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i LOLA MONTEZ ON,'"STRONG MINDED WO > ^ MEN." Another crowded hon.<=o at the IIop Chapel last evening tesliiied to tliu populai | ity ot' Lola as ft lecturer, ami seemed to on dorso emphatically her independent idea on the snhjeetot'" Strong Minded Women. She was embarrassed, she said, between th just idea of strength and what was now de nominated strong minded. in the woman' lights movement. Mrs. I?h>i>mer had ol. taincd the ?? putati<?n <>i' being strong mind ed by merely cutting six itK-Sie* oil" her pe: neoai. rive 11ni> 111 \voiii<-u to get her in convention, :iii<l resolving tlia tiny were an ??]>j?ies?ed coinintini:v, am that tins men wore rascals ami scoundrels proved tliat they were discontented, Iml coti!<! not prove thalllmy were strong iniml od. 'J'lie strong mi' dud women ui.re nol women of woids, l>nl Voineii ofdeeds?nol of resolutions, but of action. History <!i ! not leaeli lliat they ever coii-nsned mm li timo in conventions;-they w?-re, rather, prompt (o resent cneioachim-nts 11j><>n tlmir lights, and to defend then), or take the consequences of sncll defeime. \\ hell the Countess Cecil, wife of llio (iovertior of Henry l\ ., had heen called upon to deliver up tli?city that she defended, on the threat that her husband, who was in the hands of t e i n i ..... i . i > viirin \ , MimiiM i'U |i'.u i?> u?*:n n, s <' ivpiliju ?"I have liclu's in abundance; I have olio rod them, and I would Mill oiler all 1*?r liis ransom; but I would n<?t i*?uouiiiii<>u>ly purchase a life which In; would reproru-h !n?j with, ami which ho would not a-k to enjoy, bv means of dishonor or bv trea<ou against inv King and ( otinliy."' That wa> an example of a real ?ti"iig minded woman: and history was full of such examples, who liad no need of conventions or isolations to make herself known in th-j world. Then* was such a diUeronee between t r? ii.lj mind'- 1 and strong lotitfued women ! K\<n men always respected a wouinn of nius.? (Jomuswas not a se>:. Would any otie sock to-lake a woman like .loan I . Ih.viile to frying pancakes and pealing onion-.' (Laughter.) When tln v thought of Margaret of Anjon, would they pause to speak about the intellect of woman ! Yut .loan of Uellevillo, with all her military glory, her successive descents on Xorinam.ly, was one of the handsomest women in l'.tir Those were not solitary cases. Who h id not read of the Amazons, who di l all i!:<* lighting, and made the men stay at hoin ! ? who were not allowed to marry until t h?-v had killed their man ? This was carrying the question unduubtdiy to an exit lit that would satisfy our liioilern agitators. Who did not know of the Prefect of Oregon's daughter and of .loan of Arc ??of the coun. tcss liclmont, who, with her own han-l, had taken prisoners, though ail mildness and gentleness :it lioinc??of Portia, the beautii'nl daughter of Cato, of Utica, wlio, in order to convince her husband that she was | worthy of being trusted, and capable of heroic deed.-, had badlv gidied heiseit with a lcnil'e ??of the Countess of l>erhy, who J desperately defend, d her castle when all gave it up lor lo.-t?of Syhille, the wile of I Robert of Ilurgundy, wlu>, !< secure herhiis- | band's life, had, at the sacrilli: of her own j life slicked her husband's poisoned wounds I J)ut not only were women celebrated tor I lieroii; deeds, but also in intellect and even ! science. Had not Isabella of Anag??n j bceli the only OHe to appreciate tin* diseov- j eries of Columbus, and r? al!v proved ihe I ' . 1 man of the sovereigns. (Laughter.) The Mitellect. of Seiniramis, and, she was son v 1 to say, her bad morals, would rival that of any male monarch. What male monarch ; made a more splendid leign than Zenobia. j (^Ueen of Palmyra? and did nol<?<iecii Kli- ! Kabcth, whose moral character die would i Dot undertake to defend, bear I lie reputation of the gigantic monarch ? Where would men find a rival to Catliarine the Hi end of Jtussia! and Innl not Christiana ofSwceden thrown oil" the dress as wi ll as the manners I of a woman, saying, " I would heroine a man; yet I do not love men b?cau>e they are men, hut because they are not women." (Laughter.) Olympic, the mother of Al. examlcr the Great, had been a match for the greatest monarch of the present day.? She would not defend these women a* models of character for their sex, but they would favorably compare with the general line of the male monarch*. (Applause.) j All the bad that could be said of these wo men by historians was said. The reason that so little was said of the men was, she ' supposed, because no great degree of inor- j nlity was expected from them. (Applause.") j HI ... I l-i iuvii 11:111 me monopoly oi' tlie sins of the world. Vet where could the men produce such examples as Lucri-tia, the J'rincess Oetavia, I lie heroine oi' tho lattle lield and of the fields of literature and science; Cor- j nelia, mother of the Gracchi, one of the most learned persons of her day ; T)aeicr who translated Ilomer and "Plutarch's Lives;" while Elizabeth Carter not only translated Cree k, Latin, French and Arabic, but spoke all these, and several other lan?iia?res\besides. Ili-lnn 1 " w ? - . -?? "ubiuuik uavan was tli<S roost learned person of her day, and one of the greatest curiosities of Home; while Jane of Arrngon,'Marchioness de Chatclfe, {ind Anne Clillord, contributed luitlier'to fill up tho record of women's geiiiii3ancj learning. Of Madame de Stael, Gcprgo?^Jind, Madame Roland, and Lady Montague, sho. said they all knew ; and Sir Ejlwar^ Lytton IJulwcr was not an exception*'to tho rule that men of .the present-day could not" rendily recognize tho genius of their ?>vn wives. She defended . the char" ' acter 'ofASpasiy frorjv what she deemed un' ju^extolled Gleopptra'a beauty "enppprj^d' the. th eory '^f^^UadAU that all great revolutions origb 1 r, hearts were interested. (Applause.) Tli convention women, it would l>o hop 0 j would make good wives mid mothers y would turn tlieir altciitioii ill that '* I ruction. (I.iughler.) They would lie s ; Lf?*t on as |"i!i:ic.i;ins. (Laughter.) Won complained ino-tinlhel uitcd Slates wh u sin: had the most liberty. Tlicy had got " learn that in polities you must not let y< s It'll hand know what your light hand dot: ' ; (Laughter.) What did slie care about c " lying tho voti; to |lie box, when she v * allowed to sav how the vole should bo cai '(Laughter.) A woman jiialilio<l for a g?j 1 i i ' ?ii<" ;111 i mi.h.i niouier ihm**I not imivy :i v ' ii.in of "cuius, nor need she tliinlc that in< ' , tal powers w 11. 1 unlit her fur doilies t life. (.\|>|?!:iu?"'.) Napoleon h:ul been i? <](> <i t<> have said that "slie is the irr*.; , 1 ? >{ woman who had tin; greatest number children hut any cat or rahiu could In, Napoleon's great women. (1 niversal Iau-j i tor.) \\ oiiian wore expected to make hoi happy it* I lie hn-hinl was as ha?l as a 15o ga! I; ail'! hiitoi v was full of such liu i l>!e Mini Ik-.s on t!ie part of woman. C)ne I the greatest act roses of the Kugli-di sta was driven to obtain a livelihood for ' family hv the cruelty of her husband.' ; \\ its!'- in times of trouble ami dispair in would fi. .jiicnt vT:iiiil?!iii<; houses ami t diiiiking iioife, heroic women would working hv t!ie dim li<?ht of the iiiidui*^ i lamp, for the wherewithal for the next iilei Ho v. ho would treat women as an inferi ! being, only insulted that (lod who mai her In- e.pial and companion. She believi i with I'iiCaii'h : "A wife should he a? a in UOI. I -111 i'l'_r her hilsl>:nirl iiiv.vi.I...I ! | is Mlvli a I:n :?in 1 ;is a nohlo woman cull i ju>l!v i }>i* >?-111 ainl Krasnnis eorroliorat t!::> idea. W oman had tin- greatest iihcr i:i the 1 1 Stales for sile l<I it lie ni"-t 11viii?'!i?!??us over the I'rd< of cr.-atioi ; Laughter.) She had the riyht to drive n o:i! ol'l!i<! omnibus ? (1 au^hter)?and ev?r wli'ic wI;i r> I here wis- a vat. (Latightei Slit- thought tho men ought to get nj> meeting alt--lit the wrong* ol' the masculii 'glider. (Laughter.) "I i;i-\ coii'd give the j an addles*. up-m the n >mitv of luiiiotilc | >!iirts 11.?1.3i11_r up nil'- as a hicroylvph j ei111 I<-1n of lint 11?I t of wivfs. (I.:in*;! 1 t?-r and a|ipian.*>\) Then tl?. re were 11 i >t>- kii!^- pi ?? 11!i11si-parat'" liole* lor <:Vci ! ioc, (!:iiii"Iil? i) looking iilce so liianv inoutl I .7 . i pi?i?.:!;?:u?iiii? tli.: iif^lcct of Inni^elio! I duti< ; (I. uighter.) Loin coiidiide.l with a hnl J crous and witty supposed address on tl j wrongs of man, concluding hy saying 11:: j even the ancient usages of society we; i overleaped, and the women have at in ! M.-i/.i-d iii ?>ii the fashion of wearing men j pantaioMiis. (Laughter.) I ><>uhlle?.s tln i .. >.. 1 ..u .in .-uiMicr iruui i.ney >lone, 11 dignant'y showering words sucli as si wuiihl itot attempt to describe?tlicy mil: all hear thein. The married men coul imagine what liny would he?(hnighter)e.?pecial!y if any Mrs. Candles were p resell ! (Lmghtor.) Single gentlemen had n I business t>> kno>v these things in advauc (Laughter.) .. I J)<iinn rim.* ini'l lT,/l>j A if/Ittmore.?. ! nioM singular occurri-nee transpired a t'e I days since on the Ihiltitnoiii and I'hilade phia Kaihoad. Mr. 'J'lioinas S. Hoggin Kiktoii, took the night train of cars fc lialiimoiv, and feeling ?[iiit?.* drowsy, on tore the smoking car, laid down on a hench an went to s'."e|?. Whilst the train was par -iiig ovi-r tin; Gunpowder river, he dreaine that his lions.- was ">n lire, and acting ill del" tin; ii.llu-lice of this dream he spran up, ran out of the car, and jumped from tli platform. Jle lainhd on the tressel-wor licit supports lln> bridge, and in his (.'Hurt to catch himself. his right arm was caugli l?y the train ami shockingly crushed. II ?vas then in a perilous situation, bein; parlly immersed in water, with nothing hu his hold hy hi* left arm upon the bridge t sustain him, whilst lie was suffering intens aironv from his erudicd arm. In thishelj; less condition he remained for nearly thirt; minnte.s, when his groans attracted the at tentioti of the bridge lender, who hastens to his assistance. lie was removed to plaee ?>f safety, and returned home in th liist train. I>rs. Evans and Tread well wer called in and found it neccessary to ampu late the limh. lie now lies in a eritial con dilion, hnt his physicians have no doubt o his recovery.? Jjollimorc Atncricun. Snxill Talk.?1 >ut of all ihe expedient? to make the heart lean, tile brain gauz; and to thin life down inlo the consislenc of :i cambric kerchief, the most successfu is the lit tie talk and tattle which, in som charmed circles, is courteously styled con vernation. 1I<j\v human beings can live o such meagre Tare?how continued cxislenc in such a famine of topics and on such a shot allowance of sense?is a great question, philosophy could only search it out. A we know is, that such men and women ther arc, who will go on from lifs--en to fourscor and never a hint on their tombstones, thai they died at last of consumption of th head and marasmus of the heart! Th whole universe of God, spreading out it splendors and terrors,pleading for their atten lion, and they wonder "where Mrs. Soint body got that divine libhon to herbonr.cl? The whole world of literature, through it i . I thousand trumps of fame, adjuring them t I retrard its <vnrnor/?.l ci/wo "t * ?? - ^ 0 ui uuiunon am lliouglit, and they think,''It's high times, i John intends to marry Sarah, for liim t pop the question !" When, to be sure, thi frippery is spiced with a little envy ant maljce, and prepares its small dishes of scan dal and nice bits of detraction, it become endowed with- a flight venomous ;v\talitj which does pretty welMn'the'abseric^-'c sou1,Jq carry >>9 ^bfcroajslii'nery o^Vjpg/jl not^'rcaliiy* of life^J&V P, Whijrple^^ ese THE TURN OF DESTINY. I(H1 About ton o'clock 0110 evening towards jf the close of the Inst century, when France tJJ. was convulsed by tlie honors and outlaw's vc, of the llevolulion, a small room in an tinlen frequented street of l'aris, contained a soli, ere Inry occupant, lie sppearcd to be a young t(> man of about twenty live years of age. lie )U|. was slender, but not tall, and the smallness tl,. of his figure was contrasted with the largea,-_ i ness of his head. I lis countenance, pallid l;ls ! and care-worn, was characterized by an ex <t -> I picssion of firmness, and by the piercing IO(] j brilliancy of his eyes, lie sal at a small k 1 tabic, in his diminutive apartment, perusing j?. a letter which lay open before him. When jj,. i he had lini-hed, he rose hastily from his ro. chair, and began pacing the room, uttering .,t. with energetic gestu res, the following sen" j (,fj tenecs : "Can this be?o! Is it possible that ( .;it i 1 am reduced to the want of even the tic r||. j cessaries of life! Must my actions beclogne Sot' l,.V l',c "Cad of a few pieces of yellow metal! It must not he so. Cursed, cursed ; in- J?"''' ' ',u exclaiiin-'l, clenching a coin in his j 0f hand furiously, and tossing it to tho other i end of the room. I Jut in a lew moments j ! lie picked it up again, and continued ; ' The , ungrateful wretches! It was I, T who l>eat 0? oil' the enemy, who, hut for my interposi; lion, might now be revelling in Paris. And1,0 yet, they refuse me employment, and keep |,l me here starving. When I asked for some ,| position, the reply was, 1 was too young.? : ,,r ' Tin' fools ! Tiiey do not know that studv | ,I,. ! and experience compensate for the lack of ' (.,1 years! And I told them as much. And j it - not only must I bear my own troubles, but ' lie those of my relatives. My mother writes j Id that she is in a destitute condition. 1 can- j <-s not help her!" After a short pause, lie j tv cried, with sudden energy : "Uut 1 have a ! .i re remedy! Why should I dragon this mis- j ii. ! erable life' I will not <lo it'."' A n?l s-i/.- ! j in j ing :i pistol from the table he it to I y- his head! "Uut no," lie said, after a mo. .) ! nieti'.'s pause, "not iti llii.s way ! 1 will ni.-li a to tin; Seine ami conceal alike my body ami ; le my late from the eye of man !" Saying ; m this, he hastily rushed from his room, ami ; ss ' down I he narrow stairs, and issued into the 1 , i>- ! street. Walking in silence for about half , Ii- ; an hour, he came upon a bridge over the a* ; Sriiif. (.'asting his eye ahoiit, to see that ry ! no tine was present, he stiode to one side of j is | the bridge, ami after looking over, wert t'? i s. ; the opposite side and prepared himself for j : i j a run and plunge. Hut just at this mo- j ie j nient he felt a hand on his shoulder, ami a j ' '*t i v i!i\ i.cconte<l him : "What ho! my friend, 1 re ! so you would drown yourself, would you st j (!ood heavens, Xapoleon !" the strange,. 1 j continued, "is this you ! Alas, what could 1 r<-' have brought you here ?" "That which is ' the inducer of all suicidos, misery," was the ' o mournful answer of Napoleon. "Misery ! But what caused your misery." "The lack ' d of money." "Pshaw, is that all V said the ' - stranger. "Vou certainly can't he so desti- 1 lute as to think of killing yourself. Conic, 10 my good friend, when a man has enough c" i lo eat and wear, he should not think ol 1 death." "But I have only one dollar," said ( ^ Napoleon ; "and my motliei is starving for want of money." "Is it possible!" said the ( . stranger. "I had 110 idea that it had come I- . 1 to this. 1 Wit here is a purse of gold. Take it, and relieve your mother." Napoleon ,1 eagerly clutched the gold, and hurried away. . The stranger looked after him with uston I 0 % 1 ishmeut, and pursued his course. (| Several years after the above event, a 1 111:111 W!i? Hiiiiilini* lii= I- j ? "= ""J " . ? : i dated portion of ihe suburbs of Paris.? 1 . ! The traveller, seated on horscbaek. was nroI c j. ! cccding slowly, and seemed absorbed in ! deep meditation. A few hundred yards in " I j front of liini lay the river Seine. As soon c c as he had raeched the river, he paced slow- 1 ? ; ly along its bank until lie came to a large ^ ( bridge, when dismounting from his horse, (> he tied it to a post, and walked leisurely r 0 along until he came to a particular spot, where lie stopped. The bridge was desert y ^ ed and had the appearance of having been n long fallen into disuse. The horseman j 1 seemed struck with sudden emotion at the ? a sight, ami as he stood at one side, looking ?j 0 over into the clear blue water, apparently e inadvertantly, he uttered his thoughts aloud: "With what thoughts do these places in. n _ I spire me! What a mighty eft'ect have v C those still, deep waters beneath mo had on v the destinies of the world ! Ilere, a few / years ago, in the dead of night, I met a v man. destitute and friendless, about to hurl o J y himself into the waves. I prevented him. f< v And now, that man, raised to the pinnacle i| of fame, is master of the fortunes and treas0 ures of the world I" "And has come to c thank and reward you, Deinasis !" uttered ? a voice behind him, and immediately lie u found himself locked in the embrace of a .t man. "Napoleon!" cried. Demasis, and u if cordially returned the embrace. "But," ho j |] continued, "I beg your majesty's pardon e for my freedom." "Stop, stop," cricil N;ic poleon; "away with court ccromonial. I v lt ain Napoleon still. Lrt us forget the dis- K e tinction of monarch and subject and conc verse like two friends.How glad I am, my s ?s lYicnd, to have this opportunity of dischargi ing tho debt which I owe you." "Your ' >. majesty owes me nothing," said - Demasis ; e " -'I only-prevented you from drowning yours self as I would have done any other." "Buf; " o tho gold?you forgot tho gold, my friend, tl llow ofton, since that night, have I sought . if to 'discover: you,. IIow queer you mufet L o have thought me to snatch the money and' s hurry away without^ven thanking you.? i* But I assure .yot|, mon amie^ns 'goon''as 4* ' i- thought of my cotfductlluirried baokrh&ra,' $ u';; 4 _ iir -3 *75b; 1 need of the money," replied I >emasis, "and I have been leading a cheerful, happy life on my farm." "So, you were afraid that i | would drag you from your privacy, eli ! I hit come along," said Napoleon, pulling him by the arm. "Let iif take horse, and talk over these matters at the Tuilleries." Mounting their horses, the Kmperor and the subject rode sMo by side, and were soon | lost to view in the evening mist. Sullico it I to say, that Demasis was fully rewarded. A Coslh/ Bible.?There is still in existence a ropy of the P>ihle, printed on vellum, which has been so[d as high as .">00. It is one of the few remaining copies of the lirst printed edition of the Uible. Ii may not be generally known that tin: Uible was the lirst book minted after tin* ilisenv- i cry <if the iirl of printing, ll was a work of about one thousand three hiiii<lrc<l pages, , and consisted of two large t??li?? volumes.? ; A vast amount of time and labor was required lu print it. And tho fact that it was not written with a pen, as oilier copies had been, was lor a longtime concealed. Tliis ] work was done about (lie year I I 15?more than four hundri'd years ago. Who can estimate its itilbii-nec oil th?> world ' As the. liible was the lirst book jointed, so there have been more copies of the llible printed than of any other work, ll is now trails* ; lated into the leading languages of the earth?i'(9 J ork ( hroitit'fi'. Cit i'e J>>r ///?- JUlc of' a .!/?/</ />(?-/.? A ' writer in the National Intelligencer says that spirits of hartshorn is a certain remedy for, the hite of a mad dog. The wound, hu adds, should he constantly bathed with il, i and three or four Mesne .l-ln*...! - < wardly (hiring the day. The li:tn>!i<nn decoinpor.es chemically the virus iudtiualcd into tli': wound, aii'l i:n111*-<Ii t? !y alters aii'l destroys its dileterioiisitc-"*. Tin: writer, who resided in Iirazil |\>r some li!!i<*, lirst I ri?:?! it for tin: Lite of a scorpion, air! 1111 1 that il removed jiain an I inll.imniatiou al . !iio>t instantly. Subsequently, lie 11I il j for the ?>l" the rattle snake, with similar ! success. At tin? suggestion of tlie writer, an ol'l friend am! physician ti! ?I it in cases! nf hydroph jbia, ami always with success. ' Jfjtiwx J'ni I.-.? I'lie house in which t Moore was horn is now a whiskey simp ; I turns' native collage is a public house;! "Miclley's bolide, at < Iieat Mal low, a be-r , hop ; the spot, when: Scott was born is oc- J 1 npid by a building u?ed fur a similar pur- ; >o>e; ami even ('wleridge's residence at ' Nether Stowcy, the very house in which the I >oet compose*I hi.-> >weet ' < Me to tlio Ni^ht- i engalc," is now an ordinary beer-house the | iousp in which James Montgomery lived for j < orly years, at Shellield, is a beer shop. j , One would fancy, by this singular lis(? I I hat when an English poet goes to hi:> hhr, lis lmiM> is cci-hiin In I'..!)???. ii. tl. ): ... U1VO IIIIV Ul ; > x-ctiou. t si Sensible JJecision.? Porter's Spirit, in eply to a correspondent, thus set lies a point n whist, not generally understood, we j liink ; ''It is optional with the non-dealer to j ' rlaim the ileal when the dealer makes a | nisdeal. If the rule were otherwise, the i j lealer, when lie and his opponent stood :it ' >ix and six, could always shift the di-advan- ! a?vs from himself, l?v purposely making a j misdeal." j ^ T Vhcrc //if First Ma, ih Su;/nr ifii.t .1 Twit', i n "Dodsley's Iregister" t<ir Oetohi-r, lTGDf t is stated that *'a method of 111 king i ngar and molasses from the sap of a j ertain tree called the maple, common in the | \ew luiglanU colonic*, has just been dis- l overed and put in practice at several pur- c ions of Now England, but especially at j s Jernardslon, about 20 miles from Athol." s A Lucky Lml.?A lad, who i an away rom his mother, in Cleveland, < >hio, nine ,, ears ago, has just turned up in California, \ | wealthy, the owner of a valuable rauehe \ c lear JIuinboldt. The mother had given i tl im up for death, and was so rejoiced at > v gain hearing from him that she fainted. v 'lie son joined her at Cleveland last week. 0 A woman is cither worth a great deal or ! otliing. If good for nothing, she is not .'ortli getting jealous for; if she be a tine 'Oman she will give no cause for jealousy. j L man is a brute to bo jealous of a good ^ .'oman?a fool to be jealous of a worthless lie?but is a double fool to cut his throat jr either of them. ^ A postmaster, puzzling out a very tin- u ertain superscription to an Irish letter, jo- I osely remarked to an intelligent son of t jrin who stood by, that the Irish brought d hard set of names to this country. "That's v fact, yer" honor," replied the Irishman; s but they get harder ones after they arrive ;i ere." i "llillo, Misther I'ostuiuster, and is there l! k'cr a letter hero for Dennis O'Klathur- '' y ?" 1 I believe tbere is," said the postmaster, l' topping back and producing the letter. 1 "And will you bo so kind as to radeit l1 yr me, Beein' I had tho misfortune to bo l' dieated to ^ad6 nivor a bit ?" .. "To bo sure,", said tho accomodating post, iaster. .+< #.* , . ?*. A * - J lie then opened and read tho epistlj^ rhich was from tl*e ,"old couutr c-oncern-J o *g his relations j-her^, (feci When hc h^d $ njshed, -Dennis observed : ? | '? ^^Wu^^ju^cnlkHyoTuo nxijj, for-ttto-pft- ' I'Vom t/f iY. Y. Courier ?J? lim/nirrr. CAUSES WHICH DEGENERATE OUR RACE. Wliilo statistics prove to lis that tho tendency of civilization is to increase llio duration of human life, it cannot bo denied that there also accompany it many vices whose cll'oet is to doterioato our race. There arc, however, sotno writers on physiology who incline to the bclicfthnt the doyeneracv of the human race is increasing. To prove this, lln-y cite facts to show that insanity, paral\?i>, and other diseases which exhibit a marked depression of tin; intellectual ami i phy-dcal forces, are on the increase. Thai both amoiu; the working and agricultural I classes hysteria ami hypochondriasis, fro- | piently at tended with a tendency to suicide, 1 diseases formerly confined to tlio rich and are now quite common. That imbecility, congenital <>r aeipiired, idiocy, and other mole or lc<s complete aricsts ol the development, of the body and intellectual facilities indicate an im-icase in numbers of those who collie into the world with the seed of de^encraev already implanted. To j this they add the increase id' suicides, the ^ precocity of yoimjj criminals, and also the fact that in many Incalities the race can no longer filllil the conditions required for mil- j itarv service. Tliev state, though t!ie aver- j a-^e duration of life (//'/?' <#/*.% to be greater ! than formerly, the pow- r of vital re?i>taiicc has sensibly diminished. i ?: ... - ? i m" :im-s "i a eeienrai iv|?j now develop! litems lws at a inurh earlier ]>erio<l liian !? !?.-l??t?n*?: ; K'.l't.-Itiiig 4?l* tin; brain often \ manifests itself at I lie early of tliirt v- j live. < >ii the other hand, tho <'oinniisMoii- ; orient, into Scotland by ibv Kngli.-.h < J ?>v- | eminent to cn?|nire into the state of lunacy j in that ?Miuntrv. state that their en<|iiiiies ] lea'I tliein t" believe tint rivilization, which ' ten.Is to an improved condition of the peo- | pie. is not j>r<"lticti ve of insanity. I >r. I Morel, the lit t. pliyv eian to the .V-vliim i"t i-? J Jl t!??. :!! 11: I 1 -part nielli o| tin; S.-*:ie, ; give- whit !i" tliiliks ale >ui:i>* cause* of <!e- \ geiieraiy. Tin- !ir-l i->l'r->m the u?o of a!- ^ eohoiie. lluids, oj'ium, tobacco, Ac., and j lVoin the employment, of pernicious vegetable material. Thu second from the iiiSlnenec of malaria, ami from peculiarities of geological formation, producing di<c;i?cs which so often engender those morbid temperaments whose types arc to ho found in ! I lie generation sitm? ding those who have j hceii lliii-. alilicled. The third is from the i i.'ll'ect of tli" ''great1 own sy.-lem,"' which is | accompanied with so nianv deleterious elc- | incuts. And tlie T'lirtli is from fniidamen- j , Lai moimid states as witnessed in ileal*-' mutism, blindness, the scrofulous, Arc., | , The great sourcc of many of those di>- j ; ases which are ii?w exerting a degeiiera- | - [nig muiicnce itpoii maiikunl, is said to be " !. inordinate use of alcoholic lienors.? j Hi.; records of hospitals, prisons, ami work ! ' iiuiws arc cited to prove this, Those who j ire not ae<piaintv<l with tho train of dis- j ( aso* produced hv tho abuse of alcohol, can ! scarcely imagine ils evil cllccts. Those ?!? " > generated hv its inlluencc have boon divided ' nlo two classes: ono of which ends in general paralysis, ami the other loads to a Miserable existence, characterized physicaly by a species of consumption, and inoraly by a manifestation of the worst tendenries and of tho lowest bullishness. The " ital standard of the ollVpring of such is of ionise diminished; while tlie misery and valit u !iifli mi.' f..ni..l ?i.? e-?: 1" 111 uiv; j.-ku liics ol ! 1 li unkards, have also a decided tendency to l?-gi-ncratc largo numbere of our race,? > >thcr cllVds of drunkenness are, that new " nahulics arc generated, ami old ones as- ^ lime an increased futility ; the mean dura- h) ion of lilu is lessoned, and 1 lie disturb iinecs if the moral and intellectual nature arc " i^aliz"d by the highest rate of insanity, w uicide, and crime. In regard to the use of H>ium there is a division of opinion. ^ While Dr. Morel considers its effect, as " iianilVsted in China, ni?>st pernicious, Di. j| Catwcdl, who passed three years in that A oimt ry, states, that of its ellects upon the uass of the people, no injurious results are ?>i inihle from its habitual use. There is like- '(| k iso a dill'ercnce of opinion as to the efl'ects f? f tobacco. The evil tendencies of Malaia are exhibited in various countries. An 1j nhabilant of La lhesse, says Dr. Morel- " xhibits from birth a deep impression of the ^ inheahhiness of the climate. If he reach ^ lis seventh year, he does not live but vege- Ci ates, and the r?st of his life is spent in i - - ' * * - - ouu-uung uiscasos winch render it only a n >rolonged 'lying. u ' The great town system" produces scrof-. y la, turhcrculosis, and cretinism. The men sl ccome pale, low in stature, and heardles^ lie women, frequently spotr, and the cliii ifii die- early, or grow up with arrested dc- ' elopment, glandular disease, and curved- * piues. The empoisonment'of the system ilso of largo numbers of those who reside n towns and cities form diseases, which it < not necessary to mention,'exerts a powerill iiillucuce in the degeneracy of the/ji^e.' _ 'he continued objection of the human kind JB o these various deleterious iiiHif.eriCda^ giv&r ^ ise to degenerations, each of'whi^h *1 -inr- 4(, tressed with Rome peculfat' dhjsirtfctcr, a\- J" liough there nro certain general character-,1 nf, itics to all. ,*'* y v-^f '? n ? -^-1.' *Y \ ! 'Tom and Ned were* .telling ovcr*"tlrtiU' "C. ravels -whemTom ^skeS",.him?rr. ??"y ~ : ?V fc"\Va8 you^Ve> in Gree<?o?, VV - 'l? * y,' \ ~L iti-trt, hK,* r rim*;.*!;; v., m. iiikywi vimljuwrmfjl W" * ? ? 3H) c 21 bbCDi 11 c 23 auncr, Published Every Thursday Morning, by DAVIS rfj,.. OP.33WE5. W. C. DAVIS. ; ...... >... Editor T. B. CREWS, Publisher. 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TI.otij.di we have a penalty' for iioiipnymeiit { of subscriptions to our |i;i|ier wlien due, it lias ? not I ?* !! i i m < 11 v exacted by our predecessors: , and we, to Home extent, tiave followed their ex- ( ti!ii|de, It'iH'iii'j satisfactory to onrwlvej have led ii< to the roiivietion tlial we should, in oil | enses, itiforco 1 he penally. ^Ve therefore giv6 j notiec that on and after the 1st of Apiil next, ' , we s!i:dl rharno for all subscriptions not. paid ' j within -i\ inoullis. and Sili.tltt if not paid ' , \\ 1111ii on" v* ar. 'I Iihm< who come forward and ' ( settle before that (! ?' may save something, but. I wli" ne<de?-i iiillii alier our rule ?<?es into | | i ll'--< i, ma-, I'.-ly ii|>'ii. paying fir their iie?ligeneo tlr- toil amount of the penally. j , K\|i> l ii'ii' -', t mi, has luu^lit us that. I here should i , I h itwi- mado for Obituarv X'ltii^cs i'X- ! , din ' n < <111111 I<11<<II1. We shall, in future, I | rli 11.'< lh<* exei-ss nver one Mpiai'e, al ad vert is- i , o < laii-'i, tn h>- .-har^i-.l i.i, t||.. p u ty \v h<? orders , il in tlii' paper. ^ The aleiw i< rum have been airrecd lo hv il<<. I l'| i.jn|. ! >11 ; ill' tin- Ali1i':vill<i liiimici' ami little- . jiCli.trnf RATE.4 OF ADVERTISING-. 1 Tin* IY"|>ri'ti>rs iil l!i" Al?li<?vill? and 1 //< / ft- ill I'i'i , 11:i\ i- -st.1 It! >ii * I till* follow- i J in-; rai- ?>l A Iv-rti-inir l<> l'<: charged in liolli ji:ij>--r<: . Kv-ry Atlv-i i is-ni-nl insvrl-d for a lime Ihau months, will !? i-lnrgi-d hy the iusurlioii at One Dollar ji.-r Sijuar- (l | i11<-11?tin; , spa? of 1;: solid lin-s or h >s.(fi>r III- first insertion, ami Fifty Cents for each rtiihieijuciil in- 1 si-vt ion. * iV"T!?- 'oimiii^sioner's, Sh-rifl"s, del U's and j ( rduiary's Adv-rtis-ui-n'.s will hi* insert el in J ^ h<itli ||>->i's. ?:har<;iiiif half price. . ? v^** Sin-rill'"s hi-v'ii-s, One Dollar encli. 1 fy" Annoiim-iti-r a ('amlidite, Five Dollars. A.lv-rlisiii-.r an M.t.rav, Two Dollars, to lie fai l t.v lit- .Ma-.;i-ti.it.'.* v ... - 1 ' - * " i.n-. n<:<i i?r mm.' mint!si.-?, or ,-it ili>: rulo: ^ 1 M l I J 11 -1 t*o I? t IM * it I 1l^a aa?aaa**aaaaaaaaaaa ? ?^*0l t | (1 I S'lli.llV Illutltlis I II.Ill? | 1 s*|ii:ir?* I'2 mm:!lis I'.'.oi) , ? "i S']iiaf'S H months S.Ou **ljtl'tll?** ' Itlllll WIS. ? a . a a a a ? a , ( >? 1 I.''!! ' (J ^ siitinp-s ;i inoiiih-i JS.'tn 2 12 months 20.')0 it >'|it ires months IO.nO | si|it:in-s < l:!*>!ti'us Iti.Ou s, :: >-<|ii!tr?;s '.i months '21.00 :: 12 months 25.01) I M|u:ii*fs :i months l'2.0t> I s>|it:ir<? t? uimitlis '2t?.tl0 ! <>|xi:ir.-~ ? inont.hs . 2'i.00 I Mjtl.HVS 12 mi>nt Its IIIMIil ."i >i|it:tr<!s months 15.0m ' I I' ItlOll! ||3. a a aa a a a a a a a aa a a a ?2?'.0'l M|ll;ilV> '.I !?!<?!? I lis XI.ftll I i; M|tiar?~* ! i months . . . 35.00 ! r. uv< iiiiint Its "Jo.Oo Mjitiir^s ii mouths ' -trt nrt i ,<!i|ii:tr>-s '.I iiU'hllis !!< ."() > si|tl:iri's 12 months ^ ; ju ir< - months j ;u i .-i|iiaivs li months \ Ml f m|1i:iii*.< tl inoiilhs II.Oil ' squares 1*2 iniMitliij j squares !> utoiil lis :SOJM) ? < si|iiairs l? nionJis Jrt.ftl) i Mji!art.*s moiil lis -IIUII) < Mjiiiircs Imonth:} ; 30.i>1) FimHioii- of Si|iiurc'S will be charged lit jirojiur- ^ ion to tliu siliuvi! rates. 2'fi" liusin?*ss Curds fur llie term of one your, g vill In: oliiiiyi-il in propnrliou to the space they ktiijiv, ill. On'! Dollar |>el" line spaco. p, l-%" For all advertisements sot in double col- (|,. him, Filly p?r Cunt, extra will bo added to the ibove rates. . DAVIS it CREWS. I'1 For Thinner; LEE A Wll.SUN, 1'ur J' jPZIIK'TIKT Gr. 1^11 K Proprietors of ihc Ai:iii;vii.i.k I.annt.ii ?1> . woiiM respectfully iiifiirin ilic public ihat. In-v an- i>rv|>:ii*i-<l to exectilc nil kinds of .lob j vi.IV o I'll with neatness ami dispatch. 11 ; vint? "I1 icurrcd ?*r?nsi<lof?iI?lo expense for printing mateials. they have no hesitancy in sayifit; that they pr re as writ prepared, and can do as neat work s,i >i any oilier establishment in the up-country of ihi onih (Carolina. Thi-y will ulso keep on hand a complete asirtment of TtT lAlXTKa, f which wc have now on' hand the following .ist, to which wn shall eoiitiinie to add iiniil re yet a complete assortment: t vil Sum. l'ro.; Fi. Fa. on Sum. Pro.; Ca. Sa. on | >i uni. l'ro.; Sub. Writs; Sul?.TJckY-ts in Law ; to uh. Tickets in Equity ; Fi. Fa.: ("a. S?. i Case ; Copy 'Writ in Cnse ; l)ce<ls of Convoyncc*; Ducliiratioii on,Note; Commission to Kx- '0 mini! Witnesses; Judgment by Coufessjpn in ssiiniiwit.; Jmlir. on Writ of Kaqniry, Damages .ssessetl by Clerk?Debt or Assumpsit. Jtnltr. ? y Confession in Debt, oil Single Bill ; Judgment J it Writ of Kmpury, Damages Assessed by Jury ; udgmcnt in Assumpsit at- Issue. I'lea Wrlli- j riuvn ; Poslto Judgment 011 fsaito Tried, Vc-rdiet I I* >r I'lainlilf; Mo'rtgugo for .Personal Proyerly ; , lorlsjiigo of Ueal Instate'; Mfigislral^' Summons; j/ in. Kxeciitiotis ; Do. Ile'cojjni/aiiCo ; Summons lo ^ 'efaultinjj .lurora > ^ > r j? "?| 'in i IATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE. ^ n ^ II[S (ir*j<\t .1 mirh'Mi.f Crime iinil_ Criminals | BL is iu'its 'I'wulmi \'e'a'r, and is "widely fir- .j,), ulaleil tltroivriiont tlio country. It contains al! ?,| ie Creai Trials,'Criminal Crtees, uiid_ nppropri- *;j; le Kdiorials on tiie 'sniiic; fogetber witb infor- ' j iiitiou on Criln'uial Matti;r<<,* riot to be found in iiy oiner.n<j\vsp(iper. UJ' Sul?cri|?lioiifl, .?'2 per Annum; ?1 for ix Monlli<.trf4)?v rciuiUfil 1?y Siilwctibers, (who iould wrjld lliuiivimiiit!*-onij- tliQ town, county ?, ml State whc'r<Ahoy r^niflo plainly,) i)y To GICOV W. ,\l ATSKUb < 'O., ,vil Edftoj*4iut PrpjJriotftr(>t',tlio / * ; '.Nil^oiyil I'olico Gazette, < *' - I, ' " ' * - Kcvv Y,ork City.. nr , AiwiV3ft;IRfl7'&* ' .'Ii tf ( JA_. '.DEar.^MlXjIjS, U tvrH'yflSCONSIN AND MINNESOTA J: . OI'FKJlE, i AT ITTPBU.fftJE,0WA. M'!, * ' $ ' i % ^ PlARTlCUIi/VPi attention.piiid (o tin; locating [>,.r * of \V*v runts'for persons South, on 'I o finVBlvtj&Wrcd*Ti'Vihcr uii(l-i'ruiri? Lands. c\.?. '^ui^anlH j'iai*?'J to settlers r>ii one year's time at <-.|ii l^^occoifC. lii*t.cii'f?t, c/ijiriiitip. ?1.2.1 per A ere it:|i FWjfriaM. ' ] 1'aJycs pan), Collections lilude ami Art t ICxcfiajige. Money loaned tin) .lijpli rntifc "O^Jhvfftreat. Investments made.? wli QcurrcitL , to (l5f MotCT#ta\VWc?1*avi*i, Esq., Abbeville bin T$ I fuu Sftgfr ifef,. \ 20 If iC(lj Ehp ^.ts^jbo.: of/Sputh. Carolina. Am Pica*.' c(>li i'*^Az*t-'?t't' r' " j f"?rtii?n ^V^taphmont, 1,081 Sl Fair, Attorneys' l,rnJ vuBlmKI tWM'Infntfff did, nu tlio eleventh ?^a^f?>CM^glfJpirf hundred and fifty ^^jOw#Vi^?l?|Wlep'?gaiiiHt tlie Dofcndunl, ' .. faJilfiAii^jjg^rjaSgnC from and without tlie ( ^anfl Img neither wife nor ' S&tffc!l*pis3r 1,19 |<QIT>'C> u'>on w',o,n ? 8aid declaration, nJfiT&^ ,nyi9f AP,i,? O'ghMrt AH !?^'$ri??'?l"? otherwise final niid ab1 ' * tlrou bo &,v?'l ??d awo^bd . ., r,. ,, 'ttATTIIEW MCDONALD, o,c p hi?l Clerks Olljce, April 11, 1867 S. D. & H. W. SMlTf, Manufacturers of Molodeons, Organ MclocUftms, .1 A I) Pedal Sub-Bass IIA.R1VI 0 3STIIJ3VIS, 511 Washington street, BOSTON". attention of Clertiyini-ii, Committees . SclinoK Lodges, ?te., is invited to the new Pedal Sub-Bass Harmoniums, Vliule and Sold l>y tlie Manufacturer*. It is urraii^ed Willi two iiiiiniiiils or l>iinks of <oyn, the lowest set. riinnintr an <iftnv<> ? uigtlCI linn tin: other, and may lit*. us--il separately, and Irtts get in one case two di.Minct instruments; ir, by the use ol the coupler, the two luniks of coys may be played at tin: palile titno by use of lie from sol only. This connected with the iub-Bass, will produce the clfect of a large irgan, mid is suHioii-ntly hoavy to fill a house hut scats from limit to I'm ill pcti-niie. TUlJOIUiAN MKI.oDKoN is desij-ncd for >arU>r ami private iiso. Tin- construction is>im? lar to the Church lu>fi-uuicnt, being arranged villi two banks ol Keys, ami when used together, >y means of the coupler, is capable of us greul rulumeof power a-iIn- t'hurch Instrument, when iscil without tile I'edals. Also, every variety of Ml'.LODEONS fo* L'arlor use. Purchasers may rclv upon instruments frona >111- Manufactory, being made ill ill the mo?t -omplcto ami thorough manner. Having reuoved to the spacious l>uildiiii;s, fill Washingon Street, wi: have every facility for mniiufacuring purposes, ami employ none but the most xpcrienccd and skillful workmen in short, wevill promise our customers an lustriimciit equal f not superior to any Manufacturer, and guar* iiitee flitii'' iiml ]>' !'(' < t s.ilixfaction. Music Teachers, Leaders of ('lioirs, and ollicrrt nicrested in musical matters, are respectfully indied lo visii our llooms at any time, mid exnmue or test tlie insiruiiieiits on exhibition for sulo it their pleasure. Asa still further guarantee to the public an ? ii -ii ? - .. i-AciiiiviK:'' "i I in- .Hi /ml' -nix ami Jlarmotiiihis, I'ioiii our M:imil'a<-iury, we bejj leave ti? ri'i-r, liv permission, to llm following; l'itino Forte iluiiufaeturers of l!<?li>ii, who have extimiiic<l >111* liiMt'iliitelils, an.I will give their opinion vlicn ealleil Upon : ('liii-U?'i!if_' <V Win. I'. Mniwnn; Geo. lews : 11 all**! I 1 '||1I,Moll ; ItniU'U ?t Allen; iV Iwaul ?v lirnwii; T. (ailhert ?Sc Co. ; A. W, .mill A Co.: New hall it Co. Mcloilcmis si ml Harmoniums Rented. |V|--"ii- v. 1111 will In liire \l i-lotleoiis ailil Illirllotiluii!^ Willi :i view <il' 11MI < ! I: I - i 11 .'it till' end it" lit'- year. ea:i lia\e llie. rent ereiliteil as pnl't liiyiueiil. i.l" I'll* piil'ehase ni'MieV- This matter s worthy of -j-. i-ial ooti-, a- il enables those \vhi> leire a lair ie*i < (' the in.-l i iiiuelits before purIlilMll!!, I'l olitaill .1 at the expense of the 111(111ifaelurel'-'. to III" exleal at least of it year's rent. Orders I'ioiii jiiiv pari of the eouut.ry or woihl, cut *11reel in the iiianiiraetoi-y in Koston, with isli or salisr'aetory lel.-reiiee, will he promptly llentleil in. i.nil as l:iilhfully executed as if the untie- wen; present, nr employed all agent tt? le-el, ami on a< resmmlile lenns. IPrico Xiist. Sen.II I '. .$ GO Scroll |. '.'. ..eliive ~T> Piano si vie. ."i Iiel l'JO I'i.iiin .-t \ ! . e\l i a tinidi, ft oelave, llii I'iano-l \ le. ar\i ll !? _? I2& i'iano -! .le. ' ! sets of i eeiis 1j?i> I'l lit" -I vie, lioetave, .. 1 3i Ol-_-all ,V| !. I 200 (ii n \l i*li HI eon. i-xira tini>h 250 I'eiiiif Soli lia>s I iai liliiniiilo 21 & I.eiiers i'eililiertes ami not iees Irom the press, oiii all p ut- of I lie woilii. may he seen at our le.-rooiii. I? seri|i!ive eireiilars sent free to iv in I i I'esS. I?v II ? . >.M 1 I'll, 511 Washington Si., (:iear lloylston) Boston. July 51. I s.jT II |y Claicls. Springs, Greenville District. tjrrV 'l'i IK Subscribers huvim; purchased rtSSftiiL that well-known ami lnn<r-estahli&hcd jSluL ummer Resort, Chicks Springs, itliin l<? iiiili-s of Creen ville, have put tlio emises in tin* most, thorough repair. They nro ici'iniii-il t<? spare no efforts lo mnke tlio I'UI.NUS nil that can lie desired, whether to < inv;i 1 i*1 seeking health, or those ill ?pie?t of ensure. The salubrious and invigorating qualities of es- waters having been well known to the ivelintr public for the last twenty years, it in ' iiie.l minecessary lo enter into detail; bllt y further information or reference will be ivl'nlly furnished upon application to either of e propl ietors. The IIOTKI. will he open for tlio reception of iilnrs rti. tli.. 1 o?- nf T..?- 1 ? --11 * - - j,ou U1 U uilCi uiui Will DC KOpt > 11 <liirin<4 I lie >?*a>on. It (jives us pleasure to add that the former nprietors, tht; Mi'ssis. CHICK, will spend their iiiiii'-r : ( the Springs, mill will he glad Lo see L-ir many friends there. J. T. II KNF.RY. ! '. TAI.UKID, J. BUUSSEY. Ho! for Chick Springs!! J. I'. POOL it CO., will he at the Grecnlo Depot with jMiod Conveyanees und careful i Vers, to curry Passengers a)id their Haggage the Springs. They will also run A DAILY LINK Ob' STAGES and from the Sprint's, leaving Greenville at I'cloek, A. M. Fare ?1. May I I, IS.V7 f. tr ?o Mcclianir.R- Tnvftntnvo _ VMWAO) UUU Manufacturers. A NNOI'NCI N C til- Til IllTRENTII Anmi ll Volume nl" the SCI KNTI FIG AMERIkN, tliv Publishers respectfully inform the pub1 lint in order t? ineicnso iintl stimulate the million of dubs, they propose to offer One unx'iinl / 'in: I lumbal Dollars in Cash 'Prrmi? >x for tin: lift -en largest lists of subscriber* it iu by tbi? 1st nf .(miliary, iKfiS ; said premiis to bo distributed.as follows:? l'\>r ih- liifti-st- list, ?:i(K); 2d, $250; 3il, $200; I, 8I:*?|?; 5th. SI(10; fitli, ; 7th, $80; i, $7?>; t'lb.SitiO; IOili. $5o; 11th, $40 ; 12th, >; I $:tfl; Mill. $25; 15th, $20. SJnines of subscribers cuii be sent in at differtimes stud from dill-rent Post Offices. The h will In.- p.ii'l lo the nnl-rs of the successful! ipetitors, immediately after the 1st of January >i>iith-rii, Western,- nnd Canada nionoy will ,.im-ii mi MiiisiTipiiona. (::iiiii(tinn subscriber* I please to remit Twenty-six eeuta extra on h year's ?ul?<cripiiou to pre-pay postage. rcrwx of Su/incr/ition.?Two lJollurs a Year, Duo Hollar for >ix .Months. Huh Hate*.? r*iv?; Copies, for Six Month?, $ !} e Copies, for Twelve Months, ; Ten-Cop for Six .Moiiilis. >".*<; Ten Copies for Twelve n i lis, .'Ji 1 ojjTwciity Copies, for Twelve Months, s. 'or all Chiha of Twenty uml over, the yearJy nrription in only $1.-10. ,'ho new volume will he printed upon fine pawith new type. I'lie general character of the Scikstikio Amkrii is well known, and, as heretofore, it will b? i-lly devote J to promulgation of information ?tiuII to the varioun Mechanical and Chemical x, Manufacture*, Agriculture, Patents Jtivtuix, ling in erring. Mill Work, and all interests leh the light. of J'ructicul Scienei is cfilculttted ndvaiiee. It is issued weekly, In form for' clings it .contains annually from 500 to 6()0 ly e^eented Kngrafiugs, ar.d Noticesof Ameri ami, European Improvements, together with OHieiaf l.ist of. AinericHii I'atcut C'liiirns pubud weeklvin mtv<m????>r ? ? --J Oil uuicr i is (ho iiim of tin* Kditorft of the Scientific K.nrcAN to presfiit nil subjects dismissed in its iiiiiir in a practical and popular form. They * aluo endeavor to innintuift a candid fearleta* (in combating nnd exposing faleo tlieoriesand ? tices in Seicntilie nnd Mrclianicul ii\alter^,' tlius preserve tlic cliaruuler of theScientific. krioan as n reliable ftncyclopje.dia of Uwful Kntettaimng Knowledge. T Specimen copies will bo ?cnt gratia to an|l t of the country. IU N N &l CO., rqbliahVra and Patent A*?ifta. No. 128 Poltbu.^rqei, Na.^ Yor^ ^ M w. ?. orney 'fit Law*drift t Addbvillb, 8." Ci v mm,attfend to all bM*m?8sentnJ?tedU> ^ * ... ' :v. **MB