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The weekly clarion., 1876-10-04
THE QJICK AND FAvoRITE ROUTE TO
BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON.
BUT ONE CHANGE NECESSARY TO
Boston and New England Cities.
ARGUMENT.

THE PITTsBURG, CINCINNATI s. ST. LOUIS
j RAILWAY, popularity known as the PAN
HANDLE ROUTE in connection with the Penn
sylvania Railroad, is materially shorter than
any of the transportation lines competing for
through business between the West and the
commercial cities and popular resorts of the
East This advantage in distance, together
with the fact that all the lines embraced in the
Pennsylvania system, extending from St.
Louis, Louisville, Vincennes, Cincinnati, In
dianRpolis, Illinois State Line, and Chicago in
the West, to Pittsburg, Harrisburg, Baltimore
Washington, Philadelphia, and New York in
the East, are virtually under one management
enables the company to offer facilities and
present advantages to the travelling public
never before equaled. The directness of its
lines to the East, the speed and regularity of
its numerous Express trains, the comfort
found in It's celebrated day and sleeping
coaches, the recognized superiority of its road
bed and equipment, the beauty of its scenery,
and the exclusive facilities enjoyed at the
Main Entrance of the Exhibition Grounds.
Philadelphia, where passengers are landed at
a Grand Centennial Depot, in close proximity
to large hotels and boarding houses, entitle
the Pan Handle and Pennsylvania Line to a
large proportion of Centennial travel.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-04
STATE FINALE COLLEGE
MEMPHIS, TENN.

Wards in a School Of the very best grade.
should send for Circular.
Aug g 'T6-6w.
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UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
NEW ORLEANS.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
FACULTY:

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
FACULTY:
A. II. CENAs, NJ. D., Emeritus Professor of
Obstetrics.
L. G. RICHARDSON, NJ. D., Professor of
Surgery.
SAMUEL II. BEMIss, NJ. D., Professor of
Medicine.
SANFORD L. CHAILLE. NJ. D., Professor Of
Physiology.
JOSEPH JONES, NJ. D., Professor of Chem
istry.
SAMUEL LOGAN, NJ. D., Professor of Anat.
ERNEST s. LEWIS, NJ. D., Professor cf OBJ
stetrics.
THOMAS J. HEARD, NJ. D., Professor of Ma
terra Medica.
ALBERT MILES, NJ. D., Demonstration of
Anatomy.
The FOrty-Ghird Annual Course
of Instruction
in this department will commence on Monday,
the 18th Of NOVEMBER, 1876, and terminate
on the third Saturday Of March, 1877. Pre-
liminary lectures on Clinical Medicine and
Surgery will be delivered in the amphitheatre
Of the great Charity Hospital, beginning on
the 10Th Of October, without any charge to the
students. The anatomical rooms will be
opened at the same time. The members Of the
Faculty are visiting physicians and surgeons
to the Charity Hospital, and give instrction
daily at the bedside Of the sick.
FEES.-As the practical advantages afferd-
ed in New Orleans for a thorough acquaint-
ance with all the branches Of medicine are
quite as great as, if not superior TO, those Of
fered by the schools Of New York and Phila-
dclphia, the same fees are demanded For all
the lectures, Sl4O; MatriculatiOn So Practi-
cal Anatomy, $40; Graduation. $50. Pay
ment required in advance.
For circular and catalogue address
T. G. RICHARDSON, NJ. D.. Dean.
June 2S lS76-3ms
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ASK THE AGENT FOR TICKETS VIA
Panhandle and Pennsylvania Line.
RATES FOR SINGLE AND RoUED TRIP TICKETS
ALWAYS AS Low AS BY THE cIRcUIToUs LINES
THROUGH TICKETS, TINE TABLES, SLEEPING
CAR accommodations, Excursion Route Books,
and further information can be obtained at
all principal Railroad Ticket Offices in the
South and West, or by addressing
W. L. 0BRIEN,
Gen'l Pass and Ticket Agent,
Columbus, o.
SIDNEY B. JONES,
Gen'l S. W. Pass. Agent.
Cincinnati, o.
Aug. 9, '76-3m.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-12-14
Yei @bpbes & epcueer

st. Gloub, Stearns Go. Winn.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-12-14
MeGormid's

uutt&k U
9arse1ter< unbM
@aidinerien PRO 1876:
Der MeGormid Saroeiter, lchr per=
bcfert in 9aipel, Tlattfcrm unb Gipibcr,
1T Die einfaditc, ftdrtite unb Icidtbepea.
lidits @aidine, wcIde gum @ertaui aus.
gctcM miro.
Der Mesance &eaYer II. Mpmer.
Cine belIfommene @ras. unb Gctreibc-
Mabmaidine nit SallabIasc. 0icic Ma,
td,ine 1T Der bette ielbircdenbe &copcr uno
ais folder lang sefanut unb bclicbt in bic.
Ter Seetion.
. cberbcficrtc Grcis.6ras.W d f.
ma idinc lit bic %itarfitc, borsialiditc STA.
feline bieicr srt unb lpirb bon fciller onb..
In IN, Wlartte iibcrtroicm.
V cm Reliable. 61a Tub SGnitt. BIZ.
lammcngcietter 0roppcr unb Mtowcr.
Die obcn bc;cidnctcn Wlald;ncn mcrbcu
ulr inter Der betanntcn @aran,ie %bcrtauft
"@ollfdnSisc Satisiaetion ODER tcin Scrtaui." "
Tersebt nidt, bab mir in ct. Gloub itcts
NIT b%oltanbiscn &%cparotur. @eaen.
Ndnben periebcn finb unb biefcIbem au ga.
br'tpre'ler, 'bne bic Gradt an5uredncn, Der
taufcn.
3abcre Iustunft srtbeilt:
Geo. n. Hrcutemreid,,
General. asent.
Scinrih &cller, aaent' fir stearns
u. Cobb Gountb unb @eparatur. Nsen
fir Sauf. Centre.
Scbn Bad, Nscnt in ct. Gloub.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-12-14
Manhood, how lost, how re-
stored.

EEFn Just published, a new cdi-
Au+e& ton of DIR. CgLwERwELL's
sdasa1A1 CELEBRATED ESSAY on the
radical cure without medicine) of Sper-
matorrhpa or Seminal Weakness, Invol-
untary Seminal Losses, Impotency, Men
tai and Physical Incapacity, Impcdiments
to Marriage, &C. also Consumption, Epi-
lepsy and Fits, induced by self induig-
ence of sexual extravaganza, &C.
egN Price, in a sealed envelope, only
six cents.
The celebrated author, in this admir-
able Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a
thirty years successful practice, that the
alarming consequences of self abuse NAV
be radically cured without the dangerous
use of internal medicine or the applica-
ton of the knife; pointing out a mode
of cure at once simple, certain and effec-
tual by means Of which every sufferer.
no matter what his condition may be.
may cure himself cheaply, privately and
radically.
This Lecture should be in the hands OF
every youth and every man in-the land.
Sent under seal, in a plain envelope,
to any address, postpaid, on receipt of
six cents or two post-stamps.
A dress the Publishers:
+. Brugman & Son.
Al Ann ST., New York, Box 1855.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-12-14

VCt UUUOCe * SVCuCCC
1T Der Elat fir oeutide srScueicn unS &rdu.
ter, io,pic aud fit alcrlci edtc Npotbeferpaa.
rem. @cnn iDr quite, friide, edte spotIcter.
maaren baben pollt, 10 fommt nut al uns,
ibr Wcroet uniere @aaren scraoc ME anse.
;cigt borinben. @ir mciueu. mas mir iascn.
@ir balten einen sutcn, erfobrcnen beutidcn
Glert, Der hets, bel Sag oOcr @adt, in Der
Apotlefc gu finben 1T, um bic Scutiden 3un.
Den su beoicncn. llni CT @ei9aft crlaubt uns.
einen crhbreneu Mann 10 baltcn, anitati
zines unaeididten Suueen, her umiont ar.
bciten miroe. @ir Derfamfcn bic beftcn
@aarcm poblfeilcr, ais irscnb cine fleinc
Npotbefc. Spredt Dor uno iiberscust eu9.
Infer @eidaft 1T Germ Sol. Gbelbrod seaeu.
iibcr, ncben Sopo. Sersept ben Vlat nidt.
Rrud. uns eAuIterbdnter.
Sic grobte Muspabl, uelde je in Morbme.
itcn anae,ciet porocn, 1T bel ms 81 finbcn.
8ebiirftiee eineS iold)cn @crbanbcs moeen bel
ums ooripred)cn, mo iie fid mad @eoari aus.
iudDlen f0nnen.
ababes & opener.
Gtsfaltes xotapaRer.
6erabe bas redte @etrdnt bel beibcm @et.
ter. Stcts ~ 1aben bel
&bobcs & Opener.
Sprar
per gfunb su 20 Gents bel
&bobes & opener.
SAINT. unt Soseliamen.
semiidt, 2 Efuno gu rs gcnts, bel
&boocs & opener.
Garben.
Gmailiarben, aQerbefcs &ieitpeib, Del u
a~llcrlci Anitreider. Materialten, ~ nicbrist
Yrciien ais lonitwo, bel
@bobcs & open
Better ale Sier,
9bobcs & Spenecr's SobamaNer.
CeIc
MGerbeftes Del fir ~Sarn,maidineM +.
biuliscn Y%retien, itets gu BADEN bel
&bobeS & SpcM
CrseIa
SrseIn bon allem Gattunacn unb Gabritcr
fcts an 9ane. gu Den libcroditcn Yreiien bel
8urbett, 20 Yro;ent ncniaer ais Yrcisliite.
@eilern Cottage, 40 pGt. miaDriser mnb Gra9t
@atcrs, As psf. niebriacr.
Star, so psf. nicbriscr.
Srscln bon iracno elmer aubercn Manufae
tur percen i'm Serbdltnib ~ benielben tiaise,
Yrciien p%ertauft bel &bobes& Opener
Gd5tes Rbite eeas.
e@tes &bite 2eab su 1915 per 100 Yfaab
Reeepte.
8eeepte iorsfdltis suiammeaseiett ju aue'
Stunben, bel Sag unb @a@t, bel
MbcbeS & spencer.
sadbmafHinen . RaeeIn unt Sirturcs
in srcber Huspatl bel &bobeS & Spencer.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-12-14
Oas ct. 8enebicts Gpnsent
All ct. G(pub. Minn..

gu ct. Gloub, Minn.,
bat iid entidIofen, cine Msatemie gu e%rDffnen, uns
allen Glterh bic @elegenbeit, ibre aither.
%eriiebuns ieiner Sbbnt anpertrauen gu fDnncn.
@ir iperben pouitdnbigen l1nterridt ~crtbeilen in ben
Sa4ern in Der enelii1en unb bout:
idcn Spra6e.
Nebenbem ipirh saicIbit eriinbIider unterridt in
Der UluIie crthcilt, ioiyobl an, Yiano itno VseiooepN,
als aud amf Der ,3ttber uno 8iitarre unb bdbcn nj,
;i bic fem Spede cine 9ebrerin IN benz beriibmten eSns
ititutc Jsot~e Dame in Wtl,paiitce ausbilbcn lafien.
gu gleiGer 3eit perben &inber aud @elegenbeii
BADEN, has Sei6nen, Slumenmacben uno per
ftiebene icimc Stidcreiarbeiten sl erleriten.
Scrncr bringen mir sur 9enntnibnabtn Der Gltern
Der Staht st. Gloub, has fe 8elcgenbeit BADEN,
lire &inoer in bic Nriuatibule, bic am /. September
b. S. beginner 1eirb, sl uns i6idcn 81 %fDnnen; fl,
oieie lit her Freis 81 fir bic grDBeren Mnb 50 Cts
fir bic Mnfdnger per Mpnat. Solbe, Die Wuiifi
unterri9t senieben ,pouen, t0nnen fi1 ieber eli
nteIben.
Yreie fir l1nterri6t in Der ensliiden unb be.t
fben Sprade nit Set6itiguns unb poli.Gnbi &c
Ffle9e lit per Geiiion pon 3 Wonaten $45.
1nterriht an Niano unb WeIobenn ...... -. I
8ebraud, Der Snitru,nente sum pratti,ircn >.
unterridt auf Der ;3itber
lnterritt auf Der 8iitsrre ............ ..
8ebraut beiber sSSnHru,nente ...........
yeionbcre feline Mrbeiten ........... -.
Sir ,peitere Mustunft menbe man f6 an
Mother Aloysia O. S. B.
Letter Bo.e {.
ct. Gloub, Stearns Go. Winn.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-12-14

gefeaunaen fir Mabeln nidt an 6anb
tuerben piinttli@ beioret. gSir haIten fets
eine srobe auswabl bon HdbidiHden. Cir.
fabfpuleu, NSbMaid)inen Del ,c. NabeIn tue..
ben sesen gnttihtuna bes Vrcifes pet 30
SugelanSt. RHODES 4 Spexecr.
Ncrae6t midt,
oab ibr refine bcutiAc slrsneien unt Vatent
mcoiinen, Soilettaeaenhanoe, Sarbcu NJ,
Sele &C., iotuic aud alerlei Wuff. eufru.
mentc bel ms faufcn fcnnt. Str beto.u.nt
mas ibr hIinfdt, uxS iplrt @eIo. eprodA
Dor Bel 4bobes & Spenecr.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-16

away the money thus saved, and in
q few years he found he had lin his
possession enough to buy the cottage
In which he lived. He was, besides,
much better in health for the regular
exercise he had taken.
Speaking of dinners reminds me
to say that it is no economy to live
poorly, Nature requires certain
amount ofnourishment. and tho re-
venge will, in all probabilities take
the form of a long Doctors bill or
diminished working power. This
sort of saving is 'spenny wise and
pound foolish" The things to save
out of are shame, false appearances
and acknowledgements, not neccessa-
ries. Where is the saving in work
ing in q dim light to save candles or
gas, and injuring the sight? In
wearing boots that take in water and
bringing on rheumatic fever? In
living on poor food and lowering the
system? Far better wear a shabby
hat week or two longer than usual
or dispense altogether with that
piece Of finery you were contempia-
ting. The worst of it is, however,
that people are generally more will
ling to dispense with necessaries
that make no show than with USE
less extravagances that afford an OPP
portunity for display which every
one sees through.
Before / conclude, / must say one
word of warning in reference to
small economies. We continually
read in the newspapers of people
who died in poverty, have, perhaps,
received help from the parish, and
after their death money is found
which they have hidden i'm all sorts
of hooks and corners. With these
unfortunates saving has become a
mania, and of all manias / think il is
one of the most deplorable, for after
all, money in itself is worth abso-
lutely nothing-it is only valuable
for what it can procure, 1t will only
bring comforts and necessaries for
those we love whilst we are able
to work, and insure independence
for ourselves when we cannot do so,
it is worth small economies, FORE
thought hard work, energy, care,
and self-denial. But even gold Is
bought too dear when the desire for
it is allowed to overpoTer every
other feeling.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-16
Mending Tin-Ware.

FAITH ROCHESTER, in the Agrtc
describes method of soldering W
have long used, and can recomm'
all our readers. 1t is, essentially
lows: Get an ounce of muriatic a
it into an old teacup or bowl, ant
in a few small pieces of zinc, sue
can pick up at any timers. Ate
ceased to cfiervesce, turn into
and use small stick to apply the
TO the tin. Scrape the tin clean AM
around the place TO be mended, r
of the liquid on with the stick, !
piece of solder, and hold it over a
candle till II melts, and the job Is
We use a small soldering-ir
much prefer it to the candle-plan.
dering-iron can be had for 1--WE
cents that will answer every purp
cents worth of solder will last a
an ordinary family, and the muri'
will not cost any more. What a 7
travelling tinker would charge for
lob of mending will buy comp
iii, and then yol are done with the
ance of leaking vessels, or bein
pclled to work without them, at
disadvantage. With farmers v
some distance from town, the s.
outfit is one of the greatest cony'
with us it is Indispensable. W
the iron, solder and fluid the ia'
corked, except when in use--in a
themselves, on a shelf out of the
children. The muriatic acid u
! powerful corrosive agent, ana
handled with extreme care.
must not be permitted 10 get hoI
Several years ago we bought a .
soldering fluid of a man who wa
| ing around selling it-at nifty q
bottle. Not long afierward we
Of the above recipe for making
the same thing--at cost OF ten g
stead OF fifts .--Rnras Ee'6 l1kd
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-16

Mr.. Dana, the newly appointed
Minister to England, is native of
Massachusetts,, and is now about
sixty years Of age. He was admit
ted to the Boston Bar in 1910, and
has been In continuous practice since
that time. AS lawyer he has for
many years ranked among the most
eminent OF the land. Asa politician,
he was an original Free Soiler, and
was a delegate in the Buffalo con-
vention. He followed that party
into the Republican movement and
advocated the election of Lincoln
and Grant. He was a candidate for
Congress in 1868, but was beaten by
General Butler. He Is a ripe scholar
and gentleman Of large wealth.
Davenport Gazette.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-16
=.
In a fit
,rehead
sudden
Better
| say to

| be not
3 lesson
'tunate.
4 many
sckless,
v close
sss, and
as they
It's and
ng with
In char
'seti up
side of
acter of
) of its
gagged
helpless
yseS all
simple
always
lls and
d wine.
& by the
tho are
of the
es. In
the con-
ms and
on win
"a sacri-
ed with
etoil is
Osonle-
eat him
evation.
his life
nd need
ion and
ely pre-
stances-
are tell.
of nery-
used by
al strain
battleof
sl)etter
!. OF ex-
.icipants
Il Better
Ilearena
Ter than
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-16
whole litetInle.

Yes, from the moment man
heart into the hands of a woman
the responsibility Of his life. She
try her utmost to keep her though
different region from the CONVEX
ties that surround lovers, and VIII
only innocent when they are tn
outward sport OF happiness, not
ing with the deeper, loftier, more
thoughts. -ChaT!Otte IT. Youage, in
man, ....
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-16
Ale Branch e.. B. E. q.
GOING NORTH.
GOING SOUTH.

i :, ,s,s At Tracy and Lovilla.
j. NJ. BECHTEL,
Agent, Knoxville.
,,y,r POWELL, Gent P. q t. Agt.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-16

WHY is mad bull an animal
vivial disposition? Because he
horn to every one he meets.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-16
Feed and Sale Stable
BOOTH Il WELLS,

PRoPRIETORS.
Opposite fremont House, one block
east of Public Square.
Leave orders at the stable or at
the fremont House for Bus to any
part of the city.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-10-07

INrANT MnL1oNA1REs.-A New York
paper of q late date says: The stimuli
taneous death of Mr.. aud Mrs. w. T.
Garner leaves three little orphan girls
70 the tender mercies of their guard
ians. These children ale aged respec-
lively eight, five and three, and are
undoubtedly the richest children of
lender age in the world. They are esti.
mated to be worth 81 .O0O, 600 each, and
if their property is jadiciously managed
they will at their majority be worth
greater fortunes still. There is a child
at present in clearinghouse, with
her guardian, at Saratoga: who is the
sole heir to q fortune of 81 SOC, 900.
She is the only grarddaug ghter Of a
millionaire. Her mother was also an
only child, and inherited the whole ol
her fathers estate. The child's father
was debarred by her guardian from
handling any portion Of the income be-
longing 10 this child, but was allowed
an income, SO that he could travel in
Europe and crafty his dissipated habits
without influencing his child. Among
the child d-portraits at Mora's, on Broad
way, is that of boy, whose yearly in
come, now paid to his guardian, il
nearly $50, 900. His sguardian is banl
president, man of the strictest integ
rity, who predicts that when this boy
(now 10 years old) arrives at his major
ity his income will be at least 500, ,OO(
per annum.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-10-07
T8E POSTAL BOOMERANQ.

Jones will not vote for Hayes. He
got his warning 20 !" Vo;e for Hayes
on le; ;er announcing that his mother
in-law was coming 10 spend the Fall with
him.
When the mail carrier handed Susan
Anthony her letters marked " Vote sor
Hayes" she wrote 20 the postmaster to
explain that the administration would
fine her il she did, and TO ask him wh7
he thus added insult TO injury.
The label Vote for Hayes" on the
mourning envelop directed to Mrs.
Smith looked AZ neat and pretty a. q
cabbage leaf on . coffin. The letter
announced the death of her fayorite
son in California. The rest of her
bows to the number nine, will vote for
Tilden.
jenkins, refugee from Roudout,
was an Old-line Wing and aftsrward .
Republican Of the most straightsst ssct.
He will, however, vote for Tildsn. His
wife's letter, announcing she had
eloped with Simpson, the village bar
Der, bore very conspicuously the direc-
tion, Vote for Hsyes."
Angelina, who has strong minded
tendencies, saw Edwin's last letter
stamped in big blue type, "Vots for
Hayes" Supposing her lover guilty Of
heartless joke, she cent him back his
presents and bade him farewell forever.
Reading an explanation Of the mystery
in the World, she hastened to make up
the quarrel. Edwin viii now vote for
Tilden,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-10-07

EFFscTs OF THE Cocoa LKAr.-A M.
Dowdeswell has been making some OBJ
servations on the cocoa leaf, an abstract
of which has found its way into the
English scientific journals. The cocoa
plant, which 10 cultivated at the pres
ent day exclusively on the slopes Of the
Andes, is q bushy shrub from six 10
eight feet high. The leaves are gath
cred with great care, and, when dried,
are chewed by the natives Of the county;
they are used both 10 sustain strength
and appeass hunger in the absence Of
other food, and ~ q stimulate or mar.
cotic in the same manner that opium,
tobacco and alcohol are used in Other
countries. A little lime is added to ths
leaves, and somewhat less than al
ounce is chewed every day. All &C
counts agree in at'ributing great power
of endurance to the use Of the drug
Miners. for instance, chewing it ever,
three hours, are able with Q handful O
maize, to work for twelve hours in th
mines, while an Indian runner vii
carry q hundred weight for ten leaugus
over rough roads by its uses alone
Some travellers assert that the natives o
the Andes, If supplied with II. requir'
no other food for several days Will
performing work. There is consider
able doubt whether it sxerts any dele
ferrous influence on the human system
or not. 80
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-10-07
HOW THE OYSTER GROWS.

Mr.. Frank Buckland, who conveys
instruction more agreeably than any
naturalist of the day thus explains
the manner in which the oyster builds
his shell. The body of an oyster il .
poor, weak thing, appearentlv incapa-
be of doing anything at all. Yet,
what q marvellous house an oyster
builds around his delicate frame. When
an oyster is first born he is q very sim.
pie, delicate dot, as it were, and yet he
is born with his two shells upon him.
For some unknown reason be always
fixes himself on his round shell, never
by his fat shell. and being once. fixed
he begins to grow-but he only grows
in Summer. Inspect an oyster shell
closely and it will be seen that it is
marked with distinct lines. Az the
rings We observe in the section Of the
trunk of tree denote years Of growth,
so do the markings of an oyster tell 10
how many years he has passed in his
"bed at the bottom of the sea-"
Suppose the oyster under inspection
was born June Is, 1870, he would 60
on growing up to the first line we sse
we'll marked; he would then stop for
the Winter. In Summer, 1871, he
would more than double his size. In
1873 and 1874 he would again 60 on
building, till he was dredged up in the
middle of his work in 1875; 90 that he
is plainly five and half years old. The
way in which an ovste, grows his shell
is pretty sight. I have watched il
frequently. The beard of an oyster 10
not only his breathing organ, /. e., his
lungs, but also his feeding organ, by
which he conveys the food to bis COM
plicated mouth with its four lips.
When the warm, calm days Of June
come, the oyster opens his shell, and
by means of his beard begins building
an additional story to his house. This
he does by depositing very, very fine
particles of carbonate of lime, iill ct
last they form q substance a. chin a.
silver paper, and exceedingly fragile.
Then he adds more and more, ill at
last the shell is as hard as the old
shell. When oysters are growing their
shells they must be handled very care
fully, as the new growth of she'll will
cut like broken glass. and q wound on
the finger from a broken shell is often
very dangerous.