Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1881 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat.

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The Democrat. Official Paper of Adams County. Published Ly the Democrat Printing Co. Terms: One Dollar amd Fifty Cents Per Year in Advace; and Two Dollars per Year, if not Paid in Advance.

E. N. WICKS, attorney at law, VCCATI'B, INDIANA. All l-r»l buainere promptly attended n Office up Hairs in Stone’s building uh door. v25n24 year 1. B. K. FREEMAN? M D? PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. DECATUR, INDIANA. Office over Dorwin fc Holthouse's Drag Store Residence on Third Street, betwren Jackson and Monroe. Professional calls promptly attended. VoI.SI No. 22. if. Zt. BAILEY, \TT’Y AT LAW <s• J. I*., lIKCATt I, INDIANA. Will Practice in Adams and adjoining aunties. Collections n specialty. »24n2fef S. 7;7 HASTINGS, M. D. HOMOEOPATH IST PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, HFUATI’B, IXniINA. AH C*l!» 'Uy or night promptly Attended o. Office in Smdnlxtkrr h builJing, first >.»r South o*t’ourt l(ou-e S<|Utrtt. Vol. 25 No. 11A. G. HOLLOWAY. M. D.. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, DECATUR, INDIANA. Office in ll*-«i»ton'«• Block, np-etoirs Will tittrnd io mH professionHl call* promptly, i >gb< or dny. 4 lunges reaM>ti»*ble. I«e»i <lrt»ce •!» not th side of Monroe turret, 4tb house east ot Hart s Mill. 25jy7'.ltf .~ii? all.:; . Cr«c i ". U Nmt l< a.<’•.liter h. HTVI’ABAKI JI, Vita- |»rw t. THE ADAMS COUNTY BANK, DECATUR, INDIANA, This Bank is now open for the transaction of a gener.l bankiny business. We buy and sell Town, Township and County Orders. 25jy79tf PETERSON 4 HUFFMAN. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. HECATCB, OtI.IASA. Will practice in Adsnie end adjoining c.sntiee. Especial attention given to co|- !- dons and titles to real eatate. Are No >e Public and draw deeds and mortgages < >1 estnte bought.-old and rented on teslable terms. Office, rooms I and 2, I. O t>. F. building. 2-ijy79tf FRANCE 4 KING. attorneys at law, MCITIR. INDIANA.

o a nt-*‘ _ k. "dl—- ' f jz*y M.-— iSjRSIWB ► .5^ I "'•tlce to •’aihero. Mother*. si«tera. Sir others. llicles, AMiita, and all Helntne*. Secure Ceriitiesies en ysur relatives i o. in (he PIONEER MUTUAL ASXM’I\TIoN of UNION CITY, INDIANA,— '. he cheepeg' Reties offered by any As-eci a.Con in the United States. t’lrtifiewiss given on »l! nislrs end fe les that ate of sane n.iu-l and good ealth tiom 20 lu M yea is of age at the I-illvwiwg low rates: S'l for a JI.tMIO Cerficaie. Jill for J2.0H0; sl-5 for Jit.ooo '_'f> for J-o.lttht; or a total of sl'. to secure t . rtiftf. tes for S 3 ntiO in the First flirtstoo; s.'>,) io secure Certificates for SIO,OOO its the Second Division; so'i to secure Cert (Scales tor <1 V,’M*t m the Third Division; •Ote secure Certificates furslo,ooo - n the i .ttirth Division ; T’earfv thereoft'r only S' on each one s> mund during life, with the following e-ies irienla n each class and division: >• lhedeathofa "tber, $1 .26 on SI,OKI; i sSn on *•’,( 'tO; . “ n SM.OWS; and £3.Art on 55,0 b«., All males and f*nn».w *’ Am ♦*» <u ?•> *nrf of »g»* are respectfully requested tn n cnre cert ficnfea. Regular >»iork ln*ur- : nee Companies do not insure over *>s “trs. Therefore, as this is your only i hnnee for relief we advice yc»*’ *<* accept t* is grrr t ofirr at once, as it is dangerous delay. Remember, jou have no risk to l-< come a number of this association, as rflicern have each given l*>nd to the :>i iountof ten thousand dollars for the Hhfttl performance of their duties. Call on or address Eeasce & Kro, Agents. 4m*>. Vacatur, Ind. Gray’* Specific MedicineTHAOS MARK fttK Gbk.vt TRAOS MARK xys, Remei»y an nnf’iil- U-Z ing cure for TjLl seminal weak >1 ness, Sp-nno-torrbe *, I m te n cy,S n <1 Eif*M TAIIH.‘ ,ise “’ l ’ R Ik "'MTUI TAIISI. follow »s a consequence vt Seif-Abuse; as loss <f nienio-y, Universal Lassitude, Pain in lhe Back, Dimness of v'istan, Premature Hid Age, and many oth- - r diseases Hint lead to Insanity, Consumpon and a premature grave. ARV’Pull particular- in our pamphlet, which we deeire to send free by mail to ev- < one. The Specific Medicine is sold by nil druggists at JI per package, or It pack agea for s'i, or will be sent free by mail or receipt as lhe money by addressing THE GRAY MEDICINE CO.. No. 10*1 Main street, Barrst.o, N. Y. for sale by Derwin A llolthouse.

T> insect which usually infatsis tne Be and crawls oyer tho floors or woodwork can live under the api-lica-of hot alum water. It will destroy red and black uats, cockroaches, spiders, and chintz-bugs. Take two jK-.nitls of alum •nd dissolve in three or four quarts of ■ tling water; let it stand on the fire .m.il the alum is all melted, then apply t with a brush, while nearly boiling hot) • > every joint and crevice in your clos■s, bedsteads, pantry shelves, etc. If in hitewashing • ceiling, plenty of alum elded to the whitewash, it will keep •41’ in-acts.

DlasoluGon wf Co-Pnrtnerahlp. By mutual agreement we the undersigned have this day dissolver! partnership. All parties knowing themselves indebted to us will please call at the Treasurer's office anti settle by cash or note. Thanking our friends who have in the past favored us with their patronage, we remain yours very truly. CoNTEIt 4 HotTHOUSE. Decatur, June 13, 1881. New Firm. The undersigned having this day formed a co partnership in the boot and shoe trade respectfully invite the leading public to call and examine their large and varied stock. Good goods at the lowest living prices will be their motto. Voolewf.de 4 Coster. Decatur. Ind., Juno 13, 1881. To the Prni.ic. Having this day formed a co-part-ner ship to be known as Voglewede and Center, I request all parties knowing themselves indebted to me to call and settle by cash or note. Thanking my friends for past patronage and soliciting your favors in the future, I remain yours, J. 11. Voolf.wf.de. ftualness Locals. The following are some of the fashionable styles Photographers Cabinets; standing by the rocks on lake shore; standing by piano in a parlor; performing on piaso: group discussing the merits of a piece of music; fire-place aud mantle views; conservatory and flowirs; interior parlor window: cottage window exterior; balustrade, two styles; rustic frame; plain wall view with camp chairs; garden scene from balcony; woods view with creeks and bridges; high back velvet chair with wainscoting wall; these with many other styles you may find at Dorwiu’s gallery, where the work is all guarranieed to give satisfaction. n0.23.w2. I.uok Here Eliryliody. Sol Billman, the Boot and Shoe man has now secured the best workman in the county. He can furnish the best made Boot or Shoe for the least money than any other man in the mine business in Decatur. He uses the best of material. Give him a call before purchasing elsewhere. Two doors west/ of Adams county Bank, lie also makes a speealty of line Boots and Shoes. De-oitor. Sept. 9. SI. ts.

• i v< u < i.i.|<cm c.iiii slat e Uoll Makers W anted. The unilersigned wishes 500 cords of wooil cul and will p»y from 75 ceuts to $1.25 per cord for ou'tins Also a large lot of slack barrel slave b ills ma te. For pariicalara call al the Fornax Mill. J. W. HOUT. n023w3. It M Goodsell & Co. have just received from the Michigan pineries a complete stork of dry lumber, consisting of finishing lunit-er, laih, shingles, barn siding, tlooring etc. in order to meet the demands of our trade, we ha I to scout over a large portion of Michigan, dry lurnbir being exceedingly scarce and advancing in price, in order lo g et the lumber suitable le meet the demands of our customers. I'artlee living st a distance can rely upon getting wbai they want. We have it in stock in she yard ready to load up when called for 3w. D. M. Goodsell A Co . An Onwego girl dropjad one of her false eyebrows inn church pew, and it so badly scared the young man nt her side that l.e fainted. He thought it was his mustache. Let a man pull a straw out of a haymow at Leadville to pick his teeth with, and the first thing he hears is: “Say, you thief, di<l you know hay was worth j of) a ton around hero?” If you think no one cares for you in this cold -vi.rid, just tell your neighbors that you propose to keep hens. You will lie surprised to see what an immediate interest they will manifest in you. “The Lord lovetk a cheerful giver,” but there’s no use chin king a cornier cent into the contribution liox loud enough to make tlie folks on the back seat think the communion i-irviee him tumbled off the altar. It is said that there are two or three men in this country actually suffering from liver complaint, despite the thousands of “certain cures” advertised in the papers. This Lsstrnnge, if true. Gentleniiin, by request of lady —“Conductor, put this lady off at the next corner.” Polite new conductor —“'Xeuse me sir; seems ns how she’s behavin' of herself ; don't seem no occasion for proceedin' to ’xtremes.

A lady told her little son, who was .teasing for something to eat, to wait until breakfast was ready. With a tear in his eye, he burst out, “I jest honestly sometimes think you’re a stepmother I” ‘Do you know what you are eating?’’ whispered one of the boarders, as he watched his neighbor wrestling with a piece of leathery pie. “Alas,” sighed the martyr. “I know only too well. 'Tis but n little faded flour.” And passed his plate for another slice. If the young man who went to call on a girl on'South street last Sunday, but who suddenly left the front door and shot out of the yard, with a dog attached to the dome of’ his trousers, will return the dug, a reward of five dollars will Ikjuild by the girl’s Cither, and no questions asked. “Now, children,” said a Sitmlay-school FU|K‘riiitendent. who luul Isen talking to his scholars about good |ieop)e, “when I am walking in the street, 1 sis-ak to some persons I meet, Mid 1 don't speak toothers; :i«d what's the reason ?” He exjiected the reply would lie, “Because some are good and others are bail,” but, to his discomfiture, the general shoul was, “Because some are rich and olhera ire poor.” A teaspoonful of coal oil to a gallon ot water will exterminate all lhe insects that infest garden plants and flowers. A great secret of education is to make the exerciser of the body and the mind HTVV ;is a recreation to each vtlivr-

A WIFE’S DEVOTION. It was during the progress of the wat of 1759 that the incident I am about to relate occurred. The Count de Brimont, a young nobleman scarcely five and twenty years of ■ age, had, with his wife, his bride of a week, lieen taken prisoner and held in •dose custody in a town of Burgundy. De Briniont belonged to one or the oldest families in France, was accomplished, enthusiastic, and exceedingly Handsome, mid Iris wife was all that the wife of such a man should be; in fact her hand had been solicited by no less than five princes, but undazzled by the brilliant future she might have secured, she chose to ally her fortunes to her heart’s first choice. Though prisoners, the young couple were treated with every courtesv, ar surrounded by every luxury, debarred only of their liberty. About a month after they had liecn taken captive, and when in facta treaty depended U|M>ii their safe-keeping until its conclusion, news reached lie Briniont that his loved mother was lying nt the jxiint of death, eager io see him once more liefore she departed. He represented the state of things to the commander of the city, and besought him by the affection he entertained for liis own mother, to send him, accompanied by a suitable guard, to his parent’s death-bed. In vain, however, ware his pleadings; too much depended upon retaining him at present in captivity, and the commander courteously but firmly refused his prayer. De Bnmout whs in despair; he felt as though willing to give the best years of his life tu prison walls, so he could now spend in hour with his so-dcarly-ioved mother ore she went hence and was no more. Nearly heart-broken, he once more renewed his entreaties, and once more rereived a linn denial, when suddenly his young wife apjieai-ed, and threw herself tefore the feet of the commander. “Let lim go to his mother,” she said, “and Keep me here; fix upon a day for his reurn, and if he is not here at the very ■ hour, let me die.” “Upon these terms I permit yon to depart. unattended.” the commander said. At first. De Brimont absolutely refused I to accept the offer, but U|K>n the eager ■ persuasions of his wife, and the absolute certainty of being able to return j long before the day fixed, he at last conenlcd, and with many embraces bade I adieu to his devoted wife. I He ivasoblii'i-1 to travel many leagues: I hut the horse lie rode was a good one, and by nightfall of the day lie set out, he reached his ancestral home. He found trie countess, his mother, very low indeed, hut the sight of her idolized von appeared to revive her somewhat, 1 end tkie lingered on until the evening >f the day immediately preceding the j me appointed for Ids ret urn. De Briniont had only time to kiss her -old lips and give hasty orders concerning Hie funeral, and then leaving her to ■ tie followed to the grave by every rela- < live save the nearest and dearest, he set fortlion his return, having ample time to accomplish Hie distance. lie had proceeded about half way on is journey, his mind absorbed in grief n one side at the loss of his parent, and ' joy on the other at once more beholding ' i.i bride, w hen suddenly he was set ;sin by a furions wolf of an extraordiI tary size, which darted out from a wood ' at skirted one side of the highway, i ic ferociouslieast first seized the horse, | d tore and mangled the ;xxir animal i o terribly that De Briniont was forced I to dismount. No sooner had he touched the ground, aud before he had even lime for thought, i .he wolf left his first prey and spranir i|K>n him, mid would certainly have torn I Aim limb from limit had he not with a '■treat presence of mind seized the animal by the tongue with one hand, and with the other laid hold of bis paws. After struggling awhile with the terrible creature, the tongue slipped from his I hold, and his right hand was fearfully i mangled by the beast; but, notwithi standing the pain he whs in, lie leaped • uuon the wolf’s back, ami pressing his ■ knees hard into his sides, called aloud lor succor. It was not for his own life •he fought, but for his poor wife’s. Who can realize the terrible thoughts that ; rushed through his mind during those ; frightful moments. To his own fate lie gave not a thought, save so far as it iifI feeted that of his wife ; he would perish miserably on the road: the world would say he had purposely tied to sonic othei land, leaving a lovely and loving wife to i lie for his cowardice and treachery. At i length, however, tn his great joy, his cries were answered, and some peasants i apjieiired ; but nouu of them dared adI vance. “Well, then,” De Brimont cried, seeing j that entreaties were useless, nnd perj eeiving that they carried guns, “fire; if ; you kill me 1 forgive you, only swear to ine that one of you will hasten to I! nnd tell the commander how I died.” They all, with one voice made the re- ■ quired promise, and then one of them ' tired, lait so terrified was he that ho only ; sm-ceeiled in sending, three bullets I through the brave young nobJeiuan’s i coat, without injuring either him or the i ’>east. | Another then, bolder than his com Hides, seeing the intrepidity of the cavalier, and how firm a hold he kept upon the wolf, approached somew hat nearer, ind, taking deliberate and careful aim, tired. The wolf was mortally wounded by the shot, and almost instantly expired. Never pausing to dress his wounds, j which were very severe, Do Brimont distributed a sum of money among the I neasants, and offered a large amount to j the one who first brought him a horse, ■ . ’or his own was enliiely disabled. In an ! j incredibly short space of time a horse ! \ was brought, and mounting it, the count ; I hastened on his way. ! But the story is told; of course lie ■ ' arrived at the appointed time, and threw f himself covered with blood and dust, in I iifs wife’s arms. I The Recount of what he had undergone . soon spread far ami wide, and when, j within a week thereafter, the treaty win I concluded, be was escorted to the city ; gates by the population of the entire | -ity, and de]>arted with his lovely bride ■ amid a torrents of cheers and Blessings, ■to say nothing of presents so rich ami ! weighty that it required several I well parked, to carry them away.

Svkdav in aw -Mexico. —It 1h Interesting to learn that there is probably not ft country in all this broad, land where Sunday laws are so stringent, so rigidly enforced, or souniversally obeyed, as in New Mexico. The Mexicans predominate m the population ten to one, uni their religion is imperative in its prohibition of work, or piny either, on Sunday. The majority of the Americans have l<> fall in with the prevailing custom, ami the result is that Santa l"e •* said to keep Sunday more strictly than in.’ other American city. A pnjier pnblisheii at Amherst college has the following incident: He was a senior, ami, as he fetched up at the Ixitlom of those : lipjiery steps, he ejaculated: “Hell —(just then a professor entne gliding around the corner) is paved with good resolutions.” The professor smiled blandly, went to his room and gave that senior tvn-

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, SEPTEMBER 16, 1881.

DRCOKATION DAY. Cnver lliwn over with bvAiitiful llowert. Jh t lc them with gar!an«fe, those brothers of rnirs Lying so by night and by day, Mlevpiug the years of tlwir manhood awny; fhvr ttioni the m<*d they have won in the pMt; (Jive them (Id* honors thuir future forcast; (Jive them the cliaplets they won In the strife; (Jive Iketn the laurels Utey lost with their life. Choriu— Bl«*hslhio for garlands will cover them over, IhMbainl nnd parent, brother and lover; (hj<l will reward these dead hero*sH»T ours; Cover them over with beautiful (lowers. Cover them over, cover litem over, Cover them over with btiuutiftii (lowers. Cover the hearts that have healen (m high— Beaten with hopes that were doomed but to die— Hearts that have burned in the beat of tl»e fray. Hearts tlmt have yearned fbr the homes far away. Once they w»‘reglowlug with friendship and luvo, Now their great souls have gone soaring above: Bravely their blood to the nation they gave, Then in her Ixisom they found them a grave. [ChQI'Hlt. ] Cover the thouaantfs who sleep (hr away; bleep when* their friends cannot (lud them to-day— They who In mountain aiel hillside aud dell I test where they wearied, and lie where they fell, boftly the grass blades creep round their repose; Sw<a‘tiy around them the bright floweret blows; Zephyrs of frewlotn fly gently o’erlioiid. Whispering prayers lor Un* patriot dead. ('hoi-tu. j *Vhen the long years have rolled slowly away, *■’.■oll to tlie dawn of earth’s funeral day: f Zhen at the angel's loud trumpet and tread Use up the ftusa and forms of the dvtid; When the great world its last Judgment awaits When the blue sky sliall fling open its fatm Then will tlie long column march eileuUy through. Past the ((rest Ca|rt«tu litflual review. [ Chorus. J

The Baltimore Oriole. The Baltimore oriole, in his brilliant coat of orange, vermilion and black, j>ifted with a remarkably clear, loud and liquid song, is an industrious, well-be-haved and weteomc exponent of sunny, perspective hours. Coming to ns in May from Mexico and Central America, he is hailed and known variously uh the “Hang Nest,” “Fire-bird” and “Golden Robin.” llis pendulous nest, from w hich he derives one of these appellations, is a well-known fabric, and is usually seen snsjieiided from tlie swaying, terminal wings of the graceful elm, high in the air ami far from danger. It is sometimes bung hi the willow and maple trees, and is no uncommon ornament to tlie foliage of the streets in the large cities. As an industrious mechanic and skilful engineer, this bird displays remarkable ingenuity ia the fabrication and placement of its home, and makes available almost any kind of material in its building. The stringing of fine bark, shreds of milkweed stems, the thistles, down of the preceding year, twine, thread, horsehairs and yarn, all enter ingeniously into its conifiositioii and are woven and interlaced with a nicety ami ingenuity that would shame the fingers of a modern I‘enelojie. The whole structure is of pensile or parselike form, am! is suspended from two or three contingent leriul and drooping twigs, by as many firm guys or supports of twine. Narrow at tlie orifice, the nert gradually enlarges toward the bottom, and is comfortably and cozily lined withdosvn, fine grasses, withered tl-iss and hair. Here, during the weary hours of incubation, in storm and sunshine, cheered and fed by.' her brilliant-hued lover, my lady swings in hermrial hammock and silently but lovingly broods over from four to six ovoid pteug'-s of love, of a bl-iish white, bearing dark spots and lines. The oriole is a valuable scavenger of insects, amphides, etc., and I have often watched with interest his searchings about the pickets, rails of fences and the interstices of bark for small cocoons larva- and spiders, of w hich latter it seems parlieularly fond, regardless of position, and often poised on fluttering wing', his sharp and black, nee<lle|K>inted bill makes quick work with these pests. Early in August he seeks the umbrageous coolness of the woods, ami from that time little is seen of him until the succeeding season. On the wing this bird is pleasant, easy .-.nd graceful; his flight being at times quite swift and straight, aud his greeting chatter when lie idights is always sure to make his presence known. He may frequently be seen climbing about and around the trunk-of trees after the manner of the titmice, exhibiting much aerobatic skill in his various attitudes. The common name of this bird is said to be derived from the colors of Hie Lords Baltimore (not from the city of that name), which were orange and black, the same as his own. He ranges through the whole United States east of the Rocky Mountains,and breeds chiefly towards the northern portion of this range, although he is very generally dispersed during the summer over the area named.

The First Stove-pipe Hau Yes, son, you are correct. The first time yon wear a stove-pi|ie hat every-1 I laxly looks at you. Not, as you vainly I imagine, liecause yon are the first young i man who ever wore a stove-pi|m hat, i bin Iwcausc it is apparent even to the i old blind man who sits in the back pew, without any cushion in. away back uni der the gallery where tho |mor have the gospel preached at them, that it is the first time you ever wore a liatof that description. Your old f. tlier claps one on the bm k of his head, puls his hands into his |WH.-kets, holds up his head and walks on down the street in a gale of wind and never thinks pf his hat. But you, son, you pull yours on at the most graceful angle it can bo jxiised, and you go teetering along, both hands ready to fly at the hat at the slightest provocation or the ghostliest phantom of u puff of wind. You don’t look comfortable, son. Your hat is always trying to come off; you bump it against everything you pass'; you rub it the wrong way when you try to brush tho dust oil’ it; when you carry it in your hand up the aisle, everybody smiles, because you first hold it by the brim and let tho crown tip gracefully over your arm; by the time you have hit three or four worshippers tn the head with it, you changeaud turn it under your arm and try to carry it that way without touching it, you put a woman’s eye out with your elbow. Then when yon sit down, you put the hat down on the floor, setting it on the brim; n fatal mistake. And then before tho sermon is half through, you put your feet on it three times. But never mind; you have to learn sometime. Only don’t imagine that |>eoplc never saw any thing of the kind liefore, lieeaiine they hire. And finally, eon, if you are only five feet three inches high, i don’t think a hat three feet tivo inches | high improves your appearance, or makes you look taller. Because it doesn’t. ' It makes you look as though you clerked in a seccoml-liniid clothing store, but it ' doesn't make you look taller. By and I bye, when you have worn • high hat two or three years, you will wear it_so naturally that it will become you. But the first time--oh, my son, my oou I Since the creation, it is estimated that 27,(M10,000,000,(KK>, 000 have lived on theearth. This sum divided by 27,804.000 lhe number of square miles, gives 1,315, , 522,680 to a square rod.and 5 to a square foot. Suppose a square rod be divided ■ into 11 graves, each grave would contain ' 100 persons. I

Carious Trees. The India rubber tree is a native of India and South America. Tlieguava tree, from the fruit of which Uie delicious guava jelly is made, is a native of the Indies. In Malabar, a tree culled the tallow tree grows; from the seeds of it, when boiled, is procured a firm tallow which makes excellent candles. There is a tree in Jamaica called the “life tree," whose leaves grow even when vevered from the plant. It is ituiioaaible to kill it, save by fire. The butter tree was discovered by Park in tbe central part of Africa; from its kernel is produced a nice butter, which will keep a year. The banyan tree is a nati/e of India, and is an object of great veneration among the Hindoos and Brahmins, who look iqiou it as an emblem of the Deity. The manna tree grows in .Sicily and Calabria. In August the tree is tap|>ed, ami the sap Hows out, after which it hardens by eva|»oration, and the manna is left, of a sweet and nauseating taste. There is no tree more frequently sjxiken of in the Bible than the tig tree, and a common cry, even now, in tlie streets of Cairo, in Egypt, is; “In the name of the prophet —Figs,” n cry almost universally used by the venders of fruits. A tree called the traveler's tree, of Madagascar, yields a copious supply of fresh water from its leaves, very grateful to tlie traveler. It grows in the most arid countries, and is another proof of the tender care of our Heavenly Father in supplying all His creatures' wants. The sorrowful tree is found in the Island of Goa, near Bombay. Jt is so called because it flourishes in the night. At sunset no flowers are to lie seen, but soon after it is covered with them, which close up or fall otf as the sun rises. It has a fragrant odor, and blossoms at night the year round. The Island o» Fierro, one of tfe largest of the Canaries, is so dry that not even a rivulet can be found, but ’>y a wonderful provision of Providence, there is a species of tree, the leaves of which are narrow and long, and continue green throughout the entire year; there is also a constant cloud surrounding the tree, which is condensed, and falling in dro;u keeps, the cisterns placed under them constantly full. The date tree is a palm tree, and leaves cut from the date tree, under the name of jmlnis, are used in the ceremonies of Palm Sunday, which is the Sunday before Easter, when the multitude cut down |H(hn trees and strewed them in the path of our Lord. Almost every part of this tree is valuable. It is valuable for its fruit and for the palm wine drawn from its trunk Its leaves are made into hats and baskets, and the fibres of the stem of the leaves are made into cords aud twine. The milk tree is a native of South America. Its fruit is about the size of a small apple, but tlie milk is the greatest wonder, which is procured by making notclies through the liark. At first when it runs out it is as thick as cream. It has the same properties as |>hie. The camphor tree grows in Japan and in some of tbe islands of tlie Pacific. The camphor is extracted from the wootl of this tree, where it is formed in concrete lumps, some of which are as large as a man's arm, though this is rare. The tree has to be^sacrificed to procure the camphor. The cow tree, or palo de vaca, grows on rocks in Venezuela, South America. It has dry hii.l leathery leaves, aud by making im i.-ions in its trunk a kind of milk oozes out, which is tolerably thick amt of an agreeable balmy smell. At sunrise, the natives may lie seen hastening from nil quarters, furnished with targe bowls tu receive the milk.

Recipe for Making a Lire Town. 1. Sell your building lots at reasonable prices. 2. If you can afford to <k> so, donate a building lot for some large business enterprise, and thereby enhance the value of town property'. 3. Induce luisinesa men to locate in your own town. 4. Patronize the business men of your ow n town. 5. Always sum up your expense when you visit places out side of your own towu to buy goods. <: Speak well of worthy public enterpriSes. 7. If anvtliing should be undertaken that may be of licnelit to the town, do not speak ill of it to others beeatise yon liapjieu to lie prejudiced against it. ft. Speak well to strangers of your town mid jwoplc. 9. If you have surplus money, do not invest it in far-off speculations, but give yourself and your town the benefit of it by establishing some profitable factory. 111. Encourage your local newspajier by subscribing for, advertising in, and paying fur it. AmuMiuients for UHlldrcn. On rainy days the active child resents his confinement within doors, and is more than usually troublesome. I know of nothing which will afford him surer amusement than the making of a scrapbook. Provide the little ones with a pair of bhnitqsjintcd scissors, and let them cut and trim neatly the pictures from piipers you do not care to preserve, circulars of farm machinery or any thing they fancy, and then, armed with a cup of boiled starch and an old tooth-brush (if you have one), let them exercise their ingenuity in filling the l>ook with their collections. Quite small children find enchantment in this kind of work. A large picture may be put in the center of the page, and the space around it filled with small ones or short pieces of prose or poetry. I have seen very pretty ornaments for these juvenile scraptiiH.ks ent out of the illustrated books for children which had become badly tattered with use so that the pictures were all that were worth preserving. When two pages arc full the liook should be left open until dry before going on. This amnscnicnt need not make much titter aliout a house, ami the little workers can easily learn to pick up their scattering senqis after themselves, and wash their star<h-cup and brush after using them, so that they will ready for the next rainy day.

When* Hie Lumber To make shoe pegs enough for Ameri- ; eau use ntMUmniannually 100,< IX) cords ' of lumber, and to make our lucifer matches 30,000 cubic feet of the best pine are required every year. Casts and boot trees take 500,000 cords of birch, I lieech, nnd maple, and the handles of tools 500,000 more. The baking of our bricks consumes 2,000,000 cords of wood or what would cover witli forests aliout 50,000 acres of land. Telegraph poles already up represent 800,000 trees, and their annual repairs consume 300,000 more. The ties of our railroads consume annually thirty years’ growth of "5,000 acres, and to fence all our railroads would cost S4.\tXXI,OOO with a yearly expenditure of 15,000,000 for repairs. These are some of the ways in which American foreMs are going. There are others. Our (lacking boxes, for instance, cost in 1874, fl 2,000,0tX>, while the timber used each year in making wagons and agricultural implements is valued at mure than f 100,000,000,

Leamlag to Swim. A London editor, after observing that prolmbly not one in twenty of the persons who indulge in Isiating on a holiday can swim, proceeds to tell his readers how to acquire this accomplishment. "Nothing,” he says, “is more easy. When the air is out of a body its owner sinks; when the air is in the bisly its ownct floats. Let any one slowly draw in his breath as he draws back his legs and pushes forward his arms, retain it while ne is preparing fur the stroke which is topro;>el him, and slowly let it go through his lips as his arms are passed back from before his head to Lis sides and Iris legs are stretched out. Tlie action of the stroke should not be quite horizontal, but should be made on a slight incline downward. Tho real reason why people take weeks to learn how to swim is because swimming professors either do not know or do not clioose to teach the philosophy of breathing so as to render the bixiy bouyant. I would engage to make any one a tolerable swimmer in an hour, unless he be a congenital idiot.” A Simple Night Clock. Lamps are constructed so that they initiate the time during the night. The oil is contained in a tali, narrow vessel, placed vertically, ami connected at tlie bottom with a wick of the lamp. This vessel is graduated, beginning at the top with VII. After one hour's burning, the level of the oil will beat VIII., aud so on. Tlie lamp burns with perfect regu•nrity, and a reflector is so placed as to throw the light on this cylindrical dial, flic level of the oil, widen can easily be hil-ii, correctly indicates the time. Charactki in Animals. —“The elephants are playful creatures, sir, ” said the kecjier of a menagerie. “They sul>sist prim ipally on hay, and eat all the time almost, only stopping to play. Why, sir, those leu elephants there will get together aud play a half-day at n time without stopping. Now look at their eyes and ivory. Isn’t there some resemblance ton human living laughing? What differentexpressionsnnnnals have! Look at that elepliant. Do what you please with him, he wouldn’t harm you ; while that leopard, to your right there, would fight as long us life lasts. The conduct of each animal betrays his natural characteristics. As soon as it becomes dark tlie hyenas commence pacing up and down their cages in quest of food; his regular time, you know, in his native jungle. Then the elephant begins; the lion answers him, another lion roars back ; the panther takes it up; then the sea-hon joins with its peculiar cross between sound and shriek; and now the monkeys, and the macaw and cockatoo, while an occasional neigh of a horse am! bark of a dog make a noise that is at times deafening, but not altogether unfileasant. Finally nothing is left of tho iiibtib save the occasional chirp of a bird, when all of a sudden the elephant wilt wako tho echoes, and the whole gang take up the chorus. Asa whole, they’re noisy fellows, sir.”

Nails.—Many persons are nuzzled to understand what the terms fourp< nny, six|>cnny, tenpenny, mean us applied to nails. Fonrpenny means four pounds to die thousand nails, sixpenny six pounds to the thcu.sand nails, and so on. It is an old F'lglish term meaning at first tenjiouiid nails (the thousand being understood;} but the old Englishman cliplied it to tenpenny and from that it degenerated until penny was substituted for pounds. So when yon ask for fourpenny pow days yon want those which will weigh four pounds. When a thousand nails weigh less than a pound they are called tacks, etc., and are reckoned by ounces. Man and llis Money.—Which is the owner? The late George Peabody said that he owned his money and would not allow it to own him. In this distinction lies the difference between freedom and slavery. Where money ia master man is down. A lecturer on natural history was called upon tbe other day to pay for a live rabbit which he had in a Basket in a railway car, and which the conductor •mid would lie charged the same asadog. The lecturer vainly explained that ho was going to use the rabbit in i'.lustrat ion of a lecture he was about to give in another town, and, indignantly taking i small live tortoise from Iris pocki-t, said, “you'll be telling me next that this is a dog, ..nd that I must pay for it also.” The con Victor went for superior orders, nnd on bis return delivered this lecture on natural history : “Cats is dogs, rah bits is dogs, but a tortus is a hinsect." The professor had to pay dug lure for the rabbit.

A Bosicn parson, who baa written a book against dancing, gives this description of a ball: “Just look at them. There, elevated on a table, is a moustached gentleman, holding a piece of wood to his shoulder am) frantically drawing l>oor horse-hair over the dried viscera of n dead feline, shouting vociferously incoherent sounds, the meaning of w hich may be guessed at, while men ami women are mostly jumping up and down, scolding, laughing, shouting, coughing, wheezing, bowing, smiling, frowning, winking, blinking, pushing, pulling, sweating, rushing, thundering, rumbling, ramping ami stamping until the. body is exhausted and the lungs cry for air.” A new patent, secure 1 in England, involves the mixing of paintsand varnishes with phosphorescent salt, or a mixture of lime and sulphur. This composition is to store up daylight utid give it out by night. Practically the (Kitentec applies it to clock faces, so that al night the hands may lie seen distinctly; but his jiutent claims its use for all kinds of lighting piirjioscs. Rooms may be painted witli it, and streets so coated as to bccoino ■elf-liiiiiiiioua: also ships, buoys, and the other objects used in the signal lervice. Dr. Nehinger has asked the Philadelphia Board of Education to issue a circular on the subject of shortsightedness in school children, which the Doctor declares is increasing. This defective vision, he was assured, whs caused by imperfect light, and the other unhealthy conditions under which the lessons were learned, occasioned by the position at school, the hours of study, and the inability of the child's brain to grapple with the tasks imposed upon it. Another problem is solved at last. A learned professor says that the reason we have trouble to sleep is "because there is an accumulation mainly of carlionic acid, that accumulation being favored and controlled by reflex action < f the nervous system, which thus protecs tlie organism from excessive oxidation and allows the organism to manifest its normal functional activity throughout a succeeding rythmic period.” Now the world can turn its phosphoric brain to the solution of other conundrums. Good words do more than bant speeches; ar. the sunlieania without any noise will make the traveler cast off his cloak, which all the blustering winds could not do, lint only make him ilraw it closer around hip'

The Declaration of li><le[H-n<lence. It was the Second of Juiv, not the Fourth, which the Fathers thought would lie celebrated with bonfires, illuminations and general rejoicing. The great Declaration was rejiorted to CongreHS, by the committee appointed for that pur|>ose, on the 28th day of June, 1776. It was debated that day and the next, andon the 2d of July a resolution declaring that “these United Colonies are, and of rigid ought to be, free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown; and that al! political connection between them and the State of Great Britnn is, pud ought to be, totally dissolved,” was adopted by the affirmative votes of New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delnwaie, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia— New York declining to vote, her delegates declaring that they had not been instructed on this question. This resolution had been introduced M early as the 7th of June, by Richard Henry laie, of Va., ami seconded by John Adame, of Mass. Its adoption, on the 2d of July, was the formal net of separatfoib—the formal Declaration of Independence —and was so regarded by tbe members of that Congress. John Adams, writing to his wife on the 3d of July, said: “Yesterday, the greatest 3uestiou was decided which was ever ebuted in America, and a greater, perhaps, never was nor never will be decided among men. The 2<i of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America; to lie celebrated by succeeding generations us the great anniversary festival.” Ou the Second of July the Declaration of the Independence of American Colonies was formally adopted, ami the Fourth of July, the Anniversary only of the adoption of the form and style of that Declaration, is our great National Festival. The discussion of the question of Independence, it will be seen from the facts stated above, was prolonged for nearly a month. Mr. Leu’s resolution was introduced on the first of June ; tho committee appointed lo consider the question rejiorted the Declaration, sul>stanlially as adopted, on the 28th of June; and on the Ist of July Mr. Lee’s resolution came up for action, aud an informal vote was taken, one State, New York, declining to vote; two, Pennsylvania and South Carolina, voting in the negative; and one, Delaware, being equally divided. On the 2d of July a formal vote was taken, and Mr. Lee's Declaration of Independence was adopted, nil the States except New York voting in its favor. Ou the Fuurth of July following the Declaration of the causes which induced this action —the document now known as the Declaration of Independence —was adopted, substantially as Mr. Jefferson wrote it. But this declaration was not signed on the Fourth. It was ordered engrossed on the 18th of July, und it was not signed by the members until tho 2d of August. It was first publicly read to tha jieople, from a platform in IndepcixJ ence square, on the Sth of Juiv, and to Washington’s army on the 10th of July. Concerning the formal signing of the Declaration, by the members of Congress, some intersting anecdotes are told. John Hancock, the President, wrote his name in a very full, large hand, remarking that “the king of England could read that signature without glasses.” Only one of the signers, Charles Carroll, put his residence after his name. It is warranted that, as he signed, some one remarked: "There are several of your name, and if we are unsuccessful, they will not know whom to arrest.” lie immediately added to his signature the words, “of Carrollton.” Benjamin Franklin said to Samuel Adams, after they had all signed their names: "Now, I think, we will nil hang together.” “Yes,” said Mr. Adams, “or we shall all hang sonarateb'!’’ The first celebration of the Fourth occurred in Philadeljihia in 1787. The young Congress was in session there, and a resolution was adopted to adjourn over the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and have a dinner. On tlie morning of tlie Fourth they went on board a frigate in the harbor, und a salute was tired. Os tlie signers of the Declaration, all except eight were nativesof the American soil. One was a native of Maine, nine of Massacliusetts, two of Rhode Island, four of Connecticut, three of New Jersey, live of I’ennsylvania, two of Delaware, live of Maryland, nine of Virginia and four of South Carolina. Two were lorn in England, three in Ireland, two in Scotland nnd one in Wales. Thirty-four were lawyers, thirteen farmers, nine luerclumfe, five physicians, one a mason and one a surveyor. The youngest signer was Edward Rutledge, of South Carolina, who was twentyseven ; the oldest, Benjamin Franklin, of Pennsylvania, who was seventy. Thirty-seven of them had been regularly graduated in colleges, and twenty Hhers.had received an academic eduration. Fifty-six names are attached to the Declaration. They all lived to a good old age. The average of fifty-three, at the time of their decease, was over sixty-eight years. The last survivor was Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, who was over ninety when lie died. Fourteen lived to be eighty years old, and four were past ninety when they died. Two of its most illustrious signers, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, both died on the fiftieth anniversary of tho Fourth, within a few hours of each other.

The man lacks moral courage who treats w hen he should retreat. No vices are so incurable as those which men are apt to glory in. To-morrow is the day on which idle men work, and fools return. Many are willing enough to wound who are yet afraid to strke. Friends arc won by those who believe in winning. How few faults are there seen by us, | which we have not ourselves committed. Death is the foreshadowing of life. We die that we may die no more. A man’s own good breeding is the liest security against other people’s ill man- . ners. Only what we have wrought into our characters during life can we take away with us. Humanity is of all the grans the chiefest when it doesn’t know itself to be grace at all. It is the work of a philosopher to be every day subduing the passions and laying aside his prejudices. Have nothing to do with any man in a passion, for men are not like’ iron, to be wrought upon when hot. Whosoever would work wisely nnd with success, must have clearly before him the ends he wishes to accomplish. Our own hands are heaven’s favorite instruments for supplying us with the necessaries and luxuries of life. The wealth of a man is the numlier of things which he loves and blesses, which he is loved und blessed by. We are haunted by an ideal life, and | it is liecanse we have within us the b*giuning and pvisibility of it.

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A LITTLE SINNKR. I wish you would just !•■€ nw ! .W-rm not at nil Rick, aud I didn't r« hart, Aixl I <k> not m* why r f »n ar» calling u>c "pwt”It was you tt* mes Oh, yes! f suppose I must <«— Y«u're a KH-Ht big Uli 1 «ly. and I in <ery fiuall, And £ couldn’t p it you In the closet, at all; But there's oue thing 1 kuuw— If I had a dear little sir!, /<! not make a face when ahe Just tore her dresa, Or called old rice pudding a liorrihla trmas. Or her hair wouldn’t curl I Now you needn't look so any more— I am moat to the closet, and don't care a bit; Bnl I Aope I'll ba nil wriggled up In a fit When you open the door! \ After an interval <f ten mwittfra.) Mammal will you open it now r I’m ft little bit s->rry—pleaae let me com* out! i most forgot what I was naughty about, But I won’t, <rnyhow t {After an interval of luvnly minute*. J Mamma! dear mamma, do you hear* I run ever so sorry—l know I was Imml ; ’’ll forgive thatuid pudding for making me modi'll bo good, nannua, dear ! Mamma* may I just have my dolly? It’s so lonesome in here—oh, mamma, won't yr% plea*-./ I am sitting right flown by thod«*or ou my kuetw— I'm your own litlle Polly! ' The, Aoor open*.] O!i, my preckniseat, brat little mother! I will nceer ba naughty—no, novar again: My heart was all broken—it gave me a pain. And [ thought I should aiuoiWr Whoever is honest, generous, courts* ous and candid,is a gentleman, whether lie be learned or unlearned, rich or poor. It is better to wear out than to rust out. We must not only strike the iron while it is hot, but strike till it is made hot. Benefit your friends, that they may love you still more dearly ; Imneiit your enemies that they may become your friends. If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed the deeper they burn. Good words do more than hard as the sunbeams, without any noise, will make the traveler east oft" his cloak, which all the blustering wind could not do, but only make him bind it closer to him. The richer one is in moral excellence the nobler should be appear in kind consideration for all around him. Penurionsness and selfishness would bedim alibis virtues, as rust will destroy the luster of the most brilliant metal. — General Longstreet, who commanded the Confederate brigade that held the rebel lines before Petersburg at the time General Grant fired the mine beneath it, gave us the following account of the affair: The up-bursting of the earth at the expksion was accompanied by a terrific noise. At the same moment there opened along the entire Federal line a tremedous fire of artillery. The heavens wore darkened with dust and smoke. A panic ensued, and, looking around him. General Longstreet found his friends had disappeared; not a soldier was to be seen. He kuew that they had not been killed, but that, in the panie, had found shelter. Reviewing the position, he rode his horse to a prominence over looking the field. Deliberately he dismounted, ungirthed his saddle, adjusted its cloth, regirthed his saddle aud mounted. From out tbeirhiding places, then, came his men, one by one, then in squads, til, in a short time, no word having been spoken, no command having been given, there, silently, in companies aud regiments, was reformed his broken command, lie then gave the word to retire, and carried off his battalion in good order.

An American writing from Sjsrin urges the shipment «f labsr-aaviug implement there. Spanish fanners olow with the end of a piece of weed about five inches thick, as was dene in tins middle ages. .Sowing and reaping maeliiaes are uuk-.oWn, and grain is not threshed. Oxen trend it ent, und it is winnowed by women, who toes it into the air to scatter the ciuiil. — Dr. Ik’nny, of Kankakee, 111., is nu advocate of the old fashioned straw hives for bees. He says they are warmer than hives made of wood, or earthen, and as a. consequence fewer bees die from the effects of cold. Swarms wintered in straw hives come out in the Spring in much liettcr condition than those kept in other hives. Throughout Franco, gardening is practically taught in the primary and ele- . mentary schools. There are at present 28.000 of these schools, each of which has a garden attached to it. and is under the cure of a master capable of imparting a knowledge of the principles of horticulture. Jonah waatha first commdrum—the whale gave him up. If h man will tell me what he thinks ov his nabors, I kan tell hint what his naixira think of him. — J<.*h Billing. Affection can withstand very severe .itorms of rigor, but not a long continued frost of downright indifference. Love I will subsist on wonderfully little hope, but not altogether without it. Woman’s love is more enduring than man's She met him at the door and nsliercd Lim in; then said, “the westing lias changed rather snddrilly.” “Yes, got-ilamp-quick!” saiil lie, and to this day he cannot account for her leaving the room sc iinecrcmoiiionsly, and the “old man” appearing and conducting him out. ■ ■ A man stopping his paper, wrote to the editor: “I think folks otteut tjspend their money for puyper, my dadc.a aiddent, and everylaaly red he was the intelligeutest man in the country and he had the smartest family of boys Hud ever duggd talers.” — - - A man may grow upto be like a sturdy oak; but he wntiumcc. like » cpwp r. Shoes should be overtwo feet. A dress train should never lie under one foot. Julius Cajsnr didn't know that he , would go down thriHigh the agea as an effective gild piwerful epithet. The placidity of expression worn by a man who is “next” in a full Jairber shop cannot he counterfeited, even by un ok! uuud with het Irst love letter.