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1 — ll ■ "~7~ —jjr7" DECATUR EAGLE, ■lssued every Friday morning BY A. J. HILL, j , rgyytt«K,ANp proprjßtor. OFFICE—On Monroe Strent in the second ,«t»ry of the buildin", formerly occupied by v J esse Niblick as a Shoe Store. Terms of Subscription! ■ Ono copy one year, in advance, $2 00 If paid within the year, -5" not paid until the yo«r haa expired, 300 ITNo paper will bo discontinued until all arrera"es are paid, except at the option of the publishers. Terms of Advertising: One Square fthc space of ten lines brevier] three insertions, *- 0< Each subsequent insertion . • r,( ' £FNo advertisement will be considered less than onesquare; over one square will be conntod and charged as two; over two, as three, .be TTt liberal dis'onnt from the above rates made on all advertisements inserted for a period longer than three months. 1 ITf.ocal Notices fifteen cents a line for each insertion. Job Printing. We are prepared to do all k'nds of Plain and ’Fancy job Printing at the most reasonable •rates Give us a call, we feel confident that satisfaction can be given. Spccin 1 Not ice. TO IDVERTISERS.— All advertisements ta ken far a specified time, and ordered out before tie expiration ofthetlme specified, witlfe charged t hi regular rales for the sameuji to the time they -reordered out. SDSCELLAXEOLS. IMPORTANT NEWS. The Cattle Plague in Russia. Washington, November 21. The Secretary of State has received n ' letter from Minister Clay, dated St. Petersburg, October 29. As some attempts are bring made to deny the existence of; ■ the cattle plague in Russia, he quotes ex I tracts from the Russian Gazette, of Mos- . cow, in proof of the fact. Nothing is at-1 ■ tempted to arrest the plague. Supersti-I ttous people regard that as a sin. Some of the larger villages scarcely retain a tenth part of their original number. Cattle perish by hundreds and sheep by thousands. The description of the catt'e • plague does not answer to the one raging ; in England in all respects, but the climate , and other surroundings greatly change • the symptoms and character of the disease, as is well known, and notwithstanding the denials of the Russian authorities. Who are much interested in the exportation of Cattle, tallow, hides and wool, Minister Clay is of the decided opinion •that the disease was*carried from tne .Baltic Russian ports to England. Immense Steel WorksHarrisburg, (Pa ) November 24. The Secretary of the I’nnsy'.Vania Steel Works has decided to accept what is known as the Kelker farm, two and a half miles south-east <>f Harrisburg. The ground nt that point is contiguous to the ; Susquehanna river, on the line of the I Pennsylvania Railroad. Engineers were ■ at work to-day surveying the necessary lines for the erection of the works. It is adSiitteif by all practical machinists that this enterprise will be the most 'extensive of its kind ever erected in Aftjvrivrt nnd is *Q to this continent, what the celebrated works of Wade & Butcher, nt Sheffield, are to Europe. One . t , ; ’thousand experienced workmen in steel ■■will be brought from England, while 1,500 other skilled mechanics Wil! Ire required for the full operation of these -works. President Juarez and His Cabinet. The Herald has a letter from Ek-Paso, Mexico, to tbe<2oth October. President Juarez and all his Cabinet were still there at that time but it was thought possible they might soon remove to a wre favorable locality, Juarez called a Cabinat,.council. but nothing of the proceedings has been made public. If compelled to abandon hll’aso, the probability is Juarez will go byway of California to some of the STodmern provinces of Mexico not yet visited by the French. , „ , The population of El Paso and suirounding country have suffered severe y by the forced contributions of all kinds for the support of Juarez and his Government. Further News by the China. Tho London Daily News says: Tnc order concerning the crew of the Shenandoah stipulates that all who are not British subjects shall be liberated, Ine men on being called up claimed to be lente of the Southern States, Spain * n g'Frsnc« not ftn y l, ' cin Bcknowi '

— ■ i.. ■ ■ edged to be subjects of Great Britain, though many of them had Scottish and Yorkshire accent of tho broadest chnr- ■ acter. All weie released, and their bag | gage was noticed to be particularly heavy. ’ I An aiLidu in. BlafkiWld's Magazine, on • the Tryij £af¥ (l Qid joy nJ Ibnger a secret that Lord Palmerston made up his own mind to go with the Federal Slates. The Emperor of the French is equally, long-sighted with Lord PalmerI ston, and had there not been with him in ' ‘the Cabinet men *0 whom the thought of war under any circumstances is dreadful, the message sent to Washington would , have required cjttegutiaal I answer, because a flket/eqilippel fbr aci tiou would havj> beep escorted to mouth. of the ©iislpeake. Vacancies in the Regular Army. Many vacancies in the lower grades of the regular army and among field and company officers of the Veteran Rei serve Corps exists nt the present time. The order heretofore isaued by the War Department, providing for the examining of applicants to fill vacancies in the regular army, is being executed, and an order has just been promulgated directing ' regimental officers of the Veteran Reserve Corps to forward to the chief,tnustering officer of this Department, duplicate muster rolls and descriptive lists of ail officers and men who are elected to remoin in that service. It is believed an orJfr will be issued to recruit the Veteran Reserve Corps, and to resume the examination of candidates to fill existing vacancies. These measures will afford means of providing for many ex-officers of volunteers, of merit nnd ability, who are anx'Otts to reenter the military service. It will be remembered that the terms of enlistment of nine regiments of in fan try, of three bat taiions each; one regiment of artillery, and one of cavalry, will, by law, expire one year after the end of the rebellion, henc%legislation will become necessary in regard to these branches of the military service. Important Military Order. General Order 164 ] War Department, 1 i Washington, November 24, 1865. j | Ordered, Ist, That all persons claiming j reward for the apprehension of John I Wilkes Booth, Lewis Payne, G. A. Atiz.rott, David E. Harrold and Jeff. Davis, I or either of them, are notified to filetheir claims and proofs with the Adjutant General for final adjudication, by the Special Committee, appointed to award I and determine upon the validity of such claims, before the first of January next, after which time no claims will be received. 2d, The rewards offered for the arrest of Jacob Thompson, Beverly Tucker, George N. Saunders, William G. Oleary and John H. Surratt, are revoked. By order of the President of the United Slates. E D. Townsf.no, A. A. G. The Firing on One of Our Vessels by the Imperialists Confirmed. New Orleans, November 24. The Times' Brownsville letter of the 15th, confirms the statement of the Imperialists firing on a Federal vessel drift ing down the riv,et. The crew ran ashore and took to flight the Imp'elialists fire being harmless. The captain of the boat I narrowly escaped being shot, a musket ball passing through his hat. We trndersAand General Weitzel demanded an explanation of the affair; and that there is quite a spicy correspondence 'going on between Weitzel and Mejia relative to firing fcpm t'.i? Aawrftsij side at the Imperial gunbpat Ijljintona, and evident sympathy is shown for the Liberals, I the nature whereof has not transpired. J Mejia’s ordbr prohibiting intercourse; with Brownsville can not last long. The Liberals again surround the city and they will be compelled to draw supplies from Brownsville qs heretofore. It is suppotetl the order was issued to prevent the ingress of spies into Mata moras. A Day at the White .House. Tho Washington Star, of Tuesday ' evening, says: | Were it not for the relief from dany , < annovances, afqrded by the Cabinet meetp jugs bn Tuesdays and Fridays, no jffiysI leal constitution, h’dfVevct Strong, ctmlu ’ | endure the exhausting labor performed ’| by the President of the United States. ; There is no dffica of the Government so ’ I burdened with responsibility and anxiety, jand no man living required to listen to 5 such an endless recital of private griefs, ’ ias unsophisticated visitors pour into the President’s eat at every public interview. President Johnson has few equals in c 'industry. He rises at six, and until - breakfast, which is served at halt past sevit en> looks over the newspapers. Immedie a tely after breakfast he goes to the Ex"c---e utiv'e apartment and cummuuces the labor nI of the day. First thwre are bundles of 1- 1 letters to bo road and the replies dictated

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, to the secretaries. Applications for ap--1 pointments, promotions, discharges, fiom - the army and navy,.political advices petitions for Executive clemency anil inns- , merable oilier subjects, ase disposed of, i but bc'ore halt completed' the viators r have commenced to flock into the aniej rooms and thrust their cards upon him. ] Pardon seokors swarm on every hand, s Former owmra of confiscated properly . puoe up and dv.wu before* the doorol the i President's -, room, and females . with in- ( deswffiinliie'effrontery insist;upen imnle- , diale admittance. . After the mostimporI taot bnsiaiias of the tfcorninglniwbewi dis- | posed of the visilofs are admittedume by . ono, and IhO'l-Tasidrjnt'' submits himself to r the '-neletian . proceas.' Tin’s lasts until • about halt-past ouo or two, sometimes three o’clock, when the doors of. bis department are opened, and the whold crowd admitted. .it At such times, Col. Johnson, son of the President, sU'.nds near the President, and takes metndrmida as dictated by.him on the cases of the Visitors who succeed one another with subjects ,f >r. Executive aqtido, like the dense throns! At t,he.post. office window. Tho PnesideiVs manner al such timesis always pknsaMsand gives confidence to lii-eistvst timid. His decisions are quick, and each indivi iuaj who lays his case betora Ihe Presidsut’., learns i’n half a dozen courteous words the fitjak decision. . ■ ■ - When all have been listened to, and the halls are once more empty, the President turns again tn papers orv his table, until four b’cfeck, the hour for> dinner, liter dining, he returns to his office, and ■ there generally remains until a late hour, seldom retiring before eleven o’clock. In addition to this, it must be remembered that there are. disiinguislied xuitors constantly presenting themselves. Representatives of Foreign Courts, Governors, Senators, Generals, and hundreds of lessi-r magnitude must be received, each having some important subject requiring care and delibi-ration, while over all loners the great and ever present problem of resurrection. Cabinet days and the Sabbatn afford three days of rest from the petty annoyances that beset the President, but at no time is he free from the opptessive weight cl national difllcultiea which now, more than ever before, obscure the future. A Pleasant City to Dwell inBerlin lias lately become an undesirable residence lor persons of a very nervous temperaiil'-nt. Within the last few weeks no less than nine persons have disappeared, without leaving a trace behind them. la no one instance have the circumstancss been such as to suggest the probability of suicide, nor has the secret police succeeded in obtaining any clue to the mystery. The supposition is not a very pleasant one, but it is hardly possible to come to any otljyr conclusion than that there is an organized band of professional murderers, who carry on the r trade with a degree of skill unprecedented 'ia the annals of crime. Burke, Bishop, and Hare were clever fellows in their w y, bd't they had a comparatively easy task in disposing, of the subjects of their machinations. Tho arrangements for supplying the anatomical schools in this city are dot such as to allow of our looking .for an explanation of the mystery in that quarter, A4 tlTere is no evidenco of any struggle, ipdePd no evid nee of anytlijng, it is a't least 'higMy probable tint the victims have been chlbrbjormetl. It is true we cannot r-ium with certainty that they have b.en murdered; but, if not, where are they? It would seem as if the Prussian defcctrves were not quite up to the mark, tiihgle crimes are, nadotrb', committed in Louden and fetasiu un'ffisctiv- ! cred. but. I d >ubt if such wholesale crime las the present case suggests, would be possible in London' now-a-days without our defectives geftih* tipon tlfe scent. The persons who have dfjuppVnred belong partly to the middlt?, but (nifltipaliy to the lower classes,’ Tliey are follows: A Servant w iter Cine institution; a coppersmith, from Kyritz, who bhd cotne to Berlin to tray tools,-s merchant, from Spreiiburg; a basWdt maker, Ot Berlin; the daughter of a journeyman weaver, a young girl-of thirteen; a tailor’s apprentice; a coachman: a young Boston merchant, who had beeu a lieutenant in the Federal army; and, lastly, a master Unlor of Berlin. Tbit is getting rather beyond a joke, or I should begin to hope lh*t if I the decade i i to be Complete, tho tenth . may at least baa privy councillor or a count, tn order that the police may set to , work in good earnest for the exurpa.ion of the Berlin Thuggtsm. — Letter from lierlin. The Test Oath. The following is the Cougcsssional oath to which members are required to subsaribu before taking their seats: I, A B, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I havo never voluntarily borne arms f against tho Government of the United j States etnea 1 have beta e eiiitsu thernof

I that I have voluntarily given no aid, ! countenance, council or encouragement t< i jrensonsengaged inarmed iwstuity llivreta: I that I have never sought nor accepted, | nor attempted to exercise the funclinns o( i any* office whatever under any authoriiy or |ir«tcnidsd authority in Irostduy to the Government of the United btatds; that 1 havu never voluntarily renounced my allegiance to tba United State*, nor ytrided volU’ii.AFy.Bwpr.jrt'to any prstemhid Gov, lernmsnl, outhority., power or const iunion hostile lor inimical thereto. And I do I further affirm) that to the beeti jof my knowhdge ond ability I wUI .supiport tnd defend the Constitution of the (United Slates; and all laws madd ia nhrsuance thereof,.’against all enernle , .for, eiga and doeu'stie;‘that I will -biar true and fiiithi’ul allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation cr purpose of evasion, 1 that L will Weil and faHbiully disclutrga. the duties of;,tbe office which 1 urn about to eater, so help me God. —hi — ..I — ... The Fenians. The Indinajtolis Circle of tho Fenian Brotherhood, Las issued a most eloquent and stirring appeal in behalf of that lung wished-for boon, Irish Independence. It isketclus the wrongs and istrnggles of Ireland, notices her illustrious men and patriots, und closes thus. And here Jet us say, ere wo close, tiiat wo especially appeal to the people, for the movement we are engaged in its emphatically dire of tics people and frr th-, people. They must, in tho last resort; right their own wrongs, achieve thenown liberties, and avenge the past. The day of eloquent and mercenary demagogues lias vanished. ThqJ dark period has gone by in Ireland, gone, pray heaven, lor evermore, when a brave, generous and over confiding people suffered themselves to be shamelessly betrayed by u set of traitors, whose patriotism was ever limited by •‘three, hundred pounds a year,” and as was said of Danton, who only opened i their mouths that the English minister j might stuff them with gold. AU this is changed, and now. “The people's will alone shall raise The people’s shout of thunder.” Thus acting and feeling, we can not, we will not fail. Let us put our trust in Go J, but be sure and keep our powder dry, and the hour wi 1 soon flash across the dial of time, when Ireland will take her place among the nations of the earth and the epitaph of Robert Emmett will be written. But happen what may, wo must not flinch nor falter. In storm and ’ sunshine, come weal or come ivoe, like Clan Alpine, we will standby the old land, firm and unshaken. Success is not tho highest merit in man, nor any index to the purity or holiness of a can c. “Who fears to speak of ninety-eight, Who blushes at the name?” Let us remember: in the immortal words of the lamented Smith O'Brien, that. “Whether on the scaffold high, Or in the battle’s van, The fittest place for man to die, Is where he dies for man.” This is that which has enabled liberty’s martyrs in ages past, to face dniiger and death upon a thousand kittle-fields, and mount the scaffold .with a firm stop. .NdrVcd and animated thus; we," too,’ will j fearlessly confront tho ' responsibilities before us. Aiid should the "rising cause of our countiy gd down in blood, if wo must fall, we tolly, wo will at least, have the proud sensd of duty farthfufiy perforiel, and ' the cOnso'ing thought that cheered the hearts of those who* have walked' the bloody IdghwaJ of freedom before us; for “Frcodonrt battle'once, began, Transimfle Jfruiu.lSeeJiiig sire to son Tboagh bamcdp(t is ever won.” Thomas F. Rxan. o J. Avsten Stewart, Committee,

11l Q| 111 Fashions of llieSouth Duroy; the Vt'ar. kashions begins to re-assert its empire ia the South. During the war a man was deeared fortunate il ire owned a couple ot fig bushps, for then he was «uru <4 having iris family provided with a suitof primI itive clothes as good awthat worn by our first parents if tilings came to tho worst ' Man and women did not care much what ■ they wore so they were something. Nor I was the style of cut ot garments much 1 regarded, for tlrere was a sort of carnival of old clothes. Il was net uncommon to meet a gentleman with a com or pantaloons which looked as il they had been cutout with a broad axe aud nailed: topether hurriedly by a rough carpenter. I The patterns too were as strongly spiced j with variety as well as with th” order of great antiquity. The old swallow-tail awl shad-belly coat which is thought by many to be tfie :istyle worn.b.v Noah when he harangued *

, the antediluvians on the probabilities of I t> an unproducedi.nted freshet, vras ex ' ; homed and rsstored to 'general favor I ,' Trowers made in the- pood ol \ fashioned f way, with an apron or sort of drop cur- » tain in front, werb brought to light bv 8 venerable and respected gfmtlc’inen, who I have never been satisfied with modern ■ innovation in dress, and for a long time 11 ixttidd stubbornly against them. Hats, ’i n 1 rasptly designated as camp kcttla’i i scove• pipes and bee-gums, bv many soL f diera of Lee’sarnn* whenever the, entw count? red the, luckless wearer, and called • upon him 10 “cOme out of it,” were very J prevalent among #obemtrfed eivilium ■ coon-skin sn.l skull 'Japs of a strange anrl ■ unique nuijlel, were worn in b>ld and : utter fitmoe o( all previous proprieties of fashion. ; ' The ladies of the South exhibited . similar spirit in yielding to the necess-1 l- itjrs of the times. The dimension) ol ; i crinoline wore neglected, and our da n.es | ar.d dam?els ’.nuked as lovely and at(rac-) tive in homespun an 1 linseys as they .had j ever dqae. jn silks and satins. Bonnets of j the coal.scullle, gig topped chicken coop j . type, fossils •oi teshion which were the) pride and glory of tho Elizabethian age, j wcr<? drawn forth from dusty closets and j old-tioue band-boxes, and wore cbnscribed ■ aqd forced into service. Shoes which were regular clodiknockers and beetle-; crushers covered tender toes and well | turned ankles, which had buea us dto I ihe finest ..qall-siiin and most dekoalc; morocco, ji’herc was emiuent good taste and good sense in all this, and we hope that the lessonsjof wisdom and economy . inculcated by the war will not bo forgotten at its conclusion. — Richmond Times. Fears of Ihe Cholera. In the great .city twenty people djed suddenly. Cholera said ‘I killed one,’h and Fright truly boastod, I‘ killed nine- ' i teen,’ We believe that alarm renders i people liable to the disease. Theauth-ji critics, following the advice of some of i I the best physician in France, had i:n- i | mense piles of wood, tar barels, turpen- < ■ tine, pitch and osher coiubustable ma- ■ I terial heaped up in the public squares, ' and set on fire after sunset. Hundreds I I and thousands of the inhabitants, young I and old, g ithcred around these mighty j I bonfires. All at once joining hands and ! i shouting forth a merry chourse, they be-, s gan to dance around the sparkling piles I of lire, laughing singing, shouting, play- j ing merry tricks, until in a couple of j c hours nothing but red embers remained | on the ground. All went home in good j r s irits. They s’ t veil after their jovial k exercise, and the general talk next day i was of the broad fun they had, with a[ t hope that it would be repeated tliatevin p ing. It was repeated every evening for r a fortnight, during which every one for- l got the cholera which had so much 1 frightened them before and as the pbysi- t cians, anticipated, the cholera, forgot t them. c Maine Law. Whatever may be thought by some of c the. “Mam Law,” they have at least two a others in the State that arc worthy of all a praise. The first is that any one placing a a good trough by the roadside, into j wlticli. pure water shall constantly discharge, and made easily accessible to traveh rs shall have an abatement of three ; dollars on his taxes annually, as long as 7 ''the convenience is maintained. The ® consequence is that you Cannot travel far 1 on any principal road without seeing a ( fountain at which horses and cattle may ' themselves: and generally may ( also be seen a tin dipper Imaging tempj tingly inviting the weary and th. imuian traveler to partake of a cool and I i» resiling‘draught of Adam's ale—tit , best at’ all die beverages for man and j boast. The second good law which otjjpr j ( States would do well to adopt, makes a;; similar abatement in tlr taxes in the [ case of those who set out and protect rows of shade trees on. lines of public roads. The highways are not only thus ... I 1 -Il' ... d 1..

uriiiuut U-Utl, uumH'nu «* iu.yuij H - eiers ru warm v» t#ll>u.by tho shade of growing sugar maple, elm, linden, llrs, spruce cedars, anil folfor trees. Butter Made linderjround. NVe find tho following, in the B’urling Farmer. It does not appvar to be j given, as a joke, but it really seems, tunny; In some parts of France butter is made as follows. The cream is placed in p linen bag, of moderate .tJiickuess, which is carefully secured and placed in a hole in kha {round, about a foot and a halt ; deep; it is thee covered up and left for . I twenty-four or twenty -five hours. When . [ taken out, the cream is very hard, and I paly requires beating (or a short time I with a wooden mallet, after which Jiall » glass ol waler is thrown upon it, which I causes the buttermilk to seperate tram e tho butter. If the quantity to be coni vertcj into butttr is forge, it is left more <

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—.— ihah’twenty-four hours in the grSund. In I winter, when the ground is froe-n; the i oporiitipr. is performed in a cellar, the I ba'g bfling well covered up With san l. Some persons , place the bag, containing ci'eairr,’ witliin n second bag, in order tt> proven? the chance'of any taint from the ta'r'.h. This system saves lalior, produce. a larger amount of excellent butter than churning, and moreover, it is. ; said, never to fail. Wine Makin". TlfhJPfiil Iplna Ledger says; Wine Is not a thing made by mai tft all, only modified at most. It is a product of nature. In the purest and best grape wines this is most remarkably exhibited. The grnpi easily pressed by a wino.<?r I even cider press, and can be kopt 'separ|ate from the lees, or allowed to ferment loti them as stengih is required. Not one drop of waler, not a lump of sugar evetr i is requisite although nv>s. of the wines ia I this eoidntry are prepared withit. But | the fermentation is all an act of nature ■ herself, fine it is who makes our wine, i and while the fermentttion is going on all I that man can do is to watch it nnd let it ! alone. And when that has censed the drawing it off into a clean cask and keeping it undisturbed in darkness and perlent quiet by itself, Is al! that man can j doi A lump of loaf sugar in each bottle, j when bottled, may give a champagne . freshness to it, but the simple, the purer,, the lees of cooliory in wine, the better for it and for those who have good taste, enough to prefer, it thus. ' The pure juice, of the grape is best in sickness. The best grapes, and if sugar be added, the best and purest sugar, should alone be used. CirAn amusing debate tock place between Mt*. W.. a skeptic on religious matters, and a German Lutheran. The skeptic, ridiculing the truth of certain passages in the Bible, and supposing his antagonist about cornered in argument, asking him if lie believed Balaam’s ass. ever spoke like a man. The Lfttlrern was silent fur a momeut, and then said“Me read mil the Bible dot von Balaam heat his shacka«s, nnd she spake chust like a man. Me believs dat. Me never hear achscka s speake chust like a man myself, but me hear a goed many man speak chust like a schackass.” C-j” A correspondent of one of our exchanges thus bewails the custom introduced on some of tho railroads of separating tho male from the female passengers: That sorting out of the flock; putting the ribbons in one car and the whiskers in another, while it fails to benefit the ribbons, is a positive damage to the whiskers, when it is not a positive slander. I\n m.n up together, and if they do not behave like cattle, it will be in spite of the pen. Ladies sprinkled through the cars keep the entire train upon its honor, give it a human, home like look, refine travel, and elevate the car from a common carrier to »n educator. “To have known a fine woman is a liberal education,” is an old English utterance good enough for a proverb. But this segregating fashion is barbarous, and worthy of the Turks. Fenianism is the Kitchkn—A "citiz. n” writing to the Montreal Herald concerning the circulation of “Fenian bonds” in Canada, says: “The writer was shown one yesterday in the hanls of a servant "irl.” It was aSi bond, and most beautifully gotten up- I am informed thal these bonds are selling freely in this city nnl at Quebec, and that there can bo no difficulty in disposing of a vast amount of them. Although these bonds will never be redeemed, the infatuated purchasers are of the opinion it will free Ireland from the yoke ol British rule, and the'' would be willing to sacrifice the hist shilling, to accomplish this object.— Htngdon IVhtg, How to Build. The Perrysburg Jonrnnl offers the foi- l lowing on the Persons, io bull ling, should remember that no house is complete without a good cellar under it, and that it is a false economy to construct a Louse without a cellar. N- ver put in any but box window frames, ■ with cords and pulleys to raise the sa»h. Make your sloriep Ligli. nnd don't pul in any more windows than is necessary, width only serve to make your house , warm in summer and cold in winter. Put i iu closets wherever you can find room, ; and finffd wfith briek if possible. If you t build with brick, however, and take tho i health of your family into consideration, a don’t delay in giving your building eevd eral coats Os paint, and over the whole a e thick coat of varnish. Unpaiuted brick If buildings absorb a large quantity o'( h water from every rain to which they «' re n sub’ ct, thus rendering the rooms d r i- and unhealthy, breeding disease a'- on g e the inmates, and impairing the W **.