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Street. Ornerof Waldo Street. where they will hold them
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is 6ow offered for sale Terms LIBERAL Apply at this of
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TIME ALTERED-NEW ARRANGEMENT
On and after MONDAY, June 10TH Passenger Trains
will leave Fitchhurg so m 1880 445 and at g. 10
p after the arrival of trains from the Vermont and
Massachusetts, and Cheshire Railroads. ef
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Cultivate Flowers.

A correspondent Of the Charleston Even.
ing News thus urges the Importance of
bestowing attention upon the cultivation
of the beautiful i'll nature as means of
promoting health and happiness:
"Come let make sunny realm around thee.
OF thought and beauty. here are books and
flowers,
These hive spells To loose the f.,,cr which ha,l,
bound thee,
The rival coil OF this worlds frverisl hours:
Those are from where the soft winds play in glad
Covering the ear,h with howery blossom
showers,
Too richly dowrrd, o Fri, nd. are we for sadness,
Look on AN cmp're-Alind and Na,ure-ours!
Without intending to assert rival in
terest for my present subject, or wishing TO
withdraw from, or dim nlsh the importance
of, the more needful and engrossing topics
of the day, would yet in It's proper place,
and ut this season, advocate the cause of
the beautiful and ornamental gifts of ma
ture, comprised in the Floral kingdom.
which may not inappropriately he termed
The feminine department of scientific agri
culture
The mind ought sometimes to he divert
ed that it may return the better 20 thinking:
and lheic can be no employment more de-
iightful, and u; the same time SO conducive
TO health and enjoyment, us the cultivation
of flowers-,hoSe lovely jewels which u
kind Providence has so p,ofnscly scattered
over our bright and beautiful world.
Few occupations So lberally reward the
care and time bestowed, or serve in the
same degree 10 emb-lisn our lives or re-
fine our tastes; and seldom does the passer
by deem that the home abound which the
vine is taught IL twnc ,nd,ihe rose 10
blossom i. ever The aoode of discomfort or
cnnui.
With foWerS, "that were born T. lend
the sunbeam gIalness." and To give cheer
fu'ness and beauty to the path of life, hile
they purify, elevate and spirtualizc the
character: and with bookS-"lheir swan
like music singing through alcove>"-we
may be induced I" liuii our hears only too
strongly to this bright but transilory world
which time cannot wear or chnnyc detac;
from. And fo,oers are the poetry of life
"Eirlh's beautiful buds to my hear, yc were
dear,
Ere the fever "f passion, or nguc Of fear
Had sratiIUd my rNiscnvv's hiuum:
y el welcome YOU more, ltc's - ssiuncss stage
ia lh" visions of youth 10 revisit my age,
Ani wish you To grow on my tomb
ALrINE.
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Mn5eum 0. the Charleston COLLEGE

The Editor OF the Charleston STANDARD
ldely made n visit to The Museum of til,
College "f Charleston, which h. pronoun
eel equal to amy in the country. and relates
the following results Of microscopic exami.
nations
The clouds were caprcious, and anus
cd themselves by getting before the sun for
considerable time, but at length n beam
ot light shot across the room, and upon an
immense spectrum, about fifteen feet in
diameter, was projected some immense
plant. 1t had an appearance not unlike
that presented bv the shadow of n forest
tree, but with greater regularity Of outline
and articulation, and WAS beautifully color,
Ell. This. we were told was the tip of a
feather from The tail of hummnr bird
There next appeared a radiated and con
cnntric figure, rs large as the vertical sec.
ton of an ordinary church sieeple; this was
the transverse section of the stem OF n rose
Teal: Its place was taken shortly after bv
circular figure that was exceedingly at
tractlFe 1t wa about six feet in diameter.
~r!"'eniiy eiiptical, and while the whole
vas '-,.,~"', 1t was composed of an intini.
ty OF spherical figures like q hemlet made
of slSpences-ihis was the eve Of l!.e horse
Jiy. Soon after there slowly came upon
Che canvass what seemed To- he the fossil
remains of some immense animal, of the
size of the mas,odon at least His legs
we're more jninicd than was becoming 10
the skeleton of "A quadruped but armed
about the head with immense tasks or for
cepS; he had the appearance of having been
formidable monster, whom it was we'll to
have had out of the way-this aaimaI
when alive. was flea. After this. the
next thing that grew to figure on the
canvass was a huge beast. about nine feet
long. and two broad, looking not unlike
spnng craw.f>h, latlened and indefinitely
magnliied. This was parasite commonly
found about the heads Of little negroes
Muslin of the finest quality was coarser
THAI shad net, aud lace was Of about the
texture Of a window sash.
among the most interesting objects ex
hibited. however. were alive and moving
a cloud was cast upon the canvass. whose
elements began to work about ia a very
singular manner, some small objects seem
ed to be lifeleSs and 10 drift about in obe.
dience TO the forces applied TO them. but
olher large. bodies seemed endowed with
a terribe vitality. Like great fishes, they
would strike at something, and the e,e-
'inents would reel under tho forces Of the
rnovemeg', end up nnd down and all about
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interest but with different emotions. His
remains were afterwards deposited in a
niche formed in the walls, and the spot is
now marked by a simple slab, with the fol-
lowing inscription:
lille hic est Raphael, timut quo sospitc vinc
herum magma parens, quo morientc mori."
For many years tho Academy of ST.
Luke, an association Of artists al Rome.
had skull in their possession, said to be
Raphae's and generally so regarded. As
there were sounds Of doubt respecting the
actual resting place of the remains of the
immortal master Of the pencil, it was deter
mined IN 1888 to settle the question by an
examination Of his tomb. Ii was accord j..
Ingiy opened in the presence of several &c
cleS'as,ical dignitaries and artists. and the
skeleton was found entire, Just rs it had
been entombcd. The relics were replaced
after having been enclosed in an ANTIQUE
marble sarcophagus, from the Vatican Mn.
scum. OF course The skull in the posses
sion OF the Academy of St. Luke lost its
value, notwithstanding ii had often awak
ened the admiration of the plrenoloois,s
who had found the painters bump strik
ingiy developed. But perhaps it did be
long TO great artist. Who knowsi
EUsEDII's
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they roamed in accomplishing the objects

they roamed in accomplishing the objects
of a vigorous existence.
"This cloud, so cast upon the canvass,
was of drop Of water, and those figures OF
the beings which inhabit il. For our com
fort, we were informed that This water was
taken from the street drains. and il was not
necessarily SO, therefore, that in the use OF
cistern water we should quench our thirst
with hecatomb of infusoria; but to qualify
the exultation we might feel on this nc
count, there was exhibited the form of some
immense crustaceous animal, in appearance
one or two hundred times as large as a
lobster, which, il was said, was very COM
monty found in the cisterns Of our city.
1--WE were inclined TO think that too
great familiarity with objects beyond the
ordinary range of perception deadens the
sensibiii,y of persons to the ordinary claims
OF humanity, and of this fact we Were con.
vnced 10y the proposition of the operator.
that we should give him Il dop of blood for
exhibition. We could not well refuse,
however, and popping his instrument into
our finger with as little concern rs he would
have ganged a lard cask, the fluid was ex-
tracted, and in an instant after the blood
of i've editor was cutting its figures upon
the canvass. Vitality WAS not altogether
extinct and il moved about under altrac.
tive and repulsive influences in manner
that may have been amusing 10 persons
less acquainted with the means 10y which il
haC got there.
The ligh, was not so perfect ms could
have been wished, and sometimes failed at
the most Interesting point Of exhibition,
but in the main the results were entirely
satisfactory, and very far transccnded the
range Of our anticipation"
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The ELECTRIC EEL.-Of the SINGULAR
powers of this wonderful creature much
has been written and some things said
which appear almost incredible This fish
abounds in the rivers of North and South
Carolina, and many Of It's wonderful cx
plots are recountcd aud recorded there. In
the waters of Massachusetts Bay it is SO sci
dom seen that the following circumstances
seem worth relating, and are in the nara.
tors own words. Capt. Walker, of Pro.
vince,own, recently, while runninga schoon.
or from that place to Boston, was overtaken
by night off Cohasset Rocks, and was run
ming into Boston Channel in the evening.
At about o'clock, it being very dark, and
his We sci moving slowly in, he dropped
over his lead 10 ascertain the depth of
water; anI on slowly pulling in the line he
felt svpe,hiHg cold upon 1t, and thinking
il nigh, he bit OF kr' ;, or rockweed, was
about TO throw it off, when il fastened upon
his hand and coiled around his wrist. He
endeavored To shake off the eel, when sud
denly bringing its tail around ii struck his
arm with considerable force, and giving the
worthy captain sucI shock rs sent him
recIing on the deck. Recovering litle,
he proceeded to seize ;he fish aud cast it
overheard, when he received second
shock from the lttle battery, that caused
him to call for aid, utIerng scream that
must have been heard for miles. Deter
mined not 70 bc overcome by So patry AN
object as small eel, he proceeded once
more 10 discharge his ceslip, but was a
third time repuIsed and with greater force
than before, laying him PROSTATE at full
length upon deck. His men Immediately
ran to the rescue, and bore the captain al
most senseless alt, where medical aid could
be administered. Never having heard Of
such wonderful power Of the electrical eel.
The greatest CONSERVATION prevailed, and
The vessel rushing on in the thick darkncss,
they knew not where, the anchors were cot
out with much difficulty. and they waited
impatienty the return Of day. actually sup
posing some evi! spirit had seized upon
them, and that for the night they were to
be The sport Of their orgies Yarmouth
Register.
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The friars say they posses nothing:
whose then are the lands they holdi Not
Their superior's; he hath vowed poverty rs
well as they. Whose thenl TO answer
this, twas dccreed they should say they " ere
the Popes. And why must the frii;s hc
more perfec; than the Pope hm>el1
Twas an unhappy division that has been
made between ftiln and works. Though
IN my intellect may divide them. lust rs
IN the candle know there is both light and
heat. but yet put ont the candle and lhey
are both gone; one remains not without the
other; so lis belwixt faith and works
We cannot tell what is a iudr,nent Of
God; 'us presumption to take upon us to
know. Commonly we say Judgment
falls upon man for something in him we
cannot abide. An example We have in
King james concerning the death Of Henry
the Fourth of France. One said he was
killed Tor his diSsouteness. anothe, said lie
was killed for turning his religion. No.
says King james, who could not abide
fighting, lie was killed for permitting duels
in his kingdom.'-T'aJie TaR of John
Hclden.
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DIvIsIpILITY.-Thc relative position OF
the heavenly bodies, as seen through n
telescope, are marked 10y fine lines of wire
that cross each other 1T light angles. 1t is
necessary that these lines should he exceed.
'ngly fine, otle wise, heing magntied by
the eye glass, they would have an apparent
thickness that would render them inapplca
bie tothe purpose. The spiders web WAS for
merly used, but rs the power of the glasses
WAS very much increased, these were found
to be too coarse.
In The early part Of the present century,
Dr. Nallaston succeeded in obtaining wire
Tor this purpose. that did not exceed the
lo,o00th part of an inch in diameter. 1t
Is SAID that quantity of this wire, equal in
bulk 10 common rifle ball. would reach
from New York 10 New Orleans. Thi. wire
Is made OF platinum, and the nrocess by
winch IT Is made is very ingenious. The
doctor had platinum wire drawn ont as fine
n possible, then drawn through the axis oi
4 shial. glass tube, into which melted silver
WAS poured. he silver II q platinum now
!nrm one wire, winch WAS again dawn ont
a> line rs possible. The whole Wa, next
the silver, but ieft the platinum wire so lin.
that II could not be seen with The naked
eye.
line organized worlds afford still more
striking Evidence OF ibc eAtlemc diyi,ihiii.
ty OF mater.
The blood which flows in the vel of
animals is not, as II appears To hc, uniform
ilnid, bui Is composed of small r. gubuie,
hoailng IN a transparent fluid called serum.
In The human species the diameter Of these
globulcS Is about the 4,OOUlh of an inch.
aud consequently in n drop of blood that
would hang suspended from the point of a
hne needle there would he no less than a
m'ihon of these gobules. But animaculie
lavr been discovered that are smaller than
these globule; if these have ciobules Of
blood that bear the same proportion to the
size "i their bodies as the globues of our
blood do lc the size of our bodies. by what
process shall we arrive ut numbers sulIi
clentIy expressive TO convey AN accurate
idea OF the minuteneSS of these globules!
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THE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
BY CAVIS tE TRIMMER.
TOP. VERNON, Associate Editor.

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Money may be reinitted through postmasters ut
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Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. and
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adjoining districts, aud offers an admirable medium
ss our friends to reach customers.
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Blanks, Law and Equity, continually ON hand
or prin cd TO order.
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Astronomers say that if common ball
were fired from the Earth at Saturn. it
would hc lsO years getting there. 1t that
event, Professor John Phoenix thinks the
people Of Saturn wonld have ample time to
dodge the shot.
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The chap WHO took the thread Of life 10
sew the rent Of his house has gone west
and Invented a patent point for cross eyed
needles.
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PER AHHUM.
NO. 6.
YORK.
How SOME PEorLE LIVE IN New

low SOME PEorLE LIVE IN NEW .ul
"A special committee of the legisla.
are now investigating the construction q.
tne tenant houses, so called, in the city OF
New York. From "a report of their first
days investigation we make the following
extract:
The company then proceeded TO inspect
No. Fl Cherry street. This building was
not erected for tenement house. but NAV
be so called on account Of its being vary
large and capable Of accommods;inv 81
large lumber Of families. The house was
IN very filthy condition, the yard being
crowded with old sheds and heaps Of dirt
and ashes varying from three to eve feet
IN height; the stoop and hall lay half un-
der the same, and the odor from the. slops
and garbage thrown out by the tenants is
sickening From this bnildiug the com.
mittee proceeded to Nos. a6 and 3s Cherry
street, (rear) known as East aud West
Gotham Courts. These buildings extend
back from the street some $50 feet, and are
i've stories in height. The alley way j.
about 8 feet wide, aud beneath il are the
waterclose,s, which are lighted by iron
gratings extending along the court In
several parts Of ;liis under.cellar-for SO il
may be called-we noticed water from one
to two feet deep, and the effect Of the fetid
exhalations that arise therefrom is almost
sutiocating to person unused to such at.
.aosphere.
"Ihe halls arc about six feet square, with
narrow winding stairways two fee, three
inches in width, ascending circular wise.
The occupants Of these houses have each
two small rooms. one II BY IA. with bed.
room attached z by IA feet. and from The
narrowness Of the alley, and the great
height of the building, the rooms are very
dark. In these courts over l.IOO persons
reside; there are goo families and over SIX
ty persons in esch division; there are in
one room IL persons. The rent asked for
these apartments varies from 81 SO to &c
per month. The owner of the building is
Silas Wood. uho derives an incoms from
their rent of $4,000 per anpu,n. In .he
case OF fire the loss of life would be awful, for
1t would be impossible for more than one.
quarter OF tile occupants to escape They
complain of It's being very sickly in these
courts, and one Of the tenants who has re-.
sided in the building fronting on Cherry
street says that in summer there is not less
than one week carried to his las. resting
place from within these walls"
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SuLrncR FOR TREEs.-Eigh, years ago
last spring the "borer" attacked several To-.
Gust trees, which were backward and sick
Iy. sci to work and Immediately trim.
med them, shaved off the rough outer bark
from the ground TO short distance above
the first limb, and then scraped and wash.
ed the branches with an alkaline lev To re.
move the scurf, destroy the larv;e ofinsects,
and promote a more free contact with tie
atmosphere. then took sharp bit and
bored hole in each tree close TO the
ground, and extending to the ceulre of each
trunk. These filled with common -four
OF sulphur. closing them with thin wooden
disks, and sealing them over with WAX to
exclude the air. The effect of this treat
ment was magical. The borer disappear.
cd; the foliage soon expanded, and a>sum-
ed deep rIch color, and during the sea.
son there was an unusual deposit or in.
crease of woody matter. Sulphur, believe,
is hut one of many other agents which
m:SA; be apple! wi;li success ~ agriculture
and horticulture. We want more cxpcri.
meHtS G: this character. in order TO extend
our know ledge, for; in my opinion. there is
remedy for every disease, il We knew
where 10 find it, both for the vegetable and
animal kingdoms. The sulphur placed ~
The trees was no doubt taken mp by the sap.
and distributed through all their cells. IL
IS necessary that sharp bit should be EN-
ploycd for boring the holes. so n, to cut
clean through The minute tubes. and not
h'uiSe them. IN order TO let the sap how
freely, whic! it otherwise would if a duh
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GRAPHIC DELINEATIoS OF THE MIsER1Es
AND EFFECTS OF lNTEMrERANCE-T fol.
loving Is thenoSt graphic delineation of the
mlS'ries and effects Of intempcrance that
we have ever seen is from the arm
ments advanced hy certain citizens of Port.
age county. Ohio, in memorial TO the Ler-
iSlatuie on the subject:
"And yet its march Of ruin is onward
stlli! II reaches abroad to olhers-inyades
Tho family and social ci'clcs--and spread,
woe and sorrow all around. |, cuts down
Youth IN IFS vigor-manhood in lis strength
and age in lis weakness. 1t breaks the
fathers heart-bereave. the doaling moth
distinguishes natural atlcction-erase,
conJnSn iove-bIots ont iIial attachment
-bIights parental h"pe-nud brings down
mourning age III sorrow TO the grave. |,
produces weakness, not strength; sickness.
not health; death, not life. 1t makes wive,
widowS-chIidien Orphans fathers iieuds
and all OF them paupers and berrars.
1t halls ievers-ieed, rhcum tism-nurseS
gout-welcomes cpidemics- invites chole
ra-Impaits peStlleuce, and embraces con
sumpiIonS. 1t covers the land with idle.
ness, poverty, disease and crime. Ii fills
your jails-supplies your aim, hons"
and demands your a,yIums. II engenJer.
cont tover>ie,-los,crs ounrrels-,nI chcr,
i>hes riui-. 1t con,cmns nw-snnrps o..
der-a.d loves MODS. II cr,wJs yomr
pcnetn,iaicS furnishes tho y;c,in.
Tor your scaiiold>. |, is the life blood Of
the gamblcr-thc alimcnt Of the coun,sr.
ftiIer-,he prop of tho hiyhwa,mnn. and
the su,,,or, of ',o ,,,;l,.;,,l, i.''' '''"
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You say, VI. Souugle~, that Mr.. Jacobs
was your tutor! Does the court under
stand from tlis ihat you received your
education from him' No, stree. lie
taught me to play ON the French horn. He
taught me to looi-hcucc. | call him my
tutor.
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FoREIGY SILVER CoISs-We learn that
the Finance Committee Of the u. S. Senate
have matured project designed to lead to
the gradual abandonment and ultimate
rejection of the small Spanish silver coins
as part OF the circulating medium. and that
1t will forthwith be submitted TO legislative
action. The result of the experiments TO.
ascertain the value Of the Spanish sixteenth.
eight, and quarter of dollar, is reported
10 the committee rs indicating the first 10
be worth fraction over five cents. the
second about eleven, and the quarter be.
tween twenty-three and twenty-four cents.
The bill they have framed is believed to
provide, that the existing laws authorizing
the circulation and establishing value Of
all foreign coins, except the Spanish fraction
al divisions Of the dollar, be at once repeal
ed. As to these fractions, they allow them
TO be circulated for two wears at the value
of 5, 10, and 30 cents respectively, and
thereafter they are 10 be excluded altopcther
from circulation. But at the mint they will
at all times be received as bullion, and
paid for by weight. The effect Of this will
doubtless be, that they will be collected
and sent TO the mint as the best market,
the price there ohtainable exceeding their
value in circulation. This result will be
promoted also by classifying them with our
own decimal divisions. The public having
then but one measure Of value or price in
small transactions, will have no motive for
persisting to retain in use the small Span
ish coins; and thus that most ANNOYING
imposition, by some dealers Systematically
practised, and chiefly to the prejudice Of
the poor, of filching OF cent from every
purchaser unprovided with even change,
will be efecinally gotten rid of-N. Y.
Journal Of Commerce.
CraIoUs MECHANICAL DucK.-The au.
tomaton peacock of Gen Dcgeunes, a
French officer of the 18th century. nroba.