CO I'M TIT TKMD M1KI. TV..- ti'.-;:ist'i daiion question is one of j the greatest import ance to the Ameri- ! c?.:i farmer. It is probable, however, ? that the phase of this .subject that has j bf .-ji 'east discussed by public journals j th making and men j'.n ot country i rr-uds -is quite as import ant and less understood than any other. A large j proportion of American farm products j never reach the railroads. They are consumed on the farm or in the villages j an-! cities whither the fanner's team and wagon convey them. Moat of t hese : farmer. live so far from market that one j full dav at least is consumed in market- ; ing a load of produce. If the roads are . uinfornilv go d and level a team will diaw two tons of grain more easily than . on ordinary roa H they will draw half ; that amount. This may seem to some ; too great a difference, hut it is because we have too fe w really good roads. Too ; littlo attention is paid to grading. In a i'i!j stretch of level roads, a slight 1 hill may compel every teamster to put j on much less than he should be able to f do. In such case it would bo better to . .rnidc the hill, it' that be possible, or go ', around ir. The measure of value of a : road is what a team can draw over the , Iiardr.-.-t part of il. There is a decided increase in the sell ing value of farms which always have a ; good and level road to market. I do not. believe the importance of having ; good road-; is appreciated a it should and will be, but there is already an nn- : dcrsian.uing on this subject which makes intelligent road improvement profitable. As a Wile, most of the work annually . put upon country highways is wasted. ; t 'i.iiaciousnes of this fact is me reason ; why such work is generally shirked as fa. Vs possible. Most men will not w ork out their road tax as they do on iheir I farms for themselves. If they could . '::.ow that their work on the road was i as directly f r 1 heir own benefit as that j whkh they d j in every day farm work, thi would not be so. Tj have men en ? i.'c earnestly in road making, it must ' bo shuwu that their labors are producing ; iro d results. As it is now. very often the harder men work the worse will be ' the rua Is. ; The severe winters and superabundant j rains and .snows of our northern climate ' make the keeping of the roads in repair j extremely difficult. We have already j bgun to appreciate the importance of j ua li.r.lr; i iing to keep roads in good or- i dor. It is. ou all heavy soils, the first j tiling to be (h-'i'-. In neighborhoods! -There farmers underdrain their land, ! the roads are much better than where j t hey do not. Wry often the drain cross- 1 - the road, and always at a point where j :t will bo of iii'Bt advantage. With an i tuiderdrain three feet deep crossing a j road, and usually in a depression, it : hould be easy to keep a long stretch of road always dry. This is the place to : pur in a puce or lnaeaoam inrnpiKe two or three layers of stone lightly cov ered with earth and gravel. The mac adam turnpike is really a thoroughly drained roadbed when it is perfect. The 1 reason v, hy it so often fails is because in 1 i iany p'aces there is no outlet to drain, i The water runs under the road to some ; ilepres'ion. and then? lies until winter '. io:-ts have lifted the stones from their j f.-uridation and left the road a quagmire j as soon as the spring came. If the mac- J ad am roadbed is conneete 1 with an ' moW drain it will obviate this trouble r.nd make a iirri and permanent road- j bed. ; riling loose earth and sods in the con- j tie of the r. ad may be somewhat better than leaving the surface level, lint if the Sv.il is vegetable matter, sods and i the like, the more it is piled up the : worse t lie roadbed will surely be. Xoth- '. iug will do any good except to first re- ; move surplus water by stone or tile nn derd rains. When this is done, it is sur- ! prisiar how little stone or gravel is need ed. I am glad that road makers are I-arning to ue more gravel; but in ; thousands of places drawing travel to "'row on an undrained turnpike is near : a waste of labor. H. .. F.. in 'or.x- ' e -i-eciai. Il'irsvii'ir.ii Ian- :rr;-. member of Parliament suffer i '1 iroiu painful eruption of the feet, inv-e 1 at last to snm- t ash! on rib' o sock. . W I: a v. :r-!.:id aside, w ith the re-o!t . V.-.tj. the complaint. Some ('ali :A miners died from the effects of i pri-'.u-td b wearing bocr i::v 1 with bright gre-n llannel, the Col or ::i this r,b" being "Srheele's tree::,' . v eli known arsenical compound. A trad--'ma:i sufVred from wearing a 1 iht maroo;, rlac:i-:I shirt. Paper eol i:.rs glared and . tiffened with sized v. hit-.- h-a-i. and con: a:ning arsenic, have piodn.'t? st lions illness: and the game rn!ts havr followed the wearing of hats lined w itii material containing ar stni'' an ! fi i.i gloves ;u,d ccat sleeves irnilarly treated. Five or six persons In a household va re rendered suddenly ill by the matter exhaled from chintz wiiidon- cuitain and bed drapery, and given Venetian blinds have been known in hoi summer w atle r to give off par t:..'.sof nr.-'-!:ie with dele! ions effect. In the kit; hen arset.i" lias now and then be' n tuet with, when ued lo im part a green hue to di. lies such as Mane luanrre. Ai;l even i;-. tiie exercise of tie- perfumer's art, it bole vcs us to be ou our guard against using preparations iv !!': ii.iir cninreii jLjrt--ii bv some com pound of thi ; substance. We thus find lhat ar---rii'- is i.iot wi.'.ely diffused aroutid us, from the facility and, above nil. from the cheapness with which a beautiful pigment and a favorite hue t an bo piodueed through its aid. It is uodoub'ediy in the form of color in wall papers that arsenic is used : and in the manufacture of the beautiful aniline dyes, so extensively used, arsenic is alos largely employed, (hip notable feature of this subs'anre, and one also which gives it a special power of affecting us to our detriment is ti e remarkable rase with, which it becomes volatile. It may be readily diffused in Ihe form of iras or minute solid particles, and is thus brought into cloe, contact with us in our home. reen is a very pretty color on walls, but we would say, take are of it. CV7e''rs" Jctrnnl. ASrr.AV-r. Dik ovf.p.v.-Vulcanite. ; tho vrnteijirottf-iivikirii; sulistanco dif-coveic-'l 1 y a New Vtirk ir.ati recently.' Ii.is l.'eii liri'-tlya'.ludeil lo in the lepers. Kicjlit ye;irs no tho discoverer thought i f utiliincr tho sticky juice of the com- ; i:mn milkwoed. lie bought n ten-acre lot siinl cultivated it. let the gum dry and harden in the stalk, then extract it, ' iind hy the piooes-; which he lias paten- i nt' tl produced a viilcnri7e.'l rubber, an l I from ii a ?oluti;!i in v,hih to po.ak tl;e i in -.t delicate fabrics, rendering them ; perfectly waterproof. As a Cincinnati ! ''i'lze'.tt correspondent say?, they are not injure J in the la5t, ( ithcr in texture or ! appearance, and yet their qualities are , so completely changed tha' wl errai be- j fore treatment they would have been ir- ' teirievably ruined by a single drop of water coming in contact with them. , they can after treatment be thrust into . a pail of wat?r without injury. The . Gazette man saw it tented on delicate ; colored silks, broadcloth, velvet, tutton and woolen good?, and cloths of various kind, and 'mch article?, as kid gloves, 1 furs, ostrich plume?, etc. The action of the solution seems to b? such as to incase every fibre of the material in a film impervious to water, yet this lilm j is invisible. The pores of the texture are not filled up. ad in the e.o with the waterproof good? known heretofore, for water can be forced by pressure into them, but the capillary attraction en tirely destroyed, and water Ptandint,' on the jtoods gat lifers into round dr-'ps like mercury upon a (Ut vjif.fe, and runs off aluio.n as quickly when the level is charged. Ayer's Sarsaparilla For Scrofula, and ail t crof ulou s d i se as e s ,Ery fipelas, Rose or St. An thony's Fire, Eruptions and "Eruptive diseases of the skin, Ulcerations of the Liver, Stomach, Kiduevs. Lungs. I'im- Ere:- Sanies. Viistules. Iloils. f'-i: I ' il Blotches, Tumors. Tet ter, Salt Kheum, Scald Head, Ringworm, Ulcers, Sores, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pain in the P.ones.Side and Head, Female Weak ness, Sterility, Leucorrhee a, arising from internal ulceration, and uterine disease. Syphilitic and Mercurial dis eases, Dropsy, Dvspepsia, Emacia tion, General' Debility, and for Puri fying the Blood. This Sarsaparilla is a combinat ion of vegetable alteratives St illingia,Man drake, Yellow Dock with the Iodides of Potassium and Iron, and is the most efficacious medicine yet known for the diseases it is intended to cure. Its ingredients are so skilfully combined that the full alterative effect of each is assured, and while it is so milJ as to be harmless even to children, it is still so effectual ns to purge out from the system those impurities and corruptions which develop into loathsome disease. The reputation it enjoys is derived from its cures, and the confidence ivhich prominent physicians all over the country repose in it proves their experience of its usefulness. Certificates attesting its Virtues have accumulated, and are con stantly being received, and as many of these cases are publicly known, they furnish convincing evidence of the superiority of this Sarsanarilla over every other alterative medicine. So generally is its superiority to any other medicine known that we need do no more than to assure the publio that the best qualities it has ever possessed are strictly maintained. PREPARED BY Or. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., Practical and Analytical Chcmittt. COLD BT ALT. DRCGOISTS EVERYWBKRS. t Til AT ACTS AT THS TIJ1K 05 THE LIVER. THE BOWELS, and the KIDNEYS. 7i combined action qizss it von- de-rful jvietr to cure all diuaitt. jlWhy Are We Sick? is fisqrrea or urma. nnacai t r-o'.sonou t . . ... ; . . k km into tiit blood that should be eipeiUd X'A BII.IOrSNKSS. I'U.FS. I'-O.NXTIPATIOX, M C, 4 KXI.r. I HJIi-I.AIT, I Kn A UI ia lNEiKS, KFHAIEWKAli. .A Jii.SXK'. AD REUTOIS DKOKIrEKS, 5 "i wusing free action of the organs -A nr.-.l restoring their forcer to throw oJJ .&,',7.V. Why Snffor Ttillnn pain and arhea I l& TV'iy tirmcnted with riles, ( ont i pmtion ! rr 4 Why frft liton d OTer disordered Kidnen t ii hy esidnrs nervoos or sick headaches! 1 1 t'i V hj hT sle pless nights I A r. 1 ' tx-,'" t a , T. Tl w . - . . S r ij iei.;. jzts a cry, vynaoi' crmryoma ana i I ' C 4 ? ii rf y.-ir 7r:-yc? ' trill order 5 O ( Ml 7-Wt W: l llTir'lTiel'Ml, Vt. yc!Iowr.!!i or the f r:i i n in tiie ri'ir..!x:on a-; 1 r'urht eUn t-"'Ii;tTUr. h i;;h r. ! rC',fiir.pMi;ni'':,t lirr. I tut ft.. v. Jv.tr- nt tho i -a. vp; tio. 1 vs- ii b fkv i .- t f ?n 1 every th"r f a ''i-iir-lpro-l the IifHd, tntn- ninnlN stattfn or 'iiflition o the o influence. aUrs generally. n:nl ml 1111 for n; ail lift I you ar? it rv.-.r rf hiri?iea, w-L'.nc5 ,y the trtrmln nf It yoo are a mi ofI't-s, trVAntf nrw T-nrmMnfahj vrorlc torstor trtm n. itc snd ce If ym arsyoTin? and frurcr.r.r? from any irSlsrretlon or dtn-dpatioa ; if yvj are tr;rntd cr mis old or "ttioeTrT yn arf, whererr yen rre. w hot ever yoa feel Tour rn nr-r:j cif-.r;".i:fr lonirtr or wo? .wxms raMoeof tl tt ywvh. Mjwfi. li'-fid. l:i-er,oT ncntst t3 t )U 1.- n:r"'. if tcu use II jca ar jrTy': td crlr!tej.trylt! Cuytt- I : tuponit. Vourf'r;;.vi;t Lilt. Il nfi? 83 t joxyr 1 1 Tw Ic bin cutc4 hadred. TT-'f Ccsc rnn!th"iwttit,tafrindbMt. AiV rti'irra. e:bT. Curwby bK.Tr.tlcn. 1 1 it per!. t. AiL arv cs:- T. t. ". Il ks tbsvlv.to and irrlitt'.t rart fT draakrrrtt, ni -f F-CrSZV rr-M-m, t -. - -r or oi-p'-ti.-. tL'i'-Li.i rur. c.nr.vr cat sf. HUJViAr FUSERY. Jutt r?A;frf. i;i n So!rl FnvetCpe. Trice .?. A l.t-rturtfln the a1nrc, TrrRtmont and Radical C!i-e M S.--m:m! Woaki.oM. tr S; orm, t--rrhc. 'a-d'ic-'i o S.'!f-A!iu. I ii vul'i ii ; .i j y Km:-: ion. lm potency, Nerv- i; 1 it y. n :i " I a. t-r , in-.oais to MRrrU-r pforr.1 y : ( u:r :nr. ion, r.;; i -pv. a Kit-: Al.-nt.-'.J rtn l i'r.:n I !( ; rt,-.tv. r Kv KitHKii r J . m.YKKWrxu M. I .". aurhor of the "rf'n Uook." 'llio irr.rlit -renowned ftnMior. in t";ls :t!m!rr.hia Ir',nre. rloirly yroTi-i !r;nn 1.1s nvn f-xyrrirn( ti.nt th r w f'w 1 r 'tiuciT rf S 1 f-A i-n j-o mav be rfJert uh' Jy ro:norrd without raodi-rinc. and without (inner'1;!5 ur,i'".l cpornttor". l .iri e, rinp. in s.r;inipp.tH. or fur. I in I : p-int in r.t a rco ol euro at 'tv.'ft eprt.ili. and efT'cotusI, Vy wbioli overy 9ut-frrt-r. r.o innttf-r what h; condition ir.r.y be." may cure h:nif"it ciirfly. privatoly n.rtr radir.lly. Jhit I.f.turr wtil prove a toon to Ihovtandt ani thniuiiTi.t.. S nt !:?. under ral. ! r. a pin I n cnrclrpe. tc any ftd-r". cu r-vipt cf :x r.-'ntf. rr two postage ttf mi;1?. m 'ro'c tti PtMivler TKK Ct tVUlHJ.M. 51 KDTOAI. 4 ! Ann Kt , .w ork ; ViTLco B"x 4 5SJ. 4blP Xrl iXlJ Ot YUiUlSlW, Kemrly f.x tocur. Gito imnvj au rr'.irf, enTi of I'jng tjtAndir-.g in 1 worlt, ard or!in-T rase ic g 1a.s. CAUTiCil L-rASZitZ n it in b: a of .9 a- S Mix t-i--- S .-... ( i nm PromptlTand Per. ntanonily. I f.-i:l a hottle ot j.t ei J..hrated remedy, with a Tal U:il tr?.'it;rt on ti.is HUenai fr ' I'lfcms send ma their I vjr. i. ?vt rn l ((. . IlOOi U'f V'rk. o. 13 rearl St., i 4 1 i - M The Only Remedy Ij TM'iraLlu ifOSTETTEKV . CELEBRATED tf. ir, STOMACH 100 rr ;Israa: t Warner's Safe Kidney and Lier Cure. i Frrrnrrl nr. Crno m K'frvn f life. ..... i .. . , , lh on It .nr firi-lT in thf wirl'J f.-.r Itrieta' IH"; Dlalwim, nnrt ALL Kldnc), Liter, ui I rlaary uUfiw. - l stlmoiiiliiof Ih hlght order In proof of Ihfw statemfnu. e-F-ir ihe cure of Ilhete, call forWr-nn-' fr Dliilwtw 'oit. f"'oc ihe care of Bright' rtI tho other 4ivMct. call for Warner's af H.ldncj nrf IjTeri'orP. WARNER'S SAFE BITTERS. It 1i tl!M?.t I?loo lnr"fler. nd jtlmolim evirv funcUon lo mors healthful ftcuoa, &ud Is thus a benefit In all diseases. It curci Irrafnloiu aDrt other JMn f"mp llnm and Dita., Including C'anerrm, 1 1 rm. and other or. ItTSpopal. WnknrM nfttt Stomnch, oa4lpA11on. DlniBca. funeral ifobfl Itr, tr., are cura'l by the Safe Bltlfo. It la uneqTialed a. an anpetizer and rRUlar lonlr. Foitl..s of two size : prices, COt-. an'i fil.CO. WARNER'S SAFE NERVINE p Q iioWlT rival Rnt and lep to the sunVrinr. iiriaiirnv anu iw m if. ... ' - F plleptlc Fit, and rellevetHK-t Tona Pro trallon brought on by exresalve dnnlc, OTer work, mental bocks, and other causes. Fowerful as It Is (o stop pain and soothe dis turbed Nerves, It never Injures the system, whether taken in smalt or larus desel. Bottles of two sises; prices. We. and gl.OO. WARNER'S SAFE PILLS Are an Immediate and actlr-e stimulus for s Torpid Liver, and cure Coitiv9i:cil. Drapcpila. Bll- locir.au. Jfiuoaa viwu rbcaa. Kalaila, T.v.r and irflt. and should be used whenever tha bowels do not operate freelv and rerularlv. N. .Ih.r r!U r.ijolr ... all for tk.r.ofa work. Prlr 9S rta. -Wurarr'. Kf Rmmt trm lold h Drncrt.U A I9i9VB In lll.'ls. ir)km H.H. Warner & Co., Proprietor. E0CHE3TES, N. Y. (T7' tmr raasale mum 40 YEARS BEFORE THE PUBLIC Pronounced brail to be the most fleas ant and efficacious remedy now in use for tho CURE OF COUGHS, COI.D9, CROC!, hoarseness, tickling sensation of the throat, whooping cough, eto. Over a mii.lio: BOT- TI.KS SOLD tVITHIK THE LAST FEW TEAR. It gives relief wherever used, and has the power to impart benefit that cajtxot b had from the cough mixture now in uso. Sold by all Druggists at 25 cents per bottle. j RELI.EK.V L1VKK are also nign ly rpcommended for curing liver complaint -constipation, Rick-headaches, fever and ague, ! and all diseases of the stomach and liver. Sold by all Druggists at 2." cents per box. 1 E. Sellers f Co., nttflntrg. ra. , October 2. ISTD.-ly. Removed lo Bank Building Jfeit Door to FreldhofT's Hew Store. CARL RIVINIUS, Practical Watchmaker ana Jeweler, CBENSDURC, PA., HAS alwaTS on hand a larjte. varied and ele B-snt aS Ttroent of W AT 'H F.S. ruil'KS, JEWFI.RY. SFKl'TAtLKS, KVK-ULASSKS, Stc. which bo otfers for paio at lower prices than anr other dealer in the county. Persons needing ar.Vthint; in hislinewlll do well to (five nim a oal be We purchasing elsewhere. T-Frompt attention paid to repairing; Clocks, Watcl.e. .Tewe'ry. ic. and satislaction guaran teed In lioth work and prloe. J. A. MAHER, Lilly,"Pa., cash di:at.i:k in H.VTS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, Je iii IT 111 Uj . A!D ALL OTHER K1D Off usually kept in a flrn cln."i country (tore. !erjt'uing oU as CHEAP FOR CASH a nt p.ny other i hmont In or out of tho wnn- t v, a n ' cm titry r"1iio tnken in exchange f r mer fasinli. atOiirh .rlffs. Tho patronnEo of nvnry b') y wi thing to rot lull vnluc for their money is ciiiifBtiv and roi cctiuIlT Pulicited. .T. A. MA HER. Lilly, f'amhrla Co.. ra., Sept. 12. lS79.-tf. 15. O. Oosohffcr, F&SBI3SA3LE CUTTEa ASS EOTSE,! i:ri:N.sin'uc;. va. Hop ono 1oor wpt of Hnnt'ry's store, where rhnieo wmivps of Moths. 'a)tmor(?s. Vestinffs. Ac. from which slrtions can be mmle. will at all tlir.t- Ir kept on hand, and full suits or single artl cl of ?v caring a.parol for either s;ents or youths will he ma'le tn order on the shortest notiee.'in the lat.t and best style, and at the lowest living price. Satislartlon RUHrsnteeJ in all cases and tho best of work furnished fully as rhoan a inferior clothing can be bought ready-made. a-A trinl Is earnest ly solicited. H. O. OfcfiCHCiER. l-:bonsburtt. May 2."., 18T9.-tf. i Etaki INSURANCE AGENCY. I ! rr. DICK. i ' PiPnPra! TnsIranOfl Anonf i , u en era I insurance i Ageni, j , Ji. Ii Ij A S Is l J0, PA. j follolcs written at short notlc In ttaa OLD RELIABLE "ETNA11 And other Flrsjt rompanlri, Ebsnsbury. Sspt. OT. UT9 -ly. SMOKE TIIE Little Builder Cigar, Ono Hundred for $2.00; (1ATI.1M1 " no il T M FTY I)T " M PTY. 1 2S ( :hcr Urnnds from 52.60 up-IilvtT-ed to any address In vi. o t . posi-psia, on re ceipt of price. M. .T. IlliroHERTT. ' 12-12 Polo ManTr, 434 Penn Ave., rittsharo;. Ta. It. CREERY.ft(r7ron Den- I JLS lift, hnvlnz looted In tho of fice aud rt-sMori''. owned and reront lv oc-uiiie.1 by Ir. J. .T. (latman, rc r'pertCtnlv tndors his professional services to tho rcoplo of K"herishnre and Tioinity, and sraarantees sror.d work at honost prices. 49 lady as-fstant will he In attendance whe r.ovrr her serTless are reqnired.-Ji Antrsthot lo crfilly and safuly administered when desired. Th patronasre of all la need of dental services ta respectfully solicitl. S-S9,'79.-tf. SII. PECKER, Ml P.. rilYSICIAX AKO SmCEOS, Ijii-i.T's, Cambria Co.. Pa., Offers his professional services to the citizens of Washington and adjoining townships. Oftlce and residence on Railroad street, opposite Passenger station, where niarht snd day calls will receive prompt attention, regardless of distance or weafh er. lnseasesof women and children a specialty. Lilly s, March 14. 18T9.-ly. M. J. BUCK, Physician asd Sfroeon, At.TOONA. Pa. frB snd residence on Fourteenth street, near Kleventh avenue, where night calls can be made, (iff ce hours from 8 to 10. a. w., and from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8. r. M. Special attention paid to !is eases of the Kye and Kar. as well as to Surgical Uperatlone of averv description. (4-19. -tf.l A . KEIM, M. D., Phtsician and JLi. Smoaow, Fbenhirsr, Pa. Ofllce on Hisrh ftreet. west of Julian street, and noarly opposlto the Hiair ;ioss. fonsnitatlons In both risrtnan and KnK'.lsh. Night calls should be mado at the oco. (S-6,77.-rf. W. DICK. Attorket-at LAW.Eb- -a Kbensbnrr. Pa. Office In front room of T- .J . Lloyd's new building. Centre street. Allman n"r oflc.il business attended to satisfactorily, i aud coilectitns afptciai'y. ' 10-i.-tf. i : 8 ! I tmS ti ii Z. 'f Zi ill J I There are 2,750 languages. . Two persons die tveiy sccoDd. The average human life is thirty-oue years. slow livers flow four miles per hour. Rapid rivers flow seven miles per hour. A moderate wind blows seven miles per hour. A storm moves thirty-six miles per hour. A hurricane moves eighty miles per hour. A rifle ball moves 1,000 miies per hour. Sound moves 743 miles per hour. Light moves lf2,000 miles per hour. Electricity moves 2SS,(XX miles per hour. The first steamboat plied the Hudson in 1S07. The fiist iron steamship was built in ! 1830. 1 The first lucifer match was rnnde in i 1820. The first horse railroad was built in i 182(5-7. j Tha first use of a locomotive in this countrv wa3 in 1829. ! The first printing press in the United j States was introduced in 1G29. ! The first almanac was printed by i Georfre Von Purbach in 14G0. Until 1776 cotton spinning was per formed by the hand-spinninc wheel. The first steam engine on this conti nent was brought from England in 1753. Measure 20'J feet on each side and you will have a square acre within an inch. An acre contains 4,840 square yards. A square mile contains G40 acres. A mile is 6,280 feet or 1,760 yards in length. A fathom is six feet. A league is three miles. , A Sabbath-day's journey is 1,155 ; yards (this is eighteen yards less than ; two-thirds of a mile). A day's journey is thirty-three and j one eighth-miles. j Gold was discovered in California in ! 1819. j A cubit is two feet. A great cubit i3 eleven feet. A hand (horse measure) is four inches. ! A palm is three inches. j A span is ten and seven-eighth inches. A pace is three feet. t A barrel of flour weighs 196 pounds. ! A barrel of pork weighs 200 uound3. j A barrel of rice weighs 600 pounds. j A firkin of butter weighs fifty-six : pounds. ; A tub of butter weighs eighty-four ! pounds. j The following are sold by weight per , bushel : . ! Wheat, beans and clover seed, sixty i pounds per bushel. ' Corn, rye and flaxseed, fifty-six pounds per bushel. Buckwheat, fifty-two pounds per ' bushel. Barley, forty-eight pounds per bushel. ! 0;Us,"thirty-five pounds per bushel. i Timothy seed, forty-five pounds per j bushel. Coarse salt, eighty-five pounds per j hushel. A Sew Use for Old Tin Cans. Jfr. Thomas F. Ilacjerty describes in ; the .4ieriai Machinist the following plan for makintr u?e of old cans which ; liave l;een used for fruit and vegetables : Collect all the cans you may require, 1 say loo quart cans: prepare a bright: fire in the kitchen stove, and have the j cans close at hand. Have a cloth in : each hand ; place a can on the stove lid, and when the solder which holds the top on or bottom to the body begins to rnelt place a can on the other lid and remove I the first one, and with an old knife, old ' tile, stove lifter, or anything at hand, , knock off whichever end you may have i placed next to the fire. In most cases '. it will drop off. "With the clotli in the left band hold the can, and with t lie riht hand whip the melted solder from the inside and outside of the ed;e quick ly before it sets. Remove the next can and replace it with another, and repeat i the operation until both ends of the 100 ; cans are freed from their tops and bot- ' toms. You now have loo tubes, 4J in- : i cht s long by 4 inches in diameter, i These one hundred tubes can, with ' little skill, he converted into 3o feet 5 inches of 4-inch drain pipe, which, to a i farmer or house owner, would be woth : more than tbe. original cost of the 100 ! cans filled with tomatoes. In order to prepare them so that the end of one i tube will enter one-fourth of an inch in- I side of the other, take a tube in the left ' band, place one edge over the corner. of ' ! a pine table, if nothing more convenient . j is at hand, and with a mallet, hammer, 1 or a piece of stick hammer the edge ; ! downward, turning the tube regularly 1 at every stroke, l'la'ce the other edge I of the tube on the edge of the table and strike it from the inside, turning regu- 1 j larly. 15y thij operation one end will be I crimped, and the othor enlarged. It re- ! j quires but little enlargement to maKe i one end enter and admit of being driven . tightly into the other. They should be 1 put together in lengths of pix tubes, j 1 The seams hhonld not come on a line with each other. To insure strength ! the joints might be tacked with a solder ing iron, but if they are forced tightlv together they will be water-tight. A coat of common paint, or tar, inside and outside, would make t Ids pipe last for years underground, and if properly packed in the earth it will have ample strength to resist external pressure. Enough fine solder can be saved from what is wiped off the joints to mend all the household tinware for a lifetime. Df.cua Muslins. The Decca mus lins of India are anion; the most won- derful evidences of the handakill of tin stra,1R0 leople of the mysterious East These fabrics, which are spun and wov the en entirely bv hand, and are the product i or ouscure ana curious processes un- i j known to and unattainable by the West- ; ! em nations, like the fabrication of Da- j mascus steel and the makinjr of camel's ' I hair shawls, are marvels of ingenuity j ; and skill, and they illustrate the poetry of cotton. The most delicate of these : fabrics is known by the name of "woven air." It can only be made in the early ' morning and in the evenings, when the air is full of moisture and the dew is on the grass. The processes by which it is woven are kept secret, and people who do the work are compelled first to pas,s ?-nrnul1 nr course of training im luuiauuii, i nuir ueiicaie wares are of such ethereal texture as to be al most invisible, and yet so enduring that they will bear washing and wear, in a wonderful manner. This precious 'stuff is monopolized for the uso of the ladies of the oriental harems, and is said to be worth hundreds of dollars per vard. Tnrc Fip.pt "Watch. At first the watch was about the size of a dessert plate. It had weigh's. and was used as a "pocket clock." The earliest known use of the modern name occurs in the record of 1551, which mentions that Ed ward VI. had "one larum or watch of iron, the case being likewise of iron priit, with two plummets of lead," The first watch may readily be supposed to have been of rude execution. The first great improvement the substitution of springs for weights was in 1500. The earliest springs were not coiled, but only straight pieces of steeJ. Early watches had only one hand, and, being wound up twice a day, they could not be expected to keep the time nearer than fifteen or twenty minutes in twelve hours. The dials were of silver or brass. The cases had no crystals, but opened at the back and front, and were four or five inches in diameter. A plain watch cost mere than Sl,."), and after one wasordorprl it took a year to make it. USEFUL A1SD INTERESTING. ORIHlff.OF FRACTIONAL CURREMT. The origin of the fractional currency, which has been in the past few years superseded by fractional silver, is sora what peculiar and not generally known. The appearance of this currency, which at first was always spoken of as "postal cuirency," was due to the premium on specie. In 1862 small change became very scarce. Gold being up and taking with it silver, these coins disappeared from circulation. Stockings were bro't out, and the precious metals found their way to the heels and toes. It was more than a day's search to find a five-cent silver piece or any other small denomi nation of the coin, l'eople could not find exchange for small transactions. In buying a dinner in the market change had to be taken in beets, cabbage, pota toes and what not. General Spinner was then treasurer of the United States, j He was constantly appealed to from all ' quarters to do something to supply the i demand for small change. lie had r.o ! law under which he could act. But ! after buying a half dollar's worth of ap- pies several times and receiving for his ; half-dollar in change more or less differ- I ent kinds of produce, he began to cast ! around for a substitute for small change. In hi3 dilemma he bethought him of the postage stamp. He sent down to the post-otEce department and purchased a quantity of stamps. He then ordered up a package of paper upon which gov ernment securities were printed. lie cut the paper in various sizes. On each of the pieces he pasted stamps to represent different amounts. He thus initiated a ! substitute for fractional silver. This ! was not, however, a government trans 1 action in any sense. It could not be. ! General Spinner distributed his impro vised currency among the clerks of the j department. They took it readily. The idea spread ; the postage stamps, either j detached or pasted upon a piece of paper i became the medium of small exchange. It was dubbed "postal currency," From j this Gen. Spinner got his idea of the ! fractional currency and went before Congress with it. That body readily I accepted it, and, but a short time after General Spinner had begun pasting op ! erations, a law was on the statute book j providing for the issue of the fractional ! currency which became so popular, j The fac-simile of postage stamps was ! put upon each piece of currency, and j for a long time it was known as "postal ! currency." The introduction of postal : stamps as money entailed considerable loss to those who handled them. In a i short time they would not take a letter j on its way, and were therefore worth , less. How Postage Stamps are Made, In printing, steel plates are used, on I which 200 stamps are engraved. Two j men are kept hard at work covering 1 them with the colored inks and passing I them to a man and girl. Who are equally busy at printing them with large rolling hand-presses. Three of these little squads are employed all the time, al- j though ten presses can be put into use in i case of necessity. Afterthe small sheets I of paper upon which the 200 stamps are engraved have dried enough, they are j sent into another room and gummed, j The gum used for this purpose is a pe- i culiar composition made of tfce powder i of dried potatoes and other vegetables ! mixed with water, which is better than any other materia!, for instance, gum j arabic, which cracks the paper badly. I This paper is also of a peculiar texture, ; somewhat similar to that used for bank i notes. After having been again dried, 1 this time on little racks which are fan- ned by steam power, for alut an hour, i they are put in between sheets of paste- : board and pressed in hydraulic presses capable of applying a weight of 2,0X j tons. j Tho nest thing is to cut the sheets in i halves; each sheet, of course, when cut, j contains 100 stamps. This is done by a girl with a large pair of shears, cutting i by hand being preferred to that of ma- j chinery, which method would destroy j too many stamps. They are then passed to two other squads, who, in as many ; operations, perforate the sheets bet ween the stamps. Next they are pressed once j more, and then packed and labeled and ' stowed away in another room prepnrato- ' ry to bein vut in mail-bass fjr dis patching to fulfil orders. Jf a single stamp is torn, or in any way mutilated, the whole sheet of 100 is burned. Five hundred thousand are burned every ; week from this cau?o. For the past tw enty years not a single sheet has been lost, such care has been taken in count- '' ing them. Uiiring the progress of man- 1 ufacturing the sheets are counted eleven times. ! A Double IJabv. There is at pres- ' ent in Bombay a living object that may i rightly be classed among the most curi- t ous phenomena of nature. At a home ' in Mazagon may be seen a pair of female j twins, separate in every respect but : from ihn breast-bone to the lower part of the abdomen, which is closely joined. , The upper breast ot each infant is joined i into the other, the outer skin covering i both trunks. The I wins are joined front to front; shoulders, arms, lower limbs ; and feet perfectly formed, and develop- mer.t healthy, while the heads are well- j shaped and the faces really pretty, with 1 beautiful eyes, large and bright. The twins are six months old, are in perfect ! health, and measure twenty inches in : height, one appearing, but in a very trifling degree, larger than Ihe other. Doth have vigorous appetites, and take ' kindly to the feeding bottle, are ex- ! tremtly lively and appear good-temper- j ed. The pulses beat in unison ; they ! generally fall asleep or keep awake to- i gether, and thuir actions are usually ! simultaneous, though sometimes one j would cry while the other was quietly ' drawing at the mouthpiece or its bottle. The strangely united pair was born at Danpooli, in the Itutnagherrv Collec- torate, the father being a Mohammedan and seafaring man, while the mother bad besides a pretty little daughter about 10. The infants feed separately, each having a bottle to itself, and draw vigorously at their nourishment. The doctors have declared it to be impossible to separate them without extinguishing life. The tw ins have up to this time never grown ill, and to every appearance are likely to grow up. Bombay Titnes. A Loo Railroad. A log tramway or railroad in use by the Richardson Brothers at their mill, south of Truckee, is a very ingenious piece of machinery. ! Logs, ten ii.clirs or a foot in diameter, j are hewn round and smooth and their ends are coupled together by iron bands, j These logs, laid side by side upon gra- ; ded ground, for a distance of perhaps three miles, form the track. Of course I the road looks quite like an ordinary ! railroad track, except that logs are used instead of rails, and the ties are at much greater intervals. The wheels of the engine and cars are concave on their outer surface, and fit the curve of the logs. The power is applied to a wheel in the middle of the forward axle on the engine. The most remarkable loads of logs are hauled upon the cars, and the affair is a decided success. It is very cheap, its construction is simple, it is not easily damaged, and its operation is all that could be desired. By means of this log railroad the Richardson Broth ers are enabled to get their logs to the mill from the forest, three miles distant, at a cost far less than it is ordinarily done. Truckee (A'cv.) Jlcpublican. Buckwheat straw, which hereto fore has been considered of little value, has of late been utilized by some of the western farmers by chopping fine and adding meal to it. A small qnnutity i en to siock occasionally would be re ii.-hel. no doubt. ITHE LATEST III SAB BIT! I 1 i FALL and WINTER IN (JltKAT PROFUSION AT mttWOIT'S CHE&P STOKE I; i While so many are lookimj forward to the corning Presulenti'il elation in h'.vtf of being the Unkyman, the subscriber hos concluded to runain in Ihe mfrc-udx'e bvsintss and give it his vndicedrd ut!eni'on by s'hiiun hi friend and the uhHc generally icith ALL KIX1 OF GOODS AT PRICES SO LOW THAT XOXE CAS OR DA HE COMPETE WITH MM. Buyers will alicay.ifnd a full and elegmd stock of everything to bt found in a general store, coioprxsiny a compute line of DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, fiOTIOHS, H&TS, CAPS, Boots, Shoes, Groceries, Hardware, Tinware, Qneensware, Glassware, ffooJeniare, Cigars, Totacco, Canned Goods, k, k Also FI OUR CORN MEAL, F1SIT, SALT bv th hushel and barrel, DhUGS, NAILS, GLASS, PUTT V, UUL'SHE.'S, liKOOM. A. I have likewise added to my stock OIltrVH PATKNT COl MV KIIl:i -T.l:Xt, u-hich will bt told at the remarkallf leur pnet of CO centt each. Aha for tale. f BEST AND QUICKEST BUTTER-PRODUCING CHURN EVER INVENTED. t jf A Inrie Increase or Nns1nei has necessitated the nlanrrment of my store room and the erec tion of an a-Llilional wareroom, an'i still my ea'at.Usbment Is literally crowded with choice e;oola and eascr seekers after bargalni. btill being- determined to accommodate all who come, and especially mv friends Trotn the country, to whom the highest rices In trade will be paid rur all kind ot produco. I haTO thrown open my lare and commodious sta' Je for the free use or all who may wish to put up their sioc. Thankful tor past farors ana hopefu msn futur ones I remain as Ter, II 1Kb Street, Ebtnubnrc, Oct 3, IS79. mt Mb WINTER SEASQH CHEAPEST CLOTIIIM NKW AN'I) COMI'I.l'.TE I. INK )I MEN'S AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING, AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, At Actual Hock Bottom Cash Prices! Suits from $2 75 up; Orercoats from f2.l) vp : Parits fr.-im 75 cent" up: UD : and other wearing arparcl and lurnlshtnff icoods at r.rices rrjuailT rheft I hs a falsehood, and people are not eo ignorant uow.a - l fion i aaeri'sr to sell a-oo.is or prr !! are riot eo ignorant tew-a-. ld ty anr maa in the IxiMness. antee not to In undorsol iT. WOLF, RAILROAD CLOTHING HOUSE, 1127 Eleventh Avenue, below Cowman & Morrow's, Allodia, Pa. mttt.flm ENDORSED BY OVER MACHINE EXHIBITORS AT T"i EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, Paris, 1878 AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, PHILADELPHIA, 1876, As beire " very STRONG, SMOOTH, EXCELLENT THREAD." ENCOURAGE f J1D M L INDU BY- USING- i$ tsssit " ii us swj-a: ZlZ'.'t t UT T?L&i&- W'l-S PARIS . PHI LACELFH IA . W0 YORK U BOSTOW. ' 3fT rP?A .... PFR A fillip 1U & 11.") CLINTON' STREET. JOHNSTOWN", PA., ALWAYS HATE TIIF J ni'fjost and dienpo-st Slock ol Dry and Dress Groocls, NOTIONS, MILLINERY. CARPETS, ETC., to be found iu Cambria or adjoining counties. Forget not the street and number aim un hoi xo can, C3-EO. "W. "5T"SC3--K5, CASH DKAI.l-Il IN AI.I. KIND OF HEATING and COOKING STOVES -AND MANUFACTrnr.il or- TIN" and SHEET-IROjST AVAEE, l-t12 ICloA'oiif li Ave, Altoona, Iji. "(niAP"T PtACK IK THE CITY. HoeOnf, .pontics and Rejlrlnx of II kind promptly (snd aatlsrcsctorlly aUtndtd to. 10-24,-7. if. GET. UMIIE LIGHT VOL fl OX THE SUBJECT OF Cheap Groceries I Ryreadlnsr the advertisements, circulars, price lists, e:e., of other dealers, and then go to F. P. CONFER'S iODEL GROCERY STORE! 1324 Eleventn Avenue, Between 10th & 11th Sts., Altoona, Pa., And "confer" your patronage on a man who can not only show you the largest, most varied and complete stock ot Broods ever ottered for sale 1n that city, comprising everything fresh and pare In the way of f Kt t; KKI F.S, PROVISIONS flreen, lried and fanned FRUITS. NOTIONS.' fce , but can and does sell at prices fully as cheap If not a little cheaper than any other man or firm tn the business, no matter where they reside or what inducements they offer. sT-Thankful for the liberal patronasre hereto fore conferred upon him by his .riends In Cambria county and elsewhere, and hopinar for a continu ance and Increase of the same, the subscriber re spectfully Invites everybody to call and examine his sroodsand prices before buying at any other house. F. P. CONFER. Feb. 28, 1879. Model Qroeery, Altoona, Pa McNEVIN 8l YEAGER, XlStTlCTrillM Of Tin, Copper anil Sheet-Iron WARE, ASD tftALIKI IX j COOKING & HEATING STOVES, KAKS, rCRXACES, c. II OS Klerenth Arcnue, . Altooua, Ta. Obb Boor West of Opera Hsuse. ltOOl -INC. AND SI'OITTINO rnoaiPTi.Y attexpsd to. BEPAIRS FOS KTDT S C05ST15TL OX H1SD Altoona, Oct. 10, 18T9.-tf. FA. SHOEMAKER, Attorney- AT-Lat. 'Kheinarinro' Offiro n tti Street. en sfrd of reatrlvtrris) . 1 SlitVWA y i riEO. Al. READE, Altorney-af-Laic, i - rJneosnursj. j'a. OBjee on cntrs itr three doors t rom H itrh ft reel . le-7,'"?. GOOiJlS: HOUSE IX Press Sr.lru from 76 oents c - ni cr;Hpr 1 1 n other da'ers. '.eca-s- that would - daje as to bs.leve acy s eti huuit uj : out 1 guar inmwtiMK! Minim'. THIRTY SEWIN3 S.F.T. I MOUNT HCLLY, N.J. 'JTVATtBRCli.t.: TC0-.Sk TS. tri mini iiininiimiiii nuy ana !e liaj'J'V. COLLIKS, JOHHSTOH&Co Ebensburg, Penn'a. MONEY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT patari.e o?r nrMAsn. INTEREST ALLOWED ON T1VE DEPOSITS. MONEY LOANED. COLLECTIONS MACE. t ek al RANKING RIICIWi:ecTDif.o-r.- rt-,SePnC,,;", ten,'on PaU tobu . , . ,?t cor- N. i-wv la a - v r 'vw , ici .-u. Cashier. mi ON MUTUAL PLAN. PROTECTION MUTUAL HBE IHSDMHCE C0MP"HT OF EBENSBURC, PA. rrsii:a to m a t Only Five Assessments in 2-2 Years. NO STEAM MILLS TAKEN. Good FARM Properties ESPECIALLY DEsWED. GEO. M. HEADE, President. V' V VON kMArJurACTLIRr n ax i t. ir. Then; TilCSi, Secretary. J. J". A., of -t. I. , Ol'itf i'J l irt. inquiry A 1 1. N . . ; ., for inforiiiii' ;.n i , ;u.'l ut ii it y i if it;.. f- -I. Wiiiii: w is '.j ff-r on this fiuf stii.n, it can o pf ttif-1 i , r nre of opinion ; &t,,j it rather than l nvf f ih sirmn of tl:f f.if own jii'lt;iri tit, wh-n from which to f ,r:,i sion ? 1 r. Nir! ., says in th 1 'f c ri il: i:i ii'::"M ;is t'i iisid? rob f.,i s will fiiihifd tur i f r the kernels, su?.j sis vv ith the t '.;. ;: ; WjtiT i in'.e fibre Asm Cailiyt'-rate-, fat a: .1 a.; oiifs tb I.; The i-.'snlt of 'A ;s ;, there is in corn r ,h- a t tit y of fAt-iT.x'.-:'.-:;..' constituent s. equal ;: oats straw. An exf i:u:f ; t :C. in a mop ra'.';c:i! v. all farmers ea:i sc;;;.. a joint coMiiiiittf e r f AVooistoek C't. Far: lows : Nino thrifty .-Lors. osiM4. were kej t ; ier.!5 'j... 'la s, . fr a- 0. ) nii'l were t-l , , they wn'-.M rat. Ii.-, three, lot one was e: meal frntn -!jt i given rcl-iiHal 1 v hail corn a;:l '.i'.i. t. corn was u?0'l in v in live weight f r 1-OUD'l : f.-r 1' t tv. h't three, s.',?, 1. ,rk f-ir lot v. s'; )oiii', a'i-i ; Lot one ate 1 meal : lot tw.. .11 j l.: i l i.n; i-.t t! Whi'.-ll Colitall.e -orn meal. m.1 i floar coin. W( . 1 . ( f clear c . i n make o;,e c f live i to make one p'.::. In the secor.d " n ci.b neal to r-:ri weight, knd a f ra to make o?;e p-'i;: i Keuuemg tl.;s tind 3. ST p"i:r. ! meat. , The t! to C.-. n.a )- of clear weight ; I-ound o C' Tn U a iid 0.' f ::( ?- ceptible .how:i cob meal. lie.-: true that there in the cob. Kill. Add to the ; shelling the or nw! require a in their iced, a: as to value and corn ai.d o b ex . r ; stock is settle ! 1 e-.-: '. lb. I I'arr;,, r. X r-;tt :: j "A great i:v. rs.y to the be?: n...t:.. and n::.-r:;kes atv r.egleetin; to give the matter. We l.i w-re arc ..f hay t- their I ! in tf e f ; . :: not at vv.'ik the catir.iT i:t-arly the much mre liny ' tvoi.ld rc'inire w I'ractice eai.T:..'. f,-. ri'.'Uti v, :' C' l.l: are ti A 1.. II ..'1 Se5 feeding a.l ui' l:,"!'- !.e r-j,:; t he c l.:iv :i' 1 1. Keg-uhirity an'i !.: ' :. jfitai.t in tke :.e 1 riven !. ie are :. straw a:; I meal . .:L very little. 'J'l.is i- . li.-rses. its has l-ec:i stances. Si-uv I !;: v-'j-.iarts c-f Iiual cr t"-nty i.-ii:i-Is -f g.. f-.-r ahii.xt ui.y J.. Hi' Te. Of u::rs a the time uteds more f d, 3 but liitle. -. m acd seem to reed m.-:-doir.c the game vurk. he cut. or mostly , a:i wet. "racked ct rr. to a iart "f the time is some. Smoky Lay is s in lure a cough. a::d !. avoideil. If hoT'-s ai Lay it should be i f g cured and fed in mo three times a day. i;.; of those best acqnai:. that they can bo ke; '. ; cheaper by feed:: g so: giving them Lay ;ii ;.e. in constant nse grain :: necessitv." 1 q.; d v ' iMfP.OVEn Ia r. MI '.. I i ' hoped that retnrnir. irover , b:--Sf-n the oare f r true -.-. ' lipl-.'.ly nnderj-tod, iri-a:.0 : ' nu'bt ai;d l st tf event!.:: j. habit which is the l a i? ...f ; times by savins; what wor.'.l e wanted, F'mif times ly :: ; penses leading to incrt'av i and greater profits. 1 i deal of this latter kind . ' Tbe resources of this c :.r I half developed as they s! not 5ieak of the milliors i f a ' tilled laiv.l at the far "Vt. ' is so far beyord the lerv ' that it can on'v l-e cr 1 ' overvtliing witlsoi-.t rrj.i: .: : ' the fertility f tie V such land until the time c.:. ' can be farmed n. land - -' ' there are millions f a r? ! markets in Middle a::d 'VVi-'. I which licrd manure a:;d v.:.! ! to l farmed as they sh.uM these lands the effetttf h ' should be seen in an impivv farming and iucre ned ; r : acre. .ur advantages t c!.t will not enable Ann r: grow wheat at an avt ; I'usr.eis per acre, an 1 St! ocean to compete ui'J. farmer who nveraces tt els. The first thirg "1 pn-speritv shor.M d ! mt-rs is to make th-ir ?vnntry Gc Wheat Gr. WING it is a i Max: h e i best soil for wlu i! i t Wheat likes a c.d. Clover turned mub-r n:.iK'-5 . abed. The bcl seed is h-av an.1 clean. Alvut two inches is tl. sowing the s;ed. The drill puts i;i s cbe ajt-r than broadcast;: Kruiu the middle f ' last of tXtober ii the N s ing. l'ri'ikd. ore bushel c t' if sewn broadcast. t. h: tne lieavy rolling a;: much good. For Hour, cut he n the harden : for soe l. n t i -eiicd. ! .1 1- l.Avr wie ks so an hour in v'mecar .ked f r a and then putting into a I.1114 W AKWTn and prevent saves feed. 1 l ura, .J: o. S, 3S"9 ly.
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