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McENALLY & MoClJEDY,
A1XOUNKY3-AT-LAW, .
Clcmrfiold, P. ,
r-Lcrd bilnM tndd to promptly with
iUij. OmooBiou4 .trwt1.W.tb. Firit
HalnoJ B.nk. . '"
woi.ujii.wiu.ici. ri niio.
WALLACE & FIELDING,
ATTORN EYB-AT-LAW,
Ciemrfiold, Pi.
sflud bulBMi of nil kiuJ. attended to
lSproinptn.i. d Hd.llty. OSe. In r d.jc.
WflllMl A. W.11M. jUiV.ll
Q. K. BARRETT,
ATTOBNIT AND C0UN8SLOR AT LAW,
CLEARFIBLD, PA.
H.Tlnt rollPd hi. Jud.ihip, 1M roinmed
lb. prMtiw of tbo taw in bi. old oBe. t Cl.r
tald, Pfc Wilt .Itond the ooort lif Jofferton nd
Kb een.ll.. wben pecillj t.uined in eonneetion
witb relident oonniel. 1:14:71
T. H. MURRAY,
AirOKNEY AND COCNSELOR AT LAW.
Prompt .tuition (Iron to .It legal bniineu
Mtruted to bi. re in Clnrleld .od .'Ijoiniof
eonntiel. OOoe 01 Muket it,, oppoilto N.ule'(
Jewelry fltor Clen.ld, Pfc JoH'"
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTOBNBY AT LAW,
Clc.rfleld, Pa.
V.0Bi In the Court llouie,' iel-ly
H. W. SMITH,
ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW,
llil.-fl CUnrfleld, P.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Met on Seoond St., Cie.r8.ld, P. sotI1,0
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clc.rfleld, Pi.
-0O.e In the Court Iloo.e. JyllCT
JOHN H. FULFORD, ;
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
rUnrBcld. Pa.
OSm o H.rk.t St., orer Jotepb Bhoweri'
Srocerj .tore. J.n.1,1871.
um. 1. K'cri,i.oco.
wn. a. n'ccLLOcen.
T. J. MoCULLOUGH & BROTHER,
ATTORN KYS AT LAW,
Cle.rOeld, Pa.
vmeo on LOCn Bireei, nn; uppw., .
M.neo of Dr. K. V. Wilion. Wo here in or of
llee ono of Kieiee A Bro'l lorgut 6 re and bar
fitr proof eafei, for tbe protection of book., deed.,
ad othor roloable p.pori placed in oarch.rgo.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
As Btal It.e Agent, Clearfield, Pa.
09oo oa Third .tr.ot, bet. Cherry A W.lnot.
HoT-Re.peotfully off.ri hll lerriceiln m1Mb
udbuyiif laid. In Clearneld and adjoining
eenntiei md with ai experience of orer twenty
yean a. a inrT.yor, Batten himielf that bo can
renier latlifaetioi. "
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
EEAL ESTATE BBOKER,
1XD DI1I.11 W
Saw Tiog and Iminber,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Cfloo In Kaeonlc Bsllding, Room No. 1. l:li:Tl
J. J. LINQLE,
ATTOBNEY-AT - LAW,
LIB Oiecola, Clearfleld Cos Pa. rpd
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Wallaeeton, Clearfiold Couuty, Pem'a.
VeA.AH legal bniineu promptly attended to.
D. L. K REB S,
Snocefinr to II. B. Swoope,
Law and Collection Office,
ritl,171 CLBARFIELD, PA.
lebn H. Onrli. C. T. Aleiander.
ORVIS & ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Uellefonte, Pa. eeptleS-y
J. 8. BARN HART,
. ATTORNET AT LAW,
llcllefbntc. Pa.
Will nraetiea la Clearneld end all of tbe Conrt. of
tbe aith Jedietal di.lriot. Real e.lete buiineea
and aolteotlon of olaimt Hade ipeolaltiei. al'7 1
CYRUS GORDON,
ATTOBUBY AT LAW,
Market afreet, (lorth lido) Clearneld, Pa.
A Illegal builnou promptly attended to
3ea. M,
DR. T. J. BOYER,
THYBICI AN AND 3UBQE0N,
OBoe oa Market Street, Cloarleldi Pa.
AW0m. koar.1 I to II a. m., and I to I p. m.
R. E. M. 8CUEUBER,
nOM(EOPATHIC PHY8I01AN,
Offloo la MaionU Building,
April M, 1171. ' ' ClearleU, Ta. j
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
LCTIIBRJBBUR0, PA.
'IDnt.Bd profuilonal call, promptly. anflOTO
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN k SURGEON,
HAV1N8 located at PcnnlloM, P.., olTcrt til.
pnfeeelenal eorrloe. to the reoplo of that
end nrronnding eoutry. Alloalli promptly
Headed ta. Oct. U If.
DR. J. P. BURCHFIELD,
' oerieoa of tbo 83d Regiment, Pennejrlt.iila
'elaiteero, baeing returned from tbo Army,
'en kli profetiioa.1 .erTlcee to UeoltlieM
' Clnrleld eoint.
(Profenlonal oallt promptly alUnied to.
jj" Beeond Itreet, formorlyocooplod by
w4i. - ... .prVM-U
JOHN A. GREGORY,
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT,
11 ,k c"" H'tt"! Clearneld, Pa. '
yi.H"'' od at homo oa Ibo LAST
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VOL. 47-WHOLE NO 2315.
j. ioij.owc ... , , i. pin. ci. ir.
' ' HOLLO WBUSH k CAREY, : 4
BOOKSELLERS,
Blank Book Manufacturers,
AND BTATI0NEB.8,'
218 JUarktt St., FMIadelphta.
e,Paper Flour Bank, and Bag., Fooln.p,
Letter, Note, Wrapping, Cartaln and Wall
Paper.. feb4.TU-lypd
GEORGE C. KIRK,"
Juitloo of tbo Peaoo, Burreyor and Conroyanoar,
Lutberaburg, Pa.
All buelnen Intruited to him will bo promptly
attended to. Penona wlabing to employ a Bur
eeeor will do well to tiro bim a rail, a be latter.
bimeelf that be oan render .nti.faction. Deeds of
oonTeranee, artiole. of agreement, and all Irgal
naneri. promptly ani neatli eiocuted. II6mar7l
DAVID REAMS,
SCRIVENER & SURVEYOR,
i , , Lutbenbnrg, Pa. k - r c
TBI luburibOT effen hi. erioe to the publlo
in the capacity of Bcrirener and Burtejor.
All nil. for eurTejing promptly attended to, and
tbe making of draft., deed, and other legal inttru-
rnent. or writing, eieeuteu wimont uemj, pun
warranted to bo correct or no obarge. 1UJ.7J
J. A. BLATTENBEBQEB,
Claim and Collection Office,
OSCEOLA, Clearneld Co., Pa.
USS-ConTr.Tanelni and all legal paper, drawn
with accuracy and di.patcb. Draft, on od pa.
eg. ticket, to and from any point in Kuropi
procured. ooto'Tt
F. K, ARNOLD &. CO.,
BANKERS,
Lutbcraburg, Clearfleld coanty, Pa.
Money loaned at reaionabll rate; oxebanga
bought and .old; depo.it. recelred, and a gen
earl banking btMinaa. will b. carried on at the
aboro place. d:l:Tl:tf
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Ju.tlce of tbo Peace and Scrtrener,
Cirwen.Tlllo, Pa.
.Collection, made, and money promptly
paid oeer -
feb21'71tf
E. A. , W. D. IRVIN,
M1LIU II
Eeal Estate, Square Timber, Logs
AND LUMBER.
Ofllco In new Corner
Store building.
Curwennille, Pa.
noyli'71 .
010. 1L.IIT n.K.T 1L...T .....W.L.IT
W. ALBERT Sl BROS.,
Mannfactnren A eiten.ite Dealer. In
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o.,
WOODLAND, PBNN'A.
t0rderl eolieited. Bill, tiled on abort notloe
anu nuunaui. .viu...
Ad dree. Woodland P. 0., Clearneld Co., Pa.
j.Ji.lj W ALBKUTABKUS.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Frencbrlllo, tlearlield County, Pa.
Keep, eon.t.ntly on h.nd a toll .eiortment of
Dry uooa., tiaroware, wroeen, ... .rjtn,uB
uaually kept In a retail .tore, which will be eolii,
tor .am, al oneap a. eieewnere lu cue
Frenchrille, June 17, 186,
THOMAS H- FORCEE,
SULCI II
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
GKAHAMTON, Pa. :
Alto, extcnelre m.nufactorer and dealer In Square
Timber and Dawea l.umoeroi au a,uu..
-Order, eolieited and all bill, promptly
Blf.d. l-jylo'71
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER It K E W KK,
Clearfiold, Pa.
HAVINO rented Mr. Bntre Brewery Be
hope, by .trie! attention r baiineie and
the manufacturo of a auperlor article of BEER
to reeeiTo the patronage of all tbe old and many
new ou.totnen. OU6aug7J
J. K. BOTTORF'S '
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Market Street, Clearneld, Pa.
oy-CR01108 MADE A SPECIALTY.-
NEOATIVES m.de la aloudy a wall a. In
clear weather. Constantly on hand a good
ar.orlment of FRAMES, 8TERE0SC0PE8 and
STKRKUSCOPIC VIEWS. Frame., from any
tyle of moulding, made to order. epr28 tf
J EW. SCI1ULER,
BAEBER AND HAIR DRESSES,
Second itrcct, next door to Pint National Bank,
aovt'72 Clearneld, Pa.
JAMES CLEARY, ,
BAEBER & HAIR DRESSER,
SECOND STREET,
JyJS CLEARFIELD, PA. ti
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfleld, Pem'a, ?
VoA-Will execute lob. in bit line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. ar r4,67
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
REAR CLBARFIELD, PBNN'A.
jafyPump. alwaya oa hand and made to order
on chart notice. Pipe, bored on roaooaablo terme.
All work warranted to reader aatlifaotlon, nd
deliTored if deaired. myliilypd
JLIUARMAN,.
rUALillAii miLLiiY AtlUill,
LUTHERBBGRO, PA.
A rent for the Aierlean Double Turbine Water
Wheel aid Andrew. A Kalbaeh Wheel. Can fnr
al.h Portablo Criit at ill. oa abort aotiaa. jyli'71
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
tllLIR. II
SQUARE TIMBER,
aid maaufaetciror. of
ALL KINDS OF BAWEO LUMBER,
l-T'Ti CLEARFIELD, PENN A.
N TROUTMAR,
Dealer la all kind, of
FURNITURE,
Market Street, '
Ono door east Pott Ofllco,
.o,1 mi CLEARFIELD, PA.
H. F. NAUQLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER,
and dealer la
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, &c,
J.U7J CLEARFIELD, FA.
M
UAUOHBYeV CO.'
RESTAURANT,
feoend Street,
CLEARFIELD, PINWA.
itway. oa liaad, Trwh Oyil.r., lei i Cream,
Candle., Not, Craakor., Cakea, Cigar., Tobaooo,
Canoed Frulu, Orange., Lemon., and all hind.
of frnlt In eeaena.
stTBILLlABD FOOM oa tetoid few.
fjjm - P.McOASaW AOO.
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, Pa. ',
.WBDNESDAT MORNING, APRIL , tlTt
. : ENDURANCE. , - ...
J . . . i r eWatai jomlti.
Tii bitter to endure the wrong
Which oril bond, and tongue, commit,
The bold encroachment, of the strong, .
The ehafla of -calumny and wit,
Tbo scornful bearing of the proud, '
lb. sneer, and laughter of the crowd. '
And harder still it I. to bear
Tbe eeasuro of the good and wioe, '
Who, ignorant of what yon are.
Or blinded by the slanderer's lies, ' ' - '
Look ouldly On, or pas. you by, I "
;I?. iXii-t 0V v - -,rfirf-4J.-
Bnt when tbe friend, la whom your tract
Vtu steadfast as th. mountain rock, .
Fiy, and are scattered like the dust,
Befon misfortune's whirlwind shock,
Nor lore remains to cheer your fall,
Tbi. i. man terrible than all.
But oren thi. aad these aye, more,
Can bo eudured, aad hope eurriro;
Tbe noble spirit still may soar, ' -
Although the body fails to tbrlre, ,
Disease and want may wc.r tbo fr.iae '
Thank Uod the .out i. itill tba same.
Hold up your hc.d, than, man of grief,
Nor longer to the tempest bend j
For soon or late must oumc relief j
The coldest, darkes. night will end : '
Hope In the trne heart never dies I
Trust on the day star yet shall rise.
Conscious of purity and worth, 1
Voo may with ealm asruranoe wait
The tardy recompeuee of earth ;
And e'en should justice come too late
To sootbe tbe spirit's homeward flight, '
Still Hearen, at last, the wrong shall right.
Planting Potatoes.
Tbo potato tbo past year wni a fail
uto in quality on account of the great
boat. Many labor wbro so tcorcbed
that tbey became watery and runic:
and lomo very near tbe aurface or
partly exposed, assumed the eroen
color and titter taste of tbe vine,
making tbom unfit to foed even to
stock, on account of tbe poisonous
property engendered by the raya of
the aun. The remedy is, plunt deep,
from aix to seven inches. This for
various reasons : It will permit very
arly planting an advantage secur
ing thus the eed against tbe frost, or
If reached by it, it will permit it grad
ually to draw out, which will save it;
it will favor it In a drouth, and pro
vent the setting of tubors too near tbe
surface, so that tbo sun cannot injure
thorn; billing can aUo be dispensed
with, and only tho cultivator usod to
make mellow and keep out the grass,
witb no danger of burling tbe roots
or tho tubers.
By putting out early, with tbe first
mellow soil, tbe potato will sprout
ana grow on, unimpeded In the ground
instead of the cellar, and got tbe bene
fit of the Winter's moiiture, which in
an early drouth, Is of importance.
I'articulurly should tho Early Rose be
put out early. The experience bere
is, decided and unvarying, that you
cannot get it out too early in case
you havo mellow ground for It. It
will crow in tbe worst of weather,
snow and frost excepted, and seems
to dchuht in it, while at the same
time other sorts are at a stand still,
thus making this emphatically what
it is, an early potato, l'lant closo
rather than wide apart, say 12 to 15
inches in tbo row, as this sort keeps
its tubers close together, a nest of
them, and easily gathered. They
will then also be of a medium rathor
than a large sire, which is favorable
to quality ; and by putting but ono or
two eyes in a bill, there will bo fow
small potatoes. Thus a crop of Early
Hose can be ripened very early, ana
of a superior quality and yield. But
tbo ground must bo dry or won
drained ; and as a guard against rot,
there should be more sand than cirty
n the soil.
Lale sorts should rccoive tho same
treatment as curly. Tbey will then,
by beinc put out early, cot tbe whole
season's growth, and will ripen in
lime lor dry gathering. A potato
wants to bo grown rather slowly, but
continuously, and well ripened. It
will then be sound and solid, fi no
grained, and of better flavor j also more
mellow, Kank growth will give a
rank taste, and a watory condition a
loss concentration of substance
Exporicnco has domonstratod that
it is bettor to manure in the hill than
to ripply broudcast. Bettor a poor
soil, with some good forlilizor in tbe
bill, than rich land ; and the best fer
tilizer are ashes, gunno, reduced bono,
plastor, ko. Asho are a special ma
nure lor this plant.
Will our farmer who are not in the
secret of early planting, try u ii.ie
year. Try it on a small scale of no
other. Put out with the very first
mollow soil. If It Is in Marob ; but b
sure and plant deep, nover loss than
six, and better seven inches. When 1
say better oven I mean It particu
larly with tbo ttuny itoe. uui uo u
with all sorts. Do not fear tho frost
with the soed 10 deep in the ground.
Put a good quantity of unloachcd
wood ashe and hen dung in tho hill
If tbe soil is not rich. The asho and
dung should be applied and covered
at once, a soon as mixed, as else the
strongtb by the union will escape, and
that rapidly, noep our, iub grass,
keep tho ground mellow. Ciiuniry
Gentleman.
What Has Become or rnc Ku
Klux 7 It is a remarkable fuct, that
ainco tho President's election wo hear
nothing about orlmes perpetrated by
the Ku Klux, and, what I equally
singular, the 1'rosidont has pardoned
nourly all of those who, during tbo
campaign, were tnoa anu incarcera
ted in the Albany penitentiary. Tho
whole thing looks as though all the
cry we heard about the ku ivinx De
fore the clootion. and all the money
sptnt by the Government ostensibly
to uppre)s thorn, were simply elec
tioneering dodge to make vote for
tirant, r
tho Hartford Dally Times speaks
of "tbe lowosb tomperaturo otor
niarkod in Conneotiout, from tbe day
of tbe Pil-jrim to those of Oukes
CLEARFIELD,; PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1873.,
- The Falae Inaugural. ... :
, ,. j , Bf DON PIATT. ,
In what tho flew York Herald
term Its "nrf and arf. report of tho
inauguration, compounded of English
"stout" in tbe porBon of Edmund Yatos,
and American sparkling ale, In that
of Don Pia'.t, we find several amusing
ining. 'A ne Doia nruisiicr is rather
beavv in bla stylo, and rather flilnomo
in bis laudation of everybody and
everything, determined to atoid the
rock on which XAickeoa lounUerod.
Our bolder brothorof America scoffs
nndisguisedly at the whole perform
ance, and alLhouL'h tjiangy, is witty.
From tbe report of tho luttor we take
this capital bit. It has some very
characteristic touches. Tbe Fulee In-
way an i yi n s. t Jlrswl ,a ... .
Fellow citizen (without regard to race,
color, or previous Condition of servi
tude): I apiear before you to take the oatb
which the Constitution prescribes to.
as Prosidcnt of tbe Uuited States
As I took the samo oath four years
ago, I do uot myself see any particu
lar use in tukins it again. However,
I suppose somothing is proper to ho
taken on such an occasion, and an
oath Is as cany to tuko as anything
which has so litllo dampness about it.
I do not know but swearing ajrreos
with my health, for I do r.ot remem
ber anything cluo that I havo done
that I bad afterwards so little to re
call. I am glad to moot so many of
my iciiow-ciiiKena anu cuir.cuehner.au
are present on this occasion, and 1
hopo that they will agoe with me that
this is the greatest ovont of the oc
casion, x bave taken uncommon pain
to commit my speech to momory,und,
after the pious mannor of our ances
tors, have requested tbo prayers of
tbe clorgy for my safo delivery. Al
though thig i admitted to have been
a bad year for Christiana, I fool that
1 have beon considerably borne np and
strengthened by their petitions, and
that it' I were as tedious as a kins I
could find it in my heart to bestow it
all npon my follow-citizens on this oc
casion. During tbe past four year 1
leel that I havo dono my duty. It is
said tbat a man act best bis part
when ho attends to bi own allairs
and lets thote of other alone. I have
in most cases mado that my rule of
conduct 1 have taken good care of
my own intorosta and let tbo country
tuko care of its and I have reason to
believe that tba country Is as well sat
isfied a I am with tho arrangement.
It is an agreeable task to a man of my
feelings to acknowledge the receipt of
articles of nse or ornament presented
to bim as memorial ot post, and espe
cially of future good offices. In this
department of publio duly tbe de
mand! Upon my attention havA hen
numerous, not so numerous, liowerci,
as to begot any dislike to their repe
tition, and it is but fnirfor me to sug
gest that my hopes for the future are
in every respect as lively as my grat
itude for tbe pant. If I have any
thing to regret it is that things bare
now and then como to hand, doubt
less through the inadvertence incident
to the emotions of than kfulness,murked
witb the character C. U. D., which I
am given to understand moans either
Call Un Dent or Collect Un Delivery.
In cither sense these letters are un
welcome, and. In justice to myself, I
am constrained to express the hope
that no occasion will horcallor be af
forded for thoir repetition. The Credit
Mobilicr required a great deul of delib
eration of the roost delicate character.
Crodit Mobilier (a I have been in
formed by one of my near relatives
wbo is a corroctorof the pres.'), moans
credit that emigrates in spito of tho
utmom care on tho part ot niombvrs.
Considerable credit has emigrated from
Congress during tho past Winter, the
effect of which, it is to be feared, will
be unwelcome, not having been placed
where it Will do tho most good to tho
partios concerned. It is a fact easily
domonslrablo that tho country ie larg
er the more square miles it contains,
and tbe more populous In proportion
to tho number of lis inhabitants.
This should lead us to consider tho
moan by which national greatness
may most easily be obtained. Tho
people of San Domingo are pressing
for admission into the liopublicau
party, and will add much to our force
at my next election. What the policy
of my government will bo in that res
pect will depend upon the view I cn
tortain. Tbo Secretary of tbo Navy
inform me thut, under tho present
form of construction, it will be im
possible for our ships of war to carry
with them those dry dock ana coal
ing stations, nway lrom which their
priu r nviromo. Tbo safest plaoo
in tbe world (al I am inlormtij; fur u
bin of war is In a dry dook. - The
next Is a coaling station, its ncou
theso. therefore, whenever our ships
of wur go in search of our absconded
commerce, in me nnaing oi wuicu
they havo hitherto not bcon very sue
cessful. And now, icllow-citizons and
citizonesscs, without regard to race,
color or proviou condition of servi
tude, 1 thank you for your attendance
and bid you a wcloomo adieu. '' .
In China, when a contractor cnga
go to build A bouse, ho enclose the
premises and sots up cooking appa
ratus to supply his hired men witb
regular meals at the most economical
rate. Having tuken breakfast, they
work till noon, rest one hour and
leave off at 6 p. m., and return to
their homos. On leaving, each takes
a ticket, which admits bun next morn
ing. These tickets are daily voaoher
oi tbe Artisan prosonce. lounicu
up at any timo a truo account is rend
ered. A man on the ground throws
several brick to another ton foot
abovo, and he to another still higher.
Thus the mason aro supplied a they
ascend with the wall. ' Instead of car
rying mortar in a hod, It is thrown by
ibovolful from one story to another,
to any required olovation, without
pilling a particle, so expert aro they
uy uonuuuui jirucueu.
. , I i i ea ' "
lion. James Dixon, United Stales
Senator from Connooliout, from 1857
to 1809, diod at hi rssidonce, la IUrt-
tbrd.oo the Z7lti, nged W year.
v; The Rates of Postage.. ' y
li 1 " !- " ' '. v.i r---: - tin I
auo history of , the " reduction of
pottaifo in this country is comDroben-
sivcly given in a report made to the
House ot Kopresenlauvos by,. JUr.
FurriBworlb. in 1702 the first post
ago sc. wa passed., It introduced a
highly complicated system. Tho low
ost. postage was six oonts to places
witjiia thirty uiilos: oiirlit con is to
plaeos within sixty mile) ton cents
to places within one hundred milos;
twslve and a bait cents to places
within one hundred tnd fifty miles:
fiflten cent to pluoea within twohun-
oi eu miles; seventocn cent to places
within two hundred and fifty miles :
twenty conts to plaooa. vrilbir) three
hundred and fifty mile j twenty-two
eents to places' within four hundred
steui Afty -t, oust tp,aij.tlT( .r..
to places more than tour hundred and
miy miles distant. Jn 17i)U tbo rules
were chaDged.. The lowest riite was
raised to eiirbt cent and the lowest.
distance to forty miles. Instead of
nine rates there was six ; twonty couls
carried lotion five hundred miles and
twenty flvo etnts was still oliargod for
greater distance. Jn 1816 tho mini
mum rates wore acain reduced to six
cents and the distance to thirty milos;
only five rates wore established: eigh
teen and a ball conts carried letters
four hundred miles and for longer dis
tances twenty-five cents wbb eWaed
still. '
Theso rates, with & sinrrlo execntion.
whoro the postage was increased, con-
tmucu unm ic-io, wnon tbo first ma
terial reduction look nluco. Five cents
becamo the postage" for lottors carried
a distance of less than throo hundred
mile ; ten conta for nil greater dis
tances. At tbe same timo the drop
Idler system wa introduced, suub
letter being chargod two cents. Pre
vious to this timo the rule had boon
that the abavo ratos were for tinglo
letters tbat ia, letters on one sheet of
paper, larco or small and without ref
erence to woight. ' In 1845 tho half
ounce woight was made the standard,
inatead of tbo number of sheets. In
18M the single rale was made three
conts for all distances under 3.000
miles and six conts for greater distan
ces. It nrenald. th a bcinir thn firm. in.
... , o
(luccment hold oat to prepay loll era
L npaiu letters were chanced llvo and
ton cents, according to tno distance.
In 1855 prepayment was required,
three cents being still tho rales for
distances undor 3,000 milos and ten
cents charged for greater distances.
In 18U3 tho present rate of tbrco cents,
propaid by stamp, for all distances,
was established. The history of those
reductions shows, also, that no mate
rial loss of revenuo has beon thoir
mmcdiate result and that no loss at
All has boon permanent. Since 1851
orhee, ewe,eMtti.ji(f tiw uivi.u..isw
was fixed, the revenue of Iho post-of
floe has Increased from $5,500,000 for
that yoar to BZ.OUO.OUO In 1872 ; but
we ncod not go further into dotails.
Tho proposed reduction of tho sin
gle letter rato to two coots is an ex
ceedingly important step. Wo can
estimate very nearly what the effect
of the present reduction will be. Dur
ing the last rear there were sold four
hundred and four-nnd-a-balf millions
throe cent stamps and 03,000,000
three cent envelope. As double rates
aro almost always paid by additional
stamps of thi denomination, and as
foreign post ago Is vory frequently paid
with two or moro three cent stamps,
wemay take $15,000,000, 1116 value
of flvo hundred millions three cent
stamps, as the sum to be affected pri
marily by tho now reduction. Were
the number Bold to bo stationary, tho
consequence would bo a loss to the
revenue Of one-third of this sum in
other words, a loss of 85,000,000.' As
a matter of fact, however, tho natural
increase in tho number of lottors is
about ten per cont. annually, and this
would mako the number vt two cont
stamps, snbstilulod for threes, for the
year onding Juno six hundred
millions, with a valuo or twelve mil
lion dollars and reducing the loss to
three million dollars. Experience has
uniformly shown tbat reductions
of postngo cnuso an immediate In
crease of correspondence, and it
would not bo at all surprising if tho
rovenuo from stamps and slumpod en
velopes in 1871 wcro as large as In
1872. Accompanying tho letter post-
age reform Is a reduction of one-half
on the postago of newspapers regular
ly mailed by publishers. The total
rovenuo in this department last year
was not quito a million dollars. It is
part of tho postal system that does
not exhibit a rapid growth as others
and a loss from a quarter to half a
million dollar in this department is
inevitablo. '
Strange Fun. An exchange say :
It is stated that Vico Prosident Wil
son, in 1802, whan chairman of tho
Military Committee ol tho Konalo op
posed making General Grant a brign
ilior bocouso bo was intemperate. But
lia was mado a brigadier. President
Lincoln, about the samo time, wished
oino othor Union officers besides
Grant took their Bourbon straight.
Tub PuorEsKioNAi.8. Law nnd di
vinity must nliko bear thoir portion
of reproach of Credit Mobilier, Pat
torson, llurlan and Garfield wero all
divines in early lifts, ond Kolly, Scbo
field, Wilson and Uroolt woro law
yors. It has drained the markots of
both professions of considerable vlr
tuo The importance of the comma was
well abown by a notice recently road
in A certain church in Miohigan.which
ran as follows i "Dr. will delivor a
leolui o. on Saturday ovoninrr of tbis
woek. - Subieutt 'The Circulation of
Blood in the Baptist church."' .
"How do you identify thisbandkor
chief V Witnosa "By the general
appearanoe, and the fact that 1 havo
others liko it." Lawyor "That'a no
proof, for I have one just liko it in my
pocket." Witness "I don't doubt
tbat ; I bad nmre than one of the
same sort stolon." ' . .
Vested Inlorest Money
wnistcoat pocket
in the
; V.
NEW
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IIS
r A Tough Story.
' llora is a about tho tallest story out
It is related tbat two surgeon of
Loipzig have succoodud iu transferring
tbo brim pi a dead man to liio brain
nun of livlnir gubioct. and the attend
ant phenomena must bo claused; as
vory romatlinblo. A soldior. so tho
story goes, killod bin coloucl in cold
blood, and was conUomcu to uudorgo
the punish mon t peine et dure, for which
ho was delivered up to tho surgeons.
Tho condemned was closely confined,
ignorant of bis fate, until a "good na
turod" beer vender was soizod with in
flammation of the Investing mem
brane of. the heart, and tlioii. This
event wascxpectod j and no sooner,
bad it transpired, than tho condemned
soldier -was ehlorol'ormocl, and laid on
tl.ej c...-e,ti.,e lli Ua l.y .villi
tho dead puuitenn," ,The.tfnrgtinii skil
fully romoved tho Iraiim of both sub
jects,, transferring that of the dead
man to tlio empty sKml ol tbo uncon
scious living. . Artrral and venous cir
culation was established "by un in
genious contrivance", the living man's
head was strapped together, and the
patient put to bod for a sound sleep.
ThiB sleep conlinood two woeks, dur
ing which period tbe wounded parts
uciiioa mimry.
Tbe most extraordinary part of tho
story remains to bo told. As the pro
coss of healing wont on tho subject be
gun to evince muscular activity, diges
tion and assimilation being meantime
complete At the end of tho third
week this anomalous man began to
talk in a stamrooring way, but at lust
becamo intelligent, ana consocutive.
At thia point the marvel culminates:
fur it is averred . that this soldier's
body with a publican's brain do longer
rcmemueroo his vocation, but was ut
terly ignorant of military tactics, or
even of the faintest recollection of bis
lalo condition. On tho other band,
from a taciturn, sullen and revengeful
soldier, ho becamo tho frank, good
humored, garrulous publican, well up
in the price-list of winos and mall
liqurs, and manifested altogothor "the
corcbral activity" of tho deceased pub
lican. We are glad to be able to state,
for tho bottor confusion of carping
skeptics, that these facts aro vouched
foroy several witnesses. This singu
lar transmigration, or metamorphosis,
however, has givon riso to a serious
difficulty. Tho soldier had Incurred
tho ponnlly of death.. But now that
the soldier no lonirer exists, and tho
miblicun'g snlrit animates bis cornus
it it seriously questioned if this dual
creature can bo held responsible for
tho crimes of tho non existent crim
inal. . .
' The Curculio Mastered at Last.
Ths fnli ntl M i rmo A 1l rnnet
sensible plans of killing the Curculio
that we havo yet seen, oven better
than tho jarring process in some ro
spects, being much easier; still that
should not bo omitted. e quote from
the uaio farmer, , .
"For many years past tho Curculio
has been an almost . unconquerable
enemy of the fruit grower, and not a
fow havo cut down thoir plum trees
as cumberors of tho cround, not ro
coiving any return from them. I havo
remaining a fow nice trees, left stand
ing for un ornnincnt and shade, and
year alter year these tree havo
bloomed and Bel lull, but in spito ot
every cttort, until tho prcsont season,
not a quart of fruit was received.
While tho trees wcro in full bloom last
Spring, my wife determined to try an
experiment npon one of them, which
she did, and it resulted moro favorable
than could have been expected.
Early overt- morning, whilo in full
bloom, corn meal was strewn oyer tbo
ground benoath tho branches; and tho
wbolo flock from tho poultry-yard at
once set to work to gather np the par
tides of grain. The ground was daily
thoroughly scratched over, and meal,
insocts, and everything to tho low
cdiblo gathered up. Later in tho eoa
sou a brood of chicks wcro cooped be
neath tho trco, and the operation of
sowing monl still continued. Tho op
erution was not omitted for a day
from tho timo of tho putting forth of
tbo trees until tho plums wcro beyond
tho roach of tho little pests.
Now, for tho result: This tree, and
this ulono, wa loadod with fruit, to
the perfoct amazement of ull who saw
it. It was literally uovorod with fruit,
us perfect as could bo JcsiroJ. . So
heavy wcro the limbs Indeu that props
had to bo used all around tho tree. 1
really believo there wero more and
hotter plums upon this single tree than
in all the township, and 1 am also dis
posed to any, all oi the county.
Not a iilum rnqturod on nny othor
tree on uiy promises, and all nro the
samo variety as tho one saved.
I would earnestly urge a.triul ol
this method by all wbo have fruit
trocs. It will certainly bo continuod
by me, a I believe It to be a specific
against tho ravages of insects."
- A careless barber, trimming Sheri
dan's ears, put him to great pain and
uneasiness. "Are you trimming my
lull car now?" say the wit. 'Ho,
sir: not till I've done tho right. "
' Ob I I only thought by what I full
that you wero passing through to the
loft ear without going round."
Mamma "And if poor mamma had
not recovered, and gone away from
her litllo Goorgy forever, what would
he have dono 1" . Little Goorgy "1
don't know, ma, but 1 guess me an'
Jimmy Ginnins would have gone ikut-
"s1" - "
A young man, in San Frunoisco,
found an old tleaoon he knew "buck
ing tho tigor" in a gambling-hell.
"Wbatl" bo exclaimed, "deacon, you
hcrof" "Yes," was tho reply; "lain
bound to break down this ovii institu
tion."
' e) e
"Sally, what hnvo yon done with
the cream f Theso children cannot
cat skim milk for breakfast." Sure,
ma'am, and It Isn't my self that would
be after giving tho scmn to yog. 1
Ink that off und gave it to tho cats."
Children of the blinjsihool Lovers.
SERIES - VOL 14, NO. 15.
. Counting New Greenbacks. ' '
Years of exporionco havo mado the
counters who have beon longest em
ployed inarvelously export and utmost
miuiiiuio, nioir minors passing irom
one noto to the other with tho celerity
and regularity of somo ' wonderful
machine. The lady who sits nearest
to the chief of the room and who has
como to be considered a soil vf assist
ant to bim,. having sometimes per
formed his duties during hi nhsenco,
has been engaged in tbo division ever
since its organization In 1 1802, and
probably Las no rival in accuracy und
dexterity in counting, On muny oc
casions alio has counted fifty thousand
notes in ono day. As tho nominal
(Sours of labor nrft from nine to thrco
o'clock, and as at least half tin hour
niiKl. lip, doIn. .In. I f I.U I'.. ......
sary Interruptions and for-ltinch; the
time occupied in counting those Lilly
thousand notes wjjs flvo und a ball
hours. Tbis is at tho rate of nine
thousand and ninety notes every hour,
ono hundred and City every minute,
and two' and a half every second.
Tho lady informs us that it is no unu
sual feat for her to "pick up" a btindlo
oontaining four thousand Icgnl-lcndcr
notes in twonty minutes. W e doubt
whether this cun bo excelled. Jf any
gentleman thinks it cm. lot bun tiy
the experiment of Bimply tupping his
finger on a table at tho abovo rato,
and wo predict tbat at tho end of half
an hour s trial be will chanio bis mind,
There aro other ladies who are almost
as rapid and accurate. , They are
sometimes called npon, with others
equally skillful from the redemption
division to visit other cities, when the
Treasury offices in those place are to
be examined, and to assist in counting
the Uovernmont lunds '.hero.
Through this division nnd under
these skillful fingers has passed every
note, whether legal-tender or fraction
al, which lias been issued by the Uni
ted States since tho beginning of the
rebellion every noto which wo havo
ever handled or seen as well as all
tho gold nolo, and many million of
imperfect bonds and notes which were
nevor put in circulation. J he totul
vuluo of the money which had been
counted in this division previously to
tho first day of July, 1872, was, ac
cording to the Treasurer's last annual
report, nearly two thousand nine hun
dred million dollars moro than two
hundred and Iwcnty-lhrco millions
of which consisted of postal and frac
tional currency. Just now the count-
or find full employment in counting
new legal-lender and fractional notos.
prom "An liour Among the Green
backs.". . t, ... . ... t '-
Pre-Hifitorio Americana. .
A .Ran Vrnnfi,n nnnoranra! J. W
Glass, an old Califm nian, a gentleman
who has devoted much lime in Inves
tigations in goolngy,minoralogy, bota
ny and other natural sciences, loocnt
Iv returned to ban t runcisco from
ton month sojourn in Arizona .and
Colorado. IIo has brought with him
a collection of varied character, em
bracing 2,000 botanical fpecimens,
samples of ores, relics from ancient
moutds, etc. Among iho latter is a
box ol human romuins, Iho body hav
ing evidently been burned, together
with various kinds of food, such as
corn, beans, tints nnd berrion, tho
charred remains of which Mr. Glass
gatberod. They wcro takon from tho
ruins in Chin Valley. Thero aro also
several stone hatchets, remains ot an
cicnt pottery, cement nnd brick from
the ruins, polrilied and solidified wood
obsidiun, agates, jasper, chalcedony
etc.
Mr. Class has al..o a small image
ono of tbe sacred images of the peace
ful I'imos said to bo niado only by
the virgins of the tribe, in accordance
with n tradition which caino down to
them from some eminent medical mnn
to the effect that if any virgin Miould
succeed in moulding a pet feci image
of u now-born infant, the Great Spirit
would ncceut it from tho hands ol ono
so pnro and would endow it with lifo;
that then the infant would grow und
bocomo God' human representative,
tho leader nnd saviour of tho tribe;
that through him the Indians would
bo preserved from want nnd sorrow ;
fruit, flowers and grain of all kinds
would spring up spontaneously and
no oncmy would over be able to over
power them. For hundreds of years
'tho irgins of the tribe have tried
their skill in fashioning incipient sav
iours from tho 3'ellow clay of thoir
nativo valleyH, until tho custom has
becotno fixed and the hiit etill con
tinues, although tho hope that onco
animated tho virgin breast seldom
now lightens tbe labor of th dusky
daughters or tho. dusort. Mr. Glass
told them thut the whites have al
ready found tho true Saviour, by
means ol a virgin who lived nearly
2,000 yoars ago, and that they might
as woll accept him and got whnt con
solution they cun out oi it j but the
old Indian said it was impossible,
their saviour, when ho came, would
never dio, but would always live
among them, an everlasting proof of
his divino mission.
"Hcltipso" Squure "Why, Pat,
what are you doing standing by tho
wall of a publio Tiousof, 1 thought
yon wcro a toototollor," Put "Yes,
ver honor, I'm just lintening to them
impenitent boys a drinking insido."
A clairvoyant trio, two women and
a mnn, have been traveling in the
South, protending to curoVpizoolic by
tho "laying on of hands." They prno
liced on it mule in Keturky the other
day, nnd tho firm has since dissolvod.
What kind of catllo do they have
out alZuncsvillo, Ohio f A man there
advertisca that ho wants n woman to
"wash, iron and milk oneortwocows."
Washing may du cow good, but - wo
don't think they will liko ironing.' .
More than one-half of ull the capi
tal invested in coal mining in lb Uni
ted Slates, is invested in Pennsylvania.
Gen. Goorgo W, Cass, of Pittsburg,
has just been clouted Prosident of the
Northern racist; icinroad tympany
I-
Small Port Old and Net RejnedlCaf
' i . . . I t ( ! i ' ' 1 o . '
Superficially oonsidorod, it appear
singular tbat certain eontagiout dit'
cases, especially email pox, spread
more in the winter soaaon, (which, in
other respect, is tbe healthiest time
of tho year,; when tne ooia aestroya
the miugmata w uicn nouriau ii? tropi
cal climes, and, in hot summon, some
times vis.t poi-lionl of tbo temporaio
zono. But In- prder to explain tuis
apparent anomaly we bave. only td
consider that in winter a largo num
ber of . the lower clussos -off people
baddle together in ill-von tilatcd room;
in order to shelter themselves against
the cold.. Of course this is favorable
to tbo growth of miasmata, which on
ly nocd suitable conditions to propa-
gute themselves..., JJicioacopinU have
succeeded in trac'ini; tbo origin , of
muny contagions to parasitic growth;
either vegelublo or animal, nnd it 14
not improbable that this will ultimate
ly bo the -cuse with all, the denial of
many 'medical authorities 'notwith
standing., It should be kept in view
that, formerly, equally - high, aulhori.
ties used to deny most peremptorily,
to scvoral discuses, the origin whicK
is now, beyond the sbudow of a doubt;
proved to bo tho truo ono, namolyi
tho growth of uiwinlMilB or vegota
blo parallel. ' It sl.ould also be con
sidered that the fact of not finding
such iu cortain cases U only a ncga.
hvo proof ; they may bo there and tno
investigator may have failed to find
them ; but other searchers in that
ease, in cotirso of lime nod with in.'
strumonts moro pwf'eft than wo pos
sess t present, or by boil) of un un
proved modus operandi, will nndoubt
edly discover them.. Microscope in
vestigation has only just commenced
to bo nppliod in medicino, and tho
most advanced physicians know now
that it ia one of tho most poworfal
helps in medinul diagnosis., ' i
J'.mptive levers urn discuses oi the
blood; they probably originate in it
kind of catalytic poison in Uio ay-atom;
which may be u result ot purasino
growth, ns is the eafo yith fermenta
tion and mary other clicmicni en-am
gea. However, the future will decidd
the question, definitely ; in tbo moan-
li mo we must ouseivo, hso our best
judgment, und apply all tbo light, us
lur us tno present stato oi science al
lows, to combat this class of diseases;
among which sinull pox is one of tbe
most virulent, loathsome and ilangor.
oua. in order to bo Jully . convinced
of this, ono baa only to visit a email
pox hospital and sec this interesting
discaso in all its singes. ,. , .
' lu regard to tho effectiveness of tho
protection afforded by vaccination',
the statistics show tbat thi discov
ery, mado by Jcnnor more limn a
century ago, bud tho mont . startling
infiuenco in staying tho small pox rav
agos of that time, and it kept the na
tion who accepted it comparatively
free ; the experience of tho physician
of the present day Lend in Iho same
direction, and all doubt fostered by
some in regard to its cU'eclivenoes pro
ceeds sololy from want of acquaint
ance with tho facts, which are over
whelming in proof ol its great value
to tho human race. A tho health
and longevity of vnccinulod persona
is on tho general avcrngo equal to that
of others who escape tiro small po.t
without vaccination, thero can bo no
serious objection on that ground. The
rule, luid down by somo, tbat person
must bo vaccinated every seven years,
is totally arbitrary nnd without any
foundation whatsoever; different in
dividuals will differ 10 this respect,
and, in order to be Bare, it is welt to
try if vaccination will "take" in case
any danger is apprehended, even if ft
has been applied only three or four
years ago. If no epidemic is prevail
ing and the person is exposed to no
danger, it ia needless to re-vaccinate
every soven years j ten years or more
may elapse, and we havo known indi
viduals who undoubtedly, by a singlo
effect! vo vaccination fn childhood,
have been protected for iheir whole
lives.' ' j - i . - )'.:-.' v-i
In regard to the treatmont, it musi
bo kept in view that hero as in all
eruptive fevers, it must havo its conrso
and cannot be cut short without rob
bing tho patient entirety of bis chance
of escape Careful guarding agninBt
taking cold, good nursing, the mildest
posbsihle diet and ubstinence from Ir
ritating food and remedial agcnU sim
ilarly objectionable nro tho first neces
sities of small pojc oa?os. ,'
The latest medical journals recom
mend two new remedies, which expo
rionco has proved to be boneficial.
Dr. Bevillod, of Geneva, recommends
glyecrino ns un exterior application;
this, through Its toothing nction, di
minishes the Intensity cf the erup
tion. JIo mixes it witb soap and
somo mercurial ointment. Dr. Carl
Nngol, Koyul Chancellor of Health in
Derlin, recommends xylol : bo has ad
ministered this internally in eighty
oases, thirty-six of which bad tho
small pox in itn worst tot in, apd only
four died which U a belter result
than that of any other remedy thus
far known. Xylol, or xylon, Is one of
tho hydrocarbons obtained by the dii
tillution of coal tar, wood tar, or Bur
mese Petroleum; lias tbe antiseptic
properties of carbolic ucid from toaf,
and tho crcosoto from wood.
It is woll known that many deriva,
ti'.O benzols, of tar, creosote, carbolio
acid, toluol, xylol, etc., nro all poisons
for small organic growths, cither veg
etable or animal ; that tbey, for in
stance, at onco destroy lonnentatioii
by killing the microscopic yeast plant ;
it is also known that mercurials are
especially nni mul ones.' Theso reme
dies now appear to be effective in
sinull p6x and thia raises the very
natural question if ilia not an argu
ment for tho probability of iho theory
that this disease ulso is duo to a mor
bid organic growth, pothnps in tho
blood itself, which produces that vio
lent fever, with the symptoms of pain:
nausea, etc., and filially work ilsclr
out through tho skin and mucous'
membrane by a copious eruption,
which Is often strong enongh to de
stroy the skin like so many urns, and
sometimes even so violently a to de
stroy tho life of tho patient, in the
same way n an cMcnsivo scalding
docs ; which Is fatal by nrrosting the
natural sotion of the skin, consequent
on the annihilation of its organic struc'
tare. ScientiHii 'American. ; .
"I alluz wear buckskin mils," ob
served nn aged denir.cn of "Short
Woods," a ho was trying on A pair
in a eloro. "Tbey is as comfortable
liko as enny to tno band, and save
bothciin' with a bao'kurchi'l." , .
A Judge in Indiana threatened to'
(Tne a lawyer for contempt of court.
"I hsvo expressed r.o contempt for
the onrt," aij tbo lawyor; "on the
contrary, I have carefully concealed
my feelings."
The great object of life A gir (.'