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They have also added to their stock,
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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.
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HEARSE always in readiness to atteud funerals.
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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.
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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.
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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.