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Publishers.
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FRANK FIELDING,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Clearileld, Pa.
Will sttwiJ to all buiiuiu entrusted to him
promptly "J faithfully.
B0Tli'7
WILLIAM A. WALLACS.
11H F. WALLACE,
DAVID L. Itlll.
luan w. waioLir.
WALLACE 4, KREBS,
(Suxej.or. to Wallace A Fielding,)
ATTOKNEYS-AT-LAW,
ll-UTS Clearileld, Pa.
a y ino, a. a. . a. tak valiai, v. .
DBS. WILSON & VAN VALZAH,
Clearileld, Pa.
Office In reiidonce of Dr. Wilton.
Owes Houns: From 1J to 1 T. . Dr. Van
Viluh can be found at night In hie room., next
door lo HarUwick A Irwin's Drug Store, up
1 ilain.
novJ0'73
DR. JEFFERSON LITZ,
WOODLAND, PA.
Will promptly attend all oalle in the line of hi.
prof.fon. PQV.HM3
joiiri a. a'aniLtT. . dail w. a ocaor.
McENALLT & MoCUBDY,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
ar.Tj.nl tinainail attended to DrowntlT with
dj'flity. Offloe on Second itroet, above tbe Flrt
h'.lional Bank. Jan:l:J4.
G. R. BARRETT,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
clearfield, pa.
R..in raalrned hii Judsreship, bai relumed
Ihe praotico of the law in hie old office at Clcar
lld. Pa. Will attend the court! of Jeffereon and
Elk eountiei when ipecially retained In connection
rith relident countol. 114:71
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
-Ofliee In Court Hon (HheriU'i Ottoe).
Legal bueiniM promptly attended to. Rl eitate
bought and iold. jtll'U-
J. W. B A N T Z,
ATTORNEY-AT-L AW,
1 Clearfield, Pa.
4fOffioe in Pie'e Opera llouie, Room No. 4.
All legal boiineei entraited to hie care promptly
attended to. J'
T. H, MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Prompt attention given to all legal buiineai
entrusted to hie care in Clearileld and adjoining
eountiee. Offlce on Market it., oppoelte Neugle'i
Jewelry Store, Clearfield, Pa. J14'7J
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
l.0fnoe In Oraham't Row. dec-ly
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
tl:l:TS Clearfield, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Ofiee oa Beooad St., Clearield, Pa. novll,66
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
erOfiee In Pie'a Opera Home. Jyll.'CT
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
4-0Aee la Pie'e Opera Houea, Room No. i.
Jan. B, 1874.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
tad Real Eetate Agent, Clearfield, Pa
Offlce on Third .treet, bet. Cherry 4 Walnut,
4-Re.petfully offer, hi. lervieeiln ..lllag
ind buying land, la Clearileld and adjoining
lountle. i and with aa experienoe of over twenty
ear. a. a aurveyor, latter, him. elf that he can
render .atl.factioa. iro. zbibsiu.
FREDEEICK O'LEARY BUCK,
SCRIVENER & CONVEYANCER,
General Life and Fire Ins. Agent.
Deed, of Conveyance, Article, of Agreement
and all legal paper, promptly and neatly exe
cuted. Office in Pie'. Opera Honie, Room No. 4.
Clearileld, Pa., April IV, 1B74.
J.
BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
AKD DaALKB II
ttaw Log nml Tjiimbcr,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Oflioe In Graham'. Row.
14:71
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
MS Oaeeola, Clearfield Co., Pa. y:pd
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY-AT -LAW.
Wallaeeton, Clearfield County, Penn'a.
Vfa.AU legal buiineu promptly attended to,
CYRUS GORDON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Market (treet, (north lido) Clearileld, Pa.
JMf All legal builne.. promptly attended to
Jae. i, '7J.
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Offlce on Market Street, Clearield, Pa.
900oe hours I i to 11 a. m., and 1 to 8 p. m
D
U. E. M. SCIIEURKR, i
IIOMfflOPATHIO PHYSICIAN,
Oflioe In realdence on Market it
April J4, U7f. Clearjleld.J'a.
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PU.Y8ICIAN 4 SURGEON
LUTflERBBCRa, PA.
Will attend profeiiional .all. promptly. aaglO'74
J. 8. BARNHART,
ATTORNKT . AT - LAW,
llcllefbnte. Pa.
Will practice In Clearield and all of the Courts of
ine latn i uaioiai unirici. jveai eitate buiinee.
and eoileotioa of claim, made .peoialtlee. nl'tl
JAME8 CLEARY,
BAEBEB & HAIR DRESSER,
BICOMD 8TRKKT,
jyl.1 CtEAHFIELDi PA.
WILLIAM M. HENRY, Joinot
or rwa Pbac An ScaiTssaa, LUMBRR
CITY. Collection, mada and money promptly
Bald over. Article, of agreement and deed, of
eoemyance aeatiy eieoaled end warranted eer-
raot or o tharge. JyTi
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A.G.KRAMER,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
OC i -.Roal KitaU and Collodion Agont, , ; i
CLEARKIELD, pa.,
Will promptly attend to all logal builnou en
traited to hi. care.
trOffice in 1'ie'i Opera Uonee, teoond Boor.
aprll l-Siu'
John U. Orrll. 0. t Alexander. 0. M. Bowon
OEVIS, ALEXANDEB & BOWERS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Bellefonte, Pa. Jn29,'47-J
J. H. KLINE, M. D., .
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
HAVING located at PennOeld, Pa., offorr hie
Drorenloaai eerrleee w taw pnle of that
plaoe and eurrounding oountry. All oalli promptly
attended to. pet. tt
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Juatloe of the Peaoe, Surreyor and Conveyancer,
Lutheraburff,, Pa.
All builn.il tntruited io him will be promptly
attended to. Pertoni wlehmg to employ a our
yeyor will do well to give him a call, ai he flatten
hiinielf that he can render fatUfactlon. Deoda or
oonreyaooe, artlclee of agreement, and all legal
pep.rt, promptly and neatly eaecuted. HIIpov7
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juitlce of the Peaee and Scrivener,
Curwenavllle, Pa.
fca.Gotleetiont made and money promptly
paid over. i
fob21'71tf
aao. albbrt aaaar aiibrt..
W. ALaXRT
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Manufacturers A exteneive Dealer. In
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, 5to.,
WOODLAND, PEHH-A.
Eff-Orderi wliclted. Bllli tilled on ehort notice
IDU ITHUUkUl ernjaaetat.
Addreu Woodland P. 0., Ckmrlleld Co., Pa.
jjjj.ly W ALBUKX 1 pr.ua.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Frenchvllle, Clearfleld County, Pa.
Keep, eonttantly on hand a mil eMortmeni oi
Dry Uoode, Hardware, Qroceriei, and
uiually kept In a retail atore, wnicn wm o.
for eain, ai oneap ai eirui . -
Frenehvllle, Jane 17, iooi-.j. ,
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DiAbaa in
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
GRAHAMTON, Pa.
Alto, extenilre manufacturer end dealer In Square
Timber ana Bawea ..uuioorwi p..
er-Orden foliciled ana ail ewe P"""i'"
mild. : ...?- I'JJlitL.
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER KK IS WE it,
Clearield, Pa.
TTAVINO rented Mr. Entree' Brewery o.
1 1 .... k atrial attantion to bniineu and
the manufacture of a .uperlor article of BEKK
to receive the patronage of all the old and many
Bcwcu.tom.ra. "iM7.L
J, K. BOTTORF'S
pnOTOGRAPU GALLERY,
Market (treat, Clearfield, Pa. .
CROMOS MADE A SPECIALTY.-
NKOATIVE8 made la elondy ai wen a. m
clear weather. Conitantly on hand a good
.Mortment of FRAMK8, BTERK0SC0PE8 and
STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Framei, from any
tyle of moulding, made to order. apre-u
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign . Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penn'a.
Ya,WlU execute lob. In hi. line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. epM.nT
G H.HALL,
'RACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
say-Puma, alway. on hand and made to order
on abort notice. Pinea bored on reaaoneoie wrma.
an nk warrantad to render lati.faction, and
delivered If deelred. myisaypa
E. A. BIGLER &, CO.,
seAisns in
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manufacturer, ot
ALL KINDS OP SAWED LUMBER
S-7'71 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. .
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
. ' 1 dealer la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SHINGLES, LATH, A PICKETS,
9:1073 .Clearileld, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,
pnAinn is
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
Jell'7J CLEARFIELD, PA.
I-Jt-LI I1ARMAN,
. . -a- 1 r T 1IT nT tl'H
I'ltAUlit'Ajj aiiiunmuut,
LOTHERSDURO, PA.
A..nt for the American Double Turbine Water
n. . . . .j L k IVI.UI f....
nlth PorUble Grlit Mill, on .hort notice. jy)2'71
whmi ana Anarawi m a.iuw. ,, uw.. w
DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD,
Lata Burgeon of the 83d Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteer., having returnea iron ine Army,
oiler, hi. prof.a.lonal service, to thsoltiiens
of Clearileld eoeaty.
atar-Profei.lonal eall. eromptly attended to.
Ofllea on Beeoad .treat, formerlyoecnpled by
Dr. Wood.. lapra.oo-M
H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCU MAKER & JEWELER
and denier la
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, &c,
'elD'71 CLEARFIELD, PA.,
I. SNYDER.
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER,
AUO KBALIR IS
Watohos, Clocks and Jowolry,
ffrataei'. ito, Market Slrnl,
CLEARFIELD. PA.
All kind, of repairing In my line promptly at
ended to. April , 187.1.
HEMOVAla
REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER,
wholeaale dealers la
GEMS' FIRMSII1G GOODS,
Have removed to 1ST Church itroet, betweea
Franklin and White it.., New York. Jyil'71
Miss E. A. P. Rynder,
assst roa
Chlekering'., Btelnway'. and Em.rron'. Piano.
Smith'., Masoa A Uamlli'l and Peloubet'i
- Organ, and Melodeona, and O rover A
Baker's Sewing Machines,
auo taAoa.a or
Plana, Oattar, Organ, Harmony and Vocal Ma
sis. lis papll ukea for leas than half a term.
Asy-Room, oppo.lt tlullch's Furniture Store.
Clearield, May I, l!-lf.
CAUTIOHAII pereon. are hereby eautlon
ed not to pareheee or la any way meddle with
two hay mares, aew la poaamloa Ueorge Hill, as
(bay belong lo e and are auhlect to my order.
Madtre, March 4, ti ta . R, WARINU.
8.
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, Ta.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1874.
THE SHORTEST WAV HOME.
"Tli ihurteit way y bnif k milo .
I come id vary oft in by it i
It up the rond, noroiti the itllo,
AuJ through the meadow. Khali wo try tt I"
The days wore not without a oharm
When talking loft and looking lilty,
My love and I walked arm-ln-ann, . ,
And lanei were lone and field worn itilly
We found lo many thlugi to lay '
t That alwayi, In the shiny weather,
Wo took the well, the Shorter way, ,
1 IW loigw tin loffOaher, ',..,.'..
Wt apuk ftbout (but, gnoilniMi know
On tunioi of oonfabulatlun)
About tiie wcnthor, I en p pose,
Tho orojii, the harvoit, and the nation.
At all evouU, although the talk
Wai neither wiie nor very witty,
Wo ondrd each cuoocivive walk
With "Home already what a pity !"
We might hare lost little ground
" Through coining by tho ruad itdoctcd.
Hut both agreed that wo had found
Tho Journey ibortcr than expected.
Can Lire's experiment mpport
The paradox that Love proposei t
Dofi any path leem rery ihort,
Vnleri it he a path of roioi f
We seldom find tae nearer way (
And if we hit upon and take It,
lly creeping on from day to day
It icetui ai long ai length can make It.
The road to fame la nerer brief.
The way to wealth if dull and dreary;
All earthly routes. In my belief,
Are vcrj long and Tory weary.
Nay one that leads through care and strife
Is short when mortals once begin it,
We tnke the "near out," out of life,
Although we take the longest in it.
The Occurrence and Use of Nickel,
Nickel van discovered by Cronstedt
in 1751. In color it is between a yel
lowish whito and a stool trvny : it linn
a bright luster, whicb il rolaim oven
in moist air ; it is as bard as iron, is
perfectly mallonblo and ductile, fuses
at a lonipcraturo but liltlo lower than
wroueut iron, is mniMiotie, ana lias a
spociflo gruvity of 8 8. It does not
occur nativo, and is on tho whole quite
rare, being generally found combined
with arsenic. Tho following stalibtics
of tho production of niekol'iiro from tho
Ht rgandlluUenmannxscncn teitunglot
1871 and 1872:
Tho production of tho rruasiun
nickel works was, in 1800, about 4:t4
tons, worth ovor $21)0,000 ; in 1870,
403 tons, worth i 100,000. Thisqunn.
tily was producod in oigtit establish
ments, employing C89 workmen. Tho
total production of nickel oros of Prus
sia in 1870 was only tij cwt., worm
SUGG. Saxony produced, in 1870,07
tons of nickel, worth 800,177. Austria
produced but a very little in 1870,
Lor nickol, cobalt and antimony only
amounting to 112 tons, worth $.'1,289.
Ilunearv is a Inrcor producer oi nickel,
yielding, in 1800, 410 tons of cobalt
and nickol products. Norway in the
samo year praaucca tu tons nicKci
oros and 0,00(1 pounds nickel, and
Sweden, in 1808 yioldod 120 tons of
oro and 12,000 pounds of nickol.
Great Britain shows as good as nono.
In 1870, 1,000 pounds wera obtained,
worth rl.So. Iiuigium produced ii
tons, worth $(i,&00. Ilia largest
nickol mino in the world is tho La
Motto mine in Pennsylvania, whore
copper and load ores nro also lounu.
A deposit 5 foot thick extends for a
long diHtnnco. Tho pig iron from tho
lond furnaces thoro are rich in nickol.
Tho Chinoso havo long employed
niokol with coppor and riuco to make
an alloy callod paekfong. In Europe
nickel has only Dcon used for about
tiftv years, an alloy known as nrgen-
tan or Gorman silvor boing modo of
coppor, lino and nickel. Tho princi
pal centors of tho Gorman silvor (Nou
silborl woro manufactured ut Berlin,
Altona, Isorlohn, Hanover; oulsidoof
Gormnny, Tans, V lonnaand Ilirming
ham are tho principal places for its
production. In Vienna it is known
as packing, China silver, or alpaca sil
vor. Tho Fronch call an olloy of cop
por, sino and nickol, paekfong or cui vro
blanc, also maillochort, after an En
glishman named Maillot, who patented
it In 1827.
Nickel is also used alono for axles
and other parts of machinery for chi
rurtrical instruments, in watchmaking,
io. It also sorvos for covoring othor
mota s. or nickel nlalinir.
Another uso for nickel, which is at-
traotinir much nttontion now, is for
coins, tho new German ooinago law
prescribing its uso in cortain small
coins, in which it follows tiro oxnmplo
not only of tho United Slatos, but also
of UolL'ium and Switzerland. This
has caused an iminons incroaso in tho
prico of nickol abroad, and greatly
disturbed tho maikot prico of German
silver.
A corrospondont of tho Lowiston
Journal rolatos an Androscoggin lo-
cend, which has probably boon mol
lowod by time, though tho narrator
says ho could give tho names if ho
chose, as ho know tho parties well in
his boyhood, it appears tnat on a
clear, cold, quiet morning, somo fifty
years ago, a tamily woro soatod around
tho lahlo taking inoir broaklast when
a rap was hoard at tho door, and, as
the custom thon was, tho outsider was
biddon lo "como in," whon a man past
middle lifo entered, and, after tho
unnnl salution, seated himself in a
chair. He was a neighbor living somo
half a milo distant. Ho was asked to
sit np and cat somo broakfust, but ho
answorod, "I don't supposo I ought to
stop, fur our houso is on firo, and llioy
sont mo to toll you."
How to Inhf.ut Screws in Master
Walls. It is ofton dosirablo to in
sort screws in plaslorod walls, without
attaching them to any woodwork, but
when wo turn thorn in, tho plaster
eivot way and our effort is vain. And
yot a screw may bo inserted in piaster
so as to noia ngni pictures, otc, very
firmly. Tbe bost plan is to enlarge
the holo to about twico tbo diamoter
of the sorow tnoiston tho edges of tho
holo thoroughly with water, and fill
it with plaster of Paris, such as isusod
for fastoning tho tops of lamps, etc,
and bod tbe scrow in tbe soil plaster.
Whon the plaster has sot, tho scrow
will bo hold vory Btrongly.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1874.
The President and the Washington Ring,
Tho comments of the press on tho
President's actions, standing' up for
tho Washington ring of robbers, aro
as sovero as they are deserved. In dis
cussing the matlor tho N. Y. Tribune
remarks:
In tho caso of Mr. Sucrotary Rich
ardson the press of tho country, and
tho wholo pooplo, with tho exception
perhaps or Mr. Butlor, Mr. Sanborn,
and Mr. Sawyor, havo olamorod for
his removal on tho ground of incom
petency. This was another caso of
barking at the hools of mon with ex
traordinary shoo-latchots. Tho l'ros-
idont L'uvo out with distinction that
so long as this clamor continuod Mr.
Uiohardson Bhould not bo removed.
Ho did not nronoso lo roinovo a man
from offico simply bocauso the press
and tlio people tliougnt bim unut. xue
complaints of Mr. Itichnrdson have
not boon limitod lo tljo opposition
press, nor conflnod lo any ono party.
Tho demand for his romoval bas boon
goncrul and loud. But tho Great
Silent Man put his foot down and said
Mr. Itichardson should stay. Ho
would not romovo him or osk his res
ignation. No man should bo mado a
victim of publio clamor with his con
sont. A groat many pooplo failed to
soo anything vory chivalrous in tho
sort of friendship that rotnins a man
in an ofllceho is unfit for and in which
ho only succeeds in making a fool of
himself, and it is not loo mucli to say
that tho pooplo gonorally aro of tho
opinion that tho principlo is a very
dangerous and bad ono. -
Tho I'reaidont, howovor, is not un
equal to tho omorgoncy. Since thoro
is so gonoral a desiro that ho should
comply with demands for tho removal
of unpopular oflicors hosoizes the first
occasion to striko an avorago on that
subject. Ilo retains Kicbardson when
an indignant pooplo and largo mnjori-
. - i . i. i.:. .. 1
IH oi uib own puriiHuun unit inn ruiuuvui,
but ho removes Mr. Chiss.tho Knginoor
of tho Department of I'ublio Works of
tho District of Columbia, upon tho
first suggestion of tho mombcrs of Iho
Hoard whom tlio testimony ot Mr.
C'luss inculpates. This was a caso in
which ho did not wait for a second
call or for popular olamor. Mr. C'luss
bad given testimony bctoro an inves
tigating commitloo that was vory dam
aging to cortain mon in tho District
Government. Tberoupon theso men
pass n set of resolutions denouncing
bim as a perjurer and ask for his re
moval. Tho President bad said in tho
caso ot Attorncy-iionerai imams,
whon his nomination for Chiof Justico
was ponding, and unpleasant things
wore chnrgod concerning him that ho
would not withdraw tbo nomination
so lonir as mono charges wore mauo.
Ho was blamed lor that. In this caso
ho doos not proposo to wait to bo
blamed. He removes Mr. Cluss on
tho instant.
Birth-Place of Columbus.
Tradition makes Cogoletto, a small
town a few miles from Gonoa, tlio
birth place of Columbus, and thoro is
an inscription which marks tho honsc
of his rcputod birth. It may bo true,
and it may bo laiso lor, in tins land
of tradition and superstition, it is ns
easy to fabricalo a tradition as an in
scription, and credulity is roady to bo-
., i : I I .1 H'l.
neve urn. it is an um us tuiiiu. xuv
house of his father was in tbo suburbs
of Genoa, as is shown by tho dooa
Ilo, himsolt, says ho was Dorn in
Genoa, an expression which may well
mean tho territory, nnd not tho city,
of Gonoa. There is, thorcfuro, Borne
color for tho tradition, and it is not
worth while to dig docpor to find
doubts. Ho wai a Ligunnn, and
nothins could bo more likely toshnrp-
en his curiosity, and suggest lifo of
advonluro, than. to look out lrom inoso
rocky highlands upon liio woditera
nean. washioir tho Sold at its baso,
and covered with tho liltlo, but daring
and enterprising corsnirsol tho l.ovnnt,
tho Grooian Archipolngo, and tho
African coast. -How
timo sots things right 1 Brought
homo in chains, robbed in his lifetime
of his honors and his profits, and tho
namo of anothor givon to his discover
ies, timo has wrilton his namo "with
iron and lead in tho rock forovor."
His jealous and triumphant enemies,
ns woll as his royal patrons and ontor
prising followers in tho path of discov
ery, aro romombcrcd ; but when we
call them up from tho hind of shad-
dows, there is always in tho midst of
thorn, nnd boloro them, tho great
Gonocso with a glory about bim, in
tho light of which they shino with. a
palo ray. So it will bo forovor.
Ho wenton, whon every other would
have givon up in despair. Ho gave a
New World to tho kingdoms of Castilo
and Aragon. But Castilo and Aragon,
and nil tho progeny of their descendant
commonwealths, aro dwindling nnd
fading away, nnd a raco, novor akin
to tho old Ligurian "tho world sock
ing Genoese' is, from year to yoar,
dovoting tho Now World to tho great
commonwealth of freedom nnd mutu
ality.
A Chinaman ontored a sloro In Ho
lonn, Montana, tho ctbor day, and
walking up to tho counter, deposited
a grasshopper thoroon, saying, as bo
gazod npon tho clerk with a confiding
look : "Ilo loo mucli boppoo j all hop.
poo stop him. You sahbeo?" Tho
obliging clerk nl onco commonced
measuring off musnuitu bar, to tho in
tonso delight of tlio healbon. The
grasshoppers had boon destroying his
gardon and wanting to purchaso somo
musquilo bar, but not knowing tho
namo of tho arliolo, bo brought, tho
destroyer with him, and tho clork
understood in a momont the article
ncodod.
The St. Louis (Jlubt speculates
concormng tbo obituary oi tho luturo
We append one or two spocimons i
Charles Pupkor; 3lbs 1 cromatod
July 9, 1372.
1-orwlfoof abovn soo third pioklo
bottle on noxt shelf. '
Little Tommy. Burnt up, Septem
ber 10, 1802.
Jane Matilda Torkins. Ootobor 3,
1808. Put up by tho Aldon Corpse
Cremation Company. Nono gonuino
without signature
' ,h; itrioal Traps and Tricks. (
: TW i who saw the fairy spectacle
called Lo liio Carotto" at the Grand
Oprr ! louse in New York, says Olive
Logan may romomber an o it ra ordi
nary It mo, in which an old magician
wai sipmingly dismombcrod in tho
prcsenjo of the audionce. This feat
was accomplished through the aid of
an rri.pgomont of traps. Tbo situa
tion' wis this : An old and foeble sor
cerer, jftor having rendered import
ant Bodices to somo young frionds -of
hip.'atiod of them that they should
cut bin in sovornl pieces, and throw
him i t by bit into on ovon boated to
awhile boat; after which ho expected
to tome out a young man, as fresh and
liaHMyonstand magio ever yet mado
Caking como out "of oven." Ills will
was dono j bo was cut up and put io
tbo ovon without leaving tho itaco,
and without, ceasing to talk. Soatod
n a largo arm chair,' tbo old man
asked that a bugo volumo should be
brought in and placed on a tablo near
him. This was dono, and tho enor
mous book boing laid on tho tnblo,
in mediately becarno vivinod ; living
gnomos issued from tho pictures on its
reaves, and skipped about tho Bingo ;
alter which they ro-entorod tho book,
and it was closed and carried away.
Thon tho magician's legs woro cut off
and thrown in tho ovon, ditto his arms;
then bis head was cut oft and set on
tbo tablo, where it wont on talking,
giving directions as to tho disposal of
tbo trunK; alter which iho head too
was thrown Into tho ovon, which burst
open with a loud report, and tho actor
walked. on tbo stago, young and band-
some. It was an incomprehensible
performance to the ordinary spectator,
and a vory amusing ono to thoso who
tried lo guoss how it was dono ; but
it can bo explained.
Iho tin go volumo was brought in
and laid on the table at tho sumo mo
ment that tho magician in the arm
chair quietly withdrew his logs from
tho scono and placed them on a trap
under tho stage, papior-macho logs
were substituted by a machinist from
below, and tbo scat of tho arm-chair
relircd in good order. All this trans
pired whilo tho spectators' attention
was diverted by tho big book and lis
animated pictures, which wcro little
boj's who simply came up from under
tho stago through a holo in tho tablo,
and through hpring holes in tbo book,
arranged with India rubbor. Tbo
magician then requests that bis logs
bo taken off; and having slipped his
real arms out of sight, givos his papier
macho arms in their order to tho de
vouring flames. Nothing is left but
tho magician's trunk and his hoad,
which koops on talking and looking
around ilia altaga. . Tliia head is, in
fact, a mask, with a long whito beard,
spectacles, black skull-cap, and laco
nock-lnii which mask exactly tils the
actor's head of flesh, and permits noth
ing real to bo seen but tbe lips and
tho eyes. Una of the persons on the
Bliigo tugs at tho magician a bead till
ho pulls It oil that is to say, bo pulls
tho mask off and carries it over to
the tablo (whilo tbo magician, who
bas sunk through a trap, runs along
under the stago), places it on tbo table,
whoro it immediately Dogini to talk
and give directions about tho trunk,
which still roranins ir, tho chair. . This
trunk is papior-macho,. of course.
Tuo magician, running along under
the stago, was sent up through anoth
er trap under the tablo, and slipped
bis real bead into tho mask agnin,and
bogan to talk as stated. Finally, tho
head is thrown into the oven, tho
magioian draws his hoad down under
tho lablo dosconds on the trap, roas
cende on anothor further back, slips
on a rich jacket on tho way, and whon
tbo oven bursts, steps forth rojuvon
atcd. " The Philosophy of Eain.
To nndoraland tho philosophy of
this beautiful nnd olton subliino phe
nomenon, so ofton witnessed and so
very essential to the oxistonce of
plants and animals, a few facts dorivod
from observation and a long train of
oxpoi'imonts, must bo romomborod :
1. YV oro tho atmosphoro hero, ovory-
wlioi'e and at all limos, of a uniform
tonuoraturo, wo should never have
rainj hail or soow. Tho water ab
sorlcd by it in evaporation, from tho
sea and tho earth's surface, would do
scoid in an imperceptible vapor, or
cease to bo absorbed by tho air wboD
it was onco fully sattiralod.
1 Iho absorbing power ot tho at
mosphere, and consequently its ca
pacity to retain humidity, is propor
tionately greater in warm than in oold
air. Tbo air near tlio suriuco ot ino
oirth is warmer than it is in Iho ro
pjons of clonds. Tbo highor wo as
upnd from the earth tho colder do wo
(nd tho atmosphoro. Uonco the por
jotuul snow on vory high mountains
ih tho hottest climato.
I Now, whon from contiiuiod ovapo
rllion tho air is highly saturated with
vkpor, though it bo invtsiblo and tbo
sliy cloudloss, if its tomporaturo is
siudonly roducod by cold currents de
scending from abovo, or rushing from
a .higher to a lower latitude, by tho
net ion of a saturated air to a lower
latitudo, lis capacity to rotain moist-
ut is diminished, clouds aro formod,
aid rain is tho rosult. It condonses,
il, cools, nnd liko a spongo 11 Hod with
wlor and comprossod, pours out tbo
valor which its diminished oopaoity
(Annot hold.
A Washington polioomnn rocontly
jndenvorod to tako his accustomed ro-
!osa by leaning against a lamp post,
ut a smoll of signed wood quickly
led to tho discovory that tho lamp post
Was nearly rod hot. On furthor inves
tigation ho found that a holo bad
boon drilled through ono sido to tho
Intorior. and looking through this ho
law a blare of fire rushing up through
tho hollow part of tho post with a
burning sound. Attached to tho lamp
post was a lottor box, which was also
quite hot. It appears that the undor-
f ;round joint at the (not of the post
iad sprung a leak, from the oarolots-
noss of the labororp in digging on the
strool Improvement) and that the gas
osoaping through th j post bad become
ignuou.
NEW
Life on
Pike's Peak
, . Winter
Curing the
A few days ago Sergeant K. W. Bou
tollo, of tbe United Stales Signal Scr
vico, passed through tho city on routo
to Washington, where he is to rcceivo
promotion. This gontloman has boon
stationed at Colorado Springs in. con
nection with 1'iko'sPoak Obsorvatory,
since last' July when that station was
formod. . During this time he bas bad
many interesting oxporioncos, both
upon tbo summit of tho mountain and
in tho construction of tho lino from
Colorado Springs up tho sido of tbe
peak. During Tiis brief sojourn bere
lie dotnilod to a nows roportor some
points which may bo of interest to the
public. '
Tho telegraph line which roaches
from Colorado Springs to tho summit
of l'ikc'i Peuk is twenty milos in
longtb. It passes ulong a trail made
during the past year, which ' is far
more easy of ascent than any of the
old routos. It is now possible to rido
an animal from tho bnso of tho moun
tain to tho signal station on the top of
the peak. Mr. Bouteilo has been en
gaged most of tho timo keeping the
line in ropair, and, in tho dischargoof
his duties, hns mado fifty-two ascents
of the mountain. He has passed one
hundred and forty-two times over the
government trail, moro frequently
thgn any other man, and is familiar
with every foot of tho route. The
tolegraph wires are stretched on poles
and along the dead pine trees. Tbe
lino gets out of repair frequently by
roason of trees fulling and breaking
the wires. Tho cxtremo cold at the
summit lias also at times so contracted
the wire as to break it.
" Lifo on tho summit of Piko's Peak
during tho winter season is rather pre
carious. With tho thomomotor over
thirty dogrccs below zoro at times,
tho wind blowing so strongly that ex
posuro to it is dangerous, the snow
driving in blinding clouds, the expori
onco of tho observer stationed at that
great height was a varied ono, and
still fraught with a tedious monotony.
Tho signal station is a substantial
stono edifice, and is occupied by three
oflicors, who manago tho affairs of tbe
Observatory at that end of the lino.
During tho winter Mr. Bouteilo, in
going up tho trail, wanderod from tho
routo, nnd was lost for four days. He
managed to make his way to the luke,
a few miles from tbe summit, and
there remained in an old log house
with no food and only a sheet iron
stovo, thnt happened to bo thero, in
which to make a fire. With his
hatchet ho endeavored to cut a trail
through tho snow for his mulo, but it
was impossible, tho Btrong wind filling
up the opening, and tho extreme cold
nearly freezing him lo death. At tbe
end of Iho four days tbo weather mod
erated, and be got through to Jotics'
Ranch, eight miles from the summit,
whoro ho was eared for. Tho Bnow
in places up tho trail is from fivo to
thirty feet in depth, many ravines be
ing drifted full.
All tho provisions aro packed to tho
summit from Colorado Springs, the
wood being obtainod from tbo edgo of
the timber line bolow the observatory.
Wood bas cost the government ns high
as $22 per cord, laid down attbe houso.
In tho months of December and Janu
ary it cost 12 bonis per pound to pack
provisions from tho Springs. Denver
A'etrs.
Womauly Dignity.
Nature, which bas givon weapons
of assnult or means of defonso to al
most all living creatures, has made
mon audacious, and bas endowed
woman with dignity. And dignity
has tho bost of it In fact, womanly
dignity may bo acccptod as one among
many explanations of that logondary
powor which turned tlio bravest man to
slono,nnd made Iho might of tho strong
est liko water in their bonos. V bat can
any ono do against it? As woll try lo
ponolralo tho armadillo 8 coat ot mail
by a noodlo, or raako a bolo in a
pachyderm by a popgun, as firo a
woman to passion or melt her to pity
whon sho has onco intronchod borsolf
in tho stronghold of hor dignity. No
argument can shako hor, no reasoning
oonvinco bor;dospair dies away to
quorulousness, and tho pleadings of
lovo itself full dull and blunlod from
her stately self-posscsBion liko bo many
loy shafts hurled against a polished
and impenetrable surface
Indood, how can you rngo in angor,
or abuso yourself in cu treaty-, to a
crcaluro who Is icily polito, loftily
unmoved, not lo bo goadod into the
smallest demonstration which would
put hor in tho wrong nnd give you a
vantage-point against hor, and whoso
calm eyes look at you with a kind of
superior scorn wuicu, wiiiio n iiiau
dons you, oilers no point of attack f
What can you do 7 Simply nothing.
Tbo moans of dofonsa which naturo
has given'aro unassailable, and a dig
nified woman is mistress of tha sit
uation by tho vory powor of nogation,
if by nono other. But thoro aro va
rious kinds of dignily, and if somo
aro moro exasporating than others,
no mo are very lovely and among tbo
greatest charms of womanhood. There
is in particular that soft dignily which
belongs to women wuo aro aneotion
ato by nature and timid by tompora-
mont, but who have a rosorvo oi eou-
rospoct lhat defends thorn against
tbomsuivos as won as against outers.
Tho fact is, useful as womanly dig.
nity is as a womanly possession, it
oan bo curriod lo oxuess, and from a
virtuo becomo a vico. So long as it is
an honost dofonso-work against tbo
rough assaults of superior strongtb,
it is both good and fair; but, when
It assumes to bo more than this, it bo.
comes an oxagoration, and, aa snoh,
ridiculous. Thero is no law by wbioh
womon can bo exempt from a share
in tho troubles and sorrows of human
lifo j and even tholr dignity oannot
always protoct them from things that
ovcrrido all but naturo. Still it is a
valuablo possession, and women had
bettor have too much of it than too
liltlo ; for, although too muoh ronders
them absurd, too nine makei mom
contompliblo, and between the . two
thoro is no doubt as to wnicn is worst.
SERIES - V0L. 15, NO. 24.
A Tree that Keeps a Standing Army.
Among the varied means of defense
developed by plants in their ceaseless
struggle for existence, thore is per
haps none more wondorful or effective
than that of a species of acacia wbich
abounds on tbo dry savannahs of Con
tral America. It is callod tho bull's
horn thorn, from tbo strong curved
thorns like bulla' horns, set in pairs all
over tbe trunk and branches. These
no doubt help to protect tho tree from
theattaoksof browsing animals ; but
it has moro dangerous enemies in the
loaf cutting ants and other insocls.
Against theso tho troe maintains a nu
merous standing army, for wbich it
provides snug bouses stored with food,
nectar to drink, and abundance of lus
cious fruit for dessert.
When first developed, the thorns
aro soft and fillod with a sweetish
pulp, much relished by a epocios of
small springing ants, novor found ex
cept on these trees. Making a hole
near tho point of ono of each pair of
thorns, theso ants eat out tbo interior,
thon burrow through the thin partition
at tho base into tbo other thorn, and
treat it in tho same manner. Tbe
hollow shells thus formed make ad
mirable dwellings, nono of which aro
loft untenanted, as any one may dis
cover by disturbing the plant, whon
tho little warriors swarm out in force
and attack tbe aggressor with jaw and
sting.
The leaves of tho plant aro two
wingod and at tbe base cf each pair
of loaflots, on the mid rib, is a gland
whicb, when tbe leaf is young, secrete
a honey liko liquid, of wbich tho ants
are very fond. Tbis ensures their con
stant prcsonoe on tho young leaves,
and their most scalous service in driv
ing off othor insects.
A elill moro wondorful provision of
solid lood is made tor a similar pur
pose. At tho end of each of the small
divisions of tbe compound leaflot.thcre
grows a small fruit-like body, wbich,
undor tbe microscopo, looks like a
golden pear. When tbe loaf first un
folds, the little poars aro not quite
ripo, and the ants are continually em
ployed going from one to another to
see bow they come on. As the fruit
liko bodies which appear to have no
otbor uso than as ant food do not all
ripen at once, tbe ants are kopt about
tho young leaves for a considerable
timo. When an ant finds ono suf
ficiently advanced, it bites the point
ot attachment, tbon, bentline down
iho prize, breaks it off and bears it
away in triumph to tbe nest.
1 hese ants, a species of vsevdomurma
are found, as already notioed, only on
these trees ; and that tbe trees really
keep tbem as a body guard seems evi
limit from the fact that, when planted
in localities where tboir little proteo
tors do not exist, tbey aro speedily
defoliated by loaf cut tors, which lot
them severely alone on tbo savannahs,
whilo their honey glands and golden
pears offer no attractions to tho ants
of tbe forest.
Apparently both acacias and pseudo-
myrmas have boen mutually modified
in tbe course of time, until tbey aro
now quite dependent on each othor
for support and protection. ,
How They Drop Shot.
A reporter of tho Baltimoro Ameri
can thus describes one of tbe many
processes of making shot in one of the
shot towers of that oity : Ono of the
"secrets" of tbo manufacture is tbe
mixing of the lead with, a cortain
proportion of a combination of mineral
substances called "temper." Tbe "tem
por" is fused with tbe lead, and gives
tho molten. metal that consistency
which makes it drop. It il were not
for tho "temper" tbe lead would be
moulded by the seive, and would form
little pencils instead of .round shot.
Whon "BB" shot, for instauce, are to
bo mado, the lead is poured into a pan
perforated with holes corresponding
to mat site, ine nine nonets como
pouring down in a continuous shower,
and fall Into a tank fillod with wator
on tho ground floor. In thoirdoscont
of two hundred foot thoy become per
fect spheres, firm and dense, and thoy
are tolerably cool whon they strike
tho wator, although tho swift concus
sions make tho tank foam and bubble
as if tho water was boiling furiously.
iho shot must lail in water, tor if they
would strike any firm substanoe, they
would be flattened and knocked out
of shape. To got the little pollets dry
aftor they have boon in tbe "woll," is
tho most difficult and troublosorao
process of tbe wholo manufacture
An elovator with small buckets (vory
much liko those used in flour mills)
carries tho shot up as fast as tbey
reach the bottom of the "well," and
deposits them in a box CO foot above
tbe first floor. The wator drips from
the buckots aa thoy go np, and not
much is pourod into tho recover abovo,
although it is intendod to bo a sort of
dripping machine. : From this receiv
er the shot runs down a spout into a
drying pan, whioh resembles a gigan
tic shoo, made of sheet Iron, i he pan
rests at an angle which pormils tho
wot shot to roll slowly down to the
chamber bolow, and the pollota becomo
porlootly dry as they pass over tho
warm shoot-iron.
A Patent Rat-Trap. Tho local
editor of tho Burlington (Iowa)
JIau kcye says a man bas Invonted a
rat-trap that does not require any
bait, and will folch a rat every time
it roaches for bim. It oporalos on
thoprinoinlo of a stomach pump, tho
inventor Is a "retired physioian, the
sands of whose lifo have nearly run,"
eto. and the trap is placed at tho
entrance of the rat hole. When it Is
wound up tho suction begins, tho rat
comes, ile may bold on to the ground
with bis teetb, and hump his back
and paw dirt, and ween and yell for
the police all ho wants, he comes out
of that holo backward, is draggd into
back compartment, where a steel
glove drags his hide off and lays It
aside for a kid glove manufacturer,
while tbe carcass Is poshed into
little furnace and Incremated.
: When is a matoh frivolous f
it makos light of things.
Whon
Prognostications by Leeches, 11
That there i a sdnsUivencss to' at
mosphorio chances in tho leech, it L'on-
orally admitted; and that liio idua of
utilizing Ibis liltlo creature as a sort
of weatlier-glas aroso long ago, we
have evidence, in one of the early vol
umes of tho Gentleman't Mltja:tne.
A correspondent of that vonorablo jour
nal atalod that if a loech ho kept in a
phial or bottlo, partly fillod with water,
it will indicato approaching chsngos
of tha weather, lis plaeed on a win
dow ledge an eight-ounce phial con
taining a loecn and about six ounce
of wator, and watched it daily. Ac
cording to his description, when the
weather continued serene and beauti
ful, tbe loech lay motionless at the
bottom of tho phial, rolled in a spiral
form. When it begun to ruin at noon.
or a little boforo or aftor, tbo loech
wa found at tho lop of its lodging,
whore it remained until the weather
becamo aoltled. ' When wind was ap.
proacbing, the looch galloped about
its limpid habitation with great liveli.
a. .. .11 J
ness, seldom rosting nniii ma wmu
became violont. When a thundor
storm wa about to appoar, tho animal
sought a lodgment abovo tho lovel of
tho water, displayed great uneasiness,
and moved about in convulsive-like
threads. In clear frost, as in fine
summor weather, it lay constantly at
tho bottom : whereas, in snowy weain-
er, like as in rain, it dwoltat the very
month of . tbe phial. The obsorver
covered tho mouth of the phial with a
pioeo of linen cloth, and changed the
wator every week or two. ' Ho seotns
to have had faith In tho correctness of -
bis own observations and conclusions;
but went on further in the alteinpt at
explanation to say: "What roasons
may be asBignod lor inese movements,
I must leave philosophers todotorminei
though ono thing is evident lo every
body that the leech must bo affectod
in tho sarao way as the mercury and
spirit In tbo weathor-glass ; and bas
doubtless a vory surprising sensation,
tbat changs ot weather, even aays Be
fore, makes a visiblo alteration in its
manner of living." Cowper, the poot,
the celebrated Dr. Jenner, Dr. Morry.
weather, and many others, were bo-
liovers in tbis leech-philosophy.
Changing Clothing.
Health, and somelimos life itself, is
ofton lost by laying aside winter cloth
ing loo early, laying nanncis aside
n the spring is a most pernicious
practice. We can better do without
woolens next too skin in miuwinier
than in midsummer. e do not get
overheated in winter we do io sum
mor; and tho most frequent excitp
iner cause of coughs, colds and con
sumption is a rapid falling of the tom
poraturo oi ine uouy. ah are iamiir
lar with the fact that a sudden check
ine of perspiration is always danger
ous ; very littlo exerciso causes us to
perspire in summer, and a very slight
draft of air chocks the perspiration;
benco, eminent hroncti physicians
have stated, after a long series of ob
servations, that colds taken in sum
mer excite tho most incurable forms
of consumption.
Whito woolen flannel is a most
efficient guard against thoso suddon
changes, because it keeps tbo heat of
tho body iu, whilo it repels the ex
cessive boat from without; il conveys
tbo water of perspiration to its out
side, whilo tho surface next the skin
is drier. We all know that silk, cot
ton and linen next tho skin got tat.
uratcd with water, and if for an in
stant tbe slightest draft of air gets
botweon the skin and tbe material,
there is a cbarnol-liko chill when that
matorial touches tbe skin.
Tho rulo should be to wear whito
woolen flannel next the skin the year
round thick in wintor, a littlo thin
ner in April, a gauze material on tbe
first day of July ; on the first day of
December put on the thickest, extend
ing to ankles and wrists.
Those rules are especially necessary
to all old peoplo, to all invalids and
young children ; day laborers and
outdoor workers would be incalcu
lably benefited by the same observ
ances. -
Chinese Trust. In all places in
China you may sco a string of coolios
rushing through tho streets carrying
loads of money. Thore is not a police
man to be seen, excopt occasionally at
tho gatos or in time of trouble. Yo
may see a shroff with a lot of dollars
in a flat tray, examining them intently
as tbey pass, click, over his thumb;
somotimos a posse oi idlers, consisting
of obair-bearors, coolies, cooks and
servants, all looking on. There does
not scorn to bo even tbe suspicion tbat
anyone might attompt to kick the tray
over and bolt with what he could get
in tho eoramblo. Why, evon in that
nest of iniquity, Hong Kong, you may
soo at tbat most oomioruoio w
buildines. tho Oriental Bank, a lot of
Chinamen counting and examining,
porbnps, thousands of dollars that are
boing paid to thorn, and some of
the greatest scoundrels onhangod
passing constantly porhaps they
think tho men in the streets would
most likoly be honest enough to catch
thorn, but it is rathor doubtful if they
daro. Money and valuablos aro ex-
Sosed in a way that would nevor bo
roamed of in England ; and tho simi
larity of dress, tho narrownoss and
crowdod slate of tho elroots iu China,
all would aid In tho escape of a robbor.
Iwcive x ears in C'ftma.
Riches. Tho man with good, firm
health is rich. So is the man with a
cloar conscience. So is tho parent of
good, happy children. So is the clor
gyman whoso coat little children of
tho parish piuck, as ne passos mom at
tboir play. So is tho wife who has
tho wholo heart of a good husband.
So is tho maiden whoso horizon is not
bounded by tho "coming man," bat
who has a purpose in mo wno-.norBiio
evor mot him or not. So is the young
man, who, laying his hand on his hoart
ean say, "I nave tronioa evory woman
1 ovor saw as I should wisn my suier
treatod by othor mon." So Is tho
littlo child who goes to sloop with a
kiss on IU lips, and for whose waking
a kind blessing waits.
Thoro Is a bush story of a negro who,
for a bottle of rum, agrood to strip to
tbe waist and lie on bis faoe.to be bitten
for a quarter of an hour by niosquitoos,
at the Joggins of Now Brunswick. He
ondurod his posts manfully, nd had
nearly won his prize, whon ono of tho
lumbermen who stood by Wd . b!i
a pioeo of H? ob-l '' "
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