold watch and chain, and a smart dickey, but when we come to go to bed at night I'm Wesed if he had e'rashirton, cud ever since I 'a had to keep him by working in the brickyard, and not only kept him but Bad him money to drink " And it is. it seems, a grow iDc custom fur idle lazr vounjr lads to look out for skilled, "industrious wives in order to obtain an "easy- bfe." To a uuestion addressed bv Mr. Brewer to some "intelligent and well meanieir chain makers" the answer wastlmt one of the evils arising from female labor is the number of hours women are allowed to work bein so niHiiV in excess of a great deal of male labor. "We would sugger-t thut all females commence work not earlier than 8 a. m . and not work later than 7 p. m. We would sug gest that every occupier or owner of a chain tibop should be served with a copy of the rules, t. e. tbe rules of tbe trade, which it should be compulso ry by law to have hung up in the sh ip," and that the factory act holi days be applied to chain shops." The sanitarr condition of the shops in often bad. Women work often in an advanced state of pre? nacv, and a shocking story is told of a roune girl at work in a brick vard 4 looking exceedingly ill," and who, to a remark cf the mana ger "that the did not look up mucb this morning," replied: "No more would Tou if rou had had a child during the night." There seems something remarka ble in tbe way nature ofien turns out crops for us, without our having any idea at ail as a geuerai xning what she is about. There seems, for instance, to be ne doubt of a tremen dous corn crop in tbe west, yet no one up to a few weeks ago bad the least idea that such abundance was in store for us. It was growing all summer under our eves. We had no idea that anything more than usual was favoring us. Bu- this is tbe end In this part of the world, and very common wherever German ideas of farming prevails, pumpkins arc planted with coru. It is said to be y some writers a bad practice, as running the ground too hard ; for, it is argued, how can the ground sup port two crops at the same time, corn and pumpkins 7 But cither the pump kin doeB not feed on tbe same ele ments the corn requi es, or it ge-a lit tle of its nourishment from tbe soil, drawing in perhaps some from the atmospbere. At any rate it is found hj experience that there is no dimia u.ion in the crop of corn that can be be raised, though a good crop of pumpkins be taken off at the same time. It is not an impartant crop. The pumpkins are simply fed to cows aud hogs, tbe cows in particular en joying them. Still they are useful aids, and it is always agreeable to our farmers to have a good crop of them. Some seasons they bear but little, and we have known scarcely a cartload to be gathered from several acres ot ground. Now that the corn is cut it is interesting to note this year how extremely abundant they are. They certainly never were thicker on the ground. The same circumstances that favor corn are evidently as good for the pumpkin crop. We Dever knew exactly what the phrase "some pumpkins" tnent, or how it originated ; but if in exclama tion after the corn was cut at the tre mendous crop exhibited, such a phrase would corredtly describe the present condition of things. There are certainly "some pumpkins" now. Gcrmankmn Telegraph. Tko Flltw rol- I Lave traveled much and have carefully observed many peoples, and ueyond all comparison the Norwegi ana are the politcBt people I have met. lnere is a heart and soul about their politeness, without rigid formality or affected frigidity, which I have nowhere else seen, if polite ness in French society is more elabo rate, it is more formal, wbile in Nor way they make you feel that every, thing they have "is quite at your ser vice, aad that they are ready to go to any trouble to oblige yon, without sajing.the least word to that effect. If they promise nothing and profess nothing, they perform, every thing. AfypleiorCt Journal. Abont a jear ajro tbe ladies of tbe Dorcas Societr at onr church made up a large quantity or win, infers 1 l. 1 . A i nr, n o till ! 1 pent tbcm to a missionary etstion on tbe west coast of Africa. A man named Ilidlej went out with tbe ' boxes, and fitayed in Africa aeTeral moniLe. When he returned, tbe Dor- cas Society, r course was anxious to hear how its donation was receiv- B, members and toid item aoont it in a little fjieecu jic saiu; . "c.l, jto know, we got the . .v :.vu. - i ... ;, nd not a native came to church with thop clothes on. 1 went out on an exploring expedition to God out about it. It beetne that on tbe first day af ter tbe goods were distributed, one of the chiefs attempted to mount a fh:rt. lie did nt exactly understand it, and he poshed his legs through the arms and gathered tbe ta;l up arouud his waist. lie rould'nt make it stay up, however, and they aay be went round inquiring in his native tong what kind of an idiot it was that constructed a garment that would'nt bang on, and swearing some of the most awful heathen oaths. At last he let it drag, and that night he got his legs tangled in it somehow, and fell over a precipice and was killed. "Another chief who got one on properlv went paddling around in ithe dark, and the people, imagining that he was a ghost, sacrificed four babies to the idol to keep off the evil spirit. "And then, you know, those trou sers you seat autf Well, they fitted one pair oa tbe idol, and then they stuffed most of the vests w ith leaves and set them up as a kind of Dew fangled idols, and began to worship them. They say that the services were very impressive, some of tbe women split a few pairs in half, and after sewing up the legs used them to j carry yams in. auu i eaw oue cuici ' Willi a nrtinrir Inrr fin littf A3 " " kind of helmet. "1 thiuk, though the socks were most popular. . All the fighting men went fur then the Crst thing. They filled them with sand and used them as boomerangs and war clubs. I learned that they were so mucb pleased with the efficiency of those socks that they made a raid on a neighboring tribe on purpose to try them, and they say that thev knock ed about eighty women and children on the head before they came home. They atked if 1 would'nt speak to you and get you to send out a few barrels more, and to make them a lit tle stronger so 'a they'd last longer, and I said 1 would. "This society's doing a Dower of good to those Lealben, and I've no doubt if you keep right along with the work you will inaugurate a gen eral war all over the continent of Africa, and give everybody an idol of his own. All they want is enough socks and pauts. I'll take them when I go out again. Then tbe Dorcas passed a resolu tion declaring that it would, perhaps, be better to let the heathen go naked and give the clothes to tbe poor at borne, and I think myself that it is preferable. Max Adder. rrrtlllspra Ivr rail Bowing. The AmericJii Agriculturist says: "In tbe fall we ueed an active fertil izer, one that will push forward the young plants and enable them to be come well established before winter. Phosphates are not generally requir ed by a young plant, it is only when tbe seed is to be formed that the plant needs to store up this material. If superphosphates aro applied iu tbe fall upon the soil containing lime, tbe excess of soluble phosphoric acid combines with the lime and makes an insoluble (or slowly soluble) phos phate which has no appreciable ef- icct upon the crop. It is for this rea son, and not any fault or defect of the fertilizer, that it so often Beems to be useless. Guano, on tbe con trary, is immediately active, and much more suitable for fall uae than any other artificial manure. Super phosphate of lime should be applied in tbe spring:, which is tbe season it will be the most useful to tbe plant. The Woadrrfal Kufcfa of Kentucky While out hunting recently, Mr llicbord Ives discovered a large cave in the side of a bill under a rock, and while opposite heard tbe squeal ing of pigs inside, lie stepped close to tbe moulb of the cave to invest! gate it, and, to his horror, saw pro truding the head of a large rattle- wiiake, with a pig in its mouth. Tbe pig was about four months old, and weigned about seventy-five pounds. Je summoned a numbcrof his neigh burs, with guns and pitchforks, who built a large fire in tbe mouth of the cave, in order to drive the snakes out. In about an hoar they commenced pouring out over the burning coals. As tbey approached in eight the par tics fired upon them from the top of the cliff, fhey continued to pour out until the surrounding woods for twenty yards square was literally covered with dead and live snakes. Tbey killed 310, but many made their escape. The largest one killed a male was ten feet loug, and measured around the body one and a half feet. The next largest, a female, was seven feet long and measured one foot around tbe body. Tbe larg est snakes have been preserved in al cohol, and will be on t.xhibition at our fair, free of charge. Tbe snake referred to had lie rattles. Tbe cave was literally filled with heads of sheep, pigs, etc., which had been captured from the surrounding coun try. lord f Southern A telil. T the Bey a. We copy from tbe Lewistown Journal the following specimens of juvenile success in business: "There is a grammar school boy in this city who fans made and saved $150 tbe past year in selling fruit, confectionery, etc., on the street at odd hours. It is now vacation with l It 1 nim ana ne is clearing lis fl.o a day selling fruit and lemonade on the street. 1 here is a lad who for five or six years has been selling fruit. etc., on the Maine Central Railroad, whose pluck and business tact are quite remarkable. His only anxiety now is least he maw grow to tall and grow old to fast, e that he can't keep oa in the old business. lie is now perhaps seventeen rears of age, and owns several smal houses and other bnildings in Bath, and is said to be worth f 7,000 or f 8,000. The foun dation of fortune is laii in the habits of industry. The only thinir children ran't kp partiality in it who gets the biggest end of the bootiick whpn th H lady gets mad. SpMn at War. The garden Fpider (Eperia dia demo) is evidently raided to ber mor, b h fc . ht. - The fjidt- ( tooth bow xqoiitelT fine! Feclr at etch UitcaJ, mi Uvr aloog the Uar. I nliks the common house spider which rushes fctraight at her prey, and drags it at once in her mouth in to her den to be killed and eaten in tbe darkness, the geometric spider, even if a fly be caught near her hid ing place, runs first to the centre to discover the whereabooU of Ler prey. Unlike the house spider, too, ! sbe kills tbe 11 y on tbe web where u is caught; the rapid death of tbe victim, showing the virulence of the spider's poison, which ii distilled in to tbe wound through hollow fangs like those of a serpent. If tbe fly be a small one say a midge and lies perfectly still when caught, the spi der will feel all the strands in tbe center round and round, two or three times before finding on which part of the net the little titbit lies. When a wasp is caught, if the spider cannot see her way to a safe position below, she will either weave her enemy in a stronger mesh, and wait till the wasp ia almost dead by exhaustion, or, if her network be in danger of being 11 broken np by Each a strong intru der, sbe will cut tbe threads that hold it, and let ber dangerous cus tomer go. There ia a little black fly, shaped like an ant, but smaller, often caught in one of these circular nets, which frequently escapes by wrig- elinjr itself c.ear. Whether it is fur nished with some sharp weapon of defense, or has the power some bee tles are well known to possess of emitting a pungent essence against its enemies, would be difficult to de termine; but tbe spider soon beats a retreat when she finds she has caught a Tartar, and either allows it to wriggle itself free, or waits at a con venient distance until the fly is com pletely exhausted by its Etruggles. Unless the fly killed on the open web be a very small one, the garden spi der does not carry her prey to her den in ber mouth, but wraps it up in a bundle in a kind of sling, and runs to her lair with her victim hanging down behind her cleverly prevent in? the loosely hung bundle from get ting entantrlcd on tbe way. Pepos- itine- the booty at the entrance of her .unnel-sbaped home, sbe quietly enjoys her meal, sucks the body dry, usually removing all traces of her recent slaughter. When another" spider appears upon tbe scene, how ever, her demeanor is very different. Gathering as many strands of her web as possible in her saw like claws, which, when magnified, look propor tionately much mere formidable than those of a lion she gives them a vi olent shake, when the intruder gen erally "cuts" and runs. If ibe inva der declines to move on wben thns warned, but shows fight instead, it is curious to roars tne cautious way they approach each other, evidently conscious tbe encounter means death to one or both. Spreading out their legs on each side, as if to guard against a side attack, and reaching as far as possible with their forelegs. they open wide their jaws and look very formidable indeed, each present ing to the other a "horrid front" It is a duel in which tbe one that can plant the first blow conquers. Once let the fangs of the one be planted n the other's body, and tbe one seiz ed will curl itself up and quietly yield to an inevitable doom. Lt is a question if, in their personal encoun ters wun each other, these cunning creatures do not Ceht with a full knowledge of how to use the poison ed weapons independently of their fangs. hen approaching one an otoer for that final grip both seem to dread, they will stop, and place in their mouths first one and then tbe other claw of the long forelegs, with which it is part of their strategy to overreach each other. For what purpose? Is it to dip the claws in their poison bags or glands, knowing that a single scratch inflicted on tbe body of an adversary by a poison tipped weapon will eventually prove fatal: Chamber s Journal. The Kapaelaaa Coper. In the story of Napoleon's life we are told that shortly after tbe birth of 'he King of Home, the Emperor planned tbe erection of a palace for bim on tbe banks of tbe Seine, near ly opposite tbe bridge of Jena. Tbe government accordingly set about se curing the necessary ground, and Dually succeeded in purchasing all but one small bit of land upon which stood the hut and workshop of a poor cooper. This piece of property the commissioners estimated to be worth at the very highest, $200; but the owner, mulish and grasping, having ascertained that possession of his but was absolutely essential to tbe proposed plan, demanded $2,000. The exorbitant demand w as reported to tbe Lmperor. "It is exorbitant indeed," be re plied. "But the poor man is to be turned out from bis old borne. Give it to him." The man finding his demand so promptly acceded to, immediately declared, that, upon further reflec tion, he could not afford to sell for less than $6,000. All expostulations were in vain. the -architect was at a standstill He was afraid to annoy the Emperor again with the matter, and yet be could not proceed with his plans. apo!eon was Dually informed of tbe state of affairs. "This fellow trifles with us," he said; "but there is no help for it We must pay the money." I he cooper, now grown utterly ra pacions, increased his demand to $10,000. Tbe Emperor, when in formed of it, said indignantly: "Ibe man is a wretch. 1 will not purchase his hovel It shall remain where it is, a monument of my re spect for the laws." The plans were changed, and the work was in progress wben Napo leon was overthrown. The poor cooper, wben he found tbe golden opportunity gone from him forever, bitterly lamented his folly, and his sad repinings soon wore his life away. "IDva'tTakt Aajr." Many persons who attend tbe open ing of every mail at the Postoffice as regularly as tbey go to tbeir meals will say opon receiving no letters, "You needn t look among the papers, I don't take any." We always pitv such persons and their families. A family without any salt, decidedly flat Just imagine a family without a newspaper of any kind ! What will be men amount to as citizens, to say nothing of their entertaining quali ties, and what sort of wives will the girls make? If tbe fathers who take no papers hare no ambition them selves, they should be heartily asham ed oa account of the wrong tbey are doing their sons and daughters. We should say to them, take some paper, And the local one io preference to any other. i Tka iJtpps. A writer thus speaks of the Lapps who inhabit Northern Fiamark: There are distinctions of rank among them, arising largely from considerations of wealth. Their wealth consists almost exclusively of reindeer, which are bought and sold, inherited and given as marriage por tions. Some of the most wealthy have many thousand reindeer, and have hired servants to tend tbem. But their aristocracy is of the primi t!r kind and does not depart from the simple habits and modes of life of their ancestors, the ncn man lives in tbe same smoky and filthy hut a3 tbe poor, only it is larger be cause it must be so to accommodate his larger family ; for bis servants or herders are etrictly members of bis family and live on an apparent equal ity with himself. Tbe" great kettle is hung over tbe fire in tbe middle of ih hnt and filled with the flesh of tbe reindeer, and when it is boiled ail go np and help themselves alike with finmm or sticks, or with forks and spoons made of tbe bones or antlers of the deer, or their sheath kaives, which alwavs ban? at tbe hip of young and old. All sleep together in the hut, on the pallets of deer skins, wherever they can find room. Tbe most wealthy as well as the nnnrpFtdres in the deerskin trousers and coat, which comes nearly to tbe knees, and are girdleo Dy a oroaa belt around the waist These skins are tanned and made nto garments in each household. All that I saw were tanned with tbe hair on and were made up with the hair on the inside. Their shoes are a kind of moccasin, made f-om the skin taken from the legs of the deer where the bair is abort and firm, and much more durable than from other parts of the deer. Tbey are constructed with tbe hair outward. They come up around the ankles, have a soam under the hollow of tbe foot, forward of which tbe hairs have a backward set, and behind which the hairs have a forward set, which prevents slip ping. They differ from tbe Indian moccasin in having a regular sole, which, however is but one thickness of the skin. The Lapps wear tbem considerably larger than tbe feet, so that tbey can wrap their feet in a good coating of dried grass, which ia n!rd in most of them. ? Nearly all the Lapps wear caps of uniform style, mostly made of cloth, so far as I saw, but some of skins. They con sist of d heavy broad band around the forehead, surmounted with a large, square crown, with sharp points or angles, to some of which small tassels were attached. Am Eqnlae Setter. A Yankee who was travelling through Kentucky had a fine horse, and no money. lie had taught the animal to lie down or sit on bis haunches wben the bridle was pulled pretty hard. Our traveler saw na otbe- way of replenishing hs purse but by selling bis horse, and this be resolved to do at the first opportuni ty. As he was going very- slowly along, he saw a hunter at some dis tance from the road, whom he rode up to and accosted. In tbe course ot the conversation he told the latter he bad a valuable horse to sell a borse that would act precisely like a setter when be was in tbe vicinity of game. Casting his eyes around, at tbe same time discovering some fresh rabbit tracks, be gave tbe bridle a jerk. Tbe docile quadruped immedi ately laid down. "There are some rabbits here," said the rider ; "I know it by his ears." Tbe Kentuckian curious to test tbe reputed sagacity of the horse search ed around and sure enough, started three or four rabbits. He was great ly surprised, but tbe Yankee took tbe affair as a matter of course. To make a long story short, the won derful horse changed hands ou the spot, $300 being tbe consideration. Llis new owner mounted bim, and with characteristic hospitality the 1 ankce agreed to accompany him borne. They soon came to a stream which tbey bad to cross, and which was rather deep for horsemen Judge of the Kentuckian's dismay wben on pulling tbe bridle in tbe middle of tbe river, the steed sub sided in the running waters as if he were a hippopotamus "How is thisr" be roared out, nothing but bis bead visible. The Yankee, who' was mounted on the hunter's horse, was not dis concerted ia the least, but replied cooly : un, l lorgot to tell you, be is as good for fish as he is for rabbits." Once a Week. Tbe Habit r Bending;. The following, from Scribner's Monthly, contains some very suggest ive thoughts: "I have no time to read," is the common complaint, and especially of women whoso occupations are such as to prevent continuous book peru- . , 1 rr-1 . . .,. sul iucj Beem to tnioK oecause mey can not devote as mucb atten tion to hooks as tbey are compelled to aevote to tneir avocation, that toey can not read anttbing. But this is it great mistake. It isn't the books we finish at a sitting which always do us the most good. Those we devour in the odd moments, half a dozen pages ai a nme, oiten give ns more satisfaction, and are more thoroughly digested tnan tnose we make a par ticular effort to read. The mea who have made their mark ia the world have generally been tbe mea who have in boyhood formed the habit of reading at every available moment. whether for five mtm ites or f va hours It is tbe habit ot reading rather than the time at our command that helps us on the road to learning. -iany oi toe cultivated persons, wuubc names nave oeen lamous as students, have given only two or three hours a day to tbeir books. ii we maae use oi spare minutes in l iL. rj.. i . iue miusi oi our wors, ana read a little, if but a page or a paragraph, we shall find our brain quickened and our toil lightened by just so mucb in creased satisfaction as tbe book gives us. Aouiug oeips us aiong tne mo notonous daily round so much as fresh and striking thoughts, to be considered while our hands are b.isy. A new idea from a volume is like oil which reduces tbe friction of the m chinery of life. What we remember from brief glimpses into books, often serves as a stimulus to action, and becomes one of tbe most precious de posits in tbe treasury of our recollec tion. All knowledge is made up of small parts, which would seem insig nificant in themselves, but which, tak en together, are very valuable wea pons for tbe mind and substantial ar mor for tbe soul. "Read anything continuously ,n says ' Dr. Johnson, "and you will oe learned." The odd minutes which we are inclined to waste, if carefully availed of. will. in the long ran, make golden hours and golden days that we shall ever be thankful for. SIw People Travel. The Philadelphia Trade Journal is now publishing, week by week, a translation of Guycr's book on hotels. We clip the following from tnis novel and interesting work: Tbe varuty in the manners ana cus toms of particular nations likewtse forces itself upon our consideration. Tbe Knglishmaa takes bis regular manner of living with him every where, from which he deviates only under the most pressing necessity. For him a real enjoyment is scarcely possible, unless ho can have his ap petite appeased iu the English style, and can enjoy a com'ort correspond ing to his position, means and habits. His interest in nature, in tbe country, and in whatever it contains that is worth seeing, is generally of secon dary importance. Tbe German, on the contrary, will first of all be true to the purpose of his jaurney. If possible, be will see everything. He is a rest-ess spirit, who, from sheer irresolution and much questioning, faili to attain any real enjoyment The South German, the Austrian and tbe Hungarian are rather more agreeable and less sprightly. Not nnlike tbe Englishman is tbe Hollander, whose patronage is highly prized by the hotel keeper, especially on account of his fidelity and attach ment. To be sure, tbe Hollander is ratber harder to please than the Eng lishman, iu respect to bis lodging, principally on account of bis aversion to going up stairs. The frenchman, ia bis sovereign contempt for all geographical knowl edge, mixes up states, mountains, seas and rivers in gay confusion, lie sei dom knows where he is. and never where he is going, yet he has good humor withal, and looks out princi pally for good, that is, gay society He gets into all poasioie eniDarrass meats. but generally knows how to extricate himself with a joke, while it affords himself exquisite amuse ment When an American goes oa a jour- nev, a lead pencil is me principal ob ject among his effects. Without his lead pencil be is no American. Jjy him, all circumstances are calculated aud expressed in numbers. He takes an interest ia everything, and asks many and often very appropriate questions, even wnen be is aireaay tnorougbly informed on a subject ; and he generally follows the contra ry of the advice be receives, which he believes he owea to bis own cun ning; whereby he often 6hows him self to be lacking in considerable sense with other people. Theprincipa meal of the American is breakfast, which forms: his only care. The Yankee also frequently inquires about his departure before be has fair ly arrived. The Italian, on a journey, 13 gen erally remarkably quiet, and withal cheerful, even if he is not excitable like the Frenchman, whom be resem bles mucb less than one might think. Tbe Italian also receives instruction mo.-e readily than the Frenchman, since he is not so greatly prejudiced in bis own favor. On tbe one band, both tbe Italian and the Frenchmau frequently lack all appreciation of tbe be tuties of human nature. The Russians, for tbe most part travel together in largo family par ties, and seldom rapidly : tbey spend either very freely or very moderately. While therefore, tbe Kussian fami lies of the first class are popular among hotel keepers, and tbeir polite behavior and the beautiful tone in their families is interesting, jet there are a great many Russians of the second class, who, owing to their pe coliar ideas of order and cleanliness, are tbe terror of tbe landlord, though they are the delight of the paper- hanger and the cabinet-maker. Happy Hanbaads. . It is a man's own fault if he is un happy with his wife, in nine cases out of ten. It is a very exceptional wo man, who will not be all she can be to an attentive husband, and more exceptional one who will not be 'very disagreeable if sbe finds herseit ne glected. It would be very easy to bate a man, who, having bound a woman to him, made no effort to make her happy; hard not to love ot who was constant and tender, and when a woman loves she always strives to please. The great men of this world have oftea beea wretched ia their domes tic relations, wbilo mean and com mon men have been exceedingly hap py. Tbe reason is very plain. Ab sorbed in themselves, those who de s're tbe world's epplau.1 e were careless ..... . t t i ol tbe little worm at borne ; wnue those wb1) had none of this egotism strove to keep the hearts that were their own, and were happy in tbeir tenderness. No woman will love a man the better for his being renowned or prominent. Thongh be be first among xen sbe will only be prooder, not fonder, and if she loses him though his renown, as is often the case, she will not of ten be proud. But give her love, appreciation, kindness, and there is no sacrifice she would not make for his comfort Tbe man who loves her is a hero and her king. No less a hero to her, though he is not one to any other; no less a king, though bis only kingdom is in ber heart and home. Pardon ml Jotaa Paraoaa. One of ex-Governor Dix's official acts near the close of his administra tion was the pardon of Jobn Par sons, who had served twenty-three years of a life sentence. His crime was tbe unintentional killing of a man in a street fight in New York city. In Sing Sing be became, through good behavior, a favorite with the keepers, and was often sent to the village on errands, but by his few friends and relatives out in the world he was soon forgotten. He lost, with tbe knowledge of their dis regard, all desire for freedom, grew to regard the prison without regret as hU permanent home, and opposed frequent offers of endeavord to s cure for bim a pardon. Several years ago be was allowed to visit New York alone, and while in Niblo's Theatre was seen by a keeper, who, supposing that he bad escaped, band- cuffed him and took him back to Sing bing in spite or bis explanation. I bat was bis last absence from tbe prison, for when the pardon from Governor Dix was received he wept, declaring that if sent away he would commit some crime that would in sure his return, and prevailed upon the warden to allow bim to stay. A few days ago he died in his cell. An old lady in Detroit, hearing that Amer can Girl was dead, re marked: "I've alius said that this tight lacing would lay 'em out some day." "You'll build the fires or I'll Jbe a widow,'' is the way the Fat Contribu tor's wife talks. eereta mt the Snail. It seemes a strange, bnt neverthe less it is a true fact that there are many young ladies who earn their livelihood by acting or posing as live lay figures for tbe art of academies. At first glance is-seems dreadfully shocking and vulgar that ladies should appear before a party of young men perfectly nude. It is a queer mode of making money, out were it not for these ladies, tbere would not be any of the fine figures which are christened Dianas and Yenuses, but are only such so far as the shape and comeliness of form) of the subject goes. Io conversation with a prominent member ot tbe Pennsylvania Acade my of Fine Arts, a reporter of the Sunday J'ress learned most strange things concerning the world of art. He said that it was extremely dim- cult to obtain young ladies who would adopt this business, and only upon tbe most sacred promises that tbeir individuality would not be re vealed do they consent to take tbe position. "Indeed," said the gentleman "this rule is so well enforced that tbere was one lady who appeared be fore our class at the old academy for four years before I came to ' know who she was." These nude live figures only ap pear before the Life Class of the Academy for sketching. . Formerly they came before the gentlemen alone, but ia tbe new building both ladies and gentlemen will study together. No one except the members of the class are admitted to the room where they are studying from a figure, and only the best artists are taken into a membership in this mysterious body. Tbe method of study pursued ia some thing like the following : 1 he lady proceeds to a room adjoining the class room, esncciallv adapted for her. At a given signal she appears before the assembled guests upon a platform, masked and shrouded in drapery. She is then placed ic the proper positioa required for the study, and sooa the deft handlers of the brufch proceed to depict her form. Sbe is never allow to be spoken to by any of the members of the class, and should any of the bold ones break this rule they are immediately and forever expelled. Indeed tbe whole proceeding so soon assumes an air of business that tbe artists, according to their own statements, forget that the lady who is exposing her charms to their gaze iaSilive.-rhiladelpJria Sunday Press. Virginia City. Persons residing on this side of the Rocky Mountains who have an in definite idea that Virginia City, Ne vada, is a mining towa somewhere out in the far west, have but little conception of the wholesale destruc tion caused by the conflagration which swept away nearly tbe whole of that place. lrgima City is situated on the eastern slope of tbe Sierra Nevada range, twenty-five miles from the Cal ifornia line, and in distant a day's journey from ban irancisco. It de pends for us existence upon the Corn- stock silver lode. The town is built directly over the mines, and the earth below has been bonev-combed by mining shafts, drifts, chambers and tunnels to tbe depth of over two thousand feet The superincumbent eartb is supported upon tiers of mi mense timbers. The mines on the Comstock lode were discovered in 1S59, since which tbey have yielded a little over $200,. uuu.uuu in silver bullion. About a year ago the Consolidated Virginia and California mines, in their devel opments, encountered the richest ore body ever found in America. They have made cross cuts through it un til $200,000,000 of ore is in sight, and its extent has not yet been deter mined. It lays between 1,400 and 1,000 feet below tbe surface. This discovery gave tbe already pros perous town an extnordinary stmu lus. Hiatarleal. Early in the "eighteenth century some Jewish speculators ouered to pay $4,000,000 for tbe privilege of searching the bottom of the 1 iber, with the intention of reclaimingsome of tbe treasures supposed to be lo.-i and buried tbere. Lately the Ital ian Parliament has approved of tbi- project as presented to them by tbe great Italian patriot, Garibaldi. T bit- will be done by turning tbe river from its course a mile above and be low Rome, by way of an artificial channel. Tbe work will be looked forward to with a great deal of in (erest, as many things of interest will be brought to view from the depths where tbey have laid so long, and the enterprise, no doubt, . will mure than repay the expense incur red. Not only much wealth of later centuries lies here concealed, but from tbe time of Romulus, before we commenced to reckon our centuries. until tbe present, has this river been made tbe receptacle for wealth for gotten and untold. Ifaadcra mf CbemlKlry. The tomato vine, which furnishes food so palatable to almost every one, belongs to the same family of plant as tbe deadly nightshade which at tains such a rank growth ia the edge of swamps and by the shady road side, and which all children are edu cated so cautiously to sbua. Aquafortis and tbe air we breathe are made of the same materials. Linen, sugar, and spirits of wine are so much alike ia tbeir chemical composition that aa old shirt cao be converted into its own weight in sugar and the sugar into spirits of wine. Wine is made of two substances, one of which is tbe cause of almost all combustion, and the other will burn with more rapidity than any thing else in nature. The famous Peruvian bark, so much used to strengthen weak stomachs, and the poisonous principle of opium, are found to be composed of the same materials. Am lmcu ml Umlm. Rain is caught and measured in such a way as to give what would have been tbe actual depth of water on the surface if it had not soaked in or run off. An inch of rain is of more consequence than would be gen erally suppose. On an acre of ground it amounts to 6,372,640 cubic inches Thia gives 22,622.5 gallons of water, which would fill a cistern capable of holding 3G0 hogsheads. Reducing it to weight, it would amount to over 112 tons. A trough 121 feet long, 10 feet high, and 2 feet wide, inside measurement, wouid just contain an inch of rain from an acre of ground. Art old ladr in Detroit Konrino- that American Girl was dead, re marked : "I've alius said that this tight lacin? would lav Vm nm or,, ,j V J " mivmAmv day." Sew Advertisements. ""JOHN F. BLYMYER, DEALER IN Hardware, Iron, Nails, Glass, Paints, OILS, Iho following is a partial list of goods in Stock : C irpenter'a Tools, Planes, Saws, Hatchets, Hammers, Chisels, I'iane Iron?- dzes, &c, Black smith's Goods, Bellows, Anvils, Yices, Files, Hammers, Ac. add-ery Hardware, Tab Trees, Gig Saddles, Hames, Buckles, Rings, Cits and Tools. Table Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, Scissors, Spoons and Razors the largest stock in Somerset County. Painter's Goods, a full stock. V bite Lead Colored Paints for inside and outside painting, Taints in oil, all coiors, Flaxseed Oil. Brushes. Japan Dryer, Walnut Stains, x-f VinW Glass of all sizes and Oil alwavs on hand. Our stock of Coal Oil Lamps is large and comprises very elegant stvle?. Ditston's Circular.fMu'.ey and Cross Cut Saws. Mill Saw Files of thebest quailty. Porcelain-lined Kettles. Handles of all kinds. SIIOVKr, SiAlES, KAKES, Mattocks, Grub noes, Picks, Scythes, Sncatbs, Sledges, Mason Hammer.-, Past Steel Step Ladders, Carriage and Tire Bolts of all sizes. Loooking . mr CT II... 1. sses. Wash Boards, tlotnes i ringers, jueai aitves, loor.Mnis, ias.ci..-, is Wooden Buckets, Twiue, Rope all sizes, Hay Pulleys, Enter Prints, Mop Sticks, -Traps, Steelyards, Meat Cutters and gutters, 'traces, tow Chains, Halter Chains, Shoe, Dust and Scrub Brushes, Horse Brushes, Cur ry Combs and Cards, Door Locks, Hinges, Screws, Latches and everything in the Builders' line. Caps, Lead, Shot, Powder and Safety Fuse, Ac, &c, Tbe fact is, I keep everything that belongs to the Hardware trade. I deal exclusively in this kind of goods and give my whole atttention to it. Per sons who are building, or any one in need of anything in my line, will find it to their advantage to give me a can. i win always give a reasonable credit to responsible persons. I thank my old customers for their patronage, and hope this season to make many new ones. Don't forget the place N"o, 3, "BAER'S BLOCK." U. JOHN F. BLYMYER. April 8 1875. New Autumn Styles. X.A.RG EST STOCK IX TUE DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS IX OUR Dress Goods Department. FCLL LIXE OF ALL THE LEADIXU BRANDS OF DOMESTIC Shawls, Skins, Hosiery, Gloves, and Smail Wear. HOTTOJI PRICES CJUAIIAXTKED. Sule AentJ Tor tlic Celehrateil Fnllerton" Freejrt Flannels, New IJ.-Km Flannels, Blanket., n t lam. Slercliauts arc Invited to call and ciuiniue our St'iek anl Price?. Wholesale stp22 ARBUTHNOT E. TIEGLE, MEBCHA1TT TAILOR, No. 53 Smitlilield Street, Pittsburgh. Jatrroeivediull stock of CLOTHS, CASS1MEKKS. an-1 VESTIN'.W, f-r Fall anl Winter wear. LOWEST PRICES. j-Al wcrk anl Fits itaantntewl to give perfect BOOTS -AIT WHOLESALE HOUSE GILL &o BRO No. LIBERTY STKKET. T Five doors Trcm head of Wood aireet, 1 TSiJLllGLL, PA. We are daily receiving gooda, and have now one of the largest Fall Sto?fcs of BOOTS, SHOES a RUBBERS in the market, wMeh will be ould at BOTTOM PRICES. Would call ideotal attention of tbe Trade to our Fort Pitt. Buffalo, and Y.rir Cslf ami Kip Hand-matte YoU. Also. WOM EN'S. M ISSKS-. and L'HlLUKEX'SCtSTUil CALF BOOIS. Jic Miner Shoe'. RL'HBEROtMJDS at Factory Rates. N. B. Orders promptly attended to. Eastern Bill Duplicated. sep CONSUMPTION CURED AT LAST! THE TRUE REMEDY FOUND. PROF. mi. GUENTIIEirS GREAT LUNG HEALER IS A KfRK REXKRT FOR CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, OF CI1KST, AND ALL VISEASES OF THE PUI.UOSAR Y ORG Ay '. If your drugzist docs not keep lt, send to "m. Gnonthor V" Co.. V I Hamonrl Street. PITTSBtTBGH, i- AXOT1IER CASE OF CON'SCMPTIOJf CURED. PlTTSBriMiH. S-MiiemlKT 13. 1874. PROF. WM. Ot'ENTHER Deab Sir: It is with mreat pleasure-that 1 hasten tncmiimtulatc you on your successlnl treatment of my daughter. After sutlerinr t"r upwards of one year. Y"U have demonsi rated tome hr Tour skill that consumption can 1 cured. Hcplmc that you may I the instru meut. throueh Divine" Providence, of re.trlmr many more to health, I return to you our sincere an! bearttelt thanks, and may Uod Speed yon in your ood work. Vonrs,refpec fuIlv. S HOrOETTS Proprietor of Baltimore Hotel, 16 and i5H Water Street. PiTTSBt' Ron. January 2!. IS7.". PROF. WM. QV EN TH ER Sir: Iiurinir the present winter, while holdinz a scries of meet imrs. I contracted aeoid whichcaused a harsliLes in my v Ice. my throat being affected. I was i.i dueed to try your l.unn Healer, which cured mo in less than two days- I recommended It to puMi. speakers and singers suffering lrom hoarseness. My wile used it f"r a severe ouugh. with satism.-torj results. Yours truly. J. II. Ht'IJj. President Pittsiiurgh Conference, Kced Sireet. September 22, 1S75. $35,000 AVOItTII FINE CARPETS. STOCK Henry McCallum 77 FIFTH AV NUE Which was pnmrlallv Samsird hv wnter at the Inte fire has heen removed to the lnsement of the Li mood llannk, tin II AVfXE AMI LIBERTY ST., and will he ottered at a largo redur tiutt from cost FOR SO MAYS. lt!th BUTTER. Robins & Co. i COMMISSION! EH No. 88 S. EUTAW Street, I PBALTIMORE. (I BUTTER, ECCS Quick sales and prompt returns with check for produtc, is our style of business. Cards can lie had at Messrs. A. J. Cascbeer & Co., Express office, Somerset, and Express office, Mineral Point. Sep 22. WIRE & YOUNG, BUTCHERS AND DEALERS', Wholesale and ISctnil, IN FRESH MEATS, ALL KINDS, SUCH AS BEEF, PORK, MUTTON, TEAL. LAMB, SAUSAOE, PUDDINO, BOLOGNA AND LARD, OUR OWN RENDERING. Market daya, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur days, marls; Xew Adcertiiements. 3cC, &C class cut to any shape. The best Coal 1875, CITY JCST OPENED. DIRTST GOODS. Exclusively. Ml I & -C0. en -Mi iJililiUlU ITo. 223zd2ilLia5rt7trc2;,Fi;t3:ursa- iat! - fav - t!"n. X) SIKOIEJS. COCOJIS, COLDS, CATARRH OF PITTSBURGH, PA. c MERCHANTS and POULTRY. U URLISG, FOLLANSBEE & CO, Merchant Tailors, And ManolactuKra of Gent's. Youth's and Boys, FasteaaMg Clotlf aM Mmi Goods. 121 Wood Street, corner Fifth Arenne, PITTSBURGH. aprL Xew Adctrligeinenit. J. W. PATTOM. C. O. HURST. N EVV GOODS THE NEW FIRM OF PATTON & BURST Xo. 4, JSaer'N IJlock, , are new ia receipt r ,u or a.'.,.?.i t the pr'"oi.t wam of rh f"!le. runht--i wii h in the Lis; len Jav umi itnc the ilrflin id ihc prir-p vi Stitpje- VikI I.taeti, s. !ity irecri:W tit offer sici;!! iD-iutirmeutj t all in w:int ot kiW.s t" every iei.Tii)tit.n ',n surb variety a axiutt l-e found anywiK-ra elnio umn. mpri?lmr a ici-n-enU a?:rtnc!it. l'fiey enli ?pecial acteotk-Q t their large a?jfcT'.n:er.l t;f CALICOES, Bleached and Unbleached MD!Iiri3 GINGHAMS, SHIRTING. TICKING, BOYS AND MENS' HE A VY PAXT STUFFS', in CoUouaric, Double ami Irish Jeans, Satinets, Cassimercs, &c, DRESS GOODS, in Plain and Corded Alpaccas, Pop lins, Cashmeres, French Msrrinoes, &c, STAPLE ,t FANCY NOTIONS, HATS &z. CAPS, EOOTS Sz SHOES, TOBACCO AND CIGARS, HARDWARE he besta?.rta;ont Carpctn.'gs and Oil Cloths w;ir. i)--(rmintt v t u; t. Uih timrs in asrt fnnt.!tylc.j untj pri.-rs, rvpeettuiij sM' ii a call ir r.n thu-y in want uf k'ukIh. feH riciisaiit anil Profitable inplry ruent --H"nnuit'ji:' h tntnnii.' Mi, lu,vr ivvKlyV MWlmt re they vfnr h?" ic. Suh ;ro v:lriii:-U k-n by th-e WJioseo lf Iniyf t.'lVi:;int w t'hrvir.ts prvtioel by thf fcnr"ji!rj anl American I'lin tt, 1 u''U-,l,in 1 h'-y are all I-rlict Gins of Art. No i no '-in rft the tmp Lt ii'D to 1'iiy win-n ."cir:;: tiu. 1. r riji ?. i 'anva.-1-Tf. A'cnt.1. :ti'l l.i'iii' un-t :it 1 1 im-n u: m ini pl'tymtuit, mil tml this the hi-st nMiiirif ever rf lervti t- make tunov. f.T lull I nri i. nlar. n t:mp t'T r:if : 'n:t:i i-ircul.ir. Ai':rfF.rLKA So. it COM Wa-iUir.rfr.j:. St., Ii"3t.'U. Cook & Beerits' FAMILY GROCER! Flour and Feed STORE. We wouM wt rvapeetfn.'v aniT-nnee to frin-!?anl the putl ic irencrsliy. in rfce town vicinity nt Sormrstt, that we have opened r.ur NewSture vn MAIN CROSS S THEE 7 An i in ad iiiit.a to o full line at the beft Confeetlonries, Notion, Tobacco, Cizarc. We will nIeaTor, at all tini3, t njIj our cui tumLTS witii tue Ii E S T Q UALjTY OF FAMILY FLOUK, CORN-MEAL, OATS, SHELLED CORN, OA TS C CORN CHOP, BRAN, MIDDLINGS lnl everything pirtaialnit to the Feed Depart ment at the LOWEST POSSIBLE FRICES. FOK CASH ONLY. Also, a wv-a selected sl"cU of llamre; S;.neware. Woo!rnware. Kruxb ai kinia. and STVTIOTlCTt Which we will wll as cheap aj the cheapen. Pleaiv call, examine oar sixxluof all kind, (e sati?tied fniio yi.ur wu judement. Don't f .rRet where we staj tn M AIN CKUSS Street. Sonienet, Hi Oct. 2. UTi. NEW STORE! SCH ELL Ji WILSOM w.nTJ inform their friends and the pul'lie generally, that tli-y hare pcned a stur at O Tt H 111 T T , n the line uf the P. V. i H R. I:.. nI n-.w offer r-T:Iea (ffneriil Sticls iT Ierrhjn:ize. run istiiijcuf IHiY GOODS, CLOTHING, QUEENSWAKE, HARDWARE, HATS & C A PS, DOOTS k SHOES. Ac, Ice, All Ot Which Will he MkM aKn f..v f'ACU r, v. Chrtnifed f rpnIaee. 'll l I.nmW of nil kind. Il .p.pnl'. Crops-Ties. Rirk. Staves. ke Aino vol. But- ter, t.$4, Macon. On In of all kinds. Fnrs. Sheep-Pelts, and I!evw:, i. fur which we will nay thehhrheit i.rlrrs in Cash or (R'.i8. SALT AND FISH. always rn hand, fj Ive ns a call and4he th.tt we iuiead to do hiuiac? and cancot eoevineeJ be Muder- sou, SCH ELL & WILSON. jsa nicKf. LARl-E V. ni'.'KS Agents for Firs aad Life Insurance, JOHN HICKS & SON, KOMKIISET, PA.. And Real Estato Brokers. ESTABLISHED 1S50. Persona who desire to toll, bur or eirhana-e prop erty, or lor rent will And it In their advantaife to register tne dencTiptiiia thereof, as oornarxeia made nnlrss soul or rented. Kea) estate basinet generally wiilbe promptly attended to.
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