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VOL. 34:
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA.f OCTOBER 5. 1876.
NO. 18.
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Published by Theodore Schach.
Tkiim Two Ul!:irs a year in advance and If not
jmi 1 1 -tore tin1- end of the yi-ar, two dollars and fifty
cfiits will bo charged.
jtjf- N' p:iiT disenntinnrM until all arrearages are
pai'i. oxcM'pt at the option of the Ivlitor.
iCar- .Vlvfrtisetnent of one square of (cirlit. lines') or
K"s. thr;e insertions SI of), ICaeh additional In-
rcrtion, M oonts. Longer ones in proportion.
OP ALL KINDS,
Execute in the highest style of the Art, and on the
most reasonable term.
J,
EI. SHULL, 31. I).
S.vrtiid door below Iturnett House. Residence
1'nd dtor wot of JlhkMte Quaker Church. Ofiice
liour S to 9 a. in., 1 to 3 p. m., 6 to J p. ui.
Mar -jr., ISTo-tf.
D
11. S. 3IILLKR,
Physician and Surgeon,
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
lTi.'., formerly neoupied by Tr. Seip. Residence with
.1. 15. Miller, one door b-low the ji-lfersonian OtlK-c.
iiW lionrs, 7 to 9, 12 to 3 and 6 to i.
May 11, Is"1!. tf.
D
n. x. i.. im:ck,
.Surgeon Dentist.
:Tiee :;i .Tas. T-linier's new bnildi nearly opitc
t !if .-t roudslni l'..iiik. t.a aduiaisU-n-d for extuct iug
h'-ti ioi r-l .
iroiid!.ur;i, Pa. Jan. fi.'Tfi-tfc
D
El. CiVAi. V. JACXSQX
ITOifllX, SURGEON" and accoucheur.
ofli -i' in SamiK'l Hood's new building, nearly oj-jM-iio
tlii post oilice. l'si i.-acc uu .SaraU street,
n' i.o I'lMiiklin.
August ;,' 7-2-tf
Divss) s. i.e:;:,
AKoriiej' at Law,
One d-or above the "Strotid-burg House,'
Sipmd-H'irir, Pa.
t'..!!ceiiii promptly iiiadi'.
O.-io'oer 1ST t.
) Salary I'ulilir,
Real Estate and Insurance Agent and
CONVEYANCER.
2V,V- wirrtol and Cunveyaitcirty in all its
branches ctirrf'd.'y and proiAftly attended to.
Ac!:icr!clymcn!. taken for ciJ.cr Slate.
OiHcv, Kistler's Brick DuiUincr, near tiicK.R.
Depot,
EAST STKOrDSliUIlG, PA.
P. . !'.ox -JO.
Si-pteiuVr
N lS7(.-tf.
"' WILLIAM S. RSSS,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Torcn Lots
FOR SALE.
Office m.-arly cpjo.-ite American IIoucs
an 1 'Jd d ) r l.el-.w tlie Corner .Store,
ilnrcii '' !, 3-57:i-tf.
D R. J. L A N TZ,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
ri:i b.Ts b:s .n Main tr tt, in tlii seond story
'. lr. S. -iii's ioi! !: Iiuiioiit. nrarly o.ioit? tin-
: r i'i !.-;..ir- lions-. a:;d he tlut-ts hi:ii' if that by -i
n ;.'Mr c i:i-::i!,t ;,r:i' l i"f ::'! til- most r;irtnt aivl
" p i i! V"i:' i t all ri'.-itf' r- iv-rtafninz to his pro-r-.-i
hi. i ti- U fi;llr a'd.i ;.i rl'ortu till p r:il
in Y- :i ! li in the :i;ost car-ful aud 5iilful nian-ii-
r.
-; :ul -i::- iiTi n jiwu to moIii th" N:it:;ral T'-th :
st !.'.. !m. i:iv ni.iti of Aititii ini 'i's!i on Itttb'M-r,
l i -l i. il-. i-r. ! o:i!'.:i'i-i:; t iuin.-, aud j---rt'-t l tits in all
r(t- - i r i.
M ,i '!. .n k:i'iw th L'r.-nt folly and dnnT of en
t - is i;i- t :. -jr wr!c t o t h i :i'X -.-r:- ti!-:-i. or to tbost- liv
i :.: :. .JM.i, April i:;, 174. tf.
Opposition to Humbuggery !
Thf tin li-rsiii'-d h-reby annonnffs that he has re-f.iTu.-ii
iii uf ;ii i!n.-oM rta;id, iii-.xt door to Uuster s
K.thiti Stor: , M-in ( ,-:, StiMu.l-ibnr-,', Pa., and i-
fiilly jirjcred to aMton.i:i.jiati. ail iu vvuut of
BOOTS and SHOES,
MS'lo in th" latest stylt; and of v'o-h1 matrrial. Jtepair-
inc prompt lv attt-nttAl to. tiiv a rail.
J'-f. !, Wo-'ly.j C. LLWb WATKItS.
15 V T1IK
ESTEY COTTAGE ORGANS!
T!n so superior and beautifully finished in
ftnntieuts k.j far eclipsed their competitor in
v.jiimie. purity, pweetness and delicacy of tone,
nv to carry od'tiie lir.-t and only premium giv
n to exhibitors of reed Organ at the Monroe
Coumy Fair, held SeptemW r 2-". 1S74.
liuv onlv the but. l'or i trice lit address
Oct 1-tf. ' J. Y. SKI A ITS,
PAPER HANGER,
GLAZIER AND PAINTER,
MONILOE STREET,
Nearly opposite Kuutz's Blacksmith Shop,
SraocDSBi'Ro, Pa.
The u nderngned would respeel fully in
form the citizens of Stroudt-burg and vicinity
th.it he is now fully prep red to do all kinde
of Paper Hanging, Glazing and Painting",
promptly and at thort notice, and that he
w'"il keep constantly on hand a fine 4ock ot
Paper Hangings of all descriptions andat
low prices. The patronage of the public
is earnestly sol ietcd. May 16, 1872.
Dwelling House for Sale.
A very desirable two stoj y Dwelling House, eontain
JfmA iDR 8ven rooms, one of which is suitable
for a Store luxnn, idtitute on Maiu stniet,
!!!! ' in the Horourh uf .Stroudsburjf. The
'liiJI-"iildiugiiJ nenitv new, nd every part
SIofitju -o-jd eon'lu.on. l or tenr Ac,
LA '
J. II. JlcCarij & Sons,
Practical Undertakers,
Beg herewith to offer to the public as a bu
siness novelty and practical convenience the
following price list, of superior
COFFINS and CASKETS '
An examination of the list will at once reveal
the cost of articles in this line, whether metal
or wood, from the plainest to the most elabor
ate finished, so that parties at a distance or at
home, have but to read to find the precise ar
ticle wanted, at prices much lower than oirer
cd by any other house in CUy or Country.
These goods are all of the best quality, nothing
inferior being kept in stock, and will bear the
closes inspection, which is cordially invited.
The list will be found to embrace all the more
recent and meritorious inventions.
Price List of Coffins and Casket furnihued by
J. 11. ZlcCarty & Som.
Xo. 1 Full size complete $2o 00
No. 2 Full size O G top and molded
base, complete r,U 00
No. 3 Full size, double top and mould
ed base, Freneli plate Cilass, handles
plated, Satin or Merino lining Go 00
No. 4 Full size, round corners, rich
mountings, Merino lining, Silk
fringe 40 00
No. o Full size, double top, full glass
Octagon ends, Merino lining, com
plete 40 00
Imitation Collins, full size $9 to 13
do do all sizes, from 20
inches to G feet, in stock 1 d0 per foot.
Children's Cofliins, Walnut $5 to $lo
do White Caskets, complete,
from 2 ft. ( inch, to 4 ft. h inch. $12 to ?1S.
Children's solid Hose Caskets, kept
in stock, from 2 ft. 10 inch, to 4
ft. 10 inch, trimmed and boxed S20 and up.
No. 1 Full ,-ize Casket, complete 3 00
No. 2 do do polished, handles
ami plate, complete 42 00
No. 3 Full size Casket, poIUhrd Wal
nut, handles, plate, thumb-screws
and richly trimmed, complete 4o 00
No. 4 Full r-ize beautiful Octagon or
bent ends, raised double top,
full glass, heavy moulded, Me
rino or satin lined, complete 50 00
No. o Full size Hem Casket, in Wal
nut or Hose-wood only, no sizes
tinder 4 ft. G inch, price as trim
med, from SoO to $Io0 CO
Style A Wrought metal Burial
Caskets, full size, weight
front 200 to 400 lbs. plain
lini.-h, imitation of Rose
wood or Walnut,- single
glass, front $4S to 00
Style B Full size beautiful Cas
kets, boiler iron, weight
from 20') to 3-"0 lbs. double
thick plite-glass. beauti
fully trimmed with satin
or merino, from 75 to $150 00
Style C Full size wrought metal
Casket, glass covering,
whole top, X inch thick,
bar, handles, silver corner
pillars, weight from 350 to
450 lb, price from S190 to $ 100 00
Children's Metalie Cakets, all sizes, from 3
ft. tip. Prices in proportion.
No extra charges for attending Funerals.
September 2, 1S7G.
OP
YOUR
TO THE
Oppression of high prices !
RELIEF HAS COME ! !
Now you can get the benefit of your CASH in
purchasing
BOOTS and SHOES.
Prices lower than any in Town.
If you don't believe it call and be convinced.
The People's Gash Boot and Shoe Store.
Z doors above the Washington IIoteI.T32
K. K. WYCKOFF,
Formerly with J. Wallace.
Stroudsburg, July 27, 1876-3m.
r!tbT,."sinlnH rufwlr anil Jr.fton Ci.' ruf. w
,.7 ."nt.l7lo...t.U.n in town to lh hg i.bll.ttlo
C.6. B1ATCHLEY, Manuf r, 506 Cemmerce St.,Pbil.
Sept. 28, '7G-Gm
WOOD vn
CAUTION t
AU petn are hereby cautioned not to
trespass on aiy property of the undersigned,
situate in Stroud towmdiip.-Monroe county, J a.
An v one viwhiting this notice will be prosecuted-
to the full exuut of the la w. T3T.TTq
JACOB II. BLTTb.
Stroud.-bcyg, Jaly-3, , - .
Poor Old Sammy.
tl'.ne "OA, Susannah"
I had a dream some time ago,
When all around was still
I dream pt I saw Sam Tilden
A rolling down the hill;
A big railroad was in his eye,
He put his arm round Hendricks' neck,
Saying, ' Tommy, don't you cry."
ciionu-s.
Oli, poor Sammy! we cannot cry for thee,
For you are going up Salt liiver
With "Inflation" on vour knee.
Old Sammy then to Ileiidricks said:
"I cannot win this race,
For honest Hayes and Wheeler
Are going to get the place."
"Oh! do cheer up," then Hendricks paid,
"And tiy to stick by me,
And we'll spend the next four years to come
In some cottage by the sea."
ciionrs.
Oh, poor Sammy ! we cannot cry for thee,
For you are going up Salt liiver
With "Inflation" on your knee.
Hayes and Wheeler passed thera by,
And soon were up the hill ;
They looked around on Sam and Tom ;
And saw that all was still.
Friend Morrissey then catue along
lut. alas ! he found them dead ;
He poured some whisky down their throats,
And rubbed the bottle on their head.
ciionrs.
Oh, poor Sammy! we cannot cry for thee,
For you are going up Salt liiver
With "Inflation" on your knee.
The race was o'er, the dream was tme,
As the sequel soon will show,
For Hayes will be our President.
And to the White House he will go.
We'll send him for a single term,
To let the people see
That our President is for reform
In this land of liberty.
CHORt'S.
THE MEDICAL LEECH.
A correspondent who has visited a leeth
farm in France thus describes it : Here
an area of about four hundred acres near
the (jaronne, is devoted to this industry.
The marsh is subdivided into compartmeuts
of five or six acres in extent, each of which
can be inundated separately. It is sur
rounded by a ditch eight feet wide by five
deep, out.-dc of which is a bank of earth
which acts as an obstacle to the escape of
the leeches, aud which also enables the
watchman to go round the property at night
without being seen, for there arc some
thieves who cannot resist the temptation of
stealing even leeches when opportunity pre
sent itself. Outside the bank is a second ditch,
connected with the inner one by occasional
breaches in the intervening bank. Each
compartment is intersected with drains, and
can be flooded or laid dry at will by open
ing the hatches with which the ditches are
provided. In the case of draining the wa
ter off, the lower hatches are replaced by
perforated metal ones, through which the
water, but not the leeches, cau e?cape. Be
sides these breeding grounds is a reservoir,
similar to them iu every respect, which is
replenished at every opportunity with the
largest leeches ; so that, when the other
beds are laid dry, there is always a stock
on hand ready for the market. This re
servoir is always kept covered with water
to the depth of three to five inches, and
holds from forty to fifty thousand leeches
to the acre a rate rather larger than ob
served in the breediiig ponds, which are po
pulated to theextentof thirty to forty thous
and leeches per acre. During the cold season
the leech remains quite under ground ; but
the first rays of the spring sun bring him
out, and then a troop of horses is made to
enter the breeding grounds, in the propor
tion of ten to the acre. The leeches attach
themselves to the lower part of the legs of
the animals, which are kept for the purpose
and driven into the marsh, and then gorge
themselves. The same troop of horses re
main "on service" for five or six hours,
when they are recalled and tended, and
sent back to their pastures, where they arc
allowed to rest and regain strength. After
eight or ten daj's' rest, the horses are again
dispatched on duty ; the hitherto unfed
leeches, and those that have digested their
last repast, come out again ; and from about
the first of March to the middle of June
they are thus fed about eight or ten times
each.
In Juno the leeches all go under ground,
and the laying dry of the parks commences;
the horses are kept out of them, the weeds
and reeds are allowed to grow, and the soil
becomes better kuit together, as it were.
In July and August the leeches come out
to deposit their eggs in the tufta of her
bage, and then the drains before mentioned
are filled with water enough to keep the
ground moist. The leeches having per
formed this duty, again burrow under
ground, and in a short time the young oues
make their escape from the eggs.
The parks are now inundated, and at the
end of August the fishing commences. Tbc
fishers, protected by high boots, enter the
pond arranged in lines, aud beat the water
with sticks, to arouse the dormant leeches,
which soon appear iu great uumbers, ready,
after their long fast, for aDOther feast. The
large oues are carefully lifted out and placed
iu bags, with which each person is provided;
and the liue of fishers gradually advances
till the whole bed i3 thoroughly beaten.- It
ia then left to be subjected, three or four
days afterward, to another careful search, a
eufficient stock" being always received in the
shape of the young and small leeches, and
those that, not having digested their food,
do not put in an appearance on the uncere
monious sumni-ons of the collectors.
The price of leeches in the market now
ts about four pounds per pound weight, au
average of 500 individuals going to the
pond. An establishment, such as describ
ed above, will produce several million
leeches annually in a, healthy condition.
Serious Josses are experienced in cold
weather, and in consequence of injudicious
handling of the annelides ; hut the profits
are nevertheless eondsiderabic, as the cost
of maintenance and collection is not very
great.
The method of feeding these interesting
flocks is, as we have said, by sending a num
ber of horses into the ponds periodically,
for unless leeches are provided with an am
ple commissiariat, they will take themselves
off iu search of forage elsewhere. The
horses used for this purpose do not suffer
to anything like the extent that might be
imagined. They arc closely watched dur
ing the operation, and carefully tended af
terward. In many cases, horses which have
been bought for a trifle have, under the
care bestowed npon them, improved so
wonderfully as to have been sold afterward
at a profit, so little does the system injure
them. Old horses, whose lives have hither
to been a succession of hard knocks and
fastings, and a perpetual round of fatiguing
journeys, here find a relief from their bur
dens ; death is deferred for mouths, and
even years, and the latter period of their
life is passed iu a paradise compared with
the experience they have gone through.
Paris alone ''consumes" some twelve mil
lion leeches annually ; and, prior to the es
tablishment of the system of producing
them in artificial reservoirs, the annual im
portation into France from abroad, exclu
sive of its own production, was nearly fifty
millions. The enormous demand for these
useful surgical attendants throughout the
world may be estimated from the above
figures.
The Reason Why ?
The following arc some of the reasons
why an American citizen cannot vote the
Democratic ticket ; why a loal man can
not consent to be identified with that
party :
Its record is steeped in infamy, and is
smirched with fraud, corruption, treason
and murder.
It has stolen the labor and liberty of
1.000,000 of people, and forged chains
which bound them to the earth, and which
to-day would gall them, had not the eouv
mand of the Republican party been obeyed.
The Democratic party inaugurrted the
i rejtcal of the Missouri Compromise, where
by the last barrier between freedom and
s'averay was broken down in all territory
within the exclusive jurisdiction of Con
gress. It attempted to carry the black pall of
a terrible crime into free territory, and for
that purpose instituted bloodshed, robbery,
destruction of property aud murder.
It stole forts, arsenals, ships, money and
munitions of war.
It stole the blood of 500.000 men.
It stole $3,000,000,000, 'that being the
amount the peeple must make up by tax
ation as the cost of a cruel war.
It drove loyal men from their homes,
and confiscated their ' property, and it
murdered in cold blood those who ''rallied
around the old flag."
Its grim visage is reflected iu the hor
rors of Audersouville, Libby aud Fort
Pillow,
It murdered defenseless negroes in New
York, while its champion Governor ad
dressed the frenzied mob as friends and
brothers.
It resisted the draft, and encouraged
desertion.
It gave aid and comfort to rebels in
arms against the Government, aHd denounc
ed the Union soldiers as hirelings and
murderers.
It gave veut to treason in thousands of
speeches and publications.
It refused to vote money to carry on
the war aud to feed aud clothe the Union
soldicis.
It laughed with demoniac glee at rebel
success, and howled with pain at rebel
defeat.
It opposed the emancipation of the slaves,
preferring that they should be retained as
an ally of the rebels, and it became enraged
because colored men fought on the side of
the Union.
It stole more public money in New York
alone, than all the losses of the Federal
Government since the advent of the Repub
lican party into power.
It pronounced the war a failure, aud
declared in favor of peace upon the most
disgraceful and humiliating terms.
It set up as a champion in 1SG4, upon a
platform that the war was a failuer, a
General whose militrry career verified the
platform.
It set up as its champion iu 1S0S the
Governor who failed to suppress the Demo
cratic mob in New York iu 1S63,
It advocated repudiation of the national
debt, and by ctery iuflucuce possible
smirched the national credit.
It organized Ku-Klux gangs to terrify,
oppress aud kill loyal men in the South
while its northern wing at first denied, and
then justified the outrage.
It has by its reckleas and outrageous
acts, compelled the interposition of legis
lation to protect people in their rights.
It has attempted to overturn State gov
ernments and cuke then subservient to
the demands of the worst elements in
society.
It has corrupted the ballot-box and
prevented a free exercise of the the elective
franchise.
It has introduced into Congress bills for
the appropriation of million to pay South
ern claims.
It has removed crippled Union soldiers
from employment under the Goverment
and substituted those whose merit is that
they fought against the flag.
It has placed upon its- ticket as its
standard-bearer, the attorney of Tammany
the bosom-friend of Tweed with whom
he sat in conventions and on committees,
practicing political ledgerdemuiu worthy
only of ward b'ummers.
Wonders of an Alabama Lake.
At the Dickinson Place, on Bullard
creek, near Six-mile Station, is a ten acre
field, which is nothing more nor less than
a subterranean lake, covered with soil about
eight inches deep. On the soil is cultiva
ted a field of corn, which will produce thir
ty or forty bushels to the acre. If an' one
will take the trouble to dig a hole the depth
of a spade handle he will find it to fill with
water, and bv using hook and line fish
four or five inches long can be caught.
These fish are different from others in not
having either scales or eyes, and are perch
like in shape. The ground is a black marl,
alluvial in its nature, and in all probability
at one time it was an open body of water,
on which was accumulated vegetable matter
which has been increased from time to
time, until now it has a crest sufUeiently
strong aud rich to produce fine corn, though
it has to be cultivated by baud, as it is not
strong . enough to- bear the weight of a
horse. While nooning the field hands
catch great strings of fish by merely punch
ing a hole through the earth. A person
jaismg on his heel and coming down sud
denly can see the growing corn shake all
around him. Any one having the strength
to drive a rail through the crust will find,
on releasing it, that it will disappear en
tirely. The whole section of country sur
rounding the field gives evidence of its
marshiness, and the least shower of rain
produces an abundance of mud. But the
question comes up, has not this body an
outlet ? Although brackish, the water
tastes as if fresh, and we have no doubt but
that it is anything else but stagnant. Yet
these fish are eyeless and scaleless similar
to thosefoundin caves. It is a subject for
study, and, and we would like to have some
of our "profound" citzens to investigate it.
When the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western railroad Was made, such place?
were crossed on the mountain eaet of Scrats
ton. The track sank day after day at one
point, and at last plies forty feet long had
to be driven down to reach solid ground
and foundation. It was a lake covered with
vegetation.
The Lchigli Valley railroad met with
the same difficulty on the mountain cast of
Wilkes-Barre. We do not remember that
fish were fouud in either case, but such de
pressions are over the mountain region on
cither side of Wyoming Valley.
The following facts in relation to Gov
Tildcn's "reform" movements, as Governor
of New York, will be of interst to social
reformers. The statement is- taken from
Harper's Weekly :
Mr. Tilden has pardoned in 1ST5 eighty
eight criminals, and in 1S76 already ninety-eight.
Within the past nine months
he has restored to the rights of citizenship
seventy convicts. Burglary, arson, assult,
murder, are some of the offeuces to which
he has shown this excessive tenderness.
The example of this proceeding is takeu,
no doubt, from the period of the Ring,
when the control of the prisons was made
use of by the ruling party to shut up those
who offended them and to let lo6se dan
gerous offenders, ou political grounds. Mr.
Tilden is not unpopular with the criminal
classes. A vote was recently taken in a
Vermont jail on the Presidency. Of sevn-ty-eight
prisoners, it is stated seventy-sevcu
gave their suffrages for 31 r. Tilden.
Pardons and commutations by Tilden in
1S75 SS.
Pardons and commutations by Tilden
from January 1 to July 27, 1S76 OS.
Aggregate of years of pardon acd com
mutation in 1S75 220 years and S days.
Aggregate of years of pardon and com
mutation from January 1 to July 27, 1S7G
207 years, 3 months, and C days.-
Total number of pardons and commu
tations by Tilden in one year and a half
18G.
Total aggregate of years 127 years, 3
mouths and 14 days.
The above summary docs not include
nine convicts who were sentenced to be
hanged, but whoso sentences were com
muted to imprisonment for life ; nor four
others who were sentenced for life, but
whose sentences were commuted to im
prisonment one for twenty-five years, one
for eighteen years, one for fourtoeu years,
and one for eight years.
Since the 1st of January,- I87C, Tilden
has restored seventy convicts to citizenship,
the larger t lion of them during the last
three months. In each ease it is marked
ou the record, "Not to be published."
"Long John" Wentworth "hired a hall"
and made one of his unique speeches before
a crowded audieuce of Republicans, in
Chicago, on Friday night. lie arraigned
the Democratic part for reviving the issues
of the war, and contended that, this being
the case, they could not complaiu of the
Republicans accepting the gage.
Wiping Out a Bally.
General John GoshwieTer, one of tho
leading capitalists of California, and one of
the really good fellows of that state, tells a
thrilling story :
One day in earl' time he was standing
in a pioneer shanty saloon, in company with
a great big fighter who was the terror of
the camp aud town.
There was nothing this giant could not
whip, nd very little that he had not whip
ped. The big fellow was sitting near the
bar wheu a stranger entered. He Was not
more than twenty-five, slender built, pale,
with big eyes, delicate features, and a hand
like a girl.
He stepped quiently up to the bar and
asked for a glass of brandy. The glass was
placed before him, whereupon the bully
rose from his chair, put his big brawny
hand in front of the youngster, took the
brandy and drank it. The young man said
nothing, but quietly laid down four bite aixl
said :
''Give me another glass of brandy."
The brandy was put out, the glass was
filled and the bull' again reached forward,
took the glass and drank it. The young
ster put four bits- on tin? corsnter and said
easily :
"Give me two glasses of brandy."
The two glasses were put out, and filled
and the bully the third time reached for
ward, took a gla.-;s and drank it. Tlie
young man paid no attention even, to the
giant's pistols and knives, but taking the
other glass drank it and put down a dollar.
Then w:th and easy manner, he left the
bar for the door, walked five or six- steps
turned like a flash of lightning and shot
the bully through the heart.
As he walked out of the door he said to
one of the bystanders :
'That fellow might have hurt somebody,
yet,"
Two Hundred Bushels of Crickets.
In Bull Run valley, Nevada, the crickets
have played sad havoc with the growing
crops.- The ugly pests attacked one wheat
field of thirty acre, and In art hour destroy
ed the whole crop, eating thcstalks off
close to the grouud, and then marched off
to other conquests. Millions of crickets
tlvat have been killed strew the ground for
miles around, while vast number? have Im
parted a most disagreeable flavor to tho
water, rendering it unfit for drinking.
A novel means of cleaning out cricket
is the sewing together of three gunny
sacks, leaving small holes in the bottom one
for the cgrees of water. This large sack is
attached to the end of a sluice box, placed
so that the water will run into it. The peo
ple then- assemble,- armed witn bells and
boughs, and with a great noise drive' the
crickets into the stream, which swiftly car
ries them down through the sluice box into
the bag, and there they are speedily drown
ed. At Painter's ranche, a short time ago
there was a grand "drive," destroying about
225 bushels of crickets.
At the close of its editorial remarks upon:"
Governor Tilden's "explanation that docs
not explain," the New York Tribune sums
up the case in this puugcut manner :
"Gov. Tilden many iudecd have kept
himself within the letter of the law, but it
is plain that he evaded its spirit. He
could not be sent to the penitentiary, as he
is trying to send Jarvis Lord, for defraud
ing the Government, but he contrived to
keep the Government from getting out of
him the money to which it was entitled,
lie did not tell the horse-car conductor he
had paid his fare, but he kept his hands in
his pockets and looked unconcernedly at
the conductor, as if he had ; and the effect
was the same.. When the conductor detects
such a passenger, ho generally wants to put
him off the car. When the American peo
ple find him running as a Reform candidate
for the Presidency, they are going to vote
for the other man."
Th condition of the industrial classes in
North Germany shows tltat flush times am
quite as demoralizing as hard times. After
the close of the Franco-German war wages
rose to an unnatural level, all classes fancied
that the flood-tide of prosperity had set in,
thrift Was discarded and luxuries- Locarno
indispensable, a craving for wealth beset all
classes and discontent was fomented, and
the ultimate result was deterioration of
workmanship, Herr Reuleaux has sum
med k up : "The products of German
workmen are wanting in finish, wauting it
soundness, wanting iu taste, and absolutely
devoid of imagination." The best work is
done by contented workmen who are mo
derately prosperous.
The trouble with Sinnott's explanation
is, that while it agrees with Tilden's state
ment in 18G2, it disputes Tilden's state
ment ia 1S7G. Sinnot says Tilden's in
come was but 7,1 IS in 18G2, but Tilden
swears in 187G that he received 20,000 in
one payment in 1SG2,
There has been a terrible mortality
among the Democrats, according to Hon.
W W. Warren. He says . "The Demo
crats of to-day are not the Democrats of
twenty years ago. They have all gone into
obscurity, died or joined the Republican:
party." That seems to finish Tilden.
"Has that jury agreed ?" asked the judge
of a sheriff whom he met on the stairs with
a bucket in his hand. "Yes," replied
Patrick ; "they have agreed toseud out for
a half gallon."
22-15 car loads of peaches were chipped
from the Delaware Peniasu'a this season.
t 'his oitoe.
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