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PUBLISIIiD,EVERY TIIETSMY MORNING,
By J. R OTIATT;
SMETHPORT, 111 1 KEAN COI3IITY, PA
OFFIOE, 8. E. CORNEA OF PUBLIC) swats
ati fio in Advance
Bates of Advertising.
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One square of 12 lines 'or leas; 3 insertions,::.:....lso
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Twelve lines Brinier types or.eight linos noniairellits
rated-a square.
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113itoineos Directory.
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'Surveyor, ;Draftsman Conveyancer, : 'and'itcal Estate
Agent. ' ,Emettiport, &Mean connty,,Pa,
B, F. WRIGHT,
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'Wholesale and 'Retail Dealer to Fetidly . silreeeries, Pork,
Flour; • Salt, Peed,,Boots and'Sboes &0., &...e.• Store
.. In the As tor House Block, Smethpert Pa. . ..
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A. N. TAYLOR,
Dealer in Dry Goods Groceries, 'Pork,. Floor; Solt, Fish
' _Doody-node Clothing, Boots, sail .Shoos. Bmethport,
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.. , • WILLIAM *ILION, • • ..'
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Practical Mechanic, MiTlirright, Bridge-bullacr, . &a.,
..'P,irt Allegheny{ Billean county, Pe.. -' ,
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.L. BitOWN,
.BURV.EYOR, DRAFTiHAN, 00iIVEYANBER awl Real
Estate-Agent;: Wee, Williarnarllle, Elk Cie:, •Penn'a
RRPRRRtiaRS—• ""
- Chapin & Beyle,..Esces„ . •' Ridgirayi Pa.
Hon. Thomas Struthers,' ...• Warren,. Pa.
'. W.- B. 'Brownell, Esq., Smethoort, Pa.
Hon. , Buena- . Vista.. Pa.
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' • CARVER. HOUSE, - •
Jona g. llott Proprietor, corner of Water and Hickory
Streets, Warren, Pa. General Stage Office. - .
J. C. BACKUS, & CO
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General' Denlira ' floods, Groceries, Crockery
"eady-Made Clothint, Boots and Shoos, Huts end ()Ape
kc.,.opposito the Court House 'Smettiport •
FOBES HOUSE,
grunting the PM,lic Square,. Oietin, - N. T. JANES M.
, MtLerta. Proprietor. The Fobee Mime is entirely new
and bUilt of brick.'. and is furnished in modern .stile.
• The proprietor flatters himself that his accommoda
tions are not .surpassed by any hotel in Western New
York. Carriages run to and froni,the. New York. and
Brie Rail Road. • . • . 38-tf.
BYRON D. HAICLIN,
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irion.nr AT LAW; Smethmart, litiKean County. Pa.,
, Agent for Messrs. fteatin; & Co's Lands • Attends
' especially to tho Collection of Claims; Examination of
Land Titles- Payment of Taxes,. and all businesarels,
ting to Mal Estate. • Office In Hamlin Block. • . .
GREEN'S HOTEL..
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V. 'it: *ainwr,. Proprietor ,-- at Ainaua,Warren county
Pa. ' Ills Table will be supplied with the beat . the
• country afrorda, and he sidtre - nq palms in' acconode.ting
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E:BOt4HTON'ELDREW
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itttorney.und Coi:welter .at Law, Smothport, M'Kean
. County, Pe:.llusiness entrusted to his carefor•the
countie4 of firßean, Potter and Rik wilt be promptly .
- -attended to ' Office In . the Court line; second floor.
DE, L. B. WISM,
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Physician and burgeon; SidetlipOrt, Pa; will'attend
all professional calls with 'promptness. Oaks lu Sart
well Bloblc, seeond floor. • . . • '
• " • THING & HILLER; • •
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Realore In Staple . and'
. and . Varici 'Dry,
Oode' • plating; Ready ?Ode Olotidoei.and General
Furnlabing Gonda, Boots and Slioea; Wall and Window
Paper, Looking Glynis Ap. At Olean. N. Y..
BEruiLl'T ROUSE,
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Amethport,M , lleau.. 00., Pa. to:It. Ileatmri,'Preprie
: torL-••oppoalte , the Court Itenae..•• A new, large; polo
modboua and woll•furnished house - - • '
JOHN. O. BAOKIIS,
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Attorney and Ootiusellor at Law; Smothpcirt,ll , Kean 00
Pa. ' Will attend to all business in big profession In.the
counties of WHean, Potter and Elk. Office over O. E.
Sartwell & Brothers! Store.- ' ., . .
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HACKNEY .HOUSE - .
Corner of Second and Liberty itinetsi Warren - Pa, -IL
A-Dm:wait, Proprietor. Travelers will .findgood ao
• tiontinedations and reasonable charge d . ... • .
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E. B. =SON,
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Dealer in Moves . , Tin Waro, Jappatied. Ware,
~t.e,, meat
slde of the Public Square, Snietlipott,.Pa. Onstotn
' work done to order on the shortest notice; and in the
most substantial. manner: - • • • • •
W. O. BROWNELL,
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Dealer In bri floodifi .. .Groceries,,Orookory, nardware,
• .Boots, Shoes, Plats, ' Ottps, Olass, Nails, 011 s,
East: side of the Public Square, Smeth , port, pa. ,
A.. I. OTTO,
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Dealer in Provisionannd Family Groceries generally, at
Harmers. Valley, M'Kean 00.,. Pa. Drain, Limber,
Shingles, ho:
~ taken Di 'exchange ter Goode.; Patent
Medicines ter sale: . ': .' . -... . .
LAB/JIM HOTEL,
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It. Lamm:. Proprietor; —Alleglieny Bridge, Wltean
00., 'PA. This houee is situated about nine miles him
Bnteth;,3l4 on the road' to Olean, and will be found a
convenient stopping-place • , '.. . '
EMPORIUM HOUSE,
13111 ;mon,Keaii Co., Pa, N. L. DYNE, :Proprietor
. A commodioue and welt-tarnished house... Strangers
and t t iavolors will find
. good accommodations.
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by T.. GOonwtn.. The house is 'equated about live mil o
tromSmethport On the road to Oletm. Pleasure parties
. "and 'others can be accommodated on the shortestaotico•
ELDRED HALF-WAY HOUSE,
NATHAN DENNIS, Proprietor. This house is situated hal.
-way between dmethport and Oloan. If >row want a good
dinner this ilphe place to stop.... • , .•
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. .••• -..- 011ORDIS CORWIN' - -.. . ...'.
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Proprietor of. the grist' Mill,'. at • Meahantemburk. Ma
. • Kean County Pa. Flour. .Meal; n . 11(11'061, donstantl. ,
on hand and for sale;ha large and small quantities.: - '
PORT ALLEGANY HOME,
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..ENOOR D. Dimcgy, . Proprietor, at Pori- Allegany, Mc-
Kean °aunty, P. This Hotel, le situated at the June
ti6n of th'e Smethporf, and Allegany Riser ,bade, nine
miles enat'of Bmethport. ', — ••
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ASTOR HOUSE •
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HAEOP:CLT,":: :: Proprietor.
The Proprietor having' recontly . puioluised and thoir
mighty refitted tlioAstor 'louse, flatters himsolf. that ho
.can famish as good accommodations as any hotel in West,'
ern Pennsylvania.
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• .WAN TED, • •
50'-TNS OL D'AST IRON ' fa exchange for 'work, 'at
the„ , IBIRTIOPORT•BURNAON.,
rrIOR bo'st •Toa in town at the .• •
.'. • ASTOR 110IISR BTOIII3
A YEW ea4eg of biota aita 84o0a. to . givii away at .
: r. B. F. IV MOW'S.
50 BUSI!EL . :?f, Driet! Ap . plea , , stc i r i o, tnilviavey.
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• Xs it cheaper to build jails , than it is to edu
' cate our children in good morals, and thus pre
vent their becoming inmates of out' prisons
What sort o( men wilt those boys make who
are all Owed to frequent rumholes; to smokPl
swear and' play carqs.'t Do .parents. suppose
ttley oan hold
• the reins Of. government ever
'their .sons while, they Perinit them to spend
their eienings away from home, subjected. to
all the evil influences Which are always•Con. 7
centrated in a village ? • '
Is itcheaper for a father to. pay for the . anis'
Chief
.which his sons do, than it is to buy them
a . library of , good teMks 1, If parents '.would ,
keep their sons • contented at hoine, let tb.em
take half a dozen good newspapers; se me to
furnish them daily with' mental and •moral
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"Half ,
a dozen paperst" says, one, get camnot
afford it.' Half ix dozen papers ` -would colt
twelve dollars' a year ! cannot afford it !"
We will suppose , this father has two Sons,
between the ages of, twelve,and sixteen., They
havelearned to smoke cigars , ;. he allows them
two cigars 'apiece, at, a coat cof three
cents each'. He thinks this quite a made:rate
allowance of tobacco ; perhapele smokes two
cigars a day . himself. Only six •• cigars for a
father and two s soil ! This is very modes ate.
a .
allowance, as every smoker will admit; but
these six. cigars at , three cents apiece; will, in.
one year, amount to the snug little sum of mix
ty-five dollars and fieventy. cents ! Enough. to
take thirty , Weekly . newspapers!,
We have only -taken 'into account the; ex
perm of the tobacco, * makingno-deductiou for
time :wasted,
: health injured, and 'the mind
blunted and enervated. •
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Now,we ask in all soberness, if it is not ,
clieapei to furnifih . gciod books, good papers, sad
plenty of them for 'our children, than 'it is to
lat them go without and run , the risk of th eir
contracting a ta.ste.for immorality, tobacco and
stronedrinks.? '
The daughters, too, should not be neglected-
Take papers and magazines for them ; give
them something to think about and then they
will not grow up. silly, weak-minded worn en,
who take no intereet in anything but farad° ns,
dress and IlirtatiOns.- :
Is it cheaper?—Bolton Cultivator.
TOEVAY TO GET WEALTIIY.—Nevpr. 'was
money so . scaree,•everybody says; and . eee'ry
bodyrwe believe ; is justified in making the re
mark. Silver may be plentiful in bank,, gold
may. be abundant at Frazefriver, .but nether
can be picked up - along the streets by men too
indolent.to work,•or.women too extravagant to
study economy.. They will not discern that
"''Tie ti'very good. World'that we live In,
To lend or to spend or to give in, •
But to beg or to••borrow, or toot a than's OWE,
'Tift the very worst World that .everwas•known.'
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The proverb is an old o n e, but just as a pli
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cable to our time as those . of bur ancestorir.—
P • overty has not much .credit' in bank parlors,
though wealth' is freqdently less reliable; unless
accoinpanied by honest , principles. The, only
thing to be depended' upon in these days is in
dustry ;. that is the best financial . inatitutilm ;
it never. fails. AbstemioUsness and : frugality
are the best bankers ; they allow "a , handsome
interest, and never dishonor draft
,drawn On
them . by' -their humblest •ustemers. ThiiNs
our opinion - of the'matter:—Old Jonatlatn.
Awrur.;ALTERNATIVE. The last will cote
queer miser who kas just died is much raked
of at Vienna. He cut off all his nearest da
tives, and Made a Very distant one, an extretne
iy hapdsome youit girl, sole heiress of his Con
siderable property.
• So far there is nothinees
traordinary ; but thereis a copdition addea` to
it: The testator, was a hunchback and ha d a
club foot which defects probably , had Allelic ted
many atteinp4 of his to marry. He has maid.)
it, therefore, a condition, sine gee non, that
the heiress islo get 'the property only vriben
she marries, a,man shaped es he was: She is
besides to live in a .conviefit three months in
each year, to pray i for his soul.' The heiri.at
law have attackeji till's odd last will, on the
pleti that when , it was made the testator :Must
evkiebtly have been mad. . , there is, he w
ever, no equity jurisdiction. in Austria; tb ey
may find their task not an easy one.. '
VIRTUE A . : , iI; . DSFINED.-7 . - In the •Bost on
bieestigmor, we find, in a letter from ;fo
eeph Barker, the following very truthful de ft
nition of virtue antl.vice
«I - condemn nothing but what is a real injury
to. myself or others. The hurtful tendency of
an action or a course of life, is the measure of
its ininiortality or impropriety ; and the berie 7
ficial tendency of an. action or a course of :life
is the measure of •its virtuousness or proptiel y.
In human conduct, nothing is virtuous tuft what
is useful ; nothing is vicious but Wier is' Mtn
ful, injurious. Everything levirtuatiiraed com
mendable, in ptoportion as it is useful ; every
thing is vicious and censurable in pro . portion as
it is hu'rtful. • -That which is :expedient;- or
conducivo to our own good and the good'ofot h
ers, is virtue . ; that which is'expedieat, or 5n.,
imical to-our own good and thegood or othtsrs
A yowig fop abouesturting down to New Or
leans proposed to purchase a life preserver.
rOli;•you'll. not want it,' euuestid the clerk,
fcbags of wind wou't'sink."
.S.4E.THITIR' . ,r,,, AMEAN,. COUNTY; P.A...,, - Txt.TitspAy,.; ~:$O•,-0,..1f40q.:....:.:..
IS IT CHEAPER I
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Johi•Rapdolph's Sudagi.
Randolph's sarcasm •was • always.. withering
andsometimes his very look; or even silence
wee• annihilating.. the anecdotes told of him
are alniostinnumerable, - and some tit' them'are
tioabilesa pure inventions. We. cannot vouch
for the truth of- the following, but kis
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teristic orthe •
"A gentleman once related to use - an , anec
dote which ' I have not seen in print.. A mem;
ber of the lower. House, from Virginia, had re
cently died.. With this gentleman,' Randolph
was on very, friendly terms. His"successor was,
elected in part, as was said from his. hOlding
up the idea that'll' elected, he would "chastise
Johnilandolph into his senses.'! . This brag.
gart had heen in histie:it but a few days , wheU
he sought to redeem his pledge 'by .making a
furious attack on the gentleman from`Roanoke.
He was in the. full tide of angry declamation
when. , the object of , his . abuse entered. the
House,. On taking his seat he. barely; • glanced
at the speaker, and then began a hasty perusal
of •the newspapers and document's on his desk.
:All expected ireplii, and rare sport as.a matter,
Of course, but they were, for thet
. time disap
pointed. 'Some days after, however, when the
House, the - lobbles, and galleries were fail:
Randolph obtained the' floor to speak on some
resolution then under , consideration. In the
course of his remarks he 'took occasion to
speak, in the most complimentary toms of his
friend, .the deceased member, whose seat was
then 'occupied by his auccessof,. who was n ,
large portly vutit. With unmistakable elocution,
which huihed thelloosa into the most perfect
silence, he turOd to the seat occupied by his
rude antagonist, and said with his' blande,st but
most scorching irony': allude to•tny es
teemed friend from Virginia,' lately cleceiied,
and +Mose: sectt is still vacant !" As his :incom
parable emphasis fell on the' word cgvacant,"
the death -like 'silence was dispelled. by the
most tumultuous laughter, defyitig * all control,
and in which friends and foes alike joined. It
was told me.as a fact by an intelligent inform,
ant, who had it frorn one who professed' to be
personally acquainted with the faits, that the
effect of this adroit inuendo was 5() killing to
the principal victim, that he resigned his seat
in the body to whicktui sci•boldly proposed to
chastise John Randolph into his senses,"'
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STASTING SEEDS EARLY. -Sr. Daniel Emer
son, §ummit county, Ohio; states 'that he has
beep sOccessfulin giving garden seeds an ear
ly start in the following manner :—Having' se
lected the quantity needed, each sort is tied up
by itself in a.cleth k the name being written on
a slip of paper, end' enclosed With the seed.—
The peckagei are then bided about two inches
deep in the ground for a'!week or two. . When
ready to plant; the , kinds needed for planting
are taken from the bags and used. They will
be found to have swelled,perhaps.sprouted and
ready to grow. If the ground should be quite
dry, it, is best to water the drills after dropping
the seed, and then cover with dry enith. Mr.
E. says
,by thieplan he has never failed to.raise
plants from every seed Planted. If each seed
is planted where it it wanted . to •grow, it will
save the labor.of thinning, though many prefer
to•thin their rows, leaving. the most prominent
plants to grow.—Am. Agriculti!rist. • .
. OF VIE PL;A:NET JUNTER.—Ttie .
best fisherman on Lake Ontario is said to be an
.old monomaniac, popularly known as .“Corn
mor.ilore." , His „recollection i of what passed
before his lunacY, is entirely 'obliterated. His
theory of 'advent into this world is that he was,
at about the age of 700 , years, ejected from the
planet Jupiter for some violation of the 'laws in
that orb, and, on recovering from the effects' of
that 'tremendous fall, found himself 2ori the
shoreS of the lake. At, first, he says, 'the food
ot. this earth did not suit him; he having sub
sisted before his fall entirely on:eleariesty—the
only food known in Jupiter t . 'However,' after
having nearly perished from Starvation, he dis
covered that whiskeyadd gin so nearly resem
bled electricity in their .'effects. on theilstem- 1
that he madnshift to support nature by using a
plentiful admixture of them with fish' flesh,
fowl, vegetables an&tobacco.
The folloi:ving receipt,.the• discovery..of a
FrenCh chemist, is selling about the coUntry'as *
a secret, for various prices'from one to five dol
lars. It is a bandy.and - Valuable - composition,
es it does riot galantinize nor undergo Putrefac
tion and fermentation ; and becoine offensive,
and can be used foiall theordieary.purposes of
glue, in making-or mending furniture or broken
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vessels;.that are not exposed to water,&c:
In 'a wide , mouthed.. •bottle dissolve two
ounces of best glue in alialf pint ,of water and
beating 'till dissolved.: Theryadd slowly,'con
stanriy atirring,:two and:a hallounceS of strong
aquafortis (rirric. acid) Keep' it well corked,
and it will be ready for use.•
• 'Phe old nnatiloake dnwn • and .thinke of the
past. The yoting man'.looks up. and thinks of
the lliture: . The young ludflooks forward and
thinks:o'a beau.' To child looks everywhere,
rift.thinke Of nothing. '•And'there.ure.a
,great
mink obildren in the world. •
Shrewd inquiries tire heing maile..whether the
cup of .aorrow•hiia a saucei. • . •.
' An old-lady; on being . asked to subscribe
. t . o
a neWsparei; declined, on'thc ground that ,whsti
she wanted newS 'she manufactured it. ,1
The BrOery Party in Rhode Yelp&
Not Connecticut alone have the. hrlbery
and corruption' ,operatjons of the • abolitionists
teen carried into practicebiitthey have re-.
sorted to'•this , desperate game to 'save them-
Selves-in' Rhode Island. There, here, they .
have,usedmoney tie corrupt the ballot-boxi in
thi most open and 'shameless' Manner. Even
their candidate for Governor, Seth Padelford,
an . abolitionist of the regular John. Brown
stamp, appears' to be. Implicated in direct ..hri
bery and an attempt to disfranchise 430 votes
The facts Pre not of a character to be passed
lightly ay.
.They shove . the desperate means
resorted to by this Pharisaical'. party of . "all
the.morality," (?);to save themselves from Fin;
pending defeat at the.hands 'of the people.,-.
The Preildence Post publishes the_ case aliu-
...In Rhode raland a'registry tax of .$1 has 'to
be paid annually, and its paYment ceitified.be
fere a man can vote.. The Demecrats in gran
ston became • suspicious • that , the collector of
these taxes for•that town had 'been bought with
abolition money to delay the issue of the certi,
fleateiruntil• after the, expiration of . the regal
time, and thus disfranChise hundreds of voters
who would vote for: Sprague. The receipts
were therefore heisted •upon : and to . guard
against failure the town.clerk was requested to
be present, that ho might - receive the money if
the collector should fail. to perform his whole
:duty. .Nearly five hundred .dellata were inid,
and some three or four fiundied voters :;were
It is, .now ascertained, by the collector's own
extorted confessions, that the fears of the Dim
ocrats were not without cause. He admits that
Padelforil. himself employed him to ""do
,what he could," and paid him $2OO
. down, and
cepromisett him any amount of money that he
should require." When the proof aecumulated,
and the thing become' a, certainty, the Deme-
Fiats charged him with the perfidi, 'and With
conniving in_ the infamous scheme to cheat four
hundred voters out of their ,prlvilege—and he
dared not deny it, butcnimitted the above dis
graceful facts. It is now known, and_ the col..
lector does not deny it, that the plan Was tp rob
the Democratic party of their registry voters, ,
by declining or ;lelaying,to certify the payment
Of their taxei, and by vote, to be playedin can
vassing the, voters' lists. .; , Only as a town , offi
cer could the person referied to have rendered
en equivalent for the money he received, and
it seems certain that in this capacity his assist
ance was bargained for. • - • •
It is eirtremely gratifying to know. that . this
party of' Bribery and . CorruPtion have been•
soundly keaten in Rhcde Eleven
The Spiders Thread.
That any creature could be found to fabricate
a net,' not less iiigenious than , that of the fish
erman, fer the capfure of its prey . ; that it
should fix it in the right- place, and then' pa.
tiently await the result, is -a proceeding' so
strange that, if we did not see it done daily be
foils our eyes. by the common house-spider, it
would seem wonderful. But how much is our
wonder, increased when we think of the , coin-
Plex fabric Of eaclreingle thread, and then.of
the, mathematical precision and rapidity with
which, in certain cases, the net itself is con
stfucted ; and to add to all this
, ; as an example
of the wonders which the most common things
'exhibit : whin carefully examined, the net of the
garden-spider consists of two distinct kinds of
silk: The threads forming the concentric• ch.- .
aes'are'compased of a silk much more • elastic
than that of the rays, and are studded over
with nitpto glohues of a viscid gum, sufficient
ly adhesive to retain any .univary , fly which
comes in' contact with it. A net of average
Aimensions is estimated by Mr. Blackivell to
contain eir,hty-seVen thousand three hundred
and sixty of these globules, and a large' net or
fourteen or , sixteen inches diameter, one ''hun
dred and - twenty thousand ;' '
and yet such - a net
will be completed by'one Species (4644 , '6:pu
dica) in.about forty Minutes, on an average, if
no .interruptiOn occurs. ,
A citizen of Memphis, Tenn.,' has just .re.
turned from'siiiip to Arkansas, and .tells the .
following, vihich will convey an idea of hoW
they do up matters in that State. Having oc
casion to , stop at a small town on the river, he
was compelled to remain over Sunday.. After ,
the usual , cogitationy incident to a Sabbath
morning, he-strolled throtigh the only street in
the place, and halted !t the "grocery;" around
which a
,crowd of a dozen: eople were congre-;
gated. He remained there three hours, and in
that time . one man, was shot and fatally wound
ed, and two-others seriously stabbed, in three
yeparate fig,hts. Prom a fighting country him
self our friend's equanitnity was not seriously
disturbed, but he was rather surprised that,.
after the affrays were over, the perinstratOrs'of
the shooting , and stabbing should resume their
previous occupation with seeming -.uncon
cern. Turning to en acquaintance, he inquir
ed, "Don't you arrest anyhody here ?"
no I" Was the answer; we ain't ificorprated yei!!'
A dun Was somewhat taken haat - the -other
day by the coolness with which a debtor said":
“Call next ThtirldaY, my. dear• sir, at exactly
10 o'cic,clt,sand I'll tell . you when you can call
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'‘‘Butleigh," . the racy .Nework correspon-
`dent of the llosten ,tottroof; toile thdfolln i tug
story'of' the stiisaysaOti .! , betting on 'San
thing ,
"A little incident occurred in New Yorke
short'time age that I will put in, this plece.• , —
We hive d . noted 'gentleman : in '',New Yerk,
whom I (Mali call T. He is.a' Member of one
of 'the. New York clubs. , Opposite him was
another 'person, who', one evening . sported an
elegant diamond ring. 'lt ;dazzled T. , He
%vented it, but the owner seemed to care : little
to part with it. Yielding at last to tho iinpor-,
tunity of T., the rink was sold . for the. sum: of
$5OO. It passeitio T. amid thp tittering. 'and
suppressed'mirth of the crowd, Which caught
the quick ear of Tl' knew , that both the
ring and purchaser wore sold. T. said nothing.
The next day he called upon a jeweler, where
he learned the ring was 'paste, and.wortkoluil
$25. He . called for. some real diamonds,- and
among ihem found a ring not unlike the ring of
paste. T. made . a bergain with the jeweler
for, the use of -the real diemcind.. Ile' pledged
$1,200,
,the price •of the . 4 diamond. ;Ho gaVe
.$lOO for its use'fora time. , Ile ,had "
the 'paste
removed from the setting, and the real dietitian()
Put init.:: stead. Thin aimed, he appeared
among his associate's at night, flourishing hie
ring; and.seerned to be , in a very. high glee,.to
the astonishment of his chiims, 'who. believed
he had been hold. • .
: But the advantage was With T. Ho talked,
about . “fool and his money," &c.--said. if any
gentleman present had it sl,2oo * .ring that he
;wished to sell.for six headred, he knew where
there was a purchaser (. ) 0 be found. Bets werse
freely. proposed tbat the diamond was hot real.
They were accepted. One man bet s1 s 000;
so did another ;.and,. two bet $5OO 'each; all
Were taken by T. Efupires were ihatieni.,the
money and the ring put in their hands, the test
applied, and said the stone was a diamond of
.the first water, avid was worth , $1,200:. T.
quietly..pat the's3,ooo tie his pockerand wept
his way. He carried the diamond back; re
called the $1,200 paid for the stone, and . with
the paste ring on his finger, went back to the
club at night.. The man who had 'sold the
ring was et the club waiting, for be . wanted te
regain the rink. He' had sold it for fun ; he
s
kneW all the time,it was a real diamond—he
never bad any false jewels---he could tell a real
diamond any time .by,its peculiar light L-he
Would not do such a moan thingas to cheat hie
old friend T.—and he knew . that T. would let
hint have his ring back. But T. was,stubborn;
and' that the . seller was a cheat; and , tow that
he saw the value .of the ring, 'wouldn't undo
whathe had ,done: At length T. agreed to re 7,
store the ring on the payment of $BOO, which
was joyfully' paid. 'But the matter came out,
and 'all parties came to the .conclusion that '
when "diamond is to out diamond," some one
more pliable, and to sharp that T ? , will be
selected for the operation:"
1 • Reader, did , you ever notice, immediately af..
ter the omarriage head," that the gobituttry"
notice folloWed. Typical of wodding of he'll''.
.nese arid grief in • this life. The' chants 'and
songs,and glee of merry 'ones to•daY, will be
broken by wails to-morrow, for the sod will be
piled on the breasts of some we thriught not so
near the grave, We read who are married and
Wish them joy ; a line below fa tke record of
death, and we say, mournfully, peace to their
ashes. 'Sorrow treads on the ' heels. of joy i'
stings' are.'hushed by the: footfall of death ;
laughs • are broken rudely ; voices; no matter
how :musical, are. stilled .10 a 'moment—never
again, to he beard by loving ones below.
The colored people of New York had a meet
ing at one of 'their churches in that city; Thum
day.evening, to consider the question: of emi
gration to. Africa. But they were.. SO excited
by partizawyieli4 that they behaved as unrea
sonably as MeMbers of. Congress, and finally
broke up; in a raw. The majority .iderited to
be against emigration, on the ground:that it is
their duty to stay here and struggle for the de
liverance of, their enslaved brethren. • •
.
S. M. Bona, of Milwaukee, the founder of
the Republican party, it WisConsin, now'. eery
indout his sentence for violating the fugitive
sieve law, has settled another lirth3 • Matter
which has given hire some- trouble and :was
likely, to give 'him a . gieat deal,more. It will ,
be recollected that after for the
sedbction of a little girl who' Warm the habit
of remaining over night with his , ehildren,le
procured the removal of the case to Dane coun
ty, for the second trial. The , %Madison Are,tis
says he has settled the 'matter by paying the
girl $2,000, and inducing her toleave the State.
. ,
A popular preacher tells a good story as a
hit at fhose of christiane who are too indolent
to, pursue the duties required of them by Iheir .
He'saya that one pioui•gentleman corn
pined x.very fervent prayer to 'the. 'Almighty,
wrote it out , legibly, affixed the manuscript to
the hed post. • Then, on cold nights, he merely
pointed to the i(doeunwnt," and said--“Oh,
Lord ! those.are my sentiments'!" blew out the
light r arid nestled among the blankets. .
' At what time of day. wee Adam. created ?-
A littld kefore. girt!. • • ' i • •
. •
A lazy .lellow once declared in conapatly that
he could find hriail . ; for hia family. ~N o.r
I," replied 'an induitrious niechenic rat
obliged to work' for ' n .
. • .
BETTING;
.141.1141007,
TEE PEELLE 'SLAM OYU 4 '
The 'London Weekly thnf,eitter„t
young reillinertend dresimakiis ere irondinin
motto sixteen, sevontstenrif sightsikeinilitfit ft,
tolirout of the twenty•fouri in teen ..dnf
night. Their is esti* pit In "setrolggrefii:
unventilated - room*, "wherit,their flratterit 4ote„.,
kept bent at their hibor::oosit. , fnbie
and their limbs refine tollo - their . - OW.I
- short and !Wife! in eltrly*Vet6, •
In a recent speech, lord "Sbaftsbury -
"many of theie young Women 'had beestriiieeli
gently and tenderly, delicate tend;
heel's, poeseesing . all theiiittolte Oled ur
•: •
neer that belong to the fimalir ateirjt*t,i
dered by those' yetichatietvleties illiertetAido •
dient more, 'more aleilehlkliefoit,,
ject to the authority'and tyrrany of that iithlikf
are'pnt over them. Hie lordehip'nfleikA - ,114., -
they hove no alternative
and the street. door, and then ask',
dition of ouch a" woman one whit. . better elitoki
the condition ". of the moit 'wretched eiltrif
the southern States of AMerical"':
Lord Sheftebury is a great negro pidirititiro••; 4 " - '
.pist,.but if he knew, much of the etitidifitM
the southern slaves,•he wOuldllad 4 '4 °7
nitely euperlor in happiness' and cornfort. ttrOtod -
of, his own cotintry:woman., The itiatherilliile• '
tern, apart from the consideration of-h00r,.,!
finds its highest • interest in..the physieol :
moral avail-being of the eleven, Bet; &free- ,
011 t j. end avarice of the London iniettri,trre..
blind even to an enlightened View of their elle i
prefits. • The needle women-tire reroetedeilt.
worked to death for the 'benefit "of their 401
players. Nor are:these 'the qnly
Weyer's. Nor ire these the only ;Only pep.
sons.`. The Duchess of Sutherland, Mid the
feehionable dames of Great Britein,
yed in, an equel degree of criminality,:: -
No appeals of humanity will , weigh against
the ;elfishness ot .fas,hion.'. They, will not gee • .
sufficient time for the , execution of.thuir orders,
nor encourage establishments.lehere the,young,
women are ionsiderately treated.
remarks: •
4 lt Madam A. or Istrc 11:, , (bAiot
ilea' for style and ability, or olitiitt vogne with" .
the fashionable world, it would , be in *lin
,suggest: that they kill a dozen or two of young
women every;Year, white Modem C."sind
D. allow theirliworkers a Stir portientof rest :
and sleep. ,Greet ladies. have no, ttholight at,
what cost of health and fife their " *him. ~a re'
gratified or their" vanity is ted:O.
Tne.grent Dr. - Johnson, , in one of tho hew
beta of the Rambler, gives atlitteCtiog pletorO
of the efforts of, a young : woman, gently, rear.,
ed, - but whose*family had 'suffered frtiftl ifilifor
tune, to obtain employment in London. ;, The'
brutality of treatment ohs received (rein,: em-'•
ployers wee not a fanity, sketch, and tethie:day
is realized by thousands of her set Ift timilsr
circumstances.,', How etrangottlesegrent
lanthropiste should Wage , to, mud: eottitioteelon
on imaginary objects of sympathy, inA foreign
land, whilst ;o blind, deaf and hatil‘htterted to,
taiperable humanity at their
. .' • .
I Ltore'rtiAlts , IF 1 , 0 ; tai
-1 Id ts - erne •
fore Maine laws were Invented, :Wins kept the
hotel'it Middle Glanville, cud '60111.106 'Well ,,:
stacked bar furuisksd . ciateominadiiitltia tO min
and beast.'t He was 'a Oirod lindlord, bet. ter.'
ribly. deaf. .Fish-the village pitintei`,.#ol,
flicted in the same way. '
One day they were sitting - by, themselves ifs
the bar room. Wing Wee behin,dlh• eogitee
waiting for the next .custurner; while.}loh4a.
lounging before tbs fire With a;: 'kook;
casting sheep's eye. occasionalifet Wine; de
canters, and wishing deitoutly. that.some one
would come in and,treat, . . •• '
A traveller' from the Sautb , on hii' tear to
Brandon, Stepped in to inquire the distance,--• •
Going up tithe counter he; said:
"Can you.tell me • hoW•far it is totrandOnr'.
• e'lrandyf" the reid3riandlord;
ing up; "yes sir, I think I have some," .at.the - -
same time handing down a decanter.of the pre
eious liquid, - ' . •
igliou 'misunderstand me p t',says the stringer,
i , fasked how far it was to Brandore • ; •
trhey Call Itlirettir seed tirandy,'!. 'Amp
4 ' yeu take sugar. with it?" . reiching at
he ipoke.for the bowl and;; toddy stick: •
. “The lindlord,!' said 6, is.gdemi to bit deals
will you tell rne howler it le to Brindopl't •
4‘Thank you," • *aid Fishy! "l • dont cart i.f
do take a drink with youli', .
The stranger treated and fled. •
• • „
How Amos iii.Hapaart tga '
STEAMBOAT.*I . I, friend of owe, Was ett'ayt,
!waste the fact, related'to us an ,iatuttaing
cumatance which occurredwhile- udge
H--=-
presided on the bench in this'district: , • • •
On a peculiar occasicin'afterldamppointrgents
business carried hi m'. to ilbeity, and While
.
theMottenting, with many Of , his old peentlites
at the bar, got into a convivial
lasted several days, and on going out he loam&
rather Worse for wear. In crossing, the river
at . Ovven's landing, there was e boat thisebarg- •
ing freight "and in great , haste for, fear another
boat Would ' peas them then. just hove in eigkit:.
,'The (lark called out: oI lay, old man. can't' .
you lend the 'men a band in taking off , that lot
of .furniture? I will pay you well for doingigo, •
and 'double filly', inthe bargain." "Oh, pap',
says the Judge, , calways ready to help in time
of need.* "Then turn in and be quiall,"!nald •
first thing was a marble, op.burett.; ,/a,
going the plank, the Judge slipped,' iindthe
clerk roared oirt,f4There nowjtrowlbatiMo
the' rivet, will you?" PertaWy," :said ?he
Judge, and:giving a kick:with*itb. , thocorder, .
overboard it , went: • "ilffellart;',WlMPit:that
foal-said the clerk. "I stwaya'4ll , ;: 4o 4lt!
whet' I work (or a man," , eiiik,'lbC.l4dge.4 ,
"Leave," said , the mate, ; -46 4giatrt",iialifi,hel
Judge.- 7 Iresepert'Setr. •'. -
"Better to be alone tblin bed 'cottony."
Tree,. Vet,. u'Ocirtuaately, 'rtteei are
never in <soW 6eb `iiket
Tornlng : Watf i r Into wino:is ,4cifinttnitilf.: 2 Plit: •
'down
kaciwh',4
a new '1 •
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