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Judgeship, hai resumed th. practice of the law in hi. old office at Clear field Pa. W ill attend the eourti of Jefferson and Hlk oountlel when specially lolainod in eonneetio with re.idont eoun.ol. 8:14:73 T. H, MURRAY,' ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Prompt attention given to all legal buslncs. ontrustod to hi. oare in Clearfield and adjoining counties. OlSoo on Market St., opposite naugios iewcjry Store, Clearfield, Pa. )el'tl A. W. WALTERS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, . Clearfield, Pa. a,OHoe in the Court Houie. dcoS-ly ITw. smith, ATTORNEY-ATrLAW, atl.l:72 ' Clearfield. Pa. v ili M A D1U1 ill Iv YfrvTs1 Q00DLANDER & HAQERTY, Publishers. PRINCIPLES) NOT MEN TERMS $2 per annum in Advanoe. VOL. 47--WII0LE NO 2301. '"V"' CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUAHY 22, 1873. NEWSEKIES-VOLill.'NO. 4. Bare Test of Death'. C ; Cards. JEFFERSON LITZ, PHYSICIAN &SUJIOBON, HAVING Incited at O.eeola, Pa., offers Mi professional serrieea to the people of that jlaee and .nrroundlnf country. -. ... ML.A1I oall. promptly attended to. Cilice and reaidenee on Ourtln at, forraerly occupied by Dr. Kline. May, llltly. j. noixowll so . bavib CIRIT. H0LL0WEUSH & CAREY, . UOOKSELLEES, , Blank Book Manufacturers, AND STATIONERS, 2IS Wnrftcl St., Philadelphia. &SI,Piiicr Flour Sacks and Bnn, Fool.cnp, Letter, Note, Wrapping, Curtain and Wall Pnar.. , fh-.L!:!ji"L. GEORGE C. KIRK, Justice or the l'ceee, 8urreyo and Cenroyaneer, I.utliersbnrp, Pa Ail buslneis lntra to him will be promptly attand.' I'e'aoBi wishing to employ a Rur "cvor will do well to s;ive hiaaoall.al he Hatters himself that he can render latisfaction. Deeds of eonToyanoo, artlolos of aRtccment, and all leRal papers, promptly and neatly executed. HSman JAMES C. BARRETT, Justice of the Teaee and Licenced Conveyancer, Lutlifrsbur, Clearfield Co., Pa. ffWColleetlen. A reralttance. promptly made, and all kind! of legal InltrumonU eieeutwl on hort notice: . mi,M dX-THre A MS, SCRIVENER & SURVEYOR, I.uthersburc, Pa. THE rubicriber olTor. his itrviecl to tho public .. :. r B..I.M.M .nd Kurvcror All calls for anrwyiog promptly attcmlci to, and thcaiaklnf of drnfls, decdiand "Uicr legal injtru ments of wrltinK, eieeutod wlthont de T. and warranted to be correct or no charge. J. ArBLATTENBERGER, Claim and Collection Office, - OSCEOLA, CIcarBeU Co., Pa, rO-Conroynncing and all legal papers .lrown with accuracy and diipatch. Drafts on and poe fOfjo tickcU to and from aBy point in Knropt rocured. vw Co., "'' CLEARFIELD, Ta. ' WEHNKSDAT MOKNIXO, JAN. 52, 173. THERE 18 NO DEATH. . Tbrra U no ilu&tb ? Too lUrt go dvwn ; To r.M upon lome fuiur aborv, Ai brijht Id henvtn'i jwoiiirvwuf . h Tbrjr ibiiio furovcriourv . There Ii no dcntli ? Ad angl form Walk! o'er the earth with li.etit Uci, , lie bmn our bent lured thing awn. Aod tlicti we oall ttiem Muad.'r . . ? Horn unto that undying life, ' Thoy leave ui but to eouie affftla -With jay we woloume tlittn the laiuo Excejit lu lin and pain. " - '"' And crer nar ae tbouffb duppcd. Tho dtar im mortal rpiriu tread i For all the bound ! univrrsa In life there are n dead. Bulwtr ABOUT PATENTS. HV WJI. R. HOOPER. Tlio vast majority of patent" con Ui in no romnrkublo invention; llioy moroly mnko sumo sliglit progroes upon existing fuels. Not in one greot titlo of invention tloca improvemonl come, tut rutlior in sniull, guntle waved, citel) HilvBiiciiig nliiioat imper ceptibly l'urllicr tbun its predecessor. And it is that gligbl difl'urenco tbut gives success, to jiutenU. Tbe inven tive mind is bo constantly on the stretch (but bimilur cluinis nro constantly made by rival invontors. Wlion pe troleum first began to cnligbten our tl:irknoss,thero were twcnly-Sve claim- Mite Bt oiiq tui.o bvloro tho office, ull i F. K. ARNOLD &- LANKEUrt, I.utlicrsburg, Clearfield county. Pa. Money loaned at reasonable rami exchange bought and lold; deposits recoivid, and a geti earl banking buiiness will bo oarricd on at the svlaea. 4:12:7 1 :lt WALTER BARRETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office en 8oooBd St., ClearOeld, Pa. noTl,6 ISRAEL TEST, ATTO U N K Y AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. r0Oc In th. Court Hons.. )jll,'t7 JOHN H. FULFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. flee oa Market Br., er Joioph Phnweri' Sroeory .tore. Jan.3,lT. TOO.. I. a'CTJI-LOOOR. w. n'cut.toi an. T. J. McCULLOUGH & BROTHER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, I'lf.rlleld. Pa. OSloe on Locust street, nearly opposite the Idene. of Dr. R. V. Wilson. e nar. in ouroi a ... .r lii. .oe A Ilro'a lancst Bre and bur- glar proof sales, for the proteelion of lioiiks, dcods, ana otner vaiuaoic jmer. jiiv ... uu. JOHN L. CUTTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Aud Real Estate Agent, Clearfield, Pa ns.. Third street. bet.Oherrj A Walnut, JS-Respeetfully ofTeri hli sorviceeln selling and buying land. In ClearBold and B'ljolning counties and with aa caperieno.ol over twenty year, as a mrvcyor, Batter, nimsen ou reader satiaiaeiion. l J. BLAKE WALTERS, REAL ESTATE BROKER, A0 BSALBB l Saw IiOgn and laiimber, CLEARFIELD, PA. I Uaaonla Building. P.oom No. 1. 185 71 J.J. L INGLE, ATTORN EY-AT-L AW: 1:11 OweoU. Clearfield Co., Pa. y:pd ROBERT WALLACE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Wallareton. Clearfield ( ouiity, l'ouu'a, )fc4AII legal buiinos! promptly atlonded to, D. L. K REBS, Sueco.sor to U. 1). Swoops, Law and Collection Office, Pitl.l'Ij CLEARFIELD, PA. John U. Orvii. 0. T. Alexander. ORVIS & ALEXANDER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Ilollcfonte, Pa. iep1S,'6-: J. 8. BARN HART, ATTOllNKY - AT - LAW, Ucllofiuitc. Pa. Will lirantlce la UlearBetd aed all of the Court! of tho 3iih Judicial district. Real estate business wd oolleotion of claims made speelallle.. nl'7l JOHN D. THOMPSON, Justioe of the Peace and Rurlvencr, Curwenevllle, Pa. ' VsuCollcotioai made, and money prnmplly pal lover. " . " i E. A &. W. D. IRVIN, nnAtna i Real Estate, Square Timbor, Logs AND LUMBER. Ofhee In new Cornor Store building.. ovl5'71 Mirsissrms,.!. own. ii..M.nHitsKT ILaCItT. w. . W. ALBERT &. BROS., Manufaotorer. A extonslve Dealers in Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, tie, WOODLAND, nun 0-0rdori lollclteJ-. Bills Blled on ihort notice Idd.. Woodland P. 0., ClearOeld Co., Pa. Je26-ly W AL1IKUT A BROS. FRANCIS COUTRIET, MERCHANT, " Krenelitllle, Clearfleia County, Pa. Keep, constantly oa hand a full aisortment of ii ii,....). lli.r,lware. urooerlcs. ana eTcrvimiiii osually kept in a retail stnro, which will be sold, for CU9h, ftS Clieap as winewnrrp in Frenchville, June 37, 1BI)J-IJ. THOMAS H. FORCEE, OBALaa la GENERAL MERCHANDISE, CIIAIIAMTON, Pa. Also, extensive manufacturer and dealer In Square . Timber and Sawed Lumber of all kind.. : -0rdcr lolicltod and all bill! promptly nd ej.Hil " CHARLES SCHAFER, LAGER BEER RREWER s . Clearfield, Pa. . i ' H AVISO rented Mr. Kntre.' Brewery he hope, by Itriet attention to bnsiBeas and the manufacture of a superior article of IIKER to receive the patroBage of all the old and niany . eiosau gi 2 J. K. BOTTORF'S PHOTOURAI'lI GALLERY Market Street, Clcirficld, Pa. CROMOS MADE A SPECIALTY.--. Taxl'.OATIVKS mado In cloudy al well aa ' i elear weather. Constantly on hand a good aortmont of FRAMES. rSTEREOSCOI'ES and STKUEOSCOI'IC VIEWS. Frame!, from any style of moulding, m. do to order. 'Prl) " JAMES CLEARY, f; BARBER & HAIR DRESSER, SECOND 8TREKT, jySJ CliEAHFII! 1. 1, P A. ' DR.X J. BOYER, PHYSICIAN AND SD RO EON, OOloe oa Market Street, ClearOeld. Pa. 9-Offloa hour.! S to 12 a. m., and 1 to p. m. TvR, E. M. SCIIKURKR, H0M(E0PATmC PHYSICIAN, 1 . In Maconle BuildiBg, April Si, 18J3. C,c'llli(''J.'r" XK. W. A. MEANS, PUYSICIAN k SURGEON, LUTiiERsntina, pa. VUl attend professional calls promptly. augl0'70 J. H. KLINE, M. D., J-IIYSICIAN k SURGEON, , offer, his T-r AVISO located at I'eBnOeid, l a. 1L professional sorviees to tho people of that ind surrounding oounirv. mi REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sip;n Painter and Papei . Hangor, . Clearfield, Penn'a. WII1 execute Join In his line promptly and In a workmanlike manner. -i -. HENRY RIBLING, HOUSE, SI0N A ORNAMENTAL PAINTER Clearfield, Penn'a. Tl.. rrn.nnlnir and nainllnif of cliurehc! and other publio building! will receive particular attention, as well as Ihe painting of carriaRcl and ilolithi. (lilJin done In the neatest styles. All work warranted. BUop on lourm sirmi, iuruii oeoupled by Kequlre bhugnrt, ontll 70 G. H. HALL, HIACTICAL TUMP MAKER NEAR CLEARFIELD, TENN A. Ifr-Pumpi alwayl on hand and made to order on short notice, l'ipos bered on reasonable terms. aii wn.lt w.rrantrd to reader .atisractlon, and delivered If desired. iy2a:lypd place and surrounding oountry. attended to, calls promptly ocl. 13 li. DR. J. P. BURCHFIELD, Lste Surgeoa of the 6.1J ReglmeBl, Pennsylvania Vclunwen, having returned from th. Army, elferi his professional services to th.oUltcn. of Claarfleld.oanty. J-Profes.lonal call, promptly alien led to. Oram oa gecoad .treat, foria.rlyoecupl.d by Ilr.Wood.. (apr,'6tl J e O A U II E Y sb C 0.' RESTAURANT, Becood Street, CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. Always oa hand, Fresh Oysters, Ice Cream, Oaadies. Nats. Crackers. Cakes. Carers, Tolweoo, Vanned fruits, Omagra, LMacna, and all kind. at irelt in season. -BILLIARD ROOM oa second floor, isni p. McIAVHKV A CO. .1 r-" 1 LI IIABMAH, . nm. i T ll, , T ,1, ntl IIH rllAV lUJA li JU I lil. Vf I.IUIIJ , LUTHURSBURIl, PA. Agent for tin Awerican Double Turbine Water Wh.rl .nil Andrews A Kalbai'h n heel. Can lur- nlh Portable (irl t Mill, en short noliea. jyl2'7! E. A, BIGLER &. CO., nmi.rus 11 SQUARE TIMBER - nnd mantifactureri of . ALL KINDS P "AW lil) Lt MlU.tl, g T2 C'LBARFIELD, PENN'A. JOU, TKOUTM A N. Dealer La all klndi of . FURNITURE, . , Market Stnot, ' On. doot Mil Port Offlee, ,18'71 VLk;AlllltLD VA- nsKino; tor subxlantiully tho same mono oi raising oil out ot tho solta Mirth. And when velocipedes bo nud- denly leaped into fuKhion a few years ttgo 432 applicants for volocipodo pat ents were filed witliin Tour monlbs, and of tlieso tliirtv-llireo woro cotem- rnry claims for tlio f:iiiio idea Every rpriiiir. brinu't forth a crop of ntovo patents, cacli ninr.tifucturer pro- mrinir lor tlio comiiitr. tMnterliy striv ing to surpass his rivttlt in tho pret tiest pattern, and the greatest warmth giving power. J)'ow pemons think mucu ot tho torm ol tlio lump tncy buy; yet lamp patents tiro renowed every year. At ono tnno tlio stud ent lump, with its argand burner, icld8 its manufacturer a small for tune ; the next year soma fortunate genius noticos thai two wicks givo an larger lignl ttuin tn tirgund ; and tho patent ho obtains brings In m promincnco in all tho lump markets ol tlio country. Une ol tho most essential elements in patents is novelty : yet applications are continu v mndu lor iiutonts bused on ideas ui) vli ua tiie Cliristiaii era.- l'liny, riling in tho first century, describes harvesters lor houdinc grutn as then existence on tlio plains ot Gaul: and 1 ulauius mentions thorn again in the fuurlh oontury ; but both of these lucked some Idea that would adapt them to ccnontl uso. luilors ma obincs were in smooth running nrder in runs long bcloro Hunt and Howe uerfectod tho present invention. It remained for the Americans to lighten tho domestic cares of tho fcmule sex tluouuliout the world Aloel pnlcnt rigiHs are lnnilod in their ariilication : and never attain to general circulation. But a patent of wide uso. howovcr small tlio royally it pays, benefits tho liuppy inventor with a lurgo profit. Inventions for sowinir machinos, of which one com pany mukes about three thousand 1 ... v , . c .i.. .... ..i t.i:. weeK, inveniiutio lur niu uoo ui inu, rubber, lor agricultural implomonts, fire-arms, and modifications of leather and paper, have accumulated foilunes. Nor is it possible to toll tho extent of tho ramirJcalions of a patent. A lew vears since all tbo dentists of tho coun try combined to break an India-rubber pntont ovoiy one ot mem nau 10 pay a royalty wbenover lie irscrted a set of teeth on vulcanizod rubber. Their combination fuilod, and tho royalty still is paid. Ono of tho most prolita blo pitlorils ever isnucd in this country was lor tlio munuiucttiro oi norso- shocs. In England ono of the most lnorativo has boon tho Bessemer man ufacture of steel. Most patents con- corn thomsolves with agricultural or dotnestio labor. In ono year two hundred and twenty iiutonts were granted for cultivation, two hundred and ten for plows, ono hundred and eighty for churns, ono hundred and seventy-five for washing-machines, one hundred and Uliv-ono I'T bowhil' machines, ono hundred and forty for ntovcM, nml another hundred and lorty Kir iruien. in-nriy uikhiw,, imn'ii.u nntcn s huvo been lamieu ior sewing. machines and their attachments ; nnd the applications for newer inventions como in daily. Tor thoso oppnrations ior pniuni- riirbls incrcaso much fiister limn the population. In 151 thero wero two thousand of them j in 1870 nineteen tlioimand one hundred and pevetily ono, of which thirteen thousand three hundred nnd twenty -ono wero grant ed. Invontivo skill docs not depond upon education. l'rusia U us well educated aa this country ; but in 1N07 onlv ono hundred nnd throo putcnts were -Ihrhcu in i russiu, as ugimini. thirteen thousand in tliis countty. Vermont has ns good schools as Mus- snchiisotts j hut tho Buy Stato secures ton per cent, ol all tlio palonts grain ed lo tho nation, while tho Grcon Mountain Stato has loss than ono per cent. To quiclton tho invontivo minu demands a largo amount of capital en gaged in manufacture, a skilled body I wnrkmon. and a profit in tho inv r,w,vnmi.nt of inunutiicttircs. vthero 1 1, . .KB nooxiht iiutonts nre in demand. As a reneral rulo, valuable inven tlin result of louu VOIU'8 eloso thought and much expenditure of timo and money. Capital never offers ilsolf to tho Inventor without the promise of an onlurgod and speody return. Nor do vnluablo Itloas often enter tho mind of the outsider on any suhioct. Abraham Lincoln wasavory ol.u hiurvnr of Illinois when, in May 181!), hu obtained patent for lilting ever boon used, or would have boon apnliod for by a marine engincor. The amount of misuppliud tulont engaged on inventions that can nevor bo used is as wonderful as it is prolific Thoro is a ludiorous eloment in many of tho patents), and more of the appli cations, which is woll worth, investi gation ; and wo extract, from the ro cords of tlio Bute n I Ofilco, aa account of some of these, that show moro go nius than common seueo, and huvo produced mure luughtor than profit, . In LS70 tho owner of certain bee hivos, irritated by tho loss of his honey by the bee moth, usked for a patent for a combined lien-roost and bco Uivo, ' lie had noticed that the boc ranlh travels at higlit, whilo tho busy bea work b Un.. lis aesiri.-'iiuro-, fiiro, wm for a devioe that should ad mit the worker by day, and keep out tbe thief by nighl. This his ingenui ty effected by tho erection of a hen roost pivoted upon a bco-hivo provid ed with gales. .Tho bocs wero expect ed to be in their oells justbeforo dusk; the bens, lighting on their roosts, wero then lo closo tho gutcs of tho hivo, and keep them stiut nil night. Tho early rising ot the fowls would auto matically opon the gates again, and return tho bees their honey ull safe to tho airs of heuven and tlio flowers of earth, lie received his patent. Another applicant asked for n patent-right for an artificial moon, that should light each town thai used it without expense llis cyo had often boen struck by the reflection of, dis tant windows al sunset, and how far that light traveled, lie thcroloro pro posed a balloon ior each town, suffi ciently large lo ruieo a hugo reflector thai was lo bo noibtod every ovemuc lit dusk (iloul tho timo the lions had shut in tuo beesV Tho reflections of tho sun'i rays, cast downward upon the villago, was sure to light it through all the darkness of night. Fortunate ly for himself, Ibis inventor presontod his application through a patent at torney, who told bun it was doubltul if it could bo obtained. In tho full of 1871, a gentleman, probably from California, Applied for and received a pnlent for building houses on wheels or rollers, so that, in cuso of earthquakes, they might roll forward or backward, but not be shak en to pieces. Unly ihreo yoars havo passed away since a very inuenious gentleman fium the rurul districts applied for a patent to prevent cows from switching, their talis! lie presented two modes ono shaped like a boltlo, around tho nocK of which tho cow's tail was to be curled; the other consisted of a squaro block, with a hole through tho center, whcroin the tail was to bo put, and t lion tied in a knot, so that the nniintil could not withdraw it. . On tho pre- .antation of tho application, IhcohVinl examiner thought it oould not be granted, becauso of a similar devico in "Don Quixote," where Suncho I'unza, trying lo sloop in a huy-luft, was kept uwako by tho braying of his donkey below. . His wakefulness gave Sunuiio time to reflect that, when riding the donkey, tho animal always switched his tail when ho brayed. Descending hastily from tho hay-loft, the squire lied a block lo tho donkey's tail to provonl him from bruying. But as this devico originated with a Spaniard, and had never been repeat ed in Ibis country, Iho office decided to grunt tho patent. Our readers will, thcrcforo, remember that they cannot lie a cow's tail to prevent its switching without payment of royally lo Iho owner of this privilege. If '"Don Quixote anticipated one of our Amoricun patents, Coleridge's Ancient Manner pcrlornicd ihosamo otlice lor anotlier, when ho Bays: The air il cut .way before, And oloes. from behind." Noticing how vessel aro delayed by tho necessity of pushing aside . Iho water that obstructs Ihuir way, an in eonious irentleinali asked for A patent lor pulling in J rout ot the vessel a serios of hollow whoels, whoso blades should uct ua paddles. These wheels would lift Iho water so speedily out of tho way thai Iho vessel would have to rush in to Ull tho void, ihis mo lion of tho vessel would give Ihe whoels another turn, and then the wheels would once moro lift nway the wulor. and thus draw Iho vessel on And so tho motion of tho vesncl would turn tho wheels, und Iho turn of tho wheels would draw the vessel. Ihis applicant for perpetual motion was so certain of success that, to provide for tho onlv difficulty ho could lurosce which was in tho too rapid motion of tho vobsel, that would leur Hsclt lo pieces ho providud on anchor, with eprinir oublo to it. tin. Ln might check tho vessel from US loo nlfuu speed. The oxaminer, howover.tniglil have inven liis decision in ino iiuai. verso of tho "Ancient iluriner"; "Ely, brother, By 1 more high, luore high, Or we shall be belated ; For slow and slow that ship shall go, Till lb. mariner's tranoo il abated." An applicant for a patent fur wood on pavements proposed to mount each block ot wood on springs, itu cmim nrl that this would remove nil lar In riding, and obviuto tho necessity of Ftirinir" on carrlncos. . ., ---.i....i r... . Anotner goniiemnn nppneu nr u patent for healing canals by steam o that boating rould go on in winter ns well ns in summer. Tho ofilco de cided that this invention was worthy of protection, and gave him Ins patent, ., .. . , ..1 -.-.l.!....tin Anotlier nppoeu ior u uiiniunniu" r,r ( luck and bed, o inironiously con trived that, when the clock struck.lho bottom of tho bed dropped out. Ho claimod lhal this plan would probably awaken tho sleeper. Speaking of combinations, he must have come from Missouri or Kaunas who asked for a patent for a combina tion of cannon and plow. For this purposo ho filed three applications, making tho olongatod handles of Iho plow hollow, sp as to form two can non. Those wore to bo kopt loaJod till tho guerillas wore after him ) U'9 cannon woro then to ho fired, tho guerillas shot down, aud tho farmer to go on his plowing, way, rojoicing. Ami l,n lm iiiiimL havo come from tho borders who asked for a patent of moving up and down. Doing duly all day In guarding clothes, when night came on, and no cabin pear, the goidg wero to bo taken out, tjie triplo wul elovatcd into one, and tho bo nigh tod Iravlor safely lioiiHed'. As early aa 1817, Mr. James Pnshilo paUmtod, a swivl-gua in England, with the motto:. .! - w. "Defonding King George, yeur Gouatry and ' '; Laws, la Dsfendlng Tourselrej and the Protestant j Cause." flu) novelty of this plan was that his) grin fired two kindsof ball, a square ball and a round one. Tho round ball wuatobeusod In all fights against Chrielian nations ; tho squaro balls, ihntj would munglo tho flesh mora, Olllr in cmitoet wil.h Tlre tiouUi-n: Ti.ie) gentieman of-ctd timo must hhvo been tho ancestor of Mark Twain, in this country, who so lost his tomper becauso tho Secretary of War refused to recommend his gun for a patent. Mr. Twain's Iden was to have a swivel-gun that should load al the center nnd fire off at both ends. In cass of a scigo, he proposed to load tbo gen, set il a whirling, and drop it just out-si do the city walls. Before the bills lett the mouth oi the cannon, ihey would acquire such a rotury mo tion that they would swoop round'tlie walls outside of the town, killing off all lie besieging host. e must ac knowledge, howover, that we have looked in vain, on tho records of tho ofilco, for Mr. Twain name, and henci we infer ho nover received his patcit. There would bo much of tho ludic rons, wero there not moro of the hor rible, in tho device of nn American cmbiluicr for a patent. Knowing that Iho office required A working modi) or drawing in all cases, ho ob tained the corpso of a littlo infant, embalmed it 1n his best manner, and forwarded It with accompanying spec ifications. Tbo corpse was immediate ly returned to him. ' ' One ingenious gentleman wants the nation to let him build a water-wheel that should cover tho wholo front of Niagara, and whoso shafting nnd pow er should reach nil parts of the land. Another asked for a patent for the invention of the generation of steam by boring a hole in tho ground till no reached tho waters thai nro boiled by tho internal fires of earth. Ho set forth, nmong tho advantages of his plan, that thero would bo no dangor of oxplosiotis, no expenso for fuel, no nceossity ot engineers ull 01 which sUtcmonts aro undoubtedly truo, It must havo boon a relative of this last gentleman, and ono equally ac quainted with the laws that govtrn tho hidden heart of this planet, who nppliod for a patent for boring the 'unco mat of earth for artesian wolls for purp of irrigation no ina.cly eui lorin i ho had made '.ho discovery lhal quick silver was heavier than common eurth. Ho therefore proposed to Btarl a bolo, and to empty into it a hilly mercury liy tho laws ol ivaturo, inui mercury would bo euro 10 work us wuy uown- wurd till it struck water, und the water would then bo sure to work Us war upward till it struck air. Should it bo said that such patents as this last, as that tor the prevention of cows switching their tails, for arti ficial mooiiB, lor plows doing the work of cannon, etc., must bo jokes, wo can only reply that shrewd Yankees ure not wont to pay thirty fivo dollurs even for practical juke?, and lhat none of these designs have culminated into patents under less than that sum, and, when attorneys wore employed, under double and quadruplo that sum. Tho Journal is uot large enough to contain tho account of singular patents notified lo domestic uso. Woro than ono application has been niado fur rnl-trups with a mirror in inocer. Icr. Tho rut seeing another rat nf In own bizo nnd ago, nearer itio t (lasted cheose lhaft himself, wpuld bo sure to spring for il. There havo beon quito a number of tapo- um-in-trans applied for, whoro A doll otto bail is let down tho throat by a dolicato thread, and tho hungry worm snpndilv drawn up. Constant nppli- T. i. r... .i-r... fl,i,. CUtlUII IB llluuu MM imiuiiM, iv, niachincs and for balloons, uno con tiiver arms his balloon with cannon asolhcr with Greek lire that should birst and explode when just over the hostile army. An English gentleman actually received a patent lor pulling a liowilKcron horseback, und mount ing the horse on springs, so that the recoil ol tnehowiuor snouiu noi orouu Hie lora of Iho ponv. And, as Into as September last, a gontloman in this country applied for und rocoivod a oaten I lor accelerating vogeiauiu growth by tho uso of alternate strips thero is no idea so ludicrous, so won derful. or even so old, tbut so mo per son of L'ood sense and invontivo ubili tvhus uot endeavored to inrowarouna it, or something like it, the protecting yii of tuo law ol palonts. Appiaon urnal. r . . . . . , . stoatuboats over rivur bars; but n a comuinuuo.i ui T i7f1!i majbe doubtou1 if that patent husl'ThplrunU vyai mudo with triple biU.; Corn for Fuel. Tho Iowa papors 'commend pooplo to uso their corn r fuel. Tho Council Bluffs Aonva il anvs: Wo aro itlad lo sco that ikanr of our oitirons aro taking ndvan I .. . . . - I..- I. go ol tno low price oi corn tu my in innlies of it for fuel. Wo have ex- uriniciitod with it tho lust woek, and nd that it is nil admirable substitute r both wood aud ooal, and at pros- int inices Ihero is both economy anil oinlorl in its uso. A ton ol corn, .ii inshi.ls. al 17 conts per bushel, t?.f.00 (Vo consider this equal to n cord of jturd wood, us supplied nnu measureu in our market ul t7 ; the cutting l l.ia mi . is E1.UU I total fS OO. 1U nuking a saving of nearly throo dol Lns l .rd. For kilchon fuel il ii Liuporior lo wood, except hickory, and , innnnr in I LI1UL. . lit UHtni'e .. , J tot iiro with a groat deal of blur.o. Wo udge that throo tons of corn nro equal '.o tho boat of ono ton of hard eoul, whilo in ooouomy of it uso It Is equal m nnn n,wl a half tons of coal. In small lamilioB and small housos, there i alwoyi a great wasto ot naru eoui, whilo Ihero is none in the ubo of corn ! lipkins says lhat thoro are three boxos llie man , mw ""-- aug rhp dsoc(,i. - An Unexplained Phenomenon. Scores of tho infidels who mock al "fuith" as considered in its religious BcnBO, show themselves to bo living contradictions of their own professed belief. For instance, what faith men poescss In ihe security of the world, 1 ..... ..ii I .r .1. nOlWllUSlHIlUlllg Ull IIIIILB UI IIIU VIU- mcnts to tho tontrarv ! If an carlh- quako shukei buildings from their foundations, man rebuilds them; if a villago bo destroyed by flood, man re pairs tho iniscniei oono ; n a votcano vomits forth death and destruction to tho dwellers within its shadow, man, hardy man, returns to the haunts which huve proved fatal, utid in the very jaws of peril, culs, drinks, and eltii-m' boiiiiiJIy . ' iluinaiTtly lives 111 tle firmtemk ejnlm forrettUiitf past dan gers. That it is best to need not be demonstrated hero. Apropos of this subject comes a reminiscence of the "durk day" in New England tho 19lh of Mav, 1780 when, for fivo mortal hours, the sun hid his face, and night fell' on tho lurid. Previous to that timo of terror, a vapor had filled tbo air for sovoral davs. Thero was a smell of sulphur. The morning of tho 10th was ovorcaat with Bomo clouds, and rain fell over the country, with lightning and thunder. Scarcely any motion was in Iho air, what wind thero was camo from tho southwest. By 9 o'clock In the forenoon, without previous warning, tho dttrkness stole gradually on, with a luminous nppear anco near the horizon, ns if tho ob scuring cloud bad dropped down from overhead. There was a yellowness ol the atmosphere that made clar silver I Tl..- A assume u grass gri-cn uuu. iuvh . rlnnaii. iindnnnnhlu vnnor Settled rap, lly and without n-rial movement over 11 tho lund and ocean from Pennsyl vania to the G all of St. Lawrence, the dnrkness itennsed, sinking by degree until the snnlight was cnectually shut out. Ordinnrvcloud.it was not. The ramditv with which go largo nn cx tent of country was enveloped pre ludes tho possibility of supposing this to huve been n natural cloud moving :itcrally. Besides this, tho day was too calm to fmngino such a thing. Down camo the darkness, thicker and thicker. ' By ten o'clock the nir was loaded with a thick jrloom. The heavens wero tinged with n yellowish or faint red ; tliolurid look increased ; few, if any, ordinaryjclouds wero visi ble. Tho sun disappearing, look on a brassy hue. The lurid, grassy color spread everywhoro, above and below. Tho grass assumed the color of the sky, and ull out oi floors wore a stcmy, weird and melancholy aspect of a dusky appearance at if seen through a smokod L'lasa. By 11 o'clock it was niirlit itself, and from lhat time until 3 in tbo afternoon the darkness was extraordinary and Inghtlul. In doors, candles becumo au alisoiuto necessity. Without, stages put up at tho near est inns, or else carried candles nnd lanterns to guido the perplexed driv ers oil llioii- way. xuo oruto uuu leathered creation seemed puzr.lod and airitatod. The herds of cattle on Now England thousand hill sought tho shelter of tho shod or barn yard, lowing ns Ihoy camo to tho gate, and shoepl huddled around Iho circlo with thoir licao in warn me invni-muie tokon of apprehended dangor. Dogs whined, and ran away as on the ap- prone h of an earthquake Frogs pi pod thoir evening concert. Tho birds ceased to fly, and hid themselves in tho branches or the troes. as tuo darknesa IncrenBcd, they fting their evomng songs ns Ihoy do al iwiltght, and then bocatno silont. 1'i noons on tho wing look to tho tholtcrof tho i-ri.. lOrOBt CS Vliey Ull Ufc infill,. iiu uiJ- poor-will, as if it wero truly night cheerfully nng Iiib song through tho gloomy hours. Woodchucks, which aro night-birds, whistled a they only do in tho niuht timo. Bats came out of their hiding place nnd flew about. The fowls marched solemnly to their roosts, as they do only al nightfall, und. alter cackling for a whilo over the my story ol so short a day, occamo .till rncL. i-rnu, na iu I linie OHHtnin at nightly intervals nnd tho early breakinifot day. Tho human lamuy was onuallv terrified. Men left thoir ocoupution8ltnd sought their house. whoro thov woro met on tno tnrcsn- hold by trombling women. Schools wero dismissed, '.traveler sougm shelter, soeming to crnvo companion ship. A deep gloom settled on every face, nnd lorror uiiou ovory ueart. Toward evening, Iho darkness was Buccoedod for an hour or two by paitiallv clear Bkyi but this iutorval was followed by a return of the obscu ration with greater density, that ren dered tho first half of tho night hid rienco ol probably n nnlliou oi pcopio who saw il. ino phenomenon pas never been explained. Tho theory ol somo, thai ll was siiioko anu umics from forest fires, thon extensively rag ing, was disapproved. No fires in Iho forest could havo boon safllciont to sproad a denso cloud over tho whole of Now England nnd even somo pnrls of tho Middlo Mutes. JNolwilbsland inir tho researches of learned men, satisfactory explanation cannot bo given of tho mystery, consequently tlio "dark uay remains nn unexpiam phenomenon. Napoleon IU. Napoleon III. was the son of Louis, a brother oi tuo nrsl isupoioon, nnu oi Hortense Bcaiiharnais', iho daughter of tho Empress Josephine, and was born in tho pulaco ol tho 1 uillenes on the 20th dsy of A pril, 1808. Ilo waa, thcrcforo, in his G.ilh year at tho time of hi .death, . , . , ,-, ; His wns truly -A chequered . lifb. Born "in the purple," the downfall of the first , Empire in 1814, banished him from France in his early child hood, und it was not until he had en tered his 28th year that be endeavored to ulaim his imporiul inheritance His rfi'ort at Strasbourg in 18!!C was a ridiculous fail u io, his subsequent ut- iL-miit ni liouKiL'nom 140, was dual ly utilor-unato. . For i.io tirel he was pardoned uud released, lor the second no was imprisoned in Iho Castle of Hani, whence ho -manuged to effect his cscapo. Eight yours afterwards, when tho Orleans thro no was over turned, Louis Napoleon was chosen a Ucfegalo to tlio Aatioiiul Assembly und afterwards President of tho Re public of Franco, but on tho anniver sary of the coronation of Iho first Na poleon, ho perpetrated tho infamous coup (V ctat, and declared himsolf Em peror. All may remember with what horror wo read of tho pooplo of Pari6 boing' massacred in the Etrccts by the regular army, undor tho orders of the military President they themselvos hnd helped to elect. Ho ascended Iho throne over violuted oaths lo tho Con stilution of the Republic, and after causing tho murder of thousands of his countrymen. ! . . . Then cuiuo the Crimean war, nnd tho war with Austria, and finally the war with Gormany tlio fortur.o of which wan lo break his throne to atoms and tend him and his family to sock rofugo in iSngland. That Napo leon ruled France in peace from 1848 to the day ol the outbreak of tho Ucr man war with tho two comparative ly small exception ol ready named is his greatest glory. Ho gavo to thai singularly whimsical pooplo a stable government ono which eecurod pub lic tranquility, and with tranquility an unexampled degree of individual prosperity. J hoy never laretl better before, and aro by no means likely to fure betler iu the future. 11 was ow iug to tho wise policy of Napoleon that Franco has been able to meet Iho enormous payments to Germany with out rcmarkablo dilhculty. Tbo fourth INapoleon now takea In placo as ono ol tho numerous claim anls lo the posaetsion of lhat unenvi ablo scat the throne of France. 'lb To loam with absolute oertaintr whethor a persou 1 doad or not, Dr. IIul'O Magnus suggests the following simple method : Tie a strong llgaturo around a nngor or toe or tuo Buppoeu covpse, and if life is still pi cscni a rod. , deuing, which grows gradually darker unlil it becomes a bluish red, will occur in that portion of the member beyond the constricted point. Whero, -from exposure or toil, the skin of the finger baa bocomo very much thick, enod. a too may l selected. Oa tbo other band, it life is extinct, no change in color will onsuo. Tho blush colora tion of tho nails bo often seen on the dead body, and also in certain cases of blood disease, need not bo regarded us uny source of fallacy ; ior after the application oi the ligature, as long as h lo roninins In the body, the wholo of the limb, from tho place of conslric-. lion to the extremity, will be uniform ly blue-red; but it tho coloration do not lako placo, or only occurs at a cir cumscribed spot.it can with certainty bo concluded that Iht) spark of life haa vanished. ' ' ' 'The deep-sealed arteries carry blood lo the -cxtrciuilies : the veins, Nvlileh aro moro superficial, roluru the blood 10 mo neai i. jy - mo , iiguiiuv mo backward flow ol blood is arrested, when, if still circulating, it continues to pass into "the arteries, and thero accumulating gives iso lo tho peculiar color described. Tho object of the ubove proceodlng I almpty to asoor . ta.n wUolher the L.lood bull circulate- ao the l onijjlctu stoppage oflllis fnuCi lion, according lo Mr. Magnus, ispos-. itivo proof of death. 11 is recommended in Iho applica tion of this method that the large limbs, such as tho urms or thigh, bo not ohoson, becauso tho neeossury amount of constriction cannot bo so readily obtuinod, tho numorou large, deep-lying veins of the muscles not being sulllcienlly compressed ny tno ligature. In cuso tho fingors or toes aro not nvailablo, the lobe of tho cap may bo employed. bcientitic Mtfcel- lanyin Gdl.txy for January. A fushionablo young lady in Now Orleans lately tried to drags fashion able bridegroom to tho altar, and was doomed to tho mortilicalion ol luiiuro Sho had visited tho rectory of a Insh, Inmihln rdinw.lt. nnd in a verv unlash ionablo manner told tho minister of her prospects, tho retiring disposition ot her iutonded, nna askcu mm to per- form the marriage cerotnony on a cer tain dav. Arrangements wero made and on tbo day appointed,-the young couplo presented themselves al the minister's residence Tho church was opened and a largo congregation was In attendance to witness too ceremony. Tho young plan would hot budge an inch from tho minister's qulot parlor. The ministor refusod to marry the couple at bis homo. '1 he young man would not go to tho church ; tho tears and entreaties of his intondod brido being of no avail. The minister was obllsed to dismiss the congregation and that man and woman are vol two Sb tt r- Educating Girls for Housohold Duties Educating girls lor household duliee ouiini to uo considered us necesuii y as instruction in reading, willing and arithmetic, nnd quite us universal. Wo ure in our houses more than hall our existence, und it is tho household surroundings which affect most largo ly the happiness or misery of domes tic life. It tho wilu knows "how lo keep house," if sho has learned how thin.'S on i;h t to bo cooked, how beds should bo mndo, bow carpets should bo swept, how furniture should bo dusted, how Iho old clothes should bo repair ed, nud turned and ulterod and reno vated ; if sho kiiowB how purchase can bo made to .tho best advantage, and understands tho laying in of pro visions, how to muko them go the farthest and last tho longest; ii ehe appreciates tho importance of systom, order, tidiness nnd quiet management of children nnd servants, then she knows how to mako a littlo heaven ol homo ; how to win her childron from from Btreet ; how to keep her husband from the club house, tho gaming tablo and the wine cup. Such a family will bo trained to social respectability, lo bu sinoss success, and 10 efficiency und usefulness in whatever position may bo Blotted to them. It may bo sale to say, that not one girl out often, In our large town and cities, enters into married hie who ua learned lo buko a loaf of bread, to purchaso a roast, to dust a painting, to sweep a carpet, or to cul anl tit nnd mnko her own dresses. How much tho perfect knowledge of theeo thinns bears upon tho thrill, tho com fort and tho health ot lamilies, may be conjectured, but nol calculated by fl !'ti res. ll would ho an immeasurable advantngo to mnko by ntluching a kitchen to every girl school in the nation, and have lessons given duily in the preparation of ull tho ordinury articles oi food nnd drink for the table, and how to purchaso them in Iho market to thu best advantage, with tho result of a largo saving of mnnov. an increase of comfort, und hii'her health in every Isimily in tho land. 7d'j Journal. What he knew about Tiiuksminii Tho Titusvillo 1'rcss gives an ac count of a young man from an Eastern city, who had beon visiting rural friends in this vicinity. ' After seeing a fanner thresh out a ''flooring" of oats tho other morning, ho asked nnd received permission to swing tho flail a fuw minutes, upon assuring tho ng. riculturist lhat ho was "perfectly fa- milinr with tho art of threshing?" Expoclorating upon his hands, tho young man went at Iho oats, but at tho first pass knocked tho born off from a now milch cow that was h-is- urcly chewing herein) in a neighbor ing Blull. Ihe second awing caved in the head of tho farmer, who thought ho was safe enough a long as ho roosted on top of the running mill in Ihe otlior end of tho barn, but without discovering tho havoc ho was making, tho city artist kept at his labors; the third blow fell upon tho oats, the fourth killed a hen In a manger near by, and the fifth pass of tho deadly weapon was the host of all, for it came around behind the young man booino rung fashion, and taking him under the lowor jaw, knockod him down, and thns pat an end to the work of slaughter. Tho moro fact that the olty "thresher" roturnod to conscious ness an hour ' bofore tho farmer did, allowed tbo former to got several miles out of town beforo his efforts at threshing oat wore discovered by hi LnelgUbor, . . Sowing Grass Seeds, . , Wo prcfor to bow grass soed enrly in tho full, or lute in summer, so that the plant may got well established be foro tbo ground freezes. If sowed luto in the full, and yet early enough for tho scod to germinate, tho young plants are moro likely to winter-kill, und tho seed is lost. If tho (ceding cannot be done early in the fall, wait until February to April, sown at any timo after February tho seed will gcrminato early and got a full boason'a growth. we recommend tno resecaing or both pastures and nieudows. Esiieci- ally is it important in Iho caso of meadows where the practice IB 10 cut tbo crop whilo in bloom or beforo tho scod drops; und especially il il is in tho main a timothy meadow, ror timothy is a biennul grass and will "run out" in two years if not renowed by rcsoeding hence tho remark com mon among farmers that tho red clo. ver runs tho timothy out. This rulo also applies to closely fed pastures. Tho constant cropping with only tho tough, wiry, wild grasses which tho slock will not eat, going to scod, soon runs out tho belter sorts, unloss soed, is sown more frequently than it is. Harrow over the old pastures and give thorn a reseedlng witli whitq clover, orchard grass, timothy, rcd t7, etc.,- encoin tiu-oo yemra, and in creased forago will repay tho trouble. Lands that uro overflowed in the fall and winter, uud aro liublo to be washed badly by such overflow,w both er pasturo or meadow, are better for frequent rcsocdiug Indeed, il is es sential, if tho tuino grasses ure to bo kept in them nt all , othorwisu tbe coarse, innulritious marsh grasses will surely succeed them. On such lands tho seeds should bo sown us soon us tho water haa Bubsidcd from them in the spring. 7urn .Veto Yorker. , Cloth Made of Glass. A p-luss-spintier of Vienna manufac tures glass which ho tpius into thread finer than cotton Gber or thai spun by tbe silkworm, lircul dexterity and constant caro aro required, and it is very trying to tho sight ol the spin ner. Tho wheel ho uses is fivo Aus trian yards in dinmetor, and ho runs olf Ibruo thousand yards A minute. Tho uluss-pard id sold for ono dollar and thirty-six conts in gold an ounce. This thread is nearly us nno as silk lint, lip's usod'ns a substitute for wool evrnrniiiiis bv patients BufVctinir from gout, and also by chemists and apoth ecaries lor filtering, us il resists acids and heat. The thread has lately been woven into cushions, cat pels, tablo cloths, shawls, liecliea, aud other gar ments, also lor weaving figuros in brocuded silk aud velvet. As a ma. teriul for fancy dresses, cmbroidory, tapestry, laces, und dressing for tho hair, it is particularly brilliant and allrsctivo. It is almost as soft as silk, and to Iho touch liko tho finest wool or colton. It is remarkably strong, romuins unchanged by light, beat, moist uro, or uciils; will wash, and docs not (ado or burn. Tho Aus--trian Minister of Commerce litis al ready orguuisod schools for glass spinning in various places in Bohemia, and quite a number of articles mudo from the material nro for tat lo in the shops ol thai country. Iticro uro beautiful Bedouin tassels lobe had for about filly cents each; perfect imita tions of ostrich fcuthurs ranging in price from hull' a dollar to three dol lars each; ladies' cull's and nectics ; cravats for gcntleinon's wear; hr.ts and bonnets of all colors, and trim mings of every sort, all very beautiful, and extidlly liko tho fabrics ihey aro designed lo imitate. Tlio exact com position of the glass used is kepi u profound socret among tl.o workmen A short timo back the question wns asked : " hy do men marry Tho following reply was nol loss singular than truo: "Some young men marry for dimples, somo oars, somo nose ; the contest, however, ge.it'rally lie bo tween tho eyes and tho hair. Tho mouth, too.isoecasionally married ; iho chin nol so ollcn," A Kansas farmer filed til gome nils under his burn and killed several. Loss (2,000; uninsured. Tho littlo boy who held tho slick for his brothor to cut, only counts two fingers on ono hand. If you moot a young lady who is not vory shy, you bad belter be a lit tle shy yoursolf. . , , 'Wo wero all children or.co, my dears." '-Ia, mat then who took care of the babies V The sting of a hoe carries conviction with it. It makes a man a bee lunvor at once, ' Whon U a steamboat llk a wltr.es. asiisii &ubia.,r.Lv;irr!
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