Indiana American, Volume 5, Number 6, Brookville, Franklin County, 2 February 1866 — Page 1

TERM 3 OF ADVCiiTt&iiNO.

. TRANSIENT. ' .. One nueie, (10 lion,) one lui tidea,.-tl O One fquert, to immiom, 1 On tuuar, lhr isrtt. ...... t All mlic'iuial lfiierlioBi, pet tie. M TKAHLT. ; Onteol, beBfCftkl qrtrrly .T e Tbree-aeerteri cf a eoluuii K Oae-laif of a eolnmo 1 V Ooe-qnftrter of culumo J One-eighth of colemo..... ..................... II Tremleot drertltcoietiu laealJ la all eee a paid fur la adraace. UdUm particular time U eptelled bea le J io, adrerthementi will I ukliii.d aatil er dered out, and ebaiged accordingly. '"PUBLISHED IVIRT FRIDAY BT Ö. II. BINGHAM, Proprietor. OSct In Hiilo'i Building:, (third itory.) TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION': 12.5 PITR YEAU, 1 abtaxcc $3, 00 " " ' 0T PA,D ADV AXCE. Ko poatajjt cn papers delivered within this County. "THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, AND THETEN F 0 H C E M E N T OF THE LAWS. VOL. 5, NO. 0. BROOKVILLE. INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 18CÖ. WHOLE NO. 215.

JOHN BOONE'S HEART. "He is rough and surly, Ko.sc; what does make you like hira?' 'I don't know," said little Rose Frailer, kitting with her chin in her two soft palms, and paiing dreamily into the fire. '-lie's more disagreeable than any man I ever knew. lie is always saying such uncomfortable things. I don't wonder .that eTcry boJy shuns him." "I don't shun himM "You! No; you aro just like a kitten, tinning around every body. Your liking Lim is a proof thatyou can like any body." "No it in't, Josie," said Rose, suddenly looking up into her cousin's face. "I vie n't like everybody, but I do like John lioone. He isn't a bad, or coarse or vulval man jThero is something wrong aout Lim, I know. lie 'scans to I! ko to say sharp things that make people fel uncomfortable. ' I am always afraid of getting enthusiastic over any thing, before him. for fear he will make a cut at me. Ho neers at everything that is bright and innocent and happy; but, Josie, 1 sometimes wonder how he feels in his heart; he wasn't 'a! way a such a forbidding, taciturn man. Once he was a little boy, you know, and must have liked to run and play in the nun shine, like other children. I cannot help believing that tome time in his life tome thing has gone wrong with him, and made him bitter and cynical soirething that he can not get oer. I quite believe it, Jcsic." Kose vat at the door of the parlor. Some one going along the entry said, "Thank you." Koso started and turned, but the hall duor changed, and the hull was empty. 'Who was that, Josie?'' "I don't know; I didn't sec," said Josie, who hadu't heard either. The latter, seated at the piano, went on with her practising, while ltosc, a little disturbed by the last words the had heard, turned to the fire again. She Mas very thoughtful; the glow burned one delicate check to a bright damask, but she did not mind. She was wondering how it must seem to live when a person had an inclination to sneer down everything bright and innocently fair. Why there could not be asy joy lor them anywhere! What if th?y jroed that getting delighted with pretty thing or nice people was silly, where was the satisfaction in proving it? What was left but to get along in u stolid, cheerless way, aud never feel happy? One couldn't he happy if there wasn't any pretty things, nice people, or sunshine, could they? .Kyandby it grew so dark that Josie couldn't sec the notes of her mu.-ic, ko bhe Mopped plum ing and looked around. ltosc till tat spoil the ottoman, but the had . 11 i i- '' i

-drop-pea ner nrnu upon a ciei tuir tear, kiid fallen asleep. I don't wonder," sighed Josie, thinking of her threo hours' practice; "I wUh 1 coutd go to sleep when practicing time comes." Iwus an early April d;y. There was a holt rain falling outside; inside, the room seemed warm and close to Josie. Sl.e opened the window a little, and then left the room and chut the door. Suddeuly the red coals cracked sharply, and a spark flew cut upon the hearth rug. If Hose had been awake', she would instantly have put her foot upon it; but, as she was not, the scent of burning wool arose in the room, and soon a smouldering fire ran along the rich carpet. It swept around a chair, and rushed up against the folding door, which were of wood, which soon bepn to crackle and roar. The emolc pufftd and wreathed, and Hose's sleep changed to a heavy stupor. She lay insensible in the burning room, saved from entire suffocation ly the sweep cf rainy air from the window. ' It has grown quite dark. It was strange that people from the outside did not sec the fire, for the room was full of a lurid light. The red flames and black smoke crept, writhing, up the fair walls to the rich picture?, and the light lace window drajcry drooped down in burning fragments. The scent and smoke were stifling, and in the midst of the scene by the unconscious girl, as yet unharmed, though the flames darted around it, now and than .snatching at her drapery and hangings. Suddenly there was a shout of lire, and j niniulta neons crath. The folding doors Jell in, and through them came the occupant of the next room, John Roone. The aincs and smoke met him like a wall, but he sprang forward and snatched Kosc up vith a passionate exclamation. To his very arms the flames leaped upon In r; crisping her curls, sleeping their black lines across her unconscious face, and snatching away her faint breath. He swore, with et teeth, his own Ilcsh burn ing, both their clothing on fire, as he fought , Iiis way back to his room. The fire pursued him an 1 clung to him. Iu this emergency he retrained from open ing the hall dcors; his prcsenco of mind .i . a was not in the least impaired, ranging 'a heavy shawl around Kosc, ho wrapped her in it, extinguished the fire, tore off hiowu smoking coat, took up Hose again, and went out upon the piazza, shutting the window after him, though the alarm had apread, and engines and accompanying crowds were nocking about the building. The outsiders saw and shouted at him .A ladder was put up against tee piazza and be came down, but just as a tire man took Hose, a sudden dizziness and prostra tion overcame him, and he fainted. It was nearly two months before he saw Hose again. Both were considerably burn ed outwardlv. and injured by iuhaling the hot, dense atmosphere. But, at the end o May, Hconc one day rode out to Jamaica 1 lain, where Kose was to spend tbe sum mer. It was a very strange thing for him to do; he was not given to calling on young ladies. Kose was in a little garden, which was full of late lillics and parly roses, a fresh, sonny place, ringipg with the songs of birds. t?ho was trajpiug tho rose vines, her hat hanging from her neck by its strings, her head tare, showing the dark cur!?, cnt short, sinco crisped by the fire.

She looked so young that John Boone on the road '.tipped suddenly, as if doubtful of his errand. Rut he went on finally, and swung open the gate. Rose was very glad to see him, though he could see, by the startled look in her eyes, that he wai associated in her mind with thoughts of fear and distress. He stayed at the cottjgo several hours. When he started away, Rose went into the garden with him, asking him if he would take some flowers, if she would cut them. "Yes," he said. ne watched her earnestly as she cut the pinks and roses and vernal grass, and the hand with which he took them trembled. "You were not quite sure that I liked flowers," he said. v ; "Not quite." answered Tlo?1 "Tv. "'' And y eVj uu don't thrmi- ie a brute," Faid he 'for I once heard yoa 6ay so." V Rose trembled a little, realizing that she had once heard and guessed aright. "I teas once a happy little child, and ran in the sunshine." he went on. "Yet my life has been hard since; much has been cruel and bitter fo bear. It has made me moroso and cynical, and the habit of revenging myself upon inrocent people grew upon me, Rose, until you told your cousin that you liked me that day. You don't know how it came upon me! I loved you from that hour. Yourtbanked me for saving your life. Child, I only did what I could not help. I would have been burned to the bone tJ have saved you a noment'a pain. Ro?e, what do you say to me? All my happiness is centered in you." She put up her hands, a sudden sweetness and radiance suffustng her face. "Take it, then," she said softly. And still holding tho dewy rose, Roone took the two fragile little hands, and kissed them. His kisses wero fervent, his smiles as bright as any man's. Rose Frazicr had found his heart.

NASBY. Mr. Nasby Dreams a Dream. Last nite, I was the victim uv another dream. Kf I don't quit this explorin the realms of the fuchcr in my sleep, I shall become a second Saint John. Kf so, I have no doubt my revelations will be uv a romarkablc and startlin character. Mclha wt tho Ablihnists had asserted the power we dhkivcred they possest, after the lato cleohuns, and had gone the whole figgcr. They had forced the South into the humiliashcn uv allöwin niggers to testify, and in the Northern States had given e:n the elective franehie. Uv course, the ecucatcd and refined Democracy wood nevefconpnt t bo inrrrelvtp to "ilia polls alongside uv a nigger uv course no Democratic ofil-seckcr wood hoomiliate himself it trcatin a nigger afore a elecsliun it bein a article uv faith with us never to drink with a nigger unless he pays for it. Therefore, beein helpless, and resolvin never to submit, the heft of the Democrasy determined to emigrate in a body to some land where the Anglo-Sackson cood rool where there was no mixtcr uv the disguslin African. Mexico wuz the country chosen, and methawt the entire party, in one solid columu, marrhed there. Our departure was a ovation. The people on our route wus all dressed in white ez a token uv oy, and from every bouse hung banners with inscriptions onto em, sich cz: "Now is our hen-roosts safe!" "Canada on its way to Mexico!" "Poor Mexico wo bewail thy fa'e!" Our mirch resembled very much that uv the children uv Isrel. Our no?cs wnz the pillers uv fire by nite, and our breath the pillar uv smoke by day. On our arrival to Mexico, the natives uv that country, struck probably with awo at he majestic and fi-tnim cxprctsiot? uv our countenances, hastily gathered up their linin, and silver spoons, and bosses, and sich, and retreated to the mountains. It wuz a komplimcnt to us that them ez hadn't ennvthing remained. t rinally we readied a plain whero we, the modern children uv Isrel, decided to rcmanc. and uv course, the fust thing to do wur. to form aguvcrmcnt. Methawt Fernandy Wood uv Noo York, w iz chocn viva voce, cz Piewlcnt, and he stept forerd to hev the oith administered to him, which wuz to be dnno by the oldest Justis uv the Piece uv the late Statt uv N'oo Gersey, wich hcz committed sooicide. Here a noo trouble ensood there wuzn't a bible to he found in the hole encamp ment. The diniculty wnz got over by a Noo York Alderman yellin out, "Never mind the oath what's the yooe uv any oath he takes?" t:c he wuz declared Presi dent. President Wood then proceeded to or ganize, lie requested sich ez held com missions in the army uv the Yoonited States to step forercd three prunes. Gens. Micklclan, Rucl, Fitsjohn Porter, & Slocum stept forcred, and with cm some -1000, a part uv whom bed held quartermasters commissions whose accounts "Jtt afore the little, Mother," didn't bolancc, but wich allers did jit after, and others who hed bin dismist for bcin in the rear, when their soperiors ticsired to seo them in tho front, and who consekently considered it a d d Ablishun war, wich they didn't approve uv, no now. Then hevin ascertained the material for oiTicerin his army, he axed all uv them who hed bin in the eervice cz privates to step forcred. 20)00 obeyed and the President asked the fust one where he enlisted, who ansercd ez follers: "At Noo York, April 12. 15G4, bounty Sl.nOO; and at Philadelphia, April 14. 1SG4. bounty 5700; and at Pittsburg. April IG. 1SC4, br.untySSOO; and at Cincinnati, AprU la, ISfit, bounty $400; and at " "Enough," said Fernandy, and plancin down the line, and secin all the faces were uv the same style and expression, he axked no more uv em any questions. Remarkin that it wuz well enough to establish a church, ho desired all who were uiiniiturs uv tho. Gospel to t-icp forcred.

21 stept out and desired to explain. They cood not say that they wero just now in full connexion with any church. They hed bio, but their unconBtöoshncl Ablishin Synod and Conferences hed accooscd em uv irregularities in hoss tradin, and various other irregularities, and suspended em, and silenced cm and sich, becoz they were Demokrats, but The President shrugged his shouldors and asked all who cood read to step out. About one-half ans'wered, and then he requested sich uv this number cz cood be prevailed upon to accept a small office and who beleeved theirselves fit, to step out agin, and to my unutterable horror and consternation, every one but five stepped out ci big ea so inauy beea. ilmmejitly there twuz an. uproar. .Them ez coodn't read swore vociferously that there wuz nothin fair about that arrangement. They never knowd that a man wuz obliged to be able to read to hold office in the Denokratie party, and they'd never stand that and they all stept out. Finally it wuz decided that an election should be held at son.e fucher time. The next step wuz to divide em up into employments. The President requested them ez preferred to fuller mekanikle employments to step out. Some thirty advanced. Them ez preferred farinin. About fifty stept out. Them cx eipected to run small groceries. There wuz a sound like the rush of many waters. Ninety-eight per cent ceptin tho officers and preachers sprung to the front, but when they saw thcr strength, their faces turned white. 4 Good Lord," whispered they, "we can't make a livin out uv the remainin two per cent., and the officers and preachers!'' The mass then demanded a divi.ion uv the property, that all mite start alike, but upon takin a inventory it woz found not worth while to bother about a division. Then they commenced murmurin, and scd wun to another, "Oh, for the flesh pots uv the Egypt we left." "I cood at hum, live off my Ablishn nabcrs." "There wuz rich men in our ward, but cz we hed the majority, they paid taxes, which wespent!" Ablishuists is pizen, but it is well enough to hev enough uv em to tax!' aud cz one man, they resolved to return, and tho confusion that resulted from the brcakin up, awoke mo. There is unquestionably a moral in the vision. Ez often ez I hev -yed for pcrpetuel Demokratie majorities, 1 hev sumtimes, when our party wuz successful, and bid fair to bo so permanently, wondered what we would do with the Treasury cf we didn't lose the offices occa-ionally, to cz to hev tho hcr party nurse it into pickin condition for us. I don't think I 'shtod ilka to lit' iii a unanimous Demokratie community. Pktromxm V. Naskv, Lait Paster uv the Church uv the Noo Dispensashun. The Danger of Neglecting: Colds. Fioui tbe New York Lancet.

Colds are generally coniidered simple tilings ana as a natural consequence are too much neglected. How oltcn do you hear the remark: "Oh, it is only a cold." True, only a cold, but what is being done foit? Frequently nothing. Many a long and dangerous, and sometimes fatal fit ot illness migbt.be prevented by paying that proper attention to a cold which it so serioudly demand:. Most of thecausesof consumption come from cold being in the first instance neglected. To many other diseases does it also jcive rise. In a climate like thi?, where we have sometimes two and threo changes in a day, it is impossible to avoid taking cold, unless due precaution be observed. Persons should clothe themselves as much as possible in keeping with the temperature of the atmosphere. With the thermometer above zero, cloth in- should not be as warm us at or beluw zero, as by to doing the pores arc opened to an undue extent, sometimes profuse perspiration induced, and as a natural consequence, cold is taken. Drafts in eery way, whether iu or out of doors, ought to be avoided. Too much importance cau not be grer. to this, but yet we see it daily neglected. How often do we sec persons in this city, on one of the bleakest days, stopping to talk at the comer of the Mrcct in a draft of wind. This, too, is generally the ca?e ul'tcr walking fast and becoming heated. How is it possible, under such circumstances, to avoid takiugcold? Andyct person's will so innocently tell you, "I don't know how I could have taken cold; I have not exposed myself iu any way." As important, nlo, is the mode of life indoors, t'r on this much depends. Ladies are very apt to dress for going out, and then hit in a warm room for half an hour, perhaps more, if something delay them, by which perspiration is produced, aud in that state, from the warm house into the cold air they go. It must be remembered that to the corresponding temperature of the atmosphere do the pores close orepen; a uniform tcmpcnitnro should be observed, as by so doing the circulation is regularly maintained. Any one leaving an atmos phere of eighty degrees and going to one sixty degrees, experiences a great change, and if they wish to avoid cold, should be clad in ach a manner ns to mako up for the proportionate difference in tho tempera- . t . :r :. l urc. i' or tins reason great uniiormiiy in the temperature of tho house should be observed. Changcthe atmosphere in the house frequently by v -ittiir.;, as often as possible, duriiw- ' t'r. Kvsry l:c My ven tilated th . . . oiiig, so as to allow . - of the previous night to can be done by first airing ( J then another, lly doing thu : also can bo more eisily warmed. i,cu thero are mauy persons collected in a room, care should be observ ed to keep a few inches of the window open from tho top, every one avoiding fitting clo.o to or under it, as, after time, when there are many collected together the at mosphere of tho room becomes impregnated with their exhalations, and tho air is thus rco'tercd impure Iy perfect veatila-

tion thoro is a uniform amount of oxygen, which ia the vital pari of the atmosphere, arid which is necessary to our very existence, maintained. ho has not noticed tho disagreeable feeling produced on going from tho fresh air into? a room with many persons, in which the ventilation is imperfect? 5 At night, also, freih air should be admitted into the toom, fir it is, if any thir.g, mora necessary that there should be a plentiful supply of oxygen. We have often been asked the ridiculous question, if enough air did not coije in through tho key-hole. Certainly m3. This is no ftesh air. Make it a rule to leep with part of your window open frou tho top, avoiaing its blowing on you. P?h air never hurt any one, fyr, by it rft k. L lbs want of it that injures. PerOns seem to forget that they spend one-thv '. of their lives in their bed rooms. Vc frequently see a man building a house bestowing all his attention on the plan of the parlors, while the bed-rooms are, to a great extent, and in some instances, entirely, neglected. It had better be vice verti. Amother thing to which we wish to draw attention, is that of neglecting shoes and stockings after being out on a damp rainy day. Though they may icither appear nor feel damp, yet they should be changed, care being observed to keep the feet always warm. As long as one is walking, the circulation is kept up. no matter how wet the feet may be, but the instant you retrain quiet it is checked, unless the stockings and shoes be .diaftgcd. lidding the feet but a few minutes to a fire or rcsister, is not sufficient, as you only by that dry the external part of the shoe or boot. If the fect arc cold they should be rubbed thoroughly with a rough towel until warmth has been restored, when they might be, if desired, held for a short time before the fire. Jumping out of bed and walking about on the carpet, as is too often done, should bo avoided. A pair of slippers can be placed by the bed at uignt, when retiring, so as tobe accessible when rising.

rcrsonal Xeatness. Some say that it is quite out of the question for farmers' wives and daughters who have so many duties to perform, to always' look tidy. Soir.o do say so, and I have often beard them; but Buch declarations do not, in my opinion, militate against the general principle. A wife or daughter cmi be personally neat, no matter what duty the may bo employed at. Those who allow themselves to uppcar negligently dressed, ofi the plea that they have something to do cooking, washing, scrubbing, whitewashing, ic. uri pretty sure to be habitually untidy. f..dod. soiled, bad fitting a sun bonnet in u, it h keeping, worn in the houso or out of it, slipshod shoes, &c, no appearance of a whito collar, hair squashed upon the head, plenty straying about the neck, d not give the husband, if he possesses any idea of cleanliness himself, a very elevated idea of his wife's attractions; nor will the daughter who may be equally delinquent, impress the young men of the neighborhood very favorably. I mu a wile and housekeeper, and have beeu a daily worker for twenty-live years- in my household, but I have never seen the day when 1 could not take time to attend to my own personal appearance. System and a desiro to be cleanly will nut only afford the necessary time, but vill make the labor one of highest pleasure. My husband never has aud never shall have the occasion tu twit oic or the girls in relation to a matter iu which every woman's pride or self-ic-pect ought to guard against. Will not, then, my bister housekeepers yive this question of domestic propriety or respectability their serious consideration?. They should remember that it not only concerns themselves, but especially their daughters, andju uo tmall degree their bous al.-o. Mautha. Llgfct in Stables. It is a great mistake to construct stables without light. It is necessary both for health and comfort. Repeated experiments show that disease is much more ficquent in dark than in well lighted nparttncnls. One who was long on tho medical s-tafif in the ltusian army, Males tht cases of disease on the dark sido of on extensive barracks, wero uniformly, for manv years, iu the proportion of three to one if those on the side exposed to strong and uniform light. Humboldt has also rcma rked that the residents of South America, who wear light hiihiug, . thus allowing a frca ray of light to the'rhiu, enjoy immunity from vaiious diseases, which prevail extensively among the inhabitants of dark rooms and underground locations. Light, therefore, is a condition of vital activity, and in view of preserving the sight of a horse, it is neees:sary that lie have free access to the sun's rays while he is au inhabitant of the stable. Marriages la Cliurcu. It is fit and best that marriages ihou'd be solemnized in the church, lor which I give live good and sufficient rensons, iz: 1. The capacity of a church affords room to admit tho presence of many friends, so that many ore grat ficd, and thus the ties of interest and friendliness nre multiplied in the community. 2. Frequently it becomes important to prove tli3 fact cf mar riage, long after memorials less enduring than youthful memory have snfllred erasure. 15. No other surroundings can be so impressive upon the minds of the con tracting parties, and make so real to them tho weighty covenant into which they en ter, as those that cluster at God's public altar. 4. The proprieties suited to the place against the enactment of unseemly ! and untimely frivolities. 5. It establishes I a fashion convenient for families of limited mcans, because capable ot adjustment to any amount of expenditure. In deferent c to tho Christian public, let it be added, that this suggestion is put forth interrogatively, rataor than dmititaUy.

Discovery of Wonderfnl Organic Remains. . . Ou Meagher's Rar, opposite Nevada, have been disdovcred fossils that unmistakably prove that this part of the world was, at one time, inhabited by a race of beings who stood in maturity from ten to twelve feet high; and by a species of quadriipcd at least twice ns largo as the Asiatic elephatt. They wero imbedded about eight feet, in what might bo termed a close diluvial deposit, and in what the configuration of tho country wis once the eddy of a river. , As an evidence of the former, we now have befcro :xs the jaw-bone anatomically termed the iuferior maxillary of a biped

which is olmost double tie nze ot any or

dinaryhnvan jaw-bone, ,'i'rotu point toiti cxtroir ejt rvr-'-J a see-.U.-i.ca a

point of the condyle the upper projec tions, where junction is made, with tbe corresponding parts above this fossil measures fully live, inches. It is in a perfect state of preservation so perfect that, had itbeen of ordinary size, one would have supposed that its owner had not made his (or her) exit from the "vale cf tears" over fifteen or twenty years ago. The enamel of the teeth still remains.bright and uninjared by the action of fire, water, cr air. Not a tooth is lost. They comprise six grinders or molari (tho usual number) aud ten others, bcin sixteen io all. They have becu much worn by the labor of mastication, which fact proves that this American Goliath did not ceae to use them untii they had prepared for his stomach the food of many years perhaps not until the other functions of his physical organization had weakened from o.'d age, when the utility pf the teeth ceased, though decay had not yet marked them by a single perforation. The fact is also a good conjectural argument, that this being belonged to a race similar in their habits to the existing tribes of natives, who, even in their old ages, aro notable for tho fine state of their teeth. The jaw-bone is the only portion of the remains we have seen; but ribs and other bones were found near the spot, which undoubtedly belonged to the same individual, ns they are all of proportionate size. It has been estimated by members of the medical fraternity hero that the height of this biped could not have been less than ten auJ o:io-half, and Glicht have reached twelve foct. The proof of an extinct race of quadrupeds, or of a species at least, that were tvficc as large as any now extant, is the discovery of an enormous molar tooth, which was found along with a monster jaw-bone. The crown cr top of this tooth measures, the longer way, exactly six inches, and it is four in width; tho root or part invested by, or mnk beneath the gum, measures over? even incl. s. t The u.rr.urcm;nt from top to bottom (that i, in its natural position) is between tight and nine inche, being but little greater in depth than in length on the top. Judging from our very limited knowledge of paeieontolosry, the animal which carried this tooth was ratniit and herbivcroue. The crown of the tooth is marked by numerous transTcr?e ridges, thichly enameled. The enamel is bright, and, in many places, as well preserved as if on the tooth of a living nnim.nl. Thec ridges arc deep and are rounding on the top, indicating adaptability to bruising in mastication rather than cutting, on the carniverous, or flesh-eating order. The tooth is partially petrified, and bus indications of having been a long while buried. Upon exposure to the air a fragment crumbled efi", and fully half of it is in a state of petrefactioa. Had it not been lor the enamel the most indestructible of substances and tlrs petrifying process, it is doubtful that its form wouid have been so long preserved This molar may have belonged to the mastodon species, or an enormous !yr c of the elephant. JJut we are told that a tooth of Mtnihr outline, but three times as large. has i ecu found in Ieer-lodge County, in this Territory. Gcnt!c:ncn in this place have fcen it. This would seem to indicate au extinct quadrupedal race, larger than remains have yet been found of, in L'urope or ether parts of North America. The great mastodon skeleton in the Philadelphia Museum is fifteen feet long and eleven feet high; but think of a tooth a foot anda-half long, aud a foot wide on the top! The carcass cf an elephant M-as found, in the present century, in the frozen mud and sand of Siberia, preserved in its entirety, its skin was covered with hsir or fur, but all eKe indicated a Li,mt fnle elephant. In 1771 the carcass of a rhinoceros, also, was found in the same legions. l he icy snores ot I lie l'olar u.-can, in Northeastern Asirj abound, it is nii l, with the bones of thes? animals, now only known iu the tropic. What mighty convulsion of nature caused their extinction? and how fur did its influence extend? Did not the great upheaving break asunder a land connection that once existed between the two hemisphere?? One Arctio explorer reports hiving found fo.s-tl tropical plants, species of the palm buried beneath the perennial snows of Kamchatka. This, as well as the Siberian fossils, point to u complt te and permanent eütnatical revolution. May not thce facts bear upon the theory of our Indian tribes coming from the Eastern hemisphere? Was there i;ot a time when, with even open canoes, such as the northern coast Indians now use, they could have c.ossed? Montana Post. To Protect Ledstnids Against Vermin. As tho tn isoii is near at hand when every good ehoncwifc will he on the alert tu forestall or destroy those pestilent vermin which occasion ro much annoyance if neglected, wc hasten to lay before them t!.o following simple receipt, which we lirpe may prove ellective. c see no reason why this may not follow the ususl prescriptions wlrch every housekeeper has in use by a monthly application af.er tht usual thorough clean - li) in i lie spring, -1 (siliiian h ii ia l II und suggests the fol lowing remedy: Common salt brine orj 1 etroh mu nil nniiUfd soveral time d.irin ! the season, will keep offall erruin; uo necJ tu paictii ointments.

Sleep end De&lh. As men begin to bo' about fifty years old, especially if. of. sedentary habits, the feeling on rising in tho morning is as if they had not gotteu enough sleep, not as much as they used to have, and as if they would like to have more, but cannot- get it. They look upon a healthy child sleeping soundly with ft'e'ings of envy. Rut it is curious to observe that there is a blisa to all in the act of "j.'oinx to rleep, a bliss we become cognisant of ouly when we happen to be aroused just as we are falling into a stroug sleep; and there are strong physiological reasons to suppose that this state is a counterjft of the great event of dying.. In fact those vho have, io rare

cases, been brought Lat to Mo when on tu these' who Tiate-iccn recovered from drowning and' other, modes of atrangulation, or simple ruotheriug, the expression has been, on rctitrnihg to consciousness, "How delicious!' "Why did you not. let mo go?'' Au eminent man, thus brought back, represented that the last Temembered sensations of which he was conscious were as if he were listening to the most ravishing strains of muie. Let us all, then, cherish the thought that our approach to the sleep of the grave is the strict counterpart of the approach of sleep, of which some nameless writer has beautifully said: "It is a delicious moment the feeling that we are safe, that we shall drop gently to sleep. The good is to come, not past. The' limbs have been just tried enough to render the remaining in one position delightful, and the labor cf the day is done. A gentle failing of the conceptions comes slowly creeping over us; the spirit of consciousness disengages itself more and more, with slow and hushing degrees, like a fond mother detaching her hand from her sleeping child; the mind seems to have a balmy lid closing over it, like the eye closing, more closed, closed altogether, and the mysterious Fpirit of sleep ha3 gone to take its airy rounds." May such be tho physical bliss of dying to you and me, dear reader, with the spiritual added, ten times more ineffable. The Apostle's Creed lis Authorship. There is a very old tradition that each of the twelve articles of creed was composed by an Apostolic Author. It is said that the twelve assembled in council before dispersing thctnelvcs to preach' the Gospel throughout the world, to frame the symbol or watchword J the Christian Church, and it will be interesting to many of our readers to know tho Apostle to whom each article is ascribed. The trar" St. IVitT TlVse? Iii God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Harth." bt. Andrew "And in Jesus Christ His only Son, Our Lord." St. James the Greet :,Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary." Hu John '-StifTerrd under Pontius Pilite, was cruciSed, dead, and buried." St. Thomas "He descended into hell," or "He went fo the place of departed spirit?," (which arc considered as words of the same meaning.) "the third day he rose from the dead." St. James Jhc Less "He ascended into heaven, and eittcth on the right hand of God tbe Father Almighty." St. Philip ''From thenee he shall cume t judge the quick nnd dead." St. llartholomc'.v "I believe in the Holy Ghost." St. Matthew " The Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saiuts." St. Simeon "The forgiveness of sins." St. Judas Thaddcud '"The Rcsurrecjjon 0f ulC body." St. Matthias "And the life everlasting, Amcu." Itules for Winter. N?vcr go to bed with cold or damp feet. Ingoing into cold r.irkccp the mouth resolutely closed, that by compelling the air to pas through the iio?c and head, it may become warmed before reaching the lungs, and thus prevent those sudden chills which frequently result in pleurisy, pi;cu- : ...i.l . a; j: in uu id , inn i' i lie i ui min j hi in ii uim'.i-u. v i ... i i .1 i r. r JNuvcr sleep with the head in the draft of . 1 . , i . an open uoor or nurnow. JiCi more cover be on the loner limbs than the body. Have .ui cxlra covering within casv reach in case of suduen and great change of I weather during the night. Never standi still a moment out of doors, especially at street corners, after having walked even a short dirt iiife. .eer uau near mu open winuow oi a vehicle for a single half niiuu'c, especially if it has teen preceded Ly a walk; valuable lives have thus been lost, or good health permanently destroyed. Never put on a new boot or shoe in beginning a journey. Never wear India rubber in cold, dry weather. If compelled to face a bitter cold wind, throw a silk handkerchief over tho face; its agency is wonderful in modifying the cold. Those who are easily chilled on going; out of doors should have some cotton hatting att.-iched to the vest or other garment so us to protect the space bet wet n snouii.er blaues ocniru inc mugs icing i . .i ii . S ,. attached fo the body at that point. A lity blades behind the lungs being! tie there i. wotih live time; ' i uu ii in o u ii i v c Never sis lor the amount over tho chest in front. more than tie minutes at a Mine with the back against the fire or stove; avoid s't ing; against cushions in the backs of pews in j churches; if the uncovered board feels; cold, sit erect without touching it. Ne.er begin a journey until alter breakfast is eaten. jC-The quality of mercy is not straincd. It drojipcth as the gentle dew of' heaven nnon tho earth beneath. It be conies the throned monarch better than ! his crown, and a nation of smieigtis Uttcr than a work of extermionion. XCyMany lawyers aro always insolent inward th witnesses ac&lrlst tie r clients. ! All their examinations are crow cxamiua uons.

Working Horses when Vouug. Ve work our colts too much, many of us. Their limbs are young and tender! and their mettle is up at the novelty tf the first handling, lte&idcs, we are not apt to have the paticace required to trtit an unpracticed colt. As they are worked so will their limbs be affected. If carried to excess, there will be injury, and it will last. Prematurely will such hordes, die, (as we have seen mauy a one.) especially if kept at work after tkeir early and fce'vers training. - - A horse thoroughly matured having age and strength, and muscle developed by moderate exercise and judicious treatmentcare taken of the animal that bia limbs become, not only toughened, but developed, f.lktL Ut, e to ujwrt the U-. bor and fatigue; this is what is watted. AVben thus dtrrlojtl aud toughened ty time, gradu'tUif, there is scarcely any am. ount of work that cannot be got out of such a horse. And he will lust. W have seen hori-es at 20 do a fair day's woik.

Tbey were always humanely treated, and they did, during their lifetime, a lar greater, amount of labor than is allotted to hordes. They were trea'ed with tenderness when young. This waa continued. The horses were strong, always reliable, and always fat too fat, we thought but their owner (a shrewd old farmer) thought differently. These heavy strainings in youth frame racked and muscles overcome and in such condition the straining continued; this is hurtful. We remember a span of horses who were treated to hard labor from the time they were three and four years old, till up to eighteen. Thoy wer then barely "capable of walking, to say nothing of labor. They wetc stiffened and diseased, lame and blind, (one of them caused by straining, for they were willing and never flinched.) in a word, they were used up and died iu conseqncucc. Verdict: "Worked too hard cbn yjunj." Else, bad they beeu favored till mature age, they would have been able to eudiire with little harm what was too much form early racked system. The wise sporting man knows that the early hard work of his three or four year old, is at the expeusu of future iiimblencss und cudurance. , Kserci.'c a colt; he needs it. lie is full of life, and umt have development; and exercise is one of the requisites to this development, and buoyant spiritu of the colt ore the best aid. Hut use a uiild, cautious hand. Let there be encouragement rather than severity. Above all, use judgment, llor.-cs vary as well as mon. They must be treated according to thi various disposition. Itulcs forciert shade cannot b given. T,he man must understand his horu iindcr.-tand hor.-c naturo and his hand must be the hand of iuinstinct. Cor. Rural World. ' Something for Even hotly. When you walk in the streets with a lady, keep your hands out of your pockets, and your cigar out of your mouth. We would sooner I e caught stealing thin in the act of smoking while walking with a lady. Don't change fides vith her in crossing the street; it is quite. a projf that you should fall through cellar doors and other traps set by careless people. . that she would. Altrays tske the right hand when you meet another person, and don't stop. At the table take ths dish thö hoxt oilers yon, aud don't pase it tu tliv nearest neighbor, ever, if a lady; it is ui. penerous to reprove your host or hoMes to his or her face. Thero is a point irlier self-abnegation Lccouics rudenej, and this is precise' j that point. The person who gives the entertainment has a perfect right to fay which shnll be served firt. Don't olfer your chair to it new coiner, nie it is the only one 'f the lind, and the Nt in the room. Uiso when you are enter taincd,but do not follow to the door; yoa may thus spoil a more cordial leave taking. Don't sit cross-legged in presence of ladies or in company of ceremony. Keep ytur finger out of your button-holes, and your hands fro:n offyour lap. Make your, self as comfortable as you can without in commoding any one. Your host, if a gen- , i ,, . i tleman, always likes to see his ; .. . t i . . , ' 1 1, rtable and contented. Ie guests CO 111neither a lump nor a pumper, but alternately re-. some both conditions. Ask and answer questions with diplomatic propriety,-Sr-ak ircll of nonidt r not at II. Nothing indicates greater defect of colloquial j ability than vituperations, slander, or ingty declaration. .Maintain repose it tho enrth quakes. Always wear a clean shirt and collar, and do not fail to use a tooth brush. All of which is respectfully snh-' mit'ed to those who would be recognized' as persons of good I reeding. What Is an Old Maid? Never be afraid of becoming an ii aid," fair reader. An old maid is far ; more honorable than a heartless wife; and' single blessedness it greatly suj-crior, in roint of happiness, to wedded life without I wedded love. "Fall not in love, dear girl, .beware," says the scng. But we do hot agree with the song on the ijtj-siion, Ou : . i ,i . . . i .t t.c contrary, we hope that it is a good fh . r i ' i i : .... tri TtiII in Ii.-, e if Mm InVi'iI utiii'it le ir good flung or. , 'by one , ,' To fi!l in love with an honorsniun. is as r rojor as it is rr an honor able man to fall in love with a virtuou and amiable womau; and what culi be a' more gratifying spectacle, cten to the an-" j r els in heaven, than a sight so pure, so ! ii proaching iu its devotion' to the eclcs-' :til? No; fall in love äs soon as you please, .ladies, provided it le with a suitable pet-" - n. Fall in love aud then marrv; boj never marry unless you do lote, i hat . the great point. Never marry for u ' hom' in "hiisuauuV INCvir tlegraue oureeir ly becoming u party to such an alliatiea.Never till yourself, body and soul, on' tfrms so contemptible. Love dignifies all' ui : i.!. -M vr:Wi - j love, the uiairise lite is ttuly : llllll,, lb llllll'IMin 1111 I VMIUI1IUII9 VI I If a mra rtetit.-