THE STAR OF THE NORTH. R, ff. Heaver, Proprietor.] VOLUME 9. THE STAR OF THE NORTH J* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNINU BY R. \V. WEAVER, OFFICE —Up stain, in the new brick build ing, on the south side oj Main Street, third square below Market. I*' Ell MS: —Two Dollars per annum, if paid within nix months from the time of sub scribing ; two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the year. No subscription re ceived for a less period than six months; no discontinuance permitted until all arrearages ere paid, unless at the option of the editor. ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding one square will be inserted three limes for One Dollar, end twenty-five cents for each additional in settion. A liberal discount will be made to Ihose who advertise by the year. Choice jjoetrn. SDN DA Y. One more week of care and labor Hus lazily crept away; To the weary word, rest and quiet Are sent down from Heaven to-day. The sun shines with holy splendor, The wind is little and mild, The trees to and fro heave as gently As the breast of a sleeping child. Scattered clouds are pacing slowly Over glittering fields of blue ; And often they seem to turn and wait, As church-going people do. The bells are at morning service In the churches all around ; They ring not their week-day clangor But a softened, Sunday sound. Ah, ring they sadly or merrily. King they loud or ever so low, They can not still the struggle That the living spirits must know. In sunshine and in stormy weather By night as well as by day, The soul must still be striving, Striving, laboring nil away ; Never leel the noisy passions The peace of n Sabbath day. Vet shall there come in the future A Sabbath for the soul; The bells shall not ring in the mottling, Slowly, sadly,shall they toll; In the graves so datk and silent, Is the Sabbath of the soul. RACE BETWEEN WAR STEAM ERS.— On return- j ing to England, alter the failure to lay the telegraph cable, a trial of speed look place between her Britannic Majesty's ship Aga memnon and lbs United States steam frigates Niagara and Susquehanna. They started at 1 nine o'clock in the morning, and by five o'clock in the evening the was so lar behind that her smoke only could be : seen, the Susquehanna was about seven or. eight miles behind. The Agamemnon is I said lo be the "crack" vessel of (ho English ; navy, easily making eleven or twenty knots I s pet hour. THE MISSOURI ELECTION. —The official re port shows that Col. Stewart, lite Democratic ' candidate for Governor of Missouri, is elected by 324 majority. The official vole stands, For Stewart, 47,975; for Kollins, 47,641. In announcing the election of Col. Stewart, the St. Louis Leader, of the 27tb, says: "The Democratic patty has beaten the coalition, and remains on the field, in spile of the rage and disappointment ol the ene mies of the Stale and of the South every- 1 where, a clearly ascertained majority of the 1 whole people of Missouri." 17 Here is a gem from Dombey that will never grow dim ; " She died," said Polly, "and was never seen again, for sbe was buried in the ground, where the trees grow." "The cold ground?" said the child shud dering again. "No, the warm ground," replied Polly, "where the little seeds are into beau tiful flowers, and where the good people turn into angels and fly away lo Heaven." I3T A happy comment on (he annihilation of time and space by locomotive agency is as follows. " A little child who rode fifty miles in a railroad train (hen took a coach to ber uncle's house, some five miles further, was asked on her arrival if she came by the cars. 'We came a little ways in the cars,' she replied, 'and then all the rest of the way in a car riage."' 17 An intelligent lady, whose little boy waa beginning to swear, anxioua to express to the child her horror of profanity, hit upon the novel process of washing out his mouth with soap suds whenever he swore. It was an effectual cure. The boy understood his mother's sense of the corrnption of an oath, which, with the taste of the suds, produced the desiied result. The practice if universal ly adopted, would raise the price of soap. BP* A Nebraska editor announced bis plane for celebrating the 4tb ol July: " We shall luxuriate over our dinner until about 4 o'clock, when we shall go and swim for half an hour, 'teter' for another half hour, and Ihen pitch pennies until dark. In the evening we shall go e-eoutting." OT The bset description of weakness we have ever heard is contained in a wag's que ry to his wife when she gave him some chick en broth, if she would try to coax that chicken to wade through the soup or.ee more. or lo Fiance, ell ladies who do not pos sess a decided ample fortune, make h a point to learn some practical art of business, which in oases of reverses of fortune they may use it is obtain u living. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PxTWEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1857. ABSURDITIES OF SPEECH. Insincerity and extravagant adulation often betray people into uttering the most ridicu lous absurdities quite unintentionally. A great man addressing the House of Lords, said, "It is my most painful duty to inform your lordships (hat it has'pleaspd the Almigh ty God to release the king from his sufferings." This was quite equivalent to saying that he was sorry the king's sufferings were over.— A maid of honor in France, being asked the hour by her royal mistress, obsequiously an swered, "Whst your msjesly pleases:" an Bnswer even less indefinite than that of the j cow-boy, who, after looking up at the town J clock, said it was only "half an inch past j eight." A nurse wishing to give a very po lite answer to a gentleman who inquired after j the health of a eiek baby entrusted So her j care, said, "Oh, sir, J flatter myself the child is j going lo die." A nobleman told a visitor that he had been talking to him in a dream. I "Pardon me," replied the other, "I really did not hear you." A lady of rank having 1 had the professional services of a village pi per at a little fete which she had given on her estate, received the following ridiculously civil note ftotr. him : Your ladyship's pardon for my boldness in thus applying for payment would be almost a sufficient compensation for lite labor of your humble piper, Patrick Walsb " Lord Clarendon, in his essay on ] the decay of respect paid to old age, says : that, in his younger days, he never kept his j hat on before those older lhan himself, except at dinner. In the present day, the wearing i of it al dinner would be thought more disre- I spectful than at any other lime. George the I Fourth, when Prince of Wales, used to return j the bows of oil persons in the street, except ; beggars. He justified this omission by re marking, "that to return a beggar's bow, without giving him anything, would be a mockery, and lo stop fot the purpose of be stowing a sixpence would seem ostentatious in a prince." Sir Robert Graham, being in formed that he had been found guilty of a capital offence, desired the man to be again placed on the dock, and hastily putting on the black cap, he said, "Piisoner at the bar, J beg your pardon," and then passed on him j the awful sentence of death. A country car ' penter having neglected to make a gollowe that bad been ordered lo be ready by a cer , lain day, the Judge himself went to the man, i and said, "Fellow, how came you ] lect making the gibbet that 1 I "I'm very sotry ; for bad I known that , Usi ycase tas-Uiiip it should bare Jbcan I immediately. While an officer was i a cannon ball passed over his head, anatwpM capitated a soldier who stood behind htm. j "You see," said the officer to those near him, "that a man never loses by politeness." Na poleon's hat having fallen off, a young lieu tenant stepped forward, picked it tip, and presented it lo him. "Thank you captain," said the emperor, inadvertently. "In what regiment, sire t" inquired the sub, quick SB lightning. Napoleon smiled, and forthwith promoted the witty youth to "a captaincy.— Notwithstanding the fury with which the battle of Fontenoy was contested, it began with a great show of civility. Lord Charles Hay,.a captain of the English guards, advan -1 ced before the ranks, and Count d'Auteroche ! a lieutenant of grenadiers in the French guards, stepped forward to meet him. "Fire, j gentlemen of the French gaarda!" exclaimed the English captain. "No my lord," replied the French Lieutenant, "we never fire first." j This reminds ua of Bn anecdote told of Cur ' ran who, being called out lo Rive satisfaction to art officer for some imaginary oflence, was told by his antagonist to fire first, which he declined, saying, "As you gave the invita tion, I beg you will open the ball." Good Taste lu Dress. It was an observation of Lavater, says a writer in tho Boston Post, that persons habit ually attentive to dress display tbe same reg ularity iu their domestic affairs. "Young women," rays he, "who neglect their toilet, and manifest little concern about their appar el, indicate iu this very particular a disregard , of order; a mind but liltle v adaptad to the de tails of housekeeping ; a deficiency of taste and of the qualities that inspire love. The girl of eighteen who desires not to please, will bo a shrew and a slut at twenty-five." It is a great mistake in women lo suppose that lhay may safely (brow off all care about dress with their celibacy, as if bnsbands had ; less taste than suiters; or as if wives had less Reed than mistiesses of tbe advantage of el egant and tasteful apparel. An old writer | says, with a hearty emphasis, "It is one of , the moral duties of every married woman always to appear well dressed in tbe presence I of her husband." To effect this, however, expensive attire is by no means essential.— Tbe simplest robe may evince the wearer's taste as truly as the most costly gown of "moite antique." But bow rare a quality ii ' good taste! In the matter of propriety and harmony ol color, there ia room for a trea tise, which bts yet to be wihten by some 1 one thoroughly proficient in ibe asthetics of > dress. Even the simpler laws, though pietty ' generally understood, are constantly neglect ed. Some of these canons have been laid down, in a moat sensible manner, by the uu ' thor of an English poem ol tbe last century. - To btunellee he recommends high eolors— ' rose, orange, or even scarlet; to rosy-cheeked 1 girls ha permits blue and tbe ooior of Ibe sea; . and administers a caution to pale wumen against vernal hues. ur Labor and prudence relieve ua from 1 three great evils—vice, want and indolence. i 17* India rubber pies are said to go fur j titer than any other in use. The I'hllosopby and Beauty of Manners. Manners are the garments of tbe spirit— the eternal clothing of the being, in which character ultimaies itself. If the character be simple snd sincere, the manners will ha at one with it—will ba the nstural oulbirlb of its traits and peculiarities. If it be com plex with self-seeking, the manners will be , artificial, affected, or insincere. So.ne per- , sons make up, put on, take off, ahef, or patch | their manners to suit times and seasons, with as much facility, and as little apparent con- , sciousness of duplicity, as if they were treat- , j ing their clothes in light fashion. The fine ] lady of this class may be polished to the last ( '< degtee, when, arrayed in silks and laces, she | glides over tho rich carpels of tbe drawing ' room—and yet, wilb her servants at home, j she is possibly less the lady than they; or, , > worse still, the fine lady, married, perhaps, , ' to a fine gentleman ol character similar to I ber own, in the privacy of domestic life car- J ries on a civil war with him, in which all ra- , 1 restraint of courtesy is set sside. The best j manners possible ate. the simple bringing , down of the perfect law of charily into the most external ul'imates of social life. Until character tends at all times and in all places, and towards all persons, to ultimate itself up on a sure foundation. This is the golden rule of true manners. W ho Is n Gentleman f i A gentleman is not merely a person ac quainted with certain forms and convention. ; alities of life, easy and self possessed in j the world without awkwardness, and free from habits which are vulgar and in bad taste. A gentleman it something much ba : yond this. At the base of all hit ease and refinement, and tact and power of pleasing, ia the same spirit wtiich lies at the root of every christian virtue. It is the thoughtful desire of doing in every instance to others as he would that others should do unto him.— He is'constantly thinking, not indeed how he may give pleasure lo others for the mere sense of pleasing, but how he can show them respect, how he may avoid hurting their i feelings. When he is in society he scrupu lously ascertains the position of every one with whom he is brought in contact, that he I may give to each his honor due. He studies | bow he may avoid touching upon any snb- ] I jeot which may needlessly hurl their feelings , k in whose society he is placed. Ho never as- , sumes any superiority—never ridicules, nev- ; er boasts, never makes a display of his own powers, or rank, or advantages; never in dulges in habits which may be offensive lo otners. Counterfeit Liquors. The London limes notices, in a list of joint ! stock companies in Paris, formally sanctioned by tho perfect of police, the name of the J •'General company of Fictitious or Counter feit Wines." The Company boldly state that I no grape juice or alcohol is used, but do not specify the ingredients. The article is sold at from four to eight SOUB per quail, and the company baa a capital of six million francs. These liquors are, oDeourss, sold as genuine. Our markets are flooded with spurious liquors, and no one can tall when he buys the genu ine article. The Springfield Republican saya that an informant of that paper was on a visit lo a friend, a liquor dealer in a western city, and, in the space of an hour, he saw him transform a barrel of high wines into "pure French brandy." The barrel was stamped with Ibe custom house brand, and had all the appearance of a sea voyage. The man ufacturer poured in the basis of the ingredi etts (the high wines,) and then, having scented it with about two ounces of the oil of cognac, added a pail-full of a compound which he had mired from one bucket to an other, and which was to give to it its taste and color. Tbe component parts of this last mixture were absolute poisons, directly des tined to sip the energy, and finally destroy tbe life of the poor victims to a habit that leads them to tbe use of such stimulants.— When such facts are taken into considera tion, there is no wonder that a prohibitive law is demanded for tbe suppression of tbe , traffic. SPOTS ON THE SON.— According to obser vations made by M. Kudolphe Wolf, Direc -1 tor of the Observatory of Berne, it appears ' that the number of spots on the sun have ' their maximum and minimum at the tame ' time as the variations of tho needle. It fol lows from this, that tho causes of these two ' changes on the sun and on the earth must be the same, and conseqently, from this dis ' covery, it will be possible to solve several important problems, in connection with these well-known phenomena, the solution P of which has hitherto never been attempted. 1 17* The bar-rooms in New York are clo sing on Sundays. No cock-tails, bitters, or ' eye-openers! Even the German lager-beer * dealers have to succumb. One fellow put ' over his shop—"No admittance on Holy " Sabbath, except on Private Matter?," and in German, "Hmtere Thuer OfTen for Meine ' Boarders." i ■ 17" Flowers have bloomed in our prai ries and passed away, from age to age, un ' seen by man, and multitudes of virtues have been acted out in obscure places, without - note or admiration. The sweetness of both [ has gone up to heaven! Truth and Right Godod ear Couatry. I COMMON SCHOOL MATTERS. From the Penn'a School Journal Jbr September. Monthly Decisions nod Instructions of the Mute Superintendent. DECISIONS. Deduction for prompt payment of fat.—Di rectors have no authority to allow a deduc tion of five per cent., or any other amount, for prompt payment of school tax. That pro vision of the law of 1849 was omitted in lite act of 1854. The collector's warrant is broad enough and strong enough to ensure the payment of all taxes that the directors do not choose to exonerate. To Superintendents. Permanent Certificates —Toe first throe years of the County Supertn'endeocy Were years of experiment, and orrors ol administration were naturally lo be expected. The ucl of 1854 iuagurated an entirely new system of common school operstions, especially as re garded the examination of teachers. But owing to the wide difference in the relative professional qualifications and judgment of the first corps of Superintendents, there were radical differences in the respective standards of attainment and skill lo entitle an applicant lo the permanent certificate. Some Super intendents, also, possessed more firmness and decision, while olbers feared lo give of fence and create undue-opposition by a rigid adherence to the instructions of tbe Depart ment. The cause of education was much more backward in some counties than iri others; and in tunately the i were granted Io favoritism, or iu tendents cates, and of eonfie and even the best and most cautious Super intendents discovered, in the course ol lime, (bat they had made mistakes in their esti mates of teachers'qualifications. It results from these various causes, lltal a considerable nnmber of teachers hold the permanent certificate whose qualifications do not entitle them to it; especially in that essential item, the "an of teaching." In or der to protect the public and vindicato the school system, it is obligatory upon Superin tendents, under the provisions of tbe 41st lhff.ft c L9i 1854J0 vacate and an | of the permanent ] pared, considerably Modified in style and ap- j pearance, and will b^ mailed to Superintend- | ents about the lime ({MS notice reaches them. They will deliver th(uew style of certificate, without a re-examtuition, lo all such hold ers of the old style are satisfied, from what they know of their qualifications, are | fairly entitled to it. Ju all other instances J they are instructed to require e re-examina ; lion, and grant such certificates as the result j may justify. The safety mtd success of the | school system require that the standard of qualification should bo high: In all cases a want of tact and skill in the 'art of leaching' will be a fatal objection lo the issuing or the permanent certificate, no matter how great the anpaxinrity of ayf mpv be. Temporary Cetltykic A new edition of! the temporary certificate, slightly modified, will be printed and mailed at the same lime, and can be substituted for the old form as circumstances will permit. Elementary Branches. —There is a preva lent disposition amongst holders of the-tem porary certificate to extend their to branches not named in it, including even modern languages aud the classics, and have them inserted by the Superintendent, while the figures in the elementary branohes are not higher than medium; under the im pression, apparently, that this addition to their accomplishments would look more re spectable and increase their chances for profitable employment. This impression is erroneous, and the practice is not to be com mended, because, let. The great wm.of the time is a prac tical education. " 2d. The great defect in education, at the present day, is want of thoroughness. 3d.* Wherever else "smatterers" may be tolerated, they cannot be afforded in our common schools—where, above all other places, the instruction imparted, whether in the elementary or higher branches, should bear the impress of genuine merit. 4th. Such enlarged certificates, if intend ed for privste schools, are of no official value; and if intended lor tbe public schools, would fail ot their object, as tbe higher class of schools ia not sufficiently numerous to afford employment to a tithe of the ap plicants who would tho* present themselves. And if it were otherwiee, such certificates would carry with them their own condem nation, and defeat their intended purpose. Thoroughness in the elementary branches is of paramount impppance, and is earnest ly enjoined upon fiooSugaerMmts and Teach ers. County Institutes. —Wfierever Superintend ents have had no experience in conducting Inatilutee, they abonld seourft.tbe best assist ance that their influenoe or resources can command. After the ice ia once broken, tbey can rely upon themselves and their prin cipal teacbers to a good purpose. But a great deal depends upon a right start; and to ignore or discard the assistance of experienced iu , strnc'.ora would be ae unpbiloeopbical and I impolitic as for the unfledged- teacher to I work his own way in the schyml room, with- out (be advantages of either experience or normal training. j Prioate Examinations —These have been tolerated heretofore to an injurious extent, and have consumed the lime and seriously crippled the movements of Superintendents. The regularly appointed pnblio examinations are open to all applicants, and it is their duty to present themselves in their proper district. Superintendents should refuse to make pri vHe examinations, except for special rea sons, and not then unless applicants bring a written request from at least three members of the hoard of directors who desire to em ploy ibetn. TO DIRECTORS. Secretary of the Board.—The Secretary, whether appointed District Superintendent or no;, is tbfe ohief executive officer of the board, ar.d as such, he should make it his business to Bee that all needlul preparations are duly made lor the opening of the fall and winter schools. Publio notice should be giv en of the time the schools of the district will; open, so that parents can have the children's clothing ready, and text-books provided, in order tha' pnpils may commence punctually on Ihe first day of the term. He should see that the soltooi houses are in order, broken windows mended, gencal repairs made, and fuel provided. When the board have en gaged the teacbers, the Secretary should see that a written contract be entered into with each one, so as to avoid dispute snd conse quent ill-feeling afterwards. Blank contracts can readily be procured of the printers at Ihe county seat for a mere trifle. The wijli some, but will save a vast deal more of trou ble and perplexity in the outcome. And at any tale, public duties are of public impor- | lance, and not lo be lightly regaided; and if | any incumbent is not satisfied with the du- J , ties belonging to his position, nothing can j be easier than lo vacate the post, and po-mil ' it to be filletl by some oue who will not j shrink from itl'responsibilities. The Secretary should, however, receive a reasonable compensation for his services, wherever the resources of the district will mm ! ranged into suitable classes, and the ! ent branches taught to the best advantage.— Without proper classification, the efforts of tbo teacher can accomplish but little practi cal good for the school; and the school term results in little better that a loss of lime and ; money for all parlies. Text-books are now published in almost countless thousands, and book agents are to be found everywhere, seeking to introduce them; so that directors caunotjustly complain that ample facilities are not furnished lo their hand, for the dis charge of this important branch of their offi- 1 cial duty. Tltey should make the best selec tion that may be practicable, aid then firm ly adhere to it until fully introduced. But this done, frequent changes are to be avoid ed, and Ihe annual meeting required by the law, only used to correct palpable mistakes that may have been made in former selec tions. But directors should resist importuni ties to introduce the works of one aothor or publisher merely to displace those of another when the difference between the two is prao tically immaterial. Frequent changes of (his nature defeat the object of the law, create great dissatisfaction on the part of the parents, and prejudice the public against the school system; and are therefore greatly to be dep recated. The greater portion o r lexl-books now issued from Ihe press are so nearly eqaal in substantial merit, that the particular series eflfected is of much less importance lhan the uniformity of such as are used.— The great dependence of the school, under all circumstances, must be upon the Teacher, not upon the text-book. A good teaeher can be very successful with an inferior set or text-boojts, if he but hsve enough of tbe to enable him lo arrange bis pn pils while a poor teacher will fail, no matter what tho character and assort ment of books. County Superintendent's Postage.- The post age on all official letters and documents to and from the "TSchool Department is psid by the Department. But each district should defray tho expense of its own local corres pondence out of its own treasury. County Superintendents are not provided with funds lo pay postage on their home official busi ness, which, though made up of small items, amounts to a large sum in the course of a year, and becomes oppressive. Teachers, direotors, and others, who have occasion to wri|e to the County Superintendent on offi cial business 17* should always enclose a three cent stamp to pay the return postage. The postage paid by directors should be du ly refunded to tbem out of the distiict trees , ury. i Suggestions. —Some of the suggestions to , Superintendents this month will interest - Teachers; and their go-operation in the views t of tbe Department, aud the movements of > Superintendents, is respectfully invited. The • success of the school system, and Ibe dig- I nily and prosperity of the profession, depend > upon the impartial fidjfkty of the Supeiin - tendents, aud Ihe voluntary ißotls of Teach (ers to prove worthy of tbe honors and emol uments of their calling. They owe it <0 themselves, lo sustain by their influence and approval, the rigid but just scrutiny, provi-, dad by Ihe law, whose tendency and ob-1 ject is to thin their ranks of pretenders, and open a wider and richer field for the merito rious, who alone should be permitted to re enpy it. Teachers have made extraordinary efforts towards self-improvement within the last three years, and a wonderful reforma tion has been the result. The coming three years are radiant with promise for them; and they can labor with more of heart .and hope lhan heretofore, under the well grounded conviction that they are slowljr but surely building up an independent and honorable profession, (bat shall command the respect and the patronage of the public. But to do this requires that they should be troe iu their allegiance to themselves, and continue to lest their capacity in the crucible of the school room; seeking no earlier or higher reward than stern experience may I justify. This may be tedious now, but the honest common sense of the people of Pennsylvania will not fail in the end, to ap preciate and reward the deserving teacher: and mil as certainly discard tbe incompetent and unworthy. Teaohers who aie conscious of improperly holding tbe permanent certifi cate, should seek and early opportunity to surrender it, and receive one that shell be a true criletion of their professional qualifica tions. They will be gainers iu tha outcome. PHILOSOPHY IN COURT. MHBMbyden, a civil engineer of Boston. This gentleman was concerned in a suit Inst year, biought by him in the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, against the Atlantic ] Cotton Mills of Lawrence, which was of a ] very interesting character, but has never so j far as we are aware, come before tho public. ' Mr. Hoyden had agreed to make a turbine water wheel for the Atlantic Cotton Mills, which should save or "utilize," as it is term ed, seventy-six per cent, of the water power; if he succeeded in saving that per centage, lie was to have $20,000, if not, ho was to have nothing; and for every onq?per cent, i above that he was to receive $350. Mr. MfcrtMMKpAdt *fj4*| ,U|' I '— A awheel six per su ' t ma y 1 "'at Mr. Boyden fljgHjFljOpty.iii the mere matlie ilraf'iMr'MVtMkMiu. .The Company had provided no sufficient moans of testing the question practically, and as the per centage claimed by Mr. Boyden was altogether un precedented, they contested the claim. The case went into Court. No jury on the globe could comprehend the question, and the learned Bench also found himself en tirely at fault. The case was accordingly referred to three well-chosen parties: Judge Joel Parker, of Cambridge; Professor Benja min Pierce, the mathematician, and James j B. of Lowell, the agent of the united ' companies of Lowell in the management of the common water power. Professor Park er furnished tho law, Mr. Francis the prac tical acquaintance with hydraulics, and Professor Pierce tho mathematical knowl edge. That learned geometer had to dive deep and study long before the problem was settled. But settled it was, at last, and in Mr. Boyden's favor, to whom the referees awarded the sum of eight thousand seven hundred dollars. Mr. Boyden had previous ly constructed turbine wheels which utilized respectively the extraordinary amounts of eighty-nine and ninety per cent.; the last wheel utilizing ninety-six percent, exceeds anything of the kind that was ever made.— The wheel is one hundred and four and three quarter inches in diameter.— New York Post. EVERY MAN HIS OWN INSURER. —The fol lowing suggestions to housekeepers, mer chants, and those erecting new buildings, may not be valueless: j Keep matches in metal boxes, and out of i tho reach of children. \Vax*inatches sre particularly dangerous and should be kept out of the way of rats and mice. Fill fluid or camphene lamps only by daylight, and never near a fire or light. Far better dis pense with them altogether. Do not depos it coal or'wood ashes in wooden vessels, and be suTe burning cinders are extinguished before deposited. Never take a light or ash es under a stair case. Never take alight to examine a gas meter. Be careful never lo placo gas or other lights near curtains.— Never take a light into a closet. Do not read in bed by candle or lump light. Place glass shades over gas lights in show win dows, and do not crowd goods near them. No smoking should be permitted in ware houses or bums. Where furnaces are used, the princip4U register should always be fas tened opou. Build all chimneys from the earth. Stove pipes should be at least four inches from woodwork, guarded by tin, and enter substantial brick chimneys horizon tally. 0 17* A young man, desirous of marry log 4 a daughter of a well known merchant, after ■ many attempts to broach the subject lo the if old gentleman, io a very stuttering manner e commenced—"Mr. O , are yon willing [• to let me have your daughter Jane?" "Of d course 1 am," gruffly replied the old man; i- "and J wish you would get some other likely 1 • fellows to marry the rest of them ?" [Two Dollars por AMMU NUMBER 86. A I'Kff WORIHS UN UOUB. At this season of ttie year much fear ie entertained for dogs becoming rabid or itnad 1 from the auppoaed effect* of hot weather.— ' Statistics of rabies go to (how that, contrary to popular prejudice, it occnra most frequent ly in cold countries, and durnig autumn, winter and soring, (Trans. Am. Med. AM 1856.) In Prussia, from 1810 to 18id— -1658 persons died from hydrophobia. (See Edinburg Med. and Sur. Jour. 1824.) It is of Irequent occurrence in Russia, Poland, Northern Europe, and in the Northern Slates of this Union. Dr. Mease saya: "During several bard winter months, within my re membrance in this city, (Philadelphia,) es pecially 1779 ant) 1780, dogs vary commons ly went mad." Rabies seems to be a rare disease in tropical climates. Dr. Savary saya: "The disease ie not known in the island of Cyprus or Syria." Larrey and Vol neysay: "It la never seen in Egypt." Dr. Barrow says: "It is extremely rare at the Cape of Good Hope, end in the interior of Caffraria." Dra. Hamilton and Mosely both say that "there waa not a single case in Ja maica for a period of fifty years previous to 1783." The preralerce of rablel in (he island of Greta is in consequence of the oc cupation ol the inhabitants, who are dog fanciers, and the breeding of ohoice varie ties of dogs for exportation is a source of considerable revenue. The bite of an enraged dog (as wbn fight ing) not affected With hydrophobia, may pro duce hydrophobia in man, (see Morgagni, Dr. I-e Dutx, Dr. Pipsombe, Dr. Newman, K.c.) The true cause of the disease in og is not known, but the moat probable i 8 are want of proper food and pure t. An abundant supply of cold water >ga would be a greater protection against iphobia than "muzzles," which are worn only a part of the year, while hydro phobia occurs almost as frequently in winter as in summer It is a common practice and a very sorioua mistake, when a person re ceives a bite from a dog supposed to bh rab id, to kill the dog; this should in no case be done, but secure the animal and keep it in a safe place until it is folly kuowr. whether lbs the dog replly has hydrophobia. Dogs are subject to fits, when they loam at the mouth and run around barking to a strange and somewhat dangerous manner, and persons are frequently bitten during such a paroxysm. Such bitea aro dangerous, certainly, but not necessary fatal. Hydrophobia, which is fa tal, may or may not follow such bites, but it the dog is killed the sw{nl dread and uncer i tainty of that frightful disease hangs over the unfortunate sufferer, lengthening fiis agony until death itself would be a relief— whereas if the dog is kept and does not be come rabid, the mind is at once relieved from all anxiety. Hence, as a matter of prudence and relief to the patient, the life of the dog should not immediately be ta ken.—Ledger. Brougham ou the Tress. In the course of a discussion in the British House of Lords, on an article in the London " Examiner," alleged to be a libel on Lord Plunkelt, Bishop of Team, Lord Brougham j remarked that, with regard to the artiole which ho had road, it was, no donbt, Btrtetty speaking, a breach of the privileges of their Lordships' House; but of what use would it be to contend with the pipps in such ca ses as these? He remembered, on one oc casion his friend, Mr. Mariott, was repre sented in a newspaper as having said, at a public meeting in the city, that he would not go in procession to that "d ■■ d old church," meaning aoms particular church in the city oi London. He felt much an noyed at the circumstance, and wrote a let ter to the editor, in which he stated that his actual words were, that he would not go to that "damp old church." [A laugh ] The ' next day there appeared in the newspaper a statement to this effect: —" We have given a place in our columns to the contradiction which Mr. Marriott has made; but at the same lime, we think it right to say that we have referred the matter to our reporter who is certain that he used the words'd——d old church,' and to add that we have the most perfect confidence in the accuracy of our reporter." [Great Laughter ] The gentle man complained to him'of that treatment, and he (Lord Brougham) recommended him in future not to be too hasty in contradicting any slatemeut that might appear iu a news paper. How TO EDOCATX CHILPMM.— HaII's Jour nal of Health contains the following sijgges tive paragraph, which ought to be remem bered and acted upon by every parent and guardian in the land. The writer says: "Had I the choice of only four things to he taught my children, they should be: To sing well, to read well, to write well, and to sketch well. Prefection in these will earn their possessor a maintenance in any coun try, and will enable him to amuse himself or entertain a company, whether it be under a rock in the desert or upou a crag in the sea." BP" The price asked for Mount Vernon and the Tomb ot Washington is $200,000 It has been proposed in Virginia that the Freemasons make up the money necessary to purchaee it by the subscription of one dol lar or leas from each individual. X3T The Masonic Order of the United f Stales numbers three hundred thousand per sons, and inclndes a large portion of all the ■ . distinguished civil, military and professional men. \
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