:iHE nvrz wiTsr.. ET AS OBSERVES. Oae cold, raw morning in rebrnt rr, Bjrd Da Peyster, a detectire, re ceived the intelligence cf fearful deed ot crime which bad been com mitted darinr the Bilent hours of the nic-ht iust departed. The account of the deed was read, by a boarder, rbile the detective quietly sipped his coffee, and the man remarked as be Eut the paper on the chair beside im: "There's another entry for the book of mvsteries. I am willing to bet one hundred dollars that tie prover bial acumen of our best detectives will fail to discover tbe perpetrator of the crime on Clrt?rry street Gen tleman," and the speaker fixed his eyes on Iu Tevster, "gentlemen just think of it! A villain enters the abode of a poor sewing woman, whose only child is a mute, five years old. He comes to do a bloody deed, and he struggles with the'widow, evi dently frightens the child, who runs awav, and is found in the attic among a lot of rags. The murder commited, the man takes bis departare. The widow's meagre savings are untouch ed, her bureau stands unrifled. No thing has been taken save life. That man, -rhoever he is, laughs at the de tectives, and dares them to bunt him down and tell bim why be took the life of a noor sewinjr woman. I de clare, gentlemen, that murder in this case will go out." The man's words, directed at Da I'eyster, did not elicit a sentence in reply. The detective continued to sip his coffee with an air that seemed to bsv to the man, "You can't make me deliver an opinion." The other boarders ; more commu nicative than the man-hunter, dis cusped tie case until a general con clusion was reached, to wit: That the murderer of the needle-woman would forever remain undiscovered. The first speaker felt proud of the conclusion reached, and passed the cigars around before the company left the table. "I would suggest that we watch the developments in this case," he said to the company at large. "It will suffice to iiuum our curiosity, as well as to stimulate research into the mysterious." "iSyrd Du Teystcr walked from the dininr-room to his little chamber on the second floor, he picked up his hat and cane and immediately left the bouse. He walked straight to the unpre tentious frame building on Cherry ftreet, wherein the murder of the night before had been committed. He found a swarm of the "enizens of that quarter in front of the house, lut two policemen stationed at the door kept them from rushing up stairs to the scene of the tragedy. The detective, after pushing his way through the crowd, easily ob tained admittance, and entered the death chamber, where he found a eurgeon, two police captains and a nswepaper reporter. The surgeon was examining the victim's wound, which consisted of a knife th'nst in the left breast The keen steel had prnctrated the left venticle of the heart, rendering death instantaneous. Hut there were evidences of a strug gle in the room. A chair which had been seemingly thrown backward was broken and pieces of a woman's work lay about the room. Mrs. Nolan, the victim, wa3 a wo man about five and thirty yeara of age. Her husband had been dead near six rears, and her mute son Henry, was a posthumous cbilu. She was a woman against whose fair name ncthing had ever been alleged, and she plied the needle industrious ly, night and day that ber little fami ly should not want for the blessings that she, despite ber poverty, en joyed. Her unfortunate san was the love of ber life, and all of ber moth erly affection was centered on him. A mute from bis birth, Mrs. Nolan could not expect to hear bim speak ber name, and the neighbors said that she longed for a time when be roicbt ro to the proper school and learn to write, that they might eon verse torether. Kvrd Pa Pcvster, the detective, examined the apartment without ob taining any clew to the murderer. and the residents of the denizens of the neighborhood did not enlighten bim to a satisfactory degree. A man was seen to enter Mrs. Nolan's house about eleven o'clock on the night of the crime. The witness to this was a man named John Starry, who did not bear a good reputation for verac ity, and bis word did not go far with the detective. No one knew of ar-y enemies the widow possessed, while the circumstances of the crime clear ly proved that booty was not the murder's object For perhaps tho first time in bis detective life, the little Huguenot was completely at fault He return ed to h's room, and, with a cigar be tween Lis teeth, threw himself upon the couch. There he conjectured and built theories, which he destroyed, till he lit a second cigar, and watch ed the smoke float ceiling ard and vanish like bis ideas. For one hour be did not rise, and be looked like a dozing man, for bis eyes were half shut; but he was far from asleep. All at occc be sprang up from the couch. It is my only hope !" be cried. "It may take years, but I can do nothing else. Something tells me that the dumb boy knows his mother's shyer, aud be must be educated till be can write. 1 will do this, or rather have it done. The pre at a'm of my life now is thb discovery of the murderer of Martha Nolan. The dumb shall speak, and it shall not be my fault if tne dumb boy's words do not bang him." Da Tcystcr left bis room somewhat excited, and learned that Mrs. No lan's son was already the ward of the city. "I want the boy," the dectivc said to the commissioner of public chari ty. "I am interested in the case, and I will furnish bim with a teacher who bas bad twenty years' experience teaching the deaf and the dumb. Fir that boy bas a mission to perform and in my bands only can he perform The commissioner listened with patience to the detective, the result was that Henry Nolan was placed under the care of a new guardian. Having accomplished bis object, Da Teyster placed the little mute in the care of a lady who bad lately re tired from the position as a teacher in the school for the deaf and dumb. This lady was the detective's friend, and she promised to bestow great care npon the boy committed to her charge. The boy was a bright little fellow! for one bo unfortunately situated, and took quite readily to bis change of life. The detective visited bim qaite often, and brought bim many toys that helped to expand bis miad. Aftr all Henry Nolan might not be able to throw any light on bis mother' murderer ; u be might have been frightened from the room by the murderers first appearance. Da Teyster thought of this, but did not despair, and told bis tutor to prose cute her task with vigor. By and by it was discovered that the boy possessed a remarkable mem orv that he seemed to forget noth ings and the detective when told this, exclaimed: "That boy is going to bang the man who killed bis mother !" At the end of the year Henry No lan bad made some progress in the, to him, silent language ; he had mas tered the alphabet and was in the easr words. With what impatience Da Peyster watched his progress, the read-r may imagine, as the detectives whole life seemed centered on the object already mentioned. Meanwhile be had not abated his search for the murderer; but bis bunt had gone unrewarded, and without the boy's advancement be seemed as far from success as be was at the discovery of the crime. It was late in the fall that the mute's teacher told the detective that be was learning to write. Da Peys ter's heart leaped in his bosom, and be could not control bis excitement Naturally be was a calm man ; but at certain times, since the murder on Cherry 6treet, be bad acted like an other person, and bis superiors bad noticed a change in bim. From the chief and every member of the force he had scrupulously kept all infor mation concerning the whereabouts of Henry Nolan. If bis great un dertaking should fail, his associates should not laugh at bim ; Bhould it succeed, be would laugh at them, for ihpv bad Ions' since riven over the ibunt of the murderer. That he might talk with bis charge, the keen little Huguenot bad learned the mute's alphabet, and thus mate rially helped the teacher in Henry's education. lij and by the boy brought bim specimens of his first at tempts at writing, and Da Peyster brought a magnificent little engine, with cars attached, to the bouse. One night he entered, and discov ered that Miss Hurley, leaving the boy alone. The present just spoken of had stimulated the mute's ambi tion, and showed the detective some fair copies. Then, with his heart in bis throat, Du Teyster began to ques tion him about that one terrible night in bis history. At the second ques tion, in which he spelled bis moth er's name, the bov started, and the detective saw that be was recalling events connected with ber. He seem- to be awakening from a dream, but was unable to put his thoughts to gether, and Du Teyster said : I must wait axbile. The boy knows something. It will pay me to wait:" And so another year rolled away, and Henry Nolan was eight years old. But when the detective again thought of questioning the boy, a malarious disease interfered and be saw the mate hovering between life and death. For weeks the boy suffered, and the detective saw that in the end death would gain tho victory. The attending physician told bim that medical skill could not save bis For. tegc ; and be felt bis hopes one by one fly away. It was a dark night in December, and the streets of New York were white with snow. Tbe air was crisp and cold, and the wind rattled those shutters from the Battery to tbe northmost limits of the city. In a small room sat Byrd Du Peyster and Nettie Hurley. On a bed at their side lay tbe pale, ema ciated form of Henry Nolan. A strange light sparkled in bis eyes, and be looked like a person very near the gates of death. And tbey were not far away ; for be knew that be would never see tbe dawn of another At last bis eyes became fastensd on tbe detective, wbo, seeing tne strange stare, rose to bis feet and looked down upon tbe sufferer. This action seemed to satisfy the mute, and tbe next moment be was smiling with his fingers. "I tell you now," his fingers said, and ia a basty voice the detective summoned Xettie to bis side. "It is cominc, kettle coming at last!" be exclaimed, and then tbe pair watched the mute's skeleton Sogers as tbey said : "A tall man did it I saw bim be fore I run away. He bad a red mark over bis right eye, like a ecar. He turned tbe light down before he struck mother, and knocked ber from the chair. This is all I know." With the last word falling from his fingers, tbe mute sank back exhaus ted, and Du Peyster looked at tbe teacher. "Poor bov ! he's told enough !" be said. "What be bas said is sufficient to bang a certain man in this-city "What do you mean, Byrd 1" cried Nettie Hurley, grasping tbe detect ive's arm. "Do you know anything about tbe man with the scarr" "Do I know anything about bim, Nettie? Indeed I do!" "What Byrd? tell me?" , "Not now, girl. Let us attend to little Silence. See bow weak be is. Why, I do not think he is living!" llenrv Nolan did look like a dead child ; but he suddenly roused him self, and bis fingers began to spell again. "Good-bye! I am going to hfar and talk now !" tbey said. Then the bead fell back again, and Do Peyster, wbo lowered bis bead beard the last throb cf tbe mute's heart it was nine cioct in tne morning of the next day when Byrd Da Teys- ter, entered one ot tbe large phar macies oi tne city. Approaching; clerk be remarked that be wished to see Turoval Smiley on private busi ness, and was shown to tbe elegantly lurnisbed counting room. Tbe apartment was ocenpied by one man wbo was Turoyal Smiley, tbe bead of the well known firm Smiley, Bridgeman 4 Co. "To whom am I indebted for this visit ?" asked the lord of the count ing room, turning from the Herald to survey bis visitor from bead to foot "To Byrd Da Teyster, a detect ive," replied tbe caller, quietly drop ping unaaeu mui a coair. "Well, Mr. Da Peyster, what can I do for yon ?" askea tbe pharmaceu tist, turning slightly pale, "Have my clerks sold poison again ?" "They have not, to my knowl edge," was the detective's reply. "Mr. Smiley, I want to know why you endered Martha Nolan's house one night three years ago and basely took ber life." . The next moment tbe paper fell from tbe druggist's bands, and be was on his feet looking more like a ghost than a man. "Martha Nolan, did yoa say?" be gasped. "Yea air. Yoa killed her?" "Wbo told yo? . a , "The only witness to tbe deed ber dumb boy. I want to know why you did it ?n For the space of a minute there was silence in the counting room. At the end of that time the druggist dropped Into bis chair and said : "She knew me in Ohio knew my crime committed thtre. I was afraid of ber knew that she would not t ake my money, and bo I did the deed that night I write yon my confession. The druggist wheeled bis chair and opened bis writing desk. ' "I knew it would come to this," be murmured. "I bad almost forgot ten ber boy ?" Byrd Da Povster saw bim open his desk, but did not watch bim close- All at once something touched bis arm. He started and saw tbe drug gist s band clutching a vial, while his face bad assumed a color almost in discribable. Tbe detective sprang to bis feet and Bounded an alarm. A moment later several white faced clerks entered tbe counting- room : and hastened to tbe bead of tbe firm, from whose nerveless band tbe balt emptr vial of prusic acid bad fallen. The traced v was finished, for Turoyal Smiley was dead. On bis desk lay bis brief but terri ble confession, whict startled all who read it in tbe evening papers. The tr Maple. Tbe Massachusetts Ploughman, in a Centennial article on sugar maple, recommending a general planting of it the present year, says : "Mr. Sargent, in his valuable paper on trees, in the Secretary's Report just issued from the press, says : 'The sugar maple Acer taccharmum,) no where becomes a finer tree tban in tbe western portion of Massachusetts; and when we consider the value of its wood in the arts and for fuel, the value of its sap when converted into sugar, its rapid growth, long life, im munity from the attacks of insects, and its beauty and fitness for street ornamental planting, it must be ac knowledged that no tree deserves more general cultivation in this State. The wood of the sugar maple, which is bard, close-grained and smooth, is largely used in furniture making, cooperage, and in making shoe-lasts, for which it is preferred to that of any other tree. Two million five hundred thousand lasts are consumed annually in Massachusetts alone; and if we can judire of the future of this business by the past history, it will, before many years consume all the sugar maple lumber tbe country can produce. For fuel, tbe wood of this tree is generally considered su perior to that of any othey, with the exception or tbe bickory. Mr. iiull estimates its value CO, hickory being 100, and places before it, in beat-giving qualities, no less tban twenty -two species of North American trees and shrubs. " 'The destruction of the sugar maple bas been so general in this State, that sugar-making, which for merly held an important place in Massachusetts industry, bas during tbe last SO rears, diminished fully one-half, and that, too, in tbe face of an enormously increased natural pro duction, and of prices which have considerable more tban double during the last forty years." There are, especially in tbe west ern part of the State, many unpro ductive pastures, now almost worth less, which would, if converted into sugar orchards, yield in a few years a handsome income. In regard to the age at which it is profitable to commence drawing the sap for sugar, authorities differ ; but a tree twenty-five years old wul yield, on an average, ten pounds or sugar, and will continue to be productive to this extent for fifty or sixty years lon ger. One hundred and sixty trees being allowed to the acre, tbe sugar crop, for an orchard of that size. would yald, at present prices, f 23 annually; and it must be remembered that, owing to tbe season of the year at wbicb sugar is made, no operation of the farm can be carried on with so small an outlay for labor. The tree?, uninjured by tbe drawing off tbe sap, would increase in value for a hun dred years, and at any age find a ready 6ale, either fur fuel or use in tbe arts. Its adaptibility to all soils, ecccpt where stagnant water stands ; tbe rapidity of its growth, its gener al unfitness and undoubted beauty at all seasons of tbe year, render tbe sugar maple tbe most valuable of all the North American trees for street and roadside planting, and it should be more generally used instead of tbe American elm, which has been planted for this purpose in Massachu setts almost to the exclusion of other trees, although rarely thriving in such dry, dusty situations. I anna; I ant um DIMM. Tbe influence of tbe imagination in tbesimilation of disease has -often been proved. It was in France, we believe, that an experiment was made upon a soldier wbo, being condemn ed to die for some infraction of mili tary discipline, was banded over to scientists as a living subject He was placed in a hospital and told that all around him were patients suffering from smallpox. Although this was not true tbe man was soon taken violently sick and displayed every symptom of the disease. In stances tending to establish this re markable domination of tbe mental faculties over the body are not rare, and a story is going the round of tbe newspapers which may be cited in this connection: A young man in Indianopolis went into a drugstore and asked for fifty cents' worth of strychnine. Tbe druggist gave bim a t artless powder and be swallowed it lie tnen ex plained that his affections bad been blighted and be bad taken tbe poison to get even. Tbe druggist told bim that there was not fifteen mignteV life in bim, and that be was beginning to fade about the eyes already. The youth Bunk to the floor and the sweat streamed from bis brow. He was becoming very sick, mentally as well as bodily, and appeared to be dying. Tbe medicine man become alarmed at the effect of the dose, and eiamin ed the jar from wbicb be bad taken tbe powder. It was "sugar of milk," sure enough perfectly harmless, and yet it was producing spasms. As a last resort the young man was inform ed that he had taken no poison, but instead, a very harmless powder, a bushel of which would not kilL The information put a stop to tbe dying business. He revived, got np and walked out of tbe store disgusted, promising, nowever, to give tne cor oner an early job. It was the opin ion or all tne bystanders that tbe mere imagination of poison in bis system was really killing tbe youtk "Young man," said the judge, "did yoa steal that piece of hardware ?" "No sir," replied tbe prisoner, "I dont steal hardware. That isn't my line of business; chickens and coal is myline." ! Go Taran. 'Speaking of shooting docks,' says Dr. F. pats me in mind of tbe great storm that occurred when I lived on tbe island. As yoa are all aware our island was near Casco Bay ; an aw ful storm arose, and was so fierce that it drove all the ducks near my bouse. In fact, bo many. ducks crowded into that pond that I could not see a drop of water.' Sbo,' says Smith, 'didn't ye shoot any of 'cm r 'That's what I was coming at I went into the bouse and got ray doublec-barreled shot gun, and dis- charged both barrels right into tbe air, midst of tbem, but to my merit, tbey all arose into leaving not a solitary dnck pond.' on the "Good gracious! Yon dont say so," say Smith. "Didnt yoa bev any shot in yer gun, or what in thunder was the trouble ?" "Well, I was coming to that," said Dr. F. "It astonished me at first : bat as soon as the ducks rose a few hundred yards in the air, and com menced to separate a little, ducks be gan to drop, and whether yoa believe it or not I picked np twenty-nine barrels of ducks, and it was a poor season for ducks, too. Yoa see the ducks were wedged in solid on tbe pond that when they arose tbey car ried tbe dead ones in tbe air with them, and when tbey separated down came tbe twenty-nine barrels of dead docks. 'Oh,' says Smith, 'I'm not surpris ed at that, at all : or of the big lot of ducks yer bagged, for it was an aw ful storm. I remember it well, dec tor. I bad at that time a cornbarn full of corn ; on one side of the barn was a knot-hole; and during tbe storm tbe wind blew so fierce that it blew every ear of corn right through the knot-bole and the bole being jaet the size of a cob only, the result was that it shelled every ear, leaving tbe corn in the barn, and the next morn ing I found my corn barn half full of shelled corn, and not a single cob. I had a curiosity to know where the cobs bad gone to. I went to tbe rear of tbe barn and followed tbe line of those cobs over eleven miles, and at a distance of about five miles a large, first-growth pine tree stood in the track, and darn me if tbe wind hadn't driv cobs into that 'ere tree from top to bottom. Ob, doctor, that was an awful storm.' 'Yes,' signs tho Doctor, awful.' Edaratlas; Harsea. We believe that the great differ ence found in horses, as to vicious habits of reliability, comes more from the different management by men tban from variance of natural dispositions in tbe animals. Horses with high metal are more easily edu cated tban those of less or dull spir its, and more susceptible to ill train ing, and consequently may be as good or bad, according to the education tbey receive. Horses with dull spirits are not Dy any means proof against bad man agement, for in them may ohea be found the most provoking obstinacy ; vicious habits of different characters that render them almost entirely worthless. Could the coming gener ations of horses in this country be kept from tbe days of colthood to the age of five in tbe hands of good, careful managers, there would be seen a vast difference in the general characters of the noble animals. If a colt is never allowed to get an advantage, it will never know that it possesses a power that .man cannot control ; and if made familiar with strange objects, it will not be skit tish and nervous. If a horse is made accustomed from bis early days to have objects bit bim on the heels, back and bips, he will pay co atten tion to tbe giving out tf afcarnssB or oi a waptron runninrr against oim i an unexpected moment We once saw an aged lady drive a high-spirited horse, attached to a car riage, down a steep bill, with no bold back straps upon tbe barness. and she assured us there was no danger, for ber son accustomed bis horses to all fcinas of Gsages and.sigbts tbat commonly drive tee animal into a frenzy of fear and excitement A gun can be fired from tbe oacg of a horse, an umbrella beld over bis head, a buffalo robo thrown over bis neck, a railroad engine pass close by, bis beels bnmped with sticks, and the animal will take it all as a natural condition of things, if only taught by careful management that be will Dot, be injured thereby. There is a great need tit improvement in the management of this noble animal ; less beating wante'l, and more of ed ucation. Vraaa la the Haas. Grass has a beautiful effect when growing from pine cones, and requires no other attention than slight water ing, night and day. Tbe cones may be set in Band, soil or moss, as con venience or taste may dictate. While they are yet dry and open, sprinkle in as much soil as tbe scales will re tain ; next sprinkle in fine grass seed, and finally sprinkle water over the whole. The cones should be kept in a moderately warm place, and at first water sparingly once a day. In legs than a week the seeds will sprout, and soon tbe graceful speers will begin to get ont in every direction. It is not absolutely necessary to introduce any soil or sand, as tbe seed grow merely sown in the bare scales; but soil at least serves to prevent tbe cone from closing two tightly wben moistened. A very pleasing effect may be pro duced by Bitting a wet sponge in a glass bowl and Bowing it over with flax grass or mustard seed, or all three kinds mixed. Before long it will be covered with a thick rowth of ten der green, and. if it be judiciously watered every .day, tbe mustard will in time put for: its tinny yellow blos soms. Children and invalids may derive delight from waiooing those seeds growing in still another way. Fill a common tumbler or goblet with water, cat oat a round of cotton-batting, or soft thick flannel, of just tbe size to cover tbe top surface, and lay it gently npon tbe water. Upon ibis scatter tbe seed grass or flax or mustard all mixed and gently set the tumbler away in a dark place. In a few days the seed wi'l start ; soon the roots will begin to generate in the cotton or flannel, slowly send ing down their delicate fibres to tbe bottom of tbe vessel, while tbe top will be covered with a thicket of green. Meanwhile, after tbe . first thirty -six hours, tbe vessel magt be kept, in a warm, light place, and two ' or three. time a week carnally replenish witb water by means of a tea-spoon, syp hon or a syringe inserted beneath tbe edge of the flannel. Watercresses may be grown tbe same way, and, like tbe mustard plant, afford a pleas ant relish when eaten with bread and butter. Even in tbe hardest times clocks ejnploy tneir regular number of bands. Sabscribe for XL Hx&als. Jeney Cwa. The author of "Ogden Farm Pa- pera,"tbus writes in tbe last American Agriculturist: A correspondent of Illinois, asks : "What amount of milk can be de pended on from a thfee-year-old Jer sey for ten months, after coming in?" Answer average per day six quarts, with the advantage over other breeds that it would be less during the early part of the milking, and much more during tbe last month. "How much butter will tbey ordinarily make un der fair treatment?" Answer: From 200 to 225 pounds per annum. "Will high grades, which are much cheaper tban thoroughbreds, be equal ly profitable?" Answer: If of rood .quality, there will not be much difference bo far as their butter pro ducts are concerned, but the differ ence in the value of their progeny would soon make up for the differ- ence in tneir original cos;, -nm not grades be found hardier, better feeders, and give more milk of nearly or quite as good quality ?" Answer: Tbe Jersey is perfectly hardy in all sections ot our country, as much so as any cow we bave, and wben dried off will fatten as readily as any other animal having tbe same tendency to secretion of fat with the milk. I should say, that as a rale, in propor tion as the quantity of milk is increas ed, will its quality be reduced, and that with a considerable infusion of good blood, any falling off in quanti ty will be accompanied by an im provement in quality. Ilesays: "I bave supposed tbe objection to jer seys to be the small amount of milk given, so that families desiring to use milk freely could not be supplied by one cow, even when tbe milk is not used for butter. Is this correct?" In one sense the Jerseys are 6mall milkers. Very often they fall below twelve quarts per day at their very best and often toward tbe end ot their milking they give but three or four, or five quarts per day, but it is to be remembered that they give this reduced amount during weeks and months wben other cows would be entirely dry. Tbe common cow is not well adapted for tbe use suggest ed, becauce, while she will for a month or two flood the pantry be yond the requirements of the family, she will leave tbem to buy muic, oi ten during nearly ooe-balf of the year, while the Jersey may be de- pendend upon at least, nine montbs for a very satisfactory supply, and during six weeks r two months more, tor a similar quantity, wnicn bas by this time beome almost as rich as cream. Where a large quan tity of milk is needdd for family use the year round, it is advisable to keep two little Jerseys, consuming together no more than one Shorthorn cow one coming iu the spring, and one in the fall, aud so keeping up a regular supply of the best milk and the richest cream throughout the whole year, and (mixing tbe milk of the two) pretty nearlv uniform in quantity month afier month. A model ateaau Wagon Wanted. When the ten thousand dollar re ward offered by the Wisconsin Leg islature as a bounty for a steam wag on is earned, the occupation of the horse will be gone. The qualities such a wagon must possess, are thus described by a Wisconsin correspond ent of tbe Scientific American : "To Oil tbe bill tbe machine must travel 200 miles, north and south over very poor roads, that are often sunk, worn down in the wheel and horse tracks six Inches to a foot below tbe com mon level, but with a rit?e in tbe center, the ridge being1 irnpaasable for a borse more so for tbe wheel of a steamer, when we take into account the stumps and stones avoided by a double team and left in the center ridge. Our wagon track ia about four fept six inches outside, and that must be the gauge of a steamer, wbicb machine should not weigh more tban two tons, and must be so arranged that It will climb steep sand bills, cross poor bridges, run easily over bogs, stones and grubs, and out of ruts, etc., just as a loaded lumber wagon does, and it must travel at tbe average rate of five miles an hour, and, in tbe language of the law, be a cheap substitute for bores and other animus on the highway and farm." Uarden Vrop Unleacbed ashes sown broadcast over onions jast started has an excel lent effect, and is the best manure tbat can be applied to this crop. They are very valuable also for peas, beets, potatoes and turnips. On san dy fcoil leached ashes are excellent manure for all garden crops, includ ing corn and potatoes, lien manure, wben carefully mixed with plenty of soil, may be used with great effect upon tbe surface for onions, B3 it con tains no jveed seeds, and hastens growth. Where it is wished to has ten growth very rapidly, nothing equals the superphosphate of lime. (This is a commercial fertilizer, pre pared by treating ground bones with sulphuric acid.) Garden crops which seem backward may be hastened by a small application of this fertilizer. Land plaster is variable in its effects upon the garden. Applied to vines in a draught it is said to be excellent in reviving growth. Of course the stable and barn-yard manure must be relied npon chiefly for the garden, but u useu in me spring must be well rotted. Indiana Farmer. TUug the IIoa Prof. Butler tells the following story, showing how an old English farmer managed to raise tbe fattest bogs Bud drew the largest prizes. in farmer would ratten bis swine until they would lie down and eat nn more. Then he would procure a half starved bog, put bim in tbe pen with the fat ones, and the natural boyish ness of the latter would rouse suffi cient ambition in them to get up not withstanding their fatness, drive the hungry bog from the pen and eat all the food themselves. He would con tinue this operation every day until the fat bogs bad exceeded aU propor tion and were nearly iatted into lard. Then the farmer would take hi pets into market and win all the prizes. The moral of this story was tbat tbe professor wanted all tbe citizens of each State to vie with obo another in contributing specimens to the State historical society. Arreated Car Eakeiilentat. : Sax FRA5CI9C0, April United States detective Finnegas arrested, in this city, Charles B. Wilkius, ex Collector of Internal Revenne for the Western District of Missouri, far th embezzlement of stamps to tbe amount rt ftlSAnrt lITTt m. Sir vi ii,vvv. u llaiua leil JltlBSOUri eirht or nine months airo went ' to New York, thence to Australia ar riving here in February, 'under the name oi Drown. v utios clain-s tbe embezzlement was effected by sub ordinates in office, and professes a willingness to return and stand a trial He will be taken east in a few daya. 1 . Dr. Lambert, President of the Popular Insurance Company, of New York, recently gave an interesting lecture in Boston on woman and ber nature, duties, needs, and entitle ments. In tbe course of bis lecture Dr. Lambert said: Tbe English girls, so often spoken of for blooming cheeks and robust forms, owed these qualities to their out door life, tbe damp coldness of the native island and their fondness for the national beverage, beer. The fact was, tbe women in this country were longer lived tban tbe itZnglish women. There probably was no plaee in Europe where eo many old people could be found in proportion to tne population as in New Hampshire, and three out of every four of the people who bad reached tbe age of ninety years in New Hampshire were wo men. The constitution of woman was substantially tbe same as tbe constl tution of man. and the duration of their earthly existence, as a general rule, on tbe American continent was the same. Gliding into peculiar marks and formations of the body as indications of long or short life, tbe lecturer said tbat if a lady wore a heavy ear-ring, and the ear was pull ed down in consequence, presenting a distorted appearance, this indicat ed a short lite to the owner of the weak member. On the contrary, should the ear retain its natural posi tion over a heavy ring, tbe strength of tho gristle pointed to a long life to the owner. And so with tbe fingers. If a hand had very short fingers, tbat bad an indication of longevity, whereas long fingers were indictive of a short span of life. It was found tbat tbe pro portionate number of men and women dying at the different ages varied ma terially. After reaching the age of 20 a girl was as liable to lire to a good ripe old age as a man at the same period. As a rule female beau ty and longevity were not compan ions; those azuie eyes and very fair faces that carry off short lived young men are not long lived. Another wonderful fact wa3 tbe constant change goingon in the body. Tbe air of tbe hall was at that mo ment full of parti:les of the brains and organizations of those present Every day, every hour, aye, every moment, worked a change in pvery living form.. The speaker said tbat be would like to see women with drawn from the postoffices, coauting rooms and other places of labor where they were half paid, and young men put in and paid double the amount paid women. Then the men could support the women. Every man bad a woman beside him, and should work for ber instead of haviog to earn ber living outside of the househsld. Tbe young mon, be thought, ought not to be crowded out of tbe places and sent West. Men of long life usually bad some great strong principle in their charac ters, some stamina which symbolized a vigorous and endaring vitality. Rntalac Timber. Mr. Chandler, Worcester, Mass., informed the farmers' club tbat the too common idea tbat timber grow ing does not pay in the East, though it may in the West, bas been proved incorrect, so far at least as Massachu setts and New Hampshire are con cerned. Tree planting bad been and Is carried on Urgejy in both these States, and with decided profit ' In Massachusetts tbe growing of chest nut timber fur making railroad liea and telegraph poles had become a business. This timber can be cut in fifteen or twenty years, giving the owner if he keeps it in his possession, the advantage of at least two cat tings. Ia ten years the land will sell for three or tour times what it would wben cleared. Mncb of the land in tbe States mentioned is not worth anything for raising the usual farm products j so that devoted to timber is clear gain. " Sappresaioa ar flrea In Cltlca. The engineers of the New York Fire Department have been trying for some time to devise a system cf pnmping tbe water directly from tbe rivers surrounding Manhatten Island, instead of using the Croton water. Bristol, Rhode Island, with mncb less necessity for such a system, has already secured the necessary appa ratus. A pumping station bas been put up on one of the docks and con. nected with pipes leading through the different streets of the city, and in case of fire the water is pumped di rectly from the river. The capacity of the apparatus was shown at a re cent trial, when water at tbe rate of twothonsand gallons a minute was forced through the entire length of tbe pipe, and eight streams thrown a distance of one hundred and thirty feet into the air. Tho length of tbe pipe, is not given, but it is stated tbat tbe rise of the town in that distance is forty feet It is suggested tbat New York establish a number of such pumping stations, connected with pipes running across tbe com paratively narrow city, and thereby secure an inexhaustible supply of water. Ia m Uarry. A new boot-black caxe on tbe stand yesterday morning says tbe Frsc Press, and about a doen of tbe old tribe caught bim at the Post Office and made a good many threats He invited them into the alley, say inir he could whip them one by one till tbe whole crowd bad been thrash ed.. Tbe programe was agreed to. and the new boy went in. He bat tered the beads of three of the larg est in qnick succession, and was after the fourth when a mediator came for ward and said : . "Now, bold on. We'd all like to fight yon, but yoa see there's a man around here who wants bis boots blackened, and we can't wait" Tbe crowd inado off, and . tbe new boy will probable become a favorite. An hour after tbe fight be was seat ed on the curb stone, the centre of an aanjirinz crowa, ang vs ?ra saying i r, '..! . : 1 . "If anybody hurts any of yon, just let me know, and I'll give bim a bil ious attack!" " -' - . Caaaa Wltala Oaeaf It. On a certain occasion before tbe poet Saxe bad emigrated from Ver mont, a gentleman was quoting an opinion of the Governor ot tbat State on some political question as if it were conclusive. .--. "Pshaw, who cares for tbe Gover nor," said the tall poet "A Gover nor is no great affair I once came within one of being a Governor myself.-'.' : . . :.? "What!" exclaimed the othor vahn knew' that Saxe was defeated bV an immense majority; "What do yon mean by one?" . '; ' '. " " "The candidate of the ' other par. ty," was the answer. , Spirits of the press cider. " Kevo Advertisements. 'PIOPLIS' MG STOKE!" G. AV. SPEERS, N. E. Corner Diamond, Somerset Pa. DEALER IX DI2UGS, MEDICINES, and CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY. FINE SOAPS, TOILET ARTICLi S, D TE STUFFS, and KER0SEXE OIL, Pan WINES and LIQUORS for medicinal UEPOsES, Also an assortment of Flue Cigars, and Tobacco. Particular attention Riven to the compounding of Physician PrearripUuns and Family Keclpea, tj experienced hand!. March 15, 1871 J. W. PATTON. C. O. HURST. 1STEW FIRM. NEW GOODS. THE NEW FIRM OF & No. 4, Baer's Block, . are now In receipt of a itoek of jroodi adapted to the present wants of the people. Pnrebased with in the last ten day! and since the decline in tbe prices of Staples and Domestics, they are enabled to oHer special inducements to all in want ot jroodt of every description in such Tariety as cannot be found anywhere else in town, comprising a uen eral assortment. Tbey call special attention to their larire assortment of CALICOES, Bleached and Unbleached Muslins GIXGIIAMS, SniRTIXQ. TICKING, BOYS AND MENS' HEAVY PANT STUFFS, -. In Cottonade, Double and Irish Jeans, Satinets, Casslmeres, &c, DRESS GOODS, In Plain and Corded Alpaccas, Pop lins, Cashmeres, French Merrinoes, &c, STAPLE A FANCY NOTIONS HATS &z QAPS. BOOTS 5c SHOES, TOBACCO AND CIGARS, HARDWARE The bestassortment of Carpetings and Oil Cloths everbroajrut to town. A large stock of Kueen. ware. Determined to be op to the times In assort, ment, styles and prices, we respectfully solicit nuiu iuun iu want oi cooua. Icbia Cook & Beerits' FAMILY GROCER! Flour and Feed We would most respectfully announce to our Ticlnlty ef Somerset, that we hare opened our UinWB UN Lite DDUIU fftMI 111 I.h . .l tivntuiu via MAIN CROSS S TREE 7 And in addition to full line of tbe beet Conrectloneriea. Notion, . Tobacco), Cigar. Sc, We win endesTor, at ah Unjes, U supply ocr ed tomers with cue J BEST QUALITY OF FAMILY FLOUE, CORN-MEAL, OATS, SHELLED CORN, OA TS CORN CHOP, BRAN, MIDDLINGS And erwrthirig partalnlnj to the Feed Depart ; ment at u.e 10WKT POSSIBLE PRICE. FOR CASH ONLY. Also, a wen selected stock of Glassware; Stoneware, Wooden wire. Brushes of . mt kiuub, aaa STATIONER'S Which we wni sen as cheap at the cheapest. ; ' vm. imu vi mw auMM, Ban M satisfied frov yoar own judgment. Don't roriret where we stay On M AH? CHOSS Street, Somerset, Pa. OCLS.M73. A CARD. f take this means of notlfylnc my friends and CI run and1 the community In reneral, that I t again supplied myself with medietsiee, etc., so uai i am again prepared to practice) all branches of my profession, and ask a liberal pat ronage. All those having accounts with me will please call sad settle the) same nrosnDtle. as I am obliged to settle up all aeeoanis, haTlng lost ail say medkinee, Instruments, books, fee., by the late Are. n.iLUAUinca, PATTON HURST Kev Advertisements. JOHN F. BLYMYEE, DEALER IN. Hardware, Iron, Nails, Glass, Paints OIXjS, &c &o. The following' is a partial llat of goods ia Stock:1, Ctrpenter's Tools, Planes, Saws, Hatchets, Hammers, Chisels, Plane Iron?- Jzes, Ac, Black smith's Goods, liellows. Anvils, Vices, Files, Hammers, Ac. Saddlery Hardware, Tab Trees, Gip Saddles, Hames, Buckles, Rinrs, Bits and Tools. Table Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, Scissors, Spoons and Rasors, the largest stock in Somerset Count j. Painter's Goods, a full stock. White Lead, Colored Paints for inside and outside painting, Paints in oil, all colors, Varnish, Turpentine, Flaiseed Oil, Brushes, Japan Drjer, Walnut Stains, Ac Window Glass of all sizes and glass cut to any shape. The best Coal Oil always on hand. Our stock of Coal Oil Lamps is large and comprises very elegant styles. Ditston's Circular,JMu!y and Cross Cut Saws. Mill Saw Files of thebest quailty. Porcelain-liced Kettles. Handles of all kinds. SIIOVEIN, FORKS, S1AES, HAKES, Mattocks, Grub Hoes, Picks, Scythes, Sneaths, SIfdges, Mason Hammers, Cast Steel, Step Ladders, Carriage and Tire Bolts of all sizes. Loooking Glasses. Wash Boards, Clothes Wringers, Meal Sitves, Door Mats, Baskets, Tubs, Wooden Buckets, Twine, Rope all sizes, Hay Pulleys, Butter Prints, Mop Sticks, Traps, Steelyards, Meat Cutters and Stuffers, Traces, Cow 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, Ac, The 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 call. I will 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 tbe place April 8 '74. o CD fJD 0 o o o 03 a ts ro sa CD ()' o o ywr?t CO o 37 Ul h w S3 4Sk, W i GC H O o 8? O O e-r- 5 d o CO o CO CO Sewing Machine FOR SALE C ZE3I IE A. IF, AnV Isffl rlMlrlner Ia r.nMk. a . .w-w plea eall at th. ' ING MACHINE nn w..i.i. . nERALD OFFICE. mar2 FIRST PRIZS T VliUNA EXPOSITION, 1873. w. ROSEN STEEL, Mannfartnrcr of so perior Union Crop Leather And dealer In Bark, Hide?, and Plasterers' Hair, JOHNSTOWN, PA. 4.000 eords of oak and hemlock hark wintr.1 Cash paid on deUrerj at the tannery. New Establishment, MAirCFACTUREK OF COPPER WAKE. Haeins; jut opened a copper Factory, we are prepared to manalaetnre all kinds of Cupper Ware far kitchens, hotels, distilleries and brewer- ins; nse. Repairing neatly done. Factory in rear ol Wm. Knteriem a Son's iroeery, lj North Me chanic street, nraherland. EDWASIl KUKNBUMPH k CO., ilsnalactarers. .uood price paid for old eopper. lno9 N1 OTICE. I will inform the nablie that I am selhug lime at eight cents a ooshei, and will take harm pro. dncein exchange) for u it desired. JUS. W. BEAM. 4ec29 - Jenaer X steads, P CTJ O O 7T Kei! Advertisements. "BAER'S BLOCK." JOHN F. BLYMVEU. C.&U- I Haie bow opened ' 1 Large and Complete Assortment ef Good for Fall and Winter Wear. They hare a complete assortment ot Tjalit Fr, DrcMx Good.H, Felt Skirt, IIoopHkiriH, IS untie, gloves. -'And Felt over Shoes, MEN AND BOYS' Clothing, 2uots and Shoes, HATS AND CAPS, GLOVEO, fcC. Underclothing for Men and Women A large assortment ol HARDWARE AND QUEENSWARE, Carpets, Oil Cloths &c. A lance stuck of fine and noarse SALT .;. 1 Jty the Ilnrrel or Sack Prices as Low as Possible C. & 0. 1I0LDERBAU3I, Somerset, Pa. Oct. SO. THi CHICAGO it HOaTH-WtSTKB LflLWAT Embraces under one' manajretnent the Oreat Trunk Railway Lines of tbe West and North west, and, with Its nnmeroos branches and connec tions, forms the shortest and quickest mate be tween Cbicairo end all points ia Illinois, Wiscon .in. Northern Mkhiiran, Minnesota, Iowa, Ne braska, California and the Western Territories. Its . Omaha and California Line Is the shoreet and best route for all points la Northern Illinois, Iowa, Dakota, Nebraska, Wy. ominjf. Colorado, Ltah. Ne.ada, Dal.lurnia, Ore gon, China, Japan and Australia. : Its Chicago, Matiisoa and St. Paul Line I the shortest line tor Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, and IOr Madison, St. Paul, Minneap olis, imluth and all points In the Oreat North west. Iu Winona and St. Teter Line I the only route for Winona, Rochester. Owatoo aa. Mank.itn, St. Peter. New tlm. awl all points in Southern and Central Minnesota. Iu Grern Bay and Harqnette Line Is the only line for Janesrllle. Watertown, Fond lu I ac, uahkosh, Apoletun, Oreen Bay, Escaoa ba, Negraunee, Nan(wette, Houtifctoe, Hancock and tbe Ijake Snperiur Country. Its . Frocport and Dubuque I.ipe Is the only roots for Elicln, Rocklord, Free port, an I appoints Freepuru Its Chicago and Jlilwankee Line Is tbe old Lake Shore irate, and Is the only one Euwinsr throKh Eanstn, Lake Forest. fliKb ndPark, Waakegan, Racine, Kenosha to Mil waukee. Pnllman Palace Cars are run on all through trains of this road This Is ihe ONLY LINE ranntng these ears be tween Chicago and St. Paul, jOhicaao and Mil waukee, or Chicago and W Inona. ' At Omaha our Sleepers connect with the Over land Sleepers on the In ton PactAe Mailruad for all points West of the MiseoaH Kirer. On the arrival or the trains from the East or South, the trains of the Chicaro k North-Wenerr Railway leave Chicago as follows: Fr Council Bluffs, Omaha and California, ts Through Train daily. With Pullman Palact Drawing Room, and bleeping Cars through u Council Bluffs. ' . . . For St. Paul and Minneapolis, two Throogk Trains daily, with Pullman Palace Cars attachef on both trains. For Oreen Bay and Lake Superior, two train, dally, with Puliman Paiace Can attached, atW runaing through to Marquette. For Milwaukee, four Through trains dalle Pullman Cars oa night trains. Parlor Chair Can ea day trains. For Sparta an l Winona and points In Mlnnesc ta, one T hrvwx a Train daily, with Pullman Sleep ers to Winona. For Dubuque, via Free port, two Through Trains dally, with Puilnaa Cars oa night trains. For Dubuque and La Crneee. Tin Clinton. Two Through Trains dally, with Pullman Cars on Jjiirtil i rain to McOregor, Iowa. 17 For Sioux City and Yankton, two Trains dally. I-niiman Cars to Missouri Valley Junction. For Like Geneva, f ,ur Trains dally For Kockfnrd, Sterling, Kenosha, JanesvUle, and other points, you can hare trues two te ten trains dally. New Y'ork Offlce. No. 414 Broadway: Boetoa OSce. No. CUte Street: Omaha Office, lis Faru ham Street; Saa Francisco Omee, m Meatgw ery Street; Chicago Ticket .Offices: 2 Clark St., under Sherman House; corner Canal and Madi son Streets; Kimte Street Depot, comer W. Kla tieand Canal Streets; Weils St. Depot, eoraef Wells and Kiatle Streets. For rates or infomatioa sot attainable frua you boss ticket agents, apply la W. H. Stwjuistt, Mrmi HroHrrr. Qen. Fas. Aft't, O Men go. Oca. Sup't, Chicago, feb'i Hiern CALIFORNIA
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