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William a. WAixira. . hm-dixo.
WALLACE & FIELDING,
ATTORNEYS - A"11. LAW,
ClearUeld. Pa.
Legal hualneel of all hinde attended to
wl(h proraptneM and fldolity. Offioe In reaidenee
of William A. WelUee, Janl:71
G. R. BARRETT,
Attorn it and Counselor at Law,
clearfield, pa.
nevlng reeigned hit Judge.hip, bin retnmed
ft, practice of the law in hie old ofnoe at Clear
field, Pa. Will attend the aonrta of Jenereon and
Bit eeaatiea when epooiatly tetained in connection
alia relident eoun,el. 1;U:73
T. H. MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Prompt attention (Wen to all legal bueineil
lotruilod to hit aare in Clearfield and adjoining
aoantic Offloe on Market it., opposite Naugte'i
Jewelry Store, Clearueld, Pa. jel471
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
..0I8 In the Court House. ' decj ly
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W,
tl:l:7l Clearueld. Pa.
" WALTER BXRRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OBoe Seoond St., Clearfield, Pa. noTll,00
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
r Offloe In the Coort Fooie. (J,-ll,'6r
JOHN H. FULFORD,.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. , Clearfield, Pa.
Oltst o Market St., oer Joieph Showen'
Grooery itora. J an .3,1873.
T101. t. 'OCI.W. " H'CrtLOlOB.
T. J. McCTJLLOUGH & BE0THEE,
x ATTOUNKYS AT LAW,
..Clearfield, Pa.
Offlte on Loenet it ret t, nearly oppoilta the rei
Idfoce of Dr. R. V. Wilton. We hare in our of
ire ona of Rieieck A Bro'i largeit lira and bur
lu proof aalei, for the protection of booki,deadt,
and other valuable paper, placed In oar charge.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
And Heal F.etale A Rent. Clearfield, Pa.
OCoa oa Third itreet, bet.Cherry A Walnot.
f-Reipeotfully offer, hii lenlcea In iclling
and buying land, in Clearfield and adjoining
eeiBtleai and with an experience of o irtweiitT
yean u a turreyor, Hatter, hlmxlf that ha eaa
t4ir atlifaocion. Feb. JS;f3:tf,
J. BLAKE. WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
akd ratLia in
Naw Ijogs ami Iiiuiber,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Ofiea la Waeonio Building, lloom No. 1. 1:24:71
J. J. L INGLE,
ATTORN EY-AT - LAW,
1:11 Hateola, Clearfield Co., Pa. y:pl
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, .
Wallaeeton, Clearfield County, Penn'a.
fA.AII legal bueinoa promptly attended to.
D. L. K REB S,
Sueecnr to U. B. Swoop,
Law and Collfxtion Office,
Pdt1,l'73 CLEARFIELD, PA.
John II. Orvia, C. T. Alexander.
ORVIS & ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEYS AT LA W,
lleilefonte. Pa. eeplStt-y
J. S. BARNHART.
ATTORNEY . AT - LAW,
Belleronte, Pa.
Will practice in Clearfield and all of the Conrt, of
(ha 34th Judicial di.trict. Heal aetata bu.incn
and eolleotion of olaim, made peoialtlea. nl'71
DR. T. J. BOYER,
f UY8ICIAN AND SURQEON,
Offloe on Market Street, Clearfield, Ta.
40fflca hour,! 8 to 11 a. ra , and I to 8 p. m.
JJR. E. M. SCIIEURER,
IlOMCEOPATlIIC PHYSICIAN,
Offloe In Maionle Building,
April 24, 1872. Clearfield, Pa.
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN k SURGEON,
LCTIIERSBL'RO, PA.
M attend profciaional call, promptly. aug10'70
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN 4 SURGEON,
HAVING located at Pennleld, Pa., offer, hi,
profeaiional jerrioe, to the people of that
r'Moend aurrouiidingeoonir. Ail cane prompuy
mdrd to. Oct. 1 tf.
0r. J. p. BURCHFIELD,
Lata Bargeoa of the K.ld R,f Iment, Pennaylranla
Volaauert, baring relorned from (he Army,
e"i bia profeaiional (errleaa to theeltlaen,
'Clearleldmtiily.
A Prof,lenalealle promptly attealed to,
I I " Saaond atreet, foimarlyoccapled by
w.JToade ( pr4,'u
eaAvaiiBrc iu n
RESTAURANT,
Second Street,
CLKARFIELD, PBNN'A.
.''"'J' an hand, Fre.h Oyetare, Ioa Craam,
Cu H,'' J""' CraobeM, Cakaa, Cigara, Tobaoao,
air. "ti. Orangee, Lemooa, and all kind,
" la aeaaon.
IU.IAKD ROOM oa aeeond Moor.
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H0LL0WBUSH & CAEEY,
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Blank Rook Manufacturers,
AND STATIONERS, . .
319 Market St., Philadelphia.
em.Papor Flonr 8aoki and Rag,, Foolfcap,
Letter, Note, Wrapping, Certain and Wall
Pa pen. fel.34.t0lypd
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Juitlca of the Peace, Surveyor and Convcyanocr,
Lutheraburic, Pa.
All buelneei intrnated to him will be promptly
attended to. Percona wlihing to employ a Sur
reynr will do well to give blm aeell.aj he nation
bimaelf that be can render ullifaotlon. Died, of
eonvoyanoo, articlea of agreement, and alt legal
pnpera, promptly and neatly eioouted. t2imurlt
JAMES 0. BAERETT,
Juitlca of the Peooa nnd llccnaed Convoyenccr,
Lutlieinburp, Clearfield Co., Pa.
S-a-Culleotlanl A rvmlttanere promptly mado,
and all kinae OI legal inairumeui, exeoeieu vn
abort notion. , may4,70tf
DAVID REAMS,
SCRIVENER & SURVEYOR,
Lutlierabnrt;, Pa.
THE lubiorlher offer! bii lorried to the public
In the capacity of Scrivener and Surveyor
All call a for Mirreying promptly attended to, and
the making of drafta, doeda and other Icgnl in.tru.
menta of writing, executed without dvlnr. and
warranted to ba correct or no charge. I VjT3
J. A. BLATTENBEEGEB,
Claim and Collection Oflice,
OSCEOLA, Cicnrfleld Co., Pa.
arr(nTTnc.n(r tn.l all legal imnrri drnwn
with aoruray and divpnicn. viaiia on aim j'"
nir lie-iaU to "o! n Point n EJf
oetV
. K. ARNOLD Co.,
BANKERS,
Lutheraburs;, ClearAe eouuty, Pa.
Money loaned at rcaa-able ratrai ex.hange
bought nnd aold. d.po" a rece.rca, a
earl banking buaiaa- win w cam .... ......
abora plaoc. :":":"
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
Juilica of the Peoca and Scrivener,
Curwenavllle. Pa.
fcajuCollectioni uiade and money prom.tly
paid over. .f!h?i'.7
E. A. & W. D. IRVIN,
nCll.KRI IX
Seal EBtate, Square Timber, Log3
AND LUMBER.
OBea In new Corner Store building.
novlt'71 Curwenavllle, Pa.
oan. aiaunt aaanr Ai.aanr. w. Ai aaar
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Manufacture ra 1 eitenaive Dealcrain
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o.,
WOODLAND, PENN'A.
e-Ordert lolicltrd. BUt filled oa ahort nolloe
and reaeonable tonne.
Addreaa Woodland P. O., Clearfield Co.. Pa.
Je24-ly ALBERT a BROS.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT, .
aVrfiirhvllla. Clearfield County, Pa.
Keep, eonatantly oa hand a full aaiortmcnt of
II. k.n. In ntl.il atnre. which will ba aold
for ca,h, aa cheap aa elaewhere in tbe county.
I rencavuie, June ti, ioui-ij.
THOMAS H. FORCEE
ntALea in
GENERAL MEUC1I ANDISE,
GRAIIAMTON, Pa.
Alao, eitenaive roanufnolurer and dealer In Square
Timber and Sawed Lumber of all kindl.
e-Ordori aollclted and all ball) promptly
fillod. l-jyio
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER RREWER,
Clearfield, Pa.
TTAVIXfl rented Mr. Entree' Brewery he
XA hiipca by etrlet attention to bniineii and
tho manufacture of a aupcrlnr article of BEER
to receive the patronage of all tbe old and many
new euatnmnri. et25a,uei2
"' J. K. BOTTORF'S
THOTOORAPII GALLERY,
Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.
iTCROMOS MADE A SPECIALTY.-
"VTEOATIVKS made la eloody aa well aa in
1 clear weather. Conatantly on band a good
aMortment of FRAMES, TEHEOSCOPKS and
STERKOBCOI'IC VIEWS. Framee, from any
atyleof moulding, mado to order. aprH tr
JAMES CLEARY,
BARBER & HAIR DRESSER,
KECOND STREET,
1K CLEAHFIEl.il, PA. ti
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign. Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penn'a.
V.Will aaecutejob, la hla line promptly and
la a wurktnanhke manner. arra.or
henry" r i bli n gT
IIOU8C, 8ION A ORNAMENTAL PAINTER
Clearfield, Penn'a.
Tba freecoina and nalnting of churehea and
other publio buildingl will receive particular
attention, a well aa the painting of carriegea and
aleibi. Uilding dona in the nealeat alylea. All
work warranted. Shop on Fourth atreet, formerly
occupied by Kiqulre bhogart. octIV TO
G H . HALL
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
TPumpe alwaya on hand and made to order
on abort notion. Pipea bared oa reaeunable tcrme.
All work warranted to render lalinfurlioo, and
delivered tr deaired. myl4:lypd
TlT l II ARM AN ,
PRACTICAL MILLWRIGHT,
LCTHERSni RO, PA.
Agent fur the American Double Turbine Water
Wheel end Andrew, A Kalbacb " heel. Can rnr
niah Portable tirlit Milla on ehnrt nolltin. JvlI'II
eTaTbTgle r&Tc d7
naALana it
SQUARE TIMBER,
aad manufacturer! of
AM. Kl N Wt Otf II AW KI) Ll'MRKR,
8-T7I CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
J"""
TROUTMAN,
Dealer la all hind, of
FURNITURE,
Market Street, '
Ona door aatt Poat Office,
ug1'7I CLEARFIELD. PA.
I. 1 aauaaaraia. a. aaauxaa.
REIZENSTEIN d BERLINER,
Sueccatori to D. Oana A Co.,)
wholeaala dealeri la
GEMS' HRISIII GOODS,
II, Llapanard Mreet, between Cbwrek itreet and
W Broadway New York lly. JST73
Publishers.
2306.
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, Pa.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEB. t, I87S.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
Led bj a witter hatitl than oun
W Journey through tbii wrly uone,
And should not In our wear? boura
Turn to rtgrat what might hira baen.
And yet tbetc heart, when wrung by pais,
Or tun by dtMpptilntment kro,
Vtiil m-k relief from present cara
In tbuunhti of Juj-s that might have bevn.
Cut let ui it HI then wlibri rain i
W know not tfaat of whieb ra dreau j
Our lite might hare Keen ndder yet,
Uod only koowa tibat might hire been.
Forgive ui Lord, nur liitlo fulfil,
And help ua all, fmtn in urn till e'en,
Still to believe that lot the ltt
Which ! not that which might hara been.
And grant we may no pat theao days.
The oradle and the grave between,
Thnt dcatb'i dark hour not darker be
lly thought! of what life might hart been.
Drift8of Death.
Few ol lid people in tliia section of.
our country enn liaro any idea rr
nufleriiiL'rj r-miurod liy '. "'ln'.w0
men. .ml cl.ildm, (on of Min
ncsotu tliii-l-r. i'1.0 I;"" frribto snow-
OtOrm .UUIIH IIKU IV lllll. UVVII HIIUWH
I,,. . rnra. Tint Inns of lifo wild friirlil-
Ail, while the Jcs!niction of property
Wui jmmonne. I ho lollowin in a tie-
aer'ption of l ho horror ol the htim-
.dni', iik acnt by a currefponuont Ironi
Wiiiniiu, MintK'solii, on January IS,
t the Kcw York Hitahl i
I wua in Minnesota after tho nwlul
ttiHfsacin of len jnirn ago, when the
rod wave of Indian invaaion turpi
over tho 'intiiuiiif land and lull II a
waste ol naheaftoiiked with blood ; but
the Hcalping-knifo Hinl bullet of the
Sioux did not do sneli havoo at the
snows li live wrought this year, nor
wero all tho torliireH of the red Bonds
productive of moro mjnny than I have
wiineoscd within the punt ten days.
What haa been niH.i'L'd and how
many have been itliiin hax not yet been
ifCk'ilained, lor the eolllumenU arc
lar ii pint and communication ia diffi
cult; but by every mail come purllcu
lura that chill the blood, and wo can
now fairly estimate tho extent of the
calamity.
Up to Ihut fatal Tuesday, al whose
mention many u heart shall ache In
Minnesota for yearn to come, thore
hud been Winter weather ol tho usual
sort, clear, cold, with occasional storms
of enow, gome of which had seriously
blockaded the railroads and induced
considerable sufferinjj from seaiiity of
fuel. .
Tuesday, the 7th, was a lovely and
mild day. The sun was bright and
the air balmy. Every pulse of the
country was astir under the genial
influenco, and tho wild swans that
clanged overhead once or twice from
their meres must have seen the prairie
roads alive with teams. The farmers
were all out at the nearest settlement.
Thoy were fretting short of fuel ;
there was but a handlul of flour at
the bottom ol tho barrel j not a scrap
of meat wns left. Hut the snows had
ceased, their shaggy little horses wero
well again, so every farmer hitched
his team for tho town. In tho liitlo
cottages of wood were women and
children; the school houses wero full
of little ones. Such was the country,
thus its dwellers, when the blow fell.
Nature would soem to have arrogated
lo herself all the savago attributes
which had marked her lirst children
there, their careful nnd pulionl watch
for an easy opportunity, and their
sudden and relentless onslaught.
Ho utterly unprepared woro tho
pcoplo for the change in tho weather,
and so suddenly did it come upon
them, that one man at Winnebago
City describes it os (,if a man had
clapped his hands so, and the snow
came in our faces." Knowing what
the htirricitno boded, men leaped into
their sleighs, una with voice una lush
urged their cowering horses out into
the storm. 1 hen the work ol death
begun. For moro than filly hours,
till Into on Thursday, tho freezing
wind and falling snow continued. It
was not a steady full of snow, but a
howling hurricane, tho wind some
times attaining a speed of twcnly
eight, thirty, or thirty. two milca.
Tho snow came in fill'iil Hurries, with
wild screech and a slinging whiz.
The thermometer fell steadily, till at
Champluin It registered hlty-lour do
gross below icro. A I other places tho
mercury or spirit markod from eight
lo lurty-lwo degrees below, homo ol
the farmer nt.o mat nut soon found
thai if they valued live they must
turn buck, ilicy were enveloped in
sheets of snow ihal blindod them.
The wind came so liercely that they
were fain to slop nnd turn round till a
momentary lull came. Tho road
why, tho Icvol prairie was all road
now. without one truck ol wheel or
runner to indicate tho path of safety
Whcrover thoro wits a ah Hit knoll or
a troo tho driving snow-sloct curled
round it and brokoover it liko ycasly
billows over a wreck, and fur to lee
ward grow up drifts ol ececntrio form.
Thon the snorting horses thai toiled
along, pressing with their heaving
flunks closer to each othor lor warmth
and dumb protection and sympathy
refusod to iro forward ; the driver fell
liimsolf becoming listless, his cold
limbs were growing warm, and warned
of the swift coining of death, he turnod
and retraced his steps. Happy they
who did so liolitnes 1 Thore were
many who held on stubbornly till it
was too lato. Thoro were many moro
who. irooded on by a dreadful fear of
tho fate of their w ives and little ones,
left alono In thoir trail citadels, forced
on through tho drifts that grew deep
er at every slop, and cold that beenme
more Intense every moment. And
thore were other who grow weary el
the contest, and, lying down in their
robes, were lulled by the elomontal
rage into a slumber which know no
awakening. Somolimo the horses
gave out, nnd the unhappy driver, be
numbed and chilled, his movomonts
impeded by his henvy clothing, had to
abandon nit team and take to the
drift. Tfao moans and sbrjcki of the
PRINCIPLES
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5,
horsos that found themselves deserted
by their masters are said by some
few who survived such scones to have
been ugoniaing lo hear. And at their
homes things were no better. There
was perhaps scant supply of fuel in
the corner, and but a day's food In the
larder. Night trod closely on the
heels' of noon. Perhaps the mother
was alone with bor suckling child, hor
nusouna ten miles away in one Uircc-
tion, her children two miles awav in
anoiner. -j neso napless parents suf
.1 rtll a . .
fered countless deui lis. Tho wooden
buildings creaked and rocked in the
wing i,f tho btorin like ships al sea.
Tho timbers cracked wilh tho frost
liko rifles. Beads of frost stood on
every pieco of wood work, the small
panes ot glust wero ao thick v. ttu tee
that there was no chance that tho
lamp set in me casement could send " it has been noticed, also, in
its feeble light lo the belated slrug ."""is kinds of mineral coal; and it
. -1 . ...!lt.n..l t a. ..IV '
git;rs wiuiuui. ji was unpossioin io
opou tlio doors, so high had iho drV
uucuniu. Alio me grew low. ' , .
it was replenished with ',i.i,..a
furniture Day siiccec (i ,,t 01,
but tho day was f10 0n4 ,ppcBro'd
tho cliim;-.;!,. -ii, ,
"A'ew that her children luy dead, hand
in hand, on the prairiu, and that her
husband's corpse was somewhere en
tombed in a giant drill. The little
baby's blue lips wero laid against her
ompty breast; tho soul had sped from
between them in a little cloud of fro.
r.on vapor. Sho lay down and died,
and tho relenting winds wafted
through tho apertures of tho room a
decent drift of diamond snow fi.r her
winding sheet. Theso pictures, ter
riblo as thuv may appear to the read
ers of tho IleralJ, who sit by warm
Ores and nnd the music ol the snow as
it tinkles ncaiiiht tho .class a musical
and a cheerful sound, aro less than the
reality. The advanco of death wns
liko that ol a lorturor, who comes
with all his horrid engines to the vic
tim bound at the stake. Only they
wero to be envied who met a swifter
fate In the raging storm without, and
were spared tho sight ot thoir children
dying buforo their eyes ot hunger as
well as ol cold.
On iho railroads thero was not ab
solute suffering. Of course trains
woro snowed in for days in drifts that
towerod to tho telegraph wire, and
passengers had to shiver and bo scan
tily fed. Hut litis was only a tritle.
When Friday, tho 10lh, came, the
sun rose npon a land of snow and si
lonco. Drills many foot deep and
many square miles in extent were
thero. Here and thero the chimney
of a house stood np like a tombstone
in a vast cemetery. The land lay like
a corpse under a winding sljuct ihut
had moulded itself into occasional
wrinkles over Iho dead limbs or set
foil I a..a TCatea nnmn t It a iei 'l tit I ,. Imp
lUatUICO, A. V tt - l iiiw tv uiutu it vwa
of clearing away Iho giant drifts and
tieUinar free tho imntisonod trains, and i
.i.,..Vi.i..ri..i.nrir.,.i...rii.pnl..ri. ti.I
prairies the steps of tho dead. F.very
where they woro found lying still and
statue like in the icy cmbraco of death.
Somolimcs tho searchers would find
man nnd horses together, tbe lormer
lying doad, wrapped in his robes, with
tho whip in his hand, in the sleigh,
ono horso down, the other standing in
Iho spot where lie was fastened by bis
partner's full till ho shared his part
ner's fato. Sometimes tlio sleigh was
found overturned, with the truces cut.
Then to rtirht or left would be discov.
IK" ! ""'
ored, tho driver, who hud wandered
round In a despairing circlo to die.
Occasionally the beasts showed in
thoir dilated nostrils, widely spread j
lips, and staring eyes, tho signs of "v,u '." D",u "'. . im
mortal terror. And tho men, too, 1 Yn n Wl'l1'1' r1"!,rcdP
wero sometimes Lnocoons of i.e-Ii1" '? h. ?'"red "'i1' of.
statues of writhing despair. Hut, as
a rule, death enmo quietly, as it gene
rally does in these cases, lirst robbing
tho victim of tho consciousness of ap
proaching doalb, which begets an
agonixr-e- struggle for life, and stilling
ki ..hi. . in I... ... .l.ii
cions as il is deadly.
Thn .lenlh roll einnnl , rl l, mniln
up with any reasonable degree of ccr
Ininly. Wo aro only now getting de
tailed reports from iho nearer settle
ments, and il will bo fully a week ere
these aro so complete as to bo trust
worthy. Many of the missing will
not be found until Spring; bul it is!
sufo to set down all the missing as,
dead. After carefully collating the
various reports received thus far, and I u'"u V 'lr " ua "r '
making all allowance for Ihe remain-1 Grecn' P,B.un .""'y
!-M?i.r.i.si.i.. in... i,.,li.w.,.n.'l''i'"'',i"'J 'I'slhis subslaiic that
,..huL thnt tho loss of life in Minnesola
will run no lrom two hundred and tifly
to three hundred. It is just possible,
though not probablo. thnt the higher)
nguro may lio readied. Almost nil ol
theso aro moil, and tho very largo
proportion of them lathers ol families
in straitened circumstances, Tho sur
viving widows and children will thus
bo left without meant of support of
any description. The chnrltablo of
the RaHl will hero find nil ohjocl for
their sympathies.
When a citizen of Louisville cannot
procure Iho real old bourbon to irri
gate his alimontary canal ho stculs an
old whisky barrol and splits il up into
small pieces, which ho chows as be
would licorico root. A woll snaked
barrel slave Is equal to two drinks,
and a bung holo affords sustcnunco for
weeks.
It was at Kvansvillo, lnd , so the
Courier says, that a woll dressed
young man entered tho portals of a
decoction puluco, an evening or so
since, and stepping up to tho "gonllo
munly bitrketpor," requested him lo
mix him a "red hot toddy, for he was
going to soa his darling's father, and
meant business."
Agassis niiyi Uiero is nutriment in
one pair of boots tuffluiunt to sustain
a full grown man ton days, and yet
tho hungriest man wo ever knew wits
a clork in a lloston boot and shoo
store. Ho would stand in front of a
pie shop, gazing into iho show win
dow, and wocp for hours.
A new "papa" in Ishpetning ob
jects to his wifo culling tbo "Young
Amorica" a "precious liitlo lamb," be
causeIn what kind of llflhtdocs thai
plaep him before flie wprd J
NOT MEN.
1 Arsenic
Arsenio is a mineral clement of a
steel-gray color, crystalline in its
strneluro, and exceedingly brittle and
friable. When exposed to tho uir il
assumes a dull blackish hue, and when
rubbed bctwoen the fingers emits u
garlicky oder a property belonging
to no other metal, wilh the exception,
perhaps, of xinc, and thon rather at
' tnuuted lo the prescneo ol nrsomu in
III. .Ik. ll.-. , .. ..It.. .... nF I. A
the tine thnn to any poculiiirily of the
latter metal. Arsenic is nearly al
ways, found combinod wilh other min
erals; though tialivo arsooio bus been
founi mines in Kuror:-;.;
- . i.ttil II Ull'IIIILT UIHL-UVlirL'll II III
J " wiVl u,,d mjner walora. M r.
"'.l fllU.d it in tho ashet of vnrious
Li said to occur naturally in the hu
mun body. Tbo only uso to which
tho metulio arscnio ia applied in tho
urts is in the manufacture of the leuden
shot of tho vuiious sizes, when its
prcsonco in small quantity in iho load
ronders tho latter much moro britllo
than il ordinary ia. Arsenic is widely
diffused, but seldom found quite pure,
usually containing antimony, from,
silver or gold. When it unites wilh
cobalt and sulphur it forms a com
pound culled cobultine, and wilh co
bull, alone, it is known as smaltino;
these two combinations are used fur
the preparation of bluo colors on por
celain und ttonewaro. Arsoniottt acid,
composed of arsonio and oxygen, is
the arsenical compound most familiar
ly known. It is prepurud chiefly in
Itiihemia und Saxony during the smel
ting of cobalt ores. Aa it occurs in
ceminerco it is in masses of a milk
white color, but as found in tho shops
lor medical uso, it is often in Iho form
of a white powder as fine as flour.
Liko everything else it is often adul
terated, ft possesses but little taste,
hus no odor, and is soluble in water.
As a medicine, it is said lo be altera
tive and febrifugo ; when applied ex
tornally, violently irritant. The dose
internally must be exceedingly small,
if taken with impunity, and, then the
propriety of its administration in any
ilisense would seem exceedingly doubt
ful. Its c fleet upon tho system rauses
tho faco and eyelids to swell, with a
fooling of stiffness and itching of the
skin, tonderness of Iho mouth, loss of
appoli'.o, uneasiness, and sickness of
the stomnch. Sometimes salivation
is produced, and occasionally the hair
and nails full off. It is highly proba
ble that tho accounts received" of the
habitual use of nreenio by tbe peasants
of Syria aro wholly untrue. Many
persons have resorted 'to Its use t'o
boaulify the complexion, but nearly al
ways with the moat dangerous results
, r a a at
J " Often used by des,gn as a poison,
buV l,P!"''. U,. ' detecting
in ntmai substances aro so uner
ring and trustworthy that it is hardly
within the range of possibility thul
an individual could como to his death
from this poison without its being
easily detected by a chemist.
Arsonio is tho chief ingredient in
nearly all tho empirical remedies for
the euro of cancer by external appli
cation. In casos ol an over-doso of
this most virulent poison, a powerful
emetic should bo taken; demulcent
drinks, afterward,' freely given, such
as milk, white of eggs and water or
-. ll T i' .!.:. !. .
, """ " ""
onvelopo the poison, until tho
antidote (hydra ted sesriuioxide of iron)
can bo procured. hen arsenious
woigni. ui uiuigti, or i-io oi us weigui
of soot ; tlio object of this admixture
being to render any liquid lo which
tho arscnio might be added, with
murderous intent, of a black or bluish
black hue, nnd thus indicuta the prcs-
umlK "uo nnu v nus tnuicuto i no pre
'once of somothing unusual. t h
on
j f scio P.1"11 cl '!J
heated, il VolutlllXOS and condenses III
rystult on any cool vessel placed
above, and in ibis way it can be dis
tinguished from flour, Chalk, stucco,
buking-Boda, tooth-powder, nnd other
while substances which uro non-vola-lilo,
und would either remain in tho
vessel as a while rosiduo or leave a
coal behind.
NA compound of arsenious acid nnd
I.- : i.. . i i
1 "'tmuluctiirors of panginga use to pro-
(1 iioo grcon decorations on wull paper
It should be everywhero known that
grcon decorations nn wall jpnpar are
prndiiwl from arsenilo of copper,
whirh poison is easily detached lrom
tho walls by tho slightest friction, and
ditfised through Iho room, when it is
inhaled into the lungs, proving, il not
fatal, highly detrimental to health.
In 1Mo2 a caso of fatal poisoning
undo? the conditions in question oc
curred in London, Iho victim'being a
chilil Tho cause ol death wus mado
tho lihjcctof an investigation beforo
a col mcr's jury. In iho course of the
evidence it transpirod that the deceas
ed wus tho last of four children who
hud d ed within o period of four months,
unilur the exposure to tho poison con
taint! in the pupcr-rangings of the
room. Ihey habitually occupied.-
Tli roo grains of arsenio were found in
a sqsnre foot of the pupcr.
Hut, greens aro not Ihe only colors
whicli conlnin arsenic, nor wall-paper
the cnly f.ihric colored wilh arsenical
compounds. It is said that tho Fronch
uso a number of pigments, containing
arsei.ic, in calico printing, and thul
they are equally suilahlo and doubt
less lised in Iho color of paper-hangings.
The prcsonco of arsonio hus
been demonstrated in red as woll as
groen-onlored wall paper. Aeie Jertty
Mechanic.
An old gentleman in Alamance coun:
ty, North Corolina, knows somothing
about Iho blosslngs of a home and fam
ily, lie has four wivos, eight dungh
tors and one son, sevonty-three grand
children, four hundred groat-grand,
children, fifty grent-greU:grandohiJ.
dron, fifteen great-grent-groal-grand-childrcn,
and nino great-groat great
great.grandchlldroq, thinks Ol
. fjjjsrrylD nguin.
beSblican
NEW
1873.
The Story of a Singular Character.
On a drive vith some friends over
'0mfretUil.H,Ct.,lho other day, wo
called on a si-i!"l,''1r charactor- man
who is 30 ,T hl. ho is di al, dumb
and blMid Whether ho would have
been du-t or not hud he been blessed
wilh Llo sense or hearing, il is impns-sihlo-'o
U'I'i bul hi-glintmeringsol iii
toilet are evld. ntly ruthor feeblo -fho
man is w-'l doveloped physicully;
j, of oidinii-y hight ; has u stout thick
neck and ,ook lrf "nd robust;
has P''l'r ?"ten unything but milk ;
I,,,, never lusted woter nor a particle
ul food but milk. Ihirty years on
dear millo and' muscular system to
correspond " " Cnn 'wei any now- that.
nilk is fur babies and calves, and not
Air strong men. This man had a full
set of strong douhlo teeth clear round,
und every one of them hud lo bo pulled
out, as ho loro his clothes lo pieces
wilh them. As ho didn't uso them to
chow milk wilh, he probably thought
ho must muko some use of them, as
they wero ovidently mudo for some
thing, und his clothes furnished excel
lent materia! on which to exercise
them.
Another peculiarity of this strange
being it that through all his life long
he hus chewed a rug or rather, I
should say, has j,u mined it since his
strong teeth wero UiUen from him.
From infancy his mother lias had to
Iilueo a rag in his mouth us soon as he
tad taken his food: She said ho gavo
her no peace till alio put it back, lie
distinguished strangers from tho neigh
bors and those who bad visitod him
before. I took hold ol hit hand and
ho took it in both of hit and seemed
to bo considering; then bo passed his
hand up the length of my arm, and
patted bis head and chest and made a
singular cutterul noise. Ilia mother
suid that was hit wav of expressini;
joy of showing that be was pleased.
llis principal enjoyment scorns to con
sist in having his mother got through
with her work and sit down by his
sido. He has s swing in the room, in
which ho spends a good part of the
lime swinging. Sometimes when his
mother steps oul, he will lock the
door so that sho can't get back again
which shows that he has somo wit
about him, or trickery ut least. 11c
it always very wukeful at night and
rouses bis mother out of bed many
times in tbe night. Sho says ho has
lived thus without a good night's rest
for 30 yours, with the exception of
Saturday and Sunday nights.
Every Saturday night ho culms
down like a lamb, and keeps that
night nnd all day Sunday alter in the
strict letter of iho old "bluo luws" of
Connecticut. Hit mother attributes
this hebdomadul to tho fuel that she
changes his clothes on Saturduy night,
liut il it probably owing lo tho mere
fuel of change from tho ordinary rou
tine This slight ripple of change ia a
chungo lo him, nnd the rest a sort of
woekly landmark in the dreary, mono
tonous blank of his lifo. Forhaps
through the cloud and mist of his
v sen nt mind he welcomes this slight
ripple, and thus in his poor way com
putes the flight of time. Whulmcan
elh il to such a mind as this? To
wako and sleep, lo draw the breath,
lo luko n pint of milk. The sun goes
round, the seasons chungo, but nuught
of this knows ha. Nations arise and
nations lull 'tis the same to him.
linn rirnnrv rnnnn. inroeer niuna wi,i i
,l..ll. imh,ra bin ntatef Tha b rd
improve
that flies, the fish thul sim, bus bet
ter lifo lhan this.
How Starring Men Feel,
Starving reveals many curious psy
chological facts. . As a rule, il de
velops, in an unnatural dogrco, the
strongest qualities thai a man posses
ses, but circumstances modify this
rule much. Among undisciplined
massos, ferocity and demoralization
are certain results, but when its np
p roaches arc gradual und directed, and
governed by noble example und the
strong hand of authority, its effects
are quilo different. Una phenomena
is the expedition of Strain at an early
day in Darien, especially as it was not
confined lo one, but was exhibited by
nil the officers, not excepting even
Strain ol the last, doserves csprciul
notice From the timo that food be
oamo scarce to the close, and just in
proportion as fumine increased, they
did not gloat over visions of homely
fare, but reveled in gorgeous dinners.
So strangely and strongly did this
whim get possession of thoir minds,
that the hour of halting, when they
cuuld Indulge undisturbed hi llieao rii.-h
revelries, became an object of the
deepest interest. While hewing thoir
way
and
through Iho jungles, and wearied
ovcrcumo until Ihey wero ready
to sink, they would cheer each other
by saying, ".Nover mind, when we go
into camp we'll havo a splendid sup
per," meaning, of course, the imagin
ary ono they dosignod to enjoy.
Truxtonand Maury would spond hours
in spreading lublos loaded with every
luxury they had ever seen or heard
of. Over ibis Imaginary feast they
would clout with tho pleasure st a
gourmand, never seeing the incon
gruity of tho thing. They would talk
this over whilo within hearing of the
moans of tho men, and on one occas
ion discussed the propriety ol giving
up in the future nil stimulating drinks,
us Ihey had been informed it weak
ened Iho appetite. As hereafter they
dosignod, it they over gol out, to do
volo themselves entirely nnd exclu
sively for tho rest ol thoir'llvcsto cut
ing, they aoborly concluded it was
wrong to do anything to lessen its
pleasures or amount.
A San Francisco pnlirem in saw a
copy "of Gorome's celebrated "Sluvo
Mart" In a plcturo dealer's window.
He informed tlio shop keeper that the
pxposuro of suoh a picture was against
tho luw, and accordingly mado way
wilh the disgraceful thing. It was
found afterward by the dealers npon
tho walls of that functionary's own
house.
A New York street-oar conductor
who said "yes mtdara," to a lady, has
been presented with a now overcoat,
ind tboy lullt of a ilatua of ulin.
TEEMS $2 per annum in Advance.
SERIES - VOL. 14, NO. 6
rt in Japan. '
What has really astounded me moro
perhaps, than anything here, is nrt,
The little hands and arms nf the Jap
a rest) seem lo fit thorn tr nice execu
lion : bul they would not make t'i
nretiv screens, or pie lures, or inlay
popper, or lucquer as they do, if taste
did not accompany them. 1 havejust
seen a bi? boy. only thirteen yenri
old, who is paiuling lor foreigners
Janancso costumes, and his execution
is wonderful. 'Tho pnpor-hangings of
Jjpuii uro unrivalled, l liuve seen
nothing in the world that I remem
ber, that oqunls tho famous fun room
of tho llamagotcn in Yeddo. Wo.
doubtless, got all. .our ideas of beauti
fying paper, In Japan. Tho bronze
work of this people is wonderful, as
well os their lacquer. They put years
of work often into a duitnio's room.
When wo of English doscent wero
barbarians in art, these people were
all they are now. We see bells, and
bronzes', and inluid work hundreds ol
years old. Tbe iron and steel work
of Japan, too, it fur in adrunce of
many "civilized" nations. Tbe fa
mous Damascus stcol, the renowed
Toledo bludo, doet not surpass, if
cquul, the steel sword ol tho Japanese
officers. It may nnt bond us the Da
mascus blade, out it has a strength
and tenacity beyond il. The old ar
mor of the Jupanoso knights it won
derful work for Iho age and timo.
Thoir work in silk nnd satin is won
derful, und also in crapo. These peo
ple, forming pcoplo, loo, who uso only
tho old spinning wheel und the reel of
our graudinolhcrrf, who have no
Lyons or Aubtiston looms, turn oul
real works of nrt in embossed silks
and satins. I tell tbe administrators
of government bore, if they will only
send out their nrlists to sludy and
copy Lyons fashions, or to imbue
themselves with Kuropein tastes, iheir
silks, and sunns, and crapes, will com
mand the market of tho world. What
they most want to pleaso us now is
tho knowledge of our caprices, and
fashions, nnd tastes. From their
long non-tntrrcouree with the world
they havo not advanced in 'all that,
and it is hurd to persuade them to do
aUL-ht save what their great groal-
grundfulhersand mothers worebrought
up to do. 1 be (foreign) Curio street
of Yokohama is a gallery of art. J
could speed days there, if I hud time,
to study them up. A people who
hive thoir capacities can be taught to
do anything, and the marvel is, when
they learned il or who taught them.
Is not art inborn 1Broofo' "Seven
Month'l Ran."
Carrying Concealed Weapons.
The Kvansvillo (Ind.) Journal!, re
snible for the following :
"Thero is absolutely no sufo way to
carry a pistol except lo carry it with
out a charge. A young man lost his
wife, recently, by trusting to tho di
rections of a friend who told bim bow
he could carry a pistol without danger.
"His Mary Jane resided somo dis
tance lrom the city, nnd ho had a
great horror of dogs, so he put his re
volver in tho hip pockot of his Sunday
clothes, one evening, when he started
lo sco her. The prosper tivo mother-in-law
mol him al tho door and told
him lo lake the rocking chair, and us
ho did so, tho report of firearms cuus.
od tho old lady to scream and full to
i uo Door, winio a uro in me rear
iMiiImfil l.hnr ia llnnrv a Atti.nlinn
mid consumed a portion of his best
doeskin 'smalls.' The old lady swoon
id ; the girl ran in, forgetting bor dis
ordered drees and hair, and followed
her mother's example. Tbe old mnn
and his double-fisted boys run in, and,
seeing mother and daughter lying on
the floor, went for that young man,
and ho wont through Iho window,
carrying sash und glass with him as
ho went. A big dog, aroused by the
noise, mado lor tho IulmiUvc, who in
his turn mado for the city, altout
milo, a mile nnd a half or two miles
distunt, emptying his revolver at iho
dog as he wont. Tho dot: was dead
lor that young man in more than ono
sense; lor he dares not approach the
honso now, lest iho old mun muy re
veniro iho loss of his dot; on him- The
old man says ho will never forgive Iho
murderer of hit dog. If any one asks
that young man bow he likes Mary
Jane, he rays that her nerves aro too
delieato tor a country trirl, and b
trays an anxiety lo drop the subject ;
bul ho confided to a friend thul in
sitting down tho hammer of his ro
volrer caught upon Iho rocker, and it
wns in I lint way diaehnrgod, w here
upon thai house and his clothes bo.
cumo too hot for him."
The Dostruotion'of Pompeii.
In the year A. D , G3, tho ancient
city of South Italy, I'ompeil, was vis
ited by two earthquakes, occurring ut
an intorval ol a luw months, by which
many publio buildings were thrown
down, and an Immense amount of
dumago done ; and it had nol entirely
recovered from tho effects of these
disasters, when It was overwhelmed
by the famous eruption of Ycssuvius,
August 24, 7U, winch involved it and
the neighboring towns of Hereulano
urn and Slnbia) in n common destruc
tion. Thenceforward, for nearly seven,
teen contuiies, ihe city vanishes from
history, although tho name seems
never to huve been totally forgotten.
A villago, constructed from its ruins,
subsequently arose upon its situ; but,
after tho destruction of this by tho
eruption of 502, the Campus Pompoius,
as it wus long called, remained, until
tho middle of the last contury, an un
disturbed and uninhabited plain.
Tho eruption of "9 produced strik
ing physical changes in tho vicinity,
and the sea, which formorly laved the
I walls of the city, it now npward of a
nolo lrom Its silo, while the neighbor
ing river Sarno hat been considerably
diverted from its ancient course,
lfunoo, the geographor, Cluvcrius,
who investigated ihe ubjeoi in th
early purl of ihe seyontccnth centnry,
billowing tht dosorintjun of apcient
authors, was Induced U locate 1'ain
peii al a distance of several njilos from
its actual position.
Vint ii ttf ru'liS with Ink appears to" .
have oiigmuted among the ureoa oo
cupants of Kgypt "f"-' h conquett
of thut country by Alexouder tho
Urvnt. lWloro that lime lb was cue
lomary among the O recks ana Homunt-
to paint tbe letters on rout oi pmvu
meiit or roed paper (papyrus) wito a
nnu cumui s-uuir pencil, a v
ut the probeni duy ue this method,
which accounts for the shape or t'ir
Killers. Among Iho (i reeks and Ro.
mans the uso ol a metal stylus io
scratch words on wuxen lubluts long
survived tho introduction ol ink nnd
paper.- The upper end of the stylus
was flutlonod, so that when a memor
undiim marked on the wux hud served
il purpose, it would be rubbed out
wilh Ihut end, nnd the wax could thus
bo mudo reudy for another inscription.
Tho "iron peu" of which Job speuk
was a steel graver for cutting letters
in stone or metal.
Tbe flrnt pons were mado nf a small
hurd reed, about the size of a swan a
quill, which grew in Kgypt and Ar
inonin, and found a ready murkct in
Cairo and Alexandria. ' lieodsaro still
used for this mirooso in Oriental coun
tries. Tboy ore gathered on tboaliorcs
of the Persian gulf, und burned ttndor
dung heaps fur several month. Tho
heal and tho gases generated by tho
decomposition, of Ihe manure dry up
the pilh, smooth and harden the sur
fuue, and give ii a mixed Muck and
yellow color.
Tho introduction of our modern pa
per made needful n finer pen tbun
reeds would furnieh. nnd the auilU of
geese and swans met the new demand.
ror tbe finest writing tho quills ol
crows nnd other smaller oirus were
used. For centuries the quill trado
was immense. In Poland and Russia
greut flocks of gcose wero ruisod main
ly for their their quills. " In ono year
iwcniy-soven millions of tbe luttcr
were exported to Knrlund from St.
Petersburg. The trado was also very
lurge in Holland and Germany. Kuch
goose would yield from both wings
(Ihe only part lrom which quills could
be) obtained) but twenty leathers at
the outside, and often not more than
ten. The Dutch process consisted in
sorting the fresh, suit, tough feather
into three sizes (primes, seconds, nnd
pinions), according lo the length aud
thickness of the barrel ; burying them
for a short time in hot sand, which
dried the outside skin nnd loosened
lite inner one. The outer was then
scraped off. Aflor this tho quills were
dipped in n boiling solution of alum,
or into a rnixturo of nitric acid and
water, which hardened them and col
ored tho barrel yollow. A part of lbs
feather was then stripped olf, and the
quills lied up iu bundles for sale.
The growth of population, and the
spread ot knowledge ol the art or
writing since the bchool-master bat
beon abroad, producod toward ihe end
of tho last contury a great increase in
tho nood ot pons. Dr. Johnson, who
wrote tho whole of his English dic
tionary wilh a singlo quill (which was
afterward preserved in a gold caso'l,
laughed nt this demand ; but it devel
oped in 1803 ihe first metallic pen.
Despite tho greatgrowth 01 this latter
industry, it is staled by those best in.
formed that Ihe price and tbe produc
tion of gooso quills has hardly fallen
off; so that the metallic articlo would
seem simply to have supplied tbe ad
ditional murkct lately created.
How They Get into the Senate.
There was a timo when nn election
to Ihe Senate of tho United States
was regarded as next to the highest
honor the country could bestow
whan nono but Hie ablest and most
honorable mun were sent there lo rep
resuM their States, and w hen none bul
honorable meuns were used at ihe
election. Hut bow all ibis is changed
now I Thoro uro no less thnn four
Senator in that body who are directly
charged wilh having got there by cor
rupt ion, and at least iwo ol them on
trial upon charges of having bought
their elections wilh money. Anolhor
under like charges is on tho way to
Iho Scnalo, wailing for the reassem
bling of Congress, and at loast four
more will maku their appenrance on
the coming fourth of March. In sev
eral oi the new Wct-lern Stales there
seems to lo but ono wy of settling
Senatorial clocliond, nnd that is to.
settle in cash. In iho pocket Seuat
of Nevada they have a onnvsss oa
hand nt this timo, nnd so bitter is il
Ihut one party threatens in make II
"a conflict so memorable and terrible"
us to deter all future attempts lo buy
tho legislature, liut that Legisla
ture wilt bo bought all the same. The
people of ibe Slato are lost sight of in
the contest, the whole business of who
shall be .Senator from Nevada being
sottled outsido of tho Slate, In Sun
Francisco by a few individuals. Tho '
next Nevuda Senator will probably
be the immediate personal reprcsen
'utivc of the San Francisco owners of
a silver mine, just ns the now Oregon
Sonnlor is the immediate personal
representative of a great builder of
subsidized Government railways
Anybody may bo represented in tho
Senato now who will spend cash
enough. I'hilddelphla -fifijcT.
1 as .
A Reasoning Horse.
A remarkable instance, says the
Janesville, Wis., Gazette, of equine
sagacity was exhibited.' This borse
story comes lo us toaiifled by several
reliable witnesses. Thos. Drummond,
a teamster in our city, owns a horse
which has beon afflicted with Imnoness
for Iwo or three weeks past. This
morning Mr. Drummond turned him
out upon the common, hoping that
fresh air and exorcise would benefit
the animal. Upon gaining his liborty,
Ihe cripplod horso hoppled along on
throo legs direct lo Iho blacksmith
shop of William Eager, entered Ihe
shooing department, and stood thero
holding up his Injured foot, wilh bit
head turned and hit eyes intelligently
Gxod upon Mr. Eager. This peculiar
act on tho part of a brtilo attracted
Mr. l'.titjers attention nnd induced him
to examine tho foot held invitingly up
for inspection wns tho discovery of a
long iiuir driven into the lrog,which
was the cause of the lameness. Of
course Mr. Eager removed tbo null.
I here wns something moro than in.
stinol in tho net. It was trood sense
Mr. Drummond generally has hi
horses shod nt Mr. Eager' shop, and
Iho sufforinif brute undoubledlv rea.
toned that Ibis wns the place lor him
to go for relief. Equine inlolllironce.
according to the common acceptation
of tho term, is not ao rare, but when
a horse deliberately concocts and exo
oulos a plan for roliorlng hit foot of a
rusty null, lie certainly can lay claim
to a small portion of the reasoning
faculties which aro supposed to ele
vate tlfo human race above the level
of bruU "