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Beauty.

"ls A decidedly plain face the greatest
misfortune that can befall woman ?"
No, no--a thousand times MOI
lnasmuch as beauty springs from sense
of fitness, and the plainest face, if it per-
iectly express the person, becomes beauti-
ful TO all who love that person.
We would not for moment be sup
posed to undCrvalue a handsome face tits
Il great pleasure To those who have it and
To those who see it; but we say to the ma
jOrity of people who have perhaps but one
good feature in their faces, that one good
feature is quite enough to carry you COM
fortably through life.
One knows that single sense can be
trained TO such perfection that if the other
four are wanting the mind will express
itself, and find communion with its fellow
creatures through that one sense Re-
member Dickens touching account of the
American girl who, though blind, deaf
and dumb, learnt so much through her
exquisite sense of touch. And it is the
same with human features. There never
lived on this earth beautiful human soul
that did not make its power TO be felt
through some bodily feature, plain even
to grotesqueness though the face may APP
pear, and keeping its owner therefore
Iolh the HIsl Husn Oh conquest; yet, as
! you learn TO know her, ii is marvellous
how the face becomes changed 10 you.
| There is perhaps only one feature that is
good, but you look at that one good feat
ure till you see nothing but it, You can
imagine what the face might be if it were
all in keeping with that one feature and,
moreover, you feel what it will be when
the distorting hazards of time are passed
and all the face has grown into harmony
with its best feature nay, we may go far
| ther still, and say that in many plain faces
there is II prophecy that has far more pow
er of winning hearts than is 10 be found
in the prettiest set of chiseled features
unless there shines through them an
earnest spirit or deeply loving heart
A merely pretty face is in the long run
quite as much II trouble as a gain ThC
pretty woman must have power to keeI
and deepen the pleasure her face gives Ol
she will be the victim of Disappointment
whereas the plain woman expects nothing
from her poor face and is much gratifeC
when she finds that somehow IL has kline
of power she hardly understands; and dc
not we all know plenty of dear old ugly
faces that we would not lose from Oul
daily surroundings-nay that we woulC
not alter if we could each wrinkle has III
history, and the faces just as they are arr
what we love. The human face Is tn,
guestcbamber Of the soul, and according
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A Most Holy Horror.

The New York World says that Demo
crat hates fraud, pcculatiOn and corruption
as the devil hates holy water. The hate,
then, of His Satanic Majesty for holy water
cannot be very deep. If his aversion to
that fluid is no greater than that shown by
many Democrats in Office to corrupt
practices, he can bear TO be sprinkled with
il every day. Let us see
Two Democratic COuncilmcn of Balti-
more expelled for accepting bribcs of $50
and 800. And their plea was that, al
though guilty, they were but pursuing the
common practice of COuncilmen in that
Democratic city!
Eight Democratic officials in Cincinnati
indicted for fraud and corrupt manage
mcnt of the city water works, and the
Mayor implicated in borrowing the city
funds TO pay the expenses of his electiOnl
Three or more Democratic members of
the Ohio Legislature exposed in selling
their votes upon certain pending bills for
500 apiece.
The Democratic State Treasurer OF
Georgia q dciaulter in a sum nearly ap'
preaching a million,
Eight Democratic County Treasurcrs in
Ohio proved TO he defaulters in large
amounts! And Tweed in Jail, unable to
find bail in suits against him for stealing
six millions from the city of New York,
with the HoHd defending him while the
stealing process was going on!
Democratic Canal superintendent Nc
Rae indicted in New York for corruption
in Office.
Tie whole canal system Of New York
under Democratic control, denounced by
Gov. Tilden as rotten TO the core, tainted
all over with fraud, and the center Of q
complete system of stealing hundreds OF
thousands from the State annually
A fraudulent claim Of $4,000, in which
Democratic member of the House Oi
| Representatives was interested, was pointed
out by Gov. Tilden in his message upOr
canal frauds, and an item in the apprOpri
alton bill TO pay this fraudulent claim wa'
signed and approved by Gov. Tillen, who
al first denounced itl
Truly, the hatred Of this party TO fraud
| pcculalion and corruption rises into tha
region Of the sublime which shades of
into the culous.-FHtsbargh CONNER
! ci0L
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The Intelligence of Ants.

M. AUGUsTE FoREL, gentleman who
spends his life in studying ants and their
habits, and who tells some astounding
tales about them, has just received the
Thore prize from the Paris Academy of
Sciences. In his report upon these in
sccts NJ. Forcl first examines the different
species and their pcculiarities and treats
of their distinctive features us regards
their capabilities for labor or war. He
then treats them anatomically, and then
speaks of their wonderful instincts. If
all that he says be true the word instinct
would be too feeble by half, and all should
believe in the intelligence of ants.
Among other things NJ. Forel says:
They render each other mutual services; !;
when an ant has got besmcarcd with mud
its companions set about cleaning it most
methodically. NJ. Forcl had, by way of
experiment, dirticd and deformed some of
the silken COcoOns that contain the ants
nymphs; on the following day he found
them all perfectly clean, dressed and
brought in shape again. What has been
said by Huber as to the precision with
which an eXpeditionary column of Amar
zones (p0lyeTgus TWtescens) proceeds on its
march is only partially true, for when the
insects are laden with heavy cocoons they
cannot mind any order, but go on as they
can. Under such circumstances many
lose their way, but when they get into the
right track again they evince the greatest
sclf-cOntidenCe by their steady step; they
consequently are endowed with memory.
The battles Of ants have been often de
scribed, but even here NJ. Forel has some
thing new to say. Some species are timid
and cowarsly, and always seek safety in
flight; others are exceedingly brave and
seem to enjoy fight above all things
But then there are others whose courage
requires exciting; they hesitate at first,
but gradually become bolder, and ulti-
mately display foolhardiness-in a parOx-
ysm of rage they will let themselves be
usclessly killed. When an ant thus loses
its self-command its companions will try
and keep it back by its feet until it has re-
turned to its senses. The architecture of
the nests has received much attention
from the author, and he shows that the
same species will build in different ways.
The locality, the season, the extent of the
population-all these circumstances re-
quire special arrangements. The ants
will quarrel among each other about con-
structions that are not equally convenient
to all. When ants find habitatiOn unoc-
cupied or have driven the inmates from
it, they will retain the old arrangements,
making only slight improvements in
them.n
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A DISQUALIFICATION.

ACCORDING to the Detroit Free Press
there is an old man in that city named
Steinhardt who possesses a strong mania
for testing pianos. Many years ago in
the old country he was manufacturer
and tuner of these instruments and he
grew old in the business. He is now in
his dotage, and having nothing else TO do,
being well provided for by daughter he
spends his time in inspecting pianos in
different parts of the city. lie is fine
looking old man, and wherever he pays a
visit he commands respect. He generally
leaves home shortly after breakfast and
walks quietly along until he arrives at
some stately residence which he imagines
must contain piano. He walks up to the
door, rings the bell, and when the sum-
mons is answered he bows politely and
says that he would like to try the piano.
His eccentric ways being known by the
neighbors for blocks around, he is ushcred
into the room which contains the instru-
ment, when, seating himself before it, he
runs up and down the keys for half an
hour or so, usually finishing up by play
ing some light, old-fashioned selections.
This done he replaces the cover of the
piano and bows himself out. With re-
markable ear for harmony, he can detect
the slightest flaw in note, when he
marks the key for the tuner with a red
pencil. In this he has never been known
to err, and the tuners, who are usually
sent for whenever the old man finds the
instrument out of order, say that he is " as
reliable as clock" After having trav
erscd the length of two blocks, during
which time he usually tests from six to d
dozen pianos, he returns home, and after
dinner starts out again for his afternoon
tests, choosing different route from thai
| taken in the morning.
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Cause of Trichine I'm Pork.

SOME new cases of deaths due to the
eating of pork infested with tricbiHR
quoted in Western journals should he the
means of directing public attention anew
to the horrible disease of swine called
trjchtnosts, and to the fact that when once
the parasite attacks a human being the re-
suit is prolonged suffering and, in mul-
tiplicity of instances, death The worm
existing in the pork literally borcs its way
out of the stomach and into the muscles
1t has lately been found that swine may
become infested with trichin@ through
eating carriOn, or even dccayed vegetable
substances. This is point worth CON
sidcraton by farmers who incline to the
belief that dead chickens, putrid swill, or
any other filth about the place is lcgiti-
mate food for pigs. The animals are not
dainty in their tastes, and will lunch off
their dead relatives with infinite gusto
but it is the poorest economy to permit
hogs to assume the role of scavcngcr. No
milk-dealcr will allow his cows 10 Cat'gar-
lie if he can help it, though the brutcs are
crafty fond of the odOrilerous weed; and
there is certainly more reason for the
farmer to see that his pOrkers have no ac-
cess to unclean food. In the one case, il
precaution be neglected the taste of the
milk is affected; in the other the entire
flesh is rendered poisonous and dangerous
fOOd.-iSejentifc american.
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to its attractivencss our guests will be
many or few. The most attractive faces
are generally those with some imporfec-
tion. On perfectly beautiful face we
gaze with untroubled enjoyment but the
face that has one or two good features and
several faults we arc always interested in
imagining perfect in wondering why such
splendid eyes should be found with so poor
a mouth, or how that funny little nose
should stand between the finely-cut upper
lip and beautiful brow of face we dear
ly love In spite of its nose. We grow
strangely interestcdin afacc we arc always
doctoring; we know the original type
must have been perfect, We know that IL
shall be perfected hereafter, and we seek
for that which is hidden, feeling more
drawn TO the face that perplexes us than
10 that whose beauty we see at once,
without any trouble at ALL therefore,
maintain that instead of being the greatest
misfortune of woman to have plain
face IL is positively none at all if she is not
afraid of her face. If she will be cow
ard and walk about in fear that her face
has nothing pleasant to show, the face
grows offended at the distrust and becomes
the unpleasant thing one breads; but if
she will only have faith in her face, what
ever it may be, it will yield her royal serv-
ice; let her remember that it is the human
face divine" and therefore endowed with
power to give and TO receive all that her
heart desires. Let her think not only of
herself, but of the whole human race to
which she belongs, whose beauty is made
up of infinite variety, and for the perfection
of which her special characteristics are rs
necessary as are those of her fairer sisters.
-MORthLy Packet
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-07-30

GEO. P. RowELL & Co., Al Park Row, New
York. 1t is indeed no surprise that their
house is so prosperous, and that they are the
leading advertising agents in the world. We
would prefer, so far rs we are concerned, to
have a column or more Of miscellaneous
advertisements from this firm than to re-
ceivc the same amount made up of one di-
rect from each house on their list. The COM
mission allowed is saved us by losses, as
they pay every cent they contract for, and
pay it promptly, and the keeping of one
open account with such a firm is much pleas
antcr than with the thousand persons whom
they send us advertisements for. They do
an honorable, Legitimate business on a busi-
ness basis. If publishers having dealings
with them want anything in their linc-and
they supply everything from q spring bod
kin to cylinder press-typcs, inks and all
they fill their orders promptly, at manufac-
turcrs' prices, and we can say that we have
received the best newspaper and book ink
ever furnished us and at lower price than
we ever bought for elsewhere. The Repubi-
can has had dealings with this house for over
six years and in all that time we never have
had any reason to complain of our treatment.
--NerideR (COHn.) Republican.
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A United States Marshaps Dilemma.

The lines of the revenue officer are not
cast in pleasant places anywhere. He is
looked upon usually merely as the minion
of a despotic power, and his useful otli-
ciousness is constantly getting him into
trouble. There are grades of misery for
the revenue officer, and the very bottom
round seems TO have been reached lately
by one of the class in Virginia. 1t was
only his ingenuity and presence of mind
that got him out OF purgatory. Near
Lynchburg, Va, several women have
lately been indicted for illicit distiliing,
the men engaged in the business contriv-
ing TO shift the responsibility upon the
weaker vessels in the vain hope that the
gallantry of the officers would prevent the
arrest of the really culpable ones wives
and daughters. One Marshal, unaffected
by the claims of sex, arrested awoman and
started OFF with her. lie hadn't gone far
before he wished his prisoner were II man.
Five dreadful miles the woman was carried
in buggy, and at every revolution of the
wheels she emitted Il shrek to raise the
dead. There was no stilling her, patron
ess of the "still' though she was, and
there was no remaining unmoycd under
that dreadful diSpcnsation ofscreams. The
Marshal, at first apathetic, became first
VeXed, then nervous then desperate. Po-
sitiNn, reputation, anything might go
rather than further endure the company of
that terrible woman. A country doctor
was met and to him the demoralizcd of
fetal offered five dollars If he would give
a certificate that the woman was not in a
condition to travel. The doctor promptly
and obligingly agreed to the proposition,
and the Marshal in moment set the
shrieking woman free in the middle of the
road. The shrcwd rascal who had relied
upon the officers gallantry had miscacu-
lated, but he had gained his end. Man
born of woman cannot endure an unlim-
tied dose of such female vocalism as the
Marshal suffered undcr.-St. Louis Re
publican
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AT this season of the year farm horses
are obliged to work very hard, and it is
not only right and Just, but for the pccu-
MARY interest of their owners, to see that
they are well fed. And it seems TO me
that they ought not only TO have good
food and plenty of it, but also that it
should be given to them wet l believe
q great many horses are permanently in
jured by being kept in the summer when
they work upon dry hay and meal. Just
tohdt injury will result from this course of
feeding cannot certainly be foretold
Whether it will take the form Of derange-
ments of the digestive organs or affections
Ofthe throat and lungs will depend some
what upon the natural tendencies of the
animals, and the quality and condition of
the food which they receive. But injury
of some kind will be very likely to result
1t is but little trouble to wet the food, and
/ am confident that it is better and safer
than it is to feed it dry. For horse that
is at work most of the time think "cut
feed" is the best which can be given. But
if the hay IS not cut il pays to throw on a
little water Feeding dry meal has been
highly recommended, and | have tried il
faithfully, but am not satisfied with the
result; had rather put the meal in pail
and mix il with water-Lire Stock journal,
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II. Ross raised on one acre 76 bushels, and
on five acres 253 bushels; "A. l.. Nelson
raised Of bushels on one acre, and 3l7
bushels on five acres; and g. W. Petit
grew raised 07 bushels on one acre, and
400 bushels on five acres. The treatment
in each case consisted of deep plowing
from ten to fourteen inches and the appli-
cation of home made compost, n handful
to every three hills of corn. At the meet
ing of the South Carolina Agricultural
and Mechanical Society in 1869 the re
suits of tive interesting experiments made
by John W. Parker were reported. lie
took a piece of swamp ground, two acres
in extent, and raised corn on 1t two years
in succession it was thoroughly drained,
subsoiled, heavily manured from the COW.
yard, and the hills additionally fcrtilzed
with guano, salt and plaster at the rate of
200 pounds to the acre; the grain was
planted in drills, ten inches apart, and
thoroughly cultivated, one feature being
the irrigation of the field by turning on
it stream of water so as to flow between
the furrows. The first year the yield was
147 bushels per acre, and the next it was
200 bushels per acre.
1t will be said, perhaps that this is
scientific farming; but, in reply, 1t may
be asked whether it is wise to sneer at
any farming as scientific that yields two
to three average crops of corn from an
acre of ground, in ono season. Western
farmers cannot apply guano and plaster
to their ground but they can break it up
deep, roll and harrow it carefully before,
and again after, planting, and then cult
vatc it thoroughly while growing and
this is the secret Of at least half the sue
cess in the experiments noted Expert
Al 4 :
crop of corn between careless and thor
ough cultivation is Onchalf, the same
piece of ground yielding twice as much
under good treatment as under careless
treatment; and there is little doubt
| that the 66,O00,000 bushels of corn
annually grown in Missouri could be
raised on half the area and with less cost
| if more effective method of cultivation
were practiced.-lSt Louis Republican,.
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A Story Hard TO Credit.

The Cohocs On. " Bulletin says there
is residing on Harmony street. Cohocs, a
man aged seventy-fvc years, who has not
spoken TO his wife in twelve years. He
has been married fifty years, has an amia-
bic wife and several children and grand
children, and considerable property. The
old man and his wife lived together hap
PLY until about twelve years ago, when
one morning the wife came down stairs
and saluted her husband in gentle man
ner as was her wont to do, but to her as
tOnishmcnt he made no reply. She spoke
10 him again aSd again, but always with
the same effect and ever since that July
morning in 1868 the husband has never
opened his lips to his wife. He always
speaks iamiliarly with the rest of his fam
lily and friends, but on no occasion or
under any consideration would he speak
one word TO his wife. He always treats
her with gentleness and Kindness always
providing for her wants with the most
scrupulous care, but not one word can lie
cOaXed out of his lips TO refer to his strange
way Of treating her. His wife and him
eat at the same table, walk to church side
by side, yet not one word has escaped that
mans lips for the past twelve years othat
woman. His little granddaughter lives
with him, and through her he knows his
wifc's wants, and no request Of hers is
left unhccdcd. Several friends of the
family have tried repeatedly to fathom his
strange action, but they found it impossi-
ble 70 do so.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-07-30

WMHoFT's FEVER AND AGUE Tonic
This medicine is used by construction COM
panics for the benefit Of their employees when
engaged in malarial districts. The highest
and by the Presidents Of some Of the leading
railroads in the South and West. When
men are congregatcd in large numbers in the
ncighbOThOod OF swamps and rivers, Will
hOft's Tonic will prove a valuable addition
tO the stock of medicines, and will amply re-
ward the company in the saving of time,
labor and money We recommend it to all.
WHEELocK, FINLAY & Co., Proprietors,
New Orleans.
FoR SALE BY ALL DRUGGIsrs.
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A CROWD of "Horse Men," and others,
daily throng the stores in country and town
for SheriddH'S CdVdlrB Condition PO,cderS.
They understand that horses cannot he kept
in good condition without them, and with
them can be on much less quantity of
grain
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OR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

THE relaxing power of JohHSon's AROdyRe
Liriment is truly wonderful. Cases are al
ready numerous where bent and stifIcned
limbs have been limbcred and Strengthened
by it, When used for this purpose the part
should be washed and rubbed thoroughly.
Apply the liniment cOld and rub it in with the
hand
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-07-30

Hrs name is Tice, and he lives in Mis-
souri,. lie has discovered and announced
that the planet Jupiter is the great weather
breeder, the meteorological boss, the celes-
tial Old Probabilities. His theory is that
the greatest atmospheric disturbances take
place at the equinOxes Of this overgrown
planet once in twelve terrestrial years, and
lesser mischief at the equinOXes of other
orbs. Look out for bad weather, he adds,
with perilous precision, on July 10, Sept
Land %, Oct IA and 10, and Nov. n.
All man needs TO do to forecast the
weather for a year in advance is to get a
piece of smoked glass and sally out and
hunt up an equinox.-Graphfc.
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The Proper Planting OF Trees.

Driving along the other day we came
across party setting out shade trees in
front of a gentleman's residence. 1t was
a sorry sight. The holes dug were about
the diameter of hat the trees, mean
time, with most of their roots hacked off,
were lying in the sun ready 10 be stuck
in these holes as soon as they could be
bored through the hard, stony ground.
Close by these were rows of trees which
must have been set in the same way, as
they were all stunted, partly dead, and
had not grown six inches since planting,
two or three years ago. They were un-
protected, too, and many were SCARED
by ill-treatment, and one or two broken
of.
No tree should be planted anywhere
within the reach of cattle, horses, etc,
without being fully projected against in
jury And this is especially the case
along highways. There need be no eX-
pensive box; it may be made out of
rough boards, taking eight narrow strips
to tree, and if strongly done will last
for many years. And this protection
should be kept there, for, no matter how
large trees are, horses can gnaw them
and vehicles may run against them
GeTmdntOtoR Telegraph
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PERsoNAL--E. q. CdbiHess, Forsyth, Ga
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR received.
This medicine had previously used in my
family, and l willingly bear testimony TO its
beneficial effects"