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in rive:We/ 4 ; and 50 Leiliti for a notice AfflVe
N:Eittifs of 3Lirnuare and DUATYISI , I3OrtP.d
uot:cts will be ch&rged IA) (.Icl:its
N0rcr.9.30 per alit above regular rates
;CALIIDASIInes or less, $5,00 por year.
Business Cards.
,Stifl.DEU• V. A. 3011,M0N.
jateheltler & Johnson,
.11Q1111111eRt.i, Tombstones, Table
&c. Call and see. Shop, Wain st.;
~pary, Wolldboro, YD.—July 3, 1872.
A. Redfield,
A ND t;ouNsEr-Lon. AT LAW.—Collect
;v.l aLcata9,cito.—Lawreucavtilo, Tsoga
an'n., kyr. 1,1873-91 u.
C. 11. Seymour;
tkga ra.
w:.lpr4/ 11, Pt tab:FL/4101:
Geo. NV. lirt)rriek,
t L-OV.—,W..llsborQ, Pa. omee
1310,:k, 31a1r, atreet; aecona toot.,
'1•40:41Al W/i 02104.
Mitchell AL , C.auteron;#
a laic, Cislna anti Insurance Agen.ta:
Couvorsa 64 AiUmbra brkck block. over
(wood's apro, We Ya...-Jan. 1,
NVLifiara A. tone,
AT LAW, o'er O. B. Nullay'n Dry Goon
gbt t I.:Ano•it 810 k on Alain great.
,20. 1, Ibl2.
J. C. Strang, „
AT LAW & DIaTRICT ATTORNEr.-
1,11.N1ie4, Lag., k%
Dartt,
.NE'N 1N1111.0V.6.31LNT.
,ce Witt/ S tI 1L Ctivll tIJ uLj t.1111.1,g eitiu
UZ:r ttl WrlgLit S oaliv)'n block, 0 elui.
/bl 2,
J. B. Niles,
• po.roptly to bile
ittrattd w Las .so - . to u.n t.ouut.,,-.8 Tiod,a
(.12740 011 . 1140 k Ouro;YA.,
Jno. W. Adams,
Vi kr LAW IlaLtaehl, Tioga oount7, pit
♦ prainytl ticttLa<l.l tc.).--J au. 1, 1d72.
C, L, Peek,
AT LA W. Ail ot.lms promptly collected
ati W. 13. Tiuga Co., Yu.
C. B. Kelly.
Chtua aad u„itsa warn, Table Cut
and WCLe. AA.,) lime n U tiouee Fur
)la.—Weibibufu, 1:. 17, lel%
,:knustruug Lama,
AT LAW, Willurwspui C,
Li/Z(37oa.
Wm. B. Smith(
TIORNEY, Bounty and Dleurar.co Agertt
.onti sent to tun abvv, , re
ap: atteullon. Text,. muderut.e.—litiox.
1, In7tl
Barnes it - IZoy,
IRS—AIi kinds of Job Printing done on
aod to the 14,,t. n~un_r. Utlice BOW
's 1, 181:2.
Sabinsvi lo . i_-Louse.
Loa f! a.—Flenu PropriatOre
is has been therenghl:s• renovated and le
.:icoudnion-tu steeonnslite the traveling
s saiscsnn in snuer.—Jan. 1,1.873.
D. Bacon, M. D.,.
...ND SURGEON-2day be found at hts
door East of Mao I'odd'a-31ain street.
Promptly to all ealla.—Wollattopo,
J.
Petroleum Ilouse,
Geo. Close, Proprietor.—Good an.
far both man and beset. Chargee reit
-2.,1
.2. geed attention given to guests,
W. W. Burley,
LER 01' all styles of light and heavy
Carriage* kept co :stani le on hand. All
anted. Corner Cass - and fluffedo Streets,
le, 1.:.•Y. Orders left *with C. 13. Kelley,
.er L. it. ilurley, Chatham, will receive
:ention.—June 3, 1873.-0 moe.
M. L. Stickily',
2abfutt Ware of all ltleas wlttob will be
than the lowest, Re luvltes nil to tale
rit goods before purohasiug elsewhere.—
the place—opposite Dar tt's Wagou Shop,
itrsot, Wellshoro. Feb. '23, 11.73-1 y:
Mrs. Mary E. I,amb.
IV—Vial:Le:it° inform her friends ',heftiest.
.venally that she hat 3 large stock of millmit
iaoy 600149 suitable for the seaon. which
1 ,1 at reatonable prig ea. Mr: E. E. Rim.
urge a the making and tramming de
and, will 'lice her attention, exclusi‘e,l3 - to
d oor to th e cogverse wittiax.
13, -tf.
Yale & Van Horn.
acturing several brands of choloe (Agars
will sell at prices that cannot but pleaae
nottias, We use none but the beat Conneid•
;antillicl Tara Tobaccos. We make our own
ad for that 'reason can warrant thorn. We
*sacral assortment of good Chewing nod
Tobaocoe, Snuffs. Piped from clay to the
terschatun. Tobacco .douches, Whole
-2.1, 1872.
Iku R. Anderson, Agt.
ESr. RETAIL. D.E.I_LER IN 11.VRDWARE.
Vn, Sinai. Nails, "luau , Rs. Mo.
Twis, kirleulturalletuente, eArr:asv
ties, dpnnge, 1:1 n& Lc.. PC,eiret cud tate
'lat.:l Ware, Guns and . mu:wilt:on, W 11, 1 ,4,
;0(xl and Irou—tho befit in us,. I'da)/u;,:c
, dealer In Tin, Copper, and Slie , 2t-iron
t - deaug in Tin and Iron. An work wanaut-
I, 1,073.
WILTON HOUSE,
Gai-n.es, )Pie
Q. Merrick, Proprietor,
Formerly kept by li. C, Vermii ea.
First Class Hotel
'sect coalition for tlio acconamaa.ition of
Oct. 14, 1873.
'ST ;
,RGE STJCK OF BEAVER, I.I.ILOAD
,CiaSLIIERE. VESTINIis, .still TRIM.
-eh I will sell very nbeap Full C.ISH. Lu
assartnient or (i-LLI (1 6 1er
of cartons xitylos." Phut :se call and lual:
tuts, Overcoats, and Itepalring ylonenitb
Ise cheap as the obeapcet.
o.Euitt.+L WAGS :n,
Creator.) Street,
Wellaboro, Pa,
1231
Ark. Geo. C tuapbeil I
ttarned to Wellaboro, nud having, &filth
trilde In the manulacture of
kirrinci&L li4la WORK . ,
u allsay to her old friends that eho
to a'ae all who would fari or: her with
' l O can be found at the llouiw of J. Ili
tbar. atq
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" fi ber "and iol. ,Sae.
wilota offers for
,fiale MCP hlitztirt+l '',.L..s
fiLi a<crta of timber land about eight miles
A GE Welitligaro. Tbere is a large quantity of
~,.,_-4cozaktcrableabeetnut uport it. A pot tion.
-- ' 5 1,.._.. 24, 1 %ruling lauds. Is will be 1100
'Nulty of
' WSL A. IiTONE, -
'IS,
e W 01.1,001, i'a;
General rinsurance Agency,
Leif e, Eire, and Accidental.
MEM
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Alumnae', of Cleveland. Ohio '438,039.44 .
Nev: York Life and Fire Ins. 00... 1.. ..21.000,000
Royal Ins. Co., of Liverpool * 10,51.5.501
Lancashire, of 3lttnehester, Capital,. 10.000,000
ii,g. Co., of North America, Pa : 13,030,633 60
'Franklin Fire Ins. Co. of Phila. Pa .2,087,462 26
Reutiblie Ins. Co. of N. Y., Capital, $760,000
Niagara Fire Ins, C0..0f N. Y -.-. - LOOO,OOO -
Farmers MuL Fire 105,..C0. yOrk Pa ` 909.880 . 16
Phoenix Mut. Life Ins. Co. of /Isrffora Ct.. 6,081,970 30
Pi3l.llCe Cattle Ins. Co. of Pottsville ... , ...600,003 00
Total .. . ,I.„ , , .$56,431,481 V 4
Insurance promptly effected by mail or otherwise,
en all kings of Property. All losses promptly aditlilted
arui paid at my office,' •
All communications promptly attended to--Office on
1111.11 Street 2d door ?Min Main at., Knoxville Pa. •
• - VIBL B. SMITH
Jen. 1. 187 -ff.
General Insurance Agency,
NnLaos, Tioaa CO., PA.
az.l; I). CAMPBELL
, t RE {Wining Policies in the following Companies
AL against lirr and, lightning ,In Tiog. and Potter
count:ea
QUEEN, ...Assets,.slo,oo6,ooo.oo
CON EINENT AL of New York,.., —9,509,528.27
HANOV ER. of New York 988,581,00
GERMAN AMERICAN, New 'Vol.! 1,272,000.00
WYOMING, of Wllkeabarre, Pa ..........,?19,098.13
WILLIAMSPORT, of Wikaport 118,0a4.00
All business promptly attended to by mall or Othar•
WiSe. LOSSCA adjusted and paid at our office.
Nelaon,, Dec. 10, 1672.-Iy. •
LOOK L2OO3Ei
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HASTINGS & COLE'S
DRUGS, MEDICINES,',
PATZATT
Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty,
Bruchas, Trueaol, Stipporifra, and #forgi
cal instruments,
13018VE & CATTLE' r POWDZRS,.
4.rtls9's Goods drao Tariety,
Liquors, '&13404 Aiss, - E - littra,,Toilsccro, Bung; dts:;, arA.,
Groceries, Sugars, Teas,
CANNED AND 'DRIED FRUIT,
i
Shot, Lead. Powder and Calm, Lama, Chinutoya,
Whips, Laahao, 4to,
BLANK & MISCELLANEOUS
MI School Books In ,nse, Envelopes, Stattortir' y, Bill
and Cap Paper, Initial paper,' Memorandums, large
,cud small Dictionaries , Legal paper, School Cards and
Primer T Writin .1 Fluid, Chess and Backgammon
Boards, Picture Frames, Cords and Tassels, Mirrors,
Albums, Paper Collaro and Cuffs. Croqueiti, LiMle
Balls, parlor games, at Wholesale and retail.
Wallets, port monies, combo, pine Rua neemen,
scissors, shears, kuiyea. violin strings, bird cages ,
A great variety of pipes, dells, inkstands, measures
tapes, rules,
FiFiring Tackle, bat trout flies, 1ine4,40118,
baskets and rode.
Special attention Pala to this line in the season.
TOILET AND FANCY ARTICLES,
,
AGENTS FOR AMERICAN STEAM SAFES.
Jan. 1, 1872.
VILLAGE LOTS for tale 14 the ceritiAl Part of the Borg.
Mare125..13-tt HASTINGS & COLES.
MRS, C. P. SMITH,
. t y AS just return from New TO/ k with the largest
1.11 assortment of
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS
ever brouo,ht into Wellsboro, and will give her custom
ers reduced prices. She bas a splendid assortment
of ladies suits, Parasols, Gloves, Faus, real and Mat-
Milne hair goods, and a full line of ready made white
goods. 'Prices to suit all.
Surveyor's Noliee.
TIDIVARD DRYDEN offers his serrloo to the pubilo
.12A ap a Surveyor. lie„will be ready to attend prompt
ly t 3 all calls. He may ))43 found at the Isw - office at
Sherwood t Son, in I'Vellshoro, or at his
deuce on East Avenue.
Wellsboro, Pa.,- ,, May Is, 1875.—tf.
LIVERY STABLE.'
ITETCIFfiIf & COT.ES proprletora. First-olsae Iles
furritsliked it reasonable' rates. Pearl street,. tip
posit(' Wheeler's wagon shop.
A PUBLIC .HACK
4
Ibe on the street at all reasonable hours. Pass
engers to and from the depot to anypart of the town
will be charged twenty-five. cents._ For fainiLlea or
small parties forpleasure, one dollar per hour.
Well:sboro, July 15, Ism ELTCRA.III & COLBI3.
NEW DRUG FIRM I
TAYLOR 81. SPALDING,
WlLlasala Anti Retail Dealer' in
DRUGS. CHEMICALS,
, PAINTS. OILS,
P A TEiYT MED
S PEI 1712ME_Vr,
Having made special arraagelhents with the Blosta
hurt; Giasa Company. we can turidsh Glass at loweNt
rutPs to partied winking to limy, i.r4 Large QUAntttles,
sduppwl direct llota'the factory.
I%liciani' Avecolptions and Family IleciAl,:itceuratir
...1" -- 11.r. Spalding has bad several years oxPeriones'
in the drug business. and is thoroughly posted in all
Ito brmaches. Ta•YLOB ct SPALDWG.
Welisboro, Pa., Jtuie 24, 1873-tr. . . . a
..
CA.NCEIRI
WEND! if you are :ailitctrid with CANCER, cOLQa
iturnedistely to the Cancer Infirmary of Dr. J. m.
crane, Addison. N. 1%, where yon will bu paomptly
treated anti cured, if you come in time. When reach,
ing the It. R. Depot - nt this pla4e, ask for the Amer',
•ean Hotel orunibua; 'it wilt take yon- direct to . the
In
frmary. If you wish for raildiesicea, sand for Om
-lar without delay. Oh inn :yke yaraamouable.
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SNOXVILLS, TIOOA CO., PA
ASSETS OVER $55.000,000
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A$5E - re pr COMPANIEU.
FOR
mao,rag,
NOTIOYS. -
NEW GOODS :
• R - F4 R O,SE NE , LAMPS,
FANCY ARTICLE% &to.
ly Compounded
HVGIf YOTING'S.
losurance,Real Estate" Steamship
. _ No I, Bowen's Block.
'Drafts Arad payable In any city or town in Europe.
gc*".Cabin, Second Cabin. or Steerage Passage tickets
to or from any town in Europa from or to WeLlabore.
by the Anchor Line, or the Whits Star Line of Doan,
Stammers:
Estate bought and sold on Commission.
ita-I desire to cell particular attention to the Insur4
ance facilities afforded by the old and well known
Wellsboro Insurance Agency.
--ESTABLISHED IN 1880.-
FIRE, LIFE & ACCIDENT.
Capital Represeig $10,000,000. •
iETNA, of Hartford, Conn.
HOME, of New Yolk. . -
FRANKLIN, of Philadelphia.
INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA, of Phit'n.
PENNSYLVANIA of Philadelphia.
WILLIAMSPORT,FIRE.
ALEMANNIA, of Cleveland, Ohio.
_PHENIX, of Brooklyn, NY. .
LYCOMING Mi. CO.. Munoy. Pa.
TRAVELERS L FE & ACCIDEN . A. Hartford.
Polloiea written in any of the above leading com
panies at standard rates. LO9IIOB promptly plod at
my office, No, / Bowen's Block. LIUGIi YOUNG. •
Nov. 19. 1879,
We have Shed the Shanty !
T IBit IN 8 1 / 4 CO
2/IX.tA, R
And now have but time t 9 pay o our &l ands and
tnaistomori that we havd good
BARGAINS
FO.ll THEM.
Our Elegant New Store
.
Le 111301 full of
DESIRABLE GOODS
OE=
Cali and you will Enow how At Is yourselves.
Out U. WM.
JOHN FISHLER
H AS the largest and beet seleoted stsolc.of•
pIiBOM I S AND SHOES
over brought Into Welisborb, consisting of
Lollies'\ Sid and cloth Balmor-
ale and Gaiters,.
Ladies, Misses, GWAlren and
Baby's Shus,
Gents' Cloth Boots,and Shoes,
Prince Albert Calf Boots,
Boys' Calf & Kip Boots,
Youths' Boots.
In feet. all kinds of Mena' and Women's wear kept
in a itrst.oiass iihoe Store. The best sewed Woman's
Shoes ever offered in this market. I defy the world
CUSTOM WORK.
If yma don't believe it, try me, I buy only the best
stock, and hare ae good Cordirainers as money oan
hire.
iIEPAThEtia none neatly, and with ditißatoh
Leath& and. FVndings
of i all kinds constantly on halit:L.'
mat PAID FOR HIDES, DEACON SKIES,
PELTS AND XIIBS.
Having just filled up my shelves with a choice
stock, personally selected for this market. I respect
fully solicit a fair share of trade. ••Small profits and
quick returns," I believe to be a good business max
im ; and Iho ti the best goods to be the cheapest.' I
keep no shoddy. - My assortment is sufficient to meet
all sizes anti tastes. I invite our patrons and the
public generally to call and examine my stock. No
trouble to Show goods. Always to be found. one
door north of O. B. Batley's store, Main street,
Wellsboro, Pa. , JOHN PISHI.P.B.
Feb. i.1.578.41'.
TORERO BRO'S & STAITH
BANKERS,
'..BLQBI3BURG, Tioga County, Ponn'a
BUSINESS PAPER NEGOTIATED
poaamstot 121,so's .13Axsusus, W. IL 8312TH.
Th y, Pa. Bloasburg, Pa,
Bub.
7ELLSBORO,' TIOGA CO., PA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1873
T. L. BALDWIN .11 CO
Meb.etabel
I=
Nettetabel's knittlog lies loose in - her bend;
She watches the gold or a broken red brand
That glitters and flashes,
and tulle into ashes. -
• The flame that Illumines her face
From the cavernous, black fireplace, .--
ISrlnge ever new wonders of color and shade
To flicker about her, aid shimmer. and rade. -
• Does any one tpUse
01 this maid's loveliness,
That the lonesome and smoky old room seems to Weiss ?
hishetabel's mother calls out of the gloom,
From a stutter of shoval and kettle and broom,
From her flurry and worry
Of work- a•day hurry:
"Our Hotly site there toe dreatui
With her needles ball round to the seem;
With nothing to vox her, and nothing to try her;
hut never will th e ket tho river afire. •
And. bank to the din
(Jr iron and tin
Oze eltadow Alle out, while another Mea) in. -
Mebetsbel's lover through now fallen snow
tio softly has come that the maid does not know
He is standing behind ha,
to barmy to find her
Mane, that he hardly can speak.
.A. whisper ;—a flush on her cheek
More lovely thanlannuet's reflection by far.
"0 Hotta," he nriarrours, .the white evening star
And Me beacon-light* swim
On the ocean's blue rim,
But I see your sweet eyes, and they tunic tbs stars
dim."
Mehetabel's wooer is stalwart and tall:
Ws figure looms dark ou the tame lighted wail.
Outside in pale shadow
Lie pariure and meadow;
Dim roselight Is on the white hill;
The sea glarinuers purple and chill.
4. 0 Hotta, be mine for the calm and the storm;
Though cold ti be the wide world, my heart's /ore is
warza. e.
Knit me into your dream,
ritkniy.ritie fife will seem
Me a boxuttful laudeLtire, to June's golden beam."
Tdehetabel's forehead has gathered a cloud;
thousand new thoughts to her young bosom crowd;
Hsr knitting' drops lower;
No lover can show bar
• • The way through her mind's lonely maze.
lie reads no response In her gum.
Her heart is a enow•drllt where foot never rod;
Love's sun tine not wakened a bud on its sed;
AS 1.11410 ac the glow i s 1
Of the stars on the anew m
Ara the glances that up through her long lashes go.
Mahetabal'a future, an unnarlored.
Spreads vaguely before her, unkaopled and grand,
Its wild paths wait lonely
For her footsteps duly;
She most weave out the web of her dream,
Thoughfilmsy and worthless It seem
To her mother's eye, tilled with the dust.motee of °are.
Thou gh
ere it bar up her path from the heart that beats
th
Pa the gathering gloom,
Breathing odor and bloom
AAA sweat sense of life through the dusk Otte room.
Alehetibel's dream,—you will guess it in vain;
Only to herself Is unwound the bright skein. I
She is put a woman,
As gentle as human;
Yet rooted. in hearts fresh . as here
le the hope that the universe stirs;
And broad be her thought as life's measureless zone,
Or narrow as self Is, it 'lilt la her own;
‘i And alone she may dare
; What she never would share, -
With friendehlp the dearest, or love the most rare.
Mehetabel's answer—it has not been told. i
To ashes Las fallen the firelight's red gold.
No mo r, no lover,
For , the world over,
The vi, .a-day Jangle is sull.
an e pt house stands on the hill.
The rafters e bwebbed. the ceiling is bare;
But always Taith haunts the saved oaken chair;
A d early cud late
here's a creak at the gate,
Atoi a, wind th ugh the room like a soft sigh of "Wait !
Mehetabel—Hetta—the dream of a dream,
The film of a snow-4eutl, a atar's broken beam,
Were a tangible story
To here; but the glory
Of ages dims down to a spark,
And dies out at last in the dark,
Among questions unansv,ered, unrealized dreams.
Still ttie beautiful cheat of what may be and seems,
Flashes up an night's
Where the live embers blink,
An& the tales that they mutter, we dreain that we
I think. ,
Sallie's Betrothal
A TALE OF FORTY YEARS AGO.
We were all glad enough to gather around
the glowing grate and listen to . Aunt Sallie's
story, for the storm was too furious for any
fun ih a sleigh ride that day.
She was a splendid-looking old lady; and
must have been very handsome wheayoung.
She sat looking into the fire for a rnoMent
with her spectacled eyes, but she was look
ing into the past,
"Things were somewhat different when
I was young," said she, " but we loved a
sleigh ride as well as you do, and I will tell
you-the story of a ride we had ever *6 many
years ago.
"I was independent enough to help take
care of myself, and I was teaching school
in S that winter. It's a city now, but
it was only a hirge village then,
"I oarded with the °livers, and Hattie
Oliver'andl were great friends. ' and of all
the - born coquettes I ever saw, she was one
of the-prettiest and most inveterate. ;She
lled plenty of _admirers, or course, and
seemed to fairly delight in teasing thein.—
Therewere two in particular, and I always
wondered holy John Forbes and Charlie
Simmons could be such confidential inti
mates under the circumstances.
"John was the richest, and he was a tall,
black-haired, handsome fellow, but not very
popular. He was kind enough, arid full of
life and spirits; but Hattie used to say that
`he seemed all the while to be standin,g up
behind himself and studying you, and she
hated that.' For my own part I liked John
Forbes amazingly, though he was always
shy and quiet in my company—perhaps be.
cause I teased him so unmerciful about
Hattie. •
"Charlie Simmons was also an excellent
felloW, but ho hadn't a very glib tongue,
and Hattie led him a most •uncomfortable
sort of a dance.
Beaux of my own, did yov say!' Of
course I had. Don't interrupt me.
" Now, the joy and pride of John Forbes's
heart were his.black team' and red' sleigh,
and they were really the best turn-out in
the village in those days. Every day or so'
that sleigh would pull up in front of otfr
hOuse; but I was too closely confined at my
sehool to be in Hattie's way much.
John and Charlie made an appointment
for one Saturday, however, when /we
.were
both at liberty, for a grand trip „out on the
old South road. The sleighing' was splen
did, only, if anything, there /W)3B too knueh
snow.
#' When they came for ,us Jolla had his
own team, and Charlie had procured a very
good one somehow. - Hattie, as a majter of
course, tool: her sentlu the red sleigh, and
I told Charlie how , much I pitied ;him for
having to be contented with only!nief but
he laughed merrily, and seemed so ;cheerful
about it tbat,l didn't feel at all awkward.
"Oft we/ started, all sibothered up in
furs, and, , ourled down in the (kelp, com
fortable' cutters, as warm as toast. The
horses wore a perfect jingle of bells, and
were so full of life that I almost felt nerv
ours about them.
"Hattie was in a gale of spirits that
morning, and her merry peals of laughter
came back to us with the music of the bells,
while from something iu John's manner I
had a sort of instinct that he had not invi
ted her oit that sleigh ride for nothing; and
I was right about it, AS I will tell you.
"They had driven three or four Miles,
and were 'a good distance ahead of our
slower,team, but John seemed to be getting
more silent all the time, and Hattie rallied
him about it,
" I may as well be a little sober, Hat
tie,' he said, for I think that to-day may
have an influence for good or ev t li on my
wkole, life.' ' _
"'.Why Mr. Forbes,' said Hattie, 4 are
you afraid that your horses -will run away
and Mash up your wonderful red sleigh?'
` ' No, they know too much for that; but
Im going to ask a question of greeter itu
pi
rtenee, said he.
'" Why don't you ask it of Sallie, then?
She is theNehoulmistress, and knows every
thing,' said Hattie.
1" ' Oh, I guess you know quite enough to
answer what I Want to learn, and you must
answer me truly and frankly, for my happi
;alas of life depends on the result.'
" 'lt must be.a wonderful question,' said
Hattie. ' What can it bet' .
" ' Will you tell me if I ask you?'
"Hattie was beginning to be a little flush
trated, as she told me afterward; but her
inborn love of mischief and coquetry cane
upon her too strong to be resisted. ~
`They were just then passing a small
. house by the side of the road that had Once
been a sort of tavern, The - family had
moved outi of it a few days before, and Hat
tie knew it, bitt John didn't. _
" 'Mr. Forbes,'.
said Hattie, ' won't you
tie kind enough to stop and - get ma a drink
9f water? 1 cat 4014 Uie %wives.'
." John looked more than a little Tfixed,
but lie handed her the reins andjutnPed
out. She gathered-them firmly in lien
plump little)muds, anti - just as he was - lib - oat
to knock' at the door ..uf the empty hoitse
she celled out to -
t'Porbis, I must take it little, tittle
to cobsider your question_ before.. I answer
it.- I will drive on -al Mile or so. When
emne back pelimps I will tell yon:'
-" And; with a gay little laugh, Hattie
drove carelessly away, leaving poor John
looking very much like a tool as he leaned
against the door post. - '
" The saucy- minx!' -Said' he. — `lt's too
WI I wonder If she can manage th6se
horses. They may 'break her neck before
she gets back. Then the others will be bete
in a moment, and won't they laugh!'
"A new idea got into his head jnst then,
for he was a hard man to ~ .catch, and when
we came up pie wit§ quite ready for us..
"`iiallua, exclaimed Charlie Sim
mons, where's your team? ' Haven't had
a quarrel, have you?'
" Oh, no, not exactly; only gattle wants
a change of drivers. She will be back after
you in a minute, and I am to drive Miss
Morris. ' Hattie has something of great im
portance to say to you,' said John.
" Ohl I sec,' said Charlie. You asked'—:-
" But John put his finger on his lip, -and
Charlie stopped short. It was- all a mystery
to me; but-Charlie got out and John got in,
and on we whirled, leaving our-friend to
kick his heels to keep them warm, and look
ing einxiously for the return of the red
sleigh. - -
" ' And so,' said I, 'Hattie Oliver save
you the mitten, did she?'
"I was looking him straight in the face,
and he turned as red as his sleigh at first,
as if with'vexation; but then he put on a
sort of roguish expression, and said:
" She tiled a rather chilly sort of a. Joke
on me, that's all, and I've turned it over to
Charlie. Maybe it won't be at my expense,
now, after all.'
"I thought I saW througlit it, and we both
laughed heartily; but John soon became
quite serious and sober again. I thought,
though, that I had never seen him look so
well as he did just then.
" Morris,' said he pretty quickly, as
we spun along over the pure snow, I have
got a very important question to ask you.'
" ' Is it the sarnift one Charlie Simmons
was speaking about? and have you Asked it
of Hattie?' said-I mischievously.'
• " ' It Is the same, and yet it isn't, and she
ran away from me before I could ask her.
It affects my happiness very deeply, and I
must have an answer to-day.
" Somehow I did not want him to say an-
other word just then, and he hinisclf was
silent, as if hesitating what to say. We bad
been driving fast, and had got some dis
tance from where we had left Charlie, and
just then we heard the swift jingle of bells
coming up the road:* It was Hattie in the
red sleigh. She had matli.feil- to turn the
'horses arottud, but as sea as tiley.;tvere
headed for home they started off at a Ire
mendous pace, and she had not strength en•
ough to rein them in, though they were not
exactly running away.
.she
shotM. e turned aside to let her pass, and she
shot a- quick glance of surprise and vexa
tion as she passed hy us. John was a little
scared about her, tut he almost laughed as
he - saw that look. 4
" ' She will need help, I am afraid,' said
l a
he. 'We must turn and foll w her. Her
joke on me is not so very good after all.'
".He was'really alarmed, an put the bor
rowed team to its best speed, but they were
no match for his own blacks. Hattie did
her best, but, all in vain; until she came
near whefe Charlie was standing, lie had
been getting impatient, but he saw at once
what was the trouble, and ran out toward
her, There was a deep snow -bank a little
further on, and he pointed to it and shouted
for her to turn her horses into. it:
-4 flaraio Monthly
"She understood his gestures better than
his words, and in a Moment Moro the black
team, after a littlel plunging that only. sent
them in more jdeeply, stood snorting and
tremblin7, and almost covered up it4the
snow. 'Hattie lwas nearly buried; but she
was a brave girl, and she.clung to the reins
until Charlie came up; and we were there,
too, very quickly.
"The two gentlemen went to work, un
hitched the sleigh and pulled it back into
the road, and then the horses were got out
tvitpout much trouble and hitched in again.
"John was afraid to let anriane else drive
his horses after such an occurrence, and he
and I transferred our elves to the red sleigh,
while Hattie and Charlie got into the other.
• " Hattie was as mute as a mouse; and I
almost pitied her, but I had no need to do
so. John , was not silent long, but returned
to his interrupted question. He was begirt
ning, in the same style as before, when I. in-
terrupted him again with— .
" Really - , Mr. Forbes, you had better2A
your answer from Hattie. I assure you it Is
out of my power ,to give yuu any informa•
lion,'
" ' But that cannot be,' said he.
" Well; then, I insist upon it that you
get your answer directly from her. She is
the only one who will tell• you anything,'
said I, He looked exceedingly annoyed,
and for a moment he was quite severe t his
horses.
" It must be all true, then!' helnutt red
to himself, and then he was silent for apme
tithe. What he said when he did opent his
mouth I will tell you by away, tut it would
spoil the story to tell you now. Meantime
Charlie and Hattie were following us as best
they could, .and it wasn't long before he
fOund tongue . to any:
" 'Welly - Miss Oliver, JOhn tells me that
you have/something of •importance to ask
of melt
`,I! That's onlrone'Of his jokes. He
Just' did it to get out of the serape I put
lihn in.'
"Charlie looked a trifle crestfallen for 'a
moment; but his mind hod been made up
that day, and ho said:
"' Well, if you have nothing of impor
tance to say to me, I have something of im
portance to.say to you. First, though, did
not John himself ask you a question to-day?
He told me he was going to do so.'
"Hattie looked at him in utter, astonish
ment, but she knew how intimate the two
men were, and she quietly said:
" Yes; or he tried to.'
" 'And what did you tell him?'
" I have given him no answer as yet; and
if I had, I do nut see that you have a right
to know what my answer was.' And her
eyes flashed a little, for it was an awkward
question to answer. ,
Perhaps k have no right; but he 13 my
best friend, and it is of the utmost impor
tance to him. And now I must ask you my
question.'
"He tried to do so several times, while Hat
tie sat there coloring and almost crying un
deer the buffalo robes, but at last it jumped
from his lips all at once:
. " Will you be my wifc
"It was too bad, Hattie thought, now
ing, as he (lid, all about , John Forbes, for
him to Persecute her just then, and she told
him ab.
" said he, I don't see chat John
has got to do with it. My question is my
own, not his.'
" ' But how can I answer you until I have
answered him? You must give me time to
consider; and now you must drive me di
rectly home.'
"Hattie bad made abed mess of it. that
morning, and she was now fairly beginning
to cry, Charlie Simmons was at his wit's
end, but he bit his lips and drove home as
rapidly as his horses could travel.
"-„Nif eot home before them, of course,
and splendid ride we had of it, I have
never seen anything since that took my fan
cy NH so much as that red sleigh Whea I
turned and looked at it from the door as I
went in. John crime in with me to warm
himself, and when Charlie and Hattie en
tered the parlor we were chatting away co
zily enough before the great, old-fashioned
fireplace..
-
"Hattie blushed crimson, and Charlie
seemed wonderfully uneasy. • I thought I
could detect a vexed and 'anxious expres
sion on John's face, but he said, in his off
hand way:
" Ahl Miss Hattie Oliver, I'm ahea of
you this time.- I got an answer to my nes
lion in spite of you.' •
"I looked daggers at him, and tried to
stop him, but he went on:
" Miss Morris tells me that the story of
the engagement must be one. of the Widow
Stone's own invention; only there's uo need
Of any-more such invention hereafter.'
"Hattie blushed worse than ever, and 01 0
10 . 0.104 train . ans di $ 10 tiro in I pin'
zied sort of way, but could not help laugh
kug.
--" What can youiroll mean?' cried she.
" turan'that if iyon hnd let me finish
my question this mining yon wouldo'thave
been run away mitt[; but a s s all right now.'
" ' Is` I', old
joy
said Charire; 'Alen
wi:3ll. you joy f km- the bottom of my
heart; only 1 haven't been so lucky.' -
.".HAttie gave him one look, and inn out
of the rooms; but he—followed ber, end
when they came back it was Clear that he
had made her give him en anOver. I sup.
pose that it was about such a . one as I had
given John during my ride in the red sleigh."
That was the end of Aunt Sallie's story;
but it puzzled us a little, and one of the girls
spoke it
" " Itc Aunt Sallie, were you engaged t
Mr. rorhes?"
" Ye. 3," said Aunt Sallie, " that is the old
judge's ,middle name; and there were so
teeny other Drown , ' in town that he mostly
went by.it until he became judge, and that
was years after we were married. Some-
times I wish I was young again, and was
back With Jahn in the red sleigh, for life is
not all as merry and comfortable as a sleigh
ride."
Wordsworth and Cooper's Helpmeets.
In this day of matrimimisl infelicities,
when the Joaquin Millers deliberately de
sert their wives and families for the muse—
and worse still, -attempt to justify them
selves for so doing—it is refreshing to look
back upon such aoscene of domestic blisa.as
this. We quote from James T. Fields's de
scription of , hs visit to the home of the
poet Wordsworth: "It was true. Lake
country weather when I knocked at. Word
sworth's cottage door, three years before he
died, and found myself shaking hands with
the poet a r t the threshold. Mrs. Words
worth sat knitting at the fireside, and she
arose with a sweet expression of courtesy
and welcome as we entered the apartment.
As I had just left- Paris, which was in a
state of commotion, Wordsworth' was ea
ger in his inquiries about the state of things
over the Channel. As our talk ran in the di
rection of French revolutions ; he soon be
came eloquent and vehement, as one easily
can imagine, on such a theme,
"I noticed that'Mrs. Wordsworth listened
as if she was hearing him speak for the
first time in her life, and the work on which
she was engaged lay idle In her lap while
she watched intently every movement of
her husband's face. * * * Now and
then I stole a glance at the gentle lady—the
poet's wife—as she sat knitting silently by
the fireside. This, then, was the Mary
whom in 1802' he had brought home to he
his loving companion through so many
years. I could not help remembering, too,
as we all sat together, that when children
they had practiced reading and spelling un
der the same old dome at Penrith, and that,
they had always been lovers. There sat
the woman, now gray-haired and bent, to
whom the' poet had addressed those undy
ing poems: She' Was a phantom of de
light;' Yes, thoU art fair!' and, 'O, dear c
er far than life and light are dear.' I ret,.
called, too, the Lines Written after Thirty
six Years of Wedded Life,' commemorating
her whose
' Morn Into noon did pass, noon into eve,
And the old day was welcome as the young,
As salcoine stains beautiful—in soothe,
More be.antifal, tus being a thing mous holy.
When she taised her eyes to, his, which
I noticed frequently, they seemed overflow
ing with tenderness. * , As we
moved about the apartment, -Mrs.;Words
worth- quietly followed us, and listened as
eagerly us I. did to everything her husband
had, to say. Her fair little figure flitted
about noiselessly, pausing as we paused,
and always walking slowly behind us as we
went from object to' object in the room."
And here is a sketch of another litora
ieure's deVoted. wife, which we find in the
December Harper: "A lovely, accomplish
ed woman, Mrs. Fennimore Cooper was
blessed with the unchanging, tender devo
tion of her husband through forty lobg
years; and even in death they were not sep
arated—for. within four months after the
husband's departure ids gentle wife follow
ed him; a tit resident for that heaven for
which her whole life had been one constant
preparation. Mrs. Cooper'was retiring and
feminine iu every movement, word ; and ac
tion. Fier strong, impetuous husband—
massive and vigorous in frame; decided and
independent in action—yielded to her a
chivalrous devotion most beautiful and rare.
She was his preferred companion above, all
others, and in his daily drives to his nian
lain farm, called the Chalet, he always
wanted her by his side, while in the evening
his favcirite tunusement was a game of chess
with his wife as antagonist. Although chil
dren grew up around them, although the
hospitable mansion was often filled with
distinguished and delightful guests, alt ho'
time passed and they grew old, the husband
and wile never sank- into the mere father
and mother, but to the last they cherished
for each other that fresh affection which is
so seldom seen after the bloom of youth and
the'charm of novelty have passed
The fair, gentle women who hover over
Cooper's pages were patterned after his be
loved wife, who, happily occupied in her
own quiet sphere, was content to follow the
old-fashioned 'rule of the Bible, that 'the
husband is the head of the wife, even as
Christ is the head of the Church/ in every
thing.'"
Death of Albreoht Von Griefs.
. 1 1
Possessed, of an indomitable and devour
ing soul, he ended by being devoured. him
self. The end came on the 20th 'of July,
1870. " Draw the curtains," he exclaimed
at the supreme moment, "and let me, look
upon the sun once more," and died with the
calm of the sage and the peace of the Chris
than. Brief as had been his- scatter, the
measure of his greatness and his fame was
full. Most of the medical and scientific
societies of the world bad chosen him an
honorary member, and many sovereigns had
conferred upon him their decorations—the
Czar of Russia, among others, the " Grand
Cordon of the! Order of Stanislaus;" the
men of his oWn profession throughout the,
world held hint'as their prince or master.—
He advanced the knowledge of the eye and
of its proper treatment under the manifold
grievous ills tip which it is subject,.froui the
obscurity in 'which it had rested from the
foundation of the world to the light and
certainty of a comprehensive science, while
the blessings of tens of thousands who were
ready to perish were after all his highest
'need of honor. When one reflects that Al
b echt-von Graefe passed from earth at a
li tie more than forty-two years of ago, and
a at his scientific and practical career lasted
s•arcely - twenty years, his manifold amid
r ighty works create an astonishment which
b ggars words. When Graefe breathed his
1 st Europe tteinbled•under the tretid bf eta
b tiled hosts. - Father William i was going
f rth at the head of his armies to engage in
t e death-grapple with his Fre. cisadverse
ii
r . The flower of Gerinany , as with him,
a d many a mall on either eid of the ftiay
stowed himself a hero,lbutt no one of them
e : hibited higher qualities or deserves a more
Dating and ilMstrious commemoration than
h who was looking on the sun for the last
Tme when the armed strife began. Half
t e population of Berlin` escorted his coffin
to the tomb and buried it under roses and
p lets. The poor wept because their bene
f•eter was gone; and the great felt in grief
t ! at the brightest and most _beneficent light
o' Modern science was quenehed.—Plit. W.
IfiOurn in Harpor's.
Royalty and Genius
Such was Albreeht von Graefe's estimate
o the value of time and his delicate sense
of responsibility to the crowd of patients
who daily waited upou his mieistrations
that-he could hardly be induced to attend
any_sine, no matter how high'the rank, save
in his own hospital. The Czarina of Rus
sia; then at Nice, sent an imperial summons
for him to wait uponher there. He declined
to go on the ground of injustice to his pa
tients. The Czar Was obliged to seek the in
tercession of King_William, the son of Von
Graefe's aoclfuther.',_ At his urgent solicita
tion the professor consented to make the
journey, traveling by express. Entering
the imperial-presence, be made a brief ex
amination of , the Czarina's eyes, t}ssured her
that the course pursued by her own physi.
Cian_WflS quite correct, and without an
hour's halt set out for Berlin. /
•The Queen Dowager of Prveala, who la
said tg have been a peculiar petaon, insisted
Mot You Wogs AMU ipti to rotKhm, WY
declined on the ground that he could not
spate the time, anti suggested that she
should come to the KUM This she abso
lutely refused to do, and wing William was
'obliged to mediate once more. At his re.
quest the .professor promised to give the
Queen one hour; A royal train waste wait
inrattim'station, nthich bore him and his
attendants --with lightning speed to Pots ,
dam, where carriages . were ready to carry
them,to the palace.
,A lady in waiting. in.
•formed the professor that her majesty was
not yet up, hut - would receive - him in an
hour. Pulling out his watch, he...answered,
" In forty minutes from this time I will be
at my Klin!it."/
The Queen made her arpearance in_ftve.
minutes; the operation was pertormed; the
-professor returned to his hospital, and had
ten minutes' .to spare. Thus must'i2yalty
sometimes bow to getting —Re..
burn in Harpor's.
Ncitional Eduvation, - 1 I --
President Eliot holds that the theory' that
a good government should provide an elab
orate organization for teaching, as it main
tains an army, a navy, and a post office, is
wholly European, and a legitimate corolla ,
ry of government by divine right.. But our
government is not the guardian of the na
tional niorals, and is not responsible for the
national character., ‘,` First of all, we want
to breed a race of independent, self-reliant
freemen, capable of helping, guiding, and
governing themselves." The habit, of be
ing helped by governtrient is fatal - tb this
freedom., The doctrine that the govern
ment is to do nothing, which any private
agency can perforce as well- is the founda
tion Of our public liberty. 'The vast sums
of money that we spent in thetwar were
spent to secure a government NY/licit iiii..the
guaranty of this public freedom. It is not
instruction, nor railroads, nor telegraphs,_
with the hand of the government; sustain
inglhe I, that can perpetuate thisstreedom
ended its blessings. Its only adequate se
curities are the national habits, traditions,
and character, acquired and accumulated in
thEt practice of liberty and self-control; and
tlise, while they show us the vital impor
ta 1' of eduoaupn, also show us the true
,
t Eliot sub
w i
r u r
t t to s a u r s e t a
the in views
inedwdsiffor
President
i
t ide.
stantially In his own Words; and he closes
his report by an earnest appal 'to maintain
the American method of public instruction:
local taxes voted by the citizens themselves
for universal elementary education; local
elective boards to spent the money and con
trol the schools; and, for the higher educa
tion, permanent enduwments-administered
by incorporate bodies of trustees. This is
the method that breeds freemen, provided,
we may add, that with equal care they_ for
bid ecclesiastical control of the schoola.
The report of Mr. Eliot, if not unanswer
able, is certainly worthy of most careful
-thought. Like all sincere and thorough
treatment of great questions, it is a signal
pbile, service. It serves indirectly as well i l.
as dirt;ctly. The satisfaction with witieh it
beenhs received .shows tiat simple and
g.
honest speakin may be as popular as the
. 1.
mbst agile' evasion, while Is methot) and
spirit, carefully studied by honorable gen
tlemen in Congress, may stimulate them to
scrutinize the magnificently masked bills
Which are constantly brought before them:
Aid, again, good-natured gentlemen who
are.appointed upon committees in conven
tions and institutes and associations will see,
as' they read this repott, that they must ei
ther decline '• the responsibility laid upon
tiem or bear their share of it. When one
o the bills,was presented in Congress the
C mmissioner of , Education said, "It is the
)
ore, as I understand the facts, which was
• fT,rored by the committee appointed by the
National - Education Assoeiation." It was
not favored by that committee, nor by any
responsible body, and it would seem that.
the Senator who presented it should have
known that fact. Of course there are many
god men who think that the governthent
o ght to found and sustain a great national
university. They honestly argue for it. In
reply Mr. Eliot's report questions no mo
ti'es, but it gives the honest filet:ids of such
a plan very much to consider.: The gods
help those who help themselves. -The prov
lbd-
glows with the eternal yorith of ,old wis
rn. Hercules, says sFsSop, lelped the car
tar who put his own shoulder to the wheel.
One speaking bus-relief (if the fable iu
et ch house of Congress would be worth all
ii-e decorations of the Capitol.—Oss. W?n.
ci rtes in Harrel a,- •
Concerning George Washington's Nose,
In is our pleasant duty to inform pur read
ers that, thanks to the in 4 fittigable efforts
of Secretary, Belknap, -411 mysterious -prob
16:n is about 'to be shlved, al vexing question
td be decided. c.ilumon!with others, our
thoughtful Secretary of War has for some
dime been .of the opinion that Gen. Wash-.'
hi g ton's num was not so flabby as it is rep-'
I*.euted to have been iu Stuart's portrait yf
the Father of his Country . He ha's vindi
cated this prominent and important feature
of a hero, ,and Americans can now face the
k, rld lu the , proud belief that Mr. Stuart,,
induced probably by Bfitish.golcl—for coin
Was very scarce in those days—did oblite-,
rite from the hero's nose that shatpness of
. ohtline which - is naturally associated with;
the noses of the great,. So says the
delphia Tdeßreph, which is authority for the,
ory. •
Mr. Belknap proves thit_yery easily.—
*bile on_a visit to Mount Vernon a short
t me ago he - discovered, it is said, a plaster
Model of Washington's' face, In which the
pose is sharp and beak-like, and expresse.4
the great elements, moral und intellectual,
Which together made our Washington. It
would be_assuring to knW - tiomething of
orighiof this cast; taut, equrge, if it
roperly presents the nose; thatßquestion is
nimpormut.
The new discoveries in Egipt / will add
plausibility to Wendell Phillips's lecture on
the "Lost Arts." It now appears that the
sMeltinir of iron was carried on in Egypt
from the very earliest,period. ; Mr. Charles
yihcent, in an English scientific journal,
sets forth some new ftl4 - 47' in reference to
this subject: ' "In the sepulchers of Thebes
may be found delineations of butchers
sharpening their knives on round bars of
i l •on attached to their aprons. The blade!
(if the knives are painted blue, which faCt
proves that they were of steel, for in the
tomb of RatitesVs 111. this color is used to
it(licate steel, : bronze tieing represented by
ied. An English gentleman has recently
teovered the wells of Moses, by the
eir Sea, the remains of iron works so -- vast
lhat they must have employed thousands of
workmen. Near the workq fire to be found
the-ruins of a temple and 'of-A barrack for
the soldiers protecting or keeping in order
the workmen. These . works are supposed
to be at least, threethouSand years old."
Old Timothy Pickering was a pretty smart
man in his day, and they could not take
him in when they oliped to work on his
farm. To one. of - tho* chaps who think
they know everything be put the question
if he knew how to build a stone wall.—
" Yes," said he, " any fool ought to know
that." " Well, how is it done?" said the
Colonel. " Whyyby putting one stone on
another," replied the man. " No, not by
any means," rejoined the Colonel; "you
know nothihg about wall buildin g ." "Well,
him then, sirl' I would like to know how
you would have it done." "By p4tting one
stone on two stones,
.so as to break joints
and have a wall that any foollike you could
not push over. Good tuorning."
The one SerViceable, safe, certain, rem •
nerative, attainab;e quality in ~ :very study
and in every pursuit is the quality of attn
thn. My °Nil invention or imagination
would never have served me as it has 'but
for the habit of commonplace, humble, pa
tient, daily, toiling, drudging attention. ,
Never put much confidence in such as
put no ontidence in others. A. man prone
to susect evil is rabstly looking in his
neighbor for .what he sees in himself. As
to the pure all things are pure, even so to
the impure all things are Impure. •
Every act of sin is More injurious to him
who commits it•than it can possibly be 'to
any other who suffers by it; It will' surely
return into the conscience and perforM a
strange work there.
God is the source and fountain of love,
and which may-be diiided into- three parts
—the receiving from Him, the conforming
to 1314 u, and - the reposing and irusti44 .14
WM. • - "
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lARM, GARDEN, AND Roussoia
A Curious Prophylactic Against Smile
Pox.' 7 f ' -----4-. ., , ,
At a recent meeting of theltiabananatate
lifolical Society, Dr. G. D. Norris, iot
Untsville, stated that, during,a reeentlille -
Ration of small-pox at that place, a nu
of families used a tea made of dm' ~
raccnioaa, and that in no Case:did anyi,ot
these peftsons take the small-por: -Dr. Zfett
ris was unable to learn 'Lat when instate.
this-Ay - vice was adopted. He stated full*,
that, durtzit the time these fatfullies usedthe -
tee, he attempted to vaccinate'a numbeijef
the members of the families, Rind that Wat
ery instanco'he failed, but 'kat after the teit_
was discontinued he succeeded with VACCU•
ation In the cases where he had failed while
ther were under the' influence of the tea:
• The e imicipiga rocsmosos is known as the
black snake root, or cohosh. It `should be
used in moderation, becauselat edosespre•
duco impaired vision, vertigonausea Sad
vomiting. Its medicinal p operties US
highly esteemed by maoremin nt menibelit
t r
of the medical profession. In the traria
actions of the American Medical Assoels•
tion, vol. 1., 852, Dr. F. N. JohnsOri report
ed extraordinhry success with it in . casesef
acute rheumatism. In chorea,; a; &sem
often allied with rheumatism, the uidiallus
has been very successfully used. i .t
One ounce of the root may be boiled far,
a short time in one pint of water, and ft
half a pint to a pint may be used in, twat
four hours. The fluid extract is probtAZ
F.
superior to any other preparation. 1 ,
should be made by some able pharmaceutist-
The dosd of the fluid extract is about a tea
spoonful three or four times a day.
The facts stated by Dr. Norris go to con
firm the truth of Jenner's discovery, that
vaccination is small-pox. Another =Jolts
fact is worth remembering in this 'connetti
tion. The cimicifuga racernosa is called the
black snake root, and is supposed to her*
received that name from its assumed effica
cy in curing the bite of -the rattlesnake.-*
Here is.atiother curious thing: Prof. Hen
ry, of Manchester, England, discoVered that
a beat Neal to lea - degrees of Fahrenheit's
scale entirely destroysthe poisoh of atrial),
pox, of, the rattlesnake, and of the cobra di
cap'ello. This important truth should be
prophylactic_against Ithe senseless destruc
tion of bed clothing and personal clothing
of victims of small-pox. Boiling water is
212 degrees of Ribrenheit!s scale, and will
utterly clet,rroy small-pbx poison. —The Lox
incills Courier-Jou enal. - 1 :-
,
CURE or ta'AMILERING.—Very gratifying
results h#e been obtained by - M. Chemin, a
physiaianiof Lyons, in treating the vielont
habit of istammering. A. commission, ap
pointed tb investigate the working of Dr.
Chervin's, 'system, ptit under his care 4,14
patients • varying in age froth ten to twenty . -
nine year* all of ;whom stammered-in their
speech to: a most painful degree. Some of
the patients had been stammerers from early
infancy, while others owed the habit to ner- •
vous shock. In ten days after they were
first placed under the care of M. Chervlii
they were; all able to speak without stamp
mering, and at the end of three weeks were
discharged perfectly cured. The mode ot
treatment is as foijows: The patient a
taught by meaffirof a large number of exx.-
ercise9, to pronounce with distinctness VOW-,
els, consonants, syllabics and "sentences.- - ,
Great atteht ion _i. , :, paid to the regulation of
the act of inspirillion. l':. slow but normal
inspiration k lakvn at certain'jntervals, and. - -
tills is succeeded by an even, continuous
and loud expiration ) during which pronun
ciation is elfect-d. I' wenty days are devol
ted to the eat) 'tilt, the time being divided
into three peri ds: 4.)nu of silence, to break
up the old habit; on,b, in which the ps.tiegt
is taught to speak slowly end deliberatelf
and a third, wheteid lie acquires the prat' '
lice of speaking - tinently and without clip?.
ping his words. •
I'P.OPEn CAMP. OS IMPLEMZIATEL—III many
cases the wooden part of btu imnplement will
outlast the metallic. .No.one would think to -
paint or use any special means to krve a
spade or rake pantile; but it is diferent
with many things, and as a general thing
much more attention might be given to the
proper preservation of farm impleinents
than they receive. Many l persons use paint
fur this purpose: but this is costly, and some,.
times it would not_pay to preserve . wood at
the cost of paint. It is not generally known
that it is only the oil, 'or at ~least chiefly the ,
oil, that is in i the paint, which is the preaer- I
r .the eletned . 4 the other in'aterial being ad
ded mole for • the "looks"than any other
reason. A. Piece of wood, well oiled; will
last nearly or quite as long as though paint
ed in the best manner. The American Ag
rioulturist says that crude petroleum is quite
its good as lac best linseed oil for this pur
pose; and if so, it is of course much cheap
er,
and withku the reach of every
. one.i,
We often see wheelbarrows and other
things rottervter worn out long before the
wheel. Indeed; one wheelbarrow ,wheel
will generally last two or three bodies. It
would he as well for those who have no
mote, money, than they want, and who•catt
not afford Itt be buying a new wheelbarrow':
every few years, to try the virtue of a little
petroleum.
PTIESEISTEIG CELI RY.—The following hi -
the plan we now pursue, and which presery%
ed our last year's crop of celery better thaw
ever before, and enabled us ,to, eat a good
article the forepart of May : A trench is ,dtig
from twelve to fifteen inches in depth, and
As long as may be suitable; 'the roots are
placed in this singly side bytide, at an an
gle, that is, leaning somewhat; three inches
of soil, are packed against them; then an•
other line of stalks, until the bed is as large
as 11:6 'ne convenient for covering, and an
other if i.ccluired can lie made. Soil should
then be Acted until within six inches of the
top of the stalks; then • a layer of straw,
then a layer of dry leaves; the whole to
i t
have a yood board co t )19 to keep tout water.
Of course rather big] ground for the tied
or beds should be se • ec.ted,' and a trench
shOuld be dug around the bed dacper thEitt
the' L bn_ttom of the celery trenches, so made
as to be sue to carry off all the water. I;
at? , fiar , i's foil, !cl ' - 1 11 other. --
pis plan 11i followed stricuy all others mak
c
be abandoned, as the , elery : will keep' ttol .
Only till spring, but ai long in the spring aK
may be desired and it i not all eaten before
hand.—Germantouw7lAval,h.
Isortowixo Na.its.—Dr.
J. Todd, ofNew
Orleans, sends to a scientific journal the fol
io-wing note: "In your h\st numlser yoU
giye a mode of curing ingrowing ,toe, wils.,
Allow me to say that preyeation'ta better
their cure, The cause of nails,ither on.
the li fnuers or toes, growing into epesh la
that liie,nails•are cut toward to WI; In
stead e ft' from it. To pare the nail, cut from
the l ,corner, to the center of ;it; and if any
ingrowth has already begun, cut the center
of the nail a little hollow. By this means
nature hastens to fIA the yacaut space,, and
the growth is immediately directed fromthe
Beall, and in a short time the nail will alit-,
sume a much : better form, growing from,
'instead of into, thellesh. Thenurseryman
in pruning trees - always cute outward, nev ,
er inward; otherwise. be would make a
shapeless, unprofitable tree.
Crifut FQR Bo t a,s.---Dr. Simon-, ii7-IPhysi
clan of - Lof — ar ine, elves a new cure for bolls
by treating them with camphorate alcohol.
As soon as the culminating point of a boil
makes it appearance ho puts a little of the
liquid in a saucer, and dipping the ends of
his middle fingeis with it,-rubs the "Itlamed
surface, especially the central part, eepeat
ing the operation ei •2ltt„ or ten times for about
a half a minute. He -then allows the sur
face to dry, placing over it a,slight coating.
of camphorated olive oil. ; :lie says that
four such applications will;, hi almost all
cases, cause boils to dry Up and disapPeat.
The application shoUld be made at morning,
noon and in the 01 euiu g.
110Vr TO 'IISI3T4tT &REV'S t Prdirarkrai
WALLS.—It often' becomes desirable to in%
seit screws in plastered walls without at
taching them to any Woodwork; but' when
we turn them in the plaster' gives way anti,
our effort is vain. And yet a screw may
'be inserted in plaster so as.to hold light pic-
tures, etc., ,very firmly. The best plan is to
enlarge the hole to about tWico the diame
ter of the screws, fill it with plaster Of par-
Is, such as is used • for fastening the told of
lamps, et o ._ i and bed the screw in the soft
plaster. Wllian tile plaster ttas sat the Berm
vtllll4a WA volt ottogly,
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