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ANIMALS AND THE FACULTY OF
REASON,

So many facts have beef recorded
in various works, showing that ami
mails possess some degree of reason,
that 1 will here give only two or three
instances authenticated by Rengger,
and relating to American monkeys,
which stand low in the order. He
states that, when he first gave eggs to
his monkeys, they smashed them,
and thus lost much of their contents;
afterwards they gently hit one end
against some hard body, and picked
off bits Of shell with their fingers
After cutting themselves only once
with any sharp tool, they would not
touch il again, or would handle it with
the greatest care. Lumps Of sugar
were aften given them, wrapped up
paper, and Rengger sometimes put q
live wasp in the paper, so that, in
hastily unfolding it, they got stung 4;
after this had once happened, they
always held the package to their ears
to detect any movement within. Any
one who is not convinced by such
facts as these, and by what he may
observe with his own dogs, that ami
mails can reason, would not be con-
WINGED by anything that could add.
Nevertheless, I will give one case with
respect to dogs, as it rests on two dis
tinct observations, and can hardly de-
pend on the modification of any in
stfnct. Mr.. COlquhoun winged two
ducks, which fell on the opposite side
of a stream; his retriever tried to
bring over both at once, but did not
succeed she then, though never be-
fore known to ruffle feather, deliber-
ately killed one, brought over the
other, and returned for the dead bird.
Col. Hutchinson relates that two pat
ridges were shot at once, one being
killed, the other wounded; the latter
ran away and was caught by the re-
triever, who, on her return, came
across the dead bird ''she stopped,
evidently greatly puzzled, and, after
one or two trials she could not take it
up without permitting the escape Of
the winged bird, she considered mo-
ment, then deliberately murdered it
by giving it a severe crunch, and af-
terwards brought away both together.
This was the only known instance of
her having willfully. injured any
game" Here we have reason, though
not quite perfect, for the retriever
might have brought the wounded
bird first, and returned Tor the dead
one, as in the case of the wild ducks.
The muleteers in South America say,
''I will not give you the mule whose
step is easier, but ia nldsrdciOndp-
the one that reasons best; and Hum
boldt adds, 'seThis popular expression,
dictated by long experience, combats
the system of animated machines
better, perhaps, than all the argu-
ments of speculative philosophy"
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Whole No. 1864
THE aOLn LIRRRTr RFII. ,,

A correspondent suggests the pub
1eatiOn Of an account of the 1sOld
liberty bell" now in Independence
hal, and in conformity 20 his request,
the following extract from "Watson's
Annals of Philadelphia is furnished:
The fact concerning the bell first
set up in the steeple Of we regard its
after history has something peculiar.
1t was Of itself not little singular
that the bell, when first set up, should
in its colonial character have been
described with the mOttO-'PrOclaim
liberty throughout the land, and to
all the people thereofp But it is
stranger, and deserves to be often re-
membered, that it was the first in
Philadelphia, and from the situation
OF Congress, then legislating beneath
its peals the first in the United States.
20 proclaim, by ringing, the news of
the declaration OF Independence p
The coincidents are certainly peeu-
liar, and could be amplified by a pO-
etle imagination into many singular
relations,
1.-The bell was imported from Eng
land in 1852, for the State House, but
having met with some accident in the
trial ringing after it was landed, it
lost its tones received in the Father.
land, and had to be eonformed to ours
by recasting. This was done under
the direction of Isaac Norris, ESQ,
the then Speaker of the Colonial As
sembly, and to him we are probably
indebted for the remarkable motto so
indicative of its future use. That il
WAS adopted from scripture, (Leviti-
Gus XXV:10). may TO many be still
more impressive, as being also the
voice of God, of that Great Arbiter,
by whose signal providence we after
wards attained to that liberty and
self-gOvernment which bids fair to
emaneipate our whole continent, and
in time to influence and ameliorate
the condition Of the subjects Of arbi-
trary government throughout the
civilized world.
at was stated in the letters of Isaac
Norris that the bell got cracked by
stroke Of the clapper when hung up
to try the sound. Pass & Stow under
took to reeast it, and on this circum-
stance Mr.. Norris remarks: 'srhey
have made a good bell, which pleased
me much that we should first venture
upon and succeed in the greatest bell,
for aught know, in English Ameri-
ea-surpassing, too (he says), the i'm
ported one, which was too high and
brittle sufficiently emblematie.( The
weight was two thousand and eighty
pounds"
At the time the British were expect
ed to occupy Philadelphia, in III the
bell, with Others, was taken from the
city to preserve them from the enc
my. At former period, say in IVA,
the base of the woodwork of the
steeple was found in a state Of decay,
and it was deemed advisable to take
it down, leaving only small belfry
to cover the bell for the use of the
town clock. 1t so continued until
public feeling being much in favor Of
returning the venernted building to
its former character las seen when it
became the Hall of Independence, a
new steeple was again erected, as
much like the former as eircumstan-
ees would admit.
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Work During Morning Hours.

The author of "Pieadilly Papers" !"
IN London Society, says:
al know a remarkably able and fer
tile reviewer, who tells me that though
over HE midnight oil he can lubrieate
articles with q cortain sharpness and
force, yet for quietly looking At q sub
ject ali around, and doing justice to
all its belongings, he wanted the quiet
morning hours. LaneelOt Andrews
saws, he is no true scholar who goes
out Of his house before twelve o'clock.
Similarly an editor once told me that
though his town contributors sent
him the brightest papers, he always
detected a peculiar mellOwness and
finish about the men who wrote in
the country. / knew an important
crown official whose hours were from
ten to three. He had to sign his
name to papers; and as a great deal
depended upon his signature, he was
very cautious and chary how he gave
it. After three O'Clock struck, no be-
seeehing powers of suitOrs or solicitors
could induce him to do a stroke Of
work. He would not eontaminate
the quality of his work by doing too
much of it. He would not impair his
rest by continuing his work. And so
he fulfilled the duties of his office for
exactly fifty years before he retired
on full pay from the service of the
country. And when impatient peo-
pie blame lawyers for being slow, and
offices for closing punetually, and
shops for shutting early, and the wider
adoption of our day to periods Of holi-
days and rest, they should recollect
that these things are the lessons Of
experience and the philosophy of So
eiety and life."
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-08-23

The protracted spell Of an easy money
market which has prevailed for months
past, in which there has been such a
light demand for money in legitimate
trade, has caused a good deal OF specu-
lative remark. The Philadelphia Ledger
says:
While the cause of cheap money is
made plain enough by the fact of its
great abundance, the anxious inquiry in
many quarters as to why it is so abun-
dant still remains unanswered. It
is abundant because il Is not used,
and is not used because there is little
promise of profit in its use, and great
danger of positive loss by investing It in
any Of the ordinary pursuits of the time.
AL business is depressed, and prices. for
a year past have been tending to lower
figures. While this state Of things con-
tinues enterprise will be dormant and
production will be confined to the mar
rowest limits that will meet current de-
mands. Nobody will produce for future
market for fear that when that time
comes round there may be cheaper pro-
duetiOn and lower prices. TRUs is all
enterprise held in check. When it shall
become generally apparent tbatwe have
touched lowest prices, and next week
and next month shall show them to be
steadily higher, then will everybody be
ready TO produce to-day TO sell at a
future day, and then will there be a de-
mand for money, and that demand, by
making it scarce, Will quietly putup the
rate Of interest.
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IS OUR NOON INHABITED :

An English writer, speaking on this
entertaining subject, says: The ques-
ton is naturally suggested whether
our own moon, which is but quarter
of a million of miles from US, ought
not first to be examined for signs of
life, or, at least, OF being fitted for the
support Of life. When the telescope
was first invented, it is certain that
astronomers were more hopeful Of
recognizing such signs in the moon
than IN any other celestial body. As
telescopes of greater power were con-
structed, our satellite was searched
with a more and more eager scrutiny.
And many long year elapsed be-
fore astronomers would accept the
conclusion that the moons surface is
wholly untitled for the support of any
Of those forms of life with which we
are familiar upon the earth. That
the belief in lunar men prevailed in
the popular mind long after astrono-
mers had abandoned it, is shown by
the eager eredulity with which the
story of Sir John Herschel's supposed
observations of the customs and man.
ners of the lunarians was accepted
6N6u hLuOuB WcI-cuuChlSU uCus
Yet astronomers have long known
full certainly that no forms Of life,
such as we are familiar with, can ex-
ist upon the moon. They know that,
if satellite has an atmosphere at all
that atmosphere must be so limited
in extent that no creatures we are ae-
quainted with could live in it. They
know that she has no oceans, seas or
lakes, neither clouds nor rains, and
that if she had, there would be no
winds to watt atmosphere from place
to place, or to cause the clouds to drop
fiatness upon the lunar fields,
They know also, that the moons
suaface is subjected alternately to a
cold far more intense that which
binds cur arctic regions in everlasting
frost, and to a heet compared with
which the fierce noon Of q tropical
day is as the freshness of a spring
morning. They search only over the
lunar disc for the signs of volcanic
action, feeling well assured that no
traces of the existanees will ever be
dafaofad in that daSOlafa orb
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-08-23

Opdyke, president and vice-president
of the Chamber of Commere, beware
of the subtitle suggestions of Mr.. Ma
thaniel Sands. Mr.. Dodge and Mr..
Opdyke have regulations which they
may lose; Mr.. Hall and Mr.. Con-
molly had regulations which they have
lost. The Chamber of Commerce,
in whitening the Court House frauds,
will blacken itself. 1t is a wise prov
erb which says thst they who touch
the pitch shall be defiled.
The case is plain. The public de-
mands the figures. When it gets
them it will judge for itself without
help or hindrance from the Chamber
of Commerce. The Chamber of Com
merce itself eannct judge without the
figures. Out with the facts Print
the accountsl Give US the horrible
footings! The people mean to sit up
on them in Committee of the whole.
"After that, cometh the judgment. y
Golden Age.
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THE ADVANTAGE OF PRINTING
Mr.. B., a well-knOwn metropolitan
printer, once told US that on one occa-
sion an old woman from the country
came into the printing Office with an
old Bible in her hand. 81 want, Z"
said she "that you should print it over
again. It's gittin' a little blurred,
sort of, and my eyes is not what they
was. How much do you aX?n
Fifty cents"
"Can you have it done in half an
hour? Wish you would-want to be
getting home. live a good way out
of town.
When the old lady went out he sent
around to the Office of the American
Bible Society, and purchased copy
for fifty cents.
"Lor' sakes a massa ~ exclaimed
the old lady when she came in to look
at it! chow good you've fixed it! I
never saw nOthin' so curious as what
printers isr'
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One of the best annedotes of Loren
20 Dow has. believe, never been in
print. 1t was related TO me by a gen
tleman whose father was a witness of
the scene. In a small town in West
ern New York lived a noted infidel,
Col. Root. There was no settled min
lister in the place, and the people were
dependent upon travelling preachers,
principally y Adetho1ists. Col. Root. a
man of fine education, familiar Will
Greek and Hebrew, made it a point 70
engage every new conner in an argu-
ment, from which he almost invaria-
bly, came OFF victorious. Many had
been Worsted in these encounters,
and preachers were beginning TO give
this place the go by, when Lorenzo
Dow appeared. Hearing Of the az
rival of another Methodist, Col. Root
proposed to his intimate friend, Mr..
Bush, that they should ego down to
the tavern and demolish this One.r
After a little preliminary skirmish-
ing, the Colonel dashed into the sub
ject Of Heaven, which he considered
one Of the weakest points of the
Christian faith, on account of the
different views expressed regarding it.
"You believe in place you call
Heaven, so of course you must know
all about it Tell us what kind of a
place it is" mo, L don't pretend to
know all about it.D "Weh, you
think something aboutit, don'tyOu GS''
Certainly, I have an idea of it.n
''Well, giYeus your idea; tell Us what
kind of a place your HedUeH is.n The
n-1.r, E..k1~,I
selves upon those of the questioner,
and in slow, deliberate tones, Lorenzo
Dow replied: Heaven, to my mind,
is broad, extended, beautiful plain,
lovely and pleasant to the view, and
where neither Root nor Bush can ever
grOw."-N. 7. Tribune Letter.
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Seienee Tor Common Schools.

We give below the substance of a
plan for teaching science in the COM
mon schools, which was lately SUBJ
mitted by Mr.. R. G. Morris to the
consideration of the London School
Board. The want of competent teach
ers and the cost Of apparatus have
hitherto stood in the way of all efforts
in this direction I; both these points
are sought to be met in the proposed
scheme. The subjects for study are
chemistry, heat, light, sound, cleo
tricity, magnetism, telegraphy, me-
chanics, hydrostatics, steam-engine,
geology, mentallurgy, botany, zoolo-
gy, animal physiology, health, etc.
In the matter of books it is recon-
mended that a committee be formed
to select, revise, and compile a full set
of suitable textbooks, which are to
be issued in a cheap form, bearing the
sanction of the committee. Concern
ing apparatus it is advised that a de-
pot be established where complete
sets, sufficient for illustrating the sci
enees mentioned, may be provided at
much below the usual rates. Each
set is to be limited in cost to one hun
dred pounds, and is to be divided into
ten cases at ten pounds each, single
case to becomplete for the illustration
of one or two subjects. The teacher
is to be a visiting one, going from
school to school, and giving one or
two hours instruction in each two or
three days in the week. In this way
a single teacher might attend to seven
or eight schools, taking the pupils
through three or four of the subjects
annually, and thus in three or four
years each school would have CON-
pleted the course. Separate apart
ments for scientific instruction are
advised, but if these are not to be had,
the instruction is to be given when it
will least interfere with the other
business of the school. An institu-
ton where teachers may have an OPP
portunity of acquiring practical
knowledge of their profession, and
where their qualifications fOr the
work may lie thoroughly tested, is also
recommended. Periodical examina-
ton, and a regular system of rewards
are likewise provided for in the plan.
The books and apparatus are to be
supplied by the Government, and the
teachers are to be paid by the schools,
with governmental assistance when
necessary.
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For the CHRoNIcLE.
Hush ! There are Voices Calling.

Hush there are voices calling,
Abroad In the silent night;
Ihear song as Of angels,
! listen with rapt delight.
The air Is afioat with music;
The earth is filed with song,
And fiute-like voices coming.
In charms Of happy song.
know tits no earthly music,
For its thrilling notes are borne
From the realms Of the dim. and distan
past,
Through the corridorsof time.
From the realms Of ofdistantdeam-land,- =
So far, yet near 70 me,
That feel q touch as Of snowy wings,
In that trancing melody.
/ feel a presence round me,
Lighting up all the gloom,
While the duslky shadows fleeing,
Proclaim that morn has come.
Hushi there are voice calling,
Abroad in the quiet night.
I hear a song as Of angels
I listen with rapt delight.
H. E. HART.
o., Aug, ISL.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-08-23
CITY MEAT MARKET,

RFTHE undersigned would res
M21N pectfully announce to the citi-
49, zens OF Warren and the vicinity
that he has opened Meat Market on Lib
erty Street, opposite f. &. Wisells Carriage
Factory, where he intends TO keep CO nstant-
ly on hand, all kinds Of fresh meats. and OF
as good quality as the country viii o adord.-
Ihave employed the services ofa good butch
er who has had long experiences In the busi-
ness, and who viii always be on hand TO at
tend to the wants of all customers. All or.
ders left for meats in the evening viii be
promptly attended 70, II desired can be de-
livered at their residences, or kept in re-
higeratOr Till called on.
June q. lS70-h L EMUEL DRAY.
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Oh, mighty King. unmeasured air, who hold
the earth poised in your graspi
Oh sacred hghti Oh holy maids that bear the
flaming bolts of Jove,
Arise, on wings OF brightness bornes and
burst upon my raptured sight
Come, goddess sisters, ye that on Oly ympus
snow-wreathed brow recline,
Or In old oceans secret meadS with sea
nymphs lead the mystic dance, ~
Or ye who I'LL your golden arms nom waters
Of the distant Nile. e. 8. 81
Or guard Mseotis' placid breast, or Mimas
shining, snow-charged clit; -.
Ohhear accept my Offering delighted with
my suppliRnt VOWS.
Chor1H.-(Of clouds, summoning each 9TH
TO obey the invocation)-
Clouds of never-eeasing flow,
From the ocean sounding low,
Clothed with beauty, now appear.
Glancing brightness far and near
From the rugged summit Of the lofty-tower-
ing mountain,
Let US listen to the rushing, to the roaring
OF the fountain
OF the deep, of the river,
As they murmur, as they Quiver,
In the light.
Lay aside the misty garments that enfold
your forms immortal,
And look upon the earth with eyes divine.
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Containing Elementary Instructions, At
tractive Exercises, and Several Hundred
Popular Songs. This New Book will be found
Superior 70 All Similar Works, in many
points essential to a popular Instruction
Book in Vocal Music and Collection Of Melo-
dies for the Young. Several Editions have
already been ordered, and the demand in
creases. Many Of the Songs have been writ
ten expressly for the work, and none of the
songs are old and time-wo-n-sung through
q dozen books, but New and Sparkling.
Adapted to all Occasions, and Alive with the
Spirit Of the Times. Price 50 cts. Sent post
paid. OLIVER DITSON & CO., Publishers,
SON & CO., I'll Broadway, New York.
Mar. 2e. is7I-4St.
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These the work OF man,
That the work Of an Almighty hand"
When to Sell Farm Products.

In nine cases out of ten it pays to sell
farm products as soon as they are ready
for the market. The aggregate loss
by holding is at least ten times the
aggregate gain, taking the experience
of any hundred farmers together.
Take'grain. In the natural order
of things, the supply is equal for
the demand. The exceptions are
when war takes from the producing
class, and adds to the consuming
class, which, in addition to the waste
and expense of transportation, inev-
itably augments the demand while
decreasing the production, and of
course increasing the price +; or when
failure of some crop in some section
places the supply below the needs Of
that section, and other and less remote
districts are under the necessity OF
making up the deficiency. But both
of these causes are exceptional. And
as to the failure Of the grain crop in
any section. il has almost become an
axiom that when corn or wheat is
below the average, something else
that can take the place Of one or both
is above, and thus the general average,
except in rare cases, is preserved.
Then as to potatoes. They are gen.
orally less in the Fall than in the
Spring but the larger price in May
rarely if ever nets as much as the
smaller price Of October. The shrink
age in the six months is never less
than % per cent. under the most favor
able circumstances, and is likely to be
much greater.
Take wool. Generally the clip Is
bought up in July and August. II
not sold then, it must be held till the
next year, and, although there is no
shrinking, if properly kept, yet there
is some trouble, the interest of the
money, and the possibility OF even a
less price, which the possible advance
in a very majority of cases never
covers ard thus in every department
of the farm the principle that should
underlie each department of farm
operations is raise the best when the
crop is ready for market, If offered a
fair price let it go.
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T.J4 McLAIN & SON.
BANKERS, Warren o.

BANKING Business. Of an kinds done.
Bonds, Coin and Coupons, bought and sold
Interest allowed On Deposits
Money TO Loan; good Notes bought.
DrnfIS On Europe bought and sold
Psssage Tickets 70 and nom Europe furnished,
Rereits Stamps for sale at discount.
Insurance. at low rates.
Dwellings and Stcre-rOOms Torrent or sale, and
ageneral Real Estate business done.
Ample means and twenty-five years eI-
per1ence enable us TO transact ali depart
menfs OF business, to the entire satisfaction
Of Customer
warren. o.. Sept Z. Is7O-lyr.
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CoURTING.-Here is aspecimen OF
the good old fashioned mode of court
ing as it was done in Connecticut.
Deacon Marvin, a large land holder
and most exemplary man, accomplish
ed his in this business-like way:
Having one day mounted his horse,
with sheepskin for saddle, he rode
in front of the house where Betsey
Lee lived, and, without dismounting,
requested Betty to come to him. On
coming he told her that the Lord had
sent him to marry her. Betty replied:
"The Lords will be DONE"
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The English journals report the
arrest of a fashionable dressmakeI
and milliner of New Bond street,
London, for overcrowding her work
women in a small apartment. The
medical inspector testified that on
one occasion eighteen persons were
crowded into front wOrkroOm con-
taining'2, Ole cubic feet of air, so that
only I12 cubit feet were allowed to
each female. On a subsequent visit
seventeen persons were found in the
apartment, thus allowing about llSl
cubic feet to each wOrkwOman. In
the back workroOm the hands were
also crowded into entirely too small q
space.