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Baring resigned hi, Judgeship, has resumed ttii preetioe of too Uw la hi, old offlm ot Clonr geld, Ps. Will eltsnd tho oourts of Jefferton ood lUk waotlei wkon pooiolly loUiacd lo oonoootion with ruldoBt ooudui. ;" ' T. H. MURRAY, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Prompt mention glron to U lifol bsilnon dotraitwi to hii core lo CloariUld ood odjolnlof OTUtlM. OBm o Msrkot 1L, oppollu Nouirlo't Jtwolrj Stort, Cloorneld, r. jon J A. W. WALTERS, , . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. ttvOflo to tho Court ITocm. - ' dooS-ljr H. W. SMITH, ATTORN EY-AT-L AW, tl:l:Tl rieorlleld. Pa. WALTER BARRETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OCm oa Boooad St., Oloarlold, Pa. hotJ1, ISRAEL TEST, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ClaarleM, Pa. T-Ofloo la tho Court Bouo. tJjU,'6T JOHN H. FULFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. flat oa Market St., oror Joph Showers' Oratory euro. . Jaa.I,U?l. taoi. 4. a'ccLLOvea. wa. a. a'cvLLovaa, T. I McCULLOUQH & BE0THEB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ' f . - Clearfield, Pa. Offlo on Loooit itrMt, uemrly oppoi.t th rt- Tdno of Dr. R. v . w tuoB. n nw in our oi iIm una of RUwok A Dro'i UrtMt ftr nd bar ,gl4vr proof tafei, for the protect ion -f bookiodeodi, . JOHN L. CUTTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. And Real Estate Asreut. Clearfield. Pa. Ofloo oa Third street, bst.Chsrrj t Walaat. taRespeotrulljr offors his serrloes la selling and hojiai lands la Clearlsld end adjoininf ' eeaallss and with an experionee ol over twentr pears as a oarreyor, aaturs ainieu mat no eaa reader satisraetioa. is so. o:u. J. BLAKE WALTERS REAL ESTATE BROKER, AID bstLSB IS Haw IiOjgs and Iiuuiber, -' CLEARFIELD, PA. ' S -OSoe la Mssonie Building, Roea No. I. l:ll:fl J. J. LINQLE, ATTORNEY - AT -LAW, iilt ' Osceola, Clearfield Co Pa. - y:pd ROBERT WALLACE, ATTORNEY-AT -LAW, Wallaeetoa, Clearfield Coaaty, Pea.'a. mmAII Isgal business promptly sttsndsd to. D. L. KREB8, t i j. Sueoessnr te H. B. Swoops, Law and Collection OmcE, ".Mtl.ni ' CLEARFIELD, PA. John 11. Orris. C. T. Alexaader. ORVIS & ALEXANDER, ' , ;., ATTORN KVa AT LAW, Belleftn. Pa. sspli,'-y J. 8. B ARN HAR I , ATTORNBY AT - LAW, Helleftont.. Pa. Will praetlee la Clears eld and all of the Courts sf the ttth Judicial di.triet. Real estate bu.lness . and eolleetioa ofslaiau mad. speoisltiss. nl'TI CYRUS GORDON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, -djlsrket it reel, (north side) Cleartold, Pa. M-All legs Jee. tt, It. 'All legal ballasts promptly attendod is DR. T. J. BOYER, PHYSICIAN AKDSDRQSON,. - OBoe on Market Street, ClearHold, Pa.'' 1 ..lep-OBo. hoarst I to 1J a. au, and 1 to I p. at. D R. E. M. SCHEURER, DOMOIOPATBIO PUYBtClAH. OOes la Masonls Building, April 14, 1171 Cleerneid, Pa. DR. W. A. MEAN 8, rHYBICIAN k 8DRGEON, . . LUTUBRSDURO, PA. , wIUttend professional ealls promptly, auglt'70 J. H. KLINE, M. D., PHYSICIAN A SURGEON, EAVIX0 loeuUd at Pennleld, Pa., offers hi, profeiiloaal senriees to the people of that snd surrounding oountry. All sails promptly anenoeo: to. eel. is ll. DR. J P RURCHFIELD. Lets a.rgso. sf ths 81d Asglmsal.PsaasylTanla VelsniMrs, harlag retorsed from the Army, often hi, professlo.ul (orrises t. tkoelUseas ""isamsideoaaty, " FroftistoBalealla promptly atteaded to. ?wes en Heeead etreai. formerlfeoeualed by Weods. , , , , , (aprtYe-t( ' JOHN A. GREGORY,' COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, . bfioe la the Court ilousa. Claarleld. Pa. Will always be fnued ot home oa the LAIT 'MSAT 1.4 lATl'RD AY cf each moath. I ' ' ' ' ' ''!.. " .' ; ctEiiiiiii i flOODLAJTJEB & SAQEBTY, Publishers, . '.' ' ,, PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. ' . . TEIS$2 per tnnam in Adruoe, VOL. 47-WHOLE NO 2313. . CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1873. : NEW SERIES-V0L. 14, NO 13. Cam. eiLowiusa a. satis 9isr. ' H0LL0WBUSH 4 CABEY.V BOOKSELLERS, ' Blank Book Manufacturers, . ' AND STATIONERS, 91S JHarket St., Philadelphia, tsm.Psper Floor Sacks and Bats. PooltoaD. Letter, Note, Wrappioc, Certain and Wall Papers. feMA.tO-lypd GEORGE C. KIRK, Jostles of the Pesos, 8urrojor and CeareyaaMr, Latheraburg, Pa. All hnitness Intraitsd to kiss will bs promptly attendod lo. - Persons wlihlna to employ a Bor- ..or will do wall So aire klm a sail, as ho lattors himself that he eaa render satlsfnotion. Deeds of onTOTanoe. artloloe of akrreemeat, and oil lata! papers, promptly aad easily sxeeuted. tJ4mar7 JAMES 0. BABEETT, Jnstieo of the Pesee and Licensed Coareyaassr, lathersbur. Clearfield Co., Pa. i pm-CoDeatleas remlttaaeM promptly made, and all kinds of legal Instruments eieouted oa short aotloe. msye.iuu PAVI DREAMS, SCRIVENER & SURVEYOR, Luthereburg, Pa. THE sohserlber ofsrs his ssrrloos to the puhlls la ths eapsclty of SoriToner and Sarreyor. All oalls Ibr sarreylaf promptly attended to, aad the making of drafts, deeds and other legal Initra menu of writing, exeeuted without delay, and warranted to no oorreet or ao enarge. isjaio J. A. BLATTENB!EBQ!EBf Claim and Collection Office, . . OSCEOLA. Claarflold Co., Pa. e--r-Coi.TTBelnr iod all leiral aapori drawl Uh AiMUPMfT Md di.Ds.tch.- Dffti on and pao- g tiokoU to and from any point in Europo procured. , F. K. ARNOLD a Co . . BANKERS, luthereburf. Clearfield county, Pa. Money loaned at ressonnbl. ratrsi eiehange bought nnd soldi deposits reselTsd, aad a gen earl banking businsss will bs serried on at ths sbors pl 4:12:Tl:tT JOHN D.THOMPSON, Juitlcs of ths Peaea aad Serirsnsr, Curweasrllle, Pa. .Colloetleus made, aad moner promptly paid orer. febirntf E. A. & W. D. IRVIN, naiLia i Beal Estate, Square Timber, Logs - AND LUMBER. OSles In new Corner Store building. asrll7l uurwsnsTius, rn. ana. ALsnaT anaar it-uinr-. w. sliht W. ALBERT L BROS., Manufaotursrs A sxtenslro Dealsrs la Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o. woodland, runs A. ' -Orders soHolted. Bills (lied oa short aotloe aad nasonaUe terms. ' ' Address WsodUad P. 04 Clearfield Co., Pa. jtJJ.l, W ALBERT A BKUH, FRANCIS COUTRIET, MERCHANT, FrtnekTlUe, Clearfield Ceanty, Pa. Kerps eonstantly oa hand a full assortment of Bry Uoods, 11 am ware, urooenes, eaa ...rjiuip. usually kspt la a ratati store, wnico win oe soiu, Tor earn, as eneap as eiiewnere io uie euui. rreoohrille, dune 17, 187-Iy. THOMAS H. FO RCE E csitsa in GENERAL MERCIIAXDISE, ;.. : CiRAHAMTOM, Pa. . ', Also, sxtsnslrs msnufaeturer and dsaler In Sqnars Timber and Sawed Lumber of ell nnd,. ej-Orders solloitsd aad all hills promptly Oiled. - ljyi0 7i ' CHARLES SCHAFER, Lager beer rrewer Clearfield, Pa. TTAVINO rented Mr. Entree' Brewery he XX hopee by striel attention te easiness an ths manufacture of a superior article of BKER to reosirs the patronage of all the old and many new eustomers. -u-aagi. J. K. BOTTORF'S PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY Market Street, Clesrleld, Pa. 0-CR0SI0S MADE A SPECIALTY.1 -VTEOATIVES mad. la eloady as well as i! 1.1 elear weather. Constsntly on hand a good aesortment of FRAMES, STEREOSCOPES and STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Frame,, from any style sf moulding, made te order. eprJB ir JAMES CLEARY, BABBEB ot HAIB DBESSEB, : - - becono fiTRnr. s WJSl CLEAIF1BLD, PA, ti REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sign Painter and Paper Hanger, -: Clearfield, Peaa'a. ii VaVWIU exeeuto Jobs la his Uns promptly a. In a workmanliks manner. sfre,87 - G, H. HALL, PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENJI'A. jTep-Pemps i'weys on bend and made to order . .h-ei eotieo. Pies boron oa reasonaeio terms. All work warranted to under satlefsetlon, at dellreradlf deelred.- , oy:ipa VUI HAIN1I. "Practical millwright, LDTIIER8BTJRO, PA. A rent for lbs A-asrlean Double Tnrblns Wstsr Wheel snd Andrew, A Kalbaeh Wheel. Can fur nish Portable Grl it Mills on short entlee. jyli'71 E. A. BIGLER & CO., pasLsns ix SQUARE TIMBER, aad aiaa.raotursrs or ALL KIND OF SAWED LUMBER, -7'71 CLEARFIELD, PENN A. TROUTMII, Dealer la all kinds of v FURNITURE, Market Strott, One door east Post Olios, augld'71 CLEARFIELD, PA. H. F . N A U G L E WATCH MAKER A JEWELER, and dsaler la Watchen, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver . and riated Ware, Sc., ,,,, TJ CLEARFIELD, PA, M lUAVURIVA CWI RESTAURANT, ( , , . Seooad Btreet, ,' v ' CMARFIBLt), PEN1TA. Always oa head, fresh Oysters, I Cream, atdlJ Huts tree-". Ck-. Ctgarj Tob, UUJ Frulta. Uraaxes. Lsawaa, and sil kind, Can aad Fruits, Oraagss, of fruit IR season -bIiTuIb 0OM .. lw '' THE REPUBLICAN. r' CLEARFIELD, Pa. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH M, UTS. THE BLARmO ENGLISHMAN'S LAMENT. Tho groat Paelflo Journoy X Wro dona, in man j a (own aod font Ivofoiudalodmtnt think I 'to trnolod to tho totting iun, And vonr aonrtr lanohod tho day of judraont I Liko Lounoolot, In qneit of Holy ttroil. From Woitora Boonhoba to Yonkoa Dob I'ro boon a oook or, yot I oodly foil lo, sad too goauuie typa Aaorioan. Whora la thli objoot of my youthful irondor, woo boi a in tao pogoi or nam Biioar . Who oponod ovory ooutonoo with "By thuadort" Aad whiulod alwoyo on n hit of otiok t Tho noro tho orowd of tVioadonnwidBoUlekonf, Too jom my ehoaoo to moot btm oomo to bo Why did ho frot lj ihow himsolf to Diekoai, To IMxoo, bain, Troliopo, not to mo t . - Mo ona aoootts mo with tho word-, WVot MrMgor t uroota no no fotttru oat, or obouto. 'Old bom P No grim tis-ihooUr throntoai mo with dugor. II i don t "quiokiy put too buttor, boit." Round friondly btvrdt ao eooktatl oror tattoo, No broody imuhii any aurntng hour beaett ; And pttllooata aro worn by nil tho laatoo, And tbo planoa donl woor pantalottotl Tho lodtoa, whoa yon oflor chicken salad, Don't ray "I'm protty trowded now, I guoaa V Tboy don't atng (In. Barney w uiUma' bollod, ur HUobbing Hound," nor add atr-oo to yoa. I, too, hart tot liko ovory otbor (allow. In moot n rail war. omolboa. ttroot oar. 9 No girl haa apikod mo witk a flaroo umbrella, Aad anid, (1You git I mean to lit right thar T Gono are tho Tankooa of my early funding) Faded tho Yankee land of eager oucatl I nteet with oulturo, eourtoay, food brooding, Art, tettera, men and women of tho bait. 01 folio w-ltritona, nil my hopoa are andoao) Take eonnaol of a disappointed man 1 Don't oomo out horn, but stay at homo la Loadon Aod aeek in books the true Amorioaal - 11 L The "Minnesota" on Fire at Sea, Of nil titualiuni of danger and dig. tress to wbich men In their various pursuits can be exposed, there is none more full ot borror loan that or being aboard a burning shin in mid-ocean. On land, wben a fire breaks out, it nearly always happens that, whatever be the peril to life and property .strong band and willing hearts are near to rescue or preserve. But at sea there is no help Irom without, and if the means for extinguishing fire be not in complete order, tbe discipline of the crew not perieot, or tbe captain and officers not cool and experienced, the doom of tbe unfortunates on board is sealed, for if any escape tbe flames It id only to perish by tbe waves. I be public, unhappily, has beard of late only ol instances in which the eie. ments or saloly cave been ebamotuiiy wanting, and the terrible fate of. the human beings on board tbe Bienville and the Missouri are still vividly in tbo remembrance ol every one. - In bright contrast with the wretched and culpablo mismanagement which doomed so many of our fellow-beings in these ships to death in all shapes ol unimaginable borror, we have now to relate tbe story, as we have it Iron an eye-witness, of the diliverance of the-steamship Minnesota irom des truction by fire last Cbtismas Day. All that the publio op to the presort time knows of ths occurrence was contained in the fow lines of a message by tbe Atlantio Cable, to tbe effect that, "Tbe steamship Minnesota, irom New York, the I9tb of December, ar rived at Queenslovrn; had beon on fire, five days out, and, after throw ing overboard 120 bales of cotton, had put out tbe fire, and proceeded safely on ber voyage." "Five days outr That means in tbo middle of the At lantic, a thousand miles from any laud there would be any cbanco ot. reach ing in boats, if, indeed, it were possi ble for boats to have been lowered, or if lowered, to have lived during tbe hurricanes that swopt tbe Atlantic last December. We shall let our in. formant tell bis story io his own words, merely promising that the Minnesota, Captain Thomas F. Free man, is one of the fleet of the Guion line of steamers botwoen New York snd Liverpool, and sailed from Now York oo the 19th of December last, witb only a few cabin and no steerage passengers, and a lull general cargo "It was Christmas bve, and our small company of passengers wore in the saloon, not very merry, but try. ing to amuse ourselves in sober, or- deriv fashion, inero was do lomp tatioo to go on deck, for a howling galo was rsging, and a very high sea had been running for two days past. A few minutes past eight the first officer put his head in at tbe door of tbe saloon, and said be wanlod to speak a moment wit,h tbe captain. Uappening to be near, 1 overboard the whisper, 'Tbe second engineer has lust informed me, sir, that tnoy can smell fire wry uluinly from the coal bunkers.' Tho captain went oat, of coarse. 1 following, and on me bridge deck we could see smoke escaping item the ventilators forward of the smokestack. Uesoendinpj to the main iiAfiv. wnors mo uiuvvio v.uih, ,. tbe increasing beat irom me note us Inur uraa nlainlv CCrCfPtible. Thl captain orderd a bole to be rut In tho dock forward of the doctor's room, and while this was being done, the chief engineer had tbo donkey engino connocleo to two noso. ah torn done very quickly, yet without bustle. I Whon tbe hole was cut through, the red Jlamel below wore plainly visble. The water was pumped in, ana ono oi the ventilators being temoved at tho collar, another stream was directed through ths aporluro upon me sneei of rod flames coming along from aft. Then I heard the ordor given by the captain, 'Take off some portion of tbe main hatoh get a whip on the fore boom, lead to steam winch, break out cargo, and put the' hose down tho r Cnn.A n.. aaiil In an. sweri II tne naiuo la ui'uncu, mo um will spread raster.' Aba captains voioe oume buck liko thunder : 'Go on, I and do s I tell you, quickly.' Bo ftectrng sines upon the matter, I am convjnood tbe captain was right, for, unless the fire oould bs mastored by streams of water direotly of applied there) was no possibility saving the ship and the lives of all on board. I got one peep below whon tbe haioh waa removed, and shall nevor forgot the sight for, right across tbe ship, a few feet abaft tbe main hatoh, was one sheet of flame. "It was frightful to see one after another of tbe small nnmber of brave who Ventured into the bole to break opt tbe cargo helped out almost suffocated;- Yet still the fight a fight ot the severest kiod for lile west on for thirteen hours, and bow the faeroio men could stand tbe smoke (the blind ing, suffocating smoke of burning cot ton Is worse than any one can im- agino) is beyond my comprehension. uur nobis captain was in and around tbat borriblo main batoh during lbs thirteen hours, ana seemed ss it made, not of flesh and blood, bat a compound of iron and asbestos. The only officer wno seemed to be endowned witb like endurance was tbe chief engineer, who, tboogb onoe attacked with vom ting, was only away a few minute. To add to our trouble, twice very heavy aea broke on board, and an im mense quantity of water went down tbe batoh ; it oaoaod subsequently a good deal of labor to all banda to get out of tbo ship tbe water tbat bad helped to save our lives. ' At last some firemen were sent down to bold the hose and help to book on the bales and cases, and tbe last fiery bale went overboard at half-past nine on Christ mas morning. t . "Tbe scenes at tbis time was heart- rendering. There lay stretched, in various places, tbo first and second officers, second engineer, doctor, ear penter, joiner, boatswain and bis mate, chid steward, second steerage stew ard.and three brave seamen, writhing in agony, all of them blind, bandages over their eyes, and sunuring excruci ating pain, not only in their eyes, but in inoir inruuis anu cneaia. vur ne roio captaiu suffered loss, but his eyes were mnsmcd, and his voice could only be board in a wbispor. 1 "Uoneraliy speaking, during trying contingencies on shipboard, pssson gore are a source of trouble to the offi core and crew. Of course, any assist. ance we oould render in actual labor on deck would be of little avail; but wben one after another of these brave mon was brought into tbe saloon our energies found tbeir right direction in assisting the saloon and steerage stewardesses in bathing these poor sul- erers bandaged eyes, and giving them all the reliet we could. "Wben tbe fire was finally subdued. and a careful examination showed that no treacherous spark was loft bolow, tbe cargo restowod, and the ebtp put to rignis, i ventured to ask me cap tain if any time be had despaired of saving our lives. 'Unly onco, Le re plied, 'just alter midnight, 1 lull the Minnesota and all her bumao occu Waaantda earrMil A aasvvn sni A Ii A ! as t knns) r U 1 1 lO urfWUIVS DWUII BVw ( MSDBJ UUU I a and he added 'in all my life I never fell so full of gratitude to the good Lord of Heaven and Earth, as I did wben I came up out of tbat holo wben all the trouble was past. Need I add, that in tbis pious sentiment we sll shared and our Christmas Day was pawed in a msnner befitting those who bed thus been mercifully rolieved from the utmost peril or tbeir lives." A Bemarkable Test Plate. One of the devices used by micro. soopists to test tbe correctness and power of tbeir lenses consists of a glass plate, upon which linos or exceeding fineness aro engraved by the diamond! For this purpote a small ruling machine is used, all tbe parts whereof must be made witb unusual nicety. In Europe tbe test platos made by M. Nobert, of Prussia, have long been celebrated for tbe fineness of tbeir ruling, and in this country tbose ot Air. L,. m. Kutb erford. of New York oily. Tbe ex pense of the best Nobert plates bss been 8100 each, and the finest rulings heretofore done have been 120,000 lines to the inch. There are few microscop'iHts who bare ever been able to see or rosolve tbe linos of these plates owing to tbe difficulty of prop erly lighting tbe plate. Dr. Wood. ward, of tbe United States Army, is among tbose who have succeeded i doing so. He has not only seen them bat bas photographed the lines. Professor F. A. P. Barnard, Presi dont of Columbia Colloge, New York bas lately received from Nobert a now tost plate, ordered some two years ago, at an exponse of $200, wbich sur passes in tbe oneness ol Its ruling any thing heretofore produced. It is i slip of glass Si inches long and 11 inches broad, in the center of which the unassisted eye may discover wbst appears to be a mark perhaps the fiftieth of an inch in width. But when placed undor the microscope this mark is found to be composed of a great numborof parallel lines. The plate, in fact, contains twenty lest bands, that la to aay, twenty actios of lined as will occupy or more man oo cudv the field of view of the micro1- scope. Tho flnoness of each band or 'J series varies from a ratio of three thousand lines per square inch up to firo hundred ana fortii thousand lines Dor sauare inch : tbis last band con tains doubls tbe number of lines ever befall ruled on a test plate. Nobert is said to have remarked, on sending this plate, that if lbs microsoopist, on seeing those lines, found that they wcra not sufficiently fine, be would engage to role still finor plato. When Professor Barnard succeeds in seoing thorn, doubtless be will let us know. A Colorado pig rooted into a can of nitro glycerine and devoured twenty pounds of the froscn mixture. His owner attached a long siring to him and took him out In the woods) there be tied him fast, aud then be got kev of run nowder. scattered it aroun tho pig, flixed a fuse a mile in length anri sol Are to 1L In about a ball sn hour a torrifio explosion occared, ana nork went higher tbun ever before. 111! pijj UOII.I IIM FHUHKII v. already cut to supply bis entire neigh borhood, Hereafter when farmers in Colorado want to eat their winter wood they'll fill a pig witb nitro glyo erino and blow bim an. This is an other wonderlul discovery by an ac- oident. .- i. mi . A pair of boots In Iowa cost ju"1 two losds of potatoes, and to raise tha iiolatoes Inst wears out a nair of .... , , . , , boots. - Glue Making. " ! An English writer says "Accord ing to Yardlcy's prowss. the bones are pot into an apparatus in the shape of a hollow globe, aod made of wrought iron (copper cannot Do need because the gelatine bas a very powerful ac tion upon it). ' The first process is to oleanse the bones by immersing them in a pit or oistern of water, where they remain about twelve bours: me water is then drawn off and frosh water ad ded to tbom j this operation Is some times repeated to remove any dirt, sVo. ' Tbe water being withdrawn from tbe bones, a solution of lime in tbe roporlion of one bushel of lime to 500 gallons of water, is to be poured into tbe oistern for tbe more perfect cleansing of tbe bones and tbe remov al of any superfluous matter. After three or four days saturation tbe lime solution should be drawn on snd iresb water added, to get rid of tbe lime. Thus prepared, the bones are placed in tbe globular vessel called the ex tractor, which is Diisa with mera, dv removing the interior plate which covers lbs manhole this aperture is of an ellipstical form, and allows the plate to be Hipped round and retixed its place by turning a nut wnica draws it op tigbt against the interior surface of lbs extractor, and tbe junc tures are made sir-tight by luting. Tbe'extrsotor turns upon a borixontal cylindrical sbaftj one-half of this shaft is made hollow, or consists of a strong tube, which tubo also proceeds down. ward toward the centre oi tbe vessel to conduct the stesm beneath the grating upon which the bones are laid Tbe steam, ol about Jolbs. pressure, is admitted by the cylindrical shaft, pro ceeds first to the bottom ot tbe ex tractor, closing it after the admission of steam. While the sleam is noting non the bones the extractor is oc casionally turned round by means of band-wincb. when at rest, a quan tity of fluid golstine is collected at tbe bottom of tbe extractor, from whence it is discharged by means of a cock into a tube boneatb, atior open ing the air-coca to allow it to run off. Tbis done, steam is again admitted from tbo boiler into tbe extractor to act upon tbe bones for another hour, when the second portion of condensed iqnor is drawn otr. Wben tbe pro ducts thus obtained bave become oold tbe fat wbich has formed upon tbe surface is to bo carefully removed by skimming, and tbe goiatinous portion only is to be returned into tbe extrac tor by means ol a lunnel tbrougb tbo cock on the top. The steam is then admitted to the extractor tor another boar, after wbich it is finally drawn off into another veeeel, to undergo a simple evaporating procoes, nnm it strives at a proper consistency to sol idily it. Ytben cold ibis gelatinous mass is cut out into square cakes, and dried as usual In Ibe open air. Com mon glue is often extracted from hoofs horns, and cuttings of the bidee of ruriotis animals, r or this process the materials aro first stooped in water for two or three days, then well wash ed, and afterward boiled lo the con sistency of thick Jolly, wbich is passed while hot through osier baskets, to separato the grosser panicles ot dirt, bones, Ac. from it, and allowed to stand some time to purify further. V boo the remaining Impurities bave settled to the bottom, it is then melted and boiled a second time. It is next poured into flat frames or moulds. from which it is tsken out pretty bard and solid, and cut into square pieces or cakes, and afterward dried in tbe wind in a coarse kind of net." Another writer says : "Glue is pro. pared chiefly from the refuse of tan. neries, parings of bides and skins, and tbe tendons and ortai ot .slaughter bouses : animal skin in any form, nn combined with tannin, may be made into glue. A good deal of glue is made in Franeelrom bones freed from their phosphate of lime by means of bydro-chiono aoid, but it possesses little adhesive force. Substances in tended for tbe glue msker are maoer- ated with milk of lime for fourteen days, aod dried by exposure to lbs air ; they can then be transported to any distance without undergoing de oomposiuon. Tbe maulacturer gen eralfy treats the material sgain with dilute milk of lime. They are then carefully washed and exposed to the air lor about twenty or thirty boors. They are then placed In a copper boil er wbich hss a perforated false bottom which supports the materials and pre vents tbeir being burnt ; the boiler is filled about two-thirds full of water, and ia piled qp with th. animal sub stances until they are level with tho brim gentle but steady boil should be maintained, and the su buncos should be stirred from time to time. When tbo liquor on cooling forms a firm gelatinous mass, tbe clear portion ia run off into another vessel and a small quantity of dissolved alum is added. . It is kept warm oy means ol hot water, and all allowed to re main undisturbed for some boars lo deposit its impurities! it is next run into the congealing boxes, ana leu to cool. The next morning the masses are turned out upon boards welted witb water, cut into small calces, and these cakes are placed upon nettings to dry. The dry cakes are then dinned into hot water, and lightly rubbed with a brush to give them I . " pins, and lnat.lv stove-dried for sale. This furnishes ine bosland palest glue. After the first liquor is drawn irom the copper, the remains leuin me ooii er are treated with frosh water again and again, until no gelatinous matter . r sri. can be extraoico. ujoww juuhrr. How it is Done. Tbe man wlo answered An advertisement lo the fol lowing affoct snys bis curiosity is sal isnod cow i v . "If yon would like lo know bow to malt a hum. hsnnr. send a postage sump and 25 conts to T. O. box No. IVinninnaLi." lie did send ths necosaary casbnd soon received lbs answer : If vnn era aa biff a fool SS WO think you must be for giving us your money. you can make noma nappy y ing it and going wost yourscll. . Aod yet that man is not happy fill 1L The Great Amerioan Journalists Greeley, Baymond, Bennett, Tbe names most widely known in the annals of American journalism as those of tbe foundors of groat news papers, aro Jsmcs Gordon Bennett, Horace Greeley and Henry J. Ray mond, each of whom strongly impress ed his own individuality on the jour nal undor bis control, and exerted a wide-spread influence on tbe charac ter of the American press at large. an nave passed away wunin a recent period ; tne yonngest of the three dy ing first, less than four vsars aso. the other two at a riper age, while the book which records ths struggles and triamobs of all was passinir Ihrooirh ths press. For the history, in all Us most interesting details, ol the three great newspsper enterprises with wbich their names are connected, we must refer our readers to the pages of nr. Hudson s most important and las cinsling book, in which ample justice s done io lb cbsraoter, alms and achievements of each of these distin guished men. To Mr. Bennett belongs tne credit or nrst aiscornitg tbe ne cessities and possibilities of tbe mod ern American newspaper in its func tion aa tne aissennnstor ot news, lie led tbe way in the establishment of ths grand system of agencies by wbloh, at tbe present day, all tbe news of ths world appears every morning In the columns ot our daily journals, and wbich place them, as nruvpapers, tur in advance oi their European content. poraries. A single copy of a New York journal gives more news than ill be found in a week s file of tbe London TVmfj. At the time of the English expedition to Abyssinia the London papers were Indebted to the courtosy of the Herald correspondent for tbe latest and fullest intelligence Irom the field : and during tbe Fran co German war the' moat interesting snd accurate accounts of the grand achievements of tbe German armies published in the English papers were given in tbe dispatches to the Tribune, but for wbich tbe English public would bsve been compelled to wait tbe am ral of letters by post for more then the meagre telegraphic announcement of victories wbich involved the fate of an empire. Tbe English bave scarce ly begun to learn tbe use of the tele graph for transmitting news. They anuct a contempt lor tbo American system, and plumo themselves on the more solid and scholarly character of meir newspapers; but while ibis view may nave beon once correct, an im partial comparison of American and English journals or the present day would show that in addition to an: amount of news, which would supply lionaon . newspapers jor a week, the leading articles, literary reviews, and correspondence in every issue of one of our first-class papers are as thought- lui ana as careiuiiy considered as the articles which appear in tbe columns of tbo London Timet. Tbe Herald was, perhaps, more ric- idly organized than either the Times or the Tribune, not only with respect to lbs news department, but as to its editorial crops. Both Mr. Raymond snd Mr. Greeley permitted great free dom in their writers, and encouraged individuality oi thought and opinion. The former, indeod, rarely interfered witb bis associates, suggested topics. or dictated a line ol policy. Each editorial writer selected bis own sub ject, treated it In bis own way, In keeping, ol course, with tbe tone and character of the paper; and Mr. Ray- monu, evon wneu in town, rarely saw the articles except in proof. Tbis system bad. undoubtedly, its disad vantages ; slight variances of opinion were sometimes detected in tbe paper, which, of. coarse, were laid to his cbsrge ; but this wss balanoed by ob vious advantages. Mr. ilonnott pur sued a very different systom. He es tablished tbe daily council or editors, wbicn is etui a lesturs in the mansgs ment or lbs Herald. It is held at noon, and every editor is required to is present. The topics of tbe day are fully disoussod at these meetings, snd each writer bas bis subieot as signed to him, and Its treatment pre. svriuea. nuue tne innuence ana viewe of tbe otber writers besides Mr. Greeley and Mr. Raymond were) fre qusntly apparent io the Tribune and tbo limes, the Utraia, undor this sys Vjm, always faithfully reflected the ideas and purposes ol its founder and editor. Mr. Bennett kept the publio at a distance. Fsw outsiders found socoss to bis crivsto room at the Herald of- See. Mr. Raymond and Mr. Greelev. on tbe contrary, rarely refused to see visitors in tbe editorial sanctum. A gentleman once entered Mr. lUv Bond's private office witb the inquiry, "Are you at loisuref" "No, Sir," was the courteous reply, as tho quick pen was stsyed in its progress over tne psgo, "but I am at your servios." For a tow years previous to bis death Mr. Groeloy had a private room in tbo lnbune building, to wbiob bo could rotroat whon the pressure of visitors became too great even lor bis patience but his old room wss open to all, and he might be seen engrossed in work If he heard a stop on tbe floor, he would ask,wllhoutfooklngup," What's wantod ! and would keep on writing while the visitor staled his errand, unless his attontion was arrested by something ot importance. JJolh Mr. breeley and Mr. naymond could lis ten and write at the same time a rare faculty, even among newspaper men. Tho tnaddost woman in tho United States of A merica is lbs one wbo lives at Jackson, Maine, and recently lont ber fifty dollar muff to a female ao quaintsooe, wbo sported it at a small pox funeral who sent it home witb a neat little uoto, stating this tsct, and that as she "bad sprinkled it with benaine, tbe owner need not tear oatob ing tho disease." "Whore are tbe men of 'TO I" shout- sd a Newtown orator. "Dead," re sponded a snd looking man In lbs middle aisle. The Newtown orator wss snrpriied at ths intelligence of nis auaience. CAN, A Neat Swindle, Tbe following, from tbe Philadol- pbia rress, is interesting to all deal ers in jewelry : ; The otber day, at about 12 M.. a carriage, elegant enough in all its ap pointments to be a private "turnout," drove up to Ibe door of one of the largest jewelry establishments on Chestnut streot, notfsr from Twelfth, and from it descended a gentleman, at loast so to all appearances, attired in tne moss issnionsoio manner Sauntering inside with an easy grsce, he reqoosted to see some jewels, sta ting that be desired to make a large purchase. '. He carried in his hsnd a handsome case, or bag, which he de posited on tbe glass before the clerk who stepped forward lo wait upon him. He was very particular in his choice, but at last selected about 12,000 worth of jewelry of arious kinds and styles. As the clerk wss about to put lbs nu merous little boxes into one large re ceptacle, the stranger ssid i "Wait a moment; we can do beltarr" and opening bis case which still remsined upon me countor. oe took from it and handed to tbe clerk a neat box with a koy, sufficiently large to hold all bis purchases. Into this tbo clerk put tbe jewelry and banded it back to bis customer, who locked it. leavins? the key in the lock, and replaced it io tbe osg, closing me latter. Then putting his gloved hsnd into the breast nock. et of bis cost, as if lo take out bis pocket-book, be exclaimed, in great surprise, "Well, how forgetful f sm ! I bsve left my book and monoy at tbe hotel. I must go tack and get it Very careless of me, very. You will, of eonrse, want to keep tbis. It wouldn't do to trust ao entire stran ger with such valuables." and. onen ing the bag, be again took out tbe the little box and banded it to the clerk. "It s very annovlng. but I will drive right to the Continental and be back in a lew moments." With a few commonplace remarks, the elegant gentleman returnod to his carriage and was seen to drive away in the di rection of the Continental, taking witb bim the nice and innocent little bag be bad brought. They waited at the storea long lime for bim lo come back, in lact he bssn t corns back yet At last a light dawned upon tbe terrified clerk, and he reached for the beautiful litllo box with ths beau tiful little key. "Oh, it's all right of course," he hoped, in spite of bis suspicions. "Something has detained the gentleman, but I may as well make sure, lie is snre now. Ths beautiful little box with tbe beautiful little kev cental nod old worthless iron padlocks. ao nsws 01 ibe tbiei. Every reador will see at onoe how the swindle was accomplished. Tbs man bud two beaulilul little boxes, with two beau tiful little keys, in that innocent little bag, nnd, of coarse, gave tbe right one (,mat is lor bim,) lo tbe clerk when he left Star Drift. One ol the most re markable discoveries supposed to be made by modern scionce is the drift ing! ibe stars. Mr. Iiichsrd A. Proc tor, Secretary of ths Roval Astrono mical Society, claims the merit of first suggesting ths possibility of tbore be ing in fact no fixed stars: but Prof. Uuggios is said to have first demon strated the fact that certain of tbe stars, notably Siring, are wandering lurougn space wttu aitaost incredible rapidity. Thenndulatory lightwaves are the criteria by which this ap proach or recession is formed, and tbe rate at which tboy strike the eye of ibe observer gives tbe proof of the euire turning towuru ine carlo or go ing irom it. ji me waves come in quicker succession than from a lumi nous body at rest, the source of light. according to a well know law, is ap- uruacuing: n, on ins contrary, ibey come in slower succession tUan from a luminous body at rest, the source of light is reeeeding. Not only does tbie 'star drift' as Mr. Proctor calls it take place with single stars, but note groups, wun rytbmio motion are circulating among themselves, sometimes drifting silently, swiftly, mysteriously, in a common direction, sometimes intervolved in a manner at present unaccountable. Tax Riorbkt Man in tux World. This enviable person is probably tbe 17 I I . T, . .r . xtueuiTo oi Agypi. ins yearly in como is 150,000,000 and be bas twen Iv-five richly-furnished palaoos within the walls of Cairo. Ho is vastly mora progressive thsn ths Sultan, his Turkish master ; is rapidly extending ui uuiiiimuuv, untitling ranroaus ana mailing commercial improvements, ana win ultimately become Independ ent of Turkish domination. Ho ie at present making arrangements for ths connection oi a railroad up the .Nile to Dongola, and tbence across the desert to Loudan, which country be will make oce of bis own provinces. It baa been remarked of him that as Viceroy upon any throne in Eurone, he would be the greatest monsrch of the age. lie is not only a prince, but a merchant, a capitalist, a stateiimsn and a cultivator. He sleeps only four uours oui oi iwenty tour, and at bis desk center his railroads, steamship iimwv, uiv, ..iiuo, iveini eerviuo, pn- vale estates, sugar mills, cotton cul lure, army, navy and civil service. Books. To use books rightly is to go to mem lor neip ; W appeal to them when our knowledge and power fails: to be led by them into wider sight, purer conceptions thsn our own, and roceivo from them the united sentence of tho judges and councils of all time against our solitary snd unstable opin 100. AUSA'in. Wbat agonies must that poet bave enaured, wno, writing oi bis love, as serted in . his manuscript that," h "kissed ber under the silent stars.' and found out the compositor bad mads him doclare thst "be kicked ber undor lbs collar lairs." It Is proposed to oat In aneraiion at the Vienna Exhibition a model sboe fsotpry, doing all lbs stspg qf ths, work hv meuhincrr. and tomina- out's. Da. jisuca ito. in seven minute. i i , . . . ' . - w ' Good Humor a Duty. Can any one define good humor f- We all know wbat it is. We can feel and enjoy It, bat It is bard to pin tho thing down to any formal definition. The good humored man is at all events a happy man, a man to be envied, s utan on whom trouoies sn ngnuy, anu a man wbo oonlors as maoblisppinees ss be enjoys. He radiates it as ft were, and bis good humor oecoraes tbe atmosphere io which olher peo ple's good bumor, latent or pinod half to deatb, comes out, revives and flour isbes. Good bumor can scarcely bet called a moral virtue. It depends! perhaps as much on disposition and tbe perfeot action of the liver as on anything else. A good humored man must be ipso facto a happy msn, a man wbo enjoys s good dinner. ' Now, a quality which depends upon the ao- tion oi a man s liver can scarcely do a high mural quality. And yet bas any man a right to be dyspeptic. Is it not a moral duty not to be f Set ting aside the rare cases of inevitable misfortune, ia not dvsnenaia a man'. own fault, generally the result of bis gluttony, bis lasioess, ins stupidity, bis carelessness or his ignorance f And are these things moral virtues? Has a man any right to make bimself wretched, to people bimself witb hor rors, to make himself a nuisaoca to bimself and everybody about him, be cause be lacks 'the sense to control bis sppetite or keep bis liver beallbyf One of these) days we shall oomo to the conclusion thst the snarling, fret ful, ill-tempered or complaining and depressed victim is not merely to bo pitied, but deserves to bo punished as be ia He may be very devotional, in bia way. . He may make high preten tions lo piety and religious reeling, but he is none the loss a nuisance ; and on tbe wbole, dyspeptic is as un healthy as any other dyspeptio thing. A Man'i Way and a Woman' Way When a woman has a ben to drive into a coop she takes hold of ber hoops witb both hands and shskes tbem qui etly towards the delinquent, and says s "bhew 1 there." Tho hen takes ono look at tbe object to convince herself tbat it's a woman, and stalks majesti cally into tbe coop in perfect disgust or lbs sex. A man don t do tbat way. He goes out of doors and says, "It is singular that nobody in tbis house Can drive a ben but myself," and picking up a suck oi wooo, nuns it at me oi fending biped, and observes, "Get in thero, you thief." Tbe hen immedi- stoly loses her reason, snd dashes lo tbe opposite end oi tho yard. Tbe msn straightway dasbos after her. She comes back again with her bead down, wings out, and followed by an assortment of siova wood, fruit cans and coal clinkers, with a much puffing and very mad man in the rear. Then she skims up on tbe stoop, and under tbe barn, and over a fence or two, and around tbe house, and back again to tbe coop, all the while talking as only sn excited ben can talk, and all tber time followed by things convenient for handling, and by a man wboso coat is on tbe saw buck, and whose hat is on ibe ground, and whose per spiration and profanity appear to bavs no limit, ay ibis tune the other bens, have come out lo take a band in the dobate and help dodge the missiles and then the man says that every her, on tbe piacs shall be sold in tbe morn- ng, and puts on bis things and goes down slrevt, and the woman dons her hoops and has every one of those bens boused and contented in two minutes. and tbo only sound heard on the rem- ises to me hammering by the oldest boy, as be monds tbe broken pickets. Daabury yews. A visitor in Philadelphia wonders if - tbs publication of jokes ie prohibited by law in tbat city. Probably not, and for tbo same reason that there ia no law against water flowing up hill or people walking on their hoads. Tbe olher day some wit asked a Phil adclphian wbat was tbe original pen wiper, lie gave it up, or courso. Conundrums do not grow in that citv. "It waa Penn's pocket-bandkerchieiT repiiett lbs wit. "ion cannot snake me beliove that William Penn used lo Ipe bia quill witb bis handkerchief," retorted the Pbiludclpbian, with con siderable feeling. A law to suppress joking among sucb a population would be as uscioss as a statute against dan cing in a hospital of cripples. Qoldcm Age. A good story ie told of the studenta- of an institute wbich Is located in a. New England Stale. A year or two. since, just before Lont, the Principal of tbe school lectured tho boys upon . me propriety oi abstaining irom aonve accaslomed article ofdieldutingLent, and desired each one to write tbo name of tbo article upon a slip of pa per, and band them to him next morn ing at the opening of the school. Tho papers were handed in, and upon.; evory one was written lbs significant, word, "Hash." To TDK Point. Iwv. Talmagc, ono of New York's sonsatloii clergymen, in bisspeecb lost Sunday morning thus alluded to the Credit Mobilier disgrace: "The Augean stable, unclesned after 8,000 oxen bad stood there for thirty years, wss a smsll job fur Hercules compared with wbat the Poland Com mUteo found of national dirt in Hie -Congress halls. On that Union Pa. . oifio railroad many of your represent- stives look a through tioket to boll. They paid their fure in 80 per cent . dividends." A sleepy student, wbo bsd spent -tbe previous night in wild carousal, wss called upon lo read the following verse from scripture t "Mosos wss at ausleie man, and made atonement for the sins of bis people." Imagine the consternation of the professor and the, wild hilarity of tbo students, whsn he read it as follows; "Mosos wss an oystcrman, and made ointment fur the shins of his people." A Troy, N. Y., dentist, while ply ing his avocation around the moutlt of a lady customer recently, was seised witb emotional insanity snd kissed hor. She was not so fur nndor ths in fluence of ether bnt thst lbs shock re vived bor, and the loolb carpenter loaned ber busband l.'0 on long limo Ihs next day, besides making nocbsrge -for bis two aod a hall boors' work. A model bill, made out by an old. farmer against bis neighbors, resd as follows: "Nolgbbor A. to Dr. to B.,. to horse and wagon going to mill once sines and twice before, one dollar." Senator Bogy began his career as a page in the Missouri legislature, when be drew a salary of fifty cents a day. em Si - Pennsylvania, according to the latest bss seventeen fini.tlnd andsix-ly-scon, blind poi'Soiis.,