• yOL. XX.---NO. 5. re 4c Agitator. ev a Llo g.RD V,V111.1 11:ISIWAY DY ,E3:44..3ntrammc3xlt.co - sr. A a, sa:,3iala.d. girTARYIS:--ttAX)3n r 14:mum tu AaValle(l. 12,4TES OF ADV.A . B.74*ING. TIMM lin 1 in. i 3 in- 31:00 1 .34CO? 1 C 4. 1, . 1 - $. ) 131 onisa oolt,3oolgmnisa 001s9 00l ,yd,to; 300 t'oa OCil 7 0011 00 9 ,y d , WI 44 500 001 8 00118 00 until 1 2 5,21 4 40, 0 001 2 J',/i 0 93 1 10 00. 2 ?Souttus) C f; tea , i 0 0•o 23 00/25 9 Fionent 004{ 40112 Otis 00`16 00f26 00 Li'ollll.sl 'v.;, /2 .0)13.5 00120 00,22 0135 0.1 /Ye V. uoitd 013* aorha 93133 ao 991 . , kfivortissenanht are celonlatedby the inoli in length r column, and any lees zp.ioe is rated es a fug inch. Yo"etzln advertisements =rut 'be paid f ' before in.. ..) rtinuovl.loPt is 1 11 °°nlzact `' w half-7°l4Y ?k?ueNst.o iii t‘dvarieds ill be required. • I hai Vs:olft :Nomura I the Dclitorial col ' na, on the 4 ,1001.14,00 , ,5, 16..:.)uta par line oath inserpon. 3roth; : El i ineerled for leen time 81. i ' LOCW.. 27 F 8 tn Local a cents for a notice of oluinn, 10 eents per line if ca'ebe than five WWI ; and O'S fiv e Elites or lees. fts sourecnares2g of Slanataers and DEATISSIIIIPMd. G f reo .: but an oh:Z=9 notice 43 will be aharged 10 cents par line. S'srcrai. lgovess 50 per 1 ant above regular rates. VansusseC.anns 6 llueo or Wee, 86,00 peX year. Basiniss CardB. I. 1/. 111170112100 Batchelder & . Johnson, attplcisctureis of Idamtunatta, Tombstones, Table rza, gawason, Ato. call cad sae. ahoy. Walla IL Qawl 4=i) ,Vo4adry, AVallaboro, Pa.-41:11y 5. 1872. • 41.,11441ie1di Arioisign AND 60Ili7eaLLOB tiT LAW.—Collect. naciptl7 mtscui4l to.—giosalrarg, %top alma . 0. Rana's:. 1872-&n. C. H. Seymour,' ./10.3.:sant ka. 211 lal , al• Fg su traited to hisidai) WW roooiya prompt attontiorte— ilm. 1. 1879. 'Geo. W. Merrick, A1.Zt.)43".. 4 11" AT LAW.-0111ce in BOWES/ & Cala% ‘ 4 lina, acmes hall !rota Agitator 021", lid door, ciewsbaro, 1, 1471„ • NitelmaU a ca,Lneron., 1110BIMIC8 AT LAW, (Unica end /roam:we Agents. OrLa Converes a Wißtetrus brick black, over ags a crligtxd's Stgre. Welsher°, PA.—Jrni 1, William A. Stone, &WOWS= AT LAW, over C. B. rueliey's Dry 4004 _ & Bailey's Block on Mau straza. Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1872. . . - _ . X . o .D. Tay oil , PtiIIt r ITLNES, raltroas ANDAVIABiII at Wholosa'a Iva. Shill. No. 8 yore Eig;lse Bieck, Wrolaho.,,,z , :a' . Dw., 2. 1872. Josiah Emory, .o.l=Trir dT lAW.—OfP.oe oppoette Cattrt Ilaues, 1 Pardyra bloat. Williamsport, Pa. All tinniness pnarAy, atlea4l ta.—Jan. 1, 1871. ), J. C. Strang, siTT4MINEY AT LAW ZS DISTRICT ATTORNEY— 0310.1v102 J. B.Nlloe, Esq., Wellsbaro, Ps..-Jsm 1,'72, • Q. lit. Dartt, . talTlllV.....Veath made with the NEW imenovratcrrr. Whitasuglire better satisfaction than any thins else in 111110. MC* In Wright & I:Salley's Block. Wei's ,boro, Det.ls, 1872. J. B. Niles, 4.27011NEY AT LAW.—Will attend pro raptly to bus •ltiteeitsdpl424l to Ws care in the eount:Le of Tiop ottat 01313 e at the Avenue..-Wollstoro,Ya., .itra • Jno. Adams, .i7,44,P..:14T ST LAW, Yanzs.3lA, car nO, Pa CKilludo.uo vrar,pty p2l ?I 1, 1872. Peck, . AT LAW.,,outptly c.01104.3`.:cd V. .±.1t;..1t.. ... r5.0.c:xv1.4 . :3, "I log*. C. • - f pcsSer In Gttaultery, Ltd Glgasi %yaw, Teble Cut eing Plated Atsc radio - 0.1.1 11oueti Elll- 41He4.434,S bort), 2a., Sept 17, 181?.. Jno. W. Guernsey, ATTORITO AT LASV.—.AII business entrusted tra ktm Will be p,romptly attended to....odice int door south W Wiol'him at 31\IV's store, Tiugx, 'Log. county, F. ZSn. 1. /872. Arrastrimg 4tV, 14.un, dbrrottxzYs AT LAW, WillilmnAp pg. %L. ta..,==.. Luca. Win. B. Smith, liBlo.l ATIORNEY, luniury antl Ineuremee Agent itknentsini.:atfone gent to the Above addrese will re naive prompt atteution. Terme i otleratz.—Sans ville, I' Jan. 1, 1872. B. C. Wheeler Will . prottlatly tatand to the collection of 111 cleime in Tioo c:anty. OrLos vrta Eieaty blies:wood & duo, u:-tit aidio of the putao wars, vielll:ta.k.o, 4:12..... 4 lb. IS7). • • Barnes St Roy, /0B PLIZTTERB.—AB kinds of Job Printing done ot, short notice, and to the best manner. °Moe In BOW. trot; Ootte's Blank, 2d tioor.—Jan. 1, 1872. W. D. Torbell & Co., t;ROLVak ,B DRUGGIST; and dealora in Wall Puper Ron-leno Tanaps, Window Glasl, Perturacir7, P--[um WS, N. Y. Jim. 1. IEI2. - eille Rouse. ~bin eattiremmue, Tioga Ca, Pa.-13shial3ro'9. t:nom. This house has been thoroughly reatovatbd awl is now tu'goed conCition to accom!dsto the t-srs.aug yublic Luo skoartar racarter.—Jan. 2, 1973. D. Bacon., M. D., Vt;t3l A.VD ILT BGEON-ITay he Nand at hia hMNs lot dd - yar evst of Mlle To 4 . , ve—Mr.Jr. Wltt Rtts'il to all 1373. -8., 430310EOPA1Lu5i, Or.oe at Ills residence an the .dv satis..--Wellabora„ Pa., Jan. 1 1872.. E=SIMI Tine Ce., ra.—Flr.c ,- ...1rt money diseczat Lam auct fittl eats on New ror:4 Collec - i_kove p q Uy mz3n, y• licaztiszi Ve , .deda. Vrxr. Fah. I. 1.5 . .15L • DAVID GOATS. Petroleum souse,. Frop,d4blog.-66ad. ce aaratmodralou Ihr both xr.r_ anc.: awes rest, I=Vrnd govzl zttP.ht.l.= g:: en guests. .. 1- 1.972. ors. laary E. Lamb. _..,nizEtY.—Wislase taionp her friends and the Vlblto Reatesaliz-thist ehe Las elege.sea In tk.e. Vi illin• TsfAd « 40vi Goodst.;nlFltces3l.7, thi born, WWI that ftt 0 CIO 'be franc ether °tot% cost door to the block c g r i ye t ro Zr. - cw..r.t, has r-iherse cr the tostimz 2nd trtrycei - ctg deirtrument end 4131gtve her ttentheu totolui3;7c4y to :L.-NOT. ..2.72-d. 111. Yale & Co. 'aso - xasintiatAritz, tuvcral bmtVla cf choice Cigarp wleoh. we will t,411 , -t. 1in.C421 ,V,IZAOt but pItP.3"J our °lnto:ltem W 5 yle but the beat Connet tellt, HAMA and Ytire.--7;cbaccoa tine make Oar own Clears, rod for teat rta..ion can warrant them, We have a general incrtro.nt cf good Chewing and fimoking Toht,ccoa, Snuffa. Pipe from 6ay to the tiuser Meerschaum, Toban o You „ whole ciale cud rothil.-Doc. 2t, 1972. John R. Anderson, Agt. LUAU & RETAIL DEALER IN HARDWARE 'yea, Iron, Stool, Nails, Penn , Trimmings, Me- Ohenics' Toole, Agricultural Implements, Carriage Qooris, Springs, Rims. &c.. Pocket and Table Cutlery, Plated Wore, Guns and Ammunition, whips, Pumps—wood and iron—the best In use. Mannino hirer and dealer in Tin, Copper,' and Sheet-iron Wire. Booting in Tin and Iron. All work warrant.. tad.—Jan. 1, UM. Weiltboro 14otel l =TN ST. L TEES AVEYGIi, Wellsboxa l Pa. SOL. BIINNEL,. Prop'r. Tbia is a popular Hotel lately keptly B. B. Holiday. 'she Proprietor will spare no x to make it a Pa-st atus st atus bouSe. All the stages arrive an depart from this tgratv. A et:ahostler in att4lance..49'•Livery at. L lai2. ODISA E. WOODARD haring left my bed and board I without lust can-ct or provocation, I hereby forbid • lisison harborifig or trtitting her on my account, shall ray no debts of her contracting after this D. D. WOODAIID. AO. Dirila3lit. E!EXEM $l4OO 10 00 18 00 20 DO 23 OD 3500 , 50. PO 11GO CO V. L. M=M. J.ezi. I, 1872 ifot de- ‘ , . , ..,. • P. C0U4, 1 „, . * i . . , A , : s. , ..... ~...... I .. ... .. . , ir-, , > • . . . . - ....1 1 ,, . . . . , . . • 1v t , . ~, . . I:21 .t., .131 ... ~. 1 4 . , : . . 4%, . '. 411: .. .., . . . . .. ;y•., .. r . ~ . .. ~„ .; 1 4 , N o: ~,,F...(p. . : , . .:" . . . . 5. ) , :: ., il. ~ „4A , : 17.ii. v i p . ts .t . : : „:. ~,,, .-: 1 4., ~ ..„.., . . - x. 1 • ... . , 1 ' RAILWAY TIME TAB Wellsboro Time Table No. 4. Takes =fact Monday Juno 3d, 1872. DOING 2108,213- mom aorta. P 3 4 &atlona. I 3 9 p.m. p.n:V. a.m. s.m. p.m. a.m. 150 635 10 00 lir. Corning. pro. 800 736 /SW 1228 430 865 L'Alle 900 840 818 12 12 423 344 Dap. Dunning 911 840 828 12 08 tk 19 840 Lathrop 915 860 al3 11 43 405 816 Tiogs Village 929 904 8 04 11 29 362 812 fiammcmd 948 918 713 111:1 243 803 Mira Creek, 952 927 723 11 07 840 'BOO Holiday 987 980 329 10 57 8337 62 3.lloeLlobury 10 03 9387 38 10 49 8277 47 ' ,NllesVa.llay 10 08 3487 CI 10 86 319 789 Eitokesdala 10 18 951 759 /025 810 730 Da. Wallabora, Arr. 10 2618 00 810 2 68 Charleston, 10 82 2 08 . Summit, 11 12 180 Ls/trim, 1145 • A. U. GORTON. 13881t.ij Blossburg& Corning Tioga IL E. Time Table No, 82. Takes Effect 3ionfloy Juno 3d, 1372. 2 DSPABT.F.2Oa 0037211:30. 4.1111.1V5 AT nr.olzatrEe. No. 1 800 a. m. No. 10) 45 a. in. ". 3 735 y. " 3 ...... ;20 20 p. m. "1b..........220 p. "15 .. 025 p. M. iDZMILT 1 7 02=1:11.046.13114.0. ARUM AT conalso. 'No. . 2 45 p. 2.... -.....535 p. tr.. .. 705 p, iLi " 4 ...... 00 a.m. .. 7 'AO a. tu. No. 8... 11 45 a. m. A. H. GOEXION,•B4I B. S; O. H. D. H. snarrtratc, snp't Tioge ..I . :13. 8 Catawissa Railroad. Depot, Font of Pine Street, Wll Horn apart, Pa. V.A.S=6.= dop. WilLtalasport, 9.00 a. in. 4000tunaodiction deg. lSail arrive at Will msport, 0.10 p. m. loooramodation arrive at Wcilicunsport,.....9.9s a tn. An additional train leaves Depot at Ifordio 'Howse, , Maciport, at 9.00 a. ra:--for 11 - 31toit, PhitadelPkics. N. York, Boeton and intermediate points. Returning, oonnooton is mado at Wi'aianisport with trains for thewest. ) rt. r t. railway. Tr = Tatz.t it.r.orxr-D Jczi - s 3D, 1E42. New and improved Dr-Ning Room and Sleeping Covohea, eambining all modern buyroveinente, are run through on all trains between New Xor . a. Uoctla tar, Butralo, Niagara Falls, Bullpen:us/on Bridge, Glove. laud am% Ciracituaati. Westward. oars bet can Philadelphia.. New York GE0.; 1 1.1.*T38, supl. No change ol and Witliasasy (' , .6. 1 Oara 5 80pin 9 85pm 200 am 114 CO 520 120 am 1668 " 1 2.6 " STATIONS. N. Yor4, Bingq.n, gUni.ra, Corning, " Pt.'d Post. " Bochost'r, Air Horn' vile , Buffalo, " No. 1. 9 00am 444 pm 0 B+s .. 7 07 .. /0 87" 8 20Sup 250 " 1$ ME' 810 Gra 1255 em 950 '=" 150 " lBOO " Niag. rails Dunkirk, " ADEL-nozx Lou-t TAr 'friza7wz.rn .5 a. m., except Ster...dayz, Prom Owego far aorrialle vill wad Way. 5 15 a. m., except Susie, from St.sinehanna for Enrnellaville and Way. 6 sasi a. in.„ daily Cram EMaciumshanna far and Way. 1 10 p. m., except Eundaya, from Elmira for Avon. to Buffalo and Way. 440 p. m., mmept, FS‘vada.ra, torn Binghtxmon his Earrnliavillo exd WMI7. Liotlmrd. STATIO NR. 170. 12.* puo.kirk.L e 12 •/.5 p N Leg, Falla, • 1413 • -450 p m 13u1alo, • 2SO • 625 •• florit'l37o, ' 05 But?. 10 30 n I Rodwater, • , GO La sao •• oortong, 72a • 12 01 •• Elmira, • 808 ' 12 40 am Blng'intu, ' /0 10 • 85 " NOW York, " TOO a m 1110 " .ADDITIOZUL LOCAL Ta.tncs Eatmc..ao> 8 06 a. in., except Ettuulays, from gornallsrale lbx Owego and Wr,-,-. 5 CO tbdis fcreSuzquebanna and Way. 7 20 a. ta.. ozo, , gt Binghamton and Way. 7 00 a. m., except Bar437s, trainosYego far Basque , - 3ar.na and Way. 200 p. m., except Sunda,y.e, tram Painted Peet far 11.1lainl and Way. 1 E.O p. tn., exceet Sundeqs, from Ziernallaville for letpettenskuruk and thiondaya exesei)ted, between anscuetuainti tad Part Jervis. Through Tiokets to all poiuta West et the very Low. est Bates. for Bale in the Company's ogles et the Corn ing Depot. Vale is the only authorized Agericv of the Erie Sail. way Company fon the erne of Westeria Tiw.hetz in Corn, B B aggage will be cheated only on Tiokets purahased cg. the Company's 6:4line. ND DT. ABBOTT, ' Gen'l Palter Aal. Northern Central Railway. Trains arrive and depart at Troy, ainee June 9th, 18.12, em follows 110aTISWAILD. 15017TETWAR.O. tiara Express, 07 prn Balta. Express, 316 p sl 915 p zn naiads Express, 915 p m ,Ancturiatl Lx,p. 10 20 ain Alsil 6 52 , a La A. R. EIRTCr. Cierel Sup't. , Cyrus D. WaCtI.R.SA T r, Dr A T TPA Foreign ant 4 Domestic Liquors •whara, Agent tiu. Fine 0111 Whiskies, J. • 'z, 15112. J OORNIN4I. 'N. T. THE NEW - SEWING MACHINE ~d~~~~~~~.~r9 iAte6t Improve& tepee BEST LIA.S NO SPIRAL SPRINGS IgiP - E - vERy PoslnvE., EseSelf Se&e3g Needle and linprrwed. SHUTTLE THE VECTOR TILL be put out nu trir.l for platie.a Plaiting, and gold Ou 4say. monthly paylnent9. BetorQ • um/main& call and ezumina the VICTOR. ?A L. F. 's store in weLlaboro. Pa. E. 'JENNINGS, Agent. ?Lachine Silk. Twist; (katonaiad Noedies of all kl44a constantly on band. N. 13.-31:aollioes of all kinds repaired on reasonctblo terms. Nos. 9. IM-13 m.. Ms, A. J. SOFEELD %M a p respeatfay =tom=public thepublicpublic that 111 lusa now a FRESH STOCK OF Millinery and Fancy Goods! of every Oserlption, for the ladies,,constatiug of Hats, Bonnets', Gaps, Glares, Hosiery, Hublat, shawls, Suits, Merlon and Musliu Underwear, GertunnionTo Wools, Zephyrs and Furs. Thankful for the pal,er ous patronage of the past, the hopes to merit a con tinuum QS the mum. iso. L 1.872. No. 8. 0 7 00pm 8 40am 6 35 .. 6 17 .. IO u 2 " 7 2E aft. 11 4g a ta 12 301 - ... m " 1083 " 720 Bit 124.5 put 435 pa 115 . OH No. e.t Na. 2 I•1008 - rm ....... 1012 pia 710a1 12.55 .. 746 " 8 154.81 1 10 60 " - I 800 " 4 37 "1 12 08 pm 518 " 1 1243 " 718 t. I :35 •• a 301zva I 955 " THE COUNTY To he Divide N. It.E. 03-1-4ASSNII. rirn Ai. a=► l a.:¢:►.:l:a.y d.:!• Stook at DRY GOOD% HATS AND CAP% BOOTS B.ZiD anon anaawor, DRUGS, . • • Ecr... &Cs., OZZU ZOll4 B.OIUND TOP, P Jan. 21,-Im. New Boot, Shoe, Le 6ND FINDING STOR CI. W. 1:11 TEE MELD IdUM New Shop, New Stock, and elasa Work! Aia Mr} from a Bead Cad( to a Hid Gati Ladies' Kid and Cloth morals and Gaitersl Ditto Children's and Misses. Gents" Cloth, Morocco, Calf Gaiters. Oxfon and Prince ,/filbert ,v Ties. A go:Alum of ovrassats, and a fun Ili PINE BOOTS, nulainB tn mice from MOO m g 7,0 a. Pegged • CUSTOAL BOOTS froo 2 Moo to 515,00, ead wortat tb.o tummy o Leather and Findings et thq Icereetretee. es tumai, The undersigned having spent twenty goal life in Welleboro—much of the time on the penitenhe, drlvwing Oe cord cf ail action for t of pan believes ratiler in hammering tbaii. , l He ntr. and ae moo r AMOS ILE °home to give buri that he rear be found at hie new shop. next do T. Van Horn's ware roorr.e, with the beet ant est stock in Tioga county. C. W. Weillaboro, Lrell24. 18cr1. . IVISHART'S PINE T TAR cORDIAL, , 1 NATURE'S GREAT TM TT= Throat and Linn It fa gratifying to 'us to totem the public L. Q. C. Wiabart's Pine Tree Tar Corilial.for • Lung Ltleaasea, has gabled an enviable from the .Atlautio to the Paolto coast, v. 224 fro • to some alto trot families of Europe, rua ,)the preen; alone, but by persona throushout,thl actually beueltted and cured et his publisbee lan, so eery our reporters, he is supply; the demand. It visa au4 holds ita lion_ First. Not by stopping tough, but by • and satiating nature to throw WY the unhael tor collected about the throat and tiro • • tatek cautst inlatton BeeCala. It TIRMOTCS the CVAILAN of /17: produces oongb) of the mucous snerahr beannwrz tubas, masts the lunge to act S,LII t the unhealthy seoreUone. and. Plugtes the Third.. It In free from squills, lobeL%, • opluta, of which most throat &r lung reum ezzuposed, ttialett ec.ugb only. ettd Oleo the etorneela. It has n ealtilag elect on the et oda on the liver end kidr.eyz, and lylAySie.J uorvous regions, thus ractohLtig to 07 , 4 - 4 7 - system, and in ita invisoratteg sLti pu.rifyi= it has galued:a rolmiation which it must ho cal ckato in tha toarkirt. -. c;ikgx , x , cl=a. The Pine Tree Tar Cor Great Amerkan Dispepds P WORIR S I I.I6A.ER DR Being under my Immediate clirectien they e Imo) their curative qualities By the tee of c' impure articiea. HENRY R. WISIIA PROPRIETOR. Free or chargel De. L. 4 0. Wtshart's Ottloe Parlors are nll Mondays, Itiesdays and Wednesdays fro; to sp. m., for, consultatiop by Dr. Wm. T. With him are associated two oonsuliing pbya acknowledged ,ability, This opportunity is fared by any other institution in the.city. All lettas must be aedress4 L.Q. C. Wishart, N No, 232 N. Second etre *:4 l, lAOt4A;):l‘. Nsiik IA 11172-43 A. BORO, TIOGA. CO., PA.' WELL OT .. 1;1a Cher first- E=l Ea and sawed rPtlsat a of hie • tool of good 11111.0111,1 I. a oall, !or to 11. cheap : BS- r2i bat Dr. oat and station • thaztoe • °ugh States • .116 he •• •lo to rayYta• iffi l. 1 ciduct e aacl ow or • . !ao ar.d ea fat :•.ntze ,lIIGCII. euul of the eCeetz &hove PS. . i 11 zu>t :heap tuad II !• • , • on -• 9 R. 1X1• =I done of DO! ar- ID., The Reuters of Troves. t Because the Oothahre nigh, And Caesar's help le late, 13ecauee the time Lan come to die, .The Mao is pent to watt: - Therefore, a 9 teaat in state, And All the goblet high, To drink to steadfast prophecy Ana to tiveno.4 tato. ' The Oteeir's throne way tail. But Cassar's law Abell etand. To reign within the blaekent4 Over the wasted lend. • Our cone. tho Ugh weak ot, hand. Shall conquer Ih'their thrall, For they shall bled on great and canal Words in a tilttisr band. Oar daughters, in their shame. Shall stoop to Wash behest: But they shall set their lords 113AZDO With longing, sh-it unrest; Yea, and the act:cloth vest The strong desire shell tame. ♦nd by the Heavenly Uneband's name They shall avenge ua beet. Till shame, and doubt, tlhl oars, - In barren yenta to be. Shall teach:l.llN+ too proud to spate To pine to be es we, Whatever sight:lwo see, • At last we can despair; They shall be hopeless, and not, dare Call death to sat them tree.— Like us whose hair grew white Under a rosy crown; For Omar chid pa back from Eight In days when it wsa brown. We lay our btirden down, And almost count it llghtt. We sink without a blow t.o.nlghtv Sat act without remown. It shall be said that some • Out of the listless mu., Whose hearts were cold. whom) wins warn numb. Who were ant down like grass, Looked full in Time's dim glut. And drank ere they were dumb. To all the woe tbst ie,to aaMe. To ell that. to pass. 6 Tor Um' trill Make a prey Of bltter Mitt he box*. That he May boar arietherday Fruit billet to before. We pate, but we adore What will not roe away, Omar or.Obriat obeli be that toy Of Some for evermore. Since what We hate defied Is still an empty show, 'Tis well that other eyes abide Its bloodier overthrow. Bark I 'tie the shout we know, lind they are just outside; But still the western gates stand wide For all who are to go; We eye the battle We list the battle din, . We have watohed long in victor - es *Ana. Her feast will soon begin. Perhaps she counts it sin Because horixuirbies shine With nothing reader yet thaw wine-- Let other revellers in. L'lprvot. At Treece they acing thief song some centuries ago; dt other pats may come ere long. The tuns is good to know. —Cornl.{7l Naga:ism; 'THE HERMIT OP lOWA." A Genial Artist and a Literary Recipe. Sr. Louis, December, 1187 i): The city of Rock Island, Illinois, 'is situ- ated on the east bank of the )lississippl, two miles above the mouth of Rock river, and one launched and eighty-two miles from Chicago by railroad. It is directly opposite Davenport, lowa, and connected with it by ferry and the United States government bridge, one of the finest of the man, b'eau- tiful structures that now span the great river.. The island, from which Abe city takes its name, is a little above the town, and is the property of the :United States, Government. It is about three miles .in length by one-half a mile in width. ear the lower extremity is located the. rutted States Armory and Arsenal, with extensive workshops and magazines. The borders of the island pre sent in many places a nearly perpendicu lar front, aZ limestone rock, rising toccasiOn ally to a bight of Vcitarcy• which may be found large cavities and fis sures, often extending to a great depth. It, was reported a few years since that one of these caves was explored, and many very in teresting relics of an ancient civlliZed race Were discovered. Indian legends jare still told relating to strange spirits and demons who, as the red men believed, dwelt in those mysterious caverns. The moaning and whispering voices of the waters, and the hollow echoes which come out of the dark recesses as the current flows back and forth, have a weird and melancholy ‘lrouttd, and might easily excite the superstitious fancy in their untutored minds that these caves were the abodes of good or evil spirits who kept a special surveillance over the affairs of the tribes, and to whom were accredited the good or bad fortunes which came upon them. 1) A portion of the island is covered with beautiful groves which afford a delightful retreat during the, summer months. Its beauty has been greatly enhanced by the splendid drives and landscape adornments which the Government has made upon it, and which are still to be extended and in creased. When the additional improve ments and extensions are completed, the island will be not only a beautiful national park, but one of the largest depots o stores in the United States. The population of Rock Island ity is about ten thousand. It has x thriving trade, consisting largely of heavy traffic in coal, grain, and lumber. The usual spirit of Western enterprise is noticeable among its inbabitants, beside a marked tendency to metropolitan tastes and habits. Qne of the finest 'hotels west of Chicago in located here, the Harper House, built and furnished by the highly esteemed citizen Ben Harper, as he is fanuliarly called, from whom it takes its name.. Mr. Harper bas been a leading spirit in nearly all the great improvements of the city, and has done much to promote its permanent growth and prosperity. Passing along one of its principal streets, my attention was arrested by the familiar look of a little sign which hung at the on trance of one of the large buildings. Upon it was inscribed in neat gilt letters the fol lowing: "Henderson's Studio." It awak ened pleasant reminiscences of a time that dated back to my bachelorhood days. Sev eral years before the same little " shingle" had marked the entrance to a secluded little temple in the neighboring town of Gales burg, where the talented young artist, Mr. Homer Henderson, was devoting himself to a, profession in .which—he has since won worthy distinction, and maile - hia_n l ame al ready famous in the West. In the quiet-re tirement of that pleasant • atelier, made so congenial by the fascinating conversation and chivalrous entertainment of its propri etor, and surrounded by the emblems and industries of high art, I had lounged and dreamed esthetic dreams Which mutual as pirations had shaped and begotten. As an artist's studio generally is to one of artistic t tastes, it was a place where the spiritual senses seemed edified, and where we often soothed the physical and mental by the in cense of the " weed," •which curled up in wreathe of fantastic forms that bore away fancies as fleeting and , ethereal as its own fading fragrance. That was six years ago. Soon afterward Mr. Henderson, feeling himself somewhat isolated from the broader avenues and lu crative sources of his profession, removed to Chicago and opened a studio in the Cros by Opera House building. Here his abili ties found fuller scope, and his genius more expansive growth. From this time he di rected his efforts almost entirely to portrait ' painting,; and very soon began to attract the attention of connoisseurs. At the Art Ex hibition held in Chicago two years ago he resolved to throw _himself into the relentless jaws of public criticism, and with many torebsdings hung his Am 00349 Wezt the TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1873. walls, It proved to be the masterpiece of *the exhibition, and received very flattering ,praise from some, of the, leading journals att highdat art critics both East and West. HisVputation was now established, and the :WO) promised the =fullest fruition of his , hopes. During the summer following (1871) be-was commissioned by the Chicago Histo rical Society to paint the portrait of Presi dent Grant, and be proceeded to Long Branch for that purpose, where the Presi dent gave him sittings at hia cottage resi dence.- During Mr. Henderson's sojourn there and at New York he became intimate ly acquainted with Mr, William Page, Pres ident of the National Academy of Design. The life-long devotion of this veteran artist, whose tine intellect and extensive researches into the realm of art have brought-forth so much of its beauty and poetry, was aeubject of attractive interest to the younger artist, who derived much pleasure and profit from his association with so distinguished a rep resentative of his profession. Just before Mr. Henderson returned to Chicago the great . fire occurred, and his studio, which contained several of his tine pictures with all his treasured collections up to that time, implements, etc., Was destroyed. /u the mint disruption of trueness which fol• lowed this event he decided to open a stn. diOenaporarily in Rock Island, where he has since been assiduously engaged in filling commissions which oome largely from peo• ple of wealth and eminence with faistidlous alld cUltivated tastes. On_entering hie studio again after the apse of several years, marks of the (mom- pllshed artist were plainly visible. The bits of studies, the scrape and .. relica which are always hoarded by devotees of art, were-not as profusely scattered about as before, but gleams of the ,gen . lus of 1 own master hand shone out from the canvas and paper where his brush and pencil had been at work. Conspicuous among the pictures that hung upon the walls was a lite•size por- trait of Gen. Grant, painted from life while at Long Branch.. To one who has recently seen the President the resemblance and apSr iltcelle of expression in this picture , are most striking. Standing against one side of the room is a nearly completed painting cover ing nearly forty square feet of canvas en- cased in a massive frame. It represents a group of three children, painted from life— a 'boy of about fiVe years with 'two older sisters beneath the branches of a large oak. They have been gathering flowers which they are trimming into a garland for decorating themselves. The sweetness and delicacy of coloring, the artistic and spirited taste displayed in the grouping, and the grace and freshness in the whole work. com- bine to leave a pleasing impression of the artist's skill, and to present a charming pic ture of the artless innocanoe of childhood. But a sitter has come for the Brat sketch of a portrait'. A movable pedestal or plat form about two feet lu hight •is rolled into the middle of the room, over Which is spread a leoptird-iiiin robe for ornamentation, and a chair placed upon it for the sitter. : He is then r)wvg, the lights aro atliusted, the artist takes his seat at the easel a4ew feet away, upon which has been _placed thi prepared canvas, and with a few bold strokes of a charcoal crayon the outline of the face is quickly drawn,,in which a striking likeness is already visible. The coloring and finish- Several subSecaue.nt Es4 l3l 'lC 9 lar completing.„.: _ Mr. Henderson usually entertains nts sub jects during their sittings in the most agree able manner by his witty and versatile con versation, and it would be difficult for them to wear any other than a " cheerful" ex pression while under his manipulations. Apropos of this is the stury of a very pi ons divine who while sitting for his por trait took occasion to deliver a little sermon to the painter. The latter began to look se• rious, and the minister, thinking he had made the desired impression, became , fervid in his eloquence, finished with a fiery ex hortation, and paused eager for the response. `Just turn your head a little to the right, sir, and shut your mouth," replied the art ist, who, needless to say, continued his work without further interruption. During my stay there . Mr. Henderson in vited me to accompany him on a visit across the river and make the acquaintance of one of the Most remarkable men and eccentric geniuses in the 'West, widely known as the " Hermit of lowa," and promising me an , evening's entertainment of rare interest.— We crossed to the lowa side on the ice, on foot, a distance of nearly a mile at thin point, and passed up into the handsome M ae city of Davenport. The town lies upbn a slope extending half a mile or more from the river, when the ground rises abruptly into high bluffs. Many of the finer resi dences of the city are perched upon the sides and summits of these steep elevations, cornmanding,fine views of the river course and the far-extending prairies beyond: • Our destination was near the top of these bluffs, and the way was circuitous and toilsome.— Reaching the top of a high mound Nye paused to survey the scene. And, behold! a moon lit landscape of indescribable loveliness!— The night was cloudless, and the sky clear and sparkling. The full moon, now high above the horizon, shed a soft radiance over the frozen earth, the tomb of the dead wa rner, which lay like A. reclining statue upon its marble counterpart—cold, but beautiful in the softened light of the moonbeanta.=-- The great river, with the light reflecting from its icy surface, glistened and shone like a wide, crooked belt of silver reaching down into the dim distance, till its brilliance faded and vanished into star-light. The scene was indeed one of rare beauty, and for the moment I forgave old Winter for the tierce nips I had already received from his icy fingers. All resentful feelings toward hlra were borne away in the rapture of view., bag such a charming picture fresh from his studio and bearing the pimple of his skilled assistant, Jack Frost. But the " Hermitage" we seek is close at hand, and we will turn thitherward. It is a sla but neat little cottage burrowed in one of the deprOlions among the bills, soniswhat isolated frOrn surrounding dwell ings by the intervening bluffs, and sheltered from the elements as well as from intrusions and confusions incident to dwellers along the busy streets of a city. In the summer season it would be nearly concealed from view by the shrubbery which surrounds it, making it one of those spots of quiet seclu sion where a meditative mind would love to retire for study and thought. We foiind the " Hermit" at home, and *ere welcomed in a manner that checked all reserve, and made us feel en rapport at once with his own vigorous sociability. He is a man of perhaps fifty years of age, but his pet son is robust and vigorous. His face, arched with a high, broad forehead, and adorned with a full gray beard, is attractive and commanding in its expression, and shows the intellectual forces and latent pow ers within. His greatest passion, perhaps, is for old books and literature, not because they are curiosities simply, but more on ac count of the - gems of thought and know ledge contained in them, and for the reve rence he feels for the old poets and writers. There is no - department of literature with which be is wit eitirely (mamma Be Is rather after the order of Jerrolds's " Hermit of Bellyful." His antique cell is lined with books frOm floor to ceiling, many old and extremely rare, especially rich in drama, •state poems, satire, and facetice. - lie has nearly all the old books printed in 11100 Or thereabout; old volumes of dramatic criti cism; quarto plays of the time of Charles the Second; ballad and broadsidejiterature; first editions of famous works like "Tris tram Shandy," etc.; Plerlo's Montaigne, be lieved to be the veritable copy belonging to Shakespeare; Old Jeremy Collins's work ageing the stage; Sir John Harrington's satires; books originally bought from the saddlebags of Weeyms, (who invented the story' of Washington and his little hatchet); old English pofitry; the Revolu tionary Lanterns Iragrque, published in Pa ris during the. Beige of Terror; Paine's works printed in England with the blanks filled in with autograph passages reflecting upon the King; the large quarto of Zit.- phile et Acajou with Bouchier's etchings, described in Disraeli's Curiosities of Litera ture, and sets of rare pamphlets, dramas, journals, etc., etc., in excellent preservation. The limits of an evening suffice for ex amining but a small part of his rich and in teresting collection, and I have named only those that occur to me from aleatory. Many of those venerable tomes I handled with an instinctive reverence. What interesting auto-biographies some of them could relate, could they but speak With articulate tongues! The interest in them was greatly enhanced by the graphic history their owner gave of them, their authors, origin, and contents.— His conversational powers' give great zest and enjoyment, to the discussion iof every theme that arises; and while highly, gratified, as I left the Hermitage, by the agreeable en tertainment of the evening, I regretted that it was a literary feast so seldom offered that creates an appetite for intellectual food with but few such sources to gratify it. The "Hermit of lowa," Frank I. Jervis, is an Englishman by birth, has been editor of -the Denworaf, published in Davenport, for four years; Is the author of "Vesta," Fanny B. Price's $5OO prize drama; also of `lCro hoose of the Billhook," one of,i the! last pieces played by' the late John Brew. 1 He is conversant with nearly a wore of 'envie: ges, has written many poems, and is ptoba bly better acquainted with old English dra ma, poetry, and satire than any man in the West, and perhaps in America. - The variety and versatility of this man's gifts are a matter of astonishment. Scarcely a couplet can be quoted but he will "see them anii cover" with another. The Wm—its History and Culture. The history of the rose is connected with remote antiquity. In the classic ages it was a highly prized flower, and its Greek and Latin names signify fullness and roundness. In those days, however, there were but four species known—the Centifolia, Pimpernel, Heptree, and Hedge rose. The roses of Pmatum were particularly beautiful, while those of Malta were the most fragrant, and those of Cyrene yielded the 'Most otter of rose. At the festivals of the ancients roses were ,wound around the arolies, turned about rthe statues, woven into garlands and suspended from the walls, and the banquet ing halls were redolent with their perfume. Everywhere were roses honored—the bride carried one beneath her purple veil as an emblem of purity; the host suspended a rose above his table as au emblem of se crecy; at the public games senators reeei ved roses from themdiles, and after the down fall. of curtturre — mniffiiiirus - adornetrme shields of his favorite legion with them; while the soldierti of the eighth legion, who first attacked Hannibal's camp, carried bo quets of roses lit the triumphal celebration. There was a perfect mania among the Romans with regard to the devotion offered to this, their favorite flower. They used it to adorn their festivals and their. funerals; added it as a flavor to their wine, and a vir tue to their.medicine. It' perfume was isi• fused into their clothing, napkins, table cloths, and bed linen. Honey of roses brightened their eyes; syrup of - roses pre vented dyspepsia; spirits of roses whitened their Skin; vinegar of roses cured the head ache; conserve of roses staunched the flow ing of blood. 'After', the fall of the empire the cultivationt of the rose was neglected in Europe, excepting in the convent gardens; but at the East much attention was given to its culture,iand Arab authors wrote many folios concerning its merits and treatment. In Persia it was highly cultivated, and the poet -of the laud sang its charms. In the 17th century Holland began to tak,e an in terest in this flower, yet only ten species are kiown to have been cultivated then, and in 179 forty-four species were described-4- while at this time there are more than 7,000 varieties known and esteemed. The Empress Josephine was a passionate lover of roses, and her interest in the flower greatly . increased its culture in France. At Alalinaison she superintended the raising of the rarest species, and Dupont, her head gardener, prepared a bed of roses which formed her name. Rouen, Versailles Ad Lyons were celebrated for roses, and large green-houses were constructed for their use. At Luxembourg, aardy became a most suc cessful rosarian. The rose will grow all over the globe; on the rocky hights of the Alp's we see the rosa alpina and rose rubrifolia; under the snows of Lapland flourish the fragrant rosa majo lie and rose rubella; even on the borders of the desert of Sahara is found the white moss rose, and amid the Rocky Mountains of otu: own land thousands of deliciously sweet single roses bud and bloom in beauty and loveliness. Asia possesses a greater number of species andivarieties than all the rest of . .. the globe. Thirty-nine native species grow within her borders, and fifteen of Them be long to China alone. . The effects ;produced upon tlie.:rose by careful cultivation are known but little. it is a plant Which requires the richest soil and close pruning to show itself in perfection. , We can hardly, plant it in tuo rich a com post, and freqUently tea roses arc planted in .two-year old horse manure with only a little . mixture of sand, and thus fed they will grow and bloom luxuriantly. Rosen not only require a very rich soil when first plant ed, but they need to have it frequently en riched, and also require good drainage, and if the season is dry copious waterings are also needful. I Soapsuds are: particularly 4 beneficial to reses,'as the, potash they con nisi is essential to the growth of the plant. The soil should be frequently stirred about the roots'to give them au airing.. When the first bloom of the Hybrid Per petuals is passed they shotild be pruned closely, removing all the \oldest stems, and branches, until cutting back for three or four inches all the new growt,h. Pruning is a very important part of rove culture, espe cially with the varieties that are expected to bloom again the same season. The varie ties of monthly and p&rpetual roses always produce their flowers upon young shoots of the present season's growth, so the more fresh shoots y u can obtain the more rose buds will be t to result. After pruning se verely, sparin t not the branches, it is well to add a large supply of liqUid manure, and, if a barnyard is not conveniently at hand, take one spoonful of guano, to a gallon of 1 . warm water, et 1 .t stand in the sun all day, arid apply it to the roots at night, taking care not to sprinkle the leaves with it. When ros'es, are set out, pruned, and cul tivated highlY, we must be (in the lookout j for worms and insects of a 1 kinds which infest the bus les, skeletonize the leaves and ruin the flow rs. By pickmg off the worms and bugs one \can keep two or three bushes in leaf,. but when one has many plants hand pickling is too laborioui. A `mineral " fer tilizeo keeps our roses fresh and green, and if spa/Tided over the leaves \early in May will destroy every slug; rose bug, and worm! Air-slaked lime will also prove an antidote. Both of these remedies muss be applied while the plants are wet with dew. An other remedy, which. has been \ Very success ful, is one pint of salt and onequart of soft soap dissolved in ten gallons of water, and syringed or sprinkled over the leaves.— When the leaves Weenie mildewed they , should be sprinkled with soot from stove pipes or chimneys, and in 24 hours washed oil with the - watering pot. Still another antidote is found in , sulphur and one qua's.t of the latter to e.ne.pound of sul phur, add two gallops of bet water, and to ono pint of this liquid add oft gallon of water, and syringe not only roses, but ver benas and all' plants that are of with mildew or rust. V Ross's - tire very easily grown frn cuttings. The shoot shOuld not be too young, nor yet so old as to be woody. Peter Henderson says: " if a cutting will break readily it Is in the best Cdndition to g - , rct\.v, but if it bends I it will not root as- quibr;) , if at all." It should be cut off just bet w a jolut; trim ming off the leaves at the ottom, and leav ing not more:than two buds with leaves at! the top, and if these are large it is better to , cut off one;or two of them; for if there are , too many leaven they will surely wilt. Clear; sand LS the best to make all kinds of cut tinge grow' lint it must he thoroughly soaked with water' . all the time, for if allowed to dry the cuttings will die. Bottom heat is also essential to the successful growth Of all kinds of cuttings, and if- a hotbed or hot watertank is not to be had we must itapro vise one with a,pan of hot water, placing the pots in it and changing it two or three times a day.. The great eecrek_of, growing cuttings is in! the evenness of the tempera ture,} which should not vary m re than from 135 to 70 degrees; if kilowed t vary from 6J to 60 degrees they will rar iv live. So, if possible, Cover the cuttings 1, 'ith a glass, when it is very arm. If a and rzniove it large pot le filled only half full of sand and kept in war water and' co ered with a 1 piece of window glass, ave good tiny hotbed is procured. In summer it is well to plant doors in sand, with a partial sh, sun, and inclose them in glass and day. As soon as a few tin that the rootlets are formed. must be transplanted into the for altbougb sand is the best force the, roots, it will not nour ficiently to form many leaves. Everyman, woman, and ,cbi d can,grow a rose bush, and few can realize how much pleasure attends its culture untii, they raise one from a cutting to the perfection of the flower. Only a few years ago cultivators of roses were but few -in number, and now there are f:orists who,own twenty scree of roses, and sell a million of plants yearly.— There are a great aumber.of new -roses of fered for sale, some of Whicliare very.beau tiful; but only a few of the - surpass our old fairbrites, and many di er so slightly from them that they do not a i dd much vari ety to a collection. The Peerless is a very beautiful rose of the Hybrid Bourbon spe cies, and was raised from siedo•by Walter Donadi, of Long Island; its flowers are borne in immense clusters, and it blooms very freely. The Bella is a now white tea rose of very vigorous habit, and . of,busliy, compact form. Among the new -English roses introduced the past_year are Augusta Neumann, of a brilliant-scarlet hue, and a larae, full flower; it is highly recommended. 'The Candid, very clear flesh white, passing to pure white, is a charTning, flower. Comesse d'Oxford is of a lovely - carmi e red, a very rich, bright color. ferdinan de Lesseps, purple shad ed with violet, is-a first-class rose, very fine in color and for ' . Louis Van Houtte is a splendid rose of scarlet' crimson, and re ceived a first-clas certificate from the*oyal Horticultural So .iety. • Monthly roses make moat beautiful hedges, and are quite the fashion at present. We saw a very perfect one 'composed of the Hybrid Bourbon species at Shaw's gardens in St.. Louis. After the summer bloom has passed sway, all the old growth' is cut off or shortened in; the roots are liberally stimu lated, so that fresh shoots push forth on ev ery side; and in September such ,a hedge is a gorgeous mass of flowers.—S. 0. J. in Counerb' Gentleman. The areateat Criminal _Trial on Record: In the whole history of criminal jurispru dence there has never, probably, been any thing equal to the gigantic trial which was concluded at Moscow, in Russia; on the 21st of November, and in which were arraigned 500 prisoners, upward of 200 of whom were convicted, and sentenced to cruel penalties. Among the accused were persons of every station in life—old men, youths;' and„wo men; among the latter some - highly accom plished and prepossessing in appearance.— All the prisoners were charged with one of the gravest offenses in the criminal code of Russia--that of counterfeiting. That code says: "The person that counterfeits the coin or currency of the Imperial Govern ment shall suffer.death." Notwithstanding this rigorous provision, Russia has been flooded for many years past with well-executed counterfeits of the Gov ernment Treasury notes. The, prompt exe cution of several who were caught in 'pass ing the spurious currency did.not check the evil', and for the last three years it became so great that the Minister of Finance was almost inslespair. Offers of the largest re wards did not lead to the detection of the guilty parties. Changes in the appearance of the Treasury notes did not do much good either, for so vast is the extent of the Rul-, Sian Empire'that it takes the Imperial Gov ernment six months to communicate its de crees to the remotest parts of the country. At length, in last July, a curious accident gave the Government the° long looked-for clue, which led to the discovery of an asso ciation of criminals of t , both sexes banded together for the purpose of 'circulating the spurious currency,' and which extended from the bleak and frozen shores of the White Sea to the Volga and the Black Sea. In the course of the'two following months 8,000 men and women were arrested, but after a preliminarf examination, 2;500 of them \vole discharged, and about 800 N4ere held for trial. Among the latter were six Frenchmen of .St. Petersburg, who had been caught printing the counterfeit notes, and acomparatively'largenumber of women. The prisoners were all conveyed to Moscow, where they were 'confined in the vast vault underneatt the Kremlin Palace. Criminal law in Russia is barbarYous at best, end the male prisoners were herded together like so many hogs. They received me coarsest, of' fare, aid straw was their only couch, , The women were treated but little better. On the 20th of October the trial Was open ed in the large hall of the Kremlin, which holds nearly 6,000 persons. The proceed ings were protracted for a month and the prosecution succeeded in establßhing the guilt of over one-third of the accused. Two hundred and three of them were found guilty, ! among them about fifty women.— Sentence of. death was passed 'upon six French printers, and the other convicted parties were condemned to hard labor in the gold mines of the tit'al Mountains for life, or for ten ;years. The .doomed men and wo men burst into piercing shrieks, and howls: and well they might, for in the case of the former the sentence included barbarous flog ging and branding on the torehead with a red-hot iron; while! the women, some of whom were of refined descent, shuddered at the idea of having to do the most menial work' for life or ten years at the stations where the keepers of the male pfisoners re side. j In their despair some of the unfortu nates threw themselves upon the ground, and their piercingl . cries, mingled with the clanking of their chains, produced a truly horrible effect. The excitement and frenzy of the condemned grew . from minute to minute more intense, and the judges in or der to restore quietude had to call in the soldiers, who with their kantschubs beat the prisoners right and left, and -then dragged them back to the vaults of the Kremlin. The reason that we see so many prema turely old American women is berre, as a general rule, they are overworkec They toil on, week after week, month after month, sacrificing all the comfort and beauty of their lives, and finally, when their health breaks down under the constant strain. spend more money In feeing doctors and trying to regain it than would have hired some of their work done, and preserved health and enjoyed life-as they went along. Imagine that-a wife should say to her hus band, "Char c ies, suppose you give up smok ing this wint r, and let us take the 'money to hire the washing,"- how in nine cases out of teu would Charles receive the proposi tion? Give up smoking? Never! Susan may wash 9r not, butte must smoke. Many woman tolls heavily one day every week to save a sum which vanishes in smokefrom her husband's pipe.-' 7 67Wenunre Jamul& 'Due e` U uttinga oat ds from the !EiCes night 110 aves show he „cuttings lecliest soil, medium to :sh them suf- =I I ~ WHOL USZFUL AND. SIIGGESTrVII.-: Sleep ) the Best Stimulant. - The. pulpit, the 'bench, thebai„the. - Nfot!, . urn, have contributed their legions of Yiet# irna to inebriated habits. The beantifral woman, the sweet singer, the 'cowvertilot4 ist, the periodical writer, have filied i too often, the:drunkard's graVe. Nevitthat the press has become such a great powlm in the .land, when the -magazine -must- come out on a certain day, and the daily ziertis• papers at a fixed hour, nothing waits, ei!em. thing must give way to the inexorable .calf ' for copy; and, sick or well, disposed or in disposed, asleep or awake, the copy AMA come. The writer must compose hip aft& cle, whether he feels like it or not; if le Is not in the vein of writing ho must' ,whip himself up to it' by the stimulus of drink. Soto of the greatest writers of the ooniatay have confessed to the practioe, on urgent occasions, of taking a sip of brands , at the end;of every page or everLoftsner. 4 t may have escaped the general- reader's 14ke that more men have died young who 7 -itave been connected with the press of our great cities,. and that, too, from intenweranee, than In all the other educational °ailing put togethei.—young men whOse ttdpnte have been of the first order, and gave prom ise of a life of usefulness, honor, and- emi nence. The best.riossible thing foreman 40.40," • EF when he feels too tired to perform a t or too weak to. Garry it through, Is to' ' to bed and" sleep a week if heman. -T Is the only- trde recuperation of brain 'power, the only a u 1 1 al renewalof brain force. Be cause, duri g sleep, the brain is in a stated' rest, in axe dition toreceive and appropri ate particle of nutriment from the blood which take tbe place - of - 5.w which have been consumed in previous labor; Since the very act of thinking consumes, •burns up_ or particles, as every turn' of the, wheel or Screw of the splendid steamer is thels suit of the consumption by fire of the fuel in this furnance. The supply of consttifted brain - substance can only he had,- from the nutriment particles in the blood which were obtained from the food eaten -previously, and i the brain is so constituted that it Cam. best ieceive and appropriate to Itself those nutriment particles-during the state of Mit, of quiet, and of stillness in sleep. Mere stimulants supply nothing in them selves—they only goad the brain, force it to a greater consumption of ifs substanciOnt til that substance has been do fully eihans ted' that there is not power enough Teft''to receive- a supply, just as men _-are do near deathl,by thirst or starvation -that there, is not power enough left to s*ariow anything, and all is over. The incapacity of the brain for receiving -recuperative particles some. times.comesmith the rapidity of la stroko s tif lightning, and the Man becomei marl In an instant, loses sense,- e.n.d"ds an - idiot -• it ;vas'bnder circumstances of this- Very •stift, in the very middle of a sentence of, get oratorical power, tone of the most' emit:teat minds of the age forgot his ideas, pasSed his hand over his orehead, and after a nab: ment's silence sait4 "Ood, as with a sponge, has blotted out flak hind." Be assured read ers, 'There is rest' for the weary" only in early' and abundant sleep, and wise -and happy are they who has firmness enough to resolve that "By Gbd's help I will seek it in no other way."--23:all's Journal of Health. Warm Feet A correspondent oft the Amaricem Agrietti turisi furnishes that_ paper with the follow ing remarks on warm feet, which' remarks are admirably calculated for our latitude: • To'go with cold feet is to undermine tha constitution, and this half the women sad girls are doing. They have,; the habit of cold feet, and the accompanying habit of D 1 health; 'think homely woolen stookings,are not very fashionable. Once no country girl wasJeckoned .fit to be married. until she bad knit her pillow-case lull of stock ings,'but it is not so now. Ido not regret that less baud-knitting is done than former ly, tint I hope wesbeal not' give up Walla woolen stockings or winter use until we can ' replace them with something better. Merino or the commpn "houghten" white woolen stockidgs are rather thin, but some of us supplement them with an additional pair of cotton stockings, wearing the cotton or the woolen pair next the feet as individ uals 'prefer. Cold feet'are often caused, at least' in part, by two tight elastic 'bands et the tops of the stockings, or by tight shoes, or shoes tight in the ankles.' These interfere t with; the circulation of the blood, and there ;cannot be a comfortable degree of warmth without a good circulation and aeration of the blood. My last lesson in this ; matter came from a baby's experience last Septem ber. Suddenly she cdr.tracted .a habit of having cold feet, and when I warmed them• the skin seemed bard and inactive, suggesting theneed of a bath when a bath did not seem necessary except for the feet. At length it occurred to me that her "ankle-, ties" had been too lode, 'and just before we came home from our visit ,itt young lady cousin had set the buttons back.furtaer, to make the little slipper stay on.better. Ever since that change the slipper strap6;:hto been too tight around her ankles, especially after I put on woolen stockings. Ichangea the buttons again, and her feet no longer got Cold, except in consequence of the act ual rigors of the climate. SOme well-In fornied persons object" to Congress gaiters, the elastics are usually so fin; and close about the ankle. Ony very looGe garters are allowable, and th se may not' bet aeoeii-• saryj when the stockings are worn : over tt*- der-draw -rs. Garteralin the shaPe of straps buttenin • to both 'Rata and stockings '14.9 'most se.,lible for woFnen as-well as etki , dren. I . duce tir; Girls foi. Household DUtzlee: Jr.i Ha 1, in his famous Jouivtal . qf Ikea, never wrote a wiser article then the folio* , ing in connection Ivith the improvement of the'coming housekeepers of the Republic: It should be read by every father and every mother and the advice carefullY heeded: • "Educating girls for household duties ought to be considered as neceshaty as In , struction in reading, writing and arithmetic, and quite as universal. We are. in ouzhouses mere than hslf our existence, and it is the household surroundings which — at:Nit most largely the happiness ormisery otdo westic bfe: tf \ the wife knows 'how, to keep house,' ifsh has learned how things ought to be cook d, how beds should be made ' how carpets hould be swept, hoW • furniture should be d sted, how the clothes should be repaired, an turned, and altered, • and renovated; if she k ws how purchases can be made to the best a vantage, and Un derstands the laying in of rovisions; how to i make them go the farthes and last the . longest. if she' appreciates th importance of system, order, tidiness; an - the quiet management of children and se nts„ then she knowa , how to make a' little h even. of home; how to win her children fr the street; how to keep her IMeband fro the club-house, the gaming-table and the "ne cup. Such a family will be trained to' . eial respectability, to business success, an to efficiency and usefulness in whatever po- '1 sition may be allotted to them. It may be safe-to say that not one girl in ten, in bur large towns and cities, enters into married life who has learned to bake a loaf of bread, to purchase a roast, to dust a painting, to sweep a carpet, or to cut and fit and 'make her, own dress. How much the perfect knowledge of these things bears upon the thrift, the comfort and health of families May be conjectured, but not calculated by figures. It would be an immeasurable ad vAntage made by attaching a kitchen to every girls school in the nation, and have lessons given daily In the preparation of all the ordinary articles of food and drink for. the table, and how to purchase them in the market to the•best advantage, with the re, suit of a large saving of money, an increase Of comfort, and higher health in every fam hy in the land," Every man owes it to the community in which tie is living to contribute to the gen.: eral reputation, and to the public enjoyment by making all his surroundings as attradt. ive as possible. There is such a thing as' paying too much attention to the outside and show, but there is Mama in all things,' and a measure of time - and attention anclex. Dense should be devoted by every one to make his farm and his home more and more attractive every year that he liyes. •' " s A., young lady ajiumboldt, RBii6as; tins WWI (eiticint. , 191 1111121 NO.. 963.