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Counterfeit Liquors.

The London Times notices, in list Of joint
stock companies in Paris, formally sanctioned
by the perfect of police, The name of The
''General company of Fictitious or Counler.
felt Wines" The Company boldly state that
no grape juice or alcohol'is used, but do not
specify The ingredients. The article is sold
at from four TO eight sous per quart, and the
company has capital Of six million france.
These liquors are, of course, sold as genuine.
Our markets are flooded with spurious liquors,
and no one can tell when ne buys the genu.
inc article. The Springfield Republican says
that an informant of that paper was on visit
10 friend, liquor dealer III a western city,
and, IN the space of an hour, he saw him
transform barrel of high wines into "pure
French brandy" The barrel was stamped
with the custom house brand, and had all
the appearance of II sea voyage. The man,
ufacturer poured in the basis Of the ingredi-
eats Hhe high wines,) and then, having
scented it with about two ounces of the oil Of
cognac, added a pail.full of compound
which he had mixed from one bucket TO an
other, and which was 10 give to it its tasle
and color. The component parts Of this last
mixture were absolute poisons, directly des-
tined TO sap the energy, and finally destroy
the life of the poor victims 10 habit that
leads them 10 the use of such s,imulants.-
When such facts are taken into considera.
lion, there IS no wonder that q prohibitive
law is demanded for the suppression of the
traffic.
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FEW WORDS ON Dogs.

AT this season of the year much fear 10
entertained for dogs becoming rabid or mad
from the supposed effects of bot weather.
Statistics of rabies go 10 show that, CONTRARY
10 popular prejudice, il occurs most frequent
ly in cold counties, and durnig autumn.
winter and spring, (Trans. Am. Med Ass.
1860 In Prussia, from 1910 TO iSi9-
1858 persons died from bydrophobia. (Sss
Edinburg Med. and Sur. Jour. ls2i.) Ii il
of frequent occurrence ID Russia, Poland,
N Northern Europe, and in the Northern States
of this Union. DR.. Mease says: "During
several hard winter months, within my re.
membruncs in this city, (Pbladeiphia,) es-
pecalIy 1879 and 1880, dogs very common
ly went mad" Rabies seems 10 be rafe
disease in tropical climates. DR.. Savary
says: "The disease is not known in the
island Of Cyprus or Syria" Larey and Vol.
ney say: aft is never seen in Egypt" Dr..
Barrow says: at is extremely rare al the
Cape OF Good Hope, and in the interior of
Caffra,ia." Drs. Hamilton and Mosely both
say that 'thers was not single case in Ja-
maIca for period Of fifty years previous 10
1888" The prevaler ce of rabies IN the
island Of Creta is in consequence of the oc-
cupaticn OF the inhabitants, who are dog
fanciefs, and the breeding OF choice varie-
ties of dogs for expectation is source Of
considerable revenue.
The bite of an enraged dog Gas when fight
ing) not affected with hydrophobia, may pro-
duce hydrophobia ia man, {see Morgsgni,
DR.. LIE Dunk, DR.. Pipsombe, DR.. Newman,
&c. &c) The irue cause of the disease il,
The dog is not known, but the most probabse
causes are want of proper food anc pure
water. An abundan! supply of cold water
Tor dogs would be a greater protection agains,
hydrophobia than "muzzlss," which ere
worn only part OF the year, while hydro
phobia occurs almost as frequently in winter
as in summer 1t is a common practice aud
very serious mistake, when person re-
ceives bite from dog supposed 10 be rab-
i'd, 10 kill lhe dog; this should in no case be
done, bu. secure the animal and keep it in O
safe place unlilit is fully known whether tho
W" 'o5 'Se'J AIOSo dio
subject 10 fits, when they foam al the mouth
and run around barking ID strange aud
somewhat dangerous manner, and persons
are frequently bitten during such paroxysm..
Such bites are dangerous, certainly, bu, not
necessary fatal. HydroPhobia, which is fa-
lal may or may rot follow such bites, but IL
the dog is killed the awful dread and unceT.
tainry of that irghlful disease hangs over
the unfortunate sufferer, lengthening his
agony until death itself would be a relief
whereas if the dog is kept and does not be-
come rabid, the mind is at once relieved
from all anxiety. Hence, as matter of
prudence and relief 10 the patient, the life
of the dog should not Immediately be ia.
ken.-Ledger.
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Who Is u Gentleman I

A gentleman is not merely person &C.
quainled with certain forms and convention.
ailies of life, easy and self possessed in
The world without awkwardness, and free
from habits which are vulgar aud in bad
taste. A gentleman 10 something much be.
yond this. At the base of all his ease anc
refinement, aud tact and power of pleasing,
is the same spirit which lies OF the root OF
every christian virtue. 1t IS the thoughtful
desire of doing in every instance TO others as
he would that others should do unto him.
He is constantly thinking, not indeed how he
may give pleasure 10 others for the mere
sense of pleasing, but how he can show them
respect, how he may avoid hurting their
feelings. When he is in society he scrupu-
lously ascertains the position OF every one
with whom he is brought IN contact, that he
may give 10 each his honor due. He studies
how he may avoid touching upon any sub.
jeot which may needlessly hurt their feelings
how he may abstain from any allusion
which may call up disagreeable or ofen-
sivs association. A gentleman never aludes
10, never appears conscious of any personal
defect, bodily deformily, inferiority of talent,
of rank, of reputation, in the persons in
whose society he is placed. He never as.
sumes any uperiority--never ridicules. new
er boasts, never makes display Of his own
powers, or rank, OF advantages; never in.
dulges in habits which may be offensive 10
others.
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EVERY Man His Own INsURER The fo

EVERY Man His Own IssuRER.-The fol-.
lowing suggestions TO housekeepers, mer.
chants, and those erecting new buildings,
may not be valueless:
Keep matches in metal boxes, and ou, of
the reach of children. Wax matches are
particularly dangerous and should be kept
out of the way of rats and mice. Fill fluid
or camphene lamps only by daylight, and
never near fire or light. Far better dis.
pense with them altogether. Do not depos-
it coal or wood ashes in wooden vessels, and
be sure burning cinders are ex,iuguished
before deposited. Never take light or ash
es uHder stair case. Never take light to
examine a gas meter. Be careful never to
place gas or other lights near curtains.-
Never take a light into a closet. Do not
read in bed BY candle or lamp light. Place
glass shades over gas lights in show win.
dows, and do not crowd goods near them.
No smoking should be permitted in ware.
houses or barns. Where furnaces are used,
the principal register should always be fas.
tened open. Build all chimneys from the
earth. Stove pipes should be al least four
inches from woodwork, guarded by tin, and
enter substantial brick chimneys horizon.
tally.
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Good Taste In Dress.

Ii was an observation of Lavater, says a
writer in The Boston Post, that persons tabit-
ually attentive 10 dress display The same reg
ulariiy in their domestic affairs. "Young
women," Gays he, "who neglect their toilet,
and manifest little concern about their appar.
el, indicate in This very particular a disregard
of order; mind but little adapted to The de-
tails of housekeeping deficiency Of taste
and of the qualities that inspire love. The
girl OF eighteen who desires not 10 please,
will be shrew and a slut at twenty-five"
II is great mistake in women 10 suppose
that thay may safely throw off all care about
dress with their celbacy, as if husbands had
less taste than suffers or as if wives had less
need than mislresses of the advantage of ell
egant and tasteful apparel. An old writer
says, with hearty emphasis, "It is one of
the moral duties Of every married woman
always 10 appea, we'll dressed IN the presence
of her husband" To effect this, however,
expensive attire is by no means essential
The simplest robe may evince the wearer's
taste as truly as the most costly gown of
"moire antique" But how rare quality is
good taste! In the matter of proprieiy and
harmony OF color, there is room for lrea-
Iise, which has yet 10 be written by some
one thoroughly proficient in the aslhetics OF
dress. Even the simpler laws, though pretty
generally understood, are constantly neglect
ed. Some of these canons have been laid
down, in most sensible manner, by The au.
thor of an English poem OF the last century.
To bruneles he recommends high colors--
rose, orange. or even scarlet 10 rosy-cheeked
girls he permits blue and the color of the sea;
and administers caution 10 pale women
against vernal hues.
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DroUgham on the Press.

In the course of Il discussion in the British
House of Lords, on an article in the London
Examiner" alleged TO be libel on Lord
Piunkett, Bishop OF Tuam, Lord Brougham
remarked that, with regard 10 the article
which he had read, it was, no doubt, strictly
speaking, breach of the privileges of their
Lordships' House but of what use would
it be TO contend with the press in such ca
ses as these! He remembered, on one oc-
casion his friend, Mr.. Marriott, was repre-
sented in newspaper as having said, at
public meeting in the city, that he would
not go in procession to that ''d--d old
church," meaning some particular church
in the city OF London. He felt much an-
noyed at the circumstance, and wrote let.
ter 10 the editor, in which he stated that his
actual words were, that he would not go TO
that "damp old church." "A laugh The
next day there appeared in the ne ewspaper
a statement 10 this effect -" We have given
place in our columns 10 the contradiction
which MIR. Marriott has made but at the
same time, we think it right to say that we
have referred the matter 10 our reporter who
is certain that he used the words id old
church, and TO add that we have the mos.
perfect confidence in the accuracy of our
reporter" [Great Laughter The gentle
mau complained TO him of that treatment,
and he Q.ord Broughaml recommended him
in future not TO be too hasty in contradicting
any statement that might appear in news.
paper.
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MBIA COUNTY, PA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER TO- 1857.

ers 10 prove worthy of the hoUors and emol'
umenis of their calling. They owe it to
themselves, 10 sustain by their Influence and
approval, the rigid but just scrutiny, provi-
ded by the law, whose tendency and OBJ
ject is 10 thin their ranks of prelenders, and
open wider aud richer field for the merito-
rious, who alone should be permitted to Co.
cupy 1t. Teachers have made extraordinary
efforts towards self.improvemenl within the
last three years, and wonderful reiorma-
ton has been tie result. The coming three
years are radiant with promise for them; and
they can labor with more of heart and hope
than heretofore, under the we'll grounded
conviction that they are slowly but surely
building up an independent and honorable
profession, that shall command the respect
and the patronage Of the public. But 10 do
this rsqnires that they should be true in their
allegiance to themselves and continue 10
practically lest their capacity in the crucible
of The school room; seeking no earlier or
higher reward than stern experience may
justify. This may be tedious now, bu, the
honest common sense of The people OF
Pennsylvania will no, fail in the end, to ap-
preciate and reward the deserving teacher:
and will as certainly discard the incompetent
and unworthy. Teachers who are conscious
Of improperly holding the permanent cerlifi
cate, should seek and early opportunity 10
surrender it, and receive one that shall be a
true criterion of ,hei: professional qualifica.
lions. They will be gamers in the outcome
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PHILOSOPHY IN COURT.

We observe that a prize is offered this year
by Harvard College Of $500 10 any pupil
who shall be decided by the Corporation to
have attained the greatest skill in mathe-
matics. The person who offers the prize,
which is only proposed for this year, is Uri-
all A. Boyden, civil engineer of Boston.
This gentleman was concerned in suit
last year, brought by him in the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts, against the Atlantic
Cotton Mills of Lawrence, which was of a
very interesting character, but has never so
far as we are aware, come before the public.
MIR. Boyden had agreed TO make turbine
water wheel for the Atlantic Cotton Mills,
which should save or utilize, as it is term
ed, seventy six per cent. of the water power !;
If he succeeded in saving that per centage,
he was TO have $4,000, if not, he was TO
have nothing; and for every one per cent.
above that he was TO receive 1880 MIR.
Boyden went to work and produced wheel
which saved, as he affirmed .ineig sir per
cent. The labor involved in this suit NAV
be imagined from the fact that MIR. Boyden
spent more than $4,000 in the mere mathe-
matlcal calculations. The Company had
provided no sufficient means of testing the
question practically, and as the per centage
claimed by MIR. Bcyden was altogether un-
precedented, they contested the claim.
The case went into Court. No jury on the
globe could comprehend the question, and
the learned Bench also found himself en-
tirely at fault The case was accordingly
referred 10 three well-chosen parties Judge
Joel Parker, of Cambridge; Professor Benia-
min Pierce, the mathematician, and james
B. Francis, of Lowell, the agent of the united
companies of Lowell in the management of
the common water power. Professor Park
er furnished the law, Mr. Francis the pIac-
tical acquaintance with hydraulics, and
Professor Pierce the mathematical kuowl-
edge. That learned geometer had 10 dive
deep and study long before the problem was
settled. But settled it was, at last, and in
MIR. Boyden's favor, to whom the referees
awarded the sum of eight thousand seven
hundred dollars. Mr. Boyden had previous.
ly constructed turbine wheels which utilized
respectively the extraordinary amounts of
eighty-nine and ninety per cent; the last
wheel utilizing nlnety-six per cent, exceeds
anything of the kind that was ever made
The wheel is one hundred and four and
three quarter inches in diameter York
Poet
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s U n b A Y.

-.-.- u ID A Y.
One more week OF care and labor
Has Iazily cfept away;
To the weary word, rest aud quiet
Are sent down from Heaven to-day.
The sun SHINES with holy splendor,
The wind is little and mild,
The Trees to and fro heaye as gently
AS The breast oil sleeping child.
Scattered clouds are pacing slowly
Over gliitering fields OF blue
And often they seem TO torn snd wait,
AS church-going people do.
The bells are al morning service
In the churches all around;
They ring not their weekday clangot
But soilened, Sunday sound.
Alb, ring they sadly or merriIy,
Ring they loud or ever so low,
They can mol still the struggle
That the living spirits must know.
Ia sunshine and in stormy weather
BY night as we'll as by day,
The soul must still be striving,
Striving, laborng ull away;
Never feel the noisy passions
The peace Of Sabbath day.
Yet shall there come in the future
a Sabbath for The soul;
The bells shall not ring IN the morning,
Slowly, sadly, shall they toll;
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SPoTs ON THE SuN--According to obser.
vations made by M. Rudolphe Wolf, Direc-
tor of the Observatory of Berne, it appears
that the number of spots on the sun have
their maximum and minimum at the same
time as the variations of the needle. 1t fol-
lows from this, that the causes of these two
changes on the sun and on the earth must
be the same, and conseqendy, from this dis
covery, it will be possible to solve several
important problems, in connection with
these well-known phenomena, the solution
of which has hitherto never been attempted
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-09-16

RACE BETWEEN WAR STEAMERs-On return
ing 10 England, alter the failure TO lay the
telegraph cable, trial of speed took place
between her Britannia Majesly's ship Aga
memnon and the Uurled States steam frigates
Niagara and Susquehanna. They started a,
nine O'Clock in The morning, and by five
O'Clock in the evening the Agamemuon was
so far behind that her smoke only could be
seen, the Suseuehanna was about seven or
eight miles behind. The Agamemnon is
said 10 be the "crack" vessel of the English
navy, easily making eleven or twenty knots
per hour.
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out The advantages Of either experience or
normal training.
Private Eramifdtio These have been
tolerated heretofore 10 an injurious extent,
and have consumed the time and seriously
crippled the movements Of SuperntendenIs
The regularly appointed public examin atoms
are open to all applicants, and it is their duty
10 present themselves in their proper district,
Supennendenls should refuse TO make pri-
vaie examinations, excert for special rea.
sons, and not then unless applicants bring a
written request from at least three members
of the board of directors who desire TO en-
ploy them.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-09-16

The Missouri ELECrIoN--The official Ie-
port shows that Col. Stewart, the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Missouri, is eIecled
by 324 majority. The official vote stands,
For Stewart, 47,975; for Rollins, 1851. In
announcing the election OF Col. Stewart, The
81. Louis Leader, of the 9th, says:
"The Democratic party has beaten The
coalition, and remains on the field, in spite
of the rage and disappointment of the ene-
mics of the State and of the South every
where, clearly ascenained majority OF The
whole PEOPLE of Missouri"
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How TO EDUCATE CHILDREN. Halls Jou

How To EDUCATE CHILpRES.-Hall's jour
nal of Health contains the following sugges-
tive paragraph, which ought TO be remem-
bered and acted upon by every parent and
guardian in the land. The writer says:
"Iad the choice of only four things 10
be taught my children, they should be: To
sing well, 10 read well, to write well, and to
sketch well. Protection in these will earn
their possessor a maintenance in any coun-
try, and will enable him to amuse himself
or entertain company, whether it be under
rock in the desert or upon crss in the
sea- ---.--. =
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.- rF Hero is gem from Dombey that will
never grow dun:
"She died." said Polly, "and was never
seen again, for she was buried in the ground,
where the trees grow"
:'The cold ground 2" said lhe child shud.
dering again.
"No, the warm ground" replied Polly,
"where The little seeds are turned into beau
iiful flowers, and where The good people turn
into angels and fly away TO Heaven"
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D A happy comment on the annihilaton
Of time and space by locomotive agency is
as follows.
ga little child who rode fifty miles in a
railroad train then took coach TO her uncle's
house, some FIVE miles further, was asked on
her srrival if she came by The cars. I'VE
came little ways in The cars she replied,
'and then all the res, of the way in car
siage."
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q The price asked for Mount Vernon
and the Tomb OF Washington is $500, ,o00--
1t has been proposed in Virginia that the
Freemasons make up the money necessary
TO purchase it by the subscription Of Que dol.
lar or less from each individual
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II An intelligen, lady, whose little toy

u An intelligent lady, whose little hoy
was beginning 10 swear, anxious 10 express
10 the child her horror OF profanity, hit upon
the novel process of washing out his mouth
with soap suds whenever he swore. 1t was
all efectual cure. The boy understood his
mothers sense of the corruption of an oath,
which, with the tasle of the suds, produced
the desired result. The practice if universal
ly adopted, would raise the price of soap.
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w A young man, desirous of marrying
a daughter of we'll known merchant, after
many attempts TO broach the subject 10 the
old gentleman, in very suffering manner
commenced--"Mr. o., are you willing
TO let me have your daughter Janew "of
course am" gruffiy replied the old man !;
"and wish youwould get some other likely
fellows to marry the rest of themw
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Suggestions of the suggestions 10
Superinlendents this month will interest
Teachers; and their co. o.operation in The views
of the Department, and the movements of
Superintsn dents, is respectfully invited. The
success Of the school system, and the dig
nifty and prosperity of the profession, depend
upon The impartial fidelity of the Supenn-
tendents, aud tho voluntary efforts Of Teach.
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COMMON SCHOOL MATTERS.
From the Penn'a School Journal for September.
Monthly Decisions and Instructions Of the
state superintendent.
DECISIONS.

Deduction for prompt payment Of tar.-Di-
rectors have no authority 10 allow deduc.
lion of five per cent, or any other amount,
for prompt paymen, of school TAX. That pro-
vision of the law of ls49 was omitted in the
act of 1854. The collectors warrant is broad
enough and strong enough to ensure the
paymen, of all taxes that the directors do not
choose 10 exonerate.
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IL The bar-rooms in New York are clo-
sing on Sundays. No cocktails, bitters, or
eye-openers Even the German lager-beer
dealers have to succumb. One fellow put
over his shop-"No admittance on Holy
Sabbath, except on Private Matters" and
in German, "Hlntere Thuer Often for Meme
Boarders.u .sr-a
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II In France, all ladies who do not pos.
sess decided ample fortune, make il point
to learn some practical art of business, which
in cases of reverses Of fortune they may use
ii to obtain living.
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Il Flowers have bloomed in our prai-
ries and passed away, from age to age, un-
seen by man, and multitudes of virtues have
been acted out in obscure places, without
note or admiration. The sweetness of both
has gone up to heaven!
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a The best description of weakness we
have ever heard is contained in wag's que
~ to his wife when she gave him some chick
en- broth, if she would try 10 coax that
chicken 10 wade through the soup orce mote.
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II A Nebraska editor announced his
plane for celebrating The 4lh OF July:
"We shall luxuriale over our dinner until
about O'Clock, when we shall 60 and swim
for half an hour, 'leler' for another half hour,
and then pitch pennies until dark. In the
evening we shall go accounting"