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waters could be kept open during the
whole year. In the narroWest portion
the width Of the Straits is 8 IL miles.
ANEsT.BuILDlNC FISH.

4 nest-building fish is found in the
ponds and bitches of the lOWlands
around the Oranges river IN the East
Indies. It is the rainbow fish, about
two and half inches long AS soon as
the Matching period approaches, the
male gets some water weeds from the
bottom and conveys them III It's mouth
to the surface. To prevent these
plants from sinking down again by
their weight, the little fish distributes
some air-bladder which he has sWal-
lowed previously underneath these
weeds. This process is kept on, until
little island about four inches IN
diameter is swimming on the water.
The fish is busily engaged on the next
day to make air-bladders, which are
now brought to bear on the centre:
By this means the little island is raised
like a cave above the surface, its
margin still swimming in the water.
To strengthen this little cave, the
fish constructs around It's base by
means Of little plants and air, bladders,
a rim about an inch broad, which makes
the whole nest appear Ike hit. The
exterior of it being finish .d.tae little
fish is now employed iinish.n: the IN
terror. squeezing tn walls inside with
it's head and body AMI tnTnias around
in the nest until the inner pat forms
Il perfect hemisphere. The little
builder invites now its female mute
to enter the new home to deposit its
eggs. The female fish having accom-
plished it's task. and the eggs having
been impregnated, the duty OF the
male is not yet at III end. 1t watches
the eggs with great care. collects
them from the different spots OF TIT
nest and arranges them to one com
mon level. This done, and having
closed the enteance to the nest. thu
male leaves it also. Before parting
the nest is subject to a final inspection
and everything set right. Ate
seventy hours. the eggs being matched
the male returns and opens the top o
the structure. which now spread
itself fat on the water. The fish nov
converts it into net. which hOld
I the little brood in Il prison. The chic
l care of the old father is now to proven
: his little family escaping in a vertlca
!, direction in the deep, but, seeing ate
a a time, that the little ones get to
I obstinate and independent on hlm,an
! do not suffer themselves any longer
e be pushed back again in the net, h
$ now wisely judges them to be able
e to shift for themselves and thus n
leaves them.
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BLOCKING THE STRAITS or BELLEisLE

In this city kind of mild war is
chronic between the HarbOr Commits
sioners on one hand and the police
authorities on the other. the subject
being the disposition of ashes and
solid refuse of all kinds, not susceptl-
BILE Of utilization, which If thrown
into the bay tends to fill up channels
and otherwise to obstruct navigation.
At present. this material is carried
out to sea in large scOws. and there
dumped. A new engineering scheme,
rather startling in its magnitude, has
recently been advocated. which. as
daily contemporary suggests, II ever
seriously regarded. will afford an out
let for all the ashes, ETC., New YORK
and all other Atlantic coast cities can
furnish. The project is to block up
the Straits of Belle Isle, the OBJECT
being to divert the ice which comes
down every year from Baffin Bay,
through the Straits. and which makes
the shores past which the icebergs
float many degrees colder than those
to the eastward, which face the ocean
and get the benefit Of the Gulf Stream
It IS believed that, if this project
could be accomplished, the climate OF
Anticosta and Of the Gulf OF st. Law
renee would be greatly modified, ant
navigation through the neighDorlne
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LITERARY.
ACAME OF BLUFF WELL PLAYED.

had arrived at the outskirts Of the
town, and we stopped before dirty
looking wooden cottage.
A tall man dressed in a long coat
reaching to his heels, bright yellow
trousers, which were stuffed into
pair of red leather boots; while an
enormous black sheepskin cap covered
his head. came out and asked me my
business. | said that l wanted three
horses to 90 to the next stage, and
asked him what he would drive me
there for. the regular postal tariff
beinglabout two rubleS.
s.One of noble birth, replied the
fellow, 1.-the roads are bad, but my
horses will gallop the whole way.
They are excellent horses; all the peo-
pie in the town look at them and envy
me. They say. how fat they are
look. how round The Governor has
not got any horses like mine in his
stable spoil them; cherish them;
and they gallop like the wind. The
people look, wonder. and admire.
Come and see the dear little ami
mails.
81 have no doubt about it. They
are excellent horses, | replied ''but
what will you take me for?'
'.Let us say four rubles. your excel
lence, and give me one on account.
One little whole silver ruble; for the
sake of God let me put it in my pocket
and we will bless you.
"All right" was my answer. "Send
the horses to the Tzarskoe Selo Inn
Immediately.
Presently the fellow rushed into my
room and, bowling to the ground. took
off his cap with a grandiose air, then
drawing out the money l had glver
him from some hidden recess in thu
neighborhood of his skin, he thrust
the ruble into my hand and eXclaim
ed
s'Little father, my uncle owns ONT
of the horses; he is very angry. III
says that he was not consulted in thu
matter. and that he loves the ANNA
like brother. My uncle will not lie
his horse leave the stable for less thai
five rubles. What is to be done!
told him that | had agreed to TAX
you. and even showed him the money
but he is hard-hearted and stern
Very well. | said: ''bring rOun,
the horses.
In few minutes the fellow return
ed. and exclaimed: Lone of nobl
birth:'I am ashamed.
''Quite right | said; ''you hav
every reason to be so; but 60 on:
your uncles horse dead =
mo one of noble birth. not SO ba
as that: but my brother is veNed. Fl
has share in one of the animals; h
will not let me drive him to the ne,
station for less than six rubles. an
the man. putting on an expression
which cunning. avarice and pretende
sorrow were blended rubbed his for
head, and added. 'sWhat shall do!
said. .sYou have grandmother!
Yes" he replied. much surprise
How did you know that! Ihave;
very old grandmother.
WELL" l replied, s'go and tell n
that, fearing lest she should be ammo
ed if any accident were to happ'
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during our journey, for you know
misfortunes occur sometimes; God
sends Them" added piously. y es
he does" interrupted the man. "We
are simple people, your excellence; and
not wishing to hurt the old lady s
feelings, should the fore-leg OF your
uncle's horse, or the hind leg OF your
brothers suffer on the road. have
changed my mind, and shall not go
with you to-day, but take post-hOrseS
tomorrow.
The man now became;alarmed. think
ing he was about to lose his fare.
He rubbed his forehead violently, and
then exclaimed. Il will take your ex-
cellence for five rubles.
'sBut your brother!'
"Never mind; he is an animal; let
us CO.
ssNo," l answered, Il shall wait
the post horses are beautiful horses
am told that they gallop like the
wind; all the people in the town look
at them, and the inspector loves
them
..Let us say four rubles, your excel
lence,''
ssBut your uncle might beat you
| should not like you to be hurt.
NO" was the answer, ''we will go;
and the knotty point being thus set
tied, we drove off.
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THE SINGERS AIMS.

In Lyons, in the mart of that French town,
Years since, woman, leading fair child,
Crayed a small aims OF one who, walking
down
The thoroughfare, caught the childs glance
and smiled
TO see behind it's eyes noble soul;
He paused, but found he had no coin to dole
His guardian angel warned him not to lose
This chance of pearl to do another good;
So, as he waited sorry to refuse
The asked,for penny, there,aslde ne stooo'
He covered his kind face and sang his best.
The sky was blue above and all the lane
OF commerce where the singer stood was
filled,
And many paused and, listening, paused
again
To hear the voice that through and through
them thrilled;
think the guardian angel helped along
That cry for pity woven in song
Thu singer stood before the beggars there
Before the church; and overhead the splre,
A SLIM perpetual finger I'm the air
Held toward Heaven, land OF the heart S
desire,
As though, an angel, pointing up, had sad,
!sYonder a crown awaits the singer s head
The hat Oh us SLdIllpel DfOOu was Gil tiOO,
soon
Into the woman lap, who drenched with
tears
Her kiss upon the hand of help. Twas noon,
And noon in her glad heart drove forth her
tears.
The singer, pleased, passed on, and softly
thought
''Men will not know by whom this deed was
wrought
But W hen at night he came upon the stage.
Cheer after cheer went up from that wild
thrOng,
And flowers rained on him. Naught could
assllage
The tumult of the welcome, save the song
That for the beggars he had sung that day.
While standing in the city's busy way.
Oh! cramped and narrow is the man wht
lives
Only for self, and pawns his years away
For gold; nor knows the Joy good deed gives
But feels his heart shrink slowly, day b.
And dies at last, his band of fate outrun;
No high aim sought, no worthy action done
But brimmed with molten brightness like
star,
And broad or open as the sea or sky,
The generous heart. It's kind deeds shin
afar,
And glow in God IS great book on high;
Makes smooth and green, and strew wit
flowers, his way.
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quickly to meet him, and her voice
choked as she said:
'Friend Hopper, do you know me!
He replied that he did not.
She fixed her fearful eyes upon him
and said: GU once helped me when
in great Distress >
But the good missionary had helped
too many in distress to be able to
recollect her without more precise
information. With a tremulous voice
she babe her son go into thehext room
for few moments; then, dropping on
her knees, she hid her face in his lap,
and sobbed out:
II am the girl who stole the silk.
Oh :! where should now be ii 1t had
not been for you?'s
| When her emotion was somewhat
Gained she told him that she had mar
ried highly respectable man, native
of his own state. Being on visit to
Friend Hopper's vicinity. she had
again and again passed his dwelling
looking wistfully at the windows &c
catch a sight of him, but when she
attempted to enter, her courage fail
ed.
Il mnst return home tomorrow,
said she. 'sand | could not go away
without once more seeing and thanking
him who saved me from ruin Sht
recalled her little boy, and said to him
''Look at that gentleman, and remem
Der him well, for he was the hes
friend your mother ever had Witt
an earnest invitation to visit her hap
BY home, and a fervent ''GOk bles
you,' she babe her benefactor fare
we'll
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DUAL LIFE.

We have already discussed in some
detail the curious mental cOndltlOn
of persons who apparently possess two
distinct mental lives. To such lndl-
yiduals the events of the abnormal
life are blank while existing in nor
NAL state, and rice rersd. DR.. Brown
Sequard has advanced the hypothesis
that this phenomenal condition is a
consequence Of our two brains, OF
which he believes we ordinarily use
but one, leaving the other nearly
unemployed.
The Greenlanders have queer
belief that the shadow, which by day
accompanies us wherever we go, at
night wanders away and has adven-
lures. This odd superstition regards
the duality of life from another stand
point than the almost purely physical
ly one of DIR. Sequard; and Mr.. Her.
bert Spencer, in his new work on
Synthetic Philosophy devotes
some close reasoning to the primitive
idea of our possessing an alter ego, and
to the question of whether we do not
form conception of a mental self
through the incomprehensible expert
ences of dreams. Dreams ne says,
cannot be interpreted as we interpret
them, in the absence of the hypothesis
of mind as distinct entity; and this
hypothesis cannot exist before the
experiences suggesting it. There are
dream experiences, which seem to
imply two entities; and such SUPPOSE.
ton involves the notion that the
J second entity differs from the first
simply in being absent and active at
night while the other is at rest. Only
as this supposed duplicate. once
. thought of as like the original in al
things, becomes gradually modified by
the dropping Of physical characters
! irreconcilable with the facts. does the
hypothesis of mental self become
established.
It is notable fact that this belle
, in the duality of self is CONSTANT.
: found among the savages. and tina
e they bring the same forward in expla
t nation of the peculiar states known
| as swoon, catalepsy, etc. in which ami
; nation is suspended-as well as TO
! sleep. Insensibility following a bio,
5 or violent exertion, the Fijian believe
!. is duel to the duplicate self wal
d dering away from the body; and a
e the desertion is more determined tina
!. in the case of sleep, the return OF tn
$ duplicate is followed by silence as t
a what has been seen or done in the IL
r terval. In our own common speech
t. we show the way in which syncop
k yields seeming verifcation OF tn
n primitive notion of duality. Wespea
p of one who revives from fainting t
t as looming back to HIMSELF we us
s the term ssabsent-minded' or s.al
!. stracted.' literally meaning draw
s away. "Wits gone wool-gathering
IS is an apt vulgarism in point. All
'e these terms clearly express the ide
n Of something having departed fro
!. the present self, for atime.
It In apoplexy, the patient sudden
# falling betrays '.total loss Of co
v seriousness, of feeling, and Of volunt
ID ry movement" there is snoring as
g deep sleep. Yet the sufferer Cam
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Il am glad" said missionary to
an Indian chief, ssthat you do not
drink whisky. but it grieves me to
find that you people use so much OF
it," s.Ah, yes" said the red man, and
he fixed an impressive eye upon the
preacher, which communicated the
reproof before he uttered it, 1--WE In
dams use great deal Of whisky, but
we do not make it.
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A dwarf said to an encrOachlng
giant, ssSee here! we've equal rights
in this country :sThat may be, re-
piled the giant, "but you cant walk
in nv Shoes "That's nothing; you
can't begin to walk in mine, retort-
ed the dwarf.
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A gentleman in company with Foote
took up newspaper, saying he wanted
to see s.what the ministry was about.
Foote with smile, replied, 'sLook
among the rObberieS.
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Two undertakers meeting the other
day, one of them remarked on the
vast increase Of mortality. "Wel,
replied the other, you're luckier than
I. for have not buried a living soul
for more than three weeks"
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s.My dear Mrs. Mifikini; your darl-
ing Emma is a perfect seraph. She
has your eyes and her fathers hair.
.sNow / see," said the darling Emma,
s.it's because I've got pas hair that he
has to wear a wig.
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In one Of the suburban schools
school inspector gave out the word
s.psalter'' to class for spelling. 1t
was poser to all till it reached the
foot Of the class, when a curly headed
little fellow spelled it correctly, but
being asked to define it, he shouted
ont. ssMore sa1ti''
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A Terra Haute boy Of tender years
and heart has drowned seventeen kit
tens, tied pans to the tails of nine
dogs, brushed his fathers new hat
against the grain, and blown up the
pet canary with fire-cracker, in the
last month. and still his mother in
tends him for the pulpit.
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A polite young lady recently assert
ed that she had lived near barnyard,
and that it was impossible for her to
sleep in the morning on account OF
the cutlery made by a gentleman hen.
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W1T AND HuMoR+

A Yankee, on going with friend
to dine at the house of an acqualn-
lance. in order to save time, said,
.sScrape for me, while / knock for
both Of us
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science has accomplished 20 more
wonderful e. gTntiYlnr rusait than he
perfection 81 an kht}doie % the chilling
signs of approaching age, something TO
obliter&tc The telLt&le tracks of time, and
preserve The natural aaofHmcnts Of yeaih
10 ripe old age. Halls lair FseueWeF
does al ibis, ADD 10 praise resounds 10
cottage and palace. The jewellers among
lhe SHOWS et Norway ard the peasants q
sunny France and Spaln, aud use iog IL,
and find meaas 10 Ect L. aud is does not
disappeiut them Tie whitening locks
again resume their youthful color, the
thin, dry, and faded hair becomes bright
aud glossy. TIE whole appearance IL
changed a. II BY magic, and thc man or
woman, who, before was called AGED,
now appears 50 one IN The prime OF life.
Such %wondrous changes cannot lass IN
noticed, and they have produced lhe nn-
precedenicd demand that now exists for
the drst aud only article cver compound.
ed that can produce thcm IN . pleasing
and satisfactory tanner. r. Woodstock,
Ill. AeW EFa.
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The frst object ia life with the Ameri-
can people IL 10 ''get richn the second,
how to regain good health. The fret
can be obtained by energy, honesty aud
saving; The second, good bealib) By
using GREgS's AuGUsT FLOWER. Should
you be a respondent sufferer from any
Of the effects OF Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plant, Indigestion, &c, such As Sick
Headache, palpitstiou OF the Heart, Sour
Stomach. HAbltual CosliYeness, Dizzi.
ness Of The Head, Nervous Prostitution,
Low Spirits, &c, y0n need not suffer
anotLer day. Two doses Of AUGDsr
FL0wER will relieve you II once. sam
ole Bottles 10 oents. Regular sire IS
cents. Positively sold By al frst-elsss
Druggists 10 The L. s., and By Walt &
Hard, Manchester and Factory Peit, VI.
AT
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IT mas STOOD rnE TEST.

If you doubt tho wonderful success OF
SHLoH's CONSUMPTION CURE, give 1t
trial; then If you are not perfectly salts
fed, return the bottle aud We will refund
the price paid. II has established the
fact that Consumption rsn be cured
while Tor Coughs, Ii%oarseness, Asthma,
Whooping Cough, aud all Lung and
Throat troubles, there il nothing like il
for a quick and positive cure, and II sci
dom fails. 10 cents, 80 cents, and 81 o.
per bbttle. II vonr Lungs ars sore,
or Chest or Back lame, use >HiLon's
PoRoUs PLASTER. Price - cents. Sold
by Wait Il Had
Dn- sIIlLOH'S SYS EN- ViTALlZ'
ER j. 10 doubt The most successful cure
Tor D,,pepsia aud Liver Complaint we
have cver known, aihorwi se we would
not guarantee il H. cases Of COnsump
lion, where General Debility, Loss o.
Appetite aud Constipation exist, IL will
restore aud regulate the system while
SHlLOH'S CURE allsys the inflammation
aud heals the lungs. Price 10 cents
Sold by Wait Il Hard.
HACKMETACK, q rich and fragran.
perfume. Sold by Wait Il Hard, Man
chester, VI, elsewhere by all dealers.
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RAXn's INV YoRG CIrY BUSINESS Dt
KEcr0RY ron 1871. Tho second volume
OF this valuable aud indispensable work
has last been issued by the Publishers,
Messrs. Walter lleugh & CO., Of ) Park
Place, New York. No pains OF expense
has been spared Ia the production OF The
present volume, TO make il complete and
reliable. In typographical appearance
and binding. certainly II lisa ino speci-
men OF book.making. II contains oVer
one hundred pages more matter than the
last years volume, which has added
largely 10 the cost OF the work, and com.
PEELED the Publishers TO issue hereafter
only the full cloth bound edition at One
Dollar per copy, upon The receipt OF
which SUN they will forward the work to
any address in the United States OF
Canada, by mail, postage prepaid.
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MANCHESTER

Apples will not be plenty in this vi
entity this fall.
The new sehool. house ia fast APP
preaching completion, II will be an i'm
provement on The Old.
"A new marble cross walk from The
Taconic Hotel TO the drng store Of Walt
q Hard has Just been laid.
Pine weather for hasing aud harvest
ing which the farmers are improving,
aud they reportthe crops nearly all good,
-lley. Mr.. Harrington, OF Benping-
ton, grandson Of Lyman Harrington, a
former reslden. Of Manchester. preached
At the Congregational church last Sunday,
Rev. Samuel Boardman, OF Auburn,
". Y, formerly professor in Middlebury
college, i engaged to supply The Congre.
K~siloaal church IN this village during
August.
Ill. S. Allen has removed his photo.
graphic apparatus 10 the saloon opposite
pr, Hemenway's residence, where he Il
prepared 70 do all kinds Of work In BIZ
fEne.
The sharp shooters Of Manchester
propose TO have a matched contest SOM
day pexs week, when five prizes will be
competed for. Creedmoor win please
take notice.
Mrs. Wilcox, dealer 10 miuin6r,
goods, Factory Point, hEs a uew solver
tiscment, which The ladies viii read.
Read Esisbrook's advertisement. II,
pays cash down, aud the ioe-cresm fur
Hished by him cahnot be beaten. At leas
the sample furnished us was Of superior
quality.
-. II. Fowler he's been appointe,
sgent o. thst stsnneb Vermont life 10
sasancs company, the National Life 0
Montpelier, which must become doubll
popular now 20 macy Of The city oompa
uiea have been ruined BY embeEziemep
aud bad management.
There vas : coed number At tbi
railroad meeting 81 Adams ball last week
The citizens committee reported 10 favo
of giyiag loNa AID 10 The Hmoant O
twenty-five lkonsana dollars. a tow
meeting Will 800 be called 10 zee wha
the voteFa lhink abunt ID.
-Oae day this seek lwo kmateur pS
dessFisns Of this village walked up ID
sldeof NJ. EqaiaoK 10 thesOp and retar
making toe TIP inside o. Two hours an.
halt. Their fonie wss ever the Pari
weod road. They say they made DC pa
tienlsF effort 10 make The distauee Ia
sb0F9 ume. bat "look il easy, sioppia
occasionally 10 resi- AID TsifesA then
selves. THE, we believe, Is TIE hei
time on record.
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A. X. SiKEs, Proprietor.
Mr.. and Me- J. II. Reed, three children aud
two nurses, Nsw York.
Carries A. II ed, Mes YORK..
Niles Eleanor Wood,
Mrs. y. II. Mooket. Chicago.
Mrs. \. G. Buell.,
Charles A. bard, New York.
kFed IS. Bard
Mr.. and Mra. J. N. White aud son. New Bruins
wick, kew Jersey.
Mrs J. 4. Meyers and two children, New Y)rk
Mrs. J. n. Tucker, Albany.
Aiss IsAbeils Hamilton, Albany.
Miss Anna Hamilton, +"
Mrs. A. n Weston. New York.
Miss Ella Weston aud maid, New York.
Mr.. Comstock, New York.
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DEBrLIrr.

YrrAL WEAKNESS on DRPREssIos; q
weak exhausted feeling, no energy or
courage; the result of MENTAL OVER
Work ISpIscRETIoSs or EXCESS, or some
drain upon the system, is always cured
by HuMPHREYs' HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC
No Is. Ii tones up and Invigorates the
system dispeis The gloom and despon-
dency, imparts strength and energy
the draiu snd rejuveuates The entire man.
Been used twenty years with perfect sue
cess by thousands. Sold bv dealers. Price
&i.00 per single vial, or $500 per single
package of five vial and 800 vial Of
powder. Sent by mail on receipt Of price
Address, HUMPHREYS liOMEO.
PATHiC MEDICINE COMPANY,
100 FULTos Sr., Nav YoRK.