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"Reserve Chronicle: Western Volume 56 No. 2. Warren, Ohio. October 18. 1871. Whole No. 2872. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. CT7"E STE BSEESERTE CHR05ICLE ? V Published very Wednesday morning, la Empire Stook, Market Ht Warren Wm. &ITUBI. JfaUtor and Proprietor. TWBLES AXB TESTAMESTS at the fjaetual eoatof pabiuhlag them, for.ule by the T bcji bull Col Bible Socibtt, t all It depositories throughout the couuty. All the styles and prices published by the American Bibl. Kocletv. kent constantly on hand. Central Depository at Hapgood tt Brown's. Market at., (south aide of Court Hoaae square) Warren, O. (July a. H57 1. TiR. LOT, Physician and Surgeon, I Offlce and residence a few rods Sonth ST the Atlantic A Great Western Depot, where he eaa be consulted professionally. Warren. O, April U. UCL-U - Mn.To3rsrn.iiT, HOirnt K. niwiii. SUTLIFF STEW AST, Attorney at Law, In autliff A Tattle' offlce. High Street, north of Public Bonare. Warren. O. August 10, 1870-tt AE. LYMA5, Dentist Offlce over , R. C. Cbryst A Co.' new meat market, opaostta tb Oomrt Hofeae. Market St., War ren, Ukto. Jan, &. 1870-tf D06T. SPELIXA5. Dentist Has concluded to remain in Warren, and can be found at hi old rooms (or the future. (May 11. UTO-U. If. COWDEET, Attorney at Law, .Hubbard. Ohio. fab. isas-tf. GEORGE P. HC5TEE, Attorney at Law, Office In VanGorder Block, Market BU. Warren. Ohio. Feb. as. nca-u. J SPEAR, Physician and Surgeon, j. office over Freer Smith' Grocery, arket Street, Warren, Ohio. DR. B. 6IBB05S, Dentists, teeth extracted without pain ; upper or low er seta of teeth for $12.60. Office over T. J. Mo Lain Hou'a Bank, Main St., Warren. Ohio. Jan. 6. 1870.-. J. HABMOR. C.T. KKTCAXT. HABX0X KETCALF, Physicians, and Surgeons; Offloe on High Street at i m i -.i V. .t I ,w UamMUL t lie stand formerly occupied by Jan. lt JOB HOTCHINH. W. T. SPEAR. HCTCHISS SPEAR, Attorneys at Law. Offlce In Flrt National Bank ling, 2d tory, front -worn Warren O. Jan. 5. lS70-ly. JH. BRISCOE, Phvsician and 8ur . eeon. Office over Park Paten' store, Market Street. Residence, north aide of Market Street, two door east of Elm. Par ticular attention paid to Chronic disease. Jan. 5. lSO-lyr. joe R. F. A. BIERCE, Homoepathic di .nri KulMnll nffl.infiUtllfI'a lock, high sueeu TR J- B. XELSOJT, Physician and I surgeon, office east of First Nat. Bank. OiBee hour from 7 to W o'clock, a. m.. and llogp.m. Jan.Z 1W1 TTvB. F. XTERS, Physician and 8ur I J geon. Office 8d door north of National House. Entrance off Liberty street. Office hours, from 10 to 12, a. m and 1 to p. m. Resi denes, corner f High and Cbes.nut streets. Nov. 27. IBM- ly JBRACKIS, M. D., Eclectic Phy . sician and Surgeon. The cure of Can cers, a specialty, or no pay required. All ills to which Mi toman frame l heir to, at tended with promptness, at all hoors. Office overs. L. Hunts Shoe Store, No. 2D Market nt. Residence opposite Arnold Booflield, on the Bazetta road. (May 10. 1871. j. VAtrraor. thad. ackxkt. YAUTBOT ACKLEY, Successors to J. Vautrot Co, Dealer In Watches, Jewelry and Diamond. Market Street, War ren. Ohio. i"70 a, W. aATLTff. H. H. KOSXS. T ATLIFF MOSES, Attorneys and rVOounaeiler at Law. Office over the Ex ehanee Bank of Fre-man Hunt, on Market St. Warren Ohio. Jan.f tft. TT7 B. POSTER, Attorney at , LaV, Y . Office tn Idding' Block, Market St., Warren. Ohio. 1 Jan. tt UPO-lT. -T B. TIXER, Manu&cturer and l , Dealer mia.Biflaa,PUtoU, Cutlery Fishing Tackle, uuu Materiais, Sporting Apparatus, Sewing Machines, e, No-Mar-.etbt. Warren. Onto. W. It. POKTU. w. F. roam. tWT K. W. F. PORTER, Dealers ? W .In School and Miscellaneous Books, Stationary. Wall Paper, Periodicals, Pam paleu and Maeaalnes, at the J ew York Book fetore. Main Sirest. Warren. Ohkj. -' A LM05 . WEBB Notary Public, J Fire and Life Insurance Agent; and eiin kiwi Knnntv Annt Paasag Tick ets sold to and from, and money remit- sen w fcD Ola country, fc vajw j - " - rntes. Offloe in Webb' Block, Main Street, Warren. Ohio. . . .. Jan-alfO. GEO. B. KESSEDT, Fire and Life Insurance Agent, Warren, Ohio, j .,lKHyx. . n. Baxu r. J. HACKBT. ALL t XACKET, Manufacturers of Harness ana aetuers m tvwuiwi fcaZiery, No. (, Market Street, Wat en. O. Jan. 6. lira ; WHITTLESEY ADAIS, Fire and V Life Inanranoe Agent, Warren, Ohio. Merchandize and other property insured in the beat Companies, on favorable terms; tan property, Isolated Dwellings, and their jnlture insured for one, three and ova years, QtBcaia MeCojnb and Smith's oloak. r.M. butch.1 as, c a. cliddkw, J. r rc l l HUTCHES CLIDDES 8TULL. Attorney at Law, office over Smith A 1 aider's Store,' corner of Main and Market Streets, Warren, Ohio. Jan. 0. US70-U. T K. DA1TS05, Mayor of th8 Incor I , porated Village of Warren, O., and s'.se Justio of the Peace Is and for aaid Village, attend to all business usually transacted by Justices of the Peace. Mayor' regular court -y rry Monday morning from S to IV o'clock f Jan. 6. 1870. C-C. McSUTT, House, Biprn, and . Ornamental Painter, Grainer, c., K.ing'a New Block. Main St., Warren, Ohio. May 10, 1K71-U - .- WHE5 AT W ABBE 5, Call at M. HARRIS', one door south of the Post Office, (or your Cigar and Tobacco. He keeps the best five cent Cigars in town. ' July IS.l-ly. TO THE FABSEES OF TBlMBCLL County. O. B. Dealing, Agent for Ohio r armers Insurance Company: residence one door north of National House, Warren. O. Rates of Insurance lower, and security bet ter than any other responsible company In she state. Call and see him before you in ure. (may 3, 187-lyr. IDDESGS & M0RGA3T, Dealers In Bta pla and Fancy Dry Goods, Carpets, Mat tings and Floor Oil Cloths, window Shades and fixtures. Tea, Coffee, ax. They keep con stantly on hand, a large and full assort ment of goods in their line, of good quality and fashionable styles, and offer them for sale at the lowest prices in to market. Jan. 6. im. AD0LFHU8 vJBITIR, Dealer in M usical Merchandize of all descriptions, viz: Pianos, Organs, Melodeons, Violins, Guitars,A coord eons, Claroneua, Flutes. Fifes, Drama, Plano-spreada, Piano-ctaols, Shaet muslc. Music-books, Violin Strings, Guitar Strings, ate, Ac Store in Webb's Block, over Porter s Book Store. IJan. &, 1870. a. h. wtr.ixa, w. m. mux, b. l. viuii. TTTALKER,-LESLIE CO., Ban k- 1 V- ere, Chores Hill, Ohio, Dealere In Government (securities. Foreign and Domes tic Exchange. Collections made. Interest allowed on Special Deposit. Clan. -ly. VTEW WALL PAPER. 11 We hare last ree'd the largest stock of Wall Paper of every description, ever bra't 33 Warren, ajegaat Gilt and Velvet papers, PIDstBgaon maae Satioa, in high oolora, down Q lace Ca-tan eeau. at ADAMS' Book Store. . c b. munto., u r. oh.de. DARLING & GILDER, luixa iw Aatkraclte, Caonel Bltaminon Coal and BLACK. Office on west aide Main St4 ad door north of Msbonlng Depot. Also Ageata for the celebrated ' TALXA9GE SEWEB PIPE CO. I SMS CASH OX DKLTFKHT.-& Warren, O, July 27. 170. '' CRUEL AS THE GRAVE by Mrs. South worth, and "Tried for bet Life," the sequal to it, are new books, lust published, and two if tb most thrilling books by. that popular writer. Just reelve at AMS Book Store. X EOAL NOTICE. IjNotioe It hereby given to all tb lnhabi utnisof Newton Falls, aDd vicinity, In New ton township, Trumbull County, and State ol Ohio; mat on toe ulu aay oi oepusmuer, l"i L. i aomu x. uaiww! tt im . . in in.. Charles Ci Oraham. Lather Patterson, and John N. Ensign, the authorised agents of the innahllantaoi aaia village ana us vicini ty, desiring to secure the privileges of an Incorporated Village, presented to the board of County Commissioners, at a regular ses sion, a petition, signed by upwards of thirty of me legal voters ui iius ouiw miu uu tuw territory proposed t be incorporated In pursuance of the law of Ohio entitled "An Act to provide for the organisation and government oi municipal corporations, - passed 6th May, iStfS. and the amendment thereto, passed April , IK71. Setting forth In said petition that aaid villageand vicini ty proposed to be Incorporated contained upwards of Ave hundred Inhabitants. That the petitioners desired to be Incorporated ander the laws of this state bv the name and ty ie of M The Incorporated Village of Xetcttm uu," ana tnat an accurate map oi ine ter ritory described in said petition accompa nied ty same. The prayer of aald petition er 1 for lue in corpora lion of said territory described according to law. And said Com missioners appointed for thehearing of aaid Petition the 14th day of November, 1871, at o'clock, p. m.,at the Auditor's office In the city of Warren, In aald county, when and where all persons may attend and be heard respectively. : "..'' THOMAS I. OrLLMEK. WM. L. HOSIER, CHAS. G. GRAHAM, LUTHER PATTERSON. JOHN N. ENSIGN. Agents aa Aforesaid Sept. 37. 1871-6t. TESTATE of Oliver Mathews, dee'd. XlThe undersigned has been duly appoint ed and qualified as executor on aaid estate. All persons Indebted to said estate will make payment to Augustus Elwell,and pre aent claim against the estate to same for allowance, as my agent. J. J. MARSH. Brace vllle, Trumbull Co.,O..Octll. ltCl-3t PiNotice i hereby given that the nnder signed has been appointed Administrator of me esLate oi juarcus rosi, iair ut nuuuni, Trumbull county, dee'd. JAMES H. POST. Bazetta, Oct. 11, 1871-St HOUSE and LOT FOR SALE. The subscriber offers for sale his house auu lot oc Elm Street, In Warren. Lot SCx 100 feet. House In good repair. Will be sold on reasonable terms, enquire oi a. M. Laird, at the Warren Saving dr Loan Bank, or A. M. Hart, at Fleldsr Clothing Store. a O. HART. Oct 4, 1871-St rpHE FIGHT AT -DAME EU I ROPE'S SCHOOL. Showing how the German boy thrashed the French boy. and how the English boy looked on with 23 illustrations bv Thomas Nash. Price 36 centa, at ADAMS' Bookstore. Millinery in Baconsburg. THE co-partnership between Mrs. M. A. Brooks Miss Hattle Merry, has been dissolved. Miss Merry continues the millinery business at the old place nnder a new name, with an entirely new stock of foods, which will be sold at low prices. hose indebted to the late Arm are to pay the undersigned. Mr. HATTIE HILLOCK. - Baconsburg, Oct 4, 1871-U 17RESCO DECORATIONS. FOR Parlor and Halls, la Oak, Walnut, or sple. and all cvvles of the finest Marble, varniabable, wimout sizing. Examine ear atyjea,at ADAMS' Book Store. SUCCESS & ITS CONDITIONS, ojr Edwin P. Whipple. Thla 1 a most admirable work and should be in the hands of every young man In the country . Just received at ADAMS' Book Store. "YTOTICE ig hereby given, that the I undersigned fas been appointed Ad ministrator of William G. Butler, late of Mahoning county, Ohio. JOSEPH G. BUTLER. Warren, Sept. 27, l71-3t H EAVY, RICH GILT MOULD INGS and French grounded, for panel work, for Dinlns; room and Halls, drc, at Adams' Bookstore. They are worth look ing at. If you don't want to buy. Come and see them, we are always pleased to ahow goods. MILLBANK. By Mrs. Holmes, on of the best books ever written by her. Just published and received at ADAMS' Book Store. SCHOOL BOOKS, School Books of every description used in Trumbull Countv, sold wholesale and retail, at AD AMS' Bookstore. TWELVE THOUSAND ROLLS of Wall Papers and Borders, from a cheap pper at ten cents to the finest gold-stamped at one dollar and twenty centa. By far the largest and finest atock ever seen In thir town. Coma, see and be convinced. At ADAMS' BOOKSTORE. House and Land for Sale, rpHE subscriber offers for sale his I house and seven acre of land situate in ftavlttburg, three miles west of Warren. 6ood comfortable House, new Barn, good rehard and ether fine fruits growing. Wiil be sold on reasonable terms. Enquire at She Chronicle office or of the subscriber on ftie premise. J AS. I. TRACY. Nov. 30, U70-tl SOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. The subscriber offers for sale his dwell louse, on Market street. Warren. Lot fifty by two hundred feet. House In excel lent repair. Large barn, well, two cisterns, food cellar, and all required aonvenisneea. 'a ving. sewerage, underdralnB, Ac. ell cam- plete. Location convenient lor Dosines. H. P. BASSETT. Warren, July li. 1671-tf p.ESIRABLE RESIDENCE FOB Jf SALE. Dr. F. Myers having purchased a lot on the east side of the public square. Warren. Ohio, offer for sale hi present residence situated on tbecornerof High and Chestnut Street, on reasonable term a The bouse Is entirely new. the lot Is well im proved and underdrained, and eon tains thereon a good barn and other necessary out-bousea. Grape vines and shrubbery in abundance, besides a great variety of fruit trees, all bearing. This realdedce 1 splen didly situated and within a few minute walk of the business portion of the city, The Street on which the house stands 1 sewered and all connections made thereto. A good well of water, if not the best in town, la on the above premises. For further par ticular enquire of or address. DB, F. MYERS, Warren, 0. March 22. 1871. TTAT.TTA-nT.Tl House and Lot for Sale. I will sell at a bargain, a desirable House and Lot on Monroe Street, t door irom Mahoning Avenue. House in first rate repair; contains nine rooms, a first-clas cellar, with sewer connections complete. A fifty barrel cistern with pump and sink in kitchen. Good well of water handy. Lot underdrained, and everything In tip top order. For terms, dtc enqulreof WM. B. PORTER, Office aver Idding A Morgan' Store, Warren, Oh'o. oct. 11-tt Hair Jeweiry Manufactory. MISS S. E. GORDON, respectful ly announce that she (till continue tne ouslnea of manufacturing all kinds or Hair Jeweiry, watcn cnaina, rins. ur ripgs, Ac. made to order on the shortest tiue and at living ratea. 8wltoh, Curia, Braids, of all descriptions and colora con stantly kept on hand. Rooms No. 8 King's new block. Main BU, Warren, Ohio. Mar. 29. 187L 8. . GORDON. PLUMBING, GAS & STEAM PITTIN Or. THE UNDERSIGIT ED ARE NOW prepared to doall kinds of work In their line in a flrst-cisss manner. Estimate made and satisfaction guaranteed on 11 work done. We also keep a full storkrof Bath-Tubs, Waah Stands, Water Closets. Boilers and all goods pertaining to a first class Plumbing Establishment. Agents for UieClneinnau and Boston Cooking Range. MORRIS. KELLY I CO., Aug. 9. 18714m Youngatown. Ohio. Xi I "V 353 H. "S" , Boarding and Sale Stable. THE undersigned having purchased the interest of Peter Fulk in the new sta ble at tbe rear of the National House, are prepared to accommodate their patron with new equipage, of all varieties, single and double, all ol the nasreat style. and finlnlah. Is all In rood condition, and will be let at reasonable ratea. Hearse and carriage fur nished for funerals. The best of care given to boarding stock. BARTLETT HF.KZOG. May 24. 1871-U. EVERY DESCRIPTION of Jp Printing plain. In oolora, or bronze, luwe-itllvlng rates, at the CHROVTCLK OFFICE HANDBILLS, Shopbills, &c., for Merchant and others, furnished at . . I.fl 111 .1 Till .I.I-!-'I not loesnori at me i n n i.r- vrriLn, THE CHRONICLE. THE CHRONICLE. Oberlin,--Letter form a Trumbull County Student. Editor Chbosiclk: Oberlin College at present is in a very flourishing con dition. So flattering are its prospeots that the trustees have decided to erect fine building for the use of the Theolo gical Seminary. It is expected that this will be quite an ornament to tb place, as it is to coat between thirty and forty thousand dollars. The site selected is west of the large church. Work will probably be begun on it early in the spring. This term is passing away very pleasantly. The attendance i under stand is larger than it has been for sev eral terms. Our catalogue last year re ported the yearly attendance at twelve hundred and twenty-one. The next one which will be ont in a few weeks, will probably report a larger number. One thing which tends to make this term much pleaaanter than the two last, is the fact that our much loved presi dent, James H. Fair-child, is again with us. xie retnruea irum ni travels iu iua . . , . V f . 1 I . I . East the last of August, having been gone over nine months. Although, the college was managed during his absence by the professors, so as to give satisfac tion to the new students : the older ones realized that their leader was away. Since his return, he has delivered two lectures ; one on "Collection of Art in the Old World," the other on " Journsy- ings in the Holy Land." Both were listened to by large audiences. On the 15th of November, The National Coun cil of Congregational ministers, is to meet in this place. I understand there will be between five and eight hundred ministers present, representing all the Cengregatioaal churches in the country, A very interesting time is expected. Ex-Pres. Finney, although now nearly four score years of age, still preaches regularly in the large church. Forover twenty years has he ministered there without ever receiving any salary or donations. During this time thousands of souls have been led by his preaching to the "Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world." In the new church, Prof. Mead of the Theological department, formerly of New Hampshire, preaches, giving gen era! satisfaction. There seems to be unite a religious interest at present, and many are asking "What they must do to be saved." Christians are looking for a revival this term. One other item I must not omit. It seems that a young druggist from the city of Kites, has been making ireqnent visits io uiia, nip uative place. The result of his last visit, v. wedding in the Episcopal church last Tuesday. Success attend, them, say Oberlinites. More anon. Tbumbcll. DICKENS' LOVE OF ANIMALS. He always bad much to say about animals as well as of men, and there were certain dogs and horses he bad met and known intimately, which it was specially interesting to him to remember and picture- There was a particular dog in Washington which he was never tired of delineating. The first night Dickens read in the Capital this dog attracted his atten tion. "He came into the hall by himself,' 6aid he, "got a good place before the reading began, and paid strict attention throughout. He came the seeoud night, tnd was ignoniim ously shown out by one of tbe check takers. On the third night be ap peared again with another dog, which he had evidently promised to pass in free; but yon see," continued Dickens, " upon the imposition being unmask ed, the other dog apologized by a howl and withdrew. His intentions, do doubt, were of the best, but he atterwarda explained outside, with such ineonveuient eloquence to tbe reader and his audience, that they were obliged to put him down stairs." In a letter during his reading tour in America, 1868, and dated from Albany, he says : "We hadall sorts of adventures by the way, among which two of the most notable were : 1. Picking up two trains out of the water, iu which the passengers had been composedly sitting all night, untill relief should arrive. 2. Un packing and releasing into the open country a great train of cattle and sheep that had been in the water, I don't know bow long, and that had begun ia their imprisonment to eat each other. I never could hart real ized the strong and dismal expressions of which the faces of sheep are capa ble, had I not seen the haggard coun tenances of this unfortunate flock, as they were tumbled, out of their decs and picked themselves up, and made off, leaping wildly (many with broken legs) over a great mouud of frozen snow, and over the worried body of a dead companion. . I heir misery was so very human, that I was sorry to recognize several intimate acquaint ances conducting themselves in this forlornly gymnastic manner." He was such a firm believer in the mental faculties of animals, that it would have crone hard with a companion with whom be was talking, if a doubt wre thrown, however inadvertently, on the mental intelligence of anv four-footed friend that chanced to be at that time the subject conversation. All animals which be took under his especial patronage seemed to have a marked affection for him. Quite a colony of dogs has always been a feature at Gad's Hill. When Dickens returned home from his last visit to America, these dogs were frequently spoken of in his letters. In May, 1868, he writes: "As you ask me about tbe dogs, I begin with them. The two Newfoundland dogs coming to meet me, with the usual carriage and the usual driver, and beholding me coming in my usual dress out of the usual door, it struck me that their recollection of my having been ab sent for any unusual time was at once cancelled. They behaved (they are both young dogs) exactly in their usual manner; coming behind the basket Dhaetou as we trotted alone. and lifting up their heads to have ears pulled, a special attention wnicn tbey receive from no one else. But when I drove into the stable yard. Linda (the St. Bernard) was greatly excited, weeping profusely, and throwing herself on her back that she might careen my foot with her rore-paws. M's utile dog, loo, Airs. Bouncer, barked in the greatest agita tion, on being called down, and asked ' Who ia this f ' tearing round and round me like the dog in tbe taust outlines." In many walks and talks - with Dickens, his conversation, now alas ! so imperfectly- recalled, frequently ran on the habits of birds, tbe raven, of course, interesting him particular ly. He always liked to have a raven hopping about bis grounds, and who ever has read tbe new preface to " Barnaby Rudge," must remember several of his old friends in that line. He had quite a fund of canary-bird anecdotes, and the pert ways of birds that picked up worms for a living afforded him infinite amusement. He would give a capital imitation of tt- way a robin-redbrea.st cocked his head on one side preliminary to a dash forward on his victim. There is a small grave at Gad's Hill to which Dickens would occasionally take a friend, and it was quite a privilege to stand with him beside tbe burial place of little Dick, the family's favorite canary. From FieltTi "Afetw or ie.." Incidents of the Chicago Fire, Belated by an Eye Witness. The Chamber of Commerce took fire at two o'clock Monday morning and in half an hour was in ruins. About the same hour the gas works blew up leaving tbe city in total dark ness. The Court House took fire about three o'clock and was burned with two cells full of prisoners which were confined in it awaiting their trial. The flames reached the blier man House about the same hour and our informant tells us that five min utes after it first caught, escape from tbe building was impossible. A num ber of persons were lost in tbe Sher man, but how many or who, will never be definitely known. They were guests of the house who slept until escape became impossible. The Bigelow House burned about two o'clock a. m. with a rapidity that was positively amazing. Thirty minutes after it began burning tbe outer wall fell into tbe street. A crowd was standing opposite and as the torrent of beat poured across tbe street tbey all, but one, bent close to the ground and escaped. In the streets and yards on the margin of the burnt district, horrible scenes appear ed on every hand, women in rich dresses with children half clad and crying for food, crouched behind walls and fences, or lay prone on tbe ground with tbe faces in the dust striving to escape suffocation, and in this position were trampled over by tbe maddened hurrying crowd fleeing from tbe fire or attempting to carry valuables out of danger. Thousands of tender chil dren and delecate ladies were abso lutely without food or protection, crazed with terror and nearly dead with fatigue and famine. One invalid lady with a young child was being carried on a bed down the stairway of her own residence when the fires overtook the bearers and tbey left their burdens to the flames. The loss of life must have been terrible. Hack men were offered as high as $000 to carry a single load of valuables be yond reach of the flames. The fire originated on the West Side, near tbe South Branch, in a barn where a Norwegian woman was milking a cow. The lamp was kicked over and tbe fire started. The following streets ruuning north and south are totally destroyed from the river as far south as Harrison street, which is the first east and west street south of theMichigau Southern Passenger Depot : Market, Franklin, Wells, Lasalle, Clarke, Dearborn, Fourth Avenue, Fifth Avenue, State, Wabas he Avenue, Michigan Avenue. The following Streets, running east and west, are destroyed from the river to the Lake: South Watei, Lake, Randolph, Washington, Madison, Monroe, Adams, Quincy, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, West Polk. Tbe Tribune building stood the fire nooly, out nnally some brick build ings in its rear burned with such an intense heat that tbe rear wall of tbe Tribune building fell in and the whole magnificent structure went up like a tinder box. Many familias gathered their valu ables and removed to points on the streets where tbey supposed they would be safe, but in a few moments tbe fire would break out again, and they would be driven from point to point like terrified animals. Potter Palmer is supposed to be totally ruined. Not aii insurance company Ib Chicago was worth a cent ffiter the fire reached the building of Field, Lieiter & Co. Tbe suffering is still terrible, our informant having found it impossible to obtain a morsel of food or even a drink of water from Sunday night until after dark on Monday evening. Large crowds of poor women with their children and tbe few household goods they could secure, took refuge in the tunnels under the river, the fire burning close up to the openings at either end of the tunnels prevented their escape, and in these horrible pens scores perished from suffocation. Along the streets women with rich dresses half torn from their persons, covered with dust and cinders, lay in the gutters asleep, overcome with fa tigue and famine, and the terrible pros tration that follows intense nervous excitement. Horses by hundreds were roasted to death in livery stables, in private barns, and even in the streets. So terrifying was tbe heat, the smoke, the roar of tbe flames and the rush of terrified crowds that tbe animals lost all instinct and could not be driven from the destruction that awaited them. OPEN WINDOWS AT NIGHT. The following, on open windows at night, ' is from Jfall't Journal of Health: Very much has been written on this subject, and written unwisely; the facts are that whoever sleeps un comfortably cool will get sick. To hoist tbe window sky high when tbe mercury is at zero is an absur dity. The colder a sleeping apart ment is tbe more unhealthy does it become, because cold condenses the carbonic acid formed by the breath ing of tbe sleeper. It settles near the floor and is re-breathed, and if in a very condensed form, he will die be fore morning. Hence we must be governed by circumstances; the first thing is, you must be oomfortaoly warm during sleep, otherwise you are not refreshed, and inflammation of the lungs may be engendered, and life destroyed within a few days. An open door and an open fireplace are sufficient for ordinary purposes in cold weather. When outer windows are opened, it Is well to have tbem down at tbe top two or three inches, and up at the bottom for tbe same space, in miasmatic localities and these are along watercourses, beside millponds, marshes, bayous, river bottoms, flat lands and the like, it is most impor tant, from the first of August until several severe frosts have been no ticed, to sleep with all external doors and windows closed, because the cool air of sunset causes tbe condensation of tbe poisonous emanations which were caused by the heat of noon-day sun to rise far above tbe eartb ; this condensation makes tbe air heavy by the greater solidification of the ema nations by cold; the resting on the surface of tbe earth in their more concentrated and malignant form, tbey are breathed into the lungs, and swallowed into the stomach, corrupt ing and poisoning the blood with great rapidity. By daylight these condensations are made so compact by the protracted coolness of the night that they are too near tbe sur face of the earth to be breathed into tbe system, but as the sun begins to ascend, these condensations begin to rise again to tbe height or several feet above the ground, and are freely taken Into the system by every breath and swallow; hence, the hours of sunrise and sunset are the most un healthy hours of tbe twenty-four in tbe localities named ; and noon-tide, when the sun ia the hottest, is the most healthy portion of the day, be cause the miasma is so much rarified that it aseends rapidly to the upper regions. Tbe general lessons are: First, avoid exposure to the out-door air in miasmatic localities for the hours including sunrise and sunset Second, have a blazing fire on the hearth of the family room at these hours to rarify and send tbe miasma upward. Third, take breakfast be fore golngoutof doors in the morning, and take tea before sundown ; then being out after tea is not injurious. Some one wants to know whether the " New Departure " has any refer ence to " Depart from me ye workers of iniquity." We suppose It means he same fellows, Sound Doctrine for Young Men. Some mothers and sisters, and per haps fathers, may be mortified because one of the familv chooses to be an artisan rather than a clerk in acount- ing room. So far as education goes nerchance. "the honors are easy.' but looking to the future of life, and supposing no capital but brains and character, who has the greatest chauce a young man who wears out ine best of his years in posting books, collecting debts and mating sales, with little or no hope of promotion, and who considers a salary or two or three thousand per annum large pay or another who learns a trade thoroughly, is an expert in a handicraft always in demand, at the highest wages, making, at hit own master, even when a journeyman, from fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars per annum, as he gets known, taking contracts and gradually pass ing fiom the position of operative to that of superintendent, and finally of DOS87 There are many illustrations of this fact around us. There are two broth ers here now, for example, one a physician and the other a mechanic : the last could buv out the first and not feel it ; is received, as he deserves to be. in auite as pood a social circle. and his children mix with their cous ins in tbe same associations. Not withstanding that, some of the "social status" shoddy ites, whose progenitors were day-laborers, may turn up their noses at tbem. The whole question of thissupposed mechanics inferiority lies in the question of education and manners, and nothing else; for, other things being equal, that is tbe best pursuit which, faithfully and intelli gently adhered to, furnishes steady occupation, affords reasonable chance of promotion as the result of industry and enterprise, and aoove all, leaves the man independent, and not the'servant or slave of a corpora tion or individual upon whom he is dependent for his daily bread. It is a melancholly sight to see a grayhaired book-keepei or a vigorous clerk cringing and trimming to suit tbe whims or caprices of some fancied superior, often his junior in years and experience, who has Inherited the "silver spoon," and is his tnrerior in intellect and all tbe attributes which make a man. If any one supposes these employees do not feel the hu miliation and recognize their slavish condition, he is mistaken. Hard and stern necessity compels the "bated utterance., and submissive mien ; the knee is too often crooked "that thrift may follow fawning," and so the man's life ebbs out ; and at last he leaves, perhaps, a widow and children stranded on. the bleak shores of the world's charity, to shift for them selves as best they may. How many of our readers will respond, "true, we know it ;" and would gladly, if they could, take up a trade and thus work out their individual freedom. We do not suppose that in this wide country there is really any energetic man suffering it he will work, but every one who has been in California or the far west, or In any new coun try, knows tbatfjoctors, lawyers and store or office clerks are a compara tively useless class as contrasted with those who understand tbe tilling of the soil or are skilled mechanics. Your professional man, while he is usually respectable, has one great drawback in the necessity of doing all his work himself. You cannot preach, try causes, physic r edit a newspaper by deputy, unless you are a quack or a humbug. The limit of your income is your own personal ability to earn it, save in the excep tional cases of good fortune of tbe successful merchant or trader, and it ia worthy of note that it is only re cently that commercial pursuits have been allowed to clriss with professions, and that even now in Europe, tbe merchant, unlets he has wealth enough to buy his way into society, is as much under tbe ban as the me chanic. How much better, then, would it be if ouryoung men, instead of yield ing to unworthy prejudices and frit tering away their time and efforts in overcrowed, and, ts most cases, un productive pursuits, would goto work at what promises prompt and certain support, and, with skill, sobriety and industry, insures future competence. Phila. Public Record. THE OLD JEWS AS FARMERS. In his laws, Moses made agriculture tbe basis of the State. According to this principle he apportioned to every citizen a portion of land, marked by fixed boundaries. Land grabbing speculations were prevented by the law, which required all lands in the Dm mou wealth to revert to the heirs of tbe original owners on the jubilee year. The occupation of the farmer was held in nonor irom being thus protected by the fundamental law of LUC cisic. nuue wnc sir uvu Ul uuuic as to abstain to put their hand to the plow. arious means were resorted to by the Hebrews to increase the fer tility of their soil. Tbe stones were gathered and built into walls, water was brought in aquiducts from great distances, and many kinds of manure were also used. The mils were terrac ed to tbe very tops, and planted with vineyards and gardens. They culti vated wheat, barley, muiet, beans and perhaps rice, in agricultural imple ments the Hebrews were not so far be hind the present age as we are prone to think, isaian lived iUu years before Christ, yet in his day iron plows were in use, tor he prophesied or the time when swords should be turned to Elowsbares and spears to pruning y ks. This passage shows, too, that they bad instruments for pruning vines and trees. The animals used in plowing were cattle and donkeys. Horses were not in common use among the Hebrews. Tbe original method of harvesting grain was to pull up by the roots, but sickles were in use among the He brews from the time of Joshua. Har vesting among tbem was a time of re joicing, cheerful soi.gs being lieartl m every held. '1 nresuing was enecteu bv flails, the feet of animals, or by drags or rollers. Vineyards and olive groves were extensively and carefully cultivated. Culinary plants and fruit trees were among the first objects of attention, ralesune was said to now with milk and honey. Bees were highly esteemed. Their hives were made of hay mixed with straw, but stores of honey were often found in hollow trees and fissures of tbe rocks. One remarkable provision of tbe Mosaic law in regard to agriculture was tbe Sabbatic year, ivery seventh year was a year of rest, not so much to the farmer as to tneiarm. xsotning was sown and nothing was reaped : the vises were not pruned ; there was no gathering of fruit. The object of this regulation seems to nave been to preserve the wild beasts, to let the land recover strength, and to teach the people to be provident and to look out for the future, riut tbe year was not spent in idleness. Tbe people could hunt, fish, look after their bees and flocks, repair their buildings or furni ture, manufacture cloth, or carry on commerce. Jour. oCftemistry. How is this for a scene in Church? The place is a sacred edifice in Bath, Maine. The pew is crowded. The sermon is long. A respectable citi zen goes to sleep. In close proximity to him is a lady. Tbe preacher, when In the midst of the closing prayer, when the slumberer astonished the congregation by grunting in a tone of complaint: "Cme, come. Sarah! lay along ; don't crowd so ! lay over ! lay over!" "Sarah," who was fortu nately In the pew also, never fora mo ment lost her presence of mind, but' administered a timely poke with her parasol, which awakened her dormant ford. Greeley at the Greenville Fair. Horace Greeley was at the Greenville Fair and was interviewed by a corres pondent of the Pittsburgh Oommereial, who records tbe result of the interview as follows : ( GREENVILLE, PA., Sept. 21. The news spreads from the railroad depot to the crowds assembled at the hotels, that Mr. Greelev has arrived. A carriage soon drives up to the door of the National Hotel, and Mr. Greeley makes his appearance. ' I must leave for Warren at three o'clock," says the gentleman as he alights, and is ushered to a room. He is dressed in a good suit of black with a drab overcoat, wrs a tall soft black hat, and, notwithstanding rumors to the contrary, presents quite a respectable appearance if his panta loons did run down below and under bis heels. A pair of spectacles rest on tbe nose which ornaments his good humored face. The Chairman of the "Committee on Speakers" tears him from the crowd which has surrounded him, and the venerable philosopher is ushered to a room on the second floor. We send no our card, and we are told that "Mr. Greelev will entertain us in a few minutes." The few minutes elapse, and down comes tbe gentleman and dives into tbe dining room. We endea vor to sit down by him, but he sajs, "Beg pardon, Brother Barnes sits there." Roast beef, vegetables, a cu p of tea and some apple pie claim the gentleman's attention for exactly twenty-two min utes. He gets through with his repast, and tells the landlord that he " must leave for Warren at three o'clock." Back to his room, and we are asked to walk up. H. G. is seated alongside a bureau and is making puzzles on nu merous small pieces of paper. We sub sequentlv "learn that we are mistakeu and what we thought were pnzzles happen to be Mr. Greeley's notes for hi address at the fair. A fly could do better if iu feet were inked. "How have von enioved vour trip through the West?" we asked. Very much, indeed. I must go to Warren at three." Will we have a few political remarks thir afternoon T" Oh. no. No air. Politics at a fair won't do. This is my brother Barnes," said Mr. Grtelcy, as he introduced to us bdoui nve leet or me leanest, lanaesi, sandy haired specimen of a country farmer that we met that dav. here do vou hail from ?" asked Barnes. "Pittsburgh," we answered. "Pittsbureh's a smart ton n. Horace." as he disturbed his brother iu L: liter ary efforts. It Is." said Mr. Greeley. "I lut.st so to W arren at three, sure." Are you, or are yon not going to be ouiuiuaie ior tne jrresiuencv. xur, Greeley?" in is was a bold venture, and for i moment the old gentleman raised his eyes irom the puzzles and looked us square in the face. We thought he was going to solve our problem : but he only said, after a panse, "That's not for me tossy. Barnes, what time is it?" And be commenced drawing again. Pres ently, in answer to a question, he savs : a ten you we must oppose urant. w e may nominate Schuyler. Do you know Schuyler, Barnes?" "Schuyler who?" asked the brother. "Why Schuyler Colfax, of course. Do they raise beans about here? I must say something about beans." And he commences on tbe puzzles once more, Mr. Greeley has now about a dozen of little pieces or paper in his hand, and places them iu bis pocket as a tall man with a badge on enters the room and announces, "The team's ready." Horace gets up and puts on his overcoat while Barnes hands him his haL "Your oily officials are having a lively time in New York," we remarked. Yes." he replied, "they should all have got on board a coal ship and have gone tn Europe long ago. Barnes, does that Warren train leave at three?" "It does," answered Barnea. "Well. I roust be in Warren to-night. Now for tbe fair. Young man," aaid he, addressing the writer, " I deliver a political speech at Warren to night and you should come down and hear ma." He goes down stairs and enters a car nage in waiting and twenty minute later we distinguish his white" hair play ing in the breeze as, mounted on a plat form, he is telling some two or three thousand people what be knows about iarmirig. lie commences oy giving nis hearers a description of the farmim lauds of the great West, and advises every one to own a fam. Then follows lecture on cabbaee and potatoes, de void of the least trace of politics. The people try to draw him ont on the state of tbe nation, bnt on political matters he is as dnmb aa an oyster. About forty minutes of" this sort of thine." and Mr. Greeley makes his bow amid a series of cheers, lurnlng to nis brother he ex plains to him that it is necessary that he should be in Warren to-night and he goes to tbe hotel for a little aatcbel which he left in the room, and then with several gentlemen be walks to the At lantic and Great Western Railroad depot, shakes hands "with the Agricultural Committee, and seon he and Barnes are off to Warren. How the Rocky Mountain Air Affects Lung Diseases. Tbe reports that have gained cur rency iu regard to tbe beneficial in fluence of the atmoshere of the Rocky Mountain regions upon persons af fected with pulmonary complaints, have frequently led physicians to en tertain erroneous ideas with reference to tbe effects of tbe mountain air, and to give their patieuts extremely injudicious advice. The Hon. Wil liam D. Kellcy, who has experienced great benefits from a short sojourn in Colorado and Wyoming, has written a letter to the Philadelphia Preti, in which he endeavors to correct the wrong impressions that have ob tained on this subject. He says that the day is not far distant when the plains by which one gradually ascends 5,000 feet to the base of tbe mountains, and tbe slopes and valleys of the mountains, will be recognized by tbe world as a vast sanitarium. There is a health giving power in their sun and atmosphere that must be experienced to be appreciated. The sun shines full three hundred days in the year, and the brief seasons in which the rain falls are well defined, and may, therefore be avoided. For asthmatic and bronchial diseases the sun and air of the Rocky Mountains are almost absolute specifics. So, loo, if properly applied, are they for in cipient diseases of tbe lungs; but pa tients whose lungs are seriously ar fected should not go direct to the mountains, the more attenuated at mosphere of which taxes for a time tbe power to run, jump, climb bills, or indulge in other violent exercise, of those whose breathing apparatus is pot perfect. The aid the mountain region aflbrds to consumptives from the seaboard ard Mississippi Valley States is relief from tbe humidity of the atmosphere and excessive heat of summer or the moist or excessive cold of winter ; and the lower the al titude at which they at first avail themselves of this, the better. Peo ple affected with asthma or bronchitis may find relief in almost any part of Colorado or Wyoming that has an elevation of 5,000 or 6,000 feet; but those who are suffering from tubercles or heart disease snouia avoid bucl heights or only approach them slowly after strength has been gained on tbe lower plains. If a consumptive finds no relief in an elevation of 3,000 feet, it will be well for him to go no fur ther, but ratber retrace his tteps. Dyspepsia in all its forms and nerv ous disorders are speedily relieved In the Rocky Mountain climate, which offers great advantages to the worn and exhausted business man, and to those of either sex who have been prostrated by over exertion or harass ing cares. Grease is Carpets. Cover the grease spot with whiting, and let it remain until it becomes perfectly saturated with the grease; then scrape it off. and cover it witb anotner coat of the whiting, and if this does not remove the grease, repeat the appli cation. Three coats of whiting will. in most cases,- remove the grease, when it should be brushed off with a clothes brush, The Chicago Fire and Insurance Companies. oanles. The following important items, in relation to insurance, have been col lected from reliable authority: The Royal Insurance of Liverpool, loss, $133,000; Imperial of Liverpool, $000 000; North British of Liverpool, $2, 700,000. Good authority foots up the entire loss of the Liverpool and Lon don insurance companiesat $4,500,000. The Eta of , Hartford and Home of New York have each $6,000,000 in the city, about four million in cash, of which one million is on the burnt district. The Hartford companies have $18,0(i0 in all.every cent of which will be paid, The Phoenix of I.'art- rord $700,000 ail good. All or the Cleveland companies are broken. The Commercial Mutual of Cleveland, $300,000, the entire assets, but the stockholders have subscribed $200,000 and will commence anew. The Pa cific and Occidental Co's. lose their entire assets. The President of the International telegraphs that he will be hern in thirty-six hours, and is prepared to pay all their losses, amounting to $.$00,000. The Trades mens of New York, loses only $15,- 000, which is already paid. Field. Lieter A Co.'s store, owned by Potter Palmer, was Insured in an iinglish company for two-thirds of th; value. Field, Lieter & Co. had $3,100,000 in surance on their stock ; J. V. Far well, $1,500,000; Hamin & Co. $300, 000. The new Pacific Hotel company had $150,000 on the building, all of which was held by the creditors as collateral. All the Chicago compa nies are bankrupted by the fire. All tbe banks in tbe city will, with scarce ly a doubt, be abletoresu ae business. A number of bank vaults have been opened, and without exception every thing has been found in a state of preservation. The loans of the banks are made largely to that class of busi ness men who have suffered the least from the disaster. Every bank in the city claims that in time it will be able to pay every cent of its liabilities. One of those "Personal" Advertisements and What Came of it. of the editorial staff of the Star, inserted the following advertise ment, on the rJth of July, in the Herald: "A young lady of good family de sires the acquaintanceof ayoung gen tleman of good standing and some personal attractions, with a view to ultimate marriage. She has a good marrying portion in her own right. The jealousy of an ever watchful guardian is the cause for this step. "Address M. F. ; P. O. Box 159." Tbe result ahowed the preponder ance of both fools and knaves in the city, as there was an immediate re sponse from about one hundred and seventy individuals, many of whom were merchants, lawyers, doctors. telegraphers, artists, Ac. Some of them were people well known who wrote in an undisguised hand, en closed their cards, and evidently meant to go in for M. F. and tbe marriage portion. Thejreadingof the letters fur nihed great amusement to the at taches and visitors to the Star office. It was suggested that the experiment of answering forty or fifty of them snd appointing a place of meeting, would give greater jest to the joke. Accordingly a note simulatinga lady's handwriting was sent as a 'reply to some of the effusions, couched in this wise : "Meet me on Saturday, the 22d, at two o'clock P. M., opposite the Regis ter's ofHce, City Hail Park." The time and place ought to have convinced the most unsophisticated that there was some game about it. Tbe locality was in full view of tbe Star office, at whose windows were a tea of laughing faces on Saturday afternoon, eager to ascertain whether the "fools were all dead." A few only 'smelt a mice," but between thirty and forty put in an appearance, perfuming the air with choice toilet essences and the aroma of buttonhole bouquets. The first one appeared about five minutes before the hour. He was a cleanly-shaven, . fine-looking man, about thirty-five, attired in the high est style of ait. There was nothing in bis appearance to devote softening of the brain, and the lookers-on at tbe iS'far office were doubtful at first as to his Identity. He bung around a a so anxiously that it was resolved to test tbe matter by sending out a small boy duly instructed. "Are you waiting for M. F., sir?" asked the boy of the Buspected indi vidual. "Yes," he answered with alacrity,' "sent a message." "She can't come before half-past two." said the unscrupulous boy. Perfectly sat isfied, the dapper gentleman, all un conscious of ridicule, settled himself in a seat near by and waited. By twos, by threes, and by half dozens, the searchers for M. F. ap peared in front of the Star and Ledger offices. The policemen began to gather around and wonder "what was up." Again and again was t bo little messenger dispatched to the seekers, and in no case mistook his man. Some of them were told to wait; others that M. F. would address them the next day in the Sunday Ledger. Every young lady that passed before the assembly was eyed most seriously. Now and then they eyed each other suspiciously, but none saw tbe game until tbe small boy was Beut into their midst with a placard bearing the fol lowing inscription : "M. F. can't come to-day." The way these, soft-hearted fellows made tracks -for parts unknown is imp'issiljle to describe. Tbe hoax was self evident, and the humiliation still greater the next day, when a full account of this ridiculous affair, with a graphic drawing of the group, aiv peared in the Sunday paper. A. Y. Cor. New Bedford Mercury. Honesty Rewarded. A touching story, the moral of which is that honesty is the best policy, is told by the New York Standard: "Two honest men whose initials are respec tively C. and G met in New "iork some time since. They were afflicted with congestion of pocket book, and tbev didn't know bow to raise what is popularly known as the wind. But C. became possessed of an idea, and it was a happy one. "This is the plan," he said. " I've round a man fool enough to lend me $100. The great race between Longfellow and Helm bold comes ofl next week at Saratoga. We'll go. There'll be the heaviest kind of odds bet on Long fellow, of course. I'll back Helmbold and you'll be stakeholder. After the first bet you give me tbe stakes and I'll bet the whole amount, make you holder again, stake them again, bet again, and so on. i ueu we suuueuiy . .. ., . 1 I 1 ' on leave and divide tne pue. oee ; . This proposition, which was highly an original one, we believe, was ac- icepted. "On the day of the great contest," says tne astanaara, tnev were oi theground. Tbe plan worked. Soon G, as stakeholder, had $5,000 in his possession, then tbey thought it convenient to leave before the race came off. They went. During the race tbey were coming to New York at the rate of tbitty miles an hour, planning to rusticate until the atlklr blew over. When they came out of the Hudson River railroad depot the first news they heard was that Helm bold bad won! They weie not as tonished, perhaps at ltast not more so than everybody else. They had fairly won their money ! They were honest men and need not run away. Tbey didn't. Virtue is its own re wardHonesty is the best policy !" Brigbam Young appeared in Court in Salt Lake on Monday and was held in bail in five thousand dollars. It is thought that there will he trou ble if be is convicted. The Conflagrations in the Prairies and Woods and Minnesota and Wisconsin. The fires which fora week or more past have been sweeping over Minne sota and Northern Wisconsin, cover sections of the country truly enor mous. That in Minnesota at latest dates seems to have started in Dakota Territory, although there is no evi dence as to the precise locality. The south end of tbe conflagration is cros sing Northern Iowa, while the north ern end reaches far up towards the bead of Lake Superior, and is sweep ing down the valley of the St. Petei's river, and the forests east of the Mis sissippi above St. Cloud. It seems probable that this Are is advancing on a line nearly three hundred miles long, and that it has passed Over a territory scarcely less on an average than one hundred miles in width, al though the outlines are irregular. That in Wisconsin is even more terri ble, reaching from near New London through all tbe country east and north as high up as Menomonee river, and how much further is not definitely known. It is also following down the Lower Fox river from Oshkoah to wards Green Bay, and a large force of the Chicago and Northwestern rail road men have been at work for sev eral days in protecting the ties and bridges from destruction. Buildings have already been destroyed near Fort Howard, opposite the city of Green Bay. On the east side of Fox river it has been equally disastrous, covering nearly the whole country west of Munitowoc, and up tbe peninsula northward, embracing millions of the finest timbered land in the West. The catastrophe is so terrible, involv ing so many enterprises and people, as to amount to a national calamity, and it has even been proposed to call the Legislature of Wisconsin together to devise measures for relief of the suf ferers. Millions in value have been destroyed, and still the fire fiend pur sues Its way, human agencies being utterly powerless to arrest it. The disaster is the most wide-spread and terrible that has ever visited the State,' and will fall with crushing weight on more than a hundred thousand of tbe most industrious and deserving of tbe population. "Large fires are reported in Michigan, but tbe extent of the de vastation is not yet known. It is probably small in comparison with that west of tbe lakes. THE POWER OF KINDNESS. BY MRS. CHAS. BRAY. There is an old saying, that it ia Love that makes the world go round. It is only by constantly turning round tbe great source of light and beat that bur world can exist ; and it only by the warm sunshine of love that li fe, and all that is good and beau tiful in life, can continue. Love is the great power in the uni verse that creates and blesses. God is love. We have all been placed upon this earth man, and all other crea turesto use it, enjoy it, and fulfill our part upon it, each in our proper place, and each according to our na ture. If we all use and enjoy our earthly portion in the spirit of that love that sustains the world, blessings abound more and more, misery les sens, and happiness increases. If we act against that divine spirit of love, we are no longer in harmony with tbe Ruling Power of the universe, and misery, confusion and destruction must follow. In ail the daily things of common life we may see the working of this great law of Love. Suppose there are two children: one them has a brutal father, who starves and beats him; the other has loving father, who cares well for him and treats him kindly. Which of those two children will turn out best, and grow up to be a comfort to his parents? Suppose, again, there are two teachers : one of them tries to teach by brute force, and flogs his les sons into his scholars, till they hate tbe very sight of a book, and always run away from school when they have chance; tbe other teacher makes his lessons so pleasant, by the kind ness of his manner, and by the inter est he himself takes in them, that his pupils like to learn and remember them, and come to school willingly. Which of those two teachers has the most trouble; and which of them suc ceeds the best? It is the same with our other fellow creatures the animals. Treat them kindly, and they will give us their Jove; teach them kindly, and they will give us their service, livery day oi our short lives we can do something to add to tbe happiness of those that live with us and about us, or to lessen their suffering. Tbe time is surely coming to all ol us when we must bid farewell to this world. Let us lie down to rest with thecomfortiug thought that our lives here have made other lives better and happier, and that not a single need less pain or sorrow have we eyer caus ed to anything that feels. Animal World. Tbe best thing for a man to do, when ne feels too tired to perform a task, or too weak to cary it through, is to go to bed and sleep a week if he can ; this is the only true recupera tion of the brain power, the only ac tual renewer of brain force; because, during sleep, the brain is in a sense of rest, in a condition to receive and appropriate particles of nutriment from the blood, which take the place of those which have been consumed by previous labor, since the very act of thinking consumes, burns up solid particles, as every turn of the wheel or screw of tbe splendid steamer is the result of eonsumption by fire of tbe fuel in the furnace. That supply of consumed brain substance can only be had from the nutriment particles in the blood, which were obtained from the food eaten previously, and tbe brain is so constituted that it can best receive and appropriate to itself those nutriment particles during the state of rest, quiet, and of stillness, sleep. Mere stimulants supply noth ing in themselves they only goad the brain, force it to greater consump tion of its substance which has been so fully exhausted that there is not power enough left to receive a supply, just as the men are so near death by thirst or stai vation, there is not power enough left to swallow and all isovor. The incapacity of the brain for re ceiving recuperative particles some times come on with the rapidity of a stroke of lightening, and the man becomes weak in au instant; in an instant looses all sense, and is an idiot. It was under circumstances of this very sort, in the middle of a sen tence of great oratorical power, oneof the most eminent minds of the age forgot his ideas, pressed his baud against his forbead, and after a mo ment's silence said, "God, as with a sponge, has blotted out my mind." Be assured reader, "there is rest for the weary," only iu early and abun dnt sleep, and wise and happy are they who hav firmness enough to resolve that "By God's help I will seek it in no other way." H-M't Journal oj Health. The lion-hunters sometimes do not bag much with all their zeal. Some body of this kiud lately dodgged Mr. Tennyson, who, with his family, was visiting the Royal Academy. Wher ever Mr. T. went this devoted pitcher with long ears went also. His perse verance was at last rewarded, for he actually heard the poet say something Aud what does the reader suppose that ihe poet said ? Why, he actually remarked to the lady, "Take care of the children while I go and have a glass of beer!" Could any thing be more up poetical? Hedid say, "While I go to drain a crystal beaker full of tbe warm South !" but he went after beer, vulgar beer! it may he not even half-and-half: I BY MRS. CHAS. BRAY. Romance of a Colored Waiter's Life. Year after year Robert Jackson has been the second waiter at the Union and the head waiter at Congress Hall, but the careless crowds have not known that through his veins course the proudest Virginian blood. Robert isa small, well-made quadroon, fash ioned, perhaps, in about the same mould as Stephen A. Douglas, for his head closely resembles that of the Little Giant. His grandfather was General Harry Lee, of revolutionary light horse fame, and his mother was a slave woman named Jenny, a maid of Mrs. Lee. Soon after tbe birth of William Jackson, tbe head waiter's father, Jenny was sold to CoL Stewart, of Frederick county, Maryland. The boy William showed extraordinary intelligence and became a pet of his master, and on the death of Col. Stew art found himself free, by a clause in the will. William went immediately to Washington, where he had been many times with bis master. There he met John McLean, Postmaster General, under Martin Van Buren, and a friend of his old master. Judge McLean appointed him a messenger in the Post office Department, at a salary of $t300 pe.' annum. WILLIAM JACKSON WINS A WIFE. While a messenger in the Post office Department William Jackson met a -beautiful long haired octaroon, the tlave of Judge John Stewart, of Bal timore, the slave girl's name was Rachel, and she came to attend Miss Stewart, one of 'the fashionable Balti more bells, at one of President au Buren's receptions. William lost his heart with tbe dusky maid, and soon went to Baltimore to get Judge Stew art, who owned her, to consent to their marriage. "No sir," said the Judge indignant ly ; "Rachel is a slave, and she must many a stare. It she marries a free nigger she will be running away her self, and, besides, I don't know when . I may want to sell her to the New Or leans traders." "Then I can never marry her?" "Never, until somebody buys her from me," replied the Judge. Rachel was sent to tbe Frederick . county farm, and thither William went in tbe night to hold a consulta tion with her. - But there was no chance of success. The Fugitive Slave Law was in effect ; passes were requi red by the slave ou the plantation, and to run away was surely to be caught, returned and then a dreadful whipping followed. "What can we do?" sobbed Rachel. "I know," replied William; "I will buy you myself." "But you have no money.', "I can work and earn it," replied the determined lover "How much will you take for Rachel '?" he asked Judge Stewart tbe next day. "Well a thousand dollars will buy her," rep'ied the hard-hearted Judge. William went to work, every cent was saved, he even going on foot Into Frederick county by night to see Rachel, where they held solemn con sultations and hoped only for tbe time when he could buy her and own h e and make her his wife. Think of that, mercenary beaux, heartless fortune hunters of Congress Hall think of tolling night and day. and then think of paying your last cent for the love of woman. Two years rolled around, and nine hundred dollars gladdened the sight of William Jackson. Christmas came.' "What shall I give you for Christ mas this year, William ? asked the good Postmaster General of his trusty messenger. "Anything, Mr. Secretary." "But what would you like most?" Then niiam told tne story or ins and Rachael'9 troubles how he was afraid she would be sold, how he loved her dearly, and how be lacked still a hundred dollars to buy her. The old Postmaster General took off his specs, wiped his eyes; and then put them on again. Then he fumbled in his pockets. "Five ten twenty thirty," he counted, and then he handed William a hundred dollars. Too happy to live, William started for Judge Stewart's. "Here, master John," said he, with his eyes all aglow with joy, "here is a thousand dollars now I want Rach el." "My God! William; you don't tell me so," exclaimed the Judge. "Wny I sold Rachel yesterday for $1,250, to go to Mobile." "When ia she going?" asked Wil liam nervously. "She's gone already went yester day. She will be in Lynchburg iu tb ree days, by the boat. ' ' Broken-hearted and crushed in spirit William hurried back to Judge McLean, in Washington. The Judge heard his story. Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun were In the Judge's ' room, and they both took a deep in terest. "Let's raise the money and send Willliam after her," said the gener ous Webster. "He would be seized a dozen times as a fugitive," said the Judge, "and they'd sell him too." "I'll send my private secretary," said Mr. Webster, and he did so. . There was no telegraph then, nor cars, but the secretary tooK tne roto- mac river boat, and witn 5i,w, con tributed by William Jackson's in the Department, overtook Rachel, show- ed Mr. Calhoun's letter, endorsed by several Virginians, bought her and brought her back. Calhoun, W ebster. and J udge McLean saw them married the next week. Our head waiter. Robert Jackson, afterward waited on Webster and Cal houn in their old age at the Old "Indi an Queen Hotel" in Washington, now called the Metropolitan, where iu 'Si he met Mrs. Joseph C. Luther, a pres ent habitue of Congress Hall. On her wedding tour Mrs. Luther took Robert to Swansey, Massachusetts, in structed him, and a few years after wards he made an engagement at me L'uion Hotel. During the winter be catered for those eccentric bachelors in New York, Mr. T. H. Faile, Mr. Edward Penford, and Mr. Robert Mo C'losl y. Only the former survives. In lSti Robert became head waiter at Congress Hall. He caters for New Yorkers in the winter at 206 Waverly place. Robert has, perhaps, the larg est acquaintance of any one in Sara toga. He Knows oio savans, poeu, statesmen and historians. He lives in a beautiful vine-clad cottage ou Washington Street.in Saratoga,where the guests of Congress Hall frequently call upon his wife, who is one of the neatest house- keepers in Saratoga. A voi xg audnewlv-fledsred Juetice of the Peace in Illinois was recently called upon for the first time to marry a couple. He nervously looked through " Every Man his Own Law yer," and " Main's Township Laws," but failed to find the desired form. The crowd grew impatient, and be told the couple to hold hands. This done, he pronounced the following charge : " You and each of you da solemnly swear that in the case now upon bearing you will tell the truth, and that you will love, honor, cher ish aud obey each other during the term of your natural lives, so help you God." Both answered solemnly, " I will," and the Justice charged tbem a dollar each, and pionounced them man and wife. ' A picture of life in Mexico: Two gent leraen of the highest rank iu society meet iu the evening in the street in the capital.. "What o'clock is it, Senor ?" politely asks the first. The other stops, draw his revolver aud covers his interlocutor, then take out his watch and gives the desired information. Number one thank number two, without the least sur prise or remonstrance at the measure; of precaution. , ,