The Bedford gazette. (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, October 18, 1867, Image 1
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Having recently made additional im provements t( our office, we are pre pared to execute all orders for PLAIN AND FANCY JOB P 11 I N T I N G , With dispatch and in the most SUPERIOR ST YL E. CIRCULARS, LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, CHECKS, CERTIFICATES, BLANKS. DEEDS, REGISTERS, RE. CEIPTS, CARDS, HEADINGS, ENVEL OPES, SHOWBILLS, HANDBILLS, IN VITA TIONS, LA BELS,Src. \c. Our facilities for printing POSTERS, PROGRAMMES, Ac., FOR CONCERTS AND EXHIBITIONS, ARE UNSURPASSED. "PUBLIC SALE" BILLS Printed at short notice. We can insure complete satisfaction as to time and price srfs, kc. DRUGS, MEDICINES, DYE-STI FFS, PERFUMERY, STATIONERY, • TOBACCO, CIGARS, Ac. Rev. H. HECKERMAN A SON have purchased the Drug Store of J. L. Lewis, on Julianna street. Bedford, where they are now re ceiving, and intend always to keep on hand, a large and complete assortment of DRUGS, MEDI CINES. DYE-STUFFS, PERFUMERY, STA TIONERY (plain and fancy), best qualities oi TO BACCO, best brands of CIGARS. Ac. Also, PATENT MEDICINES, and everything else usu ally asked for at a Drug Store. PHYSICIANS will be supplied with everything in their line on reasonable terms. All orders promptly attended to. and all PRE SCRIPTIONS carefully compounded. By careful and i-triet attention to business, they hope to merit a liberal share of public patronage. jul2fim3 - X jn N T E R P It I S E MACHINE WORKS, Logon Street, ... LEWISTOWN, Pa H. D. SLAGLE A BRO., Pro'rs. 0. R. DAVIS, Superintendent. MANUFACTURERS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, PORTABLE AND STATIONERY STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS; Portable Steam Saw Mills ; Iron and Brass castings ot every description malle and fitted up for Mills, Factories, Blast Furnaces, Forges, Rolling Mills, Ac. We call the attention of I'ANNERS to our Oven for Burning Tan under Steam Boilers. [ TERMS MODERATE. All orders promptly attended to. H. D. SLAGLE A BRO., sep27m6 Lewistown, Pa. I) ICHARD V. LEO & CO., Y Manufacturers of CABINET-WARE, CHAIRS, AC., BEDFORD, PA., The undersigned being engaged in the Cabinet making business, will make to order and keep on hand everything in their line of manufacture. BUREAUS, DRESSING STANDS, PARLOR AND EXTEN SION TABLES, CHAIRS. BEDSTEADS, WASH STANDS, Ac., AC., will be furnished at all prices, and to suit every taste. They have also added to their stock, FRENCH COTTAGE SUITS, MARBLE TOP TABLES, CANE CHAIRS, SOFAS. TETE A TETES, Ac., Ac., Eastern manufacture. Having purchased the stock and tools of Thos. Merwine, (late Win. Stahl's) they havo added the game to their manufactory. COFFINS will also be made to order, and a HEARSE always in readiness to atteud funerals. I attention paid to all orders for work. on West Pitt Street, nearly opposite the residence of George Shuck. aug.23,m3. RICHARD V. LEO A CO. MANHOOD; HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED— Just published, a new edi tion of DR. CULVEKWELL'S CELEBRATED ESSA\ on the radical cure (without medicine) of SPERMATORRHEA, or Seminal Weakness, Involun tary Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Marriage, etc., also Consumption, Epilepsy, and Fits induced by self-indulgence or Sexual extravagance. Priee. in sealed envelope, only fi cents. The celebrated author, in this admirable essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years' success ful practice, that the alarming consequences of Self-Abuse may be radical lye u red without the dan gerous use of internal medicine or the application of the knife—pointing out a mode of cure at once simple, certain and effectual, by means of which every sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radi cally. Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any ad dress. postpaid, on receipt of six cents, or two post stamps. Also, Dr. Culverwell's-MarriageGuide,' price 25 cents. Address the publishers. CHAS. J. 0. KLINE A CO., 127 Bowery, N. Y. Post Office Box 4586. aug23,'tS7—ly BY MEYERS & MENGEL. snj-6oo(I$, ftr. JMASJEI BUYERS, TAKE NOTICE! SAVE YOUR GREENBACKS! NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS, just received, At J. M. SHOEMAKER'S Store, AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES! Having just returned from the East, we are now opening a large stock of Fill and Winter Goods, which have been BOUGHT FOR CASH, at nett cash prices, and will be SOLD CHEAP. This be ing the only full stock of goods brought to Bedford this season, persons will be able to suit themselves better, in style, quality and priee. than at any other store in Bedford The following comprise a few of our prices, viz : Calicoes, at 10,12, 14, 15, 10 and the best at 18 cents. Muslins at 10, 12, 14, 15, 10, 18, and and the best at 22 cents. All Wool Flannels from 40cts. up. French Merinoes, all wool Delaines, Coburgs, Ac. SHAWLS Ladies', children's apd misses' shawls, latest styles; ladies' cloaking doth. MEN'S WEAR—Cloths, cassimeres, satinetts. jeans. Ae. BOOTS AND SHOES--In this line we have a very extensive assortment for ladies, misses, chil dren. and men's and boys' boots and shoes, all sizes and prices, to suit all. HATS —A large assortment of men's and boys' hats. CLOTHING —Men's and boys' coats, pants and vests, all sizes and prices SHIRTS, Ac.—Men's woolen and muslin shirts; Shakspeare, Lockwood and muslin-tined paper collars; cotton chain (single and double, white and colored). GROCERIES—Coffee, sugar, syrups, green and black teas, spices of all kinds, dye-stuffs. Ac. LEA! HER—Sole leather, French and city calf skins, upper leather, linings, Ac. UT We will sell goods on the same terms that wc have been for the last three months —cash, or note with interest from date. No bad debts con tracted and no extra charges to good paying cus tomers to make up losses of slow and never paying customers. Cash buyers always get the best bar gains, and their accounts are always settled up. J. M. SHOEMAKER, Bedford, Sep.27,'G7. No. 1 Anderson's Row. 10 per cent, saved in buying your goods for cash, at J. M. SHOEMAKER'S cash and produce store, No. 1 Anderson's Row. scp27 OPLENDID OPENING of CHEAP SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, AT FARQUHAR'S New Bargain Store, REED'S BUILDING. CALICOES, (good) - 12ic. do (best) - - 18c. MUSLINS, brown, - - 10c. do . (best) - - 20c. do bleached, . - 10c. do (best) • - 25c. DELAINES, best styles, - 25c. DRESS GOODS of all kinds VERY CHEAP. MEN'S and BOYS' COTTONADES, GOOD and CHEAP. A largo stock of FANCY ALL WOOL CASS 1 ME R ES ASTONISH INGLY CHEAP. BOOTS AND SHOES. MEN'S AND BOYS' HATS. GROCERIES: Best COFFEE, - - 30c Brown SUGAR - from 10 to 15c FISH : Mackerel and Potomac Herring. QUEENSWARE and a general variety of NOTIONS. Buyers are invited to examine our stock as we are determined to to sell cheaper than the cheapest. J. B. FARQUHAIt. mayl7 MEW GOODS!! NEW GOODS!! The undersigned has just received from the East a large and varied stock of New Goods, which are now open for examination, at MILL-TOWN, two miles West of Bedford, comprising everything usually found in a first-class country store, consisting, in part, of Dry-Goods, Delaines, Calicoes, Muslins, C&ssimers, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Notions, Ac., Ac. All of which will be sold at the u.ost reasonable prices. Thankful for past favors, we solicit a con tinuance of the public patronage. Call and examine our goods. may24,'67. G. YEAGER N'EW ARRIVAL. —Just received at M C. FETTERLY'S FANCY STOKE. Straw Hats and Bonnets, Straw Ornaments, Rib bons Flowers, Millinery Goods. Embroideries, Handkerchiefs, Bead-trimmings, Buttons. Hosiery and Gloves, White Goods, Parasols and Sun-Um brellas, Balmorals and Hoop Skirts, Fancy Goods and Notions, Ladies' and Children's Shoes. Our assortment contains all that is Bew and desirable. Thankful for former liberal patronage we hope to be able to merit a continuance from all our cus tomers Please call and see our new stock. *ay3l f lif Pftlf.or.tl (Sprite• AXTIETAJf AM) tiKTTYSBI*U<. The New York World , commenting upon the dedication of the Cemetery at Antietam, clearly shows that both that destructive battle and the still more bloody one at Gettysburg, were the re sult of the hatred of Stanton to McClel lan, and the selection of utterly incom petent men to fill the position from which he was removed on account of political reasons and mean jealousy. The World says: It was in consequence of setting up General Pope as a rival to General Me ridian in Virginia, that thosegreat dis asters befell our troops under the com mand of Pope, which enabled the victor ious rebels to cross the Potomac in full force, and compelled the frightened au thorities to reinstate General MeClellan in command to save the national capital. It was by the great victory of Antietam that he broke the strength of General Lee, and compelled him to slink away in the night and recross the Potomac. As soon as the Washington authorities were thus relieved from their terror, po litical jealousy of Gen. MeClellan reviv ed in all its venom. With the laurels of a recent victory thick upon his brow, this able commander, the idol and admira tion of his soldiers, was driven from the army never to return. A succession of terrible reverses, the direct consequence of his removal, enabled the rebels to recover more than they had lost in their first invasion, to send consterna tion through the whole North by its repetition, and to give occasion for the hardly-contested field of Gettysburg, on which more depended than on any other battle of the war. Had General MeClellan been properly supported, there would have been no second mill llun, and consequently no Antietam. Had General MeClellan been continued in command after his victory at Antie tam, there would have been no i red erieksburg, no Chancellorsville, and consequently no Gettysburg. Antietam and Gettysburg were fought to repair hideous disasters, to recover lost ground, to repel invasions which became possi ble only by the profligate and unhal lowed mismanagement of the authori ties at Washington. Monuments on thosegreat historic spots are commenda ble and becoiningas tributes by a grate ful country to the memory of the brave citizens who there fell in its defence, but what is the relation of those monu ments to the scores of thousands of e qually brave citizens whose blood cries from the ground against official imbe cility and blundering, in the vast slaugh ter-pens on the soil of Virginia? If their lives, sacrificed in vain, had been spared, there would have been no occa sion for those great cemeteries on North ern soil. "And the angel said unto me, Write. And I said, What shall I write ?" When History asks Arithmetic to be her amanuensis, she will dedicate this sum in addition : Set down the num bers who fell iu the disastrous Virginia battles under Pope; beneath this place the number who were uselessly sacri ficd in Burnside's slaughter-pen at Fredericksburg; then the enormous losses under Hooker at Chancellors ville; then the heroic multitudes who fell in the two rebel invasions; add up the fearful sum, and the amount will be the hideous cost in human life of Stanton's injustice to General MeClel lan. ANOTHER ATLANTIC CABLE.— The proposed cable from France to the li nked States is said to be in a fair way to be successfully laid. The prelimin ary soundings, began four months ago, are announced by the Paris newspapers to be completed, and they state that the cable will be laid from Brest to St. Pierre Miquelon, in Nova Scotia, it having been ascertained that the bottom of the ocean along that line is favora ble.—From St. Pierre it will go along the coast of New Brunswick, and the shores of Maine, New Hampshire, Mas sachusetts and Connecticut.—The im mersion of the cable, now making in London, is to begin next May, and the Great Eastern is to be employed to lay it. It is hoped that a month will suf fice for the work, and that in July, 18- 08, telegraphic communication will be opened. SPLATTERINGS. —"Breathes there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said, I will my local paper take, both for my own and family's sake? If such there be, let him repent, and have the paper to him sent, and if he'd pass a happy winter, he in ad vance should pay the printer." We refer the above to the public. A YEAR OF RELIGIOUS JUBILEE.— It is pretty generally known that the present year of 1807, is the seventh semi-centennial anniversary of the Great- Reformation. It is just 2 -30 years since Martin Luther and his colaborers inaugurated a revolutian that, under God, has given us all we hold dear in civil and religious liberty —the pure Gospel and freedom to worship God.— It is proper that the trials and sacrifices ofthe Reformer should be remembered, and their great work properly respect ed. The year 1867, especially from the 31st of October, is therefore recognized as a year ofjubilee by the entire Luth eran Church of America. —Elias Howe, Jr,, the inventor ofthe sewing machine, died at Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday night. BEDFORD, PA.,'FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18. 1867. The Kemaiiis ami Burial of J. Wilkott Booth. Onr Washington correspondent gives ; an account of the exhuming of the bod ies of J. Wilkes Booth and others. The I Star furnishes some particulars of the first burial of Booth's body, which have been hitherto unpublished.—lt seems from this account that the body having been examined and two of the vertebrae having been taken from it by surgeons, was sent ashore from the monitor which brought it up to the navy yard, wrapped in a gray army blanket.—The body was taken olf in a boat, in which was an officer of the monitor with four sailors, Gen. Baker and two detectives. The boat proceeded down stream, and finally stopped at the lower Arsenal wharf, on which the body was placed ; after which the boat returned to the monitor, leaving Gen. Baker and bis assistants in the Arsenal grounds. A report was put out that it was the body of a soldier who had been drown ed, and but little attention was paid to it. The body remained on the wharf until after nightfall, when preparations were made for the interment. Secre tary Stanton, Gen. Dyer, chief of ord nance, and Col. Benton, commandant of the post, were on the ground, as well as General Baker and his detectives. Three men of the laborers' gang were sent for, and they were first directed to dig a grave in one of the penitentiary cells, but after taking up the brick flooring they came to the granite foun dation laid in cement, and they pro nounced the work impracticable. A spot was then selected in the wareroom, five or six feet south of the iron door opening into the prison from the war den's department, and they were di rected to dig the grave to the depth of about ten feet. The grave being ready, the body, en closed in an ammunition box, (arras case,) was brought in by four of the or dinance men in charge of a sergeant, lowered into the grave, and it was filled, the brick flooring being mostly re placed, and the surplus earth removed to another portion of the room. The burial having'been accomplished, the windows were boarded up and the door made secure—Secretary Stanton taking the key with him. This key was kept at the War Department until a few weeks ago, when it was returned to the arsenal officers. TIIE NICKEL MINES.— Now that our specie circulation is based so largely up on nickel, it may be interesting to the reader to know something of the locali ty and character of the mines whence this material is taken. The few facts about to be quoted with reference to them are taken from a newspaper pub lished in the vicinity of the mines, the largest of which are situated in this State. "Fourteen miles from Lancas ter," says the journal in question, "are the Gap mines and smelting works. These mines were discovered many years ago, and about the time of the revolutionary war were worked for copper, but were soon abandoned, the crude of machinery of that period being ill-adapted to working them properly. Two generations had passed away, and the circumstance had been forgotten, when about fifteen years ago the mines were reopened by a company of capi talists from Philadelphia, since which time they have been steadily worked.— They were reopened with the view of obtaining copper, but the ore was soon discovered to be richer in nickel, a more valuable mineral, and since then they have been worked for that metal exclusively. In all about one hundred and fifty men are employed at the mines and smelting works." The nickel produced by these mines is nearly all used by the government in the coinage of its small pieces, in all of which, from one penny up to the five" cent piece, a large admixture of this metal is used. IJuuxs.—ln regard to the treatment of burns there is a great diversity of opinion, scarcely any two surgeons a greeing as to the remedies. All of them are doubtless valuable, but there is one which has a great reputation, carron oil, limewater, and linseed oil. The great objection to it is its offensive odor, renderingan entire ward disagree able. When theburn is very superficial, simply inflaming or vesicating the part, covering it up with flour, and then placing a layer of cotton over it so as to exclude the air, makes a very comfortable dressing. Another method consists in applying cold water, and a nother warm water covered with oiled silk and a bandage. Lard, deprived of salt, and simple cerate make pleasant applications. The profession is in debted to Prof. Gross for the introduc tion of white lead and linseed oil in the treatment of burns. It is one of the very best applications which can be used, effectually excluding the air, and being always grateful to the patient. In all cases, no matter whether merely the skin or the deeper structures are in volved, white lead rubbed up with lin seed oil to thy consistence of paste or paint, and placed on with a brush, will be found productive of great relief. There does not appear to be any risk from the constitutional influence of the lead, though it has been suggested, to counteract any tendency of this kind, thattiie patient should take occasionally a little sulphate of magnesia.— Medical and Surgical Reporter. —The Howard Association at New Orleans is now rendering assistance to eight hundred stricken families. Kciiiniiis of an Extinct Kace. It may not be generally known that the ground on which the city of Nash ville now stands was once the site ofan ancient and populous town, yet such is supposed to be the fact. Some of the most interesting antiquities ofour State -are found along the lower course of Stone river, but a few miles from Nash ville. A wide area of country there is covered thickly with thousands of graves of a now forgotten people. But a few days ago several gentlemen made some researches in this region, and found their labors richly rewarded by some striking discoveries. At a place known as Schell'sSpring they found a mound of considerable height and per haps 40 feet in diameter, which proved upon examination to be nothing less than a vast mausoleum of the dead.— The graves were found to be made of fiat rocks, symmetrically joined to gether, and three tiers deep from the base of the mound to its apex. Bones were found in a remarkable state of preservation, together with pottery and shells. Very large ornaments have been dug out in this locality, made from shells found only in the Gulf of Mexico. Agentlemanofacknowledged skill and authority in autiquarian mat ters, who conducted the researches made a few days ago, estimated that the remains which they unearthed could not have less age than G(K or 700 years. What is remarkable, no warlike implementsare found in this locality, from which it is inferred that they were a peaceable race, and were prob ably exterminated or driven away by the Indians. In one of the graves was foun 1 a beautiful little vase, which had been placed in the hand of the inmate of the tomb at the time of the burial. Upon this little bit of earthen ware was the model of a diminutive animal. The care which these people took of their dead shows a high degree of humanity. We learn that other in vestigations in this section are to be made ere long. The field is certainly a rich one for the antiquary.— Nashville Press and Times. POPULAR ERRORS. —Among other popular errors are the following: That editors keep public reading rooms.— That they have plenty of time to talk to every body. That they are delight ed to get anything to fill up the paper with. That they are always pleased to have assistance in selecting copy for the paper. That every man's own pri vateaxeisa "matterof public-interest." That it doesn't make much difference whether copy be written on both sides. That editors return rejected manu scripts. That taking the paper places the editor under obligations to agree with you on all subjects. That a bunch of turnips, a big peach, or some other trifling present, worth, perhaps, ten or fifteeen cents, entitles you to an edi torial notice worth five dollars. No CAUSE FOK GRUMBLING.— There are certain chronic grumblers who de light in predicting hard times, particu larly at this season of the year, when winter is just at hand. It is not good policy, of course, to color the picture of the times too highly, but it is certainly safe >o say that there is no ground for special complaint. It appears from the figures in the crop estimates made by the Agricultural Bureau at Washington that the wheat crop of the United States will this year be nearly fifty per cent, larger than it was last year. Upon the supply of wheat depends the price of flour, and hence no trouble in the bread market need be apprehended. Some of the minor crops are not up to theavcr age yield, but there is no reason to grum ble about any of them. With the un usually large wheat crop, the price of coal considerably reduced, dry goods from fifty to one hundred percent, low er than they were two years ago, gen eral prices constantly tending down ward, together with a fair business sea son and financial soundness—with all these encouraging circumstances there is no cause for complaint about hard times—except for drones. DANGEROUS COUNTERFEITS.— The new imitation of $lO bills on the Third National Bank of Philadelphia, Penn., is a very dangerous affair. The execu tion of the engraving is good, and the general appearance of the note is like ly to deceive. Keep a sharp lookout for them. Lord's Detector says the counterfeiters are at work improving their spurious issues of National bank notes. We have just seen a new note, which presents a much better ap pearance than any of the counterfeits of this denomination which have hereto fore come under our observation. Too much care cannot be exercised in hand ling this kind of money. GOLD.— We savV at the Bank of Chambersburg, on Friday last, three "bricks" of gold that had been sent in from Montana, by Col. M'Ciure, to Wm M'Lellan, Esq. Two of these were of the value of $2,000 each, and the other was worth $1,250. — Valley Spirit. COMING RUIN.— Some European As tronomers pretend to have discovered the fact that the Earth is gradually ap proaching the Sun, and that it is only a matter of time when our planet will be distroyed by the heat. The fact that the climate has greatly changed all over the world is accounted for in this way, and those who are easily scared are looking for the grand catastrophe. It is a consolation that when it does occur we will be likely to know it. VOL. 62.—WHOLE No. 5,414. Tlie Fall Fashions. Already the female world is agitated on the all important question of dress, and the haroscope,or rather kaleidoscope of the chameleon goadess, Fashion, is anxiously consulted by her fair vota ries. The revolution which commen ced last spring in fashions is still pro gressing, and the days of huge bonnets and balloon dresses seem to be number ed forever. The modistes, however, are meditatinga coup c/' etat , although they maintain an ominous silence in regard to their plans. They are determined, if bonnets be small, that the size shall not affect the price; for the trimmings and material of those fragile articles this winter shall be the richest and most elaborate kind. The bonnet will not be any larger than before, but will make up in breadth what it lacks in height and length. The high priestes ses of fashion announce also the most extravagant kinds of trimming on cloaks, and where dresses are deficient in breadth they will attach an extra train. The becoming short dresses for the streets have taken fast hold on the minds of the ladies, and silk and satin will no longer be used for street clean ing purposes. In all these vagaries of fashion there is one encouraging fea ture: the American ladies are gradual ly freeing themselves from the bonds of allegiance to Paris, and are awakening to the knowledge that they are fully as competent to select styles and mater ials for dresses themselves as the repre sentatives of fashion in that gay city. It is not very creditable to be obliged to copy from the disreputable portion of the female world in Paris for fashions, and the sooner our ladies assert their independence in this respect the better. However, let not credulous husband imagine that the allowance of pin mon ey may be decreased by the compara tive smallness of the materials in dress es which is now popular among the la dies. The trimmings will more than compensate for the difference in size; so that the schedule of prices will rem in unchanged, or will, perhaps, be increas ed.—N. Y. Herald. CHILDREN'S DRESSES.—Not "Solo mon in all his glory was arrayed like unto ' these little ones —might be the cunning application of the old biblical verse, as one gazes on the fancy and theatrical manner in which the children of these crazy times are dressed and decked. All colors, all styles, all cloths, are mingled on the backs of the little creatures who are so unfortunate as to have fashionable parents; and although one cannot resist admiring the taste and effect of some of the juvenile adorn ments, the wise man (and woman) dreads the result of it all on the young mind in later years. Cleanliness and neatness and simplicity, to our mind, cloathea child better than all the velvets and colors of creation. Nevertheless,all the world don't think so, and it's well it don't. What a monotony of good ness there would be if every parent was wise and prudent. THE Richmond correspondent of the New York Herald says it has now be come definitely settled that the trial of Mr. Davfs will take place at the Novem ber term of the United States Circuit Court in that city. Judge Chase has expressed his intention of presiding, and if the ex-President does not fail to come to time, questions of great importance will arise which will require all the di plomacy and ability of the Chief Jus tice to evade and decide. The opinion is expressed that, allowing Davis will appear, the trial will be shirked by the Government and the prisoner will bea gainset at liberty on bail. There is reason, however, to cor rect such an erroneous impression. Indications lead to the belief that the trial will bo proceeded with, and a mass of the most important events dis closed. The counsel for defence will de mand a trial, and if the Government urge as an excuse not ready, the Court will express its intention to remain in session a sufficient time to enable them to prepare; failing in this a nolle pros equi will then be entered by which the discharge of the prisoner may beeffected. The later is not likely, and the trial, which the nation at large demands, will be proceeded with. THE WIDOW OF MAXIMILIAN.—Ac cording to the Belgian journals the Empress Charlotte of Mexico has had an interview with the duke d'Aumaie and the Princede Joinville. The Queen of the Belgians took them to her at Ter vuren and presented them without any previous warning. "Here, Charlotte!" said her magesty, "are our uncles from England come to see you." "Ah, my uncle Henry!" cried the empress run ning up to the Duke d'Aumaie, and she embraced him. "And Joinville," she added,embracing him also. Then she began talking about America, but frequently looked around as if in ter ror, and at moments she startled under apparently the apprehension thatsome one was about to stab her from behind. She spoke of the Fenian movement in the United States, of Paraguay and Bra zil, but said not a word about Mexico. She evidently wanted to bring the two Princes to speak of that country, but did not succeed. At last she left them with a certain degree of coldness; she was evidently vexed that they did not speak of what she had most at heart. —A man being commiserated on ac count of his wife running away, said: "Don't pity me till she comes back." 1 HEAVY HARVES.T—The yield of this year of 1867, in our country is one of the ruost bountiful ever gathered. A close and aeute observer of agricultural matters reports, with regard to this harvest, that Illinois is much the larg est producer of Indian corn, more than one-sixth of the whole crop of the coun try being grown there, and also the largest producer of oats (more than 20 per cent, of the whole) and of hay more than 20 per cent. Pennsylvania takes the lead in the production of rye—near ly one-third of the whole country, and in buckwheat over 42 per cent. New Jersey produces more rye than any other State,* according to population. New York takes the lead in the produc tion of barley; about 40 per cent, of the whole country Virginia, takes the lead in tobacco; about 30 per cent. New York, Pennsylyania and New Jersey together produces two-thirds of all the rye. HONEY.—Honey, it is well known, when taken from the comb is as clear yellow sirup containing no trace of sol id sugar. Upon straining, however, it assumes a crystaline appearance, and fi nally becomes a solid lump of sugar. It has been found that this change is due to photograph action, chrystalizing only when exposed to light. This ex planation furnishes us the reason why bees are so careful to work in perfect darkness, always carefully obscuring the glass windows which may be placed in your hives. The young bees can feed on the liquid honey only, and if light were allowed access to it, the sir up would gradually acquire a more or less solid consistency, sealing up the cells and in all probabiiity proving fa tal to the inmates of the hives. How A HOG SWEATS—Not like a horse or a man, but through the fore leg. There is a spot on each leg, just below the knee, in form of a sieve.— Through this the sweat passesoff. And it necessary that this be kept open. If If it gets closed, as is sometimes the case, the hog will get sick ; he will appear stiff and cramped, and unless he gets relief, it will go hard with him. To cure him, simply open the pores. This is done by rubbing the spot with a corn cob, and washing it with warm water. —Rural World. To Fix PENCIL VVKITING. Pencil writing may be lixed almost indelibly as ink, by passing the moistened tongue over it. Even breathing slowly over the lines, after writing, renders them much less liable to erasure than when not subjected to that process. This fact may be of importance to persons who may wish tocarry a memorandum book for a long time. In ordinary use the pages of such a book often become very much defaced by the erasure and diffu sion of the pencil marks over the en tire surface of the paper. A trial of the experiment will readily satisfy any person of the utility of ihe idea. FRIED POTATOES.—Pare and cut the potatoes, let them stand in cold wa ter over night. In the morning shake them in a dry towel till perfectly drain ed. Then drop them into very hot fat, enough to float them. The fat from sheep suet is the best. Shake and turn them until brown, keeping them very hot. Dip out with a skimmer and then salt, a little. If properly done they will be crisp and delicious. Now.—Now is the time to attend to the duty of placing your stoves, stove pipes and chimneys in proper condition for the coming cold weather. A little precaution now may prevent an ex tensive conflagration and great loss of property. Attend to the matter at once. MORE COUNT ERF.- ITS.—Counterfeit $2O notes on the Fourth National Bank of Philadelphia, and the First National Bank of Indianapolis, Indiana, are in circulation, and counterfeit slo's on the First and Third National Banks of Philadelphia are said to be numerous. Look out for them. Ax EARLY WINTER.—The weather wise predict an early and cold winter. The beautiful display of the Aurora Borealisa few weeks ago, is said to be an indication, and besides the beavers and squirrels are said to have commenc ed work earlier than usual in making provisions for their hibernation. To PREVENT FLAT-IRONS FROM STIOKING. —Irons are apt to stick to starched articles. To prevent this lay a little fine salt on a flat surface and rub the iron well over it. This will make the iron smooth, and also remove smokiness. To REMOVE WAX-STAINS FROM CLOTII.— Lay over the stain two thick nesses of blotting-paper, and apply for a moment the pressure of a moderately hot iron. The stains will be instatna neously and entirely removed. A "LOCAL'S" FIRST EFFORT.— A Chicago paper says . We took a new reporter on trial yes terday. He went out to hunt item®, and after being away all day, returned with the following, which he said was the nest he could do: Yesterday we saw a sight which froze our muscles with horror. A hackman driving down Clark street at a rapid pace, came near running over a nurse and two children. There would have been one of the most heart rending catastrophes ever record ed, had not the nurse, with wonderful fore-thought, left the children at home before she went out, and providentially stepped into a drug store just before the hack passed. Then, too, the hackman, just before reaching the crossing, thought of something he had forgotten, and turning about drove in the oppo site direction. Had it not been for this wonderful concurrence of favoring cir cumstances a doting father, a loving mother, and affectionate brothers and sisters, would have been plunged into the deepest woe, and most unutterable funeral expenses." The reporter will be retained.