II 1119;.1:4141t ssi. VOL. VIII. -TILE--- Bradford Republican Published Every Thursday, AT TOWANDA, PA.. BY HOLCOM.B TRACY. Pcr A nnuni. 7e Adritiare ..4drer ' g Ratex—Six cells a line for tir6t usertfou, awl nye cents per. line fur all anb-e -quent itmertbns: ' Reading notice adveiti , ing tell cents per line. Eight lines constitute a square, an 3 twelve; lines au inch. Auditor's uotices $3. dl. Administrator's and ixe'Citior's notices .12. 041 . Yearly advertising Strq.oo per coluiun. THE NEM ULICAN is published in the Itaci.t. Moore aud Nol?les Block, at the corner of Main sod Pine stroets. our -J. F., Corset's Bootnrak. Shoe store. Its circulation is over 2090. As an advertising medium it is unexcelled in its im mediate tlel4 7:1.q3r..•!3 Buzinesz Dinl.,i;ry A TTORA E TS- A T-L AIV LEVELAN McGoVERN, lE. J. Cireriami Afraor.rn), Canton. Bradford Court ty Pa,. All business entrusted t. their care Western Bridford will receive Promptatteulinti. alapr,2-ly Attorney.-at-Law; Odic over POwell :v. Co. nu.IFF. J. N.. 01lico in-Wood's Block. south %a First Sational Bank, up stairs. Juno 12.'.8 WI.4I.IREE SON (ti C Eybree and L Elsbree; Unice Mercur Block. Park St. uiayl4.7B DECIi OVERTON (Benj l'rek ana: D A Oo' Otlke over Hill's Market ' 49-'79 reIVERTON SANDERSON (E Over Pin and Jr An rSanderson.) Office in Adams Block. j ulys ikiTAXIVELL, oVee over Daytou'e Store sprit 14,7 G LY-L. WILT, J. ANDREW. Office it Nteau's Block .apr 14,71. CA.RSOCHAN k HALL. 1W T Dar n% Wli CarnorAan, L Hall.) Office in rear rf Ward House. Entrance on Poplar St. 1ie12,75 ;,"titi,;ulltrattLA . o. 8 ;a l l i , c 1 " o r b o lls In 'a e t s e s n t i g n . Orphans' Court and to the settlement of estates: Office lu Muntanye's Block - 4949 . • Me eBEBSON Mello,rson and L Young.) Office aouth side of Mercur's 1114. ck.• febl,7S TITILLIAMS, ANOLE k BIiFFINGTON. (ii ,V V V WlUiums. E J Angle and E I) Buffingto>l). ottee west side of Main street, two doors north Argnivottice. MI tusiness entrust4to theiri;' care will rect ive prompt attention. oct 26,77 j i AMES 11. AND JOHN W. CODDING. Attor- F . ) ney, an.l.counsellors-atA,aw. Onlee in the 31ereur Mock, over C.'l'. Kirby's Drug Store. july3so tf. . .. ELNEV. d. P. Attorney -at-Law. _Office in NlontAnye's Block, Main Street. ;:i, rrlll4 )Ml'Sit.N, W. 11. and .E. A_ Attorneys-at Law, Towanda, Pa. °thee iu Mercur Block, over C. T. Kirby's Drug Store, entrance on. Main street. first stairway "north of Post-etlieb. ~All blisiness promptly attended to. - Special atten tion given to claims 'against the United Statei Or Penstoi..., Bounties, Patents, etc , and to ollections and settletuentof ! i letedent's esiatep. April i!d, ty; 1 HENRY B. M'ICEAN; • ORNEY-AT 7 LAW; , , so:lcitur of Patents . Government claims at ttmicd to. l tliffebs2 fin'swANS AND.SURGEONg JOHNSON. T. D.. M.D. Office over Dr. H. C. u Porter Drug Store: - feb 1.2,.$ NEWTON, Drs. D.\. A: P.O. Office at Dwelling on ttivo Street, corner Weston St. feb 1241 T ADD, C. K., L.D.N 'Offn let door above old L baut;builditig.,oll Main t.trect. Special at telittob givcp to disease:6 of the throat and ju1y19,78 woi ildieltX, S. M., M.D. (Mice and rest. :UAW street, north ot Medical Examiner fc,r .Penalon •Dcesrtment. x3l) AYNE. L. D.. M.D. Office over mixtures P st. , r,!. 'Mike Lours from 10 to 12 a.m. and from I! to 4 P. Y. iip - ectal attention given to loseasis of the Eye: and Diseases of the Ear. oet 20.77 T o WNER; H; L., M.D.. ; HOWEOPATtiIe PHYSICIAN k Simurols. 11,u.lonee and (Men just north of Dr. Carbon's Matti strtet, Athens; Pi. 110 TELS TIESICI HOUSE Slain at., next corner south 4 --L;of . Bridge street. New house and new t;lrniturt, throughout. The `proprietor has Kpared neither pains or expense in making his h.•tel tirst•class and respectfully solicits a share public Patronage. Meals at all hours. Terms •.tscgiabfe. Large Stable attached. WM. HEN lit MZIE SECRET SOCIETIES WATKINS POST, NO. 6s. 0. 3leeta .revery Saturday evening. at Military Hall. GEO. V. JIVER, Coraniander, J. It. Krrritipar., Adjutant. , feb 7, 79 CIII'STAL LODGE. 310. 57; 'Meets 'at K. tit I' Bali 'every Monday evening at' 7:30. In anrauce $l,OOO. Benefits $3.00 per week. :Aver aF vinual cost, I years experience; $ll. 4. R. KurritiDa4, firporeer; Dictator. ; i fob 22.78 • • B . • -____. _ ..- . RADFOII.I) LODGE. No. 1(7, I. b;;',o, F. Meet in Odd Fellow'a Hall, every . ?londay evening. at 7Wriodr. WAnnEt HILL, gale Grand: jiine '1'2,75 . - HOUSE AND' SION PAINTING P OST • F.- E. ;co. 32 Second street orders will receive prompt attention. June 12.75 EDUCA T/0N.4 L Z USQ Cial NS NA COLLEGIATE- INSTITUTE `—; The SPItING TEIINI w•t11 begin Monday, April 3, IS-2. For catalogue or Other iU(or• tEatton, address or call on the Principal. ELWIN E. QVINIAN, A. 11. Towanda, Pa. !alb' 11,74 PLUMBER AND GAS , FITTE:n WILE.IIIIS, EDWARLi. Practical rillniber olati Gas Fitter. I lace of business in Iler cur Block next door to Journal race opposite Public Square. Plnrubing, Gas Fitting. Repair. ng Pumps of alLkinds, and all kinds of Gearing romutiv attended to. All wanting work in his o ne should give him a call.. July 27.17 INSCRANCE R . 8, Ostlers! Insurance Agency, L' Towanda, Pa. Office in Whitcomb' hook July 12,76 te.'fre And had One of llis 25 CENT DINNERS rt. 52* -4-:u FARM FOR SALE. Lozu of fifty acres, located In the Wysolral lcc, fire minutes driro from Route borough Pur full particulars, address I &MES C. F01t8 , .. TOtiabda Ps. 2::ebifw• • . . . . . „ . . . . • . . , . . . . . . . . . ''• . . . . 1•• . . . . ' . . , . L . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .., • I— . ~. „ ....\... . . • ~ . • . „ 7 . i •'..*,11p,1.- , • - , . • . - . . • ' , ', . 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DR: JOHt F.- :HANCOCK, Lt.: PresidentPf the National Phar tztaccotidal Association of the United, :;tatci, says :.•• "Ilrolve's Iron Zittcrs has a •t cavy salg, is coneedertfo be a fine , • ; the charactci or. The mane, ,cturers is a youcher •far Its purity sad medicinal cscellence."- . • JOSEPII ROBEItTS, lialtinaore Pharnisticatiesd Golitic,z, says: 1 , 6i NATHAN ; TIPP, PITTSTON, WIt,KESHARRE .TOWANDA, FOOT or PINE STREET, NEAR COURT ROUSE W LOWEST PRICES „FOR CASH. "01 ;._... ‘„ , The ratronice Of tni old friends and the publ oonerally is solicited. Osep: $ 1 , . In the Whole History of • Medicine No•preparation has ever performed such marvellous cdres, orj maintained - . so -:wide a reputation, as AYER'S CHERRY ;PECTORAL, Which is rccognized as the -world's remedy for all diseases Af the throat and lungs. 144 long-continued series of wonderful cures in ally cll .-mates has made it universally known as a safe and;rellable agent to employ. Against ordinary coldS, which are the forerunners of more serious disorders, it acts speedily and surely, always re lieving suffering, and ! often .saving life. The protection it affords, by its timely use iu throat and !chest disorders, makes it . au invaluable remedy to• be kept always on hand in every home. No person can afford !to be withont it, and those rho ha . ve once Used it iiexer will From their knowledge OCits composition and operation. phySicians use the CtlEl:l:V . •l'Ecrottm. extensively in-their practice, and clergymen recom mend it. It is absolutely certain in its .healing effects, and 'will alWays cure Where cures arel possilih!. For sale by all tlingttist., A. BEVERLY smtv, BOOK BiNDER AN;D S ' Dealer in Scroll Saw ric:ds.l BOOKBINDING I OF ALL KIND DONE, NEATLY [and CHEAPLY. 1 ;:r rine Blank:Books . Amateur's 1 Supplies. This departmey4 of nip business is very corn plate, and being a practiml sawyer myself I know the wants of my patrons.)' WOODS. SAW BLADF.S. • oe,l CLoCiiSIOYEMENE,S, ket, constantly on hand. a sll..gg worth of designs for $l. Send for price lists.'' *" REPORTER" BINDERY, P. 0. box 1512 DR. JONES'CREMICADIPHOR IS THE NAME OF the popular Liniment that cures Itheumatim, Neuralgia, Swollen or Stiffened Joints, Frps • Bite., pain in the Face. t, Head or Spine, Chapped hands, Bruises;Sprathe. Burns. Mosguloto Bites, Sting or Bite of an in sect, Poison from common Poison Vines. etc.. for man or beast. Always reliable, and almost instantaneous in its relief. Having an agreeable odor, it is pleasant to apply. Sold by all drug lists, Price 25 cents. !I 1 N.. 8.-This Linbient received a Prize Medal a the State Fair,ls79. Afar 20 ly :Nothing Short of Unmistakable Benefits : Conferred upon tens of thousand's of suffeiers could originate and maiutitu the reputation , , .which AYER'S PARILLA enjoys. Iti is a compound of the best vegetable alteratives, With the rodhles of Potassitim and Ircin, —all powerful, blood-making, blood-clpansing and life-sustainhig, j- t • and) is most effectual of all remedies for scroth lous, mercurial; or blood disorders. Citifottmly successful and certain, it prixluces rapid and complete cures of Scrofhla, Sores, Boils, Iluniors, Pim ples, Eruptions, Skin Diseases and all disorders arising ftota impurity of the blood. By its invigorating e ff ects ft always relieves and often cures Liver Complaints, Female Weaknesses and Irregularities, and is a potent renewer of waning vitality.: For purifying the blood it kas no equal.' It tones up the system, restores 'and preserves the health, and imparts vigor and energy. For forty years it has been in extensive use, and is to-day She most available medicine for the suffering sick. • For sale Iby all druggists. i i 1 ill NOTED lb ".1 indorse it U a fine medicine; rclis6lo as a_streastilanint tonic, .6vr tium slcolwii~. jwiwr,- ~. • Dit. J. FARIS MOORE, PIT, D., Professor of Pla.Umacy, Balti more l'harmaceutical College, says: " Brown's iron Bitters is a safe' • rnd reliable medicine, positively free front alcoholic poisons, and can Le recomm6ded as a tonic for use among thosC who opiahe: •E ' DfS I ARD EARICKSON, Secretaryßaltimore GAlege of Phat macy, says ..t indorse it is an excellent tr.edicin"e, a good digestive agent, end anim-intoxicarit in the fullest scnse.. Dr:RICHARD SAPINGTON, one of I34ltimore's oldest and most relialAe•llysicians, says; ' I • . " All who have use d It praise Ita • • stthidard viand, I and the well. known character of the house which i .l makes it is a sufficient guarantee f its being all that is claimed, for, they are men who could-not be &iced to otter anything else but reliable medicine for public use." A Druggist Cured. Boonsboro, Itfd.,Det. ta. te/kt Gentlemen-: )317 - Danes loon Bit :ten cured me of a bad attack of Indigestion and fullness in the stem • 'ach. • Having tested it, I take pleas. • 'ure in recommending it to my cos . • touters, and am glatt to say it gives entire satisfaction to all." CAto"..W. lloPrsutv; Druggist. Ask your Druggist . for 131tows's PArrEns, and take no other. One trial will convince you that it kist what you need. MI (Successor to Mr..lMcK.esti,) DEALER IN AND !..OYAL SOCK .0 4 • , TOWANDA, PA. MY siEciAthjr .L I IEI Park street. Towanda, Pa SELECT POETRY. Sweet tangled banks, where ox-eyeddatsies grow And scarlet poppies gleam ; Sweet changing lights, that ever come and go Up the quiet stream! • once more I see the flash or splendid wings, As dragon-flies lilt by ; Once more for me the small sedge-warbler sings Beneath a sapphire sky. Once more I feel the simple, fresh content I found In stream and soil When golden summers Molly came and went Mid mine was all the spolL I find amid the honeysuckle flowers, And shy torget-me-not, Old boyish memories of lonely hours Passeati this silent spot. O God or nature, how thy kindness keepS Some changeless things on earth And he who roams tar offend toils and Weeps Cornea home to learn their worth. 'Gay visions 'a worldly schetnes MAY tai, -1- Hopeproverignidletareilni ' . " 44 But still the blossom nourish, red and pale, . * Beside my natlye stream. • —The Sunday Mats MISCELLAN EOU S. T ". Good-bye, Ethel. It is fo ver 1 • i He took my hand in a fare ell clasp,' his brown eyei full of sadness. I could Inot speak ; I had no power Co utter a'word.; I was only conscious of one truth—one sad, dreary, heart-breaking truth—that John Audeureid and I loved each other, and it was 'all in vain. We were going to part—we expbcted to meet no more. I, to go back -to the old, dreary life in the great bustling city—the monotonous existence of .a teacherwhile John (it was Fate's decree—how could he help it ?) must return to his home to pre pare for his approaching marriage. , • It had been a family arrangement; r one of those fashionable alliances, where ' , 4&,17 1 1, sacrificed on the shrine of Mammon, and true love is nofionsidered. Gertrude Ware was a weak-minded, insipid school-girl, pos sessed of neither wit, nor beauty—hitt then she had Wealth, that 'which in these day ti in which the golden calf is worshiped, ts cljn sidered superior to all else. . I I was only Ethel Gray, an orphan—alone in' the 'world—and a poor school-teacher. What possible comparison could there be b& tween the heiress and the poor teacher ?1 I had-come to`the seaside for a vacatioi, lug lo bring the roses back to .my cheeks, faded 'through gxcess of bard work and close confinement in the dreary schoolOom ''---my head throbbing with pain, my - de'art ' i shrinkingj with dread from the `Here" can itask befo me of "teaching the young idea }.how to shoot." I detested it all, but Ahrown iupon ; , my own resources, it was ,either that or starvation. . When I Came . to Seaside and hfcatx(l as with John Audenreid 4 . found a new life—something to live .for—there Were brighter sunshine ; bluer skies, the birds sang, sweeter, the great foamy sea seemed full of strange, weird inusle,, and . the morn ing' stara sang together . It was Paradise over again—but, in every Paradise the ser pent must intrude: . And so, at last, one evening—strolling at thy side along the shining, silvery beach, the glory of " % the setting sun all about us— john 'Audeirreid had, forgotten that he , was "in honor bound," aliti had confessed that he had learned to love me with all his , heart —she; first real love of-his life. It was dAdt,- ter,wrong—,his confession --I knew it and I could not refrain from saying so. Ills face flushed hotly and his eyes drooped for atOn• stant; then he stopped short, and faced me, there on the silvery beach, Ethel," he said, his voice hoarse leith suppresSed passion and excitement, :,*-`de spise me if yon will. I deserve it all, = , but I cannot help' loving yon. I never loved Gertrude; the engagement was all a foolish mistakeanarrangement between her fami ly and mine—into which we entered passive ly, having little option in the matter. I can se:: the horror of it now, now that I have met a woman whom I can and do i loi•e. I cannot marry Gertrude Ware I" ' *, "John I" ; I folded my arms upon : my breast, and stood like a statue on the sand before him as • 1 . I continued:, "I c6.e1.1 L ueVer accept your .sacrifice of wealth to love. That I hivelearnetkto care for you it is useless to• deny, but it is the source of sincere' regret: I shall never 'wrong that other woman. Yon are bound - to marry her—be as happy as, you can. " Happy !" . The word dropped front his pale -lips like a stone. I "And you counsel this, Ethel ?"Rh o asked harshly and abruptly. " You ttskind to for. get ?" "Yes," I forded my lips to jitter,. "for. , get." Then I fled away up the white . path, .and back to the bola! Once within the shelter of my own Mom I hiid it all out with my; self. I fought battle ; more, I came off conqueror. ,The next day . I went back to' the city, b4k to my weary 'work, and so: my drown was over and 1 . was awake to re a lity. . MM::!!! Two months I afterwards I read in" the aewspapera an announcement of the mar riage of John Audenreid to' Gertrude Ware, and I had strength to pray • God that they might bo happy. ME I took up my burden of toil—Low heavy Ind weary it had become ! The days . pasa. ,rd in a ceaseless round of work, and so four years slipped by. It was in the summer, the golden summer time, and my vacation. I decided to visit Seaside fora few weeks. My strength v.-as ftiiling, and the physicians advised me to try 'the salt sea Lair. It was the eening after my airivnr. I was strolling along the 'shining sands very nearthe spot Where John and I had parted, when% little child came bounding towards me--L lovely little fairy . with, great brown eyeN'and cloudi of-golden hair floating over her shoulders, both hands' clutching frantic ally huge bunch of Wild-flowers. ' She came 'straight to my ..Side, her innocent faoe raised smilingly to my own. "See my piity flowers?" she exclaimed, in her baby faShion, slipping one little band into minn !confidingly. 'With 1"v-iniddeu tremor gnawing at my heart,.l gazed [into the child's face. Surely 1 had seen eyed like those before. • I salt down ou a great rock, and lifted-he! to my knee, .1 ' "Whit is your name, my dear I asked, my heart pausing involuntarily, as though listening for the answer. ; "Bessie," she answered, gleefully. "=llenr si Attdenreid I" t" Do you live hexer - was my nett ques, Lion. . , Oh, no. Mamma brings me hero fel air." This with a *manly 'dignity quits amusing in the wee woman. "My papa's dead, you know." "Dead I" TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 6.' 188* BY THE STREAM. JOHN'S WIFE. 1:=:MI C:=:=3 •'tibVERNMLENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE - PEOPLE." Clod! Could it' be possible f- 1 lelt, its though every thing had groin and dark. This was John's chile- then—and John was dead: and I loved him Lk A wild cry otanguish arose in •my heart, "au ox. ceedinC bitter cry." For notwithstanding the lapse of time, notwithstanding the cir cumstances of our separation, the heart which had learned to look up to John An. denreid with intense devotion had nei - er for. gotten him. And "the heart which once Lilly loves never forgets." I pat the child down upon th'o sand. • The world had grown suddenly blank to me. I stretched oat' my : hands, groping in the darkness which ha& come upon me; am spy heart scarcely' pulsated, so fearful was the shock. • ' Little Bessie, with the volatile spirits of childhood, began to dance up and down the "There's my mammal" she cried sudden " She's lookin' for me, I 'sped !" *pop sofa„ 13us !sitOs3o popuuok aqs up_ gill Or 4 l B ** l n ig gir l 4 ol3lB l ll l 4l 4l o2 l , DUVAL i(Cuis4q ou aaq RElnov pug on) oauj ( PIMP `4l o2 dir Irmo in .toq Atom wogs I pun nel I ;uq, , owl s ‘ utior lam SOAOU puq •qotraq eq; aono Amor 2npuoo noiqq - m' andig mils cep tqun e.o; sa.So Inc potun; I 4 1 darkly, beautifully blue." I bowed as coi. dially as I could. "My name is. Gray!" I began, "Miss Ethel Grey; and you are Mrs. Andenreid ; She smiled a sweet; Sad smile, and extend ed one fair hand. "Any I rest here ft while?" she asked. "You seem ,to have a comfortable seat, Miss Gray ; " She pressed my hand warmly, and seated herself at My side. Ere an'hour had passed we had become quite well acquainted and I found, to my intense surprise, that a kindly even tender—feeling had sprung up in my, heart for' the fair young widow. All at once she glanced down the beach, where a tall, manly figure was coming in our direction. Her flute lighted up with a smile of satisfaction. "There comer Johu," she exclaimed. "John PI, • The_ name fell from my lips , without any volition., I half rose from my gent and then sank back again. On came the tall straight figure. My. God! could it ibe, pOssible? was John! Andenreid—alive and. well. lie came forWaKd rapidly ; then stopped short; and his face grew ashen white. " Etliel!!" 'he cried. "Thank God, wd t meet agai o ." - , . I sat Were, pallid and panting, unable to - speak. Ile glanced from Mrs. Audenreid back to me again. "This is my brother's wife, Miss Gray," he said gently. "My poor brother Philip, who was lost at sea." • - • "Your,brother's wife !'!I repeated, blank. ly. "I thought this lady waif your wife, and that child yours!". He looked. grave. "My viiia is dead, Ethel," he , returned, quietly. '" She had - consumption, when we were married, and did not survive but a few months. i She died in France, we were then journeying. This little fairy" laying hiS hand gently on Bessie's golden head ÷" is Philip's child. Come,' pet." He lifted Bessie up to his shoulder, and she sat there like a demure elf, scattering her withered flowers about. And'so weall went' back to the hotel. That very night .everything was explained. How I John had been delayed in foreign lands by busineis matters ; and how he i had written to me and he letters had been inter cepted by a false friend ; and hoivJohu bid found it all out, and had followed me to Seaside, "to claim; ihis . wife."--so said. He loved me truly ; time had not changed either of us ; and so, when another summer came in all ''the glory of green and gold, I stood at the altar with John Audenried, and vowed" to love; honor and _ ehen'sh, until death us do "part."—Mrs. IC. Burke Colline. • THE OLD 'RAIL FENCE. lam told "by foreign tourists that while many of our fences are reflected in those of other lands, the ceunterpait of the zigzag fence is to be seen in no other • country. It is typical of Yankceland. It is known as the BLtakepr Virginia fence, and is the relic of a lavish. era of unlimited forestry. history does not chronicle the name of its inventor, Lut I have long since learned to cherish a profound respect for the Memory of this unknown individual. It is ;hard for me to imagine in the person of this primitive rail-splitter the picture of an untutored backwoodsman, and I -never fol low the coarse of one of these fences with out'feeling a certain consciousness that its original builder must have seen his work through eyes artistic as well as practical. T' 1 careless'abandon of its , lines—a repe titio of form in whibh absolute repetition is 3 contt fully defied . by 'the capricious convo lutions of the, grain, for there are no two rails made in the same mould—and their gray satin sheen, their weather-beatenstains of moss and lichen, and the ever changing play of lights and shadows from their waving weeds and vines, make the old rail fence truly an object of real beauty ip.our land scape. Often have I lingered in its angles, and a hundred times have I thought of the host of . . pictured and reminiscences which might fill a book'to the glory of a fence cor.: , • 1 Moreoven this peculiarity of conformal Con Pandere to most worthy and blessed sliftlessnes happily latent in the bones of almost every farmer ; for while - the plow . share creeps clotie along the' blow Of the old stone wall, and the direct course of most other fences offers . a free soope for the mow er's.,scyllie or the reapers blade, the outward corners of the zigzEig fence, dodge beyond its reach and thui escape. *How often, too, are these recesses the convenient storage quarters for the stones and Stubble of the field, and as such receive Owide berth from the newly whetted Scythe or Oradle. 'Thus does the old rail fence bedeck itself abundantly With wreathes aud garlands. The refuse stone_piles . clothe themselves in tangles of creeping - dew-berry, - and ground-ivy; and the round leavei of the creeping.mallows conspire to hide their nak edness. Tall:brambles rise and yield their snowy blossoms to the rifling bees, or later hang their purple fruit in tempting clusters to the troop of boys in their!eager scrambles among the raili There are no black rasp- - berries so forge and lusciais, no lemel-nuts bo full and brown, and no filberts so tante _lizing beneath their prickly pods, as 'those that grow up under the protection of the old rail fence. Here the rich green beds of _sweet-fern . give out their aromatic savor to the wise old simpler, the eager small boy or even to the Squirrel quest of th 6 nutty kernels amongits seed bohi. The dull red blossomi of the glycine tell of sweet tubers beneath the ground, and the bright =dow ers or tall artichoime invade the old-time is among their roote.—/tarper's Mat wehie. . km:6 To BEAT.--An Austin ma; who is in the clothing business, refuses to believe thiclthe Jews have been =Articled in Russia. If they really have been beaten, he says they Must be a different kind from those in this country, as he has never been able to beat a Jew yet, although he has tri e d it freque* —Tenn Sifting& • • TOLEM. SPAIN. The !leanly of Spank& Wenten—'rheir lifur veletas GimeoliVlO the Fan. Never shall I forget 'our walk around the .city walls that first afteriumn in Toledo. -A broad thoronglafare tddrta the' disused de. fences on the south* west, running at first along the sheer - descent to - the river, and a beetling: height 14:tixiint -which houses, shops and chnrches Ste crammed confused ly. I noticed one smithy with a wide dark mouth revealing the - tiiked rock on which walltend ,roof abutted, and other houses into the faces of wide!' had been wrought large granite projecticira of the hill. After this the way led theme &gate of peculiar, tstrength and simpelinear y carrying up arches of granite and red brick to a considerable 'height—a stout relic of the proud Moorish dominion so long mairiff*edhere : and then l oin when we had ram aborat a church of - Santiago lower down, g through some streets irregular ' s paha, .where over a merit Of, the owner's - mace. "I iurt - tten Sanchez. l'792"—we came to the Wisps,. the country gate. This menacing, double towered portal.is mediaeval; so that a few steps had carried us from Mohammedan Alimaymon. to the Emperor Charlea .. V. Just outside of it again is the Alatneda, the medertt garden promenade, where the beau ty and the idleness of Toledo - congregate on Sunday: eves to the soft compulsion of strains from the military academical baud. Thin runnels of vi : uter- murmur along through the hedges andembowered trees, explaining by their presence how this refreshing pleas ure-ground was conjured into being ; for on the slope, a few feet below the green hedges you still see the sun-parched soil• just as it once spread over the whole area. The con trast suggests Eden blossoming on a crater side. At the :open-air soirees of the Alameda , may 'be seen excellent examples 4f `Spanish beauty. •:The national type of woman pears . here in good preservation, and not too much hampered by • foreign airs. Doubt. less one finds it too, in -Burgos and Madrid, and in fact everywhere;• and the grace of the women in other places is rather fonder of setting itself off by a fan used for parasol purposes in thwstreet than iu Toledo. But on the paseo, and alameda all Spanish ladies carry fans, and it is something marvelous to see how they manage • them. Not for a mo ment is the subtle instrument .at rest ; • it ,nutters, wavers idly, is opened and shut in the space of a second, falk to the side, and again" rises to take its part in the • conversetion almost like a third person—all without effort; with merely a turn of the supple finger; or wrist, and contributing au added charm - to the bearer. The type of face which beams, with more or• less similarity above every. fan in Spain is difficult to de scribe, and at first, difficult even to appro . bend. Ono has heard so Much about its , beauty that in the beginning it seems to fall short ; gradually its spell seizes on the mind, becntning stronger and stronger. The tint viiies from tawny rose or olive to white.; Lilies , of 114;1144 caste, from . their night life and rare exposure to the sun, V quire a deathly pallor, which;is unfortunate ly too often imitated with powder. Chestnut or lighter hair is seen a good. deal in the south and east, bat deep black is the pre valent hue. And the eyes I—it is impossi ble to more than suggbst the luminous, dreamy medium in which they swim, so large, dark and vivid. But above An, there k 'ombined with' a certain child-liko 'frank• nese a freedow and force, 'a quick mobility in the linen of tile face, equalled only American women. To these elements you must add a strong arching eyebrow. and .a pervading richness and fire of nature in the features, which it would be hard to parallel at all, especially mheti the whole is framed in the seductiVe folds of,thellack mantilla, like a drifting - night cloud enchancinq the sparkle of a star. --Geo. P. Lathrop, is Harpers- Magazine. 1. =I CUTTING OUT. The most desperate, yet generally success ful and popular achiefements have been those knowtvas "cutting out " that . is, attacks by open boats upon an enemy's slitps in an enemy's harbor, and I may cite one as among the most brilliant and picturesque of these exploits. The: small British frigate Seahorse was blockading another frigate at Porto Caballo, on the. Spanish main. The idea of "cutting,out" the frigate from under the Spanish batteries by means of his small open boats, manned with only - 100 meu, in spired Capt. Hamilton, and, when commun- • ieated to his crew, was received -with three hearty cheers: The Goats, :commanded by, the Captain himself, left thdc frigate at night' and made for -the harbor ; not unobserved, however, by a Spanish launch " rowing guard" at the entrance. This did not' deter the gallant assailants. Two boats, proceeded to cut the cables, the others attempted to board at different points, two only out of the six succeeding .'at first. The Spanish crew, numbetling 365, retired before the headlong attack of pmtlably not 89 assailants, and two boats' crews remained to tow the enemy out if captured. For some minutes theissue was doubtful? but while the deadly strugglet 'proceeded below our lithesome sail ors sprang aloft like a flight of night-birds; the l gaskets were cat, the sails dropped-Ciii tain-like from the yea's, the.ship gained life, and floated out like a Summer cloud c:1.• -vision amid the roar of gurus from the at tory, the continued ifire of musketry; the loud curses of the Spaniards, and to meas. tired splash of-the oars. When the struggle ended outside the harbor 119 of the enemy lay stiff did stark, '7''Viere wounded, while the loss of the victors was trifling 1 This brilliantly successfnd exploit was of the irreg ular and desperate kind to which the, well known saying, !' Cat magnyique, twat re n'eBt pas /a guerre," would apply; and it showS that in war not only' the- chances of success, but the Object to be gained, must decide. Readers of naval history know that there were special reasons why at all hazards the Hermoine should have been captured,, or rather recaptured-r—The Nineteenth Cen tury. • IJ. A literary Sststt.Vitsii.—Saturday even. ing a party of retired sea captains were seat ed around the stove in a down-town„grocery spinning yarns. Many wonderful stories of sealing and whaling adventures were told, some of which were more thrilling than truthfuL At last one of the younger mar. iners startled his hearers by telling about a sperin whale he once saw, so small that it . could be carried under hilt arm. This was too, mach for the old salts to swallow, and the l yimmediately brdia ground for a home cruise, but not until one old . grayhaired, son of liepttme remarked that " that's n mighty stdall whale but an awful big lie yOu're ;giv. 14 us, abipmate."--Bfoniseon Mirror. • . ns rROPTIS Tfl C STAGE.—It Wu' ( excite the 4vyOf our Western Texas stage robbers to ktim that Booth has made several thoneand dollarsiby Onstage. Tooth, however, made 14s money on the stage, while the robbers make their little pittances off the stage.— Taxis Sif inga. , r DISCOMFORTS OF THE PAST. Modern Civilization the Product of the Last Three Hundred Years. Meats used to be brought in on the spits, just as they were cooked, and the carver held the meat in one band, while he cut od huge chunks with a razor Shaped knife, held in the other, each guest helping himself :with his fingers, and eating whathe desired, 'throwing the remainder, with the bones, under the "board," for . the dogs and cats. Knives were but little used, even as late as the times of Henry, tho. Eighth, and fortis came in la whole century.later, having been borrowed from Venice during the reign of James the First. A writer of those days described the fork as "an instrument to hold meat, provided for each person at din ner, it being considered by the refined Venetian.as ill-mannered to touch the viands with' the fingers." For hundreds of years the simple convenience of plates for' eating on was totally unknown to our ancestors. ' ",. :iimedisaitt'Aceirsompa , _ which the meat and-. gravy . were :placed, while other.bread was supplied for eating with the meat. After each one had finished, he. ate his plate, or "trencher" as it was then called, if ho chose, and if not, it was put, with all the remuauts of the meal, into the acms-basket; and Sant out to-the poor, who were always waiting at the gate for ,their share of the repast. • The poor were never forgotten by our Saxon 'ancestors, and our very word "lady" ;comes * to us , from the Saxon " laffdak," which means "bread giver," because the mistress of a manor used, in those days, to distribute, with, her own hands, bread and * ether necessaries to the poor in her domain. Gradually these " trenchers" of bread were exchanged for real plates—made of sillier fc;g• rich people, and of wood or pewter for the poor, until the introduction of crockery: 'Even fruits and flowers were rare and costly luxuries, scantily enjoyed by the wealthy, and almost unknown among those of moderate means. Apples were introduced from Syria in 1925 ; strawberries, from Flanders in 1530; goose berries, from the same country a few / years later;, currants, from Corinth in 1533 . ; pears, from China and continental Europe in 1590; plums, from Damascus in 1596, and walnuts from America in.' 1629. Most of our garden flowers were taken to Eng land from various lauds during the reign of Henry the Eighth and his three children, 'and thence have been subsequent) x import. .61 to our own countrk. Cabbages and salads - *ere introduced from Flanders as late as .1520, and cauliflowers a century and a half later, were considered too rare and exl)ensive to be sold in the markets. At tlio beginning of the seventeenth century, few people even knew the taste of beaus, peas, or lettuce; and'a great proportion of our ordinary dishes were in England un heard of delicacies, till fifteen hundred years after the commencement of the Christian era. Yeast for bread was not brought into requisition until the year 1631 ;, atel previ ous to the reign of Jam es the First, the ordinity bread of the country was a coarse unleavened, black mass ofbarley meal that in our day would scarcely be tolerated by the very poorest. England bid her -first carriage in 1553, her first hackney-coach in 1650, her first mail-coach in 1784, and her first watch in 1658, while. it was only in the year 1611 or 1658, respectively, that tea and coffee came into genera! use, by our Eng-, lish ancestors. Gas-lights were the growth of a century, and a half of later progress. The inventor was a Frenchman, an engineer of roads and bridges, by 'muneWive Le Bon, who in 1785, adopted the idea of using, for pur poses of illamination,, the gas generated during the combustion of wood. He labor ed for a long time in the offort to perfect his crude invention, and it was not until the year 1800 that he took out a patent. In the year 1816 the first use in London was made of gas, and in 1818 this invention, really of French origin, came to be applied in France. Thus we see (hat with our-English ancestors, the age of comfort, the golden age of refined civilization, had its birth about the beginning of the sixteenth century as the • fifteenth gave us the priceless invention of, printing. Since then, so rapid have been the growth and development of these three or four hun dred years, that the home comfort and refin recut of the English has passed into a prov erb rind we hear, even from the lips -of for eigners, that iu no other language, and by no other people of the wide 'world, is the word , comfort so thoroughly understood as by the English doubtless because no other nation has been so truly Christian in its law* and institutions. - " Them that honor me, j will honor," says the Supreme Ruler;, anid we find countries and indiir'iduals, progressive and happy, just in proportion as they reverence and obey God's holy com mands.' A RUNAWAY ACCIDENY; The Sort of People Reporters Come In Con.: tact Wills. The reporter saw two horses dashing down the street with a few pieces of the harness left, and also a portion of the running gear, of the carriage. Re made directly' for the. spot where the horses had left the carriage; , and by following the track of .spokes, hubs and fragments of the carriage, soon reached, the wreck. There Was a man standing by looking at it with some interest. "How'd this happen?" asked the scribe. "Dum fino," rejoined the man, " horse kind of run away, I guess." "Can you give mo any-particulars?" " Well, no, I did not See the first of it., Guess didn't amount to anything, anyhow.! Got scared at something:l s'posn,." " Anybody hurt ?" ' " Well nove, stranger, I couldn't' say. 'Pears to me somebody did mention it, but I forgot. now 'Who 'twos. . Ain't much\ ac quainted in the ward anyhow." "_Do you know anybody that does know?" ";Ottess the horses got-skeered somehow" The reporter calls on eight or ten eye wit nesses of the scene and none have sufficient intelligence to give any account of the acci dent, which happened right under, their noses. All seem to labor under the impression that they will be arrested and sentenced to ten years' hard labor in the Penitentiary if they impart a single scrap of information. In side of ten minutes the man first interviewed reaches home and his memory begins to liven np. He tells his wife all about it. "I tell you, .Sal, I never saw such an all fired runaway as I Env jus t a while ago. Billy Brown's two horse team ran , - away; threw Mrs. Brown and two children out and knocked old Brawn senselesi - - I was right there and helped carry him over to Thomp son's. J• The buggy struck a tree and smashed the daylights out of it. Guess Brown will die, they say his leg was broke, left leg, just below the knee and Mrs: Brown's jaw was 'smashed. The children, Betsy and Clara,- • wasn't hurt so much." ' - "I suppose it'll be in the paper in the morning." "Bet you don't see a line there ; reporters 'are too cussed lazy to hunt an item anyhow, and"then they never get it right" • - In the morning the man looks , la his paper and cusses it for not giving fuller particulars. —Salt Lake Tribune. "THOU FOOL; THIS NIGHT."- The farmer smiled to see his bursting barns, Ills fields yet ripening in ',the summer's sun, And cried with pride upswelling from his heart. " Lo, what the toll of my two hands have done:" A sweet voice whispered from thq rustling wheat "To God who givetti increase, praise is meet." " Them Is not room within these little alias To store from loss and the# my yellow grain ; - So will I build me greater, that I may Rejoice and cheer my soul with this my gain." Still pleaded that angel whisper, low and sWeet— "Rive to the poor who have no , rood to eat." "Cease troubling met Why should I not be glad? For hard bath been my toll, and long the strife; Nowf wil et . laugh and nu my heart with joy, And ll right merrily the rest of life." " 0 fool,' the angel whispered with a sigh, "Repent, for Mini - ; this very night shall die."' A HACKMAN'S STORY. Mutt tt New Y.zk !lack •Driver Said a Reporter. . " Seein' as yea are not suck a bad finale? e lCUlatt went on, as be took apuiffit a grunt of satisfaction, "I'll tell you thing for your own benefit. When you hire ti cab make a bargain before you start, and it will be money in your pocket Any - drir er who don't keep up the dignity of the pro fession by charging every cent he thinks he can get .onght, to have his license revoked. I ain't got no sympathy with them hackmen as don't'take a good thing when they can get it. Wo are allowed to charge $1 an hour, and it's a cold day when I can't make an hour bring me in $2. No, passengers don't pretestHthey kick. I always like to see a man kick!. I blow I've got him, su re, and besides, a little kicking at the end breaks the monotony of the tri p —kinder Warms a man up, you know. I never know [thicker that didn't pay before ho finished. A man who looks up amazed-like when I kick him double, but pays and glances at - ruy numper, inakes.me fecr uneasy: , I", Past women and fast men patronize us mod than any other class. The balk of our business is after nightfall. . We do 3 good yleal, though, in the afternoon. Down town .1 is where all the Inisines.ssis found during the latter part of the day while the light lasts. the brokers and basiness men make up the rade. Can't beat them!' Oh, no! They are too cute.,,,. Why we have to carry theiti under the price—for 50 and 75 cents. We can't stop, any place around Wall street i as there is no . stand. ' The policemen keep us moving and the brokers hail us. They know how it is. . Countrymen don't hire hacks to any extent. A countryman is a bonanza when we can get him to ride; As a general thing a horse car or an elevated train is go,od enbugh,for him. Bet after dark, if a driver has good luck, ho can stuff and drink and smoke and is sure of 'good pay Unless the passenger's money runs out before he settles for his ride. We see high life and low life' .—more of the latter. , A luxclunan can tell you more about the sins of New York than Talmage. He sees a great many things every, night that the Brooklyn preacher didn't ihell he took in the sights. 1 "A 4 we ever beaten out of pay? We get stilck once in• a while. A driver that lets any one-beat him ain't fit to hold the ribbons. :When' a man gets drunk he gen ; erelly wants to ride, and he never wants to pay. If he don't square up, I take his over. coat off his lack and hold ou to-it until he does. Some men have tha t habit of going into a price to get a drink and forget to! come out again. They slide out through 'a back &kir, and that is 'the last that is seen ofi them. If a hackman is wise, he wont lose sight of a customer - until he is paid. The better part of our business we catch at the shows, the dance halls, and the beer gardens, and the night winds up about three o'clock. Thieves don't .hire our hacks. The lights , give 'em away. They obtain a carriage at a livery stable r that don't carry lights. Actors and actresses?' No. Most of them take horse or,elevated cars. ' Most of ,ern , dance in spangles and go home in pretty Seedy clothes. You don't find !ern spending their money for hacks. : "Do we - find lost articles left in - our 'car. lieges? I' should _say we did: . Everthin4 from a toothpick to a gold watch. People leave gloves, umbrellas, canes, packages and sometimes their pocketbooks, in hacks. Once in a while, an overcoat, a cloak'or a shawl,will be found. I'd like to know what they 'are thinging of when they forget these things. Some folks don't seem to be think ing of anything, and they forget to pay too. They get out and walk off like Machines and I guesi they could get along just as well without heads. Do we give the things back 7 Well, yes, if people' come after them. ' If' they go off and leave 'em we ain't going to hunt-'em up. We can't afford to run all over the city to find absent-minded people. I've , got more right-handed and left-handed gloves than yon could wear in a life-time, bnt,none to match. I never buy umbrellas. This overcoat a gentleman left in my cab. My wife is wearing a pair of shoes that a la dy went out purposely to o buy and forgot to take out of the carriage. - Drunken men generally manage to leave about every thing they. have on the floor of the carriage, except their clothes, and they would proba bly take those off if they contd. One man stuck the 'lining full of bills one night and hung Ins watch on the kubb of the door. He hail a high time. I ptit his stuff in his pockets when I left him at the hotel.' I would ' l 't rob a drunken man, but when so; ber ° ' ple leave things they ought to lose era. L. . 1.. Times. , • PASTORAL ITEM: A young man, named Folsom Bowser, applied to a wealthy Austin stoeknian for a Position on his staff—to go west and herd sheep at $lO a month, but &he stockman said he was not hiring anybody ,to herd sheep. " Have you all the shepherds you require ?" asked Folsom Bowser. "No, I am needing several, but Pm going to wait till the President has.. made his ap. pointments." • "What's that got to do with herding sheep ?" "It has a great deal to do with. it. As soon as Arthur has intide his appointments, I can have my pick of disappointed appli. cants who will be willing to hire for nothing but their grab, just to get cut into the country." The sheep industry of Westera Texas is suffering from the • tardiness of the Presi• deaf Tera.v —Memorial Hall, which formed the Cen tennial Art Building, at Philadelphia, is in a state of dilapidation and decay. The wind has torn pff portions of the galvanized iron-cov erings, and the dome is in 991 a leaky con- . ditiqi that the tapestries, bronzes, Chinese enamels and other articles collected by the . Pennsylvania Mu.seum and School of Indui trial Art, which has possession of the edifice, are in great danger of damage from 'water. Two years ago the large Statue of America, which crowned the dorue,'had to be taken down, as it was crumbling to pieces and lia ble to collapse and crush through ;to the ground. The whole building, which cost $1,500,000, is in a bad why; and in constant need of repair WOMANS' RIGHT IN HEW YORK. t AIHAP mar Sue Her Husband for Damage, • far Assault nod Battery. )•`-- The geneial term of the -supremo court lias decided that a woman can 'me her hus band for damages for assault and battery. The question was before,the general term upon an appeal from a •chambers order de nying a motion to vacate an order of arrest obtained by Theresa Shultz against her hus tOrd, Theodore Shultz: . Judge Brady dote the opinion Sustaining the order, and /ridge Daniels, concurred in it. Presiding Judge Noah Datia concurred ha the :Sergi- Mental grounds of the opinion, but dissent ed from the construction of the law express ed% J:edge 'Brady beide that, by the 144 1850'relittinuto the rights of mar t* womenthe legishdare intended to, and did, change - the common law Me Mita wife *MR ri not sae her,hshaMi . saki*: "To " • • 1141! the right (to main enaction of 'thin manntburee idiltike. language. harmony by enlarging the rights of marrtZ women and increasing the obligations •of husbands, by affording greater. protection to the !ohne; and by enfoining greater restraint upon the latter in the indulgence of their evil passions. The declaration of stich a rule 4, not against the policy of the law.. It is in harmony with it, and calculi. ted to preserve peace and, in a great moral are, prevent barbarous acts, acts : of cruelty, regarded by mankind' as , inexcusable, con temptible, detestable. It is neither tot . ; early nor too late to promulgate the doc trine that if La husband commits an assault and battery upon his wife he may'be held responsible civilly and criminally for the act which is no only , comillitted in violation of •the lirws of - Pod and man, but in direct an tagonism to the contract of marriage, its obligations, duties, responsibilities, and the very basis on which it rests. The rules of the common law on this subject haye been dispelled; :rooted, and justly so, by the acts of 1860 and 1869. They are things of the past which.have succtunbed to more liberal'and lnst Views, liko many other doctrines of thif - rbmmon law which could(not stand the st•r4my and analysis of modern eivilizir tioni 1 • Presiding Judge Davis . consithrs that the tyljudications which have here ofore been l i made in the supreme court against the right of a, wife to sue leer husband for as sault and' battery or shinder should be ac. cepted until .reversed - by the court of .ap p9als. He says: I heartily concur in the unbounded cletestatiori of wife beaters, 'Which my brother ~Brady has so forcibly• expressed ; and I think the legislature might well provide a carefully , prepared statute giving direct personal remedies by suit in all sachicases ; but the courts Lye decided that that has not yet -been done, and the doctrine stare dicitds requires us to leave_ to tht.t court of appeals or to the 'legislature lhe . gallant duty of setting the law free to • redress by civil actionff all -the domdstic dis putes of husband and wife, whether com mitted by unbridled tongues or iagryblows. Their- rights, , however, to such redress ought, I think, to be mutual,, to have due regard to the fact that many rk,ats, words and things that would be assaulti; and_ bal. teries and slanders between cAher persons have no such character between. husbands wives. And perhaps some provisions alruid i be made allowing reasonable oppor tunities for tha restoration of domestic peace by amicable settlements free from the lines,of litigious attorneys. ' I must, there fore, in the present state of things, dissent from the conclusion of my brethren."—.N. P. Times. ' WINTER IN ITALY. People WLo Go There Only to Get a Chroa4 Ic Cold. So far as the weather goes, wintering in. the south is too often a disappointment and delusion. A chilly sun may shine fitfully ; the winds may t blow violently and bitterly; the.rain occasionally comes down in torrents, or when it does " hold up " yon take your walks abroad under leaden skies, which are singularly depressing. The houses are in differently. built ; the _architectural arrange ments of the best hotels are directed rather againSt heat than cold, while the stoves and' grates: would leave much to desire even were they not supplied with an insreaciency of inferior-fuel. No doubt both man and nature manage matters better in the Riviera; but we are writing al "present of Solthena Europe. We never remember to have suf fered so severely from cold at Christmas time as on the banks of the Guadalquivir in "sunny" Andalusia; and, at a time of life iwhen we were by no' means addicted to low spirits, we have found atmospheric influ ences get the mastery of us altogether" be, fore the close 'of a Romtii season. Going to Southern Italy fOr the winter, you rit into a lottery, in which you may po'ssibly draw a prize, but will probably draw ti blank. The temperature in Rome seldom sinks excessive ly low, but the atmosphere is apt to be raw and depressing. There are mouldy odors in the air in - the more venerable quarters of the city;. and the gaunt 'imiklings cast .their dismal shadows over'piazzas where 'there is a melancholy plash of fountains, while yel low fogs; with a disagreeable suspiclim of malaria, wreathe themselves upitird of a morning from the low bed of the Tiber, dissi pating themselves slowly in the Itipetla and the adjacent streets. The sculpture galleries strike cold as so many charnel houses; the picture galleries, in desolate or half inhabited palaces, are only a few de grees more genial;, and even of an after noon, when the 'chill should have been - fairly taken off the day, 'there will be ' blue noses and bloodless cheeks among the mtif fled promenaders on the drives of the clan. we say, may happen in very normal conditions of the climate, nor is Rome, with its very peculiar parents and its formidable distances, a place.that invites the stronger to . pedestrian exercises. You quickly catch a cold, and it clings to lon like the enchanted robe of a Centaur; or you awaken latent symptonis of neuralgia . or rheumatism,, which, growing - steadily more sensitive to' the temperature - of the ithor oughfares, tend decidedly to become ehion ie.—London Saturday 11,eview. A LEGAL Commix op Ennoits. —A recent survey of some lands in Miller county, which were in litigation and surveyed by or der of the Court, has, brought to light a curious and complei state of affairs respect ing a ntunber of lots of lands in a certain district in that county. I. am informed that no less than two hundred and fifty , lota of land are embraced in this "Comedy of Errors," and as many owners find that they are claining the wrong lot or the right lot with the wrong " numbee. Indeed, every man has just . discovered the remarkable and unsatisfactory fact that be owns somebody else's lot, and his neighbor is in the same dilemma. Another feature in the case is .that Miller county has been claiming part of Baker's territory, and by this recent survey a strip of land extending along the northern 'limits of Miller will henceforth hive to take f ite ilgitimate plaee in Baker county.—Atlan ta Constitutivn." CM { y $1.50 a Year, in Advent*. PACTS ABOUT SEEDS. , Row Animals Carry Thin Abeat—l •f Lissievlty. Animals contribute largely to the dletri: bution of seeds by conveying them in their woo/, fur or feathers. Berries and drupes devoured by birds and centaining indi gestible seeds, which are voided without having lest their vitality, and in the matter, partially eecoent for the numerous rasp berry plaits and other shrubs found growing by the side and in the angles of fences. In- stances ofithe longevity of seeds are given by numerous authors, but none-is moreretiark able than that related by Di, Lindley.- He says : "I have before me three plants of the raspberry raised, from seeds taken from the stomaeh of a man whose skeleton was felted tit* feet below the surface of the earth.. "lie had been buriedwith some coins of the Emperor Hadrian, and it he, therefore 'probable that they were; over 1,.56) . yew • ice'"': Several years ago tbs &Mc at Mane some men ine , ijoiltioreew below the surface and placed it by itself. is few weeks aftenvW . some shrubs sprang up from the sand, which grew And produced fruit. The akenes or Miele of the herb bipemi and several ether general plants bear two rigid aunts! which are barbed 'down ward; they are Commonly called Spaniel" needles or beggar ticks, because they ad. here to every one - that passes by them. Sev eral species are armed with ' delicate hook.ri, evidently for the same purpose, by means of which they readily attach themselves to men or animals that come in contact with - them. The most troublesome of thiS class is per haps the Lippe (burdock). Tlilr plant af fords a striking instance of design_ in the dissemination of seeds, such as cannot be mistaken. The scales of the inirolucre - all end in a minute firm hook which seizes hold of everything that passes by. Thus men and animals are - made the ' -unwilling agents of scattering widely the seeds of this unsightly but interesting plant. MINES INFLUENCING TOWNS; In more recent times the development of the mining industries of, the country hae powerfully affected both the grOwth and de cay of towns. Comparing in this respect the maps of.to-day with these of 150 or-200 years ago, we cannot but be suck with the remarkable changes that have taken place is the interval. Some places which were- then of but minor importance have now advanc ed to the first rank, while others that were 'among the chief towns of the %realm have either hardly advanced at all , or have . posi r tively declined. If now we tura to a, geo logical mapove find that in almost all .macs the growth has taken place within or near 'to some important mineral field, while the decadenee,occurs :in tracts where. there are no workable minerals. Look, for example, at the prodigious increase of such - towns as • glasgpv, biverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, lirminglniza; and Middlesborough. Each'_ df these owes its advance in population and _ wealth to its position in the midst of,- or close to, ficlds of coal and iron. Contrast, on the other hand, the sleepy, quiet, unpro gressive content, and even. sometimes un mistakable 'decay, of not a few country towns in our agricultural dishicts..l Closely con nected with this subject is the remarkable transference of population which for the last generation or two' has been in such rapid progress among us. The large inanufactur ing towns are increasing at the expense - of the rural - districts. The general distribution of the population is changing, and the change is obviously underlaid by a getilini cal cause. , People are drawn td the dis tricts where they can obtain most employ ment and best pay; and these districts are necessarily those where coal•and.iron can be obtained, without which no branch of our manufacturing industry could exist. —Mae-' millan's 'Magazine. , - Dreams are night thoughts, unchecked •by the judgment and uncontrolled by the will. It - is not true that we do not reason in dreams,. that eierciseof the judgment is wholly suspended, and that the will is "entire ly powerless or ceases to - act. These facul ties are not altogether in abeyince, but they doze while the subordinate powers of the mind—those t which play the part of picture carriers- and record finders,rankack the treasares-of memory and mingle together in the direst confusion old things and the new. Imagination is not active, but it re niains..just long _enough awake to supply the . connecting-links which give seeming conti nuity to thoi3o ,parts of the phantasmagoria which we chance to'remember on recovering. perfect selt:conscionsuess, and. which, being remembered, we call "dreams." No one remembers more_ than one dream, unless he has been aroused trcin sleep more than . once. This bui led-to the inference that • dreamsolly occur at the moment or in the act of awaking. ,There, are dreams which i take place in the process of returning to con sciousness—for example, those instantan eous scenes and spectacles which aro ;sug gested by the sound or feeling which rouses the dreamer; but as the result of a long and close study of the subject with a view to discover the nature of dreams and the laws of dreaming, for medical purposes, in con nection with the treatment of sleeplessness, lam persuaded ;that dreams occur in-,the course of sleep and are ' wholly forgotten. That they do not and cannot take &air' deep sleep is probable, because deep sleep is general sleep, and when this state prevails the subordinate faculties are sleeping, and the pictures and records Which compose dretims are not disturbed. To understand dreams we must understand - sleep, and it is because the two phenomena have not hith erto been studied together . that so little is generally known-about either. KINDER LOOKING ROUND. A tew days ago a middle-aged gentleman, who formerly lived in - this city, returned after an absence of two years, and as in duty bound called upon a number of his former acquaintances. - He stepped into the, store of a well-known trader and was -familiarly. and cordially greeted, and after a short chat he said " I have met with a sad bereave ment, lately." Indeed ! what has been your trouble ?" asked the • trader. "I have lost my wife," replied the poor man ; "itte died about ten days ago: Here is an obitnaw .which the editOr of the Blank wrote," and he pulled from; his pocket a newspaper, and unfolding it, peinted to averitable obituary. " I added a few lines myr,,elf," he continued, "for she was a gond woman, and Smith's obituary does her no more than justice." "I presume yon• are right," said the hider, " and 'the loss of one's wife is indeed a bereavement. You have the sympathy, un doubtedly, of all your triads." "Yes, but it is pobr consolation, after all," said the widower, with a solemn visage. Finally the subject was changed to one of a more cheerful character, and after s.. a "moment ' s talk the trader said. "But what, may I ask, has brought you back to Lowell ?" The strang er didn't answer heartily ; but after a mo ment he'replied, "Well, to tell the truth, friend, I'am kinder looking round for mottles wife 1"—Lowell Mail. NO. 6 DREAMS,
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